US Patent: 212,381
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| Keg-Trussing Machine
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Patent Dates:
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| Applied: |
Jan. 05, 1878 |
| Granted: |
Feb. 18, 1879 |
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Jeff Joslin
E. & B. Holmes Machinery Co./ Forgotten Buffalo
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Description: |
| James Sangster - patent attorneyThis invention relates to the construction of machinery for driving truss-hoops on small casks and kegs of various sizes; and it consists, first, of a vertically-reciprocating cross-head having two or more automatically acting and adjustable truss-hoop-driving arms capable of an adjustment to or from each other in slots radiating from the center of the cross-head, so that they can be easily adjusted to receive kegs or casks of different diameters, in combination with a vertically-adjustable bed provided with two or more automatically-acting truss-hoop-driving arms capable of an adjustment to or from each other for the reasons above stated. The second part of our invention consists in the combination of a spring-plate with the bed, for the purpose of holding the cask up when there is no power being applied to it or the hoops, so as to afford a smooth table on which to set and adjust it, and through which the drivers can pass. The third part of our invention consists of a reciprocating cross-head provided with two vibrating side truss-hoop drivers, in combination with a vertically-moving weighted rod, and a vibrating weighted lever for operating the side truss-hoop drivers, as will be more clearly hereinafter shown. The fourth part of our invention, consists of two weighted vertically-movable rods, both having a rack and adjustable collars, in combination with the cross-head and bed plate or block, provided with a rack-and-pinion movement and weighted levers, arranged so that the upward and downward movement of the cross-head may be applied at any point of its motion to swing the truss-hoop drivers in or out, as will more clearly hereinafter appear. The fifth part of our invention consists of an adjustable bed supported on screws for adjusting it up or down, so that it can be easily adjusted to drive hoops on casks or kegs of different sizes or lengths. The sixth part of our invention consists in the combination of the truss-hoop-driving arms with spring-sleeves and driving-collars, for purposes which will be more clearly hereinafter described. |
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