Improvements in Hat Printing Machines.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 31st May, 1898-Accepted, 16th July, 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hat Printing Machines.
I, JOHN HARRISON MATTHEWS, of 34, Hillside Avenue, Orange, in the County
of Essex, and State of New Jersey, United States of America, Hat Manufacturer,
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:
My invention relates to devices for printing labels, firm names and ornamental
designs of similar character within a hat and comprises certain improvements
having for object to facilitate the working of the device and to increase its capacity
and at the same time render it capable of doing work which is not done on
ordinary machines of this character.
The invention consists of certain details of construction which will be specifically
pointed out hereinafter.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this
specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts
in all the figures.
Figure 1 is a front elevation of my device;
Figure 2 is a sectional side elevation thereof; and
Figure 3 is a plan view of the printing bed and inking device.
My device is mounted upon a frame comprising the base A3, two side members
or posts A and the top cross piece A. Within this frame and forming a part
thereof are the vertical posts B', which form guides upon which the sliding
frame B travels. The frame B is provided with top and bottom bars embracing
the posts B', and also with a plunger E mounted to have a limited reciprocation
at the centre of the frame. The plunger E is normally supported by a spiral
spring E2, which bears against the lower one of the cross bars of the frame B and
a collar El fastened to the plunger.
The upper end of the plunger is engaged by the cam surface C¹ upon the
pivoted end of a cam lever C, and by means of the lever C the plunger may be
depressed when the impress of the printing device is made. The frame B
carrying the plunger is counterweighted by means of weights a', attached to
cords, which pass over pulleys a, the shaft of which are journaled in the upper
end of the main frame. By this means the frame B may be readily raised and
lowered to its inoperative and operative positions.
The lower end F of the plunger is made hollow and has the printing die f
secured to the base F¹ thereof. The printing die is heated by means of a gas
burner G, placed within the hollow of the lower section F and supplied with gas
by means of a tube G. An arm D is pivoted to the frame B and is provided near
its upper end with a side notch d, so placed as to engage a pin A¹, mounted upon
the main frame, when the frame B is in its lowermost position. This locks the
frame B and prevents its return until the bar D has been released from engagement
with the pin A. The bar D is normally held in engagement with the pin by
means of a spring D¹ pressing against its side.

page_text: and connected to said plunger to project it, and an impression bed in line with
said plunger, substantially as described.
2. A hat printing machine, comprising a frame having vertical guides, a frame
mounted to slide on said guides and provided with counterbalances, a lock for
holding the frame in its lower position, a plunger mounted in said frame and
carrying the printing die, a spring normally supporting the plunger, a lever
connected to said plunger to depress it, and an impression bed beneath said plunger,
substantially as described.
3. A hat printing machine, comprising a frame having vertical guides, a frame
mounted to slide on said guides and having counterbalances attached, a lock for
holding said frame in its lower position, a plunger, hollow in its lower portion,
mounted in said frame and carrying the printing die, a gas heating
apparatus within said plunger for heating the die, a spring normally
supporting the plunger, a lever connected to said plunger to depress it,
and an impression bed beneath said plunger, substantially as described.
4. A hat printing machine, comprising a vertically movable frame having therein
a reciprocable plunger carrying a printing die, a lock engaging said frame in its
lower position, a lever for depressing the plunger, a transversely movable slide,
an impression bed mounted thereon, and an inking roller mounted upon said slide
and engaging the surface of the printing die when the latter is in its upper position,
substantially as described.
5. A hat printing machine, comprising a vertically movable plunger carrying a
printing dic, a counter-weighted frame supporting said plunger and mounted to
slide vertically, a spring normally supporting the plunger in said frame, a lever
for depressing the plunger, a transversely movable slide, an impression bed
mounted thereon, and an inking roller mounted upon the slide and engaging the
surface of the printing die when the latter is in its upper position, substantially as
described.
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
Chartered Patent Agents, 53, Chancery Lane, London.