Improvements in Apparatus for Filling Match Boxes with Matches.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 27th June, 1888
Complete Specification Left, 25th Mar., 1889-Accepted, 27th June, 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Filling Match Boxes with Matches.
I, NILS MICHAEL STRÖM, of 31A Engelbrektsgatan, Stockholm, Sweden, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
One of the greatest difficulties, when filling match-boxes by machinery, has
hitherto been the shooting in of the inner box, whon filled, into the case or
outer box.
This difficulty is entirely obviated according to this invention by allowing the empty
inner box to be partly inserted into the outer while the matches are being placed
therein.
In order to bring this about, the boxes are placed in such a manner that the
opening of the inner box, which is partially inserted in the case, is downward, and
directly above an oscillating table along which the suitable number of matches aro
pushed with the one end in that part of the inner box which is inserted in the case.
When as many matches as are to fill the box are in place the table is turned up level
with the edges of the downwardly open side of the inner box, and there is then no
difficulty in pushing the filled inner box into the case.
The accompanying drawings show by way of example a box filling machine con-
structed according to this invention.
Figure 1 shows the machine in vertical section along the line A B in figures 2
and 2. Figure 2 is a plan of the first half of the machine and Figure 2 a plan of
the other half. Figure 3 is an end elovation of the machine. Figure 4 represents a
section of the machine along the line C D in figure 2ª. Figures 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9
are details.
a is the magazine in which the matches, taken from the frames are laid with their
heads in the same direction. In the lower part of this magazine there are two
moveable parts a³ with reciprocating motion, which by means of curved connecting
pieces a are coupled to a bar a. This bar receives its motion by a grooved
wheel a on the shaft m (see Figure 3). The purpose of these moveable pieces is
to shake down the matches in proper position and make them sink evenly.
Under the magazino a there is a channel a into which the matches fall
(vide figures 1 and 4). The bottom of this channel is provided with an adjustable
trap a regulated by an adjusting screw a passing through the table of the machine
and sustained by a spring.
By raising or lowering this trap the number of matches to be taken from the
magazine is determined, and by giving it a quick up and down motion the matches
brought into the channel a' are arranged.
Figures 8 and 9 show how this shaking may be accomplished. Figure 8 is a
section along the line G-H in figure 9, and Figure 9 is a section along the line E F
in figure 8. On the screw a proceeding from the trap a³ there are two nuts enclosing
a sleeve provided with projecting pins, which are caught by the one arm of a
lever a. The other arm of this lever rests on the wheel a" mounted on the
shaft me. This wheel a" is at one part of its circumference provided with teeth.
When this part of the circumference passes under the arm at the trap aª is put
in shaking motion.
In front of the opening from whence the matches are pushed out of the
magazine a, there is an adjustable brush a³, the object of which is to retain those
matches which are not to be taken by the pushing rod b (figure 1).
In front of the brush there is a lid 6 kept in place by a light spring b' which
lid is pressed by the spring down on the matches, and gives them a steady move-
ment while being pushed out. When the matches leave the channel a' in which

page_text: the rod moves, they fall into a turntable under the channel (ride figures 1
and 2, ns also the details in figures 5, 6 and 7). This table is intended for turning
the matches so that they are thrust head foremost into the inner box, which is
partially insorted in the case or outer box, (ride figure 5, and 2.)
In front of the channel a (cide figures 1 and 2) there is a lid movable round
and kept in the position shown in the drawing by a spring not seen in
the pivot
the drawing,
From the lid
an arm proceeds, to which a thread is attached and which
thread is kept tant between and an arm 7 affixed to the frame. This thread is
intended to keep a hook in the position shown in the drawing (figure 4). This
hook is pivoted on the uncoupling-handle which is itself movable in the
bearing d and ends with a hook d'. This hook serves to retain an arm on the
shaft on which the troudles d' are also affixed (vide figures 1, 2, 2, 3 and 4).
Further, there is the bell-crank lever d' d' (eide figures 3 and 4) attached to the
shaft. Every stroke of the machine causes that part of the bell-crank lever to
be struck by the tappet on the shaft d' (ride figure 4) when the bell-rank
lever is given a reciprocating motion. The upper end of the lover ª has a
notch d' which has no influence on the hook on the handle so long as the
thread (ride figure 2) is kept taui. But should it occur that the matches, when
being pushed out of the magazine a fall into disorder then when the turn-plate a
revolves, the lid is caused to he pushed forwards and the thread 6
kept taut between the arms and becomes slack. The book
notch d' on the lever d³ and now when the tappet d' on the shaft
the hook dis drawn from the catch of the arm d. Then the spiral spring placed
between the machine table and the treadle d by means of the fork" (ride figures I
and 8) uncouples the clutch 2 from the driving pulley and by this action the
machine is immediately stopped.
which was before
then falls into the
strikes the lover de
To set the machine in motion again the cells of the turuplate are cleared from the
disorder, the lid & placed in its proper position so that the thread 6 becomes taut,
when the hook & lets go the catch in the notch &, after which the treadle dis
pressed down so that the hook d' may retain the arm (.
The turnplato e (cide figures 5. 6. and 7) performs the office of turning the matches
pushed out from the magazine a (vide figure 2). They first fall into the cell
which
is under the channel a². The position of the turn plate in the drawing is that
which it has when the matches have just been pushed out and have fallen into the
call g
As is seen from figures 6 and 7 the cell g is wider than the opposito cell
from which the matches are brought by a prosser g into the channel under g.
The presser is fixed to a rod g³ moving in guides; this rod is lifted by an
eccentric
which nets upon an arun projecting from the rod 7. In the
channel there is a pushing rod g' (vide figuros 1. 2. 3 and 4) the purpose of
which is to push up the matches on the table (vide fig. 5) and place thom in the
inner box which is placed upside down and partially inserted in the outer hox or
case h³.
While the matches are being laid in, the outer box is expanded by a hook h³
connected with a bar (ride fig. 5) referred to more fully hereinafter. The boxes
during the time when they are filled and closed, are firmly hold by a lid hª from above,
besides which the inner box is retained by a hook 4ª.
It will be seen from figures 5. 6 and 7 that there are frames and g fitled into the
turnplate c, the one from below, the other from abovo and joined by cross pieces i i
which move round the fixed eccentric .
When the frames and the turnplate rotate, the former are driven to the side by the
excentric and the width of the cells is thus increased or diminished and thus both
collect and arrange the matches better than if the size of the cells romained unchanged.
The rotation of tho turnplato e is operated from a lover h' (vide figure 1) pivottod
on a bolt, fixed to the hanger P. From this lover 7, a bar proceeds to a bar hº,
which runs in the guides po fixed in the frame.

page_text: On the lower end of the shaft of the excentric there is a disc&provided
four studs K.
The rotation of the disc k is one fourth of a turn for every turn of the shaft of the
machine, and this rotation takes place every time the bars 6 and g' fixed to the
common crosspiece m¹ (cide figures 1 and 2) are drawn back. A tappet or tooth m is
attached to the crosspiece m which tappet catches into a corresponding notch m in
the lever (vide figure 1). By this means the reciprocating motion of the lever can
be limited to but a part of the course which the crosspiece m³ runs.
In the bar there is a notch in which the studs projecting from the disc
engage, the one after the other in consequence of the reciprocating motion of the
bar (vide fig. 6). In front of this notch thero is placed a stopping mechanism k³
which is kept in the position shown in the drawing by a spring. When the bar A
moves in the direction of the arrow the disc is obliged to follow one quarter of a turn
and when the bar is drawn back the disc is kept firm in its given position by the
studs & being firmly pressed against the bar.
The crosspiece m' (vide figures 1 and 2) is actuated by the arm m³, which arm
mounted on the shaft m³, is moved by the arm m, which with a roller engages into
the cam path m³ in a cam fixed on the shaft me.
Conical gearing leads the motion from the shaft me to the shaft d'.
The table (vide figures 1 and 5) which is provided with a descending arm with a
conical end n reaching down into the groove n¹ in a druin n on the shaft d' receives
its motion from this shaft. By this arrangement the table receives the most suitable
and gentlest motion for the filling, while the axle round which the table turns can
thereby be somewhat raised and lowered while the table is turned upwards. This
gentle movement is simply attained by varying the depth of the groove n¹. The work
proceeds more easily if the table be provided with a slight longitudinal groove (vide
figure 5.)
"The hook which keeps the inner box in its place is operated by the lever n³
which with its one end engages in the groove n³ of a disc on the shaft and with the
other end embraces an arm descending from the shaft of the hook (vide figures 5
and 6).
