US23802A - Machine for cutting and folding wadding and paper - Google Patents

Description

UNITE STATES TENT OFFICE.

JOHN WOOD, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

MACHINE FOR CUTTING AND FOLDING WADDING- AND PAPER.

Specification of Letters Patent N o. 23,802, dated April 26, 1859.

To all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN "Woon, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Machine for Cutting and Folding Wadding, Paper, &c.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the saine, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1, is a vertical section of my invention, taken in the line o1, zr, Fig. 3. Fig. 2, a vertical section of ditto, taken in the line 1/, y, Fig. 3. Fig. 3, a plan or top view of ditto. Fig. Ll, a detached view of a portion of the device which actuates the ily boards of the receiving boxes. Fig. 5, a detached view of another portion of ditto.

Similar letters of reference indicate cor responding parts in the several figures.

This invention is designed for cutting and folding wadding, paper, or any textile or pliant substance which is manufactured in continuous sheets or rolls and which require to be cut into pieces and folded for after use.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention I will proceed to describe it.

A, represents a rectangular frame in the upper part of which endless aprons B, are placed, said aprons passing around the same rollers a, b, which are placed at the ends of the frame A. The aprons B, B, are placed side by side, as shown clearly in Figs. and 3. At the front end of the frame A, there are two feed rollers O, C, which are placed one over the other in the same plane and have a transverse position with the aprons B, B. At the front end of the frame A, there is fitted in suitable guides c, a reciprocating gate or sash D, in the upper part of which an oblique knife E, is placed. The knife E, works up and down between the inner sides of the rollers C, O, and the aprons B, B, as shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 3.

F, is a shaft which is placed transversely in the frame A, and is the power or driving shaft. This shaft F, has a pinion d, at one end of it and also a pulley c. The pinion al, gears into a wheel G, which is placed on one end of a shaft H, in the frame A. Ihe wheel G, has a cam f, attached to its inner side as shown clearly in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. On the saine shaft I-I, and adjoining the wheel G, a wheel I, is attached, said: wheel being -toothed on part of its periphery,

and having a hook-shaped cam J, attached to its outer side. This hook is shown clearly in Fig. 3.

The toothed portion of the Wheel I, gears intermittingly into a wheel K, which is at one end of shaft L, of the apron roller a. The wheel K, gears into a pinion g, which gears into the pinion L, of the lower feed roller O, the two feed rollers being connected by gears 7L, as shown in Fig. 1.

On the upper part of the frame A, there are placed two longitudinal rollers M, M. These rollers extend about half the length of the frame A, and one of them, the roller M, is covered by a cap N, said cap beinga portion of a hollow cylinder, having one edge nearly in contact with roller M, and the other end projecting upward and over the t-op portion of roller M, see more particularly Fig. 2.

In the frame A, a lever O, is placed, c', being its fulcrum pin as shown clearly in Fig. l. This lever has a sector rack y', at

each end of it. The rack at one end gearlng I into a rack attached to the back side of the gate or sash D, and the rack at4 the opposite end gearing into a similar rack lc, on a vertical bar Z, to the upper end of which a horizontal plate P, is attached, said plate being in line with the bite of the rollers M', M.

On the shaft I-I at about its center a wiper' Q, is placed. This wiper aetuates the lever O, and has two arms m, n, one of which m, depresses the lever at the end near the gate or sash D, the other arm n, elevating said end.l

The wheel I, gears intermittingly into a wheel It, which is placed on one end of a shaft S. said shaft being on the upper part of the frame A, and having two bevel pinions 0, 0, placed on it which pinions gear into corresponding pinions p, 79, attached to the shafts of the rollers M, L', see Fig. 3.

T, is a liy which is constructed by attaching a series of rods Q, to a shaft r, as shown clearly in Fig. 3, the shaft r,-being allowed to turn freely in its bearings. On one end of shaft 1, a pinion s, is'placed, into which a rack t, on the upper end of a spring plate u, is placed, said plate having a friction roller o, attached to one side of it, the roller being within the plane of the movement of the cam f, of wheel G.

U, represents a series of endless tapes or carriers Which pass around the vroller M, and a series of-pulleys u, on a shaft gear and parallel with the shaft 7', of the V, is a receiving box which has two compartments formed by a central partition a. These compartments have open sides and tops, and the box is allowed to turn freely on the upper end of an upright W. To the under side of the receiving box V, two tubes b', b', are attached, one` underneath each compartment. To the lower ends of these tubes a toothed wheel or rim X, is attached. In each tube b', a rack c, is placed. The upper ends of these racks are attached to the under sides of plates or boards d', d', which are fitted in the compartments of the receiving box V, one in each, and allowed tomove freely up and down therein. In'each rack c', a pinion e, gears. These pinions'are placed on shafts f', underneath the box V, said shafts having each a spiral spring g', `placed on them and a ratchet h', at their outer ends. One end of the springs g', are'attached to the shafts f', and the other to the under side of the rbox V. In each ratchet L, a holding pawl i catches, and also an actuating pawl` j,

vthe latter being attached` to arms-Za', the

upper ends of which are provided' with inclined planes Z, the use of kwhich will beh presently shown.

Around the pulleyl e, of the shaft F, a,

belt m, passes. This belt also passes around a pulley n', at the inner end of a shaft o',

the outer end of which has a pinion 0", on it and its bearing in a vertical plate p', which is attached to a yielding` plate g.

The opera-tion -is as followst-Motion is given the shaft F, in any proper manner, and as said shaft rotates a reciprocating motion is given the knife gate D, and plate P, in consequence of the action .of the wiper Q, on said lever. An intermittent movement is also given 'the endless aprons 1B, B, in consequence of the lwheel I, being smooth on part of its periphery. For the same reason the rollers M, M', have an intermittent motion. The material to be cut vand folded passes between the rollers C, C, on the endless aprons B, B, and as the gate D, descends at regular intervals the knife E,'cuts the material into pieces of equal lengths. The gate D, and aprons B, B, move alternately and therefore when the knife E, is raised and stationary the aprons B, move the piece cut off by the knife E, at its previous descent, underneath the rollers M, M. The aprons B, B, then stop and the gate D, again descends and cuts off a succeeding piece and as the gate ascends, the rollers M,

M', rotate and draw between them-in a folded state the piece underneath them, see

a", the plate P, rising as the gate D, de

scends and present-ing the center ofthe piece a, is carried up between the rollers an passes over the roller M', on the tapes l the cap N, effecting such result, and whe the piece ax, is fully extended on the tap t-he fly VT, is actuated by the cam f, sprin plate u, and rack t, and the fly throws tl piece a", on the board d, in the compar ment of the box V, that is opposite it. A each cut piece a", is thrown in the compar' ment by the fiy T, the board cZ, is depresse to a certain extent, a distance equal to th thickness of the stuft1 by means of the cam Q which actuates the arm la', in consequence c its passing behind the inclined project-ion Z and the rack c', that is att-ached to the boar tZ, is lof course depressed or forced down i its tube b', and retained as it is forced dow; by the pawl z", which catches into the ratche t, the spring g', is also wound up at th same time or at each downward movemen of the rack c', when the board fZ, reaches th bottom of its compartment, the compart ment of course will be filled and the rack o' will at such time depress the plate g', am thereby throw the pinion o", in gear witl the wheel X, and turn the box V, one hal of a revolution so that the empty compart ment will be opposite the fly T, the plate g having a small projection o, on its uppe: surface which projection catches into th bottom of the tube b', and retains the box V the pinion o", being out of gear from it; wheel. The operator then removes the fold ed` pieces from the filled compartment ancl throws up the retaining pawls v1', y, whicl are connected with the ratchet h', of sait compartment and the spring g, on the shafi f connected with said compartment throw: up the board CZ', so that said compartmem will be ready to be again filled in turn. I1 will be seen that by this arrangementthc pieces are all counted as each box contains a certain number of pieces corresponding tc the number of times its board (Z, is de pressed.

This invention it will be seen works automatically throughout. It requires no attention exceptthe taking or removing of the folded or cut pieces from the filled compartments of the box V, and the material operated on may pass between the rollers C, C, direct from the machine where it is manufactured. Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The receiving box V, provided with two compartments and fly boards d', connected with rack c', and with ratchets L, actuated by the arms c, and cam J in connection with the wheel X, and adjustable pinion oxx, substantially' as and for the purpose set forth.

2. Operating the knife gate D, and plate P, by means ofthe lever O, provided with sector racks j, which gear into the racks le, of the gate D, and bar Z, so that the knife and plate will be actuated or made to perform their respective functions alternately 5 as described. j

3. The arrangement of gearing Gr, I, K,

VIR, as shown and described, when used in connection with the lever O, for the purpose ofoperating the several parts automatlcally as and for the purpose set forth.

, t p JOHN WOOD. Witnesses: n v

WM. TUsoH,

CHS. Lom.

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