US729942A - Autographic register. - Google Patents

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` PAEIHSNCREDY'JUNE"z,y i903; f H. KQNBRMAN, f AUTOGRAPHIG REGISTER..

A151? Lnum'IoNv FILED JUNI: a, 1902.

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wneoaco PATENTED JUNI: 2, 1903;

H. KONERMAN. AUTOGRAPHIG REGISTER.

APPLIoATIoN FILED JUNBQ. 1902- 2 sums-4111111172.

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Nrrsn Starts Patented June 2, 1903.

PATENT @Erica HARRY KONERMAN, OF NEWPORT, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR TO THE GLOBE REGISTERA-COMPANY, OF- CINCINNATI, OHIO, A CORPORATION.

` `AUTQG RAPH icA R-i-:GlSTER-.jY Af' SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 729,942, dated.Julliev 2, 190.3;

Application tied June e, 1902. semi no. 110,774. (No modem' To. all whom it may concern: Be itA known that I, HARRY KONERMAN, citizen of the United States, residing at Newport, in the county of Kenton and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and 1 useful Improvements in Autographic Registers, of which theA following is a specification.

My invention relates to au improvement in autographic registers of the type shown in Letters Patent of the United States No. 566,620,- issned to Williard B.Preston on the th day ofAugnst, 1896. Myinvention, however, has an improved mechanism for folding and storing the record-strip. y

The features of myinvention are more fully set forth in the description of the accompanying drawings, forming a partof this specification, in which'- Figure l is 'a top plan view of myimproved register. Fig. 2 is a central vertical-section of the saine. Fig. 3 is a detailed view, partly in section, showing the folding and storing mechanism in the initial position. Fig. I

-is a similar view showing the final pesitioniv Fig. 5 is a detailed perspective viewof the clamping-tongue for the record-strip. Fig. 6 is a detailed View, partly in section, of the re'- ciprocating feeding-carriage. Fig. 7 is a detailed view, partly in section, of the yielding support in the storingcompartment. Fig. 8 is a detailed view of the latch for the reciprocat-ing carriage. Fig. 9 is a detail sectional view showing the guideways for the traveling tongue.

A represents theregi-sterf rame; B,the writing-table; C, the delivery-table; D, the storing-compartment.

l 2 `3 represent the three paper-rolls, passing, respectively, over sheaves 4 5 6 onto 'the writing and carbon table B. Strips l 2 pass between the spring clamping members a b of the reciprocating carriageE for feeding the strips l 2, the member b having the handle c and the spring d and pivot e, the same as in 4 5 carriage travels on ways'on thedelivery-table, and said delivery-table has the slots f, g, and h.

G represents a clamping-tongue for the rec- 5o ord-strip. It is provided with end bearingthe said Preston Patent N o. 566,620.` This" rails H H, which ride on ways or recesses m, formed inthe side frame of the register under the delivery-table. (See Fig. 9.) Said ways or recesses are provided with stops at zthe'initial end, so as to :limit the travel of the 55 "tongue, thus/positively determining its initial position.. I I represent lugsprojected upward from said railsH H' throng-l1 slots fihion' the delivery-table. This. tongue is` upwardly inclined, yielding, and bears against the ribs 6o o or the under face of vthe delivery-table, pointing toward the storingfcompartment D. The clamping.. member a of the reciprocating carriage E,' being the under member, is provided with forwardly-extending arms JJ, having inturned ends J' J,.the arms resting on the delivery-table. The front edge of the clamping member et and the inner edges yof these inturued ends J' J form shoulders which bear against the lugs I I. It is evident that 7o when the carriage is reciprocated on both the .forward and rearward travel it will travel the distance 'represented by the V.space between f the ends of theseintu rnedl arms and the 4front edge of the clamping memberct before the lugs I I are engaged 'to*move"th'e clamping- .tongue forward and back with lthe carriage.

The tongue has therefore a less motion in either direction than the reciprocating carriage, which means that the record-strip is 8o fed in shorter lengths than the strips l 2.

Q 1 represents a bracketdepended from member ct of the carriage through the slots f-h,'over theunder' side of whichbracket the record-strip passes. (See Figs. 2, 3, A tand 6.)

L represents a yielding platen mounted upon vertical guide-rods M M in the storingcompartment D by means of springs N N. Thisplaten is a piece of metal plate about the dimensions of the proposed folds of ythe 9o recordstrip. This platen is so` mounted on its guides as to have a slight rocking-movement laterally. Y -v A 1 Y O represents a spring-catch pivoted to the frame of the machine, at oneside'having 95 a shoulder which interlocks with a shoulder depended from the clamping member or, of the reciprocating carriage at the initial position, as shown in Fig. 8. This catch may be released by depressing its handle P.

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Thestoring-compartment hasaverticalpartition p, having the opening s at the top for the admission of the tongue in its reciprocation.

Mode of operation: The record-strip passes over the end of the writing table, down around the bracket Q, up between the end of the tongue G and the abutting ribs fu on the under face of the delivery-table C, into the top of the storing-compartment D, between the rear end of it and the rear end of the yielding platen L, by which it is held firmly in position. This initial position is shown in Fig. 2. 'Ihe carriage E is moved forward until the bracket Q engages the rear edge of the tongue G, the bracket Q, pushing the paper against the rear edge of tongue Gand clamping it thereto, as shown in Fig. 3. During the further forward travel of the carriage the portion of the strip between the yielding platen and the front end of the advancing tongue Gis pushed forward into a loop 7', Fig. 3. The continued forward movement of the carriage E and the tongue G enters the tongue in between -the yielding platen and the under face of the delivery-table C, tucking in the loop r, making afold and laying the paper upon the platen, which clamps said strip against said abutting under side ot the delivery-table C. the carriage E is 4moved backward it withdraws the bracket Q from engagement with the rear edge of the tongue G, because the tongue is not taken backward with the carriage until the hook ends J J ot' the arms .I .I have been brought to bear against the lugs I I of the tongue. The platen is free to rock slightly forward as the tongue G rides over it and to rock backward as the tongue rides off of it, the tongue being also slightly yielding, which insures perfect ease of engagement and disengagement, preventing all binding and giving a smooth movement to the folding operation. It will be observed that the tongue and yielding platen are movable in transverse planes, the said platen moving in a line perpendicular to the delivery-table C, the tongue G moving in a line parallel therewith and bearing toward the Same. Each successive fold comparts the support further and increases the compression of the folding. The tongue and platen both (See Fig. 4.) As

bear against the under face of the table; but as the successive folds are formed the platen is crowded down away from the table, leaving the folds clamped upward against it. These ribs form antifriction-ways, on which the paper is fed forward during a portion of `the carriage travel in step movements bythe tongue. The ribs e form the preferred antifriction-ways on which the paper is carried by the tongue; but I do not wish to limit myself to this particular form except Where they are particularly named in the claims.

Having described my invention, I claiml. In an autographic register, a deliverytable, a reciprocating feed-carriage for feeding the detachable strip mounted thereon, a tongue under the table mounted on ways parallel thereto, connections between the carriage and tongue adapted to reciprocate the tongue, a yielding platen, and antifrictionribs formed on the under side of the deliverytable toward which said tongue normally bears, the said record-strip being fed foward along said ribs by the tongue, clamped against the under side of said table by said platen, and held in position during the return travel of the tongue, substantially as described.

2. In an autographic register, a deliverytable the under side of which is provided with antifrictional way-surfaces, a reciprocating carriage thereon, a storage-compartment under the table, a platen therein movable transversely to the table, a guide under the table parallel therewith, a reciprocating tongue mounted thereon and bearing against the under surfaces of said table, the strip to be recorded being pressed bysaid tongue directly against said antifrictional way-surfaces, interlocking devices between said carriage and tongue adapted to be engaged and released during the carriage travel, and interlockingdevices adapted to clamp the record-strip against the tongue during the forward travel, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

HARRY KONERMAN.

XVitnesses:

OLtvEn B. Knielen, IDA J. LUCAS.

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