Note: Claims are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
Claim lst A. In the art of obaining a surface for printing reading matter from, by attaching to an elastic band or surface, the letters of the subject matter, and afterwards transferring the same, by any photo-mechanical process, to metal, stone or other surfaces for printing. 1st B. In the art of obtaining surfaces for printing reading matter from, by first detaching the letters of the subject matter from ribbons or strips of paper, or any suitable material, having the letters printed thereon at short intervals apart, so that each detached letter shall have an accompanying blank space, and then by attaching these letters so cut off, in overlapping order of their blank portions, to an elastic band and finally transferring the subject matter thus pro¬duced either line after line or in numbers of lines by any photo-mechanical process to metal, stone, or other surfaces for printing. 2nd The art of obtaining surfaces for printing reading matter from, in reference to the justification thereof, firstly, by straining an elastic band or surface to which the subject matter has been primarily detached so as to elongate the subject matter within certain limits or lengths of lines according to conventional practices among printers, and, secondly,to contract or elongate the subject matter attached by turning it to any desired angle in the same plane with the camera, and then transferring either or both by any photo-mechanical process to metal, stone or other surfaces for printing. 3rd The art of obtaining surfaces for printing reading matter from by angling, shaping to, contorting or by stretching or straining an elastic band or surface to which the subject matter has been primarily attached, so as to impart varieties of shapes and designs to the lettering which then, by any photo-mechanical process, are tranferred to metal, stone or other surfaces for printing. 4th The art of obtaining surfaces for printing reading matter from by placing over or along side the subject matter, which has been primarily attached to an elastic band or surface, any screens, letter ornamentations or designs, whether black,white, or any color or transparent, or by intervening between the lines of subject matter as they are photographed, any ornamentations, pictures or designs, which combinations by any photo-mechanical process are then transferred to metal, stone, or other surfaces for printing. 5th The art of obtaining surfaces for printing reading matter from, by increasing or decreasing the distance between the sensitized plate in the camera and the subject matter primarily attached to an elastic or unelastic band or surface, so as to produce various sizes of lettering intermingled or otherwise, which then, by any photomechanical process,are transferred to metal, stone or other surfaces for printing. 6th In the art of obtaining surfaces for printing reading matter from and the foregoing manners of effecting it, a composing machine having reels of ribboned paper or any suitable material, each piece of which is printed throughout its extent, but not in close connection with one letter and collectively all the letters of the alphabet, punctuation points, figures or signs, and having fingering keys by means of which tfie letters of any desired reading matter may be rapidly brought forward under a pair of scissors and cut from the ends of the ribbons and attached in over-lapping order to an elastic band. 7th In the art of obtaining surfaces for printing reading matter from, the combination of a band or surface of any elastic material, to which has been attached the subject matter, with a machine for adjusting and shaping it,moveable as a whole upon a central and vertical axis, and in that part the rough which the continuing line of subject matter is horizontally passed upon a horizontal axis by means of which movements the subject matter may be readily placed at a variety of angles to the sensitized surface of the camera. 8th In the art of obtaining surfaces for printing reading matter from and the foregoing machinery and manner for effecting lt, an adjusting and shaping machine operating an elastic band or surface to which the subject matter has been primarily attached, in combination with a photographic camera and any photo-mechanical process of printing, and also contained in the first, second, third, fourth and fifth claims, and in general the reproduction upon a sensitized plate or plates by means of photography any reading matter or its make up in any shape attached to or lying upon an elastic band or other surface, letter by letter, word by word, sentence by sentence, line by line, or lines by lines in succession, or in whole or M part, and the reading matter justified, arranged, and reproduced thus transferred to metallic or other surfaces, or lithographic stones for printing by any known photo-mechanical process. 9th In the art of obtaining surfaces for printing reading matter from by means of an elastic band or surface to which the subject matter has been primarily attached a photographic camera, in combination with a guiding way or track and an adjusting and shaping machine attached thereto. 10th In the art of obtaining surfaces for printing reading matter from a photographic camera in combination with an inscribed or recorded set scale, or detailed list of the various sizes of type upon its own way or track or focusing draught, and a corresponding and proportionately inscribed or recorded scale or detailed list of the various sizes of type upon the guiding way or track connected with the shaping or adjusting machine for the purpose of readily increasing or diminishing and focusing, and thereby obtaining all sizes of printing from the subject reading matter primarily attached to an elastic band or surface in an elementary or standard size of lettering; whether the subject reading matter be plain or treated fancifully. 11th In the art of obtaining surfaces for printing reading matter from, by means of an elastic band, or surface to which the subject matter has been primarily at tached and subsequently passed through an adjusting and shaping machine, a photographic camera in combination with a secondary guiding way or track raising or lowering the front or back of the camera, as the case may be, so as to keep the base line of the primarily attached subject matter, the focused lens and the base line of the opening exposure slide on the sensitized plate, all in one direct and straight line, whatever position the camera may occupy upon the main track or whether the lettering be focused large or small upon the the sensitized plate. 12th In the art of obtaining surfaces for printing reading matter from, by means of an elastic band or surface to which the subject matter has been primarily attached and subsequently passed through an adjusting and shaping machine, in combination with a photographic camera, an exposure slide in the plate shield of the photographic camera giving,at whatever position the camera may occupy in relation to the primarily printed subject matter, a width of opening exposure suitable to the height of the lettering as focused upon the sensitized plate, whether large or small. 13th In the art of obtaining surfaces for printing reading matter from, by means of an elastic band or surface to which the subject matter has been primarily attached and subsequently passed through an adjusting and shaping machine, in combination with a photographic camera, a sensitized plate frame within the sensitized plate shield of the camera, moveable equal¬ly at each exposure and uniformly with and to a similar width of lines as the opening exposure slide, but remaining stationary at each shutting of the opening exposure slide. 14th In the composing and attaching machine the special combination, as follows: the combination of a fingering key a, the connecting attachments 23, o, 24 and p, a knee lever r and a paper clip t acting as a single set, and the congregation of these sets in sufficient numbers to accomplish the purpose. 15th The combination of a paper clip t, a spring c, a clip pointer 25 acting as a single set and the punched holes in the ribboned paper, and the congregation of these sets in sufficient numbers to accomplish the purpose specified. 16th The ribboned paper or other suitable material printed and punched, combined with the converging paper or channel b b b, the shears d, and elastic band w. 17th The combination of the fingering keys a a a, the springp, the cross bar h, the cut off leverf, the connecting rod g and the shears d. 18th The fingering keys a a a and the knee lever r by their connections combined with the cross bar i, the connecting rod k, the crank lever 1 and the friction cam a. 19th The knee levers r, each and collectively, and the cross bar i having reference to graduated distances between them at y, corresponding to the width of their respective designated letters, figures, or points combined with the feed motion mechanism. 20th The springs 26, 20 and m. 21st The feed motion of a machine composing and attaching the subject matter to an elastic band, a friction cam or cams or friction knee joint operating directly or indirectly upon the elastic bandby suitable mechanism so as to produce a variety of feeds suitable to thé various widths of letters, &c. 22nd In the photographic machinery, the special combinations, as follows : the elastic band or surface w to which the subject matter has been primarily attached, combined with the feeding rollers 26a 26b and the shaping and adjusting machine 52. 23rd The elastic band or surface w to which the subject matter has been primarily attached. combined with the knee joints or friction cams 54a 54b. 24th The elastic band or surface w to which the surface matter has been primarily attached, combined with the lever 22d and its scale 28, also with the levers 21a and 21b and their scales 24b 24a. 25th The combination of the shaping and adjusting machine 52 and the way or track 37, with a recorded register of type sizes thereon, also the camera 33 with a recorded register of type sizes thereon. 26th The combination of the increasing lever 27, the opening exposure slide 35 and the iron frame 32 connecting both. 27th The combination of the opening exposure slide 35, the knee joint or friction cams 31a 31b, the friction bars 34a 34b, the frame 53 to which they are attached, and is contained sensitized plate 30, all and each of them. 28th The combination of the elastic band w, the camera 33, the opening exposure at 50 and the moveable sensitized plate 30. 29th For the purposes of obtaining various sizes of lettering and a correct focus thereof, the combination of pointers 38 and 48 on the camera with their respective scales or registers of type sizes. 30th For the purposes of justification and making various lengths of lines, the elastic band w with the subject matter attached, the pointer shields 5, 5, and the recorded scale 60. 31st The combination of a box 61, the adjustable ornamentations, screen, fancy lettering and other slides contained therein, and the elastic band w having the subject matter attached thereto. 32nd The combination of the secondary track 42, the elastic band w, the lens 39 and the base of the opening exposure at 50. 33rd The combination of the elastic band w with the elastic and pliable contorting guide 56. 34th The combination, in the feed motion, of the sensitized plate in the camera of a feeding friction knee joint or cam 31b with a check friction knee joint or cam 31s, the combination of both with and operating upon a smooth feeding surface, be it curved or be it straight. 35th In machinery for-printing and punching ribboned paper, the combination as follows: In a`printing press, printing and punching coils or strips of ribboned paper, the combination of the printing with the punching in one and the same operation and time. 36th The combination of a discharging reel c and the ribboned paper e with the printing wheel a, its type 28 and its punches 20 operating in and upon the wheel b for the purpose of producing the result. 37th The combination of a discharging reel c and of a receiving reel d with the wheels a and b. 38th The combination of the receiving reel d with the pinion wheel o, the cord w and the weight p. 39th The combination of the guiding and pressure roller i, and of the pressure roller j with the ribboned paper e, for the purpose of guiding and keeping down the ribboned paper against the pressure wheel b. 40th. The combination of the type 28 and the punches 20, in the printing wheel a with the holes 21 and the pressure wheel b in which they are. 41st The combination of the ribboned paper sprinted and punched with the receiving and winding reel d.
