Machine for Cutting and Assembling Match Splints.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd May, 1897-Accepted, 3rd July, 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by PASSIO MACHINE WORKS, a corporation organised
and existing under the laws of the State of New Jersey, United States of
America, Manufacturers.]
Machine for Cutting and Assembling Match Splints.
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: -
This invention relates to improvements in match making machinery, and the
object of the invention is to produce a comparatively simple machine, which is
adapted to cut match splints from veneer; which is arranged to collect the splints
in coils as fast as they are cut, and which is adapted to operate without waste of
Inaterial.
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 a part of this
specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in
all the views.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved machine;
Figure 2 is a front elevation of the same;
Figure 3 is an enlarged detail section on the line 3-3 of Figure 4, and shows the
cutting and coiling mechanism;
Figure 4 is a plan view of the detail mechanism for cutting and coiling..
Figure 5 is a cross section on the line 5-5 of Figure 3, and
Figure 6 is a detail sectional elevation of a modified means of cutting the splints
and delivering them to the toothed coiling wheels.
The machine has a frame 10, which can be of any suitable form, and on it are
journaled the parallel toothed wheels 11, which have recesses 12 between the teeth,'
these recesses being each adapted to receive a match splint 13, and the teeth are
preferably bevelled on one side, as shown clearly in Figure 4, so that the veneer
sheet 14, from which the splints are cut can be readily fed into the teeth, and the
straight sides of the teeth will serve as abutments against the cutting-off knife, to
be hereinafter referred to.
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The veneer can be fed in any suitable way, but it is usually arranged in a
roll 14, which is held in a supporting bracket 15 above the machine frame and is
fed forward against the toothed wheels 11, over a feed table 16, by the feed rolls 17
and 18 (see Figure 3) which impinges on the upper and lower sides of the veneer.
The upper feed roll 18 is preferably journaled on bent arms 19, which are pivotted,
as shown at 20, to the table 16, and have extensions 21 carrying weights 22 to
hold the upper feed roll down against the veneer. The object of this arrangement
is to enable the upper roll to be lifted by swinging up the arms 19 so that the knife,
to be presently referred to, can be easily gotten at in case the veneer should clog.
The feed rolls are geared together by the gear wheels 23 (see Figure 2) so that they
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page_text: turn in unison, and the upper feed roll has a projecting end 18", which is adapted
to engage an eccentric 24 (see Figure 1) which is operated by a lever 25, and by
turning the eccentric the upper feed roll can be lifted. "The Cecentric is pressed
inward to contact with the extension 18 by a spring 26, as shown in Figure 2.
The depth of the recesses 12 of the toothed wheels 11 corresponds to the thickness
of the match splints 13, and as the veneer is fed into the recesses it is cut off by
a rapidly moving knife 27 (see Figure 3) which reciprocates on the face of the
toothed wheels, the knife being secured to the sliding head 28, which fits closely
over the toothed wheels and serves as a guard to prevent the displacement of the
splints.
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The knife 27 is backed in the ordinary way by adjusting screws-29, which project
through a flange 30 on the head 28.. The head 28 is ribbed to give it additional
strength, and on it near the rear end is a bracket 31 carrying a cutting-off knife 32,
which slides in the space 33 between the toothed wheels (see Figures 3 and 4) and
in this connection it will be understood that a single toothed wheel with a groove
for the knife can be used if desired, or that the wheel can be extended so as to
receive any desired number of lengths of match splints. It will also be understood
that any other suitable cutting-off knife can be substituted for the knife shown.
The sliding head 28. and the knives which it carries are actuated by a fork 34,
to which the head is secured, this fork straddling the toothed wheels II and being
fulcrumed on the journal of the wheels, while its lower end connects by a pitman 35
(see Figure 1) with a crank 36 on the counter shaft 37, which, together with the
other moving parts of the machine, is actuated as hereinafter described. It will
be seen that the oscillation of the fork 34 causes the head 28 and the knives 27
and 32 to reciprocate rapidly on the face of the toothed wheels 11, so that the
knife 27 splits the splints from the advancing veneer 14, while the knife 32 cuts
off the splints into suitable match lengths, the machine illustrated being adapted
to cut two lengths of splints; that is, two series and two coils, as hereinafter
described, but it will be clearly seen that a greater number of coils can be
simultaneously cut if desired by simply using additional toothed wheels and
accessory mechanism.
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To prevent any possible endwise movement of the splints, guards 38 are placed
opposite the outer ends of the toothed wheels near their periphery, as shown clearly,
in Figure 5.
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Just back of the sliding head 28 and behind the cutting-off knife 32 is a
shield 39, which fits closely over the face of the toothed wheels to prevent any
displacement of the splints, and in order that no part of the wheels shall be
uncovered until the coil is reached, as described presently, the shield 39 has
recesses 40 receiving tongues 41 on the head 28 (see Figure 4) and when the head
moves forward the tongues will still be held in the recesses and the splints cannot
be displaced.
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The wheels 11 are provided with circumferential grooves 42 (see Figure 3)
which receive coiling belts 43, and the grooves are deep enough to permit the belts
to lie below the recesses 12, and so the splints 13 as they are cut are delivered upon
the belts and are taken off the wheels by the belts when the latter are coiled. The
belts 43 are delivered to the machine in the usual way, and pass beneath guide
rolls 44 (see Figures 1 and 2) after which they enter the grooves 42, just referred
to, and after passing by the knives 27 and 32 and beneath the shield 39 the belts
are wound up in precisely the usual way on centres 45, which are carried on a
shaft 46, the latter being arranged like the ordinary coiling shaft on swinging
arms 47, which are journaled on the machine frame, as shown at 48. The shaft 46
has a pulley 49 (see Figure 1) aligning with a pulley 50 at the joint 48, and this
aligns with a pulley 51 on the shaft 52 (see Figure 1) so that the coiling shaft can
be run by belts in the usual way, but the coil is turned principally by reason of its
weight as it lies on the toothed wheels 11.
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The frame 10 has the usual sockets 53 near the arms 47, so that when the coils are
raised a cross bar can be held in the sockets to hold up the arms 47. .. is
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page_text: nothing new claimed for the coiling mechanism in itself,.except in the combination
with the cutting mechanism shown.
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Just as, the splints 13 pass from beneath the shield 39 they come in contact with
the ordinary binding tape 54, which is rolled up in the coil (see Figure 3), and the
splints are thus bound in the ordinary way to prevent them from sliding endwise
out of the coil. The tape 54 is held on spools 55 journaled on swinging arms:56,
which are pivoted on a supporting bracket 57, and the spools can be tipped forward;
as shown by dotted lines, to permit the adjustment of the splints. This mechanism
is not particularly new and is not claimed or shown in-detail. Just before the
tape enters the coil it passes through a keeper 58 on the shield 39, which serves
as a guide.
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The machine can be driven in any suitable way, and I have illustrated driving
mechanism which is adapted for the purpose, but which can be departed from
without affecting the principle of the invention. As shown, the machine, has; a
drving pulley 58°, which is an ordinary clutch pulley,, operated by a crank arm 59"
on the shaft 60, so that the machine can be stopped and started. at will, and the
shaft, 60 is a rock shaft and is tilted by the treadle 61. On the driving shaft
connected with the pulley 58" is a pulley 62, from which belt runs
to a pulley 63 011 the counter-shaft 37, already referred to, and this
counter-shaft connects by gears 64 and 65 with a second counter-shaft 66, and the
latter connects by gears 67 and 68 with a third shaft 69, which is geared to the
gear wheel 69 driving the toothed wheels 11. The shaft 69 has also a sprocket
wheel 70 connecting by a belt 71 with a sprocket wheel 72 on the lower feed roll 17,
and thus all the moving parts of the machine are driven and can be timed so that
the machine will be properly speeded. I have not attempted to show the driving
mechanism in great detail, because obviously this is a simple matter and can be
accomplished in many ways.
