Patent GB-190126621-A (GB)
Title: Machine for Making Matches.
Inventor: CRISWELL JAMES ADAMS EKIN
Filed: 1901-12-30
Granted: 1902-11-20
Abstract: 26,621. Criswell, J. A. E. Dec. 30. Cutting-up, splitting, and slicing. - Relates to match-making machines, more particularly to machines in which the splints are cut from strips, cards, or blanks of veneer, such as the machine shown in side elevation in Fig. 1. Veneer blanks are fed from a hopper 11 provided with a follower, by means of a plunger 18 reciprocated from a shaft 26, to a suitable cutting-device, here a roll 28 and a cutter spindle 29 with spaced cutters bevelled at both sides. The cut splints are carried by the cutters and forced into holding-devices in a separator 32, a stripper or comb being provided. The separator may comprise sections each with two movable members 35, 36, Fig. 9, having abutment fingers 38, 39, 40, here for three rows of splints. A backing-bar 41 is secured to the member 35, and may be surfaced with felt &c., and every third splint is held against the bar 41 by a spring 43. Projecting arms 47, 48, Fig. 6, of the members 35, 36 are provided with eyes adapted to slide on arms 49, 50 of blocks or straps 51, 52 on stationary eccentrics 53, 54. The members 35, 36 are slidingly held in wheels 57 on a rotary shaft 58. Ends 59 of the slides 44 normally move in annular grooves in stationary discs carrying the eccentrics, and each disc has a vertical groove or slide-way for a bar 64 reciprocated by a cam 67, Fig. 1, on the shaft 26. The bars 64, Fig. 6, operate to force the splints into holding-devices of a carrier 68. Fibre, dust, &c. may be removed from the separator sections by means of a pipe 69, Fig. 1, connected to an exhaust fan &c. The driving-shaft 72 is connected by toothed gearing to the shaft 26 and the cutter spindle 29. The shaft 58 is driven by means of a ratchet-wheel 77 and a pawl 79 on an arm 78 operated by means of a connecting-rod 80 and crank from the shaft 72, or the ratchet mechanism may be replaced by a Geneva movement. The carrier 68, Fig. 6, may comprise a series of plates 89, Fig. 13, provided with the usual splint holes 90, and with one or more fixed jaws 91, and a spring jaw 92 to grip the cable &c. 93, Fig. 1, from which the plates are released on entering the machine, the plates then passing on to rails 97, Fig. 13, which spread the jaws ready to take up the cable again. Each plate has one or more teeth 98 for engagement with endless chains 99, Fig. 1, while on the rails. The chains 99 are driven by ratchet mechanism 102, 104, 105 from the shaft 26. The splints may be finished by hand, or may be carried by the cables to be paraffined, headed, &c., in which case a pegged ejector drum 107 or a reciprocating plunger is provided to deliver the completed matches upon a travelling belt 109. In a modified form of separator, shown in Fig. 20, there are sections connected in pairs and comprising movable members provided with teeth engaging gears driven from shafts 122. Each shaft 122 is provided with blocks 129 engaging slots in wheels or discs 130. 131, and carries an arm 132 provided with a roller 133 engaging a slot in a disc 134 moving round a stationary eccentric 135. An eccentric 139 on a central shaft 120 works within a rectangular block 140, which operates to insert the splints into the carrier. In another form of separator, the sections comprise ribbed swinging members journalled in slides and operated by cranked rockshafts and collars sliding on arms of blocks similar to the blocks 51, 52, Fig. 6, or the parts are arranged so that the separation takes place during the movement for inserting the splints into the carrier. In a form of separator having only one section, the section is reciprocated along a rack, and provided with segmental gear co-operating with the rack. The separator sections may have one member fixed relatively to the other. In another form of separator, two ribbed jaws are provided with studs or shafts adapted to rock in heads or slides. In another form, a separator, substantially as shown in Fig. 6, is provided with plungers for inserting the splints into the carrier, instead of reciprocating the sections as a whole. The cut splints may be forced into the separator by means of a plunger slotted to pass the cutters. The veneer may be in the form of long strips or blanks, and a reciprocating or other knife may be provided to cut the splints transversely. A vertical plunger may be arranged for the cutting- device, and a horizontal plunger for the separator. The counter roll of the cutting-device may comprise reduced metal washers with intervening paper or other washers. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 53, an auxiliary separator 209 is provided, and consists of two members 210, 211 having a single way 212 and divergent channels 213 at right-angles thereto. The members 35, 36 of the main separator have intermeshing devices 216 each adapted to receive a splint of each row of the device 209 so as to obtain four rows. Long strips may be used with an auxiliary separator, the transverse knife being disposed between the two separators. The separator sections may have three members, one fixed and the other two movable and connected together and provided with gear teeth. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 65, there is an auxiliary separator 209, and a main separator 225. The latter comprises a stationary drum 226 with sliding splint-holdiug devices 227 arranged in two sets provided with teeth engaging the one set with gears 229 and the other set with similar gears on a shaft 230. One set of members is driven slightly faster than the other set. Friction rollers 231 are provided at intervals. Plungers 240 are provided for ejecting the splints. In another form, substantially as shown in Fig. 20, the splints are received by members or plates operated in sets by gearing.