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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. E. LEMYRE DIT GAUCHER. LOOP MAKING MACHINE.

No. 581,580. Patented Apr. 27, 1897.

(No Model.) zsneets-shet 2. E. LEMYREv DIT GAUCHER.

LOOP MAKING MACHINE.

Patented Apr. 27, 1897.

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LOOP-MAKING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 581,580, dated April 27, 1897. Application filed March 16, 1896. Serial No. 583,412. (N0 model.) Patented in Canada March 5, 1896,11'0. 51,545.

To (tZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDOUARD LEMYRE DIT GAUCHER, a citizen of the Dominion of Canada, and a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Maskinonge, in the county of Maskinonge, in the Province of Quebec, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Making Loops on Bindingire, (for which I have received a patent in Canada, No. 51,545, bearing date March 5, 1896,) of which the following is a specification.

My invention has reference to a machine for making a loop on the end of binding-wires used to bind bales of hay, straw, or other materials; and it consists in two distinct parts, one immovable and having secured to it various camrails, the other movable and having the necessary mechanism to form the loop and cut the wires into suitable lengths, all actuated by means of the cam-rails, &c., placed on the immovable parts, such as described hereinafter.

The object of my invention is to provide a machine to make loops at the ends of bindingwires in a substantial and expeditious manner.

Referring to the drawings, similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Figure l is an end view of my machine with certain portions cut away to show the mechanism. Fig. 2 is a front view. Fig. 3 is a sectional view through line 00 a; in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the twisting mechanism. Fig. 5 is a front view of the same. Fig. 6 is a sectional view, through line :0 a," of Fig. 5, of a clamp to hold the wire during and after being cut. Fig. 7 is a detail view, on a larger scale, of a device to make the twisting-head rotate one-quarter of a revolution. Fig. 8 is a detail view of the cutter. Fig. 9 is a detail view showing the method of securing the twistinghook in its head. Fig. 10 is a side view of two of the cam-rails. Fig. 11 is a view showing the loop before being twisted. Fig. 12 is a view showing the completed loop. Fig. 13 is a side view of a signaling-bell, and Fig. 14: is a top view of same.

My machine consists in the two frames A and B, on which is journaled the shaft 0. To the frame A is firmly secured at d d the panel D, having on its face the endless cam-rail d segmental rails (i and al the segmental flat rails d" and (1 the segmental rack cl, and the deflecting-wheel 61 all joined to it in a suitable way, also the deflecting-arm 61 As for the movable portion, it consists in the plate E, made out of any suitable material and mounted on the shaft 0 in a substantial way (shown on the drawings by a disk) and having on its two extremities the mechanism shown on Figs. 4 and 5, and also having secured to it the semicircular guides F. The piece E is cut away at e to show the arrangements of the several parts on its side facing the panel D.

Now to make a loop on the wire all that is necessary to do is to take the wire from a reel, located at any convenient point and not shown on the drawings, and then pass it between the guide -wheels G, secured to the panel D, and pass it over onto the end f of the right-hand semicircular guide F, and there secure its end in any suitable way. Then by making the piece E, and consequently all that is secured to it, turn on the shaft 0, by means of the driving-pulley c, in the direction H the wire is pulled along and is kept in position by means of the semicircular guides F. 011 starting the machine from the position shown on Fig. l the hook I, secured into the twisting-head 'L', as shown in Fig. 9, that is removable, has its point i turned toward the end of panel D, and the one J has its point j turned toward the shaft 0 and below the wire K. As the apparatus turns onthe shaft 0 the arm Z of the forked lever L comes in 0011- tact with the segmental cam-rail d and forces the arm 1 against the Wire K, which it holds snugup against the cutter M. At the same moment the outside perpendicular shoe 0, striking the segmental rail d tumbles over and makes the twister-head i, and consequently the hook, turn exactly one quarterturn, this bringing the point t" of the hook I in the position shown on Fig. 5that is, about perpendicular to the piece E and away from it-by the medium of the shaft 0 and gears O and O, the latter being secured and operating the twister-head 6. After this the arm N of the lever a, coming in contact with the segmental cam-rail cZ ,is deflected upward from the panel D, and thus secures the wire K between the small projections n on the lever a and the ones f on the semicircular guides F and holds it firmly the whole time the arm N is in contact with the segmental rail d the lever n retaking its position as soon as its arm N passes off the segmental rail (Z by means of the spring 01 As soon, as the wire is secured by the lever n it is severed by the cutter M, which is actuated by its arm m passing over the rim of the deflecting-Wheel (Z and then retakes its place by means of a spring. (Not shown 011 the drawings.) At the same instant the free end of the wire is released as the forked lever L, passing off the segmental cam-rail d retakes its normal position by means of the spring Z By this time the two trundle-rolls q, secured to the end of the lever Q, which has its other extremity secured to the panel D through the arm q, and which run on either side of the endless cam-rail (:1 as shown in Figs. 1 and 4, come to the deviation d", and thus approach the central shaft 0, this having for effect to pull down toward the shaft 0 the rack R, secured to the lever at r, and thus make the hook J, to which the gearj, intermeshing with the rack R,-is secured, turn in the directionj Fi 4, and thus take the free end of the wire K, which has just been cut, with it and bring it in contact with the split holder j Figs. 4 and 5, where it securely holds it, as shown on Fig. 11. As soon as this is done the gear 0' begins to intermesh with the segmental rack d, and thus the twister-head 11 and hook I begin to turn in the direction 0", Fig. 5, and as the hook J has folded the wire, or, rather, bent it around the point t" of the hook I, as shown on Fig. 11, in forming the'loop S the latter is twisted, as shown at S in Fig. 12. As soon as this is done the same operation begins by the mechanism placed on the other extremity of the piece E, and the wire K being severed again the piece so cut falls out with a loop on one of its ends and the operation is continued indefinitely. However, just as it is being cut the arm 15 of the lever T comes into contact with the bracket 61 and thus forces the end '6 against loop S, just twisted, and runs it off the point t" of the hook I. The hooks J and I of course retake their normal positions by means of the endless cam-rail (Z and gear 0 running off the semicircular rack 61 respectively, the teeth in the latter being so numbered to secure this.

