A New or Improved Machine for Manufacturing Boxes.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Oct., 1897
Complete Specification Loft 8th July 1808 ronanted 13th Aug
1800
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Machine for Manufacturing Boxes.
We, GARNETT CLAUGHTON, JOHN WILLIAM CLAUGHTON, and JOHN BUTLER, all
of Bramley, near Leeds, in the County of York, Engineers, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention refers to machinery for the manufacture of boxes, the said
machine being particularly applicable in the construction of boxes described in
the Specification of Claughton and Claughton's Patent No. 21536, A.D. 1896.
According to our invention we employ a frame having a bed plate running
longitudinally on its upper surface. A carriage is provided on the bed plate, and
the said carriage carries a change plate which is mounted on an adjustable centre
which is capable of a transverse movement on the carriage. Four head stocks
carrying adjustable cramps are mounted on the change plate, and the sides of the
box to be made are clamped together in the cramps, each corner being equi-
distant with the centre on which the change plate rotates. A catch piece is
employed for the purpose of locking the change plate in the required positions,
and a rack or other convenient means is provided for the purpose of running the
carriage backwards and forwards along the bed plate.
On one side of the machine at the end of the bed plate, a headstock is provided
carrying a number of drill spindles arranged in a vertical line, and the said
spindles are adjustably mounted in the headstock in such a manner that their
number may be varied to suit the number of holes to be bored in each corner of
the box. The change plates are made in various sizes in order to suit the boxes
to be drilled, and the cramps and headstocks are made interchangeable to enable
them to be fitted to any of the change plates.
The change plate which is chosen to suit the size of the box to be made is placed
on the carriage and the centre of the same is adjusted so as to bring the front
cramp into the required position with regard to the spindles. The sides of the
box which have previously been cut to the required shape, are set within the
cramps which are tightened up equally all round so as to keep the corners of the
box equidistant with the centre of the change plate. The carriage is now run
forwards on the bed plate to the revolving drills, and all the holes are drilled
simultaneously down one corner of the box. The change plate is now rotated
until the catch piece locks it in position, when on the carriage being run along the
bed plate to the drills, a second corner of the box is drilled; and this process
continues until all the corners of the box are drilled, when plugs or pegs are
inserted in the holes thus firmly fastening the sides together. The cramps may
now be released, and the partially formed box being removed the machine is
ready for another operation.
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page_text: A New or Improved Machine for Manufacturing Boxes.
We, GARNETT CLAUGHTON, JOHN WILLIAM CLAUGHTON, and JOHN BUTLER, all
of Bramley, near Leeds, in the County of. York, Engineers, 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:-
Our invention refers to machinery for the manufacture of boxes, the said
machine being particularly applicable in the construction of boxes described in
the Specification of Claughton and Claughton's Patent No. 21530, A.D. 1896.
In order that our invention may be clearly understood, we will proceed to
describe same with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which similar
letters refer to like parts in all the figures.
Figure 1 is a side elevation partly in section, Figure 2 is an end elevation, and
Figure 3 is a plan, of a machine constructed according to our invention.
A are the standards of the machine, carrying a longitudinal bed B on their upper
surface. C is a carriage which is carried on the bed B, and the said carriage C
can be moved backwards and forwards along the bed B through the medium of
a pinion E actuated through the shaft F and handles G, the said pinion E gear-
ing with a rack H on the bed B. D is a plate mounted on an adjustable centre J
on the carriage C, which plate may be changed for a plate of larger or smaller
size to suit the size of box to be made, and K is a catch on the carriage C
which takes into notches L on the plate 1), for the purpose of locking the lattor
in one of its four positions. The centre J is adjustable transversely in the
carriage C, thus enabling various sized plates to be employed, the notches L
rotating in the required circle in all cases so as to engage with the catch piece K.
M are headstocks mounted on the plate D, and M₁ are cramps which may be
adjusted to or away from the headstocks M by means of screws M³ and hand
wheels M³. N is a bed plate situated at one end of the machine and at right
angles to the bed plate B, and P is a headstock carrying a number of drill
spindles P¹ arranged in a vertical line, which are driven through pulleys P2 and
straps P³ from a pulley P carried in a frame P³. The drill spindles P¹ are adjust-
able vertically in the headstock P, in such a manner that their position and
number may be varied to suit the holes to be drilled at each corner of the box.
The plate D which is chosen to suit the size of the box to be made, is placed on
the carriage C and the centre J is adjusted so as to bring the front cramp M' into
the required position with regard to the spindles P¹. The sides of the box which
have been previously cut to the required shape, are set within the cramps M¹
which are tightened up equally by means of the hand wheels M³, so as to keep
the corners of the box equidistant with the centre J. The catch piece K firmly
locks the plate D in position on the carriage C, which is now run forwards on the
bed plate B to the revolving drills which are carried in a vertical line in the drill
spindles P1, and all the holes are drilled simultaneously down one corner of the
box. The carriage C is then withdrawn and the plate D is rotated a quarter of
a revolution, and on the box being carried forward a second time a second corner
is drilled; and this process continues until all the corners of the box are drilled,
when plugs or pegs are inserted in the holes thus firmly fastening the sides
together. The cramps are now released, and on the partially formed box being
removed the machine is ready for another operation.
Instead of adjusting the centre J of the plate D to suit the position of the drills,
it is of course obvious that the position of the drills could be altered to suit the
size of the plate D; and instead of working the carriage C backwards and for-
wards by hand, an automatic feed could be applied.

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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:-
1. The bed plate B, carriage C, and plate D, in combination with the head-
stock P carrying a number of drill spindles P', substantially as and for the pur-
poses set forth.
2. The combination of the bed plate B, carriage C, plate D, adjustable centre J,
catch K, notches L, headstocks M, and cramps M³, substantially as and for the
purposes set forth.
3. The combination of the bed plate B, carriage C, pinion E, shaft F, handles G,
rack H, plate D, adjustable centre J, catch K, notches L, headstocks M, cramps M',
bed plate N, headstock P, and drill spindles P₁ with mechanism for actuating
same, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
Dated this 8th day of July A.D., 1898.
BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents for the Applicants.
BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents for the Applicants.