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US623018A
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  • My invention relates to a guest or membership register for hotels, clubs, dac., and has for its object to provide a simple and eii'cient construction and arrangement of mechanism for carrying and feeding a continuous record sheet or web properly ruled to suit the par? ticular purpose for which the register is to be used as in accordance with the plan usually followed in connection with hotel-registers.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide improved means wherebya sheet or web of which the surface has been completely used 'can be readily removed from the mechf side wall broken away.
  • Fig. 3 is a plan view
  • Fig. 4 is'an inverted plan view.
  • Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing the casing open and the rolls tilted for the removal of a lled sheet.
  • Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view of a portion of the casing tov show the ink-well seat.
  • a casing 1 having a hinged lid 2, are mounted parallel supply and receiving rollers 3 and 4, to which are attached opposite ends of a continuous sheet or web 5, adapted between said rolls to traverse a table 6, said table being preferably of greater length than the interval between the rolls and being provided at its extremities with transversely-disposed antifriction-rolls 7.
  • This table is supported by a transverse block 8 or its equivalent, which occupies a position between and -parallel with the rolls and is carried by a hinged side wall 1a of the casing, said wall being held in its normal position by the rabbeted edge of the lid or cover 2 when the latter is in its closed position.
  • said supporting-block is connected with the folding wall la by means of a suitable -plate 9, arranged parallel with said wall and held in place by bracket-pins 10 or their equivalents.
  • This plate is provided at suitable points with bearings, in which are mounted the hubs 11 of gears 12, said hubs being provided with angular sockets 13 for the terminal cross-sectionally'angular trunnions 14 at the contiguous ends'of the supply and receiving rolls.
  • the opposite trunnions 14 of said rolls are mounted in bearings in yielding supporting-arms 15, ⁇ secured to and carried by the block 8 and adapted to be flexed outwardly to release said trunnions, and thus facilitate the removal of said rolls when it is desired to replace a filled strip by a fresh medium.
  • the angular trunnions 14, which are arranged at one end of the rolls, are removably seated in the angular bores of the above-inentioned hubs and may be displaced axially, while the spring-arms 15, which are carried by the other end of the block 8, are suitably engaged with the trunnions 14 at the other end of the rolls to mai ntain'said rolls in their operative positions.
  • an operating-disk 16 Mounted in the interval between the plate 9 and the contiguous folding wall 1a of the casing is an operating-disk 16, havinga milled periphery projecting through a suitable slot 17 in the cover 2, at one side of the main opening of said cover, through which the upper surface of the inscribing medium is exposed.
  • This operating-disk carries a master-gear 18, which is adapted to mesh with either of the gears ⁇ connected, respectively, Wit-h the'supply and receiving rolls, but the interval between the contiguous portions of the peripheries of said gears 12 is greater than the diameter of themaster-gear 18.to provide for causing said master-gear to lnesh With either of the receiving-gears 12, and thus communicate motion to said receiving-gear Without affecting theother, except through the tension applied by the rotation of one roll to the strip forming the inscribing medium;
  • the operating disk ⁇ has its trunnions 19 mounted to slide in suitable elongated bearings or slides 20, and When it is desired to move the strip in one direction or the other the operating-disk rst receives a movement longitudinally of the casing to cause the master-gear to mesh with the selected receivinggear, after which the rotation of the operating-disk will impart the required linear movement tothe sheet. It will be understood that when it is desired to dismount one of the
  • the casing is preferably provided upon a beveled or chamfered edge 21 at the upper end of the main opening in the cover With Words indicating the purposes of the various columns of the exposed portion of the surface of the sheet, such as Name, Residence, dre. Also at opposite sides of the casing and above the strip-exposing opening in the cover are arranged suitable ink-Well and pen-Wiper seats 22 and 23, respectively, while in the cover between said seats is arranged a transparent panel 24, suitable for exposing a name and place card designating the name of the hotel and proprietor or the name of the club to which the register belongs.
  • I preferably employ a base, upon which the casing is mounted for horizontal pivotal movement, and in the construction illustrated the base consists of a spider 25, having a suitable number of arms adapted to bear terminally upon the surface of a desk or counter and also having a central spindle, upon which the casing is mounted.
  • the under surface of the casing ⁇ is fitted With an annular bearing-plate 26, adapted to rest upon the upper surfaces of the arms and prevent rocking or tilting of the casing when in use.'
  • a register having a casing provided With a movable lid or cover and an outwardlyfoldingside Wall, in combination With carrying devices for a continuous inscribing medium, and means for operating said carrying devices, mounted upon the folding Wall, substantially as specified.
  • a register having its casing provided with an outwardly-folding side Wall and a lid or cover having an interlocking connection With said Wall, to normally secure the same in its operative position, carrying devices including rolls, means for operating said rolls, and a table adapted to be traversed bya continuous inscribing medium, all mounted upon and carried by said folding wall, substantially as specified.
  • a register having its casing provided With an outwardly-folding side Wall, supply and receiving rolls for a continuous inscribing medium removably seated in sockets on said side Wall, a table carried by the said side Wall and adapted to be traversed by an -inscribiug medium carried by the rolls, and
  • a register having its easing provided with an outwardly-folding side wall, a table carried by said side Wall, hubs mounted in bearings upon and carried by the said side Wall and having angular sockets, supply and reeeivin g rolls having cross-sectionally angular trunnions removably seated in said sockets, and yielding supporting -arms having bearings for engaging trunnions at the opposite end of said supply and' receiving rolls, substantially as specified.
  • a register having spaced supply and receiving rolls for carrying a continuous inscribing medium and a Writing-table adapted to be traversed by the inscribing medium, a peripherally-exposed rotary operating-disk, and connections between the operating-disk and said rolls, said connections consisting of elements carried respectively by the operating-disk and the rolls, and the operating-disk being mounted for movement to cause the engagement of the'element carried thereby With the element carried by either of said rolls, substantially as specified.
  • oeiving rolls for carrying a continuous inscribing medium, a table adapted to be traversed by the inseribing medium, receivinggears operatively connected with the trun- -nions of said rolls, and a peripherally-exposed operating-disk connected to a mastergear, said operating-disk and inastergear being mounted for rotary and sliding movement whereby the master-gear is adapted to mesh with either of said gears, substantially as specified.
  • a register having a casing, receivinggears having hubs provided With angular sockets, supply and receiving rollers having eross-seetionallyk angular trunnions removably seated in said sockets, means for detaohably engaging and-supporting the oppo- CASPER F. HOFFMAN.

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No. 623,0I8. PatentedApr. Il, |899.A
` C. F. HOFFMAN. REGISTER FOR HOTELS 0R CLUBS.
(Application led Feb. 9, 1898.)
2 Sheets-Sheet l.
(No Model.)
No. 623mg. L
c. F. HUFFMAN.
REGISTER FOR HOTELS 0B CLUBS.
- Y (Application led Feb, 9, 1898.)
Patented Apr. Il, |899.
(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.
'I .'llll "Illu l I lNFTFD STATES PATENT OFFICE.
CASPER F. HOFFMAN, OF REYNOLDSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.
REGISTER FOR HOTELS OR CLUBS.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 623,018, dated April 11, 1899. Application filed February 9,1898. Serial No. 669,682. (No model.)
To all whom it nea/y concern:
Be it knownthat I, CASPER F. HOFFMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Reynoldsville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Register for Hotels or Clubs, of
- which the following is a specification.
` My invention relates to a guest or membership register for hotels, clubs, dac., and has for its object to provide a simple and eii'cient construction and arrangement of mechanism for carrying and feeding a continuous record sheet or web properly ruled to suit the par? ticular purpose for which the register is to be used as in accordance with the plan usually followed in connection with hotel-registers.
A further object of the invention is to provide improved means wherebya sheet or web of which the surface has been completely used 'can be readily removed from the mechf side wall broken away. Fig. 3 is a plan view,
partly broken away.
Fig. 4 is'an inverted plan view. Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing the casing open and the rolls tilted for the removal of a lled sheet. Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view of a portion of the casing tov show the ink-well seat.
Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.
Y In a casing 1, having a hinged lid 2, are mounted parallel supply and receiving rollers 3 and 4, to which are attached opposite ends of a continuous sheet or web 5, adapted between said rolls to traverse a table 6, said table being preferably of greater length than the interval between the rolls and being provided at its extremities with transversely-disposed antifriction-rolls 7. This table is supported bya transverse block 8 or its equivalent, which occupies a position between and -parallel with the rolls and is carried by a hinged side wall 1a of the casing, said wall being held in its normal position by the rabbeted edge of the lid or cover 2 when the latter is in its closed position. In the construction illustrated said supporting-block is connected with the folding wall la by means of a suitable -plate 9, arranged parallel with said wall and held in place by bracket-pins 10 or their equivalents. This plate is provided at suitable points with bearings, in which are mounted the hubs 11 of gears 12, said hubs being provided with angular sockets 13 for the terminal cross-sectionally'angular trunnions 14 at the contiguous ends'of the supply and receiving rolls. The opposite trunnions 14 of said rolls are mounted in bearings in yielding supporting-arms 15,`secured to and carried by the block 8 and adapted to be flexed outwardly to release said trunnions, and thus facilitate the removal of said rolls when it is desired to replace a filled strip by a fresh medium.
lThe above-described means for accomplishing the mounting of the hubs 11 upon the hinged-side wall 1f of the casing is preferred, for the reason that it provides for the compact arrangement of the hub-operating devices hereinafter fully described. It will be understood that the plate 9 is rigidly held by the bracket-pins 10 in a fixed position with relation to the side wall la, and the hubs 11 are flanged to prevent accidental axial displacement thereof. It is obvious, however, that any equivalent ofthis construction may be adopted without departing from the spirit of my invention.
The angular trunnions 14, which are arranged at one end of the rolls, are removably seated in the angular bores of the above-inentioned hubs and may be displaced axially, while the spring-arms 15, which are carried by the other end of the block 8, are suitably engaged with the trunnions 14 at the other end of the rolls to mai ntain'said rolls in their operative positions. In order to replace the rolls with a fresh supply of paper, it is simply necessary to fold the wall 1a outwardly to dispose the block 8 in a vertical position, and as the guide-rolls 7 are exposed at the ends of the table a strip of paper may be passed thereover and thus arranged upon the table without threading the paper through slots in the table or other portion of the structure. In other words, by mounting the table upon a lateral folding Wall of the casing and attaching the guide-rolls 7 directly to the end edges of the table the application of a supply of paper to the apparatus is facilitated.
Mounted in the interval between the plate 9 and the contiguous folding wall 1a of the casing is an operating-disk 16, havinga milled periphery projecting through a suitable slot 17 in the cover 2, at one side of the main opening of said cover, through which the upper surface of the inscribing medium is exposed. This operating-disk carries a master-gear 18, which is adapted to mesh with either of the gears` connected, respectively, Wit-h the'supply and receiving rolls, but the interval between the contiguous portions of the peripheries of said gears 12 is greater than the diameter of themaster-gear 18.to provide for causing said master-gear to lnesh With either of the receiving-gears 12, and thus communicate motion to said receiving-gear Without affecting theother, except through the tension applied by the rotation of one roll to the strip forming the inscribing medium; Hence the operating disk` has its trunnions 19 mounted to slide in suitable elongated bearings or slides 20, and When it is desired to move the strip in one direction or the other the operating-disk rst receives a movement longitudinally of the casing to cause the master-gear to mesh with the selected receivinggear, after which the rotation of the operating-disk will impart the required linear movement tothe sheet. It will be understood that when it is desired to dismount one of the supply or receiving .rolls it is necessary only to raise the lid 2 and fold the Wall laoutwardly,
as indicated in Fig. 5, to expose the yielding supports 15, whereupon the substitution of an unused for a filled sheet may be accomplished with facility.
The casing is preferably provided upon a beveled or chamfered edge 21 at the upper end of the main opening in the cover With Words indicating the purposes of the various columns of the exposed portion of the surface of the sheet, such as Name, Residence, dre. Also at opposite sides of the casing and above the strip-exposing opening in the cover are arranged suitable ink-Well and pen- Wiper seats 22 and 23, respectively, while in the cover between said seats is arranged a transparent panel 24, suitable for exposing a name and place card designating the name of the hotel and proprietor or the name of the club to which the register belongs. Furthermore, to facilitate turning of the register to accommodate persons positioned at opposite sides of a desk or counter upon which the register may be located, I preferably employ a base, upon which the casing is mounted for horizontal pivotal movement, and in the construction illustrated the base consists of a spider 25, having a suitable number of arms adapted to bear terminally upon the surface of a desk or counter and also having a central spindle, upon which the casing is mounted. The under surface of the casing` is fitted With an annular bearing-plate 26, adapted to rest upon the upper surfaces of the arms and prevent rocking or tilting of the casing when in use.'
Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantagesof this invention.
Having described mv invention, what I claim is- 1. A register having a casing provided With a movable lid or cover and an outwardlyfoldingside Wall, in combination With carrying devices for a continuous inscribing medium, and means for operating said carrying devices, mounted upon the folding Wall, substantially as specified.
2. A register having its casing provided with an outwardly-folding side Wall and a lid or cover having an interlocking connection With said Wall, to normally secure the same in its operative position, carrying devices including rolls, means for operating said rolls, and a table adapted to be traversed bya continuous inscribing medium, all mounted upon and carried by said folding wall, substantially as specified.
3. A register having its casing provided With an outwardly-folding side Wall, supply and receiving rolls for a continuous inscribing medium removably seated in sockets on said side Wall, a table carried by the said side Wall and adapted to be traversed by an -inscribiug medium carried by the rolls, and
yielding supporting-arms engaging trunnions at the opposite ends of the-supply and receiving rolls from said movable Wall, substantially as specified.
4. A register having its easing provided with an outwardly-folding side wall, a table carried by said side Wall, hubs mounted in bearings upon and carried by the said side Wall and having angular sockets, supply and reeeivin g rolls having cross-sectionally angular trunnions removably seated in said sockets, and yielding supporting -arms having bearings for engaging trunnions at the opposite end of said supply and' receiving rolls, substantially as specified.
5. A register having spaced supply and receiving rolls for carrying a continuous inscribing medium and a Writing-table adapted to be traversed by the inscribing medium, a peripherally-exposed rotary operating-disk, and connections between the operating-disk and said rolls, said connections consisting of elements carried respectively by the operating-disk and the rolls, and the operating-disk being mounted for movement to cause the engagement of the'element carried thereby With the element carried by either of said rolls, substantially as specified.
6. A register having spaced supply and re- IOC IIO
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oeiving rolls for carrying a continuous inscribing medium, a table adapted to be traversed by the inseribing medium, receivinggears operatively connected with the trun- -nions of said rolls, and a peripherally-exposed operating-disk connected to a mastergear, said operating-disk and inastergear being mounted for rotary and sliding movement whereby the master-gear is adapted to mesh with either of said gears, substantially as specified. Y
7. A register having a casing, receivinggears having hubs provided With angular sockets, supply and receiving rollers having eross-seetionallyk angular trunnions removably seated in said sockets, means for detaohably engaging and-supporting the oppo- CASPER F. HOFFMAN.
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D. L.PosTLETHWAIT.
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