US1654022A - Apparatus for counting and packing rings - Google Patents

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Dec. 27, 1927.

A. F. THENER ET AL APPARATUS FOR COUNTING AND PACKING RINGS Filed June 22. 192? 6 Sheets-Sheet l Dec. 27, 1927.

A. F. THENEIQ ET AL APPARATUS FOR COUNTING AND PACKING RINGS- 6 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June 22. 192' i3ec. 27,1927. 1,654,022

A. F. THENER ET AL.

APPARATUS FOR COUNTING AND PACKING RINGS FiledJune 22, 192'? 6 Sheets-Sheet 3 5 Y W mmawhw flrroRA Ex Dec. 27, 1927. 1,654fl22 v A. F, THEINER ET AL APPARATUS FOR COUNTING AND PACKING muss Filed June 22. 1927 6 Sheetsfiheen 4 HTTOBNJY Dec. 27, 1927.

1,654,022 A, F. THEZNER ET AL,

APPARATUS FOR COUNTING AND PACKING RINGS Filed June 22; 1927 6 Sheets-Sheet 5 Dec. 27, 1927. 1,654,022

' A F THEENER ET AL,

APPARATUS FOR GOUNTING AND FAGKING RINGS Filed June 22, 1927- 6 Si1ee'cs-Sheet 6 uli M/vavroas: A. f. TIL/KNEE.

ATTORN Elli Patented Dec. 27, 1927.

oinrno STATES PATENToFFICE.

lhis I] JOSEBH'M. KOUN'IZIiIAN, OF LOlJl'S, MISSOURI, ASSIGNORS SUPPLIES COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORA- Eli'lilClllil Gift? I.

.ltlPPARATUS IEOR COUNTING AND PACKING RINGS.

Application filed June 22, 1927. Serial No. 200,719.

invention relates to apparatus for counting and packing rings such, for exainple, as rubber l'ruit jar rings which are termed by slicing a rubber a long compact mass straight row. The counting pose of removing is for the pur- \TL'OHPS of rings from the row, each group consisting of a predeteriuincd nuu'iber of rings.

, rings are usually with one dozen rings to a m l unti no can he used to divide 'l' successive groupi cacl twelve or any other d Une ohioct ot' the out can oer mull oil to the p l'll ill

iatic .iuachin ti rely inserted paper cartons or other containers.

1, .4; r'lUU Jill (in ihle ruins in such.

into the packs iuent preteii'sbi r lies 'Wli preii erabiy rings, so as leagues.

1 the pool 5' ac inven'luoi resi ecti to or sold in packages package, and the mechanism hereafter referred to he mass of rings into 1 group consisting of esired number of rings. invention is to produce an e whereby this counting accurately and quickly accomplished. ect is to produce a machine cups of rings are into packages, such as in conwith this object attention is directed iii an cl en'ienn.

withdrawing" the iaiullinp; a group oi. flexa :luunner that all of the can be quickly jii'isert only slightly Wider group of rings.

means to sup th ed into a package the Width of the The invention includes sort and confine the rings while was n to the naclraees and inl .i m 7 positively force the ilhe inserting ele- :hin the rings, and it enters the packages with the to positively iorce them into the lflowevcr, this involves the neccsinserting element In the preferred form the inserting element lies llllll'lfifilill'clt' hclow the ring-support which does not enter the packages, and after in.-

serltin r the lower port inseiiiim element is element ions of the rings, the .hlted to lie lll'JO'Vi-B the The ring-support and inserting -we then quic icy thus allowing: ti drop into the pee Withdrawn :lroni 1e partly inserted lrages.

tube to produce it rings arranged in a in sec Another object is to prevent displacement of the end ringin the mass, or row, from which the groups are'WithdraWn. group of rings picked from the row device preferably iollows thegroup for a slight distance so to lie in the path of the ring left at the end of the row.

A further object to produce an i111 proved moans :tor feeding the row of rings to the counting elements which remove the groups from the row.

liith the :loregoing and other objects in view, the invention comprises the novel con,- st'ruction, combination andarrangement of parts heicinaltcr more specifically described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein shown the preferred embodiment oi? the invention. However, it is to be understood that the invention con'iprehends changes, variations and n'iodiiications which come within the scope oi the claims hereunto appended.

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of an apparatus embodying the features of this invention, some of the parts hcinp; in section on the line 1-l in Fig. 6.

Fig. 2. is a top View shown by Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a top view, on a larger scale, showing one end portion oi the trough which supports the stock oi. rings, and also showing; the ermntiue, elements adjacent to the trough.

Fin; -l is a side elevation of the llpllzll'illi'ljls showing; the side opposite to that shown by Fig. 1, some of the parts being: in section on the line -l-l in Fig. 6.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged s de elevation showing one end oi? the trench and the counting elements adjacent to said end.

Fig. 6 is a lront elevatioi'i of the appaa stop oi the apparatus i is an enlarged side elevation, partly tron, showing the (IliFiCilfll'flG end of the trough and counting elements adjacent thereto,

Fig. 8 is a top View of the discharge end of the trough showing a stop member adapted to engage the end of the row of rings.

Fig. 9 is a front view of the device shown by Fig. 8, showing the hole through which the rings are discharged, and the stop member at the upper portion of the hole.

Fig. 10 is a side elevation, partly in section, showing the counting elements and inserting elements as they appear when withdrawn from the rings in the package, and latter, being shown by dotted lines.

Fig. 11 is a bottom View showing the inserting element in the form of a wing pivoted to the counting element.

Fig. 12 is a detail view of the inserting element.

Fig. 13 is an end view showing the in- I sertingelement pivoted to a counting element, the inserting element being elevated relative to said counting element to prevent an unobstructed space for the rings, one of the rings. being shownby dot and dash lines.

Fig. 14 is a view similar to Fig. 13, showing the inserting element in alower position where itmay contact with the lower portion of the rings.

Fig. 15 is a vertical section on the line 1515 in Fig. 17, showing the parts in the positions illustrated by Figs. 14: and 17.

Fig.16 isa section taken approximately on the line 16-16 in Fig. 1 1. I

Fig. 17 is a side elevation of the counting element and inserting element, showing the lower portions of the rings inserted into a carton. I

Fig.18 is a side elevation of a portion of the trough which supports the stock of rings to be counted and packed. I

Fig. 19 is an end view of the parts shown in Fig.18. f

Fig. 20 is a'section approximately on the line-20-2O in Fig. 18.

Fig.21 is a section showing portions of the means for lifting and dropping a'feed bar at the bottom of the trough.

Fig. 22 is a section showing a lever whereby the feed bar is reeiproeated.

Fig. 23is a view showing the-feed bar in its elevated position.

Briefly stated, the apparatus shown by the drawings comprises a horizontal trough holding the stock of rings to be counted and packed, counting elements adapted to receive the end portion of the stoclnand a feeder lo cated'at the trough to feed the stock to, the counting elements. One of the counting elements lies inside of the group of counted rings, and this counting element is carried downwardly *to a point above the package which receives the counted rings. The inserting element then enters the package with v the lower portions of tively deliver the rings to the package, and

the rin gs o, so as to posimembers 1 as shown in Fig. 19, but the feed bar 2 can be lifted and moved longitudinally to advance the stock of rings, and then lowered and returned to its starting position.

The means for actuating the feed bar comprises vertically movable bars 1 (Figures 18, 19 and 21) provided with anti-friction rolls 5 at their upper and lower ends, and rotary cams 6 engaging the lower rolls, each of said cams being fixed to a rotary shaft 7 Each vertical bar 1 is mounted in a stationary guide 8 as shown in Fig. 21. The shafts 7 are driven by mechanism hereafter described, so as to rotate the cams 6, thereby lifting and dropping the feed bar 2. The means for imparting longitudinal motion to the feed bar comprises rotary shafts 9 (Figures 1, 20 and 22), each of said Shafts being provided with a cam or eccentric 10 located in the forked end of a bell-crank lever 11 (Figures 20 and 22), iulcrumed at 12 and loosely connected at the feed bar by means of a slot and pin connection shown at 13 in Fig. 22. The levers 11 are oscillated to impart longitudinal motion to feed bar 2. \Vhen the bar is elevated, it is moved toward the counting device which will be hereafter described, so as to advance the stock of rings, and the bar is then lowered and returned to its starting position.

The end wall of the trough is formed by a flat spacing member 14 (Figures 6, 9 and 10) provided with a hole 15 through which the rings are discharged to the counting elements.

The counting device includes a ring-support 16 adapted to be alined with the trough, as shown in Fig. 1, so as to receive the rings discharged through the spacing member 1 1. This ring-support is movable downwardly to deposit the rings into the can ton 17, as suggested in Figures 7 and 1,7. The means for moving the ring-support will be hereafter described.

In addition to the ring-support 16 the counting device includes an abutment, or spacing member, 18 mounted on the ringsupport so to engage one end of the stock of rings which are fed onto said support 16. This support 16 extends from the abutment 18. and its extended portions are approximately equal to the thickness of a group of counted rings. This is suggested by Fig. 17 where the rings are shown at A. Vhen the ring-support is elevated to receive the rings, its end face lies adjacent to the spacing int) i if) lid member 14 as shown in Fig. 14, and the spacing member 1 1 then cooperates with the abutment 18 to limitthe space fort-he rings to be counted. rings A (Fig. is fed through the spacing ineinber lj and onto the support 16 while abutment lSdimits the motion of the stock, and the space between this. alnrtniei'it 1.8 and the spacing member 1 1 is approximately equal to the thickness of the counted rings. Assuming, for example, that each ring is one eighth of an inch thick and that it is desired to have twelve rings in each group, the space between the abutment 18 and the spacing n'ieinber 1 1. would then be approximately one and one half inches (1%).

The ring-support 161's surrounded by the groupof counted. rings A, assuggestedby Figures 13, 1 1 and 17, and since this group of ringsis confined betweenthe abutment 16 and the spacing member 11;, it will be ap parent that said rings the stock by moving the ring-support 16.

The inserting device cooperates with the ring support to positively insert the group of rings into the package 17 This inserting device comprises an inserting member in the form of awing 19 (Figs. 11 to 17) pivoted at to the ring-support and provided with an operating arm 21 havinga slot to receive/a pin carried byfthe abutment 18. By means to be hereafter described, abutment is oscillated on the ring-support 16 for the purpose of moving the wing 19 on its pivotQO, said wing being movable from the position shown by Fig. 13 to the extended position shown by Fig. 14. 23 designates a blade extending from one side iof the wing 19 (Figures 12, 1 1 and 17) carton. Thewing 19 lies within the counted rings, but the blade 23 lies at one side of said rings, as shown in Fig- 17. j a

When the wing 19 is elevated, as shown in Fig.13, it does not in any way interfere with the delivery of the rings to the support 16, and said wing occupiesthis position when the rings are fed onto the support 16. However, whenthe support 16. is moved downwardly to deliver the rings to the pack: age, the wing 19 is acted upon by mechanism hereafter described sition shown in Fig. 14: where it engages the lowerportions of the rings, thereby positively forcing said rings into the package, while the blade 23 lies atone side of the rings (Figure 17) to positively locate said side of the rings within the package.

At this time, the closure flap 17" lies at the opposite side of the rings, while the upper portions of the rings are confined between the abutment 18 and the spacing me1nber 14. These conditions. as suggested by Fig. 17 insure a proper delivery of tlierings to the package. i

In other words, the stock of y with the rings, said wing is can be separated from p and cooperating with said wing to insert the ringsinto the I .1ts spring .ments reach their lowest so as to move to thepo Before describing the details of construe tion, we will state that there is a carrier to raise and lower the ring-support 16 to which the inserting wing 19 is pivoted, and that after-the wing 19 enters the package lifted about the axis of its pivot 20 so as to lie above the package, and the support 16 with the wing 19 is withdrawn from the rings, thereby per niittingthe latter to drop into the package.

The carrier just referred to comprises a vertically movable bar 241 slidably mounted in a stationary 1, 6, 7-and 10. head 26 at the This carrier also includes a said haand he scribed. i

llheiring-support 16 is formed on one end of a neck Zontally in thehead 26. The opposite end of said squarebar 28 (Figures 3 and 10) is provided with an extension 29 slidable in a bearing 30 i which is. secured to the head 26 asshown in Figures 3 and with the vertical slide bar 2 1. The spring 32 surrounding the extension 29 engages a head 33 at the end of said extension and tends to move the ring-support 16 and abutment 18 to the left from the position shown by Figures 3 and 7. However, this movement can be prevented by means of latch 3;.- engaging a pin 35 on the square bar 2S,as shown in Fig. 7. The latch 3 1 is pivoted at 36 to the head 26, shownin Fig. 7, and

a spring 3'7 yieldingly retains the latch in engagement with the pin 35.

It is to be understood that the latch 34 and 37 are carried by the head 26 which moves downwardly with the vertical bar 24, and that the square bar 28 which carried the IlIlg-SLIPIJOl'iJ 16 also moves downwardly with said bar 24.

34: is released. and the spring 32 then shifts the ring-support 16 and wing 19 to the left guide as shown in Figures upper end of the said verti cal bar, and various elements supported by ad as willbe hereafter de--' p 2'? (Fig.16) extendingfrom one 1 end of a square bar 28 which shdes horn secured to a frame member 31 I, so as to move vertically WVhen these elepositions,the latch from the positions shown in Fig. 17, there by withdrawing the elements 16 and 19 from the rings.

The means for releasing the latch 34, from the pin 35 comprises a finger 38 (Figs. 7 and 10) extending from the latch and adapted to strike a stationary screw 39imme diately before the carrier reaches its lowest position. F 7 shows that the finger 38 is in vertical alinen'ientwwith the stationary screw 39, and F ig. 10 shows how the finger 38 cooperates with the screw 39 to release the latch from the pin 35.

Immediately after the latch 34 is released, the carrier including the vertical bar 24: moves upwardly in a straight vertical line and a roll 40. (Fig. 10) on the bar 28 travels along a stationary ca1n41 with the result of restoring thepin to the latch 34, thereby shifting the ring-supportdti to the right from the position shown in Fig. 10, so when said support reaches .its elevated position it lies, adjacent to the spacing member 14. V

-.In' other words, the ring-support 16' receives the rings while said support lies ad- Qjacent to spacing member 14, and the sup- 10 port 16' then movesdownwardly in a straight vertical line to locate the rings in the package 17 WVhen the "ring-support 16 reaches itslowest-position, the latch 34 is released rand-the spring32 then moves said support to the left, locating it in the position shown by. Fig.-10. ,As the carrier risesthe roll cooperates with the stationary cam 41 to-restore-the ring-support16 to its ring-receiving position, at which time the latch 34 is engaged with the'pin 35.

We will now refer tothe means whereby the inserting wing 19 is moved upwardly and V downwardly relativetothe ring-support 16.

Briefly. stated this is accomplished by oscillatingthe abutment18. on the ring-support 'of its ends extended into the abutment 18,

the opposite end being extended into the squarebar 28. The means for turning said abutment 18 in the opposite direction comprises a stationary finger 43 (Figures 6, 7,

13 and l4) adapted to engage ashoulder 44 on the abutment member 18. 'After'the .lower portions of. the rings A have been inserted into the-package, the abutment 44 strikes the stationaryfinger 43, as shown in Fig. 14, and a continued downward motion of the ring holder16 will cause the abutment 18 to turn on said ring. holder, thereby lifting the insertingv [wing 1.9 and its blade 23 from the package. Fig. 13 illustrates the position of thewing 19 at the end of this lifting operation;

It is to be understood that the spring 42 tends to retain the wing 19 in its extended position shown by Figures 14 and 17,'so when the abutment 18 is turned to lift the wing, some means must be provided to re-' tain said wing in its elevated position. To

illustrate this feature we have shown a finger 45 extending from the head 26 which moves upwardly and downwardly with the verticalbar 24. The finger .45 is shown by .full lines in Fig. 10 and by dotted line; in

Fig. 13. The abutment 18 has a shoulder 46 adapted to engage said finger 45 to prevent displacement of the spring-actuated wing 19.

To understand the manner in which the shoulder 46-reaches the finger 45, it should be borne in mind that during one of the downward travels of the carrier, the shoulder 44 engages the stationary finger 43 for the purpose of lifting the wing 19 to the position shown in Fig. 13, and at this time, the ringsupport 16 and abutment 18 are withdrawn from the rings by the action of spring 32, which shifts the elements 16 and 18 to the positions shown in Fig. 10, thereby locating the shoulder 46 at one side of the rigid linger 25, as shown in Figures 10 and 13.

However, as the carrier moves upwardly, the ring-support 16 and abutment 18 are moved to the right from the position shown in Fig. 10, this movement being obtained by the action of roller 40 on the stationary cam 41, and it causes the abutment 46 to pass entirely-beyond the extended end of the holding finger 45, therefore, another retaining device is employed to prevent release of the spring-actuated member 18 during the upward travel of the carrier.

This other retaining device comprises bar 47 pivoted at 48 adapted to engage a pin 49 on the abutment- 18, as shown in Figures 3 and 5.

When the action of roller 40 and cam 41 releases the shoulder 46 from finger 45, the pin'49 lies atone side of the extended end of bar 47, and said end and pin 49 then cooperate with each other to prevent release of the spring-actuated abutment 18. Thereafter, while the carrier is moving downwardly, the pin 49 passes from the bar 47 so as to release the abutment 18, thus allowing the spring 27 to shift the wing 19 to the position shown by Figures 14 to 17.

The bar 47 is provided with an adjusting screw 50 which appears in Figures 3, 5 and 10. As the carrier moves upwardly, the head 26 strikes the screw 50 (Fig. 5) thereby causing the bar 47 to move upwardl with the carrier. Said bar 47 is thus retained in engagement with the pin 49 during the final part ofthe upward motion. When the carrier beginsits downward movement, the bar 47 also moves downwardly until it is stopped in the position shown by Fig. 10 by engaging a stationary part of the apparatus.

lVe will now refer to the stop device which engages the end ring of the stock in the trough when the counted rings are moving downwardly to the package. This stop device is shown in Figures 8, 9 and 10. It comprises an arm 51 pivoted to the spacing member 14, and stop-blade 52 extending from said arm, and a spring 53 tending to force the arm downwardly thereby tending toretain the blade 52 at the end of the stock from which counted rings are removed. A pin 54 extends from the arm 51, as shown in Figures 5, 7, 8 and 10. The extended end of this pin 54 has a head which lies in the path of the abutment 18, and when the carrier moves upwardly, this abutment elements will be briefly reviewed as follows.

