DE1217117B - Storage container for punched card controlled machines - Google Patents

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EDITORIAL

German class: 43 a -41/03

Number: 1217117 m, ^

File number: 116286IX c / 43 a

Filing date: April 14, 1959

Opening day: May 18, 1966

The invention relates to a storage container for punched card-controlled machines, in which for stacking the cards the cards arriving flat from a conveyor belt by one Tilt laterally running edge in the direction of transport and when it falls freely through an arched edge Railway stopped and placed on a card holder on edge.

Known designs for stacking cards in a storage bin have near the end of the Card track a rotating or swinging gripper that grabs every incoming card and transported into the storage container and stacked in this upright or flat. Other known Storage devices work in such a way that alternately two card storage containers in one Position can be moved so that the incoming card tilts and in free fall in portrait position is filed.

Although the storage bins, which act as "drop bins", are suitable, even at higher speeds To be able to find use for the stack deposit, however, resulted in the known designs on the one hand an inaccurate alignment of the cards to be stacked, on the other hand a result of the Put down a completely loosened up, inconsistent deck of cards. However, these arrangements lead Also very easy to jam cards and are unsuitable for continuous card removal during the stacking process. The elimination of these disadvantages resulted in facilities that were proportionate became complicated and, above all, resulted in a loss of speed that had the advantage the speed increase for the removal and transport of the cards.

Thus, the task arose of creating a storage container that is particularly useful for those with a high Operating speed machines such as sorters and mixers etc. keep the cards at hand provides that, for example, a removed small "hand pile" immediately without any alignment can be placed in the stacking container for machine removal. It is essential that the Usual capacity of the storage container is maintained and no further space, for example for enlargement the machine is used.

The problem posed was achieved in a progressive manner in that a stop plate, which is fixedly arranged on the storage container and cooperates with the edge of a narrow side of the card, is in connection with a swinging, from the stop-storage container for punched cards
machinery

Applicant:

IBM Germany

International office machines

Society m. B. H.,

Sindelfingen (Württ), Tübinger Allee 49

Named as inventor:

Michael Fiehl, Vestal, N. Y, (V. St. A.)

Claimed priority:

V. St. v. America April 17, 1958 (729193)

plate approximately at a distance of one card length radially extending guide track a circular depositing movement of the successive cards up to brings about firm contact against the card holder, arranged on the side walls of the storage container Tabs secure the upright position of the cards.

With such an arrangement it is possible for the operator of a machine, individual smaller stacks can be removed from the other storage area without disturbance and immediately back into the Machine to be able to return, so that without loss of time a steady and effective without interruption Circuit for processing the cards can be built.

According to a further development of the subject matter of the invention, this is advantageously achieved in that the cards sliding on edge on the guideway by means of a arranged on the bottom of the storage container, by an eccentric reciprocating slide, which with its approach of the guideway Simultaneously short swinging movements are given, pressed against the longitudinally movable card holder will.

Further features of the invention emerge from the claims in connection with the exemplary embodiment the stacking device, which is described below with reference to the drawings. It shows

F i g. 1 is an elevational view of the stacker and part of the business machine in which to Simplification of the representation only the map

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magazine and the transport route of the cards are shown,

F i g. 2 is a side view of the card holder with a partially broken side wall; F i g. 3 is a plan view of the receptacle,

F i g. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the base member of the container, the stack support and the Card slider,

F i g. 5 is a side view of a modified embodiment of the container;

F i g. 6 and 7 are schematic side views of receptacles to illustrate the movement the cards in the bin until they are stacked.

The business machine shown in Fig. 1, in connection with which the stacking device according to of the invention is to be used, contains a magazine 10 for receiving a stack of the to be treated Cards 11. By means of a lever system 13 moved back and forth in a known manner Card knife 12 is the bottom card 11 from the magazine 12 through the card neck 14 and in the engagement of two transport rollers 15 and

16 pushed. The transport rollers 15 and 16 convey the cards along a guide 17 to one or several stations in which the desired work processes can be carried out.

At a suitable point along the card guide

17 a compartment 18 with vertical side walls 19 and 20 for receiving the cards to be deposited is suspended or arranged. The preferably flat side walls 19 and 20 are parallel to each other and perpendicular to the direction of movement in the card guide 17 transported cards.

The cards carried into the storage compartment 18 fall with one edge on a base plate and experience a radial rotary movement within the channel formed by the vertical side walls. For this purpose are on the entrance side of the storage compartment Guide rollers 70 and 21 and a downwardly reaching spring tongue 22 in the storage compartment are arranged. Directly above the upper opening of the storage compartment 18 and above this in a substantially A deflection plate 23 is arranged protruding from the horizontal plane, on the underside of which a bracket is provided 24 is attached. The baffle 23 is down with one projecting inclined edge 25 provided, which forms an angle of 45 ° with respect to the plate. In order to quickly divert an individual or consecutive cards into the discard bin 18 To obtain, the plate 23 is mounted so that its front edge forms an angle of about 10 ° with the leading edge of an incoming card. The bracket 24 completes the downward deflection of the Cards after they have moved over the bevel 25.

Below the deflection plate 23, on one side of the storage container 18, a card stop plate 26 is provided which is transverse to the side walls thereof. Although the stop plate 26 can be designed in various ways, it is preferably designed as an angle in order to form a stop at which an edge of the cards falling flat from the deflector plate 23 can come to rest. In Fig. 6, the stop plate 26 is shown L-shaped between the side walls 19 and 20, and the stop formed on it, on which the cards come to rest with one edge, is arranged generally horizontally. In the case of the FIGS. 1, 2, 3 and 7 shown shape of the stop plate 26 is the stop part inclined below the horizontal plane. In this form, the cards falling against the stop move more freely around the edge, as will be explained in more detail later.

Below the baffle 23 and at a corresponding radial distance from the stop plate 26, an arcuate guide plate 27 is provided, which is in a suitable manner on its upper

End is attached and protrudes into the storage container 18. The arched guide plate 27 extends transversely through the storage container 18, and the cards slide downwards with one edge resting on the inner arched surface and rotate around the edge of the stop of the stopping plate 26 until they fall off the edge. As can be seen from FIGS. 6 and 7, the upper part 28 of the guide plate 27 is generally circular, while the lower part 29 of the guide plate 27 is designed as a straight surface and slopes towards the bottom of the storage container 18. In the embodiment of the guide plate 27 shown in FIG. 2, the upper circular part 28 is followed by a step 30 from which the straight end part 31 slopes downwards.

The base of the bin 18 onto which the cards fall is below the lower part 29 of the Arranged guide plate 27 and consists of two U-shaped rails 32 and 33, which are attached to the inner Sides of the side walls 19 and 20 are attached. The rails 32 and 33 are attached to the side walls so that that their legs protrude inwardly and toward one another to form upper and lower running surfaces. To support the cards slides on the one formed by the lower legs of the rails 32 and 33 Runway a block 34 with a through the free space between the rails 32 and 33 upwards protruding wire card holder 35. This wire holder is fastened at one end in the block 34 and protrudes at an angle of inclination deviating from the vertical plane and to the guide plate 27 diverging upwards into the storage container. At the top stepped shaped end of the wire card holder 35 is a card holding plate 36 loosely suspended, the lower edge of which on the upper Legs of the rails 32 and 33 slides. A spring 37, 'the one end on the block 34 and is attached at its other end to the side wall '20 by means of a pin 60, pulls the block 34 with the card holder 35, 36 against the guide plate 27, from which the cards fall and be caught and held by the edges of the card holder 35, 36.

Above the block 34 and below the guide plate 27 (FIG. 2), a slide 38 which can slide on the upper legs of the U-shaped rails 32 and 33 is arranged, at the right end of which a rotatable cam follower roller 39 is provided. A spring 40 is suspended from a projection 42 of the slide 38, the other end of which is fastened to a rod 41 provided between the side walls 19 and 20. The spring 40 pulls the slide 38 to the right (FIG. 7) and therefore away from the guide plate 27 and thereby keeps the roller 39 in constant contact with an eccentric disk 43 on the shaft 44, which is driven in a suitable manner (not shown) will. The guide plate 21 rests with a rotatable at its lower end

fixed roller 45 on the upper surface of the slide 38. As the eccentric 43 rotates, the Slide 38 moves back and forth and hits with its Vorwätsbewegung with a projection 46 against the Roller 45 to set the guide plate 27 vibrating and at the same time compressing it to effect the falling cards.

In the F i g. 6 and 7 is shown schematically how the cards within the storage container be stacked. The cards fed into the top of the storage bin 18 (Fig. 6) are essentially free-falling and begin to descend in a generally flat-like state. After a short fall, the cards are briefly hit by the stop edge of the stopping plate 26 will stop and the card will start rotating around that edge. During this rotation comes the unsupported edge of the card in contact with the guide plate 27. Under the influence of the stop plate 26 and the guide plate 27 cooperating with this set the cards to their free Fall away and rotate a certain amount around the edge of the shoulder of the stop plate 26. The extent of this rotation is largely controlled by the arc length of the circular Part 28 of the guide plate 27 and through the width of the approach of the stopping plate 26. However, to one To ensure radial rotation of the cards, the arc length is chosen so that the cards substantially at the point of the straight inclined part 29 are placed on their edge, where this part the vertical begins to cause the cards to sink upright towards the base of the container. On a middle one Place of the straight inclined part 29, the cards have lowered enough to allow them to slide off to allow its upper edge from the shoulder edge of the stop plate 26. In the in the In the embodiment shown in FIG. 6, the arcuate and inclined surfaces of the guide plate were used 27 selected so that the card after sliding off the edge of the stop plate 26 is still inclined against the stack supports provided on the base of the container. For example can be the arrangement and curvature of a particular guide plate with respect to the L-shaped Stop plate 26 can be chosen so that the cards fall radially by around 72 ° and when falling to the card holder 35 at an angle of around 18 ° to the vertical are stacked. Therefore If the cards slide off the edge of the stopping plate, they are inclined so far that they hit the wire card holder 35 to fall. When the cards from the end of the guide plate 27 against the base of the container fall, this fall is in the direction of the slope of the cards, and these are determined by the Wire holder 35 intercepted and held on the edge in the stacking order. Because the Cards stand on an edge and are inclined towards the open side of the container 18, they can be relatively can be easily removed.

From FIG. 6 it can be seen that the successive Cards not actually falling into bin 18 as they fall at high speed are stopped immediately at the edge of the stopping plate 26, but essentially by the Side edge of the previous cards are held, which are already held by the stop plate 26 are supported and in rotation against the position from which they fall vertically and on edge. This serves to reveal the peculiar operative gap, which is a removal of cards allowed during the stacking process. If during such a removal the cards in the pile are tilted the other way round or are obstructed at the point where they fall to the base the cards continue their radial rotation around the new edge without any jamming

ίο is given by the previous cards during their temporary stacking. It follows that a considerable width in the position of the stop plate 26 relative to the guide plate 27 is allowed. The problem of handling bent and thrown cards is thus also essentially solved, since each such card can rotate without difficulty about the stop edge of the plate 26 or the edge of the previous cards.
In the case of the FIG. 7, the shape of the stopping plate 26, each of the incoming cards is supported by the inclined surface of the stopping plate throughout its radial downward rotation. In other words, the previous cards no longer form the edges of rotation for the following cards when they are rotated. The initial rotating edge for each subsequent card is therefore fixed and results in an inevitable support by the inclined surface of the stopping plate 26.
From the F i g. 6 and 7 it can also be seen how the cards are oriented when they are lowered vertically and on edge. For this purpose, a taper is inserted into the container, through which the cards falling from the stopping plate 26 are aligned along their vertical edges. This alignment is also continued during the time in which the cards fall against the wire holder 35. The device for aligning the cards also prevents the cards from rotating about a vertical axis. A raised surface 47 is arranged on the inner surface of the side wall 20 (FIGS. 6, 7) for aligning the cards. With a suitable dimensioning of this raised surface and the associated container part, the free fall of the card is not seriously changed.

Although the card holder has a very low tendency to jam in the embodiment of the card holder described so far, a stop device in the form of a bracket 48 which can be deflected in one direction is provided, which enables the upper edge of the cards falling on edge to move against the wire holder 35. As the cards continue to descend towards the base of the container and into the stacking order against the wire holder 35, the upper edge of the card moves past the movable bracket 48 which then returns to its original downwardly extending position by rotating about a suitable pin 49. When the stacking speed reaches the maximum speed, the bracket 48 should be kept essentially floating so as not to disturb the free fall of the cards by its rapidly successive deflections.
Two fixed tabs 50 and 51 are also provided on the side walls 19 and 20 of the storage container 18 to better prevent card jamming. As the F i g. 2 shows, the two tabs 50 and 51 are offset from one another, so that

the passage of the cards falling freely against the wire holder 35 between the two tabs is guaranteed is. When the edgewise falling cards pass the flaps, the cards become seized successively by the opposite vertical edges of the tabs. By the arrangement the tab 51 on the same side of the container on which the raised alignment surface 47 is provided an additional alignment effect can be achieved. The outstanding edges of the laseheads 50 and 51, of course, also prevent reverse tilting of the stack of cards beyond the extent in which the following cards could be seriously affected.

It has been shown that when feeding individual or successive cards with smaller Speed in the receptacle 18 the possibility of poor alignment of the cards on the container base can occur to a noticeable extent when electrostatic charging of the Maps is available. This condition could be caused by the cards turning and falling on top of each other what in the time of the flat fall of the cards until they are supported by the wire holder 35 can occur. If the cards are stacked at high speed, it is because of the Effect of successive cards against each other, this condition is more or less questionable. the however, the last card has the same undesirable twisting effect and subsequent misalignment exposed, which was found in a single card falling into the storage bin 18.

Suitable damping means are provided to prevent this situation. In the embodiment according to FIGS. 1, 2, 5, the damping means of a flap 52 floating around a pin 53 and resting on the surface of the stopping plate 26 rests. At the front end of the flap 52 an upwardly projecting tab 54 is provided, against which is the leading edge of the cards guided by the guide rollers 70 and 21 into the storage container 18 and when the cards run into the container, the upwardly deflected floating flap 52 rests the upper surface of the cards and dampens any twisting and falling motion that is likely is present in the map if it falls so flat during its radial rotation, until the vertical edgewise drop occurs.

In the case of the FIGS. 2 and 3 illustrated embodiment of the guide plate 27 can also be a A twisting action occurs when the edge of the card is brought into contact with the guide plate 27 will. To dampen this effect, there are two on the middle part 30 of the guide plate 27 Spring loaded fingers 55 are provided to stop the cards before they are edged off the stopping plate 26 fall off. The fingers 55 are in a bearing attached to the underside of the guide plate 27 rotatable. The fingers 55 protrude through openings 58 and 59 in the guide plate 27 and are through a light spring 57 in the path of the transverse to the upper surface of the guide plate 27 moving Cards held. The tension spring 57 is strong enough to hold more than one card in this intermediate position to stop and carry. When the cards stop at the stepped part 30 of the guide plate 27 the top edge of the cards can slide off the stop plate 26 so that the cards against the Wire holder 35 fall. In this state the cards are at rest, and a spin effect has been made effectively dampened. In addition, several consecutive cards can be stopped in the intermediate position, before their weight causes the fingers 55 to deflect downward, whereupon the collected Cards are free and slide from the end portion 31 of the guide plate 27 into the stack. Such a falling Group of cards acts on every other group of cards in such a way that the undesired, one twisting effect causing incorrect alignment is prevented.

In addition to preventing inaccurate alignment of individual ode due to twisting: a number of cards fed at a relatively slow speed are the stop fingers 5i also particularly effective when a high stacking speed is required. In this case be the fingers 55 act sequentially to stop and successive cards opposite sides of the stack that accumulates at the intermediate station. At this work condition, the stop fingers 55 work essentially borrowed in a tensioned state of suspension.

In all the illustrated embodiments, the mapping 27 38 fall to the base of the container, the slide under control of the cam 43 operates to the cards along the container base the same time, in the crowded stack assembly to door handle issued by the end of the guide plate b the time at which the Approach 46 of the slide 38 i interaction with the roller 45 of the guide plate 27 a vibration.

Claims (4)

Patent claims: 1. Storage container for punched card-controlled machines, in which the from a Transpori cards arriving flat around an edge running in the transport direction at the side tip over and, on their free fall, stopped by an arcuate path and attached to a Card holder can be parked upright, as characterized in that an ai Storage container firmly arranged, cooperating with the Kani on a narrow side of the cards Stopping plate (26) in connection with a vibrating, from the stopping plate about h Distance of a card length radially extending guide track (27) a circular shelf Movement of the successive cards b: for firm contact against the card holder (3i brings about, wherein on the side walls of the At location container arranged tabs (50, 51) di Secure the cards in an upright position. 2. Arrangement according to claim 1, characterized in that the on the guide track (2 ' cards sliding on edge by means of a vo an eccentric (43) moves back and forth «slide (38), which with its approach (46) df Guideway (27) at the same time issued short swinging movements, against the longitudinal interlocking borrowed card holder (35) are pressed. 3. Arrangement according to claims 1 and: characterized in that the Halteplat (26) has a movably attached damping flap (52, 54) which, when the cards are pushed edge takes effect. 4. Arrangement according to claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the guide track (27) has a step (30) with spring-loaded fingers (55, 56, 57) through which the cards on the The way to the filing is held up until the weight of the paused cards has the force of the spring the finger overcomes what the card 10 Package falls closed in the direction of the card holder (35, 36). Considered publications: U.S. Patents Nos. 1991511, 2,036,409, 098. For this purpose 2 sheets of drawings 609 069/203 5.66 © Bundesdruckerei Berlin