IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY TO BE USED IN MAKING BOXES OF CARD-BOARD AND OTHER SUITABLE MATERIAL
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Sam Wood, of Cleckheaton, in the County of York,
Machine Maker, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY TO BE
USED IN MAKING BOXES OF CARD-BOARD AND OTHER SUITABLE MATERIAL."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Sam Wood at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 12th January 1882.
SAM WOOD of Cleckheaton, in the County of York, Machine Maker. " IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MACHINERY TO BE USED IN MAKING BOXES OF CARD-BOARD AND
OTHER SUITABLE MATERIAL."
My Invention relates to a method of securing and strengthing the angles or
sides of boxes made of card board and other suitable material by wire staples
which are inserted through the sides of the material of the box, bent to the angle
required, and clenched on the other side, and my Invention consists in mechanism
by which this is effected.
The wire is drawn from a roll on a drum, passes through an arrangement on an
arm which will nip and draw the wire as the arm moves one way, and slide along
it as the arm moves the other way. This arm feeds the length of wire required
for each staple. The wire passes under another arm or lever forming. a pinching
arrangement, which holds the length of wire fed forward by the first named arm,
while it is moving back to feed a fresh length. The wire fed, passes through a
hole in an arm forming part of the framing of the machine, in which two slides are
carried working up and down vertically, these slides are one within the other, and
cut off, bend the wire to the required form, and force both ends of it through the
material, and press and hold it firmly while arms or levers under the arm from the
framing upon which the article is held, clench the two ends of the wire staple
which completes the operation, the article being then moved on the holding surface
or arm (which is of suitable form) to the place where another stapl or fastener is
required.

page_text: All the movements above referred to are produced by cams on the cam shaft of
the machine.
There is an arrangement for moving a clutch to bring the cam shaft into gear
with the driving wheel at the right time when the machine is to operate, the
driving wheel being constantly driven by power or the foot of the operator.
By another modification of the machine the staples are or may be inserted and
clenched into the card board or material when flat, and afterwards, bent by a mould
and plunger, or by any other suitable means to the form required, then the staples
for the sides are inserted.
For some materials the wires are pointed, or holes are first formed in the material
for the ends of the wire staple to pass through.
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page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Sam Wood in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 10th July
1882.
SAM WOOD, of Cleckheaton, in the County of York, Machine Maker. "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MACHINERY TO BE USED IN MAKING BOXES OF CARD-BOARD AND
OTHER SUITABLE MATERIAL."
My Invention relates to a method of securing and strengthening the angles or
sides of boxes made of card-board and other suitable material by wire staples
which are bent to the angle required and inserted through the sides of the material
of the box, and clenched on the other side; and my Invention consists in mechanism
by which this is effected.
The wire is drawn from a roll on a drum, passes through an arrangement on an
arm which will nip and draw the wire as the arm moves one way, and slide along
it as the arm moves the other way. This arm feeds the length of wire required
for each staple. The wire passes under another arm or lever forming a pinching
arrangement which holds the length of wire fed forward by the first named arm.
while it is moving back to feed a fresh length. The wire fed, passes through a
hole in an arm forming part of the framing of the machine, in which two slides are
carried working up and down vertically, these slides are one within the other and.
cut off, bend the wire to the required form, and force both ends of it through the
material and press and hold it firmly while arms or levers under the arm from the
framing upon which the article is held, clench the two ends of the wire staple
which completes the operation, the article being then moved on the holding surface
or arm which is of suitable form to the place where another staple or fastner is
required..
All the movements above referred to are produced by cams on the cam shaft of
the machine.
There is an arrangement for moving a clutch to bring the cam shaft into gear
with the driving wheel at the right time when the machine is to operate, the.
driving wheel being constantly driven by power or the foot of the operator.
By another modification of the machine the staples are or may be inserted and
clenched into the card-board or material when flat, and afterwards bent by a
mould and plunger or by any other suitable means to the form required, then the
staples for those sides or angles vertical to the top or bottom are inserted.
For some materials the wires are pointed or holes are first formed in the material
for the ends of the wire staple to pass through..
Fig 1 is a plan and Fig 2 is a side elevation of a box of card-board or other
suitable material illustrating the mode of securing the angles of the box with wire.
staples which are clenched after being inserted through the material of the box.
In making these boxes the card-board or other material is cut and scored same as
for making boxes from card-board in the ordinary manner (as illustrated by Fig. 3).
and the sides are brought together and then one or more wire staples are inserted
in each vertical angle, as shown, and in some cases they may be also inserted if
desired in the angles (x¹) forming the bottoms or tops of the boxes, in which case
all the sides would be secured together, and to the top or bottom by wire fastners.
The sides and bottoms or tops of boxes are or may be thus secured and held
together when each side and top or bottom is formed of the required material in a
separate piece. The wire staples or fasteners x, used will vary in size and strength
according to the size and strength of the box required and the thickness of the>
material employed in its construction.

page_text: I prefer to employ to form the staples or fasteners x round wire flattened some-
what on two opposite sides as it is more easily bent and clenched and lies more
closely to the sides of the boxes.
By my machinery for making the boxes above described I prefer to draw the
wire from an ordinary wire reel, (such as is used in wire card setting machines)
feed the length required to form a staple or fastener and cut off the length as
represented by Fig 4, then bend it to the angle of the box, as represented by
Fig 5, then bend it to the angular staple form as illustrated by Fig 6, and then
insert it through the material of the box and clench the ends as illustrated in
Fig 7.
My Invention consists in the mechanism for performing the above described
operations.
Fig 8 is a plan or top view of one modification according to my Invention.
Fig 9 is a longitudinal elevation partly in section.
Fig 10 is a front end view with the front plates a* and a removed to show the
slides acting upon the wire.
Fig 11 is a longitudinal elevation on the opposite side of the machine to that
represented by Fig 9.
Fig 12 is a front end elevation with the front plates a* and a in their places.
Fig 13 is a cross section through the arm near its junction with the other part
of the framing of the machine.
Fig 14 is a detached sectional elevation, and Fig 15 an end view showing the
arrangements of the cams for one of the vertical slides.
a, is the framing aud at the arm upon which parts forming the box are placed to
receive and have the wire staples clenched in it, this arm a¹ is secured to the main
frame by screws.
b is the cam shaft in suitable bearings in the framing a.
The wire to be used by the machine is coiled on a reel, such as those used in
card setting machines, which reel is placed to rotate on a horizontal axis with the
lower side of the reel from which the wire unwinds on a line and opposite to the
feeding lever of the machine.
This lever c is upon a vertical stud or fulcrum c¹ secured in the framing a and in
one end there is a stud which is acted upon by a drum cam c³ on the cam shaft b.
The wire passes through the eye in a thin plate c³ secured to the end of the arm
or lever c by a screw, and then passes over the flat surface on the end of the arm
and under a pawl c', which is free on a screw in the end of the arm, and this pawl
is pressed down by a flat spring c³ secured by a screw to the end of the arm c the
wire then passes over a fixed surface d' secured by screws to the framing, above
which surface is the pinching or bolding lever d, the wire then passes through a
small slit or groove a² in the slideway part of the frame, and is passed forward
until its end comes against the surface for and forming one side of the slideway for
the main vertical slide.
The feeding arm c is only moved positively by the cam c² when feeding the wire,
the back movement being given by a helical spring attached to the framing a
and to the lever c, and there is an adjusting screw c screwed into the framing and
made fast by a lock nut when adjusted, against the head of which screw the end of
the lever c is pulled by the spring co and thus the length of wire to be fed is adjusted,
though the side of the surface for the main vertical slide determines the exact
length, as the pawl c¹ will slip over the wire if the stroke of the feeding arm e is
too great. The pawl c during the back stroke of the lever c slips over the wire
but holds it sufficiently firm in the forward stroke to feed the wire.
