US1192705A

US1192705A - Counter for can-covers.

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Publication number: US1192705A
Application number: US83732514A
Authority: US
Inventors: John C Taliaferro; Daniel P Robinson; John Coyle
Original assignee: Continental Can Co Inc
Current assignee: Continental Can Co Inc
Priority date: 1914-05-08
Filing date: 1914-05-08
Publication date: 1916-07-25
Anticipated expiration: 1933-07-25

Description

J. c. TALIAFERRO. D. P ROBIN SON & J. COYLE. COUNTER FOR CAN COVERS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 8. 1914.

Patented July 25, 1916.

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J. C. TALIAFERRO, D P. ROBINSON 64 J. COYLE.

COUNTER FOR CAN COVERS.

APPLICATION mm MAY 8. 1914.

1 1 92,705. Patented July 1916.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN C. TALIAEERRO, DANIEL P. ROBINSON, AND JOHN COYLE, OF BALTIMORE, MARY- LAND, ASSIGNORS TO CONTINENTAL CAN COMPANY, INC., 0F SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

COUNTER FOR CAN-COVERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 8, 1914. Serial No. 837,325.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, JOHN C. TALIAFERRO, DANIEL 1 'RomNsoN, ,and JOHN COYLE, citizens of the United States, all residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Counters for Can-Covers, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the figures of reference marked thereon.

The invention relates to new and useful improvements in an apparatus for counting and separating a predetermined number of articles from a stack and more particularly for counting and separating can covers or ends which are stacked.

An object of the invention is to provide an apparatus of the above character wherein the counting and separating device is op- 20. erated by the articles in the stack when the stack is given a movement relative to said counting and separating device, and which counting and separating device has means for separating the counted articles from the remaining articles in the stack.

In the drawings, which show by way of illustration, one embodiment of the invention: Figure 1 is a perspective view of an apparatus embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a view partly in plan and partly in section showing a portion of the support and the counting device with said counting device in normal starting position. Fig. 3 is a plan view showing a portion of the support and the counting device with the counting device having completed its operation and separating the counted articles from the remainder of the stack. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 44 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a sectional view on the line 6-6 of Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a detail showing n perspective the separating finger and 1ts cooperating slide. -Fig. 8 is a detail partly in section showing the manner of operating the counting disk by the cover stack.

The invention consists, generally, in providing a support on which a stack of articles, such as can ends or covers may be placed and along which the same may be slid. A bracket projects from this support and carries a counting device which is operated by the articles as they are moved along this support and this counting device is provided with a separating finger which 18 projected from the outer periphery of the counting device and enters between the counted articles and the remaining articles in the stack for separating the same.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, the improved counting and separating apparatus consists of a supporting frame 1 which is formed as herein shown of two spaced angle irons 2 and 3, which are mounted on supporting legs 1 and The legs 5 are preferably longer than-the legs 4 so that said supporting angle irons 2 and 3 are inclined downwardly. These angle irons are spaced so that a stack of can ends or covers 6 may be placed thereon and when located on the angle irons the stack will not only be supported but the covers or ends will be held nested together. In other words, the upper edges of the angle irons also engage the stack thus making four lines of support for the stack. At the lower end of the angle irons there is a rectangular frame 7 which serves as a rest or stop for the stack.

A bracket 8 is secured to the angle irons 2 and 3 and this bracket projects laterally from the main frame, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 4:. The bracket at its outer end is bent upwardly, as at 9, and thence backwardly, as at 10. A disk 11 is fixed to a shaft 12 which is mounted in said bracket 8, the bent back portion 10 of the bracket engaging the upperend of the shaft.

The disk 11 rests on a supporting washer bearing 13. A collar 11 is secured to the lowerend of the shaft 12. A spiral baud spring 15 is fixed to the collar 14 at one end and at the other end is attached to a a screw 16 which is threaded into the'bracket S.

The disk 11 is formed with a plurality of vertical grooves 17. The outer edge of a can cover or can end iscurled, as shown at 18 in Fig. 8. These vertical grooves 17 conform to the curled dge of the can end, as shown in this figure.

A series of can ends placed together, as clearly shown in Fig. 8, form, in a sense, a. rack and if the stack of can ends is placed in engagement with the disk 11 so that a ver tical groove is engaged by the curled edge of the cover when the stackis moved along in a straight line the disknvill be caused to rotate and one vertical grobve after another will be engaged by the successive can end.

This disk, as clearly shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 is formed with a. smooth portion 19, the

radius of which preferably is the same as the radius of the bottom of the grooves formed in the disk. Said disk is also provided with a. projecting lug 20. This lug is set into a recess in the disk and is held therein by a screw 21. The disk is also formed with a recess 22 and in said recess is a separating finger or blade 23. There is a similar recess 24 in the lower face of the disk and these recesses are connected by a slot 25. The separating finger or blade 23 is provided with a block 26 which extends into the slot 25. A sliding block 27 is located in the lower recess and this block is fastened to the separating finger by a screw 28. The finger and the block close the slot 25. In this slot is a spring 29 which rests at one end against the end wall of the slot and at the other end against block 26. This normally holds the fingers 23 retractedwithin the recess. There is also a slot 30 which connects the upper and lower recess so that any dirt accumulating in the upper recess may be dropped through the disk and escape.

Mounted on the return portion 10 of the bracket 8 is an overhanging arm 31. arm and the bracket are recessed, as at 32. The sliding finger or blade 23 has an upwardly projecting lug 33 which moves into said recess 32 when the disk is rotated through the action of the spring 15 and the lug serves as a stop to prevent further rota tion of the disk. WVhen the disk is rotated in the opposite direction, this lug 33 engages the overhanging arm 31 at 34. A further rotation of the disk will cause, the arm to force the separating finger or blade outwardly, projecting the same beyond the-periphery of the disk and compressing the l/Vhen the lug33 is 'against the end of the rece: in the overhanging arm 31, the projecting lug 20 extends over the" support for the stack of can ends or covers. The stack is moved bodily along the support. The first cover inthe stack to engage the projecting lug 20 also engages the first vertical groove in the disk. The second cover engages the second groove, the third cover the third groove, and so on. A continuous movement of the stack will cause the disk to rotate. There may be any number of grooves -As the stack moves along the support, the

disk will be turned, counting. 0H one hundred covers, after which the end of the separating finger or blade will be brought around so as to enter between two covers or ends, as shown in Fig. 3. At this time, the lug 33 on the finger or blade 23 will be brought into en- This 3 gagement with the overhanging arm 31 and a further movement of the disk will force the blade outwardly, causing the same to enter between the counted covers and the remainder of the stack and separate said counted covers from the remainder of the stack. The blade or finger 23 is preferably tapered to one side so as to facilitate the separating of the counted covers from the remaining stack. This separation is suflicient to allow the operator to insert the fin ger between the counted section and the remainder of the stack, so that the counted section may be removed. If there are one hundred grooves in the disk then the counted section will contain one hundred covers or ends.

It will be understood that any number of grooves desired within the limits of the circumference of the disk maybe placed therein and the same predetermined number of covers or ends will be counted and separated from the remainder of the stack by each molic ement of the stack past said counting dis While we have described a stack as movable in order to actuate the disk, it will be understood that the disk may be moved along the stack and the same result accomplished. As soon as the section counted has been separated from the stack and removed by the operator, the remainder of the stack is moved upward to allow the spring to return the counting and separating disk to its normal position ready for another counting operation.

It will be obvious that minor changes in the details of construction and arrangement of the parts may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1 An apparatus for counting and separating a predetermined number of articles from a stack including in combination a support for the stack, a separating device, means actuated by the articles in the stack upon a movement of said stack relative to said separating device for operating the separating device, said separating device having means for separating the counted section of the stack from the remaining articles of the stack.

2. An apparatus for counting and indicating a-predetermined number of can ends in a stack, including in combination a support for the stack, a counting device adapted to be actuated by the can ends upon a movement of said counting device relative to the stack, and means carried by said counting device for indicating a predetermined number of counted ends.

3. An apparatus for counting and separating a predetermined number of can ends from a stack, including in combination a support along which the stack may be slid, a counting and separating disk located adjacent said support and adapted to be operated by the can ends in the stack, said disk having. means for separating the counted section of the stack from the remainder of the ends in the stack.

4. An apparatus for counting and separating a predetermined number ofcan ends from a stack including in combination a support for the stack along which the stack may he slid, counting and separating device located adjacent said support, and means actuated by the movement of the stack alon said support for operating the counting an separating device, said counting device having a separating finger mounted thereon, and

means for pro ecting said separating finger 1 between the counted section of can ends and the remainder of the stack for separating the same.

5. An apparatus for counting and separating a redetermined number of can ends in a stac including in combination a support for the stack along which the same may be slid, a counting device adjacent said support and having vertical grooves formed therein, each of which is adapted to engage a can end whereby Y the movement of the stack will cause said disk to rotate, a sepa-' rating finger mounted on andtraveling with said disk, and means for causing said separating finger to enter between the section of counted ends and the remainder of the stack for separating the same.

6. In an apparatus for counting and separating a predetermined number of can ends in a stack, a supporting'frame along which the can enkls may bemoved, a bracket attached to said frame, a rotating disk pivoted on said frame, said disk having a plurality of vertical grooves formed therein,

end, whereby the movement of the stack along the support will cause said disk to rotate, a spring for rotating said disk in the opposite direction, a stop for limitin the movementof the disk, a separating mounted on said disk and lying normally Within the periphery thereof, said separating finger having a tapered outer end disposed at the end of the last groove in the disk, a spring for normally holding said finger retracted, a lug carried by said finger, and a fixed arm for engaging said lug and forcing said finger outwardly when the disk is rotated, whereby said finger is caused to enter between the last can end in the counted section and the remainder of the can ends in the stack for separating the same.

7. An apparatus for counting and indicating a predetermined number of can ends in a stack, including in combination, a support for the stack, a counting device, means engaging, successively the-can ends in the stack for operating the counting. device, said counting device having means for indicating a predetermined number of counted ends.

8. An apparatus for counting and indieating a predetermined number of can ends in a stack including in combination, a support for the stack, a counting device, means engaging successively the can ends in the stack for operatlng thecounting device, said counting device having means for separating the counted section of the stack from the remainder of the ends in the stack.

In testimony whereof, we afiix our signatures, in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN C. TALIAFERRO. DANIEL P. ROBINSON.

JOHN COYLE. Witnesses:

W. N. CRANWELL, D. CINNAMOND.

each of which is adapted to engage a canl