Improvements in Apparatus for Folding and Punching or Eyeleting Direction Labels, Tags, and the like.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Aug., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Feb., 1894-Accepted, 14th Apr., 1894
PROVISIONAL STEIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Folding and Punching or Eyeleting
Direction Labels, Tags, and the like.
I, WILLIAM ALDRIDGE GUEST of Moorgate, Ormskirk in the County of
Lancaster, Printer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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This invention has for its object an improved apparatus for folding and eyeletting
cloth, Manilla or paper labels tags and the like which shall be much simpler and
cheaper than those at present in use.
In carrying out my invention I provide a suitable bed plate which can be clamped,
screwed or otherwise fixed to a table, desk or the like. On the top of this bed
plate is a hinged plate or carrier pivoted at one end to the bed plate so as to be
swung round, its travel being limited and regulated by suitable stops. A strip of
metal (preferably steel) is fixed on this hinged plate or carrier, having cut in it on
one side a die or female templet formed at suitable angles for the first or diagonal
folds of the label, and on the opposite side (or that furthest from the operator) a
bevelled edge. Directly over the triangular opening forming the female templet
aforesaid is a fixed plate or male templet cut at angles corresponding to the opening,
sufficient space being left between them to admit the label. On raising the hinged
plate or carrier aforementioned on its hinges by means of a handle at its end, two
corners of the label are caused to rise, which is the first operation. The hinged
plate is then swung round towards the operator, assisted by a spring, until it engages
a stop, the female templet beforementioned sliding over the male templet and
carrying the two corners aforesaid with it. It (the hinged plate) is then swung in
the opposite direction, taking with it the label, any tendency on the part of the label
to resist being provided against by fine teeth on the under surface of the steel plate
engaging the folded edges of the label. The label now passes over a fixed pro-
jection a distance sufficient to form the second fold, a stop and guide being provided.
for the purpose.
The hinged plate is then lowered, which bends the end of the
label back over the bevelled edge of the steel plate aforesaid at a right angle to its
(the label's) length, and both are then passed underneath the fixed projection which
presses the end of the label flat down ready to be punched. A punch and die may
be arranged in close proximity, which, after the last operation, punches or eyelets
the label by means of a treadle in the usual manner, a slot being provided in the
bevelled plate for the passage of the punch. The operator's hand being now released
from the handle, the carrier is caused by springs to return to a suitable position for
the next label.
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Most of the parts in this improved machine are made adjustable so as to allow for
various sized labels being folded and punched. By an alteration in the form of the
templets or folding devices, a label with a single fold can be formed, in which case
the male templet aforesaid is dispensed with.
Dated this 24th day of August 1893.
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WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Figure 7, plan of ordinary shaped folded tag partially made in this machine with
template;
Figure 8, plan of tag folded and showing position of punch hole and folds;
Figure 9, similar view of another variety of tag fold.
In these,
A is a bed plate fixed in any convenient manner to a bench or other support B.
C is a plate or carrier hinged at C to the annular loose collar D on pivot D'; it is
thus capable of swinging round on the pivot D¹ and also of having a vertical motion
on its hinges C. It is supported at its other end on a bracket E and roller E¹.
This roller travels in a groove shown in dotted lines in cam F, Figures 1 and 6.
This roller when lifted up can run along the edge or surface F¹. The travel of
this carrier is limited by the stop G regulating the depth of the rectangular fold
and G regulating the distance of the eyelet hole from the end of the label.
H and H' are two plates fixed on this hinged carrier C. These two form a template
or die at their edges h, into which fits, with sufficient play to allow of the thickness
of the material used, a second template plate. This template I is rigidly supported
on the bar I fitted into the socket J and held in place by pin J. If, however,
this pin be removed, the plate I and bar l' can both be removed. Similarly the
plate H can be removed by removing the screw . K and L are two stops acting
as guides for the tag which is shown in dotted lines, Figure 3, at M. O is a pin on
plate H also acting as a guide. P is a fixed plate having a slot therein p so as to
allow of the movement of pin O. Q is another hollow in the plate for the eyelet
punching-hole apparatus of ordinary type shown in dotted lines at R in Figure 3
and in full at R in Figure 1, to punch the tag when it comes under said opening.
