An Improved Machine for Labelling Tins or other Cylindrical Packages..
Year: 1886

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An Improved Machine for Labelling Tins or other Cylindrical
Packages..
I, MALCOLM BROWN. CHAMBERS, of Glenferrie Road, Malvern in the Colony of
Victoria, Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:-
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My improved machine for labelling tins or other cylindrical packages consists of
a shoot or race, the feeding end.of which is at the top.of a raised. incline, and the
bottom of which leads to a level race where: the comb for transferring, the paste or
gum to the tin, the spreading brush, and the labels which are to be affixed to said;
tins are placed.
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This race is wide enough for a țin to roll through it with ease and at the same
time preserve it in its proper lateral position, for. the reception of the label. Near
the foot of the incline and below the level race is a box containing paste guin or
any other adhesive substance and into this box there falls a comb which is centred
on a spindle affixed in upright supports which are secured to the side cheeks of the
race, and at the necessary distance beyond this are other similar supports having a.
spindle on which to suspend the spreading brush, immediately under which I place.
a drip box. The remaining portion of the race forms a flat on which to place the
labels, and the top of said flat is lined with a sheet of cork or, some such pliant
material, and to the side cheeks hereof. I affix steel springs. which retain the labels
in their proper position for the pasted surface of the tin to pass over and adhere to.
the top one of them; while at the extreme end of said flat and on the top of the
lap" portion of the label, I place a weighted pad which is saturated with some.
adhesive substance which is transferred to that, portion of the label under it ready.
for being drawn therefrom by the operator after the other portion has been wound
on the tin. Or in place of such pad I place a roller arranged under a suitable
receptacle which contains paste or any other adhesive substance. At the end of
the labels I sometimes place an adjustable stop.
Referring to the drawing hereto, attached,
Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation and

page_text: Figure 3 being an end elevation of it up to the line a a in Figure 1; while
Figure 4 is a cross sectional elevation at said line a a looking towards the
feeding end.
Figure 5 is an end view, and
Figure 6 a longitudinal section of the end part of the machine when furnished
with a paste roller and box and an adjustable stop, a plan of which is shewn at
Figure 1.
In these Figures A is the inclined and A¹ the level portion of the race or shoot,
A being the ledges on which the can B rolls when going to and passing under the
teeth C¹ of the comb C which is weighted sufficiently to ensure of its always
falling back into the paste box. The comb is centred on the spindle C' affixed in
the supports A³ secured to the cheeks A* of the race. A are similar supports
having the spindle D¹ therein on which to suspend the spreading brush D which is
made by preference of some textile material such as cloth and by preference
weighted to assist in pressing the tin upon the label. E is the slightly inclined flat
which is of some pliant material and is between the gum or paste box C³ and
the drip box D². The paste box has the sliding division C in it and the longitudinal
bars C³ at a portion of its top. F is the label flat; F¹ the steel springs; F2 the
cork covering, and F3 a thin piece of elastic material to raise up the ends of the
labels so as to ensure of their adhering to the pasted can. G is the weighted pad
provided with the roller G and both of which are faced with cloth, saturated with
soine adhesive substance and said pad is placed at the position shewn on the further
end of the labels. The flat F is made to slide on the under ledges for the purpose
of adjustment and A is the bottom of the machine which may be affixed to a
bench or otherwise, as desired, A' being a tie bar at the position shewn. When
the end of the machine is constructed as shewn in Figures 5, 6 and 7, the roller H
is supported in bearings attached to the paste box H₁ which is retained in position
by its having at its ends projecting strips H2 which fit in grooves formed in the
side cheeks A and such inay either be made vertical or oblique. H³ is the stop
for the back ends of the labels and this is secured in position by the thumb screw H*
which passes through the oblong hole H³ in the label flat F.
The mode of operation is as follows:-A number of labels are placed with their
printed face downwards on the flat F between the springs F', the blank ends of
said labels being nearest the spreading brush D while on their other outer end is
seated the pad G or the roller H. Then the operator places a filled can in the
race, at the top of the incline by descending which the can gains sufficient
impetus to cause it to roll under the teeth C¹ of the comb C which transfers gum
or paste to its surface from the pot C³ and from thence it passes under the spreader
brush D which spreads the gum or paste evenly on its surface and also brushes off
any superfluous moisture which may be on the tin. From here the can rolls on to
the labels and its pasted or gummed surface adheres to the top one of them and
winds it round its cylindric surface until it reaches the pad G or paste roller H
when the operator gives the can a slight turn and so draws the label from under
said pad or roller and then the operator secures the joint at the lap which completes
the labelling of the tin or cylindrical package.
It will be obvious that when labelling tins or packages which have no lap joint,
the pad G or roller H may be dispensed with and then in such cases the tin or
package may run straight through the race.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my suid
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. The comb C, C¹, gum or paste box C³ to C³, spreading brush D, drip box D',
and pad G G¹, or paste box and roller. H, H₁, as and for the purposes herein
described and explained and as illustrated in my drawings..

page_text: 2. The partially inclined race or shoot marked from A to A and E, its label
flat F, the side springs F and the parts marked F2 and F3 as and for the purposes
herein described and explained and as illustrated in my drawings.
3. The combination of the parts marked C to C, D to D2, and G, G¹, or H to H³,
forming the appliances for placing the adhesive substance on the cans and their
labels with the parts marked from A to A and E forming the supports for said
appliances, the labels and the race through which the can rolls substantially as
herein described and explained and as illustrated in my drawings.
Dated this fourteenth day of May One thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.