IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PRODUCTION OF PAPER CASES OR TUBES TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF MATCH BOXES AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES, AND IN MACHINERY THEREFOR."
Year: 1877

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LETTERS PATENT to Willian Robert Lake, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake,..
& Co., Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PRODUCTION OF PAPER CASES OR TUBES TO BE
EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF MATCH BOXES AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES,
AND IN MACHINERY THEREFOR." A communication from abroad by Ebenezer.
Benton Beecher, of Westville, Connecticut, United States of America.
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Robert Lake at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 23rd May 1877.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of. Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PRODUCTION OF PAPER
CASES OR TUBES TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF MATCH BOXES AND
OTHER LIKE ARTICLES, AND IN MACHINERY THEREFOR." [A communication from
abroad by Ebenezer Benton Beecher, of Westville, Connecticut, United States of
America.]
This Invention is designed to inake the cases which are employed to cover the
drawers of match boxes and other boxes, and it consists mainly, first, in a peculiar.
method of making these cases, consisting essentially in scoring a continuous strip of
pasteboard upon the proper bending lines, forming the strip into a tube, severing it.
into proper lengths, and opening out the separate lengths upon the angles, lines to
form a complete case; and, secondly, in the peculiar mechanism employed to carry.
this method into effect.
In practising this Invention a. continuous strip of pasteboard of the proper
width is longitudinally scored by any suitable mechanism upon the bending lines
and then formed into a tube by uniting its edges... The second tube after being:
properly printed upon each side, if desired, is then severed into the required lengths,
each length when opened out from its flattened condition constituting a quadrangular
box or case adapted to enclose the drawer of the match or other box.
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page_text: Second. The mechanism for scoring the strip.
Third. The mechanism for glueing the strip.
Fourth. The mechanism for folding the strip into a tube.
Fifth. The refolding mechanism:
Sixth. The printing press.
And, Seventh. The cutters for severing the continuous tube into separate cases.
In connection with the said framework, and the mechanism adapted to move and
guide the pastboard strip and tube, there is a base from which rise pillars of any
suitable construction supporting the side beams. The main shaft is located upon
one side of the machine, and supported in bearings rising from the base, which is
provided, preferably near its centre, with a pulley and gear wheels. A roller or
shaft is adapted to receive the roll of pasteboard of which the tube is made. An
inclined guiding board, properly supported at one end of the machine, is provided
with arms having open bearings for a removable shaft, plates, or blocks are
adjustably secured to the guiding board to guide the pasteboard to the scoring
cutters.
The said machine is provided with drawing rollers. The lower drawing roller
is provided upon one end of its shaft with a bevel gear wheel, engaging with a
similar wheel upon the main shaft. These rollers are held in bearings in suitable.
standards rising from the base; the upper one being adapted to be adjusted vertically
for regulating the pressure upon the pasteboard. There are also rollers located at
suitable points for guiding the tube. One of these rollers is made adjustable, in
order that it may be moved to vary the distance travelled by the tube.
The aforesaid mechanism for scoring the strip is as follows:-A casting or frame
is supported transversely by the main frame, which is provided at each end with a
socket for a bearing box of a roller, and with divergent arms having bearings for
transverse shafts. Sleeves or collars rest in the bearings of the said arms, which
form the journals of one of these shafts. Crank arms are attached to the sleeves,
which are united for harmonious movement by a transverse rod.
The frames or boxes carrying the scoring cutters consist of a suitable metal
bar or block having a central slot, a horizontal eye at one end enclosing the
last-named shaft, and a vertical opening at the other end. A sleeve or collar,
loose upon a shaft, is provided with a set screw, by means of which it may
be secured at any desired point. A screw is held by a socket in the said
sleeve, while its head supports the moving end of the said frames or boxes.
An intermediate spring encloses the shank of the said screw, which forces down
the end of the said frame when the screw is loosened. The scoring cutter consists
of a suitable disc or wheel journalled in the central slot of the box, which is pro-
vided with a peripheral knife or cutter adapted to score of indent two or more
parallel contiguous lines. A gear wheel upon the end of the shaft of the aforesaid
roller is adapted to engage with a similar gear wheel upon a vertical shaft, receiving
movement from the main shaft. The scoring cutters are directly over the said
roller: .
In the mechanism for gluing the strip, a metal box is supported upon the frame-
work to hold the hot glue; a bar or strip of suitable length and width is attached to
a cross head adapted to slide vertically upon the aforesaid upright standards; a beam
pivotted to a horizontal stud or shaft extends from the frame; which is provided with
the vertical arm, and has attached at one end by an intermediate connecting rod, the
said cross head, and at the other the upper end of an intermediate spring secured to the
base or frame: A cam is attached to one end of the shaft of the last-named roller, and
is adapted, when the roller is in motion, to move the vertical arm in one direction: In
consequence of this movement and the reaction of a spring which operates the said
arm in the opposite direction, the latter is properly moved to rock the beam, and.
thus by means of the intermediate connecting rod give the cross head a recipro-

page_text: cating movement in a vertical direction. By this action the glue bar is lifted from
the box at regular intervals, and is brought into contact with the lower side of one
edge of the moving strip of pasteboard.
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For folding the strip into a tube different devices are employed. I employ a
guiding or folding box having a bottom and sides, but without ends or top. This
box is centrally supported by transverse bars or brackets having slotted feet, held
adjustably by set screws. Wheels are adapted to revolve in the box upon the strip,
and form the same in connection with the sides into a trough. The axles or shafts
of these wheels are located only on the outer sides, which are held by bearings in
standards attached to the sides of the box by a horizontal socket. A washer is
screwed to the end of the axle, and a spring is located between the washer and the
outer end of the socket, by means of which the wheel is drawn closely against the
inner side of the said box and yet is free to yield to permit the passage
of any serious obstruction. The shafts of the said wheels are held at an angle
for the purpose of accurately bending the strip upon the score lines before it leaves
the box.
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I also employ duplicate folding guides, each provided with a central taper-
folding slit. They may be adjusted readily in a lateral direction, if desired, in
a transverse supporting bar, provided at its ends with openings, which enclose
vertical standards whereon it may be adjusted and held. Similar adjustable
folding guides are supported in the same manner. They may be held, however,
on a lower plane than the first-named guides, for the purpose of bending the tube
in its movement over the ends of the latter in order to more completely fold the
same.
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By means of these devices the scored and glued strip is formed into a tube, but to
more perfectly unite the edges and secure a perfect union between them, the
following mechanism is employed, that is to say, I use rollers of large size and
heavy weight, between which the folded tube next passes; by means of these rollers
sufficient pressure is employed to bring the glued portions of the tube closely in
contact and cause them to adhere. The said tube passes around the large wheel,
with its lap or fold upon the outside, and hence the tendency is to draw this lap
firmly to place and hold it there until a union is effected. The strip is partially
folded by the wheels and box, then united by the guides, and finally perfectly united
by the pressing and drawing rollers.
It will be understood that the strip, although scored in four bending lines to
form an angular box, is only folded at first upon two diagonally opposite score lines
to form a flattened tube, it being refolded afterward on the other score lines. After
the tube leaves the pressing rollers it is carried by any suitable arrangement of
guide rollers for a sufficient distance to permit the glue to become cold. The sides
are then separated by any suitable means to break them apart where they may
chance to be united by the spreading of the glue beyond the edge of the inner lap.
The tube then passes to the refolding device described, by means of which it is
again bent or folded upon the diagonal score lines not before used. This device has
suitable standards rising from the base, which are provided with the folder, having
the conveying curved plates united by the triangular side pieces. By means of this
device, the tube which has been separated is brought together in its new position
to form again a flattened tube suitable to be acted upon by the printing press.
In the printing press the flattened tube is caused to pass between two constantly-
revolving type rollers, and receives therefrom, simultaneously upon each side, an
independent series of impressions. Each roller being independent of the other, and
having its own proper inking mechanism, different colors may be employed if
desired.
The construction of the said press is as follows:-It has a suitable base for
supporting the operative parts; standards rising from the said base are provided with
square recesses for receiving the boxes of the type roller shafts. A securing bar is
provided to hold the boxes in place. Side plates are provided to hold the inking
mechanism of the upper and lower type rollers.

page_text: The lower type roller is provided with a shaft adapted to revolve in the said
boxes, and having at one end a gear wheel that receives movement from the main
shaft. This roller is recessed to receive the type block, and may be recessed to
furnish space for the passage of the lap or fold of the tube.
The upper type roller has a shaft and gear wheel; the latter meshes with the
above-named wheel in order that the two may revolve in harmony with each
other.
A recess is adapted to receive the type block, which is provided upon one side
with an overhanging edge or flange, and has inclined edges. A securing block has
on one side a corresponding edge.
k I provide an ink box in which revolves the primary roller, the remaining rollers
of the series, by means of which ink is conveyed to the printing roller and distri-
buted, are arranged in suitable position.
As the flattened tube passes between the type rollers a continuous series of
impressions is given simultaneously to each side, each roller being supplied by its
independent inking mechanism with a different colored ink. By means of this
method of printing, the sides and top or bottom of a box receive impressions at the
same time.
The cutters for severing the continuous tube into separate cases are arranged and
operate as follows:-Suitable standards rising from the base are provided with bear-
ings for a roller, carrying the. knives or cutters and a roller, against which the
knives act. The said cutters bear such a relation to the printing rollers that the
lengths cut by them. correspond precisely with the impressions received from the
type blocks, so that the tube is finally severed into separate cases, properly printed,
and ready for use.
Some of the advantages of the described construction are as follows:-The
machine is adapted to make complete cases ready for use from a continuous strip of
pasteboard without waste and with great rapidity, in consequence of which the cost
of manufacture is greatly reduced, and a product, uniform in size, appearance, and
quality is produced. The machine being automatic in its action, may be operated
by unskilled labor.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said William Robert Lake in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
22nd November 1877.
"
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London. IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PRODUCTION OF PAPER
CASES OR TUBES TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF MATCH BOXES AND
OTHER LIKE ARTICLES, AND IN MACHINERY THEREFOR." A communication from
abroad by Ebenezer Benton Beecher, of Westville, Connecticut, United States of
America.
This Invention is designed to make the cases which are employed to cover the
drawers of match boxes and other boxes, and it consists mainly,-
First. In a peculiar method of making these cases, consisting essentially in scoring
a continuous strip of pasteboard upon the proper bending lines, forming the strip
into a tube, severing it into proper. lengths, and opening out the separate lengths
upon the angle lines to form a complete casc.
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And, Secondly. In the peculiar mechanisin employed to carry this method into
effect.
In the accompanying Drawings,-
Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the special mechanism employed for this
purpose.
Figures 2 and 3 are elevations of opposite sides of that portion of the same which
is employed to form the pasteboard strip into a tube.
Figures 4 and 7 are elevations taken on opposite sides of that portion which is
employed to refold the tube, print the same, and sever it into separate cases.
Figure 5 is a plan of the mechanism shown in Figures 2 and 3.
Figure 6 is a plan of the mechanism shown in Figures 4 and 7.
Figure 8 is a transverse sectional elevation of the printing rollers.
Figure 9 is a front elevation, and Figure 9ª a sectional elevation of the cutting
rollers.
And Figures 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 illustrate the scoring mechanism.
In practising this Invention a continuous strip of pasteboard of proper width is
longitudiually scored by any suitable mechanism upon the bending lines, and then
formed into a tube by uniting its edges. The scored tube, after being properly
printed upon each side, if desired, is then severed into the required lengths, each
length when opened out from its flattened condition constituting a quadrangular.
box or case adapted to enclose the drawer of the match or other box.
Oue end of the continuous strip of pasteboard is taken from a roll at one end of
the machine, and being properly carried through the same is successively operated
upon as follows:-It first passes from the roll between adjustable blocks or plates,
which properly guide it in its movement to the scoring cutters, which latter as, it
passes beneath them score it upon the four parallel bending lines at proper distances,
apart. Glue is then applied to one edge of the lower side of the strip as it passes,
along; it is then bent or folded by means of a guide box and wheels upon two of
the non-adjacent bending lines into trough-like form. The partially folded strip
next passes between folding guides, by means of which its edges are united to
complete the tube, and then between pressing rollers, which bring the glued parts.
closely in contact, in order that a perfect union may be effected. The tube thus
formed, after being carried some distance to permit the glue to become cold, is then
opened to separate the sides, which may adhere from the spreading of the glue, and.
refolded upon the opposite score lines. It then passes through the printing press,.
where it receives an impression simultaneously upon each side, and is finally delivered
to the cutters, which discharge it sovered into proper lengths. Each separate length
of the flattened tube, when opened out, constitutes a box or case which is formed of.
a single transverse section of the continuous strip bent at its angles upon the scored
lines, as described,

page_text: The framework and the mechanism adapted to move and guide the pasteboard
strip and tube are as follows, that is to say-
A, Figure 1, represents the base, from which rise the pillars a of any suitable con-
struction, supporting the side beams a¹, as shown.
B represents the main shaft located upon one side of the machine, and supported in
bearings rising from the base, which is provided, preferably near its centre, with a main
pulley b for receiving power from any suitable source, and at other points with gear
wheels for conveying power directly or indirectly to the various parts of the machine.
b¹ represents the roller or shaft adapted to receive the roll of pasteboard of which
the tube is made; 62 represents an inclined guiding board properly supported at
one end of the machine, which is provided with arms 63, Figure 2ª, having open
bearings b for the removable shaft b', as shown; 65, 65, represent plates or blocks
adjustably secured to the board 62 by means of slotted openings 68 and securing
screws b', as shown, which are adapted to properly guide the pasteboard in its move-
ment to the scoring cutters.
The scoring, gluing, and folding mechanism which next act on the strip in its
movement will be, as before stated, referred to under separate heads, the description
now relating simply to the mechanism for moving and guiding the pasteboard.
68, 68, Figures 2 and 3, represent the drawing rollers, the lower one of which is
provided upon one end of its shaft with a bevel gear wheel engaging with a similar
wheel upon the main shaft, as shown. These rollers are held in bearings in suitable
standards rising from the base, the upper one being adapted by means of loose boxes
or journals 6º, Figure 3, to be adjusted vertically by the set screws 610 for regulating
the pressure upon the pasteboard. 611, 612, 613, Figures 1, 2, and 3, represent rollers
of any suitable construction located at any proper points for the purpose of guiding
the tube in its movement or changing its direction, the particular position of these
not being a matter of essential importance. The roller 612 however is made adjustable,
as shown in Figure 2, in order that it may be moved to vary the distance travelled
by the tube, so that in hot weather the distance may be increased in order that the
glue may be given time to dry.
By means of the construction herein described the various parts are properly
supported, and the pasteboard strip is given its proper movement through the
machine.
I will now describe the mechanism for scoring the strip. C, Figures 2, 10, and
12, represents a casting or frame, supported transversely by the main frame, as
shown, which is provided at each end with a socket c for the bearing box c¹ of the
roller c², and with divergent arms c³, c, having bearings for the transverse shafts
c5, co, as shown; c, c', Figures 1 and 11, are sleeves or collars resting in the bearings
of the arms c³, which form the journals of the shaft co eccentrically attached thereto,
as shown; c, c8, are crank arms attached to the sleeves c7, which are united for
harmonious movement by the transverse rod c³, Figure 10, as shown.
clo, c10, Figures 10, 11, and 13 represent the frames or boxes carrying the scoring
cutters, each being identical in construction, and consisting of a suitable metal bar
or block, having a central slot c", a horizontal eye c¹² at one end, enclosing the
shaft c, and a vertical opening c¹³ at the other, as shown; c¹ represents a sleeve or
collar, loose upon shaft co, which is provided with a set screw c15, by means of which
it may be secured at any desired point; c¹6 represents a screw whose threaded end
is held by a socket in the sleeve c¹, while its shank extends through the opening c¹³,
and its head supports the moving end of the frame c10, as shown; c" represents an
intermediate spring, enclosing the shank of screw c¹6, which forces down the end of
the frame c¹0 when the screw c¹ is loosened; c¹³ represents the scoring cutter, con-
sisting of a suitable disc or wheel journalled in the central slot of the box, which is
provided with a peripheral knife or cutter, adapted to score or indent two or more
parallel contiguous lines; c, Figure 10, represents a gear wheel, upon the end of
the shaft of the roller c, which is adapted to engage with a similar gear wheel c²º,
Figure 2, upon the vertical shaft 21, receiving movement from the main shaft, as
shown. The scoring cutters it will be observed are directly over the roller c²;

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The operation of this mechanism is as follows:-The entire series of cutters may:
be raised to permit the introduction of the strip by revolving the shaft c in the
proper direction, by means of the rod c³, this effect being produced because this
shaft is excentrically attached to its journals as above described.
By means of this construction also the cutters may be adjusted accurately to
score the pasteboard just the proper depth. Each individual cutter is adjusted to
make it harmonize with the series by regulating the screw c¹, which supports the
free end of the cutter box or frame, as shown. Each individual cutter also may
be adjusted laterally upon the shafts co, c, for the purpose of obtaining the proper
position relatively to each other and the edges of the strip. The pasteboard being
scored upon each bending line by two contiguous cutters a double indentation is
formed, by means of which sufficient space is afforded to permit the interior surface
of the pasteboard to assume its new position when bent, without bulging out its
exterior surface and breaking the covering paper, the latter in consequence being
simply folded at the angle without undue strain.
The mechanism for gluing the strip is constructed and arranged as follows:-
D, Figures 2 and 3, represents a metal box, suitably supported upon the framework
at the proper point, and which is adapted to hold the hot glue. d represents a bar
or strip of suitable length and width, which is attached by means of the bent con-
necting arms to the cross head d³, adapted to slide vertically upon the upright
standards d², as shown; d³ represents a beam, pivotted to the horizontal stud or
shaft d' extending from the frame, which is provided with the vertical arm d³, and
has attached at one end by an intermediate connecting rod de the cross head d', and
at the other the upper end of an intermediate spring d7, secured below to the base:
or frame, as shown; d³ represents a cam attached to one end of the shaft of the
roller c², which is adapted when the roller is in motion to move the vertical arm in
one direction, as shown in Figure 3. In consequence of this movement, and the:
reaction of the spring d' which operates the arm in the opposite direction, the latter:
is properly moved to rock the beam d³, and thus by means of the intermediate con-
necting rod give the cross head a reciprocating movement in a vertical direction.
By means of this action the glue bar is lifted from the box at regular intervals, and
is brought into contact with the lower side of one edge of the moving strip of
pasteboard.
Three different devices are employed for folding the scored and glued strip into
a tube, and these will be described in their proper order. E, Figures 3 and 5,
represents a guiding or folding box having a bottom e and sides e¹, but without ends
or top. This is centrally supported by transverse bars or brackets e³ having slotted
feet held by set screws e, by means of which their lateral adjustment, if desired, is
readily made. es, es, represent wheels adapted to revolve in the box upon the strip,
and form the same in connection with the sides into a trough, as shewn. e, e,
represent the axles or shafts of the wheels located only on the outer sides, which
are held near one end by bearings in standards c7 attached to the sides of the box,
and near the other by the horizontal socket es projecting from the vertical socket.co
upon the standard e¹o, as shown. el represents a washer screwed to the end of the
axle; and e¹ a spring located between the washer and the outer end of the socket
es, by means of which the wheel is drawn closely against the inner side of the box E,
and yet will yield to permit the passage of any serious obstruction. The shafts eª;
of the wheels also, it will be observed, are held at an angle, as shown in Figure 5,.
for the purpose of accurately bending the strip upon the score lines before it leaves
the box.
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F, F, Figures 2, 3, and 5, represent duplicate folding guides, each provided with a
central taper folding slit f, Figure 3, and which are secured to the transverse
supporting bar f¹ having the slots f2, Figure 5, by means of the set screws f³, as
shown; by this construction they may be adjusted readily in a lateral direction-if
desired. The transverse supporting bar is itself provided at its ends with openings
which enclose vertical standards f*, whereon it may be adjusted to any desired
height, and it may be readily held when adjusted by the set screws f³. F¹; F¹,;

page_text: represent similar folding guides supported and capable of adjustment in the same
manner. They may be held, however, on a lower plane than the guides F, F, for
the purpose of bending the tube in its movement over the ends of the latter in order
to more completely fold the same.
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By means of these devices the scored and glued strip is formed into a tube, but
to more perfectly unite the edges and secure a perfect union between them, the
following mechanism is employed:-G, G¹, represent large and heavy rollers,
between which the folded tube next passes, by means of which sufficient pressure
is employed to bring its glued portions closely in contact, and cause them to adhere.
The said tube passes around the large wheel G¹ with its lap or fold upon the
outside, and hence the tendency is to draw this lap firmly to its place, and hold it
there until a union is effected. Unless this drawing action took place the lap or
fold would spring away from its proper place, and a perfect union could not be
made. After leaving the roller G¹ it is further acted upon by the drawing rollers b³.
The operation of the folding devices will be readily understood. The strip is
partially folded by the wheels and box, then united by the guides F, F¹, and finally
perfectly united by the pressing and drawing rollers.
It will be understood that the strip, although scored in four bending lines to form
an angular box, is only folded at first upon two diagonally opposite score lines to form
a flattened tube, it being refolded afterward on the other score lines, as will now bo
fully described. After the said tube leaves the pressing rollers it is carried by any
suitable arrangement of guide rollers for a sufficient distance to permit the glue to
become cold. The sides are then separated by any suitable means to break them
apart where they may chance to be united by the spreading of the glue beyond the
edge of the innner lap. The tube then passes to the refolding device, now
to be described, by means of which it is again bent or folded upon the diagonal
score lines not before used. H, H, Figures 4 and 7, represent suitable standards
rising from the base, and which are provided with the folder, having the conveying
curved plates h united by the triangular side pieces h³, as shown. By means of this
device the tube which has been separated is brought together in its new position to
form again a flattened tube suitable to be acted upon by the printing press.
.
In the operation of the printing press the flattened tube is caused to pass between
two constantly revolving type rollers, and receives therefrom simultaneously
upon each side an independent series of impressions. Each roller being independent
of the other, and having its own proper inking mechanism; different colors may be
employed if desired. The construction of the press is as follows:-I, Figure 7,
represents any suitable base for supporting the other parts; i, i, represent standards
rising from the base provided with square recesses for receiving the boxes i² of
the type roller shafts, as shewn; is represents a securing bar, and 4 securing screws,
by means of which the boxes are held properly in place; i, 6, represent the
side plates, by means of which the inking mechanism of the upper and lower type
rollers is-held.
J, Figure 8, represents the lower type roller provided with a proper shaft
adapted to revolve in the boxes i² before described, and having at one end a gear
wheel, Figure 4, adapted to receive movement through proper intermediate
mechanism from the main shaft. This roller is recessed to receive the type block,
and may be further recessed if desired to furnish space for the passage of the lap
or fold of the tube.
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K represents the upper type roller having a shaft k and gear wheel k¹, Figure 4,
as shewn; the latter meshes with the wheel, and receives movement therefrom in
order that the two may revolve in harmony with each other.
k³, Figure 8, represents a recess adapted to receive the type block, which is
provided upon one side with an overhanging edge or flange k³, as shown; k¹
represents the type block having inclined edges, as shown; and, a securing
block having on one side the corresponding edge k', as shewn. When in place the
type block is held by the projection of its inclined edges beneath the overhanging.
portions of the roller and the securing block, as shewn. In the construction

page_text: "shown the upper roller is provided with the recess for the lap, as shewn at x,
Figure 8b.
The parts of the inking mechanism of the two rollers are similar in construction,
and the description of one will answer for both.
L, Figures 4 and 6, represents the ink box, in which revolves the primary roller 7,
as shown. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, represent the remaining rollers of the series, by means of
which ink is conveyed to the printing roller, and also properly distributed. Move-
ment is communicated to these various rollers by gearing from the main shaft, and
by belts and pulleys, as clearly shown in the Drawing.
It will be understood that as the flattened tube passes between the type rollers, a
continuous series of impressions is given simultaneously to each side, as shown in
Figures 6 and 6b, each roller being supplied by its independent inking mechanism
with a different colored ink. By this method of printing, the sides and top or
bottom of a box receive impressions at the same time.
The cutters for severing the continuous tube into separate cases are äs
follows-M, M, Figures 4, 6, and 7 represent standards rising from a suitable base,
and which are provided with bearings for the roller m; Figures 9 and 9a, having the
knives or cutters m¹ and the roller m³, against which the knives act. m³, Figure 7,
represents a gear wheel upon the shaft m, by means of which movement is received
directly or indirectly from the main shaft; and ms, me, gear wheels, by means of
which the rollers are caused to revolve in harmony with each other. The cuttér, it
will be observed, bears such a relation to the printing rollers that the lengths cut by
them correspond precisely with the impressions received from the type blocks, so
that the tube is finally severed into separate cases, properly printed and ready for
use, as shown in Figure 9b:
The operation of the machine is as follows:-The roll containing the strip of
pasteboard is first placed in position, and one end of the strip passed into the
machine. The strip is accurately guided by means of the guiding plates, as shown
in Figure 2a, to the scoring cutters, so that the bending lines may be located at the
proper points. In passing beneath the scorers, the strip receives four parallel
double lines or indentations, as shown in Figures 5 and 10, two of which are
located near together in the central portion of the strip, and the remaining ones are
on each side near the edge, as shown. The central lines, when the case is completed,
form the upper and lower angles x, x, Figure 9b, at one side of the box, and the
other lines, the upper and lower angles x2, 3, at the other side, the intermediate
narrow portions x between. the central lines forming one side of the box, the
extended surfaces 5, 6, upon each side of the central lines, the top and bottom,
and the extended edges 7, 8; beyond the outer bending lines, the other side, the
two edges, being united by a lap, as shown. These score lines or indentations are
made the proper depth to permit bending readily without danger of breaking
through. By making the indentations double, sufficient space is left to permit the
parts to assume their new positions without straining or breaking the covering
paper.
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After passing the scoring cutters, the strip receives the glue upon one edge from the
gluing mechanism; as shown in dotted lines, Figure 5, and is. then partially folded
by the wheels and guide box. In its continued movement it is completely folded
to unite the edges and form-the tube by the duplicate folders F, F, and then pressed
by the rollers to ensure perfect contact and union between the edges. It then
passes indirectly to the press, where it receives a series of impressions upon each
side, as shown in Figures 6 and 6b, and then to the cutters, where it is severed
into proper lengths and discharged complete cases properly printed ready for use,
as shown in Figure 9b.
It will be observed that the machine is so constructed as to be continuous in its
movement, and as most of its moving parts are adapted to revolve, it may be run
at a high rate of speed and accomplish a large amount of work without danger of
injuring the mechanism.
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page_text: The machine, while designed for the special purpose named, may be adapted for
"making cases of any size for any purpose.
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The precise location of the different arrangements or sets of mechanism employed
for the several purposes described is not essential. If desired, the two main
divisions of the machine may be operated by power from different sources, and the
tube may run from the front end of the first machine to the refolder, as shown in
Figure 2, instead of being carried back through the macliine again, as shewn in
Figure 1. In either case however sufficient space should be left between the tube-
forming machine and the refolding mechanism to permit the glue to dry properly.
Some of the advantages of the described "construction are as follows:-The
machine is adapted to make complete cases ready for use from a continuous strip of
pasteboard, without waste, and with great rapidity, in consequence of which the
cost of manufacture is greatly reduced, and a product, uniform in size, appearance,
and quality is produced. The machine being automatic in its action may be
operated by unskilled labor.
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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,
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First. The method of making drawer cases, consisting essentially in scoring a
continuous strip of pasteboard upon the proper bending lines for forming the angles
of the case, forming the scor
scored strip into a tube, severing the tube into proper
lengths, and opening out the separate lengths upon the angle lines to form a com-
plete case, as above set forth.:
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Second: The method of making drawer cases consisting essentially in scoring a
continuous strip of pasteboard upon the proper bending lines, forming the strip
into a tube, printing the tube upon its flattened sides, and severing the tube into
lengths coinciding with the separate impressions of the press, as above described.
Third, The combination of the following elements, namely, the mechanism for
drawing and guiding the pasteboard strip, the mechanism for scoring the same, the
mechanisin for gluing one edge of the mechanism, for folding the glued strip upon
one set of bending lines into a tube, the mechanism for refolding the tube upon the
other set of 'bending lines, and the mechanism for severing the tube into proper
lengths, all as above described.
Fourth. In combination with the mechanism for scoring and gluing the strip and
folding the same into a tube, the mechanism for printing the sides of the tube, as
above described.
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'Fifth. In combination with the mechanism for scoring and gluing the strip and
folding the same into a tube, the mechanism for printing the same and severing it
into proper lengths, as above described,"
Sixth. In combination with the mechanism for printing simultaneously the sides,
and for drawing the flattened tube, the mechanism for severing it into lengths
corresponding with the impression of the press, as above described.
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Seventh. The method of scoring a pasteboard strip with a double line of inden-
tations, as and for the purpose described.
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Eighth. The method of printing simultaneously the top and one side and the
bottom and remaining side of a drawer case, consisting essentially in folding a
tube into a flattened condition upon the proper bending lines and passing it between
the impression rollers, as above described.
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Ninth. The combination of the boxes carrying the score cutters and the excentric
shaft for adjusting them with the shaft and set screws, as above described:
Tenth. The score cutter adapted to form a double line of indentations, as and for
the purpose above set forth.
venth. The combination of the shaft and the boxes, having eyes, with sleeves,
and the intermediate connecting devices, the construction being such that the said
boxes are laterally adjustable upon the shaft, as above described
Twelfth. The combination of the glue box and its connections with the recipro-
cating cross head and its actuating mechanism, as above described,

page_text: Thirteenth. In combination with the guide box, the wheels set at an angle, and
the spring, as and for the purposes above set forth.
Fourteenth. In combination with the tube-forming mechanism and refolding
mechanism, an adjustable roller adapted to vary the distance travelled by the tube,
as above described.
Fifteenth. The method of uniting the glued edges of a tube, consisting essentially
in passing the same about a wheel of large diameter with the lap or fold upon the
outside, by means of which the lap is drawn to place and securely held until a union
has been effected:
In witness whereof, I, the said William Robert Lake have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-second day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.
W: ROBT: LAKE. (L.S.)