Patent GB-190126622-A (GB)
Title: Machine for Making Matches.
Inventor: CRISWELL JAMES ADAMS EKIN
Filed: 1901-12-30
Granted: 1902-12-24
Abstract: 26,622. Criswell, J. A. E. Dec. 30. Cutting-up, splitting, and slicing.-Relates to match-making machinery, particularly to machines in which the splints are cut from veneer, such as the machine shown in sectional elevation in Fig. 1. Long strips or blanks of veneer are fed from a hopper 11 by means of a travelling belt 13 or otherwise, to a cutting-device 14. The splints pass to a separator 19 having a single way diverging into a series of channels. The separated splints are cut transversely by means of a reciprocating knife or cutting-device 26, and inserted into a transfer carrier 28 delivering to a dipping &c. carrier 40. The carrier 28, Figs. 1 and 2, comprises four or any desired number of sections or slides 29, provided with rows of splint-holding &c. devices 30, and adapted to slide radially in rotary wheels 32. The ends of the sections project into annular grooves of stationary side discs or flanges 36, which are also provided with 'vertical slots for sliding bars 37 operated by cams 64 on a shaft 53 geared to the main shaft 67. The carrier 40 may be of any suitable form, here a series of plates 43 provided with splint holes and held by endless chains 48 driven by ratchet-and-pawl mechanism 50, 51 and an eccentric 52 on the shaft 53. The cutting- device 14 is geared to a shaft 57 driven by ratchet- and-pawl mechanism 58 and another eccentric on the shaft 53, and the cutting-device 26 is operated by rocking-levers 61 on a shaft 62 connected by an arm 63 to the strap of a third eccentric on the shaft 53. The device 28 may be operated from the main shaft by a usual form of Geneva movement. A suction device 41 is provided to remove broken splints &c. from the device 28, the holding- devices 30, Fig. 2, communicating with passages 42 for this purpose. In another arrangement of machine, the veneer blanks are forced to the cutting-device by a yielding plunger, which is slotted to pass the cutter and align the splints in a yielding separator, and a splint guide and supporting-bar is provided between the separator and transfer carrier. In the transfer carrier shown in Fig. 13, the sections 81 -re connected in pairs by arms 83<a>, and bosses 86 of the arms are provided with slides 87 movable in radial slots in wheels or discs 89, which are loose on a shaft 85 provided with an eccentric 90 and a block 91 for operating the sections radially. In another form of transfer carrier, splint-holding devices are arranged on a rotary drum provided with recesses to register and mesh with teeth of the plates or sections of the dipping &c. carrier. In a single-section carrier, the section is provided at the ends with segmental toothed discs meshing with stationary racks, and a perforated plate may be operated by racks and pinions or otherwise to bring the holes into or out of register below the splint-holding devices, respectively to permit removal of broken splints &c. from the holding-devices by the incoming splints, or to form an abutment for the splints. Instead of a movable perforated plate, an open space with a back or abutment surface may be provided below the splint-holding devices. The transfer carrier may be supplied with cut splints from a hopper by means of a series of plungers, a brush &c. being provided to prevent each plunger from supplying more than one splint at a time.