US1301076A - Machine for marking various articles. - Google Patents

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W. NEUSWANGEEL MACHINE FOR MARKING VARIOUS ARTICLES.

APPHCATION FILED JULY 30.1911.-

Patented Apr. 15, 1919.

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W. NEUSWANGER.

MACHINE FOR MARKING VARIOUSARTICLES.

APPLlCA'i'lON. FILED JULY 30' 1917.

Patented Apr. '15, 1919,

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W. NEUSWANGER.

MACHINE FOR MARKING VARIOUS ARTICLES.

I APPLICATION FILED JULY 30.1917.

Patented A r. 15, 1919.

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WILLIAM NEU'SWANGER, OF GREELEY, COLORADO.

MACHINE FOR MARKING VARIOUS ARTICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. Ju1y'30, 1917. Serial No. 183,511.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM NEUsWANGE-R, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Greeley, in'the county of Weld and State of Colorado, have invented a certain new and useful Machine for Marking Various Articles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to machines for marking or stamping letters or characters on a variety of articles, and it is my purpose to provide such a machine which may be of comparatively light weight and of simple and durable construction, and which may be employed for marking a great variety of merchandise.

A further object is to provide such a machine so constructed and arranged as to mark on articles of different sizes and shapes, and having its parts adjustable for accomplishing this purpose.

Still a further object is to provide such a machine having parts capable of adjustment for marking letters or other characters in different spaced relation, and for properly spacing lines for letters or characters. I

Still a further object is to provide such a device including a large wheel or its equiva lent for carrying letters or characters, which wheel is adapted to reciprocate for marking the letters or characters on the goods to be marked, and which wheel is capable of adjustment to different positions.

Still a further object is to provide in such a machine a work supporting device capable of adjustment for bringing the work to diferent-positions with relationto the machine.

With these and other objects in view my invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows a top or plan view of my improved machine for marking articles.

Fig. 2 shows a vertical, sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 shows a transverse, vertical, sectional view taken on the line 38 of Fig. 2.

Fig.4 shows a top or plan view of the work holding plate.

Fig. 5 shows a similar view showing the modified form of the work holding plate.

Fig. 6 shows an end view of the plate shown in Fig. 4.

Fig. 7, 8 and 9 show detail views of various parts of the mechanism.

In the accompanying drawings, I have used the reference numeral 10 to indicate generally the fiat top plate of a supporting base or the like, having the downwardly extending supporting side wall members 11,

. and the front and rear wall members '12.

The base is preferably made as a single casting having'near its rear portion a pair of spaced, vertical, cylindrical bearing members 13 internally screw-threaded to receive the screw-threaded lower ends of upright posts 14.

I provide a bracket 15 having spaced upright bearings 16 slidably mounted on the uprights 14. The bracket 15 is 'made of somewhat resilient material, and is formed with a slot 17 connecting the bearings 16, as illustrated in Fig. 1.

Mounted in the bracket is a locking member comprising a screw-threaded bolt 18 en-- tering the screw-threaded opening 19 in the portion of the bracket 15 forwardly of the slot 17, as shown in Fig. 8.

Just rearwardly of the bracket 15 the bolt 18 is provided with a shoulder 20, shown in Fig. 8, which engages the rear portion of the bracket. On the outer end of the bolt 18 is a handle 21.

By rotating the bolt 18 by means of the handle 21, the shoulder 20 can be drawn against the rearward portion of the bracket 15, and the portions of said bracket on opposite sides of the slot 17 may be drawn tightly together for frictionally engaging and gripping the uprights 14, in the bearings 16.

For vertically adjusting the bracket 15 on the uprights 14, the said bracket is formed with a vertical screw-threaded opening to receive a screw-threaded rod 15 the lower end of which bears upon the base 10, and the upper end of which is provided with a hand-wheel 15 It will be seen that by loosening the bolt 18 and then rotating the rod 15, the bracket 15 may be adjusted vertically to any desired position and may be retained in that position.

The bracket 15 is formed with spaced, forwardly extending horizontal parallel arms 22, shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. The arms 22 are provided with Vertically elongated opposite slots 23.

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Extended through the slots 23 is an axle 24, on which is mounted a hub 25. On the hub is a disk 26. The hub 25 is locked on the axle or shaft 24 by means of a set-screw 27, shown in Fig. "3. 7

It may be noted here that on account of the vertical elongation of the slots 23,

the shaft 24 is capable of vertical, sliding movement in said slots.

The hub 25 is-of considerable size'so-as'to afford further bearing surface against the arms 22. I Y

On the outer end of'the shaft 24 is a handwheel "28 for convenience in rotating the disk 26.

Pivoted to the forward, "upper end of each arm 22 on the outside thereof, is a short, rearwardly extending link 29.

Pi-voted to the .rear end of each link 29 is a downwardly extending link 30 having a central opening in which the vshaft 24" is rotatably mounted. e I

I provide a -U-shaped handle member :31 which opens rearw-ardly V and is arranged with its arms 32 on opposite sides of the disk '26, and with the rear ends of its arms pivoted as at 33 in Fig; 2, to the lower por ti-ons ofthe arms 22 below 'and irearwardly with vrelation to the links 29; The lower ends ofthe links -.30'-ar.e pivoted to the respective arms 32 forwardly of'the rpivot points '33-, as illustrated in Fig. :2.

When the handle :31 is raised 'or "lowered, the arrangement of the links mentioned herein, and of the arms of the handle,-are such as to impart a true vertical, reciprocating movement to the shaft 24.

V The handle'31 is formed witha socket toreceive the end of the detachable handle member 34. A p

Detachably mounted on the disk 26 Visa plurality of brackets 35, mounted on which is anannular ring 36. The characters to be printed from are formed on the ring 3 and mounted on the periphery of the disk 26, and are indicated by the reference character 38.

On one of the arms 22 ismounted an upwardly extending arm39ihaving-at-i-ts upper end an indicating finger 40, projecting over the ring 36. On the ring .36 are indicating characters 41-, arranged in such relation to slightly resilient arm having at its forward end a block or the like 48. The block 48 is provided in its upper surface with a V- shaped slot 49. The parts just described are'soarrangedwith relation to the arrange ment of the characters 38 on the ring 37,

"that when the wheel formed by the 'd isk 26 and the parts mounted thereon is lowered,

drop into the notch 49- for properly positioning the lettering or character above the" printing stock. 8

The upper central portion-ofeach wall 11 is cut away at 50, as shown in Fig; 2.

Mounted on the upper surface of the base 10,:on opposite sides of the cut .away portions 50, vand extending transversely acrosssaid-base, is -a pair of spaced, opposite strips 51. 'The-adjacent faces of the strips 51 are beveled from their upper surfaces downwardly and away fremseach other, as shown at 52. I I V a r I provide a printing stock supporting device comprising end members 53 having their side edges provided with notches :to fit and slide on the strips 51. vFront and rear wall members 5.4 areseciued to the end members 53 and rest upon vand extend above the strips -51.

Resting upon the upper surface of athe en members 53 and, the frontand rear'members 54 are transversely arranged spaced plates 55. Mounted in one of the walls 54 :is .a screw-threaded rod'orbolt 56, one. end of which-extends forwardly in themachi-ne and.

hasvaihand-wheel 57 mounted thereon. The

inner-orrearward-end of the .scr'ewethreaded rod-56 is extended through and rotatably but non slidably mounted in an opening in a downwardly.extendingilugz58, on the forward plate 55. p I

V I provide-stock holding plates 59 adapted torest upon the upperrsurfacesof the end members 53 between the plates 55 for holdin-g printing stock. These'stock holding plates-59 may be,provided witha variety of means for "holding the printing stock.

- In Fig. 4, I have shown one :of the plates 59.

Eon-securing the plates 59 against transverselmovement in the machine, I have preferably formed said plates withopeni-rrgsfiO designed to receive pins -61 ,prfojecting up-' wardly from the strips 8'0, hereinafter :men-

tioned.

The plates 59 -mayibe'made in a :varietyof 8 forms andimay he provided with avarie'ty of meanslforholding printing-stock ofidif-c ferent kinds. 4

In Fig. 4, I have shown'aplate'59 pro-- vided with a pair ofspaced upwardlyextending headed screwsor the likew62, adapted to engage one end of a metal plate 63 such as are used for name plates or identification tags; The other end of the plate 63 is provided with an opening to receive a screw 64, which may be screwed into the plate 59, whereby the name plate or the like 63 may be held in proper position on the plate 59 for printing.

In Fig. 5, I have shown a modified form of the holding device on one of the plates 59.

On the upper surface of the plate 59 of the type shown in Fig. 5, is a supporting bar 65 arranged transversely of the machine, and having in its upper surface a semi-cylindrical, longitudinally, arranged groove 66. Spaced beyond the opposite ends of the bars65 are clamp members 67 having stems68, which extend downwardly through the plates 59 and arescreW-threaded at their lower ends to receive wing nuts 69. A pencil or other cylindrical member can be laid in the groove 66 and the clamp members 67 gripped downwardly from said encil, which is indicated by the character 0, for gripping the pencil in the groove 66. After the printing has been done, the wing nuts 69 may be released and the pencil moved longi tudinally for removing it from the printing stock holding means.

It is obvious that in a machine of the type mentioned herein, it is desirable to move the printing stock holding means transversely of the machine for the purpose of printing the letters in proper succession on the printing stock in each line. For the purpose of sliding the printing stock holding means transversely of the machine, the following means have been provided.

Rotatably but non-slidably mounted on the lower portions of the end members 53, is a shaft or rod 71, one end of which projects through and beyond one of the walls 11, and has on its upper end a crank handle 7 Q.

Mounted on the base 10 and extending downwardly therethrough are spaced, alined brackets 73. In the bracket 73 is mounted a shaft 74. On the shaft 74 is mounted a pair of handles 75 and 76. For yieldingly holding the outer ends of the handles 75 and 76 apart, there is provided a spring 77. The inner ends of the handles 75 and 76 together form a split nut having the upper and lower halves 78 and 79 internally screw-threaded and adapted to receive the screw-threaded central portion of the rod 71. It will be obvious that when the spring 77 is operated, and the crank handle 7 2 is operated, the ro tation of the rod 71 will move the end members 53 and the printing stock holding device transversely of the machine for carrying the printing stock for printing characters successively in a line.

When it is desired to quickly move the printing stock holding means back to its original starting position, the operator grasps the outer ends of the handles 75 and 76, and presses them together, for releasing the rod 71 from the split- nut members 78 and 79, whereupon the other hand of the operator may be used to slide the printing stock holding means transversely in the machine. 9

The plates 55 'are'connected with each otherby means of strips 80.secured to the lower surfaces of said plates. 80 slide outside the side-walls 53. The strips 80 are provided with upwardly extending lugs 61 which extend through openings 60 in the plates 59 for properly holding the plates 59. It will be seen that by rotating the hand-wheel 57 the plates55, which are connected by the strips 80, and the plate 59 which is held between the plates 55 may be moved fore-and-aft in the machine for print-L ing letters or characters in different lines on the printing stock. 7

Similarly by rotating the crank 72, the entire frame for supporting the printing stockmay be moved transversely in the machine to position for printing letters at different places in the same line. If it is desired to slide the stock holding means quickly transversely of the machine, the handles'75 and 76 are grasped and pressed together, which will release the members 78 and 79 from the rod 71, whereupon the rod 71 can be moved quickly longitudinally for shifting the printing stock holding means.

It will be noted that each letter is properly centered with relation to other letters in a transverse line, by means of the-centering pins 45, whichenter the notch 49 in the block 48, when the wheel, which carries th printing characters, is depressed.

In the practical operation of the machine, the stock to be printed is placed upon one of the printing stock holding plates 59 or in any suitable way is supported on the printing stock holding means. The bracket 15 is adjusted on the uprights 14, by means of the hand-wheel 15", the screw-threaded rod 15 until, when the large wheelis lowered, the ring carrying the printing characters is just above the printing stock and in position to rint.

This adjustment makes it possible to readily and easily print on stock of different thicknesses.

The handle 34 is lifted and the wheel is rotated until the proper letter or character appears on the ring 36 opposite the pointer 40, whereupon the corresponding character will be at the lowermost part of the ring 37.

The handle 34 is then lowered, and it has suflicient leverage to force the ring 37 down wardly for causing the printing character on the ring 37 to be impressed in the print- The strips ing stock. 7 The letter is properly centered in line by :means of the centering pin 45, as the wheel :movesdownwardly to printing p sition. i I

"The wheel is 'then raised :by :means of the handle 34, and'th'e crank 72 is given a suiticient turn to move the printing stock laterally in the machine bringing. it to position to receive the impression of the next .character in the: line :to :be printed.

After-one line has been .printed, the Wheel mayberaised and the hand-Wheel 5-7 oper- 7 ated, moving the. printing stock to position for printing another line. I "Will be understood that on account of the adjustabili-ty ofthe printing stock holding znieans,my.printing machine is readily and easily arranged for printing stock of difl-Terentsizesand shapes.

It .Inayfbe'employed .for printing tags or identification plates, or for pencils, or a characters .at its periphery, means 'for raising and lowering said printing member for performing a printing operation, an annular ring on said rotary member, a plurality of Copies of this "patent may 'be obtainedifior ters, and ail-shaped centering member adapted to selectively receive one Of said centering devices when said means is: low ered. j V 1 V 2. In a device of the class described, a rotary-,printing-member having printing characters at its periphery, means for raising and lowering said printing member for periiorming a printingpperation an annular ring on said rotary member, a plurality of Wed-geshaped' centering devices mounted in said ring and arranged :to correspond to the positions of :thelrespective iprintingvcharac ters, a V-shaped centering member adapted to selectivelyreceive one .of'said centering devices when said meansis lowered, 'and'a resilient member for supporting said V- shaped centering member.

'- 3. In a device of the class described, a

rotary printing member having printing characters at its'periphery, means for raising and lowering said rotary printing mem ber for efl'ecti-ng a printing operation, an an nularring mounted on said rotary printing member having characters on its surface corresponding'to the printing characters above mentioned, and an indicating or pointer =fin=ger arranged adjacent to said ring, the parts being so arranged that when the pointeris-arrangedadjacent'to a certain character on the ring, the corresponding printing character on the rotary member is in position for printing. Des Moines, Iowa, July 21, 1917.

WILLIAM Nnnsvvnnenn five cen tsl each, by addressing the fflommi ssioner of Patents, Washingtomll. 0.

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