Improvements in Machines for Forming, Filling, and Sealing Boxes to Contain Small Articles for the Market.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Sept., 1892-Accepted, 15th Oct., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by WILLIAM HENRY BUTLER, Secretary, of
No. 53, Halsey Street, in the City of Brooklyn, State of New York,
United States of America.]
Improvements in Machines for Forming, Filling, and Sealing Boxes
to Contain Small Articles for the Market.
I, HENRY EDWARD NEWTON of the Office for Patents, 6 Bream's Buildings,
Chancery Lane, in the County of London, Patent Agent, 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 box filling machines, and especially to machines used
in filling that class of boxes known as slide boxes, in which the box proper is
enclosed within a tubular cover or sheath.
The object of the present invention is to improve the general construction of this
class of machines and the groups of mechanism employed therein, and especially to
provide a machine in which the entire operation shall be automatic, the box being
formed from a blank or web filled with the material or articles to be packed,
enclosed within the tubular cover or sheath, which is automatically brought into
position for this purpose, and the covered box sealed by a sealing strip of paper or
similar material, which may be previously prepared, but is preferably formed from
the. web in the machine.
The machine embodying the invention has been constructed and is designed for
packing cigarettes, and will be described as a cigarette packing machine, but it will
be understood that it is applicable also to packing other articles or material in
boxes of similar form, and that various parts of the mechanism may be used in
box filling machines of other classes, or with mechanism of other form, in machines
of the same class.
For a full understanding of the invention, a detailed description of a machine of
the preferred form embodying the same will be given, reference being had to the
accompanying drawings forming a part of this Specification, in which :—
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the machine in its preferred form.
Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the box-forming and cigarette feeding
mechanisms.
Fig. 3 is a plan view.
Fig. 4 is a horizontal section taken above the carrier.
Fig. 5 is a vertical section on the line 5 of Fig. 3, showing the box-forming
mechanism.
Fig. 6 is a horizontal section on the line 6 of Fig. 5.
Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the cigarette magazine and feeding devices.
Fig. 8 is a central longitudinal section of the same.
Fig. 9 is a detailed section of the cigarette packing mechanism on an enlarged
scale, taken on the line 9 of Fig. 8.
Fig. 10 is a detail of the cam for operating the cigarette packing plunger.
Fig. 11 is a section on the line 11 of Fig. 7.
Fig. 12 is a section of the cover feeding and box covering mechanism, looking
to the left on the line 12 of Fig. 4.
Fig. 13 is a section of the same on the line 13 of Fig. 4.
Fig. 14 is a section looking to the right on the line 12 of Fig. 4.
Fig. 15 is a section on the line 15 of Figs. 4 and 14.
Fig. 16 is a similar section, showing the parts in a different position.

page_text: Figs. 21 to 26 show a modification in which the boxes are formed from blanks
fed from a magazine and the sealing mechanism is omitted.
Fig. 21 is a front elevation similar to Fig. 1.
Fig. 22 is a plan view.
Fig. 23 is a horizontal section of the box-blank magazine, showing the devices
for delivering the bottom blank to the carrier.
Figs. 24, 25, and 26 are sections on respectively the lines 24 25 and 26 of
Fig. 23.
Figs. 27 to 34 are diagrams, partly in section, showing the different steps in
forming the product.
The frame of the machine may be of any construction suitable to support the
operating parts. As shown, it consists of a standard A, carrying a base
plate B, provided with brackets or arms C D, upon which respectively the
box-forming and box-covering and sealing mechanisms are supported. Upon
the base plate B is mounted the carrier E on a shaft F (see Fig. 5), supported
inside the hollow standard by which the boxes are carried to the different
co-operating mechanisms, this carrier being rotated by an arm 10 provided
with a bowl which engages grooves or slots 11 on the under side of the
carrier, so as to move the latter forward one step at each rotation of the arm 10,
the latter being carried by a vertical shaft G, which is operated from the main
driving shaft H of the machine, through beveled gears 12.
The main shaft H may
be driven by any suitable power connections, being shown as actuated by a
pulley 1, which may be thrown in or out of engagement with the shaft by a shifting
lever K, the shaft extending horizontally above the carrier, and being mounted in
vertical brackets L on the base plate.
