US1139929A - Hat-pouncing machine. - Google Patents

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I HAT'POUNCING MACHINE. APPLICATION HLED JUNE 2B, 191! Patented May 18, 1915.

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HAT POUNCING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 28. 1911.

Patented May 18, 1915.

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HAT-POUNGING MACHINE.

Be it known that I, ARNOLD TURNER, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and resident ofDanbury, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Pouncing Machines, of which the following is a: specification.

.My invention relates to new and useful improvements in hat machines and particularly to hat crown pouncers, so called, and it especially refers to improvements on that particulartype of machine shown and described in U. S. patents to Clark, #602,977 and 602,978.

The object of the invention is to generally improve upon the construction of pouncing machines of the above class, and particularly to provide a machine which will produce an improved quality of work, will be more stable and durable, will pounce a large variety of styles of hats, and especially to include means in the construction of the machine whereby it will travel: over the square of a hat uniformly and satisfactorily, and particularly to provide means for avoiding any possibility ofcutting or marking the squaresof the hat body as the pouncer runs from the side over upon the top of the crown, and finally to provide means for pouncing the hat bodies more upon the sides than upon the tops in order to produce a uniform finish.

With these and other objects in view the invention resides and consists in the construction and arrangement of parts herein after fully described, illustrated in the accompanying five sheets of drawings, and pointed out in the claims'hereto appended, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor de-:

tails of construction within the scope of the claims may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Similar characters of reference denote like parts throughout the severalfigures of the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and upon which,

Figure 1, shows a side view of my improved hat crown pouncing machine complete. Fig. 2, is a detail sectional plan view of a locking device as seen from line 00 Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is a central vertical longitudinal sectional view through the body of the machine when in position shown in Fig. 1 and taken on line 3 of Fig. 5. Fig. 4, is a de Specification of Letters Patent.

locking the said arrnto certain mechanism within the base of the machine. Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional view of the detachable changeable speed gears shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 7 shows a detached side view of the gear 35 and its shaft shown in Fig. 7 Fig. 8, is an opposite side elevation fromthat shown in Fig. 1 and with the pouncing'pad I Patented May 18, 1915. Application filed June 28, 1911. Serial No. 635,771. I

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in the act of operating uponthe top of a crown of a hat body. Fig. 9, is a central vertical sectional view through the spring.

case showing the spring and connected parts for holding the poun'cing pad againstthe hat body. Fig. 10, shows a sectional plan view of the base of the machine toillustrate the gears and variable friction drivemechanism, and, Fig.11, shows a sectional side view of the base, showing gears, worms'and friction driving wheels, illustrated in the preceding figure."

This invention referst'o that: class of pouncing machines which includesa "recipe rocating pouncer'pad and a horizontally arranged lathe and hat block that are moved with respect to the pad during the poun'cing operation. 6 I Y j I f The machine is designed so thatthe pounc ing pad will operate faster uponjthe side and ends of the hatcrown than upon the top and is further arrangedso thatthe said pouncer will dwell longer upon the sides and ends of the hat crown while'operating at the faster speed, than it does lupon the-Z top, so that a'greater amount-of work will be doneupon said side portion of-the hat than upon its crown, as is required in order to produce a uniformly finished hat.

Referring in detail .to the characters of V reference marked-upon the drawings 10 indicates thebase of the frame of the machine and upon which all .of the parts-are mounted. This base is in the'form'of an upright hollow casting that serves to inclose I a portion of the mechanism while the re- I maining, parts are mountedupon the out- 1 side. p

The main shaft 11 is driven through a tight and loose belt pulley carried upon its outer end portion, and is thus adapted to be operated from either an overhead or under floor driving shaft. Upon this main shaft is mounted a large beveled gear 12 a sprocket Wheel 13, and a friction driving wheel 14. The friction wheel is slidably mounted upon said shaft and is keyed to a rod a slidably mounted within the shaft and adapted to be moved forward and backward therein to move the friction driving Wheel with relation to the driven disk 6 and whereby the speed of the latter may be changed. Upon the outer end of this rod is mounted a rack 0 that meshes with a gear (Z upon the inner end of a cross shaft 6 journaled in a bracket 7 secured to the side of the base, and provided with a sprocket 9 upon its outer end. This sprocket in turn is connected by a sprocket chain it with a second sprocket i in mesh with the top gear 746 and mounted upon a stud 76 secured to the upper portion of said base. Said gear 74 is engaged and operated by a rack 74 fast to the lathe arm 26, as will later be referred to. and for the purpose of sliding the rod a and its friction wheel in and out with relation to the larger driven disk, to change the speed thereof. The driven disk is mounted upon a stud Z secured to a cross brace m made fast to the base and has a beveled gear a secured to its top side so as to be driven therewith. This bevel gear in turn meshes with and drives a gear 0 secured to one end of a short shaft mounted in a bracket 79 attached to the inside of the base. Upon the outer end of this short shaft is mounted a spiral gear 9 that meshes with and drives a spiral gear a: secured to a shaft 9" mounted in a bracket also made fast to the inside of the base. The shaft 1" carries a spur gear 6 upon its outer end that is connected by an idler u with a second spur gear 4) upon a further shaft w also mounted in the before mentioned bracket 8. The shaft to is provided with a worm that meshes with and drives a worm gear 15 mounted upon the lower end of a vertical shaft 16, and to the upper end of which is secured a gear 17 for driving a double pinion 18. This double pinion 18 in turn is connected through speed changing devices to rotate the lathe carrying the hat block 19 as will later be described.

Upon the lower end portion of the vertical shaft 16 is also mounted a gear 20 to which a hollow shaft 21 is connected. To the upper end of this hollow shaft 21 is fastened a ratchet wheel 22 through which the lathe arm is moved forward during the pouncing operation.

A stationary gear 23 is secured to the base by means of a screw 2-fand has one less tooth in it than the lower gear 20, the effect of which is to turn the gear 20 and its hollow shaft the distance of but one tooth with each operation of the shaft 16 when connected and operated as shown through the stud gear 25 carried upon an arm of worm gear 15.

The object of this construction is obviously to feed the lathe arm around slowly, compared with the speed with which the lathe and pouncer are operated.

26 represents the lathe arm which as will be noted includes a depending cylindrical portion 27 that is fitted into a central vertical bore of the frame to form a pivot for the arm to swing upon. This arm like the main frame comprises a hollow casting in which the lathe operating connections are carried. The lathe which is arranged horizontally is designed to be rotated at three different speeds a slow, afast and an intermittent speed. The slow speed is that which is used in the regular pouncing operations, the fast speed is desired when finishing the hat by hand and greasing same, and the intermittent movement which is also slow comparatively, is obtained through elliptical gear connections and obviously imparts a fast and slow movement to the shaft with each rotation, so that the ends of the hat body will be passed over quickly with the pouncer, while the said pouncer pad will be permitted to dwell somewhat longer upon the sides where a greater amount of work is required.

Within the arm 26 is secured a bracket 28 forming bearings for an upper shaft 29 and a lower shaft 30.

A beveled pinion 31 mounted upon the lower shaft 30 is connected with and operated by the before mentioned pinion 18 so as to drive the said shafts continuously. To this upper shaft is keyed an elliptical gear 32 which meshes with a second elliptical gear 37 loosely mounted upon the lower shaft 30.

Upon the outer end of this shaft 30 is splined a slip gear 33 which is provided with clutch pins 34 to engage holes in the side of the before mentioned elliptical gear 37 at such times as when the slip gear is shoved in toward the said elliptical gear and for the purpose of forming a driving connection between the shafts 30 and the said elliptical gear, so as to drive the upper shaft 29 and the lathe through said elliptical gear connections, for the purpose of obtaining the fast and slow movement of the lathe.

The slip gear 33 meshes with a gear 35 upon the upper shaft 29 and is operatively connected therewith through the medium of a spring .36 one end of which is secured to the said gear 35 and the other to a collar of its shaft 29. The gear 35 is further provided with a recess in which operates a pin 35 secured to the shaft 29 and whereby the amount of independent movement of the gear against the action of the spring is limited, and the said gear is made to drive positive with the shaft after the gear has slipped to compensate for the differences caused by the elliptical gears. This connection allows ment upon its shaft, to compensate for the difference in movement of the two shafts when the slip gear is in mesh and particu-' 'larly serves to form a driving connection between the upper gear and its shaft when the slip gear is withdrawn from the lower elliptical gear 37, but still in mesh with the upper gear 32 as shown in Fig. 7 This slip movement of the gear 33 is obtained automatically at a predetermined time through a lever connection 38 which will later be described.

