US1265238A - Perforating and binding machine for letter-sheets. - Google Patents

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W. J. MORTON. PERFORMING AND BINDING MACHlNE FOR LETTER sums.

Patented May 7, 1918;

4 snzns-sncn 1 APPLICATION FILED JUNE 30, 1914. 1,265,238.

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PERFORATING AND BINDING MACHINE FOR LETTER SHEETS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 30 IBM.

Patented May 7 1918. 4 swans-sun 2.

WITNESSES:

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W. J. MORTON.

I PERFORMING AND BINDING MACHINE FOR Lima SHEETS.

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W.-J. MORTON. PERFORMING AND BINDING MACHINE FOR LETTER SHEETS.

APPLICATION FIL'ED JUNE 30, 1914. 1,265,238. Patented May 7,1918.

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MY/Mrr/ J Mar/0m BY 17% UNITED STATES PATENT onn 10E, 1

WILLIAM J. MORTON, or sr. LOUIS. MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO McBEE BINDER COMPANY, or ATHENS, OHIO, A CORPORATION or 01:10.

PERFORATIN G AND BIN DING MACHINE FOR LETTER-SHEETS.

Patented May 7, 1918.

Application filed June 30, 1914. Serial No. 848,187.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM J. MORTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have inventedacertain new anduseful Improvement in Perforating and Binding Machines for Letter-Sheets, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertainsto make and use the-same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which,

Figure 1 is a front elevation'al View of a perforating and binding machine of my improved construction. I

Fig. 2 is a rear elev'atlonal new of the machine.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the machine for letter sheets with portions thereof broken away and in section in order to more clearly illustrate certain mechanism of the machine. 7 i

Fig. 4: 1s avertlcal sectlon taken approximately on the line 4.& of Fig. 3, and showing the drills forming a part of the machine in lowered position. Fig. 5 is an enlarged horizontal section taken approximately on the line 55 of Fig. 4. i

Fig. 6 is a detail view of one of the slotted cams or eccentrics utilized in raising and lowering the drills.

Fig. 7 is a plan view of a portion of the assembling box forming a part-0f the machine and showing the handle utilized for locking a movable portion of said box. I

My invention relates to newand-useful p p.

- part of my improved machine, and hereinafter more fully described.

improvements in machines utilized for perforating and binding paper or other sheets,

such for instance, as way-bills, checks and for the sheets, a portion of which box'is' hinged so that it may be readily swung" downward into an out-of-the-way position while the perforated sheets are being engaged by parts of the binder; to provide simple means for clamping and rigidly holding all of the sheets while the same are being perforated and engaged 'bythe binder; to

or sheet container;

provide simple means for simultaneously driving all of the drills or implements utilized for perforatingthe sheets; to provide simple means for simultaneously raising and lowering all of the drills, and to provide a machine of the character specified which is comparatively simple in constructionand operation, inexpensive in manufacture, effective and reliable in use and possessing the capacity for effecting a material saving of time and labor in the operations incident to the perforating and binding of sheets.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter more fully described and claimed. p

Referring by numerals to the accompan) ing drawings, 10 designates the base of the machine which is preferably in the form of s tegralwith or fixed to thefront edge of this i plate 13 is a vertical plate'orwall l4.

The parts 13and 14 form a member which issubstantially L-shape in cross section and which forms the front wall and forward portion of the bottom of the assembling box- Formed throughthe plate 13 andnear-the wall 1-1 is a series of apertures 15 which are adapted ,to accommodate drillsforming a Pivotally mounted-on the underside of the table 10immediate1y to' the rear of the central portion of the plate 13 is a lever 16 provided on its forward endwith a handle 17 1 and formed on top of said lever isa rib or lug 18 which is adapted to engage beneath arib'l9'which latter is formed on the underside of the plate 13.

