Year: 1886

page_text: I, WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE; of the firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be par-
ticularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :—
This invention relates to a machine for manufacturing the exterior or shell
portions of match-boxes.
This exterior or shell is made of a thin wooden veneer folded to the required
shape and then surrounded with a pasted paper for keeping the whole together.
The said invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Figures I to XV of which illustrate the general construction and operation
of the improved apparatus which is shown in detail in the remaining figures of
the drawings.
Figure I of the said drawings represents an end view of a shell showing the
position occupied by the joints of the veneer and the paper, when the shell has
been made ready in the machine. The paper keeping together the shell surrounds
the latter entirely and is provided with a printed label, so that no special label is
stuck to a box manufactured by this machine. As the paper thus serves also as
the label, it will hereinafter be styled the label.
Figures II and III are respectively an edge view and a plan of a veneer from
which the shell is made. The fibres of the wood extend in the longitudinal
direction of the veneer. One side of the veneer (which in the finished shell
becomes the inner side) is provided with four transverse grooves 613, 613, 61, 618
whereby the veneer is divided in five portions a¹, a¹³, a¹³, a¹ and a¹. In making
the shell, the veneer is first folded at the grooves which thus form the corners of
the shell, the portions a¹ and a14 of the veneer will then form the two broad sides
of the shell, the portion a¹³ one narrow side and the two portions a" and as the
гр.

page_text: other narrow side, in which the veneer is placed double. In Figure the sides
and the corners of the box are designed with the same letters indicated on the
veneer in Figures II and III, so that it is easy to see where each part of the veneer
and the transverse grooves will be stationed in the completed, shell. The joint in
the label is situated on the narrow side as of the shell where the veneer is
, single.
In order to render the disposition and the working of the machine easily
intelligible, a succinct description of the same with reference to the Figures I to XV
may first be given.
The veneers are supposed to be laying with their grooved sides (the inside)
turned downwards in a magazine which at the bottom on the side turned towards
the folding mechanism has a narrow slit or opening. Under the veneer-magazine
is a feeding apparatus which at convenient times advances a veneer through this
slot. The veneers thus arrive successively at the required height relatively to the
parts for folding the veneer, as shown in Figure IV.
The labels are piled in a label-magazine open at the top, and are brought
mpwards by feeding mechanism, so that the topmost label occupies always n
certain position in the top of the magazine. A hollow box, hereinafter termed the
sucker having in the bottom some small holes and communicating with an air-
pump, is lowered upon the topmost label at the same time as air is pumped out
of the sucker. When the sucker ascends, the topmost label is lifted owing to the
suction. The sucker then makes a motion, until it comes over a pasting table,
when it is lowered down upon the same. The suction then ceases, whereby the
label is left upon the paste-table and the sucker returns in order to fetch a fresh
label. On the paste-table, the label is retained by some small fingers, and the
label is covered with paste on the upper side by the pasting apparatus.
The pasting roller having left the label, a pair of pincers, which pincers are
connected with and receive their motion from the veneer-feeder, seize the label
and draw it from the paste-table to the folding table, situate under the head.
When the label-pincers have pulled the label over this folding table, they release
the label, which then will remain on the folding table.
The mould or block around which the shells are folded, has an alternating
up-and-down motion between the fixed veneer-folder I (Figures IV, IX) and the
folding table (Figures X-XIII). In Figure 13, the distance between the fixed
veneer-folder I and the folding table Q may be seen.
Having now described how the veneer and the pasted label are conducted to the
parts which manufacture the shell, it will, by means of the Figures I to XV, be
easily understood how those parts operate.
In Figure IV, a finished shell has just been pushed from the block which is
ready to operate upon a new veneer. The mould is then ascending and a
veneer Al has, by the feeder, been pushed under the fixed veneer-folder I. The
veneer is retained in the position shown, by parts to the left of the fixed veneer-
folder I but not represented in the diagrammatic figures. When the mould G is
ascending from the position shewn in Figure IV, its upper side will encounter the
underside of the veneer A". The veneer is then retained between the mould G
and the vencer retainer O as shewn in Figure V. When the mould G continues
its ascending motion, the veneer-retainer O, which is pressed downwardly by a
spring, is caused to ascend. At the same time the folding of the veneer begins
along the grooves 6" and b partly by the right veneer-folder M and partly by
the shoulder N on the first folder I. The folder M is carried on a pivot and is
provided with two arms leaning against the top of the veneer-retainer O. When
this is pushed upwards by the mould, the folder M is, therefore, caused to oscillate.
