Патент USA US2565165

Aug» 21, 1951
2,565,162
P. E. wlxoN ETAL
PAPER FEED MECHAQISM FOR CUP-MAKING MACHINES
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Original Filed Jan. 6, 1948
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_PAPER FEED MECHANISM FOR CUP-MAKING MACHINES
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2,565,162
Patented Aug. 21, 1951
PAPER.-y FEED MEGH'ANISMl.`r FOR; CUBMA-K-ING n
MACHINES
Paul“ E‘. Wixon, Reisterstown; and" Clarence E.`
Chapman, Baltimore, Mdì, assignors` toJosepli»
Shapiroi
Original~ application January. 6,1 1948h S'erial’fNm
748; Divided‘and‘this application May 23,
SeriaPNo; 94,892`
5 Claims.’ „(Cl. ZTL-215)?
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@un invention . relates: to: machines», for; making:
paper cups:- and; it.:` primarilyv seeks to 5 provide4 ane
in'iprovedi` means.: for; feeding;y paper fromL a.-con.-v
tinuous> rolls. to.: the' body-blanking,v dies'v of 'af ma-chine f. of ` theA type disclosedA in. Letters Patent-No;
l‘l766ì420yissuedJ une `24", 19,30. .
Imthe: drawings,Eig; 13 isl aftonplan; viewfoi. s0 much; of- azcupifv
anchored" t'o ~- alfbracketfl 5'- and l to1 a stud 2'4 on the
3 camv Ißëto: hold-itsfendlZll‘ yieldably down onfthef
adjacent'ilguidefbarfßì The> cam` |291 is so` locatedí
above‘the ebar4 9' thati: oni-the =iorwardi movement# ofi
the fingers I8=l the" roller.rv ITL- willf ride» under theî
cam‘n andi oni the: return‘- movement theI roller> ITI?
rriaking;machineas;V isf necessary- to illustrate our,~
will-iride upzandï-'over-'the-cam', asfw'illfmore fully»
invention..
appearflater:
E'ig; Zefis; a side elevationßfîthe:partsfshown .inEig; 1.v
Eiggß‘» is anïenlarged-.detail sideelevationof the a
perforator;‘feedìiingerflater speciñcailyreferredtto;
Fig', lbis a: sidehelevation. on alarger scaleftham
2.;
lifting' cams' ISI»> (seel Figs. 1v and 2f) whichìcamds'.
fulcrumed on a stud 22 carried by a bracket' 2‘Iï
that is mounted on the platefh Pe spring 23`1 is
The» backward. movement off the levers Il; is:
arrested’. by-y meansÍ off adjustable stops 29- on:
brackets` 28 carried by~1the perforator-feed‘-brackets
g 3./andïthefl'evers: I'I lare-constantly urged toward-V
suchß stopsßby a- coil? spring4v 3-I l, one-endV of which
Fig. 1.„of-»ç one ofl the perforator; feed ñngerfirb»v
isA connectedîte a hookv32 and ttieotlfil-ërr end’is`
conneote'd'ît'ol an1arm^3ll¢secured=on the shaftß IUE
Fig.' .5: is» a side- elevation» of the same; looking:
Alsovsecured on» the -shaft- I 0“ is a cam1 rollerßlever'
33î which.> carries a camlroll'er 34»` (Fig. 1f)> that
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Fig. 6 is a'bottom View of the same.
engaged‘fbyv a cam ~ 3Tv which> is-~rotatable~>on- av stud`
Fig. 7 is
detailf‘ vertical section on the line
35 and is operatively,connected’toa gear 38falso‘i '
from-right to left in Fig, 4e`
1-1;of§Fìg, l'i
In the drawings in which like numerals of
reference indicateßlikelpartsz-ihiallèthe figures, I
represents ,A a . part of> the.. base l of the-machine and
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54 indicates a cam shaft of thefmachinefromi
which the , paper. feed. mechanism. is driven.
Mounted’ion the end'of the'base where the cup
bodyfblanking mechanism=is-located is theL-.paperl
401K i's‘:I journalled‘îr in suitable: bearings- iny the“
brackets:3 (Fig. 'D1 'The-‘sliaftIl'Z-‘isjournalledlin'L
eccentric‘bus'liir'rgs'V 432-» thatà arel oscillatably-l jour- Y
. nailed' in',l thei brackets 3K2 andi capable» ofi being
perforatorffeed,andldrive assembly. By reference ' * rot-:kedibyfarms:x 45"'l secured‘» to the bushings and-à
tofFìgs: l‘f and 2..it..wil1.be observed;thatäBfrepre
sent's perïorator. feed brackets:A on which, are
mounted? feed. plate. holding“ bar» spacers; 41 which
carry afe‘edé plate. holding- crossbar 5 tdwhich
anclï'tonanï. angle bracket 6„a feed#A plate» li isiat
tachedâ in:v any. suitable` way,c
rBhe plate 'Il has
longitudinalfgrooves.8,with.whichìperforatorfeed
connected together-by a1rodl46f.
Mounted'ì on` the' shaft 40'fi's a paperl unwinder»
drive roll 4I while a paper unwinder‘driven‘froll'
4'4'is carriedby the shaftï‘42f.
Secured to'fthe~shaft4ß~'is=a bevel`gear~4f1 which
meshes with a pinion? 50" (Fig: 2) on a vertical
drive shaft‘- 49- that is jour-nalled-v in bearing`
brackets
48isecured tothebaselport" I; T-he‘shaft
carried by iingers I8 that are mounted on a rod
I2 that" is carried by levers I/'Iî The levers I ,I« are“ 40 49‘ïisfdrivenfrom-the -front‘- cam shaft‘53 through`
finger inserts Irl»cdoperate.v The- inserts I4 are
securedç to-V ay shaft I8; later again referred to.
Paper guide bars 8 are mounted on plate l ac
cording to the width of paper used.
bevel gears 5I Eandî52:
The" [email protected] body' ofi the'l cup -is in" a roll’v
5l held between plates 58 on a shaft 59 resting
on bearing rollers 68 in frames or brackets 6I
A perforator feed finger operating shaft Il) is
journalled in the brackets 3 and carries pivot 45 and held in place by centering screws 62 (Fig. l).
screws 26 between which a perforator feed finger
pivot rod I2 is mounted. Springs 21 on the rod
are anchored to levers II and to collars I3 and
continuously tend to hold the iingers I8 with their
inserts I4 in the grooves 8. The inserts I4 (see
Figs. 4, 5 and 6) have ñat heads I5 which ride on
the plate 1 and chisel points or teeth I8 which
ride in the slots or grooves 8. One of the per
forator feed ñngers I8 has a lifting roller Il
which cooperates with a perforator feed linger 55
The paper is placed over the roll 4I and around
the roll 44 and from thence is carried in a loose
loop over the free edge of the plate l, and along
the plate between the guide bars 9, under the
feed fingers I8 by which ñngers the paper is ad
vanced to the body blanking mechanism. It will
be understood that when the paper is passed un
der the fingers I8 their teeth I6 will perforate the
paper and thereby effect a positive connection
with the paper so that as the shaft I2 is advanced
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from its back position where levers l I rest against
the stops 29, to the position shown in Figs. 1 and
cam on the forward stroke of the fingers and to
ride up and over said finger lifting cam on the
2 the paper will be advanced a predetermined dis
tance with its advance end between the body
blanking dies. While the dies are in operation
back stroke of the fingers.
3. A. machine according to claim 1 wherein the
driven roll- shaft is mounted on eccentric bush
shaft l2 is quickly returned to its back position,
roller Il riding over the cam I9 to free the teeth
I6 from the paper and drop the teeth again into
the paper after the fingers shall have been lifted
and cleared the cam I9. The paper is thus fed
to the blanking dies step-by-step.
ings, and arms are provided for turning said ec
centric bushings at will to raise and lower said
driven roll.
4. A vmachine according to claim 1 wherein ad
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4|, 44 and intermittently advanced by the per
forator feed fingers, the two operations being so
timed that there is always a slack portion -of the
paper between the feed rolls 4|, 44 and the en
trant (left in Fig. 2) end of the feed plate 7 (see
justable back stops, for said finger operating le
vers, are mounted on said support.
5. In a machine of the class described, a plate
The paper is continuo-usly unrolled by the rolls
over which a continuous strip of paper is fed,
said plate having spaced grooves formed therein,
15 supports for said plate, a finger operating shaft
arrows Fig. 2) .
journalled in said supports, finger operating le
vers on said shaft, a pivot rod carried by said
levers, fingers carried by said pivot rod, paper
tion filed January 6, 1948, Serial No. 748, which 20 engaging and perforating inserts in said fingers,
said perforating inserts having fiat heads formed
has matured into Patent No. 2,546,621 on March
on an end thereof for engaging said plate, perfo
27, 1951.
This application is a division of our applica
rating teeth provided on said heads and adapted
to project into the grooves in said plate, collars
Secured to said pivot rod adjacent said fingers,
spring means on said pivot rod intermediate said
finger operating levers and collars for retain
means cooperating with said plate and guide bars
ing said perforating teeth in said grooves, means
for advancing thestrip of paper forwardly step
for rocking said finger operating shaft to move
by-step, said means comprising a finger oper
said fingers back and forth along said grooves,
ating shaft journalled in said support, a hori
30 and means for lifting said fingers clear of the
zontal driving shaft, a vertical drive shaft geared
paper strip on the back stroke only of said ñn
to said horizontal driving shaft, means for sup
gers, a finger lifting cam pivotally mounted on
porting said vertical drive shaft, a paper un
said support, resilient means engaging one end
winder drive roll shaft having a drive roll there
of said cam for yieldably retaining said end of
on and being gear-connected with said vertical
the cam in engagement with said plate, said 1in
driving shaft and having bearing in said support,
What We claim is:
1. In a machine of the class described, a sup
port, a feed plate over which a continuous strip of
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paper may pass, guide bars on said plate, and
a cam journalled on a stud carried by said sup
port, gear connections between said cam and said
drive roll shaft, a paper unwinder driven roll hav
ing a shaft mounted in said support in cooper
ative relation to said drive roll, a lever mounted
on said finger operating shaft and having a cam
roller to engage said cam, finger operating levers
secured to said finger operating shaft, feed fin
gers carried by said finger operating levers, paper
perforators on said fingers for engaging and per
forating the paper strip and feeding it forwardly,
means to disengage the perforators from the
paper at the end of the forward stroke of the 1in
gers and hold them free of the paper during the
back stroke of the fingers, means to- restore the
perforators to the paper at the end of said back
stroke, and means continuously tending to move
the fingers backwardly.
ger lifting means including a roller on one of said
fingers adapted to pass under said cam against
the action of said spring on the forward stroke
and to pass over said cam on the back stroke of
said fingers.
PAUL E. WIXON.
CLARENCE E. CHAPMAN.
REFERENCES CITED
The following references are of record in the
file of this patent:
UNITED STATES PATENTS
Number '
746,631
771,283
979,406
1,074,607
1,124,577
1,304,975
2,095,848
2,402,074
2. A machine according to claim 1 wherein the
means for disengaging the perforators from the
paper strip includes a finger lifting cam pivot
ally-mounted on and above said feed plate and
having its advance end held yieldingly in con
tact with said plate, and a finger lifting roller on
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one of said fingers for cooperation with» said 60
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finger lifting cam and adapted to ride under the
Name
Date
Hill _______________ __ Dec. 8,
Smyth ____________ __ Oct. 4,
Armstrong ________ __ Dec. 27,
Coe et al ___________ __ Oct. 7,
Allen ____________ __ Jan. 12,
Helsel ____________ __ May 27,
Wittell ___________ __ Oct. 12,
Nield ____________ __ June 11,
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