A Machine for Laying or Arranging Match Splints before Dipping.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 16th May, 1891
Complete Specification left 1st June 1891-Accepted 2nd lan
1802
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Machine for Laying or Arranging Match Splints before Dipping.
We CARL AUGUST JANSON Manager and HEINRICH MEISSNER, SIGMUND
MEISSNER, & IGNATZ MORITZ MEISSNER, Manufacturers, all of Triesch, near
Iglan, Moravia, in the Empire of Austria, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a machine for laying or arranging matches in rows
between the bars of the laying-in frames which are employed in dipping the matches.
The said machine comprises two short screw threaded bosses, screws or worms,
hereinafter referred to as screws mounted on parallel shafts and rotating in opposite
directions, between which the laying-in frame with the separating bars is inserted
in such a manner that the latter are engaged and moved down singly by the threads
of the screws, the matches being at the same time by a reciprocating comb moved
forward in rows out of a hopper or receptacle in such a manner that each row is
inscited between two bars of the laying-in frame.
When the frame is filled and a
cover-bar is placed upon the side rods of the laying-in frame as hereinafter described
the matches are caused to lie even and are with the parts of the frame, pressed
together by suitable pressing apparatus, so that they can be fixed in their relative
position by means of a suitable frame closing device.
The accompanying drawings illustrates a machine arranged according to this
invention.
Fig. 1 is a vertical section.
Fig. 2 is a front elevation.
Fig. 3 is a similar view partly in section.
Fig. 4 is a plan partly in section on the line a― of Fig. 2.
Fig. is a partial front elevation to a larger scale.
Fig. 6 shows in elevation and in cross section a weight, and
Fig. 7 shows a disengaging device, hereinafter described.
On the shafts a a are secured the screws between which the laying-in frame,
comprising the bottom bar e, the cover bar d, the separating bars, and the side rods g,
is inserted in such a manner that the tapered ends of the bars are engaged con-
secutively by the threads of the screws, whilst the bottom bar c of the laying-in
frame rests upon the lower part of the press apparatus hereinafter described.
Below the said screws in the space between the spindles of the same and to the
rear of the laying-in frame, there is secured a slab or plate i which is provided as
shown on its upper edge and on its front face with parallel grooves k and i
respectively, whose distances correspond to the distances apart in which the matches
are to be inserted in the frame.
Behind the grooves k and in the plane of the same is arranged a reciprocating
comb while above them is located a hopper or receptacle for the matches which
are to be laid into or arranged in the frame.
This hopper comprises a back plate o capable of reciprocating lateral motion,
side checks n n having preferably rounded inner surfaces and fixed to the machine
framing, small guiding or distributing plates o' provided on the back plate o. a
piveted flap o, and a closing plate p which is adapted to be inserted in guides
provided therefor on the machine framing.
A weight (Fig. 6) situated in the hopper and guided between the cheeks n n.
presses the matches into the grooves k.
At the front of the machine is arranged a plate or cover s pivoted at rr which can
be pressed against the laying-in frame and can be fixed in its closed position by
means of a suitable closing device s'.
A hook or bent piece s pivoted to the said cover is onerated by a heart-shanod

page_text: cam on the main shaft z through the rod t and the lever t², and serves to press
the separating bars as they are moved down by the screw, upon the row of
matches under the same.
The pressing apparatus before mentioned, comprises a lower parth adapted to
slide on the rods hand connected to a counterweight h', an arm or lever j pivoted
upon the main shafts, and having hook-shaped or bent over ends which after the
arm has been moved inward toward the body of the machine catch over the cover-
bar of the laying-in frame after the latter is filled. The pressing is effected by a
foot lever or treadle with counterweight said treadle being provided with a
pawl u² connected to a spring 3 which pawl engages in a toothed piece ³ of the
lower portion of the press, so that the lower portion with the laying-in frame
resting thereon can be raised with considerable force the degree of such force being
adjustable by the pawl.
On the abutment arm
is also provided a small box for the reception of the
closing hooks for the filled frames.
The comb m is operated by a cam m¹ mounted on the main shaft, through the
medium of the rods m², m, m³, oscillating about the axis m³. By adjustment of
the arms m in the slotted extremity of the arm m³ the length of the effective stroke
of the comb can be regulated. The springs n cause the comb m to bear with
suitable pressure in the grooves k.
The reciprocating lateral movement of the back plate o of the hopper is effected
from a cam won the shaft z by the system of levers w', w³, w, and the bent or hell-
crank lever w³.
The screws are driven in opposite directions by toothed or friction bevelled
wheels from the main shaft 2.
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In order, after the laying-in frame is filled, to allow the cover bar to be placed
upon the side rods with facility without undue shortening of the separating bars
the threads of the screw are provided with a stepped portion (Fig. 4) which is
adjusted by means of the hand wheel y in such a manner that the cover bar can
slide down between the worms, or the screws are so arranged that they can be
moved further apart either in their bearings or on the standard.
For throwing the machine out of gear a hand rod v is provided, a projection on
which engages in the annular groove of a suitable coupling or clutch on the main
shaft and is provided with a finger 'thereon which projects against a cam a
mounted on the shaft a which cam is so shaped that the said finger and consequently
the rod can be moved by the handle and the said coupling be thrown out of gear,
only in the position the cam a' arrives at when a row of matches is pushed forward
by the comb.
The pivoted flap o³ on the back wall o of the vessel allows of easy access for the
purpose of cleaning the grooves k.
A scale e for regulating the height of the frame may be provided on a suitable
part of the frame of the machine.
The mode of working and operation of the machine is as follows:-
The hopper is filled with matches, the closing plate is inserted and the weight
is laid on top, then the laying-in frame with the separating bars placed on the
spindles is situated in such a manner that the bottom bar rests upon the lower
portion of the press, and the lowest separating bar rests upon the screw threads.
The cover s is closed and the machine is set in operation, a slight pressure being
exerted by hand upon the cover bar d. The advancing comb m presses the matches
lying in front of it in the grooves k, on to the bottom bar, whilst at the same time
the lowest separating bar is moved down by the screws and is pressed by the hook s
down upon the first row of matches. During this time, the comb is drawn back,
so that more matches pass into the grooves ; the proper laying of the matches in
the grooves being effected by the to and fro movement of the back plate o; and
the small guiding or distributing plates o'.
The curvature of the side surfaces of the cheeks and of the weight prevents
matches jamming between them.

page_text: By the next forward movement of the comb this second row of matches is knocked
on to the separating bar which was moved down as before stated, and by the worms b
the next separating bar is moved down and is pressed by the hook on to the
second row of matches. The lower part of the press descends as the filling of the
frame progresses. The comb has meanwhile again moved back, and so the operation
is continued until the laying-in frame is filled, whereupon the machine is stopped,
and the screws are by means of the hand wheel or by shifting laterally, so moved
that the cover bar d can slide down upon the topmost row of matches.
By pressing or slamming the cover against the projecting ends of the
matches, which matches have been guided in the vertical grooves 7, the said ends
are brought level or even with one another. The covers and the portion j of the
press being then pressed forward, so that the hook shaped ends of the latter catch
over the cover bar d and the treadle u being pressed down, a pressure, capable of
regulation by the pawl is exerted upon the frame, and the matches and separating
bars, after the closing hooks have been placed on the spindles g are held firmly in
their proper relative position.
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The laying-in frame, being now filled, can now be taken out of the machine, the
lower part of the press being raised by its counterweight, into its initial position. *
The matches can then be subjected to the further operations of mordanting,
paraffining, dipping &c.
As may be readily understood, the machine described may also be arranged
horizontally, without departing from the nature of the invention, in which case the
weight q or its equivalent acting upon the inatches situated in the vessel, must be
kept constantly pressed against the matches by a suitable pulling or pressing device,
whilst one portion of the press or pressing apparatus is forced by a suitable lever
device in a horizontal direction towards the other portion.
Dated this 16th day of May 1801
W. LLOYD WISE,
Per F. J. Brougham,
16, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Machine for Laying or Arranging Match Splints before Dipping.
We, CARL AUGUST JANSON, Manager, HEINRICH MEISSNER, SIGMUND
MEISSNER, and IGNATZ MORITZ MEISSNER, Manufacturers all of Triesch near
Iglau, Moravia, in the Empire of Austria, Match Manufacturers, 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 a machine for laying or arranging match splints in rows
between the bars of the laying-in frames which are employed in dipping the match
splints.
The said machine comprises two screw threaded bosses, screws or worms herein-
after referred to as worms mounted on parallel shafts and caused to rotate in
opposite directions. Between these screws the laying-in frame with the separating.
bars is inserted in such a manner that the latter are engaged and moved downward
singly by the threads of the worms, the match splints being at the same time, by a
reciprocating comb, moved forward in rows out of a hopper or receptacle in such
a manner that cach row is inserted in turn between two bars or parts of the laying-
in frame. When the frame is filled and a cover bar is placed upon the side rods
of the laying-in frame as hereinafter described the match splints are caused to lie
evenly and are with the parts of the frame, pressed together by suitable pressing
apparatus, so that they can be fixed in their relative position by means of a suitable
frame-closing device.
