US1055680A - Paper-fastening device. - Google Patents

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J. N. STACY & A. W. HOAG.

PAPER FASTENING DEVICE. APBLiOATION FILED MA BHZO, 1912. 1 055.680. Patented Mar. 11, 1913.

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J. N. STACY & A'. W. HOAG PAPER FASTENING DEVICE.

, APPLIOA'I'ION FILED MAR. 20, 1912. 1 055 681) Patented Mar. 11, 1913 v 2 sums-5115M 2.

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5 2 Mm w M sheets of paper may be c outrun stratus JAMES N. STACY AND ARTHUR W. 5658-, 9F NEW YORK, N. Z, ASSIG'NOBS T) N. G. BARBER, .61 NEW YGRK, N. Y.

PAPER-FASTENING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 29, L912. Serial No. 685,093.

The primary object of our invention is theprovision of means whereby a plurality of lamped together by means of a tongue st l. from the paper itself, and without the use of clips. rivets eyelets or like devices.

A further object of the invention is to provide means whereby a plurality of tongues struck from a plurality of sheets of paper may be forced through a slit cutin said sheets and thus the sheets tied A further object of-the inn tion is to provide a mechanism in the forn'i of a hand stamp between which sheets of paper may he placed, and which upon a depression of the stamp will cause the tongues r to be struck out from the paper and in sorted through a slit made in the paper.

A. further object of the invention is to provide a very simple, effective and easily operated mechanism to this end adapted at one operation to form the attaching tongues, slit the paper and insert the tongues in said slit.

Further objects of the invention will ap pear in the course of the following description.

Our invention is illustrated in the accompa nyi ng drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of our improved paper securing mechanism. Fig. 2 is an under side plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section. the parts being shown in the positi mtal cu before the plunger depressed. Fig". l is a like view to Fig. 3 but showing the parts in the position taken just before the die cuts the tongue from the paper. Fig. 5 is a like view to Fig. l but showing the parts in the posiliontaken when the tongues are forced forward into the eye of the blade. Fig. (3 is a like view to Fig. 5 but showing the parts in the position to ether.

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end of the base 2 eierred to taken as the blade rises and draws the tongues through the slit made in. the paper. Fig. 7 is a face view of a sheet of paper showing the manner in which the attaching tongue passes through the paper. Fig. 8 is a. sectional view on the line 88 of Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the tongue-cutting punch. Fig. 10 is a sectional Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawings by the same reference characters.

Referring to these drawings it will be seen that 2 designates a hollow base which houses a portion. of the mechanism and which is provided with a flat upper portion designated 3. This upper portion is longitudinally slotted as at at, one end of the wall be ing formed with a relatively enlarged socket 5 and the other end of the slot intersecting transversely extending slot 6. The rear is provided with the laterally spaced upstanding ears 7 between which is pivoted the arm 8 by rheans of the transversely extending pivot pin 9. The arm 8 normally extends upward at its free end and is held in this position by means of a spring 8 one end of which is support;- ed in the socket 5 while the other end is supported in a socket 10 formed in the arrn near the base thereof. The forward 'end of the arm 8 carries upon it the transversely extending: head 11 from which projects the upwardly extending knob 12 formed with it flattened upper end adapted to be struck by the hand of the operator.

Carried upon the under side of the head ll is th downwardly extending punch 13 which :1:- shown in Fig. 10 is approximately rectangular in cross section but tapers toward its rear end. It will likewise'be seen from Fig. i that the face of the punch 13 is inclined from its forward edge to its rear edge so that upon adepression of the punch, the rear edge 14 will commence to cut sooner than the front edge will. This punch 13 isfor the purpose of cutting out the tapering tongue as will be hereafter de scribed.

Mounted upon the forward face ofthe head 11 is the downwardly extending slitcutting blade 15, which extends below the punch 13. This bladeas shown in Fig/la tapers from its upper end to its lower end.

I above the plate 17 in spaced and is provided adjacent its lower extremity with the eye 16. This eye is as wide as the. broadest portion of the punch 1.3, and it wil be seen from Fig. Pillitit the upper Well 0; the eye 16 is approximately level. with the forwerd ed e let of the much 13. Su

b ported upon the face 3 of the base 9. unniediotely above the transversely extending slot 6 is a. plate 1? formed with :1 rearwardly extending slot 18, this slot tapering rezir- Wurdly, and the rear end of the slot in register with the rear edge of the punch 13 when. said punch is depressed so thatlhe slot 18 forms part of a cutting die, of which the punch is the other member. Disposed relation there to is a plate 19 formed with longitudinal slot 20 and with a transversely extending slit 21. permit the passage through it of the punch 13, While the slit 21 is sufficiently large to permit the blade 15 to pass thercthrough. Preferably the plate 17 supported upon the base by means of screws 23, while the plate 19 is spaced from the plate 17 by nticuns of a spacing block and is held thereto by means of a screw 25.

' While we do not wish to liniit ourselves to any special means for supporting tne punch 13 upon the head 11, we huVe clown for this purpose the punch 13 us being formed with a base flange notched ut opposite points in its diameter as at 26, and through which pass the screws 527 which enter a plate 28 supported in any suitable manner upon the under side of the head ii. By this means the punch may be removed whenever desired for regrind ng or for repair, It will be seen also that the blade 15 supported upon the head. by means oil it screw 29, and that by removing this screw the blade may be removed, regrcund, replaced or adjusted. W

Mounted upon the under face of the plate 17 are the downwardly extending spaced cars 30. These have ii iproxiinutely lTilQ SfLl'llC length as the width of the transverse slot 6 and extend rearward so as to form tongue guides us will be later explained.

Projecting from the interior face of the front wall 2 of the base 2 is the bifurcated supporting stud 31, and pivoted within this stud is the linger the upper end of whi h outwurdlv and upwurdl; curved as and norn'ially disposed imu'iediutel v hcncu. the under face ol the plate 1]". It will seen that the finger 3-; has a relatively lore and relatively narrow extremity whi h is adapted in the operution ol' the device to once through the eye ll on the blade The linger 232?. is provided Willi a rcurwurdly and upwardly projcctiw tail 34;, end piw oted upon the linger for lice upwurd move- Iuont llut normally reeling upon this lull a bi'l'urcuten extension 35 whirl. is no i'nieliy The slot is sutliciently large to- 62, inch is depending from the base on each side of the rear end of slot 4. This hell crank 36 line {a forwuriflly proje ting uriu 39 which extends forward and nornuill i supported somewhat fil'lli ll) oi the hell crunlt extends upward through the slot l and then is hurlined lorwurd and upward so to have engagement with the under face of the arm l. Preterziblv the upper end of the arm l0 is twisted so to lie llut against the under face of the arm 8 and huve u rubbing contact therewith. A spring ell. acts to hold the arm 10 into engagenient with the arm 8. The spring 8 of course acts lo hold the arm 8 in its upperni permits the 05L position and therefore spring ll-l to hold the arm 40 in its upperinoet posi ion with the arm 39 restingabove the extension l For the purpose of holding the ling-er 32 in its raised position. we prov de :1 spring 42 which as illuslruled is a C(lll sprincz, the middle porl ion of which passes throug l the linger and the lateral ends of which sire at lueheil in any suitable manner to the lateral walls of the forward part oil the base portion. i l c do not, however, wish to be limited uurliculzir form ol spring" is it is obvious that :1. number of other 'loi'ms might be used which would. accomplish the some purpose.

In the operation of our invention, several. sheets of paper which are tached to each other are placed between the plate and 1!), the uuirgiuul edges oi? lhe sheets striking i'igzi'iust the spacing member 2. The head 11 is then forced dmvnword ziguiuel'. the force oi the spring 8. As the head ill i'uoves downward, the blade 15 punctures u. slit designated a in the paper A throu h lhe several uhcets, and {if-i the punch move downward it cuts out :1 tongue designuied Z). will be seen that the rear edge i l of the punch l3 will first etrilic the paper ;iu l lluit as ilie punch deer-(unis, the tongue will. be cutout. liuisniuch as the sides of the tongue I) are cut out l'icl'orc the front edge ll of the punch reaches: the paper, it will be obvious that the further descent of the punch will not cut the tongue eni'irolv from the paper but will Hlillplfv' act to force these tongues into the slot 18. As the head moves ilowi'iwui'd, the arm 8 will push downward upon the arm 4-0 of the bell crank 3(1 The loiwi'ui'tl end 35) of the hell crank will be depressed. and utriltiun' against the extension if will. druw dowmvurd upon the lziil of the linger 3:2 drawing the pointed of actuating the linger ore the extension 39 The otherextremity 33 of the finger rearward and downward to the position shown in Fi l and behind the tongues. When the punch is nearly fully depressed or in the position shown in. the to ue Z2 will have been cutout forced nward between the guide flanges 30 and the eyeloi the blade 15 will be below the plate 17. ()n a slight further depression of the head 11, the end of the arm 39 of the bell crank 36 will slip by the extension and release the finger, whereupon the spring 1-2 will cause the finger to move forward, projecting the end of the tongue or tongues 6 through the eye 16. Upon the upward movement of the head 11, the blade 15 will move upward and carry the extremities of the tongues I) upward through the slit (1 so that these tongues will then be in the position shown in Fig. 6. As the paper is drawn out from between the plates 17 and 19, the plate 19 will cause the extremities of the tongues to be folded fiat against the paper, and the several plies of paper will be securely held together by the refolded interengaging tongues without the use of eyelets, clamps, clips or any lihe devices.

It will be seen that it is necessary that the finger 32 be formed with the pivoted extension 35 as otherwise the arm 39 ofthebell crank 36 could not pass this finger upon an upward movement of the arm 39 and therefore could not return to a position above the extension 35.

Inasmuch as the tongues Z; are struck out from several folds of paper and pass through several folds of paper, it will be plain that the engagement between the seve'al sheets of paper will be relatively strong, permitting a few of the sheets being detached from each other, without damage to the sheets, when desired.

iVhile we nave described the operation as taking place in successive steps, it will be understood that as a matter of fact, the clamping together of the papers is practically accomplished at one actuation of the machine. The paper is placed in position between the plates 17 and 19 and the head depressed by a blow. The formation of the tongue and the threading of the tongue into the blade or needle 15 and the drawing of the tongues through the slit (1- are all accomplished at one stroke \Vhat we claim is:

l. Mechanism for attaching sheets of fabric to each other including a tongue punch, a slit cutting blade formed with an eye, a plate having a slot through which the punch and blade are movable, a finger pivotally mounted beneath said plate and oscillatablc longitiulinally of the slot, means actuated upon a depression of the punch and bladefor retracting said finger and then releasing it, and. means moving said finger outward in the opposite direction to insert the tongue out by the punch through the eye or" the blade.

2. ldechanism for attaching sheets offal)- ric to each other including a base, a plate mounted on the base and having a slot, a reciprocable arm mounted on the base, 'a head on the arm, a tongue punch depending from the head and movable through the slot in the plate, a slit cutting blade carried by the head iii-advance of the punch and in alinem ent therewith, said blade extending below the punch and having an eye formed in the extendedportion, a finger mounted beneath the slot in the plate and movable longitudinally thereof, means actuated upon a depression of the arms for with: drawing saidfinger to a point rearward of the slot, and means acting upon a full depression of the arm for shifting said finger forward to fold the tongues cutby the punch and insert said tongues through the eye.

lvl cchanism for attaching sheets of: :t'abric to each other including a tongue punch, a slit cutting blade formed with an eye, a plate having a slot through which the punch and blade are movable, a finger pivotally mounted beneath said plate for moven'icnt longitudinally of the slot, means normally urging said finger to its forward position, means moving downward with the tongue punch and operatively engaging said finger to retract the same, but escaping from engagement with the finger when the means has nearly reached the lowest limit of its downward movement, and means permitting the first named means to move upward by the finger without actuating the same.

a. Ivlecbanism for attaching sheets ct fabric to each other including a tongue punch, a slit cutting blade formed with an eye, a plate having a slot through which the punch and blade are movable, a finger pivotally mounted beneath said plate and oscillatablc longitudinally of the slot, a spring normally urging said finger to its forward position, a tail piece pivotally connected to the finger for upward movement but moving the finger upon a downward movement, and mean actuated upon a depression of the tongue punch and blade for engaging said tail piece to retract the finger and then release the same to permit it to move out ward and insert the tongues cut by the punch through the eye of the blade, said tail piece moving independently of the fingcr to permitsaid means to move into pohead niftl ha;

u plutc of the tongue punch, a plate mounted on the base listing;- a slct through which the unch and blade arc movable, a finger pivctully mount beneath the plate and oscillal'ablc longitudinally, a spring noi'mzilly tugging suit] ll?" to its 't'ci'wiirti position, a mi; piccc pirtuml to the finger and projecting ifczn'wui'llly, said tuil piccc moving downward with the finger but l'uiving free up wni'rl uuweiiiciit, and u bcll crank lever iw ul'ctl upon the base, the uppcr entl of thc lcvcr ciigauiug said arm, the lower cm! of tlic lOYQl' being normally above said tail piccc ia'hci'cby upun a dcprcssum ci'i' thc arm uml hczul thc lower cru'l of the lltll cifunlt will engag 'c mitl tail piece to retrac the finger and then relax the same t permit the saitl l'lil 'fil' to move outward and insert the tcugu ut cut: by the punchthrouglithe '7 cf lhc blatlc.

6. l lechiuiism for attaching shhcts cl fabric to each uthciincluding a base, :1 plate moimtml mi ilic buss uuzl liming it stint ti iwzcipi'cciiiuhlc :IiE'I'J nmuml'ctl on thc base, :1 spring normally urging pcsilitru, 2L hczul (in iii a ifcni'wui'tlly luli crctl tmiguc punch t'li-ipcutliizg from lhc u i'mii'wziifclly anti tlmviil is cc, said punt-h being" H uolc tin-0.11:4 1 (:l 1 lluplate, 1 slit-cutting blmlc carried by the head advance of the punch flntl, in :ilincmcnl thci'cuiii'h, said blurlc t'ntli'u .bcimv the, PIIlIlL'll and having an 'e 'l meal in the extended pcrlion a tiugci'. u'uumtctfl bciiczith the slut in the plate 2, nil 2m lc lmw uf. iul'cti. by u (lcp 'cs il said flu 'WHITlly incliut .011 of the 2:) iczii'w t m t slot. mil pci'mittccl to act; upfm r 1, 5119 mm for shut it; told lhc tongues cu, tongues Him.

'4'. lllcchm' Pic to such it a, slit shee s 0 Pub funguc punch, with an l rt through which thy nwvublcu lingcr mouutctl bci'icuth Stilll plulc nil rccipi'w punch am? blzulc :z'i'c it vzi'tuhic longitudinally in? thc slut, not-nu lly 171.;1'1 lltl tinge? to i POSlthTll, and 11393111? ucfuntetl upon it cla iicw sum oi the mu us punch Lfilil blade for rctracking snitl finger untl \hcn t'clcnsing said linger in pci uiil' sch? wring to move it out' ward and insert '31:: tcnguw cut l punch through the: cyc of the blillll}.

S. .iVlcchz-mism for: :tttzichin i-ic tn cut-l1 Oil' incliuling" a bass, :1 plate umuutcrl (m l a base and having i slut, an arm pii'uiml iiitwl on the Misc and lHVW Eng :1 llQfiil l we slut at Spring nm'n'mlly l the arm in ii ifziisctl msi I arm to ii .tziisctl the :2 spring 5 3 forward I h in ELQlUlDCQ of punch, said blade gcctmg below the vcch and havcyc fcrn'ict thcrciii, atctl :m i hr finger mom bclcw th. late :mtl opcmii bclc E clot in thc plutc, 1 Meal 1 depression of the 01 retracting th .231 against the few cf the spring and ll '1 mic. 'ug said tinge to permit it to- (21 r thc tongues cut hi7 the punch "Enough the eye of the said (it).

Mechanism for attaching sheets mt l'ab- Tit.- tc each other including a base, a plate .mmmtesl on the lush and having a lougittv 'rlinrilly eittcntl" plat-t1 mounted album and spaced :lrnm the lilS-E iiiimctl plate. having :1 punch slot. and 2t blfl c 5 her-cm an arm pivctully tbc and extending over ring for holding the arm t lion 2i punch tlcpt entling; hi1r in ulincmcul; with the punch l t in the secont plate, said punch tapering uni in 13cc;- uiuil having a (lounly :1 utl Taiyuan-Elly int-linwl lowci' cut ting fact slitwuttiiig blutle carried on the arm "a :mi'uncc ml the puiici and cxtcutliiig the punch said ext dun bciug; with :m we, an angular linger pi\- m the lDzLE below the slct in the lc-Wcc ilut'c, p aid ti v'ci' ha ingj; un angguhu-ly pi-oi extension pivoted upcn the the finger!) c .ul engaging Quid tail :1 Wm .(l n'mwm Y but. intlcpmuh flllly z'wvublc with relation to the tail upon wrtl umvcmcht, u spring uni-mull 535mg the fingcr to an upward niul in)" lion, :1 bell crank mounted in the: one arm of which engages .Qziitl lip 1, tor at lirui'mcl tlistuiicc (luring; the l'lfil 'l of the bell crank, the olhvf arm of the hell. crank extending 'llpwfllfl through he base and intu (.Hllflfllfllitfllwith the punch Hi1)- poitiiig'miii \vlicwby it cause a. retraction of thc lihgciupci'i =1 depression of the punch carrying ziiilh anti. :1 tripping (if the iing i." l0 pin-mil suitl spring in curry it forward us the bell f' 'flfili rclcuscs tho cxlcnsimi of the lingxciz saying act-w "fit-Salt base immediately 7 means actuin tcutifmmy whcrco'l WU zilli's: mu" signallllT-LS in prvwiu-o cl twu witness-mv JAMES UTAC I 11.371 ilt'lllllll W; HOAG. 3.}

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