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atmti (hijita Letters .Patent No. 84,520, dated December l, 1868 MACHINE IAOR PAINTING WIRE CLOTH.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of vthe same.

Be itknown that l', OHARLns H. WATERS, of Groton, county of Alliddlesex, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Machine for Painting Wire Cloth; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. j

My invention relates to a new mode of painting wire cloth, and 'consists in the. immersion of the cloth in a bath of paint, whereby every portion of it is covered; thense of pressure-rolls, by the aid of which a greater or less quantity of paint may be left upon the cloth, and, at the same time', a perfectly smooth surface attained. v

By the use of a drying-room a great quantity of cloth is hung in a small space; good circulation of air is obtained, which aids in drying, and no injury eau result to thevpaint while it is in a soft condition.

The invention consists,

First, i'n supporting, upon suitable bearings in the machine, a web of wire cloth, wound upon a roll, the end of said cloth being passed under and around a roll suspended in a trough of paint, and thence to the pressure-rolls. v

Second, in the usc of adjustable pressure-rolls, between which the clot-h passes, to graduate .the amount Third, in the use of a brush or any suitable device to break the films of paint in the meshes, if any, after. passing the pressure-rolls.

Fourth, in a mechanism to draw the cloth up, as it is being painted, to any desirable height, corresponding with the length of cloth to be painted, as will be presently described. v

In the. accompanying (ha'wings, I hc ve represented my improvements, reference being had to the same in the following description, f which- Figure l is a front elevation of the machine.

Figure 2 is an end view of same.

Figure 3 is a vertical section through from A to B.

a a a represent the frame-work of machine, supporting all the working parts, of which b is a beam or roll of wire cloth, its journals c' c resting in the boxes d d.

e is a trough to contain paint, lying horizontally across the machine, parallel with beam or roll b.

ff are levers, being pivoted at one end upon the studs g g in the frame and supporting a roll in boxes at the opposite ends, which is immersed in the paint in the paint-trough e, all being held in their proper place by the hooks h h, secured to the frame a by the studs fi t', and passing through the levers f j' at the point j.

k k are two pressure-rolls,-whose 'centres are-on a common level, made of any suitable material, which, bythe aid of the set-screws l l, shall have the effect tf* graduate the amount of paint to be left upon thecloth.

after passing through between them.

'm is a rotary brushing-device, having two or more brushes, and supported in the frame c a, in the boxes n n., at a proper distance from the cloth to allow it to brush it suicicntly to break all the hns of paint which may lill the meshes, as it passes upward, being drawn by thebow-sllapedmetallic device o, provided with sockets a-t each end to receive the ends of the clamp p, which is secured to the-end of thc cloth, said device o being attached to the rope q, which passes upward to the grooved pulley -r, thence horizontally to the grooved vpulley-s, thence to the flanged pulley t, upon shaft of roll r.

I1l. is a crankl upon the end of the pressure-roll shaft,

- and upon same shaft is a grooved pulley, c.

w is a grooved pulley upon the shaft of the rotaryl brush m, on the saine vertical plane with the pulley c, motion being transmitted from o to w by the round belt-zt5^ Having described the manner in which the devices composing my machine are arranged, I will now proceed to describe how the same operate together.'

The end of the wire cloth, Wound upon the beam or roll b, is passed under thc'roll in the trough of paint e by the attendant, and thence to pressure-rollsk k, which, being turned by the crank u, causes them to seize the cloth and draw it through in a perpendicular direction. The clamp p is then attached to the end of the cloth,

and placed in the sockets of the lifting-device o attached tothe rope q, which passes over the rolls r and s to the of a drying-room, of any desirable height, the grooved` pulleys l1 and s being secured at the top, and .when the 'desired length of cloth to be' hung in this room has passed through the process of painting, it is cut oil' and lifted out of the sockets in device o, and suspended upon brackets, so arranged as to receive the projecting lends' of the clamp p.

Having described my improvements, v

What- I cl( im as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-. f

1. The combined arrangement of wire cloth and mechanism, herein described, for painting wire cloth, consisting of a trough of paint in which the wire cloth is immersed, and adjustable pressure-rollers, between which -itis passed, and a mechanism by which the cloth,

after being painted, is drawn from the adjustable press- 3. In combination with the L ure-rolls, substantially in the manner and for the pur- J determine the 'quantity 0f pose specified. clot-h, the elnploynn ef L 2. In connection with the combined arrangement of ere cleared, substantially wire cloth and mechanism, just deseribed, the employment of :L drying-room in which the eloth is suspended vertically While being dried, substantially as herein 1 specified.

.djusable rollers, which paint applied to the Wire brush, by which the meshes es described.

Witnesses: L. H. WA-FUJR.

GEO. F. WRIGHT H. H. WATERS.

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