US735311A - Attachment for printing-telegraphs or other strip-delivering apparatus. - Google Patents

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4 1 PATENTBD AUG. 4190'3. c. M. STINPR. ATTAGHMENT PORPRINTING TELEGRAPHS 0R OTHER STRIP DBLIVPRING APPARATUS.

PATENTED AUG. 4; 19031.

' f No. 735,311.'

gc. M. STINER.` Y r ATTACHMENT TOR PRINTINGVTELBGRAPHS 0R OTHER sTRTP DELIVERI'NTG APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 11, 1901.

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INVENTOR H0 MODEL.

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PATENTBD AUG. 4, 1903;.

C. M. STINIJL.4 ATTACHMENT FOR PRINTING TBLEG-RAPHS 0R OTHER STRIP DELIVBRING APPARATUS. `APLIoArIoN111.111) FEB. 11, 1901.

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Iatented August 4, 19O.

PATENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE M. STINER,YOF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE AUTO TICKER-TAPE DISPLAY COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

ATTACHMENT ROR PRINTlNG-TELEGRAPHS OR OTHER STRIP-DELIVERING APPARATUS.

r'nenerFrwi'r:ro1vV forming part ofnettersrateat No. 735,31 1, dated August `4, 1903.

` Application filed'ebrnary 1l, 1901. Serial No. 46,765. (No model.) l

To @ZZ whom t 11mg concern.-

Be it known that I, CLARENCE M. STINER, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at the city of New York, in the borough of Manhattan and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Printing-Telegraphs or other Strip-Delivering Apparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

' In certain forms of printing-telegraphs,such V as the well-known ticker for printing stock reports and "'other intelligencethe printed matter appears upon one side of acontinuous` narrow ribbon of paper o r tape which is automatcally drawn from a reel, printed, and

then ejected from the instrument into a box, basket, or other receptacle from which it may be withdrawn for perusal; but since the printing is done in what is practically but a single line a few minutes work on the part of the machine will suffice to use up a considerablelength of tape, and it is therefore often necessary to handle many yards of the tape in order `to findreports which have been printed buta comparatively short time, and inthe casev of machines located in `public places'the tapes,

owing to frequent and in most cases careless handling, soon become confused and tangled masses, readable only near the instrument, and early reports being completely hidden and` practically inaccessible.

produce a device which, coperating with an ordinary ticker or similar instrument, shall be adapted to receive the tape as it emerges from the instrument and arrange the same upon a suitable receiver in a compact and orderly manner printed side up, so that the printed mattermay be easily read.`

Broadly, the invention consists ofthe com:n

bination, with a printing-telegraph or other instrument`or machiuein `whicha continuons tape or sheet is printed upon or otherwise treated and then ejected,1of a receiver and means whereby said tape or sheet will be arranged npon said .receiver neatly and compactly and in a regular, uniform, or definite order, so that printed matter or other impressions upon the surface of the tape or sheet wlibeexposed to viewin such mannerthat the 'same may be conveniently'examined or observed.

More specifically,the invention consists of Y that printedmatter thereupon can be read line after line,like the printed page of a book.

My invention comprehends the use of a receiver of any desired shape and of any desired dimensions either in` length or width; but in practice it will probably be found preferable in most cases to employ a number of small receivers or a receiver divided into a `plurality of sections rather than a single continuous receiver.` One advantage of a pluralityof receiver-sections is economyof space, andin the embodiment of myinvention herein disclosed such arrangement has been adopted.

In the embodiment referred to a'plurality of empty receiver-sections are compactly arranged in a group or pile ofsmall compass to one side of the line of movement ofthe tape The object of the present `invention is totA vas it issues from the instrument, said move- -ment in this caseV being in a substantially horizontal plane.V A motor adapted to oper` ate at intervals is arranged to engage the receiver-sections, withdraw them successively from the group or pile referred to, and move them stepby step transversely to the path of ,movement of the tape, a suitable guidingchannel being provided for the tape to direct the same from the instrument onto the surface of a receiver-section. A device feronttween said channel and the receiver-sections in line with the tape. A receiver-section having been withdrawn from the group or pile into operative relation with the tape will remain stationary during the operation of the ting or severing the tape will be located beticker or other instrument until a predetermined length of the tape has been laid upon the surface of said section, whereupon the motor will be released. The release of the motor will cause the knife to descend, severing the tape at the edge of the receiver-section and causing the section itself to be advanced one step, carrying the severed strip with it, and presenting another portion of its surface to the tape for a fresh strip. As the several sections become filled with strips of tape they may be successively transferred to another part of the device and again arranged 1 in a compact group or pile.

tions, may be readily exposed to view at any time.

` In the accompanying drawingslhave illustrated an organization of mechanisms which I wish to be understood as representative of only one of the many forms in which my invention may be embodied, and while I shall hereinafter describe such embodiment in detail I do not limit myself in any way whatsoever tothe structural details as they herein appear or to any other specic construction.

Figure 1 represents a plan view of my invention. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of arrows 2 2. Fig. 3 is a section on line w x of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of arrows 2 2. Fig. 4 is a section on line lyfy of Fig. l'looking in the direction of arrows 3 3. Fig. 5 isa detail illustrating the operation of a rocking lever and pawl. Fig. 6 is a detail illustrating the manner of-exposing to View the contents of one of a group or pile of receiver-sections. Fig. 7 is a sectional view of what is shown in Fig. 6 with an additional slide partly drawn out. Fig. 8 is a detail of'the knife and knife-operating mechanism, and Fig. 9 is a detail of the motor.

Referring. to the drawings by letters and numerals, A represents a casing,within which the working parts of the device are supported and housed.

Bis a platform located in chamber b at one end of said casing, and C a similar platform located in chamber c atthe other end thereof. Platforms vB and C are supported by vertical shafts or columns B and C', which shafts are toothed, as shown, and engaged by spurwheels b and c', respectively. Spur-wheels b and c' are engaged by a com mon drive-gear D, which is mounted upon a shaft E. A pulley E', to vwhich a weight E2 is attached, is also secured lto said shaft. c

Extending across the space between the two chambers b and c and near the upper portionsthereof are tracks, guides, or ways d CZ. Platform" B is designed to carry a charge `or succeeding section against the cover a.

supply ofreceiver-sections, (represented by the numerals 1, 2, ,3, 4, &c.,) which sections are piled one upon the other in the manner best shown in Fig. 4. The function and the details of construction of these receiver-sections will appear hereinafter and need not be considered now. For the present it will suffice to siate that in the regular operation of the machine these sections, beginning with the topmost, will be transferred successively across the guides or tracks d d and piled regularly, one upon th-e other, upon the platform C, the arrangement being that the bottom of the topmost section on platform B will be in line with said guides or tracks as well as in line with the upper surface of the platform C or the upper surface of a pile of receiver-sections that may lie upon said platform.

The function of the weight E2 is to keep the topmost of the pile of receiver-sections on platform B pressed against the under side of the cover a of the chamber b, in which position it may be engaged by the transferring devices, 'to be described hereinafter, Aand withdrawn from the pile. Whenever a section shall have been wholly withdrawn from said pile, weight E2 will act and carry t-he next Now if the pull of the weight on shaft E were a constant factor the friction between cover a and the receiver-sections would be increased every time a section was withdrawn from platform B, since theremoval of each section would lighten `the pile and correspondingly lessen the resistance to said Weight. Accordingly I have divided the weight into a plu- Sov ICO

rality of members ee, spaced apart and sepa- Y rately attached to the pulley-cord, as indicated in Fig. 4. As the weight descends these members will one by one come to rest upon a suitable support, as a2, and the pull upon shaft E, and the consequent upward thrust of the platform B, be gradually lessened; but since the receiver-sections are removed from platform B only to be transferred to platform C the weight upon the latter will be increased as fast as thatupon the former is decreased, which fact will also tend to produce friction between the'cover and the receiversections, it being understood that downward pressure on platform C will exert upward pressure on platform B. To counteract this effect, I provide a second weight F and attach it to the pulley E in such manner that it will exert a pull thereon opposite in effect to that of weight E2. Weight F, like weight E2, will be made up of a plurality of membersff, spaced apart and separately attached to the pulley-cord f; but in this case the members of the weight will normally be at rest upon a suitable support a2, as shown, and lifted one by one as the pulley is rotated, thereby gradually adding resistance to the graduallyincreasing downward thrust of platform C.

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Preferably weight F will be attached to pulan appreciable number of receiver-sections have been transferred to platform B.

The details of the receiver-sections are clearly shown in Figs. 4, 6, and 7, wherein they will be seen to each consist of a supporting-tray s and a sliding pan s', mounted therein, the saidpan being adapted to Abe ing in slots s3.

drawn out from-the tray in the manner indicated in Figs. 7 and S, but prevented from being wholly withdrawn by the pins s2,work- The under sides of the trays are provided with one or more rows of teeth ornotches s4, extending from back to front, while the upper surfaces of the pans are laid out in a series of `parallel grooves S5, extending fromrside'to side and having overhanging edges s6."

`Gr represents a printing-telegraph instrument or ticker of the usual or any preferred construction, which is mounted upon a frame g, secured to the'side of casing A. The desame horizontal plane as that of any receivertails of this instrument forming no part of the invention are not illustrated.

H represents the tape, which, as usual, is drawn `bythe instrument from a reel, (indicated at H,) passes between the printing-rolls or type, (not showin) emerges at h, and then enters the guiding-channel h', the tape being pushed along said channel by the same force which draws it into the instrument for printing. Between `the instrument and the reel I locate a light wheel or drumK, of definite diameterand carrying a tripper lc, the tape being caused by idler k2 to pass over a considerable `portion of 4the periphery of said drum in order to rotate the latter.

` Vithin the channel h is a hinged leaf t', adapted to rest upon the tape-and overcome any tendency the latter may have to rise out of the channel at this point. l The channel, it will be seen, approaches the casing A ata point between the chambers b and c preferably nearer `the former and occupies the section that may be resting upon the tracks or guides d, it being the function of said channel to direct the tape into the grooves 35 of such receiver-sections. The sections are moved at intervals a distance equal to the width of a groove, sothat each groove may be successively brought infoline with the channel h and receive the tape.` The direction of movement of the tape is` at right angles to that of'a receiver-section ast'ne latter passes along the guides CZ d, and at the point of intersection of the two paths of movement I locate a tape-cutting device P.

. J represents a motor of suitable character. In the present embodiment of my invention it is a weight-actuated shaft j, geared to a train of wheelsj'j, the., said train including an escape-wheel Z, having a notch Z therein. A detent Z2 normally engages notch Z and serves to lock the motor against movement, the detent being carried upon o'ne end of a rod M. ,The other end of rod `M extends to thedrum `K and is adapted to be engaged by the tripper 7c once in each Arotation of the drum, the effect being to raise the detent and release the motor, the detent riding upon` the periphery of the escape-wheel Z until the latter has made one complete rotation, when it `will again engage the notch and stop the motor.

Rod M carries a second detent m, adapted to engage, successively, each of the notches m in a wheel fm2 in the motor-train. The number of notches m will be one less than the number of teeth s4 on the under side of the receiver-sections. For instance, if there are eight teeth s4 the wheel 'm2 will be divided into eight equal spaces and notched at seven of such spaces. Wheel m"z is adapted to make one-eighth of a rotation while escape-wheelZ makes one complete rotation, the notches on the former being arranged so as to be presented to detent fm at the same moment that 'notch Z is presented to detent Z2. The elect of this will be that escapewheelZ will be permitted to make six successive single rotations, the two detents rising and falling together, and then a double rotation as the unbroken portion m5 of the periphery of wheel m2 comes into play and holds detent m, and consef Each lever N will be provided with a pawl n2 at its upper end, said pawls being adapted to engage the teeth or notches s4 on the under side of the receiver-sections. Geared to shaft a is a parallel shaft o, the outer end of which carries a crank o', engaging a slotp in the lower end of the vertically-reciprocating cutter-bar P, whose cutting edge is at p'. l

Y, Assuming the parts to be in the positions shownin Figs. 1, 3, and 4, the operation will be as follows: Each impulse of the ticker will unreel a portion of the tape and canse the drum K to be rotated and the end h3 of said tape advanced through the first groove S5in receiver-section la distance equal tcl` the length of said unreeled portion. will be continued, the receiver-section meanwhile remaining stationary, until the druni K shall have rotated sufficiently to carry the tripper Zt into engagement with the rod M, whereupon said rod will be tripped and the motor released in the man nerbefore described.

At the time of the release of the motor the` into operation. The release of the motor there fore will be `coincident with the iilling of al groove with tape. Each operation ofthe motor will effect one revolution 'of the shaftlfa as This action IOO IIO

well as one' revolution of shaft o, the latter serving to actuate the tape-severing devices in a manner clearly indicated in Fig. 9. The rst half of the revolution of shaft 'rtwill carry cam N from the position shown in Fig. 4 to that shown in Fig. 5, and so allow spring r to act and throw the upper ends of levers N from right to left, Fig. 3. This will cause pawls n2 to pass between receiver-sections 1 and 2 of the group or pile in chamber b and engage the underside of the uppermost section of said group in the manner indicated in Fig. 5, the trays 5 being cnt away at S7 for the passage of the pawl. The second half-revolution of shaft n serves to restore the lever N' to its original position and causes said uppermost receiversection to be advanced a distance equal to the width of a groove, carrying the severed strip of tape with it and moving the next succeeding groove into alinement with the channel h ready to receive the tape at the next feeding operation of the ticker or other instrument. This operation will be continued until the uppermost section (or section 1) has been wholly withdrawn from the pile in chamber b and rests upon the guides d d in the space between the platforms B andC, whereupon the weight E? will act and raise platform B and carry the next section 2 into position to be engaged by the pawls n2. At this stage of the operation it will be necessary to allow the motor to run long enough to actuate the pawls twice in order to advance the receiver-section 2 far enough to carry the rst groove thereof into alinement with channel h. This will be accomplished by arranging the wheel m2 in such manner that the unbroken part m5 of its periphery will act on detent 'm just after a receiver-section shall have been wholly with- -drawn from chamber b. Section 2 then being advanced step by step in the manner already described will shove section l along ahead of it,so that bythe time section 2 has been wholly withdrawn from the group or pile section l will have been transferred to the top of the pile on platform C and section 3 raised vto a position within reach of the pawls 112.

It will be observed that by the general arrangement described a considerable portion of the latest printed matter issued by the ticker or other instrument will be exposed at the top of the apparatus in convenient reading position. In order to read earlier news, it will only be necessary to withd raw the sliding pans s' from their respective trays in the manner illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7, the side of the casing or frame A being open at a5 to admit of such withdrawal, The trays are supported upon each other and their edges are high enough above their respective sliding pans to space the latter apart and relieve the same of the weight of the other trays and pans. If the pans rested directly upon each other, the friction between them would probably be too great for their ready withdrawal.

A Having described my invention, I claiml. In combination with aprinting-telegraph or other instrument adapted to print upon one side of a continuons ribbon, tape or strip of material and then eject the same,la receiver, and means whereby said material will be arranged upon said receiver so as to be readable throughout its length.

3. In combination with a printingtelegraph or other machine adapted to feed out a continuous ribbon, tape or strip of material, a receiver for said material, and means for arranging the material upon said receiver in regularly succeeding separate lines.

4. In combination with a printing-telegraph or other machine adapted to feed out a continuous ribbon, tape or strip of material, of a receiver for said material, and means for depositing said material in regularly succeeding separated sections thereon.

5. In combination with a printing-telegraph or other machine adapted to feed out a-continuous ribbon, tape or strip of material, of

a receiver for said "`material, and means whereby the latter may be applied to the receiver in separated parallel sections.

6. In combination, a movable receiver, a printing-telegraph or other machine adapted to feed outacontinuous ribbon,tape or strip of material, and to deliver the same to said receiver, and means whereby said material may be separated into sections ofy suitable length as it is delivered to the receiver.

7. In combination, a printing-telegraph or other machine adapted to feed out a continuous ribbon, tape or strip of material, means whereby said material will be separated into sections of suitable length, and means whereby said sections will be arranged in regular sequence upon said receiver.

8. In combination with a printing-telegraph or other machine adapted to eject a continuous ribbon, tape or strip of material, a receiver for said material, means whereby said material will be separated into sections of suitable length, and means whereby said sections will be applied to said receiver in parallel rows or lines.

9. In combination, a receiver, a printingtelegraph or other machine adapted to eject a ribbon, tape or strip of material and deliver the same to said receiver, means for severing said material after a predetermined portion thereof has been delivered to said receiver, and means whereby the position of said severed portion will be shiftedafter such delivery.

10. In combination with a printing-telegraph or other machine adapted to eject a ribbon, tape or strip of material, of a receiver IOO IIO

graph or other machine adapted to eject aribbon, tape or strip of material, of a receiver for said material, means for moving said receiver intermittentlyin a direction transverse to the direction of movement of said material,

\ and means for cutting said material into strips.

12. In combination, a receiver, a printingtelegraph or other machine adapted to eject a ribbon, tape or strip of material and deliver the same to said receiver, means for severing said material after a predetermined portion thereof has been delivered to said receiver, and means for moving said receiver after such delivery, whereby the position of 'the severed portion may be shifted.`

13. In combination, a printing-telegraph or other instrument adapted to treat a surface of a ribbon, tape or strip of material and then eject the same, areceiver provided with parallel grooves, means whereby said receiver may be moved intermittently and each groove thereof presented successively to the material, and means for severing the tape after a predetermined length thereof has been applied to a groove.

14. In combination, a printing-telegraph or other instrument adapted to treat a ribbon, tape or sheet of material and then eject the same, a Areceiver for said material consisting of a plurality of receiver sections, means whereby each of said sections may be moved successively step by step, and means whereby said material may be applied to said moving receiver-sections.

15. In combination, a printing-telegraph or other instrument adapted to treat a ribbon, tape or sheet of material and then feed out the same, a receiver for said material consisting of a plurality of receiver-sections, means whereby each of said sections may be moved successively, step by step, transversely to the movement of the tape, means whereby said tape may be applied to said sections in separate strips of suitable length, and means whereby said receiver-sections may be arranged in a group or pile after the tape has been applied thereto.

-16. In a printing-telegraph, a movable plat-` form adapted to support a pile or group of receiver-sections, means whereby said sections may be withdrawn successively and from said platform and moved step by step across suitable tracks or ways, and means whereby a tape or sheet of material may be fed to said sections while the latter rest upon said tracks or ways.

17. In a printing-telegraph, a movable plat-4 form adapted to support a pile or group of receiver-sections, a second movable platform, means whereby the said receiver-sections may be removed successively from the first platform and grouped or piled upon the second platform, and means for feeding strips of material to said sections in transit.

18. In a printing-telegraph, a movable platform adapted to support a pile or group ofreceiver-sections, a second movable platform, means whereby the said receiver-sections may be removed from the rst platform and grouped or piled upon the second platform, means for feeding strips of material to said sections in transit, and means for maintaining an approximate balance between the two platforms.

19. In a printing-telegraph, areceiver--section comprising a supporting-tray and a sliding pan mounted therein, the said pan having a surface adapted to receive and retain strips or sheets of material fed thereto by suitable means.

In witness whereof I subscribe my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CLARENCE M. STINER.

Witnesses:

WM. A. RosENBAUM, FRANK S. OBER.

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