US2436759A - Spangle slinging machine - Google Patents

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Feb. 24, 1948. c. w. MUELLER.

SPANGLE SLINGING MACHINE Filed July 24, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet l 4 INVENTOR. 07424155 W M042 L [1? Feb. 24, 1948.

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Patented Feb. 24, 1948 SPANGLE SLINGING MACHINE Charles W. Mueller, St. Louis, Mo., assignor to Lewis Invisible Stitch Machine Company, a corporation of Maine Application July 24, 1945, Serial No. 606,863

10 Claims. (01.223-48) The invention herein disclosed relates to a spangle slinging machine by means of which spangles coaxially arranged on a spangle thread are rearranged in flatwise, overlapping relation and secured on one or more filling cords.

An object of the invention is to provide a spangle slinging machine that is comparatively simple in construction and reliable in operation. Another object of the invention is to provide a spangle slinging machine that does not require a skilled operator. A further object of the invene, tion is to provide such a machine on which a large number of spangles may be slung without refilling.

The foregoing objects and certain advantages that will hereinafter appear are realized in the embodiment of the invention illustrated in the accompanying drawing and described in detail below from which description a clearer understanding of the invention may be had.

The drawings include:

Fig. 1 which is a side elevation of a plurality of spangles disposed in coaxial relation on aspangle thread; 1

Fig. 2 which is a front elevation of spangles in overlapping, fiatwise relation secured on two filling cords;

Fig. 3 which is a rear elevation of the same;

Fig. 4 which is a front elevation of a spangle slinging machine embodying this invention;

Fig. 5 which is a side elevation of the same;

Fig. 6 which is a partial, sectional, plan taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5;

Fig. I which is an elevation, partly in section of a guide tube;

Fig. 8 which is an enlarged, fragmentary side elevation;

Fig. 9 which is an enlarged, fragmentary front elevation; I

Fig. 10 which is an enlarged, fragmentary plan similar to Fig. 6;

Fig. 11 which is an enlarged front elevation of the end section of a guide tube; and

Fig. 12 which is an enlarged side elevation of the same.

In Fig. 1 of the drawing, spangles l are illustrated as coaxially arranged on a thread 2 which passes through the central apertures of the spangles I. This is the manner in which spangles are supplied by the manufacturer. Commonly, each lot 01 spangles contains ten thousand spangles secured on a thread and coaxially arranged as shown in Fig. 1.

For the purpose of utilizing spangles on women's wear, such as hats, dresses, etc. it is necessary to rearrange the spangles in overlapping, flatwise relation and secure the spangles so arranged on a filling cord. This relation is illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings. Here the spangles l are rearranged in overlapping,

' fiatwise relation. A spangle thread 3 (Fig. 3),

difierent from the'thread 2 on which the coaxially arranged spangles are supplied, passes through the apertures of the spangles. Filling cords 4 and 5 (Fig. 3) extend along the surfaces of the spangles, and wrappingthreads 6 and l wound in opposite directions between successive spangles, about the spangle thread 3 and filling cords 4 and 5, secure the spangles in spaced relation tothe filling cords. While two filling cords are shown, a single filling cord may be used.

The machine illustrated in Figs. 4 to 7 of the drawings, and which constitutes one specific embodiment of this invention, is for the purpose of rearranging coaxially arranged spangles as shown in Fig. l into overlapping, fiatwise relation and securing the spangles so arranged on one or more filling cords asshown in Figs. 2 and 3. In general, the machine includes a spangle stripper plate for separating spangles individually and consecutively from coaxially arranged spangles; guide and feeding means for delivering, coaxially arranged spangles to the stripper plate, guiding the separated spangles into the proper relation and feeding the filling cords; and mechanism for efiecting the securing of the separated spangles to the filling cords by winding wrapping threads in opposite directions and between successive separated spangles about the spangle thread and filling cords.

The entire machine is desirably mounted upon a table 8. On the top of the table, there is secured to the table a frame which consists of a base 9 and an upstanding arm or standard 10. Through an opening in the base a bushing ll extends and makes a press fit therein so that it is stationary with respect to the base. This bushing l'l also extends through an openinglZ in the table 8. Within the lower portion of the bushing 'I I, there is a smaller bushing 13 which extends from the lower end of the bushing II. This latter bushing [3 makes a press fit in the bushing II and is secured therein by a set screw l4. Within the bushing 13 and secured therein by a set screw l5 there is a guide tube It which extends vertically above the base 9. The mechanism for rearranging the spangles and windin the wrapping threads is rotatably mounted about the guide tube Hi, the axis of which constitutes the axis of rotation of this mechanism. The upper end of the guide tube is inclined to the horizontal at an angle of seven degrees.

A hollow shaft I'I surrounds the tube It, is rotatably mounted thereon, and extends into the upper portion of the stationary bushing II in which it is rotatably mounted. On the shaft [1, there is mounted, for rotation therewith, a bevel gear l3. This gear meshes with a bevel gear l9 mounted on a, shaft 20 that extends through and is journaled in the standard II]. On the shaft 28, there is also mounted a combined handwheel 2| and pulley 22. A belt 23 extendsfrom the pulley 22 to an electric motor (not shown) by means of which the shaft 20 i's driven in the direction of the arrow on the handwheel.

Also, meshing with the gear 19, there is a bevel gear 24 rotatably mounted on the shaft H. The gear 24 has a hub thereon to which there is secured a table or spool carrier 25. A vertical post 26 extends from the table 25 and a spangle stripper plate 2? is secured to the post 26 and extends radially over the end of the guide tube It.

The stripper plate is for the purpose of separating spangles individually and consecutively from coaxially arranged spangles. The plate has an opening 23 therethrough, the axis of which is aligned with the axis of the guide tube I6, and a stripper edge 29. The opening through the stripper plate is of such diameter as to permit a spangle to pass therethrough. The stripper edge 29 extends tangential to the opening 28, as shown in Fig. 6, and it is of a thickness equal to the thickness of a spangle.

Also mounted on the table 25, there is a spool holder 3t on which a spool 3| of wrapping thread is rotatably mounted. Wrapping thread 32 from the spool 3i passes through an adjustable thread tension 33 also mounted. on the table 25. From the thread tension 33, the thread passes through a threadguide 34 and along a wrapping thread guide groove 35 formed in the upper surface of the stripper plate and extending from the edge thereof to the opening therethrough.

On the shaft ll, below the gear l8, there is mounted another table 36 for rotation with the shaft H. A spool carrier 31 rotatably supports another spool 38 of wrapping thread. From this spool, a wrapping thread 39 passes through 'a thread tension device 40, also mounted on the table 36, and a thread guide 4|. After passing through the guide 4|, the thread 39 passes through a guide tube 42 which extends along a groove in the shaft I! to a point above the end of the tube It.

Above the stripper plate 21, there is a vertical spangle guide tube 43 that is supported by an arm 'M extending from the standard l and through which arm the spangle guide tube extends. The upper end of the tube 43 is desirably flared as at 45 and adjacent the lower end "a portion of the tube is cut away as at 36. The tube 43 is ofiset from the axis of the opening 28 through the stripper plate an amount such, as shown in Fig. 6, that the axis of the tube '43 is approximately at the edge of the opening 28. The lower edge of the tube 43 is closely adjacent the stripper plate, being spaced therefrom the thickness of a spangle and just clearing the upper edge of the stripper plate. At one-side of the tube 43, to the rear thereof, there is a filling cord guide tube 41 through which filling cords d8 are directed through the opening 28 of the stripper plate 21. These filling cords extend from spools (not shown) through thread tenets devices 49 mounted on the standard I 1! to the guide tube 41.

In an upright bushing 50 formed on the base 9, there is secured one end of a telescopic rod 51. Extending laterally from the upper end of the rod 5|, there is an arm 52 well above the stripper plate. The arm 52 supports a thread guide or eye 53 which supports a spangle thread 54 coaxial with the tube 43. The spangle thread 54 extends from a spool (not shown) through a thread tension device 55 mounted on the rod 51. In operation, the end of the spangle thread 54 is tied to one end of the thread 2 and the spangles are pushed on to the spangle thread. A weight 56 is first placed on the spangle thread so as to rest upon the spangles and urge the spangles down the thread during the operation of the machine. This weight has an extension 51 thereon that is received in the spangle tube 43 and so maintains contact of the lowermost spangle on the spangle thread with the stripper plate 'until the last spangle is acted upon by the stripper plate.

