New or Improved Machinery for Enclosing in Wrappers Washing Blue, Blacklead, Soap, or other Substances.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Sept., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 8th July, 1895-Accepted, 10th Aug., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Machinery for Enclosing in Wrappers Washing
Blue, Blacklead, Soap, or other Substances.
I, HENRY ROSE of the Firm of Rose Brothers of Albion Works, Gainsborough
in the County of Lincoln, Engineers do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object to provide machinery, or apparatus, by means of
which washing blue, blacklead, soap, or other substances can be enclosed in wrappers
with rapidity and facility. The machine or apparatus consists of an arrangement
by which the wrappers, and the substance to be wrapped, are fed to a series of
holders which carry the wrappers and substance along whilst the wrappers are
subjected to successive operations which effect the folding of the said wrappers
around the substance and if required the securing of the said wrappers by gum, or
other cement, the packets so formed being ejected from the machine and the
holders returning for fresh charges. The holders are mounted upon an endless
chain or band, driven intermittently by any suitable motor, so that the holders
come to rest as required by the successive operations to be performed upon the
wrappers. The wrappers can be fed into the machine by hand, but they are
preferably fed by an endless chain or band (with projections to carry the wrappers
along) into a hopper or shoot which delivers them to the holders as they are
successively presented beneath the said hopper or shoot. The substance to be
packed is also preferably supplied by an endless travelling band, or web, forming
the bottom of a trough and coming to rest at intervals so that grippers take up
from the said band, or web, the substance to be wrapped and deliver it onto the
wrapper which has been placed in the holder which is preferably made with spring
or yielding sides the same distance apart as the size from front to back of the
packet to be made, but not so deep. The grippers after opening and delivering
the substance onto the wrapper and into the holder return and are closed so as to
take up another charge to be delivered in like manner to the next holder and so on.
By the substance being forced into the holder, with the wrapper between the sides
corresponding to the holder are covered by the wrapper. Afterwards the holder
passes to beneath a folder which folds the wrapper over the top of the substance
the wrapper being preferably of a size to extend a little beyond the substance and
this part so extending being folded down by a folder which next comes into
operation. The wrapper is preferably not acted upon by the first folder until the
second intermittent movement of the series of holders. The holder next passes
under a bridge piece which folds the upstanding portion of the wrapper over that
last folded and this completes the transverse or longitudinal folding. The holder
next comes to rest beneath folders which descend on either side of the substance in
the holder and fold down the ends of the wrapper from the top. The holder makes
another advance.and a folder operates to fold down the projecting cuds of the
wrapper from the rear side and as the holder again advances stationary folders
cause the ends of the wrapper to be folded from the forward side. Gum or other
cement may then be applied to the portions of the wrapper now left projecting
which can be effected as the said portions pass beneath strips extending up the
ends of the package but with space beneath for the passage of the said portions of
the wrapper. The gum or other cement can be applied in any suitable way but
preferably by a pair of discs revolving in a bath of gum, or other cement. other

page_text: discs being used to take the gum or other cement from the first named discs and
from these fingers suitably arranged taking off the gum, or other cement, and
delivering it onto the portions of the wrapper projecting as aforesaid. The holder
then advances another stage & the projecting parts of the wrapper by contact with
stationary folders, are folded up and pressed against the parts already folded over
the ends of the substance and the packet is completed and is ejected from the
machine which ejection may be effected by a pusher operating at the next coming
to rest of the holder and delivering the packet onto or into any suitable support or
receiver.
I do not limit myself to any particular arrangement of mechanism and gearing
for giving the motions described. A convenient arrangement is to drive the chain
or band carrying the holders, by a spring pawl and ratchet giving the intermittent
motions required, the spring pawl being oscillated from the first motion shaft.
The moving folders can be mounted on arms or levers operated by a slotted link
actuated by a lever oscillated by a crank disc geared to the first motion shaft and
the gummer or paster can also be operated by gear from the said shaft. The feed
hand or web for the substance to be packed and for the wrappers can be driven by
belts or bands from the same shaft and the gripper which takes up the sail
substance and delivers it onto the wrappers and into the holders can be operated by
a lever actuated by the same link which operates the movable folders. The gripper
may be made of two jaws which close to grip the substance and are opened to
deliver it. This can be effected by means of a conical pin or wedge piece actuated
by coming into contact at the requisite times with abutments one of which when
the gripper comes over to receive its charge forces the said pin or wedge 'in the one
direction to release the jaws and allow them to close and grip the substance and the
other of which when the gripper is moved over to deliver its charge, forces the said
pin or wedge in the other direction to open the jaws.
It will be understood that the various operations are simultaneously effected upon
different wrappers as they pass in succession through the machine that is whilst the
first operation is being performed on one wrapper the second operation is being
performed on the preceding wrapper the third operation on the next preceding
wrapper and so on.
Dated this 6th day of Sentember 1891
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47 Lincoln's Inn Fields, Lundon, W.C., Agents.
New or Improved Machinery for Enclosing in Wrappers Washing
Blue, Blacklead, Soap, or other Substances.
I HENRY ROSE, of the Firm of Rose Bros. of Albion Works, Gainsborough,
in the County of Lincoln, Engineers, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention has for its object to provide machinery, or apparatus by means of
which washing blue, blacklead, soap, or other substances can be enclosed in
wrappers with rapidity and facility. The machine or apparatus consists of an
arrangement by which the wrappers, and the substance to be wrapped are fed to a
series of holders which carry the wrappers and substance along whilst the wrappers
are subjected to successive operations which effect the folding of the said wrappers
around the substance and if required the securing of the said wrappers by gum, or
other cement, the packets so formed being ejected from the machine and the
holders returning for fresh charges. The holders are mounted upon an endless
chain or band, driven intermittently by any suitable motor, so that the bolders

page_text: come to rest as required by the successive operations to be performed upon the
wrappers. The wrappers can be fed into the machine by hand, but they are
preferably fed by an endless chain or band (with projections to carry the wrappers
along) into a hopper or shoot from which they are delivered to the holders as they
are successively presented in position to receive them. The substance to be packed
is also preferably supplied by an endless travelling band, or web, forming the
bottom of a trough and coming to rest at intervals so that grippers take up from
the said band, or web, the substance to be wrapped and deliver it together with the
wrapper, which has been placed in the hopper, into the holder which is in position
to receive them. The holders are preferably made with spring or yielding sides
the same distance apart as the size from front to back of the packet to be made
but not so deep. The grippers after opening and delivering the substance and the
wrapper into the holder close under the action of springs as they commence to
return into position to take up another charge they opening again just before they
reach this position and afterwards close so as to engage the next charge which is
delivered in like manner to the next holder and so on. By the substance being
forced into the holder with the wrapper between, the sides of the substance corre-
sponding to the sides of the holder are covered by the wrapper. Afterwards the
holder passes to beneath a folder which folds one of the upstanding ends of the
wrapper over the top of the substance the wrapper being preferably of a size to
extend a little beyond the substance and this part so extending being folded down
by a folder which next comes into operation so as to fold the end of the wrapper
down between the substance and the leading side of the holder. The wrapper
preferably not acted upon by this first folder until the second intermittent move-
ment of the series of holders The holder next passes under a bridge piece which
folds the other upstanding portion of the wrapper over that last folded and this
completes the transverse or longitudinal folding. The holder next comes to rest
heneath folders which descend on either side of the substance in the holder and
fold down the projecting ends of the wrapper from the top. The holder makes
another advance and a folder operates to fold down the projecting ends of the
wrapper from the rear side and as the holder again advances stationary folders
cause the ends of the wrapper to be folded from the forward side. Gum or other
cement may if required then be applied to the portions of the wrapper now left
projecting which can be effected as the said portions pass beneath strips extending
up the ends of the package but with space beneath for the passage of the said
portions of the wrapper. The gum or other cement can be applied in any suitable
way but preferably by a pair of discs revolving in a bath of gum or other cement,
other discs being used to take the gum or other cement from the first named dises
and from these, fingers suitably arranged taking off the gum or other cement, and
delivering it onto the portions of the wrapper projecting as aforesaid. The holder
then advances another stage and the projecting parts of the wrapper, by contact
with stationary folders, are folded up and pressed against the parts already folded
over the ends of the substance and the packet is completed, and is ejected from the
machine, which ejection may be effected by a pusher operating at the next coming
to rest of the holder, and delivering the packet, onto or into, any suitable support
or receiver.
I do not limit myself to any particular arrangement of mechanism and gearing
for giving the motions described. A convenient arrangement is to drive the chain
or band carrying the holders, by a spring pawl and ratchet giving the intermittent
motions required, the spring pawl being oscillated from the first motion shaft. The
moving folders can be mounted on arms or levers operated by a link actuated by a
lever oscillated by a crauk disc geared to the first motion shaft and the gummer or
paster when used can also be operated by gear from the said shaft. The feed band
or web for the substance to be packel and for the wrappers can be driven by belts
or bands from the same shaft and the gripper which takes up the said substance
and delivers it onto the wrappers and into the holders can be operated by a lever
actuated by the same link which operates the moveable folders. The gripper may.,

page_text: consist of two jaws which close to grip the substance and are opened to deliver it.
This can be effected by means of a conical pin cam or wedge piece actuated by
coming into contact at the requisite times with abutments one of which when the
gripper comes over to receive its charge, forces the said pin cam or wedge, in the
one direction to release the jaws and allow them to close and grip the substance,
and the other of which, when the gripper is moved over to deliver its charge, forces
the said pin cam or wedge in the other direction to open the jaws.
It will be understood that the various operations are simultaneously effected upon
different wrappers, as they pass in succession through the machine that is whilst
the first operation is being performed on one wrapper, the second operation is
being performed on the preceding wrapper the third operation on the next preceding
wrapper and so on.
And in order that my said invention may be fully understood I shall now
proceed more particularly to describe the same and for that purpose shall refer to
the several figures on the annexed sheets of drawings the same letters of reference
indicating corresponding parts in all the figures.
In the following description I will refer to the substance being wrapped as
washing blue it being understood that other substances may in like manner be
enclosed in the wrappers.
Figure 1 is a front elevation of a machine constructed according to my invention.
Figure 2 is a plan. Figure 3 an end elevation, and Figure 4 a back clevation of
the same.
Figure 5 is a side elevation of the endless chain of holders showing a cube of
washing blue in the various stages of the wrapping process, and Figure 6 is a plan
of the same.
Figure 7 represents in side elevation the feeding arrangement for the wrappers
and the blocks of blue or the like to be wrapped therein, and Figure 8 is an end
elevation of the same with parts removed.
Figure 9 represents in side elevation the longitudinal folders in one position.
Figure 10 is an end elevation and Figure 11 a plan of the same.
Figure 12 shews in side elevation the longitudinal folders in another position.
Figure 13 is a side elevation of the folder for effecting the first fold in the
laterally projecting ends of the wrappers and Figure 14 is an end elevation of
the same.
Figure 15 is a side elevation of the hopper into which the wrappers are fed and
Figure 16 an end elevation of the same.
Figure 16 shews the position of a block of blue in its passage through the
hopper.
Figure 17 is an end elevation of the grippers in their closed positions and
Figure 18 a corresponding side elevation of the same.
Figures 19 and 20 are similar views shewing the grippers open.
Figure 21 is a side elevation of the folder which folds down the ends of the top
portion of the wrapper and Figure 22 is an end elevation of the same, the said
folder being in its raised position.
Figures 23 and 24 shew in two positions the folder for folding in one side of the
ends of the wrapper. Figure 25 is an end elevation and Figure 26 a plan of
the same.
Figure 27 is a plan of the stationary folders and smoothers and Figures 27ª
and 28 are details thereof.
