US1169145A

US1169145A - Pelt stretching and drying device.

Info

Publication number: US1169145A
Application number: US793315A
Authority: US
Inventors: Jesse L Gibson
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1915-02-13
Filing date: 1915-02-13
Publication date: 1916-01-25
Anticipated expiration: 1933-01-25

Description

J. L. GIBSON.

PELT STRETCHING AND DRYING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 13 I915.

Patented Jan. 25, 1916.

JESSE Ii. enason, or CENTERVILLE, INDIANA. I

' first stretch the pelt over a. tapering board i of my invention will be brought out in theor the like, but by that means it is impossible to attain the proper tension on the pelt and it is also difficult to accomplish, and it also prevents the pelt from drying as rap idly as is desirable.

Therefore the principalobject of my invention is to overcome the above mentioned objections and at the same time produce a device which will belight in weight, strong and durable in construction, neat and attractive in appearance, easily operated and controlled, and which can be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low price.

Another important object of my invention is to provide a device, of the character designated above, which is adjustable at both of its ends, permitting the device to be used with various size pelts; and also having means for stretching the pelt longitudinally as well as laterally.

Other objects and particular advantages course of the following specification, and that which is new will be correlated in the appended claim.

The preferred means for carrying out my invention in a practical manner is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a'plan view of my entire device alone. Fig. 2 shows my device in opera tive position, with a pelt stretched thereupon. Fig. 3 shows an elevation of the stretcher-bar alone. Fig. 4 shows an elevation of the spreader-bar, also showing the two fi ame arms therewith in cross section.

- Fig. 5 is a plan View of the upper end portions ,of the -two arms, the connecting plate being removed. Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail view of one of the movable hooks. Fig. 7 is and edge view of the upper portion of one of the main portions of the frame, showing the connecting plate. And Fig. 8 shows a." modified form for the main arms.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

rntrs'rnnronme AND DRYING DEVICE.

Patented J an. 25, 1916..

Application filed February 13,4915. Serial No. 7,933.

Similar indices denote like parts throughout the several views.

In order that the construction, the operat on, and the advantages of my invention may be better understood and appreciated I will now take up a detailed description thereof, in which I will set forth the invention as fully and as comprehensively as I may.

Referring now to the drawings in detail: Numerals 1 and 2 denote the two main portions of the frame-arm's, whose upper portions curve inward, forming the converging members 1 and 2*, respectively. The outer edges of the frame-arms are rounded or beveled, as indicated at a and b, respectively, in order to dispense with sharp edges.

- Formed in the end portions of the parts 1 and 2 are the respective threaded apertures 3 and 4, to receive screws.

Numeral 5 designates a triangular plate, with truncated corners, which is adapted to contact with the faces of the end portions of themembers 1 and 2 substantially as shown. Two lines of apertures, 6 and 7, are formed through said plate, each line of apertures being parallel with one of the side edges of the plate 5. A pair of screws, 8 and 9, are adapted to be inserted in either one of said apertures 6 and 7, and then into their re spective apertures 3 and 4c, which manifestly will pivot the upper ends of the arms, and

then by changing the screws to other of the apertures 6 and 7 the upper end of the arms may be adjusted laterally apart.

Numeral 10 denotes the spreading-bar, which has the two open slots 11 and 12 therein, which open out at their ends. 1 The said slots 11 and 12 are adapted to allow the armsl and 2 to operate therein, as shown in Fig. 4. A lurality' of apertures, 13 and 14, are formed through the outer portions of the bar 10, which are at right angles to the slots 11 and 12 and pass thereth'rough.

- Adapted to be inserted through the respective sets of

apertures

13 and 14 are the

removable pins

15 and 16, which are adapted to hold the spreader-arm in place. Also formed along in the respective main portions of the frame arms, are the

apertures

17 and 18 which extend therethrough, .and are adapted to receive the

pins

15 and 16, respectively.

Numeral 19 denotes the stretcher-bar, which has in each. end portion the closed

end slots

20 and 21 in which may operate the mainportions of the arms 1 and 2. Secured in the center of the. bar 19, and extending upward at right angles to said bar, is the stationary double hook 22. Located. on each side of the hook 22 and pivoted in the bar 19 are the two movable

double hooks

23 and 24. Each of the

hooks

22, 23 and 24 is provided with both a long and a short prong, and they are adapted to engage in the central portion of the tail-end of the pelt 25, which may be carried by the device, as shown in Fig. 2. The bar 19 is adapted to be drawn toward the bar 10, and then secured by the pins, 26 and 27 against-which the upper edge of the bar engages, as in Figs. 1 and 2.

Modus operandz': From the above it will beseen that the upper end of the device may first be adjusted to the width of the pelt, as is indicated at the upper ends of Figs. 1 and 2. The pelt may then be drawn over the device as in Fig. 2. The lower ends of the arms 1 and 2 may then be spread apart until the proper tension 1s obtained on the pelt, and the

pins

15 and 16 may then be inserted in the

proper apertures

13 and 14, and 17 and 18, respectively,

. which will hold the arms in lateral stretching position. The bar 19 can then be moved up to the pelt and the

hooks

22, 23 and 24 engaged therewith, after which the bar 19 should be drawn toward the bar 10 until thedesired longitudinal tension is obtained on the pelt, after which the

pins

26 and 27 are inserted in the

proper apertures

17 and 18 of the arms to hold the bar 19 in position,

as in Fig.2. By the above'it will beseen that I am able to attain both lateral and longitudinal tension to stretch the pelt, and to hold the pelt in stretched position indefifnitely. Also by reason of the small contact of the device with the pelt, and holding the two the pelt thereby hastening the drying process. If referred, the arms 1 and 2, to-

' gether with their upper portions 1 and 2,

may be made hollow, or curved, as shown by the cross section of the arm A in Fig. 8, the curved portion or edge being outermost to engage the pelt.

I desire that it be understood that vari-,

parts of the pelt apart, I provide for the air to circulate between the two parts of 'my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

A pelt stretching and drying device, com prising in combination, a pair of arms having rounded outer edges and whose upper ends curve inwardly toward each other and having threaded apertures formed through a triangular plate said end portions,

adapted to contact with the faces of said end portions of the arms, there being two lines of apertures formed through said plate, screws adapted 'to be inserted in said apertures in the plate and secured in said threaded apertures of the curved portions of the arms whereby the curved portions of the arms are made adjustable with relation to each other, a spreader-bar having two open slots therein opening out at the ends and adapted to allow said arms to operate therein, there being a plurality of apertures formed through the outer portions of said bars, removable pins adapted to be inserted in said apertures in the spreader-bar to hold the spreader-bar in place, there also being a plurality of apertures formed in the arms .to receive said pins, a stretcher-bar having slots in its ends in which may operate themain portions of the arms, a stationary double hook secured in the center of the stretcher-bar, movable hooks pivoted in the stretcher bar and located on each side of the double hook, and pins adapted to be inserted in apertures "in the arms to hold the stretcher-bar in adjusted position, all substantially as shown and described. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name to this specification in the, presence of two subscribing witnesses. JESSE L. GIBSON.- Witnesses:

RoB'r. IWJRANDLE, R. E. HANDLE.