When the spangles are on the spangle thread, the end of the spangle thread is guided through the tube 43, through the opening in the stripper plate and into the tube 16. The filling co'rds are also entered in the tube It through the guide tube 41 and the opening 28 of the stripper plate 21. The upper wrapping thread 31 is positioned in the groove 35 and extends across the "opening and the lower wrap-ping thread extends across the end of the tube It. The machine is then started and the wrapping threads wind about thespangle thread and the filling 'cords. The spangles are then entered in the tube 43 and the lowermost spangle engages the stripper plate. As the stripper plate 21 rotates in the direction of the arrow, the stripper edge engages the lowermost spangle in contact with the stripper plate and moves it into the opening 28 into which it passes in contact with and substantially parallel to the filling cords. The upper wrapping thread is carried around the filling cord and spangle thread "above the separated spangle. At the same time the lower wrapping thread is wound around the filling 1cords and spangle thread in the opposite direcion.

The spangle thread and filling cords with the spangles secured thereon in fiatwise, overlapping relation by the wrapping thread passes through the lower end of the tube t6, below the table 8. They are then passed through tension feed r'ollem 58 and "59 to a spool 60 on which they are wound.

The 'roller '58 is mounted upon the end of a shaft 6| that is journaled in the spaceda'rms 6-2 and 63 of a bearing bracket 64 secured to the under surface of the table I. This shaft "61 is driven through a "worm wheel 65 =mo'unted'there'on and meshing with a worm 66 mounted on a vertical-shaftti. The shaftfi 'l extends through-the table 8, and on theupper end thereof, there is a pulley 58. A belt tflconnects the pulley'68 with a pulley 19 secured on the shaft l1. Roller '58 isan idle-r and is mounted-on-ashaft ll secured ina link '11 pivotally connected to a bracket '12 pivotally mounted on the arm 62'of the bracket 64.. Both the rollers 58 and 55 are rubber covered rollers and desirably the roller 59 is spring pressed-against the roller 58.

The spool 50 makes a frictional engagement on the end of a shaft 13 extending from a bearing -braeket 'l i. 'n uueyT5'mountedentne shaft l3 is driven- -by'abelt l-S fror'n a pulley 1 mounted on the shaft 6|. The finished product is thus wound upon the spool. V

From the foregoing description of the embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawing and described above, it will be seen by those skilled in the art that by this invention thereis provided a spangle slinging machine that is simple in constructiomthat is capable of continuous operation for each filling and that does not require a skilled operator. I It will be obvious that various changes may be made by those skilled in the art in the details of the machine illustrated in the drawings and described above within the principle and scope of the invention as expressed; in the appended claims.

I claim: l s v 1.- A spangle slinging machine for arranging spangles in overlapping flatwise relation and securing the spangles so arranged on a filling cord, which machine comprises in combination a spangle stripper plate for separating spangles individually and consecutively from coaxially arranged spangles, means for guiding the spangles separated by the stripper plate at sub stantially right, angles to the coaxially arranged spangles, means for guiding the filling cord adjacent the spangles separated by the stripper plate, and means for winding a wrapping thread about the filling cord on each side of each separated spangle.

2. A spangle slinging machine for arranging spangles in overlapping, flatwise relation and securing the span-gles on a filling cord, which machine comprises in combination a rotatably mounted spangle stripper plate for separating spangles individually and consecutively from coaxially arranged spangles, means for rotating the stripper plate, means for guiding spangles separated by the stripper plate substantially parallel to the axis of rotation of the stripper plate, means for guiding a filling cord substantially parallel to the axis of rotation of the stripper plate, and means for winding wrapping threads in opposite directions about the filling cord between separated spangles.

3. A spangle slinging machine for arranging coaxial spangles on a spangle thread passing therethrough in overlapping, fiatwise relation and securing the spangles on a filling cord, which machine comprises in combination a rotatably mounted spangle stripper plate for separating spangles individually and consecutively from coaxially arranged spangles, means for maintaining a spangle thread having coaxially arranged spangles thereon parallel with the axis of rotation of the stripper plate, means for efiecting a feeding of the spangles'to the stripper plate, means for guiding spangles separated by the stripper plate substantially parallel to the spangle thread, means for guiding a filling cord substanthread having coaxially arranged spangles thereon parallel with the axis of rotation of the stripper plate, means for efiecting a feeding of the spangles to the stripper plate, means for guiding spangles separated by the stripper plate substantially parallel to the spangle thread, means for guiding a filling cord through the opening in the stripper plate and parallel to the spangle thread, and means for winding wrapping threads in opposite directions about the spangle thread and filling cord and between successive, separated spangles.

5. A spangle slinging machine for arranging coaxial spangles on a spangle thread in overlapping, flatwise relation and securing the spangles so arranged on a filling cord, which machine comprises in combination a spangle stripper plate mounted for rotation about a vertical axis for separating spangles individually and consecutive- 1y from horizontally arranged coaxial spangles, means for maintaining a spangle thread having coaxialv spangles thereon in a'vertical relation parallel with the axis of rotation of the stripper plate, means for guiding spangles separated by the stripper plate substantially parallel to the spangle thread, means for guiding a filling cord vertically and adjacent the spangle thread, and means for winding wrapping threads in opposite directions about the spangle thread and filling cord and between successive separated spangles.

6. A spangle slinging machine for arranging coaxial spangles on a spangle thread in overtially parallel to the plane of separated spangles,

and means for winding wrapping threads in opposite directions about the spangle thread and filling cord between separated spangles.

4. A spangle slinging machine for arranging coaxial spangles on a spangle thread passing therethrough inoverlapping, flatwise relation and securing the spangles so arranged on a filling cord, which machine comprises in combination a spangle stripper plate having an opening therethrough and mounted for rotation about the axis of the opening for separating spangles individually and consecutively from coaxially ar ranged spangles, means for maintaining a spangle lapping, flatwise relation and securing the spangles so arranged on a filling cord, which machine comprises in combination a spangle stripper plate mounted for rotation about a vertical axis for separating spangles individually and. consecutively from horizontally arranged coaxial spangles, means for maintaining a spangle thread having coaxial spangles thereon in a vertical relation parallel with the axis of rotation of the stripper plate, means for guiding spangles separated by the stripper plate substantially parallel to the spangle thread, means for guiding a filling cord vertically and adjacent the spangle thread, and means for winding wrappin threads in opposite directions about the spangle thread and fill ing cord and between successive separated spangles including spaced spool carriers rotatably mounted about the vertical axis of rotation of the stripper plate, and means for effecting rotation of the spool carriers in opposite directions.

'7. In a spangle slinging machine for arranging coaxial spangles on a spangle thread in overlapping, fiatwise relation and securing the spangles so arranged on a filling cord, the combination comprising a rotatably, mounted. stripper plate having an opening therethrough of a diameter to ass a spangle, guide means eccentric to the opening through the stripper plate for guiding coaxially arranged spangles against the stripper plate, and a spangle stripper edge on said plate arranged to strip a spangle from the coaxially arranged spangles and move the spangle to the opening in the stripper plate.

8. In a spangle slinging machine for arranging coaxial spangles on a spangle thread in overlapping, flatwise relation and securing the spangles so arranged on a filling cord, the combination comprising a horizontally arranged stripper plate having an opening therethrough and mounted for rotation about a vertical axis through the opening, the opening through the stripper plate being 01' a diameter to pass a spangle, vertical guide means for guiding coaxially arranged spangles into contact with the stripper plate, the axis of the said guide means being spaced from and parallel to the axis of the open in through the stripper plate, and a spangle stripper edge on said stripper plate extending tangential to the opening therethrough, the strip per edge having a thickness substantially equal to the thickness of a spangle.

9. In a spangle slinging machine for arranging coaxial spangles on a spangle thread in overlapping, flatwise relation and securing the spangles so arranged on a filling cord, the combination comprising a support, a stationary tube secured on the support, spaced elements rotatably mounted on the tube, means for rotating the said 15 Number tion comprising a horizontal stripper plate mounted for rotation about a vertical axis, a wrapping thread guide slot in said stripper plate, a vertical guide tube below the stripper plate and having an'end' edge inclined to the horizontal, and means for guiding a wrapping thread over the edge of the guide tube.

CHARLES W. MUELLER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date 2,004,464 Clarkson June 11, 1935 2,092,487 Weston Sept. 7, 1937 2,327,957 Brandt Aug. 24, 1943 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 111,329 Germany June 21, 1900

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