US1363464A - Printing-press - Google Patents

Description

G. FUSSELL.

PRINTING PRESS.

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GEORGE FUSSELL, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

PRINTING-PRESS.

Application filed July 27, 1920.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Gnome FUssnLL, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Cincinnati. in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Printing-Presses, of which the following specification is a full disclosure.

This invention relates to a printing press, which may be characterized as of jumbo length, for printing in a single impression operation upon the full length of a record strip for mechanical music players, for printing interpretation, score and other indicia of the musical work mechanically reproduced, and for printing words, phrases and syllables of words of a song along the strip in relation to particular note apertures of the strip.

An object of the invention is to provide a printing machine for printing upon long strips or webs of paper as a record strip for music rolls of mechanical players, with a printiug platen and inking platen adjacent and contiguously arranged and unitarily movable beneath a stationary type-carrying printinghead in a direction at right angles or cross wise of the head and against the head. The crosswise motion of the platen being oscillatory for alternately positioning the platens beneath the printing-head and for bringing the printing platen from a horizontal position beneath the head to an angular plane in front of the head, freely accessible for manually depositing upon or removing the strips from the platen.

Another object of the invention is to mount the type upon a web and removably mount the type-carrying web upon the printing-head. This provides for conveniently and accurately mounting the type upon and along the type-carrying web in a definite relation and gaging to particular note apertures of the record strip to be printed upon.

A further object of the invention is to provide a press whereupon the printinghead is stationary and whereupon the sheets or strips placed uponthe platen are moved to contact therewith.

An additional object is to provide a storage rack for the unprinted sheets, the same being mounted upon the printing-head directly above the said head, to enable the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 23, 192%.

Serial No. 399,255.

sheets to be conveniently placed upon the platen, the placing operation being nerformed by two persons only. i

Another object is to provide a type sheet attached to the printing-head in such a manner as to insure a taut condition of the said type sheet, to give a perfect type impression throughout the length of the music sheet.

@ther objects and certain advantages will appear in the description and reference is made to the drawings forming a part of this specification, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my press, a portion of the same only being shown and the type sheets omitted.

Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section on line 2, 2, Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail vertical transverse section of the printing-head and type sheet held thereon.

Fig. l is an enlarged detail section through the rocking frame on line 4e, 4-, Fig. 2, showing the method of attaching the platen and ink-sheet supporting boards.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail plan of the method of attaching the front L-iron rails to the rocking frames, taken on line 5, 5 Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary detail side elevation further illustrating the construction shown in Fig. 5, the position of the lL-iron being shown in dot and dash lines.

Fig. 7 an enlarged detail end elevation of the type-sheet attachment and tension device.

Fig. 8 is a detail perspective of the end of a type-sheet.

Fig. 9 is an elevation of one of the attachment rods for holding the edges of the type-sheets within the type-sheet tension device.

Fig. 10 is a detail edge elevation showing the manner of positioning the type-sheet tension devices.

Fi 11 is a fragmentary detail plan showing tie method of attaching the metal type to the type-sheet.

Figs. 12 and 13 are respectively sections on lines 12, 12, and 13, 13, of Fig. 11.

Fig. leis a view illustrating the action of the type-sheet tension device.

Fig. 15 is a face view, on a reduced scale, of a portion of a printed music sheet.

The description of the machine in general will be directed to its particular use of printing, upon a perforated or apertured music roll strip, known as a music roll, various kinds of characters, marks, words and syllables comprising the words of a song, adjacent certain note apertures of the strip, for the benefit ofthe performer or singer, and for the rendition of the musical work, so that the printed matter bears a definite correlation to the note apertures, in the same manner as the notes and words in a printed sheet of a musical composition, or in a special arrangement for an artistic interpretation of a musical work.

The apertures in the strip of paper are of assorted lengths, the lengths correspond- "ing to the score notes, short apertures representing the quarter notes, long apertures the half notes, the longest apertures the full notes, etc., so that the printed matter may be arranged with relation to the apertures, to enable the operator to readily follow'the musical composition, and so that the printing bears a fixed relation to the said note apertures upon all the sheets of the quantity printed in accurate correspond- I ence to the master sheet.

In carrying out my invention, I provide a press supporting structure comprising a series of frames 1, equally spaced, and each formed to provide a horizontal printinghead supporting arm 2, and bearings 3, 4, at the base of the frame, for the purposes hereinafter described. Through the bearing 3 of each frame is placed a shaft 7, designed to tie the series of frames together in suitably spaced relations, and to form a fulcrum for weighted balancing levers 8, placed adjacent each frame 1, and capable of oscillation about the shaft 7. The forward end of each lever provides a bearing lever arm 9 and the opposite end is weighted as at 10.

A series of triangular frames 15, provided with bearings 16, are fixed upon a shaft 17, the said shaft traversing the bearings 9 and 16 of respectively the balancing levers 8 and frames 15. The top 20, of each frame 15, is of gable-like formation, of inverted T-shaped cross sections, and wood fillers or anchoring strips 21 are attached at each side thereof, to which tongue or groove facing or sheathing strips 22 are fastened, the 'sameextending the full length of the press, connecting the frames, and forming oppositely inclined tables 23 and 24 respectively serving as printing and ink distributing platens. Half-round longitudinal guide strips 28 are provided for recessing the table surfaces and forming guides or holders for the tables, the sheets to be printed being deposited upon the table or platen 23 between the strips and an ink pad upon the table or platen 24.

At thejfront and rear of the frames 15,

adjacent the T-shaped top 20, and connecting the said frames are L-irons 25, trussed longitudinally as at 26 between each frame and tied transversely as at 27. The frames 15, tongue and groove strips 22, shaft 17 trusses and ties form a rigid oscillating table structure balanced by the weighted levers 8 and designed for operation in a manner hereinafter described.

Upon an end frame 1 of the structure is mounted a stub shaft 31 and mounted therein is a sprocket wheel 32, provided with an adjustable crank pin 33, to which is attached a pitman 34, its opposite end being pivoted as at 35 to a lug 36, forming a part of a sliding rack 37, held in suitable guides 38, adjacent the end frame 1. A power shaft 40 traverses the bearing support 41 of the shaft 7 and upon the said power shaft are mounted a pulley 42 and sprocket wheel 43, the said sprocket wheel being connected by the usual chain 44 with the wheel 32. Meshed with the teeth of the rack 37 is a gear 45 mounted rigidly upon a sleeve 46 of a crank 47 the said sleeve being rotatably mounted upon a stub shaft 48 stepped in the bearing 4 of the end frame. A. pin 50, upon the end of the crank 47 engages the end of a lever 51, the opposite end of which is provided with a clutch head 52, traversed by the shaft 17, the said clutch head engaging a companion clutch member 53 rigidly attached to the shaft 17, the said clutch head being set to position by a screw 54. A rod 60, extending the full length of the press and suitably attached to the front L-iron 25, is provided for operating the oscillating structure manually, and when so operating, the lever 51 and similar levers 51 are disengaged from the clutch members 53 and crank 47, set as indicated in dot and dash lines in Fig. 1, and a foot rod 51", shown in dot and dash lines, connects the ends of the levers 51 throughout the length of the press, and this rod in conjunction with the tubular rod 60, above mentioned, forms the means for manual operation.

Attached to each frame 1 and extending forwardly therefrom, parallel and adjacent each frame 15, is an arm 65 provided with grooved rollers 66, acting as guides for a cable 67, attached at one end 68 centrally of the tables 23, 24, and at its opposite extremity to a counterbalancing weight 69 designed to assist in steadying the movements of the frame structure. Stop rollers 70 are placed at intervals at the back of the frame structure, the same being fastened to the rear L-iron 25, and means for limiting the forward movement of the frame structure is indicated at 7 0*.

The printinghead which extends throughout the length of the press is constructed as follows:

Channel irons 71 are attached to the arms 2 by their upper flanges and wooden strips 71 placed and attached against the inner faces of the webs. To the lower faces of the lower flanges is fastened a type-strip board 72, covered upon its lower side with a rubber cushioning sheet or pad 73, to provide a yielding surface during the printing operation. Upon the upper faces of the lower flanges, cushion strips 74: are fastened to provide resilient surfaces for holding the type-sheet or web attaching and tension means generally indicated at 7 5.

Inasmuch as music sheets vary in length, and inasmuch as all sheets are affected by temperature, and expand and contract, difficulty has been experienced in producing a music sheet whereon the characters and symbols are properly printed relative to the music record apertures.

To overcome this difficulty and to make allowance for the expansion and contraction in the music sheet, I provide typecarrying sheets 80 in sections of varying lengths looped at their edges, as indicated at 81, and provide tension devices 83 of lengths corresponding to those of the type-carrying sheets, the said tension devices being channeled as at 84, for the reception of needles 82, which are loosely inserted therewithin and locked by pins 86. The loops 81 are then passed over the needles and into the grooves from the right end of the tension devices, (see Fig. 10). One of the tension devices is then placed upon the rubber cushion strip 7 1, and pins 90 are inserted thereabove, the same traversing the channel iron 71 and wooden strips 71*, to securely hold the device in locked position. The remaining tension device is then passed under the printing-head to the opposite side, brought to a position with its long axis in a vertical plane and its sheet-attaching edge resting upon the rubber strip 74, (see Fig. l-fl), after which the said edge resting upon the rubber strip, the device acting as a lever, is turned to a flat position to tighten the type-sheet and is then looked in a manner described for the opposite tension member. The tension members are reinforced with metal wear strips 76, and a slot 77 is provided through which the type sheet projects into the longitudinal channel 84:.

The type or type dies, whether of metal or rubber, are secured or mounted upon the type-carrying web preliminarily to mounting the web upon the printing-head. As the type dies must occupya definite relation to the particular music record strip apertures, it has been found expedient to initially place the record strip over the type-carrying web and stencil mark the aperture spaces upon the type-carrying web. If rubber stamp dies are employed, they are glued at their appropriate places upon the type-carrying web.

In Figs. 11, 12 and 13, I have shown a preferred method of securing the metal type dies upon the type-carrying web. For practising such a method, the web is punched at appropriate points to provide apertures 91. The type dies 92 are then placed against the face side of the web and secured to the web by solder, indicated at 93, Fig. 12, the solder passing through the web aperture and adhering to the rear side of the dies and web at the rear side of the web, forming a rivet.

After the type dies have been secured to the type-carrying web, the opposite longitudinal ends of the web are secured within the anchoring strips and the web is mounted upon the under or face side of the printing head. as previously described. The anchoring strip, after being inserted in position upon the opposite sides of the printing-head is frictionally held in place between the pins 90 and elastic webbing or beading strips 74.

An inking roll 101, mounted between arms 102, rests upon the ink pad 103, the said arms being pivoted at 104 to the frames 1.

The action of the press is as follows:

Preparatory to the printing operation, the oscillating frame structure is brought to its mid-position, with the crank 47 set, as indicated at Fig. 1, in this position of the crank, the oscillating frame structure is at its lowest point, giving sufiicient room for the convenient attachment of the type sheets, as before stated. After the typesheets have been so placed, the press is set with the crank positioned at c, at which time the frame structure is in a position indicated by dot and dash lines, (see Fig. 1), with the ink-pad contacting the type. A sheet is then taken from the sheet rack 95, placed upon the platen table 23 and rubber sheeting 96. Through the action of the mechanism above described, the oscillating frame structure is simultaneously rocked rearwardly and lowered, then raised during the continued rearward rocking movement to bring the unprinted sheet in contact with the typesheet. The action, however, is such that the final upward movement of the oscillating frame is substantially in a perpendicular plane to the type face of the printing-head for a direct contact of the record strip with the type for making a sharp print finish. The inking platen, when the printing frame is at its opposite or forward end of its oscillating stroke, likewise moves directly upward against the type to properly ink the type. The amount of sidewise or oscillatory motion of the printing press at the forward or rearward ends of its strokes being negligible in respect to the rubbing action be tween the engaged parts of either the record strip or inking platen and type.

The printing frame therefore is reciprocative transversely with each forward or return oscillating stroke, alternately bring ing the printing'and inking platens into engagement with the printing-head at each cycle when the frame is power driven by the crank arm. Under manual operation, however, the printing frame can be repeatedly raised and lowered for making a number of impressions from one type inking.

The ink distributing roller passing over the surface of inking platen'twice with each printing-frame oscillating stroke, produces a very uniform distribution of the ink over the platen surface.

The platen at its forward position is adjacent a table 100 upon which the printed sheet can be conveniently placed.

The printing-frame being built up of a plurality of frames 15 then can be divided or composed of a plurality of printing frame sections united in gangs for printing upon a maximum size of record strip to the full capacity length of the gang connecting sections, or the section may be disconnected for printing records upon smaller lengths of music roll strips, thus increasing the. latitude of the press. The maximum length of the press, therefore, need not be in operation or in commission for the smaller lengths. Any number of sections can therefore be independently in operation, while other sec tions are being set for other jobs; this construction also enables the extension or addition to be easily made for increasing the length of the press.

As the record rolls are of considerable web length, it has-been experienced that to obtain an accurate and efficient production, the printing must be done upon the sheet in the fiat and at a single impression, the press herein being designed to print upon a seventy foot length of strip. In this manner, the accurate position of the printed matter with relation to the note apertures in the strip is assured and the type can be more conveniently arranged upon the printing-head.

The action of the press is efficient and the construction simple and uniform type impressions are obtained throughout the length of the music sheet. 7

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. In a device of the class described, a frame structure having. a printing -head,

' type carried by said printing-head, an oscillatory platen for supporting a sheet to be printed, an ink-pad adjacent said platen and oscillating therewith, and means for bringing said platen and said ink-pad respectively and alternately in contact with said type to take impressions therefrom to deposit ink thereon.

2. In a device of the class described, a frame structure having a printing-head, type carried by said printing-head, an oscillatory unitary platen and ink-pad, and means for bringing said unitary platen and ink-pad respectively and alternately in contact with said type to take impressions therefrom and deposit ink thereon.

3. In a device of the class described, a frame structure having a printing-head, type carried by said printing-head, a unitary platen and ink-pad held upon oscillatory frames for coaction with said type, balancing levers rotatively attached to said frames and fulcrumed upon said frame structure, a shaft traversing said levers and said frames, an arm rigidly attached to said shaft and cooperating with a crank arm, a spur gear rigidly attached to said crank arm, a rack meshing with said spur gear, a pitman attached to said rack, and means for oscillating said rack.

4. In a device of the class described, a framestructure providing an overhanging stationary printing-head, type dependingly carried by said printing-head, an oscillatory and transversely reciprocating printing frame mounted upon said frame structure, having longitudinally contiguous paper supporting and inking platens, adapted to be alternately moved against said printinghead at relative opposite oscillating stroke limits of said printing frame.

5. In a device of the class described, a frame structure providing a stationary printing-head, type dependingly carried by said rinting-head, a printing frame hinged y mounted upon said frame structure, having longitudinal contiguous paper supporting and inking platens, adapted to be alternately moved against said printinghead.

6. In a device of the class described, a frame structure providing an overhanging stationary printing-head, a web having type dies mounted thereon removably secured upon the printing-head, an oscillatory and transversely reciprocating printing-frame mounted upon saidframe structure, having longitudinal contiguous paper supporting and inking platens, adapted to be alternately moved against said printing-head at relatively opposite oscillating stroke limits of said printing-frame.

7. In a machine of the class described, a frame structure having an overhanging stationary printing-head, a printing-frame having longitudinally contiguous paper-supporting and inking platens, and means pivotally mounted upon said frame structure and pivotally connecting with said frame, whereby said printing-frame can be moved to and from and transversely beneath said printinghead.

8. In a machine of the class described, a frame structure having an overhanging stationary printing-head, a printing-frame movably mounted upon said frame Structure, having longitudinally contiguous paper supporting and inking platens, whereby said I assesses platens are adapted in a movement transverse of said printing-head to be disposed alternately rotiperatively beneath said printing-head.

9. In a machine of the class described, a frame structure provided with a printinghead, and a printing-frame having longitudinally contiguous paper supporting and inking platens, adapted to alternately cooperate with said printing-head.

10. In a machine of the class described, a frame structure provided with a printinghead, and a printing-frame having longitudinally contiguous paper supporting and inking platens, disposed at relatively opposite angular planes and adapted to alternatcly coiiperate with said printing-head.

11. In a machine of the class described, a frame structure having an overhanging stationary printing-head, a printing-frame, fulcra connections for mounting said print ing frame upon said frame structure and adapting said printing-frame to be reached in angular directions radially toward the printing-head and transversely thereto.

12. In a machine of the class described, a frame structure having an overhanging depending printing-head, a printing-frame having fulcra supporting connections for hingedly sustaining said printing-frame and adapting the same to be rocked in angular directions radially toward the printinghead and transversely thereto.

13. In a machine of the class described, a stationary dependingly supported printing-head, a printing-frame beneath said printing-head having fulcra supportin connections for hingedly sustaining saic printing-frame, and adapting the same to be rocked in angular directions toward and from said printing-head and transversely thereto, and provided with longitudinally contiguous web supporting and inking platens.

1' In a machine of the class described, a frame having a dependingly supported pl'intinghead, a printing-fra1ne having a work supporting platen, a lever mechanism pivotally mounted upon said frame and pivotally connecting with and sustaining said frame, adapting said frame to be reciprocated to lift the printing platen against said head and oscillated to move the platen transversely from beneath the head.

15. In a machine of the class described, a fume having a dependingly supported printing head, a printing-frame having a work supporting platen, lever mechanism mounted for supporting and pivotally sustaining said frame at one side of its fut crum and weighted at its opposite side for counterbalancing said printing-frame in elevating motions with said lever, and means for stabilizing said printing-frame in its oscillating motion upon said lever til mechanism, said printing-frame oscillating upon said lever mechanism for moving the printing platen transversely of the print ing-head and reciprocating with the oscillation of said lever mechanism for elevating said platen against the printing-head.

16. In a machine of the class described, a frame having a dependingly supported printing-head, a printing-frame having a Work supporting platen, counterbalanced swinging printing-frame supporting means pivotally connecting with said printingframe, weight means for stabilizing said printing-frame in its oscillation upon said supporting means, and power driving crank devices connecting with said printingframe, for oscillating said frame in angular directions for moving the work supporting platen beneath and against the printinghead or contra.

17 In a machine of the class described, a frame having a dependingly supported printing-head, a printing-frame having longitudinally contiguous paper supporting and inking platens, means for rockingly supporting said printing-frame, adapting the same to be oscillated and elevated for bringing said platens alternately into cooperation with said printing-head, and hingedly supported ink distributing rollers engaging said inking platen, and traversing over the same with each rocking stroke of said printing-frame.

18. In a machine of the class described, a frame having a dependingly supported printing-head, a printing-frame having longitudinally conti uous paper supporting and inking platens, said platens disposed at relatively opposite angular planes, means for rockingly supporting said printing-frame, adapting the same to be oscillated and elevated for bringing said platens alternately into cooperation with said printing-head, and hingedly supported ink distributing rollers engaging said inking platen and traversing over the same with each rocking stroke of said printing-frame.

19. In a machine of the class described, a frame having a dependingly supported printing-head, a printing-frame having longitudinally contiguous paper supporting and inking platens, said platens disposed at relatively opposite angular planes, means for rockingly supporting said printingframe, adapting the same to be oscillated and elevated for bringing said platens alternately into cooperation with said printingdiead, hingedly supported ink distributing rollers engaging said inking platen and traversing over the same with each rocking stroke of said printing-frame, and means for counterbalancing said frame in its elevating motions, and means for stabilizing said frame in its oscillating motions.

20. In a printing machine, a printinghead, a type-die carrying Web, adapted to be tautly covered by the face of said printing-head, means for securing said Web upon the printing-head, comprising a pair of anchoring strips respectively engaging with the opposite edges of said Webs and removably secured upon said printing-head, each anchoring strip having a longitudinal Web and receiving groove, and a rod engaged 10 Within a looped end of said Web and mounted Within said strip grooves.

In Witness whereof I hereunto subscribe my name.

GEORGE FUSSELL.

Witness L. A. BECK.

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