US1203717A - Printing-machine. - Google Patents

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WJMW 11% 1. s. DUNCAN.

PRINTING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILEDYAUGJB. ms.

Patented Nov. 7,1916,

4 SHEETS-SHEET I.

.|. S. DUNCAN.

PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION nun AUGJB. ma.

1 203,71 7. jPatent-ed Nov. 7', 1916.

- J. 8. DUNCAN.

PRINTING MACHINE. Armcmon FILED 913- 4 I 1 203 717. Patented Nov. 7, 19m. q 4s n'ze sssssss 3.

' nmransmrns rarnnrorrioa JOSEPH s. DUNCAN, or cnrcneo, rumors, issienon ro nnnnnssoennria COMPANY,

. OF CHICAGO", ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION ILL INZOIS.

To all whom z't may (50mm Be it known that I, JosnrH S. :DUNCAN, United States, residing at a citizen of the Ghicago, in the county of- Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certainnew and useful "Improvements in rinting-Machines,

' 'of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates" in general to printing machines and has more particular reference to machines of-thischaracter adapted to print two or more impressions in predetermined relation upon a single-web or sheet.

One of' the primary objects of this inventionis the provisionv of a machine adapted I for use in connection with statements, bills,

more detachable stubs,e'a ch bearing printed matter, common toall'the reports or the like, and variable printed matter which varies with each report, the purpose of the present machine being to print automatically upon a continuous webor strip of paper the printed matter common to all the reports,

and the variable matter which changes with each report.

Another object is the provision of mechanism which will so feed a strip of paper through the machine that the common printed matter and the variable printed matter will appear upon the strip in predetermined relation, and. also to provide mechanism for severing the printed strip or web, into predetermined lengths, each' comprising a coInplete report.

perforating each report etween the body portion and the stub and also between the individual stubs, if thereport comprises more than one stub.

advantages of the invention will be apparent asthes'ame becomes better understood, by

p'anying drawings.

reference to the following description when considered in connection with the accom Referring to the drawings Figure 1 is Y a plan view of a machine embodying myinview of the impression cylinderh Fig. 4c is a detailed view of the paper severing mecha-,

nism. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary rear eleva rovide means for Other objects and many of the attendant Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Nov; 7, M} i I Application filed August Q8, 1913 SerialNo. 787,047. 7

tion showing the driving mechanism for the paper feedin mechanism, inking rolls, etc. Flg. 6 is a ace view of a report with the variable printed matter appearing thereon;

Fig. 7 isa similar view of a complete report bearing the unchanging printed matter and the variable printed matter. Fig. 8 is .a verticalsection on' the line 8-8 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 9 is a plan view of the duplicating- On top of the machine in bearings 13, 14 and 15 is mounted a longitudinally disposed main shaft 16 which may be driven by ower from any suitable source, or, if .pre erred,

may be manually operated by means of a handle 17 mounted on the fly wheel; 18. The

various mechanisms hereinafter I described are all operated from this main drive shaft.

In order that the results to be attained by this machine may' be fully comprehended before .the details of the mechanism, which has been 'shown for purposes of illustration,

are discussed I desire to direct attention to 1 Figs. 6 and 7 of the drawings which illustrate diagrammatically vareport which the present machine is designed to produce. It

. is well known tb=-those familiar with dailywork reports, telephone bills, gas .bills, ele'ctric light bills, statements and the like, that such reports, bills and statements comprise printed matter common to all of the reports of any specific type and also variable printedmatter whichis different on each report and refers particularly to theindividual or com-- pany to whom the report or bill is rendered or designates the person or object to'which the report refers. The report shown in Fig.

