US940481A - Shipping-bill register. - Google Patents

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T. I. SCHIRMER.

SHIPPING BILL REGISTER.

APPLICATION rum) MAY 17, 1909.

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SHIPPING BILL REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 17, 1909.

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SHIPPING BILL REGISTER.

APPLICATION. FILED MAY 17, 1909.

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THEODORE F. SOHIBMEB, OFDAYTON, OHIO.

I SHIPPING-BILL REGISTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 16, 1909.

Application filed Kay 17,- 1909. Serial No. 498,802.

" ing to be full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being'had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in shipping bill registers.

The object of the mvention is to provide accurate means for feeding two or more sheets of paper from a similar number of rolls within the cabinet, so that the writing,

lines of said sheets will at all times be in alinement. Heretofore, in machines of this character, more or less difliculty has always been experienced in maintaining the writlines of the paper in uniform positions. W ere this is not one, the writing on the sheets below the top sheet is out of a proper position or is not in position corres ondmg to the positions on the. top sheet. or example, the writing on the-top sheet is always between the lines, but such is not the case with the lower sheets, and this difiiculty is due to an inaccuracy of feed. The present invention removes this difliculty and provides a feed which maintains the writing lines of all the sheets in alinement.

Other new and useful features of my in- 1 vention comprise various details, all of which combine to produce a shippin bill register which overcomes substantialfy'all of the difficulties heretofore experienced in machines of this character.

Preceding a detaileddescription of the in sectional elevation of the same. Fi 3, is

a side elevation with a portion of e casing brokenaway. Fig. 4, is a vertical seetional elevation through one of the rollsof paper. Fig. 5, is a view of a portion of the paper used in the machine with the writing K ines omitted as they may be varied to suit i pins 14 which extend one the peripheries j different requirements. Fig. 6, is a detail l sectional view of one end of the feed roller and the adjacent ressure roller. 7, 1s a detail view of t e stop which arrests the crank handle at the end of a complete revolution. Fig. 8, is a detail view of the means for holding the carbon sheets in 'tion.

. The inclosing case l'consists o a bottom with upright sides and ends which may be of any requisite size and ornamental design. A detachable cover 2 incloses the top of the casing and is provided with the usual 0 ning 3 which lies above a laten 4 u on w 10h the sheets of paper, toget er with t e carbon sheets rest.

In the drawings, I have shown three sheets of paper 5 leading from a similar number of rolls supported upon spindles 6 suitably mounted in the sides of the casing. The paper extending from the rolls passes over tions of the side walls of the casing, and thence over the platen 4 to the front end of the machine. The sheets of carbon are unwound from a carbon roll 8 which is mounted in a housin 9 extending from a side of the machine. %n the present case there are two sheets of carbon on said roll.

In F i 4, the carbon sheets are not shown tween the sheets 5 and above the platen 4 in a well-known manner. When thus extended be secured at the opposite sides of the'casing by means of a bar=10 which is pivoted at 11 and has its free end secured by a clamp 12 fixed to the side of the casin See Fi 3 and 4. This bar 10 clamps t e ends 0 the carbon sheets and holds the same in position. The sheets of aper from .the rolls are especially repare for use in this ty e of re 'ster. or example, in Fig. 5, e para el rations 13 at uniform distances apart and in say,-the perforations on one edge of the paper are in alinement with those on the other edge. These perforations are preferably vound and they are stampedvig the sheets at the same time the sheets are printed with the writing lines and columns. Engaging these perforations or openings in the sheets of paper are two series of roperly-constructed' guide rollers 7 mounted in the upper porextende from the roll, but it will be under-- stood in practice, these carbon sheets he beedges of the paper are shown to have perfoacross the platen 4, said carbon sheets may exact alinement with each other, that is to of two circular plates rigidly mounted on the ends of a feed roller 16. The ositions of the pins 14 relatively to each ot er, correspond to the positions of the perforations or openings 13 in the sheets of pa er 5, that is to say, in the rotation of the ro er 16, the pins 14 successivel engage said openin 13 .and advance the s eets of paper a uni orm It will be observed the distance each time.

