US1461461A - Composition - Google Patents

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July 10, 1923.

W. H. SHOFTER COMPOSITION APPLYING DEVICE FOR BOOK MATCH MACHINES Filed Feb. 4, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 July 10, 1923.

W. H. SHOFTER COMPOSITION APPLYING DEVICE FOR BOOK MATCH MACHINES Filed Feb. 4, 1922 2 Sheets- Sheet 2 Patented July 10, 1923.

v UNITED STATES WILLIAM H. SHOPPER, OE BARBEBTON,

comm, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, "A CORPORATION or ILLINO S.

COMPOSITION-APPLYING DEVICE FOR BOOK-MATCH MACHINES. I

Application and February 4, 1922. Serial No. 584,258.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. SHor'rEn,

a citizenof the United States, and resi cut of Barberton, in the county of Summit State of Ohio, have inven'ted certain ne and useful Improvements in Composition- Applying Devices for Book-Match Machines, of which the following is 'a specifi-.

cation. 1

This invention relates to means for applying match-ignition material to match-book covers and the like; having reference, more especially, to an improvement in composition applying devices of the general character described in Letters Patent of the United States'No. 1,042,472, dated October 29, 1912.

The machine set out in said patent includes a carrier whereby spaced-apart match books are advanced in close relation to the periphery of a rotating wheel by means of which ignition paint is transferred from a tank to the fastened cover folds of the match books. In the practical operation of the machine a doctor" or auge plate associated with the wheel regu ates the quantity of-material carried up from the contents of the tank by the wheel and applied to the covers. "'The composition at the edges of the tank becomes hard, and fragments of the hard materialisometimes break OE and lodge between .the gauge plate and the wheel; thereby preventing the proper transference of the composition to the match books. This results in the production of a number of imperfect books before the attendant observes the defect. Sometimes a similar trouble is caused by a broken splint which enters the composition and works around in the tank until the splint becomes lcidged between the wheel and the gauge p ate.

The object of my invention is to overcome the difliculties above mentioned, and to that end I provide the composition applyingwheel with peripheral projections which cooperate with the gauge plate to prevent the lodgment of foreign matter between the wheel and the plate, as will be hereinafter described and olaimed.-

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in 7 section, of compositionapplying mechanism embodyin m invention, of amatc -book carrier,

showing parts of the carrier.

showing a portion and adjuncts.

' Fig. 3 is aside elevation of the composition applying wheel, "showing the gaugeplate and its'support' in section, and also indicatin the books a 7 .ve t e wheel.

Fig. 5 is a erspective view of the gauge plate detached. Referring to the drawings, 10 designates a part of an endless flexible carrier for match-books, said carrier, in the form illustrated, comprising hingedly connected link' members in which match cards (as'a). and

Fig. 4 is'a 'plan. of the wheel and gaugeate.-

OHIO,- ASSIGNOR To run DIAMOND MATCH 2 is a plan of the said mechanism ath of travel of the match covers (as b) "(with the end folds of the covers projecting beyond the carrier) are assembled and bound'together in book form; thence transported to and past a structure whereby frictional ignition substance of the consistency of-paint is applied exteriorly to the under surfaces of the projecting end folds of the covers, and thence carried through an extended drying path.

The paint-applying structure, in the articular form shown, comprises a standar 11 provided with posts 12, 13 having suitable bracket arms 14 sup orting a track section 15 for the carrier. 8

adapted to contain the ignition composition. Mounted to rotate within the tank is a wheel 17 the periphery of which is adapted to carry up the composition into the path of the ro ecting folds of the covers, and thus appfj the composition to the latter durin their travel. This wheel is fast on a sha 18 having its bearing in the 0st 13 on the standard and bein provide with a spur wheel 19 in mesh w1th a, pinion 20 on a shaft 21 which has its bearing in a bracket 22 on the standard. The pinion meshes with a suitably-disposed spur wheel 23 fast on a shaft 24 which has its bearings in the post 12 and is provided with a gear wheel 25 in n the standard is also, supported, beneath the carrier, a tank 16,

mesh with rack teeth 26 on the links of the the gears 19, 23 and their respective shafts are concurrently rotated in such a manner that the gear 23 advances the carrier 10 and the shaft 18 rotates the composition applyin wheel.

Cmbracing the rim of the wheel is the forked end of an angular gauge plate 28, the active portion of which comprises an edge 29 which is appropriately spaced from the periphery of the wheel to determine the thickness of the film of composition carried up to the book covers by the wheel. The plate is adjustably affixed to the adjacent bracket arm 14, preferably by means of a set-screw 30 passing through a slot 31 in the plate.

According to my invention the periphery of the wheel is provided with a series of equally-spaced projections 32 which extend beyond the periphery a distance equal to the depth of composition to be carried up and deposited on the covers. This is usually about of an inch. In the present instance four projections are provided. the same being constituted by hard metal inserts in the periphery of the wheel. The rotation of the wheel is so timed in relation to the travel of the carrier that the book covers are acted upon by the peripheral surface of the wheel between the projections, such projections in their travel clearing the books.

By the construction above. described it will be seen that if any foreign matter, such, for example, as fragments of hard composition or loose splints, enter between the wheel and the gauge plate. the peripheral projections will co-act with the gauge plate to break up such matter or will carry the matter past the plate, thus insuring a uniform application of the composition to the book-covers.

It is to be understood that my invention is not limited to the specific. construction herein disclosed, as the same may be modilied within the principle of my invention and the scope of the appended claims.

I claim- 1. The combination with a'carrier for a succession of separated articles, of a container tor ignition material, a wheel mount; ed to rotate in said container and to trans fer the material therefrom to the surlace of said articles, said wheel having spaced-apart peripheral projections, a gauge plate adjacent the periphery ot the wheel and the path of rotation of said projections, and means for rotating said wheel in synchronisni with the travel of the aiticles whereby the pe ripheral portions of the wheel between the projections apply the material to the articles and the projections escape the articles.

2. The combination with a carrier tor a succession of separated match-lmoks. of a container for ignition material. a \vlteel mounted to rotate in said container and to transfer the material therefrom to the said books, said wheel having in its periphery a series of regularly spaced projecting insorts. a gauge plate adjacent the periphery of the wheel and the path of the projecting ends ol the inserts. and means for rotating said wheel in synchronism with the travel of the books whereby the peripheral portions of the wheel between the inserts apply the material to the match-books and whereliv the projecting ends of the inserts escape the books.

3. ln means vfor applying match ignition composition to book-matches, a tank, a composition applying wheel therein having peripheral projections. and a plate having a forked end embracing the periphery of the wheel. said end having an edge portion spaced from the wheel to constitute a gauge to determine the thickness of the material which is carried up by the periphery of the wheel, said edge portion co-operating With the said projections to break up fragments of hard substances.

Signed at liarberton, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, this 1st day of February A. D. 1922.

WILLIAM H. SHOFTER.

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