7 comprises a main or bodyportion 19 and astub 21 capable of detachment from the body portion byreason ofa score line or row of perforations 22. Upon the body of the report appears printed matter 23, and

the stub is likewise provided with printed matter 24, the printed'matter on both the body portion and stubbeing common to all reports of any particular'species. Upon the body portion19 and on the stub there also appears printed matter 25',- this printed mata 755 from the feeding mechanism teristics, one type of 'ter being variable and diifering' on each re-Z port ;sent out. For instance, the printed matter, 23 may be in the form of a receipt WhlCh'theworkman signs when he receiveshis pay and the 'matter 24 may be an order signedby an Ofl'lCBI Of the company authorizing' the paymast er to pay the amount indi-, v -batedonithenstub, The-printedmatter 25 1 may indicate the. name department 'in- .whichihe is .vvorking, the characterofthe work upon which he is engaged or anyother information which, of course,,varies withjthe individuals to whom thereports refer. It will be understoodthat the word report is to be considered gener ,ically in the following description and com-' prehends vbills, statemehtst vouchers and the like of various types and while I have shown on the drawings a reportoomprising one det'achable stub it will be jnianifest as the invention becomes better understood that my invention contemplates the printing of re ports'compris'ing any desired Znumber of detacha-blestubs. i i

@A machine embodying my invention utiw lizesa webior strip 26 of paper of there-- quired width for the reports to be printed, which gstrip is. fed from a large roll, or, rather continuoussupply, through the ma- 30-chine where. the variable printed matter, ,that"is,tlie individual name andother indi-i; Jvidualinforination which differs on each report, is-first printed on the web at predeter-' f mined intervals in such position that it will appearonthe body of the report and also onfi each -"stub. The web is then passed through another; printing mechanism Which sprintsthemattm bothonthebody and on the stub which is common to all of the re- 40 ports ,At the same time the report .is per-T forated,:or scored, between the body and the stub alndalso between the various stubs,fif more than one stub ,isrequired, and subsequently'the web is severed into predetermined lengths, each-40f whioh 'fo rms a completere'portL-Y q The web, or strip'ofi paper 26, upon which the printed matter istofbe impressed is fed from "a large roll "or other supply- (not 'showngxin any suitable manner, and preferably t e stripis positively drawn or fed from the rollQ by anyv preferred feeding mechanism which may bedriven from the lpulleyr27 on the shaft 16.. The paper passes I over a guide roll 30 mounted on the mainframe of themachine "from whence it' is fed through an intermittently "operating printing Inecha nism which prints the variable matter there 0 on.-- The details of the machine which prints this variable matter need not be specifically described in 'the present application asthey .may differ widely in their StIllCtlllflLChfiIflCr mechanism suitable for purpose being disclosed in my prior 5 this ,29 which may-beraised by a' spring or other 2 suitable -mechanism and which is intermitgtently I lowered f into of the workman, the

.paper at each"recipr ocation ofthe platen;

, preferred form,

; ranged that a printing device will be retained in operative position during one or c sions may be taken rocked, the dog 107 vwill engage the pins 113 a be obtained from each Patent,- No. 803,677, granted Nov. 7, 1905. The salient features of such a mechanism comprise, as shown: on the drawings, a re cipro'catoryTp1aten-28 mounted-on a frame printing position by cams 31 mounted on "the shaft 16 in position to engage and depress a'ipairof followers32 carried by ,the frame .29 and, a series of printing devices 33 with mechanism for positioning, thesedevices" successively inco- I pperative relation to the platen so that an lmpressionis producedfromfadevice on the Theprinting devices, which may be of any i such, for'instance, as that disclosed in my prior Patent, No. 1,026,245, granted May 14, 1912, -or No. 1,015,757, granted January"23,f'1912.; These. devices are stacked ina magazine Matthe rear of the machine fromwhichithey are successively and intermittentl fed to printing po- 'sition by a chain carrier- .35 orother preferred means, suitable mechanism. such as so an, ink-pad 36 being employed to supply v each dev ce with ink as it approaches printingl osition. ,Th mechanismcontrolling the eeding'of the printing devices is so armore actuations of the printing platen, so that one or any desired number of impresfrom one printing device before i t. is. replaced by another. For instance,if-=a report comprising one stub is to be printedfeach printingdevice will be retained in printing" position-while the platen makestwo reciprocations, thus producingoneimpression on the body of the report and anotheron the stub, If a report comprises two, stubs three impressions will be taken from each printingdevice.

; The mechanism for controlling the feed ing of the printing devices comprises a 1m rocker pivotally mounted at 101 and provided with rollers 102 adapted to 00-,

I operate with the cams 103 on the shaft 16.

The rocker 100 is connected by a link 104 to an arm secured to the; rock shaft 105 to which is secured an arm.1'06.- A dog" 107 is'pivotally mounted at 108on the arm 106. A spring 109 'connects ,thelug 110 on the arm 106 to one-end of-the .dog'107. The dog 107 is provided with an extended nose -111 and a notch 112 adapted to'engage the pins 113 on'the sprocket 114: about which the chain carrier 35 is disposed. As will be readily understood, whengthearm 106 is successively to rotate the sprocket 114 and advance the chain carrier.

In order that duplicate impressions may printing device Tprovide a pin 115 on the dog 107 which is 1369 I adapted engage a shield 116 pivota1ly mounted at 117 on a member 118 which is.

in turn pivotally' mounted at 119 on the frame of the machine. 7 provided with a cut-out portion 120' which allows thepin 115 to drop therefrom as the dog 107 is retracted. A star wheel 121 is rotatably mounted at 122 and provided with a plurality of notches 123 which are alter nately deep and shallow. When the pin 115 drops 'past the cut-out portion 120 of the shield 116-it will engage one of the notches. on the star wheel 121.

When a shallow notch is engaged by the pin 115 the dog- 107 is maintained in position-to engage the pin 113 on the sprocket 114 and thereby advance the sprocketchain uponforward movement of the dog. When, however, the pin 115 engages one of the deep notches 123- the nose 111 of the dog ,107 will pass beneath the pin 113 and consequently, as the dog 107 advances, the .sprocket 114 .will.remain stationary. Upon the succeedmg movement of the dog '107 a shallow notch 123 will again be engaged loy the pin 115 and the resulting movement of the chain carrier will ad vance a new printing device to: printing position.

Toprevent overthrow of the sprocket 114 anarm 124 is pivotally mounted at'125 on the frame and is normally'held by. a spring v1,26in the position indicated in Fig. 8 in which position an abutment on the arm 124 is disposedin the path of the pins113. The end 127 of the arm 124 is disposedin the path of thearm.106 so that as the arm 106 approaches the extremity of its movementin one direction the abutment on the arm 124-will be withdrawn 'fromthe path ofthe pins 113and will be heldin withdrawn position until the sprocket'114 has been partially rotated.'- As soon. as-the arm 124 is released the spring 126 returns it 430- normal position in timeto engage the following desired position. When the shield 116 is moved toward the dog 107 an extension 130 of the shield 116 is disposed in the path of the pin 115 and consequently the dog 107 is prevented from dropping into position to engage the pin 113 on the sprocket 114. Accordingly the chain conveyer 35 is not advanced and aplurality of impressions may be taken from. the same printing device.

When the shield 116 is moved from the dog 107 the pin 115 -will,no longer, engage the- I v .r0 1 .56 be1n g continuously. [and positively shield 116 and the chaineonveyer 35- will be advanced at each forward movement 10f.

The shield 116-is device willbe disposed in printing position the i onseqllently afresh at each forward movement of the dog 1 07.

onthe body and stub of the report by any. suitable mechanism, but I prefer to utilize The unchanging matter may be printed a rotary printing mechanism, which will now be described in a general way. In the frame 1'1'of the machineat one side of and in alinement with-the-platen 28 is mounted e a rotatable impression cylinder, 37 equipped with plates adapted to produce the desired printedmatter on the report. When a re-y port comprising one stub is to be printed the impression cylinder is equippedas. shown in" Fig. 3 with 1 a plate 38 adapted to print. the matter 23 on the bodyof the report". and a plate 39-"adapted to print the matter.

" 24 on the stub... The plates, which,'o f course,"

areadetachable from the cylinder, are any ranged in position thereon so "that the printed matter 23. and printed matter 24 appear'the requisite distance apart and the paper later-described, istimed sothat the web feeding .mecl1anism, which will be with the data 25'printed thereon at prede- V termined intervals isfed to the impression cylinder in such a manner that themprinted matter-23 and 24" appears on the body and stub respectively of. the. report in predetermined position with respect to the, data rotatable platen 41, preferably equal in diameterto the impression cylinder, is

adaptedto 'coiiperate with said impression cylinder to effect the printing as the paper passes between said'cylinder and platen.

Viewing F igs.. 4and 5 it will be observed.

that the main drive shaft 16 is provided with a beveled pinion 42- which meshes with and drives a beveled gear 43 on a transverse shaft 44 suitably mounted in the frame and provided at its outer end with a gear 45 which through the idler 46' and gear 47 onone end of the platen 41 imparts a continuous movement to the platen. The impresequal in diameter to and meshing withrgear 47, so that the impression "cylinder is positively driven from the platen at the same-- rate of speed therewith. Any suitable inking mechanism may be employed to furnish ink tothe plates on the plate cylinder, and.

I have merely shown diagrammatically, .for purposes of illustration; an inking roller 49 driven from the impression. cylinder through gears 51 and 52, the ink being suppliedto the roller "49 from a fountain roller 53 through the ductor rollers 54 and is disers 55.

in feedingrolls56 and- 57 respectively, the

, "driven." the plate cylinder through the tributed by one or more distributing roll- The web of paper is directly fed tithe Vimpressibn cylinder" by continuously op rat- 11o 'sioncylinder37 is provided with a gear 48 tanceto bring the data impressions 25 in proper position on the body and stubofthe intermediary of an idler 58.9 Roller 57 preferably frictionally driven "from roller 56. Since the operation of the printing "mechanism which prints the variable "data 25 on the webis'in the present-embodiment of the invention intermittent in order that the printingdevices may be changed at predetermined intervals, it is of course desirable that the paper he fed'between the platen and a positioned printing ,devi'ceby a step by. step movement, so that-the paper will remain, stationary while an impressioni25 is being made thereon but will move forward between the successive actuations" of the printing mechanism. With this end inview I have provided an intermittently operating paper feeding mechanism which vwill now be described.

Between the continuously operated paper feeding-mechanism and the platen-.28 I have mounted a continuously driven feedingroll 59 which is driven from the roll 56 through the intermediary of anfidler161. second roll 62, adapted to -frictionall'y coiiperate with the roll 59, .is imeunted'between thev arms 63 of a bell crank lever pivoted on ,the 'mainframe at 64:, the other arm.of this lever being equipped with, a follower 66 0 positioned in the path of travel: of an adjustable cam mounted: on the. end-of the plate cylinder. The cam shown in the pres v ant-instance is adapted, .tointermittently raise and lower the roll 62"at predetermined intervals so' that the paper web will be fed forwardly 1 intermittently the requisite disreport. Preferably the cam "comprises an interchangeable member 70 r i with,

high; and lowportions adapted to cooperate with the follower 66. In the example shown the-cam has two oppositely disposed low portionsof unequallength wherebythe roll '62 is 'a'llowed to'engage" the web and through varying, distances. Adjustability "of the lo'w ortions-of the member 7 O is pro vided for y the portions '67 and '67 "held; inpositionbyjthe bolts- 68 and 68 working intermittently andsuccessively move it iin, slots 169and 69'.- The roll'62is positively I 1-,'1 'aised the'cam' and is returned to operative-position by means of a spring- 71 fas- 7 3, which is to engage the paper and partially retard its movement-so-thjat it will be accurately 1fed bythe feeding mechanism.

" the rolls 59 Itwill thus beflniani festthat the rolls 59 and 62 draw the paper intermittently past the platen 28, so that the data impressions 25 are produced thereon at the requisite dis-i tances apart and that" the rolls 56 "and 57 subsequently *feedthe "paper to ,theimpression cylinder by continuous movement. The con tinuous'and intermittentfeeding mechanisms .are timed so that the intermittent mechanism' when in operation feeds the paper faster than it is fed'by the continuous mechanism and the surplus paperdelivered by wardly betweentheyc ontinuous and intermittentlv operated-mechanism as shown in Figs 2.-'- When, the intermittent feeding and 62 curvesfor folds up mechanism, is idle during .the printing operation of the platen 28 this surplus is fed bytherolls'56 and 57 to the impression cylinder: In orderthat the stub may be readily flseparatedfrom the body of the re port I prefer to equip the impression cylinder 37 with a rowof pins 76, as shownin -Fig. 3, which form the lineof perforations T22 between the body andthe stub.

After thejpaper strip is printed and' per- Q forated it is desirable that it be separated into strips of desired lengths, each forming a co'mpleteieport. For the purpose ofdividingthe web into lengths I have mounteda knife on the delivery end of the machine,

1 which will now be described. Upon the pori tion 77 of the mainframe I have mounted a stationary blade 78, over which the paper is -delivered. A knife bearing member 79 carries a shearing knife 81 adapted to cooperate With the blade 78 to sever the paper when I the knife is lowered, The member 79 is pivo-ted on Lthe'mai-n frame at 81'and is guided in its movements by. rollers 82 and 83 movable in slots 84 and 85 respectively, formed in the frame. The knife is normally old in elevated position, as shown in Fig. 4, by a contraction spring 86 secured at one end to the member '79 and at its other end to the machine frame. Abar 87 is pivoted at 88 to the member 79 and. carries at its free end a; roller 89 adapted ,toJpe actuated by a cam 91mounted' on the shaft 16. A link 92 servesto guidefthe bar 87 during its movement. [The extremity of the knife 81 is ,guided. by a knife member 93 and upper movement of the knife is limited by a stop 94 engaging with an abutment .95 on theframe. At each revolutionpf the shaft 16 the knife 81 is actuated to. sever the paper,

thereby producing the complete individual reports" r .l is readily understood from the foregomg W1tli'- out'further description, and} while I have showno and described a "preferred embodi- "ment thereof it will be "manifest that various changes in the structural deta ls disclosed may be resorted to without departing 13 v believed that-my invention will' be 65 for feeding printing devices successive ing data at. predetermined and successively variable intervals on the web and means for subsequently printing on said web anuns changlng impfession in predetermined relation to said first printed data.

2. In a printing machine, the combination of means for feeding a strip of p'aperthrou'g'h the'machine', means for printing data at predetermined and successively variable inter-' vals' on said strip,- and means for subsequently printing additional data 'onsaid strip incpredetermined relation to said first printed data. L

3..-In a printing machine, the combination of a manually operated printing p1aten,

means for feeding printing devices into opcrative: relation to said platen, a rotary im' pression'cylinder, means for feeding a web intermittently and successively variable dis tances said platen, and means for feeding the web continuously to said, cylinder. v '4; 1 In a printing machine, the combination I of a reciprocato fplaten'; mechanism for feedingprinting devices'successively from a stack to printing position beneath said platen, a rotary impression .cylinder,-means for feeding a web of material to be intermittently said platen between the successive operations thereof; and means for I subsequently feeding said-"web continuouslyv tothe- 'impression cylinder f 1 p Tea-111 a printing machine, the combination 1 of. a platen, means v .,-ing5printing devices into operative'relation with said, platen, means for, operating said jplaten' at; predetermined"fintervals, :,a con- .ftinuously operating mechanism; meansifor intermittently f ga web of Ipaper'or-the like betweensaid platen and a printing device between the successive op-' .erations of said platen, and means for subsequently: feeding sa'd printed strip by a' continuous'motion to said continuously operatingv printing mechanism.

