Improved Apparatus for Printing and Perforating Pattern Sheets and for Perforating Jacquard Cards therefrom.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Dec., 1886
Complete Left, 14th Sept., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 14th Oct., 1887.
Improved Apparatus for Printing and Perforating Pattern Sheets
and for Perforating Jacquard Cards therefrom.
I, HENRI BENONI CARBONNELLB of Calais, in the Republic of France, Electrician
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates, firstly, to apparatus for printing and perforating pattern
sheets, and secondly, to apparatus for perforating Jacquard cards in conformity with,
and by the aid of, the pattern sheet perforated in the first named apparatus.
Figure 1 illustrates an apparatus for printing what the inventor calls the Barême,
and for perforating the pattern strip of paper intended to be used in the card
perforating machine.
Between two side frames 6 are fixed by their ends two pairs of parallel iron bars n n
and n¹ n¹; they are provided with longitudinal V slide grooves so arranged that the
pieces m m and m² m², carrying the other moving parts of the apparatus, can slide
therein from end to end like the slide rest saddle of a lathe. A sheet of thick paper
can be introuced in the direction of the arrows between these two superposed
slides.
c c¹ are two rollers which cause the sheet of paper to advance intermittently a
distance proportioned to the diameter of the roller c. For this purpose the latter is
furnished with four pins at each end, and in the middle, which take into small boles
in the ends and middle of the sheet of paper.
In order to effect the advance of the paper, the roller c carries a trundle k of four
pins. Hooks jointed to the end of a rods, which is itself jointed to a pedal, act on
this trundle k, turning it a quarter of a turn at each stroke which produces a corre-
sponding movement of the paper. A pawl y, with a spring r, prevents the roller c
from making more than a quarter of a turn at a time.
Over the roller c is placed another roller c³ round which is passed another sheet of
paper.
The lower sheet of paper is passed round the rollers c c¹ and its ends are glued
together.
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page_text: Each stroke of the pedal causes the lower sheet of paper to advance about 22 to 25
millimetres, whilst the upper sheet of paper only advances about four millimetres.
mm and m² m² are each perforated with 8 holes of 2 millimetres diameter.
The holes in the upper piece m' always coincide with those in the lower piece m,
these two pieces being united by two rods v v¹ which are connected together beyond
the frame. By pulling, or pushing, the piece which connects these rods together, the
slides m m, m² m² may be moved forward, or backward.
In the holes of the piece m² m² are placed 8 punches z supported by a piece attached
to the bearings ii. The punches are intended to pierce the paper in parallel lines
spaced at certain distances apart; a divided strip, placed on the bar n¹, shows the
transverse divisions, the longitudinal divisions never alter. On the sheet of paper
on the roller c² is printed a figure, or figures, indicating the position and number of
holes punched in the lower paper. For this purpose a rack xx, jointed to the lever
by the link l, turns the axis a, the disc t perforated with 40 holes, and engraved with
an S and the 39 first numbers on its circumference, and also the 8 discs d corre-
sponding to the punches. The right-hand one of these discs is 1 centimetre less in
diameter than the others. The discs d are also divided into 40 parts and notched out
at those parts which are not intended to act on the punches. The 7 lefthand discs
are notched out in a line parallel to the axis a ; the 8th or right disc is not notched.
If a pin is put into one of the 40 holes of the disc t (No. 1 for example) it is brought
to bear against the stop e when the axis c is rotated by pressing down the lever
this turns the discs d into such a position that notched parts of the six left hand
discs d stand over their corresponding punches, and an unnotched part of the 7th
disc over its corresponding punch. If now the lever is pressed further down the
bearings are lowered in against the resistance of springs placed therein and
with them are lowered also the discs d and t the six left hand discs will have no
effect upon their punches but the 7th punch will be forced down through the paper
below it and the disc t will print the number 1 on the upper sheet of paper.
The punches counting from the right correspond respectively to certain divisions
on the paper to be punched represented by the numbers 1, 1, 2, 4, 8, 8, 8, 8, and
as the first namely the can be combined with each one of the 40 numbers repre-
sented by the 40 divisions of the disc t it follows that 80 different numbers can be
printed at c² and the corresponding number of sets of perforations made on the
lower band. Thus, by placing the pin in the hole in the disc t corresponding to
the letter S which means "
stop," the paper strip is printed with the letter S but
no hole is punched in the paper on the rollers c c₁, by placing the pin in the hole
marked No. 1 in the disc t a hole is punched in the paper in a position corresponding
to that number, and that number is printed on the paper c² and so on up to No. 39,
but if it is desired to punch the hole corresponding to the fraction another move-
ment has to be made. A rod j bent at right angles at its upper part, and capable of
being rotated a quarter of a turn by pulling a cord a*, carries at its lower end a steel
wire which can thus be interposed between the first disc to the right and its
corresponding punch. The introduction of this piece of wire at the proper moment
enables the first disc to operate the punch corresponding to the fraction the hole
corresponding to which can therefore be formed at the side of any of those corre-
sponding to the numbers S, 1, 2, 3---39, so that the holes corresponding to the 80
numbers S, S, 1, 1, 2, 2 38, 39, 39 can thus be punched in the lower
paper.
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The two sheets of paper thus prepared serve, the one perforated with holes to assist
in the reproduction, in the perforating machine to be hereinafter described, of an
analogous, but reversed, operation on stronger and larger strips of cardboard; the
other printed one is called "Barême" (which has heretofore been produced with a
pen according to the particulars given by the designer) it serves to verify the design
on the loom and to indicate the corrections made, or to be made, on the cards of the
Jacquard.
The written barême serves to indicate to the perforator at the piano machine the
holes he is to make in his cards, which operation is a long and fatiguing one by

page_text: reason of the sustained attention required by the operator while he works with his
fingers and legs.
With the apparatus above described, each hole made in the sheet of paper replaces
a movement of the finger, and as the number of holes to be made in the length of a
strip of cardboard is often considerable, a perforator is able to do, by a single stroke
of the pedal of this apparatus, what requires ten strokes in what is known as the piano
machine.
For the purpose of perforating the cardboards in accordance with the sheet of paper
prepared as above described, the apparatus illustrated in Figure 2 is employed.
The frames bare held together by the planed bar n. cc are two standards screwed
into the top of the frame and supporting the plate r. m m, m¹ m² are bars arranged
so as to allow of the introduction at s of two metallic strips perforated with holes as
shown at j in Figure 3. In each hole of one of these strips is placed a punch p.
These punches bear at their hinder ends against the bar n. These hinder ends of the
punches are slotted for the passage of the needles a, which are the same in number as
the punches, and are guided between the bars zz; these bars have grooves e e in
which are placed strips of card perforated with holes similarly to the strips of metal ;.
in Figure 3. They serve to regulate the needles, or jacks, and consequently; the
punches. kk are two bars; qq are two rollers on which is placed the sheet of paper
perforated with holes by the apparatus shown in Figure 1. q is a ratchet wheel
mounted on the axis of one of the rollers. 92 is a pawl. t is a bell crank lever
mounted on the shaft x.
The operation of this machine is as follows:- -When the sheet of paper, prepared
by the apparatus first above described, is placed at qq, and the strip of card, previously
cut to size, is introduced at y y and stopped by the guide n*, the pedal rod 1, jointed
to the lever t, is pressed down, the head t' of the lever t then pushes the bars m m
towards the bar n, the contact piece i on the pedal rod 1 acts, as it descends, upon
the bell crank e the arm e¹ of which raises the pieces kk, the rollers 9 q, and the
sheet of paper. Each part of the paper, where a hole has not been perforated, raises
one of the needles a, the head a' of which is thereby brought between the end of its
corresponding punch p and the bar n. The punches, behind which the heads a¹ of
the needles a are introduced, are thus prevented from moving backwards, and as the
card is moved towards the bar n by the bars m m, the said punches pass through it.
