OR IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR LABELLING PACKETS AND BOXES OF POWDERED MATERIALS AND OTHER COMMODITIES FOR SALE
Year: 1884

page_text: We JOHN TICKLE of John Street West Bromwich in the County of Stafford
Mechanical Engineer and Ironfounder and FREDERICK LEONARDT of Vicarage
Road Handsworth in the County of Stafford Commercial Traveller and Clerk
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "NEW OR IMPROVED
MACHINERY FOR LABELLING PACKETS AND BOXES OF POWDERED MATERIALS AND
OTHER COMMODITIES FOR SALE" to be as follows:-
Our invention consists of new or improved machinery for labelling packets and
boxes of powdered materials and other commodities for sale the parts of the said
machinery being constructed and combined and worked substantially in the manner
herein after described. The machinery is hand worked and by its use a series
of packets or boxes of powdered material or other commodity is labelled at one
operation.
We will describe our invention in connection with the labelling of packets.
The packets to be labelled are placed in inclined sluices or channels at the rear
of the machine to be fed to a divisional packet receiver. Near the front of the
labelling machine is a tray containing divisions in each of which a pile of labels
is placed. This label tray is capable of being raised and lowered vertically by
means of a hand lever. Above the said label tray is a series of taking off blocks
herein after called pasters the said pasters being equal in number to the divisions
of the label tray. These pasters are supported in a travelling carriage capable of
moving over and of being removed from over the label tray. At the back part of
the labelling machine under the channels or sluices described is a trough containing
paste and in this trough is a shaft carrying a series of rollers equal in number to
the pasters. In front of these rollers is a brush to take off any surplus paste. By
the movement of the carriage supporting the pasters the latter can be passed over
these charged rollers for taking up the required quantity of paste. The pasters
having been charged with paste are returned to their original position that is over
the label tray which tray is now lifted by means of a hand lever towards the
pasters. The top labels of the piles are thereby brought into contact with and
made to adhere to the pasters. After the descent of the label tray a labelling
table on which the packets are carried is moved forward. The whole front part
of this labelling table has a lever grip which seizes the unpasted ends of the labels

page_text: projecting from the pasters the said lever grip being held in its gripping position
by means of a spring catch. The pasters are next moved backwards leaving the
labels in the lever grip of the labelling table. By this back movement of the
pasters they are again made to pass over the pasting rollers of the paste trough
and are recharged ready for the pasting of the next set of labels. The back move-
ment of the pasters also causes the divisional packet receiver to fall into such a
position that the packets in it are released and the released packets slide onto a
moveable bar of the labelling table. By the same movement a check bar placed
across the packet feeding channels or sluices (by which the packets were prevented
from sliding into the divisional receiver) is raised thereby permitting a packet to
slide into each of the empty divisions of the receiver.
The labelling table is next pulled to the front part of the machine and the bar
on which the packets from the divisional receiver had been deposited is lifted so
high that the packets fall onto the pasted labels on the said table. The said bar
is again pressed down against the front parts of the packets so as thereby to push
them all into the same line. The spring catch which held the label grip being
released a swinging presser is brought down upon the packets. The labelling table
with the packets upon it is next pressed downwards between two rollers situated
on opposite sides of the table and having the same length as the table. By this
movement the pasted labels are pressed against and pasted to the ends of the
packets. The front roller is next moved over the short ends of the labels thereby
fastening those parts down and the back roller is afterwards moved over the long
ends of the labels so as to fasten down those parts. The labelling of the series of
packets is thus effected. The labelling table being again raised the finished packets
are removed from the machine by means of a jointed folding board made to enclose
the greater part of the several packets.

page_text: We. JOHN TICKLE of John Street, West Bromwich, in the County of Stafford
Mechanical Engineer and Ironfounder and FREDERICK LEONARDT of Vicarage Road,
Handsworth in the County of Stafford, Commercial Traveller and Clerk do hereby
declare the nature of our Invention for "NEW OR IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR
LABELLING PACKETS AND BOXES OF POWDERED MATERIALS AND OTHER COM-
"
MODITIES FOR SALE and in what manner the same is to be performed to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
Our invention consists of new or improved machinery for labelling packets and
boxes of powdered materials and other commodities for sale the parts of the said
machinery being constructed and combined and worked substantially in the manner
herein after described. The machinery is hand worked and by its use a series of
packets or boxes of powdered material or other commodity is labelled at one
operation.
We will describe our invention in connection with the labelling of packets.
The packets to be labelled are placed in inclined sluices or channels at the rear
of the machine to be fed to a divisional packet receiver. Near the front of the
labelling machine is a tray containing divisions in each of which a pile of labels is
placed. This label tray is capable of being raised and lowered vertically by means
of a hand lever. Above the said label tray is a series of taking off blocks, herein
after called pasters, the said pasters being equal in number to the divisions of the
label tray. These pasters are supported in a travelling carriage capable of moving
over and of being removed from over the label tray. At the back part of the
labelling machine under the channels or sluices described is a trough containing
paste and in this trough is a shaft carrying a series of rollers equal in number to
the pasters. In front of these rollers is a brush to take off any surplus paste. By.
the movement of the carriage supporting the pasters the latter can be passed over
these charged rollers for taking up the required quantity of paste. The pasters
having been charged with paste are returned to their original position, that is, over
the label tray, which tray is now lifted by means of a hand lever towards the
pasters. The top labels of the piles are thereby brought into contact with and
made to adhere to the pasters. After the descent of the label tray a labelling table
on which the packets are carried is moved forward. The whole front part of this
labelling table has a lever grip which seizes the unpasted ends of the labels pro-
jecting from the pasters the said lever grip being held in its gripping position by
means of a frictional spring. The pasters are next moved backwards leaving the
labels in the lever grip of the labelling table. By this back movement of the
pasters they are again made to pass over the pasting rollers of the paste trough
and are recharged ready for the pasting of the next set of labels. The back
movement of the pasters also causes the divisional packet receiver to fall into such
a position that the packets in it are released and the released packets slide onto a
moveable bar of the labelling table.

page_text: By the forward movement of the pasters a check bar placed across the packet
feeding channels or sluices (by which the packets were prevented from sliding into
the divisional receiver) is raised thereby permitting a packet to slide into each of
the empty divisions of the receiver.
The labelling table is next pulled to the front part of the machine and the bar on
which the packets from the divisional receiver had been deposited is lifted so high
that the packets fall onto the pasted labels on the said table. The said bar is again
pressed down against the front parts of the packets so as thereby to push them all
into the same line. The frictional spring which held the label grip being released
a swinging presser is brought down upon the packets. A divisional platform of the
labelling table with the packets upon it is next pressed downwards between two
rollers situated on opposite sides of the table and having the same length as the
table. By this movement the pasted labels are pressed against and pasted to the
ends of the packets. The front roller is next moved over the short ends of
the labels thereby fastening those parts down and the back roller is afterwards
moved over the long ends of the labels so as to fasten down those parts. The
labelling of the series of packets is thus effected. The divisional platform of the
labelling table being again raised the finished packets are removed from the machine
by means of a jointed folding board made to enclose the greater part of the several
packets.
We will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying Drawings
the manner in which our invention is to be performed.
Figure 1 represents the machine in side elevation and Figure 2 the same in
longitudinal vertical section, the labelling table and pasters and other parts being
represented in their first positions; Figure 3 represents the machine in plan the
right hand half showing the channels or inclined sluices, the divisional receiver
and the labelling table and the left hand half showing the paste trough, the label
tray in the rising frame and the lever mechanism all the parts being in their first
positions; Figure 4 represents the machine partly in end elevation and partly in
transverse vertical section taken through the pasters and label tray, the several
parts being represented in their first positions; Figures 5 6 and 7 represent longi-
tudinal sections of the machine without the framing and lever mechanism, Figure 5
representing the rising frame supporting the label tray raised into position and the
top labels in contact with the taking off blocks or pasters, Figure 6 representing
the rising frame in its first or lowered position with the labelling table moved
forward underneath the taking off blocks or pasters and the lever grip locked down
upon the short unpasted ends of the labels and Figure 7 representing the taking off
blocks or pasters moved back over the paste trough, the packets released from the
divisional receiver and resting against the levelling bar of the labelling table;
Figure 8 represents the labelling table detached and brought into its back or first
position, the packets being in position upon the pasted labels and the press bar in
position upon the packets; Figures 9 to 18 represent the labelling table detached
from the machine drawn to a larger scale than the other Figures; Figure 9 represents
the labelling table in longitudinal section with the packets left in position against
the levelling bar from the divisional receiver; Figure 10 represents the same view
with the rising and falling divisional platform in its lowest position the packets
being pressed between the back and front rollers for the labelling operation and
the press bar in its lowest position upon the packets; Figure 11 represents
a plan of Figure 10; Figure 12 represents a portion of Figure 11; Figure 13
represents the labelling table partly in longitudinal vertical section and partly in
side or front elevation Figure 14 represents an elevation of the labelling table
and Figure 15 a portion of the same in cross section the front roller being in
position over the packets and the short ends of the labels pasted on the packets
Figure 16 represents the same view as Figure 14 and Figure 17 represents a portion
of the same in cross section the front roller in both Figures being represented in its
first position and the back roller in position over the packets and the long ends of
the labels pasted on the packets; Figure 18 represents the labelling table with the

page_text: rising and falling divisional platform in its raised position and the finished packets.
ready to be removed by the folding board represented in plan in Figure 19 and.
elevation in Figure 20.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several Figures of the
Drawings.
The
b, b are the inclined channels or sluices arranged side by side at the back of the
machine in which sluices the packets a of powdered material to be labelled are.
placed to be conveyed to the divisional packet receiver g jointed to the bottom of
the said sluices b; b' is a cross check bar on the sluices b and g' is a cross check bar
on the divisional packet receiver g. By means of the said check bars b² and g³ the
packets a are permitted to descend and their motion arrested at the proper times as
herein after described; c is the rising and falling frame supporting the divisional
label tray c and over the said tray c² is the series of taking off blocks or pasters e, e
the said pasters being equal in number to the divisions in the label tray c³.
rising and falling frame c works in the vertical slides c³, and is raised for the
purpose of pressing the labels contained in the tray c² into contact with the pasting
blocks e, e brought over them by means of the treadle lever ce turning on the
centre c' and pressed upon by the treadle bar c. The inner end of the lever c® is
connected to the rising and falling frame c by the connecting rod c³ (see Figures 1
and 2). The pasters e, e are supported upon a travelling carriage working upon the
basements or rails j, j best seen in Figure 4. By means of the said carriage and
rails the pasters e, e can either be moved to the back of the machine as represented
in Figure 7 or drawn forward into the position represented in Figures 1, 2, 34
and 5. By the back movement of the pasters e, e they receive paste from the paste
feeding rollers f², f situated in the paste trough funder the channels or sluices b, b
and by the forward or return movement the pasters charged with paste are brought
over the divisional tray c³ containing the labels. The backward motion of the
pasters is limited by the stops j, j and the forward motion by the stud e¹º (see
Figure 3) coming against the stop *. The feeding rollers f' f' in the paste trough f
are equal in number to the pasters ee the said paste feeding rollers ff" being
rotated as the pasters pass over them by the drivers f³, f³ (see Figure 4) bearing
on the roughened rollers f^, f^ (see Figure 3) on the spindle of the feeding rollers.
The movement of the pasters e, e for bringing them over and for removing them
from over the paste trough fis effected by the levers e, et on the rocking shaft e
the said levers et, et being connected by the links e, e³ to the travelling arms e², e³
of the pasters e, e. The levers e, et are operated upon by the handle e connected
by the links e, e and a cross shaft x to the levers e¹, e1 (see Figures 1, 2 and 3).
