US26419A - Jonathan cutlee - Google Patents

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEicE. i

JONATHAN GUILER, OF CHICOPEE, MASSACI-IUSl'lTS.`

MACHINE FOR-MAKING CLASES. i

Specification of Letters Patent No.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JONATHAN CUTLER, of the town of Chicopee, county of Hampden, and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful improvements in the mode of constructing machines for cutting out and forming clasps for the use ofparasols and other articles; and I dohereby declare that the following is a correct description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in the general arrangement and application of a series of cams, slides, and other attachments, to form a partially automatic machine to make metal clasps.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

Figure l a general ground plan. Fig. 2 plan of reciprocating ring, slides &c. Fig. 3 a portion of the ring showing the inner cam recesses. Fig. 4 a vertical section longitudinally from X to X. Fig. 5 view of the disk of the cam F. Fig. 6 view of the underside of die, punches, center pin, &c.

Fig. 7 a clasp before being formed. Fig. 8 a ditto when completed.

The general construction of my machine is nearly similar to other stamping and punching machines, so far as to the use of cams, levers, &c.

My improvements are in the application of a series of sliding formers, A, and other parts, actuated by the reciprocating ring C, and in combination with the rotating cams D, E, F, for cutting out, punching, and shaping thin metal for clasps. The slides A, are actuated by the vibratory movement of the external ring C. The beveled recesses L, in the inside of the same press against the ends of the said slide formers A causing them to slide inwardly,V in concert, to the center, their ends being properly formed to shape the clasps as desired, after beingcut and punched by the operation of the die and stock S. The vibratory movement of the ring C is caused by the lever I, and the pin M, working or traveling in the groove N 0f the rotary cam D.

The lever Gr Figs. 1-4 vibrates vertically on the pin O, and has a pin P, on the other end to travel in the groove of the disk of the cam E Fig. 4 the movement of this lever 26,419, dated December 13, 1859.

Gr, raises and falls the vertical stamp stock S, to operate on the metal, in unison with` y tllue slides, and other apparatus to form the c asp. The spring leverf1 H, `Figs 1-5, is the feed motion, to pass in the metal to the dies, and is actuated `by the cam F, and pinU.` y The metal is placed between the plates T, for operation, the spring lever H being adjustable, and attached at the inner end, and the cam .F revolving, its cam form lifts up Y the upper plate T, to relieve the metal` and allow it to pass in to, `and under the dies, by the vibratory motion of the lever H, the g plate then closes down on the metal to hold y it while being stamped, the whole operating in unison with the alternate rising and falling of the die andpunches.

The center spring pin W, p F ig. 4, is placed in the center of the die stock S, this pin is to press down the' blank, (after being cut,) through the die plate, on to the former f bed Y, ready for the slide formers to operate on, and holds it down on the bed plate Y, while the slide formers A come forward y and complete the shape of the clasp.

Then all the movements separate `and throw open the hole in the bottom, and the finished clasp falls through the spring vibrating lever B, Fig. 2 is to pass forward l and backward the pin Z, to form the back part of the clasp. The cam slots in the' plates on the upper part of the circular bottom, X, Fig. 1, are to givethe` backward movement to the slide formers A. What I claim as my `invention and desire i to secure by Letters Patent isf i l. The sliding formers A, and thevibrating lever B, in combination with the 'die i and punches in the manner hereindescribed. 2. The reciprocating ring C, to actuate the slide formers A, in combination with the revolving cam D, and lever arm I and pin M. y 3. The center springpin IV, to press the 1001 blank down through the die plate, onto the n forming bed, Y, inthe manner described.` 4. I claim the whole arrangement incom`` f y binat-ion, as an organized automatic machine 1i in the manner and for the purpose specified, l substantially as set forth. y `JONATHAN GUTLER. Witnesses: 3 y `1 WM. VINE,` GEO. S. GILMAN.

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