Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Feb., 1887.
Specification Accepted, 25th Mar., 1887.
I, FRANS LUNDGREN, of 4, Oxtorgsgatan, Stockholm, in the. Kingdom of Sweden,
Mechanician, 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 machines for making match boxes.
Heretofore in the manufacture of match boxes one machine was generally employed
for making the interior part or drawer of the box and another machine for making the
exterior or shell. These two machines have in general been considered as destined for
quite different purposes, wherefore they seldom agree in construction, being also
usually made by different makers. But as the two machines are for the same object
and thus often inseparable, it would of course afford a great advantage in their
manufacture if they, so far as possible, were constructed on the same system. This
would besides lie near at hand, as the material employed by the machines when working
is in both cases the same (vencers and paper) and as all parts of the machine for
making the exterior of the box are existing and working in the same manner also in
the machine for making the interior.
The present invention therefore comprises both machines; the one for making the
interior as well as the one for making the exterior. The construction of the latter is
contained so completely in the former, that if this be described first, the latter may
easily be understood without particular drawings.
I will therefore describe the machine for making the interior part or drawer first.
Each interior or drawer is made of two thin veneers and of a strip of paper
covered with paste. The veneer forming the sides of the drawer has a ribbon-like
shape and is lapped or folded round a mould and at the same time surrounded with a
sted strip of paper somewhat longer and wider than the vencer the other veneer
forming the bottom of the drawer is then introduced into the frame formed by the
sides. The paper edges projecting beyond the edges of the side veneer are then pasted
partly over the bottom so as to fix it, and partly over the edge of the pieces of vencer
forming the sides so as to cover a small part of the inner sides of the same, and the
drawer is then ready. In the present machine the side and bottom veneers prepared

page_text: beforehand are placed in their respective magazines and the paper strip is conducted
from under the magazine for the side veneers. The side veneer is then lapped or
folded round a mould and at the same time the paper strip is pasted to the same.
Meanwhile a bottom veneer is placed before the end of another form or mould to
which mould the folded side veneer is transferred, whereby the bottom gets into the
drawer. Thereupon the remaining paper edges are, by special parts of the machine,
folded and pasted on the bottom, of which operation particular explanation will be
given in the following description of the machine and its mode of working.
On the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of the machine. Figure 2 is a plan of
the machine but having one part, the magazine for the bottom vencers, removed, which
magazine is represented separately in plan Figure 3. Figure 4 is a section on the
line a, in Figure 2, and Figure 5 is a section on the line, d, likewise in Figure 2.
The other Figures show details.
All the parts of the machine are placed upon a table A supported by some
convenient pedestal. On the table A four standards B, C, D, and E are fixed
supporting the bearings for the main shaft F and vertically above this the two
shafts G and H mounted in continuation of each other. The shaft G is provided with
a pinion I engaging with a toothed wheel K on the main shaft F, which toothed
wheel K is provided with teeth only on a part of its circumference, whereby an
intermittent rotatory motion is imparted to the shaft G. The two shafts G and Hare
on their inner ends provided with their respective moulds G and H', of the same
sectional area as the interior of a match box. The shaft H has a periodical alternate
motion along its own axis, but does not rotate. This motion is effected thereby that
the shaft is provided with a crosshead L guided by the iwo guide bars M and N, and
at the foot provided with a stud 0. The main shaft F has a cam P' against the
curviform end of which the stud O always bears owing to a helical spring one end
of which is attached to the shaft H and the other end to the standard D. The
magazine for the bottom veneers is placed above the bearing standards D and E and
the magazine for the side vencers supported by a special standard is placed at the
side of the mould G at right angles and horizontally to the same. From the last
named magazine one veneer at a time is transferred to the mould G at which the end
of the vencer is pinched by a catch d on the mould G₁ the veneer is then folded around
the mould G by the rotation of the latter now commencing. Figure 4 shows in section
the magazine for the side vencers where the bottom veneer is transferred to the
mould G. This veneer magazine consists of a bottom plate a provided with a
projecting flange (Figure 2) by means of which it is attached to the standard T
(Figure 1). On the plate there are further fixed the veneer holders at and a³. The
veneers are advanced by a slide a" which slides forwards and backwards in a slot a on
the top of the plate a². The slide a³ itself has at its fore end a shoulder and recess into
which the downmost vencer drops when the slide is entirely drawn back and which
veneer is therefore by the slide pushed out through a narrow opening between the
veneer holder at and the plate and into the form or mould G. The parts which
impart the motion to the slide are represented in Figure and consists of an
eccentric (see also Figure 1) on the main shaft F. The rod of the eccentric bis
jointed to the lever which by means of a rod is connected with the slide a", the
opposite end of the lever 63 is on the contrary connected with an arm pivoted on the
standard T in order that the lever ³ and slide a may move freely. In order that the
veneer may not stick in consequence of any unevenness thereon the veneer holder a¹
is provided with a small door or slide e which can move upwards and has the lower
edge rounded. A small helical spring not visible on the drawing, presses the door
lightly down. When meeting with any unevenness on the veneer the door ascends
always preventing however the veneer situated next above from following. When a
veneer is being advanced the mould G'always occupies the position shown in Figure 4.
The catch d pinching the end of the veneer fast to the mould is best visible in
Figure 18 and consists of a small double armed lever d one end of which is actuated
by a spring attached to a movable part (see also Figure 4) the remover being

page_text: particularly described hereinafter, whereby the opposite end of the lever d keeps the
veneer pressed to the mould. The fokling of the veneer around the mould and the
pasting of the paper on the veneer is effected by the rotation of the mould G¹ when
pressure is applied by the rollers e and from the cams and in the following
manner. The rollerse and are inserted in the forked levers e¹ and " which are
fixed to the shafis e and working in bearings on the brackets U and V (see
Figures 1. 2. 4 and 5) and these levers e andare actuated by their respective
helical springs and attached to the table. The shafts and are besides
provided with the arms and fixed thereon and having the rollers and which
are actuated by the cams e and fixed on the main shaft whereby the rollers e and f
are kept off when they are not to be at work. The other parts co-operating with the
mould G are a remover fixed thereon and a folder X. The remover consists of a
shell movable on the shaft G and the outer end of which clasps the mould G'.
The shell is by means of a small crossbar g connected with the bars and
traversing the bearings B and C. The bars and gare further connected together
by means of the cross head running freely on the shaft G and are underneath
provided with a studentering into a slot made in the cam drum A¹ on the main
shaft F. The cam slot in the drum A¹ has such a curve that the shell y receives
an alternate motion at each revolution of the cam drum A. In the shell between
it and the mould are small plates fixed to the shelly (best visible in
Figures 10 and 11) and extending to the spot on the mould where the side veneer is
folded around and having for purpose partly when sticking the paper strip on the veneer
to serve as supports to the projecting border of the paper, wherefore they are of the
same thickness as a veneer, and partly serve on transferring the folded side veneer to
the mould H, to push the veneer with the paper strip along in front of it. The
folder X Figures 4 and 5 consists of an arm mounted on a shaft in bearings on the
table. The arm X is at the top provided with a plate Figures 4 and 5 entering
into a slot, Figures 1 and 2 going all round the mould close to which slot the
folded veneer has its place, whereby the projecting paper edge on this side of the
veneer can be folded into the slot by the plate h³. The folder X is actuated by a
helical spring fixed between it, and the standard T and by a cam fixed on the
main shaft F which acts on a roller on an arm fixed on the same shaft h as the
folder X see Figures 4 and 5. The paper to be pasted on the veneer is taken from a
paper strip (in figure marked with the line ) which is unrolled from a roller or
reel placed near the apparatus and drawn under a paste funnel in order to be provided
with paste on the upper side. From the paste funnel, the paper strip is conducted
under the plate and the paper strip is then supported by a plate Figure 5 fixed
at the standard T. The end of the paper remaining after the paper strip is cut from the
box next preceding rests upon the roller. The paper strip for each box is cut by a
comb secured to a lever the teeth of which comb enter into the slots on a roller
fixed to the veneer holder a . The lever is fixed on a shaft, the one end of
which is supported by a bearing and the other end of which enters into a bearing
receives its motion partly through the influence
of the helical spring and partly thereby that an arm fixed on the shaft
actuated by a cam 7.
on the standard T. The lever
is
When a side veneer has been transferred to the mould G¹, the latter begins to
rotate. The rollers e and then immediately ascend, at which occasion the former
compels the veneer to close around the mould and the latter sticks to the end of the
paper strip to the veneer, (see Figure 6). The roller returns then immediately bui
the roller e continues to run upon the mould thus folding the vencer and sticking the
paper to it at the same time.
In Figures 10 and 1.1 is shown (in the latter Figure in section) how the veneers a¹
and the paper are placed upon the mould G. When the mould has completed of
a revolution the folder X with its plate enters into the slot thus folding the paper
edge lying over it into the same (Figures 7 and 10). The folder X having folded
the paper at one side, immediately leaves the mould. When the next side of the

page_text: mould becomes parallel with the folder, the latter enters and folds the paper edge at
this side, and so on at each of the two remaining sides. When the mould Ghas
made a little more than a whole revolution, the paper strip is cut by the comb³
going up through the fork supports the roller and by its teeth entering into the slots
in the roller, whereby the paper strip is perforated and torn off by the continued
rotation of the mould G, see Figure 8, where, as in the Figures 7 and 9 the paper
stuck on is shown by a dotted line. The paper having been cut, the mould still
makes a revolution, thus in all two whole revolutions after which it stops. The folded
vencer with the paper stuck all round, see the Figures 9 and 10, is now ready to be
transferred to the mould H. Previously to describing this operation it is however
necessary to explain the mode of feeding down the bottom veneers and the mechanism
effecting it.
The bottom veneers are placed in the magazine R, at one end standing close to
each other and compressed by a block Figure 3 which by means of a string is
actuated by a weight Figure 1. In front of the inner end of the magazine R is a
slide running up and down in a guide fixed on the magazine. The mechanism
actuating the slide is shown in Figures 1, 2 and 5 and consists of a bent or bell
crank lever pivotted on a centre mounted on the upper part of the bracket or
standard T. One end of the lever is by means of a connecting rod or har k² con-
nected with a cross bar & fixed on the slide. The lower arm of the lever is
provided with a slot. 1. A shaft. mounted on the standard T and in a separate
bearing, best seen on Figure 2, is provided with a lever or arm on which is
mounted a roller entering into the slot /. The same shaft is provided with another
arm m which by means of a connecting rod is connected with a crank disc or
plate m on the revolving shaft F Figure 2 imparting an oscillating motion to the
arm m and the shaft . Owing to the eccentric and partly straight shape of the slot 7
with relation to the shaft the arm will act upon the lever which then in its
turn causes the slide to go up and down. The veneers & constantly press against
the slide and a shoulder on the latter takes the nearest vencer along with it at each
down stroke of the slide see Figure 11 where the slide is on its downward stroke with
a veneer. In the bottom of the bottom veneer magazine R is a small elastic part n
acting in the same manner as stated above about the door e in the magazine a¹ a
for the side veneers.
