US947303A - Machine for printing address-strips. - Google Patents

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R. W. GEB. MAGHINB PGB PRINTING ADDRESS STRIPS.

APPLIUATION TILBD KAY 8, 1908.

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.RUDOLPH W. GOEB, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. ASSIGNOR TO DEVELOPMENT & INVEST- MENT COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS. MISSOURI, A CORPORATION F MISSOURI. i

MACHINE FOR PRINTING ADDRESS-STRIPS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 25, 1910.

Application filed May 6, 1908. Serial No. 131.279A

r tion, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the ac` companying drawings, forming part of this speciication, in Which- Figure l is an elevation of the lefthand side of a. machine constructed in accordance with my invention; Fi 2 is an elevation of the righthand side ot said machine; Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the machine partly broken away to showpthe construction of the carriage; Fig. 4 is agitop plan view of the carriage; Fig. 5 a longitudinal sectional View of the carriage; Fig. t3 is an enlarged cross sectional view of the clutch; Fig. 7 is a'n enlarged end view of the inking apparatus; Fig. 8 is a side elevation of the inking apparatus artly in sectionto show the means for a justing the ink-applying rolls; Fig. 9 is a top plan view partly in section df the slitting apparatus; Fig. 10 is a cross sectional View taken through the cutting disk roll and the grooved roll; and Fi 11 is an enlarged detail view of one en of the platen and a portion of the carriage to show the means for imparting the initial movement to said platen.

rlhis invention relates to printing machines, and particularly to machines that are used for printing addresses on strips of paper which are adapted to be fedthrough mailing machines that. sever the strips and paste portions thereof containing individu'al addresses on magazines or paper wrappers. For a daily paper having six issues in a week it is necessaryI to have six address slips for each subscriber of the paper and also an additional address slip to be used for making corrections, changes of address, etc. Prior to my invention these address strips have been prepared in the following manner: A workman would first place a number of galleys containing the addresses of the subscribers in the machine and would then take seven proofs from these galleys. He would then sever these proof sheets into strips and paste the strips together to form one long strip which was wound into a roll so that it could be fed through the mailing machine.

All of the operations above described were,

performed manually so thatl a great deal of time was consumed in preparing the address strips for the mailing' machine. The"` name of the town or city is not printed on the address slip of each subscriber but only on' the slips of a few subscribers in the town. For example. every tenth address' on the strip contains the name of the town or city and the succeeding addresses contain only the name of the subscriber and his Vstreet number or post-oice box number, the papers or magazines being tied up in bundles of ten with the y address slip containing the naine of the town or city on the/top of the bundle. It will thus be seen that it is necessary to have the addresses arranged in a certain sequence in View of the fact that al1 of them do not contain the complete address of the subscribers and very often the in the mail.

The mainobject of my invention is to provide an automatic machine that prints the address of each subscriber on a piece of paper a number of times, which piece of paper is thereafter severed into a'plurality of strips that are Wound into individual rolls to be used in mailing machines. These strips are continuous so that the addresses are sure to be arranged in proper sequence if the Workman Who places the galleys in the machine does not make an error. Practically, no paper is wasted in the machine and as the machine is entirel)Y automatic in its operation a great saving is etfected in labor and iu" time in preparing address strips. Y

