US1162752A - Carpet-measuring machine. - Google Patents

Description

' C. D. COLLEY.

CARPET MEASURING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 16. 1913.

1,162,752. Patented Dec. 7, 1915.

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CARPET-MEASlIR-ING MACHINE.

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To. all whomz't may concern: ,7 7

Be it'known that I, CLAYTON D. CoLLnY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Coeburn, in the county of Wise and State oflVirginia, have invented a new and useful Carpet-.Measuring Machine, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming. the subject matter of this application is adapted to beemployed" for neasuring strips of material, such as carpets, mattin s, cloth andthe like.

One object of the present invention is to' provide a measuring device of simple constructionwhich may readilyrbe mounted upon'a supporting frame for pivotal move ment and for sliding movement, the frame carrying suitable-means for winding up the material into rolls and the measuring de-' vice being actuated by the material, as the same is rolled'upa The inventionfaims to improvegenerally and to enhance the utility of, devices of that. type to whichthepresent invention apper talns.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes'in the precise embodiment of' the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

ln the drawings: Figure 1 shows'the inven'tionin perspective, the-auxiliary frame being swung cut away from the main frame; Fig. 2 is a perspective showing the measuring frame swung down into operative relation with respect to the roll of materialwhich is being measured; Fig. 3 is a fragmental longitudinal section of the frame which carries the measuring mechanism.

In carrying outthe inventionthere is pro.-

vided a main frame 1 which maybe of any desired form. The main frame 1 in the present instance isshown as comprising rear uprights 2 and front uprights 3. The uprights 2 are connected by a top bar 4 and by a bottom bar 5, the uprights 3 being connected by a top bar 6 and by a bottom bar 7. Intersecting braces 8 unite theuprights at the ends of the main frame 1.

In their rear edges, the rear uprights 2 are provided with notches 9, receiving rtatably, trunnions 10 formed on the ends V Specification of LettersIPatent.

Application filed September 16, 181 3.

2 of a stock roller 11 Serial Ho; 7901257; 7

7 provided with a notch 12 in which is located a prong 14, adapted to engage the material, so that the same, before the measuring operation is begun, may-be disposed in a roll indicated by the reference character 15. Journaled for r0- tation in the rear uprights 2 of the main framel is a shaft 16, carrying a .curved,

depending, resilient brake shoe 17 which is adapted to bear on the roll 15. A helical spring 18 surrounds the shaftltl adjacent one-end thereof, one end of .thespring 18 being secured to the shaft 16 and the other end of the spring being secured to-one: of

the rear uprights 2. The function of the spring 18 is to rotate or rock the shaft 16, and thus press the brake shoe 17yie1dingly against. the material which is disposed in the roll in on the stock rollerll. The roll is thus prevented from unwinding, under the weightof the free end of the roll.

' Extending between the: front uprights 2 and located frame 1 is a guide. bar 19. 'One of the front uprights 3 carries a projection 20 which is located adjacent the guide bar19. i The function of the projection 20in connection with the guide bar19 will bebrought out hereinafter. q

The front uprights 3 are prnvidedin their forwardedges and adjacent their lower ends with notches 21 engaged rotatably with measured off-by a mechanism which will be.

described hereinafter. Qne of the trunnions 22- ofthe receiving roller 23 is provided with a gear wheel 27, meshing into a gear wheel 28 carried by a shaft 29, journaled in one of the front uprights 3, and in a bracket 30 which is secured to the said upright. The shaft 29 may be squared as indicated at 31, terminally, to receive a key (not shown) and this key it is to be noted, may be applied to the end of the stock roller 11. That trunnion 22 of the receiving roller 23 which is provided with the gear wheel 27 is equipped with a knob 32, whereby rotation may be imparted to the receiving roller 23, directly,

adjacent the top ofth'e main Parental net; 7, 131th.

' frame 1.

instead ofthrough the medium of the shaft 29 and the intermeshing gear wheels 27 and 28. g

invention includes an auxiliary frame, denoted'generally by the numeral 33.

This frame 33 is shown in Figs. 1 andZ in operative relation with respect to the main The auxiliary frame33 may be ofany desired form, but in the present 1nstance is shown as comprising parallel side bars '34, terminating at-their upper ends in hooks 35 which are adapted to engage over the guide bar 19. The guide bar 19 preferably is located close enough to the top bar 6 so that the hooks35 may not accidentally be disengaged from the guide bar. The hooks 35, however, can be disengaged from the guide rod-19 when the receiving roller 23 is removed and when the auxiliary frame 33 is swung inwardly.

It will be seen that by the construction above described, the auxiliary frame 33 is mounted upon the guide bar 19, for sliding 37 being shown as provided with angularly disposed feet 33which bear against the side bars Journaled for'rotation in the side bars '34 adjacent the lower ends thereof is a shaft 39 upon which is mounted a drum 40 provided with pins 4-0. At one end,the-

shaft 39 is provided with a headll whereby the shaft may be rotated manually, if desired, although, inthe ordinary operation of the structure, rotation is imparted to the shaft 39 when the teeth lO of the by means ofa ratchet wheel 42 mounted Copies of this patent may be obtained for drum 40 are engaged with the roll 26 of material on the receiving roller 23; Re verse rotationof the shaft 29 is prevented on the shaft, as shown in Fig. 3, the ratchet wheel 12 coacting with a'pawl 43mounted on one of' the side bars 34:, the pawl being actuated by a spring 43 also secured to the 1 said side bar. A meter 44 is carried by the auxihary'frame 33 and is operatively con-c 'nected'with thershaft39. 1' r In practical operation, the 'stock is as V sembledwith the stock roller 11 anclis led beneath the brake shoe 17 and i's'rc'aught upon the prong 25 of the receiving roller 23. The auxiliary frame 33 is then disengaged from the projection 20 on thefront upright 3 and is permitted jto'drop until 7 the teeth d0 of the drum lOare engaged {l4 being set at zero. When the material is wrapped about the receiving roller 23,

the drum 40 will be rotated, motionb-eing transmitted to meter 44. The. finger 72' with the material in the roll 26, the meter serves to indicate; the point at which the material is to cut off.

Itis to be observed that theauxiliary frame :33 may be slid to any position along 7 the guide rod 19, and upon "occasion may 7 be lifted up and intere'ngaged with the pro jection 20 as shown in Fig. 1., to permit the measured length of material to becut off; Having thus descrlbed the invention, what is claimed is In a device of the class described, a main frame comprlsing a top bary'a guide rod.

disposed, below the 'top bar; a receiving roller journaled in the frame and mounted removably in the frame, the receiving roller being located below the guide rod; an auxiliary frame having hooks receiving the guide rod, the guide rod being located sufficiently close to the top bar so that the hooks can be detached from the guide rod only when the receiving roller is removed and when the auxiliary frame is swung inwardly; a meter carried by the auxiliary franie; and meter actuating means on the auxiliary frame, the meter actuating means coactmgw1th thereceiving roller. j 1

In testimonythat I cla1mthe foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in thepresence of two witnesses. V CLAYTON n COLLEY;

. Witnesses: r

C. AQJVRIGHT,

E. BALLARD,

five cents each; by addressing the Commissioner ofr atents Washingtoxnlll.C.v i

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