US1155023A - Capsule-assembling machine. - Google Patents

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marre sAEs r i BENJAMIN THOMAS wrNcHEsrER, or WINDSOR HILLs, MARYLAND, AssIeNoR, BY

MESNE AssIeNMEN'rs, rro sHARB ANI) .'DoHME, oE BAL'rIMoRE,y MARYLAND, Ay con,

POR-ATION OF NEW JERSEY.

cABsULE-AssEMBLING MACHINE.

aisance."

i Specification of Letters Patent;

Patented Sepe. es, i915."

Application filed July 19, 1911. SerialNo', 639,242".

bling Machine, of which the following is a specification. ,Y

This invention relates,y toimprovements in capsule lassembling machinery and has particular reference to amachine` for bringing together' the two parts of a capsule and telescopically engagingthesame.l a

One object of the invention :is to provide an improved constructionl ofk machine which will accommodate a receiver containing a plurality of capsules, yinto whichy receiver the ycapsules ywere placed when discharged from the forming machine and which retained the same Yduring the cutting operation thus retaining the capsules during theseveral steps inthe operation.`

Another obJect istoy provide an. improved machine in which `the two capsule parts may be readily placed in :gangs and which will retain a series of one of said kparts while the series of the other ofy said parts may be moved into telescopic engagementfwith the former;`

A further object of the invention is to provide a machine having a movable plat-` form ony which a plurality of capsule parts may rest and provideanother member for retaining a pluralityV of the other capsule partssaid parts being so arrangedwith re,- spect to each other that they may bring the twoyparts of. the capsules into register so that the platform maybemoved to telescopically engage the capsuleparts.

- Another vobject of the invention is to provide improved means for removing the cap'- sule parts from thereceivers and retain kthem in the machine in such relation that a ypluralityl of operation. f

With these and otherobjects inview ythe invention is illustrated in thek accompanying f ff f arms, 28, are connected by coiled springs,y

Figure 1 isanend view in elevation of my v machine 5' Fig`-` 2,:1s a front viewin elevation capsules, mayrribe assembled at onel taken at. right angles tothat shown in` Fig. 1; Fig. 3, is a plan View of my improved assembler; and, Fig. 4:,is an enlarged sectional View of the capsules in the receivers in posltion. f

Referringgto the' drawing by numerals, 21,

designates a hollow base which in the pres- Y ent instanceris of arectangular shape., The base has a horizontal top, 22, with a series of vertical fperforations, 7 ,g therein and below the top, and on the interior of the base there is provideda horizontal platform, 6, which latter has position directly beneath the perforations, 7in the base top. Rods yor bars, 23, depend from, the bottom side of the platform, 6, and passthrough guides, 24,

which arey rigid with the base so that the platform may be moved vertically toward, or from the top. Y

Tofeffeet a vertical movementv of the platform the basersustains a horizontal shaft, 15, which` has position below 4the platform anda cam, 14, iscarried on the shaft so that when the latter is oscillated the cam will Swing and by raising or lowering as the casey may be,im`part a like movement to the platform. ''o facilitate the movement of the shaft the outerend of thelatter isv provided with an operating lever 16, which may be grasped byy the hand or otherwise operated.

Above the top, 22, there is provided av plate, 19, which is hinged at,l 20, to a racket, 25, and said plate, 19, has a Series of perforations, 10. The lower ends of the perforations, 10, vare provided with a bevel, 8,; and immediately above the bevel each perforation has a shoulder, 9. The upper endw of each perforation is also provided 18, which latter serve to keep the plate, 29, and pins, 5, normally swim-grip. The num'-` loo ' the perforations, v10, in

l when the latter' is swung down the pins will registerl with and enter said the top.

A retaining or backing plate, 11, has hinge perforations in eyes, 30, at one edge which are pivotally en-v gaged by a horizontal rod, 12, at one end of the hollow base so as to be swung downl over the plate, 19, for a purpose presently to be explained. This backing plate, 1,1, has a series of concave recesses, 82, in one face thereof, asshown by broken lines in Figs.2 and 3 of the drawings and the recesses are so disposed as to take position directly over plate, 19, Vwhensaid backing plate is turned down'. l

A suitable latch, 13, is provided on the hollow base to engage the backing plate, 11,

when the latter is `down toprevent upward movement of the latter when the capsule parts are plained. n

The larger orfemale part of the capsule is designated, 1, inV the drawing while the smaller or male part of the capsule is des ignated, 3, andin Fig. 1 of the drawing the female' parts of a'plurality of Vcapsulesl areV shown as passing through a receiver plate which latter is designated, 2. Y

Prior to the assembling of the capsule parts the'latter are passed through a cutting machine which trims them andduring this operation the capsule parts are held in a perforated receiver or plate which is designated, 2.v a fiber sheet and the perforations therein in which the capsule parts are confined are so spaced that they will register with the perforations, 10, and, 7, in plates, 19, and, 22, of the machine. A

In operation, a sheet or plate, 2, containing a series of the smaller male capsule parts, 3, is first laid on the top, 22,-the closed ends of said male parts entering the perforations, 7. The plate, 19, is then swung down ontop of the sheet or plate, 2, and the upper open ends of the male capsule parts will enter the perforations, 10. The f pink plate, 29, is next swung down on plate, 19, and the pins, 5, will pass through perforations, 10, and enter the open ends of the male capsule parts. As the pins and plate, 29, are lowered, the pins will pass down inside of the male capsule parts and push said capsule parts down into the perforations, 7, in the top, 22, so as to project the lower closed ends of said male capsule parts below the top as shown in Fig. a of the draw-ing and leave said lower closedV ends resting upon'the platform, 6, which forms a stop for said capsule parts.

It will be noted that when the male cap- Y brought together as will be eX-V n This plate is preferably madey of` the upper open ends thereof have position slightly below the upper surface of the top, 22, thus said 'capsule parts will have been pushed entirely out of the receiver plate which held them and after the pins, 5, are

withdrawn the plate, 19, may be raised and said receiver plate will be removed `from top, 22. The plate, 19, will again be turned down on the'top, 22, so as to bring' the guide perforations, 10, into position over the up-' per open ends of the male capsule parts.

When this plate, 19, is in place, as shown in` Fig. 4 of the drawing, the upper edge of the 'malev capsule will have position just below the bevel, 8, in the lower ends ofthe perfora-v tions, 10, and belowthe shoulders, 9, in said perforations above said'bevels, v8.- Another receiver plate or sheet, 2, containing a plurality of female capsule parts, l, is then laid on top of the plate, 19, so that a female capsule part, 1,`will be in register with the bevel, 26, at the upper end of the guide perforations, 10, also as seen in Fig. 4. The retaining plate, 11, is nextswung down on top of the closed ends of the female capsule'parts, pushing said female parts down pastthe bevel, 26, through the receiver plate or sheet, '2, .in plate, 19, and into the guide perforations, 10, in said latter plate so that the lower open ends of said female capsule parts will have position on or close to the shoulders, 8, and above the open ends of the male parts. l/Vhen the retaining plate, 11, has forced the female capsule parts down into perforations,

10, it will be engagedl by lock, 13, and held rigidly. The lever, 16, vwill next beV operated to oscillate shaft, 15, and throwcam, 14, up

tions of male capsule parts, 3, which are` then engaged with the female parts, from the perforations in top, 22, and to enable said assembled capsules to be pushed out of` the perforations, 10, in plate, 19, after which the operation may be repeated.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is Y In a machine for assembling capsules the combination with a hollow base having av perforated top to receive the male capsule parts, of a platform inv thepbase below said, perforations; a plate hinged sonas to swing` over the top and havingperforations for the female capsule parts which are brought.

into register with the perforations in the top; a pin plate having a plurality of pins,-

said plate being movable from the upper ing the platform upwardly toward the top side downwardly toward the top to project of the base to push the male capsule parts fl the pins into the male part receiving perfoupwardly into the female parts.

rations of the top; :L backing plate also mov- BENJAMIN THOMAS WINGHESTER. able downwardly toward said top to engage Witnesses:

the female Capsule parts that are in register THEODORE SGHMECKEBIER,

with said perfom'bions and means for mov- ELI FRANK.

Copies of this patenty may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington. I). C.

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