EP0074906A1 - Autographisches Register - Google Patents

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EP0074906A1
EP0074906A1 EP82401659A EP82401659A EP0074906A1 EP 0074906 A1 EP0074906 A1 EP 0074906A1 EP 82401659 A EP82401659 A EP 82401659A EP 82401659 A EP82401659 A EP 82401659A EP 0074906 A1 EP0074906 A1 EP 0074906A1
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Roger Pretre
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Moore Business Forms Inc
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41L—APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR MANIFOLDING, DUPLICATING OR PRINTING FOR OFFICE OR OTHER COMMERCIAL PURPOSES; ADDRESSING MACHINES OR LIKE SERIES-PRINTING MACHINES
    • B41L5/00—Autographic registers or like manifolding apparatus using movable strips or webs
    • B41L5/16—Accessories, e.g. drawers for storing forms, for money

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  • the present invention relates to an autographic register, in particular for the establishment of invoices or purchase orders.
  • autographic registers are frequently used, each of which has a flat case. , substantially para l - the elepipedic, in the upper face of which is cut a window, which allows the inscriptions on the sheets or strips of paper inserted in said housing; in most known embodiments, this registration window is surrounded by a relatively large frame, on one of the sides of which the user can in particular press his hand or his forearm when he wants to make inscriptions through said window.
  • the present invention relates to an improvement of autographic registers of this known type, which is intended to further facilitate the use thereof for the establishment of the handwritten documents mentioned, in particular of those on which, as is the case with invoices, some of the inscriptions to be entered, correspond to the results of various calculations, generally arithmetic.
  • the autographic register according to the present invention is of the known type, which has just been indicated, and it is characterized in that it comprises a calculator, of which at least the keys and the display device are mounted on the housing, in particular on the frame surrounding the registration window, so as to be easily accessible to the user.
  • the entire calculator is secured, preferably removably, outside the housing, in particular on an appropriate part of its upper frame. This allows the calculator to be used independently of the autographic register.
  • the rectangular calculator is engaged with gentle friction, by two sides, in two parallel slides, integral with the frame, and shaped to keep the calculator applied to the frame.
  • This arrangement offers the advantage of securely securing the calculator to the register, so as to prevent it from detaching during displacement of said register, while allowing the calculator to be easily separated for the purpose of use independently of the registry.
  • the two slides are joined by transverse elements, in particular by a bottom plate, so as to form a slide, which is itself engaged in soft friction in two second slides, integral of the frame, parallel to each other and perpendicular to the first two slides.
  • this embodiment avoids rapid wear of the edges of said calculator, since the latter can be extracted from the second slides at the same time as its slide, and remain engaged therein. during its independent uses.
  • the first or second slides are integral with a cap, of substantially parallelepiped shape, which has two adjacent faces open to allow it to be engaged on one of the sides of the register housing so that the face of said cover which externally carries the calculator, is applied to the corresponding side of the upper frame of the housing.
  • Another embodiment of the present invention overcomes the drawbacks which have just been mentioned; it is characterized in that it further comprises a device for displaying in large characters the result of the calculations carried out with the calculator, this display device being independent of said calculator, and being arranged so as to be clearly visible to the customer facing the user, and so as not to hinder the execution of entries and calculations by said user.
  • the display device Being independent of the calculator, the display device can then be dimensioned much more widely than that of a pocket calculator; in particular, it becomes possible to use for this purpose a display panel with light-emitting diodes, of the type used in particular in calculators of larger dimensions, cash registers, etc., that is to say a device allowing very contrasting displays, in large characters, for example on a line up to ten centimeters in length.
  • the calculator is mounted flat on the side of the upper rectangular frame of the housing, which is normally turned towards the user, while the independent display device is mounted on the opposite side of said rectangular frame, so to present the display to the client.
  • the display device is arranged so as to present two identical displays, one towards the client and the other towards the user.
  • At least the face of the display device, facing the customer makes an angle between 0 and 60 degrees, and preferably close to 45 degrees, with the plane, substantially horizontal, of the upper frame of the housing.
  • the calculator also has its own display device, arranged so as to be clearly visible to the user.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of the first embodiment.
  • Figure 2 is an exploded view showing the means which is provided with the embodiment of Figure 1, to allow removable attachment of the calculator on the upper frame of the autographic register.
  • Figure 3 is a perspective view of the second embodiment.
  • FIG. 1 designates the flat, substantially parallelepipedic case, of an autographic register of known type.
  • a rectangular window, 2, which clears the writing areas of a sheet of paper, of a strip of paper, or of the upper sheet of a bundle with several sheets, 3, which has been inserted into the housing 1, and which is kept applied against its upper face, in particular at the level of the window 2, by a plate, not visible in FIG. 1.
  • the uncut part of the upper face of the housing 1 forms a frame 4 around the registration window 2; in the illustrated embodiment, at least three sides of this frame 4 have a relatively large width.
  • the fourth side of this frame is a little narrower due to a depression, 5, which is arranged at this end of the parallelepipedic housing 1, so as to release a slot (not visible in FIG. 1), through which the sheet or the inscribed bundle can be extracted from the housing, at the level of the depression 5, in particular by virtue of the actuation of an operating member 6; the whole of this device is well known, so that it is not necessary to describe it in detail.
  • a particular embodiment of such an autographic register is described in French patent No. 70 29842 of August 13, 1970, but it is obvious that the present invention is not limited to this embodiment, being on the contrary applicable all types of autographic registers currently known.
  • a calculator 7 is subject to the frame 4 surrounding the registration window 2. It can be a calculator of a simple, commercial model, making it possible to carry out at least the four arithmetic operations, and even possibly other more complex calculations. It is only important, according to the present invention, that its dimensions are compatible with those of the edges of the upper frame 4 of the housing 1. In the illustrated embodiment, a rectangular calculator has been chosen, the short sides of which, 7a, have a width slightly less than that of the edges of the frame 4, and in particular that of its edges to which it must be secured.
  • the calculator 7 is secured near one of the corners of the frame 4, opposite the depression 5 and the operating member 6, so that its plate 7A, that is to say the face of its flat parallelepiped housing, on which the different keys 7A1 are arranged as well as the device 7A2 for displaying the result, are easily accessible to the user, who is obviously positioned opposite the depression 5 and the operating member 6.
  • the illustrated position of the calculator 7 is however not the only possible; instead of being placed on the side of the frame 4, opposite to the depression 5, it could also be placed on the two transverse sides, parallel to each other, of the frame 4, provided however that they have dimensions appropriate.
  • the calculator is secured to the corresponding side of the frame 4 removably, for example using the fixing means, illustrated by way of example in FIG. 2, and specially adapted to a calculator 7 of very small thickness e.
  • the rectangular calculator is engaged with soft friction, by its two sides 7b and 7d, in two parallel slides, 8b and 8d respectively, which are shaped so as to keep the calculator 7 applied on the corresponding side of the frame 4, as visible in FIG. 1; in the embodiment of Figure 2, the two slides 8b, 8d have folded parts, 8b1 and 8d1, below which the corresponding edges of the upper plate of the calculator 7 engage, without the useful elements of this plate being masked by them.
  • the two parallel slides 8b, 8d are joined by a bottom plate 8c, so as to form a slide with a U-shaped cross section, and the whole of this slide 8b-8c-8d is itself engaged.
  • these slides 9a and 9c can be shaped like the slides 8b and 8d, and have their ends opposite to the window 3, which are joined together by an element 9d, of the same conformation as said slides 9a and 9c.
  • the second slides 9a and 9b, as well as the element 9d are integral with a cover, for example made of sheet metal, 10, of substantially parallelepiped shape, which has two adjacent open faces, namely the face 10C, which is opposite to the wall 10A, supporting the slides 9a and 9b, as well as the face 10B, which is adjacent to both the faces 10A and 10C.
  • the cover 10 is also dimensioned so as to allow it to be engaged on one of the sides of the housing 1 (FIG. 1) so that the face 10A of said cover 10, is applied to the side of the upper frame 4 to which calculator 7 must be subject.
  • the parallelepipedic cover 10 must have, in the direction of the slides 9a and 9b, a dimension close to the width of the corresponding side of the frame 4.
  • the arrows f1 to f3 of FIG. 2 indicate the three successive movements of translation, necessary for the installation of the calculator 7 on the corresponding side of the frame 4.
  • One of the free edges of the cap 10 is provided for example with an elastic member in the form of a gutter, 11, preferably produced during the stamping of the cap 10, and intended to immobilize it on the corresponding edge of window 2; a stamping 12 is also provided for the subjection of the cap 10 to a lateral depression 13 of the housing 1.
  • Other latching or fixing means can be provided.
  • the folded edges, such as 8b1, of the slides 8b, 9a, 9c and of the element 9d form a kind of frame around the plate of said calculator when the latter is subject to housing 1, so as not only to ensure the application of the calculator against the upper frame 4, but also to ensure the protection of its sides? a to 7d.
  • the slide 9b-8c-8d is eliminated, while the slides 9a, 9c and the element 9d are adapted to allow direct embedding of the calculator 7.
  • the element 9d is optional.
  • the present invention also extends to autographic registers specially made so allow the adaptation of a calculator; in this case, for example, the two slides 9a and 9c and the element 9d can be welded or molded with the housing 1, or at least its upper part.
  • the present invention also extends to autographic registers, the housing of which contains the various electrical components of a calculator, while the keys and the display device thereof are mounted in an appropriate position on the upper frame of the case, or possibly on another face of the case, easily accessible to the user.
  • the frame 4 surrounding the registration window 2 of the autographic register 1 has two lateral sides, 4a and 4b, and a front side, 4c, which, all three, have a relatively large width, a few centimeters.
  • the fourth side, rear, 4d, of the frame 4 is a little narrower, due to a depression 5, which is arranged in the front face of the housing 1, so as to release a slot, 5a, through which the sheet or the inscribed bundle can exit from the housing 1, in the direction of the arrow F, as indicated by the representation in phantom of the front edge of the sheet 3; partial extraction of the sheet 3 from the housing 1, through the slot 5a can be controlled manually by the user of the autographic register, placed near its front side, 4c, using a known device, which it is not necessary to describe in detail, and which said user can actuate by means of 'an operating member 6.
  • the autographic register comprises a calculator 7, which is fixed by any appropriate means on the front side, 4c, of its upper frame, so that the control members of the calculator, that is to say say in particular its numeric keys and its function keys, 7A1, as well as for example that the activation switch, 7 ′, of said calculator are easily accessible to the user, placed near the front side 4c.
  • a display device, 13, independent of the display device 7A2 of the calculator, is arranged on another zone of the upper face of the housing 1, in particular on the rear side, 4d, from its frame 4;
  • the display device comprises a first display panel, P1, of a known type, for example with light-emitting diodes, which makes it possible to display numbers, or possibly letters, several millimeters high, juxtaposed on a line that can reach a length of ten centimeters;
  • the use of a display panel with light-emitting diodes, or a display device of an equivalent type offers the advantage of allowing a highly contrasted display, which, joined to the relatively large dimensions of the numbers or letters displayed, allows the customer, placed several tens of centimeters from the rear side 4d, to read the display with great ease.
  • the display panel P1 is placed behind a window 15a, arranged in a face of a protective cover, 15, which projects on said rear side 4d;
  • the protective cover 15 is preferably molded with the housing 1, or at least its upper part, but it could be a component independent of the housing 1, and mechanically fixed, by any appropriate means, to the rear side 4d, so as to establish the necessary electrical contacts between the display panel P1 and the electronic circuits, not shown, of the calculator.
  • the electrical connections between the display panel P1 and the calculator 7 are made by known means, which therefore need not be described in detail; of course, the calculator must be provided with appropriate electrical outputs, which are connected to the panel P1, by conductors passing through the housing 1, for example conductors printed on the underside of its upper frame 4, and passing through electrically its front and rear sides, 4c and 4d.
  • a second window - not visible in the drawing - can be arranged in the wall of the protective cover 15, which is opposite to said first window 15a, and a second display panel (not visible in the drawing) , possibly identical to P1, can be placed behind this second window, in said cover 15, so as to always have the same display as the first panel P1, in the direction of arrow f; this second display device is thus clearly visible to the user of the autographic register.
  • the display device 7A2 of the calculator may not exist.
  • the first display panel P1, and possibly also the second forms an angle between 0 and 60 degrees, and preferably close to 45 degrees, with the plane, substantially horizontal, of the upper frame 4 of the box.
  • the present invention is not limited to the embodiments illustrated in the appended drawing and described above. It encompasses all their variants. Liquid crystal display panels could also be used, although they offer less good contrast.
  • the control members of the calculator, 7A1, 7 ' could be arranged on the front part of the lateral side 4a, while its electronic circuits would be integrated in the housing 1, the position of said electronic circuits of the calculator being optional subject; to reduce the lengths of the connections, which would generally be made in the form of printed circuits, it would however be preferable to have the corresponding integrated solid circuit, either near the control members, 7A1, 7 ′ of the calculator, or near one of the display devices, 7A2 and P1, ie in the intermediate zone.
  • the components 7A1, 7 'and 7A2 of the calculator with which the autographic register according to the present invention is provided could also possibly be mounted on other faces of its casing 1, for example on its front face, certain provisions being however to be discarded because they could give rise to poor accessibility of the control members and poor visibility of the display device.

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FR8117319A FR2512745B1 (fr) 1981-09-14 1981-09-14 Registre autographique
FR8117319 1981-09-14
FR8205497 1982-03-31
FR8205497A FR2524392B2 (fr) 1982-03-31 1982-03-31 Registre autographique

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FR2058033A5 (de) * 1969-08-13 1971-05-21 Lamson Paragon Ltd
US4027140A (en) * 1975-04-15 1977-05-31 Data Terminal Systems, Inc. Electronic cash register
US4075702A (en) * 1976-03-12 1978-02-21 National Semiconductor Corporation Electronic calculating apparatus and wallet enclosure
DE2716938A1 (de) * 1977-04-16 1978-10-19 Ehlermann Hans Dieter Dipl Ing Halterung fuer taschenrechner
DE2759196A1 (de) * 1977-07-18 1979-02-01 Transaction Management Inc Bearbeitungsstation

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FR2058033A5 (de) * 1969-08-13 1971-05-21 Lamson Paragon Ltd
US4027140A (en) * 1975-04-15 1977-05-31 Data Terminal Systems, Inc. Electronic cash register
US4075702A (en) * 1976-03-12 1978-02-21 National Semiconductor Corporation Electronic calculating apparatus and wallet enclosure
DE2716938A1 (de) * 1977-04-16 1978-10-19 Ehlermann Hans Dieter Dipl Ing Halterung fuer taschenrechner
DE2759196A1 (de) * 1977-07-18 1979-02-01 Transaction Management Inc Bearbeitungsstation

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