' extreme ends of the pins 14 are tafpered to mounted in a housing 19 on one side of the suitably mounted in the forward end of the casing and the shaft on one side thereof is projected from the casing, as shown in F i 6 to receive theboss of a crank 17 throug which said feed roller is rotated to feed the sheets of paper. At each complete rotation of the crank 17 it is'stopped by a pin 18 machine. The pin 18 is normally held out in the path of the crank by a spring 20 which is coiled around said pin, and pro-- jecting from said pin is a finger-piece 21 by means of which the pinmay be moved out of the path of said crank in each initial movement of said crank, see Fig. 7. It is obvious that other means may be employed for stopping .the crank or feed roller at the end of each'complete rotation. Above the feed roller 16 is mounted a pressure roller 22 which engages the sheets of paper at the end of each complete rotation of the roller 16 and holds sald sheets firmly against the surface of the roller 16 While said sheets are 7 being severed at the front of the machine.

The pressure roller 22 is inclosed within a housing 23 formedin the front end of the cover 2, and the journals of said pressure roller lie in slots 24in the end walls of said housing as shown in' Fig. 3. The journals of said roller are yieldingly maintained in their bearings by coil springs 24 inclosed bev tween blocks. 25 which engage directly the upper sides of the roller journals, and screw plugs 26, see Figs. 1 and 3. It is necessary that the pressure roller 22 shall engage the sheets of paper only at the expiration of each feeding operation. As shown in Fig.

' 2,. the said rollerisjlowered against the sheets of paper, while in Fig. 6, it is elevated therefrom. These two positions. of said pressure roller-are effected by a cam ring 28 which has "a portion 'of its "circumference lowered to a plane coincident with the circumference of the roller 16. There is one of these cam rings 28 secured to each end of p with the -feed roller.

the pressure roller 16 in positions to engage the ends of the ressure roller at points be-' yond the feed ro ler 16. The depressed portions 27 of the cam ring are in positions which permit said pressure roller to descend against the sheets of pa er at the end of each feeding operation an to rise therefrom upon each initial movement of said feed roll in order to not obstruct each feeding movement of the sheets of paper. front end of the cover 2 1s provided with a suitable knife edge 29 by means of which the bills are severed from the sheets after said sheets are fed through the machine. The sheets of paper are fed between this knife edge 29 and a stripping plate 30 which is 10- cated at the extreme end of the machine and which projects inwardly, and at each end is provided a recess 30 which straddles the pins 14 on the roller 16. These recesses allow the eed roller 16, and prevent the paper from being carried around b said On one end of the stripping plate 30 there is an indication 31 which rovides a guide for locating the tear line 0 the bills Whenever the machine is newly supplied with aper. After this is once accomplished? the tear line always appears at the cutting edge 29, which cutting edge it will be observed is in a line with the arrow indicated on the plate 31. I

Suitable tension is provided for governing the unwinding of the rolls'of paper which consists of resilient plates 32 secured at their.

lower ends to the inner side of thecasing,

and extending in contact with the ends of said rollers. The tension of these plates is regulated by adjusting screws 33. Means are also provided for preventing the shafts of the paper rolls from dropping out of their hearings in the sides of the casing; these" means consist of friction disks 34 which surround one end of each of said shafts on the inner side of the casing. The said disks 34 are constructed of any suitable material such as leather or cork, and the openings therein are slightly smaller than the shafts in order to bind said shafts-and hold them in position during the shipment of the machine.

I do not wish to limit myself to the s ecific construction described as it willbe o vious that various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having described my invention, I claim: 1. In a shipping bill register, two series of "pins, a rotating body upon which each series of (pins are mounted, means for rotating said b0 y to cause the pins of each series to successively en ranged in sheets of paper placed one upon the other, a pressure roller adapted to en a c said sheets at the termination of each ee The extreme.

late 30 to. come in close contact aper roll age perforations uniformly are each series to successively enter perforations ing operation and to release said sheets at the beginning of each feeding operation, and means so controllin said ressure roller.

2. In a shipping gill reg1ster, two series of pins mounted upon a rotating body, means for rotating said body to cause the pins of in a plurality of sheets of paper arranged one above the other to uniformly feed said sheets, a cutting edge for severing said sheets, and a pressure roller adapted to rigidly engage said sheets atthe termination of each feeding operation and to hold said sheets While they are being severed.

3. In a shipping bill register, two series of pins mounted upon a rotating body, means for rotating said body to cause the pins of both series to uniformly and successively enter perforations in a plurality of sheets of paper arranged one above the other to uniformly feed said sheets, a stripping plate adapted to strip the sheets from said pins, a cutting edge for severing said sheets, a pressure roller adapted to rlgidly hold said sheets while being severed, and cams controlling said pressure roller and adapted to elevate said roller during eachfeeding operation.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, I

in presence of two witnesses.

THEODORE F. SCHIRMER. Witnesses R. J. MOCARTY, MATTHEW SIEBLER.

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