US766372A - Glove-stretcher. - Google Patents

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PATENTED AUG. 2, 1904.

C. L. MCBRIDE. GLOVE STRETGHER.

APPLICATION FILED APR.18, 1904.

N0 MODEL.

NITNESSE S.

Patented -August 2, 1 90 1.

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES L. MCBRIDE, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

GLOVE-STRETCHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 766,372, dated. August 2, 1904.

Application filed Kpril 18, 1904. Serial No. 203,596. (No model.)

To (all lull/07m it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES L. IVICBRIDE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Glove-Stretching 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 drawing, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which forms a part of this specification.

My invention relates to a glove-stretching device, known to the trade as a laying-off board, for use by manufacturers of gloves.

My invention is designed to furnish a form over which the glove after the parts are sewed together may be slipped and which will by the movement of the form automatically stretch the fingers as may be required. I attain these objects by means of the devices and arrangement of parts herein described and shown, and illustrated in the single figure of the accompanying drawing, which is a perspective View of my device, the dotted lines illustrating the position of the form when it is inclined away from the operator and ready to receive the glove to be stretched, the solid lines representing the form in upright position with the tips of the finger-plates hereinafter referred to separated.

In the drawing, 1 is a base-plate adapted to be secured to a table. Projecting upwardly from the top of the plate near each side margin is a lug 2, to which lug is pivotally secured, as at 3, a finger-plate d, formed at its upper end to conform to one-half of the interior of an unstretched glove minus the thumb, the stretching of the thumb portion being performed by a separate operation. 5 is a corresponding finger-plate opposed to the plate at and formed so that the two plates when their upper ends or tips are brought together exactly conform to and fill the fingers of the gloves to be stretched. The plate 5 is pivotally secured to the plate 4, as at 6, about midway between the upper and lower ends of the plates. This pivotal connection is so arranged and adjusted that the plate 5 tilts upon the pivot 6 in such manner that the tips of the finger portions of the plate may be swung toward each other or asunder.

Projecting upwardly from the top of the plate 1 near its rear margin is a rest 7, the top of which forms a stop for the plate 4 when it is tilted backwardly at an angle of about forty-five degrees. Projecting upwardly from the top of the base-plate on the side of the finger-plates opposite from the rest 7 is a block or plate 8, which is adjustable horizontally toward and away from the finger-plates by means of set-screw 9, which passes through a slightly-elongated hole 10 in the horizontal portion of the plate 8. This arrangement permits the movement of the plate horizontally when the set-screw is loosened, and by means of the set-screw the plate is clamped at exactly the required distance from the swinging finger-plates. The inner face of this block or plate lies in the path of the lower end of the plate 5 when .this latter plate is swung with its mate upon the pixot 3.

The operation of my device is as follows: The plate 1 being properly secured to its table so that the plate 8 is nearest to the operator and the parts being adjusted for the size of gloves to be operated upon, the two plates 4: and 5 are tilted forwardly into inclined position, as indicated by the dotted lines in the drawing, and the glove to be stretched is slipped over the upper end of the plates I 5, the finger portions of which are now in closed relation and which readily slip into the fingers of the glove. The operator now swings the stretcher upon the pivot 3 into upright position. As the plates 4 5 swing forwardly the lower end of the plate 5 comes in contact with the block or plate 8, pressing the lower ends of the two plates together and swinging the upper ends of the two plates asunder upon the pivot 6, thus separating the finger-tips and stretching the fingers of the glove. The extent of the swing of the plate 5 upon its pivot 6 may be regulated by the position of the block or plate 8.

Having described my invention and its op eration, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In a glove-stretcher, a pair of corresponding opposing finger-plates, pivotal connections between said plates, a pivotal support for the pair of plates, and means-actuated by the swing of the pair of plates upon their pivotal support for throwing the tips of said finger-plates into open or closed relation.

2. In a glove-stretcher, a base, a fingerplate pivotally secured thereon, another corresponding finger plate pivotally secured in opposition to the first-mentioned fingerplate, a stop for supporting the pair of fingerplates in inclined position with their tips in closed relation, and another stop which opens said tips when the pair of finger plates is swung upon their pivotal support.

3. In a glove-stretcher, a finger-plate, a pivotal support for said plate, a corresponding opposing finger-plate, pivotal connections between said two plates upon which their tips may be swung into open or closed relation,

CHARLES L. MCBRIDE.

Witnesses:

Louis SKRANSEW'FKY, M. MARKS.

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