IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR FOLDING AND EYELETTING LABELS
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edgar Arnold Pallister, of Leeds, in the County of York,
"
for an Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR FOLDING AND
EYELETTING LABELS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edgar Arnold Pallister at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 21st October 1880.
EDGAR ARNOLD PALLISTER, of Leeds, in the County of York.
IN MACHINERY FOR FOLDING AND EYELETTING LABELS."
"IMPROVEMENTS
My Invention relates to improvements in machinery for folding and eyeletting
labels, producing finished labels of various sizes with rapidity and accuracy, the
machinery being worked by manual labour or other suitable motive power.
The labels, previous to being operated upon by my machine, are cut to the
required size by an ordinary guillotine, and then placed by hand onto a he swing
templet, which is so constructed that it may be regulated or adjusted to suit the
size of the label required.
After the label has been placed on the he templet it is caused to close into a she
templet, thereby causing the corners of the first or side folds to rise. The he
templet is caused to move upwards under the she templet the required distance to
sufficiently turn over the side folds, at the same time to carry the label into
position for forming the second or end fold. This is produced by the end of the
label being forced by a pusher into an orifice or opening in a cross bar or plate
fixed partially underneath the nose of the she templet. The label is now carried
forward by the pusher to its position for punching and eyeletting; this being done
the pusher is then withdrawn, and the label held in position by a spring, such
spring being fixed to act through and within a slot formed in the centre of the
pusher whilst it is receding from the label; this operation being complete a gripper
then takes hold of the front of the folded part of the label, which retains it in
position for the punching and eyeletting operation. The punching operation for
the holes is produced by an ordinary punch actuated by suitable mechanism, and
after the punching is completed the supports carrying the punch are opened to

page_text: allow a die carrying the eyelet, and another die which compresses or closes the eyelet,
to meet at the same centre or point at which the hole has been punched. The
eyelets are fed to the machine from a feed box, from which they are passed through
a hopper separately or singly to the desired point. After the eyeletting operation
is completed the gripper, which held the label in position, is caused to move away, 5
carrying the label into a suitable receptacle; the gripper then returns to be ready
for the next label.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of tho Letters Patent filed
by the said Edgar Arnold Pallister in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
21st April 1881.
EDGAR ARNOLD PALLISTER, of Leeds, in the County of York.
IN MACHINERY FOR FOLDING AND EYELETTING LABELS."
"IMPROVEMENTS
My Invention relates to improvements in machinery for folding and eycletting
labels, producing finished labels of various sizes with rapidity and accuracy, the
whole being worked by manual labour or other suitable inotive power.
"
The labels previous to being operated upon by my machine are cut to the
required size by an ordinary guillotine, and then placed by hand onto a "he
swing templet, which is so constructed that it may be regulated or adjusted to suit
the size of label required.
After the label has been placed on the "he" templet it is caused to close into a
"slie" templet, thereby causing the corners of the first or side folds to risc. The
"he" templet is caused to move upwards under the "she" templet the required
distance to sufficiently turn over the side folds, at the same time to carry the label
into position for forming the second or end fold. This is produced by the end of
the label being forced by a pusher into an orifice or opening in a cross bar or plate
fixed partially underneath the nose of the "she" templet. The label is now carried
forward by the pusher to its position for punching and eyeletting; this being done
the pusher is then withdrawn, and the label held in position by a spring, such
spring being fixed to act through and within a slot formed in the centre of the
pusher whilst it is receding from the label; this operation being complete a gripper
then takes bold of the front of the folded part of the label, which retains it in
position for the punching and eyeletting operation.
The punching operation for the holes is produced by an ordinary punch actuated
by suitable mechanism, and after the punching is completed the supports carrying
the punch are opened to allow a die carrying the eyelet, and another die which
compresses or closes the eyelet, to meet at the same centre or point at which the
hole has been punched. The eyelets are fed to the machine from a feed box, from
which they are passed through a hopper separately or singly to the desired point.
After the cycletting operation is completed the gripper which held the label in

