US1315167A

US1315167A - Machine fob assembling tiles

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Publication number: US1315167A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1919-09-02
Anticipated expiration: 1936-09-02

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MACHINE FOR ASSEMBLING TILES. APPLICATION FILEDIMAR, H. 1919.

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JOHN J. SEMASHKO, OF SOUTH RIVER, NEW JERSEY.

MACHINE FOR ASSEMBLING TILES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 2, 1919.

Application filed March 17, 1919. Serial No. 283,189.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Join: J. SEMASHKO, a citizen of Russia, residing at South River, in the county of Middlesex and State ofNew Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Machines for Assembling Tiles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a machine for assembling tiles, and the object is to provide for delivering to a drum a number of tiles which may be of hexagonal or other form and which shall be properly arranged as the tiles are delivered to the drum, so that a continuous strip of paper may be applied to the tiles by means of an adhesive material, thereby producing a continuous sheet with the tiles properly arranged thereon and ready to be transferred to suitable position in the processof constructing a tile floor.

A further object is to provide particular means for transferring the tiles from a chute, comprising a series of channels arranged side by side, to the surface of 'a drum, the paper strip being applied as the tiles pass around the drum, the tiles arranged in the form of sheets being then transferred to a suitable drie With the foregoing and other. objects in view, the invention consistsin the novel construction, combination and arrangement of elements hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the accompanyingqdrawingsz Figure 1 is a view showing the relative arrangement of the upper conveyor, the

. drum, the means for conveying tiles to the drum, and the means for transferring the sheet of assembled tiles to a drying device.

Fig. 2'is a-top plan view of the series "of channels of the chute for delivering tiles to the drum.

Fig. 3 is a detail'in side'elevation showing the arrangement of alternate channels of the chute in different planes.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of a modified form.

Fi ..5 is a topplan view of a further modi cation, v

Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section of the drum of Fig.'5, including the mounting and operating means for said drum.

Referring to Fig. 1, the tiles pass down wardly over or through a suitable discharge device designated 10, passing thence over a belt conveyer 12 to a chute 14 which may comprise a. series of channels formed as in dioated below. A drum 15 receives the tiles as they pass from the chute 14, and a strip of paper 16 is applied as the tiles pass around or partly around the drum. The

paper is shown at 17 and the roller 18 oper ates within a. rece tacle 19 which is supplied with suitable adliesive material. Golding rollers are shown at 20, 21 and 22.

The tiles applied to the paper strip are received by a. conveyor 23 and are transferred to a drier 25 where a suitable degree of heat is applied.

Drum 15 is mounted on shaft 26 and the surface of the drumis provided with a series of staggered strips 28 between which ifiihe tiles are received for the purpose speci- In the form shown in Fig. 2, 16 channels are illustrated, the entrance portions of these channels being designated 30, and the Fig. 4, and in this form the drum is designated 35 and is mounted on shaft 36, the latter being driven by means of a pulley 40. In this form the chute is designated 50 and includes a series of channels 51, the entrance portions of which are parallel, the channels diverging as shown and being separated by tapered intervening walls 52, so that the rows of tiles shall be discharged in proper spaced relation, the distance between the rows just within the discharge ends of the channels formed by partition walls 52 .be-

ing equivalent to the width of one rowr/ Chute 50 comprises a pluralit tlons, the lower section being in ependent of secof the upper section and being slidably mounted in any suitable manner, as by the use of transverse guides 51' on the under side of the chute, permitting of the sidewise movement of the lower chute section,

so that the rows of tiles shall be discharged in themanner required for producing a continuous sheet.

This sidewise movement of the lower chute bar 44',

section is effected by means of an arm 41 having an offset end portion 43engaging the toothed portion 44 extending around the drum at one end thereof and outside of flange 45. Connecting strips &2 are secured at their ends to the partition walls and are movable across the face of the lower end of the upper chute seetionr If provision is not made for slight play lengthwise, the'strips maybe of rubber. The .chute is positively moved in one direction by arm 4:1, and is moyed inthe opposite-direction by spring 4:2

In Figs. 5 and 6 the drum is provided with teeth 44, as before, the latter being engaged by a cam or the like 43 carried by position, and the drum being mounted for movement longitudinally of the shaft 36' and being keyed thereon. The keys are designated 41', and the drum is held in a given position by means of a spring 37 mounted on shaft 36 and between the drumbearing 38 and a bearing member 39 supporting the end of the shaft. tudinal movement of the drum the spacing of the tiles.

rovides for this bar being mounted in a fixed The longi-- What is claimed is 1. In a device of the class described, a drum provided with a series of circumferential strips spaced apart and providing intervening channels, and means for discharging to the drum a plurality of rows of tiles filling all of said channels.

2. In a device of the class described, a drum provided with a series of circumferential strips spaced apart, means for rotating the drum, and means for discharging a plurality of rows of tiles to the drum, said rows being in staggered relation.

3. In a device offthe class described, a drum provided with circumferential strips spaced apart and having staggered walls and providing intervening channels, and means for discharging a plurality of rows of tiles to the channels.

4. In a device of the class described, a drum provided with circumferential strips spaced apart, and a chute discharging tiles to the drum in parallel rows, with the tiles in staggered relation.

In testimony whereof I aflix'my signature.

JOHN J. SEMASHKO.