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C. H. VERDER.

MACHINE FON PRINTING INDEX RINGS.

No. 602,412. Patented Apr. 12,1898.

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C. H. VERDER. MACHINE FOR PRINTING INDEX RINGS. No. 602,412. Patented Apr. 12,1898.

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lINrTnn STATES PATENT CURTIS HUSSEY VEEDER, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE VEEDER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

MACHINE FOR `PRINTING INDEX-RINGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 602,412, dated April 12, 1898. Application filed February 12, 1897. Serial No. 623,050. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: to be operated upon. Fig. 9 is a detail view, Beit known that I, CURTIS HU ssEY VEEDER, in longitudinal central section, of the carrier a citizen of the United States, residing in the or driver for the index-ring or other article city and county of Hartford, in the State of during printing. Figs. 10 and l1 are det-ail 55 5 Connecticut, have invented certain new and views of washers applied to the driver or caruseful Improvements in Machines for Printrier shown in Fig. 9 for cooperation with difing Index-Rings, die., of which the following ferent index-rings. Figs. 12 and 13 are detail isaspecificatiomreference beinghad to the acviews of different index-rings to be printed. I companying drawings, forming apart hereof. Fig. 14 is a perspective view of the chuck or 6o l 1o The object of this invention is to produce a holder shown in Fig. S. l machine which shall be capable of printing The machine represented in the drawings rapidly and accurately upon the peripheries has a suitable base or bed plate A, which is of index-rings or other like articles the figprovided with suitable standards or cheekures or other characters which should appear pieces a a to receive and support the work- 65 15 thereon. In cyclometers and other devices ing parts. In one of said standards is jourof like character in which such index-rings naled a shaft B, which in the machine shown or other like articles are employed it is necconstitutes both the main driving-shaft and essary that the figures upon the peripheries the carrier for the line of type, the latter beof such index-rings or other articles should ing shown as formed upon the periphery of a 7o 2o bear a definite relation to the teeth or other type-wheel C, which is secured against a parts of the rings or other articles by which flange or shoulder b of the shaft B by a washer the movements are effected, and especially b and nut b2. Said shaft B may receive a that successive index-rings or other articles crank D, by which motion may be imparted shall be printed precisely alike. I have thereto the machine, and it has also secured there- 75 2 5 fore sought to so construct my improved mato a gear E, which meshes with a gear E', conchine as to insure the perfect accuracy and nected to the carrier for the index-ring or uniformity in its work, which is essential, and other article to be printed, and with a gear at the same time to enable the printing to be E2 upon the shaft F of an inking-roll F. done rapidly and economically. The shaft F is mounted eccentrically in 8o 3o A convenient and practical form of the Abearing-sleevesf, which are in turn supported mechanism which I have devised for the genin the cheek-pieces a a of the frame and are eral purpose referred to will be fully deretained in adjusted position by set-screws scribed hereinafter with reference to the acf j, this provision being made to permit of companying drawings, in which adjustment of the inking-roll F toward or 85 3 5 Figure 1 is a perspective view of a machine from the line of type, as conditions may reconstructed in accordance with myinvention. quire, the gears E and E2 remaining in mesh Fig. 2 is an elevation of the right-hand end at all points of such adjustment. An inkof the machine shown in Fig. 1, the crank bedistributing roll G is mounted upon a staing broken off. Fig. 3 is a partial detail eletionary shaft G', which is slotted at its end, 9o 4o vation of the right-hand end of the machine as at g g, to straddle adjusting-screws g g',

with parts removed. Fig. 4 is a detail View, by which it may be raised or lowered in 0rin front elevation, of the right-hand portion der to maintain the proper contact with the of the machine. Figs. 5 and 6 are detail surface of the inking-roll F. In order that views in longitudinal and transverse section, the roll G may be caused to reciprocate as it 95 45 illustrating the devices for eifecting the rerotates, and thereby insure a uniform districiprocations of the ink-distributing roll. Fig. bution of the ink upon the inking-roll F', I 7 is a detail view in longitudinal central seccut in the shaft G (see Figs. 5 and 6) a doution, illustrating the means for securing the ble thread g2, which is engaged by a short line of type or type-wheel to its carrier. Fig. sliding piece or plug g3, which is carried in a Ico 5o 8 is a longitudinal central section of the chuck recess or hole in the roll G, the outer end of or holder for the index-ring or other article said recess or hole being filled bya cap-piece g4, which in turn may be secured in place by a pin g5, parallel with the axis of the roll, so that the surface of the roll is kept perfectly smooth. p

A The driver or carrier for the index-ring or other article to be printed is shown as a shaft H, mounted to rotate in a bearing-sleeve H', which is carried and is adjustable longitudinally in the swinging block or bearing I, mounted between cheek-pieces a a' of the base or bed plate A. The longitudinal adjustment is for the purpose of bringing the index-ring or other article to be printed eX- actly into line with the type, and the parts are held in adjusted position by a set-screw h. The block and the shaft are held toward the line of type with a yielding pressure by a spring 1T, the movement toward the type being limited by a setscrew i. The shaft H receives the gear E', which remains always in mesh with the gear E, so that the index-ring or other article to be printed is always geared with the line of type to move therewith at the same surface speed.

For the purpose of insuring precision in positioning the index-ring or other article to be printed with relation to the line of type, so that the printed characters on the periphery of the index-ring or other article shall bear a definite relation to the teeth or other parts of the index-ring or other article, the driver or carrier H is adapted to engage the index-ring or other article positively, while permitting the index-ring or other article to be placed in position and removed easily and quickly. To this end a projection on the one part is adapted to engage a corresponding recess on the other part. In a cyclometer or other like device certain of the index wheels or rings (see Fig. l2) are provided with a driving-pin 19, which projects laterally, (parallel with the axis,) as well as internal teeth, while others, (see Fig. 13,) such as the left-hand one of the series, have no driving-pin and only the internal teeth. For index-rings 'of the first kind the flange h' of the shaft H is provided with a recess h2 to receive the projecting pin of the index-ring, and a washer h3, without any tooth or projection, but of a diameter to it snugly within the index-ring, is secured to the end of the shaft I-I by a screw h4 to center and support the index-ring. When printing index-rings which have no driving-tooth, the washer h3 is replaced bythe washer h5, (see Fig. 11,)which has a pin hto enterthe recess h2 in the ange h and a tooth k7 to enter between two of the internal teeth of the index-ring, whereby the position of the index-ring, and therefore of the printed characters with .relation to the teeth of the ring, is determined with precision. To facilitate the work,l prefer that each index-ring while being printed, instead of being firmly fastened to the driver or carrier, shall be held in engagement therewith by the hand of the operator, a holder which will permit the rotation of the ring being supplied for this purpose and forming a detached part of the machine. Such aholder is shown in Figs. l and S, and as there shown it comprises aspring-chuck J, the end of which is adapted to be sprung within the rim of an index-wheel, and a sleeve or handle J ,within which the spring-chuck is free to rotate, so that an index-ring may be held by the operator firmly in contact with the driver or carrier H and yet be permitted to rotate freely with said driver or carrier.

In order to obtain absolute accuracy in the printing, it is desirable to provide means for taking up any lost motion or backlash that there maybe between the gears E and E', and I have therefore provided a clamp-brake K for application to the shaft H, such brake comprising two arms which are clamped with the desired pressure by one or more set-screws 7s, the brake being held in position by a pin 7o', which is also embraced between the said arms.

In the use of the machine described an index-ring to be printed is first applied to the spring chuck or holder and is then held by the operator against and in engagement with the driver or carrier H with one hand, while with the other hand a single turn is given to the crank D. In the machine shown the shaft or carrier or driver II makes two complete rotations to one rotation of the shaft B; but the type characters occupy but one-half of the periphery of the type-wheel C,and the peripheral speed of the line of type is the same as that of the index-ring.

It will be obvious that various changes in the construction and arrangement of the machine may be made to suit dierent requirements without departing from the spirit of my invention and that, for example, the line of type might be formed as a straight bar to be moved in contact with the surface of the indexring; but I prefer the arrangement shown.

I claim as my inventionl. A machine for printing index-rings and other like articles, said machine comprising a line of type, a carrier to support the same and a rotary shaft geared to the type` carrier to move therewith, said shaft having at its extremity a projection to center and support the ring and a recess or projection to engage a corresponding projection or recess of the ring and to rotate the same positivelywith the periphery of the ring in contact with the line of type whereby an absolute relation of the print ed characters with the teeth or other parts of the ring or other article is secured and the ring may be readily applied to and removed from the shaft, substantially as shown and described.

2. A machine for printing index-rings and other like articles, said machine comprising a rotary shaft, a type-wheel mounted thereon to rotate therewith, a second rotary shaft and gearing connecting said shafts for rotation together, said second-named shaft having at its IOO IIO

extremity a projection to center and support the ring and a recess or projection to engage a corresponding projection or recess of the ring and to move the same positively with the periphery of the ring in contact with the line of type, whereby an absolute relation of the printed characters with the teeth or other parts of the ring or other article is secured and the ring may be readily applied to and removed from the shaft, substantially as shown and described.

3. A machine for printing index-rings and other like articles, said machine comprising a line of type, a carrier to support the saine, a rotary shaft geared to the type-carrier to move therewith, said shaft having at its extremity a projection to center and support the ring anda recess or projection to engage a corresponding projection or recess of the ring and to rotate the same positively, with the periphery of the ringin contact with the line of type, and a swinging bearing, in which said shaft is mounted to rotate, whereby the ring or other article maybe moved toward or from a line of type, substantially as shown and described.

4. A machine for printing index-rings and other like articles, said machine comprising a line of type, a carrier to support the saine, a rotary shaft geared to the type-carrier to move therewith, said shaft having at its extremity a projection to center and support the ring and a recess or projection to engage a corresponding projection or recess of the ring and to rotate the same positively with the peripheryI of the ring in contact with the line of type, a bearing-block for said shaft and a bearing-sleeve in which said shaft is mounted for rotation, said sleeve being adjustable longitudinally, substantially as shown and described.

5. A machine for printing index-rings and other like articles, said machine comprising a line of type, a carrier to support the same, a rotary shaft geared to the type-carrier to move therewith, said shaft having at its extremity a projection to center and support the ring and a recess or projection to engage a corresponding projection or recess of the ring and to rotate the same positively, with the periphery of the ring in contact With the line of type, and a brake supplied to said shaft to take up lost motion or backlash, substantially as shown and described.

6. The combination with a type-carrier and an inking-roll, of a shaft supported in proximity to said inking-roll and having a double reversed thread and an ink-distributing roll mounted on said shaft, said ink-distributing roll having a recess, a sliding piece or plug supported in said recess and engaging said threaded shaft, a cap to close said recess and a pin parallel with the axis of the roll to secure said cap in place, substantially as shown and described.

This specification signed and witnessed this 10th day of February, A. D. 1897.

CURTIS HUSSEY VEEDER.

In presence of- ETHEL L. WILLIAMS, E. BARRIE SMITH.

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