US716191A - Moistening device. - Google Patents

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Patented Dec. l6, I902.

H. cLounE. MOISTENING DEVICE:

(Application filed Mar. 81, 1902.)

' Uivrrsn sum HARRY M. OLOUDE, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

MOISTENING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 716,191, dated December 16, 1902. Application filed March 31,1902. Serial No. 100,878. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that LHARRY M. CLOUDE, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Moistening Devices, of which the following is a specification. I

This invention relates to certain improvements in moistening devices, and more particularly in that class of moistening devices which are especially designed for use in shrinking cloth; and the object of the invention is to provide a device of this general character of a simple and inexpensive nature and of a strong,compact, and durable construction. by means of which cloth or other I material in sheet form maybe conveniently and uniformly moistened without danger of being crumpled orwrinkled up or of being.

stretched or pulled out of shape.

The. invention consists in certain novel features of the construction,combination,and arrangement of the several parts of the improved moisteningdevice, whereby certain important advantages are attained and the device is made simpler, cheaper, and otherwise better adapted and more convenient for use, all as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

The novel features of the invention will be carefully defined intheclaims.

Inthe accompanyingdrawings,which serve, to illustrate my invention,Figurc1 is an end view showing'amoistening device constructed according to my invention, and Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken vertically through the device and showing the construction of the several parts thereof. Fig. 3 is an enlarged partial section taken vertically through one end portion of the improved moistening device in the plane indicated by the line a a in Fig. 1. Fig. 4; is an enlarged partial section taken vertically through an end portion of the device in the plane indicated by the line b b in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail view showing the construction and arrangement of the bearingand tension devices of the improved moistener.

As shownin the views,:the improved moistening device comprises a tank 1, herein shown as rectangular in form and open at top, the width of the tank being at least equal to the width of the cloth or other sheet material to be moistened. At the ends of the tank 1 are arranged brackets 2 of exactly similar form, such brackets having at their lower parts lugs 3, through which may be passed screws or equivalent devices for holding the brackets upon the ends of a base-board 4:, extended beneath the tank 1. Where desired, this base-board 4 may be omitted,and the brackets may in such. cases be screwed or bolted directly upon a table or other support on which the tank is to be rested. In the drawings the tank 1 is shown with one side made shallower, as indicated at 5, and this portion I will call the drip portion of the tank, since it is designed to receive the drippings from the moistened cloth or other material.

6 and 7 indicate reels or carriers of similar construction, these reels or carriers being mounted to turn above the tank, the reel 6 being mounted at some elevation above the shallower drip portion 5 of the tank and being adapted to support the cloth or other material to be moistened, andthe reel 7 being arranged at the deeper portion of the tank 1 and being also adapted to dip within the water or other liquid held in said tank, as indicated in the sectional view Fig. 2.

Each reel or carrier has at opposite ends studs 8, engaged with hearings 9; integrally formed upon the upright portions or posts 12 of the brackets2, and said studs have outer endportions which are squared, as shown at 10, and project outside their bearings 9 in position to receive a-detachable crank-handle 11, by means of whichvthe carriers. or reels maybe caused to rotate in the bearings ot' the frames or brackets 2.

Each reel or carrier is formed at its end with a yoke or connecting-piece 1.3,upon which the stud 8 at that end of the reel is integrally formed, and the ends of said yokes 13 are bent at right angles, as shown M14, and are countersunk in the outer surfaces of side bars or rails 15, spaced apart an'd'forming the central portion of the reel, the rails being secured to said bent ends 14: of the yokes by means of screws 16 or equivalent means. In this way it will be seen that each carrier or reel is given. a flattened form, and the structure is given a maximum of strength and simplicity, with sufficient strength to withstand all strains upon it.

1'7 indicates an apron formed of a long strip of sheet material, preferably of some cloth, as duck or canvas, the end portionsof which are secured to the respective carriers or reels 6 and 7 and are adapted to be Wound thereon, as indicated at 18 in the drawings, the arrangement being such that when one of the carriers or reels is turned by meansof the crank-handle 11 the apron 17is unwound from the other reel or carrier and is wound upon that reel or carrier to which the crank-handle is connected. In this way it will be seen that the crank-handle may be applied to one reel or carrier to wind the apron in one direction and may then be applied to the other reel or carrier to wind the apron in an opposite direction. 1

The reel or carrier 6 is at a higher elevation than the reel 7,and in order to cause the apron to extend from said reel 6 in substantially a horizontal plane to the opposite edge of the tank 1 and above the reel 7 I provide at said opposite edge of the tank at which the cloth or other material to be moistened is received and discharged an idler-roll 19, having at its ordinary ends studs 20, mounted to turn in bearings 21 on uprights of the frames or brackets 2, and the central portion of the apron 17 is adapted to be passed around said idler-roll during its travel from one carrier or reel to the other. At the said receiving and discharging side or edge of the tank the wall 27 thereof is also made of increased height, so as to be closely adjacent to the lower run of the apron 17, in positionto strip off the cloth or other sheet material therefrom when the apron 17 is unwound from the reel 6 and wound on the reel 7, so that the cloth is prevented from being carried around the said lower run of the apron and wound upon the reel 7. By means of said raised wall 27 of the tank the cloth or other sheet material is stripped off from the apron and is caused to fall down outside of the tank 1, as will be readily understood.

For simplicity of manufacture I prefer to form the bearings 9 and 21 of the brackets 2 with openings 23 at their tops and on their outer sides and with similar openings 24. at their bottoms and upon their inner sides, so that the finishing of the hearings to receive the moving parts of the device is greatly simplified and cheapened. The bearings are also constructed to overhang on the inner sides of the frames or brackets 2, as indicated at 22 in the drawings, and the overhanging portions 22 of the bearings for the ends of the reel or carrier 7 are at an elevationsuch that their under sides rest on the top edges of the walls of the tank at the ends thereof, as shown at Fig. 3, whereby the said reel or carrier is permitted to turn freely within the tank, the overhang of the bearings thereof insuring a proper space between the ends of the said reel and the end walls of the tank.

To prevent undue looseness and rattling of the reels or carriers 6 and 7, I prefer to provide these parts with tension devices, which may be of any preferred construction. A preferred form of tension device is illustrated in Figs. 1 and 5 and comprises a spring, one end of which is bent to produce two arms 24, which are perforated for the passage of an adjusting-screw 25, by means of which the tension upon the reel may be regulated. The other end of the spring is bent, as shown at 26, and is adapted to be passed down in the opening 23 at the top of the bearing 9, and in said opening is adapted to engage the stud 8 of the reel and to press frictionally thereonto prevent looseness and rattling. In this way the reels are caused to turn smoothly and when rotated will stand at any position in which they are adjusted and will not swing back to a vertical position, such as they would otherwise assume, owing to their flattened forms.

In using the improved moistening device, when it is desired to moisten a sheet of mate rial-as cloth, for example-40 be shrunk one end portion of said sheet is laid evenly upon the horizontal portion of the apron 17, as indicated at a: in Fig. 1, after which the reel or carrier 6 is rotated by means of the crank-handle applied at the end thereof in such away as to draw the end of said sheet of material over into the bight of said reel, as indicated at y in Fig. 1, whereupon the said sheet is wound upon the carrier or reel with each of its turns interposed between two turns of the wet or moistened apron 17, so that the sheet of cloth or other material is thoroughly and uniformly moistened throughout its entire surface and is at the same time held in a straight rolled condition upon the reel or carrier, so that it is prevented from being creased or wrinkled up or from being pulled or stretched out of shape. After the cloth has been permitted to remain upon the reel for a sufficient time to permit the water to permeate it the crankhandle 11 is applied to the other reel 7, and said reel is turned to move the apron in an opposite direction, so that the sheet of cloth is withdrawn from the reel 6 andis discharged over the edge of the tank 1 upon a table or other support suitably arranged, the raised wall 27 of the tank 1 at that side serving to strip the cloth from the apron and prevent it from adhering thereto. The reel 7, since it turns within the water in the tank 1, insures that the apron will be maintained at all times moist and wet, so as to be ready for use without preparation, since in removing the cloth from the device the apron is always wound upon the reel 7.

From the above description it will be seen that the improved moistening device is of an extremely simple and inexpensive construction and is especially well adapted for use in moistening or sponging cloth to be shrunk,

since by its use the cloth is thoroughly and uniformly moistened without being pulled out of shape, and it will also be obvious from the abovedescription that the device is capable of some modification without material departure from the principles and spirit of the invention, and for this reason I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise form and arrangement of the several parts of the improved device as herein set forth.

, Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat- 1. In a moistening device, the combination of two reels mounted to turn, tension devices for holding the reels against excessive movement, an apron the ends of which are connected to and adapted to be wound on the respective reels, means for moistening the apron, means for driving the reels and a device for stripping sheet material from the apron, and comprising a flat, stationary part one edge of which is engaged with the apron, substantially as set forth.

2. In a moistening device, the combination of two reels mounted to turn, an apron the endsof which are connected to and adapted to a be wound on the respective reels, means for moistening said apron, means for driving, the

reels, an idler-roll around which the central portion of the apron between the reels is bent and a stripping device formed of a part one edge of which is arranged closely adjacent to said apron, at the bight thereof for stripping material from the apron, substantially as set forth.

3. In a moistening device, the combination of a tank one wall of which is extended upwardly, an idler-roll mounted to turn adja cent to said upwardly-extended wall of the tank, a reel mounted to turn at the opposite side of the tank, another reel below the firstmentioned reel and between it and the idlerroll and mounted to turn and adapted to dip in liquid in the tank, an apron the ends of which are connected to and adapted to be wound on the respective reels and the central portion of which is passed around the idler-roll and above and closely adjacent to said upwardly-extended wall of the tank and means for driving the reels, substantially as set forth.

4. In a moistening device, the combination of a tank, brackets at the ends of said tank and formed with bearings the outer sides of which are open at their tops and the inner sides of which are open at their bottoms,

'reels having studs engaged with and adapted to turn in said bearings, an apronthe ends of which are connected to and adapted to be wound on the respective reels, one reel being arranged to dip in liquid in said tank and means for driving said reels, substantially as set forth.

Signed at Cincinnati, Ohio, this 28th day of March, 1902.

HARRY M. CLOUDE.

Witnesses: J OHN ELIAS J ONES, J. D. THORNE.

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