Improvements in Printing Telegraphy.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 14th July, 1896
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0th Move 4007
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Printing Telegraphy.
I, JOSEPH JOACHIM REIFGRABER of 1118, North 13th Street, St. Louis, in
the State of Missouri, United States of America, Surgical Orthopedical and
Electrical Instrument Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
The object of my invention is to construct apparatus by means of which
messages or matter for printing may be transmitted to a distance and formed into
lines of type suitable for setting in columns for forms for printing newspapers or
books or for transmitting and printing messages electrically. My object is also to
compose solid and displayed matter having the same appearance as hand work and
to impress the letters or characters in material suitable for a matrix for an
electrotype or stereotype; or said matter may be received and reproduced by the
receiving, printing, and reproducing mechanism herein described, in two copies,
one typewritten and the other in perforations in a strip of paper which perforated
copy strip may then be used in connection with the special mechanism provided
for that purpose which is also herein described, to work and operate any one of
the several type composing or type bar producing machines, such as the
"Mergenthaler linotype machine" or others, which are operated by key levers to
reproduce said characters or message in type or typebars for printing purposes.
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My invention involves the employment of an instrument which I call the
originator" for preparing a perforated transmitting strip the perforations of
which represent the characters to be transmitted, printed, and reproduced in type
or typebars at the distant station, which machine is more clearly described in
another application for Letters Patent of even date herewith No. 156079; a
transmitter for sending the impulses required for sending the message;
synchronizer and distributor for receiving the impulses over a single wire and
sending them to the different magnets in the printing and reproducing mechanism;
a printing and reproducing mechanism for printing on paper, impressing a strip of
fibre or other suitable material for a matrix, or perforating a strip of paper or
other non-conducting material, which may then be used to operate a type composing
or typebar producing machine; a mechanism to operate said type composing or
typebar producing machine in connection with the perforated copy received from
the transmitting station; and the electric circuits and devices for controlling the
same; all as will be hereinafter more fully described.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this
specification in which similar figures and letters of reference indicate corresponding
parts in all the views.
Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of the transmitter;
Figure 2 is a partial plan view of the transmitter;
Figure 3 is a vertical transverse section taken on line 3-3 in Figure 4 of the
synchronizer;
Figure 4 is a vertical longitudinal section taken on the line 4-4 in Figure 3;
Figure 5 is a side elevation of the adjustable disc of the synchronizer, shewing
an annular contact piece;
Figure 6 is a side elevation of the fixed disc of the synchroniser, shewing the
contact points and their connections;

page_text: Figure 7 is a plan view thereof;
Figure 8 is a diagrammatic view of the instruments and circuits;
Figure 9 is a side elevation of a transmitter for use with a linotype or similar
machine;
Figure 10 is a plan view of a receiver for both a printed and perforated copy of
the message;
Figure 11 is a section on the line 11-11 of Figure 10;
Figure 12 is an end elevation of the device shewn in Figure 10;
Figure 13 is a longitudinal section on the line 13-13 of Figure 10; and
Figure 14 is a partial section and partial plan view on the line 14-14 of
Figure 12.
The transmitter represented in Figures 1 and 2 is employed for transmitting the
electrical impulses required for the operation of the printing machine. The base A
of this part of the instrument supports a metallic roller A upon standards 1 and
also a roller A' upon which is wound the perforated paper strip A'. The base
also supports a curved stand A carrying at its upper end a series of contact
springs 2 which are insulated from each other and capable of forming an electrical
contact with the roller A¹. There are as many contact springs 2 as there are
characters represented by the machine and each spring is connected with one of a
series of wires forming a cable 3. To the base A is attached an electro-magnet 4
and a bell 5. The armature lever 6 pivoted on a stud projecting from one of the
standards supporting the roller A' carries an armature within the field of the
magnet 4, also a bell hammer 7 adapted to strike the bell 5 when the armature
lever 6 is moved on its pivot. The armature lever carries a spring-pressed pawl 8
which engages a ratchet wheel 9 on the shaft of the roller A A retractile
spring 10 tends to pull the armature lever up when réleased by the magnet.
The synchronizer B is shewn in detail in Figures 3 to 6. To the base 11 are
attached standards 12, 13, 14, which support the working parts of the synchronizer.
The standard 12 is provided at its upper end with a horizontal stud 15 which is
stationary. On this stud is fixed the disc 16 and the disc 17 of insulating material
which is capable of being turned on the stud 15. The dise 16 is provided at its
periphery with series of metal blocks 18 which are insulated from each other.
There are as many blocks 18 secured to the disc 16 as there are wires in the cable 3.
To each of these blocks is attached a wire çonnected with one of the contact
springs 2 of the transmitter, the whole series of wires forming the cable 3.
the dise 16 are inserted contact pins 19 in a spiral line so that said pins are located
on radial lines at points intersected by equidistant concentric circles and from each
pin a wire 20 extends to one of the metal blocks 18 on the periphery of the disc 16.
In the inner face of the disc 17 are inserted concentric metal rings 21 each one of
which forms an electric contact with one of the pins 19 inserted in the disc 16.
The said rings 21 are insulated from each other and are connected by wires 22
with commutator bars 23 on the periphery of the disc 17. The disc 17 is provided
with a flange 24 in the periphery of which are inserted pins 25, the number of
pins being double the number of commutator bars and wires in the cable 3. In
the standards 13 14 is journalled the shaft 26 which carries the arm 27 to which is
attached adjustably a brush holder 28 which extends at right angles over the
commutator and carries a brush 29 wbich bears on the commutator in such a way
as to form an electrical contact with all of the commutator bars 23 as the brush is
revolved by turning the shaft 26. The shaft 26 carries a pulley 30 which receives
a belt 31 running to a pulley of the armature shaft of an electric motor 32 which
drives the synchronizer. To ensure regularity of motion the shaft 26 is provided
with a fly wheel 10". To the base 11 is secured a contact spring 33 which bears
against the end of the shaft 26 and is provided with a binding post 34 for receiving
the line wire 35. To the base il on opposite sides of the standard 12 are secured
electro-magnets 36, 36, as shewn in Figure 3, and on studs 37, 37, projecting from
supports 38, 38, are placed the T-shaped armature levers 39, 39, the said

page_text: being slotted to allow them to slide up or down on the studs.
The armatures 40 carried by the levers 39, 39, are held within the field of the
magnets 36, 36". The upper ends of the armature levers are hooked to enable
them to engage with the pins 25 projecting from the periphery of the disc 17 and
5 springs 41 attached to the supports 38, 38, tend to pull the armatures 40 away
from the magnets. Magnets 42, 42, are attached to the supports 38, 38, and the
armature levers 39, 39, are provided with armatures 43 held within the fields of
the magnets 42, 42. Each magnet 36, 36, is provided with a pair of contacts 44
which are connected with the terminals of the magnet and each armature lever
0 carries a contact piece 45 capable of touching the contact 44. The disc 17 is
provided with three narrow commutator plates 46, 47, 48, used in synchronizing.
These narrow commutator plates are insulated from each other and each one is
connected electrically with one of the concentric metal rings 21. The commutator
plate 46 is in electrical connection with the magnet 42, the eirenit including
5 the bell g, and the commutator plate 48 communicates electrically with the
magnet 42, by a circuit which includes the bell g', while the commutator plate 47
is in direct electrical connection with the battery d (including the magnet 4) while
transmitting and with the ground if receiving a message. The magnets 42, 42*,
are both grounded at the other end of the line.
As will be seen by reference to Figure 8, the current goes from the positive pole-
of the battery d to the magnet 4, thence through the wire e to the synchronizer to
the middle bar 47 of the synchronizer. From this bar the current passes through
the arm 27, from this arm to the arm 27 of the receiver, and through the bar 47
of that instrument, thence through the bell and back to the battery d. By this
construction should there be a variation in speed of the devices between the
transmitting and receiving station the same will be adjusted as follows:-Should
the speed be too great at the transmitting station the brush on the arm D at said
station would close the circuit through the bell g, the electro-magnet 42 which will
throw the armature 39 into engagement with a pin or tooth on the dise 17 and at
the same time close the circuit through the electro-magnets 36 to draw the
armature 39 downward to rotate the disc backward through the distance of one-
half the length of a plate 18; should the movement be too slow the current will
pass through the commutator plate 48 to energize the electro-magnets 42 and 36*.
to move the disc in the opposite direction. Whenever the brush carried by the
arm 27 of the transmitter passes the middle bar 47 the circuit is closed through:
the three bars 46, 47, 48, of the receiver. The shifting of the transmitter strip.
and the synchronizer takes place every time the brush carried by the arm 27 of
the transmitting synchronizer comes into electrical contact with the middle bar 47
and the same arm 27 of the receiving synchronizer comes in electrical contact with.
the bars 46, 47, or 48 synchronously with the first.
One printing mechanism for impressing a fibre strip or printing upon a long
continuous strip of paper, consists of a series of type levers, magnets for operating
the same, and an automatic feed for carrying forward the strip of material on which
he impressious are to be made. One set of printing devices is shewn in Figure 7.
There are to be as many such sets as there are characters to be transmitted. To
he base B' are attached standards 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54. To the base B' between
be standards 49 and 54 is attached the series of magnets 55 arranged in a circle
ud to standards 49 are pivoted the armature levers 56 each carrying at one end
narmature 57 within the field of a magnet 55. The other ends of the said
rmature levers are pivotally connected with type arms 58 pivoted in the,
andards 51. The armature levers 56 are provided with retractile springs 59.
o the base B' and centrally of the row of magnets 55 is secured an electro-
aguet 60 the top of which forms a bed or support for the material being printed
bon. On a shaft 53 having bearings in the standards 53 is placed a roller 61
ad a roller 62 has journals extending through boxes in intermediate standards 62",
e boxes being adjustable vertically by means of a screw 62. The shaft 53* is
ovided with ratchet wheels 64 engaged by spring pawls carried by swinging

page_text: arms 65. To the standards 52 are pivoted armature levers 66 each carrying an
armature which is within the field of a magnet 67 comprised in the transverse row
supported by the standards 68 secured to the base. Each armature lever 66
carries at its free end a contact piece 69 which is capable of forming an electrical
connection between the contact points 70 71. Each armature lever 66 carries an
adjusting screw 72 and rods 73 are connected at one end with a transverse bar 73ª
which is in a position to be engaged by the screw 72, the opposite ends of the said
rods 73 being pivotally connected with the arms 65. The armature levers 66 are
provided with retractile springs 74 and the arms 65 are provided with retractile
springs 75. On a shaft extended between the standards 54 is placed a reel 76 on
which is wound a strip 78 of vulcanized fibre or analogous material in which the
impression or matrix for the letter is formed. Where the machine is used merely
for printing, the reel 78 carries a strip of paper and an ink ribbon instead of a
strip of fibre. The strip from the reel 78 passes underneath the roller 79 journalled
in the standard 50 and passes over the bed on the magnet 60, thence between the
rollers 61, 62, by which it is moved forward.
It will thus be seen that when an electrical impulse goes through the line to a
magnet 67 the magnet will attract the armature of the lever 66 thereby bringing
the set screw 72 in the said armature lever into contact with the bar 73° connecting
with the shifting bars 73 thus causing the pawls on the arms 65 to engage the
ratchet wheels 64 and turn the rollers 61 and 62 between which the paper or fibre
strip passes moving the said strip forward. To regulate the shifting of the fibre or
paper strip the set screw 72 is turned in or out. For example:-This set screw is
screwed in and caused to project from the lever 66 as far as possible for a large
letter like "W" or "M" thus causing the shifting bars 73 to be pushed as far as
possible or imparting a long movement to said bar thereby moving the rollers 61
and 62 enough to shift the paper or fibre sufficiently to give room for the character.
The said screw in the proper lever is retracted when a smali letter or character such
as "i" or "1" is to be printed, thus limiting the movement of the bars 73 and
slightly moving forward the strip 78 through a small distance only to regulate the
shifting for every letter or character according to its size in exact accordance with
the spacing and justifying arrangements of the originator. A line is therefore
closed out and justified on the originator before the transmitting strip is perforated.
When a magnet 67 attracts its armature 66 and shifts the fibre or paper strip it
also at the same time closes the circuit of a magnet 55 through the forked
connector 69 carried by the armature lever 66. The magnet 55 attracts the
armature 57 and through the armature lever 56 acts upon the printing lever 58
swinging down the type or character, causing it to take an impression upon the
strip 78 after which the springs 59, 74, and 75, bring their respective levers to their
original positions. As the paper strip passes forward under the contact springs 2
the ends of the said springs drop through the perforations of the paper and as the
arms 27 of the two synchronizers move on the circuit of the transmitting mechanism
is closed and opened when the brushes of the arm 27 pass the commutator plate
which is in electrical contact with the spring which drops through the paper and a
current will flow from the battery 79 (see Figure 8) to the magnet 67 of the
printing and reproducing mechanism at the receiving station, through one of the
wires in the cable 3 to the specific contact pin and concentric ring in the discs 16
and 17 through its commutator plates into the brush of the arm 27, over the line
to the recciving station, into the arm 27 its brush, into the commutator plate,
concentric ring and contact pin in the discs 16 and 17, over the wires of the cable 3
into the contact spring 2 of the transmitter which fell through the perforation of
the paper strip, into the roller A¹ from there to the ground and back to the negative
pole of the battery 79 at the receiving station.
This current will energize the magnet 67 (Figure 7) attract the armature lever 66
wbich will, through the set screw 72, act upon the shifting bars 73 this causing the
pawls on the arms 65 to engage the ratchet wheels 64 and turn the rollers 61 and 62
between which the paper or fibre strip passes moving the said strip forward.

page_text: When the magnet 67 attracts the armature 66 and shifts the fibre or paper strip
it also at the same time closes the circuits of the magnets 55 through the forked
connector 69 carried by the armature lever 66. Every time the brushes of the
arms 27 pass over a commutator plate 47 at the transmitting bar 46, 47, or 48 of
the receiving station the synchronizer and transmitting "strip-shifting circuit
of the battery d (Figure 8) is closed and a current will flow from the bittery d to
the maguet 4 of the transmitter, from there over the wire e to the com nutator
plate 47 of the transmitting synchronizer, through the arm and brush 27 of said
machine into the commutator plate 47 (or 46 or 48 if the said arm of the receiving
machine should go a little faster or slower than does the arn 27 of the trans-
mitting machine) from there to the respective concentric ring and contact pin in the
dises 16, 17, from there through a bell and to the ground and back to the negative
pole of the battery d at the transmitting station. The magnet attracts the
armature lever 6 moving the pawl 8 forward, thus moving the roller A forward
through the action of the pawl and ratchet wheel, bringing another hole into
position for engagement with the end of another contact spring.
By the foregoing it will be seen that when the transmitting circait is closed a
current comes from the receiving station while when the synchronizing and
transmitting strip-shifting circuit is closed a current goes to the receiving station
thus having a pro and con current over the line at every revolution of the arms 27
during the transmission of a message, one shifting the transmitting strip and
securing synchronism the other transmitting a character at every revolution.
I will describe the modification in Figure 9 which shews a transmitter particularly
adapted for transferring a message or matter to be printed by electrical impulses to
the keys of a type-setting or type line founding machine, such for instance as the
Mergenthaler finotype machine. A is a base for the transmitter having upwardly
extended standards 79 in which the journals of the metal roller A' are seated and 2
is a spring contact finger co-acting with the roller A'. The contact 2 and the
roller A are substantially the same as those in the transmitter heretofore described
but in this case the perforated sheet is fed by the operation of the roller A' as will
appear bereinafter. 80 is a magnet supported on the base A' and acting through
an armature on a lever 81 pivoted to the standard 79 and the rear end of this lever
is adapted to engage and operate an automatic switch 82. Upon the end of the
Jever opposite that engaged by the switch 82 is a hammer 83 adapted to contact
with a bell 84 supported on the base A5 and a spring 85 engaging with the lever 81
is designed to retract the lever after its armature shall have been released from the
magnet 80. From the lever 81 a pawl 86 extends upward and has a hooked end
to engage with a ratchet wheel 87 on the shaft of the roller A' and it is held in
engagement with said ratchet wheel by means of a spring 88. Obviously by a
downward movement of the lever 81 the pawl 86 will be drawn downward and
cause the roller A³ to rotate and thus feed the perforated strip between it and the
small bearing rollers 89. 90 in an electro-magnet for operating an armature 91
which at its opposite ends engages with a lever 92 adapted to operate a key lever
of a type setting machine indicated by the dotted lines 93. A wire 92 leads from
the switch 82 to one pole of a battery 93 and from the contact plate 94 adapted to
be engaged by the switch 82 a wire 95 extends to the electro-magnet 80 and thence
to a contact plate 96 thence to a contact plate 97 back to the battery 93. From
the spring contact 2 a wire extends to the electro-magnet 90 thence to a connection
with the wire 95 and from a contact plate 99 adapted to be engaged by the
automatic switch 82 a wire 100 extends to a spring contact plate 101, bearing at
its free end upon the journal of the roller A.
In the operation of this transmitter the perforated sheet or strip A is introduced
between the contact springs 2 and the metallic roller A' and held in proper position
by the two small rollers; the switch 102 in the wire 92 is then closed which will
set the transmitter in motion. A current will flow from the battery 93 to the
automatin switch 82 and from there through the magnet 80 into contact plate 96
through the matrix into the contact plate 97 and back into the battery. This

page_text: current will energize the magnet 80 and attract the armature lever 81 to sound the
bell 84 and pull down. the pawl 86 thereby acting on the ratchet wheel 87 thus
turning the roller A' to shift the perforated strip A forward one step bringing a
new perforation in position for the entrance of the ends of the contact spring 2
which by passing through said perforation will come into electrical contact with
the metallic roller A¹ and at this time the armature lever 81 will shift the
automatic switch 82 from the contact plate 94 to the contact plate 99 opening the
circuit of the magnet 80 and closing the circuit through the magnet 90; and then
the current will flow from the battery 93 to the switch 82 from there to the
contact plate 99 and thence to the metallic roller A and through the contact
springs 2 which are in contact with said roller through the wire 98 to the
magnet 90, contact plate 96, through the matrix into the contact plate 97 and
back to the battery 93. This current will energize the magnet 90 which will
attract the armature lever 91 and act on the lever 92 which through its connections
will operate the lever of the machine 93.
It will be understood that there are as many magnets 90 as there are keys to
the type setting machine and also that there is a spring contact 2 for each character
used in modern newspaper or other printing, and of course the operations of this
transmitter as above described are continued by the making and breaking of the
electric circuit through the medium of the spring contacts 2.
I will now describe another form of printing mechanism or device for receiving
and printing a message in two copies one of which is in type printing characters
and the other in the form of perforations to be used as a transmitter strip for the
transmitter such as hereinbefore described. 103 is a stationary base or bed of
the machine upon which is mounted a movable carriage 104 which is provided
with a suitable number of rollers 105 which engage with suitable tracks on the
hase 103 so that the said carriage with the mechanism supported thereby may be
easily removed or drawn outward from the stationary base A³ when required for
cleaning or other purposes. On the carriage 101, standards 16 extend upward
and support side frames 107 upon which a paper carrier 108 is movably mounted.
As shewn the side frames 107 are provided with longitudinal grooves and the
lower sides of the said frames of the paper carrier 108 are shaped to conform to
the grooves and slide therein. Within the paper carrier 108 are journalled a
tubular impression roller 109 of hard material preferably metal and rollers 110 of
yielding material such for instance as soft rubber. The latter rollers are adapted
to bold the strip of paper 111 firmly against the impression roller 109. From the
roller 109 the paper 111 extends around the rollers 112 having journal bearings
in hangers 113 depending from the paper carrier 108. Extended upward from the
other end of the carriage 104 is a standard 114 in which is journalfed one end of a
screw shaft 115 which has its screw thread engaging with a longitudinally screw
threaded boss 116 on the paper carrier 108 and the screw passes from said boss
through the roller 119 and through an opening in the rear end of this roller to a
bearing 117 at the opposite end of the carriage 104. The portion of the screw
shaft 115 that passes through the opening in the rear end of the roller 109 is
smooth on its periphery and has a substantially air-tight connection through the
opening and this smooth portion of the shaft has a piston 118 mounted on it and
movable through the roller 109. Air is admitted and discharged to the interior of
the roller 109 between the piston 118 and the rear end of the said roller throug
an opening 119 in the wall of the roller and the air contained therein is designed
to serve as a cushion to prevent jar in the movement of the paper carrier. Rigidly
mounted on the screw shaft 115 near the standard 114 is a grooved pulley 120
upon which a rope 121 is wound and extended to a weight 123 and the outer end
of said screw shaft 115 has a ratchet wheel 124 rigidly secured to it. On the rear
end of the roller 109 is affixed a toothed wheel 125 the teeth of which extend at an
angle across the periphery of said wheel and are adapted to be engaged by a
finger 126 secured to a fixed portion of the carriage 104 when the paper carrier is

page_text: moved to the extreme rear end of said carriage. By the engagement of the
wheel 125 with the finger 126 the roller 109 will be rotated sufficiently to feed the
paper 111 one step or through the space from one line to another.
On the upper
end of the standard 114 an arm 127 extends laterally and has pivoted to it a safety
pawl 128 adapted to engage with the ratchet wheel 124. At the lower end of the.
standard 114 is pivoted an armature 129 co-acting with a magnet 130 comprised in
the circuit of a local battery 131. The lower side of the armature lever 129 is
provided with a series of notches 132 adapted to engage over or upon the upper
end of an angled lever 133 pivoted to the base frame of the machine for a
purpose hereinafter to be described. Pivoted to and extended upward from the
armature lever 129 is a pawl 134 adapted to engage with the ratchet wheel 124
and at. its upper end this pawl 134 bears an armature 135 designed to co-act with
a magnet 136 which is comprised in a local circuit having a battery 137 and the
wires 138. From the horizontal arm 139 of the angled lever 133 a bar 140
extends the entire length of the carriage 104 and at its opposite end has an
arm 141 extended to a bearing 142 in a line through the fulerum point of the
lever 133. 143 indicates a series of armature levers pivotally connected on a.
shaft 144 extended lengthwise of the base 103 as plainly indicated in Figure 10.
Each armature lever 143 is provided with a set screw 145 directly over the bar 140
so that by manipulating this screw 145 the position and range of movement of the
upper end of the lever 133 may be regulated to engage into a desired notch 132 in
the armature lever 129 and thereby regulate the range of movement of said
armature lever 129 its pawl 134 and the rotation of the ratchet wheel 124 which
causes the movements of the screw shaft 115 thus adapting the machine for
different spacings to said letters to be printed. Each armature lever 143 also has
a set screw 145 adapted to contact with a mercury cup 146 having electrical
connection with a wire 147 extended to the magnet 130. From the magnet 130 a
wire 148 extends to one pole of the battery 131 and from the other pole of the
battery a wire 149 extends to a connection with the angled lever 138.
It will therefore be seen that when the set screw 145 is in contact with the
mercury cup 146 the current will be from the battery 131 through the wire 149
the arm 139 of the angled lever 133, the armature lever 143, contact plate 146, the
wire 147, through the magnet 130 and thence through the wire 148 back to the
battery. Each armature lever 143 carries adjustable contact points 150 and 151
adapted to contact respectively with the mercury cups 152 153 from which
wires 154 and 155 extend to the printing magnets 156, which operate armature
levers 157 having pivotal connection with the base frame and having operative
connection with the pivoted type bearing arms 158 which are also pivoted to a
fixed portion of the frame.
One of the main line wires 3 passes through an electro-magnet 159 and thence to
a contact piece 160 and from the adjacent contact piece 161 the main line wire 3
continues to the ground connection. The current through the main line is adapted
to be opened and closed through the contact plates 160 and 161 by means of a
plate 162 carried by the pawl 134. When the pawl 134 is in its normal position or
in engagement with the ratchet wheel 124 the plate 162 on the said pawl closes the
main circuit but as soon as the magnet 136 attracts the pawl 134 the plate 162 is
detached from the contact plates 160 and 161 thus breaking the main line circuit
and by moving into engagement with contact plates 160, 161, will close the
circuit through the magnet 136 in the local circuit 138 and the parts will be held
in this position until the paper carrier 108 reached the rear end of the carriage 104
when a projection 163 will contact with and operate a switch 164 located in a local
circuit comprising the wires 138 thus breaking the circuit of the magnets 136 which
will allow the pawl 134 and the pawl 128 to move back into engagement with
the ratchet wheel 124 through the medium of the returning spring 165 and thus
again close the current through the main circuit. At opposite sides of the paper-
carrier 108, arms 166 extend upward from the base frame 103 and these arms are
designed to support an inking ribbou and to impart motion thereto across the.

page_text: roller 109. As the means are the same at both sides of the paper carrier for
moving the inking ribbon, I will describe them both by the same reference
characters. From the arm 166 a yoke frame 167 extends inward and provides a
bearing for a shaft 168 upon which are mounted bevel gears 169 and 170 and also
a shaft 171 upon which is mounted bevel gear 172 adapted to engage with either
one of the bevel gears 169 or 170 and the outer end of this shaft 171 has a
pinion 173 adapted to engage with a rack 174 carried by the paper carrier 108.
The inking ribbon 175 extends from one shaft 168 around an idler 176 having
journal bearings in arms 166 at one side of the machine, thence over an idler 177
at the upper portions of said arms, and thence around similar idlers supported by the
arms 166, to the shaft 168 at the opposite end of the machine. Obviously as the
paper carrier moves on the carriage 104 the racks 174 will rotate the gears 173 and
these gears will rotate the bevel gear mechanism and the ribbon will be consequently
drawn across the roller 109. Motion to the inking ribbon in the opposite direction
may be had by merely shifting the engagement of the bevel gears 170. The
pinion 173 has a clutch engagement with the shaft 171 so that when the paper
carrier is moved back the said pinion 173 may revolve without imparting motion
to the ribbon mechanism. Within the circuit comprising the printing magnets 156
is a series of electro-magnets 179 supported by the lower portion of the base
frame 103 and adapted to operate armature levers 180 carrying puncturing
points 181 at their free ends. The puncturing points 181 operate in connection
with openings 182 in a platen 183 supported by the frame 103 and over which the
strip of material 184 to be punctured is fed from a roller 185. A step-by-step
feeding motion is imparted to the material 184 by means of feed rollers 186, 187,
having journal bearings in the frame 183. Rigidly attached to a journal of the
roller 186 is a ratchet wheel 188 adapted to be engaged by a spring-pressed
pawl 189 carried by pivoted arms 190 the free ends of which are adapted to be
engaged or forced downward by means of the downward movement of the armature
levers 180 in the process of puncturing the material 184.
The operation of this printing and puncturing device may be described as
follows: An electric impulse coming over the line will energize the magnet 159;
said magnet will attract the armature lever 143 and the set screw 145 engaging
with the contact plate 146 will close the circuit through the magnet 130 which
magnet will attract the armature 129 until it rests upon the upper end of the angle
lever 133 and thereby pulls down the pawl 134 and revolves the ratchet wheel 124
to rotate the screw 115 and move the paper carrier one step forward. During the
step-by-step movement of the paper carrier the weight 123 is drawn upward and
the pawl 128 will hold the ratchet wheel 124 and prevent a reverse rotation
thereof; at the same time the contact points 150, 151, will enter the mercury
cups 152, 153 and close the circuit through the printing magnet 156 to operate its
armature lever to throw the printing bar 158 downward upon the inking ribbon
and transfer the character to the paper on the paper carrier and at this time the
electro-magnet 179 operates the armature lever 180 to force its puncturing point
through the paper travelling over the bar 183.
Of course it is to be understood that there is a puncturing point for each
character employed as well as a printing character for each character designed to
be transmitted.
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
53, Chancery Lane, Loudon, Chartered Patent Agents.

page_text: Improvements in Printing Telegrapny.
I JOSEPH JOACHIM REIFGRABER of 1118 North 13th Street, St. Louis in
the State of Missouri, United States of America Surgical, Orthopedical and
Electrical Instrument Maker 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 :-
The object of my invention is to construct apparatus by means of which
messages or matter for printing may be transmitted to a distance and formed into
lines of type, suitable for setting in columns for forms for printing newspapers or
books, or for transmitting and printing messages electrically. My object is also to
compose solid and displayed matter having the same appearance as hand work, and
to impress the letters or characters in material suitable for a matrix for an
electrotype or stereotype; or said matter may be received and reproduced by the
receiving, printing, and reproducing mechanism herein described, in two copies, one
typewritten and the other in perforations in a strip of paper, which perforated
copy strip may then be used in connection with the special mechanism provided for
that purpose, which is also herein described, to work and operate any one of the
several type composing or type bar producing machines such as the "Mergenthaler
Linotype machine" or others, which are operated by key levers to reproduce said
characters or message in type or typebars for printing purposes.
My invention involves the employment of an instrument which I call the
"Originator" for preparing a perforated transmitting strip, the perforations of
which represent the characters to be transmitted, printed and reproduced in type
or typebars at the distant station, which machine is more clearly described in
another Application for Letters Patent of even date herewith; No. 1560790;
a transmitter for sending the impulses required for sending the message; a
synchronizer and distributor for receiving the impulses over a single wire, and
sending them to the different magnets in the printing and reproducing mechanism;
a printing and reproducing mechanism for printing on paper, impressing a strip of
fiber or other suitable material for a matrix, or perforating a strip of paper or
other non-conducting material, which may then be used to operate a type com-
posing or typebar producing machine, a mechanism to operate said type-composing
or typebar producing machine in connection with the perforated copy received
from the transmitting station, and the electric circuits aud devices for controlling
the same, all as will be hereinafter more fully described.
Reference is to be had to the drawings accompanying the Provisional
Specification, in which similar figures and letters of reference indicate corre-
sponding parts in all the views.
Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of the transmitter ;
Figure 2 is a partial plan view of the transmitter;
Figure 3 is a vertical transverse section taken on line 3-3 in Figure 4, of the
synchronizer;
Figure 4 is a vertical longitudinal section taken on the line 4-4 in Figure 3;
Figure 5 is a side elevation of the adjustable disk of the synchronizer, showing
an annular contact piece;
Figure 6 is a side elevation of the fixed disk of the synchronizer, showing the
contact points and their connections;
Figure 7 is an enlarged side elevation of one section of the printing apparatus :
Figure 7 is a plan view thereof;
Figure 8 is a diagrammatic view of the instruments and circuits;

