US976295A - Numbering-machine. - Google Patents

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J. H. REINHARDT. NUMBBRING MACHINE. APPLICATION IIL'ED JUNE 29, 1909.

Patented Nov. 22, 1910.

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JAMES I-L REINHARDT, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

NUMBERINGr-MAGHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 22, 1910.

Application filed June 29, 1909. Serial No. 505,055.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES H. REINHARDT, a citizen of the United States, and resident of East Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Numbering-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in numbering machines adapted to print consecutive numbers upon card board, paper or the like.

In printing consecutive numbers upon cards, tickets and the like where the numbering differs for different jobs, it has been customary to stop the press or machine and to adjust'the numbering disks or wheels according to the commencement of the numbering desired for the required job, all of which entails delay and consequent expense.

The object of my invention is to provide means which, while a. job is being consecutively numbered, may be set in accordance with the commencement of the numbering of the next job, and which will automatically, at the completion of one job, cause the numbering wheels to be set for the initial number of the next job, and without material delay or stopping the continuous printing of the numbers for the different jobs.

My invention comprises the novel details of improvement and combinations of parts that will be more fully hereinafter set forth and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a number ing machine embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a rear elevation, partly broken away; Fig. 3 is a side elevation looking from the right in Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail sectional view, substantially on the line 4, 4, in Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a plan view of the machine; Fig. 6 is a sectional view substantially on the line 6, 6, in Fig. 2; Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view substantially on the plane of the line 7 7 in Fig. 3, parts being removed; Fig. 8 is a perspective detail of a portion of the rocking pawls shown in Fig. 7 Fig. 9 is a side view and Fig. 10 an edge view of a star wheel for operating a numbering wheel; Fig. 11 is a side view, and Fig. 12 is an edge view of a rectifying wheel; Fig. 13 is a detail of one of the devices used in controlling the mechanism at the termination of printing a series of numbers in consecutive order; Fig. 14 is a section on the line 14:, 14, in Fig. 13; Fig. 15 is a detail of devices used in controlling the numbering wheels to commence a new consecutive numbering; Fig. 16 is a section on the line 16, 16, in Fig. 15; Fig. 17 is a section on the line 17, 17 in Fig. 15, and Fig. 18 is asection on the line 18, 18 in Fig. 15.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The numeral 1 indicates a suitable frame shown provided with a suitable platen 2 over which the stock to be printed, such as a continuous strip of cardboard, paper or the llke passes, as around a guide roll 4 from a suitable source. Above platen 2 are any desired number of numbering wheels a, b, 0, cl, 6 adapted to impress numbers upon stock 3, which numbering wheels are mounted upon a shaft 5 journaled in a suitable frame 6 pivotally supported in frame 1, as upon a shaft 7 Said numbering wheels have suitable numerals upon their peripheries, as from 1 to 9 and 0, in consecutive order in usual manner, and such wheels are preferably retained in position within a suitable open frame or box 8 mounted to slide laterally so that the numbering wheels may be adjusted laterally over platen 2 for adjusting said wheels across the stock 3 to be printed as desired. The units wheel a is keyed to shaft 5 so as to rotate therewith and yet slide thereon, while the other numbering wheels are mounted freely upon shaft 5 to rotate independently thereof. The numbering wheels 6, 0, (Z, c are shown arranged in the nature of toothed wheels to co-act with corresponding toothed or star-wheels b, 0, d, e, which are keyed to the corresponding shafts 5 5 5?, 5 mounted to rotate in frame 6, said toothed or star wheels being keyed to slide upon their corresponding shafts as box or frame 8 is adjusted laterally. The teeth of wheels I), 0, cl, 6 are adapted to enter the spaces of wheels I), 0, (Z, c to rotate the latter in the nature of gearing, this arrangement being such as to enable the numbering wheels a, b, 0, cl, 6 to be located closely side by side without interposed gears for rotating them. The shafts 5, 5 5', 5, 5 are rotated independently, as required, for rotating the numbering wheels in the order of tens, whereby each numbering wheel can be independently advanced as required for setting the series of numbering wheels to zero or any desired number according to the stock to be numbered. For this purpose I have shown sprocket wheels 9, 9 9*, 9, 9 secured upon the shafts 5, 5, 5 5, 5 respectively (see Fig. 6) receiving corresponding chains 10 from sprocket wheels ll, 11, 11', 11, 11 loosely mounted upon shaft 7, whereby as f'ame 6 rocks up and down the aXes of the numbering wheels and their driving sprockets will be concentric with respect to arcs described around the axis of shaft 7, and accommodate the various chains 10. The means I have shown for rocking frame 6 comprises a link 12 pivotally connected, as at 12', with frame 6 and operated by a cam 13 secured on main driving shaft 14 journaled in frame 1, which shaft is preferably driven in proper ratio and speed direct from a suitable shaft of a printing press through which the strip or stocks 3 has been passed before the numbers are printed on the strip, or through which such strip will be passed after the printing has been done thereon, for which purpose shaft 14 may have agear 15 in mesh with the gearing of a suitable train of such printing press, whereby registering of the printing by the numbering wheels with the printing on strip or stock 3 may be accurately effected. To ink the numbering wheels I have shown an inking roller 16 adapted to engage an ink supply roller 17 secured on shaft 14, inking roller 16 being journaled in arms 18 carried by a shaft 19 journaled in frame 1, arms 18 being pivotally connected by a link 20 With a cam 21 secured on shaft 14. The arrangement shown is such that as cam 13 raises frame 6 and the numbering wheels from the platen the inking roller 16 will be moved under the numbering wheels to apply ink thereon, and roller 16 will then move back to permit the descent of the numbering wheels to print upon strip 3, the latter being fed by any suitable means, such as the feeding means of a printing press to or from which said strip passes, during the time that the numbering wheels are raised from the platen.

