US734932A - Check-protector. - Google Patents

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PATENTED JULY 28, 1903.-

E. OCUMPAUGH.

CHECK PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION TILED FEB. 27. 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented July 28, 1803.

EDMUND OCUMPAUGH, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

CHECK-PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 734,932, dated July 28 1965;.

Application filed February 27, 1903. Serial No. 145,432. (No model.) i

To all wit/mt it may concern:

Be it known that l, EDMUND OCUMPAUGH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the State of New York, have invented an Improved Check-Protector, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to certain improvements in check-protectors by which their construction is simplified andcheapened and their range of application increased.

My improvements are fully described and illustrated in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, the novel features thereof being specified in the claim annexed to the said specification.

In the accompanying drawings, representing my improved check-protector, Figure l is a front view. Fig. 2 is a side View. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the frame and type-drums. Fig. 4 is a vertical section. Fig. 5 is an inverted view.

My improved check-protector consists, essentially, of the frame A, the two independently-rotatable type-drums B and O, the movable platen D, and the separate inking-rollers R and S. The frame is made of anysuitable shape and dimensions, being provided with an arm H, in which the stem I of the platen slides, being normally held in the elevated position by any suitable spring, such as J. The check or other similar instrument to be protected is placed between the platen and the type-drums, being forced against the type by pressure on the knob K on the upper end of the stem of the platen. The words or characters to be impressed on the paper are determined by the positions of the type-drums, which are set forany particular case by means of the indexed dials L and N on the ends of the frame. The type-drums are supported by the shaft M, which passes entirely through the drum C and enters but turns freely in the drum B, the drum being fastened to the shaft M by a set-screw or other similar device. The drum B is fastened to the shaft 0, which passes a short distance into the drum. The indexed collars or dials are fastened on the outer ends of the shafts M and O, and they are provided with pointers P, attached to the frame, and with springs Q,

which hold them and the drums in any position to which they may have been set.

In order to adapt my improved check-protector to use on checks ordrafts withincrease l accuracy, I provide the left-hand drum B with a series of words running continuously from Not over one to Not over twenty, and then running to Not over one hundred by 20, 50, &c. The right-hand drum is provided with the word Dollar or its mark and with lines of type indicating one, two, 850., dollars up to nine and then with the principal subdivisions of one hundred, after which the drum shows various subdivisions of one thousand, and it may indicate higher numbers. I These words and characters are arranged on both drums in progressive order. Ialso place on the left-hand drum figures running from l to 90, indicating one hundred by C, and on the right-hand drum characters and figurescorresponding to the words, indicating one thou sand'by M. The drums are provided with longitudinal slots into which the type, which may be made by the electrotype process, are inserted. The preferred arrangement of the words and characters on the drum is represented by the following example:

1 Not over one Dollars $3 3 2 Not over two One dollars 1 3 Not over three Two dollars s; 2 4 Not over four Three dollars .5; 3

l 5 Not over five Four dollars 4 6 Not over six Five dollars 53 5 7 Not over seven Six dollars $5 6 8 Not over eight Seven dollars 5S 7 9 Not over nine Eight dollars S5 8 10 Not or'er ten Nine dollars $3 9 11 Not over eleven Twenty-five dols S 25 12 Not over twelve Fifty dollars 5s 50 13 Not over thirteen Seventy-five dols 75 14 Not over fourteen Hundred 53 C 15 Not over fifteen Hundred ten SS 010 16 Not over sixteen Hundred twenty C 17 Not over seventeen Hundred thirty 33 C 18 Not over eighteen Hundred forty C 10 Not over nineteen Hundred fifty C 20 Not over twenty Hundred sixty $5 060 30 Not over thirty Hundred seventy C70 40 Not over forty Hundred eighty SS CS0 50 Not over fifty Hundred ninety 58 C90 60 Not over sixty Two hund fifty 250 Not over seventy Five hundred 5C Not over eighty Seven hund fifty S 750 Not over ninety Thousand $3 M 0 Not over one hund. Hund thousand 53 OM words or characters on one of the drums may be alined with any of the words or characters on the other and that thus a wide range of adaptability, with increased accuracy, is produced by my improvements. Thus every number between one and one hundred may be impressed on the paper, and between one hundred and two hundred the system progresses by tens, and it is a matter of common opposite each other under the platen, when the platen would be forced against the paper and Not over ninety dollars, print-ed thereon. For a check of ninety-one dollars the second line from the top on drum 0 would be employed, and so on. I prefer to use one or more dollar-marks after the words on the right-hand drum.

In order to provide for inking the type as the drums are turned, I provide the inkingrollers R and S, which revolve independently of each other on the shaft T, supported by the pivoted bar U. The rollers are pressed against the type on the drums by a suitable spring, such as V. The barU is provided with arms, which are pivoted to the inside of the frame on the rod W. The rollers are separated on the same line as the drums, so that each drum has its special inking device. The rollers are so placed relative to the drn ms that they serve to center the type on the drums and bring them in the proper line under the platen. When any given line of type is central under the platen, the roller on the corresponding drum comes between two of the rows of projecting type on the lower side of the drum and to a'certain degree holds the drum from revolving.

The limiting words not over may have various substitutes or they may be omitted entirely. The columns of figures at right and left in the example may be left ofi of the drums. One of the supporting-shafts may be turned down and pass into a hole in the other.

Various other changes or substitutions may be made in my improved check-protector without departure from the principles herein described.

Instead of being inserted in lines in the drums the type may be made in one piece wrapped around the drum.

I claim- In a printer, the combination of a frame provided with an extension terminating in an overhanging perforated portion, a stem terminating in a knob passing through said perforated portion, a platen carried by said stem, a spring surrounding said stern, independently-rotatable type-drums in said casing, a shaft supporting both of said drums and having one of said drums attached thereto, a second shaft surrounding said first- ,named shaft to which said second drum is at Witnesses:

GEORGE A. GILLETTE, GEORGE B. SELDEN.

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