US595225A - Machine foe printing upon textile fabrics - Google Patents

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MACl-HNE FOR PRINTING UPON TEXTILE FABRICS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 595,225, dated December 7, 1897. Application filed March 8,1897. $erial No. 626,499. (No model.) Patented in England August 23, 1892,1lo. 15,185.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Rouensnncn WALL- WORK, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Printing, more particularly for Printing upon Textile Fabrics Folded in the Piece, (for which-Letters Patent have been obtained in Great Britain and Ireland under (late of August 23, 1892, No. 15,185;) and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention has relation to printing-machines, and more particularly to machines for printing upon textile fabrics folded in the piece any desired subject-matter, as trade and other marks, headings, and the like; and it consists in the printing mechanism and the inking-in mechanism and in appliances for supplying ink to the last-named mechanism, in combination with suitable driving and actuating mechanisms.

The invention'further consists in the peculiar construction of the mechanisms referred to, as will now be fully described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a rear elevation, or an elevation of what I may term the inking-in side, of a printing-machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view; Figs. 3 and 4, opposite end elevations; and Figs. 5 and 6, Vertical transverse sections of said machine as it appears looking from the middle toward the right and left, respectively, some of the parts being omitted in each of the above figures of drawings for the sake of clearness. Fig. 6 is a sectional detail view. Fig. 7 isa cross-section of the type-carrier. Fig. 8 is a side elevation of a portion thereof. Fig. 9 is a longitudinal vertical section of a port-ion of an ink-pad, illustrating also a portion of the ink-distributing brush or brushes and their carrier in side elevation, Fig. 10 showing said brush-carrier in cross-section and the brush in end elevation. Figs. 11 and 12 show a portion of a multicolor ink-pad and ink well or trough in longitudinal section and top plan View, respectively. Figs. 13 and 14 are views similar to Figs. 11 and 12 of a modified construction of ink pad and well or trough; and Fig. 15 is a top plan view of the impressiontable, showing the gages thereon.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 6, which show a machine supposed to be arranged for printing in one color only, there is a single ink-pad II extending the full length of the machine, a single ink-trough h corresponding with the pad, and a brush-carrier which may have a single brush of the length of the pad or a plurality of brushes. The machineframe is of suitable construction for the accommodation of the operating mechanisms, and consists, essentially, of the end frames 0., connected by longitudinal girths or side framing a. On the right-hand or driving end of the frame there is a tubular bracket-bearing a for a short main driving-shaft b, that carries, besides a fly-wheel b and the usual fast and loose beltpulleys b Z1 a pinion b As usual, I provide suitable belt-shifting devices, as shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 5, consisting of a shifting-bar m, carrying the shifting-fork m and sliding in bracket-arms a rising from the tubular bearing a of short main driving-shaft b. The bar m may be provided with a handle in, Fig. 1, by means of which it is moved to and fro in its bearings; but for greater convenience I connect the bar to a radial arm m that has a pin Working in a suitable slot in the bar and is fulcrumed upon a rock-shaft m that carries at its outer end outside of the machine-frame a shiftinglever m.

The pinion Z) on driving-shaft b meshes with a gear-wheel d on a parallel cam-shaft d, revoluble in bearings on the end frames at, and on said shaft d are secured two pairs of cams, one of each kind at opposite ends, and for convenience of construction one of the cams e of the pair of such may be or is formed in the outer face of the gear-wheel d, as shown in Fig. 4., the other being formed in the outer face of a disk e at the opposite end of shaft cl, and on the inner face of the disk e and wheel (1 is formed a cam h. The cams e serve to impart a traversing motion to the type-carrier and ink-distributing brush or brushes, and the pair of cams 7L9 serve to impart a rising-and-falling motion alternately to the impression-table 7c and the ink-pad support or tablethat is to say, the impression-table 7c is lifted and again lowered, when it will remain stationary for a while, during which period the ink-pad support or table It is lifted and then lowered, and so on, alternately, the rock-levers that'act upon said tables beingarranged on opposite sides of said cams h. Of course separate cams for each table may be used.

