Improvements in Apparatus for Making and Filling Boxes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Sept., 1896-Accepted, 14th Nov., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Making and Filling Boxes.
A communication from WILLIAM DELAVAN BALDWIN, of Yonkers, New York,
United States of America, Manufacturer, JAMES PHILLIPS OSBORNE, of
89 South Washington Street, Rochester, New York, U.S.A., Builder, and
CHARLES WALLACE VAN VLEET, of 49 Savannah Street, of Rochester
aforesaid, Artist.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 111 Hatton Garden, in the County of Middlesex,
Chartered Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and
in what manner the sanie is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :--
This invention relates to apparatus for making, filling and covering boxca.
Fig. 1 is a diagram illustrating the successive operations of the machine embodying
said invention;
Figs. 2 and 3 are opposite side elevations thereof, parts of the supporting table
being removed to exhibit construction;
Fig. 4 is a top plan view of said machine;
Fig. 5 is a vertical longitudinal section through the magazines for box blanks and
for cigarettes;
Fig. 6 is a similar section through the devices for folding the flaps of the box
blanks and through the cover magazine;
Fig. 7 is a similar section through the cigarette magazine and the devices for
folding the flaps of the box blanks;
Figs. 8, 9 and 10 are like sections through a portion of the magazine for the box
blanks and neighbouring parts, the respective figures showing the parts in different
positions;
Figs. 11, 12 and 13 are transverse sections on the lines 11-11, 12-12 and 13-13
of Fig. 4;
Figs. 14, 15 and 16 are transverse sections on the line 14-14 of Fig. 4, showing
the parts in different positions ;
Fig. 17 is a perspective view of the cover holder when open;
Fig. 18 is a transverse section on the line 18-18 of Fig. 65, the weight M' being
omitted; and
Fig. 19 is a detail view of a picker and a folder, parts being removed to show
construction.
Before describing the details of the improved mechanism, reference is made to
Fig. 1 as illustrating the successive operations by which the box and cover blanks
are brought into proper shape, the cigarettes or other articles are deposited
properly in the box, and the properly filled and folded box is introduced into the
Cover.
Ench box blank for packing cigarettes consists of a strip of light board or of
paper of the form shown at C, Fig. 1, with two tongues 20, 21, and two side
wings 22, and is scored or indented on lines indicated by the dotted lines; and the
cover blank Y is a section of a rectangular tube formed from a continuous strip of
board or paper having top and bottom pieces 23, 24 and side pieces 25, and is
capable of being folded down flat as shown at I, Fig. 1.
The box blanks X are placed successively upon a travelling belt A which passes
around pulleys B B', conducting each box blank continuously in one line of move-
ment during all the operations upon the same, until the filled and covered box is

page_text: discharged from the machine, thus avoiding the objections incident to stoppages,
reversale, or changes of movement.
The successive operations upon the box blank are indicated in Fig. 1
at C, D, E, F, G, H, K and L. As shown at C, the blank lies flat upon the
conveyor belt A. At D, the sides 22 of the blank are turned up and the cigarettes
or other articles are deposited upon the blank between the sides. At E the flap 21
of the blank is brought to a vertical position. At F the lap 21 is bent upon a
scored line down to a horizontal position. At G, the flap 20 is brought to a
vertical position. At H, the flap 20 is bent upon a scored liue z downward upon
.the flap 21.
During these operations upon the box blank, the cover blink Y (which was
originally in the flat position shown at I), is carried towards the belt A, and is first
brought into the path of the closed box, is then opened as shown at K, and is then
held stationary while the box is passed into the said cover, as shown at L; then
the filled and completed package is carried to the end of the machine and is
discharged into a suitable receptacle.
The band A with its supporting pulleys is arranged so that the band lies and
travels upon the upper face of a table Z which supports all of the various operating
parts. Near one end of the table is the magazine M adapted to contain the box
blanks X; near the opposite end is the magazine Padapted to contain the cover
blanks Y and between these two magazines is the magazine N in which are
deposited the cigarettes or other filling material to be packed. All of these
magazines are in line above the travelling belt, which passes between side guides 26
upon the table.
THE BOX BLANK AND DELIVERY MECHANISM.
The magazine M is properly shaped to receive a pile of the blanks X and has
two internal vertical ribs 28 which bear ngaiust the ends of the side wings 22 of
the blank; these ribs extend downward almost to the bottom of the magazine, but
terminate at a point d, Fig. 18, far enough above the top of the belt to permit one
blank to pass beneath. This prevents more than one blank from being pushed
forward at a time by the feeding mechanism. The wall of the magazine has a
alot d', Fig. 5, for egress of one blank and the bottom of the magazine has a
longitudinal slot (Fig. 4) for the passage of the pickers 32 hereinafter
. described.
It has been found that, if it is attempted to move forward the lower blank by
means of projections upon the belt A, such projections may sometimes engage
more than one blank, if the blanks vary considerably in thickness, as is sometimes
the case, the result being that the blanks are jammed in the egress orifice and the
operations of the machine are interfered with. To avoid the possibility of such
action, each blank is fed forward by two movements imparted by independent
devices. Thus the first forward movement of the lowest blank is imparted by a
reciprocating pusher L, Fig. 6, which pusher consists of a cross-head 29 from which
extends two blades 30, 30, extending under the pile of blanks and having lugs 31, 31,
the ends of which lugs engage the end of the flap 20 of the blauk X when the
pusher moves forward. The forward movement of the pusher carries the lowest
blank a short distance, say about three quarters of an iuch, in the direction of the
movement of the belt, and then the pusher returns to its first position shown in
Fig. 5; then a picker 32 pivoted to the belt A is brought into position with its end
bearing and sliding against the under surface of the lower-most of the blanks above
it, as shown in Fig. 10, and as the picker is carried forward, the said end engages
the end of the box blank which has been started by the pusher and carries the
blank onward with the belt.
The belt is provided with a suitable number of pickers 32 and these may be
constructed in any desired manner, but it is preferable to pivot each picker between
side lugs 32º, as best shown in Fig. 19, with a spring 33 for lifting the edge 32ª