The means I have shown for causing the step by step rotation of the numbering wheels are as follows :At 22, 22 22, 22, 22 are toothed wheels respectively connected with sprocket wheels 11, 11 11*, 11, 11 being mounted to rotate freely upon shaft 7, which toothed wheels have ten teeth corresponding to the ten numbers of the number ing wheels, one of which has deep cut teeth on each toothed wheel, except, if desired, the one corresponding to the highest order of the numbering wheels, which toothed wheels may be operated by pawls in any well known manner for causing consecutive numbering. The arrangement I have shown comprises a rocking frame 23 (Figs. 6 and 7 mounted to rock freely upon shaft 7 and carrying pawls 24, 24, 24", 24, 24 secured to a shaft journaled in frame 23, which'pawls respectively engage toothed wheels 22, 22, 22, 22, 22, said pawls being spring pressed by one or more springs 26 secured to frame 23. Said pawls are of varying length decreasing in length from the units wheel upwardly in the order of the number wheels, adapted, when frame 23 is rocked, to cause the units wheel a to make a complete revolution, and then at the last step of the units wheel to cause the tens wheel 6 to advance one step, and so on through the series of wheels substantially in manner well known. The means I have shown for rocking frame 23 at the proper time to accord with the print ing movements of frame 6 comprises a lever 27 pivotally connected at 28 with frame 6, and pivotally connected at 29 with frame 1, the lever 27 having a pin 27 passing through a slot l in frame 1, which pin engages a fork or slot 23 of frame 23, (see Figs. 3', 7 and 8) whereby as frame 6 rises lever 27 will be rocked to cause frame 23 to advance the pawls 24, etc., to rotate the toothed wheels 22, etc., to cause chains 10 to correspondingly operate the numbering wheels through the gearing described to advance the numbering wheels in proper consecutive order, and as frame 6 descends to cause printing of the numbering wheels the lever 27 will be rocked to swing frame 23 rearwardly.

In order to justify or aline the numbers of the numbering Wheels at each printing stroke, because of any slack there may be in the character of gearing I have illustrated that rotates the numbering wheels, I have shown a disk 30 loose upon shaft 5 and provided with a depending rod 31 having a spring or buffer 32 at its lower end, shown guided in a recess or socket 31 in the end of rod 31 for guiding the spring, and disk 30 carries the arms 33, shown having beveled projections 33 (see Fig. 4) adapted to engage toothed wheels 34 secured on the shafts 5 5 5", 5 the teeth of wheels 34 being arranged to correspond with the numbers on the numbering wheels. l/Vith this arrangement, as the numbering wheels are brought down to printing position the rod 31, by engagement of its spring 32 with the platen or stock thereon, will be arrested in a definite position and will cause proper rotation of disk 30, whereby the arms 33, by engaging wheels 34, will cause the corresponding numbering wheels to register in line with wheel a at such time as such numbering wheels may not have been brought in proper register by the gearing that'operates them.

lVith the means described thenumbering wheels will continue to advance for consecutive numbering as frame 6 reciprocates, and

axle 49 secured in frame 1 and cam 48 is mounted to rotate freely upon said rod or axle. Pin 47 is shown supported in a socket 48 of cam 48 and normally pressed toward disk 46 by a spring 47, said pin being adapted to pass through hole 48 in cam 48 and to enter any one of a series of holes 50 in, and equally spaced around the axis of, a gear 50 suitably journaled on frame 1, whereby said gear at the proper time, through the me dium of pin 47, will cause cam 48 to rotate a proper distance. By preference there are twenty holes 50 provided in gear 50, which will provide for ten steps forward of the units numbering wheel from the time the machine starts to slow down until the slow point of speed is reached, and ten steps of the units numbering wheel from such slow point of speed up to the maximum. Said gear 50 is driven in suitable ratio from the main shaft 14, as at the rate of one revolution of gear 50 to twenty revolutions of shaft 14, by suitable gearing, such as pinion 51 engaging gear 50 and connected with gear 52 carried by shaft 58 mounted in frame 1, gear 52 meshing with gear 54 on shaft 14. A suitable spring 55 connected with disk 46 and suitably connected with frame 1 tends normally to hold recess 46 in line with pin 47 (see Fig. 2) at which time magnet 38 is deenergized and its armature 38 is then at a suitable distance to one side of the magnet pole, but when such magnet is energized and attracts armature 38 then disk 46 will be turned on its axis sufliciently far to cause pin 47 to be pushed out of recess 46 and in contact with the face of disk 46, said pin entering one of the holes of gear 50 to lock cam 48 and gear 50 together until such time as said cam has made a complete rotation, whereupon pin 47 will. be brought again in line with recess 46 into which said pin will be moved by spring 47 to disconnect the cam from the gear. It will be understood that as soon as the circuit of magnet 38 is broken, as hereinafter explained, spring will restore disk 46 to its normal position.

It being contemplated that the machine will be operated by electric motor, the mechanism I have just-described serves as means for operating the controlling lever or switch 56 of a rheostat (illustrated diagrammatically). Said lever or switch is shown secured upon a rock shaft 57 journaled on frame 1, and lever or switch 56 is shown provided with a roller 58 adapted to engage cam 48 when pressed by spring 56 which lever or switch sweeps over the rheostat 59, the main line 60 of the motor 60 leading to one terminal of the rheostat, lever or switch 56 being connected with the other wire 61 of the main circuit in well known manner (see Fig. 6). It will be thus understood that when cam 48 rotates, as in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 6, lever or switch 56 will gradually move to the left over the rheostat, cutting down the speed of the motor and reducing the speed of the machine until such time as the low part of the cam (as at its depression 48 alines with roller 58 whereupon the motor will run at low speed; at such time the shifting of the numbering wheels will occur, as hereinafter explained, and then as the cam continues to rotate the resistance will gradually be cut out until the high part of the cam engages roller 58, whereupon pin 47 will move into recess 46 and thereby disconnect cam 48 from gear 50. The machine may now continue to operate at high speed until the circuit of magnet 38 is again closed, and such increasing speed of the motor will occur-during a definite time, such as while the units wheel of the numbering wheels is making one revolution.

At the time that the motor runs at slow speed the numbering wheels are automatically advanced or shifted to the initial number of a new job as follows: At 65 is a swinging hood or the like, pivotally supported upon axle 37 and shown curved at its periphery substantially corresponding to the periphery of sprockets 36 and at a suitable distance therefrom. A coil spring 66 connected with said hood and with axle 37 on frame 1 serves to swing said hood, when released, toward the left in Fig. 3 until arrested in a definite position by a suitable stop, such as a pin 67 on said hood engaging a suitable part of frame 1. Hood 65 1s normally held in set position by a latch 68 engaging a stop 69 on said hood, said latch being shown pivotally supported at 70 on frame 1, the lower end 68 of which latch is adapted to be engaged by a finger 71 on shaft 57, whereby when roller 58 is in the low part 48 of cam 48 the latch 68 will have been tilted to thereupon release hood 65, which, by the action of its spring 66, will quickly be thrown to the left in Fig. 8 until pin 67 arrests such movement of the hood. Said hood carries adjustable devices to co act with extensions 35 of chains 35 whereby, as hood 65 swings over to the left as described, said chains will be correspondingly moved and thereby, through the corresponding sprockets 11 11, 11 11 11 the sprockets 11, 11 11 11, 11 will be rotated to cause chains 10 to rotate the numbering wheels correspondingly through the appropriate gearing before described. The adjustable devices I have shown upon hood 65 for actuating chains 35 are arranged as follows: Hood 65 is provided with slots 65 alined with the corresponding chains 35, and in said slots are mounted adjustable blocks 72 shown provided with recesses at their edges receiving the edges of the material at slots 65 in manner described with respect to blocks 41. To blocks 72 are pivoted hooks will so continue untilarrested or set for a I different order of numbers to be printed. By means of my invention the consecutive numbering of one job may be stopped at any I desired number, and the commencement of a new number for a succeeding job may be effected automatically, and without requir ing the operation of the machine to cease. In the arrangen'ients I have shown such operations are effected by the manual adjustment of devices which, upon the last number of an order or job being printed, cause the numbering wheels to be set for a new num her or another job without necessarily stopping the machine, the devices for which purpose I have shown are as follows: Connected with the corresponding tooth wheels 22, 22, 22*, 22, 22 are sprocket wheels 11 ll, 11 11", 11, over which chains 35 pass to sprocket wheels 36 mounted to revolve freely upon a rod or axle 37 secured upon frame 1, whereby as the numbering wheels are rotated step by step from the corresponding sprocket wheels 11, 11, 11', 11, 11, the chains 35 will be correspondingly moved by the associate sprocket wheels 11, ll", 11 11 11" and in corresponding ratio. The sprockets 36 and shaft 37 are shown above shaft 7 for convenience of location. Chains 35 are provided with extensions 35 shown in hook form, which hooks may be provided with feet suitably riveted to the blocks of the chains a fixed distance apart, as every tenth block or link. The projections 35 are adapted to actnate circuit closers in the circuit of, a magnet 38 (Fig. 2) suitably supported in frame 1, as upon a rod 4:9, which magnet con trols devices which regulate the speed of operation of the machine at the termination of one numbering job and at the commencement of the next numbering job, and whereby the shifting of the numbering wheels for a new job is effected. To these ends I pro vide insulation 39 (F 6) to which are secured parallel strips 10, 40, 40", 40, 40", 40 spaced apart in line with the corresponding chains 35, and in the spaces between two of such adjacent metal strips are located adjustable insulating blocks or pieces 4-1 adapted to slide up and down between such strips, which blocks may have grooves receiving said strips, as indicated in Figs. 14, 17 and 18. Blocks 41 are provided with contacts 42 shown pivotally supported at 43 upon said blocks and provided with projections 42 normally out of contact with but adapted to engage the two adjacent strips 40, 40 etc. The contacts 42 are shown provided with projections 42 adapted to be engaged by the extensions 35 of chains 35 respectively, whereby the contacts or projections 42 (which are normally held out of engagement with the contact strips 40, 40, etc, by spring 44L), will be caused to engage said strips when an extension 35 of a chain 35 encounters the corresponding projection a2 and thus swings contact 42 from the po sition shown in Fig. 1a to the position shown in Fig. 6, thereby closing the circuit between projection 42 and the two adjacent strips 40, 40, etc. Blocks n and the contacts carried thereby are adapted to be adjusted up and down along the strips tO, 40 etc., and held set in definite positions with respect to a scale corresponding to the numbers on the numbering wheels. For this purpose I have shown said strips provided with holes :0 adapted to receive pin 45 projecting from contact 42, a suitable handle 42 on said contact permitting operation thereof. The blocks 41 are provided with appropriate indicating means to show the position thereof relative to the holes 02, for which purpose block 41 is shown provided with a recess ll in such position that when the recess is alined with a hole a; the pin a5 will pass into the appropriate hole 09 to hold bloc r ll and its projection 42 in a definite position with respect to the printing position of a number on the corresponding numbering wheel. For instance, when a block a1 is adjusted to a definite position up or down corresponding to a certain number on the corresponding numbering wheel, and then when an extension 35 of the corresponding chain 35 engages the corresponding projection 42 contact projection 42 will thereby be moved into circuit with the two adjacent strips 40, etO etc, (corresponding and appropriate adjustment and result being produced with respect to all of the blocks 41) so that when extensions 35 of all the chains operate all the corresponding contact projections 42 circuit for magnet 38 will be closed, but such complete closing of the circuit will only occur when the numbering wheels have all been brought to the proper position for printing a desired number preceding the last number of a job, as will be explained more fully hereinafter.

In order to allow proper time for automatic changing of the numbering wheels from the last number of one job to the initial number of a new job, or, in other words, so that such changing of numbers will not occur during the high speed of the machine, I provide means, controlled by magnet 38 and the circuit above described, for slowing down the operation of the machine just be fore the automatic changing of the numbering wheels takes place and for then gradu ally increasing the speed of the machine, all within predetermined. limits. To this end I provide the following devices :The armature 38 of magnet 38 (Fig. 2) is attached to a rocking disk or arm 46 which is pro vided with a cam-like portion, shown in the form of a recess 46*, adapted to receive a pin 47 carried by a suitable cam 48. Disk or arm 46 is mounted freely upon a rod or or dogs 73 projecting inwardly of hood in position to engage extensions 35 of chains 35 respectively (see Fig. 6), which hooks or dogs 73 are shown pivotally supported at 74 upon blocks 7 2 in line with openings therein and provided with operating handles 7 5, a spring 7 6 connected with block 72 and bearing against dog 73 tending to hold said dog in normal position. Dog 73 carries a pin 77 projecting from arm 77 and adapted to enter holes y disposed adjacent the corresponding slot 65'" to retain the corresponding block 7 2 in set position on hood 65. The blocks 7 2 and their parts described are all substantially alike. The respective series of holes 3/ are arranged according to a scale corresponding to the numbers on the numbering wheels. The respective blocks 7 2 are set to the desired positions upon hood with respect to the holes y, to correspond with the initial number of a new job, and then when hood 65 is released the dogs 7 3 will engage the corresponding extensions 35* of chains 35 and carry such chains along such a distance as corresponds to the set position of the corresponding block 72, whereby through the gearing described the numbering wheels will be carried forward a corresponding distance and their numbers will be brought in register or alinement when hood 65 is arrested by pin 67.

The complete operation of my improvements, in accordance with the mechanism set forth, may be described as follows: Assume that two jobs are to be numbered consecutively but of different initial numbers, and that the first job starts at 1 and terminates at 15275 (there being five numbering wheels in the example illustrated although there may be more or less of such wheels as required) and that the initial number of the next succeeding job will be 364519. The numbering wheels will then all be set to zero, and the work commenced on the stock 3 to be printed with consecutive numbers, frame 23 rocking to produce the consecutive numbering in manner before described, (it being understood that pin 47 at such time is in recess 46* of disk 16, and that gear 50 is now free to revolve without doing any work). Before the termination of such job the blocks 41 will be adjusted along their corresponding scales with the block 11 of the ten thousand wheel at number 1 on its scale, the block of the thousand wheel at number 5, the block of the hundreds wheel at 2, the block of the units wheel at 5, and the block of the tens wheel at 7, but as it is desired that cam 18 will begin to operate say ten steps, or one complete revolution of the units numbering wheel a, before the completion of printing the terminal number of the job, the projection 4:2 of the tens wheel is located the space of a link in advance with respect to the setting of the other projections 42 on the other blocks &1 so that the extension 35 of the tens wheel will engage the corresponding projection 4:2 at such time as corresponds to the preceding number (6 in the example illustrated), so that the tens wheel extension 35 will engage its corresponding projection 12 one step of said tens wheel before the unit wheel has completed its ten steps for its final number. Each time an extension 35 passes under and engages a projection 12 the corresponding contact 42* will be moved into engagement with the strips 10, 4&2, etc., but the circuit of the magnet will not be closed until all of the contacts 42* engage the corresponding strips 10, 410*, etc., simultaneously, and this will only occur when the final units number on the numbering wheels has been brought to register. For instance, as the numbering progresses and the ten thousand wheel brings its number 1 to printing position the corresponding extension 35 of its chain 35 will rest in engagement with the correspond ing projection 42 and cause the corresponding contact 42 to engage the corresponding strips 40, 40 thus closing this part of the magnet circuit; when the thousand wheel has brought itsnumber 5 to printing position its corresponding extension 35 of its chain 35 will engage the corresponding projection t2 and cause contact 42* to engage the corresponding strips LO, 40 when the hundreds wheel brings its number 2 to printing position its extension 35 will engage the corresponding projection 42 and cause contact 42 to engage strips 40 40"; when the tens wheel brings its number 6 to printing position in the example given, the corresponding projection 42 will be engaged by the extension 35 of the chain and contact 42 will engage strips 40, 10, and then when the extension 35* of chain 35 of the units wheel engages the projection 42 of the units block 41 the corresponding contact 42 will be caused to engage strips 40 40 whereupon the circuit of the magnet will then be completely closed, the magnet will attract its armature 38 and move disk 46 an appropriate distance, thereby causing pin 47 to be pushed into a hole 50 in gear 50, (said pin then resting upon the surface of disk L6) and gear 50 will then cause cam 48 to rotate, (roller 58 normally resting at the high part of the cam) and during the following one-half revolution of cam 48, while the units wheel continues to rotate to bring its number 5 in register, the rheostat lever or contact 56 will move to the left in Fig. 6 to cut in the resistance to slow down the motor and the machine, and as the low part 4:8 of cam a8 alines with roller 58 the finger 71 will have operated latch 68 to release stop 69, whereupon hood 65 by the action of its spring 66 will swing to the left in Fig. 3. (It will here be stated that at varied, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit thereof.

Having now described my invention what I claim is:

l. A numbering machine comprising numbering wheels, means to operate said wheels some period of time before hood swings around as just stated, the blocks 72 will have been adjusted along their respective scales in such position as to correspond with the initial 36AM) before mentioned).

As hood 65 swings to the left the dogs 73, by engaging the corresponding extensions or hooks 35 of the chains 35, will draw said chains respectively such distances as will cause the numbering wheels to be rotated in a forward direction to thus automatically cause the numbers on said wheels to register for the number 36,419, which occurs between the impression of the last number on the first job and the impression of the initial number on the second named job. The continued rotation of gear 50 next causes the high part of the cam to approach roller 58, causing the rheostat lever or contact 56 to swing and gradually cut out the resistance, and when the high part of the cam rests against roller 58 the pin 47 will have been brought in line with recess 46 and by the action of the spring 47 said pin will be withdrawn from gear 50, cam 48 will come to rest, and the motor and machine will run at full speed, such speed having been gradually increased during the cutting out of the resistance. The blocks 41 may then be set for the terminal number of the job being numbered, and the blocks 72 may then be again set for the initial number of a further job, and so on, it being understood that the different sets of blocks will be set during the time of numbering a job so that the operation of numbering and automatically bringing up to register a new number may be carried out continuously without stopping the machine.

If the numbers to be used do not contain the full digits of all the numbering wheels, the higher numbering wheels not used in such job will be initially set at zero, (a drop cipher being provided in well known man ner, if desired), and the corresponding blocks 41 of such job will also be set at zero, (as will also the blocks 72 of any job in which such digits are not to be used) for, as such numbering wheels will not be rotated during the numbering operation the circuit of the magnet must, so far as the contacts 42 of such blocks t1 are concerned, be maintained during the printing of such job in contact with their respective strips 4:0, 40, etc., so that upon the completion of numbering the ob the circuit of the magnet will be fully closed by the action of the contacts 42 of such numbering wheels as are in use.

While I have shown and described what I consider to be a practical embodiment of my invention, it will be understood that the same is not limited to the details and are rangements set forth as the same may be means to be set to any desired number for automatically setting the numbering wheels to a new predetermined number.

2. A numbering machine comprising numbering wheels, means to operate said wheels for consecutive numbering, devices to be set to a new predetermined number, and mechanism operated by said devices for automatically setting the numbering wheels to a number corresponding to the number set by said devices.

3. A numbering machine comprising numbering wheels, means to operate said wheels for consecutive numbering, devices adapted to be set to a predetermined number, mechanism operated by said devices for set ting the numbering wheels to a. number corresponding to a number set by said devices, adjustable devices adapted to be set to a predetermined number, and mechanism controlled by said devices to cause the first named devices to operate the numbering wheels upon said numbering wheels reaching the number corresponding to the number set by the second mentioned devices.

4. A numbering machine comprising num bering wheels, means for operating said wheels for consecutive numbering, mechanism to rotate said wheels independently of the means that operate them consecutively, and devices adapted to be set to a predetermined number adapted to cause said mecha nism to rotate the numbering wheels to a number corresponding to the number set by rid devices.

5. A numbering machine comprising numbering wheels, means for operating said wheels for consecutive numbering, mechanism to operate the numbering wheels inde pendently of the devices that operate them consecutively, devices adapted to be set to a number corresponding to the terminal number of a series of numbers being printed, and means for causing the firstnamed devices to actuate the numbering wheels upon said numbering wheels reaching such terminal number.

6. A numbering machine comprising numbering wheels, means for operating said wheels for consecutive numbering, a movable hood, adjustable devices carried by said hood, mechanism controlled by said devices for operating the numbering wheels independently of the means that operate the numbering wheels consecutively, and mechanism comprising adjustable devices adapted to be set to correspond to the terminal for consecutive numbering, and adjustable number of a job for causing said hood to operate the numbering wheels when such terminal number has been reached on said wheels.

7, Anumbering machine comprising numbering wheels, means for operating said wheels for consecutive numbering, gearing corresponding to the numbering wheels respectively for operating said wheels independently of the means that consecutively operate them, adjustable devices for oper ating said gearing adapted to be set in accordance with a predetermined number, and mechanism for operating said devices-upon the numbering wheels reaching the terminal number of a job.

8. A numbering machine comprising numbering wheels, means to operate said wheels for consecutive numbering, a movable hood, adjustable devices carried thereby to actuate the numbering wheels respectively, independently operating gearing associated with each numbering wheel and respectively adapted to be operated by said devices, means for holding said hood in set position, and means to release the hood upon the numbering wheels reaching a predetermined terminal number of a job.

9. A numbering machine comprising numbering wheels, means to operate said wheels for consecutive numbering, independent gearing for each numbering wheel provided with extensions spaced apart, a movable hood, adjustable devices adapted to be set upon said hood in position corresponding to a number to be produced on the numbering wheels and provided with projections to engage said extensions, means to hold said hood in set position, and mechanism controlled by said gearing for releasing the hood upon the numbering wheels reaching the terminal number of a ob.

10. A numbering machine comprising numbering wheels, gearing for operating said wheels consecutively, and means for causing said wheels to be operated conjointly to aline their numbers for a new number upon the terminal number of consecutive numbering by said wheels being reached.

11. A numbering machine comprising numbering wheels, independent gearing for each wheel, means for operating said gear ing for consecutive numbering, independent gearing associated with the corresponding first named gearing for operating each wheel independently, adjustable devices for operating the second named gearing according to adjustment of said devices, and means for operating said gearing conjointly upon the terminal number of consecutive numbering of said wheels being reached.

, 12. A numbering machine comprising numbering wheels, gearing for each wheel arranged to operate said wheels for consecutive numbering, a chain connected with the gearing of each wheel and provided with extensions spaced apart, a movable hood, separate adjustable devices carried by said hood, and provided with projections to engage said extensions, means to hold said hood in set position, adjustable devices having projections engaged by said extensions, and means controlled by the co-action of said extensions and the last named projections for causing operation of said hood to rotate the numbering wheels for a new number.

13. A. numbering machine comprising numbering wheels, gearing for each wheel arranged to operate said wheels for consecutive numbering, a chain connected with the gearing of each wheel and provided with extensions spaced apart, a movable hood, separate adjustable devices carried by said hood provided with projections to engage said extensions, means to hold said hood in set position, adjustable devices having projections engaged by said extensions, a magnet, the circuit of said magnet being arranged to be closed upon said extensions engaging all of the secon named projections, and mechanism controlled by said magnet for releasing the hood upon the magnet being energized.

1 A numbering machine comprising numbering wheels,' means for operating said wheels for consecutive numbering, means for operating said wheels conjointly for a new number, adjustable devices adapted to be operated by the second named wheeloperating means, a magnet, said adjustable devices having contacts adapted to close the circuit of the magnet, and mechanism con trolled by the magnet for causing the operation of the second named wheel operating mechanism.

15. A numbering machine comprising numbering wheels, means for operating said wheels for consecutive numbering, gearing connected with said means for operating said wheels, conjointly, adjustable devices to coact with said gearing, a magnet, said adjustable devices having contacts for closing the circuit of the magnet, said contacts corresponding to a numbering wheel, and means controlled by the magnet for holding the wheel operating devices in check and for releasing the same.

16. A numbering machine comprising numbering wheels, gearing for operating them for consecutive numbering, chains connected with said gearing for independent operation and provided with extensions, adjustable devices having projections to be engaged by said extensions and provided with contacts, a magnet having a circuit adapted to be closed by said contacts, adjustable devices for operating said chains, means for holding said devices in set position, and means controlled by sald magnet for releas- 1ng said devlces.

17. A numbering machine comprising numbering wheels, independent gearing for operating said wheels consecutively, inclependent chains connected with said gearing and provided with extensions spaced apart, adjustable devices for coacting with said extensions for operating said chains respectively, means to hold said devices in check in set position, independent adjustable de vices for each chain having projections to be operated. by said extensions, said devices having contacts, a magnet said contacts be ing adapted to successively close the circuit of the magnet, and mechanism controlled by said magnet for holding in check and releasing the first named adjustable devices.

18. A numbering machine comprising niinnbering wheels, independent gearing for each wheel, an independent chain connected with each such gearing and provided with extensions spaced apart, a movable hood, adjustable devices carried by said hood and having projections to engage said extensions to operate the chains independently, adjustable blocks associated with each chain and provided with contacts having projections to co-act with said extensions, a magnet, the circuit of the magnet being arranged to be successively closed by said contacts, and mechanism controlled by the magnet for holding in check and releasing said hood.

19. A numbering machine comprising numbering wheels, sprockets and a chain for operating each wheel, means for operating said sprockets for consecutive operation of the numbering wheels, a chain connected with a corresponding sprocket and provided with extensions spaced apart, a hood pro vided with independently adjustable devices for each such chain, said devices having pro jections adapted to co-act with said extensions, adjustable blocks having contacts provided with projections to co-act with said extensions, a magnet, the circuit of the magnet being arranged to be successively closed by said contacts, and means controlled by said magnet for holding in check and releasing said hood.

20. A numbering machine comprising numbering wheels gearing for operating said wheels consecutively, independent gearing for operating said wheels conjointly, adjustable devices to co-act with said independent gearing for operating the same, a plurality of contact strips spaced apart in line with said independent gearing, insulating blocks adapted to be adjusted and held in set position along said strips, said block having contacts adapted to engage pairs of adjacent strips respectively, said contacts having projections to be operated by the corresponding independent gearing, a magnet, the circuit of said magnet being adapted to be closed successively by said contacts through said strips, and mechanism controlled by said magnet for holding in check and releasing said adjustable devices.

21. A numbering machine comprising numbering wheels, gearing for operating them for consecutive numbering, chains connected with said gearing for independent operation and provided with extensions, adjustable devices for operating said chains, means for holding said devices inset position, independent insulated strips associated with said chains, adjustable devices having projections to be engaged by said extensions and provided with contacts to engage said strips, a magnet having its circuit connected with a plurality of said strips, and mechanism controlled by said magnet for releasing said adjustable devices.

22. A numbering machine comprising numbering wheels, gearing for operating them for consecutive numbering, chains connected with said gearing for independent operation and provided with extensions, adjustable devices for operating said chains, means for holding said devices in set position, independent insulated strips associated with said chains, insulating blocks adapted to be adjusted along said strips, means for holding said blocks in set position, contacts carried by said blocks to engage said strips, said contacts having projections to engage said extensions, a magnet having its circuit connected with a plurality of said strips, and mechanism controlled by said magnet for releasing said adjustable devices.

23. A numbering machine comprising numbering wheels provided with spaces between the numbers, toothed wheels to engage the numbering wheels, sprockets connected with the toothed wheels, chains engaging said sprockets, driving sprockets receiving said chains, a swinging frame having pawls to operate the first named sprockets, means for operating said frame, sprocket wheels connected with the first named sprockets respectively, chains engaging the second named sprockets, independent sprocket wheels receiving said chains, said chains being provided with extensions, adjustable clevices to engage said extensions, means to hold said devices in setposition, adjustable contacts having projections to be operated by said extensions, a magnet, a plurality of strips to be engaged by said contacts, said magnet having its circuit connected with a plurality of said strips, and mechanism controlled by said magnet for releasing the first named adjustable devices.

24. A numbering machine comprising numbering wheels provided with spaces be tween the numbers, toothed wheels to engage the numberingwheels, sprockets connected with the toothed wheels, chains engaging said sprockets, driving sprockets receiving said chains, a swinging frame having pawls to operate the first named sprockets, means for operating said frame, sprocket wheels connected with the first named sprockets respectively, chains engaging the second named sprockets, independent sprocket wheels receiving said chains, said chains being provided with extensions, adjustable devices to engage said extensions, means to hold said devices in set position, a plurality of strips insulated from each other and associated with said chains, adjustable blocks associated with said strips, contacts carried by said blocks to engage said strips and provided with projections to engage said extensions, a magnet, the circuit of said magnet being connected with a plurality of said strips, and mechanism controlled by said magnet for releasing said adjustable devices.

25. A numbering machine comprising numbering wheels provided with spaces between the numbers, toothed wheels to engage the numbering wheels, sprockets connected with the toothed wheels, chains engaging said sprockets, driving sprockets receiving said chains, a swinging frame having pawls to operate the first named sprockets, means for operating said frame, sprocket wheels connected with the first named sprockets respectively, chains engaging the second named sprockets, independent sprocket wheels receiving said chains, said chains being provided with extensions, adjustable devices to engage said extensions, means to hold said device in set position, and means for causing said adjustable devices to operate said numbering wheels according to a predetermined number upon the numbering wheels reaching a predetermined number.

26. A numbering machine comprising numbering wheels provided with spaces between the numbers, toothed wheels to engage the numbering wheels, sprockets connected with the toothed wheels, chains engaging said sprockets, driving sprockets receiving said chains, a swinging frame having pawls to operate the first named sprockets, means for operating said frame, sprocket wheels connected with the first named sprockets respectively, chains named sprockets, independent sprocket wheels receiving said chains, said chains being provided with extensions, adjustable devices to engage said extensions, means to hold said devices in set position, devices adapted to be set to a predetermined numher, and mechanism controlled by said devices to cause the sprockets and chains to operate the numbering wheels upon said numbering wheels reaching the number corresponding to the number set by said last named devices.

27. A numbering machine comprising numbering wheels provided with spaces between the numbers, toothed wheels to engage said numbering wheels, sprockets conengaging the second platen,

nected with the toothed wheels, chains engaging said sprockets, driving sprockets receiving said chains, a swinging frame hav ing pawls to operate the first named sprockets, means for operating said frame, sprocket wheels connected with the first named sprockets respectively, chains engaging the second named sprockets, independent sprocket wheels receiving said chains, said chains being provided with extensions, adjustable devices to engage said extensions, means to hold said devices in set position, and mechanism comprising adjustable devices adapted to be set to correspond to the terminal number of a job for causing said adjustable devices to operate the numbering wheels when such terminal number has been reached on said wheels.

28. A numbering machine comprising numbering wheels provided with spaces between the numbers, toothed wheels to engage said numbering wheels, sprockets connected with the toothed wheels, chains engaging said sprockets, driving sprockets recelving said chains, a swinging frame having pawls to operate the first named sprockets, means for operating said frame, sprocket wheels connected with the first named sprockets respectively, chains engagmg the second named sprockets, independent sprocket wheels receiving said chains, said chains being provided with extensions, adjust-able devices to engage said extensions, means to hold said devices in set position, and means to cause said devices to operate the numbering wheels conjointly to aline their numbers for a new number upon the terminal number of consecutive numbering by said wheels being reached.

29. A numbering machine comprising numbering wheels provided with spaces between the numbers, toothed wheels to engage said numbering wheels, sprockets connected with the toothed wheels, chains engaging said sprockets, driving sprockets receiving said chains, a swinging frame having pawls to operate said first named sprockets, means for operating said frame, sprocket wheels connected with the first named sprockets respectively, chains engaging the second named sprockets, independent sprocket wheels receiving said chains, said chains being provided with extensions, adjustable devices to engage said extensions, a movable hood, adjustable devices carried by the hood to operate said extension, means to hold said hood in set position, and means to release said hood upon the numbering wheels reaching the terminal number of a job.

30. A numbering machine comprising a numbering wheels to co-act therewith, means to operate said wheels for printing therefrom, means to rotate said wheels for consecutive numbering, and adjustable means to be-set to any desired number for 1 vii automatically setting the numbering wheels to a new predetermined number.

31. A numbering machine comprising a platen, numbering wheels to co-act therewith, printing therefrom, means to rotate said wheels for consecutive numbering, devices to be set to a new predetermined number, and

mechanism operated by said devices for automatically setting the numbering wheels 'to a number corresponding to the number set by said devices.

82. A numbering machine comprising a platen, numbering wheels to co-act therewith, means to operate said wheels for printing therefrom, means to rotate said Wheels for consecutive numbering, devices adapted to be set to a predetermined number, mechanism operated by said devices for setting the numbering wheels to a number corresponding to a number set by said devices, and mechanism controlled by said devices to rotate the numbering wheels upon said num-- bering wheels reaching the number corresponding to the number set by said devices.

33. A numbering machine comprising a platen, numbering wheels to co-a ct therewith for printing, a rocking frame carrying said numbering wheels, mechanism for consecutively rotating said numbering wheels,

operating said mechanism, and means for automatically setting the numbering wheels to a predetermined number.

34:. A numbering machine comprising a platen, numbering wheels to co-act therewith for printing, a frame carrying said numbering wheels, mechanism for rotating said numbering wheels, means to reciprocate said frame, means operated by the reciprocations of said frame for operating said mechanism, and means for automatically setting the numbering wheels to a predetermined number.

35. A numbering machine comprising a platen, numbering wheels to co-act therewith for printing, a frame carrying said numbering wheels, mechanism for rotating said numbering wheels, means to reciprocate said frame, means operated by the reciprocations of said frame for operating said mechanism, devices to be set to a predetermined number, and mechanism operated by said devices for automatically setting the numbering wheels to a number corresponding to the number set by said devices.

36. A numbering machine comprising numbering wheels, means to operate said wheels for consecutive numbering, means for automatically setting the numbering Wheels to a predetermined number, and means for retarding the operation of the machine just prior to the automatic changing of the numbering wheels from one nummeans to operate said wheels for ber to another and for increasing the operation of the machine just after the changing of such numbering.

37. A numbering machine comprising numbering wheels, means to operate said wheels for consecutive numbering, devices to be set to a predetermined number, mechanism operated by said devices for auto matically setting the numbering wheels to a number corresponding to the number set by said devices, means for retarding the operation of the machine just rior to the setting of the number, and for increasing the operation of the machine just after the setting of the wheels for such number.

