Improvements in Felt Hat Crown Pouncing Machines.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Aug.. 1899
Complete Specification Left, 21st May, 1900-Accepted, 21st Nov., 1900
Improvements in Felt Hat Crown Pouncing Machines.
We, ALBERT TURNER and HENRY HERBERT TURNER, both of Ashton Road,
Denton, near Manchester, Hatters Machinists, do hereby declare the nature of
our said invention to be as follows:
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This invention consists of a novel construction and adaptation of mechanism
for use in effecting what is known as the "pouncing of felt hats, and of means
for regulating the action of such machine so as to effect the pouncing of hats in
a uniform manner.
According to our invention we employ a shaft or spindle which we mount in
suitable bearings carried by a pedestal or other suitable support.
Upon one end or part of the shaft we fit fast and loose pulleys or other suit-
able driving device, and at the other end a clutch device for gripping the hat
block on which the hats are pounced. Alongside the shaft we arrange a device
for carrying the pouncing pad which is adapted to move the pad over the hat from
the brim of the hat to its tip, or vice-versa, and then under abutment of a "toggle
or like device, have its motion arrested and the pouncing stopped automatically
as desired.
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In addition to a traverse from tip to brim of the hat the pouncing pad has a
rapid to-and-fro lateral traverse, and the two motions combined give an effective
pouncing action. This latter may be obtained by an arrangement of disc
wheel and stud, driven by a belt or rope with compensating pulley to allow for
the traverse of the pad.
The motion of the hat under the pad may be such as give a variable speed,
slower when the sides of the hat are passing under the pad and quicker when the
front or rear parts are passing under the pad, and for such purpose we employ
an arrangement of eccentric or like gear wheels for giving a quick and slow
motion in each half revolution of the hat.
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Improvements in Felt Hat Crown Pouncing Machines.
We, ALBERT TURNER and HENRY HERBERT TURNER, both of Ashton Road,
Denton, near Manchester, Hatters Machinists, do hereby declare the nature of
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this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particu-
larly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:
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This invention consists of a novel construction and adaptation of mechanism
for use in effecting what is known as the pouncing of felt hats and of means for
regulating the action of such mechanism so as to effect the pouncing of hats
in a uniform manner.
To permit of our invention being clearly understood we have hereunto attached
three sheets of drawings in which:―
Fig. 1 is a side elevation,
Fig. 2 an end elevation, and
Fig. 3 a plan of a machine embodying our invention..
According to our invention we employ a shaft or spindle (A) which we mount
in bearings (B) carried by a pedestal support (C). Upon one end or part of the
shaft we fit fast and loose pulleys (1), (E), or other suitable driving devices,
or an eccentrically mounted spur wheel (F). When the wheel (F) is on shaft (A),
the pulleys (D) and (E) are on a stud (A), and the driving takes place through
a train of wheels (F), (F³), (F³), (F)` and (F³), as hereinafter more fully de-
scribed. Upon the other end of the shaft (A) we mount a clutch device operated
by a hand lever (G) for gripping the hat block (H) on which the hats are
pounced. Alongside the shaft we arrange a device for carrying the pouncing
pad (I) and such device comprises a lever (J) fulcrumed to the end of a fixed
arm or bracket (K), a lever (L) fulcrumed on the axis (M), a link (N) connect-
ing the said levers, a link (U) and guide frame (P) in which slides a bar (Q2)
carrying the elastically mounted pad (I). Such device is adapted to move the
pad (1) over the hat from brim to tip, or vice-versa, and such movement is effected
by the rotation of a worm (R), worm wheel (S), axis (M) and weighted lever (L),
the pad (I) and lever (L), occupying the position shewn in the drawings at the
start, and with the rotation of the lever (L) in the direction of the arrow (c),
it gradually moves the pad (I) over the surface of the hat in the direction of
the arrow (y), until it reaches the tip, when by a projection (T) on the worm
wheel (S) meeting (as shewn by dotted lines at y-Fig. 1) and pushing back a
latch (U) (see Fig. 1) on the lever (V), the wheel falls out of gear with the
worm (R), and automatically allows the pad to fall away out of contact with the
hat, and by the balance of the lever (L) lie at rest. The latch (U) which has
a beviled portion (see Fig. 1), takes into a recess (U) in the pedestal sup-
port (C), and until its beviled portion is acted upon by the projection (T) it is
held in such recess by a spring (U**) (see Fig. 1). In addition to a traverse
from brim to tip of the hat the pad (I) has a rapid to-and-fro lateral traverse,
and the two motions combined give the most effective pouncing action. The
lateral motion is obtained by an arrangement of disc wheel (W) and peg or
stud (X) carried by the lever (J) and driven by a belt or rope (Y) with com-
pensating pulley (%) to allow for the traverse of the pad from brim to tip. The
stud (X) is mounted upon a pin (X3) set at an oblique angle to the face of the
disc wheel (W), and the stud (X) also lies at an oblique angle to the pin (X*).
