US1085394A - Addressing-machine. - Google Patents

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H. M. WHITMAN & L. A. MARTIN. ADDRESSING MACHINE.

7 APPLICATION FILED NOV. 23, 1912. 1 '()85 394 Patented Jan; 27,1914.

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w ADDRESSING MACHINE. 'APPL IGATION FILED NOV. 23,1912.

H. M. W11

83 Eur.

TEfiSll-ATES gg-Amw fi'exiibiaueonnectiofi. 21 which passesimef county of Emma; State offPennsylva-nia, supported. upon suimkia i have invented a new and useful Address ary shaft '2" is su'ppm-ted hymhe "55; ing-Tx Ia chin, of which the following is a has a treadle Kaflapifidto swiizg spec ifica tien," ch is held I 22 1 :This invention relates to 'machiims f'or 3' w addressing newspaper Wrappers, envelt ps, and the'lik, 'and ime ofitfohjects is t9 pr0- wide amac 'hine jmade up- 01 few paris which f is s-trongfand- (lurabk and by means; h which newspap zrs' QI' circulars 17,

5 rapidly and easily addressed t quiring th e'eniployment of skiilad A'paFticuIar object of the in provide improved means for o: linoty'p-s' from '2 ho lding m m ley to 'a, Working point and. if: ne

' same into a recei'vinggaliey anew 'i ,dr'esshas been iinprintedupon the paper fihe likeg-and to p ovide, in cezijumixien Wi such feeding means, meansfor ad: the

With/the'foregoing otherfi is View which willYappear asfih i :tian 1 n; 111 proceeds, the iiwgntion :rsi i 1 20m flag and -a Key 2 2 binaaiqn and arrangement of in nice wewiil-fiesi nate the; the details"ofyoiristiuctisn de f2 w of 235 Shribe and. slaimwi, h s 003. is a square $310221 thegamcise & A I firm? engags 3'? maid}; a herein digclosed n'e'mafie aim if the giiley am 'push-iihe if what-is clainmd, with ."03 the from of the table imam I mm the spizi'of the invz zn- @sfiion-inimni; 0f slide-14iand beiween 90L $1 6 I 7 1 aid slid anfi-a-receivi-ng galley 1551b In time accompanying 41 point a Baez )ix'lis adapted to :i?m-m @312 f e rugv's' aper placed over the slug m 0 A 0; 0f afimldi ng-spri'ng l7 se-- I v 1'13. O y 1 from awed on thi'epcf the Slide-14, 215 willl beas eie iatiqn of the ms 2 is a bot made: Thwsiugs ftype Within ,t'h" m l i j. c ""are moved progressively I and ifiustmfir' 1 if Qf mfivement ofithe fesding.1 ments of H18 Q 0 be nmj-ecied inm'pb sitisn in 31 51 03115 sf-thepushe meadll on the said slidefl'flfi by'a, foliowrlk? which is vsli'dabl ygmgunted on-a guide-rod 198%8Hi6d on the base plat A fie y 5nd: th jacent; parallel/with and aiijaz ent t0 tl1e" si'(1e0f"the SifiUflR-Pfi iffi siiwfl'mg the feedinglga-Hey am is held against" the back met-he? pfifihmfini Fig 'ehci..,af t11eb0dy'0f type and drawn toward 1015', is .TiW-"SQ the frmvbpir ep'en 921 3 01 thegalleyiby a .itrip and; fhe 'res weighfi QGwuspended by a cable fifibth'l pulleys 22 and 23 on the'table and has its upper end secured to the follower. The front pulley .23 'is arra ed adjacent the front end of the galley set at. asthe weight 20 descends the pull exerted'thereby on the follower will betoward the open end ofthe galley and consequently the type will be moved over the bottom of the alley toward the open end of the same a'n will be successively placed in position to be eng'aged by the pusher head 11'. In order to accommodate slugs of different thicknesses, thefeeding slide is provided'with a forwardly projectin finger or stop 24 at the inner end of which s provided a-lateral arm 25 adapted to slide tra'nsversely'upon the feeding slide 9 and. thereby be moved toward and from a rib 26 upstanding from the edge of thepusher head 11. The finger-24 projects beyond the end or shoulder 13, and it will be understood, of course, that if the finger is directly against the rib 26 the space between the side of the finger and the end of the feeding galley. will be just equal to the thickness of the said rib and this rib is er ual in thickness-to one line of type so that when the partsare in the position shown in Fig. 4, a single line of type will be carried across the table into position to be struck by the hammer 16. \Vhen the slide is in its rearniost position the shoulder 13 will be back of the side of the feeding galley so that the-follower may push the type in the said galley toward the front or open end of the galley a distance equal to the space between the end of the galley and the side of the finger 24 so that'if the said finger be moved from the rib 26 more than one line of type may be fed against the said finger'into position' to be actuated by the shoulder 13 or end of the pusher head. It will thus be seen that by adjusting the fin er 24 toward or from the rib 26, slugs. 0 different widths and carrying one or more lines of type according to the length of the address to be printed may be readily utilized in our machine. In order to' adjust the slide 25' with its finger 24 as ma be necessary to accommodate slugs of di crent widths, we employ a hand lever 27 which is fulcrumed at' 28 on the upper side of the feeding slide 1minediatelyadjacent the arm or slide 25 and is provided at its front end with a fingeror point 29 extending between-two pins orlugs 30 rising from t e up .er side of the said arm 25. side or the other the finger 29 will act against one of the pins 30 so as to move the arm 25 transversely of the feeding slide and thereby'adjustthe finger24 to the desired positionandthe' parts maybe held in the adusted position by means of the in or looking pawl 31 carried by the ban lever near the rear end of the same and engaging notches 32in a segmental holding bar or same, the said rib table upon which type is sup As this hand ever is swungrto one.

