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MAKING MATCHES. I

' Patented Apr. 29, 185-1;

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I. E. SMITH, OF WOLCOTT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO LEMUEL D. SMITH.

meme-ate; F6 5 ei-me antes-Si Specification of Letters PatentNo. 8,066, datec1 April 29, 1851.

To a'llwho'mitnidy concemt h -Be it known that I, IRA SMITH, of W0lcott, in the countyoi New Haven and State of Qonnecticatfhave:invented. a new and useful Machine for .Making Friction:

Matches; and I-do hereby declare that the sents detached side elevation of the ratchet I akingapart'of this speci feed. mot-ioniwon 'l an enlarged, scale. nFig.

7 grepres'ents senlarged representations of the different processes'fwhlchthe tlmber, 1n formingi the matches, undergoes". i i

The timber of which the matchesware a be: made is takentin the form ,ofnplank, of

any thickness from two to six inches, ,7 four orhfive inches bein'ggenerally found the most convenient. thickness; wIt is first sawed into block's doublefth length designed for: the

matches, themcut Tinto plates of the requisite i thicknessi fol-La match -splintgthea Width, of i coi1rse, I corresponding with the thickness eof the 'plank fromh wh'ichl they arecutn These 1 plates are then 'dippedin melted sulfur-or siich otheri preparation as may be used; to facilitate thefigniting ofthesiilints, In Which state they are: ready to be introduced into 1 of making thelnintojrnat'ches,

the 'Inachinewhich; completes, the operation to the drawings.

moving power is applied, and its fly Wheel f.

This ishait' is driven. ith .great rapidity, some jifive .hnndredT revolutions per ,mlnute, Uponthepoilita, off'thelv driving shaft, is-around band ilpassingdown. wi h aihal turn njibnlthe lafgefpart OfthQ, pU:11Qy,P (FlgS.

llafid 3.), and, irbiri ,Qthe smaller .Iparti of the E saiiiepiilleyfthere passes another round bandto the pulley G, thiisgivlng tothenpulleyfF and.the'feedingapronA whichpasses over 4 W H Y e obllquelywor -in the are ofla circle, as will be it a greatly Qreduced motion.

0,0, is, areironicleatsaupon the feeding? sijilint ail d J at interi als ia the width of the Wooden plates; above men tioned. i

b, i ,abox ith three :sides {DPQHJ at the back end, asrepresented intthe drawing Sem fi t r ten inehee hig ESixmlf eight inches long, and of-a width just s ifii eien t mit e e th-de s pl ee,..-l i me; an eP i-n t t 'be te i e a h lefteide (F ex 2) j st i e e eteeW theepr u w i ee e t i f eee eeeheap n ith a ,si'ngle. p1ate,,betyveen=;the cleats topass r ug nfiei bet; e p e sge l e to ,be converted iinto n atches are piledtojany height; that, ,may be desired, andby, the 1ho m 't e p e t en-W ll he R adi y em each cleat takes a,plate trom the hottoni of the pile and drives it, forward between-the fee r s a a- 1 1 mee h thel p te may follow each other, closely ithout ,any

n rva b w hem, s ey itted-in between the rolls, the, are so arranged es t en ve t ee in emanm wh t r er th n he r tel @me e A {F e ley G is loose :upon its shatheand-coninected with it -hy, the spiral; m coiled-around the Shaft, When one Gist/he cleats (3, 0,gvis against one sid he plate and he fihet e e? e the pla eb w en e 2 ere-pres in ai t en theewexdie "i s h hi e be e s e ro ls e eed-i s .Lhel ieenne m t -ter thamthe, rateh; During time-, the sliiral e i s up re t h y er lie lth eh lffieend when the cleat, in passing around thepi lley Wie p m? h vedg i the a Pl e, "t e p in e -e he sp r l th th ee in apron sudd ly; 1 ers1;b n he nex i a el in eenteet With-@ ne h P a e, end I. will nowtxproceed tohdescribe the-,machine andits niode of operation by reference driving it atonce forward to., the onegbefore 1 Th fe ding el A e 9,)- hei lfd en a iee eee edwi- 'h motion the knife is 'made to cut the wood h one upon another are shoved forward by the ratch motion something like an inch beyond the knife t-ill they are caught between the belts B, B, passing over the little rod h (Fig. 2) and the grooved cylinder C, which receives its motion from the large pulley D,

by means of thebelts above mentioned and its surface moves exactly the distance between the centers of two adjacent grooves at each revolution of the driving shaft thus receiving a match splint in each groove. The cylinder is from half to three fourths of an inch shorter'than the splints so that both ends of the splints are allowed to project a little beyond the ends of the cylinder. At the ends of this cylinder in the same plane with its axis and at right angles with the same are the small shafts s, 8, (Figs. 1 and 2) upon which are the dipping wheels 6, c, with a channel or crease turned into the face of each and placed in such a position that the projecting ends of the splints shall pass into those creases. The surfaces of the dipping wheels move exactly with the surface of the grooved cylinder and .the bottoms of the wheels are set down into the dishes 0?, d, (Figs. land 2) which are fiilled with the phosphorus composition so that the creases come up filled with the composition and the splints are dipped at both'end by passing through the creases the wheels being of such a size and being placed so near the inner edges of the dishes that vertical tangents from the. inner surfaces of the wheels Where they are in contact with the splints shall fall at some distance from the dishes thus allowing theimatches after being dipped to pass the dishes without coming in contact with them.

The dipping wheels receive their motion by means of bands from the large pulley D and the intermediate pulley K (as seen in Fig. 2) the other shaft being driven by a cross .band from the first. The large pulley D receives its motion from the driving shaft then deposited upon the belts B, B, (as seen in Fig. 2) still remaining separated as upon the cylinder and the dipped ends projecting beyond thebelts so as not to come in contact wtih any other substance. In order to give a steady motion to the belts, they are partially supported by a board placed underneath them throughout their whole length. In this way the matches are carried forward to the pulley H which must be at such a distance from the machine as will give them time to dry enough to prevent their adhering upon being brought in contact with each other. For this purpose a distance of some thirty feet may be required.

To facilitate the drying heat may be applied by means of steam pipes (if necessary) along the ends of the matches as they move upon the belts. the pulley H, are held firmly in contact with it by the broad belt L (Fig. 2) till they reach the bottom of the pulley where they are deposited gently and evenly upon a moving platform underneath or in boxes arranged upon such moving platform. Such motion being given to the platform that each box shall be exactly filled. The above description is doubtless sufficient to elucidate every principle involved in the operation of the machine, but I have some modifications of it in contemplation which I will proceed to specify.

In order to secure'more perfect precision The matches on reaching and certainty in the motions of the grooved this case I would make the pulley D smaller,

place it further to the right toward the grooved cylinder, and its shaft in the same plane with the shafts s, s, of the dipping wheels. Then instead of using the bands for driving the dipping wheels as represented in Fig. 2, I would drive them by miter gear connected with the two ends of the shaft of the pulley D.

- Instead of the mode last described it would perhaps be better to dispense with the pulley D, and with all that part of the belts B, B, to the left of the center of the grooved cylinder C (Fig. 2). In dispensing with the pulley D, I would retain simply the shaftupon which it is placed with the miter gear above described for driving-the dipping wheels, and drive this shaft by means of an additional worm and gear connected with the driving shaft as seen at W (Fig. 1) and before described. The long belts B, B, would then be used simply for drying the matches and'to give them.the

proper motion. I would substitute in place of the flanges which hold the circular knife n (Fig. 3) two pulleys of sufiicient Width to carry those belts, and about an inch less in diameter than the knife. I would-pass the belts around these pulleys, and connect the shaft 2? upon which they are placed With the shaft of the grooved cylinder by means of gear so arranged that the surfaces of the belts shall move exactly With the surface of the last named cylinder. Then as I have the belts no longer to hold the splints in the grooves of the cylinder I would substitute for them a metallic apron fitted closely to the cylinder and passing from the little roll, it, around to the bottom of the cylinder, thus holding the splints in place till they reach the belts, still retaining the roll, it, (though Without any belts around it) to aid in placing the splints in the grooves. This last I am inclined to regard as the most perfect mode of construction, as it secures the most exact correspondence between the motions of the grooved cylinder, dipping Wheels and belts, not subject to any Variation from the slipping or stretching of bands.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. The mode of feeding in the plates of Wood by means of the. feeding apron with its cleats, spring pulley F, and rollers g, g.

2 The mode of separating and dipping the splints by means of the grooved cylinder C, cutter n, endless bands B, and revolving heels 6, e.

t IRA H. SMITH. Witnesses i WILLIAM FREEMAN,

JOSIAH W. FREEMAN.

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