US805451A - Hat-making machine. - Google Patents

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No. 805,451. PATENTED NOV. 28, 1905. M. A. GUMING.

HAT MAKING MACHINE,

APPLICATION FILED PEBJ. 1905.

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M. A. GUMING. HAT MAKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. l. 1905.

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WITNESSES.

ATTORNEYS PATENT OFFICE MARI A. CUMING, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAT-MAKING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 28, 1905.

Application filed February 1, 1905. Serial No. 243,645-

1'0 a whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARI A.OUMINe,a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings 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 relates especially to hat-making machines'in which dies are employed for the purpose of forming bell-crown hats for ladies.

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 figures.

Figure 1 is a fragmentary elevation, partly in section, showing my improved die and mechanism connected therewith ready for use. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly in section, but otherwise similar to Fig. 1 and showing the movable member of the die as occupying its lowermost position, so as to eX- ert full pressure upon the hat material. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the composite inner member of the die removed from the press. Fig. 4 is an inverted plan or bottom view of the inner member of the die viewed as from the bottom of Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is a perspective detail view showing one of the main movable die-sections removed from its support.

It will be understood that in this art all dies employed are used in connection with a clicpress of ordinary construction and that such dies, broadly speaking, consist of outer and inner members, the outer member being the part which engages the crown of the hat externally and the inner member being the one which engages the inner surface of the bellcrown. Both dies are preferably composite. In my construction the external die 6 is pro vided with removable sections 6 6 6 which are readily put together. This part of the construction being old needs no further explanation. My present invention relates mainly to the inner die member and to the mechanism for actuating the same. The outer die member 6 is provided with a bell-shaped cavity 7 into which the cloth or other material 8 used in forming the hat may be pressed- Fig. 2 by the descent of the inner member of the die.

The upper horizontal beam of the die-press is shown at 9 and is movable in the usual manner. Depending from the beam 9 are supporting-rods 10, secured thereto by means of revoluble nuts 12 and secured at their lower ends to a clamping-plate 11, which 1s adapted to directly engage the hat material 8 upon the descentof the beam 9, as will be understood from Fig. 2. The clamping-plate 11 is provided with acentral cylindrical aperture 13 and also with a cylinder 14 concentric to and partially encircling this aperture. Mounted within the cylinder 14 is a Bunsen burner 15 of ordinary construction, this burner being supplied with gas by means of a pipe 16.

Mounted rigidly upon the beam 9 is a substantially U-shaped yoke 17, and journaled within this yoke by means of a pivot 19 is an eccentric 18, provided with an eccentric-strap 20. A hand-lever 21 is rigidly keyed to the pivot 19, and the eccentric 18 is thus rendered rigid relatively to the hand-lever. Connected to the circumference of the eccentric-strap 20 by means of a pivot 23 is a sleeve 22, which is adapted to move up and down according to motions given to the eccentric 18 by means of the hand-lever 21. The sleeve 22 is provided with oppositely-disposed slots 24.

A bell-shaped mandrel 25 is mounted rigidly upon a rod 26, and threaded through the upper end of this rod is a guide-pin 27. (Shown more particularly in Figs. 1 and 2.) The lower end of the sleeve 22 terminates in an annular flange 28, which works loosely in a cylindrical aperture 29, with which the upper end of the bell-shaped mandrel 25 is provided.

Mounted rigidly upon the sleeve 22 is asupporting-ring 30, from which depends a number of sections 31, each mounted upon a pivot 32 by means of a bearing-aperture 31. (See Figs. 2 and 5.) Each main section 31 is pro Vided at its lower end with a comparatively wide portion 31 which projects outwardly at 33, so as to form a sort of toe, and also projects inwardly at 34:, so as to form a suitable surface to be guided by the bell-shaped mandrel 25.

The sleeve 22 is adapted to play loosely through a supporting-ring 35, from which are pivotally suspended a number of auxiliary sections 36 by means of pivots 37, each auxiliary section being provided with a comparatively wide portion 38, which at its bottom is tolerably thick and which is provided with a sort of convex toe 39, adapted to register with the adjacent toes 33, and which is also provided with an inner surface 40, adapted to register with the bottom of the bell-shaped mandrel 25.

The operation of my device is as follows: The outer die member 6 is placed in the diepress and the cloth or other hat material 8, dampened, if desired, is spread over this die member in the usual manner While the parts are in the position indicated in Fig. 1. The Bunsen burner 15 constantly heats the main and auxiliary diesections and also the bellshaped mandrel 25. The beam 9 (sometimes termed the cross-head) is next brought down in the usual manner, so that the clamping-plate 11 exerts a moderate pressure upon the hat material 8. The bell-shaped mandrel 25 descending at the same time upon the hat material 8 indents it and forces it downwardly into engagement with the bottom of the aperture 7. The hand-lever 21 is now brought down, as indicated in Fig. 2. This causes the eccentric 18 to make a partial revolution, and thus causes the sleeve 22 to be driven downward. The auxiliary sections 36 thereupon descend by their own weight, and guided by the outer surface of the mandrel they spread radially outward, so as to force the material into the position indicated at 8. The main sections 31 next descend, and as the sections 36 have spread apart a suflicient distance the main sections slide in between them, so that the bottom of the inner die, seen as from below, appears as in Fig. 4that is to say, the thick portions 31 of the main-die members alternate with the wide portions 38 of the auxiliary-die members, so as to form a complete member of the shape indicated in Fig. 4, this member being substantially oval in general outline and being forced at every point of its circumference against the hat material, as indicated in Fig. 2.

By the means above described there is little or no probability of'forming any creases, kinks, or folds in the hat material, as the same is fully expanded and not strained at any given point.

It will be noted that when the main and auxiliary die members occupy the position indicated in Fig. 1, or, in other Words, when the inner die member is raised into its normal position, the circumference of the group of main-die sections and the circumference of the group of auxiliary-die sections is smaller than the circumference of the composite structure'formed by the grouping together of both the main and the auxiliary die sections, as indicated in Fig. 2that is, where the inner die member occupies its normal position, as indicated in Fig. l, the main and auxiliary die members and the mandrel for guiding the same are strung out vertically, as it were, forming a composite member of considerable height, as indicated in Fig. 1, yet when the member is lowered, as indicated in Fig. 2, it collapses vertically, as it were, and spreads to a greater diameter, so as to force the hat material firmly into place. As will be seen from Fig. l, the main sections are numerously staggered relatively to the auxiliary sections. this arrangement facilitating the movement of the sections into and out of registry with each other. It will also be noted that the main sections are unable to sandwich themselves between the auxiliary sections when the parts are suspended, as indicated in Fig. 1, but that when the inner die member is lowered, as indicated in Fig. 2, the bell-shaped mandrel 25 by spreading apart the auxiliary-die sections enables the main-die sections to sandwich themselves therebetween. It will also be noted, referring more particularly to Fig. 4, that the thick portions 38 are of such conformity that they are virtually undercut, so as to readily admit the thick portions 31 of the other die-section.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a hat-making machine, a die member comprising a substantially bell-shaped mandrel, a plurality of auxiliary sections disposed above said mandrel and adapted to move in a direction coincident with the axis of said bellshaped member, said sections being thus free to approach and recede from a common center, and a plurality of other sections normally staggered relatively to said first-mentioned sections but free to move in a direction coincident with the axis of said bell-shaped member for the purpose of movinginto and out of registry with said first-mentioned sections.

2. In a hat-making machine, thecombination of a pair of die members mating each other, one of said die members being provided with a member projecting therefrom, an eccentric-strap connected with said member thus projecting, an eccentric engaging said eccentric-strap, and a hand-lever connected with said eccentric for the purpose of moving the same to different angles, thereby forcing one of said die members against the other.

3. In a hat-making machine, a die member comprising a plurality of auxiliary sections adapted to move toward and from each other, a plurality of main sections also adapted to move toward and from each other, said main and said auxiliary sections being normally in different planes, and mechanism controllable by a single lever for bringing said main and said auxiliary sections into a common plane.

4. In a hat-making machine, a composite die member provided with swinging sections adapted to move toward and from each other, other sections adapted to be inserted intermediate of said first-mentioned sections so as to form a composite member analogous to the crown of a hat, and mechanism controllable by the raising and lowering of said composite die member for alining said sections into a common plane.

5. In a hat-making machine, a die member comprising a plurality of auxiliary sections adapted to move radially outward and inward with reference to a common center, a plurality of main sections disposed normally in a different plane from said auxiliary sections but adapted to move laterally into alinement with said auxiliary sections and also to spread radially with reference to each other, and a rod common to all of said sections for actuating the same relatively to another die member.

6. In a hat-making machine, the combination of a substantially bell-shaped mandrel, a plurality of sections movable relatively to said mandrel and adapted to be brought into alinement with the lower edges thereof, and other sections located above said first-mentioned sections and adapted also to be brought into alinement with the lower edges of said bellshaped mandrel.

7. In a hat-making machine, a die member comprising a substantially bell-shaped man- MARI A. OUMING.

Witnesses:

VVALTON HARRISON, EVERARD BOLTON MARsHALL.

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