US1847904A - Labeling machine for toilet rolls and the like - Google Patents

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F. c. SCHUELER 1,8473%- LABELING MACHINE FOR TOILET ROLLS AND THE LIKE March 1, 1932.

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March 1, 1932. F. c. SCHUELER 1,847,904

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March 1, E932. L8479 LABELING MACHINE FOR TOILET ROLLS AND THE LIKE F. c. SCHUELER e Sheets-Sheec 6 Filed June 28, 1930 awn tow Patented Mar. 1, 1932 i marten em The E T-Em 0mm;

'FRnnnnIcKcnAnLns sonUnLnR, or GREEN B Y," Wisconsin, essron'oaro Henson- $HARP firecnrnn' co "WISCONSIN Application filed Ju e as,

upon a set of cores to provide a series of toilet i-rolls are automatically stripped therefrom WVhile the end of the empty core shaft is still rolls equal in their combined length to the Width of the original Web.- Upon thecompletion of the re-winding operation whereby these rolls are formed, the operator removes fromthe re-winding machine a complete set of rolls and substitutes in the re-winding machine a core shaft bearing merely empty cores. I v I It is the function of the present apparatus to receive the full core shaft and supply a core shaft having the necessary number of empty cores. Between the point-atwhich the full rolls are received and the point where the empty cores are delivered, each core shaft follows a circuitous path across labeling apparatus which automatically applies labels to each; roll. "Thereupon the core shaft is freed automatically at one end and the full, labeled freeagirljslips empty cores onto the free end of the shaft until the shaft is filled with cores-in readiness for a subsequent re-Windring operation. Thereafter the free end 1 of the core shaft is again engageduby the conveyor which restores the core shaft to the starting point from which the operator takes it for a subsequent operation of the re-windmg machine as above explained. I

In the light of the forego ng brief descr1ption'of the operation of amachine embody ng this invention I may say that one of the prin cipal objects of'the invention is to provide an automatic labeling machine in which a core shaft maybe supported with one end free and the vvoundand labeled rolls automat- .ically stripped therefrom and new cores placed thereon, I p

It is further very important object of the invention to provide an apparatus in which the newly coredshaft is returned substan- -;tially to the startingpoint whereby an oper- MEANY,'QF.GREE1I'UBAY, Wisconsin, a oonronerron: or

nasnnrne d e roe; TOILET norms Ann THE LIKE may sentinel tenets. I i ator can readily exchange it for a shaft with full rolls requiring labels.

It is a further very important object of the invention to provide a labeling machine in which the cells for individual staclzs oflabels are so organized as to minimize the clearance between labels of successive stacks thereby substantially completely covering each roll with its respective label. 7

Uther'objects of the invention relate to a Y no el andimproved labeling device inwhich each roll is mechanically rotated for the ap.

plication of the label thereto,therebywithdrawing the respective labels, from their guides and ensuring the application of a label toeach roll; theprovisionjof automaticelectrical controls for the apparatus; the provision of novel and improved means for stripping the labeled rolls from the full shaft; the provision ofnovel. and improved means forsup porting the respective shafts and for freeing an end of each duringthje strip.-,

ping and recoringoperations;v and the provision of novel and improved cells for the labels with electr cally controlled feeding 3 means for maintain ng fresh labels I positioned at the, tops of the various cells 4 In the drawings: Y

Figure 1 is a side embodying this invention.

Figure 2 is aplanview thereof.- i "Figure 3 is an endelevation' thereof. Figure {l is a detail view in] transverse section through theapparatus, showing a series of-labelcells across whichismoving a set of rolls requiring labels.' 7 l Figure 5 is an enlarged detail viewthrough a label cell; in longitudinal section.v A

Figure his a bottom shown in Figure 5. V Figure 7 is a fragmentary detail in longitudinal section of an intermediate label cell. Figure 8 is adetail view of a device for applying adhesives to the ends of the labels.

the entire apparatus illustrating'the operatlon-of its component parts at'the various elevation, of a machine .plan view of the cell Figure 9 is a diagrammatic perspective of positions occupied-by thee-respective core? Shafts in i ove nentthrough the, ppa 'ratus v E :5

Figure 10 is a diagrammatic detail in elevation of the paster.

Like parts are identified by the same reference characters throughout the several views.

For the purposes of convenient illustration I have shown a machine for handling fewer labels than would ordinarily be handled in actual practice. It is to be understood that machines embodying this in vention may be made in any practical capacity by merely increasing the dimensions of the parts and the number of labeling cells.

General organization and eowveyor system The general organization of the machine is very simple. The frame 10, best illustrated in Figures 1, 2 and 3, supports cross shafts and 1 1. Each of these, except shaft 12, carries two sprockets 15 and 16 at that side of the machine which is closest the observer in Figure 1. Each has a single sprocket 17 at the remote side of the machine. These sprockets carry conveyor chains 18, 19 and 20 respectively.

