US1228689A - Seam-dampening machine. - Google Patents

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H. C. MILLER.

SEAM DAMPENING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 25. I913.

Patented June 5, 1917.

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SEAM DAMPENING MACHINE.

APPLICATION man MAY 26. 1913.

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HENRY C. MILLER OF WATERFORD, NEW YORK.

SEAM-DAMPENING MACHINE.

Original application filed .Tune 17, 1907, Serial No. 379,487.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J une 5, 191 '7.

Divided and this application filed May 26, 1913.

Serial No. 770,090.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I HENRY C. MILLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Waterford, in the county of Saratoga and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seam- Dampening Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in seam dampening machines.

The object of the invention is to provide means for guiding a collar, so as to insure of proper dampening adjacent the seam line.

A further object of the invention is to provide an element to guide a collar in the proper path to insure a tab throw out device operating to remove a collar tab from the dampening fluid to prevent soiling.

The invention also comprehends improvements in the details of construction and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved dampening machine.

Fig. 2 is a detail plan view of the dampening element, tab throw out device, and guiding element.

Fig. 3 is a similar view but showing a different form of guiding element.

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of a difi'erent form of the invention.

Fig. 5 is a view of another form of the invention.

Fig. 6 is a plan view of a collar illustrating in diagrammatic form the same being dampened.

Fig. 7 is a similar view illustrating the position of the parts when throwing a tab out of the path of the dampening fluid.

Fig. 8 is a detail transverse section taken through the rotating deflecting member.

Fig. 9 is a detail face view of the rotating deflecting member.

This application forms a division of application for patent, Serial No 37 9, 187 filed June 17, 1907, the construction differing essentially from that claimed therein in that the dampening element is separate from and independent of the tab throw out device, the guiding feature however, remaining substantially the same, and serving to operate on a collar in a like manner.

In the drawings, 1 indicates a platform having upwardly extended sides 2, to form a hopper like structure for the collars. The platform projects outwardly at an angle from the hopper, as indicated at 3, and at the inner edge of the angular portion is a guide 4t, formed with a vertical flange 5, which extends above the plane of the platform, and is pivoted at 5, and is rendered adjustable on the pivot by a slot and set screw 6.

To the underside of the platform is adjust-ably secured a casting 7, formed in its base portion with a slot 8, and at one end is an extension 9, from which projects a horizontal stub shaft 10. A bolt 11 passes through the slot 8, and into the platform, whereby the casting may be conveniently adjusted. Mounted on the stub shaft 10, is a rotatable disk 13, the upper peripheral portion of which projects above the plane of the top surface of the platform, and forms a guiding element to cause a collar to move at an angle to direct same toward a dampening device and a tab throw out device, as will be described later on.

15 designates a base supported by the platform 1, and on this base is mounted the dampening device and tab throw out device. 16 is a Hat spring secured to the base, and bent downwardly and reduced at its free end to form a tab throw out device 17, and a support for a dampening element 18, the instance shown being in the form of a pen. The tension of the fiat spring, consequently, the relative position of the dampening element, is regulated by a set screw 19, which has a bearing in a lug 20, projecting from an arm 22 of the base.

The dampening element is connected to a tube 22", extending through an opening in the arm 22, and connected to a reservoir 23. The fluid passing through the tube is automatically stopped, and. permitted to flow by a cut off, indicated at 24. Extending from the arm 22, is a vertical lug 22 the upper end of which is disposed adjacent a hose 22 the latter being connected to the dampening element 18. Pivoted at 22, on the arm 22, is a lever 22 and from the same extends an arm 22 which is provided at its free end with a concave notch 22 which is disposed adjacent the free end of the lug 22 and embraces the hose 22 One end of the arm 22, is supported on the flat spring 16, and to the opposite end of said arm is attached a spring 2%, the latter acting to rock the arm 22, to cause the notched end 2%, to squeeze the hose 10 and stop the flow of liquid.

When a collar passes under the dampening device, it raises the spring 16, and consequently rocks the arm 22 which releases the pressure of the notched end from the hose, and permits the liquid to flow. Immediately the collar passes from under the dampening device, the spring 2%, acts on the arm and the flow of liquid is cut off in substantially the same manner described in the before mentioned application.

In Fig. 5, the tab throw out device is formed by bending the free end of the spring 16, into the form of a shoe 25, the forward end of which is curved upwardly,

to permit of the ready introduction of a collar. In this form of the invention the dampening element is attached to the shoe and moves with the same, while in order to render the shoe efiective as a tab throw out device, its lower edge inclines slightly from the curved end toward the rear end, as clearly shown by the dotted lines a, and b, in Fig. 5. By this construction the rear corner indicated at 0, will drop down in the crotch formed by the body portion and tab of the collar.

In Fig. 3, the guiding element is shown as stationary, but the spring 16, having the tab throw out device is similar to that shown in Fig. 1.

V The operator places a collar on the platform, and by inserting the fingers of the right hand between the dampening element and the guiding element, the seam d, is made to bear against-the tab throw out device, and

with the left hand grasps the tab of the collar and pulls it through, the hand being guided by the flange 5, of the guide 4.

As the front end of the collar is inserted under the tab throw out device and the dampening element, the former is slightly elevated, and operates the cut off, and permits the water to flow. The collar is drawn by the left hand, approximately along the line 0, Figs. 6 and 7, and because of the angular disposition of the guiding element indicated by the line It, the collar is moved laterally and the seam isbrought up to the point of the tab throw out device. In so drawing the collar, the angularly disposed guiding element 13, tends to pull the collar, consequently the seam, laterally toward the tab throw out device, and thereby insures the dampening element dampening the collar adjacent the entire seam line. When the end 7, of the collaris reached, the spring pressed tab throw out device 17, drops down from the upper surface of the collar into the crotch formed between the end f, and the tab 9, and throws the latter out of the path of the dampening fluid, and at the same time, the dampening fluid is out off.

In the form of the invention illustrated in Fig. 4-, the tab throw out device 17, is slightly spaced from the dampening element, the lat- 7 5 ter being in the form of a pad 80, but the operation of the guiding element and tab throw out device remains the same.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A seam dampening machine comprising a dampening element, an angularly disposed guide located below the dampening element, and a seam guide located above the angularly disposed guide and adjacent the dams5 pening element, the angularly disposed guide causing the collar to move laterally to force the seam thereof against the seam guide while being drawn under the dampening element. 9o

2. A seam dampening machine comprising a dampening element, a rotatable angularly disposed guide which engages one surface of the collar being operated upon, a combined seam guide and tab throw-out device located above the rotatable angularly dis- I posed guide, the rotatable angularly disposed guide causing the collar to move laterally to force the seam thereof against the seam guide while being drawn past the dampening element, the seam guide acting to throw the tab of the collar out of the path of the dampening element when the end of the seam is reached.

3. A seam dampening machine comprising ,105 dampening means, an inclined element engaging a collar to move same laterally during the dampening operation, and a guide against which the seam of the collar contacts when moved angularly by the inclined 119 element.

4:. A seam dampening machine comprising a dampening element, a tab throw-out device adjacent the dampening element and engaging one surface of a collar, and an angularly disposed guide adjacent the tab throw-out device and engaging the other surface of the collar and between which and the tab throw-out device the collar passes, said guide being angularly disposed to lat- 120 erally move the collar during the dampening operation to insure the dampening element dampening the collar along the seam line, the tab-throw-out device throwing the collar tab out of the path of the dampening element when the end of the seam is reached.

5. A seam dampening machine comprising dampening means, and two elements located one above the other, one of said elements acting as a tab throw out, and the other eX- tending in a vertical plane and acting, when a collar is drawn between the elements at an angle to said plane, to deflect the collar laterally to dampen same along the seam line.

6. In a seam dampener, the combination of a work support, of a rotating guide cooperating with the work support, means for mounting the rotating guide, said means being angular-1y adjustable about an axis normal to the plane of the feed of the collar being operated upon, seam dampening means, and a tab throw out device to throw a collar tab out of the path of the dampening means, the seam dampening means and the tab throw-out device being located above the rotating guide.

7. In a seam dampener, the combination of a support, dampening means, a tab throw out device, an inclined guide having a surface which engages the surface of a collar being operated upon to cause the collar to move at an angle to its normal path and throw the collar seam against the tab throw out device, the dampening means and tab throw-out device being located above the inclined guide.

8. In a seam dampener, the combination of a support, a dampening means, a roller engaging one surface of the collar, means for adjusting the roller, said means being angularly adjustable about an axis normal to the path of movement of a collar being operated upon, and an element engaging the seam of the collar, the roller acting on the collar causing the seam of the latter to engage the guide, the dampening means being located directly above the roller.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY C. MILLER.

Witnesses:

H. R. VAN KLEEGK, E. F. JELF.

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

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