Improvements in Embossing Presses.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Apr., 1898-Accepted, 23rd May, 1998
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Embossing Presses.
Wo CHARLES TAYLOR PACKER residing at 684 Brooklyn Street in the City
and County of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania, United States of America,
Machinist and GEORGE WILLIAM SWIFT Junior residing at 117 North Eleventh
Street in the City and County of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, United
States of America, Manufacturer 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 :-
Our invention relates to embossing presses in general, and particularly to
such presses as are employed by stationers in embossing cards, letter heads, and
envelopes.
Presses of the character to which our invention relates embody certain
fundamental elements, uamely:-a movable table or bed upon which one member
of the die proper is superimposed, a reciprocating plunger which carries the other
member of the die proper, and the reciprocation of which in consonance with the
predeterinined correspondent movement of the bed occasions the registry of the
said members of the die and their embrace between them, and the compression, of
the fabric to be embossed,-a mechanism for applying ink to the member of the
die carried by the hed, and a mechanism for wiping the face of snid inked member
of the die clean of surplus ink.
In combination with the foregoing fundamental instrumentalities, various
operating devices adapted to impart the desired movements at the times desired
and in the desired relation to the said instrumentalities, have been employed.
The machine which we have invented comprehends a combination or assemblage
of co-operating instrumentalitics, which, broadly considered, is not novel as a
general combination, but embedies various improvements in the construction of
the elements themselves and in their mode of application and operation, and various
novel sub-combinations of particular elements, all as herein described.
A machine embodying a good form of our improvements is represented in tho
accompanying drawings and hereinafter described, the particular subject-matter
claimed as novel being hereinafter definitely specified.
In the drawings,
Figure 1 is a view in perspective of the entire machine.
Figure 2 is a side view of the framework of the machine, with all the moving
parts removed.
Figures 3 and 4 are side elevational detailed views of the die-carrying bed and
standard, the cam-ways for the link guide shaft, and of the mechanism for
Occasioning the oscillation of the bed and standard,-the parts in Figure 3 being
represented in their first position, aud in Figure 4 in their second position.
Figure 5 is a fragmentary, perspective, detail, partly in section, illustrative of
the application of the locking bolt to the standard of the bed.
Figure 6 is a fragmentary end elevational detail of the wiping plate and the
device upon which it is mounted.
Figures 7 and 8 are side elevational detail views of the bed-carrying standard,
of the device for occasioning the movement of the wiping plate relatively to the
die upon said bed,-in Figure 7 the parts being shown in the position which they
occupy before action, and in Figure 8 after action.
Figure 9 is a front elevational view of the bed-carrying standard and bed, a
portion of the framework, and the link guide shaft being also shown.

page_text: Figure 10 18 a side elevational view of the bed-carrying standard and bed and of
the ink-applying mechanism, and the means for operating the same.
Figure 11 is a similar view of the frame which carries the ink-applying roller;
and Figure 12 a fragmentary perspective view from a rear of a portion of the
framework of the machine of the ink reservoir and of the ink-applying roller, and
the means for mounting the same.
Figure 13 is a side elevational view illustrative of the device for carrying and
feeding a strip of wiping fabric with respect to the wiping plate.
Figure 14 is a side elevational detail of the combination drum.
Figure 15 is a longitudinal, vortical, sectional, elevation through said
drum, a portion of the framework, and the guard ratchet for preventing
backward rotation.
Figure 16 is a transverse sectional elevation through the wiping plate
illustrating a convenient means for applying a felt cover to it.
Figure 17 is a front elevational detail of the oscillatory table or bed, showing
the ink-applying roller, its journal, and the lifting disks upou said journal,-the
view also representing the rolls applied to the bed for co-operation with
the lifting disks, and the means for adjustably securing said rolls to said bed.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.
A is the framework of the machine, conveniently, although not necessarily, of the
form and general construction represented in Figures 1 and 2.
The press as an entirety is of the vertical type, that is to say, it is of greater height
than breadth or depth. In its lower portion the oscillatory table, the mechanism
for operating it, and the mechanism for operating the wiper, are disposed. In its
upper portion are assembled the plunger and the mechanism for operating it, the
driving mechanism of the machine as a whole, the wiper-plate proper, the ink-
applying mechanism, the devices for carrying and feeding the wiping strip, aud
various minor appliances connected with the foregoing devices.
The ink reservoir is supported at the rear of the framework approximately
midway of the height of the same.
a a, Figure 1, are brackets applied to the front portion of the framework for
supporting an operative's table,-not shown,-to which the usual gauges for
securing the proper presentation of the paper or other fabric to be embossed, are
applied.
A is the driving shaft, transversely disposed in the rear upper portion of the
machine in suitable boxings a¹.
Upon the right hand extremity, having regard to Figure 1,-of this shaft, is
mounted a driving pulley B indicated in dotted lines in Figure 2, and upon the left
hand extremity is applied a driving pinion b engaged with a driving spur or toothed
crank wheel mounted upon the left hand extremity of a crank shaft A' trans
versely disposed in suitablo boxings a' in the central upper portion of the machine.
Upon this crank-shaft A' are the usual cams,-which we have not deemed it
necessary to illustrate, which operate the toggle joint C, Figure 1, which
occasions the vertical reciprocation of the plunger C* which carries the stamp or
upper die c*, and which is housed for vertical movement in an appropriate bearing c
in the framework.
Obviously, the rotation derived from the driving shaft and driving pinion, will,
through the spur crank wheel, occasion such requisite rotation of the crank shaft
as, through the toggle-cams in the usual manner, to occasion the vertical reciprocation
of the plunger.
Further description of this portion of the machine, which is not novel with us is
unnecessary.
D is the oscillatory table or bed which carries the lower die d. This bed is
supported upon a standard d* of any preferred form, such, for instance, as is repre-
sented in Figures 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, and 9, and which is journalled for oscillatory move-
ment upon an axis, which we term the die axis d', in the base of the front portion
of the framework.

page_text: By virtue of this mounting, the die-carrying table can be oscillated from the
position shown in Figures 1, 3, and 10, into that represented in Figures 4, 8 and 9.
Many means for occasioning the oscillatory movement of the standard and table
may be resorted to. We find it convenient to employ the following devices:
É is a pitman, at its upper extremity boxed upon a crank pin b' on the spur-
crank wheel B, and at its lower extremity pivotally connected with a crank on
a rock shaft A' transversely disposed in suitable boxings a' in the base of the
framework.
is a rocker arm mounted upon said rock shaft A preferably midway of its
length, the upper or free extremity of which is equipped with a transversely-
extending link pin with which a notch e of a cast-off link Ex is adapted to be
engaged.
The cast-off link at its rear extremity is pivotally connected with what we term
the bed rocker B*, the same being a rocker arm at its lower extremity mounted
for oscillatory movement upon a rocker shaft A' trausversely disposed in suitable
boxings a in the basal portion of the framework.
At its forward extremity the cast-off link is formed as a handle ex adapted to
effect disengagement between the notch e of said link and the link pin b', and,
when disengaged, to be temporarily retained out of engagement by the handle
catch applied to the standard d* of the bed, as shown in Figure 9.
Obviously, the throw of the pitman E in the revolution of the spur crank
wheel B', will, through the crauk 6, rock shaft A', rocker arm b³, and cast-off
link Ex, occasion the vibratory movement of the bed rocker B* relatively to its
shaft A', with the result that the upper extremity of said rocker bed will traverse
an arc-shaped path forward and backward of the machine.
The throw of this bed rocker is utilized to occasion the oscillatory movement
of the bed and its standard, through the intervention of the double link
device E¹ E³.
The rear member E' of the said double link is pivotally connected at the rear
with the upper end of the bed rocker B*, and at the front is swivelled or pivoted
upon a transversely extending shaft which we term the link guide shaft e³,
Figures 3, 4, and 9, upon which shaft the rear end of the front member E' of the
double link is also pivoted to take on any such throw as the movement of said
bed rocker B may impart.
At its outer or front extremity the front member E of the double link is keyed
upon what we term a holt shaft e, transversely extending to the rear of the
standard of the bed through bolt shaft boxings e applied to said standard.
