ARRANGEMENT FOR VIEWING A LARGE NUMBER OF TRANSACTIONS OF A CALCULATING MACHINE

Abstract: An arrangement to make a large number of calculator items to be viewed, consisting of a supporting plate (4), which is arranged at the upper side of the calculator (2) leaning to the horizontal plane to guide the from the calculator leaving paperstrip. The length of the supporting plate (4) should be more than 8 cm and preferably more than 30 cm and the guiding construction (6) is designed along the edges of the paperguider to guide the paperstrip. The supporting plate is attached on a bar (8), possible to slide sideways.

Description: Arrangement for viewing a large number of transactions of a calculating machine. The presented invention contents an arrange¬ ment for viewing a bigger number of items on an calculating machine whith paper roll, including a supporting plate which is attached on the upper side of a calculator and leaning against the horisontally plane to support the from the calculator outcoming paper. The supporting plate is adjusted to an over the calculator reaching bar which is possible to slide sideways. On normal calculators today, the paper leaves the printing function of the calculator and is passing a little plate with the intention to prevent the paper to be caught in the not printed paper roll which it just did leave. One is able to see very few transactions or items printed on the paperstrip because the paper disappear due to that the paper is rolling together in a mess behind the calculator. At a bigger number of transcactions you can't see directly what you did before. This earlier known supporting plate construction with a length shorter than 8 cm does not satisfy the wanted function of viewing. You also can't directly return with underlining and other remarks if you can't look at the all figures & items because the paper is rolling in the just mentioned mess. Therfore, you lose the rapidity and get a bad memory function to which data, which are printed, and which should be marked. The comfortability is worse because of you over and over again have to cut off the paper to reach the figure-material when you need it. The cutting of the papper also destroys the possibility to get an overall spare of the material, which is important for easy, clear and σontiniously presentation. The big groups, which as a profession works whith figures, as the staff at the economy departments, auditing bureaus, accounting firms, post and banks, feel by their habit to register a bigger number of " transactions the above disadvantages. The purpose whith the presented invention is to eliminate the disadvantages mentioned above. This purpose is obtained whith an arrangement mentioned on the first lines above and with the patent demand 1 named characterizations. According to the arrangements of the invention a longer supporting plate whith a guider construction adapted to the supporting plate, which should be longer than 8 cm and preferably more than 30 cm, is keeping the paper angled up to make the viewing of a bigger lot of transactions and items, which solves the problems mentioned above. This simple solution has up to now not been invented although the calculators have been existing for decades. The advantages for people who as a profession are working with figures are: More rapid observations, you needn't put out the hand to look for different transactions. Better funtion of memory, you remember much more simple what you did earlier both according to separate item and whith the figure-material as a whole. Easyier and better dividing of the cutting function when the paper should be spared. You needn't glue togethter different parts, which you perhaps earlier were forced to do. A better arrangement according to the invention is that the bar has a track in which the supporting plate/paperguider is to be fitted. By this constrution the supporting plate can be adjusted sideways for the fitting of the paper . Another positiv arrangement according to the invention is that track in the bar is adjusted with an angel between 35 - 70 degrees, which is the most σonveniant angle from the point of viewing . At this angle the paper also is gliding easily which is of great importance for the function. Another positive arrangement according to the invention is that the the bar is attached to the upper part of a sidepiece whith an angle of 90 degrees and the downpart of the sidepiece is adapted to a supporting plate also whith an angle of 90 degrees and parallell whith the bar. The supporting plate is intended to be placed under the calculator, so that the sidepiece is along the side of the calculator. In this way it is possible according to the arrangement of the invention, in a simple way to move the paperguider to another calulator and no firm attachment is needed. According to another positive evolution contents the sidepiece of two parts which are able to slide in which case the bar is adapted to one of the parts and the supporting plate to the other part. In this way can, the arrangement according to the invention, in a simple way be adjusted to calculators of different sizes. Advantageously is the supporting plate according tq s the invention adapted whith holdings for helping equipment, as a pencil and a rubber, which are to be at hands for noticees and marks on on the paper. At another positive arrangement according to the invention is a transparant plate whith optical effects for magnifying, adjusted to front side ofthe supporting plate with the purpose of makeing the printing of the paper bigger. This is because on many calculators the printing is small and the sharpness is descending when the printing ink is diminishing . Especially for the persons whith bad eyes is this a real problem. A transparent plate whith magnifying effect according to what is described above may reduce the this problem a big lot. As examples of arrangements according to the invention will now be shown in connection to the enclosed drawings, on which fig. 1. shows a calculator from the front with arrangement according to the invention, fig 2 the supporting plate in fig 1, fig 3 and 4 the supporting plate in perspective from the side and from behind, fig . 5 - 7 the same views as in fig 2 -4 of another arrangements of the supporitn plate, fig 8 - 10 the same as fig. 2 -4 but of a third arrangement of the supporting plate, fig 11 - 13 are are the same views as in fig 2 - 4 by a fourth arrangement of the supporting plate, fig 14 is a detail view showing the mounting of the supporting plate to the bar, fig 15 is a view from the front of a calculator whith the arrangement according to the invention with a separate supporting equipment to make a simple movement of the equipment from one calculator to another, fig 16 is an arrangement of the supporting equipment and the bar for the supporitng plate alike that in fig 15 shown but whith the possibility of variation of the distance between the bar and the supporitng plate, fig 17 is an alternative description of supporting ewuipment with the possibility to change the distance between the bar and the supporting plate and fig 18 is a view from the front of the arrangement according to the invention, in a more solide way. Fig 1 is a. calculator shown on which a leaning supporting plate 4 is adjusted to the point where the paper leaves the calculator 2 for supporting and guiding the paper. The supporting plate is suitibly produced in plastic and in a transparent material and is along the sides formed for gripping 6 and to guide the upcoming paper along the the supporting plate to avoid the paper to leave the guider and rolling in front of the supporting plate see fig 2 - 13. Fig. 2 -11 are examples of the supporting plate 4 guiding construction 6. In fig 2 -4 are shown an arrangement at which the guiding construction 6 is designed not only to be a guiding track 50 for the paper roll but also a track 40 for a transparent plate placed above, as will be described in more detail later, and track 42 for an infor ationleaf, mirror etc at the backside of the supporting plate. The examples according to fig 5 - 7 this track is left and in the examples according to 8 -10 is the guiding track left for the plate above. Finally at the examples according to 11 -13 are the the guiding piecles 6 designed only to be guiders for the paper. Just behind the point for the entrance of the paper from the calculator 2, the bar 8 reach over the machine. The bar is adapted to the upper side of the calculator. One of the endparts of the bar 8 is designed as a gripping part 10, which reach right-angled against the bar 8. The bar is attached to the upper side of the calculator by for example glueing the fastening piece 10. The fastening piece should be of a relatively big length to be able to carry the power, which will occur in the supporting plate 8, specially when mounting a relatively longer supporting plate 4, compare fig 1. Fig 14 is a sideview from the bar 8, which shows the supporting plate 4 mounted in the bar 8. In this way the bar 8 is designed with a track 12, which is adjusted to the downpart of the supporting plate 4, so that the supporting plate 4 makes an angle of about 50 degrees, which is an optimal angle from viewing point. By this design of the mounting to the supporting plate 4 the place of the supporting plate can simply be adjusted to different calculator types by just sliding_.sideways with the supporting plate 4 in the track 12. In fig. 15 a calculator 2 is shown with an alternative design of the arrangement according to the invention whith a separate supporting equipment, which isn't firmly adapted to the calculator 2. The bar 8, in which the supporting plate 4 is attached, is at one of its endings attached to a sidepiece 14, which reach downward and at its edge is attached to a supporting plate 16, intended to be placed under the calculator 2, so that the sidepiece 14, reach along one side of the calculator 2. By this design the equipment can simply be moved from one calculator to another. The end of the bar 8 can be arranged to slide in a vertical track inside the sidepiece and by this construction the bar is locked in wished position for variation of the distance between the bar 8 and the supporting plate 16 for adjusting to different design of calculators. In fig 16 an alternative design is shown, by which the sidepiece is made in two parts 18 and 20, which are sliding to each other with an roundgripping function, the bar 8 is attached to the upper part of the piece 18 and the supporting plate 16 at the other downpart . 20 for the purpose that the distance betwen the bar and the supporting plate should be able to be varied. In this way you can simply slide the parts 18, 20 and adjust the distance betwen the bar and the supporting plate so that when the supporting plate 16 is adjusted under the calculator, bar 8 will be resting on the upper side of the calculator. Another design with possibility to vary the distance between the bar 8 and the supporitng plate 16 is shown in fig. 17. In this design is the sidepiece of two, against each other turned boxes 44, 46, attached to one part of the bar 8 respectively the supporitng plate 16. Between the boxparts 44, 46 is attached a piece 48, which is designed to be fitted in the endparts of the boxes. With this design can the distance betwen the bar 8 and the the supporting plate 16 simply be varied by using pieces 48 of different length . In fig 18 a more solide exemple of fastening equipment is shown according to the example of fig.1. Moreover is the supporting plate 4 at the backside attached whith an angled supporting construction 22, which horisontally part is designed to be attached against the upper part of the calculator with the pupose to give better stability for the supporting plate 4. Especially whith longer supporting plates this design is more advantagously. By this design the bar 8 is more suitibly designed whith fastening pieces 24, 26, in the same way as the fastening piece 10 according to the design of fig. 1, to make it possible to attach the both ending parts of the bar 8 on the upper side of the calculator 2 whith sufficent strength. The supporting plate 4 may suitable be arranged with holding equipment, in the form of a fastening construction 26 or so etihing alike to attach helping equipment as a pencil 30 a rubber 32 compare fig. 18. By this way these helping equipment are always conveniantly at hand for noticing and marking on the paper. An transparent plate whith an optical magnifying effect 34, see fig 1, can be arranged over the front of the supporting plate so that the paper slides between the supporting plate 4 and the plate 34. By this way is the printing on the paper under the plate 34 magnifyied for the purpose of making the reading easyier, which is of special advantage for the eye-handicaped persons. The guiding facilities 6 along the edges of the suppporting plate are designed with another track 40, se fig 2 at which the plate is kept on the paperstrip as mentioned above. The edge 36 of the supporitng plate 4 is designed as a cutting edge for the paper. Gripping edges 38 may, if so is wanted, also be designed at the backside of the supporting plate and along the edges to put for example a mirror or some other leaf of information at the backside of the supporting plate, which may be seen throw the supporting plate because this is made of transparent material, see fig.2 -4 and fig. 8 - 10. Both the guiding tracks 40 for the magnifying plate 34 as the guiding tracks 42 at the backside of the supporitng plate 4 are attached just above the bar 8 ended to make a stop for the plate respectively the mirror or the leaf.

Claims: Claims 1. Arrangements to make a large number of calculator items to be seen, containing a support plate, which is attached on the upper side of a calculator, leaning against the horisontal plane to guide the leaving paper from the calculator, ch a r a c t e r i z e d b y that the length of the supporting plate is more than 8 cm and prefer¬ ably over 30 cm, and where guiders are designed along the support¬ ing plate to guide the paper. 2. Arrangements according to claim 1, c h a r a c t e r i z e d b y that the bar is designed with a track (12) in which the downpart of the supporting plate (4) is intended to be fitted in. 3. Arrangements according to claim 2, ch a r a c t e r i z e d b y that the track is designed so that the supporting plate after mount¬ ing in the track makes an angle in the latitude of 35 - 70 degrees against the horizontal plane. 4. Arrangements according to claim 3, c h a r a c t e r i z e d b y that the track (12) designed, so that the supporting plate (4) after mounting in the track makes an angle of 60 grades to the horizontal plane. 5. Arrangements according to any of the claims 2 - 4, c h a r a c t e¬ r i z e d b y that the bar is attached to the upper side of the calcu¬ lator. 6. Arrangement according to any of the claims 2 - 4, c h a r a c t e¬ r i z e d b y that the bar (8) is attached to a supporting construc¬ tion, consisting of a sidepiece at which upper part the bar is connect¬ ed right-angled against the sidepiece and at its downpart a supporting plate is connected also right-angles against the side-piece and paral- lell to the bar which supporting plate is intended to be placed under the calculator so that the sidepiece reaches along one side of the calculator. 7. Arrangement according to claim 6, c h a r a c t e r i z e d b y that the sidepiece consists of relative to each other two sliding parts, by which the bar is connected to one part and a supporting plate to the other for variation of the distance between the bar and the supporting plate. 8. Arrangement according to claim 6, c h a r a c t e r i z e d b y that the side-piece consists of two, against each other turned boxes' (44, 46) connected at the bar (8) respectively the supporting plate, between which boxparts a piece is intended to be fitted. 9. Arrangement according to any of the claims 2 - 8, c h a r a c t e¬ r i z e d b y that the supporting plate (4) is at its backside equipped with a supporting equipment (22) which at a distance from the bar (8) supports against the upper side of the calculator (2) to stabilize the supporting plate better. 10. Arrangement according to any of the claims 1 - 9, c h a r a c t e¬ r i z e d by that the supporting plate contains support members for helping equipment such as a pencil and a rubber. 11. Arrangement according to any of the claims 1 - 10, c h a r a c t e¬ r i z e d b y a transparent plate (34) with an optical. agnifying ef¬ fect is adjusted at the front of the supporting plate (4), intended to magnify the printed information on the paper. 12. Arrangement according to any of the claims 1 - 11, c h a r a c t e¬ r i z e d b y that the upper edge (36) of the supporting plate (4) is designed as a cutting edge for the paper strip. 13. Arrangements according to any of the claims 1 - 12, c h a r a c t e¬ r i z e d b y that the supporting plate is made of transparent mate¬ rial and designed with gripping edges on its backside to hold for example an information-leaf or a mirror.

Inventors: STAHRE HELGE ERIK WOLFGANG, STAHRE, HELGE, ERIK, WOLFGANG
Applicants: STAHRE HELGE ERIK WOLFGANG, STAHRE, HELGE, ERIK, WOLFGANG
Application year: 1987
Main classification: B41J15
IPC codes: B41J15, G06C11