US1928349A

US1928349A - Laundry lot marker

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Publication number: US1928349A
Application number: US597977A
Authority: US
Inventors: Forrest J Couch
Original assignee: American Laundry Machinery Co
Current assignee: American Laundry Machinery Co
Priority date: 1932-03-10
Filing date: 1932-03-10
Publication date: 1933-09-26
Anticipated expiration: 1950-09-26

Description

Spt. 26, 1933. F. J. coUCH LAUNDRY LoT MARKER 2 sheets-sneet 1 Filed March 10, 1932 r. I I I I cia SePt' 26, 1933. F. J. coucH LAUNDRY LOT MARKER Filed March 10, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEYS Patented sept. 26, 1933 w `1,9;28,84=9 LUNDRY Lo'r MARKER Forrest J.:Couch, Cincinnati, Ohio, assignor to The American Laumlry Machinery Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, a corporation of'Ohio Application March 10, 1932. Serial No. 597,977

` 4'o1aims.. (c1.68 11 My invention relates to a lot or bundle marker ,for ilatwork ironing machines and is designed for use particularly in conjunction with a flatwork ironing machine having in connection 5 therewith an automatic bundle assortng device, such, for example, as is shown in'myV copending application, Serial' No. 493,050, filed November 3, 1930. However, the lot 01' b-undle vmarker is applicable to any 'ironinglmachine When laundered goodsV are presented to flat- Work ironing machines, each piece is fed to the ironer separately and;` to inform the attendant at the delivery end of the machine as to the number of pieces inthe customer-'s lot or bundle, thecustomefs name or identification mark, and when the last piece of any customers goods has. passed through the machine, a marker of vsome sort is passed through the ironer immediately after vthe last piece of that customer's goods is fed through the machine by the feeding operator. Different laundries have different systems and different'typ'es of markers. That is, some have cloth or paper markers bearing the operator's name or number and others are identified by a small metal clip secured to a piece of cloth.

, The objects of my invention are to provide a lot or bundle markerrwhich is applicable to any present laundry system by providing a marker including pockets Vor the like 'for receiving different types of identification means that are used in different laundries; to provide a. marker of sufiicient stiffness that'it will not easily become lo's't'iiainong g'arments` of any texture; to provide a marker of 'the' abovetype that' willv retain its desird Shape without lapping or folding at its fronte'dges; and 'to provide a lot or bundle marker having. means thereon serving to trip mechanism, as in my lpre''iously mentioned copending application, which willautomatically cause a receiving receptacleor conveyor section to move away from the delivery end of the ironing machine .when theironer'is equipped with an automatic bundle assorting`device. i i

Various other objects and advantageous features'of my invention willbe seen in the following `'description and one embodment thereof may ber seen in the 'accompanying drawings where- :in similar characters of referenceV designate corresponding parts, and wherein:

bundle ,marker cmbodying my invention; Fig. 2 is' a top plan view of thelotV or bundle marker; -Figj3 is a sectional view of the lot or bundle'markr er taken on the line 3-'3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4cis`a sec-` vtional'view takenon the line- 4-4 of Fig, 2;`Fig.

Vfilled` with suitable padding Fig. lis ,a perspective view`of a laundry lot orc 5 is a view showing a lot or bundle assortng i inechanism in conjunction with the ironing parts of a flatwork ironer and with which my lot or bundle marker isparticularly applicable to use; and Fig. 6 is a` side elevation of the Operating means for the delivery conveyor forming a part of the mechanism shown in Fig. 5 but with the 'I parts thereof out of operative position.

In Figs. 1-4 of the drawings, I have shown a lot or bundle vmarker adapted to be used with r the fiatwork ironing machines of a laundry consisting of a main body portion 1 preferably made up of a single piece of heavycanvas or like material of rectangular sha'pe and approximately twice Vas long as it is wide and with thetwo ad- 7,0 jacent corners 2 on the front edge thereof, which is first to be fed into an ironing machine, rounded substantially as shown. This rounding of the corners`2 effectively prevents the material from becoming bent over on itself orfolded at the corners from constant'use and handling which will Voccur when the 'corners are left square or nearly so.

