US1162284A - Tile cutting and delivering machine. - Google Patents

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TILE CUTT ING AND DELIVERING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.8. 1913.

Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

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Application filedNovemher 8,1913. Serial No. 799,885.

To all whom it may concern:

Be 1t known that I, Grrannns A.'DORN, a

V citizen of the United States, residing at Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have. invented new and useful Improvements 1n Tile Cutting and Delivering Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to machines for cutting a column of clay into suitable lengths for bricks or tiles, and especially to machines which cut the column into sections having a longer length than width or depth, asinthe usual manner of making hollow blocks and drain tiles; and the object of the improvement is to provide a sectional con} veyer in such a machine, which will separate the severed blocks or tile at the forward or discharge end of the ,machine, and auto matically deliver them on end upon a receiving ccnveyer, traveling faster than the sectional conveyer, so that the upright blocks or tiles will be spaced widely apart on thereceiving conveyor and can be readily grasped and removed therefrom by a plurality of workmen.

hen a column ofclay is out into lengths for making blocks or tiles in the usual manner on a sectional conveyer, the severed ends are so close together that the blocks or tiles can only be removed, one at a time, from the forward end of the series; and the prone position of the product renders it diflicult to grasp and then remove the tile by manual means, for standing them upright upon a rack for drying. These difficulties are overcome by the present invention in which a receiving conveyer is located at the forward end of the sectional conveyer of the cutting machine, to receive the blocks or tiles as the same are delivered thereby;

and the sectional conveyor is provided with I to the devices employed for controlling the movements of the tile carriers of the cutting machine conveyer, so that the same will clear the receiving conveyer and the severedblocks or tiles which have been delivered upon the same, and will also clear the column of clay as the same is receivedat the rear end of the cutting machine.

When applied to a tile cutting machine,

the invention may be embodied in the form illustrated in the accompanying drawings,

forming part hereof,,in which,-

Figure l is an outline side elevation of a tile cutting machine with a receiving conveyer at the forward end thereof, showing the general arrangement of the parts in: volved in the improvement; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the'tile cutting. machine, showing the rear end of the 7 receiving conveyer at the front end thereof;

Fig- 3 is a'fragmentary sectional view of the forward end of the tile cutting machine, and the rear end of the receiving conveyer, showing the relation of the parts immediately after one tile has been delivered, and showing the preliminary separation of the remaining forward tile from the next succeeding tile of the severed series; Fig. f is a similar view showing the secondary tilting and dropping movement of the forward tile; Fig. 5 is a similar view showingthe final turning of the tile into an upright position, and the seating of its lower end squarely uponthe conveyor belt; Fig. 6 is a fragmentary longitudinal section of the carrier rising around the rear end of the cutting machine; Fig. 9 is a longitudinal section of the forward and rear ends of the cutting machine showing details of the controlling devices for thetile carriers; Fig. 10 is a rear end view of the cutting machine with the parts substantially as shown in Fig. 9; Fig. 11 is a transverse section of the forward end of the cutting machine substantially as on line 1111, Fig. 9; Fig. 12, is a fragmentary perspective view looking upward under one tile carrier at the beginning of its delivering movement as illustrated in Fig. 3; Fig. 13 is a detached perspective view of one tile carrier; and Fig.1l is a 7 cutprovided on the inner side with the tracks or wa 3 for the wheels l of the sections 5 and 53 forming endless chains on each side of the conveyor, to which chains are pivoted the series of tile carriers 6 thus forming a sectional conveyerfor the cutting machine, the same being provided with cutting mechanisni'? of any well known construction and operation; and as shown, the cutting mechanism' includes a series of radial arms 8 on each side of the machme, the ends of which are guided between theadjacent ends of the tilecarr1ers'6 by the standards 9 formed on V certain sections 5 of the carrier chains in a rectaiignlai' .as forv making hollow block, or

he curved trough 12 when the clay column 13 round, as SJOWB, for making cylindric tiles 1%; with suitable adjusting devices 15 in the usual manner for fitting clay columns of different diameters.

The tile carriers 6 correspond in length to two sections hand 5' of the conveyer chains; and each carrier is pivotally connected be-' tween the chains to the forward section 5 of each pair by means of the journal bearings 16 onthe under side of each forward portion of the bottom plate 100f the carrier, and the pivot posts 17 extending inward from the middle portion of each chain section 5. The width ofthe carrier is less than the clear space between the conveyor chains,

so that the rear 0r heel end of the carrier may swing freely between the chains upon its 'pivotal bearings 16.

