[1]UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.. CI-IA.RLES ERNEST BALDWIN, OF @TATFiES@OWN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO REGISTROMETER COMPANY, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK. MEASURING-MACHINE. of Letters Patent. P.,,ttente,d llitiy 24, 1921. Application filed July l@9,1918, Serial No. 245,662. Renewed ADril 12,1921. Serial No@ 460,656. To all wltoin itn@ay Be it ki-ioivn thtt I, CiiAPLT-@'s Er,-,\TrST BiiLDIVIN ,I citizen of the Ui-iiteOL States residing at the city of J,,tmestowil, in th-@ cotinty of Chauta@@qLia and S'L-,@tte o-L' New Yoi-k, haae invented cer't,,tin iieiv a,.id useiul improvements in t MeastirinuM,,tchiiie, O'i whi(@h tli(, followino- talz--eii ii-i @onnectioit with the ae(.@,ompanyiiag cli-a-wlll(ys, i.s a speci10 ficatloii. tn The invention relates to -P--ieasLiriD-g m,@Leliiiies for cloth and simll,,tr flexible m,,tterials wliieli mty be draANn tlirotigli betweeit opei-ating rollers to thei@eby iiiclicaue the 15 nie@,,sLirenient on re@,-istering rne@.@lia-.iism; and the inventiol'i c@'nsists iii pi-oi,icLi.iig a siniple registerilig iiiecliaiiism -v@Tliieli is opei-able by di-aivi-@ig the cloth.or to be meisiii@ed betweeii spi-iiig pi,essed rollers, tl,,e !,.irge i.nflh registeriii,@,)- disk 11-i 20 et, t@ ino- ti-raiiued to aLiton-lfttiCLIII.)7 i,etliri) to zei o b@, i-,,Iien L sl,)ri.ng 1)liingei@ is maiitially role-,isecl, tho -,ntfiiially ope-t.,able i,eleasi.ng raeclianisin tilso t,l@le e., 25 rollell actliatiii(y ,,,iid regisl-oring ill -h,,'nisin, ar id retul-i-lin(r the @,-arOL oi- 1-iighei- iiiin-ie rllis to zero ,,nci sepai-aiing said spi-iiag pressed rollers by gi,,tvity to i-elease the mi-tei-lal w@eastii-ecl ind -mit the insi?,rtioii of other 30 inliterial; @ind the iiive,,Itio-n coiisists in the novc-,l fettlires ,ird combinatio@,is hereinafter set T-oi-tl-i aiid el,-,imecl. zn-s Fig-Lii-e 1 i s@ a perspecti.ve Iii the dm, wino view of the im]-)i@ove(@. meisiirina mcichip@-,@ 35 ,ttt@iched to the sicle of a store CoLli-Luer or simil@,,r suppou'l, Lll)on iihich the mill-eri-,-! to be me,,@stirecl rh,,ty be sl)i-e,,tcl. Fj.-ff. 2 is I)e-@-spect@ive vielv of tile cover T-ol@ the i,co.isteriiig mecli,-ii-Lis,-ii i-emoved from the 40 meastii,iiiv r-qachine; and Fig. 3 is ,in eii.d elev,ttion of the m,- ,asilriiig ma,-,Iiine witil the cov6r sho-wii in Fig. 2 remoited Trom the registerin,,7 mechtiiism, 'Witli the pli-iiiger in the i-ele.- .sed position ,tnd the @45 meastii-in(, disk abotit to .-etLii'n to zoio bNT :,Yl",tVi@y. Fio- 4 is .t top pl,,tn vi-,w oi' s 1)oi@tion of i@olier an,,l me,,,. ill@ing m,,,(,hiiie showing the n-Lime-,,als of ,t registerecl megslirement ,ind the spi-iiig 5,0@ pltin(rei@ iii the normalll, set or I-)ositioii. -r4, ig. 5 is -,n elevati-n of- th-e measUl@ing machiiie with tl-ie cover removed -from the i,egiste,riiig mech,,tnism sho-,ii@-ing the spi@ing plungei, -,ctio-n by dotteci- olitlin,e ancl b@5@ arrow's; ,tncl Fi 6 is'an elev,,ttion of the 9. pILiiager and a portion of the registering -n-iechaiiisin sliowiilg saict plun_-er in the set or lonvered positioii Lnd in dotted @outline the released positioia.. Fig. 7 is a top pltn view of the measui-ing machine with tl-ie@ 6o covei- removed from the regi.steriiig m6chanism slqlid registering riaech,-Lnism beiiig iii the norm,,tl set position at zero for i,egisteii-. ing a measuremerit; ,tncl Fig. 8 is a similar vie-w wi@,h the cover piate removed to 65 more ftilly reveal the i,eo-istei-ino, mechaiiism: and Fig. 9 is a pl,,ii-i vieiv of the SI'ding cover plate whic-,h shuts 'Lrom view the operation of the i@egistei-iiio- meeb.,-,i-iism "-hile cliliging. 'Fio-s. 10 tnd 11 are eleita- 70 tions o@E It,lie i,egisteriiig me(ihtnism of the ille',tsllriii(Y in,,ichine@ with the rear ii-ig plltes removed showiiig in dot",-ed outline the steps in the cani ,ic-tion of the siiigle - -isteriii g the plti-@i- 75 l'op g disk, Fi@z. 10 showiii -posit'on ,ind the large g-@i in the releasecl disk rele,,isecl ,ind about to ret-Liril to zel'o positioii. aiid Fi . 11 slio-",iiicr the 9 @n 'in the lowei-ed or -.ioi@mall@, set position Ind said disk with the c,,tm thereoii 80 Fig. 12 is a po,.-speeill t'lie 7er o position. t," Ne ofthe toothed i-ack fo)-,- operating tlic, tivo small rc");istering @ge,,tr @i,lieels for 1'h o oi, higher ntimer,@ils, sho-wing the l') @-11-crank on the i-a-,k ivhich holds 85 the 1,,.,@-ge bell-,-@r,,tiik leier I)Iate and a(@tuates s,,iicl rack to ret-Lirn s,,tiel yard or hi.ffher num-,ril gear Nvheels to zero ivhen the 1,,irge iegistcriio- clisl@ he-s been return6d to zero l@i, gi@@ivity;, a--qd Fig. 13, is ,t perspectiv,- go vieN,,, of s,@,id gear wheel@ for the 3,-ard or Iii.ghe@ iiumemls is T@qounted on their supI)orting pla@e with 'lie en(,aging piiiiois th--reon- 7,-tid Figs. 14 aiicl 15 sho I IV I)I@qlii iriea-@rs of the under sicl es of @ s-ai d hi(yher 95 n,,ini q.eal- wheels 'SI o vtiiig the inteimeshiiig ge,,tv t@oth oii the o-Lik-er eclges of said gei,, -@vh-,els ")Dd said, rack en,,gagiiag piiions pi, ther.,2oq. Fi@@@ 16 is a Iii vi.ew 0'- the spriii(3, cietii,,ited- plate - @i-id loiner i@oller 6i the iiieas- I 00 iii,itig- @2ollei-s thereon reinoved f-i-or-Q the niaC -is, -,c-tionilviow,,itl 'hip@. Fio-.1@ @is ine l@-17 in Flg. 5 slioi-i,-Ig the clift-erent p-,irts of tl-ie -nachi,ne iii their ielai-.ion to oi-ie arioth-Ir and iii d6ttecl lines the siclely, ise movement of said 10 5 Iiigl-i(-r iiuL,-iei@al ge,,Lr wheels. Fig IS is - 1-ti el--Vttio@.i of th@ (,,,im and NITeight side of the disk: ,Liicl Fi@,,Y' !9 is ii-i (@l (.,vation o.T, the geii@ side of siicl la,,,gercgis@,ei.-ing cl;.sk. Fiu. 20 is ,t perspect ve I l@O
[2]plunger ,tnd d ,7ie-w of the qsh pot attached to the actuatino, leve-.-, j'or the toothec't rack -which in turn@otates the toothed higher numeral wheels iii rettiriiiiag s,,tid wheels to zero. Fig. 21 is an eleva'bion of the me"Lsuriiig rollers between N,@hich the @material to be measurecl is drawii, the stippor'uil'lg pl,,tte beino- brokeii away and showino- the actuat@ing. ilech,-,nism for the sprin,-, with lo saicl rollers iii@their iiormally separated set positioii ready to receive the material to be measured therebetween. Fiu' 22 sho-ws plan and edgewise views of the septrating spriiig between the large gear -wheel ,ind 15 the,lai,ge reo:istering clisk. Like characters of reference reter to correspondinparts in 'Uhe sever,,tl views. The nul@@eral:25 desigiiates the inain slipporting frbme which has the plates 26 a'.Id 20 2@ att,,t(,hed to the rear side thereof for the support of the re(yisterino- n-iechanism, a coiter 29 for saidreaistjiido, mech,- Lnism bp-i,, atttched 'to a StLid 28 by ,i s--rew 30 cel_ltl@ all3r located on the '@ram- e plate 26. 25 The cover 29 has ,tn op,nina 31 therein for the releasing and ,tetti,,itiii@ plunger 32 and also has the openings 33 for the numerals which re-,-ister the measlirement. Said cover 29 also@ has a spring notching knife or 30 shear -@ttached thereon to mark the exact encl of the me,,uslirement the knife or shear, rot,ttiirely mounted on the wrist pin 35 near @ the rein@orced edae of the cover 29 with t 35 shear cut along the fixed blade 36, which is also attached to the cover 29 extending o-Lit the-refrom. The rotatively mout-ited bl,,tde 34 has a hap-dle 37 thereon, an,d a spring 38 on . ,@in 35 to return it to norm,,tl position. 40 he frame 25 has the shelf 39 extending out at right ano@ies on the side opposite the registering mechanism. The helf 39 is covered or hollow supporting in tn opening 40', see ri ig. 1, therein the lower roller 40 45 upon a@ spring a6tuated rotatively inounte.cl@ plate 41. The plate 41 is rotatively raisetl f-,nd lo-w6red on trunnions 42 and 43 on opposite e n-.1 edges there6f, said plate 41 extencling tlirougli the o-,oening 44 in ihe 50 e@lge 6f the m,,tin frame 25 so that the trunnion lug 43 m,,ty be mounted in tho rear frrtme pl,,tte 26 and the trlinnion 42 iii a lug 45 -witfiin the hollow or covered shelf 39, the actliatijig spring 46 being lo@ated with@5 in the rear portion of the. main fr,,tme adjtcent to the trunnion 43. A large uppe,,, roller 4@ is mounted on ,t shalt 481 Fig. 17, prefer,,tbly within a projectiiig jotirnal sleeve 49 on the main fr-@me 60 25, being ,ttt,,tche-,l to said shgft 48 bv means of the sere-,v 50. The periphery 51 of the large @ollpr 47 is l@nurl(,4 so as to insure engagement ol' 'Lhe Cloth or materi,,tl to be mep'sured. The periphery of the lo-wer 65 roller 40 is preferably 66vered with rubber so as to preserve o,.,ositive contact upon the Lincler side of the material to be measured as it presses said material against the knliried surface of the roller 47, thereby InsurInog, an exact and ositive movement 70 p of the two measliring wheels 40 and 47 when the materi,,tl to be measured is dra-vvn therebet-ween. The shaft 48 extends through the sleeve 49 and main frame 25 and has attached on 75 its iniaer eiid the piiiion 52 which meshes iii the large gear wheel 53, Figs. 3, 17 and 19. The gear ivheel is mounted on the shaft 54 to rotate the same, on jotirnals in the supporting frame plates 25 and 26 when the 80 measuring @rollers ancl gear 62 are rotatively actuated. The lugs 56 are preferably, prbvid-ld on the disk 55 so as to mesh in substantially dioiiietrally opposite teeth in the getr wheel 53 so as to rotatively move 85 sai@L registering disk 55 -with the gear wheel 53 when the large -Tneasuring wheel 47 is rotatively actuated by the material to be measured. The plunger 32 is loosely atta-ched at its go lower end in --t lug "I Figs. 10 and 20,,on a bell-crank lever plate, 58 which has the hori7,ontal arm and the vertical or upwardly (extending arm with the angular lug 66 therebetwee-ii, the I)Iate 58 being@ pivoted at 59 by 95 the truii-tlioi-i or lug 43 oii pl,) te 41. A dtsh frame plate 26 ,tt its upper end tnd has the piston rod 61 which is attached at its lower end to the llio- 57 to which the plunger 12 is 100 likewis'e att@iched, which dash pot 60 relieves the up-@varcl movement of the plunger 32 and spr,@-Ligbell-crank lever plate 58@ The spriiig action to the bellcrank lever ate 58 Lild pluncer 32 is given by the lo5 sl)ring 62 FiLys. 10 and 11. The lower arm of spring'62 i aftached'at 63 in stippoi-tiiaoplate 26 ,ind the upper arm 64 in a iiote ill the ltig 57 thereby giving @t strong spring acl-,ioii 'uo the bell-c@ank lever 58. The lower 110 arm of spring 46, Figs. 3, 10, 11) 16 and 21, is attache,-! to plate 41 and the upper arm engages first in a notch 65, Figs. 3, 10 11, 20 and 21@ in the angular lug 66 to assist iii the acttiatio-,i of the bell-crank lever 58, and 115 second said upper arm extends through a hole in the bent out encl @of the pivotally mountecl drm 67 ,is shown in Fig. 17, saict arm 6( moving with the end of the spring 46@ q@s it moves Lip-ward and downward with 120 the movement of the bell-er,,tnk lever 58 and plunger 32. The arm 67 extends @.loiigside the mov.-Lble frame plate 27, Figs. 3, 10, 11@ 13 and l@, and is pinrotally attached thereto at 68, Figs. 10 and 11, by a suitable 125 rivet. @ The rocking or movable plate 27 is supported Lipon a ' -enon 69, Fi-s. 13 and 17, -,;Nhich extends throuo,,h a clo@-ed slot 72 in the I te 26. The uppe e p a r nd is tumed at a, right all,yle to provide a shelf which extends iso consisting of the bl,,, de portion 34 which is -@K"@'@'pot b,,Lrrel 60 is att,,tched to the supporting 1,379,159
[3]1,379,'159 to within a spaced distance of the @ upright portion of the plate 26, which plate 26 is in bridging, form and is attached at both top and bottom to the @main upright: plate 6 or portion of the frame 25 by screws, TO at the lo-wer edce, and 71 from the front @side at the top, as shown in Fig. 21. The rocking or movable plate 2T is: supported as stated in -,t slot @2 in (the part 26 iLo with freedom of side:wise moveinent, @wl-iieh movement is controlled b.y a ch,,inneled @roller 73 , , nserted in the, open endecl slot 118, @,ii9@s",,o,' 11 and 13, in@said pl,,Lte 27 ancl onto the crosswise arbor or sh,,tft 54, Nvhich 15 arbor is rotated by the toothed gear wheel 53 and pinion 52. The channelecl roller 73@ is slidably mounted on the arbor 54 and has I't,coil spring '14 and a keyed ring '16 to 1-iold the coil sprinz 74j and ,press said roller 73 20 El,mly ,tgainst the ournal of the registerindisk 55 thereby holding the disk 55 under spring pressure alainst the toothed - zear -wheel 53 and tl-ie lugs 56 in constant eiigagement between the teeth of said gear