US1380360A - Coating-machine - Google Patents

Description

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I COATING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED OCT-23,19IB. 1,380,360. PatentedJune 7,1921.

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1. w. CIOSGROVE.

COATING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-23,1918.

1,380,860. I Patented June 7,1921.

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J. W. COSGROVE.

COATING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED ocnzs, 1918.

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Patented June 7, 1921.

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COATING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-23,1918.

1,380,360. Patented Mine 7, 1921.

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JOHN W. COSGROVE, OF MEDIEORD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO UNITED SHOE MACHINERY CORPORATION, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 23, 1918. Serial No. 259,319.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN W. Cosenovn,

' a citizen of the United States, residing at tain Improvements in boating-Machines, of

which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like reference characters on the drawings indicating like parts in the several figures.

This invention relates to machines by. which a coating of a fluid substance may be applied to various objects. It is of particular utility in connection with the application of cement to edges of the upper portions of shoes; I

The purpose of my invention is to improve generally the efliciency and convenience of apparatus of this character.

A feature of the invention concerns an arrangement permitting a yield of the Worksupport to compensate for varying thlcknesses of work operated upon. For this purpose, the support has a plurality of sections situated opposite the surface by which the fluid substance is applied, one of said sections being fixed upon a carrier against movement toward and from the applying surface, and another section being yieldable with respect to the surface. Such an organization is especially useful in cementing the edges of uppers of rubber-sole shoes of the tennis or sneaker type. In the heel portion of these shoes a junior or counter element is stitched with its lower edge somewhat spaced from the edge of the upper. Preferably, I arrange the fixed section previously mentioned to contact with the projecting edge of the upper, while the yieldable section operates over the junior. By this or-- ganization, a uniform layer of cement is appliedto the margin over both the single layer of the upper material and. the superposed layer of the junior. It allows this work to be done with the junior in place, a much more convenient procedure than that of coating the parts separately.

The work may have portions varying in thickness from the remainder of the surface operated on across the entire width to be coated. To meet this condition, a feature of the invention consists in making yieldable the carrier for the work-supporting sections. Thus, in cementing tennis shoe uppers, when a seam in the work is reached, the fixed and yieldable supporting sections may yieldtogether to facilitate the passage of this thicker portion under the applying member audits even coating'without strain upon the work-engaging members.

The work-support may be moved by the operator underthe control of a lever into active and inactive positions with respect to the applying member, said lever having an arm contacting with different surfaces upon the support in the two positions, and, to relieve the operator of unnecessary effort in holding the support up to effect the coating, another feature consists in so arranging this arm that in the active position it is substantially vertical, whereby the, strain is taken by the fulcrum and little or none transmitted through the lever to the operator.

A further feature of my invention relates to an organization in which the applying means may be readily removed for inspection or cleaning. To this end, the applying member or roll with its contacting side members, and preferably with itsflow-controlling peripheral member, is mounted upon a support with which they are removable as a unit from the frame of the apparatus. To allow this, the roll is joined to its driving shaft by a freely separable connection which adds nothing to the effort required to disassemble its contents in handling.

A further feature has reference to the common control of the application of power to the movable work-engaging means and the flow through the delivery passage from the fluid tank to the work. As it may not always be desired to operate these simultaneously, I prefer to include a separable connection so that one only may be moved. I

have shown a sectional lever connected to a belt shifter for governing the power, and a valve plunger to control the fluid flow, there being a connection to allow the sections to move separately or together.

In apparatus of the character now under consideration, there is a tendency for the fluid contained in the tank to leak back along the valve which controls its delivery to the work. A feature of my invention obviates this difficulty, it providing about the valve a packing of absorbent material impregnated with a substance tending to repel the fluid contents of the tank. Preferably, there is an opening giving an opportunity to supply fresh portions of the repelling substance to the absorbent material.

It is important that the coating fluidin the tank be kept in homogeneous condition throughout so that the application to the work will be uniform, and, when the fluid is thick and the bottom of the tank extends considerably to one side of the discharge opening, it is desirable to employ moving means, so, as the level of the tank contents becomes low, it may be urged toward the opening. It is, however, unnecessary to employ power for constantly mixing and conveying the fluid, and still another feature of this invention lies in means interposed between the source of power and a member movable in the fluid tank for connecting and disconnecting the member from the source, so it may be independent of movement of a work-engaging member driven from the same source. 35

with means for advancing the work to the applying means, a means for in'dicatingthe extent of the work coated. I prefer to actuate this indicating means from the workadvancing means, and, as the latter is but intermittently in effective operation, the indicating means is only at such times under its influence. Herein is shown connecting means, as a clutch, between the advancing and indicatingmeans, this connecting means being controlled by means for moving the advancing means to its effective position. To insure correctness of relation between the time the advancing means becomes effective and the time of actuation of the connecting means, the controlling means is variable in its relation to the means controlled. In thepreferred embodiment of the invention, the controlling means takes the form of a lever arm, the angle of which may be changed, with a consequent change in the time of actuation of the clutch.

Other features will appear-from the following description and claims taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of one embodiment of my invention, with parts broken away and in section;

Fig. 2 is a full end elevation looking from the left in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged top plan view of the machine with parts in section;

Fig. 4 is an end elevation of the worksupporting roll with the outer retaining'element removed;

Fig. 5 is a vertical section on the line 5-5 of F ig.-4;

Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional detail on the line '6-6 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 7 is a top plan view for the applying roll;

Figs. 8 and 9 are sectional details taken generally on the lines 8-8 and 9-*-9, respectively, of Fig. 2';

Fig. 10 shows in perspective the connection between the applying roll and its shaft;

Fig. 11 is an enlarged vertical, transverse section through the applying roll and its more closely associated parts; and

Fig. 12 is an enlarged perspective view of the side wall and slide unit which cooperates with the applying roll.

The active elements of the machine are mounted upon'a frame 10, at the top of and preferably integral with which is located a tank 12 for the fluid, as cement, which is to be applied to the work. This tank delivers to a passage 14 at its extreme left-hand edge, as viewed in Fig 1 of the drawings, an inclined bottom wall 16 directing the cement to this opening. The tank is preferably of the support 1 closed by a cover 18 screwed to the upper edge of its wall, this cover having shown at one side a supply opening closed by a plate 20 pivotally mounted and fixed in place by thumb screws 22. In close proximity to the bottom wall 16 of the tank operates a conveying and agitating member consisting of inclined blades 24 projecting from opposite sides of a hub 26, this being secured upon the lower extremity of a shaft 28 journaled in a boss 30 depending from the under side of the cover. Fast upon the up er end of the shaft 28, above the cover an protected by a housing integral therewith, is a worm wheel 32 meshin with a worm 34 secured to a horizontal shaft 36 rotatable in a continuation of the housing. Carried by the opposite extremity of the shaft 36 is a pulley 38, turning loosely thereon but which may be secured to rotate with the shaft by a jaw or other suitable clutch 40. This is arranged .to be shifted by a lever 42 upon the outer portion 51 of the frame. Upon this sleeve is a fast pulley 52 connected to an external source of power by a belt 54 passing over guide pulleys 56, 56 rotatable at the bottom of the frame. Adjacent to the pulley 52, turning loosely upon the spindle 50 is a pulley 53. Normally the clutch 40 is disconnected and the agitating blades 24*are at rest. If the operator finds that the coating fluid is not uniform in consistency, or if the level of the tank has become so low that it does not flow freely to the passage 14, the clutch is engaged by turning the lever 42 to the left as viewed in Fig. 6, whereupon the agitator rotates, mixing the fluid or forcing it over the bottom of the tank to the discharge passage.

Journaled near the center of the frame above the main driving shaft is a horizontal shaft 58 having fast upon it a'gear 60 meshing with a pinion 62 secured to the driving sleeve. At the opposite end of the shaft 58 is an annular flange 64 furnishing a thrust bearing and having across its outer face a projection 66 adapted to enter a slot in a cylindrical boss 68 situated concentric with the axis upon one face of a fluid-applying roll 70. A cylindrical projection 72 extending from the projection 66 in the axis of the shaft 58 enters a bore in the middle of the roll, serving to center it. The roll is held between side walls 74, 74 of a support 76. From the exterior of the inner wall 74 is a shank or projection 78 entering a socket 80 in a vertical wall 82 of the frame situated just at one side of the passage 14 from the tank. The shank is securedin the socket by a set screw 84- threaded through the wall of the frame. In the upper edge of each of the walls 74 is a depression 86 (Fig. 7) to receive a flange 88 upon a side plate 90 arranged for contact with the corresponding side of the roll and with a wall 74. These plates at their lower edges are beveled, converging toward the sides of the roll. They are held against the roll with the inner plate forced against the inner wall 74 by a screw 92 threaded through the outer wall and held in its adjusted position by a lock nut 94. The plates 90 prevent the passage of cement from the tank past the sides of the applying roll. In ways 96 in the upper edges of an upwardly inclined 'portion of the walls 74, and with its inner edge cooperating with the downwardly traveling portion of the periphery of the roll, is a fluid-controlling slide or scraper 98. The outer end of the slide has a' flange 100 depending over the end wall of the support and mounted for rotation in this flange is a screw 102, which may be turned by a head 104. It is threaded into the support wall at 106, so when rotated it moves the slide in its ways to vary the distance between its inner edge and the periphcry of the roll, thus governing the amount of fluid which may pass to the work. To hold the slide in its adjusted position, a set screw 108 passes through the flange 100, conintersecting inclined wall. Thus the escape of cement is prevented, except between the periphery of the applying roll and the edge of the slide. It will be seen that the roll and its cooperating members, the side plates and slide, together with their support, furnish a unitar'ystructure which may be removed from the frame by merely loosening the set screw 84, the shaft projections 66 and 72 separating from the cooperating slot and bore in the roll to permit this. In the applying surface of the rolls 70 are depressions 112 to convey more effectively the coating fluid t9 the work.

To control the flow of fluid from the tank 12, there is operating in the passage 14 a valve 114, of the plunger type, mounted to reciprocatein a horizontal bore 116 in the frame beneath the bottom of the tank. At the end, within the passage 14, the valve member is beveled upon its upper side at .118, this inclined end serving to cleanly cut the fluid instead of forcing it before the extremity of the valve and tending to press it downwardly upon the applying roll.' The central portion of the valve plunger is'reduced at 120, being there surrounded by a sleeve 122 of absorbent material, as felt. Preferably, this sleeve is impregnated with a substance tending to repel the cement to prevent its leakage along the plunger. erosene is suitable for this purpose, and to introduce a fresh supply for the absorbent material there is at 124 a hole through the frame, communicating with the bore 116. Pivoted upon the inner end of the valve is a block 126 arranged to slide in the divided end portionof a lever 128 fulcrumed at 130 upon the frame. This lever moves over an inclinedframe-surface 132, in which are two openings 134, 134 engaged by a latch 136 sliding through the lever and operated by a handle 138. A spring 140 forces the end of the latch member against the frame, so that when it is over one of the openings 134 it will enter and lock the lever 138 in either a position in which the valve 114 opens or closes the tank passage 14, and thus permits the fluid to flow to the applyingroll or shuts off its delivery. At the opposite side of the fulcrum of the-lever 128 from the connection to the valve plunger is pivoted at 142 a rod 144 mounted to slide horizontally in the frame. This rod carries at its outer end a fork 146 engaging the belt 54. \Vhen the I prefer to make the lever 128 in two sections, there being an arm- 145 carrying the block 126 and independently pivoted upon the fulcrum of the lever, overlaying the main body to which it may be secured by a pin 147. When the pin is withdrawn from engagement with the main portion of the lever 128, the belt shifter may be moved to carry the belt 54 to either the .fast or loose pulley while the valve 114 remains undisturbed.

Fulcrumed at 148 upon the main frame is a carrier lever 150, in which is journaled a horizontally extending shaft 152 rotatable from the shaft.58 by equal ratio gears 154. At the outer extremity of this shaft 152 is mounted a Work-supporting roll 156. This roll has a hub 158 (Fig. 5) clamped against a thrust flange 160 upon the shaft by a nut 162 threaded upon a reduced end portion of the shaft. The hub has at its outer end an annular flange forming a disk'164, the inner or right-hand face of which, as viewed in Fig. 1, is preferably in vertical alinement with the corresponding face of the applying roll 70. The flange furnishes at its periphery a fixed work-supporting section of the roll 156, considered with relation to a relatively movable section, consisting of a ring 166 equal in diameter to the flange 164, the

peripheries of the flange and ring being normally alined. The ring is held between the vertical face of the flange and a circular late or disk 168 separated from the flange y shouldered spacing rods or studs 170, and secured by screws 172 passing through the disk and being threaded into the flange. The edge of the ring gives with the flange a transverse dimension of the supporting roll preferably equal to the full width of the applying roll. To hold the ring in its normal alinement' with the flange while permitting it to yield radially, forked members 174 straddle the spacing rods 170, extending outwardly at each side into engagement with the ring. Between the adjacent sides of the members 174, seated in sockets therein, are helical compression springs 176 which balance one another in effect and hold the supporting members outwardly against the rods and the ring carried thereby in its correct position.

The approach of the work-supporting roll 156 to the applying roll is variably limited by a screw 17 8 threaded into the upper surface of the carrier lever 150 and fixed in its adjusted position by a lock nut 180. The head of the screw 178 contacts with a boss upon the overhanging portion of the frame and is adjusted until, when the carrier lever is raised by the mechanism to be hereinafter described, the supporting roll is so related to the applying roll that the two rotating together advance the material between them to receive the fluid coating. The roll 156 is normally held yield'ably in its raised position in which the work-feeding movement occurs, by an actuating lever 182 fulcrumed at 184 upon the frame below the carrier lever. Between opposed horizontal walls 186, 186 at the outer end of the lever 182 is a pin 188 extending between separated depending flanges 190, 190 of the lever 150.,

In a vertical socket 192 below the lower wall 186, supported upon a. screw plug 194 threaded into the bottom of the socket, is a helical compression spring 196 within a thimble 198 which the spring forces against the pin 188, With the lever 182 fixed in its raised position, the spring 196 permits both sections of the work-supporting roll to yield simultaneously with respect to the applying roll. When a projection upon the work,

with which both the supporting edges of the.

roll portions 164 and 166 contact, passes between the rolls, this yield against the spring 196 will cause a uniform application of the coating and will prevent strain upon the. work-engaging members.

To hold the lever 182, and consequently the lever 150, raised with the rolls in active cooperation, and to permit it to be lowered to stop-the coating. operation, said lever 182 is governed by an operating lever 199. This is shown as a bell-crank fulcrumed at 200 and having a substantiall yertical arm 202,

at the upper end of'whlch is an antifriction roll 204, which may contact with either an approximately horizontalsurface 206 on the under side of the lever 182 or with an adjacent curved depression 208. At the opposite sides of the surface 206 and depression 208 are walls 210, 210 against which the roll204 may rest to limit its movement. Between a substantially horizontal arm 212 of the bell-crank lever and the frame extends a tension spring 214 exerting its effect to hold "the operating lever with the antifriction roll in the depression 208, the

the applying roll. It is to be observed, that when the elements are in the relation just described, the thrustvupon the arm 202 of operator, and little effort is required to hold the machine in its operating position, other than that necessary to overcome the tension of the spring 214. As the pull upon the rod 207 is relaxed, the spring returns the roll 204 to the depression 208 so that the levers 182 and 150 are lowered and the worksupporting roll separated from the applying roll to stop the advance of the material. When the coating is being applied, its location upon the material is determined by an edge gage 213 fixed to the arm 150 and having a vertical wall for contact with the material adjacent to the edge of the section 164 of the work-supporting roll. I have shown mounted upon the gage a pin 215 providing a guide below which the operator may introduce the work and thus avoid catching it between the rolls and the upper edge of the gage, which might cause it to be mutilated. It will be evident that the space throug which the work is advanced in the coating operation, and therefore the length of the surface coated, the width remaining the same for the particular applying roll, Wlll I depend upon the circumference of the supporting roll and the number of times it rotates. Consequently, by connecting properly designed indicating mechanism to the shaft 152, I am able to determine the amount of work treated. A bevel pinion 216 fast on the shaft 152 meshes with a bevel gear 218 secured to the upper extremity of a vertical shaft 220 journaled in bearings 222 in the frame. Fixed upon the lower end of the shaft 220 is a worm 224 meshing with a worm wheel 226 on a short horizontal shaft 228 rotatable in the frame. This driven shaft 228 may be connected with or disconnected from the registering mechanism of a suitable indicator 230 by a clutch 232 actuated by an arm 234 of the lever 182. This arm so engages the clutch, that when the roll 204 of the bell-crank lever is in the depres-' sion 208 of the carrier lever, the clutch members are out of engagement and the indicator does not operate while the work-supporting roll islowered and the material to be coated is not being fed. When, however, the roll 204 is brought beneath the surface 206 to start the feed of material, the arm 234 causes the engagement of the clutch and the operation of the indicator. The indicating mechanism may be so organized that its digit disks 236 will read in inches of length of material coated, or any other convenient terms. To insure the actuation of the indicator' only when the supporting roll is so raised that the coating is being applied, the

