US2555218A - Machine for securing photographic film in statistical record cards - Google Patents

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May 29, 1951 M. E. BAILEY MACHINE FOR SECURING PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM IN STATISTICAL RECORD CARDS Filed March 4, 1946 ll Sheets-Sheet 2 of m =1;

INVENTOR.

MILES E BAILEY BY y 4 1M? ATTORNEY y 29, 1951 M. E. BAILEY 2,555,218

MACHINE FOR SECURING PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM IN STATISTlCAL RECORD CARDS Filed March 4, 1946 ll Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTOR.

MILES E BAILEY BY JLLAI ATTORNEY FIG?) May 29, 1951 M. E. BAILEY 2,555,218

MACHINE FOR SECURING PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM IN STATISTICAL RECORD CARDS Filed March 4, 1946 ll Sheets-Sheet 4 I N 1 l INVENTOR.

MILES E BAILEY BY j/izjiii ATTORNE Y May 29, 1951 M. E. BAILEY MACHINE FOR SECURING PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM IN STATISTICAL RECORD CARDS ll SheetsSheet 5 Filed March 4, 1946 INVENTOR.

' MILES E BAILEY BY )IL 4 iii ATTORNEY May 29, 1951 M. E. BAILEY MACHINE FOR SECURING PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM IN STATISTICAL RECORD CARDS ll Sheets-Sheet 6 Filed March 4, 1946 INVENTOR.

MILES E BAILEY ATTORNEY May 29, 1951 M. E. BAILEY 2,555,218

MACHINE FOR SECURING PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM IN STATISTICAL RECORD CARDS Filed March 4, 1946 ll Sheets-Sheet 7 FIG?- MILES E BAILEY BY ll/52.1

ATTO RN EY May 29, 1951 M. E. BAILEY 2,555,218

MACHINE FOR SECURING PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM IN STATISTICAL RECORD CARDS Filed March 4, 1946 ll Sheets-Sheet 8 1NVENTOR 5 MILES E BAILEY ATTORNEY M. E. BAILEY MACHINE FOR SECURING PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM IN STATISTICAL RECORD CARDS May 29, 1951 ll Sheets-Sheet 9 Filed March 4, 1946 R U mA N m ME T T 1% A 4 ML Y B @m 8 May 29, 1951 M. E. BAILEY MACHINE FOR SECURING PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM IN STATISTICAL RECORD CARDS ll Sheets-Sheet 10 Filed March 4, 1946 FIG.I 4

INVENTOR MILES E BAILEY BY L 11:1

ATTORNEY May 29, 1951 M. E. BAILEY 2,555,218

MACHINE FOR SECURING PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM IN STATISTICAL RECORD CARDS Filed March 4, 1946 11 Sheets-Sheet 11 MILES E BAILEY BY 111 in ATTORNEY Patented May 29, 1951 MACHINE on SECURING PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM'IN STATISTICAL RECORD CARDS Miles E. Bailey, Tonawanda, N. Y., assignor to Remington Rand Inc., Bufialo, N. Y., a corporation'of Delaware Application March 4, 1946, Serial No. 651,943

6 Claims. (01. 216-22) 1 This invention relates to the preparation of cards for the control of business machines and metre, and more particularly to a method and machine for applying photographic film to such a c'ard.' 5

Many attempts have been made in the past toafiix such items as photographs, for identification purposes and the like, to cards used for the control of business machines. Such an attempt is'fdisclosed in the patent to H. 0. George, 2,I 65,250 ,issued July 11, 1939. In most card operated machines the card must pass through a restricted throat and, therefore, cannot carry anything which will increase the thickness of the card, or whichwill become caught, or inter fere with the operation of the machine. Cards for mounting X-ray negatives have been devised, such as that in the patent to A. W. McClean 1,967,534, issued July 24, 1934, which discloses a card having an aperture 'toreceive the negative without increasing the thickness of the card." Here it is' proposed to use a transparent adhesive, such as the well known Scotch Tape, tohold thenegative in place. The manual oporation of applying the tape and negative 'to suchacard is necessarily slow and tedious.

It is, therefore, the principal object of this invention to provide a machine which will easily and quickly afiix apreselected portion of a photographic film or the like to a card having an aperture therein.

Another'object of the invention is to provide a machine which will apply the adhesive agent to the aperture 'in the card, thereby preparing it to receive the photographic film or the like.

A further object of the invention is to provide a viewing means whereby the photographic film as a whole may be scanned, and the particular portion selected afiixed to the exposed adhesive in the aperture of the card.

Another object is the provision of means whereby: the preselected portion of the film is removed from the roll of film and applied to the card automatically.

A more clear conception of the operation, construction and further objects of the invention maybe had-from the following specification when read in conjunction with the" accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is an isometric showing of the machine with the covers on;

I Fig. 2. is aview of the right hand side of the base of the machine showing the mainldrive mechanism;

1Fig's...3;and 4 combined form a plan view of 2 the device with the film removed;

Figs. 5, 6, and 7 combined form a cross sectional view of the main portion of the machine taken substantially through the centerthere'of;

Fig. 8' isa cross section taken along line 8 8 of Fig. 3 showing the adhesivefilm handling mechanism;

Fig. 9 is a cross section taken along line 9-9 of Fig. 4 showing the photographic film handling mechanism; 3

Fig. 10 is an enlarged cross section taken along line [9-40 of Fig. 4 showing'the film feedan'd punch mechanism; 4

Fig. 11 is an enlarged cross section taken along line l|H of Fig. 3 showing the adhesivefilm feed and applying mechanism;

Fig. 12 shows a card having a prepunched aperture therein as prepared for use in themachine Fi 13 is a showing of the finished card;

Fig. 14 is an enlarged cross section taken along line l4l l of Fig. 13 showingthe disposition of the adhesive film and the photographic film in the card} Fig. 15 is a detail view in cross section of the clutch mechanism for the film sp'ools; and

Fig. 16 is a timing chart of the operation of the machine.

The preferred form of the invention comprises a machine having a card magazine'andsuitable card feeding mechanism to oarry th'e "card from thecard magazineto one or more positionsin the machine. At one of said positions an adhesive mediumis' applied, and at a second la p'reselected frame from a roll of'ph'otogr'a'phic film is applied to the adhesive medium. A viewing screen is provided for scanning the photographic film, whereby the desired frame positionedffor feed to a cutting element which removes the selected frame from the film and applies it' to the adhesive. The cards, which have "already been prepared with an aperture therein, "are placed face up in the card ma'zagine from which they are fed'seriatim to a chamber that portion of the machine in'fwhichthe adhesive tape will be applied. Here a card stop holds the card stationary while a'- descending cutting member cuts a measured portion offthe tape "andapplies it to the surfacessurroundirig the aperture. The card is then fed out'of'the machine past the photographic film applicator, which has been disabled. I'he" card's are then resinserted in" the card magazine"'face down, the adhesive applicator is disabled, and the film scanning mechanism applicator enabled. The operator then scans the film, using a hand wheel which passes the film through a projector having a screen on which an enlarged image of the separate frames may be positioned. When the desired frame or portion of the film has been located the machine is tripped off, causing a card to be fed from the magazine. Simultaneously, the film applying device is operated. Upon being fed the card passes through the first card chamber, and is stopped by the card stops of the second card chamber located below the film applicator. At the same time, the selected frame is fed to a cutting position where the frame is cut from the film and applied to the exposed adhesive in the aperture in the card. Immediately thereafter the card is fed out of the machine by feed rolls which also tend to roll the film more firmly on the exposed adhesive tape.

The adhesive medium it is proposed to use is a transparent tape, preferably of plastic, on one side of which is carried a gum which is protected, to permit handling, by a covering of tissue. After being uncovered the gum is not excessively tacky and will retain its properties for a considerable time. Slight pressure is all that is necessary to attach an object thereto. In the adhesive applicator the tape is stored on a roll. As it is drawn from the roll the tissue is removed, and in being removed it causes the tape itself to be fed under a cutting member which also applies the tape over, and to, the surrounding surface edges of the aperture in the card. A similar cutting operation takes place in the photographic film applicator. The selected frame of film is fed from the scanning position to a cutter which also applies the film to the adhesive.

It is obvious that a record punch, similar to that disclosed in the patent to K. J. Braun 2,211,093, issued August 13, 1940, could well be associated with and controlled by the film feed to perforate data, pertinent to the film, in the card simultaneously with the afiixing of the film thereto.

In Fig. 1 the preferred form of the machine is shown as comprising a base 10 which contains the card feeding mechanism and an upper portion I i which contains the photographic film and adhesive tape applying devices. The card magazine I2 is seen in the front of the machine under a scanning screen I3. A door I4 is provided, which permits access to the film and adhesive tape devices, to facilitate loading and threading. A switch [5 is provided for the electric driving motor (not shown). A lever I 6 controls the operation of the tape applying means and a lever ll controls the film applicator. A hand wheel 20 provides a manual drive for the film feed, thus permitting the operator to pass the film through the projector, the screen [3 of which facilitates scanning. The drive motor is continuously running, but the card feed and other operations are under control of the operator through a start and stop button 2|. Certain operations do not require the supervision of the operator and are continuous. Others are single cycle operations, all of which are controlled by button 2 l.

The preferred form of card 23 (Fig. 12) used in the invention is similar to that disclosed in the patent to W. W. Lasker, 1,780,621, issued November 4, 1930, in that it may contain data recorded in the form of perforations. An aperture 24 is formed in the card and may be of any dimension, and located anywhere in the card except in the area defined b the dotted lines 25. This area so designated passes through the throat 26 of the machine of the invention and other similar business machines and, therefore, must be clear of openings larger than data perferations, as the throat is necessarily restricted to permit only one card at a time to be fed out of the magazine I2. The perforations 2! record data pertaining to the frame of photographic film and are adapted to control the operation of machines similar to the tabulator and sorter disclosed in the patents to W. W. Lasker, 2,044,119 and 1,476,161, issued June 16, 1936, and December 24, 1923, respectively.

In view of the fact that the card feed and drive therefor are described in detail in the above mentioned Patent 2,211,093, only that description of these devices which is believed necessary for an understanding of the invention will be given. The main shaft 30 of the machine extends from front to back along the base 10, as shown in Fig. 2. His driven by a belt 31 from the motor located in the base of the machine. A clutch 32 connects the driven end to the main portion of the shaft. The clutch is operated by an arm 33 secured to a shaft 34 which extends across the machine and is under control of start stop button 2|, as fully described in the above patent. The shaft 30 carries a series of worm, worm wheel and gear drives for the several card feed rolls. As the feed rolls are integral with their respective shafts, the same designation numerals will be use-d for both shaft and roll in the following description. Shafts 35 and 30 are a part of the first set of feed rolls, shafts 3? and 38 carry the skid rolls, respectively, in each of the card chambers associated with the applicators. These rolls are so called, as they are continuously rotating and skid on the under surface of the card after it has been stopped by the card stops.

. Associated with each skid roll is a pressure roll,

hereinafter described. Shafts 40 and M drive the intermediate feed rolls, and shafts 42 and 43 drive the eject rolls. Main cross shafts and are driven by the worms associated with the skid roll shafts 31 and 38 through worm wheels 44 and 45. These cross shafts drive and control the adhesive applicator and film applicator, respectively, through cams and gearing.

The shaft 50 (Fig. 6) carries a cam 46 which acts with a follower arm 47 connected by a link 5| to an arm 52 which, in turn, is connected by a link 53 to a reciprocating card picker 54. As the card picker reoiprocates, the lowermost card is picked from the bottom of the card stack in the magazine [2 and fed through the throat 25 to the feed rolls 35 and 36 which carr it to the card chamber of the adhesive applying device. This chamber is formed of plates 55 and 5B, the lowermost 58 of which is solid, except for two apertures on each side through which extend skid rolls 31. These rolls are so located that they engage the extreme edges of the card and operate in conjunction with pressure rolls 5'! which are spring pressed into engagement with the top surface of the card. Extending upward through slots in the rear edge of the plate 56 are two card stops 58 which are actuated by a cam fastened to the shaft 50. Cooperating with cam 6! is a follower arm 02 secured to a shaft 63 extending across the machine. Also secured to shaft 63 in alignment with the card stops are arms 64 which are connected to their individual stop by a link 65. The high portion of cam 5i causes the card stops to be lowered, thus permitting the skid rolls 3'! to feed the card out of the card chamber to the intermediate feed rolls 40 and 4| which then pass the card through the skid rolls of the film applicator, the card stops of which are disabled as will be described later, to the eject rolls 42 and 43, thence to the card receiver 66.

. Adhesive tape applicator The adhesive, as explained above, is carried on a transparent tape 10 and is stored in the ma-' chine in the form of a roll wound on a spool 67 (Figs. 3, 8, and 11) The width of the tape is sufficient to cover and adhere to the surface of the card along two sides of one dimension of aperture 24. Secured to the upper plate 55 of the card chamber by means of guide ways H are two frame members I2 and 13. Both frames are provided with arcuate slots 74 to receive the spindle of the spool 61. Frame 12 (Fig. 3) is formed with a right angle bracket 15 in which is journaled a shaft 80. A second bracket I6 also secured to the frame 12 forms a further bearing for said shaft, which is also journaled in two adjustable bearings I1 and I8 secured to the top of the main side frames 8I and 82 of the machine. These side frames are of box shape and contain the main driving mechanisms. The extreme end of shaft 80 is provided with a mitre gear 83 which meshes with a second mitre gear 84 on the upper end of a shaft 85, journaled in the bracket TI. The other end of shaft 85 is carried in a bearing mounted in a bracket 86 secured to the side frame 8|. Secured to the lower end of shaft 85 is a third mitre gear 81 which meshes in turn with a mitre gear 88 on the end of a stub shaft 90 journaled in the side frame 8!. Mitre gear 88 has secured thereto one member 92 of a conventional clutch, both gear-and clutch member being free to rotate on the shaft 90. Slidably secured to the shaft 90 is a second clutch member 93 which is adapted to be engaged with the member 92 by an arm 94 carried on the bracket 86. The arm 94 is secured to a shaft 99 which extends toward the front of the machine and has the control lever I'I secured thereto. This clutch permits the disconnection of the main drive from the feed for the adhesive tape. Also secured to the shaft 90 is a gear 89 which is connected by an idler gear 95 to a gear 96 secured to a stub shaft 9? extending through the frame 8|. Rotatably mounted on the inner end of stub shaft 91 is a gear 98 which is operatively connected to the shaft 9? by any well known form of one way clutch IOI which will permit driving of gear 95 by gear 98 in one direction only. The gear 98 is engaged by a sector gear I02 rotatably mounted on a short shaft I which is journaled at one end in the frame SI and on the other in a pillow block I03 secured to the base of the machine. The sector gear 502 is connected by a link I04 to the follower arm Hi5 which cooperates with cam I06 secured on shaft 60. The follower arm I05 is loosely mounted for rotation on shaft I01 and is held in contact with the cam by a spring I09.

