US1411398A - Inking device or attachment more particularly for use with addressing machines - Google Patents

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INKING DEVICE 0R ATTACHMENT MORE L. M. BARMAN.

APPLICATTON FILED N0V1l0|1920| PARTICULARLY FOR USE WITH ADDRESSING MACHINES.

Patented Apr. 4, 1922.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 1..

L. M. BARMAN.

INKTNGDEVICE 0R ATTACHMENT MORE PARTICULARLY FOR USE WITH ADDRESSING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV= 10, T920.

1 ,41 ,398. Patented Apr. 4, 1922.

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DISTRIBIIHNG POSITION fRINfING F05 II'ION INK suPPLY.

L. M. BARIVIAN.

INKING DEVICE 0R ATTACHMENT MORE PARTICULARLY FOR USE WITH ADDRESSING MACHINES. APPLICATION FILED N0V1l0, I920- 141 1,398. Patented Apr. 4, 1922.

3 SHEETS-SWEET 3- UNITED STATES LOUIS M. BARMAN, OF I-IOLBORN, LONDON, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO RONEO -LIMITED,

FATENT OFFICE.

OF LONDON, ENGLAND, A. CQMPANY OF GREAT BRITAIH.

INKING DEVICE OR ATTACHMENT MORE PARTICULARLY FOR USE WITHYADDRESSING MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

latcntedApr. 4, 1922.

Application filed November 10, 1920. Serial No. 423,092.

1 b all whom- {t may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS MArinicn .lmn- MAN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at 5 Holborn, London, E. U, 1 England, Great Britain, have invented certain new and useful .improvements inan Inking Device or Attachment More Particularly for Use withiiddressing Machines, of which the following a specification. I 7' i This invention relates to an improved inking device or attachment morefparticularly for use with addressing machines of the type wherein stencil cards are employed.

in addressing machinesof'tl'iis class the envelopes, labels or the like are required to receii e imprints in imitation of typewritten matter, and it therefore in1portant, when stencils. are used. that the quantity of ink forced througheach stencil should be carefully considered and so regulatedthat sharp and-clear impressionsare igroduced.

The present invention has for its object toprovide an inking device or attachment whereby these features are attained. and

for such a purpose an ink container-is provided with a wick or wicks andsuitable ink filling means.

The container is provided with means whereby it can be raised or lowered-into or out ofv contact with one of a set of ink distributing rollers, and the said distributing rollers are also arranged so that an upward or downward movement may be afforded thereto in such a manner that one of the distributing rollers is operated upon by a memher which receives ink therefrom and forces the ink so received through the perforated stencil on to an envelope label. or the like fed to the machine.

Furthermore, one of the ink distributing rollers has secured thereto an operating handle so that ink may be distributed there to from the other. ink distributing rollers without necessitating a fresh supply of ink from the. ink container.

The invention will now be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings whereon Fig. 1 shows in plan view part of an ad dressing machine embodying the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a front view.

Fig. 3 is a detail side view showing the merited inking roller 9.

parts as they appear when ink is being supplied from thecontainer.

Fig. 4 is a detail side view showing the inking device in, the inoperative position.

The addressing machine is provided with the usual hopper or magaz ine'forreceiving the stencil cards, and comprises. two standards 1, 1%, secured to the bed or base 2 of the machine. Beneaththe hopper. is'situated the slideway or track3 (Eig. 2.) and within this slidew-ay works a reciprocating pusher member (not shown which actsIu pon the lowermost stencil card, removesiit the pile and positions it for printing. Timex. tremity oftheslideway receives a container for the used stencils.

The envelopes; labels, or the like are placedon asliding tray or platform ian'd are moved into position for printing beg neath theslideway 3and 'stencil therein by means of the handle-veg 5; i I

Thebed plate orbase2 is. bored out for 'the reception of theshaft (ijwhich has sel curejdthereon a spur "wheel ((1 operated by the handle 8. Theshaftfalso ca iesmseg- Spur 'wheelii" a pinion 10 secured on a shaft 11," and secured to thissha-ft segmented messing roller 12 (Fig. 2.) which presses the envelope and the stencil. card against thesegmented l11li11'.1'0ll61 9. Pinion 10. drives a further pinion 13. (Fig. 4) the shaft of which is cranked to afford a reciprocating movement to the pusher member working inv the slideway.

Secured to the standard 1 are a pair of brackets 14 which support a rock shaft 15. and said shaft has a lever 16 thereon which carries a tray or platform 17 supporting the ink container 18 with its wick or wicks and filling means. Rock shaft 15 has also secured thereon a lever 19 the end of which is pivotally connected toa rod 20 supported in a bearing 21 secured. to standard 1. The free end of rod 20 contacts against oneor other surfaces of a cam 22 secured on a rock shaft 23 supported by the brackets 24:, and the end of shaft 15 has secured thereon a lever 25 operated by a slide 26 having a slot 27 therein movable on a pin 28 or stud screwed or otherwise fastened to. the stand ard. 'The slide is provided with a knob for hand operating.

The brackets 24 also accommodate a spin die 29 supporting a pair of arms 30, said arms carrying at. their extremities an ink distributing roller 31 which maybe provided with a rubber outer surface, and this roller is incontact with a felt covered distributing roller 32 also carried by arms 30. Roller 32 is likewise in contact with a felt -covered roller 33 carried in lugs projecting from said arms and said roller receives the ink from the container 18 by rubbing contact with the wick or wicks therein in a manner presently to be described.

The arms are provided with a spacer bar 34 which also acts as a support for the arms. Situated beneath the spindle 29 and secured to the standard 1 is a stud having a collar or sheath 35 thereon fashioned with a cam surface 36 which forms one seat for the spacer bar or support 34. V Secured to collar 35 is a. hand lever 37 which can be moved in a right or left hand direction across the surface of the standard, the movement in either direction'being limited by the stops 38. The ink distributing roller 31 has secured to its spindle a handle 39.

The operation of the inking devicesois as ,followsa-Upon upward pressure being applied to theknob on the slide 26 the lever 25 rocks the shaft 23, the cam 22 acts upon the. freeend of the rod 20 anddepresses it as well as the lever 19 pivoted thereto. This action rocks the shaft 15 with its lever 16 carrying thev tray 1:? and so raisesthe ink container 18 into theoperative position.

The ink distributing rollers 31,32 and 33 arenbrought'into their operative positions as follows i o Movement of the hand lever37 to'the left causes the cam surface 36 of sheath 29 to be moved away from the spacer bar or support 34 therebylowering the arms 30. The position of theparts is now as shown in Fig. 3, wherein the roller 33 is contacting against the wick or wicks of the ink container 18 and the roller 31 is in the position for applying ink to the segmented inking roller 9. Roller 31 is set in motion by turning the handle 39 wherebyrollers 32 and 33 are rotated so that the ink collected by roller 33 is distributed by roller 32 to 31. When sufiicient ink has been imparted to the distributing rollers the ink supply is cut off by pressing down the knob so that the ink container assumes the position shown in Fig. 4.

The arms30 may if necessary be provided when the roller 9 contacts with roller 31.

' The addressing machine is now ready for operating. 1

On turning the handle 8 the reciprocating pusher member advances the lowermost stencil card 40. to its printing position in the slideway 3 beneath rollers 9 and 12 and during this positioning of the stencil card the machine. I i l Having thus descr bed my invent on what segmented inking roller 9 is in contact with the roller 31 and thereby rotation of the rollers 32 and is effected. An envelope is now placed on the sliding platform 4 and a movement of the lever 5 to the right positions said envelope below the stencil card. Further movement of the operating handle 8 causes the segmented feed roller 12 to grip the envelope and the stencil card between it and the segmented roller 9 so that the ink therefrom is forced through the perforations of the stencil and an imprint appears upon the envelope in imitation of typewritten matter.

With an inking device or attachment of the nature herein described frequent application of ink from the container is avoided as a few turns of the handle 39 is usually all that is necessary, and in some cases recently used stencils may be printed from without any ink being required from the roller 31 which can be moved out of'contact with the roller 9 by movement of the lever 37 into the position shown in Fig 2.

It is to be understood vice or attachment may be applied to varying types of addressingmachines wherein perclass. V

A suitable dust or dirt proof cover may be provided to enclose the working parts of the I desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United Statesi's as follows 7 I 1. Ina printing machine, a frame including standards, movable arms, 'distributin hat the inking ilei rollers mountedon the arms, a felt covere roller normally contacting with one of the ink distributing rollers, a movable ink container carrying a wick adapted to contact with the felt covered roller to deliver ink thereto, a cam adaptedto contact with one of the arms for moving the arms vertically to bring thefelt covered roller into and out of contact with the wick, and means for moving the ink container vertically.

2. In a printing machine, a frame including standards, movable arms, distributing rollers carried by the movable arms, means for rotating the rollers, a spacer bar between the movable arms, a sleeve, a spacer bar mounted-in the sleeve and having a cam, said cam adapted to contact with the spacer bar for moving the rollers vertically, a segmental inking roller adapted to collect ink from the rollers, and a movable ink container adapted to deliver ink to one of said rollers. In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

L. M. BARB IAN.

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