US2656198A - Register apparatus for producing manifolded business records - Google Patents

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. W. D. WINDERS REGISTER APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING MANIFOLDED BUSINESS RECORDS Oct. 20, 1953 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Nov. 27, 1950 Fl I113.

INVENTOR ZUL'ZZiam fizzle winders ATTORNEY W. D. REGISTER APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING WINDERS Oct. 20, 1953 656,198

MANIFOLDED BUSINESS RECORDS 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Nov. '27, 1950 INVENTOR William fiai (0522026225 l 11: IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII II a? IIIII v IN I LU P I IUHUUUU I UH lllllllllll llll II A I.

ATTORNEY w. D. WINDERS 2,656,198 REGISTER APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING MANIFOLDED BUSINESS RECORDS Oct. 20, 1953 Filed Nov. 27, 1950 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Fl [3. E.

v U INVENTOR ZZJrJZZzam Dale winders ATTORNEY enema from -1"ev01ub1e mile, the latte? *bemg Patented Get. 20, 1953 EG QEER QPW ESEQ EEBQQUQ 'JHANHKJLDED BUSINESS RECORDS lbuiness ltraI- saetions. Me re perticulai ly fihe ipneseritLinvention prmiides a register senstit itigngf tan Limprovement the -appea egt -is -fo1=th --in tproyiflemnfimprovei entry-mam-iflding register empleying a -mevab le impi ession-tramsferri g web oarried'hy andeiitending hetwee'n removable rplls mountefl in @the ef the registe'n, and whenein .iarpvisien ris made for bringing into regz-istn-y with the web and each other -a.= -pai r ef-sepamble reaord reeeiving sheets, Kane ei the-sheets being placed above the-web andheld im-desired tregistration with a second sheet placed doeneath the web, whereby -in-seri-ptiens applied to the top *sheet or record ere Simultaneously appliedte the web and underlying sheet er -sheets it isenethe-r-ebj ect of the invention to prbv i'de an improved ;means in a, register of this GHET- acterior locking the :imptessibh-tfansfrT-inQ RKreb within the eonfinesef the machine, that while the web is retained in the machine, dnsci ip'tiohs applied thereto ean "not, without *detebtion, be altered er varied from the insdriptiohs or mej'rk- .ings applied thereto tram a superbesefl and Te- :movame trecord reeeivin'g sheet It -is-another-bbjeet M the ihfilentioh t6 zpreviiie a'register -01- aoceunting machine "of this nature in which the roll=mfinted 'a 'mi impressi'tm 'te- 'ceiving "and transmitting Web is s1 i ppbrted "within the eonfines of the outer =-ca;sing "of the meaehihe in a sliding drawer; the latter =bein held hormally-against movement by =2, key 'aetuateii teek the-same me? be moved to an: epen zpos'itioh eutside the :hmits (if the casing, in which the iis'feb and its assoeietted tal-1s will be ieadily :evaimme s nd eonveniently accessible foi re'mcvesl 'ahd 1 ezplacement. I

:'A fur-the! ubject f the invention is to p'ibvide an improved manually fihbftflld k55 actuated means in a machine bf "the "ehetacter set forth for efiecting the wimmg fetnfl lihwl-hfliiig of an impression-receiving and trfifismi tt web sup- 1 Web --is advanced.

ei iassq fl te w ma hine f -ir ;t eklm qia "wee??? bi w th t bon web removable tap and bbttfih'i recdfifdl -1 eeei ving 5 s. h y.ri s rip iq er aqe i ie p inve qtiqr tp firoh w r 1 Qhtflghngwemqvabl'eytop gm i bqttgq LIQCQI'd-T qe g-sheets onfieacwside ein i n pressiq lffiia ihg irehjohribbonpso the a he ime:iaal ld-i t i t n" ib n zl mfie on ei-t fexpgsed 'reqprdsheet, the three p er iaily sepeiga ted recq d receiving mem'bers Pehehigtggetherfln;defir ite elationshtpfienfi goiing ihscigiptiqns ;app1ie 1:to the first or-top sheet, tp beylegi'blytransmitted to two or fnere mgderlyingsheets. v .t

-a -=fu -ther-;objept i the" inventionzissto ggmmfieen eqeount mainteimng machine of-the ehw aqteicset forth in ;which ruled: recbrds'heets op-cares having definite entry reeerving spaces flnflpoxes ape epi ovidedjand *wheiein piovision is V matte the construqtion "of the machihe for aeeui atelyregistering thewpade's or boxs on a i'ecord sheet pqsiti'oned eunder "an impressiontransmitting Web "with desired "entry rebeiving .s qees orbexe's "present (in"an"uppersheet.

Thepresentinventitsmturthei a-ims toixii-prove 'econgi-keeping apparatus of the *-'cha'rtctei-' -'Set gor th- -si mplifying-the-mechanical *cor'xstrutibn thegeqf, rengiering suehappliances-more*pdsitive n t i1" i eehenicagl operetioi end"eonvehient'te q imlw te -provide greater =-protection the eeprd -regeivir g sheets, webs or eards em'pibyed eg ir eetior therewith pysreventing "tampero r ether na thoi ized ,;mantpuiation there- 12h, and. to improve generaHy-appamtus of this l, t I E6; firther understanding of theinventidn,

3 tional view on the line IV-IV of Fig. 1, the scale of the figure being greater than that of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view taken through the register and disclosing the roll upon which the carbon record-receiving and transmitting web is wound in the operation of the machine. In this figure there is also disclosed the manually operated key for rotating the web-winding roll;

Fig. 6 is a vertical traverse sectional view on the line VI--VI of Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 is a similar view on the line VII-VII of Fig. 5;

Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of the rollwinding key;

Fig. 9 is a plan view of the upper record sheet or card used in connection with the register of the present invention;

Fig. 10 is a similar view of the lower recordreceiving sheet or card used in association with the register of the present invention and over which the carbon impression-transmitting web is passed;

Fig. 11 is a detail plan view disclosing on a larger scale the latch held apertured hinge plate utilized in the present invention for holding record sheets in manifolding relationship.

The present invention provides a mechanical.

aid in the keeping of accurate records in fiscal systems of the type in which customers of business concerns are provided with an account record, usually in the form of a book, sheet or card, while the management of such a concern retains a record in the form of a ledger sheet or card for each customer, the entries on which corresponding with those made on the customers account sheet or card. When a customer makes a purchase or payment, the two record sheets or cards are adapted to be placed in adjacent relationship with a web of carbon paper or the like placed between them, so that an entry made on a card or'sheet occupying an uppermost position will be transmitted to the carbon web and thence to the underlying sheet or card. In this system three records are made simultaneously: first, the entry on the customers sheet; second, an entry on an impression-receiving and transmitting car bon-type webbing, and, third, a webbing-transmitted impression on the underlying management-retained ledger card or sheet.

In carrying out this system, the impressionreceiving and transmitting webbing involves a pair of superposed carbon paper strips, one strip being placed above the other in registering but separable relationship, so that an impression imparted to the upper strip of the webbing, as by marking on a superposed record sheet or card, will be transmitted and inscribed on the upper surface of the under strip of the webbing. In addition, the said under strip serves to transmit the same impression to a ledger card or sheet placed in the machine beneath the webbing.

In accordance with the present invention, the

customers sheet or card is retained by the cus-.

tomer and presented at intervals to the management of a business concern for the purpose of having business-recording entries made thereon. The complemental ledger card retained by the management is also individually filed, but is withdrawn from its file by the management upon presentation by the customer of his card or sheet for entry-making purposes. The two cards or sheets are then paced in the register of the present invention, with the customers card or sheet overlying the managements ledger card or sheet, and the carbon webbing arranged between the same, whereby to reduce simultaneously the manifold and records above described.

Further, the present invention provides a register in which the carbon webbing, composed of the two adjoining carbon strips, each of which having the inscription-transferring material coated on its under surface, is retained in a locked manner in the confines of the machine, so that the record afforded by the carbon webbing may be removed from the machine by an authorized or key-provided person and analyzed for information independently of the entries appearing on the management retained ledger card or cards, whereby a daily receipts record is produced by the notations on the carbon webbing, which may be readily totaled at the end of a given business period.

