US1038486A

US1038486A - Multiple-writing machine.

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Publication number: US1038486A
Application number: US48312409A
Authority: US
Inventors: John S Brand
Original assignee: AMOS JOHNSON F; WILLIAM E BRAND
Current assignee: AMOS JOHNSON F; WILLIAM E BRAND
Priority date: 1909-03-13
Filing date: 1909-03-13
Publication date: 1912-09-10
Anticipated expiration: 1929-09-10

Description

J. S. BRAND.

MULTIPLE WRITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.13, 1909. I 1 38,486 Patented Sept. 10, 1912 2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

' Wiflnesses Im/e Idol 1% Wm? @M J. S. BRAND.

MULTIPLE WRITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED mums, 1909.

1,038,486., Patented Sept. 10, 1912.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

24 23 7 a U l8 3 1 1 I 1 T L52? In 2/6 hi0)? 5 755 if d'wflu/ r/241.112) L I 6 i 44 JOHN S. BRAND, OF FAERHAVEN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, 0F ONE-THiIRD T0 F. AMGS JOHNSON, 0F SOUTH ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, AND ONE-THIRD-IO WILLIAM E. BRAND, 021! BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

MULTIPLE-WRITING MACHINE.

Qpeoi-fieation of Letters Intent.

T 0 all whom it ma concern:

Be it known t at I, JOHN S. BRAND, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Fairhaven, in the county of Bristol, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Multiple-Writ on the desk; or easi y removed and con-' veniently stored until again wanted. It is especiall. useful in signing checks in offices where t e number of checks is not eat enough to justify the employment 0 the,

large and expensive machines which are used for this purpose, but still large enough to be burdensome, when the signatures have to be written one by one; and also in ofiices where the number of checks to be signed though small, the signatures have to be aflixed in a limited time.

In the following description, reference is made to the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure l is a plan; Fig. 2 is a left elevaholding them. flat against the arms 16 and preventing the pens from rolling. The cartion of one of the pens, mounted on the writing or pen bar; Fig. 3 1s a front sectional elevation about on line X-X of Fig.

1; Fig. 4 is a detail, in section, about .on line Y-Y of Fig. 2; Flg. 5 is an enlarged view of a portion of Fig. 3. i

I make use of an old and well-known parallel ruler movement having compound or jointed links. One 01 the bars I mount, pivotally, on a suitable base and to the other or freely moving bar I attach the pens or writing members and a pilot handle or penholder, which theoperator uses when worlringwith the machine. The paper to be written on maybe placed on the table beside the base or, preferably, in a tray which 1s attached to the base. A spring around the pivoted bar on the base keeps the other barand pens raised until forced'down by hand pressure. A pile of documents may be put into signing position and, as fast as the top one is signed, it is removed. In practice, it 1s found that five pens is a desirable number to use.

The base 1, is made, preferably of metal, so that it will have sufiicient stability without being fastened down. Between two cars 2, is mounted a bar 3, which is pivoted to turn on conical centers 4. At the left is an angular pencarrying bar 5. The two bars are connected by two pairs of links 6-7 Patented-dept. to, 1912.

and 89, the links being joined by the tie 10, forming the well known, universally parallel ruler movement.

On a flange 11, of the bar v5 are mounted slotted pen-carriers l2- three are shown, although, as stated, five is found to be a desirable number-more might be used. These err-carriers are adjustable on the pen bar, eing held in a set posit-ion by clamp screws 13, which enter a V-slot 14 a little above the center of the slot, so as to draw the carrier down firmly onto the pen-bar. 'One side of the slot-ted pen carriers 12 enters a slot 15 in the pen bar 5. This construction prevents an excessive tightening of the screws .13 from opening or bending the pen-carriers 12. The pen-carriers have arms 16, which extend upward and are inclined to the front. The pens or writing members 17, are held by clamping bands 18, which have toe pieces 19 which engage pins 20 of the arms 16. Springs 21 press against the toe portions 19,

riers 12 have angle lugs 22 which are pro vided with slots 23, through which the pens pass. These slots are slightly elongated, as shown in Fig. 4 and sprin s 24, normally hold the pens against the f irward ends of the slots.

At the front end of the bar 5 is mounted an ordinary pen-holder 25, (by means of ball and socket joint 26), which the operator uses as a pilot in guiding the pens when writing with the apparatus.

The papers or documents to be written upon are placed in a tray 28. One side of the tray has a'flange 29 and is provided with pins 30, which are adapted to enter holes 31 of the bed 1. I prefer a tray with only two sides, as it gives the necessary surfaces to even the papers up against and permits of easier removal of thesheets one at moval and the substitutionof another tray with papers already for signing; also it may be placed in any desired ad ustment,

. front and rear.

