US97541A - Improvement in machine for wiring blind-rods and slats - Google Patents

Description

I is secured a grooved guideV or channel, O` and O, in each` i ltnted AScatte- GODLIP MEYER, OE CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND JACOB y WAGNER, OF SAME PLACE.

Letters PatentNo. 97,541,

dated December-,7, 1869.

`IMIERGVEiMIl-INT IN MACHINE FOR WIRING BLIND-RODS AND ,SLATS The Schedule referred to in these Lettergs Patent and making part 0f the same.

I, GoDLIr MEYER, of Cleveland, in the county ot' Cuyahoga, and State of Ohio, vhave invented certain Improvements in Window-Blind StapleDriver, of which the following is a specification'.

Objective.

This invention has for its object the driving of' staples into the slats 'and the rodsconneeting said slats ofwindow-blimls, by an arrangement of devices, consisting of driving-rods working vertically in groove-d standards or posts, a tecdil'lg-device, whereby the work is fed to themachine autdl'atically; also, of certain springs, by the use of which thendescent of the staples is controlled; and, also, of certain gearing, whereby the several parts are operated, as hereinafter more fully described.

Drawings.

Figure l is a front view of the machine.

Figure 2, a side view of the same.

Figure 3, a viewof the opposite side of iig. 2.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in the several views presented.

Description. y A, fig. 2, is a frame mounted npon the base or table l5.

'lo the face of each of the front posts of said frame of which is fitted looselya driving-rod, D D. Said rod D is connected to a cranlmvheel, E, by a link or pitman, F, and whereby it is operated.

'lhe driving-rod D'is alsoA connected to a crankwheel, G, by means of a link or pitman, H, and operated thereby, as and for a purpose hereinafter shown.

I is a level', pivoted to a section ofthe frame at the point c. One vend of said leveris slotted, and attached thereby to the crank-wheel G by the wrist-pin b, whereby the link H is connected to the wheel.

To the lower end of said lever is pivoteda foot, J, the purposeI of which will presently be described.

Projecting forward and upward, at a certain angle from the foot of'each of the grooves or .channels in which the driving-rods nrslide, is an arm, M, in the upper side of which is cut a groove, and therein fitted, so as to slide freely upward and downward, a feather, N, the lower end. of which is held in close contact with the back or bottom ot' the groove vreferred to, by a spling, c, iig. 2. t

It will bev observed that 4the upper corner' of the lower end of the feather is rounded olf, so that it does not touch the bottom of the groove, whereas, the restpost ofthe end is in contact therewith. The purpose ot' this will .he shown hereafter. i

Motion is given to the` driving-rods or drivers, by means of the gearing arranged in Athe upper part oi' the frame, and which consists ofthe cog-wheels 0 O', the wheel O being secured to the shaft L, supporting the crank-wheel ]l},vwl1ereas, the wheelO is secured to the shaft supporting the crank-wheel G.

Said wheels are made to engage the small pinion Q, secured to the shaft bearing the cog-wheel R, said wheel R receiving motion from the primary' pinion S, operated by a crank, and transferring its motion to the side' wheels O 0', by the intervention of the pinion Q. By this arrangementot gearing, a verticallyreciprocating action is obtained to the driving-rods or drivers, by mea-ns of their connection therewith, in the manner above described.

Operation.

As above said, this machine is for driving staples into the slats and rods of window-blhuls, and which is performed in the manner as follows:

The staples for immediate use are hung upon the edge of the feathers N, as shown at e, tigs. 2 and' 3, a few only being sho\ vn,'whiel1, however, may fill the length ofthe feather, and hang touching each other.

A slat, in the edge of which a staple is to bedriven, is placed under the driving-rod l), on the adjustable table A', as showngin tig. l, in which B is the slat. Into the slat, while in vt-his'position, a staple, d, is driven by the driver, which, as it descends from above `the end of the feat-heron which the staples are hung,

the lowermost one,.against the hack of the chainnel, immediately under the driver, is dislodged therefrom and driven into the lslat, as shown in the lrand side of fig. 1, in which l' represents an end view of the slat.

Innnediately under the slat, lengthwise the table,

is laid the slat-rod E, to which the slats are to be at-` l lVhile in this position the driver D descends,4

tached. and, dislodging a staple ti'onr the feather, drives it into the rod.

The adjustment of the slat B' is such, that one limb of the rod-staple passes through the staple therein, and thus links it to the rod, as shown in the drawino'.

l-lhe position of the pivoted foot J at the instant that the staple is being driven into the rod, is as indica-ted by the dotted linef. N ow, on the ascent .of

driver D', the' foot moves ihrward, carrying with it the Slat-rod and slat, the distance of one notch, s', of the gauge 1", which is temporarily attached to the rod, said distance being that proper for the attachment of another sla-t, which, during the ascent of the driver and forward movement ofthe rod, has been stapled by the Vdriver I), ready to be placed -under D', and adjusted for its attachment to the rod, in the manner as above instanced.

The movement of the two drivers is so timed that the slat receives its staple during the ascent of the driver D', and the forward movement of the rod and slats. Hence, there is an uninterrupted continuation ofthe work of driving the staples, rst, that into the sla-t, and secondly, that into the rod, for its attachment to the slats. By this device, the work of stapling the blinds is greatly facilitated, and is done with an exactness unattainable by the ordinary means employed for this purpose.

AS above said, the upper corner of the lower end of the feather is rounded oii, which is for the purpose of allowing the staple to slip from the feather, on being struck by the driver, which falls directly upon the staple, and forces it between the end of the feather and back of the groove in which the driver moves. The feather is immediately forced back against the groove by the spring referred to, thereby preventing the dislodgement et' the staples left on the feather. Hence, one staple'at a time only can leave the feather, and which is dislodged by the descent of the driving-rod.

Claim.

yWhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- The cog-wheels O R O, pinions Q S, crank-wheels

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