-When the carrier is in highest position, the inserting wing 19 is elevated to permit free delivery of the rings to the ring-holder 16. At this time the wing 19 is held by the pin 49 cooperating with the bar 47, and the latch 34 then cooperates with the pin After the rings are delivered to the ringholder 16, the carrier moves downwardly and. the pin l9 passes from the. bar there by. releasing the spring-actuated abutment 18, and permitting the spring 42 to turn s d abutment for the purpose of shifting the inserting wing- 19 to the extended position shown in Fig. lt. The lower portions of therings are inserted into the paclrage as shown in Fig. 17, while the wing 19 ex tends downwardly to enter the package with ill] till the rings. As this downward movement of the carrier is continued, the wing 19 is lifted while the shoulder i t strikes the stationaiw finger 4L3 as suggested in Figures 13 and l t.

The latch 34: (Fig. 7) is released by the cooperation of finger 38 and stationary screw 39, and the spring 32 then withdraws the ring-holder 16 and inserting wing 19 from therings. Shoulder 416 on abutment 18 then cooperates with finger lo to prevent down ward displacement of the wing 19. As the carrier moves upwardly the ring-holder 16 andabutment 18 are shifted through the medium of cam 41 and roll 40, and this releases the shoulder 46 from the finger 15, but the pin 49 then engages the bar {L7 to preventrelease of the inserting wing 19. The cycle 01 operations is then repeated.

The packages 17 may be of any desired form and they may be handled in any de. sired manner. However, it is desirable to cause the packages to travel near the count- .ing and inserting elements, and said packages may be arranged in holders (Fig. 6) pivotally connectedtogether at 56 and adapt ed to travel between guide bars 57.

The driving mechanism maybe of any suitable type, and to illustrate. this feature we have shown a power shaft 60 (Fig. 1 provided with a gear wheel 61 meshing with. a gear 62 having" a crank pinv 63 extending into a slot in a lever 64 which is connected to the vertical bar25 for the purpose of releasingand lowering the carrier.

The means for operating the feeding elements at the trough comprises gear wheels 65 on the cam shafts 7 and gear wheels 66 on the shatters. 1 These gear wheels 65 and 66 are driven through the medium or gear wheels ill on a long shaft 38 provided with a sprocket wheel as (Fig. 1) receiving a F-JPL'OChZBl? chain throi'lgh which power is transn'iittcd from a sprocket wheel 70 on a shaxtt 71, the latter having a gear (9 d rivcn by a gear '73 on the power shatt 60.

l'i' hile the packages 17 are recev dug the rings, the closure tla s17 on. said packages are held by cngag'.. the lower margin of the separating members 14h as shown in F igures 7 and 17, and this operating member 1a may be provided with a curved extrusion as shown in Figures 2 and 8, for the purpose oi deflecting the flaps to the desired position.

We claim:

1. In an apparatus for counting rings, a holder for the stock of rings to be counted. 21. transferring device including a counting member adapted to lie within the counted rings, said transferring device being provided. with an abutment limiting the space for rings on said counting membeig means whereby said transferring device is moved from a receivin position opposite said hold or to a discharge position. beyond said holder, and means whereby the stock oi rings intcri'nittently ted from said holder to said counting member.

5:3. In. an ZLPptU'flt-US for counting rings, a holder for the stock of rings to be counted, at transferring device including a counting member adapted to lie within the counted rings, said transferring device being pro vided. with an abutment limiting the space tor rings on said counting member, means counting member adapted to lie within the counted rings. an abutment on said. counting member limiting the space tor rings on said member and a vertically movable carrier in which said counting member is slidably mounted, said carrier being movable from y a receiving position, wherein said counting,

member is dined with. said trough, to a discharge position below d receivingpositiom means whereby said. counting member 15 withdrawn from the rings when the carrier occupiessaid discharge position, and. means whereby the rings to be counted are fed. from said troughto said counting member after the carrier reaches said receiving positlUl'lr In an apparatus for enantiagiand past Ian ing rings, a holder for the stock of rings to be counted and packed, a transferring de vice movable from a'receiving position at said holder to a delivery position at the packages which receive the counted rings,

said transferring device including a counting elementreceiving the rings from said holder and an inserting element whereby the' rings are forced iiito the packages, said inserting element being movable relative to said counting element so as to move into and out of the packages.

', 6. In an apparatus for counting and packing rings, a. holder for the stock of'rings to be counted and packed, a transferring device movable from a receiving position at said holder to a dGllVQIYpOSltlOIl at the packages which receive the counted rings, saidtrans- .ferring device including a counting element receiving the rings from said holder and an inserting element whereby the rings are forced into the packages, said counting element and inserting element being adapted to lie within the counted rings, said inserting element being below the counting element so as to force the rings into the packages, and means whereby said inserting element is moved upwardly relative to said counting element so as topassout of the packages.

7. In an apparatus forcounting and packing'rings," a holder for the stock ofrings to be packed a countingelenient receiving the rings from said holder, an inserting element below said counting element to force the rings into the packages, both of said elenients being adapted to lie within the countedrings, a carrier whereby the inserting element and the lower portions of the rings are located withinthe packages while the counting element'is above the packages, saidi'nserting element being movable upwardly relativeto said counting elementso as to pass outof the packages, and means whereby said elements are withdrawn from the rings'at the packages.

8. In an apparatus for packing rings, a holder for the stock of rings to be packed, and a transferring device receiving the rings from said holder, said transferring device being movable from areceiving position at said holder to a delivery position at the packages which receive the rings, said transferring device including, an inserting ele ment whereby the rings are positively'inserted into the packages.

9. In' an apparatus for packing rings, a holder for the stock of rings to be packed, and a transferring device receiving the rings from said holder, said transferring device being movable from a receiving position at said holder to a delivery position at the packages which receive the rings, said trans ferring device including an inserting element whereby the rings are positively inserted into the packages, said inserting ele ment being adapted to occupy an extended position Within the rings so as to enter the packages with the rings, and said inserting element being movable upwardly from said extended position so as to pass out of the packages.

10. In an apparatus for packing rings, a holder for the stock of rings to be packed, and a transferring device receivin the rings from said holder, said transferring device being movable from a receiving position at said holder to a delivery position at the packages which receive the rings, said transferring device including an inserting element whereby the rings are positively inserted into the packages and a ring-support above said inserting element, said ring-support and inserting element being adapted to lie within the rings, said inserting element being extended downwardly from said ringsupport to enter the packages with the rings, means whereby said inserting element is moved upwardly relative to said ring support so as to pass out of the packages, and

means whereby said support and inserting element are withdrawn from the rin s.

11. In an apparatus for packing rings, a holder for the stock of rings to be packed, and a transferring device receiving the rings from said holder, said transferring device being movable from a receiving position at said holder to a delivery position at the packages which receive the rings, said transferring device including an inserting element whereby the rings are positively inserted into the packages, said inserting element including a member adapted to lie within the lower portions of the rings and an extension adapted to engage one side of the rings.

12'. In an apparatus for packing rings, a holder for the stock of rings to be packed. and a transferring device receiving the rings from said holder, said transferring device being movable from areceiving position at said holder to a delivery position at the packages which receive the rings said transferring device including an inserting element whereby the rings are positively inserted into the packages, said inserting element including a member adapted to lie within the lower portions of the rings and an extension adapted to engage one side of the rings, said member and its extension being adapted to enter the packages with the rings, and means Inn tih

whereby said member and extension are moved upwardly topass outot the packages. In an apparatus for packing rings, a holder for the stock of rings to be packed, and a transferring device receiving the rings from said holder, said transferring device beingmovable from a receiving position at said holder to a delivery position at the packages which receive the rings, said transferring device including an inserting element whereby the rings are positively insorted into the packages, and a ring-support above said inserting element, said ring-support and inserting element being adapted to lie within the rings, the inserting element being in the form of a wing adapted to enter the packages and a blade extending from one side of said wing to engage one side oi? the rings, means whereby said wing and blade are moved upwardly relative to said ring-support so as to pass out of the packages, and means whereby said ring sttppol't, wing and blade are withdrawn from the rings.

14. In an apparatus for counting and packing rings, a trough holding the stock of rungs to be counted and packed, a counting device comprising an abutment and a ringsu pport extending therefrom, means whereby the stock oi. rings is fed from said trough to said abutment, the abutment being adaptcd to engage one end of the stock of rings and the ring-support being adapted to lie within the rings, the extended portion. of said ringsupport being approximately equal in length to the thickness of the counted rings, a spacing member at the dischargeen d of said trough facing said abutment to limit the space for rings between said abutment and the discharge end of the trough, an inserting device comprising a wing extending from said ring-support and adapted to lie within the counted rings, a carrier whereby said abutment and ring-support are moved to insert the rings into the packages, said wing being adapted to enter the packages with the rings, means cooperating with said carrier to remove the wing from the pack ages, and means whereby said wing and ringsupport are withdrawn from the rings.

15. In an apparatus for counting and packing rings, a trough holding the stock of rings to be counted and packed, a counting device comprising an abutment and a ring support extending therefrom, means whereby the stock of rings is fed from said trough to said abutment, the abutment being adapted to engage one end of the stock of rings and the ring-support being adapted to lie within the rings, the extended portion of said ring-support being approximately equal in length to the thickness of the counted rings, a spacing member at the discharge end of said trough facing said abutment to limit the space for rings between said abutment and the discharge end of the trough, an inserting device comprising a wingextgjnd ing from said ring-support and adapted to lie within the counted rings, said wing being pivoted to maid. ring-:mpport and provided with a blade adapted to engage one side of the counted rings, said abutment beiiigino'vable relative to said ring-support and. o )erativcly connected to said wing so as to move the wing upwardly and downwardly relative to said ring-support, a carrier whereby said abutment and ring-support are moved downwardly to insert the rings into the packages, said wing and blade being adapted to enter the packages with the rings, a stop cooperating with said abutment to remove the wing and blade from the packages, a spring whereby said ring-support, wing and blade are withdrawn from the rings, a latch device preventing displacement of said wing relative to said ring-support, and a tripping device whereby said latch device is released after the counted rings are located on said ring-support.

16. In an apparatus for counting rings, a holder for the stock of rings to be counted, means whercltiy the rings are fed toward one end of said holder, a counting device receiving the rings from said end of the holder, said counting device including spaceit'orming members providing a space approximately equal to the thickness of the group of counted rings, one of said members being movable to remove the counted rings from said holder for the stock of rings, a stop member arranged at the other space forming member to engage the end oi the stock from which the counted rings are removed, and means tor moving said stop member into and out of the path of the stock.v

17. In an apparatus for counting rings, a holdertlfor the stock of rings to be counted, means whereby the rings are fed toward one end of said holder, a counting device receiving the rings from said end of the holder, said counting device including space-forming members providing a space approximately equal to the thickness of the group of counted. rings, a carrier whereby one of said spams-forming members is moved to remove the counted rings from, said holder for the stock of rings, a stop member arranged at the other space-forming member to engage the end of the stock from which the counted rings are removed, and means cooperating with said carrier to move said stop member into the path of the stock when the carrier moves away from the stock.

18. In an apparatus for counting rings, a holder for the stock of rings to be counted, means whereby the rings are fed toward one end of said holder, a counting device receiving the rings from said end of the holder, said counting device including space-form ing members providing a space approximate 1y equal to the thickness of the group of counted rings, a carrier whereby one of said 7 space-formingmembers is moved to remove the counted rings from the holder for the member and a, blade extending from said arm, a spring actlng onsald arm and tendlng to retain said blade at the end of the stock from which the counted rings are removed, 10

said arm having an extension engaged by said carrier to remove said blade from the path of the stock of rings.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing We hereunto afiix our signatures.

ARTHUR F. THENER. JOSEPH M. KOUN'IZMAN.

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