US907885A - Printing mechanism. - Google Patents

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G. P. RICHARDSON.

PRINTING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILE-I JUNE 6, 1907.

Patented Dec.29.1908.

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C. P. RICHARDSON.

PRINTING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6, 1907. 907,885.

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PRINTING MECHANISM.

- APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6, 1907. 907,885. I

Patented .Dec. 29, 1908.

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G. P. RICHARDSON.

PRINTING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED Jun 6, 1901,

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G. P. RICHARDSON. PRINTING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION rum) JUNE 6, 1907.

Patented D80. 29, 1908.

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PRINTING MECHANISM. APPLIOATIONFILED JUNBG, 1907.

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PRINTING MEHANISM. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6, 1907.

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PRINTING MECHANISM.

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FEB-28,1907. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ROCHESTER No. I323 1 il w G. P. RICHARDSON. PRINTING MECHANISM. APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 6, 1907.

Patented Dec. 29, 1908.

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To all whom it may concern:

4 UNITED STAT S PATENT oF ioE.

CHARLES RICHARDSON, OF WOONSOGKET, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO MUTSCHLER MACHINE COMPANY, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

- rnm'rme MECHANISM;

Specification of Letters Patent. I Patented. Dec. 29, 1 908. I

Application filed June 6, 1907. Serial No. 377,654.

Be it known that I, CHARLES F.RHAR D- SON, a citizen of the United States, and resident of VVoonsocket, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Printing Mechanisms, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to printing mechanisms, and its object is to provide an improved printing mechanism adapted to print upon the face of a check, and also, if desired, upon a record stri words representing the amount for which the check is drawn without unnecessary spaces between the words.

A further object is to print, simultaneously 1 with the words, the same amount in numermultaneously in the printing position by the operation of the means for setting the words,

and both words and numerals being printed at the same time by'movement of an actuating lever.

Still other objects and features will appear.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a front elevation; Fig. 2 is a similar view, but with the casing removed, and with some parts shown in section,-and parts being removed to exhibit interior construction; Fig. 3 is a' section on the line 33 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a section on the line 44 of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the units, type-disk, and some cooperating parts; Fig. 6 is a rear elevation of four of the type-disks and some cooperating parts; Fig. 7 is a section on the same plane as Fig. 3, of a modified form of a detail; Fig. 8 is a section on the line 88' of Fig. 2, the parts being shown in normal position; Fig. 9 is a section on the same line 8-8,- but with the parts in oper-.

ating position; Fig; 10 is an elevation of the pawl release mechanism in releasing -posi- .tion; Fig. 11 is the same elevation showing the parts in the retaining or non-release position Fig. 12 is a section on the line 1212 of Fig. 2; Fig. 13 is a section on the line.

13 13 of Fig. 2; Fig. .14 is a plan view of the type-wheels, parts of which are shown in twenty to ninety;

with some related parts, on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, in normal position; Fig. 19 is the same side elevation, the parts being in print. ing position; Fig. 20 is a side elevation of a single type-block; Fig. 21 is the rear elevation thereof; Fig. 22 is a plan view of the ribbon and the reversing mechanism therefor; Fig. 23 is a side elevation of the same;

Fi 24 is a plan view of the push-bar and gulde; Fig. 25 is a front elevation thereof; Fig. 26 is a section on the-line 26.26 of Fig. 25; Fig. 27 is an elevation of the recordstrip roller and certaincooperating parts;

Figs. 28 and 29are front and end views, re-- s ectively, of the holder for the dating type;

ig. 30 is a plan view of the check carrier; Fig. 31 is a front elevation of the same; Fig. 32 is an enlarged view of a check-clip; Fig. 33 is an enlarged side elevation of a checkstop; Fig. 34 represents a check when printed; Fig. 35 is an elevation of one of the thousands type disks; Fig. 36 is an elevation of the next adjoining disk; Fig. 37 is the same as Fig. 36 at the first point of its operating position; Fig. 38 is the same at'a further point inits operation; Fig. 39 is a similar view of a tens type disk; and Fig. 40 is an elevation of the next disk.

This device has a casing 1 on a base 2. Levers 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 project through slots in the'top of the casing 1, and constitute means for sett ng a series of typ eblocks to a printing line. An operating lever 14 on one side of the machine will, when vibrated, actuate'm'echanism to produce the printin impression and other functions.

Num ers' are placed on the casing 1 adjacent to each lever, and when any lever is brought opposite any number a type-block is moved hrst to the printing hne and then,

by operation of the lever 14, is shifted to the printing position for printing that number. Thus the lever 3 may set any words from the lever 4* from ten to nineteen; and the lever 5 from one to -nine. will be set by automatic means to print with any or all of the characters set by the levers 3, 4, or 5. In like manner, the other levers are adapted to set words corresponding to the numbers adjacent to them, as indicated in Fig. 1.. block for printing the currency such as Dollars; Francs, Marks,-etc.

The last lever 12 sets a typee name of the base of he The word thousand of raising or altering the checks.

' and 5 (see vers 4-and 5, while this invention comprises means whereby such. gaps may be prevented, and the wordsfi'constitutln the amount to be printed on the check fol ow eaclrother at suitable closeness, so that other words cannot thereafter be printed between them nor on either end; thus removing the possibility This device is capable of printing any amount exa'ctly.

Each of the levers 3 to 9 is connected to one of a series of disks 15 to 22, revoluble on a shaft 23 (see Figs. 3 and 14). 'These disks are toothed throu h a portion of their peripheries, the teet on all being of equal p1tch. Spring pawls 24 ,(Figs. 3 and 6) engagpthe said teeth, and operate to hold the ds s in any set position until released by means hereinafter described.- The disk 18 (Figs. 2-and 6) has no rejecting lever, but is moved by means of a ar 18* screwed to its top and prog ecting in front of thelevers 3, 4,

ig. 14). This causes the word Thousand to be brou ht' to the printing line whenever one or all of the levers 3, 4, and- 5 is moved. On the hubs of the said disks are groove pulleys 25, (Fig. 3), and

flexible bands attached thereto lead over a.

set of idler wheels 27 to springs 28. These springs, each of which is fixed at one end to a stationary bar 29, tend to contract, and therefore, through the movement of the cords 26, return the disks 15 to 22 to the position shown in Fig.3, immediately upon the disen agement of the pawls 24.

cross the front of the machine, between the end plates 1 and 1", is a bar 30. To this -is attached a segment of a cylinder 31, concentric with the shaft 23. Portions of'the lower edge of said segment are cut away for a purpose to be described, (see Fig. 17).

The type-carrying blocks 32 (shown in Figs. 20 and 21) are'adapted normally to lie between the disks 15 to 22, and the segment 31. These blocks are also curved in arcs drawn from the center of the shaft 23, and the type characters 33 are on the convex or outer side, while the inner or concave side has teeth 34 adapted to fit the teeth on the disks 15to 22 aforesaid. The cut-away portions. 35 of the segment 31 are proportioned so that the blocks may be retained normally in exact (vertical val inement with their re spective disks. The portions 36 of thesegment 31'which are not cut away fit into recesses 37 (Fig. 21) in the sides of the typeblocks, and the slots '35- receive the short bridges 38 which connect the inner and outer halves of said blocks. A strip of rawhide or rubber 30 (Figs. 3 and 4) is inserted in the lower edge of the bar 30 to absorb the shock and to prevent noise when the type blocks 32-are restored to their initial positions.

It will be seen that, in the first part of the setting movement, when any one or the levers 3 to 9 is brought forward, a particular typeblock is moved correspondingly because of its toothed connection to the disk of said The teeth on all the disks and type-- lever. blocks being of equal pitch, any type-block may be moved along under any disk, at right angles to the first part of the setting movement, as soon as the bridge 38 has cleared the ends of the portions 36 of the segment 31. However, the blocks must be held in contact with the lower side of the disks, and for this purpose a series of supports or prongs 39 are provided, so placed as to take into an opening or socket 40 in each type-block, and thus to support it.

Each support or prong 39 is fixed perpendicularly to one of a set ofbars 41 which he in guide ways 42 in a stationary frame 43 (see Figs. 3, 4, and17). Thebars 41 are short enough to allow considerable longitudinal movement before coming in contact with the end plate 1. Another set of bars 44, (see Figs. 16 and 17 each of which isfixed to one of the prongs 39, lies adjacent to the frame 43. These bars. are turned downward at one end, as 45 (see Fig. 3), so as to be engaged by a bracket 69 and thereby to be moved into the normal Fig 17. 4

rom the foregoing it will be seen that when one or more type-blocks are slid down and off the segment 31, so that their sockets 40 engage corresponding prongs 39, the teeth 34 on the back of the type-blocks remain in engagement with the teeth on the disks, and the blocks may be slid sidewise:

until all the type-blocks that have been set by movements of the' levers are brought close together and so will print their characters in consecutive order without undue spaces between them.

The units disk 22 has no movable typeblock, as will be explained. In order to print the amount of the check position of rest as shown in several systems of currency, as, for instance,

" the words Dollars, Francs, Marks.

