US1036332A - Sealing-machine. - Google Patents

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W. G. POWELL. EALING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED QOT. so, 1911.

Patented Au 20, 1912'.

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. SEALING-MACHINE.

, V Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 20,1912.

Application filed-October 30,1911. Se'ria1i1\To 657,'6q9.

To all whom it may concern: I i 3 Be it known that I,VVA, LTER -C.'Pownm., a citizen of the United States,-, residing at Newark, in the county of Licking and State a' new and usefulof which the following is" of Ohio, have invented Sea-ling Machine,

The invention relates to improvements in sealing machines.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of sealing masimple, inexpensive and to provide a i "and etlicient machine, adapted to hold .two

- rolls of gummed tape,

, as the tape is drawn out of the and. equipped with moisture to the same machine, and provided with a knife arranged'to enable the moistened portion of the strip to be instantly cut off.

it. further {object provide a sealing adapted to permit of the machine,

"re-ans. for supplying one hantkand provided with a tension de ment of the rolls,

tape will not be unreeled inthe operation I hereto appended; it

- within the scope vice adapted to prevent/free rotary moveso that unnecessary slack of themachine. v

With these and other object-sin view, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims being understood that various changes In size and minor details of construction,

departing from the spirit sorted to without of the advantages of the or sacrificing any lliVElltIOlL- lnthe drawingsz-F1gure 111s a vertical longitudinal sectional View, of a sealing machine, constructed in accordance with this invention.

sectional view. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line 3+3 of Fig. 1. Eig. 4 is a detail view of a portion of thecasi-ng, illustrating the construction porting the removable tank or reservoir. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the tank or reservoir. Fig. 6 is a detail side view of a portion of the casing on-a reduced -scale, illustrating the arrangement of the sight apertures.

Like numerals of reference designate cor- -provided with laterally ing lugs or cars 5, arranged in flush relation v with thelower edgesotthe side flanges and for the recepof the invention "is to machine of this character, the tape to bedrawn out moistened and severed with.

the form, pIOpOIl31OI1,t

ot" the claims, may bore-- "of the. circular casing,

cientlyresilienttd enable them' to be bowed ")5 Fig. is-a central. transverse rolls from unreeling slack for detachably sup.

responding parts all the figures of the drawings.

In the accompanying drawings in which is illustrated the.preterredl-embodiment of the invention, 'l'deslgnates an approxitr'al vertical partition 2, cularcasing into .two separate circular tape receiving compartments 3. The-casing is provided at the bottom with spaced side flanges 4, having horizontal lower edges and forming a base for supporting the casing The side flanges are an .upright' position;

extending attachprovided with perforations tlon ofscrews, or other suitable fastening m'e'ans for securing the casingupon a -cou'nter orother suitable support. Fixed to the partition'Q, at the center thereof is' a 'hori- .60 mately circular casing'provided with a cendividing the 'cir zontal spindle 6,.extending from the opposite side faces 'ofthe partition and having outer threaded portions 7 for the reception of thumb nuts 8 for securing circular side i plates 9 of sheet metal or other suitable material to the casing. The projecting spindle maybe rigidly secured in a central opening of the partition, or it may be cast integral with the same or formed many other desired manner. removable to readily placed on the spindle, and either side plate may ing the other side plate or the roll of tape arranged thereon. The circular side plates fit attheir-edges in peripheral recesses; 10

or flexed inward-1y by the thumb nuts to form a' brake orytension device for preventing tree rotary movement of the rolls of tape, so that the latter will have to be posl tively drawn outward by the operator witha continuous ,pull. This will prevent the tape at each oper- The side plates are 7 permit rolls of tape to be' be detached withoutdist-urb- I and they are sufiiation of the machine, and" it will enable the 4 operator to obtain the desirethamount.ot

tape and to moisten thesame and cut off the tape by the means hereinafter described .with one hand, leaving the other hand free "for holding the package to be sealed. Each side plate is preferably provided at the bottom with a tapered pro]ect1on 10,

and

in the COI'ILSPOIRllQg notch or recess 1 I plates.

interlocking-the side plate with thel 'casing' 'to prevent rotary movement of the former on the spindle; Washers 11 are preferably 'interposed between the thumb nutsand the flex1bl e or resilient side plates 9; The commachine. The side plates are provided with radially arranged sight apertures 12 to enable the quantity of tape contained. withn the compartments of the casing to be readily seen Without removing the side .Thecasing is provided at the frontwith transverse slots or apertures 13, extending from thecentralpartition to the side edges "ofnthe. circular casing and open at their,

A outer ends to enable also provided above thetape to be readily introduced into them when the side plates .areremoved. The front of thecasing is the transverse apertures 1 3-With.an approximately triangular the casing. and presenting an inclined. front face 15.to which an inclined knife 16 is secured by screws 17, or other suitable fastening. devices. The knife, which has a lower cutting edge, is located above a felt covered roller 18, provided with journal's 1.9, which are detachably arranged in open enlargement- 14, extending entirely across '25 hearing recesses 20 of a tank or reservoir 21,

designed to contain water for moistening the felt 22.0f the roller 19. The tank or reservoir 21, Which-is open at'the top, is pro-.

.vided at the inner faces of its sides with the bearing recesses 20, which extend downwardly from'the upper edges-of the side Walls, and the latter are provided at their outer faces with top horizontal ribs or enlargements 23, Whichform shoulders to rest :upon horizontal arms 24, projecting from the front of the casing at opposite sides thereof, and at points below the transverse apertures 13. The tank or receptacle isarranged, between the supporting arms 24, which are provided in their upper portions with'tapered recesses 25 to receive tapered lugs or projections 26, preferably formed integral with the sidewalls of the tank or receptacle and extendingdownwardly from the ribs or enlargements at' the centers.

thereof and fitting in the tapered recesses '25, whereby the tank or receptacle is heldagainst inward or outward movement on the supporting arms '24. The tank or re ceptacle is removable for'cleaning the parts I or any other purpose; The roller is located below the transverse apertures of the casing in convenient position to enablethe tape tobe drawn over it, as the same is pulled from the casing,

transverse apertures extending from provided at the front are spaced" apart and and when the tape is drawn outwardly over the felt covered roller,-the' latter is rotated (and moiste iis the gummed face of the tape, and the operator by raising his, hand carriesthe tape into con act with I the knife, which severs the entire moistened portion from the rest of the tape, leaving a SllffiClGIlt portion thereof extending'through the transverse apertures to enable the tape to be readily grasped when it is desired to obtain another piece of the same. Both the roller and the knife extend entirely across the casing soas to operate on the tape of either compartment.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as newand desire to secure by Letters Patent,.is:'- Y

1. A sealing machine comprising an approximately circular casing provided with a central vertical partition forming opposite tape receiving compartments said casing being also provided at the front. with I the partition to the sides of the casing, a spindle extending through the directions from the, casing and adapted to support reels of gummed' tape, side plates covering the said compartments and detachabl. secured to the casin a knife located above the transverse apertures and secured to and extending entirely across the casing f or severing the tape of either compartment, a tank or receptacle supported on the casing directly below. the said apertures, and a moistening'roll. mounted'in the tank or receptacle and arranged'to receive the tape of either compartment.- 2. A sealing machine comprising a casing having tape receiving compartments and with apertures to en-' able the tape to be drawn from thecompartw ments, said casing being also provided at the front below the apertures with integral projecting horizontal supporting arms-which provided in their upper. portions with recesses, a tank or receptacle arranged between the supporting arms partition in opposite and provided at the outer faces of its sides with exterior integral ribs or enlar ements seated upon the supportlng arms, said tank or receptacle being also provlded with 1ntegral lugs extending downwardly from the ribs or enlargements extending longitudi- 'nally of and fitting in the recesses of the arms 'to hold the tank or receptacle against displacement, and a moisten'ing rollmounted within the tank or receptacle.

' In. testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WALTER O. POWELL.

Witnessesz' G1. I. THOMPSON,

C. E. WHITNEY.

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