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Aug. 14, 1923.

J. EVANS PIN ' Filed May 9 1922 H IVIIIIIII EVII/IIIIA A TTO/MIEYS WITNESSES g V LVN Patented Aug. 14, 1923.

l NET E i JOHN EVANS, F SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.

titans PIN.

Application filed May 9,

To aZZ whom it may concern.

Be it known tha'tI, J on: EvANs,.a citizen of the 'ilnitedl States, and resident of Salt Lake City, in the 1 county of Salt Lake Improved ;Pin,j of which the following is a' full, clear, and exact descriptionf V i My invention relatesto a sorting pin, and

aims to provide a device of this nature which may; be utilized to advantage in numerous applications, but which is primarily in tended to be used in connection with "a sorting machine of the nature illustrated in filed January 26, 1921. v ,7

, It has been found "in connection with identifiying pins employed in conjunction with a sorting machine of the type illustrated that a relatively great amount of time was lost incident to effecting a detach ment of, the sorted materials from the pine with which they were associated, and in certain instances where anoperatorhadnot' completelyopenedthe pin parts, a pullupon the material was liabletoresult in the same beingtorn. I J p y p Thus it is an object offthe present invention to provide a. sorting device or pin for materials which maybe utilized to ad-f vantage in connection with a'isorting'" ma: chine of the, type indicated, and, by means of which an attachmen'tand detachment of articles from these pins may be efie'cte'd in an extremely simple manner. 1

A'further object ofthe present invention resides in the provision of a pin, the parts of. which are normally locked, so'that any material associated with these parts will not he accidentally detached; from the same. "A still \furthero-bject of this invention is that of providinga pin, the'parts of which are normally looked as aforestated, butin which these parts will be unlocked in a semi-automatic'manner upon the pin reach ing its final position. i

lVith theseand further objects in mind my present invention aims to provide apin comprising a plurality of parts movable with respect to each other, and a piercing element forming the pin proper, which is adapted to, extendr -through thef'material to be retained, together with means whereby the pin will'be caused to normally remain in a position at; which itf'will retain "said material, said pin further comprising a and State of Utah, have invented a newa'nd my previous application Serial 140085- 1922. Serial No. 559,638.-

structure which will permit of a movement of said pin to a releasing position. 7

Reference is had to the attached sheet 0E drawings as illustrating one practical embodiment of my invention, and it willbe seen in these drawings that;

(Figure 1 is a side elevation of a part of a sorting machine of the nature specified, and showing a pin of my improved construction inassociation therewith.

Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line 2 2 and in the direction of the arrows indicated in Figure 1 showing the' pin parts in locked position. Figure 3 is a yiew similar to Figure 2 but showing the pin parts in unlocked posi tion, and further indicating in dotted lines the position which the parts assume during the detachment of the material from the pin, and V a Figure 4- is a'view of a slightly modified portion of the sorting machine shown in Figures 1, 2 and ,8. 3 In the embodiment illustrated" I have shown a pin in association with a sorting machine of the type indicated in my .pre-

vious application, and thus in the present case the reference numeral 5 indicates a rod, which corresponds to the rod 22 of the sorting machine aforementioned, the reference numeral 6 indicating the base memher or ring of'the machine, corresponding to the member 12 of the previous application. However it will be noted that contrary to the construction previously indicated a key isassociated with the rod 5, and adjacent the lower end of the same, this key being in the nature 01": a sleeve 7 pre senting a downwardly extending flange and a base 9, which latter co-operates with the member 6 and serves to retainthe sleeve in proper position.

Now with respect to the pin illustrated in detail in Figures 2 and 3 it will be noted that the same preferably includes a housing 10 providing a cutout portion 11, this housing slidably carrying a U shaped member 12, the base of which extends beyond the body of the housing and is adapted to encircle the rod 5, and when adjacent the lower end of the same, the sleeve aforedescribed. i V

' The housing 10 may also carry a tab 13 presenting an identifying mark 14 whereby the articles associated with the pin may be properly sorted. The U shaped mem her 12 also has the end of one of its arms bent inwardly as at 15, and incident to the provision of a stop ain 16 associated with the housing a movement of the U shaped member beyond a predeterminedpoint with respect to the housing is prevented due to the fact that the inwardly turned end is will engage the stop pin 16. The second arm of the U shaped member 12 terminates in a point 17 which normally bridges the cutout portion 11, and it will be obvious that upon an article such as a cloth 18 having part of its body introduced into the cutout portion subsequent to which the U shaped member 12 is projected to the position shown in Figure 2, that the cloth will be firmly secured to the pin.

