US721804A - Upholstering-machine. - Google Patents

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No. 721,304.l PATENTBD MAR. 3, 1903.. D. W. HYMAN & C. D. ORGUTT.

UPHOLSTERING MACHINE.

APPLIoATIoN FILED JULY '1, 1902.

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DAVID W. HYMAN AND CHARLES D. ORCUT'I, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNORS TO THE ORIENT MFG. CO., OF DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

UPH'OLSTERING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 721,804, dated March 3, 1903..

Application tiled July 7,1902'. Serial No. 114,547. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern,.- tions shown in Figs. 1 and 2. From thisv po- Beit known that we, DAVID W. HYMAN and sition it 'is elevated, as shown in dotted lines CHARLES D. ORCUTT, citizens of the United in Fig. l. The said bar 0r member B is held States, residing at Dayton, in the county 'of in its horizontal or operative position by a dog 5 Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invent- H, which turns upon a pivot H', secured to 55 ed certain new and useful Improvements in -the lower member A. The head of the dog Upholstering-Machines; and we do declare is practically square, as in Figs. 3 and 5, and the following to be a full, clear, and exact dethat end of the member B has a similar openscription of the invention, such as will enable ing H, so that when the dog is turned to the 1o others skilled in the art to which itappertains position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5 the 6o to make and use the same, reference being said bar or member B may be elevated upon had to the accompanying drawings, and to the its hinge,as shown in the dotted lines in Fig. 1. letters of reference marked thereon, which I designates a boss approximately in the form a part of this specification. center of the bar or member B and which 15 This invention relates to improvements in has a screw-threaded opening which receives 65 machines for upholstering stools and posa screw J, operated by a hand-wheel J. The sesses the 'new and useful features hereinaflower end of this screw has fixed to it a disk ter described and claimed. J. Loosely attached to the extreme lower Preceding a detail description of the invenend of the screw J is a compression-plate K, zo tion, reference is made to the'accompanying between which and the rigid disk J there is 7o drawings, of whicha series of ball-bearings a, said ball-MW Figure l is a front or rear elevation of our being inclosed in suitable ball-races l e improved upholstering-machine, showing the disk J and the plate K. same in the act of compressing the cushion L designates a concave or cup which is z5 material-such, for example, as excelsior. mounted on a pivot pin L, which passes 75 Fig. 2 is asimilar View showing the compresthrough an opening in a boss L", said boss sion mechanism reversed after the act of combeing on the middle portion of the lower fram pressingthe cushion material or excelsior. member A. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the machine. Fig. M designates a washer iixed to the lower 3o 4 is an end elevation. Fig. 5 is a detail View. end of the pivot-pin L and serving to prevent 8o Fig. 6 is a detail View of the screw and adsaid pin from rising out of the openingin the junctive devices. boss L".

Throughout the specification similar refer- The upper side-of the frame A is provided ence-letters indicate corresponding parts. with a disk N, in which is a suitable ball-race,

3 5 A and B designate two parts of a rotatable and the lower side-,of the cup or concave L is 85 frame, which have a hinge connection at C. provided with a similar disk N', also provided Projecting from bosses D D on opposite sides with a suitable ball-race. Between these two of the lower frame A are spindles, which are disks there is placed a suitable number of journaled in boxes E, said boxes being supball-bearings O.

4o ported on standards F F. The standards F F P designates a piece of carpet or other suit- 9o terminate in feet F F. The boxes E E are able fabric which forms the upper surface or supported on one side of the standards F F covering of the stool when finished. This as a matter of convenience in operating the piece of carpet is laid over the top of the cup machine. The spindle on one end of the or concave L. P designates a suitable quan- 45 frame has secured to it a crank-handle G, by tity of filling or excelsior which is placed upon 95 means of which the frame is turned to the said carpet, said excelsior being placed on reversed positions, as shown in Figs. l and 2. the inner side of the carpet. P" is a wooden As'before stated, the upper member of the slab or disk which forms the base of the stool frameB is hinged at C and is in an operative when finished. This slab is placed above the 5o position when occupying the horizontal posiexcelsior or filling P and below the compres- 10o sion-plate K. After the material for the construction of a stool is so placed the screw J is run down with suitable force to compress the fabric P and the excelsior P' into the cup L until the wooden slab P" is driven down to the limit which is prescribed by the rim of the cup L. The machine is then reversed to the position shown in Fig. 2 by turning the crank G. This brings the stool or body of said stool in a convenient position for tacking the carpet or fabric P around its edge to the wooden slab P", after which the surplus edge of said carpet is cut away, as shown in Fig. 2, and the body of the stool is removed by running down the screw from the position shown in Fig. 2. The body of the stool is removed by elevating the upper member B of the frame. The down travel of the screw J is gaged or limited by a sleeve Q', which has a flange on its lower end provided with ratchets c, that engage with a detent d, pivoted to the upper side of the bar B. These ratchets lock the screw against any backward movement after ithas been driven down to thelimit of its movement in the operation of compressing the lling P'. The limit of such movement of the screw is determined by the position of the sleeve Q'. The said sleeve is moved up or down by a sleeve Q, which incloses the upper end of the screw J below the hand-wheel J', the engagement between said sleeve being of a screw-threaded nature. A binding- Screw h penetrates the upper sleeve Q and secures it fast to the screw-shaft after the lower sleeve Q' has been moved to the proper position relatively to the bar B. It will be understood that the lower sleeve Q' is elevated or lowered by turning the upper sleeve Q. The screw-shaft J has a keyway, (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 6,) into which a key projects from the lower end of the sleeve Q'. By this means the said sleeve may be moved up or down on said screw, while at the same time the said sleeve, together with the upper sleeve Q, is rotated with the screw-shaft.

S is a spring-controlled latch, which is pivoted to an upright bar S' and serves to hold the bar or member B in its elevated position, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

T is a spring-bar, one end of which is secured to one of the standards F. This bar has a loop T', into which the operating-lever G springs when the frame is in the position shown in Figs. l and 4.

Havingdescribed our invention, we claim- 1. In a machine for upholstering stools, a frame mounted for'rotation comprisinga lower curved memberA and an upper straight member B, said members having a hinge connection, a cup or concave supported on the lower member A and adapted to receive the fabric and filling under compression, a screw penetrating the upper member B, a disk attached to the lower end of said screw and adapted to compress the fabric and filling into said cup or concave, and means for gaging the movement of said screw, substantially as set forth.

2. A machine for upholstering foot-stools, comprising a frame consisting of upper and lower members A and B, which have a hinge connection, standards to which said lower member is pivoted and whereby the position of said frame may be reversed, a cup or concave mounted in the lower member of said frame on antifriction-bearings, said cup or concave adapted to support the fabric, the lling, and the wooden slab from which the body of a stool is constructed, an operatingscrew penetrating the upper member of the frame, a disk attached to the lower end of said screw and adapted to make contact with the upper side of the Wooden slab, and whereby the fabric and filling is compressed within the cup or concave upon the operation of lowerin g the screw, and means for operating said screw as set forth.

In testimony whereof we ax our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID W. HYMAN. CHARLES D. ORCUTT. Witnesses:

R. J. MCCARTY, CAROLYN M. THEOBALD.

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