Machine for Pouncing Brims and Crowns of Hats.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Nov., 1898-Accepted, 11th Feb., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Machine for Pouncing Brims and Crowns of Hats.
We, STEPHEN JOSEF MILLER, Machinist, and JAMES LLOYD WHITE, Manufacturer,
of Danbury, Connecticut, United States of America, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed to be par-
ticularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement;-
Our invention has for its object to provide a simple, durable, inexpensive and
easily operated machine which will pounce the crown and both sides of the brim
of a hat simultaneously, will pounce all portions of the crown evenly, the pressure
of the crown pouncing pad being at all times uniform, will turn out perfectly.
pounced hats more rapidly than has heretofore been possible and will require the
services of but a single attendant, who need not be a skilled workman, the operations
of the machine being practically automatic.
With these ends in view, we have devised the simple and novel machine of
which the following description in connection with the accompanying drawings
is a specification, reference characters being used to designate the several parts.
Figure 1 is a plan view of the machine complete, the crown pouncing pad being
at the starting position, the operative position of the upper brim pouncing pad
being shown in full lines and the position when out of operation being shown in
dotted lines.
Fig. 2 a vertical longitudinal section on the line - in Fig. 1, the crown
pouncing mechanism appearing in side elevation.
Fig. 3 a similar section on the line y-y in Fig. 1, the brim pouncing mechanism
appearing in side elevation, the crown pouncing mechanism and the operating
mechanism therefor being removed.
Fig. 4 an elevation of the hat carrying mechanism as seen from the left in
Fig. 2, the sleeve in which the shaft is journaled appearing in section.
Fig. 5 a plan view of the oval cams which determine the position of the hat
during the pouncing operation.
Fig. 6 a section on the line in Fig. showing mechanism for connecting
and disconnecting the upper carrying arm, the sleeve being shown as locked in
the operative position.
Fig. 6 a similar section on an enlarged scale, the bolt being shown as locked
in the retracted position.
Fig. 7 a section on the line s-s in Fig. 6.
Fig. 8 an end elevation on an enlarged scale of the brim pouncing pads and the
slides by which they are carried.
Fig. 9 an end elevation on an enlarged scale of the crown pouncing pad and
the slide by which it is carried.
Fig. 10 a detail plan view of the cam which connects and disconnects the brim
pouncing mechanism.
Fig. 11 an end elevation as seen from the right in Figs. 1 and 2, the crown
pouncing mechanism being out of operative position and the brim pouncing
mechanism omitted, and,
Fig. 12 is a detail sectional view on the line -- in Fig. 11.

page_text: 1 denotes the bed of the machine and 2 legs by which it is supported. These
parts may be of any ordinary or preferred construction. Power is applied to drive
the machine by means of a belt, not shown, passing over a belt pulley 3 which
runs loosely on a shaft 4, the outer end of which journaled on a cross piece 5
between the legs at one end of the machine and the other in a bracket 6 which
depends from the bed. Shaft 4 and the belt pulley are connected and disconnected
by means of a clutch 7 which may be of any ordinary or preferred construction,
and is operated by means of a clutch lever 8, as will be more fully explained.
9 denotes a sprocket wheel rigidly secured to shaft 4. the action of which is to
reciprocate the crown pouncing pad, as will be more fully explained. 10 denotes
a bevel gear wheel loose on said shaft, the action of which is to reciprocate the two
brim pouncing pads, as will be more fully explained. Upon the hub of gear
wheel 10 is a clutch member 11, the corresponding member 12 being on a sleeve 13
which is fixed to shaft 4 in such a manner as to rotate therewith, but is free to be
moved longitudinally thereon by a clutch lever 14 pivoted to a bracket 15 which
depends from the bed. 16 denotes a bevel pinion which is rigidly secured to
shaft 4 and meshes with a bevel gear wheel 17 on a shaft 18 journaled in bracket 15
and in another bracket 19 which depends from the bed, see Fig. 2 and dotted lines
in Fig. 1. Shaft 18 carries a worm 20 by means of which motion is communicated
to the upper carrying arm, as will be more fully explained. 4ª, see dotted lines
Fig. 1, denotes an extension of shaft 4 which is journaled obliquely to shaft 4 in
brackets 6 and is connected to the main portion of said shaft by means of a
universal joint 21. At the outer end of extension 4ª is a worm 22, by means of
which motion is communicated to the hat carrying mechanism. A denotes a hat
that is being operated upon and B the block by which it is carried. It will be
understood of course, that the hats are already on the blocks when they come to the
pouncing machine. It is a matter of no special consequence so far as our inven-
tion is concerned, how the blocks with the hats thereon are attached to the
machine. We have shown an ordinary reverse threaded screw holding device
which we have indicated by 23. Rotation of the screw in one direction or the
other causes the block to be engaged in the usual manner and rigidly secures the
block with the hat thereon to the carrying mechanism which we will now describe.
