US1407376A - Recording autographic register - Google Patents

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C. R. BUSCHMEYER. RECORDING AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 10, 1917.

1,407,37 I Patented Feb. 21, 1922.

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CLARENGE RICHABD BUSGHMEYER, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE STANDARD REGISTER COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

RECORDING AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb, 21, 1922,

Application filed October 10. 1917. Serial No. 195,729.

T 0 all whom it may-concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE R. BUSCH- MEYER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Recording Autographic Registers, of which the followin is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accom- Eanying drawing, forming part of this specication.

My invention relates to autographic registers which are adapted to feed duplicate strips of paper over a writing tablet and thence out over the top thereof, and at the same time feed a record strip over the tablet and thence down around a record roll which stores up the record strip for future reference inside of the machine.

In my machine, the pin wheel or sprocket type of feed is employed for the feeding ofthe usual duplicate strips and the record strip passes in between the pin wheels, so as not to be engaged by the pins, and thence to the record roll. The invention has special merit with this type of feed, but it should be understood that I do not limit myself in this invention to any particular type of feed in autographic registers. Moreover, although the method of feed to be described has been devised by me with special reference to autographic registers, and is termed an improvement in recording autographic registers, I do not wish to limit myself to the application of the central idea of the invention to autographic registers alone.

So far as the essential. features of the record roll and its method of mounting and operation are concerned, there should be no reason why the device could not be used in any machine which winds 'a strip of paper orthe like over a roll. f

The objects of the invention are to provide a means of mounting and winding up 7 mounting and operation. These are :tight windin even winding on a true line, accommodation of the roll itself to unevenness of the paper or the like wound, absence of necessity of afriction slippage in the roll operating parts due to the'fact that the roll and feeding means automatically accommodate themselves to slow down the speed of the roll as the roll becomes larger, and, as above stated, the simple means of mounting and taking out the roll.

These objects and advantages I accomplish by that certain construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more specifically pointed out and claimed.

In the drawing,

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section taken through an autographic register illustrating the invention. 7

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the register with the tablet top removed so as to show the parts of the new improvement.

Figure 3 is a detail side elevation of the contractible roll.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the insert piece for the end of the roll.

The machine shown has a casing 1, in which are mounted the paper rolls, 2, 3, 4, of which the roll 2 contalns the record strip. The strips of paper pass up over the idler rollers 5 at the one end of the machine, thence over the tablet 6 to the feeding devices, the record strip being the bottom one, and pieces of copy paper being set between the strips.

As stated, -the feed for the strips 3 and 4 comprise the pin wheels 7 which will engage in suitable perforations in the paper. The

wheels, in the casing of the machine, are two rolls 9 and 10 whlch have roughened surfaces. These rolls have pinions 11 and 12 which mesh each with an intermediate idler pinion 13, mounted between them. On the pin wheel shaft is set a pinion 14 which meshes with the pinion 12 and thus drives both of the roughened rolls at the same speed. As will be shown, the roportionate size of the gears and rolls Wlll absolutely control the s eed with which the record strip will fee ,.which speed will not vary due to the increasing size of the roll on which the paper is wound.

Pivotally mounted at the far end of the machine at 15, is the yoke 16, which extends through the machine and serves to mount an idler roller 17 at a position beneath and between the rollers 9 and 10. The yoke is spring-pulled to bring the roller upwardly toward the roughened rolls, by means of springs 18, 18, mounted on any desired fixed member such as the casing 1 and connected to the yoke arms. The yoke is of-such structure and position that the roller 17 thereof will form a triangle with the two roughened rolls.

In this triangle is set the record roll 19. lIhere is no other mountin needed for the said roll exce t the mere a utment against the sides of t e casing to hold it in operative position as the spring yoke pressing upwardly holds the roll firmly between the rollers 17, 9 and 10. While the sizes of the rolls are shown as being somewhat less as to length than the record roll, it will be understood that this is merely a selected form and not essential. It is merely essential that the rolls 9 and 10 should have the same diameter.

' With the record roll removed from its place, to insert it the operator merely sets it between the'yoke roll and the roll 9and pushes it in place, the yoke roller moving down to permit the record roll to slip into place. In the device shown, the yoke roller is held so that it.does not spring up too far in between the rolls 9 and 10 because it will strike against the pin wheel device hefore reaching such a-position.

The record roll 19 should be of some collapsible form so that the tightly wound" paper on it can be removed by means of slightly collapsing the roll which would then form the core of the paper roll. In the structure shown (figures 3 and 4), the roll is made of wood and is longitudinally kerfed at 201 The slot orkerf 20 serves to receive the end of the paper strip so as to hold the paper to the roll when starting to wind, and can be pushed inwardly so as to slightly contract orrollapse the roll for removing the paper therefrom.

To hold the kerfed end distended during the operation of the roll, a plug 21 is provided having a pin 22 to seat in a socket in the roll and a flange ortongue portion 23 to seat in the slot or. kerf 20. The plug must thus be removed when removing a winding of paper from the roll and must be inserted before the roll is placed in the machine for operation.

The form of roll shown is merely for purposes of illustration, sincethe requisites are that the paper be secured to the roll without any extension from the periphery thereof, and it is desirable that the collapsible feature be present. I

As described, the paper film 2 is brought up over the tablet top and thence between the pin wheels and down to the record roll, where its end is inserted in the slot 20. The operation of the pin wheel device will then cause the roughened rolls to revolve against the pressure of the spring on the yoke and these rolls will revolve the record roll. The film or strip of paper is engaged by the roll 9 which draws it firmly down against the recelving roll.=-- The receiving roll also revolves, but this motion does not determine the amount of paper wound on the roll, since this is determlned by the revolution of the rolls against the surface ofthe paper. In the use in autographic registers, the amount. of paper turned onto the record can be gaged without reference to the feed of the delivered strips, and thereby a great deal of paper saved. The record strip 1s without printing usually, and the operation can be adjusted to wind up four .on five inches for each six inches of duplicate checks torn off, without any difliculty.

As the roll becomes larger, the yoke moves lower and the speed of feeding is always the same since it is controlled by the drawing of the paper over the roll on the surface'thereof independent of its diameter.

Although both of the rolls 9 and 10 are positively operated, I do not wish to limit' myself to this feature, as one only would be suflicient.

The device is shown in the simplest form in the drawing herewith, but it should not I be understood that the invention is limited to the exact form shown and described. 'It may be that in the various applications of the" principle of the invention, some particular means be provided to enforce an exact tracking of the paper. It has been found that if the proper friction is applied to the supply roll of paper, the feed onto the record roll will be so accurate that the strip of paper will at no time run against the pin wheels. w i

If there is any catching of the paper ly mounted so as to be releasable pressed toward the pair of rollers, said pair of rollers and third roller so mounted as to form a pocket opening toward the delivery end of 13 the register, as and for the purposedescribed.

2. 'In an autographic register or the like, the combination with means for feeding a plurality of strips of paper in alignment, and means for rewinding one of said strips, said means comprising a spindle disconnected from any other parts, and means for winding paper on said spindle, comprising a fixed revolving element driven from the feeding means, and a freely revolving element forming a pocket with the fixed revolving element for retaining the spindle, said freely revolving element being mounted so as to be resiliently pressed toward the bination with a duplicate strip feed of a paper receiving roll, a pair of rolls in contact with the paper receiving roll, and means for positively operating said pair of rolls, a yoke mounted in said machine and having an idler roll, said yoke being spring-pressed toward the pair of rolls, to confine the paper receiving roll between its idler roll and said pair of rolls.

, CLARENCE RIICH BUSCHMEYER.

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