US2270739A - Autographic register - Google Patents

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Jan. 20, 1942. c, MANUEL 2,270,739

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Filed June 14, 1940 s SheetS -Sheet 1 Jan. 20, 1942.

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I vgnio-q Charles J. manual, I

Patented Jan. 20, 1942 AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Charles J. Manuel, Dover, N. H., assignor to American Sales Book Company, Inc., Niagara Falls, N. Y., a corporation of Delaware Application June 14, 1940, Serial No. 340,506

14 Claims.

invention relates to improvements in writing machines, such as autographic registers and the like, more particularly to an improved means for mounting the strip feeding mechanism, and for mounting the cover or covers so as to provide convenient access into the interior.

It is a general object of the invention to provide for machines of the classmentioned an improved and simplified mounting for the strip.

feeding mechanismv so as to facilitate installation and to reduce production costs, while, at the same time, improving the operating qualities.

A further object is to provide for machines of the class mentioned an improved mounting for the cover or covers whereby they can be easily raised to providev access to the interior of the machine for threading the record strips into operative position, and for other purposes.

A further object is to provide for machines of the class mentioned an improved arrangement of supporting brackets for the feed mechanism and covers, resulting in structural simplification.

A further object is to provide for machines of the class mentioned an improved arrangement of supporting brackets for the strip feeding mechanism that are attached to th casing walls in such a manner as to form a sufficiently rigid support that is, at the same time, light and of relatively simple construction.

A further object is to provide for machines of the class mentioned an improved and simplified support for the writing platen whereby the latter is supported in normal operative position and can be moved into raised position for ease in threading the record strips thereover. and into the feeding mechanism.

Qther objects and advantages of the invention will be in part pointed out in the following detailed description of an illustrative but preferred embodiment of the invention, and will be in part obvious as the disclosure proceeds.

The invention accordingly comprises the features of construction, combination of elements, and arrangement of parts,which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter set forth and the scope of the applicaticnof which will be iIldicated in the claims.

For a more complete disclosure of the nature,

objects and advantages of the invention,.reference is had to the subjoined detailed description Fig.2 is a transverse vertical section takenap.-,

proximately on the line 2-2 of Fig. 4, viewedin the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary transverse vertical section taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Fig. 4, viewed in the direction of the arrows, parts being shown in elevation.

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical section of the machine, parts being shown in elevation.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary elevation showing the mounting of the feed roll housing and one of the supporting brackets for the feeding mechanism, parts being in longitudinal vertical section.

Fig. 6 is a detailed sectional and bottom plan View showing the mounting of the feed roll housing.

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary perspective view of the mounting for the platen.

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the controlling cam for the strip folding finger.

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of one of the brackets for supporting the feeding mechanism and covers; and

Fig. 10 is a plan View of a section of record strip, such as used in the machine.

Referring to the drawings for a detailed description of the illustrative embodiment there shown, the invention is incorporated in an autographic register of the type disclosed in the Sheppard et al. Patent No. 2,183,778 issued December 19, 1939, upon which the present invention is an improvement. The autographic register embodies a casing preferably of sheet metal.

having side walls It], end walls I l' and the bottom l2; A transverse partition i3 having longitudinal walls l3a divides the interior of the casing into a rearward supply compartment for housing a Zigzag supply pack M of continuous interleaved record strips l5, and a forward compartment for receiving in zigzag folded condition one of the strips l5 that is folded therein into the file pack l6. Each record strip I5 has feed controlling apertures I5a cooperating with the feed mechanism and also transverse weakened severance lines [51) dividing it into a longitudinal series of form sheets.

Overlying the compartment for the supply pack is a platen I! over which the strips are drawn and supported thereon in writing position. Transfer strips for interleavement in transfer relation with the record strips are carried in a transfer stripsupplyhousing l8 attached to one longitudinal margin of the platen l1. Strip con trolling and tensioning means (not shown) for the record strips I5 may be mounted at the outer or rearward end of the platen I! in the space provided therefor in the manner disclosed in the Sheppard et a1. patent referred to. overlyin the platen I! is a cover I9 for the casing, and there is a similar forward cover 20 overlying the forward or filing compartment. The cover |'9 has an opening through which the record strips on the platen I! are presented for inscription reception.

Strip feeding mechanism for the record strip assembly I includes a rotary feed shaft 2| on which circular feed disks 22 are firmly mounted for rotation therewith. The feed disks engage at their peripheries with a feed roll 23 rotatably mounted in a feed roll carrier or housing 24. The feed shaft 2| also carries a disk 25 on which is pivoted a strip folding finger 26 adaptedto engage in centrally disposed apertures |5c in the file strip for folding the latter in zigzag condition within the file compartment. The filing finger 26 is controlled by a compression spring 21 and a cam 28. This strip folding or filing mechanism is described in the Sheppard et a1. patent referred to, and need not be described in detail herein.

Supporting brackets 29, preferably of sheet metal, are attached at the inner surfaces of the casing side walls ID for supporting the strip feeding mechanism in operative position. These brackets also provide supports for the covers l9 and 20. Each of the supporting brackets 29 is supported in spaced relation with the casing walls l0 and are attached to the latter so as to form with the walls a boxlike reinforcement strengthening the wall structure so as to assure the structural strength required for supporting the feeding mechanism and other operative parts. The attachment of each bracket is effected by a plurality of rigid attaching means, including a mounting stud 30 anchored in the bracket and the adjacent side plate ID, a rivet 3|, and the bearing 32 in which the feed shaft 2| is rotatably mounted. Each bearing 32 is welded or otherwise firmly attached to the bracket plate and is anchored at its outer end in an opening in the adjacent casing wall H). In this manner each bracket or bracket plate 29 is firmly supported in position to form a rigidified supporting structure.

Each bracket 29 has an inwardly offset supporting plate 33 integral therewith and substantially parallel to the casing side walls and having an upper attaching lug 34. Each bracket plate 29 also carries two pins or lugs 35 positioned at either side of the attaching stud 30 for cooperation with the latching arms or brackets on the forward and rearward covers, as later described.

The roll carrier or housing 24 is provided at each of its opposite end portions with a supporting arm 36 attached at one end to the housing and extending downwardly and forwardly there from and being pivoted as at 31 to the adjacent offset supporting plate 33 of the adjacent bracket 29. The roll housing'is thus supported in operative position and can be swung upwardly away from operative position on the supporting arms 36 to provide for easy threading of the record strips into operative relation with the feeding mechanism. Compression springs (not shown) are preferably mounted in the housing as set forth in the Sheppard et al. patent mentioned above, for yieldingly urging the feed roll'into frictional strip gripping relation with the feed disks 22. The rear cover l9 has attached thereto a pair of combined mounting lugs and latches 38,and the forward cover 20 has attached thereto a pair of similar mounting lugs and latches 39. The cover supporting lugs or brackets 38 and 39 are pivotally connected at 40 to the corresponding parts or end walls of the roll housing 24. Both of these covers can thus be swung upwardly away from their normal closing positions upon the roll housing which thus provides a support for covers. i l.

Each of the cover supporting brackets 38 and 39 is provided with a latching extension 4| forming a latching shoulder for engagement with the respective latching pins 35 mounted upon the respective brackets 29 as above described. Thus when the roll housing 24 is swung downwardly on its supporting arms 36 into normal operative position, as seen in Figures 4 and 5, the forward and rearward covers can then be swung downwardly upon their mounting pivots 40, thus causing the latching extensions 4| to engage with the latching pins 35 to lock the roll housing firmly in its normal closed position in which the feed mechanism is effective to feed the strips. The cover I9 is held in its operative position by a latch 42, and the cover 20 is held in its closed position by a locking device 43.

When it is desired to gain access to the interior of the register, as for threading the record strip assembly i5 into operative position in the feeding mechanism, both covers l9 and 20 will be swung upwardly on their pivots 40, thus freeing the latches 38, 39 from the latch pins 35 and releasing the supporting arms 36 for the roll housing. Said housing can then be swung forwardly with its supporting arms 36 on the pivotal mounts 31,-

thus moving the feed roll 23 away from the feed disks to provide ample clearance for threading the strips through the feeding mechanism.

A strip guiding and separating plate 44 is attached in operative position just beyond the feed roll housing and is secured in position upon the attaching lugs 34 of the brackets 29. The plate 44 acts as a deflector and separator for separating the file strip going into the file compartment. from those that are issued above the forward cover 20. The deflector plate 44 is normally positioned substantially in the plane of the cover 29 in an opening 20a in the rear edge thereof. The strips that are deflected above the cover plate are severed along appropriate transverse severance lines thereof. This can be done by utilizing the forward lower edge of the roll housing as a tearing edge for the strips.

As shown in Fig. 3, supporting collars 45 having set screws may be positioned on the feed shaft 2| adjacent to each of its opposite ends for retaining it in its normal operative position. An operating crank 46 having an operating handle is mounted on the exterior end of the feed shaft. A spring pressed retractable stop 4'! cooperates with the operating crank 46 to confine operation of the feed shaft to a single revolution constituting a feed cycle for feeding the strips in definite form or sheet lengths in the usual manner. The

stop 41 is depressed inwardly against the pres-- sure of its spring to free the crank arm 46 at the beginning of each feed cycle. The feed roll 23 is driven in unison with the feed disks 22 by a toothed gear 48 on the feed shaft meshing with a pinion 49 on the feed roll.

At the rear of the strip feeding mechanism is a platen supporting bracket 50 spaced above the casing bottom and preferably in the form of an angle bar of sheet metal as shown, having angularly disposed supporting extensions 5| positioned for engagement in supporting straps 52 riveted to the interior surfaces of the casing sidewalls ID. The supporting bracket has upwardly extending supporting plates 53 attached to the upper flange of the bracket 50. A supporting bar 54 is rotatably mounted on the under side of the platen I! having oppositely disposed links or arms 55 pivoted to the upper supports 53. Thus it will be seen that the platen can be swung forwardly anddownwardly upon its supporting links 55 to operative position, shown in Fig. 4 in which it is supported by the supports 53 and the partition plates l3a, and it can also be swung upwardly and rearwardly as indicated in Fig. 7. When the platen is thus moved rearwardly its rear end is supported upon the upper edge of the end wall H of the casing in position for convenient threading of the record strips through the guiding and controlling means. Also the forward end of the platen is retracted to make ample clearance for threading therecord strips into the feeding mechanism.

The controlling cam 28 for the folding finger, as shown in Fig. 4, is provided with a supporting attachment 55 connected toa supporting plate 51 mounted on the upper fiangeof the bracket 50. Also the bracket 50 forms a support for the partition l3 which is connected thereto by an attaching device 58.

Since certain changes may be made in the above construction and difierent embodiments of theinvention'could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings will be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a machineof the character described, in combination, a feed roll carrier, means movably mounting said carrieron the machine for movement to and from operative position, a forward and a rearward cover for said machine, and connections. pivotally mounting each said cover on said movable feed roll carrier.

2. In a machine of the character described, in combination, a feed roll carrier, means movably mounting saidcarrier on the machine for movement to and fromo'perative position, a forward and a rearward cover for said machine, connections pivotally mounting each said cover on said movable feed roll carrier, and a plurality of connecting means for holding said roll carrier in operative position, each connecting means being operatively connected to one of said pivoted covers.

3. In a machine of the character described, in combination, a feed roll carrier, means movably mounting said carrier on the machine for movement to and from operative position, a forward and a rearward cover for said machine, connections pivotally mounting each said cover on said movable feed roll carrier, a casing for said machine, a pair of interior brackets connected to and supported respectively by the opposite casing walls, and supporting arms included in said carrier mounting means and connected to and supporting said roll carrier and respectively pivoted to said brackets.

4. In a machine of the character described, in

ment to and from operative position, a forward and a rearward cover for said machine, connections pivotally mounting each said cover on said movable feed roll carrier, a plurality of connecting means for holding said roll carrier in opererativeposition, each connecting means being operatively connected to one of said pivoted covers, a casing for said machine, a pair of interior brackets connected to and supported respectively by the opposite casing walls, and supporting arms included in said carrier mounting means and connected to and supporting said roll carrier and respectively pivoted to said brackets.

. 5. In a machine of the character described, in combination, a feed roll carrier, means movably mounting said carrier on the machine for movement to and from operative position, a forward and a rearward cover for said machine, connections pivotally mounting each said cover on said movable feed roll carrier, a casing for said machine, a pair of interior brackets connected to and supported respectively by the opposite casing walls, supporting arms included in said carrier mounting means and connected to and supporting said roll carrier and respectively pivoted to said brackets, and a strip guiding and separating plate positioned beyond said feed roll carrier and connected to and supported by said brackets.

6. In a machine of the character described, in combination, a feed roll carrier, means movably mounting said carrier on the machine for movement to and from operative position, a forward and a rearward cover for said machine, connections pivotally mounting each said cover on said movable feed roll carrier, a casing for said machine, a pair of interior brackets connected to and supported respectively by the opposite casing walls, supporting arms connected to and included in the said mounting means for said roll carrier and respectively pivoted to said brackets, a feed roll mounted on said carrier, a rotary feed shaft having feed disks cooperating in strip feeding relation with said feed roll, and bearings attached to said brackets for rotatably mounting said feed shaft.

'7. In a machine of the character described, in combination, a feed roll carrier, means including supporting arms on said carrier for movably mounting said carrier on the machine for movement to and from operative position, a forward and a rearward cover for said machine, connections pivotally mounting each said cover on said movable feed roll carrier, a casing for said machine, a pair of interior brackets connected to and supported respectively by the opposite casing walls, said carrier supporting arms being respectively pivoted to said brackets, a strip guiding and separating plate positioned beyond said feed roll carrier and connected to and supported by said brackets, a feed roll mounted on said carrier, a rotary feed shaft having feed disks cooperating in strip feeding relation with said feed roll, and bearings attached to said brackets for rotatably mounting said feed shaft.

8. In a machine of the character described, in combination, a feed roll carrier, means including supporting arms on said carrier for movably mounting said carrier on the machine for movement to and from operative position, a forward and a rearward cover for said machine, connections pivotally mounting each said cover on saidmovable feed roll carrier, a casing for said machine, a pair of interior brackets connected to and supported respectively by the opposite casing walls, said carrier supporting arms being respectively pivoted to said brackets, a feed roll mounted on said carrier, a rotary feed shaft having feed disks'cooperating in strip feeding relation with said feed'rolLand bearings attached to said brackets for rotatably mounting said feed shaft, said bearings having direct supporting connection with the respective casing walls.

9. In an autographic register, in combination, a casing having wails of sheet material, a feed mechanism having a feed shaft and a feed roll carrier, interior supporting brackets connected to and supported respectively by opposite casing walls, said supporting brackets being respectively inwardly spaced from the respective casing walls and connected thereto at three disaligned points to provide a box-like reinforcement, supporting bearings respectively carried by said brackets and rotatably mounting said feed shaft, and means for mounting said roll carrier on said supporting brackets.

10. In an autographic register, in combination, a casing having walls of sheet material, a feed mechanism having a feed shaft and a feed roll carrier, interior supporting brackets connected to and supported respectively by opposite casing walls, said supporting brackets being respectively inwardly spaced from the respective casing walls and connected thereto at three disaligned points to provide a box-like reinforcement, supporting bearings respectively carried by said brackets and rotatably mounting said feed shaft, said brackets having inwardly offset supporting lugs, means for mounting said roll carrier on said supporting brackets, and a strip guiding and separating plate positioned beyond said feed roll carrier and connected to and supported by said offset supporting lugs of said brackets.

11. In an autographic register, in combination, a casing having walls, a feed mechanism having a feed shaft and a feed roll carrier, interior supporting brackets connected to and supported respectively by opposite casing walls, said brackets having inwardly offset supporting plates spaced from the casing walls, supporting bearings respectively connected to said brackets and having direct attachment with the respective casing walls, said feed shaft being rotatable in said bearings, each of said brackets being spaced from the adjacent supporting casing wall and connected thereto to form a box-like reinforcement, and means for mounting said roll carrier on said offset plates of said supporting brackets.

12. In an autographic register, in combination, a casing having walls, a feed mechanism having a feed shaft and a feed roll carrier, interior supporting brackets connected to and supported respectively by opposite casing walls, said brackets having inwardly offset supporting plates spaced from the casing walls, supporting bearings respectively connected to said brackets and having direct attachment with the respective casing walls, said feed shaft being rotatable in said bearings, each of said brackets being spaced from the adjacent supporting casing wall and connected thereto to form a box-like reinforcement, means for pivotally mounting said roll carrier on said offset plates of said supporting brackets, and a strip guiding and separating plate positioned beyond said feed roll carrier and connected to and supported by said brackets.

13. In an autographic register, in combination, a casing having walls of sheet material, a platen for receiving and supporting record strips, a transversely disposed supporting bracket including a structural flanged member spaced above the bottom of the register and having at its opposite extremities angularly disposed connecting plates, supporting straps connected directly to the interior surfaces of said casing walls and receiving said connecting plates for supporting said supporting bracket, upper spaced supporting plates carried by and rising above said supporting bracket and spaced apart longitudinally of said bracket, said spaced plates forming upper supports upon which said platen rests in normal operative position, and spaced supporting links connected to said platen and to said upper spaced supporting plates so as to mount the platen for bodily movement into normal operative position or into position for strip threading.

14. In a machine of the character described, in combination, a feed roll carrier, means movably mounting said carrier on the machine for movement to and from operative position, a forward and a rearward cover for said machine, connections pivotally mounting each said cover on said movable feed roll carrier, a feed roll mounted on said carrier, a casing for said machine having opposite walls, a pair of interior brackets connected to and supported respectively by the opposite casing walls, a rotary feed shaft having a feed disk cooperating in strip feeding relation with said feed roll, and bearings respectively attached to said brackets for rotatably mounting said feed shaft. I

CHARLES J. MANUEL.

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