EP0219656B1 - Autographisches Register - Google Patents

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EP0219656B1
EP0219656B1 EP19860111935 EP86111935A EP0219656B1 EP 0219656 B1 EP0219656 B1 EP 0219656B1 EP 19860111935 EP19860111935 EP 19860111935 EP 86111935 A EP86111935 A EP 86111935A EP 0219656 B1 EP0219656 B1 EP 0219656B1
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calculator
autographic register
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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 parallelepiped, 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 side of which the user can in particular press his hand or his forearm when he wants to make inscriptions through said window.
  • Such an autographic register is described in FR-A-2,058,033, and devices of this type are commonly used in particular in so-called "local" retail businesses, the relatively low turnover of which does not justify employment.
  • an electronic or electric cash register possibly with a printer.
  • the same person often has to carry out various tasks: customer advice, weighing, packaging, invoicing, and therefore needs a light device that can easily be carried with one hand. from one point of the store to another.
  • DE-A-2,716,938 describes a holding device for calculator, which comprises a support frame consisting of a plate provided with slides between which a calculator can be fixed in a removable manner, this frame being integral with '' a clamp capable of clamping the vertical edge of a trolley or a basket for transporting goods, as found in large-scale shops.
  • a support frame consisting of a plate provided with slides between which a calculator can be fixed in a removable manner, this frame being integral with '' a clamp capable of clamping the vertical edge of a trolley or a basket for transporting goods, as found in large-scale shops.
  • Such a device does not provide a perfect solution to the problem described above, since the user does not have at all at his disposal a vertical wall such as the edge of a basket, rack or the like, for fixing this support nearby. from the autographic register.
  • this device can place this device on the register itself because it, by its function, necessarily has the general shape of a rectangular plate which must be placed horizontally or slightly inclined for its use
  • the dimensions of the usual autographic registers, and in particular those of their upper frame, are such that it is possible to use, for the application considered, only a "pocket" calculator, having a few centimeters on the side; it is therefore not possible to avoid the drawback inherent in these pocket calculators, namely that the display device has an unsatisfactory readability, not only because of small dimensions, but also because of the need to constitute a liquid crystal panel, capable only of a low-contrast display.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a system which allows the simultaneous use and transport of an autographic register and a calculator, without appreciable increase in the size of the register and without harming the aesthetic appearance of the '' together, this use can be done even when the available space is limited and irregular or even totally lacking, said instruments being then held with one hand and actuated with the other, and transport can be done using '' with one hand and / or carrying a parcel at the same time.
  • the object of the invention is also to provide such a system which allows two people facing each other in front and behind the register to learn at the same time, easily, the result of the operations performed by the calculator.
  • the invention provides an autographic register, in particular for the manual preparation of invoices or purchase orders, comprising a flat substantially parallelepiped box, 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, and which is surrounded by a relatively large frame, and 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, and 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 client facing the user, and so as not to hinder the execution of registrations 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 larger calculators, 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 case frame.
  • the calculator also has its own display device, arranged so as to be clearly visible to the user.
  • the reference 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 the figure.
  • the uncut portion 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, 5a, through which the sheet or the bundle inscribed can exit of the housing 1, in the direction of the arrow F, as indicated by the representation in dashed lines of the front edge of the sheet 3; the 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 that said user can actuate by means 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 document FR-A-2,058,033, but it is obvious that the present invention is not limited to this embodiment, being on the contrary applicable to all the types of autographic registers currently known.
  • 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 set 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, of 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, of a height several millimeters, juxtaposed on a line which 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 one 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 panel display (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 the 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 housing.
  • 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 are 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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1. Autografisches Register, insbesondere zum manuellen Erstellen von Rechnungen oder von Bestellscheinen, bestehend aus einem flachen, im wesentlichen nach Art eines Parallelepipeds ausgestalteten Gehäuse (1), in dessen Oberseite ein Fenster (2) eingearbeitet ist, welches Beschriftungen der in das Gehäuse (1) eingesetzten Blätter (3) oder Papierrollen ermöglicht und welches von einem relativ breiten Rahmen (4) umgeben ist, gekennzeichnet durch einen Rechner (7), von dem zumindest die Tasten (7A1) und die Anzeigeeinrichtung (7A2) derart auf dem Gehäuse, insbesondere dem das zu Beschriftungen dienende Fenster umgebenden Rahmen (4) angeordnet sind, das sie für den Benutzer leicht zugänglich sind und durch eine Einrichtung (13), um das Ergebnis der mit dem Rechner (7) bewirkten Rechnungen in großen Zeichen anzuzeigen, wobei die Anzeigeeinrichtung (13) unabhängig von dem genannten Rechner (7) ist, für den vor dem Benutzer stehenden Kunden gut sichtbar und derart angeordnet ist, daß die durch den Benutzer vorzunehmenden Beschriftungen und Rechnungen nicht behindert werden.
2. Autografisches Register nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Rechner (7) flach auf der normalerweisr dem Benutzer zugekehrten Seite (4c) des rechteckigen oberen Rahmens (4) des Gehäuses (1) angeordnet ist, während die unabhängige Anzeigeeinrichtung (13) auf der gegenüberliegenden Seite (4d) des genannten rechteckigen Rahmens angeordnet ist, um die Anzeige dem Kunden zu präsentieren.
3. Autografisches Register nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Anzeigeeinrichtung (13) derart ausgestaltet ist, daß sie zwei identische Anzeigen aufweist, von denen die eine dem Kunden, die andere dem Benutzer zugekehrt ist.
4. Autografisches Register nach einem der vorangegangenen Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß zumindest die, dem Kunden zugekehrte Seite (P1) der Anzeigeeinrichtung (13) mit der im wesentlichen horizontalen Ebene des oberen Rahmens (4) des Gehäuses (1) einen Winkel von 0° bis 60°, vorzugsweise von ungefähr 45° bildet.
5. Autografisches Register nach einem der vorangegangenen Ansprüche 1 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Rechner (7) eine eigene, für den Benutzer gut sichtbare Anzeigeeinrichtung (7A2) aufweist.
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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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