A New and Improved Combination Machine for Cutting, Stamping, Printing, Blocking, and other like Purposes.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Oct., 1893--Accepted, 27th Jan., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New and Improved Combination Machine for Cutting, Stamping,
Printing, Blocking, and other like Purposes.
I, JOHN CLARK of Lillian Cottage, Burghill, Sydenham, Inventor, 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:-
My invention relates to improvements in machinery which can be used for
performing two or more operations such as cutting, stamping, printing, blocking
etc. etc. within an inclusive space without altering the position of the material to be
used or interchanging the tools etc. which may be used.
My invention also provides means for a continuous repetition of the above named
operations etc. on an extended length of material.
The bed or standard of the machine is provided with two upright sides suitably
slotted to allow an upward and downward motion of a crosshead carrying the tool
box or holder, which being fixed to a spindle passing through bearings is allowed
an oscillating or rotary motion so as to allow the tools etc. to be brought in their
required position.
Motion is imparted to the crosshead by means of connecting rods, and eccentrics
attached to a shaft (free to revolve) passing through the bed of the machine, and
to the tool box by a lever actuated by a wheel provided with a cam-groove. This
cam-groove may be any required form, or the wheel may be made interchangeable
with others of differently formed cam-grooves, to suit requirements of varied
operations or a number thereof, or suitable levers may be used in place of the above
named cam-grooves.
Pads for inking or lubricating the tools etc. may be used and actuated as hereafter
described.
To allow of a repetition of the above named operations on an extended length of
material, the table on which the material is placed is allowed to slide on the bed
of the machine and is actuated intermittently by a rack and pinion motion as
hereafter described.
A plunger passing through the crosshead automatically engages the tool box
until the operations are performed.
In order that my invention may be more clearly understood reference is made
to the accompanying sheets of drawings.
A. is the bed or standard supporting the upright sides B B which are slotted to
allow the crosshead C an upward and downward motion. D. a spindle free to
revolve in bearings attached to the lower part of the crosshead C carries the
tool box E which may be made to hold any required number of tools or sets
of tools.
The tool box E Fig. 3 may be recessed or otherwise arranged at E' and E' for
holding tools or sets of tools which may be used for the before named operations,
and held in position by screws E³.
Fixed to the spindle D is a disc F. provided with a stud F.
The shaft G passing through the bed A has affixed to it the fly-wheel H and
pinion wheel I which gears into the wheel J on the shaft K, which also carries
the pinion wheel L and two eccentrics M M. The adjustable connecting
rods N N link the crosshead C to the eccentrics M M.
Fixed to the shaft O (Fig. 2) is the toothed wheel P gearing with the pinion
wheel L. P is provided with a cam-groove Q with which a roller R attached to
the lever S engages. The rod T connects the opposite end of the lever S with

page_text: the stud F on the disc F. The plunger U which passes through the cross-head C
by means of the spring U automatically engages the disc F by forcing itself into
a groove suitably arranged thereon and so holds the tool box E in position while
an operation is being performed. The plunger allows itself to be raised auto-
matically by the disc F. when the position of the said disc F is altered by means
of the connecting rod T to bring into position another tool or set of tools when it
forces itself into another groove suitably arranged and engages the disc Fas
before. Pads V V fixed on spindles are provided for inking or lubricating
purposes and are free to move in the slots W W and actuated by the arms X X
connecting them with the stud F2 on the disc F. Similar arms connect the
opposite ends of pads V V with eccentric on opposite end of shaft D.
The sliding table a. is provided with a rack b. into which gears the pinion
wheel c. fixed to the shaft d. to which is also fixed the ratchet wheel e and pawl
arrangement f. The pawl arrangement is attached to a projecting arm S' of the
lever S by means of the connecting rod g. The shaft G. is provided with a ratchet
and pawl arrangement G¹ to prevent it moving in the wrong direction.
When the shaft G is revolved it actuates the shaft K by means of the wheel I
and J. This causes the eccentrics M M to impart an upward and downward
motion to the cross-head C by means of the connecting rods N N and so causes
the tool or set of tools then in position to perform their operation.
The pinion wheel L actuating the cam-grooved wheel P causes the lever S by
means of the roller R to vary its position, and so alters the position of the tool
box E by means of the connecting rod T and stud F' on the disc F and brings
into position another tool or set of tools.
The projecting arm S' of the lever S by means of the rod g and ratchet and
pawl arrangement imparts an intermittent rotary motion to the shaft d which
causes the table a to travel by means of the pinion wheel C. gearing into the
rack b.
The motion imparted to the disc F also brings the pads V V into position for
inking or lubricating the tools by means of the arms X X causing them to slide
in the guide slots W W.
My machine is useful for operating upon almost any material-chiefly, of course,
upon material having a pliant or workable surface.
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 :-
A combination machine for cutting, stamping, printing, blocking and other like
purposes which can be used for performing two or more of the said operations
without altering the position of the material to be operated upon or interchanging
the tools to be used for the purposes aforesaid substantially as above described.
Dated this 20th day of October 1893.
J. E. EVANS-JACKSON & Co.,
45, Holborn Viaduct, London, Agents for the Applicant.