Slidably secured by a spline to the shaft 80 is a worm I08 which meshes with a worm wheel H0 forfeeding the adhesive tape I0. The ratios of the gear train, comprising gears I02, 08, 96, 89, 88, 87, 84, 83, and worm I08 and worm wheel H0, are such that a predetermined amount of tape I0 is fed during each cycle of the machine. This amount is sufiicient to cover the aperture 24 in the card 23 and engage a small amount of the area around the edges of said aperture, asshowninFigs. 13 and 14. I

' tioned in the detent notch H8.

An adjustment for the tape feed is provided in the eccentrically mounted arm or stop I I9 mounted on the frame 82 and extended into the path of the sector gear I02. By means of this stop the travel of the sector gear may be limited, thus determining exactly how much tape is to be fed.

The feed for the tape is believed to be novel in that the tape is fed by stripping, or removing, the protective tissue referred to above. The tape feed is shown in detail in Fig. 11, where it will be seen that the tape I0 with the tissue covering III leaves the spool 6'! and is carried between a roller H2 and a shoe H3, and thence under a spring pressed roll H4. The roller H2 is journaled in the side frames I2 and I3 and shoe II 3 is fastened to the same frames. The roller H4 is journaled in a pair of links H5 which are joined together at their top by a bail bar H8. The bail extends into and through a slot H1 in each of the side frames I2 and I3. The ends of the bail I I0 extending beyond the frames, as shown in Fig. 3, form finger holds whereby the roll H4 may be raised in the slot H! and posi- This holds the roll out of the path of the tape, thus permitting the feeding of the tissue around the shoe H3 and the tape into the space between the cutting member and the associated die plate. Springs I urge the roll into close engagement with the shoe H3 when in the lowered position. At the point of engagement between the roll and shoe the tissue is separated from the tape 10 and drawn around shoe I I3 and between a pair of rollers I 2| and I22. The roller I22 is journaled in the side frames I2 and 13, while roller I2! is carried in a slot I23 in the same side frames thus permitting the spring I24 to urge the two rollers into gripping engagement with the tissue II I. The shaft on which roller I22 is mounted has secured to its outer end the worm wheel H0 above referred to. As the worm wheel H0 is rotated by the above described gear train, including sector gear I02, under control of cam I08, the tissue is stripped from the tape and drawn around the shoe H3, this action causing the tape F0, from which it has been separated, to be pushed forward under the tape cutter and applicator.

The cutting member and pressure mechanism is shown in detail in Fig. 11 and comprises a cup shaped block I26 secured between the side frames 12 and I3. Secured to the bottom of the block I26 and spaced therefrom is a die plate I25 which cooperates with a cutting member I27. The cutting member is slidably mounted in the block I 26 and is actuated by a plate 928, formed as shown, with depending shoulders I30. The plate I28 has two cylindrical apertures I adapted to accommodate cylindrical bosses i32 formed on the cutting member I21. Positioned between the heads of the bosses I32 and the plate I28 are springs I33. The plate I28 is guided for vertical reciprocation in the block I25 by pins I34. The top of plate I28 is formed with a trunnion I35 to which is secured, by a pin and slot connection, one end of an arm I36, the other end being secured to a shaft I40. The shaft I extends across the machine and is journaled in the side frames 8i and 82. Also secured on the shaft I40 (Figs. 6 and 8) is a'downwardly extending follower arm is? which cooperates with a cam I38 mounted on shaft 50. The cam I38 is so formed that the cutting member I 21 is quickly depressed and withdrawn, taking a very few degrees of the cycle to cut and apply the tape to the card. The stroke of the cutting member is such that it not only cuts off a predetermined amount of tape, but also carries the tape down onto the card, pressing it onto the edges of the aperture. Springs I33 permit a slight overthrow movement of the plate I20, thus causing the cutting member I21 to press the adhesive tape firmly on the card without injury to the parts. It will be noted that the side frames 12 and 13 of the applicator are mounted on guide members 1I secured to plate 55. It will also be noted that the shaft 80 is splined and the worm I08 has a lu I4I thereon, thus permitting the entire framework carrying the adhesive applicator to be positioned over any desired portion within the limits stated above.

