Improvements in Ruling Machines.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Sept., 1896-Accepted, 14th Nov., 1896
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ruling Machines.
We, CHARLES BURROWS of 414 Union Street, Schenectady, County of Schenectady
and State of New York, Printer, ANDREW BARTON JONES of 32 Elk Street, Albany,
County of Albany, State of New York, Merchant, and JOHN MARSHALL WALKER of
89 Lancaster Street, Albany, County of Albany, State of New York, Merchant, all
in the United States of America, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and
in what manner the same is to be performel to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
In the drawings hereunto annexed are represented, with some of the parts heretofore
employed in ruling machines, certain other parts and devices which are new and
constitute the improvements in this invention.
In these drawings
Fig. 1 is a plan view of the invention applied to a ruling machine.
Fig. 2 is a side elevation illustrating the same.
Fig. 3 is a sectional view at line 1 illustrating means for holding and releasing
tie bracket sustaining one of the bearings of the countershaft of the machine.
Fig. 4 is a view of said bracket from its upper side.
Fig. is a section taken at line 2 in Fig. 2.
Fig. 6 is a rear elevation of the disk (a section) thereof for actuating the mechanism
for detaining and releasing, in proper order, the sheets of paper to be ruled.
Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the same.
Fig. 8 is a section taken at line 3 in Fig. 2 illustrating a mechanism for
vibrating in one direction the oscillating device between the actuating mechanism and
the pen beam.
Fig. 9 is a side elevation of the pen beam standard.
Fig. 10 is a front elevation of the same.
A A are portions of the framework of the machine with which the improved
devices in the machine are secured; A' is the driven shaft of the machine; A² is
the feed roller mounted on said shaft; A³ is the endless apron for carrying the
paper; B is the pen beam, and b b are the pens suitably secured to the pen beam
and supplied with ink from suitable ink fountains not shown. These several paris
are well known to the trade.
In
C is a drive bevel gear suitably secured to the driven shaft A', and D is a hand
crank for revolving said shaft by hand wheu the mechanisms of the machine are
being adjusted, or when it may be advantageous to employ a hand crank.
the preferred means for securing the bevel gear C on shaft A' a reduced portion a
of the shaft is made with a length sufficient to allow a movement of the said gear
to a one-half of an inch, more or less, in direction of the length of said shaft. A
spline a', Figs. 1 and 2, is set in reduced portion a and holds with said gear and
is provided with notches for receiving, at will, a latch a shown in the same figs.
When said latch a² is out of engagement with the notched spline, and the bevel
gear is moved back, the said shaft A may be operated by the hand crank D
without revolving the bevel gear C, so that an operator may deliver the remaining
sheets after the pens have stopped work.
The hand crank D is secured on the driven shaft A¹ so that the latter may be
revolved by power for merchantable ruling, while the crank itself will remain
pendant and idle; yet this crank may be employed for revolving shaft A' in
direction for revolving the feed roller A³ for moving the apron A³ in direction for
delivering sheets of paper from the apron when the pens have stopped working.
The outer end of shaft A' projected out past the face of the bevel gear C is provided

page_text: with the reduced portion d which receives the ratchet sleeve d' having connected
with its outer end the ratchet D. The head end of crank D is provided with
sleeve d working loosely on the outer cylindrical side wall of sleeve and back
of the ratchet D; a retaining collar D2 on the rear end of the ratchet sleeve d' has
bearing against the rear end of sleeve d of the crank shaft, and pin d³ passing
through collar D', ratchet sleeve d' and reduced portion d of shaft A' holds the
ratchet D fixed to said shaft so as to revolve with it, and at the same time freely
revolve in the sleeve d of the head of the crank D, which head is shown to be
recessed and receives the ratchet D' and the weighted pawl D, which latter is
pivoted at d to the crank head so as to adapt the said pawl to engage with the
teeth of the ratchet when the crank is moved in a proper direction and is carried
up to a short distance from a vertical line, so as to allow the gravity of the weight
portion of the pawl D to operate the latter and move it into engagement with some
one of the several teeth of said ratchet.
E is a revolving disk secured to shaft e so as to revolve with it, when the disk
is actuated by a suitable driving device. F is a friction roller loosely mounted on
shaft F which latter is arranged lengthwise in front of and across the said revolving
disk E, as shown in Figs 1 and 2. A spline secured longitudinally in shaft
and working loosely in the friction roller F holds said roller so that the latter will
revolve with it, and yet allow it to be readily moved at will in either direction on
said shaft, whereby the speed of disk E may be increased when the said roller
is moved toward the inner center of the disk E and be reduced accordingly as said
roller is moved toward the circumference of said disk.
F is a bevel gear secured to the outer end of shaft Ft for engaging with bevel
gear which is driven by shafts of feed roller A2 when the latter is in motion
for ruling. This shaft F is supported at its forward end by bearing bracket G
carrying bearing F³, and at its rear end by bearing F carried by adjustable
bracket H. The bearing F is preferably made with a block form, and perforated
to receive the forward journal of shaft ¹, and is provided with a swivel stem g,
Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4, which is supported from the outer end portion of the bracket G
which passes through perforation therein and is secured by nut g'. The rear en<l
portion of this bracket G is provided with annular grooves g g separated by a
broken annular projection g. This grooved end portion of bracket G is supported in
the bracket holder G secured to a side frame piece A, Figs. 1 and 3, and is held
therein by the retaining screw G having its lower end adapted to work in either
of the grooves g² 93; and when in groove g' the shaft F will be in situation for
holding the smaller friction roller in engagement with disk E for driving said disk E,
while when the said retaining screw is in groove the said shaft F will be in position
for holding the larger friction roller against the face of disk E, thus providing for
great variations of speed of disk E.
The rear end bearing F is carried by bracket H, Figs. 1, 2 and 5, which bracket
is screw threaded and is contained within a clamping sleeve H', secured to the
frame A of the machine and having its bore of diameter corresponding with that of the
bracket H, and is provided with a clamping screw for tightening the sides of
the split sleeve on the said bracket. H' is a finger wheel screw thread nut working in
a suitable notch provided with the said clamping sleeve, and adapted to be screwed,
at will, in either direction on the screw thread of said bracket H, so as to draw_the
bearing F and the rear end of shaft F' inwardly and force the friction roller F to
have a greater or less pressure against the driving disk , or for carrying the said
bearing F and said rear end shatt outward and thereby move the said friction
roller out of contact with disk E.
The friction-roller F is preferably provided with a yielding face made of rubber or
other suitable substance.
A reinforcing roller c, Fig. 1, supported from the framework A, and at the rear
side of the disk E, operates as a re-acting device against the pressure of friction
roller F.
A second disk I, Figs. 1 and 7, and indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2, is also

page_text: mounted on shaft e on which disk E is mounted, and revolves simultaneously with
the latter. This disk I has with it cam I', shown by full lines in Figs. 1 and 6, and
indicated by dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 7. J, Figs. 1, 6 and 7, is a vibrating gate
for regulating the passage of the sheets of paper to be ruled, from the feed roller to
beneath the pens b. This gate J comprises the shaft j, Figs. 1 and 6 (a portion
thereof shown) straight edge bar j (a portion shown) and the connecting arms
in any suitable number (but only one shown) connecting said straight edge bar
with said shaft j. This gate, thus comprised, is substantially as are gates now
generally used in ruling machines, and is extended across the machine and over
the endless cloth apron A³, and is supported by the outer ends of said shaft j
working in suitable bearings K connected with brackets secured to the side members
of the frame A, while the lower edge of bar jt will have bearing on the upper surface
of the endless apron, when the gate is operating to check the passage of the sheets
to beneath the pens 6, and will be moved out of contact with the upper surface
of the apron when the sheets are to be passed to beneath said pens.
The bearings K (but one shown) of this gate shaft j, one for each end of said
shaft are each held connected with the opposite side members of the framework by
adjustable brackets K' seated on suitable bed piece K2, and may each be adjusted
horizontally in either direction by means of the adjusting screw k, Figs. 1 and 2,
and when adjusted, secured in place by means of set screw k¹. The bed piece K
for the adjustable brackets K of bearings K are each preferably connected with
brackets L which carry the mechanism for adjusting the apron supporting roller L'
beneath the vibrating gate J. These brackets L, one at each side of the machine,
are similar in construction and have with them guide ways 11 between which work
the bearing L of the apron supporting roller L, and also preferably the guide
ways holding bearings L' of apron supporting roller L2.
M is an adjusting lever pivoted with bracket L with one end thereof in place for
operating with bearing L' of roller L2, and a suitable device, as set screw 2 screwing
in a lug connected with bracket L, serves as a means for operating said lever and
holding it at place moved to when the said roller has been adjusted. A jam nut may
be provided for holding the set screw 12 from accidentally turning. M' is an adjusting
screw working through lug connected with bracket L and screwing into a lug
provided with the bearings L³ may be nicely adjusted, at will, for leveling the
apron carrying the sheets to the pens and from the same, when ruled.
The mechanism for vibrating the gato J consists of arm N provided with slot n
and fixed on shaft of said gate; an adjoining arm N provided with a hollow
journal n loosely receiving the journal end of shaft j of the gate, which journal
end extends through its bearing and past the same; a clamping screw n² working
in slot n of arm N and screwing into arm N'; bracket N' secured on the outer end
portion of the hollow journal n of arm L' and secured by a suitable set screw; and
the actuating arm N having one end secured to bracket N, and having its opposite
end provided with roller n for bearing on the face of cam I on second disk I.
When the clamping screw n² is loosened, cam I' is revolved and its irregular face,
through actuating arm N3 will not effect a least vibration of the gate J, but when
this clamping screw n is tightened for holding slotted arm N and adjoining arm N'
locked together, the vibrating movement of actuating arm N³, imparted to it by
cam 1', will cause the arm to vibrate the said gate and thereby carry the lower edge
of the straight edge bar of the gate down to the endless apron beneath and thereby
be held for a short time for stopping the movement of the sheet of paper until the
gate is raised for further movement of the said can. The amount of pressure of
the lower edge of the straight edge bar on the apron may be regulated, at will, by
adjusting the two arms N N' in relation to each other by means of the slot n in
arm N and clamping screw n³.
The pen beam B (a section shown) may be of any preferred construction which
may be adapted to hold any desired number of pens b, an 1 it is preferably supported
from the opposite sides of the machine by suitable pintles & connected with its
respective ends and supported in suitable adjustable bearings from adju-table

page_text: supports O. These supports each comprise the smooth bore sleeves o o¹ arranged
vertically over each other and suitably connected with base-piece 2 by which they
are secured to the frame of the machine, and one of these sleeves is slit to adapt it
to be contracted by means of a clamping screw; a vertical post o³ provided with
screw threads o, and working in sleeves o o' and connected with the horizontal
sleeve 02; finger wheel nut arranged in an opening between the sleeves o o¹ and
working on the screw thread o of the post O'; and the horizontal arm 03 working
in the horizontal sleeve O2 connected with the screw thread post O', and carrying
the split pintle bearing of which is provided with lugs and a clamping screw and
receives the pintle of the pen beam. The horizontal sleeve O2 has a portion
thereof split, and these split portions are provided with lugs p p provided with
a clamping screw P by means of which the inrer diameter of said sleeve may be
loosened or contracted at will, for allowing an endwise adjustment of the horizontal
arm 03 carrying the pintle bearing 05 and securing said arm from accidental
movement when adjusted. The horizontal arm O³ of pintle bearing o' is perforated
longitudinally and is provided with a screw thread q; in this screw threaded
perforation works a screw threaded shaft Q, having with it collar q' for bearing
against the inner side of the perforated end wall of the horizontal sleeve 02, a finger
wheel Q' fixed on the outer end of the shaft Q, and having a side thereof bearing
against the outer side of the perforated end wall of sleeve O2 operates as a means
for revolving screw shaft Q in either direction accordingly as the finger wheel is
turned, for adjusting said arm 03 and its connected pintle bearing o, as may be
required. By these described devices the bearing o of the pintles 6 of the pen
beam B, may be nicely adjusted at will, in both a vertical, horizontal and lateral
direction. The pintle b¹ is provided with a screw thread band has a finger wheel 3
on its outer end for turning the said pintle in either direction. The inner end of
this pintle works into a bearing piece B', secured by any suitable means to the end
of the pen beam to be supported.
When
R is an oscillating lever having journal RI as its fulcrum, and working in a
suitable bearing integral with base piece R2 which is secured to a portion of the
frame adjoining the revolving disk E. One end of this lever R is projected forwardly
beneath a sleeve R³ which is loosely mounted on journals carried by arm S, Figs. 1
and 2, which is connected with the pen beam B. This sleeve R³ may be locked down
at will, from rising up from the forward end of lever R by any suitable device, yet
preference is given to the use of retaining bar S₁ which may, at will, be moved to
bear on the upper side of the sleeve R3, or off from the same, as may be desired.
this retaining bar S¹ is in place holding sleeve R³ down against the forward portion
of lever R, a jointed connection is formed between said lever and the pen beain, and
an upward oscillation of the rearward or pen side of the pen beam B will be effected
whenever the forward end of lever R is raised, while a reversed direction of oscillation
of said pen beam will be made whenever the forward end of lever R is moved down-
ward by any selected means. T is a horizontal supporting piece pivoted to stud t and
adapted to be swung from position shown in Fig. 1 to beneath the sleeve R³ carried
by arm S, when it is desired to hold the pen side of the pen beam tilted up for
holding the pens b from contact with the apron or paper thereon. T is an adjusting
screw working in the rear end portion of lever R and adapted to be screwed
downward to any preferred distance toward check piece t' below, for limiting the
vibration of lever R, and thereby through arm S limit the vertical oscillation
of the pen beam and the distance of rise of the pens b above the apron A³.
T2, Fig. 2, is a spring (indicated by dotted lines) contained within a suitable spring
seat formed in the base piece, with which the oscillating lever B is pivoted, and
projecting upward from the said seat against the lower side of the forward end
of lever B for elastic reactive pressure against the downward pressure which may
be imposed on said forward end of said lever, so as to raise said forward end and
thereby, through sleeve Rs and arm S, upwardly oscillate the pen side of the pen
beam when lever B is relieved from the positive pressure of the mechanism
employed for depressing its forward end.

page_text: U is an arm secured to the outer end of journal R¹ with which lever R is
fnlerumed roller U₁, Figs. 2 and 8, is provided on the forward side of arm U
and near the line of revolution of disk E; U2, Figs. 2 and 8, is an adjustable
stop working between guides and secured by set screw U³, in place; W, Figs. 1,
2 and 8, is a latch pivoted to a suitable plate secured to the frame of the machine
and back of arm U and its rolier U; W is a roller pivoted on the front side
of latch W and opposite disk E; W2 is a spring for pressing the latch and
roller W outward toward the said revolving disk. Secured to the front side of
said latch is fixed stop r, against the rearward edge of which the adjustable
stop U2, carried by arm U, may be set and secured by means of the set screw U
as shown in Fig. 8. This adjustable stop carried by arm U may be moved
longitudinally in either direction, within certain limits, in relation to roller U¹ so
as to provide for proper adjustment of the latch or locking device.
U is an
elastic cushion, preferably in the form of a spiral spring arranged between arm U
and a fixed piece u for reaction against any pressing force exerted on arm U in
direction toward said cushion.
X, Figs. 1 and 2, is an adjustable drop cam secured to the outer rim of disk E
so as to revolve with the same. This drop cam projects radially from the said
disk to a sufficient distance for striking against roller U on arm U, once in
each revolution of said disk, and thereby crowd arm U in proper direction for
oscillating the forward arm of lever R downward and depressing the reacting
spring T, and through sleeve R³ and arm S oscillate the pen side of the pen
beam downward for carrying the pens & down on the paper to be ruled when the
adjustable stop U2, carried by arm U, will hold with the fixed stop w on latch W,
and retain the arm U in place moved to, and thereby hold the pens b down on
the paper until the stop U2 on said arm U is released from stop on latch W.
X, Figs. 1 and 2, is an adjustable cam also secured to the rim of disk E so
as to revolve with the same. This release cam X projects inward from the rear
side of said disk and is adapted to strike on roller Wi carried by latch W, and
thereby crowd said latch inward to such a distance as to carry the stop w out of
engagement with stop U2 carried by arm U, when the reacting spring T beneath
lever R will impart to the said lever an upward movement, and thereby oscillate
the pen side of the pen beam upward and lift the pens b up off the paper, and
at the same time vibrate the arm U forward for carrying roller U' toward the
rim of disk E that the arm U may be in situation to again be operated by drop
cam X, and will remain in such situation with the pens b raised off the paper
until drop cam X is again brought into contact with roller U of arm U, when
a downward oscillation of the pen side of the pen beam will be effected in same
manner as before described.
By a duplication of the pen beam, standards and adjuncts supporting the same,
and the several mechanisms above described as being employed for effecting the
oscillations of the pen beam, the machine may be provided with two similar pen
beams, and the several mechanisms, so duplicated and employed, may be operated by
means of suitable drop cams and release cams, applied to the rim portion of the
second revolving disk I, respectively at points suitable for effecting the preferred
degree of oscillations of such duplicated pen beam, at such times as may be preferred
or may be found to be necessary for the ruling to be effected. In case this dupli-
cation of the pen beam and several mechanisms between such pen beam and the
second disk to be held in the machine, the intermediate duplicated mechanisms would
be arranged at the side of the frame at the second disk I, and the attaching parts be
so modified as to bring the rollers of the duplicated arm U and latch W in situation
to be operated by stop cams and release cams similar to those employed on disk E;
or the second beam may be operated, if preferred, by a second revolving disk
substantially like the first, and place on the frame of the machine and geared
together with the first disk, and operating the same devices for oscillating this second
pen beam, substantially as before described. This duplication of the parts mentioned

page_text: does not require any invention and therefore duplicated parts which may be employed,
are not shown in the drawings or further described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is performed, we declare that what we
claim is:
1. The combination with the shaft of the feed roller, and a gear mounted on an end
thereof, of a spline provided with two or more notches and secured with said shaft,
and working in a groove provided at a side of the bore of said gear, a latch pivoted
at one side of the gear and adapted to be engaged, at will, with one of the notches in
said spline, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
2. The combination with a shaft adapted to receive friction wheels, of varying
diameters, one at a time, a bevel gear secured to an end of said shaft, of a second
shaft having with it a notched spline, a bevel gear having a groove provided at a
side of its bore and receiving said notched spline, a latch pivoted with the latter
bevel gear and adapted to engage with any of the said notches in the spline,
substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
3. The combination with a revolving disk mounted on a suitable shaft, a movable
shaft arranged relatively across the face side of said disk, and adapted to he moved
laterally toward or from said disk and provided with a spline adapted to hold with
friction rollers of varying diameters when singly mounted on said movable shaft, and
a bevel gear mounted on an end of the latter, of a shaft arranged at an angle with
said movable shaft, a second bevel gear loosely mounted on the same and having a
groove at a side of its bore, a spline secured to said shaft and provided with a notch
or notches and working in said groove, and a latch carried by said bevel gear and
adapted to engage with the notch the said latch may be in register with, substantially
as and for the purposes set forth.
4. The combination with a revolving disk adapted to be revolved by a friction
roller applied to its face side, a shaft arranged transversely to the axis of said disk
and adapted to receive any one or two or more friction rollers of varying diameters
for actuating said disk, of bearings supporting the said shaft by its journals, brackets
carrying said bearings and adapted to be moved longitudinally in either direction
for carrying said transverso shaft towards or off from the face of said disk, and
devices for securing said brackets at places adjusted to, substantially as and for the
purposes set forth.
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5. The combination with a shaft adapted to receive and revolve friction rollers
and bevel gears of different diameters, of a journal bearing receiving a journal of
said shaft, a bracket pivoted with said bearing and projecting in direction at an
angle to the axis of said bearing, and provided with a series of two or
annular grooves, which may be continuous or broken, by means of which the said
bracket may be secured in place in a stationary sleeve piece with a greater or less
projection therefrom, by a retaining screw screwing in the said sleeve piece, and
entering the groove registering with said screw, when the bracket is adjusted to
its intended place in said sleeve piece, substantially as and for the purposes set
forth.
6. The combination with a bracket adapted to hold a bearing of an adjustable
shaft adapted to hold and revolve friction wheels of varying diameters, one at a
time, for actuating a revolving disk, of a second bracket having a screw threaded
body and carrying on its outer end a second bearing for said shaft, a split
sleeve receiving the screw threade: body of said bracket, a clamping screw
adapted to tighten, at will, said split sleeve on the same, of a wheel form nut
supported in an opening between portions of said sleeve, and working on the
screw thread of the body of the bracket, substantially as and for the purposes
set forth.
7. The combination with the shaft of a vibrating gate of a ruling machine, an
arm provided with a transverse slot, and secured to said shaft, a second arm

page_text: provided with a sleeve form journal which loosely receives a journal end of the-
said shaft projecting through the said slotted arm, and also having a screw threaded
perforation which registers with the slot of the first arm, a binding screw working
through said slot and into the screw threaded perforation of the adjoining second.
arm, of a bearing receiving the sleeve form journal of the said second arm, a bracket
secured to said journal and adapted to rock the same, and an arm secured to said
bracket and adapted to be operated end wise reciprocatingly by a revolving cam,.
substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
8. The combination with a pen beam arranged across the endless apron of the
machine, and above the same, and adapted to have its pen side portion oscillated
vertically, of a lever form arm arranged transversely to said pen beam and suitably
secured with the same, of an oscillating lever pivoted to a stationary piece secured
to the frame of the machine, and a jointed connection between said lever and said
arm, and mechanism adapted to vibrate said lever, substantially as and for the-
purposes set forth.
9. The combination with an arm which is secured to the pen heam for oscillating
the same, a pivot secured to the oscillated end of said arin, and a sleeve loosely
secured on said pivot, of a vertically oscillating lever pivoted with a stationary
part of the machine and provided with an adjusting screw, adapted to limit the
extent of oscillations of said lever in one direction, and having its opposite end
projected forward to beneath the sleeve on the pivot end of the pen beam arm.
and a suitable device adapted to hold on said pivoted sleeve and retain it between
said projected end of the lever and the said retaining device, substantially as and
for the purposes set forth.
10. The combination with an oscillating lever pivoted to a stationary piece and
adapted to impart to an arm securel to the pen beam a vertical oscillating movement,.
of a reacting spring contained within a spring seat and having an upward pressure
against the lower side of one of the limbs of said lever for raising the same, of an
oscillating arm secured to the pivot journal of said lever, a contact piece at one side
of the lower end portion of said arm for receiving the pressure of an actuating device
when crowded against it, and an elastic cushion at the opposite side of said arm,
substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
forth.
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11. The combination with an oscillating lever which is actuated in one direction
by a reacting spring, and an arm secured to the pivoted journal of said lever, a
roller carried by the free end of said arm at one side thereof, and a reacting
elastic device pressing against the opposite side of said arm, of a revolving disk,
a cam carried by said disk and adapted to press against the roller on the said
arın for oscillating it in one direction, substantially as and for the purposes
12. The combination with an oscillating arm adapted to vertically oscillate a lever
between it and the pen beam for vertically vibrating the pen side of the same, an
adjustable stop carried by the lower end of said arm, spring secured to a stationary
piece and adapted to exert a reactive pressure on the lower end of the said arm
carrying said adjustable stop, a latch held pressed toward the rear side of said
arm by a spring, a fixed stop carried by said latch and adapted to have a bearing
against said adjustable stop when said latch is in normal position at the rear of
said arm, of a projected piece fixed to the face side of said latch, and a release
cam carried by a revolving disk and adapted to be pressed against said projected
piece on said latch for carrying the fixed stop therewith out of engagement with
said adjustable stop on the said oscillating arm, substantially as and for the purposes
set forth.
13. The combination with an oscillating arm adapted to vertically vibrate a
letter which actuates mechanisms oscillating the pen side of the pen beam, a roller
pivoted with one side of the lower end of said arm, an adjustable stop secured to
the opposite side of the same, a reacting spring pressing against the said arm in
direction towards the roller thereon, a latch provided on its front side with a fixed

page_text: stop for engagement with the adjustable stop on said arm and a friction roller on
the face side of said latch between its pivoted end and its fixed stop, of a revolving
disk, a stop cam secured to the rim of said disk and adapted to be carried with
pressing force against and past the roiler carried by said oscillating arm, and a
release cam also carried by said disk and adapted to be carried with pressure
against and past the friction roller on said latch, substantially as and for the
purposes set forth.
14. The combination with a pen beam for carrying a series of pens, an oscillating
lever having a jointed connection with said pen beam through an arm connected
with it, a reacting spring applied to the lower side of said oscillating lever for
moving it one direction, an arm secured to the pivot journal of said lever for
moving the latter in an opposite direction, a friction roller secured to the forward
side of said arm, a reacting spring bearing against the rear side of the same, and
an adjustable stop secured to its inner side, of a pivoted latch having secured to
its face side a stop, for engagement with the stop carried by said arm and a friction
roller between said stop and the pivot of said latch, a spring pressing the latter
toward said arm for causing the latter to carry the adjustable stop on the latch,
and a release cam secured to said disk for pressing contact on the friction roller
on said latch for effecting a disengagement of the said two stops, substantially as
and for the purposes set forth.
15. The combination with a pen beam standard provided with a vertical split sleeve
having with it a clamping device, and a horizontal split sleeve provided with a
clamping device, and connected with a vertical post adapted to be adjusted and held
in said vertical split sleeve, and a pen beam pintle hearing connected with a horizontal
arm adapted to be adjusted and secured in said horizontal split sleeve, whereby said
pen beam pintle bearing may be adjusted in both vertical and horizontal directions
and secured, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
16. The combination with a pen beam pintle bearing which has with it a horizontal
arm, a split horizontal sleeve provided with a clamping device adapted to receive and
securely hold the arm of said bearing, and a screw threaded post connected with said
split horizontal sleeve, of a standard having two vertical sleeves which are separated
by a transverse opening with one of said sleeves split and provided with a clamping
device, and a revolving wheel form nut arranged in the opening between said vertical
sleeves and working on the screw threaded post of the horizontal sleeve, substantially
as and for the purposes set forth.
17. The combination with a screw threaded hollow arm of the bearing of the pintle
of a pen beam, a horizontal split sleeve provided with a clamping device and connected
with a vertical post which may be adjusted vertically, a standard having a split sleeve
and a clamping device for securing said post in place adjusted to, of a screw
threaded shaft working in the screw threaded bore of the hollow arm of the pintle
bearing, and provided with an inner collar and an outer finger wheel between which
is received the perforated end wall of said horizontal sleeve, substantially as and for
the purposes set forth.
18. The combination with a pen beam pintle having a journal, a sleeve adapted to
hold with an end of said pen beam and receiving said journal and devices for holding
said journal lengthwise in said sleeve, of a screw thread on the said pintle, a split
form bearing provided with lugs and a clamping device for contracting said split
bearing, and a screw thread provided in the bore of said bearing and receiving the
screw thread of the pintle, and a finger wheel on the outer end of the pintle for
revolving the same, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
19. The combination with the driving shaft of the feed roller actuating the endless
apron, of a sleeve fitting on the outer end of said shaft and provided with an outwardly
extended flange having in its periphery ratchet teeth, of a hand crank having its head
end provided with a sleeve which fits loosely on the sleeve provided with ratchet
teeth, and is arranged with its face side back of the flange carrying said teeth, of a
weighted pawl pivoted upon the head of said crank and adapted to engage with a

page_text: tooth of the ratchet, when the crank is carried in a proper direction for carrying the
weighted pawl past its perpendicular, substantially as and for the purposes set.
forth.
Dated this 23rd day of September 1896.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicants.