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WRAPPING MACHINE.

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SETH D. TRIPP, OF LYNN MASSAGHUSETTS.

WRAPPENQ hliACHlNE.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 516,136, dated March 6, 1894.

Application filed July 15,1392.

- connection with the accompanying drawings,

is a specification, like let 'ers and figures on the I drawings representing like parts.

in many particulars and consists therefore in- In United States Letters Patent No. 472,262 dated April 5, 1892,-granted-to me awrapping machine is shown in which the oranges or other articles to be wrapped are fed by means of suitablefeeding devices one by one to a folding and twisting device by means of which the paper wrapper is wrapped abo ;t the orange, and the, free or gathered-in ends twisted. The paper is taken from a reel, fed forward and cut off in suitable lengths and delivered to the folding and twisting device,, and a printingdevice isalsoprovided by means of which the wrappers are each printed.

This invention has forits object to improve the construction of the machine therein shown many details of construction which will be hereinafter pointed out.

Figure 1, shows in side view a wrapping machine embodying this invention; Fig. 2, a front view of the machine shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a horizontal section of the machine shown in Fig. 1, taken o'nthe dotted line .r-x;

; Figs. 4 and 5, details of the clutch mechanism for rotating the paper feeding rolls; Fig. 6, a detail of the lifting device for the paper to insure its passage over the stationary blade of the shears; Fig. 7, a detail of the plunger for forcing the orange down through the centering device to the folder and twister; Fig. 8, a plan view of the centering device, show-' ing the switches forthe plunger; Fig. 9,, front elevation of the printing device; Fig. 10, a vertical section of the printing device sllown in Fig. 9; Fig. 11 a sectional detail showing the impression plate and adjusting devices for it; Fig. 12 a detail of the lifting device for the oranges, and Fig. 13 a detail of one of the shafts to be referred to.

The base or stand A supports a column or vertical cylinder b, which together with the table 0 resting on it and numerous arms and projections constitute the frame-work which supports theoperativc and other parts of the machine.-

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To the under side of the tabie c are secured curved arms d, (1., arranged opposite each other and bearing at-their ends rolls-e, e',and another rollf, revolves upon a pin at the point of junction of the curved arms d, d, being seated in a recess formed in the table 0. These rolls 8, e, and f, are provided with V-shaped peripheral grooves which afford guide ways for a ring g, having its periphery shaped to fit said grooves. These rolls e,'e, andf, are employed mainly as friction rolls, and hence it is obvious that they may be omitted and the ring madeto revolve in stationary grooved bearings.

Secured to the underside of the ring g, or made in part with it isabeveled gear h, which is engaged by the beveled pinion h, fixed upon a shaft i, which revolves in a suitable arm d, and also in a bearingj, on the armj, projecting from the-framework. The shaft t', isprovided with apu'lleym, by which a rotary motion may be communicated to the ring g, through the bevel gears.

In the'circular opening in the ring g, are shown several lugs located at equal distances apart to which are pivoted downwardly and inwardly extended arms 1), 9', 19 ,19 the lower ends of which nearly. meet on the line of. the axis of the ring. Across the lower. ends of each of these arms, and in parallelism with their pivot pins are secured plates or wings g y, y", 11 which consist of narrow flat plates. whose length is about equal to the diameter arms are swung outwardlyoraway from each four sides of a' square. The arms 1), 10 are longer and hence project slightly below the ends of the arms 10310 and the wings on said arms 12, 10*, will occupy a plane below the wings on the arms 13', said wingshowever continuously contacting with each other as they are moved, and hence two of them are arranged obliquely to' the other two as shown in Fig. 1. The wings 1 4 are oblique, and the .wings y, y, horizontal, when the arms but when said arms are swung outwardly or from each other, the Wings 3 y, will be oblique and the wings y, 1 horizontal. Aux-- iliary arms 0 a c, cflare pivoted to the ring other the inner edges of the plates will form bearing as j herein shown as arranged on' the of the opening in the ringg. -When'these diametrically opposite each other and slightly are contracted or drawn toward each other,' I

1), p, p, p, and ,0 0*, '0 may be pressed inward by an elastic band r, which encircles them all or otherwise.

The auxiliary arms operate in conjunction with the main arms, and while the wings on the main arms not by their edges to gather in the edges of the wrapper, the wings on the 1e, to which is attached a. cum e, to operate auxiliary arms act by their faces to assist in accomplishing the some litsllll), butthe wings on the main nrnis act more particularly to assist in twisting saidgathercd-in edges as will be described.

The ring g, and main and auxiliary arms provided with wings constitute the combined folder and twister, operating; to fold the paper or wrapper about the fruit as it passes through the ringggntherihg in the edges there of, and to thereafter twist. theifolded ornnthcred-in portions thereof held by the wings while the fruit isheld stationary by suitable means.

Pivoted in a slot in the arm a secured to and projecting from the post I), are two curved arms 21, 22, extending vertically through a slot in the arm a, as a. guide; and bearing st their upper ends rolls 23, the peripheries of which areslightly concaved so as to conform somewhat to the convexitiee of the fruit. These rolls 23, are locntedjustbelow the "Wi ngs of the combined folder and twister, one at each side of the axis thereof, to receive and hold the fruit stationery when forced down through the folder and twister while the gatlh cred-in edges of thewrnpper are being twisted. he arms 21, 22, are drawn townrd each other ly a spring 24, or otherwise, and their moveent toward each other is limited by the adjustnble limiting stops '25, striking ngainst rejections on the under side of the arm ct. \The combined folder and twister is made torevolve intermittinglyand at the proper time by the followingmeans. 'lhe pulley m, is made to revolve freely upon its shaft 2", and {3 provided with a friction clutch d", which 'isoperated by e. lever (i pivoted upon the arm j, at 6. The balance or driving wheel said lever (i also serves as e pulleyto carry thebelt 100 which. revolves pulley m. It will readily be seen that by tlllfl arrangement the twisting device will only revolve while the spring f acting on'the lever-d, and drawing it in a. direction opposi'te 'to that in which it is moved by the cain'clithcreby disengaging the friction clutchf d", from the pulley m. Two like nrmsffl 17, are secured to the under 'side of the table 0, nt thercar oi the mnchine, which are curved upwardly-and nt their ere treme upper ends support a. hopper n graducruise ally tapering in width toward the'l'rontend, and having vertical side walls which' gradually converge toward the front end, the bot- 7b Fig. 1, projects or leads from the outlet of said hopper o of sufiicient width to permit the oranges to follow down one after the other, in single file, and'st the termiuation'of said chute or trough a short and nearly vertical chute u is located. The chute or trough it, is rigidly connected to the hopper and is supported between the arms u", u", rising from vertical supports on the table c, so that go the hopper and attached chute'or trough are supported by the arms f at the rear end, and hy'the arms u, at the forward end. The rear edges or entrance of the chute it is located a short distance above the bottom of the chute or trough "M at the forward end so that the oranges following down said chute 21/ will strike against the said rear end of the chute it", which forms an end well or obstruction there-at. forward end a ring 11. in the circular 0pen-' ing of which are pivoted several spring pressed arms u said ring 247, being located directly above the ring g, so that the oranges passing downthrougli said ring are di- :05

rected properly to the folding and twisting device. The ring n with its spring pressed arms it constitutes the centering device.

As the oranges are sometimes flat on olie side or are otherwise untrue I have provided the hopper 1.6 with n feeding belt 169, of suitable width to substantially fill the opening in the hottom thereof, said bolt passing over pulleys it it. This belt traveling along and serving its the bottom for longitudinal part ot' the hopper n carries forwnrd those oranges which do not descend by gravity. The pulley u is secured to a shaft-u hnving its hearings in the arms f,

f beneath the hopper, and the pulley u, is

secured to the shaft to, having its hearings in the armed", u.

' As the oranges sometimes have a tendency to pile oneupon the other at the outlet of the hopper throwing said sup rimposod oranges back toward the rear of the hopper. This device consists of a series of blades it, secured to a shaft u having its hearings in the upper ends of like arms it", ends. belt pulley-u secured to said shaft u','by means of which the shaft is rotated and the blades moved in l the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 1 This device. is located near the rear 75 to be 8;: vvrapped. A narrow chute or trough u, see

The chute it, supports at its too the central n5 16*, I have provided a. device for :25

hopper a and the blades are so adjusted as to height-to permit one row or layer of oranges to pass beneath them,'but tostrike and throw back any superimposed oranges form, d integral with or connected to horiother notch of a-series of notches out in the between its ends at a 'the'hopper, one end of said lever being slightly zont: arms a, loosely connected to the shaft u, a d said arms are supported in elevated posit jll by uprights 26 erected on suitable supp hrs on the table a, the upper, ends of which uprights are bent to enter one or anarms u, so that said arms will be supported in an adjustable manner. Twoidlersu ",u are supported on one of the arms a, and the belt which passes over the pulley uFi-on the shaft u, passes under said idlers and thence around the pulley n secured to the shaft a As the shaft a l, is positiveiydriven by means which will be hereinafter described the said blades will be continuously rotated about the axis of the shaft u. v

The blades it", constitute a clearing device for theoutletof the hoppenpreventing crowding at such point and thereby obstructing-the outlet.

To remove the endmost orange from the forward end of the chute or trough a which abuts against the end wall thereat, I have provided a lifting device see Figs. 1 and 12 consisting of a lever n pivoted at a point to the under side of bent and terminating in the path of movement of a pin 11. on the pulley a while the other end carries a cross-bar 11/ having a curved upper face which enters a transverse slot in the chute or trough at or near its forward end. At each revolution of the pulley 71, the lever 10 is lifted and the cross-bar n striking the under side or the 'endmost orange throws it up, and the weight of the next orange against it forces it forward into the chute u whence it passes down into or through the centering device to the folder and twister, yet I do not depend on said next orang'e as a means of moving the orange ahead of it over the end-wall. The lifting leveru returns to its normal position by gravity or otherwise.

The oranges or other articles are forced down through the centering and foldingand twisting devices positively by means new to be described. A vertical rod 0', slides in hearings in the outer ends of the arms a, a and is connected at its lower end by a short link 0 with one end of a lever c pivoted at c, on a projection on the stand, the opposite end of said lever being connected by a rod 0 with a crank 71 on'the, shaft. f which has its hearings in thearmsfflf, so that, at each revolution ofsaid shaft, the rod 0, will make one complete movement up and down. The rod 0', see Fig. 7, supports at its upper end' a tubular cross-piece 0 which receives a horizontal rodehaving at its outer end a cross-bar c of a length sufficient to permit it are arranged vertically, andv ring a of the centering device. The rod c is pressed outward by a spring c ,-oonfined .within the tubular recess of. the crosspiece 0 one end of said spring bearingagainstthe outer end of thecross-piece', and the otherend'bea'rlng against a collar on the rod 0?. On the outer end of the rods 0 and directly beneath the cross-bar c a sleeve 0 is formed or secured which extends down some little distance, being slotted at c? at oppositesides near its lower end. A rod 0, is contained within and adapted to be moved in said sleeve 0 said rod having rigidly secured to its lower end as by apin a, a block which sur-' rounds'and moves on the sleeve. .A spring 0 surrounds the sleeve, bearing atone .end against the block 0 and at the other end against a collar on the sleeve acting to hold the block normally depressed, yet permitting it to yield. The lower end of theblockc, as well as the lower end of the sleeve which is shown as closed are made slightly concaved to conform to the convexity of the orange.

When the rod 0 is in its extreme outward position, the sleeve 0 and rod c contained within it, are directly above the center of the centering device. As the rod c',is depressed with the parts in the position just described, and as shown in Fig. 7, the orange will be forced down through the centering device and folding and twisting device until a nut 0 011 the upper end of said rod c strikes and is arrested at the top of the forked arm c, which arm is rigidly connected to a yoke 0 the lower ends of the arms of said yoke being rigidly connected to the upper ends of the arms u a. As soon as said nut 0 is arrested by the arm, the rodc -and block thereon are held from farther advancing while the sleeve 0 advances independently, the spring a" being compressed. Were it not for this independent movement of the sleeve, the block 0? in order to force the orange downward as far as desired, would owing to its size engage the spring actuated gathering-in arms and other wrappingdevices tor the wrapper, and thereby prevent their proper and effectual operation.

The nut (2 is adjustable so that the'distance which the block 0 advancesmay be regulated. Suitable guides are erected on top of the ring 10 at each side thereofpthey being herein shown as made alike or substantially so, and comprising a standard which is in clined outwardly for a short distance as at 0 and then rising vertically for a short distance as at 0 the said vertical portions having side flanges, and a switch or arm 0 is pivoted to each standard at extending down wardlysubstantiallyparallel t6 the vertical inclined portion a and normally held pressed up against a pin 0% by a spring. As the rod 0, when depressed arrives at its lowermost position, the ends of the cross-bar 0 will have engaged and passed by the ends of said switches or arms a which yield to accommodate such movement of the cross-bar,

an o'ccupya position beneath said switches as represented in Fig. 1, and as said rod 0', rises the ends of said cross-bar will engage the under side of said switches or armsc, and bythem will be forced laterally, compressing the Bpri'ng'c P, and as said.. cross-bardisengages the upper or pivotal ends of said switches or arms it is brought into engagement with thevertiea'l portion 0 of the standards or guides, or the side flanges thereof. As the rod 0' continues to rise, and' 'just as it arrives atits most elevated position thes'aid cross-bar 0 passes by the upp r eudof said vertical portion 0 when the springe is permitted to expand, returning the cross-bar and its attached parts into position directly above the center of the centering device. The ring 117, is broken away or open at one side to perwit the passage through it of the rod 0 and parts connected therewith. Thus it will be seen that the block c and parts to which it is connected and which constitute the follower or plunger for forcing the'orange down through the centering and folding and twist ing devices is given four *tnotions namely: a downward vertical motion and alatcral motioynan upward vertical motion, and then a1ateral motion in an opposite direction returning to the starting point.- By giving the plunger or follower four motions as described or some equivalent-motions whereby it will pass down through the centering'device and force the fruit down and then return to its normal position by a different path or outside of the centering device, enablesthe fruit to be delivered to thecenteringdevicednringthetime thatthe follower or'plunger is returning, so that I do not desire to limit my invention to any particular shape or construction of guide or.

guides for said follower or plunger, or to any particular path or paths in which it shall travel, so long as it moves in difierent paths in forcing the fruit down and in returning A bevelgear n is secured to the shaft it, which is engaged by a bevel pinion a, secured to adiagonal shaft 01*, having its bearings in the framework, the opposite end of said diagonal shaft having seen red to it a bevel pinion n which'engages a bevel gear a, secured to the shaft f 'lheshaft f carrice the main driving wheel or pulley c and hence said shaft constitutes the main operai ing shaft, and by it the shaft to, is positively driven by means of the bevel gears and pinions. A yoke or frame 27, is secured to the rearrnost leg of the base A being additionally supported by means of a vertical brace rod S, and the roll d, which carries the paper has its bearings in the extreme ends of the arms of said yoke 27. A ratchet wheel 28, is

secured to each end of said roll which wheels are engaged by pawls or dogsfZO, on like arms 30, pivoted at 31, to the arms of the yoke, the upper ends of, said arms being connected by a roll 32, which rests upon or against the paper as it leaves the roll. The

arrnsfiO, are made quite heavy, and together '1, ff, and thence between, suitable guide plates, comprising as herein shown the curved under plates 35, 36,;located side by side with a narrow space between them, and rigidly secured by screws 101 to a top plate 37, suitable washers being placed between said plates to insure a free and unobstructed passage between them for the paper. The top plate is mounted on suitable uprights or posts 38,

erected on the table a. An impression plate 34, is placed between the under plates and top plate, over the opening or space between said under plates, being supported by screws 40, which pass down through the top plate 37 freely. and enter the impression plate 34, while screws 39 ass down through said top plate 37 and bear against the top of the impression plate, so that by adjusting the screws -10 the said impression plate may be'tilted on the set screws 39, and may be also vertically adjusted when said setscrews 89 are turned; to permitsuch adjustment. This impression plate is made adjustable in order that a pr'in t ing device to be described may bear upon the paper evenly, and a well defined impression made. A pair of feed rolls ll, 42, see Figs. 4' and 5, are mounted in suitable uprights at the front of said guide plates and adapted to receive and feed forward the paper, said rolls being cut away for a short distance centrally to receive the forward end of the impression plate 34, and the extreme forward erids of the guide plates 35, 36. The paper feeding rolls 41, 42, are designed to be positively driven, and to effect such result. I have secured to one of the said rolls, as Ll,a toothed gear 51,. which is engaged by a toothed gear 52, on the other roll 42, and beside said toothed. gear 52, a toothed gear is loosely mounted on said roll 42, which is. engaged by a rack 54, pivotally connected at one end to an arm 55, which is pivoted to the stand I), said arm having a short arm 56 projecting from it, which is slotted to receive in an adjustable manner one end of a rod 57 on an eccentric h, on the shaftf. The rack 54, is reciprocated in suitable guides. The toothed gear 5% has on one side or face one or more pawls 58, two. being crative position by means of a spring 61.

The stationary blade 62,0f the cutting device or shears is secured to the front side of said block or bar 90, its upper or cutting edge terminating just below the forward edge of the plate G0, when the latter is in its normal elevated position, sothat said plate will serve as a n1eans-of lifting the paper to insure itspassage over the stationary blade of the shears. The niovablebladc 63*, of the shears is secured to the rear side of an arm ()3 fixed to a pivot pin 64, having'its bearings in the fixed blade, and also in an ear 65 rising from a horizontal projection 66, and a spring 67 encircles said pivot; pin 64, one end of which bears'against the ear 65, and the other end against a collar on the pin, so that said pivot pin may have a slight longitudinal movement? This per- .mits the blades to be arranged at a slight angle with relation to each other instead of in parallelism, when the movable blade is in its elevated position, and toclose at the pivot end as said movable blade descends, therebyinsuring cutting the paper. The upper end of the movable blade is connected by a ball and socket joint with a rod 70, the lower end of said rod being connected to one end of a lever .71, pivoted at 72 the opposite end of which lever has connected to it a rod 73, the upper end of which is offsetas shown in Fig. 2, and slotted as shown in Fig.1 to present a guide to receive the shaft f and is also provided with a pin 74 which enters a cam groove '75 in a disk 76 secured to the shaft f so that as said shaft revolves the movable blade of the shears will be made to rise and fall, and as the machine is timed the paper will be cut,oif at regular and suitable lengths for the wrappers. Attached to the under or stationary blade of the shears, or to the support thereof, are two bent guide wires 80, 80, which extend forward over the combined folding and twisting device, and the paper feeding and cutting devices are so timed that the paper will be fed forward positively between the blades of the shears and into the wire guides 80, 80, until the end portion of the strip of paper passes beneath the center,- ing device, the shears will then operate and out otfthe paper, thereby leaving the severed wrapper resting on the wire guides 80, 80, just above the folding and twisting dc vices, and just below the centering device, so that as the fruit is forced down through the centering device and into the folding and twisting device it will carry the severed wrapper with it, the edges of which will be gathered in and nipped or held to be thereafter said hub two side plates 'or uprights a aroserights a a pan or ink reservoir a", is mounted,

uprights e are formed which rise vertically some little distance.- An ink roll a is placed in the ink rcservoira, its journals extending .through the uprights a or it may be through the side walls of the pan and bearing on plumber blocks a. mounted on adjusting screws a, which turn in projections a ,on the upper ends of the side plates or uprights a A roll a is located just above the ink roll a, which has its bearings in the uprights a and two rolls a are located a short distance above and at each side of the roll a having their bear ings in projections on the uprights a and an inking band a passes around the rolls a, a", at which contacts with the ink roll 0.,

thereby passing between the roll 01., and said journals of the roll a, which is engaged by a toothed wheel a secured to one of the journals of the roll a, and a pawl e is pivotally connectedto an ear'on the side plate a, which engages and drives the toothed wheela, forward intermittingly. The side plate e is placed beside and parallel with the upright a and is slotted to astride the journals of the rolls a, a, and the projection a, and is secured at its lower end to the head of an adjusting screw (1 which passes down throughone end of a cross piece (1, on the upper end of the rod a which passes through the openings o'r slots in the side plates or uprights a A side plate similar to (L22, is located at the opposite side of the device beside the upright a, being slotted and secured to the head of an'adjusting screw in like manner and marked with like letters. The pin 0, connects the upper ends of theside plates 02 a, passing through the slots in the side plates a and on said pin between saidside plates a a type carrying plate a is rigidly secured. A curved arm n is formed integral with or secured to the typecarrying plate a having a curved slot 0. and a pin (1. is rigidly secured to one of the uprights a which enters said curved slot. The plates a a each having straight vertical slots at", which serve as guides for the pin a? position shown, is supposed tobe suitably The type carrying plate a, in the,

inked, and as the lever c completes its upward movement the said plate is brought to bear against the paper held in position by the guide plates 35, 3G, 37, atapoint between said plates 35, 36, against the impression plate 34,- whioh it will be understood has been adjusted rying plate a, I at its lowermost posit-ion, the said type plate inking band mgand twisting device consisting of the ring vices at their lower so that the type plate will bearevenly thereon to thereby leave a well defined impression on the paper. As the lever descends, the rod a its cross piece a, side plates a 1 Q conpected to it, pawl a, pin c1 and type carrylug plate thereon, likewise descend, the pin q traveling in the straight slot in the statlonary uprights'a a and the curved arm a turning by means of the stationary pin a, thereby reversing the position of the type carand just as the arm charrives is brought to bear upon the flat portion of the a, between the rolls a", a, to

be inked. As the lever 0 again rises the type plate will be restored to its normal prinl;-'

mg position, as described. paper will; be

and the wrapper wilhbe printed, The parts are so tinned that the printed each time that it is fed forward, so that each severed wrapper will bear an imprint.

I claim- 1. In a wrappingmachine, a combined folder and twister, consisting of the riugg, having several main depending arms with nipping devices at their lower ends, and several time lllary depending arms with gathering-in described.

2. In a wrapping machine, a combined foldg, having two pairs of oppositely arranged depending arms with wings at their lower ends, those of one pair being arranged obliquely with relation to those of the other pair, and two pairs of auxiliary depending arms having wings at their lower ends each projecting at right angles from opposite sides of the arm to which it is attached, substantially as described.

3. In a wrapping machine, a combined folder and twister for folding a wrapper about the article and twisting the gathered in edges, combined with several yielding arms for bolding the article stationary while the twister operates, and a follower or plunger for fore ing the article down through the combined folder and twister, and between said arms, substantially as described.

4. In a wrapping machine, the combir -d folder and twister comprising aseriesof contracting and expansiblearm's supported by a revolving ring, combined with severhlyieldyielding ing'arms for restraining'theartihle from ro-- tation while the ring revolves to .t wist the gathered in edges, and a follower or plunger for forcing the article down through the coinbinod folder and twistenandinto engagement with said yielding restraining arms, substantially as described. 1

5. In a wrapping machine, contracting and expanding rotatable folding and twistingdevices, combined with said several yielding arms for holding the article against rotation while the twister operates, and a follower or plunger for forcing the article down through;

the folding and twisting devicesand into en-' ends, substantially as de-' sisiss gagement with said yieidi arms, substantially as descri d.

6. In a wrap ng machine, a-folding and twisting device comprising aseries of contracting and expanding arms having gathering-in and nipping devices at their lower ends, combined with several yielding arrnsfor holding "the article against rotation While the twister operates, and a follower or plunger for forcing the article downthroug'h the folding and twisting device and into engagement with the yielding arms, substantially as described.

7. In a wrapping machine, a combined folding and twisting device adapted to fold the wrapper about the article {an to twist the gatheredin edges of said wrapper, combined with spring actuated arms having rolls at their upper ends for holding the article while" actuated arms for holding-the article station-' ary while the twisting device revolves, and

adjustable limiting stops for said arms, substantially as described.

10. Ina wrapping machine, the combination of a declining hopper having a central longitudinal opening at the bottom, afeeding belt traveling in said opening upon which the articles to be wrapped rest, a series of blades o secured to a positively driven shaft, a pivoted frame in which said shaft has its bearing, and a locking device for locking said frame in its different positions, to adjust the blades with relation to the hoppensubstantially as described.

.11. In an orange wrapping machine, the combination with orange wrapping devices, of a centering device, and means for deliver ing the oranges thereto one by one, a follower or plunger for forcing the oranges through the centering device, and guides for directing the return of said plunger in a diiferent path, substantially as described.

In an orange wra inc machine, orange PD 0 wrapping devices, and a centering device and means fox-delivering the oranges thereto one by one, combined with a follower or plunger,

and guides having. switches which direct the return of said follower or plunger in a differ ent path, substantially as described.

13. In an orange wrapping machine, orange wrapping devices, a centering device, and means for delivering the oranges thereto one by one, combined with a follower or plunger,

crease and guides which direct the return of said follower or plunger in a different path, comprising standards having the inclined portion towardtheir lower ends, and means for delivering the orangesthereto, one by one,having as a cooperative part a follower or plunger prov ded with a yielding block 0 substantially as described.

16. In an-orange wrapping machine, the comb nation of orange wrapping devices comprising a setof depending arms converging toward each other at their lower ends, a means for delivering oranges thereto one byone, having as'a cooperative part a four motioned follower or plunger provided with a yielding block 0 substantially as described.

17. In an orange wrapping machine, the combination of orange wrapping'devices. and means fordelivering oranges theretoone by one, having as acooperative part the follower or plunger, the bearing face or end portion of which comprises a central part and a concentric block, means for moving them simultaneously for a short distance, and a stop to arrest further movement of the concentric block while the central part continues to advance, substantially as described.

1S. In an orange i'vrapping machine, the combination of orange \\'rapping devices and means for delivering oranges thereto one by one,havingasa cooperative part the follower or plunger, comprising the sleeve 0 slotted at 0 concentric block c attached to a rod c contained in said sleeve, and spring 0", acting on said block means for moving said parts downwardly simultaneously for a short distance, and a stop to arrest further movement of the rod c", while the sleeve e continnes to advance, substantially as described.-

19. In an orange wrapping machine, the combination of orange wrapping'devices, and means for delivering the oranges thereto one by one, having as a cooperative part the follower or plunger,comprising the sleeve 0 slotted at a, concentric block a, attached to combination of orange wrapping devices, a centering device and. means for delivering the oranges thereto one by one, having as a cooperative part the follower or plunger, a laterally movable or spring pressed support therefor, a cross-bar on the plunger rod, and two guides having switches which dircctthe return movements of said follower or plunger in a different path with'which saidcross-bar co-operatei, substantially as described.

21. In an orange wrapping machine, the combination of orange wrapping devices, a centering device, and means for delivering the oranges thereto one by one, havingas a cooperative part a followeror plunger com-.. prising two parts, movable telescopicallyone with relationto-the ot.her, whereby one may j be advanced beyond the other, substantially as described.

22. In an orange wrapping machine, the

combination of a centering device, and orange wires which receive between their upper and lower portions the severed wrappers located between the centering and orange wrapping.

devices, and a plunger for forcing the oranges down through the centering device, andinto engagement with the orange wrapping devices, carrying the severed wrappers with them, substantially as described.

23. In an orange wrapping machine, the combination of a centering device, and orange wrapping devices, a paper carrying roll, and

guide plates between which the web of paper travels, positively but interniittingly driven feeding rolls located in front of said guide plates, cutting blades in front of said feedi g rolls, and guide wires which receive betwe 11 their upper and lower portions the severed wrappers, supporting them between the centering and orange wrapping devices, and a plunger for forcing the oranges down through the centering device and into engagement with the orange wrapping devices, carrying the severed wrappers with them, substantially as described.

24111 a wrapping machine, the combination with wrapping devices of the guide plates comprising the top plate 37, and two under plates 35, 36, located a. short distance below the topplate, and also a short distance apart,

wrappers, guide plates between which said web of paper travels, an adjustable impression plate beneath which said paper travels, a reversible type plate adj ustably connected to the cross-bar a a rod c to which said s crates cross-oar is secured guides for said red a and, means for moving said rod up and down and an inking device for saidtype carrying fplat'e, Substantially as described.

si0n,plate beneath which said paper travels, a reversible type plate, adjustablyconnected to the cross bar a a rod a?, to which said crossbar is secured, guides for said red at", adjustably mounted on their supports, and .means for moving said rod up and down, and an inking device for said type carrying plate, substantially as described.

27. In a Wrapping machine, the combina tion with wrapping devices of paper feeding and-severing devices for feeding a web of paper forward and cutting it into sheets or two subscribing witnesses.

wrappers, guide plates between which said web of paper travels, an adjustable unpres sion plate beneath which said paper travels, a reversible type plate, adjustably connected to the cross bar nfifl'a red a towbich said cross bar is secured, guidesvfor said rod a", and means for moving said rod up and down, a stationary inking pan or reservoir, ink roll a, adjustzibly arranged thereon, rolls a, a", a", arranged as shown above said ink roll,-an inking belt carried thereby, a pawl connected with the frame supporting the type carrying plate for intermittingly revolving said ink roll a substantially as described.

In testimony whereof-I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of SETH D. TRIPP.

WVitnessesr I BERNICE J. Home, LUCY F, Gnnvss.

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