US783246A - Hat-making machine. - Google Patents

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No. 783,246. PATENTED FEB. 21, 1905.

M. A. GUMING.

HAT MAKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 26, 1904.

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ATTORNEYS No. 783,246. PATENTED FEB. 21, 1905. M., A. OUMING.

HAT MAKING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 26, 1904.

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MARI A. CUMING, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAT-MAKING MACHIN E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 783,246, dated February 21, 1905.

Application filed May 26, 1904. Serial No. 209,847.

1'0 [M whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARI A. CUMING, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Hat-Making Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to hat-making machines, and admits of general use, but is more particularly adapted for service in such machines as shape or form bell-crown hats of felt, straw, or other fabric and in which it is desirable that the work may be turned out rapidly and uniformly.

I will describe one form of hat-making machine embodying my invention and point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a vertical cross-section through the hat-dies used in my invention. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view of the forming-die. Fig. 3 is a section upon the line 3 3 of Fig. 2 looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view of one of the swinging sections. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of the overlapping sections of the upper die members, and Fig. .6 is a front elevation of the dies complete.

A base 7 is provided with a table 8, preferably integral therewith, and a composite crown member 9 ,is mounted upon the table, constituting therewith the member usually designated as the crown-die. A ring 10 is movable relatively to the crown-die and encircles the crown-block 9. Holes 1O are provided for the purpose of connecting the ring 10 with the proper mechanism for handling the same,

engage the lugs 14 and are further provided with pins 22, which enable the sections to move laterally in relation to the carrier 12. The sections 16 are each provided with a shield 19, having a channel 19 bounding the same. Each section 16 is, in effect, cut away, so as to leave the wing 19.' Each section 17 is pro vided with a facet 20, this facet being virtually a flat portion left by cutting away the section 17. The hat material is shown at 21 and is stretched over the crown-block 9 by means of the ring 10 in the manner well understood in this art.

My inventionis used as follows: The base 7 is mounted upon a press of the kind used in making hats, a description of this press being unnecessary. The hat material 21 is placed over the crown-block 9, the ring 10 is clamped upon the material, as shown in Fig. 2, and the carrier 12 is moved relatively to the crown block. It will be understood, of course, that the movement of the crown-block and the carrier is relative and the parts may, if desired, be inverted.

The carrier 12 and the base 7 being moved one relatively to the other, the sections 16 17 are guided by the rounded or cam surface 11, and thus forced against the material 21, so as to press the same int-o conformity with the shape of the crown-block, thus forming the crown of the hat. The shields 19 are each made of tapering thickness, as indicated in Fig. 4:, and the channel 19 fits snugly upon the facet 20 and the comparatively blunt edge 17 of the member 17. The hat-making material 21 in being pressed into form is 'not pinched or otherwise distorted, but is moved easily into place and cannot readily find its way between any two of the swinging sections 16 17. This is because the swinging sections directly overlap, as will be understood from Fig. 3, without the use of guard-plates heretofore employed. The movement is so arranged that the wings of one section bear against the facets of the adjacent sections at all times during the operation.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a die member, the combination of a plurality of sections adapted to move toward and from each other, one of said sections being provided with a facet and with a comparatively blunt edge bounding said facet; and another of said sections being provided with a channel constantly engaging said facet.

2. In a die,the combination of sections movable relatively to each other, certain of said sections being provided with channels and others of said sections engaging said channels directly, and means for moving said sections relatively to each other While the same are thus in direct engagement with each other.

3. The combination of a crown-die, a mem-

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