US760694A - Stamping-press. - Google Patents

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1 UNITED STATES Patented May-24, 1904 PATE T OFFICE.

' HENRY o. LAVER or SUPERIOR, wIsoONs N,: ssIe oRYTO MIL Js' NOVELTY COMPANY, OF OH oAeO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

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' SPECIFICATION forming atter Letters Patent no. 760,694, dated May 24,1904.

Application filedfetr uar le, 1904.. Serial No. 193,848. (Nomodeld To-'all whom it may concern.- I

- Be it known that I, HENRY (ILAYERYQ, citizen of the United States, residingatSuperior, in the county of Douglas and State of isconsin, have invented certain new and ;useful Improvements in Stamping-Pressrspf which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in stamping-presses of the type designed for printing or stamping characters on a blank disk.

To this end the invention. contemplates a machine comprising positive and reliable means for effecting perfect letter and, word spacing in printing in a circle upon aflat surI- disk or tag. In this connection the invention is primarily intended. as a stamping or printing machine of the check or coin controlled type wherein upon suitable prepayment of a check or coin of proper value a personcan operate the machine to stamp upon the blank 1 disk any desired selected name or other matter, after which the completely-stamped article is delivered .to the operator] The machine as an entirety primarily'involvesin combination printingmechanism having individual die elements, a blank-handling mechanism havlng means for pos1t1on1 ng,,temporarily holding, releasing, and deliveringa blank, and means for 'efiecting. a stamping of the characters in a circle upon the blank. Upon the basis of this combination the present application comprehends, first, the embodiment of the above combination specifically in a form of machine wherein the die holder of the printing mechanism is stationary or fixed and in theformof a stationary ring-carrying the individual pl ungere die elements and with which is associated "a shiftable blank-carrier, which also carries the principal parts of the blank-handling mechanism; second-, to asso:

ciate with a stamping-press of the character noted thenovel thought of a selecting means or mechanism to give the operator the cheiqe of selecting for stamping blank disksofdifferent types having emblems or other-signifying marks which would suit the fancy of a person or serve some appropriate purpose.

In this connection the invention contemplates the utilization of a magazine holding vari-.

ouskindsof blank disks having different ema tion, and arrangement of parts, which will be -more fully described, illustrated, and claimed hereinafter. The essential features of the present invention involved in the carrying out of the objects above specified (one of whichpresents a line of division Over another application, Serial'No. 13 L928, and. the other of which'is wholly generic to the present'case) are necessarily susceptible to structural change without departing from the .scope of the" invention;

but preferred embodimentsare shown in the accompanying drawings, in which ,Fig'ure 1 is a. top plan View of a stamping press. constructed n accordance with the present invention and embodyinga reciprocatory type of shiftable magazine. Fig. 2 isa vertical sectional view thereof on theline 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal cross-sectional viewof the same construction on the line 3 3 oi'Fig. 2. FigsA: and 5 are detail views of the swinging pawl-carrier associated-with the ratchet-anvil-support for the blank disk. Fig. 6 is an end view of the machine, partly broken away tov expose moreplainly the shiftable magazine. Fig. 7 is adetail top plan view of the shiftable magazine and the feed slide or transferrer associated therewith. Fig. 8 is an interior sectional elevation of a modification of the machine, showing the employment of blank-selective means in connection'with a printing mechanism having a rotary die-holding element and also illustrating a modification of th'e'blankselectiVe means itself, wherein a rotary magazine is employedinstead of a shiftable magazine, as shown in the otherfigures. Fig. 9 is a horizontal sectionalview on the line 9 9 of Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is a detail cross-sectional view on the line 10 10 of Fig.

8. Fig. 11 is afragmentary top plan view of the rotary type of blank-selective means,show ing the manner of selecting different kinds of blanks and shifting the magazine to correspond with the selection. Fig. 12 is a detail sectional view on the line 12 12 of Fig. 9, showing more plainly the arrangement of theretreating false bottom for the individual receptacles of the magazine.

Like reference characters designate corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings.

The mechanism embodied in the present invention is necessarily available for use generally in the stamping or printing of characters in a circular line upon a flat surface such, for instance, as a blank disk, tag, or check, usually of metaland therefore may or may not be controlled through the medium of a check or coin of proper value which serves to place the mechanism of the machine in condition to be operated. However, as the machine possesses special utility in connection with means controllable by a check or coin reference will be made herein particularly to the machine as one of the coin-controlled type. The printing mechanism embodies a plurality of individual die elements combined with means for eflecting a stamping of the characters in a circle upon the blank, and the blankhandling mechanism embodies means for positioning', temporarily holding, releasing, and delivering the blank, both of'said mechanisms being controllable or operable from a com mon actuator or actuating means. To provide for bringing the separate characters of the individual die or type elements into a stamping or printing position, it is necessary in the machine set forth in my other application and also in my present invention to have a relative shifting movement in a circular plane between the die-holder and the blank to be operated upon; but the claims of this application are directed specifically to the embodiment of the machine wherein the die holder is stationary or fixed, while the blanksupport or anvil and the instrumentalities directly associated therewith are shiftable to bring the blank into proper position for receiving the impress of the selected die. Of course in carrying out this relative movement of the die-holder and the blank-support or anvil various expedients may be employed for actuating the individual die and also for the handling of the blank; but the construction upon which the specific claims herein are which particular reference will now be made.

The stationary die-holder l is in the form of a ring or circular body held in its stationary or fixed position by being suitably mounted upon stationary supports or brackets 2, suitably located within the casing. The dieholder or die-ring 1 embodies in properlyspaced relation a continuous circular series of individual plunger-die or type elements 3, yieldingly held in a retracted position through the medium of the die-holding springs 41, and over the entire circular series of the individual die or type elements 3 there is designed to be shifted the vertically reciprocating plunger die actuator 5, mounted to work through suitably-alined guides 6, carried by the circular shiftable blank-carrier 7. The circular shiftable blank-carrier 7 is housed entirely within the casing or cabinet C and may be conveniently in the form of an upright carrying plate or frame supported for a swinging movement at one edge upon the upper and lower carrier-pivots 8 and 9, which in the construction shown are vertically alined and located, respectively, at upper and lower corners of the carrying plate or frame and havingasuitable journaled or pivotal connection, respectively, with the upper and lower bearing-brackets 10 and 11, respectively. These bearing-brackets are suitably secured to and offset from one of the inner walls of the casing or cabinet C. The upper pivot 8 has rigidly connected therewith the pivotal adjusting-post 12, extending through the top of the casing or cabinet and having fitted thereon the swinging indicator 13, having a play over the character-dial 1-1 to provide means for selecting any individual character and bring the die-actuator 5 into operative relation directly over the upper end of the selected die or type element.

The die-actuator 5 is normally retracted through any suitable means, and the upper end thereof is operatively related to an actuating eccentric or cam 15, provided at the pivoted end of aswingingdie-operating lever 16, pivotally supported upon the plate or frame constituting the blank-carrier 7. Opposite its pivotally-supported end the lever 16 has a pivotal connection 17 with the link 18, which is also pivotally connected to the upper end of a reciprocatory adjusting-rod section 19, arranged to work in suitably-alined guides in line with the axis or pivot of the frame 7 and having a universal-joint connection 20 at its lower end with one end of an operating-link 21, pivotally connected at its other end, as at 22, to a rock-arm 23, carried by a motiontransmitting rock-shaft 24, journaled in suitable bearings within the lower portion of the casing or cabinet. The said motion-transmitting rock-shaft 24 also has a rock-arm 25, to which is pivotally connected the lower end of a connecting-rod 26, the upper end of which rod is pivotally connected to a rock-arm 27, carried at the inner end of the main operatthe casing and carrying upon its outerend I the exterioroperating crank-handle 29.

- axle 31.

The blank disk B is supported upon the rotatable anvil in the form of a ratchetwheel carried'upon the upper end of thepivot- Cooperating with the ratchet-anvil -or blank-support 30 is a swinging pawl-carrier 32. The swinging pawl-carrier 32 essentially consists of a frame pivotally swung upon the axle 31 in order to have a swinging movement concentricwith the axle of the anvi130. The frame constitutingthe pawl-carrier 32 essentially comprises the upper and lower frame- arms 33 and 34, respectively,

both of which have pivot-collar connections 35 withthe pivot-axle 31.

The upper of said frame-arms, 33, is preferably in the form of a bell-crank carrying at one extremity an' upstanding arresting projection 36, having a r-movement toward and from theinner periphcry of the die holder or ring 1 and adapted to contact with the stopsor stop-lugs 37',vprovidedupon the die-holder or type-ring, These stops vor stop-lugs 37 are of variable projection from theinner side of the ring 1. projection necessarily provide for a less degree a of movement. for the pawl-carrier than those -of leastprojection, and hence provide means for varying the play of the pawl-carrier accordingto the width of the letters or characr'ters selected, thus insuring uniform spacing between the letters or characters.

- Themain portion of the bell-crank framearm 33 of the pawl-carrier 32 has pivotally,

mounted thereon a spacing-paw1 38, held to ra working positionin engagement with the teeth of the anvil 30 through the medium of a spring 39, the free end ofv which spring may be conveniently arranged at one side of the yielding adjuster element 40. The

yielding adjuster element 40'is inthe form of a leaf spring secured fast at one end to the --body of'the frame 32. This yielding adjuster permits of a suflicient independent movement .of the parts, whereby the operating or actuating cam-whe'el 42 isal'lowed to make'a full free end thereofengaged by the actuating "cam projection 41, projected from one side of the said cam-wheel 42, pivotally mounted upon the shiftable blank-carrier7, and having an arm 43, pivotally connected to the lower end of anOperating-link 44. The upper end of this link is pivotally connectedto an intermediate .point of the die-operating lever 16. The construction described necessarily-permits the spring 40 to have a full movement each time,

while the play of the pawl-carrier is regu:

lated by the contact of the projection 36 with the stops 37 i The blank-disk is held upon theanvil 30 Those of greater .machine. provided therein with a longitu'dinallysdis through the medium'of the presserclamp 45, carried at the lower end of a clamping-spindle 46, working through suitably-arranged guides upon the blank-carrier and normally thrust downward through the medium of'a pressurespring 47. The said spindle 46 also has arranged thereon an abutment-collar 48, beneath which is arranged a lifting-lever 49. The-lever .49 is pivoted at one end upon the blank-carrier 7 and has its other end arranged over and in operative relation to one arm ofan adjustablebell-crank lever 50, pivoted at its angle, as at 51, upon the fixed support and hav.-'

ing its pendent arm projecting into the path of an actuating-shoulder 52, provided upon a feed-slide 53. The spring 54 is arranged at one side of the pivotal support of the bellcrank 50 to normally hold this element in and return it to an inactive position. The feed-slide 53 works within a guideway 55, supported within the casing in the horizontal plane of the supporting-face of the anvil 30 and extending over a magazine 56*, carrying the blankdisks; The guideway .55 is of a flanged formation to hold the disk brought intoposition for being handled and operated upon, so that when the feed-s1ide 53 is, thrust inward it transfers the disk onto the supporting-face of the anvil 30. The; said feed-slide may or may notbe associated with a coin-controlled device; 7 but as the machine is preferably designed. for such usea check-controlled releasable clutch connection is preferably provided between the feed-slideand thecommon actuating meansfor the printing mechanism and the blank-handling mechanism. In the construction shown the feed-slide 53 reciprocates ina horizontalplane within the guideway 55 therefor and'also has a play within the offset housing 56, conveniently arranged upon one side of thecasingvor cabinet C and within which are mounted the principal parts of the The saidfeed-slide'53 is shown as posed free-play slot 57 and also with a transverse or cross slot 58, disposed adjacent to the upper end of, the slot 57 and crossing the latter at right angles thereto. Thesaid crossslot 58 isof sufiicient lengthto freely accommodate therein acheck or coin of proper value designed to be introduced into themachine through the coin-slot 59', which may be conveniently provided at and within the top of the housing 56. The said longitudinally- -disposed play-slot is designed to accommodate therein the upper end of a releasable clutchlever 60, having at one side of its upper free rock-shaft 63, journaled in suitable bearings within the housing 56 and having a rock-arm connection 64 with one end of a connecting rod or link 65,. theotherend of which rodor against one side of the cross-slot, and thereby effects a positive operating connection between the lever and the feed-slide, which enables the latter to be thrust inward to position the blank or disk upon the supporting-surface of the anvil 30. In passing to this position the shoulder 62 is thrown out of the vertical plane of the check or coin, so that as the clutchlever starts to return to its outermost position the pressure is relieved from the check or coin, so that the latter becomes loosened up and freely falls into the receptacle designed therefor. The continued outward movement of the clutch-lever carries the feed-slide to its initial position, and during the further operation of the machine the said lever 60 plays idly within the slot 57.

One of the important features of the invention resides in the provision of blank-selective means or mechanism whereby a person can select his choice of any of several displayed types of blank-disks. This may be accomplished in various ways by bringing the printing mechanism into position for receiving a particular blank from a particular receptacle, or vice versa; but as this feature of the invention is well exemplified by difierent types of magazines and different means for shifting or adjusting such magazines this phase of the invention is shown in the drawings of this application in connection with magazines of the shiftable type.

In connection with the construction just described the magazine 56 referred to is illustrated as being of a reciprocatory shiftable type, the same consisting of a plurality of blank-holding receptacles or tubes 67, united together in a common body and designed to individually receive blank-disks of different 'typessuch,- for instance, as disks having stamped, embossed, or otherwise placed thereon emblems or other signifying marks, such as the emblems of different well-known organizations or the portraits of political candidates and the like. Each individual receptacle 67 is therefore designed to contain a supply of blank-disks of one kind, and in order to enable the operator to select the disk he Wants there is placed in a conspicuous position upon the exterior of the cabinet 0 a series of fixed sample blanks 68.

Referring particularly to the reciprocatory shiftable magazine 56, each of the receptacles or tubes 67 is designed to contain therein a spring actuated follower device 69, which serves to press the disk upward to always present the uppermost disk in line with the feed-slide 53 when the receptacle is brought into active position in relation to such slide. To prevent the spring-followers of the receptacles 67 from displacing the disks, the magazine-body has arranged at the top thereof across the entire series of receptacles a horizontal guard-bar 70, beneath which bar the feed-slide is designed to pass in moving the disk onto the anvil.

The magazine-body 56 as an entirety may be supported and shifted in any suitable man; ner. However, for illustrative purposes, the said body is shown in the drawings as rigidly fitted in a slidable magazine-carrier 71, working within a stationary guide-frame 72, mounted Within the cabinet and having in the side portions thereof the guiding-slots 73, accommodating the supporting slide pins or studs 74, carried at opposite sides of the frame of the carrier 71. This construction provides for the firm though slidable support of the magazine, and to efiect a proper shifting of the latter there is utilized a magazine-shifter. In the construction shown this magazineshifter consists of an upright swinging shifting-lever 75, pivotally supported at its lower end, as at 76, within the casing and hzwing its upper end extending through a slot 77 in the top of the casing adjacent to the series of stationary sample blanks 68. The said upper end of the lever 75 constitutes a handle, and at an intermediate point the said lever has a pin-and-slot or equivalent connection 78 with one end of the carrier or carrier-frame for the shiftable magazine. The exterior handle portion of the lever 75 has loosely mounted thereon a gravity indicating-dog 79, whose pointed end plays over the sample blanks or disks to indicate the one desired, and which dog is formed with a beveled catch portion 80, adapted to engage in the retaining-notchts 81 of the holding-rack 82, fitted upon the casing in position for disposing the notches 81 adjacent to the sample-disks 68 for selective purposes. Hence to select any desired disk it is simply necessary to move the shifter or shifting-lever to the desired point and drop the dog into engagement with the notches 81 at such point. This serves to bring the proper receptacle or supply-tube 67 in position for the desired disk being moved onto the anvil by the feed-slide. Before or immediately after introducing the coin into the position specified the indicator 13 is turned to the indication Start upon the dial, so as to bring the lever L9 into operative relation over the bell-crank 50, so that when the feed-slide is thrust inward in the manner described the same movement causes the bellcrank to be actuated and in turn move the said lever 49 upward, whereby the pressure-clamp 45 is lifted to permit the positioning of the been stampedor printed by the successive selection of characters with the indicator 13 and the manipulation of the handle each time to operate the die-actuator the said indicator 13 is turnedto the indication Finish upon the character-dial. In this position the liftinglever 19 becomes engaged by the release-pin 83, carried by the connecting-rod 26; This engagement takes place upon the'final movement of the handle 29, and the same causes the presser-foot to be lifted from the stamped or printed disk, thus leaving the same'free to be automatically kicked off or ejected through I the medium of the ejector 841. This ejector is preferably in'the form of a spring, secured fast at one end to the blank-carrier and having-its other free end arranged over the anvil, so as to engage with the disk thereon. When the ejector-spring comes into play, the

stamped disk is thrown into the delivery-chute 85, extending outside of the casing or cabinet.

A modification of the invention is shown in Figs.'8 to 12, inclusive, of the drawings. This modification shows two phases of the inven-' tionfirst, the association of blank-selecting means'with a printing mechanism having a rotarydie-holder, and, second, the employment of a different kind ofblank-seleCtihg means from that described in connection with the other figures of the drawings. In the modification referred to, for convenience in emphasizing the features illustrated thereby,

substantially the same blank'handlingand printing mechanism is illustrated as shown in connection witha stationary form ofdieholder, so the: same reference-letters are applied to such parts as are identical in con-' struction and action to those previouslydescribed. In the otherconstruction shown in Figs. 1 to-7,-i'ncl'usive, the mechanism referred to is carried by the shiftable blank-carrier 7,

and in the inodification shown in Figs. 8 to 12 the samemechanism is shown mounted upon "the supporting-frame F, suitably arranged within the'casing or cabinet G.- Referring more particularly to the modification, it is to be noted that the only change in the connec- V tionspreviously-described resides in the di-:

rect connection of the die-operating lever 16 and of the cam-wheel arm 43 with the main operating-shaft 28. Toeffect these-connections the main operating-shaft 28 has the rockarm 27 thereof pivotally connected to the upper ends of the actuating-rods 86 and- 87,

- whose lower ends are respectively connected from the blank when the operation has been finished and it is desired to eject the blank. To provide for this, in addition to the liftinglever 49' and the bell-crank 5O previously de scribed and cooperated with an actuatingshoulder 52 on the feed-slide, the lifting-lever 49 has projected laterally therefrom a releasepin 83*, beneath which is designed to be moved a lifting-arm 88, fulcrumed upon the upper edge of the die-holder 89 and having a pivotal connection 90 at its inner end with an idle plunger 91, mounted in the die-holderfand adapted to be operated upon by the die-actuator 5 when the indicator 13 is moved tothe indication Finish upon the character-dial 14. v In the modification referred to the dieholder 89 is illustrated as being in the form of a rotary type-wheel having mounted within the same a peripheral and circular series of individual plunger-die 01' type elements 3*, yieldingly held in a retracted position through the mediumof the die-holding springs 4;, thereby embodying the essential elements of the stationary die-holder 1, previously described. This die-holder 89 is suitably mount: ed upon the inner'en'd portion of the die-adjusting shaft 92,, journaled in suitable bearings andcarrying upon its upper extremity the swlngln'g lndicator 13, performing the function of rotating the die-holder 89to the desired position, according to the character or indication selected on the character-dial 14 upon the exterior of the casing. In-adapting the rotary form of magazine-(to be presently referred to) to a printing mechanism embodying a rotary type of die-holder a'modification is required in' the means for operating the feed-slide, and hence this'feed-slideis designated in the modification by' the'referenceletter 53*. suitable guideway 55 in line with the supporting-surface-ofl the anvil 30, and one end of said feed-slide has a permanent pin-andslot-or equivalent connection 93 withthe low er end portion of' a secondary lever element 94,

pivotally supported at its upper end, as at 95,

Said feed-slide operates upon a and adapted tohave a releasable clutch connection with the clutch-lever96. This clutchlever is pivotally supported at itsupper end,

as at 97, and has a link or connecting-ipdconnection 98 with the rock-arm 99, carried by "the main operating-shaft 28, which shaft is her 101 of the'clutch-lever at one side of the keeper 102. As the clutch-lever is drawn forward it binds the coin against said keeper,

thus locking the levers 94 and 96 together until the slide 53 moves to a position where the pin at 93 becomes engaged by the lower point 101 of the arm 100. With the parts thus engaged the positioning movement of the slide is completed, and when said engagement takes place the pressure upon the check or coin is relieved, so that the latter falls into its receptacle. This occurs when the forward movement of the slide is abouthalf completed. Thereupon during the subsequent operations of the machine the lever 96 has an idle movement similar to the lever previously referred to. The modification being described embodies a modified form of blank-selecting means. This consists, as shown, in the employment of a shiftable rotary magazine 56.

"Said rotary magazine 56 essentially consists of a circular group of receptacles or tubes 103, accommodating blank-disks of diflerent kinds and'formed into 'a cylindrical body with the upper and lower heads 104 and 105, respectively. The upper and lower heads 104; and 105 of the cylindrical magazine-body have projected therefrom the supporting pivots 106 and 107, respectively, which serve to properly hold the magazine in position while at the same time permitting it to be readily turned or shifted to the desired position. The pivot-axis of the rotatable magazine 56 'is at one side of the working plane of the feedslide 53*, so that one receptacle or tube at a time may be moved to a position over the guideway, whereby the lowermost disk in the receptacle or tube is exposed to the'positioning action of the feed-slide. This shifting or adjustment of the magazine may be eifected through any suitable expedients; but the preferable means is shown in the drawings,wherein the magazine-body is illustrated as being provided upon one end with a spur-wheel 108, engaged by an adjusting-gear 109, mounted upon the lower end of a shifter-post '110, ex-

tending through the casing and carrying upon its upper end an indicating-handle 111, whose pointer plays at one side of a suitably-arranged group or series of stationary sample blanks 68 for selective purposes. The lower ends of all of the receptacles or supply-tubes 103 are open, and those not in position over the guideway are normally closed by the magazine-base 112; but to provide for permitting the magazine to be freely rotated at any and all times and in any direction withoutthe disks dropping into the guideway until the machine is operated there is employed a normally elevated retreating false bottom 113, working in an opening 114 in the guideway 55 and consisting of a plate carried'at one end with a supporting-arm 115. This supporting-arm is arranged beneath the guideway and has at one end a holding-spring connection 116, which serves to normally press the false bottom upwardly through the opening bottom 114directly'in the path of the feed-slide 53. In

such position the false bottom sustains the lowermost disk of the receptacle 103 directly thereover and in the same plane as the disks in the other receptacles; but as thefccd-slide 53 advances it bears against and depresses the false bottom 113, thus permitting the disk to fall into the path of the slide. Each of the receptacles or tubes 103 preferably accommodates therein a longitudinally disposed holding rod or wire 117, upon which the blank disks are strung and which serves to present all of the disks in the same position to the feed-slide.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction ,operation, and advantages of the herein-described machine will be apparent without further description, and it will be understood that various changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and such mechanical expedients may be resorted to, as shown in Fig. 9, wherein is illustrated a pivotallymounted cheek-pawl 118. This pawl carries at its swinging end a roller-dog 119, yieldingly held in interlocked relation with the tubes of the magazine 56" by the spring 120, thus permitting the rotation of the magazine and also serving to hold it against movement after adjustment.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

1. 'In a stamping-press, printing mechanism, means for effecting character spacing, and means for selecting, from a choice of difl'eren t blanks, one to be operated upon and also for effecting a relative positioning of such blank and the printing mechanism for the printing and character-spacing operations.

' 2. In astamping-press, printingmechanism, means for effecting character-spacing. and means for selecting and positioning, from a choice ofblanks, one to be operated upon in the printing and character-spacin operations.

3. In a stamping-press, printing mechanism having individual die elemcnts, means for effectingcharacter-spacing, means t'orsclcctin g, from a choice of different blanks, one to be operated upon in the printing and characterspacing operations, and blank-handling mechanism comprising means for positioning, temporarily holding, releasing, and delivering the chosen blank.

4. In a stamping-press, printing mechanism having individual (lie elements, means for effecting a spacing action through rotation of the blank, means for selecting, from a choice of different blanks, one to be operated upon in the printing and spacing operations, and blank-handling mechanism having means for positioning, temporarily holding, releasing, and delivering the chosen blank.

5. Inastamping-press, printingmechanism,

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means for effecting printing and characterspacing in a circle upon a blank'disk, means for selecting, from a choice of diiferent blanks, one 'to be operated upon in the printing and character-spacing operations, and blank-hantypes, and means for selecting from such m'agazine a blank to be operated upon and for effecting a relative positioning of the chosen blank and the printing mechanism .for the printing and character-spacing operations.

7. In a stamping-press, printing mechanism, means for etfecting character-spacing, a magazine hav ng a plurahty of holders for, blanks of, difl'erent types, a selector for selecting,

fromjjhe choice of blank in themagazine, one to be operated uponand for elfectinga relative positioning thereof and the printing mechanism for the printing and character-spacing operations, indicating means for the selector, and locking means for the selector.

8. In astamping-press, printing mechanism, means for effecting character-spacing, a shiftable magazine havinga plurality of recepta cles for blanks of ditferenttypes, amagazine' shifter operatively connected with the magazine and havmg a single exterlor operatinghandle constituting a selector, ndicating means comprising a set of sample blanks and a pointer cooperating therewith, and locking,

or holding means for the selector.-

9. In a stamping-press, a stationary printing mechanism having individual die elements and a shiftable blank-handling mechanism comprising means for positioning, temporarily holding, releasing, and delivering the blank and also for effecting a stamping of the characters in a circle upon the blank while temporarily held.

10. In a stamping-press,stationary printing mechanism having individual die elements, and a shiftable blank -handling mechanism comprising means for positioning, temporarily holding, releasing, and delivering a blank and also for effecting a spacing action through the relative movement of the blank and die elements, for stamping the characters in acircle upon the blank.

11. In a stamping-press, blank mechanism having a shiftable anvil-support for the blank and comprising means for positioning, temporarily holding, releasing, and delivering a blank, a stationary die-holder arranged in overlapping relation to the anvilsupport and having a plurality of die elements, means for selecting the individual die elements, and means for actuating the selected die element and also for effecting a characterspacing movement of the blank.

12. In a stamping-press, blank-handling handling mechanism having ashiftable anvil-support for the blank and spacing mechanism cooperating with the anvil-support, said blank-handling mechanism also comprising-means for positioning, temporarily holding, releasing,

and delivering a. blank, a stationary dieholder bearing an overlapping relation tothe shiftable anvil-support and having a plurality of'die elements,means forselecting the individual die elements, and means for actuating said spacing mechanism for the anvil-support and also. for-actuating-the selecteddie element. i i i 13. In a machine of the class described,a

stationary printing mechanism having individual dieelements, blank-handling mechanism including a shiftable carrier and an anvilsupport for the blank carried thereby, saidblank-hahdling mechanism also comprising I means for positioning and delivering a blank,

a holding device for clamping and releasing the blank, and means for setting and releasing the holding device respectively after the positioning of the blank and at the completion of the stamping operation.

14:." In a stamping-press, blank handling mechanism having a shiftable handling-support fora blank-disk and comprising means for positioning, temporarily holding, releasing and delivering the disk, meansforeflect inga circular spacing action, a die-holder in the form of a stationary ring supporting a plurality of spring-retracted plunger-die elements, and operating means including an actuator for the selected die element.

15. In a stamping-press, blank -handling mechanism having a shiftable anvil-support and comprising means for positioning, temporarily holding, releasing and delivering a blank, a die-holder in the form ofa stationary ring bearing a plurality of spring-retracted plunger-die elements, means for shifting the anvil-support about the circle ofs'aid ring, and operating means including an actuator for the selected die elements. a

16. In a stamping-press, a blank-handling mechanism having a circularly shiftable blank-carrier, a rotatable anvil-support fortheblank carried by said carrier, spacing mechanism for the anvil also carried by the carrier,'a holding device for the blank also carried by the carrier, a die-holder in the-form of a stationary type-ring bearing a plurality of die elements, a reciprocatory'die-actuating plunger supported upon the shiftable carrier,

operating elements for the spacing mechan ism, the holding device, and said actuatingplunger likewise carried by said carrier, and actuating means for all of said elements.

17. In a stamping-press, a blank-handling mechanism having a circularly shiftable" blank-carrier, a rotatable anvil-support for the blank carried by said carrier, spacing mechanism for theanvil also carried by the carrier, a holding device for the blank also carried by the carrier, a die-holder in the form of a stationary type-ring bearing a plurality of die elements, a reciprocatory die-actuating plunger supported upon the shiftable carrier, operating elements for the spacing mechanism, the holding device and said actuatingplunger likewise carried by said carrier, and common actuating means for all of said elements.

18. In a stamping-press, blank-handling mechanism including a circularly-shiftable blank-carrier, a ratchet-rotatable anvil-support carried by the carrier, selecting means for shifting the carrier, spacing mechanism including a swinging pawl-carrier cooperating with the ratchet-anvil and supported upon the shiftable blank-carrier, a holding device also carried by said carrier and comprising means for clamping and releasing the blank, a dieactuator carried by the carrier, operating elements for the spacing mechanism, an ejector also carried by said carrier, and operating mechanism comprising means for actuating said elements and also for releasing said holding device when the blank-carrier is respectively in the start and finish positions.

19. In a stamping-press, a stationary dieholder in ring form and carrying a plurality of individual die elements, a circularly-shiftable blank-carrier having exterior adjusting means constituting a selector, mechanism carried by the shiftable blank-carrier and including a rotatable anvil-support for the blank, spacing mechanism for said support, a normally active holding device for the blank, an actuator for the selected die element, a magazine, and operating mechanism comprising means for feeding a blank from the magazine onto the anvil-support and also for releasing said holding device when the blank-carrier is in both the start and finish positions.

20. In a stamping-press, a stationary diering supporting aplurality of die clen'ieuts, a shiftable blank-carrier having exterior ad justing means constituting a selector, mechanism carried by said carrier and comprising means for actuating the selected die element and for supporting and rotating the blank, and also including a spring-held presser or holding device for the blank, a lifting-lever for said presser or holding device, a magazine, feeding means including a feed-slide operatively related to said lifting-lever with the blank-carrier in the start position,and an operating device including an element cooperating with said lifting-lever when the blank-carrier is in the finish position.

21. In astamping-press, printing mechanism, means for handling the blank for stamping purposes including a feed-slide, a stationary support, a magazine carrier slidably mounted upon the support, a shiftable magazine carried by said carrier and embodying a plurality of receptacles for blanks of different types, said receptacles having open ends adapted to be presented to the feed-slide and a common guard over such ends, an exterior holding-rack arranged adjacent to the displayed sample disks for selection, a magazine-shifter consisting of a swinging lever connected with said carrier and having an exterior operatinghandle, and an indicating-dog mounted upon the exterior portion of the lever and cooperating with said rack for locking the lever in an adjusted position.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY O. LAVERY.

Witnesses:

N. W. BAssu'r'r, Jr., L. G. SMITH.

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