Improvements in Machinery for the Manufacture of Match- boxes and similar Cases or Receptacles of Paper, Wood, and the like.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Aug., 1895-Accepted, 21st Mar., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery for the Manufacture of Match-
boxes and similar Cases or Receptacles of Paper, Wood,
and the like.
We, EVERARD KEUNEN, Manufacturer, and RICHARD HOGFELDT, Mechanical
Engineer, both of Willemstraat, Eindhoven, in the Kingdom of The Netherlands,
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 :-
or
This invention relates to machinery for the manufacture of boxes, cases
receptacles of paper, wood, and the like for containing matches or similar
articles.
The said invention comprises au improved machine wherein the boxes are
formed by means of a stationary pattern-block or former, around which the
material whereof the boxes are to be made is placed and fixed in the required
shape by means of paste.
In the machines hitherto employed for making boxes of the kind or class
referred to, it has been usual to cause the strip of wood or other material of which
the boxes are to be constructed, to travel around a disc or plate; and in the
successive stages of the operation, the strip of wood or paper was first bent, so as
to form the sides and corners of the box; then the bottom piece was applied to the
side-walls; these were next pasted at the joint or seam; and lastly the bottom
was fixed to the body of the case or box; all of which operations were performed
whilst the disc was rotating. Moreover, in some of the old machines, blocks or
formers have been made to reciprocate and revolve at the same time; the several
operations above mentioned being performed during such movements of the block
or former.
The disadvantage of such machines is, that their action is very slow, in addition
to which it has been observed that the pasting operation is very frequently
performed in so unsatisfactory a manner, that the boxes, in consequence, get out of
their proper or straight position in the machine, and cannot be automatically
discharged by the same at the right moment; so that the machine becomes
obstructed and must be stopped to enable the boxes to be removed by hand; and
the machine cannot be set in motion again until this has been done.
All these drawbacks are avoided in the construction of the improved box-
making machine forming the subject of this invention, the operation of which is
faultless; the several manipulations, which the forming and pasting of the boxes
involve, succeeding each other in such a manner that the machine may be
kept in motion uninterruptedly, no trouble being likely to arise from defective
pasting..
This result is attained by the employment of a stationary pattern-block or
former around which the boxes are formed and pasted; also by the manner in
which the forming and pasting operations are performed thereon, and by the
special feature, that the paper band is here pasted to the wood or cardboard strip
by an entirely novel method, prior to the formation of the box.
The complete series or cycle of operations is carried out whilst the main shaft

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Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved machine, viewed from the
left side;
Figure 2 is a sectional front elevation of the same;
Figures 3 and 4 are plans corresponding to Figures 1 and 2 respectively;
Figures 4, 4B & 4° are detail views;
Figure 5 is a side elevation viewed from the right;
Figures 54, 5 & 5° are detail views to supplement the preceding figure;
Figure 6 is a vertical sectional elevation of the bracket supporting the pattern
block or former.
Figures 7 to 7 illustrate the several stages of the process of manufacture of a
box or case; while
Figures 1 to 1 represent the various operating devices mounted upon the main
shaft of the machine, such as the eccentrics, cams &c. together with their accessory
levers and the like, whereby the mechanism for forming and pasting the boxes is
operated.
It is deemed expedient now briefly to describe the mode of operation of the
machine, before proceeding with the description of its construction.
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The band, strip or "shaving" of wood fed from the receptacle containing a
supply thereof, has a paper strip (shown in "squares or intersecting lines) pastel
to its lower edge as shown in Figure 7; such paper strip being placed partly about
the said strip or "shaving" of wood (Figure 7A) and then drawn under the pattern
block or former; whilst the bottom piece of the box to be formed is at the same
time nought up from a separate supply receptacle and placed in front of the
pattern bloca or former. The wood " shaving" is then placed around the block
(Figure 7B).
The upper short vertically-rising side is then put down flat upon the former
(Figure 7). The paper strip projecting towards the left from the upper edge of
the box, and also the marginal parts of the said paper strip protruding forward,
from the lower and upper edges of the box, are then pasted to the left side and
bottom (Figure 7º). The same process is then repeated in the case of each of the
side edges (Figure 7) and finally two marginal portions of the paper strip have
to be turned down on the open side of the box in the rear, and pasted to the inner
top edge and left side wall so as to complete the box in the manner illustrated in
Figure 7 the box being then automatically stripped off the pattern block or
former and discharged from the machine.
The pattern-block or former A (Figures 5, 5ª, 5º, 5º) exactly corresponds to
the boxes to be formed in shape and size. It is firmly secured to, and supported
by a bracket C above the main shaft B of the machine, the shaft B extending
through the bracket C.
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The former" is extended rearwardly and screwed onto the bracket; thus it is
made readily accessible on all sides.
The rear part a of the former proper is adjustable to enable the two marginal or
folded portions of the paper band to be pasted inside the bcx.
In the bracket C, and in the extension of the former situated above such bracket,
there is arranged the operating mechanism for folding and pasting the said two
marginal portions of the paper band, or in other words mechanism for actuating
the rear part of the pattern-block.
The shaft B rests in two bearings B₁ B¹, provided on the table or platform of
the machine; and next to the rear edge of the machine, the said shaft carries
at B2, a crank-handle or a strap-pulley (as the case may be).

page_text: Upon the shaft B are mounted the operating devices shown in Figures 1ª to 1,
such as eccentrics, cams &c., those represented in Figures 14 and 1 being placed
upon the shaft beyond or outside the bearings B₁ B₁.
All these operative parts, excepting that which is shown in Figure 14, are
supposed to be seen from the left.
The receptacle D, containing the supply of wood strips or shavings, is located
upon the table to the right of the pattern block or former (Figures 2, 3 and 4).
It is adapted to contain a considerable number of strips or shavings, and is
weighted.
To the right of this receptacle or box is situated the supply of paper band,
wound up in a roll, and also the vessel containing the adhesive substance or paste
through which the said paper band is conducted. These well-known parts are not
shown in the drawings.
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In front of the former A above the main shaft is arranged the receptacle E
(Figures 1 and 3) for the bottom-pieces. This receptacle is placed at an angle to
the shaft, and the bottom pieces are moved up from the receptacle to the former A
by means of a circular slide.
When ready, the box is raised from the former and then automatically moved
along, in a groove leading to the discharge end of the machine. This groove or
channel, and the simple propelling mechanism co-operating therewith, are omitted
from the drawings, lest, by unduly crowding them, they should become deficient in
clearness. Besides, these parts do not present any novel feature.
The wood strip or "shaving," after having had the necessary paper strips pasted
to it, is conducted from the receptacle or magazine, containing a supply thereof to
the pattern block or former, and underneath the same, through the agency of a
drawing or dragging device F adapted to move at right angles to the main shaft of
the machine, above the said shaft, and provided with a claw or nipper f at
its end.
In all the chief figures of the drawings, with the exception of Figure 4, the
position of the machine is supposed to be the same, viz., that, in which the
wood-strip drawer Foccupies its central or intermediate situation, with the claw ƒ
placed underneath the pattern block (Figure 2).
Supposing now that a crank handle is secured to the shaft at B2; then, with
the parts in the position just indicated, the said crank will be in its lowest situation
represented in the drawings by a line of arrows. While in Figure 4, the shaft is
supposed to have completed three quarters of a revolution.
In the continuous operation of the machine, the shaft has to complete three
fourths of a revolution before the claw f can reach the extreme position in which
it is shown in Figure 4; whereas, by the time it has made one half of a revolution,
the wood-strip has already been drawn out of the magazine D in the transverse
direction. Taking then the operation of the machine at this stage, this is how it
proceeds:―
The strips or shavings S are slightly incised or notched on the upper side at
the three points, 1, 2 and 3, corresponding to the length of the longer and shorter
sides of the box; such notches facilitating the folding of the strips at those points.
The wood-strip magazine is the place where two different operations take place,
riz., the feeding of the strip from the magazine and the pasting of the paper-
strip P on to the under side of the wood-strip or shaving. These operations are
performed by means of a disc or cam d secured upon the shaft and shown in
Figure 1. In addition to this, the portion p of the paper strip must be here
folded round the wood strip, and pasted to the same (Figures 4 and 7).
From Figures 7 and 7 it will be seen that the paper strip exceeds the width of
the wood strip by the width of the margins p p', and that the paper strip on the
left side only extends to the line 4-5 below the wood-strip, while it is corre-
spondingly longer on the opposite side.
The paper-strip at each operation is cut along the line 6-7, after it is drawn
underneath the former A.

page_text: The plate or 'disc d (Figure 1) has a projection d' on its periphery, a projection
or tappet d on the left side at the back, and another peripheral projection don
the right in front, uniformly raising and descending and having its highest point
in the horizontal plane.
Upon a horizontal bracket, to the right of the magazine, is located a recipro-
cating treble-pronged fork d, the extreme position of which is indicated in
Figure 3. The prongs of the fork are reduced in width at the ends, and at its
upper edge the fork is thinned down to an extent corresponding to the thickness
of the wocd-strip. This strip is accordingly enabled to be grasped by the
projecting edges 8, thus formed, and as the fork moves to the left, is delivered
from the magazine, whence it continues to issue until it arrives at the position
indicated in Figure 4.
Whilst this movement takes place, the fork a³ sweeps over, or moves in contact
with the bottom of the box, and along the remaining wood strips; the ends with
the projecting edges 8 engaging with, and carrying along with them, a fresh wood
shaving in each case.
The fork receives motion from the lever d', supported by the pillar or upright do,
and through the medium of the projection d³ of the disc d.
It will be seen that the fork performs a movement in one direction, and the
return movement whilst the crank-handle is made to complete one half of a
revolution; and that during the remaining half revolution of the shaft, the fork
remains inoperative in its extreme position (Figure 3).
To the left of the wood-strip receptacle or magazine, a horizontal bar dis
arranged so as to extend to the centre of the wood strip (Figure 4), so that, as
the fork is accomplishing its movement or stroke, the wood-strip lying thereon
sweeps along, immediately underneath the bar d³.
When the wood-strip has reached its extreme position, outside the receptacle,
the paper strip should be pasted on to its lower side.
For this purpose, a reciprocating plate d is connected to the two uprights or
columns supporting the wood-strip receptacle or magazine D. The width of the
plate d is the same as that of the wood-strip, while its relative length is apparent
from Figure 3. Motion is imparted to the said plate from the lever d", pivotted
to the bracket do, and through the medium of the projection of the disc d.
Upon this plate do, the paper strip is placed. As the plate moves upwardly, it is
pressed, below, against the wood strip which, in its turn, is pressed against the
bar de, by which operation the paper strip is made to adhere to the wood strip.
Portions of the plate d are cut away, at q, for the reduced ends of the fork, so
that, when the bar or fillet d8 and plate do are firmly compressed, the fork may
take up its position between them. At this point therefore, the very thin ends of
the treble-pronged fork become interposed between the paper strip and wood
strip. The folds forming in the paper strip as the fork recedes are subsequently
straightened out in the machine.
As shown in Figure 74, the paper band p is pasted on to the wood strip up to
the notches 3. The remaining portion p² of such paper strip is then slipped into
the box in process of formation, through the ageucy of the rear-portion a of the
pattern block or former A.
It will therefore be seen that the strip p has to be brought first to the vertical
position and then rolled over the wood-strip, to ensure its adhesion. This result is
obtained by the upwardly moving vertical fillet or bar d and by the roller d¹³,
Figures 3 and 5. The vertical bar d¹² is equal to the plate din length, its ends
being bent or folded at right angles at 10 and 11, forming a thin or sharp-edged
corner at 10. The bar d is also moved up and down along the pillars supporting
the paper strip magazine, and such motion is produced by the lever d¹ pivotted to
the bracket do, through the medium of the tappet or projection d2 of the disc d.
The respective upward movements of the plate d' and bar are practically
simultaneous; and whilst the plate is pasting the paper strip, the bar d brings
the paper band P to the vertical position; while its sharp edge 10 severs the said

page_text: paper band from the remaining part p². The tappet
bar d will then immediately descend again.
being short, the band or
For the purpose of pasting the paper band p to the wood-strip, a roller d¹³ is
provided; which roller is adapted to travel over the wood strip, while in its.
extreme position it comes to rest upon the horizontal piece d³.
Motion is imparted to the said roller through the medium of the disc e, Figure 1,
which is mounted upon the shaft directly behind the bracket of the pattern-frame.
It has arc-shaped projections e¹, 2 and 3 on its sides, the projection being.
adapted to operate the roller 13, Figures 3 and 5. through the medium of
levers e, e pivotted on the horizontal shaft or spindle &, and of rods e' connecting
the roller with the lever e. The reciprocating motion of the roller takes place
whilst the shaft of the machine is completing a quarter of a revolution. The
rods e, to which the roller d¹³ is connected, are adapted to move over a horizontal
odd, so that the roller does not drop off the horizontal piece d8 as it performs.
its return-movement.
By the time the paper-band p has been pasted on, and the roller has returned
to its position of rest, the wood-strip drawing device F has completed a quarter of
its movement or stroke, and has then accordingly assumed its extreme position,
Figure 4. It then firmly grips the wood-strip by means of the nipper or claw ƒ¨
and draws it along with it, as it returns, until the wood-strip comes to take up its
other extreme position, under the pattern-block, with the surface II situated
between the recesses 1 and 2. This surface II of the wood strip is to form the
lower and shorter side of the box.
Along with the wood-strip, the paper-strip P has been drawn forth from under
the horizontal band d", and should now be cut off. Now the distance between the
former A and the wood-strip magazine is so proportioned that, when the paper
strip is cut off at the end of the horizontal band or bar d³ along the line 6-7, the
portion of the paper-strip P, situated on the right of the wood-shaving, remains
connected with the latter, and that this strip p³ suffices for covering the left
portion I of the wood strip, on to which no paper has yet been pasted; for which
purpose it is accordingly used when the formation of the box is completed.
The paper strip is severed by the knife or cutter M which is operated by means
of the levers m m³, through the agency of the projection e¹ on the disc e.
The levers mare secured upon a sleeve m' through which the shaft e¹
extends.
The knife, in descending, cuts the paper strip by a sudden movement, which it.
performs in close proximity to the bar or band do, so that the strip is easily severed
along the line 6-7.
As it advances, it is raised above the paper strip and conducted back to its
initial position after having completed the cutting operation.
This is effected in the following manner.
To the knife or cutter is attached, a bent arm m³ so that it is capable of
travelling backwards and forwards over a way m¹. Upon this way another,
inclined way m³ is placed, the upper end of which is pivotted.
As the knife advances, the arm m³ slides up the inclined way and thereby raises
the knife until, on arriving at the end of the way, it suddenly drops, in doing.
which it cuts the paper strip. The arm m³ then takes up its position upon the
horizontal way m, and then slides back. It then passes underneath under one-
(the lowest) end of the inclined way mo, and in so doing it raises that end, after
which it resumes its extreme, initial, position in front of the inclined way. It
will be seen that the knife first moves forward rapidly, then it cuts, and next it
remains at rest, when the roller attached to the end of the lever arm m' has taken
up its position between the two arresting surfaces of the arc-shaped projections e¹ ;
whereupon it slowly recedes; while, in its other extreme position it remains
stationary during one half of a revolution of the shaft.
The wood-strip drawing or extracting device F moves in a slide way ƒ¹

page_text: (Figures 2 and 4) supported in a position at right angles to the shaft of the
machine, by an upright or pillar 1.
It consists of two parts f³, and f* connected with each other and capable of a
slight displacement; one of these, f³, is adapted to move over the slide-way f³,
while the other, f, is connected with the lever-arm f³. The detachable connection
between 3 and is such that the wood-strip claw f, which is pivotted to f³ and
hinged to f, opens as the wood-strip extractor advances, and closes as the latter
moves back; in which latter case it draws the wood-strip with it. The claw or
gripper is represented in Figures 4ª and 4ª, in the closed and open conditions,
respectively.
As the wood-strip extractor again moves from its extreme position on the left
(Figure 2) towards the wood-strip magazine, the claw f opens, so that the wood-
strip may again be placed round the former A.
The lever, operating the wood-strip extractor, is secured to a shaft f, on
the table or platform and is actuated by means of an excentric 9 (Figure 1B) and
eccentric rods g¹². The extreme positions of the wood-strip extractor are
indicated in dotted lines in Figure 2, and the central or intermediate situation of
the excentric and lever-arm f³, and consequently the position of the wood-strip
gripper underneath the pattern-block or former A (Figure 2) corresponds to the
lowest position of the crank handle.
At the same time as the wood-strip or shaving is drawn under the pattern-
block, the bottom V of the box which is being formed, is conducted from the
receptacle or magazine of box-bottoms, E, to a position in front of the said
pattern-block.
As before mentioned, the box-bottoms V are stored up in the receptacle or
magazine provided for the purpose, which is erected upon the table or platform
at an angle to the main shaft of the machine (Figures 1, 3 and 5). The bottom
pieces are held within the said magazine by a spring or weight, so that one
bottom-piece may be carried along by the slide at each stroke.
A circular slide or carriage H is fitted to the bottom receptacle on the left. As
in the case of the wood-strip receptacle, one bottom piece is conducted from the
bottom receptacle to the pattern block A at each reciprocating movement or double
stroke of the said slide or carriage. This carriage, H, travels in a suitable-shaped
slide-way. To its end are secured two thin rods h¹, and under such rods there is
a bent cross bar 2, whereon the bottom pieces are placed, being retained thereon,
or engaging therewith, by the projecting edge 12.
The cross bar 2, in its extreme position, is brought so as to lie immediately
underneath the former A.
The front edge of the former is recessed or notched in such a manner that the
thin rods ¹ fit the notches, which they enter in their extreme positions.
The other end of the carriage H is connected, by means of a rod or link ³ and
a cross bar to a forked piece or yoke ½ mounted upon the machine shaft, to
which there is secured the roller adapted to travel along the periphery of the
disc (Figure 1).
The said disc has a notch 2 at its periphery. It will be seen that, as the disc
rotates, the roller is drawn into the said notch by the spring h, whereby the
carriage or slide H is set in motion.
The reciprocating movement of this bottom-piece carrying slide H takes place
whilst the shaft performs a quarter of a revolution.
A great advantage which this improved box-making machine.presents over other
well-known machines of the same class lies in the fact that the bottom-piece is
moved up to the pattern-block or former before the wood-strip which is to form
the sides of the box is so moved up. The wood strip may, therefore, be readily
placed round the edges of the bottom, and the latter may in all cases be relied on
to fit the sides of the box; or the wood strip may be passed round the back of the
bottom piece, in which case the bottom aperture of the box is covered over entirely.

page_text: Either of these methods of manufacture may be adopted in using this machine;
and in each case it will be found that the bottom-piece or plate fits the sides or
edges of the bottom-aperture of the box to a nicety, which is by no means always
the case where machines, such as have been mentioned in the beginning of this
Specification, are employed.
From the rear-surface of the disc there rises a circular projection ³. This
projection serves for operating a rod k, which is adapted to be moved up in front
of the former A against any bottom piece that may happen to be there at the time
and to retain such bottom piece until it is fixed to the side-edges of the box in
course of formation.
The lever-arm k is, for this purpose, pivotally attached to the shaft bearing B¹,
its opposite end engaging with a cross-piece forming part of the rod k by means. of
a fork-shaped extension.
On a level with the axial line of the shaft, a roller is secured to the lever-
arm k. This roller moves upon, or in contact with, the projection of the disc i,
and in so doing causes the rod or bar k to reciprocate to and from the pattern block
or former A.
The extreme position of the rod k, in relation to the pattern block, is indicated in
dotted lines in Figure 3.
From the configuration of the circular projection it will be seen, that the
rod k, for one half of a revolution of the shaft, retains the bottom piece on the
former A. This 1od or bark attains its extreme position in relation to
the former A just before the bottom-piece-slide or carriage starts on its returu
journey.
The main shaft of the machine, by that time, has completed one revolution.
The wood-strip, then situated underneath the former A is now to be placed
around such former. There is at that time, on the left, the long side-piece I of
the box; and on the right, the long side piece III and the short top-piece IV
thereof, with the projecting portion p of the paper strip P (Figure 7). The
edges 1, III and IV are, therefore, to be bent upwards and retained against the
pattern block or former A.
For this purpose, there are provided on both sides underneath the said pattern
block, in the machine table or platform, the guide-bars K K, adjustable both in the
upward and downward directions. The lower ends of these bars are connected by
a cross-beam 1, while their upper ends carry flat slightly resilient plates ", which
are bent at the top towards the pattern-block A, and which, immediately above
their point of junction with the guide-rods K, are in their turn secured to the
arms of a forked rod L (Figures 1 and 2).
This forked rod L, on the other hand, is connected with a lever arm 1³, pivotted
to a bracket, below the table or platform, its other end being connected with the
vertically guided bar (Figure 1).
The 1od is provided at the top with a roller l adapted to move in contact with,
or travel on, the periphery of an eccentric disc 17 (Figure 1^).
As the shaft turns, the disc 17 depresses the rod 1, and correspondingly raises
the flat plates which, as they rise, place the wood-strip round the former A
and there retain it until the box has had the paper strip p³ pasted on to its
left side.
In order to prevent the paper strip just pasted on, and still moist being removed
from the wood strip, whilst the said plates recede, the connection between
the forked arms and the resilient plates is such that these plates, while
performing their return movement, are held a little distance away from the
pattern block or former sufficient for them to be out of contact with the
wood strip.
The plates are so formed that, when they are at their highest point, the wood-
strip-extractor F may still freely move along the said plates as it passes underneath
the pattern block.
It will be seen from the shape of the disc ", that the said plates are in the

page_text: first place rapidly raised, but that they continue to ascend slowly after having placed
the wood strip round the pattern block, until, eventually, they sink again. One
half of a revolution of the shaft is sufficient to raise the said plates to the highest
point they are capable of attaining.
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After the wood-strip or "shaving" has been placed round the pattern-block A
the short side IV still retaining a vertical position (Figure 7B) this side, too, must
be placed flatwise on the top of the said pattern-block.
For this purpose, there is arranged above the wood-strip extractor F, a slide or
carriage N, adapted to travel in a slide-way n. This slide carries at its end a fork,
arranged to open and close automatically; it opens to surround or grasp the erect
portion IV of the wood strip, but in receding immediately closes, and places
the said portion IV, which it holds, around the pattern block or former A
(Figure 7). These two positions of the arms or prongs of the fork are illustrated
in Figure 4.
The slide or carriage N, like the wood-strip extractor H, consists of two
parts n', n, movable upon each other. The lower part n is enlarged at its end,
whence it carries the pivots for the forked arms; while the upper part n³ is
connected with the inwardly bent ends of the forked arms; and to this portion
the draw-rod or link n is attached. The said carriage N receives its oscillatory
motion from the disc n' (Figure 1), mounted on the main shaft of the machine,
and through the intermediate agency of the lever arm no, which is secured on
to a spindle or pivot n', supported by the bracket C, and carries a roller n³
at its end.
This roller travels along the periphery of the disc no; and as, in consequence of
the rotation of that disc, it comes upon and engages with the notch n³, with which
the said disc is provided, and imparts rotary motion to the said spindle n; while
at the same time, through the medium of the rod n¹º, secured to that spindle, and
connected with the link n' of the carriage N, it so operates this carriage, that it
moves towards the pattern-block or former A. As soon as the roller again leaves
the notch n the carriage N recedes, and, on reaching the end of its return
movement, remains in this extreme position, whilst the main shaft of the machine
completes three quarters of a revolution.
In Figure 4, the carriage N and its operating mechanism are represented in
their extreme position on the right. In Figure 2 these parts are shown in
dotted lines.
The connection between the parts n' and n², and the fork-arms n³ (on the one
band) and the draw-rod n (on the other hand) is such, that, as before stated, the
carriage moves towards the pattern block A, and past the vertically-rising wood
strip, with open fork-arms or prongs; while, the moment the said carriage starts
on its return movement, the fork closes about the wood-strip, grasps the same, and
places it flatwise upon the pattern block. The box is now formed, i.e. has reached
the stage of operation illustrated in Figure 7°. Now the several parts of the box
have to be fixed or pasted together. For the purpose of joining the bottom piece
to the sides of the box, the paper band p' is provided. This band is pasted to the
bottom of the box in two operations, viz.: first it secures the upper & lower edges,
and then the side-edges; and, at the same time with the upper edge, the protruding
portion of the paper strip, which extends horizontally, along with the upper
part IV of the wood-strip (formed into a box) Figure 7, is bent or folded down
and pasted on to the position I of the box.
For joining or pasting the lower edge, a tappeto is provided on the disc n'; over
which tappet there travels a small wheel o¹. This wheel o¹ is connected to a cross
piece o³, which is situated in front of the pattern-block (Figures 1 and 2) and on its
opposite side carries a plate o³, the upper edge of which is bent so as to stand
a little distance away from the said pattern-block. The cross piece o is
moved up and down in the table or platform of the machine, by, means of
guide-rods o*.
The bars extend down below the machine table or bed plate and are adapted to

page_text: be drawn off the pattern-block by means of springs; so that, as the plate o*
recedes, after the performance of the pasting operation it cannot detach the paper
band again from the bottom piece of the box.
There is furthermore provided another spring, adapted to press the plate o
against the pattern block during the upward movement, so that the springs o
do not come into operation until the said plate commences its downward
movement.
As the shaft revolves, the wheel o' is raised by the tappet or cam o, so that the
plate o also is moved upwards to a corresponding extent along the bottom; during
which movement the band p' is pasted to the bottom of the box, along the lower
edge thereof.
As before mentioned, the springs o draw the plates o³ off the
pattern-block during the descent. It will be seen, the said plates perform a
movement up and down during one half of a revolution of the main shaft.
We shall now proceed to describe the manner in which the projecting paper
strip is folded down and pasted on to the side I of the box, and also the way in which
the upper short paper border is, at the same time, fixed to the bottom.
On the left, above the pattern-block, there is arranged a vertical slide-way ",
Figures 1 and 2, wherein a flat rail R is adapted to move up and down. The
said rail carries on one side two plates, while on the other side it has a
projection or extension passing through a slot and extending past and
behind the slide-way r. This slide-way is, itself, rearwardly extended, and at
that part affords a centre of rotation to the pivot or spindle ³, to which are
linked, both a rod 16 connected to the projection r³ on the rail R, and another. rod
(draw-rod) joined to the arm rª³.
By this arrangement, the desired reciprocating motion is imparted to the rail R,
the direct means whereby such motion is produced being the tappet or cam,
(Figure 1) mounted on the main shaft of the machine and acting through the
medium of the lever arm 10 adapted to turn on the pivot or spindle a (Figure 4)
supported by the bracket C, to the end of which lever-arm the draw-rod
linked.
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The extreme positions of this rail and its actuating mechanism are indicated
in dotted lines in Figure 2. It will be seen from Figures 10 and 1", that the
upward movement of the plate o³ and the downward movement of the rail R, with
the plates, take place simultaneously, and that the three plates perform one
movement or stroke upwards, and one downwards, whilst the main shaft of the
machine completes one half of a revolution.
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In Figure 4 this arrangement is shown detached, the ruil R and plates
being supposed to occupy their lowest position in front of the pattern-block or
former A.
The plates, and are pivotted at the top of the rail at right angles to each
other, the plate serving for pasting the upper paper band to the bottom, and the
plate, for turning down the protruding margin of the paper, p³, upon the portion [
of the wood strip.
These plates are constantly kept away from the pattern-block by means of spiral
springs, so that the plates which, as they descend, move in close proximity to the
bottom and side of the box are sufficiently removed from those parts of the box
during their upward movement to preclude any possibility of their detaching the
pasted paper again in passing. The action, in fact, is not unlike that of the paper
cutter M, the plates being provided with inclined ways 12, pivotted at their
uppermost parts. These as the plates descend move over pins or studs 13, 14
mounted on the slide-way r; and thus the said plates gradually approach the
pattern-block, pasting, as they do so, the paper strip to the bottom and side I of
the box; while, upon their reaching their lowermost position, they are tightly
pressed against the sides of the box.
Presently the pins 13, 14 arrive at the ends of the inclined ways 11, 12, and the
plates are removed from the pattern-block, so that, as they rise, they no longer
touch the box. The pins 13, 14 then engage between the plates and the inclined
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page_text: ways, and raise the ends of the same, whereupon the said plates, and, return
to their highest position, as illustrated in Figure 2.
The operation just described, and the effect thereof, are clearly apparent both
from Figure 2 and from Figure 4º, the lowermost position of the plates being
indicated in Figure 2 in dotted lines. The plate is longer than the plate r
which circumstance enables it to fold down the protruding margin of the paper
strip p³ and to paste it ou to the upper left corner of the box, before the plate,
as it descends, can paste the paper band to the upper edge of the box (to the
bottom).
The pasting operations performed by the lower plate o³ and by the upper
plates and take place simultaneously, after which the box enters upon the stage
of the process of its manufacture, which is illustrated in Figure 7".
The projecting portion of the paper-strip p is sufficiently long to cover the
portion (still unprovided with paper) of the side I of the box, on the left of the
line 4-5 (Figure 7), whereon the paper-strip p³ is to be located.
After the upper and lower borders of the paper band have been pasted on the
box, the paper is pasted onto the side-edge of the same. This operation is
performed by means of plates ss, bent at right angles and arranged on the sides of
the pattern-block or former A, being fixed to the ends of horizontal arms s¹ s¹.
The plates ss are equal to the pattern-block in height. Their supporting arms &¹ s¹
are pivotted to a cross-head or piece 82 (Figures 1 and 3). This cross-head slides
on guide-rails or bars supported by the shaft-bearing B¹. The said arms s
are extended inwardly from their pivotal centres or fulcrums, and at those parts
engage with each other by means of a pawl and notch with which they are
respectively provided, so that, being properly operated, these arms and the plates ss,
which they carry at their ends, will move either to or from the pattern-block or
former A.
Below the cross-beam s², a roller s is mounted upon a pivot or spindle. This
roller works in conjunction with a projections, raised on the periphery of the
disc (Figure 1º). By means of this disc and its projections when the shaft
revolves the arms &¹s and plates ss are made to reciprocate along the pattern-
block. In addition to the projection mentioned, the said disc possesses another
projections, which serves to push the box off the pattern-block when it is
completed. The projecting pieces has two ways or surfaces s8 and s formed on
it, and further comprises a straight portion s10 which is parallel to the disc, and a
raised portion or cams intervening between 10 and 8; whilst the roller sis
travelling in the slide way so, the arms move towards the pattern-block, until the
inner edge of the plates s become level with the front face of the pattern-bloch, or
in other words with the bottom of the box.
While the roller is moving over the straight portion 810 of the said projecting
piece, the plates embrace the bottom of the box, so that they place the paper
band p around it and paste it thereon.
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The bending of the plate is effected by means of a movable arm s arranged to
the right of the pattern block, being pivotted to a pillar or upright 13 (Figure 1);
and it is operated, through the medium of the lever arm 81, from a cam s
on the main shaft, just in front of the bracket supporting the pattern-block.
When the said cam & depresses the lever arms, the arm is moves towards the
arms of the plate and forces both plates ss (connected with the cross-beam s³ by
the toothed connection described above) around the pattern-block, at which point,
as before stated, the side-strips p' are pasted to the bottom of the box; the roller st
in the meantime travelling over the straight portions of the projection or
extension $*.
In receding, the plates ss must not again touch the bottom of the box, as they
night, by so doing, detach the paper band just pasted thereon. To effect this the
projecting portion of the disc is fitted with a tappet s", which serves to remove the
plates s somewhat from the pattern block A, the moment the said plates commence
their return movement. The cam on the shaft then releases the lever arms",

page_text: when the arm 12 recedes, and the arms s', under the action of the springs at their
pivots, situated on the cross-beam, rebound, to the position illustrated in
Figure 5B, in which they are capaple of being conducted back to their starting
point along the pattern block or former A, while at the same time the roller s
travels along the way or tracks on the projecting piece s°.
In Figures 5A, 5 and 5° the various positions of the arms s' and plates are
illustrated separately. The reciprocating plates s perform one movement in
each direction while the main shaft of the machine completes one third of a
revolution.
When the roller on the cam-surface occupies the position indicated in
Figure 1 and other figures, the disc moves to the right, so that the roller recedes
and is soon after arrested, until, after the disc has completed about two thirds
of its revolution, the said roller is moved towards the pattern block again, along
the path or cam surface so. The box which is being formed has now reached
that stage of its manufacture which is illustrated in Figure 7.
The band p, situated on the right of the line 3 (Figure 7A) is pasted into the
box at the same time as the side-bands p' are fixed in their proper positions as
aforesaid. Supposing the box has been formed by being placed around the
pattern-block or former in the manner stated, the said paper band p' then extends
horizontally backwards from the upper edge and also at the top of the left.
side-edge, at about half its beight.
The band has now to be turned down into the interior of the box and pasted
to the inner edges of the two corresponding side walls of the box. For this
purpose, as was mentioned in the beginning of this Specification, the rear part a
of the pattern-block is made movable, the whole of the upper edge in the rear
being capable of rising to about half the height of the box, while the left
side-edge a extends downwards on that side of the box. This portion is capable
of so much backward displacement, that there forms between it and the pattern-
block a space sufficient to enable the paper band p³ to be folded down into such
space.
The portion a is extended rearwardly where it is guided by the bracket of the
pattern-block. The rear part a of the pattern-block or former A receives motion
from the disc e, with its cam-surface e³ (Figure 1), and through the medium of
the lever arms as a mounted upon the spindle or pivot a³, which the bracket c
supports. In Figures 5 and 6 this arrangement is shown detached, being,
respectively, a side elevation and cross section thereof. The cam-surface or path e³
on the disc does not extend beyond a quarter of an arc of a circle, so that the
portion of the pattern-block performs reciprocating movement (once in each
direction) whilst the main shaft of the machine only completes one fourth of a
revolution. During the three remaining quarters of its revolution, in the course
of which the box is formed on the pattern-block or former and fixed with paper
and paste, the portion a forms a whole with the said former.
a
The paper band p³ is folded down into the open pattern block in the following
manner; Upon the rear part of the pattern-block, a plate a is pivotted to an
arm a of circular shape (Figures 5, 54, 5 and 5°). On the left, at a', the plate
is extended further downwards, so as first to fold or turn down the left portion of
the paper band p³ (Figure 5B).
As the arm a turns, the plate moves into the open pattern-block or former and,
in so doing, it bends or folds the band p2 first on the left side of the said former
and then at the upper part thereof, into the opening which it presents. After the
return movement of the plate a', when the pattern-block or former closes again,
the said band is pasted into the box, which is then quite completed, as illustrated
in Figure 7.
The arin a is set in motion as follows; it is secured on to a spindle a³ and is
constantly retained in a raised position by springs (Figure 5B).
Upon the shaft, there are arranged two sleeves a and a which are provided
with pins a a". The sleeve a' is fast, while the other sleeve is loose or movable

page_text: upon the spindle a. The cross-pin all extends beyond the sleeve ao, so that, as
the said sleeve a10 turns, its companion, and with it the spindle a³, are rotated
also, the pin a engaging with, and taking round with it, the other transverse
pin a Upon the arms on the left of the pattern block there is furthermore
provided a pin a". As the plate s advances, this pin as impinges on a, and the
latter, in its turn, meets the transverse pin a" of the sleeve a', which is fast upon
the shaft a³.
By such means the arm a³ and plate af are moved into the open pattern-block
ot former and the paper band 72 folded into the same also. As soon as the
pin a¹³ of the am releases the pin a (Figure 5), the arm a immediately
springs back to the raised position (Figure 5). As the arms recedes, the pin a¹³
causes the sleeve a¹0 to turn; but as this sleeve is loose upon the spindle a³, the
latter does not evolve with it.
It will thus be seen that the plate is depressed and then allowed to spring
upwards again within a very short space of time.
It now remains for the finished box to be stripped off the pattern-block or
founer A. The arrangement whereby this is effected is simple, its construction
being illustrated in Figures 1 and 3.
There are placed next to the pattern-block two flat plates tt, the upper front
edges of which are connected by a narrow strip t¹, while on the other side they
are narrowed down or reduced, and extended downwardly, being, at this part,
connected by a cross-tie 2. The said plates t t thus form a frame, adapted to be
moved backwards and forwards along the pattern-block; so that, as this frame
advances, it engages with the two sides and the upper edge of the box and removes
it from the said former A.
A roller is secured on the cross-piece t², co-axially with the shaft, and is
adapted to move in contact with the projections of the discs (Figure 1°). As
this disc turns, the stripping frame is reciprocated and while it 80 moves
backwards and forwards, it slips the completed box off the pattern-block or
former.
It will be seen that the reciprocating movement of the said stripping frame is
accomplished during one fourth of a revolution of the main shaft of the machine;
and the box is removed from the pattern-block immediately after the paper
band has been pasted within the said box, i.e., as soon as the pattern-block has
been closed. The roller 3 assumes the position in which it is represented in
Figure 1, immediately below the roller s, to enable the lateral pasting devices &
to perform their movement.
The box, on being pushed off the pattern-block, drops into a groove or
channel from which it is automatically removed and conducted out of the
machine.
Where it desired that the boxes should be provided with a lid, instead of being
fitted with a sliding drawer, the lids may also be manufactured in the machine
herein described, except that, in such a case, the dimensions of the wood-strip and
the pattern-block or former have to be reduced, while the size of the whole
machine and its several parts or devices must be varied in proportion.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is
First. A machine for manufacturing boxes for matches and similar articles,
wherein the paper strip is pasted to the wood strip and the boxes are then formed
and pasted around or upon a stationary pattern-block or former, substantially as
hereinbefore described.
Second. A machine for manufacturing boxes for matches and similar articles,
in which the wood-strip is fed transversely from a suitable receptacle into position
beneath a pattern-block or former arranged upon a supporting bracket and
ovided with a movable rear part, and has the paper strip pasted to its lower

page_text: edge, a bottom piece being in the meantime moved out of another receptacle up
to the said block or former by a segmental slide, whereupon the said paper strip
is placed around the said block or former and retained thereon until the portions
of the paper strip which have not been previously pasted to the wood are fixed to
the left hand side and bottom of the box, and also, by means of the movable rear
portion of the said former, to the interior of the said box.
Third. In a box-making machine such as is hereinbefore described, the provision
of a wood-strip-receptacle on one side of the pattern-block or former, from which
receptacle a fork, operated by a raised or projecting portion of a disc or cam il
and by a lever d, moves the wood strip transversely over the paper-strip, which
is covered with adhesive material, and fixes it to such paper strip between a
horizontal bar or band d and a plate ď moved upwards by another projection d
of the cam d and by the lever d", whilst the portion p of the paper strip is raised
by means of a vertical bar or band d" moved upwards by the tappets d' of the
cain d and the lever d", and then fixed to the upper edges of the wood strips by
the roller d³, moved backwards and forwards by means of the raised portion e³
of the cam e, the lever arms ee and bare, substantially as, and for the purposes,
herein before described.
Fourth. In combination with the wood-strip receptacle, a cutter or knife M for
cutting the paper strip P along the line 6-7, the said knife being operated by
means of levers m m and through the medium of the raised portion e' of the cam
clined way m³
in such a manner that, as it moves forward, it rises above the
over the paper strip, so that, on reaching the end of the said in Ane, it drops and
thereby cuts off the paper strip, after which it is conducted back, below the
incline m³, along a horizontal way or surface m', substantially as, and for the
purposes, specified.
Fifth. In a box-making machine such as is hereinbefore described, the provision
of mechanism for drawing the wood strip, having paper pasted on it, beneath the
pattern-block or former, comprising a wood-strip drawing or pulling device F
and rods 9' 9'
adapted to move horizontally and operated by an eccentric
and f, such device being arranged to move towards the wood-strip receptacle,
with its gripper or claw fopen, while the moment it starts on its return movement,
the said gripper closes and grasps the strip, which is thus held until the device F
reaches its opposite terminal position, when the gripper re-opens and, by releasing
the strip, enables it to be placed beneath the pattern-block or former, substantially
as hereinbefore described.
Sixth. In a box-making machine, such as is herein before described, the provision
on one side of the pattern-block or former, of a receptacle E for the box-bottoms,
from which the bottom pieces are adapted to be moved up in front of the pattern-
block or former by means of a circular slide H operated by the disc or cam i
and the rods ³, in which position the said bottom pieces are retained by a
bark moved and guided horizontally by means of a raised portion of the cam i
and of a rod ¹, until the bottom piece has been pasted to the box, substantially as
hereinbefore described.
Seventh. In a box-making machine such as is hereinbefore described, mechanism
for placing the wood strip around the pattern-block or former, which mechanism
consists of:-
(a.) Two resilient bent plates / connected with a fork-shaped bar L, operated
by a disc or cam l, a rod 1° and a rocking beam or lever 1, such plates /
being adapted to be raised on both sides of the pattern-block or former, in
close proximity thereto, and to place the lower part and the two side pieces
of the wood strip (or box) around the pattern-block or former and to retain
it thereon until the formation of the box is completed and
(b.) A slide, such as N, arranged on one side of the pattern-block or former,
and adapted to move horizontally under the action of the disc or cam n
and the rods no, n¹0 and n, the end of such slide being fitted with a fork
having two arms or prongs, which, while the slide moves forward

page_text: (ie. towards the pattern-block or former) are adapted to open, and, during
the return movement of the slide, to close, in doing which they grasp
the upper edge of the box and place it upon the pattern-block or
former in a flattened condition, all substantially as and for the purposes
specified.
ghth. In a box-making machine such as that herein before described,
hanism for turning down the projecting edges of the paper-strip and pasting
h to the remaining side of the wood strip, to the bottom piece and to the inside
he box, which mechanism consists of:-
(a.) A resilient plate o³, arranged below the pattern-block or former and
adapted for vertical motion, such plate being operated by means of the
tappets or projections o of the cam n³, and connected with guide-rails o*, its
object being to paste the lower portion pl of the paper strip to the bottom
of the box;
(b.) Two plates ¹, hinged to a slide, such as R, which is operated by
means of tappets, rods 10, 7 and lever arins 8, 6, on which plates,
are provided iuclined ways 11 which, when the plates descend, slide
along pins and, in so doing, press the plates against the pattern-block
or former, while, when the plates descend, the said ways allow them, in
consequence of their resilience, to move out of contact with the pattern-
block or former, one of the said plates, ³, being adapted to paste the
portion of the paper strip, which is still unfixed, to the remaining side of
the box, while the other plate, ¹, serves to fix the upper part of the
paper strip to the bottom of the box;
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(c.) Two plates s secured to arms adapted to move horizontally on the
sides of the pattern-block or former under the action of a raised portion s
of the cams, such plates being adapted, when moving forward, to be
pressed against or around the pattern-block or former by means of the
rod or bar ¹³, operated by the tappet and lever arms ¹³, and, in their
return movement, to come out of contact with the pattern-block or former,
the said bar releasing the arm s', so that the portion p² of the paper
strip may be pasted to the bottom of the box, next to the sides
thereof; and
(d.) The movable rear portion a of the pattern-block or former, operated
from the projection on the came through the levers a' and a', in
connection with the plate a, secured to the curved arm a, the said movable
portion a being adapted to open and allow the plate a to fold in the
border p by means of the pin a¹³ on the arm s', this portion a then again
moving towards the pattern-block and pasting the said border to the
inside of the box, all substantially as herein before described.
nth. In a box-making machine such as that herein before described, the
sion of a frame t t placed around the pattern-block or former and provided
a roller t³, which, when operated by the raised tappet 7 of the cam 3ª, strips
ox off the said pattern-block or former, by acting upon the top and side-edges
e same, substantially as herein before described.
nth. The improved box-making machine constructed substantially as
ibed with reference to the accompanying drawings and operating as above
fied.
Dated the 9th day of August 1895
D. YOUNG & Co.,
11 & 12 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.