Match-boxes and similar Articles.
Year: 1885

page_text: Match-boxes and similar Articles.
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 my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE
OF MATCH-BOXES AND SIMILAR ARTICLES". and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
This invention relates to a machine for manufacturing the interior or body
portions of match-boxes and similar articles.
The improved machine comprises a table, through which projects a vertical shaft.
On this shaft are arranged four arms, the ends of which have the same area as the
bottoms of the boxes to be made. The said arms rotate with the said shaft and
carry the boxes during the successive stages of their manufacture until they are
finally thrown off.
On the table, within, or just outside, the circle in which the arms revolve, are
fixed devices which supply veneers and paper for the boxes, and which act, in
conjunction with the ends of the arms, first to form, and then to throw off, the
boxes.
The said boxes are composed of a bottom veneer and of a side veneer, which at one
end of the box is double. The side and bottom are held together by a strip of paper,
somewhat longer and wider than the side veneer. This strip of paper is pasted
around the side veneer, and is then folded and pasted over the top edge of the side.
veneer and also down onto the bottom, and thus attaches the latter firmly to the
side.
The first of the devices fixed on the table, and in connection with which the
revolving arms operate, is a channel, wherein the bottom veneers are placed on their
edges close to one another. Each arın passes close before this channel, from which
it takes, by means of a small shoulder the outermost veneer which is penetrated
by a pin, whereby the veneer is retained on the end of the arm. The next device,
which the said arm comes opposite to as it continues to rotate, is a box secured on

page_text: the end of a horizontal shaft. The șides of this box are provided with openings
through which the arm in revolving passes. On the sides of the said box are
small pins serving to retain the side veneers, which are advanced, one at a time, by
suitable mechanism beneath the box.
The pasted paper is first wound upon the box, then a side veneer is attached to
the bottom side of the said square box. During the revolution of the square box,
the paper is partly folded and stuck around that longitudinal edge of the side
veneer, which is to form the top edge of the match-box (see Figure 36). The
revolving arm then passes through the opening in the vertical side of the square
box, but, as this opening is covered by a paper and a veneer, these become attached
to the end of the said arm, so that the veneer is innermost and the paper outermost
and so that the veneer and the paper are folded at two places, and wrapped close to
three sides of the arm. When the arm leaves the square box, it does not touch
the opposite vertical side of the box nor the veneer attached thereto, as the circle
in which the arm revolves is arranged in such a position relatively to the said
square box as to prevent it from coming into contact with the said vencer.
Other apparatuses placed around the circle in which the arms revolve perform the
following operations successively, that is to say :-
1 Paste the paper on the foremost short side of the bottom, the match-box
being carried on the arm-end, so that the length of the said box lies in the direction
of rotation and the breadth perpendicular to the plane of rotation.
2nd Fold and paste the side veneer and the paper at the rear short end of the
box where the, vencer is double.
3rd Fold the paper around the top hindmost rear corner of the side veneer and
fold and paste the paper on the bottom at this rear short side.
4th Fold and paste the paper on the top long side of the bottom.
5th Fold and paste the paper over the lowest long side of the box and fold a
remaining part of the paper over the top edge of the rear short side of the box,
and over part of the top long side, that is at the rear top corner of the side veneer.
This latter folding is completed by mechanism on the arm itself.
6th Throw off the completed box.
The arm has then completed a revolution and is ready to begin with a new box.
The shaft having four arms, four boxes are made ready for each revolution of the
shaft.
I will now proceed to describe the machine with reference to the accompanying
drawing, in which
Figure 1 represents a transverse section.
Figure 2 a side elevation, and
Figure 3 a plan.
The remaining figures are views of details hereinafter referred to.
The machine consists of a table B supported upon a suitable frame, and through
which the vertical shaft A projects. This shaft receives its motion from the main
shaft C by means of gearing. On the upper end of the shaft A above the table B
is fixed a centre piece or disc D, from which project four horizontal arms D¹ D² D³
and D. Each of these arms carries two slides a, b, having friction rolls a¹, b',
respectively, which run between the pairs of guide-bars E F G and H. The guide
bars E and H act upon the rollers a¹ and the guide-bars F and G upon the rolls bl
I is a channel fixed on the table, and into which the bottom veneers are placed.
The veneers are moved forward in this channel by the block 1', which, by means
of weights and cords or chains 12, is drawn towards the front end of the said
channel. The bottom veneers, which are oblong in shape, are placed edgewise in
the said channel close to one another, so that the length of the said veneers
corresponds with the width of the channel and the breadth with the depth of the
channel. The top of the channel is open and the inner or forward end has a
vertical wall 13 provided in the middle with a horizontal opening extending over
the whole width of the channel. Between this wall and the end of the channel,
on the side at which the roller 1 is placed (see Figure 3), is a narrow slot of

page_text: the said channel, it pushes a veneer through the said slot,
Figure 4 is a side view of one of the arms.
Figure 5 is a plan of the same.
Figure 6 is a horizontal section,
Figure 7 is an end view.
Figure 8 is a transverse section on the line 1, 1, Figure 6, and
Figure 9 is a section on the line 2, 2, Figure 6.
The arrows in Figures 5 and 7 show in which direction the arm revolves.
The
arm is hollow at the outer end, and in the mouth is provided with a fixed spring d
having a shoulder d'. This shoulder d' engages with the outermost veneer in the
channel I and pushes it out of the said channel. The shoulder d' must, therefore,
be of the same height as the thickness of a veneer. The spring d is actuated, when
the slide b is pushed outwards, by a plate b³ connected with an arm b projecting
from the slide b.
bis a bent lever, one arm of which enters a slot in the slide b, while the end of
the other arm is pointed, the point projecting beyond the plane of the slide a, near
the shoulder of the spring d. 6 is a lever of the second order actuated by a
link-bar connected with the bent lever b₁ by means of a pin, and pushed forward
by a spring b. The lever 66 is provided with a lancet-shaped point extending
through the spring d, and serving to hold a veneer to the outer end of the
arm D¹.
, are two cross-bars on the arm D¹ fixed to the slide a, the former above,
and the latter beneath, the said arm. These cross-bars have for their object to push
the finished box off the arm D¹.
610 is a bent lever actuated by a spiral spring 61, and one arm of which is pressed
against the side of the arm D'. The lever 610 has for its object to hold the side
veneer on the end of the arm.
Figure 35 represents the inside of the side veneer. The side veneer is, as shown,
provided with transverse grooves where it can be folded without breaking..
In this figure, the side veneer is between the grooves, designated 1, x², a³, x1, and x.
It will be seen that, when folding the veneer, the parts x and x will form the
longitudinal sides of the box, the part ³ one short side, and the parts x and x">
the opposite short side which will thus be double.
The formation of the box will be understood.from the following description:
The end of the arm is of the same section as the bottom of the box and is so
arranged that the long sides are horizontal or in the plane of the revolution of
the arm, while the short sides are perpendicular to the plane of revolution.
In order to simplify the description, the paper may be supposed to be omitted
and only the veneer considered. The side veneer should be supposed as placed
vertically as shewn (Figure 35), before the wall of the before-mentioned square box,
in which, behind the part ³, is an aperture having rounded edges. It should
further be supposed that the arm will move in front of the part ³ inwards against
the plane of the paper. The arm will then strike the side veneer at and draw it
through the aperture in the wall, so that the part 3 will form the foremost short
end of the match-box (with reference to the direction of the revolution), the part x²
the top longitudinal side, the part the bottom longitudinal side, and the parts x¹
and the rear short end. This end will thus be double, the part ¹ forming the
inner lap and the part the outer lap. It should further be observed that, in
Figures 35 and 36, the bottom is to be applied at the left side of the side veneer
and that thus the centre of the revolving arın must be supposed as lying to the
right of the veneer. The side of the veneer which is shewn will forn the inside of
the box. Figure 14 shows, from a point beyond the end of the arm, how the veneer is
folded about the end of the said arm. The lever 60 holds the veneer at the
part

page_text: When the machine is set in motion, the arms D¹², D², D³ and D' will move in the
direction of the arrow (Figure 3), whereby the roller b₁enters first between the guide-
bars G. These bars cause the slide b to be pushed outwards, and consequently the
spring d to be bent outwards (see Figure 6). As the end of the arm D₁ passes the
end of the channel I, the edge d¹ of the bent spring d comes into contact with
the edge of the foremost veneer in the said channel I and takes the said veneer
with it out of the channel and pushes it over a roller I of india-rubber secured to
the side of the said channel. Thereupon the point on the lever 60 (Figure 6) is
pressed into the veneer and retains it on the spring d. As the arm continues to
rotate, the roller a¹ enters between the guide-bars H, whereby the slide a is drawn
back, so that the cross-bars 68 and 62 are drawn up upon the arm D¹. The arm has
now arrived at the part of the machine where the arm takes a side veneer.
