US1977825A - Apparatus for making baskets and similar receptacles - Google Patents

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Oct. 23, 1934. I E, GlLEs 1,977,825

APPARATUS FOR MAKING BASKETS AND SIMILAR RECEPTACLES Filed Jan. 25, 1932 7 Sheets-Sheet 1 E. M. GILES Oct. 23, 1934.

APPARATUS FOR MAKING BASKETS AND SIMILAR RECEPTACLES Filed Jan. 25, 1952 7 Sheets-Sheet 2 E. M. GILES Oct. 23, 1934.

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Filed Jan. 25, 1952 7 Sheets-Sheet 5 E. M. GILES 1,977,825 APPARATU FOR MAKING BASKETS AND SIMILAR RECEPTACLES Oct. 23, 1934.

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APPARATUS FOR MAKING BASKETS AND SIMILAR RECEPTACLES 7 Sheets-Sheet 7 Filed Jan. 25, 1932 Patented Oct. 23, 1934 UNITED STATES APPARATUS FOR MAKING BASKETS AND SIMILAR RECEPTACLES Eugene M. Giles, Western Springs; Ill., assignor to St. Joseph Iron Works, St. Joseph, Mich, a corporation of Michigan Application January 25,

21 Claims.

My invention relates to the manufacture of haskets and other receptacles wherein a bottom or end wall is secured to the edge of an internal hoop at the bottom or end of the basket or re- "1% material is employed for the internal bottom or end hoop and it has been customary to attach the bottom or end wall to the hoop before assembling in the basket or other receptacle as it was regarded impractical, in view of the limited space and the prevailing practice of rotating the form on which the basket is assembled, to fasten the peripheral edge of the bottom or end wall to the internal hoop after the latter was installed in place in the basket or receptacle. This not only 0 required a separate operation of attaching the bottom or end wall to the hoop before assembling in the basket or receptacle, but'in factories that were called upon to supply baskets with permanently attached bottoms and also loose bottom baskets such as disclosed in Hogue Patent 1,698,065, it was necessary to prepare separate stocks of each as neither was convertible into a basket of the other type.

With my present invention, however, not only is the separate operation eliminated of fastening the bottom or end wall to the hoop before assembling in the basket or receptacle but as this invention permits the bottom or end wall to be fastened to the hoop after the latter is installed in the basket or receptacle, basket manufacturers may readily convert baskets of the loose bottom type into baskets with permanently attached bottoms by merely stapling the peripheral edge of a bottom to the upper edge of the internal bottom hoop of the loose bottom basket shell.

The principal objects of my invention are to provide an improved apparatus for making baskets and other similar receptacles; to permit staples or other similar fasteners to be driven out- 4.5 wardly into the basket structure from the interior thereof or from the interior of the form upon.

1932, Serial No. 588,536

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stapler or fastener applying mechanism within a rotatable form' so that it drives fasteners outwardly into the basket or receptacle structure at selected intervals as'the latter is rotated by or with the form; and to permit the hoop to be formed and. the bottom or end wall to be secured thereto as the basket or receptacle side wallis being constructed therearound, these and other objects being accomplished inthe structure of the accompanying drawings which illustrate my invention" in connectionwith the manufacture of baskets of a well known type and in which said drawings Fig; 1 is a side view of a machine in which my invention is embodied in a form to accomplish substantially the entire construction of the besketin a single operation;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged View taken substantially on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is 'a sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view of the internal stapler actuating mechanism taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary detail view of the form rotating ratchet on the line 55 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary sectional view on the v line 66 of Fig. 2 showing the internal stapler mechanism; l

Fig. '7 is a perspective view showing the preferred manner in which the panels are prepared for constructing the side wall of thebasket;

8 is a perspective view of a formof ba'sket' bottom that may be used in making the basket;

Fig. 9 is a vertical sectional View of a basket shell which may be provided with either a loose or permanently attached bottom;

Fig. 10 is a perspective view of a machine such as maybe employed for permanently securing a basket bottom in a shell-such as shown in Fig. 9;

Fig. 11 is a top View of the structure of Fig. 10;

Fig. 12 is a side View of the machine of Figs.

l0 and 11 showing the basket that erated upon in section;

Fig. 13 is an enlarged bottom view of the stapling mechanism of the machine of Figs. 10, 11 and 12 and shows a portion of the basket side wall in section, and

Fig. 14 is a vertical sectional view of the portion of the basket where the stapling operation is taking 'placeand shows the lower portion of the stapling mechanism at the completion of the staple driving operation.

Referring to the drawings, which it is to be understood are merely illustrative of my invenis being option, certain features of which may be employed in the making of receptacles other than baskets and for applying fasteners otherwise than at the described location, the reference numeral 20 indicates the base of the machine of Figs. 1 to 6 inclusive, 21 a hollow standard which supports the form and the stapling devices and 22 the main shaft through which the stapling devices are operatedand the form rotated. Power is applied to the shaft 22 through a pulley 23 which is loosely mounted on the shaft and connects therewith through a clutch which is controlled by the rocker arm 24 on the shaft 25, the latter having an arm 26 at one end connected by a spring 2'7 to a fixed portion of the frame to normally hold the clutch in the released position. A rod 28 extends forwardly from the arm 26 and connects with the upstandingarm 29 of a treadle 30 which has the tread plate portion 31 conveniently located for engagement by the foot of the operator, the arrangement being such that as long as the treadle 30 is depressed the clutch remains engaged and the stapling mechanisms and the form continueto operate. When the operator releases the treadle 30 the spring 27 disengages the clutch and the shaft 20 ceases to rotate' with the pulley 23, a brake 31 being provided inaccordance with the usual practice to stop the shaft 22 promptly and prevent overthrow upon release of the clutch.

A shaft 32 which is mounted to reciprocate vertically in the standard 21 has a beam 33 secured to the upper end and projecting forwardly 1 over the work location for operating the stapling mechanism, and the shaft 22 which ,is journaled at its outer end in the bearing bracket 34 on the base 20 and at the other end in a bearing 35 of the standard 21, is provided within the standard 21 with the usual eccentric connection (not shown) with the shaft 32 whereby the latter is reciprocated to accomplish a stapling operation upon each revolution of the shaft 22.

, A form is located under the beam 33 to carry the work upon which the stapling operations are to be performed, this form or work holder, in the 39 respectively and said panels being secured between their ends to an intermediate outside hoop 40, and this basket also has a bottom 41 of relatively thin material secured around its peripheral edge against the upper peripheral edge of the inside bottom hoop 38 by staples that are driven downwardly through the edge of the bottom and into the said hoop 38. a

This form is rotatable to bring successive portions of the basket or basket parts into position for stapling and comprises a frusto-conical shell 42 which is carried at the front of the standard 21 by a bracket or frame 43 of skeleton form which has upper and lower attaching portions 44 and 45 respectively whereby it is rigidly secured on the standard 21. Within the shell 42 the bracket 43 is of inverted T-shape form as shown particularly in Fig. 2 with a top web portion or flange 46and lateral, web portions or flanges 4'7 and 43 each having front and rear rollers49 and 50 respectively thereon which engage-the inner periphery ofthe shell 42 so that the latter is free to rotate about the frame or bracket 43, the shell 42 being preferably provided with a groove or channel 51 in the inner face in which the rollers 50 engage to hold the shell 42 against axial movement on the bracket or frame 43. I

A shaft 52 is mounted in co-axial relation to the shell 42 in bearings 53 and 54 respectively of the bracket or frame 43 and said shaft has a clamp plate holder 55 secured on. its forward end and provided with a peripheral flange 56 within which is located the cushion clamp plate 5'7 which is adapted to engage the inside of the basket bottom 41 for holding the latter in proper position'ufor assembling in the basket that is constructed on the form or shell 42. For mounting the clamp plate 57 said plate has a plurality of rearwardly extending stems 58 which extend through corresponding apertures in the holder 55 with springs 59 on these stems 58 between the clamp plate 5'7 and holder 55, said stems being provided with nuts to on their rear ends to limit the forward movement of the clamping plate 57.

A standard 61 is mounted at the front end of the base 20 and provided with ears 62 at the upper end between which the lower end of an arm 63 is pivoted and at its free end this arm is provided with a fixed pin 64 on which a clamping plate 65 is mounted to rotate, said plate 65, in the upraised position of the arm 63, being located at the outer side of and in clamping relation to the cushion clamp plate 57 and with its axis of rotation in alignment with the axis of the shaft 52 for clamping the basket bottom in the proper position within the lower end of the side wall of the basket that is being constructed on the shell 42.

An extension 66 at the lower end of the arm 63 contacts with a spring 67 on the standard 61 to provide a cushion stop for the arm 63 when the latter is turned downwardly, said arm being yieldingly held in both the downturned and upraised positions by the spring 68, the ends of which are connected respectively to the swinging arm 63 and one of the pivot lugs 62 so that said spring moves to opposite sides-of the pivotal axis of the arm when the latter is swung upwardly and downwardly.