The described movements are imparted to the type-carrier, the impression-table, and ink-pad support through the cams referred to and suitable intermediate mechanism, as follows: The ink-distributing brush-carrierf is provided at opposite ends with a journal f for a carrier-wheel f traveling on grooved guide-rails f arranged on opposite ends of the ink-pad or its supporting-table h, said rails being extended beyond the framing in adownward direction, said extension f Figs. 2, 5, and 6, being hinged or otherwise articulated to the rail ends, for purposes hereinafter explained. The brush-carrier f is connected by rods f with the type-carrier e, whose opposite ends move in and are guided by a raceway or track formed by the upper cross-girth a of the end frames at and a crossbar a above said cross-girth. The type-carrier c has at each end a journal 6 to which is pivoted one end of a link 6 whose opposite end is pivoted to one end of a lever e fulcrumed at e to a stud projecting. from the lower longitudinal girth of the side framing or to a cross-shaft, each of said levers a carrying an antifriction-roller on a stud e, which rollers work in the aforesaid cam-grooves c in disk e and gear-wheel 61. By means of the described mechanism the tyye-carrier e is kept horizontal and is prevented from twisting or tilting while being moved from a position above the impression-table to a position above the ink-pad H, the cam-grooves or cams e being so shaped as to cause the said type-carrier, after having been moved to one or the other position, to remain stationary for a sufficient length of time to enable the ink-pad H to rise and ink in the type, or to enable the impression-table k to rise and press the goods thereon against the type, said table performing the function of a platen.

As stated, a rising-and-falling motion is imparted to the ink-pad H and its supportingtable it from the pair of cams h through the following instrumentalities: The table it is secured at its opposite ends to a metallic platebearer 71/, that is double-T-shaped in plan and T-shaped in cross-section, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 and in full lines in Figs. 5 and '6, said plate-bearer having at each of its ends a pendent socket if for the upper end of a rod 712, that has free vertical motion in guidebearings a a on the end frames at of the machine, Fig. 1. The rods k are screw-threaded for a portion of their length and pass freely through openings in levers h, fulcrumed at h to the end framing a above the cams 71 the free end of said levers carrying a roller in contact with said cams. The rods 7L2 have free vertical motion in their sockets 71, but are held against rotation therein by a grooveand-feather joint or other equivalent wellknown means, and upon the screw-threaded portion of each rod is a hand-wheel h the bore of whose hub is correspondingly screwthreaded. Above the screw-threaded portion of the rods h is a collar 71 against which one end of a coiled helical spring 71 has bearing, the other end of said spring bearing against the under side of the socket h, whereby the table h is yieldingly supported. By means of the hand-wheels 72 the height of the inkpad and the degree of pressure thereof upon the type or other printing surface on the typecarrier 8' can be regulated.

By means of the described mechanism the inking-in table h is lifted and lowered at each end simultaneously, and the cams h are so shaped as to lift the table h when the typecarrier is stationary above the same and then to lower said table to allow said carrier to move clear of the inking-in pad into position for printing.

' The impression table or platen 7c receives its rising-and-falling motion from the aforesaid cams 72. through substantially the same instrumentalities as the inking-in table h. The platen or table 70 is secured to a platebearer h, (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 and in full lines in Figs. 5 and 6,) similar to the plate-bearer h and provided at each end with a pendent socket 72. for vertical rods 7t, that slide in bearings a (L16 on the end frames a, said rods 70 being provided with a collar it, above which is arranged the spring 72., that yieldingly supports the table 70, and h are the hand-wheels, by means of which the position of the table relatively to the typecarrier during the operations of printing can be adjusted according to the thickness of the pieces of goods to be printed upon, the table 70 receiving its rising-and-fallin g motion from the cams k through the medium of two rocklevers k fulcrumed to the machine at 70 below cams 72 and carrying at their free end a roller 76 in contact with the surfaces of said cams h", as shown in Figs. 5 and 6.

In view of the fact that the rollers on the rock-levers h and 70 are in contact with the cams h at points diametrically opposite each other the tables h and 7c receive arising-andfalling motion alternately, as hereinbefore stated.

In order to prevent the accidental rotation of the hand-wheels 77. k on rods IL2 70, respectively,after the adjustment of the tables h and 70, which rotation may result from the vibrations of the machine, I provide a suitable looking device, as shown in Fig. 6, for instance, wherein a flanged sleeve K, having two flat vertical faces, is inserted into the opening in the levers h" or into the fork of the levers 79', said sleeve having in its flange conical or other shallow sockets for the reception of pins k projecting from the under side of the hand-wheels, so that some force is required in revolving the hand-wheel to disengage the pins le from their sockets. Any other arrangement may, however, be provided to lock the hand-wheels against accidental rotation, yet admit of such rotation when a certain amount of force is applied. Thus the flange may have corrugations or ridges and depressions formed in its upper face, similar corrugations or ridges and depressions being formed in the under face of the hub of the hand-wheels.

In practice I combine with the impressiontable 7; a pointer 7.3 secured to one end thereof, Figs. 3 and 4, moving over a vertically-graduated index 7f, divided, say, into inches and fractions, the zero-graduation being at the upper end, said index being so arranged that when the upper face of the table It is in contact with the printing-surface on the typecarrier the pointer h will be at the zerograduation, so that when the table 76 is adj usted to suit a given thickness of piece-goods such thickness will be indicated by the pointer. In this manner when the table has been adjusted for, one thickness or class of piece-goods a note can be made from the indicator devices, so that at any other time when similar goods are to be printed upon the operator can at once adjust the table to the proper lift to suit such goods without first experimenting, thereby saving considerable time and labor.

In practice I also provide the impressiontable 7a with a suitable gage or gages, as shown in Fig. 15, the table being provided with two longitudinal slots 70 while the angle-gages 7t are also provided in one of their arms with a slot 7; at right angles to the slots is", headed bolts 7& carrying clamping-nuts working in said slots to adjust the gages toward or from each other, as well as transversely of the table 7t. Of course the vertical gage-faces of the gages will be of such height as not to project above the upper face of the goods to be printed upon. It is seldom that more than one of the gages 76 will be required; but for certain small pieces of goods or when it becomes necessary to make the impression always exactly upon the same spot both gages are employed.

The type-carrier c is of such a construction that the type-block or other printing-surface can be readily removed and others substituted. To this end the carrier 6 is troughshaped, Figs. 7 and 8, and provided in its bottom with two longitudinal slots 6, extending from the longitudinal center of the carrier to or nearly to its outer ends, as shown in full lines in Fig. 2. In its opposite sides the said carrier has undercut or dovetailed grooves for correspondingly-shaped heads e of screw-bolts e. The type-blocks e have secured thereto a screw-bolt a that extends through the longitudinal slot 6 and carries a clamping-nut, by means of which said typeblock is clamped to the bottom or under side of the carrier 6 and can thus be adjusted along one or the other of the slots, so that any desired number of type-blocks e within the limits of the length of the slots 9 can be clamped to the carrier; but when the typeblocks c are not of the same thickness it is necessary to provide means for alining their printing-surfaces, and to this end I provide the guide-grooves in the vertical outer faces of the carrier and secure to the guide-blocks two vertically slotted angle brackets e through the slots of which the screw-bolts e project, the brackets being secured in their adjusted position by means of washers and wing-nuts 011 said screw-bolts e, as clearly shown in Fig. 7, thereby admitting of vertical as well as longitudinal adjustment of the type-blocks.

The brush-carrier f is a straight bar, while the brush or brushes have secured to their backs a recurved bracket g, in the downward] y-proj 'ectin g arm of which works a bind ing or clamping screw 9 that clamps the brush or brushes securely to their carrier-bar f, as shown in Fig. 10, thus affording a ready means for adjusting the brushes longitudinally as well as vertically of the carrier and for readily removing the brush or any one of them when this becomes necessary from any cause.

The ink is contained in a trough 7L at the upper end and back of the machine and between the hinged extensions f of the trackrails f, on which the brush-carrier travels, and as said carrier is moved rearwardly by the type-carrier it runs down the inclined rail-sections f to cause the brushes to dip into the ink in the trough. These inclined rail-sections are supported on bracket-arms g which may also form a continuation of the aforementioned trackrails f Figs. 3 and 4, and in the lower end of said arms are bearings for a rock-shaft g", on which are secured two radial arms g provided with a cam or finger g adapted to impinge upon the under face of the hinged rail extensions f whereby the degree of inclination of the latter can be adjusted and the extent to which the ink-distributing brush or brushes dip into the inktrough 7t regulated or prevented altogether, one of said radial arms being connected bya rod g to one arm g of a bell-crank lever G, fulcrumed at g, the other arm of said lever being provided with a handle g The arm g of the bell-crank lever has a pointer adapted to move over a graduated scale on a slotted sector or segment g a clamping-screw Working in said arm and passing through the slot 9 in said segment, so that the arm g of the bell-crank lever can be locked into its adjusted position.

Instead of a single ink-trough h a number of such may be employed and removably connected with the table h in any well-known manner, as by providing suit-able brackets B for the support of the trough-sections, Figs. 5 and 6, for convenience of removal and when inks of difierent colors are used, though for this purpose the trough h may be divided into compartments by partitions w, as shown in Fig. 2. Furthermore, instead of making the trough or trough-sections removable from the table h I may use separate ink-pans fitting into the main trough h, which will then act merely as a support for the ink-pans.

The ink-pad is or may be formed of a plurality of layers of felt or equivalent material h Figs. 9 and 11, and these may be secured directly to the table h,hereinbefore described, and, as shown in Fig. 5, the ends or sides of the layers of felt 77. being confined between cleats O and covered by a sheet of non-absorbent or liquid-proof material h, as rubber. In practice, however, I prefer to employ a separate ink-pad removably secured to the table h by bolts or screws or otherwise, and its upper or ink-receiving face may be divided off in accordance with the number of printingsurfaces and brushes used, which is necessary when impressions in different colors are to be made.

In Fig. 9 I have shown a portion of such a pad, h being the base-board; h the layers of felt; h the cleats that divide the pad transversely into fields; h, the non-absorbent inkreceiving sheet, which may likewise be di vided into fields by cleats O, the edges of the sheet or sheets of rubber being cemented or otherwise secured to said cleats O and O, as well as to border-cleats at the opposite sides and ends of the board h. The rear edge of the upper liquid-proof sheet or sheets h projects beyond the rear edge of the ink-pad, so as to dip into the ink trough or troughs, as shown at h Figs. 5 and 11. When a separate ink-pad is employed, I may connect the ink trough or troughs with the base-board h thereof by any suitable means-as, for instance, brackets h Fig. 11,-whose lower arms may be secured between said base-board h and the table It by the means for securing the board to its table, or the said base-board may have recesses formed in its under side or be provided with sockets or sleeves for the reception of the horizontal arms of the brackets. By the means described the ink trough or troughs rise and fall with the table h, though this is not absolutely necessary,as such trough or troughs may be supported from the machine-framing.

When lines of matter are to be printed on the piece goods in differently-colored inks, the ink-receiving surface h of the ink-pad is divided into surfaces h of suitable width, with suitable intervening spaces h and with spaces left blank, opposite to which there are no printing type or surfaces requiring to be inked. The liquid-proof surface h is shaped in such pads at h so as to separately dip or lap into the different ink-troughs h, as shown in Fig. 12, so that any excess of ink taken up by the brushes and expressed therefrom as they drag over the edges of the troughs and ink-pads can flow back into said troughs, thereby avoiding the necessity of a liquidtight joint between the troughs and the machine-frame or the ink-pads when said troughs are connected with the frame or the inkingin table.

When an ink-pad of the full length of the machine is used, the ink-distributing brush or brushes g may be of the same length or there may be a plurality of such brushes arranged end to end or a plurality of such brushes may be used with the required spaces between them, as shown in Fig. 9, where two lengths of brushes are acting within different fields, as above described.

Instead of an ink-pad such as hereinabove described I may use an endless belt or belts, as shown in Figs. 13 and 14, 13 indicating the ink pan or trough, g a board arranged therein and over which the endless belt g travels,

said belt being mounted on rollers q and q, that revolve freely in bearings in the trough, other slot bearings being provided for a squeezing-roll g cooperating with the roller q for well-known purposes, to and from which roller q the belt travels, the trough being filled with ink, so as to immerse the slack lower portion of such belt, the squeeze-roll also acting, with the roller (1 below the same, as a tension device. On one of the journals of the roller q is loosely mounted a radial arm (1 and a ratchet-wheel g is rigidly secured to said shaft by the side of said arm and is engaged by a pawl q, pivoted to such arm, which is held in a normal position by a spring g against a stop-pin g projecting from a bracket-arm on the trough 19.

It is obvious that whenever the arm g is rocked toward the left, Fig. 13, the pawl will revolve the ratchet g a certain distance, thereby drawing the belt a corresponding distance through the rollers g and q to present freshly-inked surfaces to the brushes for distribution over the surface of the belt ready for the inking in of the type or printing surfaces. Such a movement may be imparted to the endless belt g at each movement of the brush-carrier f toward the impression-table, said brush-carrier or a suitable part connected therewith depressing the arm g and moving clear of it, the spring g returning said arm to its normal position, or the arm may be moved by the type-carrier striking an abutment g a little before it reaches its position for printing. above the impression-table, said abutment q being adjustable on the screw-threaded end of a rod q, that has sliding motion in suitable bearings q" and is connected with the arm q", as shown in Fig. 13. Of course the endless belt in the case described is of an absorbent material, as felt, and a plurality of such having a common ink-trough or each having its sep- IIO IIS

arate ink-trough may be used, and the endless ink-belts may be mounted on sets of rollers common to all of them or on separate sets of such rollers.

Any other suitable means may be employed to impart an intermittent movement to the belt or belts as, for instance, the roller or rollers q may be geared to a shaft below the troughs and said ,shaft may be revolved as described in reference to the ratchet-wheel q, such modification being entirely within the province of the skilled mechanic and need not, therefore, be shown or more particularly described.

Above the machine 011 the impression-table side I arrange a table Z, that extends the full length of the machine, as a convenient means for the reception of asupply of pieces of goods to be printed upon, though this table maybe arranged above the inking-in side of the machine, if desired.

The piece-goods to be printed are placed upon the impression-table 7t against the pre viously-adjusted gage or gages, and if it be assumed that the printing surface or surfaces are inked in and the mechanism in aposition to lift the said table the further rotation of the cams it Will move the same up and the piece or pieces of goods against the printing surface or surfaces. The table 71; now begins to descend, after which the typecarrier e and therewith the brush-carrier f are caused to move, respectively, over and beyond the inkpad, the brush or brushes g dipping into the ink trough or troughs 7t. At this time the ink-pad H is lifted through the cams 719 into contact with the type surface or surfaces, it being presumed that said pad had previously been supplied with ink. Immediately after the inking-in of the printing-surface the type and brush carriers move back again to their starting-point,the former in position for printing, while the brush or brushes on the brushcarrier will distribute a fresh supply of ink over the ink-pad, the described movements being repeated so long as the main drivingshaft 1) is kept in motion.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In a printing-machine for printing upon textiles folded in the piece, a platen and an inking-in table arranged side by side, a typecarrier, mechanism operating to positively impart a rectilinear vertical reciprocating mo tion intermittingly to said platen and table alternately, and mechanism operating to positively impart to said type-carrier an intermittent rectilinear motion above and across the path of said platen and inking-in table, for the purpose set forth.

2. In a printing-machine such as described, a platen and inking-in table arranged side by side, a type-carrier, mechanism operating to positively impart a rectilinear vertical reciprocating motion intermittingly to said platen and table alternately, mechanism operating to positively impart to said type-carrier an intermittent rectilinear motion above and across the path of said platen and inking-in table, and adjusting devices for adjusting the platen and inking-in table relatively to the line of travel of the type-carrier, for the purpose set forth.

3. In a printing-machine such as described, a platen and an inking-in table arranged side by side, a type-carrier, mechanism operating to positively impart a rectilinear vertical reciprocating motion 'intermittingly to said platen and table alternately, mechanism op erating to positively impart to said typecarrier an intermittent rectilinearreciprocating motion above and across the path of the platen and table and a continuously-revoluble shaft controlling the operation of said mechanisms, for the purpose set forth.

4. In a printing-machine such as described, a platen, an inking-in table and color-receptacle arranged side by side in the order named, a type-carrier and an ink-distributing device connected with said carrier, mechanism operating to positively impart a rectilinear vertical reciprocating motion intermittingly to said platen and table alternately, and mech anism operating to positively impart to the type-carrier an intermittent rectilinear reciprocating motion above and across the path of said platen and table and through said typecarrier a like motion to the ink-distributing device to and from the ink-receptacle across the path of the inking-in table, for the purpose set forth.

5. In a printing-machine, a platen, an inking-in table, mechanism for imparting a rectilinear vertical reciprocating motion intermittingly and alternately to said platen and table, and an ink-receptacle having motion with said table; in combination with a typecarrier, an ink-distributer, and mechanism for imparting to said carrier a rectilinear traversing motion to and from points in the path of the aforesaid platen and inking-in table, and to the ink-distributor to and from the ink-receptacle across the path of said inking-iu table, for the purpose set forth.

6. In a printing-machine, a platen and an inking-in table arranged side by side, mechanism for imparting a rectilinear vertical reciprocating motion intermittingly and alternately to said platen and table, and a yielding or elastic support for each; in combina tion with a type-carrier having an intermittent rectilinear traversing motion from and to a point in the path of the platen to and from a point in the path of the inking-in table, for the purpose set forth.

7 In a printing-machine such as described, the combination with the platen 7c and inking-in table it each provided with pendent socket and guide-brackets, partially screwthreaded supporting-rods projecting into said sockets, a hand-Wheel Working on the threaded portion of said rods and supporting-springs at the upper end of said rods for the platen and table; of actuating-levers adapted to move the rods up and down, said levers having bearing on the aforesaid hand-wheels, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

8. In a printing-machine, the combination With the platen its supporting-rods, the inking-in table and its supporting-rods, of the cam-shaft cl, the cams h thereon, levers operated by said cams and operating on the aforesaid rods, and means for continuously revolving said shaft in one and the same direction, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

9. In a printing-machine, the combination with a platen and inking-in table arranged side by side, and mechanism for imparting a vertical rectilinear reciprocating motion alternately and intermittingly to said platen and table; of a horizontal guide-track above the same, a type-carrier having motion on said track, a brush-carriage articulated to the carrier, the rock-levers 6 connected with said carrier, the cam-shaft d, cams e thereon operating said levers, and means for continuously revolving said shaft in one and the same direction, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

10. In a printing-machine, a type-carrier consistingof a bar or rail U -shaped in section and provided With a longitudinal bottom slot or slots and undercut or dovetailed grooves in its outer Vertical faces, and clamping-bolts adjustable along said grooves; in combination with a printing block or blocks provided with vertically-slotted brackets for the passage of the aforesaid bolts, and with a clamping-bolt projecting through the longitudinal slot, and suitable clamping-nuts for said bolts, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

11. In a printing-machine, the combination with the type-carrier, and a brush-carriage articulated thereto and carrying a flat brushsupporting rail f; of a brush or brushes each provided with a bracket or brackets g having a downwardly-projecting arm forming a slot for the reception of the brush -bar, and a clamping-bolt working in said arm, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

12. In a printing-machine, the combination with an ink-pad consisting of a plurality of layers of flexible material, as felt, and of a top layer of an elastic liquid-proof material, as rubber; of an ink-receptacle by the side of said pad, the upper layer of which projects beyond the pad into said ink-receptacle, an inkdistributer as a brush,adapted to move across the pad into and out of the ink-receptacle, for the purpose set forth.

13. In a printing-machine, the combination with an ink receptacle or trough, of an inkpad having a liquid-proof inking-in surface, the end of which dips into said trough, for the purpose set forth.

14. In a printing-machine, the combination with a platen, an ink-pad, and an ink-receptacle located side by side, said pad having a top layer of elastic liquid-proof material, as rubber, projecting from said pad into the inkreceptacle, and mechanism for imparting to the platen and pad a rectilinear vertical reciprocating motion intermittingly and alternately; of a type-carrier, a Wheeled brushv carrier connected With said type-carrier, and mechanism for imparting to the type a horizontal reciprocating motion from a point above the platen to a point above the pad, and therethrough a like motion to the brush-carrier to and from the ink-receptacle across the inkpad, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

15. In a printing-machine, the combination With a plurality of ink-troughs, of an ink-pad divided into fields corresponding in number With the number of ink-troughs and having a liquid proof upper surface, one edge of which overlaps the pad and dips into the inktroughs, and an ink-distributer consisting of a brush-carrier and brushes corresponding in number to the-aforesaid number of ink-pad fields, for the purpose set forth.

16. In a printing-machine, the combination with a vertically-reciprocating ink-pad, and an ink-receptacle having motion with said pad, of a type-carrier, an ink-distributing appliance, and mechanism for imparting to the carrier and distributing device a traversing motion across the path of said pad and receptacle, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ROUGHSEDGE WVALLWORK.

Witnesses:

PETER J. LIVSEY, WILLIAM FAULKNER.

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