Further, the present invention provides a register which is convenient to use in carrying out the above-described system of account keeping. In this regard, the machine embodies an outer casing in which is slidably mounted an associated drawer member, web-receiving rolls being rotatably supported in the opposite ends of the drawer member, the rolls receiving the ends of the carbon paper webbing, so that a length of the webbing, existing between the rolls, may be presented to the top of the machine for insertion between the customers and managements account cards, the top of the machine involving an improved pocket structure by which tampering with the records produced by the machine is rendered difficult or impossible and wherein provision is made for adjusting the lower account card received within the pocket relative to the upper or customers card, so that entries may be made on the proper space or spaces adapted for receiving the same on the under or ledger card.

The register comprises, in one of its preferred embodiments, an outer boxing or casing I5 which embodies vertical, longitudinally extending, parallel side walls I6l6, end walls I! and I8, a horizontally disposed top wall I9 and horizontal bottom flanges 20, the latter being turned inwardly and laterally, in this instance, from the lower edges of the side wall I6 and the end wall I1.

The end wall I8 is preferably in the form of a door, the same being hinged to one end of the top wall I9 as at 2I, while the lower or free end of the door carries desirably a key-actuated lock 22, the movable keeper 23 of which, as shown in Fig. 3 and when actively positioned, holds the door against unauthorized opening movement.

Internally, the boxing or casing is braced by vertical transversely extending rigid partition members 24. The top wall I9 may be provided along its outer edges with depending flanges 25, which are adapted to be suitably fastened to the upper edge portions of the side walls I6 and, also, the front wall II. Forming a stationary component part of the boxing or casing I 5 are internally positioned spaced longitudinally extending casing I5 is a web-receiving drawer 28.

guide strips 26 and 21, these strips being carried in connection with the outer side wall I 6 and the upper ends of the partition members 24, as indicated in Fig. 2.

Mounted for sliding movement in the boxing or The drawer embodies vertically disposed, longitudinally extending, parallel and transversely spaced side plates 2929. These plates are united at their ends by transversely extending rigidly oined partitions 30 which, in association with the side plates 2929, provide in the opposite ende ertheidirawerrclkreeeiving chambers 3i and 32. The side plates lfi andtheipartitinsiifl'also effett the 'Jshpport and have 'z'rigidly associated therewith; a herizbntally .dispesed base panel 33.

This panel is formed marginally with upstanding iflanges indicated at '34 to which "are Welded, 6r otherwise s'ecured; to the under surfaces of a longitudinally extending drawer plate eiithe latter having its'eutef longitudinal edges supported with sliding movement in guide slots '36 provided longitudinal-ly the-casing of the register by spaces formed between the upper sin-faces "df'the stripsitand theunder surfaces of the top wa1-1 f9.

It will be :noted that the inner longitudinal edges of the runnei members are 'dispesed above and :in spaced relation to "the upper "stirraces of the horizontal panel member 33 of the :'drawer, soithat a space is provided betvveenthese parts betweenwhichi'a removable 'bttofii reofidreeeiving-sheet or card '3 is-aadapted' to be placed, with "the card *restingon :theupper surface at the :pariel inember 38.

The 'c'ard 3 1 is "insertedlfrom the right :side 61 the machine, as thesla'tter -is viewed in ig. l.- In this respect, the right longitudinal :eiige ef the L-t'op wall 18 :is longitudinally recessed "at 33, thereby forming the entrance portion of seatsi'eceivingpockt P Bin "whih the sheet er card 3? is posi tiched horilzdzitally for both lateral longitudinal adjustment; The guide strip 2-? iprov-ide's a ihor i'zontal ledge -39 on the r t' of the machine on which the outer portion of the card =31 rests, the remainder er the card resting when in thejpocketrori tlie' panel'iiienibe'i' 33; In registration with the ledge as; the panel 33 is termed with a downturfied llip so that the hard 13'! is insei tedinto the pcket, afterzthe card passes overthe ledgeae the lip EB will s'erv'e to :g' uide the same into engagement with the p .per' suriaee of the panel :33, for lateral advance- :ment over the top of said panel and until the opposite "longitudinal edgeof 'thecai d 37 gages with the upstanding invement limitin'g :fiaiige 34, shown at thelleft of Fig. 2.

