New or Improved Apparatus for Printing Names and other Devices upon the Outer Peripheries of India-rubber Rings used for Hermetically Sealing Globe Stoppered Bottles.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Mar., 1891
Complete Specific tion Left, 4th Dec., 1891-Accepted, 9th Jan., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Apparatus for Printing Names and other Devices
upon the Outer Peripheries of India-rubber Rings used for
Hermetically Sealing Globe Stoppered Bottles.
I, WILTON BROOKE of Stairfoot near Barnsley in the County of York
Soluble Essence Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:
My present invention relates to a new or improved apparatus employed for
printing upon the outside peripheries of india-rubber rings used for hermetically
scaling globe stoppered bottles. Hitherto this printing or marking has been
accomplished by means of stamps which have been pressed upon the india rubber
piping before the rings are cut the consequence being the names or marks
frequently appear irregular the object of my invention is therefore to obviate this
and to arrange a cheap form of apparatus so that each mineral water manufacturer
may be able to mark or print his own rings for this purpose my new or improved
apparatus consists of a type wheel carried upon a spindle which is supported in a
light frame or stand..
The said spindle may have a cranked handle or hand wheel fixed to or made with
it in order that it may be easily and conveniently turned or evolved by the
operator or it may receive a grooved or other pulley and be driven by means of
a belt from a treadle shaft or the necessary power may be transmitted thereto
by means of cog or friction wheels.
The said type wheel is arranged with a pocket or pockets for the reception
of the type which are placed and firmly secured therein by means of a cover,
plate or plates being secured in position by means of screws I employ a single
flanged reel which is supported upon a spindle or pin fixed to the light frame or
stand aforesaid and the said single danged reel is so arranged that when an india
rubber ring is placed upon or around the same the outer periphery of said india
rubber ring will as the type wheel is revolved come in contact with said type and
be simultaneously revolved thereby and have the name or device formed by said
type printed on said periphery.
In order to ink the type I arrange a circular inking pad or roller which is free
to revolve upon a pin or axle or on pivots and in order that the same part of the
face of said pad or roller is not pressed against the type at each revolution I
impart to said pad both a revolving and reciprocating travelling motion which may
be secured by means of arranging the pad or roller with a grooved cam driven by
a cam formed projecting flange arranged on the type wheel or the said type
wheel may have a grooved cam and the projection may be on the ink pad or
roller aforesaid.
Dated this 4th day of March 1891.
H. F. BOUGHTON, M.I. Mech. E.,
London, Sheffield, and Barnsley, Agent.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Apparatus for Printing Names and other Devices
upon the Outer Peripheries of India-rubber Rings used for
Hermetically Sealing Globe Stoppered Bottles.
1, WILTON BROOKE of Stairfoot near Barnsley in the County of York,
Soluble Essence Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:—
My present invention relates to a new or improved apparatus employed for
printing upon the outside peripheries of india-rubber rings used for hermetically
sealing globe stoppered bottles. Hitherto this printing or marking has been
accomplished by means of stamps which have been pressed upon the india-rubber
piping before the rings are cut, the consequence being the names or marks
frequently appear irregular. The object of my invention is therefore to obviate
this and to arrange a cheap form of apparatus so that each mineral water manu-
facturer may be able to mark or print his own rings. For this purpose my new or
improved apparatus consists of a type wheel carried upon a spindle which is
supported in a light frame or stand. The said spindle may have a cranked handle
or hand-wheel fixed to, or made with it in order that it may be easily and con-
veniently turned or revolved by the operator or it may receive a grooved or other
pulley and be driven by means of a belt from a treadle shaft or the necessary
power may be transmitted thereto by means of cog or friction wheels. The said
type wheel is arranged with a pocket or pockets for the reception of the type
which are placed and firmly secured by means of a cover plate or plates being
secured in position by means of screws. I employ a single. flanged reel which is
supported upon a spindle or pin fixed to the light frame or stand aforesaid, and
the said single flanged reel is so arranged that when an india-rubber ring is placed
upon or around the same the outer periphery of said india-rubber ring will as the
type wheel is revolved come in contact with said type and be simultaneously
revolved thereby and have the name or device formed by the said type printed on
said periphery. In order to ink the type I arrange a circular inking pad or roller
which is free to revolve upon a pin or axle or on pivots, and in order that the same
part of the face of said pad or roller is not pressed against the type at each revolu-
tion I impart to said pad both a revolving and reciprocating travelling motion
which may be secured by means of arranging the pad or roller with a grooved cam
driven by a cam formed on projecting flange arranged on the type wheel, or the
said type wheel may have a grooved cam and the projection may be on the ink pad
or roller aforesaid.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of one modification of my new or
improved apparatus for printing names and other devices upon the peripheries of
india-rubber rings used for hermetically sealing globe stoppered bottles.
Fig. 2 is a transverse section through line AB in Fig. 1 showing type wheel in
operation on an india-rubber ring.
Fig. 3 is an outside elevation of driving end of machine.
Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of another modification of my
invention.
Fig. 5 is a transverse section through line C' D' in Fig. 4 showing type wheel
in operation on an india-rubber ring for a globe stoppered bottle.
Fig. 6 is a transverse section of Fig. 4 showing type wheel clear of india-rubber
ring to allow of the latter being removed after printing has been performed, and
Fig. 7 is an outside elevation of driving end of machine.
In all the figures the same letters are employed to indicate corresponding parts.

page_text: A is the type wheel; B type wheel shaft or spindle; C frame or stand;
D crank driving handle; E flanged reel; G inking pad or roller; H axle for
inking pad or roller, and I is an inking pad with both a revolving and reciprocating
travelling motion.
The frame or stand C is provided with the bearings J in which is mounted the
driving shaft or spindle B. On the shaft or spindle B is mounted the type
wheel A provided with the pocket or pockets K to receive the type L; the latter
being held in position by the plate M secured by the screws N.
To the frame or stand C. is attached the centre by the nut P. To the
centre O is secured the arm Q carrying the centre R on which is mounted the
flanged reel E to receive the india-rubber rings S to be printed upon one at a time.
The flanged reel E is held in position on its centre R by the nut T. The inking
pad or roller G is mounted loosely on the axle H, being held in position by the
washers U. The inking pad or roller G is composed of the usual substances or
compositions employed in inking rollers for printing machines, and can be charged
with ink as desired.
The axle H is fixed in the frame or stand C by the nuts V. When an india-
rubber ring S is placed on the flanged reel E the outer periphery of said india-
rubber ring S will, as the type wheel A revolves, come in contact with the type L
and be simultaneously revolved or rotated, by which the name or device formed by
the said type will be printed on the outer periphery of such india-rubber ring.
In order to facilitate the removal of and the placing of india-rubber rings S on
the flanged reel E the type wheel A is formed as shown. As the type wheel A
revolves it operates with the inking pad or roller G to receive a fresh charge of ink
for printing the next india-rubber ring placed on the reel E. If desired I can
employ an oblong inking pad with either a flat or a concaved surface to the circle
described by the type when rotated by the wheel A. In this arrangement the
inking pad I is located in the box or frame a attached to the centre b which extends
into the guiding slots c in the frame or stand C. The centre is connected to the
driving shaft or spindle B by the eccentrics d and rods f, by which the inking
pad I is alternately placed to operate or ink the type L, as the wheel A revolves,
and in contact with the charging pad W located in the base of the stand or
frame C.
The eccentrics are set so that the inking pad I will be lifted sufficiently high
to allow of the same being rotated or turned over by the pins g on the disc
operating on the arms & fixed on the end of the centre b. Immediately the inking
pad I is raised sufficiently high to clear the charging pad W one of the pins g operates
on one of the arms k and rotates the said pad one-fourth of a revolution as shown in
Fig. 6, the remaining one-fourth being instantly effected by the next advancing
pin on the disc h. When this double operation has been performed the inking
pad I has been turned completely over, and is gradually raised by the eccentrics d
to meet the face of the type in revolving round the centre B. When inking has
been performed and the type is clear the pad is rotated or turned over by the next
advancing pins g on the disc h, and is then placed or pressed against the pad W by
the movements of the eccentric; the operation being repeated each revolution of
the type wheel A and its shaft or spindle B. The latter can be rotated by means
of the handle D, which may be substituted by a hand wheel, grooved or other
pulley, or spur or friction or other gearing, which may be operated by hand, foot,
or power.
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:-
1. The respective arrangements, constructions, and combinations of parts con-
stituting my improvements in apparatus for printing names and other devices upon
the outer peripheries of india-rubber rings used for hermetically sealing globe

page_text: stoppered bottles, substantially as described and as illustrated in the annexed
drawings.
2. In apparatus for printing names and other devices upon the outer peripheries
of india-rubber rings used for herinetically sealing globe stoppered bottles the use
of a flanged reel and its supports in combination with a type wheel to operate
or print on the outer rim or periphery of such rings separately, substantially as
described.
3. In apparatus for printing names and other devices upon the outer peripheries
of india-rubber rings for hermetically sealing globe stoppered bottles, and having a
flanged reel and a type wheel the use of the inking arrangements in combination
therewith, substantially as described.
Dated the 1st December 1891.
EDMUND CHADWICK, C.P.A.,
Agent.