US35562A - Improvement in machines to label thread-spools - Google Patents

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i UNITED; STATES ATEENT i OFFICE.

' nnznuntaicoNANu on NVILLIMANTIG, coNNEcrIcUT, Asslcson'ro THE WILLIMANTIC LINEN COMPANY.

IMPROVEMENT'IN MACHINES; To. LABEL THusan-secoI s.-

" Speciiication-forming part cfu-Letters Patent-No. 35,362, dated June 10,1862.

" To all whom it may'concern/:-

Be it known that 1,V HEZEKIAH CONANT, of Villimantic, in the State of Connecticut, have invented anew' and useful Machineffor Labeling or Ticketing Spools or Bobbins or Applyfj ing Labels u pon the Ends of Small Boxes and similar Articles; and I hereby declarethat the following, `taken in connection with the drawings, is api'ull, clear, and exactdescription In the drawings, Sheet 1 is asideelexfation of 'the machine. Sheet `2 is a. plan thereof..

vSheet 3, Figure 1, is a vertical crosssection through the maehineyandFig. 2, on the same ,l sheet, is an elevation ofthe ticket or label i carriage. Sheet 4 is a vertical longitudinal y,section through the machine. i

This machine was specially devised for tick- ,eling.sp0ol-c0tton, and may without change be used for ticketing other articles of cylindrical form, and'withcertain formal change l and additions `may be adapted to the ticketing on one or bot-h ends of small boxes,` packages,

' &c., of` square, oval, Vor polygonal `,cross-seal.

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l The machine, as a whole, is made up of sevleral sets of apparatus, each of which have certain functions, and all-of which, acting inlv 4 combination, produce theV desired results.

These sets oi' apparatus, each of themselves or in combination with one or more of the oth"- vers, also produce. certain distinct steps in' the process, and in so far as they-do so' may beusefully `employed. -either in building a less complete machine or in 'connection with setsI i of apparatus which are not the equivalents o'f thoseldescribed, soas to make Iup a "contrivance having certainfeatures of my presentin- 'vention, and as whole usefulfor other purposes.

The sets'- of apparatusl which compose' the. machine are, first,` a feed-ing apparatuswhose function iste `feed the articles `to betticketed; second, a holding apparatus to-hold the articles in properposition to be ticketed third; a' pasting apparatus., to `applyr paste `or gum or other adhesive-mattert-o the ticketsp fourth, i a punchingapparatus to cutthe tickets out of l the sheet on which they are" printed; fifth, a

dende for,hold ng the tickets after they are1 punched outandfwhile beingpasted'or gummed vof the various parts are derived f rom a and for applying them to the spools or other articles, which I call the applying apparatus. The sixth or last set ot' apparatus l call the ticket-presenter. This coutrivance consist's of a frame for holding the'shects of tiekso as to present the tickets in proper succes' sion and positionlbr the action of the punch. These apparatus may be combined inY various ways andfornls to produce the result desired, and the machine shown in the d-rawings is an embodiment of them, iu a manner and `trough"'orway, down which the spools. roll by rforce of gravity, and of a double gate, which Vpermits one spool to pass and stopsv another.

The trough is shown at c. Its sides c (shown ets, which is caused to move in two directions,

under forms which I have by experimentalv in section, Fig. 1, Sheet-2) are adjustable, and

M can7 be moved toward or drawn away from the .center of the trough, so as .just to embrace l fspools of different lengths, and the trough at its' receiving end is .mounted on'a pivot, c,

while itis held up at its discharging-end by a lset Screw-c3. iBy this arrangement the height of the trough can be varied at the Vpoint where the punches and applying ap paratus act,, so that the centerv of spools ,of

. difi'erentdiameters may be p'resentedbpposite tothe center of the ticket. One of the gates is' composed of two pieces, Z d, forked-on their lower sides,for a purpose hereinafterspecitied.` -These pieces are attached to arms dd, pivl "oted' atd2 d2.' These arms are one on'each.y

side `of the trough, and vthe pieces d operate iaove the trough. Each arm has a set-screw, d3, (see Sheet 4,) and the ends of; these screws lie just aboveV the lugs d. These lugs proi ject out from alever, d5, pivoted at d, and

ha'ving'on'itsend` a fork operated'by a cam,

d. This'lever eis-tends uuder'the trough, carries andv moves-the lugs,and is prolonged,and Lhas" projecting upward from it a gate, d". T-liis gate at-certaiuparts of its motion'sticks .upabovel the`u'pper surface ot' vthe trough applying mcchanisim'the l down by the weights d. These forks might both be in one piece;butt.hcre are often found' certain differences in diameter between the two ends of the'same spool, and I am enabled to center them moret-ruly by using an ind'e- .dependent fork for each end. ln order to .Complete this description 0f theholding and fecding'japparatus it should be stated that the gate di can be slid along the lever (Pand adjusted at any proper place, so that the dis-.

tance betweenits edge nearest the forked pieces and the center ofthese'forks shail be equal to the diameter ot a spool and a half. (See Sheet 4.) A positive springconnection might be made between the lever di and the fork-pieces; butI prefer`to lift them by the lugs acting on the screwsd and to depress them by the weights, i Aas their' range of' lifting be altered to suit any diameter of spool, and

movement can thus their range of descent is measured by the spool itself, The spoolsare to be placed in thc trough by hand. They will run down till one of them strikes the forked pieces. These will lift by the revolution of the cam, and at the same time thelwer gate, d,will lift, one spool will 41he stopped against it, and

will be stopped bythe first. and the forked pieces will then descend together, and before the lower lgate descends y below the center of the first spool the`fo'rks drawn down by theweights will catch the second one, hold itdown against the trough and center it opposite the applying apparatus. The rst spool will roll out ofA the machirlc. When a ticket has been applied the gates will rise, the second spool will be released, will roll against and be stopped by the lower gate, afthird spool will roll underfthe forks, will be caught, held, and centered by them,aud, as the lower gate descends, the second spool will roll out of the machine. s

This 'apparatus acts to feed very like that used for feeding screws, one by one, inscrew machinery, but has the new feature that one of the feeding-gates becomes the moving jaw of the holdingapparatus. The spools may 4rest upon a level trough or` one inclined npward, and bc punched through by a slide vi` brating vat each time the diameter of one spool;

or in some cases the holding apparatus may `be so arranged and moved that the spools may be vinserted by the fingers one 4by one in the grasp of the jaw. `Motion may be .communi- Each ofthe arms d has a pin pro orks being held the second spool' The lower gate cated to the gatesndfork pecesnvarous ways; but I prefer that shown in the` drawings." The pasting apparatus consistsvof a hopper. to contain paste, gum, &c., and brush'esteapply adhesive matter to the tickets after they.

are punched out. They may apply it to the spootheads; but I prefer the precise method described. The hopper is-shown at e. It has two openings at the lowcrend,one at each side. These openings are closed by two disks,V c e',

that embrace the hopper, and are covered onl the side nearest the openings with cloth, felt, or other proper substance. These disks are so .mounted as to turn with a shaft-to which they are attached, and one, and consequentlybot-h of them, receive a slow revolving motion Jfrom an arm, e, by means of a pi n, aratchetflever, pawl, and ratchet wheel. (See Sheet 4.) This' arm*t is pivoted at e, and' moved by an eccentric-rod, c, actuated hy an eccentric, ei,on the main shaft. The arm exis forked and rises up on both sides ofthe trough, and at the Aend of each-forkis mounted a pastefbrush, e2, made of any proper material." These brushes,as the arm e" (see dotted and` full lines showing e3) vibrates, vibrate with it from the disks to the place where a punched ticketis held.; As the disks revolve they-carry vpaste with.' them out of the hopper. .The brushes thensupplythem selves from it and transfer their charge to. the tickets,'whiel are held on the points of theappliers. The brushes then retreat and1 take'a new charge of paste. as large as the tickets and have a smallslit cut in their stocks; if necessary, sothatA part lof them can-vibrate past the points' of the-appliers.` These brushes can be'mvcdin any way, so long as theytakepasteor gum, Sac., from some reservoir4 and'carry itto and apply it upon tickets or spools.Y This istheir function, and the movements whichthey goth rough in performing it or the mannerin which their movements are produced isimmaterial.

The punching'. apparatus consists'of two h ollow punches, ff, acting in connection with dies ff andsliding inI guides fifi. The guides, punches, and dies are in the present machine so made that they can be removed and vothers substituted for them, so that the same machine may work upon differt sizes and-shapes of tickets. These punches are lmoved by levers f 3 f, pivoted at f* 4, which -inft'heir turn are vibrated by calns fifi, sc-

oured on the main shaft. These cams are so constructed as to move the punch'esout of thel guides to the dies and into them far'enough to punch a ticket and then to retreat again each time that a spool is caught and ccntered,'and

they may receive this motion in any way, the

vfunction of the punches being to punch a ticket out ofa sheet and into a die.

The applyingmechanism consists of two disks, g y, nearly of the same superficies as the ticket, secured to rods'which vibrate inside of the punches, aut. 1re actuated by levers g'g, pivote'd at g2 g2, and operated by camsgig3 ou The brushes are almost Ethegiiia. iasnsa. ammontare;gtdea-by the holes.:is;trepar-ehesten@@as :applier has t one ormoresmall; .pinsprojetingfrom it to# Wardthespool to'beticketedf" 'The levers that 'actuatetheiappliersfaremade init-.wo pieces4 [each pivotedat-g., l l `The part nearest the rods of ,theapplierszisvj kept;` npagai'nst the other y part by a spring,1g?,4 secured to that other part at There is afstop' on the'pieceof the lever nearest the canyant the spring foi-ees the part nearest therods againstthis stop. When the.

` atppliers are forced-toward each other and the spool theyarermovednpby'the springs, and whcnthe appliers with` paper or tickets onV them :strike the spools the springsyield; but thewnal motion of the' appiiers away from' lthe'spool is,I incon'sequence tot" this-construe tion,` a positivelmotion. Asprihg-lever or a spring `in ther-'od mightbesubstitnted for this arrangement. l'lhecanis that A'move the ap-v pliersaregsoshaped that these latter advance i with orjnstafter-the pnnchesimpale the punched tickets "onftheir points'and press the' ticket against thepaste-brushes ,4 which are The'appli'ers' then-remainst'ationary an int stantand the brushes :move awaytoward the hopper. The appliersIt-hen advancefarther ,and stick the tickets on the spool. When this 'sr'done theyretreat and ,advanceag'aim in time v `to ticket'the nextlspool 'in succession.;` If the brushes 'arenlountedon springs, therest orstop' "in the mnvenientofthe appliers may be dispensed with. The moti ons of the brushes may also ,be y vso :timed "that they shallsweep over ytickets held by `the appliers and then retreat;

j but I .prefer to 'press' the ticket against a staf tionary brush as the best way of-covering thel ticket with paste.. f ,Theappliers Amay receive their motion"V by any appropriate devices, so long as they move to an extent andiat times so -as to produce theeiect above described.

The tickets applied by this machine are'to .be printed on sheets','(Sheet '1, at f t t, wherethey lare represented by pink lines,) and the ticket- ,presenter is a' frame, 71,inj which the sheets are lo be fastened b'ysprings', such as h', (see Sheet 4,) or by pins or in any other proper way, and each frame.js'to-havcjprojecting from eachv of its ',vert'ical` sides 1a, series offstops, h2 h? h".

'l These stops are spaced from center toeenter t at a .distance ,equaljj toV that from the center of oneticket t"o thecenterofanother ticket in thenext row but one .below,a`nd it will b e seen that the stops'on'one sideof theframe are oppositet-he intervals between the stops'on the yother side. These fran'ies inust have motions in two`directions ,andare free'to slide up and down in grooves orguides in ,carriages These carriages licvone o-neach side of the spool to be ticketed and slide on stationary ways It k2. Ea'ch carriage advances toward or retreatsfrom the vmainqshaft through a distance equa-l to that from. the center Vof one ticket in the sheet to th'e centerof the nextfticket in tlie same horizontal line, commencing to move after one ticket has'beenapplied and cornpleti'ng its motion before the next ticket is.` punched out of --the' sheet. In order toforce the carriages to move `thus there. are-two levers, l l ZZ, on eachsideof the machine. These v levers are pivoted at l? l l2. l and 'are caused to vibrate' by eccentric-rods Z3 Z3, each of which is actuated by an eccentric, `Z*,.o`n them'ain shaft. rThere are fonr'eccentricsf four rods, and four L levers in al1 when spools are'to be ticketed on Allboth ends.. l When -they are to be ticketed on vone end only the frames?, carriages, levers, Vrods, &c.,i'may on one sideof the machine be dispensed' with. The c ccentricrodattachments to the arms are adjustable,v so that the extent .of 'motion of the carriages may be altered to suitdifferentdiametersor sizes 'of tickets. The eccentrics are so set upon.' the main shaft that thetwo arms on the same sidev 'of the machine move at the saine time in opposite' directions. Each arm -has pivoted on its upper end a pawl, P. Each pawl has projecting upward from it an arm, (see Sheet 2,)

and the upper ends of these arms on the-same side'of the. machine are' connected byy cords or .chainslf- Each pawl has also a notch in it, into which may -take as'pring,.l, .attached to each of the arms Z, and whenthese springs are in the vnotches theyhold the.pawls tip-and prevent their action., Eachv pawl hasaiso projecting fromit inward toward the spooltrough apin, l". These pins are acted upon by projecting inclined planes or enrvedeams kak, .which are attached to the carriage k k. Each c'arriagehas uponfit a rack, m, which is -'free` to slide a short distance upon the earriage, and these racksareattached to bolts jm@ m by connections m2 mi. These bolts slide in ff Y grooves on the sides of thecarriageswhichg contain the frames,I (see especially Fig.` 2f Sheet 3,) and one end or other of the bolts-lies.

under one ofthe projections h2 of the frames.-

tickets is in proper line to be punched. -Whe`n allth'eY tickets in arow'are'pnnched out, then i .the bolt isvibrated and the frame drops until itis ca'ught by'an'other projection, Il, on the opposite side of the frame, thus holding the frame'in proper position for punching out the row of` tickets next above. ,t

From' what has been. described it -willbe seen that the ticket-,frameshave motion in two directions-Emst, with their carriages along the machine from front to rear, and, second,

' downward-the first `motion taking place` after each'ticket except the last in' aihorizontai row has been punched and the secondario-'- tion taking place after; the last ticketinfa row 1 mences tomov toward its fellow. While so moving,the pawl on one arm will be held up by one of the springs Z7, and will do nothing,'and -the pawl on the opposite arm will be free to act, Sheet 1, and will move the rack, and consequently the carriage and f rames,

` a distance equal to that from center to center of tickets, and when the motion is finished the ticket nerrt to that punched, and inthe same horizontal row, will be in proper position for punching. The paw] in acting position will thus continue to traverse the carriage on its ways until a whole row is punched out and applied, when it will arrive'ata position such as is shown in Sheet l at x. As the actingpawl retreats from this position, as ifl getting ready again to move the carriage, its vpin Z8 rides up on'the eam'c, and as it rides up the acting end of the pawl is liftedI and caught by the spring ZT taking into the notch. A's the pawl is lifted by its pin the cord or chain l5 tightens, and the pawl which was not acting is, by the cord pulling upon it, released from its detainingspring. This latter'pawl, which is lettered y on Sheet 1, then drops and comes into action. As this pawl y moves toward its fellow it takes into one of the notches of the rack and moves the rack toward the main shaft, but does not move the carriage. The rack, however, slides o n the carriage, carryv ing with it the bolt, and the bolt is thus Withdrawn from under one of the projections h, andthe traine, with the tickets, fallsuntil' the lnext projection on the other side brings up on the'other end of the bolt. A ticket just above the one last punched is thus brought opposite the pnnch,and whenit is punched pawl y again acts on the rack and, now moves the carriage with it, as thebolt has brought up against that end of the carriage toward which the rack is moving. Pawl y now traverses the .carriage until a horizontal row of tickets is punched out. It is then lifted out .of action by an inclined plane acting o'n its pin. As itis lifted. out it pulls pawl into Iacting position, and the latter on its first acting motion traverses the rack and bolt on the carriage,-and causes the frame. to I dropy again in position for the punching out of another row of tickets. Both sets of pawls act in the same Wav, and a Frame `with a sheet of tickets set in readiness is to be d ropped on'ftop of the frame inaction before it drops be ow the punches. When the uppermost row in one frame is punched out, the boltslides-and releasesit entirely, and it drops out of the machine. The bolt as it vibrates, however, catches under the lowermost projec' Hondt, ef the new frame, and thus holds it in a proper position for the punch.

Asl have described the action of each set of apparatusII do not deqmit nxccessary to describedheir combined action .at length, but only state, as follows: that spools are fed and centered one by one; that when centered they are ticketed by the action of the appliers, the.

lticketsv .themselves having been pasted or gummed before the ticket is applied, and when out of place and another spool is fed -and'cejn- `tered.- As the spools are ticketed in 'succession, the ticketsare, in the manner before described, presented in proper order and in the ,right place for the action of the punches.

VThe sheets of tickets ivveis'machine have the same motion substantiallyas the sheetsof copper in some percussion-cap machines, and I intend to substitute as an equivalent' for the chanical'feeds which will give the required mot-ion to a sheet of tickets vMy wayof pro-j dncing these motions by .a sliding bolt and sliding rack and projections on a frame is, Iv believe, new. j I have before stated that thc yfeeding mechanism, composed generally of a tronghor Way and two stops or 'gates-one shuttifng'as the other opens, and vice versa-isinqt new and I also know that'a paste-hopper combined Vwith self-acting brushes is not biy-itsel't anewdevice. I do, however, claim as of my 'own invention- 1. The combination of feeding, holding, punching, pasting,applying, and ticketfv-prel senting apparatus, all substantially Such as specified, and acting in cmbination, substantially as described. I

2. The combination, substantially as ydescribedof feeding withholding mechanism or apparatus, and these'in "combination applying mechanism only,i'subs tantially'such as specified, or in combination with, punchingout and` applying 'such as specitied.

A 3.; Punching-outaand-.applying mechanism,

tion with pasting mechanism, substantially as specified.

tiallyl such as described, in combination with punching tially such as'specited. v

5. Thecombination of 'punching withapplying mechanism, eachhaving a mode of operation substantially as set forth. 1 .6. Incombination with ticket-presenting mechanism, substantially.v suchl asdcscribed a-holdingmechanism,v substantially such as specified. v g., I

7. In combination, la rack, a bolt, and a frame provided with projections, all substantially such fas specified, and operating -asfdescribed. t

8. In combin bolt, substantially such'as described, in ccmbination with aframe having projections therel omas specified. ,9. In combination, a' rack,'a carriage,A and a bolt and two'pawls provided with proper mechanism, substantially such as described, for; causing them ytoact alternately, as specie punches having previously punched'out the ticket, and either the ends of thespools or the the ticket is applied the spool rolls cris shoved presenting mechanism described. other' nrpfv mechanism, snbstantifaily substantially such as described, in combinav 4. .A ticketpresenting,apparatus,V substanl"l and applying mechanism, substan-A ation, a carriage, a rack-anda 10.2 fAUfeeding-trough adj ustable toward and,

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