The empty boxes are placed shut in the magazine o (vide figures 1 and 2) with the
open side of the inner boxes turned downward. From this magazine the boxes are
fed into one of the cells of the turnplate o' (figures 1 and 2) by an arm o' attached
to a bar which moves in the guides p fixed to the table of the machine. On the
bar 10, there is also an arm h, which pushes open the boxes and places them in
proper position above the elevating table h, as also an arm ", which closes the filled
boxes and pushes them again into the turn plate o¹.
The bar is put in motion by a lever p fixed on the shaft p³ and the shaft p³ is
put in motion by the arm p the bar p' and the lever p³ the upper end of which is
provided with a roller, which runs in the groove p', in a disc mounted on the shaft d'.
The turnplate o' is set in motion by a tooth n on the disc n* (ride figure 5) which
footh engages in the notches n' in the underside of the turnplate o'. The surfaces
between the notches n° are forined to correspond with the surface of the disc n
which disc is firmly pressed against one of these surfaces. From this it follows that
the turnplate o is held immoveably in that position given it by the tooth n°.
When one of the cells of the turnplate c reaches that point opposite the place of the
elevating table the bar ho, with its arms, moves upwards, a new box is placed in the
turntable from the magazine o, the box standing opposite the elevating table is pushed
forward and opened by the arin h, at the same time as it is slightly enlarged by the
hook h³ (vide figure 5).
The filling being completed and the boxes about to be closed the bar 410 begins to
descend, the hook A sinks, the arm h¹ again pushes the boxes on to the turnplate o³
and closes them.
The turn plate is then rotated until the next cell is opposite to the elevating
table. During the continued motion of the turnplate the cells with the filled
boxes reach a point opposite a descending hook from the arm p (vide figure 2)

page_text: the office of which is the removal of the filled boxes out of the colls. This hook of
the arm p is placed over the turn plate when it turns. The arm p is connected with a
toothed segment pl gearing with another toothed segment p³ mounted on the shaft p³.
The boxes are thus carried off and either full into a channel or also into a box
standing beside the machine.
After having removed a box from a cell the arm p is brought back through the
empty cell to a position behind the cell above the turntable ready to recommenco
the operation when the next cell comes before the hook of the aru.
As is seen from the drawings the mechanism is placed on a framo resembling a
table and that part of the table on which the turnplato o has its place, inclines to
the horizontal part so far as it is necessary for thatches while being pushed into
the box, to come straight into the inner box placed above the elevating table, a
proceeding which is conducive to good work.
Dated this 27th day of Jun 18NR
W. LLOYD WISE,
Por F. J. Brougham,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Filling Matoh Boxes with Matches.
I, Nus MICHAEL STROM of 81 Engelbrektsgatan, Stockholm, Sweden, 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:-
One of the greatest difficulties, when filling match boxes by machinery, has hitherto
been the shooting in of the inner box, when filled, into the case or outer box. This
difficulty is entirely obviated according to this invention by allowing the empty inner
box to be partly inserted into the outer while the matches are being placul therein.
In order to bring this about, the boxes are placed in such a manner that the opening
of the inner box, which is partially inserted in the case, is downward, and directly
above an oscillating table along which the suitable number of matches are pushed with
the one end in that part of the inner box which is inserted in the case.
When as
many matches as are to fill the box are in place the table is turned up level with the
edges of the downwardly open side of the inner box and there is then no difficulty in
pushing the filled inner box into the case.
The drawings filed with my provisional specification show a box filling machino
constructed according to this invention.
Fig. 1 shows the machine in vertical section along the line A B in figures 2 and 2.
Figure 2 is a plan of the first half of the machine and figure 2 a plan of the
other half. Figure 3 is an end elevation of the machine. Figure 10presents a section
of the machine along the line D in figure 23, Figures 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are details.
a is the magazine in which the matches taken from the frames are laid with their
heads in the same direction. In the lower part of this magazine there are two
movable parts a with reciprocating motion, which by means of curved connecting
piecos a are coupled to a bar a³.
