US605173A

US605173A - Meyer

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Publication number: US605173A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1898-06-07
Anticipated expiration: 1915-06-07

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, P. BERKEMEYER. PRINTING PRESS POB. CUTTING RIBBONS AND GOUNTING SAME.

,-173- Patented June 7,1898.

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PRIBVIIIGA PRESS FOR CUTTING RVIBBUNS AND COUNTING SAME.

No. '605,173. i Patented June 7,1898. Y

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FERDINAND BERKEMEYEE, ,or ',sEILLERsvILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, `As'sfIGNoR or ONE-HALE Fro CHARLES N. oREssMAN, or SAME PLACE.

PRINTING-PRESS F0R"`cUII|NG mBBNs 'ANU Yclovu'Niil'e SAME.

- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 605,173; dated rune v, 189s.

l Application tiled J' une 10, 1897. Serial No. 640,148. (No model.)

`Be it'knownthat I, FERDINAND BERKE- MEYEIEa citizen of the United States, residing at Sellersville, in the vcounty of Bucks, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful ImprovementinAttachments for Printing-Presses for Cutting Ribbons and for Automatically Counting the Same, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of an improvement in `attachments for printing-presses for cutting ribbons and forvautomatically counting the same, whereby the ribbons will be printed and cut to a desired length and the number will be registered Without any waste. It furtherconsistsof details of construction, all as will-be hereinafterset forth.

y Figure 1 represents a plan viewof a device for a platen-printing-press attachment for cutting ribbons and for automatically counting the js'ame embodying my invention. Fig. 2 representsan end viewof the cutting device in detached position.y i Figs, 3 and 4 represent views of detached portions ofthe machine. Fig. 5 represents a side elevation of the machine, showing a portion of the printing-press employed.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the iigures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a portion of, a printingpress,which is of the usual construction and has the ink-distributing plate or plates B, -inking-rollers C, and type bed or holders'D.

E designates a platen which is adapted` to be moved in the direction indicated by the arrow', Fig. 5, so that the ribbon to be printed vis brought to the type F.

Mounted on the platen E are the blocks or guides G r, which are provided with openings through which the ribbons I-I are passed.

J designates a plate or table attached to or forming part of the printing-press, and secured thereto by the clips K is a bed L of the cutting attachment, which has Y the ears M, whichare'engaged by said clips K," the outer end of 'said bed being supported by a post N and the face of said bedebeing provided with a giioovej -Pgtli V'walls o'fwhich" are inclined. Q vdesignates the body of the cutting device, which has a tongue R, the same being adapted tion by the thumb-screws V, it being noticed/A that the guides T and U form a passage W in the body portion, which is adapted to receive the ribbon when printed.

One face A of the body Q is at an angle to' the remaining' sides, and secured thereto is the cutter, one blade B of which is rigidly secured to said' body Q substantially level with-the bottom of the passage W, while the blade C is'pivotedto either said blade B or to the body Q at an angle to the other blade and has a connectionD, which passes around the pulleys or rollers E -F and is secured to the platen E. A spring G', having one end secured to said blade Oaud the other end to the bed Q or to an arm H, returns said blade C to its proper position.

J designates guides which are suitably supported on the bed Land are adapted to receive the ribbons after the printingand cutting are accomplished. A guide K' is movably secured tosaid bed L and serves to direct the ribbonsto the passage W and serves as an end measure.

Movably mounted on the plate J is a bar L', which is provided witha pawl M', the same engaging with the teeth on a disk or plate Nv', a spring-arm P preventing the turning of said disk in the wrong direction.

Q designates a cord or wire which has one end attached to said bar L'and the other end -attached'to the platen, as at'R', said cord in t-he present instance passing around the pulleys or rollers S; but if the platen is of such size that a direct pull can be exercised on the,

bar L it will be unnecessary to use the rollers S.

T designates a pin which is carried by the disk N', said pin being adapted tocontact IOO bar L and the other end to a suitable fixed point and is adapted to return the said bar after it has been moved by the operation of the press.

A2 designates an opening in the plate N' which is adapted to receive a pin for operating the hammer, whereby the indicator will be struck and the operator notified that a certain number of ribbons have been printed.

The operation is as follows: The ribbon II is passed through the guides G,between which it is adapted to receive the impression. The platen is now caused to approach the typeF and the impression is made. The ribbon is then further advanced through the bar K, which serves as a guide, and is brought into the passage "W between the guides T and U by the operator, who grasps the free or eut end of the ribbon and draws upon the same, which at the same time prevents the said ribbon from being pulled backward out of the guide IV when the platen is moved toward the type. The guide U is adjusted according to the width of the ribbon. The device is now ready for another impression and the platen is again moved to the type. As the same moves forward it exerts a pull upon the connection D, which is moved in the direction indicated b v the arrows in Fig. 5. This causes the pivoted blade C of the cutter to move in the direction indicated by the arrow and the ribbon is cut the desired length. At the same time the cord or connection Q is operated, which exerts a pull on the bar L, moving the same in the direction indicated by the arrow, Fig. l, and carrying with it the pawl M', which thus causes the plate N to advance a distance of one tooth, it being noticed that the said plate is provided with a pin T', and when the plate has made one complete revolution the pin T' strikes the hammer U of the bell or indicator V and causes the same to be rung, thus noting the number of ribbons printed. The spring IV returns the bar L to its former position after the platen is returned to its former position, and the spring G' returns the blade toits position when the said platen is moved back toits former position and the parts are ready for the next operation. The printed and cut ribbon is now placed in the guides J and the ribbon lI is again moved forward to the proper position.

In the present ease I have shown two ribbons, which are printed at the same time, after which the same are brought one over the other at about the bar K and the two ribbons are cut simultaneously; but it will be evident that, if desired, I may only print one ribben at a time, the ribbon heilig supplied from any suitable source.

The block Q may be adjusted on the bar L as desired, depending upon the size of the ribbons to be cut.

lly inserting other pins, as at A2, in the plate N the operator can tell exactly how many ribbons have been printed, whether ten, fifteen, twenty, titty, one hundred, (inc.

lVhen the guides .T are full, the same can be removed by sliding the same out of the groove P, when the ribbons can then be stored, or, if desired, the ribbons can be rcmoved at once from said guides J' without the necessity of taking outthe same.

If desired, the teeth of the plate N maybe numbered, so that the operator may tell at a glance exactly how many ribbons have been printed, it being noted that the guide K serves as an end measure in determining the point to which the ribbon is brought in order to have the impression at the proper place.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In an attachment for a printing-press having a platen, a bed suitably supported on said press, a body portion carried by said bed, a cutter mounted on said body portion, connections from said platen to said cutter-,whereby the latter is operated by the movement of the said platen, and means for returning said cutter to its normal position.

2. In an attachment to a printing-press having a platen, a bed suitably supported on said press, a groove in said bed, a body gortion having a tongue entering said groove and carried by said bed, a cutter mounted on said body portion, connections between said cutter and platen, whereby the latter is operated by the movement of said platen and means for returning said cutter to its first position.

3. A printing-press having a platen a standard with a bed thereon, a block having a tongue movable in a groove in said bed, guides on said block forming a passage-way, a cutting device on said block, and a ilexible connection from the movable member of said cutting device to the movable platen of a print ing-press.

4t. In an attachment to a printing-press having a platen, a bed suitably supported on said press, a body portion carried by said bed, means for adjusting said body portion thereon, a cutter mounted on said body portion, means for operating said cutter means for returning said cutter to its normal position, and an adjustable guide mounted on said body portion.

5. In an attachment to a printing-press, having a platen, guides thereon, a bed suitably supported on said press, a groove in said bed, a body portion having a tongue entering said groove, and carried by said bed, means for adjusting said bodyportion thereon, a eutter mounted on said body portion, means for operating said cutter means for returning said cutter to its first position, and an adjustable guide mounted on said body portion.

G. In an attachment to a printing-press having a platen, a bed suitably supported on said press, a groove in said bed, a body portion having atongue entering said groove and IOO IIO

carried bysaid bed, means foradj usting said body portion thereon, a cutter mounted .on said'body portion means for operating said cutter, means for returning said cutter to its `viirst position, an adjustable guide mounted on said body portio'n,and a registering device operated by the movement of the platen.

7. An 4attachment to a `printing-press for the purpose set forth, consisting of a block having a body with a tongue thereon and provided withguides in its upper face forming an adjustable passage-Way, one end of said `body being at an oblique angle to its,

sides, and provided with a cutting device having connections With thel movable platen of d the press for operating the same.

' 8. A printing-press having a movablepl aten, a standard with a bed thereon, a block havling a tongue adjustable Yin a groove in said bed, guides on said block forming a passage- Way,aV cutting device on a slanting end of said block, a movable member provided with a exible connection adapted to be secured to the said platen.

9. The swinging platen E .with guides-G having openings therein, `the bed L with the groove N therein,A the block Q having the .tongue R in said groove and provided With` the clamping-screw S, a cutting device having a movable memberO with flexible connection 'D' secured to said platen E, the returning- -spring G', for said member, the guide K' movably secured to said bed L, and the fixed guide T and adjustable guide U forming the .passage-Way W.

FERDINAND BERKEMEYER.

. Witnesses:

C. M. BERKEMEYER, B. FRANK CREssMAN.