US1871395A - Upsetting device for barrels and like articles - Google Patents

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Aug. 9, 1932. SNOW UPSETTING DEVICE FOR BARRELS AND LIKE ARTICLES I Fil'ed June 25. 1950' 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR. fiar/ .7. 621014.)

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' K. F. SNOW 1,871,395

UPSETTING DEVICE FOR BARRELS AND LIKE ARTICLES Aug. 9, 1932.

Filed June 25, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 m/vfimoz Ka 7/ .7 5120201 0% M v ATTORNEYS Patented Au 9, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT. orrlcs KARL F. SNOW, OF 'BREGKSVILLE, bHIO, ASBIGNOR TO THE C. O. BARTLEIT Q SHOW GOHPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO} .L COBPO RATION OF OHIO UPBE'FT ING DEVICE FOR ZB AIRBELS AND LIKE ARTICLES Application fled June 25,

barrels after the same have been pamted or coated due to the fact that such u setting device in order to efiiciently accomp ish its purpose must be. designed so that no contact will 15 be had thereby with the freshly coated body of the barrel. A further requirement of a barrel upsetting device is that itshall be capable of efiiciently accomplishing its purpose and et be entirely automatic in its eration 20 so t at supervision thereof by wor men is unnecessary during the upsetting of successive barrels.

Itis among the objects of my invention to provide a barrel upsetting device which shall 3 have all of the above named desirable characteristics. Other objects of my invention will appear as the description proceeds. To the accomplishment of the foregoing and related ends, said invention, then,-consists of 8G the means hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the 'claims.

The annexed drawings and the following description set forth in detail certain mech-.

anism embodying the invention, such disclosed means constituting, however, but one of various mechanical forms in which the principle of the invention may be used.

In said annexed drawings;

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the upsetting device comprisin my invention, showing the upsetting arms thereof in substantially vertical position; Fig. 2 is a perspective 'view of the upsetting device illustrated in Fig. 1, showing the barrel upsetting arms in horizontal position; and Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of the apparatus illustrated in 1 and 2.

eferring more specifically to the drawmgs, and more especially to Figs. 1 and 2, the barrel upsetting device comprising my 1980. serial No. 463,799.

invention ensus of a frame, generally indicated'by the ordinal 1, which carries bearing blocks 2 on one end thereof in which bear ings is rotatably mounted a shaft 3 .which has terminally secured thereto a crank arm 4. Secured to the shaft 3 at spaced points intermediatelyof the bearings 2 are arms 5 which have secured thereto bracket members 6 and 7 The bracket member 7 has secured thereto laterally extending plate members 8 for the purpose hereinafter more fully de-' scribed.

Secured to the frame 1 at 9 is a shaft 10' which extends transversely thereof and which has oscillatably mountedthereon a lever 11, one terminal 12 of which has secured thereto a retractile spring 13 which is secured at its other end to a hook or like anchorage 14 adj ustably secured to a bracket 15 which is secured to a portion ofthe frame1.

The other terminal 16 of the lever 11 is ta- Mounted on a plate 1 which is secured and extends transversely of the frame 1, is a switch box 18 which has a wheel 19 secured to the actuating lever 20 thereof; This wheel is normally in contact with the lever 11-.

Mounted on that end of the frame 1 opposite.

the shaft 3 is another switch box 21 which also has a wheel 22 secured to the actuating lever aft 3, is a motor pered similarly to the taper of the bracket f 7 member 7 so that the upper edges of the mem- 'ibars 7 and 16 preferably lie in the same plana fl; f

other terminal to the crank arm 4. The motor member 31 which will prevent the barrels 1 from rolling off from the arms '5.

zontal position as indicated in Fig. 2, a. barr The operation of the appzratus comprising my invention may briefly described as follows. With the u setting arms in the horirel is rolled onto the brackets 6 and 7 which brackets are oppositely tapered and spaced so that the freshly painted or coated barrel is supported only on the chime rings thereof, thereby preventing the possibility of any marring of the freshly coated surface. The stop 31 will prevent any barrels from rolling off the upsetting apparatus, and therefore obviates the necessity of any personal attention to the upsetting device-by an operator.

When the barrels have rolled onto the brackets 6 and 7, the chime ring of such barrel will depress the portion 16 of the lever 11 which, in turn, Wlll depress the wheel 19 and actuating lever 20 of the switch 18 which establishes the electrical communication to the motor 25. The motor 25 through the speed reducer 26 will rotate the crank arm 27,-

causing a corresponding rotation of the crank arm 4, thereby upsetting the barrel as most clearly shown in Fig. 3. The provision of the plate members 8 associated with the bracket member 7 prevents the barrel from sliding off from the upsetting arms 5 until such barrel has been elevated to a position so that such barrel may fall onto a roll table 32 which will convey the barrels away from the upsetting. machine. The continued rotation of the crank arm 27 will effect a return of the arms 5 from the vertical position just de scribed to a horizontal position, upon the attainment of which the terminal 24 of one of such arms will strike the actuating lever of the switch 21 which will interrupt the electrical circuit of the driving motor 25, thereby halting the rotation of the crank arm 27 and presenting the upsetting apparatus'in condition to receive the next on-coming barrel.

By providing the electro-magnetic brake 29,

any over-run on the part of the motor-25 will be obviated so that the upsetting arms 5 are always halted in a truly horizontal position ready to receivethe next barrel to be acted upon. v

As most clearly indicated in Fig. 3, the switch 21, by means "of. which the circuit to the motor 25 is interrupted, may be positioned at a point nearer the shaft 3, so that a more delicate control over the arms 5 may be obtained, sothat such arms 5 are alwa s halted in a truly horizontal position rea y to receive the next barrel, ,zgFdr apurpose of convenience I have designated the switch indicated in Fig. 3 by ordinals bearing prime marks similar to those employed before, designating the several parts of the limit switch shown in Fig. 1. 1

Other modes of applying the principle of my invention may be employed instead of the one explained, change being made as regards the mechanism herein disclosed, provided the having bevelled brackets t means stated by any of the following claims or the uivalent of such stated meansj be em loye d.

therefore particularly point out and distinctl claim as my invention: y 1. Iii apparatus of the character de ribed the combination of an oscillatable shaft, barrel supporting arms secured to said shaft, spaced oppositely inclined surfaces on said arms adapted to support the barrel by engagement with its chime rings only, a crank arm secured to said shaft, means for actuating said crank-arm to successively move said barrel supporting arms from a horizontal to a vertical position and return, and switch means actuated bysaid barrel on said supporting means for controlling said means. 2. In apparatus of the character described the combination of an oscillatable shaft,

spaced barrel supporting means secured to said shaft, a crank arm secured to said shaft, means for actuating said crank arm through substantially a right angle, and switch means positioned intermediately of said spaced barrel supporting means ada ted to be actuated by such barrel thereon or energizing said actuating means, said barrel supporting means consisting of strai ht parallel arms ereon.

3. In apparatus of the character described the combination of an oscillatable shaft, spaced barrel supporting means secured to saidshaft, a crank arm secured to said shaft,

means for actuating said crank arm through substantially a right angle, switch means positioned intermediately of said spaced barrel supporting means adapted to be actuatedby such barrel thereon for energizing said actuating mechanism, and means for de-energizing said actuating mechanism upon the completion of each cycle of operation of said barrel supporting means, said barrel supporting means consisting of straight parallel arms having bevelled brackets thereon.

Signed by me this 16th day of June 1930.

KARL F. snow.

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