US44690A - Improvement in machines for making boxes - Google Patents

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T. 0. LUTHER. MACHINE FOR MAKING BOXES.

No. 44,690. Patented Oct 11, 1864.

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THOMAS C. LUTHER, OF LEE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERI- CAN- FLASK AND CAP COMPANY, OF 'WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR. MAKING BOXES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. ildfiillih, dated Oc er 11, 1864.

To all whom it ray concern.-

Be it known that I, THos. LUTHER, of Lee, in the county of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Im' proved Machine for Manufacturing Boxes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,. clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable any personskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in whichll igure l is a plan or top'view of my inveni101 Fig. 2, a side view of the same; Fig. 3, a perspective view of a box.

Similar letteis of reference indicate correspending parts in the severalfigures,

This invention is more especially designed for putting the covering 01'' external paper hand on cylindrical paper boxes for the purpose of securing the top andbottonl to the body of the box. It may, however, be used for covering wooden or sheet-metal cylindrical boxes. I

The invention consists in the employment or use of pressure-rollers in connection with a sizing or paste box and a belt, all arranged to operate as hereinafter setgi'orth.

A represents a base-plate, to which an up right, B, is attached, the latter having two horizontal bars, a a,seci1red to it, one at each side, between which a drum, C, is inserted at one side of the upright, and a cup or pastebox, D,inserted between then at the opposite side of the upright,

E is a roller the axle b of which has its hearings in the bars a. a, the roller E being partly submerged in the paste or size in the box D.

F F are two standards, in which the jour nas of two horizontal shafts, b b, are placed, one being some distance above the other and both having a roller, G, upon them, each of which is provided at its periphery with a deep oscillate, or swing thereon. 'In the upper part I is attached a chain or cord, h, which passes over a pulley, i, and is connected at its lower end to a treadle. The weight Kihas a tendency to draw the upper part of the frame H, and consequently the roller 1, out from the upper roller, C, as indicated in red in Fig. 2, while apressure on the treadle to which the chain or cord, h is. attached will have'a tendency to press the roller I toward the upper roller, C. The pape'r band a with which the boxes are OOY6I6(l,lS wound upon the drum C and passes over the roller E, as shown in "Fig. 2. The parts of the box-to wit, the

body and top and bottom--are held in contact by the operator, a cylindrical block being within them, and said partsare then fitted on the belt 5 between the rollers I Cr C and the end of the paper applied to them, and the foot of the operator is applied to the treadle, so as to cause the belt to press snugly-on the box. The shaft of the upper roller, G, is then rotated by means of a crank, L, at one end of it,

and the paper band a is wound around the box and secures the topandsbottoin of the latter to its body or main portion. The paper band of is pasted in passing over the roller E, and it is somewhat wider than the depth of the boxes in order that its edges may be lapped over the edges of thetop and bottom of the box, as indicated in Fig; 3. When the band a is wound around the box, the requisite length of the band having been severed by hand or other suitable means,'the treadle is relieved from the foot of the operator and the-weight K draws back the upper part of the frame B, so as to release the box and admit of .it being removed from between the rollers.

I would remark'that the rollers 1 G G may be made in two parts, and one part adjustable so as to operate upon boxes of different depths,

and that a cutter may be applied. to one of the rollers in order to cut the boxes into two parts circumferenlially. These features, however, form no part of the claim.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The stationaryrollers G G, in connection with the movable or adjustable roller I and belt J, all arranged to operatein the manner substantially as and for the purpose her-c111 I set forth.

2. The box D and roller E, in connection with the'drum O and therollers I G G, all arranged to operate'substaxitially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

' THOS. G. LUTHER. Witnesses:

CHAS. W. GILLETTE, JNO. W. HILL.

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