Improvements in Label and Stamp Affixing Machines.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Jan., 1898-Accepted, 30th July, 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Label and Stamp Affixing Machines.
I, JULIUS JOHN KARGES, of 1315, McGee Street, in the City of Kansas City,
in the County of Jackson and State of Missouri, United States of America,
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:-
My invention relates to improvements in label and stamp affixing machines.
The object of my invention is to provide a machine or apparatus for affixing
labels or stamps upon any desired object.
My invention has more particularly for its object, the providing of a label
affixer in which labels or stamps are held between guides which are capable of
adjustment toward and from the pile of labels, whereby the apparatus is adapted
to be used with labels of different size or shape, and various degrees of pressure
may be applied to the pile for the purpose of better affixing the labels one at a
time.
My invention consists further in providing a framework having guides between
which the labels are held vertically and horizontally adjustable thereon, whereby
the apparatus may be adapted to various shapes of labels.
My invention further consists in having one or more movable arms normally
holding the bottom label, but capable of being withdrawn therefrom when the
label has been affixed to the desired object.
My invention further provides novel features of construction hereinafter fully
described and claimed.
In the drawings herewith presented as illustrating my invention,
Fig. I represents an elevational view.
Fig. II represents a vertical sectional view of the affixer, showing an empty
magazine, and the lower portion of the plunger L, broken away.
Fig. III represents a vertical sectional view, showing a number of the labels
in the magazine, one of which has just been affixed as indicated by N.
Fig. IV represents a perspective view of the guiding rod B having secured
to it the retaining spring arm, G.
Fig. V represents an elevation view of the magazine.
Fig. VI represents a plan view of the invention with the plunger removed.
Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts.
or
backward in the
tube A.
This
to be moved radially
is accomplished by
A indicates a vertical tube, preferably metallic, and having secured
to its inner wall at equal distances apart the vertical guiding rods B.
at their upper ends
The said guiding rods are adjustably secured
only to the tube A, the lower ends being free
forward
means of a set screw F operating in a screw threaded opening in the side of
the tube A, opposite each rod near its lower end. Opposite the upper part of
each guiding rod B, a vertical slot E is provided in the tube A. Through this
slot extends a screw C, the head of which is wider than the slot and is located
outside the tube A. The opposite end of the screw C enters a screw threaded

page_text: opening in the guiding rod. A pin D also passes through the slot E and is
secured at its inner end to the guiding rod. The pin D and the screw C serve
to retain the guiding rod in position vertically.
In the use of gummed labels, for the reason that the labels are normally curved
or convex upon their upper sides, it is necessary to adjust the guiding rods
vertically so that their lower ends shall have the proper relation to the under-
most labels, and for this purpose the guiding rods may be adjusted vertically
to the desired position by loosening the screws C, placing the rods in position
and then tightening the screws C. Each of the rods B is provided with trans-
verse serrations or teeth K for the purpose of better retaining the lower labels
in the magazine. To each of the rods B, near its lower end and upon its outer-
side is secured the upper end of an outwardly curved spring retaining arm or
finger G, the lower end of which is curved inwardly and passes through a slot
cut vertically in the lower end of the rod B. A slot I is provided in the lower
end of the magazine opposite the spring arm G. The extreme lower ends of
the rods B are provided each with a narrow inwardly extending projection J
the upper side of which is downwardly bevelled. This bevelled projection
serves to retain the next to the lowest label when the arms G are in the position
shown in Fig. III and during the removal of the bottom label or stamp. Fitted
loosely in the magazine, and between the guiding rods, is a plunger L made of
any suitable material. The function of this plunger is to force the stamps or
labels downward and to cause the lowest label or stamp to be securely affixed
to the object desired by means of pressure applied to the plunger.
My invention is operated as follows.
The labels are placed in a pile between the guiding rods B of the magazine
with the gummed side of each label down and the bottom label resting against
the spring arms G. The presser or plunger L is then placed in the position
shown in Fig. III, so that a bearing may be made against the top of the pile.
The bottom label or stamp is then applied to a wetting pad or other moistening
device, after which it is applied to the object to which it is to be affixed. Pres-
sure is then applied to the plunger L thus firmly pressing the label or stamp
to the surface upon which it is to be secured. The pressure on the plunger is
then removed and the magazine is withdrawn. The bottom stamp adheres to
the surface against which it has been placed, and when the magazine is with-
drawn, the adhered stamp or label causes the spring arms G to be pressed outward
into the position shown in Fig. III.
The entire label or stamp, excepting the portions near the edges immediately
ever the spring arms G, will now have been securely affixed to the object. As
the spring arms are narrow and project but a short distance under the label, the
portions of the label not pressed down are relatively very small and their non
adherence to the object immaterial.
The projection J prevents the next label from being withdrawn at the time
the bottom label is detached from the pile. The movable spring arms G serve
to prevent the plunger L from forcing any of the labels or stamps out of the
magazine at the time force is applied to it for the purpose of affixing the bottom
label firmly in the place where it is to be secured. I have found it desirable for
the successful working of the mechanism to employ a contracted exit for the
labels together with one or more movable arms, similar to the arms G, in order
to insure the withdrawal of a single label or stamp at a time. The form of
holder may be materially varied from the one I have shown, and the guiding
rods B are capable of being much modified in construction. Other forms of
retaining arms to take the place of the retaining arms G may be used. It is
desirable however to have a contracted exit to the holder of the pile so that the
labels will be held securely during the operation of removing the bottom one.
It is also desirable to have a retaining device, such as the spring arms G, besides
the contracted exit, which shall retain the bottom label when the pressure is
applied to the pile, and which will be withdrawn from the under label after the

page_text: label has been secured in the desired place. I have shown a form of magazine
adapted to be used with round labels, but it is evident that the guiding rods may
be so disposed as to serve as guides for any desired form of label, and the magazine
may be of any suitable design and form without departing from the spirit of my
invention. The plunger L may be in some instances dispensed with, and the
finger used instead for forcing the pile of labels downward. In applying labels
that are not gummed when placed in the magazine, a gumming instead of a
moistening device should be used as herein before described. When the stamp
or label is pressed against the surface to which it is to be affixed, the free ends
of the spring arms G remain under the label, thus holding the stamp or label
within the magazine during the time that the plunger is having pressure applied
to it, but are withdrawn therefrom when the magazine is withdrawn.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
Claim 1. In a label or stamp affixer of the kind described, the combination
with a tube vertically disposed, of a plurality of guiding arms longitudinally
arranged around the inner wall of the tube and contractible at their lower ends,
a movable arm or arms normally extending under the bottom label and within
the inner side of the guiding arms but adapted to be forced outward beyond the
said inner side of the guiding arms after the label has been affixed, substantially
as described.
2. In a label or stamp affixer of the kind described, the combination with a
vertical tube, of a plurality of guides arranged around the inner wall of the tube
and provided each with an inwardly extending projection at its lower end, a
spring arm secured at one end to each guide, the other end normally extending
toward and beyond the inner side of the guide, but adapted to be forced out-
wardly after the label has been affixed, substantially as described.
3. In a label or stamp affixer of the kind described, the combination with a
suitable framework, of a plurality of guides adjustable thereon and radially
adjustable at their lower ends and adapted to hold between them the pile of
labels, and a plurality of movable arms, one end of each arm resting upon the
underside of the bottom label but adapted to be withdrawn from thereunder
after the label has been affixed, substantially as described.
4. In a label or stamp affixer of the kind described, the combination with a
tube A, of the guides B secured therein and radially adjustable at their lower
ends, the spring arms G secured to the guides B and having their lower ends
normally extending within the inner side of the guides B, substantially as
described.
5. In a label or stamp affixer of the kind described, the combination with the
frame A, of the guides B secured therein and having transverse corrugations
near their lower ends, a movable arm connected at one end to each guide and
having the free end normally within the inner side of the guide, and a plunger L,
substantially as described.
6. In a label or stamp affixer of the kind described, the combination with
suitably supported guides between which the labels are held, of means for ad-
justing the guides relatively to the pile of labels, and one or more releasable
catches normally engaging the bottom label, but released therefrom after the
label has been affixed, substantially as described.
7. In a label or stamp affixer of the kind described, the combination with
suitably supported guides between which the labels are held, of means for
adjusting the guides relatively to the pile of labels, and one or more spring
actuated catches normally engaging the bottom label but adapted to be released
therefrom when the label is affixed, substantially as described.
8. In a label or stamp affixer of the kind described, the combination with
suitably supported guides between which the labels are held, of means for ad-

page_text: justing the guides relatively to the pile of labels, one or more rigid retaining
devices, and one or more releasable retaining devices adapted to engage the bottom
label, the releasable retaining devices being adapted to release the label when
it has been affixed, substantially as described.
9. In a label or stamp affixer of the kind described, the combination with
suitably supported guides between which the labels are held, the said guides
being adjustable toward and from the pile, and provided near their lower ends
with one or more inwardly extending projections, of one or more releasable
catches normally engaging the bottom label, said catches being released from
the bottom label when it has been affixed, substantially as described.
10. In a label or stamp affixer, of the kind described, the combination with
a support, of guides for the pile of labels, one set of ends of the guides being
adapted to be secured rigidly to the support and the free ends of the guides
being movably adjustable towards or from the pile of labels, substantially as
described.
11. In a label or stamp affixer of the kind described, the combination a sup-
port, of guides, one set of ends of which are rigidly secured to the support, and
means for adjusting the free ends of the guides towards or from the pile of labels
held between the guides, substantially as described.
12. In a label or stamp affixer of the kind described, the combination with a
support, of guides for the labels having one set of ends secured to the support
and vertically adjustable thereon, and means for adjusting the free ends of the
guides towards or from the pile of labels, substantially as described.
13. In a label or stamp affixer of the kind described, the combination with a
support, of guides mounted thereon for the pile of labels, and means by which the
lateral pressure upon the lower labels may be varied without affecting the upper
labels, substantially as described.
14. In a label or stamp affixer, the combination with a support adapted when
in use to be held in the hand of the operator and provided with side walls, of
guides between which the pile of labels is held and which are secured to the side
walls, and means for adjusting the guides towards and from the said side walls,
substantially as described.
15. As an article of manufacture, a portable label or stamp affixer comprising
a tubular frame adapted to be held in the hand of the operator when in use, and
label guides supported by the inner walls of the tubular frame and adjustable
towards and from the same, substantially as described.
1801
BST CA
JULIUS JOHN KARGES.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.