US362279A - Machine for bundling wall-paper - Google Patents

Description

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' S. M. JACKSON.

MACHINE FOR BUNDLING WALL PAPER. No. 362,279. Patented May 3, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL MILLS JACKSON, OF LOGANSPORT, INDIANA.

MACHINE FOR BU NDLING WALL-PAPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 362,279, dated May 3, 1887.

Application filed October 12, 1886. Serial No. 216,041. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, SAMUEL MILLs JAOK- SON, of Logansport, in the county of Cass and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Bundling NVall -Paper; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

' My invention relates to an improvement in machines for bundling wall paper; and it consists in the combination of two standards which are united together, and which are provided with feet at their lower ends and with hooks at their upper ones, with pivoted levers which are rigidly connected at their lower ends by means of a cross-bar and which are provided with hooks at their upper ends, so as to close upon the stationary hooks of the standard, as'will be more fully described hereinafter.

The object of my invention is to utilize one half of the same arms which hold the paper as compressors in bundling it, and thus dispense with separate compressing devices.

Figure l is an end view of a machine embodying my invention, the parts being shown in one position in solid lines and in another in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a side elevation taken at right angles to Fig. 1.

A represents two standards of any desired height,which are provided with feet B at their lower ends and the books 0 at their upper ones. The fe'et B are moved sufficiently far apart so as to form a solid foundation for the machine at all times. These standards A have no movement, but remain rigidly in position. These two standards are rigidly connected together by the two cross-bars B, which connect the feet together in pairs, and by the cross-bar F, which serves as a fulcrum upon which the levers turn.

The two levers G are fulcrumed upon the crossbar F, and are united together at their lower ends by a cross-bar, H, upon which the foot is placed for the purpose of moving the levers, and causing their upper hooked ends, I, to move toward the hooks upon the standard, and thus compress the bundles of paper between them. A chain, J, is connected to one of the levers and one of the standards, for the purpose of limiting the movement of the levers, and thus preventing them from being opened beyond a certain distance.

WVhen the lower ends of the levers are drawn upward as far as they can be moved, the hooks for receiving the rolls of paper are opened to their utmost width. The rolls of paper are then placed between the hooks upon the standards and the hooks upon the upper ends of the levers, and then' the pressure of the foot is applied to the crosspiece which connects the lower ends of the levers together, so as to force the hooks toward the hooks upon the standards, and thus compress the rolls of paper into a bundle, so that they can be readily tied together. By using the foot to operate the levers, as here shown, both hands are left free to manage the rolls of paper and tie them. The levers are made to open and close by the movements of the foot, and thus the hands are always free to attend to the rolls of paper.

It will be seen that the whole machine con sists of the two standards, which are provided with feet so as to support them rigidly in position, and the levers,which are pivoted upon the cross-bar which connects the standards together at that point.

I am aware that saw-bucks provided with four rigid arms or holders, to which suitable devices have been connected for holding the log while it is being sawed, have heretofore been used, and that compressing-n1achines, in which all four of the arms are pivoted together and made to compress the material, are also old; and these I disclaim. My invention differs from these in having two rigid arms or holders and the other two pivoted thereto, so as to form the compressing device.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- In a bundlingmachine for wall-paper, the

combination of the stationary standards A,

provided with the feet B and the rigid arms U, and which are connected together by the cross-bars B F,with the two levers G, pivoted pr upon the cross-bar F, connected together at their lower ends by the cross-bar H, and having their upper ends, I, formed into hooks or arms, which act in connection with the arms 0, both for holding and compressing the paper, substantially as shown.

In testimony whereof I affix 1 esence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL MILLS JACKSON, v

ny si gnatn re in V i tnesses:

F. L. BROOKS, F. C. SLAUGHTER.

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