IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR PLACING SPLINTS AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF MATCHES ON OR IN CLAMPS OR HOLDERS PREPARATORY TO THEIR BEING DIPPED OR TIPPED WITH IGNITING COMPOSITION."
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edmund Pace, of the Firm of Tylor and Pace, of
Queen Street; in the City of London, Manufacturers, for the Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR PLACING SPLINTS AND OTHER LIKE
ARTICLES FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF MATCHES ON OR IN CLAMPS OR HOLDERS
PREPARATORY TO THEIR BEING DIPPED OR TIPPED WITH IGNITING COMPOSITION."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edmund Pace at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 28th
March 1864.
I, EDMUND PACE, of the Firm of Tylor and Pace, of Queen Street, in the
City of London, Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR PLACING SPLINTS AND OTHER
LIKE ARTICLES FOR THE, MANUFACTURE OF MATCHES ON OR IN CLAMPS OR HOLDERS
PREPARATORY TO THEIR BEING DIPPED OR TIPPED WITH IGNITING COMPOSITION," to
be, as follows:-
Into a case I place the splints, wax tapers, or other articles to form the
body of the match; and I place this case in a frame, so that a jogging motion
may be imparted to it.. The case is open at bottom, and I fit a plate to slide
to and fro under this case. This plate is formed with a series of grooves for
some portion of its extent, then with what I term a stop plate, with a V-groove
at the back of each of the splint grooves, while the remaining portion is flat;
there. are as many grooves as there are to be splints; this plate is connected
to a lever handle, and in front of the splint case there are arranged two comb
bars, and behind them a pin bar. The pins are conical or wedge-shaped at
bottom; and are free to rise and fall in their bar; these comb and pin bars
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are connected to a frame centred on an axis at the back of the machine.
one of the sides of this frame an inclined catch is affixed, and on the first-
named plate a spring flap tapering towards the ends is fitted. When the plate
is moved the inclined catch rides over the flap, and thus the comb and pin
bars are raised, while on the return stroke the edge of the catch raises the
flap, travels back under it, and the comb and pin bars are kept down until
raised again, as just described. A brush is fitted at the lower and front part
of the splint case.
The action of the machine is as follows: The grooved portion, or splint-
carrier part of the plate, is immediately under the splint case, the case is made
to jog, and thus fill every groove with one splint; an ordinary clamp frame is
placed between the two comb bars, the lever handle is now worked to bring
forward the sliding plate, which advances until the splints are brought under
the comb bars, and the. V-stops under the movable pins. The combs on the
comb bars now rest upon- the ridges between the grooves in the splint .carrier,
and, the plate. commencing to move back, the conical pins prevent the splints
being drawn back, while the combs falling through slots by which they are
connected to the bar, retain the splints separated from each other, when a
clamp bar is placed upon them by hand. On the next advance of the plate
the clamp bar last laid is caused to descend by means of two inclines fixed at
the sides of the front of the grooved splint carrier.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Edmund Pace in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
28th September 1864...
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EDMUND:
PACE, of the Firm of Tylor. and Pace, of Queen Street, in the City of
London, Manufacturers, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight 'hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-eighth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Edmund Pace, Her special licence that I, the said Edmund Pace, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Edmund
Pace, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during
the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the

page_text: Channel Islands, and Isle of 'Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY FOR PLACING' SPLINTS AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES FOR THE MANU-
FACTURE OF MATCHES ON OR IN CLAMPS OR HOLDERS PREPARATORY TO THEIR BEING
DIPPED OR TIPPED WITH IGNITING COMPOSITION," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Edmund Pace, my executors or administrators,
by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands
and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the
same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months
next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Edmund Pace, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto. annexed,.
that is to say:
Into a case I place the splints, wax tapers, or other articles to form the
body of the match, and I place this case on a frame, so that a jogging motion
may be imparted to it in any convenient. manner. The case is open at
bottom, and I fit a plate to slide to and fro under it.
The plate is formed
then with what I term
with a series of grooves for some portion of its extent,
a-stop plate, with a V-groove at the back of each of the splint, grooves, while
the remaining portion is flat; there are as many grooves as there are to be
splints; this plate is connected to a lever handle; in front of the splint case
there are arranged two comb bars, and behind them a pin bar. The pins are
conical, or wedge-shaped at bottom, and are free to rise and fall in their bar;
these comb and pin bars are connected to a frame centred on an axis at the
back of the machine. To one of the sides of this frame an inclined catch is
affixed, and on the first-named plate a spring flap tapering towards the ends is
When the plate is moved the inclined catch rides over the flap, and
thus the comb and pin bars are raised, while on the return stroke the edge of
the catch raises the flap, travels back under it, and the comb and pin bars are
kept down until raised again, as just described. A brush is fitted" at the lower
and front part of the splint case.
fitted.
".
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings is a front elevation; Figure, 2 a
back elevation; and Figure 3 a plan of my improved machinery.
"
Upon a framing A I mount a bed plate or frame B, and on this frame I
place a case C for containing the splints, wax tapers, or other like articles.
The case C has a jogging motion imparted to it, as hereafter described; it is
open at bottom, and under it a plate D, made to slide to and fro, is fitted; the

