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  • My invention relates to card dis tributing machines of the general character. referred to in my pending applicatiom'filed February 4', 1915, Serial Number 6,159; "The broad ob ject of my invention is to provide practical machines fo rapidly and a'ccuratelyassort- 'ing and distributing card's, tickets, and the 7 like, from'a container into aseries of receiving. pockets, or receptacles.
  • FIG. 1' is a top plan view of a pneui'natic card distributing rn aehine embodying my inventlon;
  • Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional" view taken on the line 2 -2 of Fig. 1;
  • Fig. 3 is a horizontal longitudinal sec-' Fig. i isa verticalsectionalviewtaken on the line4-4'0f Fig.2;
  • FIG. 5 Fig. 5 's asirnilar view taken on theline .5-5 of Fig.2;
  • F'g. 6 is an enlarged sectional view,taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 1,showing controlling? .keys with their operating connections "for 3 controlling-the air valves; p 1 F 1gp? s, a fragmentary 1perspective View of one of the switch fmembersl'with parts "brokenawayi' I I i ;:;;;;s
  • Fig. 8 is a plan view'of a detail, 71
  • Fig. 10 s an enlarged-'vl'ewfl'of one of the Fastener.9,1920.
  • Fig. 9 is a sectional "View, on line.-99,
  • Fig. 11 is a detail view of a spring-pressed feed roller.
  • the present embodiment of the'inv'en- .tion comprises a table-like strncture having endth'iereof, is; a transversely extending Ade presse-d' trackway 5, upon whichis mounted ceive a: supply (if-cards 7 said carriage having aback-wall 8,'witlr a spring bumper-like me'inberfi, against which the-cards rest; Said card carriage has attached thereto a "the legs 1- 1, a lower supporting shelf2,.an intermediat e supporting shelf '3, and a top 4. Formedon the top l, toward the left hand t'o'trayel ja card carriage. 6,: adapted tore- 5 Y cable 9', passing thereunder; and over a pulley 10, mounted in-a supporting member.
  • follower members 22, 22 and 22 said folletter membersbeing provided with follower plates, as; 23, 23- and 23", set, at a. slight angle within the pockets, or receptacles, as
  • a wall member 24 Mounted upon the top it, alongthe front of the receiving pockets, is a wall member 24, extending from. the sideof the card carriage to form a passageway from the front of said card carriage along adjacent the entrances of the difi'erent pockets, or receptacles.
  • a switch member Mounted in the front of each of the pockets, or receptacles, is a switch member,
  • FIG. 7 clearly shown in Fig. 7, and comprising a 7 plate; 25, hingedly mounted at one end, in
  • a spring 27 adapted to press against one end of the plate. 25, as at. 28, to normally hold the opposite end of the plate 25, spaced away fromthebackwall 24, as indicated in; fulllines, of Fig. 9.j
  • the shafts 34, .34 and34iT upon which the larger rollers 33, 33 and 33', are mounted, have bearings in the top 4:, and in the intermediate shelf 3, as clearly indicated i11'Figs..2, i and 5.
  • the shafts .34 and; are provided between the, top f1, and theintermediate shelf 3,. withgears 367-36 Thegsn1allrollers 3.5,, 35 and'35,
  • crank-like members 37 are mounted upon crank-like members 37, i
  • shafts 40, 10 and 40 are provided, between the, top 4. and the shelf with gears i2, 4-2" audit-2T";
  • the shaft 4-0: is provided at its lower. end with belt pulley i3, as indicated in Fig.2.
  • The. feed-rollers 33, 3.3.; 1 and 33, and the beater me'mbers; 10,. 451"" and s1"; are driven together in,v the proper. directions by means: off beltsj end 1 intermeshingq gears,
  • a belt 14 passes around a drivepulley e5, thence. up over, guide. pulley,46, thence around the pulley 32,.on the. lower end of a shaft 31, which carries feed rollers, 30, at its upper ,end. Said belt then passes againstv a pulley dil ig. 3, upon the lower end of; a shaft 31, which carrie feed roller-'33., at its upper sea; thencearound a pulley e8, upon the 'low.er end? ofa ShaftJiQQmOuntQd between the topa kandjthe shelf 3.; thence toand around pulley4'3, upon- 'the' lower end of a V shaft, 4.0, which drives: the beater 41";
  • the driving pull'ey45 is mounted upon shaft 54', supported in bearing standards 55,
  • said shaft 54 being driven by means of a pulley 56, and a belt 57,-f-rom-a motor pulley 58, of? a m'otor'59.
  • the feed rollers'30 are driven by the belt 44:,aroun'd its pulley 32.
  • The. feed roller 33 is also driven by'the beltpassing 1.5 i beater 41, upon the upper end ofsaid shaft against p y 7E"
  • the first beater is driven through 8 mountedon its shaft lO, and in mesh with-a gear 60,
  • V1 40 is driven by the belt aroundits pulley 43.. From the gear 12;, on the same shaft "40, is driven an idle 'gear' 61, interposed ed feed roller "between thege'ar 4325 andthe gear 36, the
  • an air compressor 65 mounted upon the lower shelf 2, isan air compressor 65, driven by a belt 66,'running over a driving pulley 67, mountednpon the shaft 54, and driven from the motor 59, by the belt57, as-hereinbefore described.
  • Said compressor is connected by means of a pipe 68, to a reservoir 69, in whichair under pressure is stored.
  • a suppl y pipe 70 which connectswith the under side of anair box 71, as indicated in Figs; 2,3, 4- and 6.
  • Said air box71 is
  • an air pipe 79 From the end of the air box, which is partitioned off by the partition 72, is an air pipe 79, extended to the lower end 18, of the ejector lever 16, as indicated in Figs-2' and 3, said pipe being provided 60 in its endwilth; a plunger 80.
  • a spring 81 connected-atone end to the lower end 18, of said'ejector lever 16, and at its other end to a fixed member 82, operates to normally re- "turn said ejector lever 16, and the ejector 14,
  • I Wlll describe the key control ofthe air supply from said 'air box 71, tothe different switch and ejector operating mechanisms I I Fig. 6 is a-vertical, sectional view on line 6-6 of Fig. 1.."
  • Theair box 71 is mounted beneath the intermediate shelf 3, while a key box, or casing, 88, is mounted on top of said intermediate shelf, or casing, as indicated in Figs. 1, 1 and 6.
  • akey-holding plate 84 Slidably mounted within said key casing 83, is akey-holding plate 84, suitably supported upon posts attached thereto at one end, and at its other end attached to the inner side'of the key casingpas indicated in. Fig; 6, for the purpose of holding said key-hold- 'ing plate 8 1, in its normal position.
  • said keys being provided 9n the under side of'the top of said key casing with shoulder portions 87., 88 and 89, adapted to engage the top ofsaid key casing, and thereby to 7 limit the :upward movement of saidkeys,
  • shoulder portions being curved into cam surfaces at their under sides, as at 87".
  • the keys 87, 88 and 8 9, are also provided at the opposite sides of their stems with small shoulders" as 87?, 88 and 89, which operate :to' prevent any of the keys being depressed awhile one key down. This will beevident from the drawing, as shown in Fig. 6.
  • Each sageways from the air box 71 as follows:
  • Key 87 operates a valve93, in a valve cas- I 1'ng'94, mounted upon the air box 71, and connected with an air pipe 95, extending to the first switch member 25, in the card receptacle 19, as will be understood by reference to -Figs. 1 and 6.
  • Key 88 is connected,
  • valve member 96, 111a At its. lower end to a valve member 96, 111a.
  • valve casing 97 mounted upon said air box 71, and having connected thereto a plpe 98,
  • switch ends of the pipes 95, 98 and 101 areprovided with a'plunger, as shown in; Fig. 10, adapted to engage and move the switch members 25, 25 and 25, when air is admitted to their respectlve pipes: by the operation or" their respective keys, the
  • a spring 110 operates tohold the little lever 105, on the'rod106, which carries the card tripping prong 108, in its normal position.
  • valve 7 5 in the air'box 'T 1,. whereby to admit air to the pipe 719,. which is provided in itsv end with the plungerf80, which operates theiej'ector: lever 16, and the ejectorfl l, .which engagesthe-front, orforemost card in the container, immediately behind the glass front 13, ejecting-saidcard, or ticket, sufit ciently for'it to be .engaged'by the rollers 30.29 ,which pass: it on to the other rollers I.
  • valve-73 is opened to pass air under pressure to the plunger which operates the e ector and at the same time air under pressure is admitted to the p1pe leading to the switch member corresponding to invention to these details,'except as'I may be limited by the hereto appended claims.
  • Iclaim V 1. In a card distributing machine,in-combination, a card container, an ejector operating therein and adapted to eject the cards therefrom one by one, a receptacle for said cards, a switch controlling the entrance to said receptacle, a source of airunder pressure, and manually controlled means for pneumatically and simultaneously operating said ejector andsaid switch member.
  • a container for cards in combination, a container for cards, an ejector operable therein, a seriesof card receiving pockets with a card passageway formed from said container along said pockets, means for conveying said cards along said passageway, switch members for said card receiving pockets adapted to be moved across said passageway to direct the cards into said pockets, a series of keys corresponding to said pockets, a source of air under pressure, and pneumatically operated means, controlled by said keys, adapted to operate said ejector and the switch member to the pocket corresponding to the key operated.
  • a card container a reciprocating ejector. operabletherein and adapted to engage and I e ect cards edgewise therefrom one by one, a source of an under pressure, an air operated plunger, opera-ting connections from said plunger for operating said ejector, and means for controlling the movement of said plunger.
  • a sup port for the cards adapted to engage the cards edgewise one by one and to eject the same, receivers for the cards, switches for deflecting the cards into the desired receivers, and key-controlled means adapted'to operate said pneumatic ejector, and to set the desired switch.
  • a card containeradapte'd to hold a series of cards in ed 'ewise position a pneumatically operated'ejectormounted to eject said cards one by onein a horizontal direction
  • means for manually controlling said pneumatically operated ejector in combination with a series of distributing pockets, and switches to deflect the cards to their appropriate pockets, said switches being connected to be also actuated by said manually-controlled means.
  • a card container adapted to hold the cards to be distributed, a pneumaticallyoperated ejector, adapted to engage the cards edgewise individually for ejecting the same. from said container, a plurality of distributing pockets, switches adapted to deflect the cards to their, appropriate pockets, pneumatic means fo'rfoperating said switches, and a series-of keys with operating connections froln-eaclr for operating said pneumatic ejector, and one of said pneumatically op' erated switches.
  • dlstrlbut ng means, and selective manually operable'devices for simul taneously causing the ejection of a card and determining its place of distribution.
  • a card container a series of receiving pockets with a passageway formed thereto from said container, means for conveying cards from said container along said passageway, pneumatically operated means for directing cards from said passageway into said several pockets, a pneumatically operated ejector adapted to engage and eject said cards edgewise, one by one, from said container into said passageway, and manually controlled means for simultaneously causing the actuation of said pneumatically operated ejector and said passageway into selected ,9.
  • I V in a machine'of the character referred I V to, in combinatioma container for cards, a series of pockets with a passageway thereto from said contalner, means for conveying cards along saidpassageway, a pneumati- I cally operated ejector adapted to engage and eject cards, one by 0ne,-from said container into said passageway, pneumatically operated switches for deflecting cards from said passageway to said several pockets,'manually-controlled means for simultaneously causing the actuation of said ejectorv and one of said switch .members, andf means adapted'to be'enga-ged by a card entering a pocket for automatically restoring manually controlled means to normal posltlon.
  • pneumatically operated switch members for said pockets adapted to be moved across said passageway, a pneumatically operated ejector adapted to eject cards edgewlse into sa1d passageway, means forpassing said cards along said passage; way, manually operable means for causing the simultaneous operat on of sald e ector and one of said switch members, and means positioned to be engaged by a card passing into one of said pockets for causing the automatic restoration of said pneumatically operated mechanism to its normal condition, substantially as described.
  • a card distributing machine incombination, a card container, a pneumatically operated ejector therefor, a plurality of receiving pockets vforsaid cards, means for conveying said cards from said container to said pockets, pneumatically controlled selective mechanisms for determining which pocket receives an ejected card, a
  • a card container in combination, a card container, an ejector operable therein forv ejecting cards one by one, a series of receiving pockets, means forming a passageway from said container along said pockets, switch members in said pockets adapted to be moved across said passageway to deflect cards therefrom into said pockets, means for pneumatically operating said switch members, and" manually operable means for causing the simultaneous operation of said ejector and one of said switch members,'whereby to eject a card and to cause its deposit in a I selected pocketQ V Signed at Portland, Multnomah county,

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A. S. TR-EW.
PNEUMATIC CARD DISTRIBUTING MACHINE.
APPLICATION FILED NOV. 29. 1915.
Patented Mar. 9, 1920,"v
2 SHEETS-SHEET 1 L L,- I I 4 2. 5 l/Vl/E/VTOI? WITNESSES:
W n W 4p A. s. TRIEW.
PNEUMATIC CARD DISTRIBUTING MACHINE.
APPLICATION FILED NOV. 29,1915.
1,333,193. Patented Mar. 9, 1920.
2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.
IN I/ENTOR I AT S ARTHUR s. 'IBEW, or ronrmivn, onnoon, Assmnon ro'rnnw TAB LATING MACHINE? COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF OREGON. 1 I
PN UMATI .cannmsrnrnurine MACHINE.
. Specification of Letters Patent.
Application filed November 29; 1915. Serial no. 64,050.
To all whom it may concern "Be it known 'that'I, ARTHUR Tnnw, a citizen of the UnitedStates residing 1n the city of Portland, county of Multnomah, and
State of Oregon, have inventedce'rtain new and useful Improvements m, Pneumatic Card-Distributing Machines, of which the following is a specification.
- My invention relates to card dis tributing machines of the general character. referred to in my pending applicatiom'filed February 4', 1915, Serial Number 6,159; "The broad ob ject of my invention is to provide practical machines fo rapidly and a'ccuratelyassort- 'ing and distributing card's, tickets, and the 7 like, from'a container into aseries of receiving. pockets, or receptacles. To do this rap} idly and accurately, without providing specially prepared cardserequires that the cards in the container be so supported that foremost card, or the one to be" next ejected, must be exposed to the view of the operator,in.order thatfthe operator may see I from the card itself, at a glance and before the card starts on its way, into which receptacle the card should o. The mechanism must also be direct acting; with means for manually controlling'the same,asby means of a key, lever, or the'like, with such connec-' members, which'are pneumatically operated, with a manual control. In order that others may clearly understand myinvention, Ihave illustrated one practical embodimentvthereof in the accompanying two sheets of drawings which I will now describe. 4
- Figure 1' is a top plan view of a pneui'natic card distributing rn aehine embodying my inventlon;
Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional" view taken on the line 2 -2 of Fig. 1;
tional'view taken on the -line 3'-3- of Fig. 2
' operatingplungers; and' Fig. 3 is a horizontal longitudinal sec-' Fig. i isa verticalsectionalviewtaken on the line4-4'0f Fig.2;
Fig. 5 's asirnilar view taken on theline .5-5 of Fig.2;
F'g. 6 is an enlarged sectional view,taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 1,showing controlling? .keys with their operating connections "for 3 controlling-the air valves; p 1 F 1gp? s, a fragmentary 1perspective View of one of the switch fmembersl'with parts "brokenawayi' I I i ;:;;;;s
Fig. 8 is a plan view'of a detail, 71
F 7, through one off the switch membe'rs;
Fig. 10 s an enlarged-'vl'ewfl'of one of the Fastener.9,1920.
Fig. 9 is a sectional "View, on line.-99,
Fig. 11; is a detail view of a spring-pressed feed roller.
Referringnow more in detail-to the drawings, the present embodiment of the'inv'en- .tion comprises a table-like strncture having endth'iereof, is; a transversely extending Ade presse-d' trackway 5, upon whichis mounted ceive a: supply (if-cards 7 said carriage having aback-wall 8,'witlr a spring bumper-like me'inberfi, against which the-cards rest; Said card carriage has attached thereto a "the legs 1- 1, a lower supporting shelf2,.an intermediat e supporting shelf '3, and a top 4. Formedon the top l, toward the left hand t'o'trayel ja card carriage. 6,: adapted tore- 5 Y cable 9', passing thereunder; and over a pulley 10, mounted in-a supporting member.
'11, 'Saidcable has attached to-its l werend 'a weight-12, which operates tijgiadnalljx move the card, carriage forwardly on"-the "trackway 5,v as the cards are elected the front'thereof one by one.
Mounted infront of said cardcarriagelis a fixed glass front '13, against-which the fore most card restsYas :ue card carria ?;e'fis moved forwardly by the weight 12, said; glass;
front being suchfa-s will expose the faceof the front card to view, and being positioned so 'that 'the floor of the card carriage will move thereunder as the carriageis moved forwardly on the trackway' 5,' by the weight 12', as clearly indicatedin-Fig; 4.
.Mounted to .reclpr-ocate inirnediately in the rear oftheglass front 13,1isan'ejector14, in
thesupporting members H -15, said 7 ejector pockets having slots .19, and 21 in their bottoms with inclined track members, as 19,
20 and 21, shown in dotted lines. in Fig- 1,
1 and more clearly indicated in Fig. 5.
Mounted upon-said inclined trackwaysand operating through the respective slotsin the bottoms of the'rece'ptacles, or pockets, are
follower members 22, 22 and 22 said folletter membersbeing provided with follower plates, as; 23, 23- and 23", set, at a. slight angle within the pockets, or receptacles, as
clearly indicated in Fig. 1, for a. purpose hereinafter. again referred to. Mounted upon the top it, alongthe front of the receiving pockets, is a wall member 24, extending from. the sideof the card carriage to form a passageway from the front of said card carriage along adjacent the entrances of the difi'erent pockets, or receptacles.-
' Mounted in the front of each of the pockets, or receptacles, is a switch member,
. clearly shown in Fig. 7, and comprising a 7 plate; 25, hingedly mounted at one end, in
a suitable bracket, as 26, upon a pivoted pinf26 upon which pivoted pin is mount,-
ed a spring 27 adapted to press against one end of the plate. 25, as at. 28, to normally hold the opposite end of the plate 25, spaced away fromthebackwall 24, as indicated in; fulllines, of Fig. 9.j Mounted upon eachof the-plate members 25, isa pair of 7 guide, members 25?, adapted to direct the 1c ards; fromfthe passageway-in. front of the in-Fig.
vwallmember 24, into, the respective pockets,
when. enyeneof the switch members 25?, is moved, outwardly at its; free end acrossthe paesageway and against the backwall memher 24, as indicated in dotted lines, Fig. Q, and as shown. connectionwithpocket 21,
. "As a meansfor. and forcing the cards ejected from the side of the card cantriage along the passageway between the 7' wall" member 24, and switch plates- 25, l
have,v provided a series of rollers, which I w l now d cr be. a
Next adjaeent thev front and at one side of thecard carriage, in position to grip the end of each card, or ticket, as it. is ejected therefrom by the ejector l i, isv yieldingly mounted, withytheir engagingv peripheries in the passageway,a'pair of small rollers 29, adapted "to be'spring-pressed' against a correspondingv pair of larger di k-like rollers 30. as clearly indicated in Figs, 1;. and 11. The larger rollers30, are mounted upon the upper end of a shaft 31, having bearings in the top 4:, and the intermediate shelf 3, as clearly indicated in Fig. 2, and
being provided with a belt pulley 32,. at 'ltS lower end, immediately underneath the intermediate shelf" Mounted adjacent the entrances to the pockets, 'or receptacles, are large rollers 33, 33' and 33", upon shafts 34,34" and'34=, with cooperating small rollers 35, 35 and 35", as clearly indicat'ed Fig. 1. The shafts 34, .34 and34iT, upon which the larger rollers 33, 33 and 33', are mounted, have bearings in the top 4:, and in the intermediate shelf 3, as clearly indicated i11'Figs..2, i and 5. The shafts .34 and; are provided between the, top f1, and theintermediate shelf 3,. withgears 367-36 Thegsn1allrollers 3.5,, 35 and'35,
are mounted upon crank-like members 37, i
137- and 37, mounted uponv the upperends of shafts 38, 38 and 38", which areprovided. at their lower ends, with; coiled springs, as 39, operating to normally hold .the. small rollers 3'5, 354mm. 35:", in yielding engagement with the larger rollers 33, 33 andf33 '.j Also mounted 'through the top, with bearings in said top AL, and. intermediate shelf 3, are shafts 40,?10. and 40.", hav
ing'mounted upon their upper ends. in the i V entrances to the p.ockets,;or receptacles, 19,
2l0. and21, beater members 41, 41 snail",
adapted to. beat. the. cards, or tickets, back v 7 against. the, follower plates 23, 23 and 23,
as said cards are discharged "into. said 7 pockets. Said: shafts 40, 10 and 40", are provided, between the, top 4. and the shelf with gears i2, 4-2" audit-2T"; The shaft 4-0: is provided at its lower. end with belt pulley i3, as indicated in Fig.2.
The. feed-rollers 33, 3.3.; 1 and 33, and the beater me'mbers; 10,. 451"" and s1"; are driven together in,v the proper. directions by means: off beltsj end 1 intermeshingq gears,
whiCh. I \?vi'll 'new. describe. A belt 14, passes around a drivepulley e5, thence. up over, guide. pulley,46, thence around the pulley 32,.on the. lower end of a shaft 31, which carries feed rollers, 30, at its upper ,end. Said belt then passes againstv a pulley dil ig. 3, upon the lower end of; a shaft 31, which carrie feed roller-'33., at its upper sea; thencearound a pulley e8, upon the 'low.er end? ofa ShaftJiQQmOuntQd between the topa kandjthe shelf 3.; thence toand around pulley4'3, upon- 'the' lower end of a V shaft, 4.0, which drives: the beater 41";
thence to and around a pulley 50, mounted upon the; lower. end of a. shaft 51, mounted .between ,,the. top. 4;, and the Shelf 3, and. directly behind the shaft 40", in Fig- 2. Said beltnext passesaround a guide, pulley 52,
supported. from the under. side of the shelf 7 3; and'thence. over a guide pulley 53, and I .ba kto. thedri'vin'g pulley ,v i The driving pull'ey45, is mounted upon shaft 54', supported in bearing standards 55,
upon the lower shelf 2, said shaft 54, being driven by means of a pulley 56, and a belt 57,-f-rom-a motor pulley 58, of? a m'otor'59. {Thus the feed rollers'30, are driven by the belt 44:,aroun'd its pulley 32. The. feed roller 33, is also driven by'the beltpassing 1.5 i beater 41, upon the upper end ofsaid shaft against p y 7E" The first beater is driven through 8 mountedon its shaft lO, and in mesh with-a gear 60,
mounteduponthe shaft 19, whichis driven by thebelt passing around its pulley 4.8. The feed roller 33, upon the shaft 34, is driven through the gear 36, which meshes with the gear 60, upon the shaft 49. The
V1 40", is driven by the belt aroundits pulley 43.. From the gear 12;, on the same shaft "40, is driven an idle 'gear' 61, interposed ed feed roller "between thege'ar 4325 andthe gear 36, the
latter of which is mounted upon the shaft 34", upon the upper end. ofwhich is mount 3. The beater 41", mount,- ed upon the upper end of the shaft to",
is driven by the gear 4 mounted uponthe-same shaft,- and in mesh with agear 62,
upon the shaft 51, which is "driven by the.
pulley 50. These driving connections can be followed-by reference. to Figsil', 2 and 8. I will next describe the pneumatic mech- *anism by means of which the ejectorldg and: the switch members 25, 25. and 25",
are operated from a' common keyboard.
Mounted upon the lower shelf 2, isan air compressor 65, driven by a belt 66,'running over a driving pulley 67, mountednpon the shaft 54, and driven from the motor 59, by the belt57, as-hereinbefore described. Said compressor is connected by means of a pipe 68, to a reservoir 69, in whichair under pressure is stored. From -thisgreservoir leads a suppl y pipe 70, which connectswith the under side of anair box 71, as indicated in Figs; 2,3, 4- and 6. Said air box71, is
provided near'one end with a-"partition 7 2,
having a valve controlled opening therethrough with a valve 7 3, seated therein, said valve. being operated by means of a rod,74=, which is also provided with a valve 75, adapted ,toclose an outlet, orexhaust open ing 7 6, in the-end of said air box. The valve member 7 3,-is held normally closed by means .of a coiled spring 77,fmounted*in-a casing 78, upon the partition '72, as clearly indicated in Fig. 6. From the end of the air box, which is partitioned off by the partition 72, is an air pipe 79, extended to the lower end 18, of the ejector lever 16, as indicated in Figs-2' and 3, said pipe being provided 60 in its endwilth; a plunger 80.,"Fig. 10, adapted to'be forced outwardly by air admitted to said pipe 7 9, for operating said ejector lever 16, andby meansof-which the ejector-"14L, is actuated for ejecting the foremost card from the card carriage 8. A spring 81, connected-atone end to the lower end 18, of said'ejector lever 16, and at its other end to a fixed member 82, operates to normally re- "turn said ejector lever 16, and the ejector 14,
totheir normal, or inoperating, positions. Referrmgnow to Fig. 6, I Wlll describe the key control ofthe air supply from said 'air box 71, tothe different switch and ejector operating mechanisms I I Fig. 6 is a-vertical, sectional view on line 6-6 of Fig. 1.." Theair box 71, is mounted beneath the intermediate shelf 3, while a key box, or casing, 88, is mounted on top of said intermediate shelf, or casing, as indicated in Figs. 1, 1 and 6. Slidably mounted within said key casing 83, is akey-holding plate 84, suitably supported upon posts attached thereto at one end, and at its other end attached to the inner side'of the key casingpas indicated in. Fig; 6, for the purpose of holding said key-hold- 'ing plate 8 1, in its normal position.
ih Iountedihrough said key casing,iare aplurality-of operating keys 87, 88, 89 and 90,
said keys being provided 9n the under side of'the top of said key casing with shoulder portions 87., 88 and 89, adapted to engage the top ofsaid key casing, and thereby to 7 limit the :upward movement of saidkeys,
said shoulder portions being curved into cam surfaces at their under sides, as at 87".
-85, and provided with a spring86,
88 and 89*,whereby as anyone of said men-"V tioned keys is depressed, it will operate through-itscam portion to move the hold ing plate 8 1, longitudinally within the key casing and in doing so will operate a rocker lever 91, pivotally connected to the under side thereof, as at 92,, and at its lower end connected to the valve rod 7 1, in the end of theair box 71. Thus the movement of anyone of the keys last mentioned, operates to open the valve member 73, and close the valve 75, in the air box 71, to admit air into I the end portion of said air box and-through .the 'pipe7 9, leading to the operatingplunger 80, Fig.v 10, which actuat'es the 8180601 14. The keys 87, 88 and 8 9, are also provided at the opposite sides of their stems with small shoulders" as 87?, 88 and 89, which operate :to' prevent any of the keys being depressed awhile one key down. This will beevident from the drawing, as shown in Fig. 6. Each sageways from the air box 71, as follows:
Key 87 operates a valve93, in a valve cas- I 1'ng'94, mounted upon the air box 71, and connected with an air pipe 95, extending to the first switch member 25, in the card receptacle 19, as will be understood by reference to -Figs. 1 and 6. Key 88 is connected,
at its. lower end to a valve member 96, 111a.
valve casing 97, mounted upon said air box 71, and having connected thereto a plpe 98,
.which extends to ;the switch 25, inthe entrance of card receptacle 20, and the lower end of key 89, is connected to operate a valve member 99, in valve casinglOO, mounted upon said air box. 71, and having connected thereto a pipe 101, eXtended to the switch fmember 25", in theentrance of receiving pocket 21. It will be understood, of course,
that the switch ends of the pipes 95, 98 and 101, areprovided with a'plunger, as shown in; Fig. 10, adapted to engage and move the switch members 25, 25 and 25, when air is admitted to their respectlve pipes: by the operation or" their respective keys, the
plunger in pipe 101, being shown in- Fig. 1,
to be extended in position to open the switch member 25". It is-also to be noted that the curved cam surfaces 87*, 88 and 89 of the key stems 87, 88 and 89, terminate at their upper ends in little shoulders on the right hand side of the key stems, as shown in. Fig.
.6, and below the shoulders 87, 88fand 89',
which shoulders catch under the plate 8 1,
whenanyone ofsaidikeys is. depressed, and in orderto be released, the plate. 24, must i be slightly shifted-to, the right. Y
I will next describe twomethods of domove said plate 84:, sufficiently" farther to r the. right to release the depressed key. How
ever,I have provided automatic means, con.- trolled by the passing of a card for shifting said plate 84;, sufliciently to release. the key immediately after each card passes'its switch member. From the top of the reservoir 69,
is a pipe 102, as shown in Figs: 2 and '3,-
which extends along underneath the top 4 and the several switch members, shown. on an enlarged scale in Figs. 7' and 8, and at each switch member said pipe 102, is provided with a short branch pipe 103,- constituting a valve casing with a valve member .104. moving. therein, and adaptedto be onerated by means of a lever 105, attached to the lower end of a rod 106,.rotatably supported at its upper end in a bearing; plate 107; mounted upon the upper end of theback wall 24. Mounted upon. said rod 106, is an operating prong-like member 108, which proiects through the guide member-25, on eachof the switch plates 25, in a position to be engaged by a card passing along said guide. members 25*, when said switch mem- 'ber is'in the position shown dotted lines in Fig. 9. As the card'engages this. prong member; 108, which is secured to the rod 106,
it operates said prong member, so as toturn said-rod 106, and to move the little lever- 105, inwardly, so asto pressvthe valve member 10%, inwardly, to'openair communication from thepipe102, to a return pipe 109,
which terminates adjacent the operating lever 91, 7 near, the controlling box, .as indi cated in Figs. 3andi 6, andis provided with .a plunger, similar toJthe plunger 80, shown in-Fig. 10, for. moving said-lever 91, so as to further shift the holding plate 84, to automatically release. any of the keys whichmay be down, in the manner which Will be clearly understood from Fig, 6: of the drawings. A spring 110, Fig.8, operates tohold the little lever 105, on the'rod106, which carries the card tripping prong 108, in its normal position.
- ,Theoperation of the machine may be briefly described as follows:
Assuming that the motor 59:, isrunning, :the belt. 44, and the several intermeshing g gears, are driving the feed rollers *29',
33, 3.81 and 33", and thebeate-rs 4:1, 41' and. 141'. the small rollers35, 35 and 35", being I held inv yielding engagement withthe larger feed rollers 33, 33 and .33, are driven thereby; The cards, or-Itickets, to bathe-- nis tributed have been placed in" the carriage 8, in the manner clearly indicated in Fig. 1.
The pressing of the first key. 8.7, for-example,
operates-to shift the key plate 84, rocking the leverOl, so" as to open thevalve 73, and close; valve 7 5, in the air'box 'T 1,. whereby to admit air to the pipe 719,. which is provided in itsv end with the plungerf80, which operates theiej'ector: lever 16, and the ejectorfl l, .which engagesthe-front, orforemost card in the container, immediately behind the glass front 13, ejecting-saidcard, or ticket, sufit ciently for'it to be .engaged'by the rollers 30.29 ,which pass: it on to the other rollers I.
33.35. The pressing of the key 817, also simultaneously moves the. valve member 93, downwardly so asv to closethe upper end of the valve casing 94,- and at the. same time ,open communication between the. pipe 05, 1
and the air box 71. As said-{pipe 95,- is extended to the firstswitch member 25, and has-a plunger in *its: end, similar tothe plunger construction. shown in: Fig.1=0, it
will be evident that said switch member 25,
will be. moved across. the passageway. leading from the card carriage so that the first card will be directedinto the first pocket, or re;
eeptacle, 19, the beater 41 therein heating it back against the 'diagonall yr positioned gravity follower 23. .As said cardpasses along the. guide: members 25* and into said first pocket. shown more. clearly in Figs. 7 and 9;, it strikes the prong 108', and momen tarilyopens the jvalve 104:,in the valve casing 103, whichconnects the pipe 102, from the air reservoir with the return p1pe 109,
thus admitting air pressure from the reservoir tosaid pipe 109, which operates ltS.
plunger against the lever 91, Fig. 6,sufliciently to move the key plate 84, for the purpose of releasing the key 87 which, when pressed down, was held down by reason of the engagement of its shoulder with said key,
plate 84, as hereinbefore described. Thus with the operation of any oneof the keys, 87, 88 or 89, the valve-73, is opened to pass air under pressure to the plunger which operates the e ector and at the same time air under pressure is admitted to the p1pe leading to the switch member corresponding to invention to these details,'except as'I may be limited by the hereto appended claims.
Iclaim: V 1. In a card distributing machine,in-combination, a card container, an ejector operating therein and adapted to eject the cards therefrom one by one, a receptacle for said cards, a switch controlling the entrance to said receptacle, a source of airunder pressure, and manually controlled means for pneumatically and simultaneously operating said ejector andsaid switch member. I
2. In a card distributing machine, in combination, a container for cards, an ejector operable therein, a seriesof card receiving pockets with a card passageway formed from said container along said pockets, means for conveying said cards along said passageway, switch members for said card receiving pockets adapted to be moved across said passageway to direct the cards into said pockets, a series of keys corresponding to said pockets, a source of air under pressure, and pneumatically operated means, controlled by said keys, adapted to operate said ejector and the switch member to the pocket corresponding to the key operated.
3. Ina machine of the character referred to, a card container, a reciprocating ejector. operabletherein and adapted to engage and I e ect cards edgewise therefrom one by one, a source of an under pressure, an air operated plunger, opera-ting connections from said plunger for operating said ejector, and means for controlling the movement of said plunger.
4. In a card distributing machine, a sup port for the cards, a pneumatic ejector adapted to engage the cards edgewise one by one and to eject the same, receivers for the cards, switches for deflecting the cards into the desired receivers, and key-controlled means adapted'to operate said pneumatic ejector, and to set the desired switch.
5. In a machine of the character described,
a card containeradapte'd to hold a series of cards in ed 'ewise position, a pneumatically operated'ejectormounted to eject said cards one by onein a horizontal direction, means for manually controlling said pneumatically operated ejector, in combination with a series of distributing pockets, and switches to deflect the cards to their appropriate pockets, said switches being connected to be also actuated by said manually-controlled means. 1
6. In a machine of the character described,
a card container adapted to hold the cards to be distributed, a pneumaticallyoperated ejector, adapted to engage the cards edgewise individually for ejecting the same. from said container, a plurality of distributing pockets, switches adapted to deflect the cards to their, appropriate pockets, pneumatic means fo'rfoperating said switches, and a series-of keys with operating connections froln-eaclr for operating said pneumatic ejector, and one of said pneumatically op' erated switches.
7. In a machine of the character described,
a container for the cards to be distributed, a neumatlcally operated e ector, pneumatica ly-controlled. dlstrlbut ng means, and selective manually operable'devices for simul taneously causing the ejection of a card and determining its place of distribution.
8. In a machine of the character referred to, in combination, a card container, a series of receiving pockets with a passageway formed thereto from said container, means for conveying cards from said container along said passageway, pneumatically operated means for directing cards from said passageway into said several pockets, a pneumatically operated ejector adapted to engage and eject said cards edgewise, one by one, from said container into said passageway, and manually controlled means for simultaneously causing the actuation of said pneumatically operated ejector and said passageway into selected ,9. In a machine'of the character referred I V to, in combinatioma container for cards, a series of pockets with a passageway thereto from said contalner, means for conveying cards along saidpassageway, a pneumati- I cally operated ejector adapted to engage and eject cards, one by 0ne,-from said container into said passageway, pneumatically operated switches for deflecting cards from said passageway to said several pockets,'manually-controlled means for simultaneously causing the actuation of said ejectorv and one of said switch .members, andf means adapted'to be'enga-ged by a card entering a pocket for automatically restoring manually controlled means to normal posltlon.
from said container, pneumatically operated switch members for said pockets adapted to be moved across said passageway, a pneumatically operated ejector adapted to eject cards edgewlse into sa1d passageway, means forpassing said cards along said passage; way, manually operable means for causing the simultaneous operat on of sald e ector and one of said switch members, and means positioned to be engaged by a card passing into one of said pockets for causing the automatic restoration of said pneumatically operated mechanism to its normal condition, substantially as described.
12. In a card distributing machine, incombination, a card container, a pneumatically operated ejector therefor, a plurality of receiving pockets vforsaid cards, means for conveying said cards from said container to said pockets, pneumatically controlled selective mechanisms for determining which pocket receives an ejected card, a
source of air under pressure withair pipesto said ejector and to said selective mechanisms, and manually controlled means for causing the operation, of said ejector and said selective mechanism at will.
13. Ina machine of the character described, in combination, a card container, an ejector operable therein forv ejecting cards one by one, a series of receiving pockets, means forming a passageway from said container along said pockets, switch members in said pockets adapted to be moved across said passageway to deflect cards therefrom into said pockets, means for pneumatically operating said switch members, and" manually operable means for causing the simultaneous operation of said ejector and one of said switch members,'whereby to eject a card and to cause its deposit in a I selected pocketQ V Signed at Portland, Multnomah county,
Oregon, this 20th day'of November, 1915. I
, ARTHUR 's. TREW. In presence of- LM. GRIFFIN, I i W. C. CLAUSSEN.
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