US2722436A

US2722436A - Receipt and mechanism for producing the same

Info

Publication number: US2722436A
Application number: US277377A
Authority: US
Inventors: Frank F Pfeiffer
Original assignee: Reynolds and Reynolds Co
Current assignee: Reynolds and Reynolds Co
Priority date: 1952-03-19
Filing date: 1952-03-19
Publication date: 1955-11-01
Anticipated expiration: 1972-11-01

Description

Nov. 1, 1955 F. F. PFEIFFER 2,722,436

RECEIPT AND MECHANISM FOR PRODUCING THE SAME Filed March 19, 1952 3 Sheets-Sheet l I A-l Auromoswe HSHQP II 1 ll DATE W n/ 951 l 2O 90 g -52 91 52 74 INVENTOR.

Nov. 1, 1955 F. F. PFEIFFER 2,722,436

RECEIPT AND MECHANISM FOR PRODUCING THE SAME Filed March 19, 1952 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN V EN TOR.

F. F. PFEIFFER 2,722,436

RECEIPT AND MECHANISM FOR PRODUCING THE SAME 1952 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTOR. MF? t 69.

Nov. 1, 1955 Filed March 19 United States Patent G AND This invention relates to a receipt and mechanism for preparing the same together with an indexing mechanism for use with a totalizing sheet.

In various types of businesses, as,.for example, in the automobile repair business, especially where there are a number of employees, it is quite desirable to keep an accurate record of each transaction and to summarize or totalize the transactions chronologically. One way of doing this. is to use a receipt book having stubs or duplicate copies for use in preparing a summary sheet. This method,. however, is quite susceptible to errors, in that it is quite desirable that the amount set forth on the receipt and the amount on the summary sheet be identical.

An object of this invention is to provide a device for carrying out a system whereby a carbon copy of the name and the amount of each receipt is entered upon the summary sheet, the device being provided with a carriage for the receipts that may be moved into registry with successive lines or spaces on the summary sheet.

Another object of this invention is to provide a receipt form such that, in addition to the original copy of the receipt, a carbon copy is produced and only the name of the payer and the amount of payment is transferred to the summary sheet. This has been accomplished by providing a folded form wherein areas of carbon have been placed on the rear of the original, so that the entire written data on the original is transferred to the carbon copy of the receipt and then the carbon copy is provided with a single line of carbon or a block of carbon covering a single line on the summary sheet, this single line or block of carbon of the carbon copy of the receipt underlying the space for the name and address of the payer and the amount of the payment either with or without the date of the payment.

Another object of this invention is to provide an apparatus consisting of support for a summary sheet, this support being provided with pockets, the summary sheet being accurately held in position on the support. in addition thereto, this support has mounted thereon a carriage adapted to'support a number of receipt blanks, the carriage being movable along one side of the summary sheet through predetermined steps, the length of the steps corresponding to the lines found on the summary sheet, so that as the carriage is moved through one space for each receipt, a carbon copy is made of some of the contents on the receipt on the summary sheet and a complete copy of the receipt may be made on a carbon copy of the receipt. When the receipt has been issued, the original is handed to the payer or the customer and the carbon copy inserted into a compartment provided therefor in the support for the summary sheet.

Another object of this invention is to provide a carriage having a pin and lock arrangement for supporting a large number of receipts, so that as the receipt is issued, the receipt and a carbon copy thereof may be removed and a succeeding receipt blank and its carbon copy moved into inscribing position, so that merely by actuating the carriage for the receipts through one space, the apparatus together with the forms are in readiness for the issuance of a succeeding receipt. 7

Other objects and advantages reside in the construction of parts, the combination thereof and the mode of operation, as willv become more apparent from the following description.

Referring to the drawings,

Figure I is a top plan view of a summary sheet, a support therefor, a receipt, and a carriage for receipt blanks, which carriage is attached to the support.

Figure 2 is a cross sectional view taken substantially on the line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary cross sectional view ta'ken substantially on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary cross sectional view taken substantially on the line 4-4 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary detail view of the carriage and a portion of the support for the summary sheet.

Figure 6 is a top plan view of a receipt blank.

Figure 7 isa side elevation view of the support for the summary sheet and the carriage for the receipts.

Figure 8 is a side elevational view of a single receipt folded in readiness to be used.

Figure 9. is a detailedfragmentary view showing parts in section taken substantially on the line 9-9 of Figure 4.

The device disclosed herein consists broadly oftwo parts, namely the support for the summary sheet and a carriage for the receipts.

In the drawings, the reference character 10 indicates the support for the summary sheet. This supportcontains a top 12 and a bottom 14, a side flange 16, and a side flange 18,

1the side flanges

16 and 18 forming side walls and integral with .the top 12. The bottom I4 is provided with upwardly directed flanges 20' and 22. The flanges 16 and 2.0 may be spot welded together andthe upper margin of the flange 22 underlyingthetop 12 is preferablywelded to the top 12. p

The upper end 30 of the support 10 is provided with a pair of

openings

32 and 34. These

openings

32 and 34 open up into

compartments

36 and 38. These compartments are used for storing receipt stubs. A pair of upwardly directed studs or pins 42 are located near the top or upper end of the support 10. These studs 42 are used to hold asummary sheet 50 upon the support 10 always in one position. This summary sheet is provided with a pair of apertures receiving the studs 42. Suitable rubber snubbers 52 are mounted on the underside, one in each corner of the support 10.

The stack of blank receipt blanks 60 is mounted upon a carriage 56 which will now be described. The stack of blank receipts 60, provided with apertures 62, is mounted upon a pair of studs or pins 64 and when mounted in home position is clamped in this position by a cover plate or clip 66 provided with laterally disposed flanges 68, the cover plate or clip 66 being pivoted at '70 to the flanges 72 integral with a platform member 74 forming a portion of the carriage 56. Thisplatform member 74 is provided with a downwardly projecting portion 76 extending parallel tothe flange 18 and in close proximity thereto. Member 74 is provided with a horizontal portion '78 and a reentrant flange-80 vertically disposed, as clearly seen in'Figure 3. The top ofthe platform member 74 is substantially flush withmthe top of the support 10.

A pair of

ears

82 and 84 is positioned adjacent a rail 90. This rail consists of two member-sand a comparatively thin metallic member 91 provided with aplur'ality of equally spaced slots 92. The ends of member 91 are attached by rivets, or in any other suitable manner, to the

end flanges

30 and 31 projecting downwardly from the top of the support 10. The other member of the rail 9'fl'consists of a reinforcing bar 94 that gives rigidity to the rail 90. This bar 94 is preferably chrome plated, so as to pro- Patented Nov. I, 1355* vide a hard surface against which the

ears

82 and 84 abut. In addition thereto, by chrome plating this bar, it gives a neat appearance to the assembly. The slots 92 in member 91 form recesses or depressions in the rail 90, that is, the slots 92 extend through member 91 but do not extend through the other member or bar 94, so that the bar 94 forms bottoms for the slots 92.

The carriage 56 is provided with a pair of cars 95 integral with the flange 76 and extends at right angles to this flange on the, underside of the receipt carrying platform portion 74. These ears 95 function as hand grips or finger grips for actuating the carriage upwardly or downwardly, as will appear more fully later.

A friction locking or carriage arresting mechanism en gaging the recesses 92 will now be described. The flange 80, as best seen in Figure 4, is provided with a pair of rectangular openings or

windows

100 and 102. A spring member 104 has its ends projecting through the openings or

windows

100 and 102 and is held in position on the flange 80 by means of a rivet 106 passing through a second leaf spring 108. The spring 104 is provided with a round aperture 110 adjacent one end thereof, in which aperture a steel ball 112 is mounted, this steel ball 112 being urged by the spring 108 into one of the slots 92. By this arrangement it can readily be seen that as the carriage is actuated along the rail 90, the ball 112 will tend to arrest the movement of the carriage whenever the ball 112 enters a slot 92. The distance between the slots 92 is preferably equal to the distance between lines on the summary sheet 50.

Each of the receipt blanks, as best shown in Figures 6 and 8, includes a stub portion 124 provided with an aperture 62 in whichthe pins 64 are positioned. One end of the receipt blank provides an original 120 and an underlying carbon copy 122 tht is integral with the stub 124. A score line 126 extends across the receipt blank, so as to permit the tearing of the original 120 from the carbon 12. This score line 126 also forms a folded line. A score line 128 is positioned between the stub 124 and the carbon copy 122. The carbon copy 122 is provided with a strip of carbon 130 on the underside thereof, so that when the receipt is in receipt writing position, the carbon 130 overlies the summary sheet.

The rear of the original receipt may be coated with carbon throughout the area 132 enclosed by the dash-line and a second carbon area 134 enclosed by a second dashline. It can readily be seen that when the receipt overlies the summary sheet, upon writing the name, address, and possibly the amount of the transaction, this will be transferred by the carbon 130 to the summary sheet. The itemized area located below the name on the original receipt blank, wherein the services rendered, including material and labor, may be itemized on the original receipt, is also indicated on the copy of the receipt, in that this portion has a carbon underlying the original, but

the itemized services will not appear on the summary sheet.

When the inscription of a receipt has been completed, the original is torn along the score line 126 and handed to the customer. The copy 122 is torn along the score line 128 and deposited in a receptacle in the support for the summary sheet, so as to be stored there until the close of business for the day or whenever the carbon copies of the receipts are collected. After the receipt has been issued, the carbon is moved downwardly through one space, as viewed in Figure 1, or sidewise, as viewed in Figure 4, so as to position the next receipt blank in registry with the succeeding line on the summary sheet.

By this system it is possible to keep an accurate record of the services, issue receipts, set forth the amount of each transaction on the receipt, and to obtain an accurate carbon copy of the receipt and an accurate summation of the transaction on the summary sheet. The amount on the receipt, the carbon copy of the receipt, and the amount on the summary sheet are all produced from the same original inscription, so there can be no error.

The carriage 56 is adjusted in steps equal to the distance between the slots 92. The spring 104 and the ball 11.2 cooperate to align the carriage, so that the carriage will always have the same angular relation with respect to the support 12, irrespective of the position of adjustment. The end of the spring 104 projecting through the window 190 biases, so to speak, one end of the carriage against the rail 90. The spring 108, exerting a force against the ball 112, biases the opposite end of the carriage against the rail 90. That being the case, the carirage is held in alignment with respect to the rail 90 at all times. The spring urged ball 112 functions as a detent or as a pawl in holding the carriage in any adjusted position by the detent or pawl being seated in any one of the slots 92.

When the summary sheet has been filled, it may be removed and a new summary sheet positioned on the studs 42. When the supply of receipts in the stack is depleted, the stubs may be removed by rotating the clip 66 from the position shown in Figures 3 and 4 into the position shown in Figure 5. Then a new stack of receipts may be inserted upon the studs 64, the clip 66 actuated from the position shown in Figure 5 into the position shown in Figures 3 and 4, in which position the clip holds the stack of receipts in position. The lowermost receipt blank is placed over the summary sheet, as shown in Figure 3. The unused receipt blanks above the lowermost receipt blank are turned over into the position shown in Figure 3, like opening a book, so as to make the blank portion of the lowermost receipt blank available for use. As the lowermost receipt blank is filled in, the name of the customer and the amount of the transaction is recorded on the summary sheet, the receipt removed, the carbon copy removed, and the carriage moved downwardly one space in readiness for the succeeding opera tion.

The device disclosed herein for the purpose of illustration has been described in connection with the summary sheet for use with receipts. The device may be used in connection with other types of summary sheets, as, for example, payrolls where checks are used, the check blanks being mounted upon the carriage and the carbon copy of the check being provided with a block of carbon underlying the line setting forth the name, the amount of the check, and possibly other items such as withholding tax and other withholdings. The summary sheet may also be used in connection with invoices, billings, and in any other connection where it is desirable to maintain a summary record of individual items recorded on individual blanks stacked on the carriage.

Although the preferred embodiment of the device has been described, it will be understood that within the purview of this invention various changes may be made in the form, details, proportion and arrangement of parts, the combination thereof and mode of operation, which generally stated consist in a device capable of carrying out the objects set forth, as disclosed and defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A support assembly including a main support, a rail located on the under side of the main support and provided with a plurality of equally spaced recesses, a carriage mounted on the rail, said carriage being located on the side of the main support and having a platform portion substantially flush with the top of the main support, said carriage including a finger grip portion for actuating the carriage along the rail, and resistance means including a spring urged ball mounted on the carriage with the ball projecting into one of the recesses in the rail while registering therewith, the spring permitting the ball to move out of the recesses when actuating the carriage along the rail until the ball registers with a succeeding recess.

2. A support assembly including a main support, a

rail located on the under side of the main support and provided with a plurality of equally spaced recesses, a carriage mounted on the rail, said carriage being located on the side of the main support and having a platform portion substantially flush with the top of the main sup port, said carriage including a finger grip portion for actuating the carriage along the rail, and resistance means including a spring urged member mounted on the carriage for projecting into one of the recesses of the rail while registering therewith, the spring permitting the member to move out of the recess when the carriage is actuated along the rail until the member registers with the succeeding recess.

3. A support assembly including a main support, a rail located on the under side of the main support and provided with a plurality of equally spaced recesses, a carriage mounted on the rail, said carriage being located on the side of the main support and having a platform portion substantially flush with the top of the main support, and resistance means including a spring urged ball mounted on the carriage with the ball projecting into one of the recesses in the rail while registering therewith, the spring permitting the ball to move out of the recess when actuating the carriage along the rail until the ball registers with a succeeding recess.

4. A support assembly for use with a line summary sheet and a stack of receipt blanks, said support assembly including a main support having a pair of studs adapted stack of receipt blanks, retaining means mounted on the carriage releasably engaging the depressions in the rail so as to position the carriage in a predetermined recess, and means for moving the carriage to the next predetermined succeeding recess so as to coincide with the next predetermined succeeding line on the summary sheet.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 863,480 Wolf Aug. 13, 1907 971,725 Brunson Oct. 4, 1910 1,671,209 Ruf May 29, 1928 2,163,193 Clutchfield June 20, 1939 2,598,358 Connor May 27, 1952 FOREIGN PATENTS 760,426 France Dec. 14, 1933