An Improved Device for Cutting and Closing Splices in Wire Ropes.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 10th July, 1897
Complete Specification Loft 10th Mar 1898 Accented 23rd Apr 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Device for Cutting and Closing Splices in Wire Ropes.
JAMES PULLEN, 3, Edith Street, Great Cambridge Street, Hackney Road,
London, N.E., Foreman at Gas Works, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion to be as follows:-
An improved double screw press for the turning in wire rigging & also for closing
the splices in steel hawsers & other wire ropes & also sliding shears for cutting
the same.
This machine is most useful to riggers & divers as the diver can use it
under water for cutting & clearing wire away where it is most difficult to use
hammer & chisel as he can apply the shears to the middle of the rope as easily
as the ends. It is also most useful to a rigger as it saves a considerable amount
of time & labour and enables him to make a much better job of it & he can also
close the splices without hammering which hitherto has been a great injury to wire
hawsers & ropes. This double screw press comprises a stout, wrought iron, square
frame, with an inch & a quarter screw at each end, with one end removable, which
is nessessary to admit the differrent tools required for the work; such as a pair of
clamps, which is required for turning the rigging in & closing the splices of the
same, and also a pair of removable shear blades, for cutting the wire. This
removable end is also very necessary for cutting the middle part of the wire when
both ends are secured, & cannot be unfastened.
JAMES PULLEN,
3, Edith Street, Great Cambridge Street, Hackney Road.
An Improved Device for Cutting and Closing Splices in Wire Ropes.
JAMES PULLEN, 3, Edith Street, Great Cambridge Street, Hackney Road,
London, N.E., General Fitter, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:
This invention relates to screw presses and has for its object the construction
and arrangement of such a device whereby it is simple and cheap to manufacture
is very efficient in action has few working parts with consequent small amount
of wear and tear and can as easily be worked under water as above.
In order that this invention may be better understood I will now proceed to
describe it in relation to the drawings annexed referring to the letters and figures
marked thereon. Like letters refer to like parts in various figures.

page_text: Figure 1 is a front view of my invention showing the cutters in position.
Figure 2 is a side view of the same.
Figure 3 is a long spanner which is used for large wire rope.
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Figure 4 is a clamp block for closing splices and turning in rigging.
To carry my invention into effect I form an oblong frame " "which has a
movable head "a" fixed by bolts "a2." The two long sides of the frame " a
form slides for the cutter blocks "6" and the clamp blocks "62" Fig. 4. The
cutter blocks "6" are formed of two separate parts the block "b and the
cutter "61.❞
The cutter "1" is sunk in the block "6" half way which makes the cutting
edges of both come together. By arranging the cutters in this way they can be
readily renewed when worn out.
The screws
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c" which work the cutter blocks through each end of the frame
are turned by the bars "c1" for small rope, and for large rope the long span-
.ners "Fig. 3 are used.
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The clamp blocks "62" Fig. 4 which are for turning in the rigging & closing
the splices are placed in the frame" a" in the same position as the cutter
blocks, "b" which are removed by removing the movable head "a1" and are worked
in the same way as the cutter blocks.
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my
said
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:
The construction and arrangement of a double screw press, substantially as
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
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