US1986142A - Bill printing and addressing machine - Google Patents

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Jan. 1, 1935. H. ELLIOTT 1,936,142

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Patented Jan. 1, 1935 i g UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BILL PRINTING AND ADDRESSING mom Harmon P. Elliott, Watertown, Mass. Application October 10, 1931, SeriaI No. 568,071 22 Claims. (01. 101-47) This invention relates to a machine for printthrough the addressing mechanism. The feed ing and addressing multi-section bills such as of the electrotype roll must be one bill length are used by telephone and other public utilities. for each bill. The feed of the intermittently A multi-section bill of the type with which the operated roll must be the same. It has been 5 present invention is concerned comprises a main found impossible in commercial practice to pro- 5 section and one or more stubs which may be vide two feed rolls which will feed precisely detachable from the main section or from each the same amount. One roll will always feed other. The various sections of each bill conmore than the other and consequently the paper tain printed matter that is common to all of will run slack or under a continuously increasthe bills. The various sections of each bill also ing tension that ultimately ruptures it. In the -10 contain the same address, each bill, however, machine of the present invention the two sheet having a different address. feeding rolls are caused to operate upon the sheet One of the objects of the present invention in a very satisfactory manner by having one of is the provision of an improved form of mathe rolls and specifically the intermittently operchine for printing and addressing bills of the ated roll made to feed a definitely greater, al- 15 above type from a long length, or roll, of paper. though small, amount than the electrotype roll Another object of the present invention is and, at times, to cause the intermittently operthe Provision of a bill Printing and ing ated roll to slip on the sheet while the'sheet is machine wherein an error of registration beheld against the driving action of said roll by tween the printed data and the address on a the electrotype roll. This is accomplished by 20 bill is self-correcting with each bill so that rotating both rolls a complete revolution, or the error is not cumulative in the u of bi throughout the same angular extent in the same Another object is the provision of a bill printtime, and having the circumferential extent of ins and addressing machin in the printed the intermittently operated roll slightly greater matter, eemmon d is pp d o e b than the circumferential extent of the sheet 25 Prior to the application of the address thereto driving face of the electrotype roll and having and wherein there is suflicient elapsed time beth electrotype r n i firmer driving engagetw n th p tin of h common da and t ment with the sheet than the intermittently d liv y of h Successive b l in up impo operated roll so that the intermittently operated Order in a p to permit the i to dry roll must slip at times, or at the end of'each bill; 30 cien to prevent smudging of the ink on any and the slipping is such as to restore the interone bill by the movement of a succeeding bill mittently operated roll into'registration with the thereupon electrotype roll.- Thus errors in registration of Another object of the invention is the prothe printed data and the addresses that may vision of an improved form of bill printing maoccur in any one bill are self-correcting with 35 chine having a continuously rotatable printing, m d can t, b cumulative. Thus the 01' el ctro yp roll that Prints the data arrangement constitutes a further object of the on successive bills, and intermittently operated invention. v addresslhg mechamsm' feedlhg mechanism A further object is generally to improve the 40 which advances the paper sheet m continuous construction and operation of multi-section bill 40 manner through the common data printing rintm machines mechanism and separate feeding means which p g advances the sheet in an intermittent or step by step manner through the addressing mechanism. h the present invention 1 The machine of the present invention includes 2 is h View of the machine of a continuously rotating electrotype roll and a Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic representation of platen or impression roll, the electrotype roll the Paper Sheet the essential elements of having a peripherally continuous endless the present machine that act thereupon. flange which is in constant engagement with and i 4 i 8' i n taken 10n8 l 0f advances the sheet ina continuous manner. The Fig- 1, and r ting more par i rly the 50 addressing mechanism has reciprocating addressessential elements of the address printing meching elements and there is a sheet advancing anism. 7 roll that is in continuous engagement with the Fig. 5 is a section taken along line 5-5 of Fig. paper sheet and is intermittently rotated to ad- 2, and illustrating particularly the intermittently vance the sheet in a step by step manner operated sheet feeding mechanism. 55

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the machine em- Fig. 6 is a sectional detail taken along line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is an end detail of the sheet withdrawing rolls of Fig. 1.

Fig. 8 is a section taken along line 8-8 of Fig-7.

Fig. 9 is a section taken along line 99 of Fig. 2, and illustrating particularly the scoring mechanism.

Fig. 10 is a plan detail of the inking mechanism for the electrotype roll of Fig. 1.

Fig. 11'is a sectional detail of the inking mechanism taken along line 1111 of Fig. 10.

Fig. 12 is an enlarged sectional detail taken along line 12--12 of Fig. 10.

Fig. 13 is a sectional detail taken along line Fig. 14 is a sectional detail taken along line 14-44 of Fig. 2. a Y

Fig. 15 is a sectional detail taken along line 15-15 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 16 is a plan view of the multi-section bill that-is a product of the present machine.

The multi-section bill 20 that is one of the products of the present machine, is illustrated in Fig. 14 and comprises the main section 22 and one or a series of other sections 24 which for-most purposes are detachable from 'each other along lines of perforations or scoring26,

although some of them may not be intended for detachment, dependent upon particular conditions of use. Some of the sections are longer than others. Each bill has the same address 28 which is present in each section although successive bills have different addresses. "Each bill also has printed data 30 which is common to all of the bills although the printed data may be different in the different sections of the bills. The printed data and the addresses must be in registration within very close limits. Each" bill has a continuous section 32' that extends lengthwise of the bill from one end to the other thereof and :is free from both addresses and printed matter and is adapted to be engaged by the feeding devices for moving the sheet through the machine. v

The machine for printing the above described bill is illustrated generally in Figs.1 and 2. The

'machinecomprises a supporting frame 34 having a horizontal table 36 on which the majority of the sheet operating devices are located and from one endto'the other of which the sheet is advanced. The power for operating the various devices in timed relation with each other is derived from a power mechanism 38 of an old and well known type located in the lower portion of the frame 34 and having an input shaft 40 which iscontinuously driven by a motor, not shown, that is belted to the pulley 42. The power device has an output shaft 44 which can be set in rotation and stopped by mechanism of the power device controlled by the pedal 46,- which, when depressed, starts the shaft in rotation and,

when released, causes the stopping of the shaft.

that is supported removably in suitable brackets 62 located at one end, and as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the right hand end, .of the machine. The paper sheet is withdrawn from the roll and passes at an angle over the front horizontal edge of a lower stirrup 63 and thence upwardly 'over the rear horizontal edge of an upper stirrup 64 by which the paper is placed under some tension and the curl in the sheet is removed. The paper thence passes upwardly over a lower horizontal driving roll 66 and under a cooperating upper idler roll 68. The lower roll' 66, see especially Figs. 2, 7 and 8, is fixed to a shaft 70 journalled in a bracket 72 carried by and extended from the-left hand end of the table 36. The shaft 74 on which the upper roll is journalled is supported in blocks 76 which are vertically movable in slots 78 of said bracket, which blocks are pressed downwardly by compressionsprings 80 located in caps 82 to urge the roll 68 against the sheet on the roll 66. The shaft 74 of the upper roll is provided with depending ears 84 that have rollers 86 that can ride upon horizontal ledges 88 of the bracket '72 so that when said arms 84 are in a vertical position, as shown in Fig. 7, the upper roll 68 is free from pressure engagement with the sheet thereby to stop the advance of the sheet. One of the arms 84 is provided with a handle 90 by which both arms can be operated coniointly. The lower roll 66 is driven through gears 92 by a short shaft 94 which, in turn, is driven through sprockets and a chain 96 from the operating shaft 54. The sheet from the feed rolls 66. and 68 is delivered into a loop 98 and passes about a rod 100 carried by. a gravity-weighted swinging frame 102 which keeps the sheet in the loop taut. The rate of advance of the sheet by the feed rolls 66 'and 68 is adapted to be somewhat greater than the rate of advance of the sheet through the printing and addressing elements of the machine so that the loop constantly tends to lengthen. When the operative notices that the loop is becoming unduly long it is intended that she shall disable the feeding mechanism momentarily by elevating the upper roll 68 until the loop has been sumciently shortened by the withdrawal of paper bythe printing mechanism. The sheet passes upwardly from the loop and over a horizontal guide roll 104 and thence over the top of the table 36. The sheet passes in succession through a series of sheet positioning devices 106, 108, -and 112, which are located along the path of travel of the sheet and have upstanding guide plates 114 between which the sheet is confined. The sheet positioning devices are adjustable for position transversely of the path of sheet movement by screws 116 which are. screwthreaded in thetable and are located in elongated'slots-of the devices so 'that the path of the sheet can be properly adjusted to the various devices that operate thereon.

