Serial numbering machines for spaced cartons

Claim 1

IN A MACHINE FOR THE SERIAL NUMBERING OF SUCCESSIVE ARTICLES CONVEYED THEREPAST, A DIE WHEEL ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A HOLLOW CYLINDRICAL ELONGATED OPENINGS, SUPPORT OPPOSED CIRCUMFERENTIALLY ELONGATED OPENINGS, SUPPORT MEANS MOUNTING SAID CYLINDRICAL BODY FOR ROTATION ABOUT ITS AXIS AND BEING YIELDABLY URGED TOWARDS THE PATH OF THE SUCCESSIVE CONVEYED ARTICLES FOR ROLLING CONTACT OF THE DIE WHEEL ASSEMBLY WITH THE SUCCESSIVE ARTICLES, A DIAMETRICALLY EXTENDING WITH THE SUCCESSIVE ARTICLES, A HOLLOW BODY AND INTERSECTING SAID AXIS OF ROTATION OF THE LATTER, AN AXIALLY ARRANGED SERIES OF DIE WHEEL MEMBEWRS INDIVIDUALLY TURNABLE ON SAID SHAFT IN ONE DIRECTION, SAID DIE WHEEL MEMBERS BEING FORMED AS PARALLEL PLANE SECTIONS OF A SPHERE CONCENTRICWITH THE INTERSECTION OFTHE AXES OF SAID BODY AND SHAFT AND HAVINGA DIAMETER GREATER THAN SAID HOLLOW BODY SO THAT THE PERIPHERIES OF SAID DIE WHEEL MEMBERS PROJECT THROUGH SAID OPENINGS, CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED APART, DIGIT-REPRESENTING TYPE ELEMENTS ON THE PERIPHERY OFEACH OF SAID DIE WHEEL MEMBERS FOR SELECTIVE EXPOSURE AT SAID OPENINGS, INDEXING MEANS IN SAID BODY OPERATIVE TO TURN SAID DIE WHEEL MEMBERS IN SEQUENCE FOR SERIALLY ADVANCING THE VALUE OF THE NUMBER OF REPRESENTED BY SAID TYPE ELEMENTS EXPOSED AT ONE OF SAID OPENINGS FOR MARKING EACH CONVEYED ARTICLE DURING ROLLING CONTACT WITH THE LATTER, TRIPPING MEANS ACTUATING SAID INDEXING MEANS UPON EACH REVOLUTION OF SAID BODY ABOUT ITS AXIS, AND CAM MEANS ON SAID BODY OVER THE ANGULAR EXTENT OF THE OTHER OF SAID OPENINGS TO SPACE THE PERIPHERIES OF THE DIE WHEEL MEMBERS FROM EACH CONVEYED ARTICLE WHEN SAID OTHER OPEING FACES TOWARD THE LATTER.