US535996A

US535996A - Feeding device for button-machin es

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Publication number: US535996A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1895-03-19
Anticipated expiration: 1912-03-19

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G. RADOLIFFE. FEEDING DEVICE FOR BUTTON MACHINES, &c.

No. 535,996. Patented Mar. 19, 1895.

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O. RADOLIPPE. FEEDING DEVICE FOR BUTTON MACHINES, 850.

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FEEDING DEVICE FOR BUTTON MACHINES, &c. No. 535,996.

Patented Mar. 19, 1895.

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I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES RADOLIFFE, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

FEEDING DEVICE FOR BUTTON-MACHINES, i800.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 535,996, dated March 19, 1895.

Application filed October 9;].894- Serial No. 525,353. CN'o model.)

To a whom it may concern: Be it known that I, CHARLES RADCLIFFE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Feeding Devices for Button or other Like Machines; 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 appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My present invention relates to improvements in devices for automatically feeding the parts employed in the manufacture of buttons, or other small articles of a similar nature, to their proper positions on a piece of goods, previous to the forming of a complete button firmly attached to the material.

The invention therefore consists in the con *struction of the various parts of the mechan- .ism and the combination of the devices employed, in the manner herein explained, with a view to the productionof a cheaper, a more convenient, and a practically efficient feeding device, for the purposes stated.

The devices to be hereinafter more fully explained and described are intended for use more especially in connection with the-button-attaching machines, claimed by me in my previous Letters Patent, Nos. 486,895 and 486,896, issued November 29, 1892; but the same may be used on any other machine for feeding parts or buttons or small articles of a like nature.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying sheets of drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side View of a button-attaching machine, provided with a feeding device embodying the principles of my invention. Fig. 2 is a side view, on an enlarged scalejof my novel form offeeding device, and Fig. 3 is a top view of the same. Fig.4 is a view of the opposite side of the feeding wheel used in connection with my improvement. Fig. 5 is a perspective view, and Fig. 6 a face view of the receiving portions'of the Wheel illustrated in said Fig. 4.

As has been stated the main purpose of my present invention is to provide an improved form of feeding device to be used in connection, more especially, with any construction of button machines, for feeding, either the back-plate with its post to be forced through the material, or the shell of the button, to that part of the machine, where said parts are secured to the cloth and firmly fastened together to produce the finished button.

With this object in view, A, in the above described drawings, designates any suitable stand or table provided with any form of operating mechanism, such as for example, of the construction illustrated in my former patent, No. 486,896. A is a standard secured in any convenient manner upon said table or support, to which is secured, by means of bolts or screws a, as indicated in dotted lines, in Fig. 1, or in any other well-known manner, a half-section or shell (2. which is open on one end, as at a On a shaft 1), adapted to rofate in said shell is secured my novel form of back-plate or shell-feeding device 0, which loosely fits in the contour of the open side a of said shell a, thereby virtually closing said side, and while capable of a rotation therein, forms a pocket or hopper for the back-plates or shells of a button to be fed by means of said wheel a intoa suitable chute or race-way d. The mechanism for producinga step-bystep'movement of the said wheel 0 is similar to that described and illustrated in my previous patents herein-above mentioned. The same consists essentially of a toothed wheel a provided with a boss 6', and a screw e for securing the same to said shaft 1). Arranged upon the table or support A is a tubular standard f, in which is adapted to move a post f, pivotally connected by means of a rod f to the treadle of the machine. The upper end of said post f is provided with a spring-actuated dog or jaw f which is in normal con tact with the teeth a of the wheel 6, and when working the treadle, said post f moves upwardly, thereby causing the wheel 6 on the shaft 1) to move one tooth and bringing a backplate or shell-receiving space 0' on the wheel 0, directly'in front of the receiving end d of the chute or race-way d, to drop the backplate or shell into said chute. Of course it will be evident, that this means for operating said wheel is but one form of construction that may be used, and I may employ other forms for performing the same result. The brushes b arranged on a sleeve b 611 .said shaft, 1), for sweeping the back-plates or shells in said receiving portions 0 of the wheel 0, may be of a construction similar to that described in my previous Letters Patent hereinabove mentioned, and maybe operatedin a like manner, and it will therefore not be necessary to further describe these parts.

As will be seen more especially from Figs. 4, 5 and 6, the shell or back-platefeeding wheel 0 is provided in its periphery with. a series of retaining portions 0'. These consist essentially of a deep recess 0 of anysuitable depth or width to receive the post on said back-plate of the hub on the shell of=the,button and the recessed guide-portions.-c directly back of theinclined faces c of saidn'eceivinm portions, to receive thetedges of ttherbackplate, as will beseen from aniusp-ect-iontof Fig. 5. Said recessed-portions are all angularly arranged with the flat sides of .said wheeL and to retain the back-plate or shell in its receiving-portion, during therotation of said wheel 0 in the direction. of the arrow .00, see Fig; ,2, the opposite side of thelower portion of said Wheel is protected bya plate 9 secured to the; shell or by meansof screws 9'. Said pl-ate terminates directly beneath thereceivingpon tion d'of;thc chute- 0?. As will be noticedi from said Figs. 5 andttl, the;recessedpartin of theireceiving portion 0' of thewheel c, is. providedwith an inclined edge 0 thereby. considerably enlarging ,the openingsof said recess 0 asrit comes in position in front of. the receiving ,portion (1 of=thechute d and,

thereby enabling thetqlllek dischargeiofsaid back-plate on the shell of a buttonrinito thei chute. Owing. to the inclination of the periphcral edge ofrsaid wvheel 0 coming in consi tact with said plate g, the back-plates or shells 1.

shellfeeding wheel arranged on said shaft,

of thebuttons will ireadily; place themselves in theproper posit-ions in the receiving por tionsof said wheel.

The feedlng wheeh as. will be seen from. Fig.4, is made. in therman-ner-of-a toothedt wheel, having recessed parts a intowhich .thev

posts on the back-plates or the hubs ofthe;

shells arrange themselves .and are properly fed to the delivery chute, the.onl=y changein the construction of the wheels intended: for the feeding of difierentparts OfvbllililOllS, .being in the differences in the width anddepth of thesaid recessed portions 0 Otherwise the construction of the: wheels isalike; in. all respects. Owingtothe arrangement and-.construction ofmthe receiving-portions .in said wheels, when a back-plate or shell endeavors to enter therecess in=a wrong positiomit cannot be held in position thereimbei ng rejected and its place im mediately occupiedby another back-plate or shell, as thecase may. be.

It'will be understood, that the receiving portion d of the chute (1, maybe in commu-ci nication with thewheel c at any suitable point, either at the. top, or atthe bottom or at any other point of the wheel, but preferably attheside, as shown in the accompanying drawings.

The receiving portions in the wheel 0 may be of other suitable configurations than those shown herein, to suit the shape of the article to be fed to other parts of the machine, the essential feature ofmy machinebeing a feeding wheel having an inclined peripheral surfacewith receiving-portions in said inclined surface of any desirable shape.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is-.

1. In a button attaching or other like machine, the herein described feeding device consisting essentially of a wheel, as 0, having receiving portions in its periphery, comprising therein recessed partsic recessed guide portionsc andan inclinededgeyc connected with one of saidaportions,substautiallyas and for the purposes set fOlhlL:

i 2..In a button attaching or other like machine, the herein described feeding. device, consisting essentially of -a verticallyarranged wheel, as c, havingan inclined peripheral surface, -and receiving portions in said inclined peripheral surface -adapted to receive but .onepart. who delivered, at one time, substan- .tiallyas andfor the purposes set forth.

3. Ina buttonoattaching or other like machine, the herein described-feeding device,

consisting essentiallyof a wheel, astc, having 1aninclined-peripheral surface, and receiving portioustherein,=- comprising the recessed parts recessed guideiportions to andauinclined or beveled edge connected with one of said portions c substantially as and for the purposes set-forth.

4. 'lhecombination, im a machine for attaching-buttons .or the like, of a base or table, a standard thereon, a shell, assa, connected withsaid standard, a shaft, a back-plate or said wheel having an. angular.pcriphery,'receiving portions in. theinclined surface thereof, adapted to receive :butone part to be delivered, at onetime, andia chute or race-way,

all arranged as and for. tlIGlPHITPOSGS set forth.

5. 'lheqcombinationninl a unachine forattaching buttons or the ii 1: e, of. a base or table, a standard thereon, a .shell, as a, connected with said standard, a shaft, a back-plate or shell-feeding wheel arranged on said shaft, said wheel having an, angular periphery, receiving portions in theinclinedsurface thereof, adapted to. receive bntone part to be de vlivered at onetime, and a chute or race-way,

and mechanism on said shaft for causinga rotary movement of said:feedingdeviee,-substantiallyas and for thepurposes set: forth.

In testimony that I claim the inventionset forth aboveI have hereunto sctmy hand this 5th day; of .October,-1894.

CHARLES RAD CLI FFE.

Witnesses:

FREDK. C. FRAENTZEL, WM. H. OAMFIELD,'J r.