Apparatus for Branding by Heat the Boards, Planks, Strips, or Heads forming the sides, Ends, Lids, or Heads of Packing Cases, Casks, or Barrels, or for Branding the Finished Boxes, Cases, or Barrels, or any Article requiring to be Branded.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Dec., 1895-Accepted, 6th Mar., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Apparatus for Branding by Heat the Boards, Planks, Strips, or Heads
forming the sides, Ends, Lids, or Heads of Packing Cases, Casks,
or Barrels, or for Branding the Finished Boxes, Cases, or Barrels,
or any Article requiring to be Branded.
We, THOMAS COLE, and WILLIAM LAWES COLE, both of St. Anns Road, Burdett
Road, Middlesex, Engineers and Millwrights, 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:--
The object of this invention is to construct or arrange an apparatus for branding by
beat the boards, planks, strips, or heads forming the sides, ends, lids, or 'heads of
packing cases, casks, or barrels, or for branding the finished boxes, cases, or barrels,
or any article requiring to be branded.
To enable long articles, which are longer than the apparatus is wide, to be branded,
the opening in the box and the branding plate are so arranged that the plate which
can be either square or rectangular can be turned from across the machine into a
position running from back to front, thus allowing of any length to be branded by
placing them in a position running from back to front.
We are aware that presses have before been employed for heat branding of boards,
planks, heads of casks, and the like, therefore we make no claim to any apparatus in
which such an operation can be effected, except when specially arranged as shown
on the annexed drawings and in which the branding plate and the top frame are so
made as to enable the plate to be turned a quarter round for applying the brand
lengthwise or crosswise of the article to be branded according to its length.
The annexed drawings show our invention, Figures 1 and 2 being front and end'
viows respectively.
For this purpose, we mount upon suitable standards or uprights A, A, a hollow
box B, within which we arrange a series of Bunsen or other burners supplied
with gas from an exterior pipe or pipes C, to which burners, a blast of air or
vapour may be given to increase the intensity of the heat upon the branding
plate D which is placed in a square opening. The top of the hollow box has a
reversible frame which in turn carries said branding plate containing the letters or
design to be branded.
Beneath the box B and working in bearings E is a shaft F with cranks G
(eccentrios or cams), which shaft is rocked by a treadle H, or revolved by gearing
and driving pulleys, or other suitable means. These cranks, eccentrics, or cams
operate a pair of side rods I, I, working in suitable bosses J, J, to the top of which
side rods, is attached a platen K with suitable vertical adjustment, which platen K
rises and falls vertically by the motion of the cranks G, eccentric or cams, directly
over the branding plate D, thus exerting pressure upon the article to be branded when
placed upon the branding plate D. "The said side rods I, I, are provided with
springs L, L, which return or remove the platen or press-head K from contact with
the article branded.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is :-
1. An apparatus constructed or arranged as shown on the annexed drawings. in

page_text: which apparatus is a removable branding plate and frame in a fixed heating box
but capable of being turned therein for transverse, or for lengthwise branding, as
described.
2. In a branding machine, the employment of a branding plate and frame capable
of removal and adjustment for transverse or for lengthwise branding, as described.
Dated this 30th day of December 1896.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166 Fleet Street; London,
Agent for the said Thomas Cole and William Lawes Cole.