US1733472A - Typewriting machine - Google Patents

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Oct. 29, 1929. J. A. B. SMITH TYPEWRITING MACHINE Filed Nov. 25. 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Oct.y 29,1929

UNITED STATESA PATENT lorries JESSE A. E. SMITH, E siAMEoRD, CONNECTICUT, AssrGNoRTo UNDERWoonELLIorr f EIsHER COMPANY., or NEW YORK, N. Y., A kCoRroRArrIoN or DELAWARE TYP'EWRITINGivrACH/INE. fer, 7

Appiicationied November 25, 1927. serial No.y 235,535.

This invention relates generally to means for facilitatingthefeeding ofany one of a set of several fanfold webs to a typewriting inachine.

In many banks, communications in great variety are manifolded each day upon a weh-` typing machine, 'each kind being typed on ya succession of like forms of'a fan-fold,web, which forms have headings different from the forms of otherwebs. The operator, therefore, is required to change the webs in the machine many timeseach day. In devices heretofore proposedfor facilitating the feeding of a large number of diiferent work-webs, one at a time, to a continuous-billing type behind the machine, and thereafter remove e from the depository and position in themachine, another carbon-holder-frame associated with a carbon-interleaved work-web fed from a conveniently-disposed web-pack.

In carrying out inyy invention, a continuousbilling typewriting machine is mounted on rubberetired wheels which run on a laterallydisposed track fastened on a table-top. In the rear of said track is provided a depository for a plurality` of carbon-holder-frames which hold carbons 4interleaved between the leading ends of work-webs which ai'e printed with different forms. The carbon-holderframes are arranged in two rows, each being r associated with a tier of containers under the 4 table for storing Work-packs from whichthe y,Other features and yadvantages will Work-webs may bef fed. Each yor u1@ Carbon,- liolder-frames is arranged to abe pdetachably mounted on a carbon-carriertruckwhich has a forwardly-extending frame effective for f moving the truck rearwardlyrto strip'the carbon in the usual Way. f f

To permit the forward rows ofcarbon-'r ly-extending operating ,handles fromA the carbon-holders, and mount an operating handle on the carbon-carrier-'truckinafter appear. A. n f t y y In the accompanying drawings,

. ce l hereav Figurel isa sectional view,`front to rear, i

through a table arranged with a lateral track for a'continuous-billing typewritingmachine y mounted on wheels and'forfco-operation with any one of a plurality of ,carbonicarrier-y frames inthe 'rear of the' typewritingmachine, said frames being associated with a plusv rality of work-webs fed from tiers of contain` ers below said table.,k A n Figure 2 is a'fragmentary disassembled perspective view of a carbon-carrier, includingav truck rand aframe, employed in practicing the present invention.

Figure 3 is aifragmentary'view of a rack or y depository mounted on a table at the rear thereof for receiving a rowfof carbon-carrierframes associated with yidle work-webs` dis-k posed in containers below the talole.` e y Figure 4 is a perspective .vie'w,'partly` broken away, 4of the typewritingmachine, table, carbon-carrier-frames, etc., shown in Figure 1.y

A continuouslbilling'typewriting machine y,

10, such asis `disclosed in the patent to For# tin, No. 1,237,319, dated August 21, 1917, ex-

cept as hereinafter set forth, may be mounted on four wheels 11, which mayrun on a top 12 revolution to hold the machine fixed in that position. Means for clamping the front vwheels 11 may include a nut 16 and a handle 17. The wheels 11 and the above-noted devices co-.operating therewith may be substantially the" same as the construction disclosed in the co-pending application of A. E. Imbus, Serial No. 14,379, filed March 10, 1925.

To provide for the machinelO to be always moved laterally over the same path, a track including two channel-ba-r-rails 18,`having upturned flanges 18?, ,is arranged .for the wheels to run on, the rails extending all the way across the top 12 of the table and being securely fastened 'thereto by screws 19. The widths of the channel-portions of the rails 18 are substantially the sameas the widths of the tires 13. rIgfhis construction of the rails ctn-operates vwith the clamping means for the rubber-tired wheels to hold the machine 10 lired'against creeping ymovement in any cirection and valso provides a cushioned mounting for the machine.

'F or manifolding a multiple-ply work-web in a continuous-billing.Jtypewriting machine7 carbon-'sheets are' :interleaved between the plies of the web. and are fastened toV carbon-holding blades mounted on usual stepped blocks 21 rfastened on a carbon-holderframe, generally designated as 22, and which is supported on atruck23 of usual construction, except as hereinafter disclosed.V

