IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF REELS FOR REELING, AND STANDS FOR REELS, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE APPLICABLE TO THE MANUFACTURE OF DESK OR WAPER SEALS
Year: 1850

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, RICHARD
BARBER, of Hotel Street, Leicester, late Cotton Winder, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Thirtieth day of
November, One thousand eight hundred and fifty, in the fourteenth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Richard Barber, my exors, adiñors, and assigns, Her especial
licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said Richard
Barber, my exors, admors, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Richard
Barber, my exors, admiors, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times during the term of years therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within
England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF REELS FOR REELING, AND STANDS FOR
REELS, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE APPLICABLE TO THE MANUFACTURE OF DESK OR
WAPER SEALS;" in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso, that I;
the said Richard Barber shall cause a particular description of the nature
of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, by
an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, to be inrolled in Her
Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six calendar months next and

page_text: immediately after the date of the said, in part recited Letters Patent, as in
and by the same, reference being thereunto had,, will more fully and at large
appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with. the said proviso, I, the said
Richard Barber, do hereby declare, do hereby declare the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, are fully described
and ascertained in and by the following statement thereof, reference being
had to the Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters
marked thereon, that is to say -
The improvements to be secured by this Patent consist, first, in manu-
facturing metallic reels, on which sewing cotton or other fibrous material
is wound by casting them in, suitable moulds, or dies; I prefer the reel to
be cast in one piece,. but it may be made in a greater number of
parts, or some one or more of the parts may be cast in metal, and other
material or materials substituted for the remaining portion of the reel.
Second, my Invention relates to the method of constructing the plates or
dies, in which reels or parts of reels made by pressure are produced. It is
usual to make horn, hoop, shell, or other presseil reels in a
of plates,
consisting of one top, one bottom, and a middle plate, in two or three parts,
the parts of the middle plate being held together during the process of
manufacture by screw pins and nuts, the screw pins passing through the parts,
and in the course of manufacture the force exerted upon the screw pins and
nuts is so great as often to strip the threads or break the screw pins, thereby
causing considerable delay and loss. It is obvious that the thickness of the
middle plates must be limited to the depth of the reels, and that the screw
pins which pass through the plates must have a still less diameter; therefore
no screw pin can be used to pass through the parts of the middle plate, having
a greater diameter than the depth of the reel, and as this is found in practice
insufficient, I remedy that defect in the following manner, namely, I dispense
with screw pins, passing through the plates by embracing the middle plate
with a hoop, or collar, or clip, or by having a recess, or rim, or projections on
the top and bottom plate, or on either plate or studs on the top and bottom
plate, or in either of them, which externally come in contact with the middle
plate and
it, so as to prevent its parts being separated while the
reel or any part thereof is pressed. It is not necessary that the hoop, or
collar, or clip should entirely surround the middle plate, as a portion of it
might be cut away, and the remainder shall embrace the plates sufficiently to
keep it in its position..

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
And in order that my Invention may be most fully understood, and readily
carried into effect, I will proceed to describe the Drawings hereunto, annexed,
the same letters having reference to corresponding parts in the various
views.
Figures 1, 2, 3, represent a mould for casting reels, according to the first
part of my
Invention; Figure 3 is an elevation of a mould with one of the
outer plates A removed; this plate is shewn separately at Figure 1; Figure 2
is a section of the mould, when in use. This mould is in four parts, A, B, C, D.
E is a pin, which may be loose or fast to the part B for forming the barrell
or stem of the reel hollow, or the pin may be removed, and then the reel will
have a solid stem or barrel.
The mode of casting is as follows:-The molten metal is poured into the
mouth of the mould at F, Figure 2, flowing down the channels a, a, to a
recess b, b, and surrounding the pin E, this recess being so shaped as to form.
the reel complete. The outside pieces A and B may be ornamented with any
lettering, figuring, or device.
.
Figures 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 represent the mode of carrying out the second part
of my Invention; Figure 7 is an elevation, Figure 8 a section, and Figure 6
a plan of the plates or dies I employ for pressing horn, shell, hoof, or other
reels, or any part thereof made by pressure; G is the top, and H the bottoni
plate; I, J, is the middle plate in two parts; K is a pin to form the barrel or
stem hollow, or around which a loose barrel may be placed. This pin must
be removed when a solid stem is required; L, the loop or clip for holding the
parts of the middle plate together; c, d, is the recess, in which the material is
pressed to form the reel. To make a reel with a hollow metal barrel by this
set of plates, a piece of the substance to form the lower end of the reel must
be placed over the barrel on the bottom plate Hat c, the pin K passing
through it. Then place on in the following order the collar L, the middle,
plate I, J, the substance for the top of the reel at d, and the top plate G
within the collar. On pressure being applied to the top plate G, the
substances at d and c will be pressed into the required form, and all excess of
material will be forced into the openings f. f. Some materials, such as hoof.
the plates a considerable time,
or horn, require the pressure to continue upon
and it is usual to allow the plates to remain under the press.
.
Figures 4 and 5 exhibit a method by which the plates may be removed
from the press immediately. after the pressure is exerted; Figure 4 is- an
elevation, partly in section, and Figure 5 a plan. G is the top, and H the

page_text: bottom plate; the latter has its side or sides M carried up above the top plate
G (or the top plate may have its side or sides carried downward in like
manner) and slots cut through at N, to receive a compound wedge O. This
wedge being driven into its place, while the plates are under the press, will
retain them in their position for any length of time required.
Figure 9 shews a method of applying pressure externally to the middle plate
for holding its parts together, and consists of a chase P, P, with a screw R
to impinge against a washer S, which comes in contact with the middle
plate I, J.
I would have it understood, that I do not confine myself to any peculiarity
of arrangement, or shape of the parts described, so long as the general
character of my Invention is adhered to, nor do I confine myself to the
manufacture of one reel at a time, as any other number may be manufactured
at once, without departing from my Invention.
The third part of my Invention consists in manufacturing stands for reels,
and consists first in casting them entirely of metal in suitable dies or moulds,
and secondly in manufacturing the whole of the stand or any part thereof in
horn, hoof, or shell by pressure. The processes of casting and pressing
according to my Invention, having been previously described, need not again
be repeated.
The fourth part of my Invention relates to the manufacture of desk and
wafer seals. This improvement consists in casting the stem of the desk or
wafer seal in metal, with a groove or recess at the bottom, in which is inserted
a piece of glass or hoof, with a suitable device thereon, for giving the impression
to sealing wax or wafers.
CLAIMS.
First, a reel made wholly or partly of metal by casting.
Secondly, securing the parts of the middle plate together during the process
of manufacturing reels or parts of reels, by pressure, by means of a band, hoof,
er collar, or part of the same, or by any number of projections external to the
middle plate. I also claim a chase, either loose or fast to the press, with a
screw or other mechanical power for holding the parts of the middle plate
I also claim the
together, while reels or parts of reels are manufactured.
confining the parts of the mould or set of plates, while under the press, so
that they may be removed from the press.
Thirdly, I claim a stand for reels made of metal by casting it entire in one
piece, and also a stand for reels made wholly or partly of hoof, horn, or
shell.

page_text: And, fourthly, I claim a desk, or wafer seal, having its handle cast in metal
with a recess, in which a glass or hoof bottom is placed for giving the impression.
In witness whereof, I, the said Richard Barber, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-ninth day of May, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-one.
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twenty-ninth day of May,
in the year of our Lord 1851, the aforesaid Richard Barber came before
our said Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification
aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in form
above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according
to the tenure of the Statute made for that purpose.