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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
GEORGE R. CLARKE, OF MONTELL, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR TO HENRY II. TURNER
AND ALBERT TURNER, OF DANBURY, CONNECTICUT.
POUNCING-MACHINE,
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 602,977, dated April 26,1898.
Application filed February 1, 1896. Renewed October 1, 1897, Serial No. 653,745, (No model)To all whom it inay concern
Be it known that I, GEORGE R. CLARKE, a
citizen of the United States, residing in Mon-
tell, Uvalde county, Texas, have invented cer-
g tain new and useful Improvements in Pounc-
ing-Machiuesof which the following is a speci-
fication.
This invention relates to a machine for
pouncing the crowns of stiff hats--such, for
1o example, as those known as "derby" hats;
and the object of the invention is to produce
a simple and effective automatic machine for
the purpose which will impart to the pounc-
ing-pad a circular or elliptical movement while
15 pressed up elastically or yieldingly to the sur-
face of the hat-crown.
Other novel features of the invention reside
in the mechanisms for imparting the proper
motion to the hat under the pouncing-pad and
20 for automatically withdrawing the pad from
contact and arresting the motion of the ma-
chine when the pouncing operation is com-
pleted.
In the accompanying drawings, which illus-
25 trate an embodiment of the invention, Figure
1 is a sectional side elevation of the left-hand
side of the machine, the plane of the section
being axial; and Fig. 1" is a face view of the
block-holder,showingg uides forthe clamping-
30 jaws. Fig.2 is a front elevation of the machine
as seen from the right in Fig.1. Fig. 3 is a plan
of the machine. These are general views.
Figs. I and 2 show the parts in the position
they occupy at the completion of a pouncing
35 operation when the machine has been stopped
by the shifting of the belt, and Fig. 3 shows
the parts in the position they occupy at the
moment of beginning the pouncing operation.
Fig. 4is a cross-section of the holder and guide
40 for the pouncing-pad on a scale double that
of the principal views. The plane of the sec-
tion is indicated by line .; in Fig. 1. Fig. 5
ib a horizontal section on the line a in Fig. 2,
showing the means for locking and unlocking
45 the head of the machine. Fig. 6 is a frag-
mentary side elevation showing the belt-shift-
ing devices seen at the right in Fig. 2. This
view shows the side of the machine opposite
to that seen in Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a horizontal
5o section in the plane indicated by line x in
Figs. 1 and 6, showing in plan the devices seenin Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a fragmentary sectional
view of the pouncing-pad on a larger scale,
the plane of the section being indicated by
line a in Fig. 9. Fig. 9 is a face view of the 55
pouncing-pad seen in Fig. S.
This machine comprises, in general, an up-
right hollow frame or pedestal on which is
mounted a head which rotates slowly through
about a quarter-revolution on a vertical axis 6o
during the pouncing operation and is then
unlocked and rotated back again. This head
carries the hat-block, which rotates more rap-
idly about a horizontal axis. The pouncing-
pad is carried by an arm through which a cir- 65
cular or elliptical motion is imparted to the
pad, the latter being held up to the hat on
the block by elastic or yielding pressure.
1 represents the frame or pedestal of the
machine as a whole. This pedestal may be 70
of cast-iron, and it comprises a hollow base
and a hollow column rising therefrom. On
the top of this column rests the hollow head
2, which may also be of cast-iron. This head
has a bearing in the top of the column, a tu- 75
bular journal 211, of considerable length, on
the head extending down into the top of the
column.
In the base of the pedestal 1 is rotatively
mounted the driving-shaft 3, on which are 8o
fixed a tight pulley 4 and a loose pulley 4X.
Through the pulley 4 the shaft 3 is driven by
a suitable belt X.
On the shaft 3 is fixed a bevel-pinion 5,
which gears with a bevel-wheel 6 on an up- 85
right shaft 7 in the column. Through these
gears the shaft 7 is driven. On the upper
end of the shaft 7, in the hollow of the head
2, is fixed a toothed wheel 8, which drives an
upright shaft 9 in the head through the me-90
dium of a toothed wheel 10 on the lower end
of the latter. On the upper end of the shaft
9 is a bevel-pinion 101, which gears with a
bevel-wheel or toothed ring 10 , fixed to the
block-carrier 11. Through this gearing the 95
upright shaft 7, which is concentric with the
bearing of the head 2 in the column, drives
the block-carrier and the block 12 thereon.
This carrier is rotatively mounted on a hori-
zontal axis in the elevated part of the head 2. ice
The block-carrier is provided with a chuck
to secure the block in place thereon; but this
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Clarke, George R. Pouncing-Machine., patent, April 26, 1898; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth508941/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.