Improvements in Fur-feeding Attachments for Hat-forming Machines.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Feb., 1897--Accepted, 5th June, 1877
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fur-feeding Attachments for Hat-forming Machines.
We, FREDERICK FRELINGHUYSEN POOLE, of 26 Arch Street, in the City of
Newark, County of Essex, and State of New Jersey, Carpenter, and EDMOND
PERSONETTE BACKUS, of 41 Hawthorne Avenue, Township of East Orange, County
of Essex, and State of New Jersey, Lumber Merchant, both in the United States
of America, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
This invention has for its main object to provide a fur-feeding device, to be used
in connection with any of the well known constructions of hat-forming machines,
for depositing, successively, from compartments in a feed box, or boxes, certain
quantities of fur set aside for the forming of hat bodies, one at a time, upon the
conductor-board of the machine, from which the deposited fur is then conducted to the
forming cone by air-blast from a blower.
A further object of the invention is to provide in connection with a hat-forming
machine, a series of such feed boxes, movably arranged on the frame of the machine,
whereby, after one feed box has been emptied of its contents, it is moved from its
position over the conductor-board, and a second feed box, having its compartments
filled with fur, is pushed forward on the frame of the machine into the previously
occupied position of the emptied box.
The invention therefore consists, broadly, in the arrangement and combination,
with a hat-forming machine, of several feed boxes having compartments, in each of
which a certain quantity of fur is set aside, sufficient to form one hat body, means for
causing each compartment to be operated successively and thereby deposit the fur
contained in the compartment upon the conductor board of the machine to be carried
off to the forming cone on which the hat body is formed, and means for causing a
sliding movement of the feed boxes on the frame of the machine, whereby an empty
feed box is displaced by a box having its compartments filled with fur.
The invention furthermore consists in the arrangement and combination, with a
hat-forming machine, of a feed box having fur-retaining compartments, and a novel
means for operating each compartment successively, to deposit the fur in the operated
compartment upon the conductor board of the hat-forming machine.
The invention also consists in certain other novel features and combinations of parts
and such details of construction, as will be finally described in the accompanying
specification, and embodied in the clauses of the claims appended thereto.
The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which :-
Figure 1 is a side elevation of one form of hat-forming machine, provided with a
fur-feeding device embodying the principles of this invention, and Figure 2 is a plan
view of the same.
Figure 3 is a longitudinal vertical section of a portion of a hat-forming machine
and portions of the movable feed boxes in position on the frame of the machine.
Figure 4 is a perspective view of the compartment feed box.
Figure 5 is a representation of portions of the feed boxes, a portion of a carriage
movably arranged on the frame of the hat-forming machine, and mechanism for
operating the fur-containing compartments of each feed box, said view being a
horizontal section, taken on line 5-5 in Figure 6 ;

page_text: parts mustrated in Figure ; and
Figure 7 is a vertical section taken on line 7-7 in Figure 6, when looking in the
direction of arrow a in said Figure 6.
Figure 8 is a side elevation of a carriage and a series of feed boxes therein, and
Figure 9 is a vertical cross section taken on line 9-9 in said Figure 8.
Figure 10 is a perspective view of one of the holding catches used in connection
with the feed boxes for retaining the shelves in said boxes in their supported or
raised positions.
Figure 11 is a detail view of a portion of the frame of the hat-forming machine,
illustrating in connection therewith, a train of gearing for operating a vibrating roll
over the feeding or conveyor apron of the machine, illustrating the opposite side of
the machine from that represented in Figure 1.
Similar letters of reference are employed in all of the above described views, to
indicate corresponding parts.
In said drawings, Figures 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7, illustrate the novel construction of
feeding device in connection with one form of hat-forming machine, which consists,
essentially, of a main frame A in front of which is the usual case or trunk a, provided
with the door or doors a¹. Said case or trunk a surrounds the former cone b, against
which the fur is conducted from the conductor board a² by the air-blast from a
suitable blower b', which is connected by a pipe with the under side of the rotating
table on which the cone is placed, in the usual manner. As will be more especially
seen from an inspection of Figure 3, two rollers a³ and a carry a conveyor apron a
which delivers the fur directly to the usual forms of feed rollers, rotating picker
cylinder, and brush roll, from which the air current carries the fur to the mouth of
the casing or trunk a, where it collects upon the forming cone, as will be clearly
understood.
The arrangement of these feed rollers, rotating picker cylinder and brush roll,
being well known, they are not shown in connection with the construction of hat-
forming machine represented in the drawings herewith accompanying.
The cone 6 is made in the usual manner of perforated sheet copper, and is placed
upon the rotating table, in the centre of which is the opening 62, see Figure 2,
communicating with the exhaust fan 6, by means of which an air-current is drawn
through the perforations, so that the fur. is thereby caused to be deposited on the
surface of the cone.
The shaft of the apron-carrier roll a³ is actuated in the usual manner, by a set of
gearing, to operate the conveyor apron a which passes over the said rollers a³ and at.
Said shafts of the said rollers a³ and a rotate in suitable bearings, substantially as
shown. Between the two rollers a³ and a is a suitable partition or base-board a", as will
be clearly seen from an inspection of Figure 3. Above the said conveyor apron a of
the machine is a second apron d, which passes over two rolls d¹ and d², said roll d
being actuated by a belt as which passes over a pulley wheel a7 on the shaft of the
apron-roller a and a pulley wheel d³ on the shaft of the roll 12, as clearly illustrated
in Figure 2.
Directly in front of the apron-roll d' is a pair of feed rollers dª and d³, and in front
of these is a picker cylinder d³, which conveys the fur to the conveying apron a³.
Immediately above the roll d' and the apron d is a vibrating distributing roll d',
provided in its cylindrical surface with longitudinally arranged notches or grooves,
or other similar means, whereby the delivered fur on the apron d is evenly distributed,
and thus evenly fed between the two feed rollers d and ds, as will be clearly evident
from an inspection of Figure 3. Above the apron d, is a suitably inclined
board D.
As has been stated, the roll d² is operated from the belt as passing over the pulley
wheel d³, but the picker roll or cylinder d is operated directly from the main cone
pulley d³.
On the shaft of the lower feed roller d' is a pulley wheel do which is operated by a
belt do passing over a second pulley wheel d" on the shaft of the roll d², as clearly
represented in Figure 2, while a gear wheel c³ on the shaft carrying the feed roll d

page_text: is in operative mesh with a gear c¹ on the shaft of the roll d³, to actuate the latter.
Said gear may also be made to mesh with a gear on the shaft of the apron-
carrying roll d', whereby all undue strain is removed from the conveying apron d,
said gears e¹ and being arranged on both ends of their respective shafts, as clearly
shown in Figure 2.
To cause the rotary action of said vibratory distributing roll, its shaft is arranged
in the free ends of the arms and g', see Figures 1 and 11, which are secured on the
shaft of the apron-roll or cylinder a³. On the end of the shaft of said roll is a gear
wheel 2, and on the arm g a train of gears g³, o and y³, as shown in said Figure 11.
The shaft of said roll a' is arranged in the slots a³ in the opposite sides of the frame
of the machine, and its vibratory motion is controlled by the forked arms i and ¹
pivotally arranged on the sides of the machine and operatively connected by a rod,
or other suitable connection, with the ends of said arms and g². One of said forked
arms, as i, or both of them, if desired, has an arm 3, the end of which is provided
with a suitable weight *. A spring-actuated lever is also secured to the frame of
the machine, having a brake-shoe k', which is held in the position indicated in
Figure 11, by the action of the ropes ; and ; connected with a beli crank j and
passing over a grooved wheel, and then attached to the door of the case or trunk a,
in the manner shown. From an inspection of said Figure 11, it will be seen, that
when the door is opened, to remove the finished hat body, the tension on the ropes or
connections and is removed and the spring 2 will act upon the lever k and force
its brake-shoe in holding engagement with the surface of the apron a passing over
the said roller a³.
The several feed rollers of the machine are controlled by means of the usual forms
of weight-arms h, carrying the weights, substantially as illustrated.
Directly above the end of the conveyor apron a is the usual form of partition or
wall, and hinged to a suitable cross piece of the frame of the machine, are the lids f
and which can be raised to enable the operator to get at the several parts of the
machine, for cleaning or removing obstructions.
Secured to the longitudinal frame-pieces A¹ of the machine, in any well known
manner, are suitable guide strips and, and upon the upper surfaces of said
pieces A¹ are tracks 12 and 13, on which is placed a suitable frame or carriage, which,
as will be seen from Figures 8 and 9, consists, essentially, of the longitudinal frame-
pieces n, the top-pieces n', the uprights n², and the connecting pieces n³ and n¹.
In said longitudinal frame-pieces n are suitably grooved wheels m, arranged to roll
on said tracks 12 and 13.
On one of said longitudinal frame-pieces n is a fixed stop-piece no, while the other
longitudinal frame-piece has a hinged stop-piece nº, which can be forced back to the
position indicated in dotted outline in Figure 9 to permit the placing in position in
said travelling frame or carriage of the feed boxes E, against the stop-picce n³, when
the stop-piece n can be again closed up and the feed boxes are thereby securely held
in place in the said frame or carriage.
Each feed box E, containing the required quantity of fur, is of the construction
illustrated inore especially in Figure 4, and comprises therein, a closed back e, the two
sides e and top e², being entirely open at the front and bottom.
Pivotally secured to the back e of each feed box E, by means of suitable hinges e³,
are partition-boards or shelves e, of which there are usually twelve, but any other
desirable number of such boards may be used.
When said boards are in their raised positions, to form the compartments E¹, E', in
which the fur in sufficient quantity to make a hat-body is placed, said boards are held
in slightly upwardly inclined positions by means of holding catches es, which are
pivotally secured to the inner surfaces of one of said sides e¹, as shown in Figures 4
and 5. Each catch e is provided with a slightly curved tongue or holding stude
which is placed under the edge of the shelf e, and thus holds the same in its raised
position, as will be clearly understood from an inspection of said Figure 4.
Each catch e is also provided with a lip or projection e', extending at one side of

page_text: the catch, as shown in Figure 10, said lip or projection e, when the catches are in the
positions to support the shelves, being arranged directly in front of the edge e of the
side e¹ of the box E, and the chambered or cut-away portions e in said edge; but when
the holding catch has been forced from its holding engagement with the shelf e¹, then
said lip or projection e' on the catch will come in contact with said edge e and the
catch will be held in this position, as clearly illustrated in the lower half of the box
represented in Figure 4.
To cause said shelves or boards e to drop from their raised positions to deposit the
fur thereon upon the conveyor-apron d in the hat-forming machine, a vertical shaft or
rod o is secured in suitable bearings p and p¹ in the frame-portions of the main frame
of the machine, as clearly indicated in Figures 5, 6 and 7. On said shaft or rod o are
certain actuating arms o¹, which are spirally disposed on said rod, being equally placed
apart and corresponding in number to the number of shelves e in each feed box E,
said arms being spaced in top view, as clearly illustrated in Figure 5, and forming
between the lowest and the highest arm, a space which is twice as great as the space
between any other two arms, when measured on the circumference of a circle passing
through the plane of projection formed by the cylindrical surface passing through the
extreme ends of said arms o'. On said post or shaft o, at or near the top thereof, is a
ratchet wheel o², having a spring-actuated pawl 03 in engagement therewith. Said
shaft or post o is also provided with an operating lever o to which is fastened a flexible
connection r, which is connected with the end of a rod 1 pivotally arranged on a
post A³, and is a second connection attached to the lower end of said rod, see
Figure 1, and extends forwardly to the front of the machine, where it can be held in
position by a ring 2 coming in contact with a post s having a hole through which the
flexible connection is passed.
Said posts is placed in a position to the right of the door or doors in the trunk or
case a of the machine, for convenient handling by the operator.
Now, when all the compartments in the several feed boxes E have been filled with
the proper quantity of fur in each compartment E¹, then said boxes are placed upon
the carriage or travelling frame, which is moved forward upon its tracks, in order to
bring the feed boxes in the space between the uprights A2 and A³ of the machine, and
the box numbered "1" will be directly above the space over the inclined board or
partition D, and the arms o' on the vertical shaft o in the positions indicated more
particularly in Figure 5.
As soon as the operator starts the machine, he pulls the flexible connections and
to actuate the lever o. At the same time a pawl o³ engages with the ratchet wheel o²
and causes a partial rotation of the vertical shaft o in its bearings, thereby bringing
the lowest arm o' numbered "1" against the lip or projection e' of the catch
holding or supporting engagement with the lowest shelf ef in the feed box, disengaging
its nosing or tongue e from said shelf, and allowing said shelf to drop, whereby the
fur in said lowest compartment will be spread upon the apron d across the entire width
of said apron. The fur immediately passes through the feed rolls and d upon the
picker cylinder de to the apron a³, which conveys it to the other parts of the inachine
and finally to the forming cone, in the manner herein-above fully set forth.
