US682216A - Address-printing machine. - Google Patents

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Patented Sept. l0, l90l.

R. MAXWELL.

ADDRESS PRINTING MACHINE.

[Application filed May 21, 1900.)

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No. 682,2l6. Patented Sept. l0, l90l. R. MAXWELL.

ADDRESS PRINTING MAGHHNE.

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No. 682,2l6. Paten ted Sept. :0, 190:.

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ADDRESS PRINTING MACHINE.

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ROBERT MAXWVELL, OF TOPEKA, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOSEPH F. KIRKPATRICK, OF SAME PLACE.

ADDRESS-PRINTING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 682,216, dated September 10, 1901. Application filed May 21, 1900. Serial No. 17,457. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT MAXWELL, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Topeka, in the county of Shawnee and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Address-Printing Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable oth ers to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

The objects of myinvention are, primarily, to imprint automatically upon the paper in a printing-press the proper mailing-address; second, to change the position of one paper in a series of papers presented to the addressprinter automatically and indicate thereby the destination of the remainder in said series; third, to place the type-form addresses into position as each paper is delivered to the folding-machine and simultaneously depress the paper upon the type-form, and, fourth, to utilize the type-form to obtain tension upon the conveyer.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts, such as will be first fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

I11 the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a paper-folding machine for printing-presses, showing the invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an end view in elevation of the same with portions of the supportingplate to the address-printer broken away. Fig. 3 is a detail broken view of the side of the foldingmachine toward which the paper is conveyed, showing the rollers between which the paper is folded, the folding-blade, the yielding rotary paper-conveying arms beneath the rollers, and the endless conveyer of the folded papers beneath the rotary arms. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the endless conveyor of the folded papers beneath the folding-machine, showing the position of the paper, with the mailing-address and one of said papers extended beyond the others. Fig. 5 is a detail side view of a portion of the paper-folding roller, also showing a portion of the paper-folder, the shaft operating the folder, the yoke and guide-bar for the folder, and the cam-wheel actuating the folder. Fig. 6 is a view of the paper-foldingdevices at right angles to that shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a detail View of the grooved Wheel carrying the address-printing-type conveyer, showing one of the address-carrying plates with the rodtripping lug, the adjustable paper-stop, the crank connected with the stop, and the rod connected with the crank and engaging with the lug. Fig. 8 is an end view of the grooved wheel for the address printing conveyer. Fig. 9 is a side view, partly in section, of the grooved conveyer-wheel. Fig. 10 is a detail sectional view of the spool carrying the conveyer and the address-printers, showing a portion of the conveyor and the infolded type-protector. Fig. 11 is a detail view in perspective of one of the detachable typeconveying plates, showing the means of connecting one plate with another and. the opening for the removal of the type-form. Fig. 12 is a view of one of the detachable typeconveying plates, showing the lug for indicating the change in address of the series of address-printers, also showing an alternative construction of the plate for the removal of the type-form. Fig. 13 is a transverse sectional view of two adjacent type-form-conveying plates. Fig. 14 is a detail side view of the addressprinters,showing the side-supporting plate with a part broken away, the sprocketwheel and shaft, the type form plates, and the bracket on the inner side of the plate, the lower sprocketwheel and the pivot, the inksupplying device,and the roller for the type-protecting band. Fig. 15 is a detail side View of the plate supporting the grooved wheels for the type-forms and the worm and sprocket-wheels. Fig. 16 is a detail view of a portion of the main drivingsha'ft actuating the address-printer, showing a portion of the clutch.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a paper-folding machine, which may be connected with any power-operated printingpress and in the ordinary newspaper printing-press makes the last fold in the paper. The operative parts of the folding-machine as seen in the drawings are within the frame B, the ends of which frame are comparatively narrow in width and the sides extended in length a suitable distance to support the folding devices. The frame 13 consists of the up right angle beams or standards I) b at each end, which are connected together at their upper ends by the transverse beams b Z) and by the horizontal upper angle-beams b b and the lower ends by the lower beams b 12 extending in the horizontal direct-ion of the frame. A short distance below the upper beams b b and connected with the uprights I) b are the beams b 6 and beneath the beams 19 b are the horizontal beams 19 bflwhich are also connected with the uprights b b at the same distance beneath the said beams 19 b as between the beams 11 b and the beams b b. Upon the upper sides of the beams b b at a point equidistant from the uprights b b are the separate journal-boxes 19 b which are arranged a short distance apart upon each beam and in which journal-boxes are the separate shafts 5 b Upon the ends of the shafts b b, which extend beyond the outer side of the journal-boxes, are the gears 19 12 which mesh together. are the rollers 19 between which the fold is made in the paper. Upon the outer side of the frame B is a horizontal rock-shaft O, which is journaled at c 0 upon the outer side of the ends I) b of said frame at a point a short distance above the plane of the upper side of the beam 19 Upon the inner side of the frame B is a shaft D, journaled at d d to the inner edge of the angle-beam b b a short distance below the plane of the beam 5 Upon said shaft are the pulleys d d for the endless paper-conveyers, which pulleys are arranged in pairs at equal distances from the rollers b b and the ends of the shaft. A short distance in rear of the frame B and in line with the standards I) b are the uprights b b the lower ends of which are connected with a horizontal extension of the standards b b in line with the lower beams 12 b In the standards 11 B a short distance downwardly from their upper ends is journaled a horizontal rotary shaft E. A short distance below the shaftE and journaled in the said standards b b is a rotary shaft F. Upon the shaft F are the pulleysffff, over which are extended one end of the respective bands or tapes ffff, the other ends of which bands are extended over the pulleys cl d d d on the shaft D and the ends of said bands connected together in the usual manner. Upon the rear outer side of the frame B a short distance below the plane of the upper ends of the standards I) Z) is a rotary shaft G, journaled at g g upon said standards. Upon said shaft G are pulleys g g g g, over which extend the bands 9' g g g, the other ends of which bands extend over the pulleys e e e e on shaft Eand the ends of said bands connected together in the usual manner. Upon the upper transverse beams b b at each end of frame B is journaled at h h the longitudinal shaft H for operating the Upon the shafts b 19 folding-blade. The positions of the ends of shaft H are equidistant-from the longitudinal beams b 1). Connected with the beams b b at a point equidistant from the end is aguideplate I, which extends from one plate to the other in an upwardly and outwardly curved line. In said plate I is a slot 2'. In the slot t is the vertically-movable upper end of the paperI-folding-blade support or bar K, the lower end of which bar is forked at 70 7c and extends downwardly upon both sides of the shaft H, and with the lower ends of the forked portions 7c" 7r is connected a horizontal plate 70 which extends downwardly and in the corresponding direction of the rollers 17 b Upon the rear sides of the plate k is secured by the bolts 70 k the paperfolding blade 70 which is adapted to move downwardly between said rollers 19 5 Upon the shaft H, close in position to the support= ing-bar K, is a cam-wheel L, in the face of which wheel is the cam-groove l. Upon the side of the supporting-plate K, toward the cam 17 and near the plate k is a pin M, which enters the cam-groove Z. With the inner sides of the beams b b are connected the series of horizontal flat bars m m m m, which are arranged near the respective pulleys d d d 61'. Upon each bar "In is a fixed lug or stop m which is located a short distance from the forward beam 17 so as to check the forward movement of the paper. Upon the rock-shaft C are the series of arms (2 c 0 0 which extend in the direction of and a short distance past the upper end of said lugs above the bars m m m m, and the outer ends of said arms bent downwardly at c in the direction of the said bars, so as to form an automatic stop to the paper, as hereinafter described.