Figure 29 is a side elevation of one of the boxes or holders detached and
Figure 29 is a plan of the same.
Figure 29B is an elevation of the box or holder shewing one side open.
Figures 30 and 31 are respectively an elevation and plan of the folders for
completing the wrapping.
Referring to Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4. Supported on standards is a table or
platform 2 carrying the wrapper feeding and folding mechanism hereinafter
described. Above this table 2 is another table 3 on which the wrappers are placed

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and along which they are fed to the folding mechanism. This table is supported
ou brackets 4 on the table 2. A hopper or shoot 5 is provided at one end of the
table 2 into which hopper the wrappers pass from the table 3. Beneath the table 3
is an endless travelling band 6 provided with projections 7 which enter and travel
in a slot or opening 8 in the table and serve to propel the wrappers along the table
into the hopper or shoot 5, ribs or projections 9 being provided on opposite sides
of the slot or opening to keep the wrappers in the proper direction. Adjacent to
the end of the table 2 on which the hopper is fixed, is another table or
platform 10 from which the blocks of washing blue or the like are fed to the
wrapper folding mechanism. In this table is a slot or opening 11 in which works
the upper portion of an endless travelling band 12 carried on drums or pulleys 13
mounted in bearings in the standards 14 which carry the said table 10, the upper
surface of the said travelling band being about flush with or a little below the
top surface of the table so that the blocks of blue or the like can be slid from the
table onto the band. At the end of this table which is adjacent to the hopper 5
is a recess 15 into which the blocks of blue are deposited by the endless band.
Each block of blue as it is deposited in the recess 15 is engaged by a gripper 16
by which the said block is removed from the recess and carried forward against
the wrapper which had been previously fed into the hopper 5 forcing the said
wrapper with the said block into a box or holder which at the time is in position to
receive it and in which the folding of the wrapper round the block is effected.:
15 is a spring which bears on the block next to that which is in the recess 15 to :
revent the said block from being disturbed by the raising of the other block
From the recess 15 by the grippers 16. The series of holders 17 are connected.
together so as to form an endless chain the said chain of holders being carried on
tumblers or pulleys 18 and rollers 18* beneath the table 2 in which table there is
a slot or opening 19 through which the holders project and along which the sail
holders travel intermittently in the direction indicated by arrows in Figures 1
and 4. Each holder consists of a bottom and two sides (as shewn clearly in:
Figures 29, 294 and 29) one of which sides riz. the forward side 20 being
hinged to the bottom so as to be capable of opening outwards but is normally kept
in its closed position by a spring 21.
Each holder 17 is brought in succession at suitable intervals into position to
receive a wrapper and block of blue or the like from the hopper 5 as shewn in
Figure 5 of the drawings the moveable side of the holder being opened when in
position to receive the block by an arm 22 so as to prevent the edges of the block
froin being injured. When the wrapper and a block has been delivered into a
holder the chain of holders moves one step forward thereby bringing the next
holder into position to receive a block and a wrapper, after which the chain
of holders move another step forward, thereby bringing a third holder into
position to receive a wrapper and block, from the hopper, and so on with all
ile holders. When the holder with the block and wrapper therein is in the second
position the ends 23, 24 of the wrapper stand up above the block 25 as shewn in
Figure 5 and when the holder is in the third position the upstanding end 23 of the
wrapper is folded down onto the block by a folder 26 and retained in this position
by a presser 26 while the extreme end of the wrapper is turned down the leading
side of the block by a folder 27, the moveable side 20 of the holder being opened
out by a roller 28 on the arm 29 pressing on a projection from the said moveable
side so as to admit of the insertion of the folder 27 between the said moveable side
and the block. The folders 26 and 27 then rise and afterwards the presser 26,
the binged side of the holder closing so soon as the folder 27 has risen. The chain
of holders then advances another step bringing the partially closed block into
position to have the laterally projecting ends of the wrapper folded down and in
its passage to this position the upstanding end 24 of the wrapper is folded down
cnto the part 23 by a stationary bar or bridge 29*. The top laterally overlapping
ends of the wrapper are next folded down by a folder 30 which in its descent also
brings down the roller 28 onto the projection 20% on the moveable side of the
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page_text: adjacent rear holder to admit of the folding of the wrapper round the block in
that holder by the folder 27 as herein before described. The ends of the wrapper
being folded down, the chain of holders advances another step forward and the
rear sides of the projecting ends of the wrapper are folded by a folder 31 which
having folded the said rear sides of the wrapper rises again and the chain of
holders then moves forward another step and by this movement the leading sides
of the ends of the wrapper are folded by coming into contact with stationary
folders 32 Figures 30 and 31 thereby forming tabs 32 which then pass
beneath plates 31 Figure 28 which smooths or flattens the said tabs or
remaining unfolded portions of the wrapper.
The chain of holders then moves
another step forward and in making this movement the tabs or unfolded
portions 32 of the ends of the wrapper are acted on by stationary inclined
surfaces 33 which feld the said tabs 32 against the ends of the block of
blue or the like the said block being then entirely enclosed in the wrapper.
If
desired gum or paste may be applied to the tabs 32 hefore they are folded against
the block. The chain of holders then moves another step forward bringing the
wrapped block opposite an opening 30x in the side of one of the inclined surfaces 33
through which opening an ejector 33 is caused to move so as to push the wrapped
block from the holder into a suitable receptacle. The various movements of the
parts for performing the operations hereinbefore described are effected as follows:-
On the main driving shaft 34 is a crank arm 35 connected by a rod 36 to an arm 37
mounted loosely on the shaft of one of the tumblers or pulleys 18 which carry the
endless chain of holders. The said arm 37 carries a spring pawl 38 gearing with
the teeth of a ratchet wheel 38* fast on the said shaft so that on each revolution of
the shaft 34 a motion of partial rotation is given to the ratchet wheel sufficient to
bring the holders in succession into positions for the wrappers to be operated on as
herein before described. On the shaft 34 is a spur wheel 39 gearing with a corre-
sponding wheel 40 on a shaft 41 on which is a crank 42 connected by a rod 43 to a
bar 44 suspended by arms 45 on spindles 46 mounted in brackets 45 bolted to the
table 2. The bar 44 as shewn clearly in Figures 13 and 21 has an inclined
surface 46 on which is caused to bear under the action of a spring 47*, a roller 47
carried on a stud 48 on a slide 49 to which is connected the folder 30 which folds
down the laterally projecting ends of the wrapper, the said folder being caused to
rise and fall by the to and fro motions imparted to the bar 44. The free end 51 of
the bar 44 is connected by a spring 52 (see Figures 9, 10, 11 and 12) to the
folder 26 so that when the bar 44 moves in the direction of the arrow Figure 13,
the spring 52 draws the said folder 26 down so as to fold the upstanding end 23 of
the wrapper on to the block of blue or the like in the holder, the folder being
prevented from moving too far by an arm 55 projecting from a spindle 46**, on
which the folder 26 is mounted, coming into contact with a fixed stop 53.
When
the bar 44 moves in the reverse direction to that indicated by the arrow, the free
end 51 thereof strikes against a roller 54 on the arm 55, and forces the said folder
out of contact with the block after the wrapper has been folded thereover. On
one of the spindles 46 (which are rocked in the brackets 45* as the frame 44 is
oscillated) is a fork 56 which embraces a roller on one arm 58 of a bell crank
lever, the other arm 33* of which bell crank constitutes the ejector for discharging
the wrapped blocks of blue from the holders. This bell crank is mounted on a
stud 59 from a bracket 60 bolted to the table 2. The other spindle 46* from which
the bar 44 is suspended, carries the folder 31 which folds in the rear sides of the
wrappers. On the shaft 41 is another crank arm 61 connected by a rod 62 to a
crank arm 63 on a spindle 64 (Figures 10 and 11) on which is an arm 65 which
passes through slots 66 and 67 in the arms 66* and 67* respectively of the presser 26*
and the folder 27. The arms 66 and 67* are connected by springs 68 to an
arm 68* formed in one with the arm 65 the said springs tending to maintain the
presser 26 and the folder 27 in their lowest position. The said presser and
folder 26 and 27 are raised by the arm 65 coming into contact with the upper
ends of the slots 66 and 67, by the rocking motion given to the spindle 64. The

page_text: folder 27 is mounted loosely on the spindle 64 and the presser 26* is mounted so as.
to turn on the boss of the folder 27 they being retained on the spindle by a flanged.
screw, screwed into the end of the spindle 64.
The slots 66 and 67 are of such relative lengths that when the arm 65 descends,.
it first comes into contact with the lower end of the slots 66 and 67 and depresses
both the presser and the folder until the presser coines into contact with the block,
then by the further descent of the arm 65 the folder 27 is further depressed so as
to fold the end of the wrapper down the leading side of the block, after which the
arm 65 rises and comes first into contact with the upper end of the slot 67 in the
folder 27 thereby raising the said folder and at the same time the arm 29 rises
from the projection 20 on the moveable side of the holder which then closes under
the action of the spring 21 and secures the folded end of the wrapper in position,
after which by the continued rising of the arm 65 the presser 26 is raised from.
the block by the said arm coming into contact with the upper end of the slot 67.
The spur wheel 40 on the shaft 41 gears with a corresponding wheel 40* on a
shaft 68 on which shaft is a crank. 69 connected by a rod 70 to an arm 71 formed.
on a sleeve 72 which carries the grippers 16 (see Figures 17 to 20). This sleeve is.
mounted on a stud 73 projecting from a lug on the table 2 a rocking motion being
given to the gripper through the said crank 69 and connecting rod 70 causing the
jaws to move in an are between the recess 15 and the delivery mouth of the hopper 5.
On the sleeve 72 is an arm 74 to which is connected by a rod 75 an arm 76 on a
rock shaft 78 carrying the arm 22 provided with a roller 80, which roller is caused.
to press at the requisite times on the projections 20 of the moveable side of the
holder at the rear, so as to open the said side to admit of the ready insertion of
a block of blue or the like. To the sleeve 72 are hinged the gripper jaws 16.
which are closed or forced towards each other by springs 82 interposed between
the said jaws and brackets 83 formed on the sleeve 72. The jaws 16 are.
opened by means of a cam 84 interposed between the said jaws, and having a
projecting arm 85 carrying a roller 86 on which roller arms 87 are caused
to act so as to turn the cam at the requisite periods to open the jaws to
release the block when in a holder and also in readiness to engage a fresh
block to be conducted by the said jaws into the next holder brought
into position to receive it. The arms 87 are connected by rods 88 to arms 89 on
a sleeve mounted on a stud from a bracket projecting from the underside of the
table 2. One of the arms 89 is connected by a rod 90 to a crank 91 on the shaft 68.
so that when this shaft is rotated, motion will be imparted through the connections
described to the jaws 16 of the gripper, at the required periods. The wrappers are
fed by hand onto the table 3 and are moved therealong by the projection 7 on the
endless belt 6 to which belt motion is given from the shaft 68 by means of a
chain 98* passing round a pulley 92 on the said shaft and round a pulley 93 on
a shaft 94 mounted in the frame 14, on which shaft 94 is another wheel 95 carrying
a chain 96 which passes round a wheel 97 on the shaft carrying one of the pulleys
round which the endless belt 6 passes. On the shaft 94 is a pinion 99 gearing with
a spur wheel 100 on a stud projecting from the frame 14 which stud carries a wheel
or pulley 101 round which passes a chain 102 in gear with a chain wheel 103 on
the shaft of one of the druins 13 which carries the endless band 12 by which the
blocks of blue or the like are fed forward into the recess 15, to be engaged by the
gripper 16.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said.
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
;—
1. In a machine for enclosing in wrappers washing blue, soap, or other substances,.
n endless chain of holders or boxes in which the wrappers and substance to
be enclosed therein are placed and in which the wrappers are subjected to
successive operations to fold the wrappers around the substance and means for

page_text: supporting the said chain of holders substantially in the manner hereinbefore
described.
2. In a machine for the purpose hereinbefore described, an endless chain or barid
provided with projections for feeding the wrappers one by one into a hopper or
shoot from which the said wrappers are forced by the substance to be wrapped
therein into the holders or boxes brought into position to receive the said wrappers
and substance substantially as hereinbefore described.
3. In a machine for the purpose hereinbefore described the combination with an
endless chain of holders or boxes in which the substance is wrapped, a hopper or
shoot into which the wrappers are fed, a gripping device for conveying the substance
into the shoot or hopper and for forcing the substance into the wrappers from the
shoot or hopper and delivering them into the bolders or boxes substantially as
hereinbefore described.
4. In a machine for the purpose hereinbefore described the combination of an
endless band or conveyor for the blocks of substances to be wrapped, an endless
chain of boxes or holders in which the wrapping of the substance is effected, each
box or holder having a hinged or yielding side; a shoot or hopper into which the
wrappers are fed, a gripping device by which the substance is conducted to the shoot
or hopper and by which the wrappers and substance are passed from the hopper into
the boxes or holders, and means for opening out the moveable sides of the boxes or
holders to admit of the easy insertion of the wrappers and substance to be wrapped
therein substantially as herein before described.
5. In a machine for the purpose hereinbefore described the combination with an
endless chain of boxes or holders in which the substance to be wrapped is fed by
means of grippers, an endless travelling belt by which the blocks of material are
conveyed into position to be engaged by the grippers and a spring bearing on the
block next to that which is to be conveyed by the grippers to the holder to prevent
the disturbance of the said rear block by the removal of the forward block
substantially as hereinbefore described.
6. In a machine for the purpose described, grippers which engage and lift
the blocks of substance from the feeding band and place them with the wrappers
into the boxes or holders in which they are wrapped and means for operating the
grippers at the required periods substantially in the manner bereinbefore
described.
7. In a machine for the purpose hereinbefore described the combination of a
folder by which one end of the wrapper is folded over the top of the block of
substance when in a box or holder a presser for retaining the said folded end down
on the substance and a folder by means of which the over lapping portion of the
said end of the wrapper is folded down one side of the substance the said folders
and presser being operated in the order and in the manner substantially as and for
the purpose herein before described.
8. In a machine for the purpose herein before described the combination with the
folders by which one end of the wrapper is folded onto the top and down one side
of the substance, of a stationary plate or bridge by which, when the endless chain
of boxes or holders moves forward the opposite end of the wrapper is folded
onto the previously folded down portion of the wrapper substantially as herein before
described.
9. The combination with the subject matter of the last two preceding claims
of a vertically reciprocating folder for folding down the top laterally projecting
ends of the wrapper the said folder being provided with an arm which when
the said folder descends effects the opening of the moveable side of the next
box or holder at the rear substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore
described.
10. The combination with folders for folding the wrapper round the substance in
a longitudinal direction and a vertically reciprocating folder by which the tops of
the laterally projecting ends of the wrapper are folded, of a swinging folder for

page_text: folding in one side of the laterally projecting ends of the wrapper substantially as.
hereinbefore described.
11. The combination with the subject matter of the last preceding claim of
stationary folders for folding in one side of the laterally projecting ends of the
wrapper substantially as herein before described.
12. The stationary plates 31 for smoothing the tabs or unfolded portions 32* of
the wrappers substantially as herein before described.
13. The stationary folders 33 for raising and folding the tabs 32 against the
blocks of substance to complete the wrapping thereof substantially as herein-
before described.
14. The combination and arrangement of parts constituting a machine for enclosing
in wrappers washing blue, soap or other substances substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 6th day of Tule 1005
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.