USRE11944E - Charles willis white - Google Patents

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Nu. ||,944. Reisued Nov. I2, 1901.

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CUTTUN CLEANlNG AND MATTRESS STUFFING MAGHlNE.

(Applicatiou filed Jan. 19, 1-900.)

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Reissued Nov. l2, I90L- N0. ll,944.

c. WnWHlTE. COTTON CLEANING AND MATTRESS S-TUFFING MACHINE.

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UNITED STATES CHARLES WILLIS WHITE, OF WAOO,

TEXAS.

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TEXAS; ASSIGNOR, BY planer AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO WHITE MATTRESS MACHINE 00., or WACO,

COTTON-CLEANING AND M'ATTRETSSI-SITUEFVIN'G MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Reissued Letters Patent No. 11,944, dated November 12, 1901. Original No. 699,049, dated February 16, 1898. Application for reissue filed January 19, 1900. Sedal Ho. 2,086-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LGHARLEsWILLIS WHITE, a citizen of the United States,- residing at Waco, Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cotton-Cleaning and Y Mattress-Stufling Machines, (for which Letters Patent were granted to me February 15, 1898, N 0. 599,049,) of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improved ma: chinery forcleaning cotton, forming it into bats and discharging the bats into mattressticks; and the object is to perform all these different steps in one continuous operation from the time the cottor'ris put in the gin or picker till it isforced into ticks. I accomplish all this by the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully'described, and more particularly pointed out Figure 1 is a side elevation of the invention, the nearer side being removed to show the interior arrangement. Fig.2 is a detailed view showing the adjustable end for makingdiiferent-sized bats. Fig. '3 is a crosssection through line X X of Fig. 1.- Fig. 4 is a plan view of a frame for pressing the cotton as soon as there is cotton enough to form the bat, this frame being connected to another-frame bearingatraveling apron constitutinganauxiliary deliveryto the compress-rollers. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the cleaning and bat-forming machine. Fig. 6 is a plan view of a bottom 'for making different-sized mattresses and also a plan of the lower piece of the tick-holder. Fig. 7 is a detailed view showing the manner of adjusting the false sides in an open-top box. Fig. 8 is a side elevation -of means for adjusting the false sides. Fig. '9 is a vertical sectional v ew of a gin or picker and stufling-machme,

' showing the cleaning devices.

Similar characters of reference indicate" similar parts throughout the several views.

In'carryingout the object of this invention I use'a gin or picker for preparing material for mattresses. The vgin' or picker (illusward, leaving the cotton clean.

screw E.

trated in Fig. 9) is adapted to gin lint-cotton. This gin is provided with achute A, to the cleaner and condenser box. This chute has a perforated partition 10 and a leading.

dirt-box, provided with a suitable door. The

' dirt will fall through the partition and go into thedirt-box, whence it can be removed.- The material is partially cleaned andblown into a box to be more thoroughly cleansed and formed into batting ready to be compressed-and stuffed into ticks. I have animproved-cleaner-box A, mounted on suit able supports. The top of this box is perforated to allow dust and the air to escape up- This boxis adjusted tothe chute 'A' ofa gin or picker and is provided with a roller B, which is cove-redwith perforated material. .Air escapes through this roller, and some'cotton .will cling to the surface of the roller. A piece of rubber B or other suitable material is nailed to the box A and is adapted to scrape oif any cotton that may cling to. the roller B. This roller is operated by a pulley a and a belt b, driven by agin or picker motive power. The

cotton falls in a box on a traveling belt or apron C, mounted on rollersD and D, running through the lower part of box A- The ten,- sion of this belt is regulated by the-pivoted support E. which is regulated by a. hand- In order to regulate the length of mattress;

the lower back end F of the box is made ad- The topof this back has a piece F attached to it, which extends back and slides justable.

backand 'forthin a box -F'. (See'Fig. 2.) Anti-friction-rollers c e are put on the bottom of the adjustable back end F. These rollers move back and forth on aplat'form G, mounted in the sides of the box just above apro-lrC. This platform prevents the back piece from coming in contact with apron C. Rods H,

