US417856A - Joseph black - Google Patents

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` J. BLACK. DELIVERY ATTAGHMENTPOR GAN MACHINES.

180.1117858. Patented Dec. 24.1889.

IIIIIIHIIIIIHIIIIIl IIINIIH UNITED STATES PATENT. OEEICE.

JOSEPH BLACK, OF sAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

.DELIVERYATTAOHMENT Foa CrmivanoHlmas;

SPECIFICATION forming part ef Letters raient Ne. 417,856, dated December 24, lese. Application led July 8, 1889. Serial No. 316,855. (No model.)

To all whom Lft may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH BLACK, a citizen of the United States, residingr in the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented an Improvement in Delivery Attachments for Can-Machines; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates, generally, to the class of can-machines, and it relates especially to the delivering devices therefor, by which the cans are taken from the machines proper and delivered at 'any given point.

Though my invention is applicable to any can-machine from which it is required to receive the cans in a horizontal or inclined position and to deliver them in an upright position,4 it isespecially applicable as an attachment for a soldering-machine, in which the cans are rolled in a suitable way or trough through a batlrof molten solder therein.

My invention consists in the novel combination of the guides or tracks and the traveling carrier, hereinafter fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings for a more complete explanation of my invention, Figure l is a perspective view of my' delivering attachment, looking down upon it from one side and showing it in connection with. the end of a soldering-machine, and showing also one can about to be delivered upon the 'guides or tracks and one can delivered upon the underlying carrier in an upright position. Fig. 2 is a plan of my attachment. Fig. 3 is a cross-Section on -line :v a: of

' Fig. 2.

A is the end of the trough or way of a common forni of can-soldering machine, and B is the usual drlver or chain, which bears upon the top of the series of cans and rolls them along at an inclination in thc trough or way, with their lower ends moving in the solderbath. At the end of this trough'or way, and in communication with its lower side, is a track or guide C, having a back'ange c. Opposite to this track or guide isa track or guide D, which is in communication with the upper side oftthe way or trough A, said trackor' guide D being set at an inclination laterally, or in the direction of its width, as shown in Fgsl and3, and said track or guido D is sufficiently higher, as shown in Fig. 3, than the track; or guide C to give an inclinationguide D has also a back ange d, which may or may not be set at an inclination with respect to the length of the track or guide. The track or guide C is shorter than the track or guide D, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

E is a carrier upon which the cans are to be deposited. The receiving end of this carrier passes under the short track or guide C, and is located in a plane lower than said track or guide. I have here shown the carrier asa belt, though a turn-table orother form of moving carrier might be employed. At the end ofthe longertrack or guide D is a stop d.

The operation of the device is a'.lsollows: The cans, being rolled along, as usual, in the soldering-trough A, reach its end and then roll upon the opposing tracks or guides C D, which, on account of their position, preserve the inclination of the cans. flanges 'c and dof these tracks or guides the cansroll along until reaching the end of the short track or guide O, and still rolling on the longer track or guide D, their lower ends drop olf the end of the short track or guide onto the carrier E below, and this drop, as-

Between the sisted by the previous inclination of the cans and their continuance` at their upper ends on the longer track or guide, causes them to assume an upright position upon the traveling carrier, and this position is assured positively by their contact with the end stop cl ofthe longer track or guide,from which they can release themselves only by turning to a perfectly-upright position, in which position they clear the stop, the can in Fig. 1 being shown about to reach a vperfect position on end. The object of turning the cans on end is to enable the solder-to set better while the can is in an upright position than if it were continued "in an inclined position, as it will set more evenly around the flange on the end of the can, and as the cans are-carried along on the belt the solder has time to cool.

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

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1. Adelivery'attachment for can-machines,

consisting of the combination of the shorter track or guide C, the laterally-inclined longer track or guide D, opposite to the track or guide C and extendinr beyond its end7 said longer track or guide I) having a stop at its end,and the traveling carrier in co1n1nunication with and below the end of the shorter track or guide, said carrier extending opposite to but in a lower plane than the guide or track D, whereby the lower end of the can drops from the track or guide C onto the carrier, while its upper end continues upon the track or guide D, and, meeting with the stop of said y track or guide D, is caused to assume an upright position on said carrier, substantially as herein described.

2. In combination with the trough or way of a soldering-machine in which cans are advanced, the shorter track or guide C, in coininunieation with one Side of the trough or Way, thev laterally-inclined longer track. or guide D, inconnu unication with the other suie of the trough or way and having a Stop atlts end, and the travelingr carrier E below the end ot' the Shorter track or guide, and extending opposite to but in a lower plane than the longer track or guide D7 whereby the lower end of the can drops oit the end ofthe shorter track or guide onto the carrier While its upper end is still on the track or guide l), and, meeting` with the stop of saidtrack or guide D, is caused to assume an upright position on said carrier, substantially as herein described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

JOSEPH BLACK. \Vitnesses:

J No. Ik LYoNS, J'. II. MORSE.

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