US739393A - Wall-papering machine. - Google Patents

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PATENTED SEPT. 22, 1903.-

A s; R. GROGKETT, s3.

WALL PAPERING MACHINE" APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6, 1903.

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UNITED STATES iatented September 22; 19053.

PATENT OFFI E.

SAMUEL ROBERTSON CROOKETT, S-R., onv'INITA, INDIAN TERRITORY.

$PEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 739,393, dat'edSeptember 22, 1903, Application filed (Tune 6,1903. Serial No. 160.417. (No model.)v

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL ROBERTSON,

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My invention relates to wall papering machines, and has for its objects to produce a,de-" vice of this character of comparatively simple construction which will be efficient in operation, one in which the machine may be readily'adjusted in height for applying paper to the walls of rooms varying in height, one

in which the machine maybe readily adjusted .for rooms of varying lengths in applying the paper to the ceilings thereof, and one in which the papering of the opposite Walls of the room and the ceiling may be efiected as a practically continuous operation. 7

With these and other objects in view the invention comprises the novel details of construction and combination of parts more fully. 2 5

hereinafter described.

In the accompanying'drawings, Figure lis a side elevation of my improved device. Fig.

2 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional elevation centrally through one of the frame members.

- Fig. 4 is a detail view of one of the supporting-casters.

Referring tothe drawings, 1 indicates the main frame of my improved machine, composed of end members 2 and 3 and an intermediate member 4, which are adj ustably and detachably connected one with the other by means of upper and lower attaching members 5 and 6, preferably in the form of sheetmetal straps or links attached by screws or.

by means of flanges 11, which engagecam faces'12, formed upon the head-plates of the casters, whereby the latter may be set to perrection parallel to its length or at right angles thereto.- The frame members each consist of a pairof telescopic sections 13 14, the

uppersection of which is movable vertically and is telesco-ped into the lower relatively fixed section. The lower section of each frame member is composed of vertical end standards 15, connected at their lower ends by suitable side and end brace-bars, the former of which sustain side boards 16, and at their upper ends by side brace-bars 17 and similar end brace-bars. The upper section 13 consists of vertical standards 18, connected at their lower ends by'horizontal side and end connecting bars and at their upper; ends by similar bars, which sustain side boards 19.

The upper movable sections of the frame members are raised vertically for adjusting the height of the frame by means of pinions 2 0,.

21, disposed in pairs atopposite sides of the lower section. The pinions 20 21 are carried by transverse supporting-shafts j ournaled in and sustained by the upper connecting-bars 17, one of the shafts of each pair being pro vided with a squared end for the reception of an operating-crank by which the 'pinions are iact'uated and in mesh with vertical racks 22 23, respectively, carried upon the inner adjacent faces of the vertical standards 18 of the upper section of the frame members.

.24 24 indicate apair of endless tracks or guide-rails associated in any suitable manner With 'the frame. Each'of these tracks consists of a series of fixed sections 25, carried by the frame members at their upper ends,

similar sections 26, carried by the lower endsmit of the frame being readily moved in a di At the upper outer ends of the end memers 29 30, respectively, while similar rollers 31 32 are journaled in the lower outer ends of the respective frame members. These rollers receive and sustain'an endless belt 33, of canvas or the like, which is mounted for travel around the frame as a whole longitudinally thereof and which carries the paste-distributing device 33, paperdistributing device 34, and paper-smoothing device 35. The pastedistributing device comprises a sheet-metal tubular reservoir 36, sustained by a baseboard 37 and carrying a pair of distributingrollers 38 39. The primary distributing-roller 38 is disposed longitudinally of the reservoir and is immersed in the paste contained therein, while the secondary roller 39 is arranged in parallel relation with the primary roller in contact therewith and projects slightly beyond the side wall of the reservoir in position to contact with and apply the paste directly to the walls of the room. The paper distributing or supplying device 34 consists of a roller upon which the lengths of paper are wound. This roller is journaled for rotation in suitable end bearings associated with and projecting verticallyupward from asuitable baseboard 40, while the paper-smoothing device consists of a roller journaled in suitable end bearings associated with and projecting upward from a base-board 41, said roller being providedwith an outer covering of felt or other suitable material, forming a yielding surface for the same.

The guide-rollers 29 30 are driven for imparting motion to the belt 33 by means of an endless chain or belt 42, driven from a crankoperated drive-wheel 43 and in engagement with sprocket pi nions 44 45,rnounted upon the ends of the shafts of rollers 29 30,respectively. The chain 42 also extends around suitable guides 46 47,the former of which consists of an idle pinion carried by the end member 2 and the latter of which consists of a cylindrical stud carried by the end member 3. Attention is here directed to the fact that the length of the frame 1 may be varied according to the length of the room by employing a greater or lesser number of the frame members and that when so varied the endless chain or belt 42 and the endless belt 33 may be correspond ingly changed by inserting or removing suitable removable sections with which said parts are in practice provided.

The base boards 37, 40, and 41 are each provided with guide rollers or wheels 48, which travel upon the tracks 24 during the operation of the device, as will be readily understood.

