US2832712A - Record strip sheets - Google Patents

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April 29, 1958 v. E. DEINLEIN ET AL RECORD STRIP SHEETS Filed Aug. 5, 1955 m .wmm

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1 Claim. (Cl. 154-43) This invention relates to improvements in record strips provided in sheet or roll form for use in visible index or record equipment, of the class described in Powell U. S. Patent No. 1,594,122, where the sheet or roll of record strips comprises a relatively thin, resilient wood veneer surfaced on its upper face with a sheet of paper adapted to receive indicia, as by typewriting, and backed with a relatively thin sheet of paper, the assembly being scored or cut transversely through the upper sheet of paper and the wood veneer to form a chain of relatively narrow elongated hingedly connected record strips adapted to be inserted into a typewriter, tabula-tor, addressing machine, duplicating machine, or the like, for applying information to the record strips. After the desired information has been applied to the chain of connected record strips, the strips are manually or mechanically separated from each other by rupturing the thin connecting backing sheet, and the separated strips mounted on suitable frames having inturned longitudinal flanges by flexing the strips and inserting their opposed ends beneath the frame flanges.

As an aid in uniform feeding of the aforesaid sheets of connected strips through the platen of a tabulating machine, the sheets are further provided with a regular series of spaced apertures or notches adjacent their longitudinal edges engageable by suitable means on the machine, and to enable the subsequently separated strips to be inserted in holder frames it is first necessary to re move the mutilated end portions of those strips which had been apertured or notched and to trim all other strips to uniform length. In order to accomplish this it has heretofore been necessary to trim the longitudinal edges of the sheets, after the indicia was applied by the tabulating machine, by suitable cutting means or trimming knives.

It is an object of the present invention to eliminate the necessity for the user to employ such cutting device or trimming knives with sheets of the class provided with such apertures or notches, and we accomplish this by additionally providing the assembly with longitudinal lines of score extending similarly through the upper paper sheet and the wood veneer layers but remaining connected by the base paper layer. Thus, after the sheet has passed through the tabulating machine and desired indicia has been applied to the strips, the end portions of the strips, including the apertured or notched por tions, may be simply severed or broken away in the same simple manner in which the strips are separated from each other, and quickly, conveniently and uniformly placed in use, without requirement for special cutting devices.

The objects and advantages of the present invention, and its construction and arrangement of parts, will be further apparent from a consideration of the following specification and accompanying drawings. wherein:

Fig. l is a face view of a sheet of record strips formed in accordance with the present invention.

rates Patent Patented Apr. 29', 1958 Fig.2 is a rear view of a portion of sheet of icdfd strips formed in accordance with the present invention, with portions in partially separated relationship.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to that of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 44 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, the reference numeral 10 generally designates a plurality of visible index strips 11, each of greater length and width than thickness, joined together in sheet form and adapted to be inserted in a tabulator, typewriter or the like, for imprinting indicia on the faces of the respective strips. As shown by the sections of Figs. 4 and 5, these are conventionally comi posed of a layer of Wood veneer 12 to the upper face of which is adhesively united a sheet of paper 13 adapted to receive indicia as by typewriting, and to the under face of which is adhesively united a relatively thin, readily rupturable sheet of paper 14. As is also conventional, this composite is scored as at 15, by suitable knife means, through the thicknesses of paper layer 13 and wood layer 12 to define a plurality of narrow, elongated strips 11 joined in a chain by the backing sheet 14.

These sheets may be employed as such, or a plurality joined together in greater length and provided in roll form. As indicated in Fig. 2, a pair of sheets 1010 are joined together by means of a plurality of separable adhesive strips 16 extending longitudinally of the sheet or transversely of the narrow strips. These strips 16 further aid in preventing accidental or premature separation of the strips due to flexing of the sheet in use when rolled to small diameter. conventionally, one strip 16 is adhered medially of the back of the sheet, and a strip 16 adhered to each longitudinal edge back portion, as illustrated in Fig. 2, when the sheets are joined and employed in roll form.

As further illustrated, these sheets 10 are provided with a regular series of punched holes 17 parallel to the marginal or longitudinal edges of the sheet for reception of a toothed wheel or component of a machine equipped with registrator platens such as a Moore Formaliner. In the alternative, although not shown, the sheets may be formed with angular notches opening to their marginal edges for similar engagement by notched collars on the platen. As previously pointed out, in such case it is necessary to trim the marginal edges of the sheet or roll to remove these apertured or notched marginal edge sheet portions, or mutilated end portions of the strips before mounting in frames, and this was heretofore accomplished by requiring the user to employ a cutting device, such as a trimming knife.

In accordance with the present invention, we additionally pre-score the sheet before use by severing the paper facing 13 and the wood veneer layer 12 adjacent the marginal or longitudinal edges of the sheet as at 18, as shown in Fig. 4, inwardly of the apertures 17, and inwardly of the tape 16 when employed, leaving the backing sheet 14 intact.

Thus after the sheet or roll has been withdrawn from the tabulating machine the apertured marginal portions may be readily severed on a clean, uniform line by flexing by hand or suitable device, as indicated at 19 in Fig. 1

1, and the individual strips 11 likewise separated and ready for insertion in a holder frame or panel in conventional manner.

We claim:

Flexible index strips in continuous sheet form comprising a wood veneer body portion faced and backed with relatively thin paper and scored only through the facing paper and wood body portion'transversely to define a plurality of elongated relatively narrow strips, said scor- .1 e em ihvsflndfemhdins into h g, and longitudinally r v References Cited in the file of this patent to define marginal portion at the opposed side edges of said sheet, and-longitudinally extending flexible reinforc- UNITED STATES PATENTS ing strips secured to the paper backing on both sides and 2,058,035 Rand Get. 20, 1936 overlying said defined edge portions, said defined edge 5 2,201,950 Wolters et a1. May 21, 1940 portions being formed with a spaced series of apertures 2,372,994 Welch Apr. 3, 1945 egciend i ng tlgrou ghheentire thickness of theindex strip. 2,391,539 Avery Dec. 25, 1945

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