connection between the lever 182 and the indicator is made adjustable. I have here illustrated the arm 234 as having a pivoted end section 238, upon which section is an upwardly extending tail 240, through an opening in which extends a screw 242 threaded into the lever 234. The angular adjustment of the section 238 under the influence ofthe screw 242 is maintained by a set screw oted on a bracket 246 located at the rear of the frame near the level of the shaft 58, an

arm 248 having at its outer end a yoke 250. Through alined horizontal openings in the opposite arms of the yoke extends a pin or spindle 252 held frictionally in place for ready removal and replacement by an enlarged end 254. This end and the pin adjacent thereto is split longitudinally so that it may yieldably and separably engage the opening in the inner arm of the yoke, as is illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings. head 256 atthe outer end of the pin facilitates its withdrawal by the operator to receive a roll 258 j ournaled upon it, the periphery of this roll preferably being grooved to receive a layer 259 of such adhesive-material as friction tape or hardened cement;

When the applying roll becomes clogged with the fluid from the tank 12, the operator may swing the cleaning roll 258 from its normal position out of engagement with the applying roll against the periphery of the latter, causing the adhesive material on the cleaning roll to take from the less adhesive metallic surface of the applying roll the hardened material gathered thereon. When the operator wishes to remove the accumulation from the cleaning roll, the pin 252 is withdrawn, the roll taken out, and the surface scraped. 'It is then returned to its spindle in the yoke for further use.

It should be noted that at the rear of the main frame is a space 260 partially inclosed by side and upper walls, into which the horizontal agitator shaft 36, the main driving sleeve 49, the work-engaging member shafts 58 and 152 and the indicator shafts 220 and 228 extend, and in which all their toothed and belt gearing is located. The closure of this space in the frame is completed by a movable panel 262, hinged at 264 on the projecting portion 51 at the rear of the frame and latched by any convenient device at the front. By this arrangement, all the moving parts of the machine which it would ordinarily be necessary to protect by special guards are covered, and an exceedingly neat and .compact arrangement obtained. 1 j

' In considering the general operation of the machine, it may be assumed that the upperof a tennis shoe, having a junior attached to the inside of theirear portion, is being cemented. The roll 204 of the operating lever 199 being in the depression 208 of the actuating lever 182, the work-supporting roll 156 is lowered from coopera-v tion with the applying roll. 70 and the Indicator 230 is not registering. The operator, after opening the valve 114 and 'shifting the belt 54 to the tight pulley 52 by the lever 128, places the work upon the supporting roll beneath-the pin 215 with its bottom edge against the gage 213. The portion 164 of the applying roll is of such width as to engage and coat the space between the lower edge of the junior and the adjacent edge 'of the upper, while the remainder of the applying surface upon the ring 166 is arranged to yield in the passage of the junior beneath it and to cement this and the rest of the edge of the upper to the total desired width. With the work thus positioned, the operator draws down the rod 207 to raise the carrier lever and work-supporting roll, as has already been described. Thls forces the work against the cement-applying roll, causing it to be advanced by the rotation of this and the supporting roll and the cement applied to said work by the pockets in the periphery of the applying roll. As the work advances,the indicator 230, being now driven by the clutch, registers the length cemented, so if the machine is leased to the user an appropriate charge may be made. When the entire edge of the work has passed beneath the applying roll, the operator permits the.

spring 214 to move the roll 204 back to the depression 208, lowering thework-supporting roll and stopping the feed. If the consistency or rate of supply of cement from the tank to the passage 14 is not satisfactory, the operator may throw in the clutch 40 to start the agitator 24, mixing the cement and urging it toward the passage. When work is stopped upon the machine, the handle portion of the lever 128 is moved to the right until the latching pin engages the left-hand opening 134, closing the valve 114 to stop the delivery from the tank, and simultaneously shifting the belt 54 to the loose pulley 53 to discontinue the rotation of the supporting and applying rolls.

Having thus descrebld my invention,

' whatI claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In a machine of the class described, a member having an applying surface, a carrier, a work-supporting member provided with a plurality of sections situated opposite said applying surface, one of said sections being fixed upon the carrier against movement toward and from the applying surface, and-another of said sections being grranged to yield with respect to said surace.

2. In a machine of the class described, a member having an applying surface, and a work-supporting roll provided with a plu rality of sections situated opposite said applying surface, one of said sections being fixed against radial movement and another of said sections being arranged to yield radially.

3. In a machine for applying a fluid sub stance to the edge of material having a superposed layer spaced from said edge, a fluid-applying member, a carrier, and a work-supporting member having a section fixed against movement on the carrier toward and from the applying member and arranged to contact with the projecting edge of material and a section yieldable on the carrier and operating over the superposed layer.

4. In a machine of the class described, a member having an applying surface, and a work-supporting roll including a rotatable disk situated with its edge opposite the applying surface, a plate mounted upon the disk at one side thereof, and a work-supporting member yieldably mounted between the disk and plate.

5. In a machine of the, class described, a member having anapplying surface, and a work-supporting roll including a rotatable disk situated with its edge opposite the applying surface, studs projecting from the disk, members movable over the face of the disk, each member projecting outwardly at opposite sides of one of the studs, sprlngs interposed between the members, and a. Work-supporting ring mounted upon the members.

6. In a machine of theclass described, a

yieldable carrier, a work-supporting member rotatable upon the carrier and having a yieldable section, and an applying member ggiiperatlng with the work-supporting mem r. 7. In a machine of the class described, a yieldable carrler, a shaft journaled therein,

'a roll section fixed to the shaft, a yieldable member relatively movable, a movable car rier for the movable member, actuating means for the carrier, and a spring interposed between the carrier and the actuating means.

10.'In a machine of the class described,

an applying member, a work-supporting roll movable into and out of cooperation with the applying member, a carrier for the roll, actuating means for the carrier, and a spring interposed between the carrier and actuating means.

11. In a machine of the class described, an applying member, a carrier lever, a worksupportlng roll rotatable upon the carrier spring mounted on the actuating lever and cooperating with the pin.

13. In a machine of the class described, a member for effecting the application of fluid to the work, a movable support for the member, and a lever for moving the support, there being surfaces upon the support with which an arm of the lever contacts in the active and inactive positions of the member, said lever arm being vertical with respect to its fulcrum when the member is in its active position.

14. In a machine of the class described, a member for effecting the application of fluid to the work, a lever supporting the member, and an operating lever for moving the supporting lever between active and inactive positions of the member, the point of engagement of the operating lever with the supporting lever being closely adjacent to a vertical l1ne through the fulcrum of said operating lever.

15. In a machine of the class described, a

fluid-applying member, a supporting roll, a

lever upon which the roll is rotatable, said lever being provided at its under side with a plane surface and an adjacent depression and a lever having a substantially vertica arm which may contact with either the surface or depression and another arm, and operating connections joined to the second arm.

16. In a machine of the class described, a fluid-applying member, a supporting roll, a lever upon which the roll is rotatable, said lever being provided at its under side with a plane surface and an adjacent depression,

a bell-crank lever having a substantially vertical arm which may contact with either the surface or depression and a substantially horizontal arm, and an operating connection joined to the horizontal arm.

17. In avmachine of the class described, a

frame, a support secured thereto, an applylng member rotatable in the support, and members carried by the support and contactlng with the ap lying member at each side, the support w1t the applying member and the side members being separable from the frame as a unit.

18. In 'a.machine of the class described, a frame, a support secured thereto, an applying roll rotatable in the support, and members carried 7 by the support cooperating with the roll at each side and at the periphery, the support with the roll and its side and peripheral members being separable from the frame as a unit.

19. In a machine of the class described, a

frame, a shaft journaled therein, a support separably secured to the frame, and a workengaging roll arranged to turn in the support, the shaft and roll having coiiperating connecting means to cause rotation of the roll by the shaft while permitting the ready removal'of the support and roll from the frame. I

20. In a machine of the class described, a frame, a shaft journaled therein, a support separably secured to the frame, a workengaging roll arrangedto turn in the support, members carried by the support and cooperating with the roll, the shaft and roll having connecting means arranged to cause the rotation of the roll by the shaft while permitting the ready removal of the support withthe roll and coiiperating members.

21. In a machine of the class described, a frame, a support having side walls and a projection, means for securing the. projection to the frame, a roll situated between the walls,.and means for holding the roll in place between the walls.

22. In a machine of the class described, a frame, a support having side walls and a projection, means for securing the projec tion to the frame, a roll situated between the walls, side plates interposed between the roll and walls, and means carried by one of the walls for forcing the side plates and roll together and toward the opposite wall.

23. In a machine of the class described, a

frame, a support having side walls, a connecting wall and a projection from one of the side walls, means for securing the projection to the frame, a roll situated between the side walls, side plates interposed between the roll and side walls, and a scraper cooperating with the connecting wall.

24. In a machine of the class described, a frame provided with a socket, a support having end and side walls and a shank projecting from one of the side walls and entering the socket, a screw threaded through the opposite wall, and side plates and an interposed roll mounted between the side walls, with one of which plates the screw contacts.

- a member situated beneath the tank for applying the fluid to the work, and a support for the member separable from the frame.

27. In a machine of the class described, a frame, a tank for fluid integral therewith, a member situated beneath the tank for applying the fluid to the work, means for controlling the passage of the fiuidpast the aplving member, and a support for the aplying member and controlling means separable as a unit from the frame.

28. In a machine of the class described, a frame, a tank for fluid integral therewith, a member situated beneath the tank for ap plying the fluid to the work, means for controlling the passage of the fluid past the applying member, a support for the applying member and controlling means separable as a unit from the frame, and a power-shaft journaled in the frame and having a readily separable connection with the applying member.

29. In a machine of the class described a frame, a tank included therein, there being beneath the tank a horizontal frame wall and at one side thereof a vertical frame wall in the latter of which is a socket, a support having a surface to engage ,the horizontal wall of the frame and a rojection to enter the socket, and an applying roll carried by the support.

30. In a machine of the class described, a frame, a tank included therein, there being beneath the tank a horizontal frame wall and at one side thereof a vertical frame wall in the latter of which is a socket, a support having a surface to engage the horizontalwall of the frame and a projection to enter the socket, an applying roll carried bythe support, and a power shaft extending thi'lough the vertical wall and engaging the ro 31. In a machine of the class described, a fluid tank provided with a passage for delivering to the work, movable means for engaging the work, a valve for controlling the flow of fluid to the work, a source of power, means for controlling the application of power tothe moving means, and an operating member commonto both the controlling means.

plunger and to the belt gaging the work, means for controlling the flow of fluid, a source of power, means for controlling the application of power to the moving means, an operating member common to the controlling means, and a separable connection arranged to allow the operation of one only of the controlling means by the member.

34. In a machine of the class described, a fluid tank provided with a passage for delivering to the work, movable means for engaging the work, means for controlling the flow of fluid, a source of power, means for controlling the application of power to the moving means, an operating member formed in sections, a connection between each controlling member and a section of the lever, and a connection arranged to allow the sections to move separately.

- 35. In a machine of the class described, a fluid tank provided with a passage for de livering to the work, a valve plunger movable across the passage, a movable work-engaging member, a belt for driving said member, a. shifter for the belt, a lever formed in pivoted sections, to which sections the valve plunger and belt shifter are pivoted, and a separable connection between the sections.

36. Ina machine of the class described, a fluid tank provided with a discharge passage, fluid-applying means cooperating with the passage, a valve for controlling the flow to the member, and a packing of absorbent .material impregnated with a substance repelling the fluid contained in the tank and surrounding a portion of the valve.

37. In a machine of the class described, a fluid tank provided with a discharge passage and a valve-receiving passage, there being an opening into the last-mentioned passage, fluid-applying means cooperating with the discharge passage, a valve plunger mounted to reciprocate in the valve-receiving passage, and an absorbent sleeve surrounding the plunger and extending across the open- 1n'g. p 38. In a machine of the class described, a fluid tank provided with a discharge passage and a valve-receiving passage, there being an opening into the last-mentioned passage, a fluid-applying means cooperatmg with the discharge passage, a valve plunger fitting at its ends the valve-receiving passage and having an intermediate reduced portion, and an absorbent sleeve surrounding the reduced portion of the plunger and cooperating with the opening.

39. In a machine of the class described, a fluid tank provided. with a discharge passage and a valve-receiving passage, there being an opening in the last-mentioned passage, a fluid-applying means cooperating with the discharge passage, a valve plunger mounted to reciprocate in the valve-receiving passage, and an absorbent sleeve surrounding the plunger and impregnated with the substance repelling the fluid contained in the tank, said Lsleeve extending across the opening to receive therethrough afresh supply of the fluid-repelling substance.

40. In a machine of the class described, a tank from which fluid is delivered to they work,..a movable work-engaging member, a. member movable in the tank, a source of power from which both members may be moved, and means arranged to disconnect the power from the tank member.

41. In a machine of the class described, a tank from which fluid is delivered to the work, a shaft rotatable therein, an agitator operated in the tank by said shaft, a second shaft, a Work-engaging member operated thereby, a power shaft, gearing between the power shaft and agitating and work-engaging member shafts, and a clutch arranged to connect the gearing to the agitating shaft.

42. In a machine of the class described, means for applying fluid to the Work and advancing said work in cooperation with the applying means, and means for indicatifingdthe extent of the work coated with the 43. In a machine of the class described, means for applying fluid to the work, means for advancing said work in cooperation with the applying means, and indicating means operated by the work-advancing means only While the fluid-applying means cooperates with the Work.

44. In a machine of the class described, means for applying fluid to the work, means for advancing said work in cooperation with the applying means, means for controlling the effective operation of the advancing means, and length-indicating means actuated from the work-advancing means only when said advancing means is in effective operation.

45. In a machine of the class described, means for applying fluid to the work, a movable work-advancing member, means for moving the advancing member into and out of cooperation with the applying member, means operated with the advancing member for indicating the advance of the work. means for connecting and disconnecting the indicating means to and from its operating means, and means arranged to control the connecting means from the moving means.

46. In a machine of the class described, means for applying fluid to the work, a movable work-advancing member, means for moving the advancing member into and out of cooperation-with the applying member, means operated with the advancing member for indicating the advance of the work, means forconnecting and disconnectin'g the indicating means to and from its operating means, and means arranged to control the connecting means from the moving means, said controlling means being variable in its controlling relation to the means controlled.

47 In a machine of the class described, an applying member, a work-supporting roll movable toward and from the applying member, a space indicator, an operating connection between the indicator and supporting roll, and means acting in the movement of the work-supporting roll for controlling the operation of the indicator.

48. In a machine of the class described, an applying member, a movable work-supporting roll, a space indicator, an operating connection between the indicator and supporting 'roll, means for moving the supporting roll into and out of cooperation with the applying member, and means under the influence of the moving means for controlling the operating connection.

49. In a machine of the class described, an applying member, a movable work-supporting roll, a space indicator, a connection including a clutch between the indicator and supporting roll, and means including a lever for moving the supporting roll, there being a connection between the lever and clutch.

50. In a machine of the class described, an applying member, a movable work-supporting roll, a space indicator, a connection including a clutch between the indicator and supporting roll, and means including a lever for. moving the supporting roll, the lever having an arm arranged to cooperate with the clutch.

51. In a machine of the class described, an applying member, a movable work-supporting roll, a space indicator, a connection 1ncluding a clutch" between the indicator and supporting roll, means including a lever for moving the supporting roll, there being a connection between the lever and clutch, and means arranged to vary the relation of the last-mentioned connection to the connected elements.

52. In a machine of the class described, an applying member, a movable work-supporting roll, a space indicator, a connection 1nclnding a clutch between the indicator and supporting roll, means including a lever for moving the supporting roll, the lever having an arm arranged to cooperate with the clutch, and means arranged to vary the angle at which the arm engages the clutch.

53. Inamachine of the class described, an applying member, a movable work-supporting roll, a space indicator, a connection including a clutch between the indicator and supporting roll, means including a lever for moving the supporting 'roll, the lever having an arm arranged tocooperate with the clutch, said arm including pivoted sections, and means arranged to vary the angle between the sections.

54. In a cementing machine, an applying roll having a circumferential series of depressions to receive cement and deposit it upon the work, and a cleaning roll movable into and out of cooperation with the applying roll and provided with a surface adapted to adhere to the cement in the depressions and remove it therefrom.

55. In a machine of the class described, a fluid-applying roll, an arm pivoted adjacent thereto, a support upon the arm opposite the roll, and a cleaning roll rotatable on the support for contact with the applying rotatable upon the pin.

57. Inamachine of the class described, a frame including a tank and having a partially 'inclosed space extending at one side of the,tank, an agitating shaft journaled near the top of the frame, work-engaging members and shafts therefor journaled below the tank, a driving member rotatable in the frame and projecting into the frame space, and gearing between the driving member and the agitating and engaging member shafts located in the space, the frame having a movable panel completing the closure of the space over the earing.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

- JOHN W. COSGROVE.

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