US1112960A - Apparatus for striping surfaces. - Google Patents

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W. H. & S. S. ADAMS.

APPARATUS FOR STRIPING SURFACES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21, 1911.

Patented Oct. 6, 1914.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

Patented Oct. 6, 1914.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

W. H. & S. S. ADAMS.

APPARATUS FOR STRIPING snamcns.

APPLIOA'IION FILED JUNE 21, 1911.

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STATES" [PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. ADAMS AND SUSAN S. ADAMS, OF LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS.

APPARATUS FOR STRIPING SURFACES.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, WILLIAM H. ADAMS and SUSAN S. ADAMS, citizens of the United States, and residents of Lawrence, county of Essex, State of Massachusetts, have invent- 1 stripes on flexible material by drawing said material over outlet ports leading from a ed an Improvement in Apparatus for Striping Surfaces, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanyacters on the drawings representing like parts,

Th1s invention relates to apparatus for striping surfaces of fabrics, metals, paper,

1 of this nature in that it comprises a chamber or chambers for containing the striping material and discharge ports through which I the striping material is delivered and over 2 which the material to be striped is drawn. ;In Fig. 1, for instance, 1 designates gen .erally a member containing a chamber or chambers to receive striping material and wood, glass and other materials, and especially to devices of this class which comprise a chamber or chambers containing the striping material and which are provided with outlet passages through which the striping material is delivered and over which the material to be striped is drawn so that the striping material will be applied thereto. In all devices of this class as heretofore constructed the outlets or discharge ports are formed in integral portions of the chamber containing the striping material, and in some devices the chamber containing 7 the striping material has been made in sectional parts so as to ermit of the sections being assembled in diflerent order to produce varying patterns. In none of the prior devices, however, is there any way of varying the pattern except by emptying the striping .material out from the chamber and practically taking the device to pieces.

One of the ob ects of our invention is to provide an apparatus of this charaacter in which the pattern can be changed without discharging the striping material from the device, and other objects of the invention are to, provide an improved device having such a construction that the cleaning and repair thereof is greatly facilitated, and to-otherwise improve ap aratus of this nature, all as will be more ully hereinafter described and then pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawing wherein we have shown some embodiments of our invention which illustrate the principle thereof, Figure 1 is an end view of the striping device showing the manner in which a flexible sheet, such as fabric, paper, rubber, or leather is drawn over the apparatus to produce the striping thereof; 2 is a fragmentary perspective view of t e chamber containlng the striping material and the pattern member separated from each other; Figs. 3, 4

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 21, 1911.

Patented Oct. 6, 1914.

Serial No. 634,549.

and 5 are sectional perspective views of different embodiments of our invention; Figs. 6, 7 8 and 9 are sectional views showing still other embodiments of the invention.

It has heretofore been proposed to form chamber containing striping material so that the striping material Wlll flow through said See, for instance, Patents No. 558,542 and Our apparatus is similar to other devices which is provided with discharge ports through which the'striping material is de- 1 livered and over which the sheet material 2 to be striped is drawn by some suitable mechanism which it is not necessary to show herein. This sheet material is shown as passing 5 around the direction rolls 8 which properly guide it in its passage. The discharge ports are shown as formed on the top of the member 1 and the liquid striping material is delivered to said member from elevated sup ply tanks 4 and 5 by means of pipes 6 and 7 so that the pressure of the liquid material will be forced up against the underside of the sheet material 2 as it is drawn over the discharge ports. The member 1 may be formed with one or more compartments to receive striping material. In the embodi: ments shown in Figs. 1 and 2 said member is provided with two compartments or chambers 8 and 9. This member is of a length equal to-the width ofthe sheet material 2 to be striped and may be supported in a frame of any suitable construction which we have not herein shown. lVhere the member 1 is formed with two compartments as shown, it may conveniently be made in two sections 10 and 11, each of which has one of the compartments formed therein or both compartments might be formed in the same member.

One feature of our invention relates to the manner of changing the pattern without the necessity of discharging the striping material from the chamber or chambers in the member 1 and we accomplish this by making the discharge ports through which the striping material is delivered in a pattern member which is separate from the. member 1 that contains the chambers for holding the striping material so that the pattern member can be readily removed and another pattern member substituted without interfering at all with the other parts of the apparatus.

In the embodiment shown in F lgs. 1 and 2 the pattern member is designated by 12, and it is formed with a plurality of discharge ports 13 and 14, some of which communicate with the chamber 8 and others of which communicate with the chamber 9, it being noted that both chambers 8 and 9 are open at the top. The two sections 10 and 11 of the member 1 are forme'd with the upwardly-extending side wings 15 and 16 between which the pattern member 12 is received and said pattern member rests on the" flanges 17 and 18 formed on the outer walls of the two sections 10 and 11 andon the upper edge of the inner walls 19 and 20. Said pattern member may be held in place in any suitable way and will preferably be provided with the rounded upper surface over which the material 2 can be readily drawn. The two chambers 8 and 9 may be filled with striping material of difierent colors, and if the alternate discharge ports communicate with one chamber 8 and the other ports communicate with the chamber 9 then the stripes produced on the material will alternate in color. Any arrangement of discharge ports may be used, however, according to the pattern desired and these ports may be spaced any desired distance apart.

