US744347A - Addressing-machine. - Google Patents

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No. 744,347. PATENTED NOY. 17, 1903.

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A SEECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 744,347, dated November 17, 1903.

Application iled January 19, 1903. Serial No. 139,503. (No model.)

To all wL-mwt' may concern:

Be it known that I, ADELBERTB. HUNKINs, of Vinona, county of Winona, State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements'in Addressing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an addressing-inachine of the type using metal slugs or linotypes havingaddresses on their faces, and is designed, primarily,for use in connection with thelargepresses employedin ne wspaper-printing, though also adapted'for addressing en- Velops, cards, and the like.

The object of this invention is to provide an addressing-machine of very simple economical construction that is capable of being operated at a high speed andv can be readily attached to and used. in connection with any style of press. v

A further object is to provide a machine which will print an address either' once orv twice, as desired, at each revolution of the printing-cylinders of a Web-press, and hence be adapted for use with a single stereotypeplate on the printing-cylinders or duplicate sets of printing-plates.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the following detailed description.

The invention consists generallyin providing means for placing addresses upon a Web of paper when the device is used for addressing newspapers while the paper is passing from the supply-roll toward the printing-cyli'nders and before it enters the press proper to be printed and folded.

Further, the invention `consists in an addressing-wheel or type-carrier having transverse slots in its periphery and means for imparting an intermittent rotary movement to said carrier and for feeding the type into said slots and discharging them therefrom.

Further, the invention consists of improved means for advancing the type toward said carrier and for packing them in a receivinggalley after their discharge from said-carrier; and, further, the invention consists in various constructions and combinations, all as hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of .this speciication, Figure 1 is a plan view of an addressing-machine embodying my invention, the inking device being omitted. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the opposite side of the machine. l Fig. 4 is a vertical section substantially on the line x x of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal vertical section of a portion of the supply-galley and the mechanism for advancing the type therein. Fig. 6 is a transverse section on the line y y of Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a similar view on the line b Z9 of Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is a section on the line a a of Fig. 1, and Fig. 9 is a similar view on the linee z of Fig.v 1. Fig. 10 is a detailed section showing the device for feeding the type into thetypeof Fig. 10. Fig. 12 is a detail of a portion of the type-carrier, showing the transverse slot therein. Fig. 13 is a section on the line o 0 of Fig. 12.' Fig. 14.*is a plan section of a portion of the receiving-galley, showing the type pusher or advancing device therein and the electric alarm apparatus for warning the operator when type of a certain kind or number have passed a predetermined point in the galley. Fig. 15 is a section on the line rr of Fig. 14.

In the drawings, 2 represents a portion of the frame of a printing-press of the web-perfectin g type employed in newspaper-Work, the detail construction of which it is thought unnecessary to illustrate.

3 is a roll of paper from which the web runs over a rubber-faced roller 4 and an idle roller 5 to the printing-cylinders, as usual in printing-presses of thisptype.

Above the rollers 4 and 5 I provide a shaft 6, mounted in bearings in abracket 7 on theframe of the press and carrying an addressing-Wheel or type-carrier 8, that is secured on said shaft and is provided in its periphery with a series, preferably four, of transverse slots or typeholders 9, that extend entirely across the face of the Wheel and are adapted to receive the addressing -type slugs or linotypes inserted endwise therein, as hereinafter described.

These slots are preferably provided with flat IOO carrier, there being one slot for each quarter of the circumference of the carrier, and the carrier has the same diameter and speed as that of the printing-cylinder of the press to cause its periphery to move past the rubberfaced roller 4 with the same speed as that of the web of paper. The type carrier is driven with an intermittent movelnent, and various mechanisms may be employed for operating said carrier. I prefer, however, to employ the apparatus shown particularly in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 of the drawings and which I will now describe in detail.

