US1047775A - Cash-register. - Google Patents

Description

F. K. FASSETT.

CASH REGISTER.-

APPLIGATION FILED. 001. 29, 1906.

Patented Dec. 17, 1912.

F. K. FASSETT.

CASH REGISTER. APPLICATION FILED OUT. 29, 1906.

Patented Dec. 17, 1912.

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CASH REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 29, 1908.

lwi lmwm F. K. FASSETT. CASH REGISTER. APPLICATION FILED 00129, 1906.

Patented Dec. 17, 1912.

F. K. FASSETT.

CASH REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED OOT.29, 190s.

Patented Dec. 17, 1912.

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OHIO, ASB IGNORIEO THE NATIONAL cm IEGIS- DEB COMPANY, 01' DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO, (INCORPORATED IN Specification at Patent. Application ma omberas, 190a. $erial no. 341,1'o1.

CASH-REGISTER.

Patented Dec. 17,1912.

1}) all whom it may concern: j

it known that I, FRANCIS K. FAssE'rT, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of' Ohio,-have invented certam new I and meful Improvements in Cash-Registers, of'which I declare the following to'be a full, clear, and exact description. I

This invention relates to time recorders and the principal object is to provide an improved construction of timestamp which ma be used alone or as an attachment to a casii register. In case it is used as an attachment a novel. windin mechanism shown herein may be em loye controlled by the' usual cash safe suc as the cash drawei. In this connection a novel over-winding pre-- venting mechanism is also employed. A further object is to provide an im-- proved construction in time stamps for days. t r With these and incidental objects in view,

tures of construction and combination of, parts, the essential elements of which are set forth in appended claims and a" preferred form of embodiment of which is heres'pecification. V

Of said drawings: Fi ure 1 isan eleva- 5 tion" of the time stamp showing it attached to a register. Fig. 21s a section taken just inside the frame piece shown in Fig. 1, and looking in the reverse direction, the section plan of parts shown in Fig. 2 and also showmg the amount printing type wheels. Fig. 4 1s a detail section showin the winding mechanism .for the clock andthe rinting devices. Fig.'5 is a rear' view of Fig. 4, showing the pverwinding preventer. Figs.

of the time controlled mechanism; Fig. 6

of the minute disk; Fig.8 a plan of the hour detail of the two type This invention comprisesa novel means for producing a differential motion which may be used in cash registers, adding maas controlling time printin wheels but with small change may be use in the manner used alone. or may be j closed in normal position. A novel means for The machine to which the invention is %shown" as applied is a wellfknown type disrior patents among which may be mentlone patents to Joseph P. Cleal $693,498, Feb. 18, 1902; 718,565, January 1903 and 786,346, Aprild, 1905.;The first of these patents shows a key operated cash reg ster having two counters and a set of operating keys common thereto. The control'of the counters as. to which one shall be in operative relation with the actuating dewices is provided for by a push button .or key. 'In the second of to a machine of the same type is shown but with the addition of printing devices. The

the patents referred last above patent shows the same machine but with two cash drawers instead of one, the cash drawers being also controlled by the push button above referred to. To the' machine shown in' the said patents I-have applied a time stampin device together with means for winding-t eclock thereof.

For a full description of the cash register,

registers, the register serves in its oscillation to causea complete rotation of a shaft. In this attachment the said shaft serves to operate the platenand tocause a movement of the time printing wheels to desired position. A clock is of course provided to control the time stamping and automatic means for winding the same are furnished, this means being operated by the return of either one of the cash drawers to preventing Over-winding of the clock by the operation of the drawers is also provided.

In prior paten s time stamps attached to a register have been disclosed but they have been open to the objection that the clock is compelled to perform too large an amount of work. A clock spring" has of course only a limited amount 0 energy stored therein and is not competent to continually drive a plurality of type wheels. To overcome this above indicated. The time stamp may he usedv as I an adj unctin the nature of an attachment to a cash reg- Lister and it is so shown herein.

i the above patents are referred to but in v generalit may be said to comprise a series of operating keys which when depressed serve to actuate one oftwo which is to be operated being determined by a push button. The keys control the move- -ment of a common member'known as a key jcoupler and this member clock and this causes little more work than...

' is employed in driving the ordinary clock hands. The graduated disks serve to merely control the movement of the type carriers which are set from normal position at each operationby the actuation of the, register itself. a

Referring now to Figs. noted that the driving shaft above referre to as being given a rotation at each operation of the machine is indicated on Fig; 1 by the numeral 12. This shaft 12 carries mounted eccentric'ally thereon a roller 13 which rides in a slot 14 of a bent arm 15. This arm is guided by slots 16 and 17 in a main frame piece 18. It will be seen that when shaft 12 is given a rotation the bent arm 15 will be moved toward the rear of the machine and then forward again to its normal position. Mounted in the forward 1 and 2 it will be end of bar 15 is a pin 19 passin through the and by pins slot' 17 of the frame 18 and inside the frame and mounted-0n this pin 19 are two gear wheels 20 shown in Figs. 2 and 3; Meshing,

with each of the two gear wheels 20 are racks 21 and 22, rack 21 being above'the gear 20 and rack 22 being below the gear 20. These four racks, two for each gear, are carried bypin 25 at the forward ends said pin passing through slots 26 in all four bars 27 at the rear ends, the upper one of which carries the upper rack bars 21 and the lower one of which carries the lower rack bars 22. It will be seen that when the cars 20 are .moved bodily by the rotation of shaft 12 that they will tend to move all four of the rack bars 21 and 22 toward the rearof the machine. 1 The clock mechanism may known type and is only indicated generally as it is not part of the present invention." Any mechanism which will drive the shaft 31 on Fig. 2 at one rotation per hour will answer and in fact by using a different ratio of gearing a different period of rotation of shaft 31 might be used. A gear 32 on this shaft meshes with a large gear 33 the ratio of the two gears being such that gear 33 is rotated'once'in twelve hours. Adjacent to this gear 33 and rigidly secured thereto are two sets of graduated disks 35 for-the minutes' and 36 for the hours. The unitary structure thus formed is free to revolve upon the shaft 34:. Two sets of complementary disks for hours and minutes are provided as shown in Fig. '2- and two of the-rack bars referred to are adapted to engage the hour disks and the other two to engage the minute disks. The graduated disks 35 arecomplementarily graduated as shown in Fig. 2 so that the sum of the radial distances from the center to the graduation is constant for any pair of complementary steps. The rack bars 7 same way except that be of any well '36. Either the pawl'42 or ferrcd however 21 and 22 are positioned just outside and in the planes of the graduated dlsks and the distances from the ends of the pa r of rack bars to the graduations on the dlsks 35 and 36 are constant. the complementary nature of the graduated disks. The disks 36 are graduated. in the the steps have each an extent equal to one of the sets of steps of the minute disks. It will be seen from this con- (1 struction that when the shaft 19carr'ying gears 20 is moved rearwardly theQpair of rack bars '21 and 22 adapted to engage the This readily follows from minute disks 35 will be projected until one of them strikes the step of a "pair farthest from the center-of the disk. This rack bar will then be stopped and the further motion of shaft 19 will rotatethe gear 20 andthere by advance the other rackbar until it .abuts the complementary step ofdthe other disk 35. It will be clearly seen that with this 1 com struction it is only necessary to provide a second rack on one of the rack bars and to connect the time printing device with this.

"In the construo'tionshown rack bars 22 are provided with additional racks 37 which gear with pinions '38. The pinion 38 for th'e hour wheel is sleeved about a shaft 39 which directly carries a similar'pinion'38- for the minute wheel; these wheels bei'ng'shownin Fig. 3 and indicated by numerals 41 and 42.

i The object of providing the complementary disks is to furnish apositive stop for a't'lme printing mechanism. It was stated tha'twhen the shaft 19 moved bodily, both the rack bars 21 and 22"would also move" and this would be the case ifmechanism lwas not provided; to detain one of the bars; 1 Itis however desirable to prevent'movementof the time printing device'and ther'ackbar '22 therefor until the rack bars 2hhave been .moved to abut the graduated disks 35* and 36.

