DE1973189U - DEVICE FOR REGISTRATION OF WORK PROCESSES. - Google Patents

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Dr. phil. G. B. HAGEN

Patent attorney

MUNICH 71

Franz-Hals-Strasse 21

Telephone 796213

ID 2133a Munich, the

IBM Germany
International office machines

Gesellschaft mb H.
Sindelfingen near Stuttgart Tübinger Allee 49

Device for registering work processes

The innovation concerns a device that is particularly suitable for use in manufacturing companies and to record all data characterizing a workflow, z. B. to record attendance times, numbers of pieces, machine operating times and machine downtimes, in a way that an immediate Machine processing of the data is permitted.

To the time of attendance of a worker or the time for To register individual operations, one has long been using time clocks, which are a time-controlled printing mechanism and whose printing process is initiated by the worker himself. With such time clocks are receipts created, the data of which is manually evaluated for further processing or first transferred to a punch card

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have to. Apart from the great expenditure of time and personnel, there are many sources of error. In addition comes that the compilation of the work statistics based on these data takes too much time to be followed by a direct production control and thus an economical use of work and machine capacity to reach.

Devices have also been developed which produce vouchers in the form of punch cards. You are still in more recently, the data essential for the work flow and payroll is transferred to electrical To transmit ways to a data center in which the data is processed. This data transfer with immediate evaluation enables efficient production control. One disadvantage of this system is However, that no receipt is issued for the worker, which is also a control of the correctness of the registered data would mean.

So-called machine recorders are also known, with which the machine performance of each individual machine is recorded and whose data is output on punch cards that can be evaluated by machine. However, these facilities also offer Despite the great effort, no proper backup and control of the data.

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The data of interest in a work process consist of so-called constants and variables. The so-called Constants consist of general characteristics of the work process, such as: B. from date, time and required Number of pieces. The so-called variables represent individual data, such as B. the personal details of the worker, his arrival time and the number of pieces performed. From the state of the art outlined above, the task arises to provide a device with which data relating to work processes can be registered in such a way that that in addition to the machine processing also a slight visual control of the registered data and related a special data backup is possible.

In solving this problem, use is made of the recently developed document processing machines, which are able to machine-evaluate optically readable text. The new registration device with a Printing unit for the simultaneous recording of information relating to work processes, which from individual and from General characteristics of the manufacturing process consist of a print strip serving as an original document and a Second document serving print strip, which is independent of the Original document print strips can be saved or separated into rope documents is, is characterized in that the printing unit is the information carrier strips printed in plain text selected for visual readability and machine readability. the

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Printing strips serving as the original document can be read by means of a known plain text reader after completion of a predetermined Working period, for example a working day, are evaluated. The secondary receipts are primarily intended as a receipt for the worker, but can also be used for control purposes if necessary. the The second document is produced in the same process as the original document, so that transmission errors are excluded.

The time-dependent data, namely start and end of work, start of disturbance and end of disturbance, are provided by means of a time-controlled Device set automatically, while a keyboard or preferably for the individual characteristics special data carriers, such as B. punch cards, keys and so on are provided. Entering the individual Data through disk will in most cases be preferable to reduce the likelihood of incorrect data entry to be kept as low as possible.

If several such devices are used, it will be advantageous to use the devices with internal transmission means equipped and connected to a central data monitoring system. This creates a central automatic Machine monitoring as well as a central presence detection will be possible. Possible transmission errors can

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be corrected at any time, since the centrally recorded Data simultaneously on the print strip serving as the original document be held in the workplace. The counters of the devices are expediently used in mass production controlled by a central clock timer.

The innovation is explained in more detail using an exemplary embodiment in connection with the accompanying drawings. Show it:

FIG. 1 shows the schematic representation of a device according to the invention;

FIG. 2a and FIG. 2b show the top view from the front and from the side of a key for registration the personnel number;

FIG. 3 shows the arrangement of the printing types on segments

with a special embodiment of the device;

Figure 4 shows a particular embodiment of the electromechanical Means for remote transmission of data.

In the schematic representation of FIG. 1, a printing unit 2 is arranged in a housing 1, the Ijpen 3 of which are time-controlled or machine-controlled or set manually. A keyboard (not shown) is provided on the surface 4 for entering the characteristic data, such as, for example, order number, shift number, cause of disturbance, etc. The data entered in each case can be read on an optical numeric display 5. Below the printing types 3 of the printing unit 2, a stamp 7 provided with a rubber insert 6 is arranged

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is briefly raised and lowered again by means of the magnet 8 to carry out the printing process. The to one Print types belonging to the digit position of the device can be stored in usually be arranged on segments or circular disks.

Such an arrangement of the printing types is shown in FIG. 3j the printing types corresponding to the numbers 0 to 9 are arranged on a segment 24 which is fastened in a rotatable manner is. When a character is printed, the type to be printed is swiveled to the point opposite the stamp 7. A contact bridge 25 is located on the edge of the segment and is used, for example, by interacting with a contact plate read out set numerical values and convert them into electrical signals for remote transmission. Such a contact plate can be of the type shown in FIG. 4, for example. There are ten contact points on the contact plate 26 27 and a contact strip 28 are provided. The creation of electrical contact between a single contact point 27 and the contact strip 28 enable remote transmission via further electronic means not shown here the numerical value to a central data monitoring system.

During the printing process, on the strip-shaped information carrier 9 an impression is produced by means of the ink ribbon 10. The ink ribbon 10 is in the usual manner on ink ribbon rolls 11 wound on both sides of the printing unit 2 and is after advanced by one line height with each printing process.

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The information strip 9 consists "in the exemplary embodiment from an original document strip 9a, which by means of a Role 12 is stored in the register is, and a second receipt strip 9b, which is located by means of the on the back of the original receipt strip Carbon paper strip receives an identical imprint. The partition plate 13 provides the separation and diversion of the slip sheet 9b being dispensed and by the worker can be detached as a receipt.

The original document strip 9a is together with a carbon paper strip and the second receipt strip 9b before printing the roll 14 is wound up and is fed to the printing unit 2 or the storage roll 12 via pulleys 16 and 16.

The storage roll 12 is transported onward via a V-belt 17 after each printing process. She is additional connected to a knurled wheel 18, with which after completion of the operation of the information carrier 9 so can be transported far so that the printed receipt strip 9b can be separated outside the device.

The printing types of the device can be arranged in such a way that, for. B, the following imprint can be made:

12345

54321 II

654321 III

0010

123456 YI

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The individual groups of digits mean %

Group Os to be set once, constant sequence of digits

to identify the machine number (five digits)

Group Ii adjustable symbols, e.g. B. Digits 0 - 9> to identify the shift number

Group Ils adjustable digits to identify the personnel number (five digits)

Group III; adjustable digits to identify the order number (six digits)

Group IVs time-controlled digits for identification

from start of work and end of work, start of disturbance and disturbance etc. (four digits)

Group Ys adjustable symbols as special characters (binary)

Group VIi machine-controlled counter for registering the number of pieces, cycles, etc. (six-digit)

The types of groups I - III and V can be entered manually directly or indirectly via data carriers such as punch cards, ID cards etc. adjustable.

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• J Fonts are used that can be read by means of a machine document reader, in particular with a plain text reader for continuous strips available on the market «.

There are currently document readers known that are more suitable when used Print types Decipher receipts with a character density of 4 characters per cm and a line spacing of around 2 lines per cm be able.

In a particular embodiment, those shown in FIGS. 2a and 2b are shown Key 23 is provided, which is intended to be used for entering the worker's personnel number into the device. The key is equipped with a wedge 19, which ensures a precisely defined introduction of the key and the key during the stamping and holds the registration process in its position “There are two Key beards provided, which can be seen in Pig.2a. The lower Key bit 20 contains the personnel number in the form of Printing types and is for printing the personnel number on the registration strip The upper key bit 21 contains the personnel number in coded form for electromechanical sensing for remote data transmission. Located at the end of the handle of the key a plate 22 in which a photo secured by flanging If such a key is used, the printing types of group II of the device would be omitted.

The device according to the invention preferably has a built-in time stamp, which is known per se. for the definition of work start and end dates etc. has already been referred to.

Claims (6)

P.A. 464025 * 8/11/67 ID 2133a - 10 - Protection claims 1. Registration device with a printer for simultaneous Recording of information relating to work processes, which is derived from individual and general characteristics of the Manufacturing process insist on a serving as the original document Print strip and a print strip serving as a second document, which can be stored independently of the original document print strip or can be separated into partial documents, thereby characterized in that the printing unit (2) the Information carrier strips (9a, 9b) in for visual readability and machine readability of selected plain text printed. 2. Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the G-device for the input of has input means (23) which print individual characteristic data and which directly printable, machine-readable plain text information (20) wear. 3. G device according to claim 1 or 2, dadur. ch marked, that the device has built-in pressure means (2) for printing general characteristics, the encrypted information carrier (punch card etc.) can be controlled. ID 2133a - 11 - 4. Apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that the pressure means (2) of the device have an electromechanical device (25, 26) for generating remote transmission signals corresponding to the electrical digits set in each case. 5. Device according to Claim 4 _S, characterized in that the electromechanical device for remote transmission consists of a movable contact bridge (25) and a contact plate (26) with individual contact points (27) each assigned to a printing type and a contact strip (28) and that the contact bridge ( 25) is able to selectively establish electrical contact between individual contact points (27) on the one hand and the contact strip (28) on the other hand. 6. Apparatus according to claim 1 or one of the following, characterized in that as an input means for entering individual identification data identifying the personnel number of a worker Key (22) with a key bit (21) reproducing the personnel number in encrypted form and / or with a die Personnel number in visually and machine-readable plain text reproducing key bit (20) is used and that the handle of the key contains a plastic insert for a photograph of the worker. ID 2133a - 12 - 7-G device according to claim 1 or one of the following, characterized in that the device is a "known, built-in timestamp mechanism" having.