Improvements in Machines or Devices for Attaching Clips to Card Clothing.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 4th May, 1897-Accepted, 5th June, 1897
Improvements in Machines or Devices for Attaching Clips to Card
Clothing.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
45 Southampton Buildings, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertainedl
in and by the following statement:—
The invention is designed to attach side clips to the edges of card clothing, and
also to attach end clips thereto.
In the drawings:
Figure 1 is a view in front of a machine having the features of my invention.
Figure 2 is a view in vertical section upon the dotted line 2-2 of Figure 1.
Figures 3 and 4 are enlarged detail views in vertical section of the plunger and
holder for the card clothing.
Figure 5 is a view in plan of a portion of the bed of the machine and of clothing
stretching devices.
Figure 6 is a view in longitudinal section upon the dotted line 6-6 of Figure 5.
Figure 7 is a view in perspective of a side clip.
Figure 8 is a view in perspective of the ends of the side clips and of an end
clip attached thereto preparatory to the attachment of the said clips to the clothing.
The side clip is angular in shape and has the section a which lays upon a surface
of the clothing at one edge, and from which the prongs a¹ extend, and also a
section a² which extends by the edge of the clothing and the edge of the flat, and
is adapted to lap upon the inner surface of the flat, and the object of this invention
is to simultaneously attach clips of this character to the edges of the card clothing
as well as the end clips represented in Figure 8.
B Figure 2 is the bed of the machine. It has running lengthwise it at about the
centre of its width, a recess or holder 13', which has the section of a depth, width
and length sufficient to receive the wired portion of the clothing which extends
therein while the clips are being attached to the clothing.
It also has the rests, and the walls or vertical supports 3, 4 Figures 3 and 4.
The rests are about the width of the parts a of the side clips. The walls or supports 63
are separated from each other by a space equal to the width of the clothing and the
thickness of the side clips. The recess or holder has at one end a clamp C
Figures 1, 5 and 6. It is represented as comprising a plate e contained in the end of
the recess or holder and the inner end c¹ of which acts as a gauge and abutment as
will hereinafter be explained, and a jaw having a movable grasping end c³ which
co-operates with the plate c. The jaw is loosely attached to the plate cat iis end c
by a screw which passes through an enlarged hole therein, and its end is moved
downward by a lever having a depressing and locking cam at its end which
bears upon the jaw and depresses it and locks it in its lowest position. A spring c
serves to lift and hold elevated the jaw after the depressing can has been moved from
it. One end e of the card clothing E is adapted to be grasped and held by this
clamp with the end a bearing against the end of the gauges and abutment c', the-

page_text: abutment serving to hold the end clip in position and also to locate that end of the
wired section of the clothing. At the other end of the recess or holder B₁ is a
movable clamp D. This is composed of a plate d attached to a flexible drawing
band d and a jaw d baving the movable engaging end d³ attached at its other end d'
to the plated by a screw d extending through an enlarged hole therein. This jaw
is moved downward and held locked in its depressed position by the lever having
the cam depressing and locking end d' and which is pivoted to the lugs carried by the
plate D at d. A spring serves to lift the jaw and hold it lifted when the cam
lever has been removed from it.
The band is attached to a winding drum do Figures 5 and 6 which is secured
to a shaft having bearings at the outer end of the bracket 12. This druin is
adapted to be turned by a hand wheel d¹³ and it is locked in opposition to the strain
upon the band and clamp by the ratchet wheel d¹ on the said shaft, and the locking
pawld pivoted at d, and the end of which engages the teeth of the wheel. (Seo
Figures 1 and 5.)
This clamp D is adapted to engage the end e¹ of the clothing, and by its movement
when drawn by the winding drum to stretch the clothing in the recess or holder B' to
any desired extent. The end clip as at that end of the clothing is located by the
gauge and abutment F. This gauge or abutment is in the form of an angle iron
which may be slotted on the portion which rests upon the bed and may be fastened
thereto by means of a set screw so as to be longitudinally adjustable thereon.
