B - Operations – Transporting – 44 – B
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
44
B
101/33
B44B 5/02 (2006.01) B44B 5/00 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1116013
TITLE MARKING APPARATUS ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A marking head rotatably supports a plurality of marking wheels that are supported for rotation by a shaft positioned in the marking head. The marking wheels each include a periphery with a plurality of marking characters positioned thereon for marking plates, name plates, identification plates and the like with a preselected marking character. A preselected marking character for each wheel is positioned in marking position by rotating the respective marking wheel through a preselected angle which is preferably the angle for advancing the next adjacent char- ater into marking position. A plurality of fingers are rotatably positioned on a shaft for engaging a ratchet portion of a respec- tive wheel. Each finger is rotatably supported to selectively move into and out of engagement with the respective ratchet portion by operation of an air actuated plunger abutting the end of the finger. After selected fingers are moved into engagement with the corres- ponding marking wheels, the shaft supporting the fingers is moved downwardly in an arcuate path through a preselected angle to move the fingers through a corresponding angle and thereby rotate the marking wheels engaged by the fingers through a preselected angle. The engaged marking wheels are turned so that the marking characters or indicia positioned in marking position are moved out of marking position and the next adjacent characters on the periphery of the marking wheels are moved into marking position. Once the selected indicia are moved into marking position, the fingers are disengaged from the respective ratchet portion and rotated backwardly in an arcuate path to their initial position. - 2 -
334170
Cunningham (m.e.) Company
Macrae & Co.
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