IMPROVED MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING CARDBOARD AND OTHER LABELS OR TICKETS, AND FOR FORMING WIRE FASTENERS AND INSERTING THEM IN THE SAME
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Robert Lake, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake,
& Co., Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London, for the Invention of
IMPROVED MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING CARDBOARD AND OTHER
LABELS OR TICKETS, AND FOR FORMING WIRE FASTENERS AND INSERTING THEM
IN THE SAME," A communication from abroad by Alonzo Kimball, of the City
and State of New York, United States of America, Manufacturer.
AN
Sealed the 28th February 1878, and dated the 3rd September 1877.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Robert Lake at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 3rd September 1877.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London. "AN IMPROVED MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING
CARDBOARD AND OTHER LABELS OR TICKETS, AND FOR FORMING WIRE FASTENERS
AND INSERTING THEM IN THE SAME." [A communication froin abroad by Alonzo
Kimball, of the City and State of New York, United States of America,
Manufacturer.]
This Invention relates more particularly to an improved machine for making
labels or tickets for cloth or clothing, described in the Specification of Letters Patent,
dated May 2, A.D. 1874, No. 1556, and its object is to construct and arrange the
several parts of the said machine in such a manner that it will both form the wire
fasteners and insert them automatically, and with great precision and rapidity, in
the said labels or tickets.
The aforesaid tickets are designed to be used on ready-made clothing and other
articles of merchandize, and are provided with double pointed wire fasteners made
in the form of a staple bent at right angles about midway of its length, the head or
bridge of the said fastener lying flat between the layers of cardboard or paper from
which the ticket is made, and its pointed ends being passed through one of said
layers; and the said tickets are attached to the goods by passing these pointed ends
of the fastener through the same, and then turning them down.

page_text: And before proceeding to describe the said machine I would state that these
tickets are formed on rectangular sheets of paper or cardboard of convenient size in
rows extending lengthwise and sidewise at equal distances apart; these sheets are
passed through the machine while the wires are being formed and inserted in the
same, and for this purpose they are laid on blocks or boards having perforations
which are filled with cork or similar material which the wires will readily penetrate,
and when the sheet has been filled with the fasteners in rows, as aforesaid, the said
block is removed from the machine, another sheet of paper or cardboard is pasted
over the same, thereby covering the heads of the fasteners, and the sheet is then
removed from the block and cut up into pieces or squares, each having one of the
fasteners, and making one ticket.
The present Invention consists in certain novel constructions of devices for feeding
the wire from a continuous coil of wire, and cutting the same into suitable lengths
for forming the fasteners, for bringing the said lengths of wire into the proper form
and shape, and for inserting the same at regular intervals into the sheet of card-
board or paper from which the tickets are to be cut; also in the combination with
these devices of a horizontal table and frame (or of an endless travelling web) on
which the said block and cardboard are laid, and which is moved forward inter-
mittently by means of suitable mechanism to receive the wire fasteners as they are
formed; and also in the novel construction and arrangement of devices by means of
which the said table is made to co-operate with the parts above mentioned, so that
the said table is moved forward at the proper time while the fastener is being
formed, and is raised so that the latter is inserted into the cardboard, and so that
when one row has been completed the table and cardboard are moved sidewise to
bring another row into position.
Most of these movements are effected by means of cams fixed on a horizontal
driving shaft, which is located on the upper part of the frame of the machine. The
sheet of cardboard from which the tickets are to be cut having first been tacked on
the aforesaid block, the latter is placed on the table and secured thereon by pronged
bars on the table frame, the first row of tickets being directly in a line with the
bender or forming device above mentioned, and the wire from which the fasteners
are made is fed from a coil through the feeding device, and thence under a presser
foot into the said bender or forming device.