' 6.111 a printing machine, the combination of a reciprocatory platen, means forsucces- .sively positioning printing-devices in operative relation tosaid platema rotary im pression cylinder, intermittently operated paper feeding means for feeding a web of paper or the like past said. platen byv a step. by. step movement, and continuously operated paper feeding mechanism for con 'tinu'ous'ly feeding said web from said interoperated feeding 'meansjto said row' iimi re yfi a V '7. In a printing'machine', I of anintermittently operating platen,

tke'combinati means 1y to -termittently feed a web 0 successively positioning vices in coiiperative relation tos'aid platen,

printed for .interinittently'feed} feedrolls for conveying the paper from'said rolls, a continuously operating printing mechanism posi.--

tioned to "receive the-paperfrom sa (1 conoperative position withirespeet to said platen, a pair of paper feeding rolls, means.

said rolls to inpaggr past said for intermittently actuating gprinting platen, a continuously opera 'mechanism, p

paper feeding rolls for-continuously feeding paper from,-. said "intermittently actuated feeding rolls to said printing mechanism.

8; In a ,printing-machine,-the combination of a lreciprocatory platen, means for intermittently operating said platen, means for dataprinting demeans for intermittently feeding a web of paper between said platen and" a printing device between the successive, operations of I and continuously operated said platen, -means' for-subsequentlyprintf ing an unchanging impresslon" on said web in' predetermined relation to the -data printed thereon *by' said platen, means for perforating" said web atpredetermin'ed intervalsbetween successive impressions, and mechanism for subsequently separatingsa'id web into lengths'between successive perforas 'tions therein- ,9. In a printing machine,.the combination of a mamdrive shaft, a platen intermit-= 'tently actuated from'said shaft' means for automatically positioningdifferent data 'tive relation with printing devices in Icoii said platen, a pair 0 paper" feeding rolls comprising a roll-mounted j-bearings and a bearings, *means for intermittently positioning. the movablymounted roll in coiiperative relation with the stationarily-rmounted'roll y to intermittently feed a web. past said platen, 'a' pain. of 'continuously operating intermittently operating in stationary roll mounted in movable f tinuously operating feed rolls, and-means for separating the printed 'termined lengths.

,10. In a printing.

tion of a reciprocatory' printing mechanism, p e

jweb into predepositively driven roller and a frictionglily driven roller, 'means for moving sa d tionally driven roller intermittently into operative relation with said positively driven roller, contlnuously operating paper feeding mechanism adapted /to'feed the paper continuously from said intermittently-operated mechanism, rotatable printing mechanism,- a-paper perforating device carried thereby,

and means for severing a "printed paper machine, the combina-i feed ngv mechanism, comprising a' tently teens; ton hehahis far-feta j 'ingthe paper ntermittently past said inter said continuously driven roll, and mea ns'for intermittently moving. said second roll to Ward and from" said continuously driven roll,

and a pair of'continuously' operated paper" feeding rolls for feeding the paper from said intermittently operated feedingmechanism:

to said continuously operated printing mechanism.

( ing a strip of paper successively variable tion of an intermittently operated printing mechanism, means forintiermittently feeddlstances', a cont nuously operating printing mechanism comprising an; impression cyl-' inderend al platen, end menus operated from said impresslon cylinder for controlling said intermittently I operative paper's feeding "means. .4 .n 13. In a. pr1nt1ng*ma0h1ne,'the hqmblnation of an lntermittently operatedprinting mechanism, continuously operated printing -mecha,nism, means operated from said conti'nuously operated mechanism for ,intermitr tent'ly feeding a web of paper successively variable distances v pastsaid' I intermittently operated. mechanism, and means "for severo i I ingsaid printed stripotpaper intogpretlrif In a p l j e,the'combinw a T a termined' lengths. H o 'is- DUNGA WitnesSesr,

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