These disks 46, 47 and 48 are pivoted on the shaft 23, but the type-characters are not moved longitudinally. Between the disk 48 and the end plate 1 is another series of disks 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54 and 55. These are normally held in the position shown in Fig. 2 by means of flexible bands 56 attached to ten-. sion springs 57 (seeFigs. 8 and 9) in a similar manner to the disks 15 to' 22, and also, by means of pawls 58, may be held in printing position. Portions of the disks 15 to 22 are cut away, as shown in Figsj3 and 4. Through these openings extend flat, narrow bars 59, 60, 61, 62 and 63 (Fig. 14) attached to the disks 49, 50, '51, 52 and 53, respe'ctivel at one end, and at the other end having a l bose pivotal connection with the shaft 23.;

The top edges of the opening in each disk 15 to 22 is so shaped as to depress a particular one of the bars 59 1:063, and thus to set the corresponding number on one of the disks 49 to 53 into printing position. For instance, on the disk 19 (Figs. 18 and 19), a step 64 will engage the bar 61 a like step on each other disk differently placed with reference to the center, will strike a particular one of the otherbars 59, 60, 62 and 63, so that said bars will be depressed by their proper disks, andthe numbers on the disks '49 to 53 will be set to correspond with the words on the type-blocks 32.

The disks 46 and 47, carry numbers which denote decimal divisions of currency, such as cents, if the U. S. money system is used.

Therefore these are-not printed in words, but

their indications are repeated by the disks 54 and respectively. The disks 47 and 55 are connected through the shaft 23, and the disks 46 and 54 are connected by a short bar 66 (Fig. 14) through a sleeve on said shaft.

To slide the movable type-blocks 32 into close contact with each other, a bar 67 movable in a guide-way 68 is so laced as to strike the firstof said type-bloc s, when the bar is moved to the right. As the typeblocks, when ready for printing, are carried by the prongs 39, both will be moved along together. Upon the, rear side of the bar 67 is a bracket 69 (Fig. '24) adapted to engage the ends 45 of the bars 44, when the bar 67 is moved to the left. In its extreme left hand position, asshown in Fig. 17., the bracket 69 have carried the bars 44 into contact with the end plate 1, and, when so placed, the prongs 39 are alined with the notches 35.

- Then, upon the release of the disks 15 to 22,

the typeblocks will be moved to' their initial sitions on the segment 31.

TI ebottom side of the bar 67 carries a number: of type characters, such as XXXXX. These will always be printed 4 immediately before the words on the first set tion.

A cam-wheel 7 O is fixed upon the shaft 14 bar 67. the said slot (see Fig. 24) in order thatlost ;The bar 67 then moves'to guides, are pulled type-block, and renders it difficult or in fact impracticable to raise the check.

.To operate the bar 67, mechanism is'provided which will act positively, and still a'djust itself to the varying travel of said bar when a greater-or smaller number of typeblocks is set to the printing line. In order to close the space between the type-blocks, thebar 67 must travel fart-her when only two are sett-han when four or five are in posiof the operating lever 14, and a segmental gear 71 on its inner face meshes with a pinion 72 on a countershaft 73 (see Fig. 13). gears 74 transmit the motion of this shaft to a shaft 7 5 held in bearings 76 on the end plate 1 (Fig. 12). A gear 78, driven by a Bevel I friction-clutch 79, engages a rack 80, which lies and slides in a slot 81 on the top of the The rack 80 is made shorter than motion in the connecting gears may be taken up before the bar 67 moves.

Means are provided to hold 'said bar 67 stationary until the rack 80reaches the end of the slot 81. This consists of a lever82 pivoted in a bracket 83 (Fig. 25), and having a lug 84 on one end adapted to enter a notch 85 in the bar 67. A spring 86 tends to hold the lever in this position. 'A roller 87 on the opposite de res'sion 88 (Fig. 26) on the cam-disk 70.

end of said lever is thus held in a hen the operating-lever 14 is pulled for ward, the rack 80 immediately begins to move, and at the instant it touches the end of the slot 81, the roller 87 rides out of the depression 83 onto the circular face of the cam-disk 70. The lug 84 is thus raised out of the notch 85 in the bar 67, and the said bar moves with the rack, pushing the set them close together. If at this point the operating-lever 14' has .not completed its forward travel, the friction clutch .79 slips, allowing the said lever to finish the other operations of the machine dependent u on it.

On moving the operating-lever bac the friction clutch drives the gear 78, and moves the rack 80 to the opposite end of the slot 81. the'left with said rack, and the bracket 69 engages the ends 45 of the bars 44, pushing them all against the end plate 1 The clutch 79 then slips and allows the lever 14 to be thrown back to the starting point. 7 The t ype-blocks thus having beenbrought aapposite their respective ack into place bythe ace-block's on the supports or prongs 39 to the right side of the machine, and crowding swings back and disengages all the pawls ,are hung free on a longitudinal shaft 89, and are normally pressed toward the respective toothed disks by theaction of springs 90. 'These pawls are theretaining means for the several disks. Each disk is automatically caught by its pawl and held when it reaches a set position. Between the pawls and the said toothed disks is a pawl-operating bar. 91, fixed at its ends to, the shaft 89, so that when the shaft is turned forwardly, the bar 91 disk. The purpose of this is to'insure the rea (log or catch 96, and a stop turn of each type-block to the zero position, and to avoid anypossibility ofits sticking part-way, in case the pawls should fail to reease completely. Fixed on the end of the shaft 89 outside of the end plate 1, is a'block 92 (see Figs. 10, 11, and 13). Another block 93 is slidable in guides on' said block 92, and in its forward position (Fig. 10) will be struck and tilted downward by a pin 94 on the cam disk 70.

when the operating-lever 14 is pushed back to zero or the starting point.

shown in Figs. 10 and 13.

When it is desired to reset the type-blocks for another operation of the machine, it is necessary that the pawls 24 engage the disks 15,,16, etc.- .Mechanism is 4 provided to ac complish this result.

Each of the levers 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,-and 9,

bears a bar 95 (see Figs.'3 and 7), on which is movement thereof in one direction. A revoluble shaft 97 has fixed to it a bar 98 (see 3) which is engaged by the dog 96 andis tilted, when any lever3, 4, etc. is pulled forward, and thus turns sli ht arc.

Tn line with the center of the block 92 is.,a bell-crank 99, pivoted .at 100 (Figs. 10,11

and '13), the lower end of which engages a pm 101 in the pieces 93, the upper end having also a slot-and 'pin or similar connection to alever 102 onthe shaft 97. FThe opposite end i of lever 102- is normally pulled upward by a spring 103.. It will be seen that when the bar 98 is tilted as aforesaid, the lever 102 will be tilted:

also, and will thus swing the bell-crank .99, and movethe block 93 backward and out -from under'the pin 94. As soon as this oc' 5f the disks N This move ment Wlll swing the bar 91 backward as aforesaid, and release the pawls I 24 and 58, as'

.to. prevent said shaft through a curs, the tension of the. springs 90 acting through the shaft 89 will tilt the block 92 upward and thus will allow the pawls 24 and 58 to rest against the disks 15, 45, etc. After the dog 96 slips off the edge of the bar 98, the spring 103 (Fig. 13) tends to move the arm 102 and bell-crank 99 in the o posite direction to that just described, and the iece 93 will therefore be forced against the si e of the in 94. As the latter moves upward, on the Forward stroke of the operating-lever 14, the spring 103 carries the iece 93 farther out, and into the position siown in Fig. 10, so that. it will be struck by the pin 94 on the return stroke of the o erating-lever, to release the pawls from all t e disks.

The levers 10 and 11 on account of the short travel required to place the ty e carried by them at the printing line, different arrangement for actuating the shaft 97. In -line with said levers a short bar 104 is fixed to the shaft 97. On the shaft 105 which carries the idler wheels 27 is a bell-crank 106, the upper arm of which i is pivoted to one end of a ever 107, its lower .end being normally pulled downward by a spring 108. A lug 106 on the bell-crank 106 touches the bar 104when in this position. The lever 107 is ivotednear its center on a pin 109, whic extends throu h a slot 109, and its forward portionis for ed.

Each branch of the fork is hooked and passes beside one of the levers 10 and 11 and en- .gages, as at 110, overa dog 111 on the lever (see. Figs. 2 and 4).

When either lever 10 or 11 is brought forward, the dog 111 carries, the lever 107 alon and thus swings the bell crank 106 an moves the'bar 104, which accomplishes the same result as the movement of the bar 98, i. 0., permits thep'awls 24 and 58 to engage their disks. As the bell-crank 106 swings on its shaft 105, the rear end of the lever 107 is drawn downward, and the forward end rises, 'and 'ust as the lug 106 slips over the top of the ar 104, the hooks slip 01f the dogs 111. The spring .108 then returns these parts (lever 107 and bell-crank 106) to fiace.

' Fig. 7 is shown a modification, in which 5 the flexible bands 26 and the idler wheels 27 on the disks 15 to 22 are replaced by link's 26 connected to bell-cranks 27. Said bell-cranks are pivoted on a shaft 27-,

and the s rings 28*" act to pull'them down-' ward, an thus to carry the links 26* toward the rear, returning the disks to normal position.

Tov aline the type-disks so that the type blocks 32 may he slid along all of them, a universal bar 112 (Figs. 3, 4, 8, and 9) is fixed to lugs 113 on a shaft-114, and when the latter is turned, enters between teethnn the rear of said disks. The type-blocks will thus be accurately lined up, and

' also looked against means for turning the shaft 114 consists of v described, into the position shown in extends to a crank 9.7

. 126, thus allowing the pin accidental release. The

an arm 115 (Figs. 2 and'13), in which is a roller 116, resting in adepression 117 on the upper edge of the cam-disk 70 (Fig. 13). W en the operating-lever 14 is brought for ward, the roller ,116 rides on the circular face of the cam-disk, thus raising the arm 11 5, and when said lever is returned, a spring 118 pulls the arm .115 downward, thus lowering the arm 115 and swinging the bar 112 out from the typedisks.

In case it becomes necessary to print two or more checks alike, it would not be desirable to have the pawls 24 and 58 released, as this would allow all the type-blocks to return to zero, and'they wouldthen have to be reset. So mechanism is provided which may be used to hold the slide-piece 93 out of the path of the pin 94 and so prevent the bar 9-1 from releasing the said pawls. A lever 119 (Fig. 8) is pivoted to the inside of the end plate 1 at 120. From said lever a. link 121 on the shaft 97, so that when the lever is brought forward, the shaft 97 will be turned, and the slide-piece 93 in the block 92 will be moved, asbeipre 1g. 11, out of the path of the in94. Ihe lever 119 carries a pin 122, W ch will slip over the hooked end of a latch 123 (see Fig. 9). This latch is held in latching position on its ivot 124 by a spring 125, and so long as the iever 119 is so held the same amount may be reprinted by merely vibrating the o erating lever. But when the parts are to e reset, the (hooked latch may be disengaged from the lever 119, by means of an outside button 122 to slip of? the hooked end. A spring 127 then pulls the lever 119 back against the stop 128 and the slide-piece 93 is again allowed to enter the path of the pin 94, and thus the shaft 89 is tilted, the pawls 24 and 58 are withdrawn, and the disks are automatically reset.

The check-carrier 13 is a flat pl-atefixed to two parallel bars 129 (Figs. 3 and 30), which are toothed on their lower sides to form a pair of racks. O enings 130, 131 and 132. are cut through the plate 13 for the dating type, the main type-block line, and the consecutive numbering device, respectively. Near the rear of said plate area pair of adjustable stops 133 for the edge of a check, and 2.- ch 134 is hinged at 135 and is adapted to snap own. and hold the check in place by pi'essure, of flat springs 136.

In the normal position the racks 129 rest base 137 (Fig.12),

1n grooves in an extension I but when the check-carrier is drawn into themachine, said racks rest on top of the mainbase 2.

Thecheck carrier is driven as follows The segmental gear 71 (see Fig; 13) on camdisk 7 0 meshes with a pinion 138 in abracket,

sea -5 14 4 (see Fig. 3) which engage the racks 129.

On forward movement of the operating-lever 14, the toothed portion of the mutilated gear 141 drives the pinion 142, and the checkcarrier travels into the machine, reaching the proper position for printing just as the untoothed portions of, said gear 141 and pinion. 142 meet. The 0 crating-lever may then continue to move orward, while the checkcarrier remains at res-t. On backward movement of the operating-lever, the carrier will remain. at rest until the teeth of the gear 141 and pinion 142 again engage each other, and then will move outward with theprinted check.

segment of a cylin convex face of which is covered with. a large number of sharp-pointed projections 147, very close together. A counterbalance 148 for said segment is also fixed to the shaft 145, which latter receives a rotary motion from. the shaft 143 through a train of gears 1.49, 150, and 151, (Fig. 3).

Above the center of the shaft 145 is a roller 152, grooved to receive the projections 147. The gears 149, 150 and 151 are so pro portioned that as the check-carrier 13 is moved inwardly, the segment 146will enter the slot 131. in the check carrier, and the check held in said carrier will be pressed between the segment 146 and the rollef 152,. and punctured with many small holes, over the area on which the printing is to occur, (Fig. 34). Then, when the printing. i-m lression takes place, ter the punctures-in the check under the type-faces, and soak into the grain of the almost destroying the check. Thereforei-t is practically impessible to alter an amount printed by this machine, without detection. q The impression mechanism consists primarily of a-platen actuator 153 (Fig; 2), held in suitable guides 154 in the base. Thisplaten actuator comp-rises wedges 15 5 which abut against corresponding wedges 156 on the lower side-of the platen 157. The laten has a lug 1-58 forming a platen for the atingtype, and a lug 159 form-ing type of the numbering device, 169-, while the main part 157 is vertically under the print ing line of the type-blocks 32. In the top edge of the platen a piece of rubber 161 may be inserted to give an even impression.