plate 33 at the rear end of the feeding slide 9, as clearly shown.

The lateral arm 25 is held to the feeding slide by means of a rib. 34 and a lug or plate 35 which is secured upon the u per side of the slide at the front end 0 the 34 and the lug or plate 35 being downwardly beveled on their opposed edges, and the arm 25 havin bow eled sides, as indicated at .36, wheregv the said arm will be fitted to the rib and the permit the arm to easily slide laterally but will. prevent all rising movement of same. The plate 35 is secured'to the slide 9 byscrews or similar fastenings 37' whereby the parts may be readily assembled and accurate fitting of the same may be attained.

The galleysare held firmly upon the table by being fitted between ribs 38 I and any convenient construction may to lock the galleys to the said" ribs whi e t ey are in use, the forward or receiving galley being placed against a slight shoulder 39 on the table so that the bottom of the said galley will lie flush with that portion of the rted while a so that after newspa er is bemgaddress rinted type may be the ad ress has been pushed readily into t e galley, as will be understood. In order to prevent the type fallingv after it hasbeen pushed into the receivinggalley or during its movement into the said galley,ua 5 ring holding finger 40 is secured on the ta 1e. at the front side of the same; and projects over-the table in position tobearagainst the end of the slug while it is being pushed into the receiving galley and to engage behind the type after it has entered the galley. r

The slide 14 moves within suitable guides upon the table'and depends through a slot 41 therein and is provided on its under side with a depending lug or projection 42, said lug being connected by a link 43, with a coiled spring-44 connected, as at 45, to the bottom of the table 1, this pull constantly on the lug 42. A bellcranlc lever 46 isfulcrumed on the under side of the table and has one arm adapted to bear against the outer edge of the lug 42 and its other arm connected by a link 47 :with the under side of the slidefi, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. \Vhen the-t-readl'e 3 is manipulated, to move the'slide 6 toward the front side 'of the table and thereby feed type into position in front .of the slide 14 t e hell crank lever 46 is actuated through the link 47 so as to swing the forwardly'cxtending arm of the lever away from the lug 42, as

shown by one set of .dotted lines in Fig. 2. On the reverse movement of the treadle, the angle lever will be.

swung in'the opposite the said forwardly direction so as to carry the lug 42 sothat projecting arm against the spring serving to plate by a dove-tailed formation which will be em lo ed .ilezi of rest." In Fig; :2, )Vellfii'fi indicateii ing the intermediate fuici'um of the m ezdapaeci fie impinge ferwayci mmementf th.?) trip.

made (m the paper 1t,

stood, and in oi dei' to p fie v'n'izi113 my to the type the under side eirworkm'g f ff the 2- een-timied ziicwe i en'f, if the tree-die viii Hymn-men is gareyided with afcashier;- 65 of V bear-against ihe ea d *1 ihe slide 103""U 1e and tii-ere qyqarry iez tiie rubber or othereuinabie maieriak buelaeidress' his "Elie vibrating Amok-6"; is pivotaiiyjseciired gaii igs to me le we slide 5 iorwa 'dthe 1d 1mg 44;; Wlii drew; upon the 42 and zrdisequently return-the siide if; to its p0sim -i iby .a,spmig 66 sailed ar'e'umi fi ileli ivflil' of: the hoe 1111i; eee ired toth'e' sameand, bearing against i he side 01 iihe hook-l In 0rder,t0 prevent file-i100 being thi ewn yond the posit-i611 Where it -W,ii1 engi ge the he movementof the-parts by dotted lines the iightefdoitediines, showing the posiopei-iition 0f the nmchi1ie, a Step ii? -i fi e-1.1. ttim pants whent-he slide 1s mats -cured *upen the and .projeets. upward in its rearward v'vhile the heavier dotted parts when the said siideis posiiion, the full lines showposition when the slide 11} is at rest, and the slide 6 is stili' lQvillg therefrom, into position is be engaged by the side of the. hook, as will be zweziiiiiy under stood 011' reife 13136 to the drawings Upon reference to 6 it will be observed that i the trip poz tieri preiias an upetanding' rearward! k v sentiiig a horizontiiishoulder 68 with a Thehammer 16 i5 opemied from the feet Vertical she-alder 69 extending" ricwiif to 1'1 ing slide 9 in f he mariner and by ihecimnism herizmiml iegigg -;7i1ei1.-the hammei' is which We will new scribe I in its raised 1 Zion the lug fiierfi-un rests The hammer is secured to and carried by 1 pan. the snou {Gr 68 of theiti-p jziet in rem-1 the :i'ree from ndei iii-forwardly extenciing (if the ve 'ticai shoulder thereofiso' that {HUM 7L ai'imig. iever wiiicii is filial; 1 it '21 iii in {his raised pemiozi by the upon a 'ijiraciiefi. rising from aha tab trip; {in he .YjzllWl'rii new, 1 The rear arm 53 oif ihe angle lever pioj 9 feeding 'siide the shoulder 71 0 upward frein she; fuiciiiim of the same and" 13% engagesthe rearward pin. G2 01: i fiiliBS at its upper end 2:. stud 5% Whiei; 9111 1consequentiy pui'is upon the ip 13 gays in a slmg'f ii at the upper end 0f a link 56 which has it's'iower end pivoted to the side of the feeding slide ilt iile' year end (if the same. A spring- 57' is'eoiied arcumi the fie lever. til--53- s0 as to ie said level; Wiii Uni of. :3: arm

to white the same ageiiiss the tensi'eii a. spring 61 and ii" pm'tion 015 the, wiie supgn the iiewii'w i'd through 1e ac ticq of the spring 1 .L 123' own weight. as will be reatliiy;

iced; the iug 58 zi-seuinmg-a PQSILIOZI said; in the opemti;

