US1495874A

US1495874A - Device for feeding paper slips

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Publication number: US1495874A
Application number: US614671A
Authority: US
Inventors: Bartlett John Edmund
Original assignee: BAR TREX Manufacturing CO Inc
Current assignee: BAR TREX Manufacturing CO Inc; BAR-TREX MANUFACTURING Co Inc
Priority date: 1923-01-24
Filing date: 1923-01-24
Publication date: 1924-05-27
Anticipated expiration: 1941-05-27

Description

Patented May 27, 1924.

'UNITED STAT-Es JOHN EDMUND BARTLETT, or BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, AssIGNon To BAR-relax" PATENT .oFFlcE.

MANUFACTURING co., INC., er EIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, A CORPORATION or ALABAMA.

DEVICE FOB FEEDING PAPER SLIPSi Application mea January 24, 192s. semi No. 614,671.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I,JOHN EDMUND BART- LETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Birmingham, in the county of Jefferson and State of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dealso used for the delivery of stationery, suchv as envelopes or sheets of paper from the suitable receptacles provided at hotels or other public places. i

It is well known that either through carelessness or cupidity, there is a tendency of the average consumer to be very wasteful in the use of articles of the kind referred to.. Thus, it frequently occurs that people take away bank checks or deposit slips for use in making memoranda, and telegraph blanks are similarly wasted, while the waste of stationery at hotels is quite an important feature, generally necessitating the doling out of such stationery in limited quantities, as it may be required for use.`

According to my invention, the articles to be used are supplied Vone by one to theu'ser and he is not apt to spend the time or to attract the attention of the bystanders 1n withdrawing such articles in a wasteful way.

Moreover, according to my invention, I ,i

provide a neat and attractive receptacle in which such articles are kept free from dust or dirt, and arel not`blown around by the wind or careless cleaners, and .which are served to the users' fresh and'clean in the quantities desired.

My invention will kbe more clearly understood after reference to the accompanying drawings, in which I show a cabinet adapted to use in a bank, provided with separate adjustable holders for checks and deposit slips; but similar receptaclesv may be used in telegraph oflices, hotels or other places where articles of the character described ar to be dispensed.

In the drawings like parts are indicated by similar reference symbols through out the several views, in which: i

Figure l is a front elevation ofthe completed cabinet as arranged to be stood upon a table or shelf; and

Figure 2 shows va section along the line 2 2 of Figurel l-and looking in the direction ofthe arrows.' y i l The operatinglparts are held in the casing, which for lconvenience of manufacture,

may be made of separate parts connectedl together, .as shown. A

I provide a base A, which may be provided at its bottom with discs a `of rubber,

leather or the like, to prevent scratching the ,table orshelf. The central portion of `the` casing A comprises an open front and side walls, to which the upper portionA2 1s con` ably comprising a glass paneflmounted in the frame D,'which frame is hinged `at'its lower end d Ito the casing, landl at its upper end is provided with a lug d", perforated to receive the screw E,=which` screw is provided with a knurled head E. This screw engages lin screw'threads in the front wall y.of the casing and yby turning the screw, the v"door maybe opened or closed, as desired.

Mounted inside of the casingI provide adjustable supports or racks Fand guides I-I for the checks or deposit slips, or the like, which are to be dispensed by theapparatus; These supports orvv racksv F, as shown, consist of bent plates having the por- `tion' f'serving to support the lower'end of the checks or 'deposit slips, and the curved endv f slotted as at f to permit passage -therethrough of the pusher bar and also to serve 'as guides for'said pusher bar.l

The' other endsl of these plates f2 are slotted as at f3 to .engagev the. adjusting nected, and-the rear portion A3 is connected to the top and base portionsby meansof 'lugs a2 and a3 and screws B andB. y;

YVscrews G. Thus, these supports F may be moved up or down and adjusted .according to the length -of the slip of paper to ,be supported thereon and to be dispensed from the machine.

Mounted above the plates F are the guides H, .which are oppositely disposed, as shown in Fig. l, and are provided with Vvertical walls z, having their front edges flanged inward as at L, and their rear .edges .provided with lugs h2 slotted as at 7a3 to engage the adjusting screws I. These guides may be moved towards or away from eachother and-set at the desired position, so .as to correspond tothe width of the paper slips to be held therebetween and to `vbe fed from the machine.

I have shown two of these plates vF one near each side of the Casing and two pairs lof the guides H arranged above the supports material is mounted, as shown in 1F ig. 2.

' Each .of these pusher bars M -is provided at its lower end with a lug or fixed pin m slotted as at m2. To this 'stud mf the lever N is pivoted, and I provide a spring P, which has onere-nd j? engaging in said slot m2 and its other end'p engaging beneath the lever N, as sli-own in Fig. 2, whereby there is a slight spring pressure applied to the pusher bar M, tending to swing its upper end `tothe right, causing the tip M to .engage on the face of the paper slip, with a slight pressure, and preventing the pusher 'bar from swinging 'backwards -too far.

The lever N is pivoted at its rear end to lthe pin Q, preferably a cotter pin, and is slotted as at n to receive the lug r projecting from the key lever R, which is pivoted to the ycasing as at r and is provided with a key R. This stud r is drawn towards the Cotter pin@J by means of a tension spring S, which spring tends to normally restore the parts -to the initial position, shown in full'lines in Fig. Vv2. 1

Incidentally, the weight of the parts would accomplish a similar result, but the spring S referred lto gives a positive and Yquick action for restoring the parts to the initial position. 'This spring also has a function-.of checking the downward movement of the key, as the pusher bar moves upward, as will'be evident from the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. This spring, there fore, serves as a shock absorber against the upward movement of the kpusher bar and provides a form of touch7 to the instrument, analogous to that found in typewriting machines, or the like.

YIn order to prevent rattling, I provide a buffer T of rubber or similar material, which ,serves as a shock absorber when the pusher bar and the parts connected thereto l'return to the initial position, shown in full lines in Fig. 2.

The upper portion A2 of thecasing `is provided with throats A4, through which the `paper slips are fed in the upward direction.

At one `side of each throat I providea spring plate TU inclined inwards, as shown in Fig. 2, which plate is secured to the casing, as by means of the screws V. At theother side of each throat yI provide a 'bent plate IV,

which is pivoted as at X -to the lugs a project-ing downward from `the top ofthe casing.

This yplate IV tends to swing inward and to close the throat, as yshown in Fig. 2, but maybe 1readily pressed outwards tothe position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, as the paper slips yare lfed upwards. "Thus, the plates `U yand YV normally keep `thetop of the casing closed and prevent dust or the like from falling on the paper slips below, ybut permit the paper slips to be conveniently fed upwards, when desired.

Obviously, the plate .U may be omitted and the inclined vface a of the casing ina-y ser-ve to lguide fthe slips upwards, Ebut I .prev#fer to `have a separate plate, as shown.

T-he operation of t'liedevice is as Afollows:

Suppose -the supports F and guides IH =to be properly adjusted and the paper Vslips in place, 'and .suppose ythe operating parts :to be in the position shown in full 1li-nes 'in -F-ig. 2, pressingdown on the key R will cause the pusher bar M to `move upward from 'the position `shown in -fu'll lines to the .position shown :in dotted lines in Fig. 2. '-This will cause the front paper slip to be moved over the ilower slips and :the free .end V.of said yslip will be ,pressed 'between the .plates TU and W, and the saine maybe drawn out from fthe (machine.

The parts are so adjusted that .only one slip at a time canbe fed out. The inclined yface ai? ofthe back vof the casing will facili tate the feeding of ,the .slips Vseriatiin.

. When the key R is released, the yweight of the parts, supplemented by the action of the spring S, will tend to restore the parts from the position shown `in Vdotti-ad y'lines to that shown in full lines in Fig. y2.

While I `have shown a casing arranged ,to feed two separate sets of paper slips, such as .checks vand deposit slips, it wfill be `obvious that a casing may b e -inadeto use a single set of slips only, or more 'than :two sets of slips.

I have shown a single embodiment of the invention in a simple form, but it will be obvious that changes might be made in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts, which could be used without departing from the spirit of my invention, and I do not mean to limit myself to such details, except as particularly pointed out in the claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. Apparatus of the character described comprising a closed casing having an opening in the front thereof and a door closing said opening, the said casing having its rear wall inclined slightly upwards and rearwards, with a delivery throat at the upper end of said casing, a supporting rack, adjustably secured to the inclined rear wall of said casing, and provided with a forwardly projecting slotted portion, guides for the edges of the paper slips also adjustably secured to said inclined rear wall,

' a pusher bar having an adhesive tip at the upper end thereof adapted to engage the forward paper slip, said bar engaging in the slotted front portion of said supporting rack, a slotted lever pivoted to said casing and to said pusher bar, and a key lever pivoted to said casing and projecting through the front wall thereof, and having a lug engaging said slotted lever.

2. Apparatus of the character described, comprising a closed casing having an opening in the front thereof and a door closing said opening, the said casing having its near wall inclined slightly upwards and rear- Wards, with a delivery throat at the upper end of said casing, a spring plate at the back of the throat inclined forwardly and upwardly with its outer end substantially in the same plane with the outermost paper slip when a full stack of slips is present 011 the rack, a swinging plate normally closing said throat and extending substantially diagonally near the throat and adapted to rest near its upper end against the outer end of said spring plate, said swinging plate being carried by the casing forwardly of the throat, and below the throat, a supporting rack adjustably secured to the inclined rear wall of said casing, adjustable guides for the edges of the paper slips, a pusher bar havingA an adhesive tip at the upper end thereof adapted to engage the f forward paper slip, a slotted lever pivoted to said casing and to said pusher bar, and a key pivoted to said casing and projecting through the front wall thereof, and having a lug engaging said slotted lever.

3. Apparatus of the character described comprising a closed casing having an opening in the front thereof and a door closing said opening, the said casing having its rear wall inclinedy slightly upwards and rearwards, with a delivery throat at the upper end of said casing, and. a swinging plate normally closing said throat but yielding to slight upward pressure of the paper slips, a supporting rack adjustably secured to the inclined rear wall of said casing, and provided with a forwardly projecting slotted portion, guides fo-r the edges of the paper slipsalso adjustably secured to said inclined rear wall, a pusher bar' having an adhesive tip at the upper end thereof adapted to engage the forward paper slip, said bar engaging in the slotted front portion of said supporting rack, a slotted lever pivoted to said casing and to said pusher bar, and a key pivoted to said casing and projecting through the front wall thereof, and having a lug engaging said slotted lever, with a tension spring connecting said lug and the pivot of said slotted lever, and tending to positively restore the parts to the initial position.

JOHN EDMUND BARTLETT.