US987727A - Counting attachment for delivery apparatus. - Google Patents

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G. H. LEE;

COUNTING ATTACHMENT FOR DELIVERY APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.19, 1909.

987,727, Patented Mar. 28, 1911.

dTTORNEY.

QMWW UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. LEE, 0}? PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO EDWARD LAWRENCE FELL, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

COUNTING ATTACHMENT FOR DELIVERY APPARATUS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CI-IARLEs H. LEE, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Counting Attachments for Delivery Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in mechanism for attachment to the delivery apparatus of a folding machine envelop machine, or other similar machine for marking or otherwise designating at intervals a delivered article so that the said delivered articles may be separated readily into packages each of which contains a certain definite number of the delivered articles, as, for instance, papers or envelops.

In the construction shown in the drawings, I have provided mechanism for designating by marking or otherwise each fiftieth article so that the said articles may be readily separated into packages of fifty each, but it will be understood that the mechanism may be so arranged as to mark or otherwise designate each twenty-fifth or seventy-fifth or one-hundredth article and so on increasing the number as may be desired.

In the drawings I have illustrated a convenient embodiment of my invention, but it will be understood that many changes in the details of construction may be made without departing from the scope of my invention as the same is set forth in the specification and claims.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a view showing a portion of a delivery apparatus in sectional side elevation with my counting attachment secured thereto; Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation showing the operative mechanism of my attachment;' Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing a portion of mechanism in the position which it occupies when the marking or designating device is in raised or elevated position ready to mark an article; and Fig. 41 is a transverse section on the line 14: of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings :1 designates a delivery trough or chute into which the papers, envelops or similar articles 2 are received, as indicated in Fig. l of the drawings. Said articles are moved forward in the trough by means of a pusher 3 reciprocated in the trough or chute by means of a Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 19, 1909.

Patented Mar. 28, 1911.

Serial No. 528,934.

reciprocating carrier 1. In the construction shown stop plates 5 are provided upon the sides of the trough or chute 1 to prevent the articles from returning with the pusher 3 as it is withdrawn into position to permit a paper or other article to fall into position in front of the same.

My counting attachment is secured to the under side of the bottom of the trough or chute 1 and is provided with a tripping device 7 which extends through an opening 8 in the said trough into position to be tripped or actuated by a paper or other article as the same is pushed forward by the pusher 3. The pusher 3 is provided with an opening or slot 10 in its lower edge so that the pusher may be withdrawn to its starting position without striking the tripping device 7 extending through the slot 8 from my counting attachment and such slot is also provided so that if the said pusher is moved forward without having a paper or other article in front of it the said tripper or actuating device will not be tripped.

15 designates the casing of my device having a removable cover 16. Within this casing the operative parts of my device are located. These operative parts consist of a ratchet wheel 20 revolubly supported upon a stud shaft 21 which is secured in any manner, as by means of a nut and screw, to one of the walls of the casing 15. In order to support the said ratchet wheel a short distance from the wall of the said casing I provide a boss 22 upon the said wall. It will be understood, of course, that for the boss an ordinary washer may be substituted.

The ratchet wheel 20 is adapted to be actuated by means of a dog 25 pivotally supported upon a pivoted actuating member 26. Pivotal movement of the dog in one direction is limited by means of a pin 28 on the member 26 against which the tail 29 of the said pivoted dog abuts. The said dog is permitted to move freely about its pivot in the opposite direction. The actuating member 26 is supported on the pivot 80 secured to the side wall of the casing 15. The tripping device 7 is secured to the pivoted actu ating member 26. The said tripping device projects upwardly through the slot 8 in the bottom of the trough or chute 1 as indicated in the drawings and as previously stated herein. The actuating device 26 is normally held in the upright position indicated in the drawings by means of a spring 36 which is connected to the said actuating device 25 above its pivot and to a portion of the easing 15.

10 designates a positioning and controlling wheel which is adj ustably secured to the ratchet wheel 20 by means of an attaching screw 41. The positioning and controlling wheel 10 is provided on its periphery with radial teeth 12 with which a positioning and holding dog 13 is adapted to engage, the said dog being supported upon a spring e4: se cured to a portion of the casing 15 as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The positioning and controlling wheel 10 by reason of its adjustable connection with the ratchet wheel 20 may be accurately adjusted so as to bring the teeth 12 upon its periphery in proper relation to the ratchet teeth upon the ratchet wheel 20. The marking pencil, chalk or other device 50 is supported upon a spring plate 51 which is in turn supported upon a lever 52 pivoted at 58 upon a portion of the casing 15. The lever is acted upon by a spring 5 1 which tends to hold it in the full line position shown in Fig. 2. Adjacent to its pivot the lever 52 is provided with an adjustable screw or similar device 55 which engages the swinging end of a pendulum-like lever 55 pivoted at 57 upon a portion of the casing 15. The said lever is provided with an angular cam projection 60 which is adapt ed to engage a corresponding projection 61 upon a device or member 62 adjustably supported upon the positioning and controlling wheel 10 by means of holding screws (33 In order to move the ratchet wheel 20 and positioning wheel 40 into any position de sired before beginning the use at any time of my counting attachment, 1 have pro-- vided a plate which is secured to the wheel 10 by means of screws 71, which plate is provided with a squared key hole slotor opening 72 adapted to receive the squared end of a key which may be inserted through the hole or opening 73 in the cover plate 16 of the casing 15.

In the operation of my counting device or attachment the ratchet wheel 20 and the part attached thereto should be set so that the cam actuating member 61 is located just below or outside of the cam projection 60 on the swinging pendulum-like lever 56. As the articles are delivered and pushed forward by the pusher 3 they will strike the tripping member 7 and actuate the actuating member 26. As the tripping member 7 is depressed the actuating dog 25 will engage one of the teeth of the ratchet wheel 20 and cause a movement forward of one step of the ratchet wheel and the parts connected to it. In the construction shown the relative position of the cam projections 60 and 61 as shown in full lines in Fig. 2 indicates that forty-eight articles have passed through the delivery device, that the passage of the fortyninth article will occasion movement of the ratchet wheel and the parts carried thereby into such position that the cam-acting projection 1 will move into position with relation to the corresgonding projection 60 of the swinging or pendulum lever 56 indicated in Fig. In that position the lever together with the marker 50 carried thereby occupy the dotted line position indicated in Fig. 2.

As will be noted from an inr'spection of Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, the marking device 50 when in raised position occupies a position in the rear of the tripping device 7 so that the fiftieth paper in being moved forward, first strikes the marking device and thereafter the tripping device, so that as the fiftieth paper is carried forward it is first marked and thereafterstrikes the tripping device 7 and causes a one step movement of the ratchet wheel 20 and its attached parts, whereby the cam actuating projection G1 is moved in. the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 2 so as to carry the same below the corresponding projection 60 upon the swinging or pendulum le ver 56. It will thus be seen that the fiftieth object has been marked and that as the articles are continued to be passed through delivery trough or chute 1 the counting attachment will continue to mark each fiftieth paper or such other article as the attach ment may be designed for marking.

In the construction illustrated, the ratchet 20 is provided with fifty teeth and with a single cam projection 61 whereby the device is adapted to mark each fiftieth paper. By providing a second diametrically opposed cam projection 61 upon the wheels 20 and 40 the marking lever 52 would be operated twice during each revolution of the said wheels, thereby marking each twenty-fifth paper or other article. Also the marking of each twenty-fifth, seventy-fifth or onchundredth paper may he eil'ected by providing ratchet wheels 20 having twenty-five, seventy-five and one hundred teeth respectively. It will be understood that if a ratchet wheel is provided with one hundred teeth each fiftieth or twenty-fifth paper or other article may be marked by providing the requisite number of cam projections 1 in proper positions upon the said .vheeIs.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim 1. In a counting and marking device, the combination of a revoluble member, means for causing a step by step revolution of the said member, the said means being actuated by the contact therewith of the articles to be counted and marked, a pivoted marking device, and means interposed between said pivoted marking device and said revolublc member for causing movement of said pivthe oted member at intervals after the said revoluble member has moved through a predetermined number of steps whereby at intervals, after a selected number of the said articles have passed, one of the said articles is marked.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination of a revoluble member, an oscillating actuating member for causing movement of the said revoluble member which oscillating member is actuated by the contact therewith of the articles to be counted and marked, and a pivoted marking device actuated by the said revoluble member.

3. In a counting and marking device, the combination of a revoluble ratchet wheel, a pivoted actuating member having means adapted to engage the teeth of the ratchet wheel and cause step by step movement thereof, a pivoted member carrying a marl; ing device and a member oscillating between said pivoted member and a part on said revoluble ratchet wheel, the said oscillating member contacting with the said pivoted member to carry a portion thereof into the path of movement of the articles to be counted and marked whereby one of the said articles may be marked.

t. In a device of the character described, a revoluble ratchet wheel, means for causing step by step revolution of the said ratchet wheel, a serrated positioning disk ecured to the said ratchet wheel, a dog eooperating with the said disk, a member having a cam projection secured to the said disk and ratchet wheel, a pivoted lever carrying a marking device, and a swinging pivoted lever interposed between the said disk and ratchet wheel, and the said swinging lever having a cam projection which is adapted to be engaged by the first named cam projection, whereby the said swinging lever is moved about its pivot to occasion movement of the pivoted member carrying the marking device.

The combination of mechanism for de livering papers and similar objects and a marking attachmentsecured to the delivery passage-way of said mechanism, the said marking attachment comprising a revoluble member, the said member being actuated by the passage of a paper or similar object through the said passageway, a cam rotat ing with said revoluble member, a pivoted marking device and a member actuated by said cam and contacting with said pivoted marking device to move the same into the path of movement of the articles to be marked and counted whereby one of the said articles may be marked.

6. In a device of the character described, the combination of a revoluble ratchet wheel, actuating means for driving the said ratchet wheel, a pivoted lever carrying a marking device, and an adjustable device having operative connection with the said ratchet wheel for causing movement of the said pivoted lever once in each revolution of the said ratchet wheel.

7. In combination, the delivery guide-way ot a delivery mechanism, means for moving articles along the said guide-way, mechanism for marking at intervals articles passing through the said guide-way, the said mechanism comprising a revoluble member, means actuated by the passage of the articles through the said guideway for causing movement of the said revoluble member, a member carrying a marking device and a movable member interposed between the said last mentioned member and a part on the said revoluble member, the said interposed member contacting with the said part and the said marking device carrying member to cause movement of the latter.

8. In combination, the delivery guide-way of a delivery mechanism, means for causing movement of articles along the said guideway, and mechanism for marking at intervals the said articles, the said mechanism comprising a revoluble toothed wheel, a de vice actuated by the passage of the articles along the said passage way, the said device having means adapted to engage the teeth upon the said wheel to cause step by step revolution thereot, a toothed disk having adjustable connection with the said toothed wheel, means engaging with the teeth of the said disk for positioning the said toothed wheel and controlling the revolution thereof, a pivoted lever adapted to carry means for marking the said articles, a swinging lever interposed between the said pivoted lever and the said revoluble toothed wheel, and means having connection with the said wheel for actuating the said swinging lever to cause movement of the said pivoted lever.

9. In combination, the guide-way of a delivery mechanism, means for causing movement 01" articles along the said guideway, mechanism for marking at intervals the articles which pass along the said guideway, the said means comprising a pivoted member having an arm projecting into the said guide-way and adapted to be actuated by the passage of the articles along the said guide-way, a ratchet wheel adapted to be actuated by the movement of the said pivoted member, a cam device having an adjustable connection with the said ratchet wheel, and means actuated by the said cam device for marking the said articles at predetermined intervals.

10. In combination, the guide-way of a delivery mechanism, means for moving arti cles along the said guide-way, mechanism for marking at predetermined intervals the said articles, the said mechanism comprising a revoluble member, a pivoted member having an arm extending into the said guideway and adapted to be actuated by the passage of the said articles, and the said meirher having means adapted o cause step by step revolution of the said revoluble member, a cam acting device having connection with the said revoluble member, and pivoted marking device actuated by the said cam device for marking the said articles at predetern'iined intervals.

11. In combination, the delivery trough or chute or" a delivery mechanism, a pusher for moving articles forward in the said trough or chute, mechanism for marking at intervals one of the said articles as the same is moved forward in the said trough or chute, the said mechanism comprising a revoluble member, means interposed between the said member and the said trough or chute for causing movement of the said member, the said means being actuated by the passage of said articles along the said trough or chute, movable means for marking one of the said articles at intervals, and means interposed between the said movable means and the said revoluble member for causing movement of the said movable means to effect the marking of one or the said articles at intervals.

12. In combination, the guide-way of a delivery mechanism, a pusher operating in the said guide-way for moving articles forward therein, means associated with the said guide-way for marking at intervals articles passing through the said guide-way, the said mechanism comprising a ratchet wheel, a

pivoted device interposed between the said ratchet wheel and the said gui-cle-way, the said device having a part projected into the said guide-way whereby the said device is actuated by the passage of the articles through the said guide-way, and the said pivoted device having a part which is adapted to engage the teeth of the said ratchet wheel and cause step by step movement thereof, a serrated adjustable positioning disk secured to the said ratchet wheel, means to engage the said disk, a spring-pressed lever carrying a marking device which is adapted to be projected into the said )assage-way, and means interposed between the said lever and the said ratchet wheel for causing movement oi the said lever to carry the said marking device into the said passage-way.

18. In a device of the character described, the combination of a revoluble member, means for causing revoluble movement 01 said member, a pivoted marking device and an adjustable device having operative connection and moving with said reveluble member for causing n'iovement of said pivoted marking device into marking position.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, l: have hereunto signed my name this 18th day of November, 1909.

CHARLES H. LEE.

b. SALOME BROOKE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained. for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Hashing-ton, D. C.

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