Aligning device for the printing wheels of an electro-magnetic counter

Claim 1

IN A COUNTING AND PRINTING APPARATUS HAVING A COUNTERACTUATING DRIVE A PLURALITY OF COUNTING WHEELS MOUNTED IN A ROW IN ADJACENT RELATIONSHIP ON A SINGLE SHAFT AND FREELY ROTATABLE THEREON, A FIRST COUNTING WHEEL CONNECTED TO SAID COUNTER-ACTUATING DRIVE, EACH WHEEL PROVIDED WITH INDICIA ON ITS SURFACE, EACH WHEEL PROVIDED WITH AN INTEGRAL GEAR ON ONE SIDE AND A SINGLE GEAR POCKET ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE, A PLURALITY OF INTER-CONNECTING GEARS MOUNTED ON A SECOND SHAFT AND FREELY ROTATABLE THEREON, SAID INTERCONNECTING GEARS PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF TEETH AND HAVING A ROUNDED CURVATURE FROM TOOTH TO TOOTH, EACH INTER-CONNECTING GEAR POSITIONED BETWEEN TWO ADJACENT COUNTING WHEELS AND MESHED WITH THE INTEGRAL WHEEL GEAR AND MESHABLE WITH THE SINGLE POCKET OF THE ADJACENT GEAR, A PIVOTALLY MOUNTED FRAME THAT IS MOUNTED ON ONE SIDE OF SAID COUNTING WHEELS AND IS PROVIDED WITH A STRAIGHT ALIGNMENT BAR THAT EXTENDS FROM ONE SIDE OF SAID ROW OF COUNTING WHEELS TO THE OTHER SIDE. SAID ALIGNMENT BAR POSITIONED TO ABUT WITH EACH INTERCONNECTING GEAR AND TO FIT THE CURVATURE OF SAID GEAR BETWEEN TEETH TO HOLD ALL GEARS IN AN ALIGNED RELATIONSHIP, SAID PIVOTAL FRAME BEING UNBALANCED SO THAT THE FORCE OF GRAVITY WILL ALWAYS DROP SAID FRAME WHEN FREE IN A COUNTER-CLOCKWISE DIRECTION, SAID PIVOTAL FRAME MOVABLE IN A CLOCKWISE DIRECTION BY THE THRUST OF SAID INTERCONNECTED GEARS WHEN THEY ARE DRIVEN BY THE COUNTER DRIVE.