US136352A - Improvement in machines for patching bullets - Google Patents

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s. w.V woon.

Machines for Patching` Bullets. No`.136,352.

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Patented Feb. 25,1873. 1

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Machines for PatchingV Bullets. No. 136,352.

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UNITED STATES` STEPHEN w. woon, or conswnm., NEW vonk.A

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FQR PATCHING BULLETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 136,352, dated February 25, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN W. Woon, of Cornwall, county of Orange and State of New York, have invented a new Machine for and Process ot' Patching Bullets; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference beinghad to the annexed drawing making part of this specification- Figure 1 being a side elevation ofthe mal' I chine, with the table for holding the material (are also detached views ot' the guides for directin g thepatch around the bullet, with a sectional viewin part, of the rollers. Figs. 6, 7 8 are views ot' several modifications of devices by which the patch may be gathered or folded over or around the bullet; Fig. 9, a plan of the two lower rollers, with a device for moist ening the bulletto receive the patch; Fig. 10, a vertical cross-section, showing the same device as in Fig. 9; Fig. 11, a plan of the lower rollers and a device for moistening the patch before it is wrapped around the bullet; Fig. 12, a'iverticabcross-section, shoi'vin g the saine device as in Fig. 11.

My invention consists, first, in automatically wrapping a patch around a. bullet by means of rollers and guide, in the manner hereinafter described; second, in mechanism for autoymatically wrapping a patch around a bullet and folding or gathering the same overor around the end thereof, substantially in the manner herein set forth; third, inthe combination of elements for first patching or wrapping a patch around a bullet and subsequently moistening the patch; fourth, in devices for xnoistenin g or partially moisteuing with water or any suitable glutinous substance the bullet,"

so that the patch may adhere thereto and be carried around with the bullet, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein specitied; fifth, in the arrangement of a series of y rollers, so constructed as to admit the bullet to be patched, and to yield, bytheir elasticity, or adjust themselves thereto, and to release the same,substantially as herein described; sixth, a circular guide for directing t-he patch around the bullet, in conjunction with a series of rollers, or their equivalents, constructed and arranged substantially in the manner herein set forth. l

A in the accompanying drawing represents a frame, upon which are mounted the various working parts constituting the machine proper. B B are rollers placed at the required distance apart, upon which the bullet to be patched is placed. C is an upper roller, movable and seltadjusting, which is tirst raised to admit the bullet to the position to receive the patch, and is then lowered, resting upon the upper side thereof, embracing the bullet between thc three rollers.` The bullet 1t now being in position, as shown iu Figs. 2 and 3, proper motion is given tothe rollers B B and C by means ot' cog-wheels G G and H, turning the bullet in the direction indicated by the arrow. The patch to be wrapped around the bullet is now fed through a guide, I, secured to the table J, and its end presented to the point ot' contact between the surface of the bullet and face of the roller C. To direct the end of this patch so that it shall follow and be wrapped around the bullet as it rotates by means of the rollers B B and C, a guide, K, is placed between the rollers B B and C in ""groovesw c, and secured to tire bed'off the frame A. This guide K is placed centrally between the rollers B B and C, and its inner periphery e is tangent to, or nearly so, to the surface of these rollers, so v that the bullet, when placed upon the two lower rollers and moved forward by the sliding bar W, may pass into this circular guide K, and remain therein until patched,the inner periphery e directin gthe patch around the bullet, and the three rollers conjointly, wrapping'the patch tightly around its surface. rI he bullet now having its patch wrapped arounditwithasuflicientportion ofthe patch extending over the end thereof, the ad- 'ustable jaws O are caused to approach each other, thereby foldin g or gathering the 4extending ,end over and around the end of the bullet, as

shown in Fig. 3, position 2. These adjustable jaws O are placed in the grooves c c (the first PATENT OFFICE.

series) formed in the several rollers, and

' through which the bullet passes in its movenient forward to position 2, encircling the patch immediately in rear of the end ot' the bullet. These adjustable jaws 0 are pivoted at s, and closed to gatherer fold the patch over or around the end ofthe bullet by iiieaiis ot' a cam, i, and opened to permit the succeeding bulletto pass through by means of a spring or rubber, u, secured to the lower arms p; or theyniay be operated b v any equivalent iiieans. Small indentations i' are formed iii the inner faces ot' the jaws, centrally, so that the gathered end of the patch may ex tend through between them; or` the. inner faces .r may be plain, so as to ilatten the patch upon the end of the bullet after being gathered around-it.

To retain the bullet in position, and to prel veut the patch slipping forward whilebeiiig iclded or gathered over its cud, grooves dare formed in the rollers, as shown in Eig. l, and a stop, P, may be secured to the movable roller, 'against which the front end of the bullet may bear, and which is raised, with the roller i), to allow the patched ,bullet to move forward, as shown in dotted lilies. A 4second f stop, P. is also secured vto the roller 0,'which retains the patched bullet in position while being uioistened to shrink the patch thereon.

The bullet, now having received its patch, the upper roller G is raised, when the feedbar W moves forward, presenting another bullet to the guide Kin position to receive its patch, and the preceding'. patched bullet being -iiioved forward at the same time to position 3, Fig. 3, to be inoistencd in any convenient manner, and then delivered from between the rollers by the third preceding bullet being moved forward to receive its patch.

One practical method of moistening the patchis represented in Fig. 5.-viz., by iinnicrsiiig or partially iiiimersing division a of the sectional rollers B B in water orsuitable glutiiious substance, which, in their revolu-- tion, will sufficiently dampen the patch.

To prevent the patch being inoistened (by the patched bullet) so as to adhere to the, rollers in the act of being `wrapped around the bullet, grooves 'it' are formed in these rollers, so as to disconnect and separate the moistened section or division n from the division m, by which the patch is Wrapped around the bullet.

When the bullet is to be moistened by wa.- ter or any suitable glutinous substance, that the patch may adhere thereto while' being.

wrapped around, a wheel, b, Fig. 10, is placed in the grooves c c and pressed against the bullet, instead of or in conjunction with the guide y K, its lower edge or an intermediate roller, D,

being immersed in the liquid to be used, and when rotated by means of thefrietion of the bullet, turned by the rollers B B and C' or otherwise, a narrow belt of moisture is laid around thebullet to which the patch adheres, thus carrying it around with and securing it to the surface ot" the bullet.

A strip of moisture by water or glue may be rolled or laid upon the lower surface of the patch, as in Fig. 11, if preferred, instead oi inoistening the bullet.

Guide-rollers g may be employed to direct the patch around the bulletinstead of the circular guide K, it' preferred.

Itis evident that a greater number of rollers might be used if desired, and that various inodilications iii inecha-nisinfbr foldiii g or gathering the patch over or around the end ot' the bullet miglit'be substituted Aiii place of the adjustable jaws 0, some of which are represented inthe accompanying drawing, Fig. 6- bein g rollers m m moving laterally' or at right angles to the end of the bullet. This ligure represents the rollers in position previous to and after having gathered or folded the patch over or around the bullet.

Fig. 7l are two conical rollers to perform the same office.

Fig, 8 represents a coiled wire, which surrounds tlie patch, and to fold vor gather it around the bullet is drawn laterally to the bullet-through guide-pins f, thereby gradually losing the end of the patch, as in Figs. 2 an( 4.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Combined with rollers for wrapping a. patch around a bullet, substantially in the manner herein set forth, folding-jaws for automatic' allylolding, gathering, or closing the patch over or around the end of the bullet, in the manner described.l u

2. The method, substantially as shown and described, of first patching or wirrapping a patch around a bullet by mechanism as herein set forth, and subsequently moistcning the saine,"substantially as and for the purpose herein specified.

3. The combination of parts herein shown and described for patching a bullet, with mechanism for moistcning or partially moisteiiing with water or any glutinous substance the patch orbullet, substantially as and forthe purpose vherein speciied.-

4. A series of rollers for patching bullets,

which are movable and. adjustable, constructed and combined for operationsubstantially as herein set forth. f

5. A series of sectional rollers, adapted for receiving the additional devices shown for patching bullets, substantially as and for the purpose herein specified.

6. A guide, in combination with a series o rollers for directing the patch around-the bullet, constructed and arranged substantially as,

STEPHEN W. WOOD.

herein described.

Witnesses: I E. M. GALLAHER, J. S. BRowN.

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