The link guide shaft is, as to its extremities, conveniently provided with anti-
friction rolls, Figures 3, 4, and 9, which are adapted to travel within cam slots d
formed in cam ways D' applied to the respective opposite inner side frames of the
framework upon each side of the bed standard.
As will be apparent from an inspection of Figures 2, 3, and 4, these cam slots
are as to the rear portion of their length straight, but as to their forward portion
form a sigmoid curve the radius of the front portion of which is equal to the
distance between the centers of the link guide shaft e and bolt shaft e
Assuming the normal position of the parts to be that represented in Figure 3,-
the forward throw of the bed rocker,-the double link members being for the time
being straightened into line,-will occasion the forward throw of the bed aud
standard into the position represented in Figure 4,-and the curved portion of the
cam sluts of the cam way at the completion of the throw of the rocker arm, will
occasion the deflection of said link members into the position represented in
Figure 4, a deflection which will be accompanied by a given rotary movement of
the bolt shaft and which will permit of the dwell of the bed during the period
of the descent of the plunger.
The foregoing mechanism, apart from its combination with the oscillatory bed
is not the subject of any claim herein.
In order to lock the bed and standard in the position represented in Figures 4,8

page_text: and 9, to occasion the accurate registry of the die with the stamp of the plunger,
'we have devised a positively operating lock of the following description:-
is the segment of a helix, or what we term a helical feather, keyed upon the
bolt shaft e, as shown in Figures 3, 4, 5, and 9,-which, in the application of the
bolt shaft to its boxings et in the standard of the bed, is entered between two lugs
preferably formed as rollers d mounted upon a transversely disposed sliding bolt d
housed in suitable slide bearings with respect to the standard, and adapted when
moved in the direction of the arrow represented in Figure 5 to enter a bolt
keeper, Figure 5, formed in a portion of the framework of the machine.
The rotation of the bolt shaft e, which takes place upon the deflection of the
front member E of the double link into the position represented in Figure 4,
occasions through the helical feather the shooting of the bolt, and the re-rotation
of said bolt shaft, occasioning the reverse movement of the feather, occasions the
retraction of the bolt.
As is obvious, the foregoing lock acts positively at the proper moment to lock
the bed and die in their vertical position, and to subsequently unlock them and
free them for their return movement.
F, Figures 10 and 12, is an ink reservoir of any preferred construction,
supported upon a frame adjustably applied to a transverse ledge all forming a
part of the framework.
The reservoir frame is conveniently vertically adjustable by means of tho
adjusting screws f*, Figure 12.
Transversely disposed with relation to the reservoir is an ink-supplying roller ƒ³,
adapted to run idly with a portion of its surface submerged within the ink.
The ink-applying mechanism which takes the ink from the ink roller of the
reservoir and supplies it to the sunken or intaglio portions of the die, consists,
essentially, of a cylindriform iuk-applying roller or brush mounted in an
oscillatory inking frame F*, Figures 10, 11 and 12.
This inking frame is conveniently composed of a yoke or head to which the
letter F is directly applied, and of an extension for carrying arm adapted to
fit within a depending socket G mounted upon a rock shaft A, which we term the
socket shaft, transversely disposed in the framework in suitable boxings a'. The
extension is conveniently retained within said socket, that is to say, prevented
from falling out of it, by a retaining screw g applied to said socket as shown in
Figures 10, 11, and 12, and relatively to which said extension or carrying arm may
move upwardly against the depressing thrust of a spring g' contained within said
socket, under the control of an apertured lug f' through which the head portion
of the retaining screw g passes.
Obriously, the oscillation of the socket rock shaft A will occasion the oscillation
of the inking frame and the consequent throw of the ink-applying roller either over
and in contact with the ink-supplying roller, or over and in contact with the die
upon the bed in the throw of the latter with its standard.
The desired oscillation of the said socket shaft A may be performed by many
devices. We find it convenient to perform it by the devices shown in Figures 10
and 12, and which consist of a rocker on the socket shaft A, and the rocker
pitmau g, which at its lower end is pivotally connected to said rocker, and at its
upper end is bifurcated to form a yoke 9 which straddles the crank shaft A', and
the fork bead of which yoke is provided with a cam roller g' adapted to a cam way
race formed in a cam g', Figure 10, applied to said crank shaft.
The oscillatory inking-frame Fx is itself provided with a pivotally-applied roller-
carrying frame composite of two side plates H H, pivoted by the pivots to said
connecting frame and connected together by frame-bars h*, and between which, is
housed the journal ft of the ink-applying roller f.
Upon cach edge of the journal are inounted two fixed disks, which we call the
lifting disks, because, by their encounter with the pairs of rolls d fixed upon
the sides of the oscillatory bed, they serve to effect the lifting of the entire inking-
frame and its iuk-applying roller f against the normal resistance of the

page_text: depressing spring g',-and so serve to occasion the clearance of the ink-applying
roller with respect to the edges of the die, with the result that the deposit of ink to
the front and rear of the die is prevented.
As will be understood from Figures 10 and 17, the rolls are mounted in
corresponding pairs respectively a little beyond the front and rear edges of the die,
and they therefore serve to effect the lifting of the iok-applying roller at the
instant when it arrives at the front edge of the die and at the instant when it leaves
the rear edge of the die,-permitting the travel of the roller only across that portion
of the face of the die which contains the engraved design.
Many means of applying the rolls to the bed may be resorted to. We find it
convenient in order to adapt the rolls for adjustment for use with dies of different
breadths to resort to the following devices :-
dare bolts the heads of which are adapted to be entered within longitudinally-
extending rabbets d', or sunken ways, formed in the sides of the table or bed.
The outwardly projecting threaded extremities of these bolts are provided with
thumb outs d, which serve, when tightened, to clamp against the sides of the
table hollow bushings or journals d mounted upon the shanks of the bolts, and
upon which are in turn mounted the rolls d' which revolve upon eaid bushings and
are prevented from moving outwardly against the thumb nuts by the interposition of
washers also mounted on the bolts.
Obviously, as the rabbets extend the lengths of the sides of the bed, by loosening
the thumb nuts and moving the bolts longitudinally, the rolls can be sot by pairs at
the opposite edges of dies of different widths.
In parallelism with and above said journal f' is a gear shaft f also journalled in
the side plates H H of said roller carrying frame.
One extremity of this gear shaft is equipped with a toothed pinion which
meshes with a counterpart toothed piuiou in a corresponding extremity of the
journal of the ink-supply roller.
The other extremity of said gear shaft is equipped with a pulley f³, over
which runs a belt from a driving pulley 10 mounted to run idly on the socket
shaft A', and which idle pulley is driven by a driving belt which receives its
own positive motion from a motor pulley f" on the driving shaft A' of the
machine.
is an idle pulley, fixedly secured to the framework as shown in Figures 10
and 12, which we term the belt-tightening pulley, because its function is to
intermittently tighten the belt.
It being a desideratum that the ink-applying roller should be positively driven
when it is in contact with the idly-running ink-supplying roller,and should run
idly when it is in contact with the die,-the driving belt and gear devices above
described will operate to accomplish this desirable result;-for, as is obvious, when
the ink-applying roller and its carrying frame are in the positions represented in
Figure 12 and in contact with the ink-supplying roller, the driven belt will be
in contact with the belt-tightoning pulley f, and be by it rendered so taut as to
drive the pulley on the gear shaft, and, cousequently, through said shaft and
the intermediate pinions, drive the journal and ink-applying roller -
wherens, when said ink-applying roller and frame are in the position represented in
Figure 10, and the roller in readiness, upon the forward movement of the die and
standard, to supply said die with ink,-the driven belt will be out of contact with
the belt-tightening pulley, and, by virtue of its normal slack, will fail to drive the
pulloy and consequently the ink-applying roller, which will, therefore, run idly
under the travel of the die beneath and under it.
In the last mentioned action, that is to any, in the travel of the die under the
ink-applying roller, sunken portions of the die will be thoroughly filled with ink.
In order to permit of any desired slight lateral adjustment of the roller-carrying
framo HH, with reference to the oscillatory inking frame F-the plates H aro
extended upwardly beyond their pivots h and formed with segmental adjusting

page_text: slots
shown in Figure 11.
through which adjusting screws
threaded into the inking frame pass, as
In order, moreover, to permit of the adjustment of the ink-applying roller to
either the front or back sides of the roller-carrying plates H, said plates are
provided with what we term split bearing blocks A, Figure 11, hinged at * to
Baid plates H, but controlled by locking screws 4, threaded into said plates.
By means of these blocks two sets of split journal bearings h are formed, into
either of which, as is obvious, the journal of the ink-applying roller may be
entered, the toothed pinions and ', being, in either position of said journal, in
appropriate and corresponding engagement.
The wiper mechanism is of the following organization :-
It is necessary to so mount and move the wiper plate or platen as to cause its
flat under-surface over which the strip of wiping paper is led, to conform to and
remain in parallelism with the planes assumed by the. Hat upper-surface of the die
during the inovement of the latter in the arc of a circle beneath said plate,-and
this we accomplish by pivotally mounting the plate and positively manipulating it,
in the following manner :-
I is the wiper plate proper,-the same being a plate, which, as shown in
Figures 1, 6, 7, 8, 13, and 16, is at its four corners mounted for vertical movement
upon carrying studs i, which are, by pairs, erected from stud-carrying bars i*
pivotally mounted by means of the pivot pins on the upper extremities of the
wiper slide bars J, adapted to slide through slide bearings a applied to the side
frames of the framework, as shown in Figure 1, and which bars are adapted to be
raised and lowered to raise and lower the wiper-carrying studs and wiper plates
by being connected by link bars with link bar rockers j' kayed upon a rock
shaft A transversely disposed in suitable boxings as in the base of the framework.
J is a depressing rod pivoted at its lower extremity to one of the link bar
rockers j', and at its upper extremity provided with a cam roller jx adapted to a
cam way race in what we term a wiper cam mounted upon the crank
shaft A'.
The conformation of the race way of this cam is such that at the appropriate
times the depressing rod is driven downward and drives down the link bar
rockers jeo us, through the link bars j and the wiper slide bars J, to draw down the
wiper carrying devices and wiper.
The elevation or return of the parts above named is aided by the operation of a
counterbalance weight j, on a counterbalanced arm on the rock shaft A°.
are a set of spiral springs, respectively surrounding the wiper-carrying studs i
between the wiper plate and the stud-carrying bars and are a similar set of
spiral springs surrounding said studs above the wiper plate and between it and a set
of adjusting nuts i respectively applied to said studs.
By means of the springs aforesaid, tho tension of which can be regulated by the
nuts, the wiper plate is cushioned against all shock and jar.
As, in addition to the up-and-down movement performed by the devices above
described, it is necessary, to conform its surface to the planes of movement assumed
by the die, to impart to the wiper plate a tilting movement, we apply to the
stud-carrying bars i* of said plate depending bar lugs, the lower ends of which
are pivotally connected by links to the upper extremities of rocking levers
which are intermediately of their length pivoted at i, and which as to their lower
extremities embody segmental slots within which are entered lever pins d,
Figure 9, formed in the sides of the standard d* of the bed.
In the oscillatory movement of the standard from the position represented in
Figure 7 to that represented in Figure 8, the lever pius d will, through their play
in the slots of the rocking levers i', and through the links and lugs, occasion
such a tilting or deflection of the wiping plate as will cause it to remain in
parallelism with the upper surface of the die throughout the throw of said dio and
its standard beneath said plate.

page_text: The wiper plate proper, designated I, is shown in detail in Figures 6 and 16,.
and is preferably composed of a flat plate of metal to which the letter I is directly
applied, and beneath the under surface of which, as already explained, the wiping
strip I passes.
In order to occasion the effectual operation of the aforesaid wiping strip, we
prefer to apply to the wiping plate a covering K, of felt or other compressible
elastic material, and this we conveniently do in the manner illustrated in Figures 6.
and 16,-that is to say, we attach to the plate one end of a strip of felt, by means
of a securing bar & extending longitudinally of the plate and connected thereto by
screws threading into the body of the plate,-and then secure the other end of
said strip, under suitable tension imparted to the entire strip, by wrapping it
around a tension roller, equipped with a series of engaging hooks or similar
contrivances by which the end is fastened, and which roller is itself adapted to be.
rotated within bearings erected for it upon the plate, by means of a twisting
pink adjustably applied to it, conveniently by being passed through a diametric
hole in it, as shown, and one end of which pin is sprung over a retaining ledge
on the plate.
Other contrivances may, of course, be resorted to, in the place of those above
described.
The wiping strip 1 which wipes the surplus ink off of the lower die, and
which, as stated, is passed beneath the under surface of the wiping plate, may bo-
applied and fed forward in many ways. We find it convenient to resort to the
devices especially illustrated in Figures 13, 14, and 15, which satisfactorily auswer
the purpose.
Lis a supply roller upon which the wiping strip is originally rolled, and which
is transversely disposed in the framework in boxings 1, Figure 2.
From this supply roller the wiping strip is led preferably beneath the driving
shaft A' and thence over the transversoly disposed rocking axis 1* of a tension
frame conveniently composed of a transverse cross bar supported in carrying
arms springing from said rocking axis *, and of a counterbalancing arm likewise
springing from said axis.
From the tension frame the strip is led beneath the wiping plate, and thence
upwardly and forwardly, as shown in Figure 13, to between a tension roller M
proferably disposed in suitable boxinge m in the framework, and which, as shown
in Figure 2, is under the constant pressure of upwardly-acting compressed spiral
springs mand a pair of pressure rolls m³, or a single continuous roll the
obvious equivalent therefor,-upon a feed shaft A', transversely disposed in the
framework in suitable boxings a', and which is actuated by suitable devices, con-
veniently the ratchet and drum devices hereinafter described, to occasion the inter-
mittent forward feed of the wiping strip, which latter, after passing completely over
the pressure rolls, is led backward to a winding-up roller L* transversely disposed in
the framework and supported in boxings 1, Figures 1 and 2.
The actuation of the winding-up roll I, is conveniently effected by the
frictional grasp of a constant running friction belt 1, Figure 13, mounted on a
belt pulley on suid winding-up roller, and ou a counterpart belt pulley on the
driving shaft A'.
The supply roller L being free to unwind as the wiping strip is pulled from off
it, the winding-up roller being positively revolved to take up the unwound strip
after it has pursued the path above described, and the slack of the strip being
at all times taken up by the counterbalanced tension frame, the positive inter--
mittent forward feed of said strip is occasioned by the operation of the pressure
rolls m' on the feed shaft A', acting in association with the tension roller M, in the
positive intermittent rotation of said feed shaft, which is occasioned by the following
devices:-
The feed shaft A', which, as stated, is housed in the boxings a', is, as shown in.
Figures 14 and 15, provided with a feed drum N mounted loosely, that is to say,.
for free revolution, upon it.

page_text: This drum has two peripheral surfaces of different diameter, the smaller of
which, which we term tho chain surface n, has attached to it tho feed-operating
chain which is carried, conveniently, over a directing pulley n' housed on a
pin fixed on the framework, to a chain rocker a mounted on the socket shaft A*
and adapted to perform a given throw in consonance with the oscillatory movement
of said shaft hereinbefore described.
Obviously, the throw of the chain rocker in the direction of the arrow
in Figure 13, will occasion the backward rotation of the feed drum in the direction
of the arrow applied to it. If this rotation of the drum be imparted to the feed
shaft to occasion its rotation also, the strip will be fed forward.
To this end, we therefore fix upon said feed shaft A' a ratchet wheel as, with
which a spring-controlled pawl n' on the side faces of the feed drum ongages, and
thereby accomplish the desired result.
Upon the return throw of the chain rocker n the feed-operating chain is
manifestly slackened, and, in order to secure the return of the feed drum, upon
which the chain for the time being exerts no tension, we apply, conveniently to a
surface of greater diameter upon the drum, which we term the cord-surface, a
cord O connected with said surface, conveniently led over a directing pulley o*,
pendent therefrom, and provided with a returning weight o².
The power of the chain rocker is, of course, such as in its operative throw to
overcome the resistance of the weight.
In order to prevent the possible reverse rotation of the shaft during the return
of the feed drum above described, we apply to the feed shaft a guard ratchet
wheel a which is in engagement with a guard pawl al applied to the framework,
as shown in Figure 15.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :
1. In an embossing press, the following elements in combination:-An oscillatory
die-carrying standard ;-means for occasioning the predetermined movement of said
standard;-au ink reservoir fixed upon the framework of the machine ;-a normally
idle oscillatory ink-applying roller;-means for occasioning the oscillation of said
rollor from the reservoir to across the face of the die ;-and a driving mechanism
directly applied to and operative upon said ink-applying roller for occasioning the
positive rotation of said roller during the period of its application to the ink-
reservoir; substantially as described.
2. In an embossing press, the following elements in combination:-Au oscillatory
die-carrying standard,-meaus for occasioning the predetermined movement of said
standard; an ink reservoir fixed upon the framework of the machine ;-an
oscillatory ink-applying roller;-means for occasioning the oscillation of said
rollor from the reservoir to across the face of the die-a wiping plate benenth
the wiping face of which a wiping strip is caused to travel; and means, essentially
such as set forth, for imparting to said plate such a compound up and down and
tilting movement as will occasion the presentation of said plate in planes parallel
with the planes of movement of the die during the period of the movement of said
die beneath said plate ;-substantially as described.
3. In an embossing press, the following elements in combination :-An oscillatory
die-carrying standard ;-means for occasioning the predetermined movement of said
standard; an ink reservoir fixed upon the frame work of the machine ;-an
oscillatory ink-applying roller ;-means for occasioning the oscillation of said
roller from the reservoir to across the face of the die;-a plunger adapted to
operate in conjunction with the die of the standard; and means for positively
looking the standard and die for registry beneath the plunger during the period
of the impressing action of said plunger; substantially as set forth.
4. As a means for positively locking the die-carrying staudard in position to
receive the stroke of the stamp of the plunger, the bolt applied to and carried by

page_text: said standard and provided with lugs or rollers, the helical feather applied to the
bolt shaft, the double link, and means, essentially such as set forth, for operating
said double link to occasion the rotary movement of the feather and the shooting
of the bolt ;-substantially as described.
5. As a device for imparting to the wiper plate the compound movement
bereiubefore described, the combination of the wiper slide bars, the link bar rockers,
the compressing rod, the rocking levers linked to the plate and provided with
segmental slots in their lower extremities, and the lever pins on the oscillatory
standard for occasioning the predetermined throw of said rocking levers,-sub-
stantially as set forth.
6. In combination to form a frame for carrying the ink-applying roller and for
occasioning the oscillation of said roller from the ink reservoir to across the face of
the die, the oscillatory frame fx provided with the segmental frame plates H and
adjustably secured within the socket G fixed upon the oscillatory rock shaft,
and means for securing the predetermined oscillation of said shaft, substantially
as described.
7. The combination to form a frame for carrying the ink-applying roller and for
occasioning the oscillation of said roller from the ink reservoir to across the face of
the die, of the oscillatory frame fx provided with the segmental frame plates H
and adjustably secured within the socket G fixed upon the rock shaft to which a
movement of predetermined oscillation is imparted, the pinions ff', shafts ƒ ƒ'
pulley, the pulley-operating plate, adapted to be tightened or permitted to
run loose by contact with the plate tightening pulley ", and said plate-tightening
pulley-substantially as set forth.
8. The combination, to form a means for lifting the ink-applying roller clear of
the front and back edges of the die, of the pairs of rollers d' applied to the sides of
the table, means, essentially such as set forth, for adjusting the set of said rollers
longitudinally of the sides of the table, the table D, the ink-applying roller*,
the journal of said roller, and the lifting disks f" on said journal, substantially
as set forth,
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Witnesses :-
FREDERIO NORMAN DIXON.
THOMAS KEYS LANCASTER.
GEORGE WILLIAM SWIFT, JUNIOR.
CHARLES TAYLOR PACKER.