wheel 25 so th,.tt when the large measuring rolle@ 47 is rotated the disk' 55 will be rotatively actuated. The movable or rocking plate 27 supports on 1 'ts horizontal upper end the two yard or 30 higher numertl iiiter-meshino- gear wheels 76 and 77 which gear wheels@'76 and 7( are rotatively mounted on vertically mounted short arbors 78 which support the gear wheels 76 and @7 on their upper ends and 35 the seo-ment pinions 79, Figs. 3, 13, 14, 15 and l@, on their lower ends. A toothed rtek plate 80 is slidably slipportecl on the upp-@r 1:)ortion of the re,,tr side of the frame plate 26 on ,t ltig or br,,LclKet piece 81, Fig. 5, the 4o rack teeth 82, Figs. 12 and 17, extending inw,trdly througli a, slot 112, 10, 11 ,tnd 17, in plate 26 as shown in l@"ii:ss. 3 and 17. When the measiirino@ m,,tchine is in the noi@m,,tlly sei position with the plu-nger 32 45 locked by the notch 83, Fio,<,,. I and 20, on the end -w,,ill of the slot 3i," Fig. 8, in the fr,,tme plate 26 the rocking 'or movable up ri@, ),ht plate 27 is I)ressecl oi7er tnd tl-ie spaced pinions 79 are pl,,teed in front of the ends 50 of the two series of rttek teel-,h 82 and ready to inter-mesh Nvi,th s,,tid rack teeth @vhen the arm 90 i-noves the rack plate 80 toiv,,trd the pilri 111, Figs. 5 and 6@ At tl-ie stme time the encl of the upper ai-ju of the sprin(,- 46 55 is b(,nt clov,,,.tni-w,,trd by ti-@e depression otthe pluiilyer 32 c,,trryin g dowiiwtr@'I the arm of the iirge bell-erink 58 ,tnd a'rolle 84 oii r arm 67 therewith pressin,g said roller into the V-shaped - Lipper end of the heart shaped 60 cai-n 85 to hold it ,tt the zero position. The cam 85 st,,inds at zero with its V-shal)e,-l a iaht 86 wii@h . point down-ward tow rd a w4, in cup shaped d 'fi: 55 and the the @rim of the is 1,,trger portion of the heart shaped cam 85 is belo'W the arbor of the cup shaped disk 65 55 to tliereby provide a double @veight -which automaticary moves the disk 55 back to zero by gr,,tvity -when -said disk is releued by,the.plunger 32 oi-i the,,Lrbor or shaft 54.1 The roller 84 moves ,tround the heart sliaped 70 caiii, should clisk 55 1,,Lg in i@eturilino- to zero by y n gravity, thereb ' i suring its @ retufn wlien the plunger 32 is presseci downward to the -set @ position. A small leaf spring 87, Fig. l@, is provided 7,5 betweeii the cup-shaped disk 55 and the tootheo, gear wheel 53 to press saicl cupsl-iaped registeri g dis 55 % to-wtl,d the movable upright pl@ ite 27 to thereb.v se--oirtte the lugs or pro ' ections 56 froia-i their en- 80 gagoment betive @,n @ the teeth of the o-e,,tr -wheel 53 thereby permitting s,,tid regriste,7in.g disk 55 to atitom,,ttically rotate and rc,,ttirn to zero by gravity, as hereinbefore clescribed. Tlle movable pl,,tte 2Z is rocked sidewise 85 by the manual downivtrd presstire on -the @lunger 32 -which moves the arin of the bcllcrank 58 downward beino, P-'Ltided in line by the returii. bend end 88 (@f said irm 58 which end 88, Fi.-Is, 5@ 6, 10 and li@ exteii,:Is@ go aroul -id the edge, of the plate 26, the pi,essure on the plunger 32 inoving saicl end 88 downward into. the stop n tch 89: a 0 s sliowli in dotted outline in Fig@ 5, the plate 58 being shown in solid line in Fig. 6 in sqid I.oivered 95 Tiosition. The notch 89 f-ol-.ms t stop for the horizont,,il arin of th;a bell-crvnk 58 in its d6wnw,,Lrd niovement. The upper end of the vertical trm 6f the bell-crank lever 58 is turned to one side, lis@ 100 shown at 90, Figs. 5, 6, 7 and 8, to enoage, a sl)rino- dog or second spriiio- bell-crank- lover 91, - which is sm,,tll'find piva-ally att,,tclied to an upwpbrdly projecting 1 92 6n the rack ug pltte 80. The dog or bell-crank 91 has 105 the down-wardly projecting arm 93 which actg . as a trigger to diseiigage the hook sbaped arm 94 of, S,,tid bell-crank 91 from the angularly turned end 90 of the vertical' arm of the larger spriilg bell-crank 58 wh,--n iio it ciraw:s the rack plate 80 in the re'Lurn to zero moven-ient. The sm,,tller bell-crank 91 is 'also sprinly controlled ag shown by the 'ing 95@ ll'ig. 5, the st)rin 95 smtll 16al s@r O' permitting, as sho-wn in dotted otltiil@'e in 115 Fig. 5, the snap engagertient of the hooked arm 94 by the angular: oi- 1-iooked end 90, the trig-ger ,Lrm 93 having a stop 96 against wh-'I-ch the spi-iii u 95 presses +.lie aria 93 except when -71 the be _crank lever 91 is 120 engaged by the hooked encl 90 whicli 's durI ing the time that the plunger 32 ancl large bell-crank lever 58 Lre in the, fiorm,,tlly lo,@,%,ered position, as shown in Figs. 1, 6 ind 11 in -which position the parts of the meistir- 12,1, in e in te achin are lockect standing ready with e pressure and measurino, r , ollers iO and 47 separa;ted ready foil the insertion of the