As can be seen, two binding-wires are made at each revolution of the machine.

A worm V, placed on the end of the shaft 0, runs the gear operating the signaling-bell, which is screwed on the frame B at the points indicated by b in Fig. 3 and may be so fixed as to ring at every one hundred binding-wires made. This bell, however, can be dispensed with if not found necessary.

As the length of the binding-wires vary according to the size of the bales they are to secure, the circular guides F are made with several holes 20, so that they can be secured to the plate E in such a way as to present more or less circumference, and thus vary the length of the binding-wires.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to seeu re by Letters Patent, 1s

1. In a machine for making wire loops, the combination with the machine -frame and driving-shaft, of an immovable panel, as described, and a plate connected with the drivin g-shaft; the panel provided with guidewheels for the binding-wire, and the plate of the driving-shaft having semicircular grooved guides adapted to be adjustably secured thereto, substantially as set forth.

2. In a machine for making wire loops, the combination of the panel D providedwith a segmental rail (1 and segmental rack 01 a driving-shaft, and a plate, thelatter provided with a shaft 0 having a shoe 0 and pinion O for engaging respectively the segmental rail d and segmental rack d of the panel, the hook I and twister-head t', with gearing c011- necting same with the shaft 0, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a machine for making wire loops, the combination with a suitable frame and driving-shaft,of a panel connected with the frame, the said panel provided with a segmental camrail d and a deflecting-wheel (F, with a plateconnected with the driving-shaft, the said plate having its face provided with a pivoted lever L having arms Z and l, the spring Z and the cutter M having an arm m, all arranged for operation substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a machine for making wire loops, the combination with a suitable frame and a driving-shaft,of a panel connected with the frame, the said panel provided with a segmental camrail (Z a driving-shaft having a plate provided with adjustable semicircular guides, each guide having one of its ends provided with a projection f, and a levern, having an arm N and a spring 71 substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a machine for making wire loops, the combination with a suitable frame and drivin g-shaft, of a panel connected with the frame, the said panel provided with an endless canirail d and a plate connected with the driving-shaft, the said plate provided with an arm q, alever Q pivotall y connected with the outer end thereof; the free end of said lever provided with a pair of trundle-rollers g which are adapted to operate at the sides of the camrail (F; a rack R suspended from the lever Q, a gear-wheel adapted to be engaged by the rack, with the hook J, and split holder j substantially as set forth.

6. In a machine for making wire loops, the combination of a suitable frame, a drivings'haft, and a fixed panel, as described, with a plate secured to the driving-shaft and adapted to revolve therewith, the hooks I and J, and means substantially as described for operating the same, with the lever T having arms tand t, and the bracket (F, as and for the purpose set forth.

EDOUARD LEMIRE Dl'l GAUCHER. lVitnesses:

S. E. GALIPEAULT, XV. B. LAFRENIEN.

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