Improvements in Label or Tag Making Machines.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Nov., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 8th Aug., 189S-Accepted, 10th Sept., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Label or Tag Making Machines.
We, FRED WAITE, of 32, Mount Pisgah, Otley, in the County of York, Printer's
Engineer, and WAITE & SAVILLE, LIMITED, of Falcon Works, Otley aforesaid,
Engineers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in that class of label or tag making
machine in which the labels are usually made from a web or roll of material and
in which a washer or annular piece is cemented on each side of the label round the
eye, and particularly to the machine for which we have made application for
Letters Patent No. 3777, dated 12th day of February 1897.
To enable the labels to be delivered in " gangs "of four or other required
number in which the individual labels are more or less severed from each other
we employ a curved or other suitably shaped cutting knife so arranged that to
partly sever the labels it makes only an incomplete stroke but to separate the
gangs a complete stroke is made at the required intervals.
"
To effect this we employ means for shortening the connecting rod operating the
knife each time it is required to make a complete stroke. For this purpose we
form a sliding joint in the said connecting rod and limit its expansibility by
means of a rotating cam or spacing piece mounted upon it and having a pro-
jection or proud piece which at each revolution engages a projection or its equiva-
lent on the jointed portion of the said rod and thereby contracts the rod. Two
or more projections or proud pieces may be formed on the same cam or spacing
piece. The said cam may be rotated by a pawl engaging pins or their equivalent
on an attachment to the cam each time the said connecting rod is reciprocated.
The knife is preferably curved in one sweep and to enable it to be readily
adjusted so that the centre of the curve coincides with the centre of the cut or line
of severance in the label we attach it to its lever by set screws in inclined slots.
A separate punch or cutter operated by the same mechanism as the knife is
employed to shape the ends of the labels."
To deliver the labels in distinct batches or piles of equal number we drop them
on to a travelling apron or carrier operated by a pawl and ratchet and to accelerate
the apron or carrier at fixed intervals we employ a double pawl or two pawls one
of which engages a disc or wheel of comparatively small diameter fixed to the
ratchet wheel but having only one tooth or if more than one tooth distinct intervals
are made between the teeth. The two pawls are preferably mounted on the same
lever one above the other and the upper pawl, that is to say the one furthest from
the end or the part on which the lever vibrates, is arranged to engage the smaller
ratchet.
To print on the washers round the eye of the labels we employ a small printing
appliance which is brought down upon the washer to give the impression when

page_text: the labels are stationary. The type may be inked by a revolving roller at each
reciprocation fed from an inking plate or its equivalent. A similar arrangement
inverted may be employed to print the washer underneath.
Dated this 1st day of November 1897.
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Patent Agents, Bradford.
Improvements in Label or Tag Making Machines.
We, FRED WAITE, of 32, Mount Pisgah, Otley, in the County of York, Printer's
Engineer, and WAITE & SAVILLE, LIMITED, of Falcon Works, Otley aforesaid,
Engineers, 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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This invention relates to improvements in that class of label or tag making
machine in which the labels are usually made from a web or roll of material and
in which a washer or annular piece is cemented on each side of the label round the
eye, and particularly to the machine for which we have obtained Letters Patent
No. 3777, dated 12th day of February 1897.
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To enable the labels to be delivered in
"of four or other required
gangs
number in which the individual labels are more or less severed from each other
we employ a curved or other suitably shaped cutting knife so arranged that to
partly sever the labels it makes only an incomplete stroke but to separate the
gangs a complete stroke is made at the required intervals.
"
"
To effect this we employ means for shortening the connecting rod operating the
knife each time it is required to make a complete stroke. For this purpose we
form a sliding joint in the said connecting rod and limit its expansibility by
means of a rotating cam or spacing piece mounted upon it and having a pro-
jection or proud piece which at each revolution engages a projection or its equiva-
lent on the jointed portion of the said rod and thereby contracts the rod. Two
or more projections or proud pieces may be formed on the same cam or spacing
piece. The said cam may be rotated by a pawl engaging pins or their equivalent
on an attachment to the cam each time the said connecting rod is reciprocated.
