Improvements in Apparatus for use in the Application of Labels to Bottles, Packages, and other Articles.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application. 5th June, 1897
Complete Specification Lett 7th Mar 1898 Accented 2nd Ann
4000
Complete Specification Lett 7th Mar 1808-Accepted 2nd
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for use in the Application of Labels to
Bottles, Packages, and other Articles.
We, WILLIAM HENRY WILLIAMS, of 9, Ross Place, Whitfield Street, Hyde
Road, Ardwick, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Engineer, and THOMAS
HENRY HAYES, of 12, Carrill Grove, Levenshulme, in the County of Lancaster,
Foreman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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Our invention consists in improvements in apparatus for use in the application
of labels to bottles, packages, pill-boxes and other articles and has for its prin-
cipal object, the provision of appliances to enable labels to be applied more readily
than has hitherto been possible over stoppers or corks, so as to prevent such
stoppers or corks from being removed from the bottles or other cases in which
they are inserted without destroying such labels and yet without being made to
adhere to or soil such corks, and also to facilitate the application over the ends
of bottles or packages or other articles of labels such for instance as the stamps
ordinarily applied to bottles and packages containing patent medicines and has
for a further object to facilitate the application of labels in other ways to bottles,
packages and other articles.
According to the first part of our invention we provide a holder for the labels
to be applied to bottles, packages or other articles, a holder for a supply of past
or other suitable adhesive material to be used in securing the said labels to the
said bottles, packages or other articles, and a label-carrier which, being charged
with paste or other adhesive material from the said holder for a supply of paste
or other suitable adhesive material and applied to and removed from the said holder
for labels, will apply paste or other adhesive material to and adhere to the outermost
or exposed label therein and remove it therefrom and so serve as a means of
applying paste to and conveying the labels one at a time from the said holder
for labels to the bottles or packages or other articles to which such labels are to
be applied The said holder for labels consists in a box or frame which may be
made adjustable in form and size, so as to be capable of being adjusted as may
be necessary or desirable from time to time to hold labels of different forms and
sizes and is provided with a plate or other suitable appliance or appliances in
conjunction with which is or are provided a spring or springs tending to move
such plato or appliance or appliances and push out of the said holder the labels
placed therein, and with projections on two or more of its aides so arranged that
projecting to a suitable extent over the labels placed in the said box or frame
they will prevent the said labels from being removed therefrom more than one
at a time by the above mentioned label-carrier. The said holder for paste or
other suitable adhesive material, consists in a box formed with perforations or
otherwise arranged to allow paste or other adhesive material to exude from it
and provided with a plate in conjunction with which a spring or springs is or
are arranged or any other suitable device or devices, which pressing upon the
paste or other adhesive material placed in the said box, will cause it to exude
therefrom in the manner requisite. The said holder for labels and holder for

page_text: paste or other suitable adhesive material are mounted in a suitable support or
supports which may also be made use of to support bottles, packages or other
articles while labels are being applied thereto. The label-carrier aforesaid which
being charged with paste or other adhesive material from the said holder for
paste or other adhesive material, may be used to remove the labels from the
said holder for labels to the bottles or packages or other articles to which they
are to be applied, consists in a plate, frame or board provided with two elastic
pads between which is a space, and with a handle by means of which it may be
held by the operative making use of it. The said elastic pads are made of or
covered with any suitable material which will absorb or hold in a suitable manner
paste or other suitable adhesive material when applied to the paste or other suit-
able adhesive material exuding from the aforesaid holder for paste or other
suitable adhesive material, and the space between the said elastic pads is made
to correspond with the extent of each of the labels which is intended to be kept
free from paste or other adhesive material. If it be considered necessary or
desirable, the said elastic pads may be made adjustable in position in order that
the appliance may be more conveniently used at different times in conjunction
with labels of different forms or sizes and to keep different labels free from paste
to different extents. The operative using the said appliances having conveyed
by means of the said label-carrier a label to a bottle or package or other article
to be labelled presses such label thereon, and may conveniently do so by means
of the hand by which he brings the bottles, packages or other articles to be
labelled, successively into position to be labelled and may press such label thereon
with or without employing any other appliance.
According to the second part of our invention, we provide a holder for labels
similar to that above described in reference to the first part of our invention, and
mount it in a suitable position in or on a framework or table provided with a
bearing or support or bearings or supports in which is mounted a shaft or axle
capable of being oscillated, upon which is mounted a label-carrier provided with
elastic pads similar to those herein before described in reference to the first part
of our invention which by the oscillation of the said shaft or axle may be inoved
to and from the said holder for labels and to and from a position such that a label
carried by such pads will be laid thereby upon the stopper or cork or other
desired part of a bottle or other package or part placed in a socket, holder or
guide of any suitable form arranged or placed in a suitable position in or upon
the said framework or table. The elastic pads of the said label-carrier are made
to receive paste or other suitable adhesive material from a holder for paste or
other suitable adhesive material constructed similarly to that above described
in reference to the first part of our invention, but mounted so as to be capable
of being moved or oscillated by the said label-carrier acting upon it and a suit-
able spring or springs or other suitable means or to be oscillated or raised and
lowered or otherwise moved by means of a connecting rod or connecting rods
receiving motion from the said shaft or axle or any other suitable means so 33
to move into and out of position for the said elastic pads to receive paste from
it and preferably so arranged that paste or other adhesive material shall only
exude from the parts at which the said elastic pads are applied to such holder
for paste or other adhesive material. The said elastic pads and holder for labels
and socket, holder or guide for bottles, packages or other articles to be labelled
may be made adjustable in position in order that bottles, packages or other
articles of different kinds and sizes may be labelled and in order that labels of
different sizes and forms may be used at different times and in order that different
labels may be left unpasted to different extents and in some cases in order that
bottles, packages or other articles of different kinds and sizes may be labelled
we arrange that the socket, holder or guide for bottles, packages or other articles
can be removed so that another may be used instead. The shaft or axle above
mentioned may be caused to oscillate by means of a handle applied to it or by
means of a connecting rod or rack and pinion or other suitable means receiving

page_text: motion from a treadle worked by the attendant or may be arranged to be oscil-
lated by means of a connecting rod or rack and pinion or other suitable means
receiving motion in any suitable manner from any suitable revolving shaft or
other part from which motive power may be obtained. The labels conveyed to
bottles or packages or other articles by means of a label-carrier arranged in the
manner herein before described in reference to this part of our invention may be
pressed upon such bottles, packages or other articles by the hands of the operative
using the appliance or machine or we may provide a presser or pressers receiving
motion from the said label-carrier or the shaft or axle on which it is mounted
or from any other suitable part of the appliance or machine or moved by hand
or by means of a handle or treadle or other means and arranged to press the
pasted portions of the labels upon and against the parts of the bottles, packages
or other articles to which they are required to adhere. It is obvious that an
applianco or machine constructed according to this part of our invention may in
order that two or more attendants may work at one appliance or machine be
provided with two or more holders for paste or other suitable adhesive materiai,
two or more holders for labels, twe or more label-carriers and two or more sockets
or holders or guides for bottles, packages or other articles to be labelled and in
cases in which such devices are employed with two or moro devices for pressing
labela upon bottles, packages or other articles.
Although the appliances or machines provided or constructed according to the
hereinbefore described parts of our invention are intended chiefly for use in
applying labels over the stoppers or corks of bottles or over the ends of cylindrical
packages, and especially in cases in which it is desired that the labels employed
shall not adhere to the stoppers or corks of the bottles or the ends of the packages
to which they are applied, we would have it understood that such appliances or
machines may be used in the application of labels in other ways or to other parts
of bottles, packages or other articles, and in cases in which it may be desirable
to do sr. we provide in an appliance or machine constructed according to the
second part of our invention, a socket, holder or guide or sockets, holders or
guides for bottles which is or are adjustable in form or position or can be readily
removed so that another may be used instead as may be desirable from time to
time.
According to the third part of our invention we provide for use with a holder
for labels and a holder for paste or other suitable adhesive material, which are
constructed and arranged in the manner herein before described in reference to
the first part of our invention, a carrier for labels which being provided with
a single elastic pad similar to those above described or with two or more elastic
pads similar to those above described but placed close together is adapted to
apply paste over the entire surfaces or the central parts of the labels in the
application of which to bottles, packages or other articles it is to be used.
Dated this Fourth day of June 1897.
Improvements in Apparatus for use in the Application of Labels to
Bottles, Packages, and other Articles.
We, WILLIAM HENRY WILLIAMS, of 9, Ross Place, Whitfield Street, Hyde
Road, Ardwick, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Engineer, and TноMAS

page_text: HENRY HAYES, of 12, Carrill Grove, Levenshulme, in the County of Lancaster,
Foreman, 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:-
This invention consists in improvements in apparatus for use in the application
of labels to bottles, packages, pill-boxes and other articles and has for its principal
object the provision of appliances to enable labels to be applied more readily
than has hitherto been possible over stoppers or corks, so as to prevent such
stoppers or corks from being removed from the bottles or other cases in which
they are inserted without destroying such labels and yet without being made to
adhere to or soil such stoppers or corks, and also to facilitate the application
over the ends of bottles or packages or other articles of labels such for instanc>>
as the stamps ordinarily applied to bottles and packages containing patent medi-
cines, and has for a further object to facilitate the application of labels in other
ways to bottles, packages and other articles.
According to the first part of this invention we provide a holder for the labels
to be applied to bottles, packages or other articles, a holder for a supply of paste
or other suitable adhesive material to be used in securing the said labels to the
said bottles, packages or other articles, and a label-carrier which, being charged
with paste or other adhesive material from the said holder for a supply of paste
or other suitable adhesive material and applied to and removed from the said holder
for labels, will apply paste or other adhesive material to and adhere to the outermost
or exposed label therein and remove it therefrom and so serve as a means of
applying paste to and conveying the labels one at a time from the said holder
for labels to the bottles or packages or other articles to which such labols are to
be applied. The said holder for labels consists in a box or frame which may be
made adjustable in form and size, so as to be capable of being adjusted as may
be necessary or desirable from time to time to hold labels of different forms and
sizes and is provided with a plate or other suitable appliance or appliances in
conjunction with which is or are provided a spring or springs tending to move
such plate or appliance or appliances and push out of the said holder the labels
placed therein, and with projections on two or more of its sides so arranged that
projecting to a suitable extent over the labels placed in the said box or frame
they will prevent the said labels from being removed therefrom more than one
at a time by the above mentioned label-carrier. The said holder for paste or
other suitable adhesive material, consists in a box formed with perforations or
otherwise arranged to allow paste or other adhesive material to exude from it
and provided with a plate in conjunction with which a spring or springs is or
are arranged or any other suitable device or devices which, pressing upon the
paste or other adhesive material placed in the said box, will cause it to exude
therefrom in the manner requisite. The said holder for labels and holder for
paste or other suitable adhesive material are mounted in a suitable support or
supports which may also be made use of to support bottles, packages or other
articles while labels are being applied thereto. The label carrier aforesaid which,
being charged with paste or other adhesive material from the said holder for
paste or other adhesive material may be used to remove the labels from the
said holder for labels to the bottles or packages or other articles to which they
are to be applied, consists in a plate, frame or board provided with two elastic
pads between which is a space, and with a handle by means of which it may be
held by the operative making use of it. The said elastic pads are made of or
covered with any suitable material which will absorb or hold in a suitable manner
paste or other suitable adhesive material when applied to the paste or other suit-
able adhesive material exuding from the aforesaid holder for paste or other
suitable adhesive material, and the space between the said elastic pads is made
to correspond with the extent of each of the labels which is intended to be kept
free from paste or other suitable adhesive material. If it be considered necessary

page_text: or desirable the said elastic pads may be made adjustable in position in order that
the appliance may be more conveniently used at different times in conjunction
with labels of different forms or sizes and to keep different labels free from paste
to different extents. The operative using the said appliances having conveyed
by means of the said label-carrier a label to a bottle or package or other article
to be labelled presses such label thereon, and may conveniently do so by means
of the hand by which he brings the bottles, packages or other articles to be
labelled, successively into position to be labelled and may press such label thereon
with or without employing any other appliance. Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the accom-
panying drawings, in all the figures of which the same letters of reference are
employed to indicate corresponding parts, illustrate this part of the said invention.
Fig. I is a front elevation and Fig. 2 is a plan of a holder (a) for labels, a holder (b)
for paste and a support (c) for bottles mounted upon a bed or support (d) and
Fig. 3 is a plan of a label-carrier (e). The box (a') of the holder (a) for labels
which is illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 is so shaped and made of such size that the
labels in conjunction with which such holder (a) is to be used may lie in such
box loosely but without being able to be moved about therein. The box (¹) 18
provided with a plate (a) capable of being raised and lowered therein, and a
spring (3) is secured upon the plate (a) and caused to bear upon the bottom of
the box (a) so as to tend to raise the plate (³) and the labels placed in such
box which are placed upon the said plate (a³). Instead of the spring (a³) a
weighted lever may be employed to press the labels upwards in the holder (a).
The box (a) is provided with projectious (a) which project over the labels in
such box in the manner indicated in Figs. 1 and 2, and thus prevent the labels
from being removed from the box (a) more than one at a time by the label-
carrier (e) which is illustrated in Fig. 3. The box (6) of the holder (b) is at its
top, formed with perforations, (b), and is formed so as to surround and be capable
of being caused to rise and fall upon a block (62) secured upon the bed or
support (d) and a piece of leather (b) is arranged to fit the interior of the box (b)
and rest upon the block (b) so that paste or other adhesive material placed in
such box (6) shall only be able to exude from the perforations (b) as the box (b)
is caused to descend upon the block (9), the block (b) and piece of leather (3)
serving to close the bottom of the box. The label-carrier (e) is formed of a
plate (e) and two elastic pads (3) between which there is a space and with a
handle (e) by means of which the operative using the label-carrier (e) may hold
it. The elastic pads (e) are made of or covered with flannel or other material
which will absorb or hold adhesive material when applied to the paste or other
adhesive material exuding from the holder (b). The space between the pads (e)
is made to correspond with the extent of each label which is intended to be kept
free from paste or other adhesive material. The bed or support (d) is provided
with a hole or socket (e) in which the bottom of each bottle or other package to
which a label is to be applied may be placed while a label is applied thereto, so
that such bottle or package may be more readily held in the required position
by the operative.
