US2790381A - Type wheel actuating means in settable printing machines - Google Patents

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US2790381A
US2790381A US360462A US36046253A US2790381A US 2790381 A US2790381 A US 2790381A US 360462 A US360462 A US 360462A US 36046253 A US36046253 A US 36046253A US 2790381 A US2790381 A US 2790381A
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Perret Rene
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  • the present invention refers generally to a printing device comprising type wheels which are rotated by -a motor driven mechanism by means of meshing gear wheels, and in which the type wheel, while in rotation is displaced in the plane of the wheel, in a-manner which neutralizes the rotating movement of the wheel for a selected type thereon, the wheel being simultaneously displaced in a striking movement towards the paper, so
  • That the selected type may-be printed on the paper.
  • the invention especially concerns a device for aligning the types to be printed of the several type wheelsyat the moment of the striking movement.
  • Fig. 7 is a View similar to Fig. 6, but showing the device in the operating position thereof for effecting alignment of a type-wheel during the striking movement of thelatter;
  • Fig. 8. is a-diagram showing the timed relation between the movement of certain parts "of the device in Figs. 1
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a-printing device equipped with a number of type wheels'which during the printing operation are continually in mesh, through suitable gearing, with a'motor driven-shaft, this machine being equipped with alignment devices which strikalign the type wheels while said wheels execute the ing movement.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a, printing device, equipped withan aligning device for aligning a selected type to be printed of a type wheel, while said wheel is driven by the motor and while saidwheel executes a complex movement, Which results in the striking of said type on thepaper. 7
  • Fig. 3 is a fragmentary plan view of a record card for controlling the operation of the device in Figs. land 2',
  • Thetype 'wheel 21 (Fig. 1) is rotatable on an axle 22 which is fixed to a movable support 23, and is provided withgear teeth 24 on the periphery thereof driven constantly from a driving shaft 25, through the intermediary of-gear wheels 26, 27 and 28 which turn freely .on axles 30, .31, and '32 fixed on support '23..
  • Wheel 28 moreover, constantly meshes with a gear wheel '33, which rotates freely on fixed shaft '34.
  • Fixed to wheel 33 is a concentric ratchet wheel 35 (Fig. 2), provided with '10 teeth, one of which is suppressed.
  • a sector 36 is swingably mounted on shaft 34 and has a .slot 37, in which axle 38 of a catch 40 may slide.
  • axle 38 of a catch 40 may slide.
  • a bar 41 as 40a, and the bar 41 may also pivot-on an axle 42, fixed to part 43, whichpart vin turnmay pivot around the fixed axle 44.
  • vA bar 45 raised by the action vof cams, not shown, brings back ,part 43 .toits rest positionin which nose 46 is .caught by-nose 47 of lever 48, and in which position catch 40 is released from ratchet wheel 35, which is fixed with respect to gear wheel 33.
  • Lever 48 which may pivot around fixed axle 50,'is
  • this ,rod being at its other extremity integral with an ex- .tension 53a of mobile armature 53b of a control electro- .m'agnet 53c which is energized at the desired moment by rection around shaft 34, by means of a spring'56, which keeps arm '57 of the sector applied against bar 58.
  • This bar58- is also controlled by cams, notshbwn, and is moved'once for each machine cycle, through acertain A angle in the counterclockwise direction around shaft 34, :thereby causing the teeth 60 of sector 36-to pass before -nose-61 of lever 62.
  • This lever 62 is pivoted on the fixed axle 44,- and includes an arm 6211 which is provided. with nose 62b (Fig.
  • Fig. 5 is an elevational view of an alignment device" 49. ;-.-Bar 63 which-is controlled'by-cams, not shown,
  • Support 23 carries on an axle 70, on which a roller 71 is'rotatably mounted for rolling engagement with a part'72 Patented Apr. 30, 1957 engagement with 3 integral with lever 72a.
  • This lever which can pivot around a fixed axle 74 is acted upon by a spring 75 to engage a roller 73, mounted on lever 72a with a cam shaped shaft 76 (diagram A of Fig; 8).
  • a lever 77 which can pivot on fixed axle 78, and which under theaction of spring 80 engages a roller 81 on lever 77 against edge 23a of support 23 to urge the latter to the right, as viewed in Fig. 1, so that roller 71 of this support is maintained in contact with part 72 of lever 72a.
  • Support85 of lever 77 is integral with the frame of the device, and is provided with grooves 86, in which part 23b of each support 23 may slider Further, a stationary bar 87 is provided with grooves 87a, in which the lower extremity. 23c of support 23 may slide.
  • Each support 23 is provided with a first lug 88 which is disposed under the left' hand extremity 43a of the lever 43, and with another lug 89,
  • -Driving shaft 25 turns in a counterclockwise direction (Fig. 1), and has gear teeth thereon meshing with gear wheels 28 which in turn drives gear wheels 33 and 27.
  • a gear wheel 26 meshes with gear wheel 27 and the'gear teeth on typewheel 21, the several wheels and the type-wheel being drivenin the direction as indicated by the arrows on Fig. l. v
  • This device generally used in record card controlled machines, is in this case controlled by timed pulses emitted by a card analysing device.
  • driving shaft 25' begins to rotate, thereby causing the teeth of ratchet 35 to pass before the nose of catch 40, in synchronism with the passage of perforation locations 5 to 12 of the card in front of the analysis station.
  • type wheel 21 rotates in a counterclockwise direction. From the moment when wheel 33 stops, the driving shaft 25 continues to rotate, and gear wheel 28 executes a rolling movement on gear wheel 33, while. its axle 32 as well as movable support 23, in which the axle is fixed, move upwards.
  • the type wheel performs a rolling movement which is similar to the movement undergone by gear wheel 28,
  • Cam shaft 76 which rotates continually is at this moment in a position inwhichthe recessed portion 102 thereof is opposite the cam follower roller 73 so that spring 75 can pivot lever 72:: including the part 72, toward the right to an extent sulficient-to avoid contact of .the roller 71 with the part 72 during the return. ofsupport 23 to its initial or lowered position.
  • wheel 27 performs a movementwhich composed of two separate movements.
  • Wheel 2 7uturns by an angle thereby causing point m to be moved downwardsby distance d e, while point his moved upwards ;by the same 35 which is integral with wheel 33 is blocked at a determined moment in such a way that point PI of wheel 21 corresponds to the location of one of the types.
  • a supplementary horizontal movement is imparted to the upperpart'of support 23 by part 72 which actuates roller 71-on support 23 in response to upward movement of the latter, so that point P of wheel .21 (Fig. 5), follows -the dotted line 'p p in order to strike at point p against the paper 151 which is carried by the platen F.
  • the inking ribbon RE is located between all the type-wheels and the paper on the platen.
  • catch levers 152 for efiecting the desired alignmentare engaged.
  • catch levers 152 can pivot around anaxle153fixed in aslot of support 137.
  • catch lever 152 is provided for-:each-type-wheel. Since this device is similar ⁇ or each wheel, the device associated with one wheel only, is described.
  • the upperextremity of catch lever 152 forms a' nose 154 which is adapted for engagement in the teeth of the related type wheel -21.
  • the lower extremity ofcatch lever 152 is connected to one end of a spring 155, which isa-titsother endfixed the rod 156, integral with su'pport 137;
  • oatch lever 1'52 also includes afnotch 157 in which an extension of an axle 158 carrying a roller 159 is engaged, the roller 15? being loosely mounted-on axle 158 which-is integral with 'a lever 160; the operation of roller -159-is thesame as that'of the roller sl in-Fig. 1 in that, it.
  • lever 160 is "attached toone end of a spring 166 which atits other end is'attachedto aplate -l67,”fi xed to plate 150, integral with-the frame.
  • The-actionof spring 166 prevails over that ofspring 155.
  • a sliding plate 168 is fixed in an ad- -justable manner 'by screw 170 to plate 150 integral with -"-the frame of the machine, and it limits the clockwise pivoting of lever 160.
  • Notches 162 also" form guidesfor part-23b ofs uppo-rts 23 of the type wheels.
  • a spring plate”172 is fixed to support 137 by' screws 173, and forms an extension 174' which is applied against each catch lever 152.
  • the movements of the various points of type wheel 21 during the printing of a type areindicatedin Fig. '5.
  • Fig. '5' the gear wheels 28, 27 and 26 and the ty'-pe wheel 21 of Fig. 1 are shown.
  • the reference 21a indicates the position of the wheel immediately after catch 40 (Fig. 1) has stopped wheel 33, at the point at which theupward movement of mobile support 23 begins.
  • roller 71 of support 23 (Fig. 1) comes into contact with part 72, the upper part of mobile support 23 the-left at thesarne time as the unit rises.
  • part 231) of mobile support 23 exerts pressure against roller 159 (Fig. 5.).
  • Lever 160 pivots towards theleft, around axle 161, in response to the pressure against roller 1'59 and catch lever 152, drawn by spring 155 pivots towards the right, around axle 153 to engage nose 154 of catch lever 152 and type wheel 21 which it carries, are projected towards "in the depression between two teeth of the type "wheel mg action.
  • nose154 is kepteng-aged I between the teeth of wheel 21 by spring 155 acting fon lever .152 which follows the movement, pivoting around" axle 153.
  • Ian aligning device (Fig. 5) is providedvi or each type wheel, which device is adapted to cooperate with theroller 81 of Fig. 1, and is mounted on asup-port plate :150 (Fig. 5) which is fixed to theframe of the machine.
  • roller 159 leaves-notch 157 of catch lever li52
  • step 164 is intended for limiting,'-ifne'c- .essary, the amplitude of themovementofilever1160-ai1d Hthg cl'ockwise rotation of catch lever 152.
  • axle 22 of wheel 21 During the striking movement, axle 22 of wheel 21,
  • Fig. 6 shows a modification wherein a part 205 which includes an aligning nose 210 and a press roller 206 is arranged so as to pivot around an axle 215, which axle is itself mounted on a lever 200 which oscillates around anaxle 201.
  • a spring 203 urges the lever 200 against theadjustable stop202.
  • Roller 206 is kept engaged in notch 211 which is cut in the left hand edge 23b of support 23, by a spring 207 which is hooked to eye .208 of part 205, and also to eye 2090f part 200.
  • a cyclically operated printing device the combination of a platen, a movable assembly in a position of rest opposite said platen, said assembly comprising a carrier, 'a toothed type-wheel rotatably mounted on said carrier and a gear transmission on said carrier, a continuously rotating driving shaft adjacent said assembly,
  • selecting means operative to stop said type-wheel with a selected type in printing position and to effect movementof said assembly by saidrotating shaft and said gear transmission out of the rest position of the assembly so thatsaid type-wheel turns around said selected type in printing position, meansiresponsive to the movement of saidassembly out of its rest position to move said type-wheel withsaid type in printing position towards the platen to print said type,means operative to move said type-wheel and said carrier away from the platen after the printing of a type and type-wheel aligning means including atoothed portion disposed in an initial position between said platenand said assembly, said aligning means being responsive to the movement of said assembly out of its rest position to movesaid toothed portion in a direction away from the platen towards said assemalign the type in printing position, said aligning means being further responsive to the movement of said assembly away from the platen after the printing of a type to return said toothed portion towards the
  • a cyclically operated printing device the combination of a platen, a movable carrier in a position of rest opposite said platen, a toothed type-wheel rotatably mounted on said carrier, a continuously rotating driving shaft, a gear transmission between said driving shaft and said type-wheel, said driving shaft effecting rotation of said type-wheel to move the types of said type-wheel successively past a printing position, selecting means cooperating with said gear transmission to stop a type in printing position and to thereafter move said carrier out of its rest position in response to the continued rotation of said driving shaft so that the type-wheel turns about said stopped type, means responsive to said movement of said carrier out of its rest position to move said carrier with said type-wheel towards the platen, type-wheel aligning means including a toothed lever between said platen and said carrier, said toothed lever being pivotable about an axle maintained between said carrier and said platen in a substantial constant distance from said printing point, said aligning means being operated by said carrier when said carries is moved out of its rest position, toengage said toothed
  • a platen analyzing means for analyzing record cards
  • a carrier in a position of rest opposite said platen
  • a toothed type-wheel rotatably mounted on said carrier
  • a gear drive including a continuously rotating shaft and a gear transmission for rotating said type-wheel to successively present the different types on said wheel at a printing position synchronously with the analyzing of a record card
  • positioning means controlled by said analyzing means in accordance with data on a record card to stop a corresponding type on said type-wheel in printing position and in cooperation with means included in said drive to move said carrier with the type-wheel out of its position of rest towards the platen
  • type-wheel aligning means including a toothed element in an initial position between said piston and said type-wheel, said aligning means being operated by said carrier when said carrier is moved out of its position of rest to move said toothed element away from the platen towards said carrier and into engagement with said toothed type-wheel, said aligning means further including first resilient means to permit said tooth
  • a platen a movable carrier in a position of rest opposite said platen, a toothed type-wheel rotatably mounted on said carrier, a continuously rotating driving shaft, a gear transmission between said shaft and type-wheel for rotating said typewheel to successively move the types of said type-wheel past a printing position, means operative to stop a type in printing position and to move said carrier and said typewheel with said type in printing position towards the platen in response to continued rotation of said shaft, means operative to move said carrier and said type-wheel away from the platen after the printing of a type, aligning means including a type-wheel aligning lever pivotally mounted between said type-wheel and said platen and first and second resilient means, said aligning lever having a toothed portion adapted to engage said toothed typewheel, said aligning means being actuated by said carrier when said carrier is moved to pivot said aligning lever in one direction out of an. inactive position into engage- References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED ST

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