The holding device is rigidly secured to an oval cam 24 which is superimposed
upon and rigidly secured to a similar oval cam 25 lying at right angles thereto.
These cams are made the exact oval of the hat body, and of course require to be
changed each time the style of hat being operated upon is changed. Cam 25 is
rigidly secured to a slide 26 which is adapted to move in transverse ways 28 in a
slide 27, itself adapted to move in ways 29 in a block 30 carried by a shaft 31.
This shaft is journaled in a sleeve 32 secured to a bracket 33 below the bed and
the cams and slides lie in an opening 34 in the bed, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.
At the lower end of shaft 31 is a worm wheel 35 which meshes with worm 22 on
the extension 4* of shaft 4 and receives motion therefrom. Upon the opposite
sides of opening 34 in the bed are brackets 36, one of which carries a roller 37
which engages the periphery of cam 25 and the other a roller 38 which engages
the periphery of cam 24. It will be noted, see Fig. 5 in connection with
Fig. 2, that the block with the hat thereon when locked in place, lies trans-
versely to cam 24 and longitudinally to cam 25. In this position of the parts the
pouncing pads are acting upon the side of the hat, consequently the holding device
with the block and hat thereon is moved in the direction of the pouncing pads, as
will be more fully explained in connection with the operation of the pouncing pads.
39 denotes the crown pouncing pad which is pivoted to brackets 40 extending
from a slide 41 which is adapted to reciprocate on a block 42 rigidly secured to
the end of upper carrying arm 43. The upper carrying arm is shown as pivoted
between ears 44 on an arm 45 extending upward from a sleeve 46 rigidly secured
to a rock shaft 47 which is journaled in bearings 48 above the bed. 49 <lenotes
a worm wheel loose on the rock shaft which is engaged and driven by worm 20
on shaft 18, and when connected with the rock shaft causes the upper carrying

page_text: arm and other parts carried by the rock shaft to be moved forward laterally, i.e.
toward the front, as seen in Figs. 1 and 2, in an arc of a circle, the backward
movement of said parts being by hand, as will be more fully explained. The
mechanism by which sleeve 46 is connected to and disconnected from worm
wheel 49 will be clearly understood from Figs. 6, 6 and 7 in connection with
Fig. 2. 50 denotes a locking bolt carried by the sleeve which is adapted to engage
either of the holes 51 in worm wheel 49 and thereby lock the sleeve to the worm
wheel. This bolt is provided with an angular portion 52 which lies in a corre-
spondingly shaped socket in a housing 53 upon the sleeve and with an arm 54 by
which it is retracted. A spring 55 acting against the bolt and having a suitable
bearing 46 upon the sleeve, acts to throw the locking bolt into engagement with
the worm wheel. 56 denotes an incline rigidly secured to the bed which is engaged
by arm 54 to retract the locking bolt at the end of the operation upon a hat. At
the base of the incline is a shoulder 57 which is engaged by said arm to give the
locking bolt a slight axial movement after it has been retracted by the incline,
throwing the angular portion out of alinement with the socket, for the purpose of
retaining the locking bolt in the retracted position. 58 is an arm extending
upward from the bed in position to be engaged by arm 54 upon the locking bolt
to turn the locking bolt back to its normal position when the upper carrying arm
returns to its normal position, so that the spring will again force the bolt into
engagement with the worm wheel. At the commencement of each pouncing
operation the parts are in the position shown in Figs. 2, 6 and 7 and at the end
of the pouncing operation they are in the position shown in Figs. 6, 11 and 12.
Fig. 6 shows clearly the position of the parts at the end of the pouncing operation.
The locking bolt has been withdrawn from the worm wheel through the engage-
ment of arm 54 with incline 56 as the upper carrying arm swings over toward the
front, thereby disconnecting the sleeve from the worm wheel and wholly with-
drawing angular portion 52 of the locking bolt from the corresponding portion of
the socket. After the angular portion of the bolt has been withdrawn by the
engagement of arm 54 with the incline, the bolt is given a slight axial movement
by the engagement of arm 54 with shoulder 57 which places the angular portion
of the locking bolt out of alinement with the socket which receives it, thereby
retaining the locking bolt at the retracted position as is clearly shown in Fig. 6.
The parts remain in this position until another hat has been placed in position to
be operated upon and the parts are returned to the position shown in Fig. 2, ready
to commence the pouncing of another hat. As the upper carrying arm is brought
up to the starting position, arm 54 which has been in the retracted position shown
in full lines in Fig. 6 is engaged by arm 58 and returned to its normal position,
as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 6, arm 58 imparting the same amount of axial
rotation to the bolt that is imparted by shoulder 57, but in the opposite direction.
The instant the bolt has been returned to its normal position through the engage-
ment of arm 54 with arm 58, spring 55 will throw the bolt forward into engagement
with one of the holes 51 in worm wheel 49, thereby locking the sleeve to the worm
wheel again. The crown pouncing pad is retained in engagement with the hat
by means of a spring 59, the ends of which are connected respectively to the upper
carrying arm and to sleeve 46. 60 denotes an adjustable counterweight at the
outer end of the upper carrying arm, which is used to counterbalance the weight
of the arm and the pouncing pad, so as to enable the operator, by adjusting this
weight and in connection with spring 59, to get any required degree of pressure
upon the hat which is at all times uniform. In use the center of rotation of the
hat is moved toward and from the pouncing pads so that the portion of the hat
crown that is being acted upon by the crown pouncing pad at any time, is in the
same relative position to the pouncing pad that any other portion of the surface
being operated upon is at any other time. By that we mean that the crown
pouncing pad remains relatively stationary so far as in and out movement is
concerned and the center of rotation of the hat that is being operated upon moves

page_text: toward the pouncing pad at the sides, and away from the pouncing pad at the
ends of the crown. 61 denotes a handle at the ends of the upper carrying arm
for convenience in manipulating the latter to place the crown pouncing pad in
operative position and also in placing a new hat in position to be operated upon
when the crown pouncing pad is out of operative position.
The crown pouncing pad is reciprocated by means of a rod 62, one end of which
is pivoted to a stud 41 extending from slide 41, the other end being pivoted to
a bell crank lever 63 itself pivoted to arm 45 concentrically with arm. 43 as at 64.
65 denotes a rod, one end of which is connected to bell crank lever. 63 by means
of a universal joint as 66, the other end carrying a strap 67 which encloses an
eccentric 68 formed integral with, or rigidly secured to a sprocket wheel 69 which
turns freely on rock shaft 47. We have in the present instance shown the sprocket
wheel and eccentric as held against longitudinal movement on the rock shaft by
a collar 70. Sprocket wheel 69 and the eccentric receive rotary movement by
means of a sprocket chain 71 which runs over sprocket wheel 9 on shaft 4. It
will be readily understood from Fig. 2 in connection with Fig. 12 that rotation of
sprocket wheel 69 and the eccentric will, by means of rod 65, impart oscillation
to bell crank lever 63 which in turn by means of arm 62 will impart reciprocatory
movement to the upper pouncing pad. As already stated, the entire machine is
stopped and started by connecting and disconnecting belt pulley 3 and shaft 4
by means of clutch 7 which we have shown as operated by means of a clutch lever 8.
In the present instance we have shown clutch lever 8 as operated to stop and start
the machine by means of rock shaft 47 which is oscillated by means of sleeve 46,
arm 45, and the upper carrying arm. At the outer end of this rock shaft is a
pin 72, which engages an oblique slot 73 in lever 8, the parts being so arranged
and adjusted that when the upper carrying arm and parts moving therewith move
down to the position shown in Fig. 11, lever 8 will be oscillated and will operate
clutch 7 to disengage belt pulley 3 from shaft 4, thus stopping all parts of the
machine instantly. The moving back of the upper carrying arm and the parts
carried thereby from the position shown in Fig. 11, to the position shown in
Figs. 1 and 2 will oscillate lever 8 in the opposite direction and will operate the
clutch to connect belt pulley 3 to shaft 4, thereby starting the entire machine again.
74 denotes the upper brim pouncing pad and 75 the lower brim pouncing pad.
The lower brim pouncing pad is rigidly secured, in the present instance, by means
of a bracket or brackets 76, to a slide 77 adapted to reciprocate in transverse ways
in a plate 78 rigidly secured to the end of the lower carrying arm 79, which is
adapted to oscillate in an arc of a circle in the horizontal plane. The upper brim
pouncing pad 74 is rigidly secured, in the present instance in the same manner as
the lower pad, by means of a bracket or brackets 70, to a slide 80 which recipro-
cates in transverse ways in a block 81, itself rigidly secured to a vertical slide 82,
which is adapted to reciprocate in ways in plate 78. Slide 82 and with it slide 80
and the upper brim pouncing pad may be lifted away from the lower brim pouncing
pad, as, when it is required to place a new hat in position to be operated upon, by
means of a lever 83 which is pivoted upon the back of plate 78 and is provided
with a pin 84, see dotted lines Fig. 3, which passes through an opening 85 in
plate 78 and engages a recess 86 in slide 82. This recess is made amply large to
receive the pin freely. In the normal position of the parts, slide 82 drops down
by gravity to the extreme of its downward movement which places the upper brim
pouncing pad in proper position relative to the lower brim pouncing pad. When
it is desired to insert the brim of a new hat between the pouncing pads or to 5
raise the upper pad for any reason, the operator simply turns lever 83 upward from
the position shown in full lines in Fig. 3 to the position shown in dotted lines in
said fig., thereby raising slide 82 and with it slide 80 and the upper brim pouncing
pad away from the lower brim pouncing pad, giving ample space to insert the hat
brim between them. As pin 84, when the lever is in the raised position, is in 5
alinement with the pivotal point of said lever, the upper brim pouncing pad may

page_text: be retained out of operative position when required. The lower carrying arm 79
has rigidly secured at its opposite end a sleeve 97 within which a vertical shaft 87
is journaled the sleeve itself being journaled in a boss 88 in the bed. 89 denotes
a handle at the outer end of the lower carrying arm for convenience in moving it
into and out of operative position. This carrying arm and the parts operating in
connection therewith are so constructed that the carrying arm and with it the
brim pouncing pads will remain in any position in which they are placed. When
the brim pouncing operation is finished, the lower carrying arm thrown from
the position shown in full lines in Fig. 1 to the position shown in dotted lines in
said fig., where it will remain until it is thrown back into the operative position.
After placing a new hat in position to be operated upon, the operator raises the
upper brim pouncing pad in the manner already described and swings the carrying
arm into such a position that the brim will lie between the two pads, the upper
pad lying close to the crown of the hat. It will of course, be apparent that the
pouncing of the brim of the hat will be finished before the pouncing of the crown.
In the present instance we have provided means for automatically stopping the
operation of the brim pouncing pads at a predetermined time as we shall presently
describe. In practice, after the brim has been pounced, the operator moves the
lower carrying arm and with it the brim pouncing pads out of the way so that the
crown pouncing pad can complete the pouncing of the lower portion of the crown.
The two brim pouncing pads are reciprocated by means of a lever 90 pivoted upon
the back of plate 78 and connected through openings 91 in said plate and an
opening 91 in vertical slide 82 with the slides 77 and 80. In the present instance
we have shown the ends of the lever as provided with slots 92 and the pouncing
pads as provided with pins 93 which engage the slots. Lever 90 is oscillated by
means of a rod 94 one end of which is pivoted to lever 90, the other end being
pivoted eccentrically to a disk 95 at the upper end of vertical shaft 87. Rod 94
is shown as jointed as at 96 in order to prevent any strain upon the rod. At the
lower end of shaft 87 is a bevel pinion 98 which meshes with bevel gear wheel 10,
itself, as already stated, loose on shaft 4. At the lower end of sleeve 97 is a cam. 99
which is engaged by clutch lever 14 to move sleeve 13 on shaft 4. The operation
of these parts will be clearly understood from Fig. 3. When the brim pouncing
pad are moved to the operative position as in Figs. 1 and 3, sleeve 97 and cam 99
will be oscillated thereby and will oscillate clutch lever 14 which will move
sleeve 13 on shaft 4 and will place clutch members 11 and 12 in engagement, so
that the movement of shaft 4 will be communicated to vertical shaft 87 and will
oscillate the brim pouncing pads. As soon as the hat upon the holder has made
a sufficient number of revolutions and the brim has been pounced sufficiently, the
operator moves the lower carrying arm from the position shown in full lines in
Fig. 1 to the position shown in dotted lines in said fig. the action of which is to
oscillate sleeve 97 and cam 99 so that the end of cam lever 14, instead of being in
engagement with the portion of the cam groove indicated by 99 in Fig. 10, will
be in engagement with the portion of said cam groove indicated by 99b in said fig.
which will move sleeve 13 on shaft 4 toward the left as seen in Fig 3 and will
place the clutch members out of engagement, thereby instantly stopping the
operation of the brim pouncing pads, this stoppage of the brim pouncing pads
taking place without any effect whatever upon the crown pouncing pad or upon
any other portion of the machine.
The operation of the entire machine is briefly as follows:-Supposing that the
machine is at rest, the upper carrying arm and the crown pouncing pad would
presumably be in the position shown in Fig. 11, and the lower carrying arm and
the brim pouncing pads would be in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1.
The operator would place the block carrying the hat to be operated upon in the
position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and would fasten the block in position by means
of the holding device. The operator would then swing the upper carrying arm
and crown pouncing pad from the position shown in Fig. 11 to the position shown

page_text: in Figs.
and 2. It will be understood from Fig. 2 that this movement is very
easily made, the operator taking hold of handle 61 with one hand and swinging
it readily into place, the crown pouncing pad through the combined action of
spring 59 and counterweight 60 resting upon the hat with any required amount
of pressure which when adjusted, is at all times uniform. This movement of the
upper carrying arm through the engagement of pin 72 on rock shaft 47 with the
oblique slot in lever S would operate clutch 7, which would connect belt pulley 3
with shaft 4 and communicate motion to all parts of the machine except the brim
pouncing pads which may or may not be placed in operation simultaneously with
the crown pouncing pad. To place the brim pouncing pads in operation the
operator is simply required to swing the lower carrying arm with the brim pouncing
pads from the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 to the position shown in
full lines in said fig. By means of lever 83 the operator raises the upper brim
pouncing pad as much as may be necessary to allow the brim to pass between the
two pads. The upper pad is then allowed to rest on the brim close to the crown,
the brim itself resting upon the lower pouncing pad. It is obvious that the
swinging of the lower carrying arm into operative position will by means of
sleeve 97, cam 99, clutch lever 14 and clutch members 11 and 12, connect bevel
gear wheel 10 with shaft 4 and will communicate motion to vertical shaft 87 and
through disk 95, rod 94, and lever 90 impart reciprocatory movement to the brim
pouncing pads. It will of course, be apparent that as the brim pouncing pads
act upon the entire width of the brim, it will require but few revolutions of the
hat to pounce the brim. In fact, considerably less time is required to pounce the
brim than to pounce the crown. The brims in practice are usually found to be
sufficiently pounced when the hat has made a certain predetermined number of
revolutions. After the necessary revolutions are completed, the operator by means
of handle 89. moves the lower carrying arm and the brim pouncing pads from
the position shown in full lines in Fig. 1 to the position shown in dotted lines,
which movement through the oscillation of sleeve 97 and cam 99 will change the
engagement of clutch lever 14 from the portion of the groove in cam 99 indicated
by 99, to the portion indicated by 99b, which will disengage clutch members 11
and 12 and instantly stop the oscillation of the brim pouncing pads without in
any way affecting the operation of any other portion of the machine.
As already stated, the pressure of the crown pouncing pad upon the crown of the
hat during the operation of pouncing is uniform at all times. This is owing to
the fact that the center of rotation of the hat moves toward the pouncing pad in
approaching the sides of the hat and away from the pouncing pad when approach-
ing the ends of the hat. This result is accomplished by means of the cams 24
and 25 which are made to correspond with the oval of the hats that are being
operated upon. The relative position of cams 24 and 25 at the moment the crown
pouncing operation commences is clearly shown in Figs. 4 and 5. The position
of the hat corresponds with the position of the lower cam, the pouncing pad
resting upon the tip of the crown, and when the crown pouncing operation com-
mences, said pad moving toward the front, as seen in Figs. 1 and 2 through the
movement of the upper carrying arm which is produced by worm 20 and worm
wheel 49 on rock shaft 47 when said worm wheel is connected to sleeve 46 by
means of locking bolt 50, so that the upper carrying arm and the sleeve will
oscillate with the rock shaft. At this instant the holding device which is fixed
to the upper oval cam 24, will be carried to the extreme of its movement toward
the front, as seen in Figs. 1 and 2, and toward the right as seen in Fig. 5 by means
of roller 38 which engages oval cam 24 and is at this instant in engagement with
the periphery of said cam at the long diameter of the oval, roller 37 which bears
upon the periphery of cam 25 being now in engagement with the edge of said cam
at its short diameter. As the movement of the cams continues the long diameter
of the upper cam will pass out of engagement with roller 38. While this is taking
place however, roller 37 which engages the periphery of oval cam 25 will pass from

page_text: the short diameter of the oval toward the long diameter thereof. When a quarter
turn of the hat has been made the center of rotation of the hat will have moved
to its greatest distance from the pouncing pad as indicated by the dotted position
of the holder in Fig. 5, both the full and the dotted positions of the holding device
occurring twice during each rotation of the block and the hat, the position of the
holding device indicated by full lines in Fig. 5 indicating its relative position at
the instant the center of rotation of the block and hat has been moved nearest to
the pouncing pad, as when the pouncing pad is operating on either side of the
hat, and the dotted position of the holding device in said fig. indicating its relative
position at the instant the center of rotation of the block and hat is at its farthest
position from the pouncing pad as when the latter is operating upon the ends of
the hat crown. When the pouncing of the crown is finished, the oscillation of
the rock shaft and the upper carrying arm carrying the crown pouncing pad is
automatically stopped through the disengagement of locking bolt 50 from worm
wheel 49 by means of incline 56 and the locking bolt is given a partial rotation so
as to be retained out of locking position by engagement with shoulder 57, it being
understood that the locking bolt will remain at the disengaged position until
turned back to its normal or locking position by engagement with arm 58. It
should be noted that the disengagement of the worm wheel from rock shaft 47 and
the consequent instantaneous stoppage of the forward movement of the upper
carrying arm at the exact instant it has reached the extreme of this forward move-
ment is wholly independent of the stoppage of the operation of the entire machine
through the disengagement of belt pulley 3 with shaft 4 by means of clutch 7 and
clutch lever 8 which are operated through the engagement of pin 72 on the rock
shaft with slot 73 in lever 8. This is in order that the return of the rock shaft, upper
carrying arm and crown pouncing pad to the starting position, as in Figs. 1 and 2,
may be made without affecting any other portion of the machine.
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 a machine of the character described, the combination with a hat carrying
device, of a crown pouncing pad, a carrying arm therefor, an arm 45 to which the
carrying arm is pivoted and means for oscillating arm 45 so that the pad may
operate upon the crown of a hat from tip to brim.
2. The combination with a hat carrying device, of a crown pouncing pad, a
carrying arm therefor, an arm 45 to which the carrying arm is pivoted, a rock
shaft to which arm.45 is secured, operating mechanism and means for connecting
and disconnecting the rock shaft and the operating mechanism.
3. The combination with an upper carrying arm, an arm 45 to which the carrying
arm is pivoted and means for oscillating arm 45, of a block at the end of the
carrying arm, a slide adapted to reciprocate on said block and a crown pouncing
pad carried by the slide.
4. The combination with an upper carrying arm, an arm 45 to which the carrying
arm is pivoted, and means for oscillating arm 45, of a slide adapted to reciprocate
at the outer end of the carrying arm and a crown pouncing pad carried by the
slide.
5. The combination with a hat carrying device, an upper carrying arm, and
means for moving said arm laterally in an arc of a circle, of a reciprocating crown
pouncing pad carried at the outer end of said arm.
6. The combination with an upper carrying arm and means for moving said
arm laterally in an arc of a circle, of a reciprocating block at the outer end of the
carrying arm and a crown pouncing pad pivotally secured to said block.
7. The combination with an upper carrying arm and a reciprocating pouncing
pad thereon, of an arm 45 to which the carrying arm is pivoted, a rock shaft to
which arm 45 is rigidly secured and a counterweight and spring by which the
pressure of the pouncing pad in use may be regulated.

page_text: 8. The combination with the rock shaft, arm 45 rigidly secured thereto, and an
upper carrying arm pivoted to arm 45, of a worm wheel mounted to turn on the
rock shaft and means for connecting the worm wheel and the rock shaft when
the carrying arm is placed in the starting position and for disconnecting said parts
at the instant the carrying arm reaches the extreme of its forward movement.
9. The combination with a rock shaft, arm 45 rigidly secured thereto and an
upper carrying arm pivoted to arm 45, of a worm wheel mounted to turn on the
rock shaft and having holes 51, a locking bolt carried by the rock shaft and adapted
to engage the worm wheel and an incline adapted to be engaged by the locking
bolt to disengage the latter from the worm wheel when the carrying arm reache
the extreme of its forward movement.
10. The combination with a rock shaft, arm 45 rigidly secured thereto and an
upper carrying arm pivoted to arm 45, of a worm wheel mounted to turn on the
rock shaft and having holes 51, a housing on the rock shaft having an angular
socket, a locking bolt which passes through the housing and is adapted to engage
the worm wheel, said locking bolt having an angular portion 52 adapted to engage
the angular socket in the housing and an arm 54 and an incline 56 which is
engaged by arm 54 to withdraw the bolt from the worm wheel and a shoulder 57
which is engaged by said arm to partially rotate the bolt and throw the angular
portion out of alinement with the angular socket whereby the bolt is retained at the
retracted position.