It will be noted that the adhesive tape applicator acts as a unit, having no connection with the photographic film applicator. Thus, in preparing the cards, the adhesive tape is first applied to all cards in the stack before passing them through the machine to apply the selected frames of film. This necessitates the optional control of the card stops for each position. Heferring to Figs. 6, '1, and 8, it will be seen that an arm I43 is secured to the card stop operating shaft 63. The arm I43 is connected by a link I44 to the lower end of a bell-crank I45 pivoted on a cross rod I46. Secured to the upper end of bell-crank I45 is a link I41 which ends in a finger piece, as shown in Fig. 1. The link I41 is notched to permit its being latched over a plate I48. A similar arm I5I, link I52, bell-crank I53 and an operating link I54 are secured to the operating shaft I50 for the card stops I55 of the film applicator. The link I54 is also notched to permit latching over a plate I56.

When the adhesive tape applicator is in use, the operating link I54 is pulled out and latched on plate I56, thus placing th parts in the position shown in Figs. 6 and '1. This lowers the card stops I55 in the film applicator and permits the cards, once the tape has been applied and the card stops 58 lowered, to pass through the machine to the card receiver 66 without stopping.

Rotation of shaft 60 will cause the cam I86 through arm I05 to rock the sector gear I02, thus rotating the gear 98 together with its associated train 96, 95, 89, clutch 9392, gears 88, 81, 84, 63, worm I03, and worm wheel III], to feed a predetermined amount of tape into the applicator. After applying the tape the gear I02 will return idly, no tape being fed due to the action of the one way clutch I I. While the tape is stationary, the cam I38 rocks arm I31 which, through shaft I40, will rock the arm I36 to depress the cutting member I21 to cut a predetermined amount of tape 10 and apply it to the card. Shortly thereafter the cam 6| will rock follower arm 62 to rock shaft 63 which in turn will rock arm 64 to lower the card stops 58.

In operating the machine, the controls are set as shown in Fig. 1. In these positions the lever I6 has thrown the gear 263 out of mesh with its associated gears and thus disabled the drive for the film feed. Lever I1 is in th position in which the clutch members 92 and 93 are engaged, thereby connecting the main drive to the feed for the adhesive tape. Pull link I54 is latched out to disable the card stops in the card chamber of the photographic film applicator, and pull link I41 is in position to make the card stop for the adhesive tape applicator effective.

The cards are now placed in the card magazine I2 face up. The starting switch I is then operated to start the motor. The button 2| is then pushed in to operate clutch 32 to connect the motor to shaft 30, thus rotating shafts and 60. It will be noted that shaft 50 through cam 46 reciprocates the card picker 54 to feed the bottommost card from the magazine I2 at about 313 degrees of the cycle. Thus the card does not reach the feed rolls 35 and 36, which carry it into the card chamber under th adhesive tape applicator until about 2 degrees of the second cycle. The card stops 58 open at about 51 degrees to let the previous card out and is closed at about 135 degrees to stop the newly fed card. While the card was being fed, or between about and 180 degrees of the second cycle, the sector gear I02 under control of the cam I06 feeds a predetermined amount of tape 10 to the cutting member I21. At about 235 degrees the cutting member descends and cuts off the tape and presses it onto the card under control of the cam I38. At about 36 degrees of the neXt cycle, the card stops 58 are lowered under control of the cam 6|, and the card is fed out of the card chamber by the skid rolls 31 to the intermediate rolls 40 and M which carry it to the card chamber associated with the film applicator. Due to the fact that the card stops I55 are disabled, the card continues on to the eject rolls 42 and 43 which carry the card to the receiver pocket 66. As long as there are cards in the card magazine I2 they will continue to be fed and the adhesive tape applied.

Photographic film applicator The film applicator is in many respects similar to the above described tape applicator, in that it contains a feed for the film, and a punch or cutting element for cutting out -a selected portion or frame of the film, and applying it to the exposed adhesive in the aperture 24 in the card.

The film is carried on two spools or reels similar to those used in motion picture projectors. The spools I10 and HI are mounted on spindles I12 and I13 carried on a frame I14 which, in turn, is mounted on cross rods I15 secured in the side frames I16 and I11. These side frames are mounted on the tops of side frames 8| and 82 of the base. Also carried on the frame I14 is a projector of any well known type, comprising a lamp house I8I, a lens I82 and the screen I3 previously referred to.

