Improvements in Ruling Machines.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Dec., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 18th Oct., 1897-Accepted, 20th Nov., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ruling Machines.
We, ARTHUR LAMBERT BARBER,. of Eldon Street, Heckmondwike, Stationery
Machine Ruler, and SAMUEL WAITE, of Honley, near Huddersfield, Ruling
Machine Manufacturer, both in the County of York, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:--
This invention relates to improvements in machines for ruling lines upon
stationery or other substances and more particularly refers to the manner and
means of disposing and carrying the pens, and of supplying such pens with
the ink.
As at present in use the frame which carries the pens is built up of layers,
between which the pens are placed in one or more rows according to the printing
to be done, and then these are firmly fixed together by clamping screws passing
through these layers. The pens in the second or third row etc., are made to stand
forward from the first row in varying positions, as may be desired.
The object of this our invention is primarily to provide improved means and
improved combination of means whereby the pens shall be carried in or by means
of detachable clips or holders, which said holders shall in their turn be detachably
attached to or carried from a transverse groove, or projection, or bar, attached to
or formed by a strong transverse bar which shall form the body of the frame.
Also to provide a detachable frame for carrying the inking pad or flannel, which
supplies the ink to certain of the pens or to other inking mediums, which in
their turn supply the other row or rows; also to provide these other inking
mediums in the manner hereinafter described.
The precise details in the carrying out of this our invention may be considerably
varied without departing from its nature, but broadly we provide that the frame
ccnsists of a bar of suitable length and strength, and generally of wood, but which.
may be of metal. In this frame along its length is made a groove. In this.
groove is placed a metallic strip having formed in it a gutter or slideway along
its entire length. This strip may be secured in the frame in any desirable manner
but preferably it is held therein by pressure springs or their equivalent so that'
when desired it may be readily withdrawn and another put in its place. This
slideway may be made directly in the frame itself but for several reasons the
removable strip is preferred. In this slideway are placed any required number
of clips or holders, having on their undersides an expanding spring or springs by
which the said holders may be firmly held in any position in the said slideway,
such holders being capable of being moved along the slideway when desired to
their adjusted positions. These holders are further made to receive and hold the
pens firmly, and may have a screw down grip action, or a lever binding action,
with or without intermediate springs. Any desired number of pens may be
formed in or from one plate or shank which shank may be adjusted in position
in the holder. In some cases it is desirable to arrange a certain number of the
pens to stand forward of, or extend beyond the others, this is effected as follows:-:

page_text: The shank as aforesaid described may be made so much longer, or an intermediate
shank may be used which may be bent, and shaped as may be required, and upon
whose forward end the pen proper may be further attached.
. The inking of the pens is or may be effected by means of flannel or other
material which is carried upon a separate frame which may be readily secured t
or removed from the pen frame. This may serve for supplying the single line
of pens, or it may be also used for supplying the further mediums of supply to
the additional extended pens. The strips of fianne! or other material for this
purpose may be laid upon the rear part of such pens and in touch with the app
flannel, or what is preferred is, that a strip or strips may be laid and supported in
gaps or notches formed in the extending pieces or shanks so as to assume a vertical
or angular position favourable to the downward flow of the ink on to the peas.
Such strips may be supplied with ink direct or in some cases they may be led
from the upper strip.
In some cases the ink may be carried to certain pens by means of metallic
conduits in which the strips of flannel may be laid. These may be carried over
the first flannels and be secured to, and carried from, the rear part of the frame in
any suitable manner, and preferably capable of adjustment in position along the
frame and also forward and backward from the frame to suit various extensions
of the pens.
These conduits may be fed direct in any convenient manner, or they
may be fed from troughs above, containing a supply of ink, from which troughs
the inks will be conducted by means of connecting flannels.
Datad this 16th dox of Docomo 1806
CHARLES T. POWELL,
Applicants' Agent.
Improvements in Ruling Machines.
We, ARTITUR LAMBERT BARBER, of Eldon Street, Heckmondwike, Stationery
Machine Ruler, and SAMUEL WAITE, of Honley, near Huddersfield, Rul g
Machine Manufacturer, both in the County of York, 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 improvements in machines for ruling or marking
lines upon stationery or other substances and more particularly refers to the
manner and means of disposing and carrying the pens, and of supplying such
pens with ink.
The object of this our invention is primarily to provide improved means and
improved combination of means whereby the pens shall be carried in or by means
of detachable clips or holders, which said holders shall in their turn be detachably
attached to or carried from a transverse groove, or projection, or bar, attached to
or formed by a strong transverse bar which shall form the body of the frame.
Also to provide a detachable frame for carrying the inking pad or flannel, which
supplies the ink to certain of the pens; also to provide other inking medium in
the manner hereinafter described.
In order to more particularly explain the nature of this our said invention, and
in what manner the same is to be performed, we have appended hereunto illus-
trative sheets of drawings, upon which are figures and numbers of reference,
similar numbers referring throughout the several views to the same thing or part.
Fig. 1, is a plan view of what is known as the ruling frame of a machine con-
structed according to this our invention.

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Fig. 4, is an end sectional view of the frame on line C-D..
Fig. 5, is an end sectional view of the frame on line E-F.
Fig. 6, is a plan view, and Fig. 7, a sectional view in detail of the metal groove
ia which the pen clips are secured.
Figs. 8, 9 and 10, are end, side, and plan views of a clip for holding the pens.
Figs. 11, 12, 13, & 14, are side views of variously shaped pens.
Fig. 15, is a side view, and Fig. 16, a plan view of a multiple pen in which
more than one coloured ink may be used.
Fig. 17, is a plan view of a multiple pen.
The ruling machine as a whole we have not illustrated but only those parts
which have reference to this. invention. that is to say, the frame and those parts
relative to the carrying, and inking, of the pens.
The precise details in carrying out of this. our invention may be considerably
varied without departing from its nature.
20, is the frame, which is preferably made of two or more pieces and joined
together as for instance as shown at 20. This frame is preferably of wood, but
may be of other suitable material. In this frame is made the groove 21, to receive
the metallic slideway strip 22, which said strip is firmly held in its place by any
suitable means such for instance as by the wedges 23 & 24, any desirable
number of which may be used. Thus at any time the strip may be readily
removed as a whole, and a fresh one put in its place. This slideway might of
course be formed in the frame itself, but for wear, and for the removal and sub-
stitution as before described the removable strip is best. In this slideway are
now fitted clips or holders 25, having on their underside an expanding spring or
springs 26, so that while the part 27 fits into the one side of the slideway, the
other part 28 is forced into the other side of the slideway, with sufficient tightness
to hold it firmly in position but permitting of a sliding movement when desired
into their adjusted positions. The holders are made to grip and hold the shank
ends 29 of the pens 30, or of similar shanks 20, of intermediate pen holders 31,
by means of the pressure plate 32, and the lever 33, which is pivotted at 34. By
lifting the lever 33, in the direction of the arrow 35, the shank is released and
may then be removed. Any other form of clip may be used, but, the one shown
answers very well. These clips may be made of any width to suit a: shank with
one pen only, or a shank of greater width having any number of pens, or when
such shank is of great width, two or more clips may be used to such shank. Such
a multiple pen is shown in Fig. 17.
In some cases it is desirable to arrange a certain nuriser of the pens to extend
beyond the others as seen in Figs. 1, and 4. This may be done by making the
shank 29, of the pen so much longer, or what is preferred, by making separate
intermediate pen holders 31, having at their front ends, spring clips 36, formed,
into which the shanks of the pens may be passed, see Figs. 4, 11, 12, 13, and 14.
It will be seert that in Figs. 4, 12, 13, 14 & 15, that the holders (or it may be
in the pens when holders are not used) have sunken parts or gaps 37, the purpose
of which will be later explained. The supplying of the ink to the pens is carried
out as follows:-For some kind of ruling only one row of pens as seen for instance
in Fig. 5, is required, while in others a number of extending pens are required as
shown in Fig. 4. To supply the first row as shown in Fig. 5, the removable
frame 38, is used which is attached to the frame proper by dowels 39; or other
suitable device. Upon this frame is carried the flannel 40, which is held thereon
by the metallic frame 41, hinged at 42, and held down by spring 43. This frame
and its flannel may be of the length of the frame proper or may be made up of
shorter independent lengths. The ink may be supplied to the flannel 40, by any
desirable convenient means. When extended pens are used we provide the
frame shaped channeled connected conduits 44 and 45, whose one end is secured
in the frame 20, by the screws 47, and the movable strips 48 and 49 (see Figs. 1,

page_text: & 4). Along these conduits and extended from their forward ends to each other
are the strips of flannel 40", so that the ink may flow down such channel and thus
to the pens. Two or more of these conduits are secured together by means of the
transverse channel 44", so that by feeding the ink supply into such connecting
channel it shall find its way to and feed such conduits. If a single extension pen
only is required, then a single extended conduit such as 46 may be used, but this
we do not claim as being new. It will now be seen that the gaps 37, in the pen
holders, before referred to serve the useful purpose of permitting a flannel serving
one row of pens without interfering with another row. This is especially of
value where different coloured inks are used at the same time.
Thus by fixing the paper or other material upon which the lines are to be drawn
upon the table 50, the pens are adjusted so that their points rest thereon and by
the movement of the paper etc., the lines are drawn in the ordinary manner.
We are aware that pens similar to those described and shown have been used
and carried upon frames, and therefore we do not claim such broadly, but,
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
1. In ruling machines the employment in the frame 20, of the groove 21, in or
from which the pens may be removably secured, substantially as set forth.
2. The combination with the frame 20, having the groove 21, of the removable
slideway strip 22, in which are carried the pens, substantially as set forth and
shown.
3. Carrying two or more pens 30, with their holders in a removable strip, 22,
substantially as set forth.
4. Carrying the pens 30 or their intermediate holders, by means of removable
clips or holders such as 25, upon the forward. part of the frame 20, substantially
as set forth and shown.
5. The recess 37, formed in the shanks 29 of the pens and pen holders :
facilitate the ink supply, substantially as set forth and shown.
6. The combination with the pen 30, of an intermediate extension holder 31,
with its attachment thereto substantially as set forth and shown.
7. The combination with the frame 20, of the removable frame 38, having th
supply medium 40, substantially as set forth and shown.
8. The combination with the frame 38, of the hinged frame 41, and spring,
as and for the purposes specified.
9. In ruling machines the employment of a suring hinged frame such as 41,
as and for the purposes specified.
10. The combination with two or more conduits such as 44 and 45, of the con-
necting transverse channel 44", as and for the purpose specified.
11. The general combination and arrangement of parts constituting these my
improvements in ruling machines constructed and operating substantially as set
forth and shown.
Dated this 16th day of October 1897.
CHARLES T. POWELL,
12 Cherry Street, Birmingham, Applicants' Agent.