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US1842087A
US1842087A US358191A US35819129A US1842087A US 1842087 A US1842087 A US 1842087A US 358191 A US358191 A US 358191A US 35819129 A US35819129 A US 35819129A US 1842087 A US1842087 A US 1842087A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41L—APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR MANIFOLDING, DUPLICATING OR PRINTING FOR OFFICE OR OTHER COMMERCIAL PURPOSES; ADDRESSING MACHINES OR LIKE SERIES-PRINTING MACHINES
    • B41L47/00—Details of addressographs or like series-printing machines
    • B41L47/14—Devices or arrangements for storing or handling plates
    • B41L47/18—Devices for feeding the plates in their plane
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41L—APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR MANIFOLDING, DUPLICATING OR PRINTING FOR OFFICE OR OTHER COMMERCIAL PURPOSES; ADDRESSING MACHINES OR LIKE SERIES-PRINTING MACHINES
    • B41L45/00—Kinds or types of addressing machines or of like series-printing machines
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41L—APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR MANIFOLDING, DUPLICATING OR PRINTING FOR OFFICE OR OTHER COMMERCIAL PURPOSES; ADDRESSING MACHINES OR LIKE SERIES-PRINTING MACHINES
    • B41L47/00—Details of addressographs or like series-printing machines
    • B41L47/42—Printing mechanisms
    • B41L47/46—Printing mechanisms using line-contact members, e.g. rollers, cylinders

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  • This invention relates to printingniaflu chines of tliewkind described in my co.- pending application Serial No. 353,408 filed April 8; 1929, in which .aplurality of print; ing impressions are made from a single body form and changeable address forms.
  • the primary object of the invention is to avoid manual handling of the address print ing forms and to -provide-mea 11s for me, chanicailyfeeding these. forms to and from printing position.
  • Fig.2 is asectional elevation on the line 2+2ofFigr1. V a
  • F-ig. 3- is a transverse 'sect ionallvview on the line 3+3 ofFig. 1; I a
  • Fig. 5 is a sectional View (on the line of-Fig: -1 i Fig. e6-iis. a'transverse sectionaliview on the line.6.6 oii Figll. a
  • FIG. 1 designates generally-t e :mainzfrani o th machin which. is PROVidfid' with shed 2 adapted to receive a stationary lprinting formand is made in any suitabiegshapeu
  • a stationary printing :form of any suitableliirld may b used but I prefer one comprising sheet metal sections having print ng characters em ossed thereon as SlIQWl1 andreferredto, for example, in PatentjNo 1,543,066,.Junr3'23, 1925. Ribbon spoolsare supported on the main frame and carry an 'inlr'ri'bb'on "3 stretched across the printing forms on'the bed as described in my co pend'i11gapplication.
  • carriage 4 is reciproca' ble on a carriage. frame above the bed and itbarries a sheet supply holdertiandis operated byhandle 7.
  • a slide 8 is movable in transverse .gu ielesfi in the bedand this slid'e'i's operated' iby-a 1929.
  • the lever is pivotedto the. frame at 12 and carries a roller '13 which operates in a grooved cam 14 on shaft 15 supported in hearings in the main frame beneath the bed.
  • a magazine 16 is mounted on the. main frame at one side of thebed to hold.
  • a supply of address printingdevices 17,- and another magazinelS, Fig. 2 is sup: ported on the. main frame for receiving the address printing devices after they are ;dis.-
  • the slid-e8 carries an anvil .20 provided with devices 21 for en-L gaging the ends of a printing device '17 and retaining it on the anvil registered with a stop device 22, Fig. 5, which is pivoted at 23 on the anvil.
  • a reciprocableframe is provided for feeding the lowermost printing device from the supply magazine 16 onto the anvil, Fig. 5, and this frame comprises two connected side bars 24 traveling on rollers 25 mounted in the main frame. "The side bars have shoulders 26 to engage and push the printingdev-iceontothe anvii.
  • a springpressed .dog 27 is pivotally supported on the feed frame far enough beyond the shoulders 26 to permit the dog to operate to push the used pr-intingdevice off of the anvil before the lowermost printing device in the niaga zine 1-6 is moved by the shodlders 26 onto the anvil.
  • the feed frame- is operated by a handle lever 28 rigidly mounted one. short shaft 29 supported in bearings in the main frame.
  • the hub of the handle lever is provided Wil'dril. segment gear 39 which meshes with a pinion 31 on the cam shaft 15 to rock said shaft.
  • An arm rigid on the cam shaft engages and operates aforked lever 33 which is pivotally connected at :34 to one end of a link 35 pivotally connected at its other end 36 with said frame.
  • a spring 37 is fastened to the main frame and to the forked lever 33 and a yield ing-stopi88 is arrangedon'the main frame to be engaged by the forked v lev-er. 1n
  • the handle lever is w to pushed forward initially and only a short distance to the left, Fig. 2, to move the feed frame to the right.
  • This movement of the feed frame will eject a used printing device from the anvil and will deliver the lowermost printing device from the magazine onto the anvil.
  • the feeding movement of the feed frame is effected through the rock shaft 29, segment and pinion 31, causing the arm 32 to move the forked lever 33 to the right, Fig. 2, and thereby, through the link connection 35, actuate the feed frame 24.
  • the handle lever 28 is swung from its forward position to the left to its rearward position to the right, Fig.
  • the machme is conveniently operated by a single operator using both hands successively, his left hand for operating the printing device feed and his right hand for operating the carriage.
  • the stop device 22 comprises a cross-bar 39, Figs. 2, 3, and side bars 40 which are arranged alongside the anvil and are pivoted at 23 thereto.
  • a spring-pressed bolt 41 projects through the anvil and the cross-bar 39 into a recess 42 in the anvil and this bolt has a shoulder 43 which engages the cross-bar.
  • A. rocker 44 is supported in the main frame, Fig. 1, and it is provided with an arm 45 which carries a stud 46 arranged to engage the lower end of the bolt 41. Another arm 47, Fig.
  • the operating handle 28 is moved from the intermediate dotted-line position shown in Fig. 2 into the dotted-line position illustrated at the left of the intermediate position in said figure to effect the feeding operation.
  • the handle 28 has been moved from the intermediate position to the positon at the left and back into the intermediate position, one printing device will have been ejected from the anvil, and a new printing device will have been fed thereonto.
  • Movement of the handle 28 from the intermediate dotted-line position shown in Fig. 2 to the dotted line position illustrated at the right in said figure moves the anvil to carry the printing device into printing relationship with the stationary printing form, and movement in the opposite direction retracts the anvil back into original position.
  • the invention provides a machine of simple and compact construction which is ad apted to be easily and rapidly operated for printing and separately addressing letters. While the invention is primarily intended for use in connection with the machine of my co-pending application it is not intended to be limited to such use for it can be combined with machines of different constructions and I reserve the right to make all such changes in the form, construction and arrangement of parts of the invention as fall within the scope of the following claims.
  • a printing machine comprising a main frame having a printing bedadapted' to support a stationary printing form, a magazine adapted to hold a plurality of movable printing devices, means for feeding a printing device from the magazine, an anvil arranged in the path of movement of said feeding means for receiving and carrying the fed printing device into printing relation with said'stationary form, and .means for reciprocating said anvil laterally of the bed between the receiving and printing positions.
  • a printing machine comprising a main frame having a printing bed thereon adapted to support a stationary printing form, a magazine adapted to hold a plurality of movable printing devices, an anvil movable between an initial printing device receiving position and a supporting position wherein the printing device thereon will be disposed in printing relation with the stationary form, means for reciprocating the anvil laterally between said positions, and means for feeding a printing device from the magazine onto the anvil when the anvil is disposed in said initial position.
  • a printing machine comprising a main frame having a printing bed thereon adapted to support'a stationary printing form, a magazine adapted to hold a plurality of movable printing devices, an anvil movable between an initial printing device receiving position and a supporting position wherein the printing device thereon will be disposed in printing relation with the stationary form, means for reciprocating the anvil laterally between said positions, and means for discharging 'a printing device from theanvil and for. feeding a printing device from the magazine onto the anvil when the anvil is disposed in initial position.
  • a printing machine comprising a main frame having a printing bed thereon adapted to support a stationary printing form, a magazine adapted to hold a plurality of movable printing devices, an anvil movable between an initial printing device receiving position and a supporting position wherein the printing device thereon will be disposed in printing relation with the stationary form, means for moving the anvil laterally between said positions, means for discharging a printing device from the anvil and for feeding a printing device from the magazine onto 'the anvil when the same is disposed in initial position, and common manually operable means for "operating the last-named means and theanvil moving means.