In the drawings left with our Provisional Specification,

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Fig. 1 is a vertical transverse section of a machine constructed according to this
invention.
Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof.
Fig. 3 is a front elevation partly in longitudinal section.
Fig. 4 is a plan partly in section on the line of Fig. 2.
Fig. 5 is a front elevation of part of the machine to a larger scale.
Fig. 6 shows in elevation and in cross section a weight the object of which is
hereinafter described.
Fig. 7 shows a disengaging device hereinafter described.
On the shafts a a, are secured the worms between which the laying-in frame
of well known construction and comprising the bottom bar e, the cover bar d, the
separating bars f, and the side rods y, is inserted in such a manner that the tapered
ends of the bars are engaged consecutively by the threads of the worms whilst
the bottom bare rests upon the lower part of the pressing apparatus hereinafter
described.
Below the worms in the space between the spindles of the same and to the rear
of the laying-in frame, there is secured a slab or plate i which is provided as shown
on its upper surface and on its front face with parallel grooves k and respectively,
these grooves being arranged at distances apart corresponding to the distances
apart at which the match splints are to be inserted in the laying-in frame. Behind
the grooves and in the plane of the same is arranged a reciprocating comb m
while above them is located a hopper or receptacle for the match splints which are
to be laid into or arranged in the frame.
This hopper comprises a back plate o capable of reciprocating lateral motion,
side or end cheeks n n having preferably rounded inner surfaces and fixed to the
machine framing, small guiding or distributing plates of provided on the back
plate o, a pivoted flap o, and a closing plate p which is adapted to be inserted in
guides provided therefor on the machine framing. A weight (Fig. 6) placed in
the hopper and guided between the cheeks nn, serves to press the match splints
into the grooves k.
This
At the front of the machine is arranged a plate or cover s pivoted at rr
plate or cover can be pressed against the laying-in frame and can be fixed in its
closed position by means of a suitable closing device s¹.
A hook or bent piece s pivoted to the said plate or covers is operated by a
heart shaped cam ton the main shaft z through the rod and the lever t², and
serves to press the separating bars f as they are moved down by the worms, upon
the rows of match splints under the same.
The pressing apparatus before mentioned, comprises a lower part adapted to
slide on the rods and connected to a counterweight 2, and a double arm or
abutment pivoted upon the main shaft z, and having hook-shaped or bent over ends
which after the arm; has been moved inward toward the body of the machine catch
over the cover bar d of the laying-in frame after the latter is filled. The pressing
is effected by a foot lever or treadle with counterweight w. This treadle is
provided with an elastic pawl u which engages in a toothed piece 4³ carried by the
.lower portion of the press, so that the lower portion with the laying-in frame
resting thereon can be raised with considerable force against the upper bent ends
of the arm or lever j.
On the arm is also provided a small box j¹ for the reception of the closing hooks
for the filled frames.
The comb m is operated from a cam m¹ mounted on the main shaft z, through
the medium of levers m², m², m³, oscillating about the axis m³. By adjusting the
position of the bolts carried by cach of the levers m', in the slotted extremity of
the levers m, the length of the effective stroke of the comb can be varied. The
springs me cause the comb im to bear with suitable pressure in the grooves k.
The reciprocating lateral movement of the back plate o of the hopper is effected
from a cam w on the shaft z by the system of levers w¹, w, wo, and the bent or
bell crank lever w³.

page_text: The worms,, are driven in opposite directions by toothed or friction bevelled
wheels from the main shaft 2.
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In order, after the laying-in frame is filled, to allow the cover bar to be placed
upon the side rods with facility and without undue shortening of the separating
bars, the threads of the worms are provided with a stepped portion (Fig: 4) which
is adjusted by means of the hand wheel y in such a manner that the cover bar can
slide down between the worms, or the worms are so arranged that they can be
moved further apart either in their bearings or on the standard.
.
For throwing the machine out of gear, a hand rode is provided a projection on
which engages in the annular groove of a suitable coupling or clutch on the main
shaft. This rod is provided with a finger which projects against a cam a
mounted on the adjacent shaft a. This cam a' is so shaped (see Fig. 7) that the
said finger and consequently the rod v can be moved by the handle and the said
coupling be thrown out of gear, only in the position the cam a arrives at, when a
row of match splints has been pushed forward by the comb.
The pivoted flap o on the back wall o allows of easy access for the purpose of
cleaning the grooves k.
A scale e for regulating the height of the laying-in frame may be provided on a
suitable part of the frame of the machine.
