Machines for Composing and Perforating Strips to Represent Matter for Printing Telegraphic Transmission.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 14th July, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 18th Mar., 1897-Accepted, 8th May, 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Machines for Composing and Perforating Strips to Represent Matter
for Printing Telegraphic Transmission.
I, JOSEPH JOACHIM REIFGRABER of 1118, North 13th Street, St. Louis, in
the State of Missouri, United States of America, Surgical Orthoepedical and
Electrical Instrument Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
The object of my invention is to construct an apparatus by means of which a
strip of paper or other non-conducting material, is properly perforated to
represent printing characters to be electrically transmitted to one or more distant
stations by a special transmitter and there to be received by a special receiving
mechanism in typewritten Roman characters or figures, or said characters or
figures may be impressed in a strip of fibre or other suitable material from which
stereotype or other printing may be cast, arranged in columns, and printed like
other matter, or said characters may be received on a strip of paper in type-
written print and at the same time on another strip in perforations. A further
object is to compose by means of the machine and perforate into a transmitting
strip "solid" or "display" matter having the same appearance as hand work in
typesetting, to make long or short lines and to justify and correct every line before
it is perforated into the transmitting strip.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this
Specification in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts
in all the views.
Figure 1 is a front elevation of the perforating machine with parts broken
away;
Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same;
Figure 3 is a plan view;
Figure 4 is an enlarged transverse section on the line 4-4 in Figure 6 shewing
the internal construction of the machine;
Figure 5 is a vertical transverse section on the line 5-5 in Figure 6:
Figure 6 is a horizontal section taken on line 6-6 in Figure 5;
Figure 7 is a side elevation partly in section of the movable slide and pawl and
ratchet mechanism for operating the same; and
Figure 7 is a transverse section of the sleeve and the ratchet wheel.
The casing 1 is provided with a broad base and a desk-like extension 2 in front
having a folding top and containing a keyboard 3. The keys 4 representing the
different characters to be transmitted are attached to key levers 5 passing through
slides 6 pivoted on the rod 7 .the rod being supported by ears 8 attached to the
bottom of the casing. The inner ends of the key levers are provided with
mortised blocks 9 carrying set screws 10 having their upper ends rounded. Upon
the set screws 10 rests a bar 11 which is attached to arins 12 pivoted on a rod 13
extending across the casing. The bar 11 is slotted throughout its entire length
and forms a guide for a slide 14. The slide 14 carries a pawl 15 which engages a
ratchet bar 16 supported in a fixed position in the casing 1. The pawl 15 is
pressed into engagement with the ratchet bar by means of a spiral spring and to
the pawl is connected a looped arm 17 ore end of which is attached to a cord 18

page_text: nd of which extends to an opening in the side of the casing and over a
pulley 19 placed loosely on the shaft 63 journalled in the casing between the
collar a and the ratchet wheel b fixed to the shaft 63. The pulley 19 carries a
pawl which engages the ratchet wheel b. The cord 16 is wrapped once or twice
around the pulley to ensure a good frictional contact therewith. The outer end of
the cord is attached to the foot lever 66. In the easing above the bar 11 is
journalled a screw 20 upon which is placed an index 21 which is offset at its outer
end and extends through a slot 22 in the front of the casing. The screw 20 is
provided with a ratchet wheel 24 which is operated by a pawl 25 carried by an
arm 26 of the space bar 27. The pawl 25 is kept in engagement with the ratchet
wheel 24 by a spiral spring attached to the pawl and to the arm 26. The space
bar 27 is provided at one end with the arm 26 and at the other end with the
arm 26' the said arm being pivoted on a rod 27' extending lengthwise through the
casing. The bar 27 is pressed upwardly by a spiral spring which rests upon the
bottom of the casing 1. The pivot of the pawl 25 is extended through the casing
and provided with a thumb-piece 28. Upon the end of the screw 20 between the
ratchet wheel 24 and the end of the casing is placed a spiral spring 29 which turns
the screw in the reverse direction after the ratchet wheel 24 is released by the
removal of the pawl 25 by means of the thumb-piece 28 thus returning the
index 21 to the point of starting. On rods 30, 30, supported in a fixed position
in the easing parallel with the har 11 are placed arms 31 31' which are connected
mechanically at one pivoted end by segmental gearing formed integrally with the
arms and eich arm 31 is furnished with a finger 32 which is capable of being
engaged by the upward extension of the slide 14 when the said 'slide is moved
underneath one of the arms in the manner presently to be described.
Each
arm 31 is provided with a rod 33 which is bent downwardly and offset and which
extends through the front of the easing where it is provided with a finger
piece 34.
There are as many keys and key levers as there are characters to be transmitted
and the apparatus is provided with the same number of pairs of levers 31, 311,
and in the easing 1 are formed guides for receiving weights 35 there being one or
more weights for each character. The said weight consists of a rectangular plate
of metal with a V-shaped notch cut therein, the edges of the plate along the sides
of the notch being provided with smaller notches for receiving the ends of the
arms 31, 311, there being one notch at each side of the weight for each character
and each weight has engraved or impressed on its front edge all the characters that
can be made by the machine. To the top of each weight 35 is attached a cord 36
which runs over pulleys 37, 37, and is attached to a small weight 38 outside of
the casing 1. In each end of the casing is formed a slot 39 for receiving a
bar 40 which extends through the easing lengthwise and is connected by links 41
with levers 42 at the end of the casing. The said bar 40 passes through the
notches of the weights 35 and is used for lifting all of the said weights
simultaneously. In the rear of the casing 1 is formed an oblong opening 43
opposite which on the outside of the casing is supported a perforated plate 44 by
brackets 45, 45', the perforations of the plate 44 being arranged in vertical rows,
each row having as many perforations as there are characters to be represented.
The characters are all impressed upon the trout edge of each weight 35 and are
visible through the slot 46. In the front of the periorated plate 44 at the top of
the weight is carried a punch 47 which is fitted to apertures of the plate 44. To
the back of the casing I 'is secured an arm 48 to which is pivoted a lever 49 which
is curved near its fulcrum forming a bearing 50 for engagement with the plate 44
and the lever 49 is provided with a hook for receiving the link 51 which is
pivotally connected with an art 52 on a rock shaft 53 journalled in bearings on the
top of the casing. One end of the rock shaft 53 is furnished with a hand lever 54
by means of which it may be operated. In the brackets 45 at one end of the casing
is journalled a roller 55 upon which is wound a strip of paper 551, which extends
across the face of the plate 44 then around the roller 56 against which it is pressed

page_text: by a roller 57. The rollers 56, 57, are journalled in brackets 45, 45', at the
opposite side of the casing. The shaft 58 of the roller 56 is prolonged downward
and provided with a spur wheel 59 which engages a spur wheel 60 on the shaft of
the roller 56 thus connecting the rollers so that they will revolve with a positive
movement. The lower end of the shaft 58 is provided with a bevel pinion 61
which is engaged by a bevel wheel 62 secured to a shaft 63 extending transversely
in the casing 1. The shaft 63 is furnished with the ratchet 64 as already described
which is engaged by a pawl pivoted to the pulley 19 so that when the pedal 66 is
depressed not only is the pawl 15 disengaged from the ratchet bar 16 but the
shaft 63 is turned thereby moving the paper strip 551 through the mechanism
already described. The arm 21 which extends through the slot 22 in the front of
the casing carries an index 67 which slides in front of a scale 68 on the front of
the casing above the slot 22. To the front of the casing is attached a bell 69 and
a hammer 70 pivoted to the front of the casing is capable of striking the bell. The
hammer arm is provided with a finger 71 which is capable of being struck by the
index 67 as it passes the bell hammer thus indicating the completion of a line.
To regulate and ensure the proper stoppage of the weights 35 at the proper notch
and character by the key producing the character, the set screw 10 is provided on
the inner end of the key lever 5. The said set screw is adjusted so that when the
key of the character engraved or represented at the lower end of the weight 35 is
depressed it will lift the bar 11 with the slide 14 only enough to move the
bars 31, 31, far enough to allow the weight 35 to drop one notch. The set
screw 10 on the key lever 5 representing the uppermost character engraved on the
weight 35 is screwed in completely so as to lift the bar 11 with the slide 14 high
enough to press up the finger 32 of the arm 31, 311, sufficiently to bring the tops of
said arms completely together and dropping the weight 35 so that it will rest on
the space-increasing lever h. In this manner every key is adjusted to its character
on the weight 35. The spring 30%, holds the arms 31 and 311, in the position in
which they are placed.
To enable any one to mechanically justify a line or make any desired length of
line, it is necessary to divide the letters or characters into units. I have divided
the characters used in my machine into M's, half M's, one-quarter M's, one-
eighth M's, and one-sixteenth M's one whole M representing the largest character
requiring the most space, one-sixteenth of an M representing the sinallest character
requiring the smallest space used for justifying only. There are therefore five
different sizes of spaces and characters. To use the five different spaces in
justifying there are provided two space keys and a space-increasing or decreasing
lever h. One space key gives the largest space, the other space key gives a space
of one-sixteenth of an M, and I have provided a space-increasing lever h for every
weight 35.
The operator, for example, starts a line with a full "M" space and then
composes four words, between which he places one of the smallest spaces
(one-sixteenth); the bell rings, and by investigation he finds that the line is not
quite full and to justify it he must place in it one-half M, or eight one-sixteenth
spaces. The word, however, which is next to be composed will not go in the line
nor can it be divided, therefore the line must be justified by introducing spaces.
The compositor or operator will then have to add eight more one-sixteenth spaces
when the line will be justified. The spaces are added in the following manner :-
The five uppermost notches in every weight 35 represent the five different sizes of
spaces as before stated; the sixteenth space key drops the weight 35 so that it
rests on the space-increasing lever & thereby giving a sixteenth space.
The upperinost notch of the said space-increasing lever represents a space of
one-eighth the next below represents a space of one-fourth; while the last notch
of the said lever represents the space of one-half M. To add to the sixteen spaces
already in the line to be justified, the operator pulls out the first two of the
space-increasing levers to drop the weights 35 to the notch representing the
one-quarter space, the two others to a notch representing oue-eighth space, thereby

page_text: adding eight sixteenth spaces to the first four making a total of twelve sixteenth
spaces and the line is justified.
Should the operator discover an error in one of the characters in the line thus
composed and justified he can change any character individually by pushing o
pulling the rod 34 hinged to the arm 31 and at the same time lowering or lifting
the weight 35 by the small weight on the outer end of the cord 36 at the outside
of the casing.
When a line is thus composed, corrected, and justified the operator reaches with
his left hand for the lever 54 by means of which he causes the plate 44 to move
forward and form all of the perforations at one movement. By pressing down the
levers 42 all the weights 35 are lifted simultaneously to the place of starting. On
the upward movement of the levers 42 the pawl 25 must be disengaged from the
ratchet wheel 24 by lifting the finger piece 28 of the pawl to allow the screw 20
to move backward. During their upward movement one of the levers 42 will
engage and rock an arın 33", extending from a shaft journalled in the casing and
to which is attached a cross-bar 33, engaging with the rods 33 pivoted to the
arms 31 thereby spreading said arms to their extreme outward position to hold all
the weights at their starting position. When the levers 42 move down the pawl 25
must be again engaged with the ratchet wheel 24. At the same time the operator
presses down the levers 42 the right foot of the operator presses down the fout
lever 66 thereby returning the slide 14 and index 21 to their original position, also
moving the transmitting strip 55' forward for another line when the machine is
ready for a repetition of the same operation.
My device is a machine which enables the operator to form any word or any
arrangement of figures or characters and also enables the operator to produce long
or short lines, and to space, justify, or correct errors as may be required, and
should mistakes occur only the one line of stereotype containing the error will have
to be thrown out.
