US1094824A - Addressing-machine. - Google Patents

Description

W. W. TUGK.

ADDRESSING MACHINE.

APPLIGATION FILED OGT.29,1912.

Patented Apr. 28, 1914,

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W. W. TUGK.

ADDRESSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 001 .29, 1912.

Patented Apr. 28, 1914.

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INVENTOR M fi BY ATTORNEYS W. W. TUGK.

ADDRESSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED O0T.29,1912

1,094,824. Patented Apr. 28, 1914.

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ATTORNEYS W. W. TUGK.

ADDRESSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 0GT.29,1912.

1,094,824. Patented Apr. 28, 1914.

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ATTORNEYS KUNTTED STATES PATENT @FFltlFi.

VTILLIAIVL W. TUCK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y. ASSIGNOR T0 VELOX MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

ADDRESSING-MACHINE.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM XV. Took, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond Hill, in the county of Queens, city and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in riddressing-Illachines, of which the following a specification.

This invention relates to machines for printing addresses upon envelops, wrappers, cards and the like, using therefor suitably prepared stencils. The machine is specially adapted for operation with stencils formed from porous tissue or coated paper pasted or otherwise secured to a rectangular frame of card-board or similar material.

The object of the invention is to effect numerous improvements in the construction and arrangement of the parts of machines of this type, whereby more rapid, uniform and reliable operation of the machine may be secured, and whereby adjustments may be readily effected in order that the addresses may be printed in the desired positions upon the envelops or wrappers.

In its general construction the machine embodies an upright magazine for the stencil-cards from which the cards are removed edgewise, from the bottom of the magazine, successively. The cards are moved laterally from the magazine in suitable guides and then downwardly to the printing position, in which position they are held until grasped and forwarded by the printing-members. The printing-members consist of two coacting rolls of segmental form, one a platen-roll and the other an inking-rel. The faces of these rolls grasp the sheet to be printed and the stencil between them, applying the ink to the stencil, effecting the printing and 'l'oiwvarding the stencil and sheet from the printing position.

1 he invention involves the provision of an improved construction for the magazine and improved form of feeder or picker whereby the stencil-card s are moved successively from the m: zine, improved retaining means for the stencil-cards after they are moved from the magazine in such manner that accurate registration, alinement and adjustment may be secured, improved adjustable. sheet-feeding devices whereby the position of the printing upon the sheet may be regulated as desired, and improved devices Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 29, 1912.

Patented Apr. 28, 3914.

Serial No. 728,426.

for forwarding and packing the sheets and stencils after the printing has been effected.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure l is a side elevation of the machine, the magazine being removed and the supports therefor being broken away; Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view above the surface of the table, the top of the table itself being removedso as to disclose the underlying mechanism; Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view through the feeding and printing mechanism; Figs. 1;, 5 and 6 are detail views of the mechanism for packing the stencil-cards; '7 is a detail view showing the clutch mechanism; Fig. 8 is a vertical sectional view of certain of the operating parts includ ing the actuating means for the picker or feeder; Figs. 9 and 10 are viewsillustrating the exit for the stencil-cards from the magazine; and, Figs. 11 and 12 are sectional views illustrating the cam adjustment for the sheetfeeding mechanism.

Referring to the drawings, the parts of the machine are mounted upon a table having a top 1 and legs 2. On the top 1 are secured certain uprights 3 which support a stack of stencil-cards, the stack being verti cal, with the several cards thereof horizontally disposed, one above another. The stencil-cards are preferably made from stencilpaper of any well known form, pasted upon frames of cardboard or similar material. The two uprights 3, at the front of the magazine, are of angular cross-section as shown in Figs. 3 and 9, and the forward walls thereof are cut away, as indicated at at. in Figs. 9 and 10. A. guide 5 is secured to each of these forward uprights 8 and serves to position a vertically movable stop 6, there being one stop 6 secured to each of the uprights 3 at the forward side of the magazine. Each stop 6 has a screw passing through an offset thereon and a similar offset secured to the upright 23, around which screw is coiled a spring 7. The spring 7 tends to force the stop 6 downwardly so as to carry an abutment or plate 8 secured to the stop downwardly into engagement with the upper face of the block 9 at the bottom of the magazine. The lower edge of the piece 8 is inclined as shown in Fig. 10 and curved or beveled on the side toward the interior of the magazine.

The two indepemlently movable spring-ache ated stops b at the exit from the magazine serve to prevent more than one stencil-card from being moved out of the magazine at one time. its a card is moved late 'ally from the b' tton1 of the pile in the magazine its edge t y 2 es the rounded edge of each stop 8 and lifts the stop against the tension of its s 'iring T sutiicient to allow the card to be moved under the stop but if the next higher rard being moved with the lower one its edge will be caught by the two stops 8 hose-stops .vill otter suilieient resistance c movement of the card to preclude it i an raising the stops and moving under them out of the magazine.

The cards they move from the magazine are guided by two guides 10. preferably formed from sheet-metal strips bent to a U-shapcd cros eetion. These guides at their upper ends are secured to the magazine, one on either side thereof and extend forwardly from the forward face of the nnigazine. The guides are then curved downwardly so that through a portion of their length they are approximately vertical and below this point the guides may be of whatever shape desired in order to conduct the stencil-cards to the packer or other receptacle after the printing has been effected. To each guide 10 is secured a plate 11 (Fig. 9), on which plate two lever. are pivotally and t mounted. One of these levers 12 constitutes a stop or positioning device. T he other 13 is a brake or holder for holding a stencilcard until it is engaged by the printing rolls. Peal e 12 and 13 are pressed by to turn them on their pivots into ent with a stencil- -ard or the oppoof the guide 10. The plate 11 is r l 'o the guide 10 by screws 1.5 passing through an are-shaped slot in the plate 11 i so that the l te with the lovers 12 and 13 thereon may be adjusted lengthywse of the guide 10 to bring it to the desired position and ,lOCliOtl m that position.

he picker or feeder for the stencil-cards Il'lbGS arms 16 invotallv mounted it )on a. 1 i

ter referred to. The free con shaft heretnaii which forms a pivotal support for two arms ll nch of which has a projection 18 upon a 3 upper edge and adjacent to its free end. the arms 1? are t s shown in and the downwardly eX- tending arm of each bell-c 'ank has a pin thereon which is connected by a spring 1%) to a pin on the adjacent arm it so that the spring serves to turn the arm 17 on its pivot in a direction to elevate its free end. arms 16 are farried by a sleeve 20 which sleeve has a crank 21. secured to its end. I; connccting-rod connects this crank vith a crank l on an adjacent shaft so that when this latter shaft is rotated the sleeve 20 carllne rying the feeder will be oscillated. its the feeder is oscillated the projections 18 engage the frame of the lowermost stencilcard in the magazine and move that stencilcard edgewise forwardly into the guides 1O As the feeder moves back the projections 18 catch upon the edge of the r air portion of the frame of the SlJQHCil'ifllll, thus moving the and backwardly in the guides 10 until its r ar edge engages the ends of the spring-actuated stops or positioning devices 12. llhese stops at est further backward movement of the stencil card so that the projections 1.8 yield and pass under the frame of the card, leaving the latter held in the guides 10 by the retainers 13 and positioned against ti o ends of the levers 1.2. A

The machine shown in the drawings is adapted to be driven by an electric motor 2i, connected by a belt with a. pulley it loose on a shaft 27 mounted in suitable bearings below the top of the table. Secured to the pulley 1s a pinion 28 which meshes with a gear 29 on a shaft 30 pa 'allel to the shaft 2?. The gear 29 meshes with a pinion 31 which in turn meshes with a. pinion 32, these two pinions being mounted on shafts 3?) and 34: respectively extendii'ig acre {J the machine above the table 1.. The shaft 34- is carried by arms 35 loosely nounted upon the shaft ll-Ll, each of the arms 353 having a. rearward extension through which passes a bolt 36 having a thrnded end entering an opening in the top of the table. A spring 3? is coiled about the shank of the screw 3:; between the table 1 andv the arm 2:35 so that these springs tend to turn the arms 35 about the shaft in a direction to carry the shaft 34: downwardly toward the top of the table. Such downward moven'ient can be regulated by a winged nut 38 on each of the bolts The shaft carries the upper sheet-feeding roller This roller is normally positioned with its lower surface slightly above the upper sin-tamv of the table l and the width of the space between that in the form of bell-cranks ward and away from the roller 39. The roller -12 is carried by arms 43 which are pivotally mounted on a shaft 44 carried by arms which are rigidly secured to a shaft 46. At its ends the shaft 16 has an arm 47 secured thereto (Figs. 1 and 2), which arm is connected by a link 48 with an arm 49 which is loosely mounted upon the shaft of the gear 29. The shaft of the lower feeding roller 42 is extended to the right, as shown in Fig. 2 and effects the pivotal connection between the link lS and arm 49. A pinion 50 is mounted upon this shaft 51 and meshes with the gear 29. It will thus be seen that when the motor 24 is in operation the gear 29 will be continuously rotated and will cause rotation of the upper sheetfeeding roller 39 through the pinions 31 and 32. At the same time the lower sheet-feeding roller 12 will be rotated continuously and at the same speed by means of the pinion 5O meshing with the gear 29, but the lower roller 4L2 can be moved upwardly and downwardly over a short range at any time without disconnecting it from its drive-gear 29 by reason of the fact that the pinion 50 is guided by a link 49 pivotally mounted on the shaft of the gear 29. It is necessary to provide means additional to the gear 29 to guide the shaft of the lower sheet-feeding roller l2 in its upward and downward movement, and in the present instance this is done by the provision of a stationary cam 52 (Fig. 3) which coacts with the shaft 51 or a collar thereon and whose operative surface is shaped to correspond with the curvature of the periphery of the gear 29.

I will now describe the means whereby the vertical movement of the lower sheet-feeding roller a2 is effected at the proper times and whereby suitable adjustment of the time of the movement may be made.

On the shaft d6 is secured an arm 53 and a coiled spring 54 (Fig. 1) connects the free end of this arm with a stud on the bottom of the table 1. The shaft 4L6 also has an arm 55 secured thereto carrying a roller 56 at its free end, which roller coacts with a cam mounted on a shaft 57. This cam is formed in two parts as shown in Figs. 2 and 12, one part 58 being secured to the shaft 57 and the other part 59 being loose on the shaft. The part 59 has gear-teeth 60 formed thereon at the side of the cam surface. The two parts 58 and 59 of the cam are movable relatively so that the recessed portion of the cam surface may be adjusted in circumferential length in a manner well understood. By this means whenever the depressed portion of the cam surface moves under roller 56, spring 54 rocks rod 46, thereby moving the lower sheet-feeding roller about the axis of gear 29 so that said roller is carried upwardly into eoaction with the upper sheet feeding roller; and when the raised portion of the cam moves under roller 56, the lower sheet-feeding roller is depressed to its inoperative position.

The shaft 57 is not continuously rotated but its rotation is governed by a clutch operated by a suitable pedal. On the shaft carrying the gear 29 is secured a gear 61 meshing with a gear 62 (Figs. 2 and 12) carried by a sleeve which is loose on the shaft 57. This sleeve has a plurality of pins 63 at its end. Adjacent to'the sleeve 64-. is a gear 65 secured to the shaft 57 and having an opening therein in which a spring-actuated clutch-block 66 is adapted to reciprocate in the direction of the axis of shaft 57. The clutch is controlled by a pivot-arm 67 (Fig. 7) actuated by a pedal 68. This arm 67 has a beveled end 67 which may be caused to engage the movable clutch-block 66 and carry that block out of eoaction with the pin 63. lVhenever the pedal is depressed the arm 67 is raised and the clutch-block 66 is moved forward so that any one of the pins 63 on the continuously moving sleeve 6 1 will engage it and thus cause the gear 65 and shaft 57 to turn with the continuously driven sleeve 6ft. Such rotation of shaft 57 will continue until the pedal 68 is released, whereupon the arm 67 will disconnect the clutch and bring shaft 57 to rest. hen the pedal is released, a spring 68 (Fig. 1) returns it and arm 67 to their former positions and the beveled end 67 of arm 67 is engaged by block 66 which, in riding up the incline on the end of arm 67, is withdrawn from engagement with pin 63 and it and shaft 57 are brought to rest.

The cam-section 59 rotates with the shaft 5( at all times in the normal operation of the machine, but while the shaft is at rest an adjustment may be made whereby this cam-section may be moved relatively to the can1-section 58. This adjustment is effected by the parts shown in Figs. 7 and 11. The gear 65 fast on the shaft 57 meshes with a gear 69 loosely mounted upon a parallel shaft 70 and this shaft carries a second loose gear 71 which meshes with the gear 60. The gear 71 has an arc-shaped slot therein as shown in Fig. 7, through which extends pin 72, the end of this pin being secured to the gear 69. By tightening the wing-nut on the screw 72, the gears 69 and 71 and a coacting plate 73 may be secured together so that all will turn together, and by loosening the nut on the pin 72 the gears 69 and 71 may be moved relatively and when they are so moved the gear 60 will be turned upon the shaft 57 so as to effect the desired adjustment of the cam 59 relative to the cam 58. The adjustment of the gears 69 and 71 may be effected in any desired manner, as for instance by applying force to the nut on the screw 72 move the latter about the axis of the shaft 70 or by direct application of "elitforce to the giar 69. it. portion of the gear '71 may have scale markings thereon with which an index on the plate 73 eo-acts so that by reference to these scale markings the exact a djustmcnt desired may be obtained.

it will be seen that by adjusting the relative JOSltlOHS of cams 58 and 59 the dwell of the lower sheet-feeding roller in the raised position may be varied as desired. It is only while the lower roll is in this raised position that a sheet is being fed so that in this way the length of the period of sheet :t'ecding may be regulated. This in turn regulates the distance which the sheet will be fed and hence the position at which the address will be impressed upon the sheet. ll hcu a sheet: is fed between the two sheet- :tceding rollers, it is directed downward by the guides ii and its edge passes between the guides t1 and retaining lingers 7t, preferably made of sheet-metal and mounted upon a suitable support belt w the top of the table. as shown in Fig. 8. If desired, a

' 5 may be m'ovided for adjusting the pr ar of the ends of these retaining fingers a g; inst the guides l-l. reason of the proud of these guides; when the feeding inovemei l of a sheet is discontinued by the lowcrin r of the lower sheet-feedii'ig roller the she will be held in the position to which it has been moved by the fingers let.

Htooh Myers '76 are provided for assisting in positioning a sheet in the proper initial position 'llhcse stop-lingers have upwardly turned projections at their inner ends which extend above the surface of the top of the t2 blc just sullicient to catch the edge of a latter is moved into the feeding position. but when the lower sheet-feeding roller i2 is raised it engages the edge of the sheet and elevates that edge into coaction with the roller U.) and above the ends of the stop lingers in. so that thes fingers will no longer arrest movement the sheet.

The impression-member consists of a segmental roller 7?; that is a roller having its surface cut away over a portion thereof. This roller is mounted upon, the shaft 5'7. toacting with it an llll-Gptlll 78 which .is carried by a. block 1'9 mounted. upon a shaft so. This shaft is driven by a gear 81 there on meshin with the go; r ii?) on the shaft 57. he inhin pad 78 receives ink from a pad a: carried by 83 l L the shaft a slnft which is driven "i on by the gearing shown at the tip of Fig. 2. The pad 89 1s adapt-ed to enact with an inlnng-roller 84 the lower of which dips into ink irnnnlain i 35 mounted upon the frame of the The gearing for driving the an the shaft 80 is also ar anged shaft so on which the crank 23 wardly into a suitable receiving-tray by two roller. 87 and S8. The roller 8'? is mounted. upon the shaft 27 so that it is continuously rotated when the machine in operation. The roller 88 is carried by arms 8%) which are pivotally mounted upon a stationary shaft 90. One of these arms has an upward extension 91 (Figs. 2 and which carries a rolle* at its free end adapted to bear upon the periphery of a am 92 carried by the shaft 95). This cam is adjustable so that the time of movement of roller 88 may be regulated as desired, The cam is so positioned that it will cause the roller 88 to move to ward the roller 8? just after the printing has been effected and the sheet has been moved slightly forward by the inn ressionmile and the inking-pad. An adjustment device 8) is provided for keeping the rollers 87, 88 parallel. tv' hen the roller 38 moves thus, it engages the printed sheet or envelop between it and the roller 87 and as the roller 8'? is continuously rotated the two rollers forward the sheet or envelop into a suitable tray.

The stencil-cards move down in. the guides 10 after they have been used for printing and fall to the forward end of a receptacle 923. This receptacle has two wheels 9d: mounted at opposite sides thereof and pro vidcd with (prefe'ably) five blades which enter the sid s of the receptacle. One of the wheels ll-Il: has 1 gear 95 secured to its shaft and meshing with agear on a shaft 96 rotated intermittently from the shaft 86 by gearing. preferably of the type shown in Fig. (i and known as a right a nglc Geneva gear. The shaft 96 also carries a sprocket wheel )7. having a chain 98 whereby the two wheels 9% are rotated at the same speed. After each stencil-card drops down through the guides 10 into the receptacle 93, the gearing ope'ates to rotate the wheels 9-1: one step. this one step being equivalent to the angular displacement of two adjacent blades on the wheels fi l. in this way each stencil received in the tray is moved up into the body of the tray and all of the stencils accumulated in the t'ay are moved forward a distance equivalent to the width of one stencil and held in position by the spring guide.

The ope 'ation of the machine will be readily urulerstood from the foregoing description. A pile of stencil-cards is placed in the magazine and these are fed one by one from the bottom of the pile and into the printing position there they are held by the retainers 13 and positioned by the stops it plu *ality of sheets, envclops or cards are laid upon the top of the table 1 in front of the sheet-feeding rollers and these are moved forward by hand one after another between the sheet-feeding rollers Where they 40. Thereafter the lower sheet-feeding roller is elevated so that the two rollers forward the sheet between them and under the guides ll until the lower roller is again depressed, whereupon the sheet will come to rest in the position to which it was moved, held by the fingers 74, but while this is being done or after it has been done the op erator presses the pedal 68, thereby permitting one revolution of the shaft 57 and the parts actuated therefrom. This causes the impression roller and inking pad to make one revolution and the pad supplies ink to the stencil and through the interstices thereof upon the sheet, thus effecting. the printing. Thereafter the sheet is grasped by the for aiding- rollers 87 and 88 and forwarded into a suitable tray and the stencil moves out into the receiver 93 where it is packed in the manner heretofore described. It will be seen that by reason of the peculiar construction and operation of the stencil-feed ing devices the stencils will always be in a definite position at the time when the print ing is effected, as each stencil will have its rear edge brought up against the ends of the stops 12, one close to each side edge of the stencil. Furthermore the position of the address upon the sheet or envelop may be regulated as desired by regulating the period during which the lower sheet-feeding roller remains in the elevated position. This is in turn regulated by the length of the depressed portion of the composite cam 58 and 59. This length may be readily regulated by the gears 69 and 71. During all of the time that the lower sheet-feeding roller is in the raised position, it moves the sheet forwardly, so that the position in which the sheet comes to rest will be determined by the length of the period during which the lower roller remains in raised position.

Having thus described the invention what I claim is:

1. In an addressing machine, an upright magazine for stencils, a pivotally mounted supporting member below the magazine adapted to be reciprocated about its pivot, a picker pivotally mounted on said member and spring-actuated to move its free end toward the stencils in the magazine, and curved guides extending laterally from the magazine and then downwardly, means for holding a stencil in the downwardly eX- tending portions of the guides and cooperating impression and inking members for printing from the stencil when it is held by said means.

2. In an addressing machine, a magazine for stencils, a guide for the stencils leading from the magazine and having a portion thereof directed downwardly, a reciprocating feeding device for feeding stencils from i the magazine successively into the guide, a

stopmember past which the stencils are moved adapted to coact with the rear edges of the stencils to position the stencils, and a retainer for holding the stencils in coaction with the stop-member in said downwardly directed portion of the guide.

8. In an addressing machine, an upright magazine for stencils, a carrier pivotally mounted below the magazine, a picker pivotally mounted on the carrier and spring-actuated to move its free end toward the stencils in the magazine, means for oscillating the carrier about its pivot, guides extending from the magazine and having a portion thereof directed downwardly, a stop-member adjacent to the guides past which a stencil is moved by the picker and adapted to coact with the rear edge of the stencil to position the latter, and a retainer for holding the stencil in coaction with the stop-member in said downwardly directed portion of the guides.

4. In an addressing machine, a magazine for stencil-cards each having a frame, guides leading from the magazine, a reciprocating feeding device having a projection adapted to engage the edge of the frame of a stencil and move the stencil out of and away from the magazine and backwardly toward the magazine, a stop-member mounted adjacent to the guide, means for reciprocating the feeder to cause the projection thereon to engage a stencil and move the latter past the stop-member and then back into coaction with the stop-member and a retaining means for holding the stencil so moved in coaction with the stop-member.

5. In an addressing machine, an upright magazine for stencils, a carrier pivotally mounted below the magazine, a picker pivotally mounted on the carrier and springactuated to move its free end toward the stencil in the magazine, a projection on the picker adapted to coact with the frame of a stencil to move the stencil out of and away from the magazine and backwardly toward the magazine, a stop-member adjacent to the magazine, means for reciprocating the carrier to cause the projection on the picker to engage the frame of a stencil and move the stencil past the stop-member and then back into coaction with the stop-member, and a retainer for holding the stencil so moved in coaction with the stop-member.

6. In an addressing machine, a magazine for stencils, a guide leading therefrom, a plate adjustably mounted upon the guide, two spring-actuated levers mounted on the plate, one displaced from the other in the direction of the length of the guide, and means for feeding stencils successively out of and away from the magazine and beyond one only of said levers and then moving each stencil backwardly into engagement with said lever.

an addressing machine, a magazine 1h a reciprocating feeding device for for u stencils therefrom successively, gull irough which the stencils are moved by t e e a spring-actuated lever for .siug machine, a magazine for 7 i1 1e 'e ssively, a stop n'iember, means ""r operz ting the teede? to feed a stencil. pastthe stop-member and then hael: ino coaetioi with the stop-member, retainer retaining the stencil in coaction with tl e stop-member, a platen, inking )7 means, and means for operating the platen and inking means to :ause them to engage a stencil, withdraw it from the retainer and feed it between the platen and inhin g means.

9. In an aculressing machine, a magazine for stencils, a feeder for feeding stencils sucees iwel y from the magazine and into printposition, sheet-teeding devices, means "or operating said devices to feed sheet be tween them to printing position and then release the sheet, means for effecting an adjustment ot the sheet-iteedin devices to *ary the distance through which a sheet will. be fed thereby, means for susaii'iing the sheet when it is released by the sheet-feeding devices, a platen, inking means, and means for operating the platen and inhing moms to grip the stencil. in printing position and the sheet held by said sustaining means, print from the stencil upon the sheet and -forward the stencil and sheet between them, substantially as set forth.

10. in an at dressing machine, an upright magazine for sencils, a pivotally mounted supporting n; nber below the magazine l apted to be reciprocate-d about its pivot, a picker pivotal ly mounted on said member and spring actuated to more its tree end toward the stencils in the magazine, guides extending laterally from the maga SilDG and downw a rdly, a spring actuated lever into engagement with which the stencils are moved by the picker am which is adapted to hold the stencils in the doi-anwardly extending portion of the guides, and cooperating impression and inking members for grasping a stencil held by said, lever, printing from the same and forwarding thi 'neil between tlem, substantially as se iirth.

ll. .i ddressing machine, an upright magazi it stencils, guides extending lat erall iron magazine and downwardly,

i. the stopping and retaining means adjacent to the downwa ll extei' d portion oi? said guid means :t'or feeding stencils successively from the ma azzine through the guides and beyond the stopping means and the; backwardly into coaction with the stopping means to be held there by the retaining means, and cooperating impression and inking members for grasping the stencil held. by the retaining means, printing :lrom tl e same and forwarding the stencil between them, substantially as set forth.

12. in an LHltll't. sing maelune, a magazine for stencils, a guide leading therel rom, stopping and retaining means adjacent to the guide, iii-Cans :i'or iteeding stencils successively from the magazine through the guide and beyond said stopi iing m ans and then backi'ardly into eoaction with the stopping means to be there held by the staining means, and cooperating impression and iule ing members for grasping a stencil held by the retaining means, printing from the si me and forwarding the stencil between them, substantially as set forth.

13. In an addressing machine, a i'naganiue for stencils, a guide leading there'lirom, a stop device adjacent to the guide, a feeder, means for ope ating the feeder to feed stenoils from the magazine successively through the guide and beyond the stop device and then bacluvardly into engagement with the stop de vice, and cooperating impression and inking members for grasping a stencil in :oaction with the stop device, printing from the same and forwarding the stencil between them, substantially as set forth.

1%. In an addressing machine, a magazine for stencils, a guide leading therefrom, two spring-actuated levers directed toward the guide, a feeder, means for actuating the feeder to feed stencils siu'cessively from the magazine through the guide and beyond one oi said levers and then baehwardly into coaction with that lever, the other of said levers being adapted to hold a stencil so fed in coaction with the first-nanied lever, and cooperating impression and inking members for grasping a s 'encil so held, printing from the same and forwarding the stencil between them, substantially as set forth.

In an addressing machine, a magazine for stencils, a guide leading therefrom, a supporting member, a stoppin means and a retaining means mounted upon the suppor ingmemher, means for securing the supporting member in various positions of adjustment lengthwise of the guide, a feeder, means for operating the feeder to more sten cils successively from the magazine through the guide and beyond the stopping means and then baekwardly into coaction with the stopping means to be there held by the retaining means, and cooperating inking and impression. members for grasping a stencil. wien in eoaetion with the stopping means, printing from the same and forwarding the stencil between them, substantially as forth.

16. In an addressing machine, a maga zine for stencils, a guide leading therefrom, a stop device adjacent to the guide, means for moving the stencils successively from the magazine through the guide and beyond the stop device and then backwardly into engagement with the stop device, sheetfeecing devices for feeding sheets successively to a position adjacent to a stencil in coaction with the stop device, and coiiperating inking and impression members adapted to grasp a stencil incoaction with the stop device and a sheet adjacent thereto, print from the stencil upon the sheet and forward the sheet and the stencil between them, substantially as set forth.

17. In an addressing machine, a magazine for stencils, a guide leading therefrom, a stop device adjacent to the guide, a feeder for feeding stencils successively from the magazine through the guide and beyond the stop device and then backwardly into coaction with the stop device, sheet-feeding devices, means for operating the same inter mittcntly to feed sheets successively to a position adjacent to a stencil in coaction with the stop device, and cooperating inking and impression members for grasping a stencil in coaction with the stop device and a sheet adjacent thereto, printing from the stencil upon the sheet and forwarding the sheet and stencil between them, substantially as set forth.

18. In an addressing machine, a magazine for stencils, a guide leading therefrom, a stop device adjacent to the guide, a feeder for feeding stencils successively from the magazine through the guide and beyond the stop device and then backwardly into coaction with the stop device, sheet-feeding devices, means for operating the same intermittently to feed sheets successively to a position adjacent to a stencil in coaction with the stop device, a retaining means for holding a sheet in position when the feeding movement thereof is discontinued, and cooperating inking and impression members for grasping a stencil in coaction with the stop device and a sheet adjacent thereto, printing from the stencil upon the sheet and forwarding the sheet and stencil between them, substantially as set forth.

19. In an addressing machine, a magazine for stencils, a guide leading therefrom, a stop device adjacent to the guide, a feeder for feeding stencils successively from the magazine through the guide and beyond the stop device and then backwardly into coaction with the stop device, sheetfeeding devices, means for operating the same in termittently to feed sheets successively to a position adjacent to a stencil in coaction with the stop device, adjustable devices for varying the extent of the intermittent operation of the sheet-feeding devices to vary the position of a sheet fed thereby with respect to a stencil in coaction with the stop device, and cooperating inking and impression members for grasping a stencil in coaction with the stop device and a sheet adjacent thereto, printing from the stencil upon the sheet and forwarding the sheet and stencil between them, substantially as set forth.

This specification signed and witnessed this Qatth day of October, 1912.

WILLIAM W. TUOK.

Witnesses S. O. EDMONDS, I. McINTosn.

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