US2381197A

US2381197A - Line-up platen

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Publication number: US2381197A
Application number: US479954A
Authority: US
Inventors: Zalkind Joseph
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1943-03-20
Filing date: 1943-03-20
Publication date: 1945-08-07
Anticipated expiration: 1962-08-07

Description

Aug. 7, 1945.

J. ZALKIND LINE-UP PLATEN 5 Shets-Sheet 1 I Filed March 20, 1945 INVENTOR.

1945- I Y J. ZALKIND 2,381,197

LINE-UP PLATEN I Filed March 20, 1943 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 2v 2: FIE'EP FIElm g J. ZALKIND 2,381,197

' LINE-UP PLATEN Filed March 20, 1945 5 sheets-sheets HIIIIIH.

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J. VZALKIIND LINE-UP 1 13111511 5 Sheets-Shet 4 Filed March '20., 1943 IN VEN TOR.

Patented Aug. 7, 1945 7 I 2,381,197 f LINE-UP PLATEN Joseph Zalkind, New York, N. Y. Q Application March 20, 1943; Serial No. 479,954.

v 3 Claims. (01. 2 82-29) This invention relates tope ging and aligning devices and moreparticularly to recording devices whichgfacilitate the simultaneous registration of facts and figures upona number of related record forms-thus eliminating duplication of effort when preparing such forms.

In certain instancesconcerning wage and hour regulations, production cost control systems, etc,

Federal and State regulations necessitate furnishing all employees with a statement of their gross earnings and. deductions; In the preparation of:

such records at leastiour separate writings have heretofore been required upon as many forms. With the device described in the present invention these four or more separate writing operations are reducedto one single writing operation.

The essential portions of the. aligning device consist of a fiat writing platen with multiple engaging aligning units. The basic form is first inserted into registered position. Additional related forms, of different sizes if desired, are then placed upon a secondary aligning unit and pegged for simultaneous posting and recording of the various forms. The writing in this instance is done by hand. The special advantage of this operation is that related forms can th'us be placed together in perfectregistration', regardless of the size of theforms which are placeddeliberately in varied individual positions upon the aligning platen. 2

.One objectof this invention is to provide an tached to said platen by means of the pegging aligning units forming a part thereof.

Fig. 2 is a side View of the writing platen show g in Fig. 1. a

. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the writing platen showing the manner in which the basic'record form is placed and isattached upon the platen bymeans ofone of the pegging units.

. Fig. 4 is a similar view shown in Fig. 3, showing the manner in which a secondary form is placed: upon the writing platen by the other aligning and pegging unit. I

Fig. 5jis a similar view shown in Figs. 3 and l showing the manner in which a third form is placed and is held upon the writing platen.

Fig. 6 is a section taken on th'e line 66 of Fig;

1 showing constructional details of the pegging.

' unit upon the writing platen. This view shows aligning device to facilitate the registration of various forms upon a writing platen.

Another object of this'invention is to rovid a pair of separate-pegging units to facilitate the registration of various related'forms upon the writingplatenn A thirdobject of this invention is to provide a finger lift to facilitate the simultaneous lifting of either or both of the separate pegging units upon the'writing platen. I

An additional object of this invention is to provide a separate finger lift to facilitate the lifting of only one of said pegging units above the writing platen.

H A further object of this invention is to provide a line'finder to facilitatethe' finding of lined positions upon the basic form and allowing the alignment of check forms with said form.

Further objects will appear from the following I detailed specification and the accompanying drawings. Referring to the drawings:

. Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the platen and the-manne in whichvarious forms are atthe pegging unit as it is preliminary to a operation. 1 1

Fig. '7 is a similar section as shown in Fig 6 showing the position of the basic record form after being placed upon the writing platen and being pegged and held in position by th'e first 'pegging unit. It also illustrates the manner in Which a secondary form is placed for alignment'upon the basic form which already had been attached upon the writing platen.

.Fig. 8 is a similar View as shown in Figs. 6 and 7" showing th'e manner in which the secondary form is pegged upon the basic form located uponthe writing platen by the operation of the secondary finger lift.

Fig. 9. is a similar view as shown in-Figs. .6, 7 and 8 showing the manner in which the first finger lift is operated to raise both pegging and aligning units when it is required to release the forms from the writing platen. I

Fig. 10jis a plan view of one end of the writing platen showing the manner in which the pegging and aligning units are attached to the device.

Fig. 11 is a detailed section taken on the line ll-I l of Fig. 2 showing the construction of th'e secondary begging and aligning unit.

Fig. 12 is a side view of the pegging and aligning units shown in Fig. 1. e

13 is a modification oi the writing platen shown in Fig. 1, showing a secondary pegging' and aligning unit attached to the opposite end of the writing platen.

Fig.14 illustrates one kind of a check and. record sheet combination .used in conjunction with a basic form and another record form utilized' on the writing platen. Fig. 15 illustrates a secondary check and record be n in which a line finder is utilized in conjunction with the check and record form combination.

Fig. 18 is a perspective view of the line finder shown in Fig. 1'7.

Fig. 19 is a section taken on the line |9-l9 of Fig. 18.

Fig. 20 is showing the manner in which the line finder shown in Figs. 1'7, 18 and 19 is attached to the writing platen by the medium of a rod. In this case the line-finder is moved up and down the writing platen and can be hinged sideways.

Referring to Fig. 1, 20 designates the writing platen. proper which consists of a platen' 2| having upon one of its ends attached thereto a pegging unit22. The pegging unit 22, which also serves as an aligning unit, comprises a fiat base 23 preferably made out of sheet metaL'. On either ends of the base 23 there are

hinge members

24 and 25 respectively. A hingeing angle-shaped

arm

26 and 21 is hinged to the

hinges

24 and 25 through the medium of a hinge pin 24a, (see Fig. 10 and Fig. 12). The hingeing arms'2B and'2'l are attached upon an elongated crossbar 28 which is a secondary pegging and aligning unit. The

arms

26 and 21 are under the influence of a pair of coil springs 29 located upon the pins 24a of either one of the

hinges

24 and 25.

The pegging unit proper 30 is placed under an upturned portion 3| of the base 23 while the other end thereof 33 has an under bent 34 which carries a number of sharppegs 33a fitting within openings 33?) upon the writing platen.

The base 23 has a bend 35 which serves as a stop against which the basic form 42 is shoved while the crossbar 23 is somewhat deformed downwardly at 36 and is alignedwith a shallow groove 36a upon the writing platen 2|. The portion 36 of the crossbar 28 has a tendency of pressing the margin of the'basic form 42 within the groove 35a to prevent said form of disengaging with the writing platen.

To operate the pegging unit 22, a finger lift 31 is attached to a hinge extension 38 upon the pegging bar or unit as and a spring shaped member 39 one end 40 being inserted under the upturned portion 3| of thebase 23 and the other end 4| being attached to the crossbar 28. The end 4| also serves as a secondary finger lift when it is required to raise the crossbar 28 aloneand independently of the pegging unit 30 (see Fig. 8)

Referring to Fig. 17, it illustrates the manner a line finder is used in conjunction with the writing platen. The line-finder 5|! has a pair of formed extension guides 5| which are fitted within a guide groove 2|a upon the writing platen 2|.

A set of holders 52 are located upon the line-- finder 5| and placed in such a manneras to allow the check and record form combination '44 to be held within said holders when it is required to align the check 44 with any of the lines upon the basic form 42. A pointer 53 on theline-finder 50"is: used to help findth'e correct number upon the. basic form 42, when lining up related forms with said basic form.

Inreference. to Fig. '20, it can be seen that in upon the basic form 42.

this case the line finder 50 has a round hollow portion 54 which is fitted upon a bar 55 that is held to the writing platen 2| by a pair of supports 56 on either side, top and bottom, of the writing platen. A finger rest 51 is also located upon the line finder 50 to allow the operator to place his finger to when moving the line-finder 50 upon the writing platen 2|.

To operate the writing platen, a basic form 42 is first placed upon the device and is shoved against the guide 35 of the base 22. In this instance the finger lift 31 is depressed all the way down as shown in Fig. 9 thus raising both, the pegging unit 30 and the secondary pegging and alignin unit 28 above the surface of the writing platen 2| and allowing the basic form 42 to be inserted under the first pegging unit and the secondary pegging unit. Once the basic form 42 is in position the finger lift 31 is released thus allowing the first pegging unit 30 to descend upon the margin'of the basic form 42 and hold same in place (see Figs. '7 and 8). After placing a carbon paper 43 upon the basic form 42 (see Fig. 4) a check and record slip combination 44 as shown in Fig. 14 is placed upon the platen 2|. It can be seen that the basic form 42 (see Fig. 3) is ruled into separate lines which are numbered consecutively" in this instance from 1 to 27, although more or less ruled lines can be printed When placing the check 44 upon the platen 2| a lined portion upon the check 44 is aligned with any one of the numbers upon the basic form 42. Upon completion of the registration, the secondary finger lift 4| is raised by the operator (see Fig. 8) until the margin M of the check 44 clears the end 3 6 of the secondary pegging'and aligning bar 28. When the margin M will lay fiat upon the platen 2| the finger lift 4| is released to fall upon the portion of the check under the secondary pegging bar 28 to hold it in pegged position.

