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MACHINE FOR FORMING NETTED WIRE FABRICS.

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THEODORE M. GONNER, OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF PART TO THOMPSON M. OONNER AND JOHN B. DOUGAN, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

MACHINE FOR FORMING NETTED WIRE FABRICS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357,067, dated February 1, 1887.

Application filed October 23, 1886.

To on whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE M. OONNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond, in the county of \Vayne and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Machines for Forming Netted Wire Fabrics, of which the following is a specification.

' My invention relates to mechanism for producing netted wire fabric; and the purpose thereof is to provide an apparatus having continuouspositive movement in which the marginal wires may be introduced at different points to form netting of varying width, and in which the wires forming the netting pass from the spools in parallel lines, and are'intersected by the travel of the spool-carriers, thereby forming the successive reticulations without the employment of other mechanism than the traveling spool-carriers.

It is also the purpose of myinvention to so construct and organize said apparatus that it may be used in the formation of two distinct series of reticulations, the intersections of the one being intermediateof those of theother, thereby producing a double net with parallel filaments.

It is my further purpose to combine with the netting apparatus mechanism whereby the formed web may be advanced successively, the rate of speed being adj ustable, whereby the size. and relative form of the net-spaces may be varied to adapt the fabric to special uses.

My invention consists in the several novel features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully set forth, and definitely pointed out in the claims following this specitication.

Referring to the drawings forming part of this application, Figure 1 is a section taken transversely to the line of feed of the machine. Fig. 2 is aplan view. Fig. 3 is-a vertical section takenin the line of feed of the machine.

' Fig. 4.- is a detaiL perspective showing the 4 switch-actuating devices. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective of one of the spool-carriers. Fig. 6 is a detail section of oneof the spool-carriers with the spool in place. Fig. 7 is a diagram showing the course of the spool in the. process Serial No. 217,080. (No model.)

having an equal gear, 4, intermeshing with the adjacent gears upon each side. The shafts 3 are mounted within the plate by means of washers 5 and nuts 6, lying outside the support,while the gears 4 lie upon the inner face of the plate 2, each shaft having support at one end only. Near the gear '4, upon each shaft, are mounted rigidly two spool-carrying disks, 7, having notches or semicircular seats 8, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5, one of said disks being placed near the free or unsupported end of t'heshaft and the other near the opposite end. The entire train of gears is driven by a master-gear, 9, mounted upon a prolongation of one of the shafts 3, and revolved by power from any suitable source.= The number of the shafts 3 may be practically without special limit, though I have shown in the drawings five only. 1

The numeral 10-denotes what may be termed a spool or bobbin frame, consisting of an oblong frame having at each end cylindrical bearings 11, adapted by theirsize to lie within the seats 8 of the disks 7. Eachframe is also provided with flanged friction-rolls 12, mounted just outside the'bearings l1, and through the journal at one end of the carrier-frameis formed an eye or opening, 13, within which the wire 14. lies as it passes from a spool, 15, mounted in bearingsl6 upon the sides of the spool or bobbin frames.

Upon the frame of the machine, in the same vertical planes with the friction-rolls 12, are

rigidly mounted guide-plates 17, parallel with each other and having intersecting circular openings l8, which are concentric with and of 9 5 somewhat greater diameter than the notched disks 7. As the latter revolve, the spool-frames l0, lying in the notches or seats 8, are supported one pairiofdisiks iand lodgediin the scatsor l i i i headpivotedat;theintersectionioi':theicircu Y lar 1 openings in: the plates; 17.: two: of: said:

. p p p p action is. produced by means of lever, 23, pivoted to a :rigidsupport, 2.1,,and Coupled by v a fork, :25, t0; the :lowcr :end of the lever 21$ i The free end 23? of this lever runs in a ringeratcd' by one Y by the curved edges: of; said plates} as shown Y tion of WhlClI thespool orbobbin framesarej at ntervals withdrawn from the seats 8 in the notches of the 'adjacentand op positeiya'evolving; disks, whereby the spools: are caused to traverse a path whi h: c rresponds to: the form; of afigure 8. These switches are thrown by connected at or ncartheir'ends. The plates 17 Y are each provided with: switches I having; similar arrangement and; action, leach consist-i ing of a metallic point resembling a spearswitches being placedabove and two below in alternate order; The lever 2L actuates the: switches on one plate, anda similarlever, 22;, rigidly connected to it, operates those upon the; other plate, the; upper switches: being moved by the connecting rods 20, iandvthe lower, onesb; Y similar rods. 20?