The shaft G carries also an arm 13, which may be, as shown, a continuation of
the arm 10 on the opposite side of the shaft, this shaft 13 being connected by a
link 14 to a crank arm 15 on shaft 16, which carries an arm 17, by which the
plunger for removing the filled box from the carrier, and enclosing it in the cover,
is actuated. The shaft 16 carries also an arm 18, provided with a bowl 19, which
runs in a groove 20 in a lever 21 pivotted at 22, and connected by a link 23 with
the plunger by which the covers are removed from the cover magazine. The
arm 13 carries a bowl 24, which runs in a groove 25 in one arm of a lever 26,
pivotted at 27, the other arm of which actuates the plunger for advancing the
covers into position to receive the filled boxes.
The carrier E is provided on its upper side with a series of holders M, in which
the boxes are held during the operation of filling, and from which they are removed
by a plunger in covering. These holders M form also matrices with which a die
co-operates to form the blauk into a box. The holders are equal in number to the
feeding grooves 11 on the under side of the carrier, so that the amount of feed is
equal to the distance between two holders, and at each step forward different
holders are brought into proper position for co-operation with the other parts of
the machine. A strong spring catch S engages the grooves 11 successively, and
ensures the accurate positioning of the holders after each feeding movement.
shown, the carrier is provided with six holders, but it is evident that this number
may be varied as desired, and all the operations of the machine shown may be
performed successively with a carrier provided with but three holders, which
successively assume the proper positions for receiving a box, filling the box, and
removing the box from the carrier for covering.
As
About this rotating carrier is grouped in proper position for co-operation there-
with, the various mechanisms which form the complete machine, these mechanisms
being the box-forming mechanism, or mechanism for forming and delivering to one
of the holders M a box to be filled; box filling mechanism by which the cigarettes
are delivered to the box; a cover magazine and mechanism for delivering the
tubular cover or sheath in position to receive the boxes; and covering mechanism

page_text: by which the box is removed from the carrier and enclosed within the cover.
With these mechanisms there is preferably combined a sealing mechanism by
which a sealing strip is applied to the covered box, so as to secure the box within
the cover.
The box-forming mechanism will first be described. The boxes may be formed
from blanks held in a magazine, in which case the box-forming mechanism will
consist simply of means for delivering a blank from the magazine to the holder on
the carrier, and a die for forming the box in the holder. In the preferred con-
struction, however, which will now be described, the boxes are formed in the
machine from a web of cardboard or thick paper, as usual in box-making
machines.
Referring now especially to the main views, and Figs. 5, 6, and 27 to 29, two
co-operating cutting rolls 28 are mounted at the rear of the machine on the frame C,
by which the web X of box paper is advanced, and cut to form a series of box
blanks connected at their ends as shown in Figs. 5 & 6. These cutting rolls 28
are driven from the main driving shaft H by a chain 29 and sprocket wheels, the
rolls being geared together to secure their proper action. Above the rolls 28, and
geared therewith, is a short shaft 29* carrying a crank arm 30, which is connected
by a link 31 to a bar 32, reciprocating between guides 33, and provided with
feeding fingers 34. These feeding fingers 34 engage the strip of box blanks X, as
shown in Fig. 6, and advance them over a supporting roll in table 35, the throw of
the feeding fingers 34 being equal to the length of a blank. The guide 33, above
the bar 32, is constructed of spring metal, so as to yield and allow the fingers to
be raised and pass over the sides of the blank as the fingers are withdrawn, and
insure their contact with the rear edges of the blank for advancing the latter.
The blanks X are successively advanced by the fingers 34 to a position above
the holder M on the carrier, which has then been brought into position opposite
the mechanism just described. The blank may be of sufficient length only to
form the bottom and sides of the box, but, as shown, is extended on each end, so as
to form also a cover for the box, so that the latter is closed on all sides before
being inserted into the tubular cover or sheath. As the blank reaches the proper
position above the holder, and the feeding fingers are withdrawn to feed forward
another blank, the biank is depressed into the holder, and the open box formed by
the descent of the die 36, which is carried by a bar moving between guides 37,
and actuated by a pitman 38 from an eccentric 39 on the main driving shaft H.
The dic 36 carries a knife 40 by which the blank is severed from the blank strip
as the box is formed.
Fig. 27 shows the box blank in position for the descent of the die; Fig. 28 the
blank severed, and the box formed by the die; and Fig. 29 the position of the box
in the holder, when the die is withdrawn.
As will be seen, by reference to Fig. 3, the filling mechanism by which the
cigarettes are delivered to and packed in the box this formed, is located relatively
to the carrier one step in advance of the box forming mechanism just described,
and the box having been formed, the carrier is advanced by the arm 10 one step to
the filling mechanism, which will now be described.
Referring especially to the main views, and Figs. 7 to 10, and 30, the cigarette
magazine consists of a hopper N, mounted above the carrier and box feeding
mechanism, and from which the cigarettes are fed by a belt 42 forming the bottom
of the hopper, and on which the cigarettes rest, this belt being carried by pulleys 43,
the pulleys 43 being driven by a chain 44 and sprocket wheels from the main
driving shaft H. To secure the proper feed of the cigarettes from the magazine,
and prevent clogging, a vibrating separator 45 is used, carried by a shaft 46
mounted in the sides of the magazine, and provided outside the magazine with a
slotted arm 47, which is engaged by a lever 48 actuated in one direction by a
ratchet wheel 49, carried by the shaft of pulley 43, and returned to position by
the spring 50, a quick vibrating action being thus secured, which effectually
prevents clogging of the outlet from the magazine. A buffer 51 is also provided

page_text: for the separator. The tension of the belt 42 is preferably made adjustable, as
shown, by mounting the bearing of pulley 43 to slide upon the base of the magazine,
so that it may be adjusted by the screw 52, and scrapers 53 are provided for
keeping the belt clean, thus securing its proper movement.
From the belt 42, the cigarettes pass down an inclined race-way 54 to the
packing mechanism, by which they are counted and packed in the box. The
machine is adapted to pack ten cigarettes in a box, and the cigarettes are received
from the race-way in a receiving chamber upon narrow plates 55, which support
the cigarettes at their ends, and form a swinging bottom for the receiving chamber,
these plates being pivotted by studs 1, and held normally in position to support
the cigarettes by coiled springs 2, which yield to allow the plates to be forced by the
packer to the position shown in dotted lines Fig. 9, and the cigarettes to be thus
delivered to the box in the holder M. The plates 55 are of sufficient length to
hold 5 cigarettes, and form a continuation of the race way there being just space
between the end of the raceway and the outer fixed frame in which the plates 55
are mounted, to receive the five cigarettes supported by the plates.
Above the plates 55 is mounted a vertical reciprocating plunger 56, carried by a
rod 57, sliding in guide 58, this plunger being actuated by a lever 59, having a pin
and slot connection with the head of the plunger, and provided with a bowl 60
(see Fig. 10), running in a cam groove 61 in a cam 62, carried by the main driving
shaft H. The cam groove is so formed as to actuate the plunger twice during the
rotation of the shaft H (two layers of cigarettes being packed in each box), and,
as will be seen from Fig. 10, the cams are constructed of different depths, so that
the second throw of the plunger is less than the first by the thickness of a
cigarette, the second layer of cigarettes thus being packed with just the pressure
required. To secure the proper packing, the plunger 56 is also preferably made
adjustable upon its shaft 57, as shown. It is desirable that the plunger 56 should
make a quick return after delivering the cigarettes, and for this purpose a spring
is provided by which the plunger is normally pressed upward, and the cam groove 61
is so formed that the bowl 60 is released just as the plunger has reached its lowest
point, to permit the quick return of the plunger by the spring.
The form of the filled box, and its position in the holder, is shown clearly in
Figs. 8 and 30.
From the filling mechanism the filled box is advanced by the carrier to the covering
mechanism, which includes a magazine, and means for delivering a tubular cover or
sheath into position to receive the box, and means whereby the latter is inserted
endwise within it. As shown, the box covering mechanism is three feeding steps
in advance of the filling mechanism, but it will be understood that this will depend
upon the number of holders with which the carrier is provided. By the use of a
large number of holders, a large capacity is attained with a low speed of the
carrier, and the time between filling and covering permits the examination of the
filled boxes.
The covering mechanism may be varied widely, and the covers may be placed in
the magazine and fed therefrom in tubular form, but to permit a large number of
covers to be packed in the magazine, the covers are preferably packed flat in the
magazine, and mechanism is provided by which they are opened as they are brought
into position to receive the boxes.
This cover-delivering and opening mechanism will now be described.
The covers Y are packed flat in a vertical magazine O, mounted at one side of
the path of the box, as it is delivered from the carrier, and the bottom blank is
fed from the magazine by a plunger 63, which is carried by a slide 64, connected
to the link 23, through which it is actuated from lever 21 previously described.
The plunger 63 has a set screw and slot connection 3 with the slide 64, so that its
throw may be adjusted to deliver the box accurately. By reciprocating the
plunger 63, the cover is delivered in flat form in front of a second plunger 65,
which is carried by a slide 66 having a pin and slot connection with the lever 26
previously described, this plunger 65 also having a set screw and slot adjustable

page_text: connection 3 with its slide 66, as in the case of the plunger 63. These two
plungers 63 and 65 move at right angles to each other, the plunger 65 taking the
flat cover from the plunger 63, and advancing it into the path of the filled box, as
the latter is moved from the carrier to the sealing mechanism.
The plunger 65 also opens the cover by the following means:-'
-The outer side
wall 67 of the raceway on which the filled box is advanced, is provided, opposite
the plunger 65, with a swinging spring-pressed finger b, which is curved so as to
guide the edge of the cover upward, as it is pressed against it by the plunger, and
tend to open the cover, and the side wall 67 is provided also with an overhanging
flange 5, beneath which the top of the cover rests when fully opened. The inner
side wall 68 of the raceway is inclined upwardly toward the raceway, and also
has an overhanging flange 6, beneath which the top of the cover rests when
fully opened.
The operation of this cover-delivering and opening mechanism is shown clearly
in Figs. 15, 16, the cover being gradually opened by the pressure of the plunger 65,
the spring curved finger b yielding as the cover is advanced by the plunger, the
incline on the underside of the wall 68 permitting the cover to open, and the cover
being held in position, when opened by the side walls 67, 68, and their flanges 5, 6.
A central guide 69, carried on the outside wall 67 above the cover, aids also in
holding the cover in position, but this will not generally be found necessary.
:-
For removing the filled box from the carrier, and pushing it end wise into the
cover opened to receive it, as just described, the following means are provided
The plunger 70, by which the box is removed from the carrier, is carried by a
slide 71, moving on a support 72, and connected by a link 73 to the arm 17
previously described. As previously stated, the box is preferably formed with
ends of sufficient length, so that one is closed down to cover the filled box, and the
edge of the other end lapped down upon it, and it is necessary that these projecting
ends should be closed down prior to, or during the operation of inserting the filled
box into the cover.
For the purpose of turning down the rear overlapping end the plunger 70 is
constructed as shown with fingers a arranged to engage the overlapping rear end
above the box. The other end may be lapped down upon this by engagement
with the top of the cover as the box is inserted in it, but with inferior blanks, it is
desirable to use for this purpose, and for the purpose of holding the cover, the
centre guide 69 previously described, which is bevelled or rounded at its inner end,
as shown in Figs. 14, 31, and 32, so that the end of the box is lapped down thereby,
and the filled box fully closed, before the box reaches the cover, as shown in
Fig. 32, this construction aiding to secure the proper insertion of the box and
cover. The guides 74, by which the filled box is held in proper position to enter
the cover, are made slightly narrower on the sides and top and bottom, than the
cover, so that the box is properly guided and will readily slip into the cover.
The action of the plunger 70 in removing the box from the carrier and inserting
it in the cover, is shown clearly in Figs. 31 and 32.
The filled and covered boxes may be delivered by plunger 70 as the completed
product of the machine, as shown in Fig. 33, but a sealing mechanism is preferably
used as above stated, which mechanism will now be described.
