US645450A - Machine for assorting tobacco-tags. - Google Patents

Description

Patented Mar. I3, I900.

J. V. BUHANNAN.

MACHINE FOR ASSORTING TOBACCO TAGS.

2 $heets-Sheet l Patented Mar. 13, I900.

J. V. BOHANNANL MACHINE FOR ASSCRTING TOBACCO TAGS.

(Application filed Sept. 9, 1899.)

2 Sheets-Sheet 2 (No Model.)

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PATENT MACHINE FOR ASSORTING TOBACCO-TAGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 645,450, dated March 13, 1900.

Application filed September 9,1899. Serial No. 729,979. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J ENETTAV. BOHANNAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Assortin g Tobacco-Tags; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specifica tion.

This invention relates to assorting-machines, and particularly to a machine adapted to assort perfect from imperfect tags.

The invention has for its object to provide a machine embodying a cylinder with a surrounding casing provided with openings through which the imperfect tags may be discharged, and is adapted for use in connection with tags having a body portion and attaching-prongs at an angle thereto. The machines in use for attaching these tags to such articles as tobacco are often clogged and injured by reason of an imperfect tag being introduced into the machinethat is, a tag whose prong may have been bent down or broken Off. To avoid this difliculty, it has been necessary to carefully assort these tags by hand before their introduction in the machine, and this invention seeks to automatically accomplish this labor and expedite the same.

To this end the invention also consists in a construction of parts which will permit a perfect tag to pass through the machine, while an imperfect one will be discharged through longitudinal slots extending parallel with the cylinder within the casing.

A further object is to provide a space between the cylinder and easing substantially equal to the length of the prong upon the tag, and thus prevent the tags turning over; also, to form the discharge-slots of less diameter than such a prong, so that the same cannot pass directly through the slots.

To these ends and to such others as the invention may pertain the same consists in the novel construction, combination, and adaptation of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

My invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form part of this application, and in which drawings similar letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views, in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective of the machine; Fig. 2, a longitudinal vertical section Fig. 3, a transverse section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, showing various positions occupied by perfect tags; Fig. 4, a similar view showing the discharge of imperfect tags,and Fig. 5 is a perspective of a tag with which the machine is adapted to operate.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a framework of any suitable construction-for instance, composed of the vertical standards A, connected together by tie-rods A and adapted to support the machine in an inclined position, as shown. The machine is composed of an inner cylinder 13, preferably of metal and which is adjustably supported within a casing O by means of screws 0, passing through the slats O composing said casing, and into the apertures B in the cylinder. The cylinder and casing are thus spaced any desired distance apart and may be adjusted as found necessary; but the preferred distance is substantially the length of the prong upon the tag-for instance, a prong T upon atagso that the tagscannot turn into such position as to pass through the discharge-slots 0 formed between the slats 0 These slats are secured upon the polygonal faces of opposite heads 0 and one of said heads is rotated by any suitable meansf0r instance, the shaft 0 and driving-pulley C at the lower end of the machine. The opposite end of the casing is partially closed by a plate D, pro-.

vided with a feed-opening D, through which the tags are introduced into the machine. The upper end of the cylinder B is also closed; but the cylinder may be made hollow, as illustrated, for the purpose of lightness and convenience. The upper end of the casing is provided with bearing-balls D and coeperating grooves for rendering the rotation of the machine easily effected. It will be observed that the discharge-slots O are disposed tangentially to the periphery of the cylinder 13, which materially assists in retaining the perfect tags within the machine and discharging the imperfect tags. To effect this position of the slots, the slats are located upon the polygonal faces of the heads at an angle to each other, as best shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

In the operation of the machine the tags as they are received from the forming-machine are fed into the casing at the upper end of the cylinder. They then pass into the space between the cylinder and casing, and the perfect tags are thereby prevented from turning into such position as to pass through the discharge-slots, although they may, assume numerous positions, as shown in Fig. 3. They will be fed by the inclination of the machine and discharged at the lower end thereof, as shown in Fig. 2. The imperfect tags, or those having one or more prongs bent down or broken off, will in the rotation of the machine enter the discharge-slots and in the continued movement pass therethrough, as shown in Fig. 4 To effect the most advantageous results with the slots disposed as shown, the machine should be rotated from left to right, as indicated by arrows upon the drawings. The machine is thus adapted to quickly and automatically assort or separate perfect tags from imperfect ones, and effects this result by a very simple construction of parts not liable to injury or disarrangement and economical of manufacture.

It is obvious that changes may be made in the details of construction and configuration, also the character of tags operated upon by the machine, without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention and set forth its merits, what I claim is 1. In an assorting-machine, the combination with a rotatable cylinder, of a surrounding casing spaced therefrom and turning therewith and provided with openings to permit the discharge of imperfect tags, substantially as specified.

2. In an asserting-machine, the combination with a rotatable cylinder, of a surrounding casing spaced therefrom and turning therewith and provided with longitudinallyextending slots, substantially as specified.

3. In an assorting-machine, the combination with a rotatable inclined cylinder, of a surrounding casing adjustably spaced from said cylinder and having a series of independent polygonally-disposed faces spaced apart to provide longitudinal slots through said casing, substantially as specified.

4. In an asserting-machine, the combination with an inclined cylinder closed at its upper end, of a surrounding casing composed of opposite heads having polygonal faces and slats secured thereto and spaced apart to pro= vide longitudinal spaces, and screws passing through said slats and into said cylinder, substantially as specified.

5. In an assorting-machine, the combination with a cylinder, of a surrounding casing spaced therefrom at a distance substantially equal to the length of a prong upon a tag, said casing being provided with slots of less diameter than the length of said prong, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affixmy signature in presence of twowitnesses.

JENETTA v. BOHANNAN.

WVitnesses:

J. M. PFEIFFER, FRANKLIN H. HOUGH.

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