US549350A - Machine for sign-writing and letter-making - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

L. G. PISHBACK. I SIGN WRITING AND LETTER MAKING.

MACHINE FOR No. 549,350.

Pat ented Nov. 5, 1895.

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Lime-e STATES LEOFORTE c." FIsHBAcK, or GARDEN crrY, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR or ONE- HALF TO CHARLES .arnnnon, or OARTHAGE, MISSOURI.

L VIYVIIIAVQHIINE'VFOR SIGN-WRITING AND, L ET'l'ER-MAKING.

SPECIFICATION forming ea-bf Letters Patent no. 549,350, dated November 5, 1895.

. l Appligatign filed December 18, 1894. Serial Ito-532,272. orb model.)

To all I V Beit known that L'LEOFORTE G. FISHBACK,

a citizen of 'theUnited States, residing at Garden City, county of Finney, State of Kansas, have invented-a new and useful Machine for Making- Letters, Marks, Ornamental Lines, &c., for,Signs, 850.,v of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in machines for sign-writing and letter-maklng.

The objectiof the. present invention isto simplify and improve the constructionof devices for writing signs, notices, &c., being. also adapted for executing ornamental de-i.

signs, fancy lettering, &,c.'

the inkis'automaticallyfed to they inkingpad as the device is moved across oralong the surface to be printed.

.A further object of the invention is to provide a device .with a graduated arc and 'apivoted adjustable ruler and pointer co-opcrating therewith, whereby the ruler may be disposed at any, desired angle with accuracy.

. Another object is to provideea cut-0E, by. means of which the lines may be terminated at any ,desired point or angle.

To accomplish the objects above enumerated, theinvention consists in the construction and novel combinations of features and details of arrangement, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the drawings, "and pointed out in the claims. 5 V

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 1s a perspective View ofa rotary marker constructed in accordance with my improvements. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the complete marking device. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan View of the gage or guide in connection with which the rotary marker operates. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the two-part inking-reservoir. Fig. 5 is a detail:

perspective view of a marking-roller of dif- V wj F and the manner in which the same is secured 1 Similar numerals of reference. designate ferent pattern. l

1 corresponding parts inthe several figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings lv designates a suitable handle, which may be of wood or any desiredmaterial, to the lower end of which issecured a hanger-frame of peculiar construction. Said hanger-frame is of a duplex character, consisting of two similar U -shaped sections 2and 3,.which ,are adapted to telescope or to slide one within the other, as indicatedin Figs. 1 and 2. Both of said. U- shaped frames are provided with enlarged lheadsor connecting cross-bars 4; and 5, and projecting upwardly from the cross-bar or web 5 of the lower or inner frame 3 is a screw 7 6, which passes through a, perforation in the A further. Ob'ect of the invention is to provide such letter-writing device witha novel form of. inking-pad andreservoir whereby- ,cross-bar or web 4: of the .upper or outer frame 2,, said screw passing thence into the lower end of the handle 1.; The pendent arms of the frames 2 and 3 are provided at their lower extremities withhorizontally-aligned perforal tions 7, adapted to receive the shaft on which the marking-rollerB is mounted.

The marking-roller 8 is preferably made of soft rubber, although itwillbe apparent that said roller may be, made of any material which is properly'adapted to receive and distribute the ink supplied thereto in a manner that will be hereinafter described, and said roller is provided with a ,7 central bearingsleeve 9 of brass or other suitable material for adapting the same to revolve freely upon its supporting-shaft 10. g V The shaft 10 passes through the horizontally-aligned perforations 7, as above described, and also through the bearing-sleeve- ,9 in the roller 8, and is provided at one end with a downwardly-projecting pointed arm or extension 11, the extremity of which is adapted to project a sufficient distance beneath the plane of the lower periphery of said roller to slightly penetrate or engage the paper orsurface upon which an impression is to be made. V

It will be seen that by reason of the particular arrangement of the duplex hanger,

to; the handled when said handle is turned,

the inner section or frame 3 of the hanger will be drawn upward slightly, and thereby caused to bind the shaft 10 within the perforation 7 for holding the pointed arm 11 in fixed relation to the hanger-frame. Upon turning the handle 1 in the reverse direction the shaft 10 will be relieved and may be turned or moved lengthwise to any desired extent.

The ink drum or roller 12 is mounted within the roller-section of the hanger between the marking-roller 8 and the upper cross-bar or web 5 of said section. The ink-drum is made in two similar cylindrical sections, one of which 13 is slightly less in external diameter than the other 14:, and adapted to slide within or telescope with its mate. Each of said sections is provided with a peripheral flange 15 at one side, and also with a plurality of peripheral perforations 16, the arrangement being such that when the two sections of the drum are assembled the peripheral perforations may register or be radially aligned. An annular or endless inking-pad 17 of felt or other absorbent material surrounds the outer section of the drum, and when the two parts of the drum are brought together and fur- ,nished with a supply of ink within the interior thereof, said ink is evenly and uniformly supplied to said pad 17 through the radially-aligned perforations 16 and properly distributed throughout the fiber of said pad. The ink-drum, as a whole, is held in place within the frame 3 by means of a U-shaped piece of spring-wire bent at its central portion to form a horizontal shaft 18, which is seated in an oppositely-disposed pair of slots or sockets 19 in the upper portion of the frame 3, as shown. The downwardly-extending arms 20 of the spring-frame are curved, as shown, and are arranged upon opposite sides of the ink-drum, being bent inwardly at their lower ends to form short inwardlyprojecting spurs or trunnions 21, which pass through elongated slots 22 in the frame 3 and into centrally-arranged sockets in opposite sides of the rotary ink-drum. By means of this arrangement the pad 17 of the ink-drum is always held in contact with the markingroller 8, and the ink contained within the said pad is distributed evenly upon the periphery of the marking-roller and by the latter con veyed to the surface to be printed.

23 designates a graduated are or segmental plate with which the shank 2i of a suitable handle 25 is connected.

26 indicates a ruler or straight-edge, which is pivotally connected with said segmental plate or are by means of a pin or stud 27 ,upon

which is also mounted a cut-off 28. The ruler 26 and cut-off 28 are fixed upon the pin or stud 27, and therefore have a rigid relation .to each other, so that when the angle of the cut-off 28 is adjusted the ruler or straightedge 26 will be adjusted to the same angle.

scribe the required are.

The inner end of the cut-off 28 is extended to the curved edge of the plate 23 and pointed, thus facilitating the adjustment of the ruler or straight-edge 26 to any angle desired.

In operation parallel lines are drawn across the surface to be printed and the space between said lines is blocked off according to the sizes of the several letters to be printed. The pointed shaft 10 is then adjusted to bring the point 11 the desired distance from the marking-roller 8 for enabling the latter to de- The curves of the letters are all drawn first, after which the pointed end 11 of the shaft or rod 10 is turned upward out of the way. The ruling or straightedge device is then placed upon the surface and the angle of the ruler or straight-edge proper adjusted, as hereinabove described, to-

correspond to the inclinations of the straight portions of the letters, all of which be readily understood without further description. The cut-off 28 serves to lift the markingroller from the surface being printed and terminates the line evenly and at the desired angle to the direction in which the line extends.

It will be apparent that the surface of the marking-roller may be varied in such manner as to produce zigzag or irregular lines for ornamental work, one of the various forms of which said roller is susceptible being indicated in Fig. 5. It will also be apparent that changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction nlay be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus fully described the invention, What is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

1. A device for sign writing and letter making, comprising a suitable handle, a hanger frame secured thereto, a supplementalframe arranged within the hanger and adjustable therein, a marking roller mounted on a longitudinally adjustable rod or shaft passing through aligned perforations in the arms of the hanger and supplemental frame, and means for adjusting the supplemental frame relatively to the hanger, substantially as specified.

2. A device for sign writing and letter making, comprising a suitable handle, a hanger frame secured thereto, a supplemental frame adjustably mounted within said hanger frame, the inking roller and marking roller j ournaled within said frames, and a two armed spring attached to the inner supplemental frame and having its free ends bent inwardly toward each other to engage elongated slots in said inner frame and to enter bearing sockets in opposite sides of the inking roller, for the purpose and substantially as specified.

3. The herein described device, comprising a suitable handle, a hanger frame secured thereto, a supplemental frame adjustably mounted Within said hanger frame, a movable and self-adjusting inking roller journaled Within said frames, an impression roller also journaled Within said frames, and a U- shaped spring embracing said inking roller and interposed between said supplemental frame and inking roller and also forming the journals upon which said inking roller revolves, substantially as and for the purposes 10 described.

LEOFORTE O. FISHBACK;

Witnesses:

C. B. STIOKNEY, MABEL A. RILEY.

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