Hot roll leaf stamping apparatus

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR APPLYING MARKINGS FROM A STAMPING TAPE TO A WEB DURING MOVEMENT OF THE LATTER OVER A BACK-UP SURFACE, COMPRISING A DIE WHEEL ROTATABLY MOUNTED ABOVE THE BACK-UP SURFACE AND HAVING ITS AXIS EXTENDING LATERALLY RELATIVE TO THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF THE WEB, TYPE MEANS ON A PORTION OF THE PERIPHERY OF SAID DIE WHEEL, MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID DIE WHEEL WITH A PERIPHERAL SPEED AT SAID TYPE MEANS, EQUAL TO THE SPEED OF MOVEMENT OF THE WEB, A SUPPLY REEL AND A TAKE-UP REEL ROTATABLY MOUNTED ABOVE SAID DIE WHEEL, FIXED GUIDE MEANS LEADING TAPE FROM SAID SUPPLY REEL BETWEEN SAID DIE WHEEL AND THE WEB ON THE BACK-UP SURFACE AND THEN TO SAID TAKE-UP REEL SO THAT, DURING ROTAION OF SAID DIE WHEEL, ROLLING CONTACT OF SAID TYPE MEANS WITH THE TAPE AGAINST THE WEB ON SAID BACK-UP SURFACE EFFECTS MARKING OF THE WEB AND FEEDING OF THE TAPE, A FEED METERING ROLLER ENGAGING THE TAPE BETWEEN SAID DIE WHEEL AND SAID TAKE-UP REEL, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO TO ROTATION OF SAID DIE WHEEL TO TURN SAID METERING ROLLER TO AN ADJUSTABLY PREDETERMINED EXTEND AFTER FEEDING OF THE TAPE BY SAID ROLLING CONTACT OF SAID TYPE MEANS THEREWITH HAS COMMENCED, MEANS URGING SAID TAKE-UP REEL TO ROTATE IN THE DIRECTION FOR REWINDING THEREON EACH LENGTH OF TAPE FED BY SAID TURNING OF THE METERING ROLLER. A SWINGABLE BAR ENGAGING THE TAPE AT A LOCATION INTERMEDIATE SAID SUPPLY REEL AND SAID DIE WHEEL AND BEING MOVABLE AWAY FROM AND TOWARD SAID FIXED GUIDE MEANS SO AS TO PULL ON THE TAPE AND PROVIDE SLACK IN THE LATTER, RESPECTIVELY, AND MEANS MOVING SAID SWINGABLE FOR SYNCHRONISM WITH THE ROTATION OF SAID DIE WHEEL SO THAT SAID BAR PROVIDES SLACK IN THE TAPE IN ADVANCE OF THE DIE WHEEL PRIOR TO THE FEEDING OF THE TAPE BY ROLLING CONTACT OF SAID TYPE MEANS THEREWITH AND SAID BAR PULLS ON THE TAPE AFTER SAID TYPE MEANS MOVES OUT OF ROLLING CONTACT THEREWITH, THEREBY TO DRAW BACK THE TAPE TO THE EXTENT THAT THE FEEDING THEREOF BY SAID ROLLING CONTACT OF THE TYPE MEANS EXCEEDS THE LENGTH OF TYPE FED BY SAID TURNING OF THE METERING ROLLER.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR APPLYING MARKINGS FROM A STAMPING TAPE TO A WEB DURING MOVEMENT OF THE LATTER OVER A BACK-UP SURFACE, COMPRISING A DIE WHEEL ROTATABLY MOUNTED ABOVE THE BACK-UP SURFACE AND HAVING ITS AXIS EXTENDING LATERALLY RELATIVE TO THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF THE WEB, TYPE MEANS ON A PORTION OF THE PERIPHERY OF SAID DIE WHEEL, MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID DIE WHEEL WITH A PERIPHERAL SPEED AT SAID TYPE MEANS, EQUAL TO THE SPEED OF MOVEMENT OF THE WEB, A SUPPLY REEL AND A TAKE-UP REEL ROTATABLY MOUNTED ABOVE SAID DIE WHEEL, FIXED GUIDE MEANS LEADING TAPE FROM SAID SUPPLY REEL BETWEEN SAID DIE WHEEL AND THE WEB ON THE BACK-UP SURFACE AND THEN TO SAID TAKE-UP REEL SO THAT, DURING ROTAION OF SAID DIE WHEEL, ROLLING CONTACT OF SAID TYPE MEANS WITH THE TAPE AGAINST THE WEB ON SAID BACK-UP SURFACE EFFECTS MARKING OF THE WEB AND FEEDING OF THE TAPE, A FEED METERING ROLLER ENGAGING THE TAPE BETWEEN SAID DIE WHEEL AND SAID TAKE-UP REEL, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO TO ROTATION OF SAID DIE WHEEL TO TURN SAID METERING ROLLER TO AN ADJUSTABLY PREDETERMINED EXTEND AFTER FEEDING OF THE TAPE BY SAID ROLLING CONTACT OF SAID TYPE MEANS THEREWITH HAS COMMENCED, MEANS URGING SAID TAKE-UP REEL TO ROTATE IN THE DIRECTION FOR REWINDING THEREON EACH LENGTH OF TAPE FED BY SAID TURNING OF THE METERING ROLLER. A SWINGABLE BAR ENGAGING THE TAPE AT A LOCATION INTERMEDIATE SAID SUPPLY REEL AND SAID DIE WHEEL AND BEING MOVABLE AWAY FROM AND TOWARD SAID FIXED GUIDE MEANS SO AS TO PULL ON THE TAPE AND PROVIDE SLACK IN THE LATTER, RESPECTIVELY, AND MEANS MOVING SAID SWINGABLE FOR SYNCHRONISM WITH THE ROTATION OF SAID DIE WHEEL SO THAT SAID BAR PROVIDES SLACK IN THE TAPE IN ADVANCE OF THE DIE WHEEL PRIOR TO THE FEEDING OF THE TAPE BY ROLLING CONTACT OF SAID TYPE MEANS THEREWITH AND SAID BAR PULLS ON THE TAPE AFTER SAID TYPE MEANS MOVES OUT OF ROLLING CONTACT THEREWITH, THEREBY TO DRAW BACK THE TAPE TO THE EXTENT THAT THE FEEDING THEREOF BY SAID ROLLING CONTACT OF THE TYPE MEANS EXCEEDS THE LENGTH OF TYPE FED BY SAID TURNING OF THE METERING ROLLER.