Veeder Industries, Inc.

Howard J Voegelin

Ludwick Szeluga

A printed circuit board switch with a generally U-shaped frame with reduced end tangs soldered within apertures of a printed circuit board, a leaf spring switch element mounted between the legs of the frame and a reciprocable switch operating rod mounted on the frame parallel to the printed circuit board for bowing the leaf spring switch element into engagement with an electrical contact of the printed circuit board.

Electrical switch with leaf spring switching element

A document printer with a slot for inserting a document to a printing station of the printer, a switch for conditioning the printer for receiving a document and, upon release, for conditioning the printer for printing the document, a switch operating lever pivotal about each of two mutually perpendicular axes for being pivoted into and out of alignment with the switch and to operate the switch when in alignment therewith, and inner and outer document actuated feelers connected to successively pivot the switch operating lever to operate the switch and then out of alignment with the switch. The inner document actuated feeler is connected to the switch operating lever via an actuating line and is shiftable along the actuating line to shift the position of the document at the printing station.

Document actuated interlock mechanism

Several embodiments of a rotary indexing mechanism having either an angularly reciprocable or rectilinearly reciprocable input, an output rotary friction drum and a one-way drive interconnect system between the input and friction drum comprising a drive line wrapped about the friction drum having one end connected to the reciprocable input and a line tensioning spring connected between the other end of the drive line and the reciprocable input and whereby the input is adapted to be actuated in one direction to draw the drive line from the friction drum and rotate the friction drum in one angular direction and to be actuated in the reverse direction by the tension spring to pay out the drive line to the friction drum and thereby uncouple the drive line from rotating the friction drum in the reverse angular direction.

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Cheshire, CT, United States of America

Howard J Voegelin