Improvements in and relating to Machines for Damping and Labelling Bottles and the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Sept., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 5th June. 1895-Accepted, 13th July, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Machines for Damping and
Labelling Bottles and the like.
I, ANDREW MUIR TURNER, of Newton Brewery, in the Town and County of
Ayr, Brewer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to an improved construction of machine or devices
for damping and labelling beer, aerated water, or other bottles and the like, and
whereby labour will be saved as one attendant will perform more work than two or
more were able to do heretofore.
According to my improvements I form a crosshead on the top end of a vertical
stem, and in this crossbead I form a hollow chainber or cavity to contain gum or
like liquid. The stem of this crosshead would be mounted within a hollow
standard or socket set at an angle or incline, and screwed through a base plate to
a suitable tray or foundation.
A loose helical spring would be placed within the socket so that when the stem
of crosshead is pressed down as hereinafter described, the recoil of spring will
bring it up to its normal position. A screw nut or collar is fitted round the top of
hollow standard to act as a guide for the stem of crosshead; and a screw pin is
fitted in stem to work up and down in a slot formed in hollow standard to prevent
the stem having freedom to turn round. A recess is formed in centre part of top
surface of crosshead to receive a hair, woollen or like damping pad, and the gum
passes from reservoir chamber of crosshead through a series of holes formed at
upper part of the aforesaid recess. The crosshead lies at an angle corresponding to
that at which the supporting standard is set and its top surface takes the shape of
a somewhat elongated or oval figure in the one direction and of a concave or dish
shape in the transverse direction, all so that when the rounded or curved surface
of a bottle is pressed by the attendant on the damping pad said bottle rests over
the pad on the curved surface of crosshead, and by the pressing of bottle and
crosshead downwards, the central surface of bottle is damped by the gum to
subsequently receive the required label.
The gum or damping liquid is fed by gravity to the recess chamber of crosshead,
preferably through a rubber or flexible pipe and regulating cock from a cistern
carried on a vertical standard at a level above that of the crosshead, and having a
portable screw plug or cover for periodically filling it with liquid gum; while any
gum escaping from pad would flow down inclined crosshead and be received in a
portable dish on tray below for reinsertion into cistern.
The labelling device would be placed quite close to the damping device, and
would consist of a concave or slightly dished plate of about the same size as the
damping pad or central recess of aforesaid crosshead, aud be formed or carried on
the top of a vertical stem working in an angled socket or hollow standard secured
to a baseplate screwed to the tray or foundation, and a recoil acting spring would
be fitted in a socket below stem, and a guide screw collar at top end of socket, as
in the aforesaid crosshead.
Vertical sockets or hollow standards would be erected on baseplate, one on each
side of central socket carrying the concave top plate, and these sockets would be of
different or varying heights to suit the angle at which the concave plate is placed.
A crosshead would be formed on or fitted at the upper end of stems working in the
aforesaid two standard sockets, and helical recoil springs would be fitted in these

page_text: sockets below the stems, and, screw. studs, would also be fitted in the stems to
work up and down in slots in sockets, but prevent the stems from turning round
in sockets. The central part of this crosshead (corresponding to the reservoir
part of the damping crosshead) would be formed hollow, that is, open at top and
bottom, while its vertical or angled sides or inner surface would surround the
concave plate carried on central stem. The top surface of this crosshead would be
formed of an elongated concave shape, and a packet or series of labels would be
placed within the hollow shell of crosshead over the central concave plate. The
back or unprinted surface of labels would be placed upwards, and the surface of
the bottle damped by the pad would be placed over hollow crosshead, and by
simple pressure the latter would be pushed downwards until the wet surface of
bottle received a label on it, the central plate on which the labels are placed, also
yielding or recoiling a little to press label on surface of bottle."
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Dated the 5th September 1894.
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Improvements in and relating to Machines, for Damping..and..
Labelling Bottles and the like.
1,ANDREW MUIR TURNER, of Newton Brewery, in, the Town and County, of
Ayr, Brewer, do hereby declare the nature of my, invention to be as follows :—
This invention has reference to an improved construction of machine or devices
for damping and labelling beer, aerated water, or other bottles, and the like, and
whereby labor will be saved as one attendant will perform more work than two or
more were able to do heretofore.
And in order that my said invention and the manner of performing or carrying
the same into practice may he properly understood I have hereunto appended an
explanatory sheet of drawings in which the same, reference letters are used to
indicate corresponding parts in all the figures where shown.