Upon the inner .end of the shaft 29 is a gear 39 which meshes with a gear 40 mount" ed upon the lathe shaft a1 and having a cone clutch face in the one side and a hub upon the other which is journaled in a bearing of the arm and is connected to drive a chuck 42 and hat block 19. The hand wheel 43 obviously serves to operate the chuck, while the hand wheel on the outer end of lathe shaft is to manually hold the shaft while the hat block is being attached or removed. I also provide a positive lockfor holding this lathe shaft while the chuck is being operated, and it consists in forming a socket fl in the lathe shaft and providing a spring actuated pin 26 in a bracket secured to the arm. This pin is normally held out against the action of the spring as shown in Fig. 5, by a small crosswise disposed lug 26 secured thereto when seated on the outer edge of the bracket, but may be shoved into the socket of the lathe shaft by the action of the said spring when the pin 26 is given a quarter turn to allow its cross lug to drop in the slot 26 in end of bracket. When the clutch, sleeve and lever are in a reverse position from that shown in Fig. 3, and in engagement with the opposite clutch member &6 which is driven through a different line of connections, the lathe is rotated at a very much higher rate of speed. This rapid drive connection is made from the before mentioned bevel gear 12 on the main driving shaft 11 and will be readily understood by reference to Figs. 1, 3 and 8, and includes a small beveled gear 47 secured to a short shaft 48 journaled in a bracket 49 secured to the side of the frame. A swivel connection is formed intermediate of the said shaft 48 and the lower end of the tubular member 50 of the self-adjusting telescopic shaft. The

7 upper end of the inner member 51 of this telescopic shaft is also provided with a similar swivel joint connection to a shaft 52 mountedin a bearing 53 of the before mentioned arm 26. V shaft 52 is connected a beveled gear 54 that meshes with a similar beveled gear of the before mentioned clutch member .46. This line of connections, like that previously described, also forms a continuously operated drive, up to and including the female clutch member 46, but its movement only serves to To the upper end of this drive the lathe when ,the slidable clutch member 44; is brought into contact therewith, therefore, it willlbe apparent that if -the lathe is to remain idle the lever t5is brought to a vertical or intermediate position thus out of operative engagement with both of the adjoining clutch members, whereas, if it is to be driven fast, as: in the final hand smoothing and greasing of a hat body, it is thrown over to engage the members 44 and i6, and again if it is to be driven slow the lever is shifted to the opposite position as shown in Fig. 3, to engage 4a with the clutch face of gear 40. p

In the beginning of an operation the lathe arm 26 is manuallyswung-around to the position shown in Fig. ,5 the same obviously turning on the before mentioned pivotal tube 27 whereupon the pin 55 carried by lever 56 drops into engagement with the teeth of the slow moving ratchet wheel 22. The pin being mounted in the arm and being carried thereby obviously serves to form aconnection which tends to feed the arm around with the movement of the ratchet wheel. This movement in turn swings the rotating hat body around causing the pouncer pad 57 to gradually move outward around the corner of the hat body and toward the,center or tip of the crown. The intermittent movement-of the lathe isemployed, during this preliminary movement of the arm, or in other words, during the operatlonof the,-

pouncer pad upon the sides and ends of the hat body, but is automatically thrown outafter the pouncer gets ,over the corner and begins work upon the top of the hat.

It will be noted that the lower end of the before mentioned lever 38 is providedwith aspring 58 that tends to hold its lower-end distendedand its upper end thrown inward which obviously serves to keep the slip gear 33 in operative engagement with the elliptical gear 37. The lower and inwardly disposed end of this'lever is provided with a roll 59 which serves to engage a suitable track 60 as the arm swings around, said track being secured upon a bracket 61 and designedto cause the lower end of the :lever to be drawn in against the action of the spring 58and its upper end and connected parts forced out.