1l is a shaft supported in bearings on a bracket 12 on the frame 13 and driven from a suitable gear on the press (not shown) and provided with a miter-gear 14, that engages a similar gear 15 on a stub-shaft 16, mounted in bearings in said frame and provided with a crank-arm 17, that is connected by a rod 18 with a pin 19, provided on a rod 20, that is slidable in guides 21 on said frame.

22 is an arm loosely mounted on the shaft G and having a slot 23 to receive the pin 19, said pin preferably having an antifrictionroller 24 within said slot and being when in its operative position a distance from the center of the shaft 6 equal to the length of the crankarm 17, whereby the travel of the type-carrier and the cl'ank-arm for a portion of its stroke will be equal. A dog 25 is pivoted on the arm 22 in position to engage the teeth of a ratchet 26, secured on the shaft 6.

, one-eighth of a revolution.

In Fig. 2 the arm 17 is shown in a horizontal position, having completed the first down quarter of its stroke and through its connection with the arm 22 moved the type-carrier At this point, as shown in the figure, a slot will be in position to discharge and receive a linotype through the operation of the mechanism, hereinafter described, and during the remainder of the downstroke of the arm 17 and the first half of its upstroke the carrier will remain stationary to allow sufficient time for the removal of 011e linotype and the substitution of another.. During the remainder of the downstroke of the arm 17 the pin 19 will slide in the slot 23, and on the first half of the upstroke of said arm the arm 22 will be swung back, the dog 25 slipping over the ratchet to rengage a tooth of the same when the arm n is again thrown forward. As said arm 17 begins the last half of its upstroke l[he carrier will again be set in motion and during the said stroke will complete another eighth of a revolution, making a total of a quarter-revol lution of the type-carrier to a complete revolution of the crank-arm 17. At the completion of the quarter-revolution of the carrier and the complete revolution of the crank-arm a linotype will be opposite the rubber-faced roller, and the impression on the paper will be made at that point. The periphery of the type-carrier moving at the same speed as that of the web of paper, it follows that the type will make a quick sharp impression on the paper-surface without dragging or smearing ink thereon, and one such impression will be made with each quarterrevolution of the type-carrier and with each complete revolution of the crank-arm. To prevent the momentum of the carrier from carrying the addressing-type past the proper point to successfully perform the operation of ejecting one type from the carrier and inserting another in its place, I provide a hook 27, secured on the guide-rod 20 and adapted to engage the teeth of the ratchet and temporarily lock the shaft and carrier as the latter completes each eighth of a revolution. The backward movement of the guide -rod will withdraw the locking-hook and allow movement of the carrier.

28 represents a suitable table provided with transverse ribs 29, that are spaced from each other to form a guideway 30, that registers at one end with the transverse slots in the carrier as it is rotated.

31 is a plate having a flanged upper end that is slidable in guides 32 insaid table and is adapted to-enga'ge the end of an addressing-type and move the same longitudinally in the guide 30, and said sliding plate is provided with an elongated slot 33 to receive the pin 34 on a crank-arm 35, that is secured on the shaft 3G, which extends horizontally in the frame of the machine and is provided with a mitergear 38, that engages the gear 15 and is driven thereby. The revolution of the shaft 3b' will cause the reciprocation of the plate 3l in its guideway and advance the adressing-type endwise into the slots of the carrier as fast as they are pushed forward into the path of said reciprocating plate from the supply-galley.

Any suitable mechanism may be provided for automatically feeding the addressing-type into the path of the reciprocating feed-plate; but I prefer to provide the mechanism described in detail as follows:

39 is ashaft mounted in bearings in the frame parallel with the shaft 36 and driven therefrom by means of gears 40 and 41 and provided near one end with an enlarged threaded portion 42.

43 is a stationary supplygalley wherein the linotypes 44 are placed edgewise with their addressing-faces uppermost, the discharge end of said galley being open and communicating with the guideway 30 to allow the type to be fed one at a time thereto, the sliding feed -plate being retracted past the open end of the galley to allow the type to be discharged therefrom.

45 is an arm havinga forked threaded end 46 to clasp the threaded portion 42 and travel over the same as said shaft 39 is revolved. The arm 45 overhangs the galley 43 and is provided with lugs 47 to receive the shank 48 of a pusher 49, that is adapted to bear upon the side of the linotype adjacent thereto and push it and those ahead of it forward in the galley, being held in yielding engagement with said IIO type by a spring 50, which allows the pusher to accommodate itself to any slight variation in the thickness of the type. When the arm 45 approaches the discharge end of the galley, it engages an inclined surface 45', and the pusher is raised up from the bottom of the galley, and as soon as the arm runs off Vthe threaded part 42 it is lifted up by the operator and readjusted on the receiving end of said threaded part to repeat the movement. An extension 5l of the type-guideway is provided on the other side of the carrier and connects with a receiving or discharge galley 52, wherein the type are discharged one at a time by the action of the reciprocating feedplate, each vsucceeding type pushing the preceding one out of the slot in the carrier into the guideway 5l and thence to the receivinggalley. This galley is provided with a sliding pusher-block 53, that is connected with one arm of a bell-crank 54 by means of a link 55. A spring 56 is provided on the forward end of the pusher block and overhangs the same to engage the sides of the type and hold them forward with a yielding pressure and to yield when opposite the discharge end of the guideway and allow a linotype to be discharged therefrom into the receiving-galley. A block 56 is provided in advance of the type and having apin 56" fitting a socket in said block and normally held in yielding engagement with the wall of the galley by a spring 57 This block slides ahead of the type and holds them up on edge in the galley. The bell-crank 54 is pivotedon the side of the receiving-galley, and the other arm thereof is pivotally connected to a rodl 57, that has a forked lower end 58 to straddle the operatingshaft 6, and said fork is provided with a roller 59, that lies in a cam-track 60, provided in the face of a disk 6l. The revolution of the shaft 6 and the cam-disk thereon will cause the oscillation of the bell-crank and the reciprocation of the pusher-block 53 within the receiving-galley to engage and advance the addressing-type away from the discharge end of the guideway.

`62 represents an individual storage-galley that is movable and adapted to be placed within the receivinggalley at its discharge end, as shown in Fig. l, its bottom being upon substantially the same level as the bottom of said galley, so that the operator when the desired number of linotypes have accumulated in said galley can push them into the storage-galley to be removed as fast as filled and packed away into la suitable cabinet for futurev use; The supply-galley is kept filled with type from the storage-galley, which may be taken from a cabinet to the supply-galley or directly from the receiving-galley.

The linotype/'are used over and over, and are arranged similar to ordinary mailing-galleys with names of subscribers, date of subscription, accounts, dac., made up in lists by towns, which may be corrected as desired, being easily accessible in the cabinets. vTo

Awith-a smaller gear 7 8 on the shaft-39.

post 63/ and is provided with an oset portion 67 that projects through an opening 68 in the wall of the galley and bears upon and slides over the'ends of the type as they are advanced past the same. A contact-plate 69 is provided on the bindingposts 63, underlapping the end of the spring 66 and normally out of contact therewith. The type that separates those bearing one post-office address from those of another is shorter near the top than the other type, as shown in Fig. 14, so that when the offset portion 67 of the spring 66 reaches this shorter type it will drop into the space at the end thereof and allow the spring 66 to contact with the plate 69, closing the circuit vto ring an alarm bell or flash a light should it be preferred to use a lamp in place of a bell. This electric signal apparatus is for the benefit, primarily, of the operator stationed at the folding-machine of the press. As above described, when all the papers for a certain postoffice have been addressed, printed, and folded the alarm will tell the operator at theV folder that all the addresses for a certain town have been made on the paper, and he will then take out the package of paper bearing such addresses from the folder-box and give it to the mailing-clerk to be wrapped, or he may place parting-s trips or other suitable indicating devices between the papers ofthe different towns, thus grouping bundles of papers by towns. As the papers come into a long trough packed side by side it is evident that if there were no means provided to enable the operator to determine at a glance where the papers addressed to a certain town began and ended it would be necessary to examine the entire lot of papers as they were delivered by the folder.

Any suitable means may be employed for inking the faces of the linotypes.` I prefer, however, to mount brackets 70'on the frame of the apparatus above the shaft 6 and connect said brackets by a rod 7l,secured thereto. A yoke 72 is revolubly mounted on the rod 7l and carries an ink-roller 73 and is also provided with sprocket 74, connected bya chain 75 with a smaller sprocket on a shaft 76, that is provided with a mitergear 77, meshing 79 is a stationary drum or roller having flattened side bearing surfaces S0 for the idle rollers 80. The ink-roller 7 8 is arranged to move and spread and thin theink on the drum and then engage and ink the upper Vaddressingfaces of the type as they are moved along beneath. Springs 7 3 are provided between the IIO roller and the yoke 7 2 to draw up said roller against the drum with a yielding pressure. Sl is an ink-reservoir carried by the brackets 7 0 and having a discharge-opening 82, through which the ink iiows upon a roller 83, mounted in said brackets in position to be engaged by the ink-roller 73 as it is revolved around the stationary drum 79. The engagement of the roller S3 with the inking-roller will cause the ink to be transferred to the latter, from which it will be deposited upon the surface of the drum, thoroughly mixed and spread, and then deposited upon the addressing-faces of the type. This is a common type of inking device and I make no claim to the same herein.

The operation, brieiiy, of my improved addressing-machine is as follows: The slots in the type-carrier having been lled with linotypes, the press is set in motion, and with each revolution of the crank-arm 17 an impression will be made by a type upon the paper web as it passes over the rubber-faced roller, and in this machine there will be four-impressions made with each revolution of the carrier and four revolutions of the crank-arm. As heretofore described, during the lower half of the downstroke of the crank-arm and the first half of its upstroke the type-carrier will be stationary, and at this time the linotype will be pushed out of the supply-galley into the guideway and the path of the reciprocating plate 3l, which through the revolution of the shaft 36 and the crank thereon will be moved along the guideway, pushing the linotype in front of it into the slot or type-holder in the carrier and ejecting the linotype that is already in the holder. By the time this change has been made in the type the crankarm will have reached the limit of the rst half of its upstroke, and from this point on to the completion of the stroke of the crankarm the carrier will be moved one-eighth of arevolution to complete its quarter-revolution and present the face of one of the type to the surface of the paper. During the time the crank-arm is moving over the last half of its upstroke and the first half of its downstroke the reciprocating plate will be withdrawn in the guideway past the discharge end of the supply-galley into position to engage the end of the next linotype and advance it into the type -holder when the same shall have been adjusted opposite the guideway by the movement of the type-carrier. Ipropose to supply two or more of the pusher-arms 45 with each machine, and before the first one has reached the incline 45/ and run oif the threaded shaft the second arm will be started at the receiving end of said shaft with a fresh supply of linotypes. This last supply of type will be pushed forward till they reach the first pusher-arm, so that an unbroken line of linotype-slugs will be supplied to the guideway and the feed-plate operating therein during the operation of the machine. This continuous unbroken feed of the type to the l guideway and feed-plate is necessary to the successful operation of the machine. The working parts of this machine will be so geared and timed that an address will be im'- pressed on each section of the moving web of paper that will become when printed and folded a complete newspaper, and it is evident by providing a mechanism for addressing the paper before it is printed or folded that I am able to eliminate a great many pieces of mechanism that would be necessary to handle and address the folded or wrapped papers.

The machine heretofore described is designed for use on a perfecting-press where a single set of stereotyped pages is being used and only one complete newspaper is printed at each revolution of the printing-cylinder. lVhen, however, duplicate plates are being used, (i. c. two casts of each page being made and used at onetime on the press, thereby printing two complete papers at each revolution of the printing-cylinders,) the speed of the addressing-machine will be double that of one running on single plates, by changing the gearing or by other means, and the diameter of the type-carrier will be one-half the diameter of the printing-cylinder. If a differential gearing is used, the same proportion will be` carried out, giving the periphery of the typecarrier the same speed as that of the printingcylinder of the press to provide for equal speeds 0f the web of paper and the type-slug when the printing operation takes place. If more than two sets of plates are used upon a press, I prefer to use additional addressingmachines, one machine being suitable for a two-page-wide web, while two machines may be successfully used upon a three or four page wide press.

I claim as my invention- 2 1. The combination,with aroller over which the web or sheet of paper passes, of a'revolving type-carrier arranged near said roller, a continuously-operating shaft, a crank thereon, a ratchet device provided in connection with said type-carrier, a mechanism connecting said crank with said carrier and ratchet and arranged to operate said carrier during the first and last quarters of said stroke, and means for automatically feeding type to said carrier during its stationary periods.

2. The combination, with a revolving typecarrier, of means for imparting an intermittent movement thereto, said means comprising a ratchet secured on the shaft of said carrier, a slotted arm loosely mounted on said shaft and having a dog in engagement with said ratchet, a continuously-operating shaft and crank, and a crank-rod pivotally connected with said crank and slidably mounted in the slot in said arm.

3. The combination, with a rotating typecarrier provided with a series of four typeholders uniformly spaced from each other and extending transversely of said carrier and IIO having open ends, of a continuously-revolving shaft, means connecting said shaft and carrier and arranged to rotate said carrier step by step one-quarter of a revolution to a complete revolution of said shaft, a roller provided on the dovvn side of said carrier and over which a web of paper passes and opposite which roller a type-hold er is stopped ,at the completion of each quarter movement of said carrier, a supply-galley arranged to register With a hold er when said carrier is at rest alternately with the stoppage of a holder opposite said roll, and means for feeding type intoav holder from said galley each type as it enters the holder engaging and ejecting the preceding type.

4. The combination, With a revolving typecarrier, of means for imparting an intermittent movement thereto, means for automatically feeding type to said carrier and discharging the same transversely during the intervals between its movements, and sliding means for temporarily locking said carrier when it has completed each step of its rotary movement.

5. The combination, with a revolving typecarrier provided With a series of type-holders in its periphery, of a ratchet device on the shaft of said carrier, a continuously-revolving shaft, a crank thereon, suitable connections provided between said crank and said ratchet device for imparting an intermittent movement to said carrier, and a sliding hook arranged to be operated by the movement of said crank to engage said ratchet and temporarily lock said carrier against revolution at the end of each movement, substantially as described.

6. The combination, with a printing-press roller over which the Web of paper to be addressed is moved, of a rotating type-carrier having a series of type-holders provided With open receiving and discharge ends in its periphery, means for intermittently operating said typecarrier, a supply -galley having a discharge-guideway arranged to register'with a type-holder When said carrier is at rest, and a pusher device arranged to engage and advance the linotype endwise through said guideway into the receiving end of a holder when the carrier is stationary, each linotype pressed' into a holder engaging and discharging the preceding type therefrom.

7. The combination, with a type carrier having a series of transversely-arranged typeholders in its periphery provided With open ends, of a roller arranged on the down side of said carrier, a supply-galley wherein linotypes are placed on edge provided With a suitable guidevvay arranged to register With a holderwhen the carrier is at rest, a reciprocating pusher device arranged to engage the end of each type and advance i't endwise into a holder, each type as it enters a holder pushing out the one therein and each holder being emptied and refilled once only during the complete revolution of said carrier, and means for imparting a step-by-step rotary movement to said carrier.

S. The combination,with an intermittentlyoperating type-carrier provided With a series of transverse slots in its periphery arranged at regular intervals therein and having open ends, of a supply-galley wherein the linotype is arranged on edge, a reciprocating slotted Afeed plate operating substantially at right Y angles to said galley and in line With the type therein and arranged to advance type into said slot, each type as it enters a slot engaging and ejecting the preceding type therefrom, a shaft having a crank connected With `the slot of said plate for operating said feedv device to advance the linotypes endwise into said slots during theintervals between the movement of said carrier, and means for moving the linotypes into the path of said feedplate.

