US2031370A - Autographic register - Google Patents

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Feb. 18, 1936. 1 JENSEN AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER original Filed Feb. 2, 1934 5 Sheets-Sheet l v -111.)N DuZmQuM ONE .QZ

Feb. 18, 1936. L. JENSEN AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER 3 Sheets-Sheet. 2

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Feb. 18, y1936. 1 JENSEN AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 Original Filed Feb. 2, 1934 Patented Feb. 18, 1936 AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Louis Jensen, Chicago, Ill., assignor to United Autographic Register Co., Chicago, Ill., a corporation of Illinois Continuation of application Serial No. 709,505, filed February 2, 1934. This application filed November 17, 1934, Serial No. 753,551

11 Claims.

A 'Ihis invention relates particularly to duplicating machines and to an improved register casing andmeans for initially advancing stationery from under atear-oif bar aftera tearing operation. Preferably, the stationery is provided with regisyter perforations and the register has yieldingly urged register pins to arrest the advance of the stationery when withdrawn manually a form length.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a simple initial feed device for a hand pullout machine of improved construction, wherein the stationery will be automatically released and advanced by rotation of the feed roll shaft.

The presentV application is a continuation of my application Ser. No. '7 09,505, led February 2, 1934.

The invention is illustrated in a preferred embodiment in the 'accompanying drawings, in which- Fig. 1 is a broken plan View of an autographic register embodying the invention; Fig. 2, an end elevational View of thesame; Fig'. 3, a broken longitudinal sectional'view, taken as indicated at line 3 of Fig. l; Fig. 4, a broken sectional View, taken as indicated at line I of Fig. 1; Fig. 5, a broken longitudinal sectional View, taken as indicated at line 5 of Fig. l; Fig. 6, a broken plan View of the cam springs and supporting bar ;Y Fig. 7, a longitudinal sectional view taken as indicated at line I in Figs.' 8 and I9 showing a modified register lembodying the invention; Fig. 8, a transverse sectional view taken as N indicated at line 8 of Fig. '7; Fig." 9',`a broken Iplan View from below showing the initialfeed mechanism; Fig.r10, a broken front elevational view of the registerffram with the casing removed; Figi 11, abroken sectional Yview'taken as indicated at line II of Fig. 9; and Fig. 172, a broken sectional view taken as indicated'at the line'l2 of Fig. 9.

The invention is particularly adapted to'small portable registerswhich' may be Ymade of sheet-- aluminum. It will beunderstood that the sta# `tione'ry and metal are' not drawn to scale in the accompanying drawings, which results in some distortion'of the views.

In the construction illustrated in Figs. 1 to 6, A designates acasing provided with a bottomwall A', a top wall A2 serving as. a platen, a front end wall A3, and aca'rbon-roll holder A4 B, a skeleton cover forminga partial closure for the platen A2 and'provided at its front end portion with a tearo bar Bf; and C, an initial feed device.V

"The casingA is constructed substantially the same as the one described in my Patent Number 1,902,284 issued March 21,l 1933. It serves as a housing for a zig-zag folded packet of continuousform stationery I0 which is led over the back of the platen A2 and has its register perforations I I engaged by register pins -I2 beneath the tear-olf bar B'. Thel register pins are shown mounted on forwardly extending leaf springs I3 whichgare, rigidly connected to a cross-member I4 mounted on the underside of the platen A2. To the c1'oss bar I4 is rigidly connected a forwardly extending leaf spring I5, the purposeof which will be described below.

