US1792079A - Printing machine - Google Patents

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rinnnnssoennr r comment or WILMINGTO1\T,, DEIQAVIAR'E, A oonronn r on or r DELAWARE VPRINTING MACHINE Application filed December 3, 1927.. Serial No. 237,426;

V invention particularly relates to means for;

grouping the addressed magazines according 10 to a predetermined classification. 7 For example, if the magazlnes are to be sent to various towns itv is desirable: that the L magazines for each townbe grouped to-' gether and bundled for delivery to that par:

handling and in shipping, and avoids the necessity of sorting the magazines oilice. w

The grouping of the magazines is. accom- 29 plished by providing a tab on the first or the last printing device within a series for a group. Every printing device sotabbed will cause the grouping mechanism to operate a jogger and jog'one magazine in the 25 are being carried from the machine, and the jogged magazine will indicate the beginning or the ending of a group. I This enables the 30 zines in removing them from the machine and each group may then be separately bundled for shipping'and delivery. Y

The invention may be applied to various and claimed in our copend-ing applications, Serial No,212, i24 and 212,425, both filed August 12,, 1927. v

The primary object of the invention is to provide novel automatic grouper controlled by certain address printing devices whereby ticular town. This method saves time in at the post continually moving line ofmagazines as they operator to readily sort the grouped magatypes of machines but it is particularly adapted for machines such as are dl'scloseCl'.

construction, which can be readily and eco noin-ically manufactured, and which isa'da pted to be chines.

m- NT QFFICEFJS Josnrn s. nnNoANANn I-IEN'RY nQnnBBARn, 0F onions-o, LLINOIS; nssxenons 'ro pp to existing printin Thev invention has other objects in View in cidental tothese primary objects which will appear hereafter in the detail description of a selected embodiment of the invention chosen for illustration in the accompanying drawings in which the viewsvare as follows:

F ig, 1 is a front elevation of a printing machine with the invention applied thereto. 'Fig. 2 is a plan View of the machine shown in Fig.1.

-Fig. 3 is. a detail Saran view on the ha 3-3 of Fig. 2.

- Fig. 4 is a similarview on the line L-4 'of Fig. 2. i r

Figs. 5 and 7 are enlargeddetail sectional views on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2 showing some parts in different positions.

Figs. 6 and 8 areenlarged detail sectional views showing the-latch lever and some of the cooperating partsin different positions.

Fig. 91s an enlarged detail front elevat1on showing the Jogger and its operating mechanism.

Fig. 1 0 is a longitudinal sectional view of some of the parts shown in Fig. 9. Fig. 11 is'a transverse sectional some of the parts shown in Fig. 9.

Referring to the drawings 1 designates the printing machine such as is disclosed in the aforesaid copending applications and it has aframe 2 and a bed 3. A cam shaft 4 mount ed in the frame and driven from the'd'rive shaft 5', drives the longitudinal shaft 6:

through the chain of gears 7 and the bevel gear 8-, Fig. 1.

Anaddress printing device magazine 9' on the frame carries a stack of printing devices 10 which are adapted to be fed interview of mittently one at a time from the bottom of the. stack to printingposition. The printing devices are of the; usual type and-pass through certain selectormcchanism where they are either selected to be printed or to be skipped. Some of the devices are provided with a tablO which controls the Each printing device rides over and depresses the pawl. If the printing device is not provided with a tab the pawl returns to up position immediately after the printing device rides off of the pawl if the printing device has a tab 10 this tab will continue to hold the pawl depressed after the printing device proper has ridden off of the pawl and while it is temporarily at rest in position adjacent the pawl. This continued depression of the pawl sets in operation the parts which result in jogging the magazine which receives an address impression from the printing device having the tab.

The tripper pawl 11, Figs. 3, 4, 6 and 8, is carried by a tripper 12 having a notched end 13 which is engaged by a lug 14 on the latch lever 15 pivoted at 15. A spring 16 holds the tripper in normal position in engagement with the latch lever when the tripper pawl 11 is in its raised position as shown in Figs. 3 and 6. j

A rod 17 is connected at one end to the upper end of the latch lever 15 and at its other end to an arm 18 rigid on the rock shaft 19,

-. Figs. 3 and 4. lVhen the tripper is disengaged from the latch lever a spring 20 connected to the rod 17 and to the frame, Fig. 3, pulls the rod and the latch lever to the position shown in Fig. 4, and at the same time rocks the rock shaft 19 for operating the jogging mechanism.

The rock shaft 19 is mounted in suitable hearings on the machine frame and has fixed thereto an angle lever 21 to which is pivoted a roller 22 engaging a restoring cam 23 fixed to the longitudinal shaft 6, Figs. 4, 5 and 7. A link 24 has one end pivoted at 25 to the angle lever and its other end pivoted at 26 to the pawl releasing arm 27 which is pivoted on the stud shaft 28 mounted in the casting 28 fixed to the bed of the frame. Through these parts the pawl 11 is normally held in up position, Fig. 6, the roller 22 being in normal position out of operative relation to the restoring cam, Fig. 5, and the tripper 12 being engaged with the latch lever 15, Fig. 6. When the pawl 11 is depressed by the tab 10, Fig. 8, the tripper 12 is disengaged from the latch lever and the roller 22 is held in operative engagement with the restoring cam by spring 20, Fig. 7

A sleeve 29, Fig. 10, is loosely mounted on the longitudinal shaft 6 and carries a jogger cam 29, having a stud 30thereon upon which a pawl 31 is pivoted and carries a pawl roller 32, Figs. 5, 7, 9. A sleeve 33 is pinned on the shaft 6 between the restoring cam 23 and the jogger cam 29 and it has a slot 34 therein ifllich is adapted to receive the end 35 of the pawl 31. A spring 36 fastened to the jogger cam and to the pawl 31 pulls the pawl towards the sleeve 33.

The jogger lever 37 is pivoted on the stud shaft 28 and carries a roller 38 which is adapted to ride on the jogger cam 29 and operate the jogger lever, Figs. 5, 7, 9. A spring 37 is connected to the jogger lever 37 and holds the roller 38 against the cam. A jogger 39 is provided with a foot 40 and is pivoted at 42, Figs. 5 and 7, to the upper end of the jogger lever 37. A spring 43 holds the jogger in operative position on the bed of the machine to engage a magazine on the delivery tapes 58.

A cam 44 fixed to the sleeve 29 is adapted to bear against the roller 45 on an arm 45 mounted on the discharge roller shaft 46, Fig. 9. 'As the high side 47 of the cam 44 strikes the roller 45 the shaft 46 is given a part turn causing the discharge rollers 48 mounted on the arms 48 fixed to the shaft 46 to be raised and allow the magazine to pass from the machine.- Stop fingers 50 on the finger bracket 49 pivotally mounted on the shaft 46 are raised or lowered by means of the arm 51 carrying the roller 52 which contacts with the stop finger cam 53. A beveled gear 54 fixed to the shaft 6 meshes with a gear 55 fixed to a transverse shaft 56 carrying rollers 57 and driving tapes 58 which carry the magazine from the feeding end 59 of the machine through the various positions and off the machine to a delivery rack 60, Fig. 2.

The operation of the device is as follows: Printing devices are stacked in the magazine 9 and certain of the devices are provided with tabs for operating the jogging mechanism. Magazines, newspapers or other articles to be addressed are fed through the machine to printing position and then off the machine to the table or rack 60. All printing devices will depress the tripper pawl 11 as they pass to printing position and this depression of the tripper pawl will disengage the tripper 12 from the latch lever 15, but this is all that will happen unless the printing device is provided with a tab, because the high part of the restoring cam 23 which then engages the roller 22 is of suflicient length to continue this engagement while the printing device is riding over the tripper pawl. After the printing device rides off of this pawl the spring 16 restores the tripper and the pawl to normal position, Fig. 6. But when a printing device provided with a tab rides over the tripper pawl the tab will continue holding the tripper pawl in depressed position long enough for the low part of the restoring cam to come into operative relation with the roller 22 and thereupon the spring 20 will pull rod 17 to the right, Fig. 4, rocking the shaft 19 and swinging the angle lever 21 to carry the roller 22 into operative engagement with the low part of the restoring cam and at the same time swinging the link 24 and the pawl releasing arm 27 to permit spring 36 to swing pawl 31, which is pivoted on jogger cam 29 to engage the end 35 with slot 34 in the sleeve 33 fixed to the longitudinal shaft 6. While the high part of the jogger cam 29 engages area-ma? the roller 38 on the jogger lever 37 the. jogger; will remain in normal position, but immediately after the, pawlf31 becomes locked to the'sleeve .38 the low part of the jogger cam engages the roller 38 and thereupon spring 37 causes the jogger lever and the jogger, to

move quickly from the position shown in F 1g. 5 to the position shown 1n Fig. 7 and.

jog the magazine. Then the hi h part of the continuously revolving cam 28 engages roller 22 and swings the angle lever 21 and rocks the shaft 19, and the angle lever swings the link 24:.and the pawl releasing arm 27 to release.

the pawl 31 from the sleeve 33 which brings the jogger cam to rest With the ogger in nor mal position shown in Fig.4. -Rockingthe shaft 19 swings the arm 18 to the left from.

the position shown in broken lines in Fig. i to the position shown in full lines in Fig. sand swings the latch lever 15, permitting spring.

16 to reset the tripper and. tripper pawl in normal position, Figs. 3 and. 6. It will be noted that while a'printing device without'a" tabwill depress the tripper pawl the jogging mechamsmwill not be operated because during the time the printing device is riding over the pawl the roller 22 is operatively engaging the high part of the restoring cam 23, thereby preventingthe shaft 19 from rock- 'ing; but if the depression of the pawl iscon-v tinned a little longer by the presenceIof a tab on a printing device the high part of the cam 23 will travel beyond the roller 22 permitting spring 20 to rock shaft19 and operate the jogging mechanism as hereinbefore de scribed. 1.

Our invention provides automatic mechanism for ogging a magazine being delivered after-the address is printed thereon to indicate the beginning or the ending of'a group of magazines, and this jogging mechanism is caused to operate by a tab on the address rintin device. Therefore 7 the addressed 1 i 2 magazines Wlll be grouped in exact accord ance with the tab classification of the address printing devices.

In the specifications we have referred, 101 convenience, to a magazine as the article addressed 1n the machlne but this isnot to be understood as limiting the invention but should be construed as including a newspaper, a folder or any other article which may be used in connection with this'invention.

Changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement of the parts of the invention without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages thereof and the right is hereby reserved to make all such changes as fairly fallwithin'the scope of the following claims:

We claim:

1. In a printing machine having means for feeding address printing devices and magazines to planting posit on, means for carrying the addressed 'magazines from printing position, a jogger, means for operatmg the ogger, means for actuating said operating means,and'a tripper controlling said actuating means,. said tripper being adapted to be operated by the printing devices as they pass to printingposition and some of saidv devices being provided with tabst'o cause the operation of the, actuating means,

3. In a printing. machine having means for feeding address printing devices and magazines to printingpos1t1on,m eans for carrying the addressed ,magazines from printing position, a jogger,-means for'o-perating the ogger, means for actuating said operating means, and a tripper controlling said actuatlng means, some of sa d printing devices being provided with tabs, said tripper beingadapted to be released by the printing devices as they pass to printing position and this release being prolonged by the, tabs to cause the operation of; the actuating means. 7

4. In a printing machine having means for feeding address printing devices and magazines to printing positiomuneans for carrying the addressed magazines from printing position, a jogger, means for operating the ogger, means for actuating said operating means, and a tripper controlling said actuating means, some of said printing devices being provided with tabs, said tripper being operated by each printing device as it passes toprinting position to release the actuating means and said release being prolonged by each tab to cause operation of the actuating means.

5. In a'printing machine having means for feeding address printing devices andmagazines to printing-position, means for carryingtheaddressed magazines from printing position, a jogger, means for operating the jogger, means for actuating said operating means, and a tripper controlling said actuating means, some of said printing devices being provided with tabs, said tripper being operated by each printing device as it passes to printing position to release the actuating means, there being means, to prevent operation of the actuating means while the tripper is operated by aprinting device without a tab but permitting operation of the actuating means when the operation of the.

tripper is prolonged by the presence of a tab.

