US273296A

US273296A - Plaiting-machine

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Publication number: US273296A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1883-03-06
Anticipated expiration: 1900-03-06

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(No Model.) 7 V M. A. MAYBB'B.

PLAITING MACHINE. No. 273,296. Patented Mar. 6,1883.

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Patent No. 273,296, dated March 6, 1833.

Application filed April 22, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, M. ADDIE MAYBEE, of Syracuse, county of Onondaga, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Machines for Making Plaits; and I declare the following to be a full and complete description of the same, so as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of my invention is to furnish an automatic machine which will both dampen cloth, then fold the same into uniform plaits, and press the plaits ready for use by passing them over an endless surface heated by steam or otherwise.

The invention consists oftwo horizontal cylinders, the inner one firmly fastened to an upright frame, and the outer one, with evenlygrated surface, arranged with mechanism to be revolved about the inner, and to move alternately with a reciprocating knife, with guides at the ends,.working in the grooves in the standards of the upright frame. Two arms. extend from the upright frame-standards, and fastened to the extremities thereof is a horizon tal-cylinder steam-ch amber, with openings,

and with movable sheath to regulate the steam.

B is also a horizontal-cylinder steam-chamber, whose outer walls are the sameas the inner walls of the fixed cylinder B, with pipes K to admit and K to carry off steam.

1n the accompanying drawings, -in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a device embodying my invention- Fig. 2 is a section of the inner cylinder, showing the groove for the knife to enter and the plane surface to facilitate the removal of the plaits. It also shows the bent pipe K, which conducts the steam from B into the steam-chamber I, and a sec? tion of I. Fig. 3 is a portion of A, with arm E and shoulderf reversed, showing the head of the lever G and its connection with the pin at extending out from guide 1), and the ratchet H, with guide 1; arrangedto slide in the groove 11. of the arm E. It also shows wheel F reversed. Fig. 4 shows the knife M, with guides q, a and shoulder N extending from the top of guide a at right angles.

In the upright frame-standards A A are placed two cylinders, B D. The cylinder B is firmly fixed to the standards by screws or otherwise, and its inner walls form the airtightsteam-chamber B, except openings for pipesK and the bent pipe K to admit and to carry off steam or heat. the slot b,into which the knife M enters when the plait is formed, and a plane surface, I), to facilitate the removal of the plaits. inder D has an equidistant grated surface, and at the ends is encircled with bands 1" r, with equidistant cogs to correspond with the grates.

The arm E, extending from the frame-standard A, contains a groove, h. The ratchetH is riveted to the sliding guide 11, arranged to slide back and forth in the groove h, and connects with the cogged band r on the cylinder D. The oscillating lever G is held in position by the'spiral 6. Its slotted head rests on pin cl (see-Fig. 3) in the sliding guide of the feedratchet H. Its fulcrum is pivoted to the shoulder f,and its free or power end rests on a horizontal pin, g, which pin is provided with a friction-roller, and is set in guide 12, arranged to slide in groove 0 of the wheel F. The wheel F is firmly attached to the shaft 0, and revolves with it as the power is applied at the crank P.

The knife M is provided with guides at a at the ends, arranged to slide in thegrooves l lin the upright frame-standards A A, and guide a has-a shoulder, N. The spring L is attached at one end to the upright frame-standard A by screws 22 v, and the other end is bent at a right angle and enters slot 0 in the knife.

I is a cylinder steam-chamber held between the arms E E of the upright frame-standards,

provided with openings 0 e, and with a movable sheath, J, to regulate the quantity of steam. The pipe K receives the steam into the steam-chamber B, and K (see Fig. 2) conducts it therefrom into the steam-chamber I.

. Sufficient steam will be generated by a teakettle for ordinary use, and connecting the nose thereof with the pipe K by means of a rubber hose, the steam-chamber B is filled with steam and the surface of cylinder B thereby heated, and the pipe K conducts the steam to the chamber I, and when sufficient quantity is thrown off to moisten the goods first passed over I to and beneath the knife M, the further operation of the device is as follows: Applying power to the crank P in position as shown in Fig.1, the'wheel F and the shaft 0 re- It contains also The cyl-' volving together, the pin 9, extending from the guide it, engages the power end of the lever G and moves it out, and the fulcrum of the lever being at the outer extremity of the shoulder f, and its slotted head connecting with the pin din the sliding guidep of the feed-ratchet H, draws in H,which, engaging the cogged band 1' at the end of the cylinder D, pushes D forward adistance equal to the width of a grate. The pin 9 passing the point of contact with the lever, the spiral spring'i restores the lever to its position of rest. The cylinder D, also being at rest, comes in contact with the shoulder N of the guide a of the knife M and presses the knife downward,thereby formingtheplait,and passing the point of contact with the shoulder N, the spring I} restores the knife to a'position of rest. In this manner the plaits are formed and are pressed between the two cylinders as they move along with the cylinder I) until they reach the plane surface I), where they may be readily taken out in a condition for use.

To vary the width of the plaits, I have grooved the eccentric wheel F with groove 0, and arranged the pin 9 with guide it to slide therein, and in the guide have provided holes 1 2 3, and hold this guide in position with a pin or screw, it, passing through the wheel, as shown in Fig. 3. When this pin is in hole 1 of the guide a, the knife forms a plait upon each bar; when in hole 2 a plait is form ed every two bars, and when in hole 3 every three bars, and so on.

Blank places in the cloth, as wide as desired between plates, may be left by turning the crank backward after the lever G has moved the cylinder D and before the pin 9 leaves the point of contact with the lever, the knife being at rest. By moving the cylinder D in this manner about the cylinder B it is obvious that the plaits may be pressed as much as desired, the knife meanwhile being at rest.

I am aware of my previous inventions in plaiting-maehiues, especially No. 224,201, but

deem my present invention more practical, cheaper of construction, and of superior capacity.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters I Patent, is-- 1. In a plaiting-machine, in combination, the upright frame-standards A A, the fixed cylinder B, the revolving cylinder D, the knife M, the steam-chambers B and I and the pipes K and K, provided and arranged with suitable mechanism, as described, and for the purposes specified.

2. The revolving cylinder D, provided with evenly-grated surface, and with eogged bands at the ends, in combination with the cylinder B, fixed to the upright frame-standards A A, and having slot 1) and plane surface I), the frame-standards A A. grooved and provided with arms E E and shoulderf, and the pipes K and K, as shown, and for the purposes specified.

3. The revolving cylinder D, in combination with the fixed cylinder B, steam-chamber B, and the steam-chamber I, having sheathJand openings 0 c, as shown, and for the purposes specified.

4. The revolving cyliuderD, in combination with cylinder B, steamchamber B, steamehamber'I, sheath J, openings 0 c, and the knife M, as shown, andfor the purposes speci- 5. The revolving cylinder D, revolving about B, fixed to the frame-standards A A, in combination with the ratchet H, with guide 19, sliding in groove h in the arm E, connecting by pin 61 with the lever G, which lever is held in position with spiral spring t, the eccentric wheel F, the pin g, with guide a, slidingin the groove 0 of the wheel F, to engage alternately the lever G and the shoulder N of guide a of the knife, and knife M, provided with the spring L, operated as shown, and for the purposes specified.

6. The revolving cylinder D, revolving about B, fixed to the upright frame-standards A A, in combination with the ratchet H, with sliding guide in the arm E, connecting with the lever G, provided with spring i, the eccentric Wheel F, grooved, and the ping, with guide it, sliding therein and engaging the lever G in turning the wheel backward to skip bars or press plaits, operated as shown, and for the purposes specified.

7. In aplaiting-maehine,incombiuation with the knife M, the eccentric wheel F, grooved, and the pin 9, provided with guide to slide in the groove, and having holes 1 2 3 to vary the width of the plaits, operated as shown, and for the purposes specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of April, 1882.

M. ADDIE MAYBEE.

In presence of- J. NEAL PERKINS, HOMER WESTON.