IMPROVEMENTS IN JACQUARD CARD REPEATING MACHINES to be as follows
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Aug., 1886.
Complete Left, 5th Apr., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 6th May, 1887.
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I, THOMAS NUTTALL, of Palatine Works, Ramsbottom in the County of Lancaster,
Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
JACQUARD CARD REPEATING MACHINES to be as follows :-
"
This invention relates to repeating machines for punching or cutting sets of oards
from the original pattern cards cut from the design. In my improved machine I place
the cutting plates on a box or frame which is moved up and down in slides (attached
to the sides of the machine) by cams fitted on the main shaft. This cam shaft projects
through each side of the machine, and on one end of the cam shaft I place a cam or
tappet for working the pattern card cylinder, which acts on the ends of the needles for
the selection of the cards to be repeated. The blank cards to be repeated are punched
with the necessary holes for lacing them together. I place the blank cards laced
together between the cutting plates, and the first card is placed on a cylinder which is
turned by a peg lever on the main shaft. This lever gives motion to an intermittent
wheel and carrier wheels, and cylinder, by which means the oylinder draws a fresh card
forward to be cut at each revolution of the main or cam shaft: The punches for cutting
the cards are countersunk on the top of the heads, and vertical rods are placed in the
countersunk heads and pass up through the eyes or cranks of the selecting needles the
same as in my patent No. 2904, A.D. 1878. In my improvement I use either round
or square vertical rods or spindles, and these I connect to the punches with either
metallic spiral springs or with indiarubber ferrules or hoops. This method of
connecting the vertical rods or spindles to the punches, prevents them from bouncing
or jumping out of their places by the quick up and down motion of the box and plates
when at work."

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Jacquard Card Repeating Machines.
I, THOMAS NUTTALL, of Palatine Works, Ramsbottom, in the County of Lancaster,
Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
JACQUARD CARD REPEATING MACHINES" and in what manner the saine is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
This invention relates to repeating machines for punching or cutting sets of cards
from the original pattern cards cut from the design. In my improved machine I
place the cutting plates on a box or frame which is moved up and down in slides
(attached to the sides of the machine) by cams fitted on the main shaft. This cam shaft
projects through each side of the machine, and on one end of the cam shaft I place a
cam or tappet for working the patten card cylinder, which acts on the ends of the needles
for the selection of the cards to be repeated. The blank cards to be repented are
punched with the necessary holes for lacing them together. I place the blank cards
laced together between the cutting plates, and the first card is placed on a cylinder
which is turned by a peg lever on the main shaft. This lever gives motion to an
intermittent wheel and carrier wheels, and cylinder, by which means the cylinder
draws a fresh card forward to be cut at each revolution of the main or cam shaft.
The punches for cutting the cards are countersunk on the top of the heads, and vertical
rods are placed in the countersunk heads, and pass up through the eyes or cranks of
the selecting needles the same as in my patent No. 2904. A.D. 1878. In my
improvement I use either round or square vertical rods or spindles, and these I connect
to the punches with either metallic spiral springs or with indiarubber ferrules or hoops.
This method of connecting the vertical rods or spindles to the punches prevents them
from bouncing or jumping out of their places by the quick up and down motion of the
box and plates when at work.
And in order that my invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
operation, I will proceed to describe the accompanying sheet of drawings. Fig. I
is a cross section of the machine. Fig. II is front elevation with frames partly
in section. Fig. III is a plan of machine.
Fig. IV is end elevation showing the apparatus or pegs which holds the card in
position while it is cut. This pegs is worked up and down through the guide plate T
and cutting plates d, d, by the cam v on the main shaft c.
Fig. V are datails of punches and rubber ferrules in full working size of the machine.
a, a, are the side frames, B is the driving shaft. On the shaft B is the pinion B¹
gearing into the wheel c¹ on the cam shaft c.
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In my improved machine I place the cutting plates d, d, on a box or frame e which
is moved up and down in slides (attached to the sides of the machine, a, a, by
cams ff, fitted on the main shaft. c. This cam shaft c projects through each side of
the machine a, a, and on one end of the cam shaft c, I place a cam or tappet, g, for
working the pattern card cylinder h, which acts on the ends of the needles 2 for the

page_text: selection of the cards to be repeated. The blank cards to be repeated are punched with
the necessary holes for lacing them together, I place the blank cards laced together
between the cutting plates d, d, and the first card is placed on a cylinder k, which is
turned by a peg lever m on the main shaft c. This lever m gives motion to an
intermittent wheel n, and carrier wheels and cylinder k, by which means the cylinder k
draws a fresh card forward to be cut at each revolution of the main or cam shaft c.
The punches o for cutting the cards are countersunk on the top of the heads and
vertical rods p are placed in the countersunk heads, and pass up through the eyes of
selecting needles 2 the same as in my patent No. 2904 A.D. 1878. In my improve-
ment I use either round or square vertical rods or spindles p and these I connect to
the punches o with either metallic spiral springs or with indiarubber ferrules or hoops r.
This method of connecting the vertical rods or spindles to the punch o as in Fig. V
prevents them from bouncing or jumping out of their places by the quick up and
down motion when at work.
Having thus stated the nature of my invention, and decribed the manner of
performing the same, I declare that I claim :-
The use of either round or square vertical rods or spindles attached to the punches
with either metallic spiral springs or indiarubber ferrules or hoops, as shown in
Fig. V.