US1383346A - Manifolding device for typewriting-machines - Google Patents

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W. C. SHOUP AND W. E. OLiVEfi.

MANlFOLDING DEVICE FOR TYPEWRITING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED APR-11,1918.

1,383,346. enwd. July 5, 1323..

' 4 SHEEIS-SHEET u ucnfotifl' WAN f1? C. 67/01/1 WALT/5E lSOL/VEE W. C. SHOUP AND W. E. OLIVER. MANSFOLDING DEVICE FOR TYPEWRI'HNG MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED APR. II, 1918.

Patented July 5, 1921.

4 5HEEIS-SHEH 3 W. C. SHOUF AND W. UHVEE. MANIFOLDING DEWCE FOR TYPEWRIHNG MACHINES.

APPHCAHON ilLED APR. I1, 1918.

Patented July 5,, 1921;

4 SHEEIS-SHEET MAHIFDIQINQ? To (all miom ag co-iviccw-n lie it known that We, vi iii! incl T l-ALTER E. OLIVER, citizens oi i Fili'ziies, and residents of the city i i the county of Hudson and Jersey, have in'venterl certain new and. useful improvements in ll'lanifollliiig llevices for 'lfypewriting-Machines, of which ilie follow iiigz is a specification. This invention relotes in. generei to time class'o'l maniiolcling (le 'iccs iii which aplerality of serips of fabric are arranged in superposition over a substantially fiat writing bed or platen, with inenifolding material interposed between each two adjacent strips so that matter inscribed upon the uppermost strip will be reproduced eiitogra 'iliically upon the other strips. The present invciition, however, has more specific reference to a menifolding device in con cetion with. which a. typewriter machine of sort commonly known as a book typewriter is employed for the writing opemi' in a co-pencling implication, 19, 1916, Serial No. iii-6.6233. at length to the comniierc i f rleiices of the ssirigerieiz clef mrious objections to ihose use 5 pi in,

development of the ill'i'eillliOlll upon soul application was based, leyi: 7 ml stress upon the lsct that since i swinery lo use with menii'oldinp" strips of paper or other fabriclmvi initially inscribed iliei'eupoo an-(i .o necessary or clesiriible that limiter wrimiei certain points noon the up iermost oi": ef'plw rclity of superposed forms shall be repi'c dnced at corresponding poiiiis 1:. pen. "the "iorins underneath, it is of the iii'most importance that the means employed? for eilmnc ing the strips over the wriiing; ii shall lie ulzmted lo i'nsure substi ntially regislLi'lliLlOll oi the superposed. 'lorme predeierniined point in show mlvmic i C ur said coeiicling application cl b by which tli said requiremeni successfully and setisiimlloril objections overcome, and siin employed in the meniliolciiilg 1.! to herein.

In the use of a typewriter periormiiig ice rererre l imp; operation, however, other clifiiculiies have been eiicorwiere(l perhaps the most serious-oi which results from the feet the menifolrling" devices with which as the largest forms to be used therewith, the

of contact between said bed and the lowermost of the paper strips is so great and the frictional engagement bet veen these two so pronounced as to make ii diiiicult to advance the strips, thereby necessitating the application ofiexcessive force thereto; furthermore, the large area of'contect between adjacent strips, or between the strips and the maniiolriing; materiel, (lees iioib mizrlll; be supposed, appreciably decrease th likelihood of clisarrenging the euperpoeerl form, so as to. .Q'Gli them out of regisier, when advancing 1cm. Then, too, one 'lormaticii of What may llc termed air 'ooclzeis between. the superposed strips, due -almost entirely ioiiie'menner iii which they c e supported by the Wrii- J? 2%,t611u5 to cause (liscrrm ge meniof the sirios, and interferes seriously with the production of clear manifold copies.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide means for sormounting the said llifiiooliies 11ml overcoming the said ohjections arranging for the use of a writing bed which may be much smaller, in at least one dimension, than the forms to be employed. therewith. Ullllei objects are to combine said means Wiilll the means disclosed in our Lao-pending application aforesaid for in suring uniform mlmncement of iiie super- )osed paper strips. and with means for mechanically advancing; the meniiolding stripe,

also to accomplish the foregoing'olijects by the use of mechanism their quires a minimum of manual attendance, is simple dependable and unlikely to get out of order, has few Wearing parts is com mrzitively inexpensive, and is so designerl'iiiicl' constructed that all portions thereof are readily accessi 'lLiQ for repairs and replacements.

