US1273227A - Slicing and wrapping machine. - Google Patents

Description

J. HiREN.

sucma MM) WRAPPING MACHINE.

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1. WHEN SLWING AND WRAPPING MACHINE.

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Patented July 23, 19118.

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J. HIREN.

SLRCIWG AND WRAPPING MMCHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV- 23.

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specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed November as, 1916. Etc-rial lilo. innate.

To all whom it may concern Be it lrnown that l, Josnrnr HREN, a cltiof the United States, and a resident of liingston, in the county of Ulster and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Slicing and. Wrapping Machines, specification.

This invention relates to a machine of novel construction for subdividing ice cream or a similar article into. slices, and folding wrappers around the bottom, sides and top of such slices.

Briefly stated, the machine comprises a reciprocative slide or carriage which is furnished with a trough shaped-depression or container. Webs of paper are stretched over the container, and are cut off to form wrapers which thus bridge the container. The atter is moved beneath a hopper, within the lower end of which are arranged a pair of oppositely movable knives, each of which is provided with a lower substantially horizon tal blade, and a plurality of short upright blades that extend at rightangles across the horizontal blade. its the ice cream descends in bulk through the hopper, it will drop upon the horizontal blades, While its bottom stratum will be slitted transversely by the upright blades, Un next-opening the knives, the slitted ice cream will drop upon a slide inserted into the container thus carrying the wrapper with it, while by the next closing movement of the knives, stratum will be cut ofl from the bulk of the ice cream, thus subdividing said stratum into The container is next moved away from the hopper and opposite to a pair of folders, between which the charged slide is projected. One of these folders is adapted to turn down one of the flaps of the wrapper, and to simultaneously push the slabs. sidewise off the slide, and into the second folder which is hollow. This second folder is adapted to turn down the second flap of the wrapper, after which the folder is swung up to place the slabs into an upright position,

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The inventionv comprises more particularly, the peculiar means for cutting the bulk of material into slabs, the peculiar means for folding the wrapper around the slabs, and the various other features of novelty more particularly referred to in. the specification and appended clalms.

of which the following is a the lower slitted is adapted to be In the accompanying drawings:

ll igure 1, is a plan of a slicing and wrapping machine embodying my invention;

Fig. 2, a longitudinal section on line 2-2 lFig. 1;

ltig. 3, a cross section on line 33 ll ig'. 1;

Fig. i, a horizontal section on line 4% Fig. 3;

l ig. 5, a section on line 5-5 Fig. 1;

Fig. 6, a section on line 66 lhig. 1;

Figs. 7 and 8, are sections corresponding to the lower portion of Fig. 5, and showing the parts in different positions;

f lbIIg. 9, a sectional detail of the deflecting err,-

ll ig. 10', a section on line ill-10 Fig. 1,"

Figs. 11 and 12 are similar sections sl1owing the parts in different positions.

The machine comprises a frame 1, along which is adapted to reciprocate, a slide or carriage 2, which is operated from a shaft 3 by pinions 4 and racks 5. The carriage is furnished with a transversely extending trough or container 6 adapted to receive the material to be wrapped. The webs or strips of paper '7 for forming the wrappers are drawn from a reel 8 over a table 9 and thence over trough 6 into engagement with a grip per 10 which is mounted on the carriage to the right of the trough. The gripper is made toclose upon webs 7 by means of a tappet 11 and a fixed abutment 12. To the left of the trough, the carriage is furnished with a cut ter 13 which is adapted to sever from webs 7 such lengthsof paper as are required for forming the individual wrappers.

.li'slidable platen 14L havin arms 15 pivoted at 16, closes up a gap w ich is formed between table 9 and carriage 2, said platen being operated from the carriage by means of rods 17.

All of the above parts, which are more fully described in Patent No. 1171439 issued to me February 15, 1916, do not form part of the present invention.

The ice cream or other article to be sliced dropped into trough 6 through a hopper which is of the following constructiona J From frame "1 rise two posts 18, to which are secured by means of bolts 19 spacing blocks 20 and end plates hereinafter referred to, a pairof parallel windowed side plates, 21 that constitute the parallel walls of the hopper. Trim the top of one of the plates 21 illi raraaar track55, the fork will by cam 62, be so tilted that it will project a distance over the car-- riage and into close proximity to the end of the trough (Fig.1) eing thus so positioned as toturn the successive wrappers slightly inward, while the slide 49 is being pushed from trough 6 upon the track 55.

Track 55 is flanked by a pair of folders 6d, 65 of peculiar. construction, and of which folder 64: is slidable, While folder 65 is pivoted. Folder 64: is made in the form of an angle bar being provided at its free end with an upright section or shoulder, and with a horizontal section or blade eirtendlng forwardly from the upper end of said shoulder. Folder 6A is adapted to be reciprocated over the entire width of slide A9, so that during its advance movement, the blade will fold one of the flaps of wrapper 50 over the brick, while the shoulder will thereupon come into engagement with the corresponding upright side of the brick and thus push the latter off the slide. For efi'ecting this result, there depends from the sustaining brace 66 of wing 51 a bearing 6? 1n which is journaled a rock shaft 68 operated by handle 69. Shaft 68 is provided with arms 70, the upper reduced ends of which engage slotted rods 71 to which folder 64L is secured by bent straps 72. Rods 71 move in bearings 73, so that by turning handle 69 al-- ternately in opposite directions, folder 64L will be reciprocated over slides 69 in the manner desired.

Folder 65 is pivoted to wing 51 at M and is made hollow or in the form of a long boa of ill-shaped cross section, the two sides of the box being furnished with a plurality of finger slots 75 formed at such distances apart as correspond to the length of the bricks. When folder 65 is in its horizontal position its open side will face'charge 5'? as well as folder 64. Thus as the bricks are by folder 64f pushed from the position shown in Fig. 10, laterally off slide 49, they will be carried into the hollow of folder 65 (Fig. 11) during which operation the upper side of the latter will constitute a jaw that will turn the second flap of wrappers 50 over the top of the bricks. Next folder 65 is turned up by means of a handle 76, Fig. 12, so that its open end will be on top, and the several bricks properly inwrapped may be withdrawn by the fingers which are introduced into slots 75, thus completing the operation.

The machine constructed as described, possesses various advantages: The cutters will subdivide the ice cream into bricks having sharply defined outlines; the folders operate not only to turn the wrappers over t e bricks, but also to present the latter to the operator in such a handy manner that they may be readily removed; finally, the machine Works quickly and accurately, and at charge, a hollow no time necessitates manual contact with its charge, so that modern sanitary conditions are fulfilled.

I claim:

l. A machine of the character described,

container into alinement with the track, and

a pair of folders flanking the track.

2. A machine of the character comprising a container, a slide within the container, a track, means for moving the container into alinement with the track, a wrapper deflecting member extending across the ingress end of the track, and a pair of folders flanking said tracl.

3. A machine of the character described, comprising a track, a slide adapted to be received thereby, a forked spring-controlled deflector extending across the ingress end of the track, and arpair of folders flanking the track.

4t. A machine of the character described,

comprising a support adapted to sustain a charge, a hollow folder pivotally mounted at one side of said support, and means for projecting said charge into said folder.

5. A machine of the character described, comprising a support adapted to sustain a charge, a hollow folder pivotally mounted at one side of said support, and an angle bar slidably mounted at the other side of said support and adapted to push said charge into said folder.

.6. A machine of the character described, comprising a support adapted to sustain a pivoted folder having an open side that is adapted to receive said charge when said folder is in a horizontal described,

position, and means for turning said folder into an upright position.

7. A machine of thecharacter described, comprising a support adapted to sustain a charge, a hollow pivoted folder having an open side that is adapted to receive said charge when said folder is in a horizontal position, said folder being provided with a plurality of finger slots, and means for turn ing said folder into an upright position.

8. A machine of the character described, comprising a support adapted to sustain a charge, and a hollow folder pivoted at one side of the support, said folder being provided with a plurality of finger slots and with anopen side that is adapted to face said charge.

9. A machine of the character described, comprising a support adapted to sustain a charge, a first slidable folder provided with an upright shoulder adapted to operatively engage the charge and with a folding blade extending from said shoulder, and a second hollow folder pivoted alongside of the support and having an open side adapted to face said charge,

lllll lllli llld 10. machine of the character described, comprising a container, a slide within the comprlslnga container, a slide w thin the container, 11 track, means for moving the 10 contalner, a, trackfmeans for moving the container lnto uhnement with the truck, a

7 container into alin'ement with the track, a combined slidable folder and pusher, at one 5 combined folder and pusher at one side of side of the traclgand a slotted hollow folder the track, nnd'n hollow folder at the other pivoted at the other side of the truck.

side of. the track. i 7

11. A machineof'the character described, JOSEPH HREN.

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