IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR CUTTING MATCH SPLINTS AND PREPARING THEM FOR BEING DIPPED IN THE IGNITING COM- POSITION
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Haseltine, of the "International Patent
Office," Southampton Buildings, London, Doctor of Laws, for
the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR CUTTING MATCH
SPLINTS AND PREPARING THEM FOR BEING DIPPED IN THE IGNITING COM-
POSITION." -A communication from abroad by M*Clintock Young,
of Frederick, Maryland, United States of America.
Sealed the 28th May 1875, and dated the 10th April 1875.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said George Haseltine at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with bis Petition and
Declaration, on the 10th April 1875, pursuant to the 9th Section
of the Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
HASELTINE, of the "International Patent Office," Southampton
Buildings, London, Doctor of Laws, send greeting.
WHEREAS I am in possession of an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINES FOR CUTTING MATCH SPLINTS, AND PREPARING THEM FOR BEING

page_text: DIPPED IN THE IGNITING COMPOSITION," and have petitioned Her Majesty
to grant unto me, my executors, administrators, and assigns, Her
Royal Letters Patent for the same, and have made solemn Declaration
that it has been communicated to me from abroad by McClintock
Young, of Frederick, Maryland, United States of America.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George Haseltine, do hereby
declare that the following Complete Specification, under my hand and
seal, fully describes and ascertains the nature of the said Invention, and
in what manner the same is to be performed, in and by the following
statement, reference being had to the accompanying Drawings forming a 1
part of this Specification.
This Invention relates to an automatic machine in which blocks of
wood, in scries and side by side, are controllably fed into and through
said machine, from which blocks series of match splints are cut, carried
up, and stuck into series of plates that are arranged side by side and 1
progressively fed through and out of the machine. And the said In-
vention consists in the several combinations of devices herein-after
described by which I accomplish the desired results.

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of blocks or bolts of wood from which the match splints are to be cut.
Behind the series of blocks there is a feeder to which a cord c is
attached, said cord passing over a pulley d and having upon its end a
falling weight e by which the blocks are fed up to the splint cutters.
A spring is arranged so as to press upon the foremost of the series
of blocks to prevent them from slipping back when the positive toothed
feeder is out of the wood and recedes to take a new hold thercon.
The falling weights e, it will be understood, move the blocks up to where
they come within the influence of the real feeder g, and the latter forces
the blocks along to the cutters. The toothed feeders g, of which there
are two, are arranged side by side so that each one feeds up its own line
of blocks or bolts, and a four-motion feed is imparted to each as
follows:-A lever F is pivoted to the main frame at h, and upon its
lower end there is a friction roller that runs in an undercut cam
groove G on the cam shaft C, so that said lever shall have a positive
motion in both directions. To this lever F I attach by a cross arm F¹
arms to which the rear of the frame II that carries the feeding
points is pivoted, and by this arrangement two of tho feed motions,
namely, the forward and backward ones are attained. Another lever I
pivoted to the main frame at has upon its lower end a friction roller
that runs in an undercut cam groove K on the cam shaft C, by which
it also receives a positive vibratory motion. On the lever I there is a
crank arm J to pivot pins 7 in which the lower ends of connecting
straps L are attached, the upper ends of said straps being pivoted at k
to the frame II which carries the feeding points g, and by this
mechanism said feeding points receive their other two motions, namely,
upward and downward, all these motions being positive and not depend-
ing upon the reaction of any sping movement. An adjusting screw at 2
regulates the backward movement of the frame H, and consequently the
length of the feed. The spring m is merely to hold the frame H to its
bearings, but it in nowise influences its motions in feeding.
On the end of the shaft C there is a crank wheel M to a wrist n in
which is connected the adjustable pitman N, the upper end of which
is by suitable bearings connected to the vertically reciprocating frame or
gate O which carries the series of knives o, o, o, and o³, o¹, o', and by
which the splints are cut off from the blocks, those o cutting from one
block, and those o' from the other, said blocks, as before stated, being

page_text: .fed along under the cutters side by side. And these cutters may be
round, square, or of diamond form to cut splints of similar form, as may
be desired. The cutters or knives and the knife frame are set obliquely
to the line in which the blocks are fed through, so that, as above
mentioned, one set of knives will cut from one block, and the other set
from the other block, both sets however moving at the same time.
Above the cutters or knives o, o¹, are guides 1, 1, 1, partially open to
allow small slivers or pieces of wood that are severed from the blocks to
pass out, and thus prevent clogging; above these guides 1 there is a
guide plate with conical or countersunk openings 2 through it by which
the match splints are guided into the holes of the moving plates p,
whereby they are carried out of the machine. At 3 are shown the
points which hold the wood to form the splints, and allow the cutters
to go clear through and entuely sever the splints from the blocks, these
* points entering up into the cutters a short distance for that purpose.
The cutters or knives o, o', are made upon the end of a small bar of
steel q, and each of these bars has a seat in the knife stock or irame P,
into which they are slipped from the rear of the machine, and they are
held in their exact position in relation to each other, and to the blocks of
wood they are to act jupon by pins passing through them into the
stock, by which arrangement they can be at any time drawn out or
replaced with great accuracy. The stock or frame P carrying the series
of knives is made adjustable on the gate O by a slot and set screw (or
two or more of them) as at s, and to hold it in its exactly adjusted
position, when adjusted steel pins pass through the stock and into the
gate. At times it may be necessary to redrill and enlarge the holes
and the pins when the stock by wear has to be moved up any material
distance; and for this purpose these parts are so made as to be readily
reached, removed, placed, or readjusted.
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In a plate Qattached to the main frame there is a cam slot in
which a roller on the end of the lever R runs, said lever being pivoted
to the gate at v, and by this slot said lever is vibrated. To the upper
end of the lever R there is pivoted the sliding keeper plate wc, which
when the match sticks are m the cutters, guides, or carriers, and are
being carried up to be stuck in the plates p moves underneath said
knives or carriers, forms a support for the splints, and forces them into

page_text: Eleventh In combination with the cutters o, o¹, the wind trunk Y
for taking up and carrying off the small slivers of wood to prevent
clogging, substantially as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Haseltine, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Tenth day of April, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
five.
Witness,
HENRY JA. NOONE.
GEORGE HASELTINE. (L.S.)