The feeding device pushes forward the wire a sufficient distance to bring into the
bender or forming device a sufficient length to form one of the fasteners, the end of
the length extending a short distance beyond the said forming device and under-
neath & presser rod operated by a cam on the driving shaft, and then the aforesaid
presser rod and presser foot descend upon the wire and hold it while the knife cuts
off the length; then the presser foot and presser rod both begin to rise, and the
several parts of the forming device are brought into action, bending the wire into
the proper form and holding it ready to be inserted into the cardboard, and the
table carrying the cardboard is raised through the medium of cranks, the said
cranks being secured upon rock shafts, which are operated by a cam on the driving
shaft, and by these means the points of the fastener (which is still held by the
forming device) are inserted into the cardboard, their points entering the corks in
the block on which the cardboard is laid; the fastener is then released by the
forming device, the table descends, the shuttle of the feeding device completes its
backward stroke, the presser rod and presser foot complete their upward movement,
and the knife is drawn back, each of the said several parts being thus brought into
position to repeat their respective operations in forming and inserting the next
fastener into the next ticket of the series.
The aforesaid table is fitted into a rectangular frame which has three distinct
movements, as above indicated, namely, an intermittent forward movement, or side
movement, to bring the cardboard into position to receive another row of fasteners
when the former row has been completed, and an upward move movement to insert the
fasteners. For the purpose of effecting the last-mentioned movement a vertical arm
is provided on the under side of the table, which works in a slotted bracket attached

page_text: to the table frame, and rests upon an oscillating platform pivoted to the cranks
above mentioned, which latter are secured upon the rock shafts above mentioned,
which are operated by a cam on the driving shaft through the medium of a suitable
rod and lever provided with means for regulating the throw of the said oscillating
platform.
Immediately after the descent of the said table when the fastener has been
inserted, the said table is moved forward the length of one ticket by means of a.
ratebet and pawl operated by a cam on the driving shaft trade adjustable to take a
longer or shorter feed, and working in connection with a rack and pinion to impart
the intermittent forward movement of the aforesaid table frame, so that the table is
inoved forward the length of one ticket at each revolution of the driving shaft.
When the said table has thus been racked forward to its extreme limit, and
one full row of fasteners has been inserted, an adjustable plate secured to the table
frame comes against the upper end of a bent lever, which is pivoted to the frame of
the machine, and whose lower end acts upon another bent lever, on the upright
portion of which is a pin that comes against the aforesaid pawl, thereby releasing it.
from the ratchet. An incline on the second lever disengages the ratchet, and the
table frame is run back by means of a suspended weight attached thereto.
The sidewise movement of the said table frame for the purpose of bringing the
next row of tickets in line with the forming device is effected by means of a ratchet
wbeel which has bearings in a projection on the front of the frame, and which
meshes with a toothed bar on the front edge of the table frame, and is operated by
a pawl pivoted in a handle; the latter is slotted to receive a piston, whose forward
end is wedge-shaped and engages with a wedge-shaped projection on the back of the
said pawl, and this piston is actuated by a spring located in the said slot. This
device is operated by the person in charge of the machine.
When the table and frame have been run back by the action of the weight on
reaching the termination of its backward movement, an adjustable plate presses
down the further end of a lever, which is pivoted to the frame of the machine, and
on whose other end is a slot or notch which receives a pin secured upon the said
lever until thus acted upon by the said plate; but when the said plate passes over
the further end of the said lever, and thereby raises its forward end, the said pin is
released, the ratchet is again brought into action, and the table is again moved
forward as before.
By means of these constructions and arrangements of the several parts the
machine is rendered automatic in its operations, with the single exception of the
lateral movement of the table frame to bring the cardboard into position to receive
another row of fasteners, this lateral movement being effected by the hand of the
operator, as above specified.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Robert Lake in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
1st March 1878.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, and Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London. "AN IMPROVED MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING
CARDBOARD AND OTHER LABELS OR TICKETS, AND FOR FORMING WIRE FASTENERS
AND INSERTING THEM IN THE SAME." A communication from abroad by Alonzo
Kimball, of the City and State, of New York, United States of America,
Manufacturer.
