IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR UNITING TOGETHER MATERIALS EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES, SADDLERY, DRIVING BANDS, AND SUCH LIKE ARTICLES AS REQUIRE TO. BE STRONGLY UNITED TOGETHER
Year: 1866

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Cook at the Office of the
Commissioner of Patents, with his Petition, on the 2nd July 1866.
I, THOMAS COOK, of Arbour Square, Commercial Road East, in the
County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR UNITING TOGETHER MATERIALS EMPLOYED IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES, SADDLERY, DRIVING BANDS, AND SUCH LIKE
ARTICLES AS REQUIRE TO. BE STRONGLY UNITED TOGETHER," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to machinery in which metal is used for uniting
materials together instead of sewing, as formerly practised; and I would here
remark that a peculiar feature and novelty of this Invention consists in
employing a long piece of wire, and leading the same downwards, and forcing
the same into and through the entire thickness of the materials which are to
be united together; whereas the method heretofore practised has been, first
to cut the metal into short lengths, and then insert and force them one after
the other into holes previously formed in the material to receive them; but
by this Invention I force the end of the wire into the solid material, and
afterwards cut or divide the wire by means of a cutting instrument so formed
as to cut the wire to a point or wedge shape. The following is an example
of the construction of the improved machinery above referred to:-To an
upright framing I connect and adjust the following parts: at the upper part

page_text: of the aforesaid framing I mount a short axle, upon one end of which a cam
is fixed, and upon the other end a small fly wheel, to which is connected
a rod extending downwards, and connected to treddles to be worked by the
feet of the operator. In connection with the aforesaid cam is a bell crank
lever, the lower end of which is formed with a wedge-shaped foot for operating
upon a pair of cutting shears employed to cut the wire after it has been
forced into the material. The mechanism employed to grip the wire and
force it into the materials to be united consists of a pair of binged sliding
nippers operated upon by a wedge attached to the horizontal arm of the bell
crank lever before mentioned, by which the nose of the nippers is made to
grip the wire tightly. The piece of metal upon which the nippers slide is
connected by a rod to a slot in a bent lever, the lower end of the said lever
being mounted on a stud or fulcrum fixed to the framing of the machine.
The use of this lever is to move the nippers bodily with the wire from a
vibrating point at the top of the framing so as to insert the wire into the
material, and arrange the metal fastenings at equal distances asunder. I also
employ a bent piece of metal somewhat similar to the letter L, the upper end of
which supports the materials whilst they are being operated upon, and the
horizontal part of this piece of metal is formed with a vertical axis working in n
suitable bearing, and capable of being raised and lowered to suit different
thicknesses of materials. The wire may either be forced into the materials in
a slanting direction, each row slanting in an opposite direction, or the wire
may be inserted upright.