Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Mar., 1887.
Complete Left, 9th June, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 12th July, 1887.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 323 High Holborn, in the County of Middlesex,
M.I.M.E. do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Weighing machines such as those used for weighing post packets luggage and the
like have not yet been provided with an automatic writing device registering the
weight on any desirable piece of paper label or the like, similar to the arrangement
in decimal or centesimal-balances which is operated by the adjusting of the adjustable
weight but not automatic.
The object of the present invention is to design an automatic writing device which
can be used with most kinds of weighing machines and it embraces a wheel or disc
provided round its circumference or its periphery with types for printing or impressing,
corresponding with the figures on the dial.
By a forked or double lever in connection with the suspending arrangement of the
balance a paper label or the like is pressed against the types which may be previously
coloured or inked and thus the correct weight is automatically registered.
When the balance is at rest i.e. when the draw bar does not carry the weight of the
platform the hand of the dial stands to the left of the figure 0 and when the forked
lever is pressed down and the balance suspended the hand will stand on the figure 0
and the type bearing the highest number would stand opposite one of the ends of the
forked lever. After the object to be weighed is placed on the platform the lever is
further pressed down when a spring point attached to the other end of the forked
lever will engage in one of the recesses or teeth formed on the type disc and corre-
sponding also to the figures on the dial. Thus the type disc is held in position and a
Dis 1

page_text: further pressure on the lever will press the first mentioned end thereof together with
the paper or label against the type standing opposite and representing the weight
indicated by the hand on the dial. An ink or colour roller may be arranged to colour
or ink the types when desired while the disc turns.
The pressure of the lever against the types can be regulated by an adjusting screw
according to the thickness of the paper used.
If the types are arranged on the face of the disc this latter is movable laterally on
its axis or spindle by the lever and the spring point engages in one of the recesses
arranged on the face of the disc and the disc with the type is pressed against the
paper or label.

page_text: I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex,
M.I.M.E. do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
Weighing machines such as those used for weighing post packets, luggage and the
like have not yet been provided with an automatic device for registering the weight
on a piece of paper, label or the like, similar to the arrangement in decimal or
centesimal balances which is operated by the adjusting of the sliding weight but
not automatic.
The object of the present invention is to provide an automatic printing device which
can be used with most kinds of weighing machines and it comprises a wheel or disc,
provided round its circumference or its periphery with type or actuating a ribbon
provided with type for printing or impressing which type corresponds with the
figures on the dial.
In the weighing machine represented in Figs. 1 and 2 of the accompanying
drawings the suspending arrangement is connected with a double or forked lever
to the upper end of which are pivotted two levers d¹ d" the first of which has for its
object to stop the type wheel a mounted on the spindle ¹ by pressing its pointed
spring stop e into one of the recesses of the inner periphery a. The other lever d₁
presses the paper p placed in its receptacle fagainst the outer periphery a provided
with type t.
The type t is colored or inked by the roller k. On the spindle 21 is also mounted a
hand 2 which indicates the weight on the dial c.
In Figs. 3 to 5 the type is arranged on the face of the disc a and this latter is
movable laterally on its spindle by the lever d pivotted in this instance and the draw
bar o attached to the bell crank lever m which operates the lever d by its roller n.
The spring will draw back the lever d into its original position. In this arrange-
ment the disc a is arrested by the spring stop e suitably mounted in the upright i
between which and the disc the paper or label is also placed.
In Figs. 6 and 7 the printing mechanism is arranged above the disc a and for this
purpose two arms d¹ d" are fixed to the top of the lever d, the one d' of which carries
the spring stop e to stop the disc a and the other d" carries an adjustable stamp or
die to press the paper p placed in the receptacle against the type t of the disc a.
To regulate the pressure a pointed and adjustable hook q is fastened to the lever d and
enters between the arms of a forked piece r fastened to the draw bar s thus limiting
the downward motion of the lever d.
To remove the inking roller k from the disc a during the balancing of the weighing
machine it is fixed to one arm of a pivotted lever the other arm of which rests

page_text: against the lower side of the arm d'.
When the latter is drawn down it will press
the lever down and thus remove the roller k from the disc a.
In Fig. 8 the typo t arranged on a ribbon t¹ stretched round the wheels a and a¹¹
the former of which moves it. This arrangement is meant to be used for such
weighing machines which are capable of weighing heavy weights and therefore
require a greater quantity of type that the disc could accomodate.
The lever arrangement connected with the suspending mechanism consists in this
instance of the lever d moving two elliptical tappits which engage with the horizontal
arms d d and move these in the direction of the arrows. While the arm d
presses the paper p in the receptacle f against the type, the arm dl serves as support
by pressing against the other side of the type carrying tape. By means of the pin v
and the arm w the pivotted lever d' is moved vertically through the movement of the
arm d and the spring e will engage with and stop the wheel a.
The action of the machine can be seen best in fig. 6.
In the normal position of the machine the handle h which actuates the suspending
mechanisin is in the position shown by the dotted line I and the lever mechanism is
also in the position shown by dotted line indicated by the same figure. When the
object to be weighed is placed onto the platform A and a paper p introduced in
the receptacle the handle his pressed into the position shown by dotted line II thus
suspending the balance. By a further pressure on the handle h into the position III
the arm or lever d¹ provided with the pointed spring stop will engage with the disc a
and stop it while the arm or lever d" presses the paper against the type thus
registering the weight indicated.
If the weight of several objects or packages is to be separately registered on the
same paper the machine represented in Fig. 7 may be used. In this machine the
receptacle for the paper p slides in suitable guides so that the operator after regis-
tering the weight of one article may move the receptacle for a certain distance which
may be indicated on the receptacle before registering the weight of the next.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention as
communicated to me by my foreign correspondent and in what manner the same is
to be performed, I declare that what I claim is
:-
1. A weighing machine, the suspending mechanism of which is connected with an
arrangement for registering the indicated weight on paper in such a manner that a
wheel or disc such as a provided with type t or moving a type ribbon t' and mounted
on a spindle actuated by the balance, is stopped by a lever or arm d¹ while a lever
or arm presses the paper pintroduced in the receptacle against the type repre-
senting the indicated weight; the levers or arms d d being connected with the
lever d which is actuated by the suspending mechanism through the movement of the
handle substantially as specified and represented in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 9th day of June 1887.