As shown, a'large open pocket 3V is provided .on the body portion vof Ithe marker l by a piece of heavy' cahvas or the like 4 securely fastened to ythe body portionfl by stitching or otherwise, the

piece 4 being only-stitched substantially on three sides thereof toileave an open pocket into which lot or bundle identifying means such as a card or the like may `be inserted and sent through 55 the ironing' machine from the goods feeder to the goodsrecever whereby thegoods receiver may properly identify the lot or bundle. Means are also provided forl effectively holding a lot or bundle identifying means such a's a small metal -tag or the like, 'this means consisting of a small pocket 5 formed by stitching or otherwise securing the piece 4 to the main body portion l as at 6. To provide 'a thickened portion o'n'the lot or bundle market' Awhereby the lot or bundle marker will be effective to operate a trpping mechanism for causing actuation of 'an ironed goods receiving conveyor or receptacle, a heavy piece of material 7 such as canvas or'the like'that is somewhat smaller than the'piece 4, particularly in v width, is securely fastenedto the piece 4 by stitching or otherwise to form` a closed pocket that is This padding isV preferably Sheet material so that it will 'not become wadded or bunched` from' continual han- A dling. The thickened portion, as well as the pocki ets, Vare preferably located'at the rearwardedge of the lot or bundle marker, and indicati'ng'means such as the arrows 8 may be provided on the lot or bundle marker` to advise an operator as-to :lO

for use. This apparatus is in combination with.

an ironing roll 9 and ironing chest 10, the roll and chest being of the usual type found in,a flatworkvmachine. Also, as is usual in ironing machines of this type, atape 11- passes around* the ironing roll and between the roll and chest.

In the apparatus, bracket 12 is rigidly secured to each side of the rearwardmost end of the chestV 10 and each bracket is provided with an upwardly extending ear 13 to which an arm 14 is pivoted as at 15. This arm carries the usual stripper roller 16 Vintermediate its ends, the stripper roller being mounted ona shaft journalled in the arms. A roller 17 is also carried bythe arms 14 and is adapted to be driven by a sprocket chain 18 traveling around a sprocket o n the shaft which carries the roller 17 and around a driven sprocket 19. The ironed goods from between .the roll and chest passes under the roller 17 and then falls away from the rearwardmost end of the'chest 10 or, if necessary, is stripped Vfrom the tape 11 by the stripper roller V16. i

The goods falling away from the rearward end of the chest 10 or being stripped from the tape 11 by the roller 16 fall into successively presented receptacles on a conveyor mechanism, the receptacles being formed by plates 20 hingedlymounted lon a'conveyor 21 ,so as to overlap .and form receptacles along` the upper lap of the conveyor 21 as shown in Fig. 5, the lreceptacles continuing along the entire length of .the upper lap of the conveyor andl being successively moved forwardly byactuatingvmechanism rendered effective. by the operation of a trip mechanism which is, in turn, rendered effectiveby the passage ofone of the lot or bundle markers through the ironer as will hereinafter be apparent. y

The conveyor 21 is driven by a Vpair of sprocketsA 22', one'of which vis shown, and the size of the' sprcckets is such that the conveyor 21 will travel a distance` equal to the distance. from one parti- -tion to another on the upper lap thereof on each revolution of the sprockets. In order to control the operation of the conveyor 21, a trip 23`is provided that takes' the form'of a bell' crank lever having a long and a short arm, thetrip being pivotally mounted as at 24 on a disk 25 Vwhich is .rigidly mounted on a shaft 26. Loosely mounted on the shaft 26 a short distancefrom the disk 25 is'another constantly'andpositively driven disk 27 :which is provided withfour pins or lugs 28 projecting from its face toward the disk 27 and into the same vertical plane as that of the short arm of the trip 23. The trip 23 is limited in its move- 'ment about the pivot 24 in one direction by a Vstop pin 29 and in the other direction by a stop pm 30. A spring'31 normally tends to hold the .trip 23`in a position with the long arm thereof against the stop 30 and` with the short arm of the trip in a ,raised position whereby it will bei in. the circular. path of travel of the Vpins 28.

The disk27 is positivelyand constantly rotated in'a'clockwise direction and isloosely mounted on the shaft 26 with the trip23 on the disk 25, which is rigidly mounted on the shaft'26, in such position that the short arm thereof will not contfil? with any of the pins'28 whereby the shaft 26 and sprockets 22 will not be rotated and the conveyor 21 will remain stationary.

To provide forl the lot or bundle marker to act as'a means for moving the trip 23 to such position that the short arm thereof will be raised into the path of the pins 28, an arm 32 is pivotally mounted on the frame of the conveyor and has its free end arranged to be in either of two positions, namely, in'the path of the long arm of the trip 23 as shown in Fig. 5 wherein the short arm of the trip 23.will be moved out of the path of travel of the pins 28 and the trip held against the stop 29, or out of the path' of the long arm of the trip 23 as shown in Fig. 6 and in such position that the trip will be moved against the stop 30 by the spring 31, which movement will cause the short arm of the trip to be moved upwardly into the path of travel of the pins 28. As shown in the drawings, the free end of the arm 32 is made to swing in a vertical plane out of and into the path of the trip 23 which moves the disk 25 and the free endV of the arm 32 is connected by a link 33 to thev free extending end of one of the arms 14 hereinbefore. described whereby, when 4such arm 14 is raised,rthe arm 32 will be raised and its free end lifted out of the path of the long arm of the trip 23 as shown in Fig. 6 to permit the trip to be swung to the position hereinbefore described by means of the spring 31 to thereby bring the short arm of the trip into the circular path of the pins 28 and operatively connect the disks 25`and 27 together. The chain 18 is positioned remotely from the link 33 to not interfere with the raising of the one'arm 14 and arm 32.

