US893317A

US893317A - Bottle-labeling machine.

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Publication number: US893317A
Application number: US39485507A
Authority: US
Inventors: Edward Ermold
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1907-09-27
Filing date: 1907-09-27
Publication date: 1908-07-14
Anticipated expiration: 1925-07-14

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No. 893,317. v PATENTEDVJULY 14, 1908.

L l E. LRM LD.

BOTTLE LABELING MACHINE; APPLIfJAT-IQN FILED SBPT.27,1907.

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PATENTED JULY 14, 1908. B. BRMOLD.

BOTTLE LABELING MACHINE.

APP-MUTATION FILED SEPT. 21. 1901.

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.No. 893,317. PATBNTED JULY 14, 1908.

, E. ERMOLD'.

BOTTLE LABELING MACHINE; APPLICATION TILED SEPT. 27,1907,

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APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 27,1907.

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No. 893,317.- PATENTED JULY 14, 1908.

' E. ERMOLD.

BOTTLE LABELING MACHINE; APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 27,1907.

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m: $93,317.45 l; pp h own that; I, E WARD EBMOLD" s citizen'ofthefllnited States, residing in New ,Yolfk, in the borough of Manhattan, county class a, in: @which; horizonta11y.- reciprocating their faces take np alabel which is supplied. a ga ld transmit.- the same. over the bottle and 11 This invention relates tocertain improve and'Sta'teoIEINe-W r a invented'cep tain newand-useful Improvements in Bottle- Labeling Machines, of which the'fcllowing is ments in bottle-labeling machines of that pickers,'-which.;areisiipplieil with paste on applyitto-thesarnebj the pressure of elas and the iinventi'om consists more specifically.

- .in improvements in.--the;bott1e-1abeling machine for 'wliich'Letters Patent were granted to ,rnejon September Q53 1 1 ,899, No. 632,519. In the prion patntreferred to; the label was .agpliedto the; lower ,rp'arflnf the bottle and 0 Z,

y one-s'hapg and size Jof bottles could be l"' -l8.beledi. by "the. arriachine, This was. found inconvenient as .t': confined the machine to special-shapes and sizes.

I L Y -Theob'j-ectofvtheipresent improrrenient *bottle while permitting the 3 0' size or shapeof'bottles, round, flat or otherthelrlvel totheluppgrlpart gfthe a e mgio any,

wise- Forthis--arrangement the label-feed ing' d'evice's have toqbe .placed in a-position above a horizontal pllane 'thc center of the bottle, f

assing through wliereby the construction of the-machine is considerably simplified, and its-"operation facilitated, and

. while b'eing'label'edg I 5 Forithis'pilrpos'ethe imfentionconsists of .40 prises horiZe-n'tallyreciprocating pickers that in which'thebottle is always'within sight a Machine for labeling bottles which comtakeup the-paste and transfer it-to the edges 'of the 'label', means for carrying forward the 'ii e a l i r rmee I means for moving the wipers 'laterally and' pickers with the label for applying it to the bottle in connection with a vertically-' oscillating wlpers;

holdingfthrir- 11151atemrpq iaen f-or permit-1:

w d'im s the label feeding device above the reer 'ro i ting-1 the" return of the wipers and removal f- .thelabeledbottle;

revenue; tenders-rentero certain] det ails *thej'jconstructioniof the -Ifiacl'nne',

ecificallf in the-arrangement *0 instead of below the same,

eating pickers,

construction of the-pasteand in the specific ticwipers passingover theends of the label;

In the accompan ing drawings, Figure 1 represents a front-e evationof my improved bottle-labeling machine, Fig.- 2 is a side:

Patente'dJuly 14, 1 -08.;

supply and label-feeding mechanism. aswill be fully described hereinafter and finally. pointed out in the claims.

eleyationgof the same, Fig. 3 is aplan-.

3, 8, ig. 2, Fig. 4 is a vertical lon itudinal, section of the ogzerative partsof t 1e machine online 4, '4, ig. 3, drawn on .a

larger scale, Fig. 5 is a horizontal Section on.

line

5, 5 Fig. 4;. showing the cam-shaft. with its cams for tr'ansmittingmotion to the difierent parts of the machine, Fig. 6 is a detail front-view .of the oscillatingwipers showing them'echanism for holding the samein laterally-spread positionfor clearing the bottle after-thejlabel is applied thereto, Figs. 7 8 and 9 are respectively a detail front-elevation, a plan-view, and a vertical section on line .9, 9,,of Fig. 8, of the pickermechanism by which the paste is transferred. to the 'o posite endso hthe label. Figs.

19, 11 an '12 are respectively-a detail planview; a vertical .transversesection on

line

11, 11, Fig. 10, and a sectional. side-eleya tion of thelabel-feeding.device. Fig. 13

is a detail'vertical central section of th'efol lower used in the label-feeding device; Fig.-

14 is a detail plan-view, partlyin' hori z ontal'section, of the astebox andfthe paste-transfer roller.' I8 elevation of Fig. 14, and Figs. 16 and 17 are respectively'a detail section and a side-view of the bottle-holding plunger.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the different figures of the drawings.

Referring tothe drawmgs, A, h {represent the upright standards of the supporting frame of the improvedbottle-labeling .m ae

chine. On the lower'part ofthe standards are arranged the journal-bearings' for the 'g. 15 is a side:

' View, artly in horizontal section, on line I driving-shaft S. and the "cam-shaft .SE, to.-

which. latter .power is transmitted from the driving-shaftby'gear wheels bah On the upper part of the su porting-frameare are; ranged. the hor'izontal y.-re,ciprocating,picker J a 'riage 2 B; the vertically -jreciproqatingg lunger D; the paste-feedingnneohanism;116 l abel :-:feeding* devices: and. the oscillat-ing.

@Wipersz' 1 :4 '1 The main-parts" ofthuimproned lgiottle;

labeling Inachine consist of the verticallyreciprocating plunger 1), by which the bottle is held on a stationary bottle-rest G after the label to which paste has been supplied, is transferred thereto, pi kers P which are supported on the horizontally-reciprocating picker-carriage B, and laterally-oscillating and spring-actuated wipers F sidewise of the bottle by which the ends of the pasted label are'a iplied to the bottle. The parts referred to are located approximately in a vertical plane, one below-the other, when the label is applied to the bottle. Back of the wipers is arranged the label-feeding device E, and back of the latter is located the stationa-ry paste-supply mechanism C. The horizontally-reciproeating picker-carriage B is guided in horizontal ways to of the supporting-frame and operated by a suitable lever-mechanis1n from a cam on the cam shaft S. vRotary motion is transmitted from the driving-shaft S to the cam-shaft S the driving-shaft being provided in the usual manner with a fast and loose pulley and a belt-shifting mechanism so to receive power from an overhead shaft. The pickers are arranged parallel with each other at the front-part of the picker-earriage, and are operated in such a manner that during the forward motion of the. picker-carriage the faces of the pickers are supplied with paste by means of a paste-transfer roller 1', after which the pickers are raised so as to take up the lowermost label from the label-feeding device, then lowered again and moved forward into line with the plunger and bottlerest, upon which the label transferred by the descending plunger onto the upper part of the bottle, and then applied by the action of the oscillating wipers to thebottle The actuating mechanism of the pastetransfer roller, vertically-reciprocating plunger, label feeding device, and oscillating wip ers is so timed that as soon as the label is transferred from the pickers to the bottle,

the picker-carriage and pickers are moved in backward direction clear of the labelfeeding device, while during the forward motion the faces of the pickers receive a new supply of paste from the paste transfer-roller, pick up a new label, and transfer the same to the next bottle, and so on.

F710 picker mec7zanism.lhe pickeranechanism is shown in side-elevation in Fig. 4 and in detail in Figs. 7, S and 9. It consists of the picker-carriage B which is guided in the ways to and depressed at its middle-portion At the center of the picker-carriage B is arranged a socket b{ for the shank b" of a base-plate?) of the picker-frame. Theends of the baseplate 7) are provided with upright arms I), to the upper ends of which are attached by means of screw-bolts, inclined arms b which carry at their upper ends the horizontal pickers P. The picker-faces may be round or oval when round or oval labels are to be used, and oblong when square or oblong labels are to be used for the bottles. Adjacent to and near the middle of each pickerface is arranged a transverse slot 7) which permits the pickers to rise over the lowertheir mner sides with lateral strengtheningv ribs which are made integral with the same. From the rear of the socket 1) extends in upward direction a curved arm I)", which is connected at its upper end by means of a pivotlink 1) with an oscillating lever-arn1 I) that is mounted on an auxiliary shaft S supported in bearings of the side standards of the supporting-frame, said lever-arm having at its lower part a forwardly-extending lug Z1 which is connected to a forked pivot-arm Z) provided with an antifrictionaoller I) that moves over the surface of a cam 15" on the cam-shaft, so to impart oscillating, mo tion to the lever-arm b and by the intermediate lGVGF-HIGGllfl-HlSlll reciprocating motion to the picker-carriage. hen the pickers arrive below the label-feeding device, a vertical motion is imparted to the pickers by a leverarm 6 that is also mounted on the rock shaft S and provided at its front-end with a curved heel b" which engages the lower end of the picker-shank 6 The lever-arm b has an antifriction-roller I) which is engaged by a double cam b", so as to give a quick upward motion to the picker-frame. and bring the pickers in Contact with the lowermost label of the label-feeding device.

Before the liftingaction of the picker frame takes place, the picker-faces are supplied with paste by an oscillating paste-transfer roller 1', the shaft 1* of which is engaged by the lower forked ends of two lever-arms '1" which are mounted at their upper ends on a rock-shaft i which is supported in bearings at the upper part of the supporting-trame, said rock-shaft receiving motion by a leverarm T which isv keyed to the rock-shaft S and connected by a rod r, that is forked at its lower end, with the c-anrshaft S, said connecting, rod being provided with means for adjusting the same as to length, and with an antifriction-roller 1 that moves over a cam r on the cam-shaft S, and thereby transmits rocking motion to the rock-shaft and oscil lating motion tothe paste-transfer roller'r. The transfer-roller r is made of sutlicient width so as to cover both picker-faces. On the shaft 1* of the transfer-roller ris arrang d a pinion the; shaft r31 Ofi the-iountain-roller. r 9, said shaft turning inbe'arings of the paste box C The fountainwollerrlh'lsapartly'submergedin thepaste the ,;pastefbox G and the paste taken bythe 'sameijregulated, by apiyoted' and lweigh eds eeterrb ade imposition by awset-serew... r :.--I Continuous rotary motion is irnpartedfio the fountains.

porting-frame. The" shaftof the ftramsfereno ler. isguided; in paral-J pare-arranged; on the supds asgshown clearly in vFigs. hetransfer-roller r transmits] the;paste. to thepioker faces during its forward motio. at they are coated with a fi m' fiepaste "kAsFsoon as this is" accom v that. the: pie-l plishe'd, the upward motion of-the pickers towards; the labels-feeding device takes place,. so

I efaces are placed in'contact" with the; ilowe I st label and pickthe 1 same onthe deseendingmotion'of. the pickers. v t t 1* 1 a The labe 'l feedin vtce, The '-label-,feeding device Eissho inseotionin Fig.,.4'-and i1i=detail-in EigsfdlOQ ll ,il2 and 13. It is loc'atedia 'the nppegecenter portion of the supporting-trams.andcornposed of twosemicireularrlshell'sk c e, hi'ch v are; attached vto transverse bar s et, 1e 'Q'f which 11116 fr nt-bit? eyis attached-to parallel horizontal rods 97 while :thegrearsbaretis adjustable and'secured at one end asleevewt and set-screw e to] one of the, hor zontalsupporting-rods e .The shells-ears; attached by neans' of bosses and 1 fasteningesorews. to. the horizontal bars ebef jw By' the a d' 'stnient'oi'l the cross-bar e .towardsor'away the eross-bar e labels of be placed; into the shells.

' Atithe lower? eenter-portions. of the semicirhular shells-e are arranged lugs e on which the pile of labelsis-s'upported. iAtboth s des iliorizpntaliaransc 9 eb n p inted zlew r see 1 w h engag he l-onfer most label ofthe pile The fingersaea are attached attheir upper ends to er ii he e ui e by 4 mewwf Isis- :Qnatre v -rseguidee ods r 4121' reiri rl t-a za eulei r7; yvhichfvengages a gear-wheel 7' on r from each other when the machine is not're-I uired' for use, so as to permit the refilling, of ,whioh; is'held ilabelsor towards each other so that their shaft of the crank-arm e being. actuated ,by

b iacliet at f'tobe interrupted. The transverse suppor and which is suspended from'ajco laif'i} at the] "lower end ofa vertical-rod i? the iipper end' i v to. give access to-the latt'erifor' he. 7.

bears by its u per the rack-bar i the seats? pinion 6 -The' center pinion e canbe turned byfla hand-Wheel e on the rear-endof iits shaft, thatis supported in a cross-bare,

for the purpose of setting the fingers away? e, label-ufeedingdeviee with a newi pile of 'oints engage the lowermost label of; the pile. a

he transverse bar e l'is guided invertical 5 Ways efof the supporting-frame and; pro vided with .inclined'lugs e? at its 'loweredge, ,p which engage with correspondingly-inclined :lugs e on 'a laterally-movable bar e thatis, 1

uided at oneend in a rece'ssoithe supportame and connected atthe op ositeend {by a pin e fwith the slottedend o acranh-h Jarm-e that turns in lugsigz i of; the-support r; f

ing-frame,- as shown in FigsI 'l .andlll, the

a hand-lever e at the front-end iof the Ina-Q chine by which the transverse bar; is moved so};

raise thereby he q ndals AA hei' bafrW- and the parts supported It ere'on: .i a w e a-w n v r thet'f di iglbf the labels ro'm the labelefeeding-deyice Eds ing-bar e ,thefingers e? and thei s'hells'w the labels are all raisedat the sa'me' time, so that the entire label mechanism israised-out of contactfwith the pickers; and" the'r 'eby', laced; out of operation, Aboye thefpilepf Fabels in the shells is a ranged a weightedfollower i, which is shown in Fi 's. 2i and of which is toothed in th'e nature offaj' 'rackf bar andengaged by a weifhted; pawl if that is'pivo'ted to a stationary 31g'at the u per part of; the supporting-frameAas" in i' 2, Jthe-We1ghted pawlj being prov'id with atooth t that permits the'ldckjing 0, "he;

follower t in raised 'ositio'n whenithe is lifted out'oi the la el-feed'in'g fdey' pile of labels therein. 1 Thefollower '1115 made tubular and provided with an interior sho' der '8 onllwhich rests a helical springt -whichi end against acollaft on;

so that the follower exerts aff e e hslf'inithe' yielding ressilre onithe v shellsi' en the paw is 'fin nor "rnally' dropped position, it enters automatically-j to'othby,to0th intofthej raclba'r' and holds thereby/the graduallydiminishing' pile of" labels under uniform pressure in thel'shell 'si e', e of the label-fb'edin-g de'Vice'S Las to so-x cure the reliable and guniform; feeding of th labels; one aft-er the other, to th'eflpicker e r w r +T e Pl 'D s r nee awe upper eme t r t e mec i its shank d igilided in keepers d arffanigedfat the centerof a cross-bar d hioli{thesupporting e plunger"Dfis showninfdtail' m =1"Yertioallyiehiprocat"' 430 at its rear-end to the rock-shaft &

motion is imparted to the plunger D at the proper time by means of a fulerumed lever (1 which engages the upper end of the plunger-shank (Z. 'The rear-end of the lever d is connected with a pivot-rod (1 having a forked lower end that rides on the camshaft S and carries'an antifriction roller (Z which moves over a cam d on the cam-shaft The underside of the plunger D is made concave or fiat, according as round or flat bottles are to be labeled. The face of the plunger D is covered by a layer of felt, rubber or other suitable soft material so as to soften the impact of the plunger with the'bottle. The plunger D is pivoted to the lowerend of a spring-actuated rod d which is guided in the socket-shaped lower end of the shank of the plunger and which has a certain vertical )lay in the slotted lower end of the shank d by means of a cross-pin d which is retained in the slotted end by a collar d and set-screw al as shown in Figs. 16 and 17. The plunger D is cushioned by a spring (Z which is interposed between the shank and rod (Z and yields in upward direction and by its pivotconnection with the rod (1 in forward and backward direction so as to be capable of use for holding any shape or size of bottle to be labeled. ,1

The wipers--Below the plunger D and in the same vertical plane therewith are arranged two oscillating wipers F, which are shown in Fig. 1 and in detail in Figs. 5 and 6; The wipers F are inserted into the recessed ends of wiper-leversf which are fulcrumed to the .upper ends of upright arms f that are pivoted at their lower ends to lugs f 2 of a U- shaped transverse bar f which is supported on the front-end of a lever f that is applied S". The leverj has an antifriction-roller f X which is engaged-by acam fon the cam-shaft S. The wiper-levers f are connected at their outer ends with elbow-levers f which are fulcrunnd to upright lugs j of a stationary transverse bar f 9 the lower arms of the elbowlevers being connected by helical springs f with a transverse rod of the supporting-' frame.- The tension of the springs f presses the elbow-levers against short cam-levers f which are fulcrumed to the upper ends of the stationary lugs f and which are connected by curved pivot-links f with a lever f fulcrumed vatf andoperated by a camf on the cam-shaft S, said-cam being in. contact with an antifriction-rollerf at the side of the fulcrumed levcrf. The actuation of the fulcrumed lever f by the cam produces, the lifting 'of the cam-leversf 11. and imparts a lat eral motion to the wiper-levers and wipers, so that the latter are removed sidewisc of the bottle and permits them to be returned into raised position without forming. contact with the bottle and interfering 'ltlriliv label just placed thereon. The wipers are le of elastic material, such as soft rubber, so that they can readily pass over the ends of the label and over the sides of the bottle by the down-wardly-oscillating motion imparted to them by their actuating IHOC-llztlliSll'l. The label is-applied to the bottle by the pressure of the wipers in the usual manner, after which they are spread apart by the pivoted cam-leversj for clearing the bottles as described. Below the wipers is arranged a stationary bottle-rest G, which is supported at the upper end of an adjustable support g, the lower end of which is attached to the stationary arm of the transverse bar f" described. The bottle-rest G is provided at its rear-end with a stop g which is adj ustcd for the length of the bottle by a setscrcw 9* and against which the bottle is pressed by the at tendant, as shownin Fig. 4. The bottle-rest G is made in different shapes, according as it is to be used for labeling round, quart or int bottles or flat whisky-flasks, or other bottles, a special bottle-rest being preferably used for each size and shape of bottle. The bottle-rest is located vertically below the plunger and serves to support the bottles for the action of the wipers after the label has been transferred to the bottle by the pickers.

0pcmti0n.At the lower front-part of the machine is arranged thc'foot-treadle T, which operates by a connecting-rod t a. clutchmechanism T by which the camshaft S is thrown into gear with the driving-shaft S, and thereby the machine started. During the return-motion of the picker-carriage the faces of the pickers are supplied with paste by the oscillating transfer-roller, which takes up the paste from the paste-roller in the paste-box and transfers it to the faces of the pickers. hen the picker-faces have received the paste, they are raised by the action of the raising mechanisn'i towards the label feeding device so as to take up the lowermost label in the same, the lower ends of the label-holding fingers passing through the slots in the picker-arms. After the label is picked up by the pickers, the latter are lowered again. The pickers are then moved forward so that the' label is placed over the bottle. The plunger 1) then descends and presses the label onto the upper part of the bottle, which is held against the gage-plate by one hand of tllehttelnlant. The wipers are then actuatedso as to press the pasted ends of the label on the bottle and apply them thereto by the .hugging action of the wipers, which imitate-the action of the fingcrs of the hand in applyinglabcls to a bottle. \Vhile the wipers are passed over the bottle, the pickers are lowered and moved in backward,direction. The labeled. bottle is re moved by the attendant and another bottleplaced on the ln ttlc-rcst against the gageplate of the sanic} the )ickvr-carriage and plunger bcing in the meantime returned to By arranging the label feeding device at the,

upper part of-the machine, the feeding of the the r starting ositions.- During the backwhich said rods are simultaneously moved toward motion 0 the picker-carriage, the plu ge-r moves upward, whil'e during the forward; motion of the pickencari'iage the pickers recelvea' new supply-of paste and 'ta-ke up a new label, sothat' when the. pickers are returned lmewit-h the bottle-rest, the next label 1s appliedto'the bottle by the wipers and soon; The attendant places-the bottles in position'alternately with the right and lefthands, each actuationof the labeling-machine. labeling the bottle, which is held at the neck and removed afterthe. label is applied.

labels and the actuation .of the machine are greatly simplified, with the advantage that by the placing of the labels onthe upper part of the bottles the labeling operation" can be better observed by; the attendant;

. establishmentathe --in1 roved construction is designed for labeling R inc-wine, claret and champagne, quart: and ints, also for labeling whisky-bottles and fladlr ,The range of the work is thereby greatly increased and the bottle-labeling machine better adapted to the different requirements of the beer, wine and whisky trade.

Having. thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to' secure by Letters Patent: r

' 1. Ina bottle-labeling machine, the-combination, with a bottle-rest and a horizontally reciprocating carriage carrying pickers, of a paste-box above the carriage havingapasteroller therein, a transfer-roller guided horizontally above said carriage, and arran ed .to transfer the paste from said paste-r0 ler bars fitting over saic rods at the ends of the former, one of said bars being adjustable toward and away from the other, and (:06 )erating label-holding shells carried by saic bars.

4. In a bottle-labelingEmachine, a labelfeeding device comprising a' label-holding receptacle, fingers projecting beneath the same at opposite sides, rods on which sald fingers are supported, and a rack mechanism by Whilethebottle-l beli'ng machine covered s, and other bottles."

ward or away-from each other. 5 In abottle-labelingmachine, the-combination of a vertically guided cross-bar hayxing inclined surfaces at itsjlower edge, a label feeding device supported on'said cross-bar, a horizontally movableflbar having inclinedsurfaces to co6perate with those of the cross bar and thereby raise or lower the latter, and means for" operating said horizontally movable bar. 6. In a bottle-labelingmachine, the combination of.'a stationaiyy bottle-re's't,=a verticallyreciprocating plunger above said bottlerest, a horizontally-reciprocating picker-car: ri'age, vertically-reciprocating Pickers'guided insaid carriage, a stationary paste-box, an oscillatin paste transfer roller, means for passing t e paste-transfer'roller over the pickers, a label feeding device above the level of thebottle-rest, and oscillating and spring actuated wipers located sidewise of thebottlerest. 1

7 In a bottle-labeling machine,'the combination of a stationary bottle-rest, a verti cally-reciprocatingplunger, a picker-carriage, Ways for guiding said picker-carriage, vertically-reciprocating pic ers guided in said picker-carriage, means for reciprocating the picker-carriage, means for raising and lowering the pickers at the proper time. a stationary paste-box provided with a paste-roller, a

transfer roller rotating 'in contact with the paste-roller for receiving the paste, means for oscillating said paste-roller for transferring paste. to the faces of the raised pickers, means'for feeding one label after the other to the pickers while they are in raised position, and oscillating and spring-actuated wipers located sidewise of the bottle-rest.

8. In a bottle-labeling machine, the combination of a supporting-frame having horizontal ways, a horizontally reciprocating pickercarriage guided in said ways, vert1- cally reciprocating pickers guided in said picker-carriage, a stationary paste-box, a paste-roller in said box, means for imparting rotary'motion to said paste-roller, a pastetransfer roller guided in ways of the supporting-frame, means for rotating said transferroller when in contact withthe paste-roller, means for imparting oscillating motion to paste to the faces of the pickers, and means saidatransfer roller for transmitting the for delivering one label after the other to the pickers at each u ward motion of the same.

9. In a-bottleabeling machine, the combination of a horizontally reciprocating picker-carriage guided in ways of the supporting-frame, a picker-frame supported onsaidv carriage, said picker-frame being provided With upright standards, upright stops on the carriage for the picker-frame, pickercan'ying arms attached to the upper ends of the; picker-frame, means for verly-reciprocating motion to; the'fipickerme, a paste-box, means for-it 'nsferring I. paste from said box to the faces ii P ers when the picker-carriage arrives at the end of its reciprocating motion, a label-feeding device located above the pickers and rovided With label-retaining fingers, the pic erarms being provided with slots for permitting thepassing of the fingers through said slots when the pickers are raised for taking up the lowermost label from the label-feeding supporting said fingers, a spring-actu ated followerpressing on the pile of labels in the shells,

and means for permitting the gradual down- Ward motion of the follower.

11. In a bottle-labeling machine, a labelfeeding device consisting of two semicircular shells, a stationary front-shell and an adiustable rear-shell, rojecting' lugs at the ower ends of the she s, inwardly-projecting fingers supported between said shells, a spring-actuated plun er, means for feeding t e p unger into the s ells, means for lifting the plunger out of the shells and supporting it in raised position, and means for raising the shells from their normal position so as to insert a'pile of labels in the same.

12. In a bottle-labeling machine, the combination with the wi ers, Wiper-levers and means for oscillatin t e same, of fulcrumed and spring-actuate elbow-levers connected with said wi er-levers, and oscillating cams engaging said elbow-levers and'moving said Wipers in lateral direction for cleaning the bottle on the return-motion of the Wipers.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD ERMOLD.