US10331A - battershall - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES D. E. BATTERSHALL ANDy M. BATTERsHAn-J, or TROY, NEW YORK.

. CANDLE-MOLD MACHINE.

specification f Letters'Patent No. 10,331, 'da'td Demb ao, ms.

To all 10h-omit may concern.:

Be it known that we, D. E; BATTERSHALL and M. ,BATTERsHALIa 'of Troy, vin the county of Rensselaer and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Making Candles; and we do hereby declare 'that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the an- 4neXed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a top View of the machine, showing the construction andarrangement of the jaws. The dotted lines show the p'o'- sitions of the jaws, Sac., when set in readiness for springing. Fig. 2 is a front elevation, showing the construction and arrangement of parts for setting the jaws, lSac. The dotted lines show the positions of thev working parts when the jaws are set in readiness for springing. Fig. 3 is an end view. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view, taken at the line w "w of Fig. l. Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional viewtaken atthe line v m of Fig. v2. Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional view taken at the line Y Y of- Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a dev tached View of the horizontal sliding'bar. Fig. 8 is a detached view of the oblique shoulder on the vertical sliding bar. Fig. 9 is a det-ached perspective view of the jaw containing the wick cutterv and centering plate, and Fig. 10 is a detached view of the jaw with the wick holder.

The same letters refer to like parts in each of the figures.

The nature of our invention consists in the peculiar Inode or manner of cutting,

' centering, and holding the wick tight in the molds, in readiness for use, by means of sprinof aws, with cutter, centering plate and wick l1 the machine and molds, also a wick tightener arranged at the bottom of the machine.

The construction is-as follows:

A A is the frame work.

B B are the candle molds.

C is the top or face of the machine.n

D is the bottom. E is a vertical bar the upper end of which is curved so as to form the handle (a). This barfslides up'or down in grooves or bearings in the frame work and bottom.

Upon the back of the bar is the oblique older arranged on the top or face of of ,the thickness -of the bar.

F is an eccentric plate', secured', lo the/ frame work by thepin and upon `which it swings. At the upper corner cf said plate is a curved slot (d). A pin (e) Vpasses through this slot, and screws into the'vei'tical bar. The` opposite corner and side 'of the plate bearagainst and slide on the pin screwed into a horizontal sliding bar'G which slides in the case Aor in suitable 'grooves for that purpose. This bar is Iconstructed 4as seen in Figs. 6 and 7 @(L) is a 'notch on the under sidev of it for the purpose of allowing the poi'nt of the catch or pawl `(i), V'when the notch is brought over it, to catch against it and prevent the bar from slipping back until desired. Each e'ml of this bar is attached. by Vconnecting reds (j j) to each end of the crank Varms of the shafts (l Zi), the lower ends of which so as rto bear against and force'open 'thejaws Jand al..

(n), Figs.V 5 and 9, is the wick cutter, Y i

which is secured firmlyA in the jaw by screws,

and-*can be removed easily when necessary to sharpen it.

(0) is the guide plate for centering the` wicks.

, shoulder (b)y formed by 'cutting 'away (p) is a flange or wick holder on the j aw I J', and when the jaws are closed fitting` snugly between the cutter and guide plate for the'purpose of holding the ends of the wicks tight.

(l g) are guide bars upon which the jaws slide.

(1' r) are flat bow springs for forcing the jaws together when required tocut, center, and hold the wicks.

K K are wick spools, the vwicking drawn in red lines. v L is the wick t-ightener, which is so made handle (s), which passes through the end 10o 'A .has to have a section of it in the sha-peas of the machine, andV is held in the required positions by means of notches in the spring catch (t The tightener plate is arranged for the purpose of tightening the wicks on.

(o) is a strip of leather packing for the cutter to cut the wicks on.

The operation of the machine is as follows: The spools having been supplied with wicking the ends of which are passed through guide holes in thetightening plate, thence under the shaft of thetightener into and through the molds to the centering plate in the jaws, where they are held fast, the wicks are then suiiiciently tightened by turning the tightener down upon them, holding them securely between the tightener and plate by means of the handle and spring catch. The molds are now filled with tal* low, ice o-r snow having previously been placed around the molds to expedite the cooling of the candles, which being cold are now ready for drawing. The jaws are opened by pushing down the vertical bar, which causes the eccentric plate bv means of the connecting pin in the curve slot to bear on the pin in the horizontal sliding bar, thereby moving the-bar, and with it the connecting rods, crank arms, and tumblers or buttons, which force the jaws open against the springs until the different moving parts assume the respective positions as shown by the dotted lines, and held in such position by the catch or pawl slipping into the notch on the under side of the horithe superfluous tallow being removed by a scraper, the wick tightenerunloosened. The

candles are drawn by means of nippers ori dinarily used for that purpose. The'jaw of the nippelrs has a shoulder to lit against irectly under the tightener and isV l a notch in the handle of the vertical bar,.

so as to draw the bar: up with it until the candles clear the molds, when the oblique shoulder on the back side of the bar strikes y.

the pawl and permits thevsprings to act on the jaws, which shut with suiiicient'force to cut the wicks from the candles drawn from the molds and center and hold the. wick ends of a new set.

The advantages of this improvement consist in allo-wingvthe candles to be removed as soon as dra-wn from the molds, so that the gloss and fine finish ofthe candles isI retained, they not being exposed to the injurious effects of heat fromV the hot tallow, as they are in the old-'modes of drawing; also, in the cheapness, efficiency and rapidity with which the machine can be worked.

Having thus described our invention,-

what we claim as new and desire to by Letters Patent, is: l. The arrangement for cutting, for censecure tering, and for holding the wicks at one i and the same operation, bymeans of the i cutter, guide plate, jaws, springs, tumblers,

crank arms, connecting rods, horizont-al sliding bar, pawl, eccentric plate, and vertical sliding bar, the respective parts being arranged, and operating substantially in the manner, and for the lpurposes as herein described and representec j 2. We claim the wick tightener, L constructed and operating, substantially in the manner, and for therpurposes as herein de-` vscribed and shown. zontal bar, and prevented from returning,

Witnesses: y

JOHN MORAN, J. J. SAVAGE.

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