Improvements in manifolding also
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Dec., 1894-Accepted, 16th Feb., 1895
Improvements in manifolding also
We, WILLIAM ASSHETON, Manufacturer, DAVID STEWART, Attorney-at-Law,
and CHARLES JEROME CARROLL, Manufacturer, all of No. 111. South Street, in
the City of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, United States of America, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This invention relates to an improvement in manifolding sales registers for the
use of salesmen in stores. The object is to provide an improved manifolding device
which will produce at a single writing two copies of a sales nan's ticket or check
and to combine with such device meaus whereby a third and permauent record,
which will contain a brief or summary of each sale or transaction, may be made ou
a strip of paper to be enclosed within the case and which may be secured therein
against alteration or tampering by an unauthorized person.
The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,
Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of the improved sales register.
Figure 2 is a top or plan view of the same.
Figure 3 is a view of one side of the interior frame which contains the strip of
paper for the third and permanent record, and shows the pawl and ratchet
mechanism connected therewith.
Figure 4 is a side elevation of the register case with the paper holder and
interior frame removed.
Figure 5 is a top'or plan view of the interior frame.
Figure 6 is a detail view of the spring presser-bar of the interior frame.
Figure 7 is a view of the double blank or check unfolded.
The case
Figure 8 is a view of the same in a folded condition as it is when written on.
The register comprises a seat, A, which has a chamber, b, open at one end, b¹;
the top surface of this case is a platen, B, which supports the folded blank when
the writing is done. The chamber, b, is to receive the interior frame, C, which
carries the strip of paper on which the third and permanent record is made. In
the present instance the frame, C, slides in the open end of the case.
has on each side and at the end opposite the open end an ear, d, in which the ends
of a transverse rod, e, are journalled; the laterally-bent ends, f¹, of a paper
holding bar, f, are pivoted on this rod, e, so as to permit the bar, f, to tilt back and
forth. This bar has pin-holes, and the transverse rod, e, has curved pins, g, the
free ends of which take into said pin-holes. As the ends, f, of the bar, f, are
pivoted on the projecting ends of the rod, e, the said bar, f, may be tilted away and
detached from the free ends of the curved pins, g, by simply holding the curved
pins or the rod, e, to prevent the latter from turning. This tilting of the bar from
the ends of the pins is necessary, first, in order to introduce the bunch of paper-
blanks, and, second, to turn all of the paper-blanks of the bunch, except the
lowermost one which is first to be written upon, away from the platen, B, for the
purpose hereinafter described.
The blanks, h, of paper constituting the sales checks which are written upon the
platen, B, have holes or eyelets, ', at one end and are confined by the said curved
pins. In order to place a bunch of paper blanks in position the bar, f, is first
tilted back to detach from the pins; the holes, ', of the. paper-blanks are then
placed over the ends of the pins and then the bar, f, is tilted forward until the pin-
holes thereof take onto the free ends of the pins. The carbon paper, i, also has

page_text: holes or eyelets and is placed on the pins, g, before putting the bunch of blanks
thereon, so as to be below the bunch of paper-blanks; here it is in position to be
placed between the folds or laps, 1, 2, of the lowermost or bottom paper-blank.
The register so far described and the blanks are contrived to yield two
copies, 1, 2, of any meinoranda, bill, check or ticket from one writing. The
blanks of paper shown in Figures 7 and 8 may be plain or printed to suit any
particular business concern. In applying the blanks shown in these figures, the
blank which is primarily nearly twice the length of the platen, B, is folded on
the transverse line, ', so that the underlap, 2, will be shorter than the top lap, 1;
the projecting end of the top lap has the holes or eyelets, h', and is the part
that is confined by the curved pins, g. A bunch of the folded blanks, to the
number of twenty-five or fifty, are attached to the curved pins, g.
When writing
on a paper-blank of this register, the paper-holding bar, f, and curved pins, g,
together with all the paper-blanks but the lowermost one, are tilted back or.
away from the platen, B, and this lowermost double blank to be written on,
with a carbon paper, i, between its laps, 1, 2, must rest upon the platen, B,
with its end confined by the actuating bar, D. Now by writing on the top
lap, 1, the carbon reproduces the writing on the underlap, 2. These laps are
detached from the register by simply pulling them free from the pins, y, and are
separated on the line, h, and form two sales checks, one of which, 1, for instance,
is given to the customer or attached to the goods sold and the other check, 2, goes
to the book-keeper or cashier of the establishment.
.
In order to ensure that the writing on these checks or tickets cannot be altered
or tampered with by an unauthorized person without detection, we provide means
for producing a third and permanent record containing a brief or summary of each
sale made, to correspond with that of the two sales tickets or checks, 1, 2. This
third record is made simultaneously with the recording of the summary on the
two sales tickets, and the strip or band, j, of paper on which the third record is
made may be locked within the chamber, b, of the case, A, (the key to which is
kept by the proprietor or some other authorized person) and thus ensure that
any alteration or tampering with the sales checks may be immediately detected on
inspecting the said permanent record.
The means for producing this permanent record comprises an interior frame, C,
which fits, and in the present instance slides, within the chamber, b, and has at the
rear end a single roller, k, and at the front end two rollers, 1, 3, one, k¹, being a
roller for the strip or band, 3, and the other an actuating roller, ³, causes the other
roller, k', to revolve. The journals of second roller, k', fit in an arc-shaped slot, /,
in each side of the frame and this roller is forced into close contact with the
actuating roller, ², by a spring presser-bar, m, which fits within a tube, m', pivoted
at, m², onto the side of the frame; a spiral spring, m³, in the tube tends to force
the bar, m, out and produces the desired pressure on the roller, k'. The ends of
the actuating roller, , project through and beyond the sides of the frame, J,
and on one of these ends a ratchet wheel, n, is fixed; a stop pawl, n¹, on the
side of the frame is held in engagement with the ratchet wheel by a spring, n³.
The laterally-bent ends, o, of an actuating bar, D, are pivoted on the said.
projecting ends of the actuating roller so as to tilt up, and one of these laterally-
bent ends carries an actuating pawl, o', which engages with the ratchet wheel, n;
by lifting or tilting the pivoted actuating bar, D, the pawl, o, will act on the
ratchet wheel to move it and thereby revolve the roller, k, which by its frictional
contact revolves the roller, k¹, and moves the paper, J. This bar, D, actuates or
moves the strip or band, j, on which the summary record is made; the bar has
three slot spaces, p', p², p³, and the frame, C, has a rigid cross plate, D', below the
actuating bar, D.
The platen, B, has near its end, b, a transverse opening, g, over which is a strip
of carbon paper, y'; and the sides of the case, A, have a short longitudinal slot, **,
in which enter the projecting ends of the actuating roller, k, when the. interior
frame, C, is in the chamber, b; by means of this slot, *, thenbar, D, when thes

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frame, C, is in the chamber, b, has position on the platen, B, so that its
slots, p, p, p, are in coincidence with the transverse opening, q, of said platen.
Also the lower ends of the two tickets or checks, 1, 2, which are to contain the
summary of the sale have position immediately over the said transverse slot, 9. an:1
under the slots, p', p², p³, of the actuating bar, D.
The interior frame, (, carries a continuous strip of paper, j, which passes over
the roller, k, at one end of the frame, and around the roller, k, and between it and
the actuating roller, 4, at the other end of the frame and one part of the upper
stretch of the paper near these latter rollers passes over the cross plate, D', on the
frame and immediately under the strip of carbon, q', at the transverse opening, ?;
this arrangement of the continuous strip of paper, j, the actuating bar, D, and the
pawl and ratchet mechanism is such that when the bar, D, and. pawl and ratchet
are operated to turn the rollers, k¹, k, the amount of fresh paper drawn by them
will be just sufficient to span the opening, g.
The operation is as follows:
The bunch of blanks is turned away from the platen, the lowermost blank of the
bunch is placed on the platen with the carbon sheet, i, between the two laps, 1, 2 ;
and the actuating bar, D, is brought over on top of the folded end of the blank.
After the desired matter has been written on the top lap, 1, of the blank, the
summary, which may embrace the check number, the number of the salesman, and
the amount of the sale, is written at the bottom through the longitudinal
slots, p, p, p, of the actuating bar, D. The effect of this operation is to reproduce
the writing on the underlap, 2, or second copy of the ticket, and also on that part
of the continuous strip of paper, j, in the chamber, b, which is immediately below
the transverse opening, q. Where only one item is charged on the sales ticket, it
alone may be entered with the price in the summary, but where a number of items
are charged up the sum total only will be entered in the summary.
To remove the two laps, 1, 2, of the one sales check, the carbon paper, i, is first
removed from between the laps and the top lap, 1, is pulled free from the eyelets, h',
on the pins, g.
The carbon paper, i, may now be placed between the two laps of
the blank of paper next above the one removed, and the operation just described
repeated as before.
To provide fresh paper beneath the transverse opening, y, it is only necessary to
lift up the pivoted actuating bar, D, and the pawl, o', will act on the ratchet
wheel, n, to revolve the actuating roller, ³, and the roller, k', in contact therewith
to draw fresh paper of the continuous stretch, j, under the transverse opening,
The strip of paper, j, when filled, may be removed and another strip substituted
by swinging the tube, m', of the spring presser-bar, m, on its pivot, m³, from the
frame, C, and pulling the roller, k, out from the slot, I.
We contemplate securing the frame, C, or strip of paper, j, that is within the
chamber, b, in some suitable manner,-either by lock and key or other equivalent
means, to prevent unauthorized persons from having access to the said paper. The
means of securing is not any part of the present invention.
It is obvious that the construction of parts of the mechanism herein described
may be varied to a certain extent without affecting the results obtained; our
invention, therefore, is not limited to the precise construction shown.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is,―
1. In a manifolding sales register, the combination of a case having a chamber, b,
a top surface platen, B, and a transverse opening, g, through the said platen;
means for holding one end of a bunch of paper-blanks on the platen and leaving
the other end of the bunch unconfined and resting over the said transverse opening;
and a frame enclosed within the said chamber of the case and provided with means
for carrying a strip of paper which is to be exposed at the said transverse
opening.

page_text: 2. The combination of the case having the platen, B; a transverse rod, es
provided with pins, g, and mounted at one end of the case; and a bar, f, pivoted on
the transverse rod so as to tilt back and forth and engage the said pins.
3. The combination of the case having a platen, B; paper-holding pins mounted
at one end of the case; and a bar, f, provided with pin-holes and having its ends
pivoted so as to permit the bar to tilt back and forth and engage the free ends of
the pins.
4. In a manifolding sales register, the combination of a case having a chamber,
a top surface platen, B, and a transverse opering, 7, through the platen; means for
holding paper-blanks on the platen so that one end of the blanks will rest immediately
over the said transverse opening; an interior frame, C, fitting within the said
chamber and provided with suitable rollers to carry a band or strip of paper which
is to be exposed at the said transverse opening; and a pivoted actuating bar, D,
by which the rollers of the interior frame are revolved.
5. In a manifolding sales register, the combination of a case having a chamber, b,
a top surface platen, B. and a transverse opening, q, through the platen; an interior
frame, C, within the chamber carrying a roller, k, at one end and two rollers, k', k'
at the other end in frictional contactone roller, k', having its ends fitting in slots
in the side of the frame; a spring presser-bar pressing each end of said roller, k¹,
to force it into close contact with the other roller, ; a strip or band of paper, j,
carried by the rollers and exposed at the said opening, 7; and means to actuate
one of the said two rollers.
6. In a manifolding sales register, the combination of the case having a chamber, b,
a top surface platen, B, and an opening, q, through the platen; means for holding
a number of blanks on the platen so that one end of the blanks will be unconfined
and rest over the said transverse opening; an interior frame, C, enclosed within
the chamber and having at one end a single roller, k, and at the other end two
rollers, h, k, in frictional contact-one of said two rollers carrying a ratchet
wheel, n, the said rollers adapted for carrying a strip or band of paper; and a
pivoted actuating bar, D, carrying a pawl which engages the ratchet wheel, and
which when the bar is tilted revolves the said roller.
7. In a manifolding sales register, the combination of the case having a chamber, b,
a top surface platen, B, and a transverse opening, 7, through the platen; means for
holding a number of paper-blanks on the platen so that their unconfined ends will
rest over the said transverse opening; rollers for carrying a strip or band of paper
and enclosed within the said chamber; a pivoted actuating bar, D, to rest upon the
unconfined ends of the said paper-blanks over the said transverse opening and said
bar provided with slots in coincidence with said transverse opening; and means
connecting between the said pivoted actuating bar and the said rollers in the chamber,
whereby in tilting the bar the said rollers will be actuated.
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Dated this 15th day of November 1894.
In presence of—
CHARLES B. MANN, Jr.
WILLIAM ASSHETON.
DAVID STEWART.
CHARLES JEROME CARROLL.