US1177351A

US1177351A - Book-gluing machine.

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Publication number: US1177351A
Application number: US86787114A
Authority: US
Inventors: John Murray
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1914-10-21
Filing date: 1914-10-21
Publication date: 1916-03-28
Anticipated expiration: 1933-03-28

Description

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TaH/v MuRRnY BOOK GLUING MACHINE.

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APPLiCATION FILED 0CT.21.19I4.

Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

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1. MURRAY.

BOOK GLUING MACHINE.

APPLiCATION FILED 0CT.2I. 1914.

Patented Mar. Y28, 1916.

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BooK-GLUING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters lulg Application filed October 21, .1914. Serial No. SiL'Sl. A

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, J OHN MURRAY, a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, and. a resident of Edinburgh, Scotland, have invented a certain new and4 useful Book-Gluing Machine,.of which the fol lowing is the specification.

The invention has for its object to provide a simple and effective machine for coating the backs of books before they are bound with glue or other VadhesiveVand par ticularly for performing that preliminaryl gluing done to secure the backs of the Vsuccessive signatures forming the book. And it comprises improved mechanism for handling the books, and also improved means for distributing the adhesive.

In order that the invention and the manner of performing the samemay be properly understood, there are hereunto append'- ed three sheets of explanatory drawings in Which- Figure 1 Sheet l is a longitudinal elevationand Fig. 2 Sheet 2 a plan, v'hile Figp?, Sheet 3 is an end elevation and Fig. 4 a similar view, partly in section from theopposite end of the machine, of an example of a machine made according to the invention, Fig. 5 being an elevation partly in section, and Fig.'6 an end view -of the gluing roller drawn to an enlarged scale.

As shown in the drawings the machine is built up withv two side frames A carrying at their one end a table A1 which has a platferm A2 beyond its outer end upon which the books are assembled. Beyond the platform and nearer the center of the machine, the table A1 is gapped along its center. At each side of the gap, rails A3 are provided to support the books near their ends. Near the end of the gap in the table A1 a second set of rails A4 is arranged which dividethe back of the books as it were into three' parts. At each side of the table A1 there is provided a vertically and longitudinally arranged fiexible ccnveyer band B of link-belt form faced with rubber or other elastic material. The bands B engage sprocket wheels B1 varrangedat opposite ends of the machine and carried on vertical spindles B2 journaled in brackets B3. B4. The brackets B3 at the table end of the machine are guided in guides B5 in the table A1, and are engaged by a right and left hand screwed spindle C mounted transversely Ythe table. The brackets B4 at the'opposite end of the maV` chine are carried by a similar spindle C1 vwhich has on ita handwhee'll C2. The spindles C, C1 carry sprocket wheels yC3 interconnected by a sprocket chain Ct. The rear pair of the sprocket spindles B2 wheels D engaged by worms D1 slidably keyed cna transverse shaft D2 and held in Vengagement with thewormwheels by vdesecured'on the lower part r pending lugs D3 of the vbrackets and arranged oney on either side of the worms D1. The transverse shaft D2 is operated Yby ing D1 from a motor D1.

Beneath the rails A1 is arranged an ad hesive applying rollE. As shown in Figs.

4f` and 5, this roll is made inthree partsV which are so` spaced Vas to leave a circumferential gap between each part. In order that the adhesive be properly distributed, it is .necessary that the Ydistributing roll be elastic and at the same time resilient. v.To attain this, the, roll Eis made of soft vrubber, and is pierced longitudinally withtwo series of circula-r apertures E2. YEnd disks E* are applied to it -to close up the ends'of the apertures E2.

pass between the parts throughthe circumferential gaps formed in it. The roll E is carried on a transverse sha-ft F journaled at its ends on the one end vof. a pair of levers F1 pivoted at their centers on brackets F2 carried on the side frames A.v The-other ends of the levers F1 are attached to theV upper ends of springs F3, the lower ends of which are secured to arms F 4 extending out from the brackets F2.- The roll E is served with adhesive from doctor rolls G. G1 fed from an adhesive supplying tank G2. The intermediate roll G is carried in'eccentric bushesH- in the brackets F2,"so *that it may be adjusted to bear evenly on beth the roll E and the doctor roll G1, a handle J secured on a transverse shaft J1'being provided by meansof which the pcsitirn of the adhesive tank G2 may be adiusted through the linkage J2. T he roll E is driven through a train of gearing K. sprocket wheels K1. and a sprocket chain K2, from the'motor D5.

ln operation, the conveyer bands B are adiusted bv means of the right and left hand screwed spindles C, C1 until they are such The roll E is-so positionedv beneath the rails'A4 that the latterV chain and sprocket gearbooks being glued.

a width apart las to suit the length of the The books, which are arranged on the platform A2 in batches transversely with their backs downward, are presented between the bands B. The bands seize them and traverse them along the rails A3 on to the second set of rails A4 and over the adhesive applying roll E. They are finally delivered on to that part of the rails A* which extends out rearwardly fromfthe machine to carry them. The roll E as here-- inbefore described is circumferentially gapped, so that no adhesive is applied to that part of the books which travel along the rails A4. The pressure with which the roll E bears on the back of the books is adjustable by means of the springs F3, so that the adhesive. may be adequately distributed.`

the backs of the books in edge position rest,"

traveling means engaging the opposite ends of the books to move thelatter through the machine on said supporting means, and

means for applying adhesive to thebacks of the books during; saidtravel, substantially as described.

2.5In a book gluing machine for the purposes lset forth; a table gapped along its center, a platform on one end ofthe table,

conveyer bands adjustable as to the width they are apart,r.rails upon which the books are carried, means for applying the adhesive to the backs' of the books, and means for dri ving they conveyer bands.

3. In` a book gluing machine for the purv poses set forth; a table gapped along itsY center, a platform on one end of the table, conveyer bands adjustable as tothe width they are apart, rails upon which the books are carried, an adhesive applying roll journaled beneath the rails, means for feeding the adhesive roll, and means for driving the coveyer bands and the adhesive applying ro j el.. In` a hook gluing machine for the purposes set forth; a table gapped along its center, a platformen one end of the table, conveyer bands, sprocket wheels at each'end of the machine engaging the conveyer bands, vertical spindles journaled in brackets carrying' the sprocket wheels, right and left hand screwed spindles engaging the brack ets, gearing between the screwed spindles and between these spindles and a first mo tionk shaft, rails upon which the books are carried, an adhesive applyingroll journaled beneath the rails, means for feeding the adhesive roll and means forfdriving ther-ad` hesive applying roll. i

5. In a book gluing machine for the purposes setforthya table gapped along its ,n Y center, a platform on one endof the table, j

conveyer bands adjustableas to the width they are apart, rails upon which the books are carried, an adhesive applying roll cir cumferentially gapped and having circularV longitudinal apertures andends disks of soft i rubber-closing the ends, means forfeedingl the adhesive roll,` and means for drivingthe conveyer bands,- andfthe adhesiveqa'pplying roll.

6. In avbook gluing machiney for thefpurf poses set forthga table gapped along itsl center, a platform cnone end of the table,l

conveyer bands adjustable as to the lwidth they are apart,r 4rails upon whichthe'fbooks are carried, an adhesive .applying roll journaled beneath the; rails, spring-,controlled hinged levers carrying/the*adhesiveapplying roll, an adjustable adhesive supplying tank', a doctor rollfed'from Vthe supply tank,

an intermediate-roll between thedoctor roll and the adhesive 'applyingrolh eccentric bushes in which the intermediate roll is carried, and means for driving the*V conveyer bands and the adhesive 'applying roll. J

In testimonyrwhereof I have signed-my` named to this specification', in the presenc of two subscribing witnesses. l

DAVIDV FERGUSON IVILFRED' HUNT,

Copies of this patent` may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingtnedommssioner of Patents,y i Washington, D. C.