IMPROVED MODE OF AND APPARATUS FOR FASTENING FOLDING CARDS
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Gerard Wenzeslaus von Nawrocki, Proprietor of the Firm
of J. Brandt & G. W. v. Nawrocki, of 124, Leipzigerstrasse, German Empire,
Berlin, Patent Agent, for an Invention of "IMPROVED MODE OF AND
APPARATUS FOR FASTENING FOLDING CARDS." A communication from Joh.
Lor. Peschkes, of Crefeld, in the German Empire.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Gerard Wenzeslaus von
Nawrocki at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 14th March
1881.
GERARD WENZESLAUS VON NAWROCKI, Proprietor of the Firm of J. Brandt &
G. W. v. Nawrocki, of 124, Leipzigerstrasse, German Empire, Berlin, Patent
Agent. "IMPROVED MODE OF AND APPARATUS FOR FASTENING FOLDING CARDS.”
A communication from Joh. Lor. Peschkes, of Crefeld, in the German Empire.
This Invention relates to an improved mode of fastening folding cards, and to a
special arrangement of apparatus therefor.
Hitherto the binding or fastening of the edge of each card has necessarily been
done by hand, the edges being formed with corresponding holes for that purpose,
whereby the cords have been exposed to damage on the sharp edges of the card.
According to this Invention the necessity of having four to five knots in the
fastening string is avoided, the connection of a single card being made by any
number of strings, for which purpose in lieu of holes notches are cut or formed at
the edge of the card. These notches are so placed that at the joining of the cards
they correspond and admit of the twisting of the strings thereat. This twisting is
performed by an improved apparatus consisting of a square, hexagonal, or other
sided roller upon which the cards are supported, and by means of pegs or pins on
the roller taking into holes in the cards they are brought over for being fastened.
The fastening strings are fed from two spools (carried by an upper fork or
bracket) and pass through the hollow nave of a cogwheel over leading guide pullies
or rollers on a lower fork or arms trianglewise to their joinings or twistings at the

page_text: cards. Springs are arranged against the spools for regulating the tension of the
strings.
A series of the above apparatus are arranged side by side in a suitable frame,
the several cogwheels above named engaging with each other and actuated by a
main spur wheel driven by a crank axle and handle, to the lower end of which is.
fixed a bevil wheel gearing into another bevil wheel on the shaft or axis of the
card roller which is thereby caused to rotate.
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The fastening of the cards is effected by placing the forks or arms of the rollers
carrying the strings perpendicular to the axle of the card roller, and a card being
then placed between the various pairs of strings so arranged by a repeated
revolution of the crank axle and handle, the twisting of the strings is accomplished,
whilst simultaneously the finished chain becomes carried forward in the order of
the revolution of the card roller, the setting or turning over of the card and the
running of the string being simultaneous actions.
Cards fastened by this Invention are more symetrical and with fewer inter- 1
ruptions of the web than is the case with the old method.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by the
i said Gerard Wenzeslaus von Nawrocki in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
14th September 1881.
GERARD WENZESLAUS VON NAWROCKI, Proprietor of the Firm of J. Brandt and
G. W. v. Nawrocki, of 124, Leipzigerstrasse, German Empire, Berlin, Patent
Agent. "IMPROVED MODE OF AND APPARATUS FOR FASTENING FOLDING CARDS,”
A communication from Joh. Lor. Peschkes, of Crefeld, in the German Empire.
This Invention refers to a novel mode of fastening or tying together the folding
or jacquard cards by means of machinery, and to the construction of machinery
for such purpose.
Heretofore these cards have been fastened together by hand, as shewn in Figure 4
of the accompanying Drawings, which shews two cards & provided with holes d³, for
the purpose of passing the tying cord o therethrough. By this mode it cannot be
avoided that there are knots in the cord every twelve or sixteen feet; the cord is
also exposed to damage by the sharp edges of the holes . These faults are avoided
by the present Invention.
And in order that the same may be fully understood I will now describe the
same with reference to the accompanying Drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side
elevation, and Figure 2 an end elevation of the machine; Figure 3 is a detail view
of the reservoir for holding a number of cards simultaneously, and Figure 5 a plan
view shewing two cards fastened together according to this Invention; Figure 4
illustrates as already stated the present or hand mode of fastening the cards.