49 indicates a base-board or member which is removably attached in any suitable manner to the base-boards 37 4O 41. This member 49 carries paste-distributing and paper applying and smoothing devices, which are practically identical with the like devices tively through the medium of their connecting members 5, which permits of the accurate adjustment of the parts for bringing the end members 2 and 3 into proper positions relative to the opposite end walls of the room. The frame is next adjusted in height by operating the shafts in the manner above described for suitably raising or lowering the upper movable sections of the frame members. A number of rolls of paper of suitable length for the end walls and ceiling are then prepared and a roll containing a length of wall-paper is inserted in proper position in the machine, the pasting and adjacent devices being at that time situated at the bottom of the end member 3. Drive-wheel 43 is then operated and through the medium of chain 42 and sprockets 44 45 imparts motion to endless belt 33, which carries the pasting device upward over the surface of the adjacent end wall of the room, applying paste thereto, while the paper-distributing device, immediately in rear thereof, feeds the paper to the wall, and the smoothing-roller travels over the applied paper, pressing the same to the wall and smoothing out the wrinkles and creases, as will be readily understood. the top of the wall is reached and the whole length of paper has been applied, the empty roller is removed and a roll of ceiling-paper inserted and the operation of the parts continued until the opposite'end wall is reached, when the empty roller is again replaced by a roll of wall-paper, which is of course applied to the wall in the manner above described, with the exception that the devices travel from the top of the wall downward. The frame 1 is then moved transverselya distance equal to a width of paper and the above operation is repeated, and so on until the walls and ceiling have been properly papered. The base member 49, carrying the supplemental pasting and paper-applying devices, is then inserted in place, with the roll of bordering-paper in position therein, when the belt 33 is again operated as above described, and the machine applies the border to the walls of the room.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I produce a device of comparatively simple construction which in practice will eificiently perform its functions and will to all intents and purposes be practically continuous in its operation of papering the walls and ceiling, and while I believe the machine herein shown and described to be admirably adapted for the attainment of the ends in view it is to be When.

understood that I do not limit or confine myself to the details of construction here .set forth, inasmuch as various, minor changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit or scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim isv 1. In a wall-paperingmachine, the combination with a frame, of a'traveling belt sustained thereby, means for operating the belt, and paste-distributing and paper-applying devices carried and operated by the belt.

2. Ina wall-papering machine, the'combi-- nation with a frame, of a belt traveling upon the frame adjacent to theopposite wallsand' ceiling of a room, means for operating the belt, and paste-distributing'and paper-applying devices carried by the beltand operatingsuccessively upon saidzwa'lls and'ceiling.

8. Ina wall-papering'machine, the combination with a frame composed of a plurality of detachable relatively adjustable members, of an-endless belt sustained by the frame, means for operating the belt, and paste-distributing and paper-applying devices carried by the belt and operable thereby for acting successively upon-the opposite Walls and ceil-- v ingof a room.

4'. In a wall-papering machine, the combi-' nation with a frame composed of a plurality of. detachable relatively adjustable members, said members each consisting-of a-pair of relatively verticallyadjustable sections, an endless'belt carried by the fram"e, means for operating the belt, and paste-distributing and paper-applying; devices carried by the belt.

5. In a Wall-papering machine, the combination with a frame composed of 'a plural- .ity ofdetachable relatively adjustable mem-'- bers, said members .eachconsisting of'a pair -of relatively vertically adjustable sections,

means for: adj usting'the sections vertically,

, an endless'traveling beltisustained by theframe, means for operating the belt, andpaste-distributing and paper-applying devices carried by the belt. r

6. In a wall-.papering machine, thezcombi nation witha frame, of tracks or rails associated therewith, an endless. traveling'belt sustained by theframe, means for operating the belt, pastedistributing and paper-ap plying devices carried by the belt, and guidewith said devices and traveling upon the 7 8. 'In a wall-papering machine, the combination with a frame composed of a plurality of detachable relatively adjustable members each-consisting of a pair of relatively verti- V cally adjustable sections, of endless tracks or rails associated with the frame and comprising a plurality of adjustable sections, an end less traveling belt sustained by the frame, means for operating the belt, paste-distributing and paper-applying devices carried -by the belt, and guide-wheels associated with said devices and traveling upon the rails.

9; In a wall-papering machine, the combination with a frame composed of a plurality .of detachably-connected members each consisting of a pair of vertically telescoped adj ustable members, of racks associated with one of the-members, pinions associated with theother member in engagement with the racks and operable for adjusting the members, an endless traveling beltsustained by the frame, means for operating the belt, and paste-distributingand'paper-applyingdevices carried by the belt; t

10. In a wall-papering machine, the combination with-a frame, of endless tracks or rails associatedtherewith, paste-distributing and. paper-applying devices mounted for travel upon the rails, and means for ope'ra'tingsaid devices to act in succession upon the opposite walls and ceiling of a room;

In testimony that Iclaim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL ROBERTSONOROGKETLSR.

Witnesses: Q

BARBER CHURCHILL, FRANK L. BURCKHALTER,

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