US1372201A - Machine for cutting and printing at one operation - Google Patents

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A. L. I. SEEHAAS. I MACHINE FOR CUTTING AND` PRINTING AT lONE OPERATION. APPLICATION FILED NOV-10| I9I9.

1,372,201 Patented Mar. 22, 1921.

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Specification of letters Patent.

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Applisation` niet?. November lo, will. tterial No. 33t-Law.

.To all whom t may concern Be it lrnown that l, lriirriorir li. d. @niiriaas, citizen of the lnited tltates., residing at Peoria, in the county of Peoria and tltate of illinois, have invented certain. new and usefuly improvements in Machines for Cutting andV Printing at @ne Operation; and l do hereby declare that the following is a fullT clear, and'exact description of the invention, which will enable' others slrilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

rllhis invention relates to a machine for cutting and printing paper. llt relates particularly to a machine into which paper may be fed in sheets; said machine being adapted to. cut the paper to a. desired size or Width,

and also to print upon it at one operation.

it. machine of this type is desirable for several purposes. one of which is that of cutting sheets of paper currency into note site and placingr on each notea by means of type.) the names of certain oflicers of the banli issuingr the currency all at one opera-` tion. v

ein object of the invention is to provide a machine that will both separate a sheet of paper into strips and print upon each strip by means of type in one operation. c

Another object is the provision of a. machine havinga series of rolling cutters., and a series of printing devices that will print upon the paper inl a certain desired position thereon during its passage through the said cutters.

Still anotherobject is the provision of a `'machine having paper feeding and severing lmechanism and printing mechanism, so

timed during operation that while cutting the paper theprinting.'automatically done,

will be placed in a required position thereon. V

Still another object is that of providing a handbperated machine for siinultaneouslyv cutting andv printing paper so arranged and operated that the printing act can be made to occur but once upon paper of varying lengths. and in the same position thereon'.

rl`hat my invention may be understood l have provided the accompanying dravvings showing rseveral 'methods of constructing a machine under my invention, it lbeing understood that changes may be inade as will best attain the objects sought.

Figure l is a longitudinal sectional elevation of a machine involving my invention in one of its forms.

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lfig. dis a plan of a portion thereof.

@ne of the specific uses to 1which my invention is adaptable is that of seyering and printingl paper currency which is furnished usually in sheets of four bills each to banlr iupn institutions' These sheets are to be cut., andeach bill must receive the names of certain otlicers of the .bank from which it is issued. n

llt has been the custom to separately cut and stamp or print these bills which is un satisfactory and involves much labor besides the loss ofconsiderahle time. llt is the purpose of my invention. therefore., to provide for both these necessities at one operation, and while l am aivare that there are inachines for cutting these sheets into separate portions and printing them at one operation, that described herein ll believe to be of novel construction, simple, and quite effective.

l u ln Figs. 1 and 2, the numeral l indicates tivo side frame portions ofthe machine and Q a table mounted upon them for receiving the Work to be handledpsaid portions i ibeing suitably braced by means not necessary to show herein. y

3 is a shaft journaledl at its ends in the said portions l andprovided Twith a series of circular cutters el rotatable therewith, the

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peripheries of saidcutters beingr substan v tially in line with the upper surface of the Beneath the shaft 3 is a shaft 5 also journaled in the said portions l and having a series of cutters 6- cornpanion 'to and adapted to bear laterally against the i cutters 4 whereby the sets of cutters will produce a cleancutting action. Preferably the said cutters 6 are spring-held against the said companion cutters by any suitable means not necessary to describe herein, since no claiin to novelty is made thereto.

The shafts 3 and 5 are provided each with a gear 7 and -8 respectively, meshing with ltltl one another. the relation thereof being such 1 that the cutters l -may be rotated a trifle faster than the cutters 6 by extending the pitch circle of the gear 8 slightly inside the peripheries of the said cutters t to produce a cleaner shearing action. though this may not be necessary.

9 and 10 indicate a pair of feed rolls journaled between the portions 1. adapted to work in conjunction, their places of meeting being in line with the upper surface of the table 1 as shown.

The roller 10 is furnished with a gear 11 to mesh with an idler-gear 12 on the side of the machine in meshwith and driven by the gear 8. The roller 9 is free to rise and fall Within a recess 13 and rotates. due to its considerable weight, by frictioiial engagement with the roller 10. The shaft 5 is furnished With acam 14, and 15 is a levei pivoted on the machine at 16, one end being in position to be yengaged by the cam 14, its other end lying just beneath one of the trunnions of said roller 9.

17 is a shaft extending between and journaled in the portions 1 and, in the piesent instance, has secured thereon at desired intervals rollers 18 provided with printing type 19.

20 indicates a series of inking rolls to rotate in contact with said rollers 18. being mounted on a shaft 21 for example.

.One end of the shaft 1T has a gear 22 in mesh with an idler-gear 23 which, in turn. meshes with' the gear 7 of the shaft 3. 24 is a table, the position of whose upper surface is such as to receive the pressure of the printing type in the rotation of the roll'- ers 18.

The shaft 5 is operated by a crank 5 for example and when turned to the right rotates the feed roll 10 in the same direction through the idler-gear 12 so that paper lying between the. feed rolls when held by the same will be carried toward and between the cutters 4 and 6.

In cutting a sheet into strips the cutters 4C and 6 are preferably employed to act as stops against which the edge of the sheet is placed before the cutting begins, and in order that this may be done the upper feed roll 9 is raised automatically to permit entrance of the paper. That is to say, the cam 14 in each revolution of said cam 1l. lifts the roll 9 by means of the lever 15 so that the sheet may be inserted and moved up against said cutters, 'whereupon the said roll is permitted to descend upon the paper as the cam passes from beneath the lever. both rolls holding the paper firmly, feeding it through the cutters in positive manner.

If We suppose the printing rollers to have a certain peripheral speed, the feed roller 10 should have a speed of peripheral travel at least as fast in order that the paper will feed in proper manner thereto.

The speed of rotation of the cutters must be at least as fast as the speed of the feed roll 10 and the printing rollers. The said printing rollers may print the full length of the sheet or merely a part thereof. depending upon whether the type extends entirely or but part way around them and in order that the printing shall not take place more than once upon the bill, the printing roller may be of such a circumference that the bill will pass entirely through before the type will come around for a second impression. the peripheral travel of the type surface in any event being equal. of course. to the speed of travel of the medium printed upon. as explained.

ln the operation of the type ol' device shown in Fig. 1. the printing rollers are suspended at such a distance from thc table 2l that no part thereof will have contact with the latter. lt is only when the edge of the paper has reached a point beneath the roller. where the t vpe in the rotation of the roller is to meet it. that pressure of the -said roller takes place.

The rotating parts may have such a relation to one another that when the type 15) of the printing rollers is in the position shown in Fig. 1. the paper will la just entering beneath the rollers in position to he `Drinted as said rollers rotate. the roller .l having been previously raised to admit the paper to be passed to and through the cutters. ln passing through the machine, the f iapei' even after having left the feed-rollers will still be drawn forward liv the cutters in their action and fed toward and beneath the printing rollers and the latter will in turn draw the paper through after having left :he cutters.

.ts arranged in said Fig. 1. the crank .3 Fig. 2. is turned until the lever 15 has lifted the roller 9. the paper being then passed between the rollers 9 and 1t) against the cutters. By a continued action of the crank. the lever now permits the roller 9 to descend for clampingthe paper which is then positively fed into the cutters until having reached the printing rollers. as explained. the type thereof is brought into position for printing.

The cutters and printing rollers having the same peripheral speed, the bills having been cut in one rotation, for example, of the former. the latter will print the signatures in the travel of the bills and take up a position where the type will be read)v for a succeeding like operation, the roller 9 again lifting for the insertion of the paper.

The starting position for operation may be determined in any suitable wav as by bringing one of the movable parts to a given position.

`another form of mechanism is shown in Figs. 3 and l whereby the cutting and printing is also accomplished in one operation, the same reference characters being used to designate corresponding parts. ln this form. where it may be found of advantage nar/aaai to provide for Vertical movement of the printing rollers 18, the shaft 17 carrying such rollers may be carried in a boxing 1T at each end, but one of which is shoivn, slidable in a recess 172 in the portions l.

The shaft 3 has a cam 3', and a lever 32 is pivoted between its ends on the machine, opposite ends thereof being in position to engage the said cam and the said shaft ll', which structure may be duplicated at the other end of the machine by extending the shaft 25 carrying the-lever 32 the full Width Yof the machine and transferring rocking motion to said other end similarly furnished vfith a lever, not shown'. The cam may be so constructed that the said shaft l? Will be held up for as long or short periods as desired. By this structure the rollers may be held clear of the paper and let down only7 at the timedesired for printing.

lln Figs. 5 and t is illustrated still another form` `tvherein the aim is that of printing upon a sheet but once eren when said sheet is of considerable length and when the.

printing roller 1s much shorter in circumference than the length of said sheet.

The reference characters again agree with those already given. its before, the shaft l? with its printing rollers is vertically movable, there being a lever al? pivoted between its end on some part of the machine, one end engaging beneath the shaft l?, its other end being in position to engage a cain on shaft the inlring roll 2O in either of the forms last ldescribed by reason of the soft Vnature thereof permitting the verticalrmovement by receiving the type into them.

Tll`he cam will cause the printing1 rollers to be lifted and sustained until at a proper momentvn'hen a .certain zone of the sheet has been brought adjacent the rollers, whereupon the shaft 17 is permitted to drop to printing position.

ln any of the forms herein shown the peripheral speed of the feed-roller l0, the

fcutter to, and the type surfaces of the printing rollers 18 must, of course, loe the same and at their surfaces must be substantially the same as the pitch circles of the several gears ll, 8, and 22 respectively7 that this may be the result.

Furthermore, the cams la, 3, and 54E must be only of such extent and be so placed that the movement of parts controlled by them will occur at the proper times for the operations described, it being required, for instance, that after the feed roller 9` has been lifted and the paper has been placed against the cutters that the said roller will immediatcly descend to start feeding the paper, thel type 19 during the interval betWeen-trayel of the paper from. the cutter to the printing rollers moving to the position for printing as the paper passes beneath the latter.

So far as the vertical play ofthe shaft 17 is one of them lbeing' separable from the other,

and a printing rollen'all of the parts being geared together, of a lever adapted to engage the separable roller, and a cam adapted to engage the lever, the engagement of said cam being timed to act to move and release the last named roller in a certain position of the said printing roller.

2. ltn a machine of the class described. in combination With a feed roller, a cutter and a printing roller connected to rotate together, and a second feed roller cooperating with the first described one adapted for separation therefrom. of a lever engaging; the said second roller, a cam operated from one of the described parts to engage the lever, the action of the lever through the cam being timed to the rotation of the said printing roller whereby to raise and release the said second `feed-roller at a predetermined 'time vvith respect to the printing act.

3. lin a machine for cutting and printing paper, vin combination with a pair of feedrollers one of them being mounted whereby it may be separated from. the other, a printing roller and a pair of rotating cutters stationed between the said feed rollers and the said printing roller, the stationary roller, one of the cutters. and printing roller being arranged to rotate at thesame peripheral speeds, said cutters constituting a stop for the paper, of aA lever mounted upon the machine engaging at one end the separable roller. and a cam operated from one or tne described parts adapted to engage the opposite end of the lever to separate the movable roller from the other to permit placing the paper against the cutters, said cam adapted in its rotation to release the lever and through it the said movable roller to cause feeding of the paper through the cutters, the release of the roller being timed vvhereby in the rotation of thez printing roller the paper upon reaching the same will be printed upon at a definite po'int during its travel. y j

i. ln a machine for separating and printing sheets of bank notes, in combination, a frame, a pair of engaging feed-rollers `journaled thereon, one of them being separable from the other, a printing rollerv lOtt ltlti lltl lid

tiveen the said feed-roller and the printingroller, one of the feed-rollers, one of the cutters and the printing roller having idenltical peripheral speeds, a cam rotatable with lfeed rollers for placing it against the said cutters, and then to release the said movable roller whereby to feed the medium through the cutters to and beneath said printing roller, said cam in its travel releasing` the feed-rollery at a predetermined time in the rotation of said printing roller.

In a machine for separating and printing sheets of bank notes, the combination of a frame7 a pair of cutters. a printing roller and a pair of feed engaging rollers revolubly mounted thereon arranged to rotate at the same peripheral speed. one of said feed rollers being movable in its bearing whereby to be separable from the other roller, a lever mounted on the frame. one end thereof adapted to engage the separable roller, and a cam rotatable ivith one of the described rotating members adapted to engage the other end of the lever ivherebj,v to move the separable roller at a predetermined time during the rotation of ythe printing roller.

6. The combination in a machine for cutting a paper sheet into sections including rotating cutters, feed rolls and mechanism to drive the same, of a series of printing rollers operated by said mechanism. each adapted to place an impression on one of the sections of said sheet, a mounting for the rollers adapted for movement substantiall)7 perpendicular to the plane of the paper. and mechanism adapted to lift the rollers from their impressing position at predetermined intervals.

T. In combination with a series of cutters for dividing a paper sheet into a series of l separate portions and mechanism for operating said cutters` of a series of printing rollers each adapted to place an impression upon each section operated by said mechanism, all of said rollers adapted to have movement substantially perpendicular to the paper surface, a lever to engage and lift the said rollers. and a cam portion on a part of the mechanism for engaging the levers at predetermined intervals to cause the rollers to ie lifted.

ln testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of t\vo witnesses.

ANTHONY L. J. SEEHAAS. Witnesses VINNIE V. CARLEY, L. M. THURLOW.

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