This bar receives its motion by a grooved wheel as on the shaft me (sco
Figure 3). The purpose of these movable pieces is to shake down the
matches in propor position and make them sink evenly. Under the magazine a
there is a channel a into which the matches fall (vide figures 1 and 4). The
bottom of this channel is provided with an adjustable trap aª rogulated by an
adjusting screw a passing through the table of the machine and sustained by a
spring.
By raising or lowering this trap the number of matches to be taken from the
magazino is determined, and by giving it a quick up and down motion the matches
brought into the channel a are arranged,

page_text: Figures 8 and 9 shew how this shaking may be accomplished. Fig. 8 15 a
section along the line G H in figure 9, and Figure 9 is a section along the
line EF in figure 8. On the screw a proceeding from the trap as there are two
nuts enclosing a sleeve provided with projecting pins, which are caught by the one
arm of a lever a 10. The other arm of this lever rests on the wheel all mounted on the
shaft m®.
This wheel a is at one part of its circumference provided with teeth. When
this part of the circumference passes under the arm a¹º the trap a³ is put in shaking
motion.
In front of the opening from whence the matches are pushed out of the magazine a,
there is an adjustable brush a², the object of which is to retain those matches which
are not to be taken by the pushing rod b (figure 1).
In front of the brush there is a lid kept in place by a light spring b¹ which
lid is pressed by the spring down on the matches, and gives them a steady move-
ment, while being pushed out. When the matchos leave the channel a' in which the
rod 6 moves they fall into a turntable cundor the channel (ride figures 1 and 2, as
also the details in figures 5, 6 and 7). This table is intended for turning the matches
so that they are thrust head foremost into the inner box, which is partially inserted in
the case or outer box (vide figure 5, h' and h²).
In front of the channel a (vide figures 1 and 2) there is a lid movable round
the pivot 6 and kept in the position shown in the drawing by a spring not seen in the
drawing.
From the lid an arm proceeds, to which a thread is attached and which
thread is kept taut between and an arm & affixed to the frame. This thread is intended
to keep a hook 6" in the position shown in the drawing (figure 4). This hook 7,8 is
pivoted on the uncoupling-handle which is itself movable in the bearing & and ends
with a hook d¹.
This hook serves to retain an arm on the shaft d³ on which the treadles d' are
also affixed (vide figures 1, 2, 2, 3 and 4).
Further, there is the bell crank lever d³
shaft d³.
(ride figures 3 and 4) attached to the
Every stroke of the machine causes that part of the bell-crank lever to be
struck by the tappet on the shaft d' (ride figure 4) when the hell crank lever d³ d
is given a reciprocating motion. The upper end of the lever d has a notch which
has no influence on the hook 78 on the handle so long as the thread 6 (vide
figure 2) is kept taut. But should it occur that the matches, when being pushed
out of the magazine a fall into disorder then when the turn-plate c revolves, the lid b*.
is caused to be pushed forwards and the thread 6 which was before kept taut between
the arms band b' become slack. The hook then falls into the notch d on the
lever and now when the tappet on the shaft d' strikes the lever d the hook d¹
is drawn from the catch of the arm . Then the spiral spring placed between the
machine table and the treadle d' by means of the fork (vide figures 1 and 3)
uncouples the clutch f from the driving pulley and by this action the machine is
immediately stopped.
To set the machine in motion again the cells of the turnplate are cleared from the
disorder, the lid 6 placed in its proper position so that the thread 6 becomes taut,
when the hook 8 lets go the catch in the notch, after which the treadle d' is
pressed down so that the hook may retain the arm d.
The turnplate c(vide figures 5, 6 and 7) performs the office of turning the
matches pushed out from the magazine a (vide figure 2). They first fall into a
cell that is under the channel a³.
The position of the turnplate shewn in the drawing is that which it occupies when
the matches have just been pushed out from the channel a' and have fallen into one
of the cells g of which there are four shewn in the drawings.
The width of each cell is varied from that shewn at g at the right hand side of
Fig. 6 to that shewn at g' at the loft hand side of this Fig. For this purpose as
will be seen from Figs. 5, 6 and 7 the outer sides of the cells 9 are formed by

page_text: frames and fitted into the turnplate c, the one from below, the other from
above and joined by cross pieces i, i, which move round the fixed recentric i.
When the frames and the turnplate rotate, the former are caused to slide to one side
or other of the turnplate by the eccentric and the width of the cells is thus
increased and diminished and thus both collect and arrange the matches better than
if the size of the cells remained unchanged. As each coll is brought into the
position (Fig. 5) the matches therein are forced by a prosser into the channel g
under g. The presser g is fixed to a rod g moving in guides; this rod is lifted by
an occentric which nets upon an army projecting from the rod g³. in the
channel there is a pushing rod g (ride Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4) the purpose of which
is to push up the matches on the table h (vide Fig. 5) and place them in the inner
box which is placed upside down and partially inserted in the outer box or case ².
While the matches are being laid in the outer box is expanded by a hook hª
connected with a bar h (ride Fig. 5) referred to more fully hereinafter. The boxes
during the time when they are filled and closed, are firmly held by a lid from
above, besides which the inner box is retained by a hook h*.
The rotation of the turnplate e is effected by a lever h (ride Fig. 1) pivotted on a
bolt fixed to the hanger P. From this lever ', a har proceeds to a bar hº,
which runs in the guides p" fixed in the frame. On the lower end of the shaft of
the turnplate there is a dise k provided with four studs. The rotation of the
dise is one fourth of a turn for every turn of the shaft of the machine, and this
rotation takes place overy time the bars and 7, fixed to the common crosspiece m²
(eide figures and 2) are drawn back. A tappet or tooth m is attached to the
crosspiece which tappet catches into a corresponding notch m in the lever ' (vide
figure 1). By this means the reciprocating motion of the lever can be limited to but
a part of the course which the crosspiece m³ runs.
In the bar there is a notch (shown in dotted lines in fig. 6) in which the
studs projecting from the disc k engage, the one after the other in consequence of
the reciprocating motion of the bar (ride figure 6). In front of this notch there
is placed a stopping mechanism or catch which is kept in the position shown
in the drawing by a spring. When the bar moves in the direction of the arrow
(Fig. 6) the dise is obliged to make one quarter of a turn by the action of the
spring catch upon one of the studs. When the bar is drawn back the disc is
kept firm in its given position by the studs being firmly pressed against the bar,
and when the spring catch comos in contact with the next succeeding stud, it is
depressed or moved to the right (Fig. 6) and after passing the stud is forced ont
behind the same by its spring into the position shown ready for the next forward
stroke of the bar h³.
The crosspiece m² (vide Figs. 1 and 2) is actuated by the arm m³ which arm
mounted on the shift m³, is moved by the arm m', which with a roller engages into
the cam path m in a cam fixed on the shaft me.
Conical gearing leads the motion from the shaft me to the shaft d'.
The table (ride Figs. 1 and 5) is provided with a descending arm with a conical
end reaching down into the groove n³ in a drum nª on the shaft & whereby it
receives a rocking motion from this shaft. By this arrangement the table receives
the most suitable and gentlest motion for the filling, while the axle round which the
table rocks can thereby be somewhat raised and lowered while the table is turned
upwards. This gentle movement is simply attained by varying the depth of the
groove n¹.
The work proceeds more easily if the table be provided with a slight longitudinal
groove (vide figuro 5).
The hook which keeps the inner box in its place is operated by the lever n'
which with its one end engages in the groove n of a disc on the shaft and
with the other end embraces an arm descending from the shaft of the hook (vide
figures 5 and 6),
The empty boxes are placed shut in the magazine o (vide figures 1 and 2) with thọ
open side of the inner boxes turned downward.

page_text: From this magazine the boxes are fed into one of the cells of the turnplate o'
(figures 1 and 2) by an arm o² attached to a bar 10 which moves in the guides p³
fixed to the table of the machine. On the bar 10, there is also an arm, which
pushes open the boxes and places them in proper position above the elevating tablo h,
as also an arm 12, which closes the filled boxes and pushes them again into the
turnplate o. The bar is put in motion by a lever p fixed on the shaft p³ and the
shatt p is put in motion by the arm the bar p' and the lever p the upper end
of which is provided with a roller, which runs in the groove p', in a disc mounted
on the shaft d².
The turnplate o' is set in motion by a tooth n on the disc n (vide figure 5) which
tooth engages in the notches n' in the underside of the turnplate o'. The surfaces
between the notches n are formed to correspond with the surface of the disc n
which disc is firmly pressed against one of these surfaces. From this it follows
that the turnplate of is held immoveably in that position given it by the tooth n³.
When one of the cells of the turnplate e reaches that point opposite the place
of the elevating table the bar 10, with its arms, moves upwards, a new box is
placed in the turntable from the magazine o, the box standing opposite the
elevating table is pushed forward and opened by the arm, at the same time as
it is slightly enlarged by the hook h³ (vide figure 5).
The filling being completed and the boxes about to be closed the bar 10 begins to
descend, the hook / sinks, the arm again pushes the boxes on to the turnplate o¹
and closes them. The turnplate is then rotated until the next cell is opposite to the
elevating table.
During the continued motion of the turnplate the colls with the filled boxes reach
a point opposite a descending hook from the arm p (vide figure 2) the office of which
is the removal of the filled boxes out of the cells. This hook of the arm p is placed
over the turnplate when it turns. The arm p is connected with a toothed segment pl
gearing with another toothed segment p² mounted on the shaft p³. The boxes are
thus carried off and either fall into a channel or else into a box standing beside
the machine.
After having removed a box from a cell the arm p is brought back through the
empty cell to a position behind the cell above the turntable ready to recommence the
operation when the next cell comes before the hook of the arm.
As is seen from the drawings the mochanism is placed on a frame resembling a
table and that part of the table on which the turnplate o has its place, inclines to
the horizontal part so far as it is necessary for the matches while being pushed into
the box, to come straight into the inner box placed above the elevating table a
proceeding which is conducive to good work.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what
I claim is
1. In apparatus for filling match-boxes with matches inserting the inner box
partially into the outer box while it is being filled, substantially as and for the purposes
set forth.
2. In apparatus for filling match-boxes with matches, the arrangement of the
inner box upside down above an elevating table (h) moveable about an axis in or
near the edge of one of the shorter sides of the table, which table when the
filling in commences, is in a slanting position and up along which the requisite
number of matches is pushed ends first into the inner box, after which the elevating
table is turned against the edge of the opening of the inner- box, substantially as
described.
3. In apparatus for filling match-boxes with matches, the effecting the movement
of the elevating table referred to in claim 2 by means of a drum, provided with a
groove which gradually becomes deeper, and which acts on an arm projecting from
the elevating table, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

page_text: 4. In apparatus for filling match-boxes with matches, the use for holding the inner
box while being filled, of a hook (4) acting in combination with mechanism by which
the said hook is introduced into the inner box when the filling commences, and
withdrawn when it is accomplished, substantially as set forth.
5. In apparatus for filling match-boxes with matches, a pushing-rod (b) working
to and fro pushing out lengthwise from the magazine containing the loose matches,
the necessary number of matches, substantially as set forth.
6. In apparatus for filling match-boxes with matches, a magazine, out of which the
loose mmtches are pushed by the pushing rod, provided with an adjustable brush (a)
which retains superfluous matches, and with a lid placed outside the brush which
guides the matches, and is kept in position by a weak spring or a weight, substantially
as described.
7. In apparatus for filling match-boxes with matches, a moveable adjustable
trap (a) in the channel in which moves the pushing rod (1) referred to in claim 5
which trap may be given a quick up and down movement, so as to arrange the
matches, substantially as described.
8. In apparatus for filling match-boxes with matches, a turntable (c) provided with
cells in order to turn and collect the matches pusherl out of the match imagazine and
provided with moveable frames (g" 9") which are moved out and in in the turntable by
means of an eccentric, so as to increase or diminish the breadth of the cells, substantially
as set forth.
9. In apparatus for filling match-boxes with matches, the use for stopping the
machine when it becomes disarranged in its action, of a thread, which when the work
is proceeding normally is kept stretched hetween two arms one fixed and the other
pivotted to the framework of the apparatus (or between two pivotted arms) and which
when in this state keeps a hook lifted out of the entch with an uncoupling device, the
pivotted arm being so arranged that it is turned when the apparatus is disarranged in
such a way the thread becomes slack and the hook falls down catching the uncoupling
device which then either uncouples a clutch or moves the driving belt over to the
loose pulley, substantially as set forth.
10. In apparatus for filling match-boxes with matches a turntable provided with
cells for the boxes (o') and designed to take the boxes to and from that place, where
the actual work of filling is accomplished substantially as set forth.
Dated this 25th day of March 1888
W. LLOYD WISE,
Per F.J. Brougham,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.