US188504A - Improvement in feather-renovators - Google Patents

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J. C. DIVERS.

' FEATHER RENOVA'IOR.

Patented March 20, 1877 ER Pnomumuanuuin, WASHINGTON. n c.

PATENT OFrro-n.

JOSEPH c. DIVERS, OF NEW HAVEN, issoUar.

- IMPROVEMENT lN FEATH ER -RENOVATORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 188,504, dated March 20 1877; application tiled To all whom it may concernq Be it known that I, JOSEPH G. DIVERS, of- New Haven, in the county'ofFranklin and State of Missouri, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Feather-Renovator, of which the following is a specification: v

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of my improved machine, taken through the line w m, Fig. 2. Fig. 2v is a vertical cross-section of the same, taken through the line yy, Fig.1. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the rod and its packm s.

imilar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is'to furnish an improved machine for renovating feathers,-

which shall be simple in construction, conven- 'ient in use, and effective in operation, thorwith the hollow perforated shaft of the double-walled wheel, as hereinafter full y described A is the upright frame of the machine, to

the top of which is attached a horizontal frame, B. To one end of the frame B is hinged the end of the frame 0, which rests upon the said frame B; and to the middle part of its side bars are attached the bearings, in which revolve the journals of the hollow shaft D, one end of which projects to receive the crank E, by which it is turned.

To the shaft D, near its journals, are attached-two sets of radial arms, F, the corresponding arms of the two sets being parallel with each other, and connected at their outer ends by two cross-bars, G. To the outer sides of the arms F are attached side boards or a wooden casing, H, and to the cross-bars G are attached casing-boards I, thus forming ahollow polygonal wheel. The casing H I should be lined with heavy tin or galvanized sheetiron. Two of the casing-boards I are left loose, are hinged at one edge to the adjacent board I, and are secured in place, when closed, by

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hasps or other suitable fastening, to adapt them to serve as doors. The doors I may be arranged to slide, if desired.

To the inner sides of the radial arms F are attached plates J, of heavy tin or galvanized sheet-iron; and to the inner sides of the crossbars Gr, except opposite the doors I, are attached plates K, of heavy tin'or galvanized sheet-iron, thus forming a hollow-walled hollow wheel. v I v In the middle parts of the arms E are formed holes or notches f, to allow thesteam to pass from one of the hollow-wall compartments to another.

In the space within the doors I are placed screens L, which are secured in place by pins, buttons, or other suitable fastenings.

In the hollow shaft D, within the inner wall J, are formed numerous holes, d through which the steam escapes into the interior of In the hollow shaft'D, between the wheel. the walls H J and the arms F, are formed holes d through which steam escapes into.

compartments of the hollow walls. In the outer shell H, between the doors I and the screens L, are formed holes h, through which the steam may be allowed to escape from the interior of the wheel. In the outer shell H, between the boards I and plates K, are formed holes k through whichthe steam may be allowed to escape from the compartments of the hollow walls. The holes It h? are closed and opened, partly or wholly, by spring-buttons M, pivoted to the walls H, or byother suitable means.

Steam is introduced into one end of the hollow shaft D through a short pipe, N, having flanges a formed around it, near its ends, to prevent it from being pushed too far into the shaft D and into the steam'pipe. The pipe N is kept in place by the plate or bar 0, the outer end of which is bent downward, and is notched to receive the pipe N, and'the inner end of which is slotted 'to receive the screws or bolts by which it is secured to the frame 0. Theother end of the hollow shaft D is closed by a plug, P.

When the steam is to be shut ofi from the interior of the wheel the plug Pis withdrawn,

and the rod Q is inserted in the cavity of the shaft D. The rod Q has a head, g upon its outer end, to close the end of the shaft D, and has packings q secured around it, in such'positious as prevent steam from passing through the holes al into the interior of the wheel.

To the sides H, at the corners of one of the doors I, are attached hooks R, for the bedtick to be hooked upon when removing the feathers from the machine.

Upon the shaft D, within the cavity of the wheel, are placed two hubs, S, to which are attached radi'al arms T, the outer ends of which extend nearly to the inner wall K of the wheel, and are connected in pairs by crossbars U. The hubs S are made in the form of half-tubes, and are secured in place upon said shaft D by open rings V, slipped upon the inner ends of the said hubs.

The wheel is made to carry the agitator S T U V with it in its revolution by pins W, at-

tached to one of the screens L, and against which one of the cross-bars U strike.

In using the machine, the feathers are introduced through one of the doors I, and the screen and door are again secured in place. The steam is then admitted, and the wheel is slowly revolved. The dirt from the feathers is sifted through the screens L, and is driven through them by the steam into the space be tween the screens and doors. When the feathers have been sufficiently steamed the plug P is removed and the rodQ is inserted, shutting off the steam from the interior of the wheel,

and allowing it pass only through the compartments of the double walls of said wheel. At the same time the doors I are opened, so that cold air may be allowed to pass through the wheel, while the moisture is driven off by its heated walls. (When this process has been continued a sufficient time the steam is cut off, and a few more turns of the wheel makes the feathers perfectly dry.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl w 1. The combination of the half-tube hubs S, the radial arms T, the cross-bars U, and the open rings V with thehollow perforated shaft D and thedouble-w'alledwheel F G H I J K, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination of the flanged pipe N n and the adjustable holder 0 with the hollow perforated shaft D d d of thedouble-walled wheel F G H I J K, substantially. as shown and described. p

3. The combination of the rod Q, provided with the head g and the packings q, with the hollow perforated shaft D d d of the doublewalled wheel F G H I J K, substantially as herein shown and described.

JOSEPH QHATWELL DIVERS.

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