US2709959A - Four-line printing mechanism - Google Patents

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US2709959A
US2709959A US180479A US18047950A US2709959A US 2709959 A US2709959 A US 2709959A US 180479 A US180479 A US 180479A US 18047950 A US18047950 A US 18047950A US 2709959 A US2709959 A US 2709959A
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  • This invention relates to printing apparatus and particularly to high-speed multiple-operation printing apparatus controlled by character designations in a record.
  • the invention may be briefly described as a novel high-speed printing device controlled by character designations in a record for effecting multiple printing operations, i. e. multi-line column-by-column printing, or multi-column, line-by-line printing.
  • the printing device includes a plurality of lineally and rotatably displaceable type slides associated with a control mechanism responsive to sensed character designations in a record for selectively and positively displacing the type slides in accordance with the sensed character designations.
  • the control mechanism includes means for selectively positioning the type slides intermediate successive sensing operations so that the type slides move directly from one character to the next without returning to their normally biased position.
  • a plurality of printing hammers associated with the type slides for effecting individual impression transfers of the type on the slides to an intermittently or continuously moving strip or web of impression-receiving material.
  • the invention also embodies a record sensing mechanism for sensing character designations in a record or strip in successive order and during uninterrupted movement thereof with the character selecting devices coordinated so that each succeeding designation is sensed while an impression is being taken in accordance with the preceding selection.
  • the principal object of this invention is the provision of a novel, high-speed printing apparatus for effecting multiple printing operations.
  • Another object of this invention is the provision of a novel, high-speed printing apparatus for effecting multiline column-by-column printing.
  • Another object of this invention is the provision of novel, high-speed printing devices in which a plurality of characters are positioned in a predetermined array on type slides past which a strip or web of impression-taking material is intermittently or continuously moved.
  • the type slides are lineally and/or rotatably displaced to present the desired characters at a printing or impression-taking locality.
  • Another object of this invention is the provision of a control mechanism for selectively positioning the type slides in accordance with the sensed character designations.
  • Another object of this invention is the provision of a latching mechanism included in the control mechanism for latching the displaced type slides intermediate successive printing or impression-taking operations so that they move directly from one character to the next without returning to their initial or biased position.
  • Another object of this invention is the provision of an improved printing or impression-taking assembly for printing or transferring impressions on to a continuously moving web or strip of impression-receiving material.
  • Another object of this invention is the provision of an improved record sensing mechanism for simultaneously sensing character designations effecting each of the type slides in uninterrupted order with the control mechanism coordinated so that each succeeding character designation is sensed while an impression is being taken in accordance with the preceding selection.
  • Fig. l is a plan view of the presently preferred embodiment of the invention.
  • Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the presently preferred embodiment of the invention.
  • Fig. 3 is a sectional view, generally on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;
  • Fig. 4 isan enlarged plan view of a portion of the embodiment of the invention illustrated in Fig. 1;
  • Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 55 of Fig. 4;
  • Fig. 6 is a sectional view on the line 6-6 of Fig. 4;
  • Figs. 7, 8 and 9 are detailed views, partially in section, of a portion of the control mechanism including the latching mechanism.
  • Fig. 10 is an isometric, schematic view of the portion of the control mechanism for lineally displacing a type slide
  • Fig. 11 is an isometric view of a portion of the control mechanism for rotatably displacing a type slide
  • Fig. 12 is an isometric view of the arrangement of multiple type slides for use in a gang printer embodying the principles of this invention
  • Fig. 13 is a schematic view illustrating the details of the record sensing mechanism
  • Fig. 13a is a schematic representation of a switching mechanism adapted for use with the record card feeding mechanism
  • Figs. 14 through 17 are side elevational views of a type slide illustrating an arrangement for the type characters on each of the sides thereof;
  • Fig. 18 illustrates a bill of the type that might be printed on the gang printer illustrated in Fig. 12;
  • Fig. 19 illustrates another type of bill that might be printed on the gang printer illustrated in Fig. 12;
  • Fig. 20 is a schematic illustration of the sensing mechanism adapted for use with the gang printer illustrated in Fig. 12.
  • the apparatus is supported on the base plates 10 and 11 to which are secured the vertical side plates 16 and 18 tied together by a back plate 14 and a front plate 12.
  • the front plate 12 and the side plate 18 support a paper and transfer ribbon assembly.
  • the printing platens in the preferred embodiment of the invention as illustrated in the drawings consist of four individual circular printing hammers 2t), 22, 24 and 26, positioned at and defining a printing or impression transfer locality.
  • a printing hammer is provided for each line of print. The construction and operation of the printing hammer assembly will be described in detail at a later point in this specification.
  • a paper strip and ink ribbon is fed from a suitable supply source (not shown) and advanced past the printing locality, as defined by the printing hammers 20, 22, 24 and 26, by a feed roller 44 mounted on a shaft and spring pressed follower 46 and is guided in its path of travel by suitable guide rollers 32, 34, 36 and 38 mounted on extending guide roller supporting arms 40 and 42.
  • a gear 52 which meshes and is driven by a pinion 54 mounted on an auxiliary shaft 56.
  • the auxiliary shaft 56 also mounts a large bevel gear 53 which meshes with and is driven by beveled pinion 60 mounted on a drive shaft 62 disposed externally of and parallel to the side wall 18.
  • the shafts 50 and 56, together with the mem bers mounted thereon and the spring pressed follower 46 are supported by a U-shaped mounting bracket 68 extending outwardly from the side plate 18.
  • the U- shaped mounting bracket 68 also supports the extending 3 steel pull tapes 104 and 124 in order to present a charguide roller supporting arm 40 having the paper and ink ribbon guide rollers 32 and 38 mounted thereon.
  • the drive shaft 62 is driven through the bevel gears 70 and 72 by the main drive shaft 74 which is positioned between and is rotatably supported by the side plates 16 and 18 and is provided with a driving gear or pulley 76 on the portion thereof extending outwardly from the side plate 16.
  • the main drive shaft 74 is adapted to be continuously driven, by means such as a motor (not shown) when the machine is in operation.
  • the printing elements utilized are four four-sided type slides, 82, 84, 86 and 88 positioned for multi-line column-by-colurnn printing.
  • the type slides have raised type characters positioned on each of the sides thereof and the disposition of the characters on each of the sides of one of the type slides is illustrated in Figs. 14 through 17.
  • Selection of characters for printing is accomplished by lineally and/or rotatably displacing the individual type slides to advance the characters to be printed to the printing locality as defined by the location of the printing hammers 20, 22, 24 and 26.
  • the type slide 82 is slidably mounted on a horizontally disposed shaft 90 of square cross section which is rotatably supported at one end by an upright mounting plate 92 secured to the front plate 12, and rotatably supported at its other end by a plate 94 secured to and extending upwardly from the side plate 18.
  • the type slide 82 is contained within the forked ends of the arms of a U- shaped positioning bracket 96 slldably mounted on a shaft 97 supported by said plates 92 and 94.
  • the back of the U-shaped positioning bracket 96 supports a plate 99 having a plurality of positioning indentations 98 aligned with the type characters on the face of the type slide 82 for centering the characters presented at the printing locality during printing operations.
  • the type slide 82 is normally biased in a lineal rest position by the biasing spring 106 secured to a frame member 162 and to said U-shaped positioning bracket 96.
  • the U- shaped positioning bracket 96 is lineally displaceable along the axis of the shaft 97 by the action of a steel pull tape 164 secured to a hook 106 at the end of said bracket.
  • the type slide 82 is positioned between the arms of said U-shaped bracket 96, the type slide is displaced along the shaft 90 in accordance with the displacements of the bracket 96 on the shaft 97.
  • the type slide 82 is independently rotatably displaceable by the action of a horizontally displaceable pin 11? riding in a suitably shaped guiding channel 112 in a cylindrical sleeve 114 secured to the shaft 90 and positioned between the mounting plate 94 and frame member 162.
  • the pin is mounted in and extends outwardly from a bar 116 slidably mounted on the shaft 97 and a pan allel shaft 120 positioned between the frame member 102 and the mounting plate 94.
  • the bar 116 is biased in a rest position by a spring 122 secured to said bar and to the bracket 94 and is horizontally displaced through the action of the steel pull tape 124 connected thereto.
  • the horizontal displacement of the bar 116 by the pull tape 102 rotates the sleeve 114 through the cam action of the pin 116 riding in the channel 112. Rotation of the sleeve 114 results in rotation of the shaft 91) and the type slide 82 mounted thereon.
  • the above described construction permits the simultaneous lineal and rotatable displacement of the type slide 82 through the action of the actor to be printed located on any of the faces of the type slide at the printing locality as defined by the location of the printing hammer 29.
  • the power source utilized to continually rotate the main drive shaft 74- may also conveniently be synchronized to a drive system utilized to advance successive record cards, such as the record card 132, past dual rows of sensing brushes 134 and 136 and their adjacent respective contact rollers 138 and 14%.
  • the record card 132 is illustrated as being subdivided into four sensing areas designated 142, 144, 146 and 148, one sensing area being provided for each of the type slides 82, 84, 86 and 88. Each of these sensing areas is provided with columns designated 159 in which perforations 152 are combinationally made in six rows designated 154 to represent particular characters to be printed by each of the type slides. As the device illustrated in the drawings is for four-line column-by-column printing operations, the four sensing areas 142, 14-4, 146 and 148 in the card 132 are each utilized to control a single line of print.
  • sensing area 144 For the purposes of description, the arrangement of the combinational perforations in sensing area 144 will be explained in detail, with the understanding that a similar arrangement is provided for the remaining sensing areas 142, 146, and 148.
  • the rows 154 in the sensing area 144 are divided into an upper set of two, designated generally as R, representing rotative displacement, with the individual rows in that set being designated as "2" and 1," and a lower set of four, designated generally as L, representing lineal displacement, with the individual rows therein being designated as 4, 4, 2 and l.
  • R representing rotative displacement
  • L lower set of four
  • L representing lineal displacement
  • the following table 1 lists the characters that may be represented, i. e. those presented on the type slide illusdisplacement of nine units, the combined rotative displacement and lineal displacement resulting in the presentation of the type character number 9 at the printing locality.