6. In a printing machine having means for feeding address printing devices and magazine sto printing position, means for carrying the addressed magazines from printing position, a jogger, means for operating the jogger, means for actuating said operating means, a tripper controlling said actuating means, some of said printing devices being provided with tabs, said tripper being operated by each printing device as it passes to printing position to release the actuating means and this operation of the tripper and releasing of the actuating means being prolonged by the presence of a tab, means to prevent operation of the actuating means While the tripper is operated by a printing device without a tab, and means for causing operation of the actuating means at the time that the operation of the tripper and release of the actuating means is prolonged by the presence ofa tab.

7. In a printing machine having means for feeding address printing devices and magazines to printing position, means for carrying the addressee magazines from printing position, a jogger, means, for oper ating the jogger, means for actuating said operating means and comprising a cam, a tripper controlling said actuating means, some of said printing devices being provided with tabs, said tripper being operated by each printing device as it passes to printing position to release the actuating means, and this operation of the tripper and releasing of the actuating means being prolonged by the presence of a tab, said cam preventing operation of the actuating means While the tripper is operated by a printing device Without a tab and permitting operation of the actuating means While the tripper is operated by a tab on a printing device.

8. In a printing machine having means for feeding address printing devices and magazines to printing position, means for carrying the addressed magazines from printing position, a jogger, means for operating the jogger, means for actuating said operating means and comprising a cam, a tripper controlling said actuating means, some of said printing devices being provided with tabs, said tripper being operated by each printing device as it passes to printing position to release the actuating means, this operation of the tripper and releasing of the actuating means being prolonged by the presence of a tab, and constantly ctive means for operating said actuating means, said cam preventing operation of the actuating means while the tripper is operated by a printing device Without a tab and permitting operation of the actuating means While the tripper is operated by a tab on a printing device.

9. In a printing machine having means for feeding address printing devices and magazines to printing position, means for carrying the addressed magazines from printing position, a jogger, means for operating the jogger, means for actuating said operating means and comprising a cam, a tripper controlling said actuating means, some of said printing devices being provided with tabs, said tripper being operated by each printing device as it passes to printing position to release the actuating means, this operation of the tripper and releasing of the actuating means being prolonged by the presence of a tab, and constantly active means for operating said actuating means, said cam preventing operation of the actuating means while the tripper is operated With a printing device Without a tab, and permitting operation of the actuating means While the tripper is operated by a tab on a printing device and restoring the actuating means to initial position after it is operated.

10. In a printing machine having means for feeding address printing devices and magazines to printing position, means for carrying the addressed magazines from printing position, a latch lever, a tripper engaging the latch lever and adapted to be operated by the printing device to release the latch lever, said tripper being operated by each printing device as it passes to printing position and this operation being prolonged by the presence of a tab on a printing device, a rock shaft, a jogger, means for operating the ogger, means operated by the rock shaft for operating the jogger operating means, constantly active means connected to the latch lever for operating the rock shaft, and a cam preventing operation of the rock shaft While the tripper is released from the latcn lever by a printing device Without a tab and permitting operation. of the rock shaft While the tripper is held in released position by a tab on a printing device.

11. In a printing machine having means for feeding address printing devices and magazines to printing position, means for carrying the addressed magazines from printing position, a latch lev r, a tripper engaging the latch lever and adapted to be operated by the printing device to release the latch lever, said tripper being operated by each printing device as it pas, es to print ing position and this operation being prolonged by the presence of a tab on a printing device, a rock shaft, a jogger, means for operating the jogger, means operated by the rock shaft for operating the jogger operating means, constantly active means connected to the latch lever for operating the rock shaft, a cam preventing operation of the rock shaft While the tripper released from the latch lever by a printing device Without a tab and permitting operation of the rock shaft While the tripper is sold in released position by a tab on a printing the operation of the jogger. V v 12. In aprinting machine having means device, and means operative bysaid cam for restoring the parts to initial positionafter for feeding address printing devices and magazines to prlnting position, means for carrying the addressed magazines from printlng position, a bodily movableogger,

a cam for operating the jogger to engage and jog a magazine, and means controlled by a tab on a printing device for operating the jogger cam.

13. In a printing machine having means for feeding address printing devices and magazines to printingposition, means for carrying the addressed magazines from printing position, a bodily movable jogger, a constantly rotating shaft, a cam loosely mounted on the shaft for operating the jogcam to the shaft, said means comprising asleeve rigid with the shaft, a pawl pivotally mounted on the cam and adapted to make locking engagement with the sleeve,"means for holding the pawl out of engagement with the sleeve, means for releasing the pawl, and means for causing the pawl when released to engage the sleeve.

15. In a printing machine having means for feeding address printing devices and magazines to printing position, means for carrying the addressed magazines from printing position, a jogger, a constantly rotating shaft, a cam loosely mounted on the shaft for operating the jogger, means controlled by a tab on a printing device for locking the jogger cam to the shaft, a restoring cam fixed to the shaft, and means operated by the restoring cam for releasing the jogger cam from the shaft.

16. In a printing machine having means for feeding address printing devices and magazines to printing position, means for carrying the addressed magazines from printing position, a jogger, a constantly rotating shaft, a cam loosely mounted on the shaft for operating the jogger, means for locking the jogger cam to the shaft, another cam fixed to the shaft, a rock shaft, means controlled by a tab on a printing device for operating the rock shaft, and means controlled by the rock shaft for causing said fixed cam to operate said lockin g means.

'17. In a printing machine having means for feeding address printing devices and magazines to printing position, means for carry ing. the addressed magazines from print ing; position, a jogger, a constantlyrotating shaft, a cam loosely mounted on the shaft forjoperating the jogger, means for locking the jogger cam to the shaft, another cam fixed to the shaft, a roclr shaft, means controlled by a tab on a printing device for operating the rock shaft, means controlled by. the rock shaft for causing said fixed'cam to'o'perate said locking means, and means connected with the rock shaft and operated by said fixed cam for restoring the parts to initial'position. l

18. In aprinting machine having means for feeding addressprinting devices and magzines to printing position, a bed, means for carrying the addressed magazine from printing position and over the bed, and means con trolled by a tab on a printing device for j ogging the magazine bearing an impression from said tabbed printing device and comprising a jogger, and a lever pivotally connected to the jogger andoperable to move the jogger forward to engage and jog the magazine and back to initial position. l

i 19. In a printingmachine having means for feeding address printing devices and mag- V azines .to printing position, means for-carrying the addressed magazines from printing position, a latch lever, a tripper engaging the latch lever and adapted to be operated by a printing device to release the latch lever, said tripper being operated by each printing device as it passes to printing position and this operation being prolonged by the presence of a tab on a printing device, a rock shaft, a rod connected to said latch lever and said rock shaft, a continuously rotating shaft, a jogger cam loosely mounted on said continuously rotating shaft, a sleeve fixed to said continuously rotating shaft and having a'slot therein, a jogger lever adapted to v to be reciprocated during rotation of the jogger cam, ajpawl pivoted on the jogger cam, means operated by'the rock shaft to cause the pawl to engage said slot andlock thejogger cam to the shaft, and a jogger pivotally connected to said jogger lever for jogging the magazine which received an impression from the printing device carrying the tab which caused the operation of the jogging mechanism.

20. In a printing machine having means for feeding address printing devices and magzines to printing position, means for carrying the addressed magazines from printing position, a latch lever, atripper engaging the latch lever and adapted to be operated by a printing device to release the latch lever, said tripper being operated by each printing device as it passes to printing position and this operation being prolonged by the presence of a tab on a printing device, a rock shaft, a rod connected to said latch lever and said rock shaft, a continuously rotating shaft, a j ogger cam loosely mounted on said continuously rotating shaft, a sleeve fixed to said continuously rotating shaft and having a slot therein, a jogger lever adapted 5 to be reciprocated during rotation of the jogger cam, a pawl pivoted on the jogger cam, means operated by the rock shaft to cause the pawl to engage said slot and lock the jogger cam to the shaft, a ogger pivotally connected to said jogger lever for jogging the magazine which received an impression from the printing device carrying the tab which caused the operation of the jogging mechanisln and a cam fixed to said constantly rotating shaft and operating to release the jogger cam from said shaft and restore the parts to initial position.

JOSEPH S. DUNCAN. HENRY E. HUBBARD.

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