US173841A - Improvement in machines for binding and wiring hat-frames - Google Patents

Description

.M. H. AGHAKHAN.

MACHINE FOR BINDING-AND'WIRING HAT-FRAMES. No.173,8,41. Pa tente'd Feb. 22,1876.

i TURNER N.PETERS, PHOTO-UTHQGRAFHER. WASHINGTON. n. c.

UNITEDST ES PATENT OFFIGE i MICHAEL H. AGHAKHAN,OF NEW Y RK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENTlN MACHINES'FOR BINDING Ano'wmme HAT-FRAMES.

\ Specifieationtorming part of Letters Patent No. I 73.84 1, dated February 22,1876; application filed i 1 June 12, 1875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ll/lrcrrnnr. HOHANNE- STAN AGHAKHAN, of the city, county, and State'of New York, have invented a new and Improved Hat Binding and Wiring Machine, of which the following is a specification: I

My invention relates to improvements in the hat binding and wiring'machines in which a folding-guide is combined with hot pressingrollers, for guiding the-wire and binding it onto the edge of the brim of the hat, and folding and pressing the binding thereon; and it consists, in the first place, of a contrivance of springs in the bearingblocks of the rollers, to hold down the movable roller, together with a lever contrivance for raising it to adjust the work, whereby the shifting of the adjustable roller can be effected quicker than it can be in the machines as heretofore made. vention also consists of shears combined with the machine, for cutting off the wire and the binding, and contrived to be shoved forward by the lever, for operating them a certain predetermined distance to cut the wire, and an other distance for cutting off the binding, with adjusting-stops for regulating their forward movement. The invention also consists of a pivoted support for the binding-guide, and a contrivance of it and the shears, whereby the latter swings the binding-guide back to make room for the shears to move forward to cut the wire and binding.

Figure l is a longitudinal sectional elevation of my improved machine, taken on the line a: w of Fig. 3. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a top view. Fig. 4 is a transverse section taken on the line :1 y of Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 is an end elevation of the rollers and a side elevation of the binding-guide.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A and B represent the folding and pressing rollers, which project from the ends of the shafts G D out of the heating-case E, to receive the binding F and. the wire G from the guide H, and lay them on the hat-brim I, which passes between them with the binding and wire, being held by the attendant, who stands in front of that end of the machine. The heat is produced in the case E by the combination of gas introduced through the pipe I, and the The inhot products of combustion escape through the pipe J, which, it will be noted, is turned backward from the front end, the object being to discharge the heat away from the opera-tor. In the machines now in use this pipe discharges upward, so that the head of the operator is so exposed to it as to-be seriously affected thereby. In such machines the-pipe cannot be turned backward, because the adjusting contrivances for raising and lowering the upper roll to allow the work to be adjusted rise up thereat, so that they wouldbe heated too much to handle safely o'r comfortably. For contriving these adjusting devices low down out of the way of the heat, and also inside of i the case L, I arrange the bearing-blocks M N to drop into the spaces between the vertical ribsP, and employ the springs Q for holding the upper bearing down, at the same time allowing them to be raised freely to raise roller B, said springs being connectedto the bearings N, extending down from slots in them, and through slots in the lower. bearings, and connected at the lower end to the bottom of the case; andfor lifting them I employ the levers Q and R, arranged as shown, all within the case, except a portion of lever B, which extends out through a slot sufficiently for working it. I propose to drive the rollers by the internally-geared wheel S on the driving-shaft T, gearing with the shaft of the lower roller, with which the upper shaft gears, so that'it can be lifted up and let down readily. U and V represent the jaws of the shears, which I combine with the machine for cutting off the wire and the binding. U is arranged in cleats W on the side of the case, to slide up to the place for cutting and back again, while V is contrived to open and close, and provided with the lever X for working it, which is arranged to slide the shears forward, also to bring the jaws forward to the places for cutting, and the spring Y is to move it back. The jaw U carries a stop, a, to arrest the shears against the shifting stop b when the shears have gone forward far enough to cut the wire. The stud d on the jaw V then rises under the shifting stop b as the cutting of the wire takes place, and lifts it out of the way of stop a, to allow the shears to be shifted farther along to the stop 6, which is brought down by raising the other, for cutting the binding after it has, been drawn far enough to cover the end of the wire previously out. When this second cuttin g operation takes place the stud d rises under the movable 'stud e, and thereby readjusts stud b, for stopping the shears in thenext operation at the point for cutting off the wire. The slidingjaw U has a stud,f, which acts on the incline g of the supporting-arm h for the binding machine, having shears, as described,

of a binding-guide support, having .an automatic backward motion to make room for the shears, substantially as specified.

' Y '3'. The'lever X, in combination with the sliding shears, to open and close their jaws, and move them forward to the place for cutting, substantially as specified.

4. The combination of the shifting. stops b 0 with the shears, having the stop a and stud d, substantially as specified.

5. The combination of the sliding shear-jaw U and its stud f with the pivoted bindingguide support h and its incline g, substantially as specified.

MICHAEL A HOHANNESIAN AGHAKHAN.

Witnesses:

T. B. MOSHER, ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

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