this part of the machine, is an inclined channel K (Figure 1), in which the side
veneers are contained one upon another, with the grooved sides turned downwards.
The said veneers are pressed upwards towards the mouth of the channel K by a
sliding piece K' actuated by chains K2 provided with weights supported by rollers.
In the top end of the channel K are two springs K' (see figure 39), which are bent
so that they enter holes in the sides of the channel K and are there provided with
teeth, against which the ends of the topmost veneers press and are thus prevented
from being forced out of the channel. The ends of these springs are bent
outwards so as to be actuated by a part of the machine hereinafter described.
At
L (Figures 1 and 2) is a shaft running in two bearings beneath the table B, and
which receives an oscillating motion from a lever L, actuated by an excentric
rod L2 and an excentric on the main shaft C. On the shaft L (see Figures 10
and 13) is fixed, in front of the channel K, by means of two ears, a plate M having
folded edges M¹ on two sides and supported by two arms M7 projecting from the
shaft L. In this plate are formed two grooves, in which move two slides M² (see
Figure 10a), each provided with an upright toothed edge M³. These slides are
supported beneath the plate M and are each firmly connected with one end of an
arm N (see Figure 10), the other end of which is supported on a pivot on the
frame of the machine. From the edges M¹ project a number of springs M, on the
ends of which are hooks M³ (figure 10b) resting against tlie plain parts of the top
sides of the slides M². The teeth M³ on the upright edges of the slides M², and the
hooks M are turned in opposite directions.
From the shaft L also project two arms L³, the ends of which are connected
by means of a cross-bar L₁ provided with small points upon the under side.
These arms are of such a length, that the cross-bar L' enters into the upper
mouth of the veneer-channel K, and the cross-bar is of such a length that its
ends, in order to descend into the said mouth, must bend the springs K³ out-
wards. The side veneers, of the shape shown in Figure 35, are pressed as
aforesaid towards the mouth of the channel, but stop against the teeth on the
spring K³. When the shaft L oscillates, the arms L³ bring the cross-bar L* down
in the mouth of the channel K, whereupon the cross-bar L bends the springs K³
outwards and permits the veneers to be advanced and the topmost vencer to become
attached to the points on the underside of the cross-bar LA. When the shaft L is
turned in the opposite direction, the cross-bar L is brought upwards until it
encounters a cross-bar O projecting from the machine frame. This cross-bar O is
struck by the veneer, whereby the latter is caused to separate itself from the
cross-bar L and to fall down upon the front ends of the slides M². The plate M is
turned upwards at the same time as the arms 1³, and owing to oue end of each of
the arms N being fixed to the machine frame, the outer ends of the slides M² are
brought outside the outer end of the plate M and thus receive the falling veneer.
The shaft L is then turned in the other direction, in order to permit the cross-bar
to fetch another veneer, and the slides M2 are simultaneously drawn inwards,
whereby the veneer, by means of points on the ends of the slides, is drawn beneath
the foremost of the hooks M5 and held fast by them. At the next ascending motion
of the rear end of the plate M, the slides M³ return and fetch a new veneer from

page_text: the cross-bar L, while the former veneer slides over the first tooth of the upright
edge M3 and is retained there. In this manner, the veneers are advanced
successively until the first veneer reaches the end of the slides M*.
The front end of the plate M descends at each revolution of the shaft L and
encounters a forked arm L' (see Figure 1), the ends of which are provided with
upright points entering holes in the plate Al behind the foremnost veneer disengaged
from the shoulders M5, and pushing it forward against the fore end of the plate M,
where the veneer stops against two upright knife edges M. When the plate
occupies the position shown in Figure 10, tho veneer is pressed against one side of
a square box or wheel Q fixed on the shaft P. This wheel is caused to rotate at
regular intervals by means of a bevel-wheel P¹ running loosely on the shaft P and
receiving its motion by means of gearing from the main shaft C (see Figure 3).
Against the rear face of the toothed wheel P¹, a friction pulley P, fixed on the
shaft P, presses, so that the shaft is caused to rotate with the toothed wheel P¹
when nothing is obstructing the shaft. In order to effect the periodical rotation,
there is cast on the back of the square wheel Qa ratchet-disc Q' having four
teeth, with which a pawl Q engages (see Figure 2), which pawl is operated by.
means of an excentric on the main shaft C. When the pawl Q2 stops the shaft P,
the toothed wheel P¹ will slip upon the friction pulley P.
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The
The square box or wheel Q has flat edge plates Q3 on each side and every such
plate is on the outside provided with small points and has an aperture Qlarge
enough to permit the end of the arm. D¹ to pass through. This wheel is first
supplied with paper from a paper-roller R (Figure 2) placed above an apparatus
for pasting the paper. The pillow-block for the paper-roller R is broken away,
and, with the roller, as in Figure 2, is shown detached at the left side of the
machine, but its proper place is at the right side of the machine (in Figure 2)
where the remaining part of the pillow-block supporting the paper-roller is shown.
The paper strip, during the operation of the machine, is unwound from the
paper-roller R and conducted first beneath the roller R, where it comes into
contact with the wheel R³ coated with paste from the paste receptacle R².
paper strip is pressed against the wheel R³ by means of a pressure roller R*.
The wheel R³ is caused to rotate by a shaft R6 (see Figures 2 and 40) on which is
an adjustable friction roller R' working against a friction pulley R³ secured on
the same shaft as the wheel R³, whereby the said wheel R³ is rotated at a suitable
speed. The pasted paper strip is conducted from the wheel R over a supporting
roller R, and is fixed by means of small sharp points on the flat edges Q³ of the
wheel Q. The side veneer lying on the front end of the plate M will thus, as
described above, be pressed against the lower edge Q³ of the wheel Q, where the
paper strip previously pasted on the under side is already located. It should here
be observed that one end of the side veneer (the part x Figure 35) will be outside
one corner of the wheel Q, so that the whole veneer will not be pasted over, but
that the paper strip on the contrary will come outside the opposite end of the
veneer as shown Figure 36.
Simultaneously with the sticking of the veneer to the wheel Q; the knife Mo
cuts through the paper strip beyond the edge of the veneer as shown at p.
Figure 36, the said knife entering a slot Q in the edge Q. Another similar knife
(not shown in Figure 13) cuts the paper strip at p', Figure 36; the knife entering
an opening shown in the left lower corner in Figure 11, between two edge plates
arranged close to one another. When the wheel Q has made half a revolution
and, in the manner, described has taken two other side veneers, the veneer (the
passage of which through the machine is being described) has come to the top of
the wheel Q.
A cross-bar between two levers L', Figure 10, of the first order receiving an
alternate motion by means of the link-bar Le from an arm projecting from the
shaft L, now comes upon the said side veneer and presses it firmly against the top
of the edge plate Q3. The edge of the paper is pressed upwards between the
cuts and p (see Figure 36) because of the shoulders Q on the edge plate Q
P

page_text: folding the paper at the edge of the veneer. The cross-bar, between the levers L'
has on the left side a knife which enters an opening between the left vertical
edge plate and the upper 'horizontal one Q³ of the square wheel Q, at which
opening the paper strip is entirely cut off from the roll. After this is accomplished,
the paper edge is folded further by a wing L³ constituting one arm of a bent lever
oscillated by means of a link-bar L' from an arm on the shaft L. The bent lever L³
is pivotted on a shaft supported by the ends of two pivotted arms L10. The motion
of the bent lever L³, with relation to the lever Lio, is limited by one arm of the
bent lever L being fork-shaped and engaging with a shoulder on one of the
arms Lor L10.
When the link-bar L³ draws the arm L10 downwards, the bent lever or cam L8
slides over the shoulder Q and folds the upright part of the paper over the edge of
the veneer to which it will be stuck. When, on the contrary, the link-bar L
pushes back the arms L'o, the bent lever L8 is first turned until it strikes the
shoulder L, when the lever L8 is raised from the paper and will therefore not take
it back with itself. The arm L10 may then be turned up in its former position
without disarranging the folded paper. The veneer with the paper has then the
appearance shown in Figure 36.
The next motion of the square wheel Qin the direction indicated by the arrows
in Figures 2 and 11, brings the veneer to a vertical position on one side of the
wheel. In this position the arm D¹ takes the said side veneer. When the arm D',
during its revolution, is in the position occupied by the arm D' in Figure 3, the
lower arm 13 of the lever 610 (Figure 5) has moved up a rail S fixed upon the
table B, so that the outer bent arm of the said lever has been moved away from
the side of the arm D¹.
The veneer, after being taken by the arm, surrounds three sides of the arm D'
and is retained by the lever 610 in the manner shown in Figure 14. The arm D¹
continuing its revolution encounters a cam or folder T (Figure 3) pivotted on a pin
and actuated by a spiral spring. The edge of this folder presses upon the end of the
arm D as it moves past it, and folds the projecting edge of the paper (at the front
short side of the bottom) over the bottom veneer, so that the paper edge will lie on
the box, as shown at p Figure 37.
The arm D¹ next enters an apparatus fixed on the table B and represented
separately in elevation in Figure 14, in plan in Figure 15, and in section on the
line 3-3 Figure 14, in Figure 16. This apparatus consists of a guide U formed to
the arc of a circle and secured on the table B. In this guide works a slide V, from
which project standards supporting two shafts W and X. The upper shaft X has,
at the end nearest the machine, an arm X¹ provided with a roller X2. On the
outer end of the shaft X is another arm X3 extending in the opposite direction to
the arm X and provided with a pin running in a groove formed in a piece or
plate projecting vertically from the guide U. The lower shaft W carries an
arm Whaving a roller W2 corresponding with the roller X2 and an arm W³
extending in the opposite direction to the arm Wand provided with a pin running
in a groove in the inner side of the piece Y. This shaft W also carries a bent
lever Z pivotted thereon and actuated by a spiral spring. One arm of the said
lever Zhas a recess Z¹ and the other arm has shoulders 72. These shoulders slide
alternately above and beneath the ledges U¹ at the sides of a slot in the centre of
the guide U. When the apparatus is in the position shown in Figure 14, the
shoulders Z2 slide above the ledge U¹; but, when the slide is moved further in the
direction of the arrow, the shoulders encounter an oblique surface U of the guide,
which oblique surface turns the bent lever Z downwards.
When the arın D¹ enters the apparatus just described, the slide is brought to
such a position that the shoulders Z are above the ledges U¹ of the guide and bear
against the ledges V₁ of the slide. The hook Z' of the bent lever Z then encounters
the lower edge of the lever 610 on the arm D¹, whereby the slide V follows the arm
forwards in the guide U. Meanwhile the arm X' is turned, in consequence of the
shape of the grooves in the piece Y, see Figure 14, so that the roller X² first folds

page_text: down the upper projecting part x¹, Figure 35, of the veneer, and then the roller W
folds the part 2, Figure 35, of the veneer over the part ¹. These two parts of
the side veneer placed one upon another form the rear end of the match-box, and,
by being pressed against the point of the bent lever b (see Figure 6), they are
kept together in their folded position. While this has been taking place, the
slide V has been moved along so far that the shoulder Z₁ (see Figure 14)
encounters the inclined plane U2 and is moved downwards, so that the hook Z¹
releases the lever 10, whereby the slide stops, while the arm D¹ continues to
advance.