operating in nuts H and having swivel con-- nections J, are used to move back F to the de-' sired position. The dotted lines in Fig. 1 indicate how farthis back piece maybe drawn The nuts H are mounted in the box A. In manufacturing mattresses an allowance must .be made for shrinkage, and a greater allowance must be made for some material than others. Seven feet of-inaterial laid in the box will be condensed or shortened to six feet two or four inches by the time it passes through the roller-pass and is forced into the tick. Therefore an allowance must be made, and an adjustment is necessary. The thickness of the mattress is regulated by theamount of material ginned into the condenserbox; A pressing-frame is mounted to operate in the box A. This frame prepares the bat for final compression. A roller K is journaled in the sides of box A. One end of this frame is mounted on the shaft of roller K. A roller K is mounted on the other end of this frame, and a traveling apron K is. mounted on these rollers. A cotton-collector is mounted on the-shaft of roller K. This collector consists of a cross-piece L, having ends extending through the'sides of box A and having a number-of fingers halved into it. These fingers aid in collecting the cotton into bats. Weights m and n are attached to the shaft lo and cross-piece L to aid ,in pressing the cotton into bats. Thereare curved slots ff in the sides of' box A for lowering the shaft 75 and cross-piece L. lVhile enough cotton is,

' being gi'nned or picked to form a bat these frames are held against the front and upper part of box A in any suitable way, as by hooks N, which may catch under the shaft is and cross-piece L. In order to prevent belt K from being pressed up by the cotton-bat while being conveyed to the compression-rollers, small rollers 71 are journaled in the frame P, so that they will hold belt K down. In this way friction on the belt is avoided. The dot-. ted lines indicate thelowest position to which this frame can be brought. The tension of belt K is regulated by the frame P. The sides of this frame are made in two pieces, and the pieces are dovetailed or halved into each other,

and rods 131) are attached to the sections of the sides. These rods are coupled together by the doubling or coupling nuts g, which have right threads in one end and left' threads in the other, the threadsof the rods being made to mesh with the threads in the nuts. The pressure-frame is used to press the'material down to a position low enough for the partially-com pressed material to be forced by the traveling aprons between the compressionrollers into the tick. Roller K may be mountedin movable bearings, so that the pressureframe will not have too-limited up-and-down motion. The belt 0 constitutes the lower part of the compression-chamber. As'the material is thrown from the gin or picker it comes in contact'with a roller 0, which isprovided with iron rods curved back. This roller, with the rods, beats and disintegrates the material, the dust going out through the perforations in the condenser and the stuffing material falling in the condenser in a loose condition, forming an incomplete bat. .Something is necessary to collect this incomplete batting. The

belt (.1v runs just above the floor of the box A,

The bat has an. exit-pass through or between and beyond the rollers D' and 1)"; The sides of the box pass on the inside'of and are halved into the uprights R. The bat is received from roller D on a scraper S, which is the bottom part ofthe former-box and tick-holder.

This scraper is mounted on anL-shaped piece T, which is bolted to the side frame-pieces of box A. The legs of piece T and the ends of the side pieces have plates through which clamp-screws T work. The scraper can be adjusted so that it can be brought almost to roller D, which is mounted in stationary bearings. The upper part of the tick-holder and former-box S is mounted at the exit side of the roller-pass. The tick is stretched over the tick-holder, and the tick is drawn off by filling that is forced into it. Any simple device may be used to prevent the too-rapid paying off of the tick. This upper part of the tick is attached to the rack U, in which is mounted roller D.

the .pinions U. Pressure is exerted upon roller I) by means of weights V. The rollers are operated in any suitable way, as by sprocketgearing. (Illustrated in Fig. 5.) A drive-wheel may be mounted on a centershaft W. l

For making bats for pillows and narrow mattresses false sides or partitions 3 y are This roller is raised "and lowered-by means of th e racks II and put in bat-forming box and slots are cut in tick-holder, as illustrated in Fig. 6. Figs. 7 and 8 illustrate devices for holdingfalse sides W and at any distance desired." The arms or cross-pieces X X are held in place by cla'mpscre-ws 2 Z. friction-rollers on bottom edges to prevent The false sides have-antifriction on thecarrier-bottom C. One end.

of the cross-piece X is attached to side of the' box A. By the means thus described the widths of the mattresses are controlled.

Y Two pads tand 5 are passed through the stilling-machine, one of which is held between the com pression-rollers and apron C while material is being ginned into the cleaner and condenser box to prevent loose material from escaping. The other pad is placed on belt 0 and acts as a follower to shove the material through the roller-pass into the tick. The pads are not attached to the apron, but are put in position .by hand. These pads .are

made of some flexible material and aid "in giving proper shape to the ends of a mattress and aid in forcing the formed material into the tick. The pad between the compressiom rollers prevents the escape of the batting material.

The mattress is run through the'stuflingmachine the second time to compress it, so

that the material will fill the corners of the tick.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A mattress-stuitin g machine having com-' pression-rollers and traveling endless aprons,

- said box for said second one being mounted above the other, adapted to convey incomplete batting to said-rollers and means for applying pressure to the upper one of said aprons.

