US2033742A - Autographic register - Google Patents

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AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Filed June 22, 1934 Q. QN)

Patented Mar. 10, 1936 AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER VBernardA. Schroeder, Evanston, Ill., assignor to United Autographic Register Co., a corporation of Illinois Application June 22, 1934, Serial No. 731,953

7 Claims.

This invention lrelates particularly to autographic registers employing continuous-form stationery strips.

'The primary object of the invention is to pro- 15 vide a simple form of mechanical feed for the strips which cooperates with a tensioning-device at the rear of the platen to tension the strips during the Writing o-peration.

A .further object ofthe invention is to provide l mechanism whereby the strips are drawn back into alignment at the beginning of a feeding `operation, that is, after the forms have been lled in.

The invention is illustrated in a preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawing, in

which- Fig. 1 is a broken longitudinal sectional View of Van autographic register embodying the invention; "Fig.'2, a transverse sectional View taken as indicated at ,line 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 a broken plan View of a portion of ,theY tensioning mechanism;

and Fig. il, a broken side elevational view showthe crank-locking device.

In `the embodiment illustrated, A designates a `\o :a. ,sir1g jB, 4a platen forming a vtop closure for ,25 'ltheasing A; C, a skeleton-cover; D, feed-mechanism; `and E, tensioning-mechanism.

The `casing A may be of any desired construction, preferably having a bottom wall 5 and sidewalls "6 which form a receptacle for a packet of 90 QOIlIinuOuS- form strips 1. The casing may be further provided with an abutment 8 to prevent the supply of stationery from coming in contact with the feed-mechanism D.

The platen B is pivotally connected at 9 to 35 vthe side-walls of the casing A. The platen is iprovided with longitudinal slots I0 through which register-pins may project into the path of the stationery strips 1. A guide-roll II is journaled in the side-walls of the casing and directs the 40 strips from the supply-compartment around the rear of the platen to writing position.

Preferably, the skeleton-cover C is pivotally connected to the side walls of the casing at its 'upper front portion as indicated at I2. The cover 45 has an open portion I3 to permit access to the stationery strips. The cover is provided at its rear portion with a snap button I4 which engages a depression in the rear wall of the register and holds the skeleton-cover in position. Preferably,

50 .the cover is provided with downwardly struck portions I5, overlying the slots I0 in the platen so that the stationery strips will be pressed into contact with the register-pins. The front portion of the skeleton-cover may be provided with 55 a housing I6 for an upper feed-roll and the front edge-portion of the housing may be sharpened to form a tear-off edge I1. Carbo-n strips I8 may be interleaved between the stationery strips 'I over the platen, and held in position by the skeletoncover.

The feed-mechanism D comprises a shaft I9 equipped with an operating handle 29 having a notch 2l in its end-portion adapted to be engaged by a pivotally-mounted spring catch 22. A feed-disk 23 is lixedly mounted on the shaft l0 near its central portion and is flanked by two segmental feed-disks 24, connected to each other at 25 and adjustablyV held in position by means of a thumb-screw 25. .The feed-disks are provided with slots 2l so that by loosening the thumbl5 screw 25 the feeding length of the feed-disk 23 may be effectively lengthened. The shaft I9 is further provided with a pair of cams 28 which raise and lower the tensioning-mechanism E. An Y upper feed-roll 29 is journaled in the housing I6 20 andcooperates with the adjustable feed-wheel to feed out stationery when the crank 20 is rotated. v

The tensioning-mechanism E is supported on a pair of rearwardly extending arms 3|] which 25 are pivotally mounted on the side walls of the casing at 3l. The front ends of the arms are provided with projections 32 which engage cams 28. A pair of tension-springs 33 urge the front ,ends of the arms 3|] upwardly. Between the rear 30 end-portions of the arms 3|! is secured a U-shaped frame 34 by means of screws 35. Lateral endportions of the frame 3d may be turned inwardly as indicated at 34a and struck downwardly and inwardly to provide guide-Ways 36. Upon the 35 guide-ways 36 a cross-,member 31 is slidably mounted and is urged rearwardly by means of tension-springs 38. The cross-bar is provided on its lower side with stirrups 39 which support register-pins 40 which are yieldingly urged up- 40 wardly by means of compression-springs 4I.