Referring especially to Figs. 3 and 17 to 20, a strip of paper Z, perforated at
points distant from each other the length of the sealing strip to be applied, is
advanced by a feeding mechanism consisting of a roll 75, driven by beveled gears 76
from a shaft 77, operated from shaft G, a spring pressed roll 78 co-acting with the
feeding roll 75. The shaft of feeding roll 75 carries a crank disc 79, connected
by a rod 80 with a crank disc 81, carrying a spring-pressed pawl 82, which engages
a ratchet 83, carried on the shaft of a paste roll 84, mounted to rotate in a paste
fountain 85. The strip of sealing material Z is supported between the feeding
rolls 75 and paste roll 84, by a guide 4, and the paste roll is provided with a brake
disc 6 (Fig. 3), by which the paste roll is stopped when not positively actuated.
The paste roll 84 is grooved to apply paste in two lines at the edges of the strips,

page_text: and a spring 52, lying in the groove, supports the paper on the advance side of the
paste roll, and prevents its being carried round the roll by adhesion.
From the paste roll 84, the strip is advanced by a feeding finger 7, engaging the
perforations of the strip. This finger 7 is carried by an arm 86 on slide 66 pre-
viously described, and the feeding finger 7 is pivotally mounted on the arm, and
spring-pressed, as shown, so as to be withdrawn from the perforations as it is moved
backward, and forced therein to engage and forward the strip as it is advanced.
To prevent the strip being carried backward by the drag of the finger, a spring
holding finger 87 is provided engaging the perforations, the rear end of this finger
forming a guide 8 by which the strip is turned at right angles, so as to be fed
forward to the boxes lying in a vertical plane. The feeding fingers 7, holding
finger 87, and guide 8, engage the strip between the lines of paste, so that the free
movement of the fingers and strip is secured. The pasting roll 84 is preferably
constructed and operated to rotate during less than the full feed of the strip by the
fingers, so that during a small part of the feed, the strip is dragged over the
surface of the paste roll, a tension upon the strip being thus secured, which insures
its proper form.
The leading end of the strip Z is carried by the feeding finger 7 into the path
of the filled and covered boxes, as they are advanced in line by the plunger 70,
and the feed is sufficient to provide a sealing strip of such a length as to cover the
end of the box, and lap over upon each side. As paste is applied the full length
of the strip on the side next the box, it will be seen that the sealing strip is pasted
on the end of the box and two sides, thus securing the box in the cover. A guide T
is provided having a groove in which the strip Z is held in correct position while
being fed forward, thus ensuring the proper attachment of the sealing strip to
the boxes.
For the purpose of severing the strip at desired points, and pressing the strip
upon the box, so as to secure it, the following means are provided :-A knife 88 is
carried by a rock shaft 9 mounted in arms on the under side of the frame D, and is
operated by a crank arm thereon, having a pin connection with a slotted link 89
carried by an arm 90, secured to, and nioved by the slide 64, so that as the slide
is actuated to carry the plunger into position to take a cover from the magazine,
the knife is actuated to sever the strip, and as the plunger reaches its inner position
in delivering the covered box, the knife is withdrawn. The boxes having the
severed sealing strip attached to their forward ends, are advanced by the plunger 70
between two feeding rolls 91, mounted on vertical studs 92, mounted in a frame D,
these feeding rolls being preferably faced with rubber or similar material, to secure
the proper feed. One of the rolls 91 is rotated intermittently by a disc 93 on its
shaft carrying a spring-pressed pawl 94, which is engaged by a friction disc 95,
mounted on the shaft, and oscilated by the slide 64, to which it is connected by a
link 96. The feeding rolls 91 are thus actuated at proper times to deliver a box as
it is delivered from the line advanced by the plunger 70, and the speed of the
rolls 91 is such as to remove the leading box from the path of the strip Z, before
the latter is advanced by the feeding mechanism.
The completed, covered, and sealed box is shown in Fig. 34.
The operation of the various mechanisms has already been fully described, and
the general operation of the machine will be understood from a brief description
of the combined operation of the different mechanisms.
The box-forming mechanism is constructed to form a box blank from the web,
and feed forward a blank into position above the carrier at each step forward of
the latter, and as each holder on the carrier is thus brought into position with a
blank above it, the box-forming die or plunger severs the blank, and forms the
open box within the former. At the same time, the box in the holder next in
advance is being filled with cigarettes by the filling mechanism, and a filled box
in the holder three steps in advance of the filling mechanism is being removed from
the carrier by the plunger 70, and forced into the cover which has been delivered
from the cover magazine to the raceway in front of the filled box by the

page_text: plungers 63, 65, and opened to receive the latter. A gummed sealing strip Z has
meanwhile been fed forward by the strip-feeding mechanism, and is now in the path
of the filled boxes.
As the filled box is inserted in the cover, the line of covered boxes is advanced
the length of the box by the plunger, and the leading box of the line is thus
carried against the strip, and then between the feeding rolls 91, with the sealing
strip pasted to the end, the strip being severed by the knife 88 as the box and strip
move forward. The filled box with the strip attached is then advanced by feeding
rolls 91 at such a speed as to remove the box from the path of the sealing strip,
before the latter is again advanced by the feeding mechanism. The various steps
of box covering, filling, and delivering, having been completed, and the parts
co-operating with the carrier returned to position for another operation, the carrier
is advanced another step, and the operation just described is repeated.
While the box forming mechanism will preferably be constructed so as to form
the box from the web, the boxes may be formed from previously prepared blanks
as above stated. In Figures 21 to 26, such a modification is shown. The general
construction of this machine is identical with that previously described, except that
the sealing mechanism is omitted, and a box magazine P, holding the box blanks,
is mounted above the carrier in position to deliver a box blank to a holder M one
step in advance of the die or plunger 36, by which the box is formed in the holder,
as previously described.
For the purpose of securing the taking of a single blank from the magazine by
the holder M, the following construction, shown in detail in Figures 23 to 26, is
preferably used.
The magazine P is open at the bottom, and the box blanks X are supported
therein by fingers 97, 98, mounted on, and held slightly below the bottom of the
magazine. These fingers are connected at but one end to the magazine, and are
free at the end in advance relatively to the movement of the carrier, so that the
box blanks are free to be carried out from the fingers, and beneath the magazine
walls. The finger 97 extends entirely across the bottom of the carrier, so as to
provide a sufficient support for the blanks, while the finger 98 need extend only to
the edge of the holder, as shown in Figs. 23 and 26, to ensure the proper position
of the edge of the blanks.
The carrier is provided above each of the holders M, with lips 99, forming a
recess of the same width as the box blanks, and of sufficient depth to receive a
single blank, these recesses being so formed that they are directly below the line
of box blanks in the magazine, as the holder is in position beneath the latter, and
the fingers 97, 98 being set in grooves in the carrier, so as to allow the blanks to
rest therein with the bottom blanks inside the recess. As the carrier advances
from the position shown in Figures 23 to 26, therefore, the bottom blank is carried
forward therewith, held in the recess formed by the lips 99, and as the next holder
is brought into position, the bottom blank is received in the recess above it.
The construction of the die 36, and its operation upon the box blank thus
received, is the same as in the construction previously described, in which the
blanks are formed from the web, except that the knife 40 is omitted, and the
combined operation of the various mechanisms is the same as that previously
described, and need not be repeated.
It is evident that many modifications may be made in the machine shown
as embodying the invention, and it is not to be limited to the specific form of
any of the mechanisms or devices shown, as other constructions of the same
general character may be substituted therefor, without departing from the
invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me
from abroad, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. The combination with a box-holder, of mechanism co-operating with said

page_text: holder to form and deliver boxes thereto, a box-filling mechanism by which the
boxes are filled, and a covering and delivering mechanism by which the filled boxes
are delivered from the holder and inserted in tubular covers, substantially as
described.
2. The combination with a box holder of mechanism co-operating with said
holder to form and deliver boxes thereto, a box-filling mechanism by which the
boxes are filled, a covering and delivering mechanism by which the filled boxes are
delivered from the holder and inserted in tubular covers, and a sealing mechanism
for applying sealing strips to said boxes, substantially as described.
