US744172A - Packaging-machine. - Google Patents

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PATENTED NOV. 17, 1903.

A. DAY. PACKAGING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 18,-1901.

5 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

N0 MODEL.

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PATENTED' NOV. 17, 1903.

A. DAY.

PACKAGING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 18, 1901.

5 SHBETBSHEET 2.

- 12g. 14. 5/ i a/ No. 744,172. PATENTED NOV. 17, 1903.

A. DAY.

PACKAGING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 18, 1901.

N0 MODEL. 5 SHEETS-SHEET 8.

THE-NORRIS PETERS c0, PHoTo-umu. wmmm' n. u, c

No. 744,172. PATENTED NOV. 17, 1903.

A. DAY.

PACKAGING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 18, 1901.

5 SHEETS-SHEET 4- N0 MODEL.

No. 744,172. PATENTED NOV. 17, 1903.

-A. DAY.

PACKAGING MACHINE.

APPLIQATIONIILED H0118, 1901.

6 SHEETS-SHEET 5.

H0 MODEL.

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Patented November 17, 1901 PATENT UFFIGE.

LBERT DAY, or LEEDS, ENGLAND.

PACKAGING-MACHINE.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 744,172, dated November 17, 1903.

Application filed November 12, 1901- Serial No. 82,771. (No model.)

To all whmn it ntay concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT DAY, a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at 23 Servia Terrace, Leeds, in the county of York, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Packaging-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in packaging-machines such as are employed for packeting dry goods-such as,- for example, say, powdered materialss uch as, say, dry soap, washing-powder,baking-powder, mustard, and the like, as well as tea, coffee, sugar, rice, and the like kind of dry goods (all of which are hereinafter termed and included in the term the material) that are usually sold in bags, packets, or cartonsall of which are hereinafter termed and included in the term bags. The bags in which the above class of goods are packeted are usually made and filled byhand, which involves considerable amount of labor and waste of material. At the same time the work is not so satisfactorily performed as when done in a machine.

The objects of this invention are, first, to provide ready mechanical means for filling the bags; second, to afford facilities for shaking and pressing down thematerial placed therein; third, to crease, close, and deliver the filled bags or packets onto a traveling belt, and, fourth, to obviate the unnecessary handling of the bags. These objects are attained by mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of the entire machine; Fig. 2, a plan of sanie looking at the top, with the framework and table shown in dotted lines; Fig. 3, a sectional elevation on line A B, Fig. 2, showing first presser and first shaking mechanism for the boxes; Fig. 4, a sectional elevation, on line C D, Fig. 2, ot'frontfolderand creaser; Fig. 5, asectional elevation, on line E F, Fig. 2, of the raised backfolder,fingers, and adjusting-rods; Fig. 6, a sectional elevation on line G H, Fig. 2, showing the raised folder and opener; Fig. 7, a sectional elevation of the folder in a closed position; Fig.. 8, an end elevation of the delivery end of the machine; Fig.9, a sectional elevation on line I J, Fig. 2, showing the presser and side-folders; Fig. 10, a

part-sectional elevation, on line K L, Fig. 2, of box-shaking mechanism; Fig. 11, a sectional elevation of the table and means for adjusting same; Fig. 12, a plan of same looking at the top; Fig. 18, a sectional elevation of a filling-box; Fig. 14, a plan of same looking at the top; Fig. 15, an elevation of the creaser; Fig. 16, a plan of same; Fig. 17, an elevation of the presser; Fig. 18, a plan of same; Fig.19, a sectional elevation on line M N, Fig. 5; Fig. 20, a plan ofthe adjustingrods; Fig. 21, an elevation of side fingers; Fig. 22, a plan of same; Fig. 23, a plan of side fingers in their closed position; Fig. 24, a sectional elevation of cam for closing side fingers; Fig. 25, a plan of said cam; Fig. 26, an enlarged part-sectional elevation of the table and the guide-troughs; Fig. 27, an enlarged part-sectional elevation of the guidetrough and a folder in its normal position; Fig. 28, an enlarged part-sectional elevation of theguide-trough and the folder in a closed position; Fig. 29, an enlarged plan of same.

Like parts in all the views are marked with similar characters of reference.

The table or plate a and its side frames 1) Z) constitute the framework of the machine. At Fig. 1 the table a is shown fixed to the side frames 1) b; but when preferred a portion thereof-namely, the part over which the filling boxes 0 (to be hereainfter described) travel maybe made adjustableto the varying heights or sizes of said filling-boxes o, as shown at Figs. 11 and 12. When the table is made adjustable, a rectangular recess 0 maybe formed therein at a suitable distance from the edges. Into the recess is fitted loosely the frame dsay rectangular in shape. The frame is raised or lowered by the screws 6 working in the bosses f. The size and shape of the frame dis made to correspond with the path of the traversing boxes and troughs for same. p

114 is a discharge-opening in adjustable frame cl.

On the upper surface of the table Ct are pro vided and adj ustably or otherwise fixed thereon around the recess 0, when such is used, say, four troughs or guides, hereinafter termed guid e-troughs,'g h ij, and provided with openings at Z 1% n. The two longitudinal guide-troughs h and j are arranged parallel with each other at a suitable distance apart and are narrower in width than the guide-troughs g and t', which are also parallel to each other and at a right angle to the first-named guide-troughs. The rectangular frame dis made to work freely in the said guide troughs. Each of the said guidetroughs consists of two slides placed at a distance from but parallel with each other, and the pieces that form the guide-troughs g 11 at, say, the end of the rectangle are shorter in length than those forming the longitudinal sides 711 7 The guide-troughs are made to so communicate with each other that a box may be traversed completely along the receptacle. The guide-troughs are made of such a depth as to take the largest filling-box 0 that it is intended to use on the machine. The guidetroughs are each made open at the top, and they may also be provided with a fixed or loose or adjusting bottom or frame d to enable them to be adapted to the varying sizes of boxes. Vhen a guide trough made as shown at Fig. 26 is, however, provided with a fixed bottom, then loose or other blocks (1 may be placed therein to adapt it to the smaller sizes or depths of boxes. The width of the trough or guide is made so that the boxes will slide freely within.

