US471221A

US471221A - Paper-delivering tip

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Publication number: US471221A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1892-03-22
Anticipated expiration: 1909-03-22

Description

(No Model.)

L. M. MOORES. PAPER DELIVERING HP.

No. 471,221. Patented Mar. 22, 1892.

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PAPER-DELIVERING TIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 471,221, dated March 22, 1892.

Application filed October '7, 1891.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEVI M. MOORES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Curtis, in the county of Frontier and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and useful Paper-Delivering Tip, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to printing, and more particularly to devices for assisting the pressman in taking printed sheets off of a j obprinting press; and it has for its object to provide a device of this character which will be simple in construction,durable,and inexpensive, and an article which will greatly facilitate the removal of the sheets from the platen of the press and allow the fingers of the hand to be easily slipped under the edge of the sheet, so that a secure hold may be had upon the same without soiling the sheet or wrinkling the same.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction of a finger-tip for the purposes described, which will behereinafter more fully described, illustrated, and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the left hand of a person having a paper-delivering tip'upon the forefinger constructed inaccordanc'e with my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the blank from which the tip is formed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A represents a blank ofspring or other metal that is designed to be formed into a shape to conform to the end of the forefinger of the left hand, said blank being provided with the opposite clamping wings or jaws a, that are designed to be curved toward each other to form a tip, the clamping-wings of which clamp around the ball of the finger and are adjustable upon any size finger, and said blank is further provided with a rounded projecting point 7), extending from between said wings Serial No. 408,004. (No model.)

and projecting from the back of the finger beyond the end thereof, so that as the platen of the press is drawn from the type said projecting point may be readily slipped beneath the edge of the printed sheet, and thus allows the fingers to secure a hold upon it without soiling or wrinkling the sheet, and also renders its removal from the platen sure and certain, while the press may be readily fed with the other hand. The sides of the projecting point I) meet the opposite Wings or jaws in inwardly-inclined or beveled edges, as clearly illustrated in the drawings, so that the sheet caught up by the projecting point will ride evenly over said inclined or beveled edges onto the fingers, and thus permit the same to be readily grasped. The construction and use of the finger-tip for delivering printed sheets from a press is thought to be apparent without further description.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A finger-tip for delivering sheets from a printing-press, the same comprising a metal fingers of the hand,substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LEVI M. MOORES.

Witnesses:

D. W. ELLIS, D. R. OALLAHAN.