The mode of working and operation of the machine is as follows:-
The hopper is filled with match splints, the closing plate pis inserted and the
weight q is laid on top. Then the laying-in frame with the separating bars /
placed on the spindles or rods g, is inserted in place in such a manner that the
bottom bar e rests upon the lower portion of the pressing apparatus, and the
lowest separating bar rests upon the threads of the worms b. The covers is then
closed, and the machine is set in operation, a slight pressure being exerted by hand
upon the cover bar d.
The advancing comb presses the match splints lying in
front of it in the grooves k, on to the bottom bar c, whilst at the same time the
lowest separating bar is moved down by the worms and is pressed by the hook s
down upon the first row of match splints. During this time, the comb is drawn
back, so that more match splints can pass into the grooves k, the uniform distribu-
tion and proper laying of the match splints in the grooves being effected by the
to and fro movement of the back plate o, and the small guiding or distributing
plates o. The curvature of the side surfaces of the cheeks and the action of the
weight prevents match splints jamming between the cheeks.
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On the next forward movement of the comb, another row of match splints will
be forced on to the separating bar which was moved down as before stated, and by
the worms the next separating bar will be moved down and will be pressed by the
hooks on to the second row of match splints. The lower part of the press
descends as the filling of the frame progresses. The comb has meanwhile again
moved back, and so the operation is continued until the laying-in frame is filled,
whereupon the machine is stopped, and the worms are by means of the hand
wheel y or by shifting laterally, so moved that the cover bar d can slide down upon
the topmost row of match splints.
By pressing or slamming the covers against the projecting ends of the match
splints which match splints have been guided in the vertical grooves 4, the said
ents are brought level or even with one another. The covers and the portion j of
the pressing apparatus being then pressed forward, so that the hook shaped ends
of the latter catch over the cover bar d and the treadle u being pressed down a
pressure capable of regulation by the spring pawl u², is exerted upon the laying-in
frame, and the match splints and separating bars, after the closing hooks have been
placed on the spindles or rods y, are held firmly in their proper relative positions.
The laying-in frame, being now filled, can be taken out of the machine after
which the lower part of the press will be raised by its counterweight h*, into its
initial position. The match splints can then be subjected to the further operations
of impregnating with liquid to prevent glowing of the match after use, paraffining,
dipping &c. in the ordinary manner.

page_text: As will be readily understood, the machine hereinbefore described may also be
arranged horizontally, without departing from the nature of the invention.
In this case the weight y or its equivalent acting upon the match splints situated
in the hopper, must be kept constantly pressed against the match splints by a
suitable pulling or pressing device, whilst one portion of the pressing apparatus
must be arranged to be forced by a suitable lever device in a horizontal direction
towards the other portion.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is
1. A machine for laying or arranging match splints, having two parallel
worms rotating in opposite directions, and between which the laying-in frame
with the separating bars is placed, and a reciprocating comb m which pushes the
match splints delivered from a hopper into parallel guide grooves out of the latter
in rows into the laying-in frame, à separating bar being moved down upon each
row of match splints by means of the said worms substantially as and for the
purposes specified.
2. In the machine specified in Claim 1, a device for pressing the filled laying-in
frame, comprising a movable pressing piece at the lower part of the frame and a
pivoted abutment having hooked extremities adapted to project over the laying-in
frame, and a treadle for raising the said pressing piece, the pressure or force of
which treadle can be regulated by an elastic pawl u substantially as and for the
purposes set forth.
3. In the machine specified in Claim 1, a hopper for the reception of the match
splints, arranged above the grooves and comprising the fixed lateral cheeks n n
and the laterally reciprocating back plate o provided with the small guide plates o¹,
the flap o, and the closing plate p substantially as and for the purposes set
forth.
4. In the machine specified in Claim 1, the use for making even or bringing into
line the match splints inserted into the laying-in frame, of a cover or plate s pivoted
to the machine framing, and adapted to rest against the laying-in frame during the
filling of the latter, the said cover or plate being provided with a hook ² operated
by a cam and levers for pressing each of the separating bars against the row of
match splints delivered beneath the same substantially as and for the purposes set
forth.
5. In the machine specified in Claim 1, a disengaging device comprising a finger v
connected with the disengaging lever and projecting against a cam a mounted on
one of the worm shafts, the arrangement being such as to allow of the machine
being stopped only after a row of match splints has been pushed forward into the
laying-in frame substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
6. A. machine for laying or arranging match splints constructed substantially as
hereinbefore described with reference to the drawings and operating as and for the
purpose specified.
Dated this 1st day of June 1801