US1208860A - Printing and addressing machine. - Google Patents

Description

R. G. THOMAS.

PRINTJNG AND ADDRESSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV- 22, I910.

Patented Dec. 19,1916.

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PRINTING AND ADDRESSING MACHINE.

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RICHARD G. THOMAS, 0F CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE AUTOMATIC ADDRESSING MACHINE COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

PRINTING AND ADDRESSING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 19, 1916.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD G. THoMAs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Printing and Addressing Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to printing machines, and particularly to printing and addressing machines of the type which prints the same subject matter on one side of each of a number of cards or other blanks and at the same time prints different addresses on the opposite sides.

The object of the invention is to provide a printing and addressing machine which is more efiicient and satisfactory in operation than those which have been constructed heretofore; which is simple in construction and contains no parts which are liable to get out of order and which prints and addresses blanks very effectively and with great rapidity. These and other objects are attained by my invention which may be briefly summarized as consisting in certain novel details of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts which will be described in the specification and set forth in the appended claims.

In the accompanying sheets of drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the operating mechanism of a printing and addressing machine constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the same; Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional View substantially along the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows; Fig. 4: is a partial longitudinal sectional view substantially along the line 4-4 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction indicated by the arrow; Fig. 5 is an enlarged partial sectional view substantially along the line 5-5 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction indicated by the arrow; Fig. 6 is-a-n enlarged partial sectional view substantially along the line 6-6 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction indicated by the arrow; Fig. 7 is a partial sectional View substantially along the line 77 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction indicated by the arrow; and Fig. 8 is a partial sectional View substantially along the line 88 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction indicated by the arrow.

Before describing in detail my improved printing and addressing machine, this brief preliminary description may be given to facilitate the understanding of the construction and operation. The cards or blanks to be printed are placed in a suitable receptacle provided on the machine, and these cards are fed automatically and successively from the bottom of the pile forwardly to a platen which is arranged between a main printing device or reciprocating type carrying member which is designed to print the subject matter on the top face of each card, and a suitable plunger which is arranged below the platen and is adapted at each stroke to engage and raise an address plate or slug so as to print the address on the lowerside of the card,thetwo printing operations on opposite sides of the card taking place preferably simultaneously. The address plates or slugs are fed from a suitable hopper, which may be filled from time to time, in substantially the same manner that the cards are fed forwardly to the platen. At each operation of the machine, the lowermost slug in the hopper is fed laterally and when directly below the platen and above the slug moving plunger, it will be engaged by the latter and lifted upwardly so as to print the address carried thereby on the lower face of a card. After the printing operation, this slug will be moved beyond the plunger and a new slug presented above the same, and at the same time the printed card is automatically moved from the platen, preferably into a suitable receptacle and a new card is moved into position to be printed.

Referring now to. the figures of the drawing, 10 represents a suitable base or bed plate which may be supported on a table or cabinet. Supported insuitable bearings 11 on the lower side of the bed plate is a shaft 12 which drives all the operating mechanism of the machine. This shaft which may be driven by a foot pedal, hand crank, or motor is provided with a sprocket wheel 13 normally loose thereon, but which may be clutched to the shaft by a clutch member 1A adapted to be shifted by a yoke 15 and a forwardly projecting rod 16 having at its forward end a hand wheel or grip 17 As shown in Fig. 2, this shaft 12 is located slightly to the rear of the center line of the bed plate. 011 the upper face of the bed plate are two parallel side plates 18 which support a number of the operating parts and located between these side plates is a rectangularly shaped receptacle 19 adapted to receive the cards or blanks to be printed.

.his receptacle will be of aheight such that it will at one time accommodate a large number of blanks. In Fig. 5, a number of these blanks are shown at 20., The blanks-are automatically fed forwardly from the bot tom of the pile orfrom the lower part of the hopper onto a platen shown at 21 (tob e re-' ferred to presently), by means of a pair of reciprocating fingers 22, which extend up wardly above the. base substantially the thickness of a blank, and are adapted to be shifted back and forth in two parallel slots in the base, these slots extending transversely across the bottom of the receptacle and a suitable distanceto the rear of the latter, as shown in Fig. 2. These fingers 22 are carried by a reciprocating feeding plate p and forth through a suitable slot 29 in the base and having a lower bifurcated end which engages a pin 30 carried by tne plate 2t. This shaft 28 has fixed thereto one or more cranks 31 each connected by an arm 32 which extends diagonally downwardly and forwardly through a slot 33 in the base and at its lower end is provided with a strap which engages an eccentric 3i mounted on the shaft 12. The movement of this eccentric rocks the arm 32 in a manner such as to turn the shaft 28 and swing the arm 27 back and forth so as to reciprocate the feeding plate 24. r i

As before stated, the cards are fed forwardly ontoa platen 21. This platen which is arranged just in front of the card receptacle 19 and is preferably formed of rubber, is provided with an elongated opening 35 through which the type of the addressing slugs are adapted to be projected, as will be explained presently, and the base plate has a suitable elongated opening 36 below the opening 35 in the platen so as to permit the type on the address slugs to be raised into engagement with the lower faces of the blanks.

Arranged directly above the platen 21 is a vertically' reciprocating member 37 or fmaiu arintin device which carries the t 3e form for printing the subject matter on the top face of each blank. This member 37 is in the form of a yoke having upright arms 38 engaging vertical guide slots in arms 39 lower facethe type for printing the subject matter. It is immaterial to the main features of the present invention whether the type carried by themember 37 are inked by an inking pador roll, or whether a ribbon is employed. In this case, the printing is'accom' plished by means of a ribbon 4:3,car'ried by rolls 44: supported by and niovablewi'th the type carrier 37. This type carrying member 37 is adapted to be raised andlow ered or reciprocated by a pairof levers 'eachof which is connected at its forward endto the member by a pin or screw 4:6, and at its reare'ndengages a normally fixed rode? lexte'nding between the side plates 18. 'llh'e's'e levers are recip 'ocated by vertically movable arms alts pivotally connected at their upper ends to the levers 5'between the conneetionsof the levers with the type carrying member 37 and the rod L7, and, at their lowerends said arms are provided with cross heads as which are adapted to slide in guides 50 and which are provided with lieai"t shaped cam openings 51, the inner surface o-f each of which is engaged by a roller 52 carried by an arm 53 whichis fixed to and rotates with the shaft 12.; The action of the revolving rollers 52 onthe cam surfaces 51 draws the arms L8 and levers l5 downward. The lever arms l5 are moved upward at the same rate of speed that they moved downward by coil springs 54: which surround the arms 48-and are 10- cated between the levers and the base 10, these springs serving to maintain the roller and cam surface in engagement after the completion of the downward movement of the levers 45 Fixed to one end of the rod 4:7, at the outer side "of one of the side plates 1j8, is a disk or hand wheel 05 by which the rod ll may be turned by hand. The rod 47 may be locked inanyposition by means of a lock nut 56 screwed onto the end of the rod 47.

The address slugs or plates shown at 57 and previously referred to are preferably separate and'mdependent members each consisting of a metal plate 58 and addressing type 5.8. Eachof the plates has along its side edges downwardly and inwardly bent portions forming feet 58 adapted. to slide along a guideway, to bereferred to presently, and each may have an index tab 58, and may also have on its upper face suitable tabs 58 adapted to hold a card 58 on which may be printed or written the name and address to be .printed by the type carried by the slug. These slugs are adapted to be supplied to and to be fed automatically from the hopper 59, which in Fig. 6 contains a number of slugs 57. When the machine is in operation, the hopper 59 is in upright position, but in order that it may be tipped backward to facilitate the refilling of the hopper, the latter has near its lower end rearwardly extending arms 59 which are pivotally connected to upwardly projecting ears 60 on the base. To fill the hopper a suitable tray or drawer of slugs will be placed adjacent the upright hopper and then when the latter is tipped backwardly a suitable distance, the slugs will be transferred from the tray or drawer into the hopper, and then the hopper may be again placed in an upright position so that the slugs may be fed therefrom oneat a time from the bottom of the pile. The lower end of the hopper when in upright position, extends into a depending recessed portion 61 in the front portion of the base, this recessed-portion 61 having a slot extending toward the left, as shown most clearly in Fig. 2, at right angles to the side plates 18. It may be here noted that this depressed or recessed portion 61 is in line with the platen and the slot therein forms a part of a guideway along which the slugs are adapted to be moved,the slugs when fed from the hopper being in a position suchthat the type 58 carried thereby are directly in line and below the opening in the platen 21.

Before describing the mechanism for feeding the slugs from the hopper to the point where the printing is accomplished, it may be well to first describe the mechanism for raising the slugs one at a time, as they are fed forward, so as to print the addresses.

Arranged directly below the platen 21 is a plunger 62 which raises the different address slugs upwardly one at a time, as the latter are fed onto the top of the same, so as to project the type of the slugs through the opening in the platen and print the different addresses onto the lower faces of the blanks. This plunger 62 is guided for vertical move ment toward and away from the platen by a pair of L-shaped brackets 63 and 64L each having vertical legs provided on their adj acent or inner faces with grooves which are engaged by vertical ribs on opposite sides of the plunger, and these brackets are also provided with horizontal legs which engage and are secured to the lower face of the bed plate 10 by screws 65. The horizontal portions of the brackets are in a line with each other and are provided with longitudinal recesses which are in a line with the guide slot in the recessed portion 61 of the base and form a continuation thereof, so that the slugs may slide from the bottom of the hopper through the groove or slot in the base, thence into the slot of the bracket 63, thence onto the plunger, and after having been moved upward by the plunger and then lowered, into the horizontal slot of the bracket 6 L from which the slugs may drop into a suitable receptacle. The plunger is given the necessary reciprocating movement, which movement is not very great, by means of a lever 66 which is pivotally supported intermediate its ends on a rod or pin 67 supported in a pair of ears or lugs 68, (see Figs. 1, 2 and 5) extending downwardly from the base under the forward portion of the card receptacle 19. The reciprocating feeding plate 24: is notched, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, so that the downwardly projecting lugs 68 will not interfere with the movement of the same. This lever 66 is bifurcated or forked at its forward end, and the ends of the bifurcated portion are connected to the slug moving plunger 62, by means of pins 69 which extend through elongated slots in the vertical portions of the brackets 63 and 6f, as shown clearly in Fig. 3. The portion of the lever 66 at the rear of the supporting rod 67 extends downwardly and thence rearwardly below the operating shaft 12, and this rearwardly extending portion is adapted to be engaged by the nose or point of a cam 70 which is mounted on the shaft 12, as shown by dotted lines in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. The engagement of the cam 70 with the rear end of the lever 66 depresses said rear end and causes the plunger to be moved upwardly so that the type carried by a slug is extended through the slot 36 in the base and the slot in the platen 21, causing said type to engage and print an address on the lower face of a card supported on the platen. The plunger 62 may be moved downwardly by gravity or by the action of a spring.

I have provided means for adjusting the pressure of slug or address type on the card, and this adjustment is similar to the adjustment for the pressure of the type carried by the type carrying member 87. The rod 67 which, as shown in Fig. 2, extends to the left of the ears 68, substantially to the left hand side of the bed plate, is provided between the ears 68 with an eccentric portion 72 shown mostclearly in Fig. 3, which eccentric portion extends into an elongated slot 73 of the lever 66. In order to turn the rod 67 so as to adjust the pivotal center of the lever 66 I have provided at the left hand side of the base plate a vertical adjusting pin 74 which at its lower end is connected to a rearwardly extending finger 75 on the outer end of the rod 67. This pin 7a is threaded at its upper end and is engaged by an adjusting nut 76 arranged at 7 bed plate.

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The cams for operating the levers which actuate the type carrying members are so timed that the upper type carrying member is lowered so as to print on the upper face of the card and the lower plunger is raised -so as to print the address on the lower side of the card at the same time. Although the simultaneous printing is not absolutely necessary, it is preferable.

The slug feeding mechanism will now be explained.

When the slugs are placed in the hopper 59, and the latter is in upright position, the lowermost slug rests on the bottom of the slot, or guideway in the portion 61 of the These slugs are fed successively from the bottom of the pile and move laterally along the slot or guideway in the bed plate and in the brackets 63 and (ii. to and beyond the plunger 62 by means of a laterally moving spring finger 77, which is adapt ed to engage at substantially the middle of the .upper end edge of the plate 58 of the slug.

This finger 77 issecured to the end of a member 78 which is adapted to be reciprocated in an elongated slot 7 9 in the bottom of the laterally extending slot in the portion Glof the base, and this member 78 is reciprocated by a horizontally moving lever 80 which is connected to the member 78 near its forward end, is pivotally supported at its rear end on the lower side of the base by means of a pin 81, and is provided between its ends with a roller 82 which engages'the face of a cam 83 supported onthe shaft 12. lVhen the cam 83 is rotated, it shifts the forward end of the lever 80 to the left-as viewed in Figs. 1 and 2, so as to feed the slugs along the guideway, and although if desired, the cam 83 may be constructed so as to shift the lever in both directions, I have in this case provided a spring 8 1 which moves the forward end of the lever to its right hand position.

I have provided for the cam 83 a driving connection between the latter and the shaft 12, of a. nature such that this cam may be driven at two different speeds so that the rate of feed of the address slugs can be 88 which are carried by a bracket 89 secured to the lower face of the base 10. A key 90,carried by a pin 91, extendingloosely into the end of the shaft 12, is adapted to in the shaft 12.

slide'through and project beyond a slot 92 86 is provided with a slot or notch 93jand the hub of the gear is provided with a slot or notch 94, either of which'notches is adapted to receive the key 90. Between the two notches 93 and .94; is an; intervening space '95, and when the pin 1 is so adjusted that the key 90 extendsinto this space 95, the cam 83 and consequentlythe slug feeding mechanism are idle. however, the pin 91 is shifted inwardly so that the key 90' is in the'notch 93 of the gear Also the hub. of the gear V 86, then the gear 86 is driven directly by V the shaft 12, and the gear 85 and the cam 88'are driven at a reduced s eed b the ear 86 and the idler gearing 87 and 88; These gears are preferably so proportioned that when the key. is in its outer position so as to cause the gear 85 to be driven directly slugs are fed at the slow speed, one slug will be fed to a position above the. plunger and below the platen and will remain in that position during two strokes of the upper member 37.' To print the different ad' dresses twice on the different blanks, the machine may be used as .an addressograph lone, in which case a dummy plate may be placed in the bottom of the member37, and when a blank is placed manually on the. platen at the first stroke of the members 37 and 62, an address will be printed on one a from the shaft 12, an address slug willbe part of the blank,'and then if the card is shifted or reversed side for side, the same address will at the next stroke of the members 37 and 62 be again printed on the card. If the key is, left in the space between the notches 93 and 94, the addressing part .of the machine will be idle, andthe machine may then be used as an ordinary printing machine.

The speed changing pin 91 which carries the key 90Vmay be adjusted aiiially of the shaft 12 by means of a pin 96 extending vertically through the bed plate and pro vi ded at its upper end with a button or knob 97 which may be turned byhand, and at its" lower end with a crank pin 98 which engages in'a groove 99. in the outer end of the pin 91.

In the use of the. machine above described, a large number of cards will be placed in the card receptacle 19, and the hopper 59 will be filled with address slugs, this latter being accomplished, as before stated, by placing a tray or drawer against the open face of the hopper, then tilting the hopper and tray backwardly so that the slugs may slide from the tray or drawer into the hopper, and then again restoring the hopper to its upright position so that the lowermost address slug rests in the bottom of the slot of the bed plate, in position to be engaged by the feeding finger. The machine may be then thrown into'operation by the clutch 14 when the printing and addressing'operations take place. I

The cards are fed forwardly onto the platen in succession, the lowermost card of the pile being fed in each instance, and simultaneously with the forward movement of each card, an address slug is moved over the plunger, after which the card supported on the platen has the subject matter printed on its upper face by the downward movement of the type carrying member 37, and the particular address slug directly over the plunger will be raised, and the type will be projected through the openings 35 and 36 in the platen and bed plate respectively, so that the address will be printed on the lower face of the card,the two printing operations taking place preferably simultaneously. Afterthe card is printed and the two type carrying members move upwardly and downwardly respectively away from the printed card, a new card is fed onto the platen, moving the printed card forwardly so that it may drop into a suitable receptacle and another address slug is moved by the feeding mechanism over the plunger 62, causing the address slug which had been previously used to be moved to the left of the plunger to a position such that it may drop into a suitable receptacle. It will be noted that the upper face of the plunger 62 is of a size such that in rising, it will pass between the inwardly bent portions at the bottom of the slug and engage the'inner face of the type carrying plate.

As the cards in the receptacle 19 are exhausted, this receptacle may be filled from time to time, and when the hopper. is emptied, or substantially emptied, it may be refilled bytransferring the slugs from a suitable drawer or tray into the hopper in a manner before stated.

In case there is any variation in the thickness of the cards or of the address slugs, or if for any other reason itis desired to adjust the pressure of the type-on the faces of the cards, this can be easily accomplished by turning slightly either the rod 47 which pivotally supports the levers 45, or the rod 67 which pivotally supports the lever 66, or both these levers may be adjusted in this manner.

The printing and addressing machine above described is very strong and durable. None of the parts are especially complicated or are liable to get out of order. This machine is very efficient, inasmuch as cards or blanks can be printed very effectively and Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In a printing machine, a blank holder adapted to support blanks when in printing position, a main printing device adapted to print the same subject matter on one side of each of a number of blanks placed successively on the blank holder, and a member movable toward and away from the blank holder and adapted to receive one at a time and to move toward the blank holder sepa' rate and unconnected printing. slugs fed into the path of movement of said member so as to cause said slugs to print on the opposite sides of the blanks, and means for feeding the slugs from a source of supply into the path of movement of said. member.

2. In a printing and addressing machine, a platen having an opening therein, a movable member on one side of the platen and carrying a type form for printing matter on one side of each of a number of blanks placed successively on the platen, a movable member on the opposite side of the platen and adapted to move address slugs toward the platen and project type carried thereby through the opening of the platen so as to print addresses on the opposite sides of the blanks, and means for feeding the slugs one at a time in the path of said slug moving member.

3. In a printin machine, a blank holder having an opening therein, a movable member arranged above the blank holding member and having a type form adapted to print on the upper face of each of a number of blanks, a device arranged below the blank holder and movable toward andaway from the same, and means for feeding printing slugs successively onto said device so as to cause the latter to raise the slugs successively and project type carried thereby through the opening in the blank holder so as to print on the lower face of each of the blanks.

4C. In a printing and addressing machine, a blank holder having an opening therein, a main printing deviiie adapted to print on the upper face of each of a number of blanks, a plunger arranged below the blank holder, means for feeding separate address slugs in the path of said plunger, and operating mechanism for ca'usin'g said plunger to be raised lift an address slug so asto print on the bottom face of a blank simultaneo'usly with'the' printing on theupper face offthe blank. I W 5. In a printing and addressing machine, a "platen having n opening therein, a main printing member adapted to print on one side of each of a number of blanks, a hopper adaptedto be provided with a number of address slugs, means for feeding ',tl1'e sl'u 'gs from the hopper along bene'ath the platen, and a reciprocating i'nembe'r adaptedtoraise the slugs successively so as to print on the opposite faces of'theblanks as slugs are moved to aqaosition between the platen and the plunger. p v

In a printing and addressing machine, a platen having an opening therein, a main printing member adapted to pi-int on one side of each of a number of blanks, ahoppcr adapted to be provided with a number of address slugs, means for feeding the slugs 'fro'm'the hopper along beneath the platen, a reciprocating member adapted to raise the slugs successively so as to printon the opposite faces of the blanks as said slugs are moved one at ati1'n'e to a position between "the platen andthe plunger, and ine'ans,jtor simultaneously actuating said main "printing device and said plunger. v r

7. Inaprinting and addressing machine, aplatenhavi'ng an opening therein, a 'rece'pmale for blanks, means :for automatically teedingthe blanks successively from thereceptac le tothe platen, a main printing device adapted to print matter on one side of each of the blanks when placed on the platen, means for feeding address slugs along the lowerside of the platen,a-nd a device for raising each address slug so as to project thetype carried thereby through'the opening of the platen 'andprint ont'he opposite face of a card.

8, In a printing and addressing machine,

a platen having an opening therein, a receptacle :for blanks, means torautoinaticall-y feedingthe blanks successively from the Ireceptacle tofthe platen, a main sprinting 'de- 'ice'adapt ed to print matter onone s'idefof each of the blanks when placed on the platen, means for feeding address slugs "along the lower side oftheiplaten, and a device for raising each address slug 'sojasjto project the type carried thereby thrfoughthe opening of thetpla' ten andprint on the opposite face ,of a blank, and mechanism for actuating the Qprinting device and said slug lifting device so that the t l' inting op- ,erations fxvill take place on both flsidesof the blank substantially 'simulatnensly.

:9;; In a pri ting a diadcli as ng machine, a platen r 10M111; holder having anfopening therein at priming position, a receptacle for blanks,a receptacle adapted to receive adfilial, l 'H whidress slugs, a mam pr nting device on one tion of thei'latte'r the slugs print on the lowersides of th'e'b l'anks.

T10. Ina, printing andaddressiiig machine, a platen adapted to support a card While being printed anchprovided with an openflIIg therein, a receptacle for blanks,;a'recep- 'tjacle for address slugs, malnlprlhtln'g device arranged abovet'he platen "adapted to print on the upper 'faces of the blanks, 'a slug lifting device arrangedbelowtheiplaten, {nieansftor feedin'gthe cards'o-ne at a time tronrthe receptacle onto the platen, means tor teedingithe slugs from the hopper along the lower-side ot jthe platen above sald shig lifting dev1ce, 'an"d mechanism for operating said ain gpi-inting device and slug raising device so "that addresses will b'e'printed on the lower sides'of theblanks-simultaneously With the printing on theupper sides of the blanks. I v p 1 1. In a printing and addressing machine,

a base plate, a receptacle for bl'ank's, ac'pla'ten or blank supporting member arranged in front of the receptacle and having an openingtherein, a main printing devicearranged over the platen and adapted to be moved toward and away from the same, a hopper adapted to be supplied with slugs arranged at thef side 3 of the platen, guideway in the bed plate extending laterally from the hopper toward and in 'line vvith the'platen, a

slug lifting device arranged belovv'the' platen adapted to be movedtovvard and awa from the same, a rec procat ng 'feedi'ng device for be broug ht one at a time into the path of thes'lugraising device so that on the actuateedingthe"blanks one at a "time from the Y lower part ofthe'bla'nk receptacle 'onto'the M platen, a reciprocating feeding device adapted to feed the slugs (meat a time from said hopper through the fguide'way, and mechanism for actuating the main printing 'de- V106 so-as to pr1nt thesalme sub ect matter on the upper face of each-of the'c'ards, and for actuating the slug lifting device so as to raise the slugs 'suc'c'essivelyto the blanks as the slugs are fed one at a time over said slug lifting device, and print on the lower faces of thecards.

12. -In aprinting and-addressing machine, a :platen having an opening therein and adapted to'suppora-a blank during'the print- 1mg Operation, a main printing device adapted to print-on one side of each of the blanks,

reciprocating device arranged belov'v the laten ma adapted to be moved towa d a d away from the same, means for ieeding'address slugs between theplaasn and said reciprocating device so that the latter may raise the same one at a timeand print on the lower face of each of the cards, and means for varying the rate of feed of the slugs.

13. In a printing and addressing machine, a base plate, a blank holder having an opening therein, a main printing device arranged above the blank holder, an address sluglifting device arranged below the blank holder, a hopper for address slugs arranged at one side of the blank holder, said hopper being pivotally supported from the bed plate so that it may be tilted backward or raised to a substantially upright position, a guideway between the hopper and the blank holder, and mechanism for feeding the slugs from the lower part of the hopper along said guideway, so that said slugs are presented one at a time above the slug lifting device. 14. In a printing and addressing machine, a platen having an opening therein, a main printing device, and an address slug lifting device arranged on opposite sides of the platen and adapted to be moved toward and away from the same, means for feeding address slugs one at a time between the platen and the slug lifting device, means foroperating the main printing device and slug lifting device comprising pivoted levers,- and eccentric members supporting said levers, and means for adjusting said eccentric members so as to vary the pressure of the type upon a blank.

15. In combination, anupper vertically reciprocable plunger and upper type holder, a platen thereunder spaced therefrom and having an opening for printing, a support for a lower type holder underneath said platen and opening, a separate receptacle for lower type holders from which they fall by gravity, and an automatically acting device adapted to feed said lower type holders from said receptacle to said support.

16. In combination, in a machine for printing on opposite sides of stock to be printed, a main printing member for printing the same data repeatedly on the stock, a magazine for containing a plurality of separate printing devices for printing different data on the stock, said main printing member being on one side of thestock and the printing devices being on the opposite side of the stock when the printing impressions are made, feeding'means for feeding said printing devices from the magazine to printing. position, and mechanism for causing the type of both the main printing member and separate printing devices to be impressed against the stock;

17. In combination, a main printing member for printing on the upper sides of blanks, a platen beneath said printing mem-' ber and having an opening through which taining 'a plurality of separate printing devices for printing on the lower sides of the blanks, means for feeding the separate printing devices, and means for causing the type of said separate printing devices to be projected through the opening of said platen.

18. In combination, a main printing member for printing on the upper sides of blanks, a magazine for containing a plurality of printing devices for printing on the lower sides of the blanks, a magazine for containing blanks to be printed, the main printing member being above and the printing devices being below the blanks when the printing impressions are made, and mechanism for feeding said printing devices from the magazine containing them to printing position beneath the blanks, for feeding the blanks from the magazine, and for causing printing impressions to be made from said main printing member and from said printing devices.

19. In combination, a main printing member for printing on the upper sides of blanks, a platen having an opening beneath said printing member, a magazine for containing a plurality of printing devices for printing on the lower sides of the blanks, a magazine for containing a plurality of blanks, and mechanism for feeding the blanks on to the platen, for feeding the printing devices from the first named magazine to printing position beneath said platen, for causing the type of the upper printing member to be pressed against the addresses on the lower sides of the blanks,

a magazine for containing a plurality of blanks, and mechanism for feeding blanks on to the platen, for feeding the printing devices from the first named magazine to printing position beneath the platen and for causing the type of the main printing member and of said printing devices to be projected against the upper and lower sides of the blanks.

21. In combination in a printing machine, a main printing member for printing data on one side of stock to be printed, a magazine for containing a plurality of auxiliary printing devices for printing on the opposite side of the stock, a source of supply of stock on which printing is to be done, and mechanism for feeding the stock, for feeding said printing devices from the magazine containing them to printing position, and for causing the type of said main printing member and of said printing devices to be impressed against the upper and lower sides of the stock; p

22. In combination, an upper main printing member for printing the same data on the upper sides of blanks, a magazine for containing a plurality of printing devices for printing names and addresses on the lower sides of the blanks, a guideway for said printing devices extending from said magazine, a magazine for containing a plurality of blanks on which the print-ing is to be done, and mechanism for feeding the printing devices for-feeding the blanks across the guide-way and for causing the type of the main printing member and of said printing devices to be impressed against the upper and lower sides of the blanks respectively.

23. In combination, a main printing mom-V ber for printing the same data on one side of a plurality of blanks, a magazine for containing a pluralityof separate printing de vices for printing different data on the opposite side of the blanks, means for feeding said printing devices along a given path, a magazine for blanks, means for feeding the blanks past the main printing member and past said printing devices, said main printing member being on one side of the blanks and the printing devices being on the opposite side of the blanks when printed, and mechanism including operating parts acting in timed relationship for operating the feeder for the printing devices, the feeder for the-blanks and for causing the type of the main printing member and of the printing devices to be impressed against opposite sides of the blanks. I

24:. In combination, a main printing member for printing the same data on one side of a'number of blanks, a magazine for containing a plurality of separate printing devices for printing different data on the opposite side of the blanks, means for feeding said printing devices along a given path, a magazine for containing blanks to be printed, means for feeding the blanks along apath at right angles'to the path of movement of the printing devices, and a pressure device for causing printing impressions to be made on the blanks successively from the different printing devices, said main printing member and printing devices being on opposite sides of the blanks when printing.

25. In combination, a main printing member for printing the same data on the a 7 Copies of this patent may be obtained for upper sides of the blanks to be printed, a magazine for containing aplurality of print- 7 ingdevices for printing'onr the lower sides 'of the blanks, means for feeding said print-V 7.

ing devices along a given'path, a magazine;

for containing" a plurality ofblanks to be member,a pressure device forcausing print-:7 r in g impressions to be madeon the lower s1de of the'blanks successively from; the different printlng'de'vices, and means for operatmg the main printing-member, the feeding means for the separate"printingdevices, the

feedingmeans for the blanks and said pressure device. 7 r

26. In a printing machine, a mainprint ing member for printing the same data. on

the upper side of stock tobe printed, a magazme for containing a plurality of separate 7 printing devices for printing on the lower side of the stock, means for feeding the printing devices from the magazine along a given path, a source of supply of stock adapted to be fed over the path of movement of the separate printing devices and beneath said main printing member, a. pressure device for causing a printing impression to be made on the stock from each of said separate printing devices when the latter, reaches a given position-in its path of movement, and cooperating means for actuating said main printing member, the

feeding means for the separate printing de-' vlcesand said pressure (MK/106,30 that stock is printed on opposite sides.

- 27. In combination 111a printing machine,

an upper printing member for printing the 7 same data on the upper sides of blanks, a magazine for containing a plurality' of'separate printing devices for printing different data on the lower sides of the blanks, means for feedingsaid separate printing devices along a given path, a magazine for containing said blanks, means for feeding said 7 blanks across and above the path of movement of said separate printing devices, a reciprocating pressure device for causing a printing impression to be made on the lower side of a blank from each printing device when it reaches a given position in its path of movement, and means for operating said main printing member, the feeding means for the separate printing devices, the feeding means for the blanksand said pressure device in predetermined timed relationship.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses. p RICHARD G." THOMAS.

Witnesses: V r o' H. R. SULLIVAN, A. J HUDSON,

five cents each, by addressing the Gommissienerpf Batents, Washington, D. 0. r l

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