US1675045A - Feeding means for printing machines - Google Patents

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June 26, 1928. 1,675,045

J. F. OHMER ET AL FEEDING MEANS FOR PRINTING MACHINES Filed 00 22 1926 Fig. 5Q

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THISIS A RECEIPT FOR THE FARE PAID ANDSHOWS TIIE NUMBERS OF THE STATIONS FRDMAND TO WHICH YOU ARE ENTITLED TO RIDE. RETURN THIS RECEIPT T0 CON DUCTOR UPON ARRIVAL AT DESTINATION UNITED RAILWAY FROM-T0 FARE uunwe I SEP 7 25 224 0995 $3.34nc 2566 A TTORNE Y Patented June 26, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT or'irice. v

JOHN F. onivrnn AND ALBERT s. wnnnLBAitenn; or DAYTON, OHIOLASISIGNQRSQTQ onMER FARE REGISTER COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

FEEDING MnANs'iioR iRINTIliTG MAcHINE's.

, Application filed October 22, 1926. Serial No. 143,324.

. The object of-this invention is to provide an improved feeding means for. printing .matter, and is an improvement on that type of machine as shown in the application of iVheelbarger andCoil 65,532, filed October 29, 1925. It has occasionally meets with some obstruction and that in previous devices of this kind the paper ceases to move at its proper rate with the result that the machine becomes jammed and inoperative. The object of this invention is to overcome such an objection.

' More specifically, the invention relates to an improved feeding means in which an electrotype extends partly around a printing drum, which clectrotype is provided with corrugated extensions which span the gap between the sides of the electroplate; Another object of the invention is to provide means to remove the inking means out of contact with such corrugations as the electrotype rotates, so that the corrugated surface of the electrotype will not be inked, and will, therefore, not-soilor deface the P 1 i 1 Referring more specifically to the drawings;

Fig. 1 is a trontelevational view of the machine showing a. part of the printing mechanism.

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, and in addition shows a part of the actuating mechanism forthe platens, inking rollers and electrotype.

Fig. 8 is a planview of the ,electroplate before it is curved to. be placed on the rotating roller which normally supports the same, and

Fig. 1 represents one of the tickets as printed by the machine.

Referring more particularly to the drawings in which like reference characters are used throughout to denote similar parts;

The printing disks 1 are actuated by the operator through handles or finger pieces 2 mounted on gears 3 rotatably mounted on the shaft 4, which gears 3 mesh with pinions 5 carried by the printing. disks 1. The

printing disks 1 are provided with numerals from zero to nine inclusive, and certain of the wheels are provided with otherxindicia such a namesof the months and appropri= ateof fare, such as ticket,- commutebeen noted that'the printed paper tion, etc, asfully described in said application. of Wheelbarger and Coil 65,532.' The printing disks 5 print the last line appearing on the ticket as represented in Fig. 1,

whichli-ne of printing indicates that the ticket was issued on September 7, 1925, from station 224 to station 995. The D between the last-mentioned numbers indicates that the car was traveling down. This letter mighthave been east, west, north, south or other appropriate designation to. indicate thedircctioh in which the car was traveling. This line of printing furtherindicates that the passenger handed to the conductor a ticket, which ticket was worth$3.34-, and that 2,566 passengers had been carried by that car.

The last line on the ticket is printed by means of a platen 6 carried by an oscillating member 7 actuated by a pitman 8, which has one end connected with a. gear 9 rotated by a gear 10, which is actuated by the operating handle 11. i The oscillating member 7 also carries an inking roller 12 and a platen 13, A ticket strip 14 passes over the platen 6 and a record strip (n'otshown) passes over the platen 18. The above described mechanism serves as a means to cause the ticket strip and the record strip to be brought into contact with the sai'dprinting wheels '1 each time. the operating crankll is prop actuated. After the ticket strip 1 1 I erly. passes. over the platen 6, it passes between the platen ,15 and an electroplate 16. platen 15 is mounted on a shaft 17 and the electroplate 16jis mounted on a drum- 21 mountedv on the shaft-18. The shafts 17 andzlS are mounted in the sidewalls of the machine and provided with gears 19 and 20 respectively, which gears mesh with and are driven by the gear 9.

The electroplate 16, as shown in Fig. 3, is provided with suitable type to indicate instructions or regulations, or other printed matter, but in the specific instance shown the printed matter relates to a transportation ticket. This electrotype is provided The with cutaway portions 22, and between said,

cutaway portions 22 are corrugated surfaces 23 of such a length that when the electro- I plate, 16 is curved into the form of a circle and placed on the drum 21, the corrugated surfaces 23 will extend to the opposite side the ale-straying tie. Witt such a were inked it would deface the lower part.

- of the ticket or the last line thereof so that the ticket would be practically useless, for it would probably be unreadable.

Means have, therefore, been provided to remove the inking roller 24 from .the electroplate when the corrugated surfaces 23 arebeneath the inking roller 24. Cams25 are carried by the opposite ends of the drum 21, which cams engage circular plates 26 on opposite sides of the inking roller 24, which inking roller .is mounted on a shaft 27 journaled in the sidewalls of the machine. Springs 28 are interposed between the shaft 27 and a plate 29 secured to the machine, which springs 28 perform the function of urging the shaft 27 and inking roller 24 toward the electroplate. The cams 25 are in alignment with the corrugated surfaces 23 and, therefore, each time the shaft 18 rotates the inking roller 24 is moved away from the electroplate 16 by means of the cams 25 and circular plates 26. This occurs when the corrugated surfaces 23 are beneath the inking roller 24. i

As shown in the said application of lvheelbarger and Coil 65,532, the, ticket strip after being printed passes knife where the printed portion is severed from r the remainder of the strip and is issued to a passenger. It is a well-known fact that many machines which issue tickets, receipts and the like will become clogged and .in-

V operative if a finger is pressed over the exit of said ticket, which results in the ticket not being issued and holding back subse quent tickets which c10 the machine and render it inoperative. it is apparent that with the improvements indicated in this ap- Obviously,

plication the ticket will at all times be posiinvention broadly in whatever form it may be embodied. V

-Hav1ng now described our invention, we claim:

1. In a machine of the class described, a

printing means consisting of a drum, an

electrotype, said. electrotype being provided with corrugated extensions, said electrotype and extensions extending completely around said drum, an inking means for the type on said electrotype, and means whereby said inking means is moved away from said drum when said extensions are adjacent to said inking means.

2.111 a machine of the class described,

, means whereby a ticket may be printed from two sets of type, one of said sets of type being an electroplate, a drumon which said electroplate is mounted, said elect-roplate extending for only a portion ofthe circumference of said drum, feeding means interposed on said drum between the edgesvof the electroplate, said feeding means completing the circumferenceof said drum, inking means whereby the type on said.electroplate are inked, and means whereby said inkin means are rendered inoperative when said feeding means are adjacent said inking means. a

In .a machine of. the class described, an elect-roplate consisting of a, plate on which are printing type, and corrugated extensions projecting from said plate-and forming a part, thereof.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures. i

JOHN F. oHMEB; ALBERT s. WHEELBARGER.

Obviously, many modifications may be of the non-continuoi'i's feecl of the ticket 7

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