2. Amattress-stuflingmachine havingcom;

- pression-rollers, means for collecting and forming the cotton into bats, traveling endless aprons, one being mounted above the other, adapted to convey the incomplete bat- 4. A mattress-stuffing.machine providedwith means for collecting and cleaning material preparatory toformin g bats,said means consisting of a box adapted to receive the material from a gin" or picker, said box having perforations for the escape of air and dust, a pressing-frame operating in'said box, and means for applying pressure to .said frame.

, 5. A mattress-stufling machine provided with means for pressing cotton into bats, said means consisting of a box, an endless apron traveling through said box, a second apron mounted within said box, rollers journaled in apron, rollers for applying pressure to the lower part of said second apron and means for driving said aprons.

6. A mattress-stufling machine having compressionrollers, a box for cleaning and collecting the stufling material, said box being provided with an adjustable back end whereby the .length of the mattress may be determined, and means for conveying said material to said rollers.

7. A mattress -stufiing machine provided with a cleaning and collecting box, partitions in said box whereby batting material is collected into bats of endless aprons, one of said aprons running within said-box, adapted to convey the batting to be compressed, and an auxiliaryframe adaptedto start the stuflin g material between said aprons.

8. A mattress-stuifing machine having com pression-rollers, a oonveyer-apron suitably mounted and adapted to carry stufiing material to said rollers, and an auxiliary apron mounted above said first-named apron and adapted to aid the same and means for applying pressure to the lower part of said upper apron.

1'). IA mattress-stuffing machine having comp ression-rollers, a traveling apron adapted to convey stu'lling material to said rollers, a second traveling apron and rollers therefor, suitable supports for said rollers, said second apron having a pivoted mounting at one end,

difierent widths, traveling conveyer- .a frame mounted in said second apron and intermediate rollers in said. frame whereby pressure is applied to the bottom part of said second apron, said aprons being adapted at times to travel with the adjacent parts in parallel planes and in the same direction.

10. In a m'att-ress-stufling machine, the combination of a receiving and cleaning box, collecting and conveying devices mounted in said box, compression-rollers adapted to receive the stuffing material from said conveying devices, suitable driving mechanism, and

a tick-holder adapted to support a tick adjacent to the said compression-rollers for .receivin g the mattress-bat as delivered from the machine.

- 11. In a mattress-stalling machine, the combination of a receiving and cleaning box, 0on

veying-aprons running in said box, means for applying pressure to the lower part of one of said aprons, compression-rollers jonrnaled in a suitable frame, and exit pass and tick- -ho1der, whereby batting is prepared from raw' material and stufied into ticks in one eontinnous operation.

12. Inamattress-stuffing machine, thecombination of a cleaning and-collecting box, conveying-aprons running in said box, a back end adjustably mounted in said box adapted to determine the length of rollers, means for rotating and raising said rollers, and a tick-holder. v

13. In a mattress-stufling machine, the combination of a receivingand cleaning box, traveling endless aprons ,running in said box, false sides mounted in said box adapted to regulate the widths of batting, compressionrollers journaled in a suitable frame, and a bats, compressiontick-holder having slots'therethrough wherei by ticks of dilferent widths are held.

14. In a mattress-stufling machine, the combination of a cleaning and condensing box, endless aprons running in said box, devices mounted in said box'adapted to determine the length and width of batting, compressionrollers journaled in a suitable frame, and a tick-holder adapted to hold ticks of difierent widths.

15. A mattress-stuffing machine provided with a collecting and cleaning box, a frame mounted in said box for aiding in collecting material to form batting, an auxiliary apron mounted in said frame, means for applying pressure to said frame, an endless apron operating in conjunction with said auxiliary apron to press the material into a bat;

16. A matti'essstuflingmachme comprising a chamber for receiving the material to be made in o a bat, means in said chamber for cleaning and collecting material preparatory to forming bats, visions in the wall thereof for the escape of air and dust, means within said chamber for mechanically compressing the material into bats, a tick-holder adapted to support a tick into which the bat may be discharged. 17. Amattress-stuffingmachine comprising said chamber having pro- I 31103 0.1 chamber for rec eiyiug the material directing the material theieiixto as g-it passes fro n a gin o pigzker, said chamber having from the machine.- perforations in the wall thereof, means within Signed in the pi'esence 'of two witnesses. the chmi'ibert'o cietnin'ga nd condensing the w i 1 I 5 material preparatory to fol ming bats; means CHARILL-S L .withinthe ichamb'er for compressing the '1I 1a Witnessesf teltiai therein, and a tiulcholder locatedout- 1.. C. GRESHAM,

sidebf said iliambor for hol'difig the tickland JOE LEHMANN;

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