Ronald Bridges Ferguson

US Patent:

41180224, Oct 3, 1978

Filed:

Apr 8, 1977

Appl. No.:

5/785896

Inventors:

Wilson Parker Rayfield - Pittsford NY
Ronald Worden Ferguson - Rochester NY
George Mahue Brooks - Pittsford NY

Assignee:

Burroughs Corporation - Detroit MI

International Classification:

B65H 4100

US Classification:

270 525

Abstract:

Bursting apparatus for continuous forms having modular guiding, trimming, bursting, and decollating units. A folding forms tray is provided to hold forms to be burst. Paper feeding and guiding is accomplished by the use of laterally adjustable curved, flanged guide means coacting with spring loaded hold-downs. Margin trim cutters and a center slitter are also provided. Forms width and margin trim adjustments are readily accomplished through the use of novel leaf-spring clamping means coacting with transverse guiding means. The bursting unit has fixed high speed rollers and movable low speed rollers with a bursting blade having plural arcuately shaped bursting areas attached thereto. The low speed rollers are mounted on a movable carriage which is adjustably spaced from the fixed high speed rollers by means of two parallel threaded rods. Annular grooves are provided in both the low and high speed rollers to permit straight through wire-form guides to direct the forms continuously through the bursting section and thence to a stacking unit.

US Patent:

39345017, Jan 27, 1976

Filed:

Dec 20, 1974

Appl. No.:

5/534748

Inventors:

Herbert John Bagen - Rochester NY
Ronald Worden Ferguson - Rochester NY
Henry M. Korytkowski - Rochester NY
William H. Mowry - Ionia NY

Assignee:

Burroughs Corporation - Detroit MI

International Classification:

B41J 1312

US Classification:

101 93

Abstract:

A demountable document receiving tray or gauge member is provided with means for adjusting the lateral location of a document relative to the printing position of a MICR imprinting apparatus so as to position the document at any one of a multiple set of full field MICR printing positions. Structure operably associated with the document receiving tray permits automatic actuation of the MICR printing mechanism by insertion of a document. Also included is structure providing a time delay preventing accidental actuation of the document printing structure after withdrawal of the document.