When the flexible connection r is released by the operator, a spring o³ causes the
normal return of said lever o, bringing the same against a stop t¹ on a bar t secured
to said upright A3, as will be evident from Figures 1, 2 and 5.
When the fur has been deposited upon the cone, which is very rapidly done, said
cone is removed and replaced by a second cone. The workman again pulls upon the
flexible connection 13, thereby producing in like manner, another partial turn of
the vertical shaft or post o, and the next higher arm o¹, marked "2" is brought
against the catch e on the next higher shelf e of the feed box E, causing the fur
to be spread over the entire width of the apron, to be finally delivered and collected
upon the cone, after which the spring o again returns the actuating lever of to its
normally inoperative position.
In this manner, the several arms o¹, numbered from "3" to "12" are successively

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operated, causing the several shelves e* in the feed box E, numbered
in like manner,
and successively depositing the fur in the several compartments of
said box upon the apron d.
As soon as all the compartments in box "1" have been relieved of their contents,.
then the several arms o stand in the positions indicated in Figure 5, and the next
pull on the connection 3 will bring the end of the arm o' marked "7," see Figure 7,.
against a plate ¹ on a lever u, which is pivoted at 2 to the upright A³, as shown, and
as said rod or shaft ois turned, in the manner herein-above described, the lower
end u³ of said lever » actuates a connection * secured to an arm pivotally arranged
on the side of the frame-work of the machine, on a shaft u, as clearly illustrated in.
Figures 5 and 6. Said arm u³ is provided with a weight u', and on said shaft u is a
second arm or finger u³ which is in normal engagement with a stop or projection uª
on the frame-work of the machine.
During the partial rotation of the said shaft or post o through the distance formed.
between the arms o', numbered "12" and "1," see Figure 5, the arm or finger u is.
disengaged from the said stop u³, as indicated in dotted outline in Figure 6, and the
weights w secured by means of ropes to the travelling frame or carriage on the
frame-work of the hat-forming machine, and which also pass over suitably grooved
wheels y on said frame-work, will cause said travelling frame or carriage to move in.
the direction of the arrow, see Figure 1.
At the same time, said arm o¹, numbered "7" has passed over the end-plate u"
to its normal position, bringing the finger or arm us on the shaft u once more.
into its locked engagement with the stop or projection on the frame-work of the
machine.
The second feed box E, numbered "2," has thus been brought directly above the
opening over the inclined wall or partition D, and the operator, by successively
operating the flexible connections and ³, can now successively empty all of the
compartments E' in said second feed box, in the manner herein-above described; and,.
when said compartments in said box "2" have been emptied, then box "3" is moved
forward in the direction of the arrow a', in Figure 1, directly above the opening over
the inclined partition D, as has been described and as will be clearly understood.
To prevent the fur from dropping out of the front of the feed boxes E, suitable.
rods z are arranged in the frame-work of the box-holding frame or carriage, as clearly
shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3, but any other suitable means may be employed for this
purpose.
From the above description, it will be evident, that any suitable number of such
feed boxes E may be used, and each box E may be provided with any desirable
number of compartments E'; and by the various combinations and arrangements of
the mechanism herein described, a practical machine is produced, the operation being
substantially that of a person feeding fur, at intervals, into the machine and upon the
conductor-board, thereby resulting in a great saving of time and labor.
Of course it will be evident, that many changes may be made in the details of
construction, and in the minor arrangements and combinations of the several parts,.
hence, we do not limit our invention to the exact arrangements and combinations of
the parts herein shown and described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. The combination, with the mechanism of a hat-forming machine, of a feed box:
arranged on the frame of the machine, means connected with said box for causing a
sliding motion of the same, and mechanism also connected with said feed box, operating
to deposit the fur in said box into the hat-forming machine, substantially as and for the
purposes set forth.
2. The combination, with the mechanism of a hat-forming machine, of a travelling
frame or carriage, a feed box arranged on said frame, means connected therewith for
causing a sliding motion of the same, and mechanism connected with the feed box,.

page_text: operating to deposit the fur into the hat-forming machine, substantially as and for the
purposes set forth.
3. The combination, with the mechanism of a hat-forming machine, of a feed box
arranged on the frame of the machine, compartments in said box, means connected
with said compartments, operating to separately deposit the fur in said compartments
into the hat-forming machine, and mechanism connected with said feed box for
causing a sliding motion of the same, substantially as and for the purposes
set forth.
4. The combination, with the mechanism of a hat-forming machine, of a travelling
frame or carriage, a feed box arranged on said carriage, means connected with said
carriage for causing a sliding motion of the same, compartments in said feed box, and
means connected with each compartment, operating to separately deposit the fur in
said compartments into the hat-forming machine, substantially as and for the purposes
set forth.
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5. The combination, with the mechanism of a hat-forming machine, of a feed box
arranged on the frame of the machine, means connected with said box for causing
sliding motion of the same, hinged or pivoted shelves in said box, means for retaining
said shelves in their raised positions to form compartments, and mechanism connected
with each compartment, operating to deposit the fur in said compartments into the
hat-forming machine, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
6. The combination, with the mechanism of a hat-forming machine, of a travelling
frame or carriage, means connected therewith for causing a sliding motion of the
same, a feed box on said carriage, hinged or pivoted shelves in said box, means
for retaining said shelves in their raised positions to form compartments, and
mechanism connected with each compartment, operating to deposit the fur in
said compartments into the hat-forming machine, substantially as and for the purposes
set forth.
7. The combination, with the mechanism of a hat-forming machine, of a travelling
frame or carriage, a feed box arranged on said frame, having hinged or pivoted shelves,
holding catches e, having holding tongues e for retaining said shelves in their raised
positions, to form compartments, projections e' on said catches, and mechanism adapted
to engage with said projections and operating to deposit the fur in said compartments
into the hat-forming machine, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
8. The combination, with the mechanism of a hat-forming machine, of a feed box
arranged on the frame of the machine, having hinged or pivoted shelves, holding
catches es, having holding tongues e for retaining said shelves in their raised positions,
to form compartments, projections e7 on said catches, and mechanism adapted to engage
with said projections and operating to deposit the fur in said compartments into the
hat-forming machine, consisting, essentially, of a vertical shaft, spirally disposed arms o¹
on said shaft, and means for causing the operation of said shaft, substantially as and
for the purposes set forth.
9. The combination, with the mechanism of a hat-forming machine, of a feed box
arranged on the frame of the machine, having hinged or pivoted shelves, holding
catches es, having holding tongues e for retaining said shelves in their raised positions
to form compartments, projections e' on said catches, and mechanism adapted to engage
with said projections and operating to deposit the fur in said compartments into the
bat-forming machine, consisting, essentially, of a vertical shaft, spirally disposed arms o¹
on said shaft, a ratchet wheel on said shaft, a lever of having a pawl adapted to
actuate said ratchet wheel, a pivoted lever and flexible connections and r³,
substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
10. The combination, with the mechanism of a bat-forming machine, of a
travelling carriage or frame, two or more feed boxes on said carriage, and mechanism
connected with said carriage for causing a sliding motion of the same, substantially as
and for the purposes set forth.
11. The combination, with the mechanism of a hat-forming machine, of a travelling
carriage or frame, two or more feed boxes on said carriage, and mechanism connected
there with for causing a sliding motion of the same, consisting, essentially, of a pivoted

page_text: lever u, a shaft u, weight 7, arm u³, connection between said lever and arn us,
a tongue or finger and a stop u³, and means adapted to actuate said lever u,
substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
12. The combination, with the mechanism of a hat-forming machine, of a travelling
carriage or frame, two or more feed boxes on said carriage, and mechanism
connected therewith for causing a sliding motion of the same, consisting, essentially,
of a pivoted lever u, a shaft, a weight u', an arm, connection between said
lever u and arm us, a tongue or finger and a stop u, and means adapted to
actuate said lever u, comprising a vertical shaft o, an arm or arms o' thereon,
and means for causing the operation of said shaft, substantially as and for the
purposes set forth.
13. The combination, with the mechanism of a hat-forming machine, of a travelling
frame or carriage, two or more feed boxes on said carriage, having hinged or
pivoted shelves, holding catches e, having holding tongues for retaining said
shelves in their raised positions to form compartments, projections e7 on said catches,
mechanism adapted to engage with said projections and operating to deposit the
fur in said compartments into the hat-forming machine, ani mechanism connected
with said carriage for causing a sliding motion of the same, consisting, essentially, of
a pivoted lever u, a shaft u, weight u', arm u", connection u between said lever u and
arn u³, a tongue or finger us and stop, and means adapted to actuate said lever ut,
substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
14. The combination, with the mechanism of a hat-forming machine, of a travelling
frame or carriage, two or more feed boxes on said carriage, having hinged or pivoted
shelves, holding catches es, having holding tongues e, for retaining said shelves in their
raised positions to form compartiments, projections & on said catches, mechanism adapted
to engage with said projections and operating to deposit the fur in said compartments
into the hat-forming machine, and mechanism connected with said carriage for causing
a sliding motion of the same, consisting, essentially, of a pivoted lever u, a shaft uª,
weight u', arm us, connection between said lever u and arm us, a tongue or finger us
and stop us, and means adapted to actuate said lever u, comprising a vertical shaft o,
an arm or arms o' thereon, and means for causing the operation of said shaft,
substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
15. The combination, with the mechanism of a hat-forming machine, of a travelling
carriage or frame, two or more feed boxes on said carriage, having hinged or pivoted
shelves, holding catches es, having holding tongues e for retaining said shelves in their
raised positions to form compartments, projections e on said catches, mechanism
adapted to engage with said projections and operating to deposit the fur in said
compartments into the hat-forming machine, consisting, essentially, of a vertical shaft,
spirally disposed arms o¹ on said shaft, a ratchet wheel on said shaft, a lever of having
a pawl adapted to actuate said ratchet wheel, a pivoted lever and flexible
connections and 3, and mechanism connected with said travelling carriage for causing
a sliding motion of the same, consisting, essentially, of a pivoted lever u, a shaft u
weight u', arm us, connection u between said lever and ariu u°, a tongue or finger u³
and stop us, all arranged, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
16. In combination, with the mechanism of a hat-forming machine, of a conveyor
apron d, a pair of feed rolls d and d³, a picker cylinder do, a vibrating distributing
roll d', gear-mechanism for operating said roll, a feed box arranged on the frame of
the machine, and mechanism connected with said box and operating to deposit
the fur in said box upon the apron d, substantially as and for the purposes
set forth.
17. In combination, with the mechanism of a hat-forming machine, of a conveyor
apron d, a pair of feed rolls d' and d³, a picker cylinder d, a vibrating distributing
roll d', gear-mechanism for operating said roll, a feed box arranged on the frame of
the machine, hinged or pivoted shelves in said box, means connected with said shelves
for normally retaining them in their raised positions to form compartments, and
mechanism connected with each compartment, operating to deposit the fur in said

page_text: compartments into the hat-forining machine, substantially as and for the purposes
'set forth.
18. In combination, with the mechanism of a hat-forming machine, of a conveyor
apron d, a pair of feed rolls d and d³, a picker cylinder de, a vibrating distributing
roll d', gear-mechanism for operating said roll, a feed box arranged on the frame
of the machine, hinged or pivoted shelves in said box, holding catches e, having
holding tongues e for retaining said shelves in their raised positions, to form
compartments, projections e7 on said catches, and mechanism adapted to engage with
said projections. and operating to deposit the fur in said compartments into the
hat-forming machine, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
19. In combination, with the mechanism of a hat-forming machine, of a conveyor
apron d, a pair of feed rolls d' and ', a picker cylinder de, a vibrating distributing
roll d', gear-mechanism for operating said roll, a feed box arranged on the frame of
the machine, hinged or pivoted shelves in said box, holding catches e, having holding
tongues e for retaining said shelves in their raised positions, to form compartments,
projections e on said catches, and mechanism adapted to engage with said projections
and operating to deposit the fur in said compartments into the hat-forming machine,
consisting, essentially, of a vertical shaft, spirally disposed arms o¹ on said shaft, and
means for causing the operation of said shaft, substantially as and for the purposes
set forth.
FREDERICK FRELINGHUYSEN POOLE.
EDMOND PERSONETTE BACKUS.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicants.