Improvements in Apparatus for Affixing Labels or Stamps.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Sept., 1899-Accepted, 4th Nov., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Affixing Labels or Stamps.
I, JULIUS JOHN KARGES, of 1425, Holmes Street, Kansas City, County of
Jackson and State of Missouri, United States of America, Merchant, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
My invention relates to improvements in label or stamp affixing machines in
which the labels or stamps are held in a pile between guides.
The object of my invention is to provide a label affixer in which the guides
are provided with means by which they may be adjusted vertically, radially and
laterally, and thus be adapted to labels of different sizes and shapes. My inven-
tion provides in this connection, a novel form of label guide having attached to
it a new form of releasable device for preventing the extraction of more than
one label at a time from between the guides. My invention provides further a
novel form of magazine which is provided with a lateral opening through which
the labels may be inserted, means being provided by which the opening may be
closed after the insertion of the labels. My invention provides still further other
novel features of construction hereinafter fully described.
In the accompanying drawings, Fig. I represents a front elevation view, the
door being open and portions being shown in section. Fig. II represents a front
elevation view with the door closed. Fig. III represents a bottom view, and
Fig. IV a top view. Fig. V represents a rear view of a guide and retaining
device. Fig. VI a side view of the same, a part of the guide being shown in
section. Fig. VII represents a front view of the retaining spring. Fig. VIII
represents a view of the flat side of one of the filler washers. Fig. IX represents
a similar view of one of the clamping plates. Fig. X represents a cross section
taken on the dotted line of Fig. 1. Fig. XI represents a top view of the
follower. Similar numerals of reference indicate similar parts.
.1 indicates the magazine in the form of a box with one end open and having
hinged to the body a door 2 which is one of the sides of the box and which has a
flange at one edge indicated by 4 which overlaps the side of the magazine and
is provided with a depression on its inner side adapted to receive a projection 3
on the body of the box. The depression in the flange 4 is made by forcing up a
small portion as indicated by 5. The label guides are indicated by 6 and com-
prise a series of flat plates provided at their upper ends each with a longitudinal
slot 7 through which extend two screws; 8 disposed one above the other and
mounted in openings 9 in the walls of the magazine. Some of the openings may
be in the form of transverse or horizontal slots so that the guides may be adjusted
laterally with reference to the pile of labels and accommodating the guides to
various forms of labels. Upon the inner side of each guide is a clamping plate 10
provided with two screw-threaded openings engaging the screws S. Between
each guide and the wall of the magazine is located a filler 11 composed of one
or more washers of brass or other rigid material or of some resilient material such
as rubber.. Adjustment of the guides is obtained vertically by loosening the

page_text: screws 8 and moving the guides up or down as desired. Lateral adjustment is
secured by moving the guides sidewise, and radial adjustment is secured by
removing or inserting washers 11 when the filler is of rigid material, or by
tightening or loosening the screws 8 when of resilient material. The lower ends
of the guides are provided each with an inwardly extending bevelled projection 12
located near the middle of the guide, and having located on each side of it a
spring arm 13 provided each with a bevelled right angled flange 14 co-operating
with the projection 12 to hold the labels between the guides G. The spring
arms 13 are preferably the bifurcated ends of a spring plate 15 secured at its
upper end to the rear side of the guide 6, and the flanges 14 are preferably located
in longitudinal slots 16 provided one on each side of the projection 12 of the
guide 6. By using the rigid projection between two spring Hanges 14 the device
is adapted to curved labels as well as rectangular ones. The location of the
flanges 14 in the slots 16 prevent their lateral displacement due to a blow or side
pressure. Longitudinally movable in the magazine is a follower plate 17 provided
with radial or peripheral recesses 18 in which the guides 6 are vertically, laterally
and radially movable. Projecting upwards from the follower through the top
of the magazine is the follower rod 19 which is provided with a thumb piece 20
at the top on which pressure is applied in feeding the labels. In the rod 19 is
a transverse stop pin 21 which prevents the forcing of the follower below the
ends of the guides. A coil spring 22 encircles the rod 19 and bears at its lower
end on the follower and at its upper end on the washer 23 which in turn bears
upon the lower end of a resilient friction ring 24 which tightly encircles the
follower rod and is held by the spring against the upper side of the top of the
magazine. The friction ring serves as a brake on the follower rod and prevents
accidental displacement of the follower. The coil spring 22 serves the double
function of assisting in feeding the labels and of holding the friction ring in
position. Upon the outside of the magazine are provided two finger strips 25,
the lower ends of which are bent outwardly so as to serve as rests for the thumb
and second finger, the first finger bearing upon the thumb piece 20.
In operating my invention the labels 26 are placed between the guides 6 below
the follower 17 through the door 2, proper vertical, lateral and radial adjustment
having been given the guides in the manner before described. The door is then
closed and held in that position by the locking device described. The labels are
then fed forward by applying pressure upon the thumb piece until the lower label
is forced adjacent to the lower ends of the spring arm flanges 14. If now the
lower label has its gummed side moistened and is then applied with pressure upon
the article to be labelled the adhesive power of the gum will cause the label to
adhere to the article. The magazine is then removed and the label is withdrawn
therefrom, while the flanges 14 and the projections 12 retain the other labels.
The labels may also be withdrawn singly from the magazine by applying a suction
tube 27, as shown in Fig. I to the lower label in which event the gummed sides
of the labels is placed up. To provide a wider space for the insertion of the
labels, I preferably bend the guides inwardly near the place indicated by the
dotted line cd of Fig. I. Many modifications may be made without departing
from the spirit of my invention."
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
Claim 1. A label magazine comprising a tubular body having label guides and
means by which a portion of the magazine and one of the guides may be displaced
for the insertion of labels between the other guides, substantially as described.
2. A label magazine comprising a tubular body having a label exit at one end
and a lateral opening for the insertion of labels, and a door closing the said lateral
opening, substantially as described.
3. In a label affixer, the combination with a support, of guides mounted thereon,

page_text: and means by which one of the guides may be displaced for the insertion of
labels between the other guides, substantially as described.
4. In a label affixer, the combination with a support provided with a hinged
member, of parallel guides mounted on the support, and one on the hinged mem-
ber, and a locking device for holding the hinged member in operative position,
substantially as described.
5. In a label affixer, the combination with a support, of guides between which
the labels are held, and means by which one or more of the guides may be laterally
adjusted, substantially as described.
6. In a label affixer, the combination with a support, of parallel guides between
which the labels are held, and means for adjusting the guides radially laterally,
and vertically upon the support, substantially as decribed.
7. In a label affixer, the combination with a support, of guides carried thereby,
and a filler of adjustable thickness between the guides and the support, substan-
tially as described.
8. In a label affixer, the combination with a tubular frame provided in its
sides with one or more transverse slots, of a series of label guides each provided
with a longitudinal slot, and means co-operating with the slots in the frame wall
and the guide slots whereby the guides may be vertically, laterally and radially
adjustably secured to the frame, substantially as described.
9. In a label affixer, the combination with a tubular frame, of a series of guides
mounted therein, a filler of adjustable thickness between each guide and the frame,
clamping plates for holding the guides, and securing screws engaging the frame
and the clamping plates, substantially as described.
10. In a label affixer, the combination with the magazine, of a follower recipro-
cable therein, and a brake for resisting reciprocation thereof, substantially as
described.
11. In a label affixer, the combination with the label magazine, of a follower
longitudinally movable therein, means for forcing the follower in one direction,
and means for resisting longitudinal movement of the follower, substantially as
described.
12. In a label affixer, the combination with the label magazine, of a follower
longitudinally movable therein, a spring for forcing the follower forward, and a
frictional resistance to the movement of the follower, substantially as described.
13. In a label affixer, the combination with the label magazine, of a follower
longitudinally movable therein, a follower rod movable with the follower, and a
stationary resilient ring tightly embracing the follower rod, substantially as
described.
14. In a label affixer, the combination with the magazine, of a follower longi-
tudinally movable therein and provided with peripheral recesses, and label guides
disposed in the said recesses, substantially as described.
15. In a label affixer, the combination with the label guide provided at one
end with a rigid retaining device, of two releasable retaining devices disposed
one on each side of the rigid device, substantially as described.
16. In a label affixer, the combination with the guide provided with a rigid
label retaining device, of two independently acting spring label retaining arms
located one at each side of the said rigid device, substantially as described."
17. In label affixers, a label retaining device comprising a resilient plate
provided with two arms each of which provided with a bevelled right angled
flange, substantially as described.
Datcu LIIDTH day of oury
JULIUS JOHN KARGES.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.