US1203144A

US1203144A - Machine for attaching eyes to button-heads.

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Publication number: US1203144A
Application number: US80129513A
Authority: US
Inventors: Edgar Shantz
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1913-11-15
Filing date: 1913-11-15
Publication date: 1916-10-31
Anticipated expiration: 1933-10-31

Description

E. SHANTZ.

MACHINE FOR ATTACHING EYES T0 BUTTON HEADS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-15,1913.

Patented 00th 31, 1916.

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MACHINE FOR ATTACHING EYES T0 BUTTON HEADS.

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EDGAR SHANTZ, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

MACHINE FOR ATTACHING EYES T BUTTON-HEADS.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 15, 1913. Serial No. 801,295.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDGAR SIIANTZ, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Machine for Attaching Eyes to Button-Heads, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object the production of a machine for attaching eyes to socketed button heads, and it consists in the combinations and constructions hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In describing this invention reference is had to the accompanying drawings in which like characters designate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a front elevation, partly in plan, and contiguous parts. Fig. 5 is an inner end view of one of the die carriers, the contiguous portion of the button head support with the socketed button head therein being also shown, andthe eye being shown as in position in the die section, the die carrier and the button head support being shown as in their positions assumed when the casting operation takes place. Figs. 6 and 7 are detail views of the die section shown in Fig. 4.. Fig. 8 is an enlarged sectional view on the plane of line A-A, Fig. 4, parts being omitted. Fig. 9 is a plan view of the receiver shown in Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is a section through the main shaft illustrating the cams thereon, and the means for operating said shaft. Fig. 11 is a detail view of the cam plate for moving the die carriers toward and from each other.

This machine for attaching eyes to button heads comprises a melting pot, a support for a socketed button head, means for holding the eye with the base thereof in the socket of the head on the support, and means for relatively positioning'the melting pot and the button head support and the eye holding means, and for controlling the flow of metal from the pot, whereby metal is cast in the socket of the button head around the portion cerned in its broad aspect, and in respect to certain features of construction and to the relation and operation of certain parts, any desirable relative positioning movement of the pot, die sections, eye feeding means and button head support may be used.

1 is the main frame of the machine, and 2 is the melting pot supported by the main frame usually in depending position and having a valve controlled gate 3 at its lower em.

f is a valve for controlling the gate 3, this valve being usually a reciprocating rod movable in the pot 2 and connected byan arm 5 to a vertically reciprocating power transmitting part, as a rod 6, which coaots at its lower end with the cam 7 on the main shaft 8, the cam 7 being suitably shaped to open the gate 3 in synchronism with the other moving parts of the machine. The cam and coacting parts constitute one form of means for controlling the flow of metal from the pot into the socket of the button head on the support.

9 is the button head support here shown as supported by a carriage 10 beneath the lower end of the pot 2 and movable by the carriage 10' and the main carriage, to be described, toward and from the gate 3.

The die sections of the eye holding means are separable and one is movable toward and from the other to permit an eye to be inserted between said sections and also permit the removal of the finished button, the sections being brought together between the button head support, and the lower end or gate 3 of the melting pot 2, and in addition to being formed with recesses and projections conforming to the eye, are provided with a passage extending through upper and lower faces thereof and arranged to be brought at its opposite ends into registration with the socket of the button head on the support 9 and with the gate 3. The die sections are so called herein for convenience Patented Get. 31, 1916.

owing to their likeness in appearance to dies, but it will be understood that they in no way form the eye and that they receive and position a complete eye placed therein.

As here shown the die sections are supported by carriers which move crosswise of the direction of movement of the carriage 10 and which are supported thereby.

11 is the main carriage movable vertically along suitable guides 12 provided on the frame 1.

13 and 14 are the die carriers, and 15 and 16 are the die sections supported respectively by the carriers and removably mounted therein in any suitable manner. As here shown, each die

section

15 or 16, Figs. 7 and 8, includes a head and a

shank

17 or 18 which is positioned in a suitable guide in the

carriers

13 or 14 by an adjusting screw 19, Fig. 8. The

die sections

15 and 16 are provided with suitable recesses 20 and 21 for receiving the body of the eye 22, Fig. 4, which is in the form of a loop, and with a passage 23 in their opposing faces, the passage extending through upper and lower faces of the die sections and being disconnected from the recesses, and the opposite ends of the passage being designed to register with the gate 3 and the socket of the button head respectively.

The

carriers

13 and 14 are preferably both movable toward and from each other along suitable horizontal guides or ways 24 formed in the main carriage 11 and extending transversely thereof, and the means for feeding the eyes 22 one by one to one of the die sections, as 15, is associated with the carrier 14 for the other die section 16 and operates during the relative movement of the

carriers

13, 14 toward and from each other.

As here shown, the feeding means is in the form of an arm or sliding plate 25 fixed to the carrier 14 and lapping the upper face of the carrier 13 and movable under the lower end of a magazine 26 in which the eyes are placed, the plate 25 having a recess or pocket 27, Fig. 4, movable into and out of register with the lower end of the magazine 26 during each reciprocation of the

carriers

13 and 14. As the

carriers

13 and 14 are separating, obviously the plate 25 will be moving in the direction opposite to that of the carrier 13 and will thus carry the eye 22 in the pocket 27 toward the die section 15 which is carried by the carrier 13. The

' eyes are usually threaded on a rod 28 in the magazine, and the interior of the magazine is so shaped that the eyes arrange or adjust themselves to point in a certain direction in the recess 27. The die 15 is preferably provided with means for temporarily holding the eye 22 fed thereto by the plate 25 while the die sections are separated, this means 53 consisting of a projecting pin or shoulder 29, Fig. 8 extending through or concentric with the recess 20, and on which the eye hangs, the pin or shoulder extending into a complemental recess 29 in the other die section 16 when the sections are together.

In order to insure the placing of the eye on the pin 29, a temporary receiver 30 is provided to which the eye 22 is fed by the plate 25, this receiver being arranged in front of the die section 15 when the carrier 13 is in its starting position and having a pocket 31 for the eye and a yielding shoulder 32 against which the eye strikes when fed by the plate 25, the receiver being also formed with a vertically extending groove 33, Figs. 8 and 9, opening through the bot tom of the pocket, and in which the pin or shoulder 28 moves when picking up the eye. The upper surface of the die section 15 is inclined upwardly, as at 33*, in order to -1- elevate the advance end or base 34 of the eye to insure that the eye will fall properly into the pocket 31.

The temporary receiver 30 and the die section 15 or carrier 13 have relative movement in order that the pin 28 may pick up the eye 22 in the receiver and also in order that the carrier may clear the receiver 30 during the movement of the carrier 13 to ward the carrier 14, and preferably the carrier 13 moves upwardly preliminary to the movement thereof toward and from carrier 14. The

carriers

13, 14 are guided toward each other by a fixed cam plate 35, Fig. 11,

having inclined upwardly converging

slots

36, 37 therein for receiving pins 38 extending rearwardly from the carriages, the, slot 36 which receives the pin on the carrier 13 having a vertical portion39 at its lower end which permits the movement of the carrier 13 upwardly with the main carriage 11 until the die section 15 has cleared the receiver 30. The cam plate is also formed with a vertically extending way or slot 40 into which the .

slots

36 and 37 converge, this slot 40 permitting movement of the die sections to and from the gate 3 of the pot after they have been brought together. The cam plate 35 merely guides the

carriers

13, 14 and the prime mover is the means for actuating the main carriage.

The carriage 10 is in the form of a plunger, and is movable in a guide 41 provided in the main carriage 11. Said carriage 10 is movable in its guide as hereinafter described, to carry the support 9 relatively to the die

sections

15, 16 when the die'sections and button head support are beneath the gate 3 of the pot 2. The movement of the carriage 10 in the guide 41 is to snugly hold the socketed button head against the lower face of the die sections which are recessed as at 42, Figs. 5, 6 and 7, to conform to the curvature of the rearor upper face of the button head.

The moving parts of the machine are ac tuated from the main shaft 8 which, in ad dition to the cam 7 which operates the valve l through the rod 6, has

additional cams

43, 1 1, Figs. 3 and 10, for actuating the main carriage 11 upwardly and for also actuating the carriage 10 relatively to the main carriage 11. The cam l3 cooperates with a roller &5 mounted on a reciprocating slide or plunger as which is connected to the carriage 11 through a lengthwise adjustable coupling 4.7, the slide to being movable in a suitable guide 48 supported vertically in the base of the frame 1. The motion of the cam it is transmitted to the carriage 10 through a slide or plunger 49 movable vertically through the base of the frame 1 and having a roller 50 at its lower end, and having its upper end 51 reduced and extending into a socket opening through the lower end of the carriage 10, a spring 52 being interposed between the end 51 and the carriage 10, this spring yielding when the button head on the support 9 is snugly fitted to the faces 42 of the die sections. The carriage 10 is cylindrical and in order to prevent turning thereof, a suitable shoulder 53 in the form of a screw extends laterally therefrom, Fig. 3, and slides in a slot 5% formed in the tubular guide 4:1 for said carriage 10.

The main shaft 8 rocks in suitable bearings in the base of the frame 1, and is actuated in any suitable manner here shown as by a pedal lever 55, Figs. 2 and 10, and a belt or sprocket chain 56 extending from the pedal over a sprocket wheel 57 on the shaft, one end of the chain being .connected to the pedal and the other end connected to a spring 58 which is connected to the pedal and which is tensioned during the downward movement of the pedal in order to return the shaft and the pedal to their starting positions. A spring 59, Fig. 2, is provided for facilitating the return of the main carriage 11 downwardly to its starting position.

in operation when the parts are in their positions shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the open ator places a soclreted button head on the support 9, depresses the pedal 55 causing the shaft 8 to rock. The cams 7, 4:8 and l are so formed and arranged that the main carriage 11 is first carried upwardly in the guides 12, the

cam slots

36 and 37 causing the die carriages to be brought together as the main carriage 11 is forced upwardly, the die 15 picking up the eye 22 in the receiver which eye has been placed in the receiver or fed by the plate 25 from the magazine 26 to the receiver, during the previous operation of the machine. The die sections having been brought together and the carriage 10 having been brought upwardly with the carraige 11, the cam 14.cnow additionally actuatcs the carriage 10 to press the socketed button head snugly against the lower faces 42 of the die sections from which projects the base of the eye, so that said base is located in the socket of the button head. Just preliminary to this operation the pins or arms 38 of the die carriages have passed out of the

cam slots

36, 37 into the slot i0 so that the die sections have been carried against the lower end of the pot 2. The cam 7 then lifts the rod 6 to open the gate 3 permitting the molten metal to flow through the passage into the socket of the button head. The operator then releases the pedal whereupon the spring 58- returns the rock shaft and cams to their starting position and permits the carriage 11 and parts operated thereby to return, with the help of the spring 59, to their starting position.

Suitable strippers

60 and 61 are provided for removing the finished button from the die section to which it may adhere and also for removing any sprue, the strippers 61 being carried by supports 62.

What I claim is p 1. In a machine for attaching eyes to button heads, a melting pot, a support for socketed button head, means for holding an eye with the base thereof in the socket of the head on the support, and means for relatively positioning the melting pot, the button head support and the eye holding means, and for controlling the flow of metal from the pot whereby metal is cast into the socket of the button head on the support, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In a machine for attaching eyes to but ton heads, a melting pot, a support for a socketed button head, sectional means for carrying eyes one by one and holding the same with their bases in the socketed heads placed successively on the support, and means for relatively positioning the melting pot, the button head support and the eye holding means, and for controlling the flow of metal from the pot into the socket of the button head on the support, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a machine for attaching eyes to but ton heads, a melting pot, a support for a socketed button head, separable die sections, one being movable toward and from the other in a direction crosswise of the support, the die sections being constructed to receive and hold an eye with its base in the socket of the button head on the support, and means for relatively positioning the melting pot, the support and the dies and for controlling the flow of metal from the pot whereby metal is cast in the socket of the button head on the support, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a machine for attaching eyes to buttonh'eads, a melting pot havinga valve controlled gate, a supportfor a socketed button head opposed to the gate, means for receiving and holding an eye with its base in the socket of the button head on the support, said means being formed with a passage for communicating at its opposite ends with the socket of the button head and the gate of the melting pot, and means for relatively positioning the melting pot, the support and the eye holding means to bring the passage and the gate of the pot and the socket of the button head on the support into and out of registration, and for controlling the flow of metal through the gate, substantially as and for the purpose described. 5, In a machine for attaching eyes to button heads, a melting pot having a valve con- Leo trolled gate, a support for a socketed button head opposed to the gate, separable die sections, one movable tov ard and from the other in a direction crosswise of the support into and out of a position between the support and the gate, the die sections having means for receiving and holding an eye with its base in the socket of the button head on the support, the die sections being formed with a passage therethrough for communicating at its opposite ends with the socket of the button head and the gate of the melting pot, the sections being separable to release the finished button and to receive a new eye, and means for relatively positioning the melting pot, the support and die sections to bring the passage and the gate of the pot and the socket of the button head on the support intoand out of registration and for controlling the flow of metal through the gate, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

6. In a machine for attaching eyes to but ton heads, the combination of a melting pot, a support for a socketed button head, carriers, one movable toward and from the other in a direction crosswise of the support, and die sections carried by the carriers and having means for holding the eye with its base in the socket of the button head on the support, one of the die sections having means for temporarily receiving and supporting the eye when the die sections are separated, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. In a machine for attaching eyes to button heads, the combination of a melting pot, a support for a socketed button head, carriers, one being movable toward and from the other in a direction crosswise of the support, die sections carried by the carriers respectively and having means for holding the eye with its base in the socket of the button head on the support, a magazine for the eyes, and means for feeding the eyes one by one from the magazine to one of the die sections comprising a slide movable over the face of the last mentioned die section in a direction opposite to the movement of said die section when moving away from the other die section, substantially as and for the purpose described.

8. In a machine for attaching eyes to button heads, the combination of a support for a socketed button head, carriers movable in opposite directions toward and from each other in a direction crosswise of the support, die sectionscarried by the carriers respectively and having means for holding the eye with its base in the socket of the button head on the support, a magazine for the eyes, and means for feeding the eyes from the magazine to one of the die sections when the die sections are separated, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

9. In a machine for attaching eyes to button heads, the combination of a support for a soclreted button head, carriers movable in opposite directions toward and from each other in a direction crosswise of the support, die sections carried by the carriers respectively and having means for holding the eye with its base in the socket of the button head on the support, a magazine for the eyes, and means for feeding the eyes from the magazine to one of the die sections when the die sections are separated, said means comprising a slide carried by one carrier to move therewith and coact with the other carrier, and movable in a direction opposite to the movement of the latter carrier to feed the eyes from the magazine to the die section of the last mentioned carrier, when the sections are separating, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

10. In a machine for attaching eyes to button heads, the combination of a melting pot, a support for a socketed button head,

carriers, one movable toward and from the other in a direction crosswise of the support, die sections carried by the carriers respectively, and having means for holding the eye with its base in the socket of the button head on the support, a magazine for the eyes, a temporary receiver located near the position occupied by one of the die carriers when the carriers are separated, and means for feeding the eyes to the temporary receiver, the die section coacting with the temporary receiver having means for picking up the eye from the temporary receiver during movement of the carriers, substan- I tially as and for the purpose described.

11. In a machine for attaching eyes to button heads, the combination of a melting pot, a support for a socketed button head, carriers movable toward and from each other in a direction crosswise of the support, die sections carried by the carriers re spectively and having means for holding the eye with its base in the socket of the button head on the support, one of the die sections having means for temporarily receiving and supporting the eye when the die sections are separated, a magazine for the eyes, means for feeding the eyes from the magazine to the last mentioned die section, said means being operated by the other die section, a temporary receiver for receiving the eye from said means, and means for eifecting relative movement of the carriers, button head support, and melting pot, to bring the same into a casting position, said means operating to move the carrier for the die to which the eye is fed, in a direction so that its temporary eye supporting means picks up the eye from the temporary receiver preliminary to the movement of the die sections toward each other, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

12. In a machine for attaching eyes to button heads, the combination of a melting pot, a support for a socketed button head, separable die sections, one movable toward and from the other for positioning the eye in the button head, means for feeding the eyes one by one to the die sections when the sections are separated, and means for relatively positioning the melting pot, the button head support and the die sections and controlling the flow of metal from the pot whereby metal is cast into the socket of the button head on the support, substantially as A and for the purpose set forth.

13. In a machine for attaching eyes to button heads, the combination of a melting pot, a support for a socketed head, carriers, one movable toward and from the other in a direction crosswise from the support, die sections carried by the carriers respectively and having means for holding an eye with its base in the socket of the button head of the support, one of the diesections having means for temporarily receiving and supporting the eye when the die sections are separated, and the carrier for the other die section having means associated therewith for feeding the eyes one by one to the former die section during the movement of one carrier toward and from the other, and means for positioning the melting pot, the button head support and the die sections and controlling the flow of metal from the pot whereby molten metal is cast into the button head on the support. substantially as and for the purpose described.

14:. In a machine for attaching eyes to button heads, a melting pot, a support for a socketed button head, carriers movable toward and from each other in a direction crosswise of the support, die sections carried by the carriers respectively and having means for holding an eye with its base in the socket of the button head on the support, one

of the die sections having means for receiving and supporting the eye when the die sections are separated, and the carriers for the other die section having means associated therewith for feeding the eyes one by one to the former die section, and means for relatively positioning the melting pot, the button head support and the die section and for controlling the flow of metal from the pot whereby molten metal is cast into the socket of the button head on the support, substantially as and for the purpose specified,

15. In a machine for attaching eyes to button heads, a melting pot, a support for a socketed button head, die carriers, one being movable toward and from the other in a direction crosswise of the button head support, die sections carried by the carriers and arranged to receive and hold an eye with its base inthe'socket of the button head when the die sections are together, one of the die sections having means for temporarily holding the eye until the die sections are brought together, and the carrier of the other die sec tion being formed with an arm lapping the carrier supporting the die section having the holding means, and said arm being arranged to feed the eyes to the die section having the holding means, during separation of the carriers and die sections, and means for relatively positioning the melting pot, button head support and die sections, and for controlling the flow of metal from the pot whereby metal is cast into the socket of the button head on the support about the base of the eye. substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

16. In a machine for attaching eyes to button heads, the combination of a melting pot, a support for the socketed button head, die carriers movable toward and from each other in a direction crosswise of the button head support, separable die sections carried by the carriers respectively and arranged to hold an eye with its base in the socket of the button head on thesupport when the sections are together, one of the die sections having means for temporarily holding the eye 7 until the die sections are brought together, and a slide carried by the carrier of the other section and engaging the carrier of the former section and slidably engaging the same for feeding the eyes one by one to the die section provided with the temporary eye holding means, and means for relatively positioning the melting pot, button head support, carriers and die sections and controlling the flow of metal from the pot whereby metal is cast into the socket around the base of the eye, substantially as and for the purpose described.

17. In a machine for attaching eyes to button heads, a melting pot, a support for a socketed button head, die sections one movable toward and from the other in a direction crosswise of the support, and having complemental recesses for fitting the eye and holding the same with its base in the socket of the button head on the support,

one of the die sections being formed with a shoulder projecting toward the other die for entering the eye and the latter die section having a recess for receiving the shoulder, and means operable during the movement of the die carriers for placing an eye on said shoulder, and means for operating the last mentioned means and relatively positioning the melting pot and-button head support and the die sections and for controlling the flow of metal from the pot whereby metal is cast into the socket of the button head on the support, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

18. In a machine for attaching eyes to button heads, a melting pot, a support for the socketed button head, means for carrying the eyes and placing and holding the same in the socket of the button head on the support, means for feeding the eyes to the carrying means, a temporary receiver for receiving the eyes from the feeding means, the eye carrying means being provided with a part for picking up the eyes from the receiver and being movable to cause said part to pick up the eyes, and means for relatively positioning the melting pot, the eye carrying and holding means and the button head support, and for controlling the flow of metal from the pot whereby molten metal is cast in the socket of the button head on the support, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 7

19. In a machine for attaching eyes to button heads, the combination of a support for a socketed button head, die sections, one movable toward and from the other for positioning the eye with its base in the button head, means for feeding the eye to one of the die sections when the sections are separated, a temporary receiver for receiving the eye from the feeding means, the die section to which the eyes are fed and the receiver having relative movement whereby the eye is positioned in said die section preliminary to the movement of one die section toward theother, substantially as and for the purpose described.

20. In a machine for attaching eyes to button heads, the combination of a support for a socketed button head, carriers, one movable toward and from the other to position the eye in the button head, die sections carried by the carriers for placing and holding the eye with its base in the socket of the button head on the support, one of the die sections being formed with means for carrying the eye preliminary to the bringing of the dies together, a temporary receiver for the eye arranged to hold the eye in position to be engaged by the holding means of said one of the die sections when the die sections are separated, and means for effecting relative movement of the receiver and the die section coacting therewith for placing the eye on the temporary holding means of said section preliminary to the bringing of the die sections together, and means for effecting the operation of the movable parts, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

21. In a machine for attaching eyes to button heads, the combination of a. melting pot, a support for a soc reted head, separable die sections one movable toward and from the other for positioning the eye with its base inthe socket of the button head on the support, means for feeding the eye to one of the die sections when the sections are separated, a temporary receiver for receiving the eye from the feeding means, the die section to which the eye is fed being movable relatively to the receiver at an angle to the direction of the movement of one die section toward and from the other and preliminary to such movement for moving the die section cooperating with the receiver clear of the receiver and causing said section to pick up the eye on the receiver, and means for effecting the movement of said die section to clear the receiver and relatively positioningthe die sections, the button head support and the melting pot, and controlling the flow of metal from the pot whereby metal is cast into the socket of the button head on the support and around the base of button heads, a frame, a melting pot supported 'bythe frame and having a valve controlled gate, a main carriage movable along the frame, a support for a socketed button head movable with the main carriage toward and from the gate of he melting pot, sectional die carries carried by the main carriage and movable transversely thereof for carryingthe die sections into a position between the gate of the melting pot and the button head support, and means for feeding the eyes between the dies, and means for efi'ecting the movement of the carriage and the feeding of the eyes and operating the valve of the gate, substantially as and for the purpose described.

'23. In a ,machine'for attaching eyes to button heads, a frame, a melting pot supported by the frame, and having a valve controlled gate, a main carriage, a support for a socketed button head movable with the main carriage toward and from the gate of the melting pot, carriers carried by and movable with the main carriage and movable.

crosswise thereof, die sections mounted in the carriers respectively, means carried by one of the diecarriers, and cooperating with the other of said carriers for feeding eyes one by one to the die of the latter carrier during separation of the carriers, a tempo .rary receiver for the eyes arranged to re-. -ce1ve the eyes from the feeding means when the carriers are separated, the receiver being fixed from movement and the die section coope'ating therewith having means for removing the eye from the receiver during the initial movement of the main carriage, and means for effecting the movement of the main carriage and operating the valve of said gate, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

Q-l. In a machine for attaching eyes to button heads, a frame, a melting pot supported by the frame, and having a valve controlled gate, a main carriage, a support for a socketed button head movable with the main carriage toward and from the gate of the melting pot, carriers carried by and movable with the main carriage and m0vable crosswise thereof toward and from each other, die sections mounted in the carriers respectively, means carried by one of the carriers and cooperating with the other of said carriers for feeding eyes one by one to the die sections of the latter carrier during the separation of the carriers, a temporary receiver for the eyes arranged to receive the eyes from the feeding means when the carriers are separated, the receiver being fixed from movement, and the die section cooperating therewith having means for removing the eye from the receiver during the initial movement of the main carriage, means for effecting the movement of the die carriers, said means being constructed to delay the movement of the die carrier cooperating with the receiver until such die carrier has cleared the receiver, and means for actuating the carriage and operating the valve of said gate, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name, in the presence of two attesting witnesses, at Rochester, in the county of Monroe, in the State of New York, this 9th day of September, 1913.

EDGAR SHANTZ.

Witnesses:

H. M. RAMSAY, B. '1. Farmer.

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