US28861A - Dating-machine - Google Patents

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G. J. HILL. DATING MACHINE.

Nd. 28,861. Patented June 26, 1860.

CEO'THIIT' UNITED {STATES PATE T OFFICE.

GEORGE J. HILL, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

' DATlNG-MACHINEZ.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 2@,86l, dated June 26, 1860.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE J. HILL, of the city of Buffalo and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dating-Machines for Stamping Names and Dates upon Railroad-Tickets; and Ido hereby declare that the following is'a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, in which- Figure I is a vertical section of my improvement. Fig. 11 is a plan of a portion of the same.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of the figures.

A is the bottom or main supporting-plat of the machine, underneath which the inkingrollers are supported. A portion of this plate is cut away to form a space or recess for the type-bed B.

C represents a type-holder, and I) type (or it may be a stereotype-plate) therein, which is placed in the type-bed, and is removable therefrom at pleasure. The face of the type as placed will be. slightly below the surface of the surrounding plate A. When the type holder (and type) is placed within the typebed, it may be held in place by the catch or spring 0. This catch is represented in Fig. 11 as thrown up from the type-holder, and the type-holder is represented as partly drawn out from the type-bed.

E is a roller placed directly under the typebed. Its-diameter is greater than the width of the type-bed. It revolves the type-apron, and serves also the purpose of an inkingroller.

f f are small rollers arranged on either side of the type-bed.

G is anendless apron, of silk ribbon or other suitable material, which passes over the small rollers ff and large roller E, and consequently revolves around and over the type and type-bed, that partof the apron between therollers ff being parallel with and over the face of the type and nearly in contact therewith, so that the apron will intervene between the face of the type and the card or ticket to be stamped.

H is the platen attached to the end of the vertically-moving rod 1, the downward motion of which is given by the hand of the operator, the coiled spring J raising it again to its highest position. I

, K is an inking-roller, upon the end of which is placed the ratchet-wheel L.

M is a bent lever having a fulcrum at m and a pawl N catching into the teeth of the ratchet-wheel, L. The platen in its upward movement strikes the opposite end of the lever, and through the pawl and ratchet-wheel causes a movement or partial turn to the inking-roller K, which, through the intermediate roller K, gives motion to the roller E, and hence to the endless apron G. The lever is brought back when the platen descends and the pawl caused to catch another tooth of the ratchet-wheel by the spring P.

W is a bent beam, which rises from the plate A and overhangs the type-bed. for the sppport of the lever M, rod I, spring J, and platen H. I

The operation is as follows: The ticket or card to be dated or stamped is laid upon the endless apron G and over the face of the type. The operator strikes the enlarged head of the rod I with a quick blow, and thereby causes the platen to descend upon the ticket or card. The type-apron G has become sufficiently inked by its contact with the inking-rollers E and K and when the blow of the'platen depresses the apron upon the type the type raise such portions of the apron as lie immediately upon the face of the type and force the same upon the ticket, thereby giving a clear and distinct impression of the type upon the ticket. Asthe spring J raises the platen, it strikes the end of the bent lever M,'and through the pawl and ratchet-wheel before described gives a movement to the inkingrollers and apron,-so as to bring a freshportion of the apron over the type for each successive ticket. The type will be changed each day, so as to insure the proper name and date for the current day. The inking-rollers will hold a sufiicient quantity of ink to last for several months. The shaft of the inkingroller E may be extended through the main plate A and a crank-wheel placed on its end, as shown at l, by which the roller E may be turned and the apron filled with ink without using the automatic movement of the lever and ratchet before described.

This inventien iis-partieulai'ly designed for dating railroad-tickets, but may also be used to advantage inzbanks, postoflices,-and all other places whet-e it'isdesirable to stamp or print names and dates" u'pon tickets, cards,

envelopes, and. thelike. What I claim as my invention, and desire t6 secure by Letters Patent,is-

i E; M. DAVIS.

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