US2599709A - Typesetting means in laundry listing machine - Google Patents

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June 10, 1952 J. GRIESINGER TYPESETTING MEANS IN LAUNDRY LISTING MACHINE Filed Sept. 19, 1947 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 lwin i ll i lWIJNIJ IW John) 6r we)" M22 q Gttorneg lrwentor June 10,- 1952 l J. GRIESINGER 2,599,709

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TYPESETTING MEANS IN LAUNDRY LISTING MACHINE Filed Sept. 19, 1947 4 Sheets-Sheet 5 mull Zmventolr Gttornegl June 10, 1952 J. GRIESINGER 2,599,709 TYPESETTING MEANS IN LAUNDRY LISTING MACHINE Filed Sept. 19. 1947 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 3nnento'r Gttorneg Patented June 10, 1952 Y TYPESETTING MEANS IN LAUNDRY LISTING MACHINE John Griesinger, Los Angeles, Calif., assignor to The National Marking Machine Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application September 19, 1947, Serial No. 774,980

18 Claims.

This invention relates to a machine for denoting on a printed list of articles described and designated for the laundry the particular number'of items or pieces of the same kind in an aggregate assortment of a bundle or of bundles.

A laundry list generally comprises a sheet of paper on which appears a description of the usual personal wearing apparel, household cloths or linens for bedrooms, dining rooms and kitchen, and sundry textile fabrics for general use or ornament. Many of these articles are gathered and indiscriminately assembled in a bundle for pick-up by a laundry, at which place the articles are segregated and assorted. The segregated sorts are then counted and record made on the printed list of the number of each article described thereon, usually, as in present practice, by a pencil or other marking device. Where, after a quantity of articles to be,laundered has been assorted, it is found that one or more items have been missed or overlooked or that the count of any or more of the several lots is erroneous, correction of the written number has to be made by erasure and replacement. This practice is tedious, interferes with the regular routine of assorting and frequently results in multiplying errors.

One of the principal objects of the present invention is to provide a machine by which,

first, the need for any segregation of the laundry articles in any bundle is wholly eliminated, and second, in which a record of the number of articles in each lot or group is made as they are encountered.

Another object of the invention is to provide a machine by which a prepared, printed list may be imprinted with the total number of each kind or description of article in the segregated lots by a single operation.

One of the major factors of discouragement in the free, frequent and extensive use of listing machines for laundries heretofore has been and is the inaccessibility to and dissociation of the printing unit for cleaning and repair of the type. Accessibility to the printing element of these machines necessitates complete disorganization of the machine which cannot be accomplished by other than skilled hands. This is time consuming and because of the frequency of occurrence of this need for restoring the type to legible condition, it is a source of continual expense. A further object of the invention, therefore, is to provide a machine for imprinting on a laundry list the number of the various articles in a given lot, in which the imprinting means, as type or type bars, are normally loose and wholly unconnected, whereby they may be readily and quickly removed severally or individually, for cleaning or repair.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a machine of this character in which the mechanism for operating the type bars is bodily movable in diiferent directions for efiecting contact of the mechanism with the type bars for operating same and for removing said mechanism from contact with the type bars to permit same to return, by gravity, to normal. position.

Another object of the invention is to provide a machine of this character in which the operating mechanism for the type may be positively locked against further movement after the printing of a list, whereby any number of printings may be made and no alteration or correction of the recorded number of articles is possible, except by operation of the machine de novo.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the following specification, in connection with the accompanying drawings, which represent a preferred form of embodiment of the invention, and in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing my invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation, looking from the right of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan detail of the bank of keys used in operating the type bars, showing a manner of distinguishing one group from another.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view substantially on line 4-4 of Fig. 1, showing the internal organization of the machine.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional view showing the type-bar-elevating and holding means, and the pad for pressing the list in contact with the elevated type bars.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary detail, extracted from Fig. 3 and showing in full lines the inoperative position .of the locking device for the pawl-levers and the normal position of the resetting means for releasing the lock, dotted lines indicating the operative position.

Fig. 7 is an'enlarged, fragmentary sectional detail on line l'l of Fig. 6 viewed in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary sectional detail taken on line 8-8' of Fig. '7, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 9 is a sectional front elevation on line 9-9 of Fig. 5.

Generically my invention combines a set of alined type bars, with an operating means in the form of a key assembly, which includes a containing carriage disposed in such relation to the type bars that movement thereof in one direction will produce an engagement of the operating means withthe type bars, whereby depression of the keys will elevate the type bars in the se lection corresponding with the key or keys manipulated, and movement of said carriage in the opposite direction will disengage said operating or elevating means from said type bars and thereby permit the elevated bars to drop to normal position.

Reference in detail to the drawings will illustrate this generic principle in a list numbering machine and, in them, the base is shown as comprising a pair of frame members 9 and If), each of which near the: rear thereof is formed or provided with a column II and I2, which is integral with the inner faces of the members 9 and I9 andextends upwardly and freely from the upper edge of said members. The columns are tied together by an upper plate l3 which is secured at the edges in any desirable manner to the rear of the upstanding columns I! and I2, by a lower plate l4 spaced from said upper plate l3 and secured to the edges of that part of the columns I! and I2, which is integral with the inner faces of the frame members, and by a horizontal flat type-bar rest or support l5, which is preferably secured to the inside of the frame members. A 7

horizontal bolt l6 serves to connect the frame members 9 and I0 near the front. The opposing inner faces of said columns H and I2 are provided with transverse grooves H, for receiving a plurality of guide elements l8, disposed in spaced, superposed relation and each consisting of a bar l9, with a row of teeth 20, which, when the several guide elements are set in position, are accurately alined. These guide elements are substantially combs and serve to maintain in accurate vertical alinement a plurality of type bars 2| that are disposed to slide therein and normally rest or are supported upon or by said horizontal bar |5, as seen more clearly in Fig. 4. Each type bar 2|, has a head 22 on the face of which is formed a vertical row 23 of serially arranged numbers, and on the rear of which is a narrow web 24, that is adapted to fit between the teeth of, and slide in, said'guide implements.

The head 22 of each type bar 2| being wider than the web 24 thereof provides a shoulder which abuts against the end of the teeth, as seen in Figs. 4 and 5. The top and bottom of each type bar 2| is preferably formed or provided with a projection 25 and 26, respectively, Figs. 4, 5 and 9, of extent slightly greater than the numbers on the faces of the type-bar-heads 22, these projections 25 and 29' being provided to contact the inler faces of the plates l3 and [4 during the ver ca. mo ement of the type bars, as hereinait "r ined, and thereby preserve the type on the be. against injury by sliding on said plates. The edge of the web 24 is serrated, the teeth 21 being spaced a distance equal to the distance or height of a number on the head of the type bar, whereby, as later set out, the elevation of each type bar occurs in step by step or tooth by tooth movement. The separation of the upper plate l3 from the lower plate I4, provides a space 28 for a traveling inking ribbon 29, which is paid off from one spool 39 on a shelf 3| of the frame member 9, Fig. l, and wound on another spool 32, on a shelf 33, on the opposite frame memberv I0, Fig. 2. The impression of the type or numbers of the type bars upon a list of laundry articles, presently described, is made by pressing a pad or block 34, of suitable material, with the list interposed between it and the ribbon. The pad or block 34 is mounted in a yoke 35, which is journaled at 36 and 31 in the frame members 9 and II), respectively, and which is provided with an adjusting device, as screws 39, adapted to bear against said columns I and l2 for limiting the extent of its movement and the degree of pressure of the pad on the face of the type bar.

A list holder 39 comprises a horizontal bar 49 which is vertically slotted at 49' to accommodate the yoke 35, as it is moved to printing position, Fig. 5. This bar pivotally mounts a plate 4|, that is provided with spring clips 42, Fig. 1, for securing thereto a printed laundry list 43. The list is of conventional form in general use and is marked off with spaces 44, opposite the description of the laundry articles, in which spaces usually are written the numbers of the articles in a bundle. The plate 4| is pivoted to move over and rest upon the top of the columns II and I2 for the convenient insertion of a printed laundry list in the spring clips 42, a heavy line, as at A being provided as an index, to aline the spaces of the list, with a cut-out 45 in the plate 4|, through which the pad 34 is arranged to extend to effect the printing of the numbers of the type bars in the spaces of the list. The list holder 39, which comprises the plate 4|, as related is pivotally mounted on the bar 49 and the bar 49 is fixedly mounted on the ends of vertical rods 45 and 41, which telescope in tubes 48 and 49, Figs. 1 and 2. When the list holder is tilted from an angular position of rest upon the top of the columns II and I2 to a Vertical position parallel with the rods 46 and 41 and free of said columns, it, with the list clipped therein may be slid downwardly to a position on top of the frame members 9 and W to present the space area of the list to the space 28 between the upper and lower plates [3 and I4, whereupon the operation of the yoke 35, follows to print in the spaces of the list the numbers on the type bars, which are selectively elevated by the means and in the manner now described.

It will be understood that the-type bars are free, that they merely rest upon the horizontal support l5 and that they may be readily removed and replaced without inconvenience or disturbance to any part of the device.

A carriage or housing 50, Figs. 1, 2 and 4, is provided at the sides 5| and 52, with transverse members 53 and 54, respectively, that areadapted to slide on ways or tracks 55 and 56, respectively, provided on the inside of said frame members 9 and 10, as seen in Fig. 1. This carriage or housing isessentially a key assembly, in which'several banks of keys 51, are extended through the'top and provided with distinguishing marks, signs or words on contrasting backgrounds, here shown to be coloredred, brown and green, the more readily to enable the operator to recognize quickly the particular group in which each article selected from a bundle belongs. Preferably each of the finger pieces of the keys 51 is'provided with the name of a laundry article, as it is generally described on the printedlist issued by laundry companies. These keys are severally connected to the ends of levers 58, that are pivotally mounted on rods 59, which are disposed in parallel relation to one another on an inclined plane and are borne in central bearing plates 60, which are supported by a pair of horizontal bars 6|, connected to the side walls and 52 of the carriage 50. The relationship of the pivot rods 58 for all the four sets of levers is the same and in order to accommodate the respective pivots to the variation in the length of these levers, all of the levers excepting one are provided with openings 62, through which the alined pivot rods are extended. In this wise, each key and lever may be operated with substantially the same pressure, without interfering with the pivot of any other lever. The forward or front end of each lever 58 carries a ratchet pawl 63, which is arranged for engagement with the ratchet teeth 21 of each type bar web 24. To afford a quick, easy and substantial connection of the pawls 63 with the levers 58, each pawl .is provided, intermediate its length and preferably near the upper end thereof, with a slot 64, Fig. 5. The end of the lever 58 is formed with an outwardly and upwardly directed hook 65, which is extended through the slot 64 of the pawl 63 and the bottom of which hook forms substantially a pivot and seat for the pawl, the face of the pawl above the slot 64 therein being held in engagement with the rear edge of the hook by a spring 66, connected to an extended portion 61 of each pawl 63, with and to the bottom of each lever 58. The bottom of the pawl slot 64, striking against the bottom of the lever normally holds the pawl yieldably engaged with the rear of the hook 65, whereby it may pivot when moved from one tooth to another as the type bars are selectively elevated. Each lever 58 is under the tension of a spring 68 connecting the bottom thereof with an angle bar 69, that is pivoted in the sides 5| and 52 of the carriage and that is provided with a central member 18, Figs. 1 and 4. This member is pivotally attached to and between the tines of a forked arm 1|, that is threadedly connected to a horizontal shaft 12, pivotally mounted in the sides of the carriage 5|]. The member 10 is thereby movable vertically with and with respect to its pivotal connection with the forked arm II, and by such movement the angle bar 69 is rotated to increase or reduce the tension of the springs 68, suitable conventional means, as a set screw 13, or other device, being employed to hold the arm H and member 10 in adjusted position. Vertically disposed guide means 14 and 15 for the levers 58 are provided in the carriage above the levers, and an abutment bar 16, for the ends of the levers 58, extends horizontally between the side wall of the carriage.

Since the type bars 2| are loosely mounted for free movement by the upward thrust of the pawls 63 against the ratchet teeth 21, these bars 2| would move with the spring pressed pawls in a downwardly direction unless restrained. To maintain the bars in the position to which they are moved by the pawls 63, during the return thereof for engagement with another tooth of the type bars, detents 11 are provided for pivoting movement in a horizontal support 18 in the carriage. The detents 11 are mounted in manner identical with the mounting of the thrust pawls 63, i. e., the pawls are slotted and are mounted on hooks secured to the bar 78, and are under the tension of springs 19, that are secured to an adjustable member 88, adapted to be locked in position by set screws 8|.

When the keys 51 are selectively depressed in conformity with the articles counted, the levers as shown in Fig. 4, engaged in the teeth 21 of the type bars 2|, are elevated. The extent of elevation of said bars with each operation of the keys is not greater than one tooth which is substantially the equivalent of one number only on the face of the type bar. As the articles in a bundle are encountered, the key containing the description of the articles are successively operated, without any previous assortment or segregation of the contents of the bundle, and each operation of the keys raises the type bars to the extent of one count.

It may happen that a too vigorous and sudden pressure on the keys would impart to the type bars a momentum that would tend to elevate the type bars beyond the distance required for a consecutive count, in which event the final number or numbers on the type bars would be erroneous and would not correspond with the numbers of the articles in a bundle. To prevent such an occurrence, a stop bar 82, positioned above the pawls 63, Figs. 4, 5 and 9, and always to lie slightly above the horizontal line of the teeth 21 of the type bars 2| is provided. This stop bar 82 is adjustably connected to the bar l9 of one of the guide elements l8, specifically that one which is immediately above and in the path of movement of the pawls 63, by screws 83, the cylindrical part of which passes freely through said bar and threadedly engages the stop bar 82. Thus by manipulating the screws 83, the stop bar 82 is moved toward or away from the bottom of the bar l9; and to hold said stop bar 82 rigidly in position of adjustment, additional screws 84 are threadedly connected with the bar I9 and are manipulated to impinge against the top of the stop bar 82.

It will be noted that the pawl 63 of each lever 58, when operated to elevate the particular time bar 2| with which it is engaged, strikes against the bar 82 practically simultaneously with the elevation of the type bar 2| to the extent of one ratchet tooth, maintaining at all time during the elevation a constant engagement with the tooth against which it is thrust. The pawl is pressed with sufficient yielding pressure against said stop bar 62, to prevent the momentum of the type bar 2| from dislodging the pawl from the tooth. As will be seen, the type bar ratchet edge, when the type bar is elevated to the extent of one ratchet tooth, is immediately engaged by a detent ll, which holds the type bar in position during the retractive movement of the pawl to engage another tooth.

By means of the transverse members 53 and 54, secured to the sides of the carriage 58, the carriage, with the entire type bar operating mechanism, herein described, is movable in a forward direction to effect the engagement of all of the pawls 63 and detents 11, with the ratchet edges of the type bars 2|. When so engaged, the type bars may be selectively elevated by the pawls through the operation of the keys and maintained in elevated position by the detents for printing the numbers appearing on the bars so selected. The carriage in its entirety is movable rearwardly to effect the disengagement of the pawls and detents from the selectedly elevated type bars to permit said bars to gravitate to normal position upon the rest I5 in the bottom of the frame.

The movement of the carriage is accomplished by an arm 85, Figs. 1, 2 and 4, that is: fixedly connected in any desirable manner to the end of a shaft 86, which is journaled in said frame members 9 and 0 and extends beyond the frame are thereby locked against movement member 9, as seen in Fig. 1, and byan arm 81 on the other end ofthe'shaft 86, Fig; 2, that extends beyond the frame member I0. To 'said arms 85 and 81,links 88 and 89 are pi otally joined andthese links are disengageably connected with studs 90 and 9I that are mounted upon and. extend beyond the face of'the trans- V Fig. 1, on the frame member 9, to lock the carriage in position, in whichthepawls and detents are engaged with the type bars 2I. By removing the latch bar 95, from the recessed boss 96, the

lever 94 may be operated tomove the carriage rearwardly at one time and then forwardly, the forward movement of they lever 94 causing the latch bar automaticallyto seat in the boss96 and lock the carriage in its forward position. The shaft 86, Figs. 1 and 4, is preferably provided with a leg. 86', the'end of which is connected with a rod I6, by a spring 86" to maintain the shaft in tension.

' In order spective levers 58 and the therewith connected pawls 63, after the operation of the yoke 35 has pressed the list 43 into printing contact with the selectively elevated type bars 2 I, to make possible a printing of the numbers of the type on several lists, and prevent the correction of any list once it has been printed, means are provided to render the movement of the levers impossible until the carriage has been moved to permit all of theelevated type bars to drop to normal position. Referring to Fig. 2 and to the details, Figs. 6, '1 and 8, 91 represents-an obtusely angled plate that extends horizontally above the levers, 58, and is mounted for rotative movement on a shaft 98, that is journaled in the sides of the carriage. To one of the longitudinal edges and near an end of said obtuse plate 91 is secured an internally threaded tubular body 99, for a threaded member I00, that projects'through a cut-out IOI in the side wall 52,,of the carriage and is adjustable in said tubular body 99. The shank of said threaded member I rests in the fork I02 on the end of a post. I03. that upstands from a slide.I04. mounted upon a transverse ledge 'or shelf I05, Fig. '1, on the inside of the frame member I0. Extending'throughone arm of the yoke 35 is an adjustable device, in the form of a screw I06, that is disposed inline with the end of said slide I04. Thus, upon movement of the yoke 35 to cause the pad 34 to press the list into contact with the type bars, the screw I06 simultaneously abuts against the end of the slide I04 and, moving it, causes the fork I02 to rotate the obtuse plate 91 to .the position from that shown in full lines to the position shown in dotted lines in Figs. 6 and '1,in.which dotted position, the

' edge of the plate 91, opposite that on which the threaded member I00 is carried, isforced into engagement with the top of the levers 58 that and held pressed against the abutment bar 16, thus preventing any operation'of the keys. I The, operation-of said locking means 91 to release the levers 58 is accomplished by the rearward movement of the carriage 50, simultaneously with the disengagement of the pawls and detents with the type bars and forthis purpose a lever I01, fulcrumed at I08 on the inside of the frame member I0, is provided, and occupies normally a substan-v in the frame memto prevent the operation of, the reframe, a series of alined, freely supported vertitiallyvertical position, as shown in Fig, 6, with one end I09, that is, the lower end, in'contact with the rear end of the slide I04, and the upper end in line withbut removed from a stud III on and projecting'from the sidewall 52 of the carriage. As the yoke 35 is moved and the screw I06 contacts and moves the slide I04, the slide moves the lever I01 about its fulcrum I08 to engagement with the stud lII,jas shown'in dotted lines, Fig; 6. When now the carriage is moved rearwardly by the lever 94, as explained, the

stud I I I, strikes and rotates the lever I01 about its fulcrum, causing the end I09 thereof to move the slide I04 and thereby tilt the plate '91 to release position.

I'claim:

1. In a device of the character disclosed, a frame, a series of independently movable and freely disposed vertical type bars in said frame, each having on the face thereof a series of desi nating'number types; digitally controlled means 7 to elevate said bars selectively, means to hold said selectedly elevated bars in elevated position, a laundry list holder manually movable into alinement with'the elevated type, 'means to press a pre-printed laundry list supported on saidholder into engagement with the type on said selectedly elevated bars to imprintthereon opposite the description of certain articles printed on said list the numbers of said articles, means actuated by said pressing means for disabling said digitally controlled means, and means to move said elevating and holding means to disengaging position with respect to said bars to causesaid bars to drop by gravity to normal position and to simultaneously re-enable said digitally controlled means.

2. In a device of the character disclosed, a frame, a series of type bars freely disposed vertically in said frame-each of said bars having on the face thereof serially arranged vertically spaced number type, digitally operable means to elevate said bars selectively and successively a distance equal to the spacing between type on the face of each bar, means to hold said bars in selectedly elevated position, a holder for supporting a printed laundry list having spaces opposite the descriptions of the articles, said holder being manually movable to aline the spaces on the list with the alined number type on the selectedly elevated bars, means to press thelist against the alined type, means actuated by said pressing means for disabling said digitally operable means, and manually operable means for disengaging said elevating and holding means from said type bars so as to allow the same to drop by gravity back to normal position and to simultaneously re-enable said digitally operable means;

3. In a device of the character disclosed, a

cal type bars on said frame, each having on the face thereof a row of number typeconsecutively arranged, a carriage slidable in said frame, a series of layers pivotally mounted in said carriage and provided at one end with members for engaging said type bars and at the other end with keys to operate said levers and thereby elevate said type bars, means on said carriage to support said bars when so elevated, a laundry list holder movable to present a laundry list supported thereon to the type on the elevated type bars at a point opposite the description of the articles thereon, means to press the list against the; bars to record thereon the number of articles, and manually operable means for slidably moving said carriage forwardly to move said members and said bar supporting means into operative position relative to said type bars, and rearwardly to disengage said units from said bars and thereby permit the elevated bars to drop to normal position.

4. In a device of thecharacter disclosed, a frame, a series of type bars freely supported vertically in said frame, each having on the face thereof a row of number type consecutively arranged, a carriage in said frame provided with key-controlled means to elevate said bars selectively and successively in distances equal substantially to the spacing between number type on said type bars, means in said carriage to support said bars when so elevated, a laundry list holder, for supporting a pre-printed laundry list, means to press the list into engagement with the type so elevated to record opposite the description of the articles on said list the numbers thereof, and manually operable means for moving said carriage in one direction to effect the engagement of said elevating and supporting means with said type bars and in another direction to disconnect said elevating and supporting means and thereby permit said elevated type bars to drop to normal position.

5. In a device of the character disclosed, a frame, a plurality of type bars freely disposed on the bottom of said frame, each having on the face thereof a row of consecutively arranged number type, a carriage mounted to slide on said frame, a plurality of levers pivoted in said carriage and provided with keys at one end and with yieldable means at the other end to engage said type bars and successively elevate same when said keys are digitally depressed, means on said carriage to hold said type bars in elevated position, a holder for supporting a pre-printed list of laundry articles movable to aline the list with the type on the elevated type bars, means to press said list into engagement with the type on the type bars so elevated, and means to move said carriage forwardly to effect the engagement of said yieldable means and said holding means with said type bars, and rearwardly to disengage said yieldable means and holding means from said type bars, thereby to permit said elevated bars to drop to normal position.

6. In a device of the character disclosed, a frame, a series of alined type bars mounted freely in spaced relation on the bottom of said frame, a carriage mounted on said frame for movement relative to said type bars having key-controlled means to engage said bars and selectively elevate same and provided with means to hold said bars in elevated position, a holder for a laundry list, manually movable means to press the list into engagement with the type on the elevated bars, and means to move and lock said carriage in one position on said frame to effect the engagement of said bar-elevating and holding means, and to move said carriage to another position on said frame to disengage said elevating and holding means and permit said bars to drop to normal position.

'7. In a device of the character disclosed, a frame, a series of straight bars loosely mounted in said frame and having one edge serrated with teeth and the other edge provided with serially 3 arranged number type, a housing mounted on said frame for movement relative to said bars, means pivoting in said housing and digitally controllable selectively to engage the teeth in said bars and elevate same in successive steps conformable with a count of the articles, pawls in said housing to maintain said bars in elevated position, means to press a laundry list into engagement with the number type on the elevated bars, and means to move said housing on said frame to effect disengagement of said elevating means and pawls from said bars to permit the elevated bars to drop to normal position.

8. In a device of the character disclosed, a frame, a series of straight bars loosely mounted on said frame and having one edge serrated with teeth and the other edge provided with serially arranged number type, a housing mounted on said frame for movement relative to said bars, elevating means pivoted in said housing for engaging said teeth, means in said housing to hold said bars in elevated position, manually operated means to press a laundry list into contact with the number type on said elevated bars, and means for moving said housing in one direction on said frame to effect engagement of said elevating means with said bars, and in another direction to disengage said elevating and holding means from said bars.

9. In a device of the character disclosed, a frame, a series of straight bars loosely mounted on said frame and having one edge serrated with teeth and the other edge provided with serially arranged number type, a support mounted on said frame for movement relative to said bars, a plurality of key controlled levers pivoted in said support and provided with pawls for engaging the teeth of said bars and elevating same, detents pivoted in said support to hold said bars in elevated position, said support being movable in one direction on said frame to effect the engagement of said pawls and detents with said bars and in another direction to remove said pawls and detents from engagement with said bars to permit same to drop to normal position, means to press a laundry list against the numbers type on the elevated bars and record the numbers thereon opposite certain descriptions of articles on said list, means actuated by said pressing means to lock said levers against pivoting movement and means operated by said support when it is moved in said other direction for disabling said locking means.

10. In a device of the character disclosed, a frame, a series of straight bars loosely mounted on said frame and having one edge serrated with teeth and the other edge provided with serially arranged number type, a support mounted on said frame for movement relative to said bars, a plurality of key controlled levers pivoted in said support and provided with pawls for engaging the teeth of said bars and elevating same, detents pivoted in said support to hold said bars in elevated position, said support being movable in one direction on said frame to eifect the engagement of said pawls and detents with said bars and in another direction to remove said pawls and detents from engagement with said bars to permit same to drop to normal position, means to press a laundry list against the number type on the elevated bars and record the numbers thereon opposite certain descriptions of articles on said list, means supported on said frame and actuated by said pressing means for locking said levers against pivotal movement and mutually co-operating means on said frame and support to disable said locking means when the support is moved in said other direction.

11. In a device of the character disclosed, a frame, a series of straight bars loosely mounted ll on. said frame and having one edge serrated with teeth. and the other. edge provided with serially arrangednumber type, a support, a plurality of key controlled levers pivoted in said support and provided with pawls for engaging the teeth of said bars and elevating same, detents pivoted in said support to hold said bars in elevated position, said support being movable in one direction to effect the engagement of said pawlsand detents with saidbars and inanother direction to remove said pawls and detents from engagement with said bars to permit sameto drop to normal position, means to press a laundry list against the number type onthe elevated bars and record the numbers thereon opposite certain, descriptions of articles on said list, a locking means for said levers, and means onsaid frame and operable by. said laundry. list pressing means to operate said locking means. t

12. In a device of the character disclosed, a frame, a series of straight bars loosely mounted on said frame and having one edge serrated with teeth and the other edge provided with serially arranged number type, a support, a plurality of key controlled levers. pivoted in said support-and providedwith pawls for engaging the teeth of said bars and elevating the same, detents pivotedin said supportto hold said bars in elevated position, said support being movable in one direction to ,effect, the engagement of said pawls anddetents with saidbars and in another direction to remove said pawls and detents from engagement with said bars to permit same to drop to normal position, ,means to press a laundry list against the number type on the elevated bars and record the numbers thereon opposite certain descriptions of articles on said list, a locking means for. said levers,,and means on said frame and operable bysaid, pressing means concurrently with the pressing of the list against the elevated typebarsto move said locking means into engagement with said levers. V

13. In adevice. of the characterdisclosed, a frame,. a-seriesof straight bars loosely mounted on said frame and having one edge serrated with teethand the other edge provided with serially arranged number type, a support, a plurality of keyeontrolled levers pivoted in said support and provided with pawls .for engaging. the teeth of said bars and. elevating same, detents pivoted in said support to hold. said bars in elevated position, said support being movable in one direction to effect the engagement of said pawls and detents with said bars and in another. direction to remove said pawls and detents from engagement with said bars to permit same to drop to normal. position, means to press a laundry list against the number type on the elevated bars and record the numbers thereon opposite certain descriptions of articles on ,said list, a locking means for said levers journaled in said support, slidable means on said frame for moving said locking means to engage said bars, said slidable means being operable by said list pressing means when moved to press said list against the number type on the elevated bars.