Between sprocket shafts 12 and 13 is a shaft 22 supported by an arm 23 and carrying sprockets 2 and 25 for chains 18 and 19. Chain 20, in passing between sprocket shafts 12 and 13, passes around the back side of a mutilated sprocket wheel 27, as clearly shown in Figures 1 and 3. Sprocket 27 is mounted 011 a cross shaft 28 having spring centered bearings at its ends, such as that shown at 29 in Figure 1.

The three chains 18, 19 and 20 together constitute conveying mechanism for the several core shafts or mandrels. At corresponding points the chains carry brackets 30, 31 and 32 which vary in construction according to their function. A bracket 30 constitutes a head stock within which is yieldably mounted a spring pressed chuck 33, driven by a shaft 34, carrying a pinion 35. Bracket 31 is an open ended fork, as best shown at the left of Figure 9. Bracket 32 comprises a tail stock likewise provided with a spring pressed retractible chuck having spindle 38 headed at 39.

Each core shaft or mandrel 410 is placed in the machine by an operator standing at the left of the machine as viewed in Figures 1 and 2. In Figure 2 thehead stock 30, tail stock 32 and intermediate bracket 31 are shown open to receive a mandrel carrying full rolls requiring labels. The reduced end portion 41 of the mandrel is first inserted in the tail stock chuck 37. The fulcruniportion 12 of the mandrel is then inserted in the forked fulcrum bracket 31 of the chain 19, chuck 33 being retracted in the meantime by means of pinion 35 which is grasped manually like a hand wheel for the purpose. When the mandrel is in position, the pinion 35 is released and chuck 33, under pressure shafts mounted in their respective brackets.

Between the sprockets mounted on cross shafts 11 and 12 the labeling operation occurs as will hereinafter be more fully described. lm'mediately after the labeling of the rolls on any given mandrel, the head 39 of its tail stock chuck is engaged by a cam track 45 whereby the chuck is retracted, as shown in Figure 3 and the end of the mandrel 40 is left unsupported.

immediately thereafter sprocket 27 causes chain 20 to take a different course from that taken by chains 18 and 19 and the withdrawal of tail stock bracket 32 on the new course of chain 20 completely exposes the end of the core shaft or mandrel which is now supported entirely by chains 18 and 19, the latter being provided with a guide 46 for increased rigidity of support.

At this point in the operation of the machine the automatic roll removing mechanism hereinafter to be described commences to operate to push all of the labeled rolls from the mandrel. The movement of the mandrel continues during this stripping operation and after it moves downwardly about sprockets 241 and 25 a second operator may reload the mandrel with cores 47 (see Figures 2 and 9).

As the tail stock brackets 32 pass about the mutilated sprocket 27 they are received in the relieved portions thereof. The spring nounting of the bearing of shaft 28 takes up the slack occasioned by the straightening of the chain 20 as its brackets v32 enter the cut away portions of the sprocket.

As the chain 20 again approaches a position of alignment with chains 18 and 19 a second camguide 48, similar to cam guide 45, picks up the headed end 39 of the tail stock chuck and retracts it in order that the end portion 41 of the mandrel 40 may become aligned with the chuck to be re-engaged thereby as the head 39 passes from the cam to the position shown at the bottom of Figure 3. 7

From this point a re-cored mandrel proceeds to a position where it may be removed from the machine and inserted by the operator in the re-winder as above described.

The label cells .witlran eccentric str T It will be noted that each stack in operative relation to the rolls carried-bythe.mandrel 40,. regardless of the hand side of Figure l' which is taken in a somewhat different plane-from thesection in which the left hand side of the View appears.

(See also Figures land 7.)

platformso5 WlllClllTG vertically rec1proca.

the ends of the labels which is Iulcrum-eda bell cranlgas shown in Figure 5, andsub Thestacksiof labels 52 are supported on ble between vary thin partition plates 56. These plates do not extend tothe tops o f the several stacksbut terminate in spaced re lation to the top of each stack, as shown in Figure l, I I 1 The platforms 55 are carried by spr1ngs'57 from cross head guides 58 having tubular supports 59. Each tubular support is provided witha bearing sleeve 60 for an elevating screw 61 journaleu in a socket 62 in the bottom ofthe respective cell. The top of each bearing socket 62 supports a worm wheel 63 connected with screw 61 and driven by a worrn 6L The pins65, carried by handles 66, pivoted to the tubular support 59, are pressed by spring 67 through openings in the tubular support 59 and the sleeve 60 into op: erative engagement with the threads or" screw 61 to constitute the equivalent of a nut for vreleasably receiving motion from the elevating screw 61. l Vhen it is desired torefill any given label cell, the handles 66 are manipulated against the compression of the spring 67 to release the pins from screw 61 and thereby, to free the cross head 58 and [false botto1n55 for downward movement so that a new stack of labels maybe placed on the false bottom between the guide parti-- 't-ions'56.

Thefeed or". worm 64, worm wheel -a d screw 3 61 is intermittent. An ecceuti'c on conveyor chain cross shaftll l: provided by rod a 71 connects 72 with a rocker .arm 73 on rock shaft .74 w iich passes through the several label cells immediately behind the worms Directly connected to turn with each worm gear 76 which 7d and is connected to turn with a ratchet wheel 77. rigidly connected with shaft 74: within each cell is a. ratchet arm 78 having a pawl 7 9 constituting an armature for electromagnet 80. This par arranged to interact with the teeth of ratchet 77 except when the electro-magnet is enerized and on such occasions it is lifted out 11 of a position for operative engagement with ratchet. The construction 7 clearly shown in Figure 5.

the guides 56 n t only terminate below the top of: each label stack asrabove noted, but are relieved at their ends, as shown in Figure In order to gu de thelabels of each stack at the top of the stack I haveprovided at one end of the stack arms 82 which, are pivoted and subject to the tension of springs 83 which tend to hold guide-portions 8st of these; arms at the level of the top of the stack, subject, however, to yielding movement when the arms aretravcreed by. toilet rolls. The ends'or" thelabels are guided by pressure plate 85 and the up,- per nost label barely engaged by a spring cllb86. 1

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labels.

and hence {fit between adjacent These arms are lulcrumed a compression lQS- a switch contact 96 coacting with a stationary switch contact 97, the respective contacts being connected in series with a source of current 98 and the electro-magnet SOabove described. r I ,The guides 90am not used on every cell because'suc'h use would involve duplication ifi fllllaj thichness o'l arms 91 and this would space the, stacks of labels'to an undesirable de ree. It will be understood that the rolls 53 contact at their ends, being. re-woundiirom single longitudinally slitt-ed web. To the extent to which the stacks of labels are spaced themes or" these rolls will be exposed.

Q'lh e stacks of labels intermediate guides '90 3 confined by arms Qlof such guides ateach'side. In order that each such stack may be governedindependently as to feed,- a specialzfinger is used as shown at 100 carries a contact 96coacting with a contact 97,, the two'contacts being electrically wired to performthe functions of contacts 96 and 97 in Figure I I I V The arrangement is su'chthat during the operation of the machine rock shaft 7 4 is con t iousl'y oscillated to fro. At each osc ilation thepawl 7 9, carried by ratchet arm 78. will act on the ratchet 77 to operate the gear whichturns'each'feed screw 61 unless itso happens that the labels of a particular cell havereached the maximum desire'dlevel in that cell. In that case the pressure of the labels will" act on the guide 90 in the Figurea cell construction or uponthe guide 100 in the Figure 7 cell construction to close the contact which energizes magnet ,andlthereupon the pawl 7 9 willbe lifted out ofoperative positionand will no longer act to elevate the labels of its cell until enough are engaged at the rear end ister with the partitions 56 betweei'rthe res lguided by a tie-rod 95. This'rod .--,At the, baclror" thegs'tacltis-aguide 87 for E2 and connected with a channel 98 inigure 7. This finger is' fulcrumed at 101 tive racks and mounted on rock shafts 119 labels have been used to relieve the pressure on the guide or spring finger and thereby to permit the contacts to open. 7

Before describing the manner in which the labels'are applied to theroll, I shall now dely, which are mounted on racks 109 and 110, provided with rack teeth 111, and arranged for reciprocation in vertical guides 112. The

pasting bars normally hang by gravity at substantially the angle indicated in Figure 1 at the left but each of the rock shafts 107 and 108 is provided with a finger 113 which, in the lowermost position of the respective rock shafts, interacts with a stationary stop 114 to oscillate rock shaft 108 to a position in which the bar 106 will be vertical and its lower margin will be directed flat upon one end or the other of the uppermost label of each stack. Additional stops 115 are positioned above the path of travel of arms 113, as shown in Figure 2 and Figure 10, so that during the upward movement of the respective racks 109 and 110 arms 113 will be en gaged by stops 115 to oscillate the respective rock shafts 107 and 108 counter-clockwise, as viewed in Figure 10, to bring the paste carrying lower edges of the paster bars 105 and 106 into contact with the paste carried by rolls 116 which operate in paste receptacles 117 and are chain driven from shaft 22.

In order to provide for the vertical reciprocation of the racks 109 and 110, I employ segments 118, meshing with the respecsupported from the upright guides 112. An arm 120, connected to each rock shaft, hangs in the path of movement of mandrels 10 so that the passage of each mandrel will lift the paster out of the path of the rolls carried by the mandrel, bringing its pasting margins into cont-act with the paste peripherally carried by roll 116, and allow the gravity return of the paster into engagement with the next successive label after the roll has passed.

It will be noted from Figures 7 and 8 that the paste bearing margins of the paster bars 106 are notched at 122 to clear the fingers 100 of alternate label cells. In the type of cell shown in Figure 5 the paste bearing margin of paste bar 106 engages the label between the top plate of guide 90 and the end of the label and no notch is required.

Engagcmcntof the roll with the label As the conveyor chains carry the respect-ive mandrels 40 along the top of the machine, the pinions 35, connected with driving chucks 33 in the head stock brackets 30, will mesh with the stationary rack 125 (see Figures 1, 3 and 4). It is expressly to be noted that the pinions 35 are smaller in diameter than the rolls 53 which require labels. Because of this fact, the rolls 53- are rotated somewhat more rapidly than would be the case if they were merely contacting at their peripheries with a stationary surface.

As each roll clears the clip 86' and rolls onto the adherent end of its respective label, from which the paster bar has been removed by the advance of the mandrel, the label will stick to the outer periphery of the roll and hence will free itself from the clip 86. If the mere rolling contact of the respective rolls with the respective labels were relied upon to wind the labels upon the rolls, the result would by no means be certain since the rolls might not have uniform pressure engagement with their respective labels. In the arrangement disclosed, however, the relatively rapid rotation of the rolls not only positively winds each label upon its roll but also withdraws the remote end of each label from beneath its contact guide comprising, in the Figure 5 construction, the guide 90,.and in the type of cell shown in Figure 7, the contact finger 100. Thus, before the roll reaches the guide, the label has been completely wound upon it and has been sealed at the point of overlap by the pressure engagement of the roll with the stack of labels therebeneath.

Ziemoval of labeled rolls from the mandrel As the tail stock frees the end of mandrel -10 the labeled rolls carried by that mandrel become subJect to the automat1c operation of evice which slides the whole series of rolls in the mandrel.

Threaded upon a feed screw 130 is a forked arm 131. The feed screw driven forwardly and reversely by means of motor 132 and gearing at 133.

a mandrel 10 approaches the position for discharge of its labeled rolls, it enters the forked end of arm 131 which has been left approximately in the position shown in Figure 1 by friction between the screw and the arm during the clockwise rotation of the screw, (as viewed in Figure 1) which has restored the arm to its initial position.

As the mandrel continues to move, the fork 131 commences to oscillate upon the screw 130 in a clockwise direction, as viewed in Figure 1, and the linger 135 carried thereby engages switch 136 there-by initiating the operation of motor 132 in a counter-clockwise direction. lhis causes the forked arm 131 to feed along the mandrel during the continued movement of the mandrel and thereby to force all of the labeled rolls from the free end of the mandrel. At the conclusion of this operation, the forked arm will have swung an traveled to a position where it will enduring the continued operation of the'scre'w," to zts original starting point at the s de of theniachine. Here the finger 135 will strike the stoo switch 139 thereby bringing paratus to rest." I

the'ap- Bel-caringthe'mamlrc? shaft c i Since the re-coring of the mandrel shaft is sample operation requirmg no skill and inv'olving no' danger, itcan readily be per? formed by hand by inexperienced operators I who will simply slip cores 4;? ontothefinan drels as soon as the-labeled rolls have been stripped therefronifas above described. The

tail stock end of the mandrel isrstill free, as

at'the right in Figured Drz -m'ag connections and summary of operaftiong I The ma'in'drive fo'r'the' machineis derived from a motor 150 and I'QClLlCtlOIlgearing at 151 and 152to' shaft 153 which carries a.

pinion 154; meshing with a gea'r 155on the cross shaft 14 which carries sprockets'15 16' and 17 for the respectiveconveyorchains. I

Motor 150 is controlled by a pairof-threeway switches156 and 157 of which theformer is automatically operated and comprises a motor stopping switch, while'the latterfis manually operated and isusediprimarilyas a star-ting switch.

As ama'ndre'l, supportedby brackets 30,31

and32 on the severalconveyor chainsya-ppreaches the operatorsstation pinion 'en-' counters the actuator158 for switch '156'and,

thereby cuts off theicurrent'supply to motor 150i -The-parts willcontinue to operate to advance the-cored mandrel for a short dis- The operator now uses pinion 35 as a-h'andle to retract the driving chuck 33' from the mandrel and is therebyenabledt'o lift the' cored mandrel from the head stock bracket 30, the fulcrum bracket 31 and the tail stock bracket 32. He now substitutes for the withdrawn cored shaft a mandrel upon which the cores are filled with toilet rolls requiring labels and havingpositioned thisman'drelon the sev- 'emi brackets of the three conveyor chains, he

switch 157. 1 \v r Y The initial :inovem'ent of the mandrel Will bring the head stocki'driving pinion 35 into engagement with rack 125 so that 'the rolls carried bythe mandrel will be'in rotation sets the machine in operationby means of a y when they roll onto the labels exposed in the label cell block 50. The'ends of thesela-b'els will adhere to the several rolls and themechanic'ally driven rotation of the rolls Will not only draw the labels from beneath the retaining guides at their far ends but-willwind the labels on the rolls andensure their over! lap under sufficient comoression to seal each label; As the mandrels approach the labels a they lift the arms-120, as above described,

and thereby cause each pasting bar successively to move upwardly out of the path of the rolls, acquiring'a fresh charge of adhesive, and subsequently return to the next successive label. 1

Immediately after the mandrel passes clear of the label cells, one end is freed due to the engagement of the head '39 of the tail stock chuck 37 in retracting cam 45. This Withdraws the chuck 37. from the mandrel and immediately the chain 20, bearing the tail stockbracket 32, assumes acourse entirel r passage of chain 20 around the, back sidefof sprocket 27"leaves the end of mandrel 40 entirelyclear, as best shown inthe diagram matic view comprising Figure 9. i, l As the mandrel movement continues,"the

V 3 '85 different" from that of chains 18 and 19. The, 1

mandrel becomes engaged invthe forkedend 5 of arm 131 which is thereby set in motion and its separate driving motor 132 operates screW 13O tofcause a complete traverse of arm 131 across the machine and'ba'ck. In its for Ward movement, the fork strips thelabeled' rolls; from the mandrel, and its return movee ment leaves the fork in position for engagej ment with the 'neXt' mandrel.

While the end of the mandrel is still clear in passing about the back of the machine,

the mandrel is re-cored by simply slipping cores 4'? onto the exposed end thereof. Im-j mediately thereafter thehead 39 of tail stock chuck 37- is again picked u by a retracting cam 48 and'chai'nQO is restoredto alignment with chains 18 and 19, and tail stock chuck 37 is brought into registry with mandrel 450 1 while the chuck is thus-retracted. Wheiicam 48 is cleared and the chuck isreleased, it again engages the end of themandrel and the mandrel remains supported by all three conveyor chains until it isagai'n Withdrawn at the operators station as above described.

Iclaimz I 7 1. Ina device of the'character'described, a mandrel shaft conveyor comprisingtraveling means for supporting a mandrel shaft at two spaced points adjacent one en'dlthereof while leaving the other end free.

, 2, In a device of the character described,

the combination with conveyor means/having head stock and tail I stock. brackets'fprovid'e-d with" mandrel chucks and an intermediate fulcrum bracket adjacent one of said first mentioned brackets, of means for retracting the chuck remote from said fulcrum bracket whereby to release the corresponding end of a mandrel engaged thereby. i

3. In a device of the character described, the combination vwith conveyor means havin head stock and tail stock brackets provided with mandrel chucks and an intermediate fulcrum bracket adjacent one of saidfirst mentioned brackets, of meansfor retracting the chuck remote from said fulcrum bracket whereby to release the corresponding end of a mandrel engaged thereby, and means for withdrawing the bracket from which said mandrel end was released by the retraction of said chuck, whereby to expose the free end of the mandrel.

4;. In a device of the character described, the combination with a set of conveyors provided with head stock, tail stock and fulcrum brackets, said head stock and tail stock brackets having mandrel engaging chucks, of guide means for said conveyors differing as to path, whereby one of said brackets is caused to follow at onepoint in the movement of said conveyors a wholly ciflerent path from the path followed by the other brackets, and means for retracting out of engagement with a mandrel carried by said brackets the chuck of the bracket guided to follow a different path from hat of the other bracket. 7 r

5. In a device of the character described, the combination of a set of three conveyors, brackets carried by each in generally corresponding paths, means for retracting one of said brackets from a predetermined portion of said path, and a retractible chuck carried by the retractible bracket and provided with means for withdrawing said chuck from an article supported by the other two brackets before retracting the retractible bracket from said path.

6. In a labeling machine a mandrel conveyor system comprising a plurality of chains provided with mandrel brackets, a sprocket about the back side of which one of said chains passes in a course different from that of another of said chains, a retractible chuck carried by the bracket of the chain passing about said sprocket, said chuck being provided with a head, and cam means disposec adjacent the path of said head and adapted automatically to act thereon to retract said chuck from a mandrel engaged thereby during the change of direction of the bracket carrying said chuck wherebyto free the end of such mandrel.

7. In a labeling machine the combination of a head stock conveyor chain, a tail stock conveyor chain and a fulcrum bracket conveyor chain, guides providing corresponding paths for two of said chains, a guide for the third chain providing a path corresponding to the path of said first two chains throughout their course except during a predetermined interval at which the path of said third chai is divergent from the path of said first men tioned chain, chucks carried by said third chain and one of said first mentioned chains,

ahead upon the chuck of said third chain, and cam means engageable with said head and adapted for the retraction thereof at the point of divergence of said third chain from the path of said first chain and at the pointof convergence of said third chain with the path of said first two chains.

8, A labeling machine comprising a frame provided with cross shafts, a pair of sprockets adjacent one end of a cross shaft, a third sprocket remote from said pair of sprockets on said cross shaft, sprockets upon the other cross shafts aligned with the sprockets of said first mentioned cross shaft, first, second and third chains operating over the respective sprockets in circuitous paths which are identical in the case of the first and second chains and different in the case of the third chain, chuck brackets and fulcrum brackets carried by the first two chains, a chuck bracket carried by the third chain normally in registry with the brackets of the first two chains, means for retracting the chuck in the bracket of the third chain at the time of path divergence of said third chain, and means for re- 7' tracting the chuck of said third chain at the time of path convergence of the third chain.

9. In a labeling machine, the combination withmeans for supporting a plurality of stacks of labels and a conveyor provided with means for engaging the ends of a mandrel shaft bearing rolls to be labeled, of means guiding said conveyor for the movement of the roll bearing mandrel across said label stacks, and means for freeing one end of said mandrel from said conveyor while maintaining the other end of said 'manclrels supported in said conveyor.

10. In a labeling machine, the combination with guide means for a plurality of stacks of labels and conveyor means operating across said guide means, of mandrel chucks carried by said conveyor means, an auxiliary support carried by said conveyor means and disposed to be adjacent one end of a mandrel shaft mounted thereon, means for rotating one of said chucks during the traverse ofthe mandrel shaft across stacks of labels carried by said guide means, and means forretracting one of said chucks to free an end of a mandrel shaft engaged thereby.

1.1..In a labeling device the combination with guide means for stacks of labels and a conveyor provided with. mandrel chucks and adapted to cause rolls supported by a mandrel to traverse labels supported by said guide means,'of a driving device on one of said chucks, and means for positively rotating said device during the movement of said chuck past the label guides, said drive means being adapted to rotate said chuck at a rate greater than the rate of rotation of a roll on said mandrel in rolling upon the surface of a label.

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said stack of labels 12.1111 a labeling device'the' combination with means for supporting a stack of labels and afconveyor provided with a mounting for the rotatable support of an article to be labeled, of a driving pinion on said support of lessdianieter than the article to be labeled,

and a rack disposedin the path of said pinion and adapted to cause rotation of said support during conveyor movement. l V

13. In a labeling. machine the combination with a support for a stack of labels ofa cone vcyor for supportinga mandrel in a position to traverse said labels, said conveyor com prising pair of; closely spaced brackets adapted to receive one end ofa'mandrel and to support it independently of any support at the' other end, driving means operatively drive the end of a mandrel so supported, and means :torv actuating said driving ineansiwhiie said mandrel traverses In a labeling machine the combination with conveyor means mo l ted for circuitous movement and provided with closely spaced mandrel brackets both engageablewith the same end of amandrel and adaptedthroughoutatleast alportion of the conveyor circuit tojsupportthe mandrelindependently of any support at the other end, of a label cell block in i the path of movement or" the mandrel adapted to supporta stack of labels for application toan article carried by the mandrel, of a label rotating chuck connected with one ofsaid brackets and provided' vvith means for rotating it a rate exceeding the peripheral travel of such an article across said label cell block, and means for releasing a mandrel from said chuck and brackets whereby it may be released ata given point in the cir cuitous travel of said conveyor means.

15. In a labeling machine the combination withconveyor means organized for circuitous travel and adapted to, carry a mandrel throughout its range of movement from a given station to the same station, of brackets on saidfconveyor means adapted for .detachable engagement'with a mandrel,-two such vbrackets being engageable with a mandrel adjacent one end thereof and .one' such bracket being engageable witha mandrel adjacent the other end thereof, means for dis engaging said lastmentioned bracket from the mandrel whereby to leave themandre] supported by said firstfmentioned pair of brackets, means for causingthe disengaged bracket to follow a path diiiercnt from the end of the mandrel previously disengaged by it, whereby to leave said mandrel, end free,.and means enclosed between said station and said predetermined point. inthe travel of said conveyor means for labeling articles carried by the mandrel, said articles being freely removable from the mandrel over the free end thereofsubsequentto the labeling operation. a

16. Labeling apparatus comprising con veyor means for opposite ends of a mandrel, ccnveyor guides forlthe respective means defining paths which are generally identical but which deviate at one point in the con veyor travel,.b.racketscarried-by the respective conveyor means and normall en a ed 1 1 e V. 1 c: a: WltrlbOtll ends, of the mandrel, means for freeing one end of the mandrel from one of the brackets at the. point where the conveyor paths deviate, the other conveyor means bein adapted for the sole'support of themandrel when itsend is freed from saidbra'cket,

the bracketsat the point where the conveyor paths deviate, the other conveyor means being adaptedfcrthe sole support of the mandrel when its end is freed from said bracket,

and alabeling device in l the path of travel ofthe mandrel as it approaches the point where its end'isso freed, including meanslor ]')OSltlVly rotating the mandrel as it train erses said device. I v 18. A= labeling device'comprisinga set of three conveyor chains, two of which are close together and the third of which is relatively remote, means defining circuitous paths )iior chains corresponding except at a pre determined point in the circuit at which the path of the remote chain deviates from the path of the two chains which aroclose to each other, brackets mounted on the respective chains for a mandrel, the bracket of the intermediate chain being slotted and the bracket of'theioutside chains being provided with yieldable mandrel chucks, a head on the chuck carr edv by said relat1vely remote chain and a cam guide adapted to retract saidhead a d thereby to free said chuck from the end A e V v V e 1 o amandrel asthe bracket of said-remote chain approaches the point of deviation, and

r a labeling device in the path'of the mandrel approaching said po nt.

19. A labeling device comprising a set of three conveyor chains, two of which areclose togetherand the third ofwhich is, relatively remote, means defining circuitous'paths for said chains correspondingezrcept'at a predetermined point in the circuit at which the path of the remote chain deviates from the pathlof thetwo chains which are closeto each other, brackets mounted on the respective chains for a mandrel,- thebracketof the intermediate chain being I slotted and the bracket of the outside chains being provided with yieldable mandrel chucks, a head on the chuck carried by said relatively remote chain and a cam guide adapted to retract said head and thereby to free said chuck from the end of a mandrel as the bracket of said remote chain approaches the point of deviation, and a labeling device in the path of the mandrel approaching said point, together with means for re-engaging the retractive chuck with said mandrel as said chains resume their travel upon like paths, whereby the mandrel may be carried by the chains to the point of beginning.

20. In a labeling device the combination with a label cell block, of a mandrel conveyor provided with bearings for mandrel rotation and a chuck rotatable in one of said bearings and engageable with a mandrel, a pinion connected with said chuck for the rotation of a mandrel, said pinion being of less diameter than an article on the mandrel to be labeled, and a stationary rack adapted to be engaged by said pinion during the transverse of said cell block by the mandrel, whereby to rotate the pinion and thereby to turn an article on the mandrel at a peripheral speed exceeding the rate of travel of the mandrel across the cell block. 7

21. In a labeling device the combination with means for guiding a stack of labels for movement to a predetermined point of delivery, means for rolling an article to be labeled across the stack of labels at the delivery point, a limiting member holding one end portion of the label of said stack ad acent the delivery point, and means for rotating an article traversing said stack at a rate exceeding its rolling speed, whereby to draw from beneath said limiting member the label applied to said article.

' 22QIn a labeling device the combination with a support for a stack of labels, and means for moving across the face of the stack an article to be labeled, of a pasting transfer member provided with an elevated supply, and connections for operating said member upwardly from said label stack to said supply in the course of advance of said means, whereby to clear the article to be labeled and simultaneously to obtain paste at said source for the next successive label of the stack.

23. A labeling device comprising guide means for a stack of labels, means for maintaining said stack under pressure toward a point of label delivery, means for conveying an article to'be labeled across the stack in contact with the foremost label at the point of delivery, a paste transfer member normally resting on the foremost label of the stack and a paste supply roll spaced from the stack, and means operative in accordance with the advance of the member to be labeled for moving said member from the label to the roll, whereby to clear the article and require a fresh supply of adhesive for the next successive label, the previously treated label being adapted to adhere to the article traversing it.

24. In a labeling device, the combination with a label guide and a paste reservoir, of a conveyor adapted to carry an article between said guide and reservoir for labeling, a paster normally resting on the surface of a label carried by said guide and provided with actuating connections adapted to elevate it to the reservoir upon the approach of an article, and means for positively rotating said article during its traverse of said guide, whereby to pick up a previously pasted label and roll it upon the article.

25. A labeling machine comprising the combination with a label guide and a paste reservoir spaced therefrom, of a slide member reciprocable to and from the label guide in the direction of the reservoir, a rock shaft carried thereby, a paster mounted on the rock shaft, an arm projecting laterally from the rock shaft, stops engageable by said arm and determinative of the position of the pastel, and actuating connections for said slide ineluding an arm depending in the path of movement of an article requiring a label, together with a conveyor for advancing such an article across the label guide.

26. In a labeling device the combination with conveyor means having brackets engageable with the ends of mandrels for supporting freely the opposite ends of such mandrels, of means for stripping articles from a mandrel so supported, said means comprising a stripping member movable with the mandrel in the course of conveyor movement and provided with actuating connections for impelling it longitudinally of the mandrel, whereby to deliver from the free end thereof articles carried thereby.

27. In a device of the character described, the combination with a mandrel support engageable with one end of the mandrel and adapted to leave the other end free, of means for stripping articles from the mandrel comprising a mechanically driven finger guided for travel longitudinally of the mandrel in end engagement with articles mounted thereon.

28. In a device of the character described, the combination with a mandrel support en- 'gageable with one end of the mandrel and adapted to leave the other end free, of means for stripping articles from the mandrel comprising a mechanically driven finger guided for travel longitudinally of the mandrel in end engagement with articles mounted thereon, together with conveyor means for transportation of a mandrel so supported and an automatic control for said stripper provided with regulator means operative in accordance with the movement of the mandrel.

29. In a device of the character described, the combination with a mandrel and supporting means engageable with one end thereof to leave the other end free, of a stripping device for said mandrel comprising a finger mounted for travel longitudinally of the mandrel, and means for controlling the movebeing mounted on a conveyor and said finger being mounted to accommodate the conveyor movement durlng 1ts strlpping movement. 31. In a devlce of the character described,

the combination with a support for one end of a mandrel adapted to carry the other end free, of a device for stripping articles from the mandrel comprising a fork mounted for travel longitudinally of the mandrel, a mechanical actuating device for the fork, and means for automatically controlling the travel of said fork toward the freeend of the mandrel and return.

32. In a device ofthe character described, the combination with a support for one end of a mandrel adapted to carry the other end free, of a device for stripping articles from the mandrel comprising a fork mounted for travel longitudinally of the mandrel, a mechanical actuating device for the fork, and

means for automatically controlling the travel of said fork toward the free end of the mandrel and return, the actuating connections for said forkcomprising a motor driven screw upon which said fork is threaded, and sa1d mandrel support being mounted on a conveyor for movement beneath the screw,

' accommodatedby an angular movement of the fork in the courseof its longitudinal movement.

33. In a deviceof the character described,

the combination with a support for one end of a mandrel adapted to carry the other end free, of a device for stripping articles from the mandrel comprising a fork mounted for travel longitudinally of the mandrel, a mechanical actuating device for the fork, and

means for automatically controlling the travel of said fork toward the free end ofthe mandrel and return, the actuating connec tions for said fork comprising a motordriven screw upon whichsaid fork is threaded, and said mandrel support being mounted on a conveyor for movement-beneath the screw,

accommodated by an angular movement of a the fork in the course of its longitudinal movement, said control means comprising a series of switches, and a switch actuating means connected withthe fork and arranged to engage the proper switches for the control of said screw in accordance with the ingllllar and longitudinal position of the or 34:. A. labeling jmachine comprising the combinatlon with a conveyor arrangedfor circuitous'travel, and mandrel supporting during at least a portion of fsaidtravel to leave free one endof a mandrel carried thereby, of means operative "during the travel, of a mandrel across-the aforesaid portion of the conveyor path for "mechanically stripping from" thejmandrel articles carried thereby, and labeling means disp'osedin the path of movement of said articles :toward a strip ping device"andc'omprisinglabel guides, la

means'carrled by the conveyor and adapted belp'as'ting means,label feeding means, and

means for wrapping the label upon each article carried by such a mandrel.

35. In a labeling machine a device for stripping labeled rolls from a supporting screw, a. mandrel conveyor adapted to expose one end of the mandrel in passing the feed screw and a stripping member threaded upon said feed screw with which said mandrel 1s engageable 1n the course of movement of said conveyor, said stripping member be- 111g adapted to take its angular position upon I said feed screw from the mandrel during an operation of said screw.

In a labeling machine a device for stripping labeled rolls from a supporting mandrel, said device comprising a feed screw, a mandrel conveyor adapted to expose one end of the mandrel in passing the mandrel, said device comprising a :feed

feed screw and a stripping member threaded upon said feed screw with which said'mandrel is engageable in the course of movement v 'of said conveyor, said; stripping member be- 7 111g adapted to take its angular position upon said feed screw from the mandrel during an operation of said screw, together with reversible operatmg means for the feed screw,

and control devices engageable by said stripping member in the course of its angular and linear movement upon said screw for initiating, stopping, reversing, and again stopping said connections. o a I 37 A device for stripping articles from a mandrel movable'on a conveyor, said device comprising a screw adjacent the p'ath of mandrel travel, a stripping member threaded to said screw and movable: longitudinally thereof from a normally retracted position to an advanced position and 'back, means carried by said member wherebyit takes its angular position on the screw from the man drel during engagementtherewith,whereby to vary the angular position of said member during the advance of the mandrel on 1ts conveyor, and means forrreversing' the operat on of the screw to restore sald member to its original position, the'thread of the screw being designed to-restore" said member to- Ward its original angular position in theoourse of its reversed rotation.

38. A device of the character described comprising a screw provided with driving connections, a stripping fork provided With a threaded connection to the screw to be operated thereby, said stripping fork being mounted for angular movement, a conveyor provided With means engageable with the fork for its angular adjustment, and a control member for the actuating connections of said screw positioned in the path of initial angular movement of said fork to be operated thereby for the initiation of screw movement When said fork is engaged by said conveyor means.

FREDERICK C. SCHUELER.

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