The forward chain sections 5 are connected by the cross bar 18, which serves not only for the purpose of properly spacing the conveyor chains apart, but as an abutment for the forward end of the corresponding tile carrier, and stops the rotation of the same inward between the chains and prevents the heel end of the carrier fromdropping downward during the return movementof the chains in the underside of the machine.

One or more, two as shown, longitudinal supporting tracks 19 are provided in the upper portion of the cutting machine, intermediate the side plates thereof, which tracks may be formed by the upper edges of plates which trough may be provided tile carrier bottom plates are provided with correspznnling rollers 21 which travel on the 7 tracks i during the forward movement of the carriers in the upper portion of the cutting machine; and these tracks and] rollers are so positioned hat each tile carrier will be held in true horizontal position, and in proper alinement with each other, to form a continuous coplanar support for the clay column 1 3, d ringsuch forward movement.

it the forward end of the machine, the tracks 19 are continued to form the cam tracks 22, which drop abruptly down ward and then curve gradually forward to a point near the center or axis of the curved forward ends of the ways 3; thence the cam tracks curve abruptly downward and rearward and then more gradually rearward to a point adjacent to the line of the ways 3 and approximately below the abrupt downward beginning of the cam tracks.

On one side, preferably the inner side, of one or both of the cam tracks 12, is provided the cam flange 23, the upper endfli of which flange 'is located-on the upper side ofthe abrupt convex curve, which may he called the nose of the cam track, and the lower end 25 of which flange terminates at the lower rear end of the track. c

The bottom plate 10 of each tile carrier is provided, on its under side, with the downwardly protruding L-shaped clip or finger 26 which is adapted to engage the cam flange for controlling the movements of the rear end of the carrier when it has been rotated to and beyond an upright position in passing downward around the forward end of the cutting machine, in the operation of delivering a tile upon the rear end of the receiving conveyor 27, which rear end is located'under the forward end of the cutting machine. I 26 with the cam flange 23 also serves to hold the rear end of the tile carrier upward so that it will clear above the rear end of the receiving conveyor, until the heel end of the carrier has passed downward and rearward beyond the receiving conveyor; whereupon the'L finger drops off the rear end of the cam flange and the heel. end of the carrier drops downward until the toe end thereof is stopped by the abutment bar 1.8 which connects the conveyor chain sections 5.

In the operation of the cutting machine, the clay column 13 is severed by the cutting mechanism 7 into suitable lengths for making the tiles 14 in the manner well known in the art; said sections being substantially equal in length to the tile carrier upon which it is located. When the forward wheels 4 of the forward chain sections 5 to which the forward end portion of the carrier is pivoted, begins to descend around the for- The engagement of the L finger ward curves of the ways 3, as shown in' Fig. 3,it is evident that the forward end of the carrier will be tilted slightly downward with reference to the rear endfwhich continues to be supported on the horizontal track 19; thereby slightly separating the rear end of the one carrier from the rearv end of the next succeeding carrier, and conends of the ti es, as shown in Fig. the pivot bearings 16 of the carrier continuse d wnward about half way around the curved way on the forward end of the cutting machine, the parts are so arranged that the rollers 21 on the heel end of the carrier will ride downward upon the concavclycurved portion of the cam track '22, beginninn' as shown inFig. at, and continuing until. the bottom plate of the carrier strikes the upper side of the abrupt nose ofthe cam track, as shown in Fig.9; in which relation of the parts, the carrier is preferably positioned at an inclination of something less thani from horizontal, so that there is no tendency for the tile to slideforward upon the carrier; When the pivot bearings 16 of the carrier continue downward and rear ward in the orbit described by theconveyer chains, the middle portion of the bottom plate of the carrier swings or rotates around the noses of the cam tracks as fulcrums, thereby swinging the carrier and gyrating the tile thereon substantially on its center into an upright position and delivering the forward end of the tile squarely upon the rear end of the receiving conveyor 27, which is properly positionedto receive the same, as

shown in Fig. 5, and by broken lines with reference to the tile 1% and its carrier 6 in Fi 9. y 7

As it is preferred to deliver the tile upon the receiving oonveyer at a slight interval before the tile is rotated into vertical position. so that the momentum of the tile resulting from its downward and slightly forward movement will coincide with itsaXis; it is accordingly preferred to slightly incline the rear portion of the receiving conveyer to a corresponding degree as shown in the several views. It being understood that the receiving conveyor is gradually curved forward into a horizontal plane, as

which in turn is carried directly downward and rearward, clear of the receiving conveyer by the controlling cam flange, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

The bottom plates 10 of the tile carriers are also provided at or near the middle on portion of the supporting tracks which the supplemental roller 28 remains cam trac 29 for swingingthe carrier into proper position for rising under the clay by the ways 3 upward in an orbit around the rear end of the cutting machine. At the siderably separating the ad acent severed beginning of this movement, the heel end ofthe carrier hangs downward as the front end thereof is stopped by the bar 18 until the chain; brackets 5 continue upward around the end of the cutting machine far enough to withdraw the stop bar 18 fronithe for ward end of the carrier; whereupon the sup- 'plemental roller 28, contacts with the supplemental cam track 29 and swings the heel end' of the'carrier rearward and upward upon the pivotal bearings 16 thereby gyrating the carrier sothat its toe endwill clear the clay column 13 in moving upward thereuiic er, as shown success vely 1n Figs. 8,6,? and 9.

column, as the conveyor chains are carriedv The si'ipplemental cam track 29 is continned horizontally forwardat its upper end for a short distance, in such a plane that the supplemental roller 28 traveling thereon will elevate the tile carrier upward into full contact with the lower side of the clay col-' uinn 13; the track29 being continued for- .ward far-enough to support the supplemen tal roller 28 until the rollers 21 at the heel end of the carrier ride upon the horizontal 19, after idle until the carrier travels around the forward end andreturns tothe rear end of the cutting machine.

To those skilled in the art in making machines of the class described, many variations in construction and widely differing embodiments and applications of the invention will suggest themselves, without departing from the spirit and scope of the claims; the disclosure and the description ierein are purely illustrative and are not in: tended to be in any sense limited.

I claim:

1. A machine foi' cutting tile and the like" including a conveyer having carriers pivoted thereto, a. receiving conveyer at the forward end of the cutter conveyer, and cam devices at the forward end of the cutter conveyer for first tilting the carriers and then bodily dropping them downward, and then swinging the carriers to gyrate the tile and deliver them in upright position upon the receiving conveyer.

2. A machine for cutting tile and the like including a conveyer having carriers pivoted thereto, a receiving conveyer at the forward end of the cutter conveyer, and cam devices at the forward end of the cutter conveyer for first tilting the carriers and then bodily dropping them downward, and then swinging the carriers to gyrate the tile-and deliverjthem in upright position on the receivingconveyer, the receiving. conveyer Qhavlngj its rear end inclined to squarely receive the forward end of the tile.

, V 3. A machine for cutting tile and the like including a frame with conveyer chains therein, carriers each pivoted intermedlate the middle and forward end to the chains and having an L linger in'the middle portion of its under side, a longitudinal track for supporting the rear ends of the carriers coplanar in the upper portion of the frame, a cam'tracl; guiding the rear end of each carrier downward'as its forward end descendsat the for ard end of the machine,

acam nose forminga fulcrum forthe middle of each carrier as its forward end continues downward and rearward, a cam flange engaging and guidmgthe l. finger duringthe downward rearward movement of the carrier,ai1d a stop holding the rear end of the carrier from rotating outwa rd along the bot tom, ofthe trame; r

4-. A mach ne for cutting-tile and the like coplanar in the upper portion of the frame, a cam track guidlng therear end of each carrier downward as its forwardend descends atthe forward end of the machine a cam nose forming a fulcrum'for the middle of each carrier as its forward end continues downward and rearward, and a cam flange en aging and guiding the L finger during the downward rearward movement of the carrier.

5. A machine for cutting tile and the like including a frame with conveyor chains therein, carriers pivoted forward of their centers to the chains, and cam devices at the forward end of the frame for'first tilting the carriers and then bodily dropping them downward and then swinging the carriers to gyrate the tile and deliver them in upright position.

(LA machine for cutting tile or the like including a frame with conveyer chains therein, carriers pivoted forward of their centers to the chains, a longitudinal track for supporting the carriers in the same plane in the upper portion of the frame, stops holding the rear ends of the carriers from riers to swing rearward and upward when passing around the rear end of the machine.

.8, A machine for cutting tile and the like including endless chains, ways guiding the chain downward and rearward at the de livery endof the machine, carriers pivoted to the chains and cam devices at the forward end of the conveyer for first tilting the carriers and then bodily dropping them downward, and then swinging the carriers to gyrate the tile and deiiver tiem in upright position. v

9. A machine for cutting tile and the like including 'a conveyor, carriers pivoted to the conveyer, means guiding the conve ver in anorhit at the end of the machine, and means for gyrating the carriers on their pivots wiile moving in the orbit.

V 35. lVitnesses i DAVID B. SMITH,

HARRY FREASE.

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