US2167452A - Machine for attaching handle hangers - Google Patents

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Patented July 25, 1939 I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MACHINE FOR ATTAGHING HANDLE HANGERS Eugene D. Hanset, Portland, Oreg.

Application January 19, 1937, SeriaLNo. 121,273

3 Olaims. (Cl. 140--93) This invention relates to improvements in ma- The main body of the machine consists of a chines for attaching hangers on soft or hardhead I supported by any suitable number of legs 'Wood handles such as are used on brooms, dust- 2. A channelway 3 is formed centrally of the mops, push brooms, mop sticks and the like. head and extends inwardly from the front face n The type of hanger used with the present inthereof, and. is adapted to receive the end of a 6 vention is shown and described in my co -pending broom handle to which a hanger is to be atapplication, Serial No. 100,659, filed September tached. In. alignment with the channelway and 14, 1936. extending rearwardly therefrom is a hanger The principalobject of the present invention feeding mechanism consisting of an arm 4 '10 is the provision of a machine by means of which shaped in section as shown in 'Figure 3 and the hangers may be quickly, conveniently and adapted to slidably support a plurality of hangers accurately shaped and permanently attached to 5 which are preferably glued together for reahandles, in such a manner that both legs of the sons to be hereinafter pointed out. A follower hanger will be of identical shape and of equal block 6 is slidably mounted on the arm 4 belength. By methods heretofore used to attach hind the hangers and is adapted to maintain 15 hangers to handles no provision was made to forward pressure on the hangers by means of prevent the prongs or inwardly turned ends of cables 1 whose ends are attached to one end of a the hangers from becoming deflected or distorted spring 8. The opposite end of the spring is atby the grain of the wood in the handle, with the tached as at 9 to a treadle arm I0. The cables result that the hangers when finally driven into I are attached to the rear end of the follower 20 engagement with the handle would assume variblock 6 and extend over pulleys I l thence through I ous irregular shapes. But with my machine I apertures l2 formed in the head of the machine. provide a means for firmly embracing both legs By this arrangement the tension on the cables of the hanger to maintain their shape throughcauses a forward pressure on the hangers 5 and out the compressing operation and for causing advancement thereof each time the treadle arm 25 the bending of the hanger to take place at its is depressed. center and in no other place. The centralizing and compressing elements ar- Other objects and advantages will appear as ranged on the front face of the head comprise the invention is more fully hereinafter described two sets of blades Hand 14 slidably mounted in in the following specification, illustrated in the suitable brackets [5 which are secured to the 30 accompanying drawings and finally pointed out front face of the machine. The centralizing in the appended claims. blades l3 have their inner ends notched or V- In the drawings: shaped, as at l6, as best illustrated in Figures Figure 1 is a perspective view of my new 4 and 6. The opposite or outer ends of these machine. blades are turned at right angles to themselves 35 Figure 2 is a detail plan view of a feeding as at I! to receive one end of coil springs l8. mechanism for the hangers. 'The opposite ends of the springs are attached to Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken pins I9 which extend through elongated slots 20 n e line 3- o Figure into engagement with the plates I4 and the 40 Figure 4 is an enlarged front elevation of a bifurcated ends 2 of a pair f arms 22 which 40 handle cfamranzing mechanism and a hanger are pivoted as at 23 to the front face of the P mechamsm' machine. The lower ends of the arms 22 are Flgure 5 1S top plan vlew of Flgure turned inwardly as shown in Figure 1 and slid- Figure 6 is an enlarged perspective view showing the formation of the ends of the centralizing ably engage with angula'fly dlsposed slots 24 and compressing blades.

Figure 7 is an enlarged Sectional View through tached to the front face of the machine by means a handle Showing the compressing blades at the of studs 26 which are secured to the front face completion of their operation and the hanger of the machine and W P extendthrough an compressed into engagement ith th handle elongated slot 21 formed in the cam plate. The 50 Figure 8 is a fragmentary elevation of the end lower end of the cam is interconnected, y a of a handle showing the hanger applied thereto p of links With the t ead e arm ID as in finished form. shown. As the treadle arm is depressed, the cam Referring now more particularly to the drawplate is moved downwardly and causes a spreadingsing of the lower ends of the arms 22 with a re 55 formed in a cam plate 25 which is slidably at- 45 sultant inward movement of the iipper ends thereof.

In Figure 5 it will be seen that the ends of the centralizing blades [3, when at rest, are in advance of the compressing blades with respect to. the handle being dealt with. Thus when the treadle arm is depressed, the centralizing blades will first come in contact with the broom handle 30 and arrange it centrally of the channelway 3. The spring connection between the pins l9 and the ends I? of the blades 13 allows the arms 22 and the pins l9, working in the slots 20, to further advance the compressing blades l4 to grip the ends of the foremost hanger and to compress them into engagement with the handle.

The ends of the compressing members '4 are grooved and shaped as shown in Figure 5 to correspond in shape with the downwardly and inwardly turned ends of the hanger as shown in Figures 3 and 7. This particular shape of the ends of the compressing blades allows the hangers to be compressed into the handle without becoming twisted or distorted by the grain of the wood in the handle, and also causes the bending of the hanger to take place at its apex. Thus, the parallel portions of the legs of the hanger are finally positioned in parallel relation to the sides of the handle.

The end of the hanger supporting arm 4 disposed within the channelway is provided with a projection 3! to convey the foremost hanger forward into reach of the compressing blades M and away from the sides of the arm 4 so that the hanger can be compressed. All of the hangers on the arm are glued or otherwise removably held together, not only for convenience in handling but also to stabilize the foremost hanger as it clears the arm 4 in its advancement out over the projection 3! into position to be gripped by the compressing blades.

While I have shown a particular form of embodiment of my invention, I am aware that many minor changes therein will readily suggest theni selves to others skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention. Having thus described the invention what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is:

1. A machine for applying hangers to handles comprising a head, a horizontal channelway in the head, centralizing blades movable transversely of the channelway and adapted to centralize a handle with respect thereto, compression blades movable toward each other transversely of the channelway and adapted to compress a hanger into the handle, and means for simultaneously moving all of said blades into centralizing and compressing positions.

2. A machine for applying hangers to handles comprising a head, a channelway in the head, a hanger-supporting arm having one of its ends disposed within the channelway and adapted to slidably support a plurality of hangers for advancement into the channelway, a follower block slidably mounted upon the arm and adapted to apply forward pressure to the hangers, centralizing means movable transversely of the channelway and adapted to centralize a handle with respect thereto, compression blades movable toward each other transversely of the channelway and adapted to compress a hanger into the handle, and means for simultaneously moving all of said blades into centralizing and compressing positions.

3. A machine for applying hangers to handles comprising a head, a horizontal channelway in the head, centralizing blades movable transversely of the channelway and adapted to centralize a handle with respect thereto, compression blades movable toward each other transversely of the channelway and adapted to compress a hanger into the handle, and means for progressively moving the centralizing blades and then the compression blades into their operative positions.

EUGENE D. HANSET.

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