US965708A - Autographic register. - Google Patents

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P. HANG.

UTOGRAPHIG REGISTER. I APPLIOATION FILED 00127, 1909.

` Patented Jllly 26, 1910.

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Y Hf' P. HAND. AUTOGRAPHIG REGISTER. PPLIQATION HLED 00T. 7, 1909.

' Patented'July 26,1910.

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@WLM/Leone www P. HANG.

AUTOGRAPHIG REGISTER.

APPLIUATION FILED 0017, 1909.

Patented July 26, 1910.

4 SHEETS-SHBET 3.

' P. HANG.

AUTOGRAPHIG REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 7, 1909.

Patented July 26, 1910.

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l yspecificati'on of Letters '.Patent.

Patented .run/flac, 1910.

Appneation mea october 7, 190e. serial No. 521,502.

Be it known that I, PHILLP HANO.,a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the` county of New Yorkaiid State of New York, have invented new-and usefullm rovements inAutographic Registers,l of

which the following is afsp'ecicatlon.

This invention. relates to lautographic registers, the machine being equi ped to take.

any suitable number of rol s of paper. rlhreerolls of .paper are shown inthe draw- 'fin'gf'b'ut this number canl be varied as re- The machine is adapted to register the sheets or rolls in alinement as well sidewise as longitudinally by meansr of certain de- Vice'shereinafter more fully described. yThe vice is operated automatically byfsuitable paper" is in theforin of continuous strips wound on'reels, the arrangement being such that the paper is pressed against the side wall of the m'achine,"so asto prevent. lateral' movementfof thepaperlas'well as overspeeding, along longitudinal or trahsverse'lines so as tplpm's r'e correct writing on the same.-

. 'lF e-rii1 means/of suitable devices and is provided with .a Y clamping-device. This clamping` de# stops which canlbe arrangedfor throwing' a greaterVor less length of paper and which stops can be set lto an accurate and positive throw. A tension device is provided which will prevent the'paper from getting out of.

L alineinentand from receding when the mal .chine'is moving backward ytoprevent the .paper from buckling and to hold the-paper i 4firmly and tightly on the platen at all times'.

The supply of paper comes from a series of reels placed in the machine. and the paper is fed out over `ides and then over the platen,

through the lautomatic clamping device.

ont tension device and i to the The machine 1s provided with a box at the side to' hold the -roll olf-carbon paper 4to l stretch over the platen and between thewrit-l in the annexed drawings in which I F igure`-1 shows a plan view` ofan autolgraphic 4register embodyin vllig.

' the carbon paper.

in papers. This carbon paper is 'held tig tly by'a cover over the platen which cover cany serve. as a knife for tearing o This ,inventionA is set forthl in the following. specificationand I claims and' illustrate this if'nven'tioinl 2 Fig. 1.

isa side elevation o y Aachine .is -providedwith a reciproyeating vframe fed vforward and backwardbyj Fig. 3i

,I fis avertical longitudinalcntral section 'of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 1s a section along the line m Fig. 2. Fig. 5'is a section along the line yy Fig. 2. ,Fig 6 shows thereciprocating .slide 1n forwardly projected position. Fig. y7 is a section -along the' line a z Fig. 6. I Fig.

8 shows an operating mechanism-for the storage roller.l Fig.l 9 is a detail view of the tension device and knife Blade. Fig. 10

is a view from' the' opposite side' to that shown in Fig.9., Fig. 11 is` asectionqalongghe line ez. Fig. 9. Fig; 12 is an enlarged ra register, )one of the .sideV frames being omitted. Fig. .13 is a transverse vertical section'along the line z2 of Fig. 12. ,Fig. 14

15 is a. fragmental perspective view ofthe lcllp associated with' said roller. Fig. 16 is a perspective view of .theknifei gmental sectional side elevation of the.V

is a detail section of 4the storage roller. Fig.

v In "this drawing, a indicates the two side i frames of the machine, which frames are leach composed of upper and lower sections. y The two upper sections are hinged to a bolt b, which connects the, two lower' sections whereby said upper sections may be up; (see Fig. 12.)" The reels .c have their trunnions d seated in the lower. sections of the frame, .and when the upper sections are swung up about hinge bythe reels will be freed, so that their trunnionsmay be lifted I` outdof place. About each arranged within a housing f and .bears against the inner end thereof, said housings beingY provided with or forming` part of flanges g of such size .as to pressy laterally against one ide of the', paper rolls z-andy force the sameagainstthe opposite side of the machine, said rollsbeing of somewhat greater width'than the reels.

of the trunnions ai at oney side .ofthe reels vc isn coiled a spring ewhich is AThe paper strips coming `fromy theitreels are led'overidlers toward the :front yof the l.machine and fed forward by a reciprocating Jframe 'which 'isv provided-with a' clamping. `.device hereinafter described. vThis' frame consists 'essentially of -a pair of longitudinally arranged sliding bars m having their los front "ends connectedby a cross-bar lo. Bars m/"are vtubular in form and are provided upon th'eir under faces with rack teeth which .are engaged by gears n., mounted upon a .shaft nf, said shaft having alsomounted thereon4 a second pair of gears n2 in mesh with' and driven by a pair of gears n3 mountled upon a drive shaft W* provided with an operating handle o.

y Rotation f shaft a4. by means of its handle will thus impart an endwise` `'movement to the 'rack bars m 8 located aty suitable points onthe under,v

as will be apparent. The tubular rack bars m contain slide rods 79 which-'fitsuiiciently tight within the bores of vsaid bars to enable them to be carried by the latter and yet be capable of an independent movement. with respect thereto. .At their front ends, rods 7) are formed with noses p provided for a purpose hereinafter through the medium of gears n3, @Zand n,

fstated, while at their rear ends theyarepron.

vided with projections r. These projections rare designed to strike against lugs g and face ofthe platen lor other stationaryjpart ofthe machine, the lugs g being positioned toward the' front and the lugs s toward the 'rear of the machine. Consequently, when handle o is `turned in the proper direction 'f to advanceV the reciprocatory. frame, rods p will be Acarried forward with bars m (byl lreason of their frictional lit within the bores thereof), until the projections 1 strike against-lugs g. j When this takes place, the

f forced back into theh bores ofsaidbars `and Will thus assume their original position.

l The above-described ,shifting movements ofrods p' cause the noses p Vat the front ends of said rods to engageand recede Jfrom the rocker arms t of -a pair lof clamps located adjacent the ends ofthe cross-bar la. Each' f of these 'clamps is in the form of a twoarmed lever which is pivotedto bar 7c, as

indicated by the lettera, 'and comprises in p addition/.to the rocker arm t agripper arm 2. When the afore-mentioned noses p on rods p strike -against and ride over the arms t of the corresponding. clamps, the latter will berocked upon itheir pivots, so as to cause their gripper arms 2 to move downwardly into engagement with the paperpthe vedge of which rests upon said bar ic. On

the succeeding rearward Amovement of rods 72, the nosesp thereof will recede from arms t, whereupon the gripper arms of the clamps will release the paperunder the iniiuence of a s ring 3 the ends of which bear against sar arms t, said spring being shown Figs. 5 and 7.

he arrangement l of the parts is 'such that the noses p. are normally engaged with the rocker arms of the clamps, the gripper armsl of the latterbeing, ingconsequence,

forced against the paper. Therefore, when the frame is advanced together with the.

rack bars m and the rods p, the paper will likewise be advanced until the projections r strike against the front lu s g; 'when this takes place, the noses p will be caused to recede from said rocker arms by the rearward movement of rods p, as above described, whereupon the gripper arms will be forced to release the paper by the action of the springsA 3. l/Vhen the frameand bars are subsequently moved rearwardly, and the projections 1' strike against the rear lugs s, the rods 79 will be returnedv to their initial position insaid bars m, and the noses p will` be rengagedwith the rocker arms of the clamps, thereby bringing the gripper arms of the latterinto operation.

` At the front portion df the machineabove theplaten thereis arranged a tension device comprising a blade 4, rlgidly secured to `a rock shaft 6 which is held yieldingly by means of a suitable spring 5 in such a posltion that saidfbla'de 1s normally in contact with the paper passing over 'the platen, so as to permit a free forward movement of the paper, but to prevent backward movement thereof. Shaft 6 also carries a loosely lmounted blade normally held against operation by a springt, but capable of movement into operative position in contact with the paper when pressure is applied upon aj thumb 'piece` 9, the spring buckling at such time.' In this position the cutting edge'of blade 7 may be utilized^ in tearing olf a portion of the paper strip, and since said edge projects beyond the gripping arms 2of the clamps, the succeeding part of the strip may be seized and fed forward when the [reciprocating frame is again advanced. The memorandum or register made upon the u permo'st sheet o n the platen is duplicated ymeans of suitably interposed sheets of carbonl paper, presently referred to. The lowermost sheet fed over the idle'rs z' and through the machine, is stored in a' housing slocated at the front end of the machine. This housing contains a roller 10 upon which vsaid sheet is wound. ,The rotation of this roller is efectedin the-'following manner: Shaft n', on which gears nare mounted is provided adjacent one end with a gear 12 which meshes with a suitably mounted transmission gear 13, said .gear 13 meshing inturn with a gear-11, mounted on a stud 14 `set into the adjacent frame lside. This izo y stud carries a disk lprovided with a pawl 15. which engages aratchet' 16 yformed with a recess for the receptionl of a frictiondisk 17.. The hollow'elongated h ub of the fric-4 tion disk fits in any opening in the adjacentend of roller 1 0 and is suitably held against` rotation therein. Said hub is normally forced outwardly fof said opening by a `spring 18, 'whereby said frlctlon dlsk 1s of said record sheets. This box isprovided caused to bind against the wall of the aforementioned recess inthe ratchet. (See Fig. 5.) The operative engagement of vpawl 15 with ratchet 16 takes place only upon the forward movement of handle 0. It will thus be seen that when shaft a is rotated, gear 12 will turn gear 13 which, in turn, rotates gear 11; disk 15 rotates with gear l1, and its pawl 15 enga es and rotates ratchet 16, the rotation of said ratchet effecting that of friction disk 17, and, in consequence, of roller 10.

In order to permit the permanent record or lowermost sheet to be wound` around roller 10 duringv the rotation of the latter, said roller is formed with a longitudinal groove wherein is slipped a clip 19 which is designed to engage the front edge of said sheet, and hold the same in place upon the roller. When the winding up of the sheet in question has been completed, and the roller is to be withdrawn, the clip may be readily removed by the thumbnail or finger of the person in charge of the machine.`

At the side of the machine is located a suitable box` 19 adapted to hold the roll of carbon paper 20, the arrangement being such that the latter may be drawn across the platen and between the record sheets, and held stationary during the feed movements with a cover 22 connected thereto by spring hinges 21- and having its free edge beaded,

so as to snap over the edge of the adjacentl side frame of the machine. When the carbonv paper in use has become worn, a fresh portion may be` drawn from roll 20, and the used portion torn 0E against the free edge of cover 22, which thus acts as a knife.

With reference to the, lugs g and s against which the projections 1 on the frame bars fm, are adapted to strike, it may be statedA that they are preferably in the form of screws, pins or studs, which, as stated,4are removably set into the under'face of the platen. It will be apparent, therefore, that the position of these lugs vbears a definite relation to the shifting movements of rods and, hence, to the time of operation of the c amps, or, in

uother words, to the extent of the feed of the sheets of paper. Consequently, if said lugs b e positioned at points other than those shown, a corresponding variation in the extent ofthe feed will result. It is intended,

therefore, to provide lugs which may be adl justed fromone position to another.

-I claim:- l y j 1.v In a machine of the kind described, the

combination, with a\ platen; ofl reciprocating tubular racks; driving gears for the racks;

a crossA piece. at the forward ends of the racks; clamps carried by the cross piece; slides located in the tubular racks and movable within the same for operating the clamps; and stops for arresting the movements of said slides at predetermined intervals during the movements of the racks.

y2. In a machine of the kind described, the combination, with a platen; of reciprocating tubular racks .driving gears for the racks; a cross piece at the forward ends of the racks`;I clamps carried by the cross piece; slides located in the tubular racks and provided with means for engaging the clamps to operate the same; and stops for arresting the movementsof said slides at predetermined intervals during the movements of said racks,

said stops being adjustably mounted to regulate the extent of such intervals.

8. A machine of the kind described comprising a platen; a tension device arranged adjacent the front end of the platen, said t device consisting of a swinging blade, and a shaft on which the blade is mounted reciprocating "racks and driving gears yfor the racks, the free edge of the said blade being arranged to contact with the platen to 'hold the paper in place thereon and to prevent t-.he same from receding during the return movement of theracks; and aripping blade arranged to swing about the same shaft as the first-mentioned blade, said ripping blade having an arm for holding it in and out of opera-tive position.

4f. A machine of the kind described comprising a platen; a reciprocating frame pro-v vided with clamps adapted to feed paper coming from the platen;a storage roller located below the platen to receive a record sheet therefrom; gears for actuating the frame; and a gear connection between the frame-'actuating gears and the storage roller comprising a disk, a pawl carried by said disk, a ratchet engaged by the pawl, and a stud for supporting the ratchet and disk,

said Aratchet having a recessed face and the storage roller being provided with a springpressed member arranged to seat in the recess in the face of the ratchet, said pawl and gear connection being made to rotate the ratchet with the storage roller in but oneV direction, to wind the paper to be stored.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set l my hand in the presence of two .subscribing witnesses. p

' Pi-mLiP HA im Witnesses:

CHRISTIAN ALMSTAEDT, W. C. I-IAUFF.

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