Patent GB-730112-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to a continuous forms, invoice or the like register
Inventor: NUNN GEORGE WILLIAM
IPC: B41L5/08
Filed: 1953-04-01
Abstract: 730,112. Autographic registers. REDWING, Ltd., March 30, 1954 [April 1, 1953], No. 9037/53, Class 16. An autographic register for continuous stationery having transverse rows of apertures, comprises a platen, movable form registering elements capable of extending through apertures in the platen and in the leading form of the stationery on the platen, a pivoted guard member extending transversely above and close to the top of the platen and normally urged to a position at which apertures therein may be engaged by the registering elements when it serves to prevent unintentional displacement of the leading form, and a manually movable pivoted member arranged below an exit aperture through which the forms may be withdrawn, the pivoted member upon being pressed inwardly being adapted to withdraw the registering elements from the apertures in the guard member and platen and to move the guard member away from the exit aperture to permit the leading form to be grasped for withdrawal thereof. The register comprises a portable casing having a base 1 supported on feet 2 and an upper part 3 hinged at 4 to the rear wall 5 of the base 1. A partition 6 in the base defines a compartment in which a tray as described in Specification 730,113 may be accommodated, and the top of the partition has lugs 7 and back and side plates 8, 10 for a pack 9 of zig-zag folded forms which may be in duplicate. A platen 11, which is sloping as shown for convenience in writing, is mounted by side walls 12, 13 on a hinge pin 14 between ears 15 stuck up from the partition 6 at the rear of the register. The forms 9 are led over the rolled edge 117 of the platen 11 under an aperture 40 with bevelled edges 42 in the top wall 41 of the upper casing 3 which registers with the printed part B of the leading form, while the leading part A of the form, which is provided with spaced apertures 16, has over corresponding apertures 18 in the platen 11 and under apertures 34 in a guard member 29, the apertures being engaged by pins 17, and the end of the form 9 has adjacent an aperture 43 in the rear casing wall 27. The pins 17 are carried by a plate 19 supported on the free end of a leaf spring 20 secured to a bracket 21 under the platen 11 and the plate 19 has projecting lugs 22 engaging cam edges 23 on side cheeks 24 of a manually operable presser plate 25 lying within an opening 26 in the rear wall 27 of the upper casing 3, the cheeks 24 being pivotally mounted on a pin 2E supported between the side walls 12, 13 of the platen 11. The guard member 29 is of inverted U-shape and its side limbs 30 are also pivotally mounted on rod 28, the limbs having slots 32 engaged by projecting lugs 31 on side cheeks 24, the lugs 31 being normally spaced from the slots 32 to allow the pins 17 to be first moved out of the apertures 34 in guard member 29. A spring 33 urges the guard member 29 into normal position in which the apertures 34 register with apertures 18 and in this position the lugs 31 engage lugs 36 bent inwards from the side walls 12, 13. The side limbs 30 pass through slots 35 in the platen 11 and the rear edges of the slots limit the outward movement of the guard member 29. The upper casing 3 is secured in the closed position by a spring latch 37 thereon engaging a rounded part 38 on the partition 6. An extension spring 39 bears lightly on the form 9 near the front end of the platen 11. The aperture 40 is nearer the left hand side of the casing part 3 to facilitate writing on the forms. The apertures 26 and 43 comprise a single opening and the top wall 41, the platen 11 and the presser member 25 are each provided with finger or thumb recesses 44, 45 and 46 so that when recess 46 is pressed inwardly to pivot member 25 to move the pins 17 downwardly and rearwardly and then to move the guard member 29 about the pivot rod 28, the leading edge of the form 9 is free to be grasped by the same hand and pulled through the aperturs 43, the presser member 25 then being released so that the pins 17 rise under the action of spring 20 and ride under the form 9 till aligned with the holes 16 on the next form, the presser member 25 is returned by the action of lugs 22 on cam edges 23 and by gravity and the guard member 29 is returned by the spring 33. Carbon paper 48 in roll form is provided, the roll being mounted on a rod 49 mounted in brackets 51 on the side wall 13 of the platen with a spring 50 between one of the brackets and a collar 52 urging the roll to the rearward position. The carbon is laid across the platen 11 between duplicate forms 9 and the free end is held against the side wall 12 by a spring arm 53 pivoted at 54 to the wall 12 and with the free end of the arm held in a tongue 55 pressed out from the wall 12.