A number of labels are placed in the holder (a) so that their faces or surfaces,
which are intended to be exposed when such labels are applied to bottles or
packages, are directed downwards and a supply of paste or other suitablo adhesive
material is placed in the box (b) of the holder () and the box (5) is placed in
the position in which it is indicated in Figs. 1 and 2. Then the operative intending
to apply labels from the holder (a) to a bottle or package places such bottle or
package with its bottom in the hole or socket (c) and holds it with one hand and
then holding the label-carrier (e) in the other hand applies one face of it to the
top of the paste-holder (b) so that one face of each of the pads (e³) shall receivo
paste or adhesive material from the holder (b) and then the operative applies the
label-carrier (e) to the holder (a) so that the adhesive material on the pads (e³)
shall adhere to the uppermost label in the holder (a) so that on the label-carrier (e)

page_text: being lifted, it will lift the said uppermost label. Then the operative turns over
the label-carrier (e), and the label then carried by it and by moving the labol-
carrier (c) in a suitable direction applies the part of the label which, extending
between the pads (e), is free from paste or adhesive material to the stopper or cork
of the said bottle or the top of the said package and then moving the label-
carrier (e) downwards causes the said label to be laid over the stopper or cork
of the bottle or the top of the package and so removed from the label-carrier (e)
and as or after the label-carrier (c) is moved downwards so as to be removed from
the label which was carried thereby presses the label on to the sides of the neck
of the bottle or the sides of the package so that it may adhere thereto in the
manner requisite. The pads (e) may be made to receive paste or other adhesive
material on either face as may be convenient from time to time. The label-
holder (a) and the pads (e) of the label-carrier (e) illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3
are not capable of adjustment but as we have herein before mentioned the lubel-
holders and label-carriers employed according to this part of the said invention
may be made adjustable. The employment of a holder for labels, a holder for
paste or other adhesive material and a label-carrier in accordance with this part
of the said invention enables labels to be very readily applied over stoppers or
corks without being made to soil or adhere to such stoppers or corks and enables
labels to be readily applied over the ends of bottles or packages or other articles.
According to the second part of this invention, we provide a holder for labels
similar to that above described in reference to the first part of this invention, and
mount it in a suitable position in or on a framework or table provided with a
bearing or support or bearings or supports in which is mounted a shaft or axle
capable of being oscillated, upon which is mounted a label-carrier provided with
clastic pads similar to those herein before described in reference to the first part
of this invention which by the oscillation of the said shaft or axle may be moved
to and from the said holder for labels and to and from a position such that a label
carried by such pads will be laid thereby upon the stopper or cork or other desired
part of a bottle or other package or object placed in a socket, holder or guide of
any suitable form arranged or placed in a suitable position in or upon the said
framework or table. The elastic pads of the said label-carrier are made to
receive paste or other suitable adhesive material from a holder for paste or other
suitable adhesive material constructed similarly to that above described in
reference to the first part of this invention and preferably so arranged that paste
or other adhesive material shall only exude from the parts from which the said
elastic pads are supplied with paste or other adhesive material. The said elastic
pads, and holder for labels, and socket, holder or guides for bottles, packages or
other articles to be labelled may be made adjustable in position in order that
bottles, packages or other articles of different kinds and sizes may be labelled
and in order that labels of different sizes and forms may be used at different times
and in order that different labels may be left unpasted to different extents and
in some cases in order that bottles, packages or other articles of different kinds
and sizes may be labelled we arrange that the socket, holder or guide for bottles,
packages or other articles can be removed so that another may be used instead.
The shaft or axle above mentioned may be caused to oscillate by means of a handle
applied to it, or by means of a connecting rod or rack and pinion or other suitable
means receiving motion from a treadle worked by the attendant or may be
arranged to be oscillated by means of a connecting rod or rack and pinion or other
suitable means receiving motion in any suitable manner from any suitable revolving
shaft or other part from which motive power may be obtained. The labels con-
veyed to bottles or packages or other articles by means of a label-carrior arranged
in the manner hereinbefore described in reference to this part of this invention,
may be pressed upon such bottles, packages or other articles by the hands of the
operative using the appliance or machine or we may provide a presser or pressers
receiving motion from the said label-carrier, or the shaft or axle on which it is

page_text: mounted or from any other suitable part of the appliance or machine or moved
by hand or by means of a handle or treadle or other means and arranged to preas
the pasted portions of the labels upon and against the parts of the bottles, packages
or other articles to which they are required to adhere. It is obvious that an
appliance or machino constructed according to this part of this invention may in
order that two or more attendants may work at one appliance or machine be pro-
vided with two or more holders for paste or other suitable adhesive material, two
or more holders for labels, two or more label-carriers, and two or more sockets or
holders or
guides for bottles, packages or other articles to be labelled, and in
cases in which such devices are employed with two or more devices for pressing
lobels upon bottles, packages or other articles.
By way of illustration of this part of the said invention and the manner in which
it may be carried into effect a machine arranged according to this part of this
invention is illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5 of the accompanying drawings, Fig. 4
being a front elevation and Fig. 5 a side elevation partly in transverse section of
such machine, Fig. 6 is side elevation and Fig. 7 a plan of the label-holder
employed in the said machine; Fig. 8 is a front elevation, Fig. 9 is a side elevation
and Fig. 10 is a view of the lower face of the holder for paste or other adhesive
material employed in the said machine; Fig. 11 is a front elevation of a plate or
carrier which is employed to receive adhesive material from the said holder for
paste or other adhesive material and apply adhesive material to the label-carrier
which is employed in the machine; Fig. 12 is a side elevation of the label-
carrier employed in the said machine, and Fig. 13 is a view showing one face
of such label-carrier. The framework of the machine illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5
is formed of standards (f) formed upon a bed-plate (*) and connected together
by means of cross-bars (f³) (f). The holder (a) for labels is provided with
projecting studs (a) which are supported by and capable of being oscillated in
notches formed in arms formed upon the standards (f). The label-carrier (e) is
mounted fast upon a shaft or axle (9) capable of being oscillated in bearings
formed in the standards (f). The shaft or axle (#) is provided with a handle (h)
by means of which it may be oscillated. The holder (b) for adhesive material is
supported by its ends resting in notches or recesses formed in the adjacent sides
of the standards (f), and is capable of being raised and lowered in the said notches
or recesses. The holder (b) for adhesive material is formed with perforations (4)
in its lower face so that adhesive material placed in it may exude therefrom, and
the bottom of such holder (b) is furnished with inclined surfaces (65) to lead the
adhesive material placed in the holder (b) to the perforations (64) in the bottom
thereof. The bottom of the holder (b) is only provided with perforations (64) at
the parts corresponding to the portions of the labels to which adhesive material
is to be carried from such holder (b). The space between the perforated portions
of the bottom of the holder (b) corresponds to the portions of the labels which
are to be kept free from adhesive material and in order to prevent the adhesive
material which exudes from the perforations (64) from being spread over the
unperforated central part of the bottom of such holder (b) projecting ribs (66)
are formed across the lower face of such holder (6). The holder (b) is provided
with a lid (7) capable of being raised and lowered in such holder (6), and formed
of heavy material or otherwise weighted, so that, as will be hereinafter explained,
such lid (b) may serve to press adhesive material out of the holder (b). The
holder for labels is so placed that by the handle (h) being turned in the direction
indicated by the arrow A from the position in which it is indicated in Figs. 4
and 5, the pads (9) of the label-carrier (e) may be made to rest upon the upper-
most label in such holder (a) for labels. From a stud (2) secured in the
standards (f) is suspended a plate (5) which is capable of boing oscillated upon
the said stud (i). The plate () is provided with projecting faces (7) formed of or
covered with leather which are at such a distance apart and made of such size as
to correspond to the perforated parts of the bottom of the holder (b) for adhesive

page_text: material. Except when disturbed by the turning of the label-carrier (e) the
plate () hangs downwards in the path described by the pads (e) of the label-
carrier (e) when such label-carrier (e) is turned backwards and forwards from
the position which it occupies when its pads (e) are in contact with the upper-
most label in the holder (a) to the position in which such label-carrier (e) is
indicated in Figs. 4 and 5. The backward and forward turning of the handle (h)
thus causes the pads (e) of the label-carrier (e) to strike the plate (j) and move
it first in the direction indicated by the arrow B and then in the opposite direction.
The plate (j) and holder (b) for adhesive material are so placed in relation to each
other that when the label-carrier (e) is turned forward that is to say in the
direction opposite to that indicated by the arrow A and turns the plate () in the
direction opposite to that indicated by the arrow B the projecting faces (j') of the
plate () will be applied to the perforated portions of the bottom of the holder (6)
and receive adhesive material therefrom and also slightly raise such holder (b), and
when the label-carrier (e) is moved clear of the plate (1) and the holder (b) is
allowed to fall into its normal position, the lid (7) will tend by reason of its
momentum to move downwards in such holder (b) and press adhesive material
through the holes in the bottom thereof. When the handle (A) is turned in the
direction indicated by the arrow A to move the label-carrier (e) from the position
in which it is indicated in Figs. 4 and 5 to the position in which its pads (e³) are
in contact with the uppermost label in the holder (a), the pads (e) of the label-
carrier (e) will strike against the projecting faces (1) of the plate () which having
received adhesivo material from the holder (b) apply it to the pads (e) of the
label-carrier (e). In the bed (f) of the machine is formed a socket (f) in which
is placed a socket (k) formed with a recess (k) adapted to receive the hottoms of
the bottles or packages to which labels are to be applied by means of the machine.
In the socket (f) is placed a spring (m) which supports the socket (k). The
purpose for which the spring (m) is provided will be hereinafter explained. Above
the socket () is placed a guide or holder (n) which is secured to the cross-bar (fª³)
by means of a bolt (n) and nuts. The bolt (n¹) passes through a slot formed in
rol (o) which can be adjusted in position vertically and be secured in position
by means of the nt screwed upon the bolt (¹). The guide or holder (n) is
provided with strings adapted to clip and hold a bottle or package placed with its
hottem in the recess (¹) and a part of its body in the guide or holder (n). The
rod (o) serves as a means by which the movement of the label-carrier (e) in the
direction opposite to that indicated by the arrow A may be limited as may be
requisite. A rod (p) the lower end of which is formed with a foot of a form
corresponding to the stoppers or corks or upper ends of the bottles or packages
to which labels are to be applied by means of the machine is mounted and capable
of being slidden vertically in a guide formed in the cross-bar (f) so that as will
be hereinafter explained the foot of the rod (p) may descend upon the stopper,
cork or upper end of each bottle or package to which a label is to be applied by
the machine. One end of a bent lever (g) which is capable of being oscillated
upon a stud (9) secured in one of the standards (f) projects through a slot formed
in the upper end of the rod (p) so that such lever (g) may be employed to raise
such rod (p), and the other end of the bent lever (g) is provided with a stud
embraced by the upper end of a rod (r) which at its lower end is capable of being
slidden endwise in a stud (1) capable of being oscillated in the said standard (f).
The lower end of the rod (r) and the hole in the stud (r) through which it passes
are made square so that the rod (r) is prevented from being turned. The rod (r)
is provided with a projecting part (2) with which a hook (s) capable of being
oscillated on a stud secured in the standard (f) carrying the studs (g) (r¹) may
engage at times as will be hereinafter explained. The hook (s) is provided with
an arm (s) against which a spring (s) secured to a stud in the said standard (f)
bears so as to tend to turn the hook (s) in the direction indicated by the arrow C.
Upon each of the standards (f) are secured two guide-bars or slides (t) between

page_text: which one end of each of two plates (1) (v) may be slidden upwards and down-
wards. Each of the plates (u) (v) is provided with a hole through which the
rod (2) is passed. The plates (u) (v) are connected together by studs (w) which
are surrounded by springs (a) bearing against the plates (14) (v) and tending to
force such plates apart. The plate (4) is formed with two ears (u) provided with
holes through which project levers (y) capable of being oscillated upon studs (y)
secured in the standards (f) there being a lever (y) at each side of the machine.
The two levers (y) are connected together by a cross-bar (y) and are provided
with weights (y³) at the end of which the cross-bar (39) is situate so as to tend to
turn in the direction indicated by the arrow D and raise the plate (u) and the
plate (v) connected thereto. The shaft or axle (9) is provided with fingers (z) to
move the levers (y) and cause the plates (u) (v) to descend. The fingers (2) act
upon the levers (y) with which they are respectively employed by means of
fingers (y) which are mounted and capable of being oscillated upon studs
mounted in such levers but normally rest against projections (y³) formed upon
such levers (y) so that when the fingers (2) are moved in the direction indicated
by the arrow A and are so caused to act upon the fingers (y'), the levers (y) will
be moved but when the fingers (2) are moved in the direction opposite to that
indicated by the arrow A and caused to act upon the fingers (y) the levers (y)
will remain unmoved. The fingers (a) and the fingers (y) with which they respec-
tively act are made of such lengths that before the handle (h) has been moved
to the full extent of the motion permitted to it in the direction indicated by the
arrow A the fingers (2) passing clear of the fingers (y) will allow the levers (y)
to raise the plates (u) (v). One of the fingers (2) is provided with a projection (2)
arranged to at times act upon the arm (s) of the hook (s) and disengage such
hook () from the projecting part (rd) of the rod (r) and also with a projection (**)
to at times act upon the projecting part (7) and raise the rod (p). In the plate (v)
are mounted levers (2) which are capable of being oscillated on studs secured
in such plate. Each lever (2) carries at its lower part a roller (3) which is capable
of being revolved and is covered with indiarubber or flannel or other suitable
clastic material and the rollers (3) are curved or cylindrical so as to correspond
with the outer surfaces of the bottles or packages to which labels are to be applied
by means of the machine. Each lever (2) is also provided at its upper end with an
upward prolongation (2) arranged to bear against one of two cams (4) formed
upon the plate (u) to act in conjunction with such levers (2) in such manner that
when the plate (v) is pressed towards the plate (u) the upper ends of the levers (2).
will be pressed towards each other so that the rollers (3) will be moved away from
each other. Springs (2b) are provided to press the rollers (3) towards each other.
The plate () is provided with two catches (5) connected to it by means of pivots
and provided with a spring (6) tending to pull the hooked lower ends of such
catches (5) towards each other so that if the plate (v) be pressed sufficiently.
towards the plate () while such plate () is not in its highest position the
catches (5). engaging with the plate (r) will prevent such plate (v) from being
moved by the springs (r) away from the plate ("). At their upper ends the
catches (5) are provided with prolongations (5") which are arranged to be brought
at times against cam-faces (7) formed upon projections (7") upon the cross-bar (f)
which at each end is secured between two of the guide-bars or slides (t). The
prolongations (5*) of the catches (5) and, the cam-faces (7) are so formed that
when the piate (u) is moved upwards to the end of its upward movement by the
lever (y) the prolongations (5) will be pressed towards each other so that the
catches (5) will be caused to release the plate (v).
When adhesive material has been placed in the holder (b) and labels have been
placed in the holder (a) the handle (h) is moved backwards and forwards in
the direction indicated by the arrow A and in the opposite direction so that the
faces (1) of the plate () becoming charged with adhesive material charge the
elastic pads (e) of the label-carrier (e) with adhesive material and then a bottle

page_text: or package being placed in the guide or holder (n) with its bottom in the
socket () the handle (h) is turned so as to bring the pads (6) of the label-
carrier (e) into contact with the uppermost label in the holder (a) which when
that the
pressed upon by the pads (e³) is capable of oscillating so
pads (e) may bear fully upon the said label. The turning of the handle (h)
in the direction indicated by the arrow A to bring the pads (³) of the label-
carrier (e) into contact with the said uppermost label will have caused the
plates (u) (v) to descend and then allowed them to be raised by the levers (y).
When the pads (e) of the label-carrier (e) have been pressed upon the upper-
most label in the holder (a) the handle (h) is turned in the direction opposite to
that indicated by the arrow (A) so that the said uppermost label being removed
from the holder (a) shall be carried to and laid over the stopper or cork or top
of the bottle or package in the holder or guide (n) and socket (4) and in the
movement of the handle (h) in the direction opposite to that indicated by tho
arrow (A) the arın (s) will move the hook (s) so that the rod (r) being released
the rod (p) is allowed to descend and hold the said label upon the cork or stopper
or top of the said bottle or package. Then the handle () is turned in the direction
indicated by the arrow (a) with the object of applying more adhesive material
to the pads (e) of the label-carrier (e) and removing another label from the
holder (a) and in such movement of the handle (h) the fingers (2) turning the
levers (y) in the direction opposite to that indicated by the arrow (1) cause
the plates (u) (v) and rollers (3) to descend and press. the aforesaid label upon the
sides of the neck of the bottle or the sides of the package and at the end of the
descent of the plates (n) (v) the plate (1) being pressed towards the plate (v) in
consequence of the bottle or package preventing the plate (v) from further
descending the rollers (3) are moved apart and the catches (5) engaging with the
plate (v) hold the rollers (3) apart and then the fingers (2) moving clear of the
ugers () allow the levers (y) to raise the plates (u) (v) and bring the pro-
Jongations (5) of the catches (5) against the cam-faces (7) of the projections (7")
so as to release the plate () so that the rollers (3) may be in readiness to act upon
the label to be applied to the next bottle or package to be labelled by means of
the machine and in the movement of the handle (h) in the direction indicated
by the arrow (A), the finger (2) with the projection (29) acts upon the projecting
part (3) and raises the rod (p) and when the projection (3) ceases to act upon
the projecting part (1) the catch (8) engages with the projecting part (³) and
holds the rod (p) in readiness to again act in the manner herein before described.
Instead of the rollers (3) covered with elastic material brushes capable or
incapable of being revolved may be employed.
and
Figs. 14 and 15 of the accompanying drawings are respectively a front
elevation and a side elevation illustrating another form of appliance which may
be employed instead of the rollers (3) in the machine illustrated by Figs. 4 and 5.
Fig. 16 is a front elevation, and Fig. 17 is a side elevation of one of the levers
employed in the appliance illustrated in Figs. 14 and 15 and an elastic pad
thereon, and Fig. 18 is an end view of one of the elastic pads applied to
the said levers. In the appliance illustrated in Figs. 14
16,
plates (1) (v) connected by studs (10), levers (2) and a spring (2)
analogous to the plates (u) (c), levers (2) and spring (2b) illustrated in Figs. 4
and but arranged so that the spring (2) employed therewith shall tend to
separate the lower parts of such levers (2) and that the pressing of the plate (v)
towards the plate (1) shall cause cam-surfaces (4) upon the plate (u) to separate
the upper ends of the levers (2) and press the lower ends thereof which are
covered with flannel or other elastic material together so that when the descent
of the plate (v) being arrested by a bottle or package to which a label is being
applied, the plate (u) is pressed towards the plate (), the levers (2) covered
with flannel or other elastic material press the ends of the label upon the sides
of the neck of the bottle or the sides of the package to which they are required

page_text: to adhere. The pads (2°) upon the levers (2) of the appliance illustrated in
Figs. 14 and 15 are liable to become coated with paste and adhere to the labels
acted upon by them and therefore as the rollers (3) above described even though
coated with adhesive material do not tend to adhere to the labels upon which they
are caused to act we prefer to employ the rollers (3) rather than the appliance
illustrated in Figs. 14 and 15.
In any case in which a machine arranged in the manner illustrated by Figs. 4
and 5 is employed to apply labels to packages which are not capable of resisting
or not capable of resisting without damage the descent of the plate (u), we may
arrange a stop or prop of any suitable kind to arrest the descent of the plate (1)
at any required point.
The spring (m) enables the socket (k) to yield so that bottles or packages varying
somewhat in height may be operated upon and in any case in which bottles inuch
shorter or longer than the distance between the socket (A) and the position to which
the pads (e) of the label-carrier can be brought by the handle (4) being moved
in the direction indicated by the arrow (A), another socket (k) of greater or less
height may be employed. In some cases we may pass through the socket (k) and
the bed () a bolt provided with a wing-nut or other suitable means by which
the spring (m) may be compressed more or less so as to hold the socket (k) at a
lower or higher level.
Although the appliances or machines provided or constructed according to the.
herein before described parts of this invention are intended chiefly for use in
applying labels over the stoppers or corks of bottles or over the ends of cylindrical
packages, and especially in cases in which it is desired that the labels employed
shall not adhere to the stoppers or corks of the bottles or the ends of the packages
to which they are applied, we would have it understood that such appliances or
machines may be used in the application of labels in other ways or to other parts
of bottles, packages or other articles and in cases in which it may be desirable
to do so, we provide in an appliance or machine constructed according to the
second part of this invention, a socket, holder or guide or sockets, holders or
guides for bottles which is or are adjustable in form or position or can be readily
removed so that another may be used instead as may be desirable from time to
time.
In the use of the machine illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5 in applying labels te
the sides of bottles or packages, the rod (p) would be provided with a flat or other
suitable foot and an appliance analogous to that illustrated by Figs. 14 and 15
but provided with elastic pads upon the ends of the levers (2) and so arranged
that on the descent of the plates (u) and (v) the said elastic pads will be forced
apart by the cams (4) and so stretch the label on which they are caused to act
and cause it to lie smoothly upon the bottle or package to which it is to adhere.
Instead of a holder for paste or other adhesive material arranged in the manner
in which the holder (6) illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5 of the accompanying drawings
which we consider preferable, we may in some cases employ in a machine con-
structed according to this part of the said invention a holder for paste or other
adhesive material mounted so as to be capable of being moved or oscillated by
the label-carrier of the machine and a suitable spring or springs or other suitable
urans in a manner analogous to that in which the plate (j) illustrated in Figs.
and 5 is arranged or to be oscillated or raised and lowered or otherwise moved
by means of a connecting rod or connecting rods receiving motion from the shaft
or axle on which the label-carrier is mounted or any other suitable means so that
such holder for paste or other adhesive material shall move into and out of position
for the pads of the label-carrier to receive paste or adhesive material from it.
Machines arranged according to this part of our invention enable labels to be
readily and quickly applied over stoppers or corks so as to prevent such stoppers
or corks from being removed from the bottles or other cases in which they are
inserted without destroying such labels and yet without being made to adhere

page_text: to or soil such stoppers or corks and enable labels to be very readily and quickly
applied over the ends of the bottles or packages or other articles and as has been
herein before described may also be employed to facilitate the application of labels
to the sides of bottles or packages or other articles.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
1. For use in the application of labels to bottles, packages and other articles
a holder for labels provided with means tending to push out of it labels placed
therein, and with projections projecting over the said labels, a holder for paste
or other adhesive material provided with means by which paste or other adhesive
material may be made to exude therefrom, and a label-carrier provided with two
elastic pads with a space between them and with a handle by which it may be
held by a person using it, all arranged and employed for the purposes and sub-
stantially in the manner hereinbefore described.
2. For use in the application of labels to bottles packages and other articles,
an appliance or machine provided with a holder for labels provided with means
tending to push out of it labels placed therein and projections projecting over
the said labels, a holder for paste or other adhesive material provided with means
by which paste or other adhesive material may be made to exude therefrom, a
label-carrier which is provided with two clastic pads with a space between them
and is mounted upon a shaft provided with means by which such label-carrier
may be turned backwards and forwards and means by which a bottle or package
or other article may be held in position while a label is applied to it, all arranged,
employed and operating for the purposes and substantially in the manner herein-
before described.
3. For use in the application of labels to bottles, packages and other articles,
an appliance or machine provided with a holder for labels provided with means
tending to push out of it labels placed therein and projections projecting over
the said labels, a holder for paste or other adhesive material provided with means
by which paste or other adhesivo material may be made to exude therefrom; a
label-carrier which is provided with two elastic pads with a space between then
and is mounted upon a shaft provided with means by which such label-carrier
may be turned backwards and forwards, means by which a bottle or package or
other article may be held in position while a label is applied to it and with means
to press upon a bottle, package or other article the label applied thereto, all
arranged, employed and operating for the purposes and substantially in the manner
hereinbefore described. .
Dated this Fifth day of March 1898.
HOWARD CHEETHAM,
Manchester, Agent to the Applicants.