AN IMPROVED PRINTING, PAPER CUTTING, AND TAG MAKING MACHINE
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Robert Lake, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co.,
Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London, for the Invention of "AN
IMPROVED PRINTING, PAPER CUTTING, AND TAG MAKING MACHINE."
communication from abroad by William Heckert, of Providence, Rhode Island,
United States of America.
A
Sealed the 27th February 1877, and dated the 14th September 1870.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Robert Lake at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 14th September 1876.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London. "AN IMPROVED PRINTING, PAPER CUTTING,
AND TAG MAKING MACHINE." A communication.
This Invention relates to a printing press in which the types are held at rest on
a plane bed formed on the side of a stationary cylinder, and the paper is pressed
upon them by a platen that has a right line reciprocating movement at right angles
to said bed, while the ink is applied to the type by one or more inking rollers,
which for the purpose of receiving and distributing the ink have a continuous and
forward movement entirely around the surface of a stationary cylinder, wherein the
said plane bed is formed by cutting away a section of the cylinder, and consists of
the special devices and combinations of devices whereby the said movements and
functions are performed, as herein-after described.
It also relates to the combination with the mechanism of such printing press of
feed and cutting devices whereby the paper is fed from a roll into the press by an
intermittent movement and cut into any desired form.
It relates also to the combination with the mechanism above specified of certain
other devices whereby simultaneously with the act of printing the paper printed
upon is manufactured into tags by being cut into the desired form and by the
insertion of an eyelet, and consists in the devices and their combinations herein-
after particularly described, whereby the above-named results are produced which
constitute my Invention.
The several parts of the machine are mounted on a strong iron bed or frame.
There is a driving shaft which should be provided with a fast and loose pulley.
There is also a vertical stationary cylinder secured to the beds, the upper end of

page_text: said cylinder being left free and unsupported. A shaft passes through the centre of
the cylinder and its ends project beyond the said cylinder. Upon the lower end is
secured a beviled gear wheel which meshes into a gear wheel ou the end of the
driving shaft. Upon the upper end of the other shaft is secured an arm or plate on
which are mounted the inking rollers. Bars or rods are fitted to slide in recesses
made in the said plate or arm, and each has on its outer end a hoad. By these
means I secure a uniform pressure of the rollers upon the cylinder and upon the
type along their whole length throughout their entire revolution around the
cylinder. To these heads are secured the axes of the inking rollers. These axes
are parallel with the cylinder, their lower ends being free. These inking rollers are
formed of hollow iron cylinders or stocks fitted to revolve on the axes, and the elastic
composition of the rolls is cast upon these stocks. These rollers are secured on
their axes by nuts and washers at the lower end of the same. Loose rollers are also
placed upon the said axes, one on each above the inking rollers. Each of the afore-
said bars is provided with a spiral spring, so applied and arranged that it acts to
press the roller against the surface of the cylinder.
An ink fountain is placed in the cylinder extending nearly the entire length of
the same. In this fountain is a roller on the side of the fountain nearest the
periphery of the said cylinder; the latter at that place being cut away permits the
periphery of the said roller to project slightly beyond the surface of the cylinder.
An intermittent rotary motion is given to the inking roller by the following
devices, namely, a ratchet wheel fixed on the upper end of the axis of the said
roller, a swinging bar pivoted on the said axis, a pawl (pivoted on the said bar)
which engages the said ratchet wheel, a pin fixed in a plate and which as the said
plates revolves strikes the curved edge of another plate or bar swinging it on its
pivot, thereby throwing the pawl into engagement with the ratchet wheel and
rotating the roller.
A spring presses back the said bar after it is thrown forward
by the pin, and another spring presses the pawl into engagement with the ratchet
wheel. A segment of the said cylinder on its inner side is cut away to form a
plane bed for the type.
The platen is made to slide on ways on the bed plate, and has given to it a
reciprocating motion from the crank pins in the gear wheel and plate by means of
connecting rods pivoted to the platen by the pins. The feed rollers are supported
on arms projecting from the platen, and travel with it. An intermittent motion is
given to one roller from the crank pin through an arm, a lever, and connecting
link. The journal of one roller at its lower end is not made fast to the said roller
but extends a few inches into the roller and moves independently of the roller. To
this journal is fixed the aforesaid arm, and the link connects this arm to another
To the same journal is fixed another arm which carries a pawl that engages
a ratchet wheel secured on the lower end of the feed roller. The outer end con-
nection of the said link with the arm is in a block fitted to slide in a slotted opening
in the outer end of the arm and adjusted by a set screw, whereby the feed may be
regulated.
arm.
