US11405A - Elkan adler - Google Patents

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E. ADLER.

MACHINE PoR MAKING MATCHES.

No. 11,405. Patented Aug. 1, 1854.

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ELKANADLER, or` viewl YORK, N. Y.

MACHINERY Fon `MAKING. MATCHES.

; Specification ofLetters PatentNo. 11,405, `dated August 1,A 1854:.`

` To all whomz't may concern:

1 made ready Be it known that I, ELKAN ADLER, of the city, county, and State ofaNew York, have inventeda new and usefulImprovement in Machinery for Making Wax Tapers and Matches; and I' do hereby declare that the followingis a fullfand eXactde-` scriptionlA thereof. Y

The# nature of my invention` consists in providing a drum around which I windthe waxed wicks,` andi then pass `themalong between grooved rollers 'and channels, until their ends enter separate perforations in a dippingeboard,` when," by means of knives; they arel cut intofproper\lengths,iand thus Y for dipping into the" combustible preparation. i

` To `enable others skilled in the art to make anduse my invention I will `proceed todescribe its constructionand operation, reference being had `to H the annexed` drawings forming part of this which- Figure l is a side-view; Fig. 2, a side central sectional View; Fig. 3, a topjview';` Fig. 4, end view of dipping-board; ,Figi 5, side view of dipping-board withmatches. .v

Similar letters refer to like parts. y

A, frame of the machine; B, drum; C C', grooved feeding-rollers; D, first grooved table; E, `second grooved table; F F, knives; G, third grooved table; H,'dippingboard; I, sliding-frame; J, driving-shaft; J', crank; K, crankknife shaft; L, rocking-V shaft; M, driving-wheel; N, waxed-wick; ct, drum-shaftg, drum gear-wheel;` 0, intermediate cog-wheel; d, driving gearspecification,` in

wheel; e, e', roller gear-wheels; j", inner` pawl-shaft; g, outer pawl-shaft; h, outer p-awl; z', inner pawl; y', button; k, spiral spring; Z, spiral spring; m, inner pawl-shaft lever; n, outer pawl-shaft lever; o, inner button lever; 79, outer button lever; g, rocking-lever; r r, racks.

The wick used for the tapers is passed through molten waX and thedraining-plate,

j in the usual manner, and then introduced upon the feeding-drum B, around which y grooved rollers C C.

two turns are taken to prevent slipping, and the end then carried into one of the grooves in the plate,` D, and `thence between Motion `being co1nmunicated to the shaft, J, the driving-gearwheel Z having only a portion of its circumference cog-ged; `sets `in motion the coggrooved rollers C C', the atter are made to -wheels e e', which bein attached to the revolve and draw in the waxed wicks N,

and pass them onwardthrough grooves in plate Fl, between knives F `F, andon through groovesin plate Gr, until theends of the wa-Xed wicks enter? corresponding perforationsl in the dipping-plate H, at which instant the cogs on CZ have passed thegearwheel e `and the rollers UC and other parts therewith connected come `to a full stop,l while the drivingshaft` J, con-A tinuing to revolve, forces up `the `connectingpiece K, and with itftherlower knife F into contactwith the `upper `knife F, sever` the wicksyand leaving the short pieces fastened in the dipping-board H, -asgshown in Fig. 5.

y Connected witlrK is a rockinglever g moving on the shaft L. The pawl @7 is `at-` `tached to the lever `gbymeans of theshaftf. The upward movement of K consequently brings downthepawllz'pandit catches in a `tooth ofthe rack T, andon the downward return of K the-pawlz'and with it the sliding-frame,I`,1isjshoved` up one \notch.j The sliding-frame I is prevented from slipping down by the pawl t, working in rack r. In this manner each rowof waxed wicks, after having been stuck into the dippingboard, and out to the required length, is

`lifted up from the groovedtable G, and a ,new` row of perforations Y resented, which are, inturn, filled and lifte and so on until the dipping-board `H is stuck full of matches; when itis` removed from the machine and anothersubstituted. A side view of the dipping-board II,is seen in Fig. 5. The perforations are beveled so as to cause the tapers to become slightly fastened when they are carried in by rollers C Cv. When the sliding-frame I has arrived at the top of the machine, and it becomes necessary to lower it together with a new dipping- `board, the button y' is turned, which `opens both pawls la, z', and the sliding-frame I falls to the bottom of its grooves. On releasing the button j thespiral springs 7s, Z, cause the pawls to close again, and retain their positions against their respective racks.

The spiral spring 7c is connected with the lever m, on the pawl-shaft `f, z' being upon the shaft f, the spring 7c tends to pull over m, and with it the shaft f and pawl z'. The intermediate rod o unites m and j.

The spiral spring Z, is connected with the lever n, on the pawl shaft g. The spring Z, tends to pull over n, and With it shaft g, and pawl it. The intermediate rod p unites n. andy'.

Fig. A5 presents a view of a dipping board, after having been filled with tapers and removed from the machine. It will be noticed that all the tapers are now of even lengths, evenly separated and properly prepared for dipping into the phosphoretic compound.

f The knife F is stationary, and does not move. The knife F is bolted to the connecting-piece K, and moves up and down in sides grooves, as shown in Fig. 3.

I wind as many lwaxed wicks upon the drum B as there are grooves in the feedrollers C C, which latter being regulated according to the width of the knives, all the wicks that are drawn through are severed at one time. The waxen wicks have each two turns around the drum B; consequently between B, and feed-rollers C Cl the wicks are held taut, as seen in Fig. 2, while the rollers C C having speed proportionate to motion of drum B, the wicks N are drawn in by rollers C C just as fast as drum B delivers the same.

In the use of my invention I am not confined to making wax tapers alone.

very simple arrangement of sawsand guides, I can introduce suitable strips of Wood beneath the rollers C C', and pass them through into they dipping-board I-I, cut and 'mon domestic use.

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In my full-sized machines, eachl row of I holes in the dipping-board, will hold matches enough to fill the small box, in com- Consequently at each revolution of my driving-shaft I stick a box of matches. I estimate that one person with one of my machines,A can prepare 50,000 boxes of matches per diem.

Having thus described my invent-ion I claim 1. The perforated dippingboard H, moved and combined with the sliding-frame `I substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the springs Zo, Z;

levers m, n, shafts f, g, pawls h, Z, rods 0, p,

and button j, substantially as described.

3. vThe knives F Fl in combination 'with the connecting-.piece K, crank'J, and lever Q, substantially as set fort-h.

4. The grooved rollers C C in combination with drum B, grooved tables, D, E, Cr, and knives F F substantially vas set forth.

5. The combination of the driving-wheel CZ, roller-wheels e e, intermediate wheel c, and drumewheel Z), as set forth; the vario-us parts` of the Whole machine being combined and arranged for the purpose and in thev manner described, or 1n any other manner substantially the same. Y

Y n ELKAN ADLER. Witnesses: i

A. E. BEACH,

PETIER Cooim.

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