US10485A - Improved machine for paging books - Google Patents

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UNITED; STATES PATENT Orrrcn.3

Ene/'Anp frown, or JEEs'EY ,cire-NEW JERSEY;

l IMPRQ-VED MACHINE FCR PAGING BOQKS.

SperiYc-n! ion forming part of Leiters Patent No. 10,435, dated January 3l, 1554.

Be it know n that I, EDWARD Town, Aof Jersoy City, State of N ew Jersey, have invented a new and useful Machine forNunibering the lagesofBlank- Books and for other Purposes;

.and Ido hereby declarcthe following .to bea -full descrilnion of the saine.

'lhfe nature of my invention consists in arranging' in a suitable frame one or more cylinthe endofthe shaft, so that as theworm lat the opposite end ofthe shaft draws forward the cylinders the cog-wheel slips horizontally on it.,

This cog-wheel is operatedby two pawls-a talteu p an d h old fast pawl-the former secu red on a shaft which is operated by a foot-lever, which also operates a stainper-lever at the top ofthe machine, for taking au impression of the,

number as it is presented on the cylinder through an opening,r inthe guide-plate.

l3nt to describe niy invention more fully, I will refer to the accompanying` drawings,forin ing a partei' this schedule, the saine letters of reference,wherever they occur, referringto the saine parts. l r

Figure l. is a plan view ofthe machine. Fig. 2 is a view ofthe front'elei'ation of the inaehi ne. Fig. 3 is view of 'the'vend elevation ofthe niaychineshowi ng` the cog-wheel, pawls,and levers for operating` the saine.; Fig. 4 is a detached v icw ofthe cog-wheel and a section ofthe shaft,

showing the groove in it for holding the cog. wheel from slipping" round on it.

Letter A is the fraineof the machine, which mayl be made o'i' wood or niela'l, as found most advisable, and having on the upper and front side ofit a table-hoard, lL for holding` the book during the operation of numbering it.

Horizontally across the franie is arranged a, type-cylinder shaft, C, having on one end a screw-thread eut, and working;` in a female screw, l), secured to the frame ofthe machine.

(See detached view, Fig. 2.) 0n the opposite `cud of the' shaft is placedacog-wheel, E, which is held from turning` round on the shaft by a -at one end pin, holding im groove, E, @un horizonmny in the end of the shaft. The object of this is to allow the cog-wheel to slip horizontally on the type-wheel shaft as it is drawn forward by t c.

D, in consequence of the rotating female screw motion caused by the taking-up motion of 'a pawl, G, acting on one side of theeog-wheel, and which is .held `from going back again by a holdfast-'pawh H, operating on theopposite side of the cog-wheel. The pawlGis secured at `its lower end to a lever, I, arranged on a foot-lever rod, J, extendinghorizontally across the machine, so that as the foot-lever K is operated the pawl also is operated to take lup a tooth on the cog-wheel.

the teeth of the wheel, and letter contact with byv a center-pin, m, between the twopawls, and

tongue-piece, N, so that-when it is' desired to A throw both of the pawls out of gear the tonguepieee N is drawn down, so'as to brace against a stud. n, in the holdfast-pawl H, `and thereby keep `the pawls distended till the type-wheels may be turned back again to thel number required, and for 1lnki-ng the same.

Letter P is a rod J", having at the outer end of it connection with a vertical rod, R, for communicating niotion to the stalnpers S S, throughthe leVe'rT', secured on a rod, U, to which is also secured the ends of the sianipcr-franie V. In `the back. end of the lever T is an adj nsti 11g-screw, XV, the

' point of which rests in aseat in theupper end of the vertical rod R, so that by the set of the l screw the pressure ofthe st-ainpers may be regu lated'. I Lette-r Xis a guide-plate,fhaving a hole eut' in itof the size ofthe face of atype, so that as the corner of the page is presented butone ing rods E'. face ofthe type-wheels Z Z. 'lhesetype-wheels are made of wood or metal, as may be required,

and secured on thel shaft C. YOn their periplifl' cries are arranged', in corresponding subdivisions with the teeth of the cog-wheel, a series` of numbers iu numerical order, or otherwise, as may he desired. i

ln the inachfne e forty-two divisions of the circumference ofthe L L are two springs' for holding against the pawls 'to keep them in tothe take-up 'pawl G by a pin, g, and having at the other end an adjustable.v

lever secured tothe foot-lever t l herein described there are l e negras cylinders, which wind spirally round the cyl-y inder live times. The number of spiral turns 0n the cylinder may be increased to any number. These numbers may be eut in the -faee of the cylinders, or maybe type inserted in the face of them, or may be made of stereotypefplates, and adapted so as to form adjustable plates, that variety may be substituted inthe process of numbering the pages of books or other articles.

Theoper'ation of' my invention is that when prepared to page a book the operator throws the pawls out of gear by putting down the tongue-piece N on the extension-brace M against the stud a on the pawl H. He then turns the type-cylinders back to the number required, when he" removes the tongue N and lets'the pawls fall into their places again, Wh ere they `are held by the sprmgs back of them.

\ Of the paper, to take an impression of the re- 'Wired number. Having taken the impression of the number, the foot-lever is released, and the spring (or gravity, as may be adopted) under the lever l) draws back the stainpers, and at the same time the take-up pawl moves the cog-Wheel round one tooth and the typef cylinder one subdivision for a 'new number, and spirally forward by means of the screw on the end of the type-cylinder shaft, so that on the type-cylinder making one revolutionit A has changed to the second column of iig nres.

The inking process may be done at tlietimc of printing, or maybe done by throwing the? pawls ont of gear and giving the cylinders a turn `or two against anvordinary inking-rollerQ-If- Having now described 'my invention, I will, i

proceed to state what I claim and desire to sei cure by Letters Patent of the United States. What I claim there-fore is- 1. The arrangement of type in spiral eolumns around `a cylinder for the purpose of printing successive numbers, the cylinder he ing moved ylaterally while it revel ves by means Y of a screw on the end of its shaft, substantially as described.

2. The right to use any number ofeylinders on a single machine for the purposes set forth.

ED WA RD TOPWN.`

.Witnessem CHARLES L. Baumer, EDWARD Cri/linnn.

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