A Numbering Apparatus applicable to Printing Machines.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Sept., 1890
Complete Specification L. ft. 20th May, 1891-Accepted, 20th June, 1,91
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Numbering Apparatus applicable to Printing Machines.
1, EDOUARD JOSEPH LAMBERT of 16, Rue Drouot, Paris in the Republic
of France, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to apparatus applicable to printing machines, for printing
on the sheets successively fed to the maching, numbers or sets of numbers, in the
same colour as the rest of the impression or in a different colour if desired. The
printing machine to which this apparatus is most conveniently applied is of the
kind in which an impression cylinder revolves intermittently while a forme table
reciprocates under it. The sheets are usually fed in such machines from a feed
board tangential to the cylinder at its upper part, and being seized by grippers
mounted on the cylinder are carried round under the cylinder receiving the
impression and are delivered under the feed board. Now, according to this
invention, a second cylinder of smaller size than the impression cylinder is mounted
so as to make contact with it on its flank beyond the edge of the feed board, and is
geared to it so as to have the same surface speed. This second cylinder is provided
with number types, which may either he fixed, when the same numbers have to be
repeated on successive sheets, or may be moved as in ordinary numbering machines,
when successive numbers have to be printed. A special set of ink duct and inking
rollers is arranged at the side of this numbering cylinder so as to ink its types with
any desired colour. As each sheet passes from the feed board to be printed, it
receives the required impression of numbers in passing the numbering cylinder.
Dated this 10th day of September 1890.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Numbering Apparatus applicable to Printing Machines.
I, EDOUARD JOSEPH LAMBERT of 16 Rue Drouot, Paris in the Republic of
France, Engineer, 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 apparatus applicable to printing machines, for printing
on the sheets successively fed to the machine, numbers or sets of numbers, in the
same colour as the rest of the impression or in a different color if desired. The
printing machine to which this apparatus is most conveniently applied is of the
kind, such as is shewn in outline by the accompanying drawing, in which an
impression cylinder D revolves intermittently while a forme A on a table B
reciprocates under it. The sheets are usually fed in such machines from a feed
board M tangential to the cylinder Dat its upper part and being seized by grippers
mounted on the cylinder are carried round under the cylinder receiving the
impression, and are delivered under the feed board. Now, according to this
invention, a second cylinder O of smaller size than the impression cylinder D, is
mounted so as to make contact with it on its flank beyond the edge of the feed
board M and is geared to it so as to have the same surface speed. This second
cylinder O is provided with number types n which may either be fixed, when the
same numbers have to be repeated on successive sheets, or may be moved, as in
ordinary numbering machines, when successive numbers have to be printed.

page_text: A special set of ink duct E and inking rollers T is arranged at the sale of this
numbering cylinder O so as to ink its types with any desired colour. As ench
sheet passes from the feed board M to be printed, it receives the required impression
of muumbers in passing the numbering cylinder O.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven- 5
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is:-
In combination with the impression cylinder of a printing machine, a numbering
cylinder geared to revolve with the same surface speed in contact with it, and
a set of inking apparatus for the numbering types, arranged and operating
substantially as described.
Dated this 20th day of May 1891.