US1336246A - Registering attachment for match-machines - Google Patents

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G. LISPENARD. REGISTERING ATTACHMENT FOR MATCH MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 19, I919.

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GEORGE LISPENARD, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOE TO H. & F. MATCH MACHINE CORPORATION, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEYV REGISTERING ATTAGHMEN T FOR MATCH-MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 6, 1920.

Application-filed March 19, 1919. Serial'No. 283,654.

To all whom z'tmay concern:

e it known that I, GEORGE LISPENARD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borou h of- Brooklyn, county of Kings, city and btate of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Registering Attachments for Match-Machines, of which the following is-a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in attachments for matchmachines designed to bring the holes of amatch carrier into perfect registry with either the splints as they are inserted in the carrier or the ejecting devices as they pushthe splints from the carrier. It is well understood in the trade that match carriers for continuous or semicontinuous match machines are usually made with chains of plates having perforations therein to receivethe splints which are to be dipped, and from-which the splints are pushed at the proper time. In this case'I have not gone into the construction of the carrier because it has nothing to do with the invention and is applicable to all machines of this type in which chains of plates with splint receiving holes are used. In machines of this character difficulties are experienced in having perfect registration of the holes in the carrier with the splint: feeding means and with the splint ejecting means. This is because the carrier is usually very long, has a great many joints, and there is more or less slat and back-lash to the carrier, that is play to the joints, so that to keep registration perfect is a difficult and expensive matter. My invention is intended to obviate this difliculty and produce a very simple device by which the above named registration will always be substantially perfect. This will be understood from the description which follows.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the attachment embodying my invention, and

Fig. 2 is a broken plan view thereof.

By way of example I have shown the application of the attachment to a machme in which a sliding carriage is used in connection with the splint feeding and ejecting means, but there is usually some sliding part corresponding to the sliding carriage, that is apart which reciprocates in unison with the reciprocation of'the splint feeding and e ecting means.

The frame 10 can be of any suitable character and is simply a diagrammatic representation of a match machine frame, and this is provided with a driving shaft 11 which moves the carrier, but so far as the invention is concerned it might be any part turning with the carrier driving means, as will presently appear. F or this reason the carrier is not shown. On the shaft 11 is a pinwheel 12 having on its periphery regularly spaced holes 13, and these are spaced apart the same distance as are the rows of holes in the match carrier, that is to say if the rows of holes in the carrier plates are three-eighths of an inch apart, the holes 13 will be three-eighths of an inch apart, and the wheel 12 will of course have an intermittent movement corresponding to the movement of the carrier, and such a movement is customary in machines of this kind.

The holes 13 of the wheel are engaged by a pin let on the end of a slide bar 15 which moves in a bracket 16 attached to a sliding carriage 17. A part corresponding to the carriage 17 is common to machines of the type mentioned, but this particular carriage is shown in application for Letters Patent of-the United States No. 225,628, iiledldarch 30th, 1918, and as stated this is simply by way of example. On the under side of the bracket 16 is a pin 18 to which is connected a spiral spring 19, and this also connects with a pin 20 on the outer part of the slide bar 15, that is on the part farthest from the wheel 12 and at the right hand of the bracket 16 in the drawings. The tendency of tl e spring is therefore to draw the slide-bar toward the wheel and bring the abutment in 21 into contact with the outer edge of the bracket 16, though the drawing shows the bracket in a neutral position. The pin 22 at the inner end of the slide-bar has no func tion so far as the operation of the apparatus is concerned, but is to prevent the slide-bar from being pulled out of the bracket 16 by an operative or person attending the machine. The spring 19 can obviously be con nected with the bracket 16 and slide-bar 15 in other ways, but the function of the spring is to cushion the slide-bar and give it a yielding connection with the wheel 12,

and as will presently be seen the cushion is of such a nature that the pin 14 practically feels its way into the wheel 12, and when in position there naturally locks the wheel, the shaft 11, and the carrier which is either driven by the shaft 11 or is in locked con nection with it, as for instance by means of connecting gearing or otherwise.

In operation the tension of the springs 19 is such as to pull the abutment pin 21 against the outer or rear edge of the bracket 16 when the bracket is in its forward position, and as the bracket slides toward the wheel 12 the slide-bar 15 moves with it and the pin 14 enters one of the holes 13 just before the splints reach the carrier in which they are to be inserted, or before the ejecting devices engage the matches which are to be ejected. The continuous forward movement of the bracket forces the pin well into the wheel and locks the wheel positively, while the movement of the pin is cushioned by the spring 19. It will be seen that the wheel 12 will be positively locked, and that the carrier and all parts in gear with it will likewise be locked. As the bracket 16 moves away from the wheel 12 the pin 14 will be gradually pulled out to free the wheel, and when the bracket strikes the pin 21 the movement will be completed positively.

It will be seen, therefore, that I have provided a simple yet positive means for caus ing exact registration of the feed and ejecting mechanism with the holes of a carrier so long as the carrier moves with the shaft '11, it being assumed, of course, that the holes 13 are spaced apart the same distance as the rows of holes in the carrier.

In the drawing I have shown the wheel 12 provided with spaced holes 13 adapted to receive a locking pin 14, but it will of course be understood by any mechanic that the particular form of the engaging parts 12 and 13 can be varied without affecting the invention, the essential thing being to have the slide-bar engage the wheel at intervals corresponding to the spacing of the rows of holes in the carrier.

I claim 1. An apparatus of the kind described comprising a wheel adapted to connect and rotate in unison with the movement of the carrier of a match machine, said wheel having holes in its face, and a reciprocating spring pressed slide bar moving in unison with the reciprocating parts of the match machine and engaging the holes in the wheel.

2. An apparatus of the kind described comprising a wheel connecting and rotating in unison with the movement of a match machine, a sliding member moving opposite the wheel and in unison with the reciprocating parts of the feed and ejecting mechanism of the machine, and a spring pressed slidej bar carried by the sliding members and engaging the wheel by which the Wheel is locked at intervals corresponding to the movements of the feeding and ejecting mechanism of the match machine.

3. A registering device for match machines comprising a rotating wheel adapted to move in unison with the carrier of a match machine, said wheel having spaced pawl engaging means on its face, said means being spaced apart a distance corresponding to the distance between the rows of match receiving devices in the carrier of the match machine, a sliding bracket movable in unison with the sliding parts connected with the feeding and ejecting devices of the match machine, a cushioned slide-bar movable in the bracket, and a pawl on the slidebar to engage the wheel.

4. In a machine of the kind described the combination of the rotatable wheel having spaced holes therein, the sliding bracket, and the cushioned slide-bar in the bracket having a pin at one end to enter the holes of the wheel.

-5. In a machine of the kind described the combination with the rotatable wheel having holes therein, the bracket movable back and forth with relation to the wheel, the slide-bar moving in the bracket and having a pin to enter the holes of the wheel, and the spring connection between the slidebar and the bracket.

GEORGE LISPENARD.

- Witnesses:

HUGO GOLDSMITH,

WARREN B. HUTCHINSON.

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