US1801290A - Typewriting machine - Google Patents

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kind may be conveniently done on multiple- Patented Apr. 21, 1931 onrrsn srATEs PATENT QBFFEQE JESSE A. B. SMITH, OF STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO UNDERWOOD ELLIOTT FISHER- COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE TYPEWRITZT'G MACHINE Application filed November 4, 19%. Serial No. 747,726.

This invention relates to typewriter manifolding, and particularly to the typing si multaneously of a record-bill or the like, and duplicate copies thereof, and also miscel- Typing of this ply paper-webs, the plies being sometimes separate, but more generally connected in the form of a fan-fold web and having suitable forms printed thereon, the forms being torn oif from the main portion of the web after typing, as set forth in the WVernery & Smith Patent, No. 1,132,055, dated March 16, 1915. In some 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 record-bill and duplicat-e copies thereof, while only the heading and certain single items of said entries appear on said miscellaneous other bills or forms. Such an arrangement is especially convenient for a mercantile establishment, such as a mail-order 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 abill of goods generally occupies only a single line of typing, it has been found difficult to type the split orders or bills at the same time that the original record-bill and duplicate copies are typed upon the fanfold' forms. This is because there must be typed upon said record-bill or statement-ply of web and its duplicate copies forming a bookkeeping unit a complete schedule of the items, whereas usually there must be typed upon each of the split-order bills, sectional or individual order-forms, only a single item. It is therefore one of the features of the present invention to overcome this dilficulty and enable each individual item to be typed singly upon its own separate sectional or individual order-form simultaneously with the typing of a group of the same items upon the original recordbill or statement-form and the duplicates or bookkeeping forms thereof.

Instead of the single carbon-carrier usual ly employed in connection with continuous billing machines of this type, two carboncarriers are employed, one behind the other, the carriers being separately movable to enable one set of temporary or heading carbonsheets to be withdrawn by one of the carboncarriers after the bills h ave been partly typed, while the other carbon-carrier, with its permanent carbon-sheets, is left undisturbed.

According to one form of the present invention, a front carbon-carrier controls permanent carbon-sheets interleaved between the plies of the duplicate copies, and also a permanent carbon which lies between the outermost or statement-ply and the top ply of a number of split-order forms or individual orderforms interposed between said duplicate copies and the outermost statementply. A rear carbon-carrier controls temporary or heading carbons which are inter-- leaved between the plies of the split-order individual order-forms. In typing upon such plies, both of the carbon-carriers have their respective carbons carried forward with the webs to the printing: line, and, upon actuating: the type, a heading may be written on all of the sheets. The heading carbons interleaved between the split-order plies are then withdrawn. and the platen may be line-spaced to bring the forms to position for printing the first item simultaneously upon the original or statement form or bill and duplicate or bookkeeping copies thereof, and also upon only the first splitorder or individual order-form, The platen is then turned so as to bring all of the webs upwardly, and the front statement-sheet and its underlying permanent carbon are thrown forwardly so as to permit the first split-order or individual order-form to be removed from its ply by tearing the same off alone; a line of perforations provided'for the purpose. The sheets may then be returned to the printing line for a second item to be typed, and the same process as described. in connection with the first split or sectional order is carried out on as many forms as there are separate items to be typed. After all of the split-order forms or sectional order-forms have been removed from their plies, the remaining plies, that is,

the original order or statement and duplicate or bookkeeping copies thereof, are torn off from the main body of the web, against a cutting-off knife, and a new portion of the web is brought forward to printing position.

Another feature of the invention is the provision of means for severing'the. edgesof the split-order or individual order portions of the web as the latter is brought forward so that said "portions may be readily detached from the-body. of the webv along: transverse perforations or weakened margins.

According to one form of the invention, the front carbon-carrier controls only the carbons interleaved with the duplicate or bookkeeping copies wh-ile. the rear carboncarrier controls :carbons interleaved between thefront or original statement or bill ply and each of the split-order or sectionalorder plies. .Inthis form of the devicethe' headings are printed on all of the sheets in the same manner already described. The: rear carbon-carrier is then moved rearwardly to withdraw its heading carbons. A. separate carbon-sheet is then placed between the-front former originalbill and thefirst split-order form and a typing operation-performed to print the first item of the bill upon the orig inal.bill,;the firstsplitorder'form and. each of the-duplicate or: bookkeeping copies.

yThe, platen-cylinder is then turned so as to feed all of .the forms upwardly, and the separate carbon-sheet is then placed between the first and the second split-order. forms so ..that the second item of the-bill be typec upon said second split-order form, the original bill and the duplicateior' boolzkeping copies. This operation may be continued for as many split-order forms and copies of the originalbill as the machine is capable handling.

Anotherfeature of the present invention is thegprovision of-a novel form of fanfold web in which certain portions may be readily detached fromthe main body thereoflafter 'ty inc. 7

Otherfeatures and advantages willhereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a transverse section of the up- [per-portion of a continuous billing type- 'writing'machine,showing one form of the .presentinvention.

f Figuref 2 is a similarview, showin i positionof certain parts during ope" of'the machine.

*Figure 3 is' a 'cross section of he platen and*worlr-table of the machine, showing the position assumed by certain ofthe sheets while one of the plies of a work-web is being severed.

Figurez i zista 'view of another form of tee I present invention. 7

. Figure 5 us==a cross-section of -.the platen .and. worletable shown in Ri el-e54 and allustrates one of the steps in the mode of operation of the machine.

Figure 5 is a View of a detached carbonsheet.

Figure 6 is a perspective view showing a fan-fold web, such as is used in the pres ent invention.

Figure 7 is a top plan view of the machine, some parts being broken away and :other parts dotted.

Figure 8 is a developed view of a fan-fold web such as may be used with thepresent invention.

Figure 9 is a view of a severed form, repre senting an original or statement-order blank.

Figures- 10, Hand 12 represent split-order or-individual order forms which have been severed from the main body of the web.

igure l8 isa view of fan-fold back forma. bookkeeping portion of the web-unit. ll ithparticular attention directed to'Figure 1, the reference numeral 10 indicates a revoluble platen fixed to -a;platen-shaft 11 which is journaled in a swing-frame 12, mounted toswing about a,'-piv0t 13 in a carriage 14;. An arm 15 ofthe frame 12 rests upon acrossrod' 16 of the carriage when the platen is in normal position, and a hooked finger-.piece-l'i' engages around a pin 18, fixed to the platen-frame 12, to \hold the platen normally againstfeed-rolls 19 and 20. Type 21 are driven against a ribbon'Qlt to type upon work-sheets run around the platen 10.

A workpresenting frame, indicated gen orally at 22, extends rearwardly' from the typewriter portion of the maehine, just described and includes su1tablera1ls23 upon whichv a, front carbon carrler 26 and a rear carbon-carrier 27 are slidably mounted. in the usualway. Handles 26v and 27 are attached to their -respective carriers 26 and .27 to enable said carriers to be conveniently manipulated from the front of themachine.

A work-sheet unit, indicatedv generally-by the letter W, and upon whichwsuitab'le formsare printed, and comprising a plurality ofsuperposed plies, either in the-form of a fan-foldweb or not, isrled upfrom beneath the frame 22 over a work-support 28, Y

the sidesof the plies being guided by means of: apair of .gagesi29. The work-'sheetalnit or web "W is drawn forwardly overthe frame. :22, the plies thereof-being interleaved with carbon-sheetscarried upon the-front carbon-carrier 26 and the rear carbon-carrier 27, the platen framel2. being firstthrown over so as topermitthe lleadingiportion of the web to be drawn straightforward-bea heading upon the forms, after which the platen-frame is again released and thrown over to permit the rear carbon-carrier 27 to withdraw its carbons. The front carboncarrier 26 includes a series of carbon-sheetholding fingers 31, 32, 33 and 34:, mounted upon successively higher steps as customary. The three uppermost fingers, that is, 31, 32 and 33, have permanent carbons 31, 32 and 3 respectively interleaved with the webplies of a fan-fold pack E forming a bookkeeping unit, the latter occupying a position nearest the platen 10.

The outermost or original statement-ply of the web XV is designated by the reference letter A, and a plurality of split-order or sectional or individual order plies or forms are designated by the letters B, C and D. Said split-order plies occupy a position between the outer ply A and the fanfold pack E. The finger 34 of the forward carrier 26 has a permanent carbon 34 interleaved'between theouter or original ply A and the split-order ply B, and the rear carbon-carrier 27 carries carbon-holding fingers 35 and 36, for heading or temporary carbons 35 and 36 which are interleaved respectively between the split-order plies B and C, and C and D.

It will be noted that the split or individual order plies B, C and D and their interleaved heading'carbons 35' and 36' have passage between the carbon-holding fingers 33 and 34 of the forward carbon-carrier 26, and that the front or original statement-sheet A passes beneath the finger 34. By virtue of this arrangement the heading or temporary carbons associated with the rear carboncarrier 27 may be readily withdrawn from their associated forms by moving the rear carrier 27 rearwardly, after the headings have been printed upon all of the forms, and the original ply or statement form will always remain the outermost one of the pack, so that it will invariably receive ribbonimpressions of typed matter.

Referring to Figure 8, which represents a developed view of fan-fold stationery such as may be used in the present invention, it will be noted that the folding edges of the several plies comprising the web-unit are-perforated at 37, so that they may be readily severed from one another. V t will also be noted'that the split or individual order forms or plies indicated by the letters B, C and D are perforated at 38 along their upper and lower margins, so as to permit each of the forms to be readily severed from its ply after typing. As the web is drawn forwardly of the machine and around the platen, the side edges of the sheets A, B, C and D are severed along their side edges, by splitters 39 carried by the fingers 33, 34s, and 36, while the side edges of the fan-fold pack or bookkeeping unit.E remain run severed. After having printed the headings on all of the plies, and withdrawing the headmg-carbon-sheets associated with the plies B, C and D, by moving the rear H which lies immediately beneath carbon 34 of p 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 33 of the ply B appear above the cuttingofi' knife 30. This portion of the ply is then torn off along said perforations 38, thus removing the same in the form of an individual typewritten sheet, the original or outer ply A and its carbon 34; having been first folded over toward the front of the machine to permit easy access to the ply B (see Figure 3). The platen is now turned in the opposite direction. so as to bring the sheets down to the second line of printing. The original sheet A andits carbon now overlie the split-order ply or form C, and, upon operation of the type 21. the second item of the original ply or form A is 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 G from the pack, and the platen advanced to print the third itemt Thus it will be seen that the form A and the individual plies of the fan-fold pack E receive a composite schedule of the typed items appearing on each of the split-order forms, and that each of the latter has typed thereon only a single item, representing an order, which may be conveniently sent to its particular department for execution.

In Figure 4, there is shown a somewhat different arrangement for the fingers of the carbon-carriers, but the other parts of themachine are the same as already described. The web W is brought forwardly as described and is associated with a front carbon-carrier 39 and a rear carbon-carrier l0. Thefront carbon-carrier 39' has fingers ll, 42 and 43 mounted thereon, said fingers respectively holding permanent carbons 41, 42 and 43, which are interleaved with the plies of a fanfold pack E. The rear carbon-carrier 40 has fingers H, 45 and 46, for holding heading or temporary carbons 44;, 45 and 46, which are interleaved between an original or outer ply A and a plurality of split-order plies or forms B, C and D. It will also be noted that all of the carbons carried upon the rear carrier 40 and the plies A, B, C

6- from th'eweh and typing theneXt item upon and D pass beneath -the carbon-carrying finger 43 of the front carrier 39, so that when run around the platen, said-plies'constitute the outermost plies 'ofthe web.

After having fed 'allof the forms or plies andthe-ir interleaved carbons around the platen and typed the" lieadin'gsthereon, the platen-frame is released, so as'to permit the heading carbons associated with the forms A, "B, C and D to be withdrawn. The platen is then lowered and-operated to carry the forms upwardly, and a-single carhon-sheet 4:7 is inserted between'the front form"A and the split order-form-l3 (see Figuret), after which the platen is reversely' turned, so as to bring'all of the plies to the printing line to receive-the first'typed item. It will be seen that such item will appear on the original or statement'form A, also on the form B, and on each ofthe'forms of the fan-fold pack or bookkeeping unit E, but no typing will appear-on the sectional orderforms' C and owingto the fact that-no carbons are interleaved therebetween; The next operation -is-to turn the platen to bring the forms upwardly, and thus enable'the carbon-sheet??? to be removed from its original position andinserted between the split-order for'ms B c and C. Upon returning the platen to the printing point for receiving the second'item, said second item will be typed upon the outer or-original form, all ofthe forms of the packE, and also upon the form C, but will not be typed upon the form. 13

=; or-D as will be readily understood. This mode of operation is carried out until all of the split-order forms havebeen typed, and it willbe seen that, upon completion of'such typing, the outer or original form contains a composite schedule of all of the items, whereas each of the individual or split-order forms B, C and D contain only one item each. Both of i the carbon-carriers are next moved rearwardly so as to withdrawtheir carbons from the typed forms, and the'latter-mayth'enbe severed from the body of the web by tearing olfagainst the usual knife, adjacentthe front of the-platens Variations may be resorted to within the scope oftheinvention, and portions of'the improvements be used without others.

Having thus described my invention, I-

claim:

5 1. The method of manifolding a succession of items of an order upon each 'of'several bill-forms while'typing the same items seven ally upon a sub-set of sectional ordenforms with only one item upon each, including the steps oftyping an itemupon' an outer sec- :5; tional order-ply and simultaneously manifolding it upon the innermost bill-form plies of a multiple ply web, leaving .theintervening sectional orderpliesuntyped, then severing v the outermost typed sectional order-ply the second untyped sectional order-ply and manifolding it upon said'innermostplies, then tearing 01f said'second sectional orderplyand typing the third item upon the third unty'ped sectional order-ply and inanifolding it-upon said innermost jplies, and effecting a line-spacing movement of the web after typin'g each of-the items, thus simultaneously typing the items in a:line-spaced group upon each ofthein-nermost bill-form plies.-

2. The method of manifolding a succession of itemsof'anorder upon each of several bill-forms while manifol-ding the same items severally upon a-sub-set' of sectional orderforms with only 'one item upon each, including thesteps of'typin'gan item upon an outer bill-blank ply and simultaneously manifolding it upo'n a sectional order-ply adjacent thereto and upon the innermost bookkeeping bill form plies, all of'wh-ich plies areconnected in the form'ofa multiple-ply web, leavingthe intervening sectional order-plies untyped, th-e'nsevering from the web the car bontyp'ed* sectional order-ply adjacent the outer bill-bla-nk-ply, to expose the next untyped sectional order-ply, and typing the next item upon the outer-bill-blankply, manifolding it upon the next untyped-sectional order-ply and the: innermost bookkeeping bi-ll for'm plies, then tearingiolf said sectional order-ply having a single item, to expose the next untyped sectional order-ply, and then typing upon 'theouter billblank--ply, manifold-ing-iit upon-the next untyped sectional order-ply and the innermost bookkeeping bill-form plies and tearing o-lf said sectional order-ply having asingle item, and'elfecting a line-spacing-movement of the web after typing'each of-the item-s, thus simultaneously typing the items in aline-spaced group upon the outer bill-blankply and upon each of the innermost bookkeeping bill-form plies.

3. The method of manifolding or con comitan-tly typing an original bill-sheet, a plurality of copies-thereof, and a plurality of split-order slips, which consistsof first manifolding a heading'on allthe' bill-sheets and split-order slips by'means of intervening Icarbons, withdrawing the carbons which interleave the split-order slips but leavinguncisturbed the remaining carbons includingthe carbon which underlies the original billsheet, typing the firstsplit ofthe order upon the original sheet and the copies thereof and upon the first slip, but not upon'any plies whose carbons have been withdrawn, feeding the copies forward, detaching the first slip from the web and removing it from the machine,-feeding the copiesbackward to the next typing line, manifolding successive items in like manner upon subsequent slips individually and successively removing'them: from the machine by forward and backward feeding of the copies, and finally-:wi thdrawing the carbon underlying the originalsheet and the carbons interleaving the copies thereof and feeding the copies forward, preparatory to detaching said original sheet and the remaining copies from the machine. 4. The method of typing one or more copies of a series of items with interleaved carbons on a pack of superposed Work-sheets, and simultaneously individually manifolding With a single carbon successive items, separately from one another, on successive individual sheets in the pack, While typin the series of items complete on others oi the superposed sheets, including the step of bringing all of the sheets to an accessible position after one item has been typed, and detaching the first single-ite1n sheet so that no subsequent matter typed Will appear on said sheet, presenting the next untyped sheet under the single carbon for manifolding the next item, returning the sheets to typing position to receive the next item, typing the next item, and repeating said steps until the complete series of items has been typed and the single-item individual sheets accordingly removed, leaving the remainder of the pack in the machine for final manipulation.

JESSE A. B. SMITH.

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