US440607A - Wrapper-pasting device - Google Patents

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WRAPPER PASTING DEVICE. No. 440,607. Patented Nov. 11,1890.

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No. 440,607. Patented Nov. 11, 1890.

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EDWARD E. PORTER, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

WRAPPER-PASTING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 440,607, dated November 11, 1890. Application filed March 1, 1890. Serial No. 342,282. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, ED ARD E. PORTER, of Clncinnati, county of Hamilton, State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement 1n Wrapper-PastingDevices, of which the following is a true and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to wrapper-pasting devices of the general character of that shown and described in patent granted to me December 24, 1889, and numbered 418,058, my present invention being an improvement upon that described in said patent.

My present invention, as shown in the d rawings, is adapted particularly for use in folding up packages of paper bags, though the various improvements which I have made are for the most part equally applicable for wrapping up any other kind of package.

My improvement will be best understood, as described, in connection with the drawings in which it is illustrated, and the novel points which I desire to protect are hereinafter set forth in the claims.

Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved device; Fig. 2, a side elevation on the sectionline 0: 0c of Fig. 1; Fig. 8, a longitudinal sectional elevation on the liney y of Fig. 4:. Fig. at is a cross-sectional elevation on the line 10 w of Fig. 1; Fig. 5, an enlarged sectional elevation of the paste-trough and its connections on the line 00 0c of Fig. 1; Fig. 6, a perspective view of one of the adjustable clamps, and Fig. 7 a perspective view of a package of bags such as my apparatus is adapted to put up.

A is a paste-plate, which is most conveniently made of iron, and in which three series of perforations a a a a are formed, said perforations being adapted to receive the bolts which fasten the clamps in place.

B is a board, which should be made of the same breadth as the wrappers which are placed upon it, one board being provided for each size of the wrapper. I speak of this de vice as a board, as it is most convenient to make it of wood;but it can of course be made of metal, if desired. To the upper end of the board B are secured standards or rods D, to which rods the paste-trough is secured when the device is in use, and near the lower end of the board are secured gage-lugs B B the function of which is to regulate the position of the bundle to be wrapped, as hereinafter described, so that it will rest upon the paper in the proper position to bring the folds of the wrapping-paper to a uniform and proper place.

0 C C C are gage-clamps, which, as shown, are formed with a slotted flange c and an upright extension 0.

C O, &c., are bolts which pass through the holes a or a and through the slotted flange 0,

and which, by means of nuts screwing upon their ends, clamp the gage-clamps O O,&c., tightly to the base-plate A. The function of these gage-clamps is, as the drawings show, to hold the board B and the paper I, which rests upon the board, in the proper position upon the base-plate A. to accommodate different sizes of boards. The adjustment is twofold, being provided for, in the first place, by the slot in the flange c and, in the second place, by the diverging rows of holes a and a. As shown in the drawings, the lower clamp 0 should rest in contact with the gage-lugs B, their upright extensions 0' serving as stops to gage the position of the bundle-press and their position being regulated by that of lugs B.

E is the pastetrough, which is provided with perforated lugs c 6, adapted to pass over the rods D and to slide up and down upon them, so that the paste-trough can rest upon the paper I and slide down upon its supporting-rods D as the paper is drawn away from beneath it. As shown, and as will be most convenient in use, the paste-trough E is made as long or a little longer than the widest wrappers which areto be used in connection with it.

c e are plates of perforated flexible material (preferably rubber) made to it in the bottom of the paste-trough and to rest upon the paper beneath said trough. Their inner ends should be inserted beneath projecting tongues e 6 extending from the center of the box, and their outer ends should extend beyond the end of the boX. Said outer ends are held up in a way which will be hereinafter described. The body of the plates are supported solely by the paper on which they They are adj ustahle so as.

rest, and the plat es are independent of the trough in the sense that they are not secured to or supported by the trough.

In the bottom of the trough E,I form a channel e ,into which the lower end of the pointed paper-holding rod G extends, and which opens freely on the lower side of the box. The purpose of this channel is to permit the little pieces of paper which are torn off by the paper-holding rod G to pass out from beneath the box, thus overcoming the trouble found from the accumulation of these pieces of paper beneath the box tending to hold the pasting-trough up and not permit it to move downward to a proper extent as the paper is Withdrawn from beneath it.

e c are guiding projections or lugs formed on the inside of the box and beneath which pass the sliding gates H, which slide into the ends of the box through slots 6 6 left for that purpose. 'These gates, as in my former patent, are used for closing the paste-trough or for regulating the extent to which it shall be opened, thus accommodating the trough for use with Wrappers of difierent sizes.

