US1551376A

US1551376A - duchemin

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Publication number: US1551376A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1925-08-25
Anticipated expiration: 1942-08-25

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Aug. 25, I 925..

G. W. DUCHEMIN BALL MARKER File d Aug. 6, 1924 INVENTOR.

ATTO EYS.

Patented Aug. 25, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

enonen w. nucnam'm, or N wAnx, NEW JERSEY.

BALL mam.

Application filed August 6, 1924. Serial No. 780,358.,

' 16 adapted 'for many different forms of sphe'ri-' .cal bodies, its particular use will be in marking golf balls. The type of machine is one that-is used in stores for identifying matter on the golf balls of purchasers, and is also used bydhdividfials for marking their own golf balls. The inventionparticularly relatesto a supportfor'the ball, and in conjunction with it,- a slide that includes a meansfortholding-type or other im rinting 2 ,0 means, which also functions as a ho der for manually, operating the. slide.

The invention is illustrated in the, accompanying drawings in which Figure 1* is a side view of my improved-marker. Figure 25 2 is av central vertical section of the ma chine shown inFigure 1. Figure 3 isa section on 33 in Figure 1. Figure 4 is a side view of the modified form of construc tion, and Figure 5 is a perspective view of another modified form ofconstruction.

In Figures-1 to 3, I show a'machine having-'a frame constructed'of side plates .-which are braced and well separated by cross pieces 11; in the. top of the machine is a slideway 12 which defines the path of travel of theslide 13', whichis usually a materially stiff sheet Jof. metal adapted to .hold the type orfotherimprinting means, which projects from the bottom of the'slide as shown e614.- Thetype is held in a box like case in 15 being clamped by end screws 16 and adjusted vertically by the screws 17.

The type may be made in one piece as in a lino-type machine, or it can be made from separate type as shown 'in the drawing, and ,when so constructed the type is in contact with a jacking plate 18'. The box-like caswhich the ing 15 serves a double function in that it acts as a type holder and also forms a handle by means of which the slide is grasped. The slide is propelled through the frame,

' the frame being open-ended, and the slide working. freely in it so that it can be passed into one end of the frame and out at the other end. To minimize the friction, I usually place a roller'19 on each side of the frame and above where the ball is supported. In the drawing I show agolf ball at 20, and the ball is supported so that it can rotate freely so that when it is marked it rotates so that it points in its periphery and are successively engaged by the 'type. The ball can be supported onthe sup orting rollers 21,' 'ournaled as at 22 in tiie side plates of t e frame.

The parts are dis-, posed so that the ball can be only printed,

or "it can be supported so that a positive impression can be made in its surface. 4

In Figure 5 I show a modified form in which the slideway of the frame is defined by upper rollers '23 and lower rollers 24; at. the to part of the frame. V

In' igure 5'. I show a :modification in which the slideway 25 built right into the frame is the only means for guiding the slide, and 'theball instead of rotating in one place'is rotated along a groove or slot 26 down the centre ef'the frame. This form is'usually made of one piece.

I claim: A ballvmarker comprising a frame with slidewa'ys on the inner faces at the top, a

slide freely movable in the slideways' and having means for supporting a marking device on its bottom face, and rollers in the frame beneath the slideway, the rollers having' recessed faces and disposed so as to per- 'mit' free rotation and to prevent side motion of the ball when the ball is engaged and rotated by the bottom face of the slide.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereto set my hand, this 31st day of July, 1924:.

GEO. W. DUCHEMIN.