Now with a view of providing means servin to normally retain the parts in this position it will be noted that a dog 19 is pivotally carried as at 20 by the housing 10, and this dog has one of its ends extending into a cutout portion 21 forming a part of the housing 12 its opposite end being capable of being swung into the path of travel of the bent end 15 of the U shaped member 12. The dog 19 is normally retained in this position by means of a suitable type of spring :22 which presses against the rear taee'ot the last mentioned end of the dog 19 to produce this result, and to lock the member 12 normally against movement with respect to the housing when the former is projected within the latter.

Thus assuming that the parts are in such a position that the bent end 15 of the member 12 lies adj acentto the stop pin 16 it will be understood that the cloth 18 may be extended into the cutout portion 11 of the housing 10, subsequent to which a movement of the member 12 inwardly with respect to the housing 10 will cause the point 1'? to pierce the cloth 18, and will also cause the dog 19 to move to the posit-ion shown in Fig. 2 in which a retraction of the member 12 will be prevented thus closing the pin. It is to be understood that the foregoing operation of the parts occurs when the pin is used in conjunction with sorting machineof the type specified while the pin is at the upper end of the rod. Upon this pin now being released and incident to the action of gravity, the same will slide downwardly along the rod 5, and due to the fact that the flange 8 of the sleeve 7 also extends downwardly it will be obvious that this portion will ride into the cut-out part 21 of the housing 10 upon the latter reaching a position adjacent the lower end of the rod.

Now upon an operator desiring to effect a detachment of the cloth 18, he can do so upon merely grasping the cloth and pulling the same sidewise, as has been shown in Fig ure 3. Upon this occurring the outer end of the dog i. e. that part of the same which extends into the cutout portion 21, will be brought into engagement with the flange 8 of the key, and the dog will consequently be swung to the position shown in Figure 3. Upon a pull upon the cloth being continued it will be obvious that incident to the engagementof this material with the edge of the cutout portion 11 of the housing 10' that the latter will be, pulled downwardly to the position shown in dotted lines in Figure 3, thus in other words, retracting the point 17 and permitting the cloth to be pulled free of the point. This latteroperation of course is not resorted to until the key has either been completely filled or all of the clothes belonging to one batch have been placed upon the same and it will be obvious that it will not be necessary for an operatorto effect a release of each cloth separately, but he will be enabled to grasp all of the materials so as to effect a simultaneous retraction of all of the pin parts. Further it will be subsequently found that all of: the pins are now open or in other words ready for a second sorting operation, and that also all of these pins are now upon the key. This latter member may thus be detached from the rod 5 and' applied to a pin rack (not shown) where the pins will be available for association with materials as the same are received, the key being subequently capable of I e-association with the rod. 7

Thus all of the objects of this invention have been accomplished, and it will be appreciated that numerous modifications might be resorted to such as for instance a rod, in lieu of employing an extraneous sleeve might comprise a body 23 as in Figure 4 formed with an integral flange 21 serving the same purpose as the flange 8 shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3.

I claim: y

1. A sorting pin including a'housing, a member movable with respect to saidhousing, apoint forming a part of said'member, and movable with respect to said housing, said housing guarding said point, and a movable dog carried by said housing and normally engaging said member to retain the same inthis position;

2. A sorting pin including a housing a member movable with respect to said housing, a point forming a part of said member, and movable with respect to said housing, said housing guarding said point,'and a pivoted dog carried by said housing and nor mally engaging said member to retain the same in this position. V

3. A sorting pin including a housing, a member movably carried by said housing, a point forming a part of said member, said housing normally acting as a guard for said point, a bent portion forminga part of said member, a dog movable with respect to said housing- -and:-=havingaPpOrtieH -Otdts bOdy lying in 'theapath ortravel" ot said bent por tion-whereby to -retain 'tlre par-ts of the pin normally in-position o a. sorting pin including a housing, a U

- shaped member movab'ly car-ried by said housing andihaving a portion of its body lying housing; a' point forr-ii-i-ng-"a -part otsaid member said housing normally' aetiiigrgas a guard-for said point, a bent portion forming a part of said member, a dog movable with respect to said housing and having a portion of its body lying inthe path of travel of said bent portion whereby to retain the parts of the pin normally iniposition.