To accomplish this a pawl 512" engages in a notch 43 of the minute bar'22. This merely acts as a-detent -for the said bar andwill only prevent its movement until its assooi ated bar is stopped by the graduated disk.

In a case of the hour printing devicesa spring 14; connected at one en'dto the rack bar 37 and at the otherend to th'e machine framefserves to preventmovement of the hourrack'bar 37 until its associated barhas been stopped by the step on one of the disks the s'pring'44: may be used on each rack bar. The former is pre because its retarding influ too en'ce practically ceases after the 'rackfbarQ starts while the spring exerts a. constantly increasing resistance. The mechanism has been described as if directly abut the graduated-disks but this is not strictly true as determlning plung'erse'fl the rack bars themselves;

are pivoted at 471 at one end to'the rack ba'rs andtheir free ends are carried inhanger 49'. Hanger 49 is free to move either .up'or down to rotate as well asto be moved bodily for the reasonthat the gearlmeshes the rack bars 22 which are held in normal position by the pawl'42 and the spring 44. The rotation of gear 20 serves therefore to move forwardly the rack bars 21 and the determining plungers 47 connected thereto until said plungers are stopped by one of the complementary disks 35 and 36. Such stopping overcomes the retaining force of pawl 42 and spring 44 and rack bars 22 immediately move forward until their plungers 47 abut the other pair of disks 35 and 36. This last motion is communicated to the type wheels and serves to set thesame to position to print the correct time and it will be clear from the complementary nature of the graduated disks 35 and 36 that the ends of plunger 47 will in all cases be moved until they strike the steps of the disks thus furnishing a positive sto for the time wheels. The mechanism woul be operative with onl one disk 35 and one disk 36 but would be liable to overthrow.

As the mechanism is shown it is adapted to print the time at intervals of five min-. utes. The graduated disks 35 and 36 have only a very slow rotationso that the passage of a step from the plane of movement of-the plungers 47 takes considerabletime. To insure the printing of the proper time one of the plungers 47 1s beveled on its rearward end as indicated at 48, this will clearly serve toslightly elevate the set of plungers as they are all carried in a frame 49 which is spring supported as indicated at 50 on the main frame it being noted that the beveled projection 48 is adapted toengage the disk 35 whose steps as they pass the plane of pl'ungers 47 su'ccessivel increase in distance from shaft 34. The evel of the plunger 47 as referred to has a function in setting the A. M. and P. M. type which will be hereafter referred to. p

A novel mechanism for printing A. M. and P. M. is provided and this may be next described. I Y

The unitary structure consisting of gear 33 and disks 35 and 36 which as before state d2 makes one rotatim intwelve hours carries a pinion 51 engaging a gear 52 of twice the number of teeth, this gear being carried b'ya pin 53. Mounted on the gear 52 is a pin which rides in a slot in an arm 55 on a pin 56;

of the main frame. As gear, 52 rotates once is connected to two springs 56 and 57 which are both connected to a curved bar 58. This bar is mounted to slide forwardly and reversely and is connected at its forward end to an arm 59 mounted on'a pin 60 and which has-on the lower curved end thereof 'tw'o type 61 and 62 for A. M. and P.--M The bent arm 58 carries :1 lug 63 which is adapted to ride a ainst aflange 33 carried by and rotated witg one small portion thereof cut away., It wll be seen that as gear 33 rotates thereby driving gear 52 the arm 55 will be gradually moved rearward from its position in Fig. 2 thereby tensioning spring 57 and tending to retract the bar 58 and the type carrying arm 59, however the lug 63 rides against the flange 33 before referred to and thereby prevents the movement of the type carrier until the end of a twelve hour period. At this time however the broken away part of the said flange reaches lug'63 and spring 57 can then draw the arm 58 rearvvardly,the lug 63 passing through the broken away portion of the flange 33,, and thereb bringing type 62 to the printin oint. uringthe next twelve hour perio t e arm 55 is moved forwardly tensioning spring '56 and at the end of the said period a reversal of the described operation takes place as the broken away part of theflange 33 again reaches lug 63 which thereupon moves forwardly the gear 33, said flange havin to the printing point. It will be evident that as flange 33 rotates once only inItwelve hours, its motion is very slow and it would be impractical to time the action of the lug 63 in its passage through the broken away portion 0 the flange so as to be'certain-sucn passage would occur precisely at the proper time. lug 63 through the cut away portion-'of'the flange 33 at the proper moment, so ascor- In order to insure the passage of the rectlyto record the time, the upper bevel portion 48 of the plunger 47, which-engages with the disk 35 whose graduations increase in distance from the center as the disk asses the plunger while moving counterjcloc wise,

will engage the radial portionof the highest point on the'disk 35. upon the o eration of the machine and; thereby be sightly depressed. This depressing of the plunger.

47, which 1on1 occurs at five minutespa'st' noon and mi night, depresses a ban c1749 which in turn depresses the link 58 t ereby carrying the lug63 in position to be drawn:

through the cut away portion of aflange 5'33? by .eit-her of the springs 56 or 57 1 g This control of then. M. and P. M. type-carrier flby ot 'herfparfs of the time printing --mechanism is very essential from the'fact thatifleft to be operated by the spring's56 and-57 there is-a possibility of the lug 63 remainin in contact with the flange 33 when it shoul ass through the cut away portion of said ange thereby printing 12.05 A. M. or P. M. 5 when it should record -justthe opposite. v When'the timeprinting type carriers have been adjusted the 'amount' printing carriers .71'have also beemset as described in the atents' referred to and the impression is t en taken from bothsetsof carriers.- The shaft 12' carries a' cam 72 which serves to depress the platen arm 73 against the tension of a spring '74. This platen arm 73 carries a platen $75 andwhen the high po nt of the cam 72 passes the projection 76 of'platen arm 73 the said arm will rise under tension of spring 74 and force any record material against the-type carriers. In this mechanlsm the record material is a paper strip 20 shown in Fig. 1 and is mounted on a .roller 77 passing thence over pins 78 and 79v to a. winding roller 80. A pawl 81 serves to drive a :feedingratchet 82, this pawl being oscillated with the key coupler 'whichis car- 25 'ried on shaft 83. The ratchet 82 is geared through a pinion 84 to a gear 85 which serves tofeed an ink ribbon 86. This ribbon passes around the roll 87 moved by the pinion 85 and also passes over other-sup portingrollers as shown. It-will be seen that the record strip is fed slightly at each operationand that a freshportion of the ink. ribbon is brought to printing position at each operation.