g now
The end of the mould is provided with a spring pin a Figures 10 and 11. for
which there is a slot in the slide 3. While the slide is on its downward stroke
with a vender the mould H approaches the mould G and begins at last to press in
the pin n. At the same moment the slide with the veneer has got so far down that
the vencer penetrates with its lower end between the pin n' and the mould H¹. The
latter stops as soon as it has got close to the vencer. The slide continues its down-
ward stroke until the veneer covers the end of the mould H' when the slide again
ascends while the veneer is retained by the pin ¹. Meanwhile a side veneer has been
folded around the mould G as already described and is now ready to be transferred to
the mould H which operation is shown in Figure 13. The remover or shell
begins its forward motion and then by means of the small plates g pushes the veneer
along with it. When the veneer glides over the slot ' on the mould the paper border
will be folded into the box by meeting the rounded edge of the slot. In order to
facilitate the transfer of the veneer upon the mould Hand in order that the paper
shall be made to stick well to the inside of the veneer the mould is near the end of
the long sides slightly swelled at n² and n³ see Figure 10. After the transfer of the
side veneers the mould H₁ begins to go back when the bottom veneer is still held
against same by the pin a¹ pressing on it. Now it only remains to fold the paper
borders over the bottom. This is performed on the top and under sides by the two
folders and o¹ Figures 1, 2 and 5 and on both the vertical sides by a brush p
Figures 1 and 5. The folders o o¹ consist of bent or bell crank levers pivoted on the
standard Tand-which with one of their arms engage one in another the other arms
being provided with small plates of and the length of which is somewhat shorter than

page_text: the width of the bar. The upper folder o is actuated by the helical spring of and the
lower one o' is actuated by an arm or stud o see Figure 5 fixed upon the eccentric b
Both folders will then move as the jaws or handles of a pair of pincers. As soon as
the mould H in its backward motion has passed the folders o and o' the arm of
encounters the lower one of the folders so that they approach one another thus
folding the projecting paper edges over both ends of the bottom see Figure 14. The
mould still goes back and the bottom is not held any longer by the pin a' but by
the paper edges just folded down until the mould has passed the brush p. The brush p
is fixed on a bar p² running in a guide. The guide is in one piece with the standard T.
The bar is provided with a lever which by means of a connecting rod p³
Figures 1 and is connected with the lever p attached to the shaft p. The same
shaft is provided with a roller p' entering into a cam groove at the end of the cam
drum P which groove in Figure 5 is shown by a dotted line. The lower end of
the lever is connected with an arm p pivoted on the shaft p. When the mould
has at its retrograding motion pressed the brush p. it stops a moment while
the brush is folding and sticking the paper on the next long side of the box
see Figure 15. The mould then goes back further to the right so far that
the brush when advancing still further does not encounter the still unfolded
edge of the paper. The brush having passed the last named paper edge returns
at the same time approaching so that the paper edge at the last long side is stuck on
by the brush (Figure 16). The mould H' then goes back immediately from the
brush, so that the latter may not derange the paper edge just stuck on. The box is
now ready to be pushed off the mould which is effected thereby that the mould enters
between two small bent pieces and y', Figure 11. which free the box from the
mould H. The mould then advances in order to fetch a new bottom and a new side
vencer. In the same moment as the box is leaving the mould, it receives a slight
knock by the remover 73, which consists of a lever pivoted on the shaft h, Figures 1, 4,
and 5, which lever is actuated by a helical spring g' and by means of a roller bears
against the cam on the main shaft F. As it is of great importance that the
mould G, while the side vencer is transferred from the same to the mould H³, should
occupy an exact and unaltered position, the shaft G is provided with a disc of the
shape shown in Figures 1 and 17, with a part circular piece cut out in the edge, into
which part a shoulder projecting from the cam drum A¹ or some segment shaped
disc on the main shaft enters so that the disc r and the shaft G are prevented from
turning round. Figures 17 and 18 show the position of this stop device with relation
to the shaft K and [.
From the following it will be easily understood that the machine for making the
exteriors constitutes only a part of the machine for making the interiors of match
boxes. Such an exterior or shell consists, as known, of a rectangular folded veneer,
surrounded with paper stuck thereon. The manufacture of such a shell takes therefore,
place in a manner perfectly corresponding with that in which the side veneer is
folded in order to form the frame of the box. The machine which according to this
invention is employed for making shells will therefore be quite similar with that
portion of the above described machine for making the interiors, which is, folding the
side veneers to form interiors, wherefore in the following it is only referred to
that machine in the description of the shell machine.
In order to point out the difference distinctly it ought perhaps to be stated that as
to the machine, it only depends upon the length and upon the cross section of that
part of the mould G'around which the veneer is to be folded, whether the folded
veneer is to receive the shape of a shell or of the frame for the interior or drawer of a
match box.
