US904398A - Collar-tipper. - Google Patents

Description

W. BARTHOLOMEW.

Patented Nov. 17', 1308.v

2SHEETS-SHEET 1.

W. BARTHOLOMEW.

UOLLAR TIPPER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19, 1907.

2 SHEETS SHI-JBT 2,.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM BARTHOLOMEW, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AS SIGNOR TO TROY LAUNDRY MACHINERY COMPANY, LIMITED, OF

OHIOAGOQILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

OLLAR-TIPPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 17, 1908.,

' application filed June 19, 1907. Serial No. 379,739.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILLlAM BARTHOL- oMEw, citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, county of Cook, and State of have invented certain Improvements in Collar which the following is a specification, referaccompanying drawing.

This invention relates to a collar tipper, and particularly to a machine for simultaneously bending the opposite tips of a collar.

The invention has for an object to provide a novel construction and arrangement of the collar supporting shoe and the steam chest into contact with which the collar to be tipped is carried.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel andimproved construction of operating means for the shoe by which a plurality thereof may be used and one automatically lowered as the other is raised thus enabling an operator to control two tipping devices.

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will be hereinafter set forth and the novel features thereof defined by the appended claims.

In the drawings :F igure is a front elethereof; Fig. 3 is a top plan; Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the supporting shoe; Fig. 5 is aside elevation thereof with a collar applied; Fig. 6 is a top plan thereof;. Fig. 7 is a top plan of the steam chest with parts 1n section on the line 77, Fig. 8; Fig. 8 is a front elevation of this chest with parts in section on the line 88, Fig. 7, and Fig. 9 is a' vertical section on the line 99, Fig. 8.

Like numerals refer to like parts in the several views of the drawings.

In the "drawings, the numeral 1 designates a standard which maybe of anydesired character or configuration and provided with the supporting base 2. At the upper end of *chest 3 isattached thereto and may extend of the standard as ma 7 standard is provided at with a. steam chamber 4 inlet pipe 5 at its upper portion and drain pipe 6 at its lower portion, both of these being s'uitably valved for controlling the same. The inlet 5 communicates with the be desired. This its upper portion therein having the to one or both sides I contact with the with a valve at'8 and communicates at 9 with the steam chest .3 from which a drain connection 10 extends at the bottom thereof. The steam chamber in the standard is propurpose of supplying dry acter which is provided with the controlling valve 12 so that thetips of the collars may be moistened prior to the pressing operation.

The pressing operation is effected by a supporting shoe 13 which is brought into I steam chest 3. This surface 14 is formed of roper shape to opposite ti s by the shiie mounted upon tracks or ways 15 carried by the laterally extending brackets 16 which are carried by the upper end of the supporting rods 17 of the shoes and held against rotation thereon by pin 18 extending through an eye 19 in the bearing sleeve or collar 20 carried by the standard. The shoe is prosimultaneously bend the of the collar when supported tion embracing the way 15. The rod 17 is guided by collar 20 from the standard and also by the collar 22 thereon. Below this bearing collar,

and the toggle link 26 extending,from said vided with a slide block 21 at its lower porpressing surface let ofthe 13),. The shoes are slidably a toggle 23 is provided com- I prising the angle'arm 24 of thetreadle 25 vation of the machine; Fig. 2 is a side view angle arm and pivoted at 27 to the lower end of the rod 17. This link is provided with a cushioning spring 28 which contacts with a bearing on the stem 29 at one end of the link and is secured to the pivoted coupling 30 at the opposite end which is recessedto receive stem 29 so as to permit a cushioning compression of the spring as the shoe is forced into the steam chest thus holdlng the collar under tension during the pressmg action. The return movement of these parts is also cushioned by' spring 31 resting upon the collar 22 of the standard and adapted to r be engaged by the set collar 32 carried by the standard and compressed in its downward movement so that no shock is given in the fall of the shoe by gravity when the toggle connection is broken. a

I have illustrated in this case two tipping devices carried by the same standard, and they are substantially identical in construction and adapted for alternate operation, one thereof being automatically lowered as the other is raised into pressln relatlon. This is accomplished by means 0 the lever 33 pivotally mounted in the lug 34 in the standard, and provided at opposite ends with the heads 35 adapted to engage the contact faces 36of the angle arms 24 of the toggle lever. It will thus be seen that when the treadle is thrown downward to lift one of the tippers this contact face engages the .head of the lever 33 oscillating it so that its head at the opposite end engages the contact face on the toggle at that end to break joint therein and automatically lower the 7 shoe from the steam chest;

' V-shaped ton 'ue 38 which also tapers long1- I therein into which the tabs of the collar may enter when the same is applied to the shoe.-

When a plurality of steam chests 3- are used they may be connected together by a passage 37 with which inlet and outlet connections 9 and 10 communicate, and the in- ,cline walls 14 of the pressing surfaces of "the c est are merged into an intermediate tudinally and is adapted to fit between the separated faces 39 of the shoe 13, these faces bemg disposed diagonally to each other. These faces may, upon'their outer surface with a rubber covering 40 to prevent injury to the finished surface of the collar, and also with a cloth outer covering 41', as shown inFigs. 1 and 5, so

that the inner surface of the, tip' is notbrought into contact with the metal of the shoe. The faces 39 are supported by a U- shapedframe of the shoe 13 which isrclosed at one end by the plate 42 having a slot 43 Theshoe is also rovided with an operating handle 44 by WlllCh it may be conveniently slid upon-the way 15. s

are pressed. this contact In e operation of the invention, the collar to'be tipped may be first moistened at the steam nozzle provided for that purpose, and

then the body of thecollar .is disposed be "tween the faces of the supporting shoe, as

'shownin Fig. 6, with the tlps resting upon thesev faces as in Fig. 5, when the treadle at that. side of the machine is thrown' downopposite tipper shoe so that the lever connec- .t1ontipper toggle permitting ittofall by grav breaks joint with the first mentioned 7 ity-so that thecollar may be readily removed shoe for supporting the collars the opposite.

therefrom. A machine is thusproduced in which one operator can attend the two tipdevices thus largely increasing the capaclty. thereof, and by means of the rigid surfaces are always retained in the same relation to each other and a uniform angle of if desired, be provided bend thus secured upon the tips. This shoe is also slidably supported for removal laterally of its actuating rod so as to be brought into convenient position for the insertion of the collar by the operator. The collar can thus be handled by means of the tabs and thereof in handling avoided.

of machine provisionis made both for the moistening and pressing the tips so that this operation-can be performed by the same operator and immediately in succession with each other.

By a proper construction of the pressing members this invention may be used for pressing other articles than collars.

Having described my invention and set forth its" merits, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a collar tipper, a steam chest, a collar support having spaced relatively fixed downwardly inclined collar ti supports and tip fold line supporting sur aces diverging from each other, and -means for bringing said support and chest into contact.

2. In a collar tipper, a steam chest, opposite tip supporting members having tip fold line supports in fixed relation to and diverg ing from each other, andmeaus for moving one of said parts toward the other.

3. Ina collar tipper, a steam chest, opposite tip supporting members having tip fold line supports in fixed relation to and diverging from each other, means for moving one of said parts toward theother, and means for shifting said support laterally of its movement toward said chest.

site tip supporting members having tip fold line supports infixed relation to and diverging from each other, means for moving one of said parts toward the other, means for shifting said support laterally of its movement toward said chest, and a tongue carried by said chest to extend between the diverging walls of said: fold line supports. 5. In a collar tipper, a steam chest having oppositely inclined pressing walls and an intermediate tongue with diverging walls, a collar tip support having spaced oppositely inclined tip fold line supports 'vergi-ng from each other to receive said tongue intermediate thereof, and means for moving one of said parts relatively to the other.

6. In a collar tipper, a collar tip support having inclined pressing faces and tip line fold supports spaced from each other to support the separated ends of a collar, a steam chest having oppositely in'olmed pressing structed to traverse the space between-saidsupports, and

parts relative to the other.

7. In a collar tipper, a collar tip support It will be seen that with this construction any danger of injury to the ironed surface 4. Ina collar tipper, a steam chest, oppowalls and an intermediate tongue conmeans for moving one of said having inclined pressing faces and tip line fold supports spaced from each other to support the separated ends of a collar, a steam chest having oppositely inclined pressing walls and an intermediate tongue constructed to traverse the space between said supports, means for moving one of said parts relative to the other, and a cushioning surface upon the pressing faces beneath the fold line support.

8. In a collar tipper, a collar tip support having inclined pressing faces and tip line fold supports spaced from each other to support the separated ends of a collar, a steam chest having oppositely inclined pressing walls and an intermediate tongue constructed to traverse the space between said supports, means for moving one of said parts relative to the other, a fabric covering upon the face of said support, and a cushioning surface inset upon said pressing faces beneath the fold line support and said covering.

9. In a collar tipper, a steam chest having oppositely inclined walls and an intermediate V-shaped tongue tapered longitudinally,a support comprisingseparated inclined surfaces disposed diagonally to each other in alinement with the'walls of said tongue, and means for moving one of said parts relatively t0 the other.

10. In a collar tipper, a steam chest having oppositely inclined walls and an intermediate V-shaped tongue tapered longitudinally, a support comprising separated inclined surfaces disposed diagonally to each other in alinement with the walls of .said tongue, and means for moving one of said parts into and out of alinement with the other.

11. In a pressing apparatus, a standard, a fixed steam chest at the upperend thereof, a bearing sleeve carried by said standard, a reciprocating rod mounted in said sleeve, anarticle support carried by the upper end of said rod, a treadle mounted upon the base of said standard and having an angle arm, a link between said treadle arm and rod comprising a pivoted member having a stem provided with a bearing for a spring and a cooperating pivoted member carrying a spring surrounding said stem and engaging said bearing thereon, a -collar carried by said rod, and a spring disposed between said collar and the upper surface of said bearing sleeve.

12. In a pressing apparatus, a standard, a fixed steam chest at the upper end thereof, bearing sleeves carried by said standard, a reciprocating rod mounted in said sleeves, an article support carried by the upper end of said rod, a treadle mounted upon the base of said standard, an intermediate link between said treadle and rod provided with a cushioning device to hold the support in extending way carried by the upper end of' said rod, means upon the collar travel upon said way, an eye carried by one of said bearings, and a pin extending from said way through said eye.

. 13. In a pressing apparatus, a plurality of steam chests, a plurality of article supports, means for moving one of, each of said parts toward the other, and shifting means disposed to engage said moving means in their travel to automatically lower one support as another is raised.

14. In a pressing apparatus, a standard, a plurality of steam chests supported thereby, a plurality of article supports adapted to travel toward and from said steam chests, treadle levers and connections for actuating said supports, and a shifting lever adapted to alternately engage said treadle lever connections in the movement. of an adjacent one thereof.

15. In a pressing apparatus, a standard, a plurality of steam chests carried thereby, article supports mounted for travel toward and from said steam chests, rods for actuating said supports, treadles having a tog 1e connection with said rods, and a laterally disposed shifting lever disposed in alinesupport to .ment with the ]01I1t of said toggles to be actuated thereby raised.

16. In a pressing apparatus, a standard, a plurality of steam chests carried thereby, article supports mounted for travel toward and from said steam chests, rods for actuating said supports, treadles having a toggle connection with said rods, a shifting lever pivoted upon the standard and prm vided at opposite ends with heads, and contact plates carried by said treadle levers to engage and move the shifting lever in the travel of the treadles.

17. In a pressing apparatus, a standard having a head provlded with a lateral steam passage, supply and drain connections from said passage, a steam chest at the outer end of said passage having a portion of its bot tom inclined'toward said passage and communicating therewith and oppositely inclined pressing faces with an intermediate tongue upon the under surface of said chest the sides of which converge longitudinally, and an article support cooperating with said faces-and tongue.

18. In a collar tipper, a standard, a hollow steam chest secured to the upper portion thereof and extending at opposlte sides, inlet and drain connections with said ,chest, oppositely inclined pressing surfaces carried by the inner face of said chest, and collar tip supporting members inclined to coas one of the supports is ing fold line supports.

19. In acollar ti per, a collar snpportl comprising anopen ame having at its upper end inclined pressing faces, and divergingfoldline supports relatively fixed and separated'from each other. 1

20. In a collar tipper, a collar support comprising a U-shaped frame having at its upper end inclined pressing faces, diverging fold line supports relatively fixed and separated from each other, and a wall at one end of said support having a downwardly extending slotfrom the upper edge thereof.

21. In a collar tipper, a collar support comprising a U-shaped frame having at its upper end inclined pressing faces, diverging fold line supports relatively fixed-and separated from each other, a wall at one end of said support having a downwardly extending slot from the upper edge thereof, a slide carriage upon the lower portion of said support, and an operating handle disposed intermediate of the support and carriage.

22. In a pressing apparatus, pressing members, a plurality of article supports, a plurality of means for moving said supports relative to said pressing members, and an i independent 'device extending froin-one of said moving means into the (pathof the other and adapted to :beactuat e by; ones'of said 1 means for operating another. of said means g in alternation therewith. 1' a i '23.'In a collarptipper, apressingv member, 2 a support in member having tip pressing surfaces, an diverging tipgfold line @8111- faces spaced from and in fixed relation to E each other to permit the introduction of a collar body between said surfaces.

24. In a collar tipper, a support having I tip supporting surfaces, diverging tip fold line supporting surfaces spaced from and in fixed relation to each other, a pressing memher having side walls to engage said tip sur- 1 faces, and an intermediate diverging tongue 5 having side walls parallel to the walls of the fold line supporting surfaces and adapted to enter between the same.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' WILLIAM BARTHOLOLIEYV.

Witnesses:

C. I. BELKNAP,

1 H. C. Imrrnn.

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