An Improved Method of Advertising and Means of Carrying the same into Effect.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 4th July, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Apr., 1890-Accepted, 10th May, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of Advertising and Means of Carrying the
same into Effect.
We THOMAS BEECROFT of 80 Burley Lodge Terrace, Leeds, Clothing Manufacturer's
Manager, and WILLIAM BRIGHAM CLARK of 30 Grace Street, Leeds, Clothing Manu-
facturer's Cashier, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention consists in printing advertisements or other matter on one or more
sides of the wood of which ordinary matches are made, such printing being effected
previous to the brimstone or other inflammable substance being put on the match, by
means of a machine having wheels, either converging or otherwise, on which,
according to the number of sides of the match to be printed on, the type of the
proposed advertisement or other matter is set or fixed on the periphery or rim of each
such wheel, and printed as the wheels revolve.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of Advertising and Means of Carrying the
same into Effect.
We THOMAS BEECROFT of 80 Burley Lodge Terrace Leeds Clothing Manufacturers'
Manager and WILLIAM BRIGHAM CLARK, of 30 Grace Street Leeds Clothing Manu-
facturer's Cashier 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 :-
The object of this invention is to provide a machine which will simultaneously
impress on all sides of wooden match stems, spills, cedar pencils or equivalent
articles, an advertisement of any suitable character having regard to the surface
which is to receive it.
In the accompanying drawing
Fig. 1 shews in side elevation our improved printing or impressing machine arranged
to print on the four sides of a match stem simultaneously.
Fig. 2 is an end elevation, and
Fig. 3 is a partial plan view of the same.
In these figures A is the bed plate of the machine, to which are bolted standards A' A¹
and A. The standards A¹ carry a table B on which is mounted an inclined shute C
for delivering the match stems singly to the table in front of a pusher rod D, which
delivers them singly into the bite of four rotating printing or impression
wheels E. E E E³. The axle of the wheel E is supported in bearings carried
by a standard A³ bolted to the bed plate A, and the axles of the wheels E¹ E' E³
are carried by the forked springs e, bolted to the standard A². The pusher rod D
has fitted to it a crosshead D¹, which slides in longitudinal guides formed adjacent to
a slotted portion of the table B, and the rod itself enters guides on the face of the table,
the further to steady its movements. A tendency is given to this rod D to advance
F is the driving
and retire by the means which we will now proceed to explain.
shaft of the machine, turning in bracket bearings bolted to the bed plate. Keyed
to one end of this shaft is a disc F¹, fitted with a crank pin f, which takes into a
longitudinally slotted arm G, pendent from a fixed guide rod G', and capable of
sliding freely thereon. This guide rod is secured in sockets bolted to the underside
of the table B. Carried by the boss of this sliding arm, is a flat spring G³, which

page_text: bears against the underside of the crosshead D¹. As, therefore the crank pin f. is
revolved, it will give a traverse motion to the pendent slotted arm G, which, through
its spring G2, will move the pusher rod D forward and backward, causing it to drive
out the lowermost of the match stems or splints from the shute C, and thrust the stems
in succession into the bite of the printing or impression wheels. Each of these wheels
is provided with an inking roller e*, two only of which are shewn in the drawing.
These inking rollers may be supplied in any convenient manner with ink, according
to the nature of the ink employed, and their rotation will be ensured by friction of
contact with the printing or impression wheels. The construction of these wheels is
illustrated at Figs. 4 and 5, Fig. 4 being a side view of the wheel detached, and
Fig. 5a section through the axis of the same.
Fig. 6 shews in partial side view the four impression wheels in their working
position.
Each wheel consists of three parts, viz.: the wheel proper, recessed at its periphery
to receive the printing or impression types or stamps, which consist of segment
shaped blocks, and representing four repeats, the circumferential measurement of
the wheels being in this case so proportioned as, by one rotation, to pass four match
stems forward.
At opposite sides of the type or impression wheel, are two discs, which serve to
hold in place the impression blocks, which we prefer to make of steel with the
letters in relief, clamping screws being passed through the discs and blocks to
secure the several parts together.
Rotary motion is imparted to the impression wheels from the driving shaft in the
following manner :-Keyed on the driving shaft F, is a spur pinion f', which gears
into a wheel 2, keyed on a secondary shaft F2 mounted on bracket bearings. f³ is a
bevil pinion keyed on the shaft F2, and gearing into a bevil wheel h, keyed to a
shaft H, mounted at right angles to the shaft F2 and turning in bracket bearings on
the bed plate. h¹ is a bevil pinion keyed to the shaft H, and gearing into a bevil
pinion e on the shaft of the impression wheel E. A second bevil pinion e² on the
shaft of the impression wheel E, gears into a bevil pinion on one end of the axle of
the impression wheel E¹. At the other end of this axle, is a second bevil pinion,
which gears into a similar pinion on the axle of the impression wheel E2, and from
this axle, by similar bevil gear, rotary motion is transmitted to the axle of the
impression wheel E³.
It will now be understood that when rotary motion is imparted to the driving
shaft F, and the reciprocating motion of the pusher rod takes place, as already
explained, the several impression wheels E E E E³ will be caused to bite upon
the match stem thrust in between them, and impress the same on its four sides with
the counterpart of the letters carried by the wheels.
For insuring the proper transference of the match stem from the shute to the bite
of the wheels, a clip spring I is provided, which, opening to the thrust of the match
stem, will serve to hold it steady until, by the rotation of the impression wheels,
the stem is fairly within their grip, when the stem will be withdrawn from the
spring clip.
We do not limit ourselves to any particular means for supplying the match stems
to the reciprocating pusher rod, as many well known contrivances might be adopted
but that which we have shown, and consider sufficient for the purpose, is an incline
shute tapering downwards in width, and formed with side guides for regulating the
fall of the match stems in a parallel and uniform manner.
At the top of the shute, a horizontal table may be provided, on which to arrange
the match stems preparatory to pushing them forward into the shute.
It will be obvious that when pencils are to be impressed according to our inven-
tion, the proportions of the machine must be adapted to suit the work in hand. Thus,
the throw of the crank pin must be such as to provide the requisite length of move-
ment for the pusher rod, and the width of the shute must be proportioned to the
length of the pencil to be operated upon by the impression wheels; the fitting up
also of these wheels must correspond to the work in hand, their circumferential

page_text: measurement (when the wheels are fitted with repeats) being increased to correspond
with the increased length of the article to be impressed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:
The arrangement of mechanism above described whereby lines of advertisements,
may be automatically printed or impressed upon the perimeter, or various faces, of
match stems and other like articles at one operation.
Dated thin Canand downs 1900
Signed by the said Thomas Beecroft
and William Brigham Clark, in the
presence of
EDWD. WHITELEY,
Clerk to Mr. Thos. Turner,
Solicitor, Leeds.
THOMAS BEECROFT,
WILLIAM BRIGHAM CLARK.