.by means of which advancement of the ;.tures of our invention are fully set forth in the following description of the accompanying drawings, which form part oi? this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a, sectional side elevation of our improved nmniiolding device;

Fig} is a perspective view of the some, with the typewriter omitted;

Figs. 3 and l are enlarged detail views in sectional side elevstionshowing two different positions of our improved writing bed;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged top-plan detail view of the mechsnism for advancing the paper strips and the maniiolding strips; a

Fig. .6 i's "an enlarged isometric detail view of the phper-strip-sdvsncing mocha. nism;

Fig. '2 is an enlarged detail view, in sectional side elevation, showing the devices paper strips is caused to be resumed after having been stopped automatically;

Fig. 8 is a of the mechanism for advancing the of manifolding material;

Fig. 9 is e scctionoldeteil view taken substcntially on line 9-9 of Fig. 5.

Referring now to the drawing in detail,

strips the frame oi our improved device is construcwd of i'our similar uprights or legs, 5,

6, 7 and 8, preferably of metal tubing, secured together by means of tubing members 9, 10, 11,-12, 13 and 14. .lilonnted upon members 10 and 12 are the supports 15 and 16 for the typewriter 17, which is adapted to travel backward onclforward on cogged rails 18 end 19 carried by said supports. Six rolls of paper are shown, although it is manifest that :1. greater or less number may be employed if desired, said rolls being 111111 bored, respectively, 2Q, .21, 22, 23, 24 and 25-, and being rotatably mounted between the horizontal combo-r526 and 27 connected with members 15 and 16 by members 28, 29. 30 end. 3l. As is the case in or. copending application aiorcseid, each of the strips of pope's has holes initielly punched or otherwise formed therein at predetermined points, as indicated at 22*, one 25. The

five rolls of carbon paper, 32, 33, 34:, 35 and 36, are rotatably mounted between members 37 and 38 at the leftdumchside of the frame (Fig. 2). The strips from the six paper rolls are led over suitable {guide roll ers located near the front of the frame, and thence rearwerdly over the writing bed or pie-ten 39, end the strips from the. five rolls or. manifoldinp' materiel ore led over similar guide i llers, at right angles to the paper strips, each carbon-paper strip bein o; interposed between respective pair of paper strips. and the free ends of all five of said nianiii'oldinp; introduced detail view, in end elevation,

messes between. two grip rollers, Q0 and 41 which" are of the same diameter, and are geared together so that when one of them is caused to revolve the others revolves at the same rate oi speed, saidgrip rollers being thus adapted to advance the set of manifolding R strips with so staniicl uniformity.

After passing over piston 39, the siX paper strips are interposed between a roller 42 and a shaft 4&3. on the letter 01'. which are secured two similar annular disks, d4: and

of the same diameter as roller &2, shaft 43 being located verticallyunderneath roller 42 in position for said disks to cooperate with said roller in advancing said strips.

. 113 at right angles thereto, a. hand crank 51 being secured atone end of said shaft while at lts other end 1s secured a bevel gear 52 in .rncshwith bevel gear 47. Upon shaft 48,

between members 49 and 50, is loosely mounted a sleeve 53, and upon said sleeve 15 secured an arm 54: having. a p n-andslot connection with an arm 55 loosely inmintedupon a reduced extension 56 or roller 40, said arm 55 carrying a pawl 55 adopted to engage s ratchet 57 secured npon'said extension 56. A finger 58 is secured to sleeve so that by means oi said finger said sleeve may be turned through a. partial revo lotion, thereby turning roller 40, and thus also roller 41, through the medium of arms 54: and 55, pawl 55 and ratchet 57, to ad Vance the five strips of carbon palper.

it shaft having a milled or knurled knob 59 at one end tl'lercoi is located Vere ticolly below shaft '-l 3, e.nd one side of shaft 5!) cut awzi'y near each its ends to form a plane sm'i ztcc at the points where said shaft is embraced by slots (30 in the brackets 60 in which roller iil-is journsled. Thus, when said plane surfaces uppermost, said rollcz' held yicldingly in its lowermost position by springs 1 secured near thelower cnds oi" brackets 60, while, upon turning shall 59 through A partial revolution, roller 42 is moved upward away from shaft l3 against. the action of springs 61. A shaft 62 is located below shaft 59, and nearer the front of the frame than theletter, and is held yieldingly against revolution in one direction by a. spring; 63. Upon shaft (32 is looscly mounted a piuvl 64, the hole therein which embraces said shaft being of somewhat gzrcstcr diameter than the shaft, and the free end of said pawl being adapted to contact with '21 cylindrical sleeve 65 loosely mounted upon shztft 4i *rnidwoy between:

disks 4'4 and 45, and to engage grooves 65 two of which are formed diametrically ,op-' posite' each other in the periphery of sleeve 65/ An arm 66 is secured upon shaft 62 adjacent pawl .64, and to the free end of said arm is loosely secured a vertically-disposed -plate 67 having two similar fingers 68 projecting from its upper edge in line with disks 44 and 45. Plate 67 is held in place partly by arm 66, partly by a'projeotion 69 onpawl 64, and partly'by contact of fingers 68 with a horizontal plate 7 0 extending'over paw1 64 and arn 1 66. Between sleeve 65 and disk 44 is interposedloose-spacing collar 71, and between said sleeve and disk 45 is a loosely-mounted spring 72 the tendency of which is to cause sleeve 65 to revolve withshaft 435' A spring.-Z3" tends to hold pawl 64 in its most advanced position toward shaft 43, and arm 66 is provided witha lug 74 extending toward pawl 64, normally above and free from said pawl but in position to engage it upon downward movement of the free end of said arm.

As fully described in our co-pending ap plication aforesaid, revolution of roller 42 and shaft 43 with its disks 44 and 45 will cause the superposed paper strips to be advanced until the holes therein are engaged by said disks, whereupon advancement of.

; said strips will cease," and their sidewise positions will be regulated b engagement of lingers 68 with said holes. lpon depressing fingers 68, and at the same time disengagin pawl 64 from'groove 65, in the manner do:v

scribed herinafter, sleeve 65 .is free. to turn with shaft 43' sufficiently to advance the paper st'l'ips until the holes therein are no longer engaged by disks 44 and 45, whereupolrthe groove in sleeve which was last uppermost will 'be engaged by pawl 64, thus terminating revolution of said sleeve, and

disks 44 and 45will again be adapted to co operate with roller 42 in advancing the strips; meanwhile, the tendency of sleeve 65 to be revolved with shaft 43 will move awl 64 to its farthermost position away said shaft, against .theaction of spring 73.

A plate)? 5 located adjacent roller 42 serves as a tearing blade b means of which the advanctl portions 0 the paper strips may be detached manually.

Near the end of sleeve -53'which is adjacent bevel gear .52, is secured an arm 76 which is pivotally connected with an arm 77 secured to extension 62 of'shaft 62, so that, upon turning sleeve 53 manually by means of finger 58, shaft 62 is turned against the action of spring 63, thereby depressing plate 67 and hence fingers 68, through the medium of. arm ;66 secured upon shaft 62, while at thesam time lug .74 on' arm 66 moves pawl 65 pawl beingthen' moved 'forward by spring -writing-operalfion is 64 downward anddisengages-the free end thereof frorr. groove 65 of sleeve 65, said rom' 73 to a position. such that it will not ag engage the same groove and upward mo ment of its free end will be limite l "ua engagement with the Ci1( l J. 1 e

sleeve 65. So long as the 64"is thus held in its depre arms 54 and 55, and arms "56 remain in the'positions shown in in-Eigs. 8 and 9, but, nponturning a l in advance, sleeve 65 will turn therewith an til pawl:64 engages that one of the grooves 65 which was last'uppermost, 'wli. shaft 62 will be turned byzictia- 63, and arms 54,55, '76 and 7? turned to the positions shown in Figs. 8 and 9,. At the will be moved upward; into y. meat with the lowermost of "the pa ,1151. ad s, in position to engage the succeeding holes in the strips when they have been advanced sufiiciently. I

Roller 41', which co'operates with roller '46 to advance the carbon-paper strips, mount ed in brackets/T8, provided with springs 79 and movable by means of a shaft 80 have inga milled or knurled knob 8lthereon, the functions and operation of said brackets, springs and shaft being similar to those of brackets 60, springs 61 and shaft 59.

The gear wheels 82 upon which type- 'Writer- 17 is mounted are adapted to travelupon the cogged rails 18 and 19, the teeth of said wheels being in mesh with those of said rails. Since the details construction ,of the typewriter and the manner in which caused to move backward. and forward on its supporting rails form no part cit the present invention and are old and well known, it is not thought" necessary to tie scribe them herein.

Platen "8'9 is rigidly supported between two vertical members 83, which are connected-by two horizontal members 84 with two vertical which. in turn are connected with two horizontal members 66 having grooves 87 therein, said grooves engaging lugs or other proiecticns {not shown) on the typewriter 1'7, The frame which comprises menibersf83, 64, 3511116. 86 is mounted upon wheels 88 adapteilto travel upon tracks 89, the latter being substantially horizontal throughout, except that they curve downward near their forward ends on account of the fact that theguide' rollers over which .the'paper strips 'are ledjare be low the plane of -p'laten' 39 andit is desirable that when said platen is in close proximity to said rollers it shall-beat or pear their level.

' Disregar in approximately the position intlicaterl at 90 in Fig. 3, the length olfmembei'sbo of i the frame which supports salfl platen and "the location of grooves 87 therein beingsueh that at all times the..,type, when Ithe'typ writer is'operated, strike above-said platen.

having depressed linger 58 t0 1"eleaSe fingers.

68 from the holes in saidioi'me and disengage pmvl 64: from groove until exlvanoement of the paper strips ceases upon engage ment of disks 44- anel 45 with the l oleein the succeeding set of forms, whereupon the positions of said strips are regulated trans versely by engagement of fing'ei's'68 with.

said holes. Although depression of finger 58 for the purpose just referred to automatically causes advancement of the five carbon-paper strips, it is manifest that said strips may be advanced a greater clistanoe' or at any time by depressing said fing er the necessary number of times, and. that said strips will remain stationary if roller 41' be moved away from roller l0 by turning shaft 80.

it will be noted that, While the length of platen 39 is practically the same as, or

slightly greater than, the Width of the papei Strips. the Width of saiolv platen 1s cleeitledly less' than the length of any of the forms such as are useol with inanitolding (leyices,--

in fact, We have found in practice that the iviclth of the platen need be very little greater than the height of the largest type employed on the typewriter. .lllanifestly, since the only obstruction between the guide rollers ovey vliici the papoi strips are led :iiul the advancing means (roller 42 an l disks 44 'antl 45) is the extremely narrow platen 39. H eie very little opposition to advancement oi said etirips, which is quite different from the oomlitionthat exists when the area of the platen is at least as great its that of the largest form tobe used. Siinilarly, advancement of the strips of 1nanifolding material is rendered iar eusiei' for the same reason enol by the same means, and

regulation oi the sidewise positions of the.

paper strips by fingers G8 is facilitated. It will also be noted that, on account of the fact that the 11:1 pot-contact surface of. platen 39 is above the level oi? the uppermost points of both the guide rollers anrl disks 4L4: and fps are held upon tile platen ition Without the neoi seiil strips, c, wee with be advanced, and the Lease-see 2. The combination, with a typewriter, of-

a platen therefor located outside the frame oi said typewriter but movable therewith relative to the work sheet for line-space movement, and means connecting said type WI'lllQE' and said platen, whereby movement of said pleten is caused by movement of said typewriter.

