US1082747A - Fur-beating machine. - Google Patents

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F. HERUD.

FUR BEATING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 22, 1913.

1 ,Q82,747, Patented Dec. 30, 1913.

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FRANK HERUD, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

FUR-BEATING- MACHINE.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK HERUD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fur-Beating Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the present invention is to produce a machine which will remove the dust from furs without injuring the same.

The beating of furs presents a problem wholly distinct from that involved in heating carpets or rugs, in the fact that the heating element must strike the fur a short quick and momentary blow, without permitting it to become embedded in the fur. If the period of contact of the beater with the fur is unduly prolonged, the fine h airs of the fur will fly up on either side of the heating element and will cause the same to become firmly embedded therein, so that the subsequent pulling action on the heating element and the attempt to disengage the same from the far will cause it to drag on the fur, thereby tearing out the fine hairs which alone give value to the skin.

Accordingly, one feature of the invention consists in means for causing the flexible heaters to strike the fur with a short quick momentary blow so as to prevent the heaters from becoming embedded in and dragging on the fur. This is accomplished by providing a soft elastic support for the skin at the point where the heaters engage the same so as to cause the said heaters toquickly rebound, thereby preventing the heaters from dragging on the skin when disengaging the same.

Other features of the invention will appear as the specification proceeds.

In the accompanying drawings the invention is illustrated in a concrete and preferred form but changes may be made from the particular construction shown therein, without departing from the true spirit and scope of the invention.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the preferred embodiment of the invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the drum or cylinder which carries the flexible heaters. Fig. 3 is a side view of the machine with one of the side frames removed and with the skin support, chute and rotating member for the heaters in section. Fig. 4

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. January 22, 1913.

Patented Dec. 30, 1913.

Serial No. 743,523.

is a detail View illustrating the preferred manner of mounting the flexible heaters.

I have used the same reference characters as referring to like parts throughout the several views.

The heaters 10 are made of some flexible material, preferably leather, and are mounted upon the rotating support or carrier 11 journaled at 12 in suitable bearings 13, carried by the framework 9. It is disadvantageous to have all the heaters, or a great number of heaters, strike the skin at once, since this would produce too much of a pull on the skin. It is therefore preferred to have the heaters arranged in the form of a spiral extending progressively around the circumference of the rotating support. In the present instance two securing strips 16 are carried by the rotating member, each one extending substantially around onehalf of the drum in spiral relation thereto. The heaters are attached to the securing strips 16 by means of screws 15, whereby any beater may be removed, or by removing the entire securing strip all the heaters may be removed together. Preferably the securing strip 16 has a rounded edge 17 to prevent the heaters from breaking or becoming worn at this point. The heaters on one securing strip 16 are preferably staggered transversely with relation to the heaters carried by the other securing strip, as shown in Fig. 2. It is evident from the above that the pulling action, due to the engagement of the heaters with the skin, will be reduced very materially.

The drum carrying the heaters may be operated in any way, as by means of the motor 18 connected to the rotating carrier 11 by means of a belt 19 and pulleys 20 and 21. A variable speed regulator 22 is used to vary the speed of the motor so as to increase or decrease the beating action of the device.

Suitably mounted in the framework 9, or upon an extension thereof, as shown, is a soft elastic skin support 14 which is provided with springs 8 to give the necessary resiliency or elasticity, and which further has a suitable covering 7. This support is arranged in an inclined position, the inclination being in one direction only. The result is that when the skin is placed upon the said fur support the heaters will engage the same, but owing to the elasticity of the support 14:, the said heaters will quickly re bound, and when subsequently moved out or" the plane of the support 14 by the rotation of the drum 11, the said heaters will not drag on the fur, and hence will not destroy the fine top hairs of the skin. It will be noted that the heaters are relatively short and extend only a relatively short distance over the skin support. This also helps to prevent dragging on the skin, since if the heaters were unduly long the weight of the heaters would prevent the rebound which is so necessary to prevent dragging on the skin. As the skin travels downward over the inclined support 1 it is desirable that some means should be provided whereby the fur will be held out of the path of the rotating heaters, hence I have provided a delivery chute 23 which extends forwardly underneath the rotatable member 11 in a clownwardly inclined direction, substantially from the lowermost point of the skin support. The skin support may therefore be said to extend rearwardly away from the retatable member 11 and in an upwardly inclined direction. Also it will be noted that the rotatable member 11 is mounted sub stantially above, the junction of the support 14 and the chute 23. It will be noted that the angle of inclination of the delivery chute 28 is greater than that of the inclination of the support 14:, thereby permitting the skin to move out of the path of the heaters.

What is claimed, is:

1. A fur heating machine comprising: a plurality of flexible heaters, rotatable means for causing said heaters to strike the skin, and soft elastic means for supporting the skin at the point where the heaters strike the same for causing the heaters to rebound thereby preventing said heaters from dragging on the skin when disengaging the same.

2. A fur beating machine comprising: a

plurality of flexible heaters, rotatable means for causing said heaters to strike the skin, and soft, elastic means, inclined in the direction of the rotatable means only, for supporting the skin at the point where the beaters strike the same for causing said heaters to rebound thereby preventing them from dragging on the skin when disengaging the same.

3. In a fur beating machine, an inclined skin support, a discharge chute extending downward from the lowermost end of the skin support at a greater angle of inclination than that of the skin support, a rotatahle member mounted in a vertical plane substantially above the junction of the said skin support and chute, and flexible heaters carried by said rotatable member.

4. In a fur beating machine, a framework, a rotatable member having flexible heaters mounted in said framework, a skin support extending rearwardly away from said rotatable member in an upwardly inclined direction, and a discharge chute, extending forwardly underneath the rotatable member in a downwardly inclined direction substantially from the lowermost point of the skin support.

5. In a fur beating machine, the combination of a support for the fur, a rotating drum journaled above the fur support, means for rotating said drum, a securing strip extending spirally around the drum, a plurality of flexible heaters, and screws en gaged in the securing strip for fastening the inner ends of the heaters thereto in spaced relation.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York this 16th day of January A. D. 1913.

' FRANK HERUD.

Witnesses LAURA E. SMITH, Pnimr S. McLean.

Copies 0! this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of .Eatents, Washington, I). G.

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