USRE12366E - Reissued june - Google Patents

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- No. 12,366. RENSUED JUNE 27,1905.

A. PAULSON.

MACHINE FOR FILLING MATCH BOXES;

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8, 1900.

REISSUED JUNE 27, 1 905.

PAULSON. v MACHINE FOR FILLING MATCH soxss.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE a, 1900.'

' a annn'rB-snnn't 2 ,REISSUED JUNE 27, 1905.

A. PAULSON'. MACHINE FOR FILLINGMATGH BOXES;

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 8, 1900.

B SHEETS-SHEET 3.

REISSUJD JUNE 22*,- M5.

A. PAULSON.

MACHINE FOB FILLING MATCH BOXES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8, 1900.

8 SHEETS -SIIEBT 4.

"Nn.12,366. v REISSUEDJUNE 27,1905:

- A. PAULSON.

MAGHINE FOR FILLING MATCH BOXES.

APPLICATION FILED mmia, 1900.

- a azns'rs snnm 5.

No; 12,366. g REISSUED JUNE 27, 1905.

A. IAHLSON. MACHINE FOR FILLING MATCH BOXES.

APPLIUA-TIOIIILED JUNE 8, 1900.

B SHEETS-SHEET 8.

No. 12,866. REISSUED JUNE 27, 1905.

A. PAULSON. v MACHINE FOR FILLING MATOH'BOXBS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8', 1 900.

8 SHEETS-BHBET 7.

No. 12,366. REISSUED JUNE 27,1905. I A. PAULSON. v

MAGHINEFOR FILLINGMATOH BOXES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8, 1900.

8 BHEETS-SHEET 8.

fQ/dzW/MQ No. 12,366 Reissued June 2 7, 1905.

. UNITEDF'STAT'ES' PATENT OFFICE.

' ism that receives the matches from the tray ANDERs PAULSON, 0F BREDA, NETHERLANDS. AssieNoa To-THE DIAMOND MATCH COMPANY, or CHiCACo, ILLINOIS.

MACHINE FOR FILLING MATCH-BOXES.

SPEOIFICATION'forming part of Reissued Letterslatent No. 12,366, da ed June 27, 1905 Original No. 638,136, dated Ilovember 28, 1899. Applicatioufor reissue filed'J'una 8, 1900. Serial No, 19,634.

To all 'whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, ANDERS PAULSON, of Breda, in the Kingdom 'of'theNetherlands, didinvent certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Filling Match-Boxes, for which Letters Patent N 0. 638,136 mate issued upon the 28th day of 'November. 1899, which Letters Patent have been found to be. inoperative and defective and not to cover fully the invention set forth in the specification and shown in the drawings-which were filed by me in the Patent ()fltice upon the th day of November, 1898, preparatory to the obtaining of the said Letters Patent.- Now, therefore, being desirousof rei'ssuing the said Letters Patentl have prepared and do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the said improvements, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, in which I Figure 1 is a top plan view ofsa machine for boxing matches embodying my invention, the mechanism for delivering matches from the tray or dipping-frame to the match-conveyers being omitted; Fig. 2, a'front elevation of the machine. excepting the inclined table and the match conveyers supported thereby; Fig. 3.1a side elevationof the machine; Fig. 4, a top plan view of the mechanthe mechanism for putting'empty boxes into the box-conveyers and partially opening them; Fig. 15, a detail view of the mechanism by which matches aretransferred to the matchconveyers; Fig. 16, a like view of the mechanismfor imparting an intermittent motion to the endless series of match-conveyerS that re; ceive matches from the box to which they are delivered from the dipping-frame; Fig. 17, a detail view of the cam and lever for operating the mechanism by which matches are removed from the match-conveyers to boxesyand Fig- 18 is a detail view in section ontlie line a: m of Fig. 1, showing the inclined vibratory table. Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of the figures.

The object of my invention is to provide an eflicient machine of the kind by which matches may be taken from the dippingframes and placed in boxes that are composed of a receptacle part or tray and a sliding cover, so that the whole operation of placing the matches in boxes and the closing of the latter may be done by the machine; and to this end said invention consists in the machine and in the parts thereofconstructed and combined substantially as hereinafter specified.

The machine illustrated is designed for boxing fnatchesfthat are dipped by having the splints secured in frames comprising splintend-engaging clamps composed of strips or or dipping-frame; Fig. 5, a section of the same on the line :1: a of Fig. 4; Fig. 6, a side elevation of said mechanism in position for emptying the matches. Figs; 7 and 8 are detail views in section of the mechanism for taking the matches from the conveyers-and placing them in the boxes, showing the parts of such mechanism as, respectively, in two different'positions; Fig. 9, a top plan view of said mechanism; Fig. 10, a detail view of the. mechanism for shifting the match-conveyors from one row to the other; Fig. 1 1, a like View of the mechanisl'n '1 for transferring matches from the conveyors 'to the boxes; i Fig. 12, a detail view of the mechanism for I placing the empty boxes inposition in the machine preparatory to putting them in the i are placed and thus held. Accordingly I employ a horizontal quadrangular box A of asize corresponding with the size of the dipping-frame, upon which the latter may be laid with the heads of the matches downward, 'so that when the clamps are released the matches will fall from the frame into the box; The latter is divided into numerous small verticaFcompartments a and (6 by intersecting partitions being beveled or wedge-shaped, so as not-to impede the descent of the matches into the compartments. The horizontal dimensions of the latter are suchthat the matches cannot box-conveyers; Fig. 13. a like view of the i fall over sidewise,'but are malntained 1n an mechanism for fully opening the boxes and for transferring'the box-conveyers from one row to the other; Fig. 14,' a detail view of partitions a and a, the u per edges of the slats between which the splints, at one end,

uprighti'positioii. The box A is mounted on the upper ends of four arms B and B; that are pivoted in bearings upon frame-barsD and that are supported by uprights E and 5 E, rising from a frame-base 1}; and is yieldin'gly'held by means of a spring (in against a cam. H, by Whose revolution a shaking or jolting motion is imparted to the box and dip-.

ping-frame thereon that 'insures the dislodg- I ment' and descent of the matches into the box.

The spring G has one: end attached to one of the arms Bhnd B and the other end to a stationary post or stud I. The cam H is upon a shaft K, journaled in hearings in standards 5 L and L onthe frame-bars D andD and having a wheel M, 'by which it may be revolved. Beneath the box A is a conveyer comprising a series of unconnected links'N and N, containing each a row of compartments equal 1 in numbento a parallel row of compartments in thebox A, and each link being 'formed of of the straight portions, at each of-which is'a polygonal orflat-sided drum P and a pair of curved'platesQ and Q, concentric with, the drum, the inner peripheries of which are en- I gaged bythe base-plates near their ends, and thus the links guided when carried by the 40 drum in passing from one, straightportion On the flat sides of of the pathto the other. the drums,-,at.the ends thereof, are pins or projections and 2, that engage openings inthe' base-plates of the links, and motion being imparted to the drums the links are thereby moved along, those not engaged by the I pins 11 and 9 being pushed along by the ones An intermittent or stepthatare engaged. by-ste'p movement is imparted to the series 59 of links by means of a ratchet-wheel R uponthe shafts of one of 'the drums and a pawl T on a disk U, which is-conneeted a lever V, that is swung in onedirection ymeans of a'cam W on a driving-shaft X and in the opposite direction by a spring Y. a

For delivering the matches in the compartments of the box A to the. conveyer-links N and N said box is lowered to place it close to the links N and N, and the bottom a of the 60 box is moved to place perforations a anda therein under the box-compartments to permit the matches to fall frpm the box into the conv'eyer-links N and N. For so moving th box there is employed a lever Z, pivoted eoncentric with one of the pairs oi arms B and'B, 5 I

plates of the upper straight lines, of links N and N,,in the path of "projectionsn'andn at intervals on the ends of the l inks-in the instance show-n everynin-th link-and said lever being connected at its other end by a link B to a lever G", that is moved by the cam Win one direction and by a spring D in the opposite direction. When engaged and lifted by a projection a, the pawl A engages 9. lug Z1 on one of the arms'B and -B, and' thereby the latter and-the box are moved downward; but at other times-the lever Z and itspawl A vibrate idly. The bottom A fof the box A.at opposite sides of the latter has vertical lugs a and a, through which pass pins oand a on', the respeetive sides of the box, upon which pins the bottom is slidingly supported. f Aspring E, 5