The skeleton cover B is arranged to snap over the 'casing A and' may be conveniently removed to permit the stationery I0 to beled over the platen to the register pins in interleaved relation with carbon strips (not shownlfrom the container A4. The tear-off bar B may be rigidly connected to the cover-"B by means of rivets I6. Near the central portion of the tear-off bar, portions II of the bar are stuck upwardly to `form journals for a'shaft I8 on which is rotatably mounted a knurled presser roll I9.V

The initial feed device C is shown provided with a transverse shaft 20 which is journaled in the side walls of the register beneath the tear-off bar. The shaft is providedwith a mutilated feed roll 2l having a flat portion 22 presented to the roll I9 when the register pins I2 are engaging the perforations in the stationery. The shaft is further provided witha pair vof cams 23 which are provided With fiat faces 24 which engage depending arms 25 connected to the leaf springs I3 by means of rivets 26. The cams 23 and feed wheel 2| are so arranged that during rotation of the shaft 20, the cams retract the pins I2 through the medium of arms 25 just prior to the feed Wheel 2| coming into engagement with the stationery and pressing it against the presser roll I9 to commence a feeding operation. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the shaft 20 may be provided with a knob 21 for manual rotation of the shaft. As indicated in Figs. 2 and 5, the front wall A3 of the register has cut-away portions 28 to permit downward movement of the arms 25.

The shaft 20 is further provided with a cam 30 having a flattened face 3| which is acted upon by the forwardly extending leaf spring I5. The cam 30 is positioned so that the attened portion of the feed wheelZI is presented to the presser roll I9 when the register pins- I2 are permitted to spring upwardly by the cams 23.

In operation, it will be understood that the forms may be fed out'as far as desired by merely rotating the knob 2'I. However, in the preferred operation, theknob 21 is rotated sufiiciently to retract the pins I2 and feed the stationery far enough to permit it to be grasped and manually withdrawn. In manually withdrawing the paper, the feed wheel 2| will rotate until its flattened surface is presented upwardly and it will then be yieldingly held in that position through the action offspring 'I5.on-cam 30."-WhleAin-'tliis'position, the pins I2-'will bepermittedby Athe cam 23 to be yieldingly urged against the lower face of the stationery I0 and upon engagement with re'g-v ister perforations I I, the advance ofv-thestationery will be arrested and the completed' form may be separated on the bar B.

In the modification illustrated iniFigsZ-LlZ-fthe register mechanism is similar to that described above except that an improvedfregister;casingis provided for the platen frame, thei-feedvwheelfhas two mutilated sections and is ope'mtediby-icentrally disposed ratchet mechanism.

The register casing comprises a lower portion 3.5'and lan uupperfportion ,36 ,which .is hinged cto the lower portion at 3,1 andoverlaps :the opposite side gwall 38. :of fthe flower portionY withfa zflange 39 which. serves Yto hold a l.ear-bon:strip, :orf-strips, 40 in interleaved relation :with :stationery strips 4 I Y'Ilhe :upper ,portion of the easingga ,aordssa skeletonA coverl 4 2 gto provide accessfto the writing platen. ,'I'he;cov,e.r vis:shownprm'ided at its front end with 1a' transverse tear-off blade-43 equipped witlra housing-.44 in whichris mounted Va presser roll 45. The register frame comprises-fagplaten 46 ,l equipped with integrally fomnedvside `walls` 41 which,.aredirmlyaconnected vto ,the `bottomwall of ithe slower, portionof thezcasing atf, ,'Asxwlll be seen from-.Figl :8, the :outer icasing; isfrounded so thatfa compartment 49fis proyided'fora carbon rolli50 from whichthestrips 40;may be drawn over theiplaten. The framesis :furtherwprovided with .a :bottomzmalllil 1 whichzprofvides a :supply compartmentrz f fornaezigzzag folded ipaclxetv nof stationeryiil fThe bottom wallaisicurvedidownwardly and joined tto thea-bottom'wall o f fthe casing .at .its rear :portion as' indicatedA at54 and 'its front :end is curved :upwardly as Jmdicatedat 55 and terminates at the .fronteendzofzthe platen 46. Thisconstructionzprovides amadditional compartment 56 which may' be used-to store completed copies as shown fin `myabovet patent. The-pair of abutments151 and.58-are struckfrom.the-,bot tom iwallv 5 I topermit operationiof `the initial feed mechanism and prevent 'thezpack-Si `froxnzcjomrig in contact therewith. Y

As shown in Eig.-'1;a.n;extension 59 is hingedly connectedat-i :tolthe rear. of .fthe-platen 4Bzand Vprovides journal membersnSIg-for ther gudero'll Y62. Anarrow tray-'like guideimemberfais placed in the compartment-5.2 to facihtate 4insertion and removal `of .a packet-of :stationeryfthrough ithe rearend of ;.the machine after ptheicover 1has/been swung .upwardly and the-.guide-roll 6 2- --swung rup out of the way .about thepivot 6I). L'Ifhisimember hasta guidepontion V64 atiitsrrearend lwhchrisrad'- .jacent to the fgudefroll V52 :and prev-,ents nmore than a singlefsetiof strips fromgbeinggdrawn from .theacompartmentatbnertime. v"I'he frame is fur- ,ther provided -with the vusual supporting :bars 6 5 for the forwardly extending carbon-protecting aprons 66 `asfis well 'understood-in the art.

The initial feed-device =is similarn to thatdescribedtabove. and has atransverse shaftrGT .fjournalled in thesiderfwalls 41:-of .the frame beneath the tear-off. `bar,43 The shaft isprovided with a rigidlyvconnected lfeed wheel? 68 :having two -mutilated :portions 6,9,eeither of .which isf-presented `towards the-roll :4 5 :when registenpins 10 :are free to bear against the strips 4I. 'I'he shaft is further provided with a pair of cams 1I having two flat faces which engage depending arms 12 which are riveted to the leaf springs 13. The cams 1I and feed wheel 68 are so arranged that when the shaft is rotated the cams will retract the pins 10 prior to :the unmutilated-portion ofthefeedwheel comingzinto engagement with the stationery fto begin a feeding operation.

A'I'he shaft 61 is further provided with a cam 14 `having twoflattened faces which are acted on by aforwardly extending leaf spring 15. The latter cam is positionedtsoxt'hat one of the mutilated 4lportionsof'the feedzwheels is urged to a position adjacent to the'presser roll 45 when the register pins `are permitted to spring upwardly by the In iorder -to facilitate operation of the feed shaft a U-shaped member 16 having a centrally disposed finger piece 11 is journalled on the shaft 61 .and is equipped-with apawl lawhich isrheld in=engagement-with a ratchet-wheel yilxedly mountedon the shaft 61. y'.'Eherpawl-isacted:upon bya springrll and an-additionalspringzl isqprovided to urge the ratchet :member ,upwardly finto the position shown in Fig.y 7 Y 4The operation of the mechanism-issimilar Yto that described .-above except that -it -is .merely necessary for the operator to momentarily :depressthe nger piece 11 V toffeedzout a 'formsui- .ciently to-perrnit it yto be-grasped -by-:hand and withdrawn vuntil Athe -nextsetgof perforations are engaged by the register pins.

The foregoing Vdetailed description has Vbeen given for clearness of yunderstanding only, `and no gunneeessary limitations` should :be understood therefrom, .but the appended claims should-be construed `as broadly aspermissibla in vview-fof the prior art.

What ,-I `regardas new, and Tdesire tosecnre-by Letters Patent, is:

1. An -autographic registerzcomprisingr 1a reas- Iing ,having a platen rover whiclhzaapluralityfof Stationery strips provided .with -registermerforations may be-led; aitear-off ibarnear the -f'rontfofaid .platen whereon the Ystrips may-bezsevered'azro- :tatable -presser-roll-mounted on said tear-off vbar *and adapted to `engage the YVstrips;.regist,er zpins yieldingly urged rinto-engagement l:withv the regis- .tergperforations in strips `advanced overthe platen; and an initial eedSdeVce'Orrsaidstrlps comprising Y a` transverse rotatable shaft `.provided -with-a;mutilated feed wheel .adapted Aupon-rota- Ation to press the strips against the-'pl'.eSSer-roll, cam-,means for holding the-registerfpins 'depressed while thestripsgare engagedfbyfsaid feed Wheel, and yielding means for-holding themutilated rportion of the feed wheel-'adjacent to the strips when the register ,pinsarereleased .by Said cam-means.

2. A v,duplicating machinecompriSing.: la frame having a. platen overwhichstationery stripslxaving register perforations'may be led; ,a Ayieldingly furged pin adapted to engageperforationsin said strips to arrest the advance thereof; ,fa-rotatable feed-wheel having a-portion of vits .circumierence cutaway for initiallyadvancing the strips; 'yield- `ing means for `positioning the cut-away 'portion qtowards ,the strips when the'fpinis projected through a perforation in VA.the stationery; ,and means for vautomatically retraating thezpin from engagement with the stripsuponrotation of the feed-wheel and prior to ,the .advancingof vsaid strips.

. r3. In a .,handpull-out autozraphic registerza strips provided with register-perforations may be led; register-pins movably mounted on 'said frame and adapted to engage perforations in said strips; feed-means comprising a mutilated feedwheel journaled in said frame and adapted upon rotation toretract said pins and to engage and advance said strips; and spring-means adapted. to urge said register-pins into engagement with the strips and to urge the mutilated portion of the feed-Wheel-to a position adjacent to the strips to facilitate hand-Withdrawal of the strips.

4. A mechanism as specified in claim 3, in which the feed-wheel has a shaft provided with cams, one of said cams having a flat-face diametrically opposed to the mutilated portion of the feed-Wheel and acted upon by a finger of the spring-means, and the other cams being engaged by arms connected to the register-pins.

5. In a hand pull-out autographic register: a frame having a platen over which stationery strips provided with register-perforations may be led; a register pin movably mounted on said frame and adapted to engage perforations in said strips; feed-means comprising a feed-Wheel journaled in said frame and adapted upon rotation to advance said strips; and a finger-operable ratchet-means centrally disposedrnear the front of said platen and adapted to rotate said feedmeans.

6. Mechanism as specified in claim 5, in which the feed Wheel is mounted on a shaft in the front of the frame and the ratchet means comprises a U-shaped member journaled on said shaft and is provided With spring-means for urging the linger member to its uppermost position.

7. Mechanism as specified in claim 5, in which the feed-Wheel has twol mutilated portions and spring-means for urging either of the mutilated portions of the feed-Wheel to a position to facilitate hand-withdrawal of the stationery strips.

8. A hand pull-out autographic register comprising a casing having a skeleton cover hinged near the center of one side of said casing; a frame having a platen mounted in the casing so as to provide a carbon-roll compartment near one edge of said casing from which carbon strips may be l'ed over the platen; register pins movably mounted on said frame and adapted to engage perforations in stationery strips led over said platen in interleaved relation with said carbon strips; feed means comprising a mutilated feed-Wheel journaled in said frame and adapted upon rotation to retract said pins and advance the stationery strips; and spring-means adapted to urge the mutilated portion of the feed wheel to a position to facilitate hand-withdrawal of said stationery strips.

9. Mechanism as specified in claim 8, in which the skeleton cover is provided with presser roll adapted to cooperate with mutilated feed-roll in initially advancing the strips.

10. Mechanism as specified in claim 8, in which the frame is provided with a supply compartment from which stationery strips may be drawn over the platen, a guide-roll is journalled in a bracket pivotally mounted on the rear of said platen, and a guide-tray is Withdrawably positioned in said supply compartment to facilitate Withdrawal of a supply of stationery and is equipped near its rear end with an upwardly eX- tending bracket adapted to cooperate with said guide-roll in facilitating Withdrawal of sets of strips from said compartment over the platen.

11. A duplicating machine comprising: a frame having a platen over which a plurality of continuous-form stationery strips provided with register perforations may be led; a yieldingly urged pin adapted to engage perforations in said strips and arrest the advance thereof; a tear-01T blade v near the front of said platen whereon the strips maybe severed; and a feed device for initially advancing the stationery comprising a rotatable feed Wheel having a. portion o f its circumference cut away, said feed Wheel being mounted to engage frictionally and advance the strips less than a form length during one revolution, means for urging the cut away portion of the Wheel towards theV strips when the Vpin is projected through a perforation in the stationery, and means for automatically retracting the pin from engagement with the strips upon rotation of the feed wheel and prior to the advancing of said strips.

LOUIS JENSEN.

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