Patent GB-441183-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in apparatus for delivering and affixing labels, stamps and the like
IPC: B65C11/04
Filed: 1935-05-10
Abstract: 441,183. Stamp &c. affixing machines. KOMUSIN, H., 30, Liliencronstrasse, Frankfort-on-Main, Germany. May 10, 1935, No. 13838. [Class 73] A hand machine for affixing adhesive stamps &c. is moved across the surface on which the stamp is to be placed and is fitted with a roller which affixes and defaces the stamp, prints an identification mark on the surface, and effects the operation of stamp moistening and counting and evaluating devices, the actuation of the roller being controlled by a finger-operated knob; the stamps are fed from a roll in a removable casing by a reciprocating device operated from the roller and fitted with pins which engage the perforations in the strip which is then severed and turned through a right angle on the surface of the roller prior to affixing, the removable casing being fitted with means for preventing fraudulent extraction of stamps. The machine comprises a casing fitted with hand grips and with removable end covers for access to the moistening device 154, Fig. 1 and stamp casing 132, and the main roller 102, from which the parts are driven, projects through the bottom and makes contact with the surface over which the machine is moved. The roller is carried on a fixed shaft 101 mounted between side members 94, 95, Fig. 4, and is furnished with a pin 109 which engages a pivoted stop 106, Fig. 9. The stop 106 is engaged by a sliding, spring-returned member 104, the upper forked end of which is engaged by the end of a spring-returned rod 111 operated by the knob 93. With the parts in the position shown, the member 104 is locked and in turn locks the main roller. On pushing the knob 93 'the rod 104 is released and the roller can rotate till the pin 109 re-engages the stop 106 ; the rod III is temporarily held by a spring detent 116 which is released by the upward movement of the rod 104 during the rotation of the roller. The strip of stamps is carried in a casing 125, Fig. 27 and mounted on a drum therein on the shaft of which is a ratchet 178 engaged by a pawl 184. Mounted in an extension of the casing is a shaft having a gear 147 which, when the casing is in operative position, is driven from the main roller and drives the counting mechanism, a second gear 148 on the shaft, having a munber of teeth corresponding to the denomination of the stamps, operating the evacuating mechanism. A second pawl 191 engages the latter gear 148 when the stamp casing is removed thus preventing its rotation; both pawls are rendered inoperative when the stamp casing is put into position by the engagement of extensions 187, 192 thereon with a fixed abutment 193 which projects through a hole in the casing. The casing has a removable side wall for charging with a roll of stamps, the wall being held in position by a cap which is put into position over a sealing paper strip. Means are provided whereby the stamp casing can only be removed when the main roller is in its rest position ; for this purpose the stamp casing engages a lever an arm of which engages a gapped ring on the main roller. The strip is fed by a reciprocating slide 214 connected by a link 209 with a bell-crank 208 connected in turn by a link 210 with a lever 211 operated by a cam slot at the end of the main roller. The end stamp is severed by a vertically reciprocating knife operated by a cam-actuated lever, and the severed stamp is received on pins 152, Fig. 15 carried by a member 262 the stem 261 of which engages a fixed cam surface on the shaft of the main roller. The member 262 is carried in a member 259 which is rotated on its axis through a quarter of a turn each time the main roller rotates to present the stamp in an appropriate position. The stamp is moistened while on the pins by a roller 157 carried by arms 156 on a pivotally mounted reservoir 154, one of the arms 156 having a roller 162 engaging a cam track on the main roller. The reservoir is provided with a vent which is periodically opened by the operation of a projection 172 on the member 111. The main roller is provided with printing surfaces 272 and dating type 274.