As shown in Fig. 1, the arms 30 are provided with additional tapped perforations 42 so that the frame 3d may be adjusted to take care of various lengths of forms. These adjustments, of 45 course, must conform with the adjustments on the feed-roll D.

To operate the machine, after a writing operation, the spring-stop 22 is depressed and the crank revolved until it is re-engaged by said stop. At the beginning of the operation the cut-away portion of the feed-wheel comes opposite to the upper feed-roll 29 and the strips are released so that the register-pins do may draw the strips rearwardly a short Idist-ance under the influence of springs 38 and thereby align the stationery. As the crank is further rotated, the feed-wheel re-engages the stationery and feeds out one formlength. The cam 28 is adjusted so that immediately after the pins have retracted the strips the arms 3U will lower the tensioning-device from engagement with the stationery and the device will not be brought back into operative position until the feed of a form-length has been practically completed. At this time the cam 28 will cause the tensioning-device to be raised and the pins to be yiel-dingly urged against the strips until they encounter a set of register-perforations 43 and draw the pins and the member 31 forwardly. Preferably, this movement is very small, a quarter of an inch being sufcient. Thus it will be understood that during the writing operation the strips are gripped at their front end by means of the feed-rolls and held under tension at the rear end by means of pins 40. It may be noted that the aligning is accomplished after a writing operation instead of before as has heretofore been the practice. However, the aligning is more of a checking operation as the strips seldom are more than le of an inch out of register and this does not interfere, materially, with the manifolding of the strips.

The foregoing description has been 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.

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1. An autographic register comprising: a casing having a platen over which stationery strips provided with register perforations may bev drawn from the rear; feed mechanism at the front of said pl-aten for advancing said strips; tensioning and aligning means near the Vrear of said platen comprising spring retractable register pins adapted to engage perforations in the strips and be moved forwardly therewith; and means for releasing the strips at the front of the platen while under tension and means for withdrawing the pins from the perforations after the tension has been released. Y

2. Mechanism as specied in claim 1, in which the means for withdrawing the pins from the from the rear; feed-mechanism at the front of said platen for advancing said strips; tensioning mechanism at the rear of said platen comprising a forwardly movable member, springs urging said member rearwardly, and registerpins mounted on said member so as to be yieldingly urged upwardly towards said strips into the path of the forwardly advancing perforations; and a lever supporting at its rear end said tensioning-mechanism and having its front end in operative engagement with said feed-mechanism.

4. Mechanism as specified in claim 3, in which the feed-mechanism is equipped with a cam for actuating the lever-arm in timed relation to the feeding of the strips and said lever is in the form of a pivotally-mounted rock-arm.

5. Mechanism as specified in claim 3, in which the feed-mechanism is equipped with a cam for actuating the lever in timed relation to the feeding of strips, and said cam is shaped so as to move the tensioning-mechanism into engagement with the stationery after substantially a form-length has been fed out of the register.

6. An autographic register comprising: a casing; a platen pivotally connected to the upper rear portion of said casing; a skeleton-cover pivotally connected to the upper front portion of said casing over said platen and adapted to permit access to stationery strips provided with register-perforations led over said platen from v the rear; feed-mechanism in the front of said casing for advancing said strips; aligning and tensioning-means at the rear of said platen adapted to engage said perforations and exert ayielding rearward tensio-n thereon; means for releasing the strips from the feed-mechanism while under tension to permit the vtensioning-means to drawthem rearwardly into alignment; and means for withdrawing the pins from the perforations afterthe tension has been released.

7. An autographic register comprising: a casing having a platen over which stationery strips provided with register-perforations may be drawn from the rear; feed-mechanism at the front of said platen for advancing said strips; tensioning mechanism at the rear of said platen comprising forwardly movable register-pins, means for yieldingly urging said pins upwardly into the path' of the forwardly advancing strips, and means for yieldingly urging said pins rearwardly; and a lever supportmg at its rear end said tensioning mechanism and having its front end in operative engagement with said feed-mechanism.

l BERNARD A. SCHROEDER.

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