On the other hand the parts of the paper that have been perforated do not raise the
corresponding needles, and consequently, the corresponding punches are left free to
be pushed back by the card without perforating the same. When the pedal is released,
the parts are returned to their normal positions by means of springs.
When the strip of card is disengaged from the punches, it is caused to descend
by the aid of a metallic strip placed at y which is caused to descend one division
each time the lever rises.
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Drama 1000
H. B. CARBONNELLE.
Per W. H. Beck,
115, Cannon Street, London,
Agent.

page_text: and for Periorating Jacquard Cards thereirom.
1, HENRI BENONI CARBONNELLE, of Calais, in the Republic of France, Electrician
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 letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say :-
This invention relates to apparatus for perforating the Jacquard cards of bobbin net
and such like machines and at the same time printing a "Barême" or register of the
holes punched in the Jacquard card, or in a pattern sheet intended to aid in the
subsequent perforation of the Jacquard cards; the said "Barême" or register serving
to verify the design on the loom, and to show the corrections made, or to be made, in
the Jacquard cards.
"
Figure 1 of the Drawings hereto annexed, illustrates, in section, an apparatus for
printing the "Barême or register of the numbers and positions of the holes to be
pierced, and for perforating a pattern strip of paper intended to be used in the card
perforating machine.
Between two side frames are fixed, by their ends, two pairs of parallel bars N N
and N' N¹ of any suitable length; they are provided with longitudinal V slide grooves,
so arranged that the pieces M M and M² M² carrying the other moving parts of the
apparatus can slide therein from end to end like the slide rest saddle of a lathe.
A sheet of thick paper can be introduced, in the direction of the arrows, through
the space between these two superposed bars and slides N M M N and N¹ M² M' N'.
CC are two rollers which cause the sheet of paper to advance intermittently a
distance (say 25 to 22 millimetres) proportioned to the diameter of the roller C. For
this purpose the said roller C is furnished with four pins at each end, and in the
middle of its length, which take into holes in the ends and middle of the sheet of
paper.
In order to effect the advance of the paper, the ends of the axis of the roller C carry
outside the frames small cubes or trundles furnished with four pins k. Hooks S¹
jointed to a rod S acted on by a treadle act on these cubes or trundles turning them,
and consequently the roller C, a quarter of a revolution at each stroke of the treadle,
which produces a movement forward of the paper dependent upon the diameter of the
roller.

page_text: A pawl Y is pressed constantly by a spring R against the square end of
the roller C to prevent the latter from making more than a quarter of a turn at
a time.
A roller C², placed over the roller C, revolves with the latter, but at a different
speed, being connected therewith by toothed wheels of different diameters. An
endless sheet of paper passes round the roller C like that passing round the rollers C
and C¹.
The sheet of paper on the rollers CC, the length of which paper is calculated
beforehand, is first passed round the rollers and its ends are glued or otherwise con-
nected together. The upper sheet is placed in a similar way round the roller C³.
Each stroke of the treadle S causes the lower sheet of paper to advance about 22 to
25 millimetres, whilst the upper sheet only advances about 4 millimetres. The
pieces M M and M M are each perforation with eight holes of about 2 millimetres
diameter; whatever position these pieces occupy on the bars N N₁ they always
occupy the same position relative to each other. For this purpose holes V V¹ are
bored in them, in which holes are fixed two rods suitably connected together. By
pushing, or pulling, the piece that connects these rods together, the slides M M' may
be moved forward or backward, the holes in the upper slide M¹ remaining always
opposite to those in the lower slide M.
In these eight holes in the slides M M move eight punches Z Z supported by a
piece attached to the sliding bearings I I. These punches are intended to perforate
the paper, and to enter the holes corresponding to them in the piece M. By pressing
down the eight punches at once, eight holes may be made in the lower sheet of
paper;
then by causing the said sheet of paper to advance say 25 millimetres at a time by
means of the treadie, a continuous series of holes may be pierced throughout the entire
length of the sheet. Then, by moving forward the slides or matrices M M' through
a space of say six millimetres, a second series of holes can be punched parallel to the
first. It will be seen that this mechanism allows of these parallel series of holes being
made at any given distance apart, for this purpose a strip of metal divided into a scale
is fixed on the bar N¹, and indicates the transverse divisions; the longitudinal
divisions never alter.
On the sheet of paper, on the roller C³, is printed a figure or figures indicating the
position and the number of holes punched in the lower paper. For this purpose, a
rack cc, jointed to the lever L by the link B, turns the axis A and the plate T
perforated with 40 holes, and engraved with the letter S and the 39 first
numbers on its circumference, and also the 8 discs D corresponding to the 8
punches Z.
These discs D, except the right hand one which is one centimetre smaller in
diameter than the others, are also divided into 40 equal parts, as illustrated in
Figure 2, and notched out at those parts which are not intended to act on the punches.
Thus to mark No. 1 for example, (the holes punched indicate the number) the 6 løft
hand discs are notched out in a line parallel to the axis A; the seventh is not notched.
If a pin is put into that one of the 40 holes of the plate T which is marked 1 this pin
will come to bear against the stop F, and if the lever L is then pressed down, the
pieces I I, serving as bearings for the axis A, are lowered in the holes formed in the
supports II against the resistance of springs r; the seventh punch from the left will
be forced down and the engraved plate T will print the number 1 on the sheet of
paper on the roller C.
As the holes from the right hand represent the numbers 1, 1, 2, 4, 8, 8, 8, 8—
80 different numbers can be printed on the sheet of paper on the roller C, which
sheet of paper serves as a register of the holes punched in the sheet of paper on the
rollers CC. By placing the pin in the hole at the point S on the plate T (which
letter means "stop") and bringing the pin to the stop F, the letter S is printed on the
sheet of paper on the roller C, but no hole is punched in the paper on the roller C C².
The 1 comes next (if we follow successively the holes and numbers on the plate T);
and by placing the pin in the hole marked 1 on the plate T, and bringing the pin to the

page_text: stop F, the number 1 is printed on the paper on the roller C2, and the punch 1 is
forced down and so on up to the number 39. But if it is desired to print the
fraction, I employ the following arrangement:-A rod j, bent at right angles at its
upper end, is caused to turn a quarter of a revolution by pulling a cord a with a finger
of the hand which operates the lever L (a spring returning the rod to its normal
position when the cord a is let go); at the lower end of this rod is a steel wire which,
when the rod is turned as above described, is introduced between the first disc from
the right and the first punch.
j
The introduction of this piece of wire at the proper moment enables the first disc
to operate the punch corresponding to the fraction ; if the pin has been placed in
the hole marked S on the plate T, the first hole from the right is punched in the sheet
of paper on the rollers CC. A second steel wire causes the to be printed by the
side of the S on the sheet of paper on the roller C². The can therefore be printed
at the same time as any of the other numbers, and thus there may be printed
successively, for example, S S, 1, 2, 2, and so forth up to 39, which makes the
eighty numbers on both sheets of paper.
The sheet of paper on the rollers CC serves to assist in the perforation of the cards
in the card perforating machine to be hereafter described. The sheet of paper on the
roller C is printed and constitutes what is called the "Barême" or register (which
has heretofore been produced with a pen according to the particulars given by the
designer); it serves to verify the design on the loom and to indicate the corrections
made, or to be made on the cards of the Jacquard.
My machine for printing the "Barême" or register, simultaneously with the
punching operation, obviates the use of the ordinary piano machine which is a long
and costly operation.
For the purpose of perforating the Jacquard_cards in accordance with the sheet of
paper prepared in the machine above described, I employ the apparatus illustrated in
Figure 3 of the Drawings. The frame is formed of two pieces connected together by
cross bars; they carry the planed bar E. E' E' are two standards supporting the
plate G which, with the tops of the frame sides, forms a slide or guide for the
bars H, H, H¹ H. Between these bars can be introduced at H2 two metal strips
perforated with holes as shown in Figure 4. In each of the holes of the strips H² is
placed a punch P the hinder end of which is placed in relation with the bar E. This
end is split to allow the small stem of the needle o to pass.
The needles o, corresponding in number to the punches P, move between the cross
pieces QQfurnished with grooves e in which are placed cards perforated with holes
like the strips H³.
U U are two bars having a space between them of about 3 millimetres in
width.
XX are two rollers on which is placed, and caused to move in the direction of the
the sheet of paper previously punched in the punching and printing apparatus,
Figure 1.
arrows,
X2 is a ratchet wheel which actuates the roller X¹..
✗³ is a
pawl.
W is a lever turning on a fulcrum at W¹.
The action of this machine is as follows:-
When the sheet of paper punched by the machine, Figure 1, is placed on the
rollers XX³, the strips of card to be perforated is introduced at H2.
A treadle jointed to the end of the rod X is then pressed down, the head W2 of the
lever W pushes the bars H H' towards the bar E, the contact piece X' on the treadle
rod X acis, as it descends, upon the bell crank lever X which raises the bars U U¹,
the rollers XX' and the sheet of paper on them. Every hole punched in this sheet of
paper is traversed by the corresponding needle o; but the needles, where no holes have
been punched, are raised by the plane or unpunched parts of the paper, and their
heads or thicker parts o' become interposed between the ends of the corresponding
punches P and the cross bar. E.

page_text: The punches behind which the heads o¹ of the needles o are introduced are thereby
preventing from moving backwards, and the card introduced at H², being moved
towards the bar E by the bars H H' is punched by those punches. On the other hand,
the needles o which have not been raised by the paper on the rolls X X', allow
their corresponding punches P to be pressed backwards by the card without perforating
the same.
When the treadle is released the parts are returned to their normal position by
means of springs. The ratchet wheel X2, in descending, is moved round one or more
teeth by the pawl X³, thereby moving the paper forward by the space equal to the
distance between the centres of the holes therein.
When the strip of card is disengaged from the punches P, it is allowed to descend
out of the way by any suitable arrangement of mechanism.
The printing and perforating apparatus above described may be arranged, if
preferred, as a single machine, and in that case, the perforation of a pattern sheet
may be dispensed with; the machine being arranged to print the register and to
punch the Jacquard cards only. Such a machine is illustrated in Figures 5 to 12 of
the Drawings.
Figure 5 is a vertical transverse section of the machine, Figure 6 a front elevation,
Figure 7 a plan of the printing plate or disc, the manipulation of which precedes the
action of the perforator. Figure 8 shows a cylinder or series of discs similar to those
shown in Figure 1 for actuating the punches for perforating the cards. Figures 9
and 10 are respectively an elevation and plan of pincers for holding the card while
being perforated. Figure 11 is the development of the punching cylinder or discs,
and Figure 12 illustrates a perforated card as it leaves the machine.
On two pieces or beds a a', truly planed and secured parallel to each other, are
placed and adapted to slide to and fro, two carriages c c¹, leaving between them the
space necessary for the passage of the cards to be perforated. Adjusting wedges e e¹
enable the play resulting from wear and tear of the parts to be taken up in a manner
well understood.
The carriages c c¹ are moved along their beds a a¹ simultaneously, and to an equal
extent, by the following arrangement
:-
The frame A, which carries the beds a a¹, has at one end a shaft b which may be
turned in one direction, or the other, by means of a crank handle 6' through the
medium of a worm 63 and worm wheel 63. On the shaft b are fixed two flanged
pullies d d on which are wound two equal metallic bands fixed at one end to the said
pullies and at the other to the carriages c c¹. To the other ends of these carriages are
connected two metallic bands at the outer ends of which are suspended counter weights
which constantly tend to draw the said carriages in a direction away from the
pullies d d. Other arrangements may be employed to obtain absolutely similar
movements of the two carriages c c and their retention in place after these
movements. Whatever means are employed, the movements of the carriage c c¹ are,
by preference, indicated and governed by an index j on the carriage c¹, moving over
a divided scale i, fixed on the bed a. The divisions of the scale i correspond to those
of the Jacquard employed.
The carriage c supports a third carriage arranged to slide transversely to the said
carriage c. The carriage f is furnished with a vertical plate or wall f¹ having holes
formed therein for the reception of the punches or perforating needles p. Similar
vertical plates or walls on the carriages c c¹ are furnished with holes or matrices
corresponding to the holes in the vertical wall f¹ of the carriage f; the punches p
move horizontally in these series of corresponding holes.
The punches p are stopped at the vertical wall f¹ by collars and are held in place by
springs p¹.
Eight perforating punches are shown corresponding to a Jacquard of eight needles.
If the Jacquard has only seven needles, there are seven punches.
The rectilineal movements of the carriage f are produced by a crank plate g¹
mounted on the end of a shaft 9 placed parallel to the beds c c¹ and carrying a

page_text: pinion which gears with a rack f on the said carriage f. This pinion g³ is caused
to slide on the shaft g, so as to follow the movements of the carriage c, by flanges
formed on each side of the teeth of the rack f³.
The carriage is of a form and dimensions suitable for guiding and carrying a
vertical shaft turning in suitable bearings; the upper end of this shaft carries the
printing disc k.
Inside the carriage f, the shaft h carries the punching cylinder m the circumference
of which is divided into eight horizontal sections (or, if preferred, it may be composed
of separate discs similar to those shown in Figure 1) corresponding to the eight
punches. These sections are shown clearly in Figures 5 and 8. The projections and
hollows of each are combined so as to make up an equal number of divisions, 80 for
example, which correspond to the number of the Jacquard. In the upper section, a
single projection alternates with a single hollow (the hollows which are shown by
hatched lines are made at the places where the corresponding punches are not to
work) this section corresponds to the number. In the second section, divided also
into eighty equal parts, two projections alternate with two hollows. In the third
section, four projections alternate with four hollows. In the fourth section each
hollow. occupies eight divisions and each projection eight divisions. In the next
section there is one projection equal to sixteen divisions, and one hollow equal to
sixty-four divisions; the sixth section has one projection of thirty-two divisions and
one hollow of forty-eight divisions; the seventh section has one projection of forty-
eight divisions and one hollow of thirty-two divisions; finally, the eighth section has
one projection of sixty-four divisions and one hollow of sixteen divisions. All these
divisions are referred to a vertical line S which is the "stop" mark.
To these same divisions correspond the eighty divisions of the printing disc k. This
disc is in fact divided into eighty equal parts or cases into which are fitted moveable
type carrying the eighty numbers counting from the "stop" namely S, 1, 1, 1, 2,
21, .39, 39 or, what amounts to the same thing: 1, 2, 3, 4, . . . .
78, 79,
(see Figure 11).
One or other of these series S, 1, 1, 1, 2, 21, 3. . . . . . 39, 39 or, S, 1, 2, 3, 4,
78, 79 is.read upon the annular surface k but with this peculiarity that it is
read forward beneath an index k², in such manner that the figure opposite the said
index indicates the figure which is behind or diametrically opposite, that is to say, in
front of the surface to be printed.
The disc is turned by hand by means of a handle o which acts below on a bell
crank lever o¹; this lever o¹, which a spring forces downwards, works over a toothed
crown n divided into eighty equal parts, that is to say, eighty hollows or notches
corresponding with the eighty divisions of the disc k and with those of the cylinder
or disc m. So that the lever o engages with the disc at any desired division, and
this disc can only be moved by raising the handle o to lift the lever o' out of the notch
in which it may be.
The printing types may be of india rubber; they are fitted into radial mortices in
the disc and held in place by the ring ¹ fixed to the disc. These types which are
placed round the entire circumference of the disc are inked by any suitable devices,
for example, by a roller q which takes the ink from a larger roller q placed in an ink
reservoir or otherwise; the inking rollers may be turned by and at the same time
as the disc k.
In front of the printing type, and directly opposite the index k², is a roller V, and
over the latter another similar roller V₁, both arranged between two supports V. On
these rollers is placed an endless band of paper on which are printed the numbers
corresponding to the holes perforated in the cards. The upper roller may be raised
or lowered as may be required by the length of the paper which is determined by the
register to be printed.
The cards y, laced together in the usual way, are brought forward by the roller
furnished with its registering pins ². The roller is a hexagon the faces of which 5
are the same width as the cards. It is rotated a sixth of a revolution by each action

page_text: of a treadle s which operates on the said roller by means of the pawl s¹ kept up by
spring.
On the other hand, the shaft 9 which actuates, by the pinion g' and the rack f³, the
carriage f of the perforating punches p, is operated by a second treadle t which at its
return transmits motion by a pawl u to a ratchet wheel u¹ keyed on the shaft of
the roller V. A retaining pawl u prevents the ratchet wheel u¹ from moving
backwards.
The cards are held, while being perforated, by the pincer bars v¹ and v² which
press the upper and lower edges of the card under the influence of suitable springs.
These bars separate before the treadle s acts effectively upon the card-roller r; for this
purpose two separating wedges w w¹ descend with the said treadle and enter
respectively between v₁ and v³ ³ and open them sufficiently to liberate the card.
Regulating screws enable them to be raised or lowered as the width of the cards may
require.
The cards y on leaving the roller are directed by guides y¹ to the railway y³ in the
usual way.
The machine acts as follows:-The cards properly laced together are passed over
the rollers r and y₁ and knotted in the usual way.
Supposing the card intended to be perforated is placed between the mattrices
and held in position by the pincers and v³, the perforation is effected as
follows
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or
The first punch p will work at each of the numbers, 1, 2 and so forth which
are brought opposite the index 13. Each of the other punches will also work if it
enters into the combination for obtaining the number indicated by the "Barême
register so that there will be perforated one, two or other number up to eight holes at
a single stroke. To effect this, the required number on the disc k is brought to the
index by a manipulation similar to the horizontal Bréguet telegraph instrument but
with this difference that the dial turns instead of being fixed. The treadle t is then
operated to bring the punches forward; all those punches which are met by pro-
jections on the cylinder or disc m will perforate a hole in the card; on the contrary,
all those punches the heads of which fall into a hollow in the cylinder or disc m, will
not operate. Simultaneously with the punching operation, the disc k prints, on the
paper, the figure which corresponds to the perforation, thus producing a register of
the perforation and, at the same time, an indication which the designer can consult
for the modification or corrections required.-When the treadle t is released, the
punch carriage. f returns backward by the action of a spring or counter-weight and
the figure on the disc k is then changed, if necessary, by turning the latter by means
of the handle o.
After each number is printed and the corresponding holes perforated, the roller r is
turned a sixth of a revolution by means of the treadles, and the sheet of paper is
moved forward by the pawl u connected with the treadle t. If there are a hundred
cards, a hundred strokes of the treadle are given before returning to the point of
departure. The cards are then moved laterally a distance equal to that from centre
to centre of two rows of holes, by turning the crank handle and setting to a
division of the scale i.
When the card is perforated, the treadles is operated and the next card
takes its place and it is operated upon in the same way as the preceding one.
Figure 12 represents a perforated card such as may be used in the Jacquard
apparatus..
If it is desired to prepare a "Barême" or register beforehand without being certain
of requiring it, instead of going to the immediate expense of cards the perforation
may be made in a continuous sheet of paper which serves, if necessity arises, for
reproducing the same work in a reproducing machine.
In other. cases, the "Barême
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or register only is printed on the sheet of paper a
without putting either cards or sheets of paper opposite the perforating punches. The
treadles then remains stationary during the whole operation.
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page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
:-
First Apparatus for punching an endless sheet of paper and for printing at the
same time a second endless sheet of paper, the punched sheet of paper being intended
to serve as a pattern for the subsequent punching of Jacquard cards, and the printed
sheet of paper being intended to serve as a register of the holes punched in the pattern
sheet of paper, constructed and arranged as hereinbefore described, and illustrated in
Figures 1 and 2 of the Drawings hereto annexed.
Second Apparatus for punching Jacquard cards in accordance with the punched
pattern sheet of paper produced in the printing and perforating machine forming the
subject of the first claim clause hereof, constructed and arranged as hereinbefore
described, and illustrated in Figure 3 of the Drawings hereto annexed.
Third-For the purpose of punching an endless band of paper, and for printing at
the same time a second endless band of paper, the apparatus comprising the
carriages M M³, forming guides for the perforating punches, the notched discs Ď and
the printing plate T mounted on the shaft A operated by a double rack c c and
lever L, combined and operating as hereinbefore described, and illustrated in Figure 1
of the Drawings hereto annexed.
Fourth-The combination of the punching discs D with the printing plate T and
the rod and its wire for effecting simultaneously the perfortion of the holes in
eighty different positions and the printing of eighty numbers S, S½, 1, 1, 2, 2
39, 39 which serve as a register of the holes punched as hereinbefore
described, and illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 of the Drawings hereto annexed.
Fifth-For punching Jacquard cards, punching apparatus in which the movement
of the punches P is controlled by perforated sheets of paper in combination with
needles o having thickened parts o¹, and the bar E all arranged, combined and
operating as herein before described, and illustrated in Figures 3 and 4 of the
Drawings hereto annexed.
Sixth-The arrangement of the carriages c c¹ between which are placed the cards to
be perforated, such carriages being moved longitudinally on guide beds a a' by means
of pulleys d d¹ and metallic bands and counter-balance weights or otherwise as
hereinbefore described, and illustrated in Figures 5 and 6 of the Drawings hereto
annexed.
Seventh-The arrangement of the carriages c c¹ and the cross carriage f carrying
on a common axis the punching cylinder m and the disc k for placing the cylinder m
in position and for printing the register number, as hereinbefore described and
illustrated in Figures 5 and 6 of the Drawings hereto annexed.
Eighth The arrangement for moving the carriage transversely on the carriage c,
consisting of the treadle t, the pinion g², and the rack combined and operating
as hereinbefore described, and illustrated in Figure 5 of the Drawings hereto
annexed.
Ninth The combination of the horizontal disc k with its circle k¹ engraved with
the series of numbers corresponding to those of the Jacquard, the printing type, the
inking devices, the operating handle o and the engaging and disengaging devices,
as hereinbefore described, and illustrated in Figures 5, 6, 7 and 8 of the Drawings
hereto annexed.
Tenth-The cylinder m operated by the disc k and divided on its periphery into
projections and hollows, the projections being adapted to operate the punches p which
perforate the cards y, and the hollows to allow the said punches to remain inactive, as
hereinbefore described, and illustrated in Figures 5, 6, 8 and 11 of the Drawings
hereto annexed.
Eleventh The arrangement of the perforating punches moving in guide matrices
in the carriages c c¹ and fas hereinbefore described, and illustrated in Figure 5 of the
Drawings hereto annexed.

page_text: Twelfth The devices for operating the card roller r consisting of the treadle s
pawl and spring combined and operating, as hereinbefore described, and
illustrated in Figure 5 of the Drawings hereto annexed.
Thirteenth The pincers v vl and closed by the action of springs, and opened
by wedges to to operated by the treadles, arranged and operating as hereinbefore
described, and illustrated in Figure 5 of the Drawings hereto annexed, and for the
purpose specified.
Fourteenth The carriage f, the printing disc k, the rollers V V₁ carrying the
endless sheet of paper x, the treadle t the crank plate gl, the pawl u and the ratchet
wheel, combined and operating as hereinbefore described, and illustrated in
Figure 5 of the Drawings hereto annexed, and for the purpose set forth.
Doted this 14th day of Santamber 1887