IMPROVEMENTS IN AND MACHINERY FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF BOXES FOR MATCHES."
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Martin Wiberg, M.A., of Stockholm, in the Kingdom of
Sweden, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND MACHINERY FOR THE
MANUFACTURE OF BOXES FOR MATCHES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Martin Wiberg at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 14th July 1880.
MARTIN WIBERG, M.A., of Stockholm, in the Kingdom of Sweden. "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN AND MACHINERY FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF BOXES FOR MATCHES."
This Invention of improvements in and machinery for the manufacture of boxes
for matches has reference to, 1st, the use in the manufacture of match boxes and
their outer cases by machinery of "forms" of a size corresponding to and such as
will fit into a completed box or case, and causing the pieces of veneer to be wound
around such forms; 2nd, the use in such machinery for pasting the paper of a
paste box open underneath, and under which such paper is caused to pass,
substantially as hereinafter described; 3rd, the use for putting in the bottoms of
apparatus, substantially as hereinafter set forth.
In one arrangement the different parts of the machine are put in motion by a
wheel I will call the main wheel, which is a cog wheel provided also with suitable
projections, and by a cam wheel with grooved periphery and fixed on the same shaft
as the main wheel. The main wheel has on a part of its circumference so many
teeth that at every rotation it gives two rotations to a smaller wheel on a shaft I
will call the small wheel shaft.
The thin pieces of veneer, of which the boxes are to be manufactured, are cut
and incised in the same way as those generally used for the manufacture of similar
boxes by hand. When the machine is in work, one piece of veneer is put into a
feed box at every rotation of the main wheel arms (I will call them feeding arms)
which are connected to a sliding bar, push the piece of veneer away from the feed
box and underneath the "form" which is fixed to the end of the small wheel shaft,
and then push it between the "form" and the end of a spring fastened to a piece
or part which may by a suitable lever be moved backwards and forwards along the
small wheel shaft, but is by a key or in some other way compelled to rotate with

page_text: the shaft. The piece of veneer is not.entirely pushed under the form, but its back-
edge is left projecting out a little from the end of the form, and while it is being
pushed forward, the picce of veneer intended for the bottom of the match box is
brought down from a trough in which a number of such pieces are stored. This
piece of veneer will then be resting on that edge of the piece of vencer underneath
which extends beyond the end of the form. When the small wheel commences
revolving, the piece of veneer under the form follows its revolution and is wound
around the form. The veneer for the bottom, which by means of a spring or in
some other way is pressed against the fore end of the form, also follows the
revolution and is thereby clasped by the other piece of veneer.
The paper to be pasted upon the box, and which serves to keep its different parts
together, is in the form of a long strip wound around a large reel. During the
working of the machine this paper is drawn over a roller or a fixed plate under
the paste-box, which is open below in such a way that the paper serves as a bottom
for the paste box. By raising or lowering the paste box the thickness of the layer
of paste upon the paper may be regulated. When the paper is to be pasted upon
the veneer, it is first raised by a roller on a shaft worked by one of the projections
on the main wheel, and then the same roller presses the paper against the veneer,
whereupon another roller, which is at both ends provided with discs or flanges
extending over the edges of the veneer, comes forward and completes the pasting
in such a way that the one disc or flange presses the paper against the bottom, and
the other folds that part of the paper which projects out over the veneer at a right
angle. While this is being done the spring attached to the piece already described
as being on the small wheel shaft is drawn back in order not to be in the way
during the folding of the paper. After a sufficient length of the paper has been
drawn out, a knife moves forward and cuts it off. When the small wheel already
mentioned has completed its two revolutions, the sliding bar moves forward a piece
or device which is provided with four thin and broad springs, and these springs are
then pressed against the folded paper and push it into the box on all four sides.
The same springs also push the box off the form, thus setting the form at liberty,
whereupon another piece of veneer is put in to form another box, and so on.
The machine for manufacturing the outer cases is in the main like the one
described above, but of course modified to suit the different width and length of
the pieces of veneer.
The trough and four springs already described are not required in this machine.
The spring which presses the veneer against the form may in this machine be fixed

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Martin Wiberg in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 12th
January 1881.
MARTIN WIBERG, M.A., of Stockholm, in the Kingdom of Sweden. "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN AND MACHINERY FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF BOXES FOR MATCHES."
This Invention of improvements in and machinery for the manufacture of boxes
for matches has reference to, 1st, the use in the manufacture of match boxes and
their outer cases by machinery of "forms" of a size corresponding to and such as
will fit into a completed box or case, and causing the pieces of veneer to be wound
around such forms; 2nd, the use in such machinery for pasting the paper of a paste.
box open underneath and under which such paper is caused to pass, substantially
as hereinafter described; 3rd, the use for putting in the bottoms of apparatus,
substantially as hereinafter set forth.
The Drawings shew the most essential parts of a machine for making match
boxes, Fig. 1 being a side view, Fig. 2 an end view, and Fig. 3 a plan of the
machine.
The different parts of the machine are put in motion by a wheel α, I
will call the main wheel, which is a cog-wbeel provided also with suitable
projections b, b', 6, 6, and by a cam wheel c with grooved periphery, and fixed
on the same shaft a' as the main wheel. The main wheel a (which in the Drawing
is shewn with a pitch line, but no teeth) has on a part of its circumference so many
teeth that at every rotation it gives two rotations to a smaller wheel & on a
shaft d', I will call the small wheel shaft.
The thin pieces of veneer of which the boxes are to be manufactured are cut
and incised in the same way as those generally used for the manufacture of similar
boxes by hand. When the machine is in work, one piece of veneer is put into a
feed box e at every rotation of the main wheel. Arms f (I will call them feeding
arms), which are connected to a sliding bar g, moved by the grooved cylinder c,
push the piece of vencer away from the feed box e, and underneath the "form" h,
which is fixed to the end of the small wheel shaft d', and fitting into a box of the
kind which is to be manufactured and then push it between the "form" h and
the end of a.spring i fastened to a piece or part k, which may, by a suitable lever l,
be moved backwards and forwards along the small wheel shaft d', but is by a key
or in some other way compelled to rotate with the shaft. The piece of veneer is not
entirely pushed under the form, but its back edge is left projecting out a little from
the end of the form, and while it is being pushed forward the piece of veneer
intended for the bottom of the match box is brought down from a trough m, in
which a number of such pieces are stored. This is done by means of the small
bar n, bent lever o, and cross piece p on the sliding bar g. This piece of veneer
will then be resting on that edge of the piece of veneer underneath which extends
beyond the end of the form h. When the small wheel & commences revolving, the
piece of veneer under the form follows its revolution and is wound around the form.
The veneer for the bottom, which by means of a spring or in some other way is
pressed against the fore end of the form, also follows the revolution and is thereby
clasped by the other piece of veneer.
The paper to be pasted upon the box, and which serves to keep its different parts
together, is in the form of a long strip wound around a large reel, not shewn on the
Drawing. During the working of the machine this paper is drawn over a roller or
a fixed plate under the paste box q, which is open below in such a way that the
paper serves as a bottom for the paste box, and afterwards through the passage q¹.
By raising or lowering the paste box, the thickness of the layer of paste upon the
paper may be regulated. When the paper is to be pasted upon the veneer it is first

page_text: raised by a roller on a shaft worked by one of the projections 6 on the main
wheel a, and then the same roller presses the paper against the veneer, whereupon
another roller 8, which is at both ends provided with discs or flanges extending over
the edges of the vencer, comes forward and completes the pasting in such a way
that the one disc or flange presses the paper against the bottom, and the other
folds that part of the paper which projects out over the veneer at a right angle.
While this is being done the spring i, attached to the piece k, already described as
being on the small wheel shaft d', is drawn back by the lever Z and the projection b
in order not to be in the way during the folding of the paper. After a sufficient
length of the paper has been drawn out, a knifex moves forward and cuts it off.
When the small wheel d, already mentioned, has completed its two revolutions, the
sliding bar g moves forward, and the piece or device.y, which is provided with four
thin and broad springs, and these springs are then pressed against the folded
paper and push it into the box on all four sides. The same springs also push the
box off the form, thus setting the form at liberty, whereupon another piece of veneer
is put in to form another box, and so on.
The machine for manufacturing the outer case is in the main like the one
described above, but of course modified to suit the different width and length of
the pieces of veneer.
The trough m with its mechanism, and the four springs z, already described, are
not required in this machine. Instead of the spring z, the sliding piece y is provided
with a frame for pushing off the outer cases from the form h. The spring i, which
presses the veneer against the form, may in this machine be fixed to the form h
itself.
Having described the nature of the said Invention, and the manner of carrying
it into practical effect, I hereby declare that what I consider to be novel and
original, and therefore claim as secured to me under the Letters Patent herein before
in part recited is,-
1. The use or employment in the manufacture of match boxes and their outer
cases by machinery of "forms" of a size corresponding to and such as will fit into
a completed box or case, and causing the pieces of veneer to be wound around such
forms, substantially as hereinbefore described:
2. The use or employment in such machinery for pasting the paper of a paste
box open underneath, and under which such paper is caused to pass, substantially
as described.
3. The use or employment of machinery or apparatus, constructed and arranged
substantially as hereinbefore described, for putting.in.the-bottoms-of-match-boxes.
4. The use or employment of the pressing roller r, pressing and folding roller 8,
and the sliding piece y with its four springs, all substantially as and for the
purposes specified.
5. The combination of parts constituting the improved machine for making
match boxes, constructed, arranged, and operating, substantially as hereinbefore
described and shewn.
In witness whereof, I, the said Martin Wiberg, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Fourth day of January, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty one.
MARTIN WIBERG. (L.S.)