page_text: of the picker, and, in order to prevent this edge from springing upward before the
lowest blank is carried forward by the pusher L, a guide or spring 34 is employed
which extends beneath the cross-head 29 and between the blades 30 in position
to bear upon the edge of each picker and to hold it down as shown in Figs. 5
and 9, until the picker is in position to engage the end of the blank that has been
moved forward by the pusher, (see Fig. 10). The heel 32 of the picker is ou
the opposite side of the pivot 32° from the edge 32; and the heel is bent down-
ward so as to strike against the supporting plate 32" and thus limit the upward
movement of the edge 32 under the operation of the spring 33, (see Fig. 19).
By thus moving the lowest blank a certain extent forward before the picker can
come in contact with it, all possibility of the picker engaging more than one blank
is absolutely prevented.
Each of the side guides 26 beyond the hopper M is formed with an inclined
face u, Figs. 11 to 13, which face u gradually approaches a vertical position at a
point just beyond the hopper N, and overhauging each side guide is a plate with
a pendent flange 39, (see Figs. 11 and 13), the lower edge of which is in position
to define the line, already scored as shown at C, Fig. 1, upon which the wings
shall be bent upward, and to prevent buckling or bonding of the blank except on
that line; and beneath the hopper N these flanges 39 support two vertical
wheels 36, (see Figs. 7 and 12), which serve the same purpose as the flanges
and reduce friction at the point where the flanges are bent nearly to their
vertical position and form sharp bends.
It will be understood that the pickers 32 are arranged upon the belt A at such a
distance apart that the successive blanks will lie upon the belt separated only by
the distance necessary to receive the intermediate pickers and folders, although this
distance may of course be increased if occasion requires. The supporting plate of
each picker is fastened to the belt at one point only and guide pins fixed to the
plate enter holes in the belt to prevent displacement of the plate. This arrange-
ment is provided in order to permit the pickers to pass around the pulleys B
and B, (see Figs. 6, 8, 9 and 10).
CIGARETTE HOLDING AND DELIVERY MECHANISM.
When the device is used for packing cigarettes, the magazine N is divided, by
partitions 37, (see Fig. 12), into as many channels as there are cigarettes in the
width of the box. Thus, if there are five cigarettes across the width of the box,
there will be four partitions 37, forming five separate channels. Combined with
the magazine is the feeding planger N, which, in the form shown, is brought
opposite the ends of the two lowest series of cigarettes, and moves forward in the
same direction as the belt, forcing such two series from the magazine first into
position above the blank and theu entirely away from the magazine when they fall
upon the blank, as shown in Fig. 7. If only the lowest row of cigarettes is to be
discharged, the feeding plunger is equal in thickness to said series, but if two or
more series of cigarettes are to be simultaneously discharged, the plunger is made
of proportionate thickness. As shown, it is equal to the thickness of two series of
cigarettes so that two series of layers are discharged at one time, and there are
thus carried to the blank ten cigarettes in two rows of five each, which fall into
position between the upturned wings or sides 22. Where the cigarettes vary
Eoniewhat in diameter, it is best to make the thickness of the plunger a little less
than the thickness of the mass of cigarettes to be discharged, in order to prevent
the plunger from engaging any cigarettes in a layer or series which should be left
in the magazine.
The feeding plunger N reciprocates ouce to the passage of each blank so as
to feed a charge of cigarettes to each of the blanks in succession.
Above the magazine N is a tray N', having sides converging towards the top
of the magazine and into which the cigarettes are delivered by tho operator as fast
as the same are needed; and, in order to insure their uniform delivery to the

page_text: different channels in the magazine and to avoid constant attention upon the part
of the operator to prevent any channel from failing to keep full, the tray is
reciprocated across the top of the magazine at the rate of one or two reciprocations
a second.
As a broken or bent cigarette may accidentally get in one of the channels and
become jammed therein, one of the sides of the magazine N is provided with a
hinged door N, (Figs. 2, 3 and 5,) which may be thrown open to afford ready
access to all the channels inside the magazine.
The mechanism for folding the end flaps of the box blank ie arranged between
the cigarette magazine N and the cover magazine P, and comprises two sets of
devices, oue for folding the loug Hap 21 and the other for folding the short
flap 20.
The devices for folding the long flap 21 cousist of folders or fingers 38 extending
from a rock shaft 40 forward and downward until they meet the belt A in position
to pass beneath the advancing end of the flap 21, as shown in Fig. 6 and in dotted
lines, Fig. 7.
Normally the ends of these fingers rest upon the belt, as shown in Fig. 6, but,
just prior to the depositing of the cigarettes in the blank, the fingers 38 rise to the
position shown in Fig. 7, as the shaft 40 rocks, bending the flap 21 nearly at right
angles to the bottom of the blank. As the blank travels further forward, the
sbaft 40 continues to rock until the fingers 38 reach the position shown in Fig. 2,
and they then begin to descend, bending the flap 21 on the line, Fig. 1, and
pressing the flap down in a horizontal position until the box passes from beneath
the fingers 38.
About at the time the box escapes from beneath the fingers 38, the devices
begin to act for turning the flap 20 upward and inward. These dovices consist of a
folder 41 pivoted about midway of the length in a slot of the belt A, and two
ratchet like wheels 43 upon a shaft 44 rotating in the direction of the arrow,
Fig. 6.
The folder 41 normally occupies a position parallel to the belt as shown in
Fig. 5, but, just as the arms 38 bring the flap 21 to a flat position ou top of the
cigarettes, the forward end of the folder 41 meets a shoulder wo upon the frame, so
that, as the belt travels, the folder is turned up to the vertical position shown in
Fig. 6, carrying the flap 20 to a vertical position. To prevent the flap by any
possibility from being folded under the flap 21, the shaft 40 is provided with an
arm 42 so arranged that as the flap 20 is brought to a vertical position, it will be
brought against the end of the arm 42 which prevents it from being bent forward
and beneath the flap 21, but on the contrary will cause it to bend backward
slightly while the box is carried forward and the flap 20 passes beneath the
arm 42.
As the box travels further forward, the flap 21 is held down by the ends of the
teeth of the wheels 43; at the same time the upper projecting portion of the
flap 20 is carried to the wheels 43, and enters the deep space between two of
the teeth of each wheel and the revolution of the wheel bends this lap on the
The continued
line 2, Fig. 1, and folds its end flat upon the end of the flap 21.
rotation of the wheels carries the teeth rapidly over the portion of the tongue 20,
now folded down, and both flaps are held in position until they respectively pass
beneath a projecting spriug 45 which extends inward between the wheels and
presses upon the top of the box.
It will be understood that the wheels 43 revolve very rapidly and that the
downward folding of the eud of the flap 21 is instantaneous, the operation being
effected with absolute certainty and without tearing or breaking the flap in any
manner.
It is evident that, as soon as the end of the flap is turned up and away from the

page_text: picker 32, the Intter censes to act to push and carry the box with the belt, and
that, as the folder 41 at once assumes a vertical position, it constitutes a solid
abutment for the box, insuring its travel with the belt. In order to maintain this
vertical position of the folder, it is providel with a square end, and the frame of
the machine is provided with a rail 47 upon which said end travels as shown in
Fig. 6, thereby preventing the folder from turning down until it escapes from the
end of said rail.
The spring 46 is carried by the projecting arm of a cover plate 48 which is
provided with a recess to receive an anti-friction roller 50, which bears upon the
top of the box as the latter is carried forward and beneath the plate and toward.
the opening in a transverse plate 51 and over two separated thin plates 52 which
extend from the lower edge of the said opening hack over the belt. The plates 52
lift the box slightly so that its forward end is carried above the belt to an
extent sufficient to allow that end to enter the end of the cover Y, Fig. 1, as
hereinafter described, the opening in the plate 51 being of such a size as to hold
the box in its rectangular shape and most compact dimensions as it passes from the
opening towards the opened cover Y, as shown in Fig. 7. The roller 50
compresses the box elightly to enable it the more easily to enter the opening '.
THE COVER HOLDING AND OPENING MECHANISM.
A series of the cover blanks, folded down flat as shown at I, Fig. 1, are arranged
one above the other in a magazine P. This magazine has a bottom with two
longitudinal slots as, into which project lngs 53 upon a reciprocating slide 54
which slides longitudinally beneath the magazine, carrying the lugs 53 forward to
n position opposite the edge of the lowest blank, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 6,
after which they move in the opposite direction, come in contact with the ends of
the lowest blank and force the latter backward to a transverse slot in the wall of
the magazine.
The box cover blauk is thus discharged from the magazine and falls by gravity
into space, between the magazine and the wheels 43, which contains the covor
opening mechanism. This mechanism is of such a character as to press laterally
against one of the folded edges of the Hattened rectangular, tabular cover blank,
and thereby this mechanism opens the blank to form an open-end tube and holds it
in a position in the path of miction of the box, in order to receive the box.
The opening mechanism consists of two hinged jaws 55, 56, each hinged at its
lower end adjacent to a plate 57 which extends over the belt A, and each jaw has
an upper flange m at right angles to the side of the jaw and a web a at the
forward end.
It is very important that each blank, as it is discharged into the opening
mechanism, shall pass between the jaws in their opened position; that one edge of
the blank shall descend to its lowest extent upon the plate 57 adjacent to the
jaw 66; and that the other edge of the blank shall occupy its highest position
adjacent to the Hange m, of the jaw 55, (acc dotted lines in Figs. 14 and 15). To
insure the blank taking this position when the jaws are opened, an arm 60 carrying
vertical presser wheel 61 is hinged to the forward wall of the magazine Pin
such p-sition that, as the blank passes beneath the wheel 61, the edge or side
adjacent to the jaw 56 will be thrown downward, while the opposite side will be
arrested by the horizontul arm of a bracket 62 bolted stationary to the frame of
the machine and extending through a slot in the jaw 55. The cover blank is thus
discharged into the opening mechanism and held between the jaws in the inclined
pusition shown in dotted lines, Fig. 14, and, in order to guide the blank as it falls
and to prevent the blank from slipping during subsequent operations, it is pressed'
down by the end of a spring arm 64 pivoted to the forward wall of the magazine P,
(see Fig. 6), the enid arm, however, yielding to accommodate itself to the movements
of the blank.
A lenf-spring 51 (Figs. 4 and 6), may be attached to the plate 51, between the

page_text: jaws 55, 6, to assist in guiding the cover Y into position to register with the
orifice t¹.
The blank being in the position shown in dotted lines, Fig. 14, the jaw 56 is
swung inward, as shown in Fig. 15, thereby forcing the blank laterally until its
opposite edge is in the corner formed by the side and flange m of the jaw 55, after
which the latter swings inward to the position shown in Fig. 16. As the jaw 55
moves inward, the pressure on the edge of the blank causes it to gradually open,
until, when the jaw 55 is fully closed, the blank is fully opene:! and is held in its
rectangular opened form between the jaws upon the plates 57 and directly opposite
the opening in the plate 51 through which the filled box passes into the cover,
the latter being held stationary as the box passes inward by the contact of its end
with the webs n n.
Guide wings m', (Figs. 14, 15 and 16), may be fixed upon the flanges n of the
jaws 55, 56, to assist in guiding the cover Y from the magazine into the cover
holder.
It will of course be understood that there is no interruption to the travel of the
box, which, from the time the blank X begins to move with the belt until the
covered box is discharged, moves continuously forward without interruption and at
the same rate of speed. As soon as the box is fully within the cover, the jaws full
apart to the position shown in Fig. 14, removing the webs nn, from opposite the
end of the cover, when the covered box is carried forward beneath the magaziuo P
and over the pulley B' and into the end of a chute Q which conducts it to any
suitable receptacle.
It will of course he understood that there is a folder 41 adjacent to each of the
pickers 32, and, in order that these folders inay occupy their proper positions as
the belt passes around the pulleys B B', the latter are provided with recesses 9 into
which the ends of the folders pass. It is necessary that the belt shall always
occupy a definite position in relation to the pulleys and that there shall be no slip
thereon, and therefore the pulleys are provided with pins or projections 66, (see
Fig. 6), which enter corresponding openings in the belt.
The parts above described may be combined with any suitable kind of
mechanism for imparting the desired movements at the proper speed and intervals.
Mechanism which has proved to be effective for moving the different parts will
now be described.
The main driving shaft 70 carries the pulley B', the other pulley B being driven
through the medium of the belt A. The shaft. 71 of the pulley B carries a
gear 72 which drives a pinion 73 having a crank arm 74 connected by a rod 75
with the arm of a toothed sector 76, pivoted to a pin upon the frame and engaging
a rack 77 upon a rod 78 sliding in standards 79 upon the frame. Another crank
arm 80 upon the shaft 81 of the pinion 73, Fig. 2, is connected by a rod 82 with a
orank lever 83 connected by a link 84 with a slide 85 that carries the cross
head 29.
The rotation of the wheel B serves, through the mechanism described, to impart
the proper reciprocating motion to the cross head 29.
The reciprocation of the rod 78 serves to operate different parts of the
mechanism. Thus, a pin 87 upon the rod enters a waved groove in a cam 88
upon a lever 89 pivoted at one side to the magazine N and connected to the
tray N, and thus the lever 89 is vibrated and the tray is reciprocated by the
sliding movement of the rod 78. The rod 78 is also counccted by an arm 90,
Fig. 13, with the feeding plunger N' and reciprocates the latter.
The rod 78 aids also in imparting a rocking motion to the shaft 40. Thus the
rod 78 carries two separated arma 91, 92, which are alternately brought in contact
with an anti-friction roller at the end of an arın 93 on the shaft 40, (seo Figs. 6
and 7). The arm 91 moving in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 7, carries the
arm 93 to a position beyond the point of a V-shaped projection upon an arm 94,
which is normally drawn downward by a spring 95, shown in Figs. 3 and 7, lifting
the said spring and putting it under tension, so that, as the arm 93 escapes the