It will be understood that before the card clothing is attached to the end clips
and stretched in said recess B' that the side clips have been located or placed upon
the rests, with their sections a² against tho supports 63, as represented in
Figure 3, and that the end clips are also located at the ends of the side clips with
their arms a resting upon the sections a of the side clips and between the prongs a¹
and the sides a² (see Figure 8) and with the cross-bar a³ of the clip at the
ends of the side clips and bearing against the gauge c¹ at one end of the
recess B and the gauge F at the other end of said recess. The clothing is
then placed in the recess or holder B between the side clips and over the prongs
and one end is attached to the clamp C and the other to the imoving clamp D, and the
moving clamp D is then moved outwardly by the winding drum and the clothing E
stretched longitudinally to any desired extent between its ends and over the prongs
and without disturbing the side clips or the end clips, and while held so stretched a
plunger G is moved from a position behind the said recess or holder B' as represented
in Figure 2 to a position immediately over the clothing and between the sido clips.
The gauges g attached to the brackets determine when the plunger has been so
located. It is then moved downward upon the clothing and between the clips by the
eccentrics upon the eccentric shaft supported by the brackets g' and the clothing
is moved downward causing its edges to be forced upon the prongs and a strong
union or attachment with the clips to be made, while at the same time the end clips
are attached to the clothing by the side clips.
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It will be understood that this movement of the clothing in relation to the prongs
of the clips is continuous throughout its length and that both edges of the clothing
make a simultaneous engagement throughout their lengths with the pronged sections
of the clips and that without causing the clips to be spread and also while the clothing
is longitudinally stretched or under tension. The bearing sections of the plunger G
are upon its under surface along its outer edge, there being a recess or space between
the two, whereby the pressure of the plunger is delivered only to the edges of tho
clothing, (see Figure 4). The eccentrics have suitable eccentric straps upon the
shaft which are connected with the plunger G by the rods g' and the plunger is
adjustable upon the ends of the rods by a screw connection therewith. The shaft g³
and the eccentrics are turned by the levers attached to the ends of the shaft. The
plunger G is movable backward from the holder or recess B¹ to the position shown
in Figure 2 to expose the recess or holder throughout its length and permit the
ready insertion of the clips and clothing and unrestricted engagement with the
clamps, and the easy removal of the clothing and attached clips at the end of

page_text: the operation of the machine, and it is so held by a weight g which is attached to one
of the rods g by a strap g', (see Figure 2 where the weight and strap are shown by
dotted lines).
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is performed, as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondent, I declare that what 1 claim is :-
1. In a machine for attaching clips to card clothing, the combination of clip
holding mechanism, a clothing stretching device for stretching the clothing longi-
tudinally and a plunger adapted to press the edges of the stretched clothing into
engagement with the clips, as and for the purposes set forth.
2. The combination, in a machine for attaching clips to card clothing, of a holder
consisting of rests to receive the clips and a recess between said rests to receive the
wired portion of the clothing, a cloth stretching device for stretching the clothing
longitudinally between the clips and a presser adapted to press the edges of the
stretched clothing into engagement with the clips, as and for the purposes
described.
3. The combination in a machine for attaching clips to card clothing, of a clip
holding mechanism consisting of rests to receive the side clips separated by a recess
to receive the wired portion of the clothing and end gauges to hold end clips, the
clothing stretching devices adapted to stretch the clothing lengthwise and a plunger
for moving the stretched clothing into engagement with the clips, as and for the
purposes described.
4. The combination of a clip holding mechanism, a plunger adapted to reciprocate
towards and from said clip holding mechanism and to be oscillated forward and back
and a gauge located to check the forward movement of said plunger and guide in
its downward reciprocation into said clip holding mechanism, as and for the purposes
set forth..
5. The combination with the holder B', the plunger G adapted to bo reciprocated
vertically towards and from said holder, the lower end thereof being movable laterally
in relation to said holder and provided with means for holding it in its removed
position, as and for the purposes described.
6. The holder B provided with rests to receive the side clips and adapted at each
end to receive an end clip, in combination with devices for stretching the clothing
longitudinally and for simultaneously attaching the stretched clothing to the side clips
and end clips, as described.
7. The combination of the holder B' having the recess b, the rests b', and the
side walls ³, with clamp C at one end of said recess, and a movable clamp D
in the other end of said recess, means for moving said clamp D and for holding
it in any desired position and the plunger G, as and for the purposes set
forth.
8. The combination in a machine of the character specified of the holder B' having
means for receiving the clips and the wired portion of the clothing and provided at
one end with means for holding the end of the clothing, a clamp D adapted to engage
the other end of the clothing means whereby said clamp may be pulled and said
clothing stretched, and whereby said stretched clothing may be attached to said clips,
as set forth.
Dated this 4th day of May 1897.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.