US3173359A - Serial number printing apparatus - Google Patents

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US3173359A
US3173359A US262470A US26247063A US3173359A US 3173359 A US3173359 A US 3173359A US 262470 A US262470 A US 262470A US 26247063 A US26247063 A US 26247063A US 3173359 A US3173359 A US 3173359A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41K—STAMPS; STAMPING OR NUMBERING APPARATUS OR DEVICES
    • B41K3/00—Apparatus for stamping articles having integral means for supporting the articles to be stamped
    • B41K3/26—Apparatus for stamping articles having integral means for supporting the articles to be stamped with stamping surface located below article-supporting surface
    • B41K3/263—Apparatus for stamping articles having integral means for supporting the articles to be stamped with stamping surface located below article-supporting surface having a stamping surface with changeable characters
    • B41K3/266—Apparatus for stamping articles having integral means for supporting the articles to be stamped with stamping surface located below article-supporting surface having a stamping surface with changeable characters having automatic means for changing type-characters, e.g. numbering devices
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41K—STAMPS; STAMPING OR NUMBERING APPARATUS OR DEVICES
    • B41K3/00—Apparatus for stamping articles having integral means for supporting the articles to be stamped
    • B41K3/54—Inking devices
    • B41K3/58—Inking devices using ink ribbons, ink sheets, or carbon tape or paper
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    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L12/00—Data switching networks
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    • H04L12/08—Allotting numbers to messages; Counting characters, words or messages

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  • Such apparatus being sometimes associated with a system which operates the apparatus by a single electrical current signal to print a serial number on the tape and to increase the serial number by one digit for a succeeding printing operation.
  • apparatus for printing a serial number on data bearing media including a plurality of type-wheels arranged in a row; means for setting one or more of the type-wheels to positions indicative of a serial number to be printed; a printing hammer for striking a data bearing medium in such a manner as to move the said medium toward the said type-wheels; an inking-tape disposed between said medium to be printed on and said type-wheels so that the serial number set up thereon is printed on the said medium; a solenoid means for operating said type-wheel setting means and said printing hammer; and a latch for retaining said printing hammer inoperative until said setting or" said type-Wheels, to indicate the serial number, has been effected.
  • apparatus for printing a serial number on data bearing media including a row of type-wheels each having a series of raised numerals disposed around its periphery; ratchet and pawl arrangements for said type-wheels operative to set one or more of the said type-wheels to positions to indicate a serial number to be printed on a data bearing medium; a bar for operating said ratchet and pawl means; a lever engaging said bar; a solenoid means operative by an electric current signal to cause said setting of the type-wheels by said lever, said bar, and said ratchet and pawl arrangements; a printing hammer assembly including a hammerhead and spring means for causing said assembly to move with respect to said lever on termination of said setting of the typewheels; an inking-tape between said hammer-head and said type-wheels; and latching means for engaging and retaining said hammer assembly at rest during said setting operation and operative thereafter by said lever to disengage itself from the
  • FIG. 1 is a side elevation of the apparatus
  • FIQGS. 2 and 3 are respectively end and side elevations of type-whels with respect to an inking ribbon and a tape.
  • a number of type-wheels 1, for example three, representing units, tens,
  • Each type-wheel has a series of raised numeral types equispaced around the periphery, the series ranging from 0 to 9.
  • a ratchet-whel 4 which is arranged to effect movement of the type-wheel through one digit position at appropriate times.
  • the units type-wheel will move through one digit position for each movement of its ratchet-whel 4 through one tooth position, whilst the tens type-wheel will move through one digit position for each movement of its ratchet-wheel, such as 4, through ten digit positions, etc.
  • Each ratchet wheel such as 4 has an associated pawl, such as 17, for effecting the movements, and the pawl is mounted on a pawl arm, such as 5, pivotally accommodated on the common spindle 3.
  • the pawl arms, such as 5, are interconneoted by a connecting bar 6 afiixed to each of the arms.
  • a hammer assembly comprising a hammer stock 8 having afllxed thereto a spring blade 10 and a hammer-head 22 constituted by a rubber block affixed to the free end of the spring blade.
  • the hammer-head 22 is arranged with respect to the type-wheels, such as 4, so that when a printing operation takes place, the lower face of the hammerhead 22 is caused to engage with a tape T which in turn engages an inking ribbon 2i, and the inking ribbon en gages with a row of raised numerals, representative of a serial number, on the type-wheels.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 show respectively end and side views of the dispositions of the type-wheels 1 with respect to the hammer-head 22, the tape T and the inking ribbon 21.
  • the inking ribbon 21 is wound on spools 23 and 24 and fed from one spool onto another by way of pulleys, such as 25, and by a well-known type of mechanical linkage between the spools and an operating lever 9.
  • the operating lever 9 is also pivotally mounted on spindle 7 and has a forked portion at its free end which is arranged to engage the bar 6.
  • An abutment screw 11 engages in a tapped hole in the hammer stock 8 and is rotatable therein to permit adjustment of its position, so that relative displacement may be maintained between the hammer stock 8 and the operating lever 9 which are biased toward each other by a tension spring 12 afiixed at its ends to pins 26 and 2'7 extending respectively from the hammer stock and operating lever.
  • a tension spring 19 is afiixed at one of its ends to a pin 28 extending from the operating lever 9 and at its other end to a pin 29 in the apparatus frame (not shown).
  • the plunger 3t) of a solenoid 31 is pivotally connected to the operating lever 9 by a link member, such as 18.
  • An L-shapcd latch 13 is pivotally mounted at the juncture of its two legs on a pin 14 afiixed to the apparatus frame (not shown).
  • the longer upper leg of the latch is steplike in form and is arranged to be biased into engagement with the free end of the hammer stock 8 by a tension spring 16 affixed to the latch 13 and to a pin 32 extending from the apparatus frame (not shown).
  • a pin 15 extends from the side of the operating lever 9 and is arranged to engage the shorter leg of the latch 13.
  • a stop pin 2d, aiiixed to the apparatus frame (not shown), is arranged to be engaged by the operating lever 9 to permit only limited pivoting movement thereof in a clockwise direction under the influence of the tension spring 19.
  • the tape T is passed between the hammer-head 22 and the inking-ribbon 21; and at an appropriate time, when it is desired to apply a serial number to the tape, the solenoid 31 is energised by an electric current signal and the plunger 30 is drawn into the core by magnetic attraction. Through the link member 18, the operating lever 9 is caused to pivot in an anticlockwise direction about the axis of spindle 7 against the influence of tension spring 19.
  • Movement of the operating lever 9 with respect to the hammer stock S causes an increase in the tension of spring 12 disposed therebetween.
  • This pivoting movement of operating lever 9 causes connecting bar 6, engaged by the forked end of operating lever 9, to pivot the pawl-arms, such as 5, in a clockwise direction about the axis of spindle 3.
  • One or more type-wheels, such as 1, are then moved through one digit position by well-known means to indicate the next aerial number to be printed.
  • the operating lever 9 in its pivoting movement, reaches a position in which the pin extending therefrom, engages the short leg of the latch 13 and causes the latch to pivot about the axis of pin 14 in an anticlockwise direction.
  • This pivoting action of the latch 13 withdraws the stepped longer leg thereof out ofengagement with the free end of the hammer stock 8;
  • the operating lever 9 On termination of the electrical signal pulse, the operating lever 9 .is permitted to move about its pivot back to its original position under the influence of tension spring 1?, taking with it the hammer stock 8, and in consequence the spring blade 10 and the hammer-head 22.
  • the latch 13 is re-set to its original position when the end of the hammer stock 8 again comes into a position in which it can be engaged by the stepped end of the latch 13; and the pawl-arm, such as 5, and the pawls such as 17, thereon are pivoted in an anticlockwise direction under the action of connecting bar 6 to bring the pawls into engagement with succeeding teeth of the ratchetwheels prior to the next printing operation.
  • Apparatus for printing a sequence of serial numbers comprising a plurality of types representing numerals; means for arranging said types to represent a serial number; step-by-step type setting means for rearranging said types at each step to represent a succession of serial numbers; an operating lever mounted for limited movement in a-predetermined path; means for normally urging said lever towards a position of rest; means operatively connecting said lever to said type setting means, whereby movement of said lever in a predetermined direction away from said position of rest will cause one step in said type etting means to rearrange said types to represent the next successive serial number; means comprising a print hammer mounted for movement towards and away from said types and arranged to cause printing of the serial number to which said types have been set on a data bearmedium supported adjacent said types when said harnmer reaches limit or its movement towards said types; means operativel connecting said lever and said hammer for storing energy when said hammer remains at the limit of its movement away from said types and said lever is moved in said predetermined direction to rear
  • Apparatus for printing a sequence of serial numbers comprising a plurality of types arranged in a row to represent a serial number; step-by-step type setting means adapted at each operation thereof to rearrange said types to represent the next succeeding serial number; a print hammer mounted for movement towards and away from said types and adapted to cause printing of the number set up on said types when said hammer reaches the limit of its movement towards said types; single operating means mounted for limited movement in a predetermined path; means for normally holding said operating means at a position of rest at one limit of its movement; means connecting said operating means with said type setting means for causing operation thereof when said operating means is moved in a predetermined direction in said path; stop means on said operating means adapted to engage said print hammer for establishing the rest position of said print hammer when said operating means is in its rest position and the other limit of movement of said print hammer when said operating means is at the other limit of its movement; means connecting said operating means with said print hammer for storing energy when said print hammer is
  • Apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising means for adjusting the relative position of the print hammer and the stop means to adjust thereby the limits of movement of said print hammer.
  • a printing mechanism comprising an operating lever having a given rest position and adapted to have limited movement in a given path; a print hammer unit also mounted for limited movement in a given path; resilient coupling means between said unit and said lever and adapted to store energy when relative movement in a given sense occurs between said lever and said print ham-t mer unit; a movable latch member normally positioned to pr vent movement of said print hammer unit when relative movement in said given sense occurs by displace-.
  • a mechanism including means operatively coupled to said operating lever for varying the indication to be printed by said mechanism during said predetermined displacement of said arm from said given rest position.
  • said hammer unit includes a hammer stock, the resilient coupling means being between said stock and said operating lever; a hammer head, and a leaf-spring member c0n neeting said hammer head to said stock for inertiaiiy imparting a Whip-like movement to said head in association with an abrupt deceleration of said stock; said n echanism further including means for abruptly interrupting the movement of said hammer stock, before said hammer head reaches its final printing position, following release of said latch member, to thereby impart said Whip-like movement of said hammer-head.

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US3261283A (en) * 1964-08-25 1966-07-19 Veeder Root Inc Printer with rotary print wheels
US3310810A (en) * 1965-04-30 1967-03-21 Greissman Jacob Numbering marker for a recorder
US3385211A (en) * 1965-12-15 1968-05-28 Shepard Lab Inc Solenoid arrangement for high speed printer
US3416446A (en) * 1965-06-18 1968-12-17 English Numbering Machines Printing mechanisms for printing on pages of a book
US3422754A (en) * 1966-03-09 1969-01-21 Zent Inst Iztchislitelna Tech Printing assembly controlled by electric pulses
US3429258A (en) * 1968-04-10 1969-02-25 Itt Electrically actuatable counterprinter assembly
US3747517A (en) * 1971-05-06 1973-07-24 Maks Apparatebau Brede F Type wheel setting and locking means and print actuating means in selective printers
US3821930A (en) * 1971-05-12 1974-07-02 Hobart Mfg Co Printing apparatus
US3902412A (en) * 1972-01-06 1975-09-02 Monarch Marking Systems Inc Apparatus for printing and severing labels
US4796527A (en) * 1983-08-15 1989-01-10 Pitney Bowes Inc. Value printing die protection mechanism in a postage meter machine
US4875788A (en) * 1987-12-21 1989-10-24 Pitney Bowes Inc. Postage meter printwheel setting apparatus
CN104553397A (zh) * 2014-11-28 2015-04-29 芜湖贝斯特新能源开发有限公司 冲压模具以及冲压装置

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3261283A (en) * 1964-08-25 1966-07-19 Veeder Root Inc Printer with rotary print wheels
US3310810A (en) * 1965-04-30 1967-03-21 Greissman Jacob Numbering marker for a recorder
US3416446A (en) * 1965-06-18 1968-12-17 English Numbering Machines Printing mechanisms for printing on pages of a book
US3385211A (en) * 1965-12-15 1968-05-28 Shepard Lab Inc Solenoid arrangement for high speed printer
US3422754A (en) * 1966-03-09 1969-01-21 Zent Inst Iztchislitelna Tech Printing assembly controlled by electric pulses
US3429258A (en) * 1968-04-10 1969-02-25 Itt Electrically actuatable counterprinter assembly
US3747517A (en) * 1971-05-06 1973-07-24 Maks Apparatebau Brede F Type wheel setting and locking means and print actuating means in selective printers
US3821930A (en) * 1971-05-12 1974-07-02 Hobart Mfg Co Printing apparatus
US3902412A (en) * 1972-01-06 1975-09-02 Monarch Marking Systems Inc Apparatus for printing and severing labels
US4796527A (en) * 1983-08-15 1989-01-10 Pitney Bowes Inc. Value printing die protection mechanism in a postage meter machine
US4875788A (en) * 1987-12-21 1989-10-24 Pitney Bowes Inc. Postage meter printwheel setting apparatus
CN104553397A (zh) * 2014-11-28 2015-04-29 芜湖贝斯特新能源开发有限公司 冲压模具以及冲压装置

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