This Invention relates more particularly to an improved machine for making a
certain label or ticket for cloth and clothing invented by one Halmeagh van Geasen,
and described in the Specification of Letters Patent, No. 1556, dated May 2nd, 1874;
and its object is to construct and arrange the several parts of the machine in such a
manner that it both forms and inserts the wire fasteners automatically and with
great precision and rapidity.
The ticket above mentioned is designed to be used on ready-made clothing and
other articles of merchandize, and is provided with a double pointed wire fastener
made in the form of a staple bent at right angles about midway of its length, the
head or bridge of the said fastener lying flat between the layers of cardboard or
paper from which the ticket is made, and its pointed ends being passed through one
of said layers; and which said ticket is attached to the goods by passing these pointed
ends of the fastener through the same, and then turning them down.
And before proceeding to describe the said machine I would state that these
tickets are formed on rectangular sheets of cardboard or paper of convenient size, in
rows extending lengthwise and sidewise at equal distances apart, which said sheets
are passed through the machine while the wires are being formed and inserted in
the same, and for this purpose they are laid on blocks or boards having perforations
which are filled with cork or similar material which the wires will readily penetrate,
and that when the sheet has been filled with fasteners in rows, as aforesaid, the said
block is removed from the inachine, another sheet of paper or cardboard is pasted
over the same, thereby covering the heads of the fasteners, and the sheet, after
being pressed, is taken off the block and cut up into pieces or squares, each having
one of the fasteners, and making one ticket.
The said Invention consists in certain novel constructions of devices for feeding
the wire from a continuous coil of wire, and cutting the same into suitable lengths
for forming the fasteners, for bringing the said lengths of wire into the proper form
or shape, and in inserting the same at regular intervals into the sheet of card-
board from which the tickets are to be cut; also in the combination with these
several devices of a horizontal table and frame (or of an endless travelling web), upon
which the above-mentioned block and cardboard are laid, and which is moved inter-
mittently by means of suitable mechanism to receive the wire fasteners as they are
formed; and also in certain novel constructions and arrangements of devices by
means of which the said table is made to co-operate with the parts above mentioned,
so that the said table is moved forward at the proper time while the fastener is
being formed, and is raised so that the latter is inserted into the cardboard or paper,
and so that when one row has been completed the table and cardboard are moved
sidewise so as to bring another row into position.
Most of these several movements are effected by means of cams fixed on a hori-
zontal driving shaft, which is located on the upper part of the frame of the machine,
the construction and relative arrangements of the said cams being such that each
movement and operation is effected at the proper moment. The sheet of cardboard
from which the tickets are cut having first been tacked on to the block above
mentioned, the latter is placed upon the table and secured thereon by pronged bars
on the table frame, the first row of tickets being directly in a line with the bender
or forming device above mentioned, and the wire from which the fasteners are made

page_text: is fed from a coil through the feeding device, and thence under a presser foot into
the said bender or forming device.
The feeding device pushes forward the wire a sufficient distance to bring into
the bender or forming device a sufficient length to form one of the fasteners,⚫
the end of the said length extending a short distance beyond the said forming
device and underneath a presser rod operated by a cam on the driving shaft,
and then the said presser rod and also the presser foot above mentioned both
descend upon the wire and hold it while the knife cuts off the length; then the
presser foot and presser rod both begin to rise, and the several parts of the forming
device are brought into action, bending the wire into the proper form and holding it
ready to be inserted into the cardboard, and the table carrying the cardboard is raised
through the medium of cranks, the said cranks being secured upon rock shafts,
which are operated by a cam on the driving shaft, as herein-after inentioned; and
by these means the points of the fastener (which is still held by the forming device)
are inserted into the cardboard, their points entering the corks on the block on
which the cardboard is laid; the fastener is then released by the forming device,
the table descends, the shuttle of the feeding device completes its backward stroke,
the presser rod and presser foot complete their upward movements, and the knife is
drawn back, each of these several devices being thus brought into position to repeat
their respective operations in forming and inserting the next fastener into the next
ticket of the series.
