US929893A - Binder. - Google Patents

Description

J. D. STOW,

BINDER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.13, 1909.

929,893. Patented Aug. 3, 1909.

WITNESSES IN V E N TOR.

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h i ii WU TY w i "m min JAMES D. STOW, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ROLLIN THOMPSON, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

BENDEE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 13, 1909.

Patented Aug. 3, 1909.

Serial No. 72,020.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, James D. Srow, a citizen of the United States of America, res ding at Springfield, in the county of T pden and State of iassachusetts, have 'ini ented a new and useful Binder, of which the :iollowing is a specification.

inve tion relates to improvements in machines for holding and pressing together bar el heads while they are being bound into dles to prepare them for shipment, and consists of twin stacking-platforms and presses arranged to rotate around an intermediate axis, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple but etlicient machine for binding barrel heads wnich greatly facilitates and expedites the operation, as will clearly appear from the following description. This machine lies provision for two operators to work together in the bundling operation, one binding while the other is stacking. 1 attain this object by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which is a perspective VlQW of a complete machine embodying a practical term of my invention.

From this drawing itwill be observed that, in its al aspect, the machine comprises a bi-seetion frame revolubly mounted at its vertical center and supported at its ends by anti-friction members, and equipped with two overhead presses and with vertical backing members for the barrel heads, said backing members being constructed or arranged in segmental form, in cross-section, and opening in opposite directions.

Specifically the illustrated machine consists of a strong frame made up of top and bottom beams 1 and 2, respectively, and end pieces 33 which extend below said bottom beam; a vertical center piece 1: which extends both above said top beam and below said bottom beam, has center pins 55 at the upper and lower ends, and divides said frame into two parts or sections; floor pieces G-6, for such sections, which are fastened on top of the beam 2; horizontal supports 7-7 which extend between said end pieces 3 and said center piece 1- and are offset laterally from each other; two sets of vertical rods 8 arranged in segmental order and extending from the floor pieces 6 below to the supports 7 above, and two press screws 9 with their heads 10 and the hangers 11 for such screws.

Casters 12-12 are attached to the pieces 3 to support or assist in sup porting the frame and the other parts and members at these reme points on the iioor. The floor pieces a constitute stackingplatiorms for the barrel heads. The area of each support 7 is equal to about onehalf that of? either stacicing-platform 6, and the two supports are located directly over the two staciting-platforms, but said su ports cover opposite halves or sections or said platforms, as shown.

The rods 8 in each set connect one of the supports 7 with the platform 3 below, and they are arranged intervals in the form of an arc of a circle which has the axis of the associated screw 9 if r a center. These two sets of rods 8 constitute backings for the barrel heads, which backings open from opposite directions, already intimated, and open on the longitudinal, central, vertical plane of the machine in this case. From this it will be understood why the aorts 7 are oil-set as they are, instead of bei placed end to end and in line. Each support 7 has a segmental c t 1.3 in its inner edge to accommodate th adjacent screw head 10 and the spokes or radial arms 1st by means of which said head is rotated.

11 e hang rs 11 are secured to the underside oi the top beam 1. The screws 9 are tapped into the hangers 11 in the usual manner. is noted above in somewhat different terms, the vertical center of each segmental backing made of the rods 8 coincides with th axis of the corresponding press screw.

in the present instance, the shank of each caster 12 is attached to its end piece 3 by means of a holder 15 fastened on the outside of such end piece at the base. The casters 12 may be critted in some cases, or other anti-friction devices may be substituted.

The base of the center piece 1 is mounted on a floor block 16 into which the bottom pin 5 extends, a washer 17 being interposed between said base and block, and the upper pin 5 is received in a joist or fixed beam 18 above the machine.

It will now be seen that, with the pins 5 journaled as. above stated for pivotal points, the entire machine can be revolved freely in either direction about the axis formed by said pins, the block 18 and washer 17 and the casters 12 serving as the floor supports for said machine, and the beam 18 maintaining the machine in an upright position at all times.

Barrel heads are cut in a machine especially designed for that purpose, each head generally consisting of three pieces, and in practice the heads as fast they are out are stacked by an operator on one stackingplatform 6 against the backing which rises from that platform and which must, of course, open toward said operator. This stacking goes on until the pile of heads approaches the screw head 10 above when the operator grasps the arm 14: of said head and rotates the associated screw in the right direction to compress said pile tightly between the aforesaid stacking-platform and said head. Then the machine is turned half way around on its axis to present the other stacking-platform 6 to the first operator who i.m mediately commences the formation of a new pile, and to bring the pile now under con pression in front of a second ope 'ator who binds the heads thereon together in the usual manner, loosens the screw which confines said pile, and removes the bundle thus produced. One operation takes about as long as the other, so that by the time the second operator has removed the bundle of heads from his section of the machine the first operator has a new pile under compression in his sec tion and the machine can be given another half turn to carry the lastpile to the second operator and bring the empty section before the first operator. In this way the work is carried on much more expeditiously than was possible with the old style of binder which necessitated stopping the head-cutting machine, or header as it is known, while the operator bound together the stack or pile of heads. Now the header can run continually. Mention may be made, in passing, of the fact that, since barrel heads consist of several pieces, it is necessary to keep the parts of each head together, and to bundle the heads with care. With my binder there is no trouble in doing these things.

Any kind of a press which is suitable for the purposes of this invention may be employed.

Various changes, in addition to those specifically noted, may be made in the binder without departing from the nature of my invention.

hat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A binder, of the class described, comprising twin stackingplatforms and presses and a support therefor mounted to rotate about an intermediate vertical axis, such platforms being provided with. segmental backings for barrel heads, which backings are arranged side by side and open in opposite directions toward the longitudinal center of the binder.

2. The combination, in a binder of the class described, of a rotatable frame having a central vertical axial support and end supports, and stacking-platforms and presses carried by said frame, such platforms being provided with backings, for barrel heads, arranged side by side and opening in opposite directions toward the longitudinal center of the binder.

3. The combination, in a binder of the class described, of a rotatable frame having a central vertical axial support and end supports, stacking-platforms and presses carried by said frame, and suitably supported segmental backings for barrel heads piled on said platforms, such backings being arranged side by side and opening in opposite directions approximately on the longitudinal center of the binder.

JAMES D. STUW.

Witnesses F. A. CUTTER, A. C. FAIRBANKS.

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