Improvements in the Manufacture of Wire Mattresses, and other Coiled Wire Fabrics.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Sept., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 15th Apr., 1898-Accepted, 20th May, 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Wire Mattresses, and other
Coiled Wire Fabrics.
We, THE STANDARD WIRE COMPANY, LIMITED, of Sowerby Bridge, in the
County of York, Wire Manufacturers, and ARTHUR SIDDALL, of the same place,
Managing Director, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has reference to prior Letters Patents, communicated to this
country by Clarence Otis. White and Marshall Burns Lloyd and contained in
Letters Patents Nos. 15831 dated the third day of September, A.D. 1892;
No. 11461 dated the tenth day of June, A.D. 1893; and No. 12632 dated the
27th day of June, A.D. 1893.
The object of our invention in connection with the machines described in the
Specifications of the said Letters Patents above referred to, is to cut off and
straighten the outer edges of the mattress or wire fabric as it is being woven;
therefore we apply, at the back or delivery end of the machine, one or more pairs
of jaws, between which the edges or selvage of the woven fabric passes. These
jaws are caused to open and close by means of jointed levers and rods operated
by cams or tappets. The opening and closing of the jaws is intermittent and
they are provided with cutting surfaces which sever the superfluous or irregular
edges of the fabric whereby they are made perfectly parallel.
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£ Cantambor 1807
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Halifax, Patent Agents.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Wire Mattresses, and other
Coiled Wire Fabrics.
We, THE STANDARD WIRE COMPANY, LIMITED, of Sowerby Bridge, in the
County of York, Wire Manufacturers, and ARTHUR SIDDALL, of the same place,
Managing Director, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
im and by the following statement:-
This invention has reference to prior Letters Patents communicated to this
country by Clarence Otis White and Marshall Burns Lloyd, and contained in
Letters Patents Nos. 15831, dated the third day of September A.D. 1892;

page_text: No. 11461 dated the 10th day of June, A.D. 1893; and No. 12632 dated the
27th day of June, A.D. 1893.
The object of our invention in connection with the machines described in the
Specifications of the said Letters Patents above referred to, is to cut off, and
straighten the outer edges of the wire mattress or fabric as it is being woven.
For this purpose we apply one or more pairs of jaws at, each side of the machine
between which jaws the edges or selvage of the, woven fabric passes. These jaws
are caused to open and close by means of jointed levers and rods operated by cams
or tappets. The opening and closing of the jaws is intermittent and they are
provided with cutting surfaces which sever the superfluous or irregular edges of
the fabric whereby they are made perfectly parallel.
In order that our said invention may be fully understood, reference is hereafter
had to the annexed sheet of drawings forming a part of this Specification, in
which:-
Fig. 1 is elevation of our improvements as applied to wire mattress making
machines, the table or bed of said machine alone being shewn..
Fig. 2 is plan of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is transverse section taken on line x, x of Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is perspective view of the moveable jaw or cutter..block.
Referring to the drawings, letters a and b represent two slide boxes, one of
which is supported on and secured to trods e carried in brackets & bolted to the
table or bed e of the machine, while the other is secured in a bracket f bolted to
..the bed e. The said slide boxes are located one at each side of the rear of the
machine, the box a being adjustable laterally on the rods c to any extent to suit
the various widths of wire mattress woven on the machine. The slide box b is
also adjustable laterally to a slight degree in the bracket f though ordinarily its
position is fixed. In the slide boxes a, b, are sliding blocks a, b, respectively,
which are adapted to be slided, backwards and forwards in said boxes by means
of jointed or toggle levers g g¹³, and h, h¹, coupled at their free ends to eye bolts
or yokes i, j, screwed on to the opposite ends of a connecting rod k, made in two
parts one of which telescopes into the other and is secured by set screws k¹ screwed
through the boss or collar . By loosening the set screws the rod can be
extended or contracted in order to give the necessary adjustment to the length
of said connecting rod when the box a is adjusted to accomodate a wider or
narrower mattress. The levers g, h, are hinged to their respective slide
blocks a, b, and the levers g', h¹ are pivotted on fixed studs at the ends of
arms a², 2, projecting from and forming part of the slide boxes a, b. The con-
necting rod is moved endwise by an arm / connected to and actuated by an
eccentric m mounted on any suitable rotating shaft of the machine, and at every
revolution of said eccentric the levers g, gl, and h, h¹, are moved from the positions
shewn in dotted lines to those shewn in full line in Fig. 2, whereby the slide
blocks or jaws a¹, 61, are forced forward to the positions shewn in full line in
Fig. 2, and nip the woven wire mattress represented at n, between the ends of
said slide blocks or jaws and plates o, o' (Figs. 2 and 3) secured to lugs or fixed
jaws a³, 63, which project from the outer sides of the boxes a, b, somewhat as
shewn, and leave a clear opening under the slide blocks for the edges of the
mattress to pass through. On the forward ends of the slide blocks or jaws a¹, b¹,
and at the outer sides thereof are cutters at, 64, which, at every forward movement
of the slide blocks engage the wires of the mattress between them and the corres-
ponding cutting surfaces of the plates o, o¹, and thereby sever the irregular longi-
tudinal edges or projecting wires as illustrated in Fig. 1, thus making the said
edges or selvages of the mattress perfectly parallel throughout.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is:
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In wire mattress weaving machines, the application and employment of jaws

page_text: or gripping surfaces and cutters for intermittently nipping the fabric or material
as it is woven and cutting off the irregular longitudinal edges or superfluous
wires, said parts being operated in the manner and by means substantially as
herein shewn and described.
Dated this 14th dow of Anni 1900