US1075340A - Addressing-machine. - Google Patents

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J. S. DUNCAN.

ADDRESSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 24, 1011.

1,075,340. Patented Oct. 14, 1913.

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J. S. DUNCAN.

ADDRESSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION rum) MAR. 24, 1911.

1,075,340. Patented Oct. 14, 1913.

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J. S. DUNCAN.

ADDRESSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 24, 1911.

Patented Oct. 14, 1913.

J. S. DUNCAN. ADDRESSING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAR.24,1911.

Patented Oct. 14, 1913.

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"Ii 1 A J. S. DUNCAN.

ADDRESSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 141111.24, 1911.

Patented Oct. 14, 1913.

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J. S. DUNCAN. ADDRESSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION rum) MAR. 24, 1911.

Patented Oct. 14, 1913.

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ding at Chi fitnie of fail lin- .ziehines, ilieation. to whlressing may gent to print from in; form, or the whole for autonntti line in this manner. ion of nilldresbing mm iinp vssion taken each operation "iuios the machine is impresn each printing form,

n are an no .m-n hm niiinys been taken til machine.

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to print the and the coinniaehines re gas hills and i to he retained w i. i

foregoing will he .'--,ili il(.itillt for the purposes of this application.

W'ith these emis in View the invention has for its object to provide means of simple character whereby on addressing in: chine will automatically operate to 1 Pint the whole or part of a form in suCCeSSiVe operations of the machine.

To illustrate my invention I have shown it in the accompanying drawings en'zhodied illpecifieation Letters Pater- L.

Pa tum-god Set. 1 4, 19

iorfjion filed March 24, 1911. Serial No. (515.2.253.

in an :nhlressing machine of the general type shown in [1 Patent No. 303,577 (lat-ed Now .3 out it wiil be understood of l this is for purposes of illustration oniy and not with the .intenlion of lin1- iting; the scope of the inrentien to that par- .13 type of nniehine as it will be oh- SCl'VQti, when the invention is understood,

ing machines which tliiiier to a. more or lose extent from'the one shown.

lieu-rung to the drawings, whicl illusesszn'y to understand the invention, Figure 1 top plan view, partly in section, of a. portion of an znhlresbing machine showing my "il'lVQliiit i. embodied therewith. Fig. 2 is :1 side elevation, piirtiy in section. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan vi the work i hie with n invent 1. Fig. i n on the. line i-4 'iNPv't-d sh ow n at rest and 3 new sinz'nving the parts in pi... ing poi. non. Fig. =1 is n detail front elevation, partly in section, of the platen head. Fig. i is a. detail. sectionnlriew sho. ing the platen and the. coin operating rod. Fig. 8 a detail sectional view on the line of Fig. 6. Fig. 9 is a View, partly in for operating the sectional platen. Fig. 10 is a front elevation and Fig. 11 is a. side elevation of a. platen head and platen showing another form of my im eni'ion. Fig. 12 is detail plan ViQW on the line 12 M of Fig. 10. Fig. 13 is a trannverse sectional VlQW on the line l3---13 of Fig. 10 showing one soetion of the platen in printing position, and Fig. 14 is a imilar view showing the other section of the platen in printing position. Fi 15 is a perspective View of 10 to 14. Fig. 16 is a detail View showing the antisnnuig'e devices for use with the In the drawings, 1 the frame of the in aohine, 2 the carrier for moving the printinp; rlevices 3 one at a time to p'intin'g position. 4 is the work table which'is pivotsilly mounted at 7 on the frame and carrying the platen head 6. The envelops,

hiiis or other things to be printed are placed that it is mpahle of embodiment in ncldresn irate only so much of the machine as is necsection, illustrating the tripper mechanism.

form of the invention illnstreted in Figs.'

mounted on the frame, 5 is the platen arm one section OI the platen illustrated in one at a time upon the work table against an adjustable gage 8 thereon, the printing devices are moved from a supply to printing position beneath an opening 9 in the work table, and the platen arm is swung to carry the platen into engagement with the envelop 10 and press it against the printing form through the opening 9 at each operation of the machine (Figs. 4, 5).

Ileretofore the platen for an addressing machine has been made to print from the entire form at each operation but my invention contemplates a platen, which can be used as before to print from the whole form, but composed of separately operable sections which make it ossible to print from parts of the form instead of the whole form.

In Figs. 8 I have shown one type of sectional platen embodying my invention and referring thereto 11 is the platen adjustably mounted on the head 6 and 12 and- 13 are the two sections of the platen each of which has a facing 14 of suitable character. The section 12 is fastened rigidly to the base 11 and the section 13 is pivotally mounted at one end 15 in a recess 16 in the relatively fixed section 12. A spring 17 normally holds the movable section out of operative position. A rod 18 is mounted to rock in the platen section 12 and it has a cam face 19 to engage the back of the movable section 13 and push it outward against the tension of spring 17 and into operative position. The means for operating the rod 18 comprise a crank arm 20 rigidly mounted on one end thereof and a pull-bar 21 pivotally mounted at one end to the free end 22 of the crank (Fig. 2). This pull-bar is arranged to slide on a fixed pin 23 in the bracket 24 mounted on the work table and it is held in engagement with the pin by a spring 25 attached to the bar and to the rod 18 (Figs. 2, In the normal operation of the machine the projection 26 on the pull-bar would engage the pin 23 and thereby stop the sliding movement of the pull-bar and cause the rod 18 to rock and force the movable section 13 of the platen into operative position at each operation of the machine, but means are provided to control this movement of the pullbar as hereinafter described.

A cam device 27 is rotatably mounted on the bracket 24' and it is provided on its upper face with a plurality of projections 28 (Figs. 1, 2). A feed bar 29 is pivotally mounted at 30 on the platen arm and is arranged to engage the projections 28. On the downwardmovement of the platen the feed bar is carried forwari and its forward end slides over and eng ges one of the projections. ()n the upward movement of the platen the feed bar is pulled backward and the cam device is turned a step. The

feed bar may be thrown upward out of operative relation to the cam device and held in this position by a pivoted locking device 31 which can be thrown over to engage the shoulders 32 on the feed bar (Fig. 2). A lever 33 is pivotally mounted at 34 on the bracket 24 and one end of this lever carries a roller 35 which travels in engagement with a cam 36 on the cam device 27 (Fig. 3). The other endof lever 33 is connected by a link 33' with a rod 37 which operates aplate 38 beneath the work table (Figs. 1, 3). The platen 38 is suitably guided in its movement and for this purpose is preferably shaped at 39 to slide on a raised bed 40 on the work table, besides having a slot 41 to engage the holding screw 42. The plate 38 is adapted to be projected beneath the opening 9 in the work table to lie between that portion of the work and the printing device below the movable section of the platen during the printing operation to prevent any possibility of the work engaging that art of the printing device which is not to e printed. This plate also protects the work from smudging. The cam may be variously made and timed to operate the cover and anti-smudge plate 38 at each operation of the machine or at alternate operations or otherwise, as desired.

A tripper device 43 is pivotally mounted on the bracket 24 (Fig. 9) and a spring 44 attached to said device holds it in contact with an arm 45 fast on lever 33. In Fig. 3 the cam has two deep depressions 46 and four rest depressions 47 to receive the roller When the roller lies in the deep depressions the plate 38 will be retracted, as shown in Fig.3, and the tripper will be engaged by the arm 45 as shown in Fig. 9, so that the pull-bar can bring the movable section of the platen into operative position when the platen arm is operated. The entire platen will then engage the work and the whole form will print. When the cam device is turned to cause the roller 35 to engage one of the rest depressions therein the plate 38 will gages and lifts the pull-bar 21 out of op-.

erative relation to pin 23 and thereby prevents it from operating the movable section of the platen which will remain in elevated position (Figs. 6, 7). Only the fixed section 12 of the platen will then engage the work and only that part of the form beneath said section will print. The roller 35 is held in engagement with the cam by a spring 35' (Fig. 1) attached to the lever 33 and to the bracket 24.

' The cam device controls the operation of the movable section of the platen and also of the cover and anti-smudge plate. The

impression from a printing form, One section of said platen being normally inoperative, and means for automatically moving said section into operative position as the platen approaches printing position.

11. In an addressing machine, the combination of a sectional platen adapted to press the work against a printing form, means for holding a section of said platen out of operative position, and means adapted to be positioned between the platen and the form to prevent that, part of the form opposite the inoperative section of the platen from printing.

12. In an addressing machine, the combination of a sectional platen adapted to engage and press the work against a printing form, means for throwing one of said sections out of operation and means for preventingaccidental printing by the thrown out section.

13. In an addressing machine, the combi nation of a sectional platen tor ett'ecting an impression from a printing form, an oscillating arm carrying the platen, and means intermediate of the arm and one of the sections of the platen for moving said section as the arm oscillates.

Lt. In an addresling machine, the combination of a platen for elfecting an impression fr m a printing form and comprising a movable section normally sustained out of operative position relatively to the remainder of the platen, and means operated by movement of the platen for throwing said section into operative position.

15. In an addressing machine, the combination of a platen for etl'ccting an impression from a printing form and comprising a movable section normally sustained out of operative position, means for throwing said section into operative position, and a tripper for throwing out said throw-in means.

16. In an addressing machine, the combination of a platen for effecting an impression from a printing form and comprising a movable section normally sustained out of operative position, a cam rod operatively engaged with said movable section, a movable arm carrying the platen, and means operated by said arm for operating said cam rod.

17. In an addressing machine, the combination of a platen for effecting an impression from a printing form, a plate, normally disposed outside the path of travel of the platen, means for inter-posing said plate between the platen and a part of said form to prevent that part of the form covered by the plate from engaging the work interposed between the form and the platen and mechanism for automatically actuating said means at predetermined intervals.

18. In an addressing machine, the combination of a sectional platen for efl'ectin an impression from a printing form, a p ate, and means for interposing said plate between one of the sections of the platen and the form, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

it). In an addressing machine, the combi' nation of a platen for effecting an impression from a printing form, a plate, a lever operatively connected to said plate, a cam for operating said lover, a movable arm carrying the platen, and means operated by said arm for actuating said cam.

20.111 an addressing machine, the combination of a platen comprising a movable section, a plate adapted to be projected over that part of the form oppositethe movable section, and means for moving said section and plate to operate conjointly.

21. In an addressing machine, the combination of a sectional platen, means for retaining one of said sections in inoperative position, a cam mounted on said platen, and means for operating said cam upon downward movement. of the platen to cause said section to be moved into operative position.

22. In an addressing machine, the combination of a platen arm, a sectional platen mounted thereon, means for normally retaining one of said sections in inoperative position, a fixed abutment, and mechanism adapted to be brought into operative relation with said abutment upon downward movement of the platen whereby the normally inoperative platen section is moved into operative position.

In an addressi'ng machine, the combination of a sectional platen, mechanism for moving one of said sections into operative position upon movement of the platen into printing position, and means for automatically rendering said mechanism inoperative at predetermined intervals.

24. In an addressing machine, the combination of a sectional platen, mechanism for moving one of said sections into operative position it on printing movement of the platen, a p ate adapted to be interposed between the platen and the printing form, and means for automatically interposing said plate and rendering said mechanism inoperative at predetermined intervals.

JOSEPH S. DUNCAN.

\Vitnesses:

\VM. 0. BELT, M. A. KIDDIE.

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