US1065755A

US1065755A - Paper-hanging machine.

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Publication number: US1065755A
Application number: US72022912A
Authority: US
Inventors: Albert Williams
Original assignee: FERDINAND STRODT
Current assignee: FERDINAND STRODT
Priority date: 1912-09-13
Filing date: 1912-09-13
Publication date: 1913-06-24
Anticipated expiration: 1930-06-24

Description

A. WILLIAMS.

PAPER HANGING MACHINE. APPLICATION 111.313 SEPT. 13. 1912.

1,065,755. nt d June 24,1913.

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A. WILLIAMS.

PAPER HANGING MACHINE. AIVVPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 13, 1912. 1 065,755. Patented June 24,1913.

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PAPER-HANGING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 2st, 1913.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT Wmnmms, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Paper- Hanging Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to paper hanging, more particularly to a cutting and affixing apparatus therefor, and has for an object to provide a machine for applying paper to a wall.

The invention embodies, among other features, a manually operable machine including a brush or smoothing member for applying and smoothing the paper upon the wall, with means for coating the paper with the usual paste prior to applying the paper to the wall and also cutting the paper when a sufiicient amount thereof has been applied to the wall.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, constituting a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device showing the manner of applying the same to aflix paper to a wall; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view; Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view; Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 4 1 in Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical transverse sectional view taken on the line 5-5 in Fig. 3 and showing the manner of mounting the cutting member.

Referring moreparticularly to the views, use is made of a rectangular shaped main frame 10 rigidly mounted on the upper end of a suitable handle 11, the said main frame being preferably made of metal with the upper face of the main frame constructed of wood and constituting a holder 12 in which bristles 13 are secured, the mentioned holder 12 and bristles 13 together embodying a brush 14 adapted for applying the wall paper and smoothing the same after the same has been applied to the wall.

A carriage 15 is carried by the main frame 10 and consists of a substantially U- shaped frame 16 mounted to. swing on the main frame 10 and having journaled thereon a roller 17, adapted to contact with the wall or the paper thereon for the purpose of permitting the carriage 15 to be moved upwardly and downwardly on the wall, as will be hereinafter more fully disclosed.

V A roller 18, journaled on the carriage 15, carries a roll of wall paper 19 and journaled on the carriage 15 are a plurality of

rollers

20, 21, between which the wall paper 19 is fed when the same is applied to the wall, the roller 20 having keyed thereto to rotate therewith a circular trimmer blade 1 22 operable in a groove 23 formed in the roller 21 for the purpose of trimming the edge of the wall paper 19 as the same is fed between the

rollers

20, 21.

A trough 24, preferably formed of metal, is rigidly mounted on the frame 16 of the carriage 15 and journaled on the frame, immediately over the trough 21 and partially extending therein, is an affixing roller 25, the wall paper 19 after being passed between the

rollers

20, 21 being arranged to pass over the pasting roller 25 for the purpose of applying the usual paste to the rear or back of the wall paper, it being readily seen that when the trough 2a is filled with a liquid paste the rotation of the roller will cause the same to take up the paste and when contacting with the wall paper will uniformly coat the back of the wall paper with paste or any other adhesive. In order to insure the uniform application of paste or adhesive upon the paper as mentioned, a roller 26 is journaled in blocks 27 mounted to slide vertically in guideways 28, on the inner faces of the frame 16, and expansible springs 29 have their lower ends engaging the blocks 27 with the upper ends of the springs abutting against plates 30 projecting from the inner faces of the frame 16, thus causing the roller 26 to engage the front or decorative side of the wall paper and hold the rear side thereof against the pasting roller 25 as will be readily understood, it being thus seen that the wall paper is passed between the pasting roller 25 and the roller 26. A plurality of

guide rollers

31, 32 are journaled on the frame 16 of the carriage 15 and are spaced apart, with the roll of wall paper 19 passing beneath the roller 31, after which the roll of wall paper is passed over the roller 32 as shown, with the free end of the wall paper lying over and upon the brush 14. It will now be seen that when the device described thus far is lfi placed in operation the roll of wall paper will be held in tension between the

rollers

31 and 32 in view of the fact that when the wall paper is applied to the wall a pull will be exerted on the roll of wall paper mounted upon the roller 18 to unwind the same therefrom. Therefore, between the

rollers

31 and 32 is mounted a cutting member 33 for cutting the roll of wall paper into strips as the same is applied to the wall, the said cutting member consisting of a blade 3 1 mounted to swing between bearings 35 secured to one of the innerfaces of the frame 16 by passing a pin 36 through the bearings 35 and an end of the blade 34-, a torsion spring 37 being arranged to encircle the pin 36 and connected to one of the bearings 35 and the blade 3 f in order to normally hold the blade in uppermost or noncutting position, the other end of the said blade 34: being arranged to extend through aslot 38, formed in the other side of the frame 16, an eyelet 39 being formed on the free end, of the blade 31 and having con nected thereto a suitable cord -10 which loosely depends and extends downwardly to a position adjacent the hands of the operator, it being readily understood that the handlell, carrying the main frame 10, is grasped at the lower end thereof by the operator.

Now in the use of the device described, the free end of the roll of wall paper, after being fed over and between the heretofore mentioned rollers, is permitted to rest upon the brush 14 and the apparatus is now applied to the wall so that the carriage 16 can be operated in a vertical line upon the wall with the roller 17 contacting with the wall to :guide the carriage in its upward and downward movement thereon. It will now be seen that the main frame 10 will be tilted and thus by exerting an inward pressure on the lower part of the handle 11, the roll of wall paper adjacent the extreme end thereof will adhere to the wall a slight distance below the ceiling, after which the apparatus is moved upwardly on the wall so that the brush 1 1, engaging the decorative side of the wall paper, will secure the extreme free end of the wall paper to the wall at the intersection of the wall with the ceiling. A downward movement is now imparted to the handle, thus moving the carriage 15 downwardly -and in view of the tilting position of the main frame 10, the brush still 'engaging the decorative side of the roll of wall paper, will press the same against the wall, whileat the same time the downward movement of the main frame and carriage will exert a pull on the wall paper to unwind the same from the roller 18. Now? when the lowermost portion'of the wall is reached, the operator "grasps the brush 1 L andpulling downwardly thereon moves the blade 34- into cutting position to sever the applied strip of the roll of wall paper, and which will adhere to the wall, the same having been previously coated with the usual paste or adhesive in the manner mentioned heretofore.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that in the use of the device described, the wall paper is placed in initial position on the wall and initially affixed thereto through the proper manipulation of the brush 14:, the wall paper being suitably coated with a desired adhesive and then by the manual manipulation of the machine described the wall paper is firmly applied to the wall and a strip portion thereof is then severed therefrom, thus completing the operation of applying a piece of wall paper of a desired width to the face of the wall, the usual undecor-ated edge of the wallpaper being removed from the wall paper by the trimmer 22 prior to applying any portion of the wall paper to the wall. The roller 17 can be conveniently made of rubber and thus the mentioned roller, together with the brush 14, will securely paste or press the 'wall paper to the wall when the device described is operated, the mentioned roller 17 constituting a squeegee to perform the desired object.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. Ina wall papering machine, the "combination with a main frame, of a handle therefor, a brush carried by the main frame, a carriage mounted to swing on the main frame and adapted to receive and support a roll of wall paper, a plurality of rollers jou'rnaled on the said carriage and having the said wall paper passed therebetween, a trimmer revoluble with one of the rollers and in a groove of the other roller to trim the wall paper, -a trough on the carriage, a pasting roller journaled on the carriageand extending within the trough with the said wall paper passing over the pasting roller to apply an adhesiveto the wall paper, a carriage roller journaled on the carriage and adapted to operate over the wall to guide the carriage thereon, guide rollers j ournaled on the carriage, and --a cutting member mounted on the'carr'iage and movablethereon to cut the said wall paper into strips.

2. In a wall papering machine, 'the'combination with a main frame, of a handle therefor, a brush carried by the main frame, a carriage mounted to swing on the main frame and adapted to receiveandsupporta trimmer revoluble with one of the rollers and in-a groove of the other roller to trim the wall paper, a trough onthe carriage,-a

pasting roller .journaledon'the carriage and extending within the trough with the said wall paper passed over the pasting roller to apply an adhesive to the wall paper, a carriage roller journaled on the carriage and adapted to operate over the wall to guide the carriage thereon, guide rollers journaled on the carriage, a cutting member mounted on the carriage and movable thereon to cut the said wall paper into strips, and a springengaged roller mounted to turn and to slide on the carriage and engaging the wall paper to retain the same in contact with the said pasting roller.

In a wall papering machine, the combination with a main frame, of a brush carried thereby, a carriage mounted to swing on the main frame and adapted to carry a roll of wall paper, a trimmer on the carriage for trimming the roll of wall paper as the same is unwound from the carriage, a pasting roller on the carriage for applying paste to a side of the said wall paper, and a trimmer movable on the said carriage to cut the said wall paper into strips.

4. In a wall papering machine, the oombination with a main frame, of a brush carried thereby, a carriage mounted to swing on the main frame and adapted to carry a roll of wall paper, a trimmer on the carriage for trimming the roll of wall paper as the same is unwound from the carriage, a pasting roller on the carriage for applying paste to a side of the said wall paper, a trimmer movable on the said carriage to cut the said wall paper into strips, and a carriage roller journaled on the carriage to engage a wall and having the said wall paper contacting therewith.

5. In a wall papering machine, the combination with a main frame, of a brush carried thereby, a carriage mounted to swing on the main frame and adapted to carry a roll of wall paper, a trimmer on the carriage for trimming the roll of wall paper-as the same is unwound from the carriage, a pasting roller on the carriage for applying paste to a side of the said wall paper, a trimmer movable on the said carriage to cut the said wall paper into strips, a carriage roller journaled on the carriage to engage a wall and having the said wall paper contacting therewith, and a springengaged roller mounted to turn and to slide on the said carriage and engaging the wall paper, adjacent the pasting roller to insure an even distribution of the said paste upon a side of the said wall paper.

6. In a wall papering machine, the combination with a main frame, of a brush carried thereby, a carriage movable on the main frame and adapted to support a roll of wall paper, a trough on the carriage, a pasting roller journaled on the carriage and extending into the trough with the said wall paper adapted to pass over the pasting roller when the said wall paper is unwound from the carriage, to distribute upon a side of the wall paper a paste in the said trough, and a cutting member movable on the said carriage for cutting the said wall paper into strips.

7. In a wall pa'pering machine. the combination with a main frame, of a brush carried thereby, a carriage movable on the main frame and adapted to support a roll of wall paper, a trough on the carriage, a pasting roller journaled on the carriage and extending into the trough with the said wall paper adapted to pass over the pasting roller when'the said wall paper is unwound from the carriage, to distribute upon a side of the wall paper a paste in the said trough, a cutting member movable on the said earriage for cutting the said wall paper into strips, and a carriage roller journals-d on the carriage for guiding the same along the wall.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two-witnesses.

ALBERT WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

THOS. P. MACAULEY, KATE MACAULEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.