[4]material to be measu-red; the end of -@said mater@.al to be measurecl beinly placed exactly at the edge of. the blade 36. The operation bf measurino- after tl-i6 ma,- 6 terial is iiiserted continlies as follo-w:. The plunger 32 is released by moving the rocl@:- ,n,,,, plunger 32 away fr@m the encl wall of t _e iiotch 31' thereby ermittino- the full I p I t@ force of the spring 62 to press upward 6n 10 the encl 88 of the horizontal arm of the bellcrank lever 58, the eiid 64 of the spring - 62 engag:ing in a notch beneath the lug 57 1 Lipon which the rockin plunger 32 is loosely 9 mount.ed prefernbly through i illoie in the i5 lug 57 with a cotter pin to hold, it loosely in place so that i'L, may rock b,ackward ancl forwarci into and out of the lockino- notch 83. The upward movement of the plunger 32 is stopped at the , req-Liired point by the firm 20 contacting of the spring pressed vertical arm of thebell-crank 58 when it strikes aga,inst the stoppino, lug 97 Fig. 3, on the P,dg,3 of Ihe plate 26. Said lug 97 is preferab ek from the edge of the sheet metal 'y stru 5 p late 26. In this operation the, turned @end 90 of said vertical arm has also moved b@ck the r,-Lelc 80 and ret-Limed the gears 76 ind 77 to zero %nd withdr,,twn a slidino, cover plate 98, Figs., 7 and 9. S,,tid eirm 90 ex30 tends up tlirough the notch 99 of sai.d plate 98 and enga Yes against the lug.1 00, t6 thereby di@a-w s,@id cov6r plate 98 t6-@vard the stop 97; in -whicli position the numerals ,on the registering disk and -aears are fully 35 disclosed through the oi:)enings 101 andlo@, said holes 101 and 1.02 @l-iowing through the lp,rger opei'linas 33 in cover 27, as shoivn iii Fig. 4. The -point 103 in the opening 101 m,,trIKS tlie exact zero position of the 1,,trge 40 dIS13: 55 when the registering m,-chanism is ret-Lirneci to zero, as shown in Fig. 7. The 1:)Iate 98 is slidably held in line by a screw 104 in the slot 106, which screw eiiters the top of the.frame plate 26 in hole 106 as 45 sliown in Figs. @ and S. The opi)osite end of the plate 98 is held in line by tl-ie uptLirned i-Lig 107, Fig. @, on the top of frame@ plate 26. The hooked end 90 is hald in line in tl@e50 slot 108, as shown in Fig. 8. The slidably n-iounted rack pltt6 80 is pressed a@)Tay from the ho6lKed end 90 by a coil spri-ng 109 Fig. 5, Lround the stud 28, one spriii(r I - end eng,aging beneath a lug 110 Struck irom @prin@- end e 55 the . plate 80 ancl the othe,. t, ngaging aro-Lind the releasing -Din Ill for the trigget drm 93 of the sm@l@ bell-crank 91. This ,trrap-geiiieiit of the sdring 109 presses the rack plate -80 firmly -tway from the hoolc 60 90. The racli: piece 82 extends tlirough a slot 112 as shown in Fio, 1- 1-@, l@ ancl Figs. 10 and 11. The projectinu teeth 82 stril@ce agtinst the en4 of ti-le sl-ot thereby limiting the inovement aw,,ty from tl-ie hooked end 90 i2379@-159 when released from the hook arm 94 of 65 sprinu coiitr6lled bellcrank 91. VI@en the mechanism is in positioli for registeri--q the measuremeiit thematerialto 9 beme,,tsuredmaybedrtwn through between the pressure roller 40 and iiie,,Lsuring roller 70 47 in either direction, the for-ward movement of saicl materi,,tl rotatino,- the roller 47 and. sha'lt 48 with pinion 52 thei,on, which piiiion meshes in tl-ie toothed gear wheel 53 lhereby turning the large ineasuring disk 55. : The 75 b,,tcli:ward movement of the material through the rollers 40 and 4@ reverses this action permit@uing the correction of an over measurement. For cloth@ and similar meq@slirements, tho large disl@: 55 is divided into @ the 80 thirty-six inch measuremeiit of one yard. The first lorge numeral registering gear 76 engages the projecting tooth 113 o-n the disli:l 55 betwe@n its teeth 114. The7 second large@:numeral gear -wheel 77 is inoved one 85 step by lug 115, @Fios. 10 aiicl 11, on Nvheel 76 when a teia yarxn@eastirement h,,ts been recorded@ on wh6el i6, which registeringmechanism, may be continued by adcling aeLdition,,tl hig@l-ier numeral wheels when larger go measurements ,tre necessary, as for eximple in clotli.@mills. @. The @ return of the reisterino@ mecha.iiism to zero ,tfter ,i m@-as,,ireraent is @tt,-.ined is ,Is follows: The pl-Linger 32 is I)ressed dow:n- 95 -ward,@ the initi,,tl pressiil-,e pressing the vertical w,,ill of the lug 66 onto the, stirface of the roller 11 6, Figs. 3 and 13, -which roller is n-iounted 6n a piii 11 @ on the iiiner edge of the i@ocl@ plate 27 ,it one sicle 6f the arbor 100 54', 'said rollers 116 being showii unmounted in order to sho-w the pin 117 ii-itegrtl with the loelc pl,,Lte 27, and tho, fl,,t-.iged roller 73, on Sliici arbor is eiitered in the, open ended sl t 118 in the inner edge, of s,,ticl rocii: pl@te 105 117. Th.- press LiTe of the @lug 66 o--q the roller 116 i)reqses the ro-cl@ic pd!itte 2@ ,tncl roller 73 oil arbor 54 -,Avay fi-om @the dislt ' 55, wliieh disk 55 @.s pree,s@d by the curved leaf sprin.- 87@ ,tgairSt said roller 73 thereby folloA"Vili@ 110 the rocl@: plate 27 aiid i,,,Ithdr,@lwing the proj@-etions 56 from eiigagem-ent with tha tootl-ied ge,,tr wheel 53, the coil spring 74 -,,Ilo",ing this side-",ise movemelat Of these parts. 'Tl-ie release of the@ registerino- dislc 115 55 -rees s,,tid: elisk from restr,,lint ,tnd the gr,-,@,vi4-y Aveiq--Iits 85 and 86 hereiilbefore, d escribed, as,,@ert then,.selves turning said disli: 55 @to 'i@he zero position. Th(, pluilg er 32 continties its cl6wn-,nr,,lrd moveme-nt Lr@itil end 88 120 stril@es tl-ie no'LChed stop 89 Fig. 5 iii ivhlch position th,.- ii0@'uch 83 is in correct position to eiig@tlol-e the e.nd -wall of slot 31, 'Its Si-,own i.n Fig. 8 +hereby plicing ,Lll the parts in Ill or,-nal locked t e set or n position. This 125 sidewise mo-%Ter@ent in thp- registe-iiio, mechaDiSM tOt,tll.)T discoiineet's: the - me"2'asu-ring roler@ 4@ from the registering mechanisni so
[5]1,379@159 th@tt s,%id roller 47 ma, .y be rotated or splin in either direction 'V'Vithou'L disarraiiging the niechtnism o'L 'GIie m@gchip-e, in any way. This total. disconiie-@tioii is an essential feature since tl-ie large lTnLirled roll(,,r 47 is easily rot,,tted by catching upon tl-ie g.%rments or by mailual interference N@l-iile st,iiading in the norma-Ily set 1)ositio--I-i. The sid.eaiise mover-Qent of the pl@tte 27 10 moi,(,s etch of tli.e geails 79 i-nto coi,rect position in froiit of its respective series of rack tootli 82 to thGP-,bv retiirn the higher or yard numer,,tl regis@erinff @,e@trs 76 and '@7 to zero iyhen the rack holdiiio,- pl,,tte 80 15 is moved endvvise tow,,ti@d the stop 97. This endii,ise movenient is ttt,,tined by the ei-.igagement of the, hooked eiid 90 with the sprin(,r hooked arm 94 of the sm,,tll spring bellei-ank 91 so tha'L wlien the plunge@r 32 20 i.s released from the notch 83 in slot 31' ,,tnd springs -Lipw,- @rd -Linder ti-,,, force of sprin g 62 i-,he t.urned end 90 dra.- vvs the small bell-er,i,nk 91 ancl racli: plate over un'u-il '-he loiver end@of the tri(ro-er arm 94 strikes the 25 piii Ill thereby releasino, s,,tid t-LiriieCt end 90 from the hooked arm 94 ,tnd le@ttilig the spring I)ressed i-,tcl,, pl,,tte 80 spi-in(- b,,tek t i-ii the to Dorm,,tl pos'tion. At the stme i e arm 90 draws the cover plate 98 back into 30 cori.ect position to uncovei, the ntimeral openings 101 ,ind 102 and also simliltaiieously moviiig the roller 84 Liid the arm .ttt,.tche4 thereto -Lipward by meuns of the sprin- 46 carrying Lipiv,,trd t,he I-Li- 66 ancl relieving 35 th6 roller 116 from the siceavise pi,essi-ire on rocli:ino, plate 27, thus permitting the spring 'i4 to prc@ss the rocker plate 27 ,tnd disk 55 b,,tek,into engagemeiit with the toothed ge,,Lr wlieel 53, tlius returnitig ,tll the parts to 40 the regis@ering position for a new mecisilirement. Click springs 125 ancl 126, Fi@o:s. 