US100775A - Improvement in machine for making fruit-cans - Google Patents

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: To all whom it may concern l N nmol eine ISAAC KLING, orV SEYMOUR/INDIANA Letters Paten.'t2\ro.`100,775,` dated March 15, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINE FOR MAKING FRUIT-GAINS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part-of same.

`Be it known that I, ISAAC KLING, of Seymour, in the county of Jackson, and State of Indiana, have in- .vented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Making Fruit-Cans; and I do hereby declare that the fol-lowing is,v a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification;

The nature of my invention Aconsists in the construction and arrangement of a device for making fruit-cans, or rather, for holding them while soldering. In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invent-ion appertains to make and use the same, I

will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical section, and Figure 2-is a plan view of my device, placed within a. can. t l

"i A Ak represent sections 'of a cylinder divided longi` tndinally and held together by a rubber or elastic band, B, placedat each end in a circulaigroove around its circumference;

Through `the center of the cylinder formed` of the sections A A is a hole, through which the plunger C v passes.

` This plunger is provided with two inclined orheveled projections, one near` dieI lower and the other a suitahledistance above, as shown in fig. l. When the plunger'Cis drawn up, as. represented in saidL figure, the four sections join close together, and h the lower one of the beveled projections,above men- .tioned, ts in recesses made for that purpose in the inner sides of the sections. i l .l

Upon the outer periphery of each section A, at each end, is fastened near oneedge a metal spring, D, which is wound, or rather curved, extending around the outer surface of the section to which it is attached, and laps over about two-thirds of the way on the next section, resting or tting on the inner `end of a similar spring attached to the latter section.

In this manner the entire cylinder-is at` each end surrounded by metal springs, which gives it great strength, and causes the sections to separate or expand equally in all directions; and as the seams of cans are generally only one seam lengthwise and one at the bottom, it will be seen `that when the 4bottom is made, the body oi' the can placed therein, and' my machine within the same, then, by pushing down the plunger, the springs D D keep au unbroken bearing against the'entire seam at the bottom, whilst, if such` springs were omitted, there would be an opening where the Asections separate in expanding.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure 'by Letters Patent, is e 1. The mandrel, consisting' of the sections -A A,

elastic band B, and plunger C', substantially as de- Witnesses C. ALEXANDER, T. H. ALEXANDER.

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