5. sorting pin including a housing, a member movably carriedby said housing, a point forming a part of said member said housing normally acting as a guard for said point, a bent portion forming a part of said member and adjacent the end of the same, a dog movable with. respect to said housing and having a portion of its body lying in the path of travel of said bent portion whereby to retain the parts of the pin normally in position. a

6. A sorting pin including a housing, a member movably carried by said housing, a point forming a part of said member said housing normally acting as a guard for said point, a bent portion forming a part of said member,a dog movable withrespect to said in the path of travel of said bent portion whereby to retain the parts of the pin nor mally in position, and means for normally forcing said dog to its normal position.

7. A sorting pin including a housing, a

' member'movably carried by said housing,

a-point forming a part of said member, said housing normally acting as a guard for said point, a bent portion forming a part of said .member, a dog movable with respect to said housing and having a portion of its body lying in the path of travel of said bent por tion whereby to retain the parts of the pin normally in position, and a spring positioned within said housing and engaging saiddog to retain the same in its normal position.

8. A sorting pin including a housing formed with a. cutout. portion, means providing a point for retaining an article applied to said housing, a dogcarried by said housing and normally retaining said last named means in projected position, one of the ends or" said dog extending into the cutout portion of. the housing, and means adapted to be projected into said cutout portion to move said dog to effect a release of said means' 1 I V 9. A sorting pin including in combination a housing formed with a cutout portion, means providing a point for retaining an article applied to saidhousing, a dog carried by said housing and normally retainin'g said-inst named-means :in projected posi; i

tion one of the ends of said dog extending;

into the eutoutnportionpbtheihousing, and means' pr euidingia flange adapted to: extend J into said-eutout :lportio'n wvherebysuponi said i housingbeing "swung; said: flange will 1 ten 'gage' said (,dog whereby said point may bs retraetedr- P i 1W A-tlevice'ofithe a structure defining a non-circular opening shaped to permit the device to he slipped along a supporting rod or the like having other than a circular cross section, whereby the device is suspended from and in effect feathered on said rod, said device including,

in combination, pinning means comprisin a pen-point and a keeper relatively movable, means for releasablynormally holding the last two parts against relative movement kind described having to the device about its point of suspension on said rod.

11. A sorting device of the kind described having a structure defining a non-circulars opening shaped to permit the device to be slipped along a supporting rod 'or the like having other than a circular cross section, whereby the device is suspended from andin eifect'feathered on said rod, said device including, in combina- ,tion, means for detachably piercing and suspending an article to be laundered, and releasing mean-s for said piercing means having an actuator a portion of which overlaps said opening, whereby upon imparting to said device a swinging movement laterally of the supporting rod said actuator is operated by the part of the supporting rod by whiclii the device i s-feathered on the rod as state '12. A device of the kind described having a structure defining a n0n-circular opening shaped to permit the device to be slipped along a supporting rod or the like having other than a circular cross section, whereby the device is suspended from and in efiect feathered on said rod, the device including a loop portion and a plate portion for carrying the working parts of the device, the loop portion and plate-portion forming be tween them said shaped opening, the working parts of the device including pinning means, means for maintaining said pinning means operative, and releasing means for the last-mentioned mean-s including a member movable on said plate portion and projecting into said shaped opening so as to be engaged and moved by the rod thereby to actuate the releasing means when and only when the device as a- Whole is swung about the rod. 7 a

.13. Asorting device having a shaped opening whereby the same may be suspended by a suspending means having an offset and yet to permit a pivotal movement of the device about its point of suspension, said. device including, in combination, means for detaehably piercing and suspending an artiopening for engagement by such ofiset on imparting a pivotal movement to the device about its point of suspension thereby to move said movable part to operate said releasing means.

JOHN EVANS.

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