The reels I10 and HI are mounted on their respective spindles I12 and I13 as shown in detail in Fig. 15. The spindles are rotatably mounted in bosses on the frame I14 and each is formed with a key I83 adapted to fit a groove I84 in the hub of the film spool. Each spindle also has a shoulder I85 formed thereon which abuts the boss on the frame I14. Mounted on the other end of each spindle, and free to rotate thereon, is a cup shaped member I86 in which is positioned a spring I81 fastened at one end to the member I86 and of approximately the diameter of the spindle. The cup shaped member is formed with a groove I88 which acts as a V pulley for a spring driving belt I90. The spring I81 acts as a clutch, in that rotation of the member I86 in one direction causes the spring to wrap itself about the spindle and become a positive driving connection, while rotation in the opposite direction tends to unwrap the spring, thus releasing the spindle and permitting it to rotate freely with respect to the member I86. The whole assembly is held in position on the frame I14 by a collar I9 I.

The drive for the film is derived from a sector gear I92 (Fig. '7) which is similar in operation to the; gear I02: described above; This. sector gear is driven. from a cam. L93, secured to the, shaft 50, through a follower arm I94; and a. link we. The follower arm I94: isheld in contact with the cam Why a spring I99. The sector gear is a part of. a train (Fig. 9) comprising gears I96, I91, and I 98. Gears. [96' and l9r'l' are carried on a stub shaft 206 mounted on the side frame. 82. Gear 593' is secured to one: end of a. shaft 20! which is journal'ed in a. boss on the same frame. On the other end of shaft 20l is secured a gear 252 which meshes with a gear 203. This gear is mounted on a stub shaft 2% carried in a bracket 255 secured to the underside of frame. 32. The hub of gear 203 is grooved to provide a. bearing for a pin in a. forked arm. 205. by means. of which the gear 203: may be shifted in and out of mesh with the gear 202. and a gear 201 secured to the end of a splined shaft 2151; The forked arm 20.6 is. secured to a. shaft 2! I. carried in a bracket2 l2. The shaft 2 extends toward the front of the machine and has the lever l6, mentioned above, secured thereto. Rocking of the lever I6 counterclockwise (Fig. 1) will disconnect the drive for the film feed. The splined shaft 210' meshes with a gear 2| 3 which, in turn, meshes with a gear 214 secured to a shaft 25 on which is secured a V pulle 2161 A spring belt 2I'l connects pulley 2113 to a pulley 2l8 secured to a film sprocket 225! mounted on a stub shaft 22| journaled in the frame I'M. Secured to the other end of shaft 22I (back of frame I'M in Fig. 5 is a second \I pulley 222 which cooperates with the spring belt I90 to drive the film reels Ill]. and Ill. It should be understood that the clutch members comprising spring l3? and cup shaped member [85 for each of the reels operate in reverse relation to one another. In other words, the clutch for reel Ill is only effective when. the belt tan is rotating clockwise (Fig. 5), whereas the clutch for reel I'll) is effective when the drive is in a counter-clockwise direction. Two additional film sprockets 223 and 226 are provided to complete the film feed. Sprocket 223 is driven from shaft 2H] by gear 213 meshing with a gear 225 secured to the sprocket. Sprocket 224 is driven from the shaft 2H1 through gears U3, 2 I4, 226, and 221 which is secured to the sprocket 224'. The sprockets 220, 22 and 225 are each provided with guide rolls, as is the usual practice.

The film 235 from reel I is carried around the guide roll of sprocket 228 through the film gate 23! of the projector I18, around guide roll 232 mounted on the frame I14, around sprocket 223, between the punch frame and die plate, around guide rolls 233 and sprocket 224 and thence back to the reel I'll, where it is fastened in any well known manner. A guard plate 234 is provided to protect the film from the shaft ZIU.

The sprockets 223-, 224 and their associated guide rolls together with the gears 225, M3, 2E4, 225, and 227- are carried in a framework comprising two frame plates 235 and 236 mounted for movement on twocross rods 23? secured in the side frames 81 and 82. Slotted guideways 233 also secured to the side frames carry punch members. The framework is thus movable from side to side across the machine to permit the applicator to be selectively adjusted over any desired portion of the card. An elongated slot 2 is provided in the top plate of the card chamber and shaft 2 It is splined to facilitate this adjustment.

A manual feed for the film is provided, which comprises a hand wheel 20 secured to a shaft 24D (Fig. 2). extending along the. right hand. side of the base and carried in brackets 242 secured to the underside of the frame 8l'. The wheel 20 is spring clutched. to the shaft M0, so that it must be pushed in to connect the wheel to the shaft. On the inner end of shaft 24llis secured a mitre gear 243 (Fig. 9) which meshes. with a mitre gear 264 secured to the shaft 2I0. It will be recalled that the shaft 210 carries the gear 20] normally in mesh with the gear 203. Also that shifting 2&3 out of mesh with gear 201 by rocking lever l8 disconnects the film feed from actuation by the sector gear, thus leaving shaft 21.5 free to be rotated by the hand wheel 20.

The hand wheel 25. feeds film from either reel lift or I ll past the screen I3 to permit the operator to select the desired picture or frame. When the selection has been made the lever I6 is rocked clockwise (Fig. 1), thus engaging gear 233 with the gears 252 and 20? to complete the driving train from the base to the film feed. The starting button 2! is then operated actuating the clutch 32 to rotate shaft 58 causing cam I93 to rock the sector gear I92 which, in turn, operates the above described gear train to rotate thefilm sprockets 22 5, 223, and 224 to feed film from the reel H0. The ratio of the gears in the-above drive and the action of the sector gear [92 is such that the selected frame is fed from the film gate of the projector into position under the cutting member. After the desired frame has been cut out the film is then returned to its starting position with the blank space in the film gate 23L This operation permits the operator to resume scanning from the last position. The cam I93 is so formed that sufiicient time is. allowed for the cutting member to descend and apply the film. In other words, the film is carried to the cutting position during about 140 degrees of the cycle and held stationary about degrees to permit the cutting member to cut the film and carry it down onto the card. No one-way clutch is provided in the driving train, as was the case in the feed for the adhesive, therefore, the sector gear I92 is effective on both the forward and backward strokes. The selected frame is cut out in such manner as to leave the sprocket holes intact.

The cutting mechanism is disclosed indetail in Fig. 10 and comprises a cup shaped member 246 secured between the frame members 235 and 236 and carried on the guideways 238. The member 246 has secured to the bottom thereof in spaced relation thereto a die plate 241. The applicator is positioned over a pair of plates 250 and 25l which forms a card chamber. The top plate 250 is formed with the slot 2 formerly referred to, through which the film is applied, while the bottom plate 25! is without any opening and thus forms an anvil against which pressure may be applied while attaching the film. to the ex,- posed adhesive. A cutting member 252v (Fig. 10) is mounted in the block 246 together with a plate 253. The cutting member is formed with two cylindrical bosses 254 on the top thereof which are adapted to cooperate with holes in the plate in which are positioned springs 255. The plate 253 is formed with two dependent shoulders 256 which act as guides for the cutting member. The plate 253 is guided in its vertical travel by four pins 251 and has a trunnion 258 formed thereon which is secured by a bolt and. slot connection to an arm 26I which is, in turn, secured to a shaft 260 extending across the machine. Alsosecured to the shaft 260 is a dependent cam fol- 11 lower arm 262 which cooperates with a cam 263 on the shaft 60.

At about 135 degrees of the cycle the high spot on cam 263 begins to depress the plate 253, carrying the cutting member 252 down through the film and die plate 241 thus cutting out the selected frame of the film at about 170 degrees. The springs 255 are of suflicient strength to permit this operation. The continued travel of the cutting member carries the film down onto the exposed adhesive on the card and a slight overtravel of ten degrees of the cutting member compresses the springs 255, thus exerting pressure for firmly pressin the film onto the adhesive.

The card stops I55 for the film applicator are controlled by a cam 264 and a linkage comprising a follower arm 265, and two arms 266 secured to the operatin shaft I50. A link 261 connects a card stop I55 with each arm.

In operating the machine the cards were first passed through the machine as described above to apply the adhesive. When this run is finished the cards are replaced in the magazine I2 face down. In this position the adhesive I is on the bottom surface of the card with the exposed gum in position to receive the film. The lever I I is now rocked counter-clockwise from the position of Fig. l which separates the clutch members 92 and 93, thus disconnecting the drive for the adhesive tape feed. The pull links I54 and I4! are positioned opposite to that shown in Fig. 1, i. e., link I54 is unlatched making the card stops I55 of the film applicator effective and link I4! is pulled out and latched to disable the adhesive card stops 58. Lever I6 is not moved at this time, as the feed for the film is first under control of the hand wheel 20, permitting the operator to scan the film for the desired frame. When the desired frame has been positioned in the scanning screen I3 lever I6 is moved clockwise from the position of Fig. 1, thus meshing the gear 203 with its associated gear train for drivin the film feed. The machine is now ready to feed and apply the selected frame of film. The start-stop button 2I is operated engaging the clutch 32 to start the card feed and film feed simultaneously. The button 2I is reoperated immediately, thus setting the control mechanism for a one cycle operation. At the beginning of a new run, however, it is necessary to insure that a card is in position to receive the film. This is done by operating the start-stop button 2I before rocking lever IE to shift gear 203. The cards are fed seriatim from the stack as described above into the feed rolls 35 and 36 and thence to the first card chamber which is under the adhesive applicator. In view of the fact that the card stops 58 at this position have been disabled the card continues under control of skid rolls 31, intermediate rolls 40 and 4| to the skid rolls 38 which carry the card into the card chamber under the film applicator. The card stops I55 being effective and raised the card is held stationary. Simultaneously the selected frame of film 230 is fed from the film gate 23I of the projector to a position under the cutting member 252 arriving there at about 140 degrees of the cycle. The film feed is under control of the sector gear I92 and cam I93. At about 1'70 degrees of the cycle, the cam 263 has depressed the cutting member 252, sufiicient to cut out the selected frame of film and apply it to the exposed adhesive in the aperture 24 of the card. Cam 263 withdraws the cuttin member from the film at about 190 degrees and at about in the opposite direction to feed the film back to its starting position. At about 51 degrees of the next cycle the card stops I55 are lowered permitting the skid rolls 38 to feed the card to the eject rolls which, in turn, feed the card to the card receiver 66. The machine then comes to a stop and the operator may then select another frame of film.

It is obvious from the above that continuous feeding of the film 230 can be effected by means of a very simple change in the mechanism. The gear is disengaged from gear 201 by means provided, i. e., lever I6. This leaves shaft 2I0 free to be driven by a ratchet secured thereto which is driven by a pawl carried on arm actuated by a cam secured on shaft 60. In this manner one frame of film per cycle may be fed to the film punch, thus permitting a frame of film to be applied to a card Without scanning and in a continuous run of cards. The machine is controlled by button 2I in the same manner as described for applying the adhesive.

While I have described what I consider to be a highly desirable embodiment of my invention, it is obvious that many changes in form could be made without departing from the spirit of my invention, and I, therefore, do not limit myself to the exact form herein shown and described, nor to anything less than the whole of my invention as hereinbefore set forth, and as hereinafter claimed.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. The method of mounting a film or the like in a card having an aperture therethrough, which consists in applying a transparent adhesive sheet to the card and across said aperture, and then applying the film to that portion of the adhesive sheet exposed in said aperture.

2. A machine for mounting small units of photographic film within apertures punched therefor in business machine cards or the like which comprises a punch, means for feeding predetermined amounts of adhesive tape into the punch, card feeding means effective to position the respective cards apertures momentarily under the punch, and means synchronized with the card feeding means for operating the punch to sever portions of the adhesive tape and press the same about the margins of the card apertures.

3. A machine for mounting small units of photographic film within apertures punched therefor in business machine cards or the like which comprises a punch, means forfeeding predetermined lengths of adhesive tape provided with a protective tape backing to the punch while stripping the protective tape therefrom which comprises a shoe about which only the protective tape is led and intermittently operable means including pressure rollers for pulling the protective tape over the edge of the shoe; card feeding means effective to position the respective card apertures momentarily under the punch, and means synchronized with the card feeding means for operating the punch to sever portions of the adhesive tape and press the same respectively about the margins of the card apertures.

4. Ina machine for mounting small units of photographic film within openings punched therefor in business machine cards or the like which cards are provided with transparent adhesive film for retaining the photographic film units in the opening, a punch, means for feedgraphic film underneath the punch, means for feeding cards synchronized with the film feeding means for positioning the respective card openings momentarily under the punch, means subsequently effective for operating the punch to cut out a predetermined portion of photographic film from the strip and press it into the card opening and against the adhesive film and means for ejecting the respective cards from the punch after each punching operation.

5. In a machine for mounting small units of photographic film within apertures punched therefor in business machine cards or the like which cards are provided with a transparent adhesive substance for holding the photographic film in the apertures, a film viewer for selecting portions of film for mounting, manually adjustable film feeding means for moving the film in the field of the viewer, a punch, film-feeding means for positioning a desired portion of the film underneath the punch, card feeding means synchronized with the last mentioned film feeding means for positioning respective card apertures underneath the punch, means subsequently effective for operating the punch to remove a portion of the film and press the same into the adhesive substance in the card aperture, and means effective thereafter to remove the cards from the punch.

6. In a machine for mounting small units of photographic film or the like within apertures punched therefor in cards, which cards are provided with a transparent adhesive'substance for holding the photographic film in the apertures, a fflm viewer for selecting portions of film for mounting, manually adjustable film feeding means for moving the film in the field of the viewer, card feeding means for positioning the respective card apertures underneath the punch, film feeding means for positioning a selected portion of the film underneath the punch, means subsequently efiective for operating the punch to remove a selected portion of the film and press the same into the adhesive substance in the card aperture, an oscillating drive for the last mentioned film feeding means synchronized with the card feeding and punch operating means which restores the last punched opening in the film to the field of the viewer to be used as a reference in selecting the next part of the film strip to be mounted, and means for ejecting the cards from the punch after each punching operation.

MILES E. BAILEY.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS ,Number Name Date 1,549,389 Simon Aug. 11, 1925 2,165,250 George July 11, 1939 2,239,532 McClay Apr. 22, 1941 2,264,339 Sherman Dec. 2, 1941

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