PATENT SETTING ARRANGEMENT FOR FLATS.
The cuts on [page 66] are sectional and plan views of this arrangement.
A—Index Nut which bears against outside of Rigid Bend D.
B—Setting Key with fluted teeth, which gear into the teeth on Nut C.
C—Toothed Steel Nut which bears against the inside of Rigid Bend D.
D—Rigid Conical Bend which is moved in or out.
E—Flexible Conical Bend which rests on D and carries the Flats.
As the Index Nuts A and the Toothed Nuts C are turned one way or the other, they move the Rigid Bend D in or out, and thus raise or lower the Flexible Bend E.
The Flats rest on the Flexible Bend E and are raised or lowered with it. Each division on the Index Nuts A represents 1/1000 part of an inch, and by turning these Nuts one division, the Flats are raised or lowered to this extent.
Our Patent Conical Concentric Bends have five setting points on each side of the machine. The Bends and Flats can be kept perfectly concentric with the Cylinder at every point until the Clothing is worn out. No other arrangement has secured such accuracy nor has any adjustment yet been invented which approaches this one for reliability and simplicity.
When the Flats are once set they remain set, and cannot be tampered with. Special wrenches are required for turning the Index Nuts A and Lock Nuts C, and if these wrenches are kept by the one who has charge of the settings, no unauthorized person can change same.
Close accurate settings enable our Card to do the finest quality of work and at the same time give the maximum production.