Improvements in Combined Lozenge Cutting, Printing, Embossing, and Pinning Machines.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Apr., 1890-Accepted, 5th July, 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Combined Lozenge Cutting, Printing, Embossing,
and Pinning Machines.
I WILLIAM BRIERLEY of The Borough Brass Works Rochdale in the County of
Lancaster Brass Founder 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 particularly to improved mechanism for operating the skip
roller shaft of the cutting section or portion of a machine referred to in the foregoing
title, which machines are well known, and for regulating or adjusting the motion of
the said skip roller shaft; also for operating the driving shaft actuating the pinning
roller shafts of the pinning section of such a machine, and for adjusting the motion of
the said driving shaft. I am aware that such motions which are intermittent in their
actions are given to the said shafts of present machines by means of ratchet wheels
operated by pawls and their attendant mechanism, a number or series of ratchet change
wheels being required in order to attain the desired motions, but, when such wheels
are employed a stoppage of the motion parts of the machine is necessitated, more
particularly, the stoppages are or may be frequent when it is required to adjust or
regulate the motion of the driving shaft of the pinning section with relation to the
motion of the skip roller shaft of the cutting section, such regulation may be often
necessary, and may be due to irregular delivery of the paste from the pinning rollers
of the pinning machine or section on to the skip of the cutting section; which delivery,
may be more or less in quantity as the case may be, consequently, in such event the
paste becomes folded or "bags on the delivery plate between the skip and the
pinning rollers, or becomes stretched, consequently much time is occupied, and much
trouble is entailed upon the operator in adjusting the wheels of convenient sizes on the
driving shaft of the pinning portion of the machine.
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According to my arrangement of mechanism, which is a friction arrangement, the
parts of the machine to which my invention is to be applied may be readily adjusted,
and with great nicety or precision, so that "waste" or "scrap" may be reduced to a
minimum as I employ only a pair of grooved friction pulleys operated by convenient
mechanism, by this contrivance, which, embodies my invention, the adjustments or
regulations of motions may be accomplished whilst the machine is in motion.
I accomplish and carry the object of my invention hereinbefore stated into effect, by
the aid of the mechanism and arrangement illustrated in the accompanying drawing,
in which, is represented an elevation of my improvements.
On the driving shaft a. is keyed a V grooved pulley b, into the groove of which
enters a correspondingly shaped pawl c, which is bung loosely on the stud d, fixed to the
slotted bracket or carrier e, which carrier, is hung upon the shaft a so as to be free to
oscillate freely about its axis; in the slot fis provided a screw threaded rod g adapted
at h. to receive a key having a square aperture; within the slot is provided a slide
block through which passes the screw rod; on the pin or stud j of the block i is
carried or supported the one end of an eccentric rod k suitably connected to the clip
surrounding the eccentric block m, which block is mounted on a motion shaft n; the
in the slide
block is conveniently provided with a recessed V slide piece o,
of which
is situated a slide block r, to the studs of which block is connected the one end of a
connecting rod t, the other end of which rod is connected to a stud u on one leg of a
W, the
double or two-armed lever v carried by or mounted on the skip roller shaft
other leg of the lever vis provided with a stud x, upon which the V shaped pawl y is
allowed to freely oscillate; the said pawl fitting in a corresponding shaped groove of
the nullov
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When the shaft n revolves motion is consequently imparted to the grooved
pulleys and through the agency of the connecting rods and pawls; the motions
of the pulleys being intermittent; the motion of the skip roller shaft or skip shaft is
capable of regulation through the medium of slide and block
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which may be
adjusted to any convenient position accordingly as it may be required to give more or
less throw to lever v, in order to give more or less travel to the "skip" such adjust-
ment of block with relation to slide p being necessary only for the purposes when it
is required to produce confections or lozenges of various sizes: the block may be
provided with an index finger or pointer, and the slide may be graduated at any
convenient part in order to facilitate adjustment of parts, such graduations being
adapted to suit the required or standard sizes of lozenges to be cut by the machine.
When it is desired to adjust or regulate the motion of the driving shaft of the
pinning portion of the machine the screw rod g is to be turned or operated by the
attendant, by means of a key, which operation may be effected instantly and without
stoppage of the machine, by such means the position of the block i may be varied,
consequently the extremity of the connecting rod attached thereto may be also varied,
and consequently more or less throw may be given to the pawl e according to the
direction in which the block is caused to traverse the screw rod, accordingly, the
driving shaft a may be caused to rotate intermittently through a greater or less
distance, and the pinning rollers actuated thereby being correspondingly affected thus
controlling the delivery of the paste passing through the pinning rollers so as to allow
the paste to pass on to the skip in a proper condition.
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.
CLAIMS.
1. In a lozenge cutting, printing, embossing, and pinning machine the use and
application of friction driving mechanism for operating the shafts of the parts or
sections referred to in the foregoing specification.
2. The grooved pulley operated by a pawl y and a double arm lever having a
connection in a convenient manner with the main driving shaft of the machine by
means of an eccentric recessed slide piece o. The grooved pulley & operated by a
pawl c and a slotted swing lever e, provided with a screw threaded rod g: by which
arrangement the eccentric rod may be readily adjusted with relation to the lever and
which adjustment may be accomplished whilst the machine is in motion substantially
as and for the purposes herein fully set forth and described in the drawing hereunto
annexed.
3. The slotted swing lover e, provided with a screw threaded rod g for the purposes
herein fully set forth.
Dated this 21st day of Anril A 11 1900
1. In a lozenge cutting, printing, embossing, and pinning machine the use and
application of friction driving mechanism for operating the shafts of the parts or
sections referred to in the foregoing specification.
2. The grooved pulley operated by a pawl y and a double arm lever having a
connection in a convenient manner with the main driving shaft of the machine by
means of an eccentric recessed slide piece o. The grooved pulley 6 operated by a
pawl c and a slotted swing lever e, provided with a screw threaded rod g: by which
arrangement the eccentric rod may be readily adjusted with relation to the lever and
which adjustment may be accomplished whilst the machine is in motion substantially
as and for the purposes herein fully set forth and described in the drawing hereunto
annexed.
3. The slotted swing lever e, provided with a screw threaded rod g for the purposes
herein fully set forth.
Dated this 21st day of Anil A 11 1900
WILLIAM BRIERLEY.
J. H. Butterworth,
Acting for the Applicant.