US1396248A - Numbering-machine - Google Patents

Description

C. H. BRIGHT, JR.

NUMBERING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 14, 1920.

Patented Nov. 8, 1921.

I Gamma CLAUDE. H. BRIGHT, JR., OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

NUMBERING-MACHIN E.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 8, 1921.

Application filed April 14, 1920. Serial No. 373,805.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLAUDE H. BRIGHT, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Memphis, in the county of Shelby and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Numbering-Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to instruments particularly designed to serve as an aid to accountants in posting items in a ledger and in proving the accuracy of the entries. In my application Serial N 0. 339,425 filed in the United States Patent Ofiice November 20th, 1919, there is disclosed an apparatus adapted to achieve a like end. The said prior application discloses the combination of an oscil-p lating selective or progressive printing instrument of special design and construction with a transfer printing device, also adapted to oscillate, both mounted on a specially constructed base plate. The present invention has for an object to adapt a standard type of selective or progressive printing machine, such as a numbering stamp, to receive an impression attachment, for example a dating stamp or transfer printing device, whereby, in the normal operation of the numbering stamp, an impression may also be made by the attachment. To this end my invention comprises the various parts and details of construction more particularly set forth in.

the annexed description and defined in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a perspective of a standard numbering stamp modified for the purposes of this invention;

Fig. 1 is a perspective of a transfer-printing attachment adapted to be used in connection with the numbering stamp;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of a numbering stamp showing, in section, a transfer printing device attached thereto;

Fig. 3 is a perspective of an ordinary dating stamp provided with means for connecting. it to a numbering stamp so that the tWo may operate in unison.

The numbering stamp illustrated in the drawings may be of a standard type disclosed in Patent N 0. 639,908 granted to V. lV. Sawyer December 26th, 1899. Reference is made to said patent for a complete disclosure of the operating mechanism for the type wheels and inking pad.

The su porting frame of the numering machineis designated 1. This frame is of arch like formation comprising a top or crown member, which is perforated, and two upright side walls 2 provided with flanges 3 at their ends adapted to rest upon a work surface. A flat connecting web 4 extends between the lower edges of the side walls 2 at the rear forming a part of the base, leaving, however, an open space between said walls at the front so that an unobstructed view ofa considerable area of the surface to be printed upon may behad.

Guided between the upright walls 2 of the supporting frame is a reciprocating frame 5 comprising. an arch like structure having upright limbs 6 movable in juxtaposition with the inner faces of the walls 2. The crown member of the reciprocating frame 5 has attached to it, as is usual, a handle-shank or bar 7 which projects upward through the crown of the supporting frame 1. The said bar is attached to a handle 8 in the usual manner and is surrounded by a spring 9.; one end ofwhich presses upon the top of the frame 1 and the other upon the lower portion of the handle 8 whereby the frame is normally held in its upright position. Surrounding the spring 9 is a tubular member 10 resting upon the frame 1 and adapted to telescope within the handle 8, its purpose being to conceal and confine the spring.

Each upright wall 2 of the supporting frame is slotted vertically as at 11. The edges of the slots on the inner side of the plate 2 arerabbeted so as to form countersunk grooves 12 with which the slots 11 communicate. The countersunk portions extend to the lower edge of said walls 2 to facilitateassemblage of the, parts. Extending between the limbs 6 of the reciprocating frame 5 is a shaft13, the ends of which project slightly beyond said limbs 6 and are fitted in and guided by the countersunk groove 12. On said shaft 13 the usual numbering wheels are mounted in the usual manner. By the construction shown the reciprocating frame 5 may be moved up and down guided between the upright walls 2, the ends of the shaft 13 moving freely in the countersunk grooves 12 exposing to view the ends of said shaft 13 and a portion of the outer surfaces of the limbs 63. Each end of the shaft 13 is drilled axially at 14 to a suitable depth and above the ends of the shaft 13, the limbs 6 are drilled and tapped, as shown at 15, in order to cooperate with fastening means on an attachment. It will be understood that in action the saidrack 17 is erected into the 7 position illustrated in Fig. 2 in whlch it is adapted to perform its intended function in connection with one of the attachments designed to be used in combination with the numbering machine. On the other side wall 2 at the left of Fig. 1, is a pivot 16* in a position corresponding to that of the pivot 16 but at the front of the machine instead of at the rear. On the pivot 16 is mounted a rack or pawl member 17 similar in all respects to the member 17, and the said rack 17 f is adapted to be used with and operate an attachment similar to that shown in Fig. 1 when said attachment is used on the other side of the machine. I

InFig. 1 is illustrated a transfer print ing device designed for use'with a standard numbering machine of the kind disclosed. The said transfer printlng-devlce comprlses two plate-like frame members 20 and 2O,

held spaced a distance apart sufficient to.

permit the use thereon of impression strips,

wide enough to receive an impression of any debit or credit item likely to be entered on a ledger page. The said plates 20 and 20 are held in spaced relationby the bar 21,

the flat cross bar 22, the winding spool 23 and a fastening bar 24, all of which are secured to the plate 20 and detachably connected to the plate 20*, so that when said plates are separated the members 21. 22, 23

and 24 remain attached to the plate 20 whereby theimpression strip may be easily placedin position. The bar 22 has an end 22, asshown in'Fig. 2,1which is turned at right angles to the said bar 22 and is perforated to permit the passage of one end of the bar 24. The'bar 24, having a reduced end 2 f and shoulder 24?, is adapted to pass through the plate 20*- and project some distance beyond it. Said bar 24: has a transverse kerf cut in one side'adapted to receive a latch25 which is pivoted to the plate 20 When h par s re assem ed he e d of in Fig. 1. When in that V In practice. a roll of impression paper wound up on the spool 23.

the bar 21 projects into or through an opening in the plate-20 The bar 24: projects through the orifice in the member 22 and through the plate 2O into such position that the latch 25 may engage the kerf in said bar and lock the plates 20 and 20 together. The spool 23 comprises a rotatable member, which although attached to the plate 20,,is adapted to rotate freely. The end of the said spool adjacent the plate 20 is provided with a notch 23 adapted to engage a pin 26 on a stub shaft 26 to which is secured the toothed wheel 27. The said toothed wheel 27 lies between the outer face of the plate 2O anda bracket. 28 which is secured to the said plate 20*. 7 Between the bracket 28 and the. plate 20 is clamped a turned over flange 29 on a spring dog 30 adapted. to engage the teeth of said toothed wheel 27 to prevent reverse rotation thereof.

Secured. to said flat bar-22 by a'clamping plate 31 is a yielding pad 32 adapted to compress the impression strip against the work surface in operation.

would be sleeved over the bar 21, passed around the pad 32 and attached to the wind ing spool 23.. Then upon rotating the winding spool the impression strip would be drawn from the roll around the pad 32 and Passing freely through the plates 20 and 20 is a shaft or rod 33 having a shoulder 3 engaging the outer face of the plate 20 and a winged thumb piece 35 whereby 'it may be rotated in the plates 20 and 20 The said rod 33 extends some distance through the plate 2O and has a reduced end 33, which is screw threaded as shown, and a shoulder 33 The reduced end 24* of the bar 24 is adapted to fit snugly in the orifice 1a in the end of shaft 13 with the shoulder 24 against the end of the shaft 13 and the screw threaded end 33? of therod33 is adapted to engage with the threaded orifice 15 in one of the limbs 6 of the reciprocating frame 5 withthe shoulder 33 against said frame. The transfer printing device may be connected to the numbering stamp so as to be operated thereby by inserting the reduced end 24 of the bar 24: into the opening 1a in the shaft 13, and then screwing the end 33 of the'rod 33 into the threaded orifice 15. Before attaching the transfer printing device to the numbering stamp, however, the spring pressed rack 17 should be erected into the position shown in Fig. 2 so that the teeth thereon are'in position to engage with the teeth on the wheel 30.

When the parts are in the position inclicated in Fig. 2, pressure upon the handle 8 of the numbering stamp will cause the numbering wheels to descend and print as usualcand will also cause the impression clevice 32 to press an im ression Strip upon numbering machine.

the work surface. The work surface having been freshly inked will make an impression upon the impression strip and when the pressure of the hand is released on the handle 8 the reciprocating frame will rise carrying with it the transfer printing device, whereupon the toothed wheel 30 will engage with the teeth 18 upon the rack inember 17 and thereby effect a rotation of the winding spool 23 and advance the impression strip ready to receive another impression suitably spaced from the one previously taken.

In case it should be necessary for any reason to print numbers progressively at the right of the items entered in a ledger, the transfer printing device would be applied to the left side of the stamp; and as the position of the transfer printing attachment would then be reversed with respect to its position on .the right hand side the operat ing rack on the other side of the stamp is correspondinglyreversed in position.

In case it should be desired to use an ordinary dating stamp in connection witha progressive numbering machine said dating stamp may be attached in a manner similar to that described in connection with the transfer printing device. A shaft or studAO,

projecting from one side of the frame of the dating stamp, provided witha reduced portion 41, may be inserted in a'hole' 14 formed in-the end of the shaft 13, and a rotatable screw threaded member 33 of the same character as that described in connection with the transfer printing mechanism, passing transversely through the frame of the numbering machine and having a threaded end 33 may be screwed into the threaded orifice 15 of the reciprocating frame of the Then upon depressing the handle 8, as before, the date of an entry or any desired date may be impressed in line with the said entry.

It will also be apparent that suitable auxiliary impression devices may be attached to both sides of a numbering stamp and all op erated by the operation of the numbering stamp.

What I claim and desire to ters Patent is:

1. A printing device comprising a supporting frame adapted to rest upon a surface, a frame carrying a printing member mounted to reciprocate with respect to said secure by Letsupporting frame and make an impression upon a work surface, a detachable auxiliary impression device and means on said reciprocating frame adapted to engage with other means upon an auxiliary impression device in order that said operation of said reciprocating frame may cause the auxiliary device to make an impression.

2. A printing device comprising a supporting frame adapted to rest upon a surface,

said frame having an upright side wall provided with an opening theretlirough, a frame carrying a printing member mounted to reciprocate with respect to said supporting frame, said reciprocating frame having means exposed by said opening whereby an auxiliary impression device may be attached to said reciprocating frame and be operated thereby.

3. A selective printing device comprising an arched supporting frame adapted to rest upon a surface, said frame having upright slotted side walls, an arched frame guided arched frame guided between said side walls,

ashaft extending between the limbs of saidreciprocating frame and having ends guided in the countersunk groove, said shaft having an orifice in one end and said frame having a threaded orifice above the shaft but exposed by said groove.

5. A selective printing device comprising an arched supporting frame having side walls, the ends of which are adapted to rest upon a surface, a reciprocating frame having limbs guided by said side walls and exposed at the exterior of the device, and means on one of said limbs whereby an auxiliary compression device may be attached thereto and operated by said reciprocating frame.

6. A printing device comprising a supporting frame adapted to rest upon a surface, a frame carrying printing members mounted to reciprocate with respect to said supporting frame and make an impression upon a work surface and means on each side of said reciprocating frame adapted to engage with other means upon an auxiliary impression device in order that an operation of said reciprocating frame may cause an operation of an auxiliary device on either or both sides.

7. A printing device comprising a supportframe adapted to rest upon a surface, a frame carrying a printing member mounted to reciprocate with respect to said supporting frame, said reciprocating frame having means adapted to engage with other means on an auxiliary impression device in order that an operation of said reciprocating frame may cause the auxiliary device to make an impression, and a device on said 'mounted at one side of said opening adapted to engage a toothed Wheel on said auxiliary impression device.

9. A printing device comprising a supporting frame having spaced walls pro: vided With slots, a frame having spaced limbs arranged to reciprocate between said spacedwalls, means on each of the spaced limbs of said reciprocating frame exposed through the openings whereby an auxiliary impression device may'be secured thereto,

and a yielding rack on each wall of the supporting frame adapted to engage a wheel on the auxiliary device, the rack ofone wall being attached on the rear side of the opening and on the other wall at the front side of the opening. r

10. A printing device comprising a supporting frame having an upright wall provided with an opening, a frame carrying a printing member adapted to reciprocate on the inner side of said wall on the supsecured to saidreciprocating frame, a rack V pivoted at one side of said opening on the upright Wall and a spring tending to press said rack toward the opening.

11. The combination of a printing device, a supporting'frame having an upright wall provided with an opening therethrough, a reciprocating frame having securing means exposed through said opening, an auxiliary impression device, means for securing said auxiliary device to the reciprocating frame exposed through the opening, said impression device carrying means including a roller to support and feed: an impression strip, a toothed wheel to operate said roller, and a spring pressed device on the wall adapted to engage the toothed wheel to operate said roller in response to the reciprocating motion of said reciprocating framei 12. An impression attachment for print ing stamps comprising a supporting frame, a rigid pin proj ecting'from said frame, arotary shaft passing through said frame and projecting from the side from 'which said rigid pin projects and parallel with said pin, a screw thread on the projjectingend of said shaft, and means on the other'end by which it may be rotated. V

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

CLAUDE H. BRieHnJR.

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