Improvements in Match-making Machines.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Nov., 1897---Accepted, 15th Jan., 1898
Improvements in Match-making Machines.
I, ALEXANDER KELLEY, of 520, West Eighth Street, Wilmington, in the County
of Newcastle, and State of Delaware, United States of America, Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention 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 certain new and useful improvements in match-making
machines and it has for its objects, among others, to provide a simplified machine
having provision for a continuous movement in contradistinction to an intermittent
one, the parts being so arranged that the stick-moving devices are continuously
operated, the sticks being received thereby and discharged therefrom without any
impediment or stoppage in the travel thereof.
I provide a construction whereby the taking up of the sticks, as well as their
delivery from the carriers is automatic, and by the peculiar disposition of the
paraffining mechanisms and the devices for applying the composition the paraffine
has been thoroughly absorbed by the stick and the latter practically dried before
the sticks are presented to the mechanism which applies the composition.
I employ novel devices for actuating the bars which carry the sticks. I dispense
with perforated plates for moving or carrying the sticks from the blocks from
which they are formed to the carriers, as well as dispensing with the setters cm-
ployed for the purpose of aiding the introduction of the sticks into the holes in
the perforated plate.
I so construct my cutter that it not only severs the sticks from the block, but
serves in itself solely as the means for conveying the sticks thus cut to the bars,
the parts being so arranged that as the sticks are delivered to the bars the cutter
recedes so as to be disengaged from said sticks.
I provide for the supply of the composition to the receptacle therefor parallel
with the line of travel of the carriers instead of at the end as heretofore, whereby
the composition is evenly distributed throughout the length of the receptacle, so
as to be applied to the sticks evenly throughout the breadth of the machine.
I make provision for the disposition of the composition-applying devices at the
extreme end of the machine, and the support for the lower roll over which the
carrying-bars pass, is mounted to slide and controllable by means convenient to
the operator so as to be thrown back out of vertical line with the composition-
receptacle and thus to be readily moved out of harm's way in case a fire should
occur at the composition applying devices.
I provide a novel arrangement of carrier-chains, the main carrier-chain being
for a portion of its length disposed at an angle with relation to the auxiliary chain
and to the path traversed by the carrier-bars, so that the former is disengaged or
thrown out of operative relation to the latter at a certain predetermined stage
during its travel.
I also provide for the ready removal or replacement of any of the cutters in case
of breakage or injury thereto by the mere removal of a bar disposed transversely
of the length of the cutters and serving to hold all of them in place.

page_text: The feed-box and its accessories form, also, an essential element of the construc
tion.
Novel means are provided for actuating the carrier-chains and the bars whic
grasp and move the sticks.
I aim further at improvements in the details of construction and in the make-u
of the machine as a whole, whereby it is better adapted for the accomplishmen
of the work which it may be called upon to perform.
Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear, and th
novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.
The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with
the numerals of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and i
which:-
Figures 1 and 14, taken collectively, represent a side elevation of my improved
match-making machine with portions broken away and parts removed for the sak
of clearness.
Figs. 2 and 2 represent in plan, with parts in section and portions broken away
the mechanism for shifting the lower supporting rolls of the carrier-bars.
(Sheets 1 and 2 containing these two figures are to be considered as one in orde
that the machine in its entirety may be better understood.)
Fig. 3 is a central, vertical, longitudinal section on an enlarged scale with por
tions broken away showing the reciprocating head carrying the cutters, the knocker
the reciprocatory separator for the carrier-bars, and the main, auxiliary and sub
chains.
Fig. 3. is a detail in elevation showing the manner of supporting and adjusting
the feed-box.
Fig. 4 is a plan of Fig. 3, with portions broken away and parts in section, and
the chains, bars, guideway and other parts removed.
Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail, partly in elevation, and partly in section, showing
a portion of the main and the auxiliary chains and the sub-chain and their mode
of operation.
Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional detail, showing a portion of the reciprocatory cutter-
head, the knocker and the point of transfer of the carrier-bars from the auxiliary-
chain to the main-chain.
Fig. 7 is a vertical cross section on the line 7-7 of Fig. 4, looking in the diree-
tion of the arrows with the carrier-bars and the chains shown in their relative
positions.
Fig. is an enlarged detail in elevation of the separator and its actuating
mechanism.
Fig. 9 is an end view of the feed-box feed mechanism.
Fig. 10 is a substantially central vertical section through Fig. 9, with the shafts
and gears shown in elevation.
Fig. 11 is a plan of the mechanism for operating the reciprocatory cutter-head.
Fig. 12 is an enlarged detail in plan, with parts in section, showing the means
for taking up slack in the carrier composed of the carrier-bars,
Fig. 13 is a detail in plan with parts in section of a portion of the means for
carrying and moving the lower portion of the endless chain and the carrier-bars.
Fig. 14 is an enlarged detail of the double sprockets and a portion of the chain
with which they co-operate.
Fig. 15 is an elevation with portions broken away and parts in section, showing
the gears and sprockets for actuating the chains.
Fig. 16 is an enlarged vertical section on the line 16 of Fig. 1, through the
composition-vat, its agitator and dipping-roll and the mechanism for actuating
the same, a portion of the roll being broken away.
Fig. 17 is an enlarged detail in elevation of the paraffine-pan and its accessories.
Fig. 18 is a vertical cross section on the line 18 of Figs. 1', and 17 through the
paraffine tank-receptacle and its pump.

page_text: main and auxiliary chains, and the relative positions thereof.
Fig. 20, is a plan in diagram showing the manner of transfer of the bars to and
from the main-chain.
Fig. 21 is an enlarged perspective view of one portion of the guide-way for the
main chain.
Fig. 22 is a similar view of the other portion of said guide-way.
Fig. 23 is a vertical cross section of the guide-way of the two parts shown in
Figs. 21 and 22.
Fig. 24 is a plan of one of the cutters.
Fig. 25 is a side elevation of the same.
Fig. 26 is a detail in plan of the strip that guides the sticks before the cutter-
bars in their movement toward the carrier-bars, several of the cutter-bars also being
shown in their relative positions.
Fig. 27 is an enlarged perspective view of one of the carrier-bars removed and
shown broken away.
Fig. 28 shows in perspective the removable bar that holds the cutter-bars in
place and also the means for securing said removable bar.
Fig. 29 is a side elevation of the splint-cutting mechanism looking from the
opposite side to that shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 30 is a similar view of the opposite side of the mechanism.
Like numerals indicate like parts throughout the several views.
Referring now to the details of the drawings by numerals of reference :-
1 designates the floor or foundation, and 2 the ceiling or top of the frame or
support in which the machinery is set up. 3 are uprights designed for supporting
the various parts of the machine, as will appear as the description proceeds. 4 is
the main power shaft provided with a pulley 5 and designed to receive its motion
from any suitable source of power, not shown. On the opposite end of this shaft
18 a beveled pinion 6. meshing with a beveled gear 7 onl a vertical
shaft 8, which at its upper end carries L beveled gear 9 meshing
with a beveled gear 10 on a horizontal shaft 11, arranged at right
angles to the power shaft 4, all as most clearly seen in Figs. 7 and 29. Shaft 4
is supported in suitable bearings in the frame of the machine and in the additional
bearing 12 while the vertical shaft 8 is supported in suitable bearings 13 supported
from the upright or vertical portion 3, as also seen best in Fig. 29. The shaft 11
carries a worm 14 which meshes with a worm-gear 15 keyed to the hub of the gear 16
carried by the shaft 17 mounted in suitable bearings transversely of the machine
near the initial end. This gear 16 meshes with a smaller gear 18 on the shaft 19,
mounted in suitable bearings in the frame parallel with the shaft 17, and on said
shaft 19 are the two sprocket driving gears 20 and 21, one near each end, as seen
in Fig. 4, which are designed to mesh with the sprocket-gears 22 and 23 carried
by the shaft 24, mounted in suitable bearings at the initial end of the machine,
as seen in Figs. 3 and 4. The sprocket-gears 22 and 23 have upon their inner or
adjacent faces the annular flanges 25 upon which the ends of the polygonal carrier-
bars bear, while the pintles or portions thereof extended beyond the same work in
the sprocket teeth of the gears 22 and 23, and are confined between the outer
flanges or hubs 26 thereof."
27 is the frame-work supporting these various shafts, and the reciprocatory
cutter-head, the separator, the knocker, and the means for actuating the same.
The carrier to which the sticks are delivered after being cut and by which
they are carried first to the paraffine-applying devices, thence to the mechanism for
applying the composition, and afterwards through a sufficient space to permit of
the drying of the composition before being delivered from the machine in a
perfectly dry state, is composed of the requisite number of bars, which in their