  • the sensing circuit extends from one side of the power line 162 through cam controlled synchronizing contacts 164 (operated by cams conveniently mounted on the main drive shaft 74 to synchronize the sensing activity with the rotation of the drive shaft), the relay contact points 166 and 168, the contact rolls 138 and 140, the perforations in the record card 132, the brushes 134 and 136, the magnets 160 in accordance with the perforational arrangement of the perforations 152, the printing hammer control magnet 170 and back to the other side of the power line 172.
  • cam controlled synchronizing contacts 164 operted by cams conveniently mounted on the main drive shaft 74 to synchronize the sensing activity with the rotation of the drive shaft
  • the relay contact points 166 and 168 operted by cams conveniently mounted on the main drive shaft 74 to synchronize the sensing activity with the rotation of the drive shaft
  • the relay contact points 166 and 168 operted by cams conveniently mounted on the main drive shaft 74 to synchronize the sensing activity with the rotation of the drive
  • the record card 132 is provided with four separate sensing areas 142, 144, 146 and 148, means are provided to prevent the sensing of theareas 144 and 148 by the brushes 134 which are adapted to only sense the areas 142 and 146 and to prevent the sensing of areas 142 and 146 by the brushes 136 which are adapted to only sense the areas 144 and 148.
  • a simple switching mechanism is there illustrated for energizing the sensing circuits only when the sensing areas 142 and 146 are being sensed by the brushes 134, and the sensing areas 144 and 148 are being sensed by the brushes 136.
  • a switch 178 normally biased in a closed position by a spring 180 and positioned adjacent the contact roll 138.
  • a second switch 182 normally biased in a closed position by a spring 184.
  • a relay energizing coil 186 is included in series with the switch 182.
  • a relay energizing coil 188 is included in series with the switch 182.
  • the spring 184 When the trailing edge 190 of the record card 132 advances through the switch 182, the spring 184 will close the switch and the completion of the circuit energizes the coil 188, resulting in the opening of the relay contact points 168.
  • the opening of the contact points 168 opens the sensing circuits as described above. Further advance of the trailing edge 190 past the switch 178 results in the opening of the contact points 166.
  • the switch 182 will remain closed until the leading edge of the next card to be sensed opens the switch 182 and opens the energizing circuit for the coil 188.
  • the de-energizing of the coil 188 resulting from the opening of the switch 182 results in a closure of the relay contact points 168.
  • the above described switching arrangement thus prevents the sensing of the areas 144 and 148 by the brushes 134 and the sensing of the areas 142 and 146 by the brushes 136, and therefore limits the sensing activities of the brushes 134 to the sensing of the areas 142 and 146 and the sensing activities of the brushes 136 to the sensing of the areas 144 and 148.
  • the mechanism for successively advancing the record card 132 is not shown in the drawings as such card advancing mechanisms are well-known in the art. However, the record card 132 should be advanced past the brushes 134 and 136 at a rate so that a column 150 on said card passes the line of brushes 134 and 136 for each half revolution of the main drive shaft 74. This relationship may be conveniently obtained by introducing suitable gearing between the main drive shaft 74 and the card advancing mechanism. The contacts 164 are adjusted to make and break the sensing circuits while the columns are being sensed in accordance with the rotative position of the main drive shaft '74.
  • a printing hammer magnet 170 is connected in series with each series of magnets and hence said magnet will only be energized for printing operations if one of the group of magnets 168 is also energized.
  • a plurality of type characters 192 are disposed longitudinally on each of the four surfaces of the type slide there illustrated as viewed from the position of the printing hammers.
  • Fig. 14 illustrates the type slide in its normal or rest position and it will be noted that there is a blank space disposed beneath the line AA which represents the location of the printing locality as defined by the position of the printing hammers as described above.
  • the type slide is lineally displaced to the right, i. e. in the direction of the arrow identified by the letter L and/ or rotatively displaced from its normal rest position illustrated in Fig. 14 to bring the character to be printed to the position initially occupied by the blank space described above.
  • Fig. 14 illustrates the type slide in its normal or rest position.
  • Fig. 15 illustrates the positioning of the type slides after rotation of 99 degrees from the rest position.
  • Figs. 16 and 17 illustrate the positioning of the type slide after rotations of 180 and 270 degrees, respectively, from the rest position.
  • Fig. 15 which may be described as one unit of rotative displaccment, is illustrated in Fig. 15 and the presentation of type occasioned by rotations of 180 and 270 degrees, which may be designated as two and three units of retative displacement, respectively, are illustrated in Figs. 16 and 17.
  • the rotative designations correspond to the punching positions in the rows 154 of the record card 132 identi fied by the letter R.
  • the necessary displacement for the presentation of any specific type character at the printing locality is obtained by adding the designated lineal and rotative displacement values for the character as set forth in Table I.
  • the letter C (see Table I) is represented by lineal displacement values of one and four.
  • An examination of the type arrangement on the face of the type slide illustrated in 14 shows that the type slide must be displaced five units to the right to present the letter C in the printing locality.
  • a reference to Table I shows that the presentation of the numeral 7 at the printing locality requires a rotative displacement of three units and a lineal displacement of six units.
  • other characters may be inspected and from Table I the extent and direction of movement of the type slide necessary to present such characters to the printing locality may be determined.
  • the lineal dispiacement mechanism There is provided a separate mechanism for effecting the lineal displacement of the type slides and this will be first described. For the purposes of simplicity, the mechanism for lineally displacing the type slide 82 will be described in detail, with the understanding that a similar mechanism is provided for displacing each of the remaining type slides 34, 3d and 88.
  • Fig. 3 illustrates the positioning mechanism for type slide 83, it is identical in construction with that for type slide 82 and will be so used for descriptive purposes)
  • the tape 194 horizontally extends from the hook 106 and just passes around a grooved wheel 290 rotatably mounted on a stud 292 on a vertical plate 2AM, thence around a grooved wheel 2ii6 rotatably mounted on a stud 2% supported on an upright supporting standard 210 for the plate 204, thence around a grooved wheel 212 rotatably mounted on a stud 214 suspended from the underside of a beam Zlfi extending between the side plates 16 and 18, thence around a grooved wheel 218 rotatably mounted on the upper end of a lever 220 which is pivotally mounted on a shaft 222 extending between the side plates 16 and 18, thence around a grooved wheel 224, thence around a grooved wheel 23% rotatably mounted on the upper end of a lever 232 pivotally mounted on the shaft 222,
  • the levers 220, 232, 240 and 246 are all spring biased in a clockwise direction and may be rocked singly or in combination through the same angle in a counterclockwise direction.
  • the parts are so proportioned that if lever 22% ⁇ is rocked alone, tape ill-i will be drawn an amount to lineally displace the type slide 32 two units to the right so as to present the character A at the printing locality. If the lever 232 is rocked alone, the cable 104 will be drawn a sufficient amount so as to lineally displace the type slide four units to the right.
  • a rocking of the levers 240 and 246 results in a lineal displacement of the type slide of four units and one unit as illustrated in the drawings.
  • the total displacement of the type slide is represented by the sum of the individual displacements obtained by the rocking of each of the levers.
  • An examination of the displacement values of the levers 220, 232, 246 and 246 shows that the various combinations permit a displacement of the type slide from one through eleven units in accordance with the particular combinations of the levers to be rocked.
  • the rotative displncen'zem mechanism There is provided a separate mechanism for effecting the rotative displacement of the type slides.
  • the cable 124 extends from the bar 116 and passes over a grooved wheel 26% rotatably mounted on the stud 262 secured to a vertical plate 264, thence around a grooved wheel 266 rotatably mounted on a stud 268 secured to a vertical standard 270 for the plate 26 thence around a grooved wheel 272 mounted on a stud 27 i secured to the under side of the beam 215, thence around a grooved wheel 276 rotatably mounted on the upper end of a lever arm 278 pivotally mounted on the shaft 222, thence around a grooved wheel 230, thence around a grooved wheel 282 rotatably mounted on the upper end of a lever arm 284 pivotally mounted on the shaft 222, and thence to the beam 216 to which it is secured.
  • the levers 278 and 284 are biased in a clockwise direction similar to that described above for the levers 229, 232, 240 and 246 for the lineal displacement mechanism and each may be rocked in a counterclockwise direction to draw the tape 124 a predetermined amount.
  • a rocking of the lever 27% causes the tape 124 to be drawn an amount sufiicient to rotate the type slide 82 through 90 degrees and a rocking of the lever 284 causes a displacement of the type slide 82 through 180 degrees.
  • Rocking both levers results in a displacement of 270 degrees.
  • each of the levers 220, 232, 24% and 246 for the lineal displacement mechanism and each of the levers 273 and 234 for the rotative displacement mechanism have pivoted thereto at their lower extremities a pair of lnterposer hooks such as the hooks 292, 294 for the lever 232 and a latching hook, such as the latching hook 296 for said lever 232.
  • hooks are illustrated in various operational positions in Figs. 7, 8 and 9 where it is seen that the hooks 292 and 294 are slotted for limited sliding action on a pin 29% mounted in the end of the lever arm 232, while the latching book 2% is not slotted but is mounted on said pin 2%.
  • Each of the hooks 292, 224 and 2% are spring biased in a clockwise direction.
  • the hooks 292 for all of the lever arms are disposed in line and are individually positioned beneath the teeth 3th) of a bail 392 which is mounted for angular reciprocation about a shaft 394 extending between and supported by the side plates 16 and 18.
  • the bail 382 is reciprocated through a predetermined angular displacement by action of the cam followers 306 (see Fig. l) engaging drive cams 308 mounted on the main drive shaft '74.
  • each of the individual hooks 292 There is an individual tooth 390 for each of the individual hooks 292 and the parts are proportioned so that as the bail 302 reciprocates through its predetermined angular displacement, in response to the rotation of the main drive shaft 74, and as a hook 292 is rocked about its mounting pin 298, the hook will be engaged by the tooth 3% and advanced thereby. As the hook 292 is advanced, the related lever 232, for example, will be forcibly rocked or pivoted about the common shaft 222 through a predetermined angle.
  • the hooks 294 for all of the lever arms also are disposed in line and are individually positioned beneath the teeth 322 of a bail 320 which is mounted for angular reciprocation about the shaft 334 independent of the reciprocation of the bail 302.
  • the bail 322 is reciprocated through a predetermined angular displacement by the action of the cam followers 324 (see Fig. l) engaging drive cams 326 mounted on the main drive shaft 7 4.
  • the drive cams 326 and 398 have the same configuration but are mounted on the shaft '74 with a 180 degree displacement so that the bails 332 and 320 are alternately reciprocated.
  • the bail 320 is provided with an individual tooth 322 for each hook 294 and if one of these hooks is rocked about its mounting pin 298, it will be engaged by its related tooth 322 on the bail 32th to displace its lever, i. e. 232, in a counterclockwise direction.
  • the mechanism for rocking the hooks 292 and 294 to place them into operative relationship with the teeth 300 and 322 on the bails 302 and 320, respectively, comprises an arm 33% mounted at the end of an armature lever arm 334 pivoted at 336.
  • the armature lever arms 334 are responsive to the selective energization of the magnets 16d and are normally biased in a counterclockwise direction by springs such as 338.
  • the magnets 160 are selectively energized, as explained above in connection with the circuit of Fig. 13 in accordance with the punched character designations on the record card 132.
  • the sequence of operations is as follows.
  • the magnets 160 are selectively energized in accordance with the coding of the character, and the corresponding armatures 334 will be rocked to tilt the related hooks 292, 294 upwardly into the path of the teeth 3% and 322 of the bails 302 and 320, respectively.
  • other of the bails 302 and 329 (said bails being alternately reciprocated) will move, engage, and advance the tilted hooks and thus rock the levers connected thereto.
  • each of the levers is provided with a latching hook, such as the latching hook 296 mounted on the lever 232 which has an extending arm 346 slidably contained within a slot 348 in a block 350 extending between the side plates 16 and 18.
  • the latching hook 296 will be advanced and the extended arm 346 will be moved out wardly of the slot 348 to the position illustrated in Fig. 9.
  • the latching of the displaced hook results in the particular type slide being maintained in a displaced position and thus is not returned to its rest position intermediate successive identical sensing operations.
  • the latching hook will maintain the lever in displaced position until the advancing bail engages its hook and reaches the limit of its forward movement.
  • the limit of the forward movement is sized so that the hooked end 352 of the latching hook 296 is moved slightly out of engagement with the edge of the slot 343.
  • the biasing spring 356 rotates the latching hook 296 clockwise to the unlatched position as illustrated in Fig. 9.
  • the impression transfer or actual printing operation is effected on the continually moving paper strip and ink ribbon 3% (Fig. l) by impelling said strip against the type characters presented at the printing locality by a rocking of the printing hammers 25 22, 24 and 26.
  • the printing hammers 20, 22, 24 and 26 are rotatably mounted on the arms of cranks 369, 362, 364 and 366. respectively.
  • the cranks are pivotally mounted on a common vertically disposed shaft 363 supported at its extremities by arms of a U-shaped mounting bracket 370.
  • the other arms of the cranks are adjacent the surface of a vertically disposed hammer actuating cam 374 mounting on a shaft 376 which is supported by the mounting brackets 78 and 380 extending outwardly from the front plate 12.
  • the hammer actuating cam 374 is continuously rotated through the action of bevel gear 382 mounted on the end of the shaft 376 rneshirn with a bevel gear 384 mounted on a horizontally disposed auxiliary drive shaft 386.
  • the horizontally disposed auxiliary drive shaft 336 is continuously rotated by the auxiliary drive shaft 62 (see Fig. 1) through the bevel gears 388 and 3%.
  • the auxiliary shaft 62 as described above in the earlier portions of this specification, is continuously driven by the main drive shaft 74 through the bevel gears 7t! and 72.
  • the printing hammers 20, 22, 24- and 26 are adapted to be rocked about the shaft 36% by the action of the hammer actuating cam 3'3'4.
  • the printing hammers are spring biased by, for example, the springs 372, in a counterclockwise direction and are individually latched out of engagement with the actuating cam 37 by interposer armatures, such as the interposer armature 32 for the printing hammer 2t) (see Fig. 4).
  • the armature 394 is pivotally mounted and is displaceable in response to the energization of the hammer magnet 17% associate-u with the type slide 82 (see Fig. 13) mounted in a U-shaped mounting bracket 393.
  • the contour of the cam 374 and the positioning of the crank 361 is such that the cam 374 does not drive the hammer 2*) fully into the striking position but relies on the overdrive beyond the high lobe 4th) of the cam to obtain a hammer-like action for producing an impression of the type presented at the printing locality on the continuously moving paper strip and ink ribbon 3d.
  • the above portion of the disclosure relates to the actuating mechanism for the printing hammer 2i and it should be understood that a similar mechanism with individual hammer magnets 1'70 is provided for each of the remaining printing hammers 22, 24 and 26 associated with the type slides 84, as and 8d, respectively.
  • the positioning mechanism includes a crank 401 having an extended positioning arm 4 32 adapted to engage the indentations 98 on the positioning plate 99 associated with each of the type slides (sec Figs.l, 4 and 6).
  • the crank 401 is rocked by a cam having dual dwells 419 and 412 mounted on the horizontally disposed auxiliary drive shaft 386.
  • the positioning arm 462 is rocked into engagement with the indentations 28 on the positioning plate 99 by the action of the biasing spring 4% when said movement is permitted by the dwells 410 and 4-12.
  • the arm 402 serves to accurately align the type characters presented at the printing locality on each of the four type slides 82, 84, 86 and 38 immediately prior to the actuation of the printing hammers 2d, 22, 2d and 26.
  • Fig. 12 schematically illustrates a gang printing mechanism constructed in accordance with the principles of the invention. This type of printer finds utility in printing bills and other commercial forms wherein multiple sections receiving the same information may be simultaneously printed.
  • each printing section is provided with four type slides, identified by the printing section numeral and the letters a, b, c and d, respectively.
  • the type slides 429a, 422a, 424a and 426a are slidably mounted on a common shaft 423 and are lineally displaceable as a unit by the action of a single pull tape 436 through the connecting links 432, 43 i and 436.
  • the lineal displacing mechanism associated with the pull tape 4 3 3 is similar to that described above in the earlier portions of this specification.
  • the type slides 42%, 422a, 424a and 426a are mounted on a common shaft 428, they may be rotatably displaced as a unit in conjunction by the action of a single rotatable displacing mechanism associated with the single pull tape 438 of the type described in the earlier portions of the specification.
  • a single rotatable displacing mechanism associated with the single pull tape 438 of the type described in the earlier portions of the specification.
  • the remaining type slides identifiable by similar letter designations are similarly arranged.
  • Each of the type slides in each of the printing sections 42%, 422, 424 and 426 is provided with an individual printing hammer identifiable by the numerical designation of the printing section, and the letters 2, j, g and h, respectively.
  • Figs. l8 and 19 illustrate, for the purposes of example, two types of bills that might be printed on the gang printing mechanism illustrated in Fig. 12.
  • the bill 450 illustrated in Fig. 18 is provided with four sections 42 422z, 4241, and 425;; corresponding to the printing sections 429, 422, 424 and 426 of the gang printing mechanism.
  • the section 4262 four lines of printing are illustrated.
  • Line l is used for a name
  • line 2 is used for a street address
  • line 3 is used for the city and state designation
  • line 4 is utilized for a code number.
  • the first and third lines only are utilized.
  • in section 422z the first three lines are utilized, and in section 4201 the first and fourth lines are utilized.
  • the bill 452 illustrated in Fig. 19 is also provided with four sections having either no printing, full line printing or partial line printing for each of the lines in each of the sections.
  • the first section (taken from left to right) has full line printing for the first line
  • the second and third lines are blank, and partial line printing on the fourth line.
  • the selective printing as illustrated in Figs. 18 and 19 is eiiected by the selective energization of the printing hammer magnets for each of the printing hammers associated with each of the type slides in each of the printing sections of the gang printing mechanism illustrated in Fig. l2.
  • the circuits for the selective energization of the printing hammers are illustrated in Fig. 20 and reference will now be had thereto.
  • the record card. 454 therein illus trated as advancing past dual rows of sensing brushes 470 and 472 and their adjacent Contact rollers 474 and 4-67, is subdivided into four sensing areas designated $56, 458, 461i and 4%2, one sensing area being provided for each line of printing.
  • Each of these sensing areas is provided with columns 46-4 in which perforations 46:? are combinationally made in six rows designated 463 to represent the particular characters to be presented at the printing localities by the type slides associated with each line of print.
  • Each of the brushes the row of brushes 4 7i positioned for sensing the sensing area 456 is connected to one of a group of type slide positioning magnets 478 (similar to the group of magnets 16-9 of Fig. 13) which are designated with the letters R and L and suitable numbers to identify the respective magnets with the rows with which each is associated. Although only the circuits associated with the sensing area 456 are illustrated in the drawings, it will be understood that similar groups of type slide positioning magnets are provided for the rows of brushes sensing the areas 458, and 462.
  • the sensing circuit extends from one side of the power line 430 through the cam controlled contacts 482 (operated by cams conveniently mounted on the main drive shaft 74 to synchronize the sensing activity with the rotation of the drive shaft), the relay contact points 484 and 486 (from a switching mechanism such as that illustrated in Fig. 13.1), the contact rolls 474, 476, the perforations in the record card 454, the brushes 4'70 and 472, the magnets 47% in accordance with the perforational arrangement of the perforations 466, through the printing hammer control magnets 490, 492, 494 and 4% and back to the other side of the power line 498.
  • the printing hammer control magnets 490, 492, 44 and 496 control the printing hammers 422e, 424e, 426e, and 428e for the upper line of type slides in the printing sections 420, 422, 424 and 426, respectively, of Fig. 12
  • each of the printing hammer control magnets includes a set of relay actuated switch points, such as the relay contact points 500, 502, 504 and 506. As these relay contact points are selectively closed, the respective printing hammer control magnets will be selectively energized to effect the impression transfers of the type characters presented at the printing localities for the first line of print in the printing sections 420, 422, 424 and 426.
  • each of the sensing areas on the record card 454 is provided with an auxiliary printing hammer magnet control area, such as the areas 456a, 458a, 460a and 462a.
  • Each of the printing hammer magnet control areas is provided with four rows 508, one row for each of the printing magnets, in which perforations may be made to represent the desired columnar actuation of the respective printing hammer control magnets.
  • Each of the brushes in the row of brushes 470 positioned for sensing the printing hammer magnet control area 456a is connected directly to the power line 498 in series with a relay energizing coil such as the relay energizing coils 500a, 562a, 504a and 586a.
  • the selective energization of these relay energizing coils in response to the perforations in the printing hammer magnet control area 456a, results in the selective closing of the relay contact points associated therewith (for example, the
  • FIG. 20 only illustrates the circuits associated with the sensing area 456 and the printing hammer magnet control area 456a, similar circuits are provided for each of the other sensing areas and their respective printing hammer magnet control areas.
  • a manually operable switch such as the switches 500b, 502b, 50% and 506b, is shunted across each of the relay contact points 500, 502, 504 and 566. This provides an additional switching arrangement whereby, if and when desired, similar printing presentations may be effected in each printing section of the gang printing apparatus.
  • full line printing, partial line printing, or no printing at all may be effected in each of the lines in each of the printing sections of the gang printing apparatus.
  • a plurality of lineally and rotatably displaceable type slides positioned for multiline printing operations, each of said type slides having a plurality of type positioned on each of the sides thereof, means for sensing a record for character designations affecting each of said type slides, a cyclically operable drive, a pair of bails, means actuated by said drive for alternately oscillating said pair of bails through predetermined limits, first displaceable means selectively engageable with said bails in response to the sensed character designations, means connecting said first displaceable means with said type slides for positively rotatably displacing said type slides in response to and in accordance with the selective displacement of said first displaceable means, second displaceable means selectively engageable with said bails in response to the sensed character designations, means connecting said second displaceable means with said type slides for positively lineally displacing said type slides in response to and in accordance with the selective displacement of said second displaceable means, whereby a multi-line columnar prsentation
  • a plurality of lineally and rotatably displaceable four-sided type slides positioned for multi-line printing operations, each of said type slides having a plurality of type positioned on each of the sides thereof, means for simultaneously sensing a record for character designations aifecting each of said type slides, a cyclically operable drive, a pair of bails, means actvated by said drive for alternately oscillating said pair of bails through predetermined limits, a plurality of pivotally mounted lever arms associated with each of said type slides, said lever arms being selectively engageable with said bails in response to the sensed character designations and displaceable thereby, and means connecting said lever arms with said type slides for positively displacing said type slides in response to and in accordance with the selective displacement of said lever arms, whereby a multi-line columnar presentation of type representing the sensed character designations is effected at a printing locality.
  • the invention as set forth in claim 4 including a printing hammer associated with each of said type slides and responsive to said sensing means for eifecting an impression transfer of the type presented at the printing locality.
  • a plurality of lineally and rotatably displaceable four-sided type slides positioned for multi-line printing operations, each of said type slides having a plurality of type positioned on each of the sides thereof, means for simultaneously sensing a record for character designations affecting each of said type slides, a cyclically operable drive, a bail, means actuated by said drive for oscillating said bail through predetermined limits, displaceable means selectively engageable with said bail in response to the sensed character designations, means connecting said displaceable means with said type slides for positively lineally displacing said slides in response to and in accordance with the selective displacement of said displaceable means, a plurality of pivotally mounted lever arms associated with each of said type slides, said lever arms being selectively engageable with said bail in response to the sensed character designations and adapted for pivotal displacement thereby, and means connecting said lever arms with said type slides for positively rotatably displacing said type slides in response to and in accordance with the selective displacement of said lever arms,
  • means for sensing a record for designations representing a plurality of multi-character items and for selection control designations said sensing means being arranged to sense the item designations concurrently, character by character
  • a printing mechanism including a plurality of printing sections each including a type carrier for each item, said type carriers being controlled concurrently by said sensing means for positioning the carriers in accordance with the concurrently sensed characters of the related items, a set of like printing elements on each carrier in each printing section, means for concurrently taking an impression from each carrier in each printing section, and means controlled by said sensing means in response to the sensing of said selection control designations for rendering said impression taking means selectively effective for printing selectively from any carrier in any of said printing sections.
  • a plurality of printing sections a plurality of type slides having type thereon positioned for multi-line column-by-colum-n printing in each of said printing sections and disposed in alignment With the type slides in the remaining printing sections, means for concurrently sensing a record for a plurality of character designations each representative of a character to be printed in a single column by each of said type slides, and means responsive to the sensed character designations for selectively displacing each or" said type slides in each of said printing sections to eitect a multi-line columnar presentation of type representative or". the sensed character designations at a related printing locality associated with each of said printing sections.
  • a plurality of printing sections a plurality of lineally and rotatably displaceable type slides positioned for multiple printing operations in each of said printing sections and disposed in alignment with the type slides in the remaining printing sections, means for sensing a record for designations representing a plurality of multi-character items and for selection control designations relating to each of said items, said sensing means being arranged to sense the item designations concurrently, character by character, simultaneously with the sensing of the selection control designations related to each item, means responsive to the concurrently sensed characters of the related items for selectively and positively displacing the type slides in each of said printing sections to effect the presentation of type representing the sensed designations at related printing localities Within each of said printing sections, means for taking concurrent impressions from each type slide, and means controlled by the sensing means in response to the sensing of said selection control designations for rendering said impression taking selectively effective for printing selectively from any of said type slides in any of said printing sections.
  • a printing apparatus for effecting concurrent multiline column-by-colurnn printing operations, comprising a platen member defining a printing locality, a plurality of displaceable printing members having type thereon positioned for concurrent multi-line printing, means associated with each of said displaceable printing members for displacing the same to present a selected type at the leiprinting locality, means for concurrently reading a pinrality of character designations each representative of a character to be printed in a single column in each of the lines of print, and.
  • a printing apparatus in accordance with claim l2 including means responsive to the successive reading of identical character designations for latching said printing members in displaced position, whereby a return of the prn ng members to a rest position is avoided.
  • a printing locality a plurality of displaceable printing members having type thereon positioned for multiple printing operations adjacent said pri ting locality, means for concurrently sensing a record for a. plurality of character designations each representative of the intelligence to be printed by one of said printing members, combinational means selectively and positively dispiaceable in predetermined amounts in response to the sensed character designations, and means connecting said combinational means and each of said printing members for positively displacing said printing members by an amount equal to the total of the displacements of said selectively displaced combinational means to present type representative of the sensed character designations at the printing locality.
  • a printing hammer associated with each of said printing members and positioned at the printing locality, and means cont olled by the sensed character designations for effecting relative movement ,etiveen said printing hammers and the displaced printing members "for obtaining an impression from the type on said members presented at the printing locality.
  • a plurality of displaceable type slides having type thereon, a cyclically operable drive, a bail, means actuated by said drive for oscillating said bail through predetermined limits, means for concurrently sensing a record for a plurality of character designations each representative of the intelligence to be printed by one of said type slides, means selectively engageable with said bail and arranged to be positively displaced in predetermined amounts thereby, means responsive to the sensed character designations for selectively engaging said displaceable means and said bail, and means connecting said displaceable means and said type slides for positively displacing said type slides by an amount equal to the total displacement of said selectively displaced displaceable means to present type representative of the sensed character designations at a printing locality.
  • a plurality of displaceable type slides having type thereon, sequential means for concurrently sensing a record for a plurality of discrete character designations each representative of the intelligence to be printed by each of said type slides, cyclically operated and alternately actuated driving means, means selectively engageable with said alternately actuated cyclic driving means and arranged to be positively displaced predetermined amounts thereby, means responsive to the sensed discrete character designations for selectively engaging said displaceable means with said actuated driving means, and means connecting said displaceable means and said type slides for positively displacing said type slides by an amount equal to the total displacement of said selectively displaced displaceable means to present a type representative of the sensed character designations at a printing locality.
  • a plurality of displaceable type slides having type thereon, sequential mean-a for concurrently sensing a record for a plurality of discrete character designations each representative of the intelligence to be printed by each of said type slides, cyclically operated and alternately actuated driving means, means selectively engageable with the actuated member of said alternately actuated driving means and arranged to be positively displaced predetermined amounts thereby, means responsive to a set of the sensed discrete character designations for selectively engaging said displaceable means with said actuated driving means prior to the disengagement of the displaceable means from the driving means resulting from the immediately preceding set of sensed discrete character designations, and means connecting said displaceable means and said type slides for positively displacing said type slides by an amount equal to the total displacement of said selectively displaced displaceable means to present type representative of the sensed character designations at a printing locality.
  • said cyclically operated drive includes a pair of bails and actuating means for alternately oscillating said pair of bails through predetermined limits.
  • a plurality of displaceable type slides having type thereon positioned for mulii line column-by-column printing operations, means for concurrently sensing a record for a plurality of character designations each representative of a character to be printed in a single column in each of the lines of print, a cyclically operable drive, a pair of bails, means actuated by said drive for alternately oscillating said pair of bails through predetermined limits, displaceable means selectively engageable With said bails in response to the sensed character designations, and means connecting said displaceable means with said type slides is: positively displacing said slides in response to and in accordance with the selective displacement of said displaceable means to present type representative of the sensed character designations at a printing locality.
  • a plurality of lineally and rotatably displaceable four-sided type slides positioned for multi-line printing operations, each of said type slides having a plurality of type positioned on each of the sides thereof, each individual character of type being oriented with its vertical axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of the type slide, means for simultaneously sensing a record for columnar character designations affecting each of said type slides, a cyclically operable drive, a pair of bails, means actuated by said drive for alternately oscillating said pair of bails through predetermined lirnits, displaceable means selectively engageable With said bails in response to the sensed character designations, means connecting said displaceable means with said type slides for positively displacing said slides in response to and in accordance with the selective displacement of said displaceable means, whereby a multi-line columnar presentation of type representing the sensed character designations is effected at a printing locality, and means for latching said displaceable means in displaced position intermediate
  • the invention as set forth in claim 20 including a printing hammer associated with each of said type slides at the printing locality, means for continuously advancing web material intermediate said type slides and said printing hammers at a rate in accordance with the rate of operation of said cyclically operating driving means, and means responsive to the sensed character designations for selectively actuating said printing hammers including means for producing an overdriven contact With said web material over the type representative of the sensed character to effect multi-line columnar printing on said continuously moving web.

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