Improvements in Carriers for Match Coils.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Nov., 1895-Accepted, 21st Dec., 1895
[Communicated from abroad by CONTINENTAL MATCH COMPANY, a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the State of New Jersey, United
States of America, and doing business at No. 26 Cortlandt Street, New York,
in the County and State of New York, United States of America.]
Improvements in Carriers for Match Coils.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent
Agents, 45 Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
In the manufacture of matches it is a common practice to coil up a quantity of
match splints in a belt and then the match splints can be conveniently handled to
dip their ends in the necessary preparation to tip them. The object of the inven-
tion is to produce a very simple and convenient carrier by means of which coils
of this kind may be readily transported from one part of a building to another, and
also to produce a device which permits the coils to be held edgewise, that is, with
their diameter in a vertical direction or with their diameter in a horizontal plane,
as desired, these different positions being necessary in performing various
operations on the splints while they are coiled.
A further object of this invention is to produce a device which holds the coils
securely, which permits the coils to be easily raised or lowered without uncoiling,
and which permits the coils to be readily inserted in or removed from the carrier.
To these ends the invention consists of certain features of construction and
combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter described and claimed.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this
Specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in
all the views.
Figure is a side elevation of the improved carrier with a coil of splint>>
supported by it.
Figure 2 is an edge view of the same.
Figure 3 is an enlarged detail view, showing the fastening for the band which
holds the coil together.
Figure 4 is a detail sectional view, showing one of the pivots of the coil band,
and
Figure 5 is a side elevation of a modified form of the device.
All
In carrying out the invention a carriage 10 is used, which is preferably in the
form of a rectangular drop frame, although the form may be varied as desired, and
the carriage is provided with rollers or wheels 11 which run on a track 12.
this construction is common, as carriages arranged in this way are used for a great
variety of purposes, and, therefore, the invention is not confined to this particular
carriage and track but may be used with any ordinary overhead track aud carriage
system.
The carriage is provided with a suitable cross brace 13 near the top, in which is
held adjustably a bolt 14 to the lower end of which is secured a spiral spring 15,
sufficiently heavy to support the hanger, to be presently described, and a coil of
match splints in the hanger. The lower end of the spring 15 is secured to the
shank 16 which is provided with a guide arm 17, the ends of which slide on the

page_text: side rails of the carriage 10, and this shank extends through the bottom guide
bar 18 of the carriage and is secured to the hanger 19 which is of an
inverted Ushape and has at its ends inturned sockets 20 adapted to receive the
bearing balls 21 of the pivot pins 22 which are rigidly secured to the band 23
which encircles and holds together an ordinary coil 24 of match splints, the ends
of the band as illustrated being fastened by a device comprising a pin 25 on one
end of the band, and a cam hook 26 ou the opposite end of the band. It will be
understood that any suitable device may be used for fastening the ends of the
band 23 firmly together, and it will also be seen that various devices may be
employed for pivoting the band and the coil which it carries in the hanger 19
without departing from the principle of the invention.
The hanger 19, as illustrated, is of spring material which is stiff enough to
cause the hanger to hold its shape, but which permits the ends of the hanger to be
sprung apart so as to remove the sockets 20 from the pins 22 when desired. The
invention is not limited, however, to a spring hanger, as any suitable hanger
may be suspended from the shank 16 which has means for attachment to the
encircling band 23.
When a coil 24 is to be transported from one place to another the band 23 is
fastened firmly around it, the hanger 19 is pulled down against the tension of the
spring 15 and the pins 22 fastened with their balls 21 in the sockets 20 of the
hanger. The carrier may then be pushed along to any desired point, and when it
is necessary the coil may be tipped on the pivot pins 22 so as to bring its diameter
into a horizontal position and when in this position the coil may be pulled down
against the tension of the spring 15 so as to dip the ends of the splints into any
necessary preparation, and after this the coil may be turned into a vertical position,
enabling any other necessary operations to be performed on it while it is in the
carrier.
In Figure 5 a modified form of the carrier is shown which has a spring band 23*
of sufficient stiffness to fasten a coil, the band being held in the hanger 19 as
already de-cribed, and in this form of carrier the spring is dispensed with and the
shank 16 is pivotally connected by a rod 27 with one end of a tilting lever 28
which is fulcrumed, as shown at 29, on the carriage 10 so as to move opposite a
notched quadrant 30 on the carriage. The lever 28 is provided with the ordinary
latch bolt 31 which moves in guides 32 and is pressed by a spring into engagement
with the quadrant, the rear end of the bolt connecting by a rod 33 with one end
of a bell crank lever 34 which is pivoted at its elbow, as shown at 35, on the
lever 28, and has attached to its free end a pull cord 36 which extends downward
to a point where it may be conveniently reached, terminating in a handle 37.
By pulling on the cord 36 the slide bolt 32 is released from the quadrant 30, and
then by letting up a little on the cord the hanger and the coil which it carries
drop by gravity and by still further releasing the drop cord the spring bolt
engages the quadrant and prevents the hanger from dropping any further.
It will be observed that with either form of carrier the coil may be very
conveniently suspended or removed and that it can be easily shifted from place to
place by simply pushing the carriage along its track.
The hanger 19 as shown is adapted to support coils of match splints, but it will
be understood that the hanger may in a similar way be connected to other devices
such as perforated frames and the like for holding match splints without departing
from the principle of the invention.
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, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. An apparatus of the kind described, comprising an overhead carriage, a
hanger movable up and down on the carriage, and a detachable pivotal connection
between the hanger and a coil or package of match splints, substantially as
described.

page_text: 2. An apparatus of the kind described, comprising an overhead carriage, a
hanger suspended from the carriage so as to be movable up and down, the said
hanger having spreading lower ends, and means, as the sockets 20 and the pivot
pins 22, for supporting a match coil or package in the hanger, substantially as
described.
3. An apparatus of the kind described, comprising an overhead carriage, a
spring-suspended hanger thereon, and a compressible fastening band pivoted in the
hanger and adapted to support a coil of match splints, substantially as described.
4. A carrier for match coils, having its several parts constructed and arranged
substantially as shown by the accompanying drawings and described in the
foregoing Specification.
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HASELTINE, LAKE, & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.