Figure 1 is an elevation in perspective of a machine for damping and labelling
bottles and the like, as constructed in accordance with my improvements.
Figures 2 and 3 are elevations at right angles to each other, and partly in section
of the damping organ as detached and to an enlarged scale; while
Figure 4 is a view corresponding to Figure 2 of a slightly modified arrangement.
Figures 5 and 6 are views corresponding to Figures 2 and 3. showing the
labelling device as detached; and
Figures 7 and 8 are corresponding views of a modified construction of labelling
device.
Referring to these drawings:-As shown in Figures 2 and 3 according to my
improvements form a crosshead A on the top end of a vertical stem A' and in
this crosshead I form a hollow chamber or cavity, a to contain guin or like liquid.,
The stem A' of this crossbead is mounted within a hollow standard or socket
set at an angle or incline and screwed through'a base plate A³ to a suitable tray
or foundation:*
A loose helical spring is placed within the socket A2-so that when the stem A'
of crosshead is pressed down as hereinafter described the recoil of spring B will
bring it up to its normal position. A transverse pin B₁ is fitted through, the
stem A to work up and down in a slot Bformed in hollow standard A, to
prevent the stem A¹ having freedom to turn round. A recess is formed in centre
part of top surface of crosshead A to receive a hair, woollen or like damping
pada and the gum passes from reservoir chamber of crosshead A through a
series of holes a formed in its upper shell. The crosshead A lies at an angle.

page_text: corresponding to that at which the supporting standard A2 is set and its top
surface A takes the shape of a somewhat elongated or oval figure in the one
direction and of a concave or dish shape in the transverse direction, all so that
when the rounded or curved surface of a bottle is pressed by the attendant on the
damping pad a' said bottle rests over the pad on the curved surface of crosshead
and by the pressing of bottle and crosshead downwards, the central surface of
bottle is damped by the gum to subsequently receive the required label. The
damping device shown in Figure + is substantially the same as shown in Figures 2
and 3 only slightly altered in shape. The gum or damping liquid is fed by gravity
to the recess chamber a of crosshead A preferably through a regulating cock C¹
from a cistern C. through a pipe a³ with dish receiving end, the cistern being
carried on a vertical column at a level above that of the crosshead as shown in
Figure 1 and having a portable screw plug or cover 2 for periodically filling it
with liquid gum; while any gum escaping from pad would flow down inclined
crosshead and be received in a portable dish on tray C³ below for reinsertion into
cistern.
The labelling device would be placed quite close to the damping device and
would consist of a concave or slightly dished plate D of about the same size as
the damping pad or central recess of aforesaid crosshead and be formed or carried
on the top of a vertical stem D' working in an angled socket or hollow standard D
secured to a base plate screwed to the tray or foundation and a recoil acting
spring E would be fitted in socket D2 below stem D'.
A crosshead F would be formed on or fitted at the upper end of a stem F
forming part of or fitting into the socket stem D³. A transverse pin d would be
fitted through a slot d to prevent the stem D' from turning round. The central
part of the crosshead D (corresponding to the reservoir part of the damping
crosshead) would be formed hollow, that is, open at top and bottom while its
vertical or augled sides or inner surface would surround the concave plate F carried
on central stem F. The top surface D of this crosshead D would be formed of
an elongated concave shape and a packet or series of labels would be placed within
the hollow shell of crosshead over the central concave plate F. The back or
unprinted surface of labels would be placed upwards and the surface of the bottle
damped by the pad a² would be placed over hollow crosshead D" D. and by simple
pressure the latter would be pushed downwards until the wet surface of bottle
received a label on it.
A portable plate A' would be fitted at either end of crosshead A to act as a
guide stop for the bottles being labelled.
In the arrangement shown in Figures 7 and 8 which is particularly suitable for
aerated water bottles the plate F is formed in two parts and hinged at F³ to swivel
on a pin at the top of the stem F' which is held up in its opened out position by
the spring acting stem D' while oscillating links F2 connect the plates F to the
fixed socket stem D². With this construction the labels are placed over the
plates F and as the moveable crosshead D descends with the bottle the stem F¹
descends by its own weight and the curved plates F are swivelled on the pin at F
and are guided by the links F2 towards each other to encircle the bottle and press
the label on to it.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
ion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
laim is:-
The constructing of machines for damping and labelling bottles substantially as
herein described in reference to and shown in the accompanying drawings.
W. R. M. THOMSON & Co.,
96 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Agents.