7 and 8, engage the teeth of the gears -i6 and 77 thei-@by preserving the line, up of tlie itti45 meralson said ge,,trs, which n-LLmerals correspond@to the iiurnber of teetl-i on the pinioli @9. For example in sa-id pinion '@9 there ILre ten teeth and a space or straight side uiltoothed and oi! th6 gear -wheels 76 'Cl@ild 50 77 there are ten numerals- hence wheii the racl@c teeth 82 tlirn the higher numeral gears 76 tiid 77 the, correct nttmber of:teeth to restore each of said higher nlimeral ge,,trs to the zero position in which they sttiid oppo55 site one i-notlier alid sho-w thro-Ligli the two openings 102, s,,tid@ rack teeth 82 eng,,toe the untoothecl portion. of the geai-s 79 slip pin@, past said gears so tha-t they remain in coirect positicn. Thus for example, if 60 the, number of 3,,,ti@ds on tl-ie.gears @6 and 77 were 'Uweiityniiie, the gear @7 would show .tl-ie 2 and the gea@r 76 the 9. The pinions 79 would h,,tve rp-o@ved one for the gea,r 77 two poiiits and for@ the gear '@ 6 nine points 65 sotliat in ret riiiiig, to zero s,,iid rack teeth 89, wolild 'tirn back t]-ie pinion for gear,@7 the t@vo 'ceell-h incl then slip by, while the series of rack teetli foi, o-ea.i, 'T6 -"TOUIO, Move the ],)Inion and said gear baclr- nine points - .iid thell sli.p bv, tllereby returning s,,tid 70 . . I 1)iiii oiis aiicl o-ears to the zero position -with gi!ea t Th(i sliding cover plate 98 is provicled foit,@e iium-erals oii disl,: 55 an(I gears 76 alicl @i i- so tli,,,t -.1ic, operator -will not be mis- 75 le(I by tl-ie chingiiig niiiner,,tls oli said registei @i' n@,, dislc ajid gear iitheel. Tt si@otild also be notecl thit the downi@,,,i rd movemei-it oT- 'Lhe pltinger 32 carries do",-nAiai-d the rollel, 84 oD. the, piArote(I arm 80 6iso tha'Ll saicl roller 84 centers the gr,,Lvity retui @ned heart shaped ctm 85 ,tnd th(-,reby resili ently 1-iolds 'Llie registering (lisk 55 at '111- io zei-o ])ositi-on, as desci-ibed. ' L'he do'",n-,vard Tn,)vement of tl-ic plunger 8 @5 32 also t limited doiinw,,ird presstire oli the spriiig 46, tl-ie short arm o'L -which ejit,,io' es in the piltotally mountecl roller supporti -@-i(r plate 41 for the lo-wer roller 40, the pre sure being limited by the stop 89 Fig. go 5, for the do-,vnii,-,Lrd movement of the bellcraii k 58. This stop of the do-,vnivard movement of the spring 46 emoves its p r ressure from t,lie plate 41 ancl i-oller 40, thereby permilti nc,- said roller 40 to drop by gravity 95 awti y from the roller 4:7 and release the ma'ueri 'al @-o '@)e measured from tlie clamping grll:) of the rlibber ancl k-,ilirled surfaces of said rollers, the exact end o-@'- the measurement having been first m,,trked by the clown- :Loo i@,,,ird movement of tl-ie knif@ 34 which iiotches the e,-',O'e of the material tt the extet eiid of th@ meastirement as registered by the registeriiig mechinism. It -will be iiole d th,,it tl-ie rec,,istering disli: 55 is returned lo5 to zero by the cloivni@7,trd moi,-ement of the plun ger 32 and th@tt the higlier ilumeral ge,,t rs 76 and 77 qre re-turiied to the zero posit ion bv the upwar,-l movement of.s,,tid plun -el, 32. This arr,%ngement is m,-tde so 110 that gaid disk tnd gears will iiot set a(y,,tinst one, another in their return to zero movement s' Wben the machine is attached to the edge of the counter or otlier silpport' 119 with il5 the parts in iiormal position, all that the ol)er ator needs to kno@-,v concerning its constriie tion and use is to always start ivitli the niachine in the set position @l-iown in Fig. 1. The material to be measured is -Lirst inserted 120 betw een the, rollers 40 tnd 41 Avith its end cl' j acent the pl,-,te 36. The pltin(yer 32 is then releas(-d, the -Lipward spring movement of siicl plun(Yer beiiig easecl by the dash pot 60 to prevent j,,trr the differeiilu- portions 1 25 o'l the mechtnism, release returns all the parts to the registering position for the measlirement. The material is theii drawn throug-h until the exlet amouiit of the ineasuremen'u is registered oi). the registering I$ 0
[6]1,3792159 disk and Lyear@, at -whi6l-i point said mtferl,,tl IS niDtcheA by the oper,-Ltor by the spring kniie 34 thereby marking 'Uhe end of the measurement. The plunger 32 is again set by the oper,,ttor thereby covering the numerals -Lnd opening the rollers ready for a ne-,w meastirement. The cover 98 is _qecessit,,Ltecl by the operitor's li,,Lbili'uy 'uo confusion cltlring the return to zero moveinent o-l' the 10 registering V17heels sl-iould they be left unc6vered, ind also on accout-it 6-L' the iinprovecl appearance. The measuring inael-iine is pre-L'erubly ,tttached to the edge of the couiiter, table or 15 other suppor' 119, Fig. 1, by meaiis of ILigs 120 @iiid 121, Figs. 1, 5 and 7, the lu 120 having ,t horizontal slot 122 Itnd the lug 121 haviiig a vertical or hooked slot 123. Spaced screws or nails 124 are provicied in @20 the bdgle oi the counter or other supl)ort 119 and the ILigs 120 tnd 121 cire pl,,Lced sufficiently belo-", the shelf- 39 so that said shelf n-i,,ty rest upon the supp6rt 119 and 6ne of the spaced nails 124 iii,,iy be first received 25 in the horizontal slot 122 preferably pressino- to the bottom of said open ended slot permitting the turning doivn",ard of the machine so th,,it the hooked slo'Ll 123 in the lug 121 can hook tightly over the opposi'e 30 nail or screw. Since the manual pressure upon the machine is either donvn)vard or endwise as in dr,,twing material to be r-qeisured theretlirough, this ii-ietho-d 0-' attach menit is preferred. In 'che design ol th6, 35 maehine ancl the n-iethod of attaclimed-t to the support it is pi-efer,,Lble to h,,tve a rounded or smooth ex@Lerior -with as f-ew projections to ca@tch the clothing of the operator as -possible. 40 In order to briefly describe the operttion which has been so fully 1-ier-,inbefore given it should be borne in mind that the oper@ttor starts -with the pltinuer 32 in the norm,,Ll locli:ecl @ pos@ltion inid@W,,Ly of ti-ie return 1--o 45 zero actuation of the registerinz mech-,inisni and the inch registering clisk sC-,Lnds zero. The operator first insei-ts the cloth into position bet-ween the rollers 4-0 aiid 47 ,,tnd, holdin- the clotli in positioii releases the .5 o locli:edpluno-er 32 by ptisliiii@g @iu sicle-,wise or ,%-w@Ly from roller 4@ thereby permitting tli6 sprilag 62 to move or spring said plunger 32 iip-w,,trcl Lintil the up'Wardl37 ex tending arm of the bell crank 58 strikes a stop on 55 ihe plate 26. As hereinbefore described tl-iis up-ward movement of th6 pliinger rettirng the yard rep,,istering (lisks tol zero, thereby completin(-, ihe ret-Lir-n to zero actiiation. This movement also clainps the cloth be6o tween the rollers 40 ,tiid 47 so that the operator can driw the cloth bet-weeii s,@lid rollers as rapidly is desire,-l Lintil the end of the measurement reaches the line 6f tl-ie knife 34 when saicl Iiiiife 34 may be R-Loveci 65 downward catting a notch aiid n-iarking the end of the me,,isurement. As the cloth is clrawn throuo-h betnveen the rollers 40 ancl 471 the registering mechanisiii is actuated as hereinbefore describecl, the exact -measurement appea-rino, in the openin(ys 33. The 70 operator then pi@esses tlle pltinger 32 dolATnwarcl to its stop 89 ,tnd into its normally locli@ecl position@ as shown in Figs. I and 6 thereby releasing tl-ie cloth ,tild resetting the inch disk of the measliriiig m eel-i,,tnism 75 ready '-or a neiv n-ieasurement. It is apparent 'Lrom this brief description th,,Lt the norr-nil position of the, meps-Liring mechanism is illidia,@ly 0 the rettirii to zero actiiation of said registeri-,ig meeliqnisni 80 -@vhich positio.-i letves the r6llers 40 and 47 open to i-eceive ,-he el.oth and the release of tl-ie plunuer clianips the cloth aiid F.Dish--g the return to zero; in other -words, the fi@@ll ret,@irn to zero -LetLi,@tion of the reuisterino, 85 mechanism i-q tht'El the inch re,,Yis@'uering disk is retiirned to zero by the do",nw,@Lrd I-novement of the plunger 32 ,liid the return to zero of the yard i-eo-isterino- disl@s is attqlned by the up-",ai-d spi-@ing mol,ement of 90 sai@L pltingei- 315,. This simple I-ne"tsurlnol operation c,%n be repetted I as often ,Ls densired, L',he niacliine being aliir@.ys i-Li p6sition for the reception of the cloth if the pltincer -vay locked position. 32 is in s,,iid midi 95 . I