page_text: point, the descent of the arm 94 forces the arm 93 further to the right to
rock the shaft sufficiently to carry the arms 38 to their upper position, shown in
dotted lines. When the rod 78 is carried in the reverse direction, the arm 92
comes in contact with the arm 93 and swinga the latter and rocks the shaft 40 to
carry the arms 38 to their lowest position, (see Fig. 6).
An arm 99 extends from the rod 78 to the plunger 54 of the cover magazine and
serves to reciprocate that plunger.
The wheels 43 are driven from the shaft 70 through a series of gours 103, 104,
113, 114 and 115, as illustrated in Figs. 2, 3 and 4.
The jaws 55 and 56 are operated by two cams 100, 101, upon a shaft 102 driven
by the gears 103 and 104 from the shaft 70. Each of the said cams bears against
a roller upon an arm 105 extending from the adjacent jaw, the cams being of such
shape as to close first one jaw and then the other and then to open both jaws
simultaneously and quickly as soon as the box is fully within the cover. The
forms of these cams 100, 101, are illustrated in Figs. 6, 14, 15 and 16.
It is important to press the blanks downward in the magazines M and P and to
keep them perfectly fat and contiguous. For this purpose a weight M', Fig. 18,
is placed upon the column of blanks in the magazine M and a weight 108 is
provided for the magazine P.
Inasmuch as the cover blauks are thicker than the box blanks, the capacity of
the magazine P, as to the number, of blanks it will hold, is much less than that of
the magazine M and it is therefore desirable to frequently renew the contents
of the magazine P during the operations of the machine. As it would interfere
with the operations and lead to imperfect feeding of the cover blanks, to remove
the pressure of the weight, in order to supply a uew mass of blanks, provision is
made to maintain this pressure at all times. To this end, the rear wall of the
magazine is provided with a vertical slot 1, (see Fig. 6), into which extends a
blude 107 fixed to the weight 108, which last is in the form of a yoke or fork
embracing the outside of the magazine in order to be balanced, and is provided
with a handle 109. The weight descends as the blanks in the magazine decrease
in Dumber. When it becomes necessary to supply another mass of blanks, they
are placed in the magazine above the blade 107; the blado of a second weight is
then placed upon the additional mass of blanks, (if this mass is not of itself
sufficiently heavy), and the lower weight is removed by drawing it backward in
the direction of the arrow, Fig. 6, carrying the blade 107 outward through the
slot l.
To attract the operator's attention to the fact that the magazine is nearly
exhausted, an alarm is provided, as for instance a bell R and hammer R', Figs. 2:
and '14, so arranged that a projection o upon the weight 108 comes in contact with
the end of the hammer lever R' and sounds the bell, whenever the weight reaches.
a low position.
In place of the weight M', similar devices to those just described may be provided
for the magazine M.
Where the arms 105 and their rollers are not sufficiently heavy to insure
the opening of the jaws, a spring 112 may be connected to arms projecting from.
the jaws to insure this result.
To recapitulate:-The bottom blank in the magazine M is removed from the
magazine by a picker 32 on the box carrier or belt A into the channel between the
ide guides 26; the sides of this channel, as the box moves forward, partly fold
the blank by bending up the side wings 22; when this folding is nearly or quite
complete, a charge of the box filling material is ejected into the moving box from
be magazine N by the plunger N with substantially the same velocity as that of
he movement of the box, whereby the box and its charge are relatively stationary,
nd the charge is deposited in the box without receiving violent treatment; the
olding wires 38 raise the advance end 21 of the blank, and the folder 41 raises
be rear end 20 of the blank; the folding wires 38, aided by the action of the
uide 45, turn down the flap 21 around the end and upon the top of the charge of

page_text: box filling material, and the teeth, (which may be arms or corrugations,
the wheels 43, fold down the tip of the flap 20 in the same direction as that of the
moving box and upon the end of the flap 21; a flut tubular cover is removed from
the magazine P and is inserted into the open cover holder in line with the path of
motion of the box; the cover holder closes, thereby opens the cover, and the
motion of the belt or box carrier inserts the box into the cover; as soon as the box
is fully inserted into the cover, the cover holder opens, releases the covered box for
delivery from the machine, and is ready to receive another cover.
In this machine, at the same time that a blank is being removed from the
magazine M, & partly formed box is being filled with cigarettes and a formed and
filled box is being covered.
This machine is believed to be the first in which a charge of filling material is
inserted into the package which is to contain said material when both are in
motion; it is also the first machine in which boxes are formed from blanks and are
provided with covers (whether of the tubular form or otherwise), while the blank
is kept in continuous motion. The invention is not, therefore, limited to the
boxing of cigarettes, but is applicable to the boxing of any form of material which
is capable of separation into separate charges, one for each box to be supplied
therewith.
This machine also forms empty boxes and places covers about them without the
internal supporting function of the filling material.
It is obvious that this machine may be used for delivering charges of filling
material of many kinds into boxes which are completely made before delivery
to the machine and that the covering mechanism may be used or dispensed with at
the option of the user. Further, the machine is capable of many changes, and of
various modifications which can be used in place of the mechanisms herein set
forth, and which are within the broad scope of the invention, and hence the
invention is not to be limited to the mechanisms or mode of operation herein set
forth.
י
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by
my foreign correspondents, 1 declare that what I claim is:-
1. The combination of the continuous belt A, the magazine M for box blanks
having a slotted bottom and a slot for egress of a blauk, the pusher 30 adapted to
press against the end of a blank and to start the same through the slot in the
direction of the movement of the belt and then to disengage from said blank, and
a series of pickers 32 upon said belt moving through said slotted bottom and
adapted to engage the edge of the started blauk and to move the same with
the belt, substantially as described.
2. The combination, with a magazine for blanks having an orifice for the egress
of a single blank, of a supporting plate 32°, a picker 32 pivoted to said plate and
having a forward edge 32 adapted to engage a blank and a downwardly projecting
heel 32, a spring 33 tending to raise said edge, moving mechanism carrying said
supporting plate, and the guide 34 to depress said edge and compress said spring
substantially as described.
3. The combination of a magazine containing flat box blanks, & continuously
moving belt having a device thereon for removing said blanks one at a time from
Baid magazine and for retaining the same on said belt, a box channel of which said
belt is the bottom, means for folding the sides of Baid box from said blank
and means for folding the ends of said box, all while the box is in continuou
motion.
4. The combination of a magazine adapted to contain flat box blanks an
baving an aperture for the passage of the blanks therefrom, a coutinuously moving
belt. having a series of devices thereon for removing said blanks one at a time from
said magazine and for moving the same with said belt, a box channel of which sai
belt is the bottom, devices for folding the sides of the box from said blank, device

page_text: for folding the ends of said box and devices for inserting the folded box in
a cover, all while the box is in continuous motion.
5. The combination of a magazine, adapted to contain flat box blanks, a moving
belt having devices thereon for removing said blanks one at a time from said
magazine and for retaining the same on said belt, a box channel of which said belt
is the bottom, moans for folding the sides of said box from said blank, and means
for folding the ends of said box, all while the box is moved by said belt.
6. The combination, with a box channel, of mechanisin for delivering a box
blank thereinto, a mechanism for moving the blank in said channel, guides acting
on said blank und gradually bending the blank to form the sides of the box,
and mechanism for bending the ends of the blauk to form the ends and top of the
box, whereby to form a completely closed box without apparatus acting internally
ou said blank.
7. In a box machine, the combination, with devices, as the guides 26 and
folders 41 and 38 for folding blanks to form boxes, a magazine M for said blanks
having an exit orifice d' at the base for a single blank and a slotted bottom, of a
Beries of pickers 32 for removing one blank at a time each having a portion
provided with a forward edge 32º, n traveling support, as the belt A, adapted
to co-operate with said folding devices and bearing said series of pickers and
movable to carry said heads through said slot, a spring, as 33, interposed between
said head and said support, and means, as the guide or spring 34, located at
or about the entrance of said slot and over the path of said bend adapted to
depress the same, whereby said spring is compressed and said edge is caused
to enter between the lowest blank in said magazine and the next superior blank.
8. The combination of a moving box carrier, means for automatically delivering
successive box blanks thereto, devices external to the blanks and co-operating with
said carrier to fold each blank while in motion to form an open box adapted to
receive filling material, and devices for filling the box while moved by said carrier
with a charge of material which is discharged into the box in the same direction as
the movement of the box.
9. The combination of a magazine adapted to contain flat box blanks and having
an aperture for the passage of the blanks therefrom, a continuously moving belt
having a series of devices thereon for removing said blanks one at a time from
said magazine and for moving the same with said belt, a box channel of which said
bolt is the bottom, the sides of the channel being formed to fold the sides of the
blank to form the sides of the box, a device upon said belt for folding one end of
said box, a folder for folding the other end of said box, a magazine for box covers,
means for withdrawing one cover at a time therefrom, means for interposing a
cover in the path of said folded box, means for retaining the cover in position
while the box is being inserted thereinto, and means of releasing the covered box,
all while the box is in continuous motion.
10. In a packing machine, the combination of the continuous belt A, the
magazine N for a column of flat blanks, means, as pickers 32, for removing blauks
therefrom one by one and for moving the blanks successively upon said belt, the
magazine N for the filling material and means for delivering successive charges of
said material from said magazine to said blanks as they pass the same, means, as
converging sides u in a channel in which said belt runs, for folding the sides of
said blanks, a rod 78 reciprocating longitudinally of said macbine, a plunger N¹ for
discharging the charges of filling material from the, magazine N to said blanks,
connections between Faid rod and said plunger, devices for finishing the folding
Baid blanks about the charge of material, and connections between said rod and
said folding devices whereby the latter are operated, substantially as described.
11. The combination of a continuously-moving box carrier, mechanism for
delivering a box blank thereto, devices for completely forming a box from the
blank while in motion upon said carrier and mechanism co-operating with Baid
carrier for inserting the formed box into a cover.
12. The combination of a continuously moving box carrier, mechanis:n for
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page_text: automatically delivering a box blank thereto, devices for forming a box from the
blank while moved by said carrier, and mechanism co-acting with said carrier for
inserting the formed box, while moved by said carrier, into a cover.
13. The combination, with a box channel, of mechanism for delivering a box
blank thereinto, mechanism for moving the blank in said channel, guides acting on
said blank and gradually bending the blank to form the sides of the hox, mechanisin
for bending the ends of the blank to form the ends of the box, and mechanism
co-operating with the mechanism for moving the blank in said chaunel for inserting
the formed box into a cover.
14. The combination, with a box channel, of mechanism for feeding a box blank
thereinto, mechanism for moving the blank in said channel, guides acting on said
blank and gradually bending the blank to form the sides of the box, mechanism
for bending the ends of the blank to form the ends of the box, and mechanism
co-operating with the mechanism for moving the blank in said channel for inserting
the formed box into a cover.
15. The combination, with a box channel, of mechanism for feeding a box blank
thereinto, mechanism for moving the blank continuously in said channel, guides
acting on said blank for gradually bending parts of the blank to form the sides of
the box, mechanism for bending other parts of the blank to form both ends of the
box, and mechanism for inserting the formed box into a cover.
16. The combination of a magazine containing flat box blanks, a continuously
moving carrier and mechanism connected thorewith for removing said box blanks
one by one from said magazine, a box channel wherein said carrier moves,
mechanism for forming the sides and ends of said box while in motion, and
mechanism for applying a cover to raid box.
17. The combination of a magazine containing flat box blanks, a continuously
moving carrier aud mechanism connected therewith for removing said blanks one
by one from said magazine, mechanism for forming the sides and ends of the box
from a blank while in motion, and mechanism for inserting the folded blank into
a cover.
18. The combination of a magazine containing flat box blauks, a continuously
moving carrier and mechanism connected therewith for removing said blanks onb
by one from said magazine, means for retaining said blanks upon said carrier,
mechanism for forming the box from a blank while in motion, and mechanisin for
inserting the formed box into a tubular cover.
19. The combination of a magazine adapted to contain flat box blanks, a
continuously moving belt having a device thereon for removing said blanks one at
a time from said magazine and for retaining the same on said belt, a box chaunel
of which said belt is the bottom, means for folding the sides of said box from said
blauk, means for folding the ends of the box, meaus for holding a tubular cover in
the line of movement of the belt whereby the box is inserted into the cover by the
movement of the belt, aud means for releasing the covered box from said holder,
all while the box is in continuous motion.
20. The combination of a magazine adapted to ccntain flat box blanks, a
continuously moving carrier and mechanism thereon for removing said blanks one
by one from said magazine, a channel for retaining said blanks on said carrier,
guides in the sides of said channel for forming the sides of the box from the blank,
mechanism upou said carrier for forming one end of the box from the blank,
mechanism co-operating with said carrier for forming the other end of said box
from said blank, a magazine containing tubular covers for said boxes, mechanism
for extracting the covers one by one from the magazine and for inserting the
same in the path of motion of said box, means for retaining the said cover in said
path while the box is being inserted thereinto, and ineans for releasing the box
when inserted in said cover.
21. The combination, with a box channel, of mechanism for delivering a box
blank thereinto, mechanism for moving the blank in said channel, mechanism for
completely forming the box from said blank while in motion, mechanism for filling

page_text: said box while in motion, and mechanism for inserting the formed box into
a cover.
22. The combination, with a box channel, of mechanism for delivering a box
blank thereinto, mechanism for moving the blank in said channel, devices for
forming first the sides and then the ends of the box from the blank while in
motion, mechanism for filling said box while in motion, and mechanism for inserting
the formed box into a cover.
23. The combination, with a box channel, of mechanism for delivering a box
blank thereinto, mechanism for moving the blank continuously in said channel,
guides acting on said blank for gradually bending parts of the blank to form the
sides of the box, mechanism for filling the box while in motion, mechanism for
bending the blank to complete the box while in motion, and mechanism for
inserting the formed box into a cover.
24. The combination of a continuously-moving carrier, mochanism for delivering
a box blank thereto, means for retaining said blank upon said carrier, mechanism
for partly folding said box blanks, mechanism for placing the filling material upon
Buid blanks, mechanism for completely folding said blanks, and mechanism for
inserting the filled and folded blanks into a cover, all during continuous movement
of said blauk.
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25. The combination of a continuously-moving box carrier, mechanism for
delivering successive hox blanke thereto, devices external to said blanks and
co-operating with said box carrier to fold each blank to form an open box while
in motion upon the said carrier adapted to receive filling material, devices for
filling the box while moved by said carrier with a charge of material, which is
discharged into the box in the same direction as the motion of the box, and
mechanisin co-acting with said carrier for inserting the formed box, while move.l
by said carrier, into a cover.
26. The combination, in a packing machine, of a magazine M for box blauks,
menns for folding the sides of said blanks to partially form boxes, a magazine N
for cigarettes, a rod 78 reciprocating longitudinally of the machine, a belt A
moving under said magazines and provided with means for moving said blauks
therewith, a pusher 30 co-operating with said belt for starting the blanks
Buccessively from said magazine M, a plunger N¹ attached to said rod for dis-
charging successive charges of cigarettes from said cigarette magazine into the
boxes as they pass thereunder, means for folding the side flaps of the blank to
form the sides of the box, a folder 38 for lifting and folding the forward flaps of
the blanks, lugs upon said rod for actuating said folder, means for folding the rear
Hap of said blank to complete the folding of the box, a cover holder for holding
covers in line with the movement of said box upon said belt, a cover magazine P
adjacent to said cover holder and above said belt and in line therewith, and a
plunger 54 attached to said rod for feeding one cover at a time from said magazine
into said cover holder, substantially as desoribed.
27. The combination of a moving box carrier adapted to carry a series of box
blanke, mechanism co-operating with said carrier for bending the blank to form the
sides of the box, mechanism for bending the ends of the blank t form the ends
and top of the box whereby to form a completely closed box without apparatus
acting internally on, said blank.
28. The combination, with a box carrier adapted to advance box blauks
longitudinally thereon and means of folling the sides and ends of box blauks
substantially of the form described, of mechanism for folding the top flaps of such
lox blanks consisting of a folder wheel, placed above the path of motion of tho
box and at a height to come in contact with the said top flaps aud revolving in a
direction to fold the flaps down upon the moving boxes in the same direction as
the motion of the boxes.
29. The combination, with a box carrier adapted to advance box blanks
longitudinally thereon and means of folling the sides and ends of box blanks

page_text: substantially of the form described, of mechanism for folding the top flaps of such
box blanks consisting of a folding wheel having a serrated periphery placed:
above the path of motion of the box and at a height to strike said top flaps and
rovolving in a direction to fold the flaps down upon the moving boxes in the same
direction as the motion of the boxes.
30. In a box machine, the combination of a channel having stationary sides
changing gradually from horizontal to vertical, means for directing flat box blanks
having wing pieces to form the sides and ends thereof into aaid. channel at or
before the point where the sides of the channel change from the horizontal, n.
belt moving continuously in said channel and provided with mechanism for
moving the separate blanks longitudinally along in said channel, whereby the sides
are folded, and means for folding the ends of the box.
31. In a box machine, the combination of a channel having stationary sides'
changing gradually from horizontal to vertical, means for directing flat box
blanks having wing pieces to form the sides and ends thereof into said channel
at or before the point where the sides of the channel change from the horizontal,
a box carrier moving in said channel and provided with mechanism for moving the
separate blanks longitudinally in said channel whereby the sides are folded, and
means for folding the front and rear ends of the box..
32. In a box machine, the combination of a channel having stationary sides
changing gradually from horizontal to vertical, means for directing fat box
blanks having wing pieces to form the sides and enda thereof, into said channel.
at or before the point where the sides of the channel change from the horizontal,
a box carrier moving in said channel and provided with mechanism external to
the blanks for moving the separate blanka longitudinally in said channel
whereby the sides are folded, and means for folding the front and rear ends of
the box.
33. In a box machine, the combination of a chunnel having stationary sides
changing gradually from horizontal to vertical, means for directing box blanks
having wing pieces to form the sides and euds thereof into said channel at or
before the point where the sides of the channel begin to change from the horizontal,
and a carrier moving in said channel, whereby the sides are folded, one or more
depressible transverse folders upon said belt, means for raising each folder to form
one end of the box, and meaus for forming the other end of the box.
34. In a box machine, the combination of a channel having stationary sides
changing gradually from horizontal to vertical, means for directing box blanks
haring wing pieces to form the sides and ends thereof into said channel at or
before the point where the sides of the channel begin to change from the
horizontal, and a carrier moving continuously in said channel whereby the sides
are folded, one or more depressible transverse folders upon said carrier, menns for
raising cach folder to form the rear end of a box, and a lifting folder adapted to
catch, raise and fold the forward end of the box while in motion.
35. The combination of n continuously-moving box carrier, devices for
completely folding a blauk while in motion to form a box, devices for filling the
box while in motion, and mechanism for inserting the formed and filled box into a
cover.
36. The combination of a moving box carrier, devices co-operating therewith and
external to the box blanks for folding a blank to form a box, and other devices
co-operating with said carrier for inserting a measured charge of box filling
material into said box while moved by said carrior.
37. The combination of a continuously-moving box carrier, devices for folding a
blank while in motion to form a box, and mechanism co-operating with said box
carrier for inserting the formed box into a cover.
38. The combination of a moving box carrier, devices for folding a blank while
in motion to form a box, and mechanism co-acting with said box carrier for
inserting the formed box, while moved by said carrier, into a cover.

page_text: 39. The combination of a continuously-moving box carrier, devices for folding &
blank while in motion to form a box, and mechanism co-acting with said box carrier
for inserting the formed box, while inoved by said carrier, into a cover.
40. The combination of a moving box carrier, devices for completely folding a
blank while in motion upon said carrier to form a box, aud mechanism co-operating
with said carrier for inserting the formed box, while upon said carrier, into a
cover.
41. The combination of a continuously-moving box carrier, a box channel
wherein said carrier moves, mechanism for forming the sides and ends of a box
blank while in motion to form a bux, and mechanism of which said box carrier is an
element for applying a cover to the formed box.
42. The combination of a box carrier, devices for operating externally upon a
moving Flank for folding the same to form an open box, and mechanism co-acting
with said box carrier for inserting the formed 'hox, while moved by said carrier,
into a cover.
43. The combination, with a box carrier and devices co-operating therewith for
forming boxes from blanks carried thereby, of mechanism adapted to open a
collapsed cover and to retain the same in the path of said box carrier, whereby the
box is inserted into said cover, together with an apparatus for automatically
delivering collapsed covers, one by one, into said mechanism.
44. The combination of a moving box carrier, devices for folding a blank while
in motion upon said carrier to form a box, and menus for holding a tubular cover
in the line of movement of the carrier whereby the box is inserted into the cover
by the movement of the carrier.
45. The combination of a moving box carrier, devices co-operating with snid
carrier for folding a blank to form a box, means for holding a tubular cover in the
line of movement of the carrier whereby the box is inserted into the cover by the
movement of the carrier, and means for releasing the covered box from said holding
device.
46. In a box machine, the combination of a channel having stationary sides
changing gradually from horizontal to vertical, means for directing fat box blanks
having wing pieces to form the sides and ends thereof into said channel at or before
the point where the sides of the channel change from the horizontal, a box carrier
moving in said channel and provided with mechanism for moving the separate
blanks longitudinally in said channel whereby the sides are folded, means for
folding the frout and rear ends of the box, aud a cover holder set over said box
carrier and adapted to receive and hold a cover for said box, whereby the cover is
applied to the box as the latter is moved along by said carrier.
47. The combination of a moving box carrier, devices co-operating therewith
for completely folding a blank while upon said carrier to form a box, other devices
co-operating with said carrier for illing the box while in motion thereon, and
mechanism co-operating with said carrier for inserting the formed and filled box
into a cover.
48. The combination, with a continuously-operating box-carrying mechanism, of
mechanism for feeding box blanks thereto, mechanism for discharging the box-
filling material into the partly formed moving box with substantially the same
velocity as that of the box and in the same direction, mechanisin for completely
forming the box, and mechanism for covering the box, all while said box is in
continuous motion.
49. The combination of a moving box carrier, devices co-operating therewith for
completely folding a blank to form a box, and other devices co-operating with said
carrier for filling the box, while moved by said carrier, with a charge of material
which is discharged into the box by said last named devices in the samo direction
as the movement of the box.
50. The combination of a moving box carrier, devices for folding a blank while
in motion upon said carrier to form a box, devices for filling the box while in
motion, and means for holding a tubular cover in the line of movement of the

page_text: carrier whereby the box is inserted into the cover by the movement of the
carrier.
51. The combination of a moving box carrier, devices co-operating with said
carrier for folding a blank to form a box, other devices co operating with said
carrier for filling the hox while in motion thereon, means for holding a tubular
cover in the line of movement of the carrier whereby the box is inserted into the
cover by the movement of the carrier, and means for releasing the coveral box
from said holding device.
52. The combination of a magazine adapted to contain flat box blanks and
having an aperture for the passage of the blanks therefrom, a coutinuonely moving
belt having a series of devices thereon for removing said blanks one at a time from
said magazine and for moving the same with said belt, a box channel of which said
belt is the bottom, devices for folding the sides of said box from said blank, devices
for discharging a measured quantity of the box filling material into said hox,
mechanism for folding the ends of said box, and mechanism for inserting the filled
and folded box in a cover, all while the box is in continuous motion.
53. The combination, with a box carrying mechanism, of mechanism for
discharging the box filling material into the moving box with substantially the
same velocity as that of the box, and means for delivering each filled box from
said carrier.
54 The combination, with a continuously-operating box carrying mechanism,
of mechanism for discharging the box filling material into the moring box with
substantially the same velocity as that of the box and in the same direction, and
means for delivering each filled box from said carrier.
55. The combination with a moving box carrying mechanism, of a magazine for
box filling material and mechanism for discharging a charge of the box filling
material from said magazine into the box, while in motion, and in the saine
direction as said motion, and means for delivering each filled box from said
-carrier.
56. The combination with a box carrying mechanism, of mechanism for first
measuring a charge of the box filling material and then discharging said charge
into a box, while moved by said carrying mechanism, in the same direction as the
motion of said hox, and means for delivering each filled box from said carrier.
57. The combination, with a continuously-operating box-carrying mechanism, of
mechanism for measuring and discharging the box-filling material into the moving
box with substantially the same velocity as that of the box and in the same
direction, and means for delivering each filled box from said carrier.
58. The combination, with a continuously-moring box carrying mechanism, of
mechanism for discharging the box-filling material from a magazine into the
moving box with substantially the same velocity as that of the box and in the
same direction, and mechanism for covering said box.
59. The combination with a box channel, of mechanism for moving a series of
boxes successively in said channel, a magazine for the box filling material, and
mechanism for automatically disebarging a charge of the box filling material from
said magazine into each box while in motion, and in the same direction as said
motion, and menus for delivering each filled box from said carrier.
60. The combination with a box carrying mechanism, of a magazine adapted to
contain a series of separated vertical columns of cigarettes or other like formed
objects, and having a discharge orifice at the base of said columus of such size as
to permit the exit of a definite number of such objects, mechanisms operating in
time with said box carrying mechanism for discharging said number of said objects
through said orifice into the box as it moves from under said orifice and while in
motion, said objects being discharged in the same direction as the notion of said
box and with substantially the same velocity.
61. The combination with a moving box carrying mechanisin, of a magazine for
the box filling material and mechanism for discharging the box filling material
from said magazine into the box, while in motion, and in the same direction as said

page_text: motion, and mechanism co-acting with said box carrying mechanism for applying a
cover to said box while the same is in motion.
62. The combination with a box carrying mechanism, of mechanism for first
measuring a charge of the box filling material and then discharging said charge
into a box, while moved by said carrying mechanism, in the same direction as the
motion of said box, and mechanism co-acting with said box-carrying mechanism
for applying a cover to said box while moved by said carrier.
63. The combination with a box channel, of mechanism for moving a series of
boxes successively in said channel, a magazine for the box filling material, and
mechanism for automatically discharging a charge of the box filling material from
said magazine into each box while in motion, and in the same direction as said
motion, and mechanism, co-acting with said mechanism for moring said series of
boxes, for applying a cover to each box.
64. The combination with a box carrying mechanism, of a magazine adapted
to contain a series of separated vertical cclumns of cigarettes or other like formed
objects, and having a discharge orifice at the base of said columns of such siza
as to permit the exit of a definite number of such objects, mechanism operating
in time with said box carrying mechanism for discharging said number of said
objects through said orifice into the box as it moves from under said orifice and
while in motion, said objects being discharged in the same direction as the motion of
said box and with substantially the same velocity, and mechanism co-acting with said
box carrying mechanism for applying a cover to said box while moved by said carrier.
65. The combination of a continuous belt A, means for moving boxes thereou,
a magazine N for cigarettes having an orifice over the path of the belt and
provided with vertical partitions 37 adapted to separate the cigarettes into vertical
columus, the tray N having downwardly converging sides for delivering cigarettes.
to said magazine and between said partitions, the lever 89 and waved cam 88 for
reciprocating the said tray transversely to distribute the cigarettes between said
partitions, and means, as the plunger N', for discharging cigarettes from said
magaziue to said boxes, substantially as described.
66. The combination, with devices for advancing a formed box end wise, of a.
cover holder which receives the flattened tubular cover, means whereby a part of
the holder is caused to open said cover and to retain the opened cover in the path.
of the advancing box.
67. The combination, with devices for advancing a formod box endwise, of a
cover holder which receives the flattened tubular cover, means whereby a part of
the holder is caused to open said cover and to retain the opened cover in the path
of the advancing box, together with an independent mechanism for feeding
flattened covers one by one into said cover holder.
68. The combination, with devices for advancing a formed box endwise, of a
cover holder which receives a flattened tubular cover, means whereby the holder
opeus to receive the same and, by closing, opens said tubular cover and holda the
sanie in the path of the advancing box, together with an independent mechanism
for feeding such flattened covers, one by oue, into said cover holder.
69. In a machine for covering boxes, the combination of a cover holder, a
magazine P for covers adjacent to said holder and above the level thereof, means
for discharging one cover at a time from said magazine whereby the cover falls by
gravity into the holder and means, as a spring arm 84, for guiding the cover
downward into the cover holder, substantially as described.
70. The combination, in a packing machine, of a channel for filled boxes, a box.
carrier A for moving a succession of boxes in said chanuol, a magazine P. for box
covers above said channel and in line therewith, a cover holder in line with said:
channel and adjacent to said magazine comprising a pair of opening jaws 55, 56,
menus for teeding one cover at a time between said jaws when open, and means for
closing said jaws to hold said cover while the box is being inserted thereinto by
said bx carrier, substantially as described.
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71. The combination, in a packing machine, of a channel for filled boxes, a box

page_text: carrier A for moving a succession of boxes in said channel, a magazine P for box
covers above said channel and in line therewith, a cover holder in line with said
channel and adjacent to said magazine comprising a pair of opening jaws 55, 56,
means for feeding one cover at a time between said jaws when open, and means for
closing suid jaws by moving the same successively to hold said covor while the box
is being inserted therein by said box carrier, substantially as described.
72. The combination, in a packing machine, of a channel for filled boxes, a box
carrier A for moving a succession of boxes in said channel, a magazine P for box
covers above said channel and in line therewith, a cover holder in line with said
channel and adjacent to said magazine comprising a pair of opening jaws 55, 56,
meaus for holding one edge of the cover up between the jaws, means. for pressing
the opposite edge of the cover downward between the jaws, and meaus for closing
said jaws to open said cover and to hold the same while the box is being inserted
thereinto by said box carrier, whereby the jaws in closing press dingonally
opposite edges of the cover to press the same into the rectangular form, substantially
as described.
73. The combination, in a packing machine, of a channel for filled boxes, a box
carrier A for moving a succession of boxes in said channel, a magazino P for box
covers above said chanuel and in line therewith, a cover holder in line with said
channel and adjacent to said magazine comprising a pair of opening jaws 55, 56,
means for holding one edge of the cover up within the jaws, meaus for pressing the
opposite edge of the cover downward upon the jaws, and means for closing said
jaws successively to bold said cover while the box is being inserted thereinto by
said box carrier, whereby the jaws in closing press diagonally opposite edges of the
cover to press the same into the rectangular form, substantially as described.
74. The combination, in a packing machine, of a channel for filled boxes, a
belt A running in said channel and provided with meaus for moving a succession of
boxes thereon, a magazine P for box covors above said channel and in line
therewith, a cover holder in line with said channel and adjacent to said magazine
comprising a pair of opening jaws 55, 56, means for feeding one cover at a time
from said magazino between said jaws when open, and incans, as the cams 100, 101,
acting upon said jaws to close the same while the box is being inserted thereinto by
the movement of said belt and then to release the covered box, substantially as
described.
75. The combination, in a packing machine, of a channel for filled boxes, a
belt A running in said channel, and provided with means for moving a succession
of boxes thereon, a magazine M for box covers above said channel and in line
therewith, a cover holder in line with said channel and adjacent to said magazine
comprising a pair of opening jaws 55, 56, means for feeding one cover at a time
from said magazine between said jaws when open, means, as the cams 100, 101,
acting upon said jaws to close the same while the box is being inserted thereinto by
the movement of said belt and then to release the covered box, a stationary arm or
bracket 62 passing through one of said jaws and adapted to hold one edge of the
cover up within the jaws until the jaws close, a vertically movable presser wheel 61
adapted to press the opposite edge of the cover downward within the jaws, whereby
the jaws in closing press diagonally opposite edges of the tubular cover to shape
the cover to fit the interior of the jaws, and the webs upon said jaws for
retaining the opened cover therein while the box is being inserted thereinto,
Bubstantially as described.
76. The combination of a magazine for blanks having a vertical slot 1 in a wall
thereof, a blade 107 adapted to pass through said slot and to rest upon the mass
of blanks, and a weighted yoke 108 embracing said magazine and attached to said
blade, whereby the blade presses upon the blanks and is removable from said
magazine, substantially as described.
77. The combination of a magazine for blanks having a vertical slot 1 in the wall
thereof, a blade 107 adapted to pass through said slot and rest upon the mass of
blanks, a weighted yoke 108 embracing said magazine and attached to said blade

page_text: and having a lug o thereon, a bell R, and a hummer lever R in position to be
operated by contact with eaid lug for striking said bell, substantially as described.
78. The combination, in a machine for folding box blanks having flaps 20, 21
and 22 substantially as described, of a channel wherein said blanks move in
succession having side guides with inclined faces gradually approaching the
vertical position for folding the flaps 22, a folder 41 attached to the devices for
moving said blank in said channel for folding the flap 20 to the vertical position,
the lifting folder 38 for lifting the flap 21 to the vertical position and then for
folding said flap down, the arm 42 interposed in the path of movement of the
vertical flap 20, the toothed wheels 43 revolving peripherally in the same direction
as the movement of the blank and adapted to engage the flap 20 and to fold
the same down, a reciprocating rod 78 operating in time with the devices for moving
the blank in said channel, the stops 91, 92 upon said rod, the shaft 40 bearing the
folder 38 and the arm 42, the arm 93 attached to the shaft 40 and adapted to be
engaged successively by said stops, and the spring-pressed arm 94 adapted to
engage said arm 93 and to hold the samo in the position to which either of said
stops move it until moved by the other of said stops, substantially as described.
Dated this 1st day of September 1896.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.