Improvements in and connected with Machines for Making. Cases or Packets for Holding Cigarettes, Cigars, and other Goods.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Apr., 1897-Accepted, 5th June, 1997
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Machines for Making. Cases or
Packets for Holding Cigarettes, Cigars, and other Goods.
1, FRANK JAMES LUDINGTON, of 10 and 11 Stonecutter Street, Farringdon
Street, London, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to improvements in and connected with machines for
making cases or packets for holding cigarettes, cigars, and other goods, and is
intended to be used in conjunction with the class of apparatus set forth in my
Specification No. 19144 of 1895, in which is described an invention for producing
the packets above referred to, and by which the said packets are formed upon a
series of metal pieces carried by a revolving disc or the like.
In carrying the present invention into effect, two rollers are provided carried by
pivotted levers and situated so that the pieces shall during their revolution pass
between them and the rollers actuated by suitable mechanism be brought into
contact with the said pieces and strip the completed packet therefrom.
In order that this invention may be the more clearly understood reference is
made to the accompanying drawings, in which :-
Fig. 1. is a front view and.
Fig. 2. a plan of the arrangement of parts constituting this invention.
or the like two
A. is the base plate upon which are secured by screws
brackets B. B' which carry spindles C. C' having secured to the outer or front
ends thereof pinions D. D indicated by dotted lines and also having sprocket
wheels E. E over which passes the chain F.
G. is a sleeɣe surrounding the spindles C. C' and upon which is pivotted the
levers H. H'. These levers carry at their upper ends two spindles I. I' which at
upon
the outer extremity are secured the, pinions J. J' to which motion is imparted by
the pinions D. D¹ with which they engage.
To the inner ends of the spindles 1. I are secured the rollers K. K' which under
the action of mechanism to be hereinafter described are brought into contact with
the piece S2 upon which are formed the packets or cases, the direction of motion
being indicated by the dotted lines.
The levers H. H' are continued below the base A. suitable apertures being
formed therein for the purpose and carry at their lower extremities rollers L. L
which are in contact with the cams M. M' upon the shaft N. for which suitable
brackets O. O are provided. An intermittent motion is imparted to the shaft N.
by means of the lever P. apd rod P¹ which may be operated in any suitable
manner from any moving part of the machine to which the apparatus is
attached.
The chain F. indicated by the dotted line Fig. 1. passes over the various sprockets
and also over the adjustable guide pulley Q. carried by the bracket Q' and
receives its motion from the main shaft R. of the machine upon which is mounted
the wheel T. indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1.
Stops U. U are provided to limit the motion of the levers H. H¹.
In some cases it may be found that the rollers can be fixed and the pressure
exerted upon the packet be sufficient to cause the same to be drawn off the
piece S' in which case the levers H. H' may be replaced by fixed supports and
the operating mechanism therefor dispensed with.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The arrangement for removing the packets from the machine by means of the
two rollers, substantially as described and set forth in the foregoing specification
and drawings.
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Dated this on day of April 1837.
J. E. EVANS-JACKSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.