If namely in the above machine for making interiors the mould G¹ is supposed to
have a cross section equal to the cross section of a shell in lieu of its cross section now
being equal to a plan projection of the interior and if further the width of the veneer a
be equal to the length of the interior and the paper strip he also of about the same
width, then it is evident that instead of the frame of the interior, a shell or an exterior
of a match box is obtained. The machine for making the shells will thus correspond

page_text: to the left half of the machine for making the interiors or about after the section
line wherefore separate drawings are not wanted. The shape employed in the
shell machine differs, as to the appearance, from the mould G₁ employed in the
machine for making the interiors, irrespective of the cross section, only therein that
the slot and the pin n¹ are excluded. Likewise the folder X is left out and besides,
the standard T, supporting the veneer magazine, becomes somewhat simpler as the
guide for the brush pand the centre & are also left out. The machine works quite
in the same manner as described above with reference to the folding of the side
vencer and the sticking of the paper around it, but differs therein that no folding of
paper edges takes place. The veneer is transferred in the manner described and
pinched fast to the mould by the catch d, after which the mould begins to rotate at
the same time as the roller e ascends towards the mould and the end of the paper is
fixed to the veneer by the roller. When the mould has made about one revolution,
the paper strip is perforated by the comb the mould makes still one revolution, and
then the shell is ready and pushed off by the remover in the same way as a side
veneer in the machine for making the interiors, but the shell drops down into a
case or the like placed underneath. The small plates may be left out on the
remover.
around a rotating
of which rollers the
and the latter sticks
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
First: In match box machines, where the vencer is folded
mould Gthe two rollers e and mounted on levers e and
former rests upon and presses the veneer against the mould
the paper to the veneer, the levers being actuated by helical springs " and 3 and the
shafts of the levers and f being provided with arms actuated by cams e" and fo
fixed on the main shaft, whereby the rollers are held off, when they are not in work
substantially as described.
Second: In match box machines a comb for cutting or perforating the paper
fixed on a lever actuated by a helical spring, which comb can ascend before or
behind the roller for sticking the paper, and then with its teeth entering into slots
in a roller fixed on the veneer magazine or other stationary part, so that the
intermediate paper strip is perforated substantially as described.
Third: In match box machines the apparatus for pushing off the folded veneer
from the mould consisting of a shell clasping the mould and movable on this
mould and on its shaft, which shell is actuated by a cam groove on a cam A¹ mounted
on the main shaft into which cam groove a stud of a cross head g, connected with
the shell by means of two guide bars and 3, enters substantially as described.
"
Fourth In match box machines with intermittent rotating mould G' an arrange-
ment for retaining the mould in position while stopping, consisting of a disc fixed
on its shaft G and having a part circular piece cut out of its circumference and
against which bears from time to time a shoulder projecting from a neighbouring
rotating part A or a segment shaped disc fixed on the main shaft, substantially as
described.
Fifth In a machine for making the interiors of match boxes a folder X for folding
in the one paper edge into a slot in the mould, consisting of a lever fixed upon a
shaft, which lever is actuated by a helical spring and by an eccentric actuating an arm
fixed on the shaft. substantially as described and shown.
Sixth: In a machine for making the interiors of match boxes, two folders o and o¹
and a brush p moving horizontally with the view of folding the paper over the
bottom, the folders consisting of bent levers, which by one of their arms engage with
each other and having their other arms provided with plates of and o³ adapted for
folding down the edge of the paper over the ends of the bottom, which is effected by
the lower folder o being actuated by an arm or stud of fixed on an eccentric, where-
upon a spiral spring acting upon the upper folder separates the folders from each
other..
Seventh In a machine for making the interiors of match boxes an apparatus
:.

page_text: consisting of a bent or bell crank lever 46, the one arm of which is connected with the
vencer slide, and the other arm of which is provided with a slot so shaped that a
roller entering into the same and fixed on an arm projecting from a shaft imparts an
alternate vertical motion to the arm of the bent lever, which arm is fixed to the
slide by the said shaft being by any suitable mechanism put into oscillating motion.
Eighth: In a machine for making the interiors of match boxes an arrangement for
pushing off the ready made box from the mould, consisting therein that the mould
enters between two bent pieces which push off the box.
Ninth The machine for making the drawers or interiors of match boxes and shells
or covers for same substantially as described and shown.