The pinching lever d (having its fulcrum on a screw at d*) acts to press upon
the wire when it has been fed forward, and hold it to prevent it from moving back
with the back movement of the feeding arm c.
The pinching lever d has a flat spring d² secured to it by a screw, and the free
end of this spring rests upon a pin d³ in the framing and thus acts to keep the end
of the lever d against the actuating cam d³.

page_text: When the wire is fed in, across the ways for the vertical slides, it is over a thin
angle shaper e, secured by a screw upon the end of a slide bar e¹ which is guided
in the framing at the front and kept up in its place by a cross piece a³ secured to
the framing by screws.
The slide bar e¹ at the back end slides in a bracket a secured to the framing,
and secured by screws upon the end of the slide bar e' is a bracket e² having a stud
for the bowl that, works against the cam e³ on the cam shaft b to give the required
movements to the slide bar e'. The cam es acts positively, only to pull the slide
bar e¹ from the front, the back movement being given by a helical spring e*
attached to the slide bare at one end, and to the framing at the other end.
When the wire is fed in under the vertical slides and over the angle shaping
block e the vertical slides descend.
The main slide.f. moves up and down in slideways formed in the framing, one
side as being adjustable to take away "play" and is secured to the frame by screws.
The main slide is formed with two thin flat steel parts f¹ rivetted or otherwise
secured to the lower part of it and one of these thin parts is on each side of a
slide g, which has its slideway formed in the centre of the face of the main slide f,
and the slide 9 has also a tin flat steel part g¹ secured to its lower end formed with
a Vangle as shown
.
The thin parts f¹ on the main slide f are rounded off as shown, and their inner
edges towards the central slide g are grooved to admit the wire when bent into the
staple form.
When the main slide f descends the edge of that thin part f³ nearest the groove a²
through which the wire is fed cuts off the length of wire fed across the slideway
and the central slide g by that time has descended upon the wire and its V face
bends and holds it against the angle block or shaper e (in the form shown by
Fig. 5) the main slidef descends and the two curved ends of the thin parts f¹ press
the two legs of the wire against the sides of the shaping block e, the wire entering
grooves in the edges of the thin parts f¹, then the shaping block e is drawn back
and both vertical slides ƒ and g move downwards carrying the angular wire staple
(Fig. 6) with them, and force the two ends through the material of the box, the
central slide 9 forcing the staple "home" and holding it there while it is being
clenched. Both vertical slides ƒ and g are actuated by levers on a fulcrum stud g²
'secured to the framing, but one lever g³ works upon the stud 9%, and the other
lever on the boss of the lever g³.
The ends of the levers 93 and ƒ2 pass through slots in their respective slides as
shown.
In one modification of my Invention these levers g³ and f* are actuated positively
to cause the descent of the vertical slides ƒ and g by single acting cams, springs
being employed to give the reverse movement, but they may be actuated both ways
positively by box or grooved cams, but I prefer to actuate them positively by two
separate cams, as illustrated, which makes the machine less bulky and less liable
to accident than when springs are used.
Two cams g* and 9 are used, and a facing plate ge on one edge of the arm of the
lever g³ comes against one cam g' for producing the descent of the slide g, and a
bent link g jointed to the side of the lever g³ at one end and secured to the
lever gs by an adjusting screw gs at the other end, comes against the other cam g³ for
producing the ascent of the slide g. One cam (g) is shaped as if it were intended
to operate as a single acting cam, one way, and. by a spring the other way, and the
other cam g is shaped to follow the movements of the lever as it would move when
operated by the cam g' and a spring.
Each of the levers gs and f² is worked by a pair of cams arranged in like manner
but shaped to produce the required movements.
a' is the arm upon which the angle of the box is placed (as shown in peculiar
dotted lines (x2) in Fig 10) to receive the wire fasteners.