g;.;1,)driven;by a; gear, 27,; ope of: the ,tram; or Y gears 34.: 3 The;

ring-cam. is double, or, in other words. consists ofalioutc-i poses the cam-surfaces, is pivoted a dog, 29, by which,as the lune revolvcsthe free end 23" of the lever 23 is carried alternately from the inner to the outer surface of the lune, and vice Versa, thcrcby imparting vibration at regular intervals to the lever 23 and reciprocating the switcha-ods.

In front of the plates 19, and separated from them by a suitable intervahare feed-rolls 30, one of which receives at each revolution of the powershaftapartial revolution. This feed is given by a lever, 31, pivoted upon the journal of the roll, and carrying a pawl, 32, which takes into the teeth of a ratchet, 33,.rigid on the roll-shaft. This lever 31 is vibrated by a cam-foot-, 34:, which rises against and lifts a le ver, 35, pivotally mounted at one end on the frame, and linked at the other end to t-hclevcr 31 by a connection, 36. The marginal wires of the net pass between these rolls, as shown in Fig. 2, and are advanced at regular intervals a distance necessary for the formation of the web. The operation of the mechanism thus described is as follows: Thcspools 15, being filled with wire of proper caliber, are placed within the spoolframes 10, and the ends of the wires are drawn through the openings 13, as shown in Fig. 6. The spool-frames are then placed in the seats 8 of the disks 7, substantially in the manner shown in Fig. 1. The marginal wires 37 are then inserted within thehollow shafts 3, preferably 'perniiit their introduction between the feed Y aasasrsa the two ends oftheitriain of gears,

as shown in Fig. 2, Y althoughztihisarrangement may be varied and the marginal wires inserted in the shaftsnext to, the outer ones, and: thereby;

used to formanettingof less width. 1 Thecnds} I I 1 ofthe: wires ai-c drawn throughiar enough to rolls 30, and the apparatus is then set in mo- Elston; Thcspool-iframesild are by the :revolm tion of the disks 7 carried around the "circle described by the seats 8 in 'the'said disks, and

after: a f given number of revolutions each frame iszwithd rawn from the disk in? which it rests, and lodgedin the seats of the adjacent and oppositely-revel viing disks, by: which :it isf caused to dcscribeasimizlar number of revol u Y. Y

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5 the hollowshaft on which the spool: attherigh t ticns, after which it is returned to the original.

twistatsuchpoint, having asmanyturnsas I I Y the spools make distinct i revolutions after the f The path of the spool is clearly stews in Fig}; 7, the broken line showingthe Y initial movc m ei it byz wlii chzth'e wire islooped i around the marginal wire, which is fed. through thereby:transferringsaid spoolto the next Vircs similar to or of less caliber than the marginal wires may be introduced into the shafts of the intermediate carriers, thereby producing a fabric similar to that shown in Fig. 8; or any number of such wires may be used less than the whole number of intermediates. For example, a single straight intermediate wirc may be used, as shown at 38, Fig. 9.

Again, additional spool-frames may be introduced in the revolving disks in the vacant seats 8, and these will work out a distinct series of reticulations, which will intersect the series shown in Fig. 8 or in the upper part of Fig. 9. By variations in the arrangement of these parts, and in the number of straight intermediate wires employed, a variety of patterns may be produced on the same machine.

It will be seen that as the disks 7 revolve, the flanged friction-wheels 12 engage with the concentric curved edges of the guide-plates and retain the frames in the seats of the disks.

At each revolution of the gear carrying the ring-cam 27 and 27 the feed-rolls 30 are revolved a distance which may be varied according to the throw of the cam 34 acting upon the lever 35. By obvious changes the machine may be geared up to give a greater or less number of twists in the net intersections between each feed. Y

As already indicated, the width of the net hand ofFi g; :7 is: carried; Z Thedotted line in: 595 theadjacent diskshows the path taken by the E spool; after the 5 switch has been operatc d to I Y bringit into the positionshown by dotted lines, 1 and an inner cam, 27 and2i". Y Upon the extremity ofth'c luneZS, which con'r- .ICO....

