made in such Cards.
Year: 1888

page_text: made in such Cards.
I, WILLIAM HENRY BECK, of 115 Cannon Street, in the City of London, Consulting
Engineer and Patent Agent do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
The improved machine forming the subject of the present invention has for its
object the simultaneous punching of the cards intended to be used in the Jacquard
apparatus of bobbin net and luce looms for example and the printing of the
"barême
or register of the punching operation effected, by the direct utilization of
the design (mise en carte) whatever may be its divisions.
"
The cards pass successively in front of the punches in order to be perforated with
holes which correspond to the first bar, they then pass again in front of the punches
in order to be perforated with holes corresponding to the second bar, and so on up to
the last bar, that is to say the cards pass as many times in front of the punches
there are bars in the Jacquard.
as
The punching and printing apparatus is illustrated in the drawings hereto annexed
in which Figure 1. is a front elevation, Figure 2 is a corresponding side view, Figure 3
is a transverse vertical section taken on line 1-2 of Figure 1, Figure 4 shows in
plan the upper table on which the cards rest, Figures 5 and 6 show in detail the
mode of holding the cards at the moment of punching, Figure 7 is the front elevation
of an arrangement of the design (mise en carte) which may be substituted for that
shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3; and Figures 8 and 9 show detail views.
The frame of the machine is formed of two cast iron side frames a a which carry
a horizontal bed b on which slide the carriages c and d.

page_text: These two carriages move simultaneously and to equal distances. They are connected
to each other by two rods c¹ d¹ united together by a cross piece which moves on
a bar connected at one end to the frame, and supported at the other end by a
bearing or bracket d³. This bar c is grooved on its upper side to receive an iron
or brass strip which is divided lengthwise into equal parts corresponding to the
divisions of the Jacquard.
When all the holes corresponding to a bar are punched, the carriages c and d
are shifted one division of the strip by moving forward the cross-piece d' by
hand, or by other suitable mechanical means; the holes corresponding to the second
bar are then punched like those of the first and so on.
A third carriage e moves on the carriage c transversely thereto. It carries the
drum having holes formed therein in positions suitable for effecting the punching
or perforation of the cards, and a disc g the periphery of which carries in relict
the eighty numbers which print the register (barême) from S, 1, 1, 1, 2, 21, &c.
to 39.
The punches are held in two guides ¹³, one fixed to the carriage c and the
other to the carriage e, small springs e¹ tending to press the said punches constantly
against a general abutment h³.
The carriage d forms a matrix for the punches it is for this purpose perforated with
holes corresponding exactly to the punches h.
The register (barême) that is to say the strip of paper intended for the registration
of the perforation of the cards is stretched over two drums carried in suitable
bearings, those of the upper drum are adjustable vertically on two columns, and
are held in position by two set screws ; in this manner the distance apart of these
drums is regulated to the length of the registering strip of paper.
The design is stretched over a cylinder j furnished with points which serve
to fix it in a definite position or it may be arranged on a table placed in front of
the machine.
On the upper part of the carriage e is fixed a bark on which are arranged two
other bars 2 which slide one on the other with a certain amount of friction supplied
by a small spring. The middle bar carries a toothed rack which gears with
a pinion keyed on the shaft of the drum f, it carries also the bearing of a
spur wheel which gears with a second rack ko. The front face of the spur wheel kª
is furnished with a stud which takes into the groove of a bar I connecting together
two slotted circular sectors which are bolted to the carriage c.
An index L is fixed at any suitable point of the upper slide bar of which it
follows the movements, it bears against a bar 13 connected to the frame of the machine.
In the foot of the index is formed a groove to allow of the backward movement
of the carriage e at the time of punching the cards without moving the index.
To prevent the index from being driven forward by the carriage at its return, the
index fixed to the bar 3 by a small stud which moves in the groove in the
said bar.
When the divisions of the design are equal to the divisions of the printing disc,
the bar is placed horizontally. It will be easily understood that if the index L be
moved either to the right or left it will carry with it, and to the same distance, the
two slide bars k¹ k³. The spur wheel k and its rack are moved at the same time;
the rack actuates the pinion to the angular distance required to bring the drum f
and the printing disc g exactly to the correct point.
If it happens that the divisions of the design are smaller or larger than those of
the printing disc the bar is inclined either to the right or left to a definite
extent, so that during the movement of the index and of the slide bars the stud of
the spur wheel follows an inclined plane, and imparts a rotary movement to the
said spur wheel. This rotary movement of the spur wheel is transmitted to the rack k
and finally results in a greater or less advance of the index, thus compensating for
the inequality of the divisions.
Instead of this arrangement that shown in Figure 7 may be used, in which the
index L is attached to a cord m which, passing over the guide pulleys m² m² m³,

page_text: carries at one end a counterweight m³ and at the other is wound round one of
the steps composing the cone pulley m¹. It is only necessary to calculate the
diameters of the drum m so as to compensate for the inequality of the divisions
whether in excess or in deficiency.
The disc g is in this case traversed by a rod n with a handle n'; this handle is
connected to a lever n² pivoting at n' and engaging at the opposite end in the notches
corresponding with those in the printing disc, formed in the crown or flange of a
plate n
A small spring n constantly tending to press the lever n³ into the notches
in the plate n*.
By pressing on the handle n¹ the spring n is compressed, the lever n² is raised
out of the notches, and the disc g can be turned to the right or left to bring the
index over the required division of the design whenever it is required to print one
of the whole numbers S, 1, 2, 3 - - - - 39, or between any two divisions, when it is
required to print the halves, 1, 2, - 39. The mechanism may be modified
in a variety of ways so as to produce the same results as by a parallel motion for
example or any other suitable arrangement. Whatever may be the construction
adopted the index can only be moved laterally to bring it to any point of the design.
The latter is caused to turn to the required extent at each stroke of the pedal, and the
movement of the registering strip of paper is produced by the same means, as
hereafter described.
The ends of the axis of the design drum j and of the roller carry two ratchet
wheels o o with pawls o os carried by a bent lever of. These two pawls are adjusted
by means of screws o*.
The lever of is fixed on a rod p which slides in a
lever q pivoted at q¹. The lever 7 is actuated by the
weigh-bar having a slide s and keyed on the shaft
A small link t connects the pedals t t the latter
the frame.
guide-way p¹ by the action of a
connecting rod r jointed to a
of the pedal t.
pivoting on the stretcher t³ of
The weigh-bar so also actuates a connecting rod which transmits motion to a shaft ³
by means of the crank. The shaft 2 has a longitudinal groove in which a tenon of
the carriage e moves, this tenon effects the forward and backward movements of the
carriage.
The drum has holes formed in its periphery generally placed in eight horizontal
rows corresponding to the punches.
D
Starting from the first row and always commencing on the same vertical line the
the following divisions are found. In the first row a hole alternates with a plane part,
in the second, two holes alternate with two plane parts. In the third row four holes
alternate with four plane parts, in the fourth row eight holes alternate with eight plane
parts. In the fifth row there are sixteen consecutive plane parts and sixty four con-
secutive holes. In the sixth row are thirty two plane parts and forty-eight holes. In
the seventh row forty-eight plane parts and thirty two holes, and in the eighth row
sixty four plane parts and sixteen holes. The vertical line to which all these divisions
refer is called the stop and is marked S.
These divisions correspond exactly to the eighty divisions of the printing disc g.
On each of these divisions of the printing disc is engraved one of the eighty numbers S, ₺,
1, 1, 2, 2, 39, 39.
Any suitable inking arrangement may be used to ink the printing type on the
printing disc g; but, I prefer an inking apparatus formed of two rollers of different
diameters (see Figure 7) the largest of which is placed directly in the ink, and the
small one in contact with the larger the smaller furnishing the ink to the printing type.
The cards C are arranged on two parallel tables T T placed one below the other, and
arranged so that they may be lengthened at pleasure, according to the number of
cards, by means of double slides (Figures 1 and 4). For this purpose the tables have
dovetailed groovest in which move a first slide t¹ which is also grooved to receive a
second slide t* fixed on a cross piece t³. Two small studs placed one on the table and
the other below the second slide enter a longitudinal opening in the first slide to limit
their separation. Cross pieces t' are connected to the cross piece ts by distance pieces

page_text: placed at their ends so as to leave between them space sufficient to allow of the passage
of vertical blades ss which guide the cards. The two outside blades shave
flanges &³
one part of their length to prevent displacement of the cards in the direc-
tion of their length. These blades are connected to shafts u u¹ by adjustable
sockets u³.
The shaft u is fixed to the ends of two uprights us u whilst the shaft u' which has
to follow the variations in length of the tables is moveable on two slides carried by the
uprights u³ us.
These four uprights are connected by pin joints to two weigh bars 01. The
angular movements of these weigh-bars, which are pivotted at v, are limited by adjusting
screws v³.
Eccentrics or crank plates we are mounted on the axes of the weigh-bars vv, and
are connected by crank pins w¹ to the weigh bars s by means of links, so that the
up and down movements of the blades s s' is effected by the pedals.
Between the two tables, and along the blades, five cards, which are superposed in the
working of the machine are retained in their descent by the catches of sinall springs w³
fixed to the blades. The cards are guided lengthwise by the rods a (which may
be lengthened or shortened at pleasure) placed at certain points on the cross
pieces t³ t*.
It will now be understood that with the notches formed at top and bottom of the
blades, those in front lower a card while those behind raise one; when they reach
the height of their respective tables these cards are pushed by a kind of pump piston y
until they have passed beyond the catches y'. These catches are connected for the
lower table to brackets y mounted in slides in the bed b. If the number of cards is
not sufficient to cover the closed tables, catches y are employed adjustable on blade
springs y fixed at suitable points. For the upper table there is only one kind of
catchy connected to springs y and placed on rods connected at right angles to
uprights y secured to the upper cross pieces t. These catches are raised at the
passage of the pumps y and fall again immediately to hold the cards after the pumps y
return.
These pumps y are mounted adjustably on the bars z¹ fixed to slides p¹ p³ actuated
by levers q operated by the connecting rods r which receive motion from the pedals.
A plate to connected to the cross pieces t³ guides the hinder cards in their upward
movement. According to the width of the cards, the height of this plate is varied by
means of a lengthening piece to. Four guides t support this plate and the cross
piecos tt. The punchings resulting from the perforation of the cards fall into a
cavity of the bed b from whence they may be drawn out at one end of the machine by
means of the rake z.
-
The cards are held during the punching or perforating operation by pins 2º secured
in the ends of bent arms z pivotting at under the pressure of the pushers; one
end of each of these pushers 23 takes into the groove of the shaft which causes the
said pushers to advance at the same time as the drum f The pushers are
mounted on carriages z arranged on the bed and are held there by set screws.
Springs constantly tend to disengage the pins 20 from the cards. The stroke
of the pedals is limited by two arins which come to bear against adjustable
stops wo².
The action of the apparatus is as follows:-
The index is placed at the required division of the design after all parts of the
machine have been properly adjusted. Each pedal is then actuated alternately; the
second card of the series of five cards placed between the two tables is perforated;
it is then lowered by the apparatus above described, and replaced by the first which
follows it immediately. The register strip is printed at the same time and then
raised one notch. The design is also at the same time turned one division. When
the holes corresponding to the first bar of the Jacquard are perforated in all the
cards the punch carriage and its matrix is moved forward to the required distance,
the perforation of the holes corresponding to the second bar is then effected like
those o. the first and so on to the last.

page_text: Improved Apparatus for Perforating Jacquard Cards and for
Printing a Register of the Numbers and Positions of the Holes
made in such Cards.
I, WILLIAM HENRY BECK, of 115 Cannon Street, in the City of London,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent, 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 four sheets of Drawings and to the letters and figures marked
thereon, that is to say :-
The improved machine forming the subject of the present invention has for its
object the simultaneous punching of the cards intended to be used in the Jacquard
apparatus of bobbin net and lace looms for example, and the printing of the
"Bareme or register of the punching operation effected, by the direct utilization of
the design (mise en carte) whatever may be its divisions.
"
The cards pass successively in front of the punches in order to be perforated with
holes which correspond to the first bar, they then pass again in front of the punches
in order to be perforated with holes corresponding to the second bar, and so on up to
the last bar, that is to say the cards pass as many times in front of the punches as
there are bars in the Jacquard.
The punching and printing apparatus is illustrated in the drawings hereto annexed
in which Figure 1 is a front elevation, Figure 2 is a corresponding side view,
Figure 3 is a transverse vertical section taken on line 1-2 of Figure 1, Figures 24
and 3 are respectively copies of the upper parts of Figures 1 and 2 drawn to a
larger scale for the sake of clearness, Figure 4 shows in plan the upper table on which
the cards rest, Figures 5 and 6 show in detail the mode of holding the cards at the
moment of punching, Figure 7 is the front elevation of an arrangement of the design
(mise en carte) which may be substituted for that shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3, and
Figures 8 and 9 show detail views.
The frame of the machine is formed of two cast iron side frames a a¹ which carry
a horizontal hed b on which slide the carriages c and d.
These two carriages move simultaneously and to equal distances. They are con-
nected to each other by two rods c¹ d' united together by a cross piece & which
moves on a bar c³ connected at one end to the frame, and supported at the other
end by a bearing or bracket d³. This bar e³ is grooved on its upper side to receive an
iron or brass strip which is divided lengthwise into equal parts corresponding to
the divisions of the Jacquard.
When all the holes corresponding to a bar are punched, the carriages c and d are
shifted one division of the strip c³ by moving forward the cross-piece d' by hand, or
by other suitable mechanical means; the holes corresponding to the second bar are
then punched like those of the first and so on.

page_text: By pressing down the right hand pedal the shaft is rotated which causes the
advance of the punching drum f, the pumps y and the pins 2, the latter holding
the cards in place. This movement of the pedal also causes the design to turn.
Pressing down the left hand pedal brings back these parts to their normal positions,
effects the lowering of the front cards and the raising of the hinder ones, it also
effects the rotation of the lower roller of the register. The design may be placed
horizontally on a table if preferred and be operated by hand, and in that case the
index has to be shaped accordingly.

page_text: A third carriage e moves on the carriage e transversely thereto. It carries the
drum having holes formed therein in positions suitable for effecting the punching
or perforation of the cards, and a disc g the periphery of which carries in relief the
eighty numbers which print the register from S, 1, 1, 11, 2, 2 &c. to 39.
The punches are held in two guides 'h, one fixed to the carriage c and the
other to the carriage e, small springs e¹ tending to press the said punches constantly
against a general abutment 3.
The carriage d forms a matrix for the punches; it is for this purpose perforated
with holes corresponding exactly to the punches h.
The register, that is to say the strip of paper i intended for the registration of
the perforation of the cards, is stretched over two drums carried in suitable
bearings, those of the upper drum are adjustable vertically on two columns, and
are held in position by two set screws ; in this manner the distance apart of these
drums is regulated to the length of the registering strip of paper.
The design is stretched over a cylinder furnished with points j¹ which serve to fix
it in a definite position, or it may be arranged on a table placed in front of the
machine.
On the upper part of the carriage e is fixed a bark on which are arranged two
other barski k2 which slide one on the other with a certain amount of friction
supplied by a small spring. The middle bar ¹ carries a toothed rack ³ which gears
with a pinion keyed on the shaft of the drum f; it carries also the bearing of
a spur wheel which gears with a second rack 4. The front face of the spur
wheel is furnished with a stud which takes into the groove of a bar connecting
together two slotted circular sectors which are bolted to the carriage c.
An index L is fixed at any suitable point of the upper slide bar of which it
follows the movements; it bears against a bar 13 connected to the frame of the
machine. In the foot of the, index is formed a groove to allow of the backward
movement of the carriage e, at the time of punching the cards, without moving
the index.
To prevent the index from being driven forward by the carriage at its return, the
index is fixed to the bar by a small stud which moves in the groove 1 in the
said bar.
When the divisions of the design are equal to the divisions of the printing disc,
the bar is placed horizontally. It will be easily understood that if the index L be
moved either to the right or left it will carry with it, and to the same distance, the
two slide bars. The spur wheel and its rack are moved at the same time;
the rack actuates the pinion to the angular distance required to bring the drum f.
and the printing disc g exactly to the correct point.
If it happens that the divisions of the design are smaller or larger than those of
the printing disc the bar is inclined either to the right or left to a definite extent, so
that during the movement of the index and of the slide bars the stud of the spur
wheel follows an inclined plane, and imparts a rotary movement to the said spur
wheel. This rotary movement of the spur wheel is transmitted to the rack ** and
finally results in a greater or less advance of the index, thus compensating for the
inequality of the divisions.
Instead of this arrangement that shown in Figure 7 may be used, in which the
index L is attached to a cord m which, passing over the guide pulleys m¹ m³ m³,
carries at one end a counterweight m' and at the other is wound round one of the
steps composing the cone pulley m². It is only necessary to calculate the diameters
of the drum m so as to compensate for the inequality of the divisions whether in
excess or in deficiency.
The disc gis in. this case traversed by a stem or pin having a handle n¹; this
handle is connected to a lever n² pivotting at n³ and engaging at the opposite end in
the notches, corresponding with those in the printing disc, formed in the crown or
flange of a plate nt, a small spring constantly tending to press the lever n² into the
notches in the plate n*.

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By pressing on the handle n¹ the spring n³ is compressed, the lever n² is raised out
of the notches, and the disc g can be turned to the right or left to bring the index
over the required division of the design whenever it is required to print one of the
whole numbers S, 1, 2, 3 39 or between any two divisions when it is required
to print the halves, 1, 2----39. The mechanism may be modified in a
variety of ways so as to produce the same results as by a parallel motion for example
or any other suitable arrangement. Whatever may be the construction adopted, the
index can only be moved laterally to bring it to any point of the design. The latter
is caused to turn to the required extent at each stroke of the pedal, and the move-
ment of the registering strip of paper is produced by the following means:-
:-The
ends of the axis of the design drumj and of the roller ¹ carry two ratchet wheels o o¹
with pawls of o³ carried by a bent lever o. These two pawls are adjusted by means
of screws o*.
The lever o is fixed on a rod p which slides in a guide-way p¹ by the action of a
lever q pivotted at g'. The lever q is actuated by the connecting rod jointed to a
weigh-bars having a slides and keyed on the shafts of the pedal t.
A small link t² connects the pedals t t¹ the latter of which pivots on the stretcher t³
of the frame.
The weigh-bar so also actuates a connecting rod r which transmits motion to a
shaft by means of the crank 3. The shaft has a longitudinal groove in which
a tenon of the carriage e moves; this tenon is acted on by the sides of the said
groove as the shaft is partially rotated backwards or forwards, and effects the
forward and backward movements of the carriage e.
The drum has holes formed in its periphery generally placed in eight horizontal
rows corresponding to the punches.
Starting from the first row, and always commencing on the same vertical line, the
following divisions are found. In the first row a hole alternates with a plane part,
in the second two holes alternate with two plane parts. In the third row four holes
alternate with four plane parts, in the fourth row eight holes alternate with eight plane
parts. In the fifth row there are sixteen consecutive plane parts and sixty four con-
secutive holes. In the sixth row are thirty-two plane parts and forty-eight holes.
In the seventh row forty-eight plane parts and thirty-two holes and in the eighth
row sixty four plane parts and sixteen holes. The vertical line to which all these
divisions refer is called the stop and is marked S.
These divisions correspond exactly to the eighty divisions of the printing disc g. On
each of these divisions of the printing disc is engraved one of the eighty
numbers St, 1, 1, 2, 2
39, 391.
Any suitable inking arrangement may be used to ink the printing type on the
printing disc g; but, I prefer an inking apparatus formed of two rollers of different
diameters (see Figure 7) the largest of which is placed directly in the ink, and the
small one in contact with the larger, the smaller furnishing the ink to the printing
type.
The cards C are arranged on two parallel tables T T placed one below the other,
and arranged so that they may be lengthened at pleasure, according to the number of
cards, by means of double slides (Figures 1 and 4). For this purpose the tables have
dovetailed grooves t in which moves a first slide t¹ which is also grooved to receive a
second slide t² fixed on a cross piece t³. Two small studs placed one on the table, and
the other below the second slide, enter a longitudinal opening in the first slide to limit
their separation. Cross pieces t₁ are connected to the cross piece t³ by distance pieces
placed at their ends so as to leave between them space sufficient to allow of the
passage of vertical blades sss which guide the cards. The two outside blades 8 8³
have Hanges at one part of their length to prevent displacement of the cards length-
wise. These blades are connected to shafts u u' by adjustable sockets u³.
t3
The shaft u is fixed to the ends of two uprights u³ u whilst the shaft u', which has
to follow the variations in length of the tables, is moveable on two slides carried by the
uprights uº uº.

page_text: These four uprights are connected by pin joints to two weigh-bars. The
angular movements of these weigh-bars, which are pivotted at ³, are limited by
adjusting screws &³.
Eccentrics or crank plates w are mounted on the axes of the weigh-bars v', and
5 are connected by crank pins w¹ to the weigh-bars & by means of links so that the
up and down movements of the blades sis effected by the pedals.
Between the two tables, and along the blades, five cards, which are superposed in
the working of the machine, are retained in their descent by the catches of small
springs w fixed to the blades. The cards are guided lengthwise by the rods (which
may be lengthened or shortened at pleasure) placed at certain points on the cross
pieces t' t
It will now be understood that with the notches formed at top and bottom of the
blades those in front lower a card while those behind raise one; when they reach
the height of their respective tables these cards are pushed by a kind of pump. piston y
until they have passed beyond the catches y¹. These catches are connected for
the lower table to brackets y mounted in slides in the bed b. If the number of
cards is not sufficient to cover the closed tables, catches y are employed adjustable
on blade springs y fixed at suitable points. For the upper table there is only one
kind of catchy connected to springs y and placed on rods connected at right
angles to uprights y secured to the upper cross pieces t. These catches are raised
at the passage of the pumps y and fall again immediately to hold the cards after
the pumps y return.
These pumps y are mounted adjustably on the bars 2 2¹ fixed to slides p¹ p' actuated
by levers g operated by the connecting rods r which receive motion from the pedals.
A plate to connected to the cross pieces 3 guides the hinder cards in their upward
movement. The height of this plate is varied according to the width of the cards
by means of a lengthening piece to. Four guides t' support this plate and the cross
pieces tt. The punchings resulting from the perforation of the cards fall into a
cavity of the bed 6 from whence they may be drawn out at one end of the machine
by means of the rake z.
The cards are held, during the punching or perforating operation, by pins 2º secured
in the ends of bent arms z pivotting at under the pressure of the pushers 2; one
end of each of these pushers 2* takes into the groove of the shaft which causes the
said pushers to advance at the same time as the drum f. The pushers 23 are mounted
on carriages 2 arranged on the bed 6 and are held there by set screws. Springs z
constantly tend to disengage the pins 20 from the cards.
The stroke of the pedals is limited by two arms w° which come to bear against
adjustable stops w¹ w³.
The action of the apparatus is as follows:-
The index is placed at the required division of the design after all parts of the
machine have been properly adjusted. Each pedal is then actuated alternately; the
second card of the series of five cards placed between the two tables is perforated; it
is then lowered by the apparatus above described, and replaced by the first which
follows it immediately. The register strip is printed at the same time and then
raised one notch. The design is also at the same time turned one division. When
the holes, corresponding to the first bar of the Jacquard, are perforated in all the cards,
the punch carriage and its matrix is. moved forward to the required distance; the
perforation of the holes corresponding to the second bar is then effected like those of
the first and so on to the last.
:
By pressing down the right hand pedal, the shaft is rotated which causes the
advance of the punching drum f, the pumps y and the pins the latter holding the
cards in place. This movement of the pedal also causes the design to turn. Pressing
down the left hand pedal brings back these parts to their normal positions, effects the
lowering of the front cards and the raising of the hinder ones; it also effects the
rotation of the lower roller of the register. The design may be placed horizontally on
table if preferred and be operated by hand, and in that case the index has to be
haped accordingly.

page_text: Figures 10 and 11 shew respectively a vertical section and a front elevation of a
modified arrangement of the punch actuating device. In the arrangement shown in
Figures 2 and 3 the punch actuating device consists of a drum the periphery of
which acts on the punches and the axis of which is vertical. In the arrangement
shown in Figures 10 and 11 the punch actuating device is mounted on a horizontal
axis of the carriage e, and is formed of a hemisphere the base of which is perforated
with holes arranged in the same order as the holes in the drum f of figures 2 and 3.
This perforated base is preferably formed of a disc or two half discs ffscrewed or
otherwise secured to the hemispherical body f, and it will be understood that the
punches are pushed forward by the plane parts of the disc fƒ³ as explained in
reference to the said drum f Figures 2 and 3.
On the axis fis fixed the toothed pinion j' which is operated by the rack k³ as
before explained in reference to Figures 2 and 3.
The punch actuating device may be furnished with projections and recesses if
preferred, instead of being perforated with holes, the projections serving the same
purpose as the plane parts and the recesses the same purpose as the holes in the punch
actuating devices hereinbefore described.
Figure 12 shows that the disc g of the punch actuating device may be actuated by
a pentagraph P P' which is connected at one end to the rack which moves the
pinion on the axis of the plate or drum fand is moved at the other end by hand so
as to follow the lines of the pattern x. Movement of the index P in a transverse
direction does not alter the position of the drum or disc g or of the punch actuating
device but any longitudinal motion to the right or left moves the rack and con-
sequently the said drum or disc and punch actuating device.
The disc g is engraved on its edge with the combination figures S, 1, 1, 1, 2 and
so on to 39, 39; it is furnished with printing type corresponding to these
numbers, which type print on the register, the inking being effected by any suitable
means.
This arrangement enables the pattern to be placed vertically, horizontally or in an
inclined position.
Instead of the punch actuating devices being made cylindrical or of disc shape and
rotary as above described, it is obvious that flat plates or strips forming developements
of the rotary devices may be employed, having intermittent rectilinear movements
imparted thereto instead of rotary movements. The printing type for printing the
register would, in this case, be also mounted on a straight edge, those not required to
print being masked, whilst those that correspond to the holes perforated in the card
would be free to print on the register.
Figures 13 and 14 show a modified arrangement of the mechanism for moving the
punch actuating device. An intermediate shaft A revolves continuously and gives
motion to an eccentric E. The eccentric rod E¹ passes freely through a crank arm M
but can be connected with the said crank arm by pressing on a pedal provided for that
purpose, which causes a pin M' carried by the crank arm M to enter a hole or slot
in the excentric rod E¹. The crank arm M would be connected by a connecting rod
to the crank arm (see Figures 1, 2 and 3) which moves the carriage e carrying
the punch actuating device.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
First The improved apparatus for perforating jacquard cards, and for printing
simultaneously a register of the numbers and positions of the holes made in such
cards, constructed and operating substantially as hereinbefore described, and illustrated
in the Drawings hereto annexed.
Second-The mechanism for setting the drum or disc for actuating the punches
and the disc for printing the register into the required positions by means of an index
or pointer which follows the outline of the design, as hereinbefore described and
illustrated in the Drawings hereto annexed.

page_text: Third The mechanism for securing that the movement of the register printing
disc and of the punch actuating device shall bear the same proportion to the movement
of the pointer or index moving over the design that the length of the divisions of the
register printing disc and punch actuating device bears to the length of the divisions
of the design, substantially as hereinbofore described, and illustrated in Figures 1, 2, 3
and 7 of the Drawings hereto annexed.
Fourth-The mechanism for presenting the cards separately and successively to the
punches without their being laced together, as hereinbefore described, and illustrated
in Figures 1, 2, 3, 4 and 9 of the Drawings hereto annexed.
Fifth The mechanism for feeding forward the register and the design consisting
of slides furnished with pawls acting on the teeth of ratchet wheels in such manner
that the design is actuated by the forward movement of the slides, and the register
by the backward movement thereof or vice versa, as hereinbefore described, and illus-
trated in Figures.1, 2 and 3 of the Drawings hereto annexed.
Sixth-The device for actuating the punches consisting of a plate or disc perforated
with holes or furnished with projections and recesses and mounted on a horizontal
axis as hereinbefore described, and illustrated in Figures 10 and 11 of the Drawings
hereto annexed.
Seventh-The application and use of the pentagraph for the purpose of effecting
the movement and adjustment of the device for actuating the punches in relation to
the pattern substantially as hereinbefore described, and illustrated in Figure 12 of the
Drawings hereto annexed.
Eighth The device for actuating the punches consisting of a plate or strip per-
forated with holes or furnished with projections and recesses, and having intermittent
rectilinear movements imparted thereto instead of circular movements, and, when the
printing of a register is required to be effected simultaneously with the perforation of
the cards, the combination with such plate or strip of a corresponding plate or strip
furnished with printing type, and having similar intermittent rectilinear movements
imparted thereto, as hereinbefore described.
Ninth The several arrangements of mechanism for effecting the movement
mechanically of the punch actuating device as hereinbefore described, and illustrated
in Figures 10, 13 and 14 of the Drawings hereto annexed.
Dated this 7th day of January 1889.
W. H. BECK,
115, Cannon Street, London,
Applicant.