The outward end of the locking pin 55 is provided with a depending arm 62, see Figs. 1. and 2, bearing a'roll 63 that runs idly aroundthe cylindrical face 64 of the top of the base 1O untilsuch time as when .the arm nears its final orlongitudinal position shown in Figs. 1, 3 and 8 whereupon the said roll 63 rides up the beveled end of the stop 65 secured to the peripheral face of the base and the spring actuated pin 66 also carried by. said arm 62 drops back of the shoulder 67 of said stop. This operation in the first instance, causes the withdrawal of the locking pin 55 from the ratchet wheel 22 to disconnect the arm 26 therefrom, and in the second instance, serves to lock the said arm against any possible reverse movement, until such time as when the said locking pin 55 and its pin 66 are again withdrawn from engagement with the stop 65.

As before stated the machine includes a reciprocating type of pouncer pad desig nated as 57 which is yieldably held against the body of the hat by a suitable spring device that is automatically released when the pouncing operation is completed. It is also provided with a vertical reciprocatory movement imparted thereto through mechanism which will next be described. The rod 68 to which the pouncer pad is secured, is reciprocatingly mounted in ways of a plate 69 pivotally connected to a yoke 70 that in turn is operatively connected to an arm 71 pivoted to a bracket 72, secured to the machine, and whereby the parts are supported in an upright position, and adapted to be swung to or from the hat block as occasion requires. The reciprocating rod 68 is pivotally connected to a stud of an eccentric 73 mounted upon a cross shaft 74 journaled in suitable bearings of the base, and driven from the main driving shaft through special variable speed connections which I will later refer to.

The pouncing pad 57 is provided with an automatic paper feed whereby the strip of sand paper or other suitable finishing material, is automatically fed forward after the completion of each hat so as to provide a new sanded surface of paper for each additional hat to be operated upon. This I accomplish by attaching a suitable bracket 68 to the inner side of the upper end of the reciprocating arm 68, and mount in said bracket a suitable roll upon which is wound a long strip of sand paper 68 that is threaded through the guides 68 on either end of the pad so as to guide the sand paper across the face of the pouncer pad. A second bracket 57 is also placed upon the said arm below the said pad and is provided with a reel 57 to. which the lower end of the strip of sand paper is attached. This lower reel is provided with a pawl and ratchet 57 that are connected to be operated through the medium of a lever 57 when engaged by finger 57 secured to the arm 71. The construction and operation of these parts are such as to insure the reels and paper remain- 'ing in a fixed position and thus traveling with the rod 68 during the pouncing operation, as represented in Fig. 8, but causes the pawl lever 57 d to strike the finger 57 when the rod and arm are tripped and thrown off, with the completion of a hat as indicated in Fig. 1. This engagement of the finger and lever causes the latter to move the pawl and ratchet wheel forward sufficient to draw the paper down across the pad, from the upper reel thereby bringing a new paper surface in position to be used. It will thus be seen that the entire surface of the paper strip can be used with the repeated pouncing op erations, whereupon the old roll of paper is removed and a new roll of paper supplied to the upper reel and threaded through the guides and connected to the lower reel for future use.

In order to prevent marking the corners of the hats when traveling thereover, I have provided means for automatically throwing the pouncer pad off of the corners, thus causing it to touch the hat very lightly, or not at all. This means consists in placing a bracket 26* bearing a roll, upon the face of the arm 26, and attaching an adjustable shoe 72 to one of the arms 71, in a way to be engaged by the roll of the bracket 26 as the arm 26 swings around. This shoe is mounted in a suitable guide secured to the arm 71 and is made adjustable by a nut 72 whereby the shoe may be engaged sooner or later as the different shaped hats may require.

I have provided means for reciprocating the pouncer faster while working upon the sides of the hat than while upon the top, in order that the sides of the hat body may be given more work than the top, as required to produce a uniformly finished surface. This mechanism will be best understood with reference to Fig. 8 wherein it will be seen that a cone pulley 75 is mounted upon the outer end of the before mentioned cross shaft 74 and is connected to be driven from a similar cone 75 mounted upon a short shaft journaled in a bracket 75 secured to the base 10. A sprocket 75 secured to the outer end of the short shaft is connected by a suit-able sprocket chain with a larger sprocket 76 loosely journaled on a slip shaft 77. Upon the outer end of this slip shaft 77 is secured a smaller sprocket 78 having an inner clutch face to mesh with the corresponding clutch face in the side of the before mentioned sprocket 76 whereby the second sprocket may be engaged to drive the pouncer as will be later described. The small sprocket 78 is also connected by a sprocket chain with the first mentioned sprocket 13 upon the main driving shaft 11 so as to continuously drive said small sprocket 73 and its shaft 77. This obviously imparts movement to the other sprockets 76 and 7 5, the shaft 7 4, and pouncer, at such times as desired to reciprocate the pouncer pad.

