US2077963A - Addressing and printing machine - Google Patents

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April 20, 1937. c SMITH 2,077,963

ADDRESSING AND PRINTING MACHINE Filed April 7 1933 '7 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR "L M C. SMITH ADDRESSING AND PRINTING MACHINE April 20, 1937.

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ADDRESSING AND PRINTING MACHINE Filed April 7, 1953 '7 Sheets-Sheet 4 INVENTOR April 20, 1937. j, s n- ADDRESSING AND PRINTING MACHINE Filed April 7, 1953 7 Sheets-Sheet 5 INVENTOR April 20, 1937. c. SMITH ADDRESSING AND PRINTING MACHINE Eiled April 7/1953 7 Sheets-Sheet s QQQ INVENTOR Ck: c4...

April 20, 1937. c. SMITH ADDRESSING AND PRINTING MACHINE Filed April 7, 1933 7 Sheets-Sheetv 7 INVENTOR (4.. M

Patented Apr. 20, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ADDRESSING AND PRINTING MACHINE Clyde Smith, Hopkinsville, Ky.,

dressograph-Multigraph Corporation,

assignor to Ad- Cleveland, Ohio, a corporation of Delaware Application April 7, 1933, Serial No. 664,951

42 Claims.

The kind of addressing machine to be described 15 one in which type wheels are selected and set under electrical control through the medium of code discs for printing a line at a time upon a succession of papers, as envelopes or bills.

This specification includes matter described and claimed in my co-pending application Ser. No. 603,582, filed April 6, 1932, and in my copending applicationSer. No. 664,952, filed April 7, 1933. Through the improvements herein shown over the earlier application, the operation should be more rapid and adaptable to a greater variety of uses. The principal differences are in the use of type wheels instead of type bars, and the positioning of the wheels for printing by code discs. These latter are well known in the telegraph art, and are described in detail in United States Patent No. 1,821,110, issued toMorton and others for a stock ticker device.

Besides objects of the invention as set forth in the earlier application mentioned and the improvements through the use of code discs, it is an object of the invention to connect the rotating member of each set of code discs to its type wheel by means of shafts sleeved one over the other to permit axial alinement with the type wheel.

It is an object of the invention so to arrange and articulate the selectors for the code discs that the type wheels may be closely spaced for printing in a line.

It is also an object of the invention to provide for the control of the perforated cards, which are described as the means of governing the operation of code discs for type selection, in such wise that in their successive movements a given I card is positioned at the beginning of type wheel selecting movement for its predecessor card, and the record of the first-mentioned card is withheld from the code discs next in order of operation until the record of the other has been printed. 7

The various objects of the invention are effected by the mechanisms and circuits illustrated in-the accompanying .drawings, in which:

Figure 1' shows three groups of register relays, which take up the record of card perforations, and in due course control the selection of type.

Figure 2 includes transfer relays, and control Figure 4 includes a top plan view of nine sets of. code discs, which are selectively operated from' the register relays, and operate to select and position the type wheels.

Figure 5 shows in perspective three groups of type wheels, paper feed and ribbons, conventional type hammers, and theiroperating magnets.

Figure 5A is an end view of a type wheel, a section of paper, ribbon, and a hammer.

Figure 5B is an end view of feed and friction rolls, paper, and feed control cam and contacts. Figure 6 is a top plan view of a conventional card feed, and associated cams, with contacts, less wiring.

Figures 6A and 6B show details of elements of Figure 6 in end view.

Figure '7 includes fragmentary'views of cards.

Figure 8 is an end view of card feed and cards stacked for feeding.

Figure 9 is a fragmentary end view of a code disc and its several parts.

Figure 10 shows a conventional layout of the six-unit code according to which the cards are perforated.

DESCRIPTION or APPARATUS The electrical circuits generally are not traced under this heading but under the sub-headings of the description of operation which follows.

Registers. Figure 1 Three groups of registers are shown, A, B, and C. Each of these groups includes three rows of six register relays each, as I, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and a shift relay, as 1. Common to each group is a transfer relay, as 40 (Fig. 2).

The register relays are for the purpose of taking up the record of the card perforations, as transmitted through the brushes, as 9lA (Fig. 2), closed on the bars, and later transmitting the record to the printing elements. Each register group, as A, has three shift relays, as l, 8, 9, one for each row of register relays. They are for the purpose of setting up circuits from contacts as 1A and 2D, and transferring the circuits through contacts as IF, cable 31, cable 31 (Fig. 4), to the code disc operating magnets, as 5813. The contacts of these shift relays 1, 8, 9, are multipled through cables 31, 38, 39, to like-positioned contacts in the B and C groups, for the purpose of making each of the printing control mechanisms, denoted generally by 59, 65, ll (Fig. 4), common to the three rows of relays, one in each of the three groups. The cables, 31, 38, 39, are broken off at nearby points, and reappear in Figure 4, bearing like reference characters.

Relay 1 shifts the circuits from the first regisline-register.

completion of a printing operation.

Register relays, as 2, when selected through card perforations, are momentarily energized through the brushes, as 9IA (Fig. 2)-, and the contacts, as 40A, of the transfer relay 40, and windings as 2A. Once energized, they look up through windings as 2B, contacts as 2C, conductors as 43G, and contacts as 43D (Fig. 2); and remain energized until the record is transferred to the paper through the printing process. Each register relay, as 2, has a contact, as 2D, for the purpose of setting up circuits from contacts as 1A through contacts as IF of the shift relay, as I, to the printing control mechanism, as will be described.

For the purpose of this description, only three rows of relays in each group are showna row for each type wheel that may print a character in the address. Each row (and each illustrated character) for this purpose represents a line of print. In practice, there would be as many such rows in each group as the number of type spaces in a line. A single row may be termed a character register; a. plurality of rows (or, as here illustrated, a single row) representing a line, a

Each of the three groups illustrated includes three such line registers.

The selected relays in the three rows of the selected group are energized at the same time from brushes as 9IA (Fig. 2), and through contacts of a transfer relay, as 40, as before stated, and are deenergized one row at a time as the character or line is printed.

For the purpose of this description, it is assumed that the register relays of the A group are the first to energize, at the start of operations; those of the B group, second; and those of the C group, third. They deenergize in each group in the order of the rows.

