Year: 1886

page_text: I, THEODOR SCHNEIDER of 13 Maternistrasse Dresden, in the Empire of Germany,
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an address or business card distributor wound up
automatically which is characterized by the employment of an address or other
card receiver having an oscillating motion imparted thereto, and descending on a
card being torn off, containing address or other cards resting on a pin arranged
outside the oscillating pivots and rotating partially around such pins and being
lifted out of the receiver automatically when the latter is descending.
The partial rotation of the card is caused by a cramp, that is to say, by a disc
provided with inclined teeth, which is set in rotation on the return movement of
the receiver, which cramps the card of the packet situated next to it, and lifts
it out.
On taking a card off, the oscillating card receiver is raised again and the
operation is repeated. The construction and working of the apparatus is as
follows:-
The card receiver, enclosed in a box, rests on oscillating pivots, and is provided
with two pins carrying the card pocket.
The pin around which the cards are partially rotated, carries a loose cord pulley
around which a cord is wound in such a manner that each end thereof is fixed on
the stationary box. This loose cord pulley carries, by means of a hinge, a disc
formed with a hole which is movable against the cards by means of a spiral spring,
and having a tendency to take up an inclined position to the cord pulley, in order
that the same with its teeth is always in close contact with the nearest cards of
the packet.
The latter is always pressed elastically against the teeth of the disc, by means
of a hinged lever moving on the pin, onto which the cards are attached, pressing
against the cards and being actuated by a spiral spring.
The oscillating card receiver is always raised on the right end by a spiral spring
or by weights on the left side thereof and carries also on its right side a piston
provided with valves working in an oscillating cylinder.
The use and action of the apparatus is as follows:-
The perforated cards are brought onto the said pins and when the receiver
descends by being depressed on the right end by means of a button fixed thereto,
the left end is caused to ascend.

page_text: As soon as the button gets released, the spiral spring on the right end, causes an
ascending of the right and lowering of the left end of the receiver, whereby the
loose cord pulley on the pin, on account of the cord, gets rotated about 90° to the
left, when the teeth of the disc get pressed into the nearest card by means of
the spiral spring and thereby rotating the card about 90° and lifting the same out
of the open box.
The ascent caused on the right end by means of the spiral spring causes a slow
oscillation of the piston provided with valves, (for instance, india rubber with
passage) opening upwards and downwards, forming a small passage, as all the air
or liquid can only find access underneath the piston by the small valve-passages.
The left end of the receiver being down and the projecting card torn off the pin,
the left end of the receiver will thereby (the inclined teeth then gliding onto the
next card) be raised until the oscillating receiver touches the box, the card then
leaves, the receiver gets free liberty and the herein before mentioned slow return
oscillation of the receiver, and thereby the raising of a fresh card takes place.
The apparatus works therefore automatically without having to be wound up.
Datad this Oth J
1000

page_text: Improvements in Self-acting Address or Business Card
Distributor.
I, THEODOR SCHNEIDER of 13 Materni strasse Dresden in the Empire of Germany,
Merchant, 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 an address or business card distributor wound up
automatically, which is characterized by the employment of an address or other
card receiver having an oscillating motion imparted thereto, and descending on a
card being torn off, containing address or other cards, resting on a pin arranged
outside the oscillating pivots & rotating partially around such pin and being lifted
out of the receiver automatically when the latter is descending. The partial
rotation of the card is caused by a cramp, that is to say, by a disc provided with
inclined teeth, which is set in rotation on the return movement of the receiver,
which cramps the card of the packet situated next to it & lifts it out.
taking a card off, the oscillating card receiver is raised again & the operation is
repeated.
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And in order that my invention may be better understood I have caused to be
appended hereunto one sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference indicating
like parts in the various figures.
Fig. 1 is a plan. Fig. 2 is a side elevation and Figs. 3 & 4 enlarged detached
plans of the card distributor constructed according to my invention.
The construction and working of the apparatus is as follows;-
The card receiver ƒ enclosed in a box g, rests on oscillating pivots b, and is
provided with two pins a and d carrying the card pocket a
The pin a around which the cards are partially rotated, carries a loose cord
pulley e around which a cord h is wound in such a manner that each end thereof
is fixed on the stationary box g. This loose cord pulley e carries, by means of a
hinge m, n a disc k formed with a hole, which is movable at m, n against the cards
by means of a spiral spring and having a tendency to take up an inclined position
to the cord pulley e in order that the same with its teeth x, y, z is always in close
contact with the nearest cards of the packet c.
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The latter is always pressed elastically against the teeth x, y, z of the disc k by
means of a hinged lever o carrying the plate p and moving on the pin a onto which
the cards are attached, pressing against the cards and being actuated by a spiral
spring i. The oscillating card receiver f is always raised on the right end by a
spiral spring q or by weights on the left side thereof and carries also on its right
side a piston 8 provided with valves r working in an oscillating cylinder u.
The use and action of the apparatus is as follows;—
The perforated cards are brought onto the said pins a & d and when the
receiver descends by being depressed on the right end by means of a button fixed
thereto, the left end is caused to ascend.
As soon as the button gets released, the spiral spring q on the right end, causes
an ascending of the right and lowering of the left end of the receiver f, whereby

page_text: the loose cord pulley e on the pin a, on account of the cord gets rotated
about 90° to the left, when the teeth x, y z of the disc k. get pressed into the
nearest card by means of the spiral spring i and thereby rotating the card
about 90° and lifting the same out of the open box g.
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The ascent caused on the right end by means of the spiral q causes a slow
oscillation of the piston 8 provided with valves, (for instance of india rubber with
passage) opening upwards and downwards, forming a small passage, as all the air
or liquid can only find access underneath the pistons by the small valve passages.
The left end of the receiver f being down and the projecting card torn off, the
pin a, the left end of the receiver f will thereby, (the inclined teeth x, y z then
gliding onto the next card) be raised until the oscillating receiver touches the
box g, the card then leaves, the receiver f gets freed & the hereinbefore mentioned
slow return oscillation of the receiver fand therefore the raising of a fresh card
takes place.
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The apparatus works therefore automatically without having to be wound up.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is
In address or business card distributor or similar apparatus
1st The employment of an automatically, on a card being torn off, ascending
card receiver, which carries the card rotary on the pin a, in combination with a
lifting gear e arranged concentrically to the pin a on which the cards rotate, set in
rotation by the card receiver f, for the purpose of automatically lifting the cards
out of the distributor as set forth.
2nd In the combination specified in the preceding claim, the employment of a
valve piston, working in a cylinder u which causes a quick ascending and a slow
descending of the card receiver for the purpose of preventing, through a slow
descending any misuse of the apparatus as set forth.