The sliding pasters e, e carry the swivelling or jointed press bar h by means of
which the packets are pressed down upon the pasted labels and the said labels and
packets carried down upon the divisional platform of the label table d for
pressing and pasting the labels against the bottoms and back and front ends of the
packets a as herein after particularly explained. The press bar h is carried by the
levers h, h and is brought into its lowered position by grasping the said press
bar h and when the press bar is loosed it is raised out of action by the coiled
springs h³, h³.
It is by the travelling of the pasters e, e towards the paste trough of that the
series of packets a is permitted to pass from the divisional packet receiver g to the
labelling table d and by the travelling of the pasters in the opposite direction that
the lowest set of packets a is permitted to pass from the sluices b, b into the
divisional packet receiver g to be released therefrom on the next back motion of
the pasters. The way in which this is effected will be best understood by referring
to Figures 5, 6 and 7.
Attached to the tops of the pasters e, e are guides e, e³ and on the underside of
the jointed packet receiver g are rollers for the guides ed to work against. When
the pasters e e are over the label tray c² as represented in Figures 5 and 6, the
packet receiver g is lifted by the said guides es nearly into a horizontal position.
By this lifting of the packet receiver g the set of packets a which had been held

page_text: by the check bar 62 in the sluices b is taken out of action and the said packets are
permitted to pass into the packet receiver y where they are held at the top of the
said receiver by the check bar g³ against which they are made to bear. As the
pasters e, e are moved from the label tray c over the paste trough f as represented
in Figure 7, the withdrawal of the guides 8 from under the packet receiver g
permits the latter to fall into the same line as the inclined sluices b thereby
releasing the packets from under the check bar g³ which packets slide down the
receiver g and are arrested at the bottom by the levelling bar d³ (herein after
described). The sanie motion of the pasters e, e brings the check bar 6' into action
and arrests the motion of the packets in the sluices bas seen in Figure 7. The
construction of the labelling table & will be best understood by referring to the
enlarged views Figures 9 to 18 both inclusive. The said table d is situated at a
lower level than the pasters e, e so that it can be moved under the said pasters (see
Figures 6 and 7). The labelling table is supported on a carriage which works on
rails below the rails j, j on which the carriage of the pasters works. The forward
motion of the labelling table d to bring it into action under the pasters e, e is
limited by the stop the movement of the said table being effected by grasping
the spindle d. In the labelling table is the rising and falling divisional platform dio
on which the pasted labels are laid and onto which labels the packets from the packet
receiver g fall as herein after explained. The rising and falling platform dio of the
labelling table d works in a well or recess in the said table, the said platform d¹º
being raised and maintained in its raised position Figures 5, 6, 7, 8 and 18 by the
cam like levers do, do on the spindles d³, de the said spindles being connected
together by the arms and connecting rod d³, ds indicated in dotted lines in
Figure 18. One of the spindles do is furnished with a handle d' for operating the
cam levers d', d. By taking the cam levers do, do out of action by moving the
handle d in the required direction, the platform d¹º takes its lowered position as
best seen in Figures 10 and 13, the said platform being received upon the india
rubber pads d18, 18.
The labelling table also carries the front and back rollers and de situated on
a level with the top of the said table d the said roller du and d¹6 being for the
purpose of pasting down the short and long ends of the labels upon the packets.
The front roller is carried in bearing plates on the table & which plates are
pressed home into the position represented in Figure 16 by the coiled springs d¹³.
The said bearing plates are pressed towards the back roller by means of heels d20
on the spindle d" of the lever grip acting on the outer ends of the said bearing
plates. The manner in which the heels 20 act against the bearing plates carrying
the front roller is best seen in Figure 12. By lifting the handle d³ of the lever
grip d, the heels d20 push forward the bearing plates and front roller d¹¹ the said
plates when at liberty to move being returned to their normal position by the action
of the coiled springs d. The back roller d¹ is made capable of being moved to and
from the front roller d" by means of the connecting rods and levers d¹s the said
levers being fixed on the spindle d¹ worked by the handle d¹³. By depressing the
handle the back roller de can be brought to the position represented in
Figure 16 and by raising the said handle d¹³, the roller d¹º is returned to its normal
position as seen in Figures 9, 10 and 14. Along the labelling table d is a lever
grip d fixed to the spindle d" turning in bearings in the framing of the machine
(see Figures 11 and 13). This lever grip d' is for the purpose of holding the
unpasted ends of the labels for removing the pasted labels from the pasters and
securing them in the proper position on the labelling table d. The said lever grip
is moved into and out of action by means of the handle as the friction spring
at d' bearing on the spindle d maintaining the said lever grip in its acting and
non-acting positions respectively. When the lever grip d is put into action it
grips the labels between its edge and the india rubber bed 19 on the labelling
table d; d is the levelling bar carried by the labelling table the said levelling bar
being for the purpose of preventing the descent, except at the proper times, of the
packets in the packet receiver g and also for levelling the packets after they have

page_text: fallen onto the labelling table. The said levelling bar d³ is connected by end
arms (see Figure 13) to the distance rod ds and the said arms d" turn as à
centre on the spindle d. When the said levelling bar d' is brought into the
position represented in Figure 7 it prevents the descent of the packets from the
receiver (.
The said levelling bar d³ carries an angle tooth along its whole length
and the front end of the travelling carriage on which the pasters e, e are supported
has a hooked catch e7 by means of which tooth and catch the levelling bar d³ is
automatically operated for releasing the packets from the packet receiver g.
The
We will now describe the action of the machine. The parts being in the
positions represented in Figures 1, 2 and 3 and the taking off blocks or pasters e, e
having been supplied with paste the first operation is to raise the label tray c³
supported on the rising and falling frame c by pressing the foot upon the treadle
bar of the treadle lever c. The top labels in the label tray c are thereby
pressed into contact with the charged pasters e, e above them as represented in
Figure 5. The frame c is then allowed to descend by removing the foot from the
trendle bar c thus leaving a label attached to each of the pasters e, e. The
labelling table d is next pushed forward, that is, towards the back of the machine
and underneath the pasters e, e by means of the spindle d, the stops ja
determining the position of the said table as represented in Figure 6.
lever grip is next put into action by means of the handle d³ and the short
unpasted ends of the labels on the pasters are thereby gripped as represented
in Figures 6 and 7. As the labelling table is pushed forward it causes the tooth of
the levelling bar d³ to be engaged with the catch e7 on the pasters e, e as seen in
Figure 6. The pasters e, e are now moved to their back position over the paste
trough fand against the stops ³ ³ as represented in Figure 7 by means of the
handle e operating the lever mechanism e, e, e as before explained. As the
pasters take their back position the catch e7 which is engaged with the levelling
bar causes the latter to fall into position across the bottom of the packet
receiver g and the pasted labels are left upon the labelling table d, being secured
to the said table by the lever grip d². The back movement described of the
pasters o, e also removes the guides es from under the jointed packet receiver g
which falls into the position represented in Figure 7 so as to bring its divisions
into a line with the divisions of the inclined sluices b b. The packets in the
receiver being released from the check bar g³ they slide against the levelling bar d³
which has been brought in the manner before described to the bottom of the
receiver gas represented in Figure 7, thus preventing the packets passing onto
the labelling table d. The same action which released the packets from the top of
the receiver g prevents another set of packets from passing from the sluices b, b
into the said receiver g as represented in Figure 7.
The pasters e, e together with the labelling table d are next drawn back to their
first positions at the front of the machine by means of the spindle d¹ of the
labelling table, that is, into the positions represented in Figures 1 and 2, the
labelling table bringing the pasters forward with it. As the pasters make their
forward motion to the front of the machine they receive paste from the paste
rollers the brush f³ taking from the said pasters any surplus paste and spreading
the paste uniformly upon the pasters. By means of the stop against which the
stude on the pasters e, e bears the proper position of the pasters over the label
tray c is determined. As the labelling table is withdrawn together with the
pasters, the tilting of the divisional packet receiver g by the action of the guides es
upon it causes the packets to fall therefrom upon the labelling table d in the
position indicated in dotted lines in Figure 9. After the withdrawal of the
labelling table from the pasters the levelling bar ds is first raised to release the
packets and afterwards pressed down against the ends of the packets so as to place
them in the position represented in full lines in the said Figure 9, that is, exactly
on the divisional platform d° of the labelling table. The lever grip d³ is now
thrown out of action so as to release the labels. The several packets are thus
placed upon the pasted labels and the pressing of the said pasted labels upon the

page_text: packets has now to be performed. The first motion is to permit of the descent of
the platform do. This is effected by taking out of action the cam levers d' by
moving the handle d' (see Figure 13). The press bar is simultaneously brought
down upon the packets thereby forcing the platform d¹o into its lowest position
upon the india rubber pads 18, d18 carrying with it the packets a together with
the labels, thus pasting the labels against the bottom and back and front ends of
the packets as seen in Figures 10, 11 and 13. The press bar h being allowed to
return to its normal or raised position, the spindle da of the lever grip d' is partly
rotated by means of the handle ds so as to advance the front roller over the
.tops of the packets as represented in Figures 14 and 15 thus pasting the short ends
of the labels upon the tops of the packets. The roller du being returned to its
original position by the action of the springs d¹ the handle d¹³ is next depressed
so as to make the roller do approach the roller du and thereby press upon and
paste down the long ends of the labels upon the packets as illustrated in Figures 16
and 17. The back roller d¹ is next returned to its original position and the
platform is raised to the level of the labelling table and supported in that
position by the cam levers. The labelled packets are now finished and are ready
for removal. This is effected by means of the hinged folding board i represented
in Figures 19 and 20. This board being made to enclose nearly three sides of the
packets they can be readily removed from the divisions of the platform d¹º. The
labelled packets being removed from the board i are ready to be packed for sale.
We use the machine described and illustrated for labelling boxes in the way
described and represented with respect to packets of powdered material or other
commodities.
.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed We declare that what
We claim is of "New or improved machinery for labelling packets and boxes of
powdered materials and other commodities for sale"
"
First The combination of the rising and falling frame c supporting the divisional
label tray c with the taking off blocks or pasters e, e travelling on a carriage, the
said blocks or pasters being capable of being brought over and removed from over
the said label tray for the purposes and substantially as herein before described and
illustrated in the accompanying Drawings.
Secondly-The combination of the travelling pasters e, e with the fixed paste
trough f, paste feeding rollers f' and paste distributing brush f³ for the purpose
and substantially as herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying
Drawings.
Thirdly The combination in a machine for labelling packets and boxes of
powdered materials and other commodities of the travelling labelling table d
carrying the following parts, namely, the rising and falling divisional platform dio
on which the pasted labels and packets or boxes are deposited, the lever grip da
and the levelling bar d³, the said travelling labelling table being capable of being
'carried under the pasters ee and removed from under the said pasters the several
parts being for the purposes and acting substantially as herein before described and
illustrated in the accompanying Drawings.
Fourthly The combination with the labelling table d of the sliding label
pressing or pasting down rollers and de constructed and acting substantially as
herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawings.
Fifthly The combination in a machine for labelling packets and boxes of the
label tray lifter c, the divisional label tray c³ the pasters e, e, the travelling labelling
table d and the presser bar h all being constructed and acting substantially as
herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawings.
Sixthly The construction of the divisional packet or box receiver g jointed to
the bottoms of the inclined sluices or channels b b and the combination therewith
of the check bars 62 and g³ and levelling bar d³ for the purposes and substantially
as herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawings,

page_text: Seventhly The combination with the travelling pasters e, e of the guides e for
releasing the packets or boxes fed to the receiver g and arresting the motion of the
packets or boxes in the channels or sluices b, b and for effecting the reverse actions
the several parts being arranged and operating substantially as herein before
described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawings.
Lastly The combination of the hooked catch e7 on the travelling pasters e e
with the angle toothed levelling bar ds for automatically bringing the said bar into
action across the packet or box receiver g on the pasters making their back
movement substantially as herein before described and illustrated in the accom-
panying Drawings.