US885709A - Hosiery figure dyeing and extracting machine. - Google Patents

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i .PATENTED AHL-28, 1908.-

2 SHEETS-SHEBT 1.

s. ALTHoUsE.

VAPPLWATION H'LBD No.4. 1905.

HOSIERY FIGURE DYEING ANDBXTRAGTING MACHINE.

Nm 885,769. n f PATENTED APR. 28, 190s.

C. S. ALTHOUSE.

HOSIBRY v1:"IGrURE'DYEIlIG AND' BXTRACTINQMAOHINE.

APPLICATION FILED No.4. 1905.

` 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

` CHARLES SCOTT ALTHOUSE, or READING, PENNSYLVANIA.

p HOSIERY FIGURE DYEINGA AND EXTRACTING-MACHINE.

speciecation of Letters raient.' Application flled December 4, 1905. Serial No. 290,107.

Patented'April 28, 1908.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLEs SCOTT ALT- HoUsE, a citizen of the United States, residin g in the city of Reading, county of Berks, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful-Improvements in Ho siery Figure Dyeing and Extracting Maof which the following is a specifica- My invention relates particularly to improved mechanism for effecting the figureyeing-and-extracting of ornamented stockings.; my main objects being to secure more accurate, Satisfactory, and rapid work, while dis ensing entirely with expert hand labor.

he invention is fully described in connec- .tion with the accompanying drawings, and the novel features are specifically pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 is a side elevation., partl m section, of the main portions of a mac f 'me embodymg my invention. Fig. 2 is a correspending front elevation, looking in the direction of thearrow, Fig. 1.

Between the side frames 2 2 which are rigidly connected by the spaced cross-pieces 3,

4 and 5, extend a pulley shaft 6, a main shaft y 7 rotated thereby, andsimilar cam-shafts 8 8 and a crank-shaft 9 all suitably driven from said shaft 7; such shafts being employed in thewspecic construction-shown, to operate the essential elements of the machine as hereafter described.

' The stockingsv to be operated upon in iigure-dyeing and extracting, are commonly stretched upon board formers, and dyeblocks carrying the desired designs, after having the required dye (or dyeextracting ings through material as the case may be) applied thereto, arecarefull placed in proper position upon them and t pressions in different colors, made.

q My invention provides for making any desired vnumber of impressions in passing the stocka single machine, the successive operations being effected automatically and with absolute accuracy Without requiring special skill or care on the part of the operator.

The boarded stocking required position u on 11 which is moved 10 is firmly placed in a fabric-carrier' plate orizontally, as hereafter described, in Suitable guide-ways 12 provided on the frame 2 2; Ad e-block or blocks, 1,3 and 13 as shown in=t e drawing,

e unpression, or successive im? are adju-stablly fixed to separate carrier-bars 14 the ends o which are guided in verticallyslotted housings 15 ixed to the machine effected in harmony with the fabric-carrier movements and with the action of the dyefeed belts, as hereafter described. These latter, which serve to apply the desired dye or extracting material to each dye-block prior to the making of each impression, consist as shown of separate Strips 16 of absorbent fabric, arranged in the form of endless belts and each carried upon a pair of drive-rolls 17 17 therefor, located below the fabric-carrier guide-ways 12. Each of these pairs of drive-rolls is rotatably mounted in suitable bearings 18 18 provided on a wallbracket 19, which projects laterally from a side-frame 2 of the machine a sufficient distance to permit of em loying a proper width of belt to 'contact wit the whole surface of the dye-block employed; said bracket and its drive rolls however being shorter than the space between the s read Side-frames 2 2 so as to permit of readl y placing and removing the endless feed-belts 16 upon the driverol-ls as shown. The slack portion of each feed-belt, when applied to the drive-rolls', dips into adye-reservoir 20, suitably secured beneath the same, and is kept more or less taut as desired by means of a suitable tension roll 21, which l is located within thev dyereservoir upon the slack of the movin f belt; lsaid tension roll serving4 to stretch the belt fabric as required to insure proper feed ofthe dye or extractor material to the dyeblock when the latter is brought into contact with it for that purpose. Any suitable yielding backing 22 maybe provided beneath the' fiat portion ofthe belt to equalize the supply of dye to the contacting surface of the dyeblock.

An intermittent reciprocating movement is imparted to the fabric-carrier late 11, as shown, by means of a air 'ofplevers 25, pivoted at their lower en s 26 to the frame, and having their 'slottedupperends 27 connected to projecting trunnions 28 on the carrier; the required movements being transmitted to said levers from the crank-shaftQ, the crank-pin 31 of which engages the intermediate slotted portion 29 of the lever.

, provide for (l) moving the fabric-carrier into scarce proper position beneath the nearer dyeblock, ,(2) for retaining it in such position while the first impression is being made upon the fabric, f3) for a further similar movement to the next dye-block, and finally for a quick return of the fabric-carrier to its original position, l employ in the construction shown, suitably mutilated gears arranged upon the operating shafts 7 and 9 as required; the

' bars le. As shown the lower ends of' these rods yare connected at 37 37 to similar levers 38 separately pivoted at 39 39 to the frame,

and. rovided intermediate of their length with. friction rollers 40., upon each of which a double cam tlv-4t2 upon a cam-shaft 8, is arranged to operate; the cam 4l serving to y depress said lever 38 and its connected dyeblock suciently to bring the latter' into contact with its feed-belt 16, and the cani 42 to thereafter depress it into contact with the interposed fabric upon the carrier. 'l` he s rings 43 -serve to raise the respective dyeb ocks When the cams are out of "service, and sleeve-nuts 44 upon the connecting rods 35 permit accurate adjustnientof their lengths as required. In the construction shown the actions of the cams 41.-42 are lproperly timed to the different positions assumed by the fabric-carrier l1, by means of suitable mutilated gears such as previously referred to as'opera'ting the crank-shaft 9.

To provide for moving the feed-belts and for stopping their movement at the moment of contact of either dye-block therewith, l

' employ a countershaft 50 having-a wormgear connection to each drive-roll and operated from the main shaft 7 through a suitably mounted vertical drive-rod 51; said rod being formed in two parts normali connected by a clutch 52 so as to be rotate with said main shaft, but adapted to be disconnected bv the operation of a clutch-lever 53. The uwer end 5e of this clutch-lever is arranged in the path of similar fingers 55 )rovided on the cam-levers 38, so as to be epressed during the final downward swing of said levers sufficiently to free the clutch 52 just as the dyeblock comes into contact with`the feed-belt,

follows: rlhe boarded fabric l() is properly placed upon the carrier l1, to which a stepby-step` forward movement and continuous return movement are'imparted by the engaging crank-pm 3l of shaft 9 these movements being effected by omitting serios of tooth on the constantly rotatingjr main shaft gear wheel which drives said shaft 9, iu a manner commonly employed and Well understood by mechanics, and which is therefore not spef oifically set forth. Before the first forward movement of the carrier occurs, the first dyebiocli has been lowered by the cum Lil, info Contact with its dye-feed belt 16, and thou raised; the fabric l0 being thereafter moved into position directly below the inked block by the swing of thc'crank pin 3l to position 3l, and being detained there (during the i ueffective rotation of the mutilated drive gear) until the inked block has been lowered a sec- '3 ond time by the action of cam d2, into printing contact with the interposed fabric. As the block is raisedagaiu (after the passing of cam 42), the second forward step of the fabric carrier occurs, to bringr the fabric l() in like manner below the second similarly inked block, where it is again detained for the second impressing or printing-action. As sh own in the drawing these two forward stops only are provided for', and the further swing of the cranl; pin 3l, from position 3l", causes a singlo quick return movement of the carrier to the normal position. indicated in Fig. 2,' the seriesof dye-blocks being retained in raised position until this movement is effected, and their alternate inking and impressing movements being thon'successive y repeated in )roper times with the carrier movements as Ilust described, and also with the respective intermittent dye-feed belt movements as previously explained. Both the inking and the impressing movements of the several dyeblocks are effected successively, and are se J- aratcly timed to move into contact with t ie. dye-feed belts when the fabric carrier is out of the way, and with the interposed fabric when the carrier is momentarily at rest below` it ,z the separate main-sh aft drive gears for the cam shafts 8 and 9, being independently adapted to properly time the dye-block movements in similar manner to the crank-shaft 9 and as will be readily understood by mechanics.

The mechanism particularly shown and described may evidently be readily modified without de )arting from my invention as specifically defined in the subjoined claims.

What l claim is: i l. The combination of a plurality of dyeblocks and dye-applyingr means therefor, a fabric carrier mechanism for successively moving said carrier into position between each. of said dye-blocks and its dye-applying means, and mechanism for successive y moving,` each of said dye-blocks rst into contact with its dye-ap lying means and thereafter l into contact wltll the interposed fabric upon i the carrier. f

2. The combination of a plurality of vcr-l tically movable dyeblocks, a horizontally i movable fabric carrier, dye-applying means i located below said blocks and the plane 'of the 1 carrier,mechanism for imparting to each. block alternate dye-taking and impressing movements, an'd mechanism for imparting a step-by-step forward movement and a continuous return movement to the carrier; said carrier movements being timed to clear the respective dye-taking block movements, and to cooperate with the respective dye-impress-r ing` block movements, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of a plurality of vertically movable dye-blocks, a horizontally movable fabric carrier, dye-feed belts located below the respective blocks and the plane of` the carrier, mechanism for impartingI to each block alternate dy -taking and impressing movements, mechanism for imparting a stepbystep forward movement and a contmuous return movement to/the carrier, and mechanism `for imparting` an intermittent movement to cach .belt timed Yto the respective dyetaking movements; said carrier movements bein timed to'clear the respective dye-taking blocl movements, and to cooperate with the respective dyeimpressing block movements,

substantially as set forth.

4. The combination with the supporting side frames and the fabric carrier and dye block extending between thesame, of a driveroll bracket projecting laterally from one ,of said frames below said dye-block, drive rolls mounted in said bracket; an endless dye-feed belt carried upon said rolls and laterally removable therefrom past the free end of the bracket, anda dye-reservoir into which said belt dips, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof, l aii'ix my signature,

lin the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES' SCOTT ALTI-10U SE. Witnesses: D. M. STEWART,

FW. G. STEWART.

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