page_text: preferred form are substantially rectangular in cross section, as seen in Fig. 3,
and in enlarged perspective view in Fig. 27. These bars 28 are of proper length
and provided at each end with the cylindrical extensions or pintles 29. said bars
being provided by any well known means upon their various faces with grooves,
depressions or the like 30 into which the sticks are received and by which they
are held between two adjacent bars in a manner which will be hereinafter more
clearly set forth. These bars are arranged parallel with each other, but each free
for movement absolutely independent of the other. These bars being entirely free
of and disconnected from each other are mounted for rotary movement upon their
pintles as a centre and as each set is brought successively into operative position
all four sides thereof are provided with the grooves, recesses or depressions 30, the
depressions, grooves or recesses in the various bars being arranged at like distances
so that the grooves of the one bar come directly opposite those of another, and the
grooves in the adjacent faces of two adjacent bars form openings into which the
upper ends of the sticks or matches are deposited and by which they are held during
the continued movement of the carrier composed of such bars.
This rotation of the bars takes place at the point where the bars travel in a
curved path, that is at the point where they are brought into position to be acted
upon by the pusher 218, as seen best in Fig. 6; at this point each bar is given a
quarter revolution so that what was its upper face becomes the front vertical face
in position to engage the match-splint.
In passing over and around the sprocket wheel 249 the top of the splint-holding
bar is brought to the front at a point opposite the centre of the sprocket thus giving
the bar a one-quarter revolution bodily as clearly shown by dotted lines in Fig. 6.
As the sticks are carried by the cutters hereinafter described in their vertical
movement placed in these grooves, no back to the sticks is required as in case where
perforated plates are employed and hence service of a setter which is necessary in
the employment of perforated plates, is dispensed with.
The bars are carried by the mechanisins hereinafter described over a course
designated in Figs. 1 and 1. The carrier as a whole will be designated by the
numeral 31, for convenience in following its course throughout several Figs. 1
and 1 to which attention is now directed, and from which it will be seen that the
said carrier, composed of a requisite number of these bars, passes under the
flanges 25 of the sprocket-gears 22 and 23, over antifriction rollers 32, through
the paraffine-applying devices which will be more fully hereinafter set forth, thence
around the rollers 33, arranged at the rear end of the machine, over the compo-
sition-applying devices, thence back over roller 34, and again forward over anti-
friction rollers 32 over the pulley 35, thence back over more anti-friction rollers 32,
through double sprockets 36 (a more minute description of which and their opera-
tion will be hereinafter given) thence around the pulleys 37, back between other
sprockets 36, around pulley 35, back again over anti-friction rollers 32, and around
other pulleys 37, thence back again and around the upper pulley 35 and back again
to the initial end of the machine, and around pulley 38, thence down the initial
end of the machine, and under the flanges 25 of the sprocket gears 22 and 23;
all as clearly indicated in Figs. 1 and 1^; anti-friction rollers 2 being provided
along the entire course of the carrier to prevent sagging and undue friction thereof.
The rollers 33 and the rollers 34, which constitute the lower support for the end-
less carrier, are mounted upon sliding bars, or a sliding frame 39, seen in
Figs. 1, 2, and 13. While this slide or sliding frame may be of any suitable
or desired form, I have preferred in this instance to show it as composed of two
short frames 39, connected by the rod or rods 40 for the sake of lightness and case
of operation, in one of which the rollers or pulleys 34 are mounted upon the
shaft 41, as seen best in Fig. 13, while at the outer end of the other the rollers or
pulleys 33 are mounted in independent hangers or brackets 42. The innermost
frame 39 has connected therewith a rod 43 as seen in Figs. 1^, 2, and 18, the other
end of which is pivotally-connected as at 44, with a lever 45 pivotally-mounted at

page_text: one end as at 40, to some fixed part, as a timber 47, see Figs. 1 and 2 all so arranged
that by movement of the said lever in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 2,
the frames, together with their pulleys or rollers 33 and 34, and, of course the
carrier mounted thereover, will be moved in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 1^,
so as to move the rollers 33 from over the composition-applying devices as will
he readily understood. This lever is under the control of, and within convenient
reach of, the operator at all times, so that the sliding frames and the above-
mentioned rollers may be moved toward the initial end of the machine in case
of fire occurring at the composition-applying devices, or in case of stoppage of the
machine, in which instance it is desirable to so move the frame as to prevent con-
tact of the sticks with the dipping-roll which still continues to revolve. The slack
is compensated for by the movement of the rollers 34, as will be readily understood.
The anti-friction rollers 32 are mounted in hangers 48 supported in or by the
angle-irons of analogous means 49, seen best in Fig. 15.
The rollers 35, 37 and 38 over which the endless carrier 31 passes, are mounted
for adjustment so as to compensate for the slack in the carrier, and in Fig. 12 I
have shown an enlarged view of one set thereof to better illustrate this construction,
and referring, now, to said Figure, as well as to Figs. 1 and 1*, it will be seen that
the shaft 50, which carries said rollers, is journalled in boxes 51, mounted to slide
in the slotted bearings 52, in the brackets 53, secured to the uprights 3, while set-
screws or analogous means 54 are provided for moving said boxes in their slots, as
may be required to compensate for the slack in the carrier.
It is deemed advisable to next describe the paraffine-applying devices, and the
devices for heating the sticks just before they are presented to such mechanism,
and for this purpose attention is called to Figs. 1, 17 and 18. In Fig. 155 is a
heater of any known construction, supported on a platform or support 56, and pro-
vided at one end with a steam-inlet 57, designed for connection with any suitable
source of steam, and at the opposite end with a steam-outlet 58. The sticks are
heated by their passage directly over this heater, so that when they are presented
to the paraffine-applying devices they are thoroughly heated, and therefore in proper
condition to receive and absorb the paraffine. The paraffine-applying devices
comprise a tank 59, provided with a steam-jacket 60, which is preferably provided
with a thermometer or gauge 61, of any well-known or suitable form of construc-
tion, so that the temperature of the paraffine may be kept uniform. This paraffine-
tank and its jacket are supported in any suitable manner in position adjacent to
the heater 55, as shown in Fig. 1. 62 is a tank or receptacle adjoining the tank 59,
and provided with a steam-jacket 63, which steam-jacket, as well as that of the
tank 59, are designed to be kept sufficiently heated by steam received from any
suitable source not shown. Within the tank 62 is a pump-cylinder 64, having
suitable opening or openings at its lower end affording communication between
the same and the tank 62, and within this cylinder is mounted for vertical recipro-
cation the piston 65, the stem 66 of which is designed to be reciprocated by crank 67
and suitable connection with some means not shown and not deemed necessary to
herein illustrate or describe. A spout fiS serves to conduct the paraffine from the
pump-cylinder into the tank 59. The piston employed is or may be of any con-
struction suitable for the purpose. In Fig. 1 I have indicated the steam-inlets
and outlets for the jackets of the tanks 59 and 62. The paraffine-receptacle 59.
its tank 60 and pump are supported upon suitable angle-irons or analogous sup-
ports 59, as indicated more clearly in Fig. 17.
70 is a bar pivotally-mounted at one end, as at 71, on one of the uprights 3 or
the bracket or lug projecting therefrom, and 72, are rollers on shafts 73, mounted
in suitable bearings upon the under side of this bar, while upon the upper side of
said bar is a bearing 74, in which is mounted a shaft 75, carrying a roller 76,
which roller is arranged at substantially the centre between the rollers 72, 72, as
shown best in Fig. 17, these rollers being so arranged that the carrier 31 in passing
over the rollers 72, 72, and under the roller 76 is deflected in its course from a

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straight line, so that the sticks carried by the bars of the carrier are depressed at
this point to bring them into the paraffine tank 59. The support 70 consists pre-
ferably of the two bars, as seen best in Fig. 2, and the rollers 72, 72, and 76, bridge
the space between them, as indicated, while 77 is a shaft mounted in suitable
79 is an arm
bearings or brackets 78, from an upright 3, as seen best in Fig. 2.
connected at one end with the shaft 77 and at its other end pivotally-connected
at 80, with the rod 43 see Fig. 17. 81 are crank-arms on the shaft 77 near its
opposite ends, and these crank-arms are connected by links or analogous means 82
with the bars 70, see Figs. 2 and 17, so that when the rod 43 is moved in the direc-
tion of the arrow in Fig. 17 by means of the lever 45, which as before described
moves the roller 33 from over the dipping-roll of the composition-applying devices,
the support 70 is moved on its pivot whereby its opposite end moves upward carry-
ing with it the rollers 72, 72, and 76, and the ends of the sticks held in the carrier
will be elevated out of the paraffine-bath and in case of stoppage of the machine
said sticks will not remain in the bath and become over-saturated. The free end
of the support 70 is guided by the guides 83, mounted upon the upright 3 as indi-
cated in Figs. 1 and 17.
84 is a hood arranged over the paraffine-applying devices where it is supported in
any suitable manner, as for instance, by the hooks or rods or hangers 85 seen in
Fig. 1 which depend from one of the angle irons 49, upon which the anti-friction
rollers 32 are mounted. From the apex of this hood extends a pipe 86, emptying
into the pipe 87, which is designed to be connected with a suction fan not shown;
all so arranged that the fumes from the paraffine-bath which are detrimental to
the production of a perfect match are conducted away through the pipes 86, and 87
to the open air. 88 is a tank or receptacle mounted upon suitable support 89,
disposed at the rear end of the machine and beyond the roller-supports 35 of the
carrier and beyond the end upright 3, and although the roller 33 is normally dis-
posed in vertical plane with this receptacle, it is designed to be, as hereinbefore
described, moved with its endwise-movable support so as to be thrown beyond the
plane thereof in case of fire or stoppage of the machine. This receptacle is
designed to receive the pan or tank 90 for containing the composition. This pan
may be preferably of the shape indicated in Fig. 1 although this is not essential.
The material is designed to be supplied to the pan over the chute or guide-
way 91 which is disposed along and mounted upon a side of receptacle SS so that
the composition when supplied to the pan may be evenly distributed throughout
its entire length. Where the composition-applying devices are disposed otherwise
than at the end of the machine, it has heretofore been necessary to supply the
composition thereto at the end of the tank or receptacle in which case the material
was not evenly distributed throughout the length of the pan, and the sticks dipped
therein at one end received more than those at the other. 92 is an agitator mounted
within the lower portion of the pan, as indicated in Figs. 1, and 16, this agitator
being of any suitable form of construction carried by a shaft 93 mounted in suit-
able bearings in the end walls of the receptacle SS, as indicated best in Fig. 16
and preferably provided with stuffing-boxes 94 at each end to form a liquid-tight
joint and prevent escape of the material at the journal-bearings. 95 is a dipping
roll mounted upon the shaft 96, supported in suitable bearings in the end walls
of the receptacle 88, and provided with stuffing-boxes 94 for the same purpose as
those heretofore described in connection with the shaft 93. This dipping roll is
mounted so that its lower surface moves within the composition in the pan 90
the direction of rotation being indicated by arrow in Fig. 1, and motion is imparted
thereto in any suitable manner, such, for instance, as is indicated in Fig. 16, in
which 97 is a sprocket-chain designed to receive its motion from any suitable
source, preferably by means not shown, but arranged beneath the floor or founda
tion 1, and this sprocket-chain passes over a sprocket-wheel 98 on a stub-shaft 99
mounted in suitable bearings in the frame 100 disposed adjacent to the recep
tacle 88 and its support 89, as indicated in Fig. 16, the said stub-shaft carrying a

