tached and adjusted to the required widths of the insteps and heel parts, the machine is put in motion as before, when, by the sliding of the rod h, the thread carrier a, with the rod b, will be first moved along for producing the insteps; and, when advanced a proper distance, the bent arm 7, will come in contact with stops on the rods b1, and b 2, and the three rods will then all move together, conducting the thread carriers over the several series of needles. As, however, the distances are considerably reduced which the thread carriers have now to travel in making these narrow breadths, the fingers n, are not to be passed along the whole extent of the bars o, o, therefore, by sliding the adjustable plates v, v, a recess in the edge of each plate will be brought opposite to a recess z, in each of the bars o, which will allow the finger n, to fall through when it arrives there, and, by that means, suspend the operation.

"In order to make or work the feet of stockings, which have been produced by the means above described, I remove one of the sliding rods (b 2,) and lock together the other two sliding rods b, and b 1, and having attached six stocking pieces to the bearded needles, in the ordinary way, I am enabled to produce the footing to these six stockings at one operation, by the same means or mode of working the machinery as that described in forming the legs and feet.

"Lastly, I wish it to be understood that I lay no claim to any part of the construction or mode of working the stocking frame for the production of several pieces of stocking goods in one machine; but I claim as my invention, and as the subject of the improvements secured to me under the above recited Letters Patent, the mechanism to be attached to a stocking frame for conducting the threads hy machinery instead of throw

ing them by hand, consisting of the thread carriers attached to sliding rods with suitable stops and adjusta ble pieces for regulating and determining the extent of their movements in connexion with the necessary mechanism for actuating the same."-[Inrolled in the Rolls Chapel Office, February, 1837.]

Specification drawn by Messrs. Newton and Berry.

To JOHN YOUNG, of Wolverhampton, in the county of Stafford, patent locksmith, for his invention of certain improvements in the making or manufacturing of metal hinges for doors, and other purposes.—[Sealed 7th June, 1836.]

THIS invention of certain improvements in the making or manufacturing of metal hinges for doors, and other purposes, has for its object the making or producing of metal hinges with solid knuckle or hinge joints, out of peculiar formed or shaped strips or lengths of rolled, drawn, or swaged malleable iron, or brass, copper, or such other metal, or mixture of metals; such improved hinges, with solid knuckle joints, being stronger and neater, and, in my opinion, much more preferable than those in which a part of the metal is turned over or coiled around a centre pin, or mandril, in order to form the knuckle or hinge joint, and consists in forming such metal hinges from out of strips or lengths of metal rolled, drawn, or swaged into peculiar shapes for forming such hinges: that is, with a rib or ribs projecting therefrom, intended to form the knuckle, or hinge joint, and which strips or lengths of metal are afterwards cut up or severed by means of proper shaped tools, cutters, or

punches and dies, into the required lengths for making such hinges, which portions of the lengths of metal are afterwards, or at the same time, cut or properly shaped, or formed into the two parts, sides, or wings, for making the said hinges; which parts, sides, or wings, afterwards have the holes for the admission of the centre pin drilled through the solid metal, or projecting rib, intended to produce the knuckle or hinge joint; and further, are properly fitted into each other, and the screw holes in the wings punched or drilled and countersunk in the usual manner to constitute the complete hinge. In order the better to illustrate my said improvement, and the manner of carrying the same into effect, I have shown in Plate III. several different shapes or forms of metal, and also some of the cutters, dies, or punches, and tools used for severing or cutting out and making the said part, portions, or wings; although I do not mean or intend to confine myself to the particular form or construction of the tools therein shown, as the same may be varied to suit the operations and will of the manufacturer, and I have only given them by way of example.

The plan and sectional figures, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, are representations of portions of strips of metal rolled, swaged, or drawn into the shape required to form my said improved hinges.

Fig. 6, has the rib or projecting part intended to produce the knuckle, or hinge joint, placed along the middle of the strip or length of metal forming the wings, and which is afterwards cut or severed by proper shaped tools or cutters into the portions shown at a, b, and c, to make the necessary part of the hinge; this may be done at one or more operations, as thought desirable.

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Fig. 7, represents the projecting rib formed on only one side or edge of the strip of metal, the parts called the wings extending from it only in one direction, and which strip, or length, may be cut or severed, and formed by proper shaped tools into the necessary parts, as shown in figures d, e, f.

Fig. 8, shows another form of a strip, or length of metal, with ribs or projecting parts on each edge or side of the piece, which is afterwards cut or separated down the middle, as shown by the dotted line, into two parts or portions, which are then to be treated in the same way as that shown at fig. 7.

Another form or shape of strips of metal for making these improved hinges, is shown at fig. 9: that is, with the ribs for the knuckle joints projecting from the plate or flat part, at intervals only, instead of a continuous rib, as in the other figures. The one part, marked h, is for forming what is called the "male" knuckle, and the other part i, for forming the "female" knuckle joint; these shapes may be produced by indented, or grooved rollers, or by swaging tools, and are to be cut, severed, and formed by proper shaped tools into the several figures k, l, m, n.

Another shape or form is shown at fig. 10, and is also produced by indented rollers, or swaging tools; and when the same have been separated down the middle, as shown by the dotted lines in the figures, the separate parts are to be treated in the same manner as those shown at fig. 9, the trausverse dotted lines in the figures showing the parts or portions required for one hinge.

The manner of working these strips, or lengths of metal, that is, drawing, rolling, or swaging, and the proper times and operations for producing these peculiar

forms and shapes of lengths of metal, will be well known by all practical workmen, and therefore it is not necessary for me to show or describe all the various methods, processes, or operations for making or producing the same; but I prefer rolling the metal with indented or grooved rollers, so as to produce the required forms, in preference to any other manner, although some of them may be produced by drawing or swaging.

Therefore, having first procured the shapes of metal, as shown in figs. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, by rolling, drawing, or swaging, I first, by any proper revolving cutters, sever the lengths, if rolled double, as at figs. 8, and 10, into two parts, and then by proper cutters or tools, as a cutter, punch, and counter die placed in a fly press, sever the same into the required portions for making the hinge, and then by other tools, dies, or punches, cut away the superfluous parts, and form them into the required shape, to make the two sides, portions, or wings of the hinge: for instance, I take the part or portion of the strip or length of metal, and operate upon it with the tools shown at figs. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17.

Fig. 11, is a front elevation of a pair of tools or dies and punches for making the female knuckle joint. Fig. 12, is a side elevation of the same, both showing the piece of metal o, placed in the lower die, ready to be operated upon. Fig. 13, is a plan-view of the lower or counter die. Fig. 14, is a side elevation and section of the tools and dies after being put into operation, and the superfluous part of the piece of metal o, separated or cut off. Fig. 15, is a front view of a pair of dies or tools for forming the male side or knuckle joint of the hinge. Fig. 16, is a plan of the lower or counter