As before stated means are provided for automatically winding the clock. The machine is provided with two cash drawers only one of which is shown and in the rear of each of the drawers is a lever 101. These 40. levers are carried one tightly and one loosely by ashaft 102shown in Figs. land 4. The Y loose lever 101 has connected rigidly thereto a forwardly extending projection 103 and mounted on the shaft 102 and thereby connected rigidly with the other lever 101 is a second projection 104 extending slightly farther than the projection-103. Connect ed by. apin to each of the projections 103 and-104 are pawls105 shown in Fig. 5 adapted to both engage the wide ratchet 106., Springs 107 serve to. rock the levers 101 forwardly and springs 108 serve to press the pawls 105 against a ratchet 106.; -It will be seen that when 1 either of. the :drawers is open the corresponding lever .101 willmove forwardly thereby retracting itsypawl 105 over the teethof the ratchet 106 andwhen .the' drawer is again closed the pawl 105 will rotate the said so ratchetjthe-distance of one tooth. A usual retaining'pawl .109 serves toprevent reverse rotation ofthe ratchet. This ratchet 106 is rigidly carried by athreaded shaft 107 and to the other-end of this shaft is attached 65 one end. of the clock spring. The outer end of the spring is attached to a barrel 110 and this is connected to the main driving gear 111 of the clock mechanism, the barrel of course being loose on the threaded shaft 107. A nut 112 is threaded on the shaft 107 and has a flange 113 against which rlde lugs 114 of a lever-115 pivoted on a long pin prevent -rtheir upward movement at the" proper time. The lower end of the lever 115 serves to stop projection 103 and a flange 116' thereof moves over and stops the projection 104, it being noted that projection 103 does not extend far enough to strike flange 116*. A ratchet 106 is rotated the spring is wound by turning its central shaft and the nut 112 thereby moves along the shaft by the threads ,thereof, this nut being connected to the gear 111 b a pin 118 passing through the nut and th erefore preventing its rotating with the shaft 107. As the nut moves along the shaft the lever 115 will follow it under its spring tension thereby bringing the lower end of the lever and the fiange-116 thereof finally over the projections 103 and 1040f the winding levers 101. When this happens the movement of the cash drawers will no longer wind the clock as the levers 101 do not move outwardly to retract pawls 105 over the teeth of'ratchet 106. As the clock operates however the rotates with it through the medium of pin 118. This rotation of nut 112 serves 'to move it reversely along the threaded shaft 107 and will finally carry the lever 115 so far that the lower end thereof and the flange 116 are moved out of the path of projections 103 and 104. If the machine is now operated winding will again take place. It will be seen that this mechanism provides an automatic winding, device for the clock actuated every time the machine is operated and at the same time serves to prevent over-winding in a very simple manher. It may be noted that with the mechanism shown fifteen operations of the cash register per day will serve to keep the clock wound and of course in practice many more operations than this number would be given the machine sothat there is-no danger of the clock runnin down.

'To provide orsetting the graduated disks 35 and 36 there is provided an additional disk 121 shown in Fig. 1 having a graduated dial thereon adapted to pass close by the pointer 122 which serves to adjust the device. As isusual in clock mech anisms the shaft 31 is driven frictionally and so may be turned by hand without disturbing the clock. I

The modification shown in Figs. 6 to 9 inclusive isa little simpler than the mechgear 111 rotates and the nut 112 iiiodification is intended to be rotated once in an hour and instead of carrying one gear 32 which drives both sets of dlSkS there are provided two gears 32' and 32 and two sets of disks for hours and minutes separately on shaft 34. As themechanism is shown the, pinion 32' is for the minute disk and 32" for the hours disk. The pinion 32' has twenty teeth and,- ears with a large gear having one hundre and eighty teeth so that the large gear receives one rotation every nine hours. The

diskshas eight teet and (gears with a large gear havi one hundre and ninety t wo teeth there y giving said gear a rotat on once in twenty four hours. These ratios of gearin are not required and any ratio which wil move the graduated disks prop 'erly will answer, it being only necessary that the minute disks shall moveto ass one set of graduations in an hour an the hours disk to pass one step in the same period. The hours disks 36 are as stated given a rotation once in twenty four hours and two sets of complementary graduations are provided. One set however is more distant from the center of the disk than the other set by the distance of one half of a step. This construction servesto-provide that the type wheel for the hours may be set to any of twenty four positions instead of twelve as in the other form, so that the A. M. and P. M. typemay be carried on this wheel as shown in Fi 9' there being two numerals for each 0 the hours one havin the A. M. type beside it and the other the M. type and one bein set to printing position ,when' A. M. shoul be printed and the other set when P; M. should be printed.

The mechanism is shown as adapted to set time printing wheels but it is obvious that the invention may be applied to perform other functions for example if the graduated disks are set by hand or by a series of keys to any desired position and the machlne operated, the ,wheels instead of printingtime may be used to print amounts,

thus serving to form a cash recorder. The rack bars 37 again, may well be used to actuate a registering apparatus instead of printing wheels as herein shown.

The mechanism just described is'sho-wn and described as performing the above mentioned functions in application No. 394,186, filed September 23, 1907, by the present applicant, and all claims common to the two an applications areto be embodied ,in the later one,- .the present case being limited to the timereeording mechanism. ,Whilethe form of mechanismhere shown and described admirably; adapted-to, fulfil ssthe objects primarily stated, it is to bev ar 32" for the hours understood that it is not intended to confine the invention to the one form of embodiment herein disclosed, for it is susceptible of embodiment in various forms all coming Within the scope of the claims which follow.