The sheet first passes to the action of a printing mechanism which applies the printed data 30 of Fig. 16 that is common to and is repeated in all of the bills. That printing mechanism comprises a printing, or electrotype, roll 118 disposed above-the paper sheet and an impression or platen roll 120 disposed beneath the paper sheet. The two rolls have intermeshing' gear teeth 122 that are in constant engagement and by which both rolls are rotated at the same peripheral speed. The lower roll 120 can be moved out of pressure engagement with the upper roll by the rotary movement of .a handle 124 ina manner that need not be herein described; The upper roll is provided with a peripherally continuousor endless driving flange 126 which engages the-paper sheet in the space 32 and is in constantuninterrupted driving engagementwith the sheet. '-Electrotype plates or other type carrying means are located on the periphery of thecylinder on opposite sides of the flange 126 for printing the common data 30 on the sheet. The shaft 128 of the printing roll is connected through gears 130 with the operating shaft 54 and rotates continuously therewith and at the same speed as said shaft. Thus as the paper is advanced in a continuous manner by the driving flange of the electrotype roll it receives impressions of the common data 30 thereon. The electrotype roll receives ink from a pair of ink rolls 132, 134, see Figs. 1, 10 and 11. Said rolls are geared to the electrotype roll by gears 136 so that they rotate atthe-pc ripheral speed of the electrotype roll. The ink rolls are journalled in slide blocks 138 operated in guide ways 140 of a pair of standards142 and are held releasably in engagement with the electrotype roll and also inengagement with cam plates 144 by springs 146. The cam plates 144 are carried by a shaft 148 terminating in an arm 150 by which the cam plates can be operated to force the rolls along the guide ways and out of engagement. The ink rolls are supplied with ink by a pair of stationarily supported rotatable rolls 152 journalled in the standards 142. When the ink rolls 132, 134 are withdrawn from engagement with the electrotype roll they are also withdrawn from engagement with the rolls-152. The ink rolls are provided with peripheral grooves 154 which are opposed to the sheet advancing ledge 126 of the electrotype roll so that said ledge is maintained free from ink. The rolls 152 are supplied with ink through a roll 156 carried by an oscillating arm 158 actuated by a cam member 160 fixed to the operating. shaft 54. Said oscillating arm reciprocates the roll 156 between the rolls. 152 and'an ink roll 162 in an ink reservoir 164.

1 From the printing mechanism the sheet passes 'to a perforating or scoring mechanism which forms the lines of scoring or perforations 26 transversely of the bill sheets between such sections thereof as require scoring. The perforating mechanism, see especially Figs. 2 and 9, includes a plate 166 which overlies thesheet and has a slot therein which is located above and in register with a slot or recess 168 or the table. An arm 170 is pivoted intermediate its ends on a bracket 172 carried by the table and has a toothed plate 174 that is reciprocated into and out of the slot in the plate 166 and into and out of engagement with the sheet thereunder thereby to form the'lines of scoring in the sheet. The end of said arm 1'70 remote from said plate carries a roller 176 which by a compression spring 178 is held in engagement with a earn 180 fixed to the operating shaft 54. Said cam has a plurality of lobes which correspond in number to the sections. of the bill between which scoring is required and which are suitably peripherally spaced to lower the scoring plate 1'74 into engagement with the sheet at the proper time. At and in advance of the perforating ing roll by suitable friction devices as springs 182 and 184, see Fig. 2, which springs ride upon the sheet on opposite sides of the scoring mechanism in the space 82 of the sheet and press the sheet sumciently forcibly against the table path of movement of the sheet and an arcuate section which is directed; toward the front of the machine. A stencil holder 192 is located above the straight section of the stencil track and i .adapted to hold a pile of superimposed stenci sJ'tli'e successive lowermost. ones ofwhich vare adapted to be moved by apusher 194out of the stencil holder and along thetrack into and out of printing position and thence into the curved section of'the track where they are delivered into a stencil receiver 196 locatedbelow the track at the front of the machine. The stencils thus move in a direction that is opposite the direction of advance of the sheet.

At the printing position the addressingmechanism is provided with an inked printing roll 198 which overlies the stencil track, and a platen 200 which is disposed beneath the printing roll and the stencil track and the sheet. The print- 7 ing roll and the platen are reciprocated toward each other to bring the stencil and the sheet into printing engagement by well known mecha: nism thatincludes a reciprocating arm 202, see Fig. 4, that is reciprocated by a connecting rod 204 actuated by the power mechanism 38. The arrangement is such that the printing roll and platen are operated once for each revolution of the operating shaft 54. The printing roll 198 is inked by a suitable well known mechanism206 not necessary to describe in detail.

The operating mechanism for the stencil pusher is located mainly above the table and includes a slide 208 reciprocable parallel with the stencil track in a slide 210, see Figs. 1 and 15, and having a manually disconnectible connection 212 with the stencil pusher. The slide 208 has a roller 214 that operatesin a slot- 216 of a link 218. The slot has an offset extension 220 at one end in which the roller is located for actuating the pusher. The link 218 is reciprocated by an arm 222 fixed to a vertical shaft 224 journalled in the table, of the machine and having beneath the table, see Fig. 1, an arm 226. Said arm has a universal connection 228 .by the bracket 238. A bell crank lever 240 is .-pivoted concentrically with said arm and is connected thereto by a tensile spring 242. Said arm 234 has a set screw 246 that bears against one of the arms of the bell crank lever. The bell crank lever is fixed toan arm 248. that is connected by a connecting rod 250 with'an eccentric strap 252 operated by the shaft 44 of the power mechanism. Thus the arm 234 is recipro" cated by the eccentric strap to reciprocate the stencil pusher. The reciprocation of the arm in a direction to move a stencil out of the sten cil holder and along the track is effected through 'the spring 242 which thus limits the pressure that can be applied to the stencil and conse- Gil quently saves the machine from possible damage in case a stencil jams somewhere along its path of movement.

Each stencil is retained in printing position during the printing of the same address on all of the sections of the bill and is shifted prior to the presentation of a succeeding bill into the printing position. Thus the stencil pusher is arranged to be operatively connected with its actuating mechanism but once for several cycles of operation of the actuating mechanism. The connection and disconnection of the stencil pusher from the actuating mechanism is effected by a multi-lobed cam 254, see Fig. 2, which reciprocates a slide 256 that in its outward position holds the link 218 in disconnected relation with the pusher and, in its retracted position permits the spring 258 to move the link in a direction to permit the roller 214 of the slide block 208 to enter the offset recess 220 of the link and thereby become effectively connected therewith. The cam 254 is connected with a ratchet 260 that is operated by a pawl 262 secured to an oscillating lever 264 that is oscillated through a link 266 connected with the arm 222. The ratchet wheel 260 is advanced one tooth for each reciprocatory movement of the arm 222 and the number of teeth are so related to the peripheral extent of the faces of the cam lobes that the pusher is operatively connected with it actuating mechanism but once for each bill.

As before stated, mechanism is provided which advances the sheet in an intermittent or step by step manner, and in steps of suitable and different lengths through the printing mechanism. Said sheet advancing mechanism, see Figs. 1, 2, 5 and 6, includes a wheel 268 located above the sheet and the sheet positioning device 112 and fixed to a shaft 270 that is journalled in upstanding brackets 2'72 carried by the table 36.

Said wheel 268 has a peripherally continuous or endless sheet driving face that is relatively narrow and engages the sheet in the driving space 32. The paper sheet is pressed against the periphery of the wheel by an idler roll 2'74 that iylocated beneath the table and is journalled on a screw 276 carried by an arm 2'78 pivoted to the bracket 280 and urged by a relatively light spring 282 in a direction to urge the idler roll 274 toward the driving roll 268. The driving wheel is rotated in an intermittent manner by steps, the peripheral extent of which are at least equal to the length of the successive sections of a bill, so that the successive sections of the bill sheets are presented to the action of the stencil and receive the addresses in proper register with the printed data thereon that has been previously applied by the electrotype roll. The shaft 270 of the driving wheel 268 hasa gear 284 fixed thereto which is in mesh with a gear 286 of twice the pitch diameter of the small gear. The gear 286 is journalled on a shoulder screw 288 of one of the brackets 272 and has a ratchet wheel 290 fixed thereto. Since the ratio between the gears 286 and 284 is two to one the ratchet wheel is provided with duplicate sets of teeth 292, the peripheral distance between consecutive teeth of a set being proportional to the lengths of the consecutive sections of the bills. The ratchet wheel is ,adapted to make one-half a revolution for each I ,bill.-; The teeth of the ratcht a engaged by a my; 294 pivoted on the end 5f an oscillating 1 arm 296 that is journalled on the screw 288. j-aid arm is connected through a link 298 with the upper end of an arm 300 that is pivoted at its lower end to the table and has a roller 302 intermediate its ends that engages a multi-lobed cam 304 fixed to the operating shaft 54. A tensile spring 306 acts on the arm 300 to maintain the roller 302 thereof in continuous engagement with the cam. The cam is provided with as many lobes as there are teeth on the ratchet wheel 290. The throw of all the lobes is the same and is sufiicient to move the ratchet throughout the distance between the most widely separated pair of consecutive teeth. The shaft 270 of the driving wheel is provided with a brake drum 308 that is engaged by a spring urged brake shoe 310 to hold the driving wheel against travel by its momentum beyond any position in which it may be moved by the ratchet wheel.

The driving wheel 268 has a circumferential extent that is definitely greater, although only by a few thousandths of an inch, than the peripheral extent of the driving ledge 126 of the electrotype roll. The driving wheel and the electrotype roll are connected to terminate one complete revolution at the same time. Due to the definitely greater circumferential extent of the driving wheel the wheel tends to advance the sheet a greater amount than the electrotype roll. The electrotype roll, however, is adapted to have a very positive driving connection with the sheet while the driving wheel has a lighter driving connection with the sheet due to the light tension of the spring 282. Thus the electrotype roll holds the sheet against the action of the driving wheel so that the driving wheel is caused to slip on the sheet by the amount of its greater peripheral extent. Hence the amount of sheet that is fed for each bill is governed entirely by the electrotype roll. With this arrangement, there may be a slight error of registration between the addresses and the common data of any one bill. The driving wheel, however, terminates its cycle with the electrotype roll and is caused to slip on the sheet without advancing it, in bringing the wheel into register with the roll, so that the printing and addressing of each bill is started in registration. Hence any error of registration is eliminated at each bill and there can be no accumulation of error throughout the run of bills.

The paper sheet is advanced by the driving wheel 268 to a severing knife having the lower stationary plate 312 and the upper movable plate 314 carried by a pivoted arm 316. Said arm has a roller 318 at its free end which rides upon a cam 320 fixed to the operating shaft 54. The cam is provided with a single recess which allows the cutting end of the arm 316 to be depressed by a spring, not shown, but similar to the spring 1'78 of Fig. 9, thereby to sever the printed and addressed paper sheet between the successive bills. The separate bills are deposited in superimposed order in a tray 322.

. The operation of the machine can be controlledfrom various localities thereof as convenient to the operator, especially in initially setting the machine in operation. To this end a control shaft 324 is extended horizontally under the table and is connected by means including a link 326 with the pedal 46. The ends of the control shaft are provided with fingers 328 and 330, one disposed near the printing mechanism and the other near the addressing mechanism. The depressing and raising of any one of the fingers serves to depress and raise the pedal 46 and thereby to start and stop the operation of the machine. The finger 328 is also connected through a link 332 with the arm lid) of the raising and lowering means and the ink rolls 132, 13a, for the electrotype roll so that these rolls are raised out of engagement with the electrotype roll when the machine is stopped and are moved into engagement with the electrotype roll when the machine is started in operation.

I claim:

i A printing and addressing machine com prising printing mechanism, addressing mechanism, and sheet feeding means arranged to advance the sheet through said mechanisms in succession comprising an intermittently operable advancing member which advances the sheet by successive steps through said addressing mechanism, and a second advancing member which advances the sheet through said printing mechanism and at times provides a slack sheet between it and said first advancing mechanism, said advancing member for said printing mechanism being in engagement with the sheet at least whenever said advancing member for said ill) ' pirated roll addressing mechanism is advancing the sheet, and said latter advancing member being in slipping engagement with the sheet so that it can not advance the sheet at times when the sheet is held from free advancement by said advancing member for said printing mechanism.

2. it printing machine comprising two printing mechanisms one having address printing elements and the other having data printing elements, means to feed a sheet through one printing mechanism, and other means to feed the sheet through the other printing mechanism each "feed means being so arranged that it normally acts to feed the sheet independently oi the other means, and said last named other means acting at repeated intervals through the sheet to governthc sheet feeding operation of said first feeding means so as to obtain registration between the addresses and dataat recurrent periods.

3 A printing machine comprising a rotary printing mechanism and a reciprocating ad dressing mechanism, means including a roll associated with said printing mechanism which advances a sheet through said printing mechanisnl, and means including an intermittently operated roll associated with said addressing mechanism which takes the sheet from the first roll and advances it in a step by step manner through said addressing mechanism, said second roll. arranged to advance a greater length of sheet than said first roll in the same time but to slip on the sheet without advancing it except when there is slack sheet between it and said first roll.-

d, a printing machine comprising a rotary rinting mechanism and a reciprocating ad dressing mechanism, means including a roll associated with said printing mechanism which advances about through said printing mecham ism, means including an intermittently one associated with said addressing mechanism which talccs the sheet from the first roll and advances it in a step by step manner through said addressing mechanism, and means to rotate both rolls through a complete rotation during the same time, said second roll arranged to advance a greater length of sheet than said first roll during said time but to slip on the sheet without advancing it except when there is slack sheet between it and said first roll.

5, a llllllti ddlltlfill printing and addressing machine comprising printing mechanism which prints on successive bills data common to all bills, addressing mechanism which applies the same address to all sections of any one billand dii'lerent addresses to'successive bi1ls,,mean including a roll associated with said printing prints on successive bills data common to all bills, addressing mechanism which applies the same address to all sections of any one bill and different addresses to successive bills, means in.- cluding a roll associated with said printing mechanism which advances the bill sheet through said printing mechanism, means includ--' ing a roll associated with said addressing mechanism which takes the sheet from said first roll and which advances it through said addressing mechanism intermittently by steps corresponding to the lengths of the bill sections, and means to rotate both rolls through a complete revolu tion during the same time, said second roll arranged to advance a greater length of sheet than said first roll during said time but to slip on the sheet without advancing it except when there is slack sheet between it and said first roll.

7. A printing and addressing machine comprising printing mechanism, addressing mechanism, means for advancing a sheet intermittently through said addressing mechanism, and means for advancing the sheet through said printing mechanism having at repeated intervals control through the sheet or the advancing operation of the sheet advancing means or said addressing mechanism whereby the first advancing means at times advances the sheet freely and at other times only as permitted by said second advancing means.

8. A printing machine comprising two print ing mechanisms through which a paper sheet is advanced in succession, a rotatable feed, means associated with one printing mechanism, which feed means is in non-slipping engagement with the sheet for advancing it through said one printing mechanism and toward the other printing mechanism, a feed roll which is in slipping engagement with the sheet for advancing it through said other printing mechanism, said feed roll arranged for advancing the sheet a greater distance than said feed means during the sometime, and means for rotating both said roll and feed means throughout the some angular distance during the same time interval.

9.1 printing machine comprising two printing mechanisms through which a paper sheet is advanced in succession, a continuously rotatable feed means that is associated with oneprinting mechanism and is in non-slipping engagement with the sheet for advancing it through said one printing mechanism, and an intermittently rotated printing roll that is in slipping engagement with the sheet for advancing the sheet through said other printin mechanism 10. A printing machine comprising two printing mechanisms through which a paper sheet is advanced in succession, a continuously rotatable feed means that is associated withone printing mechanism and is in non-slipping engagement with the sheet for advancing it through said one printing mechanism, an intermittently rotated roll that is in slipping engagement with the sheet for advancing the sheet through said other printing mechanism, and means for advancing said roll and rotatable feed means throughout the same angular distances during the same time period.

11. A printing machine comprising two printing mechanisms through which a paper sheet is advanced in succession, a continuously rotatable feed means that is associated with one printing mechanism and is in non-slipping engagement with the paper sheet for advancing it through said one printing mechanism, a feed roll that is in slipping engagement with the paper sheet for advancing it through said other printing mechanism, means'for advancing said feed roll intermittently in a step by step manner and means controlling the advance of both rolls for advancing both said feed means and feed roll through the same angular distances during the same time period.

12. A printing and addressing machine comprising rotary printing mechanism, and recipro- 'cating addressing mechanism through both of which mechanisms 8. sheet ispassed in succession, a continuously rotatable feed means which is associated with said printing mechanism and is in non-slipping engagement with the sheet for advancing it through said printing mechanism, and an intermittently advanced roll which is in slipping engagement with the paper sheet for advancing it in a step by step manner through said addressing mechanism.

13. A printing machine comprising two printing mechanisms through which a paper sheet is advanced in succession, a continuously rotatable feed means that is associated with one printing mechanism and is in constant and non-slipping engagement with the paper sheet for advancing it through said one printing mechanism, a feed roll that is in constant engagement with the paper sheet for advancing it through said other printing mechanism and that is adapted to slip at times in engagement with said sheet, means for advancing said feed roll in a step by step manner, and means controlling the advance of both said roll and said feed means for advancing both through the same angular distances during the same time. period.

14:.- A multi-section bill printing and addressing machine comprising reciprocating addressing mechanism adapted to apply the same address to each section of the bill and different addresses to diiferent bills, a rotary printing mechanism adapted to apply the same data to successive bills in registration with the addresses thereon, said printing mechanism including a continuously rotatable roll which is in constant non-slipping engagement with the paper sheet for advancing it through said' printing mechanism, said addressing mechanism being associated with a roll which is in constant but slipping engagement with the bill sheet for advancing it through said addressing mechanism, means for advancing said second roll by steps corresponding topthe lengths of the successive sections of the bill and means controlling the advance of both rolls for advancing both rolls the same angular extent during the same time.

15. A printing and addressing machine comprising rotary printing mechanism, reciprocating addressing mechanism, means to advance a sheet through the machine including a roll which isarranged to advance a predetermined length of sheet in a step by step manner through saidaddressing mechanism during its cycle of operation, and feed means which is associated with said printing mechanism and is arranged to advance the sheet in a continuous manner through said printing mechanism by a lesser distance during a cycle of operation and thereby cause said first roll to slip in engagement with said sheet.

16. A printing and addressing machine comprising a printing mechanism, addressing mechanism, and two means each associated with a separate mechanism for advancing a sheet through said mechanisms in succession, one of said means being in control of the sheet and the other of said means advancing the sheet at times free of and at other times only as governed by said first means.

17. A printing and addressing machine comprising printing mechanism which prints repetitions of the same data, addressing mechanism which prints repetitions of addresses in approximate registration with the printed data, and means which automatically repositions the addresses and printed data in accurate registration at recurrent periods.

18. A multi-section bill printing and addressing machine comprising printing mechanism for printing on the successive bills data. common to all of said bills, addressing mechanism for applying the same address to all the sections of a bill and difierent addresses to diiferent bills, said addressing mechanism being so arranged that small error in registration between the printed data and certain addresses can occur, and means which starts the printing of the common data and the first address of each bill in registration with each other.

19. In a printing and addressing'machine, a rotary printing mechanism, a reciprocating addressing mechanism, means for advancing a paper sheet through said printing mechanism and toward said addressing mechanism including a continuously rotatable feed means that is associated with said printing mechanism and is in constant engagement with the sheet, brake mechanism located between said printing and addressing mechanisms for holding the sheet stationary against the action of said feed means, and an intermittently operated roll that is in constant engagement with the paper sheet for advancing it in a step by step manner through said brake mechanism and said addressing mechanism.

20. A printing and addressing machine comprising rotary printing mechanism and reciproeating addressing mechanism through which a sheet is passed in succession, acontinuously rotatable feed means that is associated with said printing mechanism and is in constant engagement with the paper sheet for advancing it through said printing mechanism and toward said addressing mechanism, a brake located between said printing and addressing mechanisms for arresting the advance of the sheet under the action of said feed means, a roll that is in constant engagement with the paper sheet for ad vancing said sheet through said brake addressing mechanism, and means tently advancing said roll by steps of predetermined extent.

21. A printing and addressing machine as defined in claim 20 wherein said steps are of unequal extent..

22. A printing and addressing machine comprising rotary printing mechanism and reciprocating addressing mechanism adapted to operate in the order named on a papersheet, said printing mechanism including a rotary printing stationary against the driving action of said ledge, a. roll which 'is in constant engagement with the paper sheet for drawing said sheet advancing roll and said printing roll a complete revolution at the same time, said sheet advancing roll having a greater circumferential extent than said ledge and adapted to slip on said sheet at recurrent periods, whereby said roll and said ledge are caused to advance the same lengths or sheet for-each revolution thereof.

HARMON P. ELLIOTT.

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