The table above mentioned is fitted into a rectangular frame, and has three dis-
tinct movements, as above indicated, viz., an intermittent forward movement, a
sidewise movement to bring the cardboad into position to receive another row of
fasteners when the former row has been completed, and an upward movement to
insert the fasteners. For the purpose of effecting the last-mentioned movement a
vertical arm or rod is provided on the under side of the table, which works in a
slotted bracket attached to the table frame, and rests upon an oscillating platform
pivoted to the cranks above mentioned, which latter are secured upon the rock
shafts above mentioned, which are operated by a cam on the driving shaft through
the medium of a suitable rod and lever provided with means for regulating the
throw of the said oscillating platform.
Immediately after the descent of the table after the fastener has been inserted,
the said table is moved forward the length of one ticket by means of a ratchet and
pawl operated by a cam on the driving shaft made adjustable to take a longer or
shorter feed, and working in connection with a rack and pinion to impart the inter-
mittent forward movement of the table frame above mentioned, so that the table is
moved forward the length of one ticket at once.
When the table has thus been racked forward to its extreme limit, and one full
row of fasteners have been inserted, an adjustable plate secured to the table frame
comes against the upper end of a bent lever, which is pivoted to the frame of the
machine, and the lower end of which acts upon another bent lever, on the upright
portion of which is a pin that comes against the pawl above mentioned, thereby
releasing it from the ratchet, and an incline on the second lever disengages the ratchet,
and the table frame is run back by means of a suspended weight attached thereto.
The sidewise movement of the table frame for the purpose of bringing the next
row of tickets in line with the forming device is effected by means of a ratchet wheel
which has bearings in a projection on the front of the frame, and which meshes with
a toothed bar on the front edge of the table frame, and is operated by a pawl pivoted
in a handle, which latter is slotted to receive a piston, the forward end of which is
wedge-shaped, and engages with a wedge-shaped projection on the back of the said
pawl, and which said piston is actuated by a spring located in the said slot. This
device is operated by the person in charge of the machine.
When the table and frame have been run back by the action of the suspended
weight above mentioned on reaching the termination of its backward movement, an
adjustable plate presses down the further end of a lever, which is pivoted to the
frame of the machine, and on the other end of which is a slot or notch which receives

page_text: a pin secured upon the said lever until thus acted upon by the said plate; but when
the said plate passes over the farther end of the said lever, and thereby raises its
forward end, the said pin is released, the ratchet above mentioned is again brought
into action, and the table is again moved forward as before.
By means of these constructions and arrangements of the several parts. the
machine is rendered automatic in its operations, with the single exception of the
lateral movement of the table to bring the said board into position to receive
another row of fasteners, which latter is effected by the hand of the operator, as
above mentioned.
In order that the said Invention may be fully understood, I shall now proceed
more particularly to describe the said machine in its several parts, and for that
purpose I shall refer to the several Figures in the two Sheets of Drawings hereunto
annexed, marked respectively Sheet No. 1 and Sheet No. 2, the same letters and
numerals of reference indicating corresponding parts throughout all the Figures..
In the said Drawings,
Figure 1 represents a front elevation of the said machine.
Figure 2, a horizontal section of the same on the line a, x, in Figure 1.
Figure 3, an elevation of one end thereof with a portion broken away to shew
more clearly the arrangement of some of the parts.
Figure 4, an elevation of the opposite end, also with portions broken away.
And Figures 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 are detail views herein-after referred to
and explained.
