US1105323A - Addressing-machine. - Google Patents

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ADDRESSING MACHINE.

Patented July 28, 1914.

APPLIGATION FILED JUNE 25, 1907- 3 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

THE NORRIS PETERS C04. PHOTO-LITHQ. WASHINGTON. D. U.

S. O. COX.

ADDRESSING MACHINE.

APPLIOATIOH FILED JUNE 25, 1907.

1,105,323. Patented Jul 28, 1914 8 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

S. G. 00X.

ADDRESSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 25, 1907- 1,105,323. Patented-July 28,1914.

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ADDRESSING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent. 1 t t July '23, 914;

Application filed June 25, 1907. Serial No. 380,723.

To all whom it may concern: 3

Be it known that T, SANDFORD C. Cox, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Addressing-Machines, of 1 which the following is a full, clear, and eX- act specification.

This invention relates to machines for addressing and folding or wrapping newspapers and the like.

In addressing newspapers it is customary presence of some peculiar mark always appearing upon their particular paper.

With a view to the attainment of these ends and the accomplishment of certain larged detail plan view of the shoe and cir-' cuit closer also showing its relation to the slugand slug carrier. Fig. 3 is a detail section on the line 3-3, Fig. 2. Fig. i is a detail section on line 44, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detail section on line 55, Fig.2. Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail side elevation. of the marking apparatus partly in section on line 66, Fig. 7. Fig. 7 isa front elevation thereof partly in vertical section online 77, Fig. 1, and Fig. 8 is an enlarged section on the irregular section line 8-8, Fig. 1. H i

In Fig. 1 of the drawing are shown only those operations of the addressingand wrapping machine as are necessary for an understand ng of the construct on and operati on of the improved town marker'or slug marker.

constituting this invention. It is entirely immaterial so far as this invention is concerned what the particular form of addressing and wrapping machine may be but for the purposes of illustrating it has been decided to show in this "application the form of addressing and folding. machine already illustrated. in Patent No. 1,033,232, issued to me July23,,1912. In *the addressing machine of such other application as in the form here partially indicated the addresses to be prlnted on the newspapers are contained on linotypes or slugs which while being printed from are contained in a slug carrier or wheel having a plurality of pockets or seats for.

supporting or carrying the various slugs while they are successively printed from during the rotation of the carrier. This carrier isindicated at -,1 and a plurality of the slugs atQ, 3 in Fig. 1 arranged in their l seats, on the periphery of the carrier. =.The seats for these slugs are constituted by radially extending fixed jaws' l and pivotal jaws 5 which are provided with springs 6 or othersuitable means causing them to clampthe slugs against their fixed jaws 4. l The impression means for causing the paper I I to be addressed to receive the imprint of the 1 slug as it is carried in this carrier have not i been shown as it is immaterial for the purposes of this invention. Suffice it to say 1 that after the paperhas been addressed by the slugs the carrier or wheel 1 continues to grotate and carries the slugaway fromthe impression means, in this instance toward the-right as viewed in Fig.1. After the papers are addressed theyiare folded and 'wrapped." Y i i The folding and wrapping means interposed between the addressing means andthe marking means which will bepresently described, are entirely immaterial, but for the I purposes of this invention it may be assumed that at or about the conclusion of the folding and fwrapping operation the papers finally find their way into a. plurality of rotating clamps orqcarriers' 7, this being a feature of the particular wrapping and fold ing machine shown inthe aforesaid pend ing application and, from this point the papers, two of which are shown at ,8, are

ing and delivering rolls 9, 10, two pairs of such rolls being shown, and in this particular instance the rolls 10 are also provided with delivery tapes 11, forconducting the folded and wrapped paper away, the paper being caught between the two contiguous runs of the tapes as it leaves the rollers 10 and it is at this time that it is preferable to place upon the wrapper of the paper a mark which will distinguish that particular paper from the series which precede or follow it. For illustration, that paper may be the last one of a series of papers that go to a certain town or belong to a certain club or it may be the first one of such series, and consequently, if a mark be placed thereon it will indicate one end of the series and if a similar mark be placed upon the first paper of the next series the last said mark will indicate the other end of such series,-

and will enable the attendants to readily separate one series from another without having the name of the town printed on each of the papers and without having to read that name even though it should be printed thereon. To these ends a shield 12 is arranged contiguous to and parallel with one of the inner runs of the tapes 11 and over this shield the wrapped paper slides while being conducted away by the delivery tapes. The shield is formed with the aperture 13'and situated below this aperture is a marking roller 14 or other suitable marking device which rests when not in operation upon an inking roller 15 running in an ink fountain 16 so that when the roller 14 is raised through the aperture 13 it will imprint a distinguishing mark upon the wrapper of the paper passingover the shield 12. The shaft 17 of one of the rollers 10 is provided with a tappet arm 18 arranged to strike one end of the pivoted lever 19 whose other end carries a springing pawl 20 arranged to engage a ratchet wheel 21 on shaft of the ink roller so that at every revolution of the tappet arm 18 a sufficiently inked surface will be presented to the marking roller 14, the lever 19 being pulled downwardly by spring 21 or other suitable meansx There are, of course, various means by which the marking roller 14 may be caused to rise and engage the paper at the proper time but this is preferably accomplished electrically and the electrical means are preferably actuated by the slugs themselves so that the slug which printed or ad dressed the paper to be marked will also actuate the marking means. With this object inview the marking roller 14 is journaled in one end of the pivoted lever 22 whose other end is attached by suitable connection 23.with an electro-responsive device such as a solenoid 24 and its core 25 which when and engage the'paper and when denergized should it not fall by gravity will be pulled down by spring 26. The circuit through the solenoid includes conductors 27, 28 and a source of electricity 29 and these conductors are connected at their terminals with contacts 30, 31 better shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the contact 31 being a spring contact which is normally out of engagement with its companion 30. The ends of the fixed jaws 4 of the slug wheel or carrier are all provided with slots or notches 32 arranged in a circle concentric with the center of the slug wheel and situated so as to engage in these slots or notches is a'curved shoe or runner 33, whose curvature is the same as the curvature of the circular line of notches 32 so that as the wheel rotates, the shoe being stationary, the shoe will maintain a position against the fixed jaws 4 but at the inner ends of the notches unless otherwise forced outward.

A detail of the particular relation between the fixed jaw 4 and the shoe is clearly shown I in Fig. 2, the inward position of the shoe or position it assumes when forced into the notch 32 being indicated in dotted lines. The slugs, however, are of such length that their ends project beyond and overlap the notches 32 of the jaws and consequently while the slugs are in position in the jaws they hold the shoe out of the notches 32 as shown on full lines in Fig. 2. Should one of the slugs be notched also, like the jaw, however, the shoe will instantly spring to its normal position shown in dotted lines. Therefore, if the slug bearing the address of the first paper belonging to a certain series he provided with a notched end as indicated at 34 in slug 2 shown in Fig. 1, the shoe 33 will move inward when that slug arrives and will return again to its outward position as soon as it passes, the end of the shoe being beveled as shown at 35 to facilitate its riding upward or outward against the unnotched slugs. This inward and outward motion of the shoe 33 is utilized for opening and closing the circuit at the contacts 30, 31. The shoe is maintained upon two guide stems 36, 37 supported in brackets 38,39 and'sliding easily therein. On

each of the stems is secured a collar 40 and between these collars and the bracket 39 are interposed springs 41- which tend to force the shoe 33 into the notches 32 in the jaws and 34 in slugs. -The outer end of one of these stems, the stem 36 for example, is provided'with a lug 42 formed of a piece of insulation held in place by a collar 43 and so situated that when the shoe moves inward the lug engages the spring contact 31 and presses it againstits companion contact 30, thereby closing the circuit through the solenoid and actuating themarking roller 14.-

It is, of course, unnecessary to explain in detail that the position of the shoe 33 with respect to the rotary travel of the slugs in the wheel and also with respect to the timing of the wrapping and folding mechanism must be such that when the notched slug reaches the shoe, the paper which has been addressed by that slug will have arrived in position on the shield 12 to receive the mark when the solenoid is energized and the roller 14L elevated.

While this machine is especially adapted for placing a mark upon the wrapper instead of directly upon the paper, it will, nevertheless, be understood that it would be no departure from the spirit of the invention to address the papers and run them through the folder without wrappers and place the mark directly upon the folded paper as heretofore.

In order that the invention maybe understood ;by those skilled in the art, the details ofan exemplification thereof have been thus specifically described, but

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a machine for the purpose described the combination of means for addressing papers, means for conveying the paper after it has been addressed, a marking mechanism for placing a mark upon the paper while it is thus conveyed, said addressing means embodying means for holding notched and unnotched printing slugs, and

electrical connections whereby said marking means is caused to be actuated by the difference between the notched and unnotched slugs.

2. In a machine for the purpose described the combination of means for addressing papers, means for conveying the papers after they are addressed, a marking means for placing a mark upon some of the papers while being thus conveyed, said addressing means embodying means for holding and carrying differently proportioned printing slugs, electrical means for actuating the said marking means and means controlled by the difference in proportions of the slugs for controlling the said electrical means.

3. In a machine for the purpose described the combination of means for addressing papers embodying means for holding and carrying differently proportioned printing slugs, means for conveying the papers after they are addressed by said slugs, a marking device for placing a mark upon some of the papers while being thus conveyed, a shoe arranged to bear normally against the slugs while being moved in the said carrying means and adapted to be moved back and forth by the diiference of proportions of the slugs, and electrical contacts and circuits for actuating said marking means as the shoe is thus moved.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

the combination of individual means differently proportioned with respect to each other for addressing papers, means for fold ing and wrapping papers after they are addressed, a marking device for placing a mark upon some of the papers arranged contiguous to the folding and wrapping means and embodying an electroresponsive device for causing its actuation, and means actuated by the addressing means of certain proportion for closing the circuit through said electroresponsive device.

5. In a machine for the purpose described, the combination of means for addressing the papers, means for wrapping the papers embodying means for conveying the papers away, a shield arranged contiguous to the paper conveying means and along which the paper moves, a marking roller arranged contiguous to said shield for engaging the paper while passing the shield, an electroresponsive device for moving the roller with respect to the shield, a circuit for said electroresponsive device and means for closing said circuit by the addressing means.

6. In a machine for the purpose described the combination of means for addressing the papers, means for wrapping the papers embodying means for conveying the papers, a marking roller arranged contiguous to the conveying means, an ink roller forinking said marking roller having a ratchet, a pawl engaging said ratchet, a lever for actuating said pawl, a tappet for oscillating the said lever, an electroresponsive device for moving said marking roller with relation to the line of movement of the paper, an addressing means for addressing the papers, and means for closing the circuit through the electroresponsive device by the addressing means.

7. In a machine for the purpose described the combination of means for addressing papers embodying means for holding'and carrying differently proportioned printing Washington, D. 0.

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