US430888A - Soap-press - Google Patents

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P. S. RUTSGHMAN.

SOAP PRESS.

No. 430,888. PatentedJune 24, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT I OFFICE.

FRANCIS S. RUTSOHMAN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SOAP-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 430,888, dated une 24, 1890.

Application filed December 5, 1889. Serial No. 332,669. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANCIS S. RUTSCHMAN, a citizen of the United States, residingin the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Soap-Presses, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of novel improvements in a soap-press adapted to imprint on a cake or block of soap a name, brand, trademark, ornamentation, &c., one or more, as desired, the same embodying means for feeding the soap to the die or printing or press ing head, placing the soap in position to be removed, grasping the same and conveying it to a discharging-apron and depositing the same thereon, and returning the mechanism to its normal position, the novel features being fully described, and definitely pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a soap-press embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a vertical section of a portion thereof. Fig. 3 represents a perspective view of a detached portion on an enlarged scale. Fig. 4. represents a front view, on a reduced scale, of parts shown in Fig. 3, and operating mechanism therefor. Fig. 5 represents a view of a portion at a right angle to Fig. 4. Fig. 6 represents a face view of the jaws or grasping devices of the press on an enlarged scale. Fig. 7 represents a vertical section of the parts shown in Fig. 6. Fig. 8 represents a vertical section of a portion on line cc m, Fig. 1, on an enlarged scale.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the frame of the press, and B designates an arm which rises therefrom and forms the axis or bearing of a rocking beam 0, one end of which is weighted and the other end engages with the head D of a plunger E, whose lower end carries a die F, said head being fitted in guides G on the arm B. On the table H of the frame is a bOX J, which is located below the die F and contains the bed or follower K, whose stem is engaged by the lever L, which is mounted on the frame A and pivoted to an arm N, the upper end of the latter passing through the arm 13 and pivoted to the beam 0, whereby when said beam is operated mo tion is imparted to the follower K, said beams also operating the plunger E. The beam carries a bolt P, which is adjustably connected with the same by means of nuts Q, its lower end having mounted on it a roller R, which is in contact with a cam S, the latter being secured to a shaft T, which is mounted on the arm B, and carries a spur-wheel U, With which meshes a pinion V on the driving-shaft W,the latter being mounted on the frame A and receiving power in any suitable manner.

The ends of the shafts T have wrist-pins X, which enter slots Y of slides Z, which are guided on the sides of the arm B and connected with slides A, which are also guided on said arm B and have connected with them the rocking arms 13', which are mounted on the arm B and pivoted to the arms G, the

guided on the table of the frame A,said slide carrying a feed-bar E, which is movable to and from the top of the box J. 7

The front ends of the slides A are adjacent to the plunger E and have depending from them the slotted brackets F, to which are fitted the frames or carriers G of the jaws H, which are located adjacent tothe die F and above the box J. The carriers G are pivotally hung from the upper portions of the brackets F, the pivots J being freely fitted in vertical slots K of hangers L, which latter have sliding connections with arms M, which are secured to a rising and falling plate N, said arms being slotted to receive pins P on the upper ends of the hangers L, and said plate being fitted in vertical guides Q on the arm 13. The lower ends of the carriers G have pins R, which enter curved slots S in the brackets F, it being noticed that as the plate N- rises and falls the arms M follow the motions thereof, whereby the carriers G, and consequently the jaws H, are raised and lowered. Owing to the curved slots S and pins R, the jaws H advance and recede to and from each other, so as to grasp and release the cake of soap, as will be hereinafter more fully explained, and owing to the slides 13 the hang ers L and brackets F, and consequently the jaws H, are carried from over the box to over latter being pivoted to a slide D, which is an endless apron T, and vice versa, said apron passing around pulleys U, which are mounted on the sides of the frame, the apron passing over the table of the frame behind the box J.

Rising and falling motion is imparted to the plate N by means of a bar or arm V, which is rigidly secured at one end to said plate and provided at the other end with a pin or stud W, with which engages a cam X on a shaft Y, the latter carrying a bevelpinion Z, with which meshes a bevel-pinion A geared to the shaft T or drivingshaft W, whereby motion is communicated to the cam X, and consequently to the bar or arm V, so that the plate N is raised and lowered. The shaft Y carries a pinion B with which meshes a pinion C on a shaft D the latter being mounted on the frame A and carrying a sprocket-wheel E around which passes an endless chain F which also passes around a sprocket-wheel G the latter being secured to the shaft H of the adjacent pulley U of the apron T, it being seen that the operation of chain F imparts motion to said pulley U, and consequently to said apron T.

The axis J 2 of the beam 0 is fitted in vertical slots K in the arm B, and has bearing on the upper side thereof the boxes L within which is rubber packing, against which rest the screws M which are fitted in bosses on the sides of the arm B, and serve to adjust the tension of said packing, so as to hold the shaft or axis J 2 on its bearings. Should, however, the upward pressure on the face of the die F be excessive, injury to the press would result were it not for the packing in the boxes L the same permitting the axis J 2 to rise in the slots K thus relieving the head of the plunger and connected parts of strain.

The operation is as follows: A cake of soap is placed on the table between the box J and feed-board E, the press or machine being set in motion. As the follower or bed K is at its highest position, as shown in Fig. 2, the said bed receives-the cake of soap. The bed now descends in the box the depth of the thickness of the cake, after which the plunger advances and the die F then imprints on the cake the characteristic marks on the face thereof. Meanwhile the jaws H are aside of the die and at the top of the ends of the box. The plunger now recedes and the bed rises, thus lifting the cake so that its bottom is level with the top of the box J. The jaws now close against the cake and grasp the same, and said jaws, owing to the brackets F, hangers L, and slides 13, are carried over the apron T. The plate N now lowers, whereby the jaws H also lower, and owing to the slots S and pins R on the carriers of the jaws the latter recede or open, thus releasing the cake, which latter then drops on the apron T and is conveyed by the same to the side of the frame, from whence it may be removed by hand. Meanwhile another cake of soap is fed to the box J and the jaws are raised and returned over said box and then lowered.

The plunger descends and the cake is pressed,

carry the same to the apron, on which the cake is deposited, as in the previous cases, and thus the operations are repeated or continued, as desired.

It is evident that the device is adapted as a press for other plastic material.

The lower die, bed, or follower K is removable from its supporting-stem, and may be substituted by dies of different faces, contour, configuration, &c., the same being true of the upper die or head F and the mold or box J, the parts substituted thereforbeingin accordance with the shape or size of the cake or block of material and the nature of the impression to be made on said cake or block.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a soap-press, the combination of a plunger having a die or stamp, a follower below the plunger, a frame having operating mechanism consisting of a beam having an adjusting-bolt directly connected thereto, a lever connected to said frame, and a rocking arm in connection with said.follower and lever, substantially as described.

2. A press having a plunger, an operating beam and actuating cam therefor, and an adjustable bolt directly connected to the beam and engaged by said cam, substantially as described.

3. A plunger and a frame having a bed, with operating mechanism for advancing and returning the same, in combination with a bar for feeding the material to said bed, a jaw on each side of the plunger coacting to carry the said material therefrom, and an arm connecting the mechanism operating said jaws with the plunger, substantially as described.

4. In a press, jaws for carrying the pressed material, connected with brackets or supports and pivotally depending from rising and falling hangers, said brackets having curved or inclined slots which receive pins on the frame or carriers of the jaws, and an arm connecting said j aw-operating devices with the plunger, said parts being combined'substantially as described, whereby the jaws are closed and opened, as stated.

5. In a press, a plunger and follower and mechanism for operating the same, in combination with the feed-bar E, arms 0 B, the slides A, and means for moving said slides, substantially as described.

6. In a press, a plunger and follower and jaws for taking the pressed material from said follower, in combination with the rising and falling plate N, to which said jaws are attached, the lifting-bar V, the pin or stud W on said bar, the cam X, which engages with said stud, said cam being connected with the shaft Y, and means for operating said shaft, substantially as described.

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7. A press having the jaws H and carriers G therefor, provided with pins R, the brackets F, having curved or inclined slots S, the hangers L, and pivots J connecting said brackets with said hangers, the arms M, supporting said hangers and allowing the hangers to slide thereon, the movable arms A, connected with said brackets, the rising and falling plate N, carrying the arms M, and mechanism for operating said arms A and plate N, all combined substantially as described, whereby closing, opening, rising, falling, forward, and backward motions are imparted to said jaws in the manner stated.

8. In a press, jaws for grasping the pressed material, in combination with the carriers G for said jaws, pins R on said carriers, the brackets F, having curved or inclined slots S, receiving said pins, the hangers L, with slots S, the pivots J, fitted in said slots S,

connecting the brackets with the hangers, the arms M, supporting said hangers, the rising and falling plate N, carrying said arms, the sliding arms A, connected with said brackets, and means for operating said plate N and brackets F, substantially as described.

9. The jaw-carrying plate N and the con- Veyer T, in combination with the bar V, secured to said plate, the pin or stud W on said plate, the cam X on the shaft Y, gearing connected with said shaft, the shaft D operated by said gearing, the sprocket-wheel E on the shaft of the pulley of said conveyer T, and the chain 1?, passing around said sprocket-wheel, substantially as described.

FRANCIS S. RUTSCHMAN.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, A. P. JENNINGS.

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