Improvements in Numbering or similar Machines.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Dec, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 13th Sept., 1890-Accepted, 1st Nov., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Numbering or similar Machines.
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We, EDWARD PRIDDLE, of 5 Lorne Terrace, South Lambeth Road, in the County
of Surrey, Electrical Instrument Maker, and GEORGE OWEN DONOVAN of 4 Arliss
Road, Lavender Hill in the County of Surrey, Electrical Instrument Maker, do
hereby declare the nature of our invention to be as follows:--
Our invention relates to numbering or similar machines such as checking
machines, electrical time stamping machines, type writers or machines for stamping
dates, quantities, or amounts, and has for its object the particular method of con-
structing the type wheels whereby they can be manufactured in a very simple
manner and at a very reduced price.
The usual method employed in fixing the type upon the periphery of the record-
ing wheels has been that of dove tailing the type into the periphery. when the
type is composed of india-rubber, and when composed of metal or deposited
electrically each number was separately soldered on to the periphery.
This invention consists in further improvements in type wheels constructed in a
somewhat similar manner as those described in the application for Letters Patent
as applied for by us under No. 19446, on the 13th December 1889.
We form the type in thin metal strips upon the one face of which the letters
are formed. The space between the letters and figures is so arranged that one set
of type is consecutively of such a length that they will just surround the circum-
ference of the recording wheel, which may be of metal, wood or any other suitable
material.
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We may form these strips of type either by electrical deposition or. by stamping
them out of sheet metal, vulcanite or other similar material either under a straight
die or between a series of rollers.
We find considerable advantage is obtained by forming the strips in a straight
linė, as no difficulty arises when electrically deposited, or when cast in a mould,
as would be the case when prepared in the form of a ring, from the necessary
dividing up of the mould or pattern into a number of subdivisions, in order to
withdraw the pattern without injuring the mould.
The strips of type may be formed in long lengths composed of a series of sets
of type and afterwards cut up to the proper lengths for surrounding the type wheels.
It is very obvious that a considerable saving in manufacture is effected by this
method of construction. We may solder, cement or otherwise fix the strips upon
the type wheels in any convenient manner.
Dated this 13th day of December 1889
FELL & WILDING,
1, Queen Victoria Street, E.C., as Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Numbering or similar Machines.
We, EDWARD PRIDDLE, of 5, Lorne Terrace, South Lambeth Road, in the Coutny
of Surrey, Electrical Instrument Maker, and GEORGE OWEN DONOVAN, late of 4 Arliss
Road, Lavender Hill, in the County of Surrey, now of 49 Hartis mere Road Fulham
in the County of Middlesex Electrical Instument Maker, do hereby declare the
nature of our invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
Our invention relates to numbering or similar machines, such as checking
machines, electrical time stamping machines, type writers, or machines for stamping

page_text: dates, quantities and amounts and has for its object the particular method of
constructing the type wheels whereby they can be manufactured in a very simple
manner and at a very reduced price..
The usual method employed in fixing the type upon the periphery of the
recording wheels has been that of dove-tailing the type into the periphery, when
the type is composed of india-rubber, and. when. composed of metal or deposited
electrically, each number was separately soldered on to the periphery.
This invention consists in further improvements in type wheels, constructed in a
somewhat similar manner as those described in the application for Letters Patent
applied for by us under No. 19,446 on the 3rd December 1889. And in order that
our invention may be the better understood we now proceed to describe the same in
relation to the drawings hereunto annexed reference being bad to the letters and
figures marked thereon.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a strip of type as first produced.
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Figure 2 is the said strip bent and secured upon the periphery of a type wheel.
Figure 3 is an edge view of the same.
We form the type in thin metal strips A (Figure 1) upon the one face of which the
letters a a are formed and the space between the letters or figures is so arranged that
one set of type is consecutively of such a length, that they will surround the circum-
ference of the recording wheel B (Figure 2) which may be of metal, wood, or any
other suitable material.
We may form these strips of type either by electrical deposition, or stamping them
out of sheet metal, or other suitable material, either under a straight die or between
a series of rollers.
We find considerable advantage is obtained by forming the strips in a straight
line, as no difficulty arises when electrically deposited, or when cast in a mould, in
withdrawing the strip from the matrix as would be the case when prepared in the
form of a ring requiring the necessary dividing up of the mould cr pattern into a
number of subdivisions, in order to withdraw the pattern without injuring the mould.
Strips of type may be formed in long lengths composed of a series of sets of type
and afterwards cut up into proper lengths for surrounding the type wheels. It is very
obvious that a considerable saving in manufacture is effected by this method of
construction. We may solder, surround, or otherwise fix the strips A upon the type
wheels B in any convenient manner.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we claim is :-
In a numbering, type writing, or similar machine, a type disc on which the various
types, numbers, or signs, being first produced in a straight continuous strip by cast-
ing, electro-depositing, or pressure, are applied by bending the said strip around the
periphery of the said disc, and securely attaching it thereto by soldering cementing or
otherwise, substantially as described.
Dated this 12th dox of C.
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1000
FELL & WILDING,
1, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicants.