US1833946A

US1833946A - Receptacle closure lining apparatus

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Publication number: US1833946A
Application number: US321179A
Authority: US
Inventors: John A Johnson
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1928-11-22
Filing date: 1928-11-22
Publication date: 1931-12-01
Anticipated expiration: 1948-12-01

Description

- J. A. JOHNSON RECEPTACLE CLOSURE LINING APPARATUS Dec.

Filed Nov. 22 192s 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 Dec. 1, 1931. J. A. JOHNSON 1,833,946

RECEPTACLE CLOSURE LINING APPARATUS Filed Nov. 22, 1928 5 Sheets-Sheet I5 INVENTOR 1, 1931. J. A. JOHNSON RECEPTACLE CLOSURE LINING APPARATUS Dec.

Filed Nov. 22, 1928 5 sheets-sheet 4f INVENTOR M 71.5077

Dec. 1, 1931. J. A. JOHNSON RECEPTACLE CLOSURE LINING APPARATUS Filed Nov. 22, 1928 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 A: E :W r m N a3 NN m I u w T EEEgiIIIIlll-EIEIEN l INVENTOR! Patented Dec. 1, 1931 Joann. Jomvsoiaor woonrmvnlv. vnw Yonx RECEPTAGLE CLOSURE LINING APPARATUS I Application filed November 22. 1928. Serial No. 321,179.

tion to provide adjustable apparatus of this character to accommodate the same for the applying or assembling of linings, or pads and linings, to caps of different size.

Another object of the invention relates to improvedmeans for feeding a web oflining material, or webs of lining and pad forming material, to the punch and .die mechanism, and comprising a pair of feed rollers and adjustable actuating means for said rollersto feed predetermined lengths of the web or Webs to the punch and die mechanism for the severingof lining and pad disks from the webs for different sizeclosurecaps.

A further object of the-invention is to provide improved web feeding means embodying a pair of rollers one of'which is rotatably mounted in fixed bearings and the other rotatably mounted in bearings arranged to have movement toward and away from and yieldingly urged toward the first'roller and positively driven therefrom, means being provided to move the second'roller away from the first roller and retain it in such position to facilitate the threading of the web or webs between the rollers, and to provide improved clutch mechanism associated with the roller mounted in-the fixed bearingsoperative intermittently actuate the same.

Another object of the invention is to provide adjustable means to deliver different size caps to the means to transfer and position the caps relative to the punch and die mechanism.

A further object of the invention is to provide improved web feeding means embodying a pair of feeding rollers one of which rollers is yieldingly'urged toward the other roller and the latter roller arranged with clutch mechanism the actuation of which is i adapted to be controlled by the passage. of a cap at a predeterminedpointin the feeding of the caps to the punch and. die mechanism by-the transferring and positioning means to rotate the rollers in one direction. f i A still further object of the invention re-a' sides in adjustable Geneva gear mechanism .forconnecting a drive shaft with the means for transferring closure caps of different size to-and alining the same with the punch die mechanism. V

Further objects and advantages of thein; vention will hereinafter appear. r

In carrying out the invention there is provided an endless or continuous cap transferring and positioning means mounted ona: suitable framework in relation :toiclosure cap supporting rails having laterally adjustable guide rails-or members to adapt the same for the supporting and transferring-of different size caps, and arranged with means at one.

end I thereof to deliver different size caps thereto, said cap transferring and'positioning means being adapted to be actuated inter mittently by Geneva. gear mechanism the op erative connection between whichmech'anism and thecap transferring means is adjustable to adapt the cap transferring means for positioningcaps of different size in alinement from a web or webs and deliver the same to a cap positioned relative to the punch and die mechanism. The web of webs are fed tothe punch and die mechanism'by a-pairof feedthrough an overriding one-way operating.

clutch mechanism to rotate the rollers inone direction by'the movement of the slide in one direction, and the movement of the slide being adjustable to transmit variable movement to the rollers and deliver predetermined lengths, of web or. webs to the punch and diemechani'sm to stamp disks of differentsize therefrom for different size caps. Means arepro vided to releasably couple the roller clutch actuatingmechanism with the operating slide,-

mg rollers intermittently actuated insyn .with punch "and" die mechanism, arranged with stripper means, to sever a disk or disks said means being operative to normally un- 7 cap transferring means opposite to the end at which the caps are fed thereto and to travel in a direction transversely to the direction of travel of the cap transferring means and deliver-ed by said conveyor to a suitable depository. v

In the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this application Figure 1 is a plan View of apparatus embodying the invention. I

Figure 2 is an elevational'view looking at the bottom of Figure 1 portions being broken vention.

2 Figure 3 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 3+3 of Figure 1, looking in the awayto show essential-features of the indirection of the arrows, to show the construction and arrangement of the punch and die mechanism and feeding rollers for feeding webs of lining and sealing pad material and actuating means'for the rollers; v Figure 3 is a detail view partly in section, of the adjustable mounting of the pivot sup- ,port of an operating lever for actuating nlQlll ting of the web feeding rollers and the actuating means therefor.

. s t Figure 7 is an elevational View of,

sway operating clutch mechanism for intermittently rotating the web. feeding rollers in one direction. v i

nmeans for the web feeding rollers.

Figure 4 is a perspeotiveview, on an enlarged scale, of means actuated by a cap being transferred and positioned relative to the punch and die mechanism. for controlling the V actuation of the web feeding rollers.

Figure 5 isan enlarged view, partly in section, of the actuating means for the Web feeding rollersfand showing the .means for I T releasably coupling the same with operating m ans he or v I Figure 6 is a rear oelevationalvlew of the a one Figure 8 is an end view of meansto deliver the closure caps from'a closure cap transporting conveyorto the cap transferring means.

Figure 9 is a fragmentary plan view of the cap delivery means looking at the top of Figure 8, g

' Figure 10is a side elevation, on an enlarged scale, of the means for effecting adjustment between the cap transferring means and its actuating means.

transferredorconveyed by an endless sprocket chain 10 engaged about'spaced

sprocket wheels

11, 11 fixed on shafts rotatably mounted in a table T supported upon standards'S. The shaft of wheel 11" is-journaled in a bearing 12 slidably mounted on a bracket 12 fixed upon and extended'fromthe end of the table, and adjustable on the bracket in a direction toward and away from the table to take up slack in the chain by a tie member 13 threaded'in-to the bracket and bearing, the tie member being secured against rotation and thereby retaining the bearing in adjusted position by a nut 13 on the tie'member abutting against the bracket. The shaft of wheel 11 is journaled infixed bearings adjacent the oppositeend of the table, said wheel mountings being such as to position the upper stretch of the chain on the same plane-as the surface of the table and in line'with a space between a pair of cap supporting rails 13 "mounted on the table by brackets 57. To transfer the caps along the'cap supporting rails the chain is arranged with cap engaging means in the'form of abutment fingers 14 equidistantly'spaced' along the chain, the spacing of the fingers being equal to the diameter of the largest size cap the apparatus is capable of handling; The sprocket wheels are rotated from a continuously rotating drive shaft'l5 journaled in bearing's'in hangers 15 to extendlongitudinally of andbelow the table and connected'with a source of power by a pulley 15 and abelt (not shown) The sprocket chain is intermittent- 1y actuatedfrom the drive shaft through a transverseshaft'lii connected to'the drive ion shaft by a bevel pinion'and gear connection 17. A wheel or disk 18 fixed to said shaftis arranged with laterally :extending'pins 19,

in the present instance two in number and tent movements are imparted to said wheel upon ieach revolution of thewheel 18. The

peripheral portions of the wheel 20 between the recesses are of arcuate or concave form,

21. The wheel 20 is loosely mounted on a hub of said worm wheel, as at 20, in abutting relation to an annular flange on said hub en gaging in an annular enlargement or recess in the bore of the wheel 20, as at 27 the width of the flange being slightly greater than the depth of the recess so that the outer side of the flange will project from the face of the wheel. To secure the wheel 20 to the hub of the worm wheel and thereby with the shaft 21 to rotate with the latter, the wheel is clamped to the hub flange by washers 25 engaged on reduced threaded ends of studs 26, in the present instance three in number, threaded into and oircumferentially disposed about the wheel 20 adjacent the periphery of the flange 27, the washers being interposed between the face of the wheel and the shoulder of the studs formed by the reduced ends thereof and overlap the peripheral portion of the flange 27 for clamping engagement with the portion of the flange projecting from the face of the wheel, the studs being arranged at the end for the application of a Wrench to firmly draw the washers to the flange 27 The conveyor or sprocket chain is operatively connected with and driven from the shaft 21 by a gear 28 fixed to said shaft meshing with a gear 29 fixed to the shaft of sprocket wheel 11.

The adjustable mounting of the wheel 20 is for the purpose of adjusting the sprocket chain whereby the fingers 14 of the chain are moved toa predetermined position during the periods of rest of the chain and thus adapt the chain to the transferring and pre determinedpositioning of different size caps. To effect this adjustment of the chain the washers 25 are released to permit of rotative adjustment of the wheel 20 relative to the worm wheel 27 and shaft 21 and thereby adjusting the shaft for the sprocket wheel 11 and advance or retract'the sprocket chain to variably position the fingers 20 carried there-V by when the chain is brought to rest and position caps transferred by the chain centrally relative to punch and die mechanism to receive a disk or lining material stamped by said mechanism from a web of such material, as hereinafter described.

This adjustment of the shaft 11 and sprocket chain is effectedby a worm 30 rotatably mounted on the sidev of wheel 20'- meshing with the wormwheel 27 and adapted" to be actuated by a crank appliedto the v squared projecting end of the worm shaft. f 0

By rotating theworm, with the wheel 20 re:

leased from the gear 27, wheel 20 and shaft 11 will be rotated independently of and rela-' tive to the worm wheel 27. The wheels 18 and 4 20 'are ineffect a Geneva gear mechanism and are enclosed in a housing-H hingedly mounted on the table, as at 29.-

The caps are delivered to the cap support 13 from an endless conveyor belt 31 passed around and supported by spaced'drum's or

rollers

32, 32. The drum32 is rotatably supported on a shaft 33 fixed in and extending laterally from a bracket 34 mounted onsand extended from the end of-the-table and is rotated from the shaft carrying sprocket wheel 11 by a sprocket wheel 32 rotatable with said drum 32 operatively connected to a sprocket wheel 32 fixed to the shaft carrying sprocket wheel 11 bysa sprocket chain ,33. The other drum 32 is rotatably sup- ;ported on a shaft 33 lfixed in and extending laterally from a bracket 34 mounted on an extension of bracket 34 to have adjustment longitudinally thereof whereby'to adjust the 'drum 32 and take .up slack in'the conveyor, the bracket 34 being secured in adjusted position by a screw 35 engaging aislot' in the bracket and threaded into the bracket34, the bracket 34 being adjusted andaretained in adjusted-position by a lead screw 36 threaded into the'bracket with the end of the ered onto the conveyor 31 by hand or from a chute leading from a supply hopper '(not' shown). i a z a To prevent the caps from piling one upon another on the conveyor 31 and to guide the caps as they are conveyed by the conveyor to means (to be hereinafter described) for de- 1 livering the caps from the conveyor to the guide supporting rails 13,:a'pair of guide rails 37, 37 (Figure 13) are provided to extend longitudinally of and above the lateral marginal portions of the upper stretch of the conveyor, theguide rail 37 being fixed to and carried by arms 38 extending laterallyfrom a frame 38 mounted upon the bracket 34;. and the other guide rail 37' mounted on said arms to have adjustment toward and "away from the rail 37 to adapt the same for the 160 screw abutting the end of the extended portion of the bracket 34; The'caps are delivallelly of' and above theouter marginal por -"2 tions of the cap supporting rails 13, said stop extending transversely of the path of move- 7 mentof the caps transported by the conveyor 31 (Figure 9)to position the caps in relation to the means for delivering the caps from the conveyor to the cap supporting rails. To

" adapt said abutment stop for the alining or registering of caps of different size relative to said means for delivering or transferring the capsfrom the conveyor 31 to the-conveyor chain 11, it is adjustably'mounted'which is effected by a headed screw passed through a slot in the stop and. threaded into the rail 56. The stop 39 also-serves as a guide in conjunction with a guide54 arranged at the end of the guide rail 37' for the. guiding of the caps as they are transferred from the conveyor 31 to the chain 11,1and to adapt the guide 54 for the transferring and guiding of caps of differentsize it is adjustable relative to the f stop 39, which is elfected'by the adjustable V ing'rails 13.

The means to deliver or transfer the caps from the conveyor 31 to the supporting rails comprises an ejector slide 41 and an actuator slide 42' for the ejector slide mounted to have reciprocatory movement in a slideway 43 extending transversely of and fixed upon I bracket 34' with the end adjacent theside of the conveyor 31'. The ejector slide 41 is adapted to have movement transversely of theconveyor andiis arranged above and operativelyoconnected with the actuator slide, by

a pin 44: fixed in the actuator slide 42 extended through an elongated slot 45 in the ejector slide and the slides yieldinglyurged toposition with the pin: engaging at one end of said slot by a spring 46" connected with the pin 44 and a pin 47 fixed-in the ejector slide (Figures 7 and 'Theaetuator slide has recip-- roc'atory movement of fixed extent and by the pin'and slot connection between the slides Tmovement of variable extent may be transmitted to the ejector slide by the actuator slide to adapt the same for the delivery or transferring of'capsof different size from the conveyor to the cap-supporting rails 13 and properly position the caps upon said supporting rails for engagement bythe fingers '14 of thechain ofthevcap-transferring and positioningymeans. The extent of the movement. of the ejectorsli de is controlled by an adjustable abutment, in the form of a set screw 48 threaded'into: adownwardly extended flange atthe-end of the ejector slide and adapted to abut the outeren'd of .theactuator slide 42. j V

The actuator slide 42 is operated from the drive shaft by a lever 49 pivotally mount-' ed intermediate the ends thereof on a bracket 7 49 fixedon one of the standards S, said lever being operatively connected with the drive 7 T shaft 15 by a link 50 pivotally and eccentrically'connected at one end with a disk 51 fixed on the shaft and at the other'end to one end of the lever 49, the opposite end ofthe lever having a link connection-52 with a projection 53 extending downward fromthe ac tuator slide 42.. p I I The caps are guided in the lateral movement thereof from the conveyor 31 to the cap supporting rails 13 by the extended end 54 of the guide rail 37 in co-operation with the stop 39 and a guide finger 55 to extend over the caps mounted on one of the guide rails 56. To permit of the transferring of caps of different size along the cap supporting rails'13, both of the rails 56 are arranged with transverse slots 58 for-the engagement mounted on the table T to'permit of an adjustment of the rails in a direction toward and away from the space between the cap supporting rails 13, said brackets'57 being arranged with perpendicular abutments 57 to limit the outward adjustment of said rails. c

The guide rail 37 may be integral with one guide rail 56, the juncture of said'rails forming the abutment 39, as shown in Figure 9, and the guide rail 37'Vmay be integral with;

the other guide rail 56 whereby the

rails

37, 37 will participate in any adjustment of the rails 56 and adjustment of all ofvthe side 3 guide rails effected simultaneously.

To assemble alining in the caps punch and V die mechanism to stamp disks from a Web of V lining material is provided, said mechanism being arranged in alinement with and centrally above the vcap supporting rails 13 to successively stamp or sever disks from the Web and deliver the/same into a cap positioned on the cap supportingfrails in alinement' with the punch and die mechanism during a period of rest of the captransferring and positioning chain, and comprises a punch .59 carried by an arm 60 extended laterally from a vertically movable slide 61, said punch being adjustable longitudinally of the slide by extending anr'externally threaded stem 63 carrying the punch through an opening in the slide arm and securing said punch carry- 7 ing stem in adjusted position by nuts 62 threaded onto said punch stem and impinged on both faces of the slide arm. The slide 61 is slidably mounted and guided in a standard 64 fixed on the table T. The punch carrying slide is reciprocated from the drive shaft 15 by an arm 65 arranged with a sleeve 65f loosely engaged about an eccentric 64 fixed of securing screwsthreadedinto brackets 57 9" a to the drive shaft 15, said arm having a piv- 1 otal connection 66 with thepunch carrying slide 61. The punch 59 co-operates with a fixed die 67 to sever disks from the web, said die being mounted on thetable by a perforated plate 68 extending transversely of and above the cap transferring and positioning chain. The severed disksare ejected from the punch and die and positioned in a cap on the cap supporting rails 13 by a stripper in the form of a plunger rod 71 slidably carried in a bore of the punch carrying stem 63 and punch, said-plunger having a head 72 fixed thereon and normallypositioned in an enlargement of the punch bore and within the punch face by a spring 7 3 coiled about the endof the plunger extended from the top of the punch stem andinterposed between the top punch stemsecuring nut 62 and an abutment 7 4 fixed on the upper end of thepl'unger 71, said plunger being actuated in sequence with the operation of the punch stamping a disk from the web by a kicker in the formof a lever 7 5 pivotally mounted in the. bifurcationof a bracket 76 fixed to the-top of the slide 61, one end of said lever having a head 77 to engage the plunger 71, the opposite 7 end of the lever extending'over an abutment in the form of a set screw78threaded in the top of the standard 64, andsaid end of the lever adapted to engage said abutment at the terminus of the downward stroke of the punch to project the plunger head 7 2 from the face of the punch and stripping from the punch a disk stamped from the web and delivering it through the die tothe cap on the cap support. This ejecting movement of the plunger may be; varied by adjusting the abutment screw 78 into or out of the standard 64. The actuation of the punch carrying slide is alternate with the actuation of the cap transferring and positioning chain.

The lining may comprise several separate layers of material, such as a bottom layer of heavy paper to form a sealing pad, and a top layer ofparaffined' paper to prevent decomposition of the contents of a receptacle to.

which the closure cap maybe applied, which disks are stamped simultaneously from superposed webs. fed to the punch and die mechanism from

separate rolls

80, 81 of such materiahtheroll 80 being the parafiined pa per and the roll 81 the heavy or sealing pad material, to which the web 80 is superposed, and said rollers being rotatably carried in a bracket 82 fixed to the sideof the: table T.-

' The webs are fed or advanced to the punch and die by apairof

superposed rollers

83, 84 of friction gripping material, such as rubber or fabric, the rollers 83 being mounted to have movement toward and away from the roller 84. The roller 84fis carried'by a shaft journaled in fixed bearings in a frame 88 fixed upon the table T, and the roller 83' is carried by a shaft 85 journaled in bearing blocks 86 slidably mounted in recesses 87 in nected to a cross head 92 extending between the vertical members of the frame 88 above the roller 83 and having a perforation 93 for the engagement of the hookedend of a hanger member 94 extended froma sleeve portion 95, whereby it is loosely mounted on an cecentric 96 fixed on a shaft 97 rotatably mountedin upwardly extending portions 91of the cap members'91. "'Toadjust the roller 83 to position it away from the roller 8 1 and retain itin. such position the'shaft 97 and thereby the'eccentric is rotated by a hand'lever 98 fixed to the shaft. To effect adjustments between the hanger and the carrier 92 for the roller bearing blocks 86 aset screw .99 is threaded in and extended through the hook portion of the hanger to abut the upperwall V of the perforation 93 inthe carrying head 92 for the bearing blocks. j 1

.To guide the webs to the feeding rollers a pair. of rods 100 are fixed at one endlin a post 100 fixed to and extending upward from the frame 88 parallel to one of thevertical members of the frame, the rods extending laterally from the post transversely of the line of travel of the webs and "in a horizontal plane above the bite between the 'web feeding rollers and have adjustably mounted thereon guides for engagement of the edges of and side guiding the webs, comprising bars 101 arrangedwith perforations acent opposite ends thereof for engagement of'the respective rods, 100, each of the bars having one end,;shown as the upper end, split or slotted,- the slot extending from the end, of the bars and cut through the wall of -the perforation adjacent said end, the portions of the bars at opposite sides of the slot being "j arranged with alined perforations with a screw extended from the perforation in. one member andhaving threaded connection with the perforation in the other member, as j shown at 101' in Figure 5, to draw the split portions together and thereby clamp the guides to the bars 100..

Thefeed rollersare positively driven one mechanism, and are driven througha shaft 10a of roller 84 by an actuator slide 105 from theother by gears 102,103 fixed to the shafts of the respective rollers. The rollers are intermittently actuated to feed predeter-- I I named lengths of web .to the-punch and 'die mounted to have reciprocatory movement in gu1deways'106 arranged in a horizontal extension 107 of the frame 88. Reciprocatory movement of variable extent is imparted to the'slide to variably rotate the feed rollers to feed different lengths of web by a lever 108 arranged with an elongated slot 109 for the adjustable engagement of avblock 109 loosely mounted on a reduced portion of a pivot-block 110 arranged with another reduced projection extending in the opposite direction in the form of a block slidably mounted in a recess 111 extending longitudi- V nally' of an arm 112 suspended downward from the horizontal portion 107 of the frame 188. iTo secure the lever to the pivot block 110 v there is provided a washer 110 on the block 109"between the body portion of theblock 110 and the inner side of the lever and a wash er 110 on a further reduced threaded'portion extending from the block 109 beyond the outer side of the lever upon which anus 115" is threaded to impinge. the latter washer against the part of the pivot block upon which a reduced threaded portion for engagement ofa washer 116 and nut115 to clamp said pivot block in adjusted position in the arm slot; By loosening the lever upon its pivot support and the rotation of the lead screw,

- whichis facilitated by ahand wheel 114 fixed 'thefrockmg of the lever.

Oscillatory movement is imparted to-the' to the end of said screw,'the pivot block may be adjusted in the arm slot 111 and in the slot of the'lever to vary the distance between the lever pivot and the connection of the lever with the slide 105and thereby varying the extent of movement imparted to said slide by lever 1O8 by an eccentric 117 fixed on the driveshaft 15 through a rod 118 connected atione 'end to a strap 119 encircling the eccentric, and at theopposite end adjustably connected to a sleeve 120 by nuts threaded onto the rod at, opposite sides of the sleeve, and "the sleevegpivotally connected to the .lower'end of the lever, The oscillation of the lever, by the eccentric 117 is in synchronism with the cap advancing movement of the cap transferring chain and alternate with the actuation of the punch.

, 'The reciprocatory movement of the ac- :tuator slide 105 istransmitted tothe web feeding'rollers by a ratchet "mechanism, comprising-a block 121 slidablv mounted in the guideway'106 at the inner end of theslide 105, said block being arranged with laterally extending ears122 for the pivotalmounting of a latch 123 to extend over and beyond-the outer end of the actuator slide 105, and having the free end arranged to-form a hook- 123 to engage theouter end ofs'aid actuator slide to releasably connect the block thereto and whereby the block is adapted to participate in the reciprocatory movement of the ,actuator slide. A rack 124 fixed to and extending'forward from the block 121 meshes with a pinion 125 fixed'upon thelaterally extending hub of a cupshaped member 126loos'ely mounted on the extended end of the shaft 104 of the feedroller 84, the flange of said member 126 encircling a head 127 fixed to the shaft 104 and arranged with recesses 128 equidistantly spaced about the periphery, in the present instance three in number, (Figure 7 the bottom wall of which recesses are of arcuate form arranged in an .arceccen'tric to the axis of the head, and the'flange of the cap member co -operating with said recesses to form tapered'sockets'or chambers. WVedge -members 129,which;ma'y be rollers or balls, are arranged in saidsockets and yieldingly urgedtoward the reduced end thereof by springs 130 confined between the wedge members and the opposite end of'the sockets; The recessed headis enclosed in the cup member by a perforated. plate 131 (Figure 6) loosely engaged upon "athub of the head and secured to the cup member, During the forward movement of therack the pinion 125 is rotated in thesamedirection moving the wedge members into impinging engagement with the peripheral wallof the cup member and thebottom wall of the head recesses, thereby coupling said head and feed roller 84 with the rack and'imparting web feeding movementto the feed' rollers. Upon the'return Vmovement of the rack the wedge members 129,

the frictional contactthereof with the walls of the cup member and recesses are moved against the tension of the springs-out of impinging engagement withthe walls of the cup member and recesses and moved into the larger portion of the sockets releasing the rackfrom the rollers; The rack is; maintained in engagement with the. pinion by a roller 132' engaging the top of the rack ro- 5 ,tatably'carried by a headed stud secured in and extended laterally from a vertical member of the frame 88.

/ To'prevent the feeding of the web to the punch anddie mechanism for the stamping "of a disktherefrom when-thereis no cap positioned relative to the punch and die mechanism,- means are provided to control thefcoupling of the rackcarrying' block 121 with the actuator slide 105 to render the web feeding rollers inactive upon the actuation of mally positioned out of engagement with the actuator slide 105 to uncouple the rack carryithefactuator'slide 105. The latch 123 is norc ed to have vertical movement upon the side of the extension 107 of the frame 88, said slide being normallyurged in an upward direction by a spring 134 and into engagement with a bar 135 fixed upon and extended laterally from the latch, the slide 133 being of a width to engage the bar in all positions of the latch. lhe latch is moved into engagement with the actuator slide for operatively connecting the web feeding rollers with the slide by means controlled by a cap positioned upon the cap support by the cap transferring chain and in position to be advanced to the punch and die mechanism upon the successive movement of said chain, and comprises a lever 136 (Figure4) pivotally mounted adjacent one end on the inner edge of one of the guide rails 56, said lever having an arcuate cut out portion 137 to clear a securing screw for the rail 56 with the opposite end'of' the lever arranged with a dog 138 opposite to a recess cut into the edge of said guide rail, the lever being yieldingly urged under the influence of a spring139 to'position said dog into the path of movement of and for engagement by the caps as they are transferred along the cap support by the cap transferring chain, and when said chain is at rest with a cap positioned in engagement with said lever dog and positioning said dog in the rail recess and rocking the lever, as clearly shown in Figure 4.

" An arm 140 is extended at a right angle from the lever and laterally ofthe dog, said arm being offset outwardly intermediate the length thereof, as at 141, whereby the outer end is arranged in a higher plane than the lever. The offset end of said lever arm is adapted to engage with a-plate 142 at the having a portion 142projecting downward from one corner. otally mounted intermediate the ends on the side of the frame 88'with the opposite end bifurcated, as at 144 (Figure 3) engaging a p 1y from the latch releasing slide 133. The lever 136' normally assumes a position as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4 with the dog 138 engaging in the path of movement of the caps along the guide rails and the lever arm 140 engaging at one side of the plate projection 142 carried by the lever 143, and the latch controlling slide 133 in its raised position with the latch 123 out ofengagement with the slide 105, and as the slide 105 is reciprocated the' movement" thereof will not be transmitted to the rack carrying block 121 of the actuating means for the web feeding rollers. As caps are advanced along the cap support by the cap transferring chainthe passage of a cap along the portion of the cap support into which the lever dog 138 is projeete'd' the' cap will engage such lever dog and move the lever 136 against the action of The lever 143 is pivas at 145, fixed in and extending lateralthe spring 139 moving the lever dog into the recess in the edge of the side guide rail 56, as shown in full lines in Figure 4, and causing the lever arm 140 to ride under the projection ofplate 142 rocking thelever 143 and thereby moving the latch slide 133 down- Ward against the tension of the spring 134 permitting the hook of latch 123 to engagein the outer end of the actuator slide 105 and thereby couple the rack carrying block 121 with and to be moved by the actuator slide upon the next outward movement thereof, and the rack carrying the block being moved inward upon. the successive inward movement of the actuator slide and thereby operating the web feeding rollers to" deliver theweb tos the punch and die'mechanism. A cap is positioned on a cap support relative to thelever dog during a periodof restgofithecap trans V. '85

ferring chain, and 'as theweb'feedingrollers are actuated such cap is-positioned ,1naline.

ment with the punch and die mechanism to re -t 'ceive the disk stamped from theweb. During this movement of the cap transferring chain a successive cap will be positioned relative to the lever dog 138 to actuate the lever to operate the mechanism to couple the rack carrying blockwith the actuator-slide. However. should there beno cap on the cap support to be positioned relative to'the lever dog the rack carrying block will remain uncoupled from the actuator slide and the web feeding rollers will 'be rendered inactive.

After the disks are severed from the web by -1 the punch and die mechanism the perforated web or webs are delivered over theplate 68 through

openings

69 and 70 in the punch carrying slide 61 and the carrying standard '64 therefor to a discard depository, not shown. weighted end of a second lever 143, said plate After the'disks have been positioned in the caps, the caps are intermittently advanced along the cap supporting rails 13 by the cap transferring chain until the cap engaging.

point by the forward movement of the caps I I ,on the cap support in the rearthereof which chain and delivered ontoan endless beltconveyor 146 passed around andv supported by a pair ofdrums 147 rotatably mounted inbearings-i carried at the delivery end of the table} T to travel in a direction transversely of the ,cap transferring chain and in .a direction indicated by the arrow in Figuregl, said conveyor delivering the alined caps intoa depository at the end of the conveyor (not shown). The conveyor is continuously actuated fromthe drive shaft 15 by a sprocket chain 148 passing around a sprocket :wheel 149: fixed on the drive shaft, and asprocket wheel150 fixed on a shaft ofa conveyor supare being advanced by the cap transferring porting drum 147, the chain beingenclosed by a protective housing 151. I l

It will be obvious that various modifications may be made-in construction and arrangement of parts, and that portions of the invention may be used without others, and

come Within the scope of the invention.

. I-Iavingthus described my invention I claim:; v1. In closure cap lining apparatus, apair of laterally spaced cap supporting, ralls,

meansto'deliv-ercaps to said support,punch and die. mechanism, arranged 1n alinement with said support, an intermittently operative endless chain arranged with the upper stretch to travel in the plane o'f'the space between the cap supporting rails and having equidistantly'spaced cap engaging meansto' move thecaps along and position the same onthesupporting rails relative to the punch and die mechanism, rollers for feeding a web of'lining material transversely of and in interposed're claimed in claim 1, means to adjust, the

chain to .adapt the same to position caps of different size on the support in alinement with thepunch and die mechanism.

I 3. In closure cap-lining apparatus, a cap support, continuous cap transferring and positioning means,ineans to intermittently actuateflsaid cap transferring and positioning means, rails extending parallelly of and above the outer marginal portion of the cap supports to guidethe ,caps onithe support and adjustable laterally toadapt the same to different size caps,punch and die, mecha nism-arranged in alinement with the support relative to'which the caps are positioned on the support by the transferring and positioning means, means to intermittently feed successive predetermined lengths of 'a web oflining material'to the punch and die mechanismfo'r' the s'everingof 'a disk from theweb andldelivery to a cap positioned relative to'the punch and die mechanism, means to adjust the transferring and positioning means relative to its actuating means to adapt the same to aline caps of different size relativeto the punch and die mechanisimand means towhich the caps with linings assembled therein aredelivered .fromithe support .by the transferring and; positioning means. 7 r v 4. In closure cap lining apparatus as claimedpin claim 1, means-operatlvefby a cap on'the support tocontrol the actuation of the web feeding rollers. Y H

5. In means for stamping lining disks from a web and assembling the same in closure caps, punch and die mechanism, in-

termittently operative means for feeding and successively positioning caps relative tothe punch and die mechanism, a pair of rollers to feed a web of the lining material 111 nterposed relation to the, punch and die mechanism and a cap positionedrelative-thereto, and means to intermittently actuate said rollers in synchronis'm'with the capfeeding means and alternately with the operation of the punch.

6. In means for stamping lining disks from a web and assemblingthe same inclosure caps, a cap support,;punch and die mechanism, a continuous chain arranged with cap engaging means to intermittently feed andposition caps on the support relative to the punch and die mechanism, a pair of rollers to feed a web of lining material to the punch and die mechanism, and means to intermittently actuate said rollers in synchronism withthe'cap feeding means and alternately with the operation of the punch, 7, In means for stamping lining disks from a Web and, assembling the same in closure caps, punch and die mechanism, intermittently operative means for feeding and successively positioning caps relative tothe punch. and die mechanism, a pair of rollers to feed a web of lining material to'the punch and die mechanism, means to intermittently actuate said rollers insynchronism Withithe cap'feeding-meansand alternately with the operation of the punch, and lever means to control the operation of the rollers actuated by the passage of caps at a predetermined point along the support,

- 8. In means for stamping lining disks from a web and assembling the same in closure caps, punch and die mechanism, intermittently operative means for feeding and Suecessively positioning caps relative to the punch and die mechanism, a pair of rollers to feed a Web of lining material to the punch and die mechanism, a rack supported tohave reciprocatory movement and operative in synchronism with the cap feeding means, a pinion meshing with the rack, and means to couple the pinion with and impart Web-feedin movement to the rollers by the movement of the rack in one direction. 9. In means for stamping lining disks from a:web'and assembling the same in closure caps as claimed in claim 8, a reciprocatory .slide, a latch pivotally carried. by "the rack support to couple the rack with the slide to transmit the movement of'the slide to the rack, means engaging the latch normally urged to position to move thelatch cute-f engagement with the slide and uncouple the 'rackifrom the slide, and means operatively connected with the means to move the latch out of engagement with the slide and having a part extending into the line of passage of the caps on the support to be engaged by a cap on the support to actuate the means to move the latch out of engagement with the slide and permit the latch to engage the slide and couple the rack with the slide.

10. Means for stamping lining disks from a web and assembling the same in closure caps as claimed in claim 8, wherein the reciprocatory slide is actuated by a lever, and an adjustable pivot support for said lever adapted to vary the movement of the lever and thereby the travel of the slide to feed different lengths of the web for different size ca s.

ll. In means for stamping lining disks from a web and assembling the same in closure caps, punch and die mechanism, intermittently operative means for feeding and successively positioning caps relative to the punch and die mechanism, a pair of rollers one positively rotated from the other to feed predetermined lengths of webto the punch and die mechanism and .one roller mounted to have movement toward and away fromthe other roller, and means to intermittently rotate the rollers in synchronism with the actuation of the cap transferring and positioning means and alternately with the operation of the punch and die mechanism.

12. In means for stamping lining disks from a web, and assembling the same in closure caps, punch and die mechanism, intermittently operative means for feeding and successively positioning caps in alinement with the punch and die mechanism, a pair of rollers to feed predetermined lengths of web of lining material to the punch and die mechanism, means to intermittently actuate said rollers in synchronism with the cap feeding means and alternately with the operation of the punch, and stripper means carried by the punch and die mechanism to strip a severed disk from, and engage it in a cap positioned relative to, the punch and die mechanism and actuated independently of and in sequence with the operation of the punch.

13. In means for stamping lining disks from a web and assembling the same in closure caps as claimed in claim 8, a reciprocatory slide, a latch pivotally carried by the rack support to couple the rack with the slide to transmit the movement of the slide to the rack, means to normally disengage the latch from the slide to uncouple the rack therefrom, a pivoted lever having an operative connection with the means to move the latch out of engagement with the slide, a. pivotally supported dog having an operative connection with the lever arranged and normally urged to position to extend into the line of passage of the caps on the cap support for engagement of and to be moved'by a cap on the support in and one end extended from the upper end of the punch and urged in a direction to position the opposite end of the plunger within the punch, said plunger participating in the movement of the punch and adapted to have movement independently of the punch, and

means to positively actuate the plunger in sequence to the operation of the punch to proj ect the plunger beyond the face of the punch and strip a disk stamped from the web from the punch and die mechanism and deliver it into a cap positioned relative to the punch and die mechanism.

15. Means'for stamping lining disks from a web and assembling the same in closure caps as claimed in claim 5, wherein one of the" web feeding rollers is mounted to 'rotateinj" fixed bearings, and the other rollerrotatably mounted in a frame to have movement toward and away from and yieldingly urged toward the other roller, and one roller operatively connected with the roller actuating means i and with the other roller to positively rotate the same, and means to adjust the rollerc'ar rying frame with the roller carried thereby out of engagement with the other roller and retain it in such position.

16. Means for stamping lining disks'froln a web and assembling the same in closure caps as clalmed 1n clann 8, wherein the pinion of and the roller actuating means is loosely mounted V axially of one roller and operatively connected with the rollerby a one-way operating clutch mechanism comprising a head rotatable with the one roller arranged with recesses spaced about the periphery with the bottom of the recesses arranged in an arc eccentric to the axis of the head, and a cup member rotatable with the pinion enclosing the head and co-operating with the head recesses to form arcuate tapered sockets, and wedge members in said sockets adapted to wedge the cap member to the head in one direction of move-- ment of the pinion and cup member imparted thereto by the rack and transmit said movement to the rollersand release the cap member from the head in the reverse movement of the pinion imparted thereto by the rack.

17. In closure cap lining apparatus, a cap support, cap transferring and positioning means, adjustable guide rails extending parallel to the cap support and positioning means to engage opposite sides of the cap,

punch and die mechanism in alinement with the cap support, a pair of rollers to feed pre- 7 determined lengths of web oilining'material vto the punch and die mechanism, means to actuate said rollers in synchronism with the actuation of the cap transferring and positioning means, means to operate the roller actuating means, means to connect said operating means with the roller actuating means operative to normally uneouple said'operating means from the roller actuating means v and having, a part pivotally mounted on a v I guide rail at the side of the cap support and normally urged to position to engage in the path ofmovement of the caps on the cap support to be engaged by the passing caps I to actuate the connecting means to couple the operating means 'with the roller actuating 7 means.

' screwv rotatably' mounted on the bracket to 1'8. Closure cap lining apparatus as claimed in "claim '1, wherein the means for delivering the-capsto the cap support, comprises a slotted ejector slide arranged with an adjustable abutment, and an actuator slide having a pin engaging in the slot of the ejector slide to operatively connect the slides, and the actuatorslide adapted to co-operate with the abutment to transmit variable movement to the,

ejector slide relative to-the movement of 'the actuator slide.

19. vIn ,means for stamping lining disks froma web and assembling the same in 010- V sure' capsas claimed in claim 8, a reciprocatory slide to actuatethe rack, and adjustable 7 means to actuate and vary the reciprocatory movement of the slide, comprising a slotted lever having an operative connection at one end withthe -slide,,a' slotted bracket, a lead extend parallelof theslot therein,-a pivot adjustably mounted in the slots of the bracket and lever with which the lead screw has threaded connection, and means to rock the lever. I

Signed at New Yorkcity, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 25th day of October, A. D.., 1928.:

7 JOHN A. JOHNSON.