US546216A - Amdhewb - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

M. ARBUGKLB.

WHEEL PAINTING MACHINE.

No. 546,216. Patented Sept. 10, 1895.

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MATTHEW ARBUCKLE, OF INDIANPOLIS, INDIANA.

wHEEL-PA`iNTlNG MACHINE..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 1Y0. 5416,21 6, dated September 10, 1895..

Application filed August 30, 1894. Serial No. 521,764. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MATTHEW ARBUCKLE, of Indianapolis, county of Marion, and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in YVheeLPainting Machines;

' and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, refer.- ence being had to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals refer to like parts.

The object of my wheel-painting machine is to reduce the cost of painting carriage and other vehicle wheels. With my machine one person can paint several wheels while he would be painting one by hand. This machine applies and spreads the paint and dries it quickly. My device can also be used as a wheel-washing machine by omitting some parts of the painting-machine;

The full nature of my invention will ap; pear from the following description and accompanying drawings.

Figure lis aperspective of my wheel-painting machine. Fig. 2 is a central verticallongitudinal section of the device, excepting the paint-can and support, which are in elevation. Fig. 3 is a plan viewr of the machine. Fig. el. is a vertical cross-section of the upper central portion of the tank to one side of the brushes. Fig. 5 is the saine view of the lower central portion of the tank, but on a smaller scale than Fig. d. Fig. 6 is a detail view of a main brush and attachment, being an elevation. Fig. 7 is a perspective of a main brush. Fig. S is a crosssection of a small brush and its attachment. Fig. 9 is a central vertical longitudinal section of a goed form of the tank whenused for washing wheels, and Fig. l0 is a detail view of the mud-scraper in the washing-machine.

I providea tank l, made, preferably, of wood and semicircular, as shown, being wide enough to contain the brushes and receive a wheel. When desired,l secure it to the floor by the cleats 2 and provide knobs 3 for handling it. A portion of the bottom of the tank is built fiat, as shown, that it may sit level and steady.

I mount centrally on the tank means of supporting the wheel, consisting of a vertically 5o movable and adjustable jack 4. on one side and a readily-removable support 5 uponl the other side. The jack 4 and its means of ad justment are similar to that shown in my Letters Patent dated September 4, 1394. The support 5 is made removable in order that sup ports of varying heights may be used for wheels of varying diameters, the support e be ing adjusted to register with it. These supports 5 are made removable also for converting the painting-machine into awashing-machine when the wheel is on the carriage-axle, as the jack 4 then is suflcient. If the wheel, however, is not on the vehicle, the support 5 is required in the washing-machine.

Two sets of brushes are provided by me, main brushes (3V and small or felly brushes 7. Two of these, one of each kind, are placed on each inner side ofthe tank. The main brushes 6 are made in the form, preferably', that is shown in Fig. 'Z-of a wooden L-shaped base S, with grooves 9 on each side of the inner face thereof. This base is so formed that it may be slipped in a guideway ,'formed, as shown in Fig. 6, by placing a pair of guide strips l0, being L-shaped in cross-section,so as to have a flange extending in from the base 8 and tting in the grooves 9. These guidestrips are made, preferably, of sheet iron galvanized and nailed to the inner side of the tank, near the middle, so as to register with the wheel-supports 4 and Thelong end of the brush-base 8 is placed. in this guideway, the short end extending horizontally outward over the sides of the tank. The fibers of the' main brushes are set to one side of the center of the base S, as seen in Fig. 6, in order that the ends of fibers may pass each other when the brushes are in place, which is desirable, that the brushes may overlap the spokes of the Wheel. This peculiar position of the fibers, however, is not required on the short part of the brush-base. One of these main brushes is fastened by a screw at its upper end to the jack 4t, whereby the two move up or down together. The other brush is moved by hand to register with the first and is held in place by a spring catch or dog ll, which operates through a hole in the cleatto which it is fastened. The short end of this pair of brushes engages the hub, while lthe long end IOD acts on the spokes. The short brushes 7 are to act on the felly and that part of the wheel. It is made, as shown in Fig. 8, plain, and is held in the guideway or small brush-holder 12, made like the other guideways, except it has a back 13, which sets the brush out some distance from the tank, whereby it can engage the felly and can be held rather tightly in place.V These brushes usually need no adjustment, but, if desired, they can be slipped up or down and the tight fit of the brushholder will keep them in place.

At the bottom of the tank I provide means of centering the Wheel in the tank, consisting of what I call centering-strips 414, being a pair of strips secured to the side and bottom and inclined toward each other at the bottom. By this the'tire will not engage the side of the tank and the Wheel will be kept in a position wherein the brushes will act equally upon it. To remove the contents of the tank quickly, I provide a spring-closed valve 15, covering au exit at the lower part of one side of the tank. The spring rotates laterally, whereby the valve can quickly be opened or closed.

Y To feed the paint to the wheel, I provide a suitable stand or support 1G for a paint can or tank 17, from which the paint is conveyed by suitable tubes to the wheel. The stand shown is secured to the door near the wheeltank and is secured to the same by the removable connection 18. An iron pipe or tube 19, extending down from the paint-can 17, is fastened to the stand 16 by two brackets 20, one being secured by a setscrew on wheel 2l. The iron paint-tube 19 has a valve 22 at its lower end, below which it divides and forms a U-shaped tube 23, the U pointing toward the wheel. From each arm of the U-shaped tube is a rubber tube 27, extending parallel with the top of the sides of the tank to the inner end of a laterally-adjustable rod or arm 24:, which is mounted in the wheel-support on either side and, as shown herein, is operated by a small hand-wheel 25. The tubes are provided with a series of apertures or preferably small inwardly-extending tubes 26,

vthrough which the paint flows to the Wheel.

The tubes are moved close to the spokes after the Wheelis put in, whereby the small outlets will to some extent overlap the spokes, and thus deposit paint on them. The inner end of the main tubes deposits paint on the hub. The brushes evenly distribute the paint thus deposited. To dry the wheel, drying-brushes, like the paint-brushes above described, are substituted for them, or, preferably, a second machine for drying purposes is placed near the first, being` like it except the device for supplying the paint. In this manner the paint will be readily deposited and distributed over the surface of the wheel. The fibers of the brushes should be soft and long. If they should be short or stiff, they will often fail to distribute paint properly about the ends of the spoke, Where a fea7 touches by a hand-brush would be necessary.

Wvhen my device is used to wash carriages, the paint-supplying part is removed, as it is readily detachable. If the wheel is on the buggy, the removable support 5 is taken off; otherwise not. Sometimes it is desired to scrape mud olf the sides of the felly, as water is slow to penetrate and disintegrate some kinds of dirt. For thisI put a scraper 2S on each {side of the tank,made, preferably, of rubber a fourth of an inch thick and partially split, as shown in Fig. 10. Usually this scraper is not needed. To increase the pressure of the scraper 0n the wheel, I press laterally against the tank with my hand. I might add that usually the tank when used to wash Wheels is not secured to the floor, but is placed under the wheel in the manner described in my former patent above mentioned. Instead of making the tubes 26 and 27 of rubber I sometimes make them of iron, the tubes 26 being short with a small, preferablyhollow, hair brush secured to them and extending inwardly into contact with the wheel.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is the following:

l. A wheel painting machine comprisinga tank, means of supporting the wheel so it will rotate in the tank, brushes removablymounted on the sides of the tank close enough `to the wheel to engage it, a paint can placed higher, than the tank, and tubes leading from the paint can alongside the parts of the wheel and provided with apertures through which the paint is deposited on the wheel.

2. Inawheelpaintingorwashingmachine,a tank, guideways on the sides of the tank, and L-shaped brushes with the long ends fitting in such guideways and the short ends extend ing laterally outward at the top, the fibers of the brushes being on one side of the center of the long ends whereby the ends of the bers will pass each other when the brushes are in place, substantially as shown and described. y

3. In a wheel painting or washing machine, a tank, a set of L.shaped brushes adjustably mounted on the sides of the tank with their short ends upward and extending outward, and a set of small brushes on the sides of the tank near the bottom and set so as to engage the felly and outer ends of the spokes of the wheel, substantially as show'n and described.

4:. In a wheel painting or washing machine, a tank, an adjustable jack on one side, and a support on the other side whereby the wheel is supported, guideways on the sides of the tank, brushes movable in such guideways, the brush on one side fastened to the jack, and a catch adapted t0 hold the other brush in any desired elevation, substantially as shown and described.

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5. In a wheel painting machine, e suitable to the wheel may be adjusted, substantially frame, means for supporting the Wheels on as shown and described. xo Such frame, e paint can placed higher than I Witness whereof I have hereunto set my the Wheel hub, tubes leading from Iche paint hand this 17th day of August, 1894:.

can alongside the Wheel, and laterally adj ust- MATTHEV ARBUCKLE. able reds mounted on the frame to whose u- Witnesses: nel ends the inner ends of the paint tubes ere V. H. LOOKWOOD,

attached whereby theeicseness of such tubes A. S. COURTRIGHT.

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