US1696743A - Gabbier ttsed in mazing book and otheb matches - Google Patents

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Dec. 25 192&

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UNITED STATES PATE WILLIAM ERAS'IUS WILLIAMS, OF WILMETTE, ILLINOIS.

CARRIER USED IN MAKING BOOK AND'.OTHER MATCHES.

Application filed February 26, 1927. Serial No. 171,206.

My invention relates to the carriers which carry the match sticks or splints and the book parts through several operations of a partially or continuously operating machine which cuts, sets, dips, and assembles the matches in books or may be used simply for making the matches which are packed loosely in boxes.

The object of my invention is to produce peculiarly constructed carriers that are cheap to manufacture and that are adapted to so carry the splints and book parts that they may be easily operated upon by automatic machinery to do the entire Work of making complete matches and assembling them completely into books and for packing either the matches or the books thus manufactured into boxes and thus, in the manufacture, particularly of book matches there is required a double set of carriers. work ing in conjunction With each other, one carrying the matches through the manufacture of the matches and delivering them directly to a secondary carrier which carries the covers for the books and is adapted to be operated upon by automatic machinery to complete all the operation required in making and assembling the book parts. These two carriers, while they are substantially of the same generic character, there is a differentiation in regard to the handling of the cover parts of the books.

I here show two types of carrier which must operate in conjunction with each other in the manufacture of books by automatic machinery using this system of carriers.

Reference will be had to the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is aside elevation of the carrier strip and its moving mechanism which carrier strip is used in the manufacture of the matches.

Fig. 2 shows a plan of Fig. 1 on which is mounted the carrier strip of Fig. 1, the blanks from which the match sticks are cut.

Fig. 3 shows a similar view to that of Fig. 2 showing the incisions that are to be made separating the match blanks of Fig. 2 into individual splints. Fig. 4 is a cross-section of shown in Figs. 2 and 3. V

Fig. 5 shows the results of the next step in the operation of shearing the match blanks ofFig. 2 into the individual splints for making matches and placing them in the the carrier as carrier.

form required for dipping the matches in the dipping operation.

Fig. 6 is a similar view to that of Fig. 5 showing the match sticks after being dipped ialndlfor carrying in the drying operation for eac s.

Fig. 7 is a plan view of the carrier for the' book parts showing the same in positionready to receive the cover.

Fig. 8 is a transverse sectional elevation of what is shown in Fig. 7 but showing in addition to Fig.

Fig. 9 is a similar view to that of 8 but with the matches in place on the book cover ready to be secured therein.

Fig. 10 is a side elevation of the carrier shown in Figs. 8 and 9 in the position of a closed bookor the cover part embracing the matches ready to be secured thereon.

Fig. 11 is a transverse elevation of the Fig. 13 is a transverse elevation of what is shown in Fig. 12 with the partsin the same position as that of Fig. .12.

Fig. 14 is a plan view of the tip ends only of the clasps looking downward from the top of Figs. 10 and 11.

In both of these carriers I prefer to use a thin steel tempered strip of what might be termed band saw steel or any other material suitable for this purpose. The strip for carrying the matches in the manufacture of the matches as indicated by Figs. 1-6 inclusive is indicated by'2. The upper edge of this strip 2 is notched out leaving sharp projections 8 and blunt separating portions 4 on the top edge of the strip. The sharp projections 3 penetrating the material of the splints as the same placed thereon by automatic machinery or by hand while theblunt portions 4 occupy the space between the match splint blanks and serve the additional purpose-of furnishing a bearing surface on the top edge of the strip 2 that permits it to be held down and in place by means of top guides when the same is required dur- 7 a book cover placed on the v ing the travel of this strip or carrier through the machine.

Into the lower edge of the strip 2 there are cut the rack teeth 5 which are engaged and driven by suitable gears 6 arranged at various intervals of travel of the carrier strip 2 in its travel through the machine. Suitable side guides and top guides are providcd to direct the strip through the machine, the top guide bearing, as it were, on the tops of the blunt projections 1 thus protecting the sharp ends of the small pins or projections 3.

In the use of the carrier strip 2 the material, out of which the match sticks or splints are to be made, is cut out of small sections 7 and impaled upon the pins 3 as indicated by Fig. 2. This operation takes place at a given position of the carrier strip 2 in the machine and the next operation is that of cutting the sections 7 into the individual splints as indicated by Figs. 3, 4, and 5 which is done by suitable dies which operate on each side of the carrier strip 2.

The carrier strip 2 is made very long and connected as an endless strip to travel as one might say like the cable of a cable street railway around through all the different positions required in the manufacture of matches and back to the starting point after the matches have been made and discharged from the carrier strip 2. After the matches have been sutliciently dried in position on the carrier as shown by Fig. 6 the carrier passing through any suitable drying chamber, the carrier 2 is trained over and above the secondary carrier which carries the book covers and the matches are cut by automatic machinery or otherwise off from the carrier strip 2 and deposited in position on the book cover on the carrier which carries the book covers. This latter carrier is indicated in Figs. 7-13 inclusive.

The carrier for the book parts is made out of a steel strip 8 substantially similar to the steel strip 2; in general terms similar to the strip 2 and it is provided with sharp projecting points or pins 9 but does not have blunt portions 4 of the carrier strip 2, but is provided with the rack teeth 10 on the lower edge by means of which it is carried around in its circuit in the same manner as that for the carrier strip 2. The carrier strip 8 is provided with small blocks 11 riveted through the strip 8 and to each other, one on each side of the strip 8 placed from center to center exactly the width of the book covers and in the lower outer sides of the blocks 11 there are notches 12 by means of which the carrier strips are held in an upright position by the guide bars 13 one on each side of the strip having projections 14 which engage the notches 12 and thus hold the carrier and its connected parts in an upright position but with freedom to travel longitudinally along the carrier guide pieces 13.

Hinged at 15 on each of the blocks 11 in continuous succession there are clasp mem bers 16 and 17, the clasp member 16 having its outer end notched out in if-shape form as indicated by 18, Fig. 7, and its outer ends turned over as indicated by 19. V

In these ends there are the little notches 20, see Fig. 14, which embrace the outer end 21 ofthe clasp 17 which end also is provided with little notches 22 which register in the notches 20 and thus hold the clasps in the forms shown inFigs. lO-and 11, the outer ends 19 of, the clasp 16 springing outward si thciently to admit the end 21 of the clasp Thus the first step in the assembly of the books is to impale the covers 23 onto the pins 9 of the carrier strip 8 as shown in Fig. 8 and the next step is to cut the matches free from the strip 2 and drop them down into the covers 23 as shown in Fig. 9. Then the clasps 16 and 17 are turned upward and interlock together as shown by Figs. 10 and 11 the upper ends of the clasps appearing in the plan in Fig. 14:. Then during the holding of the parts together as shown in Figs. 10 and 11 the wire stitching is accomplished through apertures 2 1 in the clasps 16 and 17, this stitching being indicated by 25 in Fig. 12, and thereafter the clasps are unlocked and fall in position of 12 and 13 leaving the finisned books impaled on the pins 9 of the carrier strip 8 ready to have the outer ends 26 of the covers folded over and tucked in place in the normal form of a book of matches, the clasps remaining in the same form as that of Fig. 13 until after those operations are performed at advance steps of the carrier in the travel through the machine and the completed books finally removed from the pins 9 and the clasps again returned to the normal position of Fig. 8 ready for a new operation, the strip 8 being endless in form, traveling around through the cycles of the evolutions ofv the mechanisms, which perform the service of the work as above described. The books are in endless successionon the carrier.

In making the carrier strip in the form of the strips 2 and 8, cheap construction is thus accomplished and a very efficient one in the matter of providing those types of carriers that permit the automatic opera tions of various steps of manufacturein the making of matches of this type. r

In place of the gear teeth for driving the carrier strips through the machine I may use perforations through the body of the strip or any other suitable means for engaging the strip or driving it through the machine but I prefer to use the gear teeth as shown. If perforations are used'through the body of the strip, driving gears for driving this strip, of course, will be adapted to drive these perforations. Other means may be used for driving the strips namely reciprocating means of different kinds having pawls that may engage the gear teeth or other parts of the carrier strips as may suit the convenience or desirability of such mechanism in connection with the machinery in which these carrier strips are used. I have disclosed novel features in this application which are also disclosed in my co-pend-- ing application Ser. No. 211,108, or a division thereof.

WVhat I claim is: e

1. In a match carrier of the class described, engaging points and fiat projections on one edge ofthe strip and driving engaging means on the other edge of the strip.

2. A carrier for carrying match parts in the manufacture of matches having engaging points on one edge upon which the material to be carried is secured, blocks on each side of the said carrier strip and fastened thereto and furnishing hinge pin centers for clasp members, clasp members secured by the said hinge pins to the said blocks and adapted to carry and embrace parts of the matches through the steps of manufacture.

3. A carrier strip composed of a flat strip having hinged on each side thereof clasps adapted to fold up and hold together parts of the matches in their assembly together.

4. A carrier in the form of a flexible strip having engaging means on the edge of the strip and clasp members on the sides of the strip and hinged to be closed upon the match parts and open for the release thereof.

5. A match carrier composed of a flexible strip having blocks secured on each side thereof and said blocks adapted to assist in holding the strip in an upright position in connection with suitable guides which engage the said blocks. 7

6. In a match carrier, a carrier body having hinged thereto clasp members, said clasp members adapted to embrace match parts andprovided with locking means at the outer ends of the said clasps whereby the ends are held in engagement with each other.

7. A match carrier having a flexible body strip, clasp members hinged on each side of the said strip and adapted to engage and hold onto the edge of the said strip match parts and said clasps adapted to be locked together at their outer ends, and said clasps provided With apertures at the base ends of the said clasps through which wire stitching may be accomplished permanently fastening the match parts together.

8. In a device of the class described, a carrier provided with clasps adapted to embrace and hold match parts on the carrier and said clasps provided with locking means on their outer ends for holding the same to-- gether in closed position.

9. In a device of the class described, a match carrier provided with clasp members mounted on each side of the body of the said carrier and the said clasp members adapted to have their outer ends locked together through the medium of notchedends and spring engaging portions.

10. In a device of the class described, a match carrier provided with engaging clasps on each side of the said carrier and adapted to open and close and embrace the match material between the clasps and the outer ends of the said clasps adapted to be locked together by spring engaging-and locking parts. I

11. In a device of the class described, a flexible band having one edge notched out to provide a plurality of integral rack teeth and having an opposite edge cut away to provide a plurality of integral blunt bearing projections and a plurality of impaling projections alternating withsaid bearing projections.

Signed at Chicago, and State of Illinois, ruary, 1927. r 1

WILLIAM ERASTUS WILLIAMS.

in the county of Cook this 24th day of Feb-

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