The two surfaces are at an angle of 45 degrees to the horizon or square to each
other.

page_text: The end of the arm a' has grooves formed in it for two slides h formed by thin
pieces of steel rounded at those corners which come against the wires, and the
slides are kept in their places by a front plate a secured by two screws.
Each slide h has a projection that enters a fork on the end of a lever h¹ extending
the length of the arm (a) each lever h¹ being upon a fulcrum h* formed by a screw
in the under side of the arm a.
Each lever h¹ at the back end has a bent projection h³ which projections stand at
an angle of 90 degrees one to the other, and there is a piece h' screwed on the end
of an arm h³ that comes between the two projections h³.
This arm his on a shaft he in bearings in the framing and the shaft he has
another arm h' which carries a piece 78 adjustable by screws, to be acted upon by a
cam h³ on the cam shaft b.
When the arm 5 is depressed by the cam h³ the piece 4 presses equally between
the two projections h³ on the back ends of the two inclined levers h¹ under the arm
and separates those ends of the levers and brings the other ends of them and thus
the slides h towards each other.
* When the wire staple has been forced through the sides of the box and pressed
home, the legs of the staple are in front of the slides h and when they are moved
the legs are bent, the slit or space for the acting projections from the slides h per-
mitting the wire to be bent up close against the inside of the box, and while the
slides are up and under the clenched parts of the legs of the staples the middle
slide g gives pressure upon the angle part of the staple to close and clench it
firmly.
When the arm h³ lifts, the two springs h* (one for each lever) act to force the
two back ends of the levers h' together and the two front ends and thus the
clenching slides h apart..
.
The springs h* are each on pins in plates a secured by screws to the edge of the
cam (a) as shown.
When a wire staple has been inserted the machine stops in the position in which
the parts are shown, which allows the box to be placed and adjusted in the position
to receive the next staple.
This is accomplished as follows.
There is a disc i concentric with the cam shaft 6 which is fixed to the framing
of the machine by screws.
This disc i has a rim in which there is a notch cut out at its upper side.
There is a thin boss secured by a screw to the cam shaft b and to this boss a flat
steel spring is secured, and the flat side of the spring is towards the edge of the
rim of the fixed disc i. The flat side of the spring opposite the rim of the fixed
disc has a piece rivetted to its side, and this piece enters the notch when the cam
shaft b rotates, and stops it there, but if the flat spring and thus the cam shaft is
pushed a little forward in the direction of rotation, an incline on the rim causes
the flat spring to give way and allow the projection upon it to come on the edge of
the rim of the fixed disc i.
When the flat spring is in this position a projection 2 on its outside will be
caught by another projection 23 on the side of the driving or fly wheel or pulley **
which runs loose on the boss for the flat spring and is kept in place by a collar io.
This pulley or fly wheel is driven by a belt from a treadle or other source of
power constantly when the machine is in use, and therefore when the catch i² on
the flat spring is brought in position to catch the projection ³ on the fly wheel, the
cam shaft b is taken round by it until the projection on the side of the flat
spring comes opposite the notch in the rim of the disc i in to which it springs,
when the driving catch 23 is released from the catch on the flat spring.
There is a projection from that part entering the notch in the rim of the disc
that extends over the edge of the disc i so that a projection from the bent end of
a rod i can come against it and move the flat spring a little in the direction for
rotating the cam shaft b.
The rod 18 is both a sliding and oscillating rod and has its bearings in studs or

page_text: brackets as shown in Fig 8. and the front end of the rod has a button upon it by
which it can be pressed endways when a wire is to be inserted.
There is a helical spring at the outer end of the rod to slide it back after
being pressed forward, and there is a pin ix in the rod to limit its end movements.
The projection coming over the edge of the disc i is bevelled in front, the thin
edge of it being nearest the edge of the disc, and this bevel, as the flat spring
comes round it passes under the bevelled projection on the cranked end of the
pushing rod is, and thus causes it to oscillate and allow the projection 6 from the
flat spring to pass under.
The helical spring is arranged to act both to move the rod is endways and
oscillate it so that it is brought back into the position ready to act again when
pressed endways. j Fig 9 is a rod supported at its two ends as shown to carry a
sliding arm which carries a slide or guage ja which can be adjusted and fixed as
a guage to put the edge of the box against so as to be able to insert the wire
fastenings at the place fixed upon. Or the gauge is formed by a slide as shown
in peculiar dotted line in Figs 11 and 12, the part j coming against the top or
bottom part of the box.
The cams in the machine are shaped to produce the movements or "dwells" as
hereinafter described.
The place where the cam shaft stops its rotation after inserting a wire fastner,
will be considered 0 or zero for the beginning of its rotation, and 360 degrees of a
circle for the completion of its rotation, and the cams are shaped to produce the
movements and "dwells" hereinafter described in the mechanism to be operated.
The feeding cam c² is shaped to make the feeding end of the lever c dwell in its
inward position from 0 to 60, to move back to take a fresh length of wire from
60 to 165, to dwell from 165 to 290, and to make the inward feeding movement
from 290 to 360.
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The pinching cam d' is shaped to leave the nipper lever d open at 0, and to
close upon and hold the wire from 0 to 40, then dwell, holding the wire from 40
to 210, then open to release the wire from 210 to 280, and dwell with the pincers
open from 280 to 360.
The cams for the main vertical slide f are shaped to hold that slide fat its
highest position at 0 and to dwell in that position from 0 to 5, to descend and cut
the wire and form and insert the staple from 5 to 110, and then dwell with the
slide fin its lowest position from 110 to 190, and cause the slide to rise from 190
to 290, and dwell in its highest position from 290 to 360.
The cams for the central slide are shaped so that the slide g will be at its highest
position at 0, and will dwell there, from 0 to 30, then make a descent from 30 to 45,
dwell from 45 to 60, descend from 60 to 130, dwell from 130 to 150, slightly rise
say to the thickness of the wire from 150 to 160, descend again from 160 to 195,
and dwell in the lowest position from 195 to 220, rise from 220 to 295, and dwell
in the highest position from 295 to 360.
The cam e for the bending block causes the slide e¹ to be outward at 0, dwells
from 0 to 60, pulls the block out of the way from 60 to 100, dwells from 100
to 250, goes forward again from 250 to 300, dwells from 300 to 360.
The elenching cam h³ causes the clenching slides to be in the outward position
at 0 to dwell in that position from 0 to 130, to move inward to clench from 130
to 180, to dwell in the most inward position from 180 to 225, to move back from
250 to 290, and dwell in that position from 290 to 360.
The machine illustrated by Figs 8 to 15 inclusive will insert wire fasteners in
the vertical angles of boxes and also on two sides connecting the bottom or top of
the box with the sides, but cannot be conveniently used for connecting all the sides
with the bottom or top of the box with fasteners.
1 For inserting fasteners between the bottom or top and the sides, I modify the
machine to insert rectangular wire staples in the material of the box when flat as
illustrated by Fig 3, which shows a piece of card-board cut and scored for a box
with wire fasteners & inserted when flat where the bend or angles will be; then

page_text: such forms are placed over a mould see Fig 16, formed (with sides of wood or
other material of the size and depth of the box required, and an adjustable
gauge is used on two sides to correctly place the card-board form with the
clenched side of the fasteners x upwards over the cavity in the mould k..
The mould has a piston to fit it which is sustained at the level of the upper
surface of the mould by a spring ³ round its stem or rod k in suitable guides.
Above the mould is a piston or plunger having a stem k in suitable guides and
worked up and down by any suitable lever. When the card form is correctly
placed, the plunger k³ is forced down by the lever and this drives the form into
the mould and forces the piston k² down at the same time, this bends the card-
board form and the wire staples or fasteners into the angular form, and when the
plunger rises, the spring ³ causes the piston 2 to force the card-board box out
of the mould, which is then ready to have the vertical angles secured by the
machine illustrated by Figs 8 to 15 inclusive.
Another modification of the machine illustrated by Figs 8 to 15 inclusive, is
applicable for inserting angular fasteners to secure all the sides of a box to the top
or bottom is illustrated by Fig. 17 an end elevation with the front plate 7³ removed,
and Fig 18 a side sectional elevation.
The difference between this modification and that shown by Figs 8 to 15
inclusive is in the arm for carrying, and the mechanism for clenching the wire
staples.
is an arm arranged to be bolted to the frame a of the machine in place of the
arm a¹ Fig to 15, so that the clenches will come exactly under the operating
parts of the vertical slides, as in the machine shown by Figs 8 to 15 inclusive.
The arm to sustain the work is formed of thin steel or wrought iron and is
placed at an angle of 45 degrees, so that all the angles between the sides and
bottom or top of a box are accessible.
When the arm is not too large the machine will be also applicable for securing
by wire fasteners the round tops or bottoms of boxes to the round sides of the box.
The arm has a recess to receive two slide plates m and m¹. A flat and edge
view of one of these plates (m) is shown detached by Figs 19 and 20, and similar
views of the other plate (m²) are shown by Figs 21 and 22.
The plate m fits the full width of the recess and slides too and fro endways but
the plate m¹ does not move endways but sideways, and it is prevented from moving
endways by the ledge at the upper end of the arm and a rib secured to the
cover plate which is secured by screws to the arm to keep the slide plates m
and m¹ in their places.
The plate m³ has two diagonal slots m³ to fit two pins m³ in the side of the
plate m, so that when the latter is moved endways the plate m' moves at right
angles to the plate m to an equal extent.
The part m which is at the end of each plate acts against the wires.
Fig 23 is a cross section of the oblique arm which is secured to the end of the
horizontal arm / by screws.
The plate m is acted upon by a slide rod n (shown detached by Fig 23ª) the
end of which fits and slides in a hole in the arm l¹.
The end of the rod n has an incline upon it that acts against one upon the end
of the plate m, and there is also a projection m' from the edge of the end of the
plate m that fits a groove in the side of the slide rod n which groove has an
inclination parallel to that acting on the end of the plate m.
When the slide rod n is drawn inwards, the inclines force the plate m upwards,
and when the slide rod n is moved outwards the plate m is drawn downwards.
The rod n at its back end slides in a bearing, and a part n' is screwed on its
end which has a groove in one side for a pin in the end of an arm h¼ on the
shaft he Figs 9 and 11.
When this modification is used the frame part of the machine Figs 8, 9 and 11
is made wider in the direction of the lengthway of the cam shaft b and the shaft h

page_text: so that the latter can be made long enough to allow the arm 10 to be secured on
the shaft in or about a line with the slide rod n.
So arranged the same machine is or may be made with two different clenching
arrangements, one like that shown in Figs 8 to 15 inclusive, and when that is
unscrewed and removed, the clenching mechanism illustrated by Figs 17 to 23
inclusive, is or may be used in its place, and vice versa.
For materials which require-it, holes are formed for the two ends of the staples
to pass through the sides of the box in which case my Invention consists of a
modification illustrated in Fig 9 by peculiar dotted line.
p is a shaft having its bearing in the framing,-it extends on each side of the
framing carrying the vertical slides, and has an arm p¹ placed horizontally at each
end, between the ends of which there is a shaft p2 in front of the plate a*, upon
this shaft an arm p³ is jointed, the lower end of which is formed into two piercing
points at the distance apart, and arranged to come opposite and form holes for the
wire staples. A flat spring p is attached to the upper end of the arm p³ the free
end of which comes against the front plate a*, this throws and keeps the lower
end of the arm p³ against the lower part of the front plate a*, in which position
the points of the piercing prongs are in the correct position for piercing the
material of the box.
