US773151A - Painting-machine. - Google Patents

Description

Y PATENTED OCT. 25, 1904.

W. G; LATIMER. PAINTING MACHINE.

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APPLICATION FILED NOV. 18, 1899.

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PATENTED 001". 25, 1904.

W. G. LATIMER. PAINTING MACHINE.

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UNITED STATES Patented October 25, 1904.

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l/VILLIAM G. LATIMER, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO NATIONAL ART AND CALENDAR COMPANY, OF DE- TROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 773,151, dated October 25, 1904.

Applicati n fil d November 18, 1899. Serial No. 737,430. (No model.)

To (all whom, it may concern:

troit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Painting-Machines, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention consists in the construction of a multiple painting-machinethat is, amachinein which a multiple of color-applying devices may be operated simultaneously to produce or operate upon a series of like paint- 5 ings, drawings, crayons, or other similar classes of work.

The invention in its broader scope embraces, as above indicated, a machine capable of producing practically any type of work; but in this application I have shown a brush painting-machine and have claimed the detail construction of that machine in addition to the generic claims intended to include other detail forms.

My invention comprises in general a support for a series of sheets or canvases and a series of synchronously-moving colo'rapplying devices supported so as to be free to work at any desired point on the sheet and to give 3 the desired movement for applying the color, so that an operator with but a single picture to operate upon may in paintingthat picture produce at the same time a multiple of like pictures, posters, or otherwork.

The invention further consists in the construction of such a machine designed for painting and, further, in the construction, arrangement, and combination of the various parts, all as more fully hereinafter described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the brush-frame arranged in operative relation to a series of work-holders which are partly broken away and also showing the paint-receptacles. Fig. 2 is a 45 diagrammatic perspective of the machine, ex-

cept the paint-receptacles. Fig. 3 is a diagram perspective of a series of work-holders plates or frames C.

and a color-applying device, such as might be used in crayon-work. Fig. 4 is an enlarged section through the machine to illustrate the 5 supporting-frame and the paint-receptacles, the brushes being shown as being dipped. Fig. 5 is a detached perspective of a port-ion of the paint-receptacles and wiper-bars. Fig.

6 is a perspective illustrating the manner of tensioning the wiper-bars. Fig. 7 is an enlarged section through the brush holder frame, a portion being omitted. Fig. 8 is a section on line :1; m, Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is perspective view of the ball-holding casing detached. 6C Fig. 10 is a perspective of one of the brushholder arms, showing'a brush detached. Fig.

11 is a plan of that portion of the brush-holder frame shown in Fig. 7.

A is a suitable framework which I prefer- 5 ably employ to support the operating parts. Its form is quite immaterial. This framework supports a series of work-holders. I have shown a rectangular frame B, having guides C at the top and bottom, in which slide the These may be frames over which canvas to be painted on is stretched or may be plates to which paper or canvas sheets may be otherwise secured or may be constructed in any suitable manner. D represents one of these sheets secured to the front plate or frame. These sheet or canvas holders are arranged preferably, as shown, in separated parallel planes, with sufficient space between them to allow thebrush-arms E to enter and move freely. While I have shown these sheets arranged vertically, I do not deem this essential. j

The brush-arms E are arranged on a common support or frame F. This frameI have 5 shown as composed of tWo connected bars a a, separated sufiiciently to give a steady hearing for the arms, which pass through an aperture in the bar a and have a conical bearingresting in a corresponding recess in the 9 bar a. I hold the arms from endwise disengagement by means of the plates 6, which are secured to the bar a and engage a notched bearing or shoulder, one for each arm.

The bar a has the hollow or tube-shaped ends 0, in which I secure aballbearing, preferably as shown in Figs. 8 and 9, comprising the casing (Z, in which the balls are spaced by engaging suitable apertures.

G represents pintles entering the tubeshaped ends of the bar a and engaging the ballbearing, as shown in Figs. 7 and 9. These pintles thus engaged form a ball-bearing pivot about which the frame F may be turned, but also permit a longitudinal reciprocating movement of the frame also on the same ball-bearings.

In abrush painting-machine it is desirable, if not quite necessary, that the arms Eshould rock or rotate together, each on its own axis. This may be accomplished by any suitable connection, that .I have shown as formed by the lingers e on each arm E, pivotally connected to the connecting-bar H, Figs. 7 and 11.

In addition to the arms E, I have shown an arm E, similar to the arms E, except that it does not carry a brush, but instead has a suitable grip or handle by which the brush-hold ers may be manipulated.

Each arm E carries a color-applying device. In the broader lines of my invention this includes any kind of device by which such work may be done-such as painting, crayon-work, and air-brush work. The color-applyingdevice here shown is a brush I, Fig. 10, secured in a socket l at the outer end of a plate or stem I fitted in a slot it in the end of a post J, having a reduced portion J. This reduced portion fits in a central bore in the upper end of the arm E, and the lower end of the post J fits in a counterbore therein and is held from rotation by the lugs or pins K, which fit in cross-slots K in the top of the arm E. The plate or stem I is held in position by the clamping or set screw L, which permits adjustment of the brush. This particular construction I deem desirable, because it permits of the quick attachment and detachment of the brushes by removing the posts J, for instance, or by pulling out the brushes from the socket I, and permits longitudinal, transverse, and angular adjustment of the brush.

The brush-holder should be of such a construction and so supported in relation to the sheets or canvas as to cause the arms E to extend in parallel planes beside the same and free to be moved, so that the color-applying devices can be applied to any desired point on the sheets. I have shown and I consider it a desirable construction, although not essential in the broader features of my invention, a swinging frame or swinging arms which support the brush-holder. These swinging arms I have shown at M, Figs. 1, 2, and L. These arms at their outer ends are shown as carrying pins G and at their outer inner ends pivoted to a suitable support. The support I preferably make adjustable, so as to conveniently handle the brushes with as I short a frame as possible over a wide range l of canvas. This adjustable support I show in the nature of a swinging frame N, which is pivoted in the frame A and may be held at any adjustable point by suitable holding or locking devices between the frame and the segments O. The swinging frame M may be counterbalanced, so that the operator will not have to handle the weight thereof in moving it about, and this I preferably do by means of a coil-spring P around the connecting-bar P between the arms M and engage a pin upon the frame N, so that the tension of the spring tends to hold up or counterbalance the brush-frame.

On the frame A and beside the sheet or canvas-holder is a sliding frame Q movable on guides Q, and adapted to be reciprocated by means of a pinion R, (having suitable actuating mechanism, not shown,) engaging a rack-bar R on the frame. This frame Qcarries on it a series of paint-receptacles S, and these I preferably show as long troughs of suflicient length to extend the length of the brush-holder frame. As many of these are employed as colors or shades are required.

Extending transversely of the paint-receptacles, and one for each paintbrush, are a series of wiper bars or wires T. In the construction I prefer these are secured at one end to the post T and at the other end to the rotary post T, which by being turned will tension the wire sufficiently to keep it perfectly taut, so that a brush may be wiped against it.

The parts being thus constructed, their operation is as follows: The brushes are first secured in position in the posts J, as described, and the operator by examination ascertains that each brush bears the same relation to its sheet or canvas. The machine is now ready for operation. The operator grasping the handle on the bar E first draws the frame longitudinally, during which movement it slides on the pins Gr, so that the brush which is in front of him is free from the canvas, then rocks the frame to a horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 4c, and rotates the arms E by a rotary movement of the arm E, so that the brushes may be dipped into the paint-receptacle, as shown in Fig. 4. The paint-receptacle is moved, so that the desired color is in position for the clipping of the brushes. A slight rotary and transverse motion of the arm E through the connection described will correspondingly rotate all of the brusharms and cause the brushes to wipe against the wiper bars or wires T, and thus remove any surplus paint therefrom. The operator position for operation, as shown in Fig. 1, and applies the paint in the same manner as if he were painting with but a single brush.

It is evident from the description of the machine as set forth that the operator can 1 then swings the frame back to the desired l move the brushes to and from the canvases by a longitudinal reciprocation of the frame F and by raising and lowering that frame and turning it about its pivot can apply the brush to any part of the canvas and at that point can cause it to approach or recede, as described, to have a rocking motion for applying the paint.