A represents the frame of the machine, and B is a shaft having bearings in the
upper end of the said frame, to which the power is applied for driving the machine;
C is a metal plate or table upon which the sheet of cardboard or paper is laid, and
which is fitted in the frame C, which latter has a lateral movement back and forth
toward the ends of the frame A, its two sides being secured on the moveable
frame D, which latter slides upon the rails or tramway a, a. Motion is imparted to
the frame D by means of a pawl b that engages with the ratchet wheel E, and which
said pawl is operated by a crank, cam, or eccentric F on the end of the shaft B, a
pinion c, which meshes with a toothed bar c¹ under one side of the frame D, being
secured on the same shaft, as is the ratchet wheel E, so that with each revolution of
the shaft B the said frame D and the said table C are moved forward the length of
one ticket.
A second pawl d pivoted to a bracket G, which is fixed to the frame
of the machine, holds the ratchet wheel E while the pawl b is being retracted.
H represents the wire feeding device for feeding the wire from a continuous roll
to the forming devices I. It consists of a shuttle or rectangular piece of metal f,
which is slotted to receive a tongue h, which is pivoted therein at h¹, and which
has flanges that slide on the upper edges of a box or trough i secured to the
frame A in a horizontal position about an inch above the upper surface of the
table C when the latter is at rest. A reciprocating movement is imparted to this
shuttle by means of the levers K and K¹, to the latter of which it is pivoted, and
which said levers are operated by a grooved cam L on the shaft B, so that the said
shuttle has a movement back and forth equal to the length of wire requisite for
making one of the fasteners. The lower end of the lever K is slotted to admit of its
being adjusted so as to impart a longer or shorter stroke to the shuttle, thereby
feeding a longer or shorter length of wire, according to the size of the fastener
which is being made and inserted, and the grooved cam is also made adjustable-by.
the set screws to compensate for wear. The said lever K' is pivoted to the
lever K, and the latter is pivoted to the cross bar A'. The solid portion of the
shuttle is perforated longitudinally to admit the wire e, which latter passes
through the same and between the under surface of the tongue h, and the bottom
of the slot above mentioned and the said tongue being pivoted near its rear end,
the forward end of the same is, by the action of the lever K¹, pressed firmly down
upon the wire during the forward stroke of the shuttle, and slightly raised as the
latter is drawn back. A stop pink prevents the forward end being raised too high,
and another pin k¹, underneath which the wire is passed, prevents the latter from

page_text: rising out of the bottom of the slot. Friction is imparted to the shuttle by means
of an adjustable spring M that presses upon a slotted plate l, which rests upon
the shuttle. This feeding device is most plainly seen at Figure 5, which represents
a sectional view of the same.
N is a knife for cutting the wire, located between the feeding device H and the
forming device I. The cutting edge of this knife is at its lower end (as shewn in
Figure 7), and the body of the knife pivoted to I. It is operated by a cam on
the shaft B, its upper end being kept in contact with the same by means of a
suitable spring, and is adjusted by means of the screws m, m, m. The cutting edge
of this knife works in connection with a stationary knife n, so as to give a slanting
cut, and thus form a sharp point on each part of the wire cut. The stationary
knife n is adjusted by means of the screws o, 0.
O is a presser foot, which is actuated by a suitable spring, and is lifted by a cam
on the shaft B, and is for the purpose of holding the wire at the bottom of the
box i, and preventing its being drawn back by the shuttle on its backward stroke.
The wire-forming device I (a vertical section of which is found in Figure 8)
consists of a metal box p, which is secured to the cross bar A¹, and in which works
a plunger q actuated by a cam on the shaft B, and having a vertical movement up
and down, and a lever or tongue r, which is pivoted within the box p, and is.
moved in one direction by the plunger q, and in the opposite direction by a spiral
or other suitable spring 8. At the rear side of the extreme lower end of the
tongue a groova r¹ is cut, into which the wire is received when the said tongue
is driven inward by the descent of the plunger, which said groove extends across
both sides of the tongue to receive the shanks of the wire when thus drawn inward,
by which means the wire is brought into the form shown in Figure 11, its two ends
being drawn within the projections t, t, of a slotted plate Q secured to the under
side of the box p, and its head resting against an adjustable sliding piece u in the
said plate Q, the said slide u being adjusted by means of the
completion of the stroke of the plunger these projecting ends a
and brought into the form shewn in Figure 12, and are held in
by the ascent of the plunger the spring & comes into play and throws outward the
lower end of the tongue, and thus releases the wire.
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At the further side of the forming device just described, and at its lower end, is
a pivoted lever v, which holds the end of the wire while it is being cut by the
knives, and prevents its starting aside and being thrown out of proper position by
the action of the knives; this lever is acted upon by the rod w, which is operated
by a cam on the shaft B.
The block or board S (Figure 10) upon which the paper or cardboard is laid, as
before stated, is rectangular in form, and is perforated or mortised at regular
intervals corresponding to the size of the tickets, which said perforations or mor-
tises y I fill with cork or similar material which the points of the wires will readily
penetrate, so that while the main portion of the block is sufficiently rigid to cause
the heads of the wires to lie snugly against the cardboard when under pressure, the
portion which the point penetrates is sufficiently yielding to allow the said points
to penetrate it without being thrown out of proper position. This block S is laid
on the table C between the bars y', which are provided with prongs to keep it
steady, one or both of said bars y¹ being pivoted to the table frame C, and actuated
by a suitable spring.
The several cams on the shaft B are arranged in such a manner that the several
parts will operate as follows:-First the feeding device pushes the wire forward,
and at the completion of its stroke the presser foot O descends and holds the wire,
as does also the presser rod w; then the knife cuts off the length, and the presser
foot and presser rod begin to rise, while at the same time the plunger q begins to
descend, and pushing back the tongue r, bends the cut-off length of wire into the
form shown in Figure 11, and the further descent of the plunger brings it into the
form shown in Figure 12, in which position, at the foot of the forming device, it is
held until the table C and the plunger begin to rise. The said table C is raised by

page_text: the cranks R¹ on the rock shafts P', and the points of the wires are thereby pushed
through the cardboard and into one of corks y in the block S, which being done the
plunger rises and releases the wire, and the table descends, carrying with it the wire
inserted into the cardboard, as aforesaid. While the plunger rises and the table
descends, the shuttle makes its backward stroke, and the presser foot and presser
rod ascend, and the knife is drawn back, all of which said operations are repeated
with each formation and insertion of a fastener. Immediately after the table has
descended, the frame D is pushed back by the action of the ratchet E, and thereby
another ticket is brought under the forming device, and so on until one row of the
tickets has been filled.
The devices employed for bringing another row of tickets into position are as
follows: An adjustable plate 1, which is secured to the frame D, comes against the
upper end of a bent lever 2, which is pivoted to the end of the frame A, so soon as
the frame D has reached its extreme forward movement in the manner above men-
tioned, and the lower end of the said lever 2 acts upon another bent lever 3, in the
upright portion of which is a pin v¹, which comes against the inner side of the
pawl d, and thereby disengages it from the ratchet; and on its upper end is an
incline 4, which presses against a pin secured to the pawl b, and releases the latter.
The ratchet wheel E is thereby released, and the frame D is run back by the action
of a weight suspended over the pulley 5, and attached to the side of the frame.
These movements are repeated for each row of tickets.
The lateral movement of the table C for the purpose of bringing the next row of
tickets under the forming device is effected by means of a ratchet wheel E¹, which
meshes with a toothed bar F on the front edge of the table frame C', and is
operated by a pawl 6 pivoted in a handle T, which latter is slotted to receive a
piston 7 having its forward end brought into wedge shape to engage with a wedge-
shaped projection on the back of the said pawl 6, which said piston is actuated by
a spring 9 located in the said slot. This handle is operated by the person in charge
of the machine.
When the frame D) has been run back by the action of the weight, as above
mentioned, on reaching the termination of its backward movement, an adjustable
plate 10, which is secured to the said frame, presses down the further end of a
lever 12, which is pivoted to the frame A, and in which is a slot or notch which
receives a pin secured upon the lever 2 until thus acted upon by the plate 10, and
when the plate 10 passes over the further end of the lever 12, and thereby raises its
forward end, the said pin is released and the lower end of the lever 2 is disengaged
from the lever 3, whereby the pawls and d are again brought into action with the
ratchet E, and the frame D is moved forward as before.
