An Improved Rotary Automatic Feed Cork Disc or Wad Cutting Machine.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Nov., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 17th Aug., 1898-Accepted, 17th Nov., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Rotary Automatic Feed Cork Disc or Wad Cutting
Machine.
I, THOMAS CLOKE, of No. 144, Pomeroy Street, New Cross, London, S.E., do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of one or more hollow punches or cutters but I prefer
two or duplex which are driven by band and pullies or other gear as required.
A pulley is fixed to the revolving cutters the spindle of which runs on bearings
which are secured to the centre of a bed. The driving shaft may be fixed above
or below as convenient, but preferably below, and upon this driving shaft is
fixed a bevel or mitre wheel which drives and gears with another bevel wheel
fastened to a vertical shaft or I may obtain the same effect by bands and pullies.
Affixed to this vertical shaft I have a cam disc or eccentric which is connected
by a rod or plate to a sliding ram fixed to the bed so as to face the revolving
cutters and in juxtaposition thereto. On the front surface of the ram I have a
feed box fitted with grooved guides on top and bottom but open in the front.
On this guide or slide box is attached a vertical spindle upon which is fastened
a milled roller which projects slightly above the surface of the slide and presses
upon the cork slips. This milled roller is revolved a certain distance by a ratchet
or other suitable motion which is fixed on to the vertical spindle. On the opposite
side and in front of the milled roller I have another roller fixed at the required
distance apart so as to press the cork slips upon the milled or feed roller. When
the machine is set in motion the ratchet is worked by a connecting rod fixed
to it whilst the other end is secured to the bed thus giving the necessary travel
to the cork slips as may be required. Hinged on to one end of the above slide
box I have another feeder with a groove on the bottom only the hinged end
having a forward and backward motion whilst the other end is fixed to a bracket
or bench which is attached to the machine in the front. On the bed I fix a
case enclosing the cutter the bottom of which is made on the incline and forms a
spout or shoot so as to convey the cork discs or wads into a box or basket. The
top of this case may consist of a glass sliding lid so that the workman or operator
may be able to watch the cutter. These cases may be put together so that they
can be easily removed when necessary.
Dated this Seventeenth day of November 1897.
An Improved Rotary Automatic Feed Cork Disc or Wad Cutting
Machine.
I, THOMAS CLOKE, of No. 144, Pomeroy Street, New Cross, London, S.E., do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
[Price 8d.1

page_text: performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
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This invention relates to cutting cork wads or discs by feeding to machine
cork bands or strips of the required substance and width and is constructed as
or both ends
follows: I have a hollow punch or cutter fitted in slots at one
of a spindle or shaft. A small pulley is fixed to this shaft which runs on
bearings fixed on a bed with upright standards similar to the bed & legs of a lathe.
The driving shaft is preferably fixed below the bed and runs on bearings secured
to the cross bar of the standards. On this shaft I have a loose and fast pulley
also a larger pulley fixed opposite and in juxtaposition to the small pulley on
the bed. On one or both ends of the driving shaft I have a bevel or mitre wheel
which gears with another bevel wheel fixed to a vertical spindle. This vertical
spindle is supported and runs in brackets one of which is secured to the cross
bar of the upright standard and the other to the end of the bed. I may obtain
the same effect by bands & pulleys. On the top of this shaft I have a cam disc
or eccentric which is connected by a rod or plate to a sliding ram which is fixed
to the bed on a bearing so as to face the revolving cutters. On the ram I have a
feed box fitted with grooved guide. On this guide box is attached a vertical
spindle to which is fixed a milled roller which projects slightly beyond the
surface of the slide and presses upon the cork bands or strips. This milled roller
is revolved the required distance by a ratchet which is fixed on to the vertical
spindle. In front of the slide and opposite the milled roller I have another
roller so fixed as to press the cork strips on to the milled roller which is geared
When the
to propel the strips a certain distance and is actuated by the ratchet.
machine is set in motion this ratchet is operated by a connecting rod one end of
which is fixed to the ratchet and the other end to the bed thus giving the necessary
travel by the backward and forward motion. The cutters thus punch out the
disc each time the ram brings the bands or strips in contact with them.
I have one or more hollow punches or cutters (AA Fig. 1. Elevation of
complete duplex machine) but I prefer two or duplex which are driven by band
and pulleys or other gear as required. A pulley (B) is fixed to the revolving
cutters the spindle of which runs on bearings (CC) which are secured to the
centre of a bed (DD). The driving shaft (EE) may be fixed above or below
as convenient but preferably below and upon this driving shaft (EE) at each
end is fixed a bevel or mitre wheel (FF) which drives and gears with another
bevel wheel (GG) fastened to a vertical shaft (HH) or I may obtain the same
effect by bands and pulleys. Affixed to this vertical shaft (HH) I have a cam
disc or eccentric (II) which has a series of holes for regulating the throw of the
ram, and is connected by a rod or plate (J J), which is made adjustable to com-
pensate for the wear of the cutters, to a ram (LL) sliding on the bed so as to
face the revolving cutters and in juxtaposition thereto. On the front surface
of each ram (LL) I have a feed box (MM) fitted with grooved guides on top
and bottom but open in the front. On this guide or slide box is attached a
vertical spindle upon which is fastened a milled roller (NN) which projects
slightly beyond the surface of the slide (MM) and presses upon the cork slips.
This milled roller (NN) is revolved a certain distance by a ratchet (00) or
other suitable motion which is fixed on to the vertical spindle. On the opposite
side and in front of the milled roller (N Fig. 5. Enlarged view of automatic
feeder) I have another roller (K) fixed at the required distance apart so as to
press the cork slips upon the milled or feed roller or I may dispense with these
rollers and use a milled roller rotated by a train of toothed wheels which are
geared to propel the cork slip the requisite distance and are actuated by the
ratchet aforementioned and fixed in the front of the slide near to the cutters.
When the machine is set in motion the ratchet is worked by a connecting rod (P P)
fixed to it whilst the other end is secured to the bed thus giving the necessary
travel to the cork slips as may be required. Hinged on to one end of the above
slide box (M Fig. 2 transverse view of feeder), I have another feeder (M¹) Fig. 4,

page_text: plan of feeder) the hinged end (M) having a forward and backward motion
whilst the other end is fixed to a bracket or bench which is attached to the bed
of the machine (D Fig. 1) in the front (M Fig. 3. Section of feeder M¹
through 1, 2 showing slot Fig. 2). On the bed I fix a case.
e. (QQ) enclosing the
cutter the bottom of which is made on the incline and forms a spout or shoot
so as to convey the cork discs or wads into a box or basket. The top of this
case may consist of a glass sliding lid so that the workman or operator may be
able to watch the cutter. These cases may be put together so that they can be
easily removed when necessary.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed
I claim is:-
nature of my said
declare that what
(1) Feeding the cork slips automatically and regulating the necessary distance
by the ratchet motion (Fig. 4).
(2) The second feeder (M¹ Figs. 2 & 3) pivoted at one end open at the top
and hinged so as to facilitate the feeding of the automatic feeder (Fig. 4).
(3) The regulating of the throw of the ram (Fig. 1, L) which is propelled by
a disc (I) by means of a series of holes in the disc and adjusting the length
of the connecting rod or plate (J) which connects the disc with the ram so as
to compensate for the wear of the cutters.
(4) The forming of a box (Q Fig. 1) round the cutter thereby making a
shoot so as to convey the discs or wads into a box or basket and separating them
from the waste.
(5) The construction of the machine in single or duplicate form (shown by
dotted standard in Fig. 1. Elevation).
Dated this Seventeenth day of August 1898.
THOMAS CLOKE.