US830567A - Marking-machine for laundry articles. - Google Patents

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No. 830,567. PATENTED SEPT. 11. 1906.

C. W. CANINE.

MARKING MACHINE FOR LAUNDRY ARTICLES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNEZS, 1905.

4 SHEETS-SHEET l MARKING MACHINE FOR LAUNDRY ARTICLES.

APP-LIOATION FILED JUNE 23, 19 05.

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' ITO-830,567. PATENTED SEPT. 11, 1906.

0. w. CANINE. MARKING MACHINE FOR LAUNDRY ARTICLES.

APPIIIOATION FILED JUNE 23, 1905.

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0. W.- CANINE. MARKING MACHINE FOR LAUNDRY ARTICLES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 23, 1905.

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"Us 1 ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. CHESTER W. CANINE, o-F' DEs oINEs. IOWA. MARKING-MACHINE FOFI LAUNDRY ARTICLES.

. No. 830,567. Specification of Letters Patent. Patentedsept. 11, 1906. Application filed June 23,1905. Serial No. 266,629.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHEsT ER W; CANINE, al frame to present the machine at the proper citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in Des height for convenient operation. I have, Moines, county of Polk, State of Iowa, have however, not considered it necessary to illusbe provided with standards for a supporting- 5 invented certain new .and useful Improvetrate such support. 6

ments in Markin -Mac'hines jfor Laundry Slidingly mounted in the top plate 6 of the Articles, of which t e following is a full,clear,' casing, which is suitably stepped for the purand exact description, reference'being had to pose, are a series of groups of keys 7, 8, 9, and the accompanying drawings, forming part of 10, (four groups in the present instance,)

10' this specification. severally lettered 'and numbered with the 6 5 My improvements relate to machines for letters ofthe alphabet and numeralsfrom marking laundry articles of the kind shown to 9. These keys are pivotally secured by and described in my pending application for the vertical rods 11, 12, 13, and 14 to hori- Letters Patent,- Serial N 0. 147,540, filed -zontally-disposed key-levers 1'5, 16, 17-, and

r 5 March 12, 1903, in which a plurality of 18, arranged in banks and pivoted at .the 79 groups of type wheelsor bars are provided, rear end onrods .19, 20, 21, and 2 2, which one type-wheel of each group havinga corhave their support in the side walls of the responding typewheel in each other group casing; Vertically depending from each keyand bearing a similar but diiierent-sized lever 15 16 17 18 of each bank are the rods 20 type, the similar but different-sized type of 23, 24-, 25, and 26, which slide vertically and 7 5 each group being selected simultaneously by are guided through slots in the fixed plates, the actuation of a set of keys, one set for cor- '27, 28, 29, and 30, which are secured in horiresponding type-Wheels of eachgroup,where zontal position to the side walls of the casing,

y by means of intermediate echanism the while to serve also as a suitable guide for the 25 selected group of type of the various sizes are lower banks of key-levers the plates 27, 28, 8o

brought into position for proper operatingand 29 are provided with vertical flanges 30, platens to impress the mark selected on the 3 1, and 32, which are slotted to receive the laundry goods, the size of type being sekey-levers when actuated, the base of the lectcd to suit the kind of goods to be marked. slot forming aslot for the levers,while a slot- 30 It is the purpose of my present invention ted plate 33 also depends vertically from the 85 to simplify my former construction, to avoid casing-to to serve as a guide for the upperas much as possible a multiplicityof parts, most ban of key-levers. Coiled springs 34', andto economize space in the arrangement 35, 36, and 37 are mounted on the-several of same, to prevent any change of the selectrods 23, 24, '25, and 26, which have their 3 5 ed mark by the careless or accidental operabearing between the key-levers and thefgo tion of the keys after the proper type have 'de-plates 27., 28, 29, and 30 to return the been set, and in many other respects to be ey-levers and keys to their normal position hereinafter particularly pointed out and when released, as hereinafter described.

claimed-to improve the mechanical construc The banks of key-levers are provided with 4d tionand operation of the machine. locking-bars 39, 40, 41 and 42, one for each 5 In the drawings, Figure l isa top plan bank, which extends horizontally across the view of the machine. Fig. 2 is afront elevafront endsof the respective levers of each tion. Fig. 3] is a sectional side elevation bank and are supported at the ends byspring taken on lines 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a secarms 43, 44, 45, and 46, suitably secured to 45 tional front elevation of the upper portion of the side casing. These locking-bars are bevroo the machinataken just within thefront wall. eled to correspond with the corresponding Fig. 5is a sectionalgfside elevation taken just bevel on the front abutting ends of the :rewithin the side wall. Fig. 6 is adetail side spective sets of key-levers, and the spring-' elevation of the operating devices for the arms tend to throw the locklng-bars inward,

5o printing mechanism. Fig. 7 1s a detail secso that when any of the key-levers are de-"1e5.

1 tion of the inking device. I pressed the locking-bar will be pressed back 1 isthe base-plate, 2 3 the side walls, and 4 to allow'the key-leverto pass and then re- 5 the front and rear walls of the casing to turning to normal position Wlll hold in dehold the operating parts. The machine pressed-position any key-le'vers that may'-. itself may be secured upon a suitable table or ave been actuated until released by'means 11o J with its respective sheave or drum 72, keyed that the t of the releasing-key47, which is con ledto' the other end,while the coiled springs 73 are the horizontal lever 48, pivoted to t e side secured at the opposite end from the chain wall-of the casing. 49, 50, 51, and 52 are connection. bell-crank levers mounted, res ectively, on When the hand-crank 71 is actuated as the key-lever rods 19, 20, 21, an 22,connectabove set forth, all of the cylinders are ro- 7o ed,'res ectively, by connecting-rods 53, 54, tated, so that the open portions are under 55, an 56, pivoted to the horizontal arms of the key-lever rods, and any of the key-levers thebell-crankwith the lever 48,while the'vercan then be depressed and held down by the tical arms of the bell-crank levers are .conlocking-bar, so that the end of the key-rod 1o nected by the bars 57-, 58, 59, and 60 with the will project into the pathway of the stepped 7'5 respective lockin bars 39,40, 41, and 42. It spirally-arranged notches on the cylinder,

will be evident om this construction that and the respective cylinders will be stopped when the releasin -key lever, 47 is de ressed in their return by the proj ecting key-r and all'of the lockingars will be moved ack to at a difierent place for each key, it being unallow the coiled springs 34, 35, 36, and 37 to derstood that only one key jisactuated in 80 return'to normal position any keys that may 1 each of the four grou s of keys. if have been depressed and which have been. Keyed on each en of each cylindersshaft held down by the locking-bars, the releasing- 'are the 1gear-wheels 74 74, 75 7 5, 7 6 76, and

.key bein itself returned to normal by the re- 77 77, w i'ch mesh, respectively, with gears on turn-oft e locking-bars 'to normal position. the t pe-wheels 7 878, 79 79,80 80, and 81 81, 85

-Mounted horizontally underneath each whic are mounted loosely in the shaft 82,

bank of key-levers and suitably journaled in, horizontally disposed and secured in the side the side wallspf the casing so as to rotate are walls of the casing. These type-wheels 'are p the type-setting cylinders 61, 62, 63, and 64, provided on their peripheries with type to one for each bank of key-levers, extending corres ondto thenumbered andletteredkeys, 90 ion thwise under all of the rods 23, 24, 25, and t e corresponding type-wheels at each an 26 thereof. The normal upper portions end of the shaft 82 are similar, except that the of these'cylinders are solid throu hout their type are, of different size. Only two sets of length, and the rods 23, 24, 25, an 26 extend type-wheels of difierent-sized type are shown 0 very close to this surface, so that in normal in the present machine; but it will be readily 5 position none of the 'keys can be actuated. understood that by adding addition gears on roin this uniform solid'portion the'cylinthe cylindershafts and additional typedrical surface of the cylinders is notched or wheels on the ty e-wheel shaft 82 as many cut away spirally in steps, as indicated at 65 in sets of type-wheeis of different-sizedtype may 3 5 Fig. 4, the several steps corresponding to the be provided as desired. The rotation of the zoo letters and numerals of the several banks of type-setting cylinders, it I will be seen, conkeys. The typesetting cylinders are each trols, through the gearing, the amount of roconnectcd by their several chains 66, 67, 68', tation of the respective t e' whecls' geared and '69. or other flexible connections, each' thereto,-and thetype-whee s are so arranged 'e to correspond with the key op-' 1'05 to a horizontal shaft 70, ournaled at the erated'wil epresented at the printing posi-; back. in the side walls of t ceasing, which tion at the openings 83 83 in front of the case. shaft and the drums or sheaves are rotated by Thegroups of type-wheels are all mounted on the hand-crank 71 outside of the casing. The the same shaft and therespective type of effect of therotating or winding up of the each grou arebrought'close-together inalineno drums 72 s to rotate the several type-setting iment at t e printing position.- The arrangeoyhnders in'the direction of the arrows shown ment of type-settingcylinders each geared to I in Fig. For the upper cylinder the rotaits wheel of different-sized type for the sevtion is in one dlrect omwhile for the other eral groups enables'me to conveniently dis- 0 three cyl nders it is in the opposite direction, pose the cylinders in the case so as to econo- I I5 because in one case, 'merely to prevent thev mize space. Should an of the ty e-settin chams interfer ng with other work1ng arts, cylinders be located too ar away-to e geare the connection with the cylinder is a We, directly with the typewheels, intermediate wh1le for the others it is below. It is engear can be employed, as is the case in the tirely immaterial, however, in which direc resent machine, the intermediate ear 84 1'20 tion the cylinders rotate. Upon the several eing em loyed to'con'nect the cylin er-gear cylinder-shafts are mounted coiled springs 77 with tlietype wheels 81.' f 73, one end secured to the cylinder and the In order to print the desired mark on the other to the casing, so that the rotation of I oods, the article is held on'the printing-sur-- the cylinder is against the force of the spring ace 83, and the platen-lever 85, with its 125 which tends to rotate the cylinder back to its laten plate 86, pressed against the article to I normal position. In order-to economize orce ituponthe type, either printing lever pace, the chains running from twp of the being selected-in accordance-with ilhQSlZB of cylinders aresecured at oneend oftheirrespect e desired.

5 t ve cylinders and for the other cylinders at he printing lever's 85 -'pivcted .in no 10, on the low r end of the lever 98, pivoted near end-of this in ing-bar 1s slotted at 102' and the casing and provided with a' projection arms 87 88, depending from the casing, and each lever carrlesan arm 89, coupled at-the rear by connecting-rod 90, and arm 91 with a rock -'shaft 92. This rock-shaft carries at 5' each end a segmental hook-plate-93, pivoted at the end of the. rock-shaft arm. 91 and coupled at the rear by a coiled spring 94, with the nose 95, .on-t-he rock-shaft The hook 96 of this hoo -plate'.93 engages a roller pin'97 type A on the first wheel, the type Mon the second, the type 4 on the third, and the type 7 on the fourth wheel, into the proper printing position,fand this is done simultaneously for provided. hatever combination of symbols appears at one printing-opening, the same combination will appear at the other printing openings, the only difference being in'the size'of the type. The operator then raises the platen-lever by the handles 108 .causing theinking-bar to ink-the type, then placing the article over' the type he presses down-the platen and the goods are stamped. When the marking is completed, the oper- 8o ator presses the releasing-key, all ofthe lockcasing. The inkin bar carries at its outer ing-bars areactuated to release the depressed its'ce'nter on the casing. A segment-rack 99 is formed on the upper end of this leveri98, which enga' es the teeth on the curved inner end-o the inking-bar 101. The-lower is mounted in the'shaft 103, supported in the end the inking-pa 104, which receives its keys, which by the individual springs. are I ink from the pad 105, pivotally mounted in returnedto normal, and the typersetting cylinders being thus released are also returned 85 106, against'which the end ofthe inklng-bar to their normal position by the tensionears to keep the two pads in close contact. springs. Should the'operator be obliged to Asthe platen-lever 85 is pushed toward the leave the machine after the type are set, it machine (audit will be understood that there will not be possible for any one else-to disz 5 are as manyplaten-levers, inking bars, and turb the type already set by striking other 0 [connecting mechanisms as there .are'grou s keys. If any other keys are depressed or' of type-wheels,all'duplicateof'each.other)t e I sought to be depressed, the type-rods will rock-shaft 92* is rocked, which in turn actueither come in contact with the solid portion ates the segment-gear 99 to rock'the inkingof the type-setting cylinders, or if any key 2 o bar 101 intothe-position shown in Fig. 6. .in advance of the ke of any group is'de- 95. The inking-pad'on the-bar is pressed against pressed the key-rod 01 this key will have no the type and the further movement of the effect on the particular type-setting cylinder ate 93 causes it to slip oif of the pin ofthe group actuated, because the cylinder 97 on the rack-lever, and the inking-bar is at will stillbe held in position by the proper key ,3 5 once returned to its normal position b the previously depressedQ All of the keys must roo 6 5 through the connecting-gearing to bring the action of thespring 107, secured to the ower first be released by the releasing-key and the end of rack-lever. The platen-leverthen hand crank actuated before any selected impresses the article to bemarked, and upon mark can'be changed. the release of the lever it drops back to its Having thus described my invention, what all the grou s of type-wheels that may be 70 40 normal positionby its own weight, returning I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let- 105' through the connecting mechanism the hook-.- ters Patent, is plate to its normal position with its hook in 1. In a marking-machine for laundry artiposition to engage the pin 97 upon. the next cles, .the combination of a plurality oftypeoperation. f setting cylinders, a plurality of similar type 45 The operation of the machine as a whole wheels with different-sized type, gearing for no will be readily understood. Suppose the connecting the cylinders and wheels, and

- operator desires to mark a large number of means for actuating the cylinders to bring laundry pieces with the mark A. M. 47- the selected type into printing position.

some with large type,some small. He first 2. In a marking-machine for laundry arti- 5o pushes back the hand-crank 71. This rotates cles, the combination of a plurality of groups 1 T 5 the shaft 70, and the drums 72 wind up the of keys, a type setting cylinder for each chains 66, 67,68, and'69,-a'nd rotate the type- I' group, mechanism intermediate said keys setting cylinders tofitheir full extent until I and cylinders .for setting said cylinders, a there is an open space under all of the keypluralityof similar type-wheels withdifferent- 55 lever rods. Holding thehand-crank down, "sized type and gearing for connecting the the operator then resses the keysA inthe c linders and wheels whereby the setting of first group, M in t e second, 4 inthe third, t e cylinders will set the type in printing and 7 in the fourth. These keys are held position.

, down by the respective locking-bars and the '3. In a marking-machine for laundry arti- 6o hand-crank is then released, the tension cles, the combination of a plurality of groups springs on the type-setting cylinders. carry of keys, a type-setting cylinder for each back the cylinders until they are stopped by group with notches spirally arranged on said the depressed key-rods, and this movement cylinders and pins on the ke s to engage said rotates the proper-type-wheels of each group I notches and serve as stops or the cylinders,

a plurality of similar type-wheels with differ- 1 o sponding cylinders whereby the ant-sized type and gearing for connecting the cylinders and wheels whereby the setting of t e cylinders will set the type in printing position.

4:. In a marking-machine for laundry articles, the combination of a plurality of typesetting cylinders, a plurality of similar typewheels with different-sized type the wheels of similar type arranged in groups, the typewheels of each group "mounted loosely on a common shaft with gearing for connecting the wheels of each group and their correactuation of the cylinders will bring the selected type into printing position.

5. In a marking-machine for laundry articles, the combination of a plurality of goups of keys, a type-setting cylinder for each group, mechanism intermediate said keys and cylinders for setting said linders, a plurality of similar type-wheels wit diiierentsized type, the wheels of similar type arranged in groups, the type-wheels of each group mounted loosely on a common shaft with gearing 'for connecting the Wheels of each group and their corresponding cylinders whereby will bring the selected type into printing po sition.

6. In a marking-machine for laundry articles, the combination of a plurality of groups of keys and a type-setting cylinder for each the actuation of the cylinders group with notches spirally arranged in said cylinders and pins on the keys to engage said notches and serve as stops for the cylinders, the cylinders arranged to lock the kcyswhen in normal position, with means for rotating the cylinders to permit operation of the keys.

7. In a inarkii'ig-machine for laundry articles, the combination of a plurality of groups of keys and a type-setting cylinder for each. group with notches spirally arranged on said cylinders and pins on the keys to engage said A notches and serve as stops for the cylinders, the cylinders arranged in normal position, drum with connection der for rotating the cylinders to permit operation of the keys and springs for rerotating the cylinders when released by the drum.

8. Ina marking-machine for laundry articles, the combination of a plurality of groups of keys, the keys of each group having horia manually operate zontal levers arranged in a single row, alocking-bar for each row of keylevers, to prevent the return of any keys actuated, and a single key-with connection therefor to each lockingbar whereby the actuation of said key will release all of the locking-bars.

CHESTER W. CANINE. I

Witnesses:

R.-P. IIARGITT, GLENA PRITCIIARD.

to lock the keys whentherefor to each cylin

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