US21429A - Machine for printing addresses on newspapers - Google Patents

Description

UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-r

JAMES LORD, OF PAVVTUOKET, MASSACHUSETTS.

MAOHINE FOR PRINTING ADDRESSES ON NEWSPAPERS,&G.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 21,429, dated September "l, 1858.

T0 @ZZ whom t 'may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES LORD, ot Pawtucket, in the county ot Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Machine for Addressing Newspapers, Pamphlets, Envelopes, and articles of a like nature; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part of this specilication.

Figure l is an elevation of the back part of the machine. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section of the same at. the line l l of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 4 is atop or birds-eye view of the ink-rollers, the frame in which they are arranged, and the parts in immediate connection therewith. Fig. 5 is a top view of one of the type-boxes, on an enlarged scale, detached from the cylinder. Fig. (i is a side view of the same. Fig. 7 is an end elevation of the same.

Similar letters in the ii gu res refer to corresponding parts.

The nature ot' this invention and improvement consists in securing spirally to the periphery of a cylinder a series of type-boxes in which are inserted the type expressing the desired name and address and causing the said type to be inked and revolved overa follower on which the paper to be impressed is placed, and which has an up-and-down movement as well as a longitudinal one, the said cylinder of boxes and follower being arranged in such relation to cach other and actuated by such a combination and arrangement of mechanical devices as will cause them to act in concert and the papers to bc imprinted by the simple labor et placing them above the follower.

To enable others skilled in the art to malte and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

The frame A is made ot' arectangular form ot' sufficient size and strength to contain and support the several parts of the machine. Above this frame is placed the printing-cyl inder B, which is secured on a horizontal shaft O, extending longitudinally from one end of the frame to the other and turning in suitable boxes at its extremities. On the periphery of this cylinder B is secured a series of rectangular boxes D, having iianges at their ends, by which they are secured to the same by screws, which enable them to be readily attached and detached, as occasion may require, which boxes are open on their outer parts to admit the type indicating the required name and address and are provided with set-screws E for securing the t'ype Within them. They are arranged spirally around the periphery of the cylinder parallel withits axis, with their inner edges touching each other.

On one end of the shaft() is secured a cogwheel F, which meshes in gear with a smaller cog-wheel or pinion G, turning on a stud or permanent shaft secured to the end of the frame. Outside this pinion G and to the same is secured an additional cog-wheel G',

which meshes in gear with a smaller cogwheel H, turning on a stud or shaft, and this cog-wheel Il meshes in gear with a corresponding cog-wheel I, which in its turn gears with a smaller cog-wheel or pinion K, secured on the end of a horizontal longitudinal shaft M, turning in boxes in the frame below the top thereof. This shaft extends the whole length of the frame, and has a screw-thread cut on its periphery nearly its whole length, and is embraced by a pair of jaws N, having a female screw formed on their inner embracing portions and extending horizontally from a vertical slidingplate O, extendinghorizontally at its upper edge or end, so as to form a baseplate O for the support of the inking and distributing rollers, hereinafter described. This sliding plate O and its attachments is attached by angular lips to a longitudinal guide beam or bar O2, extending the full length of the [rame ot the machine and having angular edges which are embraced by said lips in such a manner as to allow the same to traverse over the beam or bar OZ from end to end. On top of the horizontal base portion O ot this cast-ing is secured a horizontal plate P, having vertical sides rising from its edges, and to these vertical sides are secured t-he upright portions of right-angled castings Q, the upper horizontal portions l of which are arranged parallel with and partly over the sides .of the plate P, and are provided with slots extending nearly their tull length, in which are inserted the tongues on the side pieces of a horizontal frame a, between which is arranged a horizontal iron ink-receiving roller b, whose journals are parallel to the longitudinal timber of the vframe c, to which the angular-edged plate O is secured, and project a short distance beyond the faces of the sides of the plate P. Immediately below this roller b and on top of the plate P is placed an ink box or trough c, the sides of which extend up nearly to the journals of said roller ZJ, so as to cause its lower portion to run in the ink in said box or trough c and to take up a portion of the same during its revolution, any excess of ink being taken from the periphery of the roller b and caused to descend into the ink box or trough c by the edge et' an inclined adjustable plate Cl,secured by screws between a metallic plate g and an oscillating bar c', resting on pivots in the sides ot' the frame ft. The sharpened edge of the plate d is made to press with greater or less force against the periphery of the ink-roller b by two thumb-screws f, which pass through corresponding female screws formed in the lower part of the metallic plate g and press against the horizontal portion of the bar which connects the tongue-pieces of the frame ct. This inkreceiving roller b receives its motion from a larger roller h, of wood, for conducting the ink to the distributing-roller, which roller 71 with its periphery touching the periphery of the ink roller or doctor b, is attached loosely on a longitudinal shaftS, extending the full length of the frame and turning in boxes in the end posts of the same and provided at one end outside the said frame w'ith a grooved pulleT p, around which is passed a band T, twisted or crossed and extending around a larger grooved pulley U on the main horizontal shatt Y, whose ends project a short distance beyond the ends of the frame. Parallel with this wooden conducting-roller his arranged a Vsmaller composition distributing-roller t', the journals of which rest in boxes or open ings in the upper ends of two curved bars la, extending downward in an ineli ned direction inside the angular-edged plate or bar O2 and bent under the screw-shaft M, being jointed at their lower ends to the extremities of a cross-head l, secured to the upright shaft m, to which the follower or platen is attached. These curved bars 7c have curvedA branches 7c extending from near their upper ends and curving upward in the form of segments of circles and provided with slots k2, formed in them near their ends, through whichv the j ournals of the ink-receiving roller or doctor b pass, which slots k2 are in the form of segments of circles scribed, respectively, from the center of the type-cylinder shaft C and from a less radius. The journals ot' the distributing-roller h pass through curved slots a', formed in ears n, rising from the edges of the base portion O of the plate O and extending in a curved direction between the upper ends of the bars k and ends of the distributingroller h, the said slots n being made in the form of a segment of a circle scribed from the shaft of the roller h at their lower ends and in the form of a segment of a circle scribed from the center of the type-cylinder B at their upper portions, so as to somewhat resemble a cyma reversa in form and enable the periph-- ery of the said roller h to be retained in direct contact with the periphery ot' the conn ducting-roller h when its journals are at the lower portions of the curved slots n and to be moved away from 'in ascending and toward the same in returning or lowering and parallel with the periphery of the type-printing cylinder B when the said journals are at the upper portions of said slots fn. The horizontal shaft S has a straight grooveformed in its periphery, extending from end to end and the conducting-roller surrounding the same is caused to revolve with it by a key or pin pro;- jecting from the bore of the roller b and entering the said groove, but, being loose upon the shaft, is also caused to traverse over the same with the follower or platen and other parts moving with it. The shaftS is revolved bythe cross-band T around the pulley p on its end, and the conducting-roller h communicates motion to the inking roller or doctor b and distributing-roller 7L. The horizontal driving-shaft Y is arranged immediately below the axis of the type or printing cylinder B and rests in suitable boxes secured to the lower end rails of the frame A and at any convenientpart between the top and bottom of the said frame and extends the full length of the same, and is provided at its rear end with a small wheel V', to which is attached by a wrist-pin the end of a connecting-rod Z, whose opposite end is jointed to the lower end of a vibrating or oscillating lever p', suspended to the frame A at its center by a pin on which it movesn as a fulcrum, and having a slot g at its upper end, to which the end of a pawl r is attached by a screw and nut, so as to admit of its adjustment with a View of increasing or diminishing the extent of its vibration. The opposite end of this pawl is bent downward, somewhat after the manner of a bill-hook, and rests on the notches of a ratchet-wheel s, secured on the end of the screw-shaft, being -held upon the same by a spiral spring t. Through the instrumentality ot' the vibrations ofthe pawl r the screwshaft M is turned at intervals, and the printing-cylinder B is revolved simultaneously with the movement of the ink-roller the required distance at each vibration to bring the type-box next in succession on said cylinder over the paper to be printed.

Two eccentric-cams u are secured to the main driving-shaft Y near its ends, on the edges of which rest a horizontal longitudinal bar t', having tenons formed on its ends, which enter and slide in suitable grooves at the ends of the main frame A. The lower end of a vertical rod m rests on this bar @,Which rod passes through guides formed by curved wings extending from the jaws N, and is provided with la cross-head Zat its lower end, having four vertical rods y secured lto a rectangular block attached to its upper extremity, the upper ends of which enter corresponding openings in a block or platen a', on which the paper to be printed is placed. rlhis block or platen rests on spiral springs surrounding said rods 'y for the purpose of giving it an elastic yielding motion when pressed upward against the type-boxes, and its attachments are moved with the screw jaws or clutch l". A small horizontal frisket or shield E, having an opening above said platen or follower x, corresponding` in size and form with the area of the type-boxes, is arranged above the platen and secured to the base-plate P, on which the ink-box rests, for preventing any other part of the paper being brought in contact with any other of the type-boxes than the one immediately above the platen or follower. A ily-wheel 2, which also serves as a band-wheel for driving the machine, is secured loosely on the end of the horizontal shaft, on the h ub of which is formed a projecting cog, against which a corresponding eogged clutch-hub on the horizontal shaft is brought in contact when desired to run the machine, and from which it can be detached when it is required to stop the movements of the said machine. Y

The operat-ion is as follows: Motion being communicated to the main driving-shaft Y by any convenient power, either by treadle, connecting-rod and crank, or a band around the fly-wheel l, an oscillating or vibratory motion is given to the lever p', which causes thepawl fr to be vibrated over the ratchetwheel s, and with its vibration to the-rear causes the bent end of the pawl r to force upon the notch of the ratchet s, with which it is in contact, which causes the screw-shaft M, on whose end it is secured, to be turned sufficiently to bring the type-box on the printing-cylinder B, containing the name and address desired to be imprinted, immediately over the platen or follower and the said platen or follower and bent plate O', containing the ink-rollers b h t', ink-box, and other attachments, to be slightly moved longitudinally by the action of the screw-shaft M on the screw jaws or clutch N, the inclination or spiral of the threads of the screw on the said shaft M being such in relation to the spiral arrangement of the type boxes and their width and extent ot their movement at each stroke of the pawl r as to produce this effect. On the return vibration of the lever p the pawl r moves over the notches of the ratchet s without turning the same, and the printingcylinder B, screw-shaft M, and cog-wheels F G Gr H I K, connecting the two, remain in a state of rest, and thus enable the platen or follower x, above which the paper to be imprinted is placed, to be raised upward and pressed against the typebox immediately above it by the action of the eccentrics 'zo raising the horizontal bar i: and with it the vertical rod m, to which the platen or follower is attached. During this upward movement of the platen or follower .r the curved bars 7c are also raised, and with them the distribnt ing-roller i, whose journals rest in openings in their ends, the said roller i being at the commencement of its upward movement caused to move parallel with the periphery of the conducting ink-roller 7L by the lower corresponding segmentof a circle-formed groove n' in the ends of the ears n and curved branch bars 7o and subsequently caused to move out-- ward from the circle on which it previously moved and pushed upward on a segment of a circle parallel with the periphery of the print ing-cylinder, so as to roll its inked periphery over the box of type against which it rests. In desccndingit goes through the same cyma reversa movement. In this manner the operation is continued, the spirally-arranged type-boxes I) being successivelybrought over the platen or follower .fr and the papers to be marked placed upon the shield or frisltet fc above the same and raised at the proper time and imprinted by the type in the boxes, which have been previously inked by the distributing-roller i, until they have all been revolved over the platen or follower and the jaws or clutch N reaches the end of the screw-shaft M, when the pawl fr is raised from contact with the ratchet-wheel s, and the inkrollers l) h t' and their attachments, including the platen or follower are quickly moved to the opposite end of the screw-shaft INI by simply turning a large cogwheel 3, turning loosely on a shaft or stud at the end of the frame A and meshing in gear with the lower cog-wheel or pinion I, the difference in the sizes of the two wheels thus meshing in gear giving an increased speed to the screw-shaft M. A fresh printing-cylinder, with boxes containing additional names and addresses to be imprinted, may then be substituted for the one previously operated, or in thc event of the first cylinder containing all the names and addresses desired the inachine may be arranged for repeating the 0peration upon an additional and fresh issue of the newspaper.

By means of this invention any number of type-boxes containing type expressing the names and addresses of subscribers of a newspaper can be secured on acyliuder, and these names and addresses can be speedily transferred or imprinted upon a 4corresponding numl er of the papers by the simple placing of them successively on the frisket or shield above the platen or follower and giving motion to the machine.

'What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. Imprinting the names and addresses of subscribers and others on newspapers, envelopes, rbc., by inserting type expressing such naines and addresses in boxes secured spirally on the periphery of a revolving cylinder B and causing the said newspapers or envelopes to be successively pressed against the type in the boxes by means of a platen or follower vvhich is made to act inconcert With the cylinder, 1n the manner herein described; I

2. The combination and arrangement of the connecting-rod Z, vibrating lever p', pawl r,

4. -The combination andarrangement of .the cyma-reVersa-forlned slots nin the earsn and-ends of thebraneh rods lo of the curved bars lc With the distributing and conduct-ing ink-rollers h i, in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

5. The combination of the adjustable plate d, oscillating bar c and plate between which it is secured, and graduating thumb-screws f with the ink-receiving roller-b, as before described.

* JAMES LORD. Witnesses:

A. A. TILLINGHAST, HORACE CARPENTER.

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