US1736535A - Manifolding device - Google Patents

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Nov. 19, 1929. A. A. JOHNSON 1 MANIFOLDING? DEVICE Filed March 24. 1922 I N VEN TOR.

Patented Nov. 19, 1929 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ARTHUR A. JOHNSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO UNDERWOOD ELLIOTT FISHER COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,

A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE MANIFOLDING DEVICE Application filed March 24, 1922. Serial No. 546,391.

This invention relates to manifolding equipment and more particularly to the provision of means for holding and controlling the carbon or other manifolding material with 5 relation to multiple-ply webs or worksheets of indefinite length.

One of the more important features of this invention is the provision of a carbon sheet holder for use with fan-folded webs, which holder is simple in construction, and therefore can be produced at small cost. It is also capable of being made light in weight so that the carbon unit can be mounted upon the web, that is, so that it can be supported directly by or ride upon the worksheet or web, and simple in operation so that it can be used without study or practice by persons of ordinary ability.

. In addition to the above advantages, the.-

carbon sheet holder of this invention is advantageous in that the holderwith its carbon leaves forms a unit that can be used with any. style or type of writing machine or device,

including typewriters, recorders, manifolding registers, writing tablets etc., and furthermore requires no physical or structural connection to the machine as will hereinafter be mbre particularly pointed out.

T he carbon-sheet holder illustrated herein may be made of a sheet of material such as celluloid, fiber, or metal having side strips and arms projecting from the side strips and free at their ends from the opposite side strip.

The arms which are adapted to be placed be-- tween the leaves or folds of a fan-fold web carry and hold the carbon sheets in position to transfer onto the under leaves the writing which is performed on the uppermost leaf.

When the writing of a portion of the webs, or a form'as it is called, is completed the' carbon sheet holder with its carbon-sheets is moved relative to the web so as to bring the carbon sheets into position to cooperate with.

the next form. This movement withdraws the carbon sheets from the form reviously written so that this form may e severed from the continuous web. The severing may be performed by a knife but-this is not essential since weakened divisionlines between the forms may facilitate'tearing.

ing forms and under some conditions this mode is preferable. It is, however, not essential since the position of the ends of the carbon sheets may easily be seen through the uppermost leaf of the pile when the paper is transpicuous, which is usually the case.

There is also herein disclosed a tablet which is adapted for manuscript work and with which the carbon unit or rider is combined.

Other features and advantages will hereinafter appear.

Inthe accompanying drawings: 1 Figure '1 is an inverted perspective vie showing one embodiment of my carbon sheet holder apart from the carbon leaves.

Figure 2 is a sectional side view showing diagrammatically how the carbon sheets or leavesxma'y be attached to their holder arms and interposed between the plies of the fanfold web, and showing the holder and carbon leaves forming the unit inountedon or supported by the worksheet.

Fig. 3 is a perspectiveview of the writing tablet feature of this invention combined with the carbon sheet holder and 'carbon sheets or leaves shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a detail View showing a writing platen with means thereof for controlling the position of the carbon sheet holder."

The carbon sheet holder is illustrated herein in the form of a fiat plate or sheet 10, which may be made of celluloid, fiber, metal, or even cardboard, so as tobe light in weight. By stamping on other suitable operation, parts ofthe sheet 10 are cutfout to provide separate arms 11 'ea'chvproje'cting from. one of the sides 12 of: the sheet andlhaving free ends 13 spaced. from the opposite side 12. Preferably, alternate farms 111 extend from opposite sides 12 and the number of v arms provided depends on the number ofcarbon sheets needed The arms'alternate ,withslots to accommodate the jpliestof web. 1 f

