IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR AUTOMATICALLY PASTING LABELS ON FRUIT, MILK, AND OTHER CANS AND BOXES OF TIN, PAPER, OR WOOD
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Morgan-Brown, of the Firm of Brandon and
Morgan-Brown, Engineers and Patent Agents, of 38, Southampton Buildings,
London, and 13, Rue Gaillon, Paris, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINES FOR AUTOMATICALLY PASTING LABELS ON FRUIT, MILK, AND OTHER
CANS AND BOXES OF TIN, PAPER, OR WOOD." A communication from abroad
by Fisk Russell, of Cambridgeport, Massachusetts, United States, Model
Maker.
aled the 17th November 1876, and dated the 12th June 1876
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Morgan-Brown at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 12th June 1876.
WILLIAM MORGAN-BROWN, of the Firm of Brandon and Morgan-Brown, Engineers
and Patent Agents, of 38, Southampton Buildings, London, and 13, Rue Gaillon,
Paris. "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR AUTOMATICALLY PASTING LABELS ON
FRUIT, MILK, AND OTHER CANS AND BOXES OF TIN, PAPER, OR WOOD."
This Invention of improvements in machines for automatically pasting labels on
fruit, milk, and other cans and boxes of tin, paper, or wood, relates to a machine
for automatically pasting labels on fruit, milk, and other cans and boxes of tin,
paper, or wood.
In this machine the label to be pasted on a can is placed on a reciprocating
carriage adapted to project the label forward between feeding rollers, by which it
is taken and applied to the surface of a pasting roller grooved to permit the intro-
duction of lifting fingers under the edge of the pasted label, and to direct it over a
roller of a set of lapping rollers adapted to support and rotate the can and to apply
the label smoothly.
This Invention consists in the combination with the carriage of the feeding and
pasting rollers. Also in the combination of the paste holding trough and label
lifters with a pasting roller provided with grooves for the reception of the label
lifters and with a label applying roller.
The frame of the machine is properly constructed to support the working parts.
The paste containing pan is supported on a removeable slide, and the periphery of
the pasting roller dips into it. This pasting roller is supported on a shaft driven
by a suitable pulley thereon, and a second pulley, provided with a crank pin, is
joined by a link with a pin attached to a slide bar guided in ways, and the pin
projecting sufficiently far across the frame to strike one of the lugs of the carriage
properly supported on a frame, and provided with a cord and weight or a suitable
spring to move the carriage backward after it has been moved forward by the
pin. An adjustable guide is placed on the carriage and controls the edge of the label
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page_text: to be delivered to the pasting mechanism. Two sets of feeding rollers are placed
between the carriage and pasting roller, and the lower roller of each pair has a
belt pulley. A rest plate between the two sets of rollers supports the label and
prevents it from falling. The label lifter is a bar or rod provided with fingers, two
or more, with their points adapted to enter an annular groove in the pasting roller
and to lift the end of the label from the pasting surface of the pasting roller, a
label previously laid on the carriage having been projected by the forward move-
ment of the carriage between the feeding rollers and having been applied to the
pasting roller by the set of rollers. The can, box, or other cylindrical article to be
applied with a label is placed between adjustable gauges or end guides, one at each
side the machine, and carried by journals mounted on adjustable arms, and the
can or box rests on the periphery of the applying roller, the auxiliary rollers
mounted on adjustable arms also bearing against the periphery of the can or box
and assisting to apply the label and move the can. The end of the label so lifted
is by the action of the lifter and the movement of the pasting roller and the label
applying roller drawn or passed in the proper direction, and the pasted side of. the
label is brought or placed against the periphery of the can or box and caused to
adhere to and move with the can under the action of rollers, and it is then wrapped
about the can, these rollers being preferably provided with a plush, or india-rubber,
or other soft cover, to press the label on the can.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Morgan-Brown in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 12th
December 1876.
WILLIAM MORGAN-BROWN, of the Firm of Brandon and Morgan-Brown, Engineers
and Patent Agents, of 38, Southampton Buildings, London, and 13, Rue Gaillon,
Paris. "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR AUTOMATICALLY PASTING LABELS ON
FRUIT, MILK, AND OTHER CANS AND BOXES OF TIN, PAPER, OR WOOD."
A com-
munication from abroad by Fisk Russell, of Cambridgeport, Massachusetts, United
States, Model Maker.
This Invention of improvements in machines for automatically pasting labels on
fruit, milk, and other cans and boxes of tin, paper, or wood, relates to a machine
for automatically pasting labels on fruit, milk, and other cans and boxes of tin,
paper, or wood.
