US798040A

US798040A - Machine for weaving wire fences.

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Publication number: US798040A
Application number: US14084903A
Authority: US
Inventors: Gebhard Jaeger
Original assignee: ADOLF BOES
Current assignee: ADOLF BOES
Priority date: 1903-01-28
Filing date: 1903-01-28
Publication date: 1905-08-22
Anticipated expiration: 1922-08-22

Description

No. 798,040. PATENTED AUG. 22, 1905.-

G. JAEGER. d MACHINE -FOR WBAVINGWIRB FBNCES.

' APPLICATION FILED JAN. 28, 1908.

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G. JAEGER. MACHINE FOR WEAVING WIRE FENGES.

APPLIUATION FILED IAN. 28. 1903.

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No. 708,040. PATBNTED AUG. z2, 1905. G. JAEGER.

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MACHINE POR WEAVING WIRE FENCBS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 28. 1903.

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UNITED STA-WENT OFFICE.

GEBHARD JAEGER, OF COLUMBUS,

OHIO, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, OF TWO-THIRDS TO lSAID JAEGER, AND ONE-THIRD TO ADOLF BOES, OF DUQUESNE, PENNSYLVANIA.r

MACHINE FOR WEAVl-NG WIRE FENGES.

Patented Aug. 22, 1905.

Application filed January 28, 1903. Serial No. 140,849.

To (1J/Z whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEBHARD JAEGER, of Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Machines for Weaving Wire Fences, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the general construction of the machine. Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the same, on a large scale. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line III III of Fig. 2, showing the upper half of the machine, showing the shearing mechanism. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail of same, showing the shears and their operative connections. Fig. is a horizontal section of the shearing mechanism. Fig. 6 is an enlarged horizontal section of the drum, showing the location of the cables and one of the weavers. Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional view of the weaver shown in Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a top plan view of the same; and Fig. 9 is a horizontal section on the line IX IX of Fig. 1, on a larger scale, showing the reels, the location of the drum being shown by dotted lines.

My invention relates to woven-wire-fence machines in which stay-Wires are Wrapped about the cables by weavers which are fed from one cable to another; but the present invention is designed to improve the construction and general arrangement of a rotary machine such as is described in my Patent No. 7 39,67 9, dated September v22, 1903, wherein is described a machine in which the weaving operation is carried on continuously.

The principal object of this invention is to provide a machine that is accessiblefrom all sides at all times and which will occupy a minimum amount of hoor-space and which will enable the finished fencing vto be withdrawn from the machine and a fresh supply of cable-wires and stay-wires to be supplied without dificulty.

A further object isD to improve the cutting mechanism employed by which at suitable intervals the stay-wires are severed and to improve the construction of the weavers employed so that a balanced weaver is afforded,

thereby making the operation easier.

The general ob 'ects and characteristics of this invention are the same as in my abovementioned patent.

My invention further consists in details of construction and combination of parts more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the Idrawings, 2 represents the main frame of the machine, which consists of upright posts which are secured to a base-plate 3 or other suitable foundation. To two of these posts are secured bracket-arms 4: A, which carry the bearings for the main powershaft 5, to which are secured the worm-driving-gear connections.

The machine is provided with a central shaft `6, upon which is mounted the drum 7, which is preferably made hollow. This drum 7 surrounds the shaft and may be provided with antifrictional bearings at 8 to support the drum and enable it to turn easily. This bearing is carried by a plate 8', secured to the posts 2, and may be extended to form a platform for the operator. This aords a ready means of reaching the weavers and drum. The drum 7, being supported vertically and upon antifriction-bearings which are of usual construction, makes the operation of the machine much easier than heretofore. Within the hollow drum are placed gears 9, which mesh with pinions 10 on the weavers 11. The weavers 11 are operated in the usual way; but I have improvedtheir construction by placing pinion 10 at or near the mid-point of the body of the weaver and arranging the spools carrying the stay-wires on opposite sides of the pinion andof the central axis of the Weaver. The weavers are' supported by brackets on the drum in the usual manner, the brackets engaging the grooves 11 in the end flanges of the weavers. The weavers are rotated at suitable intervals, as will be hereinafter described.

The shaft 6 extends through trunnions 7 and the bearings 12 in the top plate 13, supported upon the upper ends of the posts, and Ais provided with a pinion 14, which is loosely mounted on the end of the shaft. This gear is provided with a ratchet 15 upon its upper face, which is arranged to engage with a corresponding ratchet-faced collar 16, splined to the shaft and backed by a spring 17, which is held in position by a collar 18 on the end of the shaft 6. A pair of arms 19, provided with rollers 20, support and hold a rack-bar 21 in operative engagement with the pinion 14. The rack-bar is reciprocated by a crank- ,arm 22 on the upper end of the shaft 23, Which is driven from the main power-shaft 5 by'a worm-gear connection 24 at the lower end of the shaft.