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is a front elevation, Fig. 2 a back elevation, Fig. 3 a side elevation,
Fig. 4 a longitudinal section of upper portion of machine; Fig. 5, a plan, looking
at the top; Figs. 6 and 7 represent labels at different stages of manufacture.
"
The framework is shewn at a, and in bearings I mount an arm c, within the
upper portion of which is fitted a sliding piece d. To this is attached the " he
templet e. A radial movement is produced in the manner hereafter described, by
which at suitable times the "he" templet is caused to close into and pass through
A "she" templet f fixed on the framework a. On the "he" templet e is provided
an adjustable carrier h for supporting the label thereon. After the "he" templet e
has passed through the "she" templet fan upward movement is given to it, this
movement been adjustable and varying in accordance with the size of label to
be operated upon. The radial movement is imparted to the arm c, carrying the
"he" templet e from a cam i or its equivalent. The vertical movement is imparted
to the templet through the sliding piece d, connecting rod k, lever 1, stud m, tappet
lever n, and cam or catch pin o, motion being transmitted thereto through gearing ?
from driving shaft q. The label being placed on the "he" templet e, and passed
therewith through the "she" templet, the first or side folds r (shown at Fig. 6)
are formed. The label is then carried upwards on the templet e by the vertical
movement of the sliding pioco j The "he"templet e suddenly drops away,
leaving the label in position ready for the formation of the end fold 8, shewn at
Fig. 7. This end folds is produced by the end of the label being forced through
an orifice or opening u in a cross bar or plate v fixed at a suitable distance below
the nose or point of the "she" templet f. The label is now carried forward by
the pusher t to its position for punching and eyeletting. The pusher t is carried
on the arms or levers w mounted on the shaft x, and the radial required movement
is transmitted thereto from a cam y or its equivalent through bar and lever 1.
The required rotary motion is imparted to the cams i and y from driving shaft q
through gearing p.
After the pusher t has brought the label into position for punching and eye-
letting it is withdrawn therefrom by the herein before mentioned cam movement,
and the label is held in position by the spring 3. The operation of punching is
effected by a "he" punch 4 mounted in the sliding piece 5, and the hollow or
"she "punch 6 which is carried on a swing frame 7. The required movement is
given to the "he" punch from a cam 8 or its equivalent through connecting rod 9
and lever 10. After the punching operation, and as soon as the "he "punch is
withdrawn, the swing frame 7 carrying the "she" punch 6 is moved out of the
way for the eyeletting operation, and for this purpose I employ the cam 11 or its
equivalent on the shaft 12, motion being transmitted through lever 13. For the
eyeletting operation I provide the vertical spindle 14, into the top of which is fitted
a pin 15, which projects therefrom (and is retained in the projecting position by
means of a spiral spring in the end of the spindle 14) to receive the eyelet from the
spout or conductor 16 of the feeding box 17. Having received the cyelet, and the
hole in the label having been punched, and the female punch 6 having been moved
away, a vertical movement is imparted to the spindle 14, which forces the eyelet
through the hole in the label, the punch 4 is brought down again and passes
within the eyelet, causing the pin 15 to retire into the end of the spindle 14. The
enlarged part of the punch 4 and end of the spindle 14 are brought together,
thereby clenching the eyelet in the label; this being done, the punch and the
spindle 14 retire clear of the eyelet. After this operation the levers or arms w

page_text: carrying the pusher t moves back in the direction shewn by arrow sufficiently
far as to enable the loose hanging pieces 18 to be brought to the other end of the
label, when a forward movement is given thereto, and in such movement the
hanging pieces 18 push the cycletted labels forward clear of the punch, from
whence they may be allowed to drop into a convenient receptacle. The feed box 17
and spout or conductor 16 are carried forward by means of the levers 19 to supply
the eyelets, such eyelets being received onto the pin 15 from the end of the spout or
conductor 16. This movement may be imparted from the same source as that
employed to give the oscillating movement of the swing frame 7.
When the machine is required to be worked by manual labour motion is imparted
from the treadle 20 to the crank 21 through connecting rod 22, but when it is
driven by motive power motion is transmitted to the driving shaft q from fast
pulley 23.
Although I have shewn the pusher t moving in a curvilinear direction, and also
the parts in connection therewith on the curve, I would have it understood that
when preferred a direct movement may be imparted thereto, and the parts in
immediate connection therewith formed to suit that movement; neither do I
confine myself as to the arrangement of the various parts I have shewn for
imparting the required motions, as these also may be varied; but what I do
claim is,
The arrangement and combination of the means or apparatus employed for
folding, punching, and eyeletting labels, substantially as herein set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edgar Arnold Pallister, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and eighty one.
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