38. A numbering machine comprising numbering wheels, means for operatingsaid wheels for consecutive numbering, means for operating said wheels conjointly for a new number, adjust-able devices adapted to be operated by the second named wheeloperating means, a magnet, said adjustable devices having contacts adapted to close the circuit of the magnet, mechanism controlled by the magnet for causing the operation of the second named wheel operating mechanism, and means controlled by said mechanism for slowing down the operation of the machine just prior to the numbering wheels being operated to produce a new number andvfor increasing the operation of the machine just after the production of said number. V

39. A numbering machine comprising numbering wheels, means for operating said wheels for consecutive numbering, means for operating said wheels conjointly for a new number, adjustable devices adapted to be operated by the second named wheel-operating means, a magnet, said adjustable devices having contacts adapted to close the circuit of the magnet, mechanism controlled by the magnet for causing the operation of the second named wheel operatin mechanism, a rheostat in the circuit 0 the operating motor, having its switch controlled by said rheostat for slowing down the operation of the machine just prior to the change of the numbering wheels and for accelerating the speed of the motor just after such change.

40. A numbering machine comprising numbering Wheels, means for operating said wheels for consecutive numbering, means for operating said wheels conjointly for a new number, adjustable devices adapted to be operated by the second named wheel-operating means, a magnet, said adjustable devices having contacts adapted to close the circuit of the magnet, mechanism controlled by the magnet for causing the operation of the second named wheel operating mechanism, a cam, a rheostat in the circuit of the driving motor having a switch adapted to numbering whee s to a new be operated by said cam, mechanism operated by the machine for operating said cam, and means controlled by the magnet for placing said mechanism in and out of operative connection with said cam.

41. A numbering machine comprising numbering wheels, means for operating said wheels for consecutive numbering, means for operating said wheels conjointly for a new number, adjustable devices adapted to be operated by the second named wheel-operating means, a magnet, said adjustable devices having contacts adapted to close the circuit of the magnet, mechanism controlled by 'the magnet for causing the operation of the second named wheel operating mechanism, a

cam, a rheostat in the circuit of the driving motor having a switch adapted to be operated by said cam, mechanism operated by the machine for operating said cam, a pin for connecting the cam with said mechanism, and means operated by said magnet for con trolling said pin.

42. A numbering machine comprising numbering wheels, means for operating said wheels for consecutive numbering, means for operating said wheels conjointly for a new number, adjustable devices adapted to be operated by the second named wheel-operating means, a magnet, said adjustable devices having contacts adapted to close the circuit of the magnet, mechanism controlled by the magnet for causing the operation of the second named wheel operating mechanism, a cam, a rheostat in the circuit of-the driving motor having a switch adapted to be operated by said cam, mechanism operated by the machine for operating said cam, a pin carj l l i ried by said cam to co-act with a wheel of said mechanism, a movable member to co-act with said pin and provided with the armature of the magnet to cause the pin to engage said wheel, and means for causing the pin to be released from the wheel.

43. A numbering machine comprising numbering wheels, means for operating said wheels for consecutive numbering, means for operating said wheels conjointly for a new number, adjustable devices adapted to be operated by the second named wheel-operating means, a magnet, said adjustable devices having contacts adapted to close the circuit of the magnet, mechanism controlled by the magnet for causing the operation of the second named wheel operating mechanism, a cam, a rheostat in the circuit of the driving motor having a switch adapted to be operated by said cam, mechanism operated by the machine for operating said cam, a pin carried by said cam adapted to co-act with a wheel of said mechanism, a movable member having a cam to co-act with said pin, the armature of the magnet being connected with said member, and means for, causing the pin to be released from the wheel.

44. A numbering machine comprising numbering wheels, means for operating said wheels for consecutive numbering, means for operating said wheels conjointly for a new number, adjustable devices adapted to be op erated by the second named wheel operating means, a magnet, said adjustable devices having contacts adapted to close the circuit of the magnet, a cam, a rheostat in the circuit of the driving motor, and having its switch adapted to be operated by said cam, gearing operated by the machine, one of the gears having a plurality of holes, said. cam having a pin to engage said holes, a rocking member having means to operate said pin, said member being provided with the armature of the magnet, and means to restore said member to a normal position.

45. A numbering machine comprising numbering wheels, means to operate said wheels for consecutive numbering, toothed wheels connected with the numbering wheels, and means to operate the toothed wheels to cause the numbers on said munbering wheels to register just before the im pression of a number.

46. A numbering machine comprising numbering wheels, means to operate said wheels for consecutive numbering, toothed wheels connected with the numbering wheels, a rotative disk, arms carried by said disk to engage said toothed wheels, and means to cause said arms to operate just before an impression is made.

47. A numbering machine comprising numbering wheels, means to operate said wheels for consecutive numbering, means to reciprocate said wheels for'printing, toothed wheels connected with the numbering wheels, a rotative disk, arms connected with the disk to engage the toothed wheels, said disk being provided with an extension, and an abutment for such extension for causing the arms to be engaged by the toothed wheels as the numbering wheels are reciprocated.

48. A numbering machine comprising numbering wheels, means to operate said wheels for consecutive numbering, means to reciprocate said wheels for printing, toothed wheels connected with the numbering wheels, a rotative disk, arms connected with the disk to engage the toothed wheels, said disk being provided with an extension, and an abutment for such extension for causing the arms to be engaged by the toothed wheels as the numbering wheels are reciprocated, said extension being provided with a cushion to engage the abutment.

Signed at New York city,in the county of New York, and State of New York, this 18th day of June, A. D. 1909.

JAMES H. REINHARDT.

Witnesses:

RALPH E. ROBERTS, T. F. BOURNE.

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