Upon the platen are secured cutting and punching devices for cutting paper into
slips or sheets on its way through the machine and perforating it for eyelets in the
manufacture of tags. They each consist of a bar fixed to a bracket secured to the
arm of the platen and a spring plate or arm, the lower end of which is free to
vibrate.
An arm in one side of the machine at which the paper enters carries at its lower
end a punch; a thin metal plate opposite to the punch has a hole to receive the
same. The corresponding arm on the opposite side of the machine carries a cutting
blade or instrument. The two parts act as shears to cut paper passed between them
into strips or sheets after the printing. These instruments are so constructed and
arranged that when the platen moves toward the type the lower end of the free
leg of each strikes against a shoulder in the base plate of the frame and thus closes
it against the fixed leg, whereby the paper passing between the legs is cut or
perforated.

page_text: The following are the devices for inserting the eyelets in the manufacture of
tags: A box is provided in which the eyelets are placed. From this box a tube
leads down to a point where the eyelets are presented to the punch for insertion in
the paper. The opening into this tube is of such a form as to permit the eyelets to
pass into the tube; a revolving brush in the box pushes the eyelets out into the said
tube. This box fixed upon a platform which is mounted upon guide posts rests on
a set screw in the end of a lever pivoted at one end to a post. It is also pivoted
to a rod which slides vertically in a hole made through the base plate of the platen.
The lower end of the said rod rests on the bed plate which is provided with an
incline, whereby as the box is carried back and forth with the platen it is made to
rise and fall.
A punch is provided for inserting the eyelets in the tags. It is pressed away
from the paper by the spiral spring, and driven towards the paper by the bell-crauk
lever. This lever is pivoted in the base of the platen frame, and is actuated by its
long arm as the said platen frame moves back and forth.
A plate secured on the upper end of the cylinder provides a bearing for the loose
rollers on the axes of the inking roller. It is so formed and arranged that as the
said roller traverses the straight face of the type bed the surfaces of the inking
rollers will pass over the types with just the requisite pressure.
A cylinder is provided from which the paper is unrolled and fed to the press.
The perforating apparatus is constructed to permit the insertion of cutters,
punches, or stamps, whereby any desired shape of perforation may be made, or any
figure embossed on the paper.
I may construct my machines with a second type bed with a platen and other
appliances, the duplicates of those above described. Instead of a solid inking
surface I may use sections or rings extending from one side of the form around the
cylinder to the other side, and said sections may be of any desired width and
number, permitting inks of different colors to be distributed on the different sections
and by the rollers deposited on the form. The eyelet punch in this case will work
in a hollow plunger, a spiral spring acting to force said punch outward from the
plunger, its movement in that direction being limited by the collar.
The header for holding down the eyelets is formed on the end of a sliding plate
having a large opening at its centre through which passes the shaft. It lies
immediately over a gear wheel in the upper face of which is an eccentric annular
groove, a pin in the said plate projecting into the said groove. By this arrange-
ment the revolution of the said gear wheel gives a reciprocating movement to the
plate, this so timed that the punch carries the eyelet against the header when the
plate is thrown to its limit of movement away from the punch, then the said plate
with the header is thrown forward, forcing the punch back into the plunger against
the stress of a spring, thus effecting the complete heading of the eyelet in the paper.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Robert Lake in the Great Seal Patent Office ou the
14th March 1877.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London. "AN IMPROVED PRINTING, PAPER CUTTING,
AND TAG MAKING MACHINE." A communication from abroad by William Heckert,
of Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a machine embodying my Invention; Figure 2 is
a plan; and Figure 3 is a front elevation of the same; Figure 4 is a vertical section
of the same on the line x, x, Figure 2.
Figure 5 is an edge view of the spring shears or cutters.
Figure 6 is an end view of the ink distributing cylinder showing the ink fountain
and roller in the same.

page_text: Figure 7 is a detailed view in section of the device for inserting and heading
eyelets in tags in the said machine.
Figure 8 is a vertical sectional view of a modified form of the said machine
having different feed works; also devices for printing in a number of colors, and
an apparatus for consecutively numbering cards, tickets, and the like.
Figure 9 is a front view of said feed works detached, with a portion of the upper
end of the modified inking cylinder herein-after particularly described.
Figure 10 is a transverse section on the line x¹, x1, Figure 8.
