US1808824A

US1808824A - Garment bagging machine

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Publication number: US1808824A
Application number: US414971A
Authority: US
Inventors: Willie A Shields
Original assignee: CLIFTON M ELLIS
Current assignee: CLIFTON M ELLIS
Priority date: 1929-12-18
Filing date: 1929-12-18
Publication date: 1931-06-09
Anticipated expiration: 1948-06-09

Description

Patented June 9, 1 931 UNITED STATES BIRMINGHAM,,ALABAMA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE HALF TO CLIFTON M. ELLIS, OF BIRMINGHAMyALABAMA.

WILLIE A. SHIELDS, OF

PATENT OFFICE T GARMENT BAGGING MACHINE Application filed December 18, 192% Serial No. 414,97 1.

My invention relates to garment bagging apparatus adapted for usein cleaning and pressing establishments, dry goods stores, etc., and has for its object the provision of an apparatus of the character designated which shall be simple and sturdy of design and reliable and rapid in operation.

A further object of my invention is to provide garment bagging apparatus which shall include a means for supporting a garment to be bagged and power operated means ready placing over the pended, together with means for engaging and manually raising a bag upwardly on the pole to be released and pulled downwardly over the garment. For example, see my prior Patent No. 1,304,913, issued May 28th, 1919. While such apparatus has proven very successful in use, I have found that by providing an inclined bag support down which a bag may slide by gravity, and by providing power operated means for ra1s ing the bag, the rate at which garments may be bagged is greatly increased.

Apparatus embodying features of my invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application, in which Fig. 1 is a view in side elevation of my improved apparatus;

Fig. 2 is a view looking in the direction of the arrows II-II of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line III-III of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings for a better understanding of my invention, my improved apparatus comprises a rectangular frame, only one side of which is shown and which includes front upright supports 10 and rearupright supports 11' with an intermediate upright support 12. Joined to v the bottom of the

supports

10, 11 and 12 are foundation supports 13' and joined to upper ends of the

upright supports

10, 11 and 12 are, horizontal frame members 14. The members 10 to 14 inclusive may conveniently be made of standard pipe sections. The apparatus is provided with casters 16 whereby it may be moved from 'place'to place. Suitably mounted in the frame are a plurality of shelves 15 for storing empty bags.

Mounted upon the frame just described at the rear thereof is an upstanding member 17 braced by means of

braces

18 and 19 and which is provided'on its upper end with a sleeve 21 having a downwardly inclined arm 22. Rigidly secured in the arm 22 is a.

downwardly inclined pole 23 which extends downwardly to the front of the machine and terminates in a hook 24 adapted to support] a garment 26 to be bagged.

Intermediate the front and

rear frame members

10 and 11 are upstanding supports.

27 and 28 which are secured attheir bottoms to the horizontalframe members 14. Pivotally supported at 29 and 31 by the 'members 27 and. 28 is a downwardly'inclined' platform or slide 32 which is arranged just below the downwardly inclined pole 23; The lower end of the slide 32 rests upon upright supports 33. At the lower endof the slide 32, beneath the pole 23, is'provided a trough 34 whereby the' lower end of the slide maybe raised up level with the lower end of the pole 23. The slide 32 is preferably provided with a relatively large opening 36, across which wires 37 are" strung.

The purpose of this is to reduce the weight of the slide and to reduce the frictional "resistance to sliding;

Mounted in bearings 41 on the transverse member 14, towardthe front of the apparatus, are rollers 38 which project upwardly through slots 39 provided in the slide 32 when the slide is in its lower position. The

, rollers 38 are driven by a motor 42 suitably supported from the horizontal frame members 14. p a

The slide 32is provided with upwardly extending sides 43 which terminate at the lower end in a pair of upwardly extending bearing supports44i Pivotally mounted in the supports 44 is a rocking frame 46 having downwardly extending

arms

47, 48, 49 and 51. Mount-ed in the lower end of the arms 47 and 48 above one of the slots 39 in the slide 32 andabove a driving roller 38,

is an idler roller 52. A similar'i-dler roller- 53 is mounted inthe lower ends of the arms I 49 and 51 above the otherslot 39 in the slide 32 and above the other driving roller 38.

Extending inwardly of the slide 32 and carried by the bearing supports 44 are

pins

54 and 56 ,so positioned that the arms 47 and neath the slide 32. The crank arm 59 extends reardwardly of theshaft 61 :to form an operating lever 62. Connected to the operating lever 62 is a link 63 which is connected at its lower end to a rank 64, The crank 64. is carried by a shaft 66 mounted in bearings 67 and 68 positioned in the lower portion of theframe. Mounted adjacent the bearing is aiplate 69 provided with i a recess 71 which is adapted to receive a lug 72 carried by the crank 64. On the inner end ofthe shaft 66 is a spring 73 which bears against the hearing 68 and a stop 74 so as to urge the crank 64 toward the plate 69. The shaft 66 maybe turned by means i of a foot pedal 76 on the outer end thereof.

The operation of my improvedlgairment bagging apparatus is as follows; 7 With the slide 32 and idler rollers 52 and 53 in the position shown in the drawing, and the motor 42 running, an empty bag is threaded over the pole 23 and passed be-V tween the idler and driving rollers whereupon it is forced upwardly in the slide '32. While the bag is moving to its upper position a garment 26 is hung on the ihook24 at thevlower end of the pole'23. The pedal 76 is then operated to raisethe idler rollers 52 and '53 off the bag and to raise the slide 32 up level with the inclined pole 23. In this position the lug 72 falls into the recess 71 to hold the rollers and theslide in their upper positions. The slide is then above the driving rollers 38 to permit free return of the empty bag, WVhen the idler rollers and slide are thus raised, the :bag returns by gravity down the pole '23 and is pulled by hand down over the garment 26. The pedal 76 is then operated to permit the idler rollers and slide to lower whereupon. the apparatus is ready to repeat the operation described.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that I have devised an improved garment bagging apparatus which issimple of construction and operation andiwhich embodies power operated means for raising the bags to a position to bepulled down over the-garmerits to he bagged This provision of power operated means frees the hands of the worker't-o position a garment for bagging and accordingly practically doubles the rate'at which garments may be bagged as compared. with wholly manually operated means. V V I While I have shown my invention in but onef-orrn, it. will be 'obviousto those skilled in the art that it is not so limited but is susceptible of various changes and modifications without departing from ,the'spirit thereof, and I desire therefore that only suchclimite ations shall be placed thereupon as are imposed by the prior art, or as are specifically set forth in the appended claims- 7 jWhat I claim is: 4 f c 7 r 1. In a garment bagging'machine, a fixed- 1y secured pole for slidably supporting an empty'bag and disposed at anangle to the horizontal, means for mounting a garment to be bagged at the lower end thereof, a slide extending in substantial parallelism with the pole positionedbelow the pole for supporting thesides of. the bag, said slide being pivotally mounted'below the pole, and means for raising the lower end of' the slide up level with the pole.

.2. In a garment baggingmac'hine, a fixedly secured pole for, slidably supporting an empty bag and disposed atjan angle to the horizontal, means for mounting a garment to be "bagged atf-the lower end thereof, a slide extending in substantial parallelism with the pole positioned below the pole for supporting the sides of the bag, and mechanical means for moving abag upwardly,

along the pole and slide. V p In a garment bagging machine, afixedly secured pole for slidably supporting an emptybag and disposed at an angle to the;

horizontal, means for mounting a garment to be bagged at the lower end thereof, a

slide extending in substantial parallelism with the .pole positioned below the pole for,

supporting the sides of the bag, and rollermeans for moving a bag upwardly, along the pole and slide. p

4. In a garment bagging machine, a fixedly secured pole for slidably supporting an empty bag and disposed at an angle to the horizontal, means for mounting a garment to be bagged atithe lower end thereof, a slide extending in substantial parallelism with the pole positioned below-the pole for supporting the sides of the bag, said slide being pivotally mounted below the pole, means for raising the lower end of the slide into the inclined plane of the pole, and power driven roller means for moving a bag upwardly along the pole and slide.

5. In a garment bagging machine, a fixed- 1y secured pole for slidably supporting an empty bag and disposed at an angle to the horizontal, means for mounting a garment to be bagged at the lower end thereof, a slide extending in substantial parallelism with the pole positioned below the pole for supporting the sides of the bag, said slide being pivotally mounted. below the pole, means for raising the lower end of the slide into the inclined plane of the pole, power driven roller means for moving a bag upwardly along the pole and slide, and means for disengaging the power driven means to permit gravital return of the bag along the pole and slide.

6. In a garment bagging machine, a fixedly secured pole for slidably supporting an empty bag and disposed at an angle to the horizontal, means for mounting a garment to be bagged at the lower end thereof, a slide extending in substantial parallelism with the pole positioned below the pole for supporting the sides of the bag, said slide being pivotally mounted below the pole,

means for raising the lower end of the slide into the inclined plane of the pole, power driven driving rollers for elevating a bag, said rollers being mounted below the slide and projecting therethrough, and idler rollers mounted above the slide and adapted to cooperate with the driving rollers.

7 ,In a garment bagging machine, a fixed 1y secured pole for slidably supporting an empty bag and disposed at an angle to the horizontal, means for mounting a garment to be bagged at the lower end thereof, a slide extending in substantial parallelism with the pole positioned below the pole for support ing the sides of the bag, said slide being pivotally mounted below the pole, means for raising the lower end of the slide into the inclined plane of the pole, power driven raising the lower end of the slide into the inclined plane of the pole, power driven driving rollers for elevating a bag, said 7 rollers being mounted below the slide and projecting therethrough, idler rollers mounted above the slide and adapted to cooperate with the driving rollers, and means for moving the slide above the horizontal plane of the driving rollers.

9, In a garment bagging machine, a fixedly secured pole for slidably supporting an empty bag and disposed at an angle to the horizontal, means for mounting a garment to be bagged at the lower end thereof, a slide extending in substantial parallelism with the pole positioned below the pole for supporting the sides of the bag, said slide being pivotally mounted below; the pole, means for raising the lower end of the slide into the inclined plane of the pole, power driven driving rollers for elevating a bag, said rollers being mounted below the slide and projecting therethrough, idler rollers mounted above the slide and adapted to cooperate with the driving rollers, means for moving the slide above the horizontal plane of the driving rollers, and means adapted to sustain the idler rollers and the slide in a raised position until released.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

WILLIE A. SHIELDS.

driving rollers for elevating a bag, said rollers being mounted below the slide and projecting therethrough, idler rollers mount- 1 ed above the slide and adapted to cooperate with the driving rollers, and means for moving the idler rollers out of engagement with the driving rollers.

8. In a garment bagging machine, a fixedly secured pole for slidably supporting an empty bag and disposed at an angle to the horizontal, means for mounting a garment to be bagged at the lower end thereof, a slide extending in substantial parallelism with the pole positioned below the pole for supporting the sides of the bag, said slide being pivotally mounted below the pole, means for