This machine has now reached suffi
cent perfection to warrant the forma
tion of a large manufacturing com
pany to place the machine on the mar
ket The device has been thoroughly
tested and provei^ mechanically prac
ticable. It is protected by several
domestic and foreign patents, in which
the inventor is allowed broad claims
on its many novel devices.
In the construction of this address
ing press, the inventor has departed
from the usual course of inventors
in their efforts to produce a high
The printing is done upon an im
pression roller or cylinder, over which
the web runs, by a printing wheel hav
ing four holders in its periphery. This
wheel operates intermittently instead
of continuously, as do the printing cyl
inders. During its period of rest the
new slug is inserted in the type hold
er and the used slug ejected auto
matically. All the operations of the
machine are automatic, an operator be
ing required only to place the galleys
of linotype slugs in operative position
on the press and remove the galleys
when refilled.
