US1331369A - Driving-disk and carrier for braiding-machines - Google Patents

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S. S. PICARD. DRIVING DISK AND CARRIER FoR BRAIDING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED 0CT.27| I919.

Patented Feb. 17, 1920.

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S. S. PICARD.

DRIVING DISK AND CARRIER FOR BRAIDING MACHINES. APPLICATION FILED 00127. 1919.

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DRIVING DISK AND CARRIER FOR BRAIDING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED OCT- 21. 1919.

1,33 1,369. Patented Feb. 17,1920.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STANISLAS S. PIGARD, 0F PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

DRIVING-DISK AND CARRIER FOR BRAIDING-MACHINES.

Application filed October 27, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STANISLAS S. PIGARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented new and useful Improvements in Driving- Disks and Carriers for Braiding-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in a driving disk and carrier for braiding machines, and it has for its primary object to provide an improved construction wherein the carrier is steadied so that the load or bobbin will be balanced and a much higher speed made possible in operating the machine.

Briefly, the invention consists in forming the driving disk adjacent its upper and lower faces with pockets for receiving and giving support to the conforming carrier at the top and bottom thereof.

The invention further resides in such features of construction and the arrangements and combinations of parts hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of a driv ing disk and a pair of carriers cooperating therewith, the gear being in section;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the driving disk and showing more clearly the manner of supporting a carrier; and

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the disclosure made in Fig. 1.

As is clearly depicted in Figs. 2 and 3, the driving disk 1 is formed in its upper and lower faces with peripheral, substantially semi-circular pockets 2 leaving an intermediate web or support 3. The pockets are arranged in cotiperating pairs vertically alined and designed to receive the top and bottom cylindrical heads 4 of the carriers 5 whereby the latter will be supported top and bottom. The reason and advantage for this particular mounting and support afforded thereby, is that the carrier is steadied making is possible to balance the load or bobbin and use a considerably higher speed in the operation of the machine.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 17, 1920.

Serial No. 333,494.

Depending from the'bottom of the driving disk is an axial support or stub shaft 6 on which is fixed a gear 7 for driving the disk, there being a plurality of such gears intermeshing (usually four in number). One of these gears is connected to the source of power by means of a driven gear not here shown but obvious to those acquainted with the braiding machines.

By this arrangement the carriers will alternately enter the inner part of the circular path and then the outer part thereof. The carriers receive a firm support and are transferred to a like firm seating from one driving disk to another. By thus steadying the carrier a faster operation of the braiding machine is permitted with a better balanced bobbin.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a braiding machine, a driving disk formed in its upper and lower faces with periphereal semi-circular pockets, and a carrier having cylindrical top and bottom heads engageable in the pockets to support the carrier at its top and bottom.

2. In a braiding machine, a driving disk formed in its upper and lower faces with peripheral semi-circular pockets, andan intermediate support, and a carrier having enlarged cylindrical heads engageable in the pockets to support the carrier at its top and bottom.

3. In a braiding machine, a driving disk formed with vertically spaced peripheral seats and formed with an axial depending stub-shaft, a driving gear fixed on the lat ter, and a carrier having portions for engaging in the seats of the driving disk to receive support thereby.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

STANISLAS S. PICARD.

Witnesses Bnssrc P. TooMnY, J. A. MIILER.

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