Improvements in Couplings for Wire.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Nov., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 7th Aug., 1896-Accepted, 12th Sept., 1896
Improvements in Couplings for Wire.
I, EDWARD HENRY SEDDON of Warwick House, Ashton-on-Mersey in the
County of Chester, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention relates to couplings for joining together the ends of wires and
wire bands and especially of the wire bands used in pneumatic tyres for securing
them to the wheel rims or felloes, and consists in the improved manner of forming
the coupling by which a coupling approximating in strength and size to the wire
and easily disconnected is obtained.
In carrying out my invention I form the coupling in two parts of equal size aud
shape made from plates of metal of suitable size. Each plate when flat forms
approximately an oblong figure having a slot of suitable width cut in each side,
opposite each other.
Each plate thus forms a figure approximating to the block capital H, one of the
verticals or sides however being very thick or deep comparatively with the other.
In the centre say of the thick vertical or side is pierced a hole into which the
turned up end of the wire is introduced, the wire lying in the direction of the centre
bar of the figure. The thick side is then turned over to clasp the wire, and the
ends of the thin side of the figure are turned up at right angles to the plane of
the plate and form a claw. When the two parts of the coupling so formed are
brought together with the claws facing one another, the claw of one part will
engage the claw of the other part, the two parts lying approximately in the same
plane when engaged.
In order to prevent the claws from readily disengaging themselves, the slots in
the plates are preferably cut inclined so as to converge towards the centre of the
thin side of the figure, and this thin side is shaped in a corresponding manner, so
that when the coupling is formed the parts must move longitudinally towards one
another for a short distance before disengaging.
Dated this 6th day of November 1895.
Improvements in Couplings for Wire.
I, EDWARD HENRY SEDDON, of Warwick House, Ashton-on-Mersey, in the
County of Chester, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this 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 relates to couplings for joining together the ends of wires and
wire bands in cases where the ends require to be readily disconnected, and is
especially applicable in the case of pneumatic tyres where secured to the felloes by
ineans of wire bands.

page_text: The invention consists in the improved manner of forming the coupling or parts
thereof and securing such parts to the ends of the wires by which a coupling
approximating in strength and size to the wire and easily disconnectable may be
readily obtained.
The drawings attached hereunto illustrate in elevation in. Figure 1 the two parts
of the coupling in their relative positions before being coupled and attached to
the ends of wire. Figure 2 illustrates the parts in like manner but in plan.
Figure 3 illustrates the parts coupled together. Figure 4 illustrates the first
process of forming the coupling from a blank of the shape indicated therein.
The blank is cut from sheet metal to the desired shape. Each part of the
coupling is made from the same shape and size of blank. The two ears a. are
turned up at right angles to form the hook, the inside edges a' being undercut to
prevent the grip obtained when the two parts are clasped together from slipping
away. The two wings a' are turned up, in the same direction preferably. The
ends b of the wires are headed or turned round at about right angles. The end is
placed in the groove formed by the turned up wings a². The wings are then
turned further round so as to enclose and grip the wire, any tendency to slip being
counteracted by the turned up ends 6 of the wires. Each of the two parts forming
the coupling being similar in size and shape and of suitable design is capable of
grasping the other in the manuer shewn in Figure 3 of the drawings:
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
First. The manner of forming the two parts of a coupling and securing the parts
to the ends of wires substantially as and. for the purpose described and illustrated
hereinbefore and in and by the accompanying drawings.
Second. The improvements in coupling for connecting the ends of wire or wires
together substantially as described and illustrated.
Dated the 6th dox of Avons 1906
R. J. URQUHART,
57, Barton Arcade, Manchester, and 5, Clayton Square, Liverpool,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent.