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L. GLLON MACHINE FOR CARDIN@ BUTTONS BY MEANS 0F Nc. 296

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L. GILLON. MACHINE FOR GARDING'BUTTONS BY MEANS o? ELEGTMGXTY.

No. 296,401. Q Patented Apr. 8, 1884.

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A 3 Sheets-Sheet 3. L. GIVLLQN. -v MACHINE FR CARDIN@ BUTTONS BY MEANS F ELECTRITY. No. 296,401.' A Patentedzp. 8, M2M

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"f herren Sfr Arno WENT innen- LGUIS GILL, OF LES LILAS, NEAR PARIS, FRCE,

MCHNE FCR CARDING BUTTONS BY MEANS OF ELECTRCETY.

SPECIFICATION forming part: of Letters Patent No. 296,401, dated April 8. 1886,

Application tiled January 7, lf (No model.) Patented in France Marsh S, 1583, Xo.15=i,156.nnd in Belgium Marel: 10, l:

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To @M whom, il; may concern:

Be it, known that I, LDUIS GILLGNj of the eitr of Les Lilas near Peris, France, hnveinvented an Improved Machine for Cording Buttons by Means of Eleotrioity, (for which have obtained a potent in France for fifteen years, No. 15h18@ dated )inroh S, 18323, und in Belgium for fifteen years, Je. orlhdnted March l0, 1533,) of which the foliowing is a full, clear, nid emot description.`

This invention relates to o innohineior oordinginetoi-Shnnk buttons, ontlis honed upon the application of the attractive force developed in the core of an electro-magnet by the pnssogeof on eleetrie current to effeo thedifstribnton of the buttons in their proper positions upon the cords, which are fed up to the innehine continuously or intermittently.

In order that the invention may be more readily understood, I have represented examples oi the rnnohino in the accompanying d rnwings, wherein- Figure l represents iside elevation, and Fig. 2 is n top pion, ot' the n1nehine,i\'hii3h is doubleoet-ing. Fig. 3 on end elevation o1' the ineehine.

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l'he hnttonn are tiret placed in chutes ci, of whieh the renter one only is shown in the drawings, the others being only indiented by their center lines. In the machine here represented there nre two Sets ot' chutes o; but, there muy he :L single set only. lneh Set coniprines nino ehntes, by preference, corresponding to the nine buttons. of' enoh line on the enrd. The ehuiies n :rre oi' Sneh form ond :it such on ineiirnniion ihni'. the buttons plieed therein hure :n tendency to roll upon themselves nntii the ehonh. hy opposing this roten tion, mfqnireb; n forward position. The regidor descent ot the buttons is insured by njiirring motion imported h yn wiper-wheel, (i, und rods e, on whieh rodey the upper ports ofthe chiites ere snlpxported. The buttons et' ene-h lienre distributed one hy one to the lower port; of the chute h): two vertmadly-movable pine, d', whieh nro mined whenever it is necessary to ation' of the wird changing its position. to receive :i new ow oi indiens. iwo other pins.

e, separated from the pins d by the extent; of o button, t-hen rise to separate the one in front; frein those that follow :ind preventtheir descent. These pins (Z and c nre Carried upon Separate oross-hnrsf, aotnnied hy ruins 71 and hy the medium of the arms at :ind 5 and rods 6 and 7. The first buttonotenrhiileis brought vexactly over ny hole inode in the oord by the attraction of the iron shank of the button by the pole-piece of :i magnet or eleetroinognet excited hy o. current from n. battery or other generator. This eleetroonngnet is shown in Fig. 3, and will he described hereinafter. Then the current passes, euch hntton is poised upon its Shank above the correspoinling hole in the cord, and the nine buttons :ire sinniltnneously pressed by the cross-har i', which is slightly hollowed opposite oooh hntlon.

To increase the nttrnetive oli'ert ol the pole pieoe'j of the elect-ro-nmgnet le, und in order that this attraction may he uniformly diS- tribnted 'from one end to the other, the polepieee is notched, so :is topi-osent opposite oooh hole in the oord, mid eonneqn'ently opposite eneh button, n tooth or sind, nt the extremity vof whieh the magnetic eil'eet. which neto on the button is developed. 'The crosnhnr 'i is actuated by the eznns .r through the inedinin of rods l. The elei'irie communication is es tnhlshed nt und for the duration oi' time required by ineens ot' n eonnnntntor. in, whose periphery is Composed partly ot' viiiennte or other insulating mattei-inl, and ngninst which rnhs :i brush, n. The oir-enit broken when the brush n touches the innnlntingporiion, und is completed when it.` maken eoninet with the lnetallio portion of the eoinxnntntor.. nt which moment the button is nttrneled und poised upon its Shank opposite thehQh-s in the rnrdn, ond retains itin t-h-.d position nniii [erred into pince by the Apressure et' the cross-hor The eordsnre fed np by menno o' ehnins or hnndn, upon which the)y nre- Zixed h5' anni!! pringbinden like impor-clips. or in :my oihrr nble way.

ln order to bring ihe holes in the uird' posite the projecting` sinds, et the pole-l j, the enni o :lotnznes' throng-'h the lever-p und the rod qu poni. r, n'hoh theirs to the extent ot' five teeth et' n roteinl'-xrheel. s, The pow! i OO 'is held back by a. pin, t, which allows it to en! gage only lwith every fifth tooth. (See Figs.

4 and 5.) The pin t is raised for the. passage' offeach successive card by means of a cam v,made in three parts andv formed on the face of the wheel s. The carriage u, in which the chain or band wheel shaft is mounted, is adjustable for regulating the tension of the band or chain, as willl be readily understood.

' therein until the lower row reaches the raised o isa plate to support the cards under the weight ofthe buttons and the pressure exerted pins d. Then the pins e are raised and the pins d lowered to let the lower row of buttons descend fartheruntil their Shanks are aligned with the holes in the card, and they are then subjected to the action of; an electro-magnet and of the cross-bar i, in manner already described. The card is then moved tobring another row'of holes in position, the pins d are raised, the pins e lowered., and the operationis then continued, as before stated.v

I elaim- The combination of the chutes a, pins de, electro-magnet k, `notched pole-piece j, and

.bar t' with mechanism, substantially as described, for moving the pins e and the bar e',

and for `movingI a card over the notched polepiece and under the bar fsubstantially as herein shown and described.

The foregoing specification of my improved machine for carding buttons by means of electricity signed by me this 17th day of Novem# ber, 1883.

v LOUIS GILLON. vWitnesses: l

Rom. M. HooPER, y J EAN BAPTISTE ROLLAND.

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