Improvements in or connected with Machinery for Applying Strips of Glass Paper or the like to Match Boxes.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 8th July, 1898.
1000
Date of Application, 8th July, 1898.
Complete Specification Left, 10th Apr., 1899-Accepted, 8th July, 1899
PRETACIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Machinery for Applying Strips
of Glass Paper or the like to Match Boxes.
I, PHILIP MORELAND, of the Firm of S. J. Moreland and Sons, of Bristol Road,
Gloucester, in the County of Gloucester, Timber Importer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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The invention relates to improvements in or connected with machinery for
applying strips of glass paper or the like to match boxes and has for its object to
obtain a simple machine by the aid of which this operation may be rapidly and
efficiently performed.
In carrying the invention into effect a frame or base plate is employed near to
one end of which is arranged a roll of glass paper or the like through which is
passed a spindle which at its ends is dropped into notches or bearings provided in
the upper ends of short standards rising from the base plate.
The free end of the roll of glass paper is then passed between feed rollers the
shafts or axes of which are mounted in bearings carried by standards from the base
plate and the lower one of the feed rollers which is preferably formed of wood has
fixed therewith a ratchet wheel which receives a step by step rotary motion from
a driver actuated by a moving part of the machine so that a given length of glass
paper is fed forward at each movement.
The upper roller the axes of which are loosely received in open bearings in the
tops of the standards is preferably formed of iron or is otherwise sufficiently
weighted and this roller rests upon the strip of glass paper or the like and by its
weight establishes the necessary nip to enable the rollers to feed forward the
strip of glass paper.
Beyond the feed rollers and in the path travelled by the match boxes is arranged
a pasting device consisting of a paste box with an apertured bottom under which
the match box passes and by the aid of which the side of the match box is
coated with paste immediately before it passes into position to receive the strip of
glass paper.
A guide plate is arranged parallel with the feed rollers and at the side of the
path travelled by the boxes which latter are automatically moved into position
aided by said guide plate by means of a pusher actuated by a moving part of the
machine which is so arranged as to push a box half way under the pasting device
whilst the next box moved forward by the pusher carries the preceding one into
position to receive the strip of glass paper.
Above the box in the latter position and mounted in suitable guides carried by a
standard from the base plate is arranged a plunger which receives a reciprocating
motion by means of an eccentric or otherwise from a moving part of the machine.
In a recess in the side of the plunger adjacent to the feed rollers is mounted a
knife or cutter which is kept up to its work by means of springs and in the descent
of the plunger a strip of glass paper is cut off from the length by the knife and
simultaneously pressed onto the pasted side of the box by the plunger.
The plunger then rises carrying with it the knife, the box is moved out of the

page_text: way by the next box following the strip of glass paper is fed forward and another
box is placed in position when the above operations are repeated.
By the means herein before described the necessary strip or strips of glass paper
or the like can be applied to match boxes with great rapidity and economy the
machine only requiring to be tended by one unskilled operative.
Dated this 8th day of July 1898.
Improvements in or connected with Machinery for Applying Strips
of Glass Paper or the like to Match Boxes. .
I, PHILIP MORELAND, of the Firm of S. J. Moreland and Sons, of Bristol Road,
Gloucester, in the County of Gloucester, Timber Importer, 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:.
The invention relates to improvements in or connected with machinery for
applying strips of glass paper or the like to match boxes and has for its object to
obtain a simple machine by the aid of which this operation may be rapidly and
efficiently performed.
In carrying the invention into effect a frame or base plate is employed near to
one end of which is arranged a roll of glass paper or the like through which is
passed a spindle which at its ends is dropped into notches or bearings provided
for that purpose and carried by the base plate.
The free end of the roll of glass paper is then passed between feed rollers the
shafts or axes of which are mounted in bearings carried by standards from the
table or base plate and the lower one of the feed rollers which is preferably formed
of wood has fixed therewith a ratchet wheel which receives a step by step rotary
motion from a driver actuated by a moving part of the machine so that a given
length of glass paper is fed forward at each movement.
The upper roller the axes of which are loosely received in open bearings in the
tops of the standards is preferably formed of iron or is otherwise sufficiently
weighted and this roller rests upon the length or strip of glass paper or the like
and by its weight establishes the necessary nip to enable the rollers to feed forward
the length or strip of glass paper.
Beyond the feed rollers and in the path travelled by the match boxes is arranged
a pasting device consisting of a paste box with an apertured bottom under which
the match box passes and by the aid of which the side of the match box is
coated with paste immediately before it passes into position to receive the strip of
glass paper.
A guide plate is arranged parallel with the feed rollers and at the side of the
path travelled by the boxes which latter are automatically moved into position
aided by said guide plate by means of a pusher actuated by a moving part of the
machine which is so arranged as to push a box half way under the pasting device
whilst the next box moved forward by the pusher carries the preceding one into
position to receive the strip of glass paper.
Above the box in the latter position and mounted in suitable guides carried by a
standard from the base plate is arranged a plunger which receives a reciprocating
motion by means of an eccentric or otherwise from a moving part of the machine.