At the ends of the plate, strips 14 are left ten form may be severed from the one to be to connect the sides 12 to each other. written upon. The invention is not limited The arms 11 are adapted to be attached to fan-fold webs. to and hold carbon sheets 15 and with the carbon sheets they are placed between the 11 by any suitable means such as paper fasleaves, or in other words in folds of the fanteners, etc, However, it is at present prefold web as shown in Fig. 2. In this posiferred to provide a slot 19 in each of the arms tion the carbon sheets are adapted to trans- 11 through each of which the end of a carfer upon the face of the under leaves any bon sheet is passed after it has been wrapped Writing or typewriting that may be done on the upper leaf A. sheets are thus clamped under the body of Each side fold of the web passes around the carbon sheet. the end 13 of one of the arms 11 between the As shown in Fig. 3 the tablet 20 may comend 13 and the wall 16 of th pertof he prise aboard or other suitable base across side 12 adjacent the end 13. By this means which the continuous strip is passed. The the web is guided and maintained in proper forward end of the tabletis provided with a position relative to the holder and the carknife 21 under which the end of the web is bon sheets carried thereby. The plies of the located. The carbon sheet holder is supportweb pass individually through the series of ed upon the tablet, as shown, but it may be slots, which alternate with the arms 11, as supported directly by the web, if desired. seen at Figure 2. To further guide the web, As shown in Fig. 3 the tablet is gouged out the rear end strip 14 is provided With a slot at 22 to enable the sides 12 to be easily grasped 17 through which the entire web passes. This when it is desired to shift the carbons. Dislot 17 guides the layers or folded leaves of rectly in front of the gouged portion there is the Web so that they pass between the arms provided apair of stationary pins 23 for hold- 11 in proper alinement. This slot also serves ing or detaining the carbon holder adjacent the function of preventing accidental movethe gouged portions, while the web is being ment of the carbon sheet holder relative to drawn thr ugh the carbon unit. The pins he W by Producing a t r abrupt bend are placed one at each side of the web, to enin the web at this point. However, it is not gag the oppositely projecting ends of the in all cases essential that the slot 17 be procarbon unit or web rider, The web is drawn vided for the purposes of preventing accidenbetween the pins or stops. tal movement of the holder and of supporting In operation, the carbon sheets with their the holder on the web, because these funearms are interleaved with the fan-fold web, or tions are performed by the arms 11. When in other Words the carbon unit is mounted the latter are made sufficiently resilient they upon the web, and then the carbon-unit or engage opposite sides of the layers or folde rider is moved rearwardly upon the web until leaves of theweb and yieldingly prevent the end of the shortest carbon sheet is in line movement of the holder along the web and with the bottom of the first form. The pile is support the holder on the web. It should be then placed under the knife 21 so that the noted that due to the flexibility of the carbottom of the first form is alined with the bon sheet holder the parts, in practice, will knife. The surplus lengths of the carbon not appear exactly as shown in F ig'. 2 in sheets are then cut off. After the form is which, for the sake of simplicity, the holder is written upon, the operator grasps the multishown as though it were rigid. As a matter ple ply web and moves it forwardly from unof fact the arms 11 bend to accommodate d'er the knife so that the end can be grasped. themselves to the passage of the webs through With one hand holding one of its sides and the slots in a substantially straight line with the other hand holding the Web at the through the holder except to the rear of the front, the operator moves the carbon rider carbon arms where the Webs pass through rearwardly along the web until it is observed the slot 17 when the holder is being moved. that the ends of the carbon sheets are in line At the front the top sheet A of the web, with the bottom of the next form. The prepasses through the space or slot between the viously written form, which has been freed forward arm 11 and the end strip 14 and of the carbon sheets, is then severed along the below the same. This arrangement of the knife 21, or, if a knife is not provided, then front end strip 14 across the face of the web simply by tearing the web along a perforated acts to prevent the operator from writing line on the portions of the web in which the car- If the pins 23 are provided, as is the case in bon sheet hold er is located. The leading the form shown in Fig. 3, then it is simply necedge 18 of the strip 14 also acts as an index, es'sary for the operator to pull the web forto which the top of the form is brought when wardly when shifting the carbon sheets, the

' the carbon holder is retracted, and when this carbon unit or rider being then held in posiis done the ends of the carbon sheets are tion against moving with the web by the alined with bottom of the form which is to pins 23 engaging the forward edge 18 of the be written upon, so that the previously w'ritcarbon holder or unit.

The carbon sheets may be held to the arms around the arm 11. The ends of the carbon could not be used and that it requires no special platen or other mechanism in its operation.

The carbon sheet holder being light in weight is readily susceptible of being supported by a free stretch of web and by its own action is held to the web in any position in which it may be placed. 7

It will be seen that the flexible carbon sheet unit, with its series of slots through which the plies of web are individually threaded, forms a web rider which may be slipped along the web, or which may be held stationary while the-web is drawn therethrough.

Generally speaking, there is provided a band or wristlet through which the workstrip or web runs, and which also rides upon the workstrip, and advances therewith,.when the latter is advanced line by line during the writing of a page. This is in the nature of a unit, said unit including carbons which interleave with the workstrips or web-plies. The carbons are connected to one another, so that all may move as .a unit. The connection obviously cannot go right through the workstrips, but is positioned beyond the borders of the workstrips. In this instance the connection at each side of the webs consists of the side member 12. To these side connections all of the carbons are joined by means of arms 11 (since the carbons are attached to said arms, and since the arms are integral with the side members 12). The members 12 are joined to each other by the integral crossbars or end strips 14. It will be seen that through the connections 12, 12. 11, 11, 11, and the cross-bars 14, all of the carbons are joined to one another, making a unit which can slip along the workstrips. The carbons may be separated sufficiently to permit the workstrips-to be introduced or threaded between the carbons while the latter remain connected to one another. The unit girdles the workstrips.

Variation and modifications may be resorted to within the scope of my invention and portions of the improvements may be used without others.

I claim as my invention:

1. A carbon sheet holder comprising a plate having two sides and integral arms extending from each side toward the other, and free of the opposite side.

2. For use with a strip of web of indefinite length having a plurality of layers and a plurality of carbon sheets to be located between the layers of the web; a holder from which the carbon sheets trail, said holder extending transversely of theweb and having means engaging the web for supporting the holder on the web and said holder being movable along the Web to bring the carbon sheets to a new position after the part of the web covered by the carbon sheets has been written upon.

3. For use with a strip of web of indefinite length having a plurality'of layers and a plurality of carbon sheets to be located between the layers of the web; a holder from which the ends of the carbon sheets trail, said holder being supportable on and movable along the web to bring the carbon sheets to a new position after the part of the web covered by the carbon sheets has been written upon, said holder having means for holding the layers of the Web together and for causing the layers to move into alinement during the movement of the holder along the web.

4. A carbon sheet holder movable along a pile of webs of indefinite length and having means for holding carbon sheets between the webs of the pile and independently supporting the holder on the pile of webs.

5. A carbon sheet holder movable along a pile of webs of indefinite length and having a plurality of sets of arms, the arms of one set being secured to and projecting from one side thereof and the arms of the other set being secured to and projecting from the other side thereof, said arms holding carbon sheets between the webs of the pile and holding the holder to the pile of webs,

6. A carbon sheet holder movable along a pile of Webs ofindefinite length and having means for holding carbon sheets between the webs of the pile and also having means for causing the webs on passing through the holder to follow atortuous course whereby the holder and webs are held together frictionally against unintentional relative movements.

7. A carbon sheet holder movable along a pile of webs of indefinite length, comprising a strip; an arm secured at one end to the strip and free at its other end; a second strip; an arm secured at one end to the second strip; and means for connecting the strlps together with the free end of one of the arms adjacent the strip to which the other arm is secured, said arms holding carbon sheets between the webs of the pile and supporting the holder upon the pile of webs by respectively p1le o webs.

8. A device adapted to be moved from position to position along a fan-fold web comprising a plurality of sets of oppositely extending arms adapted to extend between the folds of the web, the sets extending into the folds from opposite sides and each arm of each set receiving the end of a carbon sheet and holding said sheet in a fold of the web;

v and guide surfaces on the holder in position to engage the web along the lines of fold and thereby guide the movement of the holder along the Web.

9. A carbon sheet holder movable along a pile of webs of indefinite length, having means for holding carbon sheets between the webs of the pile, said holder being sufficiently light weight to be supported by a free stretch of the pile of Webs which act as a track in guiding the movement of the holder therealong.

10. A carbon-carrier for enabling a typewriting machine to manifold a multiple-ply work-web, comprising a sheet of flexible material havmg a series of transverse slits therein to form carbon blades therebetween, each of said slits arranged to have a single ply of a plurality of superposed plies of workweb threaded therethrough, and brought forwardly, soas to overlie a carbon, the composite packto be entered beneath the platen from the rear of the machine and fed upwardly thereover durin typing.

11. A web riding carbon-carrier comprising an elongated sheet of flexible material having a series of transverse openings adjacent its mid-section and carbon-sheets attached to portions of said sheets between said openin s, the plies of a multiple-ply web being threaded through said openings, the web and carrier being relatively shiftable to strip the carbons.

12. For use in a typ'ewriting machine having a platen, a flexible carbon-stripper having a series of transverse slits through which work-webs are threaded, the stripper being carried by the work-webs, and carbons attached to said stripper and interleaved between the work-webs, the stripper and the webs being relatively shiftable to strip the carbons to shift them to new positions along the work-Webs.

13. For use in a typewriting machine having a platen, a flexible carbon-stripper having a series of transverse slits through which work-Webs are threaded, the stripper being carried by the work-Webs, and carbons attached to said stripper and interleaved between the Work-webs, the stripper and the webs being relatively shiftable to strip the carbons to shift them tonew positions along the work-webs, the leading end of the stripper extending sufiiciently in advance of the slits to form a backing for the carbons, said carbons extending from said slits toward said leading end.

14:. A carbon-carrier comprising a sheet of flexible material having a plurality of transverse openings therein, and between which carbons are fixed and interleaved with workplies led through said openings, and means for positively holding said carrier so as to maintain said carbons in position, during shifting operations between the latter and the work-plies.

