IMPROVEMENTS IN AND MACHINERY FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF MATCH-BOXES
Year: 1885

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I, MARTIN WIBERG, of 15 Villagatan, Stockholm, in the Kingdom of Sweden,
Master of Arts, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN AND MACHINERY FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF MATCH-BOXES and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:-
This invention refers to a method of manufacturing match-boxes by means of
machinery, and to this end two machines are used, one for making the exterior
boxes or cases and the other for the interior boxes.
On the annexed drawings the machine for making the cases is shewn in elevation
in Fig 1 and in plan in Fig 2. Fig 3 is a section along the line a. b in Fig 2.
Fig 4 shews the machine for making the interior boxes in side elevation and Fig 5
the same from the front but in section along c. d in Fig 4. Figs 6 and 7 are
horizontal sections along the lines e. f and g. h in Fig 4 shewing parts of the
machine. In Figs 1, 2, and 3, 1 is the main shaft provided with the crank 2; the
toothed segment 3 and the arm 4, which latter, by a screw or by other suitable
means can be fixed in the position suitable for the operations. By means of the
connecting rod 6 the veneer-carrier 7 is moved forwards and backwards in its
grooves in the table 8 and the lifting table 10, fastened to the bar 9, is raised as
well as the box-form 11, when the connecting rod touches the parts 12 and 13
projecting from the bars 9 and 15 moving in guides. By means of the toothed
segment 3 the angle-piece 17 is moved downwards, and by means of the arm 5 on
the toothed segment which touches the angle lever 18, the requisite motion is.
imparted to the roller or arm 19 which is fastened to the flat knee-formed arm 20
which turns round the pin in the end of the lever 18, the horizontal part whereof
is pressed down by the spring 22 in a groove which guides the arm 20.
By means of the arm 4 protruding from the shaft 1 and the angle-levers 23—
23 and 24-24, the box reinover 25 is moved forwards and backwards, as well as
another moveable piece 26 the functions of which will be described below.
The machine works in the following manner:
When the shaft 1 rotates, the connecting-rod 6 moves the veneer feed 7: forwards,
which latter, (the back part whereof is not fully a veneer's thickness higher than

page_text: the front part,) draws, by means of this elevation, the lowest veneer in the
magazine 27 and pushes it under the paste-box 28. The whole of the veneers are
previously cut in the usual way.
This paste-box 28 has on the side which is turned from the magazine 27, an
opening close to its bottom through which the paste runs on to the veneer when
the latter is carried beneath the paste box. A brush 29 placed before the opening
prevents a superabundant application of paste, and by pressing the brush against
the opening the paste is prevented from running out when one wants to remove
the paste-box. The following stroke carries forward a new veneer which forces the
first one onwards so that it comes under the magazine 30 for the covering paper.
In this position it is lifted by the table 10 towards the magazine 30 which is open
at the bottom so that the veneer can be brought into contact with the lowest
covering paper. The covering papers are suspended in the magazine by means of
one or two projecting lugs 31 from the lower border of the one side of the magazine,
and by means of one or two lugs 32 on a squeezer or compresser 33 which moves
through an opening in the side of the magazine and which by means of a spring,
or some other arrangement, not shewn on the drawings, is pressed against the
papers in the magazine, so that they are bent in a bow downwards and are
prevented from gliding upwards when the veneer is pressed up against them. In
this manner the lowest paper is fastened to the veneer and carried away with it,
when the table 10 together with the veneer is lowered. The movement of the
paper is facilitated by the compresser 33 being at the same time by means of a
tappet 34 on the connecting rod 6 moved somewhat backwards.
When the veneer is raised it is at the same time bent at both the end cuts in
such a way that the ends of the veneer strike against the upstanding angularly
formed parts 35, 36. From Fig 1 it appears that the veneer on being raised does
not come exactly under the middle of the magazine 30 but with its fore-end a little
beyond it, so that the covering-paper comes in its proper place on the veneer.
The end part of the paper thus reaches somewhat beyond the end of the veneer,
and also does not stick to this end, which has been bent down by 35.
At the next stroke this veneer is pushed forward and over the form 11 and is
raised by it by means of the connecting rod 6 which presses upwards against the
projecting part 13 so that it strikes against the rollers 19 and 16 between which it
is bent along the cuts in the middle, so that the veneer places itself along the
sides of the form. Meanwhile the toothed segment 38, which is mounted on a
pin in the bar 15 which carries the form 11, has been brought into gear with the
rack 40 fastened in the table 8 and is moved round so much that the thin plate or
tongue 41 now grasps the hindmost part of the veneer and bends it up under the
form. The toothed segment 3 has then also been raised and geared into the toothed
segment 42 and has drawn down the angle piece 17 connected to 42 so that this
bends the other end of the veneer towards the outside of the former.
