US1822764A

US1822764A - Manifolding device

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Publication number: US1822764A
Application number: US495763A
Authority: US
Inventors: Walter O Critchfield
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1930-11-14
Filing date: 1930-11-14
Publication date: 1931-09-08
Anticipated expiration: 1948-09-08

Description

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MANIFOLDING DEVICE Filed ,Nov. 14, 1930 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Patented Sept. 8, 1931 UNITED STATES g renate,

WALTER 0. GRITCHFELD, GF SHELBY, @H10 MANIFOLDING DEVICE Application filed. November 14, 1930. VSerial No. 485,763.

yThis invention relates to manifolding devices especially designed for use in connection with cards of the character used with tabulating machines.

5. :In making up a sales record, one of the tabulating cards, and two or more sales sheets 0r leaves are arranged, together with sheets of carbon paper to provide a number of similar records of the transaction. These cards 10 must be purchased from tabulating machine companies, and as they are only made in separate cards, and not in sheets or strips containing a number of cards, the cards and sales sheets must be individually assembled.

"15 Therefore, in order to prepare them for use,

the cards must be inserted separately between the separate record leaves or sheets by hand unt-il a sufficient number have been assembled to make a desired book or pad. The cards and sheets must be accurately collated, so that the indicia thereon will accurately register. They must then be stitched or glued into pad form. This involves considerable expense, especially for labor, and the cost is almostprohibitive. Further, in the separation ofthe cards land sheets after record has been made thereon, one end of the card is frequently irregular or uneven, and where the pad is glued together sometimes the cards will contain a portion of the glue so that trouble is frequently experienced with the cards in the tabulating machines, where the greatest accuracy is essential. Y

The present invention overcomes the above andotlier disadvantages by providing a unit which includes a card holder or magazine, wherein the tabulating cards are firmly held separate from the pad, with the latter so held that the leaves or sheets of the pad may be extended over the cards in perfect register and alignment, so that all labor ofi-assembling is eliminated, and perfect register is assured, with no damage to the edge or other portion of the card. Further, the carbon sheets are held in position for proper insertion and cannot be dropped during this operation, so that much time and labor is saved vin positioning these sheets. Again, the arrangement of the cards, pad and carbon sheets makes for easy, rapid and accurate grouping of the sheets and cards for each transaction, so that an accurate record of the transaction will appear on the card and the associated sheets.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention further includes the following novel features and details of constructionq to be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the. appended claims.

In the drawings Figure l is an edge View illustrating the invention arranged in book form with the book in open position.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the same.

Figures 3 and 4 are enlarged sectional views taken respectively on the lines 3-3 and 4-4 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a top plan view with parts r broken` away showing the card holder or magazine. v

Figure 6 is a section on the line (3 6 of Figure 4.. V

Figure 7 is an edge view illustrating a simplified form of the invention.

Figure 8 is a perspective view of the form of the invention shown in Figure 7 showing the manner of inserting carbon sheets be` tween the sheets of the pad.

Referring to the drawings in detail where'- in like characters of reference denote corresponding parts, the invention resides primarily in the combination and arrangement of a card holder or magazine, a pad holder, and a carbon sheet holder, as shown in connection with a foldable cover or book, and in connection with a rigid base.

In tlie first mentioned form, the card holder or magazine which is indicated at l0 is preferably made of sheet metal and comprises a flat base 1l, from which rises end walls 12 and side walls 13, the latter being of greater height than the former, for a purpose to p-resently appear. This construction provides a substantially rectangular container for the reception of cards 14, the length and width of the container being such as to prevent relative horizontal movement of the cards therein, but to permit vertical movement. As the cards contain indicia, such as is shown in Figure 2 of the drawings, this indicia upon all of the cards will be kept in perfect register, which is important in a device of this kind.

Movable vertically within the card holder or magazine 10 is a follower plate 15. This plate is supported upon suitable springs 16, but which are shown in the drawings as leaf springs, secured to the base 11 as indicated at 17. The free ends of these springs bear against the under face of the plate 15 so that the latter will be yieldingly forced upward.

The cards 14 are superimposed upon the plate and upward movement is limited by means of lugs or flanges 18 which extend inwardly from the opposite end walls of the plate. The cards will thus be firmly held in place, but may be readily removed by the finger and thumb of the user by drawing the opposite ends inward ortoward one another and permitting the central portion to bend upward until the opposite ends of the card are free of the flanges 18. Also, the cards may be removed from the holder or magazine by grasping their opposite longitudinal edges centrally of the length ofthe cards. For this purpose the side walls 13 are reduced or cut away as shown at 19.

As previously stated the cards 14 are made up and sold by tabulating machine companies and may be purchased from the company in desired quantities and inserted in the holder or magazine by depressing the follower plate 15.

Secured at one end of the holder or magazine 10 is a spring hinged clamp 20 which is adapted to engage the bound end 21 of a book or pad, the leaves of whichrare indicated at 22. These books or pads may be cheaply manufactured and their sheets or leaves contain indicia similar to that upon the cards 14. The clamp 20 is so located that when any of the leaves are extended over the holder or magazine 10, indicia thereon will -be in perfect register with the indicia on the tabulating cards, so that no time is lost in registering the indicia and whatever is written on the uppermost leaf or sheet of the pad will appear in its proper position upon an -under leaf or leaves and upon the uppermost card 14, transfer being eected through the medium of carbon sheets 23.

In order to provide for the convenient insertion of these sheets of carbon, a carbon holder 24 is positioned at the other end of the magazine or holder 10. This carbon Vholder may be of any suitable character but is shown as comprising an inverted substantially U-shaped member 25, having one of its legs secured to the adjacent end of the magazine 1() as shown at 26. A clamping arm 27 is pivotally secured as shown at 28, and the free end of this arm is provided with a spring tongue 29 which removably engages beneath the edge of the U-shaped member 25. The

bon sheets 23 and act to securely hold theV sheets in place.

In Figures 1 to 6 of the drawings the magazine of holder 10 and the carbon clamp 24 are mounted upon a section 31 of a foldable member or book. The pad clamp 20 is mounted upon a section 32 of the book which is foldably secured to the section 31 as shown at 33, and when the parts are arranged for use as shown in Figure 1, the back 21 of the pad will be positioned between the

sections

30 and 31. A section 24 is foldably connected with the section 32 as shown at 35 and this section 35 carries a pocket 36 which may receive the cards 14 after they have been removed from the holder or magazine.

If desired, the magazine 10, the pad holder or clamp 20 and the carbon holder or clamp 24 may be mounted upon an aluminum or metal base 37. The pad hold-er or clamp 20 may be attached to an arm 38 which rises from the base and to which the clamp 20 is adjustably connected by means of a bolt 39. The clamp 30 may thus be adjusted with respect to the magazine so that the indicia upon the sheets of the pad will accurately register with the indicia upon the cards.

In the use of the invention, assuming that copies in triplicate are to be made, a carbon sheet 23 is extended inward over the uppermost card 14. One of the sheets or leaves of the pad is then extended over the carbon sheet, after which a second carbon sheet is positioned upon the pad sheet and a second pad sheet positioned upon the second carbon sheet. Matter written upon the uppermost pad sheet will appear in triplicate uponthis sheet, the under sheet and upon the card. The pad -sheets which are perforated or otherwise scored along their inner edges are torn from the pad and the uppermost card removed from the magazine in the manner previously described, after which the carbon sheets and pad sheets mayy be rearranged for the next transaction. Any suitable number of carbon sheets may be used, depending upon the number of copies desired.

By extending the edges of the side walls 13 upward, both the carbon sheets and. pad sheets will readily fall into position so that the carbon sheets may not become disaligned with the result of an imperfect copy, nor can the pad sheets and cards become transversely disaligned. The position of the clamp 20 insures proper transverse alignment of the indicia on the pad sheets and cards. Thus no time is lost in obtaining proper registration of the sheets and cards, while imperfect or faulty copies are practically impossible. Also, the tabulating cards are kept in perfect condition so that no difficulty is experienced in running these cards through the The invention' is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportions and minor details of construction and the right is herein reserved to make such changes as properly fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention what is claimed is l. In combination, a card holder, cards removably secured within the holder in superimposed relation, a pad holder secured at one end of the card holder, a pad secured within the pad holder' and adapted to have the leaves thereof extending over the cards in the card holder, and a carbon sheet holder secured at the other end of the card holder, carbon sheets within the carbon sheet holder and adapted to be interposed between the leaves of the pad and between said pad leaves and the cards.

2. In combination, a card holder, cards removably secured within the holder in superimposed relation, a pad holder -secured at one end of the card holder, a pad secured within the pad holder and adapted to have the leaves thereof extending over the cards in the card holder, and a carbon sheet holder secured at the other end of the card holder, carbon sheets within the carbon sheet holder and adapted to be interposed between the leaves of the pad and between said pad leaves and the cards, and means to hold the cards against independent sliding movement.

3. In combination, a'card holder, cards removablyv secured within the holder in superimposed relation, a pad holder secured at one end of the card holder, a pad secured within the pad holder and adapted to have the leaves thereof extending over the cards in the card holder, and a carbon sheet holder secured at the other end of the card holder, carbon sheets within the carbon sheet holder and adapted to be interposed between the leaves of the pad and between said pad leaves and the cards, and means to adjust the pad holder with respect to the card holder.

4l. In combination, a card holder, cards removably secured within the holder in superimposed relation, a pad holder secured at one end of the card holder, a pad secured within the pad holder and adapted to have the leaves thereof extending over the cards in the card holder, and a carbon sheet holder secured at the other end of the card holder, carbon sheets within the carbon sheet holder and adapted to be interposed between the leaves of the pad and between said pad leaves and the cards, and flanges on the card holder to facilitate removal of the cards from the card holder.

5. In combination, a cord holder, cards removably secured within the holder in superimposed relation, a pad holder secured at one end of the card holder, a pad secured Within the pad'holder and adapted to have the leaves thereof extending over the cards in the card holder, and a carbon sheet holder secured at the other end of the card holder, carbon sheets within the carbon sheet holder and adapted to be interposed between the leaves of the pad and between said pad leaves and the cards, and yieldable means within the card holder to support the cards. p

6. In combination, a card holder, cards removably secured within the holder in superimposed relation, a pad holder secured at one end of the card holder, a pad secured within the pad holder and adapted to have the leaves thereof extending over the cards in the card holder, and a carbon sheet holder secured at the other end of the card holder, carbon sheets within the carbon sheet holder and adapted to be interposed between the leaves of the pad and between said pad leaves and the cards, and a combined follower and platen to support the cards within the card holder.

7 In a manifolding device, a card holder comprising a bottom, side and end walls, a yieldingly supported plate movable within said holder to support a number of cards in superimposed relation, flanges extending inwardly from certain of said walls to engage the uppermost cards to hold said cards and provide for their individual removal, a pad holder at one end ofthe card holder, and a carbon sheet holder at the other end of the card holder.

8. In a manifolding device, acard holder comprising a bottom, end walls, and side walls of greater height than the end walls, a yieldingly supported plate movable within said holder to support a number of cards in superimposed relation, flanges extending in-4 wardly from certain of said walls to engage the uppermost cards to hold said cards and provide for their individual removal, a pad holder at one end of the card holder, and a carbon sheet holder at the other end of the card holder.

In testimony whereof Iiaiix my signature.

WALTER O. CRITCI'IFIELD.