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Dec. 6, 1949 R. N. WARD ET AL REGISTER Filed Feb. 25, 1946 INVENTDR I vDec. 6, 1949 R. N. WARD ET AL 2,490,390

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REGISTER Filed Feb. 25, 1946' 4 Sheets-Sheet 336 INVENTUR ROBERT N. WARD HERMEAN E SADGEBURY ELTTURNEIS Dec. 6, 1949 R. N. WARD ET AL 1 2,490,390

REGISTER Filed Feb. 25, 1946 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 FIGJZ INVENTUR ROBERT N. WARD Meg /m F SADGEBURY ywfw HTTDENEFHS Patented Dec. 6, 1949 REGISTER Robert N. Ward and HermanF. Sadgebury,.l)ayton, Ohio, assignors to The EgryBegister Company, Dayton, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application February 25, 1946, Serial No. 649,880 3 Claims. (01. 282-l6) This invention relates to paper handling machinery and, particularly, to registers such as counter registers employed for recording individual sales.

- One object of this invention is to provide a construction ofsuch, a register in which the paper handling mechanism may be removed as a unit and mounted in another frame if desired.

'Anotherobjectis to provide a register having alcase, and operating equipment therein which is mounted on asubframe that is removed from and inserted into the case as an integral unit.

Still another object is to provide a register having a case and a removable paper handling unit therein that is divided into two compartments.

"Still another object is to provide a register according to theforegoing objects in which carbon paper is supplied between the sheets passing through the register from a compartment within the case of the register.

'A still further object is to provide an improved means 'for disengaging the paper feed rolls from the paper to permit alignment of the paper and to permit the paper to be removed or inserted.

These and other objects and advantages will become -more apparent upon reference to the iollowing description and accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 isa perspective of a register according to this invention as it would appear in operation;

Figure 2 isa View similar to Figure 1 but showing the register open;

"Figure 3 is a longitudinal section taken substantially in the plane 3-3-3 as indicated on ll V I Fi'giire 4 is a transverse view taken substantially along the line 4-4 fof Figure 3;

, Figure S is A {plan view over the register with portions thereof reinoved;

rie is a viewtaken substantially along the me '6"'6 'of,F gl re 5.and shows the mannerof iig the carbon paper between the record 7: igur'e ji's a fragmentary view showing how the gma'l and duplicate of the written sheets are Figure 9 "i s. a If3fi1entary showing the g 2 means for locking the register in a closed pojsion; r. Figure 10 is an enlarged view'illustrating the paper feed rolls;

Figure 11 is a fragmentary view taken on the line H-I l of Figure 5 showing thefdrive between the shaft of the crank and the paper rolls; r

Figure 12 is a view taken on the.line l?'l2 of Figure 5 and showing the mechanism ier separating the paper-feed rolls when it'is desired to release the paper fro'm them;and L Figures 13 and 14' are views illustrating mechanism for stopping the paper aligning pris in operative position and' or releasing them when aieeding movement is commenced i N1 Referring to the drawings, andp rticularly to Figures 1 through 5, a register constructed according to this invention comprises an outer ca s e generally indicated at II] which includes a lidl2 pivoted, at M and enclosing the duplicate c995 compartment. The case also has a lid 16 pivoted at i8 and enclosing a compartment containing a supply of form to be used. Also pivoted at 18 is'a writing table 20 over which the-papersto be written on are drawn by a paper .feed mecha-. nism generally indicated at .22. Access: to the forms-is had through an aperturei l in'theylid I6, the aperture being of such a size. thatathe entire form may be inscribed if necessary without moving the paper.

To supply carbon for transferring the written information to the duplicate or duplicates in the machine there is provided a pair of brackets as at 26 and '28 supported on the inside oifone side wall of the register case "land detachably supporting a carbon feed roll 30. As seen in Figure 6 the carbon sheets 32 may be drawn frpin the carbon feed roll 3q and passedbetweenthe paper sheets 34 and thence to the exterior of the case at the other side. At the saidother side there is a bar 3'6 which is pivoted at 3B and latched at its other end by a spring pressed latch 4!). The bar 35' may be releasedso that "the end of the carbon sheets may be grasped and ia new writing area drawn across the ta'ble 2H. 'I'l iereafter, the bar 36 is returned to its Figure-irresition and serves as atearing edge for removin the used carbon. l'lhe writing table 20 is sup- P ed i t W i p si o by r Si neat QIi side on the bracket 26 and at the other-side on a pair of tabs 42 which are turned out fro1n a bar l i secured to the side wallof the case i0. 1 After the forms have passed through the; paper feed mechanism at 22, they may be divided as shown in Figures 3 and '7, by the edge 46 of the lid I2 so that one or more thereof passes through to the outside of the register and one or more thereof will fall inside the register. The forms which pass out of the register may be torn off against a suitable edge and disposed of as desired.

The forms are supplied to the writing table 20 from the supply compartment through an aperture 48 in the said table and over a roller 50 which prevents the folds in the forms from snagging on the edge of the table 20.

The supply compartment is generally indicated at 52 while the compartment which receives the written duplicates is generally indicated at 54. A divider plate 56 which has a paper guiding portion at 58 separates the compartments one from the other while a channel-shaped or U-shaped sub-frame indicated at 60 and having the side walls 62 and 64 forms the bottom and side walls for the said compartments.

The sub-frame 60 together with the divider plate 56 are secured to the casing I by suitable detachable means such as the nuts and bolts indicated at 66. By removing the nuts and bolts the entire sub-frame may be lifted from the register case as a unit.

To further unify the mechanism which is removable from the case, the sub-frame 60 supports the paper feed mechanism 22. The said feed mechanism comprises an upper roll 68' and a lower roll I0 which are drivingly connected by the gears I2. As best seen in Figure 10, the lower roll I0 has its ends journaled in a pair of plates I4 that are rigidly mounted on the side walls of the sub-frame. The upper roll 66 has the ends of its shaft journaled in the plates 16 which lie against the plates 14 and are reciprocable relative thereto in a vertical direction. The screws, springs and nuts shown at I0 continuously urge the bars I6 downwardly and thus urge the rolls into paper gripping position. Access may be had to the aforementioned nuts through apertures 80 in the register case so that the thrust of the springs may be adjusted.

The lower feed roll I0 is driven through a gear train, as shown in Figure 11, forming shaft 82 connected with the crank 84 which is secured to the said shaft externally of the case I0. The

first gear in the gear train has associated therewith a ratchet 86 which is pivoted on the side wall 64 of the sub-frame 60 and engages with the said gear in order to permit rotation thereof in one direction only. This gear train is indicated at B8 and drives directly into the lower of the gears "I2. It will be noted that the lower of the gears I2, that is the one connected with the feed roll 10, is considerably larger than the gear I2 connected with the feed roll 68. Thus, the feed roll 68 operates at a greater speed and is correspondingly smaller.

For aligning the paper at the end of each feeding operation, the shaft of the feed roll 68 mounts a pair of sleeves 90 that include the roller tipped plungers 92 which lie directly in the path of the file holes 94. in the paper forms. Friction clutch means at 96 serve continuously to urge the sleeves 90 to rotate with the feed roll 68. Each of the sleeves 90 carries at its outer end a cam portion 98, better seen in Figures 13 and 14. The cams are substantially aligned with the pins 92 and are of such a size that they will engage the lower of the feed roll shafts and separate the said rolls when in their Figure 13 position, In this position a latch arm I00 which is secured to cross shaft I02 carried in the sub-frame engages and halts rotation of the said sleeves.

One of the arms I00 has connected therewith a spring I04 which continuously urges the saidarms to engage the cams and the one of the arms adjacent the first of the drive gears 88 has a surface as at I06 adapted for engagement by a pin I08 carried by the said gear. When the pin I08 engages the surface I06, the cams 98 are released and permit the sleeves to rotate with the shaft of the feed roll 68.

To insure that the feed rolls will always stop in their Figure 13 position, the crank 84 connected with the shaft 82 has a stop pin III] that is carried on a plate H2. The stop pin II 0 lies normally in position to be engaged by a stop pin I I4 on the case I0, and this engagement comes about when the parts are in their Figure 13 position. Thereafter, when it is desired to feed paper the plate H2 is moved to disengage the pins H0 and H4 and the crank 84 is turned until the pins again abut.

By the arrangement set forth above, the roll 58 and the sleeves 90 rotate more rapidly than r011 I0 and bring the plungers 92 into engagement with the form a substantial period of time before the file holes therein reach the said plungers. Thereafter, the sleeves 90 remain stationary until the file holes become aligned with the said plungers, whereupon the sleeves 90 again rotate until they are halted in their Figure 13 position. This accurately aligns the forms in the same position each time the crank is operated.

To separate the feed rolls manually, th plates 16 and I4 are connected by an eccentric mechanism at Il6 which is operated by lever H8. The reciprocable plates I6 have an elongated slot I20 therein such that the plate I6 reciprocates freely in normal operation but is lifted to separate the feed rollers when the arm H8 is manually rotated. By means of this mechanism the rollers may be separated to permit the paper to be initially fed in or to be removed from the machine.

The minimum spacing of the feed rollers are limited by cooperating collars as at I22 carried at each end of the shafts and adapted for engagement to prevent wearing contact of one of the feed rollers on the other.

When the register is in its closed position the lid I2 is supported by the edge of the frame 10 and the lid I6 is supported on the lid I2 by means of the pins I24 carried by the said lid I6 and overlying the edge of the lid I2. To retain the register closed, the lid I6 comprises dependent portions I26 which are apertured to receive the latches I20 that are pivoted on a cross shaft I30. At one side of the register there is an arm I32 having a nose which engages the back of the latch member I28 on that side. The arm I32 also comprises a roller adapted for engagement with the plunger of a lock mechanism I34. When the lock is locked, the arm I32 is rotated thereby to urge the latch member I28 into engagement with the depending portions I26. When the lock is unlocked, a spring I36 withdraws the latch members and nermits the lids to be opened.

The copy sheets which are delivered to the compartment 54 normally fall into their proper folded position and are assisted in this by the bail I38 which is suspended from the lid I2. However, should the copies not fold correctly into the compartment or should the compartment become too full to receive other copies, a second 5 ball I40 is also suspended from the lid and is adapted for movement by a knurled thumb wheel M2 to compress the pack to permit further sheets to be supplied thereto.

To facilitate the removal of the record pack in the compartment 54 there is a thin metallic sheet as at I44 which extends from the divider plate 56 to overlie the lower lid I2. Then, when the lid 12 is opened, the record pack is lifted from the floor of its compartment and may readily be grasped to be removed.

It will be seen that this invention provides for a register of the counter type which is readily loaded and unloaded, which maintains the paper properly aligned at all times, and which has the operating mechanism thereof independently supported in a sub-frame which is detachable from the register case. By this last provision, the paper handling mechanism may be readily adapted to forms of difierent lengths or mounted in cases of difierent design, or finished as a unit to be inserted in a case according to the individual preference of the user.

It will be understood that this invention is susceptible to modification in order to adopt it *I to different usages and conditions and, accordingly, it is desired to comprehend such modifications within this invention as may fall Within the scope of the appended claims.

We claim:

1. In an autographic register comprising an outer case having a base, ends, side walls and a movable lid, a pivoted writing table located beneath said lid, a sub-frame having a base extending along said case base and having side walls lying in spaced parallel relationship to said case side walls, means for removably attaching said case and sub-frame to each other, a partition in said sub-frame dividing the same into paper supply and paper receiving compartments, paper feed means carried by said sub-frame including rollers, gearing mounted on one of said sub-frame side Walls, and a crank having a shaft extending through said last named side walls and drivingly connected to said gearing, said subframe having open ends and said paper feed means being mounted substantially midway between the open ends of said sub-frame 2. In an autographic register comprising an outer case having a base, ends, side Walls and a movable lid, a pivoted writing table located beneath said lid, a sub-frame having a base extending along said case base and having side walls lying in spaced parallel relationship to said case side walls, said sub-frame being of channel shape and extending substantially the length and height of said outer case, means for removably attaching said case and sub-frame to each other, a partition in said sub-frame dividing the same into paper supply and paper receiving compartments, paper feed means carried by said subframe includin rollers, gearing mounted on one of said sub-frame side walls, and a crank having a shaft extending through said last named side walls and drivingly connected to said gearing, said sub-frame having open ends and said paper feed means being mounted substantially midway between the open ends of said subframe.

3. In an autographic register comprising an outer case having a base, ends, side walls and a movable lid, a pivoted writing table located beneath said lid, a sub-frame having a base extending along said case base and having side walls lying in spaced parallel relationship to said case side walls, means for removably attaching said case and sub-frame to each other, a partition in said sub-frame dividing the same into paper supply and paper receiving compartments, paper feed means carried by said sub-frame including rollers, gearing mounted on one of said subframe side walls, and a crank having a shaft extending through said last named side walls and drivingly connected to said gearing, said sub-frame having open ends and said paper feed means being mounted substantially midway between the open ends of said sub-frame.

ROBERT N. WARD. HERMAN F. SADGEBURY.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,865,394 Schultz June 28, 1932 2,106,520 Cooke Jan. 25, 1938 2,178,036 Euth Oct. 31, 1939 2,219,389 Howe Oct. 29, 1940 2,457,807 Davidson et al. Jan. 4, 1949 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 153,778 Switzerland June 16, 1932 644.510 Germany May 5, 1937

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