US207575A - Improvement in tailors tables - Google Patents

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ALBIN WARTH, OF STAPLETON, `NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN TAILRS TABLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 207,575, dated August 27,1878; application filed June 27, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBIN WARTH, of Stapleton, inv the county of Richmond and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tailors Tables, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure l represents a side elevation of my invention. Fig. 1X is an edge view of the removable bridge. Fig. 2 is a plan or top View. Fig. 3 is a transverse section in the plane wx, Fig. 1. Fig. 3x is a detail view. Figs. 4 to 7, inclusive, are details, .which will be referred to as the description progresses. Fig. 8 is a longitudinal vertical section in the plane y y, Fig. 3. Fig. 9 is a plan or top view, illustrating the operation in piling fabrics with naps or patterns. Fig. 10 is a bottom view of the package-carrier, showing the spring-latches by which it is held from turning.-

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to certain improvements on that class of tailors tables which I have described in my Patents No. 149,015, March 14, 1874, and No. 185,371, December 12, 1876.

My present improvements consist in the combination, with the table, the package-carrier, and the folding-gage, of two rails, both secured to the table, and one being situated below the table-top, so that the package-carrier is supported on both sides, and at the same time room ,is obtained for the foldingage. g The car which supports the seat for the workman is connected with the package-carrier by a platform extending across the tabletop, whereby the strain upon the table is equalized. i

The package-carrier receives its motion by an endless chain or rope, and its motion can be controlled by the workman occupying the seat of the car. The folding-gage is provided with a grooved rod, which turns automatically as the thickness of the pile on the table increases. The guide -rollers of the packagecarrier are adjustable, so as to carry the fabric either below or above the-platform which connects the package-carrier and the car. The bauds which support the package extendover rollers, which can be adjusted toward or from each other, according to the shape of the package. A flanged bridge serves to transmit the pile from the piling-table to the markingtable or tables.

In the drawing, the letter A designates a table, which is supported by legs B,and which is forty or more feet long. On this table is placed the package-carrier C, which is provided With wheels a a b b, resting on rails c d. (Best seen in Fig. 3.) The rail c is secured to the table A on a level with its top; but the rail d is secured to the legs B below the top of the table, so as to get room for the foldinggages, as will be presently more fully explained, and, at the same time, by having a rail on each side of the table, the strain exerted by the package-carrier is equalized. The wheels b b are secured to vertical rods c, the lower ends of which support the platform of the car D, while their upper ends support one end of a platform, E, that extends across the table A, and the opposite end of which is secured to an L-shaped bracket, F, the vertical portion of which supports the axles of the wheels a a, while its horizontal portion supports the pivotf, on which turns the packagecarrier C. This package-carrier consists of a platform, g, from which rise four standards, h, the upper ends of which are connected by traverses. t'. These traverses are provided with notches ji, Fig. 1, which form the bearings for the gudgeons of rollers k, and on thc standards h are secured brackets li, which form the bearings for the rollers l.' The package G is supported by cords orbands m,which extend over and around the rollers k l. (See Figs. 1 and 8.) When thev package is round the rollers k are placed in the outer notches l j but when the package is oblon g, as shown in Fig. 1, the rollers lc are plaeedin the notches j*, so that in drawing off the fabric the package is prevented fromfalling. over with a jerk.v As the fabric is drawn off from the package it passes over one of the rollers 7.', down through a gage, W", which is, adjusted according to the width of the fabric, and then between the guide-rollers n to the folding'- gages H H'. The guide-rollers n have their bearingsl in hangers o, which are secured in lugs p, attached to theplatform f/ of the package-carrier, and which can bc raised or lowered in said lugs, and secured in the required position by set-screws q. When the fabric has no nap or no particular pattern or design,

so that the dierent layers can be placed one on top of the other without regard to such 11a attern or desi n the aide-rollers n are p l p D g g gvl the clutch-lever M is moved so that its tooth atl engages witl\the chain-wheel L and prelowered to such a position that .the fabric, after .having passed through between the same, will pass below the transverse platform E, as shown in Fig. 1; but when in placing.

the layers regard vmust be taken of the n ap, patterns, or designs of the fabric, the guiderollers n are raised (see Fig. 8) to allow the package-carrier to turn round over said transverse platform, as will be hereinafter more 4fully, explained.

The package-carrier is prevented from turning on its pivot f by suitable spring-latches r', which can be operated by a slide, r, so placed that it can beconveniently reached by the Workman occupying the car D. These latches engage with studs, lr2, rising from the bracket F. The platform of this car is supported on its inner side by the rods e, as already stated, and on its outside bywheels s, Vwhich run on `a rail, t, secured to the oor. From the platform of the car rises the workmans seat H". With the wheels 's are combined brakes u, which are operated by foot-levers v, so that the motion of the car and of the package-carrier can be checked or arrested at any moment.