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Figure 5 is a vertical section taken on the line 1-1 of Figure 4 and
Figure 6 is a similar view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 4 but with some
parts removed for the sake of clearness.
In the several figures in which like parts are indicated by similar letters of
reference Figures 4, 5 and 6 are drawn to an increased scale with respect to the
other figures of the drawings.
a represents a standard or frame upon the upper part of which is fixed a
table band at one end thereof this table b is provided with an extension consisting
of arms at one end fixed with the table b and at the other end supporting a roll
of glass paper or the like c which is coiled around a spindle or bobbin c¹ formed
with reduced ends or axes which are dropped into notches or open ended
bearings formed in the ends of the arms b¹.
The free end of the roll of glass paper c is passed between feed rollers de the
shafts or axes de¹ of which are mounted in bearings *e* formed in short
standards fixed with the table b and the bearings d* for the axes of the upper
roller dare formed open at the top to loosely receive said axes and the roller dis
preferably formed of iron or is otherwise sufficiently weighted and rests upon the
free end of the length or strip of glass paper or the like and by its weight
establishes the necessary nip to enable the roller e to feed forward the length or
strip of glass paper as hereinafter described.
The lower roller e which is preferably formed of wood has fixed with a prolonga-
tion of its shaft or axis e¹ a ratchet wheel e with which engages a pawl e carried
by a stud laterally projecting from one end of an arm or lever e the lower end of
which lever is loosely mounted upon the shaft e¹.
The lever and consequently the pawl e³ receives the necessary reciprocating
motion to rotate the ratchet wheel and consequently the feed roller e through
a rod at one end pivotally connected with the lever and at the other end
furnished with an adjustable stop e consisting of a nut or nuts screwed upon the
threaded end of the rod e with which engages the outer end of an arm perforated
to loosely fit upon the rod e and towards the other end cranked and at said end
formed with a square hole to fit upon a correspondingly shaped stud gl carried by a
reciprocating plunger 9 hereinafter more fully referred to and there held by means
of a screw e screwing into said stud g¹.
At each downward movement of the plunger g the rod e will descend carrying
with it the lever and pawl until the lever e comes against a stop 6 fixed to
the side of the table 6 when in the further descent of the plunger the arm e8
will travel loosely upon the rod e whilst on the last portion of the upward traverse
of the plunger g the arm will come against the stop e' upon the rod e and
through the lever rotate the ratchet wheel e and consequently the roller e
through the are required to advance the length of glass paper c a distance equal or

page_text: nearly so to the depth of the side of the match box to which the strip of glas
paper is to be applied.
In order to guide the length of glass paper c to the rollers de and from the
rollers to the cutter hereinafter described a curved table or guide plate f is
employed which is centrally divided to permit the rollers de to run in contac
and the first part of this guide plate is carried by a bracket 6s from the table band
is furnished with lateral guides f¹ between which the length of glass paper
passes whilst the second part of the guide plate f is at its end cranked and fixed
with the plunger guide g² and at its edges is turned up at f' to form lateral guides
Beyond the feed rollers and in the path travelled by the match boxes is
arranged a pasting device consisting of a hopper shaped paste box h provided with
an opening h¹ at the bottom thereof under which the match-box passes as herein
after described, and by the aid of which the side of the match box is coated with
paste immediately before it passes into position to receive the strip of glass paper
cut off from the length c whilst beyond the opening h' in the bottom of the box h
is provided a brush h* the office of which is to distribute the paste equally over the
side of the match box.
The hopper shaped paste box h is at its lower end provided with vertical guides h²
which receive vertical posts 76 fixed with the table band by which posts the
paste box is supported with capability of vertical adjustment to suit match boxes
of different sizes, whilst in order to hold the hopper-shaped paste box h in the
position to which it may be adjusted collars h³ are provided which slide upon the
vertical posts 66 and are furnished with set or binding screws h by means of
which the collars may be fixed in any desired position thereon.
A guide plate is arranged so as to extend across the machine in parallel with the
rollers dc, and at the side of the path travelled by the boxes a which latter are
automatically moved into position aided by the said guide plate i in the following
manner:-
Supported upon the table 6 are two horizontal guides 6 arranged at right angles
to the guide plate i and travelling on said guides is a carrier or pusher the top
surface of which is formed inclined and with vertical guide flanges and this
carrier is automatically moved forward by means of a cord or other flexible
connection passing around guide pulleys j* and at one end connected to a
stud laterally projecting from the carrier j and at the other end connected to a
suspended weight jt.
The match-boxes a are by the operator placed on their sides upon the inclined
surface of the carrier in groups and at a suitable time the carrier j is drawn back
by the operator with one hand whilst the boxes a are pressed forward with the
other hand when they drop onto the table between the guides and upon
releasing the carrier ; the latter presses the row of boxes forward until they are
arrested by the guide plate i.
The match boxes a are moved beneath the pasting device and into position to
receive the strip of glass paper c by means of a pusher & formed on or carried by a
slide block travelling in guides and receiving a reciprocating motion through
the cam groove of a cam wheel 7 which engages a roller carried by a stud 23
fixed with the slide block and the cam wheel is keyed upon the main shaft m
of the machine which latter is mounted in bearings formed in hangers or brackets b7
from the table band receives motion through a band wheel or pulley m'.
The band wheel or pulley m¹ is mounted loosely upon the shaft m and fixed there-
with by means of a clutch m² held up to the pulley m' by a spring m³ and adapted
to be moved out of engagement therewith when for any purpose it is desired to
arrest the motion of the machine by means of a hand lever m² mounted upon an axis
of motion m* carried by a bracket a¹ from the frame a.
The forward movement of the pusher carries the match box next adjacent to
the guide plate i half way under the pasting device whilst the box x moved
forward by the pusher k carries the preceding one into position to receive a

page_text: strip of glass paper from the length c, and the parts are so timed that at this
moment the length of glass paper c has been carried into the position shown by
the dotted lines in Figure 5.
Above the match box in the latter position and mounted in suitable guides g³
carried by the table is arranged the plunger g herein before referred to which
receives a vertical reciprocating motion through a rod or link 93 at one end
pivotally connected at g* with the stud g' and at the other end fixed with an
eccentric strap g* surrounding an eccentric m³ fixed upon the main shaft m of
the machine or the plunger y might receive motion by other suitable means as will
be readily understood.
In a recess in the side of the plunger g adjacent to the feed rolls de is mounted
a knife or cutter g which is kept up to its work by means of springs 95 and in
the descent of the plunger g a strip of glass paper is cut off from the length c
by the knife g and simultaneously carried down and loosely pressed onto the pasted
side of the match box x.
The plunger g then rises carrying with it the knife g the box x is moved out
of the way by the box next following the length or strip of glass paper c is fed
forward and another box is placed in position when the above operations are
repeated.
In order to complete the pressing operation a presser plate n is employed which
is carried by a rod n¹ loosely mounted with capability of vertical movement in
guides or holders g* carried by the plunger g a spring n² being interposed between
the lower guide or holder g* and the presser plate n so that on the downward move-
ment of the plunger g at the next operation of the machine the presser plate n
will be caused to press with a spring pressure the strip of glass paper upon the
box which has been carried forward beyond the plunger g whilst in the upward
movement of said plunger said presser plate n will be moved out of the way_to
allow of the box being carried onward by the succeeding boxes and delivered whilst
an adjustable collar or stop 3 upon the rod n serves to regulate the normal
position of the presser plate n.
In order that the machine may be set in the required position on commencing
work, or for other purposes a hand wheel me is provided upon the end of the main
shaft m.
By the means hereinbefore described the necessary strip of glass paper or the
like can be applied to match boxes with great rapidity and economy, the machine
only requiring to be attended by one unskilled operative.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:―
1. A machine for applying strips of glass paper or the like to match boxes com-
prising a bobbin or spindle mounted in bearings for carrying a roll of glass paper
a reciprocating plunger carrying a cutter or knife means for reciprocating the
plunger a driven feed roller having a weighted roller resting thereon for feeding the
paper to the knife means for turning said feed roller through a given arc at each
upward movement of the plunger, a guide plate for guiding the boxes into position
beneath the plunger, a pusher for automatically moving the boxes forward, means
for advancing the pusher as the plunger retires, and a paste box having an apertured
bottom arranged in the path travelled by the boxes substantially as herein shown
and described.
2. A machine for applying strips of glass paper or the like to match boxes
comprising feed mechanism for intermittently carrying forward a length of glass
paper, a reciprocating plunger working in guides arranged transversely to the path
of the paper means for reciprocating the plunger, a slot in said guides through
which the paper passes, a knife or cutter loosely carried by the plunger and by
springs held up to the face of the guide means for intermittently feeding forward

page_text: the boxes into a position beneath the. plunger and a pasting device arranged in
the path travelled by the boxes substantially as herein shown and described.
3. A machine for applying strips of glass paper or the like to match boxes con-
structed arranged and operating substantially as herein shown, and described.
Dated this 10th day of April 1899.
WHITE & WOODINGTON,
Rooms, 221-225,
Birkbeck Bank Chambers, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents.