US1295676A

US1295676A - Label-pasting machine.

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Publication number: US1295676A
Application number: US21789418A
Authority: US
Inventors: Alexander A Bedard
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1918-02-18
Filing date: 1918-02-18
Publication date: 1919-02-25
Anticipated expiration: 1936-02-25

Description

A. A. BEDARD.

L ABEL PASTING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED FEB-18.19I8.

Patented Feb. 25, 1919.

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- ALEXANDER A. BEDAED, or DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

LABEL-PASTING, MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER A. BEDARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Label-Pasting Machines, of which the following is a specification. I

This invention relates to label pasting, and more especially to aflixing machines which employ a roller; and the object of the same is to simplify the construction of a machine of this character and reduce it to the form of a hand stamp so that labels whether gummed or not may be applied rapidly and effectively to the surface to which they are to be afiixed.

This and other objects are carried out by constructing the machine as described below and as shown in the drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a front elevation-partly broken away, showing this machine ready for use,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing this machine in full lines as ready for use, and with the roller in dotted lines as swung-aside,

Fig. 3 is a cross section on about the line 3 3 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 4 is a vertical section showing the device in the act of applying a label.

The labels 1 are mounted in a magazine 2 whose lower end is open excepting inturned lips 3 which support the lowermost label until it is drawn out of the magazine. Upon the uppermost label rests a follower 4 whose stem 5 rises into the bore of a tubular handle 6, and is surrounded by an internal spring 7, and the handle has a head 8 at its lower end bearing upon said follower. Also said handle has a knob 9 at its upper end to be grasped by the hand of the operator.

Just beneath the knob the handle carries an inverted U-shaped frame 10 whose legs carry rivets or pins '11 moving in upright slots 12 in the sides of a base 13 within which the magazine 2 is disposed as seen in Fig. 4. This base by preference has outstanding feet 14 at its lower end, andits front may be closed by a wall 15 shown partly broken away in Fig. 1.

Pivoted at 16 within the base are two rocker arms 17 each having a cam slot 18 at its upper end crossing the upright slot 12 and of such shape and in such position with reference to its pivot as to receive the pin 11 of the frame 10. These arms move outside of guide feet carried at the extremi- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 25, 1919 Application filed February 18, 1918.. Serial N 0. 217,894.

ties of the top plate of the magazine. as seen in Fig. 4. To the lower ends ofthe rocker arms at points 19 are pivotally attached side arms 20, held normally raised at their free ends by springs 21, and these free ends carry a trough 26 in whose ends are bearings 22 for trunnions 24 of a roller 23 which by the springs 21 is borne normally upward and into contactwi'th a sponge 25 which is held bythe base 13 immediately above the normal position of the rolleras seen in Fig. 2. If the labels 1 are stamps or other articles already provided with gum, moisture imparted to the roller is carried by the latter across the gum on the stamp and no further adhesive is necessary; but if the labels do "not contain gum, the roller receptacle 26 must. If the gum is dense or heavy, it may be desirable to wet the sponge so that its moisture will be carried by the roller around to the gum to moisten or soften it, and then the swinging movement of the roller applies it to thelower face of the lowermost label. The usual spring 30 surrounds the handle 6 above the'top plate 31 of the base 13, and

causes the rise of the knob and magazine after they have been depressed by a blow on the knob. Downward movement of the frame 10 causes the rocker arms 17 to swing aside into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, and this applies moisture to the lower face 'of the lowermost label. The head 8 bears on the stack of labels and the lowermost label is driven .downward and onto the paper to which it is to be applied.

Then when pressure on the knob is removed and the main spring 30 causes the parts to resume the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the gumined label is left sticking to the paper, the magazine and its stack of labels rise, and the roller moves across the lower face of the now lowermost label to apply gum or adhesive thereto if the trough 26 contains adhesive, or moisture thereto if there is no adhesive in the trough. In other words, the machine is now ready for subsequent use whenever such use is desired.

What is claimed as new is 1. In a machine for pasting labels, the combination with a magazine, a follower therein having an upstanding stem, an expansive spring surrounding the stem, a tubular handle containing the spring and stem and having a head bearing on said follower, and a knob on said handle; of a base within which the magazine is mounted, the base having a top plate through which said handle passes, a frame of inverted U-shape slidably mounted on the base and connected with said tubular handle near its upper end, an expansive spring between the top of the frame and the top plate of the base, moistening mechanism, and means for moving it across the bottom of the magazineby the depression of said frame.

2. Ina machine for pasting labels, the combination with a magazine, a follower therein having an upstanding stem, an expansion spring surrounding the stem, a tubular handle containing the spring and stem and having a head bearing on said follower, and a knob on said handle; of a base within which the magazine is mounted, the base having a top plate through which said handle passes, a frame of inverted U-shape slida'bly mounted on the base, its top bar being connected with said handle and stand ingab'ove the top plate of the base, an eX-- panslon spring between said bar and plate, a pin-and-sl o-t connection between its sides and the sides of the base, mechanism for moisteningthe lower label in the magazine, and means for actuating said mechanism by the initial descent of. the frame.

3. In a label pasting machine, the combination with a magazine, a base and frame telescopically connected, and mechanism for moving these members one on the other and ejecting the labels singly from said magazine; of a swinging support pivoted in said base and moved by the depression of said frame, roller supporting arms pivoted to said support, a trough carried by the arms, a roller journaled in the ends of the trough,

means for raising said roller normally into contact with the lowermost label in said magazine as the support is swung aside, and a sponge carried by the base for applying moisture to the roller and from it to the gum.

a. In a label pasting machine, thecombination with a magazine, a base and frame telescopically connected, and mechanism for moving these members one on the other and ejecting the labels singly from said magazine; of a swinging roller-support mounted within the base and actuated by the frame to pass the roller across the lower face of the lowermost label, a trough onthe support beneath the roller, and moistening means on the base above the normal positlon of the roller, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER A. BEDARD. l/Vitnesses: 7

HARRY B. KING,

. WM. A. SNYDER.

Copies: of this'patent may; be obtained for five cents each, by; addressing the Commissioner of. Patents,

Washington, D. 0,? V