US1714574A - Printed paper web - Google Patents

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May 28, 1929. I sM|TH 1,714,574

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JOHN SMITH SOLD To 72 FRANKLIN ST-NI PAIR SHOES c 2nd SPLIT ORDER COPY 0 5rd SPLIT ORDER COPY JOHN DOE 00. JOHN DOE C0.

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Patented May 28, 1929.

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JESSE A. B. SMITH, OF STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO UNDERVVOOD ELLIOTT FISHER COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

PRINTED PAPER WEB.

Original application filed November 4, 1924, Serial No. 747,726.. Divided and this application filed March 6, 1926. Serial No. 92,656.

This invention relates to printed forms of bills and more particularly to a form in which certain portions may be readily detached. from the body of the web carrying said forms, after typing,,while others are.

imperforate and continuous to reinforce the web and are separable by the ordinary shearing knife. V.

Typing of this kind may be conveniently done on multiple-ply paper-webs, the plies being sometimes separate, but more generally connected in the form of a fan-f old weband having suitable forms printed thereon, the forms being torn off from the main portion of the web after typing, as set forth in the VVernery & Smith Patent, No. 1,132,055,- dated March 16, 1915. p

Insome cases, it is desired, in making out such forms and simultaneous copies,"to have the heading and all the entries or typed items appear on the original recordbill, to substantially form a condensed rec- 0rd and duplicate copies thereof, while only the-heading and certain distinctive single items ofsaid entries appear on said miscellaneous other bills or forms. Such an arrangement is especially convenient for a mercantile establishment, such as a mail-0r der house, when making out an order or bill for a miscellaneous lot of goods, which is of.

such a variety as to necessitate the order being split up, so that the different items thereof may be conveniently sent to different departments for execution. As each item of a bill of goods generally occupies only single line of typing, it has been found diilicult to type the split orders or bills at the same time that the original record-bill fold forms. This'is' because there mustbe typed upon said record bill and its dupli cate copies a complete schedule of the items, whereas usually there must be typed upon each of the split-order bills only a single item. It is therefore one of the-features of the present invention to'overcome this difficulty and enableeach individual item to be typed singly upon its own separate form simultaneously with the typing of a group of the same items upon the original record-- bill and the duplicates thereof.

According to one form of the presentinvention, a front carbon-carrier of a continuous billing machine controls carbon-sheets carried forward with interleaved between the plies of the duplicate copies, and also a carbon which lies between the outermost or original ply and the top ply of a number of split-order forms interposed between said duplicate copies and the outermost'ply. A; roar carbon-carrier controls carbonswhich are interleaved between the plies, of the split-order forms.

In typ ng upon such, plies, both of the carhon-carriers have their} respective carbons v the webs'tothe .printmg line, and, upon actuating the type, a The carbons interleaved between the splitorder plies are then withdrawn, and the platen may beline-spaced to bring the forms heading may be written on all of thesheets.

to position for printing the first item' simul-- taneously upon the andduplic'ate copies thereof, and also upon only the first split-order form. is then turned so as to bring all of the webs upwardly, and the front sheet andits carbon' are thrown forwardly so as to permit the first'split order form to be removed from original form 'or bill The platen its ply by tearing the same off along a line 1 i of perforations The sheets may then be run to. the printing line of the second item to be typed, and the same process as described in connection with the first split order is carried out on as many forms as there are separate items to be typed. After all of the split-order forms have been removed from their plies, the re maining plie s thatfis, the original orderand duplicate copies thereof are'torn off fromthe main body of the web, against a cuttingoff knife, and a'new portion of'theweb is brought forward to printing position.

The split-order plies are provided with transverse. linesof perforations for weakening the connectionbetween the adjoining provided for the'purpose.

forms so thateaoh' form may be easily detached by'themere pulling of the form with the fingers Without'the "aid of a knife. It will be apparent that if the transverse perforations were extended across the whole web, theperfora'tions would so weaken the web longitudinallyas to make it too frangible for fan-fold work.

strain on the web and the liability of tearing the web at the v perforations'would;r'cnder the web unfit for use ina typewriter.

In this invention, the web is only cross Itis well know'n that strippingfthe carbons places a great 4 combined order forms which are torn off against a knife.

In View of this, it will be apparent that it is not necessary to provide the last split-order ply with cross-perforations. However, since the number of split orders required from each bill is variable, the web is made with enough cross-perfor- V ated plies for the maximum number of split orders that at any time may be required.

This application is a division of my application filed November 4, i924, Serial No. 747,726.

Other features and advantages will here- I inafter appear.

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Figure 1 is a developed View of a fan-fold web such 'as may be used with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a' view of a severed form,'representing an original order-blank. 7 Figures 3, 4- and 5 represent split-order forms which have been severed from the main body of the we Figure 6 is a view of a fan-fold pack forming a portion of the web-unit.

."Continuous forms or webs V are adapted to be used in a typewriting machine, such,

as shown in the'patent to lVernery & Smith,

In certain classes of work, such as in mail order houses, orders are received which sometimes cover a great variety of goods and it is necessary that the order be split up and the different items thereof sent to the different departments for execution. For this purpose theweb WV consists of an outermost or original ply, designated by the reference a plurality of split-order plies or forms, designated by the letters B77, C77 D777; occupy a position between the outer ply' A and the fan-fold pack E. A carbon carried on a forward carbon-carrier as shown in my original application, Serial No. 747,- 726, is interleaved between the outer or origi- A and the split-order ply B, and a rear carbon-carrier carries carbons which are interleaved respectively between the split-order plies B and C n and D. I

By virtue of this arrangement the carbons .in the form of Said split-order plies associated with the rear carbon-carrier may be readily withdrawn from theirassociated forms by moving the rear carrier rearwardly, after the headings have been printed up-' on all of the forms, and the original ply or form will always remain the outermost one of the pack, receive ribbon-impressions of typed matter.

Referring to Figure l, which represents a developed view of fan-fold stationery such as may beused in the present invention, it will be noted that the folding edges of the several plies comprising the web-unit are perforated at 10, so that they may be readily severed from one another. It will also be noted that the split-order forms or plies indicated by the letters B, C and D are perforated at 11 along their upper and lower margins, so as topermit each of the forms to be readily severed from its ply after typing. I As the web is drawn for wardly of the machine; and around the platen, the side edges of the sheets A, B, C and D are severed alongtheir side edges, by splitters carried on the carbon carriers, while the side edges of the fan-fold pack E remain unsevered. After having printed the headings on all of the plies, and

withdrawing [the carbon-sheets associated with the plies B, C and D, by moving the rear carbon-carrier rearwardly, the platen-frame is lowered and the sheets run to the printing line, so as to receive type written matter corresponding to a first item of an order. Due to the fact that there are no carbon-sheets now interleaved between the plies B and C, and C and D, no typed impressions will appear upon the split-order plies C and D, but the split order B, which lies immediately beneath the carbon of the original order form A, will receive a typed impression, and also all of the plies of the fan-fold pack E. The platen is next turned, so as to roll the plies upwardly until the perforations '11 of the ply B so that it will invariably appear above the cutting-off knife.

said perforations 11, thus removing the same an individual typewritten sheet, the original or outer ply Aand its carbon having been first folded over toward the front of the machine to permit easy ac-' cess to the ply B. The platen is now turned in the opposite direction, so as to bring the sheets down to the secondline of printing. The original sheet A and its carbon now overlie the split-order ply or i form C, and, upon operation of the type, the second item of the original ply or form Ais typed thereon, and also upon each ply or form of the fan-fold pack E. The same cycle of operations is now carried out to remove the sheet C from the pack, and the platen advanced to print the third item. Thus it will be seeen that the form A and It will be seen that the full order is typed line by line upon one form, and, at the same time, each line is typed upon a separate split-order form, there being numerous split-order forms, since each one is to contain only one item and the order may be made up of half a dozen or perhaps a dozen items. It is shown, for illustration, that the order is made up of three items, but it is obvious that in practice each order is apt to be made up of any number of items. The invention thus includes a collation of superposed plies, of which the top one constitutes a form for the typing of the full order there on, line by line, in the manner of a condensed record, while the others consist of split-order coupons upon each of which is manifolded only one item; This manifolding upon the superposed coupons is done by only one carbon-sheet. lVhen the top cou-. pon is being manifolded, nothing is done upon the underlying coupons. lVhen the second coupon is being manifolded, nothing is being done upon the first coupon nor upon the remaining underlying coupons, When the third coupon is being manifolded, nothing is done upon the first two coupons. Hence, each of the coupons finally contains individually an item which is split off from the main order, the items being different upon the different coupons. For this purpose, the coupons form a part of the same I cross-section of fan-folded web with the main order form; and, after the typing of each line, the coupon upon which said line 'is typed is plucked out of the web without mutilation, this operation being permitted because the coupons are joined tothe re mainder of the web by friable lines of connection. Heretofore, a transverse section of web, having the same typing upon each ply as upon all the others, has been torn off by means of an implement; but a coupon has not heretofore been severed while leaving intact in the machine forms which constituted a part of the same transverse section ofthe fan-fold web.

Variations may be resorted to within the scope of the invention, and portions of the improvements maybe used without others.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

l. A continuous billing work-sheet web for use in simultaneously printing with a typewriting machine an original record bill having a plurality of items entered thereon and a plurality of split bills each having. a single item entered thereon, comprisinga wide web foldable'into a plurality of fanfold plies, the web having perforated lines extending longitudinally thereof between the edges of all theplies, the web also having successive printed forms. in vertical and horizontal alignment, the web also-having perforated lines extending from the ply on r the left side of the web horizontally across a plurality of plies between the printed forms, the side plies being imperforate.

2. A continuous billing work-sheet web for use in simultaneously making an original record bill having a plurality of items entered thereon and split bills each having a single item entered thereon, comprising a wide web foldable into a plurality of. fanfold plies adapted to receive carbon sheets between each two plies, the longitudinal side edges of said plies being weakened by perforated lines extending longitudinallyof the plies the plies having similar printed forms in horizontal and vertical alignment when. the web is spread out, the successive printed forms lying on opposite sides ofthe plies, the web having perforatedlines extending transversely thereof and stopping before they reach the side plies.

3. A fan-folded web for manifolding use in typing a plurality of items on a recordbill and a plurality of superposed orderdistributing coupons, the topfold of said web formed of a'repetition of bills, the

middlefolds of said web formed each of a repetition of order-distributing coupons, and the bottom folds of saidweb formed each of repetitions of bill-copies, the bill-forms and the order-distributing coupons being in. I

horizontal alignment across the web, and the web having pluck-out lines of perforations ending short of the outside series of forms for enabling "each order-coupon to be plucked out of the web individually after it.

istyped, to expose the underlying 'ordercoupon for typing the succeeding line ing separated from the next transverse row by certain of said pluck-out lines ofperforations, and the web being longitudinally ofthe fan-fold pack.

JESSE, as. sMrrH.

thereon, each transverse row of coupons be-

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