US1119507A

US1119507A - Time-recorder.

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Publication number: US1119507A
Application number: US59560210A
Authority: US
Inventors: William D Hawley
Original assignee: MONITOR TIME CLOCK CO
Current assignee: MONITOR TIME CLOCK CO
Priority date: 1910-12-05
Filing date: 1910-12-05
Publication date: 1914-12-01
Anticipated expiration: 1931-12-01

Description

W. D. HAWLEY.

TIME RECORDER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 5, 1910.

1, l 1 9,507. Patented Dec 1,1914.

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W. D. HAWLEY.

TIME RECORDER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 5, 1910 1,1 19,507. Patented De0.1,1914.

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W. D. HAWLEY.

TIME RECORDER.

APPLIOATION FILED DEC. 5, 1910.

1,119,507. Patented Dec.1,1914.

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W. D. HAWLEY.

TIME RECORDER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 5,1910.

1,1 19,507. Patented Dec. 1,1914.

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WITNESSES: INVENTOR m M ATTORNEYS \(ORRIS PETERS C0 PHGTO-LITHQ. WASHINGTON, D. C.

UNITED STATES PATEN '1 OFFXCE.

WILLIAM D. IIAWLEY, OF SYRACUSE, NEW' 00., OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK,

YORK, ASSIGNOR- TO MONITOR TIME CLOCK A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

TIME-RECORDER.

Application filed December To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, lVILLmM D. HAWLEY, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Time-Recorder, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object the production of a time recorder comprising mechanisms which are particularly simple and compact in construction and economical in manufacture, and it consists in the combinations and constructions hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In describing this invention reference is had to the accompanying drawings in which like characters designate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a face view, partly in section, of one embodiment of my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly in section and partly broken away, of mechanisms seen in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the supplemental frame of the time recorder, and parts carried thereby. Fig. t is a rear elevation of the hammer mechanism and contiguous parts, the time controlled mechanism being shown in section. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the means for moving the marker radially. Fig. 6 illustrates a card to be used in connection with my time recorder.

In its general or anization, my time recorder, comprises a rotating time controlled element, a radially movable marker carried by said element, means for moving the marker radially at a predetermined period in the cycle of movement of said element, and means operable at will for effecting the making of a record by the marker.

1 have here illustrated my invention as applied to card time recorders, but obviously-it may e applied to any type of time recorders.

1 designates the main frame of the machine which comprises a base 2, and a back rising from the base and supporting the clock mechanism located behind the dial 3.

1- designates a supplemental frame deta chably mounted on the base and supporting the recording mechanism, its connections with the clock mechanism and the means operable at will for efiiecting the making Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1, 1914.

5, 1810. Serial No. 595,602.

of a record, the supplemental frame 4,- being here shown as formed with a bridge 5 opposed to and spaced apart from the face of the base 2.

6 is a rotating time actuated or controlled element here shown as located in the space between the bridge 5 and the outer face of the base 2, and as having a hub 7 fixed t0 the end of a shaft 8 extending upwardly through a bearing 9 formed in the supplemental frame, the shaft carrying a bevel gear 10 meshing with a bevel pinion 11 mounted on the hour hand shaft 12 of the clock mechanism so that the element 6 rotates with the shaft 12.

13 is a marker supported by the rotating element 6 and movable radially thereof, and also at an angle to the radial movement toward and from a. platen 14: provided on the upper face of the base 2, the radial movement occurring automatically at a predetermined point in the cycle of movement of the rotating element 6. The marker and platen constitute the parts of printing couple, one part being movable toward and from the other to effect the making of a record, and although the marker is here shown as the movable part, the platen may be, if desired, movable relatively to the marker. As shown this marker 13 is slidable radially and is pivoted at one end at 15 to a supporting member 16 movable in radial guides 17 provided in the rotating element 6, the marker 13 carrying a type 18 near its free end, the type being shaped to print a pointer on the card.

The radial movement of the marker 13 may be effected in any desirable manner, and I have illustrated in the drawing one particular simple and efficient means for effecting such radial movement, such means comprising, generally, an intermittently actuated power-transmitting part connected to the marker, and means for actuating said part. The form of means illustrated for effecting the radial movement of the marker comprises a power-transmitting part as a gear wheel 19 carried by the rotaing element 6 and having diametrically disposed smooth surfaces 20 for engaging the smooth surface 21 of a circular track 22,

and diametrically disposed gear teeth 23 be tween the surfaces .20 for engaging gear teeth 24 interrupting the surface 21 of the track 22.

The movement of the gear 19 aboutits axis is transmitted to the-marker in any suitable manner, and as here shown, such gear 19 is mounted upon one end of a shaft 25 journaled in bearings 26 formed in a bracket 27 projecting from the rotating element 6 and arranged at a right angle to the member 16, the shaft having at its opposite end a disk 28 which is provided with an eccentric pin 29 working in a'slot 30 formed in the supporting member 16 for the marker 13. As one of the surfaces 20 of the gear 19 slides along the surface 21 of the track no rotating motion is given to the gear 19, but when the gear reaches the teeth 2% of the track 22, one set of teeth 23 of such gear meshes with the teeth 24, and the gear is rotated through an arc of 180 degrees so that the disk makes one-half of a revolution and shifts the marker supporting member 16 radially in one direction. During the next cycle of movement of the rotating element 6 the other surface 20 of the gear 19 engages the smooth surface 21 of the track 22 until the oppositeset of gear teeth 23 engage the gear teeth 2 l of the track, causing the marker supporting member 16 to shift in the opposite direction. The marker may if desired be moved radially two or more times during each cycle of movement of the rotating element 6.

The marker 13 is designed to make a record on a card having outer and inner

circular spaces

31, 32 Fig. 6, each marked like the dial of a clock. The outer dial represents the working day period and the inner dial represents the working night period. The marker 13 moves over the face of the outer dial 31 during the day period and over the face of the inner dial 32 during the night period and is movable radially from one dial to the other. Vhen the marker is actuated to print on the card the character printed points out the time on the proper dial that the record was made.

The track 22 is here shown as the rim of the disk 33 having a hub 3i surrounding the mb 7 of the element 6 and extending through the bridge 5, the disk being held to the bridge 5 by screws 35.

The marker is actuated at will on its pivot 15 by a hammer 36 controlled in its operation by a handle 37, the hammer striking against ahead in' the form of a collar 38 sliding-on the shaft 8 and resting upon suitable means extending transversely through the rotating element 6 and through a slot in the supportingmember 16 for the marker, and resting at its lower end upon the marker 13. Such means is here shown as a rod 39 movable through an eccentric passage in the hub and through a slot 40 in the member 16. Obviously as the hammer strikes the head 38, the marker will be moved on its pivot downwardly, such pivotal movement being resisted by a returning spring 4E1.

The hammer is here shown as bifurcated and movable astride the shaft 8 so as tostrike the collar 38 on oposite sides of the shaft 3 in order that the force may be distributed equally to the rod 39 irrespective of the position of such rod which is carried by and movable with the rotating element 6. However, any other means may be employed for transmitting the motion of the hammer to the marker 13.

The hammer 36 is loosely mounted upon a shaft d2 supported by a lug s3 rising from the bridge 5,-and the handle 37 comprises a lever having a hub between its ends which is'loosely mounted on such shaft, one arm of the lever carrying a latch 4A pivoted at 4:5 thereto and normally engaging a shoulder 46 on the hammer, the latch serving to lock the handle and hammer together during the movement of the handle in one direction. Such latch engages a knock-oh shoulder 47 on the supplemental frame when the hammer nears the limit of its retracted movement, such shoulder operating to unhook the latch and thereby release the hammer 36 from the handle 3'7 in order that the hammer may be impelled by a spring 18 to strike its blow independently of the handle. The spring 48 is connected to the supplemental frame and to one arm 4-9 of a bell crank lever 50 loosely mounted'on the shaft 4-2, the other arm 51 of which is formed with a laterally extending lug 52 pressing against the rear edge of the-hammer. mal position when the latch l lis disengaged from the shoulder 46 of the hammer, by a spring 53. Overthrow of the lever 50 is prevented by the stop 1-9 on the frame 4-,

the stop engaging the arm 4-9 on said lever 50. y

The hammer is normally held away from the head 39 in order that there may be no retarding action on the element 6, by means of a spring 5 1 connected to the hammer and the arm 51 of the bell crank lever. The throw downwardly of the hammer by the spring -18 tensions the spring 54 and the latter withdraws the hammer slightly after the blow has been struck, and holds the rear edge of the hammer engaged with the lug 52. The hammer also carries a bell hammer 55 for striking the bell 56 on each recording operation.

An impression is made by the type 18 upon the card by means of a record making transfer or inking sheet in the form of a disk 57, a portion of which extends between the marker 13 and the platen 1 1, and in order to economize space such disk 57 is flexible The handle 37 is returned to its nor- Cir and is arranged With such portion at an angle to the remaining portion of the disk. The disk is here shown as movable about an axis eccentric to the rotating element 6 in order that the marker 13 or type 18 thereof will traverse the greater part of the disk between the central opening and the circumference thereof, the axis of the disk is usually arranged at a right angle to the axis of the element 6. l his c isk is mounted upon a rotating support 58 extending transversely of, and here shown as journaled in, a caring formed in a shield r plate 59 for guiding the disk. Said shield is arranged Vertically at the front of the machine and is supported by the bridge 5, the lower edge thereof being spaced apart from the platen and being inturned for guiding the disk at the angle or fold thereof. The support 58 is prorided with a ratchet Wheel 60 on the inner side of the shield, and a hub 61 on the outer side thereof upon which is mounted the hub 62 of the disk 5'5, the hub 61 of the support 58 being non-circular in cross section, and the hole in the hub 62 of the re cording disk 5'? fitting on the non-circular end of the hub. The disk 57 is held on its support 58 by means of a spring pressed plate 63 which operates to clamp the hub 62 of the disk toward and from the outer face of the shield. Said spring pressed plate 63 is here shown as pivoted at one end at 64: to the shield and movable on its pivot out of the Way when it is desired to remove or replace the disk.

The support 58 is actuated to rotate or feed the disk by means of connections between the ratchet Wheel 60 and the handle 37, such connections being here shown as a long pawl 65 pivoted to the handle at 66 at one end and engaging the ratchet Wheel 60 at its other end.

The main frame is formed with a card slot 67 and guide 68 extending outwardly, the slot 6'7 being alined With the space between the lower edge of the shield 59 and the platen ll, and the guide 68 for the card being an extension of the platen. The extent to which the card must be inserted in the slot is determined by steps 69 rising from the platen.

A. suitable casing protects the mechanisms, the casing being mounted on the base 1 of the main frame and the handle 3? projects through such casing.

In operation each Workman is provided with a card and when he enters or leaves the place employment or begins or finishes a job, he inserts the card through the card slot until limited by the stops 69 and operates the handle 37, thus causing the marker to indicate the time on one or the other of the dials on the card. The card illustrated shows that the Workman entered at 7 a. m. and left at 12 noon and entered again at l p. m. and left at 6 p. m. returning again at 7 p. m. and Working over time until 10 p. m.

The day and night periods of the card may be divided in any suitable manner, but as a Working day usually commences at G a. m. and ends at 6 p. 111,, such period denotes the day period, the night period com mencing at 6 p. m. and ending at 6 a. m. l'loirerer, the day and night periods may be dii'ided in a other manner and the mechanism of the clock adjusted accordingly.

hat 1 claim is:

1. In a time recorder, a rotating time con-- trolled element, a shiftable marker carried y said element in a path concentric with the axis thereof, and means for au omatically shifting the marker out of said path at a predetermined period in the cycle of movement of the time controlled element, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In a time recorder, a rotating time controlled elcment, a shiftable marker carried by said element and having a cycle of movement in a path concentric With. the axis thereof, and means for automatically shifting the marker to one side of said path at the completion of its cycle of increment, substantially as and for the purpose specilied.

3. In a time recorder, a rotating time controlled element, a shiftable marker carried by said element and movable therewith in a plurality of paths concentric with the axis thereof, and means for automatically shifting the marker from one path into another, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In a time recorder, a rotating time controlled element, a shiftable marker carried by said element and movable therewith in two paths concentric with the axis thereof, and means for automatically shifting the marker out of either path into the other at the completion of the rotati e movement of the marker in either path, substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. In a time recorder, a platen, a rota ing time controlled element, a shiftable marker carried by said element in a path concentric with the axis thereof, means for effecting relative movement between the platen and the marker to make a registration While the marker is traveling in said path, and means for automatically shifting tl e marker to one side of said path, sulistantially as and for the purpose specified.

6. In a time recorder, a rotating time controlled element, a shiftable marker carried. by said element in path concentric with the axis thereof, means for automatically shifting the marker out of aid path at '1 predetermined period in the cycle of move-- ment of the time controlled element, and

i. L E) a card guide for permitting the movement of a card into and out of position to receive impressions from the marker, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. In a time recorder, a rotating time controlled element, a marker carried by said element and shiftable in opposite directions toward and from the axis thereof, and means for automatically effecting the shifting movement of the marker in opposite directions at predetermined times during the rotation of said element, substantially as and for the purpose described.

8. In a time recorder, a rotating time controlled element, a marker carried by saidele ment and shiftable relatively to the axis thereof, and means for automatically shifting the marker in one direction at a predetermined period in the cycle of movement of said element and in the opposite direction at a predetermined period in the next cycle of movement, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

9. In a time recorder, a rotating time controlled element, a marker carried by said element and shiftable relatively to the axis thereof, and means for automatically shifting the marker at a predetermined period in the cycle of movement of said element, said means comprising an intermittently actuated power transmitting part connected to the marker, substantially as and for the purpose 'set forth.

10. In a time recorder, a rotating time controlled element, a marker carried by said element and shiftable relatively to the axis thereof, and means for automatically shif ing the marker at a predetermined period in the cycle of movement of said element, said means comprising an intermittently actuated power transmitting part carried by the element, and means fixed from move-- ment with said element for actuating the power transmitting part, substantially as and for the purpose described.

11. In a time recorder, a frame, a platen, a rotating time controlled element, a marker carried by said element and shiftable relatively to the axis thereof, the marker being opposed to the platen, and means for automatically shifting the marker at a predetermined period in the cycle of movement of said element, the frame being formed with a card slot alined with the space between the platen and the marker, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

12.111 :1 time recorder, a rotating time controlled element, a marker carried by said element and shiftable relatively to the axis thereof, means for shifting the marker at a predetermined period in the cycle of movement of said element. and means for normally holding the marker from shifting movement, substantially as and for the pur pose set forth.

t me? 13. In a time recorder, a. rotating time controlled element, a marker carried by said.

holding the marker from shifting movement, said means comprising coacting parts normally slidably engaging each other, one of said parts having means for moving the other part relatively thereto, substantially as and for the purpose described.

14. In a time recorder, a rotating time controlled element, a marker carried by said element and shiftable relatively to the axis thereof, and means for shifting the marker at a predetermined period in the cycle of movement of said element and for normally holding the marker from shifting movement, said means comprising a revoluble part carried by said element and connected to the marker, means for rotating said part, and means for slidably engaging the revoluble part and preventing rotation thereof, substantially as and for the purpose specifled.

15. In a time recorder, a rotating time controlled element, a marker carried by said element and shiftable relatively to the axis thereof, and means for shifting the marker at a predetermined period in the cycle of movement of said element and for normally holding the marker from shifting movement, said means comprising a fixed circular track having a smooth surface and gear teeth interrupting such surface at a predetermined point, and a gear carried by said element and connected to the marker and having a smooth surface slidable along the smooth surface of the track, and teeth on opposite sides of such surface for coