Improvements in and relating to Match Machines.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 30th May, 1899-Accepted, 29th July, 1899
Improvements in and relating to Match Machines.
A communication from abroad by ADDIE MARIE SCOTT, (widow of Cecil Vincent
Scott), residing at 746, West Adams Street, in the City of Chicago, County
of Cook and State of Illinois, one of the United States of America.
I, CHRISTIAN ALBERT JENSEN, of No. 77, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered
Patent Agent, 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 machinery of novel construction
which shall adapt it for the manufacture in large numbers, without great expense
for labor and within a comparatively short space of time, of match stems made
of paper, or of any other suitable fibrous material reduced to the form of twine
or cord, by winding the twine or cord and stiffening it, clamping sections of the
wound material in suitable holders and severing it into match stems of proper
Jengths confined in the holders ready to be dipped at one end, to head then,
into the usual or any suitable material or composition that ignites by friction,
and which is hereinafter referred to as the composition."
"
Referring to the accompanying drawings:-
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the machine.
Figure 2, a similar view, partly broken, showing the reel with twine wound
upon it, and the cutting mechanism.
Figure 3, a similar view showing the clamping holder-mechanism for the
match stems.
Figure 4, a similar view of one of the clamping holders filled with the match
stems ready to be dipped in the composition.
Figure 5. a broken view in vertical sectional elevation, showing the connection
of the crank with the reel for turning it, and
Figure 6, a transverse vertical section through the machine, as shown in
Figure 1, taken to one side of the hinged frame carrying the divided nut.
A is the base, from opposite ends of which rise the uprights A' and A² in
which is journaled the reel B, the body of which may be a solid cylinder. The
base and uprights thus afford one form of support for the reel. At equal inter-
vals apart, corresponding or approximately corresponding with the predeter-
mined length of the match stems, there are formed in the reel body, to extend
lengthwise thereof, slots into which are inserted blades B₁ having their outer
dges serrated, between which pair of the blades B₁ there may also be provided,
hough not necessarily, blades B2, let into the reel body like the serrated blades,
out narrower or shallower than the latter and without serrations on their outer
ges.
The blades B2 serve as guides in the adjustment in place of the clamping
olders, hereinafter described.
At one side of the reel body, near its opposite ends are provided the up-
ights I, I, hinged at their lower ends, as shown at I to the base A, and afford-

page_text: ing near their upper ends bearings for a rotary threaded rod E, carrying on one
end the grooved pulley D. On the journal Y of the reel-body, which passes
through a thimble Z in the bearing A2 is mounted at the flattened end X of
the journal a crank C carrying a grooved pulley C₁ larger than the pulley D,
with which it is geared through the medium of the cords 1. On the threaded
rod is supported a divided nut F confined in a strap frame formed of two
members hinged together at one end on 14 and clasped over each other at E³ on
a guide rod E2 extending between the uprights I, I, to steady the nut in the
operation of the machine. The threaded rod and travelling nut thereon con-
stitute a species of traveling feed to the reel of the twine to be wound thereon.
On the base A at one side of the machine is a box H for containing a supply
of twine, that used by me being, by preference, twisted tissue paper, the twine
is shown at G in Figure 1, as passing from the box upward over a guide pulley il
and thence down under a similar pulley i, both pulleys being carried by a box J
depending from the nut F to travel with it and containing the supply of sizing
What-
or stiffening liquid, which may be shellac or any other suitable material.
ever the stiffening material employed, however, it should be adequately com-
23 sup-
bustible. From the pulley the twine passes through a wiping sponge
ported in the upper portion of the box J and through an eyelet G¹ on the hinged
end of the nut frame which guides the twine to the reel, upon which the end of
the twine should be preliminarily fastened and passed into a notch of one of the
serrated blades B¹.
By then turning the crank C the reel is rotated, as also the screw E, which
causes the nut F and box J with its contents to travel, thereby regularly winding
tautly upon the reel and spirally between the teeth on the respective blades B¹
the shellac-coated twine, which is then left to dry after being severed from the
ball and the severed end suitably fastened on the reel.
Reel B, wound in the manner described, is shown in Figure 2, adjusted in a
twine severing adjunct to the winding mechanism.
This severing device comprises a ring N carrying cutters n on its inner surface
at points to straddle the blades B¹ and rising from a suitable stable base in
which is a bearing p² for one end of a bar P having its other end supported in
a bearing p.
On the bar P is supported, to slide thereon, a head O' from the face of the
upright portion of which there extends horizontally the tubular bearing O.
After the twine on the reel has dried, or before, if desired, the reel is taken
out of its bearings in the uprights A1 and A2, by withdrawing the former, which,
as will be seen by inspection of Figure 1, has lateral tongues at its lower end at
which it engages with grooves in the base A to permit the upright to be adjusted
in place by sliding and to be removed in the same way.
The reel is then adjusted at its journal Y and supported thereon in the bear-
ing 0, to be in readiness to be drawn through the ring N, by sliding the bear-
ing on the bar P to pass the blades B31 between the cutters n and thereby
sever the twine after clamping it. Clamping holders K are applied lengthwise
of the reel body between the serrated blades B₁ to embrace there transversely
the lengths of the twine and hold them while they are being severed into the
match stem lengths. A set of these clamping holders is shown in Figure 3,
and they are constructed and applied as follows:
Each clamping holder comprises two jaws formed of corresponding rectangular
flat strips, which may be of wood and the width of which should be less than the
pre-determined length of the match stems. These jaws are connected together
at one end by spring arms formed into a hook 2 at their extremity, and which
tend to cause the jaws to separate toward the opposite end where the outer one
carries a pivotal catch M, adapted to be hooked over the end of the upper jaw
to hold them temporarily together. An annular ring supported on spokes
extending from a hub, as shown by the dotted representation on Figure 3 and
corresponding in angularity with the angles formed by the blades B₁ on the

page_text: reel, is applied to the journal F of the reel body B, by slipping the hub thereon
in a manner to cause the feather t on the journal to coincide with a groove t¹ in
the hub. The clamping holders K are then applied one at a time to the reel by
slipping the jaws between a pair of the blades B to embrace the lengths of
twine extending between them, and in thus adjusting the clamping holder it is
engaged at its hook P with the ring 7. When all the clamping holders have
been adjusted in position a ring R having an angular internal surface corre-
sponding with that presented by the cross section of the clamping holders, is
applied to encircle the latter and is slid upon the reel toward the spreading ends
of the holder jaws to force those of each holder together, when they may readily
be secured, in their condition of gripping between them the twine lengths, by
adjusting the catch M after which the ring R is to be withdrawn. In placing
each of the clamping holders K in position it is guided by a blade B2 with
which a bifurcated lug S on the lower jaw engages and a lug K' on the surface
at the rear end of the lower jaw tends to force it, by engagement with the edge
of a blade B2, up tightly against the twine lengths. Thereupon the reel is drawn
through the ring N to effect severance by the cutters n of the twine lengths
between the blades B₁ into match stems G2 (Figure 4).
Severing the twine lengths from the reel leaves each holder K separate to serve
as a medium for dipping the projecting ends of the stems into the composition
to head them after which the holder may be laid aside till the composition has
dried, when the catches M are loosened to permit the finished matches to be
taken out of the holders and packed.
The foregoing description sets forth the construction of my improved
machinery in all its details as shown in the drawings. These details may, in
various particulars, be modified, and some of them may be entirely omitted,
without departure from my invention; hence, I do not wish to be understood
as intending to limit my invention to such details of construction, except in
such of the appended claims as the intention so to do is made manifest by the
terms thereof. Obviously the cutting adjunct shown and described is not a
necessary feature of my invention, since the twine on the reels may be cut by
other means, such as a knife manipulated by the hand of the operator.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. In a machine for making match stems, substantially as described, the com-
bination with a suitable support of a reel journaled in said support and com-
prising a body carrying serrated blades extending radially from and lengthwise
of said body at intervals thereon determining the length of said stems and a
traveling holder for the stiffening material, through which the match stem
material is passed to the reel, substantially as set forth.
2. In a machine for making match stems, substantially as described, the com-
bination with a suitable support of a reel journaled in said support and com-
prising a body carrying serrated blades extending radially from and lengthwise
of said body at intervals thereon determining the length of said stems, a holder
for the stiffening material through which the match stem material pases to the
reel, and a traveling feed for controlling the winding on the reel of the twine
forming the match stem material, substantially as set forth.
3. In a machine for making match stems, substantially as described, the
combination with a suitable support, of a reel journaled in said support and
comprising a body carrying serrated blades extending radially from and length-
wise of said body at intervals thereon determining the length of said stems, a
rotary threaded rod extending parallel with and geared to said reel, a nut on
said rod and a holder for the stiffening material connected with said nut to travel
with it, and through which is passed to the reel, the twine forming the match
stem material, substantially as set forth.

page_text: 4. In a machine for making match stems, substantially as described, th
combination with a suitable support, of a reel journaled in said support and
comprising a body carrying serrated blades extending radially from and length
wise of said body at intervals thereon determining the length of said stems
rotary threaded rod extending parallel with and geared to said reel, a divided
nut on said rod confined in a two-part frame hinged together at one
end and provided with a hook at its opposite end, a guide rod extending
parallel with said threaded rod and engaged by said hook, and E
holder for the stiffening material connected with said nut to travel with it, and
through which is passed to the reel the twine forming the match stem material
substantially as set forth.
5. In a machine for making match stems, substantially as described, the com-
bination with a base A carrying the uprights A' and A², of a reel B journaled in
said uprights and comprising a body carrying serrated blades B at intervals
thereon determining the length of said stems, a rotary threaded rod E journaled
in uprights I hinged to said base and a rod E2 extending between said uprights,
said threaded rod being geared to said reel, a divided nut F on said threaded
rod confined in a frame F having an eyelet and a hook E3 engaging said rod E2,
a holder J suspended from said nut to travel with it and carrying the guide
pulleys and, and a box H for the ball of twine forming the match stem
inaterial passing about said pulleys through said eyelet to the reel, substantially
as set forth.
6. In a machine for making match stems, substantially as described, the com-
bination with a suitable support of a reel journaled in said support and com-
prising a body carrying serrated blades extending radially from and lengthwise
of said body at intervals thereon determining the length of said stems and a
clamping holder adjustable to extend between a pair of said blades and grip
between its jaws the lengths of twine forming the match stem material wound
upon said reel, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
7. In a machine for making match stems, substantially as described, the com-
bination with a suitable support of a reel journaled in said support and com-
prising a body carrying serrated blades B at intervals thereon determining the
length of said stems, and clamping holders K to extend between said blades,
cach of said holders comprising a pair of jaws having a spring at one end and
a catch M at the opposite end, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
8. In a machine for making match stems, substantially as described, the com-
bination with a suitable support, of a reel journaled in said support and com-
prising a body carrying serrated blades B at intervals thereon determining the
length of said stems, and intermediate blades B and clamping holders K to
extend between said serrated blades, each of said holders comprising a pair of
jaws having a spring at one end, a catch M at the opposite end, and a guide
lug S and a raising lug K¹ on the lower jaw, substantially as and for the purpose
set forth.
9. In a machine for making match stenis, substantially as described, the com-
bination with a suitable support, of a reel journaled in said support and com-
prising a body carrying serrated blades B at intervals thereon determining the
length of said stems, a ring surrounding a hub fitting one of the journals of
said reel, clamping holders K to extend between said serrated blades, each of
said holders comprising a pair of jaws having a hooked spring at one end, at
which it engages said ring, and a catch M at the opposite end, and a ring R for
encircling said holders about the reel, substantially as and for the purpose set
forth.
10. In a machine for making match stems, substantially as described, the com-
bination of a reel B comprising a body carrying serrated blades B at intervals
thereon determining the length of said stems, clamping holders K adjustable
to extend between said blades and a severing device for twine wound upon said
reel, comprising a stationary ring № carrying cutters n to engage the twine along

page_text: said blades, a bar P supported at its opposite ends in bearings, and a head (¹
supported to slide on said bar and carrying a bearing O for a journal end of said
reel, the whole being constructed and arranged to operate substantially as set
forth.
11. In a machine for making match stems, the combination with a body pro-
vided at intervals with projections, of means for applying thereto a length or
lengths of match stem material, a series of independent portable clamping devices
adapted to be applied to the match stem material between the projections, and
means for severing the match stem material at opposite sides of the respective
clamping devices whereby the clamping devices with the match stem lengths
may be handied independently or jointly for dipping.
12. In a machine for making match stems, the combination with a body pro-
vided at intervals with projections, of means for winding thereon a continuous
length of match stem material, a series of independent portable clamps adapted
to be applied to the match.stem material extending between the projections, and
means for severing the match stem material at opposite sides of the clamps
while on the body, whereby the clamps with the match stems lengths may be
handled independently or jointly for dipping.
Dated this Thirtieth day of Vov 1800
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.