Rotatably mounted in the rell ehamher -31 i's a roll orspool 4 i To the tubular 'axialtc'o're of this roll or spool there is secured one end of an "inripression-receiving and transmitting c'cm web 42, the web being wrapped spirally aioun'c l the roll or spool; ras'show-n 'in l ig. *3. The tim posits Web ecmp'rises a pair of paper 5 disposed in registering superposed :relatieris'hip. The upper of ithese's'trips, indicated at 42a, as its upper surface coated Witha eartoncrsiinnar impression=transferring n'iediuni, and the sewer strip 421: issim-ilarlyfermed; except that the up persurface of the lewervstrip preferably possesses a light coloration, so that the same may constitutealrecord, the latter being produced :by the earbonorllike coating applied to the under sur .i'ace of the upper strip 42a, andwhich-isflinrinti mate contact with the togreeord-receiving surface of the lower strip 4219. These strips are haiidld as a unit, that is; as a "single ribbon when the same are in the maehine; but upon the removal of the Webbingirom the machine, the strips ma be separated, the upper strip being discarded, if desired, While the lower strip is :re- 'tained for the data present on the upper surface thereof; From the roller spool 4 l; the composite web 12 is advanced over astationary stall 'l'dcat'ed in the chamber 3 i; and which wall the tee is maintained iri tribtie'nal contact a spri e ijiiiesse'd :hiri'gedlgi' movable M; After being inFig. 9 of the drawings.

G 'tiainedbetween the'itall 13 and the bar 64, the Web is directed angiilarly'upwardly andits lorrgitudinal marginal edges are received in guide channels '45: These channel's are formed between the inner longitudinal 'edg'esof the runner members 35 and' theund'r surfaces of thettpwall I 9 of the outer casing; as disclosed mor'epar ti'cular ly in Fig 2. The intermediate portions? the :web :is thus disposed in a sustanti'ally horrz'ontal plai-ie, and passed immediately "beneath "the top wall 1 9 "and above the top panel '33 "of the drawer :28, the under' surfaces hf the 'WGb being disposed above the top surface of the wanes so that thepocket P for the rebeptiomof the ledger card 3'! is :fornied in the top of the machine.

'I h-is pocket possesses a tfons'ide'rably greater length than the "bard-3?, so that the latter ma?! be adjusted longitudinally in "the pocket to bring the entry=receiviiig boxes or spaces there'onint'o vertical registry with those "appearing 'on'a 'us tomerfs record card er sheet ityshown detail The merchanth ledger card 3'! possesses a greater width than -the eu's tomers record card or sheet a's will be ebs'erved by comparing :Fi'gs. Sand -10. The wider ledger cardd l projects eutwa'r'dly through tl'ieopenside '38 of the pocket, where its outer edge may be grasped for "manipulation;

Preferably, the ledger ears :3? bears at the this thereof spaeesm in which to enter the name "and address of the iiszntcni'er and also the assigned number which the account 6f the custoriier hears. 'Snnilarispa-ees and accounthumber's appear ates at the top of the custohlefis card =56;

Beneath the heading on each of these cards, there appears spaced parallel horitontally extending ruled lines "69; which are intersected by spaced parallel vertically-extending celumh=fcrfii= i'ng lines 55]; the lines wand 58 producing colui'hiis of boxes 5! for appropriate entries on these record cards'Or-shee'ts. Foreiiai'nple, the dates-of various" business transactions, charges Iina'de against the custoi'rier; credits or payments made "by the customer and the balance of a ae= count following'theentry of said credits or debits. As shown at the right of Fig. 10, a column is provided allowing tor the consecutive numbering of each of the boxes 01:;spaees appearing between the horizontal lines 49. In Big. 10-, this colun n of consecutive numbers is indicated at 5 2, and is diSpSsd at the extreme right of the ledger card :37, w lereasthe cenespcading colufnn 0 f numbers 53 crime custom is ears or" sheet is dis closed at the left there-er; These numbered ee1- are prc'ii idd rcpeenvenienee in effectin -the registration of said spaces or box'es the ledger ea'r a v'vith hose'on the-eustomefsca "Te lidldthe steiners place wl .l eiitii' is bein'g-iiiade thereon, i-use'a coverplate 54, which is "of rectangular ierm'aticn and the length of which is but a fractional earths thatof theouter casing of the inaelrine assheiiih in Fig. 1; :In instance, theplate 5d is-hinged as at55=in connection with a-staticnary base leaf 56 0f the hinge which is fastened to the upper surface of the topwall i9. -Aeoil -spri-ng 51 may surround the pintle er the hinge 55 for the lpur vpose of moving the cover plate normally in an upward direction witl'i respect to the upper surof the top wall it, A spring-pressed latch t slidabli'z in ritee in a heusin 59 is also in A p '9' to 1661; or hold the eover plate in its doiiin pcs IOi'i. when the latc'his released engagement with the sage 6f the cover plate -t he latter s eves upwardly under the innuencecr the s ring ti, s'c that card 48 may be placed on the top of the machine in an applied operative position, or removed from said position.

The cover plate is formed to include an inscription-admitting opening 69 and plate with a registering opening 600., so that appropriate entries may be made on the proper spaces alloted therefor on the customers card, and, through the carbon webbing, transmitted simultaneously to the lower record strip of such webhing and the ledger card 37. At the left of the opening or slot 69, there is provided an aperture 6| in the cover plate which is adapted to register with one of the numbers provided in the vertical column of figures 53 shown at the left of the card 3'! in Fig. 9, whereby to designate to the bookkeeper or teller which of the horizontal spaces of the ledger card is in registry for entry-receiving purposes with the opening 66.

Similarly, the base leaf 5% of the cover plate I hinge, the top plate E9 of the outer casing, and the guide strip 26, shown at the right of Fig. 2, are formed with vertically registering sight openings or apertures 62. The apertures 62 are adapted to register vertically with any one figure appearing in the column 52 of Fig. 10, so that the bookkeeper or teller will by noting the number on the card 31 in registry with the apertures 62 be enabled to determine immediately the box or space on the card 37 which will receive the entry inscription. Due to the length of the pocket P, the card 31 may be adjusted in said pocket to bring a desired space on the ledger card into registry with the opening or aperture 62.

In the roll chamber 32 of the drawer member 28, there is provided a winding spool or roll 53. The latter is adapted to receive the outer or free end of the carbon paper webbing G2 which is wound thereabout as it is withdrawn from the roll or spool 4|, the webbing being advanced longitudinally a limited distance for each entry made on the account sheets 3! and 48, enabling a clear and legible record to appear on the upper surface of the lower strip member 42b of the webbing.

To effect rotation of the roll or spool $3, I find it advantageous in the interests of mechanical simplicity to do so through the operation of a manually rotated key shown at 64.

hub on the outer end of which a fingerengaging bar 66 is carried to rotate the stem, the bar 65 being disposed exteriorly of the machine casing, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5. In the latter figure of the drawings, it will be observed that the stem of the key, adjacent its cylindrical hub 65, is formed with an annular groove 61 and a, section 68 which is square or polygonal in transverse cross section. By the squared region 58, the stem is formed with a diametrically reduced cylindrical section 69, which passes through an opening in formed in one of the side walls 29 of the drawer member, so that the extension may be positioned in a telescoping manner within one end of the tubular longitudinally extending core ll of the roll or spool 63, as shown more particularly in Figs. 5 and '7. The core H is additionally supported by means of an elongated cylindrical stud 12 which projects stationarily from a wall 29 of the drawer member disposed opposite to that through which the extension 69 projects, the

extension 69 when operatively positioned, as in- This key is formed to provide a stem having a cylindrical dicated in Fig; 5, being arranged in longitudinal alignment with the stud 12.

To unite the free end of the carbon webbing with the core 1 l, the latter is formed on its outer surface with a longitudinally extending groove 13, in which the free end of the carbon webbing is positioned and locked. Such locking is produced by providing the stem of the key 64 with an elongated finger M, which enters the groove 13 and resiliently presses on the free end of the carbon webbing to hold the same securely against accidental displacement in said groove, and so that by rotating the key, corresponding rotation will be imparted to the hub or spool 83, and the carbon webbing wrapped thereabout.

