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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE
JOHN PINER, OF BONHAAI, TEXAS.
IMPROVEMENT IN ADDRESSING-MACHINES.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 210,960, dated December 17, 1878; application filed
June 21, 1878.
To all Iwhom it 1?W?/y concern: screw, e, at its upper slotted end, the lower
Be it known that I, JOHN PrNEE, of Don- end engaging a rack, E', arranged at the out-
ham, in the county of Fannia and State of side of guide-box A.
Texas, have invented a new and Improved The downward motion of the platen-lever
Addressing-Machine, of which the following is C carries the slotted pawl forward, while the
a specification: upward motion of the platen - lever, by its
In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 rep- spring, causes the pawl to push against the
resents a top view of my improved address- rack and produce a forward motion of the im-
ing-machine; Fig. 2, a side elevation, partly pression-frame, so as to bring its top aperture
in section, on line x, Fig. 1, and parts shown over the next address of the type-galley. The
in different position; and Fig. 3, a vertical paper or other article to be addressed is then
transverse section of the same on line y y, placed face downward on the top plate of the
Fig. 2. impression-frame and the platen-lever brought
Similar letters of reference indicate corre- down on the same, so that the paper is brought
sponding parts. in contact with the type and printed with the
This invention is intended to furnish for proper address.
newspaper offices, and business purposes in The clasticity of the rubber platen admits
general, an improved addressing-machine of the addressing of papers of any thickness,
exceedingly simple construction. while the pawl regulates the forward motion
The invention will first be described in con- of the impression-frame. The aperture of the
nection with the drawing, and then pointed out impression-frame is thereby brought exactly
in the claim. over the addresses, and the papers are then
Referring to the drawings, A represents a properly addressed by the lowering of the
guide-box, of oblong shape, that has a cen- platen-lever.
trail open part of about two inches in width, Whentheimpression-framehastraveledover
into which the type-galley, in which the ad- the entire type-galley it is removed, a second
dresses are set up at proper distances, is type-galley is inserted, the impression-frame
placed. moved back to the head of the type-galley,
On parallel side rails or guides of time box and then the addressing of the papers contin-
is supported a movable impression-frame, B, ued as before.
that is retained on the guides by means of In operating my device the left hand is em-
tongues and grooves, and secured by a set- ployed(so that the right may be used to feed)
screw, a, in such a manner that it moves eas- to give the simple up-and-down motion of the
ily forward, but will not slip when making tile handle. The pawl-slot must be large enough
impression,. to allow the pivot to work freely; and loose
The top plate of the impression-firame B has washers must be put on before the pawl, while
a transverse opening, b, of sufficient width for the nut must not be screwed up tight enough
addresses of one to four lines. to bind. When manipulated in this way the
To the impression-frame is linged a platen- pawl is entirely oat of the way.
lever, C, that is further connected thereto by Having thus described my invention,I claim
a rubber or other spring, C', so as to be thrown as new and desire to secure by Letters Pat-
up instantly when the impression is made and ent-
the handle of the same is released. The combination, with box A, movable im-
The platen-lever C is provided with a rub- pression-frame B, and hinged platen-lever C,
ber block or platen, D, that is smaller than of the shouldered pivot arm d, the end-slotted
the aperture b of the top plate of the impres- pawl E, loosely held by nut on said arm, the
sion-frame, so that the block may pass read- extension-stop d', and the rack E', all arranged
ily through the same. substantially as shown and described, for the
A fixed pivot-arm, d, extends from one side purpose speciied.
of the platen-lever C, and comes in contact
with a backward-extending stop, d', of the im- JOHN PINER.
pression-frame, when the spring of the lever
C throws the same into raised position. Witnesses:
A pawl, E, is applied to the shouldered LUTHER FINERn,
pivot-arm i, and loosely held thereon by a set- B. P. FurTrEsoN.
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Piner, John. Improvement in Addressing-Machines., patent, December 17, 1878; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth169800/m1/2/?rotate=90: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.