To deliver the labels in distinct batches or piles of equal number we drop them
on to a travelling apron or carrier operated by a pawl and ratchet and to accelerate
the apron or carrier at fixed intervals we employ a double pawl or two pawls one
of which engages a disc or wheel of comparatively small diameter fixed to the
ratchet wheel but having only one tooth or if more than one tooth distinct intervals
are made between the teeth. The two pawls are preferably mounted on the same
lever one above the other and the upper pawl, that is to say the one furthest from
the end or the part on which the lever vibrates, is arranged to engage the smaller
ratchet.
To fully describe our invention, reference is made to the accompanying sheets
of drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts
in each of the figures.
Figure 1, is a side elevation of such parts of a label making machine as are
necessary to illustrate the application of our present improvements.
Figure 2, is an end view of the same.
Figure 3, is a view of a detail on a larger scale.
The cutting knife A is fixed by the set-screws A2 to the lever A³ mounted on
the stud A4. The rod B depresses the lever and the spring A5 raises it The

page_text: rod B is depressed by the cam C vibrating the lever C2 carrying on its opposite
end the cam C³ on the stud C. A disc C is secured to the cam having pins C
projecting from its face and at each upward movement of the lever C2 the pawl C7
pivoted to a bracket 0 8 on the side frame 1) engages one of such
pins and turns the cam or disc the distance the pins are apart. The
rod B is jointed at 132 and its lower portion 133 has a slot B4 fitting over the
collar C of the stud C. Below the slot B a pin or stud B5 projects from B³ and
engages one of the steps in the cam. The parts are so relatively arranged that
each time the cam C is depressed the stud B³ engaging it pulls the rod B and
knife lever A³ down. When the stud B5 engages one of the smaller steps E in the
cam C3 as shown in Figure 3 the knife is only depressed sufficiently to partly
sever the labels but each time one of the proud steps E2 engages the cam the
knife is thereby sufficiently depressed to completely sever the labels beneath.
The portion 133 of the rod B is preferably continued down and works through the
guide bracket 16 fixed to the side frame, and a spring B7 is provided thereon tend-
ing to press the rod upwards. The labels are fed to the cutting knife in a similar
manner to that described in the Specification of the above cited Letters Patent.
The knife A is preferably curved in one sweep and to enable it to be readily
adjusted for cutting different sized labels so that the centre of the curve coincides
with the centre of the cut or line of severance between the labels we form inclined
slots A for the set screws A².
A separate punch or cutter F fitted in the standard D2 is provided to mitre or
shape the ends of the labels. This punch is depressed by the lever F2 coupled by
the rod F3 to the stud F fixed near the end of the lever C2.
When each gang of labels is cut off it falls on to the endless travelling carrier G
omitted in Figure 2. This carrier passes round the driving roller G intermit-
tently operated by the pawl G3 engaging the ratchet wheel G4 fixed to the said
roller. The pawl G³ is carried by the lever G5 vibrated by the cam G. To
accelerate the movement of the apron G at intervals in order to arrange the labels
into batches of equal number we provide the disc H also secured to the roller G.
This disc has a toothed notch H2 in its periphery and the pawl H3 attached to the
upper end of the lever G5 engaging it each time it comes round accelerates the
movement of the roller G².
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:-
1. In a label making machine the combination and arrangement of mechanism
for operating the cutting off knife in such a manner that the labels are cut off
in gangs, substantially as herein shown and described.
2. In a label making machine a label cutting off knife having a curved cutting
edge and provided with inclined slots for fixing it to the actuating lever, sub-
stantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose specified.
3. In a label making machine the combination with the driving roller G² of
the ratchet G, disc H and pawls G³ and H³ operating substantially as herein
shown and described.
Dated this 5th day of Avgust 1898
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Patent Agents, Bradford