US1724120A - Autographic register - Google Patents

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Aug. 13, 1929. w. J. WISWALL 1 AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Filed Nov. 15, 1924 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 ATTORNEYS 3, 1929. w. J. WISWALL AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Filed Nov. 15, 1924 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 a I w iiidu ielilui lilli l l hl u I ENTOR t ATiz EYs W. J. WISWALL AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Aug. 13, 1929.

Filed Ndv. 15, 1924 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 any E w I ATTORN EYS Patented Aug. 13, 192 9.

UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

WILLIAM J'. 'WISWALL, OF, PORTLAND, OREGON, ASSIGNOR 'IO AMERICAN SALES BOOK COMPANY, LIMITED, OF TORONTO, CANADA, A CORPORATION OF ONTARIO, CANADA.

nutroeneiamo REGISTER.

Application filed November 15, 1924. Serial No. 750,020.

This invention relates to autographic registers and with regard to its more specific features to registers adapted for use wlth strips having forms printed thereon' and control apertures bearing definite relation to the forms.

An object of this invention is to provide a device of the character described in which the forms may be fed over a tablet in a lo manner to insure their accurate registry in writing position.

A further objectis to provide a device of the character described in which the forms may be brought into substantial registry by feed rolls then accurately positioned by cooperation with control apertures m registry with the forms.

Other objects of the invention will in part be obvious and will in part appear hereinafter.

The invention accordingly comprises the features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangement of parts, which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter set forth and the scope ofthe application of which will be indicated in the claims.

For a fuller understanding of the nature and objects of the invention reference u. should be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which:-

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section through the machine embodying the invention with the feeding mechanism in a position of rest between the forms,

Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section through the feeding mechanism,

Fig. 3 is a top plan view,

Fig. 4 is a fragmental longitudinal section showing the registering pins and the cam operating mechanism therefor, as on line 4-4 of Fig. 2,

' Fig. 5.is a similar view with the pins shown in the position to enter the control apertures.

Fig. 6 is a fragmental longitudinal section showing the adjustable cam for controlling the length of feed as taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 2,

Fig. 7 is a fragmental transverse section taken on line 7-7 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 8 is a fragmental transverse section taken on line 88 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 9 is a diagrammatic section showing the selector mechanism, and

Fig. 10 is a plan view showing the form of strip which may be utilized with the device.

In the drawings, the numeral 1 represents a casing having a compartment 2 for the reception of a pad of supply strips and a compartment 3 for the reception of one set of the completed records. The supply pad is preferably in the form of a plurahty of strips each having forms printed thereon, control apertures in register with the forms, the strips being superposed and interfolded zigzag to form a flat pad.

The compartment 2 preferably has the end wall 4: pivoted as at o to facilitate the insertion of the supply pad A. A tablet 6 is supported on lugs 7 on the sidewalls 8 of the casing and guides 9, 10 and 11 are arranged to separate the different strips as they are fed from the supply pad onto the tablet. These guides may be in the form of rods pivoted at oneside as shown at 12 and fitting at the other side into slots 13. In this manner they may be lifted out of the way and replaced as the strips are ut in place.

A margin frame 14 is pivoted as at 14 to overlie the tablet and expose the central portion thereof for inscription in the usual manner and this frame may be arranged also to close a compartment 15 for the receipt of a roll of transfer material. The mar frame'may be held in place by a suitai l d catch 15.

The feeding of the strips is accomplished primaril by a pair of rolls 16, 17, which engage t e strip between them. The roll 17 preferably hasa circumference reater than the length of the form to be fe while the roll 16 may be of smaller diameter.

The largerroll 17 is mounted upon a shaft 18 journaled in the side walls of the casing, as at 19, and operated by a handle 20. The roll 17 preferably positively drives the roll 16 as by intermeshing gears 21 and 22 so that the 1 them.

The roll 16 and its bearings are carried in a bar 27 which may be pivoted at one side of the'frame as at 28 and held by a latch 29 upon the other, whereby the bar may be lifted tolpermit the strips to be placed beneath it and again replaced.

The roll 17"may be conveniently in the form of two spaced cylindrical sectional rolls 30. Mounted to rotate with the roll 17 are a plurality of yielding pins which are arranged to be in longitudinal alignment with the control apertures in the record strips. These pinsare spring pressed outwardly.

The feed rolls are so designed relative to the forms to be fed as to continue the feed almost but not quite the length of one form, and until the control apertures are almost in registry with-the rolls, thereupon the feeding by the rolls is discontinued but when the pins come opposite the control apertures they project into them and thereafter as the shaft 18 completes its revolution, these pins draw the forms by engagement with the control apertures until the control apertures are in alignment with the rolls, by which time the forms are preferably in alignment upon the writing tablet. v

As illustrated, the sectional rolls 30 are arranged in alignment with, but of wider surface area than the control apertures so that, except for the mechanism to be described, they would continue to feed the strip, and pins 31 are mounted to slide in sockets 32 in the sections 30, being spring pressed outwardly by springs 33.

In the specific embodiment shown, the pins 31 are positively withdrawn below the surface of the sectional rolls 30 at the start of the feeding movement and are projected retract the pins and hold the same retracted while theprojection 35 travels on an inner circular diameter 36'of the said cam. As soon, however, as this projection reaches a shoulder 37, the pin is free to be urged outwardly by the spring. This cam is so timed relative to the feeding mechanism as to insure the projection of the pins into the, apertures. These cams are retained against rotation by arms 38 engaging a rod 39. A

spring pressed stop 40 is provided to stop the handle at the close of each complete revolution and a ratchet 41 on the shaft 18 cooperates with a pawl 42 to prevent backward rotation of the rolls.

The feed rolls are arranged to cease to make contact through the strips when the apertures are opposite the point at which the pins 31 are to be projected. In the embodiment illustrated this is accomplished by providing at each end of the shaft 18, an arcuate cam 43 of a diameter to bear upon the roll 16 to lift that roll against the pressure of the springs 25.

Where the machine is designed to be used with a standard length of form, the cam 43 may be arranged as a fixed cam lifting the roll when the aperture had been fed to position, but when it is desired to construct the machine to accommodate different lengths of forms, as for example, when it is desired to use a standard machine in an establishment having different forms in (lifferent departments, the cam may take the form of a plurality of arcuate leaves 43 '43 and 43 which may be expanded fan shape to advance relative to the feeding movement the point of lifting of the roll. These arcuate leaves may be held in their adjusted positions by suitable screws 43 and 43 operating in slots 43 and 43 The screw 43 screws into the segment 43 while the screw 43 screws into the segment 43. For convenience in adjustment, the outer member 43* may be cut out as shown at 43 to afford access to the screw 43".

A guide 44 maybe provided upon the underside of the cover 45 for the compartment 3. This guide is preferably slotted as shown at 46 to receive a selector finger about to be described.

For the purpose of refolding the lowermost strip into zigzag formation within the compartment 3, mechanism is provided to cause every alternate fold line to be drawn under the feed mechanism permitting the remaining fold lines to extend outwardly from the feed mechanism. By selecting the proper fold line to be thus drawn under the. feed, the strip may be caused to be refolded in the same direction in which it was originally folded. To accomplish this result every alternate form may be provided with an auxiliary aperture 47 and a finger 48, may be arranged upon the shaft 18 to enter this aperture as it passes the roll 16 and by reason of its engagement therewith, carry the form containing the aperture below the feed as shown at 49 in Figure 1.

As illustrated, there is provided a finger 48 pivoted as at 51 and urged outwardly from the shaft bya spring 52. This finger carries a control pin 53 in position to cooperate with and be controlled by a cam 54, which may be mounted upon the inside I selecting of the tablet 6. This cam is of such shape as to permit the projection of the pin while,

or just after, the selecting aperture passes between the rolls, to project through the aperture. Thereafter it continues to project through said aperture until the form bearing the aperture is carried substantially completely beneath the feed and its direction of fold definitely determined.