presenily stat wing 58 wine afigap if qaga-inst the erticai simiiide r 59 pivoieiiy mgunted v tyip will be ham 1;; it 141 tie-nary "pest 60 r'1smg izrom v against. iihi .eun grelled by 2:: mi .l p st Wlth its ends attached 1% v u. same-and to the trip respee base of the post. is provided of C-p'PQiDgS or sciieiis 62 iiii if the spring 61 may be he the tfiIlSiOQOf the spring, as will. stood, and from the under-side (I depend pins *ihe fo'rxvenfi zigmiiea zipln item the bese, 01" the east sees in )in G2 is aim ite fifie be en aged bvja m 15 i ingbook 64, Carmen by m 1 ing- 0 p d 'aggmg W111 v1- oi; the] EQikl ard inevemei'ztei so ti'iatiiie trip 'Wiii. be remied 21g tension oijthe-spring 31 21.11.}

from under the 11:59; an upon thefiian'im-ei? will be against'the'n Qf'P fiCQd n c zi'i mugi'i' the ,jElL ii 1 ef iaii iinpfi i o the he cause n impress feeding slide will be communicated to the angle lever 5153 so as to vibrate the same against the tension of the spring 57 and raise the hammer. The spring til will then be freeto act and will rotate the trip 59 so as to bring the shoulder 68 under the lug and consequently support the hammer in its raised position until it is aain released through'the operation of theceding slide and the hook 64, as previously described. The forward movement or rotation of the trip will be limited by the front pin62 impinging against the stop pin so as to hold the stop inproper position to support the hammer.

In order to properly limit the movement of the slide14, so that on its reverse travel posit ion it will not carry its front end beyond the in which it will properly support the type for use in addressing the paper, we employ stops '73 and 74 the stop 73 consisting of a set screw mounted in a lug 75 on the slide and adapted to bear against the stop 74 which is mounted in the table, as will be readily understood. By adjusting the set screw 73 so that itwill properly come into contact with stop .74, at the rearward move-v ment of the slide, the said caused to come to rest at such a its front end will lie in the front side of a guide 76 onthe table. As the feeding slide moves. forward over the table the type engaged by 'tlie'front end or slide will be point that shoulder 13 of the pusher head and the side 'derstood.

of the finger 24 will be moved bodily over the table along the side of the guide 76 and be supported between the end of the slide 1 4 and the side of the finger 24.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, itwill be seen that we have provided a very compactly arranged .machine by means of which newspapers or othermail matter maybe readily an lressed and in which the parts are of simple construction not liable to get out of orderand will be durable and eflicient. The operator. will sit in front of the machine with his foot upon the operating treadle and place the paper orcircular under the spring 17 carried by the slide 14 and will operate the machine by swinging the trea(lle back and forth. as will be understood. As each paper is addressed it. will be withdra\.\'n and another paper substituted and the treadlevibrated so as to operate the parts in the manner herein described, as will be readily ll ll, The addresses will be arranged within the feeding galley and the follower end of the body of addresses so that the weight connected with the follower will draw the same continuously forward as-a slugor address is removed from the feeding galley to the receiving gulley until all thc lslugs in the feeding galley so that they are the same plane with.

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; operating the trip to The empty galley may be removed and a filled galley substituted therefor in a very short period of time. The machine will preferably be manipulated so that sin is line addresses will be-placerl in one gal ey and double line addresses in another while three-line addresses may be placed in a third galley inasmuch tlllS arrangement will obviate any necessity of adjustment of the feeding slide during the operation of the machine, but it will, of course, be within the rivilege of the opera-tor to arrange thead resses' promiscuously and a'd'ust the feeding slide to thewidth of the ad resses as they are severally presented to the slide but this latter arrangement will obviously reduce the s eed at which the machine may be operate A guide rod 7 7' may be extended longitudinally on the table and between the ribs'38 .and the slide 14, this rod serving as a guide for an inking roller whnh is adaptedto be moved by hand over the slugs in the feeding galley. 'What isclaimed is 1., The combination ofa feeding pulley, a slide adapted to engage type at tl'. 1nd of the said galley and move the same trans- .versely ofthe galley to -a posit ..ii of rust.

a hammer adapted to deliver a the w upon said type while in said posit slide adapted to move the type away, from the said position of rest, and means rou- .trolled by said first mentioned slide to opal aie'the hammer and the slidelvyhhirh the type is removed from its posit n of rest.

2. The combination of a feeding gailcv. slide movable across the end of the galley and provided at its end adjacent the alley with an upstanding rib, a lingrr proecting from the end of the said nan-mm having a lateral arm at its inner end sl dably mounted on the upper side of the vslide whereby the finger may be moved to'uard and from the said rib, pins rising from the said arm, and a lever fulcrnmcd upon the slide adjacent the said arm'and provided with a fingerengagingbetweenthesaid pins.

3. The combination of a hammer, a'trlp normally supporting the said hammer in a raised position, a type feeding slide :nlu pied to feed type to a position under the hammer, and means actuated by the said slide to operate the trip and relea e the llitllllliLl and to return the hammer to its Hits-fill posh tion.

The combination of auliaunner, a trip normally supporting the hannncr in its raisedpcsition, a type feeding slide adapted to feed type to a position under the hammer, and means actuated by the slide for successively o 'icrating the trip to release the hammer. for again raising the hammer. and for again engage the hammer in its raised position.-

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fuelling slides at right to earn other. operating mechanism eonne -ted to one of the arid slides. an angle lever connected with the said slide, a lag depending from the other slide and hearing against the said angle lever. and a spring secured to the table and aeting on the said lug in opposition to the angle lever.

6. The mmhination of a pair or slide; mounted ing in intersecting paths,

eonneeted to one of angle lever falerumed on the table and conneeted with the said last. mentioned slide, :1 lug depending from the other slide and bearagainst' the said angle lever, and a spring secured to the table and to thelng for holdingthe lug yieldingly against the lever.

7. The combination of a type fe ding slide, a hammer disposed at one side of the slide, a trip normally supporting-the hammer in a position of rest, a hook carried by :5 the slide and adapted to engage the trip to release the hammer, anda connection between the slide and the hammer to return the me to its position of rest.

8. The combination of a type feeding to slide, a rotary trip arranged at one side of the slide and having depending pins, a hook and adapted to engage a'supporting table, thereon and moroperating mechathe said slides, an

'urried by the slide one of the said pins to rotatev the trip, a spring (foiled around the'said trip and se- 5 cured thereto to rotate the some in a direction opposite to the rotation imparted there to by the slide, a stop arranged to limit the movement of the trip under the influence of the spring, a hammer having a lug normally 0 resting on the said trip and adapted'to clear the same' when the slide actuates the trip, and a connection between the slide and the hammer to raise the hammer.

9. The combination of a type feeding- 5 slide, a rotary trip arranged at the sideof the slide and having an lmstandin'g portion and provided with depending pins in adfinger, 'flCl]USill1g said linger upon the sllde and to-' vanee of the said upstanding portion, -a

aeting on the said trip to throw the npstanding portion forward, astop adapted to he engaged by one of the depend ing pins to limit the forward movementof the said upstanding portion of the trip, a hook carried by the slide and adapted to engage the other .depending pin, an angle lever having forwardly projecting and upstanding arms and parrvinga hammer on its forwardly projecting arm and provided with :1 lug on said arm adapted to normally rest on the upstanding portion of the trip, and a link pivoted to the-slide and provided at its upper end with a longitudinal slot engaginga stud on the upstanding arm of the angle lever. I 10. The combination with a feeding galof a slide movable across the end of the galley and constituting means for engaging a type and shit'ting it laterally from the end of the galley, a stop finger carried by the slide and constituting means. for limiting a type in its movement from the galley and into the path of the slide, means for automatically projecting atype from the galley and into the path of the slide and against the and means carried by the slide for ward or from the galley. j

11. The combination with a feeding gal l.ey, 'ot' a slide movable across the end of the galley, a finger projecting from the end of said slide and having alateral arm at its inner ,end slidably mou'ntec whereby the fin'ger may be moved toward and from the galley, and a lever fulerumed on the slide and shiftable to move the arm and finger relative to the slide and toward or from the galley. v

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we have hereto affixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

HARE Y M. WHITMAN. LElYlZS .A. lllAllTlN. Witnesses E. JI CLEVELAND,

Ka'rllnrzs Locolnux.

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