Patent GB-190410029-A (GB)
Title: Improved Reading and Pointing Machine Producing Perforated Bands or Strips to be used in the Punching Machine or Jacquard Cards.
Inventor: CARBONNELLE HENRI
Filed: 1904-05-02
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 10,029. Carbonnelle, H. May 2. Type-writers and like machines.-A reading and pointing machine is constructed to punch in a paper strip the hole-combinations, and simultaneously to print upon it the numerals and conventional signs, as shown in Fig. 11, relating to the punching o f jacquard cards for mechanical lace-machines. A shaft 4 is mounted to rotate in bearings 47 carried by support 46 pivoted at 45, and is supported by a rod 3 which is pressed upwards by a coiled spring within a hollow column 2 fixed to the base-plate 1. Keyed on the shaft 4 is a type-wheel 6 provided with two peripheral rows of spring-actuated types 7, 8, arranged as shown, and with a peripheral row of adjusting-holes 9 which are engaged by a projection 10 when the shaft 4 is depressed by hand to set the typewheel exactly on the desired division. The types are depressed by pivoted hammers 22, 23 which are acted upon by studs on a loose wheel 19. When the shaft 4 is depressed, the stud-wheel 19 is rotated eight-tenths of a division by means of a pawl engaging the studs, and, when the shaft 4 is raised, the stud-wheel is rotated the remaining two-tenths of a division by another pawl, so that the hammer 22 or 23 is disengaged to permit the free rotation of the type-wheel. When it is desired to avoid printing temporarily in the case of a number repeated several times, so as to print only at the beginning and at the end of the repetition, as shown at 39-39 and 25-25, Fig. 11, a sleeve 33 is slightly rotated by means of a milled head 34, and an arm fixed to the sleeve puts a movable pawl into operative position so that it causes the stud-wheel 19 to rotate the distance of a complete division when the shaft 4 is depressed. The hammer 22 or 23 is thus disengaged before the corresponding type is brought into contact with the paper. On the shaft 4 at the rear of the typewheel 6 is keyed a hollow wheel upon which is slipped and secured what is termed the " combina- "tion-ring 12," provided with perforations representing the combination of holes in relation with the jacquard machine. The combination-ring may be changed, and the upper part of the bearing 47 is hinged to the lower part to allow the shaft 4 to be easily lifted for this purpose. The combination-ring serves to depress, during the downward movement of the shaft 4, movable punches 13, guided in a plate 14, a movable plate 15, and a counter-matrix 16. The punches meeting plain portions of the ring 12 are depressed to perforate the paper correspondingly. A matrix 18 placed under the counter-matrix 16 is formed of perforated steel plate, and is placed above a suitable receptacle for the fragments of paper. The paper strip is rolled off a drum 53, Fig. 2, mounted on a fixed arm 54, and passes over a roller carried by the arm, and under a guide-drum 58, against which it is pressed by a roller mounted on a pivoted arm acted upon by a spring. The strip then passes between the matrices 16, 18, that is under the punches 13 and types 7, 8, and around a feed-drum 52 which is rotated slightly, each time the shaft 4 is raised, by means of a ratchet-wheel and a pawl pivoted on a lever 49, Fig. 1, which is vibrated by the lower bent arm 44 of the pivoted support 46. The arm 44 acts upon the lever 49 only after the punches are raised. From the feed-drum 52, the paper strip passes through a slot in the base-plate. The paper strip is pressed against the feed-drum by two rollers mounted on a pivoted arm acted upon by a spring, and the feed-drum 52 and guidedrum 58 are provided with pins which engage in holes previously punched in the paper strip as shown in Fig. 11. An inking-band is unrolled from a drum 66, passes between the types 7, 8 and the paper strip, and is rolled upon a grooved pulley frictionally mounted on the hub of the guide-drum 58. The half-gaits are represented on the indicating-tables by a point set under the respective number, and on the cards by a supplemental hole precediug the respective combination of holes. To effect this additional printing and punching, a sleeve 35 is partially turned by means of a milled head 36, so that a downwardly-extending arm 37 and bar 38 are moved forward. The bar 38 carries two spring blades in line with the rows 7, 8, of the type-wheels 6, and provided on their undersides with small projections to print the points. The corresponding spring blade is brought under the type in printing position, and when the shaft 4 is depressed a point is printed under the numeral. The bar 38 also carries a rigid blade in line with the edge of the ring 12. This blade is moved forward to present a plain metal portion to the first punch, which is caused to perforate the paper to mark a half-gait when the shaft 4 is depressed- The bar 38 is returned by a spring-pressed bolt engaging a fork at its end. The design to be read is placed under a reader 71 having a divided and numbered band 74 corresponding to the divisions of the design. The operator follows with one hand the outlines or threads of the design, and holds with the other hand the handle of the shaft 4. The operator rotates the shaft to the right or left until an index 73, moved by a guided cord 68 from a pulley 67 on the shaft, is brought to the division corresponding to the position of the thread to be read. The operator then depresses the shaft 4, whereby the corresponding combinations of holes and the numbers are simultaneously punched and printed on the paper strip. The rotation of the pulley 67 is limited to one complete revolution by means of a projection 77 and stop 78 on the support 46. The front of the type-wheel 6 carries a divided ring corresponding to the divisions of the band 74 to control, if required, the positions of the index on the reader. The numbers are printed, as shown in Fig. 11, in two adjacent rows a, b, while the combinations of holes are punched in a single continuous row.