This folding along the grooves 61 and 6 having been accomplished, (see Figure VI)
the left folder K, pivotted on a shaft L, Figure 10, situated immediately above the
fixed folder I folds the veneer along the groove 6. This folding' operation is
illustrated by Figure VI and VII. Immediately after the folder K, the inferior
folder H. moves upwardly and inwardly towards the mould. This folder H folds

page_text: the last portion all of the veneer along the groove 6". This last folding operation
is illustrated in Figures VII and VIII. The veneer is now completely folded
around the mould or block excepting that the right folder M. lies between the
flaps as and all in the double side of the shell.
The block with the folded veneer now begins to descend (Figure IX) and the
veneer-retainer O follows a short distance, thus preventing the folder M, which
does not partake in the descending movement, from disarranging, by friction, the
folds a¹ and a from their position close to the block. The folder H remains
stationary for a moment, but soon begins to follow the descent of the mould. The
folder H is, during the whole descending motion, pressed against the portion a",
whereby the veneer is held perfectly close to the block. The block and the
folder H next descend until the lowermost portion a12 of the shell encounters the
folding table Q, which position is shewn in Figure X.
Upon the table Q the label-pincers have already placed a label A" with the pasted
side uppermost. This position is shewn by Figure ✗, but as the other members of
the veneer-folding mechanism do not co-operate in the pasting of the label around
the veneer, those members have been omitted from figure X and the subsequent
figures, as also have the folding table and the label-folding members not been
shewn in the preceding figures.
The folding of the label is performed by the roller R and the presser S. Their
motion is shewn distinctly in figures X to XIII. First both these parts ascend
until they encounter the respective narrow sides of the box. As soon as the roller R
comes near the right narrow side of the shell, the folder H moves out of the way.
The roller continues its course first along the right side of the shell and then along
its upper side until it arrives at the upper left corner (the groove 6) figure XII,
where the roller returns. In the meantime the presser S has folded and stuck the
label on the lower part of the left narrow side of the shell and then removed a
short distance from the shell (Figure XII) so that it is not in the way of the
roller R, when the latter reaches the position shewn in the same figure. When the
roller has returned, the presser S returns to the shell, descending along its side
(Figure XIII) and thus sticking the last part of the paper to the side of the shell.
The shell being now entirely pasted and the parts S and R having moved out of
contact with its sides, the shell is ready to be pushed from the block. This
operation is performed in the manner illustrated in Figure XIV and XV, which
represent the block in horizontal section. The block is divided in the centre (see
Figures 10 to 13) In the recess thus created in the middle of the block, a bar p³
can move backwards and forwards.
This bar is provided with two pincers p³ having a small spiral spring between
them tending constantly to separate them. During the first part of the operation
of forming the shell, both pushers remain outside the outer end of the shell.
When the shell is partly made, the bar på passes to the right (Figure XIV) whereby
the pushers are drawn into the shell, while the spiral spring is compressed. When
the pushers have come outside the under end of the shell, the spiral spring again
expands, so that hooks on the pushers are ready to seize the edges of the shell at
the narrow sides of the bar. When the shell is finished the pushers again move to
the left while the block is ascending and thus push the completed shell off the
block (Figure XV). A shell having been pushed off the machine is again ready to'
commence work with a new shell as stated.
Having now described the working of the machine, it remains to describe its
different members in detail.
Figure 1 of the annexed drawing is a side view of the machine.
Figure 2 a front view and
Figure 3 a plan of the same.
All the other figures shew details.
A is the table of the machine resting on two brackets A%
veneer-magazine B is placed, and fixed to a box-shaped. foot
Upon the table, the
C, which in turn is

page_text: The foot C contains the mechanism by means of which the veneers and partly
also the labels are advanced. The veneer-magazine and the feeding mechanism are
shewn in detail in Figures 4, 5, 6 and 7.
At the side of the veneer-magazine B is a vertical stand D secured to the table A.
This stand serves as a guide to two slides E and F moving alternately up and
down, see Figures 8; 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13, of which slides the one E is telescoped
in the other F (Figure 9). On the top of the slide F is secured a horizontal
divided block G Figure 13 around which the veneer is folded, and which therefore
has the same section as a shell. On the inner slide E is secured the lower veneer-
folder H. At the top of the stand D is secured the upper veneer-folder I, against
which the block presses the veneer when the said veneer has reached its highest
position. To the upper veneer-folder I all the other parts serving to fold the
veneer around the block (except the lower folder H) are secured, viz:-the left
veneer-folder K secured on the pivot-shaft L (see Figure 8) the right folder M, the
shoulder N forming a dilatation of the upper folder I and the veneer-retainer O
moving up and down. The stand D with its parts is so placed at the side of the
veneer-magazine that, when a veneer is advanced, it will come inmediately under
the shoulder N and the retainer O, with its longitudinal axis at right angles to the
mould G: When the mould in ascending reaches close to the retainer O, the veneer'
will be held between the block G and the retainer O. The block thereafter
continuing its ascension toward the folder I, the intermediate veneer will, as stated
above, be folded against the shoulder N (Figure 10) whereafter the veneer is
completely folded by the folders M and K. The block then descends in order to
take the label from the folding table.