Simultaneously the arm 5 strikes the angle lever 18 which moves the angularly
formed arm 20 backwards, when the roller 19 moves down along the veneer and
round the edge pressing thereby the loose end of the covering-paper fast on the
now lowermost end of the veneer, and when the roller 19 arrives at the other
lower edge it continues the pasting of the paper end on the other, alongside
against which it is pressed up by the spring 22..
At the proper moment before the toothed segments 3 and 42 have been thrown
out of gear the angle piece 17 has been moved back by means of a weight or a
spring not shown on the drawing.
When the form 11 has sunk down again, the roller 19 and the lever 18 are
brought back into their original positions by means of a spring or in some other
way (not shewn on the drawing).
The box is then pushed off from the form 11 (which in the meanwhile is kept
up by the arm 14 on the crank 2, or by some other means) by the arms 21 on the
remover 25, which is operated by means of the combined angle levers 23-23,
and 24–24 worked by the arm 4 on the shait 1. Those levers 23 and 24, and with

page_text: them the remover 25 are brought back by means of a spring or some other means
(not shewn on the drawing.)
When subsequently the arm 14 has passed by and the form 11 has sunk down
again, the roller 19 and lever 18 are brought back to their original positions by
means of a spring or some other means (not shewn on the drawing).
The box removed from the form 11 then drops down over the edge 26* on the
box pusher 26 and is thereby brought to place itself with the label-side upwards.
At the next stroke it is pushed by 26 (which is also moved by the above mentioned
combined levers -23, 24) under the paste box 46, the bottom whereof consists of a
roller which smears paste on both the paper ends.
At the next stroke it is pushed on by the following box-cover to a lifting
table 10ª under the magazine for the labels 47, which is arranged in the same
manner as the magazine for the covering paper 30 and there gets a label put on in
the same manner as the covering paper was before.
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Both the compressers 33 and 33 in said magazines 30 and 47 are joined to each
other by means of the rocking arm 48, so that these perform their motions
simultaneously, which is also the case with the lifting tables 10 and 10% placed
under the magazines 30 and 47, which by means of a cross bar are fastened to
each other so that they are raised and lowered simultaneously.
At the machine for making the innerbox which is represented by figs 4, 5, 6
and 7, 49 is the main shaft which imparts motion to the several parts of the
machine by means of a crank and connecting rod, as well as arms or discs.
The connecting rod 50, as described below moves the form 51, round which the
side veneer is folded up and down. From the connecting rod there are obtained in
the manner as below described, the motions which take the side and bottom veneers
out of their magazines and place them in their positions, and those which fold and
press the covering paper to the bottom, above and beneath. By means of the
arms 52, 53, 54 55 and 56 those parts are operated which cut off, fold and press
the paper to the sides of the box and the bottom.
The form 51 is fastened to a long bar 57 which at its upper end is provided with
a pin 58, both ends of which enter into oblong openings in two pieces 59 protruding
from the upper end of the connecting rod 50, whereby it follows that the bar 57.
and consequently the form 51 can swing out and in against the connecting rod 50
whilst it is moved up and down by the latter when the crank shaft 49 rotates.
The spring 60 presses the bar from the connecting rod. The ends of the pin 58
fit also into a groove in the frame 61 and guide the connecting rod during its
motion. The frame 61 is on the opposite side, or its front side, constructed as
shewn by fig 6 to serve as a magazine for the side veneers. These being cut and
nicked in the usual manner, rest on two lugs 62, 62 on the side walls of the
magazine.
The other parts of the machine can be best described in connection with the
description of the making of an interior box which is accomplished in the
following manner.
