US 4,070,223 AGranted

Apparatus and method for introducing connected forms into an associated device

OwnerEdwin Stalzerinventor

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Abstract

The apparatus and method of the present invention is adapted to be utilized with respect to packages of connected forms of the type having sprocket holes along the margins thereof which are adapted to be engaged by sprocket wheels in, for example, a print-out device for advancing the forms to an operating station in the device. The method comprises providing a strip having sprocket holes therein. The spacing of the sprocket holes on the strip is equal to the spacing of the sprocket holes on the forms. The strip is connected to the first form of the package with the sprocket holes in the strip in alignment with the sprocket holes in the margin. The strip or strips are then engaged with the sprocket wheels in the device which is then operated to advance the package of forms into the device.

Claims13

Dependent claims

A method for introducing connected multiform units of the type having spaced indexing holes on separable marginal tapes adjacent each marginal edge into a device of the type having indexing means for advancing said units to an operating station in said device, comprising:

providing a pair of lead strips having a width no wider than said separable marginal tapes with indexing holes having the same spacing as said indexing holes in said units,
superimposing at least a portion of one of said pair of lead strips on one of said separable tapes of the first of said units with the indexing holes in said strip in overlapped and vertical alignment with the holes in said one tape, whereby the remaining portion of said lead strip extends beyond the leading edge of said first unit by a length sufficient to permit introduction of said units into the device;
and connecting said one of said pair of lead strips to said one tape by a pressure sensitive adhesive;
superimposing the other of said pair of lead strips on the other of said tapes of said first unit with the indexing holes in said strip in overlapped and vertical alignment with the holes in said other tape, whereby a portion of said other lead strip extends beyond the leading edge of said first unit by a length sufficient to permit introduction of said units into the device;
and connecting said other of said strips to said other tape by a pressure sensitive adhesive,
whereby movement of said strips causes movement of said units.

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Apparatus for introducing a package of connected forms into a device wherein the forms are of the type having separable marginal tapes having indexing holes engageable with sprocket wheel advancing means in the device for advancing the forms to an operating station, comprising:

at least a strip having a single row of indexing holes therein, the width of said strip being no wider than the corresponding dimension of the tape, the spacing between said strip indexing holes being equal to the spacing between indexing holes in said tapes, said strip indexing holes being sized to be engaged by the sprocket wheel, and connecting means on said strip for connecting said strip to the tapes associated with the first form in said package or forms, said strip comprising an upper layer adapted to be connected to the upper surface of a tape of the first form, and a lower layer in overlying relationship to and coextensive with said upper layer and adapted to be connected to the lower surface of the tape, said upper and lower layers of said strip being separable along a first portion of the length of said strip, said first portion being substantially less than the overall length of said strip, means connecting together said upper and lower layers along the remainder of the length of said strip, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive on the facing surfaces of said first portion of said upper and lower layers of said strip, said pressure sensitive adhesive being adapted to be exposed only along said first portion.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.