I will now explain, how the label is folded. The mechanism which applies the
label around the folded shell is placed in front of the stand D, and straight under
the block. This mechanism, shewn in detail in Figures 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18, has
a bracket P fixed under the table A. From this bracket a centre part, forming at
the top a small table Q the so-called folding table, projects through an opening in
the machine-table directly under the block G. This folding table Q is of the same
size as the bottom of the shell, and is thus covered by the block G with the veneer
folded around it, when the block G has arrived at its lowermost position. The
vertical alternating motion of the block G is thus effected between the table Q and
the above mentioned veneer-folder I. While the mould is situated a little above
the folding table, the label-pincers place a pasted label upon the table Q. When
the block is down on the folding table the label is stuck around the veneer by the
roller R and the presser S figure 14. When the block subsequently rises the
completed shell is pushed off by the pusher T Figure 13 passing through the block.
To the right of figure 2 the magazine containing the labels is shown. This
magazine consists of a square receptacle U traversing the table A and having a
moveable bottom, on which the labels rest. The labels are fetched one at a time
from the magazine by a sucker V see Figures 19, 20 and 21. The sucker V has a
vertical alternating motion for taking a label from the magazine and a horizontal
alternate motion for delivering the label so carried to the pasting apparatus.
The pasting apparatus is shewn in detail in Figures 22, 23, 24 and 25 and
consists of the paste-funnel X, from which the paste is caused to descend between
two rollers Y and Z. It is then wiped by the brush A°. All these parts are
supported by a bracket A" screwed to the table A. Under the bracket A" is
located the pasting table O" supported by a base resting on guides, to which base
an alternate motion can thus be imparted. The sucker having fetched a label from
the label-magazine makes a retrograde motion so that it moves above the table O",
where it leaves the label. The table O¹ then passes under the brush A¹, in order
to provide the label lying on the table with paste.
When the table.O has returned to its former position, the label is grasped by
the label-pincers and is placed upon the above mentioned folding table Q. The
different parts receive their motion from the horizontal main shaft A¹ by means of
excentrics fixed on the same and partly by two vertical shafts B' and C¹.

page_text: Having thus generally described the parts of the machine I will now describe
them in detail.
Figure 4 shews in vertical section the veneer-magazine, the veneer-feeding
mechanism and certain parts appertaining to the advancing of the labels.
Figure ŏ is a cross section on the line A-B Figure 4.
Figure 6 shews the exterior appearance of the same parts viewed from the right
side in Figure 4, and
Figure 7 is a horizontal section on the line C-D in Figure 4.
The superposed veneers a in the veneer-receptacle B are supported on the
flanges a projecting inwards from the footpiece C. These flanges have between
them an opening, in which a slide a³ has an alternate motion (see Figures 4 and 5).
To the slide a², a plate a³ is fixed of about the same width and thickness as a
veneer. The plate a rests upon the flanges a¹ and is normally behind the veneers
so that, when it is pushed forward, it pushes the lowermost veneer in the magazinę
before it, out through the slit a' in the wall of the veneer-magazine. The width
of the slit a' is regulated by a small movable door as actuated by a spring a. If a
veneer is torn or uneven, the door a³ will open slightly so that the veneer cannot
stop up the slit.
Outside the veneer-magazine B, immediately under the slit at, are two small
bent pieces a, Figure 0, supported by the brackets a fixed to the pedestal C, by
means of small shafts a³ on which the bent pieces a are pivotted. When.a veneer
has been pushed out, it will remain on the bent pieces a7 until the block G takes
it (see Figure 4). The veneer being in this position, the folding operations above
described commence.
