IMPROVED MACHINERY OR APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Binns and William Binns, both of Halifax,
in the County of York, Wire Manufacturers, for the Invention of
"IMPROVED MACHINERY OR APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE
Sealed the 7th August 1866, and dated the 10th February 1866.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Binns and William
Binns at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition,
on the 10th February 1866.
We, JOHN BINNS and WILLIAM BINNS, both of Halifax, in the County
of York, Wire Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of our said
Invention for "IMPROVED MACHINERY OR APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF JACQUARD WIRES USED IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING," to be as
follows:-
This Invention has for its object a means of and apparatus for manu-
facturing jacquard wires which are usually made from round wire but to
suitable lengths; one end of each wire is flattened or enlarged, and a hole
or an eye is formed in the part so flattened or enlarged.

page_text: Our Invention consists in the employment of a creel on which a quantity of
wire is wound; the wire is then drawn through a number of small rollers for the
purpose of being made perfectly straight (as in ordinary wire-cutting machines),
and is then received by a pair of larger rollers; on each of the last-mentioned
rollers is a rib or projection opposite each other, so that at each revolution of
such rollers the rib or projection on each roller will squeeze and flatten a
portion of the wire on opposite sides. (These rollers are elliptical in form so
as to allow the wire to clear after being operated upon.) The wire is then
drawn forwards by means of a pair of tongues working on and actuated by a
horizontal shaft. The other end of this shaft is attached by a bolt to an arm
or a disc working on a vertical shaft, thus imparting to the horizontal shaft
and tongues a "to-and-fro" motion parallel with the wire. The arm or disc
is provided with a slot hole, so that the length of wire drawn forwards by
the tongues and shaft (from which to make a jacquard wire) is determined by
the distance the end of the horizontal shaft is fixed in the slot hole from the
centre of the arm or disc; as each length of wire is drawn forwards the hole
or eye is punched and the wire is cut off by means of a punch and cutter,
actuated by a lever (which lever may be worked by the aforesaid arm or disc);
and a spring or a tappet and spring will answer the purpose, or the hole or
eye may be formed in the wire by means of a punch fixed to one of the ribs
or projections on the rollers, the other rib or projection having a hole therein,
so that the process of flattening and perforating may be performed at one
operation.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Binns and William Binns in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 9th August 1866.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, JOHN
BINNS and WILLIAM BINNS, both of Halifax, in the County of York, Wire
Manufacturers, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Tenth day of February, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the twenty-ninth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us, the
said John Binns and William Binns, Her special licence that we, the said

page_text: John Binns and William Binns, our executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as we, the said John Binns and William Binns, our executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands,
and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVED MACHINERY OR APPARATUS
TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF JACQUARD WIRES USED IN LOOMS FOR
WEAVING," upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the said John Binns
and William Binns, our executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under our, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should parti-
cularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the
Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said John Binns and William Binns,
do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement:-
This Invention has for its object a means of and apparatus for manu-
facturing jacquard wires or "lingos," which are usually made from round
wire cut to suitable lengths, one end of each wire is flattened or enlarged, and
a hole or an eye is formed in the part so flattened or enlarged.
Our Invention consists in the employment of a creel on which a quantity
of wire is wound, the wire is then drawn through a number of small rollers,
for the purpose of being made perfectly straight (as in ordinary wire-cutting
machines), and is then received by a pair of larger rollers; on each of the
last-mentioned rollers is a rib or projection opposite each other, so that at
each revolution of such rollers the rib or projection on each roller will squeeze
and flatten a portion of the wire on opposite sides. (These rollers are elliptical
in form, so as to allow the wire to clear after being operated open.) The
wire is then drawn forwards by means of a pair of tongs working on and
actuated by an horizontal shaft; the other end of this shaft is attached by a
bolt and connecting rod to an arm or a disc working on a vertical shaft, thus
imparting to the horizontal shaft and tongs a "to-and-fro" motion parallel
with the wire. The arm or disc is provided with a slot hole, so that the
length of wire drawn forwards by the tongs and shaft (from which to make a
jacquard wire) is determined by the distance the end of the horizontal shaft is

page_text: fixed in the slot hole from the centre of the arm or disc. As each length of
wire is drawn forwards the hole or eye is punched, and the wire is cut off by
means of a punch and cutter actuated by a lever (which lever may be worked
by the aforesaid arm or disc), and a spring, or a tappet and spring will
answer the purpose, or the hole or eye may be formed in the wire by means of 5
a punch fixed to one of the ribs or projections on the rollers, the other rib or
projection having a hole therein, so that the process of flattening and per-
forating may be performed at one operation.
Such being the nature and object of this our said Invention, we' will now
proceed to describe the same more fully; and in order that the same may be 1
distinctly understood, we have hereunto annexed two Sheets of Drawings, and
have marked the same with figures and letters of reference, the same letter
referring to the same part in the various figures or views.
Fig. 1 (Sheet 1) is a side elevation of a machine constructed according to
our Invention; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same; Fig. 3 (Sheet 2) is a 1
sectional elevation on the line A, B, of Fig. 1 (enlarged); Fig. 4 is a plan
view; Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation on the line C, D, of Fig. 1; Fig. 6 is
an end elevation of slide, punch, and cutter; at Fig. 7 is shewn a jacquard
wire or "lingo" completed, and about full size; at Fig. 8 is shewn enlarged
view of rollers.for flattening wire.
At A is shewn a creel on which the wire a is wound or placed, the wire a
is passed between the small rollers B, B, B, and received by the larger
roller B¹, B, on each of which is a rib or projection b, (a rib b is dovetailed
into each roller, so as to be readily removed when worn and unserviceable,
and replaced by a new one,) the ribs b are placed in the rollers B1, B2, opposite
each other, so that on each revolution of such rollers the ribs or projections
will squeeze and flatten a portion of the wire (on opposite sides) passed
between them. The hole or eye is punched through the portion of the wire
flattened or enlarged by the rollers by means of the pin or punch C at the
end of the slide C¹, to which is also affixed a cutter C²; the slide, pin, and
cutter are actuated by the lever C and tappet C fixed on the upright shaft D;
d is the fulcrum of the lever; d¹ is a dye and support for the wire during the
punching and cutting operation (see Figs. 5 and 6); d² is a spring to press
the lever C³ to the tappet. The rollers B¹, B', are elliptical, as shewn in the
Drawings, so as to allow the wire to clear until another revolution is com-
pleted, when the operation is repeated. (Two or more pairs of these rollers
set at proper distances apart may be employed when very stout wire is used,)
'wire from which to make another jacquard wire baving been drawn forwards
2

page_text: by means of the tongs E. The tongs are actuated by means of the jointed
arms e, e, e, e, attached to the shaft E' by the bolt or pin E2, and attached to
the slide F by the bolt or pin F'; the shaft E' receives a "to-and-fro"
motion parallel with the wire a by means of the connecting rod .G, stud G',
and crank G2, (the arm of which is provided with a slot hole, so that as the
stud G¹ is fixed nearer or further from the centre of the crank a shorter or
longer length of wire may be drawn forwards,) which crank is fixed on the
upright shaft D supported by the pedestal g¹ and footstep g³, and bearing g*.
The upright shaft D receives rotary. motion by means of the bevel wheels
Hand H, the wheel H being fixed on the shaft H, which shaft receives
rotary motion by means of the strap and driving pully h, pinion and gear
wheels h, supported and working in the pedestals and bearings h³ and h*.
The shaft H also serves to actuate the squeezing rollers B¹, B³, by means of
the gear wheels J, J, shaft J¹, bevel wheel J, bevel wheel J³, which latter
wbeel is fixed on the upright shaft K, on which is a squeezing roller B¹; a
gear wheel L working in the gear wheel L' actuates the spindle or shaft L*
on which the squeezing roller B is fixed; the cross rails M, M, footsteps M',
and bearing P support the shaft K and spindle L; N, N, N, N, are guides,
which bear against the necks of the shafts K and L³, so that by means of the
said guides and the set screws n, n, n, n, the distance between the rib b, b, or
squeezing parts of the rollers B1, B2, may be adjusted with great nicety; P¹ is
a support for the cross rails N, N, N, N, squeezing rollers, and gearing, the
whole of which and the footstep M' and bearing P may be moved on the side
frame of the machine R according to the length of wire drawn forwards by
the tongs, the bevel wheel J being moved on the shaft J', so as to gear with
the bevel wheel J³.
Having thus fully described the nature and particulars of this our said
Invention for Improved Machinery or Apparatus to be employed in the
Manufacture of Jacquard Wires used in Looms for Weaving, together with
the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed, we would
remark in conclusion, that we do not claim the tongs for drawing forward
the wire, nor do we claim the lever for actuating the cutter, as such are old
and well understood; but what we claim as our Invention is,-
Firstly, the elliptical rollers with ribs or projections for squeezing or
flatteuing the wire, as above described.
Secondly, the moveable bearings, necks, adjusting set screws, and the
gearing for actuating the said rollers and ribs or projections, arranged as
above described and shewn in the Drawings.

page_text: Lastly, we claim the combined punch and cutter, as herein described and
illustrated in the Drawings, or any mere modification of the same.
In witness whereof, we, the said John Binns and William Binns, have
hereunto set our bands and seals, this Eighth day of August, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
Witness,
WALTER BRIERLEY,
Patent Agent,
Halifax & Blackburn.
(L.B.)
WILLIAM BINNS. (L.s.)