The cards & pass between and are conveyed by a pair of rollers f which may
conveniently be covered with india rubber, or a roller or rollers may be employed
having pegs which take into holes in the cards. The cords or strings c serving
to fasten the cards together come two and two from the bobbins 1, which
are carried by a fork m on the hollow nave n of the tooth wheel p; the
cords c are guided by the pulleys o, o¹, 0%, and o³, as shewn at Figure 2. The
springs r serve as brakes for the purpose of giving the cords a constant
or regular tension. The spindles of the tooth wheels p have their bearings
in the framing A and are driven by the tooth wheels on the upright spindle u,
which latter obtains rotory motion from the horizontal spindle w by means of
the bevil wheels v, v. The spindle w again is by means of the spurwheels
x, y, z, driven from the first motion a, which is fitted with a crank handle. The
wheel is not fixed directly on its spindle w but is periodically thrown in and out
of gear therewith by means of the clutch b and clutch lever b¹, the lower end of
which works in the groove of a can b³; it may here be stated that the spindle w
should be out of gear with the tooth wheel x, and the tying appliance consequently
stationary or inactive, while the cards are placed into the apparatus and the tyed
cards are conveyed away.
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The cards dare placed into the apparatus by the feed bar g having pincer
springs g¹ for taking hold of the the cards and conveying them from the card
reservoir B, Figures 1 and 3, to the tying apparatus. In this reservoir the cards d
are pressed against a wall or side 9 by means of a spring or weight, while a
slide g actuated by a peg 2 on the wheel i at each revolution of the latter lifts a
card d and pushes it into the pincers g¹.. The feed bar 9 carrying a card d is then
pushed in the direction of the arrow, Figure 1, until it comes into the position
shown in Figure 1; g³ is a rod which slides in eyes g* on the underside of the feed
bar g, and passes between the pairs of pincer springs gl, and is in two places made
thicker or wider than the distance between each pair of pincer springs; towards
the close of the aforesaid motion of the feed bar g the end of the rod g³ comes

page_text: against a stop g, and is thereby forced back so far that its thicker parts coming
between the till now closed pairs of pincer springs open them, so that they drop
the card which falls between the rollers f, and are taken hold of by them.
The reciprocating motion of the feed bar g may be effected by a crank motion or
by an internal and external tooth wheel such as is used in mangling machines, or 3
by the means here shown, where the bar g is prolonged and formed with teeth
below, gearing with the tooth wheel g which rolls on the tooth rack g', and is
worked by a connecting rod g³ from the wheel. This latter is moved by the tooth
pinions, from the spindle 3%; the pinion is loose on the latter, but is
periodically brought in fixed connection therewith by means of a sliding clutch 1
and clutch lever is, the other end of which works in the groove of a cam 2 similarly
to the cam bª and clutch b.
The peg for working the slide g³ is so placed in the wheel i that it releases the
slide g³ in the moment when the feed bar g has finished its travel to the right.
The weight go now moves the slide g³ back and conveys a card into the spring 1
pincers. The bar g then stops and the tying of the just introduced card takes place.
This done, the tying apparatus stops and the bar g is moved to the left. Arrived
at the end of its stroke it places a fresh card between the tying cords as already
described, goes back, lifts a fresh card up, and so on. Immediately after the tying
the rollers move correspondingly. They are therefore united by tooth wheels, 2
and they are intermittently revolved by pawl wheel f³, pawl lever f³, with pawl
rod K and crank K¹; the latter is turned by means of bevil wheels from the
spindle h.
It may be stated that instead of the arrangement of the clutches 6 and it, other
equivalent gear may be employed, and that the construction of the framing 2
has not been specially considered, as it is a minor and easy matter to arrange while
the working together of the various mechanisms is the important thing.
I claim as the Invention communicated to me,-
First. The application of jacquard cards, which instead of the usual string holes
are formed with notches d², Figure 2.
Second. The mode here described of fastening together such cards, whereby
the cords are twisted together in the said notches d, and the cards form
combination as here shewn.
Third. In a machine for fastening together cards claimed in the first claim,
the combination of the tying apparatus consisting of the rotating double card
carrier, with bobbins 7, guide rolls o, o¹, 03, 0³, and arms w, with the rollers f
for supporting and coveying the cards.
Fourth. The combination of parts forming the new or improved combined
machine for tying together jacquard cards, in which the said cards are conveyed
one by one from a reservoir to the tying or fastening apparatus fastened together
therein as described and conveyed away therefrom.
In witness whereof, I, the said Gerard Wenzeslaus von Nawrocki, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Sixth day of September, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty one.
GERARD WENZESLAUS VON NAWROCKI.ʻ (L.S.)