US62359A - Improvement in machines foe making hoop-suets - Google Patents

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@uiten gisten strnt @frn s. H. 'PERKINS AND THOMAS s. GILBERT, or NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

` 'LnrerSPa-fmlvo. 62,359, mesmo-uwen,1867.

ilge tljrhrle rfu'nb tu im tinte lriter gintcut mui milking nut nf tige 5mm.

TO ALL WI-IOM IT MAY CONCERN:V

Be it known that We, S. H. PERKINS and THOMAS S. GILBERT, of New Haven, in the county of New I Haven, und State ci' Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in the Manufacture of Hoop-Skirts ;4 and we do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings und the letters of reference marked thereon, to be .i full, clear, and exa-ct description of the sume, and which .sa-id drawings constitute part of` this specilicntion, and represent, in#- Figure 1, a side view.

Figure 2, a top view.

Figure 3, .fr-longitudinal centrulsection :und in Y Figure 4, a detached vieu of a por-tion of the cylinder' te illustrate the clamp.

This'invention relates to an improvement in thevpreparction of the common covered wire preparatory to forming` it into hoops, the object being to cut the Wire to the length required, and marl: or print upon the surface of the covered wire the points where the tape is to'be secured; und eonsistsin u mechanism, which, receiving the wire, automatically measuresgprints, or marks the' point for securing y'che tape, and, when sh measured to the'rcquired length and marked, vcuts oh" the wire at the measured length.

To enable others skilled in the art to construct und use our improvement, we vwill proceed o Il" '-ribe the seine as illustrated iiivthe accompanying drawings. I

A is a cylinder, of a circumference equal atleast to vthe largest heopvrequired to Vbe measured. It is supported upon a. shaft, in bearings on. theA uprights C, und revolve-'l by means of u crank, D, attached to the shaft, or otherwise.- 4'In'the'periphery et'. the cylinder arelornrefb-greeves't-ef, more er less in nurnhe r, in

Width, and depth, so ns to' receive each-a strand of the covered vfire, and so that the surface'of the wire will lie :Hush with, or alittle above, .the .surface of thecylinder. AAcross the face' of the cylinder is tixcd agauge, d,

-With clamp, pas seen in fig. li, which is adjustable, so as to be set at any point upon the surface of the cylinder. The ends of several wires are tukcn from their 'respective reels, passed betweed guide-rolls, E, to the cylinder, and their ends set against the gauge c7, and there. made .fast to the cylinder by the clamp or other equivalent device. Above the cylinder, or at some point upon its surface, is fix-ed a printing roll, F, which con. sists of a. cylinder, presenting points or angles longitudinally upon its surface, each oi'-v which points when revolved wlll press upon the surface ofthe cylinder withthe force of thesprings upon their bearings, G. Above the seid printing roll isixed the inking roll H, provided with ink, or any coloring material which will impart to each of the points upon the printing roll, as the two come in contact, so I'n'uclrinkfor other coloring matter 11S/,Will print or indicate the point'of Acontact o i' the said points upon. the cylinder, or the wire lying upon its surface. i' Upon the edge of the cylinder Aare arranged studs,j`, projecting above the surface of the cylinder, und adjustable, so as to bc setut' any desired point around the cylinder.A When the vcylinder is revolved the sa-id studs each operate theprinting roll so as to bring one of the printing points in contact with the surface of the roll. Therefore, when the wires have been secured, as before described, to Athe surface of the cylinder, and the cylinder revolved as denoted, 'the`wire is carried around ur.dernesth,but clear of the printing roll, 'until the til-st studfstrikes or operates the printing roll to turn the roll one point'. In thus turning, the point which has been previously inked presses'upo'n the several wires, and prints or leaves upon the surface ot' the Wire un impression, passing on until the second stud operates the rll, a. second point is marked, and so on, as many Ypoints as there are tapes tobefattached, and at such points as the tapes are to be secured. At som-e point upon the periphery of the cylinder a cutter I, is fixed, extending across the surface and'upon a shaft, L, is fixed n corresponding cutter, P, which said cutter is caused, by connection with the cylinder, to revolve with such a.' velocity that the two cutters shall' at the proper time come in Contact, (as denoted in red in fig. 3,) and cut oil the several uires; illus, the wire being secured underthe clamp, (as denoted in black, iig.. 8,) will bc drawn in and marked until the cutter (also denoted in black) errives at the point of contact with the other cutter, as denoted in red, :1t whichpoint the several wires will be out off. It' longer or shorter Wires are required, adjust thc gauge and clump to the requisite distance from the cutter I, so that the revolution of the cylinder to lthe cutter measures the length of the hoop. Set the several studs to' the required points foi-'marking the several wires. -One set of wires being cut they are released from the-clump, .unother s'etinserted, und so on. By this arrangement one person is'ennbled to do the work of many, and that 'with the utmost accuracy, as the hoops for the sume positiouin diierent slain-ts will all be of the some size, and each hoop certain to be of the required relative proportion to the hoop above and below, and the point for securing the tope being thus'iudicnted with mathematical precision. Themskint `when completed will present :in equally finished appearance, more perfect than can be attained by the orflinnry process. l l Having thus fully described our invention, what we'cla-im es new and useful, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is#- I' 1. The combination of a'. feeding cylinder A, n printer or indicatoi FLwith a gauge and clamp to secure-the ends of the Wire to the cylinder, substantially as herein set forth. v

42. VThe combination of the feeding cylinder A, provided with a. clamp for securing the ends of the wire to the cylinder, in combination with'cutters I and P, substantially as herein set forth;

3. The combination of the feeding` cylinder A povidod with n clnm'p for securing the ends of the wixe to the cylinder, the printer or indicato E', and the cutters P and I, snbstnntialiy as herein set forth.

` s. H. PERKINS, Witues'ses: T. S. GILBERT.

JOHN H. SHUMWAY, I A. J. TIBBITS.

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