US603685A

US603685A - gilliland

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Publication number: US603685A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1898-05-10
Anticipated expiration: 1915-05-10

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. (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

J. P. GILLILAND.` BOX PRINTING MACHINE.

No. 60 3,685 n Patented May I 0 I 898.

ATTORNEYS.

UNITED i.. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMEs E. GILLILAND, oF ADRIAN, MICHIGAN, AssIGNoR To rI-IE ADRIAN Box COMPANY, on sAME PLACE.

BOX-PRINTING' MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters {Batent No. 603,685, dated MayllO, 1898.

f Application tiled August 6, 1897. Serial No. 647,307. (No model.)

To all whom 1375 may concern.-

Be it known that I, .I AMES F. GILLILAND, of Adrian, in the county Lenawee, in the State of Michigan, have invented new and useful y Improvements in Box-Printing Machines, of`

which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to machines for printing advertising or other matter upon boxes.

My obj ect is to produce a machine by which I may be able to print upon two sides of a box at substantially the same time, although as a matter of fact I first print upon one side and then immediately upon the other Without removing or turning the box upon the mandrel by providing means for bringing the printing-plates alternately into engagement with the sides of the box; and to that end my invention consists, first, in providing a stationary mandrel to receive and hold the box in position while being printed; second, in a sliding table upon which are mounted the printing-plates adapted to be forced into engagement with the sides of the box, and in the several other new and novel features of construction and operation hereinafter described and which are specically set forth in the claims hereunto annexed. y

It is constructed as follows, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 shows a side View of the machine complete. Fig. 2 is a cross-section on line X X, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a view of a box upon which printing has been made.

In the drawings I show two sides of a box which may be printed or decorated by impression without removing the box from the mandrel. Means, as herein. described and shown, might be multiplied to print the remainin g sides of the box.

A is a base suitably mounted having an outwardly-projecting flange a at the. top, as shown, and B is a moving or reciprocating table mounted on said base and adapted to be movedl to and fro by the connecting-rod b,

` is placed.

suitably connected to power in the ordinary way. A

Centrally upon the base A, I mount a man- 5o drel C, upon which the box a to be printed `D are brackets mounted upon the table B, having means for adjusting them to any position desired and also means for securing' 55 them to the table B. Upon the inner face of these brackets D are mounted the printingplates c, which are adapted to come into contact with the sides of the box a. Upon the brackets D are hinged arms e, having their 6o upper ends secured to the rod E, and e' are inking-rollers adapted to traverse the face of the printing-plates c, being mounted upon rods f, which rods are yieldingly mounted to s the brackets g, so as to permit of the rods f playing to and fro, so as to permit the inkingrollers to pass upon the ink-distributing plate F, the said plate being mounted upon an arm h, extending from the brackets D, and suitable means provided for rotating it.

My invention is operated as follows: I irst -place a box a upon the mandrel C. As the printing-plate c comes into engagement with the box the inking-rollers move upward upon the yplate c and finally pass over onto the inkdistributing plate F, and as the printingplates recede from the box the inking-rollers will pass down over the plate, and while this is being done upon one side the printingplate upon the opposite side comes up into 8o engagement with the box and prints it.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. In a machine for printing upon boxes, a base having a stationary mandrel mounted thereon, and a sliding table and means for reciprocating said table upon said base, printing plates mounted upon said table, and adapted to be brought alternately into en- 9o gagement with the sides of the box as set forth.

2. In a machine for printing upon boxes, a base having a stationary mandrel mounted thereon, a sliding table on said base and xo for reciprocating the same, printing-plates mounted on said table, and means for automatically inking said plate With the movement of the table, substantially as described for the purposes set forth.-

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my 15 hand this 27th day of July, 1897.

JAMES F. GILLILAND. In presence of- GEORGE A. DoUNoE, HOWARD P. DENIsoN.