Improvements in Machines for Making Metal Capsules, Tubes for Holding Colours, or the like.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 27th June, 1889-Accepted, 3rd Aug., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Making Metal Capsules, Tubes for
Holding Colours, or the like.
T, GEORGE HERBERT WAILES, of 258 Euston Road, in the County of Middlesex,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to provide machines for making metal capsules, tubes
for holding colours or the like with mechanical devices for feeding the blanks into
position for being stamped and for ejecting the tubes after stamping.
According to my Invention I provide a receptacle for the blanks at the outlet of
which is a receiver and feeder which receives the blanks from the outlet end of the
receiver and feeds them forward and into the counter part of the die of the stamping
press. I also provide a lever or the like which after each article is stamped acts upon
the plunger forming the lower member of the said counter part of the die and forces
the stamped article therefrom and I also provide a knocker which when the said
article has been so forced clear of the counter part of the die knocks it to one side
clear of the upper part of the die and into the receptacle for the formed articles. The
arrangement of the mechanism for these purposes may of course be modified but I
prefer to operate the parts by means of cams on a shaft under the bed plate of the
machine, the said shaft receiving a motion of rotation from the shaft of the press at
the proper time by means of chain wheels and a chain or other suitable gear. Tho
receiver and feeder may consist of a reciprocating piece with a recess to receive a
blank, from the receptacle for the blanks, and then to move forward to a position such
that the blank drops from the receiver and feeder into the counterpart of the die.
This feeding motion may be obtained from the under shaft by means of a bevel wheel
thereon engaging with a bevel wheel on a pin carrying an eccentric or cam engaging
in a slot in the said feeder and receiver. The lever or the like which acts on tho
plunger or lower member of the die to eject the tube may conveniently be operated
The
by a trigger and spring released by means of a cam arrangement on the shaft.
knocker may be mounted on a vertical shaft and be actuated by causing a cam on the
under shaft to act on a projection on the vertical shaft to give it a sharp movement of
partial rotation to knock the ejected article to one side clear of the line of action of
the upper die in stamping. In case of light articles instead of the knocker I may use
a fan giving a sufficiently powerful blast, the air cooling the forcer as well as removing
the article.
If the blanks be small the receiver and feeder may be furnished with fingers which
hold the blanks in position until they arrive over the counter part of the die,-when
they are released by the fingers which may be operated by a wiper on the same pin
as that which carries the eccentric or cam which operates the receiver and feeder.
1000
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Making Metal Capsules, Tubes for
Holding Colours, or the like.
GEORGE HERBERT WAILES 258 Euston Road, County of Middlesex Engineer, 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 mechanical devices to be applied to stamping presses, for

page_text: on the upper end of the said vertical shaft is fixed a knocker" for the purpose
of removing the stamped articles from the path of action of the forcer, in the caso
of light articles in lieu of the "knocker," I may use an air blast supplied through
pipes or tubes i, which would not only remove the articles from the path of the
forcer, but also cool the said forcer.
When first starting the machine, a blank is ejected from the receptacle for the
blanks into the receiver d² which through the medium of the chain on the wheel of
the crank shaft of the press, and the cam or excentric d on the cam shaft c in the
example shewn at Figs. 1 and 3, or in Figs. 6, 8, 9 and 10 is caused to move
forward and directly under the forcer, and to deposit the blank in the die block,
the receiver and feeder d is then caused by the excentric or cam d to recede, the
forcer then descending and forming the stamped article, the forcer ² then returns
to its highest position, before reaching the end of its return stroke, the came through
the medium of the lever and the spring or weight at its outer end, to give a
sharp jerk or motion to the rod or trigger f³ which forces the stamped article from
the die block, at the same time the cam g causes a pin on the vertical shaft g² to
give a partial rotation to the said shaft g², which causes the knocker g fixed at the
upper end of the said vertical shaft to partially rotate and knock the stamped article
as it rises into a box provided to receive the same.
Modified forms of the receiver and feeder are shown in the accompanying
drawings at Figs. 4, 9 and 10. In Fig. 4 it will be seen that the forward end of
the receiver d is formed of two parts d³, d connected to the main part or body by
a steel spring or springs on either side, which allow the jaws or fingers of the feeder
to release the blank in case it became misplaced or caught in the die. In the
arrangement shewn at Figs. 9 and 10, the receiver and feeder is constructed in two
parts, viz. upper and lower portions, that portion shewn in section at Fig. 10.
being the upper or moving portion, having a pivot, fixed pin or axis, the long arm d
when struck or forced over by the small projection d' causes the part de to open and
release the blank when over the centre of the die block, but when struck by the
projection d it receives the blank and retains it until it is in a proper position to be
released by the projection d', the two parts of the feeder being kept closed together
by means of a spring as shown, or in any other convenient position. It must be
understood, I do not restrict myself to the proportions one part bears to another as
shewn in the accompanying drawings.
Having described the nature of this Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. The arrangement and use in stamping presses for capsules or tubes for holding
colors, scents or the like, of a cam or excentric d on a horizontal or vertical shaft
for giving a reciprocating motion to a receiver and feeder d for conveying the
blanks to the die block, as herein substantially described and illustrated.
2. The arrangement and use in stamping presses for capsules or tubes for holding
colors, scents or the like, of a cam or excentric e on a horizontal or vertical shaft for
transmitting motion through levers or rods to the vertical trigger f³ for ejecting the
stamped article from the die block, as herein substantially described and illustrated.
3. The arrangement and use in stamping presses for capsules or tubes for holding
colors, scents or the like, of a cam or excentric g on a horizontal or vertical shaft
for giving a rotary or partial rotary motion to a vertical rod, carrying a
" knocker" g
at its upper end for removing the stamped article from the path or line of action of
the forcer, as herein substantially described and illustrated.
4. The arrangement and use in stamping presses for capsules or tubes for holding,
colors, scents or the like of a receiver and feeder, constructed as herein substantially
described and illustrated at Fig. 4.
5. The arrangement and use in stamping presses for capsules or tubes for holding
colors, scents or the like of a receiver and feeder, constructed as herein substantially
described and illustrated at Figs. 9 and 10.

page_text: 6. The arrangement and use in stamping presses for capsules or tubes for holding
colors, scents or the like of a series of pipes or tubes with regulating cocks for con-
veying a blast of air for removing small articles from the path of action of the forcer
when stamped, as herein substantially described and illustrated.
7. The arrangement and use in stamping presses for capsules or tubes for holding
colors, scents or the like, of the various parts herein substantially described and illus-
trated, combined, forming an automatic action gear for performing the various actions
as and when required.
T571
Love of T1000
GEORGE HERBERT WAILES,
Applicant.