US736546A

US736546A - Labeling-machine.

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Publication number: US736546A
Application number: US71471496A
Authority: US
Inventors: John T Reames
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1896-12-21
Filing date: 1896-12-21
Publication date: 1903-08-18
Anticipated expiration: 1920-08-18

Description

No. 736,546. PATENTED AUG. 18, 1903.

J. T. REAMES.

LABELING MACHINE.

APPLIGATION nun 1120.21, 1896. nmmwnn APR. 27. 1999.

'90 MODEL.

Znvenor 9 115711212 Reanze6 Nrrnn STATES iPatented August 18,1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

LABELING-MACHINE.

SEECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 736,546, dated August 18, 1903. Application filed December 21,1896. Renewed April 27, 1899. Serial No. 714,714. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN T. REAMEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Labeling-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is designed, primarily, for attachment to rapid 1 printing newspaperpresses, though it is capable of use independently of such presses.

It consists of two rollers, between which the newspaper or other article to which the label is to be applied passes, and the label feeding and severing mechanism, which is carried by one of the rollers and also operated thereby, as will be hereinafter more fully explained.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my machine. Fig. 2 is an end view,"and Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail sectional View showing the parts in their position just before applying a label.

In the said drawings, 1 and 2 represent the sides of the framework of the machine, and 3 the bolts for-holding the sides together. Suitably journaled in the framework on the shafts 4 and 5 are the two rolls or cylinders 6 and 7,between which the newspapers or other articles to which the labels are to be applied pass. The lower roll or cylinder 7 has a continuous periphery, with the exception of the slot 8, eX- tending across the same, which serves as a pocket for the knife when severing the label from the strip. The upper roll or cylinder 6 is formed of two disks 9 and 10 and held together by bolts 11. The shafts of the two rolls 6 and 7 are provided with the

gears

12 and 13, which are of the same size and mesh with each other, and the gear on one of the rolls when the machine is attached to a newspaper-press is connected, through suitable gears, directly with the impressioncylinders of the press.

The label-feeding mechanism is carried by the two disks, and it consists of the spool L4, on which the strip of labels is wound, the two feeding-rolls 15 and 16, and the several gearwheels hereinafter referred to. The spool 14 is mounted between the disks and on the pin 17 which is removable, so that the spool can be taken out and another substituted. The feeding-rolls 15 and 16 are carried between the disks of. the upper roll, and they are so placed as to feed the label-strip between them when one of the two rolls is turned by the train of gear-wheels, which are arranged as follows: 18 represents a pinion on the roll 15, which is engaged by the gear 19, which gear meshes with thegear 20, and the latter in turn is engaged by the pinion 21. The pinion 21 is carried on this same shaft as the gear 22, which travels around a gear 23, mounted loosely on the shaft of the upper roll, but fixed against rotation by means which blocks it to the frame. The gear 23 is fixed in any suitable manner, so that the other gears as they are carried around 23 by the revolving disk receive proper motion. In the drawings the gear 23 is held fixed by pins 23, extending to, the framework. The several gears and pinions are mounted on short shafts carried by one of the disks of the upper roll, and they are so arranged and turned that at each revolution of the upper roll a label is unwound, gummed, and ready to be applied to the paper.

The gum ming or moistening device consists of a suitable tray 24 for containing the gum, paste, or moistening liquid carried by the framework of the machine, and a belt 25, which is arranged over the rollers 26, 27, and 28 and to pass through the liquid in the tray. The belt is kept moving through the liquid by means of the belt 30, carried by the roller 26, and a pulley 31, carried by the shaft of the lower roll. It will be observed that the belt is arranged so that the end of the strip of a length equal to a label and extending beyond the r01 6 will be gummed and be ready to be applie after the label is severed. As the roll continues to revolve the label-feeding mechanism operates sufiiciently to feed out another portion of the strip ready to be gummed and applied. It will be understood that a prepared strip -that is,one with gum on one side-may be carried by theiroll, and as it is unwound by the mechanism it is moistened by the belt, which passes through water in the tray.

The device for severing the label from the strip is arranged as follows: Just in the rear of the slotted plate 32,through which the labelstrip passes, I provide a short strip 33between the two disks of the upper roll, and this strip carries the severing-knife 34:. On one side of the knife I arrange a springpressed guard 35, its outer face being flush with the edge of the knife, and on the other side of the knife I arrange a spring-pressed plate 36, which plate is adapted to press a label on the paper after it has been severed by the knife. I

The operation of my device is as follows: As the papers leave the printing-press they are fed directly to the labelingmachine, which is operated, as stated above, from the impression-roll of the press, and the mechanism in the labeling-machine is so timed that as each paper passes between the rolls a label is applied. As the two rolls 6 and 7 revolve the train of gears is set into operation by the gear 22 traveling around the gear 23, and the strip is fed oi the spool and out a sufficient distance beyond the periphery of the upper roll, so that it can pass over the gummingbelt. As the strip nears the meeting-point of the two rolls the paper is started between them, and at a proper time the knife severs the label from the strip, and the plate 36, following directly after, presses the label onto the paper. At this operation the slot in the lower roll is just in position to receive the knife, so that no injury will result fromthe knife at that point.

It will be understood that I do not limit myself to the use of the two rolls, as itis very evident that the same arrangement could be used directly on the cylinders of the printingpress. The arrangement would be substantially the same in the two cylinders of the press as in two separate rolls.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a label-attaching machine, the combination of a cylinder having a peripheral opening, a continuously-moving label-feeding mechanism carried by said cylinder having means for operating the same to feed a label-strip continuously forward as the cylinder revolves, a moistening device past which the label is wiped, a severingknife also carried by said cylinder, and a cooperating cylinder; substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination of the cylinders adapted to be operated from a printing-press, alabel feeding and severing mechanism carried by one of the cylinders, and a train of gearing carried by said cylinder, controlling the feeding of the paper and having one of its wheels mounted upon the axis of said cylinder, but fixed against rotation, so that the remaining wheels of the gear revolve about it and the paper is constantly fed as the cylinder revolves; substantially as shown and de-- scribed.

3. In a label-attaching machine, the combination of the two cylinders, the label-strip carried by one of the cylinders, mechanism also carried by said cylinder for constantly feeding the label-stri p beyond the periphery of the roller, a gumming or moistening device located adjacent to the periphery of the cylinder, in position to have the projecting end of the label-strip wiped against it, and the severing-knife; substantially as shown and described.

4. In a label-attaching device, the combination of the cylinders, one of which is provided with a peripheral opening and with a labelstrip holding and feeding mechanism which constantly feeds the said strip beyond the pe- :riphery of the roller, and a severing-knife mounted adjacent to the peripheral opening on said cylinder, and a slot on the other roller which registers with the knife when the label is severed from the strip; substantially as shown and described.

5. In a label-machine, the combination of a cylinder which is provided with a peripheralopening, a label-strip spool on said cylinder, a pair of feed-rolls adjacent to the peripheral opening, and by which the strip is passed beyond the periphery, gearing connected with said rolls, and carried by said cylinder, a fixed wheel about which said gearing travels so as to receive motion therefrom, a severing-knife also carried by the roll, and a gumming or moistening device outside the roll and against which the protruding end of the strip wipes; substantially as shown and described.

6. In a label-machine, the combination of the two cylinders, the labeLfeeding mechananism carried by and operated by one of said cylinders, a severingknife, and a springplate adjacent to the knife for pressing the label on the surface to which it is applied; substantially as shown and described.

7. In a label-attaching machine, the combination of a pair of cylinders between which the object to be labeled is passed, a labelstrip holder, and means for feeding the labelstrip carriedby one of said cylinders, and a severing device consisting of two parts mounted upon the respective cylinders and brought into cooperation at the point of contact of the cylinders, as explained.

8. In a label-attaching machine, the combination of a cylinder carrying a label-supply and means for projecting labels beyond the periphery of the cylinder, a suitable severing device for said labels, and a cooperating cylinder between which and the cylinder first named the article to be labeled is passed and by which the article to be labeled is pressed into contact with the label protruding beyond the periphery of said other cylinder, as explained.

' J. T. REAMES.

Witnesses:

CHARLES CARROLL, RAoUL RoHDE.