15. A carbon-carrying girdle to ride upon a set of workstrips in a writing and manifoldmg implement, with the workstrips extending through and the carbons trailing from the girdle, so that the carbons and workstrips may be relatively shiftable, said riding girdle being wider than the workstrips, and hav ng means positioned beyond the opposite side edges of the enclosed workstrips, and confining the latter, for connecting one carbon to another in a manner to admit of endwise insertion or threading of the workstrips be tween the connected carbons, and said girdle including a stripper member, for engagement with astop upon the writing implement, to restrain the girdle and carbons against movement while the workstrips are advanced therethrough.

16. The combination with a. stationary member, of a carbon-carrier in the form of a web-rider extending across the web and having a plurality of transverse openings and transverse members adjacent thereto, from which carbon-sheets may trail, said carrier arranged to have the plies of a plurality of continuous work-sheets threaded through said openings and interleaved with said carbonsheets, said carbon-carrier movable to trail said carbon-sheets in the direction of the length of the web, and including means to cooperate with said stationary member at the stripping operation, to restrain said carrler from movement While said work-sheets are being drawn through said openings to bring the last-used portion thereof beyond the carhon-sheets.

17. A carbon-carrying girdle formed to ride upon a set of workstrips in a writing and manifolding implement, with the workstrips extending through and the carbons trailing from the girdle, so that the carbons and workstrips may be relatively shiftable, said riding girdle being wider than the workstrips, and having means positioned beyond the opposite side edges of the enclosed workstrips, and confining the latter, for connecting one carbon to another in a manner to admit of endwise insertion or threading of the workstrips between the connected carbons.

18. A Web-rider formed to engirdle the web and supportable by the Web, said rider having means for holding together a plurality of carbon-sheets interposed with Work-strips forming the web, for movement of said webrider and carbon-sheets together with the work-strips, and also for independent movement of the web-rider and carbon-sheets relative to the work-strips, a support for the work-strips for writing purposes, and means on the writing support operative to restain ing movement when the work-strips are independently moved to place afresh portion of the work-strips over the carbon-sheets, said restraining means permitting retrograde the rider and carbon-sheets against advanc- I movement of the work-strips, rider and carbons together.

19. A web-rider from which may trail a set of carbon-leaves interleaved with plies of a multiple-ply web of indefinite length, with the carbon-leaves trailing from a portion forming a part of said rider, said part provided with a series of slots through which the web-pliesfare individually threaded, said rider formed for mounting upon the web to be supportable thereby, said rider movable along and engirdling the web to be guided thereby. 20. A'web-rider from which may trail a set of carbon-leaves interleaved with plies of a multiple-ply web of indefinite length, with the carbon-leaves trailing from a portion forming a part of said rider, said part provided with a series of slots through which the web-plies are individually threaded, said rider formed for'mounting upon the web to be supportable thereby, said rider movable along and engirdling the web tobe guided thereby,

and stationary means to restrain the rider against movement upon the web while the web is being drawn through the rider.

21. A web-rider from which may trail a set of carbon-leaves interleaved with plies of a multiple-ply web of indefinite length, with the carbon-leaves trailing from a portion forming a part of said rider, said part provided with a series of slots through which the web-plies are individually threaded, said rider formed for mounting upon the web to be supportable thereby, said rider movable along and engirdling the web to be guided thereby, and stationary means to restrain the rider against movement upon the web while the web is being drawn through the rider, the rider formed to project from opposite side edges of the web, and said restraining means including stops engaging the opposite projecting portions of the rider, the web being drawn between said stops.

22. For use in a typewriting machine having a platen, a flexible carbon-stripper having a plurality of transverse openings through which work-webs are threaded, the stripper being carried by the work-webs and adapted to trail carbons which are interleaved between the work-webs, the stripper and the webs being relatively shiftable to strip the carbons to new positions along the work-webs.

23. For use in a typewriting machine having a platen, a flexible carbon-stripper having a plurality of transverse openings through which work-webs are threaded, the stripper being carried by the workwebs and adapted to trail carbons which are interleaved between the work-webs, the stripper and the webs being relatively shiftable to strip the carbons to new positions along the work-webs, the leading end of the stripper extending sufficiently in advance of the openings to form a backing for the carbons, the carbons extendend.

24. As a new article of manufacture, a set of superposed carbon-sheets trailing from a light web-girdle and forming a unit-therewith for both riding upon a work-web and for relative movement between the unit and the web, for stripping the carbons, said unit including portions which project beyond the web and whereby the unit may be controlled during the carbon-stripping operation.

ARTHUR A. JOHNSON.

ing from said openings toward said leading

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