US1513131A

US1513131A - Addressing machine

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Publication number: US1513131A
Application number: US506246A
Authority: US
Inventors: Clinton D Palmer
Original assignee: Sears Roebuck and Co
Current assignee: Sears Roebuck and Co
Priority date: 1921-10-08
Filing date: 1921-10-08
Publication date: 1924-10-28
Anticipated expiration: 1941-10-28

Description

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CLINTON D. PALMER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,

ssienon T snans, RoEBUcK AND 00;, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION on new YORK.

ADDRESSING MACHINE.

Application filed October 8, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLINTON D. PALMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of'Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Addressing Machines, of which the following is a specification;

In Patent No. 1,136,972, granted April 27, 1915, to Sears, Roebuck and (30., upon an application filed by me, there is disclosed a combined stencil plate and record card adapted to contain a record relative to dates and nature of transactions with a customer.

Heretofore, when an order was received from a customer, the clerk in charge of the file of combined stencil plates and record cards, made a record of the order upon the customers card, after which the order was transmitted to a typist who typed the customers name and address upon the various pieces of paper necessary in taking care of the order, as, for example, an envelope, an

invoice, shipping labels, an express receipt, etc.

The object of the present invention is to provide means whereby the combined stencil plate and record card may be readily used in addressing the necessary envelope, bill,

shipping labels, and the like, thus dispensing with the necessity of addressing such papers upon a typewriter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a right-hand elevation of an addressmg machine embodying the features of my invention. Fig. 2 is a left-hand elevationof the machine. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional View of a stencil holder comprised in the machine. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the machine. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view illustrating the stencil holder and the paper guides in plan View. Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view of the machine, showing the parts in the position assumed when printing is being effected.

The embodiment herein shown of the in vention comprises a rectangular base 1 having at its rear portion upwardly extending lugs 2 which provide bearings for the trun- Rotatably mounted in the lower portion of nions 3 of a housing 4. Said housing com-' Serial No. 506,246.

the housing 4 forwardly of the axis 3 is an impression roller 10 of resilient material, as, for example, the composition commonly used in the manufacture of printers rollers. Above the impression roller 10 is a distributing roller 11 of yieldable or other suitable 1;:

material, the roller 11 being secured upon a shaft 12 which is rotatably mounted in bearing blocks 13 (Fig. 6). The bearing blocks 13 are slidably mounted in slots 14 in the side walls of the housing 4. Adjusting screws 15 carried by the housing 4 bear against the blocks 12 and thus keep the inking roller 11 pressed against the roller 10.

Above the inking roller 11 is a feed roller 16 the journals of which are slidably mounted in open end slots 17 in the side walls of the housing 4. While the feed roller 16 may be of any suitable construction, the construction shown in Patent No. 1,036,201, dated August 20, 1912, has been found satisfactory.

The roller 16 is provided with

finger wheels

18 and 19 for operating the same.

The shaft 12 is provided at one end with a hand crank 20 by means of which all of the rollers may be rotated, whenever the m1,

cated endwise in order to distribute the ink uniformly over the roller 10. V

A, stencil holder 24 is pivotally connected to the lugs 2 at 25 and extends forwardly beneath the housing 4. The stencil holder is in the nature of a metallic pocket having a flaring entrance 26 and a flange 27 (Fig. 3) constituting a stop for the inner edge of the stencil card to limit the extent to which the card may be inserted into the pocket. The pocket 24 is of suitable width to receive and guide a stencil card into proper relation to the impression roller 10 and the article to be addressed. The pocket is provided withan; opening 28 (Figs. 4 and 5) which is longerthan the impressionroller 10 and of suitable width to permit said roller to press the stencil card into contact with a platen surface 29 raised slightly: above 7 the plane of the base 1 (see Fig. 6). On the base. 1 are two stop rails 30 and 31 (Fig. 5) arranged at right angles to each other and constituting stops adapted to locate an engummed label, or the like,

the addressing operavelope, invoice, in proper position for tion.

It is sometimes desirable to print only the address, the addressees name being afterwards added by other means. I therefore provide a plate 32 (Figs. 3 and 5) attached to a wire frame 33 which is slidably mounted in guides 34 on the stencil holder,the frame being slidable to carry the plate 32 into and out of position to overlie that portion of the stencil card which contains the customers name, The frame 33 comprises an angular handle 35 by means of which the frame may be slid into and out of operative position. In order to hold the frame in adjusted position, there is provided a detent spring 36 having

recesses

37 and 38 to receive a portion ofthe handle 35, said recesses corresponding to the operative and inoperative positions of the plate 32.

Means is provided for tilting the housing 4 to press the stencil card and the roller 10 against an envelope or the like previously tate the insertion of the operators the platen 29. The means herein shown for this purpose comprises a handle or crank 39 pivoted toa lug 40 rising from the base 1, said handle being connected by means of a link 41 to a crank arm 42 fixed to one of the trunnions '3. A coiled contractile spring 43 anchored atone end to the base 1 and connected at its other end to one of the adjusting screws 15 serves to return the housing 4 to normal position, such position being determined by contact of the housing with a resilient stop 44 on the base. The upward swing of the housing 4 is utilized to raise the stencil holder to facilipositioned on in withdrawing the envelope or other article which has been addressed. Herein is shown a link 45 pivoted at 46 to the housing 4 and extending slidably through an opening 47 (Fig. 5) in the forward portion of the stencil holder, the link 45 being bent after passing through said opening. The link 45 is of such length that in the forward swing of the handle 39 the stencil holder comes into contact with the platen (or, rather, the article to be printed) before has completed its forward swing, thehousing 4 continuing tomove forward and downward to place the impression roller 10 in contact with the stencil card and to press the card tightly against the article to be addressed. The point of attachment of the link 41 to the handle 39 is such that as the handle completes points of pivotal connection of the link 41 are in substantial alinement with the axis of the handle 39, whereby relatively great pressure is applied to thestencil during the forward stroke of the handle. .7 i

Preferably means is provided for autofingers its forward stroke the dur- The shown for this purpose comprises an arm 48 (Fig. 1) pivoted upon the shaft 12 and carrying a spring-pressed awl 49 that engages a ratchet wheel 50 11X6d upon said shaft. The arm 48 is connected to the handle 39 through the medium of a link 51, the handle and link having a pin- 'on to allow for 10st motion matically turning the inking roller 11 ing the opera ion of the machine.

means herein portion of the card and thus stencil the customers name and address upon the envelope. The handle is then returned to its normal position and the envelope withdrawn. In similar manner an invoice, shipping labels or any other articles that should be addressed for use in connection with the order in question, are successively addressed.

The present invention facilitates the use of the combined stencil and record card shown in my said patent in the addressing of envelopes, bills, shipping tags, advertising matter and the like, thus extending the use of the combined stencil and record card to the addressing of the papers needed in filling an order, and obviating the necessity of addressing such papers on a typewriter.

While the present embodiment of the invention has been described with considerable particularity, it is to be understood that the description has been given for the sake of impartinga clear understanding of the presentconstruction and not for the purpose of defining the invention, the scope of the invention being indicated in the appended claims.

I claim as my invention: 7

1. An addressing machine having, in combination, a base carrying a platen; a housing pivoted to the base; an impression roller, a distributing roller, and an inking roller in the housing; a stencil holder pivoted on the base above the platen; a handle pivoted to the base; a crank arm connected to the housing; a link connecting the handle to the crank .arm whereby in the forward swing of the handle the housing is tilted to press the impression roller against an article lying on the platen; a pawl and ratchet. for rotatingthe. distribut ing roller; a link connected to the handle for operating said pawl; a cam connected the housing engaging said cam; a hand to the distributing roller; a, projection on;

crank connected to the distributing roller; and a link connecting the housing and the stencil holder and providing for downward movement of the housing after the stencil holder is in contact with an article on the platen.

2. An addressing machine having in combination, a. base carrying a platen; a housing pivoted to the base; an impression roller, a distributing roller, and an inking roller in the housing; a stencil holder pivoted on the base above the platen; a handle pivoted to the base; a crank arm connected to the housing; a link connecting the handle to the crank arm whereby in the forward swing of the handle the housing is tilted to press the impression roller against an article. lying on the platen; means for rotating the distributing roller in the swing of the handle; means for longitudinally moving the distributing roller in the rotation thereof; a hand crank connected to the distributing roller; and a link connecting the housing and the stencil holder and providing for downward movement of the housing after the stencil holder is in contact with an article on the platen.

3. An addressing machine having, in combination, a base carrying a platen; a. housing pivoted to the base; an impression roller, a distributing roller, and an inking roller in the housing; a stencil holder pivoted on the base above the platen; a handle pivoted to the base; a connection between the housing and the handle whereby in the forward swing of the handle the housing is tilted to press the impression roller against an article lying on the platen; means for rotating the distributing roller; and a link connecting the housing and the stencil holder and providing for downward movement of the housing after the stencil holder is in contact with an article on the platen.

4. An addressing machine having, in combination, a base carrying a platen; a housing pivoted to the base; an impression element and an inking element in the housing; a stencil holder pivoted on the base above the platen; a handle pivoted to the base; a connection between the housing and the handle whereby in the forward swing of the handle the housing is tilted to press the impression roller against an article lying on the platen; and a link connecting the housing and the stencil holder and providing for downward movement of the housing after the stencil holder is in contact with an article on the platen. v

5. An addressing machine having, in combination, a platen, a movably mounted housing, an impression element carried by the housing, a stencil holder between the platen and the impression element, and a lost motion connection between the housing and the stencil holder for moving the latter with the housing during a portion of its motion.

6. An addressing machine comprising, in combination, a fixed platen, an impression roller mounted for movement toward and away from the platen, and a separately mounted stencil holder movable toward and away from the platen, the movement of said holder being controlled by the movement of the roller with respect to the platen.

7. A stencil holder for addressing machines, comprising a pocket having a flaring entrance for the stencil, the stencil holder having an opening therethrough arranged to be spanned by the stencil, and means on the stencil holder for covering a portion of said opening.

8. A stencil holder for addressing machines comprising a pivoted pocket having a flaring entrance for the stencil, the stencil holder having an opening therethrough arranged to be spanned by the stencil.

9. The combination of a stencil holder comprising a pocket having a flaring entrance for the stencil, the stencil-holder having an opening therethrough arranged to be spanned by the stencil, and means for covering a portion of said opening.

10. In an addressing machine, a pivoted stencil holder in the nature of a pocket into which a stencil may be inserted edgewise, said pocket having an opening to expose a portion of the stencil.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

CLINTON D. PALMER.