US519203A

US519203A - Mattress-filling machine

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Publication number: US519203A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1894-05-01
Anticipated expiration: 1911-05-01

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W. H. PUTNAM. MATTRESS FILLING MACHIE.

No. 519,203. Patented May l1, 1894.

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VILLIAM H. PUTNAM, OF DURAND, MICHIGAN.

MATTRESS-Hume MACHINE. d

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters` Patent No. 519,203, dated May 1,1894.

` Application lcd March 6, 1893. Serial No. 464,754. (Nomodel.)

.To all whom. it may concern..-

Be it .known that I, WILLIAM H. PUTNAM, of Durand, in the county of Shiawassee and State of Michigan, have invented a new and Improved Mattress-Filling Machine, of which 1the following is a full, clear, andexact descriplon.

^ My invention relates to an improvement in mattress filling machines, and it hasfor its object to provide a machine which will be vexceedingly simple, durable and economicin its construction, and by means of which the fill- 1ng may be expeditiously and conveniently proper quantityand perfect distribureceive the filling, the filling while being .forced into the casing having pressure equalized upon it to such an extent that no portion of the filling will be disturbed while it is be- Ing placed within the casing. i

.Another feature of the invention is to providearnachine capable of being expeditiously and conveniently adjusted to produce mattresses of different sizes.

The inventionconsistsinthe novel construction and combination of the several parts, as w1ll be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.` i

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawlngs, forming a part of this specication, 1n which similar figures and letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the machine, portions of it being broken away. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the machine, the machine being shown in position to receive the filling. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical secl tion taken essentially on the line 3-3 of Fig.

1, illustrating the machine in position for delivering the filling to the mattress casing or ticking. Fig. 4 is a partial vertical and longitudinal section through the forward portion of the machine, illustrating the adj ustability of its parts; and Fig.5 is a transverse section through the presser board of the machine, the section being taken essentially on the lines 5-5 of Figs. 1 and 2. i

In carrying out the invention the body of the machine may be said to consist of a bed 10, which bed rests upon suitable sills 11, and

the sills are attached to legs 12,' whereby the bed is maintained a proper distance above the floor. The legsl are preferably made to extend vertically upward-beyond the bed, and serve as supports for side bars or

pieces

13 and 14. One side board, the iside board 13,

for example, is securely fastened to the bed and to the upper portion of the legs at thatl able in order that provision may be made for making mattresses of different widths. The side boards are extended at their lower ends beyond the forward legs or uprights 12, the extensions 15 of the boards, as shown in Fig.

4, passing over the inner faces of the legs or` standards. The adj ustment of the side board 14, is preferablyaccomplished by projecting from the outer face of the said side board arms 14a, the arms being longitudinally slotted to receive bolts 15, whichbolts are passed through slots in the legs or standards l2, or in sections connected therewith. p

A presser board A, is pivoted or hinged at one of its ends to a board orbeam A', extending from one forward leg or standard to the other transversely across the bed, the beam or board A being located at some elevation from the bed, as shown in both Figs. 3 and. 4. This beam or board AV', is adjustable, and the manner in which it is adjusted will be hereinafter set forth. The presser board A, is located between the

side boards

13 and 14, and

the presser board is constructed in such manner that it may be expeditiously reduced or increased in width, as the presser board is,

adapted to fit snugly between the side boards of the bed no matter how said boards are adjusted. To that end the presser board is made up ofva series of strips 16, having a j tongue and groove o-r like connection, as shown in Fig. 5; and each of the strips 16 is removable from the board A, .by loosening the screws of the hinge joint-or in any other approved manner, and a series of battens17, is located upon the upper face of the presser board, its lower face being straight or smooth. The said battens are placed loosely upon the presser board, being made to slide under IOO straps 18, secured to the board, as best shown in Fig. 5. The battens are preferably made in two sections ct and a', the sections of the b attens being recessed at their opposing ends in such manner as to reduce them in width; and the reduced ends of the battens are made to slide one upon the other, the engaging portions of the sections passing beneath one of .the straps 18, and the reduction of the opposing ends of the batten sections is so made that when these sections of the battens are in engagement they are combinedly of the same width as their uncut portions. Thus it will be observed that the presser board may be increased or decreased in width by adding stri ps to the body portion of the board, or removing sundry of the strips therefrom. The batten sections are always so located upon the presser board that the ends of the sections will be flush with the said edges of the board, or practically so. The center batten may be, and preferably is, provided with a staple or the equivalent thereof, whereby a block and fall may be attached to a batten to elevate the free end of the board.

A follower B, is held to travel upon the bed 10, and this follower is preferably located at the rearportion of themachine,and is adapted to have free movement to and from the forward end of the bed. The follower is preferably made in two sections b and b', the sections being connected by an adjusting bolt and nut 19, as best shown in Fig. 1, or an equivalent device, one section of the follower being made to slide in the other section, and the two sections may be connected by'one or more springs in addition to the connection formed by the bolt 19. The follower is ordinarily made rectangular in cross section, and it is provided upon its upper and lower edge upon its outer face with a series of pins, the upper setbeing designated as 2O and the lower set as 21. In order' that the follower may have proper guided movement upon the bed, the sections of the follower at their outer ends are provided with bottom extensions 22,shown in dotted lines in Fig. l, which extensions pass through slots 23, made in the bottom portions of the sideboards immediately over the bed. Between the upper portions of the front set of legs, standards or uprights 12, a guide roller 24, is pivoted, the axis of the roller being preferably in horizontal alignment with the pivot point of the presser board, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, or practically so; and this roller 24, is j ournaled in boxes 24, which boxes have sliding movement in openings 24b made in the said uprights, as shown best in Figs. 2, 3 and 4, the boxes being raised or lowered by suitable adjusting mechanism. A second roller 25,is located above the guide roller 24, and a strip of canvas 26,01' like material, is secured upon the upper roller, which latter is awinding roller, andthe canvas strip is passed downward to an engagement with the guide roller 24 and thence rearward to the follower. A second guide roller 27, is journaled beneath the guide roller 24, opposite the forward end of the bed; and a lower winding roller 28, is journaled beneath the lower guide roller, the winding roller having secured upon it one end of a canvas strip 29, which strip is passed over the lower guide roller and thence rearwardly along the bed to the follower. The distance between the two

guide rollers

24 and 27 will determine the thickness of the mattress to be made; and the upper strip 26, is adapted to be attached to the follower B, through the medium of its upper row of pins 20, while the lower strip is adapted to be attached to the follower through the medium of its lower setof pins 21. It will be understood that strips 26 of different Widths are employed to iill mattresses of different widths. Thus one strip will pass over the top of the follower and the other strip under its bottom portion. The follower B, in addition to being adjustable longitudinally may likewise be made adjustable vertically.

In front of the guide rollers beams are located upon the frame of the machine, extending transversely of it, the upper beam being designated as 30 and the lower one as 31. The lower beam is stationarywhile the upper beam is vertically adjustable, and is adjusted to correspond to the adjustment of the upper' guide roller 24, the adjustment being effected through the medium of the adjusting mechanisln connected with the box 24:L of the said upper guide roller 24, since the board A to which the presser board is connected,t he box in which the upper guide roller is journaled and the upper beam 30 are connected by a bolt 31 or the equivalent thereof, a suitable vertical slot being produced in the front and rear faces of the upper sections of the front standards 12 to admit of the vertical movement of the bolts. provided with a metal strip 30, attached to the lower edge of the upper beam and the upper edge of the lower beam, and the said metal strips extend inward, resting against the forward extensions and the sides of the machine frame, the plates 30, extending practically the length of the beams. The purpose of these plates is to fill the gap between the beams 30 and 3l,and the canvas strips 2G and 29, to guide the ller and preventit from bulging outwardly. Each beam is provided with a series of fingers 32, projected horizontally from it, the fingers of the upper beam extending from its lower edge, while the lingers of the lower beam are carried from its upper edge; and side fingers 32,are projected from the forward extensions of the side pieces of the machine frame, as is likewise shown in Figs. 4 and 2.

Each beam is provided with a clamp 33, the said clamps being adapted for engagement with the fingers of the beams, the clamp upon the upper beam engaging with the upper surface of the fingers of that beam, while the clamp upon the lower beam engages with the lower faces ofthe lingers of that beam 5 and Each beam 30 and 3l, is I 4 `side clamps 34:, are also employed to engage with the side sets of fingers'.` All ofthe clamps `4 Fig.2,the trunnions of the upper drum being provided with a sprocketwheel 85, while the' trunnion of the lower drnrn is provided with a corresponding wheel 36, the two wheels being connected by a chain belt 37; but other forms of pulleys and belting may be employed, and in the drawings the two winding rollers or drums are manipulated by attaching to the upper onea crank 38,but the said crank may be secured upon oneof the trunnions of the lower roller, or other form of power may be `applied toeither roller.

In the operation of the device, the follower, presser board and sides of the machine, and likewise the guide and feedrollers 24 and 27 having been adjusted, together with the upper finger beam 30 to accommodate filling for the ticking or casing C of predetermined size, the presser board is elevated andthe upper strip of canvas or pliable material 26, is likewise elevated, and the filling to be used is placed upon the lower strip 29between the follower and the front portion i of the machine and the presser board and the said lower strip.` When a proper quantity of filling has been placed upon the lower strip 29, the upper flexible strip is carried rearward and fastened to the upper portion of the .follower, the lower iiexible strip having been attached to the follower before the filling was The presser board is placed in the machine. thencarried downward until it stands in a true horizontal position, thus exerting equal pressure over the entire surface of the filling, and the presser board is locked in that position by means of a bar, bolts or like devices entering the sides of the bed and bearing upon the board,as shown at in Fig. 3. The fill` 'c ing will now be held between the upper and lower flexible strips in the same position it is intended to assume when placed in the casing. The casing or ticking C is fully made up, butiis open at one end; and the open end or mouth of the ticking is slid over the fingers of the front finger beams of the machine, and likewise the side fingers 32, untilthe opposite endof the ticking shall have been engaged withv the outer ends of the fingers, the clamps holding the ticking upon the fingers. A table or other equivalent support is placed opposite the forward end of the machine to receive and support the ticking when filled. The filling of the ticking is accomplished by operating the crank 38, and thereby turning the winding rollers 25 and 28 and causing the flexible strips to bewound thereon, and while thestrips are being woundthe follower is drawn forward by the strips, but not in a manner to crowd the filling, as it is held perfectly flatat top and bottom, and likewise at its sides by means of the `fiexible strips, the follower and the sides of the machine.` Thus it will be observed that a filling of the exact size and `shape it is designed `to have in the casing or tickinglis fed into the latter; and as tlie'ticking is filled it ismoved along the table or support, the filled portions of the tickingslipping gradually from beneath the clamps which hold the ticking upon the fingers until the ticking has been entirely filled, at which time it is simplynecessary to sew up the open end ormouth. c j

It is obvious that a machine constructed as above described is exceedingly simple and durable as well as economic, and that it may be manipulated with dispatch and in a convenient manner. Further it is evident that .thefilling will be placed in the ticking in a uniform manner, and 'that when the filled ticking leaves the machine it will be of uniform thickness throughout, or practically so. Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl l. In a `mattress lilling machine, a filling device, consisting of upper and lower stretches or pieces of pliable material, a follower connected with one end of `said strips or pieces, a take up mechanism connected with the op4 posite ends of the strips, side boards, and top and bottom boards adapted to `be held in contact with the outer surfaces of the 'said strips plane surface as n to keep them stretched i-n a and for the purpose set forth.` c

2. In a mattress filling machine, the colnbination, with a bed, a presser' board located above the bed, and adjustable side boards between which the presser `board is placed, of a follower having movement upon the bed between the side boards, flexible strips located one above the other and adapted. for attachment respectively to the upper and lower portions of the follower, a winding mechanism connected with the ends vof' the strips opposite the follower, and a case-holding mechanism located opposite the strips, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a mattress` filling machine, the combination, with a bed, an adjustable follower held to slide upon the bed, adjustable sides supported by the bed, and an adjustable presser board located between the sides, of a winding mechanism located at one end of the bed, flexible strips connected with th'e winding mechanism and extending in parallel lines rearward over the bed, the strips being adapted for engagement respectively with the upper and lower portions of the follower, a case `holding cage formed of longitudinal fingers projecting at the front end of the machine and clamps located one above the other 'in essentially horizontal alignment with the respectively, winding rollers having a driving connection with one another, each of the said flexible strips being secured to one of the winding rollers and passed over one 0f the guide rollers to the follower, 'and a caseholding mechanism located at the frontend of the machine in essentially horizontal alignment with the horizontal stretches of the said strips, as and for the purpose specified.

WILLIAM l-I. PUTNAM.

Witnesses:

CHAs. C. DE CAMP, W. H. CLEMoNs.