The relays of the A group energize and transfer the record of the first register to the first printing control mechanism, 59A to 59F, at D (Fig. 4), for the top line of the first paper, or the first portion of a continuous roll'of paper, for a run, say, of checks or bills, to be later cut off.

' Next, the relays of the B group energize and transfer the record of the first register to the first printing control mechanism for the top line of the second paper; at the same time, the second register. of the A group transfers its record to the second printing control mechanism, 65A to 65F, at E (Fig. 4), for the middle line of the first paper.

Last in the first cycle, the relays of the C group energize and transfer the record of the first register to the first printing control mechanism, 59A to 59F, at D, for the top line of the third paper, while the third register of the A group and the second register of the B group transfer their respective records to the third printing control mechanism, HA to 1 IF, at F, for the bottom line of the first paper and to the second mechanism for-the middle line of the second paper.

Deenergization of each row of relays immediately follows the printing'of their record. The first operation in the second cycle includes the printing of the top line of the fourth paper, the middle line of the third, and the bottom line of the second.

Transfer relays, control cams and relays Figure 2 The transfer relays, 40, 4|, 42, are for connecting to their respective register groups in turn all the contact bars and brushes closed by the perforations in a card, at one time, in order that the records of the card may be transferred to respective registers for storage. Relays as 40 are energized by contacts as 86A, by cam 86, as will later be described.

In Figure 2 is a side view of the cams for controlling the several registers, the transfer and shift relays, also three sets of brushes, and a side view of the bars and brushes.

The cams, 86, 81, 88, are all mounted on the same shaft. They are shown in position for the number 1 card. They are timed to coordinate their several relays with the card feed. They move degrees for each card, and control circuits to register the perforation positions on the register relays of the A, B, and C groups, with the effect of storage. The ejection of the first card and the placing of the second card follows immediately the beginning of the movement of the print control mechanism for printing the record of the first card and starts the movement of the cams to their next position.

Cam 86 is for the purpose of-closing contacts 86A, 66B, 860, which control the energization of transfer relays 40, 4|, 42, in the order given, when this cam is in the position shown. Cam 8! and contacts 81A, 81B, 81C, are for the purpose of energizing, through windings as 43E, relays 43, 44, 45, on all movements, and holding energized two of the three relays, as 43 and 44, 44 and 45, 45, and 43, on completion of a movement. Cam 88 and contacts 68A, 88B, 880, are for the purpose of initially energizing, through windings as 46D, relays 46, 41, 48.

Relays 43, 44, 45, when energized are for the purpose of grounding contacts as 43D, 43C, 433, and holding energized. the selected relays of the several registers when these are once energized from the contact bars and brushes, and releasing them row'by row in the order outlined below. Contact 43D, through conductor 43G,43G (Fig. 1), holds energized, until the printing operation is completed, such of the first row of relays, l 2', 3, 4, 5, 6, of the A group as may have been energized.

' Contact 430 and conductor 43H, 43H (Fig. 1)

have a like holding effect upon the third row in the B group; and contact 433, conductor 43J, 43J (Fig. 1) upon the second row in the C group.

In a like manner, contacts 44D, 44C, 443, hold energized the second, first, and third registers respectively of groups A, B, C; and contacts 45D,

45C, 45B, the third, second, and first registers respectively of groups A, B, C.

-The three relays are alike in construction'and operation, and all have the same function; each relay has two windings, as 43E and 43F; windings 43E, 44E, 45E, are energized from their respective contacts 81A, 81B, 81C, on each movement of cam 81; on the stoppage of the movement, one of the three windings, as 45E, is freed from this source of ground when the cam is positioned as shown in Figure 2; on the next movement, winding 43E is freed; and on the third movement, winding 44E. Each of the windings, as 45E, has as another source of energization conductor 46M and contact 46L so long as relay 46 is energized. This is for a purpose that will be later described.

The windings as 43F and contacts as 43A are for holding relay 43 locked after the initial energization of winding 43E; once energized, the relays as 43 are locked up by contact 463. It will be seen from the foregoing that each relay has three sources of energization; for example, relay 45: contact 810, conductor 81F, winding 45E; contact 46L, conductors 46M and 81F, winding 45E; contacts 45A and 48B, winding 45F. This arrangement is for the purpose of first energizing all three relays and later of momentarily deenergizing a relay, as 43, opening contacts 43D, 43C, 433, and releasing the energized register relays, as 2 and 5 of the A group, on completion of the printing operation of the first card, and later reenergizing relays as 43 for holding energized the selected register relays, as 21 and 28 for the second card, 32, 33, 34 for the third card, and 2 and 5 for the fourth card, as the several operations proceed. The manner in which the just enumerated storage relays are selectively energized will be explained more fully hereinafter in the description of operation. For each card, one of three relays will momentarily deenergize and release the energized register relays under its control, as described in detail under an operation heading.

Relays 46, 41, 48, are for the purpose of energizing the shift relays, as 1 (Fig. 1) which set up circuits through the registers to the printing control mechanism, and for holding energized and later releasing relays 43, 44, 45. Each relay in its turn is first energized by a contact as 88A, and windings as 46D; once energized, it is held locked through windings as 46E, contacts as 46A, conductor 54E, 54E (Fig. 3), and contact 54B, and held energized until the printing operation concurrent with the sensing of the number 1, or 4, or 7, card is complete.

Contacts as 460, through conductors as 46G, control each a shift relay, in the same order as relays 43, 44, 45,-control the continued energizations of the register relays. Conductor 46G (Fig. 2), 45G (Fig. 1), leads to the first shift relay 1, of the first register in the A group. Conductor 46G is multipled to conductors 46X (Fig. 2) and 46H (Fig, 1) to the third shift relay, I2, in the B group, and through conductors 46XX (Fig. 2) and 46J (Fig. 1) to the second shift relay, l4, in the C group. Contact 410 is wired in a like manner through conductor 41G, 41G (Fig. 1) to the second shift relay, 8, in the A'group, the first shift relay, I0, in the B group, and the third shift relay, I5 in the C group. Contact 480 is wired through conductor 48G to the third shift relay, 9, in the A group, the second shift relay, II, in the B group, and the first shift relay, I3, in the C group.

Contacts as 46K are for the purpose. of making ineffective the closing of contacts as 41L and 410 until the relay, as 46, of the next higher order has deenergized. Contact 48K serves a like purpose for relay 46. This is more particularly described under the operation heading.

Energization of shift relays, as 8, from contacts as 410, is withheld so long as relays of a lower order, as 46, remain energized, due to the movement of a type wheel registering the record, as, for example, of the first card, and the positioning of the succeeding card. With this condition, cams 86, 81, B8, reach the second position, contact 81A is open, freeing winding 43E from this source of energization. Relays 46 and 41 are both energized, contact 46B grounds conductor 46F, con- (Fig. 3), and contact 54B, during the movement of cam 88 from contact 88A to 883, or so long thereafter as is needed for the printing control mechanism to position the type wheels for the preceding card. With this arrangement, the sec ond card is advanced at the beginning of the movement of the type wheels for printing the record of the first card, and the second card is ineffective until such printing is complete.

9|, 92, 93, indicate a side view of the bars and associated brushes.

Sundry mechanisms and circuits for printing, feeding cards, advancing paper, etc.

In Figure 3 are shown fragmentary side views of the toothed wheels, as 59J, of the six printing control elementsiFig. 4), and their associated contacts and wiring; the printing and card advancing control relays, 52, 53, 54; fragmentary views of the clutch 16 for advancing the paper; the paper feed control cam wheel 19; the clutch SI for setting in motion the card feed, and its control cam, 83; the test Wheel 82 and its relay 55; the printing hammer magnets, I01, I08, I09; also an end view of the rocker arm, 95, its contacts 05A, and wiring for rendering the registers ineffective and stopping the action of the card feeding mechanism when the card feed box, 30, is empty.

There is a toothed wheel, as 59J, for each type wheelyit has a tooth for each character space. The several wheels move in unison with the type wheels, and close contacts as 59K on each movement from one type space to the next. They are for the purpose of energizing relays 52, 53, 54, so long as any wheel is in selective motion.

Relays 52 and 53 are slow to release; relay 53 is the slower of the two. They are energized by contacts as 59K, on the selective movement of the type wheels. Relay 52 closes contact 52A and opens contact 523; contact 52A starts the card feeding operation for the next card, at the beginning of the type positioning movement for the preceding card. On the deenergization of relay 52, contact 52B grounds contact 53A of relay 53, which remains energized a measured length of time after the release of relay 52,

grounding conductor 53F, momentarily energizing the printing hammer magnets I01, I08, I09.

When energized, relay 53 sets up the above deand through contact 543, conductor 54E, 54E

(Fig. 2) holds energized through contacts as 46A and windings as 46E relays as 46, until the printing of the record of the last ejected card is complete. When deenergized, contact 540 grounds conductor 54D, contacts 95A, and if a card. is

in the recording position, conductor 95B, 95B

(Fig. 2), grounding bars 9|, 92, 93, for the next registering operation.

Magnetic clutches 16 (Fig. 3) and 8| (Fig. 6) are diagrammatically illustrated in the drawings, clutch 16 controlling the advance of the paper and clutch 8| controlling the feed of the cards.

Cam 19 (Fig. 3) is provided for insuring a full movement of the paper feed and for preventing the reenergization of relays 52 and 53 on the zerosetting movement of the type wheels. Once energized, clutch 16 carries cam 19 forward, closing contact 19A during the passage of cam 19, continuing clutch 16 energized from this source until the zero position is reached. On this movement, contacts 193 open, preventing reenergization of relays 52 and 53.

Cam 83, through contact 83B, serves a like purpose for the card feed mechanism; clutch 8| is initially energized through contacts 52A, conductor 52D, contact 553, if relay 55 is unenergized, conductor 55E, contact 83A, and conductor 513.

The test wheel 82 is for the purpose of preventing the reenergization of clutch 8| and the consequent premature ejection of a card; on the final movement of cam 82 contact 82A is momentarily grounded, energizing winding 55C of relay 55, and locking up through winding 55D, contact 55A, conductor 52D, and contact 52A, if relay 52 should become energized due to a faulty operation, as the slow return of a type wheel, which continues after the paper feed operation is complete. 011 the continued energization of relay 55, contact 55B is open, preventing energization of clutch 8|.

Key 56 is for the purpose of starting the feed roll to position the paper for the first operation. Key 51 is for a like purpose for positioning the first card. Rocker arm 95 is for the purpose of rendering the registers inoperative when the supply of cards is exhausted.

Code d scs. Figure '4 In Figure 4 is shown a top plan view of nine sets of code discs, denoted generally by the characters 59, 6|, 63; 65, 61, 69; 1|, 13, 15, arranged in three rows of three sets each. They and their associated type wheels (Fig. 5) occupy corresponding positions in Figures 4 and 5. Each set, as 59, 6|, 63, consists of six discs and associated members; and is for the purpose of selectively v positioning the associated type wheel of Figure 5.

There is one type wheel for each set of discs.

These discs are of a well known type. They are described in United States Patent 1,821,110.

Each set consists of six discs, as 59A, 59B, 59C, 59D, 59E, 59F, and their operating magnets, as 58A, and shaft, as 59G, to which is attached a stop-arm, as 59H, a toothed wheel, as 59J, which is also attached to shaft 59G, and contacts, as 59K, a pin guide plate, as 63F, and pins as 63X, as shown in Figure 9. The discs are loosely mounted on their respective shafts, and have conventional spacing collars. In practice, the guide plates and shafts would be provided with suitable mountings and bearings; for the sake of clearness, these are omitted from the drawings.

There is a stop-pin for each character that may be printed; the selected pin is set in the path of the stop-arm through the movement of the selected disc, or non-movement of the discs.

The code disc magnets, as 58A, of the several sets are selectively energized by the correspondstop-pin in the path of the stop-arm, as 59H, stopping the shaft, as 59G, against the drag of the friction clutch, as 59L, positioning the associated type wheel at the selected position as represented by the perforations in the card. The shafts of the several code disc units have a common driving means, motor 3, which through the several gears and clutches transmits motion to the shafts, as 59G, through a friction clutch, as 59L. The sets, 13 and 15, are shown in section to illustrate more clearly a stop-pin of each set and the arrangement of the shafts, which are sleeved one on top of another.

The toothed wheels, as 59J, have a tooth for each character space, which closes and opens contacts as 59K on the movement of the wheel from one space to the next for a purpose described in relation to Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a view in perspective of three groups of type wheels of three wheels each, with part of the middle group in section, to show the arrangement of the shafts, sleeved one upon another, and the several type wheels. The paper feed and printing hammers are, also shown.

The type wheels, as H0, are rigidly mounted on their respectiveshafts, as 59G, which are extended to the code disc units, as 59, which selec tively position them by the stoppage of stop-arms, as 59H. They are for the purpose of setting up, one line of type at a time, on a group of type wheels, the records of the cards as they pass through the machine. in operation.- The several type wheels are illustrated in neutral position.

The paper, 89, is shown in a continuous piece, with feed roll 11 and idler 18 for advancing it on each printing operation. Cam wheel 19, and'associated contacts, are for the purpose of advancing the paper a measured distance on each operation.

There is a type hammer, as NA, for each type wheel, here shown in a draftsmans convention.

'Each hammer is riveted to the hammer bar, as I I4, which is suitably pivoted at both ends. It is pulled downwardly by a magnet, as I01, and on release of such magnet it is pulled upwardly by spring 4B, causing the hammer to strike the ribbon, as IMC, the paper 89, and type wheel I I9. Figure 5A is an end, view of a type wheel, H0, a section of paper, 89, ribbon, I NC, and hammer, INA.

Figure 5B is an end view of feed and friction rolls, 11 and 18, paper, 80, and feed control cam, 19, with associated contacts, 19A and 1913.

Card feed. Figures 6, 6A, 6B

Figure 6 is a top plan view of a conventional card feed, and associated cams, all of which are driven from shaft 8 A when coupled to shaft 8|B by magnetic clutch 8|. Clutch 8| is for the purpose of setting in motion the card feed and cams and advancing each card to the recording position and there stopping it until its record is taken up by the selected registers.

Cams 82 and 83 are here shown with contacts less wiring. Cam 82 is for the purpose of setting upa circuit to prevent the premature ejection of a card before the mechanism has completed the operation for the preceding card. Cam83 is for the purpose of insuring a full movement of the card feed. They are shown in fragmentary end view in Figure 3, together with their complete circuits, and are there described.

Cams 86, 81, 88, are rigidly attached to Cards. Figure 7 This figure shows fragmentary views of three cards, 94, I02, I83, with their perforations for the examples of operation.

Card feed. Figure 8 The card feed is shown in end view, with gears as IIIIIA removed to show the mechanism more clearly. The cards, 89, are stacked upon the platform, 90, with card 94 in position relative to contact bars 9I, 92, 93, and fingers as SIB. The cards are fed one at a time, with a momentary pause in the position shown, whereupon the bars are momentarily grounded, setting up circuits through the perforations to the fingers for energizing the selected register relays.

The cards are fed one at a time by a reciprocating cross-head feed, I I1, and feed rollers I I8, I I9, I20, I2 I; these'rollers are rigidly attached to their respective shafts, II8A, II9A, I20A, I2IA, as are their driving gears, I08 and I22.

Rocker arm 95 and contact 95A are for the purpose of stopping action of the registering elements when the cards are exhausted. It is shown with wiring and it is described in connection with Figure 3.

Code discs. Figure 9 Figure 9 is a fragmentary end view of a code disc, 63F, with a portion, 63 M, extended to form an armature. The armature is attracted to magnet 83A on a selective operation, rocking the code disc on the sleeve, 63G, into operative position. n the deenergization of magnet 63A, spring 63N resets the code disc to its normal position. The stop-arm, 63H, is shown stopped by the pin, 63X, in a selective position.

Code layout. Figure 10 In Figure 10 is shown a conventional layout of the six-unit code which is assumed to be used in the equipment here illustrated.

DESCRIPTION or OPERATION Feeding the first card, registering the perforations, and printing the first line of the first card The paper 88 is fed into the machine and positioned between feed roll 11 and pressure roll I8; the cards, 89, are placed in the feed box 90. Switch 51 (Fig. 3) is normally momentarily pressed, energizing through conductors 51A and 51B clutch 8|; shaft 8IA, gears 84, 85, 99, I00, wheels 82, 83, and cams 86, 81, 88, take motion;

' contact 83B closes, continuing clutch 8| energized for one revolution of shaft 8IA.

Contact 82A is closed and opened by tooth 823 as wheel 82 approaches thecompletion of its revolution; this movement is ineifective on the first 'of a series of cards. Gear 99 sets in motion the card feeding mechanism, and positions card 94 as shown in Figure 8.

With the movement of shaft 85A, cams 85, 81, 88, make one-third of a revolution. They are now assumed to be in the position shown in Figure 2. During the movement of cam 81, contacts 81A, 81B, 81C, were closed, grounding conductors 81D, 81E, 81F, energizing relays 43, 44, 45, through windings as 43E. Contacts 88A and 86A are closed; contact 88A grounds conductor 88D, energizing through winding 46D relay 45; contact 86A grounds conductor 86D, energizing transfer relay 40; cam 81 opens contact 810, freeing winding 45E from this source of energization.

Relay 43 is energized; contacts 46L, 460, 4GB, 46A, are closed and 46K open; contact 46L grounds conductors 46M and 81F, reenergizing winding 45E of relay 45; contact 46C grounds conductor 46G, energizing shift relay 1; contact 463 grounds conductor 46F and contact 43A; winding 43F energizes and remains energized so long as contact 46B remains closed. Contact 46A sets up a holding circuit for relay 46, to hold it energized until the type wheels are positioned for printing the record of the first card. Contact 46K frees conductor MN and contacts ML and 41C from ground, so long as relay 46 is energized.

Relays 43, 44, 45, energizing, ground contacts as 43B, 43C, 43D, contacts 43D, 44D, 45D, grounding conductors 43G, 44G, 45G, and contacts as 20, for locking up through windings as 23 relays as 2, of the three rows of register relays. The card'94 is now positioned as shown in Figure 8; it engages rocker arm 95, closing contacts 95A. Relay 54 (Fig. 3) is deenergized, contact 540 grounds conductor 54D; contacts 95A are closed,

grounding conductor 95B, 95B (Fig. 2), grounding bars 9I, 92, 93.

The card 94 (Fig. 7) is perforated for A, B, and C, each of which letters in this specification represents a line of the address. Through perforations 94A and 943 for A, representing the first line, brushes 9IA and 9IB are grounded; for B, the second line, perforations 94C, 94D, 94E, and brushes 92C, 92D, 92E; and for C, the third line, perforations 94F, 94G, 94H, and brushes 93F, 93G, 93H, effect like circuits. The several brushes ground like-lettered contacts with the figures 40, of the relay 48. This relay is now energized, transferring the record of the perforations to the register relays; relays 2 and 5 for A; I6, I'I, I8,

for B; and I9, 20, 2|, for C; energizing through windings as 2A, and locking up through contacts as 20 windings as 2B, and conductors 43G for the first row, 44G for the second, and 45G for the third.

Shift relay 1 is energized, contact IA is grounded, grounding conductor IX, which grounds contacts 2D, 5D, 1F, 10, and through cable 31, 31 (Fig. 4) conductors 31A and 31B are grounded energizing magnets 58B and 58E, positioning discs 59B and 59E, and releasing the stop-pin for the letter A. Shaft 59G, toothed wheel 59J, and stoparm 59H, take motion from friction clutch 59L. Type wheel IIO isdriven forward to the letter A; the selected stop-pin which has been set in the path of stop-arm 59H, stops further movement, with the letter A in position for printing. I

On the movement of toothed wheel 59J from one tooth to the next, contact 59K is momentarily closed, groundingconductor 52C, contact 19B, conductor 52E, energizing relays 52 and 53 (Fig. 3). Relay 52 closes contact 52A, and opens contact 52B; contact 52A grounds conductor 52D, contacts 553, conductor 55E, contact 83A, and conductor 51B, energizing clutch 8|, and setting in motion the card-feeding mecha-- nism, as before described, to eject card 94 and replace it with card I02 (Fig. '7) Relay 53 closes cont c s 53A and 53B, and opens contact 53C.

Contacts 53A and 530 are not now effective. Contact 533 grounds conductor 53D, energizing relay 54, which closes contacts 54A and 54B, and openscontact 54C.

On the movement of wheel 82, tooth 82B momentarily closes contact 82A, energizing winding 55C, opening contact 553 and closing contact 55A; this is without efiect, as it is assumed that the type wheel IIO has reached its selected position, and on this stoppage of wheel 59J relays 52 and 53 are released. Wheel 83 reached its zero position, opening contact 83B, deenergizing clutch 8 I, stopping motion of the card feed.

Relay 52 deenergized on the stoppage of wheel 59J, freeing contact 52A from ground. Contact 523 is grounded, grounding contact 53A, conductor 53F, energizing printing magnets I01, I08, I09, which attract their armatures against the tension of springs as II'4B, positioning hammers, as II4A, for a printing operation. Relay 53 releases opening contacts 53A and 53B, and closing contact 530. Contact 53A frees magnets I01, I08, I09, from energization, releasing their several armatures,

efiecting a printing operation. Contact 53B frees relay 54 from energization. Contact 53C grounds contact 54A, conductors 54F, 79C, and 56A, energizing clutch I6. Shaft 16B, feed roll TI, and cam I9, take motion; cam I9 closes contact 19A, continuing clutch I6 energized for one revolution of feed roll 11 and cam I9; when cam I9 completes its revolution, contact 19A, opens, clutch I6 deenergizes. The paper, 80, is advanced one position.

Registering perforations of the second card and printing the second line of the first card and the first line of the second card During the movement of feed roll 11' and cam I9, relay 54 deenergizes, opening contacts 54A and 543. Contact 54A frees conductor 54F from ground, preventing reenergization of.clutch I6; contact 543 frees conductor 54E, 54E (Fig. 2), contact 46A, and winding 46E of relay 46, from energization, with the efiect to be later described.

0n the ejection of card 94 and the positioning of card I02, cams 86,, 81, 88, advanced one step; cam 86 opened contact 86A, releasing transfer relay 40; contact 86B closed, grounding conductor 86E, energizingtransfer relay 4|. Cam 81 closed contact 810 and opened contact 81A; contact 81C continues winding 45E of relay 45 energized; contact 81A frees winding 43E of energization, though not releasing it. Cam 88 opened contact 88A and closed contact 883; contact 88A frees winding 46D of energization, though not releasing it; contact 883 grounds conductor 88E, energizing winding 4'ID of relay 41, closing contacts "L, 410, 41B, 41A, and'opening contact 41K. Contacts 46L and 410 are ineffective until relay 46 deenergizes and. closes contact 46K.

On the stopping of the type wheel at the selected position, relay 54 (Fig. 3) deenergized,

closing contact 540 and opening contact 54B;

from ground, releasing shift relay 1; contact 463 frees contact 43A from ground, releasing relay 43; contact 46K grounds conductor 46N and contacts 41L and, 41C.

Relay 43 deenergizing opened contacts 43D,

43C, 433, 43A. Contact 43D frees conduct r 43G,

releasing relays 2 and 5 for the letter A for the first card. On release of relay 46, contact 46K closes a measured length of time after contact 46B opens; contact 46K grounds conductor 46N and contacts 41L and 41C. Relay 4'! is energized; contacts 41L and 410 are now grounded; contact 41L grounds conductors 41M and 81D, reencrgizing winding 43E of relay 43, closing its several contacts. Contact 41C grounds conductor 47G, energizing shift relay 8; contact 413 grounds contact 44A, energizing winding 44F of relay 44; contact 41A sets up through winding 41E and conductor 54E a holding circuit for relay 41.

Relays 43, 44, 45 are energized, closing their several contacts. Contact 43C grounds conductor 43H, setting up a holding circuit for the third line (letter A) of the second card. Contact 440 grounds conductor 44H for the first line (letter B), and contact 450 for the second line (letter C). Contacts 44D and 45D continue to hold energized the relays for the second and third lines of the first card. Relay 54 deenergizing grounded contacts 540, conductor 54D, contacts 95A, conductor 95B, 95B (Fig. 2), grounding bars BI, 92, 93.

Card I02 (Fig. '7) is now in place. It is perforated at I02A, I02B, I02C, for B; at I02D, I02E, IMF, for C; at I02G, I02H, for A. Through correspondingly positioned brushes and correspondingly lettered contacts, preceded by the figures M, of the transfer relay 4|, relays 50, 22, 23, for B, 24, 25, 26, for C, and 21 and 28 for A, are energized, and lock up through their several contacts and windings as before described and conductors 44H, 45H, 43H, and contacts 44C, 45C,

Relay 4! is energized, grounding contact 410, conductor 41G, energizing shift relay 8 for the second line (letter B) of the first card; contact 410, conductors 41G, 41X, 41H, energizing shift relay I0 for the first line (letter'B) of the second card.

On the energization of shift relays 8 and I0, the records of the register relays I6, I I, I8, for the second line of the first card, and of relays 50, 22, 23, for the first line of the second card, are transferred through correspondingly positioned contacts, and cables 38 and 31, 38 and 31 (Fig. 4) to correspondingly positioned magnets, 64B, 64D, 64E, for the second line of the first card, and 58A, 58C, 58E, for the first line of the second.

Shafts 59G and 65G, toothed wheels 59J and 65J, and type wheels I I0 and III, take motion;

Feeding the third card and printing the third line v of the first card, the second line of the second card, and the first line of the third card On the movement of wheels 59J and 65J (Fig. 3), relays 52, 53, 54 are again energized, setting up circuits as before described to feed the third card, I03 (Fig. '7), and to advance cams 86, 81, 88 to their third position. Relays 52 and 53 release; contact 53C closes, grounding contact 54A, conductors 54F, 19C, and 56A, energizing clutch I6, advancing the paper one step to the third position. Contact 543 is also closed, grounding conductor 54E, 54E (Fig. 3), and contact 41A, holding relay 4'! energized.

Cams 86, 81, 88, reach their third position; relay 54 releases, freeing contact 54B andconductor 54E, 54E (Fig. 2) from ground, releasing through contact 41A relay 41, opening contacts 41L, 41C, 4113, 41A, and closing contact 41K. Contact 41L frees conductor 41M from ground, placing relay 43 under control of contact 81A. Contact 410 frees conductors 41G. 41X, 41H, from ground, releasing shiftrelays 8 and I8. Contact 413 frees contact 44A from ground, releasing relay 44. Relay 44 deenergizing opens contacts 44D, 44C, 443, MA. Contacts 44D and 440 free conductors 44G and 44H from ground, releasing register relays l6, l1, 18, for the second line of the first card, in the first register, and 50, 22, 23, for the first line of the second card, in the second register.

On release of relay 51, contact 41K closes a measured length of time after contact 41B opens. Contact 41K grounds contacts 48L and 48C; relay 48 is energized; contacts 58L and 480 are now grounded; contact 48L grounds conductors 48M and ME, reenergizing winding 44E of relay 44, closing its several contacts. Contact 480 grounds conductor 48G, energizing shift relay 9, for the third line of the first card, also conductors 68X and 48H, energizing shift relay H for the second line of the second card, and conductors 68G, 48X, 48XX, and 48J, energizing shift relay 3 for the first line of the third card.

Card I83 is in position, relay 54 is deenergized, grounding bars 9|, 92, 93, setting up circuits through perforations I83A, 103B, I030, for its first line (letter C), I83D, 13E, IMF, for its second line (letter B), and I03G and I83H for its third line (letter A). The record of the card is transferred to correspondingly positioned brushes and correspondingly lettered contacts, preceded by the figures 42, of the transfer relay 42, energizing register relays 28, 38, 3|, for the first line, 32, 33, 34, for the second, and 35 and 36 for the third. The record of the third line (letter C) of the first card is transferred through cable 39, 39 (Fig. 4) to code disc magnets 18B and ME, the record of the second line (letter C) of the second card, to magnets 84B, 64D, 64E, and the record of the first line of the third card (letter C) to magnets 58B, 58D, 58E.

Thetype wheels ill], Ill, H2, are positioned for their respective letters, and the printing operations for the three proceed simultaneously, as

before described.

The third card is replaced by the fourth. Circuits are set up as before described to energize the register relays of the A group and to print the first line of the fourth address, while the middle line of the third and the last line of the second are likewise set up and printed.

Operation withunduly long or retarded movement of type wheels At the beginning of each printing movement, and continuing so long as any of the several type wheels are in selective motion, toothed wheels as 58J close and open contacts as 58K, energizing relays 52, 53, 54; contact 52A, through the circuits ing the card to be the first, fourth, seventh, or a corresponding place 'in the series. With relay 46 energized,'c'ontact 46K continues open, withholding ground from contacts 41L and 410, with the efiect as before described.

To prevent the ejection of the second card, due to the continued energization of relay 52, without registering its record, relay is momentarily energized by tooth 82B and contacts 82A, as the second card nears its position; if relay 52 continues energized, contact 52A continues grounded, grounding conductor 52D, contact 55A, energizing winding 55D, holding contact 55B open,

and preventing energization of clutch 8| so long as relay 53 remains energized.

I claim:

1. In an automatic addressing machine, a plurality of rows of start stop printing wheels, each row sufficient to serve one entire line of an address at one time, a cod-e disc stop-arm selector for each said printing wheel, transfer means for transferring to said selectors at one time all of the codes representing the intelligence of all lines to be printed at one time, and means to operate all of saidrows of wheels to print at one time.

2. In an automatic addressing machine, a plurality of rows of printing wheels, each row of printing wheels sufiicient to serve one entire line of the address at one time, a selector for each said printing wheel, and a set of sleeved shafts connecting said selectors to said printing wheels individually, means to adjust all the wheels of a line simultaneously and means to print said lines line by line successively.

3. A line-by-line printer, comprising a plurality of type wheels arranged in axial alinement with each other, a plurality of code disc stop-arm I selectors arranged in axial alinement with said type wheels, co-axial tubular shafting connecting each stop-arm to its corresponding type wheel, means for adjusting said selectors according to code, and means for printing.

4. A line-by-line printer, comprising, a plurality of lines of type wheels, a plurality of code disc selectors, one for each said type wheel, a plurality of code-registers, one for each selector, means for setting simultaneously all of said registers to register character codes, means for transferring line by line said character codes to said selectors, said selectors controlling said type wheels severally to present for printing the several characters represented by. said character codes respectively, and means for printing.

5. A line-by-line printer, comprising, a plu-' rality of type wheels, each of narrow lineal dimension and arranged side by side to form a line,

a plurality of code discs and rotary stop-arm selectors, one for each type wheel, in each of which the smallest outside dimension is greater than the lineal dimension of its associated type wheel, mechanical articulation in each said selector connecting said stop-arm and said type wheel for related movement, said type wheels being more closely spaced than said selectors.

6. In an addressing machine, controlled by a sensing record, a plurality of type wheels arranged to print simultaneously in lines, motor means to rotate said type wheels simultaneously and independently, selectors, one for each of said type wheels, adapted to stop said type wheels in selective positions according to code, sensing con.. tacts and storage means settable simultaneously for a plurality of lines and controlling said selectors line by line and means for printing line by' line.

7. A multiple line-by-line address printer for printing a plurality of lines simultaneously, comprising, a plurality of type wheels arranged in sets, a set of said type wheels for each line of simultaneous printing, a plurality of code-controlled selectors, one for each type wheel, each selector controlling its associated type wheel to present for printing a type corresponding to a code set upon the selector, a plurality of registers, one for each selector, means for setting said registers in groups, each group making registration of a unitary address and sets of registers in the group pertaining to consecutive lines in the address, means for transferring the registration of successive lines to said selectors to adjust type wheels in successive sets, and means for line-byline printing said address line by line.

8. A multiple line-by-line address printer for printing a plurality of lines simultaneously, comprising, a plurality of type wheels arranged in sets, a set of type wheels for each line of simultaneous printing, a plurality of code-controlled selectors, one for each type wheel, each selector controlling its associated type wheel to present for printing a type corresponding to a code set upon the selector, a plurality of registers, one for each selector, means for setting said registers in groups, each group making registration of a unitary address and sets of registers in the group pertaining to consecutive lines in the address, means for transferring the registration of successive lines to said selectors to adjust type wheels in successive sets, means for line-by-line printing said address line by line, and overlap mean whereby a line each from a plurality of addresses are printed simultaneously.

9. In an addressing machine, a plurality of printing mechanisms comprising type wheels each having settable types, said printing mechanisms being each adapted to print one line of an address, means for moving a paper from printing mechanism to printing mechanism, means for printing upon said paper a plurality of lines of the address, successively, one line by each of said printing mechanisms, code disc selectors for selectively setting the type wheels of said printing mechanisms, and means in each said printing mechanism to reset said type wheels between successive printings.

10. In an addressing machine, a plurality of printing mechanisms comprising type Wheels each having settable types, said printing mechanisms being each adapted to print one line of an address, means for operating said mechanisms successively, code disc selectors for selectively setting the type wheel of said printing mechanisms, means in each said printing mechanism to reset said type wheels between successive printings, and means for moving a receiving paper between successive printings.

11. In an addressing machine, a plurality of printing mechanisms comprising type wheels each having settable types, said printing mechanisms being each adapted to print a line of an address, means for operating said mechanisms successively to print upon a receiving paper, code disc selectors for selectively setting the type wheels of said printing mechanisms, means in each said printing mechanism to reset said type Wheels between successive printings, and means for moving the receiving paper between successive printings through a distance other than the distance between printing mechanisms so that the spacing apart of the printings on the paper 13. In a card controlled addressing machine,

a printing mechanism, code disc selectors for setting up said printing mechanisms, a storage set of relays comprising a feeding relay, a plurality of groups of storage relays and a plurality of delivery relays; means including said feeding relay for electrifying in code manner all of said storage relays under control of a card, and means including said delivery relays for controlling said printing mechanism by group after group of said storage relays successively through said code disc selectors.

14. In a card controlled addressing machine, a printing mechanism, code disc selectors for setting up said printing mechanism, a storage set of relays comprising a feeding relay, a plurality of groups of storage relays, and a plurality of delivery relays; means including said feeding relay for electrifying in code manner all of said storage relays in accordance with a control card, means including said delivery relays for controlling said printing mechanism by group after group of said storage relays successively through said code disc selectors, and a sequence system of contacts for controlling the sequential actions of said relays.

15. In a card controlled addressing machine, a series of printing mechanisms, code disc selectors for setting up said printing mechanisms, a plurality of storage sets of relays comprising feeding relays, groups of storage relays, and a plurality of delivery relays; means including said feeding relays for electrifying in code manner a plurality of groups of said storage relays, variant groups successively by control of successive cards, and means including said delivery relays for controlling independently said printing mechanisms through said code disc selectors.

16. In a card controlled addressing machine, a series of printing mechanisms, code disc selectors for setting up said: printing mechanisms. a plurality of storage sets of relays comprising feeding relays, groups of storage relays, and a plurality of delivery relays; means including said feeding relays for electrifying in code manner a. plurality of groups of said storage relays, variant groups successively by control of successive cards, means including said delivery relays for controlling independently and simultaneously said printing mechanisms through said code disc selectors, paper shifting means, and cam controlled con-.- tacts operable in sequential relation for controlling the operation and cooperation of said relays, said printing mechanisms and said paper shift means whereby a plurality of lines of an address are read simultaneously from a card and stored and a variant plurality of lines of addresses are delivered simultaneously to said printing mechanisms for printing upon various papers being simultaneously addressed.

17. In an addressing machine, a plurality of printing wheels, a printing platen adapted to codes to said selectors,

print from all of said wheels simultaneously controlling selectors for said wheels, one for each said wheel, and adapted to adjust said wheels simultaneously and independently to stop in printing positions respectively, and a detector circuit operative to prevent printing while any printing are at rest.

20. In an addressing machine, a plurality of start-stop printing members, common imprinting means, and electrical detector means energizable under control of a moving printing member to delay the operation of said imprinting means.

21. In an automatic addressing machine, a plurality of rows of printing members each row sufficient to serve one/entire line of an address at one time, a code disc stop arm selector for each said printing member, transfer means for transferring to said selectors concurrently all of the codes representing the intelligence of all lines to be printed at one time, and means to operate all of said rows of printing members to print at one time. I

22. In an automatic addressing machine, a plurality of rows of printing members, each row comprising printing members sufiicient to serve one entire line of the address at one time, a selector for each said printing members, and a set of mechanical connectors connecting said selectors to said printing members individually, means to adjust all of the printing members of a line concurrently, and means to print said lines, line by line concurrently.

23. A. line by line printer comprising, a plurality of type members arranged in axial alinement with each other, a plurality of code disc stop arm selectors corresponding severally to said type members, mechanical linkage connecting each stop arm to its corresponding type member, means for sensing a transcribable code from a record card or the like, means for adjusting said selectors according to the sensed code, and

' means for printing from said type members line by line.

24. A line by line printer comprising, a plurality of lines of type members, a plurality of code disc selectors one' for each of said type members, a plurality of code registers one for each selector, means for setting concurrently all of said registers to register character codes, means for transferring line by line said character said selectors controlling said type members severally to present for printing the several characters represented by said character codes respectively, and means for printing the presented characters.

25. A line by line printer comprising, a plurality of type members each of narrow lineal dimension and arranged side by side to form aline, a plurality of code disc rotary stop arm selectors one for each said type member in each of which the smallest outside dimension is greater than the lineal dimension of its associated type member, mechanical articulation in each of said selectors connecting said stop arm and means,

said type member for related movement, said type members being more closely spaced than said selectors.

26. In an addressing machine controlled by a sensing record, a plurality of type carriers arranged to print in lines, motor means to drive said type carriers into selective printing positions concurrently and independently, selectors one for each of said type carriers and adapted to stop said type carriers in selective positions according to code, code storage means settable concurrently and controlling said selectors line by line, and means for printing line by line from said individual types.

2'7. A multiple line by line address printer for printing a plurality of lines of variant addresses simultaneously, comprising, a set of type members for each line of concurrent printing, a plurality of code controlled selectors one for each type member, each selector controlling its associated type member to present for printing a type corresponding to a code set upon the selector, a plurality of registers one for each said selector, means for setting said registers in groups each group making registration of a unitary address and sets of registers in the group pertaining to successive lines in the address, means for transferring the registration of successive sets, and line by line printing means for printing said addresses concurrently line by line.

28. In an addressing machine, a plurality of printing members, a printing means adapted to print from all of said members concurrently, controlling selectors one for each said member and adapted to move said members concurrently and independently, to stop in printing positions respectively, and detector means adapted to prevent printing while any printing member is moving.

29. In an addressing machine, a plurality of start stop printing members, common imprinting and electrical detector means energizable under control of a printing member while moving to delay the operation of said imprinting means. l

30. In a printing machine, the combination of registers settable concurrently from selectable contacts in corresponding groups, printing elements, code disc stop arm selectors controllable respectively by said registers to set up said printing elements, and means for successively actuating successive groups of said selectors to set up said printing elements to print successively a plurality of lines according to the respective register settings.

31. In a printing machine the combination of a series of groups of registers, means for setting the registers of a group from respective selectable contacts, means for so setting the series of registered groups successively, a plurality of printing elements, a plurality of code disc stop arm selectors, one for each printing element, and means for concurrently actuating the several selectors to set up the-printing elements each according to a register setting.

32. In a printing machine, the combination of a group of registers each including locking relays settable from contacts representing respective lines of type, a printing element including a code disc stop arm selector and printing means, and means for actuating said selector to control successive printings according to the relays set for each type line.

33. In a printing machine, the combination of a series of registers, a series of code contacts, one

for each register in any one series and settable according to codes for type characters, means for setting the several series of registers in rotation according to successive selections of said contacts, printing type elements, code disc stop arm selectors for positioning said type elements and controllable in common by the several series of registers successively, and means for repeatcharacters registered in said registering means.

35. In a printing machine controllable from a sensing record, the combination of record sensing contacts, registers arranged in a plurality of groups and all settable concurrently by the control of said record sensing contacts, printing means, code disc stop arm selectors controllable by said registers for setting up said printing means, and means for successively actuating said selectors under control of successive groups of said registers to actuate said printing means to print successive lines represented by the records sensed by said contacts.

36. In a printing machine controllable from a sensing record, the combination of record sensing means, registers settable concurrently by said record sensing means, printing means, code disc stop arm selectors settable under control of said registers .to set up said printing means, means for independently and successively actuating said selectors to set up said printing means under control of said registers, and means for successively operating said printing means to make an impression therefrom after set up thereof.

37. In a printing machine controlled by records each of which contains codes for a plurality of lines, storage means for the codes, printing means, code disc stop arm selectors for positioning said printing means, sensing means for transferring codes from said records to said storage means record by record, and transfer means for transferring codes from said storage means to said selectors line by line to thereby set up said printing means for printing line by line.

38. In a card controlled printing machine, a plurality of code registers, code contacts closable through perforations in a control card, means for closing circuits including said contacts and representing only codes for characters closable through perforations in said control card to operate said registers, a plurality of printing means, a plurality of code disc stop arm selectors, one for each printing means, and means for successively actuating said selectors under control of said registers one at a time to thereby set up said printing means one at a time.

39. Ina record card controlled printing ma-' chine, storage means, means for sensing a card and entering at least a part of the record thereon in said storage means, printing means, code disc stop arm selector means, and means for actuating said selector means according to a record entered in said storage means whereby said printing means may be set up to print according to the record entered in said storage means.

40. In a printing machine, means for simultaneously sensing a plurality of lines of a record,

a printing means for each line, code disc stop arm selector means for each printing means, and

means for successively actuating said selector means to successively set up the printing means to successively print the sensed lines.

41. In an addressing machine controlled by cards or the like bearing records consisting of a plurality of lines of printing, storage means, means for sensing a card or the like and simultaneouslyentering the record of an address in the storage means, printing means for separately printing the lines of an address, code disc selector means for setting up said printing means, and means for successively actuating the selector -means from said storage means to successively print the lines of the address.

42. In a printing machine for simultaneously sensing a plurality of lines of a record on a card or the like, a register, means for transferring the sensed lines of the record into the register, printing means for separately printing the sensed lines, code disc selector means for setting up the printing means and means for transferring the sensed lines to the selector means line by line to thereby set up the printing means line by line.

CLYDE SmTI-I.

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