GB152217A - Apparatus for printing labels - Google Patents

Abstract

152,217. Wilden, A., and Vertriebsges. moderner Spezialmaschinen. Nov. 10, 1919. Platen machines; holders for loose types. - A platen press for printing on labels is fitted with a series of adjustable type-holders which permit each line of the printing to be made with all large types or all small types or a combination of large and small types. As shown, the type-holders 1 are adjustable in a bed 2 which is guided by rods 11, and guides 12, and is raised by a cam 14 and depressed for the printing stroke by springs 16. The types set-up in the holders 1 project through a central aperture 6 in the bed 2, and print a web 15 in conjunction with a fixed platen 36. The printed label is cut off by a knife 37 on the bed at the next descent of the bed. The web 15 is forwarded by rolls 31, 30 actuated from a shaft 26 which is rotated intermittently to the desired extent by a pawl 25 and ratchet-wheel 27. The pawl is on an arm 24 which is oscillated from a cam 21 on the shaft 13, and the extent of the feed is controlled by an adjustable disk 32 which masks the action of the pawl 25 to an extent controlled by an arm 34 and dial 35. The bars 1 are set individually to the required adjustment by the aid of a spring locking-device 5 which can be made to engage one of a series of slots 10 in bars 9, or can be held in raised position by a catch. The type are held in position bv a top plate 18 acted on by a screw 17, carried by a pivoted bow-shaped frame 19 which is held in position by a catch 20.