The left hand end of the platen actuator 153 is connected b a link 162 with acrank 163 on a segmenta- 2 and 13). The latter is pivoted in a boss t 165, and meshes with another gear 166, on

a platen for the.

k from the ribbon wi enpaper, so that it cannot be removed without bevel gear 164 (see Figs.

the lower end of a lever 167 which swings on a pivot 168.

'the roller 169 will move in the cam-slot 170 toward the front of the machine. The gear 166willswing back, and thus turns the gear 164, moving the link. 162 and the platenactuator 153 toward the right in Fig. 2. The action of the wedges 155 and 156 on each other will cause the platen 157 to rise in its guides, until it strikes the type. On backward movement of the operating-lever 14 the platen will be brought down by the action of s rings 171 fastened'at their lower ends to t e guides 154, and at the upper ends to the laten.

T e inking medium, as before mentioned, is-a ribbon172 (Figs. 3 and 4), wide enough to lie under all the type-disks. It is wound on spools 173 and 174, which are revolubly supported, respectively, on shafts 175 and 176, and passes under a guide-roller 175 and over a guide-roller 175". Attached to the lever 167, by a link 177, is a rackbar '178 (F' 13), adapted to slide back and forth in i es 179 as said lever 167 moves. Proecting from one side of the rack bar 178 is a w gdfie 180 (Figs. -12 and 13) adapted to raise a e The said bell-crank is hung at 183 and carries a pawl 184 which-engages a-ratchet wheel 185 on the shaft 176. When the lever 1'67 swings outward,v the ratchet wheel 185 will advanceonetooth, .and .a spring pawl 186 I spool 174" is turned by its shaft in the direc-' [prevents the ratchet wheel from revolving I ackward.

The shafts 17 5' and 17 6 are connected by a link chain 187 running over idlers 1.88 (1* ig. 12). It will be seen from Fig. 13 that the said shafts must therefore continually turn in one direction, which results in the winding of all the ribbon on the s 001 174.

It will be seen that the rib on 172 is wound on the spools in'su'ch a manner that if the t1on of the hands of a clock in Fig. 3, the

ribbon will be wound thereon, and unwound Y from the s ,ool 173, when the latter is free from its sha t,- whileif the spool 173 is turned by its'shaft in the same direction, the ribbon will' be wound u on it,'and unwound from times 001 174,'w en the latter is free upon the s aft 17 6. Clutchdevices are provided for connecting said spools to their shafts and I for disconnectin them therefrom.

On the end 0 the spool 174 opposite the driving ratchet is one member of a clutch 189 (see Figs. 22 and 23'), and a similar member 190 is fixed to the corresponding end of the spool 173. A clutch member 191 is held by a. feather on the'shaft 176, and another 192 manner.

192 are engaged (Fig. 22), the spool 173 is '-crank- 181 by striking a pin 182 thereon.

is also held on the shaft 175 in the same When the clutchmembers 190 and winding up the ribbon 172 in a direction shown by the arrow upon thelatter; the

spool 174 and the clutch member 191 are rotating in opposite directions.

A bar 193, pivoted at 194, is forked at its.

ends to enter a groove 195 in each of the clutch members 191 and 192. It will be seen that if the said bar is swung on its the clutch members 189 and 191 .Wlll be thrown into engagement, and the clutch members 190 and 192 will be thrown out of The ribbon is thus reversed,

engagement. and will be wound up on the spool 174, traveling in a direction contrary to that showntby the arrow in Fig. 22.

pivot,

The means for swinging the bar 193 are I automatic and the parts are so proportioned that theribbon will e reversed once in about 500 strokes of the operating lever. Fixed on the bar 193 is a plate 196, from which two 'pins 197 project downwardly, one on each side of a cam 198. This cam is on a horizon- I tal countershaft 199, which has at its rear end a worm-wheel 200 in engagement with a worm 201'.on the shaft 176. The'pins 197 fit close to the sides of the cam 198, and as shown in Fig; 23, the said sides are formed so that the said pins will be moved sidewise in two opposite directions at each half revolution of the cam, thus swinging the plate 196 spring-pin 202 snaps' and the bar 193. A into one of two notches; 203 in the edge of the plate 196, holding the bar 193 from vibra- I tion and latching it in position.

- A record-strip may be used in the machine for taking a copy of each impression. In the present case this strip 204 is shown as mounted in roll form on a shaft 205, which is su ported in brackets 206 (see Fig. 3). T e stri' is led under an idler 207, and runs close to t etop of the ribbon 172, then between two rubber feed rollers 208 and-209, and out from the rear 'of the machine, bein -fed by the intermittent rotation of the ro ler 208.

The shaft of .said roller has fixed upon it a ratchet 210(Fig. 27), and a pawl carrier 211 on a revolublesleeve 212 carries a pawl 213,

which is held'in contact with said ratchet by a spring 214. The sleeve 212 also carries apinion 215 meshing with the rack 216 in the 'rack bar 178, (Fig. 13). When the operatring-lever 14 is moved forward, the pawl-car- .rier 211 and pawl 213 are rotated without 'moving the roller 208, but on the rearward stroke of said le ver', the pawl 213 engages the ratchet 210, and the roller 208 is turned, feeding .the record-strip 204 'a'suitable' distance to the next mpression. The consecutive-numbering device 160 (Figs. 15; and 16) may be of any ordinary .type, employing a series of type-carrying rovide a fresh ribbon surface for wheels advanced by means of a pawl or awls. In the resent case an indicator 217 1s also shown, 0 ose to an o ening 218' in the top of the case 1, which dup icates the setting ofthe numbering de' ice. The said indicator and numbering de' -ice are connected by'a' bar 219, so that the indicator will at all. times 11101'8 with the numbering wheels. The means for'autoniat-ically actuating. the de' ice consists of an arm 220, fixed to the shaft1l4,

and having a slot-and-pin connection with the bar 219. Every time .the shaft 114 is rocked, as before described, the arm 220.

mores upward a sufficient distance to advance the numbering-wheels one digit. Said arm is pulled downward by a s ring 221. The slot 219 in the-bar 219 is for t e purpose of permitting the latter to be moved, and the type advanced, by pressure on a button 222 which extends through the case 1, without me ement of the arm 220.

The dating dexice in the present case consists of a rod 223 (Figs. 28 and 29) in which are set type-characters 224, heldin place by Frorrrthe right side of the disk 22 a lug 228 This is for the lows all the extends into a notch 229 in the top of the disk 22. Said lug will engage the end of the notch 229 in the disk2'2 and more the disk forward'when the 16"."61' 9 is advanced far enough. In normal o'sitionthe wordand is printed when the 6.81 9 is not pulled forward to set any digit from one to nine. Eur ose of preventing the raising of a c c on which an amount ending in a cipher is rinted. Thus $480.61

would print as fol ows: Four hundred eighty and .61 dollars $480.61 When the le' er 9 is set to print 3, the impression will show thus: .Four hundred eighty three .61 dollars $483.61. I

The complete cycle of operations of the machine-is as follows :-Suppose it were desired to print theamount of $6284.56. A blank check is inserted, face upward, in the carrier under the clip 134 and so far that its rear edge abuts against the stops 133, and then the clip 134 is sna ped down to hold the check in place. The ever 5 is then pulled forward by the operator until it is opposite 6 on the casing. This one movement alpawl's24 and 58 to rest against their respective toothed disks, preventing the eset osition under the actions of their springs. T e lever 6 is then 'ulled forward to 2, the lever e lever 9 to 4, the levers 10 and to l l 80 H 11 to 5'and 6, res ectively, and the lever 12 to Dollars. 1 he type-blocks for these levers, and their corresponding disks 51, 52, etc.,, are moved to the printing line. The operator then pulls the lever 14 forward, and immediately the check-carrier and the raek,80 move toward the interior of the machine, while at the same time the perforating roll 146 revolves, the arm 220 rises, preparing to advance the numbering mechanism,

and the locking-bar 112 enters between the teeth on the disks 15 to 22 and 46-to 55, alining all the set type-blocks. As the lever 14 continues to move forward, the latch 82 is lifted out of the notch 85, and the rack 80 carries the bar 67 along, striking the first type-block, and moving it and the other sett'ype-blocks into juxtaposition against the disk 22. At this time the cam-slot 170 has moved the lever 167 and'the platen 157 is therefore moving upward, the bar 178 is moving toward the rear, turning the plate 211, which carries the pawl by which the recordstrip roller 208'is turned. As soon as the type-blocks'are closed against each other, the bar 67 can be driven no farther, so the friction clutch 79 slips, while the lever 14 continues to move forward until the platen 157 squeezes the check against the ribbon, the record strip and the type, and makes an impression. Then said lever has reached the end of its stroke and the printing operation is completed.

When the operator pushes the lever 14 back, the platen 157 begins to move downward, and the rack 80 moves to the left.- s the lever 167 swings forward, the rack 216 revolves the inion 215, and the record-strip,-

is-fed along y the roller 208. The rack 80 then reaches the end of the slot 81, and carries the bar 67 along toward the left. The check-carrier 13 alsostarts toward the front. When the bracket 69 strikes'the bent ends 45 0f the/ bars 44, the type-blocks on their supporting forks 39 will be carried along, and when said ends 45 touch the end plate 1, the type-blocks will be in line with their respective slots in the segment 31. The latch 82 drops into the notch 85, and, as the bar 67 can move no "farther, the clutch 79 again 'sli s, while the lever 14 continues its backwar movement. As the operating lever o'es farther back, the roller 1 16 drops into t e depression 117, and the locking oralining bar 112-is swung out'from the typedisks, while at the sameftime the arm 220 swings downward, advancing the numbering device one unit.

When the o erating lever' reaches the end of its stroke, t 1e in '94 on the cam disk 70- latter are then'returned to zero by the tension of the springs '28.-

When the check is removed from the carrier 13,- it will have on it the date printed in the upper right-hand corner, the number in the lower left-hand corner (Fig. 34), and across the middle, on a perforated surface,

will appear the amount of the check in words and-i1gures, as follows: XXXX Six thouof said disks to sand two hundred eighty/ four .56 dollars $6284.56.

Referring to Fig. 1, it is obvious, from the numerals engravedon the casing 1, that to print, sa 18000, it will be necessary to move on y the lever 4 to a position opposite the figure'18. This brings down the type-' block carrying the words Ten to Nineteen. But in 'order to duplicate the amount in figures, namely, by means of the 1 mally in saiddepression, and a flat spring 233 presses said end downward. When the lever- 4 is brought forward, thedisk 16 revolves, and the pawl 232 moves until it strikes the bar 59 which is fixed to the disk 49 (Fig. 14). The bar 59 is thus moved downward, (Fig. 37) and the numeral 1 on the disk 49 1s advanced to the printing-line. At the same time a step 65 strikes the top of-the next bar- 60, which is fixed to the disk 50. I. Now, as the lever 4 is farther advanced, the rear end of the (pawl 232 rides out of the depression 231 an upon the cam 230; Its front end is thus moved inward, (Fig. 38) out of the path of the bar 59. Said bar then remains stationary, (because the disk 49 is held-by a pawl 58), and the bar 60 is depressed by the tongue 65 inexact ratio to the movement of the lever 4, so that when said lever is opposite 8- on the casing, the numeral 8 on the disk 50 is at the printing-line. A similar pawl 234. (Fig. 40) 'is carried by the disk 21,

and a cam 235- (Fig. 39) is formed on the disk 20 to engage it. The pawl 234, in its downward movement, strikes th bar 62,-moving it one unit, and then is thr off by the cam 235. This operation carries the numeral 1 on the disk 52 to printing position.

Further movement of the lever 8 causes a shoulder 236 on the disk 21 to strike the bar Q 1. In a printing mechanism, a seriesof Therefore, to print 18000 in.

type-blocks, means for setting'one or more of said type-blocks to a rintlng line, a-bar for pushing the set type locks together and into printing position, -means having a predetermined operating -st oke for operating said bar and comprising siiionnection having engaging parts adapted to slip-upon each other upon occurrence of a predetermined resistance between said means and said bar, whereby said means and said bar may take and retain their operated ositions, and restoring mechanism for sai type-blocks.

2. In a printing mechanism, the combination of a series of type-blocks, means for setting one or more of saidftype-blocks to a rinting line, a bar for pushing the set type- Elocks laterally and into printing position, platen mechanism, means having a prede- ,termined o crating stroke for operating said platen mec anism and for operating said bar and comprising a connectionhaving engaging parts adapted to slip upon'eao other upon occurrence of a predetermined resistance with the bar whereby said means and said bar may take and retain their 0 erated positions, and restoring mechanism or said type-- blocks.-

3. Ina printing mechanism, a series of type-blocks, means for setting one or more ofsaid type-blocks to a printing line, a bar for pushing the said type blocks laterally and into the printing position, platen mechanism, operating mec platen mechanism and said bar, and comprising a slipping friction clutch between sald' anism having a -predete r mined operating stroke for actuating sald operatm mechanism and said bar, whereby said mec anism and said bar may take and retain their operated position and restoring mechanism for'said type-blocks.

4, In a printing mechanism, a series of type-blocks, means for setting one or more of said type-blocks to a 1printing line, a bar for pushing the set typelocks together and into printing p osition, means having a pre determined operating stroke for operating said bar and comprising a connection having predetermined operating stroke for operating said platen mechanism and for operating said-bar and comprising a connection having "engaging parts adapted to slipupon eac

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