M is an oscillating platform which is operated by the cranks R' on the rock
shafts P, and which raises the table C through the medium of a rod n³ which
works in a slotted bracket attached to the table frame C¹, the upper end of the
said rod n' working in contact with the under side of the said table C, and being
provided at its lower end with a friction roller 13, which is pivoted therein and
rests upon the platform M¹. The said platform is pivoted to the cranks R¹ on the
rock shafts P¹, which latter are connected by a bar 14, and are operated by a cam
on the shaft B through the rod 15, which latter is adjusted by means of the set
screws 16. N¹ is an adjustable rest for regulating the throw of the said platform M².
By means of this arrangement the table C is caused to act in unison with the other
parts, as before described.
17 are springs for retracting the table C.
J is a spring bar attached to the frame D, and provided at its further end on its
under side with a pin which lets into perforations or holes formed in the plate 18
attached to the table frame C¹ for the purpose of regulating the movement of the
latter, and hold the successive rows of tickets in line with the forming device L
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of the said Inven-
tion and the manner in which the same is or may be carried into effect,

page_text: I observe in conclusion that what I consider novel and original and therefore claim
as my Invention is,―
1st. The wire-feeding device H, consisting of the combination of the shuttle f
having the tongue / pivoted therein, the stop pins k and k', the box i, and the
slotted plate 1, as and for the purpose set forth.
2nd. In combination with the forming device I, the presser rod w and pivoted
lever r, as shown & described.
3rd. The table frame C' arranged to slide on the frame D, and provided with a
graduated plate 18, in combination with the ratchet E¹ and the handle T, provided
with the spring 9, piston 7, and pawi 6, as set forth.
4th. In combination with the table C, the rod n' and oscillating platform M', as
and for the purpose set forth.
5th. In combination with the oscillating platform M' and rock shafts P', P',
adjustable rest N' and adjustable rod 15, as and for the purpose set forth.
the
6th. The combination of the table C, frame D, ratchet wheel E, pawls b and d,
rack and pinion c, and cam F, as shown and described for the purpose set forth.
7th. In combination with the sliding frame D provided with the adjustable
plate 1, the lever 2, the lever 3 provided with a pin v¹, and the incline 4, substan-
tially as described, to operate in connection with the pawls b and d, in the manner
set forth.
8th. In combination with the sliding frame D provided with the adjustable
plate 10, the lever 12, constructed as described, and the levers 2 and 3, as and for
the purpose set forth.
9th. In combination with the feeding device H and lever K, the lever K¹, made
adjustable in the manner shown and described for the purpose set forth.
10th. In combination with the table C, the pronged bars y¹, y¹, pivoted to the table
frame C and actuated by springs, as specified, for the purpose of holding the block
S, as set forth.
11th. In combination with the tongue r of the forming device I, the slotted
plate Q provided with the projections t, t, and with the sliding piece u, the latter
being made adjustable by a set screw u', as and for the purpose set forth.
12th. The knife N, formed in sections and made adjustable by set screws m, m, m,
in combination with the stationary knife n, made adjustable by set screws o, o, as
and for the purposes set forth.
13th. The block S, provided with mortises or perforations y at regular intervals,
the said mortises being filled with cork or similar material, as and for the purposes
set forth.
14th. A machine provided with devices, substantially such as are herein described,
or forming and inserting the wires, and with devices, constructed and arranged sub-
stantially as shown and described, for automatically feeding the tickets to receive
the same, so that the two operations are effected simultaneously, and substantially in
the manner set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Robert Lake, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this 28th day of February, in the year of our Lord One
sight hundred and seventy-eight
W*. ROB³. LAKE. (L.S.)