To hold the webbing against return movement, there is mounted on the squared section 68 of the key 54 the elongated hub 15 of a ratchet wheel 16, the hub 15 being provided with a squared or polygonal socket to receive the key section 68 and rotate in unison with the latter. The peripheral teeth of the ratchet wheel 16 cooperate with a spring-pressed pawl T! which is pivotally mounted on the outer end of a pin 19 projecting stationarily in a horizontal and inward direction from a tubular bearing sleeve 89 which is carried by one of the casing walls I-S. In this instance, the sleeve 88 is formed with an opening 8| through which projects the depending nose 82 of a detent 83. This detent is pivotally mounted as at 84 on the partition 30 and is spring-pressed as at 85 so that the nose end 82 thereof will be received in the annular groove 6? of the key 64 when the latter is operatively positioned in the machine, as disclosed more particularly in Figs. 5 and 6. With the nose 82 in the key groove 67, the key will be locked against accidental withdrawal from the machine. However, when the end door I8 of the casing is opened by key actuation of the lock 22, the detent will be accessible, so that it may be manually raised, released from engagement with the groove 6'! and the key removed, facilitating the operation of removing and replacing the carbon webbing.

In order to maintain the webbing and the cards 31 and 38 in relatively close engagement with each other, at the time an entry is made on the uppermost record, the table-forming panel 43 of the drawer in registry with the slot or inscription-receiving opening Gil, when the drawer is actively positioned in the casing, is formed with a raised region 86, as shown more particularly in Figs. 2 and 4. The raised region 86 elevates the card 31 correspondingly, bringing the same closer to the under surface of the lower strip of the carbon paper webbing. Similarly, the marginal edges bounding the opening 60 of the cover plate are inwardly and downwardly curved, as indicated at 81, so that when the cover plate is in its lower position, and retained by the latch 58 on the top of a record card 46, the latter is locally depressed so that it is held in relatively close relationship with the upper surface of the top strip of the webbing d2, assuring the application of the entry inscribed on the top sheet to the webbing and the lower record card.

I claim:

1. In a manifolding register; a casing formed with a horizontal top wall having an inscriptionproducing opening formed therein; a carbon paper-carrying frame removably positioned in said casing; spooling devices removably and rotatably supported in longitudinally spaced relation in the ends of said frame, said devices holding a recorderepeivingi and; iHSQIi-HfiQIleH-ififlSffilfia tin =aarbc1rpaper webbing, rotation at said-deg vicestsetvine o move saidxwebbing under the. opening, in the toptwall of said; casing; guide, means; including a. table. plate; carried by. said gamaandalone the webbing is advanced lime1 1?ndinally,, and horizontally .when. being passed from one of: said spoolingdevices to the;

other; a base panelz arranged helowsaid: guide means and forming a part of said frame, said base panel beiii'g spaod fidmsaidguide means and table plate to form a pocket in the frame which penstatonesi enfrsa clcasin i amavahleclamping plate carried by the top of said casing, said clamping plat sei viiigt6 master's record memlgg ig; removably positioned; be see; 9e wellgfse d sa t a 9 enab e d r and fi eo s ice 95;: ant and ma migrated means accessibl heexter oi said casin and removabletherefroin for rotating one of said spoolinge devices and imparting longitudinal movement, tot the.. webbing connected therewith.

2. In a manifolding register; a casing; a carbon paper carrier removably positioned in said casing; means for rotatably supporting a transfer paper-carrying spool in said carrier, said lastnamed means including a key formed with a shank having a squared region, an annular groove, and a spool-engaging extension; a bearing member formed with a wall of said casing; a ratchet wheel rotatably supported by said bearing member, said wheel having a hub formed with an opening for the reception of the squared region of said key shank; a pawl engageable with teeth provided on said ratchet limiting the key for rotation in but a single direction; a detent carried by said casing and engagement with the groove of said shank to hold said key against longitudinal displacement; and a tongue carried by the spool-engaging extension of said shank rotatably uniting said key with said spool and transfer paper arranged thereon.

3. In a manifolding register, an elongated casing embodying top, side, end and bottom walls, there being a drawer-receiving opening in one of said end walls and an inscription opening formed in and disposed intermediately of said top wall, record-holding plate means hingedly mounted on the top wall of said casing, said plate means being formed to provide a restricted inscription slot adapted for registry with said inscription opening in said top plate, a drawer slidably positioned in said casing, said drawer including spaced base and table panels arranged adjacent to and in parallel relationship with the top wall of said casing immediately beneath the same, said table panel being formed with an opening intermediately of the length thereof arranged in vertical registry with the opening in said top wall and the slot of said plate means, said base and table panels being spaced to produce an opensided pocket for the removable reception of a record sheet and the adjustment of said sheet relative to said inscription openings, spooling devices removably and rotatably supported in the opposite ends of said drawer, said devices holding a record-receiving and inscription-transferring webbing, the intermediate portion of which being movable over said table panel and below the top wall of said casing, and means accessible from the exterior of said casing for imparting move- 1 0 mentto. said: spooling devicesw and the webbing; carried thereby;

f1- Inia manifoldineriegister, antelenee edzcese ins havingra topiwall, and: a morabledom-inrme ing; encr all, a drawerslidablypositioned in. said-i casin and movable into and ut a at the latter thraughi the end: or thgcasing containi said? door, .the-tonotsaid casin intermed ately: M47132; length thereon being; formedwith an; inscription: openin said drawer being. formed: mb d-- a. snide plate arranged when, the drawer: isoaerae tirely ransitioned within the. casin immediatelit below and; parallel: relationship; with the ten, wall.- oesaid: casing, spooling devices carried the ends, pf saidl drawer, said: devices holding a record areeeiving and. inscrintioni transferring webbing with theintermediate portion. pf: the; webbin ext ndin oregsaid guide pla eand: ae.-- ne h thatoawallxotsaid casing init eistrytwithr ies: at n ne, he-labase-e ateiqrmedwita M122 iinmedi, beneath said enidepleta a, lette tdprovidea eri 7 jecting above the horizontal plane in which the major portion of the base plate lies, said locally raised region being disposed in registry with the inscription opening in said top wall and said guide plate, means carried by the top wall of said casing for removably clamping an upper record sheet in desired registry with said inscription opening, and manually operated means accessible from the exterior of said casing for operating said spooling devices to impart longitudinal movement to said webbing.

5. In a manifolding register, an elongated casing embodying top, side, end and bottom walls, there being a drawer-receiving opening in one of said end walls and an inscription opening formed in and disposed intermediately of said top wall, a drawer slidably positioned in said casing and inserted through said drawer-receiving opening, said drawer at the top thereof including spaced lower and upper horizontal panels arranged adjacent to and in parallel relationship with the top wall of said casing immediately beneath the same, said upper panel being formed with an opening intermediately of its length arranged for vertical registration with the opening in said casing top wall, said lower and upper panels being relatively spaced to produce an open-sided pocket between the same, the open side of the pocket registering with a slot formed longitudinally in one side of the casing adjacent its top wall, the pocket being formed for the removable reception of a lower record sheet and the adjustment of said sheet longitudinally of the casing relative to said inscription opening, longitudinally spaced spooling devices rotatably supported in the opposite ends of said drawer beyond the ends of said panels, said devices holding a r ecdrdereceiving and inscription-transferring webbing, the intermediate portion of said webbing being movable over said upper panel and below the top wall of said casing, and means for removably clamping an upper record sheet on the upper surface of said top wall in longitudinally adjusted relationship with respect to said inscription opening.

6. In a manifolding register, an elongated casing having a top wall and a movable door-forming end wall, a drawer slidably positioned in said casing and movable into and out of the latter through the end of the casing containing said door wall, the top of said casing intermediately of the length thereof being formed with an inscription opening, said drawer embodying a horizontally disposed upper plate arranged when the drawer is operatively positioned within the easing immediately below and in parallel relationship with the top Wall of said casing, spooling devices carried by the opposite longitudinal ends of said drawer, said devices holding a recordreceiving and inscription-transferring webbing with the intermediate portion of the webbing present between said rolls extending over said upper plate and beneath the top wall of said casing in registry with said inscription opening, a lower horizontally disposed plate formed with said drawer immediately beneath said upper plate and spaced from the latter to provide an opensided pocket for the reception of a removable lower record sheet, the open side of said pocket registering with a slot formed longitudinally in one side of said casing adjacent the top thereof, said pocket receiving for longitudinal movement therein a lower record card, said lower plate being formed intermediately of its length with a locally raised region projecting above the horizontal plane in which the major portion of the lower plate lies, said locally raised region being dis posed in registry with the inscription openin in said top wall and said guide plate, means carried by the top wall of said casing for removably clamping an upper record sheet in desired registry with said inscription opening, and manually operated means accessible from the exterior of said casing for operating said spooling devices to impart longitudinal movement to said webbing.

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