Method and apparatus for perforating form control tapes

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF PERFORATING A TAPE FOR CONTROLLING LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT OF FORMS DURING PRINTING THEREON BY A DATA PROCESSING OR COMPUTING MACHINE OR THE LIKE, SAID TAPE BEING OF THE TYPE WHICH MUST BE PERFORATED AT CENTERS HORIZONTALLY ALIGNED WITH CORRESPONDING VERTICALLY SPACED POSITIONS ON SAID SAMPLE FORM; SAID METHOD COMPRISING POSITIONING ON A DIE A SAMPLE FORM OF THE TYPE TO BE PRINTED, POSITIONING A TAPE TO BE PERFORATED OVERLYING SAID SAMPLE FORM WITH CORRESPONDING TRANSVERSE REFERENCE LINES ON SAID SAMPLES FORM AND SAID TAPE ALIGNED, SAID DIE HAVING A PLURALITY OF APERTURES, ONE OF SAID APERTUERS AT EACH VERTICALLY SPACED LOCATION WHERE SAID TAPE MAY BE PERFORATED, AND SELECTIVELY PERFORATING SAID TAPE AT THE SAID VERTICALLY SPACED POSITIONS REQUIRED TO CONTROL LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT IN THE DESIRED MANNER OF THE FORMS TO BE PRINTED WITH A ROD HAVING A CROSS SECTION SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN THE SIZE OF SAID APERTURES.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF PERFORATING A TAPE FOR CONTROLLING LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT OF FORMS DURING PRINTING THEREON BY A DATA PROCESSING OR COMPUTING MACHINE OR THE LIKE, SAID TAPE BEING OF THE TYPE WHICH MUST BE PERFORATED AT CENTERS HORIZONTALLY ALIGNED WITH CORRESPONDING VERTICALLY SPACED POSITIONS ON SAID SAMPLE FORM; SAID METHOD COMPRISING POSITIONING ON A DIE A SAMPLE FORM OF THE TYPE TO BE PRINTED, POSITIONING A TAPE TO BE PERFORATED OVERLYING SAID SAMPLE FORM WITH CORRESPONDING TRANSVERSE REFERENCE LINES ON SAID SAMPLES FORM AND SAID TAPE ALIGNED, SAID DIE HAVING A PLURALITY OF APERTURES, ONE OF SAID APERTUERS AT EACH VERTICALLY SPACED LOCATION WHERE SAID TAPE MAY BE PERFORATED, AND SELECTIVELY PERFORATING SAID TAPE AT THE SAID VERTICALLY SPACED POSITIONS REQUIRED TO CONTROL LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT IN THE DESIRED MANNER OF THE FORMS TO BE PRINTED WITH A ROD HAVING A CROSS SECTION SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN THE SIZE OF SAID APERTURES.