3. The combination with an intermittently moving carrier provided with a
plurality of box holders, of mechanism co-operating with said holder to form and
deliver boxes thereto, a box-filling mechanism to which the boxes are advanced
from the box-forming mechanism by the carrier, and by which they are filled, and
covering and delivering mechanism to which the boxes are advanced from the
filling mechanism, and by which they are delivered from the carrier, and inserted
in tubular covers, substantially as described.
4. The combination with an intermittently moving carrier provided with a
plurality of box holders, of mechanism co-operating with said holders to form and
deliver boxes thereto, a box-filling mechanism to which the boxes are advanced
from the box-forming mechanism by the carrier, and by which they are filled;
covering and delivering mechanism to which the boxes are advanced from the
filling mechanism, and by which they are delivered from the carrier and inserted
in tubular covers; and sealing mechanism by which sealing strips, are applied to
the boxes, substantially as described.
5. The combination with an intermittently moving carrier, provided with a
plurality of box holders, of feeding mechanism for advancing a strip of box
blanks to said carrier; mechanism co-operating with said holder to form boxes
from said blanks and deliver them to the holders; a box filling mechanism to
which the boxes are advanced from the box-forming mechanism by the carrier,
and by which they are filled; and covering and delivering mechanism to which the
boxes are advanced from the filling mechanism, and by which they are delivered
from the carrier and inserted in tubular covers, substantially as described.
6. The combination with an intermittently moving carrier, provided with a
plurality of box holders, of cutting and feeding mechanism for forming a strip of
blanks; a cutter and box-forming die for severing blanks from said strip and
forming boxes in said holders; a box filling mechanism to which the boxes are
advanced from the box-forming mechanism by the carrier, and by which they are
filled; and covering and delivering mechanism to which the boxes are advanced
from the filling mechanism, and by which they are delivered from the carrier and
inserted in tubular covers, substantially as described.
7. The combination with an intermittently moving carrier, provided with a
plurality of box holders, of mechanism co-operating with said holders to form and
deliver boxes thereto, a magazine containing the articles to be packed, to which
the boxes are advanced from the box-forming mechanism, feeding and packing
mechanism for feeding the articles from the magazine and packing them in the
boxes; and a covering and delivering mechanism to which the boxes are advanced
from the packing mechanism, and by which they are delivered from the carrier
and inserted in tubular covers, substantially as described.
8. The combination with an intermittently moving carrier provided with a
plurality of box holders, of means co-acting with said holders to supply them with
boxes; a magazine containing the articles to be packed, to which the boxes are
advanced by the carrier; feeding mechanism for feeding the articles from the
magazine; a counting and packing mechanism by which the articles are counted
and packed in the boxes; and a covering and delivering mechanism to which
the boxes are advanced from the packing mechanism, and by which they are
delivered from the carrier and inserted in tubular covers, substantially as
described.

page_text: 9. The combination with an intermittently moving carrier provided with a
plurality of holders, of means co-acting with said holders to supply them with
boxes, a magazine containing the articles to be packed; feeding mechanism for
feeding the articles from the magazine; a receiving chamber having a swinging
bottom to which the articles are delivered from the magazine; a reciprocating
plunger by which the articles are removed from the chamber and packed in the
boxes; and a covering and delivering mechanism to which the boxes are advanced
from the packing mechanism, and by which they are delivered from the carrier
and inserted in tubular covers, substantially as described.
10. The combination with an intermittently moving carrier, provided with a
plurality of box holders, of mechanism co-operating with said box holders to form
and deliver boxes thereto, a filling mechanism to which the boxes are advanced
from the box-forming mechanism by the carrier, and by which they are filled; a
plunger for delivering the filled boxes from the carrier, and a cover magazine and
feeding mechanism for delivering tubular covers in the path of the filled boxes, as
they are delivered by the plunger, substantially as described.
11. The combination with a holder adapted to receive and hold a box, of box
filling mechanism by which the box is filled, a plunger for delivering the filled.box
from the holder, a cover magazine in which the tubular covers are packed flat, and
feeding and opening mechanism by which a cover is delivered open in the path of
the filled box, as it is advanced to the plunger, substantially as described.
