USRE427E - Improvement in machines for pressing bonnets and bonnet-frames - Google Patents

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PATENT OEEICE.

WILLIAM o'sEoEN, or LOUISVILLE, KENTUUKY.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR PRESSING BONNETS AND BONNET-FRAMES. I

Speciiication forming part of Letters Patent No. 15,570, dated August 19, 1856 Reissue No. 427, dated February 17, 1857.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM OsBonN, of

.the city of Louisville, county of Jefferson, and

State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful means for pressing all kinds ot' loonnets and pressing and forming buckram frames for bonnets; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, in which Figure 5 is a perspective view of the whole machine.

In Fig. 1,@ a a. a a a are heaters, to be placed all around the sides of the upper die. The small heater a. is the one that goes ou the top ot' the upper die, to heat the tip ot' said upper die. b b is the heater for the block or lower die.

In Fig. 2, c and d are front and side views of the block or lower die.

In Fig. 3, No. I, e is a round iron plate attached by screws f ff to lugs on top of die J, No. 1I. The plate e has a bolt through the center and is attached by said bolt to a plate at the lower end ot' the rock-shaft` Ihere are four screws through the plate attached to the lower end of the roclrshaft to adjust the upper die, J. h is thetop plate, attached by screws g g g to the top of the die J, forming the tip ot' the same, to press the tip ofthe bonnet or bonnet-frame.

In Fig. 3, No. III is a top view of the plate lt and die J with heaters. No. IV is a side .view showing front and back ot' upper die, J.

Fig. 4 is the case which covers the heaters of upper die, J.

By changing the dies the abovedesci-ibed apparatus will press all kinds ot' bonnets and bonnetframes of every size and shape. 'Ihe block or lower die Inay be made ot' marble or any other material that will not rust from the acid which may be in the bonnets and.

discolor them. The upper die may be made ot' cast-iron or other material, so arranged with a rim or ange around the lower edge as to hold heaters all around it to make it hot enough to press bonnets or bonnet-frames, the same dies doing for both. The lower block or die stands upright on an iron bedplate, and is secured by screws to keep itin place. The bonnet or bonnet-frame is put upon the lower die, and the upper die is lowered on it by the crank, and it is pressed by one impression, or, in other words, is pressed all over at the same time. rlhe bonnetframe can be made either with the front and side crown in one piece or in two pieces. It' in two pieces,they are both formed at once and stuck together at the sides and top at one impression 5 and in eases wherethe shape is such that the bonnet-frame can be formed of one piece of material, including the darin g facepiece, side crown, and tip, the same can be pressed in my dies the same as bonnets. On the block or lower die there are two small steel pins about a quarterot' an inch inlength, made fast to said block. The pins have sharp points and stand vertically in the lower die. Vhen the bonncti'rameis put on the lower die the pins stick through the corners of the frame, and hold the front in place until the tip and side crown are put von kthe lower die. The upper die is then lowered by means ot' the crank, (which upper die has two holes in it to receive the pins on the lower die,) and at one impression the frame is made. rIhe result is the same whether the front, side crown, and tip are in one, two, or three pieces. It makes no diierenee willi the machine; it works as well in the one case as in the other.

I do not claim any ot' the separate parts herein set forth, neilher do Iclaim pressing` -or forming a separate iiaring face-piece or a separate crown piece for bonnets or bonnetframes; but

What Iclaim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Pressing the whole of a bonnet or boni net-frame, including the haring face-piece, side crown, and tip, at one operation by dies, substantially as specified, whether said bonnet or frame be formed of one or ot' several pieces, and irrespective ot' the particular shape ofthe bonnet or frame.

2. Forming the side crown and Ilarin g facepiece of a bonnet-frame in one piece,or at one operation, as specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my signature this 20th day of January, 1857.

WM. OSBORN.

Vitnesses LEMUEL W. SERRELL, THoMAs G. HAROLD.

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