The peripheral edge of the clamping plate 65, which is spaced from the outer end of the form or shell 42 to permit working of an internal stapler at this place, serves as a support for the bottom edge portion of the basket and also as an anvil against which staples are driven and/ or clinched, and has a peripheral seat 69 for the internal bot-' tom hoop 38 with an upstanding flange '70 at the outer side for holding the said internal bottom hoop in proper position on the seat 69.

The basket bottom 41 is clamped between the plates 5'7 and 65 in position so that its peripheral edge extends outwardly a suflicient distance beyond the peripheral seat 69 to overlap the inner edge of the hoop 38 and is preferably located in the proper position by pins, on either'the plate 5'7 or plate 65 which engage apertures or notches in the basket bottom 41. The basket bottom 41 may be of any desired type, for example made up f thin crossed slats '71 in a well known manner, as shown in Fig. 2, with notches between the slats which may be utilized for locating the bottom in the proper position between the clamping plates 57 and 65. With a bottom of this character a number of pins 72 may be provided on the plate 5'7 arranged to engage a sufiicient number of notches between the slats '71 to insure proper location of the bottom and the clamping plate 65 is preferably provided with a circumferential pins '72. 3

' The basket bottom, when clamped between the plates 57 and 65, and the side wall of the basket, when mounted on the form or shell 42 are rotated in unison to bring successive portions of the basket into position for stapling and to effect this uniform rotation of the basket bottom and side wall the shaft 52 is provided on its inner end with a bevel gear 74 meshing with a bevel pinion 75 on the shaft 76 which is journaled in bearings 77 of the frame memberdS and this shaft 76 has a bevel gear 78 on the lower end meshing with a bevel gear ring '79 that is secured by cap screws 80 to the inner end of the form or shell 42, the relation of the gearing being such that the shaft 52 and clamping disk 57 are rotated at exactly the same rate of speed as the form or shell 42. For rotating the clamping plate 57 andshell 42, the gear ring 79'is formed with interval ratchet teeth 81 corresponding to the desired extent of movement of the basket structure between stapling operations and these teeth are engagedby an offset tooth 82 of a laterally movable pawl 83 that is operated from the drive shaft 22 of the machine. To this end a bearing 84 is provided on the standard 21 at one side for a shaft 85 which has a depending arm 86 at the rear end and this arm 86 has a roller 87 at the lower end held in engagement by the spring 88 with the periphery of the cam 89 on the shaft 22, and at the forward end of the shaft 85 is an upstanding arm 90 which has the pawl 83 pivoted to the upper end with a spring 91 connecting the pawl 83 and arm 90 in a manner to insure engagement of the offset tooth 82 of the pawl with the ratchet teeth 81, the form and arrangement of the cam 89 on the shaft 22 being such that after each stapling operation the pawl 83 is operated to advance the clamping plate 57 and form 42 and the basket structure thereon to the position where the next stapling operation is to take place.

The staplers for securing the upper and lower sets of hoops 3637 and 38-39 and the intermediate hoop 40 to the basket side wall are of the usual form employed for this kind of work and are indicated at 92, 93 and 94 respectively, the stationary portions or housings of the stapler niechanisms being mounted on the stationary arm 95 that extends forwardly from the upper end of the standard 21 and the staple forming and driving'mechanisms being connected to the vertically reciprocable arm 33 on the upper end of the shaft 32 so that said stapler mechanisms operate in unison to drive a series of staples 96, 97, and 98 which secure the top hoops 3637, the intermediate hoop 49 and the bottom hoops 38- 39 respectively to the side wall of the basket, the staples 96 and 97 being clinched against thoform or shell 42 and the staples 93 against the peripheral seat 69 of the clamping disk 65. The basket side wall may be made up and applied on the form in any desired manner but I prefer to arrange the side wall panels 35 with their edges overlapping and these side wall panels may, for convenience, be assembled with one .of the basket hoopstrips in the form of a mat which is wound on the form to form the basket side wall. Preferably the panels 35 are stapled to the strip 38 which subsequently becomes the inside bottom hoop 38 and the strip 38 is of a su'nicient length so that when wound around the periphery of the disk 55 in the seat 69 thereof the" ends of the strip '38 do not overlap but are in substantially end to end or abutting relation, and the leading end 38 of the hoop strip is arranged to project slightly beyondthe first panel 35 as shown in 'Fig. '7 and the last panel 35 ex tends beyond the final end 38 of'said' strip 38 so that when wound in the form of the basket side wall the last panel 38 may overlap the forward edge of the panel 35 v a f The inside top hoop 36 is prepared in the hoop 'form previous to its use in the present machine and slipped onto the form 42 in preparation for the making of the basket, said form 42 being provided with a seat 99 at its larger end for said hoop and an upstanding flange 190 which serves as a stop for insuring proper location of said hoop;

