USRE16977E - Stamping machine - Google Patents

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- S. .ANTHONY STAMPING MACHINE v original Filed Aug.1a, 192e `sa 37M,

Reissued May 29; 1928.

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' STANLEY ANTHONY; 0F BOSTON, MASSACHUSET'LS.y

STAMPING---MACHINE `Original No. 1,649,438, datedNovember 1927, vSerial No; .129,9?-8`, 1ed` August 1.8, 1926. Application for i .reissue med-March `2, 1928. 'l SeriaLNo. 2 585625. l

This invention relates to stampinglmachines and particularly to stamping machines which are designed .toy print on a salesbook or sales slip the nameandvladdress oa customer. l

` `In the mercha-ndizing operatlons of@ ret-all stores `it isl a common prac'ticefor the sales` man to make Aoutwaf;salesslip for each purg.

chase. receive thepname and address ofthe. cuschase andzwhere thel goods' are to .be sent Lto the customer or if the customerI has a charge account the nameV and. address of the customer is .-writtenon the ls'l-ip by lfthe salesman. These sales slips vare usuallyin theform of pads which are; retained in a salesbool and it is a common practice to have carbon `copies made to nfurnish lduplicates or triplicates, one `of `which `copies usually goes .with the goodsnandffurnishes the'address to which` the goods are to bedelivered. .These sales slipsare frequently-made'out in considerable haste land the name and `address .is `not always clearly` legible. As a result ythere is failure of delivery-ofymanyfpa'cka-ges sent `|out from thestore .because .of the-illegibility 7 y of the name oraddress'. I

vIt is lone of `the ohjelctsrof ,mypresent nventionfto :provide ma Vnovel stamping' fma` l chine by 4which the.l name] and address` of the customer, as well as anyother desired data, `such as the number of the -lcustomerfs charge account, might .be stampedl or yimprintedfon `the sales slip in clear. legible type. @-With .this

object in yview thel Invention wconsists ofv variousy features which will be. more 'fully Vhereinafter described and:v then'ptxinted4 out in the appended claims.

In. the drawings, Fig. ljisa perspective view of a stampingcm'aehine embodylngxmy invention; l l l i Fig 2 is an enlarged sectional `view through the printing head; y

` Fig-3 risa `section onthe 1ine3.3, FigwQ; Figa is a fragmentary under-sideJvieW: 'Fig `5 :is a Viewl illustrating 1a. salesbook lwhich maylbe usediin connection :withl'lthe ffdevice; y

Fig.- 6 is affragmentary perspective Ivie'w; Fig. "7 illustrates-the type-plate. l"In many retail: storesv leach salesman-has` a salesbo'ok which is f constructed to contain ntwo'lorzmoreypads `ofsales slips. Then-sales .slip of one -pa'd,"'or instance, `would be -used lfor charge customers, thoseetanother.A pad `made out when goodsare chargedor when theyfare tobe sent C.' O. D.vit is Anecessary forv the salesman to write on the slip the nameand address ofy the customer.

Fig-5 of the drawings illustrates-,a .sales -book 1 `having two paclsof sales slips 2 and whiclristor the purpose of stampingnthe name and address ofgthe customeninf the space 4, comprises .a bed 5 `on which :the

l.salesbook 'may` be placed. duringthe stamping operation and a printinghead 6 adapted to carry an interchangeable vtype lplate mounted forI movement toward and' from .the

.-bed. .This printing headis shown ascarried `.by ay swingingarm `7 pivotally lmounted on the bed at 8. *Said armA is acted -onby` a spring 9 which yieldingly holds'it .in raised position; for whichpurpose' :the arm is `extended below itspivot as shown* atV 10y and is connectedbya link member 11t01 a :pull-1i `fing spring 9, the action of the spring-operatposition.

ing tohold Ethe varm yi'eldingly: in=.eleva`ted an interchangeable' type plate such asshown at 14,v said typeuplate having. formedjor emthe data y which it iswdesiredrtoprint. Said printingA head is also illustrated as a` self- `adjusting one `softhat lit Will-automatically accommodate :itself to the surface oniwhi'ch the impression is to bevmade. f In'the illustrated embodiment voi-the inventionf the type .plate receivingfsurfacewof 'the head1 is. shown asbeing lconstituted"by *the lowerface Vof a block-15. and .theftype plate isheldv against said 'face by-yielding vedges .oseti as shown zit-'20,: said -osetedges being received in the rabbets"19;and being vengaged-by thellps18'formedwon'i'the ends of thearms 17. 'With' this construction the type characters of the typejplates-are en- "bossed thereon type characters constituting ino l Ilo tirely below the retaining lips l18 so that when the impression' is made the lips will not engage the paper. V

The holding member 16 is acted on Vby springs 21 Which are received in recesses22 in the block 15, said springs causing the lips "18 to yieldingly engage the offset edges 2O of the type plate. The type plates can ybe readily slipped into place from one end and to facilitate this the sides 17 of the holding` member are projected slightly beyond the t block at one end as rindicated at 23 so that at this end the lips 18 also extend beyond the blocks.` To insert a type plate in place one projecting ends of the lips 18 and pressed vdownwardly so asto separate said lips from end of the type plateis placed against the Athe rabbets 19 sufficiently to permit the plate to enter and then thekplate may be slipped into place.

l The 'printing head 6 is headl so that it will readily accommodate. it-

' vexend of a post 27 that is yieldingly. mounted in the end 28 of the arm 7. This. post enters-a yrecess 29 in :self to the surface on which the impression is to be made in ease said surface is not` exactly parallel to the top surface of the' bed 5. `In the construction shown this is accomplished by forming the block- 15 with a recess 24 in ivhich'is loosely received a bearing block V`25, the 'latter'y havinga concave socket 26 which has bearin-gagainst the conthe arm and 'is backed lby a spring 30.

lnindicate retaining screws .which extend `through `the block and screw'iinto thefend. 5 28'of the arm 7,1tlie heads 32 'of the screws being received in recesses 33 in the block 15.

. ...The apertures 'through which the screws eX- tend are slightly largerothan the screws so` as'tO allovvsthe block to have a'certain latip tude of movement relative to the head. With 4 this construction the blockl 15l is permitted arlimited rockin-g movement on the rounded end of the post `27 bothin a transverse and jajlongitudinal direction. Thepost .27 lalsoV hasva yielding movement relative to the varm 7 due to ;the"action of the spring 30,"the

amount yofthe lyielding movement being limited by the screws' 31.

` It will be noted that the rounding surface 26 on Whichh the block 15 rocks is situated below r.the upper face of said block and relatively close tothe kface carrying theprinting type.' This arrangement by which the axis about which the plate 15 turns is relatively close to theprinting face has the ad? vantage vthat any' turningfmovement of the :plate necessary to bringthe type into vparallelism with vt .g thus a clear impression is produced.

In using the device each customer is supposed to have in his possession a type plate 'a self-adjusting transaction.

e surface. on which the-ini-A pression is to lbe vmade is accomplishedvwithout any appreciable lateral movement and'` "bearingfhis name and .address and When he Umakes a purchase he Will hand the type plate Withfhis. namelon it to the salesman and theA latter Will place the type plate in the printing head and by means of this vvill print the eustomers name and address on the sales slip.` The printing may conveniently rbe done ythrough the medium of carbon paper, suitable sheetsl of carbon paper being placedbetween the duplicate or triplicate yslips and another carbon papeiI being placed on -top of the top slip. Vhen` the salesbook lis properly'placed on the bed so as to bringvtlie Vspace ty into printing position` a quick downward movement of -the arm 7 ivilljcause a printed impression to be made "through the Tear-bon paper on the Atop sheet of the slip and duplicate carbon copies on the duplicate-Slips'.

This operation of introducing the ype plate into fthe machine. placing the salesbook in position on the Vb ed and givingpthe arm "ar quick downward (stroke can be performed as quickly, i'f-vnot more quickly, than the name and address of the customer can be -Written in by hand so :that the use of the machine doesfnot inA any Way -delay the Furthermore, Aby havingl the naine and addressprinted on the sales slip `the naine and address Will be easily read .i

thus obviatiii'g-the .possibility of mistakes throughy illegible Writing.

. In many salesbook-sthe .space for'receiving the customersname is ina dierent location on the charge "slip from What itis on the C. '0.yD. slip `or some other slip and .sometimes 'a sales 'sli'pfmayhave twospaces for the customerslname, especially if the sales slip va .tWop'art one which is to be divided. ln or- -Ider to ensure that the .printed impression Will alwaysbe made in the right positionon lthe sales'slipI have provided the bed herein fyvith a series of 'guide lines by which the salesbookinayv beapositioned on the. bed .to receive the printed impression. yFor 1nystance, in thel sample sales slip shown for 'zt-hecharge: account :there are two'spaees tor the entry of the name of the customer, one

vunderthe'designation'Charge to and' the other under the4 designation Send t'of-v The 'bed 5 is herein'sho'vvnv as'zprovided ivithitwo lguide vlines 34, 35` which Aare'lor the purpose lof assistingin!positioning-.the book vfor entries lonthecharge slips. The guide line 34 is sc positioned that when the top edge lof .the lsalesbook is placed on said line the charge sales slip-Will be properly positioned to receive the printed impression at the space entitledfCharge; to 'While Whenv the salesfbook is shifted so'that the top edge thereof ison the guide line 35 the charge sales slip vwill be properlyvpositioned to receive the printed A impression'v in the yspace entitled .Send-to., For convenience these two guide lines 34, 35 may beindicated by the title lill) `.Charge acct. i `The C. vO. D. slips .shovvn 4have provision for entering the naine once ci c only and the `,bed `under the vdesignation .C. 0. Dwvi-ll ,havev a guide line 36 which is designated Send to and which is situated so that when the top edge ofthe salesbookl is positioned by this guide line thespace 4 4.O Ilpthe C. O. D. slip will be in position to receive .theimprint The bed may have other guide lines which will lit other forms of `sales slips if such are used.

The self-adjusting head provides for male inga clear cut impression regardless of the thickness of the pad or of any' irregularities in the surface on which the impression is to bemade. It' When the arm 7 is moved downwardly to maken printed impression the `printing block is not square with the sur- ",faceo-the paper said blockwill upon contact` with the paper immediately `rock slightlyon the rounded end of Lthe post `27 until the type plate is parallel to the printedsurpiace. Theliead Will thus `automatically adjust itself linto proper position. This' auto- "inlatic adjustment will occur the instant that the type plate strikes the sur-aceand as the ,arm 17 will natnrallybe moved downwardly -with a` quick motion and theforc'e of the `OWIlWard movement will cause the spring 3,0 to -be `compressed `.thus allowing the end of the .i ost27 ,to strike the end of the recess 29., 1T, is will produce the effect of a blow their i impression through the carbon paper.

ThebloW effect, hovveyer, does not occur until immediately after the head ha-s automatiself-adjusting printing head, therefore, the printing head or type plate will be automatically adjusted into parallelism with the surface on which the imprint is to be made as soon as the head strikes the paper and before the blow is struck Which causes the printing impression to be made, these two operations occurring in sequence,although, of course, in very rapid succession.

When the block l5 is rocked or tilted to bring the type plate into parallelism with the surface on Which the impression is to be made, the rocking movement of said block will occur about the heads 32 of the screws 31. These heads are `located slightly belovvV 'parts and that the rocking action may be free I have made the rece-ss 2li in Which the Abearing of the member 15.

ing block 25 is received slightly larger than said bloc-k so that said block can slide or move laterally in the recess during the rock- In order to guard against the use in one store of a type plate which belongs toanother store I proposevto construct the type plates for any particular store so that they `,Will 11st ,t the mahnes Used in aneth@ and `the blockil` is formed with a pin orV pro`` j ection 38 situatedv to fitinto the notch ivhen the type plate is inserted into `the machine.

Some other store would Ahave the notch 37` another location on the type plate with ithepin, of course, in a corresponding posiltioii `and `hence the type plate intended for use in one storecannot be properly positioned `in the machine used in some other store.` Furthermore, the type pla-tesufor'any other .store may have some videntifying marks thereon as for instance a certain number oi `notclrishila() cut into the `edge,1the number of such. identifyingnotches lfor each store being diierent. y

I claim:

l.` In a stamping machin-e, the combination With Aa bed, fof an arm pivoted thereto, 1a-

post` having `a rounded endcarried by said arm, Aa printinghead vcomprising a block,

means for detachablyv securing va type plate to said block, a bearing plate loosely carried .by the block and having-,a concave socket in ywhich the rounded end of the post has b eaiing, `and means connecting said block to said `arm to permit the block to rock either direction.

2. In a stamping machine, thecombina- A. A, tionivith a bed,` of an arm pivoted thereto, which Will cause the type characters to make Aa post having a rounded yieldingly caryresting against the block, .the edges of the type plate `being offset and occupying the rabbeted portion 'of the block, and a holding member yieldingly supported by the block and having retaining lips which engage the offset portions of the type plate.`

l. In a stamping machine, the combination With a bed, of an arm pivotally mounted thereon, a printing head carried by the arm and vcomprising a block, a type plate resting against the block, ya retaining member yieldingly supported by the block and vhaving at its edges lips to underliethe edges of the type plate and hold it yieldingly against the block, said lips being extended beyond the ends of the block, whereby When the type plate is to be inserted one end thereof may be placed against the projecting ends of the lips and by pressure thereon the lips may be separated suciently to permit the plate to be slippedinto place.

5. In a stai'npirig.; machine, the combination with a bed, of an arm pivotally mounted thereon, a head carried bythe arm and mov- `able toward and from the bed as the arm swings, lan interchangeable type vplate removably carried by the head and slidable thereon into position, said head havingv a stop projection and the type plate havinga corresponding recess to receive said projecr tion when the plate is in proper position'.

6. In a stamping machine, the combination with a bed, of an larm pivotally mounted thereon, a head carried by the arm and comprising a block, av type plate resting against the block, and a retaining member supported by the block and having at its edges lips to y underlie the edges of the type plate and hold it against the block, said lips being extended beyond the end of the block, wherebywhen a type plate is to be inserted one end thereof may be placed against the projecting ends of the lips and said plate Amay be guided into position by ythe, lips.

7. In a stamping machine, the combination With a bed, of an arm pivoted thereto, a printing1 head carried by'said arm, said printing ead comprising a block having two longitudinal grooves, a type plate resting against the block, the edges of the type plate being offset and occupying the grooves,

and a holding member yieldingly supported y by the block and having retaining lips which engage the oifset po-rtions of the type plate.

8. In astamping machine, theV combination a bed, of an arm pivoted thereto, a printing head carriedl by the armand vcom- 'prising a block, a type plate resting "against the block, yi'eldable retaining 'armsat the sides of the block provided'vvithl lips to en-- gage the edges of the type plateand hold it yieldingly against the block, and guiding lips extending beyond the end of the block,

said lips serving tol position a -type plate Which has one end placedthereon so that said type plate may]` be slid into operative y position between the retaining arms.

9. In a stamping machine, the combination with a bed. of an arm pivoted thereto,

va printing vhead carried by said arm, said y vprinting head comprising a block having two longitudinal grooves. a type plate resting against the block, the edges of the'plate *being received in the grooves, andryieldable retaining arms att-he sides of the block to engage the edges of the type plate and hold it yieldingly against the block.v I

' l0. In a stamping machine, the combination with a bed, of an arm pivoted thereto,

a printing head. c'arriedby said arm,'said printing head'having a type plate receiving portion provided with tv'vo longitudinal grooves, a type plate resting against said portion, the edges of the plate beingfreceived in the grooves, and` yieldable retainingv arms at the sides of saidl portion` to engage the edges ofthe type plate and hold it yieldingly in place.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specication.

' vSTANLEY ANTHONYp` .A nu

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