US605593A

US605593A - Machine for making match-cards

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Publication number: US605593A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1898-06-14
Anticipated expiration: 1915-06-14

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S. W. BATES. 1

MACHINE FOR MAKING MATCH CARDS.

No. 605, 93. Patented June 14,1898.

UNITED STATES I PATENT Fries.

SOLOMON W. BATES, OFP-ORTLAND, MAI-NE.

MACHINE FOR MAKING MATCH-CARDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 605,593, datedJune 14, 1898.

Application filed January 24, 1898. Serial a. 667,710. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

, Be it known that I, SOLOMON W. BATES, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Portland, county of Cumberland, State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Making Match-Cards, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to a machine for cutting cards of pointed matches from veneer strips; and it is particularly designed as an improvement on the machine shown in Lettcrs Patent No. 560,939, dated May 26, 1896, to O. F. Scamman.

In the Scamman machine above spoken of there was a stationary splitting-knife below the bed of the machine and a cutting-block above, which reciprocated against the upturned edge of the splitting-knife, the veneer strip being fed forward between the splitting knife and the cutting-block by means of suitable feed-rolls. The points of the splints were formed by means of -a'V-shaped end to the splitting-knife, which cut out a triangular notch between the adjacent matches at the same time they were split. The splitting knives extended only part of the way across the veneer strip, so that the matches were held together by a solid or uncut section in the middle of the veneer. The defect of the Scamman machine, so far as I can judge from my own experience, wasthat a'stheV-shaped notching or pointing knife passed through the veneer in line with the splitting-knife it had a tendency to spread the ends of the adjacent matches, forming a point which was thicker on one side than the other. In order to remedy this defect, I place the V-shaped notching-knife one or more spaces ahead of the splitting-knife, so that it cuts through the solid edge of the veneer strip instead of cutting the end of the match whilethelatter is being split off by the splitting-knife. The tendency of the notch to spread is thus overcome and a square point is formed.

Another advantage ofmy construction is that the point of. the V, being no longer connected with the straight splitting-knife, is more easily kept'sharp than when the knife was made on the old plan.

I have found that the clogging of the V- shaped knife by the triangular pieces which shown in Fig. 3.

make use of an ejector for throwing out the pieces at each reciprocation of the machine, so that the notching-knife always has a free out.

. I illustrate my invention by means of the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a section of the essen- 6o tial parts ofthe Scamman machine so far as they are necessary to explain my present .invention. Fig. 2'is a perspective View of the knives, showing the cutting-block in its rela tive position; and Fig. 3 is a diagram showing the manner in which the veneer strip is cut.

13 is the bed of the machine; 0 O, the feedrolls; F, the splitting-knife; E, the cuttingblock, and d is the lifting-plate of the machine. These'parts are old and well known and need no detailed description.

The notching-knives H are made V-shaped and are secured, as herein shown, to the ends .of the splitting-knife one space ahead of the latter, so that they will cut out the notches from the solid edge of the veneer before the latter comes to the splitting-knife, as clearly The two ends of the splitting-knife are divided by a notch or space f, which leaves an uncut portion in the center.

G represents the veener strip, and h is the triangular piece which is cut out by the knife H.

I For the purpose of throwing out the triangular piece h at each cut of theknife I secure an ejector i to the end of the reciprocat ing cutting-block E, the lower end being bent at right angles and extending into the space formed by the sides of the V-shaped knife H.

It is evident that the notching-knife H 0 maybe placed more than one space ahead of the splitting-knife, and it may be secured in the machine without being fastened to the knife F. The V-shaped notching-knife cutting, as it does, into the solid edge of the 5 Veneer strip at each cut of the machine and being kept clear from the triangular pieces,

which tend to jam in and fill it up, cuts a clean notch having the same width on one side as on the other, and the result is that the matches all have perfect ends.

. I claim- 1 I 1. In a machine for cutting cards of pointed matches from veneer strips, the combination of a cutting-block and a splitting'knife adapted to reciprocate, one with relation to the other, means for feeding the \011001' strip between them and a-V-shaped notehing-knil'e set one or more spaces ahead of said split: ting-knife and having the open end of the v turned outward, whereby the notches are cut with a single stroke of said knife.

2. In a machine for cutting cards of pointed matches from veneer strips, the combination of a cutting-block and a splitting-knife adapted to reciprocate, one with relation to the other, means for feeding the veneer strip