Improvements in or connected with Box Covering and Topping Machines.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Nov., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 25th June, 1896-Accepted, 25th July, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Box Covering and Topping
Machines.
I, THOMAS BISHOP, of 44, Deritend, Birmingham, Manufacturer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to provide an improved manner of attaching or
supporting the box block spindle in a covering or stripping machine so that the
said spindle may be readily adjusted to any desired position relatively to the
cut off knife or shears to suit the covering of boxes of varied size and shape and
my invcution is equally applicable to the table of a topping machine or to a
combination of both machines.
In carrying out my invention I form on the side of the frame of the covering
machine a horizontal slot which slot is in connection with two or more vertical
slots of equal width. I further construct a slotted bar of iron, or other suitable
material on one end of which bar (and at right angles thereto) I attach my box
block spindle. The slot in this bar is of equal width to the slots in the frame of the
machine before described. I further provide two or more screwed bolts of suitable
Bize and length to pass through the slotted bar and slotted frame as described
below. In using my invention I place the slotted bar against the slotted frame in
the position required to bring the box block spindle into its best position, I then
pass the bolts through the slots in both bar and frame and by screwing up the nuts
retain the bar in its desired place. By substituting a table for the block
spindle I apply my invention to a topping machine or by duplicating the frame
slots and slotted bar on the opposite side of my machine and attaching a table
to the said extra bar 1 apply my invention to a combined covering and topping
machine.
Dated this 11th day of November 1895.
Improvements in or connected with Box Covering and Topping
Machines.
I, THOMAS BISHOP, of 44, Deritend, in the City of Birmingham, Manufacturer,
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 consists of improvements in or connected with box covering
and topping machines my object being to provide convenient and effective means
of supporting the box block spindle of a box covering or stripping machine, and
the table of a box topping machine, and to so arrange the same as to permit of
ready adjustment.
In order that my invention and the method of carrying the same into effect may
be the more readily understood, I append hereunto one sheet of explanatory drawings
to be hereinafter referred to.

page_text: Figure 1 is a side elevation representing the application of my invention to a
machine arranged for box covering or stripping.
Figure 2 is a plan partly in section showing the slotted supporting bar with the
box block secured thereto.
Figure 3 is a plan, Figure 4 a side elevation, and Figure 5 an end elevation of
a combined table and supporting bar as employed with the machine when arranged
for box topping.
The same reference letters in the different views indicate the same parts.
In the side framing A of the machine I form a slot such as B in connection
with slots C and D, the three slots being of equal width. Such slots are
formed to admit the bolts E and F by means of which the slotted bar G is secured
in position against the side of the framing upon tightening the nuts on the outer
ends of the bolts. The slot in the bar G is of a similar width to the slots B, C,
and D, and upon slackening the nuts on the bolts E and F the bar can be
readily adjusted until the block H is brought to the required position relatively
to the knife or shears of the machine, in which position it is secured by tightening
the nuts. The block H is mounted upon a spindle carried or supported in the
bearing formed at the end of the bar as illustrated at Figure 2. The arrangement
of the mechanism for covering the box with the paper or strip J forms no part of
my invention.
For service with a machine arranged for box topping I attach to the slotted
bar Ga table such as G, Figures 3, 4 and 5, on which the box is supported
during the topping process the attachment being so arranged as to permit of
adjustment of the table to the required angle. The slotted bar G is adjusted and
secured in position in the same manner as the bar G of the covering or stripping
machine hereinbefore described.
In a combined box covering and topping machine I form slots such as B, C, and D,
in each of the side frames of the machine and bolt to the one side a slotted bar G
such as shown at Figure 2, and upon the opposite side a bar such as G' shown at
Figures 3, 4, and 5.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
olaim is.
1. The improved means for the support and adjustment of the box block spindle
of a box covering or stripping machine and the table of a box topping machine,
substantially as described.
2. In a box covering or stripping machine the combination of a slotted side frame
with a slotted bar such as G and bolts as E and F substantially as and for tho
purposes described and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
3. In a box topping machine the combination of a slotted side frame with a
slotted bar such as G¹ having a table as G attached thereto substantially as and
for the purposes hereinbefore described and as illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
4. The arrangement of a combined box covering and topping machine with
adjustable bars for supporting the block spindle and the topping table substantially
as described.
Dated this 24th day of June 1996
MARKS & CLERK,
18 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,. and
13 Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.