By reason of the fact that the selecting finger 48 is spring pressed outwardly and that only each .alternate form bears the aperture, it will be clear that for every a ternate operation the selecting pin will be held depressed by the unapertured form and this form will be the one which is intended to be folded outwardly away from the feed. It takes this position without difficulty because of the natural bend of the paper and because of the, direction of feed of the strip. The next succeeding form, however, carrying as it does the control ap- 'erture, will be drawn rearwardly beneath the feed and thus no matter how the feeding operation may be started, the. lowermost strip will be refolded on its original lines and in its original direction.

A pivoted arm 55 may be arranged to assist in folding the lower strip if desired.

The bar 27 is so arranged as to provide a housing 56 for the roll 16, which housing will be continued down adjacent to the writing tablet 6 on the one side and the cover 45 of the secret compartment 3 on the other. A suitable guide 57 may be provided near the end of the compartment 2 to carry the strips from the pad and guide them to the separating guide rods 9, 10 and 11.. This guide 57 may have a lateral stop 58 to'insure the lateral positioning of the strips while a spring guide 59 may beprovided upon the side wall of the compartment to bear against the. lateral face of the pad from the one side'to cooperate with two guide lugs 60 on the other side to insure the pad being properly positioned laterally with respect to the machine.

The stops 60 comprise vertically disposed lugs on the side of the compartment intended for the reception of the pad against which the side of the pad is placed to give lateral positioning thereto while the spring guide 59 bears against the other side of the pad to hold it in contact with the lug 60.

The machine may be prepared for operation as follows:

The record leaves are placed in the compartment 2. If these be in the form of a plurality of leavessuperposed and interfolded zigzag, the pad may he slipped into the compartment to rest upon the bottom.

The guides 9, 10 and 11 may bethrown back and the strips carried over the guide 57 are placed one by-one over the tablet and separated by the separating guides 9, 10 and 11, and carried on to the feeding mechanism to the point where the apertures may be placed upon the pins 31, one sheet of transfer material from a roll in the compartment 15 being overlaid upon each strip except the top.

The lowermost sheet has its foremost end beyond the guide pins 31 deflected downwardly into the compartment 3 by the guide 44, and the remaining sheets are carried over the cover 45 and the bar 27 is brought down and latched in place as shown. The machine is now ready for operation.

The operation is as follows:

Upon depression with'the thumb of the spring pressed stop 40, the handle 20 may be rotated past it. At the position of rest, the roll 16 is in contact through the strips with the roll sections 30. Thus when the handle 20 is turned, the forms are fed forward until near the completion of a revolution then the cams 43 lift the upper roller out of engagement with the lower, whereupon the feeding movement by the rolls ceases. The cams are so adjusted that at this time the apertures in the strip are substantially in the by reason of the fact that the projection 35 reaches the shoulder 37 of the cam 34, the pins are projected through the apertures.

A further turning of the handle brings the cylindrical surface of the pins into engagement with the lateral edges of the control apertures and thereafter the forms are fed by the pins bearing against the control apertures to bring the forms into accurate registry upon the tablet, whereupon the handle comes into contact with the stop.

It has heretofore been proposed to operate a plurality of strips by a roller to feed the strip a distance less than the length of a form and thereafter to discontinue the feed by lifting one roll by a cam, whereupon fixed tapered pins upon the roll engage apertures in the, strips forthe purpose of continuing the feed of the strips to registering position. Such'operation, however, has not been satisfactory. This may in part be due to the fact that the pins are brought into and out of the apertures by a movement circumferential to the roll and hence not normal to the strip. The surface of the pin must be tapered to avoid tearing of the strip whereas the operation of such tapered pin does not satisfactorily bring the forms into registry.

It will be observed by reason of the fact that in accordance with this invention, the pins move radially relative to the roller. Hence they project through the apertures normal to the face of the strips. 4

Since certain changes may be made in the above construction and different embodiments of the invention could be made without department from the'scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the following claims are intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described, and all statements ofthe scope of the invention which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A device of the character described, comprising in combination, a pair of rolls cooperating to advance strips having longitudinally spaced control apertures, means for disengaging the rolls when they have fed the strips a distance less than the longitudinal distance between control apertures, pins spring pressed outwardly into position to enter the control apertures of said strips on commencement of a feeding movement, means to release said pins so that they may be projected outwardly into said apertures when the feeding movement of said rolls is completed, and means to advance said pins in the direction of feed of the strip to complete the feed.

2. A device of the character described, comprising, in combination, a pair of rolls cooperating to advance strips having longitudinally spaced control apertures, means for disengaging the rolls when they have fed the strips 9. distance less than the longitudinal distance between control apertures, substantially radial pins on one of said rolls, spring pressed outwardly in osition to be in registry with the other 0 said rolls at the beginning of'a feeding movement, means to positively retract said pins on commencement of a feeding movement, means to release said pins when the pins come opposite the apertures to project the same through the apertures normal to the strip, and

means to advance said pins in the direction of feed of the strip to complete the feed.

3. A device of the character described, comprising, in combination, a pair of rolls cooperating to advance strips having longitudinally spaced control apertures, means for disengaging the rolls when they have fed the strips a distance less than the longitudinal distance between control apertures, substantially radial pins on one of said rolls, spring pressed outwardly, in position to be in registry with the other of said rolls at the beginning of a feeding movement, said pins being adapted to project through, the control apertures normal to the strip, means positively to retract said pins on commencement of a feeding movement, means to release said pins so'that they may be projected outwardly by spring pressure into said apertures after a predetermined feeding movement of'said rolls, and means to advance said pins in the direction of feed of -the strip to complete the feed.

'4. A device of the character described, comprising in combination, a pair of rolls cooperating to advance strips having longitudinally spaced control apertures, an operating shaft for one of said rolls, means for disengaging the rolls when they have fed the strips a distance of less than the longitudinal distance between control apertures, com-prising a cam for effecting separating movement between the rolls and said cam comprising a plurality of adjustable leaves to vary the circumferential distance through which said cam operates, one of said cam leaves being carried by and fixed to said roll shaft for rotation therewith and the other cam leaves being rotatably .mounted upon said roll shaft and connected for angular adjustment with reference to said fixed cam leaf, pins spring pressed outwardly into position to be in registry with the other of said rolls at the'beginning of tudinally spaced control apertures, means for disengaging the rolls when they have fed the strips a distance less than the longitudinal distance between control apertures, pins 011 one of said rolls, sprin pressed outwardly in position to be in registry with the other of said rolls at the beginning of a feeding movement, a circumferential cam adapted to retract said pins after the have passed the other roll and permit their projection just before reaching the roll, means to positively retract said pins on commencement of a feeding movement, means to release said pins when the feeding movement of said rolls is completed, and means to advance said pins in the direction of feed of the strip to complete thesame.

6. In a device of the character described, in combination, a pair of rolls cooperating to advance strips having longitudinally spaced control apertures, means for disengaging the rolls when they have fed the strips a predetermined distance, an operating shaft carrying one of said rolls, a strip aligning pin carried by said roll shaft and spring pressed outwardly into position to enter the control apertures of said strips,

a pin retracting cam carried by said roll shaft and non-rotatably anchored thereon, an operating connection between said cam and pin to positively retract the latter at predetermined intervals upon rotation of said roll shaft and to release said pin so that it may be projected outwardl by spring pressure into said apertures a ter a. prede- 10 termined feeding movement of said rolls, and means to advance said pin in the direction of strip feed to complete the feed of said strip.

i In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

WILLIAM J. WISWALL.

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