I prefer to use in connection with the painting-machine a transparent steady-plateD of glass or other transparent material between the handle E and the front canvas or sheet D. This steady-plate thus arranged, as shown in Figs. 1 and 7, forms a convenient rest for the hand of the operator, in fact, a sort of a universal mahlstick, and being of glass of course does not interfere with his inspection of the plate D, upon which the first brush is operated. I deem it also desirable to use a separate handle E for operating the brushes,

' although of course it is possible to take hold of the first brush-arm. The object of having the separate handle is that any bending thereof will not affect the position of the brushes,

' whereas if the first brush-arm were used as the handle if that should bend the other pictures would not be exact duplicates, as is necessary to make the device perfect in its operation. v

By using a single tank or receptacle for each color with fluid paint the level in that receptacle will always be the same throughout regardless of whether the receptacle itself stands in a true horizontal plane or not, so that I am thus enabled to dip all of the brushes exactly alike in such a common receptacle, the brushes when used with such a receptacle having a common horizontal axis.

If it is desired, one of the receptacles S may contain turpentine, so that the brushes may be cleansed Without removal from the machine.

In Fig. 8 I have shown a machine in which it is not necessary to employ rocking arms E,

planes connected to move synchronously and.

equally supported adjacent to said sheet-supporting frame, and projectinginto the spaces between the sheets, free to move in said spaces in a plane parallel to the sheets, color-applying devices on said arms, which latter have a sufficient reciprocation'so that the color-applying devices may be moved at any point of the sheet, into or out of operative relation to the sheet.

2. In a painting-machine, the combination of a frame, adapted to hold a series ofsheets in separated parallel planes, of a series of connected arms, each adapted to rotate about its own axis and to rock about different points in a common axis, projecting into the spaces between two sheets, color-applying devices on said arms, and connections whereby said arms may be moved synchronously, alike, and correspondingly rocked or rotated each about its own axis, for the purpose described.

3. In a painting-machine, the combination of a series of like arms connected together tomove synchronously, supported in a swinging support, each arm having a color-applying device or brush, projecting at an angle to its axis, said arm being swiveled so as to turn upon its own longitudinal axis, and connecting mechanism for rotating all the arms correspondingly by the operation of one, to apply the color.

4:. .In a painting-machine, a multiple-brush holder comprising a rocking frame, a series of arms journaled therein to turn on their longitudinal axes, a brush on each arm projecting therefrom at anangle to its axis, and means for rotating all the arms simultaneously and alike, whereby the brushes may paint on a series of sheets arranged in separated parallel planes.

5. In a painting-machine the combination of a frame having a pivotal support, a series of free parallel arms projecting transverselyfrom the pivot-point thereof, said frame being free to rock so as to carry the arms equally through planes parallel with the sheets to be painted upon and a color-applying device oneach arm.

6. In a multiple painting-machine, the combination of swinging arms, a frame 'reciprocatingly and pivotally supported therein, and a series of color-applying devices carried by said frame. I

7. Ina multiple paintingrmachine, the combination of swinging supporting-arms, a frame reciprocatingly and pivotally supported therein, and a series of connected arms pivoted to turn about their longitudinal axes supported in said frame, and a color-ap plying device carried by said arm.

8. In amultiple painting-machine, the combination of a swinging brush-holder frame, a series of brush-holder arms carried thereby each journaled to turn about its longitudinal axis, laterally-projecting brushes supported thereon, means for turning all said arms simultaneously, and a series of paint-receptacles arranged in the path of each arm.

, '9.- The combination of a-series of counter balanced arms extending side by side parallel to the work, each carrying a color-applying device,- a connecting-means, and a support causing the arms each to move synchronously LOO and alike in an upright plane parallel to the work, and to be moved at any point of the sheet into and out of operative relation to the work, so as to permit the color-applying devices to be moved freely beside the work without touching it, and to be applied to the work at any point on the sheet.

10. In a color-applying machine, a frame pivoted in bearings and free to have a limited endwise reciprocation in the line of its pivots, a series of arms projecting from said frame, and color-applying devices carried by each arm.

11. In a color-applying machine, aframe, a support for the frame comprising tubular bearings, antifriction-bearings intermediate the ends thereof, and pivot-pins on the frame slidingly and rotatively engaging said bearings.

12. In a color-applying machine, the combination of, a reciprocatingly-pivoted colorapplying frame, comprising a series of connected arms extending parallel to each other, a color'applying device on each arm, and a complementary actuating-arm extending from the frame and having a grip or handle in substantially the same plane as the color-applying devices.

13. In a color-applying machine, a sheet to be painted upon, a movable color-applying arm for applying color thereto, a transparent steady-plate parallel to and in front of said sheet and color-applying arm and an actuating-arm for the color-applying arm extending in front of and in like relation to the steadyplate.

14. In a color-applying device, nation of a series of separated movable arms, color-applying devices thereon, the points of which are maintained ina common horizontal line, said arms being connected so as to move through like paths synchronously, and a common paint-receptacle into which all the colorapplying devices may be dipped simultaneously, whereby the paint is maintained at the same level for all the color-applying devices.

15. The combination of a series of supports for a series of upright sheets, a corresponding series of color-applying devices one for each sheet, com prising a counterbalanced arm extending substantially parallel with the sheet, and a laterally-projecting brush or peneil, means for effecting a like synchronous relative movement simultaneously and equally between all the coloring devices and sheets, in a plane parallel to the sheets, and in a plane transversely thereto so as to cause them to approach and recede from each other at any point in the plane of motion.

16. The combination in a painting-machine of an arm supported in juxtaposition to a surface to be painted on, a brush on said arm, said arm being movable to carry the brush to any point on the surface, and actuating means the combifor causing the brush to paint, independent of the traveling movement of the arm.

17. The combination of a series of arms, a color-applying device on each arm, said arms being connected and supported free to move synchronously to any point over the surface to be worked upon, and means for actuating the color-applying devices independent of the traveling movement of the arms.

18. The combination of a series of arms, a color-applying device on each arm, a series of sheets arranged in separated parallel planes, means for supporting said arms to extend between the sheets, free to move to any point over the surface to be worked upon and a common actuating means for the color-applying devices on the arms, such actuating device being independent of the traveling movement of the arms.

19. In a painting-machine, the combination of a series of sheets arranged in parallel separated planes, a series of connected rotary brush-supporting arms extending beside the sheets, a pivotal support for the arms transverse to the plane of the sheets, said arms being supported free to' move the brushes thereon to any point of the sheets, and means for rotating the brush-supporting arms independent of the traveling movement of the arms.

20. In a painting-machine, aseries of sheets arranged in separated parallel planes, a series of rotary arms projecting one beside each sheet, a brush extending toward the sheet on each arm, means for moving the arms together in planes parallel to the sheets, and means for rocking the arms independent of the traveling movement thereof.

21. In a painting-machine, a pivoted frame, a series of free arms projecting from the pivotal axis, in separated parallel planes, and brushes orpencils, at the tops of such arms, projecting outwardly therefrom so as to apply color upon sheets arranged parallel to the arms, said arms being supported free to move to any point of the sheet, and to approach and recede therefrom at any point thereof.

22. In a paintingmaehine,a series of sheetholders, a series of arms carrying brushes, a support therefor which permits the brushes to be moved to any point of a sheet to be painted on, and to and from the sheet at any point thereof, a plurality of paint-receptacles beside the sheet-hold er and similar brush-wipers for each brush at each receptacle.

23. In a painting-machine, the combination of a series of sheet-holders, a series of con nected arms carrying brushes adapted to paint upon the sheets, and a series of paint-receptacles one for each color, common to all the brushes, supported in such relation to the brushes that they may be simultaneously supplied with paint.

24:. In a painting-machine, the combination of a series of sheet-holders, a series of conthe receptacles, these parts being combined IO and arranged so that all the brushes may be clipped' and wiped simultaneously.

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

WILLIAM G. LATIMER. Witnesses H. 0. SMITH, L. J. VVHITTEMORE.

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