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may be varied indefinitely by either extending the train of gears or by introducing the marginal wires in the intermediate hollow shafts, instead of at the ends of the series,

When this is done,thespools should be removed from the disks outside the marginal wires.

The machine is driven from a power-shaft, 48, Fig. 1, upon which is a gear, 39, meshing with a gear, 40, upon one of the shafts 3. A pulley, 41, may be mounted upon the power-, shaft 48, as shown in Fig. 2. The gear 39 and its shaft appear in Figs. 1 and 2, but have not been shown in the other figures.

What I claim is 1. In mechanism for forming netted wire fabric, the combination, with a train of oppositely-rotating spool-carrying disks carried in pairsupon shafts arranged in line, each disk having notches or seats 8, of spool or bobbin frames having journals resting in said notches, friction-rolls mounted upon the prolonged ends of said journals, guide-plates having intersecting openings, with the edges of which said friction-rolls engage, and automatic switches by which the frames are at intervals withdrawn from the notches of one pair of disks and carried into those of the adjacent oppositelyzrotating disks, substantially as described.

2. The cpmbination, with a train of intermeshing gears arranged in line, each gear having a hollow shaft, of notched spool-carrier disks mounted on said hollow shafts, bobbinframes mounted in said notched disks, and automatic switches bywhich the bobbin-frames are simultaneously withdrawn from the notches of those disks having: similar rotation and lodged in the notches of the adjacent oppositely revolving disks, substantially as de 3. The combination, with a train of intermeshing gears of equal diameter, mounted on prolonged hollow shafts arranged in line, of a corresponding series of spool-carriers mounted on said hollow shafts and having notched disks, bobbin-frames having journals lying in the notches of said disks, and switches by whichthe bobbin-frames are each withdrawn from the notches in one pair of disks and lodged in the notches of the adjacent oppositely-revolving pair of disks, substantially as described.

4. The combination, with a series of carriers driven by a train of intermeshing gears and a series of bobbin-frames actuated by the same, of switches operated automatically by means of a double ring-cam, a lever having a dog running in said cam, and a shifter pivoted at the mouth of the ring to throw the dog from the inner to the outer cam-surface, substantially as described.

5. The combination, with a train of notched spool-carryin g disks arranged in pairs, driven by intermeshing gears, of bobbin-frames having journals resting in the notches of said disks, plates having curved edges lying near the path of each of said journals as the carriers revolve, and switches which withdraw the bobbin-frames from the notches of one pair of disks and lodge them in the notches of the ad iacent oppositely-revolving disks, said notches being thrown by connecting-rods operated by levers 21 and 22, the latter having connection with a lever running in the cam-race of a wheel, 27, substantially as described.

6. The combination, with a series of hollow shafts arranged at --regular intervals and in parallelism, of notched spool-carrying disks arranged in pairs upon each shaft, bobbinframes having journals which lie in the notches of said disks and are pierced to permit the passage of thewires from the bobbins, a series of switches to withdraw the journals of said frames from the notches of the alternate disks and lodge them in the notches of the adjacent and oppositely-revolving disks, and a series of intermeshing gears driving said hollow shafts, substantially as described.

7. The combination, with a series of revolving spool-carrying disks driven by intermeshing gears, of a series of spool or bobbin frames having journals or supports lying in seats in'said disks, friction-rolls mounted on the projecting ends of the spool frames, guideplates having intersecting openings concentric with the path of revolution of the spool-carriers, and switches acting upon the frictionrolls of said carriers to transfer thelatter from one pair of disks to the adjacent and oppositely'-. revolving pair, substantially as described.

8. The combination,with the spool-frameslO, having bearings 11, and provided with an eye or opening, 13, in one of its bearings, of the friction-rolls 12, the disks 7, having seats 8, the hollow shaft 3, plates 17, having openings 18, and a driving-gear, substantially as described.

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In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THEODORE M. CONNER.

I Witnesses:

RICHARD A. JACKSON, J NO. R. HALL.

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