1 15 and 116 are openings for shaking mechanism.

On the top of the table a are mounted in guides t u v w the horizontal plungersp 1 rs and made to intermittently reciprocate in each of the said guide-troughs-that is to say, a reciprocating plunger is made to work in each guide-trough through an opening in its outer end. The said reciprocating plungers are arranged at a right angle to each other, and each plunger works in a different direction as well as at different points of the rectangle, as will be readily seen when the action of the machine is described. An intermittent reciproeating motion is imparted respectively to the said plungers from cranks 83:1] .2 1, connectingrods 2 3 4 5, double-ended levers 6, 7, and 8, links 10, 11, and 12, arranged as follows: The crank 00 is mounted upon a spindle 14, arranged to work in suitable bearings below the table a and to receive a rotary motion from the drivingshaft 15 through chainwheels 16 17 andchain 18. The double-ended lever 6 is attached at one end to the crank 00 by connecting-rod'2 and at its other end to the outer end of the plunger 1) by the link 10. Crank y is mounted on the spindle 19, carried in bearings below the table a and to receive a rotary motion from the driving-shaft 15 through miter-gearing 20. The doubleended lever 7 is attached at its lower end to the crank y by connecting-rod 3 and at its upper end to the plunger g by link 11. Crank 2 is mounted on a shaft 21, carried in suitable bearings above the table a and to which a rotary motion is imparted from the drivingshaft 15 through chain-wheel 22 thereon to chain-wheel 23 on cam-shaft 24 by chain 25 and from the cam-shaft 24 through chainwheel 26 to chain-wheel 27 on shaft 21 by chain 28. The connecting-rod 4 is connected to the end of plunger 1". Crank 1 is mounted upon the end of shaft 29, carried in suitable bearings attached to the framework b below the table a and receives a rotary motion from the driving-shaft 15 through miter-gearing 30. The double-ended lever Sis connected at its lower end by rod 5 to the crank 1 and its upper end by link 12 to the plungers. The traversing movement of each of the said plungers is adjusted and regulated to and controlled by the width or size of the boxes 0 and its position in the guide-troughs. Thus on reference to Fig. 2 it will be seen when the boxes 0 are in the troughs g and 7;, which are large enough to receive the broadest portion of each box, the traverse of the plungers p and r is limited to about the size of the box at its narrowest portion. While troughs hj are made narrower than troughs g t' to receive the narrow portions of the boxes, plungers q s are made to travel a distance equal to the broadest portion of each box.

The herein-described plungers may or may not be provided with ends adapted not only topush the boxes along the trough or slide, but also to close the communication with the other part of the slide.

The boxes 0 are open at both ends and have a central recess 33 for receiving the bag to be filled. The boxes are made of wood, iron, or the like and rectangular in shape, as shown at Figs. 13 and 14that is to say, they are similar to those usually employed for hand filling and packeting, say, dry soaps, tea, and the like, except that they are provided on the outside with two sets of projections 31 32. Projections 31 are employed for providing a space when placed in the guide-troughs and projections 32 for preventing the box 0 fall-' ing through the opening in the table when the filled, pressed, folded, and closed packet is discharged from the box.

Each box 0 as it passes along the guidetrough g has a paper or other bag 34, made by hand or machinery and of ordinary construction, placed in its central recess 33, say, by the attendant. One end (the lower) of the bag is folded and closed in the ordinary manner prior to being placed in the central recess 33, while the open end or mouth of the bag 34 is allowed to project, as shown in dotted lines at Fig. 13, a suitable distance above the top of the box.

Each trough o is provided witha bag 34 as it passes along guide-trough g, as already described.

35 is a chute for filling purposes which may be in communication with a hopperor with a Weighing and measuring machine (one or both) of any suitable construction; but they are not shown in the drawings.

The pressing-plunger 36 (see Fig. 3) is mounted vertically and arranged to work in slides or bearings fixed or formed in or on a suitable bracket or standard 38, fixed to the upper portion of the table a. An intermittent motion is imparted to this pressing-plunger 36 from, say, a cam 39, mounted on the cam-shaft 24, arranged below the table a, through double-ended lever 40, fulcrumed to the under side of table a, and connecting-rod The outer end of the double-ended lever may be armed with a runner 42. A shaking motion is also simultaneously imparted to the box at this point by means of a second plunger 43, connected to double-ended lever 44, suitably fulcrumed at 45: The free end of the lever 44 is armed with a runner 46 and engages with a number of teeth or projections'47 on the disk 48', mounted on shaft 49, and to which a rotary motion is imparted from cam-shaft 24 by chain 50 and pulleys 51 52.

The creaser shown at Figs. 4, 15, 16 consists of a vertically intermittently reciprocating plate 53, carried in suitable slides or bearings fixed or formed in a bracket or support 54, mounted upon the upper portion of the said table, the requisite motion being imparted to said creaser-plate by means of, say, a cam 55 on shaft 24, through a double-ended lever 56, fnlcrume'd to the table, and a rod 57. Before or during the passage of the creaser into the bag the box containing the latter is slightly shaken by any suitable arrangement of tapping motion, as shown at Fig. 10. After the creaser-plate has been made to descend into the bag one sidesay the frontofthe latteris folded over by means of a folder 58, consisting of a block or plate having upwardly-projecting pieces 59 on two of its sides and, if desired, across one of its ends. The folder is provided at its rear with one or more logs or projections 60, by which it is jointed to a slotted bracket or other support 61, fixed to the upper portion of the said table or to one portion of the guide-trough h, as shown. I