When the lever 16 is-swung around to one side as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 7, the L-shaped member comprising the parts 13 and '14 swings downward by gravity into the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 4:. thereby exposing the forwardportions of the sheets within the'assembling box or comsolid lines in Figs. & and 7, the lug 18 en gages beneath the rib 19, thereby locking the L-shaped member in position as shown by solid lines in Fig. at. I

Formed in the top of the table 10 and slightly to the rear 01 the front edge thereof, is a longitudinally extending groove 20 which is substantially of inverted T-shape in cross section and arranged to slide in said groove are the heads of upwardly projecting screws 21 which carry vertically disposed side plates 22. These screws receive winged nuts. 23, whereby saidscrews may be tightened to lock plates 22 in their adjusted positions. These plates form the sides of the sembling box or container of the machine, and by loosening the winged nuts 23; said plates can be readily adjustedtoward and away from' each other as may be required 1n S6.

Formed integral with or fixed to the uprights 12 is a vertically disposed web or plate 24 and formed integral therewith is a series of vertically disposed sleeves 25. Positioned on top of the web 24: and sleeves 25 is a suitable housing 26 in which is located the train of gearing which operates thedrills forming a part of the machine.

Fitting snugly within each sleeve 25 is a sleeve 27 the same being provided with a vertically disposed row of teeth to form a.

rack 28, and formed in said sleeve is a vertically disposed groove 29 in which engages the inner end of a screw 30; which latter is seated in the lower portion of the corresponding sleeve Thus each sleeve 27 is held to move vertically within its sleeve 25.

Mounted for rotation within each sleeve 27 is a spindle 31, the same being provided with a collar 32 which normally rests on top of the sleeve 27 and formed in the upper" portion of this spindle is a vertically disposed groove 33.

Formed on or fixed to the lower end of each spindle is a socket 34 in which is removably seated the upper end of an ordinary twist drill 35. A suitable ball-bearing 36 is arranged between the upper portion of the socket 34:, and the lower end of the sleeve 27 Journaled in suitable bearings formed on the sleeves 25 is a horizontally disposed shaft 37 provided on its left hand end with a hand wheel 38 and carried by said shaft arepinions 39 which extend through suit.-

able apertures formed in the sleeves 25 and engage the racks 28 on the sleeves '27. This construction provides means for simultane onely. and uniformly raising and lowering,

The pinion 42 at the-right hand end of the train of gearing is carried by the upper end of a vertically disposed shaft 4c3which operates in a suitable bearing 44: at the right hand end of th housing 26, and fixed on the lower end of this shaft is a beveled pinion 45.

Meshing with this last mentioned pinion is a beveled, pinion 46 which is carried by the shaft of a motor 47, the latter being mounted upon a, suitable bracket on the right hand one of the uprights 12.

The train of gearing ust vides means for correspondmgly andumformly rotating all of the drill carrying spindles 31. I

Formed on the inner faces of the lower described 2 pro- I portions of the uprights 12 are compara tively short vertically disposed ribs 48, and

arranged to slide freely thereupon are the ends of a horizontally disposed clamping bar 4:9. I

Journaled in suitable bearings on the uprights vl2 above the ribs 48 is a shaft 50 on the left hand end of which is fixed-a hand wheel 51. Rigidly -fix ed on this shaft is a eccentric with respect to the shaft 50. I y Formed on or fixed to the bar ia-are pairsof ears 54 and seated therein are pins ing bar l and locking the same when it is moved downward to clamp a pile of sheets in the assembling box.

- pair of segmental plates 52 in each of which is formed a curved slot 53 the same being 55 which pass through the eccentric slots The operation of my improved machine I is as follows;

The hinged member comprising the plate 13 and wall l lis swung upward to the position shown in Fig. 4, said part being locked in its position by means of the lever 16. The sheets are now piled on the table 10 and the plat 13 with their edges at one side against the plate 14:.