In this machine the lable to be pasted on a can is placed on a reciprocating
carriage adapted to project the lable forward between feeding rollers, by which it
is taken and applied to the surface of a pasting roller grooved to permit the
introduction of lifting fingers under the edge of the pasted label, and to direct it
over a roller of a set of lapping rollers adapted to support and rotate the can and
to apply the label smoothly.
This Invention consists in the combination with the carriage of the feeding and
pasting rollers. Also in the combination of the paste holding trough and label
lifters with a pasting roller provided with grooves for the reception of the label
lifters, and with a label applying roller, substantially as described.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a machine provided with this Invention, and
Figure 2 is a longitudinal section.
The frame a of the machine is properly constructed to support the working parts.
The paste containing pan b is supported on a removeable slide c, and the periphery
of the pasting roller & dips into it. This pasting roller is supported on a shaft e
driven by a suitable pulley thereon, and a second pulley, provided with a crank
pin g, is joined by a link h with a pin i attached to a slide bar j guided in ways k,
and the pin i projecting sufficiently far across the frame « to strike one of the
lugs of the carriage, properly supported on frame a and provided with a cord and
weight n, o, or a suitable spring to move the carriage backward after it has been

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moved forward by the pin i. An adjustable guide a placed on the carriage
controls the edge of the label to be delivered to the pasting mechanism. Two sets of
feeding rollers r, s, are placed between the carriage and the pasting roller, and the
lower roller of each pair has a belt pulley, see u, v. A rest platet between the two
and of rollers supports the label and prevents it from falling. The label lifter is a bar
or rod provided with fingers w, two or more, with their points adapted to enter
the annular groove x in the pasting roller and to lift the end of the label from the
pasted surface of the pasting roller, a label previously laid on the carriage having
been projected by the forward movement of the carriage between the feeding
rollers
The
and having been applied to the pasting roller by the set of rollers 8.
can, box, or other cylindrical artical c¹ to be supplied with a label is placed between
adjustable gauges or end guides d', one at each side the machine, and carried by
journals mounted on adjustable arms e¹, and the can or box rests on the periphery
of the applying roller a¹ the auxiliary rollers f, g, mounted on adjustable
arms h¹, i, also bearing against the periphery of the can or box and assisting to
apply the label and move the can. The end of the label so lifted is by the action
of the lifter and the movement of the pasting roller and the label applying roller a¹
drawn or passed in the direction of the small arrows, Figure 2, and the pasted side
of the label is brought or placed against the periphery of the can or box and
cause to adhere to and move with the can under the action of rollers a¹, f¹, g¹, and
it is then wrapped about the can, these rollers being preferably provided with a
plush, or india-rubber, or other soft cover, to press the label on the can.
roller a¹ has a belt pulley b¹, the roller f¹ a pulley j¹, and g¹ a pulley h¹. A band l¹
passed about the pulley falso passes about pulleys 6 and u, and a band tightening
pulley m, this band driving the feed rollers 7, 8, and apply roller a¹, and bands
from pulley b extend to pulleys j¹ and h¹, and drive rollers f, g, the latter being
made adjustable to adapt them to boxes or cans of various sizes or diameters. When
applying a label to a paper box not filled it is best to set a circular block of wood
in the open end of the box to give it sufficient weight to remain down on the rollers
with the proper degree of force. Instead of belts it is evident that gears of proper
construction might be used, and an endless belt might be employed between the
feeding rollers r, s. The lifter might be made with a thin edge, and take the label
from a plain surfaced pasting roller. The plush covered rollers will be provided
with plush to extend from one to the other end of the can, and being soft the surfaces
of the rollers will not break the pasted paper yet moist.
The
Having now described and particularly set forth the nature of the said Invention,
and the manner of carrying the same into effect, I would have it understood that
what I claim is-
First. The combination with the pasting roller of a label lifter and an applying
roller, substantially as described.
Second. The combination of the elastic or soft surface applying roller and the
auxiliary rollers with a label lifter and pasting roller, substantially as described.
Third. The combination with the feeding rollers of the pasting roller, label lifter,
and applying and auxiliary rollers, adapted to operate substantially as described.
Fourth. The combination with the pasting roller and label lifter of the adjustable
rollers a¹, f, g, and the end gauges d¹, substantially as described.
Fifth. The carriage and feeding rollers in combination with the pasting roller,
label lifter, and applying and auxiliary rollers, substantially as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Morgan-Brown, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Eleventh day of Deember, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.