Patent GB-313441-A (GB)
Title: Check endorsers
IPC: B41K3/12
Filed: 1929-06-07
Abstract: 313,441. International Check Endorser Co., (Assignees of Lyman, W. H., and FischeL, P. F.). June 11, 1928, [Convention date]. Rotary machines.-A machine for endorsing cheques comprises a printing-cylinder driven from a coaxial shaft through a clutch which, together with means for stacking the endorsed cheques, is controlled by the passage of a cheque through the machine. As shown, the cheques are fed by hand between a printing-cylinder 2, Fig. 6, and an impression cylinder 5 provided at their ends with rotary feed wheels. The cylinder 2 is mounted on a rotary driving-shaft 25 by means of wooden or other oilless bearings 23, 24, Fig. 9. Printing-surfaces .-The printing-cylinder 2 comprises an inner sleeve 26 fixed to cylinder heads 29, 30, Fig. 9, an outer shell made in halves having their ends fitting under flanges on the heads, and a hinged arcuate printing-plate 21 provided with an opening 38 for date wheels 35. A sliding latch 39, Fig. 13, provided with lugs 42 engaging loops pressed inwardly from the plate 21 locks this plate in position, and a pivoted lever 40 is provided for raising the plate into a position where it can be grasped and lifted. This construction of printing-cylinder forms the subject-matter of Specification 334,612. Tripping, throw-out, and like arrangements.- As the cheques arrive between the cylinders 2, 5, they engage detector fingers fixed to a pivoted yoke and arranged one at each end of the cylinder 2 so that a cheque fed askew will align itself before passing on. The yoke supports a pivoted controlling-finger 65, Figs. 9 and 11, which is raised out of the path of a stop 69 on a disc 49 coupled to the cylinder 2 and at the same time releases a clutch ring 4 pivotally mounted in lugs 62 on the disc 49, so that, by means of a spring 63, teeth 64 on the ring 4 are engaged with teeth on a rotary member 3 fixed to the shaft 25. After one revolution of the cylinder 2. the finger 65 having been released falls into the path of the stop 69 and, by engaging a sloping face on the ring 4, throws it out of engagement. Each cheque as it is printed falls on to curved fingers 17, Figs. 1 and 6, fixed to a shaft 77 carrying a pinion 76 engaging a rack 74 mounted in guides 75, whereupon a cam 72 on the cylinder 2 raises the rack and the fingers 17 are withdrawn. Segments 18 integral with the fingers then engage the upper parts of the cheques and tip them over on to a receiving- table 19 provided with ridges 110 to facilitate removal of the cheques. Spacing webs 111 prevent the edges of the cheques from lying too close to the machine frame 112. A coil spring 78 on the shaft 77 subsequently returns the fingers to normal position. To adjust the cylinder 2 angularly with respect to the drive, a nut 47 is backed off to release teeth 46, Fig. 13, on the end of the cylinder from engagement with teeth on a loose ring 44 coupled to the disc 49 whereupon the cylinder is turned and then re-engaged. The cylinder 2 may be moved endwise to remove the clutch ring 4 from possible engagement with the member 3 and so to allow reverse rotation of the cylinder to provide access to the printing-surface. For this purpose, a spring 28 is provided between telescopic housings 27, 28, one on the bearing 24 and one on the cylinder head 30. Inking-apparatus.-The printing-cylinder 2 is inked by a roller 11, Figs. 6 and 9, supplied by capillary action by means of a brush 12 the lower end of which dips into a container 13 and is gripped in a holder 96 terminating in a spring plate 97 fixed by screws 98 to the base of the container. By turning screws 99 the pressure of the brush against the roller may be adjusted. A scraper 100 is fixed in a holder 102 pivoted at 103 and pressed against the roller 11 by an adjustable screw. The upper portions of the ends of the scraper project beyond the body portion and direct the surplus ink inwardly to avoid leakage along the ends of the roller. The roller 11 comprises a metal sleeve 90, Fig. 9, and an outer rubber covering 89. A positive drive is provided comprising a shaft 60 screwed into one end 92 of the sleeve 90 and terminating in a trunnion 94 engaging an oilless bearing 95, an oilless bearing 91 being provided at the other end also.