An intermittent reciprocating motion is imparted to the folder 58, Fig. 4, by a horizontal adjustable or other lever 118, actuated by, say, a double cam 62, mounted on the driving-shaft 15 and made to act upon the double-ended vertical lever 63, fulcrumed to the table, as shown. This intermittent reciproeating motion causes the folder 58 first to turn on its hinge or joint 117, Fig. 28, then to rise, if required, in its slotted portion119 of bracket 61 to the required level, and, if necessary, to be slightly pressed outward and downward for folding the front of the bag over inward onto the creaser-plate 53 for creasing purposes while thelatter is within the bag. The folder then returns to its normal position. The creasing-plate is then withdrawnfrom the bag on the return of the folder to its normal position. In withdrawing the creaser-plate the front of the bag is also returned to its vertical position. The

folder is therefore again actuated for folding this purpose.

the said two sides.

the front over a second time into the horizontal position. 7

In order to insure that the sides of the bagthat is, the portions of the bag arranged at or about a right angle in its frontare in the required upright position for being turned and folded inward onto the folded top portion, a side-opener, Fig. 6, is provided for The side-opener consists of a horizontal plunger 64, and it is provided with an end enlarged to about the space between The plunger 64 is made to work in slides or bearings 65 and to be actuated by a cam 83, mounted on shaft 24, through a double-ended lever 66, fulcrumed to the table, and an adjustable link 67, which is connected to the upper end of the lever 66 and the outer end of the plunger 64.

Another folder,68,with or without a creaserplate and of a similar construction to that already described, jointed to a second bracket or support 69 on the inner side of the guidetrough h, is employed for folding over the back of the bag. The motion for actuating this folder 68 is obtained from cam 70, mounted on the driving-shaft 15 and transmitted thereto through double-ended lever 71, fulerumed to the table, horizontal rod 72, carried in bearings 73, lever 74, and adjustable link 75. When the folder 68 has been moved onto the bag and while it remains in that position, a pair of horizontal intermittent reciprocating side-folders 76, Figs. 21 to 23, are moved forward in the fixed cam-grooves 86 for first pressing the said sides of the bag against the sides of the folder 68, and after doing so the side-folders 76 are partly withdrawn to their normal position. After the back-folder 68 has been withdrawn the side: folders 76 are then made to again advance over the bag for folding its said sides over onto the top. The side-folders 76 are jointed, Figs. 5 and 23, to the slides 77, arranged to work in suitable guides 78, and the folders 76 are actuated by cams 79 80, mounted on shaft 24, through double-ended levers 81 and 82, fulorumed to the table, and adjustable links 84. To the under side of each sidefolder is fixed a pin 85, Fig. 24, which may or may not be armed with a runner adapted to work in a horizontal fixed cam path or groove 86 for gi ving or imparting the required inward-closing motion to the same.

An end-Stamper 87, Figs. 8, 17, 18, mounted in a standard 88 so as to slide freely, is arranged to come in contact with the bag for thoroughly forming its end by pressing down the folded portions, and before the stamper reaches the packet the projecting portions of the folds are held slightly downward by any convenient meanssay side-folder 94, operated by cam 95, through rod 96, double-ended lever 97, and jointed lever 98. The endstamper 87 may be intermittently operated bya cam 89, mounted on the shaft 24, acting upon a double-ended weighted lever 90, ful- ICC &

crumed to the under side of each connectingrod 91, a second double-ended lever 92, fulcrumed to the upper portion of the table, and link 93.

The forcing-out plunger 99 is mounted in a standard 100, fixed to the table, so as to work freely. An intermittent reciprocating motion is imparted to the forcing-out plunger 99 from a crank 101, mounted on shaft 102, carried in bearings on the table a through connecting-rod 103. A rotary motion is imparted to shaft 102 from shaft 21 by chain 104 and sprocket- wheels 105 and 106.

In order to insure of the boxes being properly spaced so as to come into the required position for the plungers, folders, creasers, and the like to act upon them, the adjustable spacing-rods 107, Fig. 20, may be employed and made to enter the spaces between the boxes 0 above the projections 31. The rods 107 are fixed to the cross-piece 108 at such a distance apart that a box 0 will pass between them. The said rods work through the side of the trough h, as shown at Fig. 5. An intermittent reciprocating action is imparted to them from a cam 109 on cam-shaft 24 through double-ended levers 110, fulcrumed to the under side of table a, link 111, and connecting-rod 112. A convenient point for applying this adjustment movement is, say, at the seventh movement of the boxes in the guidetrough h.

Motion to the various moving parts of the machine may be imparted thereto from any suitable source of power through driving-pulley 113 and belting or gearing, one or both, and from the main driving-shaft 15 to one or more additional shafts (upon which the cams are mounted, as already described) through sprocket wheels and chains or through friction wheels and lever or levers.

The machine may be started and stopped by means of a lever or treadle, one or both, and suitable belt shipping or clutch mechanism of ordinary constructiombut not shown in the drawings.

The action of the machine is as follows: The boxes 0 are placed verticallyupon one of their ends within the guide-troughs g h t'j until they are quite full of boxes, except, say, in the first instance there is a space left at the ends of the troughs. Two such spaces are shown at Z u, Fig. 2. The bags 34 are placed in the boxes 0 while the latter are in the trough g. The machine will afterward regulate the movement of the boxes. The first plunger 19 is then made to act against the broad part of one of the boxes and to force the boxes along the trough g until one of their number, the one farthest from the plunger, is carried into the space at the end thereof and into line with the trough h. The inner side of trough h is prolonged at this point to form a stop for the boxes issuing from trough g. The plunger 1) then recedes and remains stationary until a box issuing from trough j has been placed in line, as presently described,

in trough g. The second plunger (1 is made to force the boxes 0 along guide-trough h, and in so doing forces the box farthest from it into trough i, which is parallel to trough g. The outer side of trough'iis also prolonged to form a stop for a box passing from trough h. The plunger q then recedes and remains stationary until anotherbox has been made to pass from trough g to trough h. After a box has been passed into troughi the third plunger 9' forces the boxes along this last-named trough until a box-the one farthest from plunger r--has been passed into the trough j, which is parallel with trough h, the outer side of which is prolonged to form a stop for the boxes issuing from troughi and to bring them into line with those in trough j. When this has been accomplished, the plunger r then recedes and remains stationary untilanother box has been passed into line with troughj. The fourth plunger 3 is employed for forcing the boxes along troughj until the one farthest from the said plunger passes into trough g and is arranged in line therein by the outer prolonged side of trough g, being arranged to form a stop for the boxes issuing from trough The cycle of movements of the boxes along the guidetroughs then commences again and may be repeated as often as is required. It will be readily understood that as each box enters a portion of the slide a box will have been moved forward by the plungers to make room for it. By this means the boxes are automatically and intermittently made to make the complete circuit of, say, the rectangularshaped trough or guide. The plungersp and 7' are made to simultaneously operate in their respective troughs g and i for discharging a box therefrom while the plungers q s are at rest. Consequently when plungers q s are in action, respectively, in troughs h j for a similar purpose the plungers p 7' will be at rest. Thereby provision is made for a box to be simultaneously passed into two troughs that are parallel with each other and at opposite points or corners of the rectangle.

The operation of filling, pressing, creasing, folding, and closing the mouth of the bag, as well as discharging it from the box, takes place, as will be hereinafter described, in the guide-troughs h and t'. Guide-trough j is employed for returning the empty boxes to the trough g.

From the time a box enters the trough it until the folded and closed bag is discharged from the box it is moved thirteen times and is operated about fifteen times; butin order to save time several of these operations are performed on different boxes simultaneouslynamely, when the guide-trough h is adapted to receive, say, nine boxes then the following operations can be simultaneously perform-ed upon the mouths of the bags in the several boxes and the material therein as follows: The bag in the first box will be empty while the bag in the second box is being filled to the required height and simultaneously shaken,the contents ofthe bagin the third box pressed'by plunger 36, the bag in the fourth box shaken by shaker 43. The mouth of the bag in the fifth box will be first creased by plate 53, its front folded by folder 58, then opened and the front again folded. The bag in the seventh box has first its sides opened by openers 64, straightened and creased by fingers 76, then the back and two sides are folded, respectively, by folders 68 and the fingers 76. The sixth, eighth, and ninth boxes do not then undergo any operation.- The tenth to the thirteenth movements take place in the guide-trough i, when the box at the twelfth movement will be finally pressed by plunger 87 and the side-folders 9-1 and the bag forced out of the twelfth box onto the traveling sheet 37 by forcing-out plunger 99, by which it is carried to the labeling or packing room or other place of storage. Boxes at the sixth, eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh movements are not operated upon further than being -moved along the said guide-troughs.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a dry-goods-packeting machine, the combination with a slotted table mounted on supportlug-framework of four guide-troughs mounted thereon, in pairs, each pair of guidetroughs being parallel to each other and of a difierent length to the other pair at a right angle thereto, substantially as described.

2. In a dry-goods-packeting machine, the' combination with a slotted table mounted on supporting-framework and a rectangular recess in said table, of four guide-troughs mounted thereon in pairs about said recess, each pair of guide-troughs being parallel to each other and of a dilferent length and width to the other pair at a right angle thereto, and an adjustable rectangular frame sliding within the said guide-troughs and recess, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the slotted table mounted upon supporting-framework, said table having a discharge-opening, and a rectangular recess formed therein, an adjustable frame adapted to loosely fit said recess provided with a discharge-opening in said plate over the one in the table, guidetroughs mounted upon said table along the inner and outer lines of the said recess, each trough having an opening in their outer sides, one of the outer sides of each guide-trough being also prolonged transversely across the guidetrough at a right angle thereto to form a stop, substantially as described.

4. In a dry-goods-packeting machine, the combination with a slotted table mounted on supporti'ng-framework and a rectangular recess in said table, of four guide troughs mounted thereon in pairs about said recess, each pairof guide-troughs being parallel to each other and of a different length and width to the other pair at a right angle thereto, an adjustable rectangular frame sliding within the said guide-troughs and recess, and four width to the other pair at a right angle thereto, an adjustable rectangular frame sliding within the said guide-troughs and recess, four plungers mounted upon the said table and arranged to work respectively in the said guidetroughs in opposite directions, boxes for receiving the bags, said boxesbeing placed in the guide-troughs as described, and the means described for actuating two of the plungers simultaneously in parallel guide-troughs and in opposite directions, and to move a box in each of said guide-troughs into the trough at a right angle thereto, substantially as described.

6. The combination of a rectangular box having a central opening, projections arranged on two of its opposite sides at the base thereof, and a second set of projections arranged on each of the two opposite sides at a distance from the first-named projections but parallel therewith, substantially as described.

7. The combination of rectangular boxes each having a central opening, projections arranged on two of their opposite sides at the bases thereof, a second set of projections arranged on each of the two opposite sides at a distance from the first-named projections but parallel therewith, troughs mounted on the table of the machine in which the rectangular boxes slide upon one of their ends, and the means described for properly spacing the said boxes in said troughs, comprising a crossbar having two pointed rods attached thereto passing through the side of and into one of the troughs for embracing one of the said boxes above its upper set of projections, a connecting-rod, a double-ended lever fulcrumed to said table, links pin-jointed respectively to said cross-bar, connecting-rod, and double-ended lever, and a cam mounted on a revolving shaft, substantially as described.

8. The combination of a slotted table having a dischargeopening therein, said table being mounted upon supporting-framework, four troughs mounted upon said table to form a rectangle, each pair of troughs opposite each other, being parallel to each other and of a difierent length and width than the pair at a right angle thereto, a plunger reciprocating in each of said troughs, an openingin the outer side of each trough through which a portion of the plunger passes, a main driving-shaft, and the means described for actuating each plunger from the said drivingshaft, comprising a shaft having a crank mounted thereon, adouble-ended lever passing through one of the slots in said table and fulcrumed to the latter, links for connecting the double-ended lever respectively to the crank and plunger, and gearing for imparting a rotary motion from the driving-shaft to said crank-shaft, substantially as described.

9. In a dry-goods-packaging machine, the combination of the slotted table mounted upon supporting-framework, said table having a rectangular recess and a discharge-opening formed therein, an adjustable frame adapted to loosely fit said recess, and provided with a discharge-opening therein over the said opening in table, guide-troughs mounted upon said table along the inner and outer lines of the said recess, having an opening in the outer side of each trough, one of the outer sides of each guide-trough being also prolonged transversely across the guidetrough at a right angle thereto to form a stop, rectangular bag-receiving boxes each having a central opening and having projections arranged on two of its opposite sides at the base thereof, and a second set of projections arranged on each of the two opposite sides at a distance from the first-named projections but parallel therewith, said rectangular boxes sliding upon one of their ends, and the means described for properly spacing the said boxes in said troughs, comprising a cross-bar having two pointed rods attached thereto passing through the side of and into one of the troughs for embracing one of the said boxes above its upper set of projections, a connecting-rod, a double-ended lever fulcrunled to said table, links pin-jointed respectively to said cross-bar, connecting-rod, and doubleended lever, a cam mounted on a revolving shaft, a main driving-shaft, and the means described for actuating each plunger from the said driving-shaft, comprising a shaft having a crank mounted thereon, a doubleended lever passing through one of the slots in said table and fulcrumed to the latter, links for connecting the double lever respectively to the crank and plunger, and gearing for imparting a rotary motion from the driving-shaft to said crank-shaft, substantially as described.

10. The combination of the slotted table mounted upon supporting-framework, having a rectangular recess and a discharge-opening formed therein, an adjustable frame adapted to loosely fit said recess, said frame having a discharge-opening over the said opening in the table, guide-troughs mounted upon said table along the inner and outer lines of the said recess, having an opening in the outer side of each trough, one of the outer sides of each guide-trough being also prolonged transversely across the guide-trough at a right angle thereto to form astop, boxes for receiving the bags to be filled, said boxes being placed in the guide-troughs as described, a chute for conveying the material to the said bags, and the means described for intermittently actuating the plunger-s for traversing the boxes, and the means described for shaking the boxes, whereby a bag and its inclosing box is intermittently and successively brought under the chute to be filled and shaken substantially as described.

11. The combination of a slotted table having a discharge-opening therein, said table being mounted upon supporting-framework, four guide-troughs mounted upon said tablein pairs to form a rectangle, each pair of troughs being parallel to each other and of a different length and width than the pair at a right angle thereto, a plunger reciprocating in each of said troughs, an opening in the outer side of each trough through which a portion of the plunger passes, a main driving-shaft, and the means described for actuating each plunger from the said driving shaft, comprising a shaft having a crank mounted thereon, a double-ended lever passing through one of the slots in said table and fulcrumed to the latter, links for connecting the double lever respectively to the crank and plunger, and gearing for imparting a rotary motion from the driving-shaft to said crank-shaft, pressing-plunger mounted on said table over one of said troughs, a support for the pressingplunger, and the means described for imparting an intermittent reciprocating motion to the pressing-plunger comprising a revolving shaft having a cam mounted thereon, a double-ended lever fulcru med to said table, and a connecting-rod pin-jointed respectively to said double-ended lever and to the plunger as described.

12. In a dry-goods-packaging machine the combination with a slotted table having a discharge opening therein, said table being mounted upon support-ing-framework, a rectangular recess formed therein, an adjustable frame having a discharge opening therein adapted to loosely fit said recess, guidetroughs mounted upon said table along the inner and outer lines of the said recess, and provided with an opening in the outer side of each trough, one of the outer sides of each guide trough being also prolonged transversely across the guide-trough at a right angle thereto to form a stop, rectangular boxes intermittently sliding in the guide-troughs, each box containing a bag, a chute for filling the bag, mechanism as described for traversing and shaking the boxes, a pressing-plunger mounted on said table over one of said troughs adapted to pass within the bag in a sliding box, a support for the pressing-plunger, and the means described for imparting an intermittent reciprocating motion to the pressing-plungercomprisingarevolvingshaft having a cam mounted thereon, a doubleended lever fulcrnmed to said table, and a connecting-rod pin-jointed respectively to said double-ended lever and to the plunger as described.

13. In a dry-goods-packaging machine, the

combination of a slotted table having a discharge opening therein, said table being mounted upon supportirig-framework, a rectangular recess formed therein, an adjustable frame adapted to loosely fit said recess, a discharge-opening in said plate, and table, guide-troughs mounted upon said table along the inner and outer lines of the said recess, an opening in the outer side of each trough, one of the outer sides of each guide-trough being also prolonged transversely across the guide-trough at a right angle thereto to form a stop, rectangular boxes intermittently sliding in the guide-troughs, each box con aining a bag, a chute for filling the bag, mechanism as described for actuating and shaking the boxes, a pressing-plunger mounted on said table over one of said troughs, adapted to pass within the bag in the sliding box, a support for the pressing-plunger, and the means described for imparting an intermittent reciprocating motion to the pressing-plunger comprisinga revolvingshaft havinga'cam mounted thereon, a double-ended lever fulcrumed to said table, a connecting-rod pin-jointed respectively to said double-ended lever and to the plunger as described, boxes intermittently sliding in said guide-troughs, and the box-shaking mechanism comprising a vertical plunger, a double-ended actuating-lever fulcrumed to the machine and jointed at one frame adapted to loosely fit said recess, a dis charge-opening in said plate, and table, guidetroughs mounted upon said table along the inner and outer lines of the said recess, an opening in the outer side of each trough, one of the outer sides of each guide-trough being also prolonged transversely across the guidetrough at a right angle thereto to form a stop, boxes intermittently sliding in said guidetroughs,and the box-shaking mechanism comprising a vertical plunger, a double-ended actuating-lever fulcrumed to the machine and jointed at one end to said plunger, a runner mounted upon the double-ended lever, projecting teeth upon a portion of the periphery of a disk adapted to engage with said runner,

a shaft upon which the disk is mounted, a ro-v tating camshaft, and chain gearing for conveying motion from the cam-shaft to the diskshaft, substantially as described.

15. The combination of a slotted table havinga rectangular recess and a discharge-opening therein, said table being mounted upon supporting-trameWork, an adjust-able frame adapted to loosely fit said recess, said frame having a discharge-opening therein, four guide-troughs mounted upon said table to form a rectangle, each pair of troughs being parallel to each other and of a different length and width than the pair at. a right angle thereto, a plunger reciprocating in each of said troughs, each of said troughs having an opening in the outer side thereof through which a portion of the plunger passes, a main drivingshaft, and the means described for actuating each plunger from the said driving-shaft, rectangular boxes intermittently sliding in the guide-troughs, each box containing a bag, a chute for filling the bag, mechanism as described for actuating and shaking the boxes,

' pressing-plunger mounted on said table over one of said troughs, a support for the pressing-plunger adapted to enter a bag in a sliding box, and the mechanism for imparting an intermittent reciprocating motion to the pressing-plunger, and the mechanism for intermittently shaking the sliding boxes, said mechanism comprising a vertical plunger, and a double-ended actuating-lever, fulcrumed to the machine and jointed at one end to said plunger, a runner mounted upon the doubleended lever, projecting teeth upon a portion of the periphery of a disk adapted to engage with said runner, ashaft upon which the disk is mounted, a rotating cam-shaft, and chain gearing for conveying motion from the camshaft to the disk-shaft, substantially as described.

16. The combination of the slotted table mounted u pon supportingrframework, having a rectangular recess and a discharge-opening formed therein, an adjustable frame adapted to loosely fit said recess, also having a dischargeopening, and table, guidetroughs mounted upon said table along the inner and outer lines of the said recess, with an opening in the outer side of each trough, one of the outer sides of each guide-trough being also prolonged transversely across the guide: trough at a right angle thereto to form a stop,

rectangular boxes intermittently sliding in the guide-troughs, each box containing a bag, a chute for filling the bag, mechanism for actuating and shaking the boxes, an intermittentlyreciprocating creaser as described mounted upon the said table, over one of the said guide-troughs, a support for the creaser, and the means for actuating the creaser, substantially as described.

17. The combination of a slotted table having a discharge-opening therein, said table being mounted upon supporting-framework, four troughs mounted u pou said table to form a rectangle, each pair of troughs being paral lel to each other and of a different length and Width than the pair at a right angle thereto, a plunger reciprocating in each of said troughs, an openingin the outer side of each trough through which a portion of the plunger passes, a main driving-shaft mounted under the table, the means for actuating each plunger from the said driving-shaft and for shaking the boxes,with a slotted bracket fixed to the side of one of the guide-troughs, a folder as described movably jointed to said slotted bracket, a revolving shaft having a cam mounted thereon, a double-ended lever fulcru med to the said table and operated by said cam, and lever connections for operating the said folder whenever it is required to be first raised and then made to turn over and slide forward onto the filled and pressed bag, and then to be withdrawn, substantially as de scribed.

18. The combination of the slotted table havinga discharge-opening and a rectangular recess formed therein, mounted upon supporting-framework, an adjustable frame adapted to loosely fit said recess, said frame having a discharge opening therein, guide troughs mounted upon said table along the inner and outer lines of the said recess, and provided with an opening in the outer side of each trough, one of the outer boxes of each guidetrough being also prolonged transversely across the guide-trough at a right angle thereto to form a stop, an intermittently-reciprocating creaser as described mounted upon the said table over one of the said guide-troughs, rectangular boxes intermittently sliding in the guide-troughs, each box containing a bag, a chute for filling the bag, mechanism for actuating and shaking the boxes, a support for the creaser, a main driving-shaft and the mechanism for operating the creaser, a slotted bracket fixed to the side of one of the guide-- troughs, a folderas described movably jointed to said slotted bracket and the. means described for operating the said folder whenever it is to be first raised and then made to turn over and slide forward onto the filled and pressed bag, and then to be withdrawn, substantially as described.

19. The combination of the slotted table having a rectangular recess and a dischargeopening formed therein, said table being mounted upon supporting-framework, an adjustable frame adapted to loosely fit said recess, said frame having a discharge-opening therein, and table, guide-troughs mounted upon said table along theinner and outer lines of the said recess and provided with an open ing in the outer side of each trough, one of the outer sides of each guide-trough being also prolonged transversely across the guidetrough at a right angle thereto to form a stop, rectangular boxes intermittently sliding in the guide-troughs, each box containing a bag, a chute for filling the bag, mechanism for actuating and shaking the boxes, with horizontal reciprocating side-opener mounted upon the table and intermittently working across one of the guide-troughs, and the means for operating the side-opener, comprising a shaft having a cam mounted thereon, a doubleended leverfulcrnmed to said table and adapted to engage with said cam and an adjustable link for connecting the upper end of the said lever and side-opener together, substantially as described.

20. The combination of the slotted table having a rectangular recess and a dischargeopening formed therein, said table being mounted upon supporting-framework, an adjustable frame adapted to loosely fit said recess, said frame having a discharge-opening therein, guide-troughs mounted upon said table along the inner and outer lines of the said recess and provided with an opening in the outer side of each trough, one of the outer sides of each guide-trough being also prolonged transversely across the guide-trough at a right angle thereto to form a stop, rectangular boxes intermittently sliding in the guide-troughs, each box containing a bag, a chute for filling the bag, mechanism for actuating and shaking the boxes, a main driving-shaft, an intermittently-reciprocating creaser as described mounted upon the said table over one of the said guide-troughs,a support for the creaser, mechanism for operating the creaser, a slotted bracket fixed to the side of one of the guidetroughs, a folder as described movably jointed to said slotted bracket, and the means for intermittently operating the same whenever it is to be first raised and then made to turn over and slide forward onto the filled and pressed bag, and then to be withdrawn, a horizontal reciprocating side-opener mounted upon the table and intermittently working across one of the guide-troughs, and the mechanism for actuating the same, substantially as described.

