IMPROVED, MACHINERY, FOR PRINTING ADDRESSES ON, NEWS- PAPERS, AND ON WRAPPERS; OR ENVELOPES ALSO FOR PUNCHING OR INDENTATING 1. WOODEN OR OTHER BLOCKS OR PLATES FROM WHICH, THE ADDRESSES ARE TO BE 'PRINTED
Year: 1860

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ETTERS: PATENT to William Edward Newton, of the Office, for Patents,
66,,Chancery Lane; in the County of Middlesex,, Civil Engineer," for the
Invention of; IMPROVED, MACHINERY, FOR PRINTING ADDRESSES ON, NEWS-
PAPERS, AND ON WRAPPERS; OR ENVELOPES ALSO FOR PUNCHING OR INDENTATING
1. WOODEN OR OTHER BLOCKS OR PLATES FROM WHICH, THE ADDRESSES ARE TO BE
'PRINTED." A communication from abroad.by. Robert Winslow Davis
and Daniel Davis, both of Elmira, County of Chemung and State of New
York, United States of America.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION. left by the said William Edward Newton,
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 27th January 1860...
1,WILLIAM EDWARD. NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane,
in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR PRINTING ADDRESSES ON
NEWSPAPERS, AND ON WRAPPERS OR ENVELOPES: ALSO FOR PUNCHING OR INDEN-
TATING WOODEN OR OTHER BLOCKS OR PLATES FROM WHICH THE ADDRESSES ARE TO BE
PRINTED," to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to obtain a printing device that will super-
sede the writing of addresses for newspapers, and. will perform the work
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page_text: more expeditiously, in a more legible manner, and without the liability of
committing errors.
The
The Invention relates to the employment of wooden blocks having indented
letters in their faces for printing the addresses on the newspapers or their
envelopes. To the arrangement of such blocks upon a flexible belt or
band, which is mounted on rollers, and is made to rotate so as to bring the
blocks in succession above the envelope or wrapper to be marked.
lower part of one of the supporting rollers is made flat, so as to form a bed
for the block to rest against. A vibrating lever and rod is adapted to work
with the endless belt containing the indented wooden blocks, for the purpose
of separating such blocks at the printing point, so that each block may
deliver its impression without interference from or by other blocks. The
feed wheel is properly adjusted with reference to the bed, so that no block
will be allowed to act twice in succession without the feed being operated
in the proper manner. The paper to be printed is placed on a bed, to
which a vertical motion is given by means of a treadle and rod, so as to
bring the paper up against the blocks, which are to be inked by inking
rollers, or other suitable contrivance provided for the purpose.
The Invention relates, lastly, to a device for punching or indentating the
letters in the blocks from which the addresses are printed. This contrivance
consists principally of a vertical wheel or disc, in the periphery of which are
mounted any required number of steel dies. The block or plate to be operated
upon is secured on a table, to which a vertical motion is communicated by
means of a treadle and rod, so as to bring the block or plate against the
steel die of the vertical wheel or disc. By causing this latter to rotate any
die may be brought round ready for action, and the table on which the block
or plate is mounted or secured is capable of motion horizontally, so as to
bring a fresh part of the block or plate or a fresh block under the die.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Edward Newton in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 27th July 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane, in the
County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-seventh day of January, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty, in the twenty-third year of

page_text: Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said William Edward Newton, Her special license that I, the said
William Edward Newton, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said William Edward Newton, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an
Invention for "IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR PRINTING ADDRESSES ON NEWSPAPERS,
AND ON WRAPPERS OR ENVELOPES: ALSO FOR PUNCHING OR INDENTATING WOODEN OR
OTHER BLOCKS OR PLATES FROM WHICH THE ADDRESSES ARE TO BE PRINTED," being a
communication from abroad, upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said William Edward Newton, by an instrument in writing under my hand
and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause
the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Edward Newton, do hereby
declare the nature of the said 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 Drawings hereunto
annexed, and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say):-
The object of this Invention is to obtain a printing device that will supersede
the writing of addresses for newspapers, and will perform the work more
expeditiously, in a more legible manner, and without the liability of com-
mitting errors.
The Invention relates, first, to the employment of wooden blocks having
indented letters in their faces for printing the addresses on the newspapers
or their envelopes.
Second, to the arrangement of such blocks upon a flexible belt or band.
Third, to a device for separating the blocks at the printing point, that
each block may deliver its impression without interference from or by other
blocks.
Fourth, to a device for properly adjusting the feed wheel with reference
to the bed.
Fifth, to a device for punching or indentating the letters in the blocks
from which the addresses are printed.
In the accompanying Drawings Fig. 1 is a front view of the apparatus for
punching or indentating the wooden blocks from which the addresses are

page_text: printed; Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same, taken in the liue a, x, of
Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of the principal parts of Fig. 2;
Fig. 4 is a front view of the printing machine, shewn partially in section;
Fig. 5 is an end view of the same, also partially in section.
The part marked A in Figs. 4 and 5 is a metallic frame, to the upper
part of which is attached a guide or socket B, which has a vertical bar or
post C fitted therein, and to the upper part of this bar C a table or platform I)
is attached. To the lower end of the bar or post C a connecting rod E is
secured by a joint a, the lower end of the rod E being attached to a treadle F.
By depressing the outer end of this treadle the table or platform D may be
elevated, the latter descending by its own gravity, when the treadle is relieved
from the pressure of the foot. One of the standards of the frame A is
curved at its upper end so as to form a short horizontal portion, which projects
over the table or platform D, as shewn at e in Fig. 1. This horizontal
portion c also has an upright or vertical bar d connected with it at about its
centre. This vertical bar d is slotted, as shewn at e, (Fig. 4,)and to it a sliding
bar fis attached and secured at any desired point by a set screw g. To the
upper end of the vertical bar d an arm e is attached by a bolt f', which
passes through the centre of the arm e, or near such point. At the upper end
of this arm e there is a feed wheel or pulley G. Near the outer end of the
horizontal part c of the standard b, and at one side of it there is a pro-
jection g', which is of an oval or approximate form, as shewn clearly in Fig. 4.
The lower end of the projection, however, has a small horizontal surface h
(see Fig. 4), the use of which will be presently shewn. Around the pulley G
and the projection g' an endless belt H passes, and to this belt a series of
wooden blocks are attached by tacks, glue, or other proper means. These
wooden blocks are of sufficient size to admit of indented letters being formed
therein, each block containing the letters of an address. The blocks are
placed quite closely together on the belt, as shewn clearly in Fig. 4, and it
will be seen that a large number may be secured to one belt, as the blocks
do not require to be of large dimensions.
To one side of the horizontal part c of the standard b there is attached
a lever I, i being its fulcrum pin. This lever I is provided with a tooth j,
against which a ratchet J works, the latter being also attached to the
horizontal part c of the standard b. The outer end of the lever I has
a rod attached to it at right angles, the rod projecting underneath
the endless belt of blocks, as shewn clearly in Fig. 5. To the lever I
at its upper end a spring is attached, which spring has a tendency to
keep the outer end of the lever I elevated.

page_text: To the table or platform D there is attached at one end a curved arm m,
which has an elastic pawle n secured to it.
The operation of the above described parts is as follows:-The blocks /',
are prepared with the proper indented letters in their faces, and then tacked
on the belt H. The faces of the blocks, are to be inked by means of
suitable hand inking rollers. The belt E, with its blocks attached is then
placed on the pulley G, and around the projection g'. The belt is then
tightened by adjusting the arm e; the bolt being relaxed in order to permit
such adjustment. The operator takes hold of the pulley G with his left hand,
and turns it until one of the blocks, is directly underneath the horizontal
surfacehofthe projection g', the latter surface forming a bed or resisting surface
for the several blocks. This block under the bed his retained in proper position
or prevented from casually moving by the rod k, which by means of the spring
is kept between the block h',under the bed and its adjoining one, as shewn in
red in Fig. 4. The newspaper or its envelope is then placed on the table or
platform D, in a proper position under the block A, underneath the bed h,and
the operator depresses the treadle T with his foot, and thereby elevates the
table or platform D, and causes the paper or envelope to be pressed against
the block h underneath the bed h, a gentle pressure being sufficient to give
the necessary impression. This being done the treadleisrelieved of the pressure
of the foot, and the table or platform D descends by its own gravity, and the
spring pawlen actuates the ratchet J, the latter elevating the upper end of the
lever I, so that the rod will pass down underneath the block h² underneath
the bed h of the projection g', as shewn in black in Fig. 4. This position of
the piu prevents a repetition of the impression from the same block /', for
if the table or platform D be raised without moving the belt H, the rod %
prevents the contact of the block h' with the paper on the table or platform.
Togive the impression therefore from a succeeding block and the one previously
printed from it will be seen that the rod / performs three functions, first, it
prevents the casual movement of the belt. H, so that a block / cannot be
skipped over and escape the giving of an impression; second, it prevents the
repetition of an impression from the same block; and, third, it retains each block
in proper position while being acted upon and giving an impression. The
oval pointed projection g¹ with its horizontal bed causes the blocks /',
at each side of the one against or in contact with the bed to project out from
it sufficiently to clear the paper on the table or platform and thereby insure
the contact of but one block at a time with the paper; this will be fully under-
stood by reference to Fig. 4. The belts I may be of various sizes as occasion
may require, the difference in size being compensated for, by adjusting the
k

page_text: yielding barf. When all the blocks on one belt are printed from it is removed
from the pulley G, and projection gl and replaced by another one The blocks
h are indented or lettered by the device described as follows:-K, (Figs. 1,
2, and 3,) is an upright frame on the upper part of which a horizontal plate i
is secured. To this plate there is connected an upright j¹, through the
upper part of which a horizontal shaft / passes, having a wheel L placed
loosely thereon. This wheel L has a series of steel letter dies or punches M
secured radially in its periphery, each die being designated by a letter attached
to the face of the wheel L, as shewa in Fig. 1. The dies or punches M,
may be secured in the wheel by set screws 1, as shewn clearly in Fig. 3.
In the frame K, an upright rod m' is placed. The lower end of this rod is
attached to a treadle L' at the lower part of the frame K, and the upper end
of the rod bears against a rod m" attached to the inner end of a bar N, the
outer end of which is attached by a pivot n' to a projection at one side of the
lower part of the upright. To the inner part of this bar N, a bed O is
attached, this bed receives the blocks h¹, to be lettered or indented as shewn in
Figs. 1, and 3. A spring o¹ is connected to the rod m", and has a tendency
to keep the bed O depressed. The blocks h¹ are indented in the following
manner: A block is placed on the bed O, and the proper dies or punches M,
are brought precisely over it by turning the wheel L, each die being brought
in the proper position byan index a*on the bed and the block h¹ forced upward
against the die by depressing the treadle L', the latter raising the rod m³, and
the inner end of the bar N,and consequently the bed O. The indentations are
properly spaced by shifting the block on the bed by hand. The upward move-
ment of the bed O may be regulated by a set screw 6* (in the bar N) coming
in contact with the lower part of the wheel L. The position of the bed O on
the bar N may be adjusted laterally by a screw c*. The impressions given by
these blocks show white on a black ground,, but instead of these indented
wooden blocks it will be evident that moveable metal or other types secured
in small frames may be used. Any number of these small frames may of
course be attached to the endless band H in any convenient manner in the
same way as the indented blocks 1, shewn in the Drawing.
Having now described the Invention that has been communicated to me
from abroad, and having explained the manner of carrying the same into effect,
I claim as the Invention secured to me by Letters Patent as aforesaid,--
First, the adaptation to an endless belt of wooden blocks with indented
letters in their face, or moveable metal or other types secured in frames, and
attached by any convenient and suitable means to such endless belt for the
purpose specified.
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page_text: Second, the general arrangements of part shewn and described, or any mere
modification thereof, for operating the impression surfaces and the other parts
required to bring the surface to be printed in contact with the blocks or types.
Lastly, I claim the arrangement shewn and described for indenting the
blocks, I claim particularly the wheel L, provided with radial dies or
punches M, in connection with the bed O, attached to the adjustable bar
N, for the purpose set forth.
In witness whereof, I the said William Edward Newton, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, the Twenty-sixth day of July, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty.
Witness,
J. W. MOFFATT,
66, Chancery Lane.
W. E. NEWTON. (L.S.)