US319771A - Machine for making peg-wire - Google Patents

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Patented June 9. 1885.

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H. s. BAOON. MACHINE FOR MAKING PEG WIRE.

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H. S. BACON.

MACHINE FOR MAKING PEG WIRE.

N6. 319,771. Patented June 9. 1885.

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H. S. BACON.

MACHINE FOR MAKING PEG WIRE.

No. 319,771. Patented June 9. 1885.

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HENRY. s. BACON, OF MILFORD, ASsreNoa TO THE AMERICAN METALLIC- FASTENING'ASSOGIATION, or BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

MACHINE FOR MAKING PEG-WIRE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 319,771, dated June 9,1885. Application filed January 24, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be'it known that I, HENRY S. BACON, of Milford, in the county of Worcester, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machinery for Mannfacturing Peg-Wire for Boot and Shoe Nailing Machines, of which the followingisa full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the drawings accompanying and forming a part hereof, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of my machine. Fig. 2 is an end view of the grooving and finishing rolls and their operating mechanism, showing also the reels which hold the metallic strip and the waxed thread, all as shown in side elevation at the upper right hand of Fig. 1..

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the mechanism for corrugating or grooving the wire, shown in side elevation at the lower part of Fig. 1. Fig. 4; is an end View of the same. Fig. 5 is an end view of the mechanism for laying the finished peg-wire on the receiving-reel, shown at the upper left hand of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 7 is a detail of the corrugating device. Fig. 8 is asection on line w 00, Fig. 2, of the gears which operate the grooving and finishing rolls. a

The object of my invention is the construction of a wire for use in nailing boots and shoes which is composed of a central core of waxed thread or fine cord incased in a metallic covering,cylindrical in cross-section,which is bent around and made to cover the threa completely.

My invention consists in the mechanism, hereinafter more fully described, which is adapted to take the thread and the metallic strip which form the wire from the supplyreels, groove or bend the flat strip into atrough shape, lay the thread in the trough or groove, complete the bending of the wire over the thread so as to incase it, corrugate or roughen the surface of the wire thus formed, and lay the completed wire upon the receiving spool or reel, where it may be tied in bundles and taken off as desired.

With the aid of the accompanying drawings the machine may be readily understood.

Fig. 1 Shows the machine complete,with the parts for performing the various operations conveniently disposed with reference to each other upon aframe or stand. It will be obvivious that this arrangement of the parts for bench A, I secure the frame B, provided with two uprights which support the arms a and b, which carry the supply-reels c and d, respectively. The reel 0 holds the metallic strip,

which passes from it between the groovingrolls f and f, provided, respectively,with concave and convex peripheries, which act upon the flat strip as it passes between them and groove or form it into a trough shape,whenee it passes through the guide 9, formed to receive it, and into which the waxed thread also passes from the reel (1. (See Fig. 1.) As the thread passes into the guide y, it is laid intothe groove or trough in the metallic strip,

and the strip and the thread in this relation pass between the concave peripheries of the finishing-rolls h h, which finish the bending of the strip and press it into a tube or cylinder around the thread. The peg-wire is then complete, but has not been corrugated. The wire A then passes, as shown in Fig. 1, over sheaves so arranged as to bring it into position to be passed through the corrugating-spindle j. V

This spindle'is arranged to revolve, and is provided on top with a hard-metal corrugating-tool, is, provided with a toothed cuttingedge, and so set (see, Figs. 3 and 7) with relation to the wire, which passes up through the hole It in the center of the spindle, as to bear upon the wire while the spindle revolves, and thus out a spiral groove or series of grooves in its surface, leaving it roughened or corrugated. The set-screws k 70 Fig. 3, suitably secured to the top of the spindle, serve to lreep the finger k in a given position and permit of its adjustment relatively to the wire.

After passing the corrugator the wire passes through a hole, l, in the guide-rod m, (see Fig. 5,) and is laid on the receiving-reel E. The purpose of. the guide-rod m is to lay the wire evenly on the reel, and to do this it is necessary that it should reciprocate horizontally, carrying the wire with it, and causing it to cross and recross the drum of the reel.

. easily slipped off, and has aremovableheami conveyed from this shaft, 'thr6ugh"pu'lley'R,'tos" shaft F This shaft is providedwifh a grooved To obtain this movement of the guide, I provide the following mechanism, (more fully shown in Figs. 5 and 6:) On the shaft F, which is mounted in a suitable supporting-frame, G, I secure a beveled gear, 3 arranged to mesh with another beveled gear, y, fast to'th'e upright shaft H, which .is mounted in supports from the frame. I, which meshes with the gear J, fast on shaft K, on which shaft is also secured the pulley L, provided with a cam-path, n, cut in its periphery. A traveler, p, is secured. to ntwoi rods, 1- and m, which slide in the frame-pieces G, and is provided with a pin, 0, which bears in the cam-pathn, thus causing the traveler-- p, the rod 1', and the guide-rod mlto reci-pro-i cate as the cam revolves. As the guide m reciprocates, it lays the strand of peg wire evenly in the coil on the'reel E. The reel-has acon: ical drum, so that the coil of wiremay bej' M, which maybe removed when it is neces- 7 6) in the heads of the reel enable "the operator to tie the coil of wire before removing it.

Thedriving-shaftP (see 1 and 2) ispro- Q vided with a driving-pulley, R, a'nd power is pulley R, whichis fastwith pulleyRflwhich in turn is belted to'pulley It, whichgd'rives' shaft F. Shaft F 'is provided withagear, H, which meshes with pinion H on small pulley, a', which is belted to thegroovedi-p'uh ley a on the spindle y, andjthus motion is communicated to the" corrugating mechanism. (See Figs. 1 and 3.) I t The main driving-shaft P'is provided with a small gear, b, which actuates the 'pairs'of gears b and b which drive, respectivelyfthe grooving and finishing rolls. (See7Figs.;' 8 and. 2.) As thegrooving and finishing;rollswear, they may require adjustment relatively to each.

other, and forother reasons it is desirable'to 1 i be able to adjust them. In 'order that Imayj do this, I mount one of each of said rollsf On this shaft is set the worm zontally by means of the dovetail shown at a,

and h in the blocks f and 'h, respectively These blocks are dovetailed to projecting parts of the supporting-frame, as shown at w, Fig. 2, and are provided with adj listing-screws w, tapped through and into the frame, and by means of which rolls f and h may be set toward or from their companion rolls, f and h. (See Fig. 1.)

' Thesupply-reel 0 may alsobe adjusted hori- Fig. 1, in its supporting-frame. This adjustment of the reel is necessary as the reel is used up, the reel beingshifted by the operator so as to bring the next coil in line, it being necessary for the even paying off of the metal strip that the coil be substantially in line with the rolls,

astwill be obvious.

What I claim is 1. The combination, with the grooving-rolls f. f, of the arm (rand its adjustable reel-frame,

whereby-the" reel may be adjusted relatively tofthe rolls,;for the purposes and substantially as; described.

2.Tlie fixed groovingand'finishing rolls f and h, in'combiiiatioh with'the movable rolls f" and 71;, mounted iii the blocks f, and h, each arranged to slide independently on their supports, and the hollow guideg, having an opening initswall for the passage of the thread or cord substautiallyas: described.

'3. 'Thejcombination, withithe fixed roll f, of the'irollf and .its' "block f dovetailed to thesupporting-frame, whereby the rolls may be adjusted relatively to each other, for the purposes and substantially .as specified.

j 4. Thecombination, with the supply-reels 0' d, of the adj ustable "grooving-rolls. f f, the

hollow guide 9, whereby the. thread is laid in the hollow metal strip, the adj ustablefinishing-rolls'h h, the corrugati rig-finger is, mounted on arevolving support, guide m, traveler 19,

secured thereto, audits actuating-cam,-for the purposes and substantially as described.

HENRYS. BACON.

Witnesses: 7

ROBERT WALLACE, M. A. THOMPSON.

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