US1025459A - Addressing-machine. - Google Patents

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S. ELLIOTT. ADDRESSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAILQ, 1909.

Patented May 7, 1912.

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APPLICATION FILED MAR.9.1909.

Patented May 7, 1912.

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S. ELLIOTT.

ADDRESSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 9, 1909.

Patented May 7, 1912.

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ADDRESSING. MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.9,1909.

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S. ELLIOTT.

ADDRESSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAB.9,1909.

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Patented May 7, 1912.

ZI/iin sses STERLING ELLIOTT, 0F NEWTON; MASSACHUSETTS.

ADDRESSING-MACHINE.

Specification of-Letters Patents Patented May 7, 1912.

Application filed March 9,1909. Serial No. 482,351.

has for its object to rigidly connect together the component parts of the receptacle which is adapted to con-- tain a pile of stencil-plates, whereby it may be applied to or removed from its support in assembled condition; also, to make said receptacle reversible, whereby it may be arranged to face forward or rearward as may be required; also, to provide the receptacle which contains the pile of stencil-plates, or either of them, if two. are employed, with means for assisting the entry thereinto or the removal therefrom oft-he pile of stencil; plates, whereby displacement of the plates of the pile may be prevented and their order preserved; also, to provide means for supporting the receiving-receptacle for the "stencil-plates close to the printing-devices,

which does not obstruct the top of the table, so that an unobstructed space of large area is provided on top of the table to receive the object to be printed; also, to improve the constructionv of the sliding-pusher by which the lowermost stencil-plate of'the pile is removed from the receptacle, and the means for supporting it and for guiding it, and to utilize the guides for the pusher as supports for the pile of stencil-plates contained in the receiving-receptacle; also, to provide a reciprocating-frame bearing the slidingpusher and operating-means therefor, which is movable into and out of engagement therewith, and a controlling-device for controlling the engagement of said operatingmeans with the reciprocating-frame, whereby the pusher-may be operated to move along the stencil-plates and cause them to rest in transit for different periods of time according as it is desired to print one or more addresses with each stencil-plate; also. to provide the machine with improved means for reversing the stencil-plates so that when taken successively from one pile and formed into another pile their order will 'be preserved; also, to arrange the reversing-device for the stencil-plates adjacent the discharging-receptacle and to provide. the latter with an entrance at the bottom and an exit at the top and to provide means for successively transferring the stencil-plates from the reversing-device to the bottom of the discharging-receptacle; also, to provide improved means for operating the reversing-device for the stencilplates; also, to provide improved means for moving the reversed stencil-plates into the discharging-receptacle, at the bottom the-reot'; also, to provide an improved form of discharging-receptacle especially adapted to receive the stencil-plates at the bottom, so

that the pile. contained therein may be.

formed from the bottom up; also, to provlde an obllquel Y arrangarm bearing the "impression-roll, the support for which is ar-' ranged at one side of the inking-mechanism, and to provlde lmproved means for sup porting said inking-mechanism, whereby a large unobstructed space is provided on top of the table for'the worl; to be printed also, to attach the" support for the impressionroll to the arm bearing it by means whereby said support may rock with respect to the arm, to permit the roll to engage the stencil-plates with an even pressure through out its length.

Figure 1 is a plan view of an addressingmachineembodying this invention. Fig. 2 isa frontelevation of the machine shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the machine shown in Fig. 2, taken on the dotted line a:m. Fig. 4 is an enlarged plan view of one of the receptacles forthe stencilplates. sectional detail of a portion of the left-hand end of the machine, showing particularly the receiving-receptacle, its support, and

means for moving the stencil-plates successively from the bottom of a pile contained in said receptacle and cortrollingqnechanism for said plate-moving means. Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional detail of the slidingpusher and means for operating it, taken on dotted line 66, Fig. 7. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal sectional detail of the operating means for the sliding-pusher. Fig. 8 is a Fig, 5 is an enlarged longitudinal detail of the c ntrolling-means for operating the sliding-pusher. Fig. 9 is an enlarged longitudinal section of a portion of the machine, showing particularly the reversing-device for the stencil plates and the discharging-receptacle. Fig. 10 is a transverse sectional detail of the reversing-device taken on the dotted line 2'z, Fig. 9. Fig. 11 is a detail to be referred to. Fig. 12 is a side view of the inking-mechanism for the impression-roll, the parts being in their normal positions. Fig. 13 is a vertical section of the inking-mechanism shown in Fig. 12, the parts being in the positions they will occupy when the impression-roll is in engagement with a stencil-plate. Fig. 14 is a detail of the base-plate for the stencil-plate receptacle.

1 represents a table which is supported by suitable legs. It is provided at each end with a receptacle for apile of stencil-plates, and means are provided for transferring the stencil-plates from one receptacle to the other, said means, operating intermittingly, whereby the stencil-plates are moved successively and are caused to stop in transit long enough to be engaged by an impression-roll in order that addresses may be printed on envelops or other things. The receptacle at one end of the machine is termed the receiving-receptacle, and'the receptacle at the opposite end of the machine the discharging-receptacle.

Each receptacle, as here shown, consists of several upright posts arranged to inclose a space of the shape and size of the stencilplates, there, being two angularly formed corner-posts 3, .4, at the rear side and a fiat post 5 at the middle of the' front side. Said posts are made of a length to correspond to the height of the pile of stencil-plates which it is intended theyv shall support. The posts of each receptacle are rigidly connected together, so that the receptacles thus constructed may be removed from or applied to supports which are provided for them on the machine. As here. shown said posts are rigidly secured to a quadrangular base-plate 150, see Fig. 14, which is made as an open frame, and the corner- posts 3, 4, have feet 152 which extend along theltops of the sidebars of said base-plate and are secured there,- to. The two receptacles are made substantially alike, and they are also made reversi ble in order .that their positions on. their supports may be reversed, the corner posts being either at the rear or at the front. To provide for thus reversing the receptacles thev front and back bars of the base-plate 150 each have a hole for an attaching-screw 153, and also have one or more dowel-pins 154, and'said support is provided with holes for said screws and dowel-pins. In Fig. 4 the receptacle is represented in full lines in one position and in dotted lines in its reversed position. The topof one of the bars 1 thereof.

of the base-plate 150 is recessed intermediate its length in order that the lowermost stencil-plate of a pile may be engaged by the fingers for the purpose of lifting the pile from the receptacle.

As the stencil-plates of a pile are arranged in regular order and it is desired to preserve this order, means are provided for guiding the pile of stencil-plates into and out of the receptacle, to prevent displacement of the plates of the pile. Such means, as here shown, consists of a guide-bar 6, see Fig. 3, arranged between and pivotally connected to the upper ends of the corner- posts 3 and 1, and adapted to be moved into and out of vertical position as may be required. When in vertical position it occupies a position above the space between said corner-posts, although in the same plane, and serves as a rest or guide against which the pile of stenoil-plates is held while being lowered into or lifted from the receptacle. At other times it will be turned back out of the way, as shown in Fig. 3. Without said guide-bar there is great difliculty in handling the piles of stencil-plates, as they are heavy and the plates of the piles are liable to become displaced, or the whole pile is liable to buckle.

The receiving-receptacle'at the left hand side of the machine is arranged on a support, herein shown as a plate 2, which is secured to the top of the table 1, and the under side of said plate is cut away at its inner end, see Figs. 2 and 5, to therebyform an overhanging portion, which extends over the top of the table, and provides beneath it an unobstructed space 7 into which the object to be printed may extend. The receiving-receptacle is arranged on top of the overhanging portion of said supportingplate 2. By thus forming the supportingplate the receiving-receptacle may be disposed quite close to the printingdevice, to be described, and yet an unobstructed space of large area provided on top of the table for the object to be printed.

The receiving-receptacle is open at the bottom, from side to side, above its supporting-plate, to provide for the removal of the lowermost stencil-plate of the pile, which removal is accomplished by means of a sliding-pusher, and "the side-bars of the baseplate 150 are cut away at their under sides, as at 151, to provide for said pusher. The pusher consists of a plate 8, see Figs. 1 and 6, arranged horizontally in a lmigitudinal recess formed in the top of the supportingplate 2, and which extends from end to end It is movable longitudinally in said recess and is supported upon and guided by ribs 9, 9, arranged at opposite sides of said recess, which enter rooves formed in its op osite sides. Said ri s 9, 9, extend from on to end of the plate 2, and hence extend beneath the receiving-receptacle, being arranged in' the cut away port tions 151.formed in the under sides of the side-bars of the base-plate 150. The pile of stencil-plates contained in saidreceptacle rests on said ribs. A pair of grooved guidebars 1t), 10, extend from the receiving-receptacle to the opposite end of the table 1, or thereabout, which aree arranged in line with said guide- ribs 9, 9, and parallel with the top of the table. They are arranged with their grooved sides facing each other to receive between them the stencil-plates, and together they form a slide-way along which said plates are moved. The pusher 8 is movable from a position at the left hand side'of the receiving-receptacle to a'position beneath said receptacle and its end engages the left hand end of the lowermost stencilplate of the pile and moves said plate along on the guide- ribs 9, 9, into the slide- way 10, 10. The movement of the pusher 8 is sulficient to entirely remove the lowermost stencil-plate from the receptacle, so that when it resumes its normal position the 'pile of stencil-plates above it is permitted to settle down on the guide- ribs 9, 9, in order that the next plate of the pile, which becomes the stencil-plates contained in the slideway is moved along intermittingly.

The pushing-plate 8 is rigidly connected by a link or arm 12, see Figs. 1, 5, 6, and'7, with a reciprocating-frame, whereby it may be reciprocated. Said reciprocating-frame consists of a flat bar 13, arranged horizon-' tally in guideways provided for it on the under side of the table 1, having on its upm r side, at or near one end,'a boss 14, which projects up through a slot in the table, and a narrow bar 15 arranged beneath said bar 13, having upwardly extended ends which are attached to the opposite ends of said bar 13. The link or arm 12 is secured to said boss 11. Said frame is adapted to be engaged and disengaged by the operating means which is provided for reciprocating it, so that while said operating means may continue to operate, said frame may or may not be moved by it. Said operating means, as here shown, comprises a long bar 16, see Figs. 2 and 5 having a loop-like end portion 17, horizontally arranged beneath the table 1. The bar 15 extends through said loop 17, see Fig. 7, and the end of the loop rests by gravity on said bar 15. One end of the bar 16 is thereby supported. Said bar 16 is 3 designed to be reciprocated longitudinally,

and when thus moved the end of the loop 17 slides along on the bar 15, orenters a notch 18, formed in said bar 15, and moves said bar with it, according to whether it is permitted to or prevented from entering said notch. The opposite end of said bar 16 is pivotally connected to the upper end of an upright arm 19 of a bell-crank lever,

pivoted at 20 to the --frame-work, the other arm 21 of said lever being connected by a rod 22 to the arm 23 of a bell-crank lever, pivoted at 21 to the frame-work, the other arm 25 of said last named lever being connected by a link 26 with an arm 27 extending from the upper end of arod 28, which is connected with a crank-pin 29 projecting from one side of a gear-wheel 30 secured to a shaft 31. A pinion32 engages said gear wheel 30, which is secured to a shaft 33, hearing a friction-disk 3 1, engaged by a friction-roll 35, driven by a friction-disk 36 adapted to receive upon'it a belt, or to be otherwise driven. As thebell- erank lever 19, 21, is vibrated by the power-actuated means thus described, the bar 16 will be reciprocated longitudinally.

When it is desired to use each stencil-plate once the row of stencil-plates will be moved along the slideway at each operatic-11 of the pusher, and, in such case, the operatingmeans for the reciprocating-frame bearing the pusher will remain continuously in en-' gagement therewith, as for instance, the loop 17 carried by the ba r16 will remain continuously in engagement with the notched bar 15, but when it is desiredto use each stencil-plate more than once said operatingmeans will be temporarily disengaged from the reciprocating-frame, so that said frame will remain at rest. and the pusher will notbe operated to feed along the stencil-plates, although the operating-means will continue to operate independently thereof. While temporarily disengaged from the reciproeating-frame bearing the pusher, the bar 16 will be reciprocated longitudinally, the same as when in engagement with said frame, but the end of the loop 17 will slide along on top of the bar 15, which latter is madelong enough to provide for such independent longitudinal movement of the bar 16.

To provide for controlling the engagement of the operating-means with the reciprocatadapted to be intermittingly revolved, and

the closing-plate to cover .and uncover the notch 18, and several disks may be provided with the machine having notches diflerently arranged on their peripheries and the substitution of one for another may be made as required. The disk is arranged on the free .end of a stationary bar 47, and is detachably held thereon by a suitable nut, and for the purpose of intermittingly revolving it a ratchet-wheel 41 is also arranged on said bar which is adapted to be detachably connected with said disk, and which is engaged by a pawl 42, pivotally connected to a pawlcarrier 43, extended from a sleeve 48 mounted on said bar 47. Said pawl-carrier is connected by a rod 44 with. the arm 25 of one of the bell-crank levers of the machine, or it may be connected to some other movable part thereof. The rod 44 is reciprocated longitudinally to thereby cause the pawl to repeatedly move the ratchet-wheel and thereby intermittingly rotate the disk. A disk 45, see dot-ted line Fig. 5', may be arranged on the bar 47 and connected with the ratchet-wheel and also with the disk 40, said disk 45 having peripheral notches arranged at regular distances apa rt=,-corresponding to the teeth of the ratchet,- and' its notched edge is continuously engaged by afiat spring 46, for the purpose of holding the rotatable parts in predetermined positions at each movement of the ratchet-wheel. The notched vdisk 45 is herein shown as interposed between the ratchet-wheel 41 and the notched disk 40, and said three members are nonnected together by a pin projecting from the ratchet-wheel'which extends through a hole in the disk 45 and into orthrough a hole in the disk 40.

The disk 40,..shown in Figs. 5 and 8, is arranged to provide for using each stencilplate twice, it having one half as-many notches on its periphery as there are teeth on the ratchet-wheel, so that the detent 39 will enter one of the notches on the disk 40 as the ratchet-wheel is moved one step, and will rest on the edge of the disk between the notches when the ratchet-wheel is moved the next step, and so on. v I

By the means hereindescribedthe stencilplates are moved along the slidewa-y intermittingly, each moving along" the one ahead of it, and resting, in transit, for short periods of time, to enable the printing-device, to be described, to operate and rint with each stencil-plate one or more ad resses as may be required.

Means are also herein shown whereby the closing-plate 37 for the notch 18 may be continuously held in either its upper or lower position, so that the reciprocatingfr'ame bearing the pusher will be continuously engaged by the operating means or will be continuously disengaged, whereby each stencil-plate may be used but once, or a single stencil-plate may be used as many times as desired. Said means, as herein shown,/consists of a hand-wheel 160 secured to the pivot-shaft of the pawl 42, which may be turned to throw said pawl out of engagement with the ratchet-wheel 41, as represented by dotted lines Fig. 5.

As the stencil-plates arrive at the opposite end of the slideway, at the right hand of the machine, they are delivered to a reversingdevice by which their position is reversed, that is to say, they are turned upside down. They are then transferred from said reversing-device to the discharging-receptacle. They are thrust forward into said receptacle at 'the bottom, so that the pile is formed therein from the bottom upward; and the stencil-plates of the pile are arranged in the same order as taken from the receivingreceptacle except the position of the pile is reversed, but when the pile is taken from the discharging-receptacle and is turned upside dow'n" it is then ready to be again placed in the "receiving-receptacle. Thus the order of the stencil-plates of the pile is preserved. The reversing-device is located at the end of the slideway, being at the ends of the guidebars 10, 10, which terminate at the right hand side of the table 1, and as the stencilplates leave said guide-bars and enter the reversing;device their movement is slightly retarded by means of a spring-finger 49, which is arranged above at least one of the guide-bars and is adapted to bear yieldingly .upon the stencil-plates.

The reversing-device, see Figs. 9 and 10, consists of an "intermittingly revolving plate-support adapted to receive the stencilplates one at a time from the slideway and by revolvin 'tovreverse'them, and a frame bearing sai plate-support having a platereceiving recess beneath said plate-support adapted to receive the plates from the plate support, and means v for transferring the plates from the plate-receiving recess to the discharging-receptacle.

The plate-support consists of a frame, made hollow and open for lightness, and having at its opposite sides flat faces 51, 51, adapted to receive upon them the stencilplates, and also having at its opposite sides pro ect1ons 52, 52, arranged at opposite sides of the flat faces, to receive the stencilplates between them. The projections extend at right angles to the flat faces or thereabout. The sides of the frame are circularly formed and arranged concentric to its axis. Said frame is secured to a horizontal shaft 53 which has its bearings in supports provided beneath the table 1, and which extends into the supporting-frame, and by said shaft is intermittingly revolved, turning a half revolution at each operation of the shaft but always in the same direc tion, so that its faces are repeatedly reversed by said shaft.

The supporting-lframe comprises a base 54 having a pair of upright walls 55, rising from it and spaced apart sufficiently to receive between them the rotatableplate-sup port. said upright walls each having an opening through it opposite the plate-support. A plate 56, pivotally connected to one of the upright portions 55, enters the side opening therein and restsagainst the plate support. Said pivoted plate 56 is springpressed and as the plate-support revolves it moves inward and outward following the general contour of said plate-support, and-by engaging the stencil-plate held by said sup port acts to hold the plate from falling out while the plate-support is being overturned, until thestencil-plate passes by the end of said plate 56. Unless said plate 56 or some equivalent device is provided for holding the stencil-plate on its receiving-face 51 as the plate-support revolves, said stencil-plate is liable to fall out and its correct reversal is not insured. A cover 57 closes the side opening in the other upright wall Upon lifting the cover access may be had to the revoluble plate-support.

The plate-support is held a suitable distance above the base of the supportingframe to provide a recess 165 beneath it, of suitable shape and size to receive the reversed plates as the plate-support is turned over. -The shaft 53 hearing the plate'snpport is designed to be revolved intern-rittingly to thereby intermittingly revolve the plate-support, so as to rapidly reverse its position. To thus operate said shaft 53 it is here shown as having secured to it at or.

near one end, a toothed wheel 58, see Fig. 11. which is adapted to be engaged by a pawl 55) pivotally supported on an ear on the end of a sleeve (30. which is mounted loosely on the shaft. Rotary movement of the sleeve operates to cause the pawl 59 to operate the toothed Wheel 58, and thereby rotate. the shaft 53. Said sleeve (30 is here shown as having a spiral groove 61 extending from end to end thereof orthereabout, which re ceives a stud (32, wit-h or Without a roll thereon, attached to a boss 63. arranged on the end of a sliding-bar (35L, movable in a I guideway ('35 on the under side of the base 54:. Longitudinal reciprocating movement of said bar 64 operates to reciprocate the sleeve 60 rotarily, and to thereby intermittingly revolve the shaft 4 The sliding-bar (34 hasfa depending ear 66 to which one end of a connecting-rod;67 is loosely connected, the other end of said rod being connected to the upright'arm 19 of one of the bell-crank levers, heretofore described, so that longitudinal reciprocating. movement is imparted to the sliding-bar by said bellcrank lever. The connecting-rod 67 may; he composed of two members flexibly connected together, and, as here shown, said members are telescopically arranged and a spring is interposed between them which serves as the flexible connection. As the sliding-bar 64 is thus longitudinally reciprocated the platesupport is intermittingly revolved and its position thereby reversed. Backward movepawl 69 engaging a toothed-wheel 70, secured to the shaft 53. As the stencilplates are pushed into the reversing-device they platesup port, and as said support is reversed, they fall upon the bottom of the plate-receiving recess 165, preparatory to being thrust into the bottom of the discharging-receptacle. The discharging-receptacle is arranged adjacent the reversing-device and has an opening at the bottom, as at 75. for the entry thereinto of the Stencil-plates. The sides'76 of said opening are inclined so that the stencil-plates will be guided in an upward direction by said inclined sides to thereby enter the discharging-receptacle beneath the pile of stencil-plates which has been accumulated therein. The stencil-plates are pushed forward up the inclined sides 7 (S by a pusher, which, as here shown, consists ing-bantil, and arranged to be pushed through side openings in the plate-receiving recess. to thereby engage the end of a stencilplate reposing on the bottom of said recess and move it along and up the inclined sides 76 beneath the pile of stencibplates in the dischargingreceptacle. The end of said tmsher 80 is provided with a shoe 81 especially designed to engage the end of the stencil-plate and lift said end into engagementwith the end of the pusher. The means herein shown for reversing the stencil-plates may be advantageously employed plates and cards, hence my invention is not limited to itsuse in connection with stencilplates.

A hole is made through the table 1 at a point intermediate its length, as at 90, see Fig. 3, into or up through which a platen 91 is moved to engage the under side of a stenplates extends over said hole in order that the stencil-plates may be successively moved ment of the plate-support is prevented by a fall upon the uppermost flat face 51 of the of a horizontal bar 80, connected to the slidfor reversin other thin s such as rintin' cil-plate, and the slideway for the stencilover it, so as to be engaged by the platen. Theplaten'91 is of any suitable construction and is arranged on or formed integral with a plate 92, see Fig. 2, which is adjustably supported at the extremity of an arm 93, pivoted at 94, to an ear 95, on the under side of the table. Movement of the arm up and down correspondingly raises and lowers the platen. Thearm 93 is connected by a rod 96 with an arm 97 pivoted to a fixed arm 99 on the frame, and said arm 97 has an extension 100 provided with a laterally extended pin 101, with or without a roll thereon, which enters a cam groove 102 formed in one side-of the toothedgear 30. As said gear revolves the platen-carrying arm is .moved up and down on its pivot. The impression-roll 105 of an inking device is arranged above the table and is movable toward and from the .platen. It is j ournaled in a yoke 106 secured to the extremity of an arm 107 by a single bolt, whereby said yoke may be moved with respect to the arm hearing it to enable the roll to engage the stencil-plate with an even pressure throughout its length. Said arm 107 rises from a sleeve or hub 108, see Fig. 1, mounted on a horizontal shaft 109, which is stationarily supported in a frame 123 arranged on the table 1. Said sleeve is located remote from the impression-roll, and the arm 107 is made quite long and extends over the top of the table so as to support the impression-roll above the platen. and provide a large unobstructed space on top of the table for the work to be, printed. The impression-roll is moved up and down by rocking the sleeve 108, and to accomplish this result an arm 110 is secured tosaid sleeve, which arm extends downthrough a hole in the table and is so formed as to permit of its connection by a pin 112 with an extension on the connecting-rod 28, and as said rod is moved by the revolving toothed-gear 30 said arm 110 will be raised and lowered and the sleeve 108 bearing it rocked.

As the impression-roll 105 moves toward and from the platen it likewise moves intoand out of engagement with'the inkingmechanism by which it is supplied with ink.

A convenient form of inking mechanism for purposes of-illustration is shown in Figs.

12 and 13. The impression roll is movable into and out of engagement with the delivering-roll113, journaled in the yoke 114 attached to the extremities of a pair of arms 115. The inking mechanism is mounted on the stationary shaft 109 which is extended from the frame 123, and the extension of said shaft is arranged sufiiciently above the table to provide ample space be yond it for the work to be printed. A distributing-roll 116 is journaled in said arms which is in continuous engagement with said delivering-roll 113, The arms 115 and ported by an ear 119 on one of the arms 115,

so that when said arm 107 is raised said finger will engage said adjusting-screw 118, and will lift the frame bearing the rolls 116 and 113, and when said arm 107 is lowered said finger will be correspondingly moved and said frame permitted to fall by gravity. Downward movement of said frame is limited by a suitable sto as 120; The ink-reservoir consists of a octor comprising a roll 121, and plate 122 engaging its periphery said plate being arranged tangential of the surface of the roll. The roll 121 is journaled in a stationary frame secured to the shaft 109. The roll 121 is designed to be rotated intermittingly for a short period of time, then to pause for a short period of time and then to be again rotated intermittingly, such intermittent rotations and pauses being alternate. To accomplish this result, as here shown, a ratchet-wheel 124-is secured to the roll 121 or to one of the journals thereof, which is engaged by a pawl 125 connected to a crank-pin 126 rojecting from the side of a ratchet-toothed disk 127 journaled in an ear 128 on the frame, said disk being engaged by-a pawl 129 loosely connected by a rocking-frame 130 mounted on said shaft 109. As saidlframe 130 is rocked the pawl 129 operates to revolve the ratchet-toothed disk step b step, and during a half revolution of said isk or thereabout, the pawl 125, which is connected to the crank-pin thereon, advances the ratchetwheel 124 intermittingly to turn theroll 121, and during the next half revolution thereof or thereabout said pawl 125 slips over the teeth of said ratchet-wheel 124, permitting mid roll 121 to pause.

As a means for transferrin the ink from the roll 121 to the distributing-roll 116 a transfer roll 131 is emplo ed, whichis journaled in arms 132 exten ed from the rocking-frame 130. Movement of said frame 130 on the shaft 109 in one direction causes the transfer-roll to engage the roll 121 and in the opposite direction carries the transfer- 'roll into position to be engaged by the dis- Said frame is raised and lowered on ferroll into engagement with, the roll 121,

and when said arm 115 falls the frame 130 will be permitted to fall by gravity. Down- Wvard movement of the frame 130 is limited by stop 134. Itwill thus be observed that theentire inking-mechanism is supported by a shaft extending over the top of the table. It is also herein designed to positively revolve the distributing-roll 116, and to accomplish this result one of its journals has a shaft 140 connectedto it by a universal joint or otherwise, see Fig. 2, which is supported by a standard on the table, and said shaft has a belt-pulley 141, over which a belt passes which passes over a belt-pulley 142 secured to a shaft 143, bearing a belt-pulley 144 over which a belt passes which passes over a belt-pulleyl45 secured'to the friction-disk 34. The shaft 140 is arranged and supported so as to permit the distributingroll to be moved up and down by the framehearing it.

The inking-mechanism is mounted on the stationary shaft 109, which is extended from the frame 123, and the extension of the shaft 109 is arranged sufliciently above the table to provide ample space beneath it for the work to be printed.

Having thus described my invention,

what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In n addressing-machine, a reversible receptacle adapted to contain a pile of sten oil-plates and provided with locating means, and a support therefor provided with co operating locating means and adaptedto re ceive it in either position thereon it may occupy, substantially as described.

2. In an addressing-machine, a reversible receptacle adapted to contain a pile of stenoil-plates corn osed of several'upright posts and a reversi le base-plate to which they are rigidly secured having dowel pins projecting from its under side, and a support provided with down holes and adapted to receive said reversible base-plate in eitherposition thereon it may occupy, substantiallyv as a component part of it a base-plate whic i rests on the support bearing the guide-ribs and which is provided with a central open ing whereby the pile of stencil plates rests on said guide-ribs and which base-plate is recessed at its under side to provide for the guide-ribs and also to provide for a slidingpusher, a pusher sliding along on said guideribsandmovable in said recess, and meansv for reclprocatmg said pusher, substantially 'as described.

5. In an addressing-machine, a receptacle adapted 'to contain a pile of stencil-plates and to be detachably connected to its support, comprising several upright" posts and a pivotally connected guide-bar at the upper ends of said posts, movable into and out of upright position, against which the pile of stencil-plates is held while being movedinto and out of the receptacle, substantially .as described.

6.' In an addressing-machine, a table, a recessed support thereon having guide-ribs at opposite sides of its recess, a pushing-plate contained in said recess having grooved sides to receive said guide-ribs, a receptacle adapted to contain a pile of stencil-plates, arranged above said support, and having an open bottom to enable the pile of stencil-plates to rest on said g'uide-r1bs,whieh bottom-is recessed to provide for the entrance of a. pushing plate at one side'of it and for the re moval of the lowermost plate of the pile, at the opposite side of 1t, guide-bars arranged to form a slideway for t-hestencilplates leading from said receptacle, ar-

ranged in line with the upper surface-of said guiding-ribs, and means for reciprocating the pushing-plate, substantially as descrlbed'. 7. In an addressin -machine, the combi-' nation of a slideway or the'stencil-plates, a

pusher for pushing the stencil-plates along.

the slideway, an impression-roller for the stencil-plates, means for operating it, a reciprocating-frame for said pusher, operating-means for said frame movable into and out of en gement therewith, and means antomatical y controlling the engagement of said operating-means with said frame, substantially asdescribed.

8. In an addressin Ii1achine, the combination of a slideway or the stencil-plates, a

pusher for pushing the stencil-plates along the slideway, an impression-roller for the stencil-plates, means for operating it, a recipro'cating-frame for said pusher having a notched member, operating-means for said frame movable into and out of engagement with the notched'member thereof, and means for controlling the enga ement of said operating-means with saif notched member, substantially as described.

9. In an addressing-machine, the combination of a slideway for the stencil-plates, a

pusher for pushing the stencil-plates along the slideway, an impressiom'roller for the stencil-plates,.means for operating it, a re ciprocatingframe for said pusher having a notched member, operating-means for said frame movable into and outof engagement with the notched member thereof, a closingplate for the notch in said member, and

means for moving said plate to cover and uncover said notch, substantially as described 10. In an addressing-machine, the combination of a slideway for the stencil-plates, a pusher for pushing the stencil-plates along the slideway, an impression-roller for the stencil-plates, means for operating it, a reciprocating-frame for said pusher having a notched member, operating-means for said frame movable into and out of engagement a rotatable-actuator, and means for intermittingly revolving said actuator, substantially as described.

12. In an addressing-machine, the combination of a slideway for the stencil-plates, a pusher for pushing the stencil-plates along the-slideway, an impression-roller for the stencil-plates, means for operating it, a reciprocating-frame for said pusher, ,operating-means fOPSilltl frame, movable into and out of engagement therew1th,a controllingdevice for controlling the engagement of said operating-means and'frame, a notched disk arranged to operate said controllingdevice, and ,means for intermittingly revolving said disk, substantially as described.

13. In an addressingmiachine', the combination of a slideway-for*thestencil-plates, a

pusher for pushing the-stencillates along the slideway, air impression-re ler for the stencil-plates, means foroperating it, a reeiproeating-fran'ie for said pusher, operating-means for said frame, movable into and out of engagement therewith, a controlling device for eontrolling the engagement of said operating-means and frame, having a,

removable actuator, and means for intermittinglyrevolving said actuator, substantially as described. f

Y 14. InVan addressingmachine, the combination of a slideway for the stencil-plates, a

pusher for pushing the stencil-plates along the slideway, an impression-roller for the stencil-plates, means for operating it, a reciprocating-frame for said pusher, operating means for said frame, movable into and out of engagement therewith, a controllingdevice for controlling the engagement of said operating-means and frame, an actuator for said controlling-device, means for operating it, the cooperating parts of which may be disconnected, whereby said actuator remains at rest, substantially as described.

15. In an addressing-machine, the combination of a slideway for the stencilplates, a pusher for pushing the stencil-plates along the slideway, an impression-roller for the stencil-plates, means for operating it, a reciprocating-frame for said pusher, operating-means for said frame movable into and out of engagement therewith, a controllingdevice for controlling the engagement of said operating-means and frame, automatic means for operatingsaid controlling-device, and means for disconnecting said automatic means, permitting the controlling-device to remain at rest, substantially as described.

16. In an addressing-machine, the combination of a receptacle adapted to contain a pile of stencil-plates, a slideway along which said stencil-plates slide, a pusher for removing the lowermost'plate of the pile and for moving it along the slideway, an impressionroller, means for operating it, a reciprocating-frame for said pusher, operating-means for said frame movable into and out of engagement therewith, which is connected with the means for operating the impression-roller, and means controlling the eugagement of said operating-means and rame, substantially as'deseribed.

17. In an addressing-machinehaving a slideway along which the stencil-plates are moved, the combination of a' stencil-plate support arranged at the end of the slidewa means for operating said support to reverse the stencil-plate supported by it, means for moving the stencil-plates along the slideway and for delivering them successively to said support, a supporting-frame for said support having a plate-receiving recess at the bottom adapted to receive the reversed plates, and means for successively removing the-reversed plates therefrom, substantially as described.

18. In' an addressing-machine having a slideway along which the stencil-plates are moved, the combination of a stencil-plate support arranged at the end of the slideway,

' means for operating said support to reverse the stencil-plates supported by it, means for moving the stencil-plates along the slideway and for delivering them successively to said support, a recessed frame for receiving the reversed plates, having openings at oppositesides, a sliding pusher for removing the reversed stencil-plates therefrom, and means for reciprocating said pusher, substantially as described.

19. In an addressing-machine having a slideway along which the stencil-plates are moved, the combination of a stencil-plate support arranged at the end of the slideway, means for operating said support to reverse the stencil-plate supported by it, means for moving the stencil-plates along the slideway and for delivering them successively to said support, a frame for said support having a plate-receiving-recess beneath the support adapted to receive the reversed plates and having an exit, a sliding-pusher arranged to remove the reversed plates from said recess having a shoe at its forward, end adapted to engage the stencil-plates, and means ,for reciprocating said pusher longitudinally, substantially as described.

20. In an addressing-machine having a slideway along which the stencil-plates are moved, the combination of a circularly formed stencil-plate support arranged at the end of the slideway, means for operat-- ing it to reverse the stencil-plates, means for moving the stencil-plates along the slideway and for delivering them successively to said support, a frame containing said support comprising a base and upright side portions between which said stencil-plate support is located, and a spring-plate bearing against said stencil-plate support which follows its general contour as said stencilplate support revolves, substantially as described;

21. In an addressingmachine having a slideway along which the stencil-plates are. moved, the comblnation ofa stencil-plate support arranged at the end of the slideway, means for operating said support to 'reverse the stencil-plates supported by it,

means for moving the stencll-plates along the slideway and for delivering them successively to said support, a frame bearing said support having a recess at the bottom adapted .to receive the reversed plates and having an opening at the side, and a cover for sald opening whereb access may be had to the interior of the rame, .substantially as described.

22. In an addressing-machine, a reversing-device for the stencil-plates, an intermittingly revolving shaft to which it is attached, a rotary-reciprocating member,

means connecting said member with said an arm to the extremity of which said yoke i attached by a single bolt permitting movement of the yoke with respect'to the arm, and means or moving said arm to move the impression-roll toward and from the platen, substantiall as described.

In testimony whereo I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

STERLING ELLIOTT. Witnesses B. J. Norms, H. B. DAVIS.

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