page_text: its inner end a socketed portion 101 in which the polygonal end of the shaft 93
is engaged, so that the shaft may be disengaged by endwise movement thereof,
when desired.
On the shaft 99 is a gear-wheel 102 which meshes with a gear-wheel 103 on a
5 stub-shaft 104 mounted in a suitable bearing in the frame 100, and having a
socketed portion 105 into which is designed to be engaged the polygonal portion of
the shaft 96 so that separation thereof may be accomplished when desired. The
shafts 93 and 96 are given motion in opposite directions as indicated by the arrows
in Fig. 1. On the shaft 99 is fast a ratchet 106 with which engages a pawl 107
pivotally mounted on the inner face of the sprocket-wheel 98, all as clearly shown
in Fig. 16. This sprocket-wheel 98 is loosely mounted upon its shaft so that by
disengagement of the pawl 107 from the ratchet 106, the continued movement of
the sprocket-wheel 98 will not impart movement to the shaft 99 and consequently
the agitator and the dipping-roll remain stationary.
The space between the removable pan 90 and the inner wall of the receptacle SS
constitutes a water-jacket to which water is supplied by the means indicated in
Fig. 1, in which 10S is a supply-pipe for water from a tank or other suitable sup-
ply of not too high pressure, and this pipe communicates with a pipe 109, leading
to the steam-trap 110 which is by preference an expansion trap of known construc-
tion into which the steam-pipe 111 is designed to supply steam, said pipe being
connected to any suitable source of steam, and from this trap leads pipe 112 extend-
ing into the said water-jacket while the pipe 113 affords communication between
said water-jacket and the pipe 109. 114 is a blow-off valve, while 115 is the
ordinary trap-valve. The operation of this device will be readily understood,
and a detailed description thereof is not deemed necessary. It is thought merely
sufficient to state that the circulation of hot air is kept up so that the composi
tion within the pan 90 will be maintained at proper temperature, a thermometer 116
being shown in Fig. 1 for the purpose of indicating the temperature of the water
within the jacket.
In order to remove all dust and dirt, as well as splinters and shivers, from the
sticks after they are delivered to the carrier 31, and before they are presented to
the paraffine-applying devices, I have provided the mechanism seen in Fig. 1 which
comprises a conduit or pipe 117 designed to be connected with some suitable form
of suction-fan or the like, not represented, and with which pipe connects a branch
118 which has its upper end disposed just in the rear of the reciprocating knives
or cutters and over the feed-box so that any dust, dirt or splinters that may adhere
to the sticks as they are presented to the bars of the carrier 31. will be automati-
cally removed while 119 is another conduit or pipe connecting with the conduit 117,
and its upper end terminating in an enlargement 120 within which are arranged
the brushes 121 mounted on suitable shafts and adapted to revolve within the
said chamber or enlargement, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1. These brushes
revolve in contact with the sticks as the latter pass on with the carrier and remove
any dust, dirt or splinters that may perchance adhere thereto and have escaped the
nfluence of the suction-pipe, so that all refuse and dust is removed from the sticks
In order that they may be presented to the paraffine-applying devices in best possible
condition.
124 is a feed-box into which the blocks 125 of wood are placed and fed beneath
he cutters. The rear wall of this feed-box is inclined, as seen in Fig. 4. This
eed-box is supported upon the plate or support 126 which has a depending por-
ion 127 as best seen in Fig. 3. 128 is a casting having a horizontal portion engaged
ith the edge of the support 126, and preferably integral therewith, and having
he depending lug 129, as seen best in Fig. 34. Through openings in each of the
ugs pass the bolts 130, the ends of which are engaged in a bracket 131 projecting
on the frame 27. Manipulation of these screws permits of the necessary adjust-
ent of the feed-box and its support to and from the cutter-head. A bolt 132
een in Figs. 3 and 4 serves to adjust the feed-box and the support in the direction

page_text: of the length thereof. It will thus be seen that the necessary adjustment of the
box and its parts can be readily attained.
Similar bolts 133 may be employed near the other end of the box as indicated
in Fig. 4. 134 is a support rising from the support 126 as seen best in Fig. 3
and secured to the upper face of this support are the springs 135, as seen clearly a
in Figs. 3 and 4 and the other ends thereof connected to the plate or bar 136
designed to bear upon the top of the block 125 and hold the same down in position
to be acted upon by the cutter-bars. 137 are the feed-rollers corrugated as shown,
and between which the block is received and by which it is designed to be fed.
These feed-rolls are carried by the shafts 188, 189, and on the other ends of these
shafts are the gears 140 and 141, as seen best in Fig. 10, which gears are designed
to mesh with each other, as indicated, and motion is imparted thereto by means
of the ratchet 142 fast on the shaft 138 and engaged by the pawl 143, pivotally-
mounted, as at 144 on the arm 145, the hub 146 of which is fast upon the shaft 138,
as seen in Figs. 4 and 10, and to the other end of this arm is connected the rod or
link 147, the other end of which is connected with the horizontal arm 148, mounted
150 is a sleeve loosely-
on the shaft 149, extending transversely of the machine.
mounted upon the outer portion of the shaft 149, as seen in Fig. 4. The pawl 143
is held to its work by a spring 151, as seen in Fig. 9. 152 is a plate mounted loosely
upon the shaft 138, and provided with a handle 153, see Figs. 4, 9 and 10, and
this plate has its upper portion mounted or disposed so that when the plate is turned
in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 9, this portion will engage the pawl 143, and
move it away from its engagement with the ratchet 142. A pin 154 is removably-
inserted through an opening in the lug or bracket 155, rising from the standard 156,
and adapted to engage one of two openings 157, in the plate 152, so that when the
pin is in the one opening, for instance that in which it is engaged in Fig. 9, the
plate is held out of engagement with the pawl 143, but when the plate is moved
in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 9 and the pin engaged in the other open-
ing 157, the plate will engage and move and hold the pawl 143 away from its
engagement with the bracket 142. A spring 158 arranged within the socket or
opening in the bracket 155, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 10, serves to hold
the pin in engagement with the opening in the plate. 159 is a pawl engaging
the ratchet 142 to prevent retrograde movement thereof. It is held to its work
by a spring 160, bearing thereupon, as seen in Fig. 9. The shaft 138 is mounted
in a bearing in the easting 161, having a depending portion 162, mounted on a
pivot 163, and this casting is confined between the tubular portion 164, within
which the casting has movement and by the inner sides of which it is limited in
such movement. 165 is a jack or adjustable screw, arranged as shown in Figs. 9
and 10, supported upon the end bearing 166 of the roll 139: and passed through
the under portion of the tubular casing 164 and bearing against the casting 161,
so that by adjustment of this jack or screw the casting 161. which, as will be
observed, forms the bearing or boxing for the roll 138, may be adjusted to regulate
the space between the feed-rolls 137. 167 is a spring arranged within a socket 168,
rising from the casting 164, as seen best in Fig. 10 the said spring bearing against
the upper portion of the tubular casting 164 and serving to hold the same down
with a sufficiently yielding pressure and the tension of this spring is regulated by
means of a set-screw 169, hearing against the plate 170, arranged within this socket
and seated upon the spring: all as clearly shown in Fig. 10.
The reciprocatory cutter-head and its accessories and the means for operating the
same will now be described.
171 are slides or guide-ways in which the vertical portions 172 of the reciproca-
tory head slide, see Figs. 7 and 11. These vertical portions are connected near
their upper ends by the transverse piece 173, and near the upper end there is an
off-set 174. in which is secured the trimming-knife 177, seen hest in Figs. 3 and 6
For the sake of convenience, I prefer to construct the upper portion of the cutter
head in two parts, and upon reference to Fig. 7 it will be seen that the lower por
tion has the lugs 178, and the upper portion 179 has lugs 180, and through these

page_text: lugs pass the bolts 181, so as to detachably connect the two parts of the head
together. The upper portion is provided with a plurality of grooves 182, extending
in the direction of the length of the machine, and in which grooves are arranged
the cutter-bars 183, or knives, the construction of which is best seen in Figs. 24
and 25. Each knife or cutter consists of a single piece of steel with its front or
cutting end reduced in width, the opposite sides being concaved, as seen at 184,
and the front face rounded, the front end being provided with an opening 185,
disposed vertically and of a diameter corresponding to the desired diameter of the
sticks to be cut, the edges of this portion being sharpened, as is usual in cutters
or knives of this character.
The concave opposite sides of the knives, when a plurality of the same are
operated together, leave a series of scallops upon the cut edge of the stock. The
stock is then fell so as to bring these scallops beneath the cutters in their next
reciprocation whereby substantially the entire body of the stock is utilized and the
production of large pieces of waste material prevented.
The opposite end is preferably provided with an opening 186, as seen in Fig. 24
to aid in the removal of the knife or cutter, when desired, and upon an edge, either
the upper or under, extending transversely thereof is a slot or groove or notch 187,
the notches, grooves or slots in all of the knives being the same distance from the
end, so that when all are in position within the grooves of the cutter-head, the
sliding plate or bar 188 can be inserted and moved through all of these slots,
grooves or notches, and thus serve to retain all the knives or cutters in position.
This bar, which is disposed vertically, has one end bent or twisted to form a hori-
zontal portion 189, which is provided with an opening 190, for the reception of
the pin or bolt 191, which passes coincident with the openings 192 in the hori
zontal portions of the angle-plates 193, the vertical portions of which are provided
with openings 194 for the reception of bolts, screws, or other means, by which they
are secured in position on the reciprocating head. The horizontal portion of this
bar is further provided with an opening 195 for the reception of a hook or other
means, by which it may be removed, when desired. By these means it will be
observed that while the knives or cutters are all securely held in their proper posi-
tions on the cutter-head, any one of them can be removed by simply withdrawing
the pin 191 from the bar 188, and withdrawing the said bar until the desired knife
or cutter has been passed thereby or disengaged therefrom when the cutter can be
easily removed and repaired or a new one placed in its stead, and in case it should
be desired to employ the same cutter which has been broken, the same is re-shaped
at the end and sharpened and a notch slot or groove cut in its edges in such posi-
tion as to become coincident with those of the other cutters, and the repaired cutter
then inserted in its groove in the cutter-head, and the bar 188 replaced and retained
in position, as will be readily understood.
To the front edge of the upper portion 179 of the reciprocating cutter-head is
detachably-fixed in any suitable manner, the plate 196, as seen best in Fig. 6,
the outer edge of which is grooved vertically, as shown best in Fig. 26, in which
the grooves 197 are clearly illustrated and which are, as it will be observed,
formed with an inclined wall 198, terminating in a curved or rounded portion 199,
into which the match-sticks are received after they are cut by the cutter, and the
reciprocating head moved upward, the sticks after being cut being represented by
the numeral 200, see Figs. 3, 6 and 26. The cutter-head is reciprocated as follows:
On the crank-shaft 4 is a gear 201, which meshes with a gear 202, on a shaft 203,
mounted in suitable bearings on the frame 27, as seen in Figs. 19 and 30.
Fast on the shaft 203 is a cam 210, the contour of which is seen best in Fig. 30,
and in the cam-path 211 thereof is designed to move a piu or projection 212,
carrying an anti-friction roller, said pin being carried by the lower end of the
arm 213, pivotally-mounted between its ends upon the shaft 149, while its upper
end is pivotally-mounted on the transverse pin 214, and upon the said pin 214
is mounted one end of the knocker-arm 215; which is mounted to move through a
guide 216, suitably-supported on the frame 27, and the free end of this knocker-

page_text: arm is curved or beut upwardly, as seen at 217, and carries the knocker 218, which
is arranged to engage the bars 28 of the carrier 31, for a purpose which will herein-
after appear, and as indicated most clearly in Fig. 3. 219 is an arm mounted on
the pin 214, and pivotally-mounted upon the shaft 220, having its upper end
extending horizontally as at 221, and this horizontal arm is extended inwardly
toward the centre of the machine, as seen hest in Fig. 4, it being understood that
there is one of these arms upon each side of the machine, as seen in Fig. 4. The
free ends of the horizontal portions 221 of the above-mentioned arms are provided
with the sockets 223 having caps 224 and within these sockets are arranged
springs 225 bearing against the heads 226 of the separator or cleaner 227, the
separators or cleaners being connected by the transverse bar 228, see Figs. 3 and 4,
and the lower ends of the cleaners or separators being tapered and pointed, as seen
in Fig. 3, so as to readily enter between two of the bars 28 of the carrier 31. The
heads 226 of the separators or cleaners rest upon the inwardly-turned flanges 229
of the lower wall of the sockets, and these heads are bevelled or tapered, as seen
clearly in Fig. 3, so as to permit of the necessary movement out of a vertical plane
occasioned by the fact that the carrier 31 is a continuously moving one, rendering
it necessary for the separator to have a slight movement as upon a pivot during its
action to avoid injury to or breakage of any of the parts.
The vertical portions 172 of the reciprocatory head are joined between their ends
by the wrist-pin 230, which as indicated in Fig. 7 has conical portions fitting corre-
sponding hearings in the said members 172. and receiving a nut 231, upon its end.
282 is a connecting rod connecting the crank-shaft with this wrist-pin 230, the
upper end of the connecting rod having a slot in which is mounted a box or lear-
ing 233. the upper face of which is bevelled, as seen in Fig. 19, and a wedge-pin 281
is provided for holding the same securely in place and permitting of adjustment for
wear, one end of said wedge-pin being extended as seen at 235 and screw-threaded
to receive a nut 236, whereby the same is adjusted to compensate for wear, when
necessary. The manner of connecting the rod 232 with the crank-shaft and jil
and key, may be varied as may be desired. 237 is a weight of proper size and of
any desired shape, mounted upon that portion of the crank-shaft opposite the crank
and serves as a counter-balance for the reciprocatory head. It will be understood
how motion of the crank shaft serves through the medium of the above connections
to reciprocate the cutter-head. The bearings of the crank-shaft are designated in
Fig. 1 by the reference numeral 238. 239 is what I term the main-chain, and
it is composed of links having hollow, connecting rivets 240, which serve
important function, as will hereinafter appear. This chain, which is endless,
follows the course indicated by dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 1^, the course taken by
the carrier 31. The main-chain comprises two endless chains one upon each side
of the machine. Its function and mode of operation will be more fully hereinafter
described.
241 is what I term the auxiliary-chain. It is composed of curved links pivotally-
connected, as seen best in Fig. 5, there being one upon each side of the machine
and designed to travel over the flanged rollers 242, on the shaft 243, the chains
being confined between the flanged rollers, as will be understood, and at the other
end the chains pass around the rollers 244, on a shaft 245, and at the same time is
engaged and moved by the teeth of the sprocket-wheel 246 on the shaft 19 slightly
out of vertical line with the shaft 245 as seen clearly in Fig. 3. At a point sub-
stantially in vertical line with the grooved plate 196, into which the match-sticks
are received the auxiliary chains as well as the main-chain and the carrier 31 are
caused to dip or to take a downward path, as indicated in Fig. 3. by rollers 247,
on a shaft 248, while upon a lower plane on the shaft 123 is a sprocket-wheel 249;
all as clearly indicated in Fig. 3. said shaft 123 being driven by a gear 122 mesh-
ing with the large gear 18. 250 is the sub-chain, which is of comparatively short
length, there being one upon each side of the machine, similar to the main and
auxiliary-chains, this chain being composed of curved links similar to the auxiliary-
chains, the links being pivotally-connected, together, and the chain mounted to

page_text: move over the rollers 251 on the shaft 252, and this chain is engaged in its move-
ment by the sprocket-teeth of a sprocket-wheel 253, on a shaft 254, as seen in
Fig. 3.
The function and operation of the auxiliary and sub-chains will be fully
explained as the description proceeds. The shafts 243 and 248 are mounted in
suitable bearings designed to be adjusted by the adjusting-screws 255 seen best
in Fig. 3, so that the chains may be adjusted or regulated to time them to act in
proper relation with each other, in order that the main-chain will move so that its
links will come into operative position with relation to the pintles 29 of the bars 28
at predetermined times. The rollers 247 are provided with an annular flange 256,
disposed substantially centrally, as seen in Fig. 4, the portion of the roller upon
one side of the flange receiving the auxiliary chain and the portion of the roller
upon the other side of the flange receiving the main-chain.
The sub- and auxiliary-chains are mounted for movement each in its own straight
path at all times, but the main-chain is caused to deviate from a straight path at
predetermined points, so that at one time it is caused to move at an angle to the
pintles of the bars 28, so as to be thrown out of operative relation and contact
therewith, and again thrown into such a path as to engage and take up the pintles
of such hars. Fig. 20 shows the main chain as it is being thrown out of its path
so as to move away from and disengage the pintles 29 of such bars. The bicans
for throwing the main-chain off or away from the path of the pintles of the bars 28
is so disposed that the links of the main-chain are disengaged from the pintles of
such bars before the bars arrive at a point where they are acted upon by the
separators or cleaners 227, so that at the time the said cleaners or separators are
thrown down to engage between two of the bars the foremost bar will be free not
only from the main but from the sub-chain, so that the said forward bar may be
pushed or forced forward into such position that the moving link of the auxiliary
chain will engage the pintle of such bar as it is moved forward by the separator
or cleaner. The means employed for again throwing the main-chain into its path
where the links thereof will engage the pintles of the bars 28 are located at such
a point as to throw the chain inward into position to engage the pintles of the
bars at the point where the sticks are delivered to such bars at which time the
bars are being moved forward by the auxiliary chain. While any suitable means
may be employed for accomplishing this object, I have shown in Figs. 21, 22,
and 23 what I at present consider an efficient device for such purpose. In these
views 257 is a bar or plate having means, as a flange 258, whereby it may be
secured in position to the sides of the frame 27, and upon its under side having the
longitudinal groove 259, the walls of which instead of running parallel with the
outer edges of the plate or bar are inclined with relation thereto as shown. One
portion 260 upon one side of the groove is tapered in one direction while the por-
tion 261 upon the other side is tapered in the opposite direction, as indicated. The
plate or bar 262, which may be secured to the sides of the frame in any suitable
manner, has near its edge a longitudinal groove or channel 263, as seen in Figs. 22
and 23. In practice, these two plates or bars are secured together by bolts or
other means, passing through the openings 264 therein and the two plates or bars
secured in their proper positions to and between the sides of the frame 27. as indi-
cated in Fig. 7. The auxiliary-chain moves in the channel 263, while the main-
chain is designed to move in the channel or groove 259, and by reason of the
inclination of such channel it will be observed that the chain will be thrown inward
or outward according to the disposition of such channel, it being understood that
the guide formed by the plates or bars 257 and 262 are arranged at one point so
that the inclination of the channel is outward from the path traversed by the
auxiliary-chain, so as to throw the main-chain outward, while at the other point
it is arranged in a reverse direction, so that the main-chain is thrown from its
angular course inward to move parallel with the auxiliary chain and take up the
pintles of the bars 28. If desired. I may sometimes employ in connection with
these guides the plates 265 as indicated in Fig. 7, and between which the bars 28

page_text: move and by which they are prevented from undue vertical movement in their
passage through the machine and to keep them in their proper horizontal plane.
It now remains to describe the means employed for giving motion to the main-
chain, which is shown best in Fig. 15, in which will be seen a worm 266, on the
shaft which extends as indicated by dotted lines in Figs. I and 1, to a point
beneath the gears 36 and this worm meshes with a worin-wheel 267 on a stub-
shaft 268, which carries a gear 269, meshing with a gear 270 on the stub-shaft 271,
which in turn meshes with a gear 272 on the shaft 273. This shaft is mounted
in suitable bearings in the uprights 274, and carries the lower double sprockets 36.
275 is a shaft carrying sprockets 276 arranged between the uprights 274, and are
merely idlers for supporting the lower portion of the main-chain. There are as
many of these sets of double sprocket-wheels as may be necessary according to the
length of the carrier in this instance 1 have shown five, and motion is imparted
thereto from the shaft 273, as follows: On the other end of this shaft is a gear 277,
which meshes with a gear 278, on the shaft 279, carrying the next higher set
of double sprockets and this gear 278 meshes with a gear 280 on the shaft 281
of the next higher set of sprockets, the gear 280 meshing with the gear 282 on the
next higher shaft 283, while the gear 282 meshes with the gear 284 on the upper
shaft 285. On each of the shafts 273, 279, 281, 283, and 285, are two double
sprockets 36, one for each portion or side of the main-chain, and although each
sprocket is shown as composed of two separate wheels mounted to move together, it
is evident that they might be formed in one integral piece, although for the con-
venience in making, I prefer two as shown. One of each set, that is, the outer one,
is formed with short teeth 286, while the inner one is formed with longer teeth 287.
There being however, but half as many of the long teeth as there are of the short
teeth, as seen more clearly in Fig. 14, but as indicated in said Fig. 14 the long teeth
of the set on the one shaft alternate with those of the long teeth on the other shaft,
so that the pintle 29 of each bar 28 of the carrier 31 is engaged and actuated by
a long tooth the short teeth of these sprockets engage in the links of the chain
and move the same along, while the long teeth engage behind the pintles of the
bars 28 and assist them in their passage through the machine.
Various modifications in detail may be resorted to without departing from the
spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.
It now remains solely to describe the operation of the machine with the parts
constructed and arranged substantially as hereinbefore set forth.
The machine being started, the cutter-head is moved downward and the knives
or cutters 183 remove from the block 125 each a stick or splint 200; as the cutter-
head begins its upward stroke, the splints or sticks which have been forced through
the openings in the knives or cutters by the downward movement of the same are
moved upward with the cutters and are delivered into the grooves, slots, or open-
ings 30 between two adjacent carrier-bars 28, the foremost of said two bars being
then under the control of a link of the auxiliary chain, as seen in Fig. 6, and the
rearmost of said bars being at that moment free from both the auxiliary and main-
chains, and in position to be actuated by the knocker 218, which is actuated at
the moment the splint 200 has reached the limit of its upward movement, the said
knocker bringing the rearmost of said two bars forward so as to bring its pintle
in position to be engaged by the ends of the link of the auxiliary chain, by which
said bar is forced forward into engagement with the splints 200 which are held
firmly by said two bars, so that, as the cutter-head begins its downward movement,
the splints are firmly held by said bars and the cutters are disengaged therefrom
and move downward to cut another series of splints from the block 125, which is
automatically fed forward through the means of the devices herein before described.
The drop given the auxiliary at a point just in advance of the acting ends of the
cutters or knives is for the purpose of disengaging the pintles of the bars from
the chain, so that they are free to be actuated by the knocker, and also to leave a
larger opening for the reception of the upper ends of the splints 200, as they are
moved upward by the reciprocatory cutter-head. The splints being engaged

page_text: between these bars, are then moved forward by the carrier, and are subjected,
first, to the action of the suction through the pipe 118, which conveys the dust and
dirt away, and in the further travel of the splints in the carrier they are subjected
to the action of the brushes 121, as indicated best in Fig. 1, and which remove all
adhering dust and dirt, as well as splinters that are not rentoved by the suction at
the above-mentioned points. In the continued travel of the carrier 31 the splints
are brought over the heater 55 in their passage over which they are sufficiently
heated to place them in the best condition possible for receiving the paraffine,
which is applied at the tank into which they are caused to dip by the deflection of
the carrier under the roll 76, as indicated best in Fig. 1. The splints are here
saturated with the paraffine and removed on by the carrier to the mechanism
which applies the composition. The distance between the paraffine-applying
devices and the mechanism which applies the composition is such as to allow the
paraffine to become thoroughly absorbed by the pores of the splints and the latter
thoroughly dried and cooled before they are presented to the composition applying
apparatus so that a complete perfect head is formed. The composition is applied
by the dipping-roll 95, and as the splints emerge from the action of this roll they
are carried through the path indicated by dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 1^, and under
the rollers 22 and to a point where the bars are disengaged from the main-chain when
the completed matches drop from between their bars and at this point the separator
and cleaner 227 is brought into action to force ahead the foremost bar of the pair,
so that its pintles will be taken up by the links of the auxiliary chain, and this
separator serves also to remove from between the bars any matches that might
perchance he held within the grooves thereof. The auxiliary chain controls the
movement of the bars from the point just described, that is when the bar is moved
forward by the downward movement of the separator, at which time the links of
the auxiliary chains engage the pintles of said bar and move it forward. At this
time the main-chain has by reason of the inclined guides herein before described
and shown in detail in Figs. 21, 22 and 23 been thrown off from and out of the
path of the pintles of the bars as indicated in Fig. 20, so that from the point
where the bars are first engaged by the auxiliary-chain, that is, at the point just
described, where the bars come under the influence of the action of the separator
until after such bars have taken the drop indicated in Fig. 3 and the splints have
been delivered between two of the bars, and the rearmost one of the pair pushed
forward by the knocker, the main chain, which has been gradually moved inward
by a reverse arrangement of the inclined guides takes up the pintles of the bars,
which latter are then moved onward by the combined action of the main and
auxiliary-chains, until the bars pass beyond the roller 242 over which the auxiliary-
chain passes and from which point the bars are moved by the main-chain alone
until they are brought to the point beneath and in substantially vertical line
with the shaft 24 of the rollers 22, at which point the main-chain is thrown out
so that the pintles of the bars are disengaged therefrom when they are taken up
by the links of the sub-chain 250, as indicated in Fig. 5 by which the bars are
moved until they come to a point where they are acted upon by the separator 227,
by which as above described they are conveyed by the links of the sub-chain to a
point where they are taken up by the links of the auxiliary-chain. The pintles
of the bars are engaged in the concavities of the links of the auxiliary and sub-
chains, but the said pintles are engaged in the hollow rivets of the links of the
main-chain, as indicated in Fig. 5, and also in Fig. 20, where, as the chain is moved
on, it will be seen that said pintles are caused to engage in the said hollow rivets.
As hereinbefore described, the longitudinal bars 265, Fig. 7, may be employed
to support the splint-carrying bars 28 while they are separated from the eyelets of
the main-chain.
While I have frequently used the word "splints" it is to be understood that this
word means either the common wood splints, wax tapers, or the body portion of
the match, be it of any material whatever so long as it is capable of being received,
carried and delivered by the carriers herein shown and described.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
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1. In a match-making machine, a carrier embodying a plurality of disconnected
parallel bars capable of independent rotary movement combined with means for
giving the same a continuous movement while receiving, carrying and delivering
inatches, substantially as specified.
2. In a match-making machine, a carrier embodying a plurality of disconnected
independently rotatable bars, combined with means for giving the same a con-
tinuous movement, and devices for feeding splints to such carriers while in motion,
substantially as described.
3. In a match-making machine, a carrier embodying a plurality of disconnected
independently rotatable bars, combined with means for giving the same a con-
tinuous movement, devices for feeding splints to said carrier while in motion, and
means for separating the bars of the carrier during their movement, substantially
as described.
4. In a match-making machine, a carrier embodying disconnected match-holding
hars, means for carrying them in an endless circuit, and means for connecting
them to travel during a portion of said circuit, in a fixed parallel clamping rela-
tion, substantially as specified.
5. In a match-making machine, a carrier embodying bars disconnected from each
other and capable of rotary movement, means for causing them to move in an
endless circuit, and means for connecting them to travel during a portion of said
circuit in a fixed parallel clamping relation, substantially as specified.
6. In a match-making machine, a carrier embodying independently rotatable,
disconnected bars mounted to travel in an endless circuit, having pintles, and
splint-receiving grooves upon their faces, combined with means engaging said
pintles to move the bars to cause their rotation, substantially as specified.
7. In a match-making machine, a carrier embodying disconnected, independently
rotatable bars having pintles, combined with means engaging said pintles to move
the carrier, substantially as specified.
8. In a match-making machine, a carrier embodying disconnected, independently
rotatable bars having pintles, combined with means engaging said pintles to move
the carrier, and means for transferring said pintles from one moving means to
another, substantially as specified.
9. In a match-making machine, the combination with a carrier embodying dis-
connected independently rotatable bars having pintles, of means for moving said
carrier, having openings to receive said pintles, substantially as specified.
10. In a match-making machine, the combination with a carrier embodying dis-
connected independently rotatable bars having pintles, of means for moving said
carrier having openings to receive said pintles, and means for moving the same
away from the carrier to disengage the pintles from said openings, substantially
as specified.
11. In a match-making machine, a carrier embodying disconnected independently
rotatable bars, combined with the main carrying chains and an independent auxil-
iary chain for moving said carrier, substantially as specified.
12. In a match-making machine, a carrier embodying disconnected independently
rotatable bars combined with the main carrying chains and auxiliary chain, and
independent sub-chains for moving said carrier, substantially as specified.
13. In a match-making machine, a carrier embodying disconnected indepen-
dently rotatable bars in a parallel clamping relation combined with the main carry-
ing chains and auxiliary chain, and means for delivering the carrier from one to
the other of such chains, substantially as specified.
14. In a match-making machine, a carrier embodying disconnected indepen-
dently rotatable bars, combined with the main carrying chains and auxiliary chain,
and a sub-chain and means for delivering the carrier bars from one to the other,
substantially as specified.

page_text: 15. In a match-making machine, a carrier embodying disconnected indepen-
dently rotatable bars combined with the main carrying chains and auxiliary chain,
and a sub-chain, means for delivering the carrier bars from one to the other,
and means for throwing the main-chains out of the path of the pintles of the bars
of the carrier: substantially as specified.
16. In a match making machine, the combination with the carrier embodying
disconnected independently rotatable bars, of auxiliary-chains and main-chains,
and means for horizontally deflecting the latter away from the path traversed by
the pintles of the carrier-bars; substantially as specified.
17. In a match making machine, the combination with the carrier embodying
disconnected independently rotatable bars, of auxiliary-chains, main-chains, and
means for horizontally deflecting the latter away from the path traversed by the
pintles of the carrier-bars, and means for horizontally deflecting the said main-
chains into operative relation with said pintles; substantially as specified.
18. In a match making machine, the combination with a carrier embodying dis-
connected bars mounted to travel in endless circuit and having pintles, of a chain
having hollow rivets forming the pivots of the chain and adapted to receive said
pintles of the carrier: substantially as specified.
19. In a match making machine, the combination with a carrier embodying dis-
connected bars mounted to travel in endless circuit and having pintles, of a chain
having hollow rivets forming the pivots of the chain and adapted to receive said
pintles of the carrier, and a guide for deflecting the said chain from its straight
path substantially as specified.
:
20. In a match making machine, the combination with a carrier embodying dis-
connected bars mounted to travel in endless circuit, of a main-chain having hollow
rivets forming the pivots of the chain, and an auxiliary chain having curved links;
substantially as specified.
21. In a match making machine, the combination with a carrier embodying dis-
connected bars mounted to travel in endless circuit, of a main-chain having hollow
rivets forming the pivots of the chain, and an auxiliary-chain having curved links,
and means for delivering the carrier bars from one chain to the other: substantially
as specified.
22. In a match making machine, the combination with a carrier embodying dis-
connected bars mounted to travel in endless circuit, of a main-chain having hollow
rivets forming the pivots of the chain, an auxiliary chain having curved links,
means for delivering the carrier-bars from one chain to the other, and a sub-chain
having curved links: substantially as specified.
23. In a match making machine, the combination with a carrier embodying dis-
connected bars, of a main-chain having hollow rivets, an auxiliary-chain having
curved links, means for delivering the carrier-bars from one chain to the other,
a sub-chain having curved links, and a reciprocatory separator arranged at a
point where the carrier-bars leave the said chain: substantially as specified.
24. In a match making machine, the combination of a carrier embodying discon-
nected bars having pintles, a main chain having hollow rivets to receive said
pintles, an auxiliary-chain having curved links to engage said pintles, means for
throwing the main-chain off from engagement with said pintles, and a sub-chain
mounted to act upon said pintles as they are thrown off by the main-chain; sub-
stantially as specified.
25. In a match making machine, the combination of a carrier embodying discon-
nected bars having pintles, a main chain having hollow rivets to receive said
pintles, an auxiliary-chain having curved links to engage said pintles, means for
throwing the main-chain off from engagement with said pintles, a sub-chain
mounted to act upon said pintles as they are thrown off by the main-chain, and a
reciprocatory device mounted to act upon the bars at the time they are thrown off
by the sub-chain, substantially as specified.
26. In a match making machine, the combination of a carrier embodying dis-
connected bars having pintles, a main-chain having hollow rivets to receive said

page_text: pintles, means for throwing the main-chain off from engagement with the pintles,
a sub-chain mounted to act upon said pintles as they are thrown off by the main-
chain, a reciprocatory device mounted to act upon the bars at the time they are
thrown off by the sub-chain, and means for throwing the main-chain into operative
contact with said pintles: substantially as specified.
27. In a match making machine, the combination of a carrier embodying dis-
connected bars having pintles, combined with a chain for engaging the pintles, and
means for causing a drop of said bars in a vertical plane each independent of the
other during their passage through the machine; substantially as specified.
28. In a match making machine, the combination of a carrier embodying dis-
connected bars having pintles, combined with a chain for engaging the pintles,
means for causing a vertical drop of said bars in succession each independent of
the other during their passage through the machine, and a positively-operated
device for engaging the bars after they drop to force them forward; substantially
as specified.
29. In a match making machine, the combination of a carrier comprising a
series of disconnected, match-receiving bars having pintles and travelling in an
endless circuit, a main-chain and an auxiliary-chain and a sub-chain, each inde-
pendent of the other and arranged to act upon the pintles of bars; substantially as
specified.
30. In a match making machine, the combination of a carrier comprising a
series of disconnected, match-receiving bars having pintles and travelling in an
endless circuit, main-chains, auxiliary-chains, and sub-chains, each independent of
the other and arranged to act upon the pintles of the carrier-bars, and a sprocket-
wheel for engaging and moving the sub-chains: substantially as specified.
31. In a match making machine, the combination of a carrier comprising a
series of disconnected, match-receiving bars having pintles and travelling in an
endless circuit, main-chains, auxiliary-chains, and sub-chains, each independent
of the other and arranged to act upon the pintles of the carrier bars, a sprocket-
wheel for engaging and moving the sub-chains, and a movable device for transfer-
ring the bars from the sub-chains to the auxiliary-chains; substantially as specified.
2. In a match making machine, the combination of a series of disconnected,
match-receiving bars having pintles and travelling in an endless circuit, main-
chains, auxiliary-chains, and sub-chains, each independent of the other and
arranged to act upon the pintles of the carrier bars, a sprocket-wheel for engaging
and moving the sub-chains, a movable device for transferring the bars from the
sub-chains to the auxiliary-chains, and means for moving the main-chains out of
and into the path of the pintles of the carrier-bars; substantially as specified.
33. In a match making machine, a chain composed of links provided with hollow
rivets forming the pintles of said chain, combined with a series of disconnected
match-receiving bars arranged to travel in an endless circuit; substantially as
specified.
34. In a match making machine, a chain composed of links connected by hollow
rivets, combined with a series of disconnected match-receiving bars travelling in
an endless circuit and having pintles at their ends to engage in said hollow rivets;
substantially as specified.
35. In a match making machine, the combination with a carrier moving in a
curved path comprising carrier bars rectangular in form and having transverse
grooves upon the various sides, and means for imparting a partial rotation thereto
in the curved path of the carrier, substantially as specificil.
36. In a match making machine, a carrier-bar rectangular in form and having
transverse grooves upon its various sides, and pintles at its ends; substantially as
specified.
endless carrier,
37. In a match making machine and as elements of an
rectangular bars having transverse grooves upon their various faces, and pintles
at their ends; each bar being disconnected from the others and mounted for
rotary movement upon its pintles: substantially as specified.

page_text: 38. In a match making machine, the combination with a reciprocatory cutter,
an endless carrier movable at right angles thereto and embodying a series of dis-
connected, match-receiving bars, means for causing them to drop vertically each
independently of the other, and a knocker mounted for reciprocation for engaging
the rear of said bars and to advance them to grasp a splint between the same and
the next forward bar: substantially as specified.
39. In a match making machine, the combination of a reciprocatory cutter for
severing and delivering the splints with a carrier composed of independent bars,
and with means for moving the same, and devices for causing a drop of the bars,
and a knocker for moving the same forward at a point where the splints are
delivered thereto; substantially as specified.
40. In a match making machine, the combination of a continuously moving
carrier embodying a series of disconnected, match-receiving bars mounted to
travel in an endless circuit, auxiliary-chains and main-chains mounted for move-
ment with the bars of the carrier during a portion only of its travel, and means
for throwing the main chains out of operative relation with the carrier; sub-
stantially as specified.
41. In a match making machine, the combination of a continuously moving
carrier embodying a series of disconnected, match-receiving bars mounted to travel
in an endless circuit, auxiliary-chains and main-chains mounted for movement
with the bars of the carrier during a portion only of its travel, means for throw-
ing the main-chain out of operative relation with the carrier, and sub-chains
constructed and arranged to actuate the carrier while it is free from the influence
of the main and auxiliary-chains; substantially as specified.
42. In a match making machine, the combination of a continuously moving
carrier embodying a series of disconnected, match-receiving bars mounted to travel
in an endless circuit, auxiliary-chains and main-chains mounted for moving with
the bars of the carrier during a portion only of its travel, means for throwing the
main-chains out of operative relation with the carrier, sub-chains constructed and
arranged to actuate the carrier while it is free from the influence of the main and
auxiliary-chains, and means for transferring the carrier-bars from the sub-chains
to the auxiliary-chains substantially as specified.
43. In a match making machine, the combination of a carrier embodying dis-
connected bars arranged to travel in an endless circuit, a main-chain, an
independent auxiliary-chain, a sul-chain constructed and arranged to move the
carrier when the latter is not under the influence of the main- or auxiliary-chains,
and an oscillatorily-mounted, reciprocatory device for transferring the bars of the
carrier from the sub-chain to the auxiliary-chains; substantially as specified.
44. In a match making machine, the combination of a carrier embodying dis-
connected bars, a main-chain, an independent auxiliary-chain, a sub-chain
constructed and arranged to move the carrier when the latter is not under the
influence of the main or auxiliary-chains, an oscillatorily mounted, reciprocatory
device for transferring the bars of the carrier from the sub-chain to the auxiliary-
chains, and means for causing a drop in the bars of the carrier at a point where
the splints are supplied thereto substantially as specified.
45. In a match making machine, the combination of a carrier embodying dis-
connected bars, a main-chain, an independent auxiliary-chain, a sub-chain
constructed and arranged to move the carrier when the latter is not under the
influence of the main- or auxiliary-chains, an oscillatorily mounted, reciprocatory
device for transferring the bars of the carrier from the sub-chain to the auxiliary-
chain, means for causing a drop in the bars of the carrier at a point where the
splints are supplied thereto, and a reciprocatory device for engaging the bars as
they are dropped; substantially as specified.
46. In a match making machine, the combination of a carrier mounted to travel
in an endless circuit, main-chains, independent auxiliary-chains, sub-chains
constructed and arranged to move the carrier when the latter is not under the
influence of the main- or auxiliary-chains, an oscillatory mounted, reciprocatory
device for transferring the bars of the carrier from the sub-chains to the auxiliary-

page_text: chains, means for causing a drop in the bars of the carrier at a point where the
splints are supplied thereto, a reciprocatory device for engaging the bars as they
are dropped, and means for moving the main-chains onto and off the pintles of the
bars of the carrier: substantially as specified.
47. In a match making machine, the combination with a carrier embodying a
series of disconnected, match-receiving bars having pintles and mounted for
movement in an endless circuit, of main-chains and auxiliary-chains, and means
for timing said chains with relation to each other; substantially as specified.
48. In a match making machine, the combination with a carrier embodying
disconnected bars, having pintles, of auxiliary-chains having curved links to
engage said pintles, with means for deflecting said chains in their course, and a
sprocket-wheel mounted to engage the pintles of the carrier at a point where said
chains are deflected; substantially as specified.
49. In a match making machine, the combination with a carrier embodying
disconnected bars having pintles, of auxiliary-chains having curved links to
engage said pintles, with means for deflecting said chains in their course, a sprocket-
wheel mounted to engage the pintles of the carrier at a point where said chains are
deflected, and a knocker mounted to engage said bars as their pintles leave said
sprocket-wheel; substantially as specified.
50. In a match making machine, the combination with the carrier composed of
disconnected bars having pintles and mounted to move in an endless circuit, of
chains for engaging said pintles, means for deflecting said chains in their path
during their travel, a sprocket-wheel for engaging the pintles at a point where the
chains are deflected, means for delivering the splints between two of the bars where
ue chains are deflected, and means for engaging the rearmost of the bars between
which the splints are grasped to move the same forward; substantially as
specified.
51. In a match making machine, the combination of a plurality of cutters
having transverse notches, a bar arranged transversely of the cutters and engaging
said notches, and means for removably holding one end of the bar in position,
substantially as specified.
52. In a match making machine, the combination of a plurality of cutters
having transverse notches, a removably mounted bar slidingly engaged in said notches
having its main portion vertically disposed and its outer end horizontally disposed
and provided with an opening for the reception of means to facilitate its removal;
substantially as specified.
53. In a match making machine, the combination with a carrier embodying a
series of disconnected bars mounted to travel in an endless circuit, of a separator
mounted at one end for oscillatory movement and means for reciprocating said
separator vertically; substantially as specified.
54. In a match making machine, the combination with a carrier embodying
disconnected bars mounted to travel in an endless circuit, of a separator mounted
at one end for oscillatory movement, means for reciprocating said separator
vertically, and a spring bearing upon the head of said separator; substantially
as specified.
55. In a match making machine, the combination with a continuously moving
carrier composed of disconnected bars, of a pivoted arm having a socket at one end,
a spring arranged within said socket, a separator having a head arranged within
the socket and beneath the spring, said head being bevelled; substantially as
specified.
56. In a match making machine, the combination with the carrier embodying
a series of disconnected bars mounted to travel in an endless circuit, and the main-
chain, of a guide for said chain having a channel with inclined walls for deflecting
said chain laterally from a straight path; substantially as specified.
57. In a match making machine, the combination with a carrier embodying a
series of disconnected match-receiving bars mounted to travel in an endless circuit,
of auxiliary-chains, main-chains and guides having a channel for the auxiliary-

page_text: chains, and a channel with inclined walls for deflecting the movement of the
main-chains from a straight path; substantially as specified.
58. In a match making machine, the combination with a carrier embodying.
a series of disconnected match-receiving bars mounted to travel in an endless
circuit, of auxiliary-chains, main-chains and guides having channels for the
auxiliary-chains, and channels with inclined walls for deflecting the movement of
the main-chains from their straight path, and guide-bars for the carrier to main-
tain the parallel relation thereof; substantially as specified.
59. In a match making machine, a series of disconnected match-receiving bars
mounted to travel in an endless circuit, a chain for moving said bars, and means
for disengaging said chain from said bars, substantially as specified.
60. In a match making machine, the combination of a series of disconnected
match-receiving bars mounted to travel in an endless circuit, and a series of
independent chains for moving said bars, and means for disconnecting said chains
from said bars: substantially as specified.
61. The combination of a series of disconnected match-receiving bars mounted
to travel in an endless circuit, a series of independent chains for engaging said bars
and moving them continuously while receiving, carrying and delivering matches,
and means for engaging and disengaging said chains and bars; substantially as
specified.
62. The combination of a series of disconnected match-receiving bars having
pintles and mounted to travel in an endless circuit, a series of independent chains
for engaging and moving said bars, and means for deflecting one of said chains
to cause it to move out of and afterwards into the path of the pintles of said bars;
substantially as specified.
63. The combination of a series of disconnected match-receiving bars, and means
for causing them to move in an endless circuit, in a parallel clamping relation.
embodying a plurality of bar-carrying devices, and means for substituting one of
said devices for the other substantially as specified.
64. In a match making machine, the combination with the endless carrier and
the composition applying devices, of means located at the front of the machine
for moving the lower supporting roll of the carrier in a longitudinal plane away
from the composition applying devices: substantially as specified.
65. In a match making machine, the combination with the carrier and its
moving mechanism. comprising a lower end roll at the extreme rear end of the
machine, a slidingly mounted support therefor, and means located at the front
of the machine for sliding said support, of a composition applying apparatus
arranged beneath said end roll: substantially as specified.
G6. In a match making machine, the combination with the carrier and its
moving mechanism comprising a lower end roll at the rear end of the machine,
and a slidingly mounted support therefor. of a composition applying apparatus
beneath said end roll, a paraffine bath at a distance from said composition applying
apparatus, and means operated from the front of the machine for deflecting the
carrier in said paraffine bath; substantially as specified.
67. The combination with the endless carrier and the paraffine-bath, and means
for deflecting the carrier into the same, of the composition applying apparatus,
and means located at the front of the machine for simultaneously moving the
lower end roll which supports the carrier away from the composition-applying
apparatus, and for actuating the devices which deflect said carrier at the paraffine-
bath; substantially as specified.
68. In a match making machine, the combination with a carrier embodying
disconnected bars mounted to travel in endless circuit, the paraffine-bath and
the pivoted support with its rollers for deflecting the carrier into said bath, of
means located at the front of the machine for moving said support upon its pivot
and the lower supporting roller for the endless match-carrying devices mounted
for movement lengthwise of the machine and connected with said means; sub-
stantially as specified.

