US1465915A - Rolling stamp with counting mechanism for various printing purposes - Google Patents

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Aug. 21, 1923. v

1 H. KOMUSIN GEB. LIEDTKE I ROLLING STAMP WITH COUNTING MECHANISM FOR VARIOUS PRINTING PURPOSES Filed March 22 1922 .Jriuentom Patented Aug. 21, 1923.

HELENE KOMUSIN, ens. LIEDTKE, or BERLIN, GERMANY.

.ROLLING STAMP WITH COUNTING MECHANISM VARIOUS PRINTING PURPOSES.

Application filed March 22, 1922. Serial No. 545,891.,

To all whomit may concern: Be it known that Lldnnnnn KoMnsIN, GEB. Lrnnrirn, a citizen of the German Republic, residing atwBerlin, Germany, have invented certain. new and useful Improvements in Rolling Stamps wit-h Counting Mechanism for Various-Printing Purposes, of which the following is a specification.

' This invention relates to a rolling stamp with counting mechanism for printing purposes of any kind without use of stamps do signed for-thespecial purpose and it comprises an arrangement for the locking of the value-stamp after the printing of a determined number of stamps or if the counting Inechanism isfraudulously removed or if the counting mechanism should fail.

With the Counting devices of known construction the operation of the counting mechanism is, so to say, continuous, as the counting mechanisms are fitted, according to the number of the figure-compositions to be supplied, with a corresponding number of figure disks. After the largest figure has been printed. and registered the counting mechanism returns to the zero-position and the figure disks begin to work again. It has hitherto not been the custom to make counting mechanisms stop automatically at a predetermined figure nor to limit their use to this determined figure.

This invention has for its object,.to improve the construction of a counting mech anism in such a manner that, at a prede 'terrnined figure, this counting mechanism,

and with the same also adrivingmechanism connected with it, are stopped and locked.

. The figure, at which the stopping occurs is either always the same or variable.

In order that the invention may be clearly understood, I shall proceed'to describe the same with reference to the form of construe tion shown by way of example on the accompanying drawing, wherein I I Fig. 1 is a front elevation partly in section.

Fig. 2 isa sid elevation partly in section. Figs. 3,4 and 5 show c'onstructiona'l details and Fig. 3 is a section on line A-B of Fig.4. i

In Fig. 1 the well known arrangement of the rolling' stamp' is shown in dotted -lines; The counting mechanism is controlled in the well known manner by the projections a. The counting mechanism consists of the counter b which is moved by the engagement of its driving-arm c engaging with the fork d of the lever 0. With this object in view th driving arm 0 is keyed upon the shaft 6 of the counter. On the upper end of this shaft 5 a sleeve ismounted which has a button'y'. At the lower endof shaft 6 an annular'disk y" is arranged which has a hand '31 at one side and an abutment arm y at the other side- (Fig. 5). A spring Z wound around the shaft 1). bears with its upper end against the hub of the driving arm 0. The spring Z acting upon the annular disk y presses the. hand y upon the upper edge of the counter which has two indentations b" in which the hand 3 and i arm y may move.

In the casing of the rolling stamp on the wall '1 the bOXQisfiXed which is open at the bottom end and has a 'pivot pin k on the side turned away from the wall 1'. A lever 6 having two} arms and o is pivotally mounted on the pin is. The upper end (i of lever c isfork-shaped. On the inner surface of the lever an angular abutment e. .13 arranged, an angular abutmentu projecting from the. lower end of said lever. A spring on inserted in pivot pin is acts upon pin 'm' of the lever e and presses the lever into the initial position. At each rolling'movement of the printing cylinder f the projections a are moved by the toothed wheels g'and'h against the arm 2' which isthusraised so oscillation is transferred to the: arm '0 which is influenced by a spring m, the counting mechanism being thus moved according to the number of operations of the rolling stamp. 'An angle lever '11. is pivotably mounted on a pin 0' of the counter box 2 in front of the arm 6 and pressed against said arm by the-action of a spring 0,'the

that it oscillatesaround its fulcrum 7a.: This owing to the action. of a spring 1" attached with one end to axle p and with the other end to wall Z so that its arm qbears against the bottom of the countergthe downwardly projecting arm .9 of said lever being in contact with an abutment u ofan arm a; v'vherethe path of the" projection a.

by the accidental or fraudulentdepression lever e which is thus forced through the of the lever i and'the bringing out of engagement of the arm 6 with the fork (l is prevented. j v

If the counting mechanism were fraudulentlyremoved the armqwould loose its hold and it would consequently swing upward under the action of spring 1". The end 5 of the lever acts thus upon the abuts ment of lever 6, so that the lever v is swung to the left and so that its arm o gets into This pro jection a would at the continuing of the roll ingcmove'ment be finally be low the arm '1;

and push the same with the lever 6 up to the limit of-its travel, whereupon the projection mwillbe held and locked by arm a so that the rolling 7 stamp is I locked; i I

At the reinsertion of .the counter 7; the lever g is pressed down by the lower sur face of the counter, lever 8 being swung back in tensioningspring r and in releasing the abutment 14; At the is returned "to the position of rest through the action of spring m and: the arnr v is moved out of thc'path of the projection 1.

'In order to prevent the use of the rolling:- stamp as soon as the number disks of the counting mechanism have arrived at a predetermined total the following arrangement is provided; if I a A disk w is mounted upon the upper number-disk'which has pins 112 or the like at its circumference and which revolves reg; ularly and simultaneously with said upper number-disk. There can be any number of. such pins and the distance between every two pins corresponds with a' determined amount of fees or with a determined'numher of operations of the rolling stamp. The

: pins are arrangedin' such a manner that the counting mechanism can beadjustcd for a"determined amount or for a determined number of revolutions of the rolling stan 'Ove'r' the counter casing a hand 3/ is arranged, beside the operating arm 0,.said hand being in connection with a button yso that it can be adjusted by said button, a spring being-provided for securing the parts y and y in the working position."

If during the use: of the rolling stamp the upper number disks Z of the count in'g mechanism is 'advanccd'the locking disk to withthe pins 10 w" and soon, "connected with said number-disk, participates the rotating movement of said number disk. The-pinto" for instance will thus strike against-the haild and move the same. until the advance movement is a;[ an end. The lever .e'is arranged with regard to the hand y at suc'ha distance that it canjust pass along the. correspondii'igpin w, i045 and so on before the feed movement is finished. Duringthe feed movement the hand y; is :pushedby the pin' to into the path of same time lever 1 tact with the end of the hand 3/;

anda'cts now upon the angle lever The arm n of this angle lever is in contact with the armt'. As lever. e is stopped in almost vertical position by hand 3) the 'anglelever n cannot be freely oscillated by theproj'ection a, the arm i being securely placed: on the circular path of the arm a sothat the angle lever 12 prevents the passing along; of theprojection ca. The printing cylinder is locked." I

.The' end of the hand is situated between the pins to and w. At a'point, visible fronr the outside, either at the top or at the side to the'ca'sing, in proximity of the ,button y, a scale is provided the graduations of which indicate for which amount the'hand is adjusted. If a new rolling'stamp is delivered or if a rolling stamp has been used for the printing-fof' stamps up to' the prepaid amount the clerk adjusts the hand by means of the button 1 upon'the scale in accordance with. the amount which is paid. If for instance 1. 50.0.0 are paid the ap paratus can be used" untilthe pin to which corresponds for instance to the amount of L. 50.0.0 or'to 1000 stamping comes in con- From this moment the counting mechanism is locked and if the projection [1. acts upon the righthand side arm n of the angle lever, the left hand side arm of the same presses against the arm 71 which is already looked as the a rm'c which operates the.

counting mechanism is locked, so that the le'vere cannotoscillate. The arm i'is thus held on the path of the projection a'whereby this projection and consequently the rolling cylinder f are locked. 7

claim 1 1. A rolling stamp" with a locking device for automatically locking in the well known manner the counting mechanism at a predetermined number or value limit comprising in combination with the counting mechaa nism, a printing cylinder, a lever pivotably mounted between said counting mechanism and said printing cylinder, a fork at the up per end .ofsaid lever, an arm of the counting mechanism engaging with said fork, two laterally projecting arms of the lower part of said lever, a projection operated by the rolling stamp designed to act upon the upper one of said arms for transmitting the movement of the printing cylinder to the counting mechanism, and a mechanism for locking said transmission means at the same time as the counting mechanism.

2. A rolling stamp with a locking device for automatically locking in the well known manner the counting mechanism at a predetermined number or value limit comprising in combination with the counting mechanism, a printing cylinder, a lever pivotably mounted between said counting mechanism and said printing cylinder, a fork at the upper end of said lever, an arm of the counting mechanism engaging with said fork two laterally projecting arms of the lower part of saidlever, a projection operated by the printing cylinder designed to'act upon the upper one of said arms for transmitting the movement of the printing cylinder to the counting mechanism,,a spring influenced angle lever pivotably mounted between said transmitting lever and the printing cylinder so that one of its arms is raised by said projection after the same has moved along the arm of said transmitting lever, whereby the second arm of said angle lever pushing upon said arm of'the transmitting lever returns the same to the initial position, means forlocking the counting device if a predetermined figure is reached, and means for looking said angle lever in the oscillated position so that the projection is prevented from operating said transmission lever.

3. A rolling stamp with a locking device for automatically locking in the well known manner the counting mechanism at a predetermined number or value limit comprising in combination with the count ng mechanism, a printing cylinder, a lever pivotably mounted between said counting mechanism and said printing cylinder, a fork at the upper end of said lever, anarm of the counting mechanism engaging with said fork, two laterally projecting arms of. the lower part of said lever, a catch operated by the printing cylinder. designed to act upon the upper one of said arms for transmitting the movement of the printing cylinder to the counting mechanism, a spring influenced angle lever pivotably mounted between said transmitting lever and the printing cylinder so that one of its arms is raised by said projection after the same has moved along the arm of said transmitting lever whereby the second arm of said angle lever pushing upon said arm of the transmitting lever returns the same to the initial position, means for locking 4. A rolling stamp with a locking de- 7 vice for automatically locking in the well known manner the counting mechanism at a predetermined number or value limit comprising in combination with the counting mechanism, a printing cylinder, a lever pivotably mounted between said counting mechanism and said printing cylinder, a fonk at the upper end of said lever,-an arm of. the counting mechanism engaging with said fork, two laterally projecting arms of the lower part of said lever, a projection op erated by the printing cylinder designed to act upon-the upper one of said arms for transmitting the movement of the'printing cylinder to the counting mechanism, a spring influenced angle lever pivotably mounted between said transmitting lever and the printing cylinder so that one of its arms is raised by said projection after the same has moved along the arm of said transmitting lever whereby the second arm of said angle lever pushing upon said arm of the transmitting lever returns the same to the initial position, a spring influenced hand adjustably mounted upon the top plate ofthe casing, a downwardly projecting point of said hand, a disk upon the upper figure disk of the counting device, spaced pins at the circumference of said disk arranged so that the end ofsaid hand can engage between the same to lock thev counting device if a determined figure has been reached, aspring influenced axle below said counting mechanism,fan angle lever upon one end of said axle the upper arm of said angle lever bearing normally against the bottom of the counting mechanism, a lever for operating the printingcylinder, a bend in the lower part of said lever with which engages the lower arm of said angle lever for locking the projection if the counting device is stopped. V I

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

in presence of two witnesses.

HELENE KOMUSIN, geb. LIEDTKE. Witnessesi Y E. BUGDALIN, F. HUFERUNG.

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