US396457A - Addressing-machine - Google Patents

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(No Model.) 3 sheets-sheen 1. H. BANKS, Jr.

ADDRBSSING MACHINE.

IVENTOR Patented Jan. 22, 1889.

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' ADDRESSING MACHINE.

Patented Jan. 22, 1889.

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UNTTED STATES HENRY BANKS, JR., oF

LA GRANGE, GEORGIA.

ADDRESSlNG-IVIACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,45*?, dated January 22, 1889.

' Application nea september 4, 1886. serai No. 212,715. (No modem To all whom t may concern..-

Be it known that I, HENRY BANKS, J r., of La Grange, in the county of Troup and State of Georgia, have invented a new and lmproved Addressingillachine, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the annexed drawings, forming a part thereof, in which- Figure l is a plan view of myimproved addressing' attachment. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section taken on line af o@ in Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a sectional end elevation. Fig. 4 is a side elevation, partly in section, of the stamping-machine. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section of the same, showing' the relation of the shears, the feed-rolls, and the moistening device; and Fig. 6 is an end elevation of th stamping-machine.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

The object of my invention is to construct a simple and efcient machine for addressing newspapers as they are delivered from the newspaper-folder.

My invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

The table A, forming the body of the machine, is made in two levels, a Z), joined by an inclined plane, c.

My machine is intended as an attachment to the folding-machine of a newspaper-press. Folders deliver the printed and folded papers at a point near the iioor; hence the table A is inclined, so that the front portion, ZJ, of it may be placed underneath the folder to receive the folded and printed papers therefrom. lf the table should be level from the part b, it would be too near the floor for the operators con venience and there would not be sufficient space between the rear end of the table and the floor for the delivery of the folded papers after havingbeen stamped or addressed.

To the front end, CZ, of the table is journaled a roller, e, and at the opposite end is journaled a roller, f. Three endless bands, g, extend around the rollers e f. One strand of each band passes over the top of the table and the other strand passes under the table` Above the table, at the juncture of the ini clined plane c and part h of the table, is jour naled a roller, h, and at the rear end of the forward papers laid upon the bands g above the portion b of the table. At the upper end of the inclined plane c is placed a roller, w, which supports and guides the bands g j and prevents friction at this point.

At the juncture of the inclined plane c and elevated portion a of the table is journaled a shaft, 7c, carrying two wheels, Z, which project through the space between the outside and middle bands. The shaft Zo revolves in springsupported journal-boxes m, which slide in grooves in the frame of the table A. Above the shaft le is journaled a shaft, n, supported .by the frame'o, extending over the top of the table and carrying two rollers, Z', which bear upon the rollers Z. Endless bands a run from the roller i around the rollers Z, which impart rotary motion to the rollers Z', and thus assist in drawing the papers between the rollers Z and Z. Below the shaft 7c is journaled the driving-shaft B of the machine, carrying upon opposite ends friction-wheels C and outside of the friction-wheels the pulleys D E. To opposite ends of the shaft 7s and above the friction-wheels C are secured frictionwheels F. Crank-pins p project from the outer sides of the wheels F, which are arranged diametrically opposite each other and connected by rods q with opposite ends of the equal-armed lever G, pivoted to the frame o. The lever G at its pivot or axis R is allowed a slight amount of play in order that the shaft Zt may be depressed to the extent necessary by a folded paper to passing between the rollers Z Z. This play is allowed by providing avertical slot in the frame O to receive the pivot or axis R of the lever G, as shown in Fig. 3.

At one side of the table A and above the path of the papers carried between the bands g j is supported an addressing device, H. (Shown in detail in Figs. ai,A 5, and 6.) The addressing device H is provided with a roller, i, Z9', for carrying the coiled gummed strip c,

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upon which are printed the addresses at regular intervals. ln theframe of the addressing device are jourualed two rollers, d. c vwhose shafts are provided with spuiewheelsf?, which mesh into each other and cause the rollers to turn in opposite directions. rl`l1e shaft of the lower roller, d', carries a ratchet-wheel, g', and upon the shaft vis placed a forked arm, 71. carrying a spring-pawl, fi', which acts upon the ratchet-wheel g. To the side of the frame of the addressing device is pivoted a pawlhj, which prevents the ratchet-wheel. from turning backward. The fmwvard cud of the addressing device ll is provided with a shearblade, l, whose cutting-edge is opposite the line of Contact of the two rollers f7 e, and to the blade l is pivoted a blade, I', upon the screw o', and the opposite end of the shearblade l is connected by a lmuckle-joint, s', with the rod 7u', which is pivoted to the lever m., fulerumed on the stud n', proj ecting from the side ofthe frame of the addressing device. The free end of the lever fm. is connected by a rod, s, with the lever G. The lever ym is prolonged beyond its fulcrum oz, and is connected by a spiral spring, p', with the end of the shear-blade l', the spring' serving the double purpose of lifting the longer arm of the lever and shear-blade attached thereto and of holding the shear-blade into working contact with the blade l.

At the side of the frame of the addressing device H is pivoted the lever q,which is connected by the link o" with the lever on. Several holes, t', are made in the lever m to admit of placing the link r in different posi,- tions along the length of the lever to vary the stroke of the lever q. The free end of the lever q is connected by a, link, u', with the free end of the pawl-carrying lever 7l. The lever 7L is provided with a series of holes for changing the position of the link il. when it becomes necessary to vary the stroke of the lever 71. to adapt the feed of the addressing device to varying spaces between the addresses on the gummed strip c. The gummed surface of the strip c is moistened by steam or a spray of water issuing from the tube r', arranged below the addressing device and in front of the roller d, as shown in Figs et and 5.

The shaft of the roller z' is provided with a pulley, t, which receives motion through a belt, u, from the pulley D. Continuous rotary motion is imparted to the shaft B by a driving-belt, e", runnin around the pulley E and taking its motion from any convenient source of power, and motion is imparted to the shaft of the roller by the belt u, running over the pulley t, and motion is imparted by the roller 'i to the roller 7i, the rollers l', roller f, and roller @,through the belts j, a', and g. The front of the addressing device is placed in such relation to the folding-machine as to receive upon the bands g the papers delivered by the folding-machine, and the bands carry the papers forward under the roller 71, after which they are held between the bands j, d', and g and carried forward. In their passage between the wheels l l they push the wheels Z and shaft 7.: downward, bringing the friction-wheels F into engagement with the friction-wheels (l, thus causing the wheels F to revolve, tripping the lever (l, cutting olf the protriuling end of the strip of addresses by the movement of the shear-blade l, and by the same operation pressing' the moistened cut-olf part of the strip down upon the paper passing between the wheels. After addressing, the paper is carried :forward and delivered to a table, J, at the rear of the machine.

lVhere a folding-machine is constructed to fold two papers at once, two of my improved machines will be adapted to the folding-machine,'one being arranged above the other.

lt will thus be seen that when no papers are passing through Ythe machine the addressed strip is not cut, as the spring-supported journal-boxes m hold the shaft 7c in an elevated posit-ion, thus keeping the wheels F out of engagement with the wheels (l.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- l. The combination, with an addressing-machine having a rotary vertically-movable operating-sh aft receivin its vertical movement from the article to be addressed, of a carrier extending past said shaft at right angles thereto and adjacent to the delivery end of the addrcssing-machine, and means for rotating said operating-shaft when depressed by the passage of the article, substantiallyas set forth.

2. The combination, with an addressing-machine havin a rotary vertically-movable operating-shaft depressed by the passage of the article and a second shaft parallel with the said shaft and mounted in fixed bearings, of a carrier passing between said shafts and adjacent to the delivery end of the addressing-machine, an d a power-shaft with which said vert icall y-movablc shaft is engaged when depressed by the article, substantially as set forth.

rlhe combina-tion, in a machine for ad- .dressing newspapers, with the table having a transverse opening and the endless carrier passing along the upper face of the table, of a rotary and vertically-movable shaft extending across the under side of the table and having rollers extending up through said transverse opening', a power-sh aft below the rollershaft and adapted to rotate it upon the depression of the said roller-shaft by the passage of the paper over it, a transverse shaft journaled in fixed bearings above the vertically-movable shaft and having rollers contacting with the rollers thereon, an addressing device, and mechanism for operating the said addressing device when the verticallymovable shaft is depressed by the paper and rotated by the said power-shaft, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with the frame, the

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endless carrier, and the addressing-inacliine at one side of the traine, of a yielding,` shaft adapted to be depressed. by the passage or' the article to be addressed and extending transversely to the carrier and having crank-pul leys at its ends provided with oppositely-arranged crank-pins, a lever pivoted between its ends above the shaft and parallel therewith,

rods connecting the ends of the lever with ing-shaft B, provided with friction-wheels C,

the lever G, the addressing device Il', and the connectin0-1ods q S, substantially as shown and described.

6. In an addressingnrachine, the combination, with the feed-rollers al e', ratchet g', arin 7L', having a pawl, fi', engaging' said ratchet, the lever q', the link fa, the link r', and lever m', of the 'fixed blade I and the pivoted blade I, connected to lever m', substantially as set forth.

7. The combination, with the feed-rollers, the ratchet g', arm L, and pawl 1", of the lever m', pivoted near its rear end and connected between its ends with the arm 7L of the 'fixed blade I, pivoted blade I, connected to the forward end of lever m', and the spring p, connecting the rear end ot' lever on with the outer end of the pivoted shear-blade, snbstantially as set forth.

HENRY BANKS, JR.

lVitnesses:

T. J. HARWELL, R.H. BUCKLEY, Jr.

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