US2364087A - Paper guide - Google Patents

Description

Dem 5, 1944. A; w. METZNER PAPER GUIDE Fi led May 28, 1941 INVENTOR V 7'NR i ATTQKNEY supply. being drawn into the machine.

Patented Dec. 5, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. mam p 1 Albert wrMetzrfifflhio, assignor to i The Standard Register Company, Dayton,

Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application ;May 28, 1941, Serial No. 395,631

, i 7 Claims. This invention pertains to writing and imprinting machines, and more particularly to a paper guide for directing continuous series connected form stationery in its exit from the machine.

In conventional formsof tabulating machines, typewriters, billing machines and the like; the continuous supply of "stationery enters at the rear of the usual platen roll andafter passing beneath the platen and past the writing or im printing position,it is discharged in a tangential direction rearwardly and upwardly in reverse direction above the incoming stationery supply strip.

If unsupported and undirected the outgoing stationery strip contactsand interferes with the orderly and smooth flow of incoming stationery. The present purpose is to control anddirect the inscribed outgoing material througha path apart from the incoming stationery supply portion of the strip. a

To this end it is contemplated that the inscribed portion of the stationery will be guided through an arch shaped path in elevated relation above the portion of the machine to the rear of the platen roll and imprinting position,

] and sufficiently separated from the path of the incomingrecjord material to enable unrestricted movement thereof, and afford room for a supply packet over and beyond which the outgoing material is discharged. i

The object of theinvention is'to provide a and applied to existing writing and imprinting ion. w e by one operator will be enabled to attenda battery of multiple machines.

A, further object of the invention is to provide stationery supporting andz guiding means having the advantageous structural features and inherent meritorious characteristics herein men- I tioned.

With the above primary and other incidental objects in view as will more fullyappear in the specification, the invention intended to be protected by Letters Patent consists of thefeatures of construction, the parts and combinations thereof,: and the mode of operation, or their equivalents, as hereinafter described or i11ustrated in'the accompanying drawing. Inthedrawin wherein is shown theyp-re ferred, but obviously not necessarily the only form of embodiment of the invention, Fig. 1 is a perspective View of the upper portion ofa conventional tabulating machine to which the present invention has been applied.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectionalview, somewhat H diagrammatic, illustrating the relation of the present stationery guide to the platen roll and imprinting position of the tabulating machine 3 and to the stationery supply, over and beyond which the inscribed record material is. disstationery guide structure of simple construction and capable of being economically manufactured machines, which will be" efficient in use, a'utomatic in operation, uniform in its action, having relatively few parts and unlikely to get out of repair.

A further object of the invention is to provide an arch shaped guide chute which will maintain controlof the traveling record strip from the point where it leaves the imprinting or writing machineto a point instantly spaced there beyond and in bridging relation above the stationery A further object of the invention is to enable the inscribed legends tobe readily observed for sufficient distance beyond the imprinting posi tion to enable the operator to ascertain that the machine is working correctly.

An important objectof the invention isto enable the continuous automatic operation ofpower driven writing and imprinting machines without the necessity of constant attendance or ob:

charged. i Like parts are indicated by similar charac ters of reference throughout the several views;

For. illustrative purposes, but with no intent to unduly restrict the application or scopeoi the invention, it is shown in the drawing as applied to a Bowers tabulator, of which I is the upper portion of the machine frame and 2. 1s a rotary platen run about which the record material 3 is advancedpast an imprinting position. In the operation of the machine, which is power driven and, the imprinting operation thereof is controlled by a succession of punched cards or by agperforated tape, the platen vroll. is intermittently actuated through successive partial. ro tations by feeding or line spacing mechanism 4. The area of the record material 3,brought to imprinting position at the front of the platen roll at each actuation thereof, is subjected. to imprinting pressure of series of type. bars 5 by which, successive legends, determined by the p'unchings of the control cards or tape, are

impressed on the, stationery strip.

The supply of continuous form. stationery is. drawn froma supply packet 6, located on a sup; porting shelf I, to the rear of the platen roll 2. r The strip of material is drawnover a guide sur-. face 8 by the successive partial rotation of the:

platen roll, and enters over an inclined paper guide 9 behind the platen roll. The stationery is shown in the drawing as provided with longitudinallyspaced marginal holes H) for progressive engagement of radial feeding pins l I carried by the platen roll 2. However, the present invention is in no way dependent upon the particular positive feeding means illustrated, but is equally efficient in conjunction with a writing or imprinting machine of other types and with those equipped only with frictional feeding means.

Such machines of whatever type are usually provided with a transverse tear-off knife l2, disposed just above the imprinting or writing position and above the platen roll.

After passing the imprinting position at which the record strip is impressed with desiredilegen'ds or figures, the strip is discharged in a tangential direction upwardly and rearwardly beneath the tear-off knife 12. Unless supported and guided, the outgoing inscribed record material would fall upon and be pushed over the incoming supply portion of the strip as it traverses the guide surface 8.

Arranged in elevated relation above the guide 8 and incoming record material drawn thereover, is an arch shaped bridge I3 supported at its rear by uprights I4 and adjustably supported at its forward end by arms I5, fixedly attached to the guide bridge 13 and adjustably engaged with upright pivotal arms I6 mounted n the carriage of the machine.

As the inscribed portion of the continuous stationery strip advances from the platen roll upwardly and rearwardly over the forward dependent apron ll of the guide bridge, it is exposed to view so that the operator may easily observe a number of recent impressions thereon to ascertain the operating condition of the machine.

While traversing this initial portion of the acter described possessing the particular features of advantage before enumerated as desirable, but which obviously is susceptible of modification in its form, proportions, detail construction and arrangement'ofparts without departing from the principle involved or sacrificing any of its advantages.

While in order to comply with the statute, the invention has been described in language more or less specific as to structural features, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the specific features shown, but that the means and construction herein disclosed comprise the preferred form of several modes of putting the invention into effect, and the invention is therefore claimed in any of its forms or modifications within the legitimate and valid scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim: 1. A guide for a writing or imprinting apparatus wherein a continuous strip of record material is advanced about a platen roll and past a record receiving position, comprising an upwardly and rearwardly inclined portion disposed in substantially tangential relation with the platen roll and a pivotally connected rearwardly extending continuation thereof disposed in elevated bridging relation with the supply of incoming record material, said guide including a pair of oppositely extending retainer members pivotally connected to the initial upwardly and rearwardly inclined portion of the guide and disposed in overlying spaced relation therewith guide bridge, the record strip is restricted to its 7 I course parallel with the apron I! by overlying guide strips or fingers 18 which are pivoted at 19 a guide chute22 through which the inscribed strip is advanced by rotation of the platen roll.

This lid or cover 2| is also hinged at l9, coincident with the guide strips or fingers i 8. By raising the lid 2| the direction of the leading end of the record strip over the guide I3 is facilitated, and the strip is accessible for observance of the previously imprinted legends or figures. However, when closed the lid 2| completes the guide chute and confines the strip to its prescribed path of travel over the bridge I3.

At its rear the guide bridge is deflected downwardly at 23 beyond the supply packet shelf I which directs the rearwardly traveling strip downwardly into any suitable receiver or into a collecting packet 24 wherein the strip is automaticaly refolded upon its original fold lines.

The forward apron l1 and guide fingers 18 extend in approximate tangential relation with the platen roll into close proximity with the transverse tear blade l2 and the imprinting position, and thus assume immediate control of the adbeneath which the inscribed portion of the record material is advanced, and support means for said structure, the construction and arrangement being such that a portion of the underlying record material is exposed to view through one of said retainer members.

2. A guide chute for a Writing or imprinting apparatus wherein a continuous strip of record material is progressively advanced past a record receiving position, including a hinged multisectional channel shaped guide member for outi going inscribed material supporting means by which the guide member is disposed in elevated positition bridging the supply of incoming material, and ahinged multi-sectional retainer overlying the initial section of the channel and confining the strip therein, the construction and of the strip through the tunnel may be observed,

the construction and arrangement being such that the sections of the cover member may be pivoted about the hinge independently of the underlying channel.

4. An attachment for a writing or imprinting apparatus wherein a continuous strip of record material is advanced about a platen roll and past a record receiving position, a sectional flexibly joined guide channel for an outgoing inscribed portion of the strip supported in elevated bridging position over the supply of incoming material, supporting means accommodating the flexible guide channel in different positions of lineal deflection, a sectional flexibly joined guard overlying a portion of the guide channel, the construction and arrangement being such that the channel portion with the overlying guard may be adjusted as a unit into different position of lineal deflection while permitting the independent adjustment of a portion of the overlying therefrom in elevated bridging relation above the supply of incoming record material, supporting means for said structure, and a sectional hinged retainer overlying theinitial upwardly and rearwardly inclined portion of the guide member confining the advancing portion of the strip thereto, the sections of said retainer being free for upward swinging motion relative to the underlying guidemember, the construction and arrangement being such that a portion of the underlying record material is exposed to view through one of said retainer sections.

6, The combination with a recording apparatus having a platen roll about whicha con-:

tinuous strip of record material is progressively advanced, ofa guide therefor overlying the recording apparatus-and conducting the strip away from the platen roll, said guide being medially jointed for flexing movement in aplane perpendicular to the plane. of the strip being advancedjthereover, supporting means for the structure, and a pair of oppositely extending retainer members pivoted to the guide in ofiset relation with the medialjoint of the guide for swinging motion independently of the guide to-v ward and from the latter in a plane perpen dicular to the plane of the strip being advanced over the guide.

'7. The combination with a recording machine s having a platen roll about which a continuous record strip is advanced past a recording position, of a guide therefor overlying the recording L apparatus including an upwardly and rearwardly inclined portion above the platen roll, and a continuing rearwardly extending portion over' which the strip is progressively directed, at least a, portion of the guide being mounted for vertical swinging motion relative to the recording apparatus, supporting means for the guide, and. a pair of conjointly pivoted retainer members beneath t which the strip is advanced relative to the guide,

one of said retainer members extending from its pivotal point downwardly and forwardly relative to the recording apparatus and the other pivoted retainer member extending rearwardly from its pivotal point in spaced relation with said guide.

ALBERT W. ME'I'ZNER.

Images