US1026255A - Printing device. - Google Patents

Description

J. S. DUNCAN.

PRINTING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED Imm, 1911.

'Patented May 14, 1912.

f UNITED srafrns PATENT. caricia.

JOSEPH S. DUNCAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,` ASSIGNOR TO ADDRESSOGRAPH COMPANY,

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

PRINTING DEVICE.

To all whom 'it may concern.'

[Se it known that I, Josrrn S. DUNCAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at thicago, in the county of Cool: and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements 1n Printingl Devices, of

which the following is a specifi ration.

This invention relates to that class of printing devices which are adapted to be stored in trays or drawers in accordance with a card index system and its object is, primarily, to provide the printing device with a. designation indicating the device. with suflicient particularity to distinguish it froln others with which it is stored and arranged in a novel position on the device to enable it to bc read in its stored position without disturbing any of the devices. lleretofore it has been customary to arrange these printing devices in accordance with a card index system, with such index A tabs as may be necessary to classify the de vices alphabetically, geographically, or otherwise, but whenever it was desired to pickout any'one of the devices to change the address or for other purposes it has been necessary to loosen the devices in the tray or dawer and examine a suitable number thereof. This is objectionable4 for many reasons and because this work is generally* done by office boys. or unskilled clerks who are apt to carelessly destroy the classified arrangement of the devices in handling them.

One of the objects of my invention is to distinguish each particular device from the rest and in' such a vmanner that it can be readily selected and removed from the tray or drawer without disturbing or disarranging any of the other devices therein* The invent-ion also has for its object to provide the printing device with a display ledge arranged at an angle to the plane ofl the device so that it is observable and readable while the device Iis in storage position. In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated the form which I consider at this time the preferred' embodiment of the invention and referring thereto-n .Figure 1 isa plan view.. Fig. Q is an edge view. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view.

embodiment of my invention comprises va frame A havin;` spacing flanges 5 atits ends,

specification of Letters Patent.

The printing device selected to show the Patented May 14, 1912'.

Application filed February 2, 1911. Serial No. 606,076.

and a printing plate 6 anda card 7 suitably secured in place thereon. 'The invention can be embodied in printing devices 4of diti'erent varieties, and with other vformsof spacing flanges, and with printing forms consisting of set-up type instead of the printing plate. l

A display ledge 8v' is arranged \on'the frame, preferably at the upper edge there-` of and between the spacing lianges. This ledge projects at an angle to the plane of the frame and in the drawingsl I have shown the ledge on the front of the frame at the upper edge thereof and projecting forwardly and downwardly to a position oblique to the plane of the frame. This display ledge may have the information it displays printed or stamped or provided thereon in any suitable manner, the drawings/showing it provided with a bead 9 at its lower edge and with lips 10 at its upper edge and one end and a stop 11 at its other end to receive and hold a card 12 on which the information is printed. I prefer to make this ledge an integral part of the frame, bending it over to the desired angle and cutting the middle tovform the lips at. the top of the ledge so that the 'ard may extend to the extreme top of the ledge, as shown in Fig. 3.

In practice the card 7 may bear an impression of the address of the printing late and any other desired information an( the card 12 may have the name of the address vprinted thereon, as shown, or any other des'` ignation which will distinguish the device from others, or which will distinguish it in a class with certain others. i

In the form illustrated the ledge is on the side of the device opposite to the spacing Hanges and when the frames are arranged in a tray or drawer in accordance with a card index system the ledges will be visible and the information thereon readable While the devices are packed solidly together. The spacing flanges prevent the plates from" coming in contact with type characters of` adjacent devices in `storage and they also enable this compactl arrangement of the devices withoutatfecting the ledges.

It will be readily understood that if the devices are classified alphabetically in storage by the use gf any index tabs there may be following each litter of the alphabet a considerable number of devices in that divi, 1:10

sion and formerly it has been necessary lto release 'the follower of. the tray or drawer, or otherwise loosen up the devices so that' they can be readily handled for the purpose. of examining and picking out any one of the devices. ,`With my invention 'there is disclosed on each device such information as will distinguish it from the others, such as the naine of the address, so that without releasing the follower and without disturbing 'any of the devices in the tray or drawer any particular device may be readily found and removed. This greatly facilitates the work involved in changing addresses and making 'notations on the devices for enabling the operator'to readily find any particular address desired. And further it avoids considerable handling ofthe devices and obviates the liability of disarranging the classification.

The ledge may he employed to vcarry classi! flanges at opposite edges and on one side thereof, 'and a display ledge on the other side of the device extending longitudinally thereof and terminating short of and adjacentthe spacing flanges, said ledge being located at the top of the fr alne and inclined transversely downwardly and outwardly from the device, substantial-ly as described.

2. A printing device comprising a plate having spacing flanges atv opposite edges and on one side of the plate, the upper edge portion ofthe plate being bent over to form a display' ledge onlthe other side vof the device extending longitudinally thereof and vinclined transversely downwardly and out-y wardly from the frame, substantially as described.

3. A printing `device having spacing flanges at opposite edges and on one side thereof, and a display ledgel on the other side of the device extending longitudinally thereof at the top of the frame and inclined transversely downwardly and outwardly from the frame, substantially as described.

Vitnesses VM. O. BELT, M. A. KIDDIE.

JCSEPH S. DUNCAN.

Images