page_text: plate D is shewn detached in plan in Figure 4; it is formed with a series of
grooves a for a portion of its length, and then with a stop plate a¹ with a
V-groove at the back of each of the grooves a; the remaining portion of the
plate is flat. The plate D is connected to a lever E terminating in a handle F,
and centred to the frame B at b. The lever E is formed with a pin c, which
works in a slot in the plate D; G, G¹, are two comb bars in front of the
case C, and H is a pin bar (shewn detached on a larger scale in Figure 5),
the pins of which are conical, or wedge-shaped at bottom, as before stated,
and free to rise and fall in the bar. The comb bars G, G³, are free to rise
and fall for three-eighths of an inch, more or less, on their supporting pins.
These bars and the pin bar H are all connected to a frame I, I, centred-on an
axis J at the back of the machine. The comb bar G is centred on a pin 'd on
the frame I, the other end being free to be lifted from a similar pin when
required. For this purpose the bar G is formed with a slot e, as seen in
Figure 1. An inclined catch is affixed to one side of the frame I, and a
spring flap K tapering towards the ends is fitted to the plate D. When the
plate D is moved forward into the position shewn in Figure 3, the inclined
catch rides over the flap K, and thus the comb bars G, G¹, and pin bar H
are raised, while on the return course of the plate D the edge of the catch f
raises the flap K, and travels under it, and the comb and pin bars are kept
down until raised again in the same manner. The front plate of the case C is
fitted with a brush g at bottom outside the case. The jogging motion is
imparted to the case in manner following:-L is an upright on the fixed
frame B, and connected by a strong spring M to a projection h on the case;
a crank N centred to the frame B at i is also connected at one end to the
projection h, while its other arm is jointed to a rod O leading to a treadle P.
To keep the case C in position it carries at each end a projection i, which
moves in a guide k on the frame B..
The action of the machine is as follows:--Supposing the grooved portion a
of the plate D to be immediately under the case C, the jogging motion
imparted to the case will cause every groove to be filled with one splint,
the brush g preventing more splints passing out than are necessary to fill the
grooves, and also preventing jamming when imperfectly cut splints are
presented. An ordinary clamp frame with vertical grooves is placed between
the two comb bars, the lever E is then worked to bring forward the plate D,
which advances until the splints are brought out and over the clamp frame
and under the comb bars, and the V-stops under the pins in the pin bar; at
the commencement of this motion the frame I, I, carrying the comb and pin
bars is raised at front by the catch f riding over the flap K, and falls at the

page_text: end of the stroke, the lever E is then worked to move back the plate D, the
comb bars G, G³, at the commencement of this motion rest upon the ridges
between the grooves a, and the pins in the pin bar H prevent the splints being
drawn back, and deposit them upon the bottom of the clamp frame, while the
comb bars retain them separated from each other: A clamp board or bar is
then placed by hand through the grooves I upon the row of splints thus
arranged. On the next advance of the plate D the clamp bar last laid is
caused to descend by means of two inclines Q, Q, fixed to the front of the
plate D. To prevent the plate D being moved forward in case the frame I, I,
should not be raised, I fit a paul m on one side of the frame I, which takes
into a ratchet n on the plate D; when the frame I, I, is raised to the proper
height the paul is lifted clear of the ratchet, and the plate D is therefore free
to be moved.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim as my improve-
ments in machinery for placing splints and other like articles for the manu-
facture of matches on or in clamps or holders preparatory to their being
dipped or tipped with igniting composition,-
First, constructing such machinery with a plate formed with grooves, and
made to slide forward and backward under the case, substantially in manner
and for the purpose herein-before described.
Second, constructing such machinery with a frame carrying comb bars and
a pin bar, made to rise and fall, substantially in manner and for the purpose
herein-before described.
Third, constructing and fitting the pins of the pin bar, substantially as
herein-before described and illustrated in Figure 5 of the accompanying
Drawings.
Fourth, the general arrangement and combination of parts of machinery
acting in manner and for the purposes herein-before described and illustrated
in the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof. I, the said Edmund Pace, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-seventh day of September, One thousand
eight hundred and sixty-four.
EDMUND PACE. (L.S.)