US828478A - Marking device. - Google Patents

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PATENTED AUG: 14, 1906.

I A. J."& N. HODGE. MARKINGDEVICE. APPLICATION FILED JULYG, 1905.

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' ARTHUR J. HODGEAND NATHANIEL HODOE, OF PASADENA. CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNORS TO KANTERASE (JHECK PROTECTOR (30., OF PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, A CORPORATION ()FOALIFORNIA.

,isaskme Device.

l'o-all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that we, ARTHUR J. Honor. and NATHANIEL HODGE, citizens of the United Statearesiding at Pasadena, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Marking Devices, of which the following is a specification.

,Oill' invention relates to the class of marking devices used in banks and countinghouses and the like by which checks, receipts, and the like are counter-stamped.

The objects of our invention are to provide a marking device which will at once be simple and cheap to construct and easy of opera-.

'tion, in that it will occupy less space on the desk and may be operated by one hand.- The devices now in use require two distinct motions in order to perform one marking. The first motion isin order to ink the stampand the second motion to stamp the paper. With our device thereisonly one motion necessary, and it will be seen that this one motion may be combined with the motion of withdrawing the check or other paper, so that the operation of stamping is simple in the eX-, treme.

(Our invention consists of a plurality of marking disks or rollers mounted on a common central shaft. This shaft has means for rotating one or more of the disks independently of others. The inking of the disks may be accomplished by an inking-pad placed so that the disks rub over it in rotation,

on the disks. may be used in the same relation to the marking as the type in a typewriter, in which case a ribbon will be used on the op osite side of the paper to be marked,

or the etters may be stamped or cut into the paper without the use of any inking agency. e prefer, however, to construct our device for marking in the form shown in the accompanying drawings with the use of an inkingpad rubbing on the disks as they rotate. We

prefer to construct a case of sheet metal, as thereby it may be stamped out with minimum expense. The marking-disks are cast of type metal, with the marking-letters on their periphery.

The invention may be varlous'ly constructed ,and may be used for various purposes,- among which may be mentioned a printingmachine for the use of-children, the same be- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 6, 1905. Serial No- 268,478.

Patented Au 14, woe.

ing provided with disks having on their faces type for printing sentences and parts of sentence s, so that a child may use ingenuity in constructing and printing phrases and sen.-

tences. Such uses will occur to the constructor without detailed descri tion, and in the accompanying dra wings we s all show the device simply as a check-marker.-

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention. i

Figure l is a perspective view showi'n the device as a check-marker, a portion or'the casing being broken away, showing the marking-disks. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the case of our machine, a part of the top being broken away, part of the disks being removed and the remainder shown in section. Fig. 3 is a cross-section taken on line :1? cf, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a development of the marking-surface of one of the marking-disks. Fig. 5 is a fragmental view of one member of thelocking device. Fig. 6 is a view of the second member of the locking device.- Fig. 7 is a fragmental view showing the shaft and sliding bar provided with means for the rotation of more than one disk.

1 -represents a case which is made up of a bottom piece 2, end pieces 3, and top 4. The end pieces 3 areshown riveted to the bottom piece 2 and have at their tops projecting catches 5, which engage in slots 6 in the top '4 to hold the same in place by elasticity of the end pieces 3, whichare constructed of suit-, able spring material for this purpose.

Supported by the end pieces 3 is a shaft 7, on which disks 8 are mounted. The disks 8 have each a transverse keyway 9 to receive a in 10 on the shaft- 7. Pin 10 is practically g the same width as the respective markingisks.

On the peripheries of the marking-disks are slots 11, which are engaged-by a'stop formed of a sliding bar; 12, whlch is mounted in slots 3", stam ed in the end pieces 3, and

has a notch 13 s ightly greater in widththan the respective marking-disks. The notch 13 a and the pin 10 are situated directly in line with each other transversely of the machine, so that when the notch 13 is o posite a marking-disk the pin 10 is in the eyway of such marking-disk. The slidin bar 12 is fastened to anarm 14, in whic shaft 7 is 'ournaled, the same being held in place y a rod shoulder 7 and an operating-disk 15, so that have shown the marking device as it will be used for counter-marking checks and the like, the amounts in dollars being placed on the plate 17, asshown in F ig. 1. Indicator 16 may bear against plate 17, as shown in Fig. 3, and may press into the division-marks a, on the plate, thereby making a slight stop at 1the correct point to useany particular dis In the arm 14 is a slot 18 to receive a spring-dog 19, stamped out of the operatingdisk and curved atthe end,as shown in Fig, 6. Operating-disk 15 is fastened to shaft 7 by a key 20 and screw 21. operating-disk is in position on the shaft ,7, the spring-dog 19 allows rotation of the operating-disk 15 in 7 one direction only, come monly known as right-handed, but while being rotated in that direction the dog 19 will make a sufiicient stop in the slot 18 to indicate the completion of the revolution of-a marking-disk. 1

Inside the top 4 and at the back thereof is mounted an inking-pad 22, which is arranged to rub on the disks 8, as indicated in Fig. Underneath the bottom piece 2 is journaled' a pressure-roller 23, which projects up through the bottom through a slot 24, which is stamped out .of said bottom piece. In stamping the slot 24 out of the bottom piece a portion of said piece, 24, is turned down at either end of the slot, thereby forming a support for the shaft 25 of the roller 23. The roller 23 is constructed with a wooden core 26, on which a 27 is mounted.

In the operation of our machine the check or other paper is inserted underneath the one and the same time.

marking-disks 8 and over the roller 23. operating-disk being brought to position where the indicator 16 indicates the required marking-disk desired to be used, the use!" will rotate the operating-disk 15, whereupon the pin 10 engages with and rotates the markingdisk indicated by the indicator, the notch 13 releasing such disk, while all the other disks are held. in their normal position by the bar 12. The rotating disk engages the paper and presses it a ainst the rcller, and the paper is marked an moved through the machine at The disks are segmental, as shown in Fig. 3, so that when the paper is first put in position it is free. Each of the disks is independently rctatable, and

When the piece of heavy rubber tubing with the paper, thus pressing the paper against the roller, and the printin or marking is thus begun, after which the further rotation of the disk may be produced and the printing or marking completed by simply withdrawing the paper. When the disk 8 reaches its normal position, thus freeing the paper, the spring-dog 19 catches in the slot 18, and thereby informs the operator that the marking is completed. The paper may then be freely drawn out, as the 'inarkingdisk is in the same position as at the beginning of the operation. The end pieces 3 are bentso as to form passage-ways 28 between the end pieces and the bottom piece 2. These passage-ways extend some little distance beyond the marking-disks 8, so as to enable the disks mounted next to the end pieces to be used alternatively near the edges or the middle of the paper. In the end pieces 3 are the slots 3,which provide a passage-way for the .pin 10, so that the shaft 7 may be withdrawn in case a change in the marking-disks were desired.

a Our invention comprises a plurality o gm'arking disks mounted on a common shaft, with means in connection with that shaft to" rotate'one or more of the disks. More disks than one may be rotated by making the engaging pin 10 of a width, sulhcicut to engage as 'many disks as may be desired, while the notch 13 s made of corresponding width. It will be seen that the bar 12 constitutes meansv slidable along the series of marking disks 8 to progressively engage the greatiu portion ofthe series and hold the same against rotation, while leaving another purtion of the series rotatable, and shaft 7 con-- stitutes selective rotating means extending axially of the series of disks, said rotating means moving with said slidable means and adapted to rotate the rotatable portion of the series. This will be understood by reference to Fig. 7. Itwill be understood in this Ct onection that the machine may be constructed to allow the rotation of any number of disks, from a single one to all.

The method of inking may be varied between a great number of methods without departing from the spirit of our invention. Any means adapted therefor may be employed in connection with our selective sys tem of rotating the marking-disks.

The characters 0 on each disk are arranged in a linearound the edge of the disk, and on rotation of the disk the characters contact with the paper singly, so that the rolling impression given by each may be deep, thus to even cut into the paper with a comparatively slight exertion of force on the part of the operator.

To produce the desired pressure, the roller 23 is arranged to contact with the edge of the disk when the disk is rotated without a check when rotated the end 8 thereof first contacts 1 or other paper or body between the roller and disk. The 158BS1OI101 force oi contact may be greater or less, within the judgment I shaft supported in said frame, marking-disks on said shaft, keyways in' said disks, a pin on i said shaft adapted to engage said keyways, and a pressiire-roller mounted in said frame.

3. In a marking device of the character herein described, an arm, a shaft jo'urnaled in said arm, a dog mounted on said shaft, and a dog-engaging slot in said arm.

4. In a marking device a shaft provided with a pin, disks mounted on said shaft andprovided with keyways', a bar connected with said shaft, and provided with a notch for the disks, said bar and shaft being movable endwise transversely'of said disks.

5. In a markin device, a series of marking-disks,means s idable along said series to progressively engage a portion of the disks and hold the same against rotation while leaving another portion of the series rotatable, and selective rotating means, moving with said slidable means and adapted to rotate the rotatable portion of the series.

6, In a marking device, a series of markingdisks, means s lidable a'lor'n said series to progressively engage the peripheriesof a portion of the disks and hold the same against rotation while leaving another portion of the series rotatable, and selective rotating means extending axially of the series, moving with said slidable means and adapted to rotate the rotatable portion of the series.

7. In a marking device, marking-disks, means s'lidable into various positions'to hold certain disks against rotation and leavmrotatable another disk, and selective rotat' means cooperating with the first-named means to'rotate said rotatable disk.

8. In a marking device, marking-disks, means slidable into various positions to hold certain disks against rotation and leave rotatable another disk, a slidable shaft provided with selective disk-engaging meanscooperating with said first-named means to retate said rotatable disk, and means for rotating said shaft.

9. In a marking device, markin disks axially in line, a bar slidable axially 0 said disks holding certain disks against rotation, said, bar being provided with a cut-away portion for releasin a definite number of contiguous disks, a she twhereon said disks are mounted,

means connecting said shaft and bar to move together, said shaft being provided with-diskengaging means opposite the aforementioned releasing means, and means for rotating said shaft.

10. In a marking device, rality of markin disks provided with slots cut into the perip ieries thereof, said slots being adapted to register with each other, a notched bar adapted to slide through said slots, a slid'able shaft upon which said disks are mounted, said shaft having a projection adapted to engage notches with which said a frame,a pludisks are provided, means connecting said shaft with said bar to move therewith, the projection on said shaft being opposite the notch -in said bar, and means for rotating said shaft.

ln testimony-whereof we have hereunto set our hands, at Los Angeles, California, this 27th day of June, 1905.

' ARTHUR J. nonen.

NATHANIEL HODGE.

In presence of- I JAMES R. TOWNSEND; JULIA TOWNSEND.

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