interposed between a headon one of the ,pins aiand .the adjacent'lug ai'yieldingly holds-the bottom with its openings under the box-compartments, while a lever F, pivoted at one end to the box A and cooperating with a notch g in a latch-bar G',falso on the box A, holds the bottom against the pressure of the spring with its openings out of line with the compartments of the box. B the descent/of the latter the lever F is bro ght against a stop H, a d thereby freed from the notch g,-so that .t e spring-can slide the box-bottom and place its openings beneath the box-'compartments. On the retraction of the pawl A the box A is restored by the springG to its raised IO position, and by-moving the lever F and reengaging it with the notch {g the box-bottom openings are again placed out of line with the Pox-compartments. v

From the links N and N the matches are 1.0 delivered to a pivoted carrier l', that has at one end a row. of compartmentswhieh by the motion of the carrier are moved from a point beneath the conveyor formed of jthe links N and N-to a point where the matches are tobe. discharged into other moving holders or com,

I veyers, as hereinafter described.- The delivery of matches from the links N and N to the carrier 1' is efiected by the inversion of the links in passing from the upper straight I 1 portion of their path to the lower straight portion, the matches being. prevented from prematurely falling out of. saidlinks while the latter are being inverted by means of a curved plate K, plaoedin a position where I2 it is 'clos'eto the open ends of the .linkmompartments from a pointy where there is .likelihood that the matches will. spill out to the wheresaidoompartments come directly overthoseof thecarrierl'. For swinging'the latter to and from its receiving and discharg- 'ing positions there is fixed vto the shaft upon which-lit is mounted crank L, is conti oped nected by a linkiVI to a lever N, that is movedin one direction by a cam 0 upon the shaftX and in the opposite direction by a spring P.

.Thedelivery. of matches from the carrier 1 is effected by making the wall Q of the carrier-compartments, which is the lower wall at:

the time said compartments are in their lowered position, movable from beneath the matches, sothat the latter will be free to fall that travels along the cam as the carrier swings,

from the lower to the higher position. The sliding wall is held .in match supporting position by means of a spring-pressed arm V, pivotedon the carrier-shaft, that has a notch e, which engages a lug g on the block q.

Said arm is disengaged from the block and thewall thusQfreedfor. movement by the spring by means of a stop 2?, attached to'the cam T, which the arm strikes just before the carrier reaches its. lowermost position. A

- buifer-diskr on the rod R, faced with leather,

limits themovementof the wall by the action of the spring.

From the carrier 1 the matches fall into conveyers \V and V, by which the matches,

I parallelrows in grooves or guideways in the upper sideof'atable Y, through which they are moved in opposite directions, the conveyers after-ixeing'filled in one groove being transferred to the other for movement therethrough toi'be emptied-into, the match-boxes and;then return ed empty tothe lirst-menroowyl'or passage along the same to be'lilh zijagam. Fpr moving the rows of conveyers'throiigh their IGSJDBQlJlVC guidcways thereisemployedfpr each row a reciprocating rod Z, one of'wl'iose ends engages the end. one of'theconveyers in the row and by its movement moves .the entire row, the distance-flier are moped. being equal to the length of oneof-Lh'e conveyers. ,One of the rodsor' liars Z" and Z is-beneath the table Y and the other isahore said table, andthetwo are.emin med tomoresimultaneously, but in opposite alireelioiis. by a" lever A. 'lothe (Jfilfdjl'lflfllll the table there is connected by a short linli liia lever (),that is moved in one direction by a; cam l) on'the shaft X and in theopposltedlreetion by a spring It.

The conveyers;VV ,and W are ar The conveyers after being lillcd with matches are matches in the compartment.

for the con veyers are formed by parallel ledges or bars y and y on the table. (See Fig. 18.) The table Y is supported in an inclined position and so that it may be vibrated or shak'en upon pivoted arms or levers L and 'L, in or j der't'hat such matches as may be in the conveyers in excess may be shaken out of the same before 'the conveyers reach the place where the matches are to be transferred to matclrboxes. It will be evident, that the excess ma'tches'only can pass from the conveyers,

the matches to be retained being prevented from passingoutof the conveyers by the lower ledgey of the guideway., It willbe seen that by reason of the inclination of the table matches overflowing .the upper row of conveyers will slide therefrom over the lower ledge yof .theguideway of said row into the conveyers in the lower row and that inlike manner matches overflowing the conveyers of the lower row will slide therefroin'over the lower ledge y of the guideway of saidlower row. For the reception of said excess matches as thus pass from the conveyers rows of compartments M? and M are placed on the table at points successively lower and lower down. the same, (see Fig. 18,) the matches first filling those highest and then passing on to those next lower down. Said compartments canv afterward be emptied into the box vA. For t vibrating orshaking the table Y there is employed a cam N upon a shaft Oand a spring P having one end secured to the table an the other to a post Q on the base F. 1 7 When each conveyer filled with the re.- quired quantity-of matches reaches the end of the lower guideway, the matches are transferred therefrom into boxes R and R, which are fed into the machine, as hereinafter described. As each conveyer shown has three compartments,each .of which holds aquantity of matches to fill one box, there are three boxes R and R in readiness at one time to receive matches. Above the conveyer at the end-of the row in guides S and S on the side of which are three blocks t and t, that respectively are in line with the three compartments ofv the conveyerand when moved, downward therethrough push therefrom the matches into the boxes. being thus pushed along are prevented working upward by means of holders in the form of a block or'picce U for each compartment of matches, which are in such position that their undersides may engage the uppermost Each of the table Y is a sliding plate T, onv the under The matches while holder-blocks is attachedjby arod u to a bar V, slidingly mounted onthe guides S and S and over saidgrods 'u'and u is a plate t, which is attached to the sliding plate Tiagain'st the upper edge of which the bar V is yieldingly held 'by a spring W attached at one 'end to said bar and at the other end to the plate the relative positions of pushers andtheir re- *spective holder-blocks being such that the-latter are in advance of the pushers. In this position it is desired that they remain until the matches have been nearly placed in the box, and they accordingly niove together until such point has been reached; whereupon a stop X inthepath of the bar V arrests the latterand the holder-blocks and the pushers continue their movement alone until they have passed beneath said holder-blocks, and thus carried the matches from beneath the latter. The return movement of the pushersis utilized toshift the now empty conveyer from the lower row to the upper row, and for thispurpose a pawl Y is carried by the plate T, which engages a notch'w in'the conveyer W. The reciprocation of the plate T and its attached parts is eflected by nieansof a'cam Z on the shaft X and a spring A which vibrate a lever B, that isconnected by a link with i the plate T During the time the conveyers W and W are bein shifted from one row to another and the rows moved it is 'n cessary to stop the vibratio'n of the incline table Y' 'to avoid interference with such operations, and or this purpose the table is moved and tem r rily held out of contact with its vibrating cam by means of a cam D on the shaft X and an arm E engaging said cam and connected with one of the sets of table-supporting arms L and'L boxes R and R are pressed downward theref when the presser is raised. The yielding.

The matches having been delivered into the in by a presser for the matches in each box, that consists of a shoe F and a crank-arm Gr on .a shaft H, the shoe havinga-slot or recess into which the crank-arm extends and being loosely connected thereto by a'spring 1 When moved by the crank-arm to matchpressing position, a sharp edge f of the shoe passes slightly beneath and binds the boxcover against the under side of a plate K be-' neath which thebox lies when being filled, and thusthe box-cover is maintained in proper position while the box is being-filled. The cover is freed from the grip of theshoe edge or,loose connection between the crank-mn and the shoe is needful because the center of motion of the shoe, being the edge oftho-plate K, is eccentric to the shaftH. For rocking said shaft H to operate the presser, as de-. x ribedflt has a crank-arm It, to. which by a link. I) is attached a lever M,tha t engages a comb? on; the shaft X. The movement of the hpldevblocka-U iand 'U is' arrested, as

, veyer and the table P.

above set. forth, so that they will not interfere with t e action of the pressers.

The match-boxes R and R are transported to and from the filling-place by convcyers and 0 similar to those which carry the m'atches and which, like the match-conveyers,

move in rows in two parallel grooves or guideways in a table P fromone to the-other of which the end conveyershof two rowsiare transferred. The boxes to befilled ane placed in a closed condition on end on an endless band or conveyer Qf, which is wide enough to hold them in rows of three. From the conveyer Q a row of threeat a time is taken by a.,carrier device that comprises a plate R attached at the ends'to two arms S and S on alinin'g'shafts T and T, jo'uinaled on the tablQ P To one of theshafts T is fixed a craij'k-arm' 25 that is connected by a link U? with a lever V which by the action of acam W on the shaft X and a spring X swings said arms tomove the plate between the con- The plate R has division pieces or partitions with sma ll fiat springs to engage the sides of. the boxes-to hold the latter to the plate, aniadjacent to the bottoms or ends of they box s when carried by the plate is acurved arc-shaped plate Y An intermittent, movement is given the conveyer Q'equal to the thickness of a. box

R by means of a ratchet-wheel Z on theshaft of one of the conveyer-drums and a pawl A on a disk B concentric with said shaft, to]

cross-head H, which by a link l is connected to-a-lever-K, that is vibrated-by a cam L. on

the shaft X- andaspring M. The shank of the'midd lepl unger is extended .to pass-th rough a guide-bar N. Each-plunger (at hassuch a size that it can enter the box-cover, and-hence when the boa pushed intothe-guideway and stopped by the opposite end of the'cover,

engaging, as it'does, the-edgeof the guideway, I

continued movement of the plunger will thrust. the-box out-of the-cover.- Such continned movement, however, is-only-sufiicientto partially open the box.

toa cross -head-- The latter is connected by a link Q, toa'lever-Rtonarock shait S,

whicliis oscillated by;means of-hlever- T, that isconneeted by alink U to a. crank-arm V on'saidshaftand is operated by acam on The three-empty boxes'in the conveyor at the other end of: the row are further. opened to the desiredydegree by three'plungers 0* and .O, 'that'are attached,

the shaft X and a spring Y. On the rods and 0 of the respective plungers O and O are coiled springs Z and Z, interposed between the cross-head and a cross-bar A on said rods,

which is held against a projection 0 on each or said rods by said springs. During the time the boxes are being thus further opened the .covers thereof are held from-movement by a bar B that has a ledge or rib 7)" to engage the ends of the box-covers. Said bar B is carried by an arm (1 pivoted to a shaft D which is rocked to apply said bar to and remove it from the box-covers by means of a crank-arm E which is connected to an extension of the link L The boxes having been opened to the desired extent, the bar B is raised, and the movement of the plungers continuing the cross-bar A engaging the conveyer holding said boxes, moves the conveyer and the boxes to the other row and in matchreceivingposition. hereinbefore described, the boxes are partially closed by plungers F and F, that engage the ends of the boxes and are reciprocated by a lever G", with which they are connected-by a link H and which is vibrated by a cam I on,

the shaft X and a spring K The covers are held in position'dnring theoperation of the 'plungers F and by being engaged by a bar L similar to the bar B ,.and carried by an extension of the arm C.

The conveyers with the filled and partiallyclosed boxes are moved endwise in a row from the place where they are filled to the place for the complete closing and removal of the filled boxes, and during the time of their travel be-- tween these two points they can be inspected to l ascertain if all are properly filled. The endwise movementof thetwo rowsof box-carriers,

which is in opposite directions, is produced'in the case of the row with empty boxes by means of a flat'rod or bar M which has anuprightm, that engages the end conveyer of the row and is actuated by a lever N, that is connected by a link 0 with the lower rod or bar Z of the mateh-eonveyer-moving mechanism. In the case of the conveyers with the filled matchboxes the row is moved by means of an upright I on said bar Z, which engages the end conveyer of the aIQW. When the conveyer with filled boxes reaches the end of the row opposite that where the filling devices are, the

.boxes and their conveyers are in position to be acted on by mechanism which moves the boxes and their conveyer to the other row,

7 then, moves them from' such com'eyer to the plate R for removalfrom the machine, and closes them; "Suclimechanism comprises three plungers Q and Q attached to a cross head R and a cross-bar, Son the shanks of .the plungers and yieldingly held against the heads of" the plungers by coiled springs-T andT, interposed between;thezabanand the crosshead. For reciprocating the latter it is connected by'a link U to lever V which is Having been filled, as-

connected by a link W to an arm X on the rock-shaft S. On the forward movement of the cross-head the boxes are engaged by the rcspectiveplungers and are moved slightly in the conveyer until the latter is engaged by the cross-bar S whereupon conveyer and boxes move together until the conveyer is'arrested in line with the row of empty boxes by engaging a stop or ledge on the table P The movement of the plunger-s being continued, (such beingpossible because of the springs T and T,) the boxes are pushed from the conveyer over to the plateR until the covers encounter and are stopped by thecurved plate Y whereupon the boxes are pushed entirely within the cover. As the filled and closed boxes now rest on the plate R at the side of the portion which receives the empty boxes,

said plate when raised from'the table carries the boxes upward over the curved plate at the side -of the portion, over which the empty boxes pass to a channel or guide, whence'they can pass from-the machine;

The movements of the various parts of the machine illustrated are so timed that in nine revolutions of the main shaft X the box A is emptied once. In'one revolution thereof the contents ofone link, N are deposited in the carrier I.

putting the boxes to be filled on the conveyer O and 0 Having thus described my invention, what I claim is I 1. The combination of a source of supply of matches, a series of unconnected movable match holders or conveyers that travel to and from such source of supply, a series of unconnected movable box holders or conveyers,

means whereby matches from the match-con I In one revolution of said' shaft the carrier empties its contents into three 9 veyer's are placed in the boxes, andguideways for the respective holders or convcyers, along which the latter are moved, substan tially as and for the purpose. described.

' 2. The combination-of asource of supply of matches, a series of unconnected movable match holders or conveyers that travel to and from such source of supply, a series of uncon' nected movable box holders or conveyersgthe' paths traveled by,th e two series being contignous at the extremities thereof, and means for passing matches from the match-conveyers to matches, a, series of unconnected movable match holders or conveyors, parallel communicating guideways in which said conveyers conveyers into the boxes,,-and means for movtravel to and from such source of supply with their open sidesnpward, and from one to the other of which they are-shiftable, means for presenting boxes contiguousto. said guide ways, and means for passing matches fromthe conve'yersto boxes, substant ally as and for the purpose described.

4. The combination of a source of supply of matches, a series of conveyors therefor hav-" ing'sides but no ends, a series of like conveyers'for boxes comprising a tray and cover, means for moving matches end wisejfrom their con vey ers into the boxes, and; means for moving boxes endwise from lillGlIiCOHVBYEP-Efiflb stantial-ly as and for the purpbse described.

I 5. The combination of a source of supply of 1 matches, a series of conveyers therefor having' sides but no ends, a series of like'eonveyers for boxes comprising a tray and cover, means for moving matches end wise from their ing he boxes endwise from their conveyers and closing the boxes, 'substantiallnasand 'for the purpose described.

6. ThecOmbination of asou rce or su-pply'of matches, unconnectedconveyers' for boxes,-

parallel guideways for the conveyers, means for moving conveyers with empty boxes from one guideway to the other, means for filling the boxes, and means for movingconveyers with filled boxes from one guidew-ay to the other, substantially as and for the punpose de- 7 The combination of asource of. supply'of matches, unconnected corfveyers for boxes,

parallel-guideways' for the conveyors, means for moving conveyers with empty boxes from one guideway to the other, means for filling the boxes, means for moving conveyers with filled boxes from one guideway to the other,

and means for moving the filled boxes from the con veyers,substant ially=as and fertile-purpose described.

ers, one for matches and one for boxes, with their ends contiguous, and each series cornprising two rows, from one'to the other of which the conveye'rs thereof are movable, and

means for moving matches from; the matchconveyors to'the boxes in the box-conveyors, substantially as and for the purpose described.

9. The combination of two series ofconveyer's, one 'for matches and one for boxes, "with conveyers to the boxes in the boxwconveyel-s,

8. Thebom bination of two series of eonveyand means for moving :the filled boxes from their conveyers and closing them, substarr tially as and for the purpose described.

10. The combination of a m'atchreceiver support, traveling match-receiverssupported infan inclined position thereon, means for vibrating the support to shake the matches, and

means for placing the matches in the receivers in boxes, substantially as and for the purpose described. 1

11. The combination of a match-receiver support, receivers supported therebypl aced one laterally of and in a higher plane than-the other so that excess matches may pass from-' one to the other, means whereby the. matches in the receivers maybe vibrated or' shaken, and means for placing the matches in the receivers in the boxes, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

12. The combination ofa match-receiver so pport, inclined traveling receivers placed one laterally of 'and in ahigher planethan the other so that excess matches from one may,

pass to the other, means whereby the matches in the receivers nmy'b'e vibrated or shaken, and means for placing the matches in the receivers in boxes, substantially as and for the may be vibrated or shaken. and; means, for reloo moving the matches from the receivers, substan'tially as-imd forv the purpose described.l] 14. The combination of a match-receiver support, match-receivers, means for them on the support in an inclined placed one laterally 04. and in a higher plalie than the other, so that excess matchesfrom one may mate the other, means-whereby 'the matches in the receivers may be vibrated V or shaken,a-ndmeans for removing the-matches purposcdescribed;

15; 1he of a martch receiver support, match-receivers that are movable thereon in an inclined position, in adjacent parallel rows, one row above another, and means whereby themate-hes in the re ce'ivers be vibratedor shaken, substantially-wand tor the purpose described.

'16;- The combimion of an inclined matchreoeiver support, match -re.cei-vers that are movablei=n=-r4djaoe'irt*parallel rows, one row being above Mother, and means to vibrate or fihlke'said fiflwm substantially asand for the desoribed. v

'17. ;The' combination of an inclined matchreeeiver support, match receivers that are movable in opposite directions in adjacent from the receivers, substantially as and iorthe IIE parallel rows, one row being above the other, and

substantiallyas and for the purpose described.

"18. The combination of an inclined matchreceiver support, guides for the receivers that are situated one abo ve another, andmeans to support, substantiallyas vibrate or shake the and for the purpose described.

19. The combinationof a match-receiver support, match-receivers supported thereon in an inclined position, means toshake the same to remove excess matches, a receptacle for the latter, and means to remove thcmatches substantially as and for the purpose described.v

' 20. The combination of match-conveyers,

an inclined support therefor, means for imparting an intermittent movement" to the conyeyers, and means for intermittently vibrating the support, substantially as and for the purpose described.

I 21. The combinationof match-bonveyers, moving in higher and .lowerpaths with open sides upward in both paths, means' for imparting an intermittent on ward movementto them, and means for vibrating the conveyers only during their; periods of. rest in their onward movement, substantially as and-'for the purpose described.

. 22. The combinationof match-conveyers, moving onward in higher and lower'paths of opposite directions, with open sides upward in both paths, means for imparting intermittent movement to them, means for transfer ring them from one path to the other, and means for vibrating the conveyers in'their periods of rest in their onward movement, substantially as and for the purpose described.

23. The combination of match-conveyers} an inclined support thereforhavingguideways in which the conveyers move in opposite directions, means for imparting intermittent movement to the conveyers, means for transferring them from one guideway to the other, means for intermittently vibrating the support, substantially as and for the purpose described.

. 24. The combination of match-conveyers, an inclined table, means for moving the conveyers in higher and lower paths across the table. and means for vibrating the table, substantially as and for the purpose described.

25. The combination of a match-receiving box having a movable bottom, match-conveyers, means to move said bottom to discharge matches from the box, an oscillatingcarrier receiving matches from the conveyors, having a movable wall, means to move said Wall to discharge matches, and means, comprising conveyers' that receive matches from said carrier, for delivering matches to boxes, substantiallyas and for the purpose described.

26. The combination of a box made with compartments and having a perforated movable bottom, an oscillating carrier, a conveyer l ways in which -wall in its extended position,

' other,

ffor transferring the matches from said box to means to vibrateor shake said support,

' which said carrier, a series of match-conveyers into the matches are placed by said carrier, an inclined table having depressions or guidesaid conveyers move, a series ofmatch-box conveyers, reciprocating slides for pushing the matches from said 'match-conveyers into the match-boxes, reciprocating plungers for pushing the inner parts of the mate -boxes into and out'of their covers, and

a turning-over or reversing plate whereby the empty match-boxes are fed toward the matchconveyers and the filled match-boxes are discharged, substantially as and forthe'purpose described. "1111.4 ,1;

' 27. The combination of a box formedwith anumber of. compartments for the reception of-matches and with a perforated movable bottom, swinging supportinglevers carrying said box, a rotary cam for shaking said box, an oscillating cam or pawl, a projection ono'ne of said su pporting-levers adapted to be engaged by said cam or pawl, a spring acting on said movable bottom of the box, and a.lock -ing lever for holding said bottom against the action purposedescribed.;- v 28. The combination of a. box formed with of said spring, substantiallyas;and to *the i a number of compartments for matchesand having a perforated movable bottom, arms arrying saidbo x, a projection on one of said arms, a conveyer comprising, unconnected links, guides for the links, projections on some of the links, 'jections adapted to engage'the-arm projection, and means for movingv thebox, substantially as and for the purpose described.

I 29. The'combination of. a pivoted carrier having a row of compartments, a inovable wall for the said compartments, a spring for retracting said movable wall, a roller on said movable Wall, a cam-surface for engaging with said roller, a catch for holding said movable and a stop for disengaging said catch. substantially as and for the purpose described.

30. The combination of an inclined yieldingly-supported table, match-conveyers adapted to move in guideways in said table, reciprocating bars for mov'ing said conveyers along said guideways and from one guideway to ana rotary cam for imparting a shaking or oscillating motion'to said table, and means forinterrupting said shaking motion, substantially as and for the purpose described.

a pawl in the path of such proioc The combination of-a table, match-box convcyer's'arranged in guideways in said ta ble, a turning-over plate for feeding empty match-boxes to said conveyers, a conveyor for feeding said boxes to said turning-over plate, reciprocating bars'for moving said conveyers along said guideways and from one guideway to another, reciprocating plungers for pushmg the match-boxes into said con eyers and for pushingsflie inner parts of saidoxes into and out of their-covers .and means for feeding matches into said boxes while held in said conveyers, substantially as and for the purpose described. v

32. The combination of tables provided with guideways, match-conveyors and match-box conveyers, arranged respectively in double rows, reciprocating bars whereby the carriers in the two rows of eachseries are moved in opposite directions, and meanssuch as are herembefore described, for transferring said con veyers from one row to the other, su bstan tially as and for the purpose described. a

33'. The combination of match-conveyers,

. ..matchbox conveyers, arranged; respectively,

in double rows, and a filling apparatus comprising reciprocating pieces, means for holding the match-boxes in said match-box con.-

.veyers, means for transferring said match-box conveyors from one ,row to the other, and,

pressers for guiding and pressing the matches into the matchdioxes, substantially as andfor the purpose'described.

34. The combination of a match-conveyor,

and means for removing matches therefrom into boxes, comprising a pusher, to engage the .ends' of-matehes, a part to engagethe sides of I matches movable with and in the same direc- "A ril, 1900.

36., The combination-of box-filling rijechanhaving an edge to engage-theboxmover, and means for closing the box, substantialiy as-and' for the purpose described. P

ism, a presser for matches placed inv-a box -4 ism, a presser. for matches placed ina box 37.- The combination of box-fillingmebhanhaving an edge to enterand engage the box cover, and means for closing the box. substantially as andfor the purpose described 38. The combination of box-filling mechanism, a swinging presser h'aving'an edgeto enter and engage the box cover, a surface against which the cover is held by such edge, and

means for closing the box, substantially as and for the purpose described.

39-. The combination of meansfor opening 55 andiclosing a box composed.- ot a-- tray and cover, and a holding device for the cover that holds the same inboth opening'a'nd' closing the box, the box being presented in two po- 'sitionsjfor the action of the holding device suecessi ely thereon, substantially as and for the purpose described. .40. The combination of means for opening 'a box, composed of a tray and. cover, means for closingthe same, and a, pivoted piecelhavs ,ing parts to holdthe cover in theo'pening and closing of the box, substantially as and for the purpose described. v In testimony that I. claim-the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 27th day ofi ANDERS PAULSON.

Witnesses:

- .ALBERT C. LISTOE,

AIRE H. VOORWENDEN.

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