N represents the main driving rotary shaft of the paper-folding machine, which is journaled at n n upon the inner side and at one end of the frame B a short distance above, and extends in a transverse direction to said beams and is driven by any suitable power. In ordinary printing-presses the shaft obtains the power direct from the engine. The power is transmitted from shaft N as follows: Upon the shaft N, near the outer side of .the standard b toward the standards 1) is a bevel-gear n. Directly above the gear at is a vertical rotary shaft 02 journaled at n n upon the standard 6, upon the lower end of which shaft is a bevel-gear n, which meshes with the bevel-gear n on the shaft N. Upon the upper end of shaft 01 is a bevel-gear n Upon the upper side of the beam 1), near the gear 02 is a short portion of a rotary shaft n, which is journaled at n to said beam atone end and the other end supported-within a journal-bearing n extending inwardly from the upper beam b Upon one end of the shaft n is a bevel-gear n, which meshes with the gear 11 in the shaft n Upon the .other end of shaft n is a bevel-gear n, which meshes with a bevel-gear "n on the shaft H.

Extending from the bevel-gear n, a short distance above and in the plane of the lower beam 5 is a rotary shaft 0, journaled at one end in the support on the beam 11 at one end and in the upright standard b at the other end of the frame B at 0'. (See Fig. 4.) Upon one end of said shaft-is a bevel-gear -0 which meshes with the bevel-gear n, and

upon the other end a bevel-gear 0.

P represents a shaft in the lower part of the frame B for transmitting power to the endless conveyer of the folded papers, which shaft is journaled at one end upon a short upright 13 on the beam upon the forward side of the frame B at a point directly below the shaft 1), carrying the paper-folding rollers 11 5 The other end of the shaft P is supported in the standard upon the other beam 5 at a point near the longitudinal shaft 0, and upon said shaft P is a bevel-gear fi, which meshes with a bevel-gear 0 on the shaft 0. (See Fig. t.) On shaft P is a roller 19. At the other end of the frame B from that having the shaft N and extending from the beams 12 b beyond said end of the frame in an upwardly-inclined direction are the supports p 13 in which is journaled the end of the roller 13 Over the rollerp is extended one end of paper-conveying belt P, of considerable width, the other end of which belt is extended over the roller 19 and the two ends connected together in the usual manner.

R represents the novel automatic addressprinter, the main support for the operative parts of which consists of an upright side bar or plate r, which is arranged within the frame B near the end of said frame having shaft N and equidistant from the standards Z) I). The upper end of the plate 1" extends upwardly to a position a short distance below the plane of the bar m, adjacent to the standards b b, and extend flatwise at right angles, as at 'r, and thence extended downwardly a short distance at a slight angle of inclination to the plate 0", as at T and is rigidly connected with a horizontal plate W, the outer end of which plate is connected by bolts with the upper edge of the rear beam 6 The lower end portion of the plate 1 is bent at an angle to the plate 7", and with said bent portion is connected a brace-bar r which forms a part of the plate 1, the upper end of which bar extends upward at an angle of inclination toward the forward beam b and is bolted at r to said beam. Through the portion 0* of the plate 1", near the plate r extends the transverse rotary shaft r", one end of which shaft extends from the side of plate r to a position a short distance beyond a vertical line extending through shaft N, and upon said end is a sprocket-wheel T The other end of shaft 9" is supported by a bracket T in the rear side of plate 7'. On the end of shaft 1 is the grooved pulley S, carrying the typeforms, which pulley is considerably larger than the sprocket-wheel r and is of the proper width to support said forms. The grooves s in the pulley S extend nearly to the outer edges of the pulley. From the outer side of the upwardly-extended portion of the plate r extends a stud-shaft t, one end of which stud-shaft extends to a position a short distance outwardly from the plate 1" beyond a vertical line extending through the shaft N, and upon said stud-shaft adjacent to the plate r is a worm-wheel T of the proper size to communicate the requisite degree of speed to the shaft 1' and to the type-form printer. Upon the outer end ofthe shaft is a sprocketwheel 25 of the same size as the sprocket-wheel r in the shaft 1. Over the sprocket-wheel 1' extends one end of a sprocket-chain r, the other end of which chain extends over the sprocket-wheel t on the pivot 25 and the two ends of the sprocket-chain connected together in the usual manner. Upon the shaft N, beneath the worm gear-wheel T, is a sleeve 72., upon which is a worm p which Worm engages with the worm-wheel T on the studshaft t. Upon the shaft N, bearing against one end of the loose sleeve n is a fixed stop or ring 92 In the end of the sleeve opposite the stop at is a portion n of a hollow sleeve or clutch, which is keyed to shaft N, and upon the inner edge of said sleeve is a projection 12 which enters a notch 71" in the adjacent edge of the sleeve. In the outer surface of the portion 77. of the clutch is a groove at, extending around the sleeve.

U is a clutch-operating lever which is pivoted at its lower end to the outer side of the lower beam at the end of the frame having shaft N and which extends a considerable distance above the plane of shaft N. Upon the inner side of the lever U, which enters the groove 02 in the portion n. of the clutch, is a pin to. Between the respective shafts P and N and adjacent to the forward side of the frame B are the supports 1: o for the spools V V, upon which the type-form conveyer is reeled or wound. The journals of the upper spool V are seated in the grooves o in the upper edges of the supports '1) r; and near the rear ends of said supports. The lower spool V, which is of the same size as the spool V, is journaled in the supports 1; o a convenient distance beneath the spool V, so as to ,permit of the winding of the typeform conveyer W, which forms the subjectmatter of a separate application filed September 25, 1900, Serial No. 31,091. The said typeform conveyer consists of a series of flat plates to to, which are narrow in width and of suitable length. Upon the forward edge of each plate to are separate outwardly-extended hooks or strips 10 which are bent in the arc of a circle, and near the rear edge of each plate are narrow slots or openings 10 10 which receive the hooks to w as seen in Figs. 12 and 13, and by means of which hooks the separate plates 20 are flexibly connected one with another. 10 designate the longitudinal type-forms, such as are commonly made in alinotype-machine, the thin strip of metal having the name of the address to whom. the newspaper is to be delivered upon its upper edge, as shown at 'w in Fig. 11. In the sides of the strip 20 are longitudinal grooves 20 at a point midway the upper and lower edges of the strip, which are of the proper width to admit the thickness of the plate to. The forms 10 are shorter than the plates w, and in order to attach the forms to the plate a slot 20 is made longitudinally in the said plate, extending to within a short distance of each end, and at one end of the plate, at the termination of the slot, is a circular opening 10 communicating therewith. In order to connect the type-form and plate, the end of the plate having the opening to is bent down ward a short distance upon a line transverse to point of communication of the slot 20 and the said opening to and one end of the typeform inserted within the slot 20 with the edges of the plate 20 in the grooves 10 and then pushed into place, after which the end of the plate admitting the type-form is bent upwardly in the plane of the said plate. In Fig. 12 are shown two type-forms in a parallel position, the one as seen in Fig. 11 being supplemented by a form, upon the upper edge of which are letters indicating the destination or post-office address of a series of names, following which post-office address a large number of addresses may be alike. In this arrangement the longitudinal slot in the flat plate to is made wider, as at w", and so as to accommodate the parallel type-forms r0 10 one having the name of the addresses in type and the other with the post-office address. In order to insert the parallel typeforms, a transverse opening 20 is made at one end of the plate to at the end of the groove e0 In the plate to, extending in the longitudinal direction of the said plate on each side of the type-form and also from the ends of the transverse opening w are the openings or slots 10 10 In order to insert the type-forms, the end of the plate w having the longitudinal openings 10%!) is bent downwardly, as indicated in dottedlines in Fig. 12, and the forms inserted in the slot 7,0 the edge of the slot entering the groove in the outer sides of each form, and thus binding the inner sides of the form close to each other in position as seen in Fig. 13. The portions of the type-forms beneath the plates to w are of the proper length to extend within the grooves s of the wheel S, said grooves being made wide enough to admit the lower ends of parallel forms and so spaced as to be equal to the distance between the separate typeforms upon which the addressnames are placed. In this manner the weight of the series of plates to keeps the type-form in position, and the type-forms with the post-office addresses will occupy the space in each groove in advance of the first-named form. Upon the plate to and at the end opposite to that having the opening w is a lug w for the purpose hereinafter described, the rear end of which is inclined. Upon the face of the type is a strip to, preferably made of felt, which is of the same width as the type-frame and extends in length as far as the series of type-forms. This felt protectoris Wound wit-h the type forms at one end upon the spool V and the other end extended over the roller 10 which is pivotally connected with the inner side of the plate r, and thence to the spool V and wound upon the said spool as the typeform is rotated. The rotation of the spool V is effected in the following manner: Upon the journal of the spool V, which extends through one of the supports 1;, is a band-pulley X, and upon the shaft 0 on the rear side of the frame B is a pulley X. Over the pulley X extends one end of a belt 00 the other end of which belt extends over the pulley X on thejournal of the spool V,and the two ends are connected together in the usual manner.

For the purpose of inking the type on the type-forms an automatic inking apparatus Z is connected with the type-form printer in the following manner: With the inner edge of the plate 1*, a short distance beneath the bracket supporting the wheel S, is connected the inkwell 2, which consists of a small box, of the proper depth, with which are a series of feeding-rollers z z z, the journals of which extend through the ends of the box 2. Above the series of rollers z is a single ink-distributing roller .2 which is in contact with one of the rollers .2, and also in the path of the face of the type on thetype-forms upon each conveyer-plate w and w, as the plates pass, in succession, said roller in the rotation of the wheel S.

For the purpose of making the imprint upon the paper a vibrating arm Y is pivotally connected at one end with the inner side of the upper beam 1), on the forward side of the frame B, at a point y, a short distance from the upright b. The other end of said arm extends beneath the shaft H, toward the rear side of frame B, to a position above the grooved wheel S and is then bent at right angles and a portion y extended downwardly to a point a short distance above the typeform upon the wheel S, and upon said end is a transverse bar y upon the under side of which is a felt pad y. The vibrating end of the arm Y is supported in position by a spring if, one end of which spring is connected with the bent portion y of the said arm and the other end connected with the under side of a bar y, which bar extends from the upper side of the upper beam 1) on the rear side of frame B. Upon the shaft H, directly above the arm Y, is a cam-wheel 77/ and upon the upper side of the arm Yis a block 1 the upper edge of which block is inclined in the direction of said bar. With the shaft 0, at a point near the standard I), is connected one end of a crank 0 which extends downwardly a short distance. With the lower end of the crank c is pivotally connected one end of a rod 0 the other end of which rod extends to a position upon the upper side of the conveyer-plate in upon the groove-wheel S, and upon the outer end of said rod is a triangular-shaped barb which lies in the path of the lug 10 on the plate w as said plate comes into position beneath the pad 1 in the arm Y in the rotation of the grooved wheel S. In order to disengage the barb 0 upon the change of position of the type-form having the lug 10 with rapidity, upon the upper end of the bracket 0" supporting the shaft 0, is a plate r which is bent at right angles, as seen in Fig. 14, and extended to a position above the grooved wheel S, the upper surface of which bent portion forms an inclined plane, as seen in Fig. 7, which is met by the barb a and rides upwardly upon said inclined plane and is then raised from its position in engagement with the lug 10 Upon the end of the main driving-shaftN is a sprocket-wheel n Directly above the apron P and journaled in the j ournal-box p in the under side of the beam l) at one end and in the bracketp in the under side of the beam 19 on the other side of beam B at the other end is a rotary shaft 19 On the shaft 19 is a sprocket-wheelp Over the sprocketwheel 19 is extended one end of a sprocketchain 19 the other end of which chain is extended over the sprocket-wheel n on the shaft N and the two ends of the chain connected together in the usual manner. Upon the shaft 19 are the curved arms 19, of the usual constructiomwhich extend downwardly to the apron or belt P, and made from suitable flexible material, so as to separate the paper upon the apron P with the least friction.

In the operation of the invention power is transmitted from the powenshaft N to the shaft 01 through the gear a n to shaft n", and thence through the bevel-gear n n to shaft H, which movement is communicated to the paper-foldin g blade k through the cam-wheel L and a Vertical reciprocating movement imparted to said plate 19 In the same movement of the rotary shaft II the cam 72/ comes into contact with the inclined upper edge of the lug 3 in the vibrating bar Y and the said bar is imparted a rapid vibration, the return movement of said bar being caused by the recoil of the spring on the bar y. In the same movement of the rotary shaft H power is communicated therefrom to the longitudinal shaft 0 through the bevel-gear it and o and thence through the bevel-gear 0 and p to the shaft P, carrying the endless belt or apron P, and thence to the shaft 19 actuating the paper-laying spring-arm 10 through the chain p The newspapers upon which the addresses are to be printed and which have received one fold are inserted one after another between the rollers e and f on the respective shafts E and F,with the folded portion toward the bands or tapes e f and the title of the paper toward the lower bands f The lever U is then operated to throw the sliding portion a of the clutch, which is keyed to said shaft by the key or spline n toward the sleeve 77. the projecting portion a entering the notch n in said sleeve 02 having the worm-gear it, and motion is communicated to the sprocket-wheels t and r through the sprocket-chain r and in the rotation of the wheel S the type-forms are drawn from the upper spool V, the end of the series of conveyers being first secured to the grooved wheel S by the insertion of the lower portion of the type-forms on one of the grooves s uppermost in position. The folded paper between the traveling tapes 6 f is carried by said tapes to the stop 0 on the arm 0 and with the outer edge portion of said paper in position above the type-form 10 and in the rotation of the shaft H the pad 2 on the arm Y strikes the upper side of the folded paper and the type-form prints the name of the addressee upon the paper. Following the downward movement of the arm Y the paper-folding blade above the paper descends and carries the paper between the rollers 13 b as seen in Fig. 3, and to a position in the path of the yielding arms 19, one of which arms carries the folded paper forward and deposits the same upon the endless belt P. When, however, one of the plates w reaches the uppermost point of the grooved wheel S, the lug 10 meets the barb c and in the forward movement of the plate 20 the draft upon the rod 0 acts upon the crank c on the crankshaft 0 to raise the series of arms 0 in an upward position, as seen in dotted lines in Fig. 7. In this position of the stop 0 the paper carried upon the tapes 6 f passes beneath the stop 0 and is checked by the lug m The imprint of the name and the postoflice address is instantly made upon the paper and the fold given to the paper carried by the blade k and the paper carried by the arm 29 on the shaft p and laid upon the traveling apron P. In this instance, however, the raising of the stop 0 permits the paper to be carried forward a short distance, and when the paper is laid upon the apron P one end is extended beyond the other papers in the series, as seen in Fig. at. In this manner the series of papers following the one whose end is extended beyond the others and also bears the name of the subscriber and the postoi'fice address will indicate that all the papers upon the apron following said paper and said extended paper and the one neXt extended are to be sent to the one post-office address. The mail-man then gathers with the papers extended all the papers on the apron P up to the neXt extended paper, folds said papers, and as the post-office address is upward in position the roll of papers are at once tied and ready for delivery to their destination. The instant the postofiice address is imprinted upon the paper the barb c on the rod meets the inclined surface of the plate r on the bracket r and instantly is raised in position and freeing the barb from the lug IIO n and another address-form takes its place, and the draft on rod 0 being released the stop 0 instantly falls, and the next paper to receive the printed address comes into contact with said stop and when deposited upon the apron P is in alinement with the other papers which follow in the series. In this manner the edition of a newspaper is completely addressed and at once distributed to the proper post-office for delivery to the subscribers or addressees. The plates w, containing the post-office address, may be introduced prior to the list or series of names under one post-office designation or subsequent, as may be preferred. Combined with a printing machine the paper-conveyingtapes and rollers e effwill be close in position to those on the printing-press, so that the paper will receive its printed matter and be transmitted to the address-printer and then folded and laid upon the endless traveling apron automatically. When the editions of anewspaper require extended formconveyingplates,(unwieldybulkwhenwound upon the spools,) a number of spools may be employed and the ends of the plates connected from the terminals of the spools. Instead of being connected with the foldingmachine the address-printer may be employed independently for the addressing of circulars, letters, and envelops and in the latter instance with the name and post-office address in each imprint. In connecting the first plate in a series of plates to wit-h the grooved wheel S the lower ends of the type-form inserted in one of the grooves s of the Wheel hold the others linked together and contract the others until the last of the plates are drawn from the wheel V. In some cases a series of blanks or plates to with the typeform removed are connected with the series of plates with the forms and these blank forms' made to extend to the spool V, and the winding of said blank plates Will be followed by the plates with the forms.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an address-printer, a rotary shaft, a grooved wheel on said shaft, separate flexible, longitudinally slotted plates, having transverse openings in said plates, and a grooved type-body adapted to be inserted within the slot in each plate extending below the plane of the under side of said plates and within the grooves in said wheel.

2. In an address-printer, a side-supporting plate having a bracket at its upper end, a transverse, rotary shaft supported by said plate and bracket, a wheel upon said shaft upon the side of said plate, having said bracket, a sprocket wheel upon the other end of said shaft, a stud-shaft upon the lower end of said plate, a sprocket-wheel upon said stud-shaft, a sprocket-chain extending over the sprocket-wheel on said stud-shaft and also over the sprocket-wheel on said rotary shaft, means upon said plate-carrying wheel and said plate for preventing loose motion, a main driving-shaft, aworm on said shaft, and a Worm-wheel stud-shaft engaging with the worm on said main shaft.

3. The combination in a paper-folding machine, with its main driving-shaft, of movable address-printing devices, separate fixed and movable stops in the path of the paper to be folded upon the folding-machine, and mechanism upon the folding-machine substantially as described, actuated by the movable address-printing devices, and moving one of said stops from the path of the paper.

4:. The combination in a paper-folding machine with its main driving-shaft, of a rotary shaft upon said machine, a wheel upon said shaft, printing devices upon said wheel, power-conveying devices upon the main driving-shaft connected with and actuating the shaft having said wheel, separate fixed and movable stops upon said folding-machine, in the path of the paper to be folded, and mechanism substantially as described upon the folding machine actuated by the movable address-printing device, and moving one of said stops from the path of the paper.

5. An address-printer comprising separate plates hinged together in series, printing devices upon said plates, a power-actuated rotary shaft, a Wheel upon said shaft supporting said series of plates, means for supplying the printing substance to the printing-plates, a compression device for obtaining the imprint, separate fixed and movable stops in the path of the material to receive the imprint, a rook-shaft, an arm upon said shaft connected with said movable stop, a crank upon said shaft, a draft-rod connected with said crank and a projection upon said rod, with which one or more of the series of printing-plates automatically engage.

6. In an address-printing machine comprising a rotary shaft and a bracket supporting one end of said shaft, a rotary wheel upon said shaft, a series of printing-plates sup ported by said wheel,separate fixed and movable stops in the path of the material to receive the imprint, a compressing device for obtaining the imprint, a rock-shaft upon said machine, an arm upon said shaft connected with said movable stop, a crank upon said shaft, a rod connected at'one end with said crank, a lug upon one or more of said printing-plates and a barb upon the other end of said rod and an inclined plane upon the bracket supporting the rotary shaft and in the path of said barb.

7. The combination in a paper-folding machine with the main driving-shaft, of paperfolding devices, a separate longitudinal rotary shaft actuating said paper-folding devices, snitable power connections connecting the latter shaft with the main shaft, separate printing-plates hinged together in series, a

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rotary Wheel supporting said series of plates, shaft actuating the paper folding devices a vibrating arm pivotally connected with adapted to come into contact with the said the said machine at one end and having a Vibrating arm, substantially as described.

pad at the other end adapted to compress the ROBERT MAXWELL. 5 paper to receive the imprint upon the print- \Vitnesses:

ing-piate, a spring supporting the vibrating J. F. KIRKPATRICK,

0nd of said arm and a cam upon the rotary R. L. THOMeS.

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