USRE11589E - Match-making machine - Google Patents

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0. J. DONNEL'LY; MATCH MAKING MACHINE.

No. 11,589. Reissued Feb. 2, 1897.

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Reissued Feb. 2, 1897.

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UNITED STATES PA E T OF ICE.

CHARLES J. D-ONNELLY', o 'PnILA'DELPn A, PENNsYL-VANIA,'AssiGNoR TO THE DIAMOND MATCH COMPANY, or ILLINOIS;

MATCH-MAKING. MACHINE.

SPEGIFIGAT ION forming part of Reissued Letters Patent No. 11,589, dated February 24,1897;

original 1,104,150,405, amt April 14,1891. Applieatibn for reissue filed March 23,1893. Serial No. 467,387. Patented in Y EnglandAprillK,18-87,N0.5,390. a

To all whom it may cortcern;

Be it known that LCHARLES J. DONN-ELLY,

of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadel phia, Stat-e of Pennsylvania, did'inveut certain new and useful Improvements in Matchlllaking Machines, (for which Letters Patent No. 450,405 were issued to me upon the 14th day of April, 1S9l,which Letters Patenthave been found to be inoperative and invalid and r0 not to cover fully the invention set fort-h in the specification and shown in the drawings which We're filed bynie inthe Patent Office uponthe 15th. day of February,-l890, preparatory to the obtaining of the said Letters 15 Patent.) Now, therefore,bei ng desirous of 2 5 spective View, on an enlarged scale, showing the means for cutting, separating, and guid ing the splints to the tape-winding devices for coiling up the tapes with the divided splints thereon Fig. 4, a detail view, on an enlarged '30 scale,- showing the feed-drum and the separator for separating the parts of the splintsafter the latter have been cut in two by thecutter; Fig. 5, a detail view showing the manner of supporting the tape-engaging rollers. on the tension-lever;- and Fig. 6, a detail sectional view showing the frictional con nection between the sprocket-wheel, from which the tape spools or rolls are driven, and the gearwheel for rotating such sprocket-wheel.

o Letters of like name and kind refer to like 7 parts in each of the figuresl provide an improved "machine for coiling match-splints up. into bundles to prepare.

themfor dipping; and to this end r'nyinven tion consists in the machine and in. the parts [thereof constructed, arranged, and combined as hereinafter specified.

which my United States Patent .No. 450,405,

The object of my invention has been to now sought to be reissued, was granted was filed by mewith the purpose of covering by United States patent the subject ma-tter'co'vered by British Patent No. 5,330 of 1887.

. 'Myin vention relating broadlyto that class 5 5 of machinesem ployed in the manufacture of matches whereby the match-splints are anto- .matically taken from a source of supply and fed 't-oone or more tapes, with which they are coiled up into a bundle, so as to be held suf- 6o ficient-ly separated from each other to enable theheads or tips to be readily applied to them by dippingwithout the danger of such'he'ads becoming joined or stuck togetheryhas to do particularly with means for feeding the '65 "tion' between the driving-wheel and the -tapecoiling devices to be driven therefrom, for the purpose to'be hereinafterset forth.

In the drawings, Adesignates the frame the, machine, which can be of any. desired form, construction, or material, and -B.desig.

nates the splint-holding hopper, supported thereon. Such hopper has a 'width equal to or. slightly'greater than-the length of the splints b b to be operated upon, which, as

shown, are long enough to make two matches when out in two. Revolving partly in the 111-- ner or forward portion of thishopper is the feed-drum C, shorter than the match splints, 0.

so that th'e'latter will project beyond'its opposite ends or sides, and having its periphery fluted or provided with l'ongitudinahgrooves c c, eachlarge and deep enough to receive and hold one match-splint. Such drum has also two parallel circumferential grooves c c on Lopposite sides of its central portion, made deeper than the grooves c c, seas to accom- The application, Serial No. 3+LO,653, upon modate the twotapes D D below the bottoms .of thelatter grooves, fora'purposeto bede- 'xo o' if 80 g scribed, and a third circumferential groove c midway between the other two.

The shaft of the feed-drum has'fixed on it a gear-wheel Cflwhich meshes with and is driven by a pinion E on the driving-shaft E, which, being journaled in suitable bearings in frame A, is provided with a band wheel or pulley 'E, by Which-it canbe driven from any desired motor or source of power. WVith the construction described above if the driving-shaft E be revolved to rotate the feed-drum in the direction indicated by. the-- arrow in Fig. splints from'the hopper will fall into the longitudinalgro'oves c c in the drum and be carried forward thereby out of the hopper, being separated from each other a certain.

distance by the narrow portionsof the drum periphery intervening between said'grooves;

To keep back all splints not seated in the grooves c c, I provide at the outletopening of the hopper the rapidly revolving brush wheels or rollersF F, which, being fixed on r shaft E, are rotated so that their lower por- --i-ng wheels er, rollersare--driven -by -a gearwheel G meshing with a pinion F on shaft F,

- andrigidlyfcfonnected with a pinion G mesh:

tions nearest to the feed-drum travel backward into the hopper in the opposite direc- -tion to the travel of the drum periphery. These brush back into the hopper all splintsthat, not being seated in the splint-receiving grooves, would tend to be carried outward by contact with the drum periphery. Such clearingwith anddriven bythe gear 0 on the drum-shaft C'q The pinions F and G are made so small with reference to'the gear-wheels G and C --respectively, that the rotation of 'the brush wheels orgollers is quite rapid. 'Also mesh ing with and driven-by gear G is a pinion H, which, being journaled on a stud h on the frame, has an eccentric wrist-pin h, connected with a pitman 71 so as to reciprocate the same. At its outer end this 'pitman is connected with the swinging piece'B which, being hinged to theihopper at b, engages the outer side of the collection of splints in the hopper and moves'them up the upwardly andinwardly inclined bottom B of the hoppertoward the feed-drum each time that the pitman is, drawn inward by its actuating-pinion and wrist-pin. The splints are-thusgiven 3,

bearing-block a, supported. in a slot 1'', so as] to be movable to and from the periphery of the feed-drum and made adjustable toward series'of rapidly-repeated blows or shocks, which,when the hopper-bottom is inclined {upward toward the-feed drum, as shown, I

have found to most effectually straighten out the splints and-bring them into position par al'lel 'witheach'other, so that they will be most readily-and certainly fed into the feed Beyond the brush wheels drum grooves c c. or rollers F F, outside of the hopper B, is a shaft'I, which at each end is journaled'.in a

the 'drlmby-rneans of the adj ustin g-screw 1T4. finehshaft carries a cuttingwheel-I, situated of the drum.

so that its edge comes centrally within the middle circumferential groove 0 in the drum periphery, and has-fixed upon it a gear-wheel I meshing with and driven by a pinion I? on the shaft of-the brush wheels or rollers F F. This cutting-wheel,supported and driven as described, serves to cut the splints in two as they are fed alongby the holding-grooves c c in the feed-drum.

" Just beyond-the cutter, so as to engage the match-splints after they areeut-in two, is the separator K, which consists, essentially, of a wedge-shaped piece having its apex situated in line with' the cutter, so as to enter between the inner ends of the out parts of the splints and move them longitudinally outward in the splint-holding grooves of the drum as they are carried along'in contact with the inclined sides of said piece by the continued motion Vhile such separator can be supported in any desired way without departure from my invention, I prefer to support it,

as shown in the drawings, from the cross rods or bars L L, which at their opposite ends can be secured to the sides of the frame. Also supported, upon these rods or bars are the strips L L, which, extending over a portion of the periphery of the feed-drum, serve to retain the splints in the grooves c 0 while they are being cut and acted upon by the separator and the side guides L Li'which serve to limit'the longitudinal outward move- I ment' of the parts of the cut splints and guide the outer ends thereof when the separator has performed its work in the manner described.

There are at the sides of the wedge-piece j forming the separator overhanging portions 70' k, which also overlap theinner ends of the, divided parts of the splints lying in the dru mgrooves. v

An arm M, supported on the outer or farther end of the frame A, carries a. shaft M], hearing the two spools or bobbius M M ,;Which have wound upon them the tapesor bands of webbing-DD, whichI shall call the tapes,

though they canbe formed of. strips of anysuitable flexible material. From these spools the tapes run inward under the guide-rollers m' m, and thence up to and .over rollers 'm 012 close to'the periphery of thefeed-drum at'a point well beyond-the separator hereinbet'ore described. From rollers 1% they run in the two circumferential grooves c a down under .and then up over the drum, asshown and have'their farther'en'ds just beyond the described separator attached to rotary pieces or (spools M M placed on and. connected with the spindle M so as to rotate with the same.

This spindle is journaled on a swinging arm M which has'at its lower end asleeve. or hub Mfljournaledupon a shaft M", So that the spindle-carryin'gend of the arm can swing-toward and from a point on the feed-drum O,

and separating devices; -With this.c0ns'tr uc- 'tion as the feed-drum is rotated-and the spindle M is revolved in the direction indicated 3 which is just below the m'ateh-s'plint.cuttingspective tapes and coiled up with the latter upon the respective winding devices 3' i M For rotating the spindle I provide the lat.

ter with a sprocket-wheel N, driven by a sprocket-chain N, engaging sprocket-wheel TN, journaled on the shaft M about which the arm M swings, and employ connectinggearing for, driving the latter wheel from the gear-wheel C on the feed-drum shaft. As the rate of travel of such drum and the feed of the splints is uniform, while with a given speed of the spindle M the travel of the outer periphery of each. coil of tape and splints on the spindle would increase as the diameter of the coil grows greater, I provide means for allowing slip between the driving power'and the spindle, sothat the latter, with. the tapec0iling spools or bobbins thereon, will be rotated only fast' enough to coil up the tapes with splints thereon as delivered by the feeddrum, and the tapes will not be subjected to undue strain. For this purpose the sprocketwheel N is journaled loosely on shaft M upon which the gear-wheel N connected with gear-wheel C by intervening gears N and N is splined.

On the side of the sprocket-wheel N away from the gear N is a washer or dish-shaped piece N,- which, on its outer side, is engaged by a nut N on the shaft end, which can be locked as adjusted by jam-nut N; Between washer N and the sprocket-wheel and between the latter and the gear-wheel N are thefriction-disks N N", of leather, which form the driving connection between the sprocket-wheel'N and the gear N adapted to transmit the rotating power from saidgear fric-tionally, the amount of friction being increased or diminished by turning the nut' N to cause the friction-disks N N to be clamped more or less firmly-against the side of the sprocket-wheel and between the latter and,

the power-driven-wheel N.

In order to automatically stop the feed of the match-splints from the hopper when a Sufficient quantity of splints have been coiled up with the tapes, I attach to the rock-shaft O, suitably journaled on the frame'A, the two curved armsOO', which, being situated just beyond and close to the ends or sides of the feed-drum,'extend upward and forward from the rock-shaft into the hopper B, and are so shaped that they can, by the motion of the such arms are situated and move close to the ends or sides'of the feed-drum they are in position to engage the opposite ends of the match-splints, which, as indicated hereiirbevertically-slotted plate or bearing.

fore, are long enough to project beyond the sides of the drum. Also attached to rock-shaft O is the'lever 0 for actuating the latter to move the stop-arms into and out of feed-stopping position, having its arm extending out toward the hopper end of the machine, pro- .vided with the-weight and its other arm carried forward through a slot m in the swinging spindle-carrying arm M 'This slot is soarranged that its upper end will, by engaging the upper side of the lever 0 keep it depressed to hold the feed-stop .arms 0- 0 down out of operative position, so as to leave the splints free to drop into the feed-drum grooves c c. A spring-arm m*, on the swinging arm M bears against the under side of the lever and presses upon the latter in a direction to raise the same andcause the'stopfeed arms 0' 0' to be elevated into operative position when the said lever is released. To secure this release after the swinging arm M has been moved a certain distanceaway from the feed-drum by increase in the size of the coils of tapes and match-splints on the winding device carried on the arms upper end, the lever O is notched in its upper side at O 'lVhen the arm M with its leverengag'ing slot has moved to carry the upper end of its slot oif of the raised part of the upper edge of thelever and over the notch O", the lever is left free to rise and is quickly thrown up to cause the arms 0. O to stopthe feed from the hopper at once in the manner hereinbefore described. Another weighted lever P, having its outer end provided with weight P, has on its other end a short shaft P carrying the two tension-rollers P P- for. engaging the respective tapes D D, connected with the lever by a ball-and-socket joint P adapted to allow said roller-carrying shaft to rock and adjust itself to compensate for any variation in the-length of the tapes. The result of such construction is thatthe tapeswill be kept under equal tension, notwithstanding any slight-diiference in feed of the same from their respective supply spools or bobbins.

Instead of having the sprocket-wheel N gear-wheel N and the washer N mounted on the shaft M I contemplate mounting them with the intervening friction-disks N N on a stud which can be adjustably seoureillirr1 a n 1- cated in dotted lines in Fig. 1.) \Vith this construction the sprocket-wheel N may be adjusted to keep the sprocket-chainsufiiciently taut to operate properly with the two sprocketwheels over which it runs.

' It it'should be desired touse the machine for coiling up match-splints without cutting them, the cutter and separator can be dispensed with. ,A single web or tape can then be employed instead of the two shown'in the drawings, or where the splints are of full length for two matches both the tapes or webs may be used. I j

The operation ofmy apparatus, as shown and described, which will be fully understood M and such arm swung toward the feed-drum Y from the foregoing description and the draw.-

ings, is briefly as. follows: With the hopper supplied with splin ts, the tapes being led from their supply bobbins or spools over the described guide-rolls and around the feed-drum .in the circumferential grooves c c therein to the winding or coiling-up devices on the spin-. dle M, on the upper end of the swinging arm to hold the lver for actuating the feed-stop arms down, so that such arms will be out of j position to-stop the feed and will leave the match-splint-receivin'g grooves c 0 free to receive splints from the hopper if power be ap-- plied to wheel E on driving-shaft E" to rotate the same,the splints, being jarred and shaken by the swinging piece B up the inclined bottom of the hopper-toward thefeed-drum, arrange themselves so as to drop into and fill the grooves c c in the drum as the periphery of the latter iscarried forward through the hopper. Any splints not seated in such grooves are prevented from passing out of the hopper above the feed-drum by the rapidly rearwardrevolvingbrush-Wheels FF, which force them back into the hoppenclearing off the upper surface of the drum as it passes through the hopper-front. After leaving the brush-wheels the splints are, by the continued rotation of the drum, carried under the strips L L',which serve to hold them down in their grooves c c, and are then passed under the revolvingcutt er-wheel I, which cuts them in two centrally. Being carried farther by the motion of the drum, they immediately upon being out are engaged by the separator, whose wedgeshaped piece, with its inclined sides engaging the inner ends of the halves of the divided splints, force the latter apart in the man- ,ner shown-and described at length hereinbefore. After leaving the separator the divided splints,being fed onward with the two tapes, which are situated 'in .the circumferential grooves c 0 below the splint-holding grooves, pass from the feed-drum upon said tapes to the winding or coiling-up devices on the swinging arm M by which the tapes, with the splints thereon, are rolled'up into coils or spiral bundles, as shown. As these coils or bundles increase in size, so that their outer peripheries would travel faster, or a farther distance, for arcertain amount of rotation of the spindle Mi, the friction connections between the sprocket-wheel N and the rotating gear-wheel N for driving the same allow slip between the wheel and gear, so that the rate of rotation of the spindleM can be slower and slower as the coils or bundles of tapes and splints increase in size. lVith this construction the tapes with the splints thereon will be taken from thefeed-drum and rolled up without undue tension or danger of breaking,

the measure of the power applied to the spin dle from the gear-wheel N being always measured by the amount of friction of the described frictional connections between such gear and the sprocket-wheel N, which friction can be adjusted as desired by turning the nut N to regulate the closeness'with' which frictiondisks N? N are clamped. As the coils or'bun-' bles of splints and tapes on the winding devices on the upper end of arm M increase in diameter, said arm is swung farther and farther back, away from the feed-drum, until, as

indicated bydotted lines in Fig. l, the upper end of the slot m ridesofi of the raised part of the upper side of the lever and comesover the notch O in the latter. pressed upward by the spring-arm m on the swinging arm M then is free to fly upward, whichit does quickly, turning the rock-shaft O to lift the feed-stop arms '0 O on the'latter .np into position to stop the feed fromx-the hopper by raising the'splints in thelatter out of the groovesc 001 the feed-drum and keeping them from getting into the same again until said arms are depressed for a new bundling operation.-

The size of the bundles or coils, which will be rolled up before the'feed of the splints is stopped in the manner described, will of course depend upon the position of the notch O in the lever or the travel of the swinging arm M", which is necessary to release the lever.

After thestopping of the feed in the manner above described the coiled bundles 'of match-splints and tapes can be removed from the spindle, and the tapes being-severed .be-

yond the bundles their ends may be attached to other similar spools or. coiling devices placed upon the spindle M. The coiling or Such lever, being too bundling operation can then be started again by simply depressing the lever O to depress I the stop-arms O Oout of operative position andswinging the arm {M 'over toward the feed-drum again into itsposition'first described. v w 7 During the operation of the machine to 0011 upthe splints with the'tapes in the manner shown and described the tension-rollers P P carried by the weighted lever P, will be pressed upon the two tapes where they pass between guide-rollers m m so as to keep' such tapes under tension,- and in case there should be any inequality in or dilTerence-in feed of the tapes from their respective spools or bobbins the ball-and-socket connection betweenthe lever and the shaft P,- on which such tension-rollers a'rejournaled, allows .rocking of'such shaft, so that the inequality or dilference in the tapes is compensated for,

.and'both tapes are put under equal tension.

I'Iaving'thus described my invention, what lclaimis I 1. In a machine for bundling match-splints,

in combination with a hopper for the splints, a feeding-carrier having its surface inoving in the hopper, provided with splint-receiving recesses, 'a coiling tape receiving the splints fed frolnthe hopper, a rotary device to coil thetape with the splintsithereon, one or more movable stop-arms normallybelow such recessed surface, and adapted when raised, to

keep the splints in the hopper from there vcesses of the feedingrcarrier, automaticmeans for raising such arm or arms into feed-stopping position, and autom atic means for holding the arm or'a'rms down, until acertain' point in the operation of the machine,*subs-tantially as and for the purpose described.

'2. In a machine for bundling match-spl ints, in combination with a hopper'for the splints, and a feeding-carrier having its surface movin g in' the hopperprovided with splint-receivraised feed-stopping position,'and automatic" ing recesses, a coiling tape to receive-the splints fed from the hopper, a rotary device to coil the tape with the splints thereon, one or more .movable stop-arms tomovean d'keep -the splints out of such recesses, yielding means tending to-hold such armor arms in means for holding the arm or arms normally down out ot suchposition,and releasing them after the machine has acted for a time, substantia lly as and for the purpose described.

ceivin'grecesses, a coiling'tape to receive-the 1 splints fed from the "hopper, a rotary device Ina machine forbu nd ling match-splints,- in combination with the hopper for the splints,

and a feeding-carrier having its surface moving in the hopper provided'withsplint-retocoil the tape withthe splints thereon, one

or more movable stop-arms, for lifting and .holding the splints in the hopper out of such I recesses, yielding means tending to hold-such arm or arms'raised into feed-stopping posi-v tion, a lever connected rigidly with the stop armor arms, automatic means for holding such lever, so as to keepthe stop arm orarms normally downbutof operative position, un-

til ascertain predetermined point in the ope'ration of the machine is reached, and then releasing it, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. Inamachine in combination with a hopper for the splints,- and afeeding-carrier with recessed splint-re- ,ceiving surface moving into andont of the ."hopper, made narrower than the splints are long, the feed-stop device consisting of two arms situated on opposite sides of the feeding=carrier, and connected with actuating means, by which they can be raised, to en gage the ends of the splints projecting beyond the sides of the feeding-carrier, and lift the splints in the hopper out of the feedin-g' -car- -,rier recesses, substantially as and for' the purpose described.

- 5. In a machinefor bundling Inatclrsplints,v

" in combination witha hopper for the splints, a rotary drum narrower than the splintsare sitnatedonlopposite sides of the drum, n'or-' mally below the plane of the bottoms of the long, havingfiits periphery provided with recessesto take the splints from the hopper,

the feed-stop device consisting of two arms recesses; of the drum, but adapted, when 1-aised,-to engage-the ends of the splints projecting beyond the sides of the drum,'and

for bundling inatch splints,

' raise such splints in the hopper out of the drum-recesses, and means for raising such arms,'substantially as and for-the purpose described. I v

.6. 'In amachine for bundling match-splints,

in combination with-a hopper for the splints, the rotarydrum provided with recesses in its V 'peripher to take the'splints from the hopper, a coilingta pe,aswinging arm, a rotary -tape ooiling device on the latter, an automatic stop-feed device to raise and hold the splints in. the hopper out of the recesses of the drum, and connections between such device and the swinging farm carrying the rotary tape-coiling, device, whereby the feedstop device vwill be held in inoperative posi-' tion, until such swinging arm has moved a certain distance, substantially as'and forthe wei htedleve'r rovided witha'notchassin" beyond and into position to be engaged by a portion of the arm carrying the coiling de- .vice, and means for raising the splints in the hopper away from the reees'ses'ot' the drum,

connected with the weighted lever, substantially'as and for the purpose described.

S. In amachineforbundlingmatch-splints,

in combination with ahopper for the splints, a drum with recessed periphery to take the splints from the hopper, a coiling tape, a swinging arm, a rotary tape-coilin g device on the latter, a weighted lever with notched end,'

passing through a slot in the swinging arm,

and means connected with such lever to prevent the splints trom entering the recessesof the drum, substantially as and for the purpose described.

- 9.- In a match-splint-bundling machine, in

combination with the hopper, the feed-drum" having its periphery provided with longitudinal grooves to receive the mateh' splints, and

withoneo r. more "circu mferential grooves, one or more tapes running partly around the drum in the circumferential groove or grooves there- .of, a swinging arm movable toward and from the drum, means' carried on such arm for coi 1- ingup the tape or tapes, an automatic stop device to prevent the splintsgettiuginto the w longitudinal grooves in the drum, and con-.

nections between such device an'd the swingthrownfinto operation to stop the-feed, substantially as and for the purpose described.

10. In'a match-splint-bundling machine, in

combination with the hopper forthe splints,

a feedingdevi'ce having match-splint-receiw ing recesses, two parallel-tapes receiving the splints from the feeding device, a winding device coil up the tapesimd the splints thereing arm, whereby the stop device is-held out 1 of operation, untilthe arm. has swung a oer tain distance from the feed-drum, and is then on, a cutter and a separator betw'een'the feed ing and the winding devices, substantially as and for the'purpose described. 11. In a match-splint-bundling machine, in

combination with a hopper for the splints, a] feeding device having match-splint-receiving :rccesses, the two tapes receiving .the splints from the feeding device,awind-ingdevice to coil up the tapes and the. splints thereom-a cutter between the feeding and coiling devices, a separator between the cutter and the coiling device, and .guides to guide the outer ends of the two parts of the cut splints, as

they are 'separated by the separator, substantially as and for the purpose described.

I 12. I In a match-splint-buudling machine, in comb'in ation with a'hopper, a rotary d rum with longitudinal and circumferential grooves in its periphery, the two tapes passing partly around the drum, in the circumferential grooves thereof, a winding device for coiling up such tapes, acutter between the tapes'and between the drum and'windingcdevice, and a separator between the latter and the cutter,

to engage the-inner ends of the out parts of thesplints, and move them apart, substan- -ti'ally.as audfor the purpose described.

.13; In a match-splint-bundling machine, in

combination with the hopper fol-"the splints,

, the drum with the longitudinal and circumferential grooves iniits periphery, the :two tapes passing partly around the drum, in'the circumferential grooves thereof, a winding device for coiling up the tapes after theyleave the drum, a cutter to cut the splints in two,

while in the longitudinal groovesof the drum,

a separator to engage the inner ends of the Y out parts and separate them longitudinally,

guides to guide the outer endsof the separatedparts of the splints, and means for hold- .ing the splints down in thedrum, grooves or recesses, while they are being cut and sepasplints in the rated, substantially as andfori h-e purpose described. I

1.4. In a match-splint-bundling machine, in

combination with thetwo tapes for-coiling up the splints, a tension device for'the same consisting of'a' weighted lever, the two tensionrollers each. engaging-one of the tapes, and a rocking support for such rollers-on thelever,

substantially as and for the purpose described.

15.; In a match-splint-bundling machine, in combination-with the hopper having an in-,

clined bottom, the swinging end piece to move.

the splints inward up such bottom, thefeeddrum' with its splint-receiving grooves, one .orymore brush-wheels at the outlet to thehopper, one or more coiling tapes receiving the splintsfromthe drum means for raising the hopper away from the feed drum grooves to stop the feed, substantially as and for the .purpose described.

'16. In a match-splint-bundling machine, in

combination with the: swinging arm having its lower end mounted on a shaft, and its upper end provided with a spindle ca'rryin g one or more spools, a spro'cket-wheelfixed on the spindle,- on the shaft, the sprocket-chain, the wheel a second sprocket-wheel jour'naled for driving the secondsprocket-wheel, connected. with the shaft, soas to -turn therewith, friction-disks on opposite sides of the latter sprocket-wheel, a clamping-washer en.-

gaging the outer friction-disk, and a nut on washer, substantially as and for the'purpose described.

In testimony" whereof I hereunto set my hand this 16th day of March, A. D. 1893.- CHARLES J. DONNELLY'. W i tn esscs:

FRANK H. llIASSEY, MAURICE R. MASS Y.

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