In order to bring the slide back to its former position, upon the shaft A, under
the table is fixed a bracket supporting two rings e (Figure 1) between which are
four short standards o¹. These standards, during the rotary motion of the shaft,
encounter the double-armed lever f (see Figure 3), fixed under the table B, the
outer end of which lever is fork-shaped and embraces the piece V2 (see
Figures 14 and 16) projecting downwards from the slide V through a slot in the
guide U.
Immediately after the arm D' has passed this apparatus, one of the standards el
strikes the arm f belonging to this apparatus, and turns it, so that the slide V is
brought back to its former position. Meanwhile the shoulders Z2 slide under the
ledges U until the slide stops, the said shoulders Z having arrived at the ends of
the ledges U at U³, where tho shoulders Z' ascend, in consequence of the influence
of the aforesaid spring and stop, against the ledges V¹. The slide V is then
brought back to its former position and the hook Z¹ is ready to engage with the
following arm D' in order to perform thereon the operations as just described.
The arm D¹ next enters into another similar apparatus, represented in elevation
in Figure 17, in Figure 18 in plan, and in Figure 19 in section on the line 4-4
Figure 17. This apparatus is arranged in the same manner as the one just
described with relation to the guide U, the slide V, the bent lever Z, the piece Y
and the shaft X with its arms X and X2 and roller X. The shaft W, however,
with its arms and roller, is absent, and is replaced by a vertical shaft g, on which
is pivotted a bent lever actuated by a spiral spring. One arm of this lever
supports a roller gl and its other arm g² enters a slot Y₁ in the piece Y, at one end
of which slot is a shoulder Y. The arm D₁, when entering this apparatus, engages
in the manner described with the hook Z' so that the slide V follows.
In con-
sequence of the configuration of the grooves in the piece Y, the roller X³ is pressed
down so that it folds the projecting edge p³ of the paper (see Figures 14, 21, 36
and 37), which, when folding the veneer ends in the before described apparatus,
extends over the rear top corner of the box. When this is effected, the arm g
encounters the shoulder Y' at the end of the slot Y¹, whereby the roller gl moving
inwards folds the paper edge p' (see Figures 22, 36 and 37) over the bottom veneer
at the end of the arm D' (at the rear vertical short side of the box). The hook Z
releases the slide V from the arm in the same manner as described for the pre-
ceding apparatus, and the slide V is brought back to its former placo as in the
former apparatus.
The arm, when entering the third apparatus, engages in the same manner with a
hook Z¹ whereby the slide V is caused to follow in the guide U. This apparatus is
represented in elevation in Figure 23, in plan in Figure 24, and in end elevation
Figure 25. It is distinguished from the preceding apparatus by the fact that the
standard of the slide V supports only one shaft h, on which is fixed a double-armed
lever, one end of which is spherical and slides in a slot in the piece Y (see
Figures 25 and 26) and the other end of which is provided with a brush h².
When the end of the arm D' enters into this apparatus, the brush h³ is raised, but,
when the slide V advances, the brush is turned downwards owing to the shape of
the slot in the piece Y, whereby the upper projecting edge p³ of the paper (see
Figures 25, 36 and 37) is folded upon the bottom veneer at the top horizontal
longitudinal side of the box. The book 7 then releases the arm D', so that the

page_text: slide V stops, whereupon the latter is brought back to its former place by an arm ƒ
in the same manner as described with reference to the preceding apparatus.
The last apparatus which the arm D₁ passes through is represented in elevation
in Figure 27, in plan in Figure 28, and in section in Figure 29. This apparatus is
also provided with a hook Z', a slide V, and a guide U having a grooved piece Y.
