MANUFACTURE OF MATCHES

FABRICATION DES ALLUMETTES

Claims

Claim.-lst. The process of making match-cards directly from the block, which consists in first forming the sides of the match points by grooving the end of the block of stock, and partially slitting the side of the same in parallel lines by cutters operating in the direction of the grain, and then completing by slitting off the side portion or layer, which thus forms the card of matches connected by the unslit portion, substantially as shown and described. 2nd. In a match machine, the combination of the trough F and feed rollers G, G, with the gang of cutters H, as shown and described. 3rd. The combination of the trough F, the feed rollers U and the gang of cutters H, with the guiding ridges I. 4th. The combination of the trough F, the feed rollers. G and the gang of cutters H, with the movable stripe L, M, or either, as and for the purpose described. 5th. The combination of the lining strips M. carrying the guiding tongues I, with the trough or set of guides F and pressed against the stook by spring S, or other suitable means, as and for the purpose described. 6th. The combination of the stock-feeding trough or guides F, the rollers U, the gang of cutters 11 and the guides 1, with the reciprocating plate P carrying the gang of incisors knives k, acting in the plains of the saws or stutters, across the end of the trough F, substantially as specified. 7th., The combination of the stock-feeding trough or guides F, the rollers U mid the gang-cutters H, with the reciprocating plate P, carrying the slicer knife 0, acting across the plain of the saws or nutters at the end of the trough F, substantially as specified. 8th. The combination, in a machine, of the trough F, the rollers G,the cutters H, the guide ridges I, the slitting knives k, and the slicing knife O, all as shown and described.