New or Improved Apparatus for Printing or Copying Music or Other Printed Matter.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 4th June, 1886.
Complete Left, 4th Mar., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 5th Apr., 1887.
A. New or Improved Apparatus for Printing or Copying Music
or Other Printed Matter.
I, MARSHALL ARTHUR WIER of 3 Palace Grove, Upper Norwood, in the County
of Surrey, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to enable composers and copyers of music or other
printed matter to print or copy expeditiously and easily. The apparatus is of the
following construction.
The base may consist of a single board large enough to receive the sheet of music
Or it
or other matter to be copied and the sheet upon which the copy is to be made.
may be composed of two boards hinged together so as to fold up into a convenient
form each board being of a size suited to receive, the one the sheet to be copied, and
the other the sheet upon which the copy is to be made. Upon the base or board on
which is placed the sheet to be copied are fixed two parallel rails at a sufficient distance
apart to receive the said sheet between them. On these rails is placed a carriage
furnished with rollers suitable for running to and fro on the said rails. On this
carriage is placed a slider free to move to and fro transversely thereon and preferably
made and arranged so as to be easily detachable therefrom. This slider carrios a tube
or an equivalent device of sufficient length to extend or project, when the slider is at
one side of the carriage more or less over the sheet of paper on which the copy is to
be made. The tube contains a rod or shaft free to turn therein, and provided at the
end next the slider with a knob a handle or a toothed or mill wheel by which the said
rod may be easily turned into any required position. The other end of the said rod
carries a device somewhat in the shape of a crown wheel with the outer end of the
cylindrical part made of thin metal and divided into a series of strips or springs
parallel to the axis of the cylindrical part near the end of each strip and external to
the cylinder is attached or formed therein or thereon one of the characters of the
desired writing or printing the number of slips or springs being made sufficient to
include all the characters or signs it is desired to print with one cylinder. Attached
to the slider is a pointer which by reason of the motion of the carriage on the rails
longitudinally and of the slider on the carriage transversely can be brought over any

page_text: character or sign on the sheet to be copied. If, when the said pointer is over a
particular character or sign on the sheet to be copied the crown wheel or cylinder is
set by means of the aforesaid knob, handle, toothed or milled wheel so that the slip or
spring of the cylinder carrying the printing type of the corresponding character or
sign is in its lowermost position it will be just over the part of the blank sheet which
corresponds to the position of the character or sign on the sheet to be copied over
which the pointer on the slider is at that moment placed, and it is clear that if the said
slip or spring be at that moment pressed radially downwards on to the blank sheet the
type near the end of the slip will if properly supplied with ink print the character or
sign thereon.
.
The pressing of the slip or spring outwards from the cylinder in order to impress
the type on the sheet may be effected mechanically or by the aid of electricity. When
it is effected mechanically motion may be communicated from a finger pieco on the
slider to the mechanism in the cylinder which may consist of suitable levers, rods,
links etcetera, by a rod passing through the rod or shaft carrying the printing cylinder,
which rod or shaft is in that case made as a hollow tube. When electricity is employed
an electro-magnet may be arranged in the cylinder the armature of which when
attracted may be arranged to give the required pressure the coils of the electro-magnet
being put in communication by suitable connections with a make and break contact
piece on the slider which is connected with any suitable source of electricity.
The mechanism for inking the type on the printing cylinder is so arranged in
connection with the mechanism for pressing the type on to the copy sheet that as the
type is pressed downwards the inking pad is withdrawn from between the type and
tho paper, and as the type is allowed to rise from the paper the inking pad is returned
into its normal position applied to the type on the cylinder.
To enable the operator to bring the required character or sign on the printing
cylinder into the proper position for printing the periphery of the cylinder is marked
at the end next the slider with the corresponding characters or signs in such position
that when any character or sign so marked is brought opposite a pointer the
corresponding printing character or sign will be in the proper position for printing on
the paper, and to secure accuracy in the circumferential position of the cylinder it may
be provided with suitable notches or teeth into which a retaining spring or pawl drops
when the correct position is reached.
Instead of the slips or springs carrying the type being formed into a crown wheel
or cylinder they may be arrangod in the form of a straight comb which may be moved
backwards and forwards by suitable mechanism in order to bring the required type
into position for printing the mechanical or electrical devices for depressing the slip
or spring and type and for inking the type being arranged accordingly.
Dated this 4th day of June 1886.

page_text: I, MARSHALL ARTHUR WIER, of 3 Palace Grove, Upper Norwood, in the County
of Surrey, Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement, reference being had to the accompanying three sheets
of drawings and to the lotters and figures marked thereon, that is to say :-
The object of this invention is to enable composers and copyists of music or other
printed matter to print or copy expeditiously and easily. The apparatus is of the
following construction.
The base may consist of a single board large enough to receive the sheet of music
or other matter to be copied and the sheet upon which the copy is to be made. Or it
may be composed of two boards hinged together so as to fold up into a convenient
form each board being of a size suited to receive, the one the sheet to be copied, and
the other the sheet upon which the copy is to be made. Upon the baso or board on
which is placed the sheet to be copied are fixed two parallel rails at a sufficient
distance apart to receive the said sheet between them. On these rails is placed a
carriage furnished with rollers suitable for running to and fro on the said rails. Or
tho said rails may in some cases be dispensed with and the carriage be adapted to run
on the base or board itself. On this carriage is placed a slider free to move to and
fro transversely thereon and preferably made and arranged so as to be easily detached
therefrom. This slider carries a tube or an equivalent device of sufficient length to
extend or project whan the slider is at one side of the carriage more or less over the
sheet of paper on which the copy is to be made. The tube is provided at the end
next the slider with a knob or handle or a toothed or milled wheel by which the said
tube may be easily turned into any required position. The other end of the said tubo
carries a device somewhat in the shape of a crown wheel with the outer end of the
cylindrical part made of thin metal and divided into a series of strips or springs
parallel to the axis of the cylindrical part; near the end of each strip and external to
the cylinder is attached or formed therein or thereon one of the characters of the
desired writing or printing the number of slips or springs being made sufficient to
include all the characters or signs it is desired to print with one cylinder. Attached
to the slider is a pointer which by reason of the motion of the carriage on the base or

page_text: board or on the rails longitudinally and of the slider on the carriage transversely can
be brought over any character or sign on the sheet to be copied. If, when the said
pointer is over a particular character or sign on the sheet to be copied the crown
wheel or cylinder is set by means of the aforesaid knob, handle, toothed or milled
wheel so that the slip or spring of the cylinder carrying the printing type of the
corresponding character or sign is in its lowermost position it will be just over. the
part of the blank sheet which corresponds to the position of the character or sign on
the sheet to be copied over which the pointer on the slider is at that moment placed,
and it is clear that if the said slip or spring be at that moment pressed radially down-
wards on to the blank shoot the type near the end of the slip will if properly supplied
with ink print the character or sign thereon.
The pressing of the slip or spring outwards from the cylinder in order to impress
the type on the sheet may be effected mechanically or by the aid of electricity. When
it is effected mechanically motion may be communicated from a finger piece on the
slider to the mechanism in the cylinder which may consist of suitable levers, rods,
links etcetera, by a rod passing through the rod or shaft carrying the printing
cylinder, which rod or shaft is in that case made as a hollow tube. When electricity
is employed an electro-magnet may be arranged in the cylinder the armature of
which when attracted may be arranged to give the required pressure the coils of tho
electro-magnet being put in communication by suitable connections with a mako
and break contact piece on the slider which is connected with any suitable source of
electricity.
The mechanism for inking the type on the printing cylinder is so arranged in con-
nection with the mechanism for pressing the type on to the copy sheet that as the
type is pressed downwards the inking pad is withdrawn from between the type and
the paper and as the type is allowed to rise froin the paper the inking pad is returned
into its normal position applied to the type on the cylinder.
To enable the operator to bring the required charactor or sign on the printing
cylinder into the proper position for printing, the periphery of the cylinder is marked
at the end next the slider with the corresponding characters or signs in such position
that when any character or sign so marked is brought opposite a pointer the cor-
responding printing character or sign will be in the proper position for printing on
the paper, and to secure accuracy in the circumferential position of the cylinder it
may be provided with suitable notches or teeth into which a retaining spring or pawl
drops when the correct position is reached.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings illustratos in plan view my apparatus in
position on the base or board ready for use. Figuro 2 is a full size plan view and
Figures 3 and 4 are front and back end views of the beforementioned carriage.
Similar letters relate to like parts in all the Figures of the Drawings. The carriage
as shown is adapted to roll on the upper surface of the base or board but if preferred
rails or other devices may be employed as hereinbefore described. A is the base or
board on which is placed the shoot B to be copied, and to which is hinged the board C
carrying the sheet D upon which the copy is to be made. The sheets B and D aro
held securely in place against the stops E by means of the clamping screws F. G is
the carriage provided with rollers Hadapted to roll across from side to side of the
paper B and D on the base or board A B in a manner somewhat similar to that of a
roller parallel rulor, stops A' being provided on the boards A and C in order to facili-
tate the starting of the carriage G parallel to the sides of the said boards. The
board A may be further provided with screws A for maintaining the same in a level
position. I is a slider free to move along the guide rods G¹ and having a tube J
rigidly attached thereto. K is a second tube which surrounds the tube J and passes
through the bearing L and is also supported by the grooved roller M on which it
runs when the slider I is moved either inwards or outwards. N is a crown wheel or
type cylinder which is carried by the end of the tube K and with which it may be
pushed outwards or drawn inwards by the action of the slider I, or it may be rotated

page_text: by means of the milled wheel O. P is a series of thin metal strips or springs on the
type cylinder N, each of which carries at its outer free end one of the musical
characters which it is desired to print. Q is a pointer on the slider I which as
hereinbefore explained is capable of being brought over any character or sign on the
sheet to be copied. R is a spring finger piece on the slider I carrying a rack S
which gears into a pinion T fixed on the end of the spindle U which passes through
the tubes J and K. This spindle U is continued through the centre of the type
cylinder N to the back end thereof (Figure 4) where it is furnished with a second
pinion which gears into the rack formed on the slotted slide W. This slotted slide
is guided in its upward and downward movements by pins X screwed tightly into the
fixed plate Y and is pointed at its lower end for the purpose of acting upon the outer
ends of the strips or springs P as hereinafter described. The plate Y is fixed on the
end of the tube J which is continued through the centre of the type cylinder N for
that purpose, the end of the spindle U extending the necessary distance beyond the
end of the said tube J. The spindle U also carries the taking lover and pad Z, and
the plate Y carries the index pointers a and b and also a spring pawl c which takes
into the notches d on the periphery of the type cylinder N. The type cylinder N
carries a dial e on which are represented in a circle all the musical characters it may
be required to use.
The action of the apparatus is as follows :-
The two sheets of paper B and D having been placed in such positions that the two
pointers and a point to the same relative positions on the two sheets, the operator
brings the pointer Q directly over the first note or sign on the sheet B which for
example may be a semibreve. He then turns the milled wheel O, and thereby the
type cylinder N, until the semibreve on the dial e is opposite to the index pointer b
and the spring pawl c has entered its corresponding notch. The strip or spring P
which has the semibreve sign upon it is thereby brought to the lowest point in the
type cylinder N and consequently directly underneath the pointed end of the slotted
slide W. The operator then presses his finger on to the spring finger piece R,
depressing the same and thereby causing the rack S to partially rotate the pinion T
and spindle U. Simultaneously the pinion V gearing into the rack of the slotted
slide W causes the pointed end thereof to press against the back of the aforesaid
strip or spring P pressing the type on to the paper D at the required point. The
partial rotation of the spindle also caused a similar movement in the inking lever
and pad Z which latter is thereby caused to brush lightly over the surface of the type
within its range of action for the time being. When the operator releases the spring
finger piece the spring thereof returns the rack S, pinion T, spindle U, pinion V,
slotted slide W, and inking lever and pad Z to their normal positions ready for another
operation, the semibreve strip or spring P springing automatically back into its
normal position as soon as the pointed end of the slotted slide W releases it.
Instead of the slips or springs carrying the type being formed into a crown wheel
or cylinder they may be arranged in the form of a straight comb which may be moved
backwards and forwards by suitable mechanism in order to bring the required type
into position for printing; mechanical or electrical devices for depressing the slip or
spring and type and for inking the type being arranged accordingly.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the naturo of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
First. The new or improved apparatus for printing or copying music or other
printed matter, consisting of the base or board A, C, the carriage G G¹ arranged to
move parallel to itself from side to side of the said base or board, the slider I moving
on the carriage G G¹ transversely to the direction of motion of the said carriage and
carrying the type cylinder N and devices for adjusting and actuating the same the
whole arranged adapted and operating substantially as hereinbefore described, and
illustrated in the drawings hereto annexed.

page_text: Second. In apparatus for printing or copying music or other printed matter the
type cylinder N consisting of a series of strips or springs P carrying printing type,
constructed and operating substantially as hereinbefore described, and illustrated in
the drawings hereto annexed.
Third. In apparatus for printing or copying music or other printed matter the
combination of the carriage G G with the slider I moveable thereon, and carrying
the type cylinder N and devices for rotating the said type cylinder into and adjust-
ing and holding the same in its required positions, and for actuating the printing
slide W and inking device Z, arranged and operating substantially as hereinbefore
describod, and illustrated in tho'drawings hercto annexed.