page_text: 69. In a match making machine, the combination with the carrier and the
splint-supplying devices, of an exhaust pipe, and rotary brushes therein to act
upon said splints after they have been delivered to the carrier; substantially as
specified.
70. In a match making machine, the combination of a chain and a plurality
of bars having pintles and mounted for movement with said chain, and a sprocket-
wheel having long and short teeth arranged in different lateral planes; substan-
tially as specified.
71. In a match making machine, the combination with a chain and a carrier
comprising a plurality of disconnected match-receiving bars having pintles and
mounted to move in an endless circuit, of a sprocket-wheel having long and short
teeth arranged in different lateral planes; substantially as specified.
72. In a match making machine, the combination with a chain and a carrier
comprising bars having pintles, of shafts parallel with said bars, and sprocket-
wheels on said shafts having long and short teeth, with the long teeth of the
wheels on one shaft arranged alternately with those of the wheels on the other
shaft substantially as specified.
73. In a match-making machine, the combination with a carrier embodying
a series of disconnected bars having pintles and mounted to travel in an endless
circuit, and chain having hollow rivets, of sprocket-wheels having long teeth to
engage said pintles, and short teeth to engage between the links of the chains;
substantially as specified.
74. In a match making machine, the combination with the carrier embodying
a plurality of disconnected match receiving bars mounted to move in an endless
circuit, and the composition applying devices, of a sliding frame carrying a sup-
porting roll for said carrier in line with the dipping roll of the composition-
applying devices and another supporting roll mounted on the other end of
said frame, and over which the carrier passes, and means for moving said frame
and the said rollers, whereby the end roll is moved away from the dipping roll
without interfering with the operation of the machine: substantially as specified.
75. In a match making machine, the combination with a continuously moving
carrier comprising a plurality of disconnected match-receiving bars mounted to
move in an endless circuit, of means for supplying splints thereto, means for
applying paraffine to the splints, means for applying the composition to the ends
of the splints, and means for delivering the splints from the carrier during the
movement of the same: substantially as specified.
76. In a match making machine, the combination with the endless carrier, of
a composition applying apparatus disposed at the end of the machine beyond the
lowermost end roll of the carrier moving mechanism and a supplying chute at
the rear side thereof whereby the composition may be delivered to such apparatus
parallel with the shaft of the dipping roll thereof; substantially as specified.
77. In a match making machine, the combination with the continuously moving
carrier comprising disconnected bars, of an oscillatory arm and connections with
said arm for giving an intermittent movement to the vertically reciprocating
separator, and an oscillatory mounting for said separator; substantially as
specified.
78. In a match making machine, the combination with an endless carrier com-
prising disconnected bars, of an oscillatory arm, an oscillatorily mounted verti-
cally reciprocating separator, and a horizontally reciprocatory knocker mounted
for actuation by said arm; substantially as specified.
79. In a match making machine, a carrier comprising disconnected bars, a
vertically disposed oscillatory arm, and means connected therewith for giving
an intermittent movement to the feed rolls for moving the block, and an oscilla-
torily mounted vertically reciprocatory separator operatively connected with said
arm; substantially as specified.
SO. In a match making machine, the combination with a carrier comprising

page_text: disconnected bars, of a vertically disposed oscillatory arm, a vertically recipro-
catory separator mounted at its upper end for oscillation, a horizontally disposed
knocker, connections with said arm for actuating, the vertically reciprocatory
separator and the horizontally disposed knocker; substantially as specified.
SI. In a match making machine, the combination with a carrier comprising
disconnected bars, of a vertically reciprocatory separator mounted at its upper
end for oscillatory movement, a vertically disposed oscillatory arm, connections
therewith for actuating the vertically reciprocatory separator, a horizontally dis
posed knocker, and feed roll actuating devices; substantially as specified.
82. In a match making machine, the combination with a feed roll and its
shaft, of a ratchet on said shaft, a pivotally mounted pawl engaging the ratchet,
and a plate loosely mounted on the shaft of the roll for engaging said pawl to
hold it out of contact with the ratchet, and a removable pin adapted to be passed
through an opening in said plate into some fixed part of the frame for holding
the plate in its adjusted position: substantially as specified.
83. In a match making machine, the combination with a feed roll and its shaft,
of a ratchet on said shaft, a pivotally mounted pawl engaging the ratchet, and
a plate loosely mounted on the shaft of the roll for engaging said pawl to hold
it out of contact with the ratchet, a removable pin adapted to be passed through
an opening in said plate into some fixed part of the frame for holding the plate
in its adjusted position, and an oscillatory arm loose on the shaft of the feed roll
and carrying said pawl; substantially as specified.
84. In a match making machine, the combination with a feed roll and its shaft,
of a ratchet on said shaft, a pivotally mounted pawl engaging the ratchet, a
plate loosely mounted on the shaft of the roll for engaging said pawl to hold
it out of contact with the ratchet, a removable pin adapted to be passed through
an opening in said plate into some fixed part of the frame for holding the plate
in its adjusted position, au oscillatory arni loose on the shaft of the feed roll and
carrying said pawl, and a vertically disposed oscillatory arm connected with and
adapted to actuate the arm carrying the pawl, substantially as specified.
85. In an organized machine for the purpose described, the combination of the
devices for severing the match splints and delivering them to a carrier, means
for applying composition to said splints, a carrier embodying a plurality of
disconnected match-receiving bars mounted to travel in an endless circuit, means
for moving the carrier, devices for actuating the carrier moving means, and
mechanism for feeding the material to the cutters, substantially as specified.
86. In an organized machine for the purpose described, the combination of
devices for severing the match splints and delivering them to a carrier, means for
applying composition to said splints, a carrier embodying a plurality of discon-
nected match-receiving bars mounted to travel in an endless circuit, means for
moving the carrier, devices for actuating the carrier-moving means, mechanism
for feeling the material to the cutters, and means for separating the hars of the
carrier at predetermined points, substantially as specified.
87. In an organized machine of the character described, the combination of a
carrier embodying a plurality of disconnected match-receiving bars mounted to
travel in an endless circuit, main-chains, auxiliary chains, and sub-chains for
giving the necessary movements thereto, means for forming and feeding the match
splints to the carrier, means for separating the bars of the carrier at predetermined
points, and mechanism for applying composition to the ends of the said splints,
substantially as specified.
SS. In an organized machine of the character described, the combination of
a continuously-moving carrier embodying a plurality of disconnected match-
receiving bars mounted to travel in an endless circuit, main-chains, auxiliary-
chains and a sub-chain for giving the movements to such bars, means for
transferring the bars from one chain to the other, means for applying the com-
position to the splints, and means for separating the bars of the carrier at
predetermined periods, substantially as specified.

page_text: 89. In an organized machine of the character described, the combination of a
continuously-moving carrier embodying disconnected bars mounted to travel in
an endless circuit, main-chains, auxiliary-chains and sub-chains for giving the
movements to such bars, means for transferring the bars from one set of chains
to the other, means for applying the composition to the splints, means for
separating the bars of the carrier at predetermined periods, and means for
throwing the main-chains laterally into and out of oprative relation with the
bars of the carrier, substantially as specified.
90. In an organized machine of the character described, the combination of a
continuously-moving carrier embodying disconnected bars, a main-chain, an
auxiliary-chain and a sub-chain for giving the movements to such bars, means for
transferring the bars from one chain to the other, means for applying the com-
position to the splints, means for separating the bars of the carrier at predetermined
periods, means for throwing the main-chain into and out of operative relation
with the lars of the carrier, and means for deflecting the carrier in its path at a
predetermined point, substantially as specified.
91. In an organized machine of the character. described, the combination of a
continuously-moving carrier embodying disconnected bars, a main-chain, an
auxiliary-chain, and a sub-chain for giving the movements to such bars, means for
transferring the bars from one chain to the other, means for apply-
ing the composition to the splints, means for separating the bars of the carrier
at predetermined periods, means for throwing the main-chain into and out of
operative relation with the bars of the carrier, means for deflecting the carrier
in its path at a predetermined point, and means for bodily moving a bar indepen-
dent of the others at a point where the carrier is deflected, substantially as
specified.
92. In an organized machine of the character described, the combination of a
carrier embodying disconnected bars mounted for rotary movement and for
successive movement in an endless circuit, main, auxiliary and sub-chains each
independent of the other for actuating said carrier bars. means for imparting
motion to said chains, and means for throwing the main-chains into and out
of operative relation with the bars, substantially as specified.
93. In an organized machine of the character described, the combination of a
carrier embodying disconnectel bars mounted for rotary movement and for
successive movement in an endless circuit, main, auxiliary and sub-chains each
independent of the other for actuating said carrier bars, means for imparting
motion to said chains, means for throwing the main-chains into and out of
operative relation with the bars, and means for causing a deflection of the carrier
in its travel, substantially as specified.
94. In an organized machine of the character described, the combination of a
carrier embodying disconnected bars mounted for rotary movement, main,
auxiliary and sub-chains each independent of the other for actuating said carrier-
bars, means for imparting motion to said chains, means for throwing the main-
chains into and out of operative relation with the carrier bars, means for causing
a deflection of the carrier in its travel, and means for separating said bars at
predetermined periods, substantially as specified.
95. In an organized machine of the character described, the combination of a
carrier embodying disconnected hars mounted for rotary movement, main-chains,
auxiliary and sub-chains each independent of the other for actuating said carrier
bars, means for imparting motion to said chains, means for throwing the main-
chains into and out of operative relation with the bars, means for causing a
deflection of the carrier in its travel, means for separating said bars at predeter-
mined periols, and a reciprocatory knocker for positive engagement with the bars
at a point where they are deflected, substantially as specified.
96. In an organized machine of the character described, the combination of a
carrier embodying disconnected bars mounted for rotary movement, main-chains,

page_text: auxiliary-chains and sub-chains each independent of the other for actuating said
carrier bars, means for imparting motion to said chains, means for throwing the
main-chains into and out of operative relation with the bars of the carrier, means
for causing a deflection of the carrier in its travel, means for separating said bars
at predetermined periods, a reciprocatory knocker for positive engagement with
the bars at the point where they are deflected, and means for transferring the bars
from the sub-chains to the auxiliary-chains, substantially as specified.
Dated this 29th day of November 1897.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.