US2166069A - Hand price marking appliance - Google Patents

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July 11, 1939. F. KoHNLE HAND PRICE MARKING APPLIANCE Filed Nov. 24, 1956 1N VENTOR.

ATTORNEYS,

Patented July 11', 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT FFiC HAND PRICE MARKING APPLIANCE Application November 24, 1936, Serial No. 4112,519

3 Claims.

This invention relates to a hand tool for printing price marking or other data upon merchandise marking tags. The tool preferably is of nipper type, providing a pair of opposing jaws. The tag is inserted between the jaws and they are compressed together for printing the marking data upon the tag.

An object of the invention is to provide a hand tool for print marking merchandise price tags,

primarily for remarking tags previously applied to the merchandise, to cancel, add or substitute other marking, as when there has been a change in the selling price of the merchandise, and by which a section of the tag bearing a marking for which substitution is made can bev clipped or cut from the tag or left on, showing comparative price reduction.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hand tool for print marking merchandise price tags and the like, employing movable type for marking the printing impression, readily replaceable for quickly and conveniently changing a printing set-up.

Other objects and further advantages of the invention will be more fully apparent from a description of the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the improved hand tool for typing upon a merchandise price tag and clipping off an end section of the tag, primarily employed in changing or altering the price marking and clipping oil the section containing the marking which the new marking substitutes.

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Figure 3 is a front end elevation thereof.

Figure 4 is a central section througna modified form, carrying two lines of type and eliminating the cutter.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the inking ribbon, with each of its opposite ends respectively coiled upon a winding spindle or coil.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of a tag attached to a piece of merchandise, with an end section of the tag clipped therefrom.

The tool, as illustrated, is of a nipper type, comprising a stock I having a rigid handle 2 projecting laterally centrally from the rear side thereof. The stock serves as a stationary jaw, cooperating with a movable jaw 3 slidably mounted upon a pair of vertical studs 4 4 fixed into the upper side of the stock I. Each stud respectively carries a spring 5, one end thereof recessed into the upper side of the stock, its opposite end engaging against the under side of the movable jaw for automatically retracting the jaw when released, after it has been compressed against the stock by a lever 5, pivotally connected at 6a to the handle 2.

The hand lever is provided with a square or shouldered end 1 for abuttingly engaging the rear (Cl. lOl-318) side of the stock to limit its outward or jawopening swing. Its forward end is provided with a knuckle connection with the movable jaw, the knuckle end of the lever engaging into a bifurcated rear side of the jaw.l

The knuckle 8 is Aprovided with a wear-resisting metal clip 9, bearing upon a wear-resisting plate I on the lower wall of the bifurcation in the movable. jaw. The movable jaw is formed to provide a holder for movable type for either one or pliual line printing, wherein the type bars are individually held and sustained against displacement and are capableof being readily inserted and removed for changing a printing setup, the structure thereof following an embodiment commonly employed in price marking machines.

Thel jaw 3 is provided with a rectangular opening or socket I2, extending vertically therethrough to Yreceive a given number of type bars IS side by side, with a cross wall of the opening or socket provided with a series of parallel grooves for a partial length of the opening. Each groove receivesv a rib extending longitudinally from one side of the shank of a type bar. The rib sustains the type bar within the socket against lateral displacement and controls the depth of insertion into the socket to obtain perfect alignment of type faces.. The opposite ends of the type bar extend beyond the opposite sides oi the jaw, the lower or face side being adapted to be compressed against a tag inserted therebeneath, upon compressing the jaw against the stock.

The tool shown in Figures l to 3 provides for a single line of printing, while the modiiied form shown in Figure 4 provides for two lines. The upper or base end of the type bars abuts against the lower side of a slide I4, sldably mounted upon a rail i5 integrally formed upon the upper side of the jaw 3, conning the type against vertical displacement. The slide provides a shoulder or abutment against which the type bars bear when compressed against the surface to be printed upon. The under side. of the slide is channeled to embrace the rail and the slide is movably mounted to the rail by a screw It, threaded into the jaw and traversing an elongated slot iia through the slide.

A bowed leaf spring Ii is recessed within the upper side of the rail and tensioned against the underside of the slide to hold the same in any adjusted position. The upper side of the slide carries a knob i8 for its manual manipulation.

The forward side of the movable jaw 3 is provided with a pair of recesses I9-I9, each slotted at its lower side to form a passageway 2li for an inking ribbon 2|. The ribbon, at each of its opposite ends respectively, is coiled or reeled within a recess I9 upon a spindle 22, journalled in the jaw and extending exteriorly from the rear side thereof, and provided with a knurl 23 for manually rotating the spindle to Wind the inking ribbon thereon. The ribbon passes from one spindle to the other through the passages 20 and horizontally beneath the printing faces of the type, with which it preferably contacts. Thus, upon impressing the type upon a tag interposed therebeneath, a printing impression is made thereon, through a transfer of the ink from the ribbon onto the surface of the tag.

Each of the ends of the ribbon respectively is clinched upon a spindle by a curved spring clip 2li, clasped over the spindle. The ribbon is wound at intervals from one spindle on to the other for transferring a section thereof from beneath the type bars, as necessitated through wear. The coiled or reeled ends of the ribbon are enclosed within their recesses in the jaw by a transparent cover plate 25, apertured to socket the forward ends of the spindles and held in place by a screw-threaded stud 26 projecting from the forward side of the jaw for the reception of a thumb nut 27 rotatively mounted upon the front side of the cover plate 25.

The forward side of the stock l, toward one end, is provided with a slightly upwardly inclined edge 2t, having its inner side edge forming a guide slot 29 for receiving and guiding the insertion of a tag into the throat of the tool, and for `appropriately locating the same therein beneath the line or lines of type.

Ilhe movable jaw, at its lower or under side, has a rail or flange 3@ depending therefrom, providing a throat depth stop for limiting the degree of insertion of the work. The tool being primarily adapted for printing upon a margin or edge space of a tag, where it is generally preferred to display the price marking, as illustrated in Figure 6, a change in price marking can be quickly and conveniently made by printing the new marking at the lower edge of the tag in a space above the old marking, and either cancelling the old marking or clipping a section of the tag containing the old marking from the tag.

To simultaneously print the new price marking upon `the tag and clip a section bearing the old price marking from the tag, the upper jaw 3 is provided with a knife blade 3l, removably fixed to the jaw and cooperating with a stationary lade 32 fixed within the stock l. The stock has an opening 33 therethrough to receive the movable blade 3l and the throat depth ange 30 upon depressing the movable jaw, and also provides a pocket for the tag cuttings. The opening, at its lower side, Vis sealed by a cover 34, hinged to the stock and held closed under the tension of a spring 35 housed within said opening or pocket 33.

The tool shown in Figure 1 includes a knife for Yclipping oif an end section of the tag containing the old price marking, as shown in Figure 6, while the tool shown in Figure 4 substitutes a second line of type for a cutter blade to cancel the old price marking, allowing it to remain on the ticket or tag, the latter method being preferable when there is a reduction in price from the original price.

The improvement provides a handy and compact hand tool for print marking merchandise price tags and remarking tags after they have been applied to the merchandise, as where a change in the price from a previous marking is to be made, for printing the new price or data to be substituted for the old and without removing the tag from the merchandise. The old marking can be cancelled or a section of the tag bearing the same can be clipped from the tag. In the employment of movable type, with each type bar independently sustained and replaceable within one of the jaws of the tool, the printing set-up can be quickly and conveniently changed.

The tool can be conveniently carried about and a large quantity of merchandise remarked Awithout replacing the tags, which is a material advantage and saving, particularly for establishments employing power-driven marking and applying machines, as it eliminates the present practice of returning the goods to the marking room forv remarking by removing the old tag and applying a new one.

Having described my invention, claim:

1. A hand tool for marking tickets, comprising, a stock providing a platen for supporting the work to be marked and having a rigid handle eX- tended from oneside thereof, a type holder reciprocably mounted on said stock for movement towardand from the platen, type bars mountsr in and removable through the tcp of the holder perpendicular to the platen, means on said holder for conning the type bars within holder, a length of inking ribbon mounted on the holder and extending across `the face of the type adapt-`L ing the type to make a transfer of ink from the ribbon onto the work when compressed thereon, and a handle pivotally mounted on said rigid handle and connecting with said type holder for actuating the same.

2. A hand tool for marking tickets, comprising, a stock providing a platen for supporting the work to be marked, a type holder reciproeably mounted on said stock for movement toward and from the platen, type bars extending through the holder perpendicular to the platen for pressing the type face upon the work supported upon the platen and replaceably mounted within the holder, a slide on said holder for confining the type bars within the holder, a length of inking ribbon mounted on the holder and extending across the face of the type adapting the type to make a transfer of ink from the ribbon onto the work when compressed thereon, and a handle means -extending from said stock and connected with said type holder for actuating the holder.

3. A hand tool for marking tickets, comprising a stock providing a platen for supporting the work to be marked, a type holder reciprocably mounted on said stock for movement toward and from the platen, and cooperating therewith to provide a denite depth of throat space to gauge the degree of work insertion, type bars extending through the holder perpendicular to the platen for pressing the type face upon the werk supported upon the platen and replaceably mounted within the holder, a slide on said holder for confining the type bars within the holder, a length oi inking ribbon mounted on the holder and extending across the face of the type adapting the type to make a transfer of ink from the ribbon onto the work when 'compressed thereon, cutters disposed in opposition on said stock and type holder between the type and the inner end of the throat space, whereby a ticket inserted in said space may have a portion of its foremost end cut away and a succeeding portion marked, and a handle pivotally mounted on said rigid handle and connecting with said type holder for actuating the same.

FREDERICK KOHNLE.

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