US785203A - Packaging-machine. - Google Patents

Description

PATENTBD MAR. 21, 1905.

lC. H. (Sr DAY. PAGKAGING MACHINE. APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 7, 1904.

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C. H. A A. DAY. PACKAGING ALIAGHINE.

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' SPECFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 785,203, dated March 21, 1905.

l i Application tiled March 7, 1904. Serial No. 196,992. y

To 'f1/ZZ 'wh/012e it 'may concern,.-

Be it known that we, CHARLES HERBERT EDAY, residing at 112 Banksiole street, and AL` BERrDAY, 'residing at 21 Hartley avenue,

. ing is a specification;

Leeds, in the county of York, England', subjects of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, have invented new and useful improvements in Packaging-lilachines, ofwhich the follow- .This invention relates to improvements in dry-goods-packaging machinery or apparatus such as is described in thespecilication of Letters Patent granted toAlbert Bay the 17th day'of Novembeigll, No. 744,172. ,I

in packaging. some classes of dry goodssuch as.. for eXampletea-it is a trade custom to insert a card, with or without printf ed matter thereon, at thehottom of the bag as well as on the top of the contents of the bag and within its folded ends. A

The object of the present invention is to pro- -vide a drylgoods-packaging machinesuch,

for example, as described in the hereinbeforemen tioned specification-with apparatus for receiving anddelivering' the said card to the bags both prior to the .bags being iilled with thematerial as well as after the filling and shaking operations have taken place, but prior to the creasing and folding operations for closing the top or mouth of the bag. l

In the drawings hereunto annexed we have shown the hereinafter-described card receiving and delivering mechanism applied to a ma- .chine constructed as described and illustrated 'in said specification. 'have it distinctly understood that the said card WeVwould, however,

receiving and delivering mechanism may he .applied to and combined with other makes of bag-filling machines.

aging-machine with the card receiving and delivering meehanisinapplied, Fig. 2, a partsectional and elevation of same; Fig. 3,'a part plan lookingfat the top; Fig. 4, a part-sec* tional elevation of the the card receiving and Figure l is a part front elevation of a pack tional elevation of same; Fig. 8, a front elevation; Fig. 9, a plan'looki'ng at'the top; Fig. 10, a sectional elevation of traveling nox containing a bag to be filled and card-laying device drawn to the same scale as Figs. 1 to 5;

card-laying device in position after laying a card.

inbefore-named machine are shown that are necessary for carrying thisinvention into practice.

Like parts in all the views 'are marked with similar characters of reference. f

Upon the table ware fixed the two longitudinal sides l5 c ofthe rectangular trough and its in bearings on the framework are the shafts j', g, It, and 1. The shaftsj and /t are geared andy are geared together h v spur-wheels Z.

struction to those described and illustrated in the hereinbefore-mentioned specification.

l Twosets of card receiving and delivering mechanism are employed, and they are arranged opposite to each othernamely, one on each of thelongitudinal sides b c of the ing boxes wi are intermittently made to travel, both by the means described and illustrated inthe said hereinhelore-mentioned specification -that is to say, one set of card receiving delivering and depositing a card n in the bot tom of a bag that has been placed vin a box in, in the longitudinal side i5 of the said trough, that is employed for returningv the empty boxes. The other -set ofcard yreceiving and delivering mechanism is on the opposite londeliver ecard o onto the top oi them/ensured contents which'have been deposited within the bag. The cando/is delivered onto the top and shaking operations have taken place.

The card receiving and delivering mec-hanism, Figs. 1 to for the bottom card viethatis,

At Figs. 1 and 2 the framework which supports the table a is shown in dotted lines.

.gitudinal side c of the said trough, soas to Fig. 11, a sectional elevationof same with the In the drawings only the parts of the' hereends d e. vUnderneath the table and mounted to shaft by bevel-whcclsj-', while shafts f j All the above parts are of a similar conrectangular trough `in which the loag-receiv-Y and'delivering mechanism is employed for of the materialoperated'upon after-the lilling IOO end of' lever fr.

f, bevel-ofearing.-l shaftzL cam u, fixed on shaft z5, lever r, pivote-d to bracket w, fixed to the framework, link -.'r, jointed to vertical reciprocating rod 1/ (carried by standard (j) and to The chute 2 is ot' a similar construction to chute j), and it is employed jfor containing the top cards 0. This chute may in some cases be arranged to be station-KA ary, but in the annexed drawings it is shown to be capable of being intermittently reci procated in a vertical direction. The chute 2 1s arranged on the opposite side of the rectanguiar trough to chute p-that is, on the lo'ngitudinal side c. The chute is attached to the two vertical rods 3 4, arranged, respectively,

to slidev freely in bearings 5 6, formed for"` their reception on the longitudinal side 'c and standard 7, fixed to the top of table a. An intermittent' reciprocating motion is imparted to the chute' 2 from cam 8 on shaft 9, mouuted in bearings fixed to the top of' table a, double-ended lever 10, pivoted to standard The inner end of'lever 10 is jointed to vertical rod 3. The cam-shaft 9 receives a rotary motion .from the driving-shaft y through spur-gearing l, shaft f, bevel-gearing j L',

shafts if 7i, and 'chain and sprocket Wheels 11.

Each of the said chutes p and 2 is made with an open top and provided with a flat bottom, with two vertical sides arranged at a suitable distance apart to form a trough or channel. 'lhe said sides are either a fixture tothe said bottom or one or both of them may, it' so desired, but not necessarily-so, be adjustably mounted and fixed thereon. In the drawings the sides are shown fixed to the bottom. In cross-section each chute p or 2 is shaped somewhat like the letter U, only with a fiat base or bottom. Further, 'each chuteA isplaced at an angle, ais shown, so that the cards 'a or 0 when placed on their edges, as shown at Fig. a, in the channel portion ot' the chute will readily gravitate to the lower inner and delivey end thereof', which is arranged over the trarehig boxes m. in the rectangular' trough. A weight 12, Figl, is arranged atthe rear of' the cards to'slide in each chute. The weight is employed for aiding in pressing the cards to thev delivery end of their respective chutes. "ihe delivery end of' each chute is partially l closed with the upper end of a downwardlyprojecting finger or; strip 13, Figs, 7 and 8, nich is also made to act as a guide f'or the j' cards. Al. the rearof the finger 1` n bracket 14 is fixed to the under side of the chute. ln the said bracket a vertical recess 15 is formed ot' such a size and shape that a card to be placed in the bag will readily pass through it and fall into the interior of' the bag. If so desired, but noty necessarily1 so, this recess may 16 is fixed at its upper end to a cross-piece 17, i vwhich works upon the guide-rods 18, and the cross-piece fixed thereto is retained in its upper and normal position by spiral springs 19. In the case of the slide 16 for the chute p, containing the bottom cards In, an intermittent reciprocating motion is imparted to the slide during `the descent of the chute from a cam 20, mounted and fixed on the rotating shaft through a lever 2l, mounted on drivingshaft g, and provided with a'runner 22, which engages with the cam, and rod 23, to a double-ended lever 24, pivoted to a bracket 25, fixed to the side c of the rectangular trough.y Provision is thereby madel for mounting lever 24 above the table'of the machine. Lever 24 is also provided with a runner 26 at its free end, which is arranged to work upon the top of the cross-piece 17, to which the slide is fixed.

The mechanism for actuating the slide 16 of chute 2, containing the top card o, is the same as that, employed for actuating the presser described in the aforesaid specifica-` tion', and it is arranged as follows: A cam 27 is mounted upon shaft 7L, andthe periphery of' thecam is made to act upon arunner28, mounted on a double-ended lever 29, fulcrumed at one end toa bracket 30, fixed to the under side of table u., and the opposite end of the said lever is jointed to the lower end of a second lever 31,' provided with a curved upper end which is connected to a bracket 32, fixed to presser-rod '33. A pendautearm 31 is ad justably fixed to the bracket 32, and it is provided with a runner 35, which acts upon the top of the cross-piece 17, to which-the slide 16 is fixed.

The pendant-shaped, projecting finger' 18is attached. to chute p and is made of Isuch a size and shape as to be capable of being employed for the double purpose of, first, insuring that the bottom card n falls to the bottom ofthe bag, and, second, for simultaneouslyopening the mouth of the said bag prior to the filling operation. After a card has been deposited in an empty bag l', which has been placed within one of th'etraveling boxes m in the side` IIO , of the rectangular trough, a movable pendant'-` vcard vz, Fig. 10.

piece 36, provided with an arm 37, is made to enter the month of the bag. The movable ',.iendant-piece 36 ispivoted to chute p, and on its zii-m37 is mounted a runner 38, which engages with a vertical cam-path 39, formed in brackct40,.lixed .tothe side b-of the rectangu; lar trough or table of the machine. The movable piece 36 is retained in contact with the cam-path by spring 4:1 and is arranged to be drawn down said fixed cam-path by the same cani and leversand rods that are employed for operating the chute p. During' a'portion of thedownward movement Aof the said movable pendant-piece 36 it is made to move out.- -ward by "the runner 38 entering the'recessed portion of the cam-path 39 for gettingbehind When this has been done and as the runner continues its downward movement, it is afterward moved inward for laying the card, as at Fig. 11, by therunner working down the lower projecting portion of the cam-path. By this means the movable pendant-piece 36 is first made to enter thebag and to either press an upstanding card down or to get behind it, and when the said inward movement takes place when the said pendantpiece is at or about the bottom of the bag the card is laid flat.

rlhe movable pendant-piece 36 is dispensed with for chute 2. 'In this' case the angle of the chute. is made more acute than for chute p, and, by making the linger 13, fixed thereto,

,straight instead of curved thecards o will` readily grav vate into the mouth of the bag onto the top of the;material with which it is The action of'theherem-described mechanism is as follows: The traveling boxes m, in

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which the" bags r to be tilled are inserted, havin g beenplaced within thev rectangular trough, the machine is set in motion and the-boxes are made tot'ravel intermittently yand progressi'vely in thetroughs. Thebags are successively.

pressed, the folds of the bag creased andfolded, and the bags discharged from the boxes,'-asdescribed in the hereinbe- 4 fore-mentioned specification. As aV traveling bag m with an empty" box 1' therein passes under the chute p, supported above 'the longitudinal side b of the trough, as described, the

' chute p is made to descend by the cam fu. on

shaft z5 actingupon lever o, link w, and vertical rod y. During the descent of the chute p position indicated gel. lgnd movable pendant-piece 36 will .and when its cross-piece 17 has reached the` by dotted lines 43 the fin- 17 for actuatingjslide 16 for discharging a card l by lever 10 and vn from the chute p into the bottom of bagf'.

`Should the. card after it has fallen into the bag stand on its. edge, as at Fig. 10, as the said chute continues* to descend the lower edge of the movable pendant-piece 36 is made either to press it down onto the bottom of the bag or to get behind=it in order that when the lower end ofthe movable pendant-piece is moved inward by the runner 38 working on theprojecting lower face of the cam-path the upper edge of the card will then be tilted over and made to lie flat on the bottom of the bag, as at Fig. 11. At the same time the linger 13 will have descended into the next bag and by its shape -will have opened the mouth of the latter. The lchute and parts connected therewith are afterward returned to the highest position, to be ready for repeating the operation. When the chute p is descending, the

chute 2 and parts connected therewith are by theiroperating mechanism being caused toascend to their highest position.A

' The chute 2 is arranged to deposit a 'card o onto the top of the .material that has been placed within the bag immediately prior to the pressing operation taking place. To do this, the angle of the chute 2 and of the finger 13,

fixed thereto, are arranged .so as to enable the movable pendant-piece 36 and fixed cam-path to be dispensed with for this chute, but at the vsame time to permit of the card 0 falling and lying flat on the top of the materia-l that has been placed within the bag. 'Whenacard 0 is reduired'to be placed within the bag, the chute 2 is drawn down by rod 3, 'which is operated cam 2 onshaft 9. The slide 16, attached to the chute 2, is actuated by the runner 35 of ated by cam 27 and lever 29 until it comes in contact with the cross-pieceA 17. Then by the" continued downward movement of the lever 31 the slide 16 is made to discharge a card 0 into the month of the bag. When this has been done, the chute is returned tovits highest position, to be ready for the neX. operation.

The above-described card receiving and delivering mechanism may beapplied to and combined with other packaging-machines than those herein described and illustrated.

What weclaim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters' Patent, is

l. In a packaging-machine, the combination with a table mounted uponframework, and

.four guide-troughs arranged in a rectangle rocate's, and means for intermittently operating the same and for feeding the cards, as

' and for the .purposes set forth.

2The combination of a card-receiving ICO pendant-arm 34 being drayvr.- v rdown by curved-ended lever 31 being operover one of the said troughs, a bracket chute having a trough for receiving the cards .mounted upon vertical guides, a weight sliding therein forpressing the cards to the delivery end oi the chute, a curved pendant projection-iixed to the delivery end of theehute,

a bracket provided with a vertical recess, said bracket being fixed to the chute at the rear of the pendant projection, a slide fixed toguides and arranged .to work in the end of the chute chute having a trough for receiving the cards l mounted upon vertical guides, a weight sliding therein for pressing the cards to the der' livery end of the chute, a curved pendant projection fixed to the deliveryr endof theI chute, a bracket provided with a vertical recess, said bracket being fixed to the chute at the rear of the pendant projection. a slide fixed to ,fin/'des and larranged to work in the chute behind the upper part of the pendantfirojection, springs for keeping the slide ira raised position, means for intermittently actuating the slide independentlyY of the riseand fall of the chute, a movable pendant piece provided with an arm and pivoted to the delivery end of chute, a runner mounted on said arm, a vertical cam-path, and a spring for retaining` the runner in contact with said cani-path, as and for the purposes set forth. 4. The c'omhinationofa table iiiountedupon framework, four guide-troughs arranged in a rectangle on said table, boxes havingan in termittent and progressive inotionin said for the purposes set troufrhs, a card-receivimr chute having a@ b b Y l trough for receiving the cards mounted upon vertical guides, a weight sliding therein for pressing the cards to the. delivery end of the chute, a' curved pendant projection fixed to the delivery end of the chute, a bracket provided with a vertical recess, said bracket being i fixed to the chute at the rear of the pendant projection, a slide. lixed to guides and arranged to work in the end of the chute behind the, upper part of thev pendant projection, springs for keeping the slide 'in a raised position, means for intermittentljr actuating the slide independent-ly of the rise and fall of the chute. a movable pendant-piece provided with an arm and pivoted to the delivery end of chute, a runner mounted on said arm, a vertical campath, a spring for retaining the runner in contact with said camfpath, and means for intermittently reciprocating the chute as and for the purposes set forth. v p

In a packaging-machine, the combination of a table mounted upon framework, four guide-troughs arranged in a rectangle thereon, boxes having an intermittent progressive motion in said troughs, a pair of card-receiving chutes arranged opposite each other over two of said troughs, means for alternately and lintermittently7 raising and lowering the said chutes to and from their work, weights for pressing the cards down the chutes to the deliverjv end of the same, a slide arranged in the delivery end of each chute for -d ischarging a card into a bag, springs for keeping the slide ina raised position, means for operating the said slide independently of the rise and fall of the chute to which it is attached, a pendant projection fixed to the end of the chutes, a recessed bracket fixed to the end of one of the said chutes at the rear of its pendant projection, a movable pendanbpiece provided with an arm and pivoted to the end of said chute, a ruimer mounted on end of said arm; a vertical cam-path, and a spring for retainingthe runner in Contact with said cani-path, as and for the purposes set forth. v

ln .testimonyv whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

Cl I .\,I\LES HERBERT DA Y. ,\Lliflll\"l`` DAY.' v W itnesscs: ViiiLiAn' SADLER, ANNIE Pingu.

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