21. The combination of the slotted table having a rectangular recess and a dischargeopening formed therein, said table being mounted upon supporting-framework, an adjustable frame adapted to loosely fit said recess, and provided with a discharge-opening therein, guide-troughs mounted upon said table along the inner and outer lines of the said recess and provided with an opening in the outer side of each trough, one of the outer sides of each guide-trough being also prolonged transversely across the guide-trough at a right angle thereto to form a stop, rectangular boxes intermittently sliding in the guide-troughs, each box containing a bag, a chute for filling the bag, mechanism for actuating and shaking the boxes, with the slides mounted to the table, and the mechanism for actuatingthe slides,comprisingashafthaving cams mounted thereon for actuating the said slides,lever and link connections between the cams and the rear ends of the slides, the sidefolders, each jointed to the forward ends of one of the slides, a horizontal fixed inwardlycurved campath, and a runner connection between each side-folder and its horizontal slide whereby on the inward movement of the slides the side-folders are made to close over the filled pressed, and shaken bag in a sliding box, substantially as described.

22. The combination of the slotted table guide-troughs, each box containing a bag, a

chute for filling the bag, mechanism for actuating and shaking the boxes, a main driving-shaft, a presser and means for operating the same, an intermittently-reciprocating creaser as described mounted upon the said table over one of the said guide-troughs, a support for the creaser, means for actuating the creaser,aslotted bracket fixed to the side of one of the guide-troughs, a folder as described movably jointed to said slotted bracket, and the means for intermittently actuating the same, whenever it is to be first raised and then made to turn over and slide forward on to thefilled and pressed bag, and then to be withdrawn, a horizontal reciprocating sideopener mounted upon the table and intermittently working across one of the guidetroughs, and the mechanism for operating the same, the slides mounted to the table, and the means for actuating same, the sidefolders, each jointed to the forward ends of one of the slides, a fixed horizontal inwardlycurved cam-.path, and a runner connection between each side-folder and its horizontal slide whereby on the inward movement of the slides the side-folders are made to close over the filled, pressed, and shaken bag in a sliding box, substantially as described.

23. The combination of the slotted table I having a rectangular recess and a dischargeopening formed therein, said table being mounted upon supporting-framework, an adjustable frame adapted to loosely fit, said recess, and provided with a discharge-opening therein, guide-troughs mounted upon said table along the inner and outer lines of the said recess, and provided with an opening in the outer side of each trough, one of the outer sides of each guide-trough being also prolonged traversely across the guidetrough at a right angle thereto to form a stop, rectangular boxes intermittently sliding in the guide-troughs, each box containinga bag,

a chute for filling the bag, mechanism for actuating and shaking the boxes, and a main driving-shaft, with an end-stamper, a pair of side-closers Working across the guide-trough toward eachother,andthemeansforoperating the end-stamper and side-closers, comprising a shaft having a cam mounted thereon, gearing for communicating motion to .the said shaft from the driving-shaft, a connectingrod, a runner mounted on the end of said connecting-rod against which the cam acts, and levers and links as described for connecting the end-closers to the connectingrod, substantially as described.

24. The combination of the slotted table, having a rectangular recess and a dischargeopening formed therein, said table being mounted upon supporting-fratmework, anadjustable frame adapted to loosely fit said recess, and provided with a-discharge-opening therein, guide-troughs mounted upon said table along the inner and outer lines of the said recess, provided with an opening in the outer side of each trough, one of the outer sides of each guide-trough being also prolonged transversely across the guide-trough at a right angle thereto to form a stop, rectangular boxes intermittently sliding in the guide-troughs, each box containing a bag, a chute for filling the bag, mechanism for actuating and shaking the boxes, and a main driving-shaft with a reciprocating forcingout plunger operating over one of the guidetroughs, a support therefor fixed tothe table at the side of the guide-trough, and the means for actuating the said plunger, comprising a shaft having a cam mounted thereon, chaingearing for transmitting action thereto, a weighted double-ended lever fulcrumed to the under side of said table, a second doubleended lever fulcrumed to the top of said table, a connecting-rod for connecting the two double-ended levers together, and a link for connecting one end of the second doubleended lever to the plunger, substantially as described.

25. The combination of the slotted table having a rectangular recess and a dischargeopening formed therein, said table being mounted upon supporting-framework, an adjustable frame adapted to loosely fit said recess, provided with a discharge-opening therein, guide-troughs mounted upon said table along the inner and outer lines of the saidrecess and provided with an opening in the outer side of each trough, one of the outer sides of each guide-trough being also prolonged transversely'across the guide-trough at a right angle thereto to form a stop, rectangular boxes intermittently sliding in the guide-troughs, each box containing a bag, a chute for filling the bag, mechanism for actuating and shaking-the boxes, a main driving-shaft, a pair of side openers Working across the guide-trough toward each other, means for actuating the same, a reciprocating forcing-out plunger operating over one of the guide-troughs, a support therefor fixed to the table at the side of the guide-trough, and the means for actuating the same, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

26. The combination of the slotted table having a rectangular recess and a dischargeopening formed therein, said table being mounted upon supporting-framework, an adjustable frame adapted to loosely fit said recess,provided with a discharge-opening there- IOC in, guide-troughs mounted upon said table along the inner and outerlines of the said recess, provided with an opening in the outer side of each trough, one of the outer sides of each guide-trough being also prolonged transversely across the guide-trough at a right angle thereto to form a stop, rectangular boxes intermittently sliding in the guide-troughs, each box containing abag, a chute for filling the bag, mechanism for actuating and shaking the boxes, a main driving-shaft, an intermittently-reciprocating creaser as described mounted upon the said table over one of the said guide-troughs, a support for the creaser, means for intermittently actuating the creaser, a slotted bracket fixed to the side of one of the guide-troughs, a folder as described movably jointed to said slotted bracket, and the means for intermittently operating the same whenever it is to be first raised and then made to turn over and slide forward on to the filled and pressed bag, and then to be withdrawn, a horizontal reciprocating side-opener mounted upon the table and intermittently working across one of the guide-troughs, and the means for operating the same, the slides mounted to the table, and the means for operating the same, the side-folders, each jointed to the forward ends of one of the said slides, a fixed horizontal inwardly-curved cam-path, and a runner connection between each side-folder and its horizontal slide whereby'on the inward movement of the slides the end-stamper and means for actuating the same and the side-folders are made to close over the filled, pressed, and shaken bag in a sliding box, a pair of side-openers working across the guide-trough toward each other, and the means for intermittently operating the same, a reciprocating discharging-plunger operating over one of the guide-troughs, a support therefor fixed to the table at the side of guide-trough, and the means for actuating the same, as and for the purposes set forth.

27; The combination of the slotted table having a rectangular recess and a dischargeopening formed therein, said table being mounted upon supporting-framework, an adjustable frame adapted to loosely fit said recess, and provided with a discharge-opening therein, guide-troughs mounted upon said table along the inner and outer lines of the said recess, and provided with an opening in the outer side of each trough, one of the outer sides of each guide-trough being also prolonged transversely across the guide-trough at a right angle thereto to form a stop, rectangular boxes intermittently sliding in the guide-troughs, each box containing a bag, a chute for filling the bag, mechanism for actuating and shaking the boxes, a main drivingshaft, the mechanism described for pressing, creasing, and folding the bags in the sliding boxes, a reciprocating discharging-plunger mounted upon one of the guide-troughs, a support therefor fixed to the table at the side of said guide-trough, mechanism for operating the same, and endless belt for receiving the filled and closed bag as it falls from the sliding box and for conveying it away, substantially as described.

28. The combination of the slotted table having a rectangular recess and adischargeopening formed therein, said table being mounted upon supporting-framework, an adjustable frame adapted to loosely fit said recess and provided with a discharge-opening therein, guide-troughs mounted upon said table along the inner and outer lines of the said recess, and provided with an openingin the outerside of each trough, one of the outer sides of each guide-trough being also prolonged transversely across the guide-trough at a right angle thereto to form a stop, rectangular boxes intermittently sliding in the guidetroughs,each box containinga bag, achute for filling the bag, mechanism for actuating and shaking the boxes, a main driving-shaft, the pressing mechanism and means for actuating the same, an intermittently reciprocating creaser as described mounted upon the said table over one of the said guide-troughs, a support for the creaser, means for intermittently actuating the creaser,a slotted bracket fixed to the side of one of the guide-troughs, a folder as described movably jointed to said slotted bracket, and means for intermittently operating said folder whenever it is to be first raised and then made to turn over and slide forward onto the filled, and pressed bag, and then to be withdrawn, a horizontal reciprocating side-opener mounted upon the table and intermittently working across one of the guide-troughs, and mechanism for actuating the same, the slides mounted to the table, and means for operating the same, the sidefolders, each jointed to the forward ends of one of the said slides, a fixed horizontal inwardly-curved cam-path, and a runner connection between each side-folder and its horizontal slide whereby on the inward movement of the slides the side-folders are made to close over the filled, pressed, and shaken bag, a pair of side-closers working across the guide-trough toward each other,and the means for operating the same, a reciprocating endstamper operating over one of the guidetroughs, a support therefor fixed to the table at the side of guide-trough, and the means for actuating the same, a reciprocating discharging-plunger mounted over one of the guidetroughs, a support therefor fixed to the table at the side of said guide-trough, and the means for operating the said plunger, and endless belt for receiving the filled and closed bag as it falls from a sliding box and conveying it away, substantially as described.

29. In a dry-goods-packaging machine, the combination of the slotted table having a rectangular recess and a discharge-opening formed therein, said table being mounted upon supporting-framework, an adjustable frame adapted to loosely fit said recess and provided with a discharge-opening therein,

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guide-troughs mounted upon said table along the inner and outer lines of. the said recess, and having an opening in the outer side of each trough, one of the outer sides of each guide trough being also prolonged transversely across the guide-trough at a right angle thereto to form a stop, rectangular boxes for receiving the bags to be filled, each of said boxes having a central opening, projections arranged on two of its opposite sides at the base of each box and a second set of projections arranged on each ofo'the two opposite sides at a distance from the said first-named projections but parallel therewith, guidetroughs mounted as described on the table of the machine in which the rectangular boxes slide upon one of their ends, and the means described for operating as Well" as properly spacing the said boxes in said troughs, a main driving-shaft, a chute for conveying the material to thesaid bags, the mechanism described for shaking the boxes, a pressingplunger mounted on said table over one of said troughs, a support for the pressing-plunger, and the means describedfor imparting an intermittent reciprocating motion to the same, an intermittently-reciprocating creaser as described mounted upon the said table over one of the said guide-troughs, a support for the creaser, and the means for actuating the creaser, a slotted bracket fixed to the side of one of the guide-troughs, a folder as described movably pivoted to said slotted bracket, and

' the means for actuating the same whenever it is to be first raised and then made to turn pressed bag, and then to be withdrawn, a horizontal reciprocating side opener mounted upon the table and intermittently working across one of the-guide-troughs, and the means employed for operating the same, theslides vmounted to the table, and the means for actuating the same, a reciprocating end-o stamper operating over one of the guidetroughs, a support therefor fixed to the table at the side of guide-trough, and the means for actuating the same, a reciprocating discharging-plunger mounted over one of the guide-troughs, a support therefor fixed to the table at the side of said guide-trough, and the mechanism for operating the same, and endless belt for receiving the filled and closed bag as it falls through the discharge'opening in the said frame and for conveying it away, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT DAY.

Witnesses: 1

WILLIAM HENRY DAY, WILLIAM SADLER.

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