IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CUT NAILS
Year: 1855

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Richard Goose, of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF CUT NAILS."
Sealed the 15th April 1856, and dated the 6th November 1855.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Richard Goose at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 6th November
1855.
I, RICHARD GOOSE, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufac-.
turer, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF CUT NAILS" to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in making cut nails from taper iron; that is to say,
from strips or sheets of iron thinner at one edge than at the other, in. the manner
herein-after described. In making the said taper iron, I take ordinary sheet iron
and cut it into strips in a direction at right angles to that in which the sheet
iron was rolled. The fibre in the said strips will be in a direction transverse
to the said strips, and consequently in a line with the nails to be cut from the
strips. After the sheet-iron has been cut up into strips, as described, the said
strips are passed through rolls, so as to make them thin on one edge. The
said strips are passed through the rolls in such a manner that their longest
length is parallel to the axes of the rolls, and the said rolls are excentric to

page_text: 'their axes for the purpose of giving the required taper to the strips passed
between them.
My Invention consists, 'further, in a method of feeding taper iron into
nail-cutting machines, whether the said taper iron be made by the method
herein-before described or otherwise. In carrying this part of my Invention
into effect, I feed the .said taper iron into the said machines without the
turning over or reversing motion, which is necessary when nails are cut from
iron strips of uniform thickness, as the taper form of the nail is produced by
the varying thickness of the iron instead of by the oblique direction of the
cutter, as in the ordinary machine.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Richard Goose in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
30th April 1856.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, RICHARD
Goose, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent, Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Sixth day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, in the nineteenth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Richard Goose, Her special licence that I, the said Richard Goose," my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Richard
Goose, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during
the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN. THE
MANUFACTURE OF CUT NAILS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said Richard Goose, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in, what manner
the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the
date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Richard Goose, do hereby declare the
nuture of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is, to be performed,<

page_text: to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement
thereof, that is to say:-
My Invention consists in making cut nails from taper iron, that is to say,
from strips or sheets of iron thinner at one edge than at the opposite edge,
the said nails being made from the said iron in the manner herein-after:
described. In making the said taper iron, I take ordinary sheet iron and cut
it into strips in a direction at right angles to that in which the sheet iron was:
rolled. The fibre in the said strips will be in a direction transverse to the said.
strips, and in a line with the direction in which nails will be afterwards cut>
therefrom.
:
Figure 1 represents a sheet of iron; and Figure 2, strips cut from the
said sheet, the lines in both Figures indicating the direction of the. fibre::
The strips, Figure 2, are passed between rolls, for the purpose of making
them thinner on one edge than on the opposite edge. The said strips>
are passed through the rolls in such a manner that their longest length is
parallel to the axes of the rolls; the said rolls are excentric to their axes for
the purpose of giving the required taper to the strips passed between them.
Figure 3 represents, in end elevation, and Figure 4. in front elevation, and>
Figure 5 in plan, a pair of rolls a, b, mounted excentrically upon their axes;
c, d, which said rolls I use for carrying this part of my Invention into effect.
e is the strip of iron to be operated upon while passing between the rolls
The gradually approaching surfaces of the said rolls give to the strip the taper
form shewn at e¹, in Figure 3.
a,
b.
My Invention consists, further, in a method of feeding taper iron into
nail-cutting machines, whether the said taper iron be made by the method
herein-before described or by any other method. In carrying this
part. of my
Invention into effect, I feed the said taper iron into the said machines without
the turning over or reversing motion, which is necessary when nails are cut
from strips of iron of uniform thickness. Figure 6 represents a strip of iron of
uniform thickness, from which nails are cut by the ordinary process, the lines
on the plate in Figure 6 indicating the direction in which the strip is cut to pro-
duce the nails. Figure 7 represents a taper strip, which is cut in parallel direc-
tions, as represented, the taper form of the nail being produced by the varying
thickness of the iron instead of by the oblique direction of the cut, as indicated
in Figure 6. When cutting parallel strips of uniform thickness, after the
manner represented in Figure 6, the strip requires to be turned over after each
nail has been cut off; but in cutting taper strips according to my Inven-
tion, and as represented in Figure 7, the strip is fed direct into the machine
without requiring to be turned over.

page_text: Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner of
carrying the same into effect, I wish it to be understood that I do not limit.
myself to the precise details herein described, as the same may be varied
without departing from the nature of my said Invention; but I claim as my
Invention,-
Firstly, manufacturing taper iron, to be used in the manufacture of cut
nails, in the manner herein-before described, and illustrated in the accompanying
Drawing, that is to say, by cutting ordinary sheet iron into strips by dividing
the sheets in directions at right angles to that in which the sheet iron was
rolled, and in which the fibre is situated, and afterwards tapering the said
strips, or making them thinner on one edge than on the opposite edge, the
said taper extending across the strips in their shortest direction, or in the
direction in which the fibre is situated, and in which the nails are afterwards
cut from the said strips.
Secondly, the method herein described, and illustrated in the accompanying
Drawing, of feeding taper iron into nail-cutting machines, that is to say,
feeding the said taper iron into the said machines without the turning over
or reversing motion, which is necessary when nails are cut from strips of iron
of uniform thickness.
In witness whereof, I, the said Richard Goose, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-ninth day of , in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.
Witness,
GEORGE SHAW.
RICHARD GOOSE. (L.S.)