The mechanism just described gives an intermittent rotation to the weaver mechanism.v

The trunnions 7 7"of the drum 7 are hollow for the passage of the shaft 6, and the shaft is stepped at its lower end in the baseplate 3 of the machine. It is held in its vertical position by the

bearings

8 and 12 for the drum 7. v

The top plate 13 of the machine supports the cable-carrying drums 25, which I preferably make of large diameter. Around these the cables are wrapped and pass thence around a small roller 26 to guiding sheaves or pulleys 27, as shown in Fig. 1. These pulleys are located in line with the cables which pass through openings in the top plate 13 and pass alongside of the drum 7 and are preferably spaced at irregular intervals, as-shown in Fig. 6. The cables upon one half of the drum constitute, when wrapped with the stay-wires and severed by the shears, a completed fence,

while those -on the other half are being Wrapped with the stay-Wires and arelin the incomplete stage.

.The upper trunnion of the drum 7 is provided with acam-wheel 28, having projections 29, varying in the amount of their projection from the face ofthe wheel. As the crankarm 22 rotates a roller 30 engages one of the projections 29 and turns the drum 7 upon its trunnions sufliciently to bring the weaver 11 successively from one cable to the next, the rotation of the drum and of the weavers being intermittent.

The power-shaft is revolved continuously and at proper intervals. When one-half of the cable-wires have been wrapped, a cam 31 engages a roller 32 on a lever 32, secured to a rock-shaft 33, and thereby actuates a rod 34, having lever connections with the shears'35, which comprise hook-shaped shear-blades 36 37, one of said blades being pivoted at 38 to its support and carrying the other blade, so

that both blades may be rocked out of engagement with the stay-wires, but at proper intervals may pass over the stay-wires and upon yfurther movement of the operating-lever 39 bring the blade 37 against a fixed abutment 40, so as to cause a shear action between the blades. The shears are preferably arranged in pairs upon the shaft 38, as shown in Fig. 5.

The cable-wires, guided by the wheels'41, are drawn through the machine by the reels 41 41, which operate after the cutting mechanism has operated and severed the finished half of the fencing from the other half, Which Ais incomplete. The reels are driven by wormgear connections 42 with the main power-shaft 5, the worms 43 each being loose upon the shaft and provided with a clutch member and the shaft with a splined clutch member 44; These members are automatically operated by the cam-Wheel 28, which is provided with diametrically opposite projections 45 45, which engage a roller on the end of a lever 46, pivoted to an arm 47 having a link connection with a stop-finger 48,. arrangedV to lstand in the path of a pin on one of the drums While the reel is being revolved and the new cable lengths are being'drawn throughvthe machine, as shown at the right side of Fig. 1. f

This prevents the rotation of the drum by the cable-wires and places the necessary tension upon these wires. The projections 45 45 act alternately upon the lever -arms 46 and through the connection of the rock-shafts 46' and the arms 47 and the rods 48 operate the clutch 44.

The finished fencing, which is wrapped upon the reels 41, is detached by cutting the cables and removing the reels, which may be easily accomplished by moving the lever 49, which moves the shaft endwise at one end and permits the ready detachment of the reel and the fencing wrapped thereon. A new reel may then be inserted and the cables made fast to the reel in the usualmanner.

The operation of the machine will be readily understood from the foregoing description and need not be repeated in detail.

The cables after being drawn through the machine and alongside of the drum 7 are Wrapped with the stay-wires, which are carried by the Weavers. In the machine shown three and one-half wraps are made for each one-half revolution of the gears 9. The drum 7 is turned intermittently by the cam projections on the wheel 28, and the extent to which it is rotated depends upon the cam projections. The shears operate as soon as one-half of the cable-wires are wrapped with stay-wires and sever thel finished fence. It is then wrapped upon the reel, and as it is being Wound upon the reel fresh cable lengths are drawn into the machine. While this is taking place the Weaver continues to apply the stay-wires to the other half of the cables vnot yet in completedfence form. When completed, the shears act upon this half and the cycle of operations is again repeated.

The advantages of this invention lresult from placing the drum in an upright position, as the machine't'akes up less floor-space than when arranged in other positions. The drum and its cable and stay wires are accessible from all sides. The parts of the machine are easily replaced or repaired. The cables are vfed in at an elevated point, preferably upon another fioor from that on which the machine is placed, andthe platform about midway of the frame enables the operator to attend to the weaver mechanism. The reels at the lower end are easily removed'without interfering with the other operations. A further advantage is derived by using a weaver which is balanced as to its weight, as shown in Figs. 3, 6, 7.

I do not limit myself to a machine which has a vertical axis; but I prefer to make i-t in this way.

Many changes may be made by the skilled mechanic without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

I claiml. A woven-wire-fence machine comprising a frame, an upright drum mounted therein, said drum supporting' a plurality of cables which extend lengthwise thereof; substantially as described.

2. A woven-wire-fence machine comprising a frame, a rotatory upright drum mounted therein, said drum carrying' weaving mechanism, and formingasupport for the cable-wires, and mechanism arranged t0 rotate the drum and weaving mechanism.

3. A woven-wire-fence machine, comprising a frame, a rotary upright drum against which the cables lie, and adapted to have the cables placed at intervals, so that the drum supports the cables, and mechanism whereby intermittent rotary movement is imparted to said drum; substantially as described.

4. A rotary woven- Wire-fence machine, comprising cable feeding and guiding devices, stay-wire-weaving mechanism, an upright rotary device whereby said weaving mechanism is carried from one cable to the next succeeding one, and weaverrotating mechanism, whereby the stay-wires are wrapped upon the cables; substantially as described.

5. A rotary woven wire-fence machine, comprising cable feeding and guiding devices, an upright drum over which said cables are passed in the direction of its axis, and weavers supported thereon, carrying stay-wires, and mechanism whereby said drum is rotated so as to move said weavers from one cable to the next succeeding one, and mechanism whereby the weavers are rotated when the drum is held against rotation; substantially as described.

6. A rotary woven-wire-fence machine, comprising cable feeding and guiding devices, an upright drum over which said cables are passed in the direction of its axis, weavers supported thereon, carrying stay-wires, mechanism whereby said drum is rotated from one cable to the next succeedingone, and other mechanism whereby the weavers are rotated and wrap the stay-wires upon the cable while said drum is held against rotation, said drum supporting thel stay-wires and cables; substantially as described.

7. A woven-wire-fence machine, having an upright frame, a drum mounted therein upon an axis which is vertical or substantially so, feeding and guiding devices for the cables which surround the drum, and extend in the same direction as its axis, the drum and its contained mechanism being accessible from all sides; substantially as described.

8. A woven-wire-fence machine, having an upright frame, a drum mounted therein upon an axis which is vertical or substantially so, feeding and guiding devices for the cables which surround the drum, and extend in the same direction as its axis, and a platform, the drum and its contained mechanism being accessible from all sides.

9. A wire-fence machine havingadrum supporting cables and stay-wires, and oscillating shear mechanism, whereby the stay-wires are severed; substantially as described.

10. A wire-fence machine, having a drum supporting cables and stay-wires, and oscillating shear mechanism, and a stationary abutment for one of the shear-blades, and a lever connection for the other; substantially as described.

11. A weaver for a wire-fence machine,having end supports, a pinion at or near its middle, and bobbins or spools located on either side of said pinion; substantially as described.

l2. A weaver for a wire-fence machine, having a support, a pinion at or near itsmiddle, and bobbins or spools located on either side of its axis of rotation and of the pinion; substantially as described.

13. A woven-wire-fence machine, comprising cable feeding and guiding devices, said guiding devices being arranged to hold the cables in proper position against the surface of an upright drum, an intermittently-operating mechanism arranged to rotate said drum and carry the weavers from one cable to the next succeeding one and to rotate the weavers when this rotation of the drum has carried the weavers to the next succeeding cable, and other intermittently operating mechanism whereby the weavers are rotated and the stay-wires are wrapped about the cable; substantially as described.

11i. LA rotary woven-wire-fence machine, comprising cable feeding and guiding devices arranged concentrically about a vertical rotary drum-supporting shaft, said devices being adapted to have cables passed therethrough and restl against the surface of the drum, weaver and stay-wire-carrying mechanism arranged to wrap said stay-wires upon the cables, cutting mechanism whereby the staywires are severed at predetermined intervals, permitting the finished fence formed upon one-half of the drum to be withdrawn from the machine, and drum-rotating and weaving mechanism arranged to continue the weaving operation during the withdrawal of the iinished fence and the feeding in of'the cables; substantially as described.

l5. A woven-wire-fence machine, comprising cable feeding and guiding devices, an upright rotary weaver and stay-wire-carrying drum, against which said cables lie1 worm- In testimony whereof;` I have'hereunto set driven mechanism whereby the rotation of the my hand. drum and the weavers is effected, and interx mittently-actuated connections between said .GEBHARD JAEGER' drum and weaver-rotating mechanism and Witnesses: said worm-driven mechanism; substantially as CYRUs F. LUCKHART,

described. l G. LANGER.