US2260970A - Impression mechanism - Google Patents

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US2260970A
US2260970A US211838A US21183838A US2260970A US 2260970 A US2260970 A US 2260970A US 211838 A US211838 A US 211838A US 21183838 A US21183838 A US 21183838A US 2260970 A US2260970 A US 2260970A
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Irvin L Elder
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
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  • a still further vobject is' to provide printing mechanism which during ⁇ its operation will minimize the shocks and jars to its coordinate parts.
  • j Fig.l .1 is a side yelevation of the automatic means. for adjusting the impression means With relation to the type elements, as governed by the thickness of the record material to be printed on.
  • i jAnother object of the invention is the provision of means for selectively controlling the vertical adjustment of the impression means so that impressions are taken from only certain of said type elements.
  • Anothery object of the invention is the provision of means for imparting a rolling motion toi the impression means to take impressions fromthe type elements. 1 Another object is to provide a novel ⁇ printing mechanism which Vvvill vfunction With a yminimum amount of'noise. ⁇ V ⁇ .Y A 'vAn additional object-is to'providei-means 'for taking uniform'impressions from thetype elements on record materials of Adifferent 'thickmesses.
  • Fig-4 is a detail of a part of the impression operating means and shows ,a portion of the disabling means therefor.
  • Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the means for adjusting ,the rimpression means-with relation to .the type elements, and a portionof. the means for selectively :controlling whichvof said impression-means Will be adjusted thereby. .I
  • Fig. 6 is a top plan View of the means for selectively controlling the vertical adjustment of the. various impression means, together with the means for imparting a rolling motion to the impression means.
  • Fig. 7 is a front sectional vieW of the impression means.
  • Fig. .8 shows a detail frontvew of the imimpression from the type-elements.
  • Fig. 9 is a front View. of one of the impression means'vshown in cockedv position, preparatory to takingan impression from lthe type elements.
  • v. Fig. 10V is afront sectional View of the ltype elementswand the impression yVmeans, together with v ⁇ aportion of 'the xmeans for actuating said impression means.
  • Fig. 11 is a detail side view of the type elements, the impression-means, and the means vfor adjusting the latter with relation to said elements.
  • igs.2 and 3l are facsimiles of an account cardL
  • Fig. 12 is a top plan View of a portion of the means for actuating the impression means to take impressions from the type elements.
  • Fig. 13 is a detail sectional View showing the mounting for the impression means lifting plate.
  • the present machine includes a suitable frame, within which the various instrumentalities thereof are arranged. Inasmuch as the invention relates strictly to the printing mechanism, only such mechanism is shown and described herein.
  • the particular embodiment of the invention illustrated makes use of an adjusting member which, after record material'is inserted into the machine, is pressed against the under side of said material to perform the function of a gauge for determining the proper adjustment of impression means with relation to type elements to produce a uniform impression therefrom. If the machine is operated with no record material therein, such' adju-sting member will 4cause the impression means to be maintained in a position out of cooperative relation with the type elements, to prevent any unnecessary impression from being made therefrom.
  • Means is also provided for selectively controlling the adjustment of the impression means to take impressions from only certain of such type elements.
  • means for imparting rolling motion to said impression means to take a uniform impression from the type elements on the inserted record material, irrespective of the thickness of said material, without jar or shock to the coordinate parts of the printing mechanism. With such an arrangement the noise generally produced by such mechanism is greatly reduced.
  • the present machine is provided with a plurality. of groups of type elements or type wheels 30 (Fig. each group being used to print data in a different column on an inserted record material.
  • the mechanism for adjusting the type wheels to print different data is fullydisclosed in the Shipley patents hereinbefore referred to.
  • Disposed directly beneath each of the groups of' type wheels 3
  • Any desired number of groups of type wheels 38 can be provided, and these type wheels are adapted to be set by suitable mechanism so they will impart various kinds of information.
  • a printing table 32 (Figs. 1 and 5) for supporting manually insertable record material such as a card 33 (Fig. 2) and a book 34 (Fig. 3) on which printing is to be performed.
  • the table 32 is provided with an opening 35 (Fig. 5) through which the impression members 3
  • a pair of guide members 36 and 31, secured to the table 32, is provided for properly guiding and locating the card 33 and book 34 with relation to the type wheels 30.
  • a laterally extending foot 38, formed integral with a stationary bracket 39 cooperates with adjusting means, to be later described, to properly adjust the impression members 3
  • an inking ribbon 40 Disposed between the type wheels 30 and the impression members V3
  • the inking ribbon and the mechanism for actuating the same are old and well known in the art, as shown in the Shipley patents hereinbefore referred to, and therefore are not fully shown or described herein.
  • is an individual adjusting plate 42 (Figs. 1, 5 and '7) for controlling the vertical adjustment of said members with relation to their respective groups of type wheels 30, such adjustment being governed by the thickness ofthe record material which has been inserted into the printing position between the impression members and the type wheels.
  • Each of the plates 42 is secured at its lower end to one of a series of bars 43, the upper ends of said plates being located directly beneath the foot 38 on the bracket 39.
  • is pivotally mounted at its lower end on a stud 45 carried by the bifurcated upper portion of a companion member 46.
  • the member 46 is adapted, by means to be hereinafter described, to be rocked to and fro on a block 41 secured to the bar 43.
  • Associated with each impression member 3
  • Such guide plate 48 is securely mounted at its lower end in its associated bar 43.
  • are rigidly connected together near their upper ends by a stud 49.
  • the stud 49 extends through a slot 50 (Fig. 7), formed in a cross frame 52 secured to the usual base 5
  • a large headed screw 53 tapped into the stud 49 acts as a lateral guide for the plates 42 and 48.
  • the head of the screw 53 rides in a slot 54 of a lifter plate 55 and normally bears against the upper wall of said slot 54 to maintain the impression members 3
  • the lifter plate 55 is guided in its vertical movement by studs 56 (Figs. 7 and 13), only one of which is shown, which ride in shouldered slots 51 in the frame 52.
  • Each bar 43 is connected by a spring 58 to a. flange 59 formed on the upper end of the plate 55. From the foregoing it will be seen that each of the bars 43 supports as a single unit an impression member 3I, its associate adjusting plate 42 and block 41.
  • the c am 63 has formed on theperipheryl thereof two lobes..65 and 66, which coactwith one arm of abell Crank ⁇ 61, andwitn one arm of a bell crank 68 tobe later. described in detail.. Both bell cranks arejreely mounted on a rod 69.
  • the bell crank-6,1 effects Aa vertical movement of the lifter platev 5 5 .twice duringfeachoperation of the machine.
  • the otherarm of the bell crank 6 1 carries a, stud 10 hich extends through an irregularly shaped. aperture] l formed .in the lefthand endv or al link 1 2.
  • the stud 110 normally occupiesy the narrow vupper portion of .said apartine 1i- ,A spring 1 3, secured ytotlne stud 10 and, .to .the fingernexoi the maohine, normally maintainsthe .upper arm ofthe bell crank 61 in cooperative relationwithv the periphery of thearm 14 secured to a shaft 15y jour-l plate 55 upwardly.
  • naled atiits end in the: frame 5 2. Also secured tn thefshat 15 isapair of .arms, 16 carrying studs 1 1 which extend through apertures 18 inv angesiormed atfboth ends of the lifter.
  • the bell crank 61 through the the upper small portion of the aperture 1
  • the beu crank s1 has a toe al which rides on the cam 63 and lobe 65 and when the lobe 65 clears the toe 8
  • the lobe 65 passes the end of the bell crank 68 before said lobe releases the bell crank 61 for a purpose to be later described.
  • the second lobe 66 of the cam the' lobe 65 operated them to cause adjusting plates 42 to be elevated to adjust the impression members 3
  • to take impressions from, 30 includes a shiftable actuating plate 90 (Figs. l, and .7 to l2), formed integral with a ,frame 92 secured to they base 5I.
  • the plate 90 is provided with a series of vertical slots 93 through which extend rthe studs 45, which form the toggle connection between the impression members 3
  • Each of ythe guide platesv48 has formed thereon a pair of oppositely faced V-shaped slots
  • Ihe plate 90 is first shifted to the f left, by means to be presently described, whereby the slots 9 3 coacting withv the studs 45 move the impression members 3
  • the cam 63 herein before described also coacts with a second bell crank 68 (Figs. 4, 5 and f6) freely mounted on the rod 69, to cause the plate 90-to be shifted in the manner above described.
