US526900A - Adjustable pattern for curvilinear designs - Google Patents

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(No Model.) I S S y W. J. HENLEY. ADJUSTABLE PATTERN FOR GURVILINEAR DESIGNS.

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W. J. HENLEY. ADJUSTABLE PATTERN FOR GURVILINEAR DESIGNS.

No. 526,900. Patented 001;. 2, 1894.

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WILLIAM J. HENLEY, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

ADJUSTABLE PATTERN FOR CURVILINEAR DESIGNS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 526,900, dated October 2,1894.

Application filed March 5, 1894.

' To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. HENLEY, or

Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Patterns for Ourvilinear Designs, of which the followng, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

' The object of this invention is to provide apattern for marking out the'frames of boats,

yachts, ships and analogous vessels or other curved structures; and the invention consists essentially of a prolonged skeleton frame which is flexible within its plane so as to permit said frame to be bent into various curves and tapered from end to end and is provided with adjustable bracing members crossing each other in pairs by which to retain said frame in its desired curved shape.

- The invention also consists in the combination with the aforesaid frame, of diagonal line-guides adjustably connected thereto to allow them to be set into difierent angles as may be required; and the invention further- 1 more consists in certain novel features of the details of its construction all as hereinafter described and specifically set forth in the claims.

' In the annexed drawings Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view of a sample of a yacht frame.

a the same being merely an exemplification of one of the numerous forms to which my adjustable pattern isapplicable. Fig. 2 is an enlarged face view of the said pattern adjusted for delineating the outline of one of the aforesaid frames. Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of a section of said frame. Fig. 4 is a face view of the connection of the adjustable braces of the pattern, the central nut and washer of the bolt which ties said braces at their crossing being omitted to show satin No. 502,341. (No model.)

'a-arepresent two flexible metal :bands, preferably of spring steel which are sustained the desired distance apart and in the desired bent shape by means of a series of diagonal braces 'cc-- interposed between said bands and arranged in sets distributed throughout the lengths of the bands. The

braces of each set cross each other and aresorted and adjustably clamped therein by means of a bolt dpassing through the ears and intervening portions of the brace.

Another.bolt -dpasses through the braces lat their crossing to clamp them together. The eye through which saidbolt passes is en- .larged to permit the bolt to shift laterally in the operation of adjusting the pattern as hereinafter described.

1 aforesaid enlarged eyes.

i The adjustment of said pattern is efiected,

c'-c denote washers placed over'the:

between which the end of the brace is in-.

able pattern is placed upon said door and :bent to conform to the aforesaid outline, and then by tighteningt'ne bolts -d andd, the braces 'cc are firmly clamped at their crossings, and the clamps bbare caused to effectually grip the bands and thus retain the pattern in its adjusted curved and tapered condition. To each band aare adj ustably connected the clamps e'eeach of which is composed of 'two parts like the clamps bb and formed with similar jaws e'e' by which they gripthe edges of the band as more clearlyshown-in Fig. 5 of the drawings. The two parts of the clamp are formed with outwardly projecting perforated ears --e"e" between which is inserted a metal strap -fand adjustably clamped therein by a bolt passing through the ears and strap, said ears being parallel with the plane of the pattern. The free end of the strap is also perforated and inserted between correspondingly perforated ears -g formed on the two parts of a shoe -g which is similar to the clamps-43+ and e-- and formed with jaws which grip the guide-plate -h. These guide-plates are employed for establishing on the aforesaid pattern the location and directions of the diagonal lines O-GO which are usually marked on the floor in outlining the frame A as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings which lines are drawn for the purpose of ascertaining the bevels of the exterior of the frame and edges of the planking.

The clamps e-e' can be set on the bands -a-a at the required locations, and the straps -f-f-- and shoes -g-g'-- tnrned and clamped in the proper angles to set the guide-plates h--hin range with the guidelineC-. Y A

To the foot of the described adj stable pattern, is adj ustably connected the right angled guid e-piece ZZ'- which 1 preferably hinge at its angle to the outer band -a as shown at z'- in Figs. 2 and 6 of the drawings. This guide-piece is employed fer establishing on the adjustable pattern, the so-called sideline -tand the base-line t shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, to which lines the two r and are et e elemped en the pattern. For clamping said" guide-piece, 1 preferably slit the side-line arm --Z- longitudinally as shown at qtto receiye through it the adjacent race -c. to which it is clamped by a bolt -owhich passes through said arm and is provided with a nut -o' as more clearly shown in Fig. 6.. of the drawings.

It will be observed that the described adjustable pattern can be employed for delineating various curvilinear structures and is adapted to be adjusted to the diiferent contours of the exterior of a vessel at different sections thereof and is alsovery useful for delineatin g either Gothic or elliptic arches and other curvilinear designs.

What I claim as my invention isit. An adjustable pattern for boat and shipfremes a d a u eur emestepe ee in width from end to end, which pattern is composed of flexible bands conformable to the contours of the two opposite edges of the aforesaid frame, diagonal braces crossing each other and connected together at their crossing adj ustably lengthwise of said braces and connected at their ends to the bandsadjustable longitudinally in relation to the latter as set forth.

2. An adjustable pattern for boat and shipframes consisting of prolonged skeleton frame flexible within its plane and sustained in its adjusted curved condition by adjustable bracing members of the pattern, and diagonal line-guides adjustably connected to the edges of the skeleton frame as set forth.

3. An adjustable pattern for boat and shipframes consisting of prolonged flexible delineating bands, braces between said bands and adjust-ably connected thereto to allow the bands to be bent and to retain the same in the form imparted to them, and diagonal line-guides clamped on the bands adj ustably lengthwise thereof as set forth.

4. An adjustable pattern for boat and shipframes consisting of prolonged flexible delineating bands, braces between said bands and connected thereto longitudinally adjustable to sustain the bands in their adjusted curved condition, clamps connected to the bands longitudinally adjustable, and diagonal line-guides connected to said clamps adj ustably to difierent angles as set forth.

5. An adjustable pattern for boat and shipframes consisting of prolonged flexible delineating bands, internally projecting clamps ure to sai b nds l n ly a ju able, diagonal braces crossing each other and connected together at their crossing adj nstably lengthwise of the braces and adj ustably fastened at their ends to the aforesaid clamps, outwardly projecting clamps likewise adj ustably connected to the bands, and diagonal line-guides adjustably connected to the latter clamps as set forth.

6. The combination of the two flexible steel en s ee, th c mp each m sed et tw membe in Jew 1- ir ppi g Oppo dg s o e n an orme wi h erforat a b." the r e e -e ee s ng a h th r a pe re ed at he r c s ngs a at hei nd lemp ng-ee ewe clamping t e braces together at their crossings, and clampingscrews d' clamping the ends of thebraces between the aforesaid perforated ears subetie ly a desc ib d an w 7. The combination with the flexible steel en s -e and reeee ec.- sustaining said bands in their curved condition, the clamp e composed of two membersforrned w t jaws. gr pp pp i e g s of the band and with perforated ears --e."- 7-1 he t p f e e ped edj s y b tween said ears, the shoe --g formed of two parts clamped adj ustably on said strap and the guide-plate --h secured to said shoe as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 3d day of March, 1894.

WILLIAM J. HENLEY. [n s.]- Witnesses:

J. J LAASS, O. L. BENDIXON.

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