US245566A - Printing machine - Google Patents

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T. G. RUTH.

PRINTING MACHINE. 7 No. 245,566. Patented Aug. 9,1881.

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THEODORE G. RUTH, OF STERLING, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF 'IO WILLIAM F. EASTMAN, OF SAME PLACE.

MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 245,566, dated August 9, 1881.

Application filed May 7, 1881.

To all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, THEODORE G. RUTH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sterling, in the county of Whiteside and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Printin g-Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon,whichform a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in newspaperprintin g machines, and has special reference to certain new and useful mechanism, whereby the name and address of a subscriber can be printed upon a conspicuous place on such newspaper, for mailing, coinci- 2o dently with the process of printing the paper.

In. the drawings, Figure l isaside elevation of part of a printing-machine provided with my invention. ing-machine cylinder in connection with my 2 5 invention. Fig. 3 is an end view of the galleybed G, the galley H, for holding the names and addresses in type, and the pawl-bar I, for moving such galley. Figs. 4 and 5 are detached views of the galley H and pawl-bar I.

Referring to Fig. 1, A is the ordinary cylinder of a newspaper-press, which carries the paper to and from the types. B is the feedtable. 0 represents the newspaper after being printed, leaving the cylinder A and passing over the addresstypes 1).

In the art themechanism employed for feeding the paper to the press and carrying it therefrom is so well known that I do not deem it necessary to exhibit or describe any more parts thereof than will clearly show the mode of attachment and the operation of my invention.

D is a vibratory arm, rigidly attached at its upper end to the transverse oscillating; bar E of the press-frame, as shown in Fig. 2. The lower end of the arm D is provided with a plate, a, parallel with the surface of the address-types p, and the use of the plate a is to press the newspaper down upon such address- Fig. 2 is an elevation of print-' (No model.)

types, to obtain animpression therefrom while the paper is passing from the machine.

The bar E, as shown in Fig. 2, is journaled near each end in the frame of the press, and is provided at one end with the short projecting arm I), rigidly attached thereto. 5 5

F is the ordinary cog-wheel, affixed rigidly to the axle of the cylinder A, and through which motion is communicated to such cylinder. On the inside of the wheel F is affixed the pin or cam 61, which engages and actnates the arm I) on the bar E at each revolution of the cylinder A, thus partially revolving the bar E, which action gives to the arm D a downward motion, bringing the plate a against the paper (I, and impressing the latter upon 6 5 the address-types As the wheel F and cylinder A are both rigidly seated upon the same axle their revolutions are coincident, and where each revolutionof thecylinderA prints one paper one action of the arm D to each of such revolutions is sufficient, and the number of pins (1 may be increased to correspond with the number of papers printed at each revolution of the cylinder A. The coiled spring 6 withdraws the arm D after each action of the 7 5 latter.

The following is the mechanism for feeding the address-typesp: A galley-bed, G, extends transversely across the front of the press under the feed-table B, the end of which bed is shown in Fig. 3. This galley-bed G is fitted to receive the galleyH and the pawl-bar I. The back of each galleyH is fitted to have attached thereto a ratchet-plate, f. This can be donein any suitable way. My present mode is to form 8 5 short studs on the back of the galley to fitinto corresponding holes in the ratchet-plate f, so that the latter may be readily attached to or detached from the galley H. As the galleybed Glies nearly horizontal the weight of the 0 galleyH holds the plate f in position. The pawl-bar I is actuated by a lever, K, fulcrumed on the press-frame at-g, and having a frictionroller, h, at its outer end, arranged to be engaged by a cam, t, on the outer side and near 5 the periphery of the wheel L. The wheel L is rigidly placed on the axis of the cylinder A, at the end thereof, opposite to the wheel F, and

therefore makes the same number of revolutions as does the cylinder A. As suggested hereinbefore in reference to the impinging arm I), should more than one paper be printed in one revolution of the cylinder A, the number of cams t on the wheel L can be correspondingly increased.

The names and addresses of the subscribers, in the alphabetical order of their post-offices, are set up in a column in the galley H. The latter,havin gattached thereto theratchet-pl ate f, is placed in the galley-bed G, and the end of the pawl-barl inserted between the back of the galley H and the face of the galley-bed G, as shown in Fig. 3, in a recess formed in the face of such galley-bed, to receive the pawl-bar I, the latter being so far inserted that the pawl 7.; will engage one of the ratchets of the ratchetplate f at or near the end of the galley H farthest from the actuating-lever K. At each revolution of the wheel L the cam i thereon strikes the friction-pulley It, thus driving the outer end of the le er K outward, and its inner end, to which is attached the pawl-bar I, inward. The pawl 7t? engages one of the ratchets of the plate f, and the galley H is thereby moved endwise one degree. This motion is so arranged as to be in distance the scope cf the name and address of one subscriber as set up in type in the galley H. A spring, 1, attached to the lever K and side of the press, returns such lever, afterit has passed the cam '5, to the face of the wheel L, thus drawing the pawl It? into the next ratchet. A cover, m, extends over all of the galley H, except an openin g, a, near the center thereof, of sutficient width to expose one name and address. The openingnis directly under the point of impact of the plate a of the arm D, and such plate a passes into such opening. Thus is assured the printing of but one name and address at a time. At each successive action of the pawl-bar I the succeeding name and address in the galley H are presented at the opening a.

My invention may be placed at such points in relation to the cylinder A as to print the name and address of the subscriber at any place on the paper that may be desired. When arranged as shown the name and address are printed at the top of the title-page.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. The galley H, provided with the ratchetplat-e f, the pawl-bar I, the lever K, and the wheel L, provided with the cam i, in combination with the impacting-arm D, substantially as shown, and for the purpose aforesaid.

2. As an attachment to a printing-machine, the galley-bed G, the galley H,the pawl-bar 1, the lever K, and wheel L, having the cam i, in combination, substantially as shown, and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I aitix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THEODORE G. RUTH.

Witnesses:

JNo. J. OUsHING, CYRUS KEHR.

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