The slide a² receives its motion by means of the link-bar b, connected with the
lever b¹ pivotting on the fixed shaft b* (see Figure 2) and receiving its motion from
an excentric secured on the shaft A. In the pedestal C are located pincers for
fetching a pasted label from the pasting table O¹ (see Figure 8, 22 and 2) and
placing it upon the folding table Q situated under the block. These label-pincers
consist of a bar c (see Figure 4) having an alternate motion and guided by a stand c
Another bar c² is united with the bar c by the upper jaw cs and the lever of pivotted
to a shaft fixed to the bar c. The bar c³ receives thus an alternate motion at the same
time as the bar c, but receives besides an alternate motion of its own with relation
to the bar c. The motion is obtained from the lever c through the medium of
shoulders (Figure 5) projecting over the bar c, and so shaped that the bar c will
have a determined oscillation on the pivot of the bar c. The fore end of the lever
forms together with the upper jaw a pair of pincers, which will remain open
when they are moved to the right by the link-bar d, but closed when conducted
to the left. In order to produce sufficient friction to open and close the pincers, the
bar c slides between two leather pieces ca fixed to the stand c¹ by means of elastic
plates (see Figure 4). On the same shaft as the lever c is fixed a lever c
provided at the outer end with a roller c³ (Figures 4 and 7). This roller, when
the pincers retrograde, runs upon an edge co situated under the roller and pro-
jecting from a piece c¹¹ fixed to the pedestal. When the roller c is running up
upon the edge co, the pincers open slightly so that the label which they held is
dropped upon the folding table.
The label-pincers are actuated by the link-bar & Figure 2 uniting the lever c
with the lever d³ (Figure 2) which in its turn is united with the lever b¹ by means
of the link d². Every time a veneer is pushed out of the magazine, the label-
pincers thus fetch a label. The label-pincers are situated so high as to pass freely
over the folding table Q and they carry the label direct to the pasting table O₁
provided in the edge with recesses Figure 25 into which corresponding projecting
parts in the jaws of the pincers are adapted to enter and seize the label laying on
the table.
When the pincers are returning and drop the label, the latter stops against the
points d² (see Figure 14) situato close to the folding table Q. on which the label

page_text: In order that the pincers may move clear from the points d', there also are
recesses at the lower side of the pincers corresponding with the said points.
As the motions of the label-pincers and the block are across one another in the
same space a certain relation of time must exist between these motions, so that the
block and the pincers do not encounter one another. The motion is therefore
regulated in the following manner :-
Suppose the block to be in its lowermost position (close to the folding table).
When the said block has ascended a little, the pincers begin to move to the right
in order to fetch a label. When the block has ascended a little more than half-
way,
the pincers seize the label and then return to the left, so that the pincers,
while a veneer is being folded around the block, begin to descend and leave the
label on the folding table about at the time that the block has descended half-way.
The pincers afterwards continue to move to the left so that they are ready to
re-advance when the block has risen a little.
The folding of the veneer around the block takes place in the following manner.
The parts appertaining to this operation are represented in sectional elevation in
Figure 8, the block G being in its lowest position. Figure 9 is a horizontal section
on the line E, F Figure 8. Figures 10 and 11 show in front and side view the
same parts, when the block is in its highest position. Figure 12 shows the
mechanism in plan; but with the top-most part, viz: the folder I, removed.
Figure 13 is a vertical section through the block G, which here again is in its
lowest position. The said block consists of a horizontal rectangular prism having
the same vertical section as the interior of the shell, and is by means of the
screws e¹, e² and e³ fixed on the top of the slide F. The latter is guided in its
vertical alternate motion by the stand D which in the lower part almost clasps the
slide F and partly also a smaller slide E, situated in the latter (see the section
Figure 9) and which has an alternating motion in vertical direction independently
of the slide F. The slides E and F are actuated by the respective levers E and F
(see Figure 8) pivoted on the fixed shaft D' (Figure 2) and actuated by their
respective excentrics on the shaft A. At the top of the stand D is fixed a cross-
piece I called the upper folder, serving as a resting place for the veneer, when the
block is at its highest position. The folder I carries a piece O forming the veneer-
retainer, which is of an inverted T shape and is raised by the block G when the
latter is at its highest position, but descends again in consequence of the pressure
of a spiral spring g when the mould is descending.
When a veneer has been pushed out of the magazine, it remains, as already
stated, on the bent pieces a' (Figure 6) with nearly half its length beyond the said
bent pieces and just under the shoulder N and the retainer O as shown in Figures 8
and IV. In Figure 8 the veneer which is pushed out is shown by dotted lines (a).
The veneer is advanced so far that the first transverse groove (615) on the same
arrives in front of the right edge of the retainer O and the next transverse
groove (6) straight above the left edge of the block G (Figures 8 and IV). When
the block G now rises, the veneer will be clamped between the mould and the
retainer O but its right portion (a) Figure 8 is folded down to the edge of
the block by the right folder M, which has two small arms g³ reposing upon the
retainer O. The folder M oscillates therefore on its shaft g¹ when the retainer O is
pushed upwards by the mould G. The other part of the veneer will, owing to the
shoulder N, occupy the position shown by the dotted lines a in Figure 10 and the full
lines in Figure VI. The further folding of the veneer is performed by the left
folder K. The latter is fixed on the shaft L and is actuated by a lever g³ secured
on the same shaft which by means of the link-bar g³ is connected with the lever g'
Figure 2 pivoted on the shaft D¹ and actuated by an excentric on the shaft A¹.
When the folder K occupies its upper position, it retains the bent pieces a
Figure 6 in a raised position, owing to the small levers ge on the same shaft to
which the bent pieces a are secured (Figure 6) rest in slots g7 Figure $ in the
edges of the folder K. At the same time as the block G is ascending and folding
the veneer against the shoulder N, the folder K turns downwards, and the pieces a³

page_text: are moved away by means of small springs not shown on the shaft carrying the
said bent pieces, so that the veneer is not obstructed when being folded. The
folder K continues to turn and folds the veneer close to the underside of
the Figures 10 VI and VII. The last portion all of the veneer now only
remains to be folded against the opposite end a¹³ of the veneer already folded.
The latter folding is performed by the folder H, secured to the slide E by means
of the pivot k on which it oscillates and actuated by a spring k likewise secured to
the slide E. The notion of the folder H is further determined by a shoulder k³ on
the same and a piece ³ pivoted on the stand D and likewise provided with a
shoulder Figure 10.
When the folder H is caused to ascend the shoulder k³ passes outside of the
shoulder whereby the said folder is conducted outwards not so far however that
the projecting end of the veneer is not turned up by the same, and, when the
shoulders have passed one another, is by the folder H pressed against the folder M.
The outward motion of the folder H takes place in order that the end 6 of the
veneer may not encounter the folder H and thus be stopped by it, when the
veneer is folded by the folder K. The block G and the folder then descend
simultaneously.
When the block descends the retainer O follows a short distance thus preventing
the stationary folder M from pulling up the inner part of the veneer. The folder H
moves, on the contrary, a little upwards and then follows the block while the
latter is descending, holding the ends of the vencer against the said block. In
descending the shoulder ³ passes inside the shoulder which retires so that the
piece k turns outwards. The block G and the folder H accompany one another
until the mould reaches the folding table Q, which, while the mould was ascending
has, by means of the label pincers, been provided with a pasted label as already
described.
The mechanism folding and sticking the label around the veneer is represented
in Figures 14 and 18 in different positions viewed from the front. Figure 16 is a
section on the line G H in Figure 14 aud Figure 15 is a section on the line I K in
Figure 14. Figure 17 is a plan of the mechanism.
All the parts are fixed to a common bracket P beneath the machine table. Next
to the bracket P and P is a bar m, which moves up and down and is actuated
from the lever m³. This lever m¹ is pivoted at one end m³ and has a slot mt in
which a stud m³ fixed to the bar m can slide. At the opposite end of the lever m¹
a slotted bar m³ is secured which slotted bar is adapted to be moved up and down
with the lever m². The said bar m³ is guided partly by a stud m® which is fixed
in the bracket P and enters a slot m' and partly by a stud m³ fixed to the bar m³
and following a slot m³ in the bracket P (Figure 14). At the top of the bar m³ is
pivoted a fork mo, in which the roller R is supported. To the slide-bar m is fixed
a pivot n on which the lever n¹ is pivoted and actuated by the spring n², fixed to
the bar m. At the top of the bar ¹ is fixed a fork-shaped part n³, on which the
paper presser S is secured. At the top of the fork n³ are the points d' against
which the label stops. The parts acting upon the bar n¹ are, besides the spring n³
the bent lever n', having for its object to remove at a given moment the top of the
bar n¹ from the box, and the pivoted shoulder n³, which, when the bar n¹ is
descending, encounters the stud n fixed to the bar n', whereby the bar n¹ is
pushed outwards.
This entire mechanism is operated through the lever G', pivotted on the shaft D¹
and actuated by the cam G. The lever G₁ is connected with the bar n by means
of the link-bar n.
In Figure 14 the block G is supposed to have moved down upon a label p lying
upon the folding table Q, where the label is retained by suction through the
pipe n. As soon as the lever G¹ ascends the roller R and the presser begin
to stick the label to the veneer. When the roller R, which has a greater speed
than the presser S has reached the above inentioned lower folder H, the latter is

page_text: immediately caused to ascend in order to give place to the roller R, which
continues to move along the upper side of the box, under the action of the
spring p¹, until it arrives in the position shown in Figures 18 and XII. In the
meantime the excentric G' has turned so far that its shoulder p* Figure 14
encounters one arm of the bent lever n', the other end of which then bears against
the lower end of the lever n³, so that the top of the latter does not encounter the
roller R. When the bar n¹ again descends the remaining end of the label p
(Figures 18 and XIII) is stuck. In order that the paper may not be disarranged at
the lower edge of the box, the stud n encounters the tappet no, whereby tho
presser S is somewhat removed from the box during the last part of the descending
motion.
Figures 26, 27, 28 and 29 represent a modification of the above mechanism for
folding and sticking the label. In lieu of causing the roller R first to advance
and then to retire to its original position, as above described, the part forming a
substitute for the roller is allowed to continue its course around the folding
table Qand the block reposing on it carrying the folded veneer, that is to say ;-
the said part corresponding to the roller R is caused to pass under the table Q
which therefore is circular at the under side. The suction pipe n³ is moreover
removed a little back. The presser S is almost the same as in the construction
before described; the principal difference is that the points d, against which the
label is stopped are removed, and in their place a special piece is inserted which
at the same time opens the label pincers and places itself upon the label thus
retaining it in place.
In Figure 26 this modified mechanism is represented as viewed from the side
and partly in section on the line a, b Figure 29. Figure 27 is a section on the
line c, d Figure 26, and Figure 29 is a plan of the mechanism. Figure 28 shows
a detail in section on the line e, f Figure 26.
Upon the table A in front of the folding table Qa horizontal shaft d" is
supported on which runs loosely a toothed wheel d, with which a rack d
moving up and down engages. The toothed wheel is provided with ratchet
teeth on its nave d¹³, into which. teeth two pawls d pivoted to a flange d¹ on the
shaft do engage. The pawls thus cause the shaft do to make a revolution each
time the rack bar d descends. On the end of the shaft do a groove or bent
arm e¹0 is secured. The arm a⁰ also supports a shaft el projecting from the end
of the arm e¹º and provided therewith a cap " in which the presser e¹³ (corre-
sponding to the fork mo and the roller R. Figure 14) is pivotted on a pin traversing
the cap.
As shown in Figure 26 the presser cannot rotate but is at both ends provided
with small lugs el which during part of the stroke of the presser slide upon
flange es on the under circular part of the table Q. The flanges e¹s have for their
object to remove the presser from the box or shell just as the last end of the label
has been stuck, in order that the end of the label already stuck to the box and
laying beneath may not be disarranged. The lugs e subsequently glide on the
flanges until the presser has passed round and is ready to begin the next operation
when the flanges e terminate and the presser rises up to the next box. The
presser els remains constantly pressed against the box, owing to the action of a
spiral spring e¹ (Figure 29) wound round the shaft 6".
The rack bar receives an alternating motion up and down because its lower
end is connected with a lever pivoted on the shaft Ď¹ (Figure 2) and actuated by
an excentric on the shaft A. At each descending motion of the rack ¹³, the
shaft do with the arm e¹0 and the presser els make a revolution but stops when
the rack is ascending the toothed wheel du running loose.
The folding table Q is secured with screws upon the table A. of the machine.
From the folding table Q a plate Q1 projects perpendicularly against the label
upon which plate the label, when fetched by the label pincers, slides and rests
with its rear part. The hollow in the folding table is continued into the plate Q¹,

page_text: which at the upper side is also provided with holes, so that the label is at the
same time sucked fast to the table Q and the plate Q¹.
In order to deliver tho label from the pincers at the right moment and to retain
the label until the sticking takes place, a lever go is fixed at one end of a shaft g
supported in the bracket P. The lever 90 is bent, so that it can pass up through
the opening in the table A and finally with its horizontally bent end rest upon the
plate Q. The link-bar g" and the bent lever g¹³ the latter being actuated by an
excentric on the shaft A have for their object to raise and lower the lever g¹º. At
the opposite end of the shaft g" is also secured a lever g¹ upon the upper bent
end of which the roller, appertaining to the label pincers (see Figure 4) is
adapted to run. The label pincers having fetched a label and drawn it sufficiently
across the folding table Q, stop for a moment, owing to a concentric part on the
circumference of the cam operating the same. The lever g provided with a
couple of adjusting screws then places itself upon the label, while the other
lever g by its ascending motion acts upon the lever c (see Figure 4) and opens
the pincers. The pincers then continue their retrograding motion until they arrive
at the turning point. When the presser els is about to act upon the box or shell
and to commence sticking the label, the lever g10 ascends anew, so that the label
is free.
The operation mechanism and the motion of the presser S are the same as already
described, with the difference that the lever G¹ is connected to the stud n on which
the lever n¹ is pivoted.
The motions between the two pressers e¹s and S must be so adapted, that the
presser S ascends, when it is about to be encountered by the presser e¹s and so far
that the latter may be able to pass the former. The presser S when descending
bears against a stud 10 on the bar m.
The finish box or shell is now ready to be pushed off the block which takes place
during the upward movement of the block. The block G is for this purpose
traversed by a bar p³, which can be moved in and out by a lever P¹ (Figure 13)
To the bar p are inserted two pieces p' and p³ Figures 11 and 12, pivoted on the
same stud and actuated by a spiral spring secured between them. On the parts p
and p are small projections p extending out of the sides of the block. Figure 13
shows how the bar is operated. On a fixed stud p' a bent lever ps is pivoted
one arm of which is, by means of the link-bar p³ connected with the slide bar F,
the other end being connected with the lever P¹. When the slide F and the block
are ascending the bar p³ is moved inwards and vice versa. When the block is in
its lowest position, the projections p are inside the box which thus is pushed off
the block by them; when the latter ascends. When the block descends, the pro-
jections get inside the folded veneer for the reason that the pieces p' and p³ turn
inwards, but under the action of the intermediate spring the said projections are
pressed outwards, when they have passed the veneer or got beyond the edge of the
latter.
The label magazine and the mechanism for feeding up the labels is represented
in side view in figure 19 with the label magazine in section. Figure 20 shows the
same parts viewed from the front, and Figure 21 the same in plan. The labels are
placed one upon another into the label magazine U where they rest upon the
movable bottom q¹. The springs q have for their object to guide the pile of labels
so that the topmost labels is straight below the suction device y.
The suction device y is, by means of the pipe 98, secured to a slide bar q³, which
can move horizontally. The slide bar q³ is secured to a vertical slide 9 movable
up and down in the support q³ secured under the machine table A. The slide bar q³
is actuated by the lever qⓇ projecting from the vertical shaft B¹, figures 2 and 3.
The shaft B' receives an oscillating motion from the lever q₁ secured to it, and
which, by means of a roller, enters a groove in a cam fixed on the shaft A². To
the slide q is secured a bar q³ (Figure 2) which is moved up and down by a bent
lever q. This bent lever q' is actuated by. a cam on the shaft A¹. At the lower

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end of the pipe q³ a bar, not shown in the drawing is fixed, whereby the suction
device V is united with a second pipe placed under the table board A and leading
to a valve I figure 2. By means of a suction apparatus (which may be common
-to several machines) a vacuum is obtained in the suction device V. The valve I-
acts in such a manner with relation to the motion of the suction device y that when
-the latter is above the label magazine and in its lower position, it takes the topmost
label. The suction device then ascends and then retrogrades until it arrives above
the pasting table 01 figure 22, when it is again lowered and delivers the label,
owing to air being let into the suction device V through the valve 11. The suction
.device V then returns in order to fetch a fresh label. To raise the labels in the
magazine, two cords r, are provided on which the bottom q' is suspended. The
two cords r, 1 run upon small pulleys and pass down around the cylinder 13
(Figure 2) actuated by a worm-wheel, secured on the shaft of the said cylinder
and a corresponding worm on the shaft r³.
The shaft is actuated by the lever, the outer end of which enters a hole in
the bar q and by a ratchet wheel and a pawl 8. At every upward stroke of the
bar q, the pawl fixed to the lever 78 passes over one or more teeth of the wheel r²
causing the ratchet wheel to rotate when the bar q³ descends and consequently
also the wheel and the cylinder. In this manner the strings r and r¹ are
successively wound upon the cylinder and the label pile is raised in conformity.
The paste apparatus is shown in Figure 22 in vertical section on the line K―L,
Figure 23. Figure 23 represents the same viewed from the front and partly in
section on the line M-N Figure 22. Figure 24 represents the pasting table and
its groove, viewed in plan, the paste-funnel and its stand with appertaining parts
being removed and Figure 25 shows the whole apparatus in plan the funnel being
removed from this Figure also.
The pasting table 01 is secured to a slide s, movable in grooves a¹ in the table A,
The slide 8 is moved to and fro by a link-bar s², pivoted on it, and by a lever 8*
secured to the top of the vertical shaft C¹, Figure 1. The shaft C¹ receives its
motion in the same manner as the shaft. B³, namely by means of a lever 812 having
a roller running in a groove formed in a cylindrical cam on the shaft A¹, the
lever being fixed on the shaft C¹. The label is retained upon the table 011
partly by the suction through the pipes and partly by the fingers s which are
opened by the bent lever s, not directly visible in Figure 1, being placed behind
the lever u, having exactly the same shape, which actuates the lever 88 Figures 1
and 24, by means of the link-bar & Figures 1 and 2. The fingers are closed by
the spiral spring t, Figures 22 and 24.
The stand A supports two cylinders Y and Z, of which the cylinder Y, by
means of the adjusting screws t¹, can be adjusted more or less towards the other
cylinder Z, so that just the necessary quantity of paste is let through from the
paste-funnel X. The brush Aº can be raised or lowered as it is inserted between
two arms u and u¹ pivoted on the shaft u². The arm u¹ Figures 1 and 25 is
prolonged and is connected, by a link-bar us, with the lever u, Figure 1, which in
its turn is connected by means of the link-bar u with the bent lever u Figure 2.
The brush is thus lowered, when the table 011 retrogrades, so that the label is pro-
vided with paste, but is again raised when the table advances. The two cylinders Y
On the
and Z are rotated by means of the cord-pulley and gear-wheels v¹.
intermediate shaft. is a toothed wheel gearing with a toothed wheel secured on
the shaft of the brush and with one of the gear-wheels v¹. When the table O¹¹ has
returned, the label is fetched by the label-pincers and placed under the block upon
the folding table, as already described.
The completed boxes drop through an opening in the table A onto an endless
belt running upon two pulleys. This belt is not shewn in the drawings, but one
pulley with its bearing a is shewn to the left in Figure 2 and the other pulley is
indicated by a circle The support for this pulley projects from the upper
_bearing for the vertical shaft B' Figure 2...
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page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed as communicated to
me by my foreign correspondent I declare that what I claim is :-
:
First A machine for manufacturing the exteriors or shell portions of match-
boxes, in which machine the veneers are advanced between a block on which
they are to be folded and a folding apparatus situated above this block, which
folding apparatus, when the block ascends, folds the greater part of the veneer
around the block, another lower folder completing the folding, and, during the
subsequent downstroke of the block, holding the ends of the veneer against the
block until the latter places itself upon a table situated under it and upon which
a pair of pincers, having an alternating motion, has previously placed a label ;
which label, after being pasted upon one side by pasting apparatus, is stuck upon
two sides of the folded veneer by means of a cylinder or roller mounted upon
articulated arms or levers and passing over two sides of the folded veneer, the
lower veneer-folder meanwhile moving out of the way so that a presser can first
fold the lower part of the paper on the side where the joint is to be made and then,
while the cylinder retrogrades, also fold the upper part the completed shell, being
now, during the upstroke of the block in returning to its position to cominence
a fresh operation, pushed off the block by a pusher located in a recess in the'
said block.
Second: In a machine of the class referred to in the first claiming clause for
making the exteriors of match boxes, a block having an alternating up-and-down
motion between an upper veneer-folder I and a lower table (2) which a pasted
label is placed.
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Third-A veneer-folder (for performing the greater part of the folding, of the
veneers around the block G, as mentioned in the first claiming clause,) consisting
of a stationary piece, provided on one side with a projecting edge N and a pivoted
bent arm K, on the other side with a pivoted plate M, and in the centre with a
veneer-retainer O having an alternating up-and-down motion, and being pressed
downwards by a spring g and having resting upon it an arm projecting from
the plate M, which parts operate in such a manner that, when the block ascends,
the veneer-retainer secures the veneer between itself and the block while the
projecting edge N and the plate M_partly fold the veneer, which folding is then
almost completed by the bent arm K.
Fourth A lower veneer-folder H for performing the final folding of the
veneer and retaining the veneer ends against the block, consisting of a pivoted bar
having an alternating up-and-down motion simultaneously with the block, which
bar is actuated by a spring and provided with a shoulder k tapering towards
both ends, the points of which shoulder are so adjusted, that the said shoulder, in
the alternate motions of the mould, passes on different sides of another shoulder k*
pivoted on the frame of the machine.
Fifth A label-presser S for sticking, the label on that side of the folded veneer
on which the joint between the ends of the label is situated, the said presser
being so arranged that it first ascends in contact with the side of the box thus
applying one part of the label, and then continuing to ascend withdraws from the
box, but almost immediately returns to the box, thus applying the last part of the
label during its downward movement, the said presser during the last part of this
downstroke again withdrawing from the box, in order not to disarrange the
previously stuck portion of the label.
Sixth-Mechanism for pushing off the finished boxes from the block as men-
tioned in claim 1, the said mechanism consisting of two small pieces p* p³ adapted
to be moved forwards and backwards in a recess of the said block by means of a
bar to which they are pivoted, the said pieces being normally pressed outwards by
a feeble spring placed between them.
Seventh-As a modification of the arrangement mentioned in the first claiming
clause for folding and applying the label around the box, a folding table Q which

page_text: is semi-circular on its under-side and a shaft do supported in front of the folding
table and provided with a bent arm eo supporting another shaft el carrying &
presser es, of which parts the first named shaft receives an intermittent motion,
so that the presser at the proper time makes a revolution around the veneer shell
surrounding the block and the folding table, thus folding and applying the label
around the veneer.
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