A strip 55' of paper having been placed in front of the perforated plate 44 in
the machine in the manner described, the key representing the character to be
printed is depressed and the upward projection 23 of the slide 14 is thereby raised,
tilting the arms 31, thus releasing the weight 35, allowing it to drop until a pair of
teeth on the inclined inner edges of the weight are engaged by the arms 31, 31',
and on releasing the key the rising of the fever 26 causes the pawl 25 to engage
the ratchet 24 and turn the screw 20 so as to move forward the index 21. The
arms 31, 31, as they are brought into position are held by a spring 30°. When
the bar 11 is lifted up by any of the keys the T-shaped upright slide 14 and the
pawl 15 are lifted. The pawl 15 being pressed by the spiral spring will engage a
tooth of the rack bar 11. as soon as the pawl is pressed down and the slide 14 and
pawl 15 will drop again by their own weight. The pawl 15 when pressed down by
the spiral spring will engage the next tooth of the ratchet bar on the left and will
push the slide 14 one step further to the left. In this manner the slide will be
carried forward step by step whenever a key is depressed. The teeth on the
ratchet bar 16 are of a suitable size to move the slide 14 through the distance
required to carry it from one finger 32 of the rod 31 to the next. The cord 18
fastened to the eye 17 of the pawl 15 will be drawn forward by the moving of the
slide 14 so as to lift the foot lever 66. When a line is full the depression of the
foot lever 66 will lift the pawl 15 and pull hack the slide 14 at the same time
turning the shaft 63 by the engagement of the cord 18 with the pulley 19 on the
said shaft. This operation moves the paper strip 55' to the right through a space
equivalent to the length of a line. The slide 14 moves independently of the
index 21 as it goes forward in the operation of setting but when the said slide 14
is returned to the point of starting it carries with it the index 21 and it may turn
the screw 20 in a reverse direction or the said screw can be turned by the spiral
spring in the drum 24 as already described.
The key representing the second character to be formed is depressed and the
operation is repeated, and this occurs throughout the entire series or until a line or

page_text: the required portion of a line is represented by the letters shewing through the
slot 46 in the face of the machine. When the line is complete the perforated
plate 44 is carried forward against the punches 47 carried by the weights 35 thus
making perforations in the paper which represent a character. After the paper is
withdrawn from the punches it is moved forward a space representing one line by
pressure of the foot upon the pedal 66 which revolves the shaft 63 and thereby
causes the shaft 58 to rotate thus revolving the rollers 56, 57, which are connected
with the shaft 58 when the operation just described is repeated.
Dated this 14th day of July 1896.
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.
Machines for Composing and Perforating Strips to Represent Matter
for Printing Telegraphic Transmission.
I, JOSEPH JOACHIM REIFGRABER of 1118, North 13th Street, St. Louis,
State of Missouri. United States of America, Surgical, Orthipedical, and Electrical
Instrument Maker, 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 :-
The object of my invention is to construct an apparatus by means of which a
strip of paper, or other non-conducting material, is properly perforated to represent
printing characters to be electrically transmitted to one or more distant stations by
a special transmitter and there to be received by a special receiving mechanism
in type-written Roman characters or figures, or said characters or figures may be
impressed in a strip of fibre or other suitable material from which stereotype or
other printing may be cast, arranged in columns and printed like other matter, or
said characters may be received on a strip of paper in typewritten print and at the
same time on another strip in perforations the transmitting and receiving mechanism
forming the subject of another application of even date herewith No. 15606. A
further object is to compose by means of the machine and perforate into a
transmitting strip "solid" or "display" matter, having the same appearance as
band work in typesetting, to make long or short lines, and to correct and justify
every line before it is perforated into the transmitting strip.
Reference is to be had to the drawings accompanying my Provisional
Specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding
parts in all the views.
Figure 1 is a front elevation of the perforating machine with parts broken
away;
Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same;
Figure 3 is a plan view;
Figure 4 is an enlarged transverse section on the line 4-4 in Figure 6, showing
the internal construction of the machine;
Figure 5 is a vertical transverse section on the line 5-5 in Figure 6;
Figure 6 is a horizontal section taken on line 6-6 in Figure 7;
Figure 7 is a side elevation, partly in section of the movable slide and pawl and
ratchet mechanism for operating the same; and
Figure 74 is a transverse section of the sleeve and the ratchet wheel.
The casing 1 is provided with a broad base and a desk-like extension 2 in front,
having a folding top and containing a keyboard 3. The keys 4, representing the
different characters to be transmitted are attached to key levers 5, passing through

page_text: slides 6, pivoted on the rod 7, the rod being supported by ears 8 attached to the
bottom of the casing. The inner ends of the key levers are provided with mortised
blocks 9, carrying set screws 10 having their upper ends rounded. Upon the set
-screws 10 rests a bar 11, which is attached to arms 12 pivoted on a rod 13
extending across the casing. The bar 11 is slotted throughout its entire length
and forms a guide for a slide 14. The slide 14 carries a pawl 15, which engages a
ratchet bar 16 supported in a fixed position in the casing 1. The pawl 15 is
pressed into engagement with the ratchet bar by means of a spiral spring, and te
the pawl is connected a looped arm 17, one end of which is attached to a cord 18,
the other end of which extends to an opening in the side of the casing and over a
pulley 19, placed loosely on the shaft 63, journaled in the casing between the
collar a and the ratchet wheel & fixed to the shaft. 63. The pulley 19 carries a
pawl which engages the ratchet wheel b. The cord 16 is wrapped once or twice
around the pulley to insure a good frictional contact therewith. The outer end of
the cord is attached to the foot lever 66.
In the casing above the bar 11, is journaled a screw 20, upon which is placed an
index 21, which is offset at its cuter end and extends through a slot 22 in the front
of the casing. The screw 20 is provided with a ratchet wheel 24, which is operated
by a pawl 25 carried by an arm 26 of the space bar 27. The pawl 25 is kept in
engagement with the ratchet wheel 24, by a spiral spring attached to the pawl and
to the arm 26. The space bar 27 is provided at one end with the arm 26, and at
the other end with the arm 26', the said arm being pivoted on a rod 271 extending
lengthwise through the casing. The bar 27 is pressed upwardly by a spiral spring
which rests upon the bottom of the easing 1. The pivot of the pawl 25 is extended
through the casing and provided with a thumb-piece 28. Upon the end of the
-screw 20, between the ratchet wheel 24 and the end of the easing is placed a spiral
spring 29, which turns the screw in the reverse direction after the ratchet wheel 24
is released by the removal of the pawl 25 by means of the thumb-piece 28, thus
returning the index 21 to the point of starting.
On rods 30, 30, supported in a fixed position in the casing parallel with the
bar 11, are placed arms 31, 311, which are connected mechanically at one pivoted
-end by segmental gearing formed integrally with the arms, and each arm 31 is
furnished with a finger 32, which is capable of being engaged by the upward
extension of the slide 14, when the said slide is moved underneath one of the arms
in the manner presently to be described. Each arm 31 is provided with a rod 33,
which is bent downwardly and offset, and which extends through the front of the
-casing, where it is provided with a finger piece 34.
There are as many keys and key levers as there are characters to be transmitted,
and the apparatus is provided with the same number of pairs of levers 31, 31', and
in the casing 1 are formed guides for receiving weights 35, there being one or more
weights for each character. The said weight consists of a rectangular plate of
metal with a V-shaped notch cut therein, the edges of the plate along the sides of
the notch being provided with smaller notches for receiving the ends of the
arms 31, 311, there being one notch at each side of the weight for each character,
and each weight has engraved or impressed on its front edge all the characters
that can be made by the machine. To the top of each weight 35 is attached a
cord 36, which runs over pulleys 37, 37, and is attached to a small weight 38,
outside of the casing 1. In each end of the casing 1 is formed a slot 39, for
receiving a bar 40, which extends through the casing lengthwise and is connected
by links 41 with levers 42 at the ends of the casing. The said bar 40 passes
through the notches of the weights 35, and is used for lifting all of the said weights
simultaneously.
In the rear of the casing 1 is formed an oblong opening 43, opposite which on
the outside of the casing is supported a perforated plate 44 by brackets 45, 45', the
perforations of the plate 44 being arranged in vertical rows, each row having as
many perforations as there are characters to be represented. The characters are
all impressed upon the front edge of each weight 35, and are visible through the

page_text: ot 46.
In the front of the perforated plate 44 at the top of the weig
To the back of the
punch 47, which is fitted to apertures of the plate 44.
nsing 1 is secured an arm 48, to which is pivoted a lever 49 which is curved
ear its fulcrum, forming a bearing 50, for engagement with the plate 44, and the
ever 19 is provided with a hook for receiving the link 51, which is pivotally
onnected with an arm 52 on a rock shaft 53, journaled in bearings on the top of the
asing. One end of the rock shaft 53 is furnished with a hand lever 54, by means
f which it may be operated.
In the brackets 45 at one end of the casing is journaled a roller 55, upon which
s wound a strip of paper 55, which extends across the face of the plate 44, then
around the roller 56 against which it is pressed by a roller 57. The rollers 56, 57,
are journaled in brackets 45, 45', at the opposite side of the casing. The shaft 58
of the roller 56 is prolonged downward and provided with a spur wheel 59, which
engages a spur wheel 60 on the shaft of the roller 56, thus connecting the rollers so
that they will revolve with a positive movement. The lower end of the shaft 58 is
provided with a hevel pinion 61, which is engaged by a hevel wheel 62 secured to
The shaft 63 is furnished with.
a shaft 63 extending transversely in the casing 1.
the ratchet 64, as already described, which is engaged by a pawl pivoted to the
pulley 19, so that when the pedal 66 is depressed, not only is the pawl 15 disengaged
from the ratchet bar 16, but the shaft 63 is turned, thereby moving the paper
strip 55 through the mechanism already described.
The arm 21 which extends through the slot 22 in the front of the casing carries
an index 67, which slides in front of a scale 68 on the front of the casing above the
slot 22. To the front of the casing is attached a bell 69, and a hammer 70 pivote t
The hammer arm is
to the front of the casing is capable of striking the bell.
provided with a finger 71, which is capable of being struck by the index 67 as it
passes the bell hammer, thus indicating the completion of a line.
To regulate and insure the proper stoppage of the weights 35 at the proper notch.
and character by the key producing the character, the set screw 10 is provided on
the inner end of the key lever 5. The said set screw is adjusted so that when the
key of the character engraved or represented at the lower end of the weight 35 is
depressed, it will lift the bar 11 with the slide 14 only enough to move the
The set screw 10-
bars 31, 311, far enough to allow the weight 35 to drop one notch.
on the key lever 5 representing the uppermost character engraved on the weight 35
is screwed in completely so as to lift the bar 11 with the slide 14 high enough to
press up the finger 32 of the arm 31, 31' sufficiently to bring the tops of said arms
will rest on the space-
completely together, and dropping the weight 35 so that
increasing lever h. In this manner every key is adjusted to its character on the
weight 35. The spring 30' holds the armis 31 and 31 in the position in which they
are placed.
To enable any one to mechanically justify a line or make any desired length of
I have divided
line, it is necessary to divide the letters or characters into units.
the characters used in my machine into M's, half M's, one quarter M's, one-
eighth M's and one-sixteenth M's; one whole M representing the largest character
requiring the most space; one-sixteenth of an M representing the smallest character
requiring the smallest space used for justifying only. There are therefore five
different sizes of spaces and characters. To use the five different spaces in
justifying there are provided two space keys and a spice-increasing or decreasing
lever h. One space key gives the largest space, the other space key gives a space
of one-sixteenth of an M, and I have provided a space-increasing lever / for every
weight 35.
The operator, for example, starts a line with a full "M" space and then
composes four words, between which he places one of the smallest spaces (one-
sixteenth); the bell rings, and by investigation he finds that the line is not quite
5 full, and to justify it he must place in it one-half M, or eight one-sixteenth spaces.
The word, however, which is next to be composed will not go in the line, nor can
it be divided, therefore the line must be justified by introducing spaces.
The

page_text: compositor or operator will then have to add eight more one-sixteenth spaces, when
the line will be justified. The spaces are added in the following manner: The five
uppermost notches in every weight 35 represent the five different sizes of spaces, as
before stated; the sixteenth space key drops the weight 35 so that it rests on the
space-increasing lever h, thereby giving a sixteenth space. The uppermost notch
of the said space-increasing lever represents a space of one-eighth; the next below
represents a space of one-fourth, while the last notch of the said lever represents
the space of one-half M. To add to the sixteen spaces already in the line to be
justified, the operator pulls out the first two of the space-increasing levers, to drop
the weights 35 to the notch representing the one-quarter space. the two others to a
notch representing one-eighth space, thereby adding eight sixteenth spaces to the
first four, making a total of twelve sixteenth spaces, and the line is justified.
Should the operator discover an error in one of the characters in the line thus
composed and justified, he can change any character individually by pushing or
pulling the rod 34 hinged to the arm 31, and at the same time lowering or lifting
the weight 35 by the small weight on the outer end of the cord 36 at the outside
of the casing.
When a line is thus composed, corrected and justified, the operator reaches with
his left hand for the lever 54, by means of which he causes the plate 44 to move
forward and form all of the perforations at one movement. By pressing down the
levers 42, all the weights 35 are lifted simultaneously to the place of starting. On
the upward movement of the levers 42 the pawl 25 must be disengaged from the
ratchet wheel 24, by lifting the finger piece 28 of the pawl, to allow the screw 20
to move backward. During their upward movement one of the levers 42 will
engage and rock an arm 33" extending from a shaft journaled in the casing and
to which is attached a cross-bar 331 engaging with the rods 33 pivoted to the
arms 31, thereby spreading said arms to their extreme outward position, to hold all
the weights at their starting position. When the levers 42 move down the pawl 25
must be again engaged with the ratchet wheel 24. At the same time the operator
presses down the levers 42, the right foot of the operator presses down the foot
lever 66, thereby returning the slide 14 and index 21 to their original position,
also moving the transmitting strip 55' forward for another line, when the machine
is ready for a repetition of the same operation.
My device is a machine which enables the operator to form any word or any
arrangement of figures or characters, and also enables the operator to produce long
or short lines, and to space, justify or correct errors as may be required, and
should mistakes occur, only the one line of stereotype containing the error, will have
to be thrown out.
When
A strip 551 of paper having been placed in front of the perforated plate 44 in the
machine in the manner described, the key representing the character to be printed
is depressed and the upward projection 23 of the slide 14 is thereby raised, tilting
the arms 31, thus releasing the weight 35, allowing it to drop until a pair of teeth
on the inclined inner edges of the weight are engaged by the arms 31, 31, and on
releasing the key, the rising of the lever 26 causes the pawl 25 to engage the
ratchet 24 and turn the screw 20 so as to move forward the index 21. The
arms 31, 31 as they are brought into position, are held by a spring 302.
the bar 11 is lifted up by any of the keys the T-shaped upright slide 14 and the
pawl 15 are lifted. The pawl 15 being pressed by the spiral spring will engage
a tooth of the rack bar 11 as soon as the pawl is pressed down, and the slide 14 and
pawl 15 will drop again by their own weight. The pawl 15 when pressed down by
the spiral spring will engage the next tooth of the ratchet bar on the left, and will
push the slide 14 one step further to the left. In this manner the slide will be
carried forward step by step whenever a key is depressed. The teeth on the ratchet
bar 16 are of a suitable size to move the slide 14 through the distance required to
carry it from one finger 32 of the rod 31 to the next. The cord 18 fastened to the
eye 17 of the pawl 15 will be drawn forward by the moving of the slide 14 so as to

page_text: ift the foot lever 66. When a line is full, the depression of the foot lever 66 will
ift the pawl 15 and pull back the slide 14, at the same time turning the shaft 63.
by the engagement of the cord 18 with the pulley 19 on the said shaft. This
operation moves the paper strip 55' to the right through a space equivalent to the
length of a line. The slide 14 moves independently of the index 21, as it goes.
forward in the operation of setting, but when the said slide 14 is returned to the
point of starting, it carries with it the index 21, and it may turn the screw 20 in a
reverse direction, or the said screw can be turned by the spiral spring in the
drum 24, as already described.
The key representing the second character to be formed is depressed and the
operation is repeated, and this occurs throughout the entire series, or until a line or
the required portion of a line is represented by the letters showing through the
slot 46 in the face of the machine. When the line is complete, the perforated
plate 44 is carried forward against the punches 47 carried by the weights 35, thus..
After the paper.is
making perforations in the paper which represent a character.
withdrawn from the punches it is moved forward a space representing one line, by
pressure of the foot upon the pedal 66 which revolves the shaft 63, and thereby-
causes the shaft 58 to rotate, thus revolving the rollers 56, 57, which are connected
with the shaft 58, when the operation just described is repeated.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said.inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is,
1. A perforating machine, for perforating a transmitting strip, comprising
casing, a series of notched weights having characters impressed upon their front
edges and provided with punches, means for releasing the notched weights and
arresting them in their downward movement in a position corresponding to the
character to be represented, a perforated plate, and means for bringing the
perforated plate into engagement with the punches after they are arranged in.
positions representing the characters for a line or a part of a line of type,
substantially as specified.
2. In a perforating machine, the combination, with sliding weights provided with.
a V-shaped opening in the lower part and having notches along the sides of the
opening, of arms for engaging the notched edges of the weights, a slide provided
with an upward projection for operating the arms, keys for raising the slide in its
successive positions and thus operating the arms in succession, a ratchet bar, and a..
pawl pivoted to the slide and adapted to move the slide one space for each
movement of a key, as herein specified.
3. In a perforating machine, the combination, with sliding weights, key levers
and arms for engaging the weights of the index, the screw, and pawl and ratchet
mechanism for operating the same, the slide 14, the pawi and ratchet mechanism.
for moving the slide, and a cord and pedal lever for returning the slide and index.
to the point of starting, substantially as specified.
4. In a perforating machine, the combination of a perforated plate, a series of
punches capable of entering the perforations of the plate, vertically movable weights.
carrying the punches, means for moving the weights and punches to bring the
punches into positions to represent letters or characters, means for supporting a.
strip of paper passing between the perforated plate and the punches, and means
for moving forward the strip of paper after the completion of each line, substantially
ae specified.
5. In a perforating machine, the combination with a series of weights carrying-
punches, of a weight-lifting rod, and a lever for operating the same to simultaneously
raise all the weights, substantially as specified.
6. In a perforating machine, the combination with a slotted bar in the casing, a
slide mounted on said slotted bar, a pawl pivoted to the slide, a fixed ratchet bar
5 with which said pawl is adapted to engage, a cord attached to the pawl whereby it.
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page_text: may be released from the ratchet bar to return the slide to its starting point,
the weights, and weight-releasing mechanism operated by said slide, substantially
as specified.
7. In a perforating machine, the combination with the punch-carrying weights,
of cords and handles for lifting the weights separately, substantially as specified.
8. The combination, with the weights carrying the punches, and having the
characters impressed on their front edges, of notched justifying and spacing levers,
one to each weight, substantially as specified.
9. In a perforating machine the combination with the weights carrying the
punches, of notched justifying and spacing levers and means substantially as
described whereby each line may be corrected and justified before the line is
perforated..
10. The combination, with the weight-holding and weight-releasing levers, of
rods for releasing any pair of weight-holding levers independent of the key-
operated mechanisın, and punches carried by the weights, as herein specified.
Dated this 17th day of March 1897.
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
53 Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.