US794060A - Curtain-shade-cutting machine. - Google Patents

Description

PATENTED JULY 4, 1905.

P. A UZEL. CURTAIN SHADE CUTTING MAOHINE.

APPLIGATION TILED JULY 29, 1904.

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WWW aw as PATENTED JULY 4, 1905.

' P. A. UZEL.

UURTAIN SHADE GUTTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29, 1904.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent lilo. YWLOGU, dated July 3t, 1905.

Application filed Tulv 29, 1904. Serial No. 218,731.

To (0M whom it 111,114 con/(scrublie it known that i, PAUL A. Unit, a citizen ol theUnited States, residing at Nashville. in the county of Davidson an State of lennessee, have invented a new and uselul Curtainiiihadediuttine; l rlachine, of which the ioliowing 's specification.

'l he 1)!"05. mt ii'lvention is particularly intended For cutting shades to proper size from the material in bulk, though probably usei'ul For various analog-ens pin-poses. A

'lhe object is to provide novel mechanism ol' this character by means ol which curtains can be properly cut with ease and expedition, said mechanism being adjustable, so that curtains of various sizes may be made therewith.

The preferred embodiu'ienl'. ol' the invention is shown in the accompanying' drawings, w l ierei n'-- l ig'nre i is a perspective view ol the machine. ll ig. 2 is a sectional view therethrough. Fig 3 is also a sectional view taken at right angles to Fig". 2. i i; is a detail sectional view through the carriage with the creasing"- spool and cutter thereof, and Fig. 5 is a plan view ol one of the side-trimming knives.

tf-limilar rel'erencenumerals indicate COI'lOr spending jiarts in all the lig'ures ol' the draw ings.

in the eminidinileut illustrated a. trame is einployed comprising end snpporting-plates G, that are spaced apart and are connected by a table 7, said tahie having-ilepending ears 8 at its ends, through which fastening devices J pass, that also pass through the end supports (3. illhe opposite side margins ol the table are downwardly ollset, as shown at it), thereby forming seats in which are placed bed-strips t1, ol wood or other suitable material, one ol these strips beii'ig spaced slightly from the adjacimt shoulder or inner wall ol' the seat, Forming in the table a longi tud inally-disposed guideway 12, the shoulder or wall, which is designated 13, constituting, in eil'ect, ledgerblade.

The end supports 6 are cut away, as shown at 14, and bridging the cut-away portions are brackets 15, secured to the end supports and having upstanding projections 16. Secured to the projections and extending between them are upper and lower spaced tracks or guide rods 17, constitutii'ig supports for a traveling carriage. 'ihe carriage consists 0] a depei'lding' yoke its, located bei'ieath the tracks or guides and having an upstzuiding'starnlard 19, provided with eyeu 2.0, that receive the tracks ore'uides and are slidable thereon. rlUllI'llZtlQll between the spaced legs of the yoke i8 is a rotatable (JltilSilhLf device in the Form 0] a spool 2i havint, annular llauges 2L- at its ends that taper toward their annular lree edges and are arran ed to travel in iooves 2/3, formed in the upper side of the table 7. As shown particularly in Fig. at, the spool .21 is carried by a. shall; t, and said shait projects beyond the same, having annular grooves 25, that are located in aliumnent with the legsol the yoke. .lteiainirig-studs E243, slidably mounted in said yoke, engage in the groovesQS, and thus hold the shalt against displacement, the studs be ing yieldingly held in position by springs 2i, that thus permit an upward yielding movement 0] thespool while holding it to its work. ii cut-oll knife in the term oi a rotary disk 2b is also mounted on the carriage and is located atone end oi the spool, said knil'e co acting with the shoulder or wall I? and traveling in the guideway l2. The knife 2b is jourualed upon the lower end ol a stem .29,

having an oll'set upper portion that is slidably passed through a boxing 3i), located at one end of the carriage. 1i. holding-screw Ell, threaded through the boxing, engages the stem, and thus secures the cutter at any height desired. 'lhe carriage is reciprocateil by means ol a lnindle-bar 32., having a grip 3? at one end and a stirrup 34: at the other, said stirrup embracing the standard 19 and being pivoted thereto.

