US733039A - Labeling-machine. - Google Patents

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PATBNTED JULY'V, 1,903.

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J( G. HENDRICKSON. LABBLING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29, 1902.

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J. G. HBNDRIGKSON. LABBLING MACHINE.

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UNiED STATES Patented July '7, 1903.

JAMES e. HENDRiOKsON, OF BAYONNE, NEW JERsEiAssIGNORTO TEE NEW YORK LARELLiNe MACHINE OOMPANY,AOORPORAT1ON OE NEw YORK.

SPECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No.\733,039, dated July 7, 1903. Application tiled March 29, 1902. 1 Serial Nin-100,519. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Beit known that I, JAMES G. HENDRICK-` SON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Bayonne, in the count-y of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented cer-4 acting labeling devices mounted adjacent the runway.

VIn the accompanying drawings, in which the same reference character refers to similar parts in the several figures, Figure lis a side elevation of a labeling-machine embodying this invention. Fig. ,2 is a plan view showing parts of the same. Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 show details.

The rigid frame A is formed at the top of the same with the transverse` pieces A' and A2, the latter being formed with an extended upper surface to serve as a receiving-tablet The longitudinal guides B and C are adjustably secured to the transverse pieces by `screws B C', which cooperate with suitable slots, so that these guides may be adjusted to form a runway of any desired Width.` The guides are each provided with ledges B5 and C5, respectively, to support articles as they are fed along this runway. Upon the guide Care mounted a series ot spring-guides C2,

which are secured in slots C3 in the guide C by screws C4. Thesespring-guides are intended to press upon articles in the runway to crowd them against the Aface ot the opposite guide B, so as to hold them more accurately in alinement as they are fedalong the runway. Above the runway and at the several-stations along the same directly above the paster H9, the label-box L, and presserP there are mounted movable retainers, which firmly clamp articles down upon the runway while the labeling devices are acting'upon -frame of the machine.

them. The retainer F, which may, if desired, be provided with a suitable face, of leather or other yielding material, is pivoted by the pivot F to the sleeve F2. This sleeve is free to turn about the stud F3, but is held in position upon the stud by the thumb-nut F8. This thumb-nut engages the threaded end of the bolt F7 and serves to secure the studin any desired position upon the slide F6,

Ithe `bolt entering a suitable opening in this slide. The slide is mounted to move verticallyiu an opening F5, formed in the retainersupport F4, which is rigidly secured to the This slide is reciprocated vertically through a suitable mechanism to be described, and the retainer is reciprocated with it, the connections itor the retainer forming a universal joint with the slide and slot,.permitting the retainer to be adjusted with respect to the slide. The pin F9 is secured to the slide, and. the retainerlever G, which is pivoted to move about the pin G in the support, actuates the slide by the retainer-link G2, pivoted by the pin G10 to the lever and engaging the pin F9, which passes through asuitable slot GSin the link. The spring G4 acts between the link and the pin t0 press the slide yieldingly down upon articles in the runway. Each one of the retainer levers is actuated in unison, since the retainer-bar G5 is pivoted to the upper end Ot each one ot' the retainer-levers. The retainer-arm N6, rigidly secured to the shaftN, Operates the retainers through the connecting-bar G7, which is pivoted at its upper end to the piu G6 in one of the retainerlevers. Any desired form ofconnection may be'employed between the retainer-arm and the connecting-bar to transmit the oscillations of the retainer-arm to the retainers. It is desirable, however,.in order to'have the retainers yieldingly clamplthe articles upon the runway and to have them released as quickly as possible from engagement with these articles to provide a spring connection between these two parts andan automatic latch. This connection is illustrated in Fig. 3. The latch-H is pivoted about the pivot 'N7 in the end of the retainer-arm N. The upper end of this latch H is given a hook form to engage upward, the proportion of the parts being such that as soon as the latch is released from the projection G9 the spring N9 throws the connecting-bar up su fficiently to quickly raise the retainers from contact with the articles in the runway. The spring NS bears against vthe latch and throws its upper end against the projection G9. The trip H9, pivoted to the frame adjacent the latch, is pressed forward bythe light spring H4, so that as soon as the retainer-arm starts to move in an upward direction the trip engages the part H2 of the latch and releases the upper end of the latch from the projection G9, thereby releasing the retainers. As the retainer-arm continues to move upward the slides reach the upper limit of their movement, and thereupon the pin N7 in the retainer-arm moves up along the slot G8 in the connecting-bar, extending the spring N9, so that the latch hooks over the projection G9, as is indicated in Fig. 3. On the downward movement of the retainer-arm the retainers are all moved into contact with articles upon the runway, the springs G4 pressing each retainer down with substantially equal pressure in spite of any slight irregularities in the various articles. Then as soon as the retainer-arm moves upward the latch is released and all the retainers are at once disengaged.

The feeder (illustrated in Figs. 2 and 7) is in the form of a bar D of rectangular cross-section, which moves in a guideway in the guide B, so as to be supported throughout its whole length duringits reciprocation. Suitable retaining-screws B3 serve to hold it in position in connection with plates BT. A number of feeding-pawls D are pivoted to the feeder by the pivots D2, suitable springs D4 being employed to hold these feeding-pawls out into the runway, their position being determined by the pins D3, which engage the rear ends of these pawls. The connector E is secured to the feeder by thescrews ES, which pass through suitable slots E9 in the connector, so that the connector may be readily adjusted upon the feeder and rigidly secured thereto. The holding-pawls E4 move about the pivots E9 in the connector, the pivots E3 serving to connect all of these holding-pawls to the actuator E4, which is reciprocated by suitable connections engaging the bolt E9 in the actuator. The extent of movement of the holding-pawls is limited by the stop E9 or pin in one of the holding-pawls, which, as indicated in Fig. 2, coperates with a suitable opening formed in the connector to allow the holdingpawls to protrude into the runway to the desired extent. By forming the feeder in this manner it is firmly supported .in the guideraaoe way and cannot swing outward under the pressure exerted by the holding-pawls. All of the articles are therefore engaged in a regular manner and fed forward accurately.

The gage B2 is adjustably secured to the guide B by the bolts B3 and extends around the ends of the same. In either end of this gage the gage-screws B4 are provided, suitable lock ends being arranged to adjust these gage-screws in position. The feeder in its reciprocation moves into engagement with the gage-screws at either end of its stroke, so

that the extent of its reciprocation is limited by the distance between these gage-screws. Since it is desirable that the feeder should accurately place articles in position at the several stations along the runway, it is desirable to regulate the forward position ofl the feeder, and this is readily done by bodily moving the gage, which may be secured in any desired position by the screws B3.

` It will be noted by reference to Fig. 2 that the plate A3 is mounted at tho rear end of the runway, its position being adjusted by the screw A4, which engages a suitable slot in the plate. Articles as they1 are fed through the machine are placed in contact with this plate, and then the actuator moves the holding-pawls into engagement with each one of the articles to hold them against the feedingpawls. A further movement of the actuator reciprocates the feeder, carrying the articles forward one station, the final position 4of the articles being regulated by the position of the gage-screw B4. As the actuator moves in a rearward direction, the feeding-pawls yield as they pass the articles in the runway, so as to move into position behind Ithe several articles.

The paste apparatus, which comprises the paste-reservoir HS and the paster H9, is constructed and operates in substantially the same manner disclosed in the patent referred to, and the presser P, which preferably has a face of yielding material and is constructed and mounted asin the patentreferred to, has also a well-known construction and operation.

The labeling device comprises the labelbox L, having projecting ribs at its upper end to retain the labels, and lits over the plunger L', as indicated in Fig. 5. Labels may be inserted in the box through a suitable openingin the side of the same, the label-box being raised upon the plunger forthis purpose. The plunger is rigidly secured to the platform L2 ,which is mounted to reciprocate verticallyl upon the rods or gi'lides A9, the platform being provided with suitable guides L9, engaging these rods. The label-slide K,which is always positively reciprocated, is mounted upon these rods above the platform, and it is counected with the platform by a suitable compensating gear, which serves to feed the plunger forward at the same rate that the labels are withdrawn from the label-box, so that as IOD IIC

'react-ie the'label-box is reciprocated during ,the operation ofthe machine the top label in the box is always `pressed against the pasted article in the Yrunway with the same force. The ratchet K', which is rigidly secured to the worm-gear K2, is mounted in the labelslide K. The worm engages the worm-wheel K3, which carries on the sameshaft the pinion K4. The ratchet is fed forward one or more teeth at a time by engaging the pawl K5, piv- -oted to the frame of the machine and pressed into operative position by the spring KG. The adjusting-screw K7 serves to adjust the position of the pawl, so as to regulate the extent through which the ratchet is fed. The rack L4 is pivoted about the pin L5 in the platform, and it is nomally held in engagement with the pinion K4 by the lock L, which is preferably pivoted in the platform, the lock being provided with the thumb-nut L7 on its outer end for operating the same. The lock is also provided with the striker-arm LS, which engages the striker L9, secured to the slide K,

when the platform has been fed forward as far as desired by the compensating gear, and this action rotates the lock L6, so as Ato release the rack L4 from the pinion K4. This allows the platform to drop, so as to carry the label- `box out of engagement with the runway, so

that when the rack is disengaged from the pinion thelabel-box is no longer reciprocated, but the link KS merely reciprocates the slide. If desired, of course the rack may be `positively moved out of engagement with the that it is not necessary to employ the exact form of compensating gear which has been described.

i The actuating mechanism by which the reciprocating feeder is moved forward to simultaneously feed a series of articles along the runway, then the retainers moved down to clamp these articles in position and to firmly hold them while the intermittentlyoperating labeling devices act upon them at the several stations, is substantially the same `as indicated in the patent referred to, the series of operating-shafts M, N, O, and N4 being mounted in the frame of the machine to movethe various parts. The operating-handle M' is secured to the shaft M, and the arm Msis also secured to this shaft, this arm serving to operate the feeder. The shafts N and N4 are rotated substantially in synchronism with the shaft M by the yoke N3, pivoted at M5 to the arm M3 and at N2 to the arm N, rigidly secured to the shaft N. This shaft through a spring connection operates the presser P. The shaft N4 operates the spring N10, which is connected to the link K8, which reciprocates the label-slide K. This label-slide is by means of the compensating gear connected to the platform, so that the label-box is in this manner reciprocated during the normal operation of the machine.

Many modifications may be made by those familiar with this art without departingfrom the spirit of this invention. Parts of this machine may be used without employing all of the same, and parts may be employed in connection with other devices well known in this art. I do not, therefore, wish to be limited to the disclosure which I have made in this case; but

` What I claim as new, and what I desire to secure by Letters Patent, is set forth in the appended claims:

1. In a labeling-machine, a runway c'omposed of two longitudinal guides mounted so as to be laterally adjustable, a reciprocating feeder mounted in one of said guides, a connector adjustably mounted on said feeder, a series of spring-pressed feeding-pawls on said feeder, a series of holding-pawls pivoted to said connector, an actuator pivoted to said holding-pawls to simultaneously move them into operation and also to reciprocate said feeder, a gage mounted in said guideV adjacent said feeder to regulate the extent of reciprocation of the same, a series of retainers mounted at stations along said runway to clamp articles in position at said stations, said retainers being adjustably mounted in slides by universal joints, retainer-levers operated in unison by a retainer-bar, retainer- `links connected to said levers and having a pin-and-slot connection with said slides, springs between said links and said slides and means to operate said retainer-levers comprising an oscillating retainer-arm, a connecting-bar havinga pin-and-slot connection with said retainer-arm, a latch pivoted to said retainer-arm and engaging said connectingbar, a trip to disengage said latch and a spring to quickly disengage said retainers when saidV latch is released, and intermittently-operating labeling devices coperatin g with said runway.

2. In a labeling-machine, laterally-adj ust- ICO IIO

able guides to form a runway, a reciprocating feeder mounted in a guideway in one of said guides to be supported thereby during its reciprocation, a series of feeding-pawls pivoted to said feeder, a connector mounted on said feeder by screws engaging connector-slots in said connector, holding-pawls pivoted in said connector, there beingastop to limitthe movement of said holding-pawls, an actuator connected to said holding-pawls to operate the IZO same and to reciprocate said feeder, labeling devices mounted below said runway to coperate with the same, retainers mounted above said runway to clamp articles to the same while said labeling devices are operating, yielding means to move said retainers into engagement with articles, said means comprising a latch and trip to quickly release said retainers from said articles.

3; In a labeling-machine, a runway, labeling devices mounted adjacent said runway, retainer-supports mounted adjacent said runway, slides mounted in said supports, retainers adjustably mounted in said slides with a universal-joint connection, retainer-levers pivoted in said supports, links having a pinand-slot connection with said slides, springs between said pins and said links, a retainerbar between said levers and means to actuate said levers comprising a connecting-bar, a retainer-arm having a pin-and-slot connection with said connecting-bar, a spring between said retainer-arm and said connecting-bar, a latch to connect said retainer-arm and connecting-bar and a trip to disengage said latch to allow said spring to quickly release said retainers.

4. In a labeling-machine, a runway, retainers mounted adjacent said runway to clamp articles in position thereon, springs to yieldingly operate said retainers and actuating means for said retainers comprising a spring,

a latch and lneans to release said latch tor quickly disengage said retainers.

5. In alabeling-machine, a runway, a series of spring-pressed retainers to clamp articles upon said runway and means to actuate said retainers comprising a spring and latch and means to release said latch to allow said spring to quickly disengage said retainers.

6. In a labeling-machine, a runway, a series of spring-pressed retainers to clamp articles upon said runway and means to operate said retainers comprising a latch to quickly disengage said retainers.

7. In a labeling-machine, laterally-adjustable guides to form a runway, intermittentlyoperating labeling devices mounted below said runway to coperate therewith, a movable retainer-bar, retainers above said runway yieldingly actuated from said retainer- `bar to clamp articles upon the runway adjacent said labeling devices, a reciprocating feeder of rectangular cross-section mounted in a rigid guideway in one of said guides to be supported throughout the whole length of said feeder during its reciprocation, a series of feeding-pawls on said feeder and means to reciprocate said feeder.

8. In a labeling-machine, laterally-adjustable guides to form a runway, labeling devices adjacent said runway to coperate therewith, a reciprocating feeder mounted in a guideway in one of said guides to be supported throughout the whole length of said feeder during its reciprocation, an adjustable gage extending around said guide and adj ustable gage-screws in said gage to limit the reciprocation of said feeder.

9. In a labeling-machine, guides to form a runway, labeling devices mounted adjacent said runway to cooperate therewith, a reciprocating feeder mounted in a guideway in one of said guides to be supported throughout substantially the whole length of said feeder during its reciprocation, a series of feedingpawls on said feeder, a slotted connector adjustably mounted on said feeder, a series of positively-actuated holding-pawls on said connector and a gage extending around said guide to limit the extent of reciprocation of said feeder.

l0. In a labeling-machine, a runway, labeling devices cooperating with said runway, a spring-pressed retainer to clamp articles upon said runway and means to actuate said retainer comprising a spring and latch and means to release said latch to allow said spring to quickly disengage said retainer.

l1. In' a labelingmachine, a runway, a spring-pressed retainer to clamp articles upon said runway and means to actuate said retainer comprising a spring and latch and means to release said latch to allow said spring to quickly disengage said retainer.

12. In a labeling-machine, a runway, a spring-pressed retainer to clamp articles upon said runway and means to operate said retainercomprisinga latch and releasing means to quickly disengage sadretainer.

13. In a labeling-machine, means to support an article to be labeled, a retainer to clamp an article upon said means and means to operate said retainer comprising a latch and releasing means to quickly disengage said retainer.

14. In a labeling-machine, laterally-adjustable guides to form a runway, intermittentlyoperating labeling devices mounted below said runway to coperate therewith, retainers to clamp articles upon said runway adjacent said labeling devices, a reciprocating feeder of rectangular cross-section mounted in a rigid guideway in one of said guides and retained in said guideway to be supported throughout the whole length of said feeder during its reciprocation, a gage to adjust the extent of movement of said feeder and a series of spring-pressed feeding-pawls on said feeder.

15. In a labeling-machine, a runway, labeling devices mounted adjacent said runway, retainer-supports mounted adjacent said runway,slides mounted in said supports,retainers adjustably mounted in said slides, retainer-levers pivoted in said supports, links having yielding connection with said slides and a movable retainer-bar connecting said levers to actnate the same.

JAMES G. IIENDRICKSON.

Witnesses:

HARRY L. DUNCAN, ELLIS B. SOUTHWORTH.

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