The pattern member 12 can be readily removed and b taking out one pattern memher and substituting another with a different arrangement of ports the pattern produced will be correspondingly c anged. It will thus be seen that the change of pattern involves merely the substitution of one pattern member for another.

In Fig. 3 we have shown a construction wherein the member 1 contains a single open-topped chamber 8 for the striping material. In this case the pattern member 12 has a single row of discharge ports l3 which can be spaced according to the pattern to be produced. The pattern member 12 rests on and closes the open top of the chamber 8 and is secured in place in any suitable position.

In Fig. 4 we have shown a member 1 having two chambers 8 and 9 both of which are in the integral member 1 The pattern member 12 is provided with the discharge ports 13 and 14 .which. communicate with the compartments 8 and 9", respectively.

In Fig. 5 we have shown a member 1 having formed therein three compartments 8,

is in the form of a tube. In Fig. 6 this tubular member is shown at 1 and it contains a single compartment 8 for striping material.-

The tube is slotted at its upper end, as at 42, and the pattern member 12 is detachably a t e discharge ports 13 which communicate with the slot 42 and which are properly spaced to produce the desired pattern.

In Fig. 7 we have shown a tubular memher 1* adapted to contain the striping material, and this member is provided with the diametrical partition 43 to form the two compartments 8 and 9 adapted to receive striping material of two different-kinds. The pattern member 12 is detachably applied to the tube and is' provided with the discharge ports 13 and 14 leading to the two compartments 8 and 9 respectively. In Fig. 8 we have shown another embodi- 1pplied to the tube and will be provided'with ment of the invention where the tubular member 1 is divided by partitions 44 into three compartments 8*, 9, and 45, and the pattern member 12 is formed with three sets of discharge ports 13, 14 and 46 leading to the three. compartments respectively. These discharge -ports may have any arrangement desired according to the pattern produced.

In Fig. 9.we have shown still another embodiment of our invention where the member 1 is made up of the two side pieces 47 and 48 which are clampedtogether by suitable clamping bolts 49. Each side piece is formed. with the supporting lip 50 on its inner side and the pattern member 12 is sustained by these lips 50 and is firmly clamped between the sides 48 and 49 b the clamping bolts. A partition 51 is use the upper end of which. sets into a groove formed in the underside of the pattern member 12 and the lower edge of which is clamped between the inturned flanges 52 formed on the side pieces. This'construction forms two compartments 8 and 9 adapted to contain two colors of striping material, and the pattern member 12 will be provided with the ports 13 and 14 leading to the two compartments.

In the drawings we have shown only a few of the very many constructions in which the invention might be embodied. In every instance, however, the pattern member containing the discharge ports is separate from the member containing the striping material so that the pattern can be changed simply by removing the pattern member and substituting another one for it. Furthermore, the machine herein shown-can be very easily cleaned because when the pattern member is removed access may be had to all of the compartments.

If in using the device it is desired to change from a three-colored pattern to a two-colored or single colored-pattern, it will not be necessary to change the member containing the striping material, for a pattern member can be used in connection with the devices shown in Figs. 5 and. 8, for instance, in which all of the discharge ports lead to the same compartment. The pattern member may be made in one integral structure or it may be made up of various sections suit-ably connected together.

While we have shown some embodiments of the invention which are sufficient to illusing material, of a plurality of pattern members separable from said first named member I and over which the material being striped is adapted to be drawn, each of said pattern members provided with discharge ports through which the striping material is discharged and adapted to be detachably secured to said first mentioned member, said pattern members being of such shape that the material being striped entirely covers the discharge ports therein.

2. In an apparatus for producing stripes, the combination with a chambered member adapted to hold striping material and having an open top portion, of a plurality of pattern members separate from the chambered member over which the material being striped is adapted to be drawn, each of said pattern members adapted to be detachably secured to said chambered member and having a plurality of discharge apertures which communicate with said open top portion, said pattern members being of such shape that the material being striped en tirely covers the discharge ports therein.

3. In an apparatus for producing stripes, the combination with a container for striping material provided with a plurality of separate chambers each adapted to contain striping material, of a plurality of pattern members separate from the container over which the material being striped is adapted to be drawn, each of said pattern members adapted to be detachably secured to sa d container and having a plurality of discharge apertures leading to the various chambers, said pattern members being of such shape that the material being striped entirely covers the discharge ports therein.

4. In an apparatus for striping flexible material, the combination with a container for striping material provided with a plurality of separate chambers each adapted to contain striping material, of a pattern member separate from and detachably secured'to said container and over which the flexible material is adapted to be drawn said pattern member having a plurality oi discharge ports leading to the various chambers, said pattern members being of such shape that the material being striped entirely covers the discharge ports therein.

In testimony whereof, we have signed our names to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM H. ADAMS. SUSAN S. ADAMS. Witnesses:

STEPHEN F. L. PIANO, NELLIE W. PAINE.

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