11. The combination with a rock shaft, arm 45 rigidly secured thereto and an
upper carrying arm pivoted to arm 45, of a worm wheel mounted to turn on the
rock shaft and having holes 51, a housing on the rock shaft having an angular
socket, a locking bolt which passes through the housing and is adapted to engage
the worm wheel, said locking bolt having an angular portion 52 adapted to engage
the angular socket in the housing and an arm 54, an incline 56 which is engaged by
arm 54 to withdraw the bolt from the worm wheel, a shoulder 57 which is engaged
by said arm to partially rotate the bolt and throw the angular portion out of
alinement with the angular socket, an arm 58 which is engaged by arm 54 to turn
the locking bolt back to its normal position when the carrying arm is placed in
the starting position and a spring acting to throw the bolt into engagement with
the worm wheel the instant the angular portion and angular socket are placed in
alinement through the engagement of arm 54 with arm 58.
12. The combination with a hat carrying device, an upper carrying arm and
means for moving said arm laterally in an arc of a circle, of a crown pouncing pad
at the outer end of the carrying arm and means for imparting uniform recipro-
catory movement to the pouncing pad from the moment the carrying arm is placed
at the starting position until the forward movement of said carrying arm is
finished.
13. The combination with a crown pouncing pad, a carrying arm therefor, an
arm 45 to which the carrying arm is pivoted and a rock shaft to which arm 45
is secured, of an eccentric mounted to turn on the rock shaft, means for rotating
the eccentric independently of the rock shaft and connections intermediate the
eccentric and the pouncing pad for reciprocating the latter.
14. The combination with a crown pouncing pad, a carrying arm therefor, an
arm 45 to which the carrying arm is pivoted and a rock shaft to which arm 45
is secured, of an eccentric mounted to turn on the rock shaft, means for rotating
the eccentric independently of the rock shaft, a strap encircling the eccentric, a
bell crank lever pivoted concentrically with the carrying arm and rods 62 and 65
which connect the bell crank lever with the pouncing pad and the eccentric strap,
whereby the pouncing pad is reciprocated.
15. The combination with a crown pouncing pad and a carrying arm therefor,
of operating mechanism for moving said carrying arm forward laterally in an arc
of a circle and means for automatically connecting said carrying arm with the
operating mechanism when the carrying arm is placed by hand in the starting

page_text: position and for disconnecting said carrying arm from the operating mechanism
when said arm has reached the extreme of its forward movement.
16. The combination with a hat carrying device and a lower carrying arm adapted
to oscillate in the horizontal plane, of a plate 78 at the outer end of said arm, and
upper and lower brim pouncing pads carried by said plate.
17. The combination with a lower carrying arm adapted to oscillate in the hori
zontal plane, of a plate at the outer end of said arm, upper and lower brim pouncing
pads adapted to reciprocate on said plate and means for raising the upper pad
independently of the plate and the lower pad.
18. The combination with carrying arm 79 and plate 78, of the upper and lower
brim pouncing pads, slides 80 and 77 by which they are carried, the latter recipro-
cating transversely in plate 78, a block 81 carried by a vertical slide 82 in which
slide 80 reciprocates transversely and a lever 83 engaging slide 82 by which said
slide and the upper brim pouncing pad may be raised independently of the lower
pad.
19. The combination with a lower carrying arm, plate 78, upper and lower
brim pouncing pads and slides 80 and 77, by which the pouncing pads are carried,
of lever 90 pivoted to said plate and connected to said slides and means for
oscillating said lever to reciprocate the slides and the pads.
20. The combination with carrying arm 79, plate 78, the upper brim pouncing
pad and slide 80 by which it is carried, of a block 81 in which said slide recipro-
cates transversely, a vertical slide 82 by which block 81 is carried and which itself
engages plate 78 and a lever pivoted to said plate and engaging slide 82 by which
said siide and with it slide 80 and the pouncing pad may be raised.
21. The combination with carrying arm 79, sleeve 97 rigidly secured thereto
and having a cam 99 at its lower end, and the brim pouncing pads carried by said
arm of shaft 87 journaled in said sleeve and carrying disk 95 and bevel pinion 98,
lever 90 by which the pouncing pads are reciprocated, rod 94 connected to said
lever and to the disk, shaft 4, a bevel gear wheel loose on said shaft and clutch
mechanism operated by cam 99 whereby the bevel gear wheel is connected to the
shaft and the pouncing pads reciprocated when the carrying arm is placed in
the operative position, and said bevel gear wheel and shaft are disconnected and
the movement of the pads stopped the instant the carrying arm is moved out of
operative position.
22. The combination with a hat carrying device and the lower carrying arm
adapted to oscillate in the horizontal plane, of upper and lower brim pouncing
pads carried by said arm, shaft 4, operating mechanism driven from said shaft
for reciprocating the pouncing pads and means for connecting said shaft and the
operating mechanism when the carrying arm is moved into operative position and
for disconnecting said parts the instant the carrying arm is moved out of operative
position.
