US1178608A - Labeling-machine. - Google Patents

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Patented Apr. 11, 1916.

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LABELING MACHINE.

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Patented Apr. 11, 1916.

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ALBERT T. WEISS, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOB- TO YAWMAN & ERBE MANU- FACTUBJNG COMPANY, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

LABELING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 11, 1916.

Application filed August 1, 1910. Serial No. 574,872.

0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT T. WEISS, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Labeling-Machines; and I do hereby declare the followlng to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the specification, and to the reference-numerals marked thereon.

My present invention relates to machines for applying labels to articles or packages of difierent kinds, certain features of the 1nvention, however, relating more particularly to bottle labeling machines, and it has for its object to provide a machine of this character which will be of relatively simple construction, but accurate and eflicient in oper ation and which will offer certain conveniences to the operator, increasing in this way the capacity and utility of the apparatus.

A further object of the invention is to provide a machine by means of which either one of two sets of labels may be applied to the bottle or other article or both may be applied simultaneously in a satisfactory manner, provision -being made for securing the labels to different parts of the article and for suiting the manner of their application to the contour and other characteristics of the surface that receives them.

To these and other ends the invention consists in certain improvements and combinations of parts all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the end of the specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a labeling machine constructed in accordance with and illustrating one embodiment of my invention; Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof; Fig. 3 is a rear elevation; Fig. 4 is a detail rear elevation of the picker mechanism partly in section on the line 4-4; of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a detail plan view of the work support, the stripper and the wiper mechanism. together with adjacent parts, taken partly in section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1; Fig. 6 is a somewhat similar view with the wipers removed, partly in section on the line 66 of Fig. 1; Fig. 7 is a vertical section through the wiper mechanism taken stationary label holder.

on the line 7-7 of Fig. 2; Fig. 8 is another detail section through the wiper mechanism, taken on the line 8-8 of Fig. 7 Fig. 9 is a detail top plan view, much enlarged, of the label holder taken partly in section on the line 99 of Fig. 1; Fig. 10 is a front elevation of the label holder; Fig. 11 is a detail section through one of the label holding boxes taken on the line l111 of Fig. 9; Fig. 12 is a rear elevation of the same; Fig. 13 is a diagrammatic view of the various cam mechanisms showing their relative posit1ons at a given point in the cycle of operation, and Figs. 14:, 15, 1G, 17, 18 and 19 are diagrammatic views illustrating the cycle of operation of the machine so far as the actual manipulation of the label is concerned.

Generally stated, the particular machine illustrated as the present embodiment of the invention comprises a stationary work support, a stationary adhesive receptacle and a A pivoted picker, coated by means of an oscillating dist-ributer traveling between it and the adhesive receptacle, picks the labels from the holder and presents them to the article on the work support. The label is transferred to the article by a stripper movable into and out of alinement with the support and toward and from the latter and is subsequently smoothed down by reciprocating wipers between the operations of which the articles to be labeled are placed on and withdrawn from the work support by hand.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 indicates a suitable base on which is mounted a main frame comprising a front standard 2 and a rear standard 3 connected together at their upper ends by a platform 1 designed, in the present instance, to form a support for an electric or other motor, (not shown) by means of which the machine is driven. J ournaled in the lower portions of the standards to extend from front to rear is a drive shaft 5 having a.drive wheel 6 operatively connected thereto through the medium of any suitable form of clutch mechanism, indicated generally by 7, and actuated by a lever 8 connected to an operating lever 9 carrying a treadle 10 by means of which the operator, standing at the front of the machine, can start or stop its operation very quickly.

Projecting forwardly from the standard 2 is a bracket 11 carrying the work support or bottle rest 12, while above the level of the bottle rest and in rear of the said standard is arranged the label holding table 86 on which are mounted the neck and body label holding boxes 14 and 15 respectively, so disposed as to maintain the labels in horizontal piles with the bottom label of each p1le exposed forwardly of the machine. Pro ecting forwardly of the standard 2 above both the label holder and the work support are a pair of bracket arms 16 which support an adhesive receptacle 17 in a position preferably directly over the work support 12. This adhesive receptacle is preferably fitted with a mixing roller 18 running in the paste or other adhesive and which communicates the latter to an overhanging feed roller 19 arranged rearwardly of the receptacle.

The picker employed in the present nstance is composed of two independently pivoted but jointly operated arms 20 constituting a picker fork that travels through an arc of approximately 90 degrees between the label boxes 14 and 15 and the work support 12 having a horizontal position when in cooperation with the latter and a substantially vertical position when in cooperation with the former. The picker arms are journaled on lugs 21 in rear of the front standard 2 and have short actuating arms 22 connected to the operating devices hereinafter to be describe A distributing roller 23, arranged in yielding journals 24 in the ends of oscillating arms 25 pivoted at 26 to a suitable rock shaft turning in the rear standard 3, which aims embrace the label holder, has a substantially vertical path of movement through which it travels from a position in contact with the feed roller 19 of the paste receptacle between the bracket arms 16 of the latter to contact with the picker fork 20 at the heel or inner end thereof when the fork rises from its horizontal position. As the picker fork rises toward the label holder, the distributing roller moves upwardly toward its feed roller 19, but its arc of movement is transversely of and so defined with respect to the path of movement of the picker that in so doing it remains in contact with the upper or picking surface thereof, as shown in Fig. 1, and imparts thereto a coating of adhesive by virtue of which it is enabled to extract a label from the bottom ofthe pile and carry it downwardly with its return movement to the work support while the distributing roller is still raised in contact with the feed roller 19. After the label is thus presented by the picker above the work support 12 and in the region of an article 27 arranged thereon, a stripper 28 comes into play provided with yieldingly mounted'stripper pads 29 and 30 that transfer the label or labels from the picker to the bottle or article and hold them clamped thereon while the wipers, hereinafter described, are smoothing them down. This stripper is adapted to pass between the arms 20 of the picker fork and hence does not interfere with the upward movement thereof as ,it travels toward a fresh label while the preceding one is being held clamped in position. The stripper is mounted in the present instance on a carriage 31 arranged to reciprocate from front to rear of the machine on a rising and falling bed 32, the respective movements being'so timed that the stripper moves upwardly, from the position of Fig. 1, when it is in contact with the label and article, with the rising movement of the bed to release the work, thence relatively to the bed to a rearward position thereon so thatan opportunity is afforded for the insertion of another article on the support and for the movement of the next label to a position over the same, thence forwardly again on the bed to a position above the freshing gummed label and in alinement with the work support and thence downwardly with the downward movement of the bed to clamp such label against the article, as before.

As to the specific means employed for effecting the above mentioned operations of the various parts, the drive shaft 5 has mounted thereon a plurality of cam disks 33, 34, 35, 36 and 37 and above these disks a bridging portion 38 extends between and connects the front and rear standards 2 and 3. Operating in a guide 39 in the bridging portion (Fig. 6) is a cross-head 40, the loweryoked end 41 of which surrounds the drive shaft and is provided with a projecting roller or member 42 operating in the track of the cam disk 34 to impart to the crosshead vertical reciprocatory movement. Pivoted to the cross-head at 43 (Figs. 1 and 4) are the respective lower ends of a pair of connecting rods 44 the upper ends of which are respectively pivoted at 45 to the short arms 22 of the picker arms 20 and the latter are thus given their joint swinging movement. Each picker arm, however, is independently movable on its pivot, as before described, relatively to its mate and in this way should one arm become bent or otherwise misplaced with relation to the other compensation may be made through the medium of turn buckles 46 with which each connecting rod 44 is provided to lengthen or shorten the same and change the throw of its respective picker arm, as will be understood. Other causes, however, than the bending of the arms may form provocation for the relative adjustment thereof, the idea being that the picker must be brought to an even and proper contact with the bottom label of the pile in the label holder.

Another novel feature of the picker resides in the manner in which I have disposed the picking surfaces for the respective body and neck labels for the joint application of which'the present machine is adapted. In labeling bottles or other articles in which an irregular surface is presented, the surfaces thereof which receive the respective labels do not lie in the same level as the article rests in a given position on the work support 12, yet it is preferable that neither label be forced to travel any considerable distance as it is transferred from the picker to the bottle by the stripper 28. To this end I depress one label receiving surface 47, being in the present instance that of the neck label, relatively to the other or body label receiving surface 48 so that the neck label is held in advance of the body label as the two are presented at the work support and both are carried to points very close to the respective surfaces that receive them which would otherwise be impossible. Of course, if the bottle is held in a'tilted position on the rest relatively to the delivering position of the picker the same result is approximated, but only approximated for if this tilting of the bottle is too abrupt, the gummed labels, by reason of their slippery coating of adhesive, are liable to slide under the influence of the smoothing down movement of the wipers, hereinafter described, longitudinally of the bottle and become misplaced from their true position because they are not transferred squarely against their receiving surfaces.

The rising and falling bed 32 for the stripper 28 is preferably mounted on the rear standard 3 and to this end the yoke shaped portion thereof shown in Fig. 3 is spanned by a plate or web 49 on the forward side of which are arranged bracket plates 50 (see Fig. 6) forming a vertical guide for the stem 51 of the bed. The lower end of the stem terminates in a lug 52 provided with a roller or projecting member 53 (Fig. 1) that cooperates with the cam groove of the cam disk 36.

For moving the stripper carriage 31 horizontally relatively to and on the bed-32 a bell crank lever is employed in the present instance, one arm 54 of which carries a projection 55 operating in a guide or groove 56 arranged vertically on the carriage. The bell crank is pivoted at 57 on the bridging portion 38 and the latter is provided with a guide 58 in which reciprocates a vertically disposed member 59 having a lower yoke shaped end 60 embracing the drive shaft 5, and operating with the cam groove of the cam disk 35. A link 62 connects the member 59 with the other and shorter arm 63 of the bell crank, so thatas the member rises and falls onthe cam the bell crank is oscillated fitted with a roller or projection 61 co-'' causing the carriage to move to and fro and actuate the stripper into and out of alinement with the work support.

Referring back to the adhesive distributer 23, the rock shaft 26 on which the supportmg arms 25 thereof are mounted is provided with a rigid arm 64 to which is pivoted at 65 the upper end of a connecting rod 66, having its lower end pivoted at 67 to a crosshead 68, (Fig. 3) operating in a suitable gulde 69 on the rear face of the web or plate 49, and provided with a roller or projection 70 cooperating with the cam groove of the cam disk 37, through which chain of parts the supporting arms 25 are oscillated in timed relation to the movements of the picker to bring about the cooperation with the latter of the distributing roller 23 in the manner previously set forth. As stated, the roller is mounted in yielding bearings 24 in order that it may automatically adjust itself to a limited extent to the various contacting surfaces of the picker, but in order to further regulate its movements the connecting rod 66 is preferably provided with a turn buckle 71 ofiering a ready means for controlling the throw of the rock shaft 26 at the time of the original assemblage and adjustment of the parts or subsequently.

The mixing roller 18 in the adhesive receptacle 17 preferably runs constantly during the operation of the machine in order that the feed roller 19 may always carry a coating of freshly mixed adhesive for instantaneous communication to the distributer when so called upon. The shaft 7 2 of the mixing roller is therefore in the present instance provided at one end with a bevel gear 73 meshing with the bevel gear 74 on a short jack shaft 75 (Fig. 2) suitably journaled at one side of the main frame and carrying a sprocket 76 (Fig. 3) at its other end. The forwardly projecting end of the drive shaft 5 is also provided with a sprocket 76 and with a loosely mounted arm 77 carrying a shaft 78 driven by a chain 79 passing over a sprocket 8O thereon and over the sprocket 76 on the drive shaft. A second sprocket (not shown) on the shaft 78 drives a chain 81 that passes upwardly over the sprocket 76 and the arm 77 is secured in various positions of adjustment against the main frame by a device 82, so that the tension on the chain 81 may be varied.

The adhesive receptacle 17 is fitted with laterally extending supporting and guiding flanges 83 that are received within channels 84 on the supporting bracket 16 that form guides permitting sliding movements of the receptacle and its complete withdrawal for filling, cleaning or other purposes, and its subsequent re-insertion in the machine. The means which are employed for driving the mixing roller 17 thereof in no way interfere with such movements because the bevel gear 73 carried with the receptacle and its operating gear 7 4 on the frame can be moved a into and out of mesh at will. To retaiu them in mesh when the receptacle is 1n operative position the latter is locked in its guide by means of removable pins 85 or in any other suitable manner.

The label holding boxes 14 and 15 have been defined'as being arranged in rear of the front standard 2. In the present instance they are both carried on a table or support 86 having a limited movement from front to rear of the machine on a. centrally disposed guide 87 projecting forwardly from the rear standard 3, and flanked on either side by brackets 88 forming extended uiding abutments. The table has an adustable bearing against the abutments to a limited degree as it turns on its supporting guide 87 in the plane of the labels through the medium of set screws or other suitable adjustable stops 89, extending therethrough and contacting with the upper faces of the brackets. In this way adjustment of the label holder laterally of the path of the picker is affected to improve the alinement between the two when necessary.-

The label boxes themselves may be of any suitable construction, but are preferably divided so that the piles of labels may be inserted edgewise from the top of the machine into one-half after the other half or removable portion has been detached. In the present instance the body label box 15 comprises a lower half 90 and an upper half 91, the former being secured at 92 in a forward position on the table 86, and the latter being held in cooperative relation therewith by a thumb screw 93 permitting their detachment from each other. Each is fitted with suitable guide stakes 94 that may be constructed and arranged in the same manner as the guide stakes 95 on the neck label holder shown in detail in Fig. 11, each stake being provided with a supporting arm 96 that is held under a screw or clam ing device 97 that allows the adjustment 0 the stake for different sets of labels varying slightly as to size. The forward ends of the stakes, or at least a proportion of them, have inwardly turned toes 98 that normally prevent the advanced labels of the pile from being forced out of the box by the follower devices hereinafter described, but permitting the removal of the labels one at a time by the adhesive contact of the picker 20 in a manner well known in the art. The upper or, in the present instance, neck label holding box 14;, is also composed of a lower part 99 and an upper part 100, held against it by a suitable catch device 101 or otherwise, the lower part being secured at 102 in a forward position on a supplementary table 103 overhanging the body label box 15. The table 103 is in turn mounted on pins or name standards 104 rising from the table 86 in rear of the lower label box, and is preferably removable t latter.

It is sometimes desired to interrupt the label feed to the picker without at the same time preventing the operation ofthe various other mechanisms as for instance, during adjustments or tuning up .of the parts, say, when the paste pot has just been filled and the various paste transferring devices have not run sufficiently long to become properly coated. It is for this purpose that the label holder table 86 is given its limited horizontal front and rear movement on the guide 87 and the bearing surfaces 88, such movement being effected in the present instance by a pair of draw bars 177, fixed to a rock shaft 178 journaled in the table at 179. The draw bars extend forwardly at each side of the main frame to terminate in laterally extending handle portions 180 and are. provided with looking projections 181 that cooperate with lateral stops or projections 182 on the front standard 2 to lock the label holder in 0 permit ready access to the its forward position. In this osition the picker can engage the piles o labels, but when the draw bars are raised by the operator and the label holder pushed back, the range of upward and backward movement of the picker is too limited for it to reach the labels at all, and hence while it passes through its picking movement as usual the latter is rendered ineffective.

In view of the fact that the neck label picking surface 47 of the picker 20 is in a different plane from the body label picking surface 48 thereof and advanced with respect thereto in the direction of downward movement of the picker, the neck label box 14 is arranged in a position slightly forwardly of the body label box 15 so that the bottom or foremost label of its pile is presented a little in advance of that of the other, and the picker is enabled to detach both labels simultaneously and exert approximately an equal pressure against both piles in so doing.

The means I employ in the present instance for.urging the piles of labels toward those ends of the boxes from which they are detached by the picker, and for resisting or backing up the intermittent pressure of the latter as well as compensating for the depletion of the piles themselves are practically the same for each label box, and a description of one will suflice for both. Referring more particularly therefore to Figs. 9, l1 and 12 of the drawings illustrating the neck label holder in detail, a bracket 105 arranged centrally in rear of the label box 14 offers a guide 106 for a follower rod 107 that is preferably disconnected from but bears loosely against a follower plate 108,

second arm 113 in a direction causing a link 114, pivoted thereto at 115 and to the follower rod 107 at 116, to operate the rod against-the follower plate and labels. To

prevent a retrograde movement of the follower device and labels under the contact of the pickers, the rod 107 is provided with teeth 117 with which cooperate a pair of pawls 118 pivoted at 119 to the bracket or guide 105106, and held by gravity in normal engagement therewith. These pawls, or

at least their engaging portions, are so spaced and arranged with respect to the spacing of the teeth 117 on the follower rod that one is in operative engagement with a tooth at the time the other is in a position between two teeth, and thus without making the latter so fine as to jeopardize their strength or the dependability of their engamenet, the rod is locked without an appreciabledegree of lost movement by actuav tions thereof through a distance equal to 7 less than the. distance between two teeth.

Stop pins 120 on the pawls limit the gravity actuated movements thereof into the guide to prevent them from impeding the insertion of the follower rod or the initial adjustment of the latter against the labels, and also look the pawls to resist the strain of their engagement'with .the rod. When it is desired to lock the follower in a retracted position, as for instance while a pile of labels is being inserted in the box, a catch 121, pivoted at 122 to the table, is swung up to engage the arm 113 and maintain it and the weighted arm 111 in elevated positions.

Turning now to the wipers or the mechanism by means of which the label or labels are smoothed down upon the article after being presented thereto in themanner described, the front standard 2. of the main frame of the machine is fitted with guides 123, upon which is arranged to reciprocate vertically a carriage 124, actuated by a roller or projection 125 cooperating with the cam track of the cam disk 33, and pivoted at 126 on this carriage in a manner disposing them upon opposite sides of the work support 12, are two laterally vibrating wiper arms 127, having heads 128 secured thereon by bolts 129 in a manner permitting their adjustof the work support in ways 130 on the arms 2 or toward and from the work support by means of slots 131 in the heads themselves. These heads carry the wipers 132, which I prefer to construct in the form of flexible rubber plates or brushes, that conform in a measure to the surfacesof the' article acted upon and drag across the coated labels with a smoothing efiect after'the latter have been brought into position by the pickers and are held clamped against. the bottle by the stripper pad 30.

The wipers move downwardly from an elevated position above the rest 12 past the same and in contact with the article thereon with the downward movement of the carriage 124 and return with the upward movement thereof. In order that they may clear the article and work support on their upward movement and not disturb the label just afiixed and to give an opportunity for the operator to remove the labeled article and insert another one, I give to the wipers an independent spreading or lateral movement relatively to the work support and their. main carriage. This I accomplish in the present instance by rocking the wiper arms 127 on their pivots under the influence of a friction roller or projection 133 on each that cooperates with opposite edged surfaces of a cam track 134, formed in a bracket 135 secured to the side of the front standard 2. The track is provided with a switch 136 pivoted on a stud 137 and held under the tension of a spring 138, surrounding the latter, in the normal position shown in Fig. 2. In said figure, the wiper arms and carriage are moving downwardly, the projections 133 being on the inner sides of the switches to hold the wipers closed together, and in continuing their movement each snaps past the end of its switch 136. When the upward movement is commenced it is deflected by an inclined surface 139 on the switch to the outer side of the track rocking the arms 127 and spreading the wipers. With the next reversal of movement of the carriage the projection strikes the upper inclined surface 140 of the switch and is moved back inwardly to its former position. 4

The set of wipers just described is the one preferably used when only one label is to be applied to the article or when only one is to be applied at a time. When two labels are to be applied to the same article, it is of advantage to aflix them simultaneously, or at least in one operation, in order to avoid re-handling. This applies particularly to bottles for the double labeling of which the present machine is particularly adapted, and in operating thereon the wipers 132 become body label wipers. The wipers for smoothing the outer label about the neck of the bottle, where such second label is usually applied, are, in the practice of the present invention, so operated and arranged as to apply the label at any desired point on the neck portion, or, if desired, at the juncture of the neck and body portions, and in so doing to move squarely or directly against the surface upon which they work, no matter what the peculiarities of curvature or contour it may pomess, different bottles varying'more or less widely in this respect. In other words, theneck wipers are so d1sposed as to work squarely against their particular portion of the article 1n the same manner as the body wipers mo e against their particular label receiving surface, and thus prevent the neck labels from assuming the distorted positions that they other wise would, were they to come in contact with the article at an angle to the receiving surface. To these and other ends, a journal 141 in an extension l42 of the work supporting bracket 11 carries a transversely extending rock shaft 143, having adjustably mounted thereon by means of the set screws 144, or otherwise, a pair of knuckles 145 that pivotally support at 146 a pair of preferably tubular guiding sockets 147, that are thus arranged to rock laterally of the work support and to receive the stems 148, of a pair of wiper carrying members 149, arranged on opposite sides of the work support. Wiper heads 150 are adjustable long1- tudinally of the latter in guides 151 in the members with which cotiperate bolts 152 and slidable in and out toward and from the work support in split sleeve portions 153 of the heads, tightened by bolts 154, are the cylindrical carrying stems 155 of the neck wipers 156. The securing bolts 152 operate in slots 157 in the heads, and this together with the other arrangements permits the wipers to be slid longitudinally of the work,

swung longitudinally thereof, moved later-.

ally toward or from it, or twisted to other positions on the stems 155.

In order to impart the wiping movement to the neck wipers there are pivoted upon the carriage 124 at 158 upon opposite sides of the work support 12 in much the same manner as the levers 127, a pair of laterally movable arms 159, pivotally connected by means of links 160 with an oscillating member 161 pivoted at 162 to the carriage 124. This member 161 is rocked to and fro to give an inward and outward lateral movement to the arms 159 (as best shown in Figs. 7 and 8) by a projection 163 engaging in a cam track 164 under the guidance of a switch 165, this mechanism being substantially a duplication of those comprising the switches 136 for controlling the lateral movement of the body wiper arms 127. The cam track 164 thereof is preferably formed in another downward extension 166 of the work supporting bracket 11.

Adjustable vertically by means of slot and pin devices 167 on each rock arm 159' is the bearing member 168 of a swiveled bracket 169 provided with a horizontal slot 170 to receive a roller or projection 171 on When it is desired to apply a label to the sloping shoulder of a bottle, for instance such as is shown presented in Figs. 1 and 7, the socket guides 147 are adjusted or inclined in a plane longitudinally of the bottle and work support to such an extent as will give to the neck wipers 156 a path of movement squarely against said shoulder portion as the member 149, or rather their stems 148, are reciprocated in the sockets through the medium of the brackets 169 with the reciprocations of the carriage 124 and arms 159. These adjustments are brought about in the present instance to effect the simultaneous movement of the guiding sockets through rocking the shaft 143 by means of an arm 172 fixed thereto, and capable of being secured in different positions against the work supporting bracket 11 by a bolt or pin 17.3 operating in a slot 174 therein. If for any reason, due to necessary peculiarities in the treatment of the label, it should be desirable to have the respective neck wipers travel at different relative inclinations, the knuckles 145 may be separately and independently adjusted on the shaft 143 by means of the set screws 144.

To assist in the general purposes for which the wipers are given their respective movements, the work support or bottle rest 12 is so arranged that its longitudinal inclination relatively to the paths of movement of the wipers may be varied, the rest being preferably inclined somewhat at all times to render the position of the bottle as it is hastily inserted, secure. in the present instance by pivoting to the rest at the front and rear points 183 and 184, a pair of slotted supporting links 185 with which cooperate clamping bolts 186 on the bracket 11. v

The neck wipers move in and out laterally under the influence of the rocking levers 159 for the same purposes and in much the same manner as the body wipers, but with the separate cam control their particular paths may be varied slightly from those of the body wipers just as the latter may be varied from each other. For instance, while the labels that the latter apply usually extend but half way around the bottle or article, their side edges terminating at the bulge thereof, the neck labels usually pass almost completely around the circumference of the neck, and for this reason it may be necessary to give to the wipers a further inwardjog during their downward movement in order to under-wipe the ends of the label beneath I accomplish this the curvature of the neck. To accomplish this, the switch 165 of the neck label controlling cam track 16-1: may be formed with a projection or raised portion 175 and the track with a corresponding depressed portion 176, over which the projection 163 on the oscillating member 161 rides.

The relative arrangement of the actuating cams33, 34, 35, 36 and 37 on the drive shaft 5' to bring about the proper timing of the various parts of the mechanism is shown diagrammatically in Fig. 13, while in Figs.

14 to 19 is shown diagrammatically the relative positions of the principal elements of the machine that are concerned in the actual application, of the label through a cycle of operation. Referring to these more particularly, in Fig. 14 the distributing roller 23 is in contact with the feed roller 19; the picker 20 is moving downwardly carrying the labels toward the bottle; the stripper 28 is in a rearward position and elevated but on its way forward, and the wipers 132 and 156 are below the bottle but spread apart and moving upwardly the bottle having just been inserted.

In Fig. 15 the position of the distributing roller is unchanged, but the picker has presented the label and the stripper has moved into vertical alinement therewith and is descending. The wipers are still spread apart so as not to interfere and have not yet reached their raised positions.

In Fig. 16 the distributing roller has just left contact with the feed roller, the picker remains as-before but the stripper has completed its downward movement and is clamping the labels against the bottle while the wipers have yet to complete.

- In Fig. 17 the distributing roller has reached its downward position and has started back upwardly in contact with the picker which latter has left the labels and is traveling upwardly for a fresh supply; the stripper is still in engagement with the bottle and the wipers have started inwardly and downwardly on their wiping stroke.

In Fig. 18, the distributing roller is about to leave the picker for reengagement with the feed roller and the picker is about to engage the label piles, while the stripper is still in clamping position and the wipers have about completed the application of the labels, the neck wipers completely so.

In Fig. 19 the distributing roller is back in contact with the feed roller; fresh labels are adhering to the picker which is completely raised, the stripper has raised from its engagement with the bottle releasing it for removal and the wipers have almost completed their downward movement and are about to spread and turn upwardly again. I

While I have described the present a little upward traveltising the invention commercially, but it will be understood that other articles may be similarly treated in much the same manner and one or two labels applied thereto.

. I claim as my invention:

1. In a labeling machine, the combination with a bottle rest, of two independent supporting guides, a body wiper movable past the rest and a carriage therefor operating in one guide and a neck wiper movable bodily past the rest and a carrier therefor operating in the other guide and connections whereby the neck Wiper carrier is operated by the movement of the body wiper carriage.

2. In a labeling machine, the combination with a bottle rest, of two guides one of which is adjustable to different inclinations with respect to the other, a body wiper carriage movable past the rest upon one guide and a neck wiper carrier movable past the rest in the other.

3. In a labeling machine, the combination with a work support, of a guide having an adjustable inclination relatively thereto and a wiper carrier movable in the guide past the work support.

1. In a labeling machine, the combination with a work support, of a guide adjustable in a plane substantially longitudinally of an article resting on the support to various angles relatively thereto and a wiper carrier operating in the guide past the support.

5. In a labeling machine, the combination with a work support, of a pair of guides independently adjustable in a plane substantially longitudinally of an article rest-- ing on the support to various angles relatively thereto and wiper carriers operating I in the guides.

6. In a labeling machine, the combination with a work support, of a pair of guides. a supporting member therefor on which the guides are mounted and with respect to which they are independently adjustable in a plane substantially longitudinally of an article resting on the support to various angles relatively thereto, and jointly adjustable in the same manner with an adjustment of the supporting member and wiper carjustable to different angles with respect tothe path of movement of said carriage, a neck wiper carrier having bodily movement in the guide and operating-connections between it and the body wiper carriage.

- 10. In a labeling machine, the combination with a bottle support, a body wiper carriage movable past the support, and an arm on the carriage movable therewith also having a lateral movement relatively thereto,

'-of a guide having a lateral pivotal movement relatively to the support, a neck wiper carrier movable in the guide past the support and operating connections between it and the arm on the carriage.

11f. In a labeling machine, the combination with a bottle support and a carriage having a reciprocating movement relatively to the support, of an arm on the carriage having a lateral movement relatively to the support, a guide having an adjustable inclination relatively to thelongitudinal extent of an article on the support and a pivotal movement laterally of the support and a neck wiper carrier movable in' the guide and operated by the arm.

12. In a labeling machine, the combination with a bottle support, and a carriage movable past the same, -of a guide inclined to the path of movement of the carriage, an arm on the latter having a lateral movement relatively to the support, a neck wiper carrier movable in the guide, a slot and pin connection between the latter and the arm and means for operating the arm and its carriage.

13. In a labeling machine, the combination with a bottle support, and a member movable past the support and also having a lateral movement relatively thereto, of a guide inclined to the first mentioned path of movement of the member and having a pivotal movement laterally of the support,- a a neck wiper carrier movable in the guide,

a swiveled bracket on the member having a slot and pin connection with the neck wiper carrier and means foroperating the member.

14. In a labeling machine, the combination with a bottle rest, a body wiper and a neck Wiper, of means common to both for operating them past the rest, means for operating them laterally relatively thereto and a laterally movable guide for one of them.

15. In a labeling machine, the combination with a bottle rest, a body wiper and a neck wiper, of means common to both for justable inclination relatively to the path of movement of the other.

16. In a labeling machine, the combination with a bottle rest, a body wiper and a neck wiper, of means common to both for operating them past the rest, means for operating them laterally relatively thereto and a guide'for one of them having an adjustable inclination relatively to the path of movement of the other and a lateral pivotal movement relatively to the rest.

l7. In a labeling machine, the combination with a work support, of a guide movable laterally of the support and a wiper carrier movable in the guide past the support and with the guide laterally thereof.

18. In a labeling machine, the combination'with a work support, of a guide movable laterally of the support, means for adjusting its inclination in a direction substantially longitudinally of an article on the support and a wiper carrier movable in the guide past the support and with the guide laterally thereof.

19. In a labeling machine, the combination with a work support, of a rotary mem ber extending transversely thereof, a guide carried by the member and capable of being adjusted with respect to its inclination relatively to the longitudinal extent of the work support by the turning movements of the member and a wiper carrier movable in the guide.

20. In a labeling machine, the combination with a work support, of a rotary member, a pair of guides carried by the member and independently adjustable thereon in a plane substantially longitudinally of an article resting on the support to various angles relatively thereto, and jointly adjustable in the same manner with the turning of the rotary-member and wiper carriers operating in the guides.

21. In a labeling machine, the combination with a work support, of a shaft extending transversely thereof, a guiding socket carried by the shaft and capable of being adjusted with respect to the longitudinal extent of the work support by the turning movements of the shaft and a wiper carrier having a stem movable in the guide.

22. In a labeling machine, the combination with a work support, of a shaft extending transversely thereof, a guide carried by the shaft having a rocking movement longitudinally thereof and capable of being adjusted with respect to its inclination relatively to the longitudinal extent of the work support by the turning movements of the shaft and a wiper'carrier operating in the guide.

23. In a labeling machine, thecombina- I shaft, an arm fixed to the latter,.means for tion with a work support and a bracket therefor, of ashaft extending transversely thereof and journaled in the bracket, a guide carried by the shaft and capable of being adjusted .with respect to its inclination relatively to thelongltudinal extent of the work support by the turning movements of the looking it in different positions against the bracket and a wiper carrier operating in the guide.

.24 In a labeling machine, the combination with a'bottle rest, of a wiper-movable past the same and means for changing the inclination of the rest as a whole in a direction longitudinally of the bottle relativelyv to the path of movement of the wiper.

'25. In a labeling machine, the combination with a supporting bracket, of a wiper carrier, of a pair of body wiper arms p1v-- oted to the carrier to pass on opposite sides of the rest, a similarly arranged pair of neck wiper arms, controlling devices arranged between the arms for imparting lateral movement to one pair and controlling devices arranged laterally of the arms for similarly operating the other pair.

-27. In a labeling machine, the combination with a supporting frame and a carriage arranged to reciprocate-thereon, of a work support carried by one of said members, a

.pair of wiper arms. pivoted on the other to move toward and from the work support fromopposite-sides, an oscillatory lever pivoted on the member carrying the arms and operatively connected with the latter and cooperating parts on the work support carrying member and lever, respectively, for oscillating the latter comprising a cam track on one having a switchtherein and a projec'tion on the other traversing the track with the reciprocations of the carriage and under the guidance of the switch, the latter being provided with an irregular portion for causing an inward jog of the wipers during the wiping on operation.

28. Inalabeling machine, the. combinationwith a work support, of a picker for -.delivering labels in the region thereof, a,

falling movements of the-bed towar rising and falling .bed and a stripper reciprocating on the bed relatively to the latter into and out of alinement with the work support, and movable with the rising and and from the work support to transfer labels from the picker thereto.

' connectin 29. '11. a labeling machine, the combination with a main frame comprising front and rear standards having a bridge portion them, and a drive. shaft journaled in t e frame on one side of the bridge portion, of a bed extending parallel with the shaft on the other side 'of'the bridge portion, a label manipulating device reciproeating on the bed and means for actuating said device comprising an arm pivoted to the bridge portion and a member guided in" the latter and gperatively connected with the arm and sha v 30. In a labeling machine, the combination w th a main frame. comprising front and rear standards and-a work support mounted on the front standard, of a forwardly extending bed guided vertically on the'rear standard, a label manipulating device .sliding horizontally on the bed into and out of vertical alinement with the work support, means for actuating said device and means for raising and lowering the bed to carry the device toward and om the work support.

31. In a labeling machine, the combination with a frame, a label holder, a' work support, and a picker for transferring labels from the holder to the work support, of a shaft journaled on the-frame, and provided with a gear, a removable adhesive receptacle for supplying adhesive to the pickers, a distributing mechanism for the adhesive embodying a mixing roller in the receptacle and a gear on theroller shaft freely movable into and out of mesh with the first mentioned gear as the receptacle is moved into andout of operative position.

32. In a labeling machine, the combination with a frame, a label holder, a work support and a picker for transferring labels from the holder to the work support, of an adhesive receptacle having a feed roller, a pair of bracket arms on the support codperating with the receptacle at opposite ends thereof to maintain it in a position above the path of the picker and a vertically movable distributing roller passing between the bracket arms in its travel between the feed roller and picker.

I 33. In a labeling machine, the combination with a frame, a label holder, a work support and a picker for transferring labels from the holder to the work support, of a pair of bracket arms on the front of the support having slideways therein, a shaft journaled'on the side of the frame and provided with a forwardly arranged gear, a removable adhesive receptacle for supplying adhesive to the pickers cooperating with the slideways on the bracket arms, a distributing mechanism for the adhesive embodying a mixing roller in the receptacle and a gear on the roller shaft freelymovable into and out of mesh with the gear on the shaft with the movement of the receptacle in the slide- I ways.

34. In a labeling machine, the combination with a main framecomprising a yoke shaped front standard anda rear standard,

and a substantially horizontally disposed work support projecting forwardly from the front standard, of a label holder arran ed between the standards and above the wor support and a stationarily pivoted picker movable in substantially, a quarter revolution through the yokeof the front I standard in transferring labels from the holder to the work support.

35. In a labeling machine, the combination with a main frame comprising a yoke "shaped front standard and a rear standard,

.and a substantially horizontally disposed work support projecting forwardly from the front standard, of a label holder arranged between the standards and above the work support and a picker journaled in the front standard and movable in substantially an adhesive distributer movable to intersect the path of the picker and operated by the crosshead.

nrvaeoe 37. In a labeling machine, the combination .With"a frame comprising a standard and a movable picker, of a horizontal guide arranged in rear of the standard, a label holder movable on the guide into and out of reach of the picker, a forwardly extending a draw bar connected to the label holder and cooperating lockin elements on the draw bar and standard or maintaining the label holder in operative position. v

38. In a labeling machine, the combination with a picker, of a label holder. for supplying the same and means for inclin-' ing the holder in diflerent fixed positions in the path of the picker relatively Ito the latter and in the plane of the labels, comprising a pivoted support for the holder, an abutment at either side thereonf-w and adjustable stops regulating the contact between the label holder and abutments.- I

39. In a labeling machine, the combination With a picker, of a label holder for supplying the sameand means for inclin ing the holder in difierent fixed positions in the path of the picker relatively to the latter and in the plane of the labels, comprising a pivotal support for the holder on which it is slidable into and out of the path of the picker, a guiding abutment at either side thereof and adjustable .abutments regulating the contact between the label holder and abutments. a a ALBERT T. WVEIS'S.

Witnesses:-

RUSSELL B. GRIFFITH,

N LSON H. Corr.

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