US2494160A - Striping tool - Google Patents

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W. A. BIHARY STRIPING TOOL Jan. w, i950 2 Sheets-Sheet l Filed Dec. 29, 1945 Jan. 10, 1950 w. A. BIHARY 2,494,160

STRIPING TOOL Filed Dec. 29, 194.5

2 Sheets-Sheet 2 l I uve/limi Patented Jan. 10, 1950 v' 'ST-BENQ @901g e ffwilhle el'ihafrf Application December 29, 13g, serial No. .637,881

Theab'ove andifother'objelcts may'beattained by employing this inventionwhich embodies among tsjfeatures abase-,adapted'to be located by the hub cap receiving opening of the wheel and carrying an extensible arm I hich rotates about the axis ci thef'b'a'se and concentric to the wheel, which Varrn also rocks about an axis perpendicular to the axisabout 'which it rotates, a" paint feeding unit carried by -the arm and a narrow paint distributing'wheel carriec'l'b'y the paint feeding'unit. Y'

O ther features include means yielding to urge the arm to contract toward the axis abontivliich itis'hounted to rotate, and means to extend the varm against the'nrg'ebi -the "contractingineans whereby concentric "stripes which maybe varied in width as well as diameter may be produced on the outer surface of a wheel disc.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan View of a striping tool embodying the features of this invention,

Figure 2 is a side view in elevation thereof.

Figure 3 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional View through the striping tool,

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially on the line 4 1?, of Figure 3,

Figure 5 is a bottom plan view of the paint feeding unit and the distributing wheel,

Figure 6 is a side view in elevation thereof,

Figure 7 is an end View of Figure 6,

Figure 8 is a transverse sectional View taken substantially on the line 8 8 of Figure 5, and

Figure 9 is a transverse sectional View taken substantially on the line 9-9 of Figure 5.

Referring to the drawings in detail my improved wheel striping device comprises a base plate l5 provided on its underside with a concentric depending flange i6 which is of a size readily to nt Within the hub cap receiving opening of a disc wheel. The collar or flange I6 is inwardly oiset from the peripheral edge of the base l5 to form a shoulder l'l which serves to support the device in position on the wheel. As illustrated in Figure 2 the plate i5 is of generally convex construction and mounted axially thereof is an upstanding tubular sleeve or collar i8.

as will be readily understood upon reference to Figure 3. As shown the innermost end of the rod bears against a longitudinally extending adjusting screw 34 which is threaded into the threadedopeningof the collar 28 and carries at its outerendaknurled head 35 by means of which the screw may be rotated to advance the rod 3| with relation to the sleeve 21 or to permit it to be retracted under the inuence of the spring 33. Secured to the outer end of the rod 3| is an eye 36 into the bore 31 of which opens an internally screw threaded radial bore for the reception of a set screw 38 provided with a knurled head 39 by means of which the screw may be adjusted into or out of the opening 31 for a purpose to be more fully hereinafter explained.

A paint feeding unit designated generally 40 comprises a body 4l formed with an internally screw threaded socket 42 into which the externally screw threaded neck of a paint container 43 is adapted to be received as will be readily understood upon reference to Figure 8. Fitted in the body 4i and leading through an opening 44 arranged axially thereof is a nipple 45 the outer portion of which is slotted as at 46 to form a pair of upwardly extending ears 41 which are pierced with aligned openings 48 for the reception of a pin 49 extending transversely with relation to the longitudinal axis of the nipple 45 and serving as a support for a paint distributing wheel 5U the periphery of which is knurled to provide peripheral paint distributing recesses. Extending radially from the socket 42 is a trunnion 5! which is of an external diameter snugly to t the opening 31 in the eye 36 in order to support the paint feeding unit, the container and the paint distributing wheel in place on the arm 26 as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2. In order to compensate for the off set relationship between the axis of the arm 26 and the axis of the shaft 49 I have found it advantageous to incline the axis of the pin 49 with relation to the axis of the trunnion 5l in order to secure on the article being striped. Y

In use, it will be understood that the base l5 is stripe being placed thereon will overlie or abut the edge of the rst stripe to produce a stripe of greater width according to the desires of the user. Obviously stripes of various different widths may readily be achieved by manipulating the screw 34 to slide the eye 36 inwardly or outwardly with relation to the axis of the base I5. What I claim is:

A wheel striping tool comprising a base, a circular tiange depending from the base, said flange being adapted to be located in the hub cap receiving opening of a. disc wheel, a tubular body ,v mounted on the base to rotate about the axis of proper tracking of the paint distributing Wheel'v the iiange and to rock about an axis which intersects and lies perpendicular to the axis about seated on the outer side of the Wheel to be striped Y as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 with the ange I1 engaging the wheel in the immediate vicinity of the opening through which the hub cap enters and the collar i6 seated in said opening. By thus locating the tool with relation to the wheel, the eye 36 may be rotated concentrically about the axis of the base l5 and when the parts are thus assembled and the paint feeding unit mounted in the eye 38 with the trunnion 5l extending through the opening 3l and locked therein by means of the set screw 38 it will be obvious that upon swinging the arm 26 about the axis of the base I5 paint flowing down through the opening in the nipple 45 will contact the knurled edge of the wheel 50 and be distributed thereby onto the outer surface of the disc wheel to be striped. By rotating the screw 34 it will be evident that the rod 3l may be moved outwardly against the com# pression of the spring 33 so that the striping may be in the form of a plurality of separate concentric circles or should a wider stripe be desired the screw 34 is adjusted to produce the first stripe after which it may be turned inwardly or outwardly so that upon a second revolution of the arm 26 about the axis of the base l5 the wheel 5|] may be made to move concentrically with the iirst stripe in such a manner that the next end of the tubular body, a paint feeding and distributing unit carried by the end of the rod remote from that which enters the sleeve, a compression spring surrounding the rod yieldingly to urge it to telescope into the sleeve and a screw threaded into the end of the sleeve remote from that entered by the rod for engaging the end of the rod to hold it against movement under the effort of the spring.

WILLIAM A. BIHARY.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the iile of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 253,823 Myers Feb. 14, 1882 '718,923 Ellsworth Jan. 20, 1903 1,948,952 Wallerius Feb. 27, 1934 2,119,206 Frisz May 31, 1938 2,122,858 Coombs July 5, 1938 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 121,597 Great Britain Dec. 16, 1918 565,218 Great Britain Nov. 1, 1944 769,915 France June 18, 1934

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