US1047837A - Registering and recording apparatus. - Google Patents

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V. PODUSGHKA. REGISTBRING- AND ECQRDING APPARATUS.

APPLIUATIUN FILED AUG. 2, 190g.

Patented Dec. 1'?, 1912.

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V. PODUSCHKA.- y RBGISTBRING AND RECORDING APPARATUS,

APILIOATION FILED AUG. 2, 1909.

Patented Dec. 17, 1912.

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V. PODUSCHKA. REGISTERING AND REGORDING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 2, 1909.

Patented Dec. 17, 1912.

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Zz dei )Ea UNITED sTATEsm VICTOR PODUSCHKA, OF KLOSTERNENBURG, NEAR VIENNA, AUSTBIl-HUNGARY,

REGISTERING AND RECGR'DING' APPERTUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented, Dec. i7 1912.

Application led August 2, 1909. Serial No. 510,?48.

To fzZZ ufwm it may concern.'

Be it known that I, VICTOR PoorsoHKA, a subject of the Emperor oi" Austria-Hungary, residing at Klosterneuburg, near V1- enna, rhistria-Hungary, have invented Cer- 'tain new and useful .Improvements in Registering and Recording Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

The invention has for its object a registering and recording apparatus arranged ,tor a number of pay places in which, at each depression ofa key, which can only take place under control, a slide is displaced one hole at a time in a row of holes formed in a recording carriage by means of a striking bar displaced by a key bar, the several rows of holes forming scales for the classes of goods to be sold, so that from the position of the slide in the several rows of holes, thesuin of each of the kinds of goods that have been sold can be ascertained. In the appliances ot' this kind as hitherto con structed as many carriages are arranged one above the other as there are pay places, while in accordanc.` ivithrthe present inventioi. only a single carriage is provided for all the pay places. In addition to the sinipliticaticn ot the construction and reduction of the total height of the apparatus thereby obtained, the further advantage is secured that at any time merely by inspecting the carriage, which is protected by a glass'plate, the quantity sold from all the pay places can be ascertained, while in the case ott-he devices heretofore used each of the lower carriages had to he withdrawn from the casing. Further, the considerable height of the apparatus necessitated by the presence ot a number of carriages impeded the view ot the person attending to or using the apparatus.

The provision of a single recording carriage tor all the pay places is rendered possible in accordance with the present invention. owing to the fact that instead of being formed with single rows of holes, the carriage is furnished with groups of rows holes. with as inany rows of holes as there are pay places, and is adjustabler transversely. with one row of holes of the groups relatively to the key bars for actuating tie striking bars.

Way of example a checking and recording apparatus arranged for two pay places-but this checking and recording apparatus can be inodied for as many as siX pay places.

ln said drawings, FigureI l is a plan View of the apparatus, With parts in section; Fig. Q is a. longitudinal sectional View, and, in Fig. 3 a cross-sectional View; Fig. l is a plan View of the parts shown in section` in Fig. l and Fig. 5 is a. longitudinal sec tion of the same; While Figs. 6 to 11 illustrate details which, with the exception of Fig. 10', are drawn to a larger scale than Figs. l to 5.

The apparatus comprises a box creasing l, with a key plate 2 through which pass keys 3, each of which keys corresponds to aV class of the Hoods to be sold and recorded, and when cepressed these keys displace akey bar 4, (Fig. 2) which operates a strip 5 and a recording slide (5. The strips 5 serve as registers. as will appear later. For the purpose of displacing the key barl et, each ott' the keys 3 is provided with a projection 7 which, upon the depression of the key, presses upon the uppermost ball of a row of balls l0 guided in a channel S in a ball casing 9, the lowerinost of these balls acting upon the key bar 4L. This bar is forked at both ends. lts tivo-pronged etfid which is directed toward the keys, is guided in the ball casing 9, while its other end, which is formed with three prongs, extends into a. locking casing l1 and is subjected to the action of a .compression spring 12 which returns the key bar 4t and the keys 3 to their normal position when released. The strips The accompanying drawings illustrate by 5 present the cross-sectional shape shown in Figs. 3 and 8, and rest upon guide combs" 13 which extend 'transversely over the base of the easing. (See Fig. Ll ln order to permit the actuation of said strips bythe depression of the keys, a paWl 14; is pivoted to each key bar 4, said pawl engaging in holes l5 in the corresponding` strip 5, and advancing the latter one step during the forivard movement of the key bar. v

1n order to enable both the person inanip-l .ulating the apparatus, and the assistant or Waiter,.as the case may be, to checken er keep tab on the depressions of the keys, oth

- the number 4 will appear at both ends o the apparatus. This number suiiices for the maximum number of the simultaneous sales of similar articles, for example, four glasses of beer, so that it is not necessary to make the strip 5 longer. If similar or dilerent registrations or key depressions are to follow in succession, the strip must be previously returned to its normal position. To

illisnd'each strip in its forward movementdistends a spring 18, the retractive action ofwllich is, however, prevented by means of a locking pawl 19 which falls into one of the holes Vl in the strip 5. A transverse plate 20 is pivoted in the casing 1 over the pawls 19;

. 'l this plate is provided with a roller 21 which is encountered by a projection 22 (Fig. 5') on a releasing rod 23, provided with a handle 23. and displaceably mounted-in the casing Las soon as the latter is drawn back. The pro'ection 22 then resses u on the roller.21 of tlhe plate 2G an said r u on the pawl 13, whereby the latter is lifted rom the registering strip 5, and the said strip is then rey turned to its normal osition by its spring 18. `'The releasing ro 23 is returned to its normal position by a spring 24, (Fig, 5). A lever 25 pivotally mounted in the casing 1 is pvoted to the front end of the releasing rod and when the releasin rod is pushed back, said lever strikes against a bell 26 arranged in the casing 1 so that each time the registering strips 5 are replaced, which i Shouldbe edected immediately' before each de ression of a key, a signal is given which ce. s attention to the depression of the key or theoperation or' the apparatus.

The recording slides 6 are'shifted' in the y manner usual 'in appliances of this kind by means of striker, bars 27, (Figs. 2, 3 and 10),

each of which belongs to a grou and is displaced by'n'oee 28-on ,the key ar 4 which. strikes against a nose 29 on the striker bar 27. The return of thestriker 27 to its normal position is effected by a spring 30. The strikers 27 are L-shaped in cross sect-ion; they are formed with a row of holes at their bottom and lie lin channels 31, (Fig. 3)

v formed by L-shaped guides 32 and a bottom plate 33. In the bottom plate are formed slots 34, (Fig. 2), through which the noses 29 of the strikers project.

The recorder 6, in the construction illustrated, is in the form of a Ulshaped spring clip, the lower leg of which bears against the perforated bottom "o the corresponding striker 27', while'its upper `leg bears against a perforated plate 35 coveringV the above.

mentioned channels 31. Upon plate 35 rests a perforated registering and recording cover plate 36, the upper face of which is divided in accordance with the character of the goods to be sold. Between plates 35 and 36 there is clamped a sheet of paper 37 which is printed 4of the recor er will spring upwardy when the new hole is reache thereb per ating the paper sheet and thus recor ing the actuation of the key. The end. of the nose just referred to will be visible through the cover plate 36. When the striker returns to its original position under the influence' of its spring 30, the recorder is unaffected, and re mains in the position into which it has been shifted by the forward movement of the striker, as above described, this being due to the beveling of the noses on the recorder legs. See Fig. 6. Fig. 2 illustrates the initial position of the recorder. The members 27, 32, 33, 35 and 36 constitute the recording carriage which is displaceable in the casing 1 transverse-ly, 'that 1s to say pcrpendicularly to the key bars 4, and is guided by rollers 38, 39, (Figs. 1 and 2)'. A lass plate 40 is inserted inthe casing l and is locked by a bolt 41 (Fig. l) which can be engaged with and disengaged from said plate by a key or spanner 42. f

The rows ofvholes in the carriage are arranged in groups which-correspond to the classes of goods to be recorded, and each group comprises as many rows of holes as there are pay meant that num er of tables, counters or the like in a place of business, such as a restaurant` for example, in which the recording of the foods, drinks or other articles sold necessitates a single assistant, 'waiter or cashier. The following, for example, might be regarded as classes of goods: half ints offbeer, quarter. pints of wine, and so orth. Now, when, for instance, there are two pay places, each group ofprows of holes must comprise two rows of holes, each of which has its recordingslide 6 and .its striker 27, while each group has only one key orbar fleaud one reglstering strlp 5. The strikers'of a grou are arranged si e b (Fig. 3), are wide enough to al'ord room for two strikers to be arranged side by side in them. g

l`The recording carriage has connected laces. By pay places, are

y side andv the channe s 31,.

therewith ,a pair of expansible coil'springs' 47, which springs exert thereon a tendency toward movement to the right with respect 55 belonging to that pay place.

QT are removed trom the path of the'noses QS on the key bars l. and in consequence, no payments can be recorded at such time. It is necessary, therefore, in order that a sale at any pay place may be recorded, that the carriage be adjusted transversely, so as to bring the noses on the .strikers corresponding to that place into alineinent with those on the key bars. 'To effect this adjustment, there is formed on the keeper plate 4&3 a series ot' steps 48 which cooperate with a corresponding number of adjusting bars 49, the number of bars and steps being the same as that of the pay places. instance, the adjusting keeper plate 4G has six steps, (see Fig. 7), so that the apparatus can be used for as many as six pay places; oln'iously, in such case, there must be a correspondingly larger number of adjusting bars and striking bars in each group. The

arrangement of the adjusting bars is such that when any one thereof is moved forwardly, as hereinafter described, its inner end will strike against the locking flap 44, Land will force the same to swing upon its pivots, thereby releasing latch 43 from the adjusting keeper plate 16. )Vhen this release takes place, the carriage will be tree to move to the right under the .iniiucnce of springs 17. The adjusting bars, moreover,

,40 ar arranged one a'boveanother, (Fig. 3),

and in line with the eorrespomling steps 4S en keeper plate lll-G. The evtent of movenlent el the carriage will vary, therefore, according to the particular adjusting bar operated.l and the carriage will move into pcsiticn to permit the actuation ot the corresponding key bar.

'The adjusting bars tt), (Figs. l, 3 and 5), which are passed through guide plates 5() are held byvipcans ot' springs: (t2 in their nor- ,mal position and terminate in iront ot a key cac-ing'l which permits only otl the actuation ol' the adjusting bar t9 correspending to a paiY place by means of the key Accordingly, lhe apparatus can be locked for a particular pay place b v withdrawing the key 'or that pay place. lt an adjusting bar 4t) is actuated by means of the properv key 5:2,

it rotates the lap 4l forward 'so that its latch t3 releases the adjusting keeper plate 4G. rl-`he recording carriage will then be shifted by the' springs t7 until the bar 49 actuated is engaged by the corresponding step 4S of the adjusting keeper plate. The

In the presentcarriage is then arranged for the corresponding pay place. In order to keep check on this adjustment by rendering the sante visible, a'small indicating plate 53 furnished with a sign or'number on both'sides is provided for each pay place, (Figs. 4; and 5); this plate is held in horizontal position in a recess in the cover plate ot' the casing by a spring 54, and when the correspoi'iding adjusting bar 4t) is pressed .'lorward a project-ion 55 upon said bar, (Fig. 5), will strike against an extension 5G of the plate 53, thereby raising said plate and holding it in upright position untilthe recording carriage has been returned to its normal position. This return to normal position is effected by means of a linger 57, (Fig. 3), on ashaft 59 rotatable in the easing and provided with a handle 58, (Fig. 1),Ithis finger acting upon an extension (50, (Fig. 3), of the recording carriage as soon as the handle 58 is rotated inward. In order to facilitate this return to the normal position, a helical spring G1 is coiled around the shaft 5t); one end of this spring is secured to the bottom otE the casing while its'other end is secured to the shaft 59, so that it applies the finger 5T with constant pressure against the extension GO of the carriage. )Vhen the handle 58 is rotated inward. the carriage will be forced to -the left. untilv the latch -tfl of the flap tet engages the adjusting keeper plate 4G, whereby the recording drawer is again locked in its normal position. Simultaneously. the

adjusting bar #l0 springs back into the normal position under the influence of the spring (59 and the same operation takes place with the indicating plate 53 under the intlucnce ot its spring 54., so that thecarriage is ready for re-adjustment for a payplace. lVhen the recording drawer occupies its normal position, no record can be made. as the strikers 2l' cannot be displaced by the key hars 4.