When the main shaft 49, which rotates in the direction of the arrow, has
attained the position as shown by the figures, the bar 57 and the form 51 have
just been pushed forward by the spring 60 and arrived in the position shown,
whereby also the knob 63 has been pressed against an arm 64 on the shaft 65
mounted in bearings on the back of the veneer magazine. On the ends of this.
shaft two other arms 66, 66 are placed, which move inside the respective arms 67 67
on the angle levers 68, 68. When the knob 63 presses against the arm 64, the
shaft 65 turns somewhat, and pushes out, by means of its arms 66, 66, the said
arms 67 of the angle levers, when the other arms 68, which have thin disc formed
ends passing through openings in the sidewalls of the veneer magazine, are pushed
into it and hit the lowermost veneer resting on the lugs 62. This is then bent in
a bow so that its ends come outside the small lugs 62; it falls down and places,
itself on the plate or knife 69, jagged at the one side, which is fastened to the
formbar 57. When the form moves downwards, the veneer follows, till it comes;

page_text: to the cross bars 70; 70 on which it remains until the form at the next turn comes
above it, as described beneath. When the form again comes downwards, it bends
the veneer at its middle incisions between the two cross bars 70, 70, and carries
it along with itself downwards. Immediately below the cross bars the paper 71 is
laid and is wound up in long strips on a roller or in some other manner on the
other side of the paste-box 72; this roller is not shown on the drawing. The
paste-box 72 is constructed in the same manner as the paste-box 28, described
with reference to the machine for making the outer boxes.
On commencing operations, the paper smeared with paste on its upper side, is
placed across the opening in the table 74 where the form 51 is to pass on its way
downwards.
When the veneer, bent in the middle incisions, by the form 51 is brought down,
it comes above the paper 71 smeared with paste and carries the same along with
it so that it places itself along the sides of the veneer and when the form 51 with
veneer and paper, passes between the small rollers 75a, 75 and 76 the paper is
folded rectangularly against these sides of the veneer, by the flanges on the rollers.
Then when the form 51, on its way downwards, has come with its upper side a
little under the rollers 75, 76, both the rollers are drawn somewhat to the left.
This is effected by the long lever 77 on which the rollers 75, 76, by ineans of the
knec-formed arm 78 and the arm 79, are mounted, it is put into similar motion by
the arm 52 projecting from the main shaft 49. When the roller 76 is drawn
towards the left the end of the veneer is thereby bent on that side, so that it
places itself above the form 51 By a motion following thereupon by the lever 77
and the rollers 75 76, in the opposite direction caused by the arm 53 on the main
shaft, the other end of the veneer is bent over the previously bent end. Shortly
before the roller 75 touches the veneer the upper end of the lever 77 touches the
flap-shutter 81 hanging down movable on the pin 80 and turns it upwards. This
shutter then carries the paper against the plate or knife 69 which then lies close
below the lower edge of the shutter. The paper is then cut off and at the
continued motion of the lever 77 the shutter 81 carries the paper end up against
a cross bar 82 and fastens the upper side of the paper covered with paste thereon
and the paper is then in its proper position when the next piece of veneer comes.
When the angular arm 78 by means of the roller 75 bends the end of the veneer
and passes over it, the paper is pressed fast to the veneer on its upper part and
the foremost edge of the paper is bent by the flange of the roller rectangularly
against the veneer. When the roller 75 has passed over the upper surface of the
box the roller moves down on the side of the box and fastens the paper to it in the
same manner as on its upper surface. At the lower edge of the box the paper is
bent rectangularly against the veneer in such wise that it touches the bottom 83
on which the bottom veneers are pushed forwards.
When the side vencer has been thus bent and enveloped in the paper a bottom
veneer is brought and pushed into the box. The bottom veneers are kept in a
magazine 84 and are drawn thence in the same manner as the veneers in the
machine for making the cases by means of a veneer-feeder 85 which on its upper
side has an elevation and which at the same time serves for pushing the bottom
veneer into the box. This veneer feeder and bottom veneer pusher 85 slides on
the bottom 83 and is by means of two bars 8$ 88 guided at 87 87, connected with
across head 89. When the main shaft 49 rotates, the piece 90 on the connecting
rod 50 strikes the crosshead 89 and moves it, together with the veneer feeder and
bottom veneer pusher 85 forwards. When the piece 90 relaxes its hold of the
crosshead 89, the veneer feeder 85 is moved back by means of a weight or a spring
not shewn on the drawing. The bottom veneer, which has been drawn out from
the magazine 84 remains placed on the feeder 85, when the latter returns and when
it has come sufficiently far backwards the veneer falls with its free end downwards,
so that it places itself on end in front of the bottom-veneer-pusher 85, and at the
next stroke it is pushed forward thereby and into the box at the same time as the
form 81 is drawn out from it. The drawing out of the form is effected by the

page_text: connecting-rod 50 which is moved by the crank backwards or to the right on Fig 4
and draws the form-bar 57 along by means of the loop 91 which latter is fastened*
to the form-bar and in which the connecting-rod moves freely until it touches the
end of the loop. When the form is thus drawn out the box is kept back by the
small hooks 92, 93 on the lever 77 and on the angle arm 78 and by the flange of
the roller 75.
When the bottom veneer is pushed into the box it pushes the paper edges. bent
in an angle against the side vencer,.into the box so that they stick inside it. and
when the bottom veneer has arrived at the second edge of the side veneer the form
has completely passed out of the box.
On the form-bar 57 above and below the form 51 there are two paper folders 94.94*
(of which only the upper one is shown in the drawing) turning round pins; 'the
ends of the folders consist of India rubber or some other elastic substance. At the
exit motion of the form these folders touch against stops or tappets of which one is
shown at 96 which force them to rotate so that they press the paper with their ends
at both ends to the bottom veneer above and below. When they have passed the
stops or tappets they are brought back into their former positions by means of
springs wound round one of the pins, or in some other manner. When the form 51
goes further outwards it touches the arm 97 on a rocking shaft which carries
a vertical paper presser 98 and turns the shaft so that it presses the paper on to the
one side of the bottom. At the same time another presser 99 on the lever 101'
turning round the pin 100, is put in motion and presses the paper on the other side'
on to the bottom. This motion is imparted by the arm or disc 55 which touches an
oblique plane on the lever 101. This having taken place the piece 90 quits the
crosspiece 89 of the bottom-veneer-pusher, and the pusher is drawn out of the box
by means of a weight or spring. Thereupon the lever 77 is brought back into the
position shown on the drawing by the arm 54 and the box being liberated drops
down ready. The lever 101 is brought back into position as shown on the drawing
by the arm 56, and the presser 98 by an arm 102 on the head of the connecting-rod.
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 machines for making matchboxes the use of a paste-box having an opening
on the one side close to the bottom with a brush beforesaid opening substantially as
described and for the purposes specified.
2. In machines for making the cases for matchboxes, the herein described method
of fastening the paper and label on the veneer or case the said method consisting in
lifting the veneer or case covered with paste up towards the pile of paper or labels,
which pile is at the same time bent by pressure from the side in a bow downwards
and prevented from gliding upwards substantially as described.
3. In machines for making cases for match-boxes, the hereinabove described
method of forming the case or covering box the said method consisting in lifting
the veneer (together with the covering paper) by the box form against two rollers
by which it is bent along the two middle cuts whereupon the inner end of the
veneer is bent under the form by a tongue in the manner as shewn on the drawings,
after which the other end of the veneer is bent over the one first by means of an
angle-piece fixed on one of said rollers; after which the other roller goes down
along the side of the veneer and further under the form and up on the other side
thereof, and presses down the paper substantially as described.
4. In machines for making inner boxes for matchboxes, the use for pushing out
the side veneer from the magazine, of two thin points or tongues which press one
on each end of the lowermost veneer and force it to bend substantially as described
and for the purposes specified.
5. In machines for making inside boxes for matchboxes, the hereinabove described
method of bending the side veneer round the form which consists in causing the
form to push it, together with the paper covered with paste, before itself down
between hindrances, which oblige the veneer to bend along the two middle cuts or

page_text: Incisions, whereupon, when the form is in its lowermost position, a roller bends the
one end of the veneer down over the form, and another roller working in a contrary
direction afterwards bends the other end of the veneer over the former and at the
same time presses the paper on the former and afterwards travels along the side of
the box and there presses the paper on at the same time as the foremost flange of
the roller bends the fore-edge of the paper rectangularly against the side of the
veneer substantially as described.
6. In machines for making inside boxes for matchboxes, folding the paper in the
box in such wise that the bottom veneer on being pushed into the box carries the
edge of the paper before it into the box and presses it on the inner sides of the box
substantially as described.
7. In machines for making inside boxes for matchboxes, the use for pressing the
paper on the upper and lower ends of the bottom of two movable pieces having
edges or ends of india rubber, bristles, or other elastic material, and which pieces
are put in motion when the form is drawn out of the covering box, substantially as 1
described.
8. The machine for making the exterior cases of match boxes, constructed,
arranged and operating substantially as described with reference to Figs 1, 2 and 3
of the drawings.
9. The machine for making the interior boxes of match-boxes, constructed
arranged and operating substantially as described with reference to Figs 4, 5, 6
and 7 of the drawings.
10. The method of making matchboxes substantially as above described.