US1180708A

US1180708A - Label-feeding device.

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Publication number: US1180708A
Application number: US3081515A
Authority: US
Inventors: Martin Feybusch
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1915-05-27
Filing date: 1915-05-27
Publication date: 1916-04-25
Anticipated expiration: 1933-04-25

Description

IVI. FEYBUSCH. LABEL FEEDING DEVICE.

APPucATloN FILED MAY 21. 1915.

Patented Apr. 25, 1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET L IVI. FEYBUSCH.

LABEL FEEDING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 27. 1915.

Patented Apr. 25, 1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- A TOR/VEVJ RMN FETISCH, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

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To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, MARTIN FEYBUSCH, a subject of the- Emperor of Germany, and a resident of New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented ycertain new and useful llmprovements in Label- Feeding Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This vinvention relates to a device by means of which labels or similar articles may be withdrawn from a magazine and conveyed to a gumlning or other machine for subsequent treatment in a simple, and re, liable manner.

lln the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a plan of a label feeding device embodying my invention; Fig. 2 an end elevation thereof; Fig. 3 a section on line3-3 Fig. 1; Fig. 4 a detail of the glue pot; Fig. 5 a detail of the clutch mechanism, and Fig. 6 a detail of the plunger.

. in this way `the size of the magazine may be adjusted. The magazine is open at its bottom, and is centered over slot. 4, the labels l2 being supported by a plurality of lugs 13 Aprojecting inwardly from plates 5 and 6and located in a plane above'the surface ofthe platform.

Beneath platform 3, there is yournaled in frame l, a pair of

rollers

14, 15 over which passes an endless conveyer belt 16, composed of rubber or other flenible material, the upper run of said belt being accommodatedwithin slot 4.

Means are lprovided for applying an adhesive to the belt, means for dedecting the upper gumnied run of the belt into engagement with the lowermost label, and means for advancing the belt together with the label adhering thereto, to the gumming or other machine for further treatment. As

' shown, a glue pot 17 is mountedy on frame 1 beneath the lower run of. belt 16, and into Specification of Letters Patent.

sition by nuts-30.

l EIFFEJEJDJING DEVICE.

Fettente dpr. 25, 1916.. application mea nay ar, rait. serial no. 30,815. A

this pot dips a transfer roller 18 which con- I s tacts with such lower run and isthus adapted to applyithe adhesive thereto. Roller 18 is rotated as follows: The power shaft 19 driven by belt 20, drives'by pulley 21, belt 22, and pulley 23 a stub shaft 24, which is intergeared at 25 with the shaft 26 of roller 18. Shaft 26 is engaged by a scraper 27, depending from a slotted cover 28, such cover constituting a scraper for roller 18. Cover 28 together with scraper 27 may be adjusted' by a set screw 29, and may be clamped in po- `llt is preferred to pivotally mount `glue I pot 17 upon a shaft 31, so that by tilting the pot, the de th to which vthe transfer roller 18 enters t e liquid adhesive is regulable. The means for tilting the pot comprise a xed screw'stem 32, that is engaged by a threaded head 33, carrying a pair of disks 34 which straddle a pin 35' carried by thel glue pot.` Head 33 maybe provided with Spanner holes and by turning it, the pot may be tilted either upward or downward Von shaft 31. en the belt is advanced in an' intermittent manner, `as hereinafter described, its ed lower run will in time l form its upper run, which is thus coated with the adhesive on its upper face and directly4 beneath the label magazine. This upper run is engaged by a 'plunger 36, that is located directly beneath the same,- and extends sidewise from a plunger rod 37, the shaft 38\of which is guided in a bearing 39, and is inHuenced by a spring 40. Flinn,l

ger 36 is actuated from shaft 19"as follows: Shaft 19 is by wheels 41, 42 intergeared with a shaft 43 carrying a cam 44 which is engaged by a feller 45 on an arm 46. This arm is connected to a rock shaft 47 hbving an arm 48 that enters a notch of `rod 37, so that by the rotation of cam 44, the plunger will be alternately raised and lowered. As the plunger israised, it will be projected upwardly through slot 4 of table 3, and will accordinglyV expand the upper run of belt 16. This run is thus lifted by the'plunger through slot 4, so as to rise into the plane of the supports 13 within the label magazine and come into contact with the lowermost label 12 to which itA becomes attached. llnasmuch as the magazine and the labels contained therein, extend a distance sidewise Abeyond the slot, the belt will not underlie the entire bottom of label "1,2, but will contact with the same only along its central line, thel right and left portions of the label remaining free, so that an unduly firm adl motion consists in an intermittent advance by'means of which the label is carried to .its place of destination. The means for imparting an intermittent forward movement to the belt are as follows: Upon' shaft 43 is mounted a second cam 49 engaged byva roller 50 journaled to` one end of a slotted rod 51, which is engaged by a guide pin 52.

` yThe other end of-rod 51 ispivoted at 53 *toward kand 'between a to the oscillative shank of a toothed seg'- ment 54, turning on center 55. Segment 54 engages a pinion 56 fast on the hub of a clutch box 57 that is loosely mounted on the shaft 58 of roller 14. To'clutch box 57 are pivoted pawls 59 adapted to engage a ratchet wheel 60 fast on shaft 58. The correlation of the parts is such that whenl segment 54 is swung forward or to the right,

it will by the mechanism described, rotate roller 14, so as to correspondingly advance belt 16, Vwhile during the return movement of the segment, no motion is transmitted to the roller. In this way the desired intermittent forward movement will be imparted to belt 16, whereby the labell 12 riding thereon, will be carried from beneath the magazine toward the delivery end of the device.

ere there are provided a pair of stripper plates 61 that flank' slot 4, and project into close proximityto belt 16, so as to peel the label olf the same. distance beyond roller 15, and conduct the forward end of the partly stripped label pair of conveyer shafts by means of which the label is carried to the gummingmachine to be operated upon. As shown, power shaft 19 assumes the function of one of the conveyer shafts, while the other shaft 62- is mounted in close proximity thereto and is provided with milled gripping sections 63.

The operation of the device will be apparent from the foregoing description. The belt after being coated with adhesive is, at rest, raised by the plunger into contact with the label. Upon the recession of the' plunger, the belt with the label adhering thereto, resumes its normal position,

ment, to carry the label toward vthe strippers. Here the label is peeled off the belt and is by the conveyer shafts, carried to 'Strippers 61 extend a the gumming machine. YIt will be seen that by the constructiondescribed, all grippers and their actuating devices are entirely clispensed with, the lbeltassuming the dual function of withdrawing the label from the magazine and of feeding it away from the magazine .after its withdrawal. In this way the construction of the device is greatly simplified while a positive and reliable action is insured.

i I claim:

1.- A label feeding device comprising means for supporting a label, an endless flexible belt, means for applying an adhesive to the lower run of said belt, means for deflecting the upper run of the belt into contact with the label, and means for imparting an intermittent movement to the belt.

2. A label feeding device comprising a frame, a slotted platform carried thereby, a label magazine mounted on the platform, a pair of rollers,` an endless flexible belt engaging said rollers, means for imparting motion to one of said rollers, means for applying an adhesive to the lower run of the belt, and a vertically movable plunger engaging the belt and adapted to deflect one of its runs through the platform-slot into the magazine.

3. A label feeding device comprising a frame, a slotted platform carried thereby, a label magazine mounted on the platform a pair of rollers, an endless flexible belt engaging said rollers, means for imparting motion to one of said rollers, means for applying an adhesive to the lower run of the belt, a vertically movable plunger engaging the belt and adapted to deflect one of its runs through the platform-slot into the magazine, and a stripper engaging said run.

4. A label feeding device comprising a frame, a slotted platform carried thereby, a label magazine mounted on the platform, a pair ofrollers, an endless flexible belt engaging said rollers, an oscillative rack, a clutch operable thereby, means operable by the clutch for imparting intermittent rotary motion to one of said rollers, means for applying an adhesive to the belt, and a Ig'ertically movable plunger engaging the elt.

5. A label feeding device comprising a slotted platform, a label magazine mounted thereon, an endless flexible belt, a glue pot, a transfer roller entering said pot and engaging the lower belt-run, a vertically reciprocable plunger engaging the upperbeltrun and adapted to deflect the same into the magazine, means yfor imparting an inideama longitudinally through said magazine, an

endless flexible feed belt, having an upper run and a lower run, means for applying an adhesive to the lower run ofl saidl belt, and a plunger engaging the upper run, said plunger being adapted to lift said upper run into the plane of the label supporting means, and to lower said run into the plane of the table.

8. A label feeding machine comprising a llabel magazine having raised label supporting means, a table beneath sai-d supporting means, said table having a slot that extends longitudinally through the magazine, an

endless flexible feed belt beneath the table y land alined with the table-slot, means for supplying intermittent forward movement to the belt, means for* applying an adhesive to the lower belt run, a plunger engaging the upper belt Jrun and adapted to project the same through the table-slot, and means for actuating lsaid plunger while the belt feeding means are inert.

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