US552883A - bates - Google Patents

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MF'MBAYTES. MATTRESS MAKING MACHINE.

Patented Jan. 14, 1896.

llllllll Application tiled June 25, 1895.

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCES MARIAN BATES, a citizen of the United States, residing.

at Tolar, in the county of l-Ioodand State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mattress-Making Machines and I do 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 the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this speciieation.

This invention relates to certa-in new and useful improvements in mattress-presses, and especially to a new and improved mechanism for iirst pressing the material and then forcing the same into a mattress, which is suitably held at one end of the machine, guidestrips being provided to hold the material forming the filling for the mattress straight and smooth while being forced into the tick.

To these ends and to such others as the invention lmay pertain the same consists further in the novel construction, combination and adaptation of the parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

I clearly illustrate my invention in the accompanyin g drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which drawings similarletters of reference indicate like parts throughout both views, in which- Figure l is a vertical longitudinal section of a machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the press-box alone..

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the fram ework supportin g the press-box B, the side walls of which box are provided with the longitudinal slots C near the top edges of said sides.

D is a shaft having pinion-wheels E on each end, and F F are rack-bars, one secured on each side of the box and parallel with the said slots, on which rack-bars the said pinionwheels are designed to travel. Mounted on the shaft D are the blocks G loosely journaledA thereon, and the said blocks are connected bythe plun ger-bar Lwhieh is secured to the lowerl Serial No. 554,019. (No model.`l

portions of the blocks, an d .l J are guides sisting of elongated strips of metal or Q material having sharpened points, and

adapted to reciprocate backward and for with the plunger-block when in opera i Three of these guides are here shown, an p of them extend from the plunger-blocl3 r L* .rv

slightly beyond the board L, and their obj is to keep the material. moving in a straigli line, while being forced into the ticking, y thus prevent the material from moving late ally, becoming tangled, and forming h: knots, as it will do if means are not used?, prevent it. lf the materia-l is placed in a box in straight layers, these rods J will prevent them from mixing up and forming hard knot K is aremovable block designed to rest o1 the block or plunger-bar l while the materi which is to iill the mattress is being pressed, and L is a removable board having pins which are adapted to hold said board in place at the opposite end of the box during the pressing process.

Suspended from the top of the framework ot the device is the platform M, having connection with a winding-drum N by means of the cable N', which passes over a pulley O, and having connection with the ends of the cleats P. fl" are rods connecting the ends of sait cleats, and l are rings loosely hung on said rods.

the support for the press-box, and Q a ratchet-l wheel mounted thereon, and f/ is a dog and g'. a lever for winding said shaft. To each end bands are provided at their upper ends wit hooks R for catching the rings l"2 on the rot P'. is to fill the mattress is pressed before it forced into the tick.

jecting port'ons S of the press-box.

The operation of the machine is as follow mattress is ii rst placed in the box, the re1no\ able boa-rds at each end being in place upOiL the box and then pressed by turning the shaf has been sufficiently pressed, Jthe forward en e .HX 91229.55.lQIQlleritherefon.and.,thenlungernmm. J.. E.. KERK.

board is removed, and by placing a crank on one end oi' the shaft D the plunger-block I maybe forced forward and the material for ced into the mattress, the guides serving to keep the material from clogging up and keeping it straight'and smooth.

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

In a machine for making mattresses,.tlie

block and means for operating the plunger block, combined with the rods J, secured to the block and exi-ending longitudinally through the box, substantially as shown.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

FRAICES MARIAN IATES.

Vitnesses:

J. FLETCHER,

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