US1872173A - Printing device - Google Patents

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Aug. 16, 1932. J. c. PASCHALI PRINTING DEVICE Filed sep't. 27, r1928 AIl() Patented Aug. 16, 1932 PATENT GFFILCE.y

mentes 'CAMILLE PASCHALI, or CHICAGO,

COMPANY, OF AWILIVHNG'IITON', DVELAY'AREy A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE` PRINTING DEVICE Applicati'on'led September 27, 1928. Serial No. 308,694.

Thisinvention relates to printing devices of that kind whichcomprise one or `more printing plates having type'characters embossed thereon "and detachably. engaged with a't'ramewhich also may carry anintormation' card.l

The vobject of the-invention is to provide a novel printing device comprising a frame and one or'mo'renarrow printin'g'plates having type Vcharacters thereon, the plates having reduced edges close tothe type characters and adapted to engage retaining means on the framein position for desired line spacing and so'that' anyplate maybe removed and replaced independently of theother plates.

A further object is to provide type line plate' panels' having type characters embossed thereon and of such width that vseveral panels may be mounted on aframe in desiredprin'ting arrangementand in proper spacing with each4 panel yrigidly engaged with retaining means on the trame. f

, lnthe' accompanying'drawing'Ilhave illus'- trated the'invention ina selected embodiment in which Fig. lfis' a front view of a'printing device embodyingy the invention;

Fig. 2 shows the printingrplate with a m`argin panel and one type panel detached;A

Fig. 3'is a sectional view on the line 3443 oi Fig. 2; Y y

Fig. 4`is' a sectlonalview' on the line 4-4 of F igl; l

Figs. 5 and 6 are sectional views onjthe line 5-5`and the line 6-f6, respectively, of Fig. 1;

Fig. 7' A is an end View of the scored printing plate blank; p y j Fig. 8 is a detail enlarged end view of a portion of the printing plate blank.

Referring to the drawing, the frame 9 is madeof light sheet metal provided with' sp aciianges 10 at its ends, andfstrengthening beads 11, 12 `at' its top and bottom edges, respectively. The trame may be'jmade of a size, as shown in Fig. 1 to receive an information cardy 13 which is detachably held in the trame by the bead 11 and other retaining devices 14 of suitable construction. l Y

Heretotore printing plate blanksfhave Vbeen made of standard"V sizes for corresponding `face an'd518 on its back. vthe back are opposite the score lines on the frames,` and thetype characters have been embossed on these plates in machines lof the kind disclosed in Patents No. 921,600, patented Mayl 11, 1909; No. 955,116, patented April 12, 1910, and No. 1,518,904, patented December 9, 1924. These plates have gen-V erally been one-piece plates,` each having one or more lines of type characters but generally sufficient lines to make a complete address and often including the salutation. Vith such plates it is necessary to rreplace an entire plate whenever any change is to be made therein such, for example, as astreet number change. It is possible to block out type characters and emboss'thereover, but this is not a method i" which can always be practiced satisfactorily by those not especially skilled, and besidesV it requires considerable time. Also there is a considerable proportion of each plate left blank which represents so much waste in material and unnecessary weight,'both ot which are important considerations in large lists.

Myinvention provides printing plates having asingle line, asshown in the drawing, or having a plurality of lines, each plate adapted to be detachably engaged with and held by retainingdevices on the frame. p The blank I5 for making the plate is made of suitable sheet material of a kind which will enable l'printing characters to be embossed thereon, and which 1s wellrknown in the art. `This blank may befot any size, and it is divided into panels 16by parallel scoring 17 on its The score lines on front; they are preferably V shaped as shown in Fig. 8, and they cut into the blank to a the embossed panels can be mounted on the lill frame in proper line spacing. It is found in practice that the type lines can be embossed on the blank, Fig. 7, in usual line spacing and still leave enough material at the margins of each type line panel for engagement with the retaining device on the frame. It is diiiicult to represent the exact dimensions and proportions in thel pen and ink drawing, but it will be understood that the object is to have each panel as narrow as the embossing operation will permit without distorting or breaking the metal in the embossing operation, and in practice it has been found that the printing characters may be embossed inseveral lines on a scored plate and in close line spacing, and the type line panels separated and mounted in a frame in line spacing for addressing. It may be that the scoring permits the metal to flow more easily in the embossing operation without distorting or breaking the plate. However, this may be, l do know that type characters, upper and lower case, can be embossed in several lines, in proper type spacing and line spacing, and when the panels are separated on the score lineseach panel has suiicient side margin for operative engagement with retaining devices on the frame, these devices being arranged in close line spacing or otherwise as desired. The retaining devices are lips struck up from the frame 9 in parallel rows and form channels adapted to receive and hold the type panels in juxtaposed relation. On the frame, as shown in Fig. 1, there are four rows of retaining devices to hold three address type panelsand there are two other rows of retaining devices to receive a salutation panel below the set of retaining devices for the address panels. The first and fourth rows include retaining devices 19 and 19, respectively, and these retaining devices are alined with and inclined toward each other. The second row includes retaining devices 1" alined with the retaining devices in the irstl row and inclined toward the retaining devices in the fourth row. The second row also includes retaining devices 18 intermediate of the alined retaining devices and inclined toward the retaining devices in the first row. The retaining devices19 and 18 cooperate to provide a channel in which the first of the address panels may be mounted. The third row includes retaining devices 20 alined with the retaining devices in the first and fourth rows and inclined toward the retaining devices in the fourth row. There are also retaining devices 21 in the third row which are alined with the retaining devices 18 in the second row and these retaining devices 21 are inclined in the same direction as the retaining devices 18. The retaining devices 17 in the second row and the retaining devices 21 in the third row cooperate to provide a channel in which the second of the address panels may be mounted. The retaining devices 20 in the third row and the retaining devices 19 in the fourth row cooperate to provide a channel in which the third of the address panels may be mounted. Since the retaining devices are disposed in parallel rows, it is apparent that they will receive and hold the type panels in juxtaposed relation. Moreover, the retaining devices in each row are spaced from each other and consequently provide a discontinuous retention along the edges of the type panels. Moreover, the retaining devices which cooperate to provide the type panel receiving channels are staggered with respect to each other to thereby insure more uniform engagement with the type panels to better secure them in position. The retaining devices for the salutation panel are alined with the retaining devices in the first and fourth rows, and these retaining devices for the salutation panel are inclined toward each other to thereby provide a type panel receiving channel in which the salutation panel may be mounted. The retaining devices receive the marginal edges of the type panels and these edges are tapered by reason of the scoring, as shown in Fig. 8, and they therefore easily fit under the lips constituting the retaining devices. The panel is light in weight, and it is only necessary to provide a slight edge engagement with the retaining lips to hold the panel on the frame. Thus it is possible to form the type characters close to the edges of the panels, because only a slight projection of the panel beyond the type is required for engagement with the retaining lips; and in the V shaped form of scoring shown, which I prefer, the extremity of the beveled edge is sufficient to eect this engagement. It will be understood, of course, that in actual practice the blank is quite thin, and the scoring is necessarily small transversely, but it is sufiicient to enable the panels to be readily separated without liability of distorting the panels. The lips permit the panels to be inserted endwise and the use of light gauge metal for the plate blank; the inclined lips, forming discontinuous guide grooves for engagement of the tapered edges of the panel, enable the panel to be readily inserted and removed from the retaining devices of the frame or to be adjusted to any desired position.

Whereas it has been customary heretofore to emboss an address or other form on a single printing plate, which leaves a considerable portion of the plateblank, representing waste material and unnecessary weight in the complete printing device, with my invention the panels may be embossed for their full length and divided as required after separation from other panels so that all, or substantially all, of each panel may be employed for embossdesired position on the frame, to provide for Thus, in the address illustrated in the drawing, the Chicago, Illfl'type panel and the Dear Sir type panel may be stock material, made up at the factory and supplied to the customer, or made up by the customers operator at odd times; and suchfstock material may be kept in storage for use as required, or it may be set up in frames for use as required. When a printing device is to be discontinued for any reason, the name and street address type panels may be removed and destroyed, the frame and the city and salutation type line panels being preserved for future use. Thus the invention reduces the cost and expedites the work of maintaining a list.

have shown and described the invention' in a form which I have found satisfactory for the purpose, but l reserve the right to vary and make changes in the form, construction and arrangement of parts, as may be required or desirable in the commercial use of the invention, Vwithin the scope of the following claims.

I claim:

l. A printing device of the class describedk comprising a frame having parallel rows of spaced retaining devices struck-up therefrom and forming channels adapted to receive and hold type panels in juxtaposed relation, there being an upper row, a lower row, and two interinediate rows of said retaining devices, the

retaining devices in the upper row being equidistantly spaced from each other and the retaining devices in the lower row being alined therewith, theretaining devices in the upper and lower rows being inclined toward each other, and the intermediate rows having retaining devices alined with the retaining devices in the upper row and inclined toward the retaining devices in the lower row and also having retaining devices intermediate of said alined retaining devices and inclined toward the retaining devices in the upper row, and other rows of retaining devices below said lower row andadapted to receive and retain therebetween a salutation type panel. Y

2. A printing device of the class described comprising a frame having parallel rows of spaced retaining devices struck up therefrom and forming channels adapted to receive and hold type panels in juxtaposed relation, there being an upper row, a lower row, and two indistantly spaced from each other and the retaining devices in the lower row being alined therewith, the retaining devices in the upper and lower rows being inclined toward each other, there being retaining devices in the intermediate rows alined with the retaining u devices in the upper and lower rows and 1nclined toward the retaining devices in the lower row, and said intermediate rows also having retaining devices alined with each other but out of alinement with the retaining devices in the upper and lower rows and inclined toward the retaining devices in the upper row, the retaining devices in one row cooperating with the retaining devices in the adjacent row extending toward the retaining devices in the one row to engage opposite edges of type panels inserted therebetween at staggered places to provide a discontinuous retention for the type panels.

3. printing device ofthe class described 1 comprising a frame having parallel rows of spaced retaining devices struck up therefrom and forming channels adapted to receive and l hold type panels in juxtaposed relation, there being four rows of retaining devices to hold three address type panels, the retaining devices inthe irst row and in the fourth row being alined with and inclined toward each other, there being retaining devices in the second and third rows alined with the retain-y ing devices in the irst and fourth rows and inclined toward the retaining devices in the fourth row, and said second and third rows also having intermediate retaining devices alined with each other but out of alinement with the other retaining devices in said four rows and inclined toward the retaining de vices in the first row, and there `being two rows of retaining devices to receive asalutation panel below the set of retaining devices for the address panels, the retaining devices for the salutation panel being alined with the retaining devices inthe first and fourth rows and being inclined toward each other.

l JAQUES CAMILLE PAscHALr.

termediate rows of said retaining devices, the l retaining devices in the upper row being equi-

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