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US3361242A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Business form punch and print mechanism

Assignee: Standard Register Co
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Filing: 1966-01-19
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Granted: 1968-01-02
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Expires: 1986-01-19
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 George R Spaleny

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Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 238 words
APPARATUS OF THE TYPE DESCRIBED COMPRISING: A ROTARY SHAFT, CRANK MEANS ATTACHED TO THE ROTARY SHAFT, A CARRIAGE MEMBER CONNECTED TO THE CRANK MEANS SO THAT THE CARRIAGE MEMBER RECIPROCALLY MOVES SUBSTANTIALLY LINEARLY WITH ROTATION OF THE ROTARY SHAFT, A PLURALITY OF AXIALLY MOVABLE PLUNGER MEMBERS CARRIED BY THE CARRIAGE MEMBER, A PLURALITY OF PUNCH MEMBERS DISPOSED ADJACENT THE CARRIAGE MEMBER, EACH OF THE PUNCH MEMBERS BEING LINEARLY MOVABLE IN THE DIRECTIONS OF MOVEMENTS OF THE CARRIAGE MEMBER, A PLURALITY OF ARM MEMBERS, THERE BEING AN ARM MEMBER PIVOTALLY CARRIED ADJACENT EACH OF THE PUNCH MEMBERS, A ROTARY SHAFT DISPOSED ADJACENT THE ARM MEMBERS, A PLURALITY OF HEART-SHAPED CAMS ATTACHED TO THE ROTARY SHAFT AND ROTATABLE THEREWITH, THERE BEING ONE HEARTSHAPED CAM FOR EACH OF THE ARM MEMBERS AND ENGAGEABLE THEREBY FOR ROTATIVE MOVEMENT THEREOF, A PRINT MEMBER, MEANS OPERABLY CONNECTING THE PRINT MEMBER TO SAID ROTARY SHAFT WHICH IS DISPOSED ADJACENT THE ARM MEMBERS, EACH OF THE PLUNGER MEMBERS BEING SELECTIVELY MOVABLE TO A POSITION TO ENGAGE ITS RESPECTIVE PUNCH MEMBER AND ARM MEMBER FOR MOVEMENT THEREOF WHEN THE CARRIAGE MEMBER IS MOVED TOWARD THE PUNCH MEMBER AND ARM MEMBER, IN RESPECTIVE ARM MEMBER BEING PIVOTALLY MOVED WITH LINEAR MOVEMENT OF THE PUNCH MEMBER, PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF THE ARM MEMBER CAUSING ENGAGEMENT THEREOF WITH ITS RESPECTIVE HEARTSHAPED CAM MEMBER CAUSING ROTATION THEREOF AND THUS CAUSING ROTATION OF THE ROTARY SHAFT SO THAT THE PRINT MEMBER IS OPERATED.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 238 words
APPARATUS OF THE TYPE DESCRIBED COMPRISING: A ROTARY SHAFT, CRANK MEANS ATTACHED TO THE ROTARY SHAFT, A CARRIAGE MEMBER CONNECTED TO THE CRANK MEANS SO THAT THE CARRIAGE MEMBER RECIPROCALLY MOVES SUBSTANTIALLY LINEARLY WITH ROTATION OF THE ROTARY SHAFT, A PLURALITY OF AXIALLY MOVABLE PLUNGER MEMBERS CARRIED BY THE CARRIAGE MEMBER, A PLURALITY OF PUNCH MEMBERS DISPOSED ADJACENT THE CARRIAGE MEMBER, EACH OF THE PUNCH MEMBERS BEING LINEARLY MOVABLE IN THE DIRECTIONS OF MOVEMENTS OF THE CARRIAGE MEMBER, A PLURALITY OF ARM MEMBERS, THERE BEING AN ARM MEMBER PIVOTALLY CARRIED ADJACENT EACH OF THE PUNCH MEMBERS, A ROTARY SHAFT DISPOSED ADJACENT THE ARM MEMBERS, A PLURALITY OF HEART-SHAPED CAMS ATTACHED TO THE ROTARY SHAFT AND ROTATABLE THEREWITH, THERE BEING ONE HEARTSHAPED CAM FOR EACH OF THE ARM MEMBERS AND ENGAGEABLE THEREBY FOR ROTATIVE MOVEMENT THEREOF, A PRINT MEMBER, MEANS OPERABLY CONNECTING THE PRINT MEMBER TO SAID ROTARY SHAFT WHICH IS DISPOSED ADJACENT THE ARM MEMBERS, EACH OF THE PLUNGER MEMBERS BEING SELECTIVELY MOVABLE TO A POSITION TO ENGAGE ITS RESPECTIVE PUNCH MEMBER AND ARM MEMBER FOR MOVEMENT THEREOF WHEN THE CARRIAGE MEMBER IS MOVED TOWARD THE PUNCH MEMBER AND ARM MEMBER, IN RESPECTIVE ARM MEMBER BEING PIVOTALLY MOVED WITH LINEAR MOVEMENT OF THE PUNCH MEMBER, PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF THE ARM MEMBER CAUSING ENGAGEMENT THEREOF WITH ITS RESPECTIVE HEARTSHAPED CAM MEMBER CAUSING ROTATION THEREOF AND THUS CAUSING ROTATION OF THE ROTARY SHAFT SO THAT THE PRINT MEMBER IS OPERATED.

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