9. The combination, With anintermittentlyoperating type-carrier, of a stationary galley, means for advancing the linotypes placed on Vedge therein With their addressing-faces uppermost toward the discharge end of said galley, a horizontal guideway communicating .With said galley substantially-at right angles thereto and in line With said holders, a plate T- shaped in cross-section arranged to reciprocate in said guideway and engage the ends of said linotypes and move them endwise into said holders during the stationary periods of lsaid carriers, each type as it yenters a holder engaging and discharging the preceding type therefrom, and a revolving crank mechanism foroperating said plate.

10. The combination, with a roller over which the paper Web or sheets to be addressed are moved, of an intermittently-operating .type-carrier provided With a series of transversely arranged type -holders having open ends, a supply-galley arranged on one side of said carrier and having a transverse guide- Way arranged to register With the receiving end of a type-holder When said carrier is at rest, a receiving-galley provided on the opposite side of said carrier in position to receive the type discharged from a holder when 'said carrier is at rest, a yielding pusher del2. The combination, With a stationary supply-galley, of a revolving shaft having an enlarged threaded portion, an arm having a fork to straddle said threaded portion and travel thereover and overhang said supply-galley, and a yieldingly-held pusher carried by said arm and arranged to engage and advance the linotypes arranged on edge in said galley.

13. The combination, with a rotating typecarrier provided with a series of transverse type-holders in its periphery, of a receivinggalley wherein the type is discharged from said holders, a pusher provided in said receiving-galley, a cam mechanism for imparting a reciprocating movementthereto, and a spring provided on said pusher and arranged to overhang the forward end of the same, for the purpose specified.

14C. The combination, with a supply-galley, of a shaft threaded for a portion of its length, an oscillating arm having a threaded 'end to rest upon said shaft and travel thereover, a pusher device carried .by said arm, and an inclined surface provided near the discharge end of said galley to engage and raise said arm, for the purpose specified.

15. The combination, with an intermittently-operating rotating type-carrier provided with a series of type-holders in its periphery having open ends, of means for feeding linotype endwise into `said holders, a receiving-galley provided near the discharge ends of said holders, a pusher device operating over the floor of said galley, and a spring provided on said pusher device and projecting beyond the front of the same and normally opposite the discharge end of a holder and in the path of a linotype discharged therefrom.

16. The combination, with a revolving typecarrier, of means for imparting an intermittent movement thereto, said means comprising an oscillating arm having a ratchet connection with said carrier, a continuously-operating crank, means pivotally connectedwith said crank and having a sliding connection with said arm, the limit of the inward movement of said connection on said arm being substantially the same distance from the axis thereof as the pivot on said crank is from its axis', substantially as described.

17. The combination, with a shaft and ils crank, of a revolving type-carrier, a slotted arm loosely mounted on the shaft of said carrier and having a ratchet connection therewith, a rod pivoted on said crank and having a sliding connection with said slot, the distance of the inner end of said -slot from the center of its shaft being substantially the same as that of the pivot of said crank from the center of its shaft, for the purpose specified.

18. The combination, 'with arevolving typecarrier, of a loosely-mounted oscillating arm having a ratchet connection with said carrier, a rod having a sliding connection with said arin, suitable guiding means for said sliding connection, and means for operating said rod continuously.

19. The combination, with arcvolving typecarrier, of a slotted arm loosely mounted thereon and having a limited oscillating movement, a ratchet device connecting said arm with said carrier, a continuonsly-revolving shaft, a crank thereon, a rod pivotally connected with said crank and having a sliding connection with said slot, and a guiderod connected with the sliding end of said first-named rod, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 13th day of January, 1903.

ADELBERT B. HUNKINS.

HATTIE G. MAYBURY, CHAs. G. HART.

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