US846282A - Label-spreader. - Google Patents

Description

UNTTED STATES PATENT OEETCE.

GEORGE N. BYL AND JOSEPH KOEHLER, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

LABEL-SPREADER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 5, 1907.

Application filed May 9, 1906. Serial No. 315,962.

To @ZZ whom, tt may concern.-

Be it known that we, GEORGE N. BYL and J osnrr-I KOEHLER, citizens of the United States, and residents of Jersey City, in the adhesive material, which device can be adjusted to receive labels of varying width and length, and wherein the labels will be held in separate groups or packages, and wherein also the feed of the labels will be automatic and reliable.

A further purpose of the invention is to so construct the device that the labels can be spread from a single bundle or package if desired, orsimultaneously from a number of bundles or packages, and so that the labels will be uniformly and rapidly spread and so delivered and laid as to prevent the possibility of injury to the labels, it being possible to operate the device by hand.

Another purpose of the invention is to provide a device of the character described in which springs are not employed and in which the labels can be conveniently and expeditiously loaded and from which the labels can be readily delivered one from each bundle or package at each operation of the device.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofthe several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate coresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved device. F ig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section, drawn up on an enlarged scale,the section being taken substantially on the line 2 2 of F ig. 1. F ig. 3 is a transverse section taken substantially on the line 3 3 of lT ig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the adjustable partitions.

A represents a box-body, of metal, and said box-body is rectangular and is of greater length than width. The box-body A is closed at the top and at the sides, but is open at the bottom, and at each preferably made' end of the box-body a plate 10 extends downward below the lower edges of its side portions, and said end plates 10 terminate at their bottom edges in forwardly-extending and more or less beveled flanges 11, as is best shown in Fig. 2. An ear 12 extends out from each side edge of each end plate 10, and said ears may constitute an integral portion of said end plates, each ear 12 being provided with a vertical slot 13, for a purpose to be hereinafter mentioned.

The box-body A is provided with series `of partitions, one of which is illustrated in detail in Fig. 4, whereby to divide the said boxbody into a desired number of pockets or compartments, and in each pocket .or compartment formed by said partitions a bundle or bunch of labels B is placed. Each of the partitions consists of a straight body-section 14, which is of a 'width practically corresponding to the width of the main body-section A, as is best shown in Fig. 3, and at the top of each of the said partitions a horizontal head-flange 15 is formed, extending beyond both side faces of the body, and at the cen- 'tral portion of the body-section 14 of a partition and just below the head-fiange 15 a transverse slot or opening 16 is made. At the bottom edge of the body-section 14 of each partition a foot-flange 17 is produced, extending also beyond both sides of the bodysection, and, as illustrated best in Fig. 2, the upper faces of the foot-flanges are beveled more or less from the body-section downward and outward. These foot-flanges 17 of the said partitions engage with the lowermost label in a bunch or package and serve to hold the bunches or packages intact in their pockets until removed by application to a gummed surface. The bottom flanges 11 of the end plates 10 of the body-section A perform the same functions as do the said foot or bottom vflanges 17.

The partitions for the body A are adjustably held therein by passing a bar 18 loosely through the openings 16 in the various partitions, the bar 18, as is shown in Fig. 2, extending from end to end of the main bodysection A. Bolts 19 are passed up through the bar 18, preferably one at each side of its center, and said bolts 19 are provided at their upper end portions with wing-nuts 20, so that by screwing down the said nuts the plate or bar 18 is drawn upward and held up- IOC IIOS

ward in a manner to rmly clamp the headtlanges l5 to the under side of the upper portion of the main body-section A, thus holding the partitions in the positions to which they may have been usted. lf any one or more of the partitions are not needed, they are simply slid as far as possible to one end of said body-section, as is shown to the left in Fig. 2. The bolts 19 pass also each through opposing plates 2l and 22, having side flanges, the 'flanges of one plate being in engagement with the flanges of the mating plate. These plates preferably extend from side to side of the body A, resting loosely thereon. Two adjusting-rods 23 are used in connection with each pair of plates 21 and 22, and these adjusting-rods are passed between the plates at opposite sides of the adjusting-screw passed through the plates, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. These adjustingrods 23 may be made of any suitable length, so as to extend as far as desired beyond the side faces of the main body portion ofthe device, and their outer ends are bent downward or are otherwise directed for attachment to binding or guard plates 24, which are preferably of equal length to the length of the body A. The plates 24 are parallel and are adapted to engage with the ends of bundles or packages of labels B to assist in holding them in position, and therefore these plates 24 are made adjustable, so as to accommodate themselves to different lengths of labels. The labels are automatically fed down, so that the lowerinost label will always be in engagement with the Afoot or bottom `lianges of the pocket in which they are placed by means of weighty bars C, and these bars may be made of metal or may be Vmade of hard wood, as desired. One of such bars is located adjacent to each outer side face of the main body-section A of the device, as is shown in Figs. l and 3, and connecting-bars 25 are secured to the ends of the feed-bars C, said connecting-bars 25 being loosely passed through the slots 13 in the ears 11 at the end of the body-section A, so that as the labels are withdrawn from the bundles the said bars will act to automatically press or feed downward the remaining labels in a bundle or package. The said labels may likewise be fed downward by means of handle-bars D, located one adjacent to the inner face of each binding or guard plate 24, and these handle-bars D have projections or fingergrips 26, formed at their central portions, so that the device can be readily operated by one hand. These handle-bars D are connected with the guard or binding plates 24 by means of bolts 27,l which are passed through the end portions of the handle-bars and through vertical slots 2S at the ends of the said guard-plates, as is shown in Figs. l and 3, the bolts being provided at their outer ends with suitable nuts and washers 29, so

that if so desired the handle members D may be adjusted upon and rigidly attached to the guard or binding plates 24.

In operation a surface having been covered with an adhesive material and the labels having been properly placed in the device, it is simply necessary to press the device down upon the gummed surface, and upon raising the device the lowermost labels will have adhered to said surface, and this operation is repeated until as many labels have been thus deposited as may be desired.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. A label-spreader consisting of a chambered body-section open at the bottom, partitions adjustable in the said body-section, said partitions being provided with label-retaining flanges at their bottom portions, and 'feed-b ars for labels, having sliding and guided movement relative to the said body.

2. In a label-spreader, a chambered body open at the bottom, a series of partitionsadjustably located in the said body, each partition being provided with a label-retaining 'flange at its lower edge, a retaining-bar passed through said partitions, set-screws connected with the retaining-bar, being adapted to tighten the same on the said partitions, and feed-bars mounted to slide at each side of the said body.

3. In a label-spreader, a chambered body, partitions adjustable in the said body, having label-retaining flanges at their lower ends, feed-bars having loose guided connection with the said body, means for securing the partitions in adjusted position, adjustingbars carried by the body, and binding and guard plates secured to the outer end portions of the said adjusting-bars.

4. 1n a label-spreader, a chambered bodysection open at the bottom, a partition adjustably located in said body-section and having a label-retaining Hangs at its lower end, 'feed-b ars mounted for sliding movement at the side portions of the said body, adjusting-bars extending from the body in opposite directions, a locking device common to the adjusting-bars and to the partition, guard or binding plates secured to the outer end portions of the adjusting-bars, and handle-bars connected with the binding-plates.

5. In a label-spreader, the combination with a chambered body open at the bottom, slotted ears at the ends of the said body, feedbars located at the sides of the said body, connecting-rods for the lfeed-bars, passed through the slots in the said ears, and a .handle for the device, of partitions having openings therein at their upper edges, the said partitions being adjustable in said body, each partition being provided with a labelretaining flange at its lower end, a bar loosely passed through the said partitions and IOO IIO

loosely placed in the said body, adjustingnames to this specification in the presence 0f bars mounted to slide in opposite directions two subscribing Witnesses.

on the said body bindino" or guard plates secured to the outer ends oit7 the adjusting-bars, GEORGE N' BYL' and fastening devices common to the bar I JOSEPH KOEHLER passed through the partitions and to the said Vitnesses: adjusting-bars for the purpose described. GEO. W. RUsoDE,

In testimony whereof We have signed our DENNIS B. RYAN.

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