and at its free end passes through a slot or opening in a swivel extension (Q)
of the bar (Q).
With the rotation of the disc wheel the stud works up and down in the said
opening of extension (Q*), and by reason of its oblique setting, or diagonal
relation to the bar, causes such bar and the pad (I) to have a rapid to-and-fro
lateral movement upon the hat.
By employing the eccentric spur wheel (F) upon shaft (A) gearing with
another eccentric spur wheel (FI) upon the axle (A) and driving the shaft (A)
via the wheels (F¹), (F), (F²), (F³), (F) and (F), the speed of the hat is
made variable, slower when the sides of the hat are passing under the pad and
quicker when the front or rear parts are passing under the pad. The wheels (F3)
and (F) are connected together and are loose upon shaft (A), whilst wheel (F¹)

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Wheels (1) and (F³) are also connected together and are loose on
shaft (A), whilst wheel (1) is fast. Wheel (1) is half the size of wheel (F³),
and the rotation of the wheel (F) is two-to-one of the hat block.
The axis (M) is carried by the bell-crank lever (V) and such lever also serves
in lifting the wheel (S) into gear with the worm (R) in starting the pad, which
is always previously lifted by hand on to the hat, the guide (1) being for that
purpose provided with handles (P). With such lifting of the pad on to the hat
it will be seen that the lever (L) will resume the position shewn in Fig. 1, and
with the re-engaging of the worm wheel and worm will again serve to travel
the pad from brim to tip of the hat. When not holding the wheel (S) in gear
the lever (V) rests on stud (V*)..
To hold the gripping device free and permit of the ready attachment, or
detachment of the hat block, we provide the lever (G) with a latch (G*) adapted
to engage the bracket (B*), whilst to cause the gripping device (which is of the
ordinary jaw type) to firmly hold the block, we provide a bolt, nut and tension
spring (G) as shewn.
By varying the position of the projection (T) upon the wheel (S) to meet the
latch (U) earlier, or later, the period or amount of pouncing may be varied.
The wheel (W) and band (I) receive their motion through pulleys (Z) upon
stud (7), band (Y) and pulley (Y**) keyed upon axis (A).
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is:-
1: In apparatus for pouncing the crowns of felt hats, a hat block, means
for rotating such block, a pouncing pad, means for imparting an oscillating
motion to the pad and means for travelling the said pad over the said hat block
from tip to brim, and vice-versa, substantially as herein set forth and illustrated
on the accompanying drawings.
2: In apparatus for pouncing the crowns of felt hats, a hat block, means
for rotating such block, a pouncing pad, means for imparting an oscillating
motion to the pad, means for travelling the pad over such block from tip to
brim, and vice-versa, and means for arresting the movement of the pad after a
predetermined amount of treatment, substantially as herein set forth and illus-
trated on the accompanying drawings.
3. In machines for pouncing the crowns of felt hats, a hat block, means
for rotating such block, a pouncing pad, means for imparting an oscillating
motion to the pad and means for travelling the pad over such hat from tip to
brim and vice-versa, and means for varying the speed of the hat block, substan-
tially as herein set forth and illustrated on the accompanying drawings.
4: In apparatus for pouncing the crowns of felt hats, the general arrange-
ment and combination of parts, substantially as herein set forth and illustrated
on the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 19th day of May 1900.
ALBERT TURNER.
HENRY HERBERT TURNER.
By J. G. Wilson & Co.,
Manchester.