US857976A - Numbering and dating machine. - Google Patents

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PATENTED JUNE 25 E.-G. BATES. NUMBERING AND DATING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 2, 1906.

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PATENTED JUNE 25, 1907.

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APPLICATION TILED JULY 2, 1906.

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EDWIN G. BATES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSI GNOR TO THE BATES MACHINE COMPANY, A'GORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

NUMBERING AND DATING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 25; '1907.

Anplieation filedJuly 2, 1906. 391181 324,304.

. new and useful Improvements in Numbering and Dating Machines, of which the following saclear, fu'll', andeggach description.

' Thisinventionrel "tes in general to numbering machines, a d particularly that class r ot machines,

of numbering machines known as dating Its ob ect 1s to improve and simplify the'eonstruction of such machines, to secure improved'operation and use of such. a machine, and particularly with referenceto improved means for advancing thenumber wheels and for attaching printlng plates adjacent to the functioning characters of said wheels, ,and further for providing improved means for holding the frame carrying the number wheels in locked position during the attachment of saidplates and mother specific improved constructions of machine, as

set forth'in the claims. In the drawings, Figure 1 is'a front elevatipn of my improved machine; Fig. 2 is a section on line 2 -2 Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a side elevationwith one of the legs of the main frame broken away to'show the mechanism; .Fig. 4

is a side elevation partly broken-away to show the method detaching one of the r'mti'ng' plates Fig. 5 is a similar view showmg the method of detaching a second addi tional printing plate; Fig. 6 is a view in perspective of the die plate; Fig. 7 is a sectional view on line 74-7 Fig. 4;-Fig. 8 is a detail.

view showing the retaining disk for the pluner rod in unlocked position; Fig. 9 is a simiar view showing the plunger rod as locked;

Fig. 10 is a plan view showing the retaining disk-for the. plunger'spring; Fig. 11 is a perspective view showing the arrangement of number wheels and their improved ratchet devices; Fig. 12 is a perspective view of the awl swing for operating the number wheels; ig. 13Qis,a projection of the surfao e of the unit numbering wheel; and Fig.14 1s a projection'of the surface of the tens numbering wheelr -'As shown-in. the drawings, the machine is comprised of the usual 'U-shaped frame 1 having slide grooves 2, to the upper end'of which fram'e there-is provided a tubular extension 4 gh hich a plunger rod. 3 pro- 1 jects. The rod 3 is of less diameter than the a tube 4 and of greater length, and is surround- ,with two notches 23, and immediately below the transverse member of the U frame 1 I provide'a locking disk 24pivoted at 41 to I the frame 1, and diametrically opposite the pivot provided with a spring 27 resiliently bearing against the disk 24 and fitting into a recess in the frame 1. The spring 27 is preferably a simple coil spring and the disk24 is preferably in the shape of a'washer.

To the lower end of the rod 3 I'secure the I numbering wheel frame 9 whichis preferably a single piece of metal bent unto U form and ofsu'ch structure or worked into such condi-tion as to cause the free ends of the U to tend to slightly approach each other through an inherent resiliency of the body of the U frame 9.

Through the U frame 9 I mount the shaft '40 for the number wheel, which shaft is preferably of a length equal to the distance between the two legs of the frame 1, and thus when the machine is assembled non-removable; merely being held in position by the legs of the fr me 1. A second shart 41 is also secured in are frame 9 and carries the detaining pawls provided witha spring 14 ofusual construction, while a shaft 42 is also mounted inthe frame 9 to one end of which a spring 43, hereafter described is secured.

Studs 44 on the frame 9 travel in the slots 2 of the frame 1 and on these studs there are mounted levers 45 pivotedat 38 to second levers 36 which are pivoted in the frame 1 by screw'46 engaging threaded holes'37 in the lever36, while studs 35 are secured to a U+shaped pad-carrying, frame 34 provided with a notched opening 47 in its lower face and guided by a groove on its upward ex.-

' tending arms whichembrace the studs 44 in the usual manner, so that upon the downward mounted a coil spring 31 hearing upoiia lever 80 having a nose at one end adapted to engage a notch 47 so that the two arms 29 and 30 mav. be pressed together torelease the nose oi the lever 30 tron'i the notch 47 to allow the withdrawal of the pad 33.

The U-shaped frame 9 is -provideC at its outer ends with projecting lugs 48 having slightly underci'it or inclined surfaces, as shown in Fig. 7, while the printing plates 50 are provided with undercut bevel notches 51 on their end surfaces, with a cut-out portion 52 on their inner surfaces and with lettering or the like on their so I e 53, so that the may be pushes, vert' i ll down upon the projections ol the l shaped frame and snapped into place and. held by the res liency of said frame without the use of screws or awkward holding contrivanee's. These plates 50 preferably meet on their center line, as shown in l a, and are out out at 52 to allow for the appearance of the func tioning' characters of the number wheels between them.

As shown in Fi 4', when the machine is-in the position indicated and in fact in any position in which the pad frame extends substantially as shown in that figure, a screw driver or other instrumen may he used as shown in the dot and dash line, for prying the printing plate out of position, in which case the edge of the pad frame will act as a fulcrun'i for the instrument. lf it is desirous to remove the other side plate, the machine is preferably moved and'loched into the position shown in 5, when the edge of a guard plate 11 hereinafter described will be in position to act as aiulcrum fora-n impleent pry oil the front printing plate.

The guard plate 111's provided. with a central slot 12 through which the lever 18 directly connected to the pawl swing 17 protrudes and is normally held in the position shown in Fig. 2 by the spring 43, heretofore described. The guard plate 11 is fastened upon the top of the U-l'raine 9 and is pro vided with a depending plate 10 in the rear carrying the usual forms of plate pawl retaining springs.

On the shaft 40 for the number wheels I pivotally mount the pawl swing 17 which straddles the number wheel and which carries a rod on which is pivoted a pawl mechanism comprising two right angular pawls connected together by a stud 61, one of said pawls (pawl 62) having a tooth of a width equal to the combined width of the ratchets on the tens and month wheels, while pawl 63 provided with a thin blade portion he provided with an inwardly turned pawl tooth 65. A spring 66 tends always to move the ends of the pawl toward the shaft 40 of the machine.

The number wheels for a dating machine consist of onewheel 70 having a ratchet wheel 71 pro'vi'dedwith 12 divisions cl teeth to correspond to the twelve months. The tens wheel is provided with a ratchet wheel 81 having ten teeth and of slightly greater diameter than the month ratchet wheel 71. This ratchet wheel 81 is provided wvith' one deep tooth 82 penetrating farther into its center than do. the teeth of the monthswheel, so that the pawl 62 when advancing the tens wheel and when in the deep tooth 82, will also advance the months wheel one tooth, but when on the normal teeth of wheel 81 it will ride safely over the months ratchet teeth and not operate the same. The units wheel is provided with a ratchet wheel 91m greater diameter than the tens ratchet wheel, so that in all instances, except those now described, the tens wheel will remain inoperative upon the operation of the unit wheel. This ratchet 91 is provided at one of its points with a stud or pin 92 in lieu of a ratchet tooth, while a deep recess 93 is bridged beneath said pin 92 for a distance of two teeth. immediately preceding this notch 93 is a deep tooth 94. The stud92- is not so long as to interfere with the passage of the blade-like part 64: of the pawl 63. To

better understand'the operation oi these teeth and ratchets'l will ('lcscrihe their operation for one month, which is as follows: Assuming the preceding clay to have been June 30th, it will he desired to remove the wheels to Julylst. The operator'moves the lever 18 downwardly in itsslot, which causes the pawl 65 to drop into the notch. between the pin 92 and its preceding tooth, to push a unit wheel forward one tooth to indicate June 31st. Now as there is no June 81st it will be necessary to again reciorocate the pawl spring. This time the toot i- 65 falls between the pin 92 and its succeeding tooth, while the pawl 62 falls into its deep notch 82, and when in said deep notch it allows the pin 65 to pass beneath the stud 92 without moving the unit Wl'LE-Ql, but the tens wheel and the months wheel will together move forward to move the dash 1 into place beside the number 1. Upon the next oscillation of the pawl swing the tooth 65 will again engage the notch 93 but not to the same depth as the pawl 62 will then been a normal tooth so that the pawl 62 and pawl tooth 65 will each move its wheel one tooth producing 2 on the tens and 2 on the units. tooth 65 will engage a normal ratchet tooth of the unit wheel and so continue until the figure 9 is brought into functioning position during all of which time the second dash of Upon the next reciprocation thethe tens wheel will have remained in place, but as soon as it is desired to shift the 9 to zero, the tooth 65 will fall into the doe notch 94 and allow the pawl .62 to move t 1e tens wheel one more unit producing the figure The two successive movements also allow the pawl 62 to come into play to shift the two repeated characters 1 forward on their tens wheel, and alike operation takes place for the nextrotation of the unit wheel to lace the characters 2 and 3 in functioning position. A similar operation for the tens character takes place, but it will be noted that there are only two of these characters, but as shown in the beginning of this operative description when a third shift is to be made after the date 31 the units wheel isnot moved and the tens wheel is advanced one point, thus bringing the cycle of operation into proper successive advancement of the characters and of the months. The year wheel 95 is shown diagrammatically in Fig. 11 and may be hand set.

What I claim as my invention is:

. 1. In a numbering machine a frame, a notched plunger rod, a movable disk on the frame and a resilient friction device between the frame and disk, said disk being a pivoted washer through the center of which the rod adapted for use with a tool for forcingfthe washer through the center of which the rod passes, said resilient friction device comprising a coiled spring bearing against the washer and located in.a recess in the frame.

4. A numbering machine having a phirality of printing plates and resilient means for securing them to the machine, said lates abutting against each other on'a part 0 their center line and an opening between the plates, wheels and a shaft therefor said wheels having' part of their periphery in said opening.

5. A numbering machine having a reciprocating frame, number wheels and resiliently held printing plate, in combination with a fulcrum carried by the reciprocating frame adapted for use with a tool for forcing plate out of position.

6. A numbering machine having a recipro-.

eating frame, number wheels and resiliently held-printing plate, in combination with. a

fulcrum carried by the reciprocating frame plate out of position, and locking-means for the locking the reciprocating part in position. with said fulcrum stationary.

7. A numberingmachine having a reciprocating frame, number wheels and resiliently held printing plate, in combination with. a fulcrum carried by the reciprocating frame adapted for use with a tool for forcing the plate out of position, said fulcrum being permanently located with relation t?) th said frame.

8. A numbering machine having-a reciprocating frame, number wheels and resiliently held printing plate, in combination with a fulcrum carried by the. reciprocating frame adapted for use. with a tcol for forcing the plate out of position, said fulcrum being permanently located with relation to the said frame, and a second fulcrum pivoted to said frame.

9. A. numbering machine comprising a reciprocating wheel frame, an ink pad frame operated thereby and having a notch in its surface, an ink pad holder comprising a clamp for the pad, alever havinga nose pivoted on the holder, and a spiral spring between the lever and holder, a, stationary arm on the.

clamp, whereby the arm and lever may be pressed together to place the-pad in position and upon their release the nose caused to enter said notch.

10. A datin machine comprisin month, units and tens wheels, exterior ratchet wheels attached to the sides of aforesaid wheels, a

pawl mechanism, and ratchet means for advanci'ng said tens wheel at a certain time without advancing the unit wheel, said tens and units wheels having their faces adjacent, said month a d tens wheels having their ratchets adjacent, and connected pawls therefor.

11. A dating machine comprising month, units and\ tens wheels, a pawl mechanism, and ratchet'means for advancing said tens wheel at a certain time without advancing the unit wheel, a notch between two ratchet. teeth on the unit wheel and'a pin-'toothrnidway of the notch, a pawl therefor adapted to engage said pin tooth, ordinarily, a deep tooth on the tens Wheel adapted to permit said pawl at times to freelyrid'e under said tooth, a pawl operatively connected to first" said pawl and operating the tens ratchet. "'12. A dating machine comprising month,

" units and tens wheels, a pawl mechanism, and

ratchet means for advancing said tens wheel at a certain time without advancing the unit wheel, a notchibetWeen-two ratchet teeth. on

the notch, a awl there or adapted to engage .said 'pin toot ordinarily, a deep. tooth oil-the .ten's wheel: adapted to permit said pawl at times to freely ride under said tooth, apawl foperatively connected tofirst said ippwl and .the unit wheel and a in tooth, midway of 'operating the tens ratchet, the st I it. Q

pawl comprisinga blade and a nose at an angle thereto.

machine of the kind described. having mainframe, reciprocating head, comprising an inner i, me, a shaft therein. and wheels on said sl: a detachable glie plate and resilient meins for securing it to said inner frame, sa. plate traveling with said reciprocating liie d, between the. sides of the main frame.

1%. A machine of the kind described having a main frame, a reciprocating head, comprising an inner, frame, a shaft therein and Wheels on'said shaft, die plate and resilient means for securing it to said inner frame, said plate being of length equal to the Width of said inner frame.

15. A machine of the kind described having a main frame, a reciprocating head, comprising an inner frame, a shaft therein and Wheels on said shaft, a die plate and resilient rneans for securing it to said inner frame,

said plate being of length equal to the 'idth of said inner frame, and chambered on its imier under side to accommodate the Wheels.

15. 1 machine of the kind described hav projections between the plate and frame and the inherent spring of the frame.

18. A. machine of the kind described having a main frame, a reciprocating head, comprising an inner frame, a shaft therein and Wheels on said shaft, a die plate and resilient means for securing it to said inner frame, said plate being of a length equal to the Width of said inner frame, said resilient means comprising notches and engaging projections between the plate and frame and the inherent spring of the-frame.

19. A machine of the kind described-having a main frame, a reciprocating head, comprising an inner frame, a shaft therein and Wheels on said shaft, a die plate and resilient means for securing it to said inner frame, said plate being ofa length equal to the Width of inner frame, and chambered on its inner tinder side to. accommodate the Wheels, said resilient means comprising notches and engaging projections between the plate and frame and the inherent spring of the fraind. machine of the kind described liav- U in frame, a reciprocating head, comprising an inner frame, a shaft therein and Wheels on said shaft, a die plate and resilient means for securing it to said inner frame, said die plate being chambered on its'inner nnder side to accommodate the Wheels, said resilient means comprising notches and engaging projections between the plate and frame and the inherent. spring of the frame. Signed at New York city this 29 day of June, 1906.

EDWIN G. BATES.

Vfitnesses QARRIE E. WYLIE, BENJAMIN B. CONRAD.

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