Referring to the drawings which illustrate a machine embodyin the preferred form ot my invention, 1 esignates a carriage provided with Wheels .2 that travel on tracks formed on the side pieces 3 of the frameof the machine. and 4 designates` a movable support arranged inside of the carriage and adapted to support galleys (l of type containing addresses. The carriage l ltl if` iu they form of :i reetnngulnr frame and the inpport l is so constructed that it slides rertiefiilly in mid freine for a pin-pogo hereinafter deerihed. mid support, being pro ridi-l on vit-` upper eide` with transversely extending stops .7 that engage the ends of the g.ille\' us shown in Fig. 4. A platen or cylinder t' whieh presses the palper onto the type in the gnlleys, ie mounted in snpporte T ilrojerting npwfirdli,Y from the Side trainee' I! :uid the enrrioge 1 reeiiiiroeated l to (furry the gulle-ye underneath Seid platen by ineniri ot' :i Si'noeltet chain S provided with ai hlmh tl'lot ie in'rlinged in :i Slotted :uin itl whit-h extend"A downwardly troni the inovzihle A#upport i on the eurringe. The chain pow@ over sproi'ltet wheels 1.1 and 1L secured to hotte il :ind '12 that; :ire liournuleti in the zeide t'riunes 3. and the huit 1f tris :i gein' i?. -win-ed thereto which ineehV with :i driven pinion 14. The pinion 14 is eouneeted to :i rluteli member 5 which Cooper-tites4 with :i eluteh lzu'e on :i pulley 1G mounted ou :i ,etzitiooziljv t1ul 1i' projet-ting laterally l'ioni one ol' the eide frames fl. :is shown in hie'. Il. :ind eziitl pulley is driven Cmitinnou-l \l liv :i hell. not Shown. The eluteh mouiller l5 is norn'mllv forced away from the elutf-h tuve ou the pulley 1t h v menne ot :i foiled -epriug 18 eurrolnidingv the sind iT lit-tween the liulr of the Clutch member :ind the pnlle'v and seid clutch ineinber ie tutt :id into engagement with the pulley liv ine-.nw of :i pair of horizontally dis;- poeed levers4 lil provided :it their outer ends with i'olier. ll thatl heur ugzjzlinst the eluteh menihi'r. the inner ende ot the levers being pivotzill'v eonneeted to the side frame 3. A

` volte il ie eonneeted to the levers` 19 for aetufitinp` [hein :ind l@uid yoke. is moved in one lireetion h v n printf 22 und in the oppostte, diret-tion h :i lever Q3 whirh posees through un opening in :in extension 2l ou the shank ot sziid Ivolte. the outer end et' seid shank paesing through a stationary tguide Btl sind being' provided with :i yetop 2T th-.it eoi'ierntee with Suid guide to limit the movement of the yoke in one dirertion. The lever 23 isiheld nornuillv elevaited by a `pring QS. :is `eliown in Fig. 1, :1nd when said lever ie in ite elevated position :in eX- teueion Q9 thereon will oline with :i stop 30 i ou the mirriiige, 1. .eind stop holdingsmid 1 lever forwardlyr so that the Shitth'ig volte Q1 will remain in its forward position and thu@ hold the levem '19 nwirv from the clutch meuiher 15 so that the spring 18 een force Suid eluteh meniher :lm v trom the pullev 1G. vtllhen the lever 23 is depressed the ei teneiou 29 moves out ot engagement with the Stop 80 :1nd the Spring QE." inovee the volte fffirwzlrdlv und thus eiinees theA lever 4 19 to throw the rluteli member 15 into engz'igement. with the elnteh filee on the puller 16 therehy imparting movennnit to the pili ion 14 which drives the gear 13 connected lto the eliaft of the driving sprocket Wheel 12. The nieaim for depressing the lever 23 consists of :l treadle shaft 31 having :in arm 32 that is connected to the lower end of the lever 23.

As the ein-ringe 1 containing the gnlleys of tvpe moves in the direr'tion ot the arrow in Fig. 1 toward the reni' of the inziehine, the support 1. on which the lgrolleyey rest. moves` glownwzirdly so that the type in the golleys will elem* the platen or elvliuder t3. Thiel is etl'eeted by the uielined tracks 33 on which roller-el 34 on the movable support 4 ride. the inclined tracks heilig Connected to the inside tzu-es of the side trames and so disposed relatively to the platen t that the inovuhle support. #t will more downwardly its the carriage commences to more toward the rear end ot' the machine und will move upwardly at the end ot' the for 'ord Stroke ot' the carriage. After the rollers 3l on the movable Support have pnewed oill the inclined trzielie. the support t will rest` on adjutzihle Stops 35 on the euri-inge 1. Suid stops being.T adapted to he :uljusted to elmuge the position of the support l relzitivel to the platen t #o es to provide tor type of diftereut heights. The carriage Stm-ts. to more rein' 'zu-illy whenever the operiitor depreeses the lever ZI-3. es previously described. und when the operator reinovee his toot from the treodle 31, the springr :2S will move :seid lever upwardly so thnt the extension at. the upper end thereof will be in position to be engaged by the stop 30 on the earring@ as the enrrizige reueheS the end of its forward travel. therelrxY movingr the lever 23 forwill'dl)y so tlult ity will pull the lvolte E21 forwin-llir :ind thue permit the Spring 18 to foire the eluteh uieoiher out of engagement: with the pullty 1H to muse the carriage to come to rest. the stop il() holding the lever ill in thi1-1 pwitiou until the` operator again depreei the tr lzulle. As the cuirrizige moves toritto-dlr. 'l'roiu th',I rem' toward the front end of the inzit-lune. the platen o is depreseed yelightl)y so that it will prese the eti-ip of peper A down upon the type in the enlleyx the frietion het neen the type und the strip ot peper euueinp the platten G to rotate in the direction of the zii-row in Fig. 2 so tliut the strip of palper will be forced evenlyV upon the type und thus reet-ive :i pertet-i iini'n'eesion.

As Shown iu Fig'. 3. the )laten o is provided :it itsv ende with metal tlzingi'e` (3 thut` hem' upon tracks 1 on the eau-ringe when the platen ie* elepreeeed. liet'ernlil-v. the platten is given un initial movement by ineens ot spring-pressed hutTere. it on the front end of the emrioge which engage piiwls or dogs 2li' pirotzilly eouneeted to the ends ot' the pinten. ils Shown in detail in Fig. 11. 'Ilieeedoge BTextend through openino' lll)

emacs dog, a pin 38 on the platen limiting'the' movement of the dog in the opposite f trection 'when the platen rotates.

The shaft or axle of the platen 6 is jour-` naled in blocks 39 which slide 1n guideways lio vwith. an inwardl located lin adiig er horizontal plane'than members as thev carriage formed in the standards 7, and each ofsaid Vblocks is supported by a rod 40 provided at its lower end with a roller 41 that travels on a reciprocating member 42 provided with an inclined facek 43, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1,1the members 42 being mounted in guidewa s' in the side members 3 of the machine. he in-kng rolls which apply ink to the type are also depressed just prior to the forward .movement of the carriage 1,4

and these same memfbers 42 are utilized to depress and elevate' the inking rolls, said vmembers-being provided with inclined faces 44 which coperate with rollers 45 on the ends of rods 46 secured to part of the irrking apparatus. Each of the members 42 is proed at its rear end with an inwardly projecting extension 47 and at its front end projecting extension 48 the extension 7. The stop 30 on the front end of the criage and a. companion stop on the opposite side of the carriage coperate with thesxtensions 47 at the rear ends ofthe 2 so as to engage said extensions and mov carriage reaches the end of its rearward travel, and a second pair of stops 49 at the rear end of the carriage engage the extensions 48 and move the members 42 Aforwardly 1 reaches the end of its foi'- ward stroke. When the carriage is at the front Aend of the machine' the members 42 will be in the osit-ion vshown in dotted lines in Fig. '.1 so t at the rollers of the rods 4() and 46 whichsupport the platen 6 and the of the members 42. When saidmembers are inking apparatus will rest on high wportions moved rearwa the inclined face` 43 and 44 thereon will "ass underneath said rollers andthe platenl and inking rolls will descend into position to bear uponV the'type, and

A when the members 42 move forwardly thc tary movement of the platen bein rolls and the platen will be elevated, the ro stopped bywbrake shoes' 6* which engage t e flanges apparatusV comprises two inkro s 50, a spreading roll 51 artherewith and a roll 52 for transferringink feed roll 53 extendingr into an ink- Astell' to the spreading roll 51. The spreading y 1101-1 51 is journaled 1n blocks' 54 mounted in miL @guideways in the standards 7 and secured ,to the upper endsfof the rods 46, and the adjusting screw 57 extends.

the members 42 rearwardly as theink-applying rolls'50 are journaled in triangular shaped frames 55 each of which 1s provided with a top cross piece 56 having a screw-threaded opening throu h which an t aid screw is provided at its lower end with an unscrewthreaded portion lthatjextends into a block 58 resting on the shaft or axle of the distributing roll 51, and a nut 59 and lock nut (30 are mounted on the screw 57 above the top cross piece 56 to form an adjustable stop.

Slots 61 are formed in the frames 55 and the standards? are provided with inwardly projecting guide pins 62 that enter said slots and thus hold the frames 55 in proper position. f

From the foregoing it will be seen that the frames which carry the ink-applying rolls are su ported by the shaft of the spreading rol 51 so that by adjusting the screws 57 the ink-applying rolls can` be moved closer to the spreading roll to compensate for wear, The spreadin roll 51 is moved longitudinallyv of the in r-applying rollsso as to disqibute the ink thoroughly over same by me s of a cam block 63 fastened to one end of the spreading roll shaft a rol on a stationary bracket 64 extends,

vthe spreading roll beingdriven by means of a sprocket. chain 65 assing over a sprocket wheel G6 on the sha t of said roll and over a sprocket wheel 67 connected to the shaft 11a on which the sprocket wheel 11 is mounted. In order that the spreading roll 51 ma he operated manually so as to spread the in r over the inking rolls 50 before the machine is started for the day, I have mounted the sprocket wheel 66 loosely on the shaft ofthe spreading roll, and have provided said wheel with a, pawl 68 that coperates with a ratchet wheel G9 permanently secured tosaid shaft,

.the opposite end of the shaft being provided with a crank 70. lVhen the operator turns j the 'spreading roll. 51 manually the teeth of the ratchet wheel will ride under the paw] (V38 without imparting movement to the sprocket wheel 6@ butwhen the clutch is thrown in to start the machine the sprocket chain 65 will drive the wheel 66, and the pafwl (i8 on said wheel will engage the ratchet wheel G9 and drive the spreading rolll.

The roll 52'that carries the ink.from the 1 the front ends of said bars projecting extensions 74 that are engage by stops 75 on the carriage when the carria e nears the end of its forward stroke. T eT feeding roll 53 projects into a well that contains ink, and secured to one end of said roll is a ratchet 76 that is moved intermittently by a pawl 77 on a rock arm 78 rovided with a pin 79 that projects into a s ot in a link 80 which is fastened to one of the levers 7 0*. A block 81 is adjust ably mounted in the slot in the link 80 and whenever the lever 7 0 Inoves forwardly said block will engage the pin 79 on the rock arm and thus actuate said arm to move the pawl over the teeth of the ratchet 76. By changing the position of the block 1n the slot in which it is mounted the degree of movement imparted to the roll 53 can be varied.

The paper A 0n which the addresses are rinted leads from a supply roll over an 1dler 83, then underneath the platen 6 and over an idler 84 t0 the mechanism which slits the paper into seven continuous strips. This slittin mechanism consists of a roll provided with a plurality of cutting disks and a cooperating roll provided with grooves to receive said disks. The cutting disks 85 are mounted on a shaftl86 and are held s aced away from each other b means of s eeves 87, he ends of the sha t 86 being journaled in blocks 88 mounted in horizontally disposed guideways in the standards 7. A shank 89 on each of said blocks passes through an openin in the end piece 90 of the guideway and t e outer end of the shank is provided. with a sleeve 'in which a horizontally disposed shaft 91 is journaled. Cams 92 are secured to this shaft, and at one end of the shaft is a handle 93. When said handle is turned in one direction the lines in Fig. having inwardl cams 92 will engage the end pieces 90 of the' guideways and thus move the shaft rearwardly, thereb causing the blocks 88 to move rearward y and draw the cutting disks 85 out of engagement with the grooved rollI so as to permit the end of the paper A to be inserted between said roll and the cutting disks. The cutting disk roll is moved toward the grooved roll by means of springs 94 surroundin the Shanks 89 between the blocks 88 and t e end pieces 90 of the guideways.

The paper is guided into position between the cutting disk roll and the grooved roll by means of a guide plate 95 that terminatesl adjacent the idler 84 and is provided with fin ers that partially surround the grooved rol said roll consisting of a shaft 96 provided with grooved castings 97 and spacing sleeves 98, as shown in Fig. 9. A collar 99 is'pinned to one end of the shaft-96 and forms an abutment for one of the end spacing sleeves and at the other end of the 4each other by means o shaft is an adustable collar 100 which bears against the ot er end sleeve to amp all of the 'sleeves and castin s in position, The cutting disk roll is of t e same construction so that by substituting spacing sleeves of different len ths I can vary the position of the cutting isks and the grooved castings with which they cooperate. The cutting disk roll is driven by means of a chain 10 that passes over a s rocket wheel 102 secured to one end of the s aft of said roll and over a sprocket wheel 103 on the platen 6, said cham being kept taut by means of a tension roll 104 mounted on a spring-actuated lever 105, as shown inFig. 1.

The strips of paper which were produced by splitting the wide sheet A are wound onto a roll, the shaft 106 of which is mount?` the upper ends yof the ed in bearings at standards 7 This winding roll is shown in detail in Fig. 3 and is provided with spacin disks 107 mounted on the shaft',106, sai disks being held at the roper distance from f) spools or fillers 108y that surround the shaft. have been wound onto these spools the shaft 106 is lifted out of its bearings and the disks 107 and s ools 108 are then stripped oli the shaft. A e shaft 106 of the win ing roll is driven by means of a belt 1.09 assin over a pulley 110 on one end of said sha and over a pulley disk rol, said belt being kept at the proper tension b means of a roller 112 on a springactuated ever 113. i

At the righthand side of the front end of the machine is a receiving table 114 on which the operator places a galley of type preparatory to moving it onto the mova le support 4 of the carriage and at the op osite side of the machine 1s a discharge ta e 115 provided with a stop 116. The galleys are moved onto the sup ort 4 by means of two slides 117 connecte to the up er ends of arms 118 which pro'ect u war ly through slots 119 in the tab e, sai arms bein secured to a rock shaft 120 provided with a handle 121 which the o erator turns to impart movement to the s ides 117. The stop 116 on the dischar e table is so positioned that when one ga ey is in contact therewith the other seven galleys will be properlg7 positioned on the support 4.

ometimes it is necessary to stop the machine before it has made a complete c cle of operations, and to rovide for this, have arran d a manual y operated shaft 122 at the ront end of the machine which is adapted to move the clutch member 15 outv pulley 16, said shaft After the strips 111 on the,shaft of the cutting and actuates the handle 121- to force theV galley from the receiving table o'n'to the strips, it wil of course, be understood that movable support of the carriage, theA opera tion of moving one galley onto the movable support causing the galley at the opposite` edge of said support to be moved onto the discharge table against 'the stop thereon. He then depresses the treadle 31Il so asto move the clutch member '15 into engagement with the constantly rptating pulley 1G, thus musing the sprocket wheel 12 to revolve and drive the chain 8 that moves the carriage 1. As the carriage moves rearwardly the support 4, containing the alleys of type. moves downwardly so as to dlear the platen 6 and ink-applying rolls, the members 42 being moved rearwardly when the carriage reaches the end of its rearward stroke so as to cause the platen (i and the ink-applying rolls 50 to move downwardly. moves forwardly the plun ers 36 thereon will engage the pawls or ogs 37 on' the platen and thus initially Vmove the platen, the friction of the type on the 4aper which surrounds the platen causing thei platen to revolve and thus force. the paper into engagement with the type in the galle s. As the carriage reaches the end of its orward stroke the stops 49 thereon will 4engage the extensions on the members 42 and thus pull said members forwardly so as to raise the platen and the inlting apparatus,. the stop 30 at the front end of the carriage enga the extension at the upper end ofV the ever 23 and moving 'said lever forwardly so as to carry the levers 19 away `rom` the movable clutch member and rmitthe expansion spring 18 to force saide: enga ement with the driven 4pulley y16, therey causing the machine to come `to iest. Another galley of type is therrplaced on the receivable table 114 and the lever 121= is actuated to force said galley onto the movable su port of `the carriage and also eject the gal ey atth lefthand side of the movable support, the operations previously described being thereafter repeated.

lVhile I have herein stated that themachine is 'ada ted to turn out seven address by changing the machine slightly a different number of strips could beproduced and also strips .of different width.

' Having thus described my invention, what' Lclam as new: and desire tohsecure by Letters Patent is:

1. A machine of the character described comprising a platen, a reciprocating. carriage arranged .a horizontal plane and As the carriage lutch member out of moving the carriage underneath the platen, lueansfor applying ink to the type in the lpulleys, and means for shifting :thegalleys aterally relatively to the carriage on which they a re mounted: substantiallyi as described.

Q. In amachine of the character described, a platen. inking rolls, a carriage adapted to hold galleys of type. means for reciprocatinr said carriage underneath the' platen and in tinor rolls, and means for shifting'the galleys lzdter'ally of the carriage; substantially as described.

3. In a machine of the class described, a rotatableplaten, a type carriage,- means whereby the 'type carriage is moved beneath the platen, springpressed buffers on the front ofthe carriage, pawls pivotally mounted on the ends of the platen against which pawls the buffers el'xgage for imparting a positive initial movement to the platen and. the friction between the platen and the type on the carriage b'eing utilized to complete the movement of tho platen.

4. A machine of the character described comprising a vrotatable platen, inkinfr rolls, a reciprocating carriage adapted to ho d galleys of type, means for moving the carriage past the platen and inkng rolls, means for feeding a piece of paper between the platen and the type in the galleys, and means for slitting said'piece of paper into strips and winding said strips into separate rolls, and meansffor shifting the galleys laterally on the carriage; substantially as described. 5. A machine of the 'character described comprising a platen, a carriage provided with a movable su port upon which galleys of type are la means for moving said carriage un erneath the pla en, and stationary -means eoperating wi h devices on said movable, support for causing the movable support to descend to clearthe platen when sald carriage moves; substantially as described.

6. In a machine ofthe character described,

`a platen. a carriage, a movable support on said vcarriage adapted to hold galleyls of type, stationary inclined tracks whc sustain said support when the carriage is Jin one position, and means for movin said carriage underneath the platen, said lnclined tracks permitting the sup ort to descend so as to clear the platen; su stantially as described.

7. In a machine of the character described, a movable carriage provided with wheels which travel on tracks, a su ort'constituting part of said carriage and) eing adapted to move relatively thereto, wheels 'connected to said movable su port, and inclined tracks ,upon which the w eels. of the movable support travel; substantially as described.

8. In'a machineof the character described,

a movable carriage providedV with wheels which travel on tracks, a support constitutscribed.

9. In a machine of the character described, a platen, inking rolls, a carriage for holding galleys of type, means for moving said carriage underneath the platen and the inking rolls, means for depressing the gallcys so that they will clear the platen and inking rolls as the carriage moves in one direction, and means for causing the laten and inking rolls to move downwardly so that they will bear upon the type in the allcys as the carriage moves in the opposite irection; substantially as described.

10. In a machine of the character `described, a platen, inking rolls, a carriage for holding gallcys of type, means for rcciprocating said carriage underneath the platen and the inking rolls, mechanism for causing the platen and inking rolls to descend when the cari'iage moves in one direction and to be elevated when the carriage moves in the opposite direction, and means connected to the carriage for imparting movement to said mechanism so as to elevate and depress the platen and inlcing rolls; substantially as de' scribed.

11. In a machine of the character dcscribed, a platen, inking ap iaratus, a carriage for holding, alleys ol type, devices connected to the p aten and, to the inkinfrapparatus and provided at their lower endgwith friction rolls, members provided on their upper sides with inclined faces on which said friction rolls are adapted to rest and travel and means on the carriage for moving said members to depress and raise the platen and inking apparatusysubstantally as described.

12. In a machine of `the character described, a platen, mking a pai'atus, a car'- riage for holding galloys o type, means for reciprocating said carriage underneath the platen and inking apparatus, rods connected to thev platen and to the inkin apparatus and provided at their lower en s with friction A rolls, inclined face members upon which said rolls rest, and stops on the carriage for engaging and moving said members when Y the carriage moves in one direction and for engaging andmoving said members `back to normalA in the o posite direction; substantiallyY as dcscribedlJ 13. Inamachii'e acarriageforhol that normally remains at rest an adapted to be of the character-described,

vwhich is ing galleys of tys'e, a platen position when the carriage moves` gagement with the' type', means for feeding a piece of paper over said platen, means for reciprocati-n the carriage past the laten, a normally idle slitting mechanism ihr dividing said piece of paper into stri s, and means for causing said slitting mccianism to operate only when the platen rotates; substantially as described.

14. In a machine of the character described, a rotatable platen that normally remains at rest, acari-inge adapted to support galleys of type, means for moving said carriage past the platen, means for feeding a piece of pa er between the platen and the type in the ga lcys, a stop on the carriage for engaging a dog on the platen to impart an iuithl movement to said platen, a normally idle slitting mechanism for dividing said piece of paper into a plurality of strips after it has passed between the platen und type, and means for causing the slitting mechanism to operate simultaneously with said platen; substantially as described.

15. In a machine ot the character described, a platen, a carriage adapted to support gallcys of type, means for moving said carriage past the platen, means for feeding a piece ot' paper between the platen and the type in'the galleys, a stop on the carriage for cngafring a dog on the platen to impart an initia movement to said platen, a normally idle slitting mechanism l'oi dividing said piece of paper into a plurality of strips after it has passed between lllc platen and type. means for causingf said slitting mechanism to operate simultaneously with the platen, a re-winding mechanism. and means operated by thc slitting mechanism for actuating said re-winding mechanism; substantially as described. y

1G. In a machine of the character described, 'a rotating platen that, normally remains atl rest,a carriage adapted to hold galleys of type, means for reciprocating the carriage underneath the platen to cause said platen to revolve and force a piece o f paper upon the type in the galleys, a Slitting rol and a re-winding roll that normally remains at rest, and means for causing said slitting roll und re-windin roll to turn when the platen rotates; su stant-ially .as described.

17. In n machine of the character described, a rotating platen ink-a rolls, a carriage adapted to hold ga type, mechanism for reciprocatin .sai car. =rnge past the platen and ink-app ying rolls, a riven pulley, a clutch for connecting carriage actuatin mechanism to said pulley, means for throwing said clutch into engagef ment withithe palle and means actuated rotated by its frictions] enarrives in a certain positionfsubstantially as described.

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mi y0 e in the opposite 18. In a machine of the character described, a rotating platen, ink-applying rolls, a carrie e for holding galle s ot t pe, a sprocket ciain provided Wit a b ook which engages a member carried by the carriage to reciprocate thecarriage underneath the platen and inking rolls, a pinion meshing with a gearthat is connected to the shaft of one of the sprockets over which said sprocket chainy asses, a clutch member, a' driven pulley, evices for movinr the clutch member into engagement wit the pulley, a shifting yoke connected to said devices, a spring for moving Asaid shifting yoke in 011e direction, a lever connected to said yoke, a stop on the carriage for engagsaid lever andrmoving it to shift the direction, and manually-o erated means for moving said `lever out o engagement with said stop; substantially as described.

19.-In amachine of the character described, a rotatable platen, ink-ap lying rolls, a carriage for .holding galleys o type, mechanism for moving said carriage back and forth underneath the platen and the ink-applying rolls, a driven pulley, a clutch for coupling up the carriage-actuating mechanismI to the fpulley, means for disengaging the clutch y rom the pulley when the earriarre reaches a certain position, and indcpen ent means under the control of the operator for disenga ing the clutch from the pulley; substantially as described.

20. In a machine of the character described, a rotatable platen, a carriage for l i holding galleys of type, means for reciprocating said carriage underneath the platen to cause the platen to feed a piece of pager over the type in the galleys, an' adjustal le 40 slitting 'mechanism for severing saidl pieceof paper into individual strips a re-wnding mechanism for winding up said strips, means actuated by the platen for operating the slitting mechanism, and'means 'actuated b y 454 the slitting mechanism for imparting movement to the re-winding mechanism; substantially, as described. t

21. In a machine of the character idescribed, a rotatable platen a. carriage, a movable support arranged 1n said carriage for holding galleysy of type, means for reciprocating said carriage, means for permitting the movable support of the carriage to descend as the carnage moves' rearwardly, 55 and for elevating the carriage as it reaches the end of its forward stroke, ink-applying rolls, means for causing the ink-applying rolls and the platen to move downwardl so that they will engage the tv leys as 4the carriage moves orwardly and thus cause the platen to feed a piece of paper over the type inthe alley, and means for supplying ink to the in -applying rolls; substantially as described. sa

:ln-testimony whereof I hereunto ax my si nature in the resence of two witnesses, this first day of ul 1907.

RUYDOLPH W. GOEB.

V Witnesses:

, Warns L.' CHURCH. a GEORGE BAKEWELI.

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