US1398407A

US1398407A - Inking-machine

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Publication number: US1398407A
Application number: US283224A
Authority: US
Inventors: Louis J Van Guelpen
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1919-03-17
Filing date: 1919-03-17
Publication date: 1921-11-29
Anticipated expiration: 1938-11-29

Description

L. J. VAN GUELFEN.

INKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 17. I919.

Patented Nov. 29, 1921.

2 SHEETS-SHEET FIG. 2.

L. J. VAN GUELPEN- INKING MACHINE. APPLICATION men MAR. 11, 11919.

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PATENT @FFIQE.

OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

INKING-MAGHINE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS J. VAN Gonn- PEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Inking-l\lachi'nes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of inking machines, designed to ink or color the edges of leather or other material or parts used in the construction of some article of manufacture, as for example, shoes, boots and slippers.

One of the features'of my invention is to produce such an inking device which will distribute the inkevenly upon the edge of the material.

Another feature of my invention is to use a revolving wheel to distribute the ink on the edge of the material.

Another feature consists in providing guides or gages formed so that materials of varying thicknesses can be inked.

Another feature consists in the use of an auxiliary ink holding pocket in which the inking wheel revolves.

Another feature consists in the use of a rotary valve capable of being turned off and on to allow a definite amount of ink to pass into the auxiliary ink holding pocket.

Another feature consists in using an inking wheel peculiarly formed to prevent surplus ink from enroaching upon its inking surface.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification: D

Figure 1, is a view in elevation of one side of the machine, in elevation,

Fig. 2, is a plan view looking at the top of the machine,

Fig. 3, is a view of the forward end of the machine,

Fig. 4, is a longitudinal section taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 2,

Fig. 5, is a cross sect'on taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 2,

Fig. 6, is a cross section taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 7 is a view in elevation of the forward end of the driving shaft for the inking wheel, broken away.

In carrying out my invention, I provide an arm or extension formed of a flange 1, an offset 2 and a head 3, preferably all Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 29, 1921.

1919. Serial 110,283,224.

l. shape and forming an ink well or pocket 9 and a valve holding chamber 10.

These two castings heretofore set forth, are held together by pins and screws in any desired manner, but, so that they can be quickly separated and replaced.

The ink pocket 9 is formed of walls 12 and a bottom 13, and is open at the top, which may be closed by a cover 14.

It will be seen that the valve chamber is lower than the ink pocket, in the casting, (see Fig. 4). I

In the valve chamber casting, I provide the valve chamber 15. The ink from the ink pocket or well 9 flows into this valve chamber through the passage way 16. From the valve chamber 15 I also provide a passage way 17,'preferably running at an acute angle as shown, which extends to and ter minates at 18, at the front face of the valve chamber casting, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4.

In the valve chamber 15, I place a rotary valve 19, provided with a pocket20 at the bottom thereof and a handle 21 at the top thereof. The rotary valve is also provided with a peripheral flange 2, 2, at its upper extremity and slightly below this flange is another peripheral flange 23, which is cut away to form the

shoulders

24 and 25; between these two flanges is provided the groove 26.

Near the rotary valve 19, at the top of the-casting 10, I place a finger 27, which extends into said groove 26, to keep the rotary valve 19 in position.

The valve 19 is also provided with

port holes

28 and 29 which enter into the pocket 20 in valve 19. The part 20 holds a definite amount of ink,

On the end of'the shaft 4, on the extreme narrowed end 8, I place the inking wheel 30, which carries and distributes the ink.

This wheel 30 is provided with a rear peripheral ridge or flange 32 and a forward peripheral flange 33, thus a groove 34 is formed between them. This groove 34 is highest at the flange 33 and tapers or inclines downward toward the flange '32, at

which point it is the lowest. The front face of this wheel is of a cup or dish shape as shown in Fig. 4. This wheel is stationary on the shaft 4, and revolves with it.

To the forward end of the casting 10, next to the valve chamber 15 and rotary valve 19, I place a cylindrical shaped hollow extension or auxiliary inkreservoir 35, which is rigidly attached to said casting 10. At the top of this extension I provide an opening 36 and inside this extension or auxiliary ink reservoir on oneside, I provide a stripper 37 (see Fig. 6). The wheel 30 revolves or rotates in said extension or aux iliary ink reservoir, and extends slightly above the same at the forward end.

On the upper part of the extension or auxiliary reservoir, I place a tube or cylinder 38, into which fits and works a small shaft 39 which carries a guide plate at its outer end, a spring 41 surrounding said shaft 39. This guide plate 40 is rounded or cut away at its sides as shown in Fig. 2 and this plate is inclined from the bottom upward.

On the forward end of extension or auxiliary ink reservoir 30, I connect guide plate or gage 42 which rises above the top of the auxiliary ink reservoir as shown and is in alinement with the guide plate or gage 40 and its face is inclined same as face of plate 40, sothat the space between said plates will not be vertical, but at an angle as shown in Figs. 1 and 4. The back plate 40 moves forward and backwardso that the space between said plates will receive varying thicknesses of material to be inked.

This attachment or device described fully herein is screwed to a base through medium of holes 31 and this base carries an ink pot, holding the ink, in bulk, which is run into the reservoir 9 by means of a spout, as it is needed. This base and ink pot are not shown and may be of any desirable form; one form is shown in. my U. S. Letters Patpnt No. 1,249,563, dated December 11, 191

If it is desired to fill the pocket 20 with ink, the handle 21 is moved to turn the rotary valve 19 so that the port hole 29 Will coincide or register with the passage way 16 in inkreservoir 9, thus the ink will flow to fill pocket 20. WVhen it is desired to allow ink to pass into the auxiliary ink reservoir 35, the handle 21 is turned or moved in an opposite direction so that the port hole 28 coincides or registers with the passage 17 thus the ink will flow into said auxiliary ink reservoir. When the ink is flowing from reservoir 9 to the pocket 20 the port hole 28 is cut off and when ink is flowing from pocket 20, the port hole 29 is cut oil, preventing overflow or surplusage of ink. This registration of the port holes in the rotary valve and the passage ways, is determined by thestop pin 43, at the top edge of the valve chamber 15, which limits the revolution or turning of the rotary valve 19, by striking the

shoulder

24 and 25, on the flange 23.

hen the ink wheel 30 is revolving in the ink in the auxiliary reservoir 35, the

flanges

32 and 33 on said wheel, touch the stripper 37, so that the peculiarly formed face 34 on the wheel periphery, and between said flanges, will be filled with ink. The cup shaped front face of wheel 30 is so formed to prevent ink from encroaching or being forced upon the face of the wheel and onto the guide plates or connecting parts, and so that only the requisite amount of ink will be on the wheel surface for proper work.

The edge of the material to be inked is raced or worked forward and backward over the periphery of the wheel 30 in the space between the

guides

40 and 42; the vise on the wheel periphery 34 will be communicated to the edge of the material and conse quently the same will be inked or colored as desired.

The face of the material to be inked is held toward the forward part of the wheel 30 nearest the flange 33 of the wheel as less ink being on the wheel at this point, only enough ink will be placed on the edge of the material as is required to properly color the same, and inasmuch as there is more ink on the wheel toward the flange 32 thereof, any surplus ink may flow over and be deposited on the back of the material, but the front, polished or finished face of the material is not soiled or smeared with ink.

The material can be quickly and readily passed over the surface of the inking wheel between the guides and any shape or contour of material or parts can be inked and any thickness of material.

I do not wish to confine myself to the specific means employed herein to carry my invention into effect, but may alter and modify the same without departing from the spirit and principle of the invention.

What I claim as new and my invention .and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In an inking machine of the character described, an ink reservoir, a revolving wheel therein, means for revolving the same, and automatic spacing means for guiding the material aS it is passed forwardand backward over the surface of said wheel to ink the edge thereof.

2. In an inking machine of the character described, an ink reservoir, a revolving metal wheel therein, means for revolving the same, and automatic spacing means for guiding the material as it is passed forward and backward over the surface of said wheel to ink the edge thereof.

3. In an inking machine of the character described, an ink reservoir, a revolving wheel therein, said wheel having an uneven periphery extending continuously around the same, means for revolving said wheel, and means for guiding the material to said wheel "for inking the edge thereof.

a. In an inking machine of the character described, an ink reservoir, a revolving wheel therein, said wheel having a front dish shaped face, means for revolving said wheel, and means for guiding the material as it is passed forward and backward over the surface of said wheel.

5. In an inking machine of the character of said wheel.

7. In an inking machine of the character described, an ink reservoir, a revolving wheel therein, said wheel having an inner and an outer flange, means for revolving sald wheel, a stationary scraper 1n said reservoir, and means for guiding the material forwardly and backwardly over the surface of said wheel.

8. In an inking machine of the character described, an ink reservoir, a revolving wheel therein, said wheel provided with flanges and arranged to carry ink on its surface between said flanges, and means for revolving same in said reservoir.

9. In an inking machine of the character described, an ink reservoir, a wheel revolving therein, and means for revolving the same, said wheel having a peripheral face, highest at its forward side and tapering downward toward the hack thereof to a flange, and means for guiding material forwardly and backwardly over the face thereof.

In testimony whereof, I affix my si nature at Cincinnati, Ohio, this 14th day of March, 1919.

LOUIS J. VAN GUELPEN.