  • .Aprinting machine comprising a main frame having" a printing bed thereon adaptedto support a stationary printing .form, a magazine arranged alongside the bedand adapted to. hold a plurality of printing devices, an anvil movable between an initial printing device receiving position and a supporting position wherein the printing device thereon will be disposed in printing relation with the stationary form, means for moving the anvil laterally between said positions, means for feeding a printing device from the magazine onto the anvil, and a single manually operable means for operating said anvil moving means and said feeding in 621113.
  • a printing machine comprising a main frame having a printing bed adapted to support a stationary printing form, a magazine adapted to hold a plurality of movable printing devices, an anvil, means for feeding a printing device from the magazine onto the anvil, and means for operating said feeding means comprising a rock shaft, a handle lever for operating said rock shaft, and connections between said rock shaft and the feeding means for imparting feeding movement to said feeding means.
  • a printing machine comprising a main frame having a printing bed adapted to support a stationary printing form, a magazine adapted to hold a plurality of movable printing devices,-an anvil, means for feeding a printing device from the magazine onto the anvil, and niea ns for operating said feeding means comprising a rock shaft, a handle lever'for operating said rock shaft,connections between said rock shaft and the feeding means for imparting feeding movement to said feeding means, and means for returning said feeding means to normal position.
  • a printing machine comprising a main frame having a printing bed adapted to support a stationary printing form, a magazine adapted to hold a plurality of movable printing devices, an anvil movable between an initial printing device receiving position and a supporting position wherein the printing device thereon will be disposed in printing relation to the stationary form, means for feeding a printing device from the magazine to the anvil, a cam shaft, connections between the cam shaft and the feeding means for operating the feeding means, a cam on the cam shaft, means intermediate of the anvil and the cam for operating the anvil to move the same laterally between said positions and a handle lever operatively connected to said cam shaft for effecting independent operation of the feeding means and the anvil.
  • a printing machine comprising a main frame having a printing bed thereon adapted to support a stationary printing form, a magazine arranged alongside the bed and adapted to hold a plurality of movable printing devices, an anvil movable between an initial printing device receiving position and a supporting position wherein the printing device thereon will be disposed in printing relation with the stationary form, means for discharging a printing device from the anvil and for feeding a printing device from the magazine onto the anvil when the anvil is disposed in said initial position, and means for alternately operating the feeding and discharging means and a means for moving said anvil laterally between said initial and supporting positions.
  • a printing machine comprising a main frame having a printing bed adapted to support a stationary printing form, a magazine adapted to hold a plurality of movable printing devices, means for feeding a printing device from the magazine, an anvil arranged in the path of movement of said feeding means and receiving and carrying the fed printing device into printing relation with said stationary form, means for registering the printing dev'ce on the anvil, and means for reciprocating said anvil laterally of the bed between receiving and printing positions.
  • a printing machine comprising a main frame having a printing bed adapted to support a stationary printing form, a magazine adapted to hold a plurality of movable printing. devices, means for feeding a printing device from the magazine, an anvil arranged in the path of movement of said feeding means and receiving and carrying the fed printing device into printing relation with said stationary form, a stop device on the anvil to limit the feeding movement of the printing device, and means for laterally reciprocating said anvil between receiving and printing positions.
  • a printing machine comprising a main frame having a printing bed adapted to supporta stationary printing form, a magazine adapted to hold a plurality of movable printing devices, means for feeding a printing device from the magazine, an anvil arranged in the path of movement of said feeding means and receiving and carrying the fed printing device into printing relation with said stationary form, a stop device, means operable from the feeding means for positioning said stop device in the path of movement of the printing device being fed onto the anvil to limit the feeding movement of said printing device, and means for moving said stop device to permit discharge of the printing device from the anvil.
  • a printing machine comprising a main frame, a magazine adapted to hold a plurality of movable printing devices, an anvil, means for discl'iarging a printing device from the anvil, means for feeding printing device onto the anvil, and means on the anvil operable from the feeding means and disposed in the path of movement of the printing device to limit the feeding movement of the printing device onto the anvil.
  • a printing machine comprising a main frame, a magazine adapted to hold a plurality of movable printing devices, an anvil, means for discharging a printing device from the anvil, means for feeding a printing device onto the anvil, a stop device pivotally mounted on the anvil and movable into the path of movement of the printing device to limit the feeding movement of the printing device onto tie anvil and movable out of said pa h of movement to permit the discharge of the printing device from the anvil, and common manually operable means for actuating the feeding means and the stop device.
  • i printing machine comprising a main frame, magazine adapted to hold a plurality of movable printing devices, an anvil, means for discharging a printing device from the anvil, means for feeding a printing device onto the anvil, a stop device, means operable from the feeding means for moving said stop device into the path of movement coincident with the feeding movement of the printing device, and means for moving the stop device out of stopping position after the printing device comes to rest on the anvil.
  • A. printing machine comprising a main frame. a magazine adapted to hold a plurality of movable printing devices, an anvil, means for discharging a printing device from the anvil, means for feeding a printing device onto the anvil, a movable stop device, and means operable from said feeding means for moving the stop device into operative position to register the printing device on the anvil.
  • a printing machine comprising a main frame, a magazine adapted to hold a plurality of movable printing devices, an anvil, means for discharging a printing device from the anvil, means for feeding a printing device onto the anvil, a stop device, means cooperating with said feeding means for moving the stop device into operative position to register the printing device on the anvil,
  • a printing machine comprising a main frame, a magazine adapted to hold a plurality of movable printing devices, an anvil, means for discharging a printing device from the anvil, means for feeding a printing device onto the anvil, a stop device, means cooperating with said feeding means for moving the stop device into operative position to register the printing device on the anvil, and yielding means tensioned when the stopdevice is moved into operative position and op erating to return the stop device to normal inoperative position after the printing device has been registered on the anvil.
  • a printing machine comprising a main frame embodying a printing bed having a stationary printing form thereon, a. magazine adapted to hold a plurality of movable print ing devices, an anvil movable between an in itialprinting device receiving position and a supporting position wherein .the printing device thereon will be disposed in printing relation with the stationary printing form,
  • a printing machine which has a bed, supporting rails extending across the machine above said bed, a carriage movable along said rails, a platen roller mounted in said carriage, and an ink ribbon stretched over said bed, the combination of a horizontal guideway in said bed and extending from one side thereof, an anvil slidable in said guideway, and means including a manually operable lever for reciprocating said anvil along said horizontal guideway from and to a position at the side of said bed whereat a printing device may be disposed thereon and to and from a position on said bed and below said ink ribbon whereby when said carriage is moved along said rails said platen roller will urge a sheet toward the printing device on the anvil whereby an impression will be made on said sheet from the printing device through said ink ribbon.
  • a printing machine comprising a main frame having a printing bed thereon adapted to support astationary printing form, an anvil reciprocable between an initial printing device receiving position and a printing position wherein the printing device thereon will be disposed in printing relation with the stationary form, and means including a manually operable lever for reciprocating the anvil laterally between said positions.
  • a printing machine which has a bed, supporting rails extending across the machine above said bed, a carriage movable along said rails, a platen roller mounted in said carriage, and an ink ribbon stretched over said bed, the combination of a guideway in said bed and extending from one side thereof, an anvil slidable in said guideway, and means including a manually operable lever for moving said anvil along said guideway from and to a position at the side of said bed whereat a printing device may be disposed thereon and to and from a position on said bed and below said ink ribbon whereby when said carriage is moved along said

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GB177/30A GB345686A (en) 1929-04-26 1930-01-02 Improvements in or relating to printing machines
FR689348D FR689348A (fr) 1929-04-26 1930-02-03 Perfectionnements aux machines d'impression
DE1930553920D DE553920C (de) 1929-04-26 1930-02-08 Druckmaschine mit einer ebenen Druckform fuer stehenden Text, in die nacheinander wechselnde Druckplatten eingefuegt werden
CH150946D CH150946A (de) 1929-04-26 1930-04-24 Druckmaschine.
NL51369A NL28569C (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1929-04-26 1930-04-25
DK44337D DK44337C (da) 1929-04-26 1930-04-25 Anordning ved Trykkemaskiner.
AT133160D AT133160B (de) 1929-04-26 1930-04-25 Druckpresse mit einem festen Druckstock und neben diesem in Druckstellung gebrachten Druckplatten.

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