H H are clamps, which slide upon the ends of the sliding gates H and upon the projecting ends of the perforated plates 6, and serve to hold the outer ends of the said plates e up, as is best shown in Fig. fl. These clamps merely keep the loose ends of the plates e up, and do not interfere with the motion of the parts resting on the paper.

I is, as before stated, the package of wrappers, which is laid upon the board B.

G is the pointed paper-holding rod, which, as shown, passes through a tubular projection F on the paste-trough, and has a pointed end 9 extending into the channel 6 in the bottom of the paste-trough.

G is a weight placed upon the top of rod G, and the function of which, as in my former patent, is to press the point of the rod into the upper part of the package of wrappers I, so that when the top wrapper is drawn back the ones beneath it remain in place until they are drawn out in turn.

J represents the package of paper bags to be wrapped up. Before being brought to the wrapper-folding device the package is tightly clamped between the plates k 70, &c., of a press K, portions of which are made with teeth and so as to slide into the other portions, and are held in place by means of a spring-pawl 70 The press is conveniently manipulated by means of the handles R R This press is an improvement upon the press described in my patent, No. 401,587, granted April 16, 1889, and the improvements form the subject of another application for a patent filed by me March 1, 1890, Serial No. 342,281.

The mode of use of my improved device is clearly shown on the drawings. The package of paper wrappers I is placed on the board B, and the board secured between the gageclamps 0 upon the base-plate A, the bagclamps resting against the gage lugs B.

The paste-trough E is then put in place upon the rods D, and with the perforated elastic plates 0' resting on the paper. The paste escapes from the trough through the perforations of plates 6, and these plates always hug closely to the surface of the paper, following the paper even when the trough does not slide properly down the rods D or when the surface of the paper is slightly irregular. The operator then places the bundle of bags held on the press K upon the top of the package I, adjusting it in proper position by bringing the ends of the press against the rods 0' of the bag-gage clamp 0. He then turns the lower end of the upper wrapper over the package and then turns the package, throwing the upper end of the wrapper down from beneath the paste-trough and turning the package over upon the pasted end, which is then pressed down and the package completed. Any loose pieces of paper torn off by the point of rod G are free to pass out at the top of the package of wrappers through the channel 6 Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a wrapper-pasting device, substantially as described, the combination of a baseplate A with adjustable gage-clamps O and a paper-supporting board, as B, adapted to rest on plate A between the gage-clamps and to support thepaper, and gage-lugs B, secured to the edges of boards B, and arranged to come in contact with the gage-clamps C.

2. In a wrapper-pasting device, substantially as described, the combination of the paste-trough E, havinga channel (2 formed across its bottom, with the pointed paper holding rod G arranged so that its pointed end will pass through said channel.

3. In a wrapper-pasting device, substantially as described, the combination, with a paste-trough E, of one or more independent plates 6 of flexible perforated material, arranged to rest upon the paper and to form the bottom of the trough E, while free to move vertically independent of the motion of the trough.

4. In a wrapper-pasting device, substantially as described, the combination, with a paste-trough E, having guide-lugs 6 e &c., of sliding gates H, by which the trough can be closed or its opening regulated, and one or more independent plates 6 of flexible perforated material, arranged to rest upon the paper and to form the bottom of the trough E, while free to move vertically below lugs 6 independently of the trough.

5. In a wrapper-pasting device, substantially as described, the combination, with a paste-trough E, having a channel e formed across the bottom, and projecting tongues e 6 formed at each side of said channel, of flexible perforated plates arranged to rest upon the paper with their inner ends under tongues e and to form the bottom of trough E.

6. In a wrapper-pasting device, substanits opening regulated,andelamps H,arranged tially as described, the combination, with a to hold the ends of the flexible plates 6' to 10 paste-trough E, having projecting tongues the gates H.

6 and guide-lugs e e 850., of flexible per- 5 forated plates arranged to rest upon the paper 7 EDWARD PORTER with their inner ends under tongues e and Witnesses: to form the bottom of trough E, sliding gates J. A. S. GRAY,

H H, by which the trough can be closed or J OSEPHWV. OHARA.

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