In Fig. 14 it can be seen that the check 44 comprises a sheet of paper C which is the blank of the check proper and a secondary sheet of paper R which is a record form both being attached or laminated to each other at 44?). A pair of carbon sheets, B and B, are also laminated to the check at 442). Both carbons are of the same width but the carbon B is longer than the carbon B. While the carbon B extends over the whole length of the record form R, the carbon IB' is only long enough to fit over the record form R and under the length of the check 44.

Once the check 44 is in place, a related earnings record form 4! (see Fig. 5) which is also divided into lined portions which are numbered from 1 to 2'7, is aligned by the operator with any one of the numbers upon the basic form 42 as is desired. The outer margin M of the related form 47 is placed'upon the upper portion of the secondary pegging and aligning unit 28 until the alignment with the numbers of the basic form 42 has been accomplished. Then the bar 28 is moved upwards by the operator upon the finger lift 4| in the similar fashion as described for the check 44 and shown in Fig. 8.

upon the basic form 42, the operator is ready to record facts and figures upon the forms attached to the platen. It can be clearly seen'that the records made upon theearnings record form 41' will .moved allowing the writing platen to be used again and again. I

In reference to modification shownin Fig. 13,

the writing platen shown is utilized'in. similar manner as described for Fig. 1. In the latter case two peggingand aligning units 22 areused instead ofv one as shownin Fig. 1, otherwise the operation of the device shown in'Fig. '13 is similar to the device shown in Fig. l to Fig. 12 inclusive.

' In regard to the line finder shown in Figs. 17 to 20, it is used when it is desired to locate the position ofthe check 44 upon the writing platen.

The finger rest v! is moved upon the writing platen by sliding same with the index finger.

The foregoing detailed description of the writing platen has been given for clearness of understanding only and no unnecessary limitations should be understood therefrom, but it should be construed as broadly as permissible in view of the 1 prior. art.

The writing platen herein illustrated and de,

scribed is confined tov certainv structural details. I do not wish to limit myself to such details, but

7 upon said secondary finger lift facilitating the rigid finger lift, said secondary finger lift having an arch-shape formation and acting as a spring, one end of said arch being secured to the middle portion of said first bar thexother end being secured to said secondary bar; the lifting operation raising of the first bar, and the lifting operation of said. rigid finger lift facilitating the raising of both of said bars in said pair of pegging units above said platen for allowing the insertion of a printed forms under the bars aforesaid.

2. A platen, of the class described for aligning printed forms including a pair of pegging units desire to cover all forms and arrangements, be-

L ing only limited by the scope of the appendin claims. I

Having now described my invention what I claim is: v

1; A platen foraligning printed formsincluding a pair of pegging units hingeably attached thereto, each one of said pegging units in-said pair, comprising an elongated bar, the first of said bars in said pair being secured to a pair of levers, coil springs'included and acting, against said levers, said levers being hinged atboth ends thereof to said platen, the other elongatedbar in said pair being hingeably held thereto and having a substantially rigid finger lift for raising said Pe ging unit above said platen; said rigid finger lift being securedly'held to said secondary bar, a secondary finger lift also included for raising the first elongated bar in said pair, said secondary finger lift being located above and over said for pegging said forms upon said platen, said pegging units comprising a pair of elongated bars, a pair of levers included, one end of each of said levers being attached to the extreme end of one of said bars insaid pair, the other end of said levers forming a hingeand being hinged at both ends thereof to said platen, and being under the in- I fiuence of a pair of springs included in said platen; a substantially rigid finger lift also included for raising both of said pegging units above said platen for allowing the insertion of printed forms under said pegging bars, and a secondary finger lift for raising only one of said pair of bars; said secondary finger lift being bent in an arc and being positioned above rigid finger lift, said secondary finger lift comprising a flat spring member one end thereof being attached to the middle portion of one said bar the other end to the other bar in said pair.

3. A platen for aligning printed forms or the like including a pair of pegging units hingeably' held thereon, said pegging units comprising a pair of elongated bars and being U-shaped in cross section; a finger lift included for raising both of said bars, said finger lift comprising a square-shaped wire loop; a secondary fingerlift alsoincluded for raising only one of said pair of units above said platen, said secondary finger lift comprising a flat elongated member and being bent in an are, one end of said are being held to the middle portion of one bar and the other end to the midportion of the other, said .fiat member passing between said loop of said finger lift; said member acting as a spring, the spring action of said secondary member facilitating the pegging down and holding of said forms under said pegging units.

JOSEPH ZALKIlND.