23. The combination with the lower carrying arm adapted to oscillate in the
horizontal plane and sleeve 97 rigidly secured to said arm and carrying a cam 99,
of upper and lower brim pouncing pads carried by said arm, shaft 4, vertical
5 shaft 87, mechanism intermediate said shaft and the pouncing pads whereby the
latter are reciprocated, a bevel pinion carried by shaft 87, a bevel gear wheel
loose on shaft 4 and clutch mechanism operated by cam 99 whereby shaft 4 and
the bevel gear wheel are connected when the carrying arm is placed in operative
position and disconnected when it is moved out of operative position.
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24. The combination with the upper carrying arm and arm 45 to which it is
pivoted, of rock shaft 47 to which arm 45 is rigidly secured and which is provided
with a pin 72, shaft 4, belt pulley 3 loose thereon, clutch 7 by which said shaft
and pulley may be connected, and clutch lever 8 having an oblique slot 73 which
is engaged by the pin on the rock shaft to operate the clutch and stop and start
the operative parts when the upper carrying arm is thrown into and out of
operative position.

page_text: 25. The combination with a pouncing pad and operating mechanism therefor,
of a rotating hat holding device and means whereby the center of rotation of the
holding device is changed relatively to the pouncing pad.
26. The combination with a crown pouncing pad and means for regulating the
pressure of said pad upon a hat crown, of a rotating hat holding device and means
whereby the center of rotation of the holding device is moved toward and from
the pouncing pad.
27. The combination with a crown pouncing pad and a spring and adjustable
counterweight whereby the pressure upon a hat crown may be regulated, of a
rotating hat holding device and means whereby the center of rotation of the holding
device is moved toward and from the pouncing pad.
28. The combination with a device for holding a hat and an oval cam 24 by
which it is carried, of an oval cam 25 to which cam 24 is secured transversely and
which is itself secured to a slide 26, a slide 27 in which slide 26 reciprocates trans-
versely, a rotating block 30 in which slide 27 reciprocates and rollers 37 and 38
journaled on stationary brackets which are engaged by the cams whereby lateral
movement is imparted to the center of rotation of the holding device.
29. The combination with a pouncing pad and operating mechanism therefor,
of a hat holding device, shaft 31 and mechanism intermediate said shaft and the
holding device whereby the center of rotation of the holding device is changed
relatively to the pouncing pad.
30. The combination with a pouncing pad and operating mechanism therefor,
of a hat holding device, a rotating block, a slide in said block and mechanism
intermediate said slide and the holding device whereby the center of rotation of
the holding device is moved toward and from the pouncing pad twice during each
rotation of the holding device.
31. The combination with a pouncing pad and operating, mechanism therefor,
of a hat holding device, a rotating block, a slide 27 reciprocating in said block,
a slide 26 which reciprocates transversely to slide 27 and carries an oval cam 25,
an oval cam 24 carried by cam 25 and lying transversely thereto and rollers
engaged by said cams whereby the center of rotation of the holding device is
moved toward and from the pouncing pad.
32. The combination with a crown pouncing pad, upper and lower brim pouncing
pads and operating mechanism therefor, of a rotating hat holding device and
means for changing the position of the center of rotation of the. holding device
relatively to the pouncing pads.
33. The combination with a crown pouncing pad, means for reciprocating said
pad and means for moving said pad laterally in an are of a circle, of a hat holding
device and means for changing the position of the center of rotation of the holding
device relatively to the crown pouncing pad.
34. The combination with a crown pouncing pad, means for reciprocating said
pad and means for moving said pad laterally in an arc of a circle, of a hat holding
device, means for changing the position of the center of rotation of the holding
device relatively to the crown pouncing pad and means for stopping the
machine the instant the crown pouncing pad has reached the limit of its
movement.
35. The combination with a crown pouncing pad and operating mechanism
therefor, of a hat holding device, upper and lower brim pouncing pads, a carrying
arm therefor and means for starting and stopping the action of said pads when the
carrying arm is moved into and out of operative position.
36. The combination with a crown pouncing pad, operating mechanism therefor
and means for regulating the pressure of said pad upon a hat crown, of a hat
holding device, means for changing the position of the center of rotation of the
holding device relatively to the pouncing pad and means for stopping the action
of the pad the instant the pouncing of a hat crown is finished.
37. The combination with a crown pouncing pad, means for moving said pad

page_text: laterally in an arc of a circle and means for regulating the pressure of said pad
upon a hat crown, of a hat holding device and means for changing the position
of the center of rotation of the holding device relatively to the pouncing pad.
Dated this 14th day of November 1898.
ALLISON BROS.,
Agents for the Applicants.