US1044343A - Splint-drying means for match-machines. - Google Patents

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H. A. RUDD.

SPLINT' DRYING MEANS FOR MATCH MACHINESI I APPLmATIoN FILED JUNE 21, 1912,

1,044,343. r y Patented N0v.12,1912.`

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0F CHIC AGO, ILLINOIS,IA CORPORATION 0F ILLINOIS.

SPLINT-DBYIN G MEAN S FOR MATCH-MACHINES.

' Specication of Lettera Patent.

Patented Nov. 1 2, 1912.

application ma June' 21, 1912.v sel-m1 No. 705,000.

To all whom t .may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY A.-RUDD, a

lcitizen of the United States, and resident of j This .invention relates to splint drying means for match machines, having reference more especially to continuous machines 'wherein an endless carrier chainreceives the splints row by row and transports them through the match making path, including a bath of impregnating material adapted to render the splints' nonglowing after the same, as finished matches, have been ignited and the flame extinguished.

The object of, my invention to provide, in such match machines, a., drying structure into .and through which the wetrsplints, after they have been subjected to the'bath of impregnating material are carried and thereby eliectually dried in a relatively short space of time without materially increasing the length of the match machine or retard- .ing the regular speed of travelj of the car' rier chain, asl will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In'the drawings-Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of a splint drying strucf ture embodying my invention, the impregnating tank and a portion of the splint carrier chain being shown. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical .section of the structure, as o n the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isa simllansection through. the chain inlet of the structure.

. f A designates a portion ofan endless carrier chain by means of'which rows ofV splints are transported in' spaced relation to each other through the match making path.

B designates atank in which the solution of impregnating material is contained, which tank' is suitably supported beneath .the path of the carrier chain. The track for this chain is appropriately constructed '(as at a') to eiect thevertical movement of theI traveling plates orsections 'of the chain in respect to the top of the tank after .the chain leaves the splint-inserting station of the match machine, and thus the splints during their progress are periodically-dipped into and raised fromV the liquid contents of the .Y ator.

tank in order to effect the requisite impregnaiolof the splints.

esignates a splint-dryin structure lthrough which travels the chafign with its wet impregnated splint-,s after' leaving the tank B. This drying structure comprises an 'inverted U-shaped casing 1, a similarly afford on one side of the radiator a drying chamber 3- through which the carrier chain is directed with the splints pointing toward the radiator in a manner to be exposed to heat; and toall'ord on the other side of the radiator an `air trunk 4 which communicates with the said chamber by means of a duct 5 at the foot of one ofthe limbs of the raditrunkand chamber lead respectively to the open alr, as at 6, and to an exhaust fan 7, wherebyfa continuous circulation of fresh air established; that is to say, the air enters the mouth of the trunk, passes therethrough adolf the resulting vapors.

The radiator preferabl `vertical sections connect an arch section, .as shown, the whole having formed therein a chamber 8 for the efficient comprises two dium. The outer faces of the radiator sections, that is, the faces Within the drying chamber,rare preferably. provided with a multiplicity of transversely-disposed ribs '9 which afford an increased heat-radiating surface. The lower extremities of the vercap plates 10 which are bolted to rails l1 supported by suitable posts 12. These capplates are pierced by pipes 13,14, which communicate with the tive ends of the .radiator chamber 8; the pipes 13 at the inlet end of the radiatorV leadmgtoa suitable source of supply of steam, &c., and the other shaped heat radiator 2 supported therein to'.

theefficient ldrying action of the radiated jacent to and incontact 'with the opposing' the effective drying of the splints but carries circulation of steam or other heating me? tical sections'of ,the radiator are closed by.

HENRY A. RUDID, 0F BABBEBTN, OHIO, ASSIGNOB TO THE DIAMOND HATCH COIPAN Y,

The other adjacent endsof the 'air through the air trunk and splint chamber is at their top by Thus a continuous circulation of the heating medium is maintained within the radiator chamber.

The casing 1 is preferably a sheet metal structure bolted or otherwise secured to the radiator therein contained, and is of proper .form and dimensions to afordin conjunction with the radiator, the dryin chamber 3 and air trunk 4 above descri ed. The chain inlet portion of the chamber 3 is connected with the outwardly curved flaring mouth of a conduit 15 leading to the exhaust fan, the wall of the casing at such inlet portion being curved correspondingly with and connected to the mouth of the conduit in order that eiicient communication between such conduit and the drying chamber may be had.

The inner side walls of the curved top of the drying chamber are provided with a series of flanged rollers 16 for the support and guidance of the chain during its travel,

and the like walls of the vertical portions of the chamber are also furnished with guide bars 17 for the same purpose. Adjacent the outlet opening 18 from the drying chamber is arranged a guide wheel 19 under which the carrier chain is drawn and thereby de ected to a horizontal path as it leaves the chamber.

I claim- 1. In splint drying means for match machines having splint carrier chains, a radiator, a casing therefor providing with the body of the radiator on the respective sides of the latter an air-trunk and a drying chamber, a connection between one end of the air trunk and one end of the drying chamber, means for exhausting air from the other end of the drying chamber, and means for guiding he carrier chain through the drying cham- 2. In splint drying means for match machines having splint carrier chains, an inverted U-shaped casing, a similarly shaped radiator therein dividing the casing into two chambers, one of which constitutes an airtrunk and the other a splint-drying chamber, a connection between a limb of the airtrunk and a limb of the drying chamber, means for exhausting air from the other limb of the radiator, a series of rollers arranged within the arch of the drying chamber for the support and guidance therein of the carrier-chain, and guides for the' Chain in t-he vertical lim-bs of said drying chamber.

Signed at Barberton, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, this seventh day of June, A. D. 1912.

HENRY A. RUDD. Witnesses:

V. A. JOHNSTON, C. E. JONES.

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