US1169012A - Machine for packaging cigarettes and other articles. - Google Patents

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' DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA.

MACHINE FOR PACKAGING CIGARETTES AND OTHER ARTICLES.

Application filed June 3,

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Be it known that I, Ross V. CRAecs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented new anduseful Improvements in Machines for Packaging Cigarettes and other Articles, "of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to machines for packaging various articles, such for instance as cigarettes, cigars and other analogous articles, and for inclosing or wrapping the articles so packed.

The primary object of the invention is to provide mechanism for regularly feeding or positioning a holding or inclosing means for a predetermined quantity of cigarettes or the like at a, point of supply of the ciga rettes or other articles and to complete the closure and finally eject the confined or inclosed package of-cigarettes or other articles from the mechanism in a commercially vendible corrdition.

A further object of the invention is to provide a series of mechanisms or devices which are constructed to act successively and in part simultaneously to shape a holder or inclosing means for cigarettes or other articles and regularly feed such holders or inclosures to a point of supply where a predetermined number of cigarettes or other articles are disposed therein, and then complete the inclosure of the cigarettes or other articles and deliver the packages as produced from the mechanisms.

The invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various mechanisms and devices by which the above named results are attained, as well as subcombinations thereof and details of constructionof the individual mechanisms or devices as will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

The improved machine may be operated to inclose any predetermined number of cigarettes or like articles in wrappers, envelops, trays, boxes, slides and shells, or other devices, either with or without the application of an adhesive substance to complete the inclosure. Though the machine is capable of inclosing any article having a shape similar to a cigarette or cigar, it is preferred that it be used for packaging cigarettes, and in the subsequent description of the machine, together with its modifications,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 18, 1916.

1913. Serial No. 771,555.

the several parts will be specified as operating in conjunction with cigarettes to illustrate the practicability of the mechanisms.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a top plan view of a machine showing parts in dotted lines and embodying the features of the invention and particularly adapted for disposing the cigarettes in a paper package in ,contradistinction to a box or slide and shell. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the machine shown by Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the machine looking toward the devices for supplying and ejecting a predetermined number of cigarettes into the inclosing means therefor. Fig. 4 is a transverse verti cal section taken in theplane of the line 4L-4C, Fig.1. Fig. 5 is a top plan view on an enlarged scale of the means for assembling the cigarettes, a portion of the ejector therefor, the compression chamber, and a part of the mold wheel or disk. Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the compression chamber, compressor, and a. portion of the cooperating means for controlling the bunching and bodily expulsion of the bunches of cigarettes embodying a modification. Fig. 7 is an elevation of a portion of the hopper and the modified mechanism particularly shown by Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a detail sectional elevation of the assembling chamber for the cigarettes particularly illustrating the partitions and operating means therefor. Fig. 9 is a top plan view, partially in horizontal section, of the assembling chamber as illustrated by Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is a transverse vertical section on the line 1010, Fig. 9. Fig. 11 is a transverse vertical section taken on the line 1111, Fig. 9. Figs. 12 and 13 are respectively detail perspective views of one of the slide bars and one of the partitions which is associated with said bar and constitutes part of the group of bars and partitions of the assembling chamber. Fig. 1.4; is a section taken in the plane of the line l41at, Fig. 1. Fig. 1.5 is a horizontal section taken in the plane of the line 1515, Fig. 1;. Fig. 16 is a horizontal section of a portion of the receiving stack showing one of the locking devices therefor in top plan view. Fig. 17 is. a section taken in the plane of the line 1717, Fig. 16, and showing dotted and full line positions of one of the locking devices for the receiving stack. Fi 18 is a section taken in the'plane of the line 1818, Fig. 1. Fig. 19 is a diagrammatic view particularly illustrating a portion of the feeding mechanism for the inclosure for the cigarettes and the shapingplunger, together with a portion of the mold wheel or disk. Fig. 20 is a cross-sectional View through a portion of the guide and operating means for the shaping plunger and showing the latter in planes at right angles to that illustrated by Fig. 19 and particularly illustrating the shape of the bottom of the plunger and of ,the pocket or seat in a portion of the mold wheel or disk thereunder, the plunger being raised. Fig. 21 is a cross-section through the mold wheel or disk and the same parts of the guide and operating mechanism shown by Fig. 20 and illustrating the plunger as depressed'and shaping the inclosing means for the cigarettes, thelatter being also shown in cross-section and having a stop guide or limiting means indicated in dotted lines. Fig. 22 is a detail perspective view of the pasting mechanism for one of the flaps or extremities of the holder or inclosure for the cigarettes. Fig. 23 illustrates a detail sectional elevation and partieularly showing the receiving stack broken through, means for expanding the latter at its upper extremity,-and a Wiping or clearing arm to remove the completed package from the top of the stack. Fig. 2a is a transverse vertical section through the receiving stack and'a portion of the supporting means therefor, the stack being broken through, and illustrating the lower devices for expanding the'stack. Fig. 25 is a sectional plan view illustrating the reciprocating folding arm cooperating with the inner flap or portion of the cigarette inclosure together with a portion of the operating mechanism therefor and a part of the mold wheel or disk showing a portion of the folding means thereon for engaging the outer flap or extremity of the inclosure for the eigarettes. Fig. 26 is a transverse vertical section on the line26 26, Fig. 25: Fig. ,27 is a section taken in the plane of the line 27 -27, Fig. 25. Fig. 9.8 is a detail sectional elevation showing the operating cam and stem for theinclosure shaping plunger. Fig 29 is a detail sectional elevation particularly showing-the stop guard for properly placing the blanks of theinclosures relatively to the shaping plunger after said blanks are fed over the mold wheel by the preliminary feeding rollers. Fig. 30 is a top plan view n of the devices shown by Fig. 29. Fig. ilis a detail plan view of one form of b: \k

which may be used with the machine. i. 'ig.

1s a top plan view of a modified attachment for feeding bunches of partially 1n- -...closed cigarettes or like devieesto the mold wheel and package or inclosure therefor. 1 1g. 33 is a front elevation of the mechanism shown by Fig. Fig. 3a is an end elevation, partially in section and broken" away, roller atits' free ,diagram showing the discharge plunger, carrier and a part of the mold wheel for cooperating with partically inclosed bunches or charges of cigarettes or the like. Fig. 36 is a longitudinal section through the carrier adapted to receive and hold preliminarily partially inclosed bunches or charges of cigarettes. Fig. 37 is a top plan view of the modified mechanism adapted to be disposed in place 'of the stack for pasted packages and operating particularly in connection with the slides and shells forming the packages for the cigarettes, together with apart of the main operating mechanism for the mold wheel and accompanying parts. Fig. 38 is an end elevation of the modified form of the completing and discharging mechanism shown by Fig. 37. Fig. 39 is a partial front elevation of the machine showing the completing and discharge n'le'chanism illustrated by Figs. 37 and 38 applied'thereto and also showing a slight modification in sectional elevation of the modified meansfor operating the folding arm and its plate. Figs. 42 and 43 illustrate end elevations of traveling pockets for the shells and illustrating the manner of receiving said shells in flat collapsed condition and for opening 'the same ready to receive the slides.

The numeral 5 designates a table or support for all of the mechanisms and devices,

and said table may be of any contour or dimensions and varied as hereinafter explained. The table is held at a suitable elevation above a floor or base by means of legs (5. Over the rear portion of the table 5 and held by uprights 7, 8 and 9 having bearings 10 at their upper extremities is a drive shaft 11 provided at one end with'a loose pulley 1:! adapted to be driven from a suitable power source 2nd ln'tving clutch members 13 and 14 coiiperating therewith, the-member 13 being associated with the pulley and the member 14. splined or otherwise shiftably mounted on the shaft 11 to rotate with the latter. The clutch men'lber 14 will be controlled as to its movement by the operator and has a groove 15 at its inner extremity engaged by ayoke 16 carried at theupper llli of a lwll-c'rank lever 17 fulcrunied as at 18 on the outer side of the upright 7 and provided with'a depending arm 1i). In a bearing boss or iug'QO projecting from the feed endof the tablejust below the rlutch finen'iberel-i, a crank shaft 21 is mounted and extremity I which is in the said lever.

continual engagement with the inner side of the depending arm 19 of the bell-crank le- Yer-.17. The bell-crank lever 17. is held in the normal position shown by Fig. 2, or so that the arm 19 will be in engagement with the roller 23 by a spring 2% seated in a portion of the upright 7 above the fulcrum of On the forward end of the crank shaft 21 a hand lever is mounted and has a grip or handle 26 at its upper end extending in a forward direction. The hand lever 25 is also provided with an inwardly extending catch finger 27 adapted to engage under an upstanding hook 28 at the inner end of an arm 29 intermediatelyfulcrumed as at 30 to the table 5 and provided with a trip or pressure table 31 at its forward 6X tremity engaged on its..und'er side by a spring 32 which normally holds the said trip or pressure table 31 elevated and the upstanding hook 28 in engagement with the finger 27. The purpose of this particular clutch operating mechanism is to provide means for permitting the operator to quickly disengage .the clutch member 14 from the member 13 of the band wheel or pulley 12 in the event that an improper feed of the cigarettes or disposition of the closures ensues. When the operator depresses the table 31 and releases thehook 28 from the finger 27, the hand lever 25 may be swung outwardly, thereby clearing the roller 23 from the lower extremity .of the depending arm 19 of the hell crank lever 17 and permitting the spring to come into play and force the clutch member 14 into engagementwith the clutch member13 of the band wheel or pulley 12 and thus set the machine in motion. By throwing the hand lever 25 inwardly, the finger 27 is caught under the hook 28 andthe lower end of the arm 19 is pressed outwardly and consequently the upper arm of the bellcra nk lever is simultaneously forced inwardly against the resistance of the spring 2% to release the clutch member 1% and throw the machine out of operation, the hook 28 at the rear end of the arm 29 and the trip or pressure table 31 sustaining the clutch member 14: in, the position shown by Fig. lt'will be understood that the shaft 11 will also be provided with a suitable fly wheel adjacent tothe band wheel or pulley 12, and the mounting of this shaft will be carried out to the best advanta e relatively I h to the devices cooperating there. and

, from which power is taken to drive the oral parts of the machine, will be hereinafter explained.

f The essential or main elements of the improved machine disclosed by Figs. 1 to 28, inclusive, may be concretely specified as a feedingmechanism an inclosure shaping plunger 34, a rotating mold wheel or disk hav ng a plurality of pockets or seats therein at intervals, cigarette supply mechanism 37 embodying a plurality of cooperating instrumentalities, a preliminary pasting attachment 38, a folding arm 39-[pnd package expelling and completing mechanism 40, the latter also including various devices for finally shaping and completing.

the package. The feeding mechanism 33, as shown in detail by Fig. 19, comprises a chain belt d1 having upstanding or projecting catch means 4L2 to engage thea'ear end of a blank 43, the said chain belt being disposed in a horizontal plane and centrallyarranged relatively to longitudinal supports 4% of a feed chute 4-5 provided with opposite side members 1$ between which the blank is confined. The'feed chute as an entirety may be any suitable length, and blank feeding mechanism of any preferred form will be associated therewith to regularly deliver the blanks in proper position on the chain belt 41 for engagement with theprojecting means or hooks 42 carried by the chain belt 41. In suitable bearing brackets or means depending from the inner extremity of the table 5 is a shaft 47 having a sprocketwheel 4t8secured to the intermediate portion thereof pver which the chain belt 11 is trained. and on one end of the shaft 47 a sprocket wheel 49 is secured and also a spur gear 50. In bearing uprights 51 secured to the table 5, ai power transmitting shaft 52 is mounted, and adjacent to-one end is provided with a sprocket wheel 53 engaged by a chain belt 54 which also passes over a sprocket wheel 55 on the drive shaft 11. The power transmitting shaft 52 in line with the sprocket wheel d9 on the shaft 47 is also provided with a sprocket wheel 56, and over the two sprocket wheels 49 and 56 a chain belt 57 is trained and motion is thus given the shaft L7 in a proper direction to feed the blanks inwardly from the rear portion of the table 5 of the machine. The blanks 43 must be regularly cleared from the upwardly projecting devices or books 42 of the chainbelt 11 so as to avoid dragging the rear portions of the said blanks downwardly and thereby disarranging the blanks in their feeding direction as the said projecting means or hooks 4-2 move downwardly over the intermediate sprocket wheel -18, and hence it is necessary that the movement of the blanks be materially accelerated just prior to the close approach and downward movement of the projecting means or hooks l2 relatively to the sprocket wheel 48. To quicken. the movement of the blanks at this time, the spur gear 50 meshes with an intermediatelysupported pinion or gear 58 of less dimensions than the spur gear 50, and 'tiaeainion 58 in turn meshes with a smaller pinion of lower roller 60". upper and lower rollers 60 and (30? the pinion, 5S and the roller 60 being supported by suitable bracket means carried by the table 5,'and as shown by Fig. 1 the said roller 60 is held by bracket arms 61 and the roller 60 by movable-supporting means 62, so as to move vertically relatively to the roller 60 and exert a proper feeding pressure on the blanks. The rollers 60 and 60 are fixed on suitable shafts, and these shafts and rollers are r0 tated at a speed much greater than the sprocket wheel 48 over which the chain belt 41 has movement, and consequently when the blank is fedbetween the rollers 60 and 60-' the latter draw the blanks inwardly at a materially increased rate of speed and cause said blanks to clear or become disen gaged from the upwardly projecting means or hooks 42 on the chain belt 451. Each blank is thus projected inwardly over the mold wheel or disk 35, the latter being so timed as to its movement as to always have a pocket or seat 36 ready to have a blank disposed thereover, the blanks being successively fed over the'pockets orseats 36 in a practically flat condition for a subsequent shaping operation. To facilitate the feed of the blanks w ith increased movement, the one roller 60 has a knurled face and thereby each blank is positively moved and maintained in proper feeding position. It will be understood that the chain belt ll will operate at the opposite or rear terminal of the chute l5 in conjunction with an idler sprocket so that a regular actuation of the said chain belt will ensue. Any preferred fcrm of chute 45 may be used, it being sutficie'nt for the purposes of the present invention to illustrate the means whereby the several blanks are relieved from engagement with the upwardly pro ecting means or hooks 42 and the feed of the blanks increased by the gearing just explained.

On the shaft 11 an eccentric 63 is held adv jacent to the position of the rollers 60 and 60*, and connected to this eccentric as clearly shown by Figs'QO and 21, is a dovetail stem (34 having a lower offset (35 to which the shaping plunger 34 is secured. Thedovetail stem (34 has vertical reciprocating move- 7 plunger 34 has the bottom face depressed, as

at 67, to form or provide ribs 68 along the opposite sides thereof, and each pocket or seat 36 is formed with a central slightly raised bottom boss (39 and opposite side depressions/TO; and at the upper portions of the sides, of each pocket or seat are overhanging edges 71. Located inwardly a suit able or relative distance from the plane of movement of the plunger 34 is a blank stop. consisting ofa supporting plate 72 having an angular securing flange or projection 73 with elongated slotted bolt openings74" to receive adjusting bolts 75, the said plate being shiftable laterally through the medium of the slots 74 to dispose a stop guard 76' held on the plate 72 in alinement with but above the several pockets or seats 36 and in the longitudinal plane of movement of the blanks as they are fed over the pockets. The stop guard 76 consists of a U-shaped flange body opening rearwardly and having the terminals of the sides flared as at 7 7, the cross connecting member 78 of the stop guard being provided with an attaching flange-0r angulat plate 79 provided with slots SO extending transversely thereof to receive adjusting bolts 81. the stop guard being movable longitudinally of the plate 72 to dispose the same in such relation to the plate and the blanks which successively engage the same as to positively receive the inwardly projected extremity of each blank when the latter has reached an accurate position over the pocket or seat 36 in the mold wheel below. The plate '72 of this attachment is arranged at a downward and rearward angle of inclination so that the rear lower terminal of the plate is below the horizontal plane of movement of the blanks as they come over the mold wheel or the pocket or seat at that time in position for receiving the blank.' By disposing the plate 72 at the angle just explained. the inner extremity of ach blank is caused to strike the plate at a point between the rear flared terminals 77 ot' the sides of the stop guard 76, and the inner extremity of the blankrides up over 7 the plate 72 until it strikes the cross member 78, when the blank feed ceases and the blank is disengaged from the rollers 60 and GO, and at such time the blank will be in proper position for depression into the pocket or seat 36 thereunder. At the time that each blank is thus moved inwardly over the rear portion of" the mold wheel and emptypocket or seat 36, the plunger 3% will be in elevated position. but just as soon as the blank is disposed in place or engages the. stop guard 76, the plunger l descends and presses the blank downwardly into the adj acent pocket'or seat 26 and owing to the ribs (58 on the lower face of the plunger and the depressions 70. the side members of the blank are crowded in close to the opposite side walls of the pocket or seat 36 and the then upper edges of the side members of the blank are caught under the edges 71, as clearly shown by Fig. 21. The blank when pressed into the pocket or seat 36 is held by the overhanging edges 71 at the top portions of the oppositefsides of each pocket against vertical displacement.and the flaps or members at the opposite extremities that may have to be folded or turned inwardly by subsequent operations stand up respectively at the outer and inner peripheries of the mold wheel or disk 35, the inner flaps or members being turned and held upwardly by convex the packages desired to be formed. and the width of the rim 35 approximately equals the length of the package, and from the inner portion of this rim 35 to the center of the mold wheel or disk a fiat web 35 is formed, the said web being closed and of comparatively reduced thickness. The mold wheel or disk is fixed on the upper end of" a shaft 72 extending downwardly through the table to a bearing support T3 at a suitable distance below said table, as clearly shown by Fig. It will be understood that this shaft 72 is mounted in suitable bearings, and fixed thereon is a Geneva plate or movementcontrolling medium Tl whereby the mold wheel or disk is given a step by step rotation and positively held against movement at such intervals as may be neces sary and during certain operations of the mechanisms therewith. -The Geneva plate or movement controller Tl is formed with a series of radial slots '75, as clearly shown by dotted lines in Figs 1, there being as many of these slots as there-arepockets or.seats 36 in the mold wheel. The Geneva plate or movement controller 7d and the shaft 72, together with the mold wheel or disk 35,. are rotated at intervals as a unit through the medium ota cam disk 76 fixed to the bottom of a shaft 77, said shaft extending upwardly through the table 5' in suitable bearings and above the said table in rear of'the mold wheel or disk 85 where it engages a bearing 78 projecting from the uprightQ and has a miter gear 79 on the upper end thereof which is held in continual mesh with a miter gear S0 on the inner end of the shaft-11. The cam disk 76 has a periphery 1n the main,

75 of the Geneva or controlling plate 74 and: force the said plate around at intervals and; correspondingly move themold wheel or. dlsk 35, the distance of rotation imparted to the Geneva or controlling plate 7% and the mold wheel 3.3 by the roller 83 of the cam 76 engaging the. slots 75being equal to-the distance between the pockets 'or 'seatsj36 so that a certain number of these pockets will be brought into operative, adjacency with other mechanisms and regularly shifted under the shaping plunger 34, the mold wheeler disk 35 as well as the Geneva or controlling plate 74 moving in the direction of the arrow shown'by Fig. 1. The roller 83 impinges or bears against the walls of the slots 75 and i particularly against the advance wall relatively to the roller, and as the cam disk 76 is rotated it will be seen that the Geneva or controlling plate Tl as well as the mold Wheel will be regularly rotated by a step by step operation at intervals and in timed relation to the operating mechanisms of, the

shaping plunger 34:, cigarette feeding mechanism 37, preliminary pasting attachment 38, the folding arm 39, and expelling mech anism l0 for the packages. It will also be understood that the Geneva or controlling plate 74 as well as the mold wheel 35 mustbe held or temporarily locked against movement alter each adprstment or step rotation thereof in order to insure an accuracy of op eration of the several mechanisms'cooperating with the inclosures or packaging devices held by the several pockets or seats 36, and

to accomplish this desirableand necessary result a bell-crank lever 845 is movably 3118-" pended from the under side of the table 5 by any suitable bracket means and has two arms 85 and 86 respectivelycarrying rollers.

87 and '88 which are movable with the arms.

The roller-"S7 ot' the arm 85 of the ho1ding,

or locking means for the Geneva or control ling plate- 7% and the moldwheel is held in" continual engagement with the periphery of the'cam disk76 throughthe medium of a sprlng 89 secured at one end to the arm S5 and to an underportion of the table 5 or to any other convenient and accessible pom't,-.and the saidbe'll crank'lever 84: a'sa whole is actuated by the cam disk 76 when the roller 87' reaches first depression 81 and the convex edge 82 and then the succe'edin like depression '81. \V hen the roller 8 is in engagement wlth the remaining portion ot the periphery of the cam disk 76 concentric with relation the shaft 77, the bellcrank lever Si is held in'such position that the roller 88 clears the Genevaorcontrol ling plate H, but as soon as the roller 87 reaches the one depression 81 the bell-crank lever 84 s drawn inwardly through the'a'c tion of the spring '89 and the rolleri-88 en ters' one of the radial slots75of the Geneva or controlling plate 74:, which'will be at'that time'in positiontoreceive thesaid roller y '88.,- T-liis' engagement of the roller, 88 with the adjacent radial slot 7 5 is efifected just as the roller 83 moves to a clearing position to engage the one radialslot75 to hold the trelativelyto the slot 75. with which it has been cooperating, and the roller 88 of the arin S6 of the bell-crank lever 84: continues Geneva" or controlling plate 74 and the mold 1 until the neXtde-pressior 81 is reachedand wheel against movement Whilethe rollerv '87 is traversing the convex edge 82 and passed and the'roller 87 runs outwardly onto the remaining peripheral edge of the cam disk 76; and when the said roller 88 plate 7-1 and the mold wheel moves outwardly onto the remaining periphery of the cam disk, the roller 83 of the cam disk is in position to enter a succeeding radial slot 75 and again move orimpart a step rotation to the Geneva or controlling This operation continues regularly throughout the actuation of the entire mechanism so that the mold wheel will be positively actuated at timed intervals. The mold wheel or disk 35 has the inner edge of its rim 35 clear so that the inner flap of the inclosure, which is caused to project upwardly after the operation of the shaping plimger 3.4, may move around with the said mold wheel and clear any projecting part of the mechanism, Extending partially around the outer 'edgeor periphery of the mold wheel or disk 35 is tervals to the front portion of the table 5,

and as will be understood, the outer flaps or extremities of the packages or inclosin, means within the several pockets or seats 30 will beheld in an upright position by the guard until the pasting attachment 38 performs its function relatively to each outer flap or extremity.

After the blank of the inclosure or package is shaped by the plunger 31 and pressed into the pocket or seat 36, it is conveyed by the mold wheel or disk 35 to the cigarette feeding mechanism 37. The example illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly Figs. 1 and 41 to 14, inclusive,

' relating particularly to the cigarctte feeding mechanism, shows the said mechanism as operating with a double row of five ciga- 'rettes in each row, which constitutes the ordinary package of ten. This feeding mechanism embodies a hopper 92 having a bottom wall shaped as shown particularly by Fig.

7 and comprising a long gradual curve 93 at one side and a short curve 91 at the opposite side, both of these bottom curvatures merging into slight overhanging or inwardly v pro ecting ribs or shoulders 9:) and 90 continulng 1nto under curved surfaces 97 and then m i i t-,0 downwardly inclined con-,

vergingwalls 98 toan outlet opening 99.

'f 'jThi's hopper may be equipped with any "suitable means for gaining access thereto and remains in fixed position on thetable 5 to which it is suitably secured. The shape of the bottomlofithe hopper and the oi rtlgt Walls as just explained prevents crowding and misshaping the cigarettes by pressure of the bulk above those adjacent to the outlet and insures a more perfect retention of the shape of the cigarettes or their preservation in approximately circular contour in cross-section. Beneath the discharge opening 99 at the base-of the hopper 92 a box 01- casing 100 is located on a portion .of the table 5. The box or casing 100 may be held fixed on the table 5 by any suitable means, and is open at its opposite ends and top portion, and therein is a plurality of six sliding bars 101, 102, 103, 104, 105 and 106 which are of such Width as to snugly take up the space between the sides of the box or casing 100 but are free to shift orv move between the said sides. These vbars are mounted in such manner that a differential parallel sliding motion is imparted thereto,

and this motion is eifected through the medium of a motion transmitting lever 10?, the bars at one end of'each being formed with a horizontal slot 108, and when the bars are assembled all of the slots 108 coincide,.thus forming an elongated seat for the reception of the lever 107. The lever 107 is intermediately fulcrumed as at 109 to one of the bars, as shown bar 104:; and the oppo- 'site ends of the lever or the portions thcreoi on opposite sides of the fulcrumor fulcrum pin 109 are constructed with elongated slots 110 and 111, and. extending vertically through the slotted ends of the bars are pins 112 which pass through the slots 110 and 111 of the lever 107. The pins 112 are similar to the fulcrum pin 109, said pin terminating at their upper and lower end 7 coincidently with the upper and lower sides of the several bars 101 to 106 inclusive. Th bar 104, or that through which the fulcr'um. pin 109 extends, may be properly termed the intermediate governing bar, and at one end this bar is 1)1Q"l(l(l with a buffer 113 which is preferably spring-actuated. as shown by Fig. 9, to engage an adjustable stop screw 11 1 in line therewith and carried by an angle arm 115 forming part of the first bar 101, the latter bar being extended beyond the adjacent bars and having the arm 115 carried thereby. As shown by Fig. 5, the buffer 113 is carried by the same bar as shown by Fig. 9 and acts as a stop -means or a limiting device for the movement of the slide bars 101 to 100 in one direction. The bar 103, asshown by Fig. 5..

carries an extension spindle 1 10 movable through a suitable goose neck 117, said spindle being screw-threwled and carrying w an adjusting nut 118 between which and the inner depending extremity o1"thegoose'neck a coiled-spr z ig ll9 surrounds the spindle and scrvesms ayieldingbrill'er and also to .11n-parta partial rcturn movement to the ,group of slide ars. In the forni'oftln's

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