Abstract:
An apparatus for imprinting a code or other marking on articles, such as capped jars, which comprises a printing or coding wheel having a series of circumferentially spaced printing die elements and rotatably mounted at a printing station above a straight line conveyor on which capped jars or other articles, are advanced, the wheel being disposed at an elevation to bring the die elements into engagement with the tops of jars advanced to the station and a drive for the wheel which includes a differential gear system for accelerating or decelerating the printing wheel and a stepping motor which is responsive to sensors spaced along the path of advance of the jars as they approach the printing station and operating to sense the location of the jar tops relative to the printing station. The sensors are connected through electric circuitry with a control device including a timer whereby the rotation of the printing wheel is adjusted so that the die elements match the spacing of the advancing jar tops and a die element is engaged with each successive jar top to print a code thereon.
Abstract:
Particles of plastic material are attracted to a mold surface by impressing an electrostatic charge on the particles subsequent to their deposit, minimizing disturbance of the deposition stream and sticking of powder in the deposition apparatus. A roll deposition unit and corona bar are employed in association with a rotating mold to form a cylindrical member from powdered plastic material. The unit deposits powder in a strip zone lengthwise of the mold. The corona bar is positioned externally of the roll case, parallel to and coextensive with the roll and closest to the cylindrical mold wall in a plane outside the stream of powder flowing from the roll to the mold wall. When the bar is charged and the mold is grounded, the resultant discharge is largely concentrated outside the stream, minimizing electrostatic effect on particles in the stream.
Abstract:
This disclosure relates to a dampener for suppressing the normal electrode bounce which occurs when lapped portions to be welded move in between a pair of roller electrodes and force the electrodes apart. The dampener is particularly constructed to be operable primarily at the time the lapped portions move in between the electrodes.