Patent GB-191120115-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Machines for Packing or Boxing Matches.
IPC: C06F1/12
Filed: 1911-09-11
Granted: 1912-08-15
Abstract: 20,115. Bryant & May, [Diamond Match Co.]. Sept. 11 Packeting matches in receptacles. - Relates to machines for packing matches in which quantities of matches are occasionally supplied with the heads of one layer pointing in one direction and the heads of the other layer pointing in the other direction. The matches are fed from a match-making machine by a carrier 2, Figs. 1 and 2, into a trough 5 with their heads all in the same direction. The trough is jigged longitudinally to cause the matches to settle compactly in the trough. A conveyer chain 12 with blades 13 forwards the matches into an inclined extension 16, the bottom 17 of which is slidably mounted. The matches are delivered to the box trays through openings 23, 24 in the inclined extension. Portions of the extensions are offset at positions in advance of the openings 24, and are provided with slots to allow the escape of matches that have been turned lengthways. A reciprocating bar 29, Figs. 1 and 9, with V-shaped teeth, assists the feed. The bar also carries a yielding pressure member a, which tends to press the matches upward and to prevent an accumulation in the bottom of the extension. Gates 40 close to cut off the supply of matches when the required amount has fallen into the trays. An horizontally-disposed endless conveyer chain 57, Fig. 4, advances the trays under the measuring - chambers so that they receive from the opening 23 a supply of matches with the heads in one direction, and from the opening 24 a supply lying in the opposite direction. The conveyer comprises links 59 with lugs 59<Î> by which they are hinged together by pins, and the whole is actuated by gear-wheels 61 to rotate intermittently. To ensure the uniform distribution of the first chargo of matches, a loose pivoted blade is caused to enter the tray and lie on the matches while the box is tapped against a spring. The conveyer chain is caused to turn the boxes about a rightangle before the second charge is received. The brackets 77 of the reciprocating yoke which lift the trays against the openings are made to lift two trays, so that a plate 87, Fig. 10, projects into the empty box to expand the ends, as shown in Fig. 27, to accommodate protecting strips 98, Fig. 30. End pieces 88 brace the ends of the box while the plate 87 is acting. A spring extension 89 clamps the box that is under the opening. In rear of the second measuring- chamber, a bracket carries a depending plate with a scalloped under edge, so that, on being transversely reciprocated, the matches are compacted. A pair of vertically movable pieces bear yieldingly on the matches before the action of the compacting plate, and diverging plates press back any projecting matches into the box. The filled trays are then carried into position below mechanism for inserting the protection strips. Strips b are fed from a magazine 100, Fig. 15, by a slide 102. When the slide is retracted to the left, perforations 109 register with the bottom blank, and, the member 110 being connected to an exhaust pump, the blank is held and fed forward past an adjustable bar at the bottom of the magazine. A plunger 119 then descends, blades 120 turning down the ends of the blanks, and points pierce the body to strip it from the slide 102, which is then retracted. The plunger descends again so that the blades 120 enter the expanded end walls of the tray and deposit the strip in position, as shown in Fig. 30. Members 129 prevent the withdrawal of the strip when the plunger ascends. Teeth in the plunger ensure that uniform pressure is applied to the strip. The blank feed may be cut out by suitable mechanism which prevents the movement of the slide-actuating lever. The trays are then brought opposite a block 135, Fig. 2, into which covers are manually supplied and a plunger pushes the tray in, a thin metallic blade 146 resting on the top of the charge and guiding the tray into position. The plunger is lifted during the feeding of another tray bv passing over a roller 147 which co-operates with a projection producing a movement which ensures that the blade 146 falls firmly on the top of the charge.