Improvements in Autographic Registers.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 8th May, 1893-Accepted, 30th Sept., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Autographic Registers.
1, REGINALD HADDAN, of the Firm of Herbert Haddan & Co., of 18
Buckingham Street, Strand, W.C. London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention, a communication to me from abroad by The National
Cash Register Company, of Dayton, in the State of Ohio, United States of
America, and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The invention relates to that class of autographic registers in which the check-
strip or strips and the record-strip are drawn from the supply-compartment of the:
machine, over an exposed writing tablet, where the desired memoranda may be.
written upon the outer strip and duplicated upon the other strips by means of inter-:
posed sheets of transfer or carbou paper; the check-strips thence passing out of..
the machine, and the record-strip being stored in suitable form within the machine.
In the machine illustrated in the drawings both the check- and record-strip are.
automatically severed by cutting devices after leaving the writing tablet, the loose
checks thus cut from the check-strips being passed out of the machine, while the
loose record-slips formed from the record-strips are filed upon a pin within the
machine; but some of the novel features of my invention are applicable to machines
in which the record-strip is not severed at all, but is wound upon a storage-reel,
and to machines in which the severing of the check-strips is not automatic.
The novelty of my invention consists in new combinations, modes of operation,.
constructions and arrangements of the various parts, all of which will be herein-
after set forth and specifically pointed out in the claims.
In the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of a register embodying my invention, on
the line 1-1 of Fig. 6;
Fig. 2 is a corresponding view on the dotted line 2-2 of Fig. 3;
Fig. 3 a vertical cross-section of the machine on the dotted line 3-3 of Fig. 1 ;
Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view on the dotted line 4-4 of Fig. 3;
Fig. 4 a detail plan view of the front end of the filing arm;
Fig. 5 a detail perspective of one end of the feed-roller clamping and releasing.
shaft;
Fig. 6 a top plan view of the machine;
Fig. 7 a side elevation of the machine showing a revoluble shaft and crank for
the driving mechanism;
Fig. 8 is a sectional detail of the handle of the revoluble shaft.
The same letters of reference are used to indicate indentical parts in all the
figures.
The case of the machine consists of an oblong box A of the usual or any suitable
construction, provided with a lid or cover B, in this instance hinged as at a,
Figs. 1, 2, 6 and 7, and having its forward part inclined downward and provided
with two openings bc over the writing tablet C to expose the paper strips drawn
over the latter and enable the records to be written thereon.
The tablet C, Figs. 1 and 2, fits, flush between the side walls of the box and is
supported by lugs and pins e on the side walls, the pins e being engaged by curved
lugs on the under side of the tablet, as shown. Under this construction, when
the lid is raised the tablet may be bodily removed to give access to the interior of
the box.
The supply-rolls of the check- and record-strips, of which there are three in this
instance. 1. E and E. are journalled in suitable supports G within the casing A.

page_text: In the front portion of the casing is secured a frame, consisting of two forwardly-
inclined uprights H, with a narrow space between them and the side walls of the
casing, a bottom-piece I, and cross-pieces to be presently described. The uprights H
are provided with slots g, Fig. 4, extending downward from their upper ends, to
receive and serve as bearings for the spindles of four feeding-rollers J, K, L and M,
Figs. 1 and 4, covered with rubber or other elastic material. The upper two of
these four rollers co-operate with each other, and the lower two with each other,
the former to draw forward the check-strips from the rolls E F and the latter to
draw forward the record-strip from the roll D.
The paper from the roll D is passed up from the roll through a sloth in the
tablet C, near its front end, thence over the portion of the face of the tablet in
front of said slot, thence down between the rollers J K; while the paper from
the rolls E F is carried up over guide-rollers N, suitably journalled in the
upper part of the casing, and thence over the entire face of the tablet C and down
between the rollers L M, as seen in Fig. 1. Sheets of the usual or any suitable
transfer paper, carried in a box O, Figs. 3 and 6, removably secured to the side of
the case A, are carried over and interposed between the paper strips on the tablet,
and their opposite sides are clamped between the lid and side wall of the case.
To hold the feeding rollers in place and to regulate their pressure I employ two
arms I, Figs. 1 and 4, pivoted one to each of the uprights at a and carrying
pivoted fingers f¹ engaging the spindles of the rollers K and M. These fingers are
adjusted by set screws g' passed through the lower rear portions of the fingers
which overlap the rear edges of the uprights H, to regulate the pressure of the
rollers M and K upon the rollers L and J. The lower ends of the arms I' bear
against the rear side of a shaft R, which holds the upper ends of the arms thrown
forward, with the ends of the fingers f¹ over the spindles of the rollers K M. The
shaft R has in it depressions or cut-out spaces h¹, co-incident with the arms I', as
seen in Figs. 4 and 5, so that when the shaft R is rocked or turned by a handle J¹
upon its outer end flat springs bearing against the lower ends of the arms I' may
force the latter into the depressions h and throw the upper ends of the arms I'
rearward and withdraw the fingers f¹ from the spindles, to permit the removal of
the feeding rollers for the ready introduction of the paper strips from the
rolls DEF. Fixed projections upon the arms I¹ serve to separate the rollers K
and L and prevent their adjacent surfaces from coming in contact.
To operate the feeding rollers I employ a shaft P which is journalled in the lower
forward portion of the casing in the uprights H, with its left hand end projecting
through the side wall of the casing and having fast upon it an operating handle Q.
An arm, Fig. 4, fast on the right hand end of the shaft P within the casing,
serves to limit the rocking of the shaft P, in one direction by coming in contact
with the cross-piece I and in the other direction by coming in contact with the
shaft R.
Loosely journalled upon the shaft P, between the left hand side wall of the casing
and the adjacent upright H is a gear-wheel S, Figs. 1, 2 and 3, while fast upon
the shaft adjacent to said wheel is an arm T carrying a pawl k spring-pressed into
engagement with the gear wheel and so arranged that when the handle Q is pulled
forward and downward from the position shown in Fig. 2 to the position shown in
Fig. 1 the pawl carries the wheel S with it. Upon the return or backward stroke
of the handle the wheel S stands still and the pawl k slips idly over the teeth of
the wheel.
The gear S meshes with an idle pinion U, Figs. 2 and 3, journalled above it
upon the upright H, and this pinion meshes with a pinion V fast upon the spindle
of the feed-roller J beside a larger gear-wheel W likewise fast upon said spindle.
The wheel W meshes with a pinion A¹ fast upon the spindle of the feed-roller M.
By the side of the pinion A' is a pinion B1 which meshes with a pinion C¹ of the
same size upon the spindle of the feed-roller L. Thus it will be seen that all of
the feed-rollers are driven by intermeshing gearing except the roller K, which
latter is turned by the frictional pressure of the roller J. The arrows upon Fig. 2

page_text: indicate the direction of revolution of the various rollers when the handle Q is
pulled forward. It will be seen also from this arrangement and the relative sizes
of the gears that the revolution of the upper pair of rollers L will he much more
rapid than that of the lower pair J K, so that while the upper pair, under a single
forward stroke of the handle Q, will draw forward and feed out a given length of
the check strip, say, five inches, the lower pair, during the same stroke, will draw
forward a much less length of the record-strip-say, one inch, the adjustment being
such that a check the full length of the two openings be over the tablet will be
drawn forward and fed out at each operation of the machine, while the portion of
the record-strip drawn forward through the slot h and over the face of the tablet in
front of said slot will correspond to the length of the opening b over such portion
of the tablet.
A double-toothed pawl G', Fig. 4, co-operating with a toothed segment G³ fast
upon the shaft P just within the right hand side of the casing, and with pins e' on
the segment, and a spring lateb e², serves to insure a full stroke of the handle Q in
each direction, in the usual manner.
To sever the several strips of paper after they are drawn forward from over the
tablet by the feed-rollers, and to file the short record-slips in a compartment in the
front end of the casing, I employ the following mechanism, referring to Figs. 1, 3
and 4:
A plate D', supported in suitable guides upon the forward sides of the uprights H,
has two cutting edges 1 m, preferably wedge-shaped and serrated, the upper cutting
edge being the upper edge of the plate D', and the lower one being the edge of
the lower wall of a transverse slot or opening in the plate. Springs n secured at
their lower ends to the base I and at their upper ends to the plate D¹ serve to hold
the latter normally in its lower position, with the cutting edge below two adjacent
shear-bars o, Figs. 1, 3 and 4, whose lower edges are in line with the path of the
check-strips E F as they are delivered from the feed-rollers L M. In such position
of the plate D¹ the lower cutting edge m stands below two similar shear-bars
whose lower ends are in line with the path of the record-strip D as it is delivered
from the rollers K J. The shear-bars op are secured at their ends to the
uprights H.
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Carried by the rock-shaft P at or near its middle is a lifting dog pivoted
between ears 9 fast upon the shaft. The lower end of this dog can be swung for-
ward and upward from the position shown in Fig. 1, against the pressure of a
spring, not shown, but it cannot move further rearward. When the handle Qis
thrown upward and backward and the shaft P rocked in the direction of the arrow
in Fig. 1 the dog in its upward movement will engage a spring dog s pivoted to a
projection upon the lower side of the plate D¹ and raise the latter to cause the
knives to sever the strips fed out between the rollers J K and L M, respec-
tively. The lifting of the plate D' puts the springs n under tension and when the
dog slips past the dogs, after the paper has been severed, the springs n retract
the plate D'. At the forward movement of the handle Q and shaft P, from the
position shown in Fig. 2 to that shown in Fig. 1, the dog r yields as it passes the
dogs and then resumes the position shown in Fig. 1. While I prefer to employ
the dogs upon the plate D to co-operate with the lifting dog r, yet it is not
essential to the operation of the machine and the dog might be made to engage a
rigid part of the plate D¹. Again, the dog might be dispensed with, and the
lifting device upon the rock-shaft be simply a rigid projection thereon, and the dog s
be employed on the plate D' to co-operate with it, it being only necessary that
there should be some connecting device between the rock-shaft and plate which can
yield in one direction and not in the other.
Pivoted as at u, Fig. 2, to the inner face of the casing near its rear end is an
arm E' extending forward beside and to the front of the gear W. Its front end is
bent to the right, at a right angle, as seen in Fig. 3, and extends part way across
the filing compartment E, Fig. 1, in front of the knife-plate D'. This bent portion
is in this instance provided with an eye v, (see detail plan view in Fig. 4^) directly

page_text: over a vertical filing pin.w, Fig. 1, carried upon a slide in the bottom of the
compartment.
The arm E' is normally held up by a coiled spring a', Fig. 2, and its lower rear
end, which extends below the pivot u, at substantially a right angle to the forwardly
extending portion of the arm, is provided with a pivoted trip 6. This trip is
normally held in the position shown in Fig. 2 by the gravity of its rear end, though
it might be by a spring. It is free to swing on its pivot in the direction of the
arrow, when its front end or nose is depressed and its rear end lifted, but cannot
swing in the other direction from the position shown in Fig. 2. It results from this
that when anything is forced upward against the nose of the trip the latter cannot
yield and the arm E' will be rocked on its pivot u and its front end thrown down,
its eye passing down over the filing pin w, Fig. 1, but when the object passes
back downward over the nose of the trip the latter will swing upon its pivot to
permit it to pass without moving the arm El
Pivoted at e' upon the inner side of the casing is a lever F2 whose forward end
extends under and is engaged by the knife-plate D¹, when the latter is pulled
downward by the springs n, Figs. 1 and 3, and whose rear end, when the knife is in
its lowermost position, projects above the nose of the trip 1, as shown in Fig. 2.
A spring d normally tends to pull the rear end of the lever F² downward.
When the plate D₁ is raised by the dog r, Fig. 1, during the backward stroke of
the handle Q, as before explained, the front end of the lever F will be released
and the spring d will pull its rear end downward past the nose of the trip, the
latter swinging on its pivot to permit the end of the lever to pass, as before
explained. When the plate D' is released by the dog r, after the paper strips
have been severed by the knives 1 m, as before explained, and is forcibly retracted
to its lower position by the springs n, its lower edge will strike the front end of
the lever and throw up its rear end, causing the latter to strike the nose of
the trip a sharp blow as it passes and rock the arm El on its pivot u, thereby
giving the front end of said arm a quick downward stroke and causing it to force
the record-slip, which has been fed forward over the pin to by the rollers J K and
severed by the knife m, down over the pin w and file it thereon. Upon the raising
of the knife at the next operation of the machine the lever F2 will be drawn
down at its rear end by the spring d', tilting the trip 61 and passing below it
into position to deliver the next blow and file the next slip severed from the record-
strip.
The general mode of operation of the machine, under the construction above
described, is as follows:
The rolls of paper D E F having been placed in the machine and the strips led
forward over the writing tablet and between the feed-rollers, the clerk writes upon
the outer check-strip F, through the opening 1, Fig. 6, the various items,
amounts, &c., of the sale or other transaction and these are duplicated by the
transfer paper upon the second check-strip E. Through the opening c he writes
upon the outer check-strip the footing or total of the various items which have been
written upon the strip through the opening, and such other memoranda as it is
desired shall be recorded upon the record-strip D. All the matter written upon
the outer check-strip through the opening e will be duplicated not only upon the
second check-strip, but also upon the portion of the record-strip D which is resting
upon the tablet C between the slot and front end of the tablet, beneath the
opening c, as shown in Fig. 1. The clerk next pulls forward the handle Q. This
causes the pawl k, Fig. 2, to turn the gear S and the latter to drive the feed-
rollers, to draw forward the respective strips. The full forward stroke of the
handle to the position shown in Fig. I will cause the upper pair of rollers L M
to be turned several revolutions, to draw forward and feed out the whole length
of the check-strips which have been resting upon the tablet C beneath the
openings b and c, while the feed-rollers J K will be turned only a single revolution,
or less, to draw forward a length of the record-strip about equal to the portion
which has been resting upon the tablet ('beneath the opening c. The front ends

page_text: of the check-strips will project out of the machine through the delivery opening
at A, while the front end of the record-strip will project over the filing pin w,
between its upper end and the eye in the front end of the filing arm E'. The
forward stroke of the handle Q has carried the knife-lifting dog r down to the
position shown in Fig. 1, ready to lift the knife-plate D' when the handle is given
its backward stroke. The clerk now gives the handle this return stroke, and the
dog lifts the plate s', against the tension of the springs n, and causes the
knives I m to sever the check- and record-strips which extend between them and
the lower edges of the shear-bars op, respectively. The lifting of the plate D'
has released the front end of the lever F2, and the spring d' has pulled its rear end
down past the nose of the trip b', and lifted its front end. When the strips have
been severed and the nose of the dog slips by the 'og s or other engaging point
on the plate D', the latter is released and retractel by its springs nn.
descent its lower edge strikes the front end of the lever F, which has been lifted
by the spring as before explained, and throws the rear end of said lever
upward, causing it to strike the nose of the trip and rock the arm E¹ on its
pivot u. throwing the front end of the arm quickly downward and forcing the
record-slip severed by the knife m down over the filing pin w. The spring a¹
lifts the arm E' as soon as the end of the lever F2 passes above the nose of the
trip, so that the vibration of the front end of the arm E' downward and back is
very quick.
In its
As before explained the filing pin, while fixed and stationary while the machine
is in operation, is preferably carried by a removable slide F¹. When the stack of
record-slips filed upon the pin approaches the upper end of the pin, the slide F¹
and the pin can be withdrawn from the casing through a suitable opening provided
in its right hand side for that purpose, and the stack of slips be either removed
from the pin and strung, or filed in other suitable manner, and the slide and pin
replaced, or a supply of empty slides and pins may be kept on hand and one of
them be inserted in the machine, so that the slips removed from the machine may
remain upon their pin until the proprietor or book-keeper is ready to inspect and
destroy them.
It is not essential that there should be a distinct filing compartment for the
record-slips, and the filing pin might be simply located in the forward portion of
the casing and secured to the bottom thereof, or to any suitable support; but I
prefer to provide either a fixed compartment within the casing, or at least to have
vertical guide plates in front and rear of the filing pin, to hold the slips in order
thereon. In Fig. 1 I have shown such guide plates formed by the upwardly bent
opposite ends of a piece of sheet metal B2, which may be either permanently or
removably secured within the casing. In Fig. 1 the slide F¹ which carries the
filing pin is shown as resting upon the bottom of the piece B2 and confined between
its upturned ends.
While in the particular machine which I have illustrated and described the
record-strip is severed into slips and filed upon pins, it will be understood that
many of the features of my invention are applicable to a machine in which the
record-strip is wound upon a storage-reel and is not severed into slips. Thus, in
the machine shown in the drawings all of the tiling mechanism might be dispensed
with and the record-strip D be wound upon a storage-reel located in the lower
front portion of the casing and driven by the gear wheel S upon the shaft P. In
such case the upper pair of feed-rollers would feed out the full length checks,
which could either be torn off by hand against any suitable knife or tearing edge,
or be cut off by an automatic knife, and the short portion of the record-strip drawn
over the writing tablet at each operation of the machine would be wound up on the
storage-reel; as will be readily understood.
Even where the cutting and filing mechanisms for the record-strip are employed
it is not essential to the broader scope of my invention that the filing mechanism
should be actuated by the cutting mechanism, or that the latter should operate
automatically. One operating handle might be employed to actuate the feeding

page_text: rollers, and another one to actuate the cutting and filing mechanisms, as has here-
tofore heen done in machines of this class; or one handle might be employed to
actuate the feeding and cutting mechanisms and another to actuate the filing
mechanism.
I am aware that it has heretofore been proposed, in the art of autographic
registers, to employ a single operating device or driving mechanism to actuate the
feed-rollers which advance the check-strip and record-strip and to operate a
movable knife and filing arm to sever the record-strip into slips and file the slips
upon a stationary filing pin; also that it has been proposed to employ, in a single
machine, one operating device or handle for advancing the paper strips, and a
second handle for operating a knife and filing pin, to sever all of the strips into
slips and to file the record-slips upon a pin; but, so far as I am aware I am the
first in the art to employ a single operating device or driving mechanism for
actuating the feed-rollers to advance the strips, a knife to cut all of them into slips,
and a movable arm for either piling the record-slips in a compartment within the
machine or forcing them upon a fixed or stationary filing pin therein.
