US1966142A

US1966142A - Autographic register

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Publication number: US1966142A
Application number: US658232A
Authority: US
Inventors: Bernard A Schroeder
Original assignee: United Autographic Register Co
Current assignee: United Autographic Register Co
Priority date: 1933-02-23
Filing date: 1933-02-23
Publication date: 1934-07-10
Anticipated expiration: 1951-07-10

Description

y 1934- B. A. SCHROEDER 1,965,142

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Filed Feb. 25, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet l July 10, 1934. B. A. SCHROEDER 1,966,142

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Filed Feb. 25, 19:53 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented July 10, 1934 AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Bernard A. Schroeder, Evanston, 111., assignor to United Autographic Register (30., Chicago, 111., a corporation of Illinois Application February 23, 1933, Serial No. 658,232

11 Claims. (01. 282-12) This invention relates particularly to duplicating machines adapted to make multiple copies of sales receipts, bills, orthe like, on continuous form stationery.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide an extremely simple form of autographic register having a tear-oil bar which is normally held in operative position but may be swung back by the operators finger in the act of grasping the ends of stationery strips led over the platen.

A further object is to provide means for looking a tear-oil bar in operative position so that it will not swing back while a completed set of forms is being severed thereon.

A further object is to provide aligning means which is adapted to arrest the advancement of stationery after a measured length has been withdrawn from the machine, and to automatically release the same when the tear-off bar is swung back out of operative position.

The invention is illustrated in a preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of an autographic register; Fig. 2, a longitudinal sectional view taken as indicated at line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a broken sectional view similar to Fig. 2 but showing the tear-off bar swung back out of operative position to permit grasping of the stationery; Fig. 4, a

broken plan sectional viewof the machine; Fig. 5,

a broken perspective view of the tear-off bar and finger-plate; and Fig. 6, a broken longitudinal sectional view of a slight modification.

In the embodiment illustrated, A designates a casing provided with a bottom wall A, and a top wall A, which serves as a platen for the machine; B, a skeleton cover which partially encloses the platen A; C, aligning and feed arresting mechanism; and D, a swinging tear-oil bar.

The casing may be of any suitable construction and is formed, preferably, from sheet aluminum or the like. The side walls 10 may be formed integrally with the bottom wall A if desired and forms a supply compartment 11 in which stationery strips 12 may be stored. The front wall 13 forms part of the mechanism D, described below. A rear wall 14 is pivoted to the side walls, by a cross shaft 14 and forms a door through .which a packet of zi'g-zag folded stationery strips may be introduced into the machine. The door is normally held in closed position by a rear flange of the skeleton-cover B. The casing is further provided at its upper rear portion with a guide roll 15 around which the stationery strips are led from the supply compartment 11 over the platen A.

The platen A may be fastened to the side walls 10 in any suitable manner and is provided near its front end with apertures 16 through which 'the aligning mechanism C may'operate. The

front end of the platen is cut away beneath the tear-off bar as indicated at 1'7 in Fig. 4, to facilitate grasping the ends of the stationery strips.

The skeleton cover B is of U-form and open at the front end of the machine. The cover encloses the rear and marginal portions of the platen but has a cut-out portion, to permit forms which are led over the platen to be filled in. The cover is provided with side flanges 18 which extend forward and are connected to the side walls of the register by means of pivots 19. The cover is further provided with a rear flange 20 which. is adapted to snap over the top portion of the rear door 14 and hold the same in position. A. pair of leaf springs 21 are connected to the rear portion of the cover by rivets 21 and serve to hold the stationery smoothly on the platen of the machine.

Any suitable aligning or tensioning means may be provided for use with the present invention. For the purposes of illustration I have shown the mechanism C comprising register pins 22 yieldingly urged through the apertures 16 in the platen by means of leaf springs 23 which are attached to the lower side of the platen by rivets 23*. The springs are connected by means of a cross bar 24 which carries a pair of cam members 25 which serve normally to lock the tear-off bar in tearing position.

The tear-off bar mechanism D, comprises a tear-off bar 26 having a pair of downwardly extending arms 27 which are pivotally mounted on a cross shaft 28 journaled in the side walls of the machine. Preferably the front edge portion of the bar is sharpened as indicated at 26*, to facilitate the severing of stationery strips thereon, and the rear portion is slightly rounded as indicated at 26 as the bar serves also as a guide for the advancing strips. The front wall 13 is shown iournaled on the same cross shaft 28 and is con- 100 fined for limited forward and rearward movement within the arms 27 by lugs 27* which may be struck from the arms if desired. The wall is further provided with'a pair of notches 13' so that the door may swing rearwardly when the 105 pins 22 are depressed. A pair of notches 12 are also provided to permit the cam-bars or latches the stops 2?. However, when the door 13 is pressed rearwardly the cams are depressed beneath the stop 27' and when the door strikes the rear stops 27' the tear-off bar and door will swing rearwardly together and cause the register pins 22 to be depressed by depressing the cams 25. A coil spring 29 is mounted on the shaft 28 and serves to urge the member 13 to its foremost position. The forward travel of the arms 27 is limited by stops 10 on the side walls of the machine.

To load the machine the skeleton cover B is raised so that the rear door 14 may be opened to permit the introduction of a packet of zig-zag foldedstationery. The strips are laid around the guide roll 15 and over the platen of the machine, and a set of register perforations are engaged by the pins 22. A carbon strip is interleaved between the strips 12 and its marginal portions are permitted to extend over the edges of the platen so that they will be held in position by themargins 18 of the skeleton cover when it is lowered into closed position.

After a set of forms have been filled in, the operator, in the act of grasping the ends of the strips beneath the tear-off bar, presses the fingerplate 13 rearwardly. The tear-oil bar is held in its foremost position against the stops 10 by the cam-arms or latches 25, which extend through the slots 13 in the finger-plate into engagement with the stops 27 on the arms 27. As the finger-plate 13 moves rearwardly the latch 25 is depressed from engagement with the stop 27 and when the plate 13 engages the stops 2? the tear-oi! bar will also swing rearwardly with the plate and the cam 25 will become further depressed to withdraw the pins 22 from engagement with the stationery. The ends of the strips are then free to be grasped at the notch 17 in the platen and may be withdrawn from the machine. As the operators hand moves forwardly in withdrawing the strips, the bar will swing back into locking position and the register pins will be urged upwardly against the lower side of the strips until they encounter the next set of perforations. When this happens the feed of the strips will be arrested and the latch 25 will spring up into locking position. The operator may then sever the strips on the tear-off bar by an upward Jerk. The operation may be performed easily with one hand.

The modification shown in Fig. 6 is similar to that described above except that no positive looking means is provided. In this form register pins are carried on leaf springs 36 which also support a cam arm 37 as in the forms above. A tear-oil bar 38 supported on downwardly extending arms 39 is pivoted to a transversely extending shaft 40 and held in its foremost position by means of a tension spring 41. The arms 39 also support a cross bar 42 which is provided with slots 42' to depress the cam arm 37 when the former is swung rearwardly. In this form the lower front wall 43 of the machine is shown formed integrally with the bottom wall 44. The machine is operated in the same manner as described above, that is, by pressing the cross plate 42 rearwardly in the act of grasping the ends of the strips.

The foregoing detailed description is given for clearness of understanding only, and no unnecessary limitations should be understood therefrom but the appended claims should'be construed as broadly as permissible, in view of the prior art.

what I regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In combination: a movable tear-off bar under which continuous-form stationery strips may be drawn; means for automatically arresting the advance of said strips after a form has been withdrawn; and means disposed beneath the tear-off bar for moving said tear-off bar rearwardly and for releasing said strips, said means being actuated by the operators finger in the act of reaching to grasp the ends of the strips.

2. Mechanism as specified in claim 1, in which the stationery strips are provided with registerperforations, and the means for arresting the advance of said strips comprises register-pins adapted to engage said perforations.

3. In a duplicating machine: a platen over which continuous-form stationery provided with register-perforations may be led; a tear-off bar pivotally mounted near the front of said platen; register-pins adapted to engage said perforations and arrest the advance of stationery over said platen; and means beneath said bar for releasing said strips and swinging the bar rearwardly to permit grasping of the ends of said strips, said means being'actuated by the operator's finger in the act of reaching for the ends of said strips.

4. In combination: a casing having a platen over which continuous form stationery may be led; a movable tear-off bar disposed near the front of said, platen; means for locking said bar in tearing position; and means for unlocking and moving the bar rearwardly to permit grasping of the ends of the strips, said means being actuated by the operators finger when in the act of reaching for the ends of said strips.

5. Mechanism as specified in claim 4, in which the tear-ofi bar is supported on arms which are pivoted at the lower portion of the casing and the means for unlocking the bar is mounted between said arms.

6. Mechanism as specified in claim 4, in which 118 the means for locking the tear-off bar comprises a spring-held latch adapted to engage the tearofi bar member.

'7. In combination: a casing having a platen over which continuous-form stationery may be 1% led; a movable tear-off bar disposed near the front of said platen; means for locking said bar in tearing position; means for arresting the advance of said stationery after a measured length has been withdrawn; and means for releasing said strips and unlocking and moving the bar rearwardly to permit grasping of the ends-of the strips, said means being actuated by the operators finger when in the act of reaching for the ends of said strips.

8. In combination: a casing having a platen over which continuous-form stationery may be led; a tear-oil bar disposed near the front of said casing and mounted'upon downwardly extending arms pivoted to the lower front portion of said casing; a finger plate adapted to serve as a front wall for said casing pivotally mounted between said arms for limited forward and rearward movement therein; a spring urging said finger-plate to its foremost position; and means for locking said tear-oil bar in tearing position, and said finger-plate having means for unlocking said bar.

9. In combination: a casing having a platen over which continuous-form stationery provided 145 with register-perforations may be led; yieldingly urged registerpins adapted to engage the perforations and arrest the advance of the stationery over the platen; a tear-off bar near the front of said platen having downwardly extending arms 150 pivoted to the lower front portion of said casing; a latch mounted with said register-pins and adapted to lock said bar in tearing position, and a finger-plate pivotally mounted for limited forward and readward movement within said arms, said plate having means for releasing said latch and retracting the register pins.

10. In an autographic register: a casing provided with a supply compartment and a platen over which stationery strips provided with register-perforations may be led from said compartment; register-pins supported beneath said platen and urged upwardly to engage perforations in the strips led over the platen; an open-front, U-shaped skeleton cover for said platen pivoted to the front portion of the casing; a tear-off bar pivotally mounted in said casing and adapted to swing rearwardly over the front portion of the platen and register-pins; a latch for locking said bar in tearing position; and finger-operated means beneath said platen for releasing said latch, depressing said pins from the path of said bar, and swinging said bar rearwardly.

11. In an autographic register: a casing provided with a supply compartment and a platen over which stationery strips may be led from said compartment; an open-front, U-shaped skeleton cover for said platen pivoted to the front portion of the casing and adapted to hold carbon strips in interleaved relation with the stationery; a tear-off bar supported on downwardly extending arms which are pivoted within the lower front portion of the casing, said bar being movable rearwardly to permit grasping of the ends of said stationery; and a front wall for said casing mounted between the arms of said tearofl bar and movable therewith.

BERNARD A. SCHROEDER.