US1611268A

US1611268A - Machine eoe

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Publication number: US1611268A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1926-12-21
Anticipated expiration: 1943-12-21

Description

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z sheets-sheet -1 H. w. coLBY MACHINE FOR APPLYING COVERINGS T0 MEATS Filed May 23A, 19.24

Dec. 21 1926 LBILZG H. W.`coLBY MACHINUFOR APPLYING COVRINGS TO MEATS Filed' May 25, 1924 As sheets-sheet' g @JDM/Mu di Patented Dec. 2l, i926.

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i ARRY W. C'LBY, CECAGO, ILLNOS, ASSG'NOR TG THMAS F. KEELEY, OF

CHICAGO,

immers.

MlAC-INE FOR PPLYIETG- CO'VERINGS T0 MEI-LTS.

Application led May 23, 1921i.

My invention is particularly adapted and intended for applying elastic jackets to joint meats, such as hams, shoulders and the like, and hereinafter is more particularly de- 5. scribed with reference thereto. However, it is also adapted withobvious modifications to apply flexible coverings to a great variety of Yother articles. lhen used for the purpose of covering hams and similar joint meats',

the jackets may be applied either before or after the meats have been smoked and the jackets may be of elastic material such as stockinette, or relativelyinelastic material such as muslin. rlhe machine is especially "useful, however, in applying jackets of stockinette or the like to the joints prior to smoking, in accordance with the patent to Fitcgerald No. 1,122,715. According to the process ofthis said patent, the hams or other joints after-being pickled and before fur *her treatment, are encased in close fitting bags made of elastic fabric, such as stockinette, and then smoked lin substantially the usual manner, after which they are ready for the market without further handling. The jacket is preferably prepared as a bag or sleeve, having one end closed and the other open, and after the ham is inserted, the open end is closed by sewing, knotting, or otherfor applying jackets of this character. By the use of my machine a great saving is effected inthe time and labor required to encase the hams in their jackets, the latter ai are evenly applied to the joints so that after the jacket is closed and in the smoking operation even pressure is brought to bear upon the softer parts of the meat by reason of which the finished joint compact and U rounded and presents an attractive and merchantable appearance. Y The form of the invention hereinafter described comprises a pair of guides for the joint 'over the ends of which the open jacket is stretched and power operated plunger' by which the joint is pushed between the guides and into the bag or jacket. The guides are pivoted at their rear ends and converge or approach each other toward the bag holding 5* ends thereof. fis the joint driven forward the guides swing outward away from 'each other under the pressure of the ham, distending the jacket so that the ham may readily enter the same, irrespective of its size, and

wise. My machine is particularly designed Serial No. 715,336.

the movement of the guides actuates a counter or counters so that tally is kept of the number of joints jacketed. @ther features and advantages of the present invention will appear from the following cetailed description thereof. lt is to be understood, however, that the specific disclosure is for the purpose of exempliiication only and that the scope of .the invention is defined in the following claims in which l have endeavored to cover it as broadly as possible in view of the prior art as known to me.

In the 'dran/*ings accompanying and forming a part of the specification, Fig. l is 4an isometric view of a preferred embodiment of my invention; Fig. 2, a front elevation thereof; Fig. 3, a plan partly in horizontal section on the line 3 3 of Fig. Ll; Fig. li, vertical transverse section on the line /i of Fig. 3; Fig. 5, a transverse vertical section on the plane of the line 5 5 of Fig. 3; Fig. 6, a horizontal plan partly in section on the line 6 6 of Fig. i; Fig. 7, a vertical longitudinal section of a detail, partly broken away and partly in elevation; Fig. 8, a transverse vertical section of another det-ail; and Fig. 9 is a cross-section on the line 9 9 of Fig. 3. A

Each part is identified by the same reference character wherever it occurs in the several views.

The mechanism of my invention may be mounted in any suitable manner and l have shown it as supported upon a table or stand l1, the specific construction of which it is unnecessary to describe. Thev swinging guides for the meat to be packaged are shown at l2, 13, the plunger for forcing the joints forwardly between the guides at il, and the counters to which reference has been made, at i5, i6.

The swi-i'iging guides l2, 13, are of similar construction and shape, comprising each an elongated interiorly convex portion l?. which, at its forward or free end, is formed with an upwardly extending wing 18, the

two wings on the respective guides sul` stantially coming together when the guides are in normal closed position, as best shown in 2. As shown in Figs. l and 3, the nozzle formed by the guides extends beyond the front edge 19 of the table, so that. the wings 1S are clear thereof and the table is provided with a bottom guide or exten rounded torni at its end, as best shown in Fig. 3. The side edges of the bottom guide V2() are formed with downwardly projecting flanges or ribs 2l (see Fig. 9) to hold the lower edge ot a bag on the guides well away from the top surface ol the lower guide. In using the machine, the-bag' or container is slipped over the nozzle formed by guides l2. 13 and 2O preferably until its forw. edge or mouth is at or beyond the rear edm Q2 of the wings 18, so that the operator may readily hold the bag,r in position while the ham or other joint is being slipped into it. The rear ends of the respective swinging;- guides are formed or provided with sleeves 23, which receive the stationary pivot pine; Q4, thus providing for the swinging move-A ment of the said 0fuides. The sleeves 23 eff the swinging guides are 'formed or provided with rearwardly extending,r arms 26, Q7 from which extend inwardly and into the path ot the plunger 14,

arms

28, 29. As the plunger returns to normal position it engages said inwardly extending arms, forcingr them rearwardly, and thus closes the swinging guides. The inner ends ot' arms 28, 2O are connected by

links

30, 81. to a central sliding guide 32. The latter slides in a sleeve 33 oit a bracket 34 bolted to the table at the middle thereof. In the preterred construction shown, the guide 32 is formed with a flattened head and the links 30, 3l, are pivoted on a pin 35 extendingr through sa flattened head, the link 3l being above an the link 32 below the same. The inner ends ol" links 30, 3l, are faced ott at an acute angle to the length thereof, which angle is similar in the two links so that when the swinging guides are in their closed or normal position, as shown in tull lines in Fig. 3 and in Fig. 6, and consequently the holt 32 is `n its rearmost position, the ends ot the links rest against` the flat front face 37 of the guide and therefore the guides l2, 13, are accru., ely positioned over the guide 2() in their closed position with their meeting` edfes directly over the center line of seid guide 20. By reason of the constiet n just described, the swinging guides are always moved an equal distance trom the median line of the machine so that the aclc et on 'the nozzle termed by the swinging; guides and the stationary guide beneath them and the joint as it inserted therein are always in proper position and symmetrically placed with reference to the machine.

.in the preferred form of the invention herein described, the plunger la by which the meat joints are pressed or moved through the noir/.le termed by the guides and into the jacket, is operated hy a pneumatic cylinder, though obviously oth r means might he employed for the purpose. The cylinder 38 of the pneumatic motor is supported in a bracket 39 on the top of the table or stand and it may he of any suitable or usual construction. ln the forni shown it is provided with an air pipe --O leading to the rear end thereof, and an air pipe 4l communicating with the trent yend ot the cylinder throne-h a casting;- lf2 which closes the front end oit the cylinder. shown at and the rod thereof extends 'hrough the packing hoK 45 at the front il of 'the cylinder and carries the plunger ris heretofore stated, the piston rod elle Ride-il in die las. f' which is 'ern'icd he controlled by any usual or al'iproi'ed fc systen'i, and l have shown the supply a a0, `il connected to a rotary valve 4T Lamine for this purpose. Valve 47 is pro vided with an inlet port 48 connected-hy pipe l Jl-9, 50, with a suitable source of co1- pressed air and an exhaust port 5l. By

rotating the valve plug the supply of air and exhaustcan be alternately connected to the respective ends of the motor cylinder. lt is convenient to operate the valve plug' by means oi' a pedal or pedals, leaving the hands of the operator or operators free to handle the jackets and joints. For this rpc-se l have provided the valve plug' 'h an operating arm 523 and a pair ot pedals 5a, 55, arranged on opposite sides et the front of the machine and connectefil to the arm 53 so that the machine may be operated from either side, and it desired, by." a pair ot operatives working it alternately. The

pedals

54, 55, are pivoted in brackets 5G, 5'?, and the inner arms 5S, 59 ci? tee pedals, which are sli;V aj ott-set with re spect to each other, are pivoted to the respective links GO, Gl, the upper ends ot which are pivoted to arni 5P) at G2.

'l sprint; G3 serves to return the valve plint; pedas to normal, poition alter cae" operation. Normally, tl. ton and plui er are .in the rear position s and t`= .flown in Figs. i air supply being; in comin the front end ot the cylini'lei.

either et the edals il, 55 is loweredL 'e turned to open the :liont end o nder to exhaust and connect the rear u.. f.. Litt, i.

end thereof to the supply et compressed airt whWehv the piston and plunger are driven On its return ,trolre the plunger rms 2S, 29, con-- neeted to the swinging; Les, thereby closinav guides l2.. lrl, and 1ttorwerd.

