Improvements in capsule machines / [Sidney Alonzo Rickard].

  • Rickard, Sidney Alonzo.
Date:
1896
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Improvements in capsule machines / [Sidney Alonzo Rickard]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    N° 3724 A.D. 1806 Date of Application, 18th Feb., 1896—Accepted, 21st Mar., 1896 % » • • w 4 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION. Improvements in Capsule Machines. I Sidney Alonzo Rickard Chemist, of 622 North Broadway, in the City of Saratoga Springs, State of New York, United States of America, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following 5 statement :— My invention relates to machines for cutting off gelatine capsules to the length desired while on the molds, and the object of my invention is to provide improve¬ ments whereby the capsules are not only separated at the proper point from the ends known as the “ burrs,” but both capsules and burrs are automatically stripped 10 from the molds by the operation of the machine, thus leaving the mold plate ready for another dipping as soon as removed from its temporary place in the machine. My invention consists in the construction and combination of parts substantially as hereinafter described and claimed. 15 In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1, is a side elevation of the machine. Figure 2, is an end elevation from the left of Figure 1, one of the standard plates being broken away. Figure 3, is a perspective view of a portion of the mold plate. 20 Figure 4, is a perspective view of one of the combined cutters and strippers. Figure 5, is a detail view partly in section illustrating the position of the contractors or guide plates during one stage of the operation of the machine. Figure 6, is a view similar to Figure 5, but showing the said plates in another position. 25 Similar reference characters are used in all the views to designate similar parts. A suitable base plate A, is provided at one end with a rigid standard B, formed in two parts or plates b, b, and opposite said standard with ways for a frame C, which is movable toward and from said standard by means of a lever c, connected 50 to a rock shaft passing through the base A, and having an arm at its other end, the said lever and arm being connected to the frame C, near its bottom by means of the links e1. The two uprights c2 of the frame are adapted to receive between them the mold plate D, which is grooved at its edges, as at d2, to receive said uprights, the mold 35 plate being therefore readily removable vertically from the frame. This plate D is provided with a number of molds, d, which are fitted to suitable holes in the plate so as to project from the face thereof as shown. These molds are made of glass or other equivalent vitreous material and are each provided with an enlargement or head J1, at one end to properly locate or stop the mold when it is inserted in the 40 plate. A bushiug dl of suitable material, such as rubber, may be employed as shown in Figure 5, to aid in holding each mold in the plate and yet permit it to be removed and a new one inserted if any breakage should occur. The bushing also holds the mold with sufficient elasticity to reduce the liability of breakage. 45 The standard B, is provided with bearings in its two plates b, b, for the spindles t [tWice 8c?.]