US2951463A - Nameplate reactivator - Google Patents

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Sept. 6, 1960 1.. w. GIELLERUP NAMEPLATE REACTIVATOR Filed May 13, 1959 INVENTOR LEON W. GIELLERUP Y- TTORNE;

"United States Patent NAMEPLATE REACTIVATOR Leon W. Giellerup, Hackensack, N.J., assignor to Girder Process, Inc, Hackensack, N.J., a corporation of New Jersey Filed May 13, 1959, Ser. No. 812,869

4 Claims. 01. 118-224) This invention relates to devices for moistening of labels, nameplates and the like and is more particularly concerned with devices which will apply moisture, ad hesives or solvents evenly to a surface of labels, cards, strips, nameplates and the like.

It is an object of this invention to provide a small and compact device which will accommodate labels, cards or strips of varying thicknesses, and which, at the same time, distribute the moisture or adhesive evenly on one of the surfaces thereof.

A further object is to provide a device which is small, light, compact and simple to use, durable and easy to clean, and which is cheap to manufacture.

Further objects and advantages of this invention will be obvious from these specifications.

For a better understanding of this invention, referonce is made to the drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the two parts of this device;

Figure 2 is an end elevational partly in section thereof; and

Figure 3 is a side elevational view partly in section on the lines 33 of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawings, the device of this invention in the form as shown in the drawing serves as a nameplate reactivator, has an outer frame 10, which is geenrally of light metal construction and in the form of a square cup. The outer frame has a base 11, sides 12 and ends 13. In the form as shown, the ends 13 are higher than the sides 12. The outer frame is preferably pressed or otherwise formed on one piece of material, such as steel and serves as the reservoir for the liquid or solvent employed to moisten or to reactivate the adhesive on the nameplates or labels.

An inner frame 14, having a Hat base 15, and two upstanding ends 16A and 16B, fits within the outer frame. Three lower rollers 17 rotating in the same plane on pins 18 mounted in the upstanding ends 16A and 16B of the inner frame 14 are spaced from each other as shown in Figure 2, so that the lower half of the roller extends into a liquid or solvent 19 which is in the reservoir in the outer frame 10.

A pair of horizontal upper rollers 20 mounted on pins 21 between the ends 16A and 16B of the inner frame 14 are located above the valleys between the rollers 17. To provide for vertical movement of the rollers 20, the pins 21 uponwhich the rollers are mounted are held in position in vertical slots 22 in the ends 16A and 16B, so that the pins 21 may move up or down in said slots to allow the rollers to move in a vertical plane. In this way, if, in the use of the device, a thick or heavy nameplate or plaque is to be passed through the device, the upper rollers will be forced upwardly by the thickness of the nameplate, and by the movement of the pins 21 in the slots, nameplates of any thickness may be accommodated.

The lower rollers 17 preferably have an exterior surface 23 of chamois or other absorbent material which will absorb the liquid in the reservoir and carry it around the roller as it rotates when in use.

For an even distribution of the solvent or liquid in the reservoir upon all of the rollers to be carried evenly to the reverse side of the nameplate or label, means are provided to rotate the lower rollers 17 together, For this purpose, a pair of small gear rollers in the form of circular bars 24, preferably of steel or other metal, are located in the valleys between the three lower rollers. These bars are circular and preferably are of a small enough diameter to lie snugly in the valley between the larger rollers and are not polished since a degree of roughness contributes to the traction of the gear roll against the felt covered rolls. Thus when a nameplate is passed through the device, its reverse side bears against the lower rollers and will cause one or more of the lower rollers to revolve. When any one of the lower rollers revolve, the circular bars 24 lying between the lower rollers will cause all of the lower rollers to revolve at the same time and substantially with the same movement. In this way, each of the lower rollers will pick up the liquid from the reservoir and each turning in more or less the same movement, will carry the liquid around the rollers to cause an even and uniform wetting of the reverse of the nameplate passing through the device.

If the nameplate is of heavy material and of a thick- I ness which would not pass through the usual device of this nature, it may be readily accommodated in the device of this invention. Since the upper rollers 20 are mounted on pins which revolve in the slots of the ends 16A and 16B, the pins will slide upwardly in the slots as needed to provide more space between the upper and lower rollers of the device to accommodate nameplates or labels of varying thicknesses.

's device is a simple one, economical to manufacture and easy to use and maintain. It is compact in form and has relatively few parts and is simple to operate. In addition, the device can handle different types and sizes of labels, nameplates or plaques without the need of adjustment. In its use, the even and uniform distribution of the liquid on the nameplate or label is assured.

The nameplate reactivator has been described herein and illustrates a form of the device of this invention, and it is obvious that changes in size, form and shape may' be made for different uses without in any way changing the basic invention.

I claim:

1. A device for moistening labels, nameplates and the like comprising an outer frame having upstanding'sides and ends, said outer frame serving as a reservoir for liquid in the device, an inner frame adapted to lit within said outer frame, said inner frame having a base and a pair of upstanding ends, three lower rollers rotatably mounted in the ends of the inner frame for rotating in the liquid, said lower rollers being in the same horizontal plane and spaced from each other, a pair of round bars lying freely in the valleys between the lower rollers and adapted to transmit motion from one lower roller to the next, a pair of upper rollers mounted in the inner frame in a horizontal plane above and parallel to the lower rollers, said upper rollers mounted on pins held in vertical slots in the ends of the inner frame to provide for vertical movement of the upper roller.

2. A device for moistening labels, nameplates and the like comprising an outer frame and an inner frame adapted to fit into said outer frame, the outer frame having a base and sides to provide a reservoir for liquid, said inner frame having a base and a pair of vertical ends, a plurality of lower rollers mounted in a horizontal position in the vertical ends, said lower rollers spaced from each other and adapted to contact the liquid in the reservoir, a plurality of circular bars adapted to lie in the valleys between the lower rollers and contact the rollers on each side of the circular bars to transmit motion from one of the lower rollers to the other, a pair of upper rollers mounted in the ends of the inner frame for vertical movement.

3. A device for moistening nameplates and labels comprising an outer frame adapted to serve as a reservoir for liquid, an inner frame adapted to fit within said outer frame, said inner frame having a base member and opposed upstanding ends, a plurality of lower rollers rotatably horizontally mounted in said ends, adapted to contact said liquid, a plurality of circular bars lying freely in the ,valleys between the lower rollers adapted to transmit motion from one lower roller to the others, a plurality of upper rollers rotatably mounted in said ends above said lower rollers but parallel thereto, said upper rollers being movable vertically and adapted to bear against objects passing between the upper and lower rollers.

4. A device for moistening labels and nameplates comprising an outer frame adapted to serve as a reservoir for liquid, an inner frame fitting inside of the outer frame, and extending into the liquid in the reservoir, a plurality of lower rollers rotatably mounted in a horizontal plane in said inner frame and adapted to contact the liquid in the reservoir, means for causing said lower rollers to rotate simultaneously, and a plurality of upper rollers rotatably mounted in said inner frame above the lower rollers and in the same plane, said'upper rollers being adapted for vertical movement and to bear against objects passing between the upper and lower rollers.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 348,375 Beckly Aug. 31, 1886 1,175,578 Adams Mar. 14, 1916 Hofiman May 9, 1923

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