US43458A - Newton - Google Patents

Description

TATENTED JULY 5, 1864:.

\ 0. s. MOSELEY. v MACHINE FORGUTTING AND PUNGHING LABELS 0R TAGS.

1 enemies s. Mose after fully explained.

Y "UNITED STATES I PATENT OFFIGE.

Lnr, or BOSTON, Assienon. T0 n. 1w]. sinuses. or

nnwron, MASSACHUSETTS.

y MACHINE FOR CUTTING AND PUNCHINGLABELS ORTAGS.

Specification forming part ofLetters'Patent No. 43,458, dated July 5, 1864.

To all iuhom it may concern: Be it known that 1, CHARLES S. MOSELEY, of Boston, .in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Machine for Cutting and Punching Labels or Tags; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full and-exact description of the same, reference being had to the accom-v panying drawings, making part of this specication, in which- I Figure l is a perspective view of my improved machine. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same in the line as a. Fig. 3 represents a strip of paper from which the tags are cut.

Similar letters of reference indicate correof the operators hand required to sever the label or tag from the sheet will suffice to operatea punch and prepare the label or tag for the reception of an eyelet, aswill be herein- In order that others skilled. in the art to which myinvention appertains may be enabled to fully understand and use the same, I will proceed to describe its construction andoper ation.

- In the accompanying drawings, A represents thebed or, table upon which the sheet from which the'tags are cut is fed to the knife B, which is worked on a pivot, as shown at b.

0 represents a vertical arm jointed at its respective ends to the knife B, and a lever,

D, the latter being provided with a cylindrical collar, D, whic'h -fits over a shaft, E. This j shaftE is supported and adapted to turn freely in the. upper ends of curved standards F F, v. and the collar D- is. keyed upon the shaft E by means of awedge, e, which enters'a longitudinal groove, 6, in said shaft E and a corre-' sponding groove in the collar D. willbe seen that the elevation and depression of the knife B produces a simultaneous recip- Thusit rocatin g rotary movementof the shaft E.

G represents a block or guide, through which works a. vertically-slidin g punch, H, the j upper end of which is jointed to the lower extremity of a toggle-1ever,I. This lever I is formed at itsupper end with a collar, I, which is keyed upon and' adapted to turn with the shaft E in like manner with the collar D.

J represents a. guide-block for the triangular cutter K, ,which is reciprocated in a vertical plane by the toggle-lever L, which is provided with a collar, L, on its upper extremity, the said collar being fitted and keyed upon the shaft E in the manner described with relation to the collar D.

The means employed for securing the col- Jars .1 L uponthe shaft E admit of the ready adjustment of the levers I L to any desired extent, so as to adapt the punch l1 and cutter K for labels or tags of different dimensions, and to conform to this adjustment of the punch andcutter their respective guide-blocks'G J are made adjustable by means of screws M M and nuts m m.

A representsan adjustable Section of the table A, which may be moved back and forth in conformity with the adjustment of the block J. Uponthis Section A is placed the adjustable guide N. p

0 represents a gage, which may be secured in any desired position by means of setscrews [The operation of this machine will be readilynnderstood. The office of the punch H is to perforate in the label or tag a suitable" aperture for the reception of an eyelet; that of the cutter K to out out an angular piece at a point where the knife 13 severs the successive labels, thus clipping or cutting off the corners of two contiguous labels at each descent in its operation. The blade 13, punch H, and

cutter K are so arranged, in connection with the shaft E, that the twolatter rise simultaneously with the elevation of the former, and

vice versa. Thus the combined operation of cutting, punching, and clipping the label or tag may be performed by a simple movement of the arm. I

The manner of producing the tags from a continuous strip ofpaper or other material is represented in Fig. 3, a a representing complete tags and the red lines indicating the rest of the operations to be performed.

The machine as illustrated in the accompanying drawings is designed for cutting and clipping square labels only; but it is manifest thatit may be readily modified to cut labels of any desired shape without departing from the essential principles of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, the

following is what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1.- Operating the punch H by means of the connection thereof with the knife B, inany' manner, substantially as set forth.

2. The cutter K, constructed, arranged, and operating'substantially as described, and employed to cut or clip the corners of the labels or tags in the manner explained. I

3. The combination of the knife B, punch H,

and cutter K, vthe whole being constructed and i arrangedzas herein set forth, and operating simultaneously, as and for the purpose specified.

CHARLES S. MOSELEY. WVitnesses DANIEL FRENCH, l). J. CUTTER.

Images