Figure 11 is a vertical sectional view of the modified inking cylinder for printing
several colors; Figure 12 is a similar section at right angles to Figure 11.
Figures 13, 14, and 15 show different views of one of the segmental inking tables
forming part of the said modified inking cylinder.
Figure 16 represents a side view, and Figure 17 an end view of one of the corner
pieces or brackets in the cylinder, to which the said segmental inking tables are
connected.
Figures 18, 19, and 20 are different views of the chase used for moulding the
type used in my said machine.
Figures 21 and 22 represent a side view and plan of the shears used to sever
cards or tickets from a continuous sheet.
Figure 23 is a front view of the apparatus for the consecutive numbering of
tickets and the like, according to my Invention; Figure 24 is an end view of the
same.
Figure 25 is a side view of one of the numbering wheels of the said machine
with the ratchet wheel and pawl whereby the required intermittent motion is
communicated to the same.
Figures 26 and 27 are detailed views of a gear and ratchet wheel forming part of
the devices by which the movement and the inking of the said numbering wheels
are effected.
Figure 28 is a transverse section of the ink distributing cylinder, the inking
rollers, and the type bed of the said machine.
Figure 29 is a full line view of the numbering apparatus shown in dotted lines
in Figure 24.
This Invention relates to a printing press in which the types are held at rest on
a plane bed formed on the side of a stationary cylinder, and the paper is pressed
upon them by a platen that has a right line reciprocating movement at right angles
to this bed, while the ink is applied to the type by one or more inking rollers which
for the purpose of receiving and distributing the ink have a continuous and forward
movement entirely around the surface of a stationary cylinder wherein the said
plane bed is formed by cutting away a section of the cylinder, and consists of the
special devices and combinations of devices whereby the said movements and
functions are performed as herein-after described.
It also relates to the combination with the mechanism of such printing press of
feed and cutting devices, whereby the paper is fed from a roll into the press by an
intermittent movement, and cut into any desired form.
It relates also to the combination with the mechanism above specified of certain
other devices whereby simultaneously with the act of printing the paper printed
upon is manufactured into tags by being cut into the desired form and by the
insertion of an eyelet, and to the devices and their combinations herein-after par-
ticularly described whereby the above named results are produced.
It relates also to the devices and their combinations herein-after described,
whereby cards, tickets, and the like may be consecutively numbered in the process
of printing.
It relates also to the devices and their combinations herein described whereby
simultaneously printing in different colors may be accomplished. Referring to
Figures 1 to 7 of the Drawing.
The several parts of the machine are mounted on a strong iron bed or frame A;
e is the driving shaft which should be provided with a fast and loose pulley; K is a

page_text: vertical stationary cylinder secured to the bed A, the upper end of said cylinder
being left free and unsupported; F is a shaft passing through the centre of the
cylinder K, the ends of which project beyond the cylinder as shewn in Figure 4.
Upon its lower end is secured a bevelled gear wheel d, which meshes into the gear
wheel e on the end of the shaft e. Upon the upper end of the shaft F is secured
an arm or plate U, on which are mounted the inking rollers 1, 21, 2111; 6, 61, 61, are
bars or rods fitted to slide in recesses made in the plate or arm U, and each has on
its outer end a head P, P¹, P" (The middle bar is shown by dotted lines.) Thero
is a special purpose intended and secured by placing the inking cylinder K and type
bed in a vertical position. In presses in which the inking rollers are carried
entirely around an ink-distributing cylinder it is inconvenient and involves great
complication of parts to support the rollers at both ends and at the same time com-
municate motion to the platen from the shaft which revolves the inking rollers around
the ink-distributing cylinder. But when the said rollers extend horizontally from
their supports at one end, and revolve around a horizontal ink-distributing cylinder,
it is difficult or impossible to make them bear with equal pressure upon the surfaco
of the cylinders and type throughout their entire revolution, as their axle shafts
will spring more or less at their fixed ends, thus causing imperfect distribution of
the ink and faulty inking of the type. Hence I have placed the cylinder K upright
and arranged the inking rollers to depend vertically from their points of support at
their upper ends. By these means I secure a uniform pressure of the rollers upon
the cylinder K, and upon the type along their whole length throughout their entire
revolution around the cylinder. To these heads P, P¹, PH, are secured the
axes g, g', gl, of the rollers 7, 21, 211 These axes are strong round shafts fixed at
the upper end rigidly in the heads P. From these heads they depend parallel to
the cylinder K, leaving their lower ends free. The inking rollers are formed of
hollow iron cylinders or stocks h fitted to revolve on their axes, and the elastic
composition of the rolls is cast upon these stocks. The rollers are secured on
their axes by nuts and washers at the lower end of the same. Loose rollers h¹ are
also placed upon the said axes, one on each above the rollers, for a purpose to be
herein-after described. Each of the bars b, b1, 61, is provided with a spiral spring 8
so applied and arranged that it acts to press the rollers against the surface of the
cylinder K. It is evident that when the shaft F is rotated, carrying with it the
plate arm U, the rollers 1, 1, 1, will be carried around the cylinder K, and rotated
on their axes.
M is an ink fountain in the cylinder K, extending nearly the entire length of the
said cylinder. In this fountain is placed a roller %, as seen plainly in Figure 6; it is
placed on the side of the fountain nearest the periphery of the said cylinder, which
periphery at that place being cut away, permits the periphery of the said roller to
project slightly beyond the surface of the cylinder while its near contact with the
wall of the fountain at the periphery of the cylinder will prevent the escape of the
ink. The roller turns freely on its axis, and will thus present ink to the
rollers r,1,1, at each revolution of the latter around the cylinder K, while such
revolution over the surface of the said cylinder will effect a complete distribution of
the ink.
An intermittent rotary motion is given to the inking roller k by the devices
shown in Figure 2, namely, the ratchet wheel m fixed on the upper end of the axis
of the said roller; the swinging bar n pivoted on the said axis; the pawl o pivoted
on the said bar n, and which engages the said ratchet wheel; the pin p fixed in the
plate U, which, as the said plate revolves, strikes against the curved edge 7 of the
plate n, swinging it on its pivot, thereby throwing the pawl into engagement with
the ratchet wheel and rotating the roller ; a spring t, which presses back the bar n
after it is thrown forward by the pin p, and a spring t, which presses the pawl into
engagement with the ratchet wheel.
A segment of the cylinder K on its inner side is cut away, as seen in Figures 2
and 6, to form a plane bed for the type. Provision is made for locking the type in
position on this bed in the usual manner. The aforesaid ink fountain and its

page_text: contained rollers are convenient devices for the purpose designed, but they are not
novel, and may be dispensed with and the ink supplied to the inking rollers by
hand, or in any other preferred manner.
T is the platen. It is made to slide on ways on the bed plate A, and receives a
reciprocating motion from crank pins G, G¹, in the plate U and gear wheel d by
means of the pitmans or connecting rods o¹, o¹¹, pivoted to the platen by the pins
H, H¹. D, D¹, D, D¹¹¹, are the feed rollers. They are supported on arms
I, I, I, I, projecting from the platen, and travel with it. An intermittent
motion is given to the roller D₁ from the crank pin G' through the arm j, the
lever pivoted at o¹¹, the arm V fixed on the axis L of the roller D¹, and the
connecting link V¹. These parts are shown by dotted lines in Figure 2, being
placed at the bottom of the machine at the lower end of the feed roller D¹. The
journal L of the roller D¹ at its lower end is not made fast to the said roller, but
extends a few inches into the roller, its axis moving independently of the same.
To this journal under arm I¹¹ is fixed the short arm V, and the link V¹ connects
this arm V to the arm j, as above described. To the same journal L above the
arm I is fixed another arm W, which carries a pawl W" that engages a ratchet
wheel W secured on the lower end of the feed roller D¹. The outer end
connection of the link V₁ with the arm j¹ is in a block V", which is fitted to
slide in a slotted opening in the outer end of the arm and adjusted by a set
screw t¹¹, whereby the feed may be regulated.
Upon the platen are secured cutting and punching devices for cutting paper into
slips or sheets on its way through the machine, and perforating it for eyelets in the
manufacture of tags. They each consist of a bar f fixed to a bracket f¹ (the said
bracket being secured to the arm I of the platen) and a spring plate or arm 1, the
lower end of which is free to vibrate.
The arm in the side of the machine at which the paper enters carries at its
lower end a punch . 11 is a thin metal plate, in which, opposite to the said
punch, there is a hole to receive the same. The corresponding arm i on the
opposite side of the machine carries a cutting blade or instrument whereby the two
parts and act as shears to cut paper passed between them into strips or
sheets after the printing is done. These instruments are so constructed and
arranged that when the platen moves toward the type the lower end of the free
leg of each strikes against a shoulder in the base plate of the frame A, and thus
closes it down against the fixed leg, whereby the paper passing between the legs
is cut or perforated, as the case may be.
The following are the devices for inserting the eyelets in the manufacture of
tags:a is a box in which the eyelets are placed. From this box a tube y extends
down to a point where the eyelets are presented to the punch for insertion in the
paper. The opening into this tube is of such a form as to permit the eyelets to
pass into the tube y only with their small ends upward; a revolving brush d¹ in
the box pushes the eyelets into the said tube. This box fixed upon a platform Pill
which is mounted upon guide posts P1, Pш, rests on the set screw in the end
of the lever m¹¹ pivoted at one end to the post P; it is also pivoted at bu to a
rod S, which slides vertically in a hole made through the base plate T of the
platen (Figure 3). The lower end of the said rod rests on the bed plate, which is
provided with an incline whereby as the box is carried back and forth with the
platen it is made to rise and fall as the lower end of the rod S passes over the
said inclined plane.
J is a punch for inserting the eyelets in the tags. It is pressed away from the
paper by the spiral spring V1, and driven towards the paper by the bell-crank
lever K. This lever is pivoted at c¹ in the base T¹ of the platen frame, and is
actuated by the end of its long arm (which is provided with a friction roller)
passing over the irregular incline N as the said platen frame moves back and forth.
The movements of these parts are so regulated and timed relatively that the lower
end of the tube y drops into position to present an eyelet to the punch J just as
the latter begins to make a forward movement toward the paper, and then imme-

page_text: diately rises out of the way and does not again descend until the punch has
inserted the eyelet in the paper and receded to its first position. The said punch J
takes the eyelet upon its end, carries it into the perforations in the paper made by
the perforator i, and then onward against the header J', and thereby heads it in
the paper.
Wis a plate secured on the upper end of the cylinder K, and which provides a
bearing for the loose rollers h¹ on the axis of the inking rollers. It is so formed
and arranged that as the said roller traverses the straight face of the type bed the
surfaces of the inking rollers will pass over the types with just the requisite
pressure.
H is a cylinder from which the paper is unrolled and fed to the press. The
paper passes first between the legs i, f, of the perforator, then between the feed
rollers D¹ and D, then across the face of the type between it and the platen, then
between the rollers D, D¹¹¹, and on between the cutter on the left side of the
machine. At each complete movement of the platen the inking rollers revolve
around the cylinder K and ink the types. The paper is perforated for an eyelet,
and an eyelet is inserted and headed down. The paper is pressed against the typo
and printed, and the tag or a printed portion of the required shape is cut off.
The perforating apparatus is so constructed as to permit the insertion of cutters,
punches or stamps whereby any desired shape of perforation may be made or any
figure embossed on the paper.
I do not limit myself to a single form on the stationary cylinder K, but may make
machines with a second type bed on the opposite side of said cylinder, and provide
it with a platen and other appliances the duplicates of those above described.
Neither do I limit myself to a solid inking surface over which the inking rollers
pass, but may substitute for the same sections or rings extending from one side of
the form around the cylinder to the other side, and said sections may be of any
desired width and number, permitting inks of different colors to be distributed on
the different sections, and by the rollers r, 1, 11 deposited on the form. The
eyelet punch J works in a hollow plunger Ji, as seen plainly in section in
Figure 7. A spiral spring Vill acts to force said punch outward from the plunger,
its movement in that direction being limited by the collar J111
The header J for holding down the eyelet is formed on the end of a sliding
plate J, having a large opening at its centre, through which passes the shaft F.
It lies immediately over the gear wheel d, in the upper face of which is an
eccentric annular groove, a pin l' in the said plate J projecting into the said
groove. By this arrangeinent the revolution of the gear wheel a gives a reci-
procating movement to the plate J, and such movement is so timed that the
punch J carries the eyelet against the header J when the plate J" is thrown to
its limit of movement away from the punch; then the said plate Ju with the
header J is thrown forward, forcing the punch J back into the plunger against the
stress of the spring VII, and thus effecting the complete heading of the eyelet in
the paper.
I have thus far described a machine for printing in a single color. I will now
proceed to describe modifications in the said machine whereby the same is adapted
for printing simultaneously in several colors, and also for numbering consecutively
cards, tickets, and the like in the process of printing.
These modifications are shown in Figures 8 to 29, and the letters of reference
hereafter used refer only to these Figures.
From the bed plate A, and cast whole with or firmly secured to it, rises vertically
an iron column B. This column constitutes the foundation and support for the type
bed and the general movements of the press. B₁ is the type bed, which is a move-
able and adjustable plate, whose front face is perpendicular to the upper face of the
table A. The opposite face of said plate inclines from the perpendicular by the
plate being made thinner at the top edge than at the bottom." Then between the
said plate B' and the front perpendicular face of the column B is arranged a wedge-
shaped plate B, which on one side is dovetailed into the plate B', and the other

page_text: into the front face of the column B. B³ is a male screw working in a female screw
in the plate B for forcing the said plate up and down, whereby the bed plate B¹
may be adjusted for the purpose of regulating the impression on the type, as
herein-after described. This screw B is operated by means of a worm and gear
wheel a, a¹. Upon the corners b, b, of the column B are fitted the sliding
brackets C, C¹, with ribs in the inner faces of the brackets fitted to slide in grooves
in the face of the column. To these brackets are attached the ink-distributing
segments C to C. The preferable way of attaching these segments is by means
of dovetail grooves cut in the outer face of the brackets in the notches in the
corners, the segments being provided with dovetail ribs c fitting into said grooves
and projections c* fitting into the said notches. The said segments are secured in
any desired position on the said brackets by means of set screws. Two of these
segments in the same horizontal plane form a larger segment of a cylinder, and
constitute together a continuous ink-distributing cylindrical table, extending around
from each edge of the type bed, but divided in the middle at g, each half being
attached to one of the brackets C, C¹, for a purpose which will presently appear.
There are several of these tables or bands placed one above another on the brackets
indicated by C2 to Co, corresponding to the number of colors in which it is desired
to print. They are of suitable width, with suitable space between them to
distribute the several colored inks into different portions of the ink-distributing
rollers to deliver the different colors to the type as desired.
Through the column B is a cylindrical opening B³, through which extends a
shaft B, to which motion is communicated from the driving shaft D through the
gear wheels D¹, D². E is a lever centrally pivoted at d on the column B. An
arm E of this lever engages at its lower end with a cam E2, by the action of which
the lever E is rocked on its pivot d. The said cam is a groove in the side face of a
gear wheel E³ on the shaft e, which receives motion from the shaft Be through the
gear wheel E4
The opposite ends of the lever E are connected to the brackets C
and C¹, notches c¹, c², being cut in the said brackets, into which are fitted to slide
blocks c, c, into which the ends of the said lever are pivoted. By this arrange-
ment a slight vertical reciprocating motion is given to the said brackets in opposite
directions, the extent of the motion being determined by the throw of the cam E³. The
object of this motion is to effect a more perfect distribution of the ink on the inking
rollers without injury to the surfaces of such inking rollers, as will be herein-after
described. F and F¹ are plates applied one to the top and the other to the bottom
of the column B, and in which the shaft Be has its bearings. Upon the upper end
of the shaft B is secured a broad arm or plate G, which carries the inking rollers;
there are three of these inking rollers H, H1, H2. They are constructed and
arranged to revolve freely on axial shafts e², e³, e. These shafts, free at their lower
ends, are fixed firmly at their upper ends in head blocks that are fitted to slide
in recesses in the outer end of the plate G. The blocks are attached to rods
extending into or through the said plate, and provided with spiral springs, by
which they act to force with a yielding pressure the inking rollers upon the
curved faces of the ink-distributing tables. These tables constitute substantially a
cylinder, around the surface of which the inking rollers revolve, the same being
divided in two parts at g. Each part has a vertical reciprocating motion inde-
pendent of the other part, the one going up as the other goes down, and vice versa.
The cam E is formed to operate so that this motion occurs while the inking rollers
are passing over the face of the type, and are not in contact with the ink-dis-
tributing surfaces, which are thus shifted in position at each revolution of the inking
rollers around the cylinder, thereby more effectually distributing the ink without
the liability to tear or disturb the surface of the inking rollers, which occurs when
the distributing surfaces are shifted end wise while the inking rollers are in contact
with them. I is the platen, to which a horizontal right line reciprocating motion
is given from crank pins J, J, in the plate G and wheel D2 through the connecting
plates J2 and Js, the same being pivoted at j in the upper end, and at j¹ in the
lower end of the platen, the latter sliding in suitable ways in the table A.

page_text: The feed mechanism by which the paper is fed vertically from above downwards
over the face of the type form which is held in a vertical position against the bed
B' are carried in a frame K that is mounted upon the platen and reciprocates with
it. K is the roller which carries the paper and from which it is unrolled in a
continuous sheet into the press.
Ks and K are the feed rollers, the paper passing
between them down to the type.