N is a spring for returning the carrier C; S a die for the eyelet punch;
U, Figures 2 and 3, a spring used for holding up the carrier C when making flat
ended tags such as set forth in Figure 9.
The mode of action is as follows-
Describing the machine as used for folding in the ordinary manner set forth in
Figure 8;
The machine being in the position as set forth in Figures 1, 2 and 3 and spring U
being unhooked from its catch V of Figure 3, the end of the tag is pushed under
the plate I, the carrier C being in the position set forth in Figure 1 and the tag
being guided by the side of the guard K, the point of the guard L and the pin 0.
The handle of the carrier C is now raised, causing the two corners of the tag to
rise up between the edge h of the plate I in the manner set forth in Figure 4.
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page_text: The handle is now allowed to go backwards aided by the force of the spring N
until these corners are bent over as set forth in Figures 5 and 7. The handle is
now again brought forward until the projecting end of the label stands over
plate P and the roller E' comes above the slot w, Figures 1 and 6. The roller
now falls to the bottom of the slot and continues its travel along the curved dotted
groove in cam F.
By this means, the double corner of the tag is bent backwards
over the edges X X and under the edge of the plate P and is brought on until
the tag, now in the shape set forth in Figure 8, comes with the part marked in a
dotted circle of Figure 8 under the hiatus Q, at this point a treadle, not shown in
the drawings, is depressed and the tag punched, the handle C is now drawn back to
the position set forth in Figures 1, 2 and 8 and the tag taken off. When the tag
is required to be of the shape set forth in Figure 9, screw ¹ and plate H' are
removed, also plate I and bar 1' are removed and spring U is hooked on to the
pin V. Further, the carrier C is placed in the position set forth in Figure 6, and
the hook Y, Figures 1 and 6, is placed in the position set forth in dotted lines in
Figure 1; two pins are placed in the required holes marked 2 and 2' in Figure 3,
which act in conjunction with the guide K as guides. A label is now pushed
under the parts X X of plate H until it abuts against the two pins and the guide K
which is suitably placed for the purpose considerably forward of its position shown
in Figure 3. The handle C is now depressed and pushed forward until the stop G
comes against the carrier C. At the point the part marked with a dotted circle
in Figure 9 is caught in the hiatus Q, it is now punched and the handle is brought
back; the label is now withdrawn and is found to be of the, shape set forth in
Figure 9. The exact travel of the machine is regulated by the stop G which
can be screwed in or out as desired. Plate H has a roughened surface or fine
filed teeth on its inside in order to enable it to carry the labels forward, and these
teeth or serrations being all pointed forwards, they have not an inclination to
withdraw them backwards again.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The carrier C carrying two folding edges or sets of folding edges at some
distance from each other in combination with two stationary folding edges or sets
of folding edges, so distanced horizontally from the folding edges on the carrier
as to allow for the thickness of the label to pass between and guiding devices for
the said carrier and stops on the said carrier, whereby, when a label is placed in
position against the stops by raising and lowering the carrier C and bringing it
backwards and forwards over and under the stops, two sets of folds can be made.
2. In combination with such a machine as that described in Claim 1, an eyelet-
hole-punching device arranged substantially as described.
3. The combination, with the carrier C, of hinges C₁ and pivot D' with rotatable
collar D substantially as and for the purposes described.
4. The general arrangement and construction of machinery for folding tags or
labels substantially as herein described, and also the general design of each of the
various parts, carrier C, plates H and H', template I, plate P and the hand
guiding device F¹, W, F, each substantially as described.
Dated this 22nd day of February 1894.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Nottingham, and London,
Patent Agents.