US895079A - Machine for printing measuring-tape. - Google Patents

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PATENTED AUG. 4,1908. E. EIGNER. MA0HINE P0R PRINTING MEASURING TAPE.

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CHINE FOR PRINTING MEASURING TAPE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 31. 1907.

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MACHINE FOB YRINTING MEASURING-TAPE.

Spefication 01 Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 4, 1908.

hpplicstim ied Key 31, 1907.. Serial No. 876,457.

To all whom it may concern:

B e it known that I, EMIL Erssnz, a citizen of the United States, and residing st New York,.in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented cert new and 'usefullmprovements 1n Machines lrinting Messurmg-Tape, of which the i lowing is s of has been sold and also determine when purchasing goods of this class from the wholesale dealer the amount of goods contained in the roll.

The invention isfully disclosed in the following s ecification, of which accompanying rewin forms a port, 'm which the separate parts o my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which;

Figure 1 is a side view of my improved machine; Fig. 2 a front view there- 21; Fi 3 a. back view thereof; Fig; 4 s plan view; *ig. 5 a view similar to Fig. 2 showing it part of the construction on an enlarged scale; Fig. 6 a view looking in the direction of the arrow 6 of Fig. 5; Fig, 7 a section on the its 7-7 of Fig. 5; Firm '8 a section on the e S8 of Fig. 2, and showing the parts in a different position and on an enlarged scale; and, Fig. 9 a face view of a. part of a measuring :epe having a scale printed thereon by my improved machine.

In the practice of my invention- I provide Con- 9. frame of the following constructzcrn nected with a base a is a main up? at memher a of predetermined height, 31 secured to the base member a adjacent to :he main upright member a, is a supplemenaslupright member a of much less height than the main upright member a. Secured to the top portion of the main u ri ht member er by bolts, bars or any suitab e devlces a 15 s. hanger of which forms a part of the frame'and which member a and is in vertical line therewith. Placed in the frame thus formed and resting on the main upright member a and con-.- nected with the main upright member ain any desired manner is a table 0 which, in effect, forms a part ofth frame of the machine. Mounted in the bottom portion of the frame thus formed is e shaft 1) on which is mounted arollcr or wheel I), snid shaft and wheel being placed below the table 0 and the table 0 "PI'OjGGt-S at right angles to the frame and, to a. predetermined distence from said frame.

Mounted in the top portion of formed by the parts a and a is a shaft on the form of construction shown, a r m em; her e, spokes e and a hub e. The run of thex wheel e, as clearly shown in Figs. 1, 6 andZ, is, rovided with an annular 'roove e is. which is placed a. scale band designed to print on a'tape, a scale representing-yards cnd fractions thereof and inches and tions thereof. By forming ,the scale on a. bend secured in a groove in this manner, the construction of the main printing wheel is checpened and I am enabled to change or renew the scale with little loss of time or expense. One side of the rim e of the wheel 6 is cut as' shown at e to form a recess in which is mounted a wheel {1, the face or perimeter of which is provider at intervals with notches or recesses g, and the outer side of which is rovided at corresponding intervals with pro ecting pins 9, t e pins 9 be11i lacec between the notches or recesses g and einr arranged in a circle on the side of the whee g. Pivoted in the recess e is a pawl? provided'at one end with a nose h ads ted to enter the recesses g in the wheelg, an A etthe opposite end of which is as ring if-j'vlhch bears on the inner side of sai cwl and 1 1'c' tmally serves to force the nose 2 thereof into the recesses 9 At the top of the main frame and mounted in laterally extending arms i is an inlimg roller i which nornmlly bears on the wheel a or on the scale printing bend 'The tablet; is provided with a wide clamp f-whieh is movable longitudinaily thereof end adspted corresponds in position with the upright thd frame lwhich is mounted a wheel e comprising, n?!) from. v 33;,

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' of this shown at to faci itate the intro uctlon and to be secured at any desired point thereon by means of a set screw I also provide the table with a spring presser plate k which is secured to the inner end of the table at k and extends outward to the end of the table along the right side of the same. The front edge resser late curves u wardly as assage of the material to be printed beneath 1t. .The underside of the to portion of the clamp is recessed to admit t e presser plate beneath it and permit such movement as will occur in the operation of the machine.

The wheel 9 bears on its face at regular intervals the numerals one, two, three etc., as shown at g which are. intended to print on the measuring tape, and while the scale band revolution of the wheel e engages one of the pins on the wheel 9 and moves said wheel i against the retarding influence of the pawl one step, and a new yard is printed on the tape m, and at the beginning of each yard rmted b the wheel 9 on the tape m the inches an fractions of inches of the new yard also begin as clearly indicated in Fig. 9.

The wheel e, or the shaft or axle d thereof, is provided with vertically movable bearings mounted in the parts a and a? of the main ame, and these bearings and the means for adjusting the same may be constructed in any desired manner, the object thereof being to re ulate the pressure of the wheel 6 on the whee or roller 19 between which the tapem is fed, and in this operation the wheel or roller 1) works in a transverse slot 1' in thetable 0 as indicated in dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 3 and as shown in section in Fig. 1.

In Fig. 9, I have shown at m a measuring tape printed by my improved machine and, in practice, the tape is fed into the machine as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3,the end thereof being passed beneath the spring prcsser plate I: in line with the plane of the wheel e and directly under said wheel. The wheel e is then turned by means of the crank n and the desiredscaleis printed on the tape or as will be readily understood. In this operation the wheel 9 ririts the yards from one to ten on the whee e or the scale band f thereonrints the inches and fractions of inches and actions of yards as shown in Fig. 9. The

part of the measuring tape shown in Fig. 9 is taken from the central portion of said tape and the figure five thereon at in represents the fifth yard, the remaining ortion of the scale re resenting inches an fractions thereof and ractions of a yard, the fractions of "ards shown being an eighth and a quarter. 'lhe clamp 7' in addition to serving as a means for holding the outer end of the guide plate k in proper position also serves as a guide for the tape or stri on which the scale is to be printed, and'sai clamp may be adjusted to any desired position according to the width of said tape or strip. It will also i be seen that the frame of the machine at the side thereof, adjacent to the table 0, or over saidtable is open so to permit the said tape or strip to be fed through the machine in the operation of printing the scale; and while I have shown and described a articular form of frame in order to accomp sh this result, it will be apparent that changes therein and modifications thereof, within the scope of the appended claims, may be made wit rout departin from. the s irit of my invention or sacri cin its ac vantages. It

will also be observed t at the wheel 9, ih the" operation of the machine as herein described is supplemental to the wheel e, and while sai wheel 9 turns therewith it also is capable of independent rotation, and inthe operation of the machine the. said wheel g must be adjusted so that the numbering of the separate yards on the tape or strip on which the scale is printed will egin at the proper tune, or

when the printing of the inches and fractions of inches and fractions of yards by the wheel e begins.

Having fully described my inven ion, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a machine for printing on a flexible material, the combination with a suitable supporting frame, of a main 1printing wheel mounted in said frame, a supp emental printing wheel mounted on the main printing wheel, said supplemental printing whee being provided on its perimeter with notches or recesses, a spring pawl enga ing said notches or recesses to prevent accidental rotation of said sup lemental printing wheel in either direction, t e rim of said supplemental printing wheel being also provided with laterally projecting pins, and the frame provided with a finger extending into the path of said pins for engaging and moving the said supplemental printing wheel one step at each revolution of the main printing wheel, sub

stantially as described.

2. In a machine for printin material, the combination wit supporting frame, of the printing mechanism, a table, an adjustable guide clamp on said table, and a spring presser plate secured to on flexible a suitable the table and extending beneath the upper ence of the subscribing witnesses this 29th part of said guide cle'mp, the upper part of day of May, 1907. said guide clamp being provided with a recess to accommodate said resser plate, substan- EMIL EIGNER.

5 tially as described. w WVitnesses:

In testimon that I claim the foregolng as C. E. MULREANY, my invention have signed my name in pres- A. WORDEN GIBBS.

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