'It has been found advantageous by many banks to type tseveral kinds of dailyv communications inmultiple on a- Set of fan-fold form-printed webs inV a continuous-billing typewriting machine. usual forV each different kind'of communication to be typed on a separate web, which bearsdiiferent forms from those of the other webs, which necessitates that .eachof several websbe separately inserted in the machine preparatory to being fed therethrough, and also tobe removed from the machine' when adifferent web is to be inserted. In some cases, it is necessary to insert and remove the same web .two or more times during one day. To facilitate inserting and removing each work-web of such a set in a Vlcontinur )us-billing typewriting machine, Vlit has Vbeen proposed in the above-noted application of linbus to keep the web-packs in `tiers of bon-containers under a table at the rear Vthereof and to mount the typewriting Ina-chine on wheels for convenicntlateralmovement over said table to bring `it in registerwithany desired one of said .containers 'In the present invention, a forwardly-exn frame 22.

tending operating arm or handle 25 is mounted by screws 26 on a left-hand shelf-like eX- tension 27 of a bed-plate 28, which forms an element of the truck 23. A short leftwardlyexit-ending hand-piece 29 is mounted on the carbon-carrier-franie 22 by screws 30 for a purpose to presently appear.

The frame 22 may be detachably fastened to the truck 23 by means including two depending studs 31 fast on the frame, holes 32 in the bed-'plate 2S disposed for receiving the studs, and latches 33 pivoted on the bedplate. which fastening means may be substantially like those disclosed in the patent granted to lfred GQ l?. Kurowski, No. 1,646,- 966, dated October 25, 1927.

l'n practicing the present invention, fanfold work-web il? are cross-folded to form work-packs l?, which are lrept in tiers of standard web-containers 34 of a` usual boxlike construction, the containers having their open ends up. V Carbon-sheets are held in interleaved relation between the leading-end portions of the plies of each web,T by .the

blades 2O of an associated carbon-holder- To permit thework-web XV to feed freely from a container in the lower tier, the containers in the upper 4tier are positioned forwardly a short distance relative to the lower containers, as shown in Figure l. n

l'fhen a carbon-holder-frainev 22 is 11nlatched from the truck 2,3, theoperatiye will v`grasp the short hand-piece 29 and lift the frame together with the yforward end portion of the associated web WV, and Yset the fame in one of two rows of carbon-holderfraines, constituting a depository 35, at the rear of the machine adjacent theA rear edge of Vthe table 12a. One of the rows may be supported on a rack or shelf- 36, which includes two angle plates 37 whose .vertical members 37a are spaced apart a Vproper distance to permit carbon-holder-fraines 22 to be disposed between the vertical members for resting on a felt pad or cushion 38 lying on a flat metal-plate 89, which is supported by horizontelly-inreaching members l0 of the angle plateBT. The cushion 38 is effective for reducing the 'noise and shock resulting from placing` the frames in the rack. The other row of carbon-carrier-frames may rest on the top 12 of the table 12a adjacent the rear edge thereof. Each angle Vplate 37 has its ends fastened to rearward extensions zl1 of angle plates 42 fastened to thesides ofthe top of the table 12"L byscrews 43. rlhe vertical members #le of the' anele plates 42 project above the top of the table 12@ and safeguard the latera" movable machine 10 against being inadvertently rolled off the table.

A frame V22, when removed from `the inachine 10, is laterally positioned in the rear of the machine on the rear edge of the table or in therack 36 so as to be .disposed the same vertical plane as the container 34, which holds the work-pack P associated with the frame. The frames 22, holding carbons interleaved between the work-webs which are most frequently used during the day, will. preferably be lplaced along the rear edge of the table 12a to' have them as near the operative as possible. l, f f

It will be noted that employment in the present inventiony of the short laterallyextending hand-pieces 29, in place ofthe usual long forwardly-extending handles y25, for lifting thecarbon-holder-framesy 22 from the truck 23,pe`rmits'the frames to'be positioned in the forward row of the depository much nearer the klaterally-movable machine l() than would be possible if the usual frames l having forwardly-extending arms `were used.

This arrangement also permitscthe rear row of frames 22 on the rack 36 to bepositioned in reach of the operator at the front of the machine, since n only a narrow passageway is required between the rack andthe tabletop 12 for feeding therethrough work-webs from the upper tieroil the containers 34. The

feeding of a web W forwardly may be effected by rotatingr a usualplaten by means of usual instrumentalities, not shown, or a finger-wheel 46 which will draw the web forwardly between side-edge guides 47 and Z,i8 on a rod 49 on the rear end of a usual rear carriage-extension 50.

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

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In combination, a web-manifolding, carn bon-stripping typewriting machine having a carbon-carrier-truck on which is fastened a forwardly-extending operating handle, a ytable for said typewriting machine, a lateral track on the top of said table, rubber-tired wheels supporting saidr machine and running r ciatcd with work-packs in the lower tier of said containers, said `depository including a rack for storing said rear row of frames, said rack being spaced a short distance to the rear of said table to leave a passageway therebetween for feeding Webs from the upper tier of containers to said machine, each frame in said depository being positioned yto be in chinewhen the latter is rolled laterally to an operative position in front ofthe trame.

i y2. In combination,aweb-manifoldingmarf bon-stripping typewriting machine having a carbon-carr1ertruck on whichis fastened a forwardly-extending operating arm, a table for said typewriting machine, a lateral'track on said table,vwheels supporting said machine and running on said track, axdepository foral plurality of carbon-'holder-:trames in the rear of said machine,y each of said frames being ar`` ranged y, to bev detachably mounted on said truck, yandyeiective fo-r'holding carbons inplaced on said truck one at a time, said rack being spaced to the rear of saidtable to leave a. passageway for ythose of said'webs which are fed from tainers. f

3; In an organization of partsof 'the kind; described, in combination, ka plurality ofrk carbon-holder-frames, 'a depository for said carbon-holder-frames arranged in two lateral rows,a table` for supporting said del pository, and a pluralityof open-top, boX- likecontainers below said depository for fanf. fold work-webs cross-folded "into workpacks', each work-web beingassociated with one of said frames, whereby the latter is et fectivel to hold carbon-sheets interleaved between the plies of the web, said containers being arranged in two tiers, ythe'upper tier resting upon the top of the lower `tier and being set forward relatively to the latter to provideopenings foreach of the containers in the lower tier through which the workweb stored therein lead to one of said frames in the rear row of said depository; v

4.,'A work-table for a continuous-billing the upper tier yof said conreach of an operatorvat the frontofjsaidma@ ,v y

typen-uiting rmachine of the kind described,y

including a lateral track on said table yand a depository in the rear or' said track for av plurality oit carbon-holder-frames arranged to bc detachably mounted on said machine,

one at a time, and yto be positioned inr twok y krows `parallel to said; track when idlesaid f depository including a laterally-disposed rack forone oit' said rows supported by said table and spaceda distance to the rear of the latter to leavea passageway for work-'webs being fed to said ymachine from ya source of'y supplyrbelow the top of said table,,the other of said rowsbeing ldisposed along the rear edge of' said table.

5. ln combination, ya continuous-billing typewri ing machine hayingarear carriageextensioma table, means tor moving said machine laterally yover the same path on said table, including, in combination, wheels sup,- porting said machine and a lateral track on said Atable :tory said wheels, and .depository in the rear of said machine tor a plurality et idle carbon-holder-frames, each'arranged for holding carbone-interleaved between the plies of an idle fan-fold work-web which may be fed from a source below said depositoryy to ,said machine over the rear end of said carriage-extension, said depository storing said frames in two lateral rows having Aa passageway therebetween parallel to said track and adjacent ythe rear end ot said carmage-extension, whereby va work-web associated with the forward row of said trames may be drawn througl said passageway when associated carbon iolner-irame is operratirely positioned on said machine for feeding said web to said machine.

6. In combination, a continuous-billing typewritine machine having a rear carriageeiztefnsion, a table for said machine, means or moving said machine laterally along said table over a fixed path` and a depository siiiL ported by said table in the rear of said machine for storing a pluralityV of idle carbonholder-rames, each Vtrame holding carbons c interleaved between the plies ot a ian-fold work-web to be fed from a sourcebelow said table to said machine, said depository including a laterally-disposed rack supported by sa id table and positioned to the rear Jrhereci below the end or" said rear carriage-extensien, whereby some of the work-webs to be f'edlto said machine over said rear carriagecitension may pass in front of and some behind said rack` 7. In an organization of parts ot the kind described,a rack for a'plnrality ot carbon holder-trames including two laterally-disanglerplates having inreaching hori-l Zontal flange-members, a fiat metal plate restloesely on said flange-members, and a i cnsiiionelement on said fla-t plate upon which cushion said iramesmay be set noiselessly.

8. A ii'orlnsnpport for a continuens-biilr ing ypewriting machine oi' the kind described, including a table,fand a depository in the rear of said machine for carbon-holdertraines arranged to be detachably mounted on said machine one at a time, said depository including a laterally-disposed rack supported by said table and spaced a distance to the rear of theflatterso as to leave a passageway for work-webs being fed to said machine from work-packs below the top ot said table.

9. The combination with a typewriting machine 'having a web-manifolding paper-V carriage, oi" means 'lor enabling said .carriage toco-operate selectively with any one ot numerous work-webs, including transverse tracks along which said machine may be set at'dif- -terent stations, in line with different workweh locations, means for retaining the machine at said stations, means for supporting, out of use, a set ot carbon-carriers in rear of said machine at each of said stations, each ot said carbon-carriers in each set being connectible to said carriage of said machine tor manitolding the associated worl-web, and separate sets oi holders at the separate stations for the separate sets of webs, said sets of holders being disposed in the` rear ot the typewriter withV their webs extending separately to the carbon-.holders at each station, said sets of web-holders being arranged side by side, one set at each of said stations.

l0. A selective web-manifolding apparatus as set fort-h in claim 9, having the cirbonL holders at each station placed upon supports one behind the other, with the forward supw post spaced tromthe rear `one sumciently, to permit the upward travel of the web that is connected to the forward carbon-holder.

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