Improvements in Machines for Printing and Cutting Cards.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Mar., 1897-Accepted, 15th May, 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Printing and Cutting Cards.
We, FRANK RICHARD BISCHOFF, Real Estate Agent, residing at No. 72 West
105th Street, and HERMANN SPEGEL, Bottler, residing at No. 71 West 106th Street,
New York, in the County and State of New York, United States of America, 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 :-
This invention relates to machines for printing and cutting cards, and the
object thereof is to provide an improved device of this class which is simple in
construction and operation, and by means of which cards are automatically printed
and cut from a strip of paper, wound into a roll and automatically fed through the
machine.
The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the
accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of our improvement
are designated by numerals of reference in each of the views, and in which ;—
Fig. 1, is a sectional side view on the line x, x, of Fig. 2;
Fig. 2, a plan view of the machine with the cover by which the paper roll
is supported, removed ;
Fig. 3, a front view of the machine complete; and,
Fig. 4, a partial section on the line 4, 4, of Fig. 1.
In the practice of our invention we provide a suitable box or casing 5, which is
preferably rectangular in form, and which is provided with a cover 6, which is
bolted thereto, as shown at 7, and the front 6, of the box or casing is provided with
a transverse slot 8, and the cover 6, of the box or casing is provided at its opposite
sides with circular frames or heads 9, which are secured thereto, in any desired
manner, and centrally and transversely of which is mounted a shaft 10, on which is
placed a cylinder 11, on which is rolled a strip 12, of card paper.
The circular frames or heads 9, are provided with vertical forks 13, which are
open at the top, and by means of this construction, the shaft 10, and the cylinder 11,
may be removed, and re-placed whenever desired.
Passing transversely through the box or casing 5, is a shaft 14, which is provided
at one end with a crank 15, and ou which is mounted a cylinder 16, to which is
secured in any desired manner, a type plate 17, which extends approximately half
way around said cylinder, and this type plate may be connected with said cylinder
in any desired manner, and is detachable therefrom, in order that other plates may
be substituted when desired.
Below the cylinder 16, is a shaft 18, provided with a pressure roller 19, and the
shaft 18, is detachable, being mounted in downwardly directed bearings 20, which
are yoke shaped in form, and which are formed on or secured to the opposite sides
of the casing 5, and at the right of the cylinder 16, is an ink roller 21, which is
mounted on a shaft 22, which is also mounted in yoke shaped bearings 23, formed
on or secured to the inner sides of the sides of the box or casing 5, and said roller 21,
is also detachable or removable from the box or casing.
Secured to the end of the shaft 14, opposite the crank 15, and within the box or
casing is a ratchet wheel 24, and a pawl 25, which is pivotally connected with the
side of the box or casing adjacent to said ratchet wheel, and operates in connection

page_text: therewith, and the object of this ratchet wheel and said pawl is to prevent the
turning of the shaft 14, in the backward direction.
The shaft 14, is provided between the ratchet wheel 24, and the cylinder 16, with
a collar 26, which is rigidly secured thereto, and which is provided with a lug or
projection 27, and pivotally connected with the side of the box or casing between
the ratchet wheel 14, and the front of said box or casing, as shown at 28, is
a lever 29, which is adapted to be operated by the lug or projection 27, and the
forward end of said lever is pivotally connected at 30, with one end of a cutting
blade 31, which extends transversely across the front of the box or casing over the
slot 8, and the opposite end thereof is pivoted at 32.
Below the slot 8, is secured a stationary cutting blade 33, in connection with
which the cutting blade 31, operates, and extending transversely of the machine is
a guide 34, one edge of which terminates just rearwardly of the slot 8, and which is
curved downwardly and inwardly, and the inner edge of which terminates just
forwardly of the space between the pressure roll 19, and the cylinder 16, but this
guide is not an essential element of our invention.
The strip of card paper 21, or one end thereof, is passed outwardly over a small
guide roller 35, mounted between the rear sides of the heads or frames 9, and
downwardly through a slot.36, formed in the rear side of the top or cover 6, of the
box or casing 5, and beneath a supplemental guide roller 37, mounted within the
box or casing and transversely thereof, and rearwardly of the inking roller 21, and
below the same, and said strip is then passed between the cylinder 16, and the
pressure roll 19, and through the guide 34, and out through the slot 8.
It will be observed that the pressure roll 19, comes in contact only with the
type plate 17, and with the strip of paper 12, when it is passed between the type
cylinder and said pressure roll, and the operation will be readily understood from
the foregoing description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing,
and the following statement thereof.
When the cylinder 16, is revolved by meaus of the crank. 15, the paper 12,
will be fed forward only when the type plate is in connection with or bears
upon the feed roller 19, and each time that said cylinder is revolved, a pre-
determined length of said strip, sufficient to form a card, will be fed through the
apparatus, and the proper name and address, or other characters will be printed on
said strip, and at each revolution of the cylinder 16, the lever 29, will be operated,
and this lever will in turn operate the cutting blade 31, and a card will be
cut off.
The cards are cut transversely from the strip. 12, and the width of the card, will
be determined by the width in cross section of the type plate 17, and the name
and address which it is desired to print upon the card, will be arranged longitudinally
of said type plate, and of the cylinder 16..
This device is simple in construction and operation, and perfectly adapted to
accomplish the result for which it is intended, and it will be apparent that the same
may be made of any desired size, so as to carry a paper strip of any preferred
width, and it will also be apparent that changes in, and modifications of the
construction herein described, may be made without departing from the spirit of
our invention, or sacrificing its advantages.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we.declare that what we
claim is:-
1. In a machine for printing and cutting cards, the combination with a box or
casing provided with a slot in the front thereof, and a removable top, of a roller
mounted in supports connected with said top and adapted to receive a strip of
paper, said top being also provided with a slot through which said strip of paper is
passed, a shaft mounted transversely of the box or casing, and provided with a
type plate cylinder, a type plate connected with said cylinder, a ratchet wheel
connected with said shaft, a cutting blade pivotally supported above the slot in

page_text: front of the casing, a lever pivotally connected with said cutting blade, and
adapted to be operated by the shaft on which the type plate cylinder is mounted,
a feed roller mounted below the shaft on which the type plate cylinder is mounted,
an inking roller mounted adjacent to said type plate cylinder, and means for
revolving the shaft on which the type plate cylinder is mounted, substantially as
shown and described.
2. In a machine for printing and cutting cards the combination with a box or
casing provided with a slot in the front thereof, and a removable top, of a roller
mounted in supports connected with said top and adapted to receive a strip of
paper, said top being also provided with a slot through which said strip of paper
is passed, a shaft mounted transversely of the box or casing, and provided with a
type plate cylinder, a type plate connected with said cylinder, a ratchet wheel
connected with said shaft, a cutting blade pivotally supported above the slot in
front of the casing, a lever pivotally connected with said cutting blade, and adapted
to be operated by the shaft on which the type plate cylinder is mounted, a feed
roller mounted below the shaft on which the type plate cylinder is mounted, an
inking roller mounted adjacent to said type plate cylinder, and means for revolving
the shaft on which the type plate cylinder is mounted, and a pivoted pawl which is
adapted to operate in connection with said ratchet wheel, substantially as shown
and described.
3. A card printing and cutting machine, comprising a box or casing which is
provided with a removable top, said box or casing being also provided in the front
thereof with a transverse slot below which is mounted a cutting blade, and said
removable top being provided with supports for a paper roll, and with a transverse
slot through which the paper is passed, and devices mounted in said box or casing,
and adapted to feed the strip of paper therethrough, and through said slot in the
front thereof, and means connected therewith for printing the cards and cutting
the same, substantially as shown and described.
Dated this 29th day of March 1897.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.