US100989A - Improvement in fluting-machines - Google Patents

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waited mes EDWARD MORTIMER DEEY, 4OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 100,989, dated March 22, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN FLUTING-MACHINES.

''he Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same I, EDWARD MORTIMER Duur, of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain Improvements in Fluting-Machines, of which the following -is a specication.

My invention relates to that class of machines employed for iluting, crimping, or rnd-ling the frills and liounces of ladies dresses, Snc; and

It consists of constructing the lluting-rollers as hollow cylinders for reception of perforatedgas-pipes, and providing thel ends of said rollers with double wire-` gauze diaphragms, in such manner that ou igniting the gas, the same will be delivered on the interior of the luting-rollers in the form of finejets of flame,

thereby heating the rollers to the desired degree for fluting or ruliing, while escape' of the llame, or too much heat through the ends of the rollers, is prevented by the Wire-gauze diaphragms.

And it further consists in arranging the utingrollers in a frame-work, and applying to the same a treadle, Afly-wheel, starter, pulley, and'intermediate gear, in such manner that the machine can be operated by a persons foot, leaving both hands at liberty to feed thgl material to be iluted between the flutingrollers, while for light "work the machine is also provided with a crank-handle for operating vthe machine by baud, when desired, and a clamp for attaching the machine to a laundry table, as I will further eX- l plain by reference tothe accompanying drawings, of

Figure 1 represents a front elevation of my invention;

Figure 2, a side elevation;

Figure 3, an elevation of opposite side;

Figure 4, a vertical section; and t Figure 5, a horizontal section through one of the corrugated rollers.

In the said drawings-f B indicates the ii'ame of the machine, which consists of two upright pieces C C, bolted to a foot or base, I), andunited at top by .a brace, E. 4

This frame sustains in suitable bearings the hollow corrugated uting-rollers FF These rollers are corrugated on their outer surface, or made with alternate flutesaud fillets, G H, of the form desired for ilutiug articles of wearing apparel, said corrugations also aid in rotating'the upper roller F.

Th`e tlutilxg-rollers receive gas-pipes I I, perforated at K K, and provided with stop-cocks L L, for regulating the amount of heat required.

The rollers also receive in their outer ends doublegauze diaphragms M M, for preventing escape of llame or too much heat.

N is the presser, which slides freely in guides O O, near the top of the trame, said presser' being operated by the lever P, with a rack, and carrying a weight, It, for regulating the-required pressure when the rollers are iu action, said lever and slide (which sustains roller F) also throwing said roller out of action, when desired, and holding same in such position by means of the stay or prop, S, (see lig. 4.)

The lower duting-roller F carries a gear, T, which plays into a gear, U, on the hand-crank shaft V, said shaft V being provided with a pulley, W, and a belt, X, which passes over a pulley, Y, on the starting flywheel crank-shaft Z.

The starting iiy-wheehcons'ists of an ordinary platewheel, a, carryingon its rim or periphery a balanceweight, b, which aids in starting the treadle c, connected with the shaft Z by the link d, and

c is the clamp for attaching the machine to a laundry table.

The treadle may be placed in front of the rollers, and instead of the hand-crank and fly-wheel shafts there may be but one shaft for operating the machine (by foot or hand) if preferred.

The operation of my invention is as follows:

I convey gas through a iexible pipe to the perforated gas-pipes I I, regulating the amount of gas required by the stopecocks L L, and l ignite the g I next elevate the upper fluted roller F by k,means of the lever N, (see iig. 4,) and introduce the material to be tinted, crimped, or ruffled between the flirting-rollers F F, and I next remove the stay S from the weighted lever P, drop the roller F, and adjust the weight on the lever to obtain the desired pressure between the rollers by the presser N.

I now, by means of the y-wheel starter, put the machine in motion, and continue the same with my foot on the treadle, carrying power through the belt X, gears U T, and corrugations G H, imparting intermittent rotary movements to the fluting-rollers i F F, and thus I crimp, rutile, or ute the material as desired, while damage to the material by jets of dame or too much beat is prevented bythe diaphragms M M.

I am aware that a patent has been granted to T. Robjohn, July 21, 1853, in which a jet of gas is brought to impinge on the extremities of the flutingroller shafts, for the purpose of' heating the rollers, which'being entirely different from any mode of heating the fluting-rollers, I do not claim such.

What I claim is- 'The perforated gas-pipes II, hollow corrugated Huizing-'rollers F F', diaphragms M M, presser P, gears T U, pulleys W Y, fly-wheel starter a, and treadle c, combined, arranged, and operating substantiallylas and for the purposes described andset forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my signature this 12th day of February, 1870.

EDWARD MORTIMER-DEEY. Witnesses:

ARTHUR NEILL, EMILE Mon'rz.

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