The arm p³ is shown in the position ready to pierce the material, and when the
shaft p is oscillated the arm is forced down to make the holes and is then lifted,
and when lifted a little higher than the position in which it is shown, the bent or
inclined part at the lower end of the arm comes against the plate a* which thus
moves the prongs sufficiently to one side to be clear of the staple to be inserted and
the inserting slides.
There is an arm p³ on one end of the shaft p which has a rod jointed to it, the
other end of which is jointed with a lever or otherwise which is actuated by a
cam, or a box cam, or two cams as illustrated by Figs 14 and 15, the cam or cams
being shaped to cause the descent of the arm, p³ from 0 to 45, and to ascend from
45 to 80, and to dwell from 80 to 360 degrees of the rotation.
For thick strong material the holes are or may be bored or otherwise formed in
a separate machine to a guage and brought to the same guage to have the wire
staples inserted.
Instead of cutting the lengths from the wire with both ends square I sever the
lengths from the wire according to one modification of my Invention so that both
ends are at an angle, and form what is termed the "diamond point," which will
more readily pierce and pass through the material of the box and form in it
smoother and less ragged holes than the square ended staples-This is accomplished
when severing the length off the wire by cutting or shearing a double angled piece
out of the side of the wire, as illustrated by Fig 24, where x is the wire from the
reel, the length severed from it, and at the angle piece cut out of the wire in
the act of severing, so that the staple when formed will be pointed as illustrated
by Fig 25.
The cutter or punch is made separately and is actuated by a separate cam by
preference and is arranged to cut the piece out of the wire horizontally, that is
in a direction perpendicular to the vertical slides ƒ and g as illustrated by Fig 26.
a front view of part of the vertical slide and Fig 27 a sectional side view f' is part
of the vertical slide q¹ the horizontal cutter, and q² a V plate secured by a screw,
against which it cuts.
The cutter q is moved to and fro in the direction of its length in the hole in the
frame in which it fits, by a cam on the cam shaft b and connecting rod and lever
or levers.
The cutting edge is formed by a gap or space in the underside of the part q'
which allows the wire to pass through but when it is moved endways one edge of
the gap comes against the side of the wire and cuts the angle piece out against the
angle plate q³ which piece drops away down the space a8.

page_text: I have now particularly described the nature of my said Invention and the
modes of carrying the same into effect, and claim as my Invention.
Firstly. The drawing of wire from a reel and cutting and forming it in to
angular staples (as illustrated by Fig 6) by selfacting mechanism, substantially as
herein before described and illustrated by the Drawings.
Secondly. Selfacting mechanism which draws wire from a reel, cuts the wire
and bends it into the form of an angular staple (Fig. 6) and inserts it into the
angle of a box and clenches it, substantially as herein before described and
illustrated by the Drawings.
Thirdly. The combination and arrangement of mechanism and its mode of action
for forming and inserting angular staples in the angles of boxes, substantially as
hereinbefore described and illustrated by Figs 8 to 15 inclusive and Figs. 24 to 27
inclusive of the Drawings.
Fourthly. The combination and arrangement of mechanism for clenching angular
wire staples, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by Figs 17 to 23
inclusive of the Drawings.
Fifthly. The combination of mechanism illustrated by Figs. 17 to 23 inclusive,
with part of the mechanism illustrated by Figs. 8 to 15 inclusive, substantially as
herein before described.
Sixthly. The system or mode of inserting wire staples in card board or other
material when flat across where the angles of the box will be, and simultaneously
bending the card-board by a plunger and mould, substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated by Figs 3 and 16 of the Drawings.
In witness whereof I the said Sam Wood have hereunto set my hand and
seal this Seventh day of July in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and eighty two.