  • the lobes 65 and 66 on the -cam 63 coact with the upper arm of the bell crank 68 to rock it clockwise.
  • the lower arm of the bell crank 68 carries a stud (Fig. 4) which extends through the upper narrow part of an aperture
  • a tension spring I I6 constantly tends to rock thel lever I4 in a lclockwise direction.
  • 4 extends into a notch
  • the bell crank 6'I is provided with a flange 8
  • the result of this construction is that the bell crank 68 'is released by the camY lobe 65 before the bell crank 6'I is released therefrom to allow the spring IIB to move the actuating plate to the right to its normal positionv v shown inv Fig. 10 thus causing the impression members 3
  • 25 normally overlies the right-hand end of its associated bar 4 3 and thereby holds said bar, together with the adjusting plate 42 and impression member 3
  • VThis means consists of mechanism which is old and well known ⁇ in the Y ,Fastentire shaft t4 (rig. 1) is a @am 15u, which "isa bell crank
  • is moved away from the roller
  • 29 is rocked clockwise to raise ithebail
  • 29 may be rocked as above described'to mechanism for operation.
  • the lever L66 carries a pin
  • 85 pivoted on an arm
  • 85 is free, however,
  • 59 moves upwardly to control the operation of the adjusting means 42 and the impression members 3
  • the adjusting means 42 is then moved upwardly to coact with the inserted recordmaterial to properly adjust the impression members 3
  • a machine adapted to print on inserted'75 Vrecord materials of different thicknesses; type carriers for printing on said materials; an impression member for taking impressions from said type carriers; a device moved into engage- Vment with the record materials for automatically adjusting said member relatively to the type kcarriers according to the thickness of the inserted record materials; means for moving said device; and means for preventing the moving means from moving said device to adjust said impression member when the machine is operated withoutsaid record materials.
  • type carriers for printing on said materials; an adjustable impression member normally out of cooperative relation with said type carriers but adjustableto positions where it can coact with the type carriers for taking impressions from saidntype carriers; a control element for controlling the adjustment of said impression member; Van adjustment control member; and a iioatin g support for said element and said impression ⁇ member for lcausing the element to coact with theinserted record material and therethrough Awith said adjustment control member to automatically adjust the impression member relatively to the type carriers according to the thickness of said record material.
  • type carriers for printing on said materials; an impression member cooperable with said type carriers in successive order to take impressions therefrom; means including an element cooperable with the record material during a printing operation for automatically adjusting said member relative to said type carriers according to the thickness of the record material to cause uniform impressions to be taken by said member from the type carriers; and means for thereafter moving the adjusted impression member into engagement with the type carriers in successive order to take impressions therefrom.
  • a printing device the combination of a plurality of type carriers; an impression member; a companion member; means joining together the impression member and the companion member to form a toggle arrangement; means for guiding the free ends of the members; and means for operating said toggle to cause the impression member to coact with the type carriers in successive order to take impressions therefrom.
  • a printing device the combination of a plurality of type carriers; an impression member; a companion member; a stud serving to join together said members to form a toggle arrangement; means for moving the impression member into coactive relation with the type carriers; and means coacting with said stud for actuating said toggle when the impression member is in coactive relation with the type carriers to cause the impression member to take ⁇ impressions from the type carriers.
  • a printing device the combination of a plurality of type carriers; an arcuate impression member; an arcuate companion member; a stud serving to join together said members to form a toggle arrangement; a block; resiliently operated means carrying said block and maintaining the impression member in coactive relation with the type carriers; and means for actuating said toggle to cause the companion member to coact With sai-d block and to cause the impression member to coact with the type carriers to take an impression therefrom.
  • a printing device the combination of a plurality of type carriers; an arcuate impression member having a projection; an arcuate companion member having a projection; a stud serving to join together said members to form a toggle arrangement; means to shift the stud to actuate said toggle to cause the impression member to coact with the type carriers in successive order to take impressions therefrom; and a plate provided With slots through which project the projections carried by said members for properly guiding the movement of the impression member when taking impressions from the type carriers.
  • a machine adapted to print on record materials of different thicknesses; a plurality of groups of type carriers for printing on said materials; a plurality of impression members one associated With each group of type carriers for taking impressions from said type carriers; separate adjusting means associated With each of said impression members and each adjusting means including an element movable into engagement with the record material to govern the position of said impression members relatively to the different groups of type carriers according to the thickness of the record material to rcause uniform impressions to be taken from said type carriers; and settable means for selectively controlling the operation of the different adjusting means to cause impressions to be taken from only certain of said groups of type carriers.
  • type carriers for printing on said materials; an impression member for taking impressions from said type carriers; means for automatically adjusting said member to various positions relative to said type carriers according to the thickness of the record material and including a xed control block and an element movable into engagement With the record material to move the material into engagement with theblock to control the adjustment of the member relative to the type carriers so that uniform impressions may be taken from said type carriers upon subsequent operation of the member; and means to operate the adjusting means during a printing operation.
  • type carriers for printing on said materials; impression means adjustable rrelatively to said rtype carriers; a gauging member; control means normally out of engagement with the record material but coacting with the record material and therethrough with the gauging member during printing operations for controlling the adjustmentof the impression means relatively to the type carriers in accordance with the thickness of the record material; and means operable in printing operations to move the control means into coacting relation with the record material.
  • type carriers for printing on said materials; an adjustable impression member settable to a plurality of positions relative to said typecarriers for takingr impressions from said type carriers; a control element for controlling the positioning of said member during a printing operation; means common to both said element and said member and operable during said printing operation to cause the element to coact With the inserted record material to automatically position the impression member relatively to the typezcarriers according to the thickness of said record material; and mechanism for thereafter operating the impression member While it is held in adjusted position by the means and the control element, for taking an impression from the type carriers.

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US2647459A (en) * 1953-08-04 Settable printing
US2673517A (en) * 1950-04-13 1954-03-30 Commercial Controls Corp Selective duplicating machine
US2737388A (en) * 1951-05-26 1956-03-06 Gottscho Inc Adolph Feeding mechanisms for marking machines
US2795186A (en) * 1957-06-11 Value printing from coplanar type
US2840312A (en) * 1953-03-10 1958-06-24 Veeder Root Inc Recorder
US2923234A (en) * 1960-02-02 Slip printing mechanism for cash regis
US3277822A (en) * 1964-07-01 1966-10-11 Addressograph Multigraph Printing machines
US3363547A (en) * 1964-04-16 1968-01-16 Burroughs Corp Pressure roller control means in item encoders
US3402661A (en) * 1965-10-11 1968-09-24 Farrington Business Mach Control means for traveling platen roller in bed and cylinder printing machines
US3595165A (en) * 1969-11-26 1971-07-27 Dymo Industries Inc Addressing machine with toggle-link mechanism
US3965820A (en) * 1973-07-16 1976-06-29 Spradlin Erdman O Method for high density recording of source credit transaction data
US4424519A (en) 1979-05-24 1984-01-03 American Hoechst Corporation System and method for producing artwork for printed circuit boards

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DE403016C (de) * 1924-09-22 Anker Werke Ag Selbsttaetige Einstellvorrichtung fuer den Drucktisch von Freistempelmaschinen
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US2647459A (en) * 1953-08-04 Settable printing
US2795186A (en) * 1957-06-11 Value printing from coplanar type
US2923234A (en) * 1960-02-02 Slip printing mechanism for cash regis
US2673517A (en) * 1950-04-13 1954-03-30 Commercial Controls Corp Selective duplicating machine
US2737388A (en) * 1951-05-26 1956-03-06 Gottscho Inc Adolph Feeding mechanisms for marking machines
US2840312A (en) * 1953-03-10 1958-06-24 Veeder Root Inc Recorder
US3363547A (en) * 1964-04-16 1968-01-16 Burroughs Corp Pressure roller control means in item encoders
US3277822A (en) * 1964-07-01 1966-10-11 Addressograph Multigraph Printing machines
US3402661A (en) * 1965-10-11 1968-09-24 Farrington Business Mach Control means for traveling platen roller in bed and cylinder printing machines
US3595165A (en) * 1969-11-26 1971-07-27 Dymo Industries Inc Addressing machine with toggle-link mechanism
US3965820A (en) * 1973-07-16 1976-06-29 Spradlin Erdman O Method for high density recording of source credit transaction data
US4424519A (en) 1979-05-24 1984-01-03 American Hoechst Corporation System and method for producing artwork for printed circuit boards

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