It will be understood that the plates 22 which form the ends of the assembling bOX can be adjusted toward or away from each other to correspond with the length of the sheets placed in themachine. r

-When the pile of sheets has been completed andit is desired to perforate the same in order that they may be bound, an operator 1 manipiilates hand-wheel therebyervings,

ing the plates 52 downward and conse I quently moving the clamping bar 49 downward by reason of the engagement of the pins 55 in the eccentric-slots 58, and this movement causes the bar 49 to engage and bear with conslderable pressure on top of p the pile of sheets.

The motor 47 is now operated, and as a result, rotary motion is imparted to shaft 43 and by reason of the train of gearing comprising the pinions 40 and 42, within the housing 26, all of the spindles 31 are correspondingly and uniformly driven. I

It will be understood thatall of the sleeves 27 carrying the drill spindles 31are normally at their upper limit of movement, and thus the points of the drills are normally positioned in a plane slightly above the plane occupied by the top of the plate 14s The operator now manipulates hand wheel 38 to rotate shaft 37, thereby causing the pinions 39 to engage the racks 28, thus moving the sleeves 27 downward, and as a result all of the drill carrying spindles 31 are likewise moved downward during which time said drill spindles are being rotated by the action of the gearing within the housin :26. Thus, the drills 35 carried by the lower ends of the drill spindles are caused to move downward through the pile of sheets positioned on the table, and as a result, a series of apertures are quickly formed through said pile of sheets in one edge thereof.

As the lower ends of the drills reach their lower limit of movement, they pass through the apertures 15 in the plate 13. As soon as the drilling operation has been completed, the'operator manipulates hand wheel 38 to bring about a reverse or elevating movement of the sleeves 27, and the drill spindles car ried thereby, and when the drills have been wholly withdrawn from the pile of sheets the operator swings the lever 16 to one side, thereby permitting the front portion of the assembling box to swing downward as shown by dotted lines inFig. 4, and the prongs or binding members of a suitable temporary or permanent binder (not shown) can now be inserted through the apertures, thereby easily and quickly binding the entire pile of sheets. As soonas'this operation has been completed, the operator manipulates the hand wheel 51 to elevate the clamping bar 49 and the bound sheets cannow be removed from the machine.

A perforating and binding machine of I my improved construction is comparatively simple, can be easily operated and provides simple means whereby a series of apertures can be readily formed in a pile of sheets of paper or the like.

on said frame, a housing on said frame above said bearings, sleeves arranged for sliding movement in said bearings, each sleeve being provided with a vertically disposed groove, a set screw seated in each bearing, the inner end of which set screw engages in the groove of the corresponding sleeve, each sleeve being provided with a row of teeth, spindles loosely mounted in said sleeves, the upper portions of all of which spindles extend upward through the housing, a series of connected pinions arranged within the housing and splined upon the g 'spindles'for operating the same, drills carried by the lower ends of said spindles, a

horizontally disposed shaft mounted for rotation on the frame in front of the bearings, and pinions carried by said shaft, which pinions mesh with the teeth on the sleeves.

2.1111 a machine of the class described, a

' support for sheets to be perforated, a frame above said support, a series of vertically disposed bearings formed on said frame, a

housing on said. frame above the bearings,

sleeves arranged for sliding movement in said bearings, each sleeve being provided with a vertically disposed groove, a set 1 screw seatedin each bearing, the inner end of which setscrew engages in the groove of the corresponding sleeve, spindles loosely mounted'in said sleeves the upper portions of all of which spindles extend upward through the housing, a series of connected 1111110113 arranged within the housing and splined upon the spindles for operating the same, drills carried by the lower ends of said spindles, means for simultaneously raising or lowering all of the sleeves and parts carried thereby, and means for driving the series of connected pinions.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses, this 25th day of June, 1914.

, WILLIAM J. MORTON. Witnesses:

M. P. SMITH,

M. A. HANDEL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, lay addresslng the "Commissioner of Patents.

. 7 Washington, D. 0.

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