It will be noted that the

links

7 and 9 are not connected directly to the bar 3, but to posts 32 which are contained in said bar giving a long bearing or hinge and that the hinges bet-ween the pairs of links are also quite wide. This gives the links the effect of a truss, so they cannot bend or spring and as pressure is applied to the pilot handle 25 to bring the pens into contact with the paper, the movement is transmitted to the rear of the bar 5, so the movement of all the pens is alike.

'A coil spring 33 around the bar 3 holds the pen bar 5, normally in an upward position, the movement being limited by an adjustable stop screw 34, which is in an arm 35 from the bar 3. In order to prevent the pen bar being carried too far to the left and the links straightening to a point where they would not break, the movement of the links is limited by a toe "36 of the link 8, striking the link 9. Fig. 1 shows the pen bar and pens in their extreme left hand position. 7

It will be noted that the pens are held firmly against lateral movement by the slots of the lugs 22. The-pivots 20 and springs 24 permit the pens adjusting themselves to any slight unevenness of writ-mg surface and yet, as soon as s'ufiicient pressure is applied to the pilot handle 25 for shading, the springs 24 will yield and the pens will move to the opposite ends of the elongated slots, causing the pen points 37 to yield and spread, producing broad or shadedlines.

The action of the device as a whole seems obvious, from the construction and what has already been stated. A tray of papers is placed in writing position; the signatures are affixed or other desired writing is done; the pens are raised and the top sheet removed.

When not in use, the pen bar 5 and pens can all be closed up so as to stand over the base 1. The pens are easily removable; by swinging the springs 21 off the toes 19, they may be lifted from the pins 20 and taken out. Retaining sockets 38 serve as convenient storage for the pens, where they may be placed, points up, When-they are not wanted for immediate use. Inthisposition the apparatus is very compact and may be covered in any suitable manner-the retaining sockets being put in at an angle, so that the points of the pens do not come above the other parts of the machine.

What I claim is:

1. In a machine of the class described, a

pen-bar mounted for universal movement; a plurality of pens pivotally attached to said bar; in combination with means carried-by the pen-bar, independent of said pivotal attachment, for holding said pens near their bottom ends.

2. In a machine of the class described, a pen-bar mounted for universal movement; a plurality of pens pivotally attached to said bar, in combination with independent means carried by the pen-bar for securing said pens near their bottom ends-said independent securing means holding said pens to move laterally with said pen-bar but permitting a slight transverse movement.

3. In a machine of the class described, a pen-bar; means for attaching a pen thereto, comprising a pivotal attachment and an independent inclosing or encircling member which is adapted to hold said pen near its bottom end.

4. In a machine of the class described, a pen-bar mounted forv universal movement; a plurality of pens; intermediate parts between said pens and said bar which are adjustable on said bar-each of said pens being pivotally attached to one of said adjustable parts; and independent connections from said adjustable partseach of said connections being provided with an elon gated slot which is adapted to inclose one of the pens near its lower or bottom end.

5. In a machine of the class described, a pen-bar mounted for universal movement; a plurality of pens; intermediate parts between said pens and said bar, which are adjustable on said bar-each of said pens having an encircling band which is pivotally attached to one of said adjustable parts; guides for ,said pens near their writing points, each of which guides is secured to one of the adjustable parts and is provided with an elongated slot adapted to inclose one of the pens; and springs for normally holding said pens to one end of said slots.

6. In a machine of the class described, the pen-bar 5, having flange 11 and slot 15, in combination with the slotted pen-carriers 12, one portion of each of which enters the slot 15 and having clamping screws 13, substantially as described and shown.

7, In a machine of the class described, a pen mounting comprising a clamping'band which has an extending toe or flattened portion; a pen-carrier to which said toe is pivoted said carrier having a slotted portion which is adapted to inclose the pen near its writing point and a spring which is adapted to hold said flattened toe firmly against said carrier. 1

8. In a machine of this class described, the combination of the

parallel bars

3 and 5, connected by links 6-7 and 8-9 which are joined by link 10the bar 5 having pens 17 mounted thereon and also provided with a. pilot handle 25-the bar 3 being pivotally shown and described and for the purposes connected to base 1; the spring 33 coiled set forth. 10 around bar 3 and tending to urge pen-bar In testimony whereof I afiix my signature 5 upward; the limiting stop composed of in presence of two witnesses.

5 arm 35 and screw-34; the tray 28 adapted JOHN S." BRAND.

to contain papers 27- said tray being con- Witnesses: nected to said base 1 by pins. 30 entering J01; O. TRIPP, holes 310i said base, all substantially as EDWARD G. SPOONER.