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MINNESOTA.

TRANSFER-PRINTING MACHINE.

Application led January 21, 1924. Serial No. 687,424.

T0 aZAZ whom t may concern."

Be it knownl that we, EDWARD L. MooNnY and ZAGH'ARY E. RUSSELL, citizens of the.'v '-.United States, residing,

respectively, at Minneapolis and St. Cloud, in' the counties of Hennepin and Stearnsand State ofvMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in TransfersPrinting Ma chines; andl we 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 samej Broadly considered, our invention relates to machines for the printing of tickets, the subject-matter or data of which is subject to. continuous or frequent change. 'The' tickets known as transfers, issued by street railway companies, afford a good illustration of contlnuous or very frequent change s in they printed data or conditions which, in4

. when once printed always to be used on the\^A actual. business, must be met and indicated.

The transfers generally issued by street railway companies contain a large amount of printed matter, which is given significanc by punch holes produced at the appropriate places. For instance, by six punch holes produced'at dierent places 1n a trans# fer, the transfer may be made to indicate the month, th'e day A. M. or P. M., the 'direction ofcar travel, and the point of transfer. `Such transfers also contain `a printed statement of the c'on-v ditions under which the transfer is issued and the name of the car line on which lthe transfer is to be used, which two subjects are unchanging but require the transfers car line for which they are intended; Moreover, such transfers include a printed statement of the year of issue and the serial numberl of the transfer, which latter must be independentlyv printed on the transfer 'in advance of its use, either daily or to correspond to certain series. lThe unching of such transfers requires consi erable time when the conductor isbusily engaged. in colvlection of fares, and this frequently results inl delays in -traffic at the points of transfer. This improved machinehhasbeenespecially designed to meet the-ciiditions encountered in the printing of transfers for street rail-' "the time of delivery. 1

The machine will print and deliver trans-4 of the month, the hour,

.way service andthe production thereof at fers as rapidly as they can be picked up or 'handed out, and may be re-s'et so that it will print all ofthe con itions above referred to and others, such as the number of the car from which issued and the serial number ofthe transfer issued by the pars` ticular car. i In the operation of our improved machine, the transfers are cut from a continuous paper web or ribbon, the width of which is preferably that of the length of the desired trans-fer; the printed matter isclearly displayed, the lines thereof extending length` wise of the transfer; and the transfer, after printing, is cut olf and delivered outside of the machine. y

The printing is produced progressively and in such manner that such data as the hour and minute, date and point of transfer, which require most frequent change, may4 bel made any instant revious to the operation of completing an delivering the transfer. The means whereby this last noted vimportant result is obtained constitutes a vital and tion. A

The following-brief statement will indicate the preferred order in which, the several steps leading to this result may be carried out.

important feature of this linven- Thel various printing devices are disposed progressively along the line oftravel of the paper web vand some thereof are axially or transversely laligned, or, inf other words, lo-

cated side by side. .The rst' printing operation will, for example, print the unchanging .or less frequently changing data, such as astatement of the4 conditions and rules under which the transfers are issued. The second printingoperation will print the serial number of the transfer, the car number -and .the name of the car line on which the car 1s running. The third `printing operatio-n will print the year, month, day, time, (in hours and minutes), direction of the c ars travel, and the name ofthe transfer point. The knife or shearing device for cutting olf the printed transfer isarranged to perform its cutting'operation as a step l of such 'size'that Q attacco that closely follows the Acompletion of the third noted printing operation, so that up to almost the very. instant of 'cuttingoif the.

transfer, the frequently changing data printed by the third printing 4operation may e The .printing devices above referred to are assembled and cannot be assembled any- Where nearly as closely as the lines must be printed on the transfer and, for this reason,

the above outlined progressive-printing op-` eration is highly important. y

All. of the above noted printing devices, except the first, which prints conditions that seldom if ever change, are arranged for quick readjustment or setting. Also, the machine involves highly important mechanical features whereby the 4functions above noted are carried out automatically with properly timed actions and 'whereby the paper web is automatically fed step by step the proper distance to present the successive transfers to the printing and shearing devices. p

The accompanying' drawings illustrateA an operative machine4 embodying our invention as above generally outlined, l

Referring to said drawings, wherein like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views,

y Fig. 1 is a plan view of the complete machine, some parts being broken and some parts being in horizontal section;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line l 2-2of Fig. 1, viewing the parts from the right-hand side toward the left-hand side of the machine andshowing the parts in what is treated as the normal4 position or position in which they remain at rest at the completion of a cycle of operation;

Fig. -3 isa view corresponding to Fig. 2

. i but showing the movable parts in a position' extreme in respect to the positions shown in Fig. 2; n Fig; 4 is a left-side elevation of the machine, some parts` broken away and some parts in. vertical section;

Fig. 5 is a transverse vertical section taken approximately onl the line 5-5 of Fig. 1, looking from the machine;

the front toward the rear of front elevation of the machine; Figs. 7 and 8 are fragmentary sections taken approximately on the line 7-8 of Fig. 5, showing, respectively, positions of the parts corresponding to Figs. 2 and 3;

Fig. 9 is a view partly in plan but witl Fig. 6 is a Fig. 7;

Fig. 10 is a view partly in front elevation and partly in vertical section on the -line 10-10 of Fig. 3, some parts being broken away;

they cannot be closely` "Fig.'1l is a detail partly in plan, but with i some parts broken away and with some parts sectioned, showing the car line printing device `'shown at the extremeJ right 1n for Fig. 11;

' F ig. A13 is a detail chiefiy in sideeleva'- y tion but with some parts sectioned on the line 13--13 of Fig. 10, showing the unit member of the transfer number printing and countingdevi'ce;'g

Fig. 14 is a fragmentary view with some parts sectioned on the line 14-14 of Fig. 5;

y Fig. 15 is a fragmentary viewpartly in elevation and part y mvertical section on Fig. 1 6-is a fragmentary vertical section on the line 16-16'of Fig. 6;

Fig. 17 is a front 4elevation showing the two shearing blades removed from the machine; IFig. 18`is a sectionon Fig. 17;

Fig. 19 is an enlarged fragmentary view in front elevation, showing the right-hand ends of the shearing blade; and

Fig. 20' is a plan View of the completed transfer.

'llhe various parts of the mechanism are placed within a suitable casing, which, as

shown, comprises a main lower shell 21 se.

cured to a base plate 22 and provided with a hinge cover 23. Rigidly secured to the base plate 22 within the casing isa pair of paralthe ,line 118-18 of A lel vertically disposed main bearing plates i- 24. These bearing plates 24,'as shown, eX- tend to the top of the casing and are provided with longitudinally spaced openings 24, 24b and 24C, (see particularly Figs. 2, 3,

V7 and- 8). Moreover, these bearing plates 24 are formed with front and rear guide slots 25 that are approximately U-shaped but are rectangular, being provided'fwith horizontal main portions and vertically extended end portions. Located between the bearing plates 24 is a travel carriage made. up chiefly of laterally spaced. parallel plates 26 and .front and rear connecting shafts 27. The shafts 27 have reduced threaded' ends eX- tended through the'plates 26 and clamped thereto by nuts 28 and, moreover, the said reduced ends are extended beyond the nuts t provide smooth trunnions 29 that work in the U-shaped guide slots 25 of the bearing plates 24.

For 'operation on the carri-age'to produce a peculiar rectilinear movement corresponding'to the pair of actuating slides in the form ofcam guide slots 25, there is provided a plates 30, best shown in Figs. 2, 3, 4 and 5.'

These cam plates 30 are guided for true horizontal movements and held against" vertical movements by suitable devices, such as iinged rollers 31 journaled on the bearing plates 24. The cam plates 30 are provided lwith cam slots or channels 32 in'which the projecting ends of the trunnions 29 of the carrlage are arranged to work. These cam ways 32 are provided'with approximately horizontal extremities and with approximately V-shaped intermediate portions and they bear an important relation to the guide slots 25, as will hereinafter appear..

The power foroperating the .machine may be either amotor or a hand-operated'cranlt-,

the latter beingafthe arrangement illustrated in the drawing. The operating'lever 33 is 35 equipped with a wrist pin 35a, (see-particularly Figs. 4 and 5).

To connect the two slides or cam plates for like movements, they are connected by links 36 to a pair of parallel arms 37, the upper ends of which are rigidly secured to a rock shaft 38 journaled in the bearing plates 24. The cam plates 30 are given their reciprocating movements from theoperating lever 33 through the crank disc and an elastic or longitudinally yielding pitman, preferably constructed,substantially as best shown in Fig. 4. This pitmancomprises a head 39y journaled onv the wrist pin 35 and provided with a pair of projecting parallel rods 40 that work telescopically through the sleeve-like portions 41 of a head 42, .which latter is journaled on a wrist pin 37a carried by one of the parallel arms 37. C'oiled springs 43 are placed on the rods 40 and compressed between the'head 39 and sleeves 4l, and similar coiled springs 44 areA placed on said rods and compressed betweenA the head 42 and nuts. 45 applied to the extreme ends of said rods. eNormally, the springs 43 and 44 hold the heads 39 and 42 spaced substantially as shown in Fig. 4 and the tendency of the pitman is to operate with the heads substantially thus spaced, but there will be yielding action that will prei vent shocks and there will be compression of thesprings at the extremities of the move-4 l ments of the cam plates 30.

Referring-to Fig. 20, 'which illustrates a printed transfer, attention lis now called to the fact that the so-called first printing operation printed the matter at the bottom of the ticket, reading The following condi-- tions 4and rules to which 'the passenger agrees govern the issue and use of this transfer, (the rest of the printed matter being omittedEv from the ticket illustrated in the drawings); that the second printing operation-printed the serial number of the 'carried by -51, the depending end of which has a latticket, to wit: 468110, the car number.v to wit: 812, and the name of the streit car line on which the car is running, to wit, Batavia St, Line, and the third printing operation printed Sept 5, 1923; 10:45 A. M., N L Oak Dale.

The device for'performing the first noted printing operation, as. here illustrated, comprises a cast type bar "46 heldin an inverted channel-shaped transverse bar 47,.'the Aends of which are rigidly secured to. the bearing plates 24 (see particularly Figs. 2'and 3). For performing the. above noted second lprinting operation, there -is provided what amounts to three independent printing de# 'and the transfer point, to wit: e

vices' transversely aligned and located side by side, as best shown .in Fig, 10, and. all

located on a. strong non-rotary transverse shaft48, the ends'of which are rigidly .se-

cured in the bearing .plates 24. The device for printing the serial number of the transfer comprises a plurality of combinedprinting and counting wheels 49 rotatably mount- Aed on the shaft 48 and having the usual carrying devices provided in automatic counting or recording devices. For example,they

may have the carrying means of an ordinary cyclo'meter, whereby the tenths-are carried from a wheel of lower order to a Wheel of higher order. Each wheel 49 is provided with peripheral type for printing the digits O to 9, inclusive, such printing type, in Figs.

l0 and 13, being designated by. the character 49u. The said type 49 are in reverse,

so that they will properly print vwhen aligned at the lowermost portions of the wheels'. The unit member of the wheels 49 -is provided'. with internal ratchet teeth adapted to be engaged by a driving dog 50 an oscillatory loperating lever erally projecting pin-52 (see Fig. 3 that works in a vertical slot 53 in they a jacent carriage plate 26, whereby, as will herein- The top 23 of the casing (see particularly',

Figs. 1, 2 and 13)l is provided with a slot 54 that affords a sight opening through which portionsof the wheels 49 may be seen; and to indicate to the .observer the printing type of saidv wheels that are turned down to the lprinting point; said wheelsv are yprovided between their printing type with numeral Imarks so arranged that the same numbers will be presented atsaid sightopeningv that were lrepresented by the type assembled tov print the serial number of the last'cut off transfer.

The word car and the number of the car in which the transfer printing devicey i is installed (the numberof the car illustratatudinally extended ed being 812), will be printed -by typel which the car is running, to Wit. as in the.

illustration given, the words Batavia St. Line, We preferably provide the printing device best shown in Figs. 1, 10, 11 and12. This printing device comprises ay cylinder 58 that is rotatably mounted on the non-- rotary shaft 48 and at one end is provided with a spur gear 59 engaged by a pinion 60 on the inner end naledin a suitable bearing on the front bearing plate 24, `extended through the casing and provided at its outer end with an operating knob 62. The cylinder 58 vis provided with circnmferentially spaced longiseats that receive `and hold printing bars 63 having type at their outer ends arranged to print the names of various different lines onto which vthe car .is liable to be shifted.

At certain points between the type bars 53, the cylinderl is formed with radial slits 64 in which are seated conical expanding pins 65 having threaded engagement with correspondingly formed seats at .66.

The cylinder 58 is adapted to be rotatedby manipulation of the knob (32, but to hold the same in lthe various ditlerent printing positions against acr'aidental rotation,` said cylinder is provided with a springpressed retaining pin (37 (see particularly Fig. 12), the conical end of which is engageable with the conical depressions 68 formed in the non-rotary shaft 48. Between the exposed type faces of the printing bars 63, the cylinder 58 is provided with dove-tailed seats that. receive. and detacliably hold dove-tailed indicator strips (39, on the face of which are letters corresponding to the type on adjacent printing bai-s and so arranged in respect to the sight'opening 70 `in the casing that the name of the street car line will appear at said opening that corresponds to the type on the down-turned bar G3 that is at .the printing point or at the extreme bottom of the' cylinder.

The device for performing the third printing operation is best shown in Figs. 1', 3, 5, 14 and 15, and comprises rotative or oscillatory cylinder sections 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 7 8 and 79, having on their peripheries circumfercntially spaced type adapted to be set to print, respectively, the month, the day of themonth, the year, the hour and the minute, A. M. or P. M., N. or S. or other character-indicating direction of the travel of the car, and the name of the pointof transfer. These cylinder sections are all rotatively mounted on a non-rotary shaft 80 3), having conical ends that yieldin rigidly secured at its ends to the bearing plates 24.

The shaft 80'is provided with longitudinal groovesk and the severalabove noted rotary cylindrical sections 7l to 79, inclusive, are preferably provided with. radially movable spring-pressed retaining pins 8l f(see` Fig.

said grooves. These' springrpressed retain# ingpins prevent accidental lmovements of the 'said rotary members but permit .the same to be readily `moved by the application of hand power. The above noted members 71 to 78, inclusive, are provided with radially projecting fingers 82 that project through slots 83 in the top of the casing (see particularly Figs. 5 ando). For adjusting the member 79, said member, at one end is shown as provided with a spur-,gear 84 that is engaged by a spur pinion 85 carried by the innerend of a short shaft 86 mounted on a suitable bearing on the right-hand hearing frame 24, extended through the casing, and provided at its outer end with an operating knob 8G. The printing elements 71 to 79, inclusive, between type, have characters which, when viewed through a sight .opening 87 inthe casing, indicate which of the type are at the printing point.

threeinking pads indicated, respectively, by

the characters 1512 and lla; and for cooperation with the said devices for performing the first, second and third printing opeiations, there 4are further provided three printing' platens P1, P2 and P3. The inking pads lll, l2 and l, respectively, are held in transverse channelrplates 90, 91 and 92 rigidly secured at their ends to the upper portions of the' carriage plates 26. 'By reference particularly to Figs. 2 and 3, it will be noted that the plate 92 has a forwardly eX- tended and slightly depressed portion 92 that affords'apaper-gripping surface for cooperation withnnderlying grapple-acting a engage feed dogs 93 that are secured to a rock shaft v but detachably held in channelfshaped holdersl 95, 96 and 97. The bars '95 and 96, attheir ends, are' rigidly secured tothe carriage plates 2.6. but thechanneled holder 5 or bar 97 is mounted on. a pivot'sha-ft 98,

the ends of which' are secured to the fr'ont aortions of the carriage lplates 26. Also,this har 97' is used asa knife carrier to which a knife. or shearing blade 99 is v`detachably secured by screws, bolts or otherwise. Further, said bar 97 is provided with depending arms 100,'the lower ends of which are preferably forked, asfshown, at 101 and provided in their prongs-with opposing set' screws 102 and 103v that are engageablewith the opposite sides of the front carriage tierod 27. A light coiled spring 104,.placed around the inner ends of the-set screws 103, is compressed between said tie-rod 27 and the front prongs 101 so that the set-screws l 102 willbe always held against saidt-ie-rod when the set screw .103' is set slightly out of Y 'l contact "with, saidtie-rod. AThe knife or. shearing blade 99 is arranged to cooperate with. arelatively fixed shearing 'blade 105 that is rigidly but detachably secured to a transverse bar 105% which, in turn, is rigidly Y secured to a transverse upper front portion of the casing 21, which-casing, below said '30 fixed shearing blade, has a large `opening 21a and forward of said opening hasta .delivery shelf 21. The numeral 106 indicates a delivery deck, the; upperl rear edge of which is connected to thecombined platen and knife-carryingbar97 by a hinge 107.

The' lower front edge of said delivery deck rides'freely on the shelf 21",.

' The paper web or ribbon y from which' thetransfers are to be produced is primarily 40 in the form of a roll y1 mountedon a spin- C dle 1'08 detachably appli'ed to the sides of the rear upper portion of the casing. This paper web jz/ is brought downward andun# der-a guideroller 109 journaled to thev -that is pivdtally connected tb the forked end of camming action when the two 'shearing blades are forced into initial cutting contact and thus permitting the spring n101 to yieldingly hold the two blades tightly pressed together throughout the cutting 70 action and without danger ofthe two knife blades'being locked at the' point of initial contact.

For automatically throwing the feed dogs .93 into anvd out. ofoperative positions, there 75 is. provided av device Best shown in Figs. 7, 8 and 9, and which device comprises an arm 111 intermedia-tely -secured to one end of the shaft 94. At its intermediate portion, the rock shaft94 is provided with an arm 112 80 of a thrust'bolt 113 that works endwise for angular movements through a guide lug 114 secured to the adjacent carriage plate 26. The bolt 113 and the arm 112act as asort 85 of a toggle that is movable from one side to the other f a-dead center and-is arranged to be yieldingly held in one extreme position or the other by a'coiled spring 115 placed. on the, bolt 113 and compressed betweenv its 90 headband the lug 114; When the l carriage is moved rearwardly and upwardly, the rear end ofthe arm '11 will engage with a. tripping pin 116 on the adjacent fixed bearing plate .24v (seeFig. 8), so' that the feed 95 dogs 93 will then be thrown upward and caused to grip the paper web against the gripping' surface 92. When Athe carriage is moved forwardly and upwardly, the front end of the arm 111 'will be engaged with a 100 tripping pin 117 that projects vfrom the upper forward portion of the adjacent fixed bearing plate 24so .that the feed ldogs will then 'bel thrown] downward or out of contact-with the apen` web, thereby releasing 105 the latter (see 7 Releasing of the feed ,dogs fromlthepaper web, as justabove stated, prevents the paper web fromb'eing dragged backward by the rear portion of the. casingg'andironr said'dogs, but to' positively hold the paper web 110 roller, said web is brought forward over a.` guide roller 110 journaled to the'upp'er'rear portions of thecarriage plates 26. The web is brought forward under the threeink pad holders 90, 91 and 12 and under allofthe printing devices, and it .is carried over the three platens P1, P2 and P3. The said web vis .also carried over the said dogs 93 and movable knife blade 99 and 'under-the papergripping surface 92. an'd under g the `fixed shearing blade 105.

By reference particularly to -Figs 16, 17 and 18, it will benoted that the cuttmg edges of the shearing blades. 99 and 105 are oblique in respect to each other, so that the cut will 'bel produced by progressive 'Shearing'action or sort offdraw cut. By reference to Figs. 17 ,118 and '19, it-will be notedthat the cutting edge pf the blade 99, at its high ueend, is beveled at 99 so as to produce a sort- .against return movement, while the carriage -is lbeing' moved downwardly, rearwardly,

and then upwardly, there is provided a retaining gripper, preferably 'madel up of a pair of arms 118 and a transverse clamping 1'15` rod or Vbar 119, which' latter is' connected to the free endsof said arms. The said elements 118 and 119 makeup a sort of a bale. The arms 118 are rigidly secured to a transverse rock shaft 120 thatl is journaledin 120 -the fixed bearing plates At one end, this rock shaft 120 is provided with a depending arm 121 equipped with a roller 122 that -is subject to' a cam 123 vsecured to the `operating shaft 34. .A coiled spring 124, 125- attached to one ofthe -arms 118 and anchored to one ofthe plates 24, tends to hold the-gripping bar 119 -inits uppermost position against, the lower edge ofthe bar The cam 123 operateson the roller 122 with 130 -tation by a back lash stop dog 126. Thev lock key 125 is pivoted at 127 to the adjacent bearing plate 24, is yieldingly pressed downward at its rear end by a spring '128, and is rovided at said rear end with a depending ock lug 129 that normally engages a notch 130 formed in the disc 35 secured to and carried by the operating shaft 34. The front end of the key 25 projects through an opening in a casing and terminates in a cap 132 adapted to be struck by a finger; The dog 126 is pivoted to theadjacent plate 24 and is yieldingly held in contact with the periphery of the disc 35 by a spring 133 and permits free rotation of the disc and shaft 34 in an anti-clockwise direction in respect to Fig. 4 or in a clockwise direction in respect to Figs. 2 and 3, but prevents backwardv or reverse rotation thereof. rThe completed cut off transfer, as shown in Fig. 20, is indicated bythe character 1/2.

Summary of operation.

i The individual lfunctions performed by the -various different devices and certain groups of devices has already been made clear, but the important correlation of such devices in the complete machine may, with advantage, be traced as follows:

When the parts of the machine are in what are herein designated as their normal positions, the notch 130 of the disc 131 will be engaged with the lug 129 of the trip key 125, whichengagement is accomplished by rotation -of said disc in an anti-clockwise direction in respect to Fig. 4, through approximately 170. Figure 2 shows the position of the parts when said crank disc has been rotated approximately 10o beyond normal position. However, the positions of the parts shown in Fig. 2 are the same asin normal positions, except that the carriage will be dropped slightly, soI as to separate the inking pads l1, I2 and I3 from the type about one-eighth of an inch, so that the printing device is then free for adjustment, and except that the movable knife blade 99 is dropped about 'one-eighth of an inch, but not, however, below its cutting position.

When the machine is to be operated, the key 125 will be struck and depressed and then' the operating crank 33 and shaft' 34 will berotated in a clockwise direction in respect to Fig'. 2, or, in other words, in an anti-clockwise direction in respect to Fig. 4.

ln the normal position of the parts, the cam slide 30 will be nearly but not quite to its' extreme forward position or positiontoward the left in respect to Fig. 2, and the trunnions 29 that project from the carriage plates 26 will then be in the rear extremities the cam slots 32, so that the inking pads li, lf2 and I3 will be aligned with but slightly outlof engagement with the overlying,

type.l ln such normal position of the parts, the knife blade .99 will be in its forward position, so that Ait will 4cooperate with the fixed shearing blade 105 and will then have cut off' Athe paper web to deliver the transfer, but said knife will not be quite to its extreme uppermost position. rlhe cut off transfer will be dropped onto the underlying deck 106. Moreover, at this time, the cam 123 has released the arm 121, thereby permitting the spring 124, acting through the arms 118,' to cause the gripper rod 119 to press the forward end of the paper web y tightly against vthe under edgev of the fixed bar 10521. It is further important to here noe that, at the time above just noted, the gripper-acting` feed dogs93 are lowered and released from the paper web, so tha` they are free to make their return movement of the carriage withlout action on the paper web 'and during a time that the latter will be held against backward movement by the gripper rod 119. At!

the normal position of the parts, the. firstand second printing .operations have been produced on the most forward' transfer- ,forming portion of the paperweb, but that the third printing operation has not yet been produced on such most forward transferforming section. y

When the next transfer is to be completed, cut off and delivered, the operating crank 33 and parts carried therewith will first be released, as before stated, by depressing the projecting forward end of the lock key 132, and hen the said crank will be given a complete rotation in a clockwise direction in respect to Fig. 2 or in an anti-clockwise direction in respect to Fig. 4, and at the termination of such complete rotation, the lug 129 of said key will again engage the notch 130 of the disc 131 and again lock the mechanism with the parts positioned as shown in Fig. 2. The complete cycle of roperations performed by the rotation of said crank will now bca-traced in detail.

The first riction that takies place, and which is produced by approximately the first ten degrees of rotation of the said crank and shaft, is to raise the carriage so as to press the inking pads I1, I2 and I3 against the overlying type ofthe printing devices. This completion of the lifting movement of the carriage, when in cxtreme forward position, the forward movements .of the cam slides 30, but continued rotation of the crank beyond the said first approximate ten degrees is produced by the completion of l iii) A... gwn..

' ly cor printing platens P1,

, tical the cam slides 30 to movev rearwardtoward the right inrespect to Fig. 2 therebycausing the cam slots 32, acting on the carriage trunnions 29, to lower the carriage and all of the parts carried thereby vertically'dowriward in the forward verportions off the guide slots 25, yuntil said trunnions reach the level of the horizontal portions of l said guide slots, and thereupon, the oblique portions of the cam slots 32, acting on' the trunnions f 29, will cause the entire carriage to move horizontally rearward until 4the'trunnions 29 reach the 25and thereupon, said cam slots, acting ou ClllSeS said trunnions, ,will cause the carriage, While 1n its rearinost position, to move vertically upward until the parts have reached in Fig- 3.' The parts shown in Fig. 3 un#` of the operating'- the positions shown reach the positions der 180 of movement crank 33 and shaft 34, and in the position of the parts shown in Fig. 3, the P2 and P3 press the paper web y, respectively, that perform the hitherto second and third printin it will be noted that P3, which is carried by the head r97 that` also carries the movable knife lblade 99 has its upper surface slightly above the upper edge of said knife blade', so that the latter described first, operations, Hpre e printing platen 1n lFig, 3 come into Contact vwith the paper we The knife' blade 99 is preferably designed 'to completely cut oil" theprinted transfer, but, asis obvious, it 'might only partly perform that function. A

It should be here further noted that the approximately cam slots 32 are not truly horizontal but are slightly inclined, so that the vcarriage will be given slight. raising and lowering movements while moving in the extremitiesy of said slots.

When the carriage made its above del scribed rearward movement, thevgripper rod "with the fixed pin 1,-16 andthe 119 remained in its operative position, holding the paper web against return movement, but about the time that ,the carriage trimnions 29 were given their upward movement in the rear vertical extremities of the guide slots ,25, the cam 123 on the operating shaft 34 engaged the roller.122 of the arm 121l and moved the gripper bar 119 downward, thereby releasing said gripper' rod from the paper web. Also, during the time .that ,the said carriage trunnions were making their upward movements in the rear vertical extremities of the guide slots 25, the rear end of the armlll was engaged p spring-pressed toggle made up of the arm 112 and bolt 115 was moved below its dead center, so

per web.

rear vertical extremities of .the cam slots1 of the paper web.

normal positionslshown in against the type horizontal extremities of the that the spring 115 the'n quickly flipped the gripper-acting feed dogs 93 upward, causing the same to grip the paper web against the overlying gripper plate'92 before thee gripper rod 119 ,releases its grip on the pa- It will now be remembered that` at the completion of the first 180o of .movement .of the operating crank 33 and shaft 34, the carriage while -in its ,rearmost pojsition was -moved upward to` simultaneousperform the s'o-called first, second and third 'printing' operations, which printing` operations, however, were performed on dif. ferent portions' or lVhen the operating erank33 and shaft- ,34 continue their rotation- 'beyond thevfirst 180the cam slides 3 0 are caused to vbegin their return or forward movements from their position shown in Fig, 3 back to their by, the cam slots 32, acting on the carriage trunnions 29, first move the carriage vertically downward, then horizontally forward, and 4then again verticallyL upward "to the position shown in Fig. 2, the cam slotsv25i, of course, guiding and holding the carriage to its retilinear downward, forward and upward movements. Under forward movement of the carriage, the npaper web will transfer-forming sections .asl

ig. 2, and the're-` be fed forward a. distance to form one transfer, or, in other words, represented by the width of the transfer. l

When the carriage reaches its forward position and its tru'nnions 29 moveupward `1n the forward vertical extremities of the guide vslots 25 t'o normal positions, three important actions take place, to wit: irst,\the ycam 123, acting on the roller-equipped arm 121, releases the gripper` rod 1,19, so that the spring 124, acting through the arms 119, cause said gripper rod to press .the front end of the paper web against the lowerA edge of the bar 105% second, the front end of the trip arm 111 comes into contact with the -iixed piu 1.17, thereby forcing the yielding toggle 111-112 past its upper dead center and permitting out of contact with the paperfweb; and third, the movable knife blade 99, in cooperation with the fixed knife blade 105, cuts oif the completely printed. transferforming section of the paper web. The carriage, having now again reached what is designated as its normal position, will be locked in such position' by 'the trip key and notched disc and the inking pads 11,1 I2 and I3, as already noted, will thenbe positioned immediately below the overlyi'ng type', slightly out of engagement therewith, but ready for quick inking action bythe initial' movement of the operatingcrank 33 and shaft 34. l

It will be.. noted that the forward exthe springto throw .the feed dogs downwardl and then hold the latter 115 litri tremities 4ofthe cam slots 32 -of the cam slides 3() are at a higherl elevation than the ing and formed. Of course, this is highly important,-

rea-r extrei'nitics thereof; and this is because the inking pads are at a correspondingly higher elevation than the printing platens, so that the carriage must be given greater vertical n'iovenients in performing'the printing operation than inperforming the inl:-

cutting operations. Alem it' Will ber noted that the vertical forward extremities of the guide slots 25 are so positioned that, acting on the carriage trunnions 29, they guide the movable knife blade 99 into cutting alignment with the fixed shearing blade 105. rl`he i'nanner in which vthe unit mem ber of the device for printing the serial number of the transfer will, be given one step of movement' for each complete oscillation of the carriage has' alreadv been noted.

It must noiv also have been made clear that the performing of the so-called third `printing operation. to wit: ln the illustration given, the printing ofthe frequently changeable matter, such as the month, day, year, hour, A. M. or l?. M. directionv of car travel, and the name of the car line, takes place under the same cycle of operation that cuts off the last printed and delivered transfer and that the cutting off of the transfer is substantially .the last action to bel perbecause it allows the `conductor or manipulator of the machine to change any of the matter of the third printing operation up to thevery time that he starts to perform the operation that will result in the completion and delivery of the particular transfer. If such provision were not made, there Would be a.` frequent Waste of transfers.

What We claim is:.

1. A ticket printing machine comprising means for guiding a paper web, printing devices progressively spaced along the line of travel of said paper Web, a movable carriage, 'cooperating printing devices on said carria-ge, means also on said carriage for imparting an intermittent feed movement to said paper web, and means for moving said carriage to produce the progressive printing` actions and the intermittent paper Web feeding action.

2. The structure defined in claim 1 in combination with inking devices progressively spaced on said carriages and engageable with the first' noted printing devices by aciions that are alternated in respect to the printing actions.

3. A ticketprinting' machine comprising means for guiding and feedinga paper web, printing devices progressively spaced along the line of travel of said paper web, means for progressively producing the several printing operations on said Web, and type- 'inking jmeans alternated in' respect to the "printing actions.

-means are mounted 1. A. ticket printing machine comprising. means for guiding and feeding apaper web, printing devices progrdss'ively spaced alongl the line of travel. of said paperweb, means for progressively producing the several printing operations on said AWeb, timed means for cutting the completely printed tickets from said web, and type-inking means alternated in respect to the printing actions.

5. The structure defined in -claim 4 in which the movable elements of the printing, inking and cutting means are connecte for common movements.

6.. The structure defined in claim 4 in furthercombination With a carriage mounted for horizont-al movements and for vertical movements at. the limits of its horizontal movements, and in which themovable elements of said printing, inking and cutting means are mounted on said, carriage.

7 The structure defined in claim 4 inl further combinationwith a carriage mounted for horizontal movements and for vertical movements at. the limits of its horizontal movements, and in which the movable elements of said printing, inking and cutting means are mounted on said carriage, the movable printing elements being alternated in their actions in respect to said movable inking. elements..

8. The structure defined in claim 4 in further combination With a carriage mounted for horizontal movements and for vertical movements at the limitsA of its horizontal movements, and in which the movable elements of said printing, inking and cutting on said carriage, the movable printing elements being alternated in their actions in respect to said movable inking elements, element being arranged for action approximately simultaneously With said movable inking elements. i

9. A ticket printing machine comprising means for guiding a paper web, independently adjustable printing devices progressively spaced along the'line of travel of the. paper vveb and arranged toy print on different portions of thevveb to form, completely printed ticket sections, and a paper Web feeding device on said carriage for imparting intermittent feed movements to said Web, said carriage being movable toward and from Iand along the line of travel of said paper web.

10. The structure defined in claimi 9 in further combination with a carriage and means for imparting thereto horizontal movements and vertical movements at the extremes of its horizontal movements, and printing .platens and inking devices on the said oarr1age,vert1cal movement of the carriage at one extreme serving to throw said platens into prlnting 4action and vertical movements of said carriage at the other exand the movable cutting- 11. The structure defined in claim 9 infV further combination with a carriage and extremes of its horizontal movements, andl printing platens and on the said carriage, vertical move-V ment of the carriage at one eXtreme serv- -ing to throw said platens into printing action and' vertical movements 'of said'car` riage at the other extreme serving to throw said inlring'devices into action, one of thev elements of the cutting means also being applied on said carriage.

12. The structure defined in claim 9 in` Vfurther combinationwith a carriagev and means for imparting thereto -horizontal movements and vertical movements at. the extremes of its horizontal movements,

' printing platens 4and inking devices on the saidcarriage, vertical movement oi the carriage at one extreme serv-` ing to throw said platens into printing action and vertical movements of said carriage at the other extreme serving to throw said inking'dev'rces into actionk, and gripper-acting paper-feeding devices mounted on said carriage.

13. The/structure defined in claim 9 in further combination with a rcarriage and means for imparting thereto horizontall movements' and, vertical movements at the extremes of its horizontal movements, printing platens and devices on the said carriage, vertical movement of the carnage at one extreme serving to throw said -platens into printing action and vertical vmovements' of said carriage at the other extreme servmg to throw said inking devices into action,

means Afor .imparting gripper-acting paper-feeding devices mounted on said carriage, and means operative to throw said paper-feeding devices out of action atthe extreme forward movement of said carriage' and toL throw' the same into action at the extreme rearward movement of said carriage.

b 14. The structure defined in claim 9 in further combination .with a carriage and thereto horizontal movements ,and verticalmovements at the extremes of its horizontal movements, print* means for imparting thereto horizontal Iieturnmovement with movements, and .vertical movements at the',

inki-ng devices the' same into iaction at the extreme rearward movement of said carriage., land in :turtliei. combination with a paper gripping de- .viceA arranged to hold the paper .vvfebagainst Amittingfree forward movement of said web under forward movement of the' carriage.

' .715. In a ticket printing machine, the ccmbination with printing- Idevices and means for' guiding a paper webI to-and past said printing' devices, of a carriage mounted vfordmovements along the line,l of travel of S211 and from the'paper'weband printing devices, meansf for moving said .carriage as stated,.a printing platen on said' carriage, a gripper-acting paper-feeding device o nsaid carriage, the said platen being'finovable with said' carriage to press the paper web against said printing device.

16. A ticket printing machine comprising means forguiding a paper web along a line of travel, a carriage mounted to move longitudinally. of the line of 4 paper webiand at the .extremes of its longi-A tudinal movement tomove toward and from said web, cooperating printing devices,cer

said carriage but per-l paper web-and for movements toward travelof said tain of whichl are mounted on said carriage,

the paper web being arranged to pass between said printing devices, and'means forwhich said carriage. is also'provided with gripper-acting paper-feeding means. 18.v The structure defined in claim 16 in which said carriage is also provided with gripper-actingPv paper-feeding means and a knife for cutting oli' the printed sections of the paper web. l

,'19. The structure defined in claim 16 in which said carriage is also provided with 'gripper-acting paper-feeding means, and an inking device also mounted on' said carriage.

20. The structure `defined claim 16 in which said 'carriage is also provided with gripper-acting paper-feeding means, and a paper-gripping device alternated in its action in respect to the gripper-acting feed means on said carriage and serving to hold the paper Web lagainst return movement of the carriage. p 21. The structure defined in claim 16 in ing platens and inking devices on the said which said carriage is also provided with carriage, vertical-movement of the carriage gripper-acting 'paper-feeding means, a. knife Vat one extreme serving to throw said platens for cutting o the printed sections of the into printing action and vertical 'movements paper web, land a paper-gripping device of Ysaid carriage at the other extreme servalternated in its action in respect tothe ing to throw' said inking devlces into gripper-acting feed means on said carriage action, gripper-acting paper-feeding deand serving to hold the paper web against vices mountedon. said carriage, and means return movementV of the carriage.

operative to throw said paper-feeding dc- 22. A ticket printing machine comprising vices out of action at the extreme forward means for guiding a paper Web along a line movement of said carriage and to throw ot travel, independently adjustable printing devices progressively arranged along the lineof travel 'of said webi'for action thereon, a carriage mounted to move longitudinally of the line of travel of said paper web and at the extremes 4 of its longitudinal movement'to move toward and from said.

,Web, means for imparting to said carriage `the movements just stated, and printing platens and type-inkng devices mounted on said carriage and arranged to be l.renderedoperative by the different extreme movements of said carriage toward said web.

23. The structure defined in claim 22 inl which said carriage is also provided with y. vgripper-acting paper-feeding devices.

-the paper web against return movement with the carrrage.

25. The 'structure defined in Vclaim 22 in `Which said carriage is also provided with -gripper-acting paper-feeding devices, a

paper-retaining gripper alternated in its A action in respect to the gripper-acting feed toI devices on said carriage and .serving to hold the` paper web -against return movement with the carriage, and a aper-jshearing device including `a relative y fixed blade and" a cooperating blade mounted on said carriage.-

' 2G. The structure defined in claim 22 in which the means for moving said carriage includes trunnions on said carriage, guide plates having approximately U-shaped guide slots in Which said trunnions Work, and reciprocating cam slides having cam surfaces operative on lsaid trunnions.

27.4 The structure defined in claim 22 in which the means for moving said carriage includes trunnions on saidcarriage, guide plates having approximately U-shaped guide slots in which said trunnions work, reciprocating cam slides having cam surfaces operativev on -said trunnions, an operating shaft having a crank, a pair of oscillatory arms `connected for common oscillatory movements and connected to said cam slides, and `ayielding pitman connecting one of said arms to the crank'on said operating shaft. 28.l The structure defined vin claim 22 in which the means'for moving saidcarriage includes trunnions on said carriage, guide plates having approximately U-shaped guide slots in which said trunnions Work, reclprocating cam slides having cam surfaces operativev'on said trunnions, an operating shaft having a crank, a pair of oscillatory arms connected for common .oscillatory movements land connected to sald cam lsl1des, and"v a yielding pitman connecting one of said -Which the means for moving said carriage includes trunnions on said carriage, guide plates having approximately U-shaped guide y slots in which said trunnions work, reciprocating cam slides having cam surfaces operative on -said trunnions, an operating shaft having aL crank, a pair of oscillatory arms connected for common oscillatory movements and connected to said cam slides, an'd/ a yielding pitman connecting 'one of said arms to the crank on said operating shaft, and in further combination with a releasable lock for locking said operating shaft at the completion of its'full rotation.

n 30. A ticket printing machine comprising means for guiding a paper web along a line of travel, .knife-equipped printing devices progressively arranged along the line of travel of said web, and a relatively fixed shearing blade located beyond the last printing 'device but on the same side of the paper web, a carriage having projecting trunnions, bearing plates having approximately rectangular [Ll-shaped guide slots in which the trunnions ofsaid carriage move, a vpair of cam plates mounted for simultaneous movey -ments parallel to the line of travel of the paper web and provided with approximately V-shaped cam slots in which the trunnions of said carriage also Work, and which cam slots under reciprocating movements of said cam slides cause said trunnions to travel in the U-shaped guide slots and said carriage to travel parallel to the line of travel of said paper Web and to move toward and from the web at the extremes of its traveling movement, means for reciprocating said cam slides, and printing platens and a movable shearing blade mounted on said carriage and by the noted movements of said carriage cooperating respectively with the type of said printing devices and with the fixed shearing blade.

31. The structure defined in claim 30 in which said carriage is also provided with gripper-acting paper-feeding devices.

32. The structure defined in claim 30 in which said vcarriage is also provided with i gripper-acting .paper-feeding devices, and in further combination with va paper-retain'- 'ing gripper engageable with the paper web y adjacentto 'said 4fixed shearing blade and alternatedvin its action in respect to the paper-gripping devices on said c arriage.

. 33. The combination `with means for feeding a paper web .alonga line of travel, of a .carriage mounted for limited traveling movements parallel to the line of travel further combination further combination with -its traveling movement, means for thus moving Said carriage, `and cooperating printing devices located one above 'and the other below said web, the lower printing device being mounted on said carriage.

34. .The combination with means for feeding a paper web along a line of travel, ofv

printing t pe above said web, a carriage mounted for limited traveling movements parallel to the line of travel of said web and for movementstoward and from the web at the extremes of its traveling movement means for thus moving said carriage, a printing platen and an -inking device mounted on said carriage and arranged Ato cooperate with thesaid type at the opposite eXtreme movementsI of vsaid carriage toward said web. Y 35. The structure defined in claim 33 in further combination with gripper-acting paper-feedingmeans mounted on said 'carriage and operative to feed theweb under forward movements o f the carriage.

36. The structure defined in claim 33 in with gripper-acting paper-feeding means mounted on' said carriage and operative to feed the web under forward movements of the carriage, andV in further combination with oooperating'paper-shearing' blades, one of which is relatively fixed and the other of which is mounted on said carriage and is'rendered operative under extreme forward and upward movement of the carriage.

37. The structure defined in claim 33. in

paper-feeding-means mounted on said carriage and operative to feed the web under forward movements of the carriage, and in further combination with cooperating papershearing blades, one ofwhichl is relativelyfixed and the other, of which is mounted on said carrlage and is rendered operative under extreme forward and upward movement of the carriage, and in still further combination with a relatively stationary gripper acting paper-retaining device t at is operative to hold the paper adjacen to the cutting point while said carriage makes its return or rearward movement.' 38. The structure defined in claim in further combination paper-feeding means mounted on said carriage and operative'to feed the paper web forward under 'forward mvement of the carriage.

39. The structure defined in clam 34 in further combination Awith gripper-acting paper-feeding means mounted on said car- -riage and operative to feed the paper web forward under4 forward movement of the carriage, and 1n further combination with gripper-actingwith gripper -act1ng paper-cutting means rendered operative by thevertical movement of the carriage at the extreme of its forward movement.

40. The structure defined in claim 34m further combination. with gripper-.acting paper-feeding means mounted on said carextreme of its forward movement, and in still furtherA combination with a gripperacting paper-retaining device opeative to hold thel paper against return or vrearward movement of the carriage.

41. The structure refined in claim 33 which the printing devices include a serial number printing device arranged to be automatically advanced one unit for each complete reciprocation of said carriage.

42. The structure defined in claim 34 in which the upper printing device includes different groups of axiall tively adjustable type-carrying elements, the one group being a serial number printing device and the unit element thereof havinga connection to said carriage whereby it is operated therefrom. 43. The structure defined in claim A33 in .further combination with a paper feeding device comprising a rock shaft mounted on said carriage, a gripper-acting paperfeeding dog on said rock shaft, a trip arm intermediately's'ecured to said rock shaft, a

spring-extended toggle connected to said rock shaft and tending to hold the same in the one eXtreme positlon or the other, and forward and rearward trip stops secured on aligned rotaa fixed part of the machine, the' front end of said trip arm being engageable with the forwardv trip stop to trip said feed dog out ofaction and'engageable with said rear trip stop to trip said feed dog into action.

' 44. The structure defined in claim 22 in which each cycle of operation involves, first, moving of the inking pads against the aligned type, second, movement of the platens into cooperating printing action in respectto the aligned type, third, movement of the paper web forward, and fourth, cutting olf of the paper web.

45. The structure defined in claim 22 in 'which each cycle of operation involves, first,

moving of the inking pads against -the aligned type, second, movement of the platens into cooperating printing action in respect to the aligned type, third, movement of'the paper web forward, and fourth, cutting oli' of the paper web, certain of said 1'25 printing devices having adjustable elements capable of readjustment when said carriage 'is in normal position or position of rest at the completion of a cycle ofoperatibons,

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46. rEhe combination with si carriage hawcarriage to partake of e mois/einen?J correino projections thereon, of reiafeivel xedl sponding to the lines of said guideways.

plates having tortuous guideways or the )In testimony whereof we sx our sig- 10 projections ofsai'd carriage, and a, cam slie nzitm'es.

v '5 havingv a tortuous cam :also` operative on the d cooperating EDWARD L. MooNEY.

i'ojections of Asaid cariige an ZACHARY E. RUSSELL.

with said tortuous guideways to cause smd

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