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case or shell, characterized by the table under the die
being formed of two spring shutters, one of which is so
spring-pressed as to be drawn away from the die when in
lowest position, and is provided with a trigger action from
the die so as to be brought back again to the horizontal
position, the matrix below the die having on two faces
detent springs to prevent the folded card from rising in the
die, substantially as described, and illustrated in Figs. 7
and 8. (4.) In a machine for packing cigarettes and the like
as claimed in claim 1, the arrangement of the reciprocating
bed and the sides of the channel with face-springs let in at
definite intervals for causing the shell to advance with
the reciprocating bed in one direction, and to be prevented
from returning with the said bed, in combination with spring-
pressed hinged fingers on each side of the channel to bend
over both flaps of the card case or shell ready for glueing,
substantially as described, and illustrated in Figs. 7A and 8A.
(5.) In a machine for packing cigarettes and the like as
claimed in claim 1, the arrangement of a horizontal reci-
procating rod or rods for pressing down the top folds of the
shell, with a vertical plate depending therefrom acting as an
anvil to resist the pressure of the glueing-roller upon the
inside edge of the open flap, and serving thereafter to press
down the glued flap upon the other one, substantially as de-
scribed, and illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. (6.) In a machine
for packing cigarettes and like goods as claimed in claim 1,
a reciprocating glue-box moving to and away from the shells
as they pass before it, with revolving roller taking up the
glue, and having two adjustable knives adapted to such roller,
one to adjust the required film of glue allowed to issue on
the roller, and the other to scrape and remove the hardened
film of glue from the roller before taking up a fresh charge,
substantially as described, and illustrated in Figs. 4 and 9A.
(7.) In a machine for packing cigarettes and like goods as
claimed in claim 1, a heating-block adapted to be heated by
small gas-jet or other means, and fitted to a vertically de-
scending bar so as to press upon the glued joint of the shell
or case and dry it, substantially as described, and illustrated
in Figs. 1 and 2. (8.) In a machine for packing cigarettes
and like goods as claimed in claim 1, the arrangement upon
intermittently moving and locked pressing-rolls of studs
slightly projecting from their periphery whereby the formed
shell or case is stripped from an internal mandril or "former,"
in combination with levers depressing the top of the shell
after being removed from the mandril or "former," so that
the mandril upon its return stroke may push the shell before
it to meet the internal packed slide, substantially as de-
scribed, and illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. (9.) In a machine
for packing cigarettes and like goods as claimed in claim 1, a
reciprocating plate for receiving cigarettes and like goods from
sloping shute, and for conveying the same under a reciprocat-
ing packer-head, and leaving the same suspended under the
packer-head until released into a tray or slide situated under
said packer-head, substantially as described, and illustrated
in Figs. 11 and 18. (10.) In a machine for packing cigarettes
and like goods as claimed in claim 1, the arrangement of the
receiver or hopper with a moving pivoted front end above the
orifice of egress, having stroking-brushes attached thereto,
in combination with a fixed step on the floor of the hopper to
permit small quantity of goods only to roll over towards the
orifice of egress, substantially as described, and illustrated in
Figs. 19 and 20. (11.) In a machine for packing cigarettes
and like goods as claimed in claim 1, the arrangement on a
reciprocating packing plunger of spring-pressed plates with
inwardly turned edges for supporting the cigarettes or goods
in one layer or two, and adapted to lower the same towards
the tray or slide until released by further downward move-
ment of the plunger laying the goods in the tray or
slide, substantially as described, and illustrated in Figs. 12,
13, and 14. (12.) In a machine for packing cigarettes and
like goods as claimed in claim 1, a spring-pressed additional
head to the packer plunger so arranged with vertical rack
and spring bell that the said additional head on meeting an
undue accumulation of cigarettes or other obstruction will
indicate the same audibly by ringing the bell, substantially
as described, and illustrated in Figs. 12 and 13. (13.) In a
machine for packing cigarettes or like goods as claimed in
claim 1, the arrangement of duplicate shutes and hoppers
for the delivery of the cigarettes or goods on either side of
the packer, and a duplicate pushing-plate to push a second
layer of cigarettes or goods upon the first layer already
deposited under the packer-head from the other side, sub-
stantially as described, and illustrated in Figs. 10 and 11.
(14.) In a machine for packing cigarettes or like goods as
claimed in claim 1, the arrangement of the side-delivery
levers discharging the completely packed shells and internal
slides so that they will gauge the exact condition of the per-
fectly formed boxes, and in case of irregularity will indicate
the same by ringing a mechanical spring bell, substantially
as described, and illustrated in Figs. 10 and 11. (15.) In a
machine for packing cigarettes or like goods as claimed in
claim 1, the adaptation to the foot of the inclined shute de-

livering cigarettes from the hopper or receiver, of a brush
having a rocking motion so as to move upwards at one
time the layer of cigarettes lying in the open shute to relieve
the downward pressure, and on the return stroke to accelerate
the movement of the lower portion of the cigarettes on to the
tray or slide, substantially as described, and illustrated in
Figs. 16 and 17. (16.) In a machine for packing cigarettes
and like goods as claimed in claim 1, the arrangement of
additional delivery boards or shutes for feeding a mouthpiece
or photograph with the cigarettes into the open trays and
slides, and automatic mechanism to determine the feed of
such photograph or article at the exact time when each shell
is stationary and in proper position to receive it, substantially
as described, and illustrated in Figs. 17 and 18. (17.) In a
machine for packing cigarettes and like goods as claimed in
claim 1, the application of an automatically operated trigger
adapted to bend out the leading flap of the open tray or slide
to permit easy access of the cigarettes and pusher-head, sub-
stantially as described, and illustrated in Figs. 16, 17, and 18.
(18.) The combination with a shell or case making and
cigarette-packing machine as claimed in claim 1 of means
for automatically wrapping the packets of cigarettes with tin-
foil or other suitable material. (19.) In a cigarette-packing
machine as claimed in claim 1, a wrapping-apparatus com-
prising gravity feed-devices for the cigarettes or like goods, a
sheet-wrapper feed integral with a die-plate reciprocating
under a packing and folding plunger, fingers and tuckers
automatically operated in succession to fold and adapt such
tinfoil or other wrap closely to the internal packet of cigar-
ettes or like goods, and means for delivering the same when
wrapped to trays or slides for further packing in cardboard
boxes, substantially as described. (20.) In a cigarette-packing
machine as claimed in claim 1, the combination with a reci-
procating die-plate carrying upon it grippers adapted to seize
a sheet of tinfoil from a sloping feed-board and to carry
the same disposed over the aperture of the said die-plate,
under a vertically reciprocating plunger having a chamber
therein for the reception of the cigarettes, from transverse
feed-pushers on either side, the said plunger carrying the
cigarettes through the aperture of the die-plate, thus form-
ing the first fold of the tinfoil or similar wrapper, substan-
tially as described. (21.) In a packing and wrapping machine
for cigarettes as claimed in claim 1, a pivoted flapper operated
by the die-plate to make the second upper fold of tinfoil
over the packet of cigarettes, in combination with a plunger
integral with the reciprocating die-plate adapted to push the
cigarette packet into a closed tunnel, thus effecting the third
upper fold of the wrapper over the packet, substantially as
described. (22.) In a packing and wrapping machine for
cigarettes as claimed in claim 1, a tunnel receiving a succes-
sion of partially wrapped packets of cigarettes, moved therein
intermittently by a plunger integral with a reciprocating
die-plate, in combination with two vertically descending
rocking tucker-plates folding in the top ends of the wrapper
to the packet, a pair of simultaneously side-closing fingers at
either end forming the ends of the wrapper into triangular
points, and two rising plungers, one at either end, setting up
and creasing against the resistance of aforesaid tucker-plate
and side fingers the said triangular wrapper-ends, substan-
tially as described. (23.) In a packing and wrapping machine
for cigarettes as claimed in claim 1, a tunnel receiving a suc-
cession of partially wrapped packets of cigarettes moved therein
intermittently by a plunger integral with a reciprocating die-
plate, such tunnel having end tucker-plates and pairs of
closing-fingers, in combination with upwardly ascending
rocking tucker-plates to complete the upward fold of the
triangular ends of the wrapper, substantially as described.
(Specification, £1 18s. ; drawings, 9s.)

No. 15572.—30th October, 1902.—THE METALLIC COM-
POUNDS SEPARATION SYNDICATE, LIMITED, of 3, Church
Passage, Guildhall, London, England (assignee of William
Walker Fyfe, of 13, Stanley Villas, Westbury Avenue,
Wood Green, Middlesex, England, Engineer). Improve-
ments in apparatus for producing and depositing fumes
from ores.

Claims.—(1.) For producing and depositing fumes from
ores, apparatus consisting of a set of furnaces and a set of
flues communicating with each other, all built in one struc-
ture, each flue terminating in a chamber at each end pro-
vided with a tightly closing door, substantially as described.
(2.) In apparatus such as is above referred to, tightly closing
doors constructed substantially as described with reference
to Fig. 4. (3.) A fuel hopper and lid of approximately ellip-
tical form, and apparatus for moving the lid, constructed and
operating substantially as described with reference to Figs.
5 and 6.
(Specification, 2s. 6d. ; drawings, 2s.)