The particular means for changing the speed of the pouncer pad from fast to slow, as it travels from the side to the top of the crown of the hat, comprises a flexible band 74' that is hung from a loop 743, between the cones 75 and 75 and is adapted to be moved backward and forward between the surface of said cones in a manner to form a driving connection therebetween, it being obvious that the speed of the driven cone and the pouncer changes with the change of position of the flexible band. The said loop is hung from a rack 74 that is slidably mounted in guides secured to the base lO'of the machine. This rack is, connected to be driven through a train of gears 74 operatively mounted upon studs secured to the base, the uppermost one'of which is in position to be engaged by a rack 7& secured to the face of the arm 26 when the same is swung around to position for beginning an operation, as for instance, that shown in Fig.

5. This form of connection, therefore, will impart a comparatively fast speed to the eccentric shaft 74 and pouncer pad, with the beginning of an operation and will cause the said speed to gradually slacken until the pad.

finishes on the top of the hat crown. 7

From the foregoing described construction it will be seen that the mechanism for changing the speed of the pouncer pad and the means for varying the-movement of the lathe arm and whereby a greater amount of work is done upon the sides of the hat than the top, are connected to the same gear, and operated simultaneously and from the same rack 7 4 As the lathe arm 26 is manually swung around and set in the position shown in Fig. 5 for the beginning of an operation and the pouncer pad is brought up against the side of the hat body, the spring 79 mounted upon a fixed rod 80 carried in the brackets 81, will force the said sleeve 82 upon said rod 80 outward, and through the connections of the arm 83 of said sleeve, with the collars 8% upon the slip shaft 77, will draw the sprocket 78 over in engagement with the adjoining sprocket 76, thereby forming a driving connection for the pouncer. To the outer end of the sleeve 82 is pivotally connectedv a rocker arm 85 which in turn is hung upon a stud 86 of the base and has its upper end freely disposed in the path of movement of a lug 87, see Fig. 5, carried by the pivotal lathe arm. When this arm comes around and nears its final swinging movement the said lug 87 will strike the upper end of the" rocker arm and throw it over to the position shown in Fig. 8, ma way to operate the parts and disconnect the clutches of the sprockets, to stop the 'pouncing operation. At practically the same moment the spring 88 contained withinqthe case 89is also released to allow the said pouncer and its supporting rod and lever to drop back to their inactive position as shown in Fig. 1.

If for any reason it maybe deemed advisable at any time'to operate the machine with the pouncer pad 57, inactivebut atthe same time pressed against the hat body working position, the same can be done by tightening the set screw 7 7 a see Fig. 8, while the shaft .77 is shoved out,'thus securingthe of the sprocket '7 6 and 78 out of engagement, in, a way to prevent-the operation of the larger sprocket 76 and its connections for driving the pouncer pad.

' same in said position to hold the clutch faces I Referring particularly to the means for holding the pouncer pad against the hat body,

it will beseen that one end of a link. rod 90 is connected to the supporting arm 71 for the pouncer pad, while the other end is piv otally connected to an arm 91 loosely connected to'the upper end'of the shaft 92 and. r

to which one end of the before mentioned spring 88 is'connected, the other end being connected to the base of the case. Thus it will be seen that the tension, or torsional strain of the said spring contained within the case, is brought to bear against this shaft. The shaft, however, isoperatively connected to the arm 91 through the medium of a ratchet wheel 93-pinned to the shaft 92 and l 93 is also loosely mounted upon .theshaft,

and is operatively connected therewith through themedium of the said ratchet wheel .93 and'aremovable pawl 97 secured 1 to the said arm. This pawl 97 engages the teeth of the ratchet in a way to rigidly secure the arm and ratchet together, but like the beforementioned connection with shaft, is made removable so as to allow thie said arm to be adjusted with relation to the ratchet if occasion requires. The outerend of this arm 96 carries a roll to be engaged by I a block 98 secured to the side of the lathe arm when the same moves around from the position shown invFig. 5 to its crosswiseor finished position, see Fig. 8. The purpose of this engagement is to turn or rock the shaft against the. tension of its spring in a way to throw the outer arm 91 and its connections with the pouncer mechanism, out and away from the hat body.

is rigidly secured to thelathe arm and serves as a means for manually swinging the lathe around to the starting position as shownlin v Fig. 5.

WVith this setting of the arm, the rack 74 of thearm is made to engage the gear 7 a thus setting the driving mechanism,

to operate the pouncer pad at a high rate of 1 speed, and to place the pad in operative po- 1 25 similarly engaged in a way to effect there? a sition, and likewise its sprocket clutch is ci ting operation ofthe pouncerand whereby thesand paper carried upon the face'of the; pad is rapidly rubbed back and forward across theside and tip of the hat I The handle 99, shown in Figs. 1, 5 and '6 crown. The driving connections for feeding the lathe arm around is also automatically set through the chain h by the engagement of this rack and gear, to move the arm at a slow, but increasing speed as the pouncer travels from the side to the top of the hat crown.

Since the pouncer pad herein shown is of a particularly novel design, and applicable to other forms of pouncing machines, I have seen fit to file a separate application therefore, the same being dated March 31, 1911, Serial #618,233, and consequently I will not attempt to specifically describe or claim it in this application.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a hat pouncing machine, the combination with a horizontally disposed lathe for rotating a hat body, of a pouncer pad mounted to operate upon the surface of the crown of a hat when carried on the lathe, sprockets and chain connections for operating said pouncer, a clutch interposed between the sprockets, and means for auto matically disengaging the clutch to stop the pouncer pad when the pouncing operation is finished.

2. In a hat pouncing machine, the combination with a base, a swinging arm mounted thereon, a lathe carried in the arm, a reciprocating pouncer pad mounted to operate upon the hat when carried upon the lathe, clutched faced wheels for operating the pouncer, connections with said clutch wheel adapted to be engaged and operated by the swinging arm to automatically disconnect the clutch wheels to stop the pouncer.

3. In a hat pouncing machine, the combination with a base, a swinging arm mounted thereon, a lathe carried in the arm, a reciprocating pouncer pad, a clutch face wheel for operating the pad, a co-acting clutch face wheel, a slip shaft upon which the coacting clutch member is mounted, a lever disposed to be engaged and operated by the arm and connected to slip the shaft and connect or disconnect the clutch faced wheel for the purpose of driving or disconnecting the pouncer pad.

4-. In a hat pouncing machine, the combination with a base, a swinging arm mounted thereon, a lathe carrying a hat block, a driving shaft, means for rotating the lathe including a telescopic shaft for operatively connecting the driving shaft and movable lathe shaft, apouncer pad for operating upon the hatblock, and sprocket and chain connections for driving the pouncer pad.

5. In a hat pouncing machine, the combination with a base, a swinging arm mounted thereon, a main driving shaft, a lathe shaft within the arm, gear connectionsfor operating the lathe shaft at different speeds,

a slip clutch on the lathe shaft for engaging or disengaging either of the said speed gears, a telescopic shaft connecting the main shaft with one of the said speed gear connections.

6. In a hat pouncing machine, the combination with a base, a swinging arm mounted thereon, a horizontal lathe shaft mounted in the arm, a pair of clutch gears loose upon the lathe shaft, an intermediate slidable clutch member splined to said shaft and adapted to be engaged with either of said clutch gears, elliptical gear connections for operating one of said clutch gears, and a telescopic shaft for operating the second clutch gear connection.

7. In a hat pouncing machine, the combination with a horizontally disposed rotary and pivotal lathe carrying a hat block, a changeable speed mechanism for varying the speed of the lathe, a vertical reciprocating pouncer pad, and means for operating the pouncer upon the sides and tip of a hat crown, but not upon the corners.

8. In a hat pouncing machine, the combination with a horizontally disposed lathe carrying a hat block, a changeable speed mechanism for decreasing the speed of the lathe, a vertical reciprocating pouncer pad for operating upon the hat, and means to automatically decrease the speed of the pouncer with the decreased speed of the lathe and hat block.

9. In a hat pouncing machine, the combination with a base, a swinging arm mounted thereon, a lathe carrying a hat block mounted in the arm, a changeable speed mechanism for operating the lathe shaft at a decreasing rate of speed, of a vertically reciprocating pouncer pad, and means for also reciprocating the said pad at a decreasing rate of speed to insure more work being done upon the sides than the tip of a hat.

10. In a hat pouncing machine, the combination with a base, a swinging arm mounted thereon, a lathe carrying a hat block mounted in the arm, a changeable speed mechanism for operating the lathe shaft, of a vertically reciprocating pouncer pad, and means for automatically varying the speed of reciprocations of the pad uponthe hat to produce approximately uniform results on all portions of the hat.

11. In a hat pouncing machine, the combination with a base, a swinging arm mounted thereon, a lathe carrying a hat block mounted in the arm, a pouncer pad for operating upon the hat block, a spring for holding the pouncer padupon the hat, an adjustable pawl and ratchet connection between the spring and pad, an arm also adjustably connected with the ratchet and adapted to be engaged by the swinging arm in a way to counteract the pressure of the spring and to release the pad from the hat.

12. In a hat pouncing machine, the combi- 1,139,929. I 1 i F i7 nation'wit'h a base, a swinging arm mounted end, and means connected with the outer ex- "tended end of pinto engage the inclined end of stop and automatically withdraw the pin from the ratchet to stop the movement of" the arm when the same completes its feeding movement.

13. In a hat pouncing machine, the combi-.

nation with a base, a swinging arm mounted thereon, a'horizontallathe mounted in the arm, a. feed shaft and ratchet wheel for moving the arm, a pawl for engaging the arm and ratchet wheel, a stop secured to the base having an inclinedend and a shoulder,

a locking pin designed to drop behind said shoulder in order to lock said arm agains any possible reverse movement. 14. In a hat pouncing machine, the combination with a base, a swinging arm mounted thereon, a horizontal lathe mounted in the swinging arm, a pouncing arm pivoted'to the base, a pad carried bythe arm, of means attached to the swinging arm to shove the pouncing pad off for an interval sufiicient to allow the pouncing pad to round the sharp corner of a hat and do little or no work upon said corner.

15. In a hat pouncing machine, the combination with a base, a swinging arm mounted thereon, a lathe carrying a hat block mounted in the arm, means for operating the lathe, a driving shaft, connections intermediate 'of the driving shaft and arm for swinging said arm upon the base, a pouncer pad for operating upon the hat block, and suitable connections intermediate of the main driving shaft and pouncer pad for reciprocating the latter at different speeds upon different parts of the hat.

16. In a hat pouncing machine, the combination with a base, a horizontal swinging arm mounted thereon, a lathe mounted in. the swinging arm and carrylng a chuck, a

ing shaft, connections intermediate the drivmg shaft and arm for swinging the same,

a pouncer pad for operating upon the hat 7 block, and suitable connections intermediate the main shaft and pouncer pad for operating the latter.

17. In a hat pouncing machine, the combination with a base, a horizontal swinging arm mounted thereon, a lathe mounted in the swinging arm and carrying a hat block,

means for operating the lathe, a driving shaft, connections intermediate of the driving shaft and arm for swinging the same, a pouncer pad for operating upon the hat block-,means for drivingthe pouncer pad at a high rate of speed while operating'npon] one part of a 'hatbodyand'thenautomath cally changing to a difierent speed for oper-'' ating upon another portion of the body.'

18. In a hat pouncing machine, the combii nation with a base, a'swinging arm mounted 7 thereon,-a lathecarryinga hat block mount-' ed in the swinging arm,-means' for operatingf the lathe, a driving shaft,-connections intermediate of the driving shaft and arm for swinging the same, a pouncer pad for oper-r ating upon the hat block, means for first operating the pouncer at ahigh 'rate'of speed while operating upon the side-of a hat body and then automatically decreasing the speed of thepouncer pad for operating;

upon'the top of the hat body.

19. In a hat crown pouncing-machine, the I combination with a pivotally and rotatably mounted lathe carrying a hat block and means for rotating the same, of a pouncer pad adapted to operate thereon, and means for causing the pouncer to operate faster I I upon the sides than the top to cause more work to be done by the pouncer pad upon the sides of the hat crown than upon the top.. 20. In a hat crown pouncing machine-,the

combination with a swinging arm, a lathe mounted therein carrying a hat block, a driving shaft, connections intermediate of the driving shaft and arm for swinging the lathe at a gradually increasing speed, means for rotating the lathe, and a pouncer pad for operating upon the hat block carried by the lathe.

