The Pensacola journal., 1920-02-29
WORLDS WAR REYOL UTIONIzED
TEAPACKINC INDUSTRY

is dumped. again automatically, into
the car. This conyeyor has a trap
door opening, so that when placed over
chute leading TO the packag.ng ma
chimes on the floor below the tea viii
fall by gravity into the hoppers Of the
machines. This is another instance Of
the kind of labor saving devices adopt
ed by Joseph Tctley & Co.
Packing Teas Automatically.
Each pneumatic packaging machine
really consists of four machines built
into one In the device that opens
mp the carton, which comes knocked
down in flat form. The bottom of the
package is automatically sealed here,
after which the package IS conveyed
on a belt to a machine.
Here the parchment or cellulose lin
ers are inserted, and the package sent
on its way on a travelling belt to the
filling and weighing device.
The cartons are finSd with the ex
,act quantity called Tor at the rate Of
- to 80 per minute. The tea drops
into the electric scales from the hop
pers and is then deposited in the pack
ages, in either two ounce. quarter
pound or pound lots. according to the
desire Of the operator.
From this machine the package is
conveyed by belt to the top sea1er
device. where the carton is closed,
air tight, and then delivered 10 the op-
orator. who packs the small cartons
Into large shipping containers. Fac
! tory trucks gather the shipping con-
tainers and dump them into the spiral
! chutes. which deposit them in the
Istock room on the ground floor ready
for shipment TO any part Of the world.
Packing the Tin Containers.
| Tetley & co. pack some of their
| teas in tin cans and these are filled
automatically by another set of ma
chimes, which are made by George
Driver q Son. London. England. The
machines are partly mechanical and
partly manual in operation. The tea
comes down from the hoppers into
electric scales that accurately measure
the quantity to be deposited in each
/ tin can. When the required amount is
weighed the scale tilts. pouring the tea
! through Il small chute into the tin
icontainer which an operator holds at
/ the mouth of the spout. The empty
cans come from the floor above,
through an open wire chute. The lin
ers are inserted by hand.
rs each can is filled the operator
places it on Il travelling belt. which
carries it to Il device that stamps down
/ the contents. Another operator slips
/ on the coEtaincr cover. and then the
/ the can travels on to the labelling and
| drying machines.
Labelling and Drying.
The labelling and drying machines
, We're built especially for Joseph TetIey
! & Co, by the Pneumatic Scale Corpor-
alton, and represent some advanced
ideas in labor saving equipment.
! In the labelling machine the labels
are fed from a stack one al a time
They are wet thoroughly in hot
/ water bath. pasted. and applied 10 the
/ can SO smoothly that as they dry and
shrink they make a tight, close fitting
( label that adheres snugly to all four
sides of the can. The seam where the
ends OF the label overlap can scarcely
/ be found.
! From this machine the containers
| continue on the moving belt into the
drying machine. where electrically
generated warm air drys out the labels
/ i'll short order.
| The last operation before the tea is
ready for shipment is TO wrap the tin
( cans in wax wrappers. which is done
! on another tomatically- operated
Pneumatic Scale machine. This wrap
/ per further prevents the tea from be
ling contaminated before it reaches the
! consumer, and also serves to retain
the strength OF the leaf. After this