For the purpose ol cutting uiaterial the desired width knives 35 are ('nnployed, said knives being located in split cranks 36, ad jusliably secured on a rock-shaft 37, that is journaled in the end supports (3. The split cranks 36, as shown in l lo. 5, emhrami the knives 35, the same being held therein by friction caused by pinching the bilurcation together through the medium ol' a screw 38. The cranks 36 are both rotatably and longitudinally adjustable on the shaft 37 and are held against both movements by means of setscrews 31), threaded through the hubs ol the cranks and bearing against the shaft. One end of this shall. 37 is provided with a s 'iringhandle erank -10, having an inset portion all, that is arranged to engage in sockets lZ, formed in the adjacent end support (3.

Sets ol' upper and lower guiderollers 43 are located on opposite sides of the table 7 and are journaled in the end supports 6. The upper rollers are permitted to have a slight Vertical movement because of their gudg'eons t4, passing through slots 45, made in the supports 6, said gudgeons, however, beingborne down upon bysprings 46. The lower rollers have connected thereto handle-cranks a7. One roller of one of the sets has comu-cted thereto suitable measuring means shown in the particular embodiment illustrated as intermeshing gearovheels t8, one of which is provided with a series of numbers designating feet. Carried by the frame and located at one side of the same is asupportirig-basket for the material to be cut, said basket comprising end brackets L9, secured to the end supports 6 and having journaled therein a semicircular series ol supportingaollers 50, constituting means for supporting a roll of material. Projecting from the opposite side of the frame is a pair of brackets 51, conneet ed by a cross-bar 52, that is preferably angular in cross-section, said bar having slidably mounted thereon a pair of depending ears 53, that are thus movable toward and from each other and are adapted to be held against such movement by setscrews threaded through them and engaging the bar.

In using this apparatus a roll of the mate rial to be cut is placed in the basket, as illus trated in Fig. The carriage, with its creasing-spool and cut-oii knife, is moved to one side beyond the table and into one of the cut out portions of the end support. The sidetrimming knives are adjustably mounted on the rock-shaft at the proper distance apart and at the desired position with respect to the roll of material. \Vhile two of the knives are shown, it will be apparent that more may be placed upon the rock-shaft ii. several widths are to be cut. The rock-shaft is then turned in the proper direction, so that the knives will be elevated from their coaction with the adjacent edge ol the table, and the material is then passed through the lirst set ol rollers over the table and engaged in the other set. Tl e rock-shaft is then turned to throw the knives downwardly, so that they will pierce the sheet of material and be located in eoaction with the table. The rearmost set of guide-rolls is turneil by means of the handle-crank at? until the cut material is passed through the same, whereupon the small uncut end can be torn oil and the cut end tacked to the curtainroller. This roller is then journaled in the cars 53, which are properly adjusted upon the sup )orting-bar 52, and the material is then drawn on through, the curtain being cut to the proper width and be: inn rolled upon the cmtainaoller, as will be apparent. lVhen the length desired has been secured, the same will be shown upon the measuring means, and thereupon the carriage is drawn across the table. As a resultol this INOVMUUDl) the rotary cut-oli knilc wi l sever the sheet, and at the same time creases will be Formed in the terminal of the curtain by means of the flanges 12 o! the spool 21, all oi which will be apparent by reference to Flf. 2. The curtain-blank has thus been cut From the roll ol material to the proper width and length and needs only to be stitched and have the stick inserted to complete the curtain. A repetition of the above operation will cut another curtain in the same n'ianuer, and thus it will be apparent that these articles can be expeditiously and cheaply made.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction, operation, and many advan tages oi the herein-described invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art without further description, and it will be understood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing 'From the spirit or sacrificing any of the ad vantages of the invention.

Iiaving thus described my invention, what 1 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. in a trimining-machine oi the class de scribed, the combination with a support, of spaced sets ol enactingrollers journaled therein, side-trimmine knives located and operating between said sets ol rollers, and a transversely-movr-ble cut-oli knife also located and operating between said sets of rolls.

2. In a trimmirig-machine of the class described, the combination with a table, of sets of coacting guide-rollers located on opposite sides of the table, a side-trimming knile located between the sets of rollers and coacting with the table, and a cut-oil knife coacting with the table and located between said sets of rollers.

3. in a trimming-machine of the class described, the combination with a single stationary table, of side-trimming; knives, a cut-oll' knife and a creasing device all coacting with the table.

4.. a trimmirig-machine ol? the class described, the combination with a supporting= frame, of a table located therein, spaced sets of guide-rollers iournaled on the frame and located at opposite sides of the table, sidetrimming knives coacting with the table, a transverseiy-movable cut-otl knil e enacting with the table, and a creasing device also coacting with the table.

in a trimminn-machine oi the class de scribed, the combination with a frame comprising: end 'iieces, oi a table connected to and supported bythe end pieces, spaced sets of rollers iournaled in the end pieces and located at opposite sides ol the abl cuttiinpknives coaetii itr with the table, a support for said eutting-knives mounted in the end pieces, a transi e'rsely-mo\"able carriage, a. creasingroller journalled in the carriage and eoacting \i'ithlthe table, and a rotary eut-oli' knil'e nuunited on the carriage and coacting with the tibia,

h. lna trimming-anaehine otthe class described, the combination with a table, of a can riage, age ide tin-the carriagesum'iorted above the tabi s a ereasingdevice mounted on thecarthutterml iustaljily mounted on thecarriage, aiidineans i'or hold ins; the en tter against its inijustahle moven'ient and in dill'erei'itrelations with r aspect to the creasing device.

in a trinnnii'ig'anacliine of the class de Ht ribed, thecoinbination with a tab] oi a carri pin an upright steincarried by and adjustable up and down upon the carriage, means tor setuu'ine; the'stem against such i'novement and in diliijarent positions nd an upright rotarp cutter journaled on the stent ii, in a trimmii'ie'niaehine oi. the class descri bed, the combination with a table, of a -arriitire nuirable over the tabl i and having an upright boxing, at one side, a substantiz'illy vertical stein slidahly mounted in theboxing, a lmidingr-screw engaging the sten'i to clamp the same against nujiveinent and in diti'erent v n'tic: i positions-i, and a cutter carried by the stennsaid en tter bei pg :uljiIstable with the stem and enacting with the table.

ii. in a trimmiiig-machine oi the class described, the combination with a table over which the materiai is moved, 0] su n orts located at the opposite edges of the tabie and hitting outstaiuling portions extending outwardly beyond said edges, atrack counectiinz the onisti'tuding portions and extending over the Wide, a iarriaee movably mounted on the track and niiorable into the outstanding por tions oi the suppm'ts and thereby out oi' the path oi movement oi. the material over the tab] i, and means l'or i'iperatinn' on tlmmaterial iocated on said table, said means being :ar ried by, the carriage and coaetiin: with the tabie.

iii. in a triminine-m:u:hine ot the class described, the combinatiol'i with a l'rame comprising; end pieces, of a table connecting the saiueand located therelietweemsaid end pieces having eut-away portions, supporting and on tstanding brackets secured to the end pieces and ln'idging the cutaway portions, spaced triuicks connecting and suppm'ted by the b ackets, a carriage slidably monn ted on the tracks and including" adepeni'ling yoke, said carriage being movable into the cut-away portions ot the end pieces, into the outstal'uling brackets and beyond the path ol movementol the pea-- terial on the table, a creasing-spool journaled in the yoke and coaeting with the table, and a rotary cutter mounted on the carriage and eoactiite with the table.

ll. in a trimining-machine ol the class described, the combination with a table, ot a roeleslnlylt, a cutter adjustably mounted on the rock-shaft and coactine' with the table, and means for holding the rock-slutl't in a plurality of positions.

'19. i n a trinuning-anmahine ol' the class de scribed, the combination with a Frame eomprising end supports and a table lo :ated therebetween, oi a rock-shalt iournaled in the supports contiguous to one ei'lge ol' the table, means for seine-inn the rock-slntlt in a predetermined position, and knives adiustahly mounted on the rock-shaltaud being movable by said rock-shalt into and out of coaction with one margin of the table.

iii. in a trimming-1nachine ol' the class described, the combination with a Frame com prising; supporting end pieces, oi a table connecting and hiicated between the end pieces, sets of rollers journaled in the end pieces on opposite sides of the table, a rock-shatt journaled in the end piecs and ind/ending longitudinally ol the tabl) above one margin thereof, l'iolding; meai'is carried by one end of the shaft and :uljustably engaging; the adjacent end piece and knives adjustably secured to the rock-shaft and coacting' with one edge of the table let. in a trinnningenachine ol the class described, the coinbiruition with a support including end pieces and a table cormecting' the same, of cutting mechanism mounted on the support and coactingg; with the table, and a basket located at one side of the support and comprising spaced curved end brackets hav ingoilfset ends secured to the end pieces and rollers journaled at their ends in said brackets and located between the same, said rollers COllHtil/Utilig' snp iorting means for the roll ol material to be cut.

'15. in a trimining-machine ol the class de serii'ied, the ci'mibination with a support, ol cutting l'ilflfilHLHlSm mounted thereon, a rollholder located at one side of the support, and curtai n-rollei"s|;1pporting numns located at the other side oi the support said ei'n'tai1'1rollersupporting niemis including roller-engaging ears having sockets tor rwzeiring the rollergudg'eons, said ears being :nliustable toward and from each other.

iii. in a tl'iIIuniItQ-n'nmhihO of the class described, the combiinttion with a frame comprising end pieces and a table connecting the same and located therebctween, of spaced sets oi guide-rollers jmu'naled in the end pieces and disposed on opposite sides oi the table, cutting mechanism located between the rollers and eoacting' with the table, a roll-lmlding basket mounted at one side of the lrame and including a curved series 01' supportine'a'ollers, brackets projecting from the opposite side of the frame, a cross-bar connecting the brackets, and roller-engaging ears :uljustably mounted on the bar.

17. .In a trimming-machine ol the class described, the combination with a table, of a carriage movable with respect thereto, a creasing device ,vicldingly mounted on the carriage and coacting with the tilbll), and a cutter carried by the carriage and mounted thereon independently of the creasing device.

18. In a trimming-machine of the class described, the combination with a table, of a carriage arranged to travel thereover, a creasing device yieldingly mounted on the carriage and movable therewith, said device coacting with the table, and a cutter adjustably supported on the carriage independently of the creasing device and also coacting' with the table.

19. In a trimming-machine ol the class described, the combination with a supporting-- frame, or" cutting mechanism mounted thereon and including a rock-shaft ournalcd in the frame, a cutter carried by the rock-shaft and movable therewith, a crank-arm mounted on the rock-shatt and having an adjustable engagement with the frame For holding said rock-shaft in dillerent positions, and means For directing the material to he cut through said Frame.

20. [n a trimming-machinc ol' the class described, the combination with a supportingt'rame, ol' cutting i'nechanism mounted there on, and curtain-roller-supporter means located at one side of the supporting-frame, said means comprising brackets, a bar connecting' the brackets, and ofl'set ears adjust abl mounted on the bar and having sockets to receive the usual gudgeons 01 a curtainroller.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto atiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

PAUL A. UZEL.

Wi tn esses:

H. U. WEBER, them A. LUCK.

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