For forming the other hoops 37, 40 and 39 hoop strips are fed in the usual manner under the respective staplers 92, 93 and 94 through'guides (not shown) and wound around and stapled to the basket side wall as the latter is rotated in a step by step manner with thev form 42.

With the mat prepared in the manner shown in Fig. 7, the hoop 36 located in'the seat99 and the bottom 41 clamped in position between the cushion clamp plate 57 and the swinging clamp plate 65, and hoop slips to. form the hoops 37, 40

and 39 inserted in the proper guides with their leading ends under the respective staplers '92, 93

inserted under the staplers 92, 93' and 94 with the hoop strip 38 engaged in the seat 69 of the swinging clamp plate 65, and upon depressing thepedal 31 and setting the machine in operation the staplers 92, 93 and 94: will operate and staple the leading ends of the strips that form the hoops 37, 40 and 39 respectively to the forward end of the mat, the staple 96 which is-driven by the stapler 92 being of course driven through the hoop36 and clinched against the seat 99,and as soon as the first stapling operation is completed thepawl 83 is operated to advance the form 42 and clamping member 57 and the work therewith to the next stapling position, thereby drawing the mat forwardly onto the form and likewise the hoop strips that are to form the hoops 37, 40 and 39. v 3

as for example in the manner shown in Schmidtkes Patent 1,682,769 of September 4,

1928 and Swigert Patent 1,328,911 of October 2'7, 1931, it has been customary to fasten the basket bottom onto the upper edge of the internal bottom hoop in a separate operation before assembling in the basket. In the present case however the basket bottom'41 is not previously attached to the bottom hoop, but this is done at the same time that the basket side wall is formed and the hoops 37140 and 39 are stapled thereto, this being accomplished by a stapler which is 1ocated within the basket and operated simultaneously with the exterior staplers soras to drive staples through the peripheral edge of the bottom 41 and into the hoop strip 38 as the latter is being formed into the hoop.

This internal stapler may if desired be located so as to drive a staple at approximately the same circumferential location as the stap1es'92, 93 and 94 but I prefer to locate same somewhat beyond the location of the other staplers so that it opcrates to staple the mat 41 to the projecting for ward end portion 38 of the hoop strip 38 when ranged so that the staple driver may work close up to the basket side wall as is necessary to drive the staple through the edge portion of the bottom 41 and into the relatively thin hoop stock 38, said housing 101 being secured to the upright web 46 of the frame 43 by bolts 102 so that there is merely sufficient clearance between the outer face of the housing and the inner face of the shell 42 so that the latter rotates freely. The staple former and driver are operated in the usual manner by a bar 103 which extends out through the open rear end of the form 42 and is provided with a rack 104 meshing with an elongated gear 105 which is mounted to rotate on a pin 106 which projects laterally from the standard 21, the rock 104 being held up in engagement with the gear 105 by brackets or guides 107 and 108 on the attaching member 44 of .the frame 43. A bar 109 is connected at its upper end as indicated at 110 to the arm 33 which operates the staplers 92, 93 and 94 and this bar 109, near its lower end, has a rack portion 111 meshing with the gear 105, so that the internal stapler, through the medium of the rack 111, gear 105 and rack 104 is caused to operate simultaneously with the external staplers' 92, 93

and 94, the rack 111 being held in engagement with the gear '105 and guided in its up and down movement by the bracket orguide 108.

For supplying the staple wire 112 to the internal stapler 101 a pair of wire feed wheels 113 and 114 of the kind commonly used are mounted on the attaching portion 45 of the frame 43, the wheel 113 being mounted on an arm 115 which is pivoted at 116 and provided with a spring 117 bearing against the stationary member 118 so that the wire 112 is held by spring tension between the wheels 113 and 114, and the upper wheel 114 has a ratchet 119 with which a pawl 120 on the lower end of the bar 109 co-operates in its upward movement to turn the feed wheels 113-114 sufficiently to feed the required amount of wire to the internal stapler 101. A spring 121 serves to hold thepawl 120 in engagement with the ratchet wheel 119 and a'tube 122 directs the wire from the feed wheels to the stapler in the usual manner.

Inasmuch as the hoop stock 38 is relatively thin it is necessary for this hoop strip to be held down close against the peripheral seat 69, at the place where the internal stapling operation occurs, in order to insure driving of the staple properly into the hoop strip, and a roll 123 is accordingly provided, which is actuated before the staple is driven, to press the material against the seat 69 at the place where the internal staple is driven into the hoop 38. 1 This roll is carried at the lower end of a bar 124 which is mounted in a guide 125 on the housing of the stapler 94 and a guide 126 on the stapler arm 33 so that the bar 124 is capable of vertical movement, a spring 127 being provided on the reduced stem portion at the upper end portion of said bar 124 between the shoulder 128 and guide 126 to normally force the bar 124 downwardly, and a pair of nuts 129 being provided on the upper end of thereduced'stem portion of the bar 125 to lift the bar 124 in the upward movement of the on the seat'69 directly over the place where the staple is to be driven by the internal stapler 101 and as the stapler arm 33 continues to move downwardly, the spring 127 is compressed so that as the internal staple is driven the work is held firmly against the seat 69.

This roller 123 engages the forward end portion 38 of the hoop strip 38 so that in the first stapling operation, when the machine is started, the peripheral edge of the basket bottom 41 is stapled to the leading end 38 of the hoop strip 38, one of which said staples is indicated at 130 in Fig. 6, so that as the machine continues to operate the hoop strip 38 and the panels which are attached thereto are wound around the form. As the win-ding of the basket side wall is completed the ends of the hoop strip 38 finish up in substantially abutting relation, as the hoop strip 38 is preferably of such a length that there is no overlap, and the last panel 35 laps over the leading end 38* of the hoop strip 38 and also over the edge of the first panel 35 substantially to the same extent as the other panels overlap, the basket being securely reinforced at this location by the outer hoops 3'7, and 39 which have the ends overlapped and stapled together in the usual manner.

In order to hold the clamping plate solidly at the place where the internal staple 130 is driven and to, bear the impact of the staples, a swinging anvil 131 similar to that shown in Schmidtke Patent 1,682,769 is providedwhich, at the time the stapling operation occurs, clamps against the outer face of the upstanding flange '70 of the clamp plate 65 in lie with the internal stapler 101. This anvil 131 is pivoted at 132 to the housing of the end stapler 94 so as to swing to and from engagement with the clamp plate flange and is operated by the stapler arm 33. To this end the latter has an extension 133 with a depending arm 134 bolted thereto as at 135, and the lower end of said arm- 134 is bifurcated to straddle a web portion of the anvil 131 and provided with a pin 136 engaging through a slot 137 of said web portion, said slot being of such form that the anvil 131 is thrown outwardly away from s the flange '70 of the clamping plate 65 when the staplers are elevated and downwardly into clamping position against said flange '70 when the staplers are operated to drive staples, and adjusting screw 138 being provided on the extension 133 part way down the arm 134 to brace same and insure solid contact of the anvil against the flange 70.

In some cases it may be desirable to construct basket shells, somewhat as shown in Fig. 9, without a bottom and thereafter staple the bottom to the inside bottom hoop, as for example in the case of loose bottom baskets such as disclosed in Hogue-Patent 1,608,065 which it may be desired to convert into baskets with permanently attached bottoms. This may be done with the machine hereinbefore described by omitting the staple wire from the staplers 92, 93 and 94 or otherwise rendering said staplers inoperative or by a machine such as shown in Figs. 10 to 14 inclusive.

In the machine of these said figures, the reference numeral 139 indicates the upper portion of the standard of a known form of stapling machine. A shaft 140 is journaled in a long hearing 141 of the bracket 142 on the side of the standard 139 and this shaft 140 is provided with a sprocket wheel 143 and a ratchet or look wheel 144 whereby the shaft 140-is given a step by step forwardmovement. At the end of the shaft 140 ing understood thatthe shoes 151 which hold the basket side wall or shell on the table 150 during. the operation of stapling the basket bottom to remote from the sprocket wheel it has fast to it a bevel gear wheel 145 meshing with another bevel gear wheel 146 carried by an upright shaft 147 extending through a journal bearing 148 at the end of an extension 149 of the bracket 142. The

cular shoes 151 which are pivoted at 152 and have their ends remote from the pivots 152 held against a spreader cam 153 by the spring 154 which is connected to the end portions of the shoes 151. The spreader cam 153 has a stem extending down through a bearing opening in the table 150 and on its lower end is provided with an operating lever or handle 155 which when swung outward- 2551 1y from the table to the position shown by dotf5. ithe top edge of the inside bottom hoop 160, it beted lines at the extreme bottom of Fig. 11, turns the cam 153 so that the side faces thereof are presented to the contiguous ends of the shoes 151 andthus permits the spring 154 to contract j; the shoes 151 sufficiently so that a basket may be applied around or removed from the shoes.

For expanding the shoes 151 to the clamping position the lever 155 swings inwardly against the stop 156, thereby turning the cam 153 to the j; position shown in Fig. 11 in which it extends endpling device of Figs. 10 to If is designed to be used is of substantially the same type as that madeby the machine of Figs. 1 to 6, and has the -'=,side wall composed, as shown in Fig. 9, of upright panels 157 which are secured at their upper ends between the inner and outer hoops 158 and 159 respectively and at their lower ends between the inner and outer hoops 160 and 161 respectively, j the latter of which may, if desired, extend upwardly to a little higher elevation than the inner bottom hoop 160, and an outside hoop 162 is also preferably stapled to the panels 157 substantiallymidway between the upper and lower hoops.

1 After the basket side wall or shell is prepared substantially as shown in Fig. 9 it is placed on the table top 150 with the inside bottom hoop 160 embracing the contracted shoes 151, after which the lever 155 is turned inwardly to expand the shoes 151'to internally engage the inside'bottom hoop and hold the basket side wall or shell in place on the table while the basket bottom is stapled to the upper edge of the inside bottom hoop 160. r i

The basket bottom may be of any desired construction, for example of crossed panels as shown at 71 in Fig. 2 or of parallel panels 162 of thin material as shown in Fig. 8 connected by one or more cross strips 163, also of thin material, both of which forms are commonly employed in manufacturing baskets of this character, said bottom, of whatever type employed, being of a size and form to fit down within the shell or side wall of Fig. 9 with the peripheral edge extended over the hoop 160 do not extend above the table sufficiently to interfere with the basket bottom resting freely on the upper edge of said hoop 160.

For securing the basket bottom to the hoop 160;

a swinging stapling mechanism is provided which extends down into the interior of the basket when the latter-is located on thetable 150, said stapling mechanism being of substantially the same construction as at present employed in basket mak'e ing except that it is arranged so that it will work in close proximity to the inner surface of the side wall of the basket. I This stapling mechanism comprises the'upright stapler housin 163 in which the staple former and driver operate, said housing 163 being formed as a part of or secured to the lower end of an arm 164 which is secured to a bracket 165 which is swiveled on the upper end of the standard 139 to swing freely therearound, the said arm 164 being formed to extend over the edge of the side wall of the basket on the table 156 and down into the basket so as to locate the stapler housing 163 in suitable proximity to the basket bottom for the performance of the stapling operations; and the stapler housing 163 being arranged on said arm- 164 so that when swung to that side of the basket.

along which it operates in the stapling operation, the loop bar 166 around which the staple is formed is at the inner side of the housing and a plain side face of the stapler housing is presented to the contiguous side wall of the basket, and the staples are accordingly driveinas shown in Fig. 10, so that they extend substantially circumferentially or in the direction of the length of the.

hoop strip 160. 1

'For operating the stapling mechanism a shaft 167 extends up through the standard 139 and is.

reciprocated in the usual mannerto perform a stapling operation-at each interval of rest in'the step by step rotation of the table 150, the particular mechanism for effecting this reciprocal move ment of the shaft 167 not being shown as it is well known, and this shaft has the bracket armand driving mechanism connected therewith in:

the usual manner so that these mechanisms are operated by the reciprocation of the shaft 167 to form and drive the staples 169 around the peripheral edge of the basket bottom and into thehoop 160.

The entire stapling mechanism, by reason of the pivotal mounting of the bracket 165.011 the standard 139 and the pivotal mounting of the arm 168 on the shaft 167, is capable of swinging freely as a unit to and from the side wall of. the basket and in order to hold'the stapling mechanism in close proximity to the side wall and insure.

driving of the staples 169 substantially in the middle of the hoop strip 160, thestapler housing 163 is provided at its lower end and at the side next to the basket side wall with a curved guide plate 170 and the bracket arm16 1 witha handle.

the lower portion of the side wall of the housing 163 next to, the

basket side wall is cut away as indicated at 170 in Fig. 14 and the plate 170 secured in this cutaway place so as to servethepurpose of the omitted housing side wall and said plate is beveled along its lower edge as indicated at 172 so as to bring the stapling mechanism close to the side wall of the basket, and said plate which is curved longitudinally to correspond to the contour of the inner surface of the basket side wall, extends forwardly and is curved inwardly at its forward end as shown in Figs. 10 and 13 so that the basket side wall readily slides along the outer side of saidguide plate 170.

The staple wire 173 is supplied to the stapling mechanism in the usual manner through a tube 174 from a pair of feed rolls 175 and 176 the latter of which has a ratchet wheel portion 177 operated by a part 178 which is carried by an extension 179 of the stapler operating arm 168.

In using the apparatus of Figs. 10 to 14, the basket bottom 162-163 is preferably dropped down into the basket shell of Fig. 9 before locating same on the table 150. The entire stapling mechanism is then swung laterally from the table 150 so that the basket shell may he slipped upstapling mechanism so that the guide plate 170 engaging the inside of the basket side wall and while he continues to hold the stapler in this position the mechanism is operated to rotate the table 150 and basket thereon in a-step by step manner and to perform the stapling operations at the intervals of rest in the step by step move-,

ment of the table and basket until staples 169 have been applied at intervals entirely around the basket bottom. After the bottom has been stapled to the hoop 160, the basket clamp 151 is released, the basket lifted to clear the shoes 151 and the basket and stapler mechanism swung to the side of the table to permit removal of the completed basket.

While I have shown and described my invention in a preferred form, I am aware that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from .the principles of my invention, the scope of which is to be determined by the appended claims.

I claim asmy invention;

1. In basket making apparatus, the combination of a support adapted to hold an assembled basket bottom and basket side wall, a fastener applying device mounted to extend through the end of the basket remote fromthe basket bottom and occupy a position within the basket at the inner side of the basket bottom when the basket is located on said support, said device bebined basket bottom and side wall and a fastener applying. device'mountedto; extend through the end of the-basket remote from the basket bottom and occupy a position within the basket when the latter is located on said support, said device being operable to apply a series of fasteners along the inner side of the basket sidewall and to drive said fasteners in a direction outwardly from the interior of the basket through the peripheral edge of the basket bottom, and means for operating said support to rotate the basket side wall in a step by step manner around the fastener applying device.

3. In basket making apparatus, the combination of a basket support with facilities for holding abasket bottom and side wall in a pre-determined position thereon, and a fastener applying device mounted to extend through the end of the basket remote from the basket bottom and occupy a position within the basket with the delivery end of said device substantially at the juncture of the bottom and side wall of the.bas-l mined position on said support, and means for operating said support to rotate the basket side wall ina step by step manner around the fastener applying device.

' 4-. In basket making apparatus, the combination of a relatively rotatable basket support and fastener applying device, said support having facilities for holding a basket bottom and side wall in a pre-determined position thereon, said fastener applying device being mounted to occupy a position within the basket and adjacent the side wallthereof when the basket is located in the pre-determined position on said support.

5. Inbasket making apparatus the combination of a'rotatable basket support including basket bottom and side wall holding means,. a fastener applying device mounted to occupy a position within the basket when the latter is located on said support, and means for impartinga'step by step rotating movement to the support, said fastener applying device being operable during intervals of rest between the step by step movements of the support to apply fastenersat the inside of the basket and drive same outwardly into the supported basket structure. I

6. In basket making apparatus the combina tion of a rotatable basket support with facilities for holding a basket in a predeterminedposition thereon, a fastener applying device mounted to occupy a position within the basket when the latter is located on said support, and means for operating the fastener applying device to apply a fastener to the inside of the basket and to drive said fastener outwardly into the basket structure in a direction substantially parallel with the axis of rotation of said rotatable basket support.

7. In basket making apparatus the combination of a rotatable basket support with facilities for holding a basket in a pre-determinedposition thereon,-a fastener applying device mounted to occupy a position within the basket when the latter is located on said support, and means for. imparting a step by step rotary movement to said support, said fastener applying device being operable at intervals of rest in the step by step.

movement of the support to apply a series of fas teners along the inner side of the basket side wall and to drive said fasteners outwardly through the-peripheral edge of the basket bottom in a di rection substantially parallelto the axis of rotation of the basket support.

8. In an apparatus for fastening the peripheral edge of a basket bottom to the upper edge of a hoop within the lower end of the basket side Wall, the combination of a rotatable, basket support including means to internally engage and locate said hoop ma pre-determined position,

and a fastener. applying device mounted to 00'- cupy a position within the basket when the latter is located on said support and operable to drive fasteners in a direction substantially parallel to the axis of rotation of the basket support and radially beyond the aforesaid means.

9. In basket making apparatus the combination of a basket support, a laterally movable fastener applying device mounted to occupy a position within the basket when the latter is located on said support, and guiding means on the side of and movable laterally with the fastener applying device for engaging the inner face of the side wall of a basket on said support to locate the fastener applying device at the place where the fastener is to be applied.

10. In a basket making apparatus the combination of a rotatable basket support and a fastener applying device relatively movable in a direction transverse to the axis of rotation of the basket support, said fastener applying device being mounted to occupy a position within the basket when the latter is located on the support and to drive fasteners in a direction substantially parallel to the axis of rotation of the basket sup-port, and a guide on the fastener applying device for engaging the inner face of the side wall of the basket when the latter is located on the support.

11. In basket making apparatus the combina tion of a rotatable form around which the basket is constructed and a non-rotatable fastener applying device within and adjacent the periphery of the form and operable to drive fasteners outwardly into the basket structure on the form.

12. In basket making apparatus the combination of a rotatable form around which the basket is constructed and a non-rotatable fastener applying device within and adjacent the periphery of the form and operable to drive fasteners in a direction substantially parallel to the axis of rotation of the form.

13. In basket making apparatus the combination of a rotatable form around which the basket is constructed, a fastener applying device within the form and operable to drive fasteners outwardly from the interior of the basket into the basket structure on the form, and means for engaging the exterior of the basket at the location where the fasteners are driven and serving to bear the impact of the fastener driving operation.

14. In basket making apparatus the combination of a form having bottom and side portions for engaging the inner faces of the bottom and side wall respectively of a basket, and a fastener applying device operable to apply fasteners outwardly between the said bottom and side portions of the form.

15. In basket making apparatus the combination of a form having bottom and side portions for engaging the inner faces of the bottom and side wall respectively of a basket, said form having an opening between the said portions adjacent the periphery of the bottom portion, and a fastener applying device within the form and operable to drive fasteners outwardly throughsaid opening.

16. In a basket making apparatus the combination of a form having bottom and side portions for engaging the inner faces of thebottom and sidewalls respectively of a basket, said portions being independently mounted to rotate about a common axis and having an annular space therebetween, means for simultaneously and correspondingly rotating said portions in a step by step manner, and a fastener applying device within the form and operable to drive fasteners. outwardly through the aforesaid annular space.

17. In basket making apparatus the combination with a bask t form of fastener applying devices at the inner and outer sides of the form and operable to drive fasteners respectively outwardly and inwardly into the basket structure on the form. V

18. In basket making apparatus the combination of a frusto-conical form, means at the smaller end of the form or holding a basket bottom and winding a hoop strip along the periphery of and at the outer side of the basket bottom, fastener applying devices at the exterior of the form and operable to fasten together basket side wall parts around t. e form, and a fas ener applying device within the form and operable to progressively fasten the peripheral edge of the basket bottom to the aforesaid hoop strip as the latter is wound along the periphery of and at the outer side of the hasket bottom.

19. In basket makingapparatus the combination of a rotary frusto-conical form for supporting the side wall of a basket, means at the smaller end of the form for holding a basket bottom in position to be embraced by the lower end of the and outer hoops and to drive fasteners outwardly from the form and fasten the peripheral edge of the basket bottom to the said inner hoop.

20. In a basket making apparatus the combination of a fastener applying device, a support, means for holding a basket side wall on said support around a basket bottom so that the fastener applying device is within the basket, said fastener applying devicebeing operable to drive fasteners outwardly into the basket structure from the interior of the basket and said support being rotatable in a step by step manner to present successive portions of the basket to the fastener applying device. 1

21. In a basket making apparatus the combination of a fastener applying device, means for holding a basket bottom adjacent said device, basket side wall supporting means for holding a basket side wall around the fastener applying device with the basket bottom in one end of said side wall, said device being operable to drive fasteners outwardly into the basket structure from the interior of the basket and said bottom holding means and side wall supporting means being rotatable in a step by step manner to present successive portions of the basket to the fastener applying device.

EUGENE lVI. GILES.

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