On the side of the table A is situated an.

-L L0 turn loosely on studs al, secured in an extension, b1, of the lvertical branch of the bracket F, which supports the package-carrier G. In this extension is fastened a screw, c, Fig. 1,which forms the fulcrum for a clutchlever, M, which is provided with two noses,

dl el, so placed that by swinging said lever to the position shown in Fig. 1 the nose d1 engages with the teeth of the chain-wheel L. By swinging said lever to its central position both the chain-wheels L and L"I are free, and by swinging the lever from its central position outward in the direction of arrow l the nose el is brought to engage with the teeth of the chain-wheel L.

The upper end of the lever M is connected by a pivot, f, with a toothed rack, g1, which engages with a pinion, h1, mounted on one end of a tubular shaft, '51, (see Figs. 1, 2, and 3,) that embraces an arbor, jl, and extends through beneath the platform E. On the opposite end of the tubular shaft il is firmly secured a disk, kl, (Figs. 3 and 3*,) which is provided with two shoulders, Zl Z0, and close to this disk is situated a hand-crank, m, which is mounted on the arbor jl, and fastened to the disk k1 by a set-screw, a. From the platform E projects a tongue, p', so situated that it allows the disk k1 to be turned until either one or the other of theshoulders ll l" comes in contact with said tongue. WhenV the hand-crank m' is turned to the horizontal positionl shown lin Figs. 2l

and 3 the shoulder l* abuts against the tongue and bythe action of the pinion h1 and rack vents A,the same from turning onits stud. As the chain I travels in the direction of arrow 2,

Fig. 1, it moves the package-carrier in the direction of arrow 3 until the tooth d1 is thrown out of gear with the chain-wheel L. This operation can be effected by turning the handcrank ml'to a vertical position, or it is effected automatically, whenever the package-carrier is permitted to move close to the end of the table A, by the following means: In the vertical extension b1 of the bracket F are mounted two horizontal rock-shafts, qV r1, Figs. 1 and 2, on the outer ends of which are mounted arms s, which connect by links t1 with the rackA gl. 0n the inner ends of said rock-shafts are secured tappet-levers ul'fv, at different distances from the inner surface of the rail c, which supports the wheels a a of the packagecarrier, and these levers act, respectively, on inclined planes u* fv, which are secured between the rail c and the edge of the table A, the inclined plane u* being so situated that when the package-carrier has moved, in the direction of arrow 3, nearly -to the end of the table the tappet-lever u rides up on the inclined plane ul, and when the package-carrier moves in the opposite direction, the tappetlever lv rides up on the inclined plane 'vih By referring to Fig. 1, it will be seen that when the tappet-lever a' rides up on the inclined plane a* the rack g1 is caused to slide, so as to turn the clutch-lever M in the direction of arrow 1, the nose d is thrown out of gear with the chain-wheel L, and the motion of the package-carrier is stopped. At the same time the hand-crank m1 is turned, so as to 4throw the shoulder ll out of contact with the tongue p', and by turning this hand-crank still farther, until the shoulder l" strikes the tongue p', the nose el of the clutch-lever M is thrown in gear with the chain-wheel L, and the motion. of the package-carrier is reversed, as already described.

When the package-carrier reaches the opposite end of its 'stroke its motion islarrested by the action of the inclined plane c* on the tappet-lever v'. It will also be noticed that the position of the tappet-levers u 'u' is governed one by theother-that is to say, if one of the tappet-levers is raised by its inclined plane the other is depressed, and vice versa. The inclined .planes u* o* will, in practice, be so arranged that they can be adjusted toward or from each other, according to the dis tance which the package-carrier is to travel.

The arms s1 connect, by links a?, with stoplevers b2, Fig. 1, which act onteeth c2, projecting from the face of the wheels a, whenever the rack gl is moved, so as to throw the clutchlever M out of gear with the chain-wheels L L. The object of this arrangement is to counteract the momentum acquired by the packagein one of the lugs g2.

carrier, and to stop its motion immediately as soon as both the chain-wheels L L are free to revolve. Themomentumacquiredbythe package-carrier may, however, also be counteracted by the brakes u of the car D, said brakes being under the control of the workman occupymg the car, as previously described.

The folding-gages H H' consist of bed-plates d2, F1 g. 3, which extend over the table A, and are provided at one end with downwardly-projecting Iianges e2, bent inward beneath the table, and furnished with set-screws f, which erve to fasten the same in the required posilon.

From each of the bed-plates d2 rise lugs g2, one at each end, which form the bearings for a rock-shaft, h, to which is secured a clampin g-jaw, i2, and a weighted arm, jl, which latter serves to Araise and to depress the clamping-jaw. c (See Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7.) Onthe top of each clamping-jaw is placed a bar, k2, which is adapted to rock in its bearings l2, and on one end of which is secured a crank, m, the wrist-pin of which works in an oblique slot, n2,

(See Fig. 4.)

In the top of the rock-bar k2 is a groove, 02,

to receive the point of the knife which serves to cut the fabric.

The object of the rock-bar k2 is to compensate for the upward motion of the clampingjaw as the pile placed beneath said jaw increases in thickness. When the clamping-jaw is raised the rock-bar moves ina circle, and if vsaid bar is firmly secured to the clamping-jaw the pieces cut off from the fabric differ in length so much that if a pile of one or more inches in thickness is formed the length of the top layers is greater by one-quarter inch or more than that of the bottom layers. By my rocking bar k2 this defect is obviated, since, as the clamping-bar rises, the rocking bar is slightly turned forward by the action of the oblique slot n on the crank m2,

After the folding-gages have been adjusted at the required distance apart on the table, the end of the fabric is drawn out from the package in the package-carrier and fastened in the clamping-jaw ofone ofthe folding-gages, H. The package-carrier is the-n thrown in gear with the chain I and moved beyond the other folding-gage, H', when its motion is stopped;

the fabric is placed over the grooved bar in this second tblding-gage; it is then cut and both the cut ends are secured beneath the clampin g-j aw of this second folding-gage 5 then the package-carrier is moved back beyondthe iirst folding-gage, H, and so on, until the pile has reached the desired thickness.

In this operation the fabric is piled without regard to either design, nap, or pattern, and the guide-rollers n are so placed that the fabric is drawn through beneath the transverse platform E.

If the fabric has av nap, pattern, or design it must be laid as illustrated in Figs. 8 and 9, and in the following manner: After the end of the fabric has been secured in the foldinglgage H, the package-carrier is moved beyond the folding-gage H' to the position shown in Figs. 8 and 9, and the fabric is cut in the grooved bar and secured in the clamping-jaw of this vfolding-.gage, as already described. The nap, pattern, or design of the fabric turns toward the folding-gage H, (see Fig. 9;) and it' the loose end of the fabric depending from the package-carrier would be fastened in foldinggage H', and the package-carrier be caused to move back over or beyond the folding-gage H, the-second layer of the fabric would lie face to face to the first layer; but the nap', design, or pattern of this second layer would run'contrary to that of the irst layer. In order to bring each pair of layers face to face with the nap, pattern, or design ruiming in one and the same direction, the guide-rollers n of the package-carrier must be raised, and when the package-carrier has reached the position shown in Fig. 8 it must be turned half round on its pivot f, and then moved back bcyond the folding-gage H before the loose end of the fabric depending from the package-carrier can be secured in this last-named foldinggage. The package-carrier is then moved beyond the folding-gage H', the fabric is cut, and the second layer is secured in the cla-mpving-jaw of this folding-gage, the face of this second layer being vturned toward the face of the first layer, and the naps, patterns, or designs of both layers running in one and the same direction. The package-carrier is then again turned half round on its pivot f, and

the second pair of layers are formed the same' as the first pair, always starting from the clamping-gage H, so that the naps, patterns, or designs of all the layers will run in one and the same direction, while the layers of each pair are face to face.

During this operation it is requisite that the guide-rollers n can be raised, so as to allow the package-carrier to turn over the transverse platform E, while in forming a pile of` layers without regard to nap, pattern, or design the guide-rollers n must be lowered so that the fabric will always pass beneath the transverse platform E, and will not be liable to pass between this platform and the bottom plate of the package-carrier. It is therefbre essential to have said guide-rollers so arranged that they can be raised or lowered.

- By means of the transverse platform E the wheels a a b b, which support the packagecarrier on both sides of the table, and the car D are firmly connected, the table is lrelieved from all side strain, and the motion of the package-carrier and car can be eiiected with comparatively little power, and it can be controlled with the greatest ease and accuracy; and if it isgconsidercd that a table for piling fabrics must be from forty to sixty feet long, and that the weight of the package varies from forty to one hundred pounds, the advantages above stated will be readily appreciated.

When a pile has reached the desired thickness it may be taken from the table A to Aone n n l age-carrier C, and car D,vof an endless cha1n,.

of the tables A, Fig. 2, for the purpose of marking. This operation is facilitated by means of a removable bridge, 0, a longitudinal section of which' is shown in Fig. 1". It

consists of a flat plate of metal or other suitable material, and is provided at its bottom s'urfacewith lips 12, which it between the edges of the tables A A* and retain the bridge in position. If kthe table A is long enough the marking may be done on the table.

It desired, my apparatus can be used for forming a pile of folded layers instead of forming the same of layers detached from each other by cutting; in this case the clampingjaws of lthe folding-gages are thrown back, and suitable folding-sticks are placed in the bights between the successive layers.

In order to be able to run the package-carrier Cy by hand-power, I mount on the shaftj1 a cog-wheel, s2, and on the stud al, Fig. 3, a cog-wheel, t2, which is firmly connected to the chain-wheel L. The cog-wheel s2 is made movable, so that it can be thrown in or out of gear with the cog-wheel t, and if it is in gear/the set-screw n of the hand-crank m is takenout, the wheels K of the chain I are stopped, and by turning the crank ml the package-carrier can be moved in either direction.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by LcttersPatent, is`

1. The combination, with theL table A and package-carrier C, of two rails, c d, secured to the table A on opposite sides thereof, one being on a level with the surface of the table and the other beneath said level, a bracket, F, supporting the package-carrier, wheels a, a, connected to said bracket and running on the rail c, a transverse platform, E, supported at one end by the bracket F and at the opposite end by rods e and wheels b b, running on a rail, d, and supporting the rods e, all combined and adapted to operate substantially in the man ner herein shown and described.

2. The combination, with the table A, package-carrier C, its wheels a a b b, rails c d on opposite sides of the table, bracket F, supporting the package-carrier, and transverse platform E, supported by the wheels b b, of a car, D, running on a rail, t, the transverse platform forming the connection between the car and the package-carrier, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with the table A, package-carrier C, car D, and mechanism for imparting motion to said ear yand package-earrier, of a brake mechanism adapted to be operated from the workmans seat H* and acting on the wheels of the car, substantially as and forl the purpose described.

4. The combination, with the table A, package-carrier C, car D, and mechanism tor imparting motion to said car and package-carrier, of movable stops, adapted to be operated from the workmans seat, and the wheels a a of the package-carrier, adapted to be brought into gear rwith said stops, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

The combination, with the tableA, pack- I, loose chain-.wheels L L, running in gear with .the chain I,y and mechanism for stopping and releasing said chain-wheels, substantially as and for the purpose described. A

\ 6. The combination, with the table A, package-carrier C, car D, endless chain I, andloose l.chain-wheels L L", of a clutch-lever, M, 'and mechanism for adjusting the position of saidV y clutch-lever from the workmans seat, substan-v tially as set forth. v U

7. The combination, with the table A, package-carrier C, car D, endless chain I, loose chain-wheels L L", and clutch-lever M, of mechanism for throwing the clutch-lever automatically out of gear when the package-carrier reaches either end of its stroke, substantially as described.

8. The combination, with the table A, package-carrier C, car D, endless chain I, and loose chain-wheels L L, of a hand-crank, m', and cog-wheels s2 t2 for moving the package-carrier by hand, substantially as set forth.

9. The combination, withv the table A, package-carrier C, transverse platform E, and car D, of a tubular shaft, il, extending beneath the i 'transverse platform, a pinion, h1, mounted-on one, and a disk, 701, mounted on the opposite, end of this tubular shaft, a hand-crank, m', connected to the disk k1, a tongue, p', for stopping the motion of the disk, a rack, g1, geared together with the pinion hl, and alever, M, for

throwing the package-earner in or out of gear with the driving mechanism, substantially as described.

10. vThe combination, with the table A, package-carrier C, rack g, pinion h1, andlever M, for throwing the package-carrier in or out of gear with the driving mechanism, of stops connected to the rack g, and adapted to act on the wheels a aof the package-carrier, substantially as set forth.

11. The combination, with the package-carrier C, its supporting-bracket F, pivot f, yand transverse platformE, of guide-rollers n, adapted to be raised above or dropped below the transverse platform, substantially as and for the purpose described.

12. The combination, with the clamping-jaw iz of the folding-gages and with their grooved rocking bars k2, of a crank, m2, and lugs g2, provided withgoblique slots n2, substantially as and for the purpose'shown and described.

13. The combination, with the piling-table Aand with the marking-tables Ai, of a bridge, O, provided with lips a?, to t between the edges of the tables, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand and seal `this 24th day of June, 1878.

' ALBIN WARTH. [L. s]

Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

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