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Referring now to Figures 1 and 3, the operation is as follows:-The veneer 14 is
fed from the roll between the feed rolls 17 and 18 into the teeth of the wheels 11,
which are rotating, and the knife 27, which is carried by the head 28, reciprocates
rapidly and cuts off a splint as fast as the veneer is fed into the wheels.
splints are double length when cut from the veneer sheet, and as they reach the
cutting-off knife 32, the latter cuts them off into single splints. When the splints
are delivered to the toothed wheels they lie on belts 43, which have previously been
fitted into the grooves 42, and the splints, belts and tapes 54 are rolled up in coils..
as already described. The coils are then removed from the shaft 46 in the usual
way, and the splints dried and dipped.
In Figure 6 there is shown a slight modification of the machine, which, however,
is similar in principle to the machine already described, and here the veneer is fed
over a horizontal feed table 73 by feed rolls 74 and 75 and cut off by a vertically
reciprocating knife 76 carried by a knife bar 77, which is moved up and down by a
crank 79 on the crank shaft. 80. The veneer 14 is fed against an abutment 81
immediately beneath the knife, and the severed splints are pushed down..through
a race-way 82 into the teeth 12" of a toothed wheel 11", which wheel is grooved
for the belts like the wheels 11 already described, and the method of coiling is
precisely like that set forth above.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention 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. A machine of the kind described, comprising a revoluble toothed wheel,
having a belt groove therein, a splint-cutting device delivering directly into the
teeth of the wheel, and coiling mechanism to roll up the belt and splints thereon,
substantially as described.
2. A machine of the kind described, comprising a rotary toothed wheel, a feed
table adjacent to the wheel, a knife movable at the end of the table, whereby the

page_text: "severed splints are delivered into the wheel, and a coiling device to assemble the
splints substantially as described.
3. A machine of the kind described, comprising a revoluble toothed wheel
having a groove beneath the surface of the recesses of the teeth, means for cutting
splints and delivering them into the teeth, a shield to prevent displacement of the
splints, a coiling device to roll up the belt in the groove, said coiling device being
located near the end of the shield, and means for delivering tape to the coil,
substantially as described.
4. A machine of the kind described, comprising a revoluble toothed wheel, a
reciprocating knife movable over the face of the wheel opposite the teeth, and a
feeding device to feed veneer into the teeth in front of the knife, substantially as
described.
5. A machine of the kind described, comprising a revoluble toothed wheel
sliding head fitting over the face of the wheel, a knife. at the front edge of the
sliding head, and a veneer feed delivering veneer into the teeth in advance of the
knife, substantially as described.
6. A machine of the kind described, comprising a revoluble toothed wheel
having a belt groove in its face, a sliding head fitting over the face of the wheel, a
veneer cutting knife on the head, a coiling device behind the head, and means for
feeding veneer into the teeth in advance of the knife, substantially as described.
7. A machine of the kind described, comprising a revoluble toothed wheel or
wheels having belt grooves therein, a sliding head fitting over the face of the said
wheel or wheels, a knife at the front edge of the head, a cutting-off knife carried
by the head and arranged behind the first-mentioned knife, means for delivering
veneer into the teeth in advance of the head, and a coiling device behind the head,
substantially as described.
8. A machine of the kind described, comprising revoluble toothed wheel spaced
apart and provided with spacing between the wheels, means for feeding veneer into
the toothed wheels in advance of the splitting knife, and a coiling device behind
the head substantially as described.
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9. The combination of the toothed wheels having circumferential belt grooves,
the sliding head fitting over the face of the wheels, the splitting knife carried by
the head, the shield covering the wheels behind the head, the coiling device behind
the shield, and a veneer feed delivering into the teeth in advance of the splitting
knife, substantially as described.
10. A machine for cutting and assembling match splints, having its several
parts constructed and arranged to operate substantially in the manner set forth
in the accompanying drawings and described in the foregoing specification.
HADELIINE, LAKE & CO.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant..