IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR PREPARING MATCH-STICKS OR SPLINTS FOR THE APPLICATION OF IGNITING MATERIAL
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Robert Lake of the firm of Haseltine Lake
and Co, Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London for an Invention of
." IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR PREPARING MATCH-STICKS OR SPLINTS FOR
THE APPLICATION OF IGNITING MATERIAL" communicated to him from abroad
by William Henry Harrison Sisum, of Brooklyn, New York, United States of
America.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Robert Lake at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 17th July 1883.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine Lake and Co Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings London, "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR PREPARING
MATCH-STICKS OR SPLINTS FOR THE APPLICATION OF IGNITING MATERIAL" [a com-
munication to him from abroad by William Henry Harrison Sisum, of Brooklyn,
New York, United States of America,]
This invention relates to machines for making match-sticks or splints into
bundles previous to the application of igniting material thereto.
According to the said invention the improved machine has a hopper provided
with a vibrating back or front or back and front, a roller for carrying the match-
splints from the hopper and operating with a continuous rotary motion, and
another roller to which the said splints are transferred and which operates in the
reverse direction but also with a continuous rotary motion.
I also use in the hopper a fluted roller capable of rising in its bearings and
adapted for operating alternately in reverse directions for straightening the
splints.
I also employ in the hopper a roller for forcing the splints toward the roller,
whereby they are carried from the hopper.
I also employ in conjunction with the hopper and a roller serving to carry the
splints therefrom and having a notched periphery and circumferential grooves,
stop-plates extending from the hopper into the said circumferential grooves of the
roller.
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Tuto me?

page_text: I also have a novel combination of parts for supporting standards sustaining the
shaft of the roller on which webs with match splints between them are wound.
I connect a driving pinion or wheel by friction-clamps to the shaft of the roller
on which the webs with the splints are wound, so that the said pinion can slip
on the shaft when the roll of webs and splints renders this desirable owing to the
large size thereof.
In carrying the said invention into practice the hopper in which the match
sticks or splints are placed has an open bottom and front, the splints being prevented
from passing through the same by means of inwardly projecting ledges or flanges.
A roller having a notched or fluted periphery has its journals supported in slotted
or elongated bearings in the sides of the hopper. This roller may be continuously
driven or intermittently operated by an attendant; in the latter case one of its
journals is provided with a crank whereby it may be turned. The roller preferably
is made of metal. If the splints get crossed they will oftentimes have to raise this
roller in its bearings to avoid being broken by it. For this reason the roller is
supported in elongated bearings. The rotation of the roller will straighten out the
match sticks when they become crossed.
The back of the hopper is pivotted to the sides near the top, and near the lower
end is provided with studs, one of which has fitted to it a rod which extends to a
crank on the roller first and thus when the back is swung to and fro rotary motion
will be transmitted to the said roller. This rotary motion is not continuously in
one direction but is for a short distance in one direction and then in the reverse
direction.
On the driving shaft of the machine is mounted a large gear-wheel which derives
motion from a small gear wheel on a counter shaft. This counter-shaft derives
motion from a belt applied to a pulley. The said counter shaft is provided with
a clutch-piece which keyed to the shaft so as to turn therewith, but is capable
of movement lengthwise of the shaft in order that it may be engaged with, or
disengaged from, the pulley. A lever serves for operating this clutch piece. When
the clutch-piece is engaged with the pulley the machine is put in motion and when
the clutch-piece is disengaged from the said gear-wheel the machine is stopped.
A second roller is arranged upon the driving-shaft at the front of the hopper
and serves to deliver the splints therefrom. A third roller is journalled in bearings
in the frame of the machine and arranged close to and just beyond the face of the
second roller.
The second roller which receives the splints has notches extending across its
periphery in directions parallel with its axis, but these notches are interrupted by
circumferential grooves in which fit fingers. The splints pass from the hopper
into these notches and are carried away to the third roller. When resting in the
notches they extend across the said fingers. By raising the said fingers the splints
can be prevented from entering the said notches.
The third roller has a cylindric body and flanges which are provided with
notches extending parallel with the axis and adapted to receive the splints. The
splints pass over the second roller to a point about horizontally opposite the axis
of the roller and there are transferred to the third roller. The latter roller rotates
in the opposite direction to the second roller hence the splints when transferred
to the third roller pass first under the same and thence upward.
Guards extend around and close to the portion of the notched flange of the
third roller which the splints traverse, and thereby aid in holding the said splints
in the notches of this roller. The ends of these guards which are near the second
roller are bent to conform to the periphery of the said roller and have pointed
ends which extend either close to the ends of the same or into its grooves beyond
the bottoms of those notches in the said second roller which are adjacent to the
third roller. The sides of the splints which are next the bottom of these notches
consequently come in contact with the guards and are by the latter, stripped or
pulled out and transferred to the third roller. The match splints pass from one to
the other of these rollers without any abrupt change of direction,

page_text: The driving shaft is provided with a second gear-wheel and the journal of the
third roller which is adjacent to the said second gear-wheel is provided with a
gear-wheel hereinafter termed the third gear wheel which engages with and derives
inotion from the said second gear wheel.
The fingers are pivotted to arms rigidly affixed to a rock-shaft which is
journalled in bearings in the frame of the machine. One end of this rock-shaft is
provided with an arm or crank whereby it may be shifted. By raising the outer
end of this arm or crank the fingers may be raised so as to prevent splints from
entering the notches of the roller. In this manner the feeding of the splints may
be stopped at any time without stopping the machine as a whole.
'
A small roller hereinafter termed the forarth roller is arranged immediately over
the second roller and at the front of the hopper. This roller has faces or bands of
india-rubber or other like material which rotate in contact with, or in close
proximity to, the second roller. This fourth roller is supported in adjustable
journal boxes. On one journa is a pinion which engages with a gear wheel
affixed to a gear wheel deriving motion from the gear wheel on the driving shaft
hence the lower surface the said fourth roller moves in the reverse direction
to the adjacent surfa
ace of the second roller and brushes back all splints except
such as, are in one, notches of the second roller This fourth roller moves very
rapidly.'
A sta
Secutionary guard is arranged which prevents splints in the notches of the
✓cond roller from' accidentally escaping from the said notches before arriving at
the guards and strippers.
On the ends of the journals of the fourth roller are cranks which are connected
by rods with the studs of the back of the hopper, hence motion is transmitted
from the said fourth roller to the back of the hopper and thence to the first
roller.
Another roller hereinafter termed the fifth roller is arranged between the ledges
which are at the bottom of the hopper and journalled in the side of the hopper.
The said fifth roller is provided with ribs extending parallel with its axis, and.
hence it resembles a breast water-wheel. The said ribs extend slightly above the
ledges which are at the bottom of the hopper so they can act on the splints
supported on those ledges and force them towards the second roller.
These ledges are provided with stop-plates which extend into the circumferential
grooves of the second roller and thereby prevent the splints from passing between
the second roller and the said ledges. The stop plates extend behind the upper
portion of the fifth roller and form abutments in conjunction with which the back
of the hopper in swinging to and fro can straighten the splints. If the match
sticks on arriving at these stop-plates should not be straight the ends which make
contact with one of the stop plates will be held stationary until the next forward
motion of the hopper back shall have forced the other end forward into contact
with the other stop-plate. The subsequent forward motion of the hopper back
will force the straightened splints into the path of the fifth roller and the latter
will then force them forward to the second roller The fifth roller derives motion
from a shaft through suitable gear-wheels.
A roller, hereinafter termed the sixth roller, is provided on which is wound á
strip of webbing. This webbing extends from the said sixth roller around guide-
bars on the front of the hopper and thence around the body of the third roller.
It passes to this third roller before the splints are transferred to this roller hence
the said splints are delivered on to the roller outside of it. From the third roller
this webbing passes to a seventh roller.
Another roller, bereinafter termed the eighth roller, is provided on which is
wound a strip of webbing passing thence around a guide roller or bar and thence
around the third roller outside the splints. This webbing passes with the webbing
first mentioned from the third roller to the seventh roller. The two webs as they
leave the third roller carry off the splints between them at regular distances apart
and are wound upon the seventh roller with the match sticks between them...

page_text: The said seventh foller is mounted on a shaft supported in bearings in standards.
These standards are connected by a cylindric base piece mounted on bearings which
are concentric with a shaft supported in the frame of the machine, hence as the coil
or roll of the webs and splints increase in.size the roller can move away from the
third roller. The seventh roller can, be moved so far back that its shaft will rest
upon a post or support. On the shaft which supports this seventh roller. is a pinion
which engages with a large gear wheel arranged on a shaft which is journalled in
the frame of the machine. On the said shaft is also a gear wheel which engages
with another gear wheel on a shaft. The latter gear wheel engages with and
derives motion from the third gear wheel.
When a roll or coil of the webs and splints is completed, it and the roller are
slipped off the shaft which supports the roller, and
igniting material is to be applied to the splint
seventh roller it, is fitted loosely on its shaft and
means of a spline or feather. When this roller
another.
removed to the place where the
To permit of the removal of the
caused to rotate therewith by
is removed it is replaced by
The pinion on the shaft carrying the seventh roller is not rigidly affixed to the
shaft but is secured tliereto by clamps. One of these clamps bars against a collar
on the shaft and the other is forced and held against the pinion by means of a nut
and a lock nut. Both clamps are faced with leather or analogous mais
terial. By
tightening or loosening the nuts more or less friction may be produced.
connection' of the pinion with its shaft allows of the slipping of the roller when the
roll of webs and splints materially increase in size.
I do not wish to confine myself to imparting a to and fro movement to the back
of the hopper as the front of the hopper or both the front and back may have such
a movement
When both the front and back sections are to have such a movement
they may be connected by rods. to move in unison.
4.
Preferably the shafts supporting the sixth and eighth rollers are clamped to their
bearings by clamps like those which clamp the pinion to the shaft carrying the sixth
roller so that the said rollers will not rotate too freely in delivering the webs. which
are wound upon them.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said William Robert Lake in the Patent Office on the 17th January.
'1884.
:
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine Lake, and Co Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR PREPARING
"
MATCH-STICKS, OR SPLINTS FOR THE APPLICATION OF IGNITING MATERIAL.”
A com-
munication to me from abroad by William Henry Harrison Sisum of Brooklyn,,
New York, United States of America.
This invention relates to machines for making match-sticks or splints into
bundles previous to the application of igniting material thereto.
A machine constructed according to this invention has a hopper provided with a.
vibrating back or front or back and front, a roller for carrying the match-sticks or
splints from the hopper and operating with a continuous rotary motion, another
roller to which the said match-sticks or splints are transferred and which operates
in the reverse direction but also with a continuous rotary motion
I use in the hopper a fluted roller capable of rising in its bearings and adapted
for operating alternately in reverse directions for straightening the match-sticks or
splints.
I also employ in the hopper a roller for forcing the splints toward the roller,
whereby they are carried from the hopper.
I also employ in conjunction with the hopper and a roller serving to carry the
splints therefrom and having a notched periphery and circumferential grooves,
stop-plates extending from the hopper into the said circumferential grooves of the
roller.
I also employ a novel combination of parts for supporting standards sustaining
the shaft of the roller on which webs with match splints between them are wound.
I connect a driving pinion or wheel by friction-clamps to the shaft of the roller
on which the webs with the splints are wound, so that the said pinion can slip on.
the shaft when the roll of webs and splints renders this desirable owing to the
large size thereof
In the accompanying drawing.
Figure 1 is a sectional plan or top view of a machine constructed according to
this invention
Figure 2. is a side elevation of the same partly in section on the line
Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a transverse section on the line y, y Figure 2.
Figure 4 is a transverse section of the same partly on the line z z Figure 1, and.
Figure 5 is a side view of a portion of the machine
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures
A indicates a hopper in which the match sticks are placed. The said hopper has
an open bottom and front, the match sticks or splints being prevented from passing
through the same by means of inwardly projecting ledges or flanges a. A roller A¹
having a notched or fluted periphery has its journals supported in slotted or
elongated bearings s in the sides of the hopper. This roller may be continuously
driven or intermittently operated by an attendant; in the latter case one of its
journals is provided with a crank whereby it may be turned.. The roller preferably
is made of metal. If the splints get crossed they will oftentimes have to raise this
roller in its bearings to avoid being broken by it. For this reason the roller is
supported in elongated bearings. The rotation of the roller will straighten out or
arrange the match sticks when they become crossed.

page_text: The back of the hopper is pivotted to the sides near the top, and near the
lower end is provided with studs, one of which has fitted to it a rod A² extending
to a crank on the roller A¹ and thus when the back is swung to and fro rotary
motion will be transmitted to the said roller. This rotary motion is not con-
tinuously in one direction but is for a short distance in one direction and then in
the reverse direction.
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C indicates the driving shaft of the machine, on the said. shaft is mounted a
large gear-wheel C¹, which derives motion from a small gear wheel, D on a counter
shaft D. This counter-shaft derives motion from a belt applied to a pulley D².
The said counter-shaft D is provided with a clutch-piece D3 which is keyed to the
shaft so as to turn therewith, but is capable of movement lengthwise of the shaft
in order that it may be engaged with or disengaged from the pulley D². A lever
DD serves as a convenient means for operating this clutch piece. When the
clutch-piece is engaged with the pulley the machine is put in motion and when
the clutch-piece is disengaged from the said gear-wheel the machine is stopped
E indicates a roller arranged upon the driving-shaft C at the front of the hopper
and serves to deliver the match sticks or splints therefrom and F indicates a roller
journalled in bearings in the frame of the machine and arranged close to and just
beyond the face of the roller E. The roller F receives the match sticks from the
roller E
The roller E as shown has notches c extending across its periphery in directions
parallel with its axis, but these notches are interrupted by circumferential grooves d
in which fit fingers G. The splints pass from the hopper into these notches c and
are carried away to the roller F. When resting in the notches they extend across
the fingers G. By raising the said fingers the splints can be prevented from
entering the notches. .
The roller F has a cylindric body e and flanges f which are provided with
notches.g extending parallel with the axis and adapted to receive the splints
•
It will be observed that the match sticks or splints pass over the roller E-to
a point about horizontally opposite the axis of the roller and there are transferred
to the roller F. The roller F rotates in the opposite direction to the roller E
hence the splints when transferred to the roller F pass first under the-same and
thence upward
H indicates guards which extend around and close to the portion of the notched
flange of the roller F which the splints traverse, and thereby aid in holding the
said splints in the notches of this roller. The ends of these guards H which are
near the roller E, are reverted or bent to conform to the periphery of the roller E
and have pointed ends which extend either close to the ends of the same or into
its grooves d beyond the bottoms of those notches in the said roller E, which are
adjacent to the roller F. The sides of the match sticks which are next the bottom
of these notches consequently come in contact with the guards and are by the
latter stripped or pulled out and transferred to the roller F. The splints pass from
one to the other of these rollers without any abrupt change of direction
The driving shaft C is provided with a gear-wheel B and the journal of the
roller F which is adjacent to the gear-wheel B is provided with a gear wheel Fi
which engages with and derives motion from the gear wheel B. As here shown
the gear wheel B and F are of about the same size.
The fingers G are pivotted to arms b¹ rigidly affixed to a rock-shaft G¹ which
is journalled in bearings in the frame of the machine, one end of this shaft is
provided with an arın or crank G2 whereby the said rock-shaft may be sliifted.
By raising the outer end of this arm or crank the fingers may be raised so as
to prevent splints from entering the notches of the rollers E. In this manner
the feeding of the splints may be stopped at any time without stopping the
machine as a whole
I indicates a small roller arranged immediately over the roller E and at the
front of the hopper A. This roller has faces or bands of india rubber or other like
material a² which rotate in contact with, or close proximity to, the roller E., This

page_text: roller I is supported in adjustable journal boxes a³. On one journal is a pinion I'
which engages with a gear wheel B₁ that is affixed to a gear wheel B' deriving
motion from the gear wheel B on the shaft C, hence the lower surface of the said
roller I moves in the reverse direction to the adjacent surface of the roller E, and
brushes back all splints except such as are in the notches of the roller E. The
roller I moves very rapidly.
B³ indicates a stationary guard which prevents splints in the notches of the
roller E from accidently escaping from the said notches before arriving at the
guards and strippers H.
.
On the ends of the journals of the roller I are cranks which are connected by
rods B with the studs of the back b of the hopper A, hence motion is transmitted
from the roller I to the backs of the hopper and thence to the roller A¹.
I indicates a roller arranged between the ledges a which are at the bottom of
the hopper A and journalled in the side of the hopper. The said roller is pro-
vided with ribs extending parallel with its axis, and hence it resembles a breast
water wheel. The said ribs extend slightly above the ledges a which are at the
bottom of the hopper so that they can act on the splints supported on those ledges
and force them towards the roller E.
These ledges are provided with stop-plates at which extend into the circum-
ferential grooves d of the roller E and thereby prevent the splints from passing
between the roller E and the said ledges. The stop-plates extend behind the
upper portion of the roller. I2, and form abutments, in conjunction with which the
back b in swinging to and fro can straighten or arrange the splints. If the match
sticks on arriving at these stop-plates should not be straight the ends which make
contact with one of the stop-plates will be held stationary until the next forward
motion of the hopper back shall have forced the other end forward into contact
with the other stop-plate. The subsequent forward motion of the hopper back'
will force the straightened splints into the path of the roller I2 and the latter will
then force them forward to the roller E. The roller I2 derives motion from the
shaft D¹ through gear-wheels I3 I4.
J indicates a roller on which is wound a strip of webbing J¹. This webbing
extends from the roller J around guide-bars h₁ 2 on the front of the hopper; and
thence around the body e of the roller F: It passes to this roller F before the
splints are transferred thereto hence the said splints are delivered on to the roller
outside of it. From the roller F this webbing passes to a roller K
L indicates a roller on which is wound a strip of webbing L' passing thence
around a guide roller or bar L, and thence around the roller F outside the splints.
This webbing passes with the webbing J¹ from the roller F to the roller K. The
two webs as they leave the roller F carry off the splints between them at regular
distances apart and are wound upon the roller K
The roller K is mounted on a shaft K supported in bearings in standards K¹.
These standards are connected by a cylindric base piece mounted on bearings j
which are concentric with a shaft M supported in the frame of the machine, hence
as the coil or roll of the webs and splints increase in size the roll K can move
away from the roller F. The roller K can be moved so far back that its shaft
will rest upon a post or support K². On the shaft K' which supports this roller K
is a pinion K³, engaging with a large gear-wheel M³ arranged on a shaft M which
is journalled in the frame of the machine. On the said shaft M is also a gear
wheel M² which engages with a gear-wheel N on a shaft N¹. The gear wheel N
engages with and derives motion from the gear wheel F¹. The gear-wheels B, F¹,
N and M² are shown as of the same size.
When a roll or coil of the webs J, L, and the splints is completed, it and the
roller are slipped off the shaft which supports the roller, and removed to the place
where the igniting material is to be applied to the match sticks. To permit of the
removal of the roller K, it is fitted loosely on its shaft and caused to rotate there-
with by means of a spline or feather. When this roller is removed it is replaced
by another
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page_text: The pinion K is not rigidly affixed to the shaft K but is secured thereto by
clamps K. One of these clamps bears, against a collar on the shaft and the
other is forced and held against the pinion by means of a nut and a jam-nut 7.
Both clamps are faced with leather or analogous material. By tightening or
loosening the nuts, more or less friction may be produced. This connection of the
pinion with its shaft allows of the slipping of the roller when the roll of webs and
splints materially increases in size
I do not wish to confine myself to imparting a to and fro movement to the back
of the hopper as the front of the hopper or both the frout and back may have such
a movement. When both the front and back sections are to have such a move-
ment they may be connected by rods to move in unison.
Preferably the shafts supporting the rollers J. L are clamped to their bearings
by clamps like those which clamp the pinion K³ to the shaft K so that the said
rollers will not rotate too freely in delivering the webs J L which are wound
upon them.
Having thus fully described the said invention as communicated to me by
my foreign Correspondent and the manner of performing the same I wish it
understood that I claim, in a machine for preparing match sticks or splints for the
application of igniting material thereto.
First. The combination with a hopper having its front or back, or both, pro-
vided with a pivotted section or sections and a roller arranged therein for carrying
the match-sticks or splints from the hopper, of means for imparting a positive and
constant vibrating or swinging motion to the said section or sections in a direction
transverse to the length of the said roller, substantially as specified.
Second. The combination with a hopper having opposite sides provided with
pivotted sections, a roller arranged in the hopper for carrying the match sticks
from the hopper, and means for imparting a positive rotary motion to the roller
independently of the weight of the contents of the hopper, of means for connecting
the pivotted sections so that they will move in unison, and devices for imparting
a positive and constant vibrating or swinging movement to the said sections,
substantially as specified.
Third. The combination with a hopper having opposite sides provided with
pivotted sections, of means for connecting them, and means acting on one of the
pivotted sections to vibrate both, substantially as specified.
Fourth. The combination of a hopper in which the match-sticks or splints are
placed, and a roller having a notched or fluted periphery and journalled in slotted
bearings so that it can rise bodily when necessary, substantially as specified.
Fifth. The combination of a hopper in which match. sticks or splints are
placed, a roller having a notched or fluted periphery journalled in the hopper, and
means for alternately rotating the roller in reverse directions, substantially as
specified.
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Sixth. The combination of a hopper wherein the match-sticks or. splints are
placed, a roller E for carrying the said match sticks or splints from the hopper, a
roller I arranged at the point where the match sticks or splints leave the hopper,
means for rotating it at a high rate of speed, a roller A¹, having a fluted or notched
periphery, journalled in the sides of the hopper rearwards of the roller E, and
means for turning it to cause it to straighten or arrange the match sticks or splints,
substantially as specified.
Seventh. The combination with the hopper A, of the two rollers E, F both
having notched peripheries, mechanism for rotating the said rollers in reverse
directions and at uniform speeds so that their notches will come opposite each
other, and the guards and strippers H extending close to the notched flanges f of
the roller F, and thence in a reverse direction beyond the bottoms of the notches
in the roller E, which is adjacent to the roller F, substantially as specified.
Eighth. The combination with a hopper A, of the roller E having a notched
periphery and grooves d, the roller F having a cylindric body and notched flanges f
which are opposite the grooves d, the webs J¹, L¹, mechanism for rotating the said

page_text: rollers in reverse directions and at an uniform speed so that the notches will come
opposite each other, and the guards and strippers H extending around the lower
part of the flanges fand the upper part of the roller E and entering the grooves d,
substantially as specified.
Ninth. The combination of a hopper in which the match-sticks or splints are
placed, a roller having a notched periphery rotating continuously in the hopper,
and a second roller having a notched periphery rotating continuously and at an
uniform speed in the reverse direction to the first mentioned roller and arranged
beyond the face of the first mentioned roller and outside the hopper, substantially
as specified
Tenth. The combination of a hopper in which the match-sticks or splints are
placed, a roller having a notched periphery rotating in the hopper, a second roller
having a notched periphery, arranged beyond the face of the first mentioned roller
and rotating in a reverse direction thereto outside the hopper, and guards extending
around the lower portion of the outside roller and reverted so as to conform to the
periphery of the other roller and serve to transfer the match-sticks or splints from
one roller to the other, substantially as specified.
Eleventh. The combination with a roller on to which match sticks or splints are
delivered, of two webs or bands between which the match-sticks are carried off, a
roller on to which the webs or bands between which the match-sticks are carried
off are wound, and a pinion or wheel mounted on the shaft of the last named
roller and secured by a friction clamp so that it may slip on the shaft when
necessary, substantially as specified
Twelfth. The combination of the shaft K, the pinion K³, the shaft M and the
wheel M¹, the standards K¹ carrying the shaft K and projecting from a cylindric
base piece which surrounds the shaft M, and bearings ; projecting from the frame of
the machine around the shaft M, and entering and supporting the said cylindric
base-piece, substantially as specified.
Thirteenth The combination of a hopper in which the match-sticks or splints
are placed, a roller having notches and circumferential grooves in its periphery,
and stop-plates extending from the hopper into the circumferential grooves,
substantially as specified.
Fourteenth. The combination of a hopper in which the match-sticks or splints.
are placed, a roller having a notched periphery for carrying the match-sticks from
the hopper, and a roller also arranged in the hopper and serving to force the
match-sticks or splints towards the first said roller, substantially as specified
Fifteenth. The combination with a hopper in which the match-sticks or splints
are placed, of a roller having a notched periphery rotating in the hopper, and
fingers normally extending into circumferential grooves in the roller and adapted to
be raised to preclude the entrance of match sticks or splints into the notches of
the roller, substantially as specified.
In witness whereof I the said William Robert
hand and seal this Fifteenth day of January in
thousand eight hundred and eighty four
Lake have hereunto set my
the year of our Lord One
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