` wer engages the The piston ot the motor ite-l conveniently at the front end of the accidental registration upon the counters, to which reference has been inode, by nievenent of the swinging guides, is prevented. The counters l5, i6, the rear of t machine, ere operated from the erin attached to swinging guide 20. To the r Yid of seid srni is bolted en inwardly eginoing bracket 64, the tree end oit which is ertore'ted tor the reception of u pivot pin pin entends through the inner' end of a link 66, the outer end or" which is pirto e lever 67, the lower end of the pivot G7 resting` and sliding upon the tuble. The forward end of lever 67 is eivoted to the table st 68 und the rear end drives the bur, to be presently described, by which the counters l5, i6, ere actuated. lt vill be observeeL that cruin (58 ot lever G7 and the point oit uttecnnient oi linl; 66 is very rneaeriv `l point ot the letter and the point ot attachinent thereto ot link 66. fis e consequei ce7 the lerer 67 nietes through e l greuter than QG, vvhicn is sary or useful to secure the proper extenJ ot the inoveinent the slide which operates counting mechanism.

frii 1 L mm 1:1 ine countsJA operating, snc transversely ol: the machine un in ruines Guide i with un enst which the tu me eers et one end (see` l; t 7l which supports r enl is `itc-med with en be r- 1 ("l 7l I l tl'm rllf fx bmw u?, 7* l Gull Allcrl rig 2.11MB L 'v @Linie ide bar 'ZO is connected to the lever (37 -)revimisly described by a link 5. lThe eye or perforated boss 76 et tl e linlr slips over the pivot pin 77 on the slide, and the inner of the link is forined with e socket which ceives the pin 7S projecting` Ytroni the lower c out trie lever 67. By reason et this coi cion, the slide bar cannot be disconl :troni the lever Without raising the Y The lever o7 is held down upon the @ble top et its rear end by u mnsuerse ,g e 79, which extends over said lever and partially across the top ot' the table..

is the construction conne/ting` the rrr-.ringing` ends o1"- the 28, 29 extends beneath tie rod conneeting; the piston and plunger or 'follower und because of the construction just described. the machine cannot be disassocisted or disassembled Without removing?r the pivot Vpins 24. rlhe latter nre locked in place by u transverse rod 80 extending through the seine und beneath the teble top. As a consequence of the foregoing', the ineens for actuating the counters cannotbe readily so disconnected from the mein operatingr eleinents ot the machine that the letter can be'used for jaeleting joints Without gisten on Jhe counters.

the distance between the tulif .it is desired only to count ell ot the pieces ot nient iuclreted in the niuchine, :1

e cornter l5 fnuy be employ-ed. l however, it is desired to lie-en count separately ot the large pieces, such henis,

the smaller pieces, such shoulde or picnic bains, the tiro counte s shown muy be employed. rlie counters ure or may be of e kind connnonly found on the inarlret for registering the revolution.s` ot rotating machinery. Such counters are ordinarily forined with :i K; 1 which projects into the path oi", eatin surfece on e.. rotating port. For the present purpose l here somewhatinoditied the torih ot the urnis ol" counters to better adept thein tor cooperation i. 'ih the uctuetin slide 70, so that s 't shoi Uer niovernent ot' ser slide will serve to uctuete the counters. srins 8l, 82, or" the counters are bent e:

le es at 83, 84, and the counters secured to the table in such position that the innerinost portions the bent erins are sppr Xiinetely perpendicular to the puth of nieve'- nient ot the slide. rllhe slide is preternblj.v `"ornfied v-.vith a l' of openings 85, t. through which the urine 83, Set respectively, entend, the edges of the espectire slots or openings being` rounded ut 87, 8S, vhere they ngege the respective ernis oit the count Ilfhe reeiprocetion ot the slide troni the leit to the right, es shown iu ig. 5, when sutiicient extent, operates the counters. t to be observed, however, that the slot enrough which the erin of counter l@ e.\;- tends is ot grerter length than the through which the erin ot counter l tends and that in the normal position of t c ports show the operating ed in .l i 8T oi slot 85 is close to erin ot coul l5, Whereas the operating edge St? of 86 is spsced e considerable distance trorA erin 82. il. relatively short ineffeinen the slide therefore is suliicient to open' counter l5, but niucn is essentiel tooperate counter 16. tent ot nioven'ient ot the slide, which is, above pointed out, opinsted by 'the s 'i guides depends on the size ot the join ing jeclreted, und actuating ber und the coopparts so designed that both counters :ire operated by hsnis ot' ordinary size and only counter 15 by picnic horns or shoulders. lt is theretore possible to keep telly ot both the f nuinber or" horns end oit the respective l; or" joints. Preferably atv housing' 90 teched to the counter actus-ting srnis 8l, to pre"ent tuinierwith.

its previously described accidental notre tion otu the counters is prscticelly nnpossi le end the use oit the inachine tor jeclzetin hsnis Without revistration on the couuten ean only be accomplished by a rather ditil' the slots in the counter cult mechanical operation which would om pose anyone attemptingl it to detection. llhus the machine provides a reasonabrv e 'tain means of 1Keeping count olf the nu t jarleted as well as a labor and time Savini-giueans 'to' alpiplying the jackets.

l claim:

l. ln a i'nachine of the cl-ss descrilied, a pair olf pivoted guides mounted to s ng in a horizontal plane, a stationary guide beneath s; swinl'ing guides, said stationaryr guide be 'j' "formed with longitudinal ribs on its une.` infiziert, and a plunger movable between the swinging guides.

In a machine of the class described, a support, a pair oit swinging guides pivoter to said support at their rear ends, a station ary horizontal guide extending beyond supliiort and adapted to receive the no ot a bag' thereover beneath said s guides and substantially on a level with support and a plunger movable over the port between the swinging guides.

3. ln a machine of the class described, a poort, a pair o'l horizontal guides pivoted 'on sai d support, a plunger movable between said ringing` guides and inwardly exten linfr arme on said guides adapted to be enH ed by the plunger to swing said guides to ether.

Ll. ln a machine ot the class described a support, a pair oli" horizontally sw'` guides mounted on said support, a i'nm'able betr-:een said guides, inwar protive swinging guides and means so corna ing the aims that the latter more distances from a central line.

5. In a machine of the class descril l support, a pair of swinging,r guides moua-c' u thereon and movable in opp site direc thereover, arms rigidly connect d 'l respective guides and extending towarr 1 other, a sliding member movable in iintormediate said guides links il), Y l the slide and said arms and a pun inn; longitudine ly between said gua e' if, adapted to engage said arL to return l ie guides to closed position.

(l. ln a machine ot the class desc 'ibcrh a eupport, a paill ot normally coni-eroine' oppositely i'novable ruit s pn ted l 'trono ends on the l :3151i apart, a plunger 'ral line ir. erinetiate sa'VV operated i'neans 'tor if, 7'.

s and extendin slide movable lon guides, llnas connect- 1 j said F' e and arms, a plunger movable lo igitudinally between said guides and din ally between said adapted to engage said arms to close said guides 1d a power operated means for mov inn' sainL plunger. l

t3. ln a machine ol the class described, a support, a pair or converging guides mounted on the support, one ot said guides being pivoted to the support for lateral movement thereover, a bottom guide extending beyond said .support and adapted to receive the mouth ot a bag thereover and a plunger' in ,vaille longfjitmlinally between safl "aides, 9. In amachine oll the class described, a support, a pair ot convergine' guides mounted thereon. one of said Quid bein votre thereto i'or lateal movement .c I z plunger longitudinally movable between said 1 l A inea is L termediate the and sind counter 'for oper; t-

a machine of: the class described, a a pair ot converging guides mount i, one of said guides being pivoted lateral movement there-over, a

thereto i counter, a bar movable transversely ot the n1 clinic ior opera't" the counter, a lever roiniected to the )ar and movable gui de for said b: r, and a plunger movable M u( inally intermediate said guides,

ll. ln a machine oli the class described, a

support, a pair olf converging `guides mounted on the support, one of said( guides heng pivoted for lateral movement over the support, a plunger movable longitudinally between said guides, a lever operated by the movable guide, a transversely sliding liar operated by said lever and a c unter, the operu ng," en t et which ,s ai'ran;,e: l to be moved by said bar.

l2. In a machine ot' the class described, a support, a pair ot convenging,y guides mounted on the support, one ot the same beine pivoted thereto 'for movement laterally thereover, a lever connected to the nlovable guide to be swung thereby, a pair ot counte s and connections internualiate said counters and said lever whereby one oit said countersy moved by a relatively ,mall movement olf said lever and the other et said Counters if; moved only by a. substantially greater movement of said lever.

ln a machine ot' the class described, a support, a pair ol comf'erging,r guides mounted thereon, a plunger movable longitudinally intermediate ot said guides, a pz ir et countA` ers having; operatirug arms projecting there- 'lro1n, a sliding;r bar having abutments thereon Yfor engaging the arms oi the counters, said abutrneiits beingl so spaced relative to the arms of the counters thatone of said arms is engager and operated by the bar substantially betere the other, and connections intermediate the bar and the movable guide whereby the movement of the guide ref'iprocates said bar.

le. In a machine of the class described, a

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support, a pair of converging guides on said support, one of said guides being piveefl thereto for lateral movement there-ever, a plunger longitudinally movable intermediate said guides, zzn erin on the movable guide projecting rearwarflly therefrom, a lever pivoted to said Support, a linl; connecting said arm and lever for operating Jshe laitier7 a transversely moving; slide, n, link connecting said slide and leverv and a Counter having an arm projecting into the path or". @aid bar and adapted to be operated thereby.

HARRY W. COLBY.