14. In a device of the character disclosed, a frame, a series of independently movable type bars freely disposed in said frame, each having a ratchet edge and a serially numbered face, means shiftable into engagement with the ratchet edgesof said bars and key-controlled to elevate same selectively, holding means for the bars when so elevated, s'aid elevating and holding means being shiftable out of engagement with l2 7 said type bars to permit same to'drop to normal position, a holder for a laundry list, means movable to press said list into engagement with said elevated bars, means controlled by said pressing means to lock said elevating means, and means controlled by the shifting of said elevatingmeans out of engagement with said type bars to release said locking means.

15. In a device of the character disclosed, a frame, a series of independently movable type bars freely disposed in said frame, each having a ratchet edge and a serially numbered face, a support, levers pivoted in said support and having means for engagement with the ratchet edges of said type bars, a plurality of keys in said support to operate said levers selectively and thereby elevate said bars, pawls on said support to hold said bars in elevated position, said support being slidable in said frame forwardly to effect engagement of said elevating and holding means with said type bars for operation by said keys and rearwardly to disengage said elevating and holding means from said bars to permit said bars to drop to normal position, a laundry list holder movable to aline the list with the elevated bars, means to press said list into engagement with the elevated bars to imprint numbers opposite the description of articles thereon, a lock for said levers journaled in said support, adjustable means on said pressing means to move said lock to operative position, and co-operative means on the frame and support and controllable by the movement of the support rearwardly to release said lock. 7

16. In a machine of the kind disclosed, a frame, a series of independently movable type bars freely disposed in said frame, each havin a ratchet edge and a printing edge bearing serially arranged number type, a carriage mounted on said frame for movement relative to said type bars, key-operated levers pivoting in said carriage and having pawls for engaging the ratchet edge of said bars to elevate same when said keys are operated, detents for holding said bars so elevated, means for limiting the extent of successive elevations of said bars to one ratchet tooth, a list holder, means'to press a printed list thereon into engagement with the number type on said bars so elevated, and means to move the carriage in one direction on said frame to effect engagement of said pawls and detents with said type bars and in another direction to disengage 7 said pawls and detents therefrorfi and permit said bars to drop to normal position.

1'7. In a machine of the kind disclosed, a frame, a series of independently movable type bars freely disposed in said frame, each having a ratchet edge and a printing edge bearing serially arranged number type, a carriage mounted on said frame for movement relative to said type bars, key-operated levers pivoting in said carriage and having pawls for engaging the ratchet edge of said bars to elevate same when said keys are operated, detents for holding said bars 50 elevated, adjustable means in the path of movement of said pawls to limit the extent of travel thereof to a distance of one ratchet tooth at a time, a list holder, means to press a printed list thereon into engagement with the number type on said bars so elevated, and means to move the carriage in one direction on said frame to effect engagement of said pawls and detents with said type .bars and in another direction to disengage said pawls and detents therefrom and permit said bars to drop to normal position.

18. In a machine of the kind disclosed, a frame,

a series of independently movable type bars freely disposed in said frame, each having a ratchet edge and a printing edge bearing serially arranged number type, a carriage mounted on said frame for movement relative to said type bars, key-operated levers pivoting in said carriage and having pawls for engaging the ratchet edge of said bars to elevate same when said keys are operated, detents for holding said bars so elevated, a horizontal bar disposed in the path of movement of said pawls to limit the extent of travel thereof to a distance of one ratchet tooth, means to adjust said bar relative to said pawls, means to lock said bar in adjusted position, a list holder, means to press a printed list thereon into engagement with the number type on said bars so elevated, and means to move the carriage in one direction on said frame to effect engagement of said pawls and detents with said type bars and 14 in another direction to disengage said pawls and detents therefrom and permit said bars to drop to normal position.

JOHN GRIESINGER.

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