ln order that tbe keys 3 may be locked when the recording drawer occupies its normal position. the slotted casing Vll is arranged transversely of the key bars 't, (Figs. l, Q and ll the front ends ot' the key bars being designed to pass through these slots. There is also arranged within casing 1l a comb-like slidable strip (lil provided with a lateral arm tS-t, (see Fig. l) which extends into the path of a projection G5 on the carriage. )Viren said carriage is in its normal position. the teeth on strip G3 will aline with the slotsin casing` ll. and thus prevent ,the

actuation. 'a'. e.. forward movement. olE the key bars, the strip being held in position b v a spring- (3G arranged within the casing and bearing against' arm (it. Vl'heu, however. the carriage is set for a pay place, as above described, spring Gti will move the strip in the same direction, so that the spaces between the teeth of said stripwill register with the slots in the casing. A

Therows of holes of each group of the recording drawer can either extend over the entirev length of the lrecording drawer,v

as shown in Fig. 1, r onlyv over a part of its length, in which case two or more short groups ot rows ot holes may be utilized.

The shorter groups of rows of holes then serted in tlie key casing 5l, so as to adjustA the carriage, and erect the corresponding indicating plate 53. Then the key 3 corresponding to the article in question is depressed, the actuation of the key being indicated by the registering strip 5' which is thereby moved forward. The correspond- 'ing recordingslide 6 is moved forward one step, as above described, whereupon its pointed upper nose will perforate the record sheet 37 between the perforated plates 35 and 36. The sale of goods during business hours can be ascertained from the position ot the pointed upper nose of the recordingr slide in the upper perforated plate 36. At the end of business hours all the keys are withdrawn, the record slieet- 37 removed, utilized for `making up the books or any other pur-` ose, and replaced by a fresh one for the ollowing day; the recording slides 6 should, however, be returned separately by hand to initial position, before the new sheet is inserted, this being readily edected subsequent to the removal of the original sheet.

I claim as my invention:

l. In an apparatus of the class specified, the combination of a movable carriage adapted to carry with it a record sheet; a spring clip for perforating said sheet; and key-operated devices for actuating said clip.

2. Irl a checking and recordii'ig apparatus. the combination of a movable carriage adapted to carry with it 'a record sheet; a'

'keleton keeper secured to said carriage; a

i spi'ing-con'trolled movable latch normally engaged with said keeper for holding said carriage against movement; an eiidwisc movable member having its inner end pro-V jecting through said keeper for releasing vsaid latch; means for automatically moving 'said carriage in one direction when such rclease takes place: and means for making a record upon said sheet.

3. In a checking and recording apparatus,

the combination of a movable carriage neuem adapted to carry with it a record sheet; a

skeleton keeper secured to said carriage; a

.spring-controlled movable latch normally engaged with said keeper for holding said carriage against movement; an endwisemovable member having its inner end projecting through said keeper for releasing said latch; means for automatically moving said carriage in one direction when such release takes place; means for making a record upon said sheet; and means for subsequently moving said carriage in the opposite direction, to return same to tits initial position and to rengage said latch with said keeper.

4. In. a checking and recording apparatus, the combination of a movable carriage adapt-ed to carry with it a record sheet; aj

skeleton keeper secured to said carriage; a spring-controlled movable latch normally engaged with said keeper tor holding said carriage against movement; anA endivise- .movable member having its inner end projecting through said keeper for releasing said latch; means for automatically moving said carriage in one direction when such release takes place; means for making a rec* ord upon said sheet; a shaft provided wit-li a member adapted to engage said carriage for moving the latter in the opposite direction, to return same to its initial position and to rengage said latch with said keeper; and means for operati said shaft. Y'

5. ln an apparatus o the class specied, the combination of an adjustable sheet-can rying element; recording means Jfor acting on the sheet; key-operated devices for actuating said recording means; means or adjusting said element; a slide associated with said devices for locking the saine against actuation until the adjustment of said element has been completed; and connections between said element and said slide or actuating the latter from the former. l

6. In an apparatus of the class specified, the combination of an adjust-able sheet-carrying element having distinct Jfeed niovements ot diiereiit extents; recording means or acting on the sheet; selective means for imparting such feed movements to said element; a slide associated with recording means for locking same against actuation Auntil a feed movementoi said element has been completed; and connections between said element and/said slide for actuating the latter from the former.

7. In an apparatus of the class specified, the coiiibiiiationof a support adapted to carry a r'ecord blank; devices arranged inF teriorly of said support for perforating said blank; and means for progressively advancing said devices bodily in one direction within said support.

8. The combination, with a carriage adapted to carry a record sheet; of a spring member arranged within the 'carriage for perforating said sheet; and means for progressively advancing said member.

9. The combination, With a support adapted to carry a record sheet, said support having a perforated top; of amember apranged interiorly of the support and having. apomt adapted to project through the perfdtfations in said top; to perfor-ate said sheet; and means for bodily shifting said member in. one direction.

10. The combination of a support provided v'vith a pair of superposed perforated plates adapted to receive a record sheet therebetween; a member arranged interiorly of said support and having a point adapted to project through the perforations. in said plates, to perorate said sheet; and

' means for bodily shitting said member in one direction.

11. The combination, with a movable carriage adapted to carry a record blank; of means for movingsaid carriage in one direction to adjust the position thereof; a recording device arranged interiorly of said carriage for acting on said sheet; and means tor advancing said device bodily in a direction at right angles to that ot the movement ot said carriage.

'12. The' combination, with a support .tor a record sheet; of a device tor perforating said sheet; a member for progressively advancing said device; a key-operated member for actuating the first-nan'ied member; `and meansl for controlling the actuation otI said key-operated j member.

13. The combination of al supportfor a record sheet. having a perforated top plate against which said sheet is disposed; a member arrangedy interiorly of said support and having a perforated. bottom plate; and a recorder having pointed ends arranged for interchangeable engagement in the perforations in said top and bottom plates, said recorder being moved progressively in. one direct-ion by the actuation o said member. 14. The combination. with a support for a recordv sheet; of a registering strip; a selfacting member for pertorating said sheet; and mechanism tor simultaneously shitting said member and strip from one position to another. l 1f). The comhiiiation, with a support for a record blank: ot an endwise movable registering strip having its opposite end portions marked with reversely-arranged numerals; a recorder tor acting on said blank; a casing wherein the aforementioned parts are -inclcsed provi fl adjacent its opposite end iv'ih a pair oi' ht openings disposed above the nlnnlwred portions ot said strip; and means '.lisposed wit-hin aid casing for simultaneously operating' said recorder and shitting said strip one direction.

16. The combination, with .a carriage havmg distinct feed movements of different eX- tent and adapted to carry-a record blank with it; of a selective series of recorders for acting upon said blank; and means for movingv said carriage a dista-nce corresponding. to the particular recorder selected.

17. The combination, with a carriage havinga variable feed movement and adapted to carry a record blank.; of a selective series of recorders for acting upon said blank; a separate registering strip for each recorder; means Jfor moving said carriage a distance conforming to the particular recorder selooted; and means for simultaneously actuating said selected recort er and the corresponding strip.

18. 1n an apparatus of the class specified, the combination of a carriage adapted to carry With it a record sheet and having means associated therewith for moving it automatically in one direction; a stepped member .secured to said carriage; a movable latch normally engaged with said member for holding said carriage against such movement; selective adjusting bars for releasing said latch from engagement with said member. each bar being coperative with one of said steps to limit the extent of movement of said carriage consequent upon such release; and means for making a record upon said sheet.

19. In an apparatus of the cla-ss specified,

theI combination of a movable carriagev adapted`to carry with it a, record sheet; and having means associated therewith for Inoving it automatically in one direction; a member secured to said carriage; a latch normally engaged with said member for holding said carriage against such movement; an endWise-movable bar associated with said member for releasing said latch; a movable indicator coperative with said bar and movable by the latter into operative position When said bar is actuated; and means 'for making a record upony said sheet.

20. In an apparatus of rvthe class specified, he combination of a movable carriage adapted to carry'with it a record sheet; means for adjusting said carriage; recording means for acting on said sheet; a keybar for `actuating said recording means;` a member provided with a slot through which said key-bar is adapted to project When actuated; and a member operatively connected With said carriage and having a slot adapted to be brought into and out of registration with the first named slot to control the actuation of said key-bar.

21. In an apparatus of the class specified, the combination of a carriage adapted to carry with it a record sheet; means for ymoving said carriage in one direction; re-

cording' means for act-ing upon said sheet;

selective key-actuated bars fol" operating ln testimony whereof have hereunto set said recording means; a checking strip opmy hand in presence of two subsci'ibing wite 10 eratvely assocfiated 1vith sad operating messes.

means; means or ho ing sai srip in position uponA actuation; releasing means as- VICTOR PQDUSCHKA' sociated with ySeidl holding means;` and a Witnessesrsignal operatively connected with said re- JOSEF-RUBARCH,

leasing means. AUGUST FUGGER.

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