12. The combination with a holder adapted to receive and hold a box, of box-
filling mechanism by which the box is filled; a plunger for delivering the filled box
from the holder; a vertical cover magazine in which the covers are packed flat;
a plunger by which the bottom cover is removed endwise from the cover magazine;
and a plunger and co-operating devices advancing the cover sidewise into the
path of the filled box, and opening the cover, substantially as described.
13. The combination with a holder adapted to receive and hold a box, of box
filling mechanism by which the box is filled; covering and delivering mechanism
by which the filled box is delivered from the holder and inserted in a tubular cover;
and sealing mechanism by which a sealing strip is applied to said box, substantially
as described.
14. The combination with a holder adapted to receive and hold a box, of box
filling mechanism by which the box is filled; a covering and delivering mechanism
by which the filled box is delivered from the holder and inserted in a tubular cover;
feeding mechanism by which a pasted web is advanced into the path of the filled
box; a cutter for severing a sealing strip from said web; and means for pressing
said strip on said box, substantially as described.
15. The combination with a holder adapted to receive and bold a box, of box-
filling mechanism by which the box is filled; covering and delivering mechanism
by which the filled box is delivered from the holder and inserted in a tubular cover;
feeding mechanism by which a pasted web is advanced into the path of the filled
box; a cutter for severing a sealing strip from said web; and feeding and pressing
rolls to which the boxes are advanced by the delivering mechanism, substantially
as described.
16. The combination with the magazine N and feeding belt 42, of vibrating
separator 45, above said belt, substantially as described.
17. The combination with magazine N, feeding belt 42, and raceway 54, of
spring-supported plates 55 and reciprocating packing plunger 56, substantially as
described.
18. The combination with spring supported plates 55, of reciprocating packing
plunger 56, and means for actuating said plunger with a shorter throw at certain
strokes substantially as described.
19. The combination with a reciprocating packing plunger and a holder for the
material or articles to be packed, of means for actuating said plunger with a shorter
throw, as successive layers of the material or articles are packed, substantially as
described.

page_text: 20. The combination with holder M, of a box-delivering plunger 70, having
fingers a for turning down one end of the box, and guide 69 above the path of the
box for turning down the opposite end, substantially as described.
21. The combination with a plunger for advancing a flat tubular cover sidewise,
of devices co-operating therewith to open the cover, substantially as described.
22. The combination with a plunger for advancing a flat tubular cover sidewise,
of devices co-operating therewith to open the cover, and means for inserting a box
in said cover, substantially as described.
23. The combination with a plunger for advancing a box, of a plunger for
advancing a flat tubular cover sidewise into the path of the box, and devices
co-operating with said plunger to open the cover, substantially as described.
24. The combination with the cover magazine O, of plunger 63 for removing
the bottom cover end wise from the box, plunger 65 advancing the box sidewise,
and devices co-operating with said plunger to open the box cover, substantially as
described.
25. The combination with plunger 65, of bar 67 having spring inclined finger b,
and bar 68 having a guiding incline on its lower side, substantially as described.
26. The combination with plunger 65, of bar 67, having spring inclined finger b
and overhanging flange 5, and bar 68 having a guiding incline on its lower side
and overhanging flange 6, substantially as described.
27. The combination with plunger 65, of bar 67 having the inclined spring
pressed finger b, substantially as described.
28. The combination with box-filling and covering mechanism, of sealing
mechanism for applying a pasted sealing strip on the end and overlapping the sides
of the box, substantially as described.
29. The combination with box-filling and covering mechanism, of feeding
mechanism for advancing a pasted strip into the path of the filled and covered
box, and pressing devices for pressing the strip on the box, substantially as
described.
30. The combination with box-filling and covering mechanism, of feeding
mechanism for advancing a pasted strip into the path of the filled and covered box,
and feeding and pressing rolls 91, substantially as described.
31. The combination with box-filling mechanism, of covering and delivering
mechanism adapted to cover the boxes, and deliver a line of boxes; feeding
mechanism for advancing a pasted strip into the path of the filled and covered
boxes; and feeding and pressing rolls 91, run at a higher speed than the delivering
mechanism, substantially as described.
Dated this 12th day of September 1892.
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.