Perforator

Claim 1

A PERFORATOR FOR CHECKS OR THE LIKE COMPRISING A HOUSING, A RECEPTACLE WITHIN SAID HOUSING FOR A STACK OF CHECKS TO BE PERFORATED, MEANS IN SAID RECEPTACLE FOR CONTINUOUSLY URGING THE STACK OF CHECKS TOWARDS ONE END OF SAID RECEPTACLE, A PAIR OF GUIDE PLATES IN SAID HOUSING DEFINING A VERTICAL SLOT AT SAID ONE END OF SAID RECEPTACLE, SAID VERTICAL SLOT HAVING AN UPPER END AND A LOWER END, A STOP PLATE ADJACENT SAID ONE END OF SAID RECEPTACLE AND HAVING AT LEAST ONE OPENING DEFINED THERETHROUGH, FIRST CHECK FEED ROLLER MEANS HAVING PORTIONS EXTENDING THROUGH EACH OPENING IN SAID STOP PLATE INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH A CHECK ADJACENT SAID ONE END OF SAID RECEPTACLE, MEANS FOR INTERMITTENTLY DRIVING SAID FIRST CHECK FEED ROLLER MEANS, WHEREBY THE CHECK ADJACENT SAID ONE END OF SAID RECEPTACLE IS SNAPPED BY SAID FIRST CHECK FEED ROLLER MEANS FROM SAID RECEPTACLE INTO SAID SLOT ADJACENT THE UPPER END THEREOF, AT LEAST ONE OPENING DEFINED THROUGH ONE OF SAID GUIDE PLATES ADJACENT SAID UPPER END OF SAID SLOT, SECOND CHECK FEED ROLLER MEANS HAVING PORTIONS EXTENDING THROUGH EACH OF SAID LAST-MENTIONED OPENINGS INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CHECK SNAPPED INTO SAID SLOT BY SAID FIRST CHECK FEED ROLLER MEANS, MEANS FOR INTERMITTENTLY DRIVING SAID SECOND CHECK FEED ROLLER MEANS IN SYNCHRONIZATION WITH SAID FIRST CHECK FEED ROLLER MEANS, WHEREBY THE CHECK IS SNAPPED DOWNWARDLY BY SAID SECOND CHECK FEED ROLLER MEANS TOWARD THE LOWER END OF SAID SLOT, STOP MEANS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ADJACENT SAID LOWER END OF SAID SLOT FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN A STOPPING POSITION WHEREIN A PORTION OF SAID STOP MEANS EXTENDS ACROSS SAID LOWER END OF SAID SLOT TO CLOSE SAID SLOT AND TEMPORARILY RETAIN THE CHECK ON SAID PORTION, AND A DISCHARGE POSITION WHEREIN SAID SLOT IS OPENED TO PERMIT PASSAGE OF THE CHECK, MEANS FOR INTERMITTENTLY PIVOTING SAID STOP MEANS BETWEEN SAID STOPPING POSITION AND SAID DISCHARGE POSITION IN SYNCHRONIZATION WITH SAID MEANS FOR INTERMITTENTLY DRIVING SAID FIRST AND SECOND CHECK FEED ROLLER MEANS, PERFORATING MEANS CARRIED BY SAID HOUSING ADJACENT SAID STOP MEANS, SAID PERFORATING MEANS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF PINS AND MEANS FOR INTERMITTENTLY RECIPROCATING SAID PINS ACROSS SAID SLOT AND THROUGH THE CHECK TEMPORARILY RETAINED ON SAID PORTION OF SAID STOP MEANS WHEN SAID STOP MEANS IS PIVOTED TO SAID STOPPING POSITION, AT LEAST ONE OPENING DEFINED THROUGH ONE OF SAID GUIDE PLATES IMMEDIATELY ABOVE SAID STOP MEANS, CHECK DISCHARGE ROLLER MEANS HAVING PORTIONS EXTENDING THROUGH EACH OF SAID LAST-MENTIONED OPENINGS INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CHECK TEMPORARILY RETAINED ON SAID PORTION OF SAID STOP MEANS, MEANS FOR CONTINUOUSLY DRIVING SAID CHECK DISCHARGE ROLLER MEANS, AND PERFORATED CHECK RECEIVING MEANS POSITIONED BELOW SAID LOWER END OF SAID SLOT, WHEREBY THE PERFORATED CHECK IS SNAPPED BY SAID CHECK DISCHARGE ROLLER MEANS TO SAID RECEIVING MEANS WHEN SAID STOP MEANS IS PIVOTED TO SAID DISCHARGE POSITION.