US633982A - Punching-register. - Google Patents

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N0. 633,982. Patented Oct. 3; mas.

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PUNGHIIIG REGISTER.

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UNITED ST TES PATENT OFFICE;

CHARLES. sneer, on NEW ALBANY, INDIANA.

PUNCHING-REGISTER.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent m5. 633,982, dated October 3, 1899.

i Application filed December 6, 1898. Serial No. 698, 406. (N model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: I

Be it knownthat I, CHARLES Bnnsr, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New Albany, in the county of Floyd and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Punching Registers; and I do declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to figures of reference marked" thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a side elevation of the register. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of same with the top plate of casing removed. Fig. 3 is a section on the line'csm, Fig. 2. Fig.

4 is a detail view showing the tripdevices;

the numeral 1 designates a suitable case or, closure mounted upon a base or pedestal 2.

3 is an arbor mounted transverselyin'said case and carrying a mainspring at, inclosed in a box 5, and having a gear-wheel or gear-.'

teeth 6 thereon, which engage a pinion 7 on ashaft 8. Shafts carries a spur wheel 9, which meshes with a pinion 7 on a third shaft 10, upon which are fixed two cams 11'and12 and-also an arm 13. The cam 11 and arm 13 are inside the case, while the cam 12, which operates the punch 14, is on the laterally projecting end of said shaft. j I

15 designates an electromagnet, which is shown as being placed within'the hollow base or pedestal 2, and 16 is the armature thereof. This armature is carried by the lower arm of a lever 17, which is pivoted at 18, and has at its 'upper'portion a lateral lug or projection 19.

20 is a trip device consisting of a bar or lever pivoted at 21 and having at its free end portion adjacent segmental lugs 22 22, which cooperate with the lug 18in the manner hereinafter'described. Depending from thepivotal portion of the said bar or lever 20 is an arm 23, which terminates in an inward laterally projecting finger or lug 24, against the under side of which the arm 13 of the shaft 10 normally impinges and thereby locks the entire train of gear controlled by the mainspring.

25 designates an arm or bracket having a journal port-ion 26, upon which is mounted a spool or'reel 26, carrying the ribbon 27 of 1 paper.

28 designates a pair of guide-rollers journaled to the exterior of one of the lateral walls of the case and through which the paper ribbon is guided on its Way to the punch 141. The latter isseated to reciprocate vertically in a lug 28 ,sec1ired to the exterior of the side plate of the casing and whichhas a perforated anvil portion 29, between which and the portion 28 through which the punch works the paper is guided. 3O designates a coiled spring for retracting said punch after operation.

31 is a peripherally toothed or serrated feed wheel or disk which is fixed to the laterallyprojecting end portion of a shaft 32 and which assisted bya small roller 33 draws the ribbonof paper. from the spool and feeds it I by'the punch. The roller 33 is journaled to one arm of alever 34, to whose other arm is connected one end of a spring 35, whereby "the said roller is caused to press the ribbon upon the feed-wheel 31.

35f designates a toothed segment or sector plate which is pivoted at 36 and whose teeth engage the teeth of a pinion 37 loosely mounted on the shaft 32,- described aboveas carrying the feed-wheel 31. p p 7 38 is a small elongated coiled spring,.one end portion of which issecured to a lateral stud or projection 39 of the toothed plate 35,

and whose opposite end is secured to a stud or projection fixed to the case. The said plate also has a small laterally-mounted stud or roller 40, which is engaged by the canon before referred to. The shaft 32 also carries a spur-wheel 41, 7

fast thereto and having a ratchet-and-pawl engagement 41 with the pinion 37 abovedescribed, whose teeth mesh with a pinion 42 on a shaft43. Shaft 43 has an escapement-wheel 44, whose teeth are engaged by the pallets 45 of an anchor-escapement 46, carried by a Weighted rocker-shaft 47.

The operation is as follows: Normally the flat side of the projection 19 of the armaturecarrying lever 17 is in contact with a flat side of the lower segmental lug 22 of the trip device 20, and the arm 13 of the shaft is engaged with the finger 24 of the said trip device, thereby locking the main train of gear from operation. WVhen the magnets receive the signal-current impulse, the attraction of the armature 16 rocks the lever 17, thereby disengaging the lugs 19 and 22 and engaging lug 19 with the fiat side of the lug 22 of the trip device, arm 13 of shaft 10 still engaging the finger 24. As soon as the armature is released a'nd is retracted by its spring the trip device is momentarily released by the lug 19, which passes between the convex faces of the lugs 22 and 22, and the shaft 10 under the actuation of the mainspring makes one complete revolution, its cam 12 impinging upon the punch and causing the latter to pass through and perforate the ribbon. During the revolution of the shaftlO a pin or stud 13 on its arm 13 comes in contact with the inner edge of the arm 20 of the trip device 20, and thereby returns said lever to its normal position, with its finger 24 in position to form a stop for the arm 13. The revolution of shaft lO'also brings the cam 11 in contact with the stud or roller of the segment or sector plate 35, and thereby moves said plate downwardly, the pinion .37 engaged thereby turning loosely on the shaft 32 and with respect to the gear-wheel 41 by reason of the pawI-and-ratchet connection 41. This movement of the plate 35 puts the spring 38 under tension, whereby as soon as the movement of the shaft 10 is completed said spring draws said plate 35 upwardly, and thereby rotates the shaft 32 and its feed-wheel 31 to advance the paper ribbon, Each succeeding current impulse causes a repetition of'the actions described. It will be understood, therefore,

that the action of the current impluse is simply to momentarily release the mainspring and its gear-train to actuate the punch and that this action also rewinds the spring 38, which operates the ribbon-feed. The trip device 20 has an arm 20 in rear of its arm 23, which by engagement with the shaft 10 limits the rocking movement of said device when it is released.

The punch is ground to cut a perfectly round perforation and requires but little power to operate it.

In Figs. 5 and 6 I have shown a modified form of armature-restorer and trip device. In this form I employ a lever 48, which is similar to the lever 20 of the device first described and which is provided with a lug 49 at its free end portion, having a beveled face 50, The armature lever is formed with a coacting triangular lug 51. Said armaturelever also has a pin or stud 52, adapted to engage a recess 53 on the end of a latch or catch 54, which is pivoted to the casing at 56. The end of said latch or catch above the recess 53 is beveled, as indicated at 55. 57 is a slotted link connected at one end portion to the intermediate portion of the latch or catch and whose slot loosely engages a stud 58 on the lever 48. The normal position is shown in Fig. 5, the armature being held a short distance away from the magnets. The current impulse in the magnets attracts the armature and moves the armature-lever to disengage the pin 52 from the recess 53, and the catch 54 drops into the position shown in Fig. 6. Upon the cessation of the current impulse the armature-lever, which is now free from the said catch, is moved by its spring to disengage the lugs 49 and 51. As soon as these lugs are disengaged the lever 48 drops under the action of gravity and frees the arm 13 of the shaft 10 from its engagement with the finger 48 0f the lever 48. The shaft 1-0 then makes its revolution to operate the punch, and during such revolution the pin 13 contacts with the arm 48 of the lever 48, and thereby returns said lever to its normal posit-ion. The return movement of this lever lifts the catch or latch 54, and its beveled end contacts with the pin 55 of the armature-lever, forces said lever back to normal position, and reengages said pin 55 with the recess 53.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a register of the class described, the combination with a registering device, a mainspring and gear driven thereby for operating the registering device, a lock for said geartrain, a trip device for controlling said lock, an electromagnet for controlling said trip device, paper-feeding devices. a spring for actuating the same, and means whereby said spring is automatically rewound by the op eration of the main gear-train, substantially as specified.

2. Ina register of the class described, the combination of a punch, a shaft, a cam carried by said shaft and arranged to operate said punch, a mainspring and gear-train for operating said shaft, a lock for said geartrain, a trip-lever for controlling said lock, and a magnet for controlling said lever, together with paper-feeding devices, a spring for actuating the same, and means whereby said spring is automatically rewound by the operation of the main gear-train, substantially as specified.

3. In a register of the class described, the combination with a punch, a shaft for actuating thesame, a mainspring and gear-train for actuating said punch, a lock for said train, a trip-lever for controlling the operation of IIO said lock, an electromagnet and an armature which control the operation of said lever, paper-feedingdetdces, a spring for actuating the same, and means whereby said spring is automatically rewound by the operation of the main gear-train,substantially as specified.

4. In a register of the character described, the combination of a punch, a mainspring and gear for operating the same, a lock for said gear, electrically-controlled means for releasing said lock, paper-feeding devices, a spring for actuating said devices, and means whereby said spring is automatically rewound, or put under tension, by the operation of said mainspring and gear when released, substantially as specified.

5. In a register of the class described, the

combination of a punch, a mainspring, and gear for actuating the same, said gear includ ing a shaft having an arm or projection, the pivoted trip device carrying a finger which is normally engaged by said arm or projection, and also carrying the adjacent lugs 22 and 22, and the magnet-controlled armature wound by the operation of the niainspring and its gear, substantially as specified.

' 7. Ina register of the, character described, the combination with a punch, a mainspring and gear-train for operating the punch, and electrically-controlled means for controlling the operation of said spring, said gear-train including a shaft, and a cam on said shaft, of paper-feeding devices, gear for actuating the same, a toothed segment or sector plate which actuates said gear and which is ar ranged to be moved in one direction by said cam without affecting the gear-train and a spring fastened to said plate at one end and fixed at its opposite end, substantially as specified.

8. In a reglster of the class described, the

combination with a punch, a spring and gear train for actuating the same, and electrically controlled means for controlling the operation of said spring and gear-train, the latter including a shaft having a cam thereon, a paper-feeding wheel, a gear for driving the same, escapement devices for regulating the operation of said gear, a toothed sector or segment plate which engages said gear, and which is arranged to bemoved in one direc= tion by said cam, and a spring for actuating said plate in the opposite direction, substan tially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHAS. BERST. W'itnesses:

O. A. RAY, R. A. LUGENBAHL.

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