Card printing machine

Claim 1

IN A CARD PRINTING APPARATUS, IN COMBINATION, SUPPORT MEANS INCLUDING A TYPE SUPPORTING BED, TRACK MEANS PROVIDED ON SAID BED, A CARRIAGE MOUNTED ON SAID TRACK MEANS AND MOVABLE LONGITUDINALLY OF THE TYPE SUPPORTING BED, CARD CLAMPING MEANS DISPOSED ADJACENT AN END OF THE BED FOR CLAMPING A CARD IN POSITION TO BE PRINTED, A ROTATABLE CARD POSITIONING MEANS ADJACENT THE CLAMPING MEANS, A SHAFT, A PRESSURE ROLL JOURNALED ON THE SHAFT, SAID SHAFT HAVING TENON PORTIONS EXTENDING FROM THE ENDS, THE AXIS OF THE TENON PORTIONS BEING ECCENTRIC TO THE AXIS OF THE SHAFT, A TRACTION WHEEL JOURNALED ON EACH TENON AND ARRANGED FOR TRANSVERSE ON THE TRACK MEANS, A BLOCK ADJACENT EACH END OF THE CARRIAGE HAVING AN OPENING, THE TENONS EXTENDING THROUGH THE OPENINGS IN THE BLOCKS, MEANS RESILIENTLY MOUNTING THE BLOCKS ON THE CARRIAGE FOR VERTICAL MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO THE CARRIAGE, INDEXING MEANS FOR ROTATING THE SHAFT RELATIVE TO THE TRACTION WHEELS TO VARY THE RELATIVE POSITION OF THE PRESSURE ROLL TO ACCOMMODATE CARDS OF VARIOUS THICKNESS, CAM MEANS FOR CONTROLLING VERTICAL MOVEMENT OF SAID BLOCKS TO MOVE THE PRESSURE ROLL INTO AND OUT OF CARD PRINTING POSITION, MEANS ESTABLISHING A DRIVE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TRACTION WHEELS AND THE PRESSURE ROLL, FOOT OPERATED MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID CARD CLAMPING MEANS, AND RAMP MEANS ARRANGED TO BE ENGAGED BY THE TRACTION WHEELS TO ELEVATE THE PRESSURE ROLL FOR MOVEMENT PAST THE CARD CLAMPING MEANS.