An intermittent rotary motion is given to the roller K³ by the following devices:――
Ks is a lever pivoted in the frame K at i. Immediately over its pivot there is, upon
the upper side of said lever, the segment of a bevelled gear i¹, and upon an angle of
the plate J is a corresponding segment of a bevelled gear wheel which meshes
into the segment i¹.
It is evident that the vibration of the said plate J³ on its pivot j will rock the
lever K³ on its bearing or pivot i. L is a ratchet wheel fixed on the shaft of the
feed roller K; L' is a lever pivoted at its centre on the shaft and which carries
two pawls 1, 1, each of which engages with the said ratchet wheel. Fixed to this
lever and fitted loosely on said shaft is a toothed pinion 3, shown in dotted lines,
and l' is a toothed arm or rack which meshes into the said pinion. At its lower end
the rack is pivoted in the lever K³. It is evident that the rocking motion of the
said lever will give to the lever L' a reciprocating rotary motion through the pinion
and rack, and that thereby there will be communicated to the ratchet wheel L,
and thence to the feed roller K³, an intermittent rotary motion. The lever K' is
bored through lengthwise, and in it works a screw rod or shaft m. On this rod
is a nut m¹, to which is pivoted the lower end of the rack *. By running this nut
to or from the axis i of the lever K³ the feed is regulated.
M is a frame connected to and reciprocating with the platen. It carries the cutters
for severing the tickets or cards from the sheet. The two blades N, N¹, are hinged
or pivoted together at one end K, and one of them is fixed to the frame M. As the
frame moves forward with the platen in the act of printing the free end of the
blade N strikes against an opposing bracket M¹, thus closing the blades and severing
the card from the sheet, which passes down from the type between the blades. The
moving blade is made much the widest at the end opposite the pivot, so that the
cutters will either close first at that end or the edges coming together at once along
their whole length will give a direct right line instead of a drawing cut. A spring n
acts to open the blades. The shears are made adjustable vertically by means of
screw bolts n with which they are connected.
The apparatus for the consecutive numbering of the tickets or cards is placed
just under the table of the frame A. In its essential features it does not materially
differ from that employed in paging machines in common use, namely, a series of
type wheels, each bearing on its periphery the nine digits and a cypher, which are
successively and conjointly brought into action, so as to accomplish the printing
upon the tickets of consecutive numbers. I combine this apparatus with the ticket
printing press above described and the devices by which the various required motions
are effected.
P is a shaft revolving in bearings P, P7, in the frame that slides in
the brackets R¹, R2, and is adjusted up and down by the screw h; S to S* are the
type wheels for printing the numbers; P' is the inking roller and Pe the distributing
roller; Ps is an arm fixed on the shaft P provided with a slot ?; P is an arm
secured to the frame M and reciprocating with it. The type wheels have a frictional
engagement with the shaft P, so that they will, unless prevented, revolve with it.
When the arın P³ is swung to the left, thus rotating the shaft P from right to left,
the said type wheels revolve with the shaft; but when said arm is swung in the
opposite direction the type wheels are kept from turning from left to right with the
shaft by a detent u engaging with a ratchet wheel u¹ fixed on the type wheels.
But said detent does not prevent the entire reverse movement of the said typo
wheels, as at each movement of the ratchet wheel from left to right the said pawl is
caused to miss a tooth of the ratchet wheel by an incline u over which the pawl rides.
By these means the said wheel is permanently rotated from right to left one figure
at each complete vibration of the arm P³. For example, suppose the type wheel to be

page_text: in the position shown in Figure 25, when the arm P³ is swung to the left, as in
Figure 29, the type 1 being in position to print its number on the ticket; then by
the movement of said arm to the right the said type wheel will be revolved from
left to right until stopped by the pawl engaging the notch on the ratchet wheel
opposite type 2, which will bring that type to the bottom immediately over the
inking roller P¹ to be inked. Then by the reverse movement of the arm P³ the
shaft of the said type wheel will be revolved back until type 2 is in the position of
type 1 to be printed on. A repetition of these movements will bring the several
types successively first over the inking roller and then back into position to print
its number.
The inking roller receives motion from the shuft P by means of a ratchet wheel
or sleeve v, gear wheels v1, v2, and pawl ³. The inking roller revolves in bearings
w, w¹, fixed on the end of springs, so as to permit the said rollers to be drawn up
into contact with the type of the inking wheels. This last movement is accom-
plished by means of a bent arm T, Figure 29, the bent end of which as the shaft P
is rotated to bring the types of the type wheel into position to be inked pass under
the said bearings w and w¹ and raise the roller P to the type. w² is an inclined
groove in the shaft of the distributing roller P, in which works a fixed pin w³,
whereby a slight longitudinal reciprocating motion is given to the said roller for
more perfectly distributing the ink.
It will be observed that the slot r is so formed in the end of the arm P³ that
there is some lost motion of the pin t in said slots. This arrangement is designed to
permit the type wheel to stand still while the act of printing on the type wheel is
being performed.
Figures 18, 19, and 20, as before stated, represent a chase for holding the type
firm; it is provided with a spring fastener Ws and with inclined catches Wo, by
which it is held securely in the bed B¹ while permitting it to be readily removed
from or placed upon said bed.
Having thus fully described the said Invention, as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondent, and the manner of performing the same, I wish it understood
that I claim,-
First. In a printing press, the stationary vertical cylinder fixed solidly at its
lower end to the bed plate (and with its upper end being left free), and provided
with a plane surface that serves as a bed for the type. The revolving plate fixed
to the upper end of the shaft arranged to revolve in the axis of the said cylinder.
The head or heads arranged to slide in ways in said plate, and in which are fixed
the axle shafts of the inking rollers that depend from the said heads, and are pressed
towards the said cylinder and type by the spring acting on said sliding heads, all con-
structed and combined to operate as above set forth, and for the purpose described.
Second. In a printing press, the combination of the stationary cylinder provided
with a plane surface that serves as a bed for the type, the reciprocating platen, the
revolving plate, and a pitman pivoted at one end to the said plate, and at the other
end to a crunk pin in said plate, which plate performs the double office of carrying
the inking rollers and communicating motion to the platen, all constructed and
combined to operate as above set forth, and for the purpose described.
Third. The combination in a printing press of the cylinder provided with a plane
surface that serves as a bed for the type, the revolving plate, the inking roller
carried by said plate, the platen that carries on its arms the feed rollers with the
perforating apparatus attached to and carried by said arms, all constructed to
operate as above set forth, and for the purpose described.
Fourth. The combination in a printing press of the cylinder provided with a
plane surface that serves as a bed for the type, the revolving plate, the inking
rollers carried by said plate, the platen that carries on its arms the feed rollers with
the cutting or shear blades attached to and carried by said arms, all constructed
and arranged to operate as above set forth, and for the purpose described.
Fifth. The feed mechanism consisting of the arms, the lever, and the connecting
rod, all constructed and arranged to be actuated from the crank pin in the gear

page_text: wheel, whereby an intermittent movement is given to the feed roller, as above set
forth, and for the purpose described.
Sixth. The eyelet reservoir mounted upon the platform, constructed and arranged
to be lowered and raised by the movement of the platen, and operating as above set
forth, and for the purpose described.
Seventh. The combination of the platen, the lever, the incline, and the punch, as
above set forth, and for the purpose described; I also claim the following modifi-
cations of the aforesaid machine, namely,—-
Eighth. The chase, Figures 18, 19, and 20, having a spring fastener in its centre,
the two ends being free and provided with inclined catches, as above described, and
for the purpose specified.
Ninth. The combination with one or more of the inking rollers of two or more
ink distributing tables, whereby several colored inks may be distributed upon and
conveyed to the forms of type from the same inking rollers, as above set forth, and
for the purpose described.
Tenth. The combination of the inking rollers and the separate segments, the
bracket, the lever, and cam, whereby the position of said segments are shifted
alternately on each side of the column, as above set forth, and for the purpose
described.
Eleventh. The feeding apparatus consisting of the rollers and the ratchet wheel,
the levers, the pawls, the rack and pinion, the segments, and the arm, all combined
to operate as above set forth, and for the purpose described.
Twelfth. The combination of the column bed plate, wedge plate, and screw, as
above set forth, and for the purpose described.
Thirteenth. The combination of the numbering wheel or wheels with the said
ticket printing press, whereby the general printing of the tickets and their con-
secutive numbering are accomplished at the same operation, as above described.
Fourteenth. The combination of the numbering wheels, the shaft which receives
motion from the platen through the arms, the ratchet wheel, the pawl, and inclino,
as above set forth, and for the purpose described.
Fifteenth. The combination of the inking roller arranged to revolve in moveable
bearings, the shaft, the bent arm, and the type wheel, as above set forth, and for the
purpose described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Robert Lake, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fourteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.
W ROBT. LAKE. (L.S.)