The standards on the slide V support a shaft i carrying a double-armed lever , one
end of which is spherical and runs in a slot in the piece Y, the other end being
provided with a brush ; a shaft k having an arm k', a projection upon which
slides in a slot in the piece Y, and another arm ², the end of which is bent to a
hook-shape; and a bent lever supported on a vertical pivot and actuated by a
spiral spring. The bent lever has at one end a hook 12 and the other end
encounters a shoulder Y" (see Figures 28 and 30) when the slide advances in the
guide. When the arm D₁ enters this apparatus, the roller a enters between the
guide-bars E (see Figure 3) thereby moving the slide a towards the arm. The box
having been formed around the end of the arm D¹ and the slide a, will then be
carried only on the arm D¹. The brush 2, being then caused to ascend, folds the
edge p of the paper upon the bottom veneer (along the horizontal lower longi-
tudinal side of the bottom). The hooks 2 and 2 are then moved inwardly towards
the top edge of the box and press the projecting edges p7 and 22 of the paper
inwards (see Figures 31 and 37). The arm D₁ is then released from the slide
and the latter is brought back to its former place by means similar to those described
for the preceding apparatuses. As the motion of the arm continues, the slide a is
brought back from its former position owing to the shape of the guide-bars E, and
thereby the end of the slide a completes the folding of the edges p' and 28 (see
Figure 31), so that these edges will be pasted over the edges of the box as shown
in Figure 38.
This
The box is now completed and it is only necessary to push it off the arm.
is likewise effected automatically. For this purpose the slide b, owing to the shape
of the guide-bars F, is drawn somewhat back (see Figure 3), whereby the points of
the bent lever b* (see Figure 6) and the arm & are drawn inwardly so as not to
hold the box. Immediately the slide a moves outwards, the cross-bars 68 and b
(see Figures 4, 5 and 7) push the box off the arm-end, so that it will be carried
only on the part of the slide a which is beyond the said cross-bars 68 and bº.
During the continued motion of the arm, the pivot 612 of the lever 610 (see Figures 4
and 7) encounters a projecting and pivotted lever m, m² (see Figure 3), pushing it
outwards. This motion is transferred by means of the arm m¹ to a bent lever n,
one arm of which is of equal height with the arm D' and hook-shaped, whereby
the said lever is swung outwards, but, when the pivot b12 has moved over the
lever m, this lever is brought back by a spring not shown in the drawing, whereby
the hook on the bent lever n catches the edge of the box on the end of the slide a,
thus moving it off while the arm D¹ is advancing. This having taken place, the
slides a and b return to their former positions, so that, when the arm D¹ has again
arrived in the position shown in Figure 3, all parts are in the same situation as at
the beginning of the operation.
As will be easily understood, the different apparatuses perform the same
operations for each of the arms D², D and D, so that a box is made on cach
arm, while these arms make respectively one revolution. Thus, at each revolution
of the shaft, four boxes are completed.
In order to prevent an arm from passing the mouth of the bottom veneer-
channel I, without taking a veneer, and then continuing its motion, there is at the
side of the roller 14. (see Figure 3) a contact spring o insulated from the table B,
and inserted in the circuit of an electric battery. The conductor for this circuit is
connected to one end of the coil of an electro-magnet g (see Figures 32, 33 and 34),
the other end of which is, in any suitable manner, connected with the metal of the
machine. The armature q¹ of the electro-magnet q is hook-shaped and retains a
bent lever q² in a certain position. On this bent lever is suspended, by means of
a hook, a bar r, the lower end of which is movably united with a coupling bar 8,

page_text: which can engage with a coupling box t situated near the belt-pulley. When an
arm passes the mouth I³ of the channel, without a bottom veneer being taken by
the arm, metallic contact is made between the spring o and the plate d on the arm,
whereby the circuit is closed and the electro-magnet q attracts its armature q¹.
The released bent lever q' then releases the bar r, so that the latter, as well as
the coupling bar, falls and causes the coupling box or clutch to move away from
the pulley, whereby the latter runs loosely on the shaft C, causing the stoppage
of the machine. A bell may also be inserted in the electric circuit and indicate
when the machine stops.
Another contact spring is also provided, which during the motion of the plate M,
comes in contact with the top of this plate and stops the machine, in case a side
veneer should not be taken out of the channel, or in case the veneer should have
fallen out of the machine.
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 I claim, in a machine for
manufacturing inner or body portions of match boxes, and similar articles :-
First. The arms D1, D2, D3 and D arranged above a table B and projecting from
a revolving shaft A, which arms. are each provided with two slides a and b having
rollers a¹ and b' entering between guide-bars E, F, G and H on the table, a spring d
fixed to the end of the arm and provided with a hook or shoulder d', the levers b₁, 65
and be arranged within the arm, the lever b being provided with a point, a plate b³
connected with the slide b, a bent lever 610 serving for holding the side vencers to
the arm, and two cross-bars 68 and be fixed on the slide a and serving to push off
the finished boxes.
Second. A horizontal channel I fixed on the table B, for holding the bottom
veneers, the veneers being advanced towards the mouth I of the said channel
by means of a sliding block 1' actuated by weights, a roller I boing arranged
on the side of the channel for pressing the veneers upon points on the ends of
the arms.
Third. The inclined channel K for the side veneers, in which channel the said
veneers are fed forwards by means of weights, and are prevented from being forced
out of the mouth of the said channel by springs K³ in combination with a shaft L
receiving an oscillatory motion from the main shaft C of the machine, which shaft L
is provided with arms L³ and a cross-bar L for taking the veneers from the
channel; a plate M having edges M¹ and springs M' with hooks M projecting
therefrom, the said hooks bearing against slides M³ moving in the plate M, the said
slides being provided with hooks and connected with the arms N pivotted on fixed
points; and a fork L³ having points for advancing the veneers.
Fourth. The square wheel Q fixed, on the shaft P and provided with edge-
plates Q and the ratchet-wheel Q1, which square wheel, by means of ratchet and
friction gearing, receives an intermittent rotary motion, and which has openings Q
in the edge-plates Q³, slits Q³, openings in the corners for cutting the paper, and
shoulders Q for placing the veneer on the wheel in a determined place, in combi-
nation with a. cross-bar between two double-armed levers L' operated by means of
the link-bar L from the shaft L. and a bent lever having a cam or lever L³, to
which cam, by means of the bent levers L' and L10, is imparted a positive motion
from the shaft L, and which has for its purpose to fold the paper over part of the
veneer edge (Figure 36).
Fifth. A paste-wheel R³ receiving rotary motion by means of adjustable friction
gearing from the main shaft C, and obtaining paste from a paste-receptacle R³, the
paper strip being obtained from a roller R, which paper strip is pressed against the
paste-wheel by a roller R, and which, after being pasted, is conducted to the
wheel Q and wound upon the same.
Sixth. A cam or folder T, actuated by a spring and movable on a pivot, for
folding the edge 2 of the paper (Figure 37) over the bottom veneers, and an

page_text: apparatus for folding the ends of the side veneers, consisting of a slide V running
in a guide U carrying a grooved piece Y and provided with levers X¹ and W₁,
rollers X' and W, and the bent lever Z for coupling the slide to, and disengaging
it from, the arm; and a lever f'actuated by the short standards f¹ for bringing
back the slide V to its normal position.
Seventh. An apparatus for folding the edges p³ and p¹ of the paper (see
Figure 37) constructed in substantially the same manner as the preceding
apparatus, the roller X³ with its lever being retained, but the roller W2 with its
arm being dispensed with and replaced by a roller g¹, the lever g carrying which
is actuated by a shoulder Y' on the grooved piece Y.
Eighth. An apparatus for folding the edge 25 of the paper (see Figure 37)
constructed in substantially the same manner as the preceding apparatuses and
provided with a lever h¹ and brush h².
manner as the preceding
and a hook 2 receiving their
Ninth. An apparatus for folding the edges p° p² and p8 of the paper (see
Figure 37) constructed in substantially the same
apparatuses and provided with a brush i, a hook
respective motions from the fixed grooved piece Y.
Tenth. For automatically stopping the machine in case a veneer should not be
taken by the arm at a proper time, a contact spring o, which, upon contact with
the end of the arm, closes an electric circuit through the electro-magnet q, which,
by attracting its armature, allows a bent lever q to drop, thereby releasing a
coupling bar and disengaging the coupling box or clutch t from the pulley.
Dated th: 20th 1
Tal 100-