"21. In a hat crown-pouncing machine, the

co'mbinationwith a swinging arm, of a rotary lathemounted therein and carrying a hat block,- a driving shaft,- a pouncer pad for operating upon-the sides and crown'of the hat block, connections intermediate the driving shaft and for moving the arm with relation to the pad comparatively slowly while thepad is operating upon the side of the hat crown and faster "while operating more work being done by the pad upon the side of the hat crown than upon the top:w 22. In a hat crown pouncing machine,the 'combinationwith a swinging lathe carrying upon the top of the crown so as to in'suref] top of the crown, and means for swinging:

the lathe block and its hat slower while operating-upon the sides than when. operating upon the top of the crown. 1

23. In a hat crown pouncing machine, the combination with a lathe carrying a hat block and means for rotating the lathe, of a pouncer pad adapted to operate thereon and means for swinging and gradually increasing the swinging movement of the lathe and hat block with relation to the pouncer pad during the pouncing operation, and means for driving the pouncer pad faster while working upon the sides of the hat crown than upon the top.

24. In a hat crown pouncing machine, the combination with a swinging lathe carrying a hat block and means for rotating the same, of a pouncer pad for operating upon said hat block, means for gradually decreasing the speed of the pouncer pad as it travels from the side to the top of the hat crown, and means for swinging the lathe faster with the decreasing movement of the pouncer pad.

25. In a hat crown pouncing machine, the combination with a swinging lathe carrying a hat block and means for rotating the same, of a pouncer pad for operating upon a hat mounted upon said hat block, means for driving the pouncer pad at a higher rate of speed while operating upon the sides of the hat crown and gradually decreasing in speed as it moves toward the top of the crown, and means for gradually increasing the swinging movement of the hat block and lathe with relation to the pouncer pad from the beginning of its operation upon the side to the completion of the operation at the top.

26. In a hat crown pouncing machine, the combination with a pivotally mounted 'rotary lathe carrying a hat block, and means for rotating the same, of a reciprocating pouncing pad adapted to operate thereon for the purpose of smoothing a hat body, a clutch through which the pad is operated, and means for disengaging the clutch to render the said pad inactive.

27. In a hat pouncing machine, the combination of a base, a rotatable hat support mounted thereon, a pouncer pad and arm, means for normally holding the pouncer pad in engagement with the hat, means intel-posed between the base and arm whereby the arm and pad are pressed away from the hat at certain points of operation.

28. In a hat pouncing machine, the combination of a base, a swinging arm mounted thereon, a rotatable hat support mounted in said arm, a pouncer pad and arm pivoted to the base, means for normally holding the pouncer pad in engagement with a hat body mounted on the support, a fixed means carried by the swinging arm of the machine, and a shoe mounted upon the pad arm to engage the said means to shove the pad off free from the hat at certain points of operation.

29. In a hat pouncing machine, the combination of a base, a swinging arm mounted thereon, a rotatable hat support mounted in said arm, a pouncer pad and arm, means for normally holding the pouncer pad in engagement with the hat mounted on the support, an adjustable means interposed between the pad-arm and swinging arm whereby the arm and pad are shoved away from certain portions of the hat more or less according to the amount of said adjustment to lessen the amount of work done upon the hat.

30. A machine of the character described having a rotary hat base, a support, a working pad and frame therefor, an arm for moving the pad and frame to and from the hat, pawl and ratchet mechanism for feeding a strip of pouncer material, and means for automatically actuating said pawlvand ratchet by the movement of the arm with relation to a hat mounted upon a shaft.

31. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a pivotal and rotatable hat support, a pouncer tool, automatic means for swinging the rotatable hat support upon its pivot to feed the hat body with relation to the pad, means for automatically reducing the amount ofwork of the tool as it traverses the portions of the hat crown between the side and top.

32. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a swinging arm, a rotatable hat support mounted there on a vertically reciprocating traversing tool, of means for automatically reducing the amount of work of the tool as it traverses the portions of the hat crown between the side and top.

Signed at Danbury in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut this 28th day of May A. 1)., 1911.

ARNOLD TURNER.

Witnesses C. M. NEWMAN, N. E. BARNES.

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

Washington, D. C.

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