US687388A - Machine for covering boxes. - Google Patents

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No. 687,388. 8 atented Nov. 28, |9o| B. w. WHITE. 4

MACHINE FOR COVERING BOXES.

, [Applicgtion filed Apr. 8,18 1. (No' Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BYRON \(V. \VHITE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

MACHINE FOR COVERING BOXES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 687,388, dated November 26, 1901. Application filed April 8, 1901. Serial No. 54,803. (No model.)

To all whom. it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BYRON \V. WHITE, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Covering Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a machine for covering boxes; and it consists of a mandrel hav-I the form upon which the box-blank is placed.

Fig. 4 illustrates a detached view of the shaft for holding the box-blank in position against the form. Fig. 5 represents a perspective View of the form or die for supporting the box-blank and a form or die for pressing in the covering over the top of the box-blank. Fig. 6 shows a perspective view of the blank from which the box is formed. Fig. 7 shows the same pressed together and ready to receive the covering. Fig. 8 shows the coverin g applied and turned down over the bottom of the box, and Fig. 9 represents a view of the box in a finished condition.

Referring to the reference-letters of the drawings, A represents a table upon which are mounted standards or supports B, B, and B The standards B and B have formed upon their respective upper ends bearings 17 and b, one of which supports a sleeve 0, provided at one end with a rectangular form or die 0 and at the other with a grooved collar 0 Between the grooved collar 0 and the upper end of the standard B and surrounding the sleeve 0 is a coiled spring S. \Vithin the sleeve 0 is a shaft D, provided at one end with a form or die D and at the other end Fig. 3 shows a detached perspective view of the shaft and and 6 which engage the groove of the collar (3 v The short arm of the bell-crank leverE is attached to a rod F, or a cord or chain may be used in place of the rod F, if desired. This rod is connected to a treadle G, pivoted at g. On the opposite end of the table A the standard B is provided with bearings 19 and 6 which supports a shaft H. This shaft is provided at one end with a face-plate I, which is free to turn in the shaft H, and a collar J, which is fixedly secured to said shaft. The opposite end of the shaft H is providedwith a washer K and nut K, which limits its forward movement. Between the bearing 11 of the standard B and the collar Jon the shaft H is a coil-spring S which tends to force the mandrel H and face-plate J toward the form or die D.

The shaft H is preferably operated by a handle L on the lever L, which lever is fulcrumed to the collar J at a pointZ and pivoted to an extension B at a point 5 When it is desired to handle large boxes requiring both hands of the operator, the lever L may be operated by a rod L and footlever L as shown in Fig. 1, as an alternative means of shifting the face-plate or presserblock I.

Mounted above the table A are long standards M and M, which are provided with bearings m and m, carrying a reel N, provided with a roll of paper 0 for covering the boxes. Below the roll of paper and supported by brackets m and m is a pan P, which serves in Fig. 7. The strip of paper from the roll 0, which is coated on one side with adhesive material by passing over the roller Q, is then applied to the form as the same is turned upon the shaft D until the box is covered The paper is then cut ofi by a pair of handshears, the end pasted down, and the angles of the cover are then clipped with a pair of shears, leaving V-shaped notches t t, &c. The overhanging ends of the paper are then pasted down upon the bottom of the box, as shown in Fig. 8. The opposite overhanging ends of the paper are then manually turned in, as shown in Fig. 9, and securely held in position for a few seconds by the rectangular form 0', which is operated by the sleeve 0 through the medium of the bell-crank E, rod F, and treadle G.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by. Letters Patent,

1. A machine for covering boxes, comprising a form or die, a shaft supporting the same free to turn in suitable bearings, a shaft, a face-plate mounted thereon adapted to en gage one side of the above-mentioned die, and a. former die suitably supported and adapted to engage the opposite side of the form or die for the purpose specified.

2. A machine for covering boxes comprising a form or die, a shaft supporting the same, guided so as to be free to turn in bearings, a face-plate, a shaft supporting the same in line with the first-mentioned shaft having a sliding motion to and from said form or die, and a second form or die, suitably mounted and adapted to slide upon the first-mentioned shaft, and to engage the first-mentioned form or die, substantially as specified.

3. Abox-covering machine comprising a ro- The tatable form or die, a shaft carrying the same, a rotatable sliding die, a sleeve supporting the same, surrounding said shaft, and a face-plate movable to and from the first-mentioned die, substantially as specified. ,7

4. A box-covering machine comprising a rotatable form ordie, a shaft supporting the same, guided in suitable bearings, a die sleeved upon and adapted to rotate and slide upon said shaft, a spring adapted to operate the last-mentioned die in one direction, a lemove the die in the opposite direction, a rotatable face-plate, a'sliding shaft carrying said face-plate, a spring adapted to operate the face-plate in one direction, and a lever adapted to operate the face-plate against the action of said spring.

6. A box-covering machine comprising a box-supporting die, a rotatable shaft for said die, a rotatable and sliding die sleeved upon said shaft, spring means for operating said die in one direction, a foot-lever and connections for operating the die against the action of said spring, a face-plate, spring means for operating the face-plate in one direction, and a lever operating the face-plate againstthe action of said spring.

Signed at Philadelphia this 11th day of December, 1900.

BYRON W. WHITE.

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