Patent GB-190222945-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Match Making Machines.
Inventor: WRIGHT JACOB PULVER
Filed: 1902-10-21
Granted: 1902-12-18
Abstract: 22,945. Wright, J. P. Oct. 21. Matches.-In a match-making machine, provided with means for delivering splints from a hopper to an endless carrier for the dipping &c. operations, a plate B, Fig. 6, extends across the framing A, and constitutes the bottom of a hopper composed of a horizontally-reciprocated section C, Figs. 5 and 6, provided with partitions c, and a stationary section D provided with partitions d<2> and a hinged door d<3>. The plate B is provided with splint grooves alternating with slots for the passage of fingers or ribs n of an agitator bar or frame N, which is operated by means of extensions n<1>, connected to the framing by springs P, and provided with rollers n<2> engaging cams 0 on a shaft M. The section C is provided with guide-ribs c<1> engaging slots e in standards E, and one rib has a notch c<2> engaged by a. lug f of a bar F, operated by a cam G attached to a wheel K, meshing with a wheel on the shaft M. The wall of the section C is formed as an inclined plate U<1> in the rear, and provided in the front with an inspection opening V' guarded by a bar W<1>. The shaft M is connected by a chain and sprocket-wheels to a shaft T, the sprocket-wheel en the shaft M being loosely mounted and operated by a hand-clutch. The shaft T is connected by toothed gearing to a shaft W, which is connected by a chain and sprocketwheels to the main shaft A'. The splints are forced from the grooves of the plate B into the holes of the carrier plates F<1> by means of ejector rods E', which are provided with a guard-plate X<1>, and carried by a head G<1> connected by readilyremovable pins L<1> to bars K<1>, linked to levers O<1> operated by cams Q<1> on a shaft R', connected by toothed gearing to the shaft A<1>. A slotted splintguiding plate D<2> is secured in front of the carrier, and a plate H<2> provided with splint - guiding grooves is pivoted to the framing between the plate H<2> and the hopper by two pintles, one of which is prolonged and provided with a disc and crank-pin for a rod, provided with a roller engaging another cam on the shaft R'. The roller rod is preferably formed in two parts, with an interposed spring and an outer tube rigidly secured to one part, and attached to the other part by a pin-and-slot connection. A backing-plate Y' is provided behind the carrier, and has a central upward extension with perforations alignable with the central carrier holes, and ejector rods, to allow ejection of pieces or ends of splints, the main portion of the plate Y' being below the plane of the ejector rods. A setter-bar N<2> is provided for positioning the splints when it is desired to apply incombustible liquid to the handle portions. This bar N<2> is mounted on levers O<2> linked to rods R<2>, operated by eccentrics on a shaft V<2>, which is connected by a chain and sprocketwheels to the shaft R'. A plate with a backing- rib is supported on a cross-bar Z<2> behind the carrier and opposite the bar N<2>. The carrier, with the splints thus set, is passed over a quadrant guide to a drum or wheel disposed over a pan containiug incombustible liquid, and provided with side rails or tracks for the carrier. The carrier is positively driven over the drum by means of a pinion engaging the rack teeth on the carrier plates. The carrier passes from the pan over a drip-plate to a drum, for inversion, to position the splints for the application of paraffin and igniting-composition in the usual way. The finished matches are partially ejected from the carrier by means of a plate U<3>, which is attached to the rods R<2>, and provided with a normal working-edge u<x>, and a bar u<1> for setting any splints displaced rearwards. The final ejection is effected by pins or punches V<3> of the usual type, which are secured to a head W<3> linked to crankarms X<4> on a rock shaft A<4>, oscillated from a third cam D' on the shaft R'.