Span′gling-ma-chine′.
A machine for setting and securing the clasps or
spangles by which the wires and tapes of
hoop-skirts are secured together.
The spangles are placed in a hopper, and automatically take their place in line in an inclined feedingchute, which leads them to the clinching mechanism.
See patents —
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| No. 35,666. | Beck | June 24, 1862. |
| No. 36,877. | DeForest | Nov. 4, 1862. |
| No. 37,124. | Baird | Dec. 9, 1862. |
| No. 37,992. | Wilmot | Mar. 24, 1863. |
| No. 50,728. | Olmstead | Oct. 31, 1865. |
| No. 54,939. | Neumann | May.
23, 1866. |
| No. 64,543. | Komp | May.
7, 1867. |
| No. 71,492. | Jenkinson | Nov. 26, 1867. |
| No. 79,810. | Carter | July 14, 1868. |
In
Fig. 5342, the frame
A carries a standard
B, supporting the inclined trough
C, into which a quantity of the spangles are placed.
These slide down by gravity, and on reaching the throat of the spangle-guide
D, those which are not in proper position for fixing are arrested, not being able to pass between the side of the guide and a projecting rib, which acts as a separator, and are dropped into a receptacle
F. The others continue to slide down the channel of the guide until reaching its lower extremity, where a sliding-gate is provided to arrest them.
The lever
L is rocked by a treadle, and has a lower branch
k carrying a rocking arm
kx, provided with a pin
l, which enters a slot in the lever
m, establishing a loose connection between the two, and serving, when the end
L of the lever is depressed, to lift the spangle-carrier
h up to the mouth of the spangleguide, where, the sliding-gate being opened by the same movement, a spangle is fed into the spring-jaw of the spangle-carrier, which is reciprocated by a slotted piece
x engaged by a pin on the arm
k. The opposite movement of the lever brings down the spangle-carrier upon a horn, where the skirt is held, and forces the spangle through the tap, while by a farther movement the carrier is drawn out of the way, while the hammer
H falls and clinches the spangle.