It will be understood that the sole purpose of the handle Q is to rock the shaft P,
and while I have shown this as the simplest method of rocking that shaft, yet in
building machines for the market I propose to actuate the rock-shaft by a crank-
and-pitman connection with a revoluble driving shaft, which is provided with a
suitable operating handle and is given one complete revolution at each operation
of the machine. In Fig. 7 I have shown such a revoluble shaft C2 and its con-
nection with the rock-shaft P. The shaft C2 is journalled at its opposite ends in
the casing above and in rear of the shaft P. Upon its right hand end, in this
instance outside the casing, is secured a crank disk D2 having pivoted to it a link
or pitman E whose opposite end is pivoted to the end of the arm E' fast upon
the rock-shaft P. It will be seen from this arrangement that at each revolution
of the shaft C' and disk D2 in the direction of the arrow the rock-shaft P will
be given a full stroke forward and back, just as it was by the handle Q. The
operating handle E for the driving shaft C is secured upon the projecting end of
the shaft at the left hand side of the casing, and co-operates with a stop E, Fig. 8,
upon the outer side of the casing in the usual manuer of such handles. The
handle being dispensed with under this arrangement, the casing O, Fig. 6, which
contains the roll of transfer paper, may be secured upon the left hand side of the
casing, where it will be out of the way of the link E.
From the foregoing description it will be seen that all the clerk has to do at each
operation of the machine is to write the necessary memoranda upon the outer
check-strip through the openings bc, disengage the handle E from the stop Es
and give it one complete revolution, whereupon it will be again arrested by the
stop. This will cause the machine to feed out the two duplicate checks and to file
the record-slip upon the filing pin.
While I have shown and described two separate pairs of feed-rollers, one for the
check-strips and one for the record-strip, and while I believe I am the first to
employ two pairs of such rollers in an autographic register, and therefore desire
to claim the same as one feature of my invention, yet it will be understood that
other features of my invention are applicable to machines in which the check-strips
are either drawn out by hand and no feed-rollers employed for them, or in which
a single pair of feed-rollers is employed for both the check-strips and the record-
strip. These various distinctions between the various features of my invention will
be duly pointed out in the claims.
Again, where two separate pairs of feed-rollers are employed it is not essential
that they should in all cases be so driven as to feed the check-strips faster than the
record-strips, for the two pairs of rollers may be employed in machines in which it
is desired that all the memoranda entered upon the check-strips shall be duplicated
and preserved upon the record-strip, and in such cases the record-strip would have
to be moved as rapidly as the check-strips.
As hereinbefore stated some of the features of my invention are applicable to

page_text: machines differing more or less in construction and mode of operation from that
above described, and in Figs. 9 to 18 of the drawings I have illustrated a machine
in which the filing pin for the record-slips is mounted upon and carried by the
knife plate or frame, in such manner that when such plate is operated to sever the
record slip the filing pin will be forced through said slip and the slip filed upon
the pin. The knife-carrying plate or frame D' is in this instance mounted in
inclined longitudinal grooves in the side supports H H, as before described, and
carries two serrated knives or cutters / m, the former adapted, when the frame D¹
is lifted, to pass through the slot or opening between the bars o and the latter
through a slot in a transverse plate A secured at its opposite ends to the side
supports HH, Figs. 10, 11, 12, and 16. Fitted to slide in guides B' upon the
forward side of the knife-carrying frame D', Figs. 11, 12, and 16, is a filing frame
consisting of an inclined plate fitting at its edges in the grooved guide ways
and a plate D. secured to or formed integral therewith and projecting forwardly
at right angles therefrom. Fitting in a longitudinal recess in the plate D° is
the sliding plate F¹ carrying the filing pin to and in this instance provided at its
right hand end with an upwardly curved finger-piece by which it may be with-
drawn through the opening at the side of the casing. At its left hand end the
plate F in this instance fits under a spring clip E which yieldingly holds it in
position. The upper end of the pin is adapted to pass through the forwardly
projecting end of the record-strip and through a hole F in the plate A
when the filing plate is lifted, Fig. 16. Under this construction, when the filing
frame is lifted it moves independently of the knife-carrying frame D' until the
upper end of the plate C6 of the filing frame strikes the cross bar of the frame D¹
to which the lower cutter m is secured, Figs. 11 and 12, whereupon the filing frame
will pick up the knife-carrying frame and both will move upward together, the
cutters m respectively severing the check-strips and the record-strip, and the
pin w passing through the record-slip and thereby filing the latter upon the pin.
A curved spring G, Figs. 12 and 16, secured to the under side of the plate A
near its right hand end, co-operates with the right hand ends of the slips as they
are filed, pressing then downward as their left hand ends are drawn downward by
the return of the filing pin. The springs n at each side of the knife-carrying
frame assist in restoring the parts to normal position when released.
The means for lifting the filing and cutting frames at each operation of the
machine may now be described as follows: In rear of the rock-shaft P, which has
the operating lever or handle Q secured to it, is a second rock-shaft H journalled
at its ends in bearings upon the sides of the casing Fast upon this rock-shaft H
near its middle is a forwardly extending arm 1 having a slot in its forward end,
Fig. 12, in which slot fits a stud Je projecting from the side of a lug K° formed
upon the rear side of the filing frame C. Fast upon the shaft He near its right
hand end, Figs. 10, 12, 13 and 14, is a collar L provided with an upwardly and
forwardly projecting lug M. Loose upon the shaft H beside the collar L is a
forwardly projecting plate No. A lug 06 projects laterally from the side of this
plate beneath the lug M on the collar L, and a coiled spring P connected at one
end to the lug O and at its other to a pin or screw upon the rear side of the
collar L pulls the plate N upward and rearward, its movement in that direction
being limited by the engagement of its lug 0° with the lug M. Formed upon
the right side of the plate No, Fig. 10, is a cam R which co-operates with a pin or
stud S projecting from the left side of an arm To fast upon the rock-shaft P.
When the shaft P is rocked forward to its limit of stroke by means of the
operating handle upon its left hand end, as heretofore described, the arm To will
be carried upward and forward to the position shown by the dotted lines in
Fig. 10. In moving to this position the stud L will engage the rear side of the
cam R° near the upper end of the latter and rock the plate No slightly forward
against the stress of the spring P as the stud clears the end of the cam. The
spring P will then re-set the plate and carry the cam back into the path of the
stud, so that when the shaft P is rocked backward by the return stroke of

page_text: the operating handle the stud L' will engage the forward side of the cam and
force the plate No upward and rearward. Inasmuch as the lug 0° upon the side
of the plate No is held in engagement with the lug Me upon the collar Le fast
upon the shaft H. As before explained, the plate No in its upward and backward
movement will rock the shaft H and cause the arm 1° heretofore described to
lift the filing and cutting frames. The length and shape of the cam R and
proportions of the parts are such that the cutting and filing frames will be lifted
the proper distance to sever the several strips and file the record-slip upon the
pin, in the manner before explained, before the stud S° clears the lower end of
the cam.
When it escapes the cam the springs applied to the cutting frame.
immediately reset the parts to the positions shown in the drawings.
The spindles of the four feed-rollers fit at their opposite ends in the inclined
slots in the side plates H H, Fig. 10, and the spindle of the lower roller is in this
instance supported upon the forward ends of short levers Us, Eigs. 11 and 12,
pivoted near their middles to the supports H H respectively. The forward ends
of these levers may be raised and lowered; to regulate the pressure of the lower
two feed-rollers against each other, by means of set screws V passed upwar
through their rear ends and bearing at their upper ends against lugs or pro-
jections W upon the supports H H. The rollers J K of the lower pair, and the
rollers L M of the upper pair, are separated and the roller K held in position by
fingers X projecting forward from plates Y. Fig. 15. These plates are guided
to slide backward and forward by means of screws Z projecting from their outer
sides through slots A' in the upper ends of the supporting plates H H, Fig. 10.
Arms or levers B7 pivoted to cars C' upon the upper sides of the plates Yo, Figs. 10,
11 and 12, co-operate at their front ends with the spindle of the upper feed-roller M,
to hold it in position, and may be adjusted by means of set screws D' passed
through their rear ends to regulate the pressure of the roller M upon the roller L
beneath. When the plates Y are slid rearward the fingers X are withdrawn
from between the rollers K L and the arms B' from engagement with the spindle
of the roller M. All of the rollers are then free to be removed from the slots in
the supports H H, to permit the ends of the paper strips to be passed between
them when new rolls of paper are placed in the machine, or for any other desired
purpose. When the plates Y are slid backward the ends of the arms Y' are
withdrawn from engagement with the spindle of the roller M before the fingers X6
are withdrawn from between the spindles of the rollers K L. The pressure of
the rollers L M against each other is thus relieved before that between the
rollers J K. The purpose of this is that by sliding the plates Y backward only
a part of their limit of movement the pressure between the rollers of the upper
pair, which advances the check-strips, may be relieved, while that of the lower
pair, which advances the record-strip, will be maintained. By placing his hand
upon the check-strips and holding them from forward movement the proprietor at
the end of a day's business may give the operating handle a couple of forward and
backward strokes, to feed forward and file the two record-slips remaining between
the front end of the writing tablet and the cutting point for the record-strip, without
advancing and cutting off two sets of blank checks as would otherwise be
necessary. The plates Y are moved backward and forward when desired by
means of eccentrics on a shaft E7 journalled at its ends in the upper rear corners
of the supports H H and provided on its right hand end with a thumb-piece F7
for turning it, Figs. 9 and 16. The eccentrics are formed by grooves cut in the
shaft in line with the plates Yo, Figs. 11 and 18, and the lower ends of the plates
are slotted or forked as there shown, to embrace the eccentrics. In the position of
the parts illustrated, when the shaft E' is thrown rearward by means of the
thumb-piece F' the plates Yo will be slid rearward, and vice versa. The thumb-
piece and adjacent face of the casing may, if desired, be provided with co-operating
indices by which it may be seen just how far to turn the shaft to move the
plates Y far enough rearward to disengage the arms B7 from the spindle of the
upper roller without withdrawing the fingers X from between the rollers K L,

page_text: for the purpose before explained, and how far to move it to completely release all
of the rollers, and also the position to which to move it to lock them all in
operative position as shown in the drawings.
In the construction shown in Figs. 10, 11 and 12 the pawl k, which is carried
by the arm T fast on the rock-shaft P and co-operates with the gear S to actuate
the feed-rollers, is provided with a laterally projecting pin G, Figs. 11 and 17,
which co-operates with a curved spring H', Fig. 11, secured along its edge to the
inner face of the left hand side of the casing. During the forward movement of
the rock-shaft and arm T this pin travels along the inner side of the curved spring
and the pawl turns the gear. The extreme upper end of the spring is bent inward
toward the axis of revolution of the parts, and when the pin G' reaches this end
of the spring it presses it outward as it clears it and the end of the spring springs
back within the path of travel of the pin, so that in the backward movement of
the parts the pin will ride up over this end of the spring and travel backward
along its outer side, thereby holding the pawl entirely out of engagement with
the teeth of the gear, instead of permitting it to slip over them. When the pin
reaches and clears the lower end of the spring the coiled spring connected to the
pawl pulls it back into engagement with the teeth of the gear, carrying the pin G'
inside the circle in whose are the curved spring is located, so that at the next
forward movement of the parts the pawl will turn the gear and the pin will travel
along the inner side of the spring.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In an autographic register, the combination of a writing-tablet having a check-
strip and a record-strip led over it in the same direction, a pair of feed-rollers for
the record-strip, and a separate parallel pair of feed-rollers for the check-strip
operating to move the latter faster than the record-strip.
2. In an autographic register, the combination of a writing-tablet having a check-
strip and a record-strip led over it in the same direction, a pair of feed-rollers for
the record-strip, a separate parallel pair of feed-rollers for the check-strip operating
to feed the latter faster than the record-strip, and a single driving mechanism for
both pairs of rollers.
3. In an autographic register, the combination of a pair of feed-rollers for the
check-strip and a separate parallel pair of feed-rollers for the record-strip, operating
to feed the two strips in the same direction, and driving mechanism for said rollers
operating to turn the rollers for the check-strip several revolutions for each revolution
of the rollers for the record-strip, for the purpose described.
4. In an autographic register, the combination of a writing-tablet having a check-
strip led over a given length of the tablet and a record-strip led over a less length
of the tablet beneath the check-strip, manifolding material between the two strips,
a pair of feed-rollers for the record-strip, and a separate pair for the check-strip
operating to move the latter faster than the record-strip.
5. In an autographic register, the combination of the writing tablet having the
check-strip led over the whole length of it and the record-strip led over only a
portion of it, beneath the check-strip, a pair of feed-rollers for the check-strip and
a separate pair of feed-rollers for the record-strip, and driving mechanism for said
rollers operating to turn the rollers for the check-strip several revolutions at each
revolution of the rollers for the record-strip, for the purpose described.
6. In an antographic register, the combination of a writing-tablet provided with
a transverse slot or opening, and having the check-strip led over the whole face of
the tablet and the record-strip passed through said slot and led over only a portion
of the face of the tablet, a pair of feed-rollers for the check-strip and a pair of feed-
rollers for the record-strip, and driving mechanism for said rollers operating to
drive the check-strip rollers at a greater speed than the record-strip rollers, for the
purpose described.

page_text: 7. In an autographic register, the combination of the tablet C having the
transverse opening h, the two pairs of feed-rollers J K and L M, the check-strips
being led from the rolls E F over the entire face of the tablet C and thence
between the rollers L M, and the record-strip being led from the roll D over only
the portion of the tablet C in front of the opening h, and thence between the
rollers J K, and driving mechanism for the two pairs of feed-rollers, operating to
turn the feed-rollers L M several revolutions at each revolution of the rollers J K,
for the purpose described.
8. In an autographic register, the combination of the pair of feeding rollers L M
for the check-strips, and the pair of feeding rollers J K for the record-strip, the
driving gear S, the small gear wheel V fast on the spindle of the roller Jand
geared to the wheel S, and the large gear wheel W also fast on the spindle of the
roller J and geared to one of the feed-rollers L M, for the purpose described.
9. In an autographic register, the combination of the two pairs of feeding
rollers L M and J K, the rock-shaft P, the gear wheel S loose thereon, and the
wheel W fast on the spindle of the roller J and geared to one of the rollers L M,
for the purpose described.
10. In an autographic register, the combination of a pair of feed rollers for
the record-strip, a knife for cutting said strip into slips adjacent to said feed-
rollers, a stationary filing pin located adjacent to the feed-rollers and over the
point of which the end of the strip projects as it is delivered from the feed-rollers,
and means for forcing upon the filing pin at each operation of the machine the
record-slip delivered from the feed-rollers at that operation.
11. In an autographic register, the combination of a pair of feed-rollers for the
record-strip, a knife for cutting said strip into slips adjacent to said feed-rollers, a
stationary filing pin located adjacent to the feed-rollers and over the point of which
the end of the strip projects as it is delivered from the feed-rollers, and means
actuated by the driving mechanism for the feed-rollers for forcing upon the filing
pin at each operation of the machine the record-slip delivered from the feed-rollers
at that operation of the machine.
12. In an autographic register, the combination of a pair of feed-rollers for the
record-strip, driving mechanism therefor, a etationary filing pin located adjacent to
the feed-rollers and over the point of which the end of the strip projects as it is
delivered from the feed-rollers, a knife interposed between the filing pin and feed-
rollers, for cutting the record-strip into slips, and means for forcing said slips upon
the stationary pin at the same operation of the machine by which they are
delivered from the feed-rollers, both actuated by the driving mechanism for the
feed-rollers.
13. In an autographic register, the combination of feed-rollers for drawing the
check-strip and the record-strip over the writing tablet, a knife for cutting both of
said strips into slips, a movable arm for piling the record-slips within the machine
after they are severed from the record-strip, and a single operating device or driving
mechanism for actuating the feed-rollers, knife and movable arm.
14. In an autographic register, the combination of feed-rollers for drawing the
.check-strip and the record-strip over the writing-tablet, a knife for cutting both of
said strips into slips, a stationary filing pin, means for forcing the record-slips upon
said pin, and a single operating device or driving mechanism for actuating the
feed-rollers, knife and filing mechanism.
15. In an autographic register, the combination of a pair of feed-rollers for the
check-strip and a separate pair of feed-rollers for the record-strip, driving mechanism
for said rollers, and a knife actuated by said driving mechanism to cut the record-
strip into slips.
16. In an autographic register, the combination of a pair of feed-rollers for the
check-strip, a separate pair of feed-rollers for the record-strip, a filing pin, a knife
interposed between the same and the feed-rollers for the record-strip, for cutting the
latter into slips, and means for forcing the slips upon the filing pin.
17. In an autographic register, the combination of a pair of feed-rollers, for the

page_text: check-strip and a separate pair of feed-rollers for the record-strip, driving mechanism
for said rollers, a knife for cutting the record-strip into slips, a filing pin, and
means actuated by the driving mechanism for forcing the slips upon the pin.
18. In an autographic register, the combination of a pair of feed-rollers for the
check-strip and a separate pair of feed-rollers for the record-strip, driving
mechanism for said rollers, a knife actuated by said driving mechanism to cut the
record-strip into slips, a filing pin, and means for forcing the slips upon the pin.
19. In an autographic register, the combination of a pair of feed-rollers for the
check-strip and a separate pair of feed-rollers for the record-strip, driving
mechanism for said roilers, a filing pin, a knife for cutting the record-strip into
slips and means for forcing the slips upon the filing pin, both actuated by the
driving mechanism for the feed-rollers.
20. In an autographic register, the combination of a pair of feed-rollers for the
check-strip and a separate pair of feed-rollers for the record-strip, driving
mechanism for said rollers, and two knives actuated by said driving mechanism for
severing the check-strip and record-strip, respectively.
21. In an autographic register, the combination of a pair of feed-rollers for the
check-strip and a separate pair of feed-rollers for the record-strip, driving
mechanism therefor, two knives actuated by said driving mechanism for severing the
check-strip and record-strip, respectively, a filing pin, and means for forcing the
record-slips upon said pin.
22. In an autographic register, the combination of a pair of feed-rol ers for the
record-strip, a separate pair of feed-rollers for the check-strip operating to move
the latter faster than the record-strip, driving mechanism for said rollers, and a
knife actuated by the driving mechanism to cut the record-strip into slips.
23. In an autographic register, the combination of a pair of feed-rollers for the
check-strip and a separate pair of feed-rollers for the record-strip, driving
mechanism for said rollers operating to drive the check-strip rollers at a greater
speed than the record-strip rollers, a knife for cutting the record-strip into slips, a
filing pin, and means for forcing the record-slips upon said pin.
24. In an autographic register, the combination of a pair of feed-rollers for the
check-strip and a separate pair of feed-rollers for the record-strip, driving
mechanism for said rollers operating to drive the check-strip rollers at greater
speed than the record-strip rollers, a knife actuated by the driving mechanism to
cut the record-strip into slips, a filing pin, and means for forcing the slips upon
said pin.
25. In an autographic register, the combination of a pair of feed-rollers for the
check-strip and a separate pair of feed-rollers for the record-strip, driving
mechanism for said rollers, operating to drive the check-strip rollers at greater
speed than the record-strip rollers, a knife for cutting the record-strip into slips,
a filing pin, and means actuated by the driving mechanism for forcing the slips upon
the pin.
26. In an autographic register, the combination of a pair of feed-rollers for the
check-strip and a separate pair of feed-rollers for the record-strip, driving mechanism
for said rollers operating to drive the check-strip rollers at a greater speed than
the record-strip rollers, a filing pin, a knife for cutting the record-strip into slips
and means for forcing the slips upon the pin, both actuated by the driving
mechanism for the feed-rollers.
27. In an autographic register, the combination of the writing tablet having the
check-strips passed over the whole length of it and the record-strip passed over only
a portion of its length, the two pairs of feed-rollers, operating to move the check-
strips faster than the record-strip, driving mechanism for said rollers, and a knife
actuated by said driving mechanism to cut the record-strip into slips.
28. In an autographic register, the combination of the writing tablet having the
check-strips passed over the whole length of it and the record-strip passed over
only a portion of its length, the two pairs of feed-rollers for said strips, operating to
feed the check-strips faster than the record-strip, driving mechanism for said

page_text: rollers, a knife actuated by said driving mechanism to cut the record-strip into
slips, a filing pin, and means for forcing the slips upon the pin.
29. In an autographic register, the combination of the writing tablet having the
check-strips passed over the whole length of it, and the record-strip passed over
only a portion of its length, the two pairs of feed-rollers for said strips, operating
to feed the check-strips faster than the record-strip, driving mechanism for said
rollers, a filing pin, a knife for cutting the record-strip into slips and means for
forcing the slips upon the pin, both actuated by the driving mechanism for the
feed-rollers.
30. In an autographic register, the combination of a reciprocating knife-carrier
for cutting the record-strip into slips, a stationary filing pin, and means actuated by
the knife-carrier to force the slips upon the pin.
31. In an autographic register, the combination of a pair of feed-rollers for the
record-strip, driving mechanism therefor, reciprocating knife-carrier actuated
by said driving mechanism, to cut the record-strip into slips, a stationary filing
pin, and means actuated by the knife-carrier to force the slips upon the pin.
32. In an autographic register, the combination of a revoluble driving shaft
making a complete revolution at each operation of the machine, a rock-shaft
actuated thereby and having a defined movement back and forth at each operation
of the machine, and a knife actuated by the movements of the rock-shaft to cut the
record-strip into slips.
33. In an autographic register, the combination of feeding rollers for advancing
the paper strips, a knife for cutting one or more of said strips into slips, means for
filing the record-slips in a storage-compartment within the machine, and a
single revoluble shaft making a complete revolution at each operation of
the machine and actuating the feeding rollers, knife and filing means, to advance
the strips, cut one or more of thein into slips, and file the record-slips.
34. In an autographic register, the combination of feed-rollers for advancing the
paper strips, a knife for cutting one or more of them into slips, a filing pin, means
for forcing the record-slips upon said pin, and a single revoluble shaft for actuating
the feed-rollers, knife and filing means, to advance the strips, cut one or more of
them into slips, and file the record-slips upon the pin.
35. In an autographic register, the combination of feed-rollers for advancing the
paper strips, a knife for cutting one or more of them into slips, a filing pin, a
movable arm or plate co-operating with said pin to force the record-slips upon
it, and a single revoluble shaft for actuating the feed-rollers, knife and movable arm,
for the purpose described.
36. In an autographic register, the combination of a revoluble driving shaft
making a complete revolution at each operation of the machine, a rock-shaft
actuated thereby and having a defined movement back and forth at each operation
of the machine, a pair of feeding rollers for the record-strip actuated by said
rock-shaft during its stroke in one direction, and a knife for severing the
record-strip actuated by said shaft during its stroke in the reverse direction.
37. In an autographic register, the combination of a revoluble driving shaft
inaking a complete revolution at each operation of the machine, a rock-shaft
actuated thereby and having a defined movement back and forth at each operation
of the machine, a pair of feed-rollers for the record-strip actuated by said rock-
shaft during its stroke in one direction, a filing pin, a knife for severing the
record-strip into slips, and means for forcing the slips upon the filing pin, both
actuated by the rock-shaft during its stroke in the reverse direction.
38. In an autographic register, the combination of a revoluble driving shaft
making a complete revolution at each operation of the machine, a rock-shaft, a
crank-and-pitman connection between the rock-shaft and the revoluble shaft, a pair
of feed-rollers for the paper strip actuated by the movement of the rock-shaft, and
a knife actuated by its movement in the reverse direction.
39. In an autographic register, the combination of a revoluble driving shaft
making a complete revolution at each operation of the machine, a rock-shaft, a

page_text: crank-and-pitman connection between the rock-shaft and the revoluble shaft, a knife
for cutting the record-strip into slips, a filing pin, and means actuated by the
rock-shaft to force the slips upon the pin.
40. In an autographic register, the combination of a revoluble driving shaft
making a complete revolution at each operation of the machine, a rock-shaft, a
crank-and-pitman connection between the rock-shaft and the revoluble shaft, a
filing pin, and a kuife for cutting the record-strip into slips and means for
forcing the slips upon the pin, both actuated by the movements of the rock-shaft.
41. In an autographic. register, the combination of a revoluble driving shaft
making a complete revolution at each operation of the machine, a rock-shaft, a
crank-and-pitman connection between the rock-shaft and the revoluble shaft, a
pair of feed-rollers actuated by the movement of the rock-shaft in one direction,
and a knife for severing the paper strip, actuated by the movement of the shaft in
the reverse direction.
42. In an autographic register, the combination of a revoluble driving shaft
making a complete revolution at each operation of the machine, a rock-shaft, a
crank-and-pitman connection between the rock-shaft and revoluble shaft, a pair of
feeding rollers for the record-strip actuated by the movement of the rock-shaft in
one direction, a filing pin, and a knife for cutting the record-strip into slips and means
for forcing the slips upon the pin, both actuated by the movement of the rock-shaft
in the reverse direction.
43. In an autographic register, the combination of a revoluble driving shaft
making a complete revolution at each operation of the machine, a rock-shaft, a
crank-and-pitman connection between the rock-shaft and the revoluble shaft, a gear
wheel loose upon the rock-shaft, an arm fast upon said shaft and carrying a
pawl co-operating with the gear wheel, and a pair of feed-rollers geared to said
wheel.
44. In an autographic register, the combination of a filing pin for the record-
slips, located within the casing near one end, a filing arm co-operating with said
pin and pivoted within said casing near the opposite end of the latter, and means
for vibrating the filing arm upon its pivot, whereby the end of the arm which
co-operates with the filing pin may vibrate in the arc of a circle approximating the
straight line of the pin.
45. In an autographic register, the combination of a filing pin for the record-
slips, a reciprocating knife-carrier, and a vibrating filing arm provided with an eye
or opening adapted to pass down over the filing pin, said arm being actuated by
said knife-carrier to force the record-slips upon the pin.
46. In an autographic register, the combination of the filing pin w, the pivoted
arm F provided at one end with the eye v co-operating with the pin w, and
carrying at its opposite end the trip b', the reciprocating knife-carrier D', and the
lever F co-operating at one end with said carrier and at its other with the trip ³,
substantially as described.
47. In an autographic register, the combination of the feed-rollers J K, the
shear-bars p, the reciprocating plate D' carrying the knife m, the springs n for
re-setting the plate, the rock-shaft P, and the pivoted lifting dog carried thereby
and co-operating with the plate D' to lift the same as the shaft is rocked in one
direction and yielding to slip past the plate when the shaft is rocked in the reverse
direction.
48. In an autographic register, the combination of the two pairs of feed-
rollers L M and JK, the shear-bars o and p, the plate D' carrying the two
kuives m, the rock-shaft P, and a connection between the shaft and the
plate D to cause the shaft to lift the plate when rocked in one direction.
49. In an autographic register, the combination of the uprights H, the two pairs
of feed-rollers LM and J K journalled therein, the pivoted arms carrying
fingers f co-operating with the spindles of the rollers K M, and the shaft R
co-operating with the arms 1', substantially as described.
50. In an autographic register, the combination, with the feeding and cutting

page_text: mechanisms for the record-strip, of the filing pin w carried by the removable
slide F, and means for forcing the record-slips upon the pin, substantially as
described.
51. In an autographic register, the combination of a movable knife-carrying
frame, a filing frame carried thereby and having limited movement thereon, and
operating means applied to the filing frame for actuating both frames to sever the
strips and file the record slip, substantially as described.
52. In an autographic register, the combination of a movable knife-carrying
frame, a filing frame mounted to slide in guides thereon, a stop for limiting the
independent movement of the filing frame, and lifting means applied to the filing
frame for lifting both frames, to sever the strips and file the record-slip, substantially
as described.
53. In an autographic register, the combination of a movable knife-carrying
frame, a filing frame mounted to slide in guides thereon, a stop for limiting the
independent movement of the filing frame, a rock-shaft, an arm fast upon said shaft
and connected with the filing frame, for actuating both frames, and means for
rocking the shaft, substantially as described.
54. In an autographic register, the combination of the knife-carrying frame D',
the filing frame mounted to slide in guides thereon and carrying the filing pin w, a
stop for limiting the independent movement of the filing frame, the rock-shaft H,
the lifting arm 16 fast thereon and co-operating with the filing frame, the cam
plate No loose upon the shaft Ho, the lug Mo fast thereon, the spring P° connecting
the two, the rock-shaft P, and the arm Jo fast thereon and carrying the
stud S co-operating with the cam I on the plate N°, substantially as described.
55. In an autographic register, the combination of the reciprocating cutting
frame D', the filing frame mounted to slide thereon and composed of the plate Co
and the plate D projecting at substantially a right angle therefrom, the removable
plate carrying the filing pin wo and fitting in a longitudinal recess in the
plate D, and lifting means applied to the filing frame, substantially as described.
56. In an autographic register, the combination of a pair of feed-rollers for the
check-strips and a separate pair of feed-rollers for the record-strip, and a knife-
carrying frame carrying two knives arranged in different cutting planes, one for
severing the check-strips and the other for severing the record-strip, substantially
as described.
57. In an autographic register, the combination of the supports HH, the four
feed-rollers J, K, L and M journalled in slots therein, means for operating said
rollers, the plates Y provided with fingers X separating the two pairs of rollers
and with arms B' bearing on the spindle of the upper roller, and the shaft E'
having the eccentrics co-operating with the plates Y in the manner and for the
purpose described.
58. In an autographic register, the combination of the driving gear S, the
swinging arm T mounted upon the axis of the gear, the pawl k carried by the
arm T and spring-pressed into engagement with the gear, and the curved spring H'
co-operating with a pin or projection on the pawl, said pin or projection travelling
upon opposite sides of the spring H7 during the forward and backward movement of
the pawl, substantially as and for the purpose described.
59. In an autographic register, the combination of feed-rollers for advancing
the paper strips, and a knife and filing pin movable together to sever one or more
of said strips into slips and file the slips upon the pin, substantially as and for the
purpose described.
R. HADDAN,
Herbert Haddan & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London.