Since the disk 25 and sprockets 22 are rigidly mounted on the shaf't 26 and the constantly driven disk 27 is loosely mounted on the shaft 26 with the disks so arranged that they may be operatively i interconnected together for movement of the disk 25 andv sprockets 22 in one direction by the swinging of the short arm of the trip 23 into position to be engaged by one of theV pins 28, it follows that raising of the arm 32 out of the path of the long when the last piece of a customer's goods has been fed into the feed end of the ironing machine, the operator then follows itimmediately with the lot or bundle marker herein described ,which passes 'through the ironerand under the roller117 whereby such rollerwill be lifted when the thickened portion of the lot or bundle marker passes thereunder to cause the extended free end of theV arms 14 to which the link 33 is connected to be moved upwardly about the pivot V150i vthe arms a sufficientdistance to release the trip 23 by moving Vthe arm 32 upwardly and j out of engagement therewith as shown in Fig. 6. This raising of the arm 32 will permit theshort arm of the trip 23 to move into the path of travel of the pins 28 as hereinbefore described to operatively connect the constantly driven loosely mounted diskV 27 with the disk 25 rigidly mounted on the shaft 26. This will cause' the shaft 26 andl sprockets 22 to be driven through one complete revolution .and

movement of the filled compartment on the conthe ironing chest and the next succeeding compartment into registry therewith, the goods being removed from the compartments to any point in the travel of the compartment along the upper lap of the conveyor.

The thickened portion of the lot or bundle marker is of such width that it will pass entirely out from under the roller 17 prior to the disk 25 and sprockets 22 making one complete revolution whereby the arms 14, link 33, and arm 32 may again move downwardly with the arm `32 positioned to engage the long arm of the trip 23 before the disk 25 travels through acomplete revolution whereby the long arm of the trip will engage the free end of the arm 32 and the short arm of the trip 23,wil1 be moved out of the path of the pins 28 by continued movement of the disk 25 which will operatively disconnect the disk 25 from the disk 27.

Referring to the drawings and the preceding description, it will be seen that I have provided a lot or bundle marker for ironing machines that is particularly adapted for use with an ironing machine having an automatically Operating goods assorter and conveyor in connection therewith.

` Likewise, it is adapted for use as a signal operating means or the like. The lot or bundle marker embodies the advantageous feature ,of being provided with means whereby it will act as a carrier for lot or bundle identification means and is of a nature to permit it to be readily located and separated from a lot or bundle of Agoods as Well as being of a nature to retain its desired shape and effectiveness.

What I claim is:

1. A lot or bundle marker for use with flatwork ironing machines, said marker comprising pad means adapted to be passed through an ironing machine to indicate when a lot or Vbundle has been ironed, said pad means including means whereby it may act as a carrier for lot or bundle identifying means from one side of the ironing machine to the other, and means whereby said pad means will be effective to cause actuation of a lot or bundle assorter and conveying means or the like.

2. A lot or bundle marker for use with flatwork ironing machines, said marker comprising pad means adapted to be passed through an ironing machine to indicate when a lot or bundle has been ironed, said pad means including means whereby it may act as a carrier for lot or bundle identifying means from one side of the ironing machine to the other and having rounded front edge corner portions on theV body thereof, and means whereby said pad means will be effective to cause actuation of a lot or bundle assorter and conveying means or the like.

3. A lot or bundle marker for use with fiatwork ironing machines, said marker comprising pad means adapted to be passed through an ironing machine to indicate when a given lot or bundle has been ironed, said pad means including means whereby it may act as a carrier for lot or bundle identifying means and having a portion greater in thickness than usual flatwork whereby to be effective to actuate trip mechanism associated 100 or cooperating with the ironing machine and normally unafiected by ilatwork of usual thickness.

4. A lot or bundle marker for use With flatwork ironing machines, said marker comprising pad 105 means adapted to be passed through an ironing machine to indicate When a given lot or bundle has been ironed and having the corner portions of its forward edge in rounded form, said pad means including means whereby it may act as a carrier for lot or bundle identifying means and having a portion greater in thickness 'than usual fiatwork whereby to be effective to actuate trip mechanism associated with the ironing machine and normally unaifected by fiatwork of usual115 thickness.

FoRREs'r J. coUCH.