US1005779A - Adding and recording machine. - Google Patents

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o.. K. PIGKLBS. ADDING AND RECORDING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7. 1909.

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Patented Oct. 10, 191 1'.

C. K. PICKLES. ADDING AND RECORDING MACHINE. ArPLroATIoH FILED JUNE 7, 1909.

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.1 Y 62429276@ PCZA? i f 0%@ 2f ai? JHARLES K. PICKLES, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, COMPANY. Ol' ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI,

ASSIGNOR TO DALTON ADDING MACHINE A. CORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

ADDING AND RECORDING MACHINE.

Speeloation of Lettersvlatent.

Application led Juno 7, 1909. Serial No. 800,7.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES K. Proxima, a citizen of the' United States, residing at St. Louis, Missouri, have invented a new and useful Adding and Recordin Machine, of which the following is a speci cation.

This invention relates to adding and recording machines, and more particularly to machines of the cross-carriage type.

One t pe of such machines is shown in the app ication of Hubert Hopkins, Serial No. 140,390, filed Januar 24, 1903, and in the corresponding Britis Patent No. 854, of' 1904, and the present invention relates to improvements in that machine, and consists of a platen arranged for the support of paper and the impinlglement of type in producing records on t at paper, a series of type-carriers operable toward said platen in recording operations, each of said type-earriers carrying` a series of stops', and a keycontrolled carriage operable eectually to position said stops to ca use the ty -carrier to assume positions adjacent to t e laten whereby any desired number will recorded.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a machinesof the type referred to embodying my present invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view showing the carriageV and the escapement device which governs its step by step movement transverselyl in the machine. Fig. 3 is a lan view .of the carriage. Fi 4' is a detae ed view of the device where y the selecting parts in the carriage are returned to idle position when the carriage returns to idle position after operation. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the devices whereby the carriage in which the numbers are represented is returned todle position. Fig. 6 is a detail viewof enmeshed segments whereby the carriage return devices are operated.l Figs. 7 land 8 are detail views showin the position of the clutch devices where the carria Vreturn mechanism is opera when the andle is forward and in idle or rest position, repectively.` Fig. 9 is a perspective view of e device shown in Fig. 4

In a specific sense the present invention comprises, in combination with suitable recordingand adding mechanisms, a novel mechanism whereby numbers may be set up in the machine preliminary to the adding and recording thereof. Said numbers settin mechanism comprises a carriage having a p urality of series of key-operated selecting parte, a series of type-carriers each carrying a series of stops, and means for operating the carrie parte therein effective sired stops on the ty the latter are o era will be records The roller or platen A is of any ap roved arrangement which is operative to ho d and feed the paper. The type-carriers B are pivoted o n a shaft C, each of said type-carriers ha ving at its forward end a series of movable type D arranged, as usual, with D at the forward extremity, and thence sequentially to 9 at the rear. These t pecarriers are in the form of sectors w ose supports are radial arms pivoted upon the shaft C, said sectors being operable 1n front of the platen A. The type D have their printing faces inside the sectors. The latter are o erablel in parallel arcuate lines, side by si e, jointly or severally as desired, to position any of the type D in a line in front of the platen parallel with the axis thereof, which may' be called the rinting line. In the resent. instance the i e or rest position of t e type carriers is that in which the foremost type thereon, that is the 0 type, are at the printing line. It follows, therefore, that when any number containing 0 is to be recorded, the type-carrier which must cause that character to be recorded does not move, but alll others which print the digits or figures of value in the number must move one or more'ste s or spaces, dependent upon whether the igts are of low or high value. After being stopped to present the number to be rinted at theprintin line the hammers are automatically re eased and thrown against the type by their springs F, thereby driving the type against the' ribbon G eectively to print the number on a sheet of aper interposed between the platen and t e ribbon. The

y to position any de- -carriers so that when d the desired number type-carriers are controlled by a rod H held transversely in front of the radial supporting arms of the t pe-carriers by two arms I swinging from t e shaft C.' A link J extends from one of the arms I to a connection on the main shaft K which is actuated by a strong spring L effectively to n iove the type-carriers rearwardly after printing, and to hold them in idle position when the mai Patented Oct. 10, 1911-. y

and the selecting chine is idle. An abutment M limits rotation of the shaft K by the spring L, and an operating handle Naffords means for manual rotation of the shaft in opposition to the spring as required to swing the rod H forwardly andpermit the type-carriers to move to position to record. he type-car riers are independently operated toward printing position when released by means of separate springs O individually connecting rearwardly extending arms on the typecarriers with `a rod P carried by the arms l and swinging forwardl therewith when the latter are operated, e ectively to actuate thc type-carriers.

The mechanism just described .is substantiallythe same as that disclosed in the said British Patent No. 854, of 1904 and United States application Serial Number 140,390, filed by Hubert Hopkins. My Ainvention is devised for use in a machine embodying this mechanism, and com rises the mechanism for introducing num ers into the machine to be printed and added. The mechanism above described is also well known, being in commercial use in machines manufactured in substantial conformity to the Hopkins application aforesaid.

There arc ten key levers 1, having keys 2 on their forward ends arranged 1n rows transversely of the machine. The key levers 1 Vconverge toward the rear and each thereof, except the one representing 9 has a vertical extension 3 on its rear end, said extensions being in the same vertical plane and in a row longitudinally in the machine. Above the rear ends of the key levers a carriage It is supported by rollers 5 operating on track members 6 extending transversely in the machine in which direction the carriage is movable.' This carriage is in the form of an open box or frame, having at one side a rack 7 extending transversely and meshing with a gear segment 8 attached to an escapement shaft 9. An escapement bar 10, retained from .dis lacement by links 11, rests upon the key evers l in advance of the extensions 3,so that when any one of the key levers is operated said escapement box will be raised. VAn escapement mechanism 12, of known construction, entrains the bar 10 with the shaft 9, so that when an key is operated the escapement will also be operated, permitting the spring 13 to move the carriage one step transversely the machine, and successive operations of one or more keys resultmg in movement of the carriage an equal number of steps transversely 1n the machine.

Within the carriage 4 a frame including a of plates 14 is mounted, being sustained by two links 15 pivoted at their rear ends4 to thecarriage 4 and at their` front ends to the frame. The two side plates of the frame have dependin arms 16 to each of which a lever 17 is plvoted. The rear ends of the levers 17 are attached to a rock shaft 18 journaled in the carriage 4. Two arms 19 attached to the shaft 18 support a rod 2O at their lower ends. A link 21 has its front end pivoted to an arm 22 passes through a support 23 attached to the machine base, and has an eye or loop loosely encircling the rod 20, in idle position near the left end of said rod. By left is meant the left side of the machine with reference to the operator facing the machine. A collar 2A abuts against the support 23 and serves to hold the parts in their idle position. A. spring 25, encircling the link 21 between the rear side ofthe support 23 and a collar 26 on said link, assists 1n restoring the frame in the carriage to its lower position after each elevation thereof, as presengly described.

ithin the frame 14 a plurality of series of selectin devices are mounted. Said devices are 1n the form of pins 27 pvoted upon rods 28, and projecting above and below the frame in which they are supported. Said devices are arranged in longitudinal series, there being nine in each series,-one for each figure except 9. There is one series of nine pins for each type carrier, and in idle position that row or series of pins at the left is immediately above the` key t-erminals 3, and one step to the right of the t e-carriers, so that the first movement of t e carriage will position that row or series almost directly under the units type-carrier, as usual in machines of the cross-carriage type. Operation of a ke strikes its extension against the forwar edge of the corresponding pin 27 and swings the latter to the position shown in Fig. 4. Rods 29 in the frame serve as stops to prevent the pins 27 from turning too far. TheA pins are held by friction in their various positions. The foremost pin in each series represents 0 the next re resents l, and so on, there being in eac series one pin for each figure exce t 9 for which none is needed as will ereafter appear. Numbers are 'set up or introduced into the carriage by successive operations of the keys representing the di 'ts in the numbers, which results in swinging the corresponding pins in the carnage.

After the number has been introduced into the carriage by operation of the ke s that number may be printed. U on eac typecarrier is an arm 30, in the orm of a rack and each of these arms carries a series of verticall movable pins 31 held in frames 32 attac ed to said arms. There is one of these pins for each digit except 9, the foremost representing O, the next l, and so on, and they are arranged the same distance apart as are the type. Each pin 13 is drawn forward and, through the medium of the link 21 and its connections, the frame 14 is raised and the upper ends ofthe ins 27 which had been o erated byv the (cys strike the lower ends oiJ corresponding stops 31 and raise the latter. The pins 27 which had not been key set pass into the notches 33, so that in this Way the selector frame selects and sets up the proper stop pins 31 to represent the number which had been struck on the keys. The frame then quickly drops downward to its idle position. By this time the rod H starts forward and 'the type-carriers necessary to record the number swing forward until the stops which had been set strike the bar 36. The number is then presented at the rinting line and is automatically. printed' the hammers E being thrown against tile type inA a well understood manner. When the handle reaches thel limit of its movement it is released and all the parts are restored to idle 4 position ready for another operation. A totalizing mechanism X, of known const-ructionl and operation, is arranged automati cally to add the numbers recorded.

To prevent movement of those .type-carriers whose operation is ntit desired in recording Ya number, a detaining plate 4 is pivotedy to a support 4* on the carriage 4, said plate extending in front ofthe extension 30* below the arms 30 ofthe-type carriers. In idle position this plate is in front of the extensions 30" of all the type-carriers but moves leftward to release one ty e-carrier at each o eration of a'key. Sai plate is spring-hel easily depress the plate and return to its the .shaft 5), and arranged to engage with an arm 42to turn said shaft and thereby move the carriage 4 toward its idle position. These parts, also, are substantially the same as in the Hopkins machine of commerce, and, being well known do not require further description. As the carriage is thus moved toward idle position it travels undera bar so that any part 30* that should be in front thereof at any time would 43 having a series of switch arms 44 attached to its under side. The pins 27 which had been moved or set by the keys rub against these arms 44 and are thereby forced again to vertical position ready for another operation. In its backward movement the carriage travels a sli ht distance beyond its idle position so that t e pins in all the rows will be restored by the arms 44, after which the carriage moves slightly so that the first row of pins will be carried away from said arms 44 and over the key terminals 3 and be free to move. A cam 45 on the carriage 4, at the time the carriage is farthest at the right during the restoring operation, engages an arm 46`on a rock shaft 47, to which the lower two arms 37 are attached and rocks said shaft effectively to draw downward the front ends of said arms 37. By this movement a seriesl of arms 48 carried by the bar 36 are moved downward and caused to restore lto idle position such of the stops 31 as had been selected to represent the number. For the di it 9 however, there is no stop, the edge o? the sector arm serving that function.

From the foregoing description it will be observed that my invention isureadily combinable in any machine of the cross-carriage type without destroying the fundamental principles of such machines.

I do no t restrict myselfl to identical features of construction or arrangement, but

What I claim and desire to secure by Letl ters Patent is 1. The combination with the type-carriers, and the stopscarried thereby, of mechanism for positioning any of said stops and an abutment against which said sto s cngage when said type-carriers move, su stantially as specified.

2. The combination with the type-carriers, the platen, and the printing hammers, of a series of sto s on each type-carrier, mechanism operab e to osition 4said stops and an abutment where y the stops positioned as aforesaid will stop movement of said type-carriers.

3. The'combination with a series of typecarriers, a series of stops carried by each ty e-carrier, and means for holding paper a jacent to the type-carriers, of keys, and devices operated by the keys for moving the sto s on the type-carriers.

4. e combination with adding mechanism, and type-carriers operable to record "numbers, of a series of stops on each typecarrier, and ke -controlled devices for positionin any desired stops to limit movement o said type-carriers.

5. The combination with the type-carriers, and the stops carried thereby, of key operated parts for moving said stops.

, G. The combination with the type-carriers, and the stops carried thereby, of keys,

a carriage for operatin riers, and hammers for driving the type to record, of a series of stops on each typecarrier, and key controlled devices for movingi any of said stops, substantially as specie 9. The combination with the type-carriers, printing hammers, and adding 'mechanism, of parts carried by said type-carriers, said parts to set up numbers to be adde and printed, and means for restoring said parts to idle position.

10. The combination with' a series of typeearriers, type on said type-carriers, a carriage and mechanism operable to cause said carriage to set u numbers on said type-carriers, of means or causing-said type to record said numbers.

11. The combination With the type-carriers, and the stops thereon, of a carriage, and key actuated devices in said carriage operable to move said stopsA to represent numbers, substantially as described.

l2. A platen, a series of t pe-carriers, and a series of hammers opera le to drive the type to record on paper held by said platen, in combination with a series of maniable stops carried by each type-carrier, carriage, and devices in said carriage operable eil'ectivejAv to position an desired stops.

13. A. platen arrange to hold paper, a series of type-carriers, and hammers operable to drive thevtype to record on paper held by said laten, in cambination with a series of Inova le stops carried by each typecarrer, a carriage, devices in said carriage operable effectively to position any desired Ast ops, and keys operable to position said de- 14. A series of typefcarri'ers, a platen, hammers for driving the type toward said 0013i of this patent may be obtained for platen, stops on the type-carriers, means for positioning any of said stops as described, means for operatin said type-carriers after said stops have een positioned and an abutment for said stops.

15. A series of type carriera a platen, hammers for driving the type toward said platen, racks connected with said type-carriers, stops on said racks, means for setting any of said stops', means for operating said type-carriers and racks after said stops have been set, and an abutment for said stops.

16. Recording mechanism comprising a platen, type-carriers, means for operating said type-carriers, a carriage determining which of said type-carriers may be operated, stops carried by said type-carriers, means for settinflr selected ones of said stops when said carriage operates, vand hammers operable to drive the type to record.

17. Recording mechanism comprising a platen, type-carriers operable toward and away from said platen, movable pins carried b said type-carriers, a carriage, means in sai carriage for setting selectedones of said pins, means for operating said carriage effectively to set said pins, an abutment for said pins, means for o erating said typecarriers, and hammers "-A or driving the type to print. p

18. In an adding machine, mechanism for recordingthe numbers to be added comprising a series of carriers, a series of type mc" nted on each carrier, a series of movable stops mounted on each carrier, a carriage, means for operating said carriage. means in said carriage for setting selected ones of said stops, means for operating said carriers, a platen arranged to feed paper to said carriers, and hammers operable to drive the type to print on paper on said platen.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix my signature this 1st day of December, 1908.

CHARLES K. PIoKLEs. [as] y Witnesses:

JNO. A. WARREN, L. C. KINGSLAND.

ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G,

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