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Figure 10 is a plan view of a receiver for both a printed and perforated copy o
the message;
Figure 11 is a section on the line 11-11 of Figure 10;
Figure 12 is an end elevation of the device shown in Figure 10;
Figure 13 is a longitudinal section on the line 13-13 of Figure 10; and
Figure 14 is a partial section, and partial plan view on the line 14-14 of
Figure 12.
The transmitter represented in Figures 1 and 2 is employed for transmitting the
electrical impulses required for the operation of the printing machine. The
base A of this part of the instrument supports a metallic roller A¹ upon
standards I and also a roller A2, upon which is wound the perforated paper
strip A. The base also supports a curved stand A', carrying at its upper end
a series of contact springs 2, which are insulated from each other, and capable of
forming an electrical contact with the roller A¹. There are as many contact
springs 2 as there are characters represented by the machine, and each spring is
connected with one of a series of wires forming a cable 3.
To the base A is attached an electro-magnet 4 and a bell 5. The armature
lever 6 pivoted on a stud projecting from one of the standards supporting the
roller A, carries an armature within the field of the magnet 4, also a bell
hammer 7 adapted to strike the bell 5 when the armature lever 6 is moved on its
pivot. The armature lever carries a spring-pressed pawl 8, which engages a
ratchet wheel 9 on the shaft of the roller A². A retractile spring 10 tends to pull
the armature lever up when released by the magnet.
The synchronizer B is shown in detail in Figures 3 to 6. To the base 11 are
attached standards 12, 13, 14, which support the working parts of the synchronizer.
The standard 12 is provided at its upper end with a horizontal stud 15, which is
stationary. On this stud is fixed the disk 16, and the disk 17 of insulating material
which is capable of being turned on the stud 15. The disk 16 is provided at its
periphery with series of metal blocks 18, which are insulated from each other.
There are as many blocks 18 secured to the disk 16 as there are wires in the
cable 3. To each of these blocks is attached a wire connected with one of the
contact springs 2 of the transmitter, the whole series of wires forming the cable 3.
In the disk 16 are inserted contact pins 19, in a spiral line, so that said pins are
located on radial lines at points intersected by equidistant concentric circles, and
from each pin a wire 20 extends to one of the metal blocks 18 on the periphery of
the disk 16. In the inner face of the disk 17 are inserted concentric metal rings 21,
each one of which forms an electric contact with one of the pins 19 inserted in the
disk 16. The said rings 21 are insulated from each other, and are connected by
wires 22 with commutator bars 23 on the periphery of the disk 17. The disk 17
is provided with a flange 24, in the periphery of which are inserted pins 25, the
number of pins being double the number of commutator bars and wires in the
cable 3.
In the standards 13, 14, is journaled the shaft 26, which carries the arm-27, to
which is attached adjustably, a brush holder 28 which extends at right angles over
the commutator, and carries a brush 29 which bears on the commutator in such a
way as to. form an electrical contact with all of the commutator bars 23, as the
brush is revolved by turning the shaft 26. The shaft 26 carries a pulley 30 which
receives a belt 31 running to a pulley on the armature shaft of an electric motor 32
which drives the synchronizer. To insure regularity of motion, the shaft 26 is
provided with a fly wheel 10.
To the base 11 is secured a contact spring 33, which bears against the end of
the shaft 26, and is provided with a binding post 34 for receiving the line wire 35.
To the base 11 on opposite sides of the standard 12 are secured electro-
magnets 36, 36, as shown in Figure 3, and on studs 37, 37, projecting from
supports 38, 38, are placed the T-shaped armature levers 39, 39, the said armature

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levers being slotted to allow them to slide up or down on the studs.
armatures 40 carried by the levers 39, 39, are held within the field of the
magnets 36, 36". The upper ends of the armature levers are hooked to enable
them to engage with the pins 25 projecting from the periphery of the disk 17, and
springs 41 attached to the supports 38, 38, tend to pull the armatures 40 away
from the magnets. Magnets 42, 42, are attached to the supports 38, 38, and the
armature levers 39, 39 are provided with armatures 43, held within the fields of
the magnets 42, 42". Each magnet 36, 36" is provided with a pair of contacts 44,
which are connected with the terminals of the magnet, and each armature lever
carries a contact piece 45 capable of touching the contact 44.
The disk 17 is provided with three narrow commutator plates 46, 47, 48, used in
synchronizing. These narrow commutator plates are insulated from each other, and
ench one is connected electrically with one of the concentric metal rings 21. The
commutator plate 46 is in electrical connection with the magnet 42, the circuit
including the bell g, and the commutator plate 48 communicates electrically with
the magnet 42, by a circuit which includes the bell ', while the commutator
plate 47 is in direct electrical connection with the battery d (including the magnet 4)
while transmitting, and with the ground if receiving a message. The inagnets 42, 42"
are both grounded at the other end of the linc.
As will be seen by reference to Figure 8, the current goes from the positive pole
of the battery d to the magnet 4, thence through the wire e to the synchronizer to
the middle bar 47 of the synchronizer. From this bar the current passes through
the arm 27, from this arm to the arm 27 of the receiver, and through the bar 47 of
that instrument, thence through the bell and back to the battery d. By this
construction should there be a variation in speed of the devices between the trans-
mitting and receiving station, the same will be adjusted as follows: should the
speed be too great at the transmitting station, the brush on the arm D at sail
station would close the circuit through the bell g. the electro-magnet 42, which will
throw the armature 39 into engagement with a pin or tooth on the disk 17 and at
the same time close the circuit through the electro magnets 36, to draw the
armature 39 downward to rotate the disk backward through the distance of one-half
the length of a plate 18, should the movement be too slow, the current will pass
through the commutator plate 48 to energize the electro-magnets 42" and 36°, to
move the disk in the opposite direction. Whenever the brush carriel by the
arm 27 of the transmitter passes the middle bar 47, the circuit is closed through
the three bars 46, 47, 48 of the receiver. The shifting of the transmitter strip
and the synchronizer takes place every time the brush carried by the arm 27 of
the transmitting synchronizer comes into electrical contact with the middle bar 47,
and the same arm 27 of the receiving synchronizer comes in electrical contact with
the bars 46, 47 or 48 synchronously with the first.
One printing mechanism for impressing a fiber strip or printing upon a long
continuous strip of paper, consists of a series of type levers, inagnets for operating
the same, and an automatic feed for carrying forward the strip of material on which
the impressions are to be made. One set of printing devices is shown in Figure 7.
There are to be as many such sets as there are characters to be transmitted. To
the base B' are attached standards 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54. To the base B between
the standards 49 and 54, is attached the series of magnets 55 arranged in a circle,
and to standards 49 are pivoted the armature levers 56, each carrying at one end
an armature 57 within the field of a magnet 55. The other ends of the said
armature levers are pivotally connected with type arms 58 pivoted in the
standards 51. The armature levers 56 are provided with retractile springs 59.
To the base B', and centrally of the row of magnets 55, is secured an electro-
magnet 60, the top of which forms a bed or support for the material being printed
upon.
On a shaft 53 having bearings in the standards 53 is placed a roller 61, and a
roller 62 has journals extending through boxes in intermediate standards 62, the
boxes being adjustable vertically by means of a screw 62. The shaft 53 is provided
with ratchet wheels 64 engaged by spring pawls carried by swinging arms 65. To

page_text: the standards 52 are pivoted armature levers 66; each carrying an armature
which is within the field of a magnet 67 comprised in the transverse row supported
by the standards 68 secured to the base. Each armature lever 66 carries at its
free end a contact piece 69, which is capable of forming an electrical connection.
between the contact points 70, 71. Each armature lever 66 carries an adjusting
screw 72, and rods 73 are connected at one end with a transverse bar 73, which is
in a position to be engaged by the screw 72, the opposite ends of the said rods 73
being pivotally connected with the arms 61.
The armature levers 66 are provided with retractile springs 74, and the arms 65
are provided with retractile springs 75. On a shaft extended between the
standards 54 is placed a reel 76, on which is wound a strip 78 of vulcanized fiber
or analogous material in which the impression or matrix for the letter is formed.
Where the machine is uned merely for printing, the reel 78 carries a strip of paper
and an ink ribbon instead of a strip of fiber. "The strip from the reel 78 passes
underneath the roller 79 journaled in the standard 50, and passes over the bed on
the magnet 60, thence between the rollers 61, 62, by which it is moved forward.
It will thus be seen that when an electrical impulse goes through the line to a
magnet 67, the magnet will attract the armature of the lever 66, thereby bringing
the set screw 72 in the said armature lever into contact with the bar 73ª connecting
with the shifting bars 73, thus causing the pawls on the arms 65 to engage the
ratchet wheels 64 and turn the rollers 61 and 62 between which the paper or fiber
strip passes, moving the said strip forward. To regulate the shifting of the fiber
or paper strip the set screw 72 is turned in or out. For example; this set screw is
screwed in and caused to project from the lever 66 as far as possible for a large
letter like "W" or "M," thus causing the shifting bars 73 to be pushed as far as
possible or imparting a long movement to said bar, thereby moving the rollers 61
and 62 enough to shift the paper or fiber sufficiently to give room for the character.
The said screw in the proper lever is retracted when a small letter or character
such as "i" or "1" is to printed, thus limiting the movement of the bars 73 and
slightly moving forward the strip 78 through a small distance only, to regulate the
shifting for every letter or character according to its size, in exact accordance
with the spacing and justifying arrangements of the originator. A line is
therefore closed out and justified on the originator before the transmitting strip is
perforated.
When a magnet 67 attracts its armature 66 and shifts the fiber or paper strip, it
also at the same time closes the circuit of a magnet 55 through the forked con-
nector 69, carried by the armature lever 66. The magnet 55 attracts the
armature 57, and through the armature lever. 56 acts upon the printing lever 58,
swinging down the type or character, causing it to make an impression upon the
strip 78, after which the springs 59, 74 and 75 bring their respective levers to their
original positions. As the paper strip passes forward under the contact springs 2,
the ends of the said springs drop through the perforations of the paper, and as
the arms 27 of the two synchronizers move on, the circuit of the transmitting
mechanism is closed and opened when the brushes of the arm 27 pass the com-
mutator plate which is in electrical contact with the spring, which drops through
the paper, and a current will flow from the battery 79 (see Figure 8) to the
magnet 67 of the printing and reproducing mechanism at the receiving station,
through one of the wires in the cable 3 to the specific contact pin and concentric
ring in the disks 16 and 17, through its commutator plates into the brush of the
arm 27, over the line to the receiving station, into the arm 27, its brush, into the
commutator plate, concentric ring and contact pin in the disks 16 and 17, over
the wires of the cable 3 into the contact spring 2 of the transmitter, which fall
through the perforation of the paper strip, into the roller A', from there to the
ground and back to the negative pole of the battery 79 at the receiving station.
This current will energize the magnet 67 (Figure 7) attract the armature
lever 66, which will, through the set screw 72, act upon the shifting bars 73,
this causing the pawis on the arms 65 to engage the ratchet wheels 64 and turn

page_text: the rollers 61 and 62 between which the paper or fiber strip passes, moving the
said strip forward.
When the magnet 67 attracts the armature 66 and shifts the fiber or paper strip,
it also at the same time closes the circuits of the magnets 55 through the forked
connector 69. carried by the armature lever 66. Every time the brushes of the
arms 27 pass over a commutator plate 47 at the transmitting bar 46, 47 or 48 of
the receiving station, the synchronizer and transmitting strip-shifting circuit. of
the battery d (Figure 8) is closed, and a current will flow from the battery d to the
magnet 4 of the transmitter, from there over the wire e to the commutator plate 47
of the transmitting synchronizer, through the arm and brush 27 of said machine
into the commutator plate 47 (or 46 or 48 if the said arm of the receiving machine
should go a little faster or slower than does the arm 27 of the transmitting
machine) from there to the respective concentric ring and contact pin in the
disks 16, 17, from there through a bell and to the ground and back to the negative
pole of the battery d at the transmitting station. The magnet 4 attracts the
armature lever 6, moving the pawl 8 forward, thus moving the roller A' forward
through the action of the pawl and ratchet wheel, bringing another hole into
position for engagement with the end of another contact spring.
By the foregoing it will be seen that when the trausinitting circuit is closed,
a current comes from the receiving station, while when the synchronizing and
transmitting strip-shifting circuit is closed, a current goes to the receiving station,
thus having a pro and con current over the line at every revolution of the arms 27
during the transmission of a message, one shifting the transmitting strip and
securing synchronism, the other transmitting a character at every revolution.
1 will describe the modification in Figure 9, which shows a transmitter
particularly adapted for transferring a message or matter to be printed by
electrical impulses, to the keys of a type-setting or type line founding machine,
such for instance as the Mergenthaler linotype machine. A is a base for the
transmitter, having upwardly extended standards 79 in which the journals of the
metal roller A' are seated, and 2 is a spring contact finger co-acting with
the roller A¹. The contact 2 and the roller A' are substantially the same as those
in the transmitter heretofore described, but in this case the perforated sheet is fed
by the operation of the roller A', as will appear hereinafter. 80 is a magnet
supported on the base A' and acting through an armature on a lever 81 pivoted to
the standard 79, and the rear end of this lever is adapted to engage and operate
an automatic switch 82. Upon the end of the lever opposite that engaged by the
switch 82, is a hammer 83 adapted to contact with a bell 84 supported on the
base A, and a spring 85 engaging with the lever 81 is designed to retract the lever
alter its armature shall have been released from the magnet 80. From the
lever 81 a pawi 86 extends upward and has a hooked end to engage with a ratchet
wheel 87 on the shaft of the roller A', and it is held in engagement with said
ratchet wheel by means of a spring 88. Obviously, by a downward movement of
the lever 81, the pawl 86 will be drawn downward and cause the roller A¹ to rotate
and thus feed the perforated strip between it and the small bearing rollers 89.
90 is an electro-inagnet for operating an armature 91, which at its opposite ends.
engages with a lever 92 adapted to operate a key lever of a type setting machine
indicated by the dotted lines 93. A wire 92 leads from the switch 82 to one pole
of a battery 93, and from the contact plate 94 adapted to be engaged by the
switch 82, a wire 95 extends to the electro-magnet 80 and thence to a contact
plate 96, thence to a contact plate 97 back to the battery 93". From the spring
contact 2 a wire extends to the electro-magnet 90, thence to a counection with the
wire 95, and from a contact plate 99 adapted to be engaged by the automatic
switch 82, a wire 100 extends to a spring contact plate 101, bearing at its free end
upon the journal of the roller A'.
In the operation of this transmitter, the perforated sheet or strip A is introduced
between the contact springs 2 and the metallic roller A', and held in proper
position by the two small rollers; the switch 102 in the wire 92" is then closed,

page_text: "which will set the transmitter in motion. A current will flow from the battery 93*
to the automatic switch 82, from there into contact plate 94, and from there
through the magnet 80 to the contact plate 96, through the matrix into the
contact plate 97 and back to the battery. This current will energize the
magnet 80 and attract the armature lever 81 to sound the bell 84 and pull down
the pawl 86, thereby acting on the ratchet wheel 87, thus turning the roller A' to
shift the perforated strip A³ forward one step, bringing a new perforation in
position for the entrance of the ends of the contact spring 2, which by passing
through said perforation will come into electrical contact with the metallic
roller A, and at this time the armature lever 81 will shift the automatic switch 82
from the contact plate 94 to the contact plate 99, opening the circuit of the
magnet 80, and closing the circuit through the magnet 90; and then the current
will flow from the battery 93 to the switch 82, from there to the contact plate 99,
and thence to the metallic roller A, and through the contact springs 2 which are
in contact with said roller, through the wire 98 to the magnet 90, contact plate 96,
through the matrix into the contact plate 97 and back to the battery 93. This
current will energize the magnet 90, which will attract the armature lever 91, and
act on the lever 92, which through its connections will operate the lever of the
machine 93.
It will be understood that there are as many magnets 90 as there are keys to
the type setting machine, and also that there is a spring contact 2 for each
character used in modern newspaper or other printing, and of course the operations
of this transmitter as above described are continued by the making and breaking
of the electric circuit through the medium of the spring contacts 2.
I will now describe another form of printing mechanism or device for receiving
and printing a message in two copies, one of which is in type printing characters
and the other in the form of perforations to be used as a transmitter strip for the
transmitter such as herein before described. 103 is a stationary base or bed of the
machine, upon which is mounted a movable carriage 104 which is provided with
a suitable number of rollers 105, which engage with suitable tracks on the base 103,
so that the said carriage with the mechanism supported thereby may be easily
removed or drawn outward from the stationary base A' when required, for cleaning
or other purposes.
On the carriage 104, standards 106 extend upward and support side frames 107
upon which a paper carrier 108 is movably mounted. As shown, the side
frames 107 are provided with longitudinal grooves, and the lower sides of the said
frames of the paper carrier 108 are shaped to conform to the grooves and slide
therein.
Within the paper carrier 108 are journaled a tubular impression roller 109 of
hard material, preferably metal, and rollers 110 of yielding material, such for
instance as soft rubber. The latter rollers are adapted to hold the strip of
paper 111 firmly against the impression roller 109. From the roller 109 the
paper 111 extends around the rollers 112 having journal bearings in hangers 113
depending from the paper carrier 108. Extended upward from the other end of
the carriage 104 is a standard 114, in which is journaled one end of a screw
shaft 115, which has its screw thread engaging with a longitudinally screw-threaded
boss 116 on the paper carrier 108, and the screw passes from said boss through the
roller 109 and through an opening in the rear end of this roller to a bearing 117
at the opposite end of the carriage 104. The portion of the screw shaft 115 that
passes through the opening in the rear end of the roller 109 is smooth on its
periphery and has a substantially air tight connection through the opening, and
this smooth portion of the shaft has a piston 118 mounted on it and movable
through the roller 109. Air. is admitted and discharged to the interior of the
roller 109 between the piston 118 and the rear end of the said roller through
an opening 119 in the wall of the roller, and the air contained therein is
designed to serve as a cushion to prevent jar in the movements of the paper
carrier.

page_text: Rigidly mounted on the screw shaft 115 near the standard 114 is a grooved
pulley 120, upon which a rope 121 is wound and extended to a weight 123,
and the outer end of said screw shaft 115 has a ratchet wheel 124 rigidly
secured to it.
On the rear end of the roller 109 is affixed a toothed wheel 125, the teeth of
which extend at an angle across the periphery of said wheel, and are adapted to
be engaged by a finger 126 secured to a fixed portion of the carriage 104, when
By the
the paper carrier is moved to the extreme rear en of said carriage.
engagement of the wheel 125 with the finger 126, the roller 109 will be rotated
sufficiently to feed the paper 111 one step, or through the space from one line to
another.
On the upper end of the standard 114 an arm 127 extends laterally and has
pivoted to it a safety pawl 128 adapted to engage with the ratchet wheel 124. At
the lower end of the standard 114 is pivoted an armature 129 co-acting with a
magnet 130 comprised in the circuit of a local battery 131. The lower side of the
armature lever 129 is provided with a series of notches 132 adapted to engage over
or upon the upper end of an angled lever 133 pivoted to the base frame of the
machine, for a purpose hereinafter to be described. Pivoted to and extended
upward from the armature lever 129 is a pawl 134 adapted to engage with the
ratchet wheel 124, and at its upper end this pawl 134 bears an armature 135,
designed to co-act with a magnet 136 which is comprised in a local circuit having
a battery 137 and the wires 138. From the horizontal arm 139 of the angled
lever 133 a bar 140 extends the entire length of the carriage 104, and at its
opposite end has an arm 141 extended to a bearing 142 in a line through the
fulcrum point of the lever 133.
143 indicates a series of armature levers pivotally connected on a shaft 141
extended lengthwise of the base 103, as plainly indicated in Figure 10. Each
armature lever 143 is provided with a set screw 145 directly over the bar 140, so
that by manipulating this screw 145 the position and range of movement of the
upper end of the lever 133 may be regulated, to engage into a desired notch 132 in
the armature lever 129, and thereby regulate the range of movement of said
armature lever 129, its pawl 134 and the rotation of the ratchet wheel 124 which
causes the movements of the screw shaft 115, thus adapting the machine for
different spacings to said letters to be printed. Each armature lever 143 also has
a set screw 145 adapted to contact with a mercury cup 146 having electrical
connection with a wire 147 extended to the magnet 130. From the magnet 130
a wire 148 extends to one pole of the battery 131, and from the other pole of the
battery a wire 149 extends to a connection with the angled lever 133.
It will therefore be seen that when the set screw 145 is in contact with the
mercury cup 146, the current will be from the battery 131 through the wire 149,
the arm 139 of the angled lever 133, the armature lever 143, contact plate 146,
the wire 147, through the magnet 130 and thence through the wire 148: back
to the battery. Each armature lever 143 carries adjustable contact points 150
and 151, adapted to contact respectively with the mercury cups 152, 153, from
which wires 154 and 155 extend to the printing magnets 156, which operate
armature levers 157, having pivotal connection with the base frame and having
operative connection with the pivoted type bearing arms 158, which are also
pivoted to a fixed portion of the frame.
One of the main line wires 3 passes through an electro-magnet 159 and thence to
a contact piece 160, and from the adjacent contact piece 161 the main line wire 3
continues to the ground connection. "The current through the main line is adapted
to be opened and closed through the contact plates 160 and 161 by means of a
plate 162, carried by the pawl 134. When the pawl 134 is in its normal position
or in engagement with the ratchet wheel 124, the plate 162 on the said pawl closes
the main circuit, but as soon as the magnet 136 attracts the pawl 134, the plate 162
is detached from the contact plates 160 and 161, thus breaking the main line
circuit, and by moving into engagement with contact plates 160, 161, will close

page_text: the circuit through the magnet 136 in the local eircuit 138, and the parts will be
held in this position until the paper carrier 108 reached the rear end of the
carriage 104, when a projection 163 will contact with and operate a switch 164
located in a local circuit comprising the wires 138, thus breaking the circuit of the
magnets 136, which will allow the pawl 134 and the pawl 128 to move back into
engagement with the ratchet wheel 124 through the medium of the returning
spring 165, and thus again close the current through the main circuit.
At opposite sides of the paper carrier 108, arms 166 extend upward from the
base frame 103, and these arms are designed to support an inking ribbon and to
impart motion thereto across the roller 109. As the means are the same at both
sides of the paper carrier for moving the inking ribbon, I will describe them both
by the same reference characters. From the arm 166 a yoke frame 167 extends
inward, and provides a bearing for a shaft 168 upon which are mounted bevel
gears 169 and 170, and also a shaft 171 upon which is mounted a bevel gear 172
adapted to engage with either one of the bevel gears 169 or 170, and the outer end
of this shaft 171 has a pinion 173 adapted to engage with a rack 174 enrried by
the paper carrier 108. The inking ribbon 175 extends from one shaft 168 around
an idler 176 having journal bearings in arms 166 at one side of the machine, thence
over an idler 177 at the upper portions of said arms, and thence around similar
idlers supported by the arms 166, to the shaft 168 at the opposite end of the
machine.
Obviously as the paper carrier moves on the carriage 104, the racks 174 will
rotate the gears 173 and these gears will rotate the bevel gear mechanism, and the
ribbon will be consequently drawn across the roller 109. Motion to the inking
ribbon in the opposite direction may be had by merely shifting the engagement of
the bevel gears 170. The pinion 173 has a clutch engagement with the shaft 171,
so that when the paper carrier is moved back, the said pinion 173 may revolve
without imparting motion to the ribbon mechanism.
Within the circuit comprising the printing magnets 156 is a series of electro-
magnets 179, supported by the lower portion of the base frame 103 and adapted to
operate armature levers 180, carrying puncturing points 181 at their free ends.
The puncturing points 181 operate in connection with openings 182 in a platen 183,
supported by the frame 103 and over which the strip of material 184 to be
punctured is fed from a ruller 185. A step-by-step feeding motion is imparted to
the material 184 hy means of feed rollers 186, 187, having journal bearings in the
frame 183. Rigidly attached to a journal of the roller 186 is a ratchet wheel 188,
adapted to be engaged by a spring-pressed pawl 189 carried by pivoted arms 190,
the free ends of which are adapted to be engaged or forced downward by means
of the downward movement of the armature levers 180, in the process of puncturing
. the material 184.
The operation of this printing and puncturing device may be described as
follows: An electric impulse coming over the line will energize the magnet 159;
, said magnet will attract the armature lever 143, and the set screw 145 engaging
with the contact plate 146 will close the circuit through the magnet 130, which
magnet will attract the armature 129 until it rests upon the upper end of the angle
lever 133, and thereby pulls down the pawl 134 and revolves the ratchet wheel 124
to rotate the screw 115 and move the paper carrier one step forward. During the
step-by-step movement of the paper carrier, the weight 123 is drawn upward and
the pawl 128 will hold the ratchet wheel 124 and prevent a reverse rotation
thereof; at the same time the contact points 140, 151, will enter the mercury
cups 152, 153, and close the circuit through the printing maguet 156, to operate
its armature lever to throw the printing bar 158 downward upon the inking ribbon,
and transfer the character to the paper on the paper carrier, and at this time the
electro-magnet 179 operates the armature lever 180 to force its puncturing point
through the paper travelling over the bar 183. Of course, it is to be understood
that there is à puncturing point for each character employed as well as a printing
character for each character designed to be transmitted.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is,-
1. In a synchronizer for printing telegraphy, the combination of an electric
cable, a fixed disk of insulating material carrying as many contact points as there
are wires in the electric cable, a movable disk provided with a series of insulating
concentric rings, each ring being in contact with one of the electric contact points
of the fixed disk, the said movable disk being provided in its periphery with
commutator bars, each pair being connected electrically with one of the insulated
rings, and a rotating brush constructed to revolve in contact with the commutator
bars, substantially as specified.
2. In a synchronizer for printing telegraphy, the combination of an electric
cable, a fixed disk of insulating material carrying as many contact points as there
are wires in the electric cable, a movable disk provided with a series of insulating
concentric rings, each ring being in contact with one of the electric contact points
of the fixed disk, the said movable disk being provided in its periphery with
commutator bars, each pair being connected electrically with one of the insulated
rings,
a rotating drum constructed to revolve in contact with the commutator, bars,
and electro-magnetic disk-adjusting mechanism, substantially as specified.
3. In a printing telegraphy, the combination with a movable disk, of the
synchronizing mechanism, a series of pins inserted in the periphery of the disk,
two armature levers on opposite sides of the disk and adapted to engage the radial
pins, two magnets for engaging the armature levers, magnets for holding the
armature levers in engagement with the synchronizing disk, and the electric
circuits, substantially as specified.
4. In a printing telegraphy, the combination of a synchronizer for taking
electrical impulses from the wires of a cable and transmitting them over a single
wire, and a similar synchronizer placed in a reversed position for receiving impulses
sent over a single wire, and distributing them to the separate wires of another
cable, the said synchronizers each comprising a rotary disc having radial pins, and
electro-magnetic-controlled armatures on opposite sides of the disk, for operating it
by engaging the pins, substantially as specified.
5. The combination with a synchronizer for transmitting the electric impulses of
a cable to a single wire, of a transmitter for sending separate impulses over a
separate wire of the cable extending to the synchronizer, the said synchronizer
comprising a rotary disk having radial pins, and electro-magnetic-controlled
armatures on opposite sides of the disk, for operating it by engaging the pins,
substantially as specified.
6. In an electric writing and printing machine, a transmitter comprising a
metallic roller, a series of contact fingers adapted to form an electric contact
with the metal roller, electro-magnetic mechanism for moving a perforated strip of
material over said roller and under the contact fingers, an electro-magnet, an
armature co-acting therewith, a switch carried by said armature, an electro-magnet
in the circuit comprising the first named electro-magnet, and an armature co-acting
therewith and adapted to operate a key of a type setting or forming machine,
substantially as described.
7. In printing telegraphy, a metallic roller over which a sheet of perforated
material is adapted to pass, electro-magnetic means for feeding said strip of
material, spring fingers co-acting with said metallic roller, an electro-magnet, an
armature co-acting therewith, another electro-magnet in the circuit of the first
named electro-magnet, and in circuit with the spring fingers, an armature operated
by said electro-magnets for operating the keys of a type setting or forming machine,
and an automatic switch for alternately changing the current through said electro-
magnets substantially as specified.
8. The combination of the metallic roller, the spring fingers co-acting therewith,

page_text: an electric circuit, an electro-magnet in said circuit, an armature co-acting with
said electro magnet, a pawl extended from said armature, a ratchet wheel on a
journal of the roller with which said pawl engages another electro-magnet for
operating printing keys and a switch section carried by the armature of the first
named electro-magnet for alternating the current through the electro-magnets,
substantially as specified.
9. The combination with a source of electricity, of an electro-magnet in the
circuit thereof, an armature co-acting with said electro-magnet, a wire extended
from the source of electricity to a switch section carried by said armature, a contact
plate, a wire leading from the contact plate to the electro-magnet and back to the
source of electricity, a metallic roller, a contact plate in electrical connection with
said roller, the said two contact plates being adapted to be engaged alternately by
the switch section carried by the armature, a spring contact adapted to engage
with the metallic roller, a wire extended from said spring contact to an electro-
magnet and thence to the source of electricity, and an armature operated by said
last named electro-magnet for operating the key of a type setting or forming
machine, substantially as specified.
10. The combination with a fixed support, of a paper carrier, a roller supported
by said carrier, a screw shaft for moving said paper carrier, a ratchet wheel on
said screw shaft, a pawl engaging the said ratchet wheel, an armature to which said
pawl is pivoted, an electro-magnet, a local circuit in which said electro-magnet is
placed, a switch in said local circuit operated by the carrier, a main circuit, electro-
magnets comprised in said main circuit, printing type operated by said last named
electro-magnets, and means carried by said pawl for making and breaking the main
circuit current, substantially as specified.
11. The combination with a stationary support, of a paper carrier movable
thereon, a screw shaft for causing the movements of said paper carrier, a
ratchet wheel on the said screw shaft, a pawl adapted to engage with the ratchet
wheel for rotating the same, an armature to which said pawl is pivoted, an electro
magnet for operating the said armature, a local battery having one pole connected
with said electro-magnet, an angle lever having connection with the other pole of
said hattery and adapted to limit the movements of the armature and consequently
the feed of the paper carrier, an electro-magnet for detaching the pawl from the
ratchet wheel, a local circuit in which said electro-magnet is located, a switch in
said local circuit operated by the paper carrier, a series of printing type, and
electro-magnets in a main circuit for operating said printing type, substantially as
specified.
12. The combination of a paper carrier, a tubular impression roller carried
thereby, a screw shaft for causing the movement of said paper carrier, the said
screw shaft having a portion thereof extended through the said impression roller,
the said roller having an end wall through which the shaft passes and also having
an air vent, a piston on said portion within the impression roller, means for
imparting a rotary motion to said impression roller when it shall have reached one
end of its movement, and electro-magnetic means for causing the movement of
the paper carrier in one direction, substantially as specified.
13. The combination with a movable paper carrier, electro-magnetic means for
causing a movement thereof, an impression roller supported by said carrier, an
inking ribbon extended across said roller, means for causing a step-by-step movement
of said inking ribbon, a series of printing type, a source of electricity, and electro-
magnets comprised in said source of electricity for operating the printing type, and
an independent circuit for receiving the carriage and controlled by the carrier,
substantially as specified.
14. The combination of the paper carrier, electro-magnetic means for causing
the movements thereof, an impression roller supported by the carrier, bearing
rollers supported by the carrier and adapted to engage the outer side of the paper
extended over the impression roller, an inking ribbon movable transversely over

page_text: the impression roller, and means, comprising gearing operated by a rack on the
paper carrier, for causing the movements of said inking ribbon, substantially as
specified.
15. In a reproducing or printing device, the combination of the main source of
electricity, electro-magnets comprised therein, printing type operated by said
electro-magnets, a paper carrier, a screw shaft for moving said paper carrier, a
ratchet wheel on said screw shaft, a pawl adapted to engage the said ratchet wheel,
an armature with which said pawl is connected, an electro-magnet for operating
said armature, a local circuit in which said electro-magnet is located, an angle lever
in said local circuit and having one arm adapted to engage the said armature, and
a lever having an adjustable electrical connection with the other arm of said angle
lever, and having contact points for closing said local circuit and also closing said
main source of electricity, substantially as specified.
16. The combination with a stationary support, of a paper carrier, a screw
shaft for moving the same on a stationary support, a ratchet wheel on said screw
shaft, a weight having a flexible connection with said screw shaft, a safety pawl
adapted to engage with the ratchet wheel, a pawl having a hook end to engage
with said ratchet wheel, electro-magnetic means for causing a downward movement
of said pawl, and electro-magnets for disengaging both of said pawls from the
ratchet wheel, substantially as specified.
17. The combination with a fixed support, of a carriage removable therefrom, a
paper carrier movable on said carriage, an impression roller supported by said
paper carrier, means for causing a step-by-step rotary movement of the said
impression roller, electro-magnetic means for causing the movements of said paper
carrier, an inking ribbon movable over the paper carrier, means, having connection
with the carrier, for causing the movements of said ribbon, printing type, electro-
magnets for operating said printing type upon the ribbon, a main circuit in which
the electro-magnets are located, a local circuit for causing the operations of the
parts for moving the paper carrier, automatic means for making and breaking the
main circuit, and puncturing devices operated simultaneously with the printing
type, substantially as specified.
Dated thi. AL
1 1005