US1008032A

US1008032A - Button-feeding device.

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Publication number: US1008032A
Application number: US48364609A
Authority: US
Inventors: Herbert Hastings
Original assignee: GERMAN AMERICAN BUTTON Co
Current assignee: GERMAN-AMERICAN BUTTON Co; GERMAN AMERICAN BUTTON Co
Priority date: 1909-03-15
Filing date: 1909-03-15
Publication date: 1911-11-07
Anticipated expiration: 1928-11-07

Description

I 11. HASTINGS. BUTTON FEEDING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED HA3. 15,1909.

Patented Nov. 7, 1911.

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' 1NVENTOR 5 E 5 5 E N H W H. HASTINGS. BUTTON FEEDING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 15, 1909.

Patented Nov. 7, 1911.

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INVENTOR WITNESSES:

.to by any suitable means,

HERBERT HASTINGS, or RocHRsTER, NEW YoRK, AssIeNoR To GERMAN-AMERICAN BUTTON COMPANY, or ROCHESTER, NEW YORK. I

BUTTON-FEEDING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 7, 1911.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, HERBERT 1, citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Button-Feeding Device, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in button feeding devices known as the inclined hopper type; and the objects of my invention are, first, to provide a button feeding device with a container that will hold a quantity of buttons in bulk, second, to provide means for selecting buttons with a predetermined side uppermost from the container, third, to deliver at predetermined intervals one or more of the buttons thus selected. I attain these objects by the mechanism and parts shown in the drawings in which Figure l is a section in elevation through the center line :0 m of Fig. 2 of my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view looking perpendicularly upon the bottom of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a partial sectional View taken at 2 2 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a partial sectional view taken at lines 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is an enlarged view of parts shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4. to better illustrate the delivering means.

Similar letters and numbers refer to similar parts in the different views.

The hopper bottom A .is the means directly and indirectly of supporting, guiding and holding all the parts of my device, and it is itself attachedin any convenient manner to the machine to which it supplies buttons, and the buttons are conveyed thereeither by gravity through a chute or otherwise. This bottom A has an annular groove a enlarged at the top into a larger and shallower annular recess (1 In recess a is a revo-luble toothed ring B provided with teeth 6 which mesh with teeth 0 in the driving pinion C which is revolubly supported in a recess (1. of bottom A by the bracket D which is secured to the under side of A, withinthis bracket pinion C has a bearing stem 03 on the ex- HASTINGS,

terior end of which is a driving pulley E wh ch may receive rotation from any convenient source. To the upper face of ring B is secured a flat ring F for the purpo'se of keeping dirt, etc., out of the teeth of the ring, to the upper face of F is secured a serrated selecting ring G which occupies recess a in A. Around the circumference of G and extending somewhat over-the face thereof is a hopper shell H with lugs 71 through which screws k pass for securing said shell to A, this hopper shell serves to hold the buttons in bulk over the selecting ring G and also holdssaid ring and attached rings in their respective places. The serrations g in selecting ring' G are somewhat larger than the buttons, and the thickness of said ring is proportioned to the thickness of the edge of the button so that if a button gets in one of the serrations with its oval side down the ring isnot thick enough to reach the edge of the button, and

itis therefore brushed out by the other buttons or falls out of itself. After thus collecting the buttons the desired side up, in

the ring G it is necessary to deliver them therefrom at regular intervals. To accomplish this I provide an oscillating member I which occupies a recess a in bottom A and is fulcrumed at the center there of on a pin J and is covered and protected by the plate K. The outermost end of delivery member I is elongated at 71 and the outer circumference thereof is slightly smaller than the inner circumference g of selecting ring G so that there is a narrow separatingi'flange L between ring G and dc,- livering member I, the elongated portion of I has two recesses 2' opening through the circumference thereof and just lon enough to accommodate a button so that itsouter edge comes inside of flange L; at the center line of the-hopper the flange L is cut away at 1 allowing unobstructed passage from the serrations in ring Gito the recesses 2' in I as these serrations pass this opening and thus one button at a time gravity into the delivery member I and only one since any subsequent ones that may delivery passes by be presented are held up in the ring G by the button in i and continues around therein until it reaches the opening Z when there is no button in 6 in this way a number of serrations g pass said opening for each button delivered and thus the chances of having a button to deliver at the desired time are multiplied. Through the bottom A of the hopper underneath the elongated end i of delivery member I and in line of the travel of the recesses 71 as I is oscillated and at either side of the receiving point, are

openings a through which the buttons are delivered, alternately first on one side then on the other. To accomplish this the lower end of delivery member I is forked at 2' and receives one end m of a bell crank lever M which is pivoted on a stud N secured to bottom A, the other end of said bell crank lever carries a roller 0 revolubly fixed thereto by stud P, which roller contacts with the inner circumference of the toothed ring B and is yieldably held thereagainst by the influence of the spring 0 so that as the depressions and rises formed on the inner circumference of said ring B, come opposite said roller said bell crank is alternately oscillated in one direction by said rises and in the opposite direction by said spring thus communicatin an oscillating motion with a dwell to dehvery member I thus carrying a button first over one opening a and then over the other releasing and delivering a button at each oscillation. There are two recesses 71 iii the delivery member spaced .so that when one is at the delivery point the other is at the center in line with opening Z receiving a button from the selectingring G. It sometimes happens that a button sticks between the openings a and the delivery recess 6 if this happens at the positive stroke of the bell crank lever M undue strain would be put on these parts and to obviate this danger one side of the forked opening 71 of I is made yieldable thus allowing the delivery member to remain stationary in such a case.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent'is 1. In a hopperin combination a revoluble ring provided with button carrying notches extending from the inner edge thereof toward the outer edge, a bottom provided with a discharge opening within said rin a movable plate covering said opening aving a button pocket cooperating with said button carrying notches, means for rotating the ring, and means for moving the plate to deposit a button from its pocket into the d1scharge opening.

2. A hopper having a revoluble ring provided with notches open at the inner c1rcumference thereof, a bottom provided with a discharge aperture within said ring, a movable plate covering the aperture provided with a button pocket, means for rotating the ring and devices actuated by the latter for periodically operating the plate to move its pocket over the discharge aperture.

3. In a hopper having an inclined bottom provided with a discharge opening near its upper edge and 'a revoluble feed ring supported on the bottomand passing above the opening therein, of a plate arranged within the ring and covering the opening and provided with a pocket cooperating therewith and means for periodically operating the plate to move its pocket over the discharge opening.

4. In an inclined hopper a revoluble ring having internally discharging button. notches, a bottom provided with an annular recess to receive the ring-and a discharge opening inside of said rlng, a plate covering said opening and provided with a pocket, means for rotating the ring and intermittently actuating the plate to move its pocket over the discharge opening,

5. In a hopper having an inclined bottom provided with a plurality of discharge openings, a revoluble ring arranged in proximity to 'said bot-tom, a plate covering'said openings and provided with a corresponding plurality of button pockets, means for rotating the ring and intermittently operating the plate to move its pockets over the openings.

6. In an inclined hopper a bottom provided with an annular recess and a shallow recess inside thereof provided with. a discharge opening, a plate arranged in said shallow recess covering said opening and provided with abutton pocket, a feeding ring lying in the annular recess, means for rotating it and intermittently operating the plate to move its pocket over the discharge opening.

7. In a hopper having a bottom provided with an annular recess and having a discharge aperture, a driven ring lying in the recess and a notched feed plate attached to the ring, of an oscillatory plate covering the aperture, means for driving the ring, cam faces on the latter and a lever attached to the hopper bottom and cooperating with the cam faces to move said plate in one di- 9. A hopper having an inclined bottom ing, means for revolving the selecting ring provided with a discharge opening and an andgneans for moving the plate. innular recess, a shell connected to the bot- HERBERT HASTINGS.

om having lugs PIOJQCtlIlg over the edge 5 of the recess, a selecting ring lying in the \Vitnesses:

latter beneath the lugs, a pivoted plate ar- LEONARD I. HALL,

ranged within the hopper covering the open- MILTON NoYEs.