A NEW OR IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR GUMMING LABELS, AND FOR OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Robert William Brumby and Simpson Clarke, both of
Kingston-upon-Hull, for the Invention of "A NEW OR IMPROVED APPARATUS
FOR GUMMING LABELS, AND FOR OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Robert William Brumby and
Simpson Clarke at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 8th
August 1879.
ROBERT WILLIAM BRUMBY and SIMPSON CLARKE, both of Kingston-upon-Hull.
"A NEW OR IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR GUMMING LABELS, AND FOR OTHER SIMILAR
PURPOSES."
This Invention relates to a new or improved apparatus, chiefly applicable for
gumming or pasting labels.
The apparatus used for gumming labels is of the following general description,
that is to say, it consists of a hollow frame or box in which the mucilaginous or
viscous fluid or semi-fluid will be placed. At or about one end of the top of the box
or hollow frame is an orifice through which the pad or other appliance for gumming
will operate, and at the opposite end of the top of the said box is a longitudinal slot
or groove, the sides of which project upwards and contain or form bearings or fulcra
for an upper and lower lever. The upper lever works above the top of the box or
hollow frame, and the under lever works inside the box or frame, the under lever
being so formed and fitted as to represent a lever of the first order, and the upper
lever being so formed and fitted as to represent a lever of the second order. The
fulcrum of the upper lever is beyond that of the under lever, and the levers are so
formed and fitted as that when the upper one is depressed it forces down the back
end of the lower lever, thereby raising the front end thereof, by which action the
front ends of the upper and lower levers can be brought into contact.
The front ends of the levers can be of any desired form, so as to gum labels of
any required shape, and so as to apply the gum or other fluid or semi-fluid on any
desired part or parts thereof.
In using the apparatus the box or frame will be charged with gum or other fluid
or semi-fluid, into which the front end of the under lever will dip when the said

page_text: lever is in its normal position. The label to be gummed will be placed over the
aperture in the top of the frame or box as aforesaid, and between the ends of the
upper and lower levers, or over an aperture in the upper lever; and on the upper
lever being depressed, and the under lever thereby raised, gum can be deposited on
the under side of the label, and on the upper lever being released it will ascend to
its normal position, either by the pressure on it of the under lever or by the pressure
of a spring placed between it and the top frame, or by a suitably arranged spring or
springs acting simultaneously upon the upper and under levers to cause them to
return to their normal positions; or instead of a spring or springs a balance weight
can be formed on or attached to one or both of the levers aforesaid, to cause them to
return to their normal positions after the operation of gumming or pasting the labels
has been completed.
As a modification of the above apparatus a simple apparatus can be constructed
with a bottom lever only, as above described, the back end of the lever being
extended and being actuated by the hand of the operator; and as a substitute
for the upper lever curved or projecting arms, formed with or fitted to the
top or side of the box or frame, will retain the label in position whilst being gummed.
As a further modification, the front end of the under lever (the lever working in the
box) can be fitted with or carry a roller or rollers, and the label to be gummed may
be passed between the upper and under levers, or between the under lever and the
curved or projecting arms, so that the roller carried by the under lever will deposit
the gum on the label as the said roller is rotated by the pressure on it of the label
as the said label is passed over the roller and under the top lever, or the projecting
or curved arms aforesaid.
The apparatus can be fitted with a guard (of wire or otherwise) to prevent the
label passing down underneath the roller and into the box or frame.
The apparatus can be constructed so as to be actuated either by hand or by the
foot, or by other power.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Robert William Brumby and Simpson Clarke in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 3rd February 1880.
ROBERT WILLIAM BRUMBY and SIMPSON CLARKE, both of Kingston-upon-Hull.
"A NEW OR IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR GUMMING LABELS, AND FOR OTHER SIMILAR
PURPOSES."
This Invention relates to a new or improved apparatus, chiefly applicable for
gumming or pasting labels.
The apparatus used for gumming labels is of the following general description,
that is to say, it consists of a hollow frame or box in which the mucilaginous or
viscous fluid or semi-fluid is placed. At or about one end of the top of the box or
hollow frame is an orifice through which the pad or other appliance for gumming
operates, and at the opposite end of the top of the said box is a longitudinal slot or
groove, the sides of which project upwards (or as equivalent thereto downwards),
and contain or form bearings or fulcra for an upper and lower lever, or a lower lever
only. When an upper and lower lever are employed the upper lever works above
the top of the box or hollow frame, and the under lever works inside the box or
frame, the under lever being so formed and fitted as to represent a lever of the first
order, and the upper lever being so formed and fitted as to represent a lever of the
second order. The fulcrum of the upper lever is beyond that of the under lever;
and the levers are so formed and fitted as that when the upper one is depressed it
forces down the back end of the lower lever, thereby raising the front end thereof,
by which action the front ends of the upper and lower levers can be brought into
contact.
The front ends of the levers can be of any desired form, so as to gum labels of
any required shape, and so as to apply the gum or other fluid or semi-fluid on any
desired part or parts thereof.
In using this apparatus the box or frame will be charged with gum or other fluid
or semi-fluid, into which the front end of the under lever will dip when the said
lever is in its normal position. The label to be gummed will be placed over the
aperture in the top of the frame or box as aforesaid, and between the ends of the
upper and lower levers, or over an aperture in the upper lever; and on the upper
lever being depressed, and the under lever thereby raised, gum can be deposited on
the under side of the label, and on the upper lever being released it will ascend to
its normal position, either by the pressure on it of the under lever or by the pressure
of a spring placed between it and the top frame, or by a suitably arranged spring
or springs acting simultaneously upon the upper and lower levers to cause them to
return to their normal positions, or instead of a spring or springs a balance weight
can be formed on or attached to one or both of the levers aforesaid, to cause them
to return to their normal positions after the operation of gumming or pasting the
label has been completed.
As a modification of the above apparatus a simple apparatus can be constructed
with a bottom lever only, as above described, the back end of the lever being
extended, and being actuated by the hand of the operator; and as a substitute for
the upper lever curved or projecting arms, formed with or fitted to the top or side.
of the box or frame, will retain the label in position whilst being gummed.
As a further modification, the front end of the under lever (the levers working in
the box) can be fitted with or carry a roller or rollers, and the label to be gummed
may be passed between the upper and under levers, or between the under lever and
the curved or projecting arms, so that the roller carried by the under lever will
deposit the gum on the label as the said roller is rotated by the pressure on it of the

page_text: label as the said label is passed over the roller and under the top lever or the
projecting or curved arms aforesaid.
The apparatus can be fitted with a guard (of wire or otherwise), to prevent the
label passing down underneath the roller into the box or frame.
The apparatus can be constructed so as to be actuated by hand or by the foot, or
by other power.
In the accompanying two Sheets of Drawings Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 illustrate
our improved apparatus in which an upper and under lever is employed, Figures 1,
2, 3 showing the levers in their normal positions, and Figures 4, 5, 6 showing the
said levers in their working positions; Figures 1 and 4 are side views in sectional
elevation; Figures 2 and 5 are front end views, but with the front of the box
removed; Figure 3 is a plan of the top of the box; Figure 6 is a plan with the top
of the box removed.
A is the box which contains the gum or paste; B is the upper lever; C is the
under lever; D is a trough at the end of the under lever C; E is the roller carried
by and free to rotate in the trough D; F, F, are small standards on which the upper
lever rests; G, G, are projections on the upper lever B which enter (slightly) into
recesses H, H, in the roller E; J is a projection on the box carrying pivots or axes
for the levers B and C to turn on; K is the table on which the label is placed. In
using this apparatus the box A is charged with gum or paste, the label is placed on
the table K with its front end at or about the point where the upper and under
lever meet; the levers are then brought together (as seen in Figure 4), the trough
D on the under lever C bringing up a supply of gum to feed the roller E. The label
is then drawn forward by which the roller E is rotated, and the gum from the trough
D deposited evenly on the under side of the label.
Figures 7 to 12 illustrate our improved apparatus, in which only one lever is
employed. Figures 7, 8, and 9 show the lever in its normal position. Figure 7 is
a side view in sectional elevation; Figure 8 is a front end view, but with the front
end of the box removed; Figure 9 is a plan; Figures 10, 11, and 12 show the lever
when in position for use.
The same letters of reference are used for the parts corresponding to those in
Figures 1 to 6. The upper lever B (Figures 1 to 6) being dispensed with, projecting
arms L, L, fixed to the standards F, F, by the screws M, M, are employed to press
the label on to the roller E, the said guards entering (slightly) into the recesses H, H,
or being level with the roller.
In using this apparatus the label is placed on the table K, and the lever C being
brought to its working position (as shown in Figure 10), the label is drawn between
the guards L, L, and the roller E, and gum is deposited evenly on the under side
thereof.
To prevent the label passing down into the box between the roller and the end of
the box a guard N, as shown in Figure 7, can be employed, the said guard also
acting as a scraper to reduce the quantity of gum deposited on the label. The guard
N can be of wire, and have two projections which will enter the recesses in the
roller, or enter into recesses in the trough, or enter into recesses in the trough and
roller, or be otherwise so arranged as to guide the label clear of and away from the
box. As a modificatton of the projecting arms L, L, (Figures 8 and 9), a rod could
be employed which would be pressed on to the label on the table K by a projecting
arm (or projecting arms) formed as a bell crank lever (or levers), the said lever (or
levers) being pivoted on to the standards F, F, so that when the trough D and
roller E ascend to their working positions the said rod would be turned on to the
label and table K, and when the roller E returned to its normal position the said
rod would be turned off the label and table K by a balance weight fixed to the bell
crank lever, or by a spring fitted to it or acting thereon.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of our said Inven-
tion, and the manner in which the same is or may be carried into effect, we would
observe in conclusion that what we consider to be novel and original, and therefore

page_text: claim as the Invention secured to us by the herein-before in part recited Letters
Patent, is,
An apparatus for gumming labels and for other similar purposes, wherein an under
lever is employed, working in and through a suitable aperture in a box containing
gum or paste, in combination with a roller trough and roller (or rollers), and further,
in combination with suitable guards or guides acting above an aperture in the box
for controlling the position and passage of the label, or in combination with an upper
lever with projections acting above an aperture in the box for controlling the
position and passage of the label, substantially as herein-before specified and
described in reference to Figures 1 to 12 of the accompanying two Sheets of
Drawings.
In witness whereof, we, the said Robert William Brumby aud Simpson Clarke,
have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Twenty second day of December,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine.