Apparatus for Branding by Heat the Boards, Planks, Strips, or Heads Forming the Sides, Ends, Lids, or Heads of Packing Cases, し .I Casks, or Barrels, or for Branding the Finished Boxes, Cases, or Barrels, or any Article Requiring to be Branded.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Dec., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 27th Sept., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 2nd Nov., 1888
Apparatus for Branding by Heat the Boards, Planks, Strips, or
Heads Forming the Sides, Ends, Lids, or Heads of Packing Cases,
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Casks, or Barrels, or for Branding the Finished Boxes, Cases, or
Barrels, or any Article Requiring to be Branded.
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WC, 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 to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to construct or arrange heat branding apparatus to
be operated by treadle or shaft from belt.
For this purpose we mount upon suitable standards or uprights, a hollow box,
within which we arrange a series of Bunsen or other burners supplied with gas from
an exterior pipe or pipes, to which burners a blast of air or vapour may be given to
increase the intensity of the heat upon the branding plate. The top of the hollow
box has a square opening, in which we place the branding plate containing the letters
or design to be branded. Beneath the box and working in bearings is a shaft with
cranks, eccentrics, or cams, which shaft is rocked or revolved by gearing and driving
pulleys or other suitable means.
These cranks, eccentrics, or cains operate a pair of side rods working in suitable
bosses to the top of which side rods is attached a platen with suitablo vertical
adjustment which rises and falls vertically by the motion of the cranks, eccentrics, or
cams directly over the branding plate, thus exerting pressure upon the article to be
branded when placed upon the branding plate. The said side rods are provided with
springs which return or remove the platen or press head from contact with the articlo
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

page_text: 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. If the plates are rectangular
we use filling plates to fill up the space in the opening of the box at the sides of the
branding plate.
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 heat branding apparatus to be
operated by treadle or shaft as exemplified by the annexed drawings, Figures 1 and 2,
front and end views 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, (occentrics
or cams), which shaft is rocked by a treadle H, or revolved by gearing and driving
pullies 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, eccentrics or cams, directly over the
branding plate D, thus exerting pressure upon the article to be branded when placed

page_text: 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.
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 mado
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.
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 wo
claim is :-
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1. An apparatus constructed or arranged as shown on the annexed drawings, in
which apparatus is a removeable 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.
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H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Thomas Cole and William Lawes Cole.