3. The combination, with a typewriter ande support upon which saicl'typewriter is movabla of a platen. for said typewriter oarriedsepaiately by said support but movable to the work sheet for line-space movement. 4. The combination, Wlth a typewriter having aclefinite total effective line-space movement relative to the work sheet, of a platen therefor movable relative to the Work sheet for line space movementand located outside the trains. of said typewriter, the dimension-of the "Writing surface of said platen in the tliieotion of said line-space movement being less than that of said total line-soece movement of the typewriter.

5. The combination, with, a typewriter having. a definite total effective linespebe movement relative to the WOIllI sheet,. and a definite total ell ective movement trans versely oi seid sheet, oi platen therefor and movable with the typewriter line space movement the area of the Writingsun face of said platen being less than the area covered by said line-space movement and trans movement of said typewriter.

6. The combination, with typewriter, of a platen for said typewriter, and tracks independent of said typewriter upon which said platen is movable by line-space movement of said typewriter.

.. 7" The combination, with a typewriter, of,

a substantially plane-faced plateulor said typewriter, and tracks independent of said typewriter upon which said platen is movable both by linespaoe movenmnt of said typewriter and by return movement thereof to initial position.

8. The combination in a manilohlino" ll8 "vice, of plurality of superimposed sheets oi" paper each having" a series oi spaced holes zti'i'engetl longitudinally tliemoi; a typevlith-the new of saiol typewriter relative writing machine; a platen therefor located out e the frame of the typewriting machine and beneath the sheets, and said platen being movable with the typewriter relative ,5 it) the said strips of paper for line-space movement; and means for advancing said sheets paper, from one of said holes to the n st adjacent hole whereupon said sheet advancement will cease. 1e 9. The combination in a manifolding device of a plurality of superimposed sheets of mper each having a series of spaced holes wed longitudinally thereof; a maniieet between each pair of said su- -d sheets of paper; a typewriting a platen therefor located beneath s of paper, and movable with the ewriter for line space movement; and m for advancing said sheets of paper from one of said holes to the next adjacenthole whereupon said sheet advancement will id. The combination in a manifolding deof plurality of superimposed sheets of paper each having a series of spliced holes arranged longitudinally thereof;-' a manifolding sheet between each pair of said superimposed sheets of paper; a typewriting machine; a platen therefor located beneath t sheets ofpaper and movable with the )ewriter for line space movement; means .or advancing said sheets of paper from one said holes to the next adjacent hole where n said sheet advancement will cease; and

operated means for moving said ,hcets independently of the npesed sheets of paper.

combination in a manifolding device, or a plurality of superimposed sheets to of paper each having a series of spaced holes arranged longitudinally thereof; a typewriting machine; a platen therefor located the said sheets and movable with the i e for linespace movement; means advancing said sheets of paper from one longitudinal opening to the next whereupon advancement of said sheets ceases and means for enterin the hole in each sheet just before it reac es the advancing means whereby in case of unregistry of the sheets, they will be brought into registry. l

13. The combination in a manifolding device, of a plurality of superimposed sheets of paper each having a series of spaced holes arranged longitudinally thereof; a typewriting machine; a platen located beneath the said sheets and movable with the typewriter for line-space movement; means for advancing said sheets of paper from one longitudinal opening to the next whereupon advancement of said sheets ceases; means for entering the hole in each sheet just before it reaches the advancing means whereby in case of unregistry'of the sheets, they will be brought into registry; and manually operated means for again causing said advancing means to become effective.

In testimony of the foregoing, we have hereunto set our hands in the presence of the subscribing witnesses.

WALTER C. SHOUP. WALTER E. OLIVER. Witnesses:

J. K. MULLER, Jos. F. HILLENBRAND.

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