Improvements in Devices for Applying Decorative Films.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Apr. 1895-Accepted, 24th May, 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Devices for Applying Decorative Films.
I, WALTER HAMILTON COE, of Cranston Street, Providence, Rhode Island,
United States of America, Sign Painter, 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:
The object of my invention is to provide a conveniently operated device for
applying metallic decorative films from a package-roll, and it consists in the
improved construction and arrangement of parts, for depositing the film from
the accompanying paper-strip, and for removing the paper-strip from the deposited
film, and guiding the strip into a suitable receptacle, as hereinafter fully set
forth.
In the accompanying drawings:-
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Fig. 1, represents a side elevation of the device for applying the film.
Fig. 2, represents a top view of the same showing the core, only, of the
package-roll, the spirally wound decorative-film and strip being omitted.
Fig. 3, represents a longitudinal section taken in the line 3, 3, of Fig. 2 the film
and strip being indicated by spiral lines around the section of the core.
Fig. 4, represents a transverse section taken in the line 4, 4, of Fig. 1.
Fig. 5, represents a detail upper face view of the spring actuated frame for the
roller which serves to guide the paper strip from the delivering roller into the
receiving chamber.
In the drawing, A represents the handle and B the outer frame of the device,
which frame is provided with the shank a, for attachment to the said handle; the
said outer frame being preferably made of sheet metal, cut out in one piece and bent
up to form the lateral sides, c, with a cross-piece b, at the under side, as shown in
the drawing, Fig. 3, but the said outer frame may be otherwise constructed, in
carrying out my invention. At the forward end of the frame B, and between the
sides c, c, of the same, is journalled the delivering roller C, which is preferably made
of rubber or other yielding material d, and provided with a metallic or other
suitable core or bushing e, adapted to turn loosely upon the fixed transverse
bushing, which is held in position between the sides.c, c, of the outer frame B, by
means of the screw f', which passes through the sides c, c, and through the central
perforation of the bushing. Between the sides c, c, is also placed the frame D,
which at its forward end is provided with the downwardly extending slots g, adapted
to receive the axle journals h, of the holder Ę for the package-roll F; which
package-roll, consists of the core i, preferably made of wood, provided with a central
perforation j, and covered with a spirally wound paper strip H, having a decorative
film H, which is shown in dotted line at one side of the strip, wound spirally
therewith, so that the decorative film will be at the inner wound side of the
paper-strip; the said core, with the spirally wound strip and film thereon, being
removably held between the heads k, k, which are attached to the axle l, of the
and the
holder E. The journals of the axle l, are removably held in the slots 9,
beads k, k, are preferably made of greater diameter than that of the package-roll so
as to embrace the side of the roller C.
The frame D is pivoted at its rear end upon the fixed bushing m, which is
firmly held between the sides c, c, of the outer frame B, by means of the screw n
passing through the said sides and through the center of the said bushing m, and
upon the said bushing m, is placed the coiled spring o, one end of which is inserted

page_text: into the hole p made in one side of the frame D; and the other is inserted into a
bole g made in the side of the outer frame B, so that the resilience of the said
spring will serve to hold the periphery of the package-roll F, in close contact
with the periphery of the delivering roller C, and the rear of the frame D is
provided with the downwardly extending lip r, which is adapted in conjunction
with the sides c, c, and the cross-piece b, to form a closed chamber G, for the
reception of the paper-strip H after the removal of the decorative film H¹,
therefrom, and its deposit upon the surface I, which is to be decorated. Upon
the fixed bushing J, which is firmly held between the sides c, c, of the outer frame B,
at the rear of the delivering roller C, by means of the screw n', is pivoted the
frame K, preferably formed of sheet metal in one piece, the sides't, t, being turned
downward from the cross-piece u; and at the forward end of the frame K, is
placed the guide roller L, preferably provided with the flanges v, v, which serve to
embrace the sides of the delivering roller C, and thus prevent the lateral
disengagement of the paper-strip therefrom, the said roller L being held in contact
with the periphery of the delivering roller C, by means of the coiled spring M,
placed upon the bushing J, with one end of the spring inserted into the hole w, in the
side cof the frame B, and the other, inserted into the hole, in the side of the frame K.
At the rear of the delivering roller C, and between the sides of the outer frame B,
is placed the curved guide-plate N, which serves to guide the inwardly passing end
of the paper-strip away from between the delivering roller C, and the package-roll F,
to prevent the same from passing out and being wound around the delivering roller,
instead of passing properly into the receiving chamber G.
In using my improved device for applying decorative films, the previously
prepared spirally wound package F, is placed upon the axle of the holder E,
between the heads k, k, and the journals h of the axle 1, placed in the slots g of the
spring actuated frame D, the said frame having been for this purpose turned
upward upon its pivot, against the resilience of the spring o. The paper-strip is
then unwound from the package-roll F, and passed under the delivering roller C,
and thence between the said delivering roller and the guide-roller L, for entrance
into the receiving chamber G. Now upon placing the delivering roller upon the
surface to be decorated, and pushing the said roller forward over the said surface,
the paper-strip and the attached film H', will be unwound from the spirally wound
package-roll F, so that the interiorly wound film in the package, will in its passage
to the underside of the delivering roller, lie upon the outside of the strip, and thus
be deposited upon the surface I, while the paper-strip H from which the film has
been removed, will pass forward between the guide-roller L, and the delivering
roller, and be deposited in the receiving chamber G, and after the paper-strip has
been fully unwound from the package-roll F, and the accompanying film deposited,
the used paper-strip, may be removed from the chamber, by raising the forward
end of the frame D, by means of which suitable access may be had to the
chamber G.
When the decorative film is placed upon the paper strip so as to be wound
spirally in the package-roll at the outside of the paper-strip, the package-roll may
be employed as, and take the place of the delivering roller, the guide-roller serving
as before, to guide the paper strip into the holding receptacle.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In a device for applying decorative films, the combination with the delivering
roller, and the spring actuated guide-roller, of a receptacle for the loosely delivered
strip, substantially as described.
2. In a device for applying decorative films, the combination with the
package-roll, and the delivering roller adapted to receive the film and strips from
the package-roll, of the spring actuated guide-roller, adapted to raise the strip from
the deposited film, substantially as described.

page_text: 3. In a device for applying decorative films, the combination with the
package-roll, and the delivering roller adapted to receive the film and strip from the
package-roll, of a receptacle for the loose paper-strip and the spring actuated
guide-roller adapted to raise the strip from the deposited film and guide the strip
into the receptacle, substantially as described.
Dated this 5th day of April 1895.
WALTER HAMILTON COE.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.