US93365A - Improved seam-puttying- machine - Google Patents

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ALFRED STEVENS, OF'GERGETOWN, ASSIGNOR TO VJOSIAI-I STAR-` LING, OF MANHEIGAN, MAINE. i

` Letters Patent No.'93,365, dated August 3, 1869.

IMPRQVED SEAM-PUTTYING- MACHINE.

The Schedule referred to lin these Letters Patent and` making part of the same.

*wps- To all whom 'it may concern: I

Be it known that I, ALFRED STEVENS, of Georgetown, in' the county of Sagadahoc, and State of Maine, have invented a new and useful Seam-Puttying Machine; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andyexaot description of the same, sulicient to enable .others skilled in the art to which my invention. appertains, to make and use the same,`1'eference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, and in whicl1' Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of the device, illustrating my invention, and

Figure 2, a transverse section of the same.

The object of my invention is to produce a device by which the seams of vesselsv may be lled with putty,d and the entrance of water prevented. To that en It consists in providing a frame', with a recess for Athe reception of the putty, which is forced, by means of presser-blocks, through an opening'in the bottom of the frame, and 'between metallic plates. attached to blocks Asecured to the bottom of said frame, into the seams of the vessel.

It also consists in providing the frame with eveners, a scraper, a gauge, and a refuse-box, for catching the pieces of putty as they are scraped from the seam In the drawings- A represents the frame, which may be constructed of wood or metal, cast in one piece, (but I prefer the` .toi-men) and provided with a recess, B, for the recep` tion of the putty.

C C represent presser-blocks, placed within .the 'recess B, and connected'by 'means of a hinge,a,'through which is run arod, b, for holding the blocks in position, having its hearings in the upper part of Vthe frame A. p

The blocks C C are operated by means of levers D D, which are secured to the upper ends of said blocks in any suitable manner.

VIn 'order to assist in the easy working of the blocks G C, I attach to their sides, near the-bottom, atmetallic springs c c, which, as the blocks are' pressed down, move upon metallic rods d d, attached to the frame A, at the-upper corners of the recess B, thereby causing the easy return Aof the blocks after they have descended upon the putty. A

To the lower part of the frame A, and at the bottom of the recess B, I secure blocks E E, of spch a size as to leave a space between. To these blocks metallic plates e e, through which the putty passes,

are attached.

The width of thel space between these plates may he regulated by means of set-screws E F, which enter from the sides of the frame A, and passing through the blocks E E, press against the plates c e.

A portion of the frame A is cutaway, forming arecess, as at f.

To the side of the frame, where this recess is formed, a metallic refuse-box, G, and a scraper, g, are attached. Y

H I represent two smoothers, and'J a gauge, all of which maybe constructed of Wood or metal, secured to the under side of the frame A, and in a straight line with the plates e e, all for a purpose to be hereinafter explained. y l

Having described the construction' of my seam-puttying machine, I will now proceed to describe its operation. v

. When itis desired to fill theseams of a vessel with putty, the machine is first heldin the hands by thc levers D D, and applied to the seam by placing the gauge J and'plates e e therein.

y It is then moved steadily along the sea-m, at the same time pressing'upon the levers D D, when it will be found that the pressers C O will force the putty, previously introduced, down through the space between lthe blocks E E, into the seam below.

The plates e '6, being Hexible, will expand to all the irregularities of the seam, and lill every part thereof with putty.

The smoother H will harden the putty into the seam, while' the scraper g will scrape off all that ret-Avg mains on the outside, the pieces, in the meantime, falling into the refuse-box G, and the smoother I will finish olf the operation by making the putty smooth and even in the seam.

The gauge vJ serves the purpose of clearing dirt and all other obstacles from the seam.

Having .thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The presser-blocks C O, and adjustable plates e e,

in combination with a frame or block, A, having a recess for holding the putty, all constructed and arranged/ to operate substantially as herein described. 2. A seam-puttying machine, composed of theframe A, having a recess, B, the presser-blocks C C, their levers D D, and springs c c, the blocks E E, and plates e e, the gauge J, the refuse-box G, the scraper g, and smoothers H I, combined, when arranged as set forth.

' ALFRED STEVENS. Witnesses:

ALONZO H. STEVENS, JOHN (J. WARREN.

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