What is claimed is as follows;

a 1. In a printing mechanism, the combination-with printing devices and means for taking impressions therefrom, of a time printing -ty e wheel, a clock mechanism,

. graduated disks driven by said clock mechanism, a rack for operating said time print-- ing type wheel, a pinion meshing with sa1d rack, and means for moving said inion bodily and thereby actuating said rac 2. In a device of the class described, the combination with a plurality of differentially movable members geared together, of clock controlled means for obstructing movement of one of said members and thereby throw the geared connection correspondingly efi'ecting movement of the other of said movable members, and recording mechanism operated by said latter member.

3. In a printing mechanism, the combination with printing devices, and means for taking impressions therefrom, of a clock mechanism, and graduated disks driven thereby, rack bars connected to said printing devices, and meansfor positively actuating said rack bars to an extent dependent on said graduated disks and thereby driving said printing devices to set up the time determined by the graduated disks.

4. In a printing mechanism, the combination with type carriers, and means for taking impressions therefrom, of a clock mechanism and graduated members driven thereby, devices positively moved to engage said graduated members, and connections whereby movement of said devices actuates said type carriers to a correspondingextent.

5. In a printing mechanism, 'the combination with printing devices, and means for taking impressions therefrom, of a clock mechanism and graduated elements controlled'thereby, devices positively moved at each operation from a constant normal position to an extent depending on said graduated elements, and connections whereby said printing devices are actuated as said positively moved devices are operated.

6. In a printing mechanism, the combination with printing type carriers, and means for taking impressions therefrom, of racks for-moving said type carriers, a clock mechanism and graduated elements driven thereby, and means for positively moving said racks to extents dependent on said graduated elements and thereby actuating said type carriers.

7. Ina printing mechanism, the combinat1on;with-prin.ting type carriers and means i for taking impressions therefrom, of sliding racks permanently connected to said type tion with printing type carriers, a clock mechanism graduated elements controlled thereby, pinions gearing with said rack bars and movable to drive said rack bars to extents dependent on said graduated elements, with means for positively moving said PHIIOIIS:

8. In a printing mechanism, tion with printing type carriers, and means for taking impressions therefrom, ofgraduated time controlled members, drlv lng devices permanently connected to said type carriers with means for positively movlng said driving devices to extentsdependent on said time controlled members and there'-' 11. .In a printingv m'echanism, the combination with a clock mechanism and gradu- 35, .a ing type carriers, a fixed axis around which said'type carriers rotate, racks engaging and ated disks controlled thereby, of time printjdriving said type-fcarriers, and means for positively moving said racks past said carriers to, extents dependent ,on said graduated disks and thereby setting the-type-carriers position vto print the time. y

' 12. In a'prlnting mechanism, the combination with time'controlled mechanisnnincluding graduated elements, of time printing type carriers, slidable racks connected to drive said carriers, and means for posltlvely sliding said rack past said carriers and thereby differentially adjusting said type carriers. I

13. In a printing mechanism, the combination with a printer, type carriers, of time controlled mechanism including a pair of complementarily aduated elements, racks and connections or engaging said graduated elements, connections whereby one of said racks drives said type carriers, and a pinion connecting said racks with means for giving said pinion invariable excursions.

'14:. In a printing mechanism, the combination with a printing type carrier, of time controlled mechanism including graduated disks, racks and connections for engaging said graduated disks, teeth carried by said racks for driving said type carrier, a plnion' the combinadiflerentially positioning said engaging said rack, and means for bodily shifting said pinion invariable extents.

15. In a printing mechanism, the combination with time printing devices and clock mechanism governing the movement of the same, of a lever for winding said clock mechanism, means comprising a laterally movable arm for obstructing said lever, and devices controlled by said clock mechanism for moving said arm.

16. In a printing mechanism, the combinationwith a time printing mechanism, and clock mechanism, including a threaded winding shaft, for controlling said printing mechanism, of a lever for actuatlng said winding shaft, and a detent moved laterally by the windings of said shaft and serving to prevent operation of said lever when the clock mechanism is wound.

17. In a machine of the class described, 35 the combination with graduated disks and means for adjusting them to various positions, of determining members, sliding rack bars engaging said determining members and slidable to actuate said members to extents dependent on said graduated disks, ind means for positively actuating said rack ars.

18. In a time recorder, the combination with graduated elements, and time (3011- 95 trolled means for, adjusting them to diflerent positions, of rack bars and determining members movable thereby, a gear meshing with each rack bar and having a constant excursion at each operation of the machine,

and other rack bars also meshing with said gears and movable thereby to an extent determined by the graduated elements.

- 19. In a time recorder, the combination v with rack bars and time controlled means for obstructing them after any desired travel thereof, of additional rack bars, determining members controlled by the additional rack bars, a gear meshing with eachtWo rack bars and means for giving said gears a com stant excursion at each operation of the machine.

20. In a printing mechanism, the combination with time controlled mechanism, of time printing type carriers and means for i taking impressions therefrom, racks positively geared to said type carriers to rotate said carriers when said-racks move, and means for positively actuating said. [racks to extents dependent on said time controlled 12o mechanism and thereby setting the typecarriers in position to print thejtime.

21. In a printing mechanism the" combination with time controlled *memb'ersromplementarily graduated, of rack bars, one I25 for each member, gears connecting said rack bars in pairs, time printing devices driven by one of each pair ofrack bars and means for giving said gears a'constant excursion at 22. In a printing mechanism, the combination with time controlled members complementarily graduated, of rack bars one for each member, gears connecting said rack bars in pairs, time'printing devices connected to one of each pair of rack bars, yielding detent means holding said connected rack bars, and means for giving said gears'a constant excursion at each operation of the machine.

23. In a printing mechanism, the combination with time controlled mechanism having a rotation in twelve hours, of a type car- -rier having A. M. and P. M. type, a gear controlling same and so connected to the time controlled mechanism as to rotate in twenty four hours, and connecting means between said gear and type carrier arranged to be obstructeduntil the end of a twelve hour period.

24. In'printing mechanism, the combination with time controlled mechanism,'making one rotationin twelve hours, of a type carrier having A, M. and P. M. type thereon, a gear connected to the time controlled mechanism so as to rotate in twenty four hours, connecting said means between said type carrier and gear arranged to be put under tension by'the'movement of the gear, and a flange on said time controlled mechanism but having a cut away portion forobstructing the movement of said connecting means until the completion of a twelve, hour period.

25. In printing mechanism, the combina tion with time controlled mechanism comprising graduated disks, of time printing devices, rack bars controlling said devices and arranged. to be actuated to contact with said graduated disks, one of said bars having its contacting end beveled for the purpose described, and means for moving said bars.

26. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a clock controlled mechanism comprising a pair of graduated disks, of a printing type carrier, a pair of rack bars and a driving pinion connecting said bars, connections from one of said bars to said type carrier, and means for bodily shifting said pinion and thereby driving said rack bars. I

27 In a machine of the class described, the combination with a graduated element and time controlled means for giving it varied posit-ions, of a type carrier and a rack bar for driving it, a second rack bar having connections for engaging said graduated element and a pinion connecting said two rack bars with means for bodily shifting said pinion.

28. In a machine. of the class described, the combination with time controlled mecha. nism including a air of complementarily graduated disks, 0 a type carrier, a pair of slides, one of which has connections for driving said type carrier, means permanently connecting said slides, and devices for'moving said connecting means to actuate said slides to an amount depending on said graduated disks. Y

29. In a machine ofthe class described, the combination with time controlled differentially adjustable determining means, of a type carrier, a pair of slides and connec tions from one of said pair for driving said type carrier, means permanently c0nnect-' ing said slides, and devices for moving said connecting means to'actuate said slides to extents depending on the adjustment given said determining means.

30. In a machine of the class described, the combinations with graduated elements and clock mechanism for driving same, of slides and connections pivoted thereto and positioned to engage said graduated elements, one of said connections having a beveled engaging end, and apivoted hanger supporting said connections and permitting si ewise movement of all saidconnections, means for moving said slides, and printing type carriers controlled by said slides.

31. In a machine of'the class described, the combination with time controlled graduated elements and a flange movable therewithand having a cut away portion, of slides having connections for engaging said graduated elements, ty e carriers controlled y said slides, an ad itional type carrier, and means controlled by said flange and its cut away portion for adjusting said additional type carrier. 1

3 2. In a machine of the class described, the combination with time controlled graduated elements and a flange movable therewith" and having a cut away portion, of slides having connections for engaging s'aidgradu.

, ated elements, one of said connections being:

beveled as described, type carriers adjusted by said slides, a pivoted hanger supporting said connections, and constructed to be de- 110. pressed by the beveled connection, an addi tional type carrier, and spring operated devices controlled by said flange for adjusting said additional type carrier, said devices being positioned to hanger. I

33. In a time recorder, the combination with an operating mechanism having a con stant excursion during each operation of i the time recorder, of time controlled graduated elements, a plurality of type-carriers, and rack bars positively geared atall times with the operating mechanism and cona trolled by the graduated elements for differentially adjusting the type-carriers upon an operation of the time recorder;

34. In a time recorder, the combination with an operating pinion having a constant excursionvduring each operation of the time recorder, of time controlled graduated "elebe depressed by said 115 with the pinion ated elements ments, 0. t e-carrier, and com (with a clock controlled mechanism, of a' type-carrier having A. M. and P. M. char-} acters thereon, springs for moving said type- 1 carrier 1n opposite directions to bring the,

characters t ereon mto printing position,

' and-'lneans' controlled by the clock controlled;

mechanism for energizing said springs.

36. In a time recorder, the combination-Z with a clock controlled mechanism, of a; type-carrier having A. M. and P. M. haracters thereon, springs for moving said typecarrier in opposite directions to bring the? characters t ereon into rinting POSltlOD,

means actuated by the 0100 controlled mechanism for energlzing said springs, and a device connected to the clock controlled.

mechanism for preventing the operation of fiorrections in Letters Patent No 1,047,775.

the type-carrier by its springs until the; proper time. I

37. In a time recorder,'the combination with a clock controlled mechanism, of a type-carrier havin A. M. and P. M. char acters thereon, an means controlled by the clock controlled mechanism for moving the t pe-carrier in opposite directions to bring t e characters thereon into printing position.

38. :In a time recorder, the combination with printing devices and clock mechanism governing the movement of same, of windmg devices for the .clock mechanism, and means for locking the winding devices, the said locking means being controlled by the clock mechanism.

39. In a tlme recorder, the combination with operating devices and clock mechanism governing the mwement of same of winding devices forv the clock mechanlsm, and means controlled by the condition of the clock mechanism for locking and unlocking the winding-devices;

In testimony whereof I afiizi my signature in the presence of two. witnesses.

. FRANQIS K. FASSETT. Witnesses: .4

Roy 0. Gus CARL W. Bnusr.

copies ot this patent may be obtainedxtor five cents each,

by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents,

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No.1,04 =7,' 175, granted December 17, 1912 upon the application of Francis K. Fassett, of Dayton, Ohio, for an improve- I ment in Cash-Registers, errors appear in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 4, line 82, for the letter A read As, page 5, line 86, for

the word fthrow read through; page 6, line 100, strike out the words of the machine', same page, lines 111-1112 and line 130, for the words i of the machine r d of we'd means;- page 7,.li nes 9-10, for the words of the machine read of i said means, same: page line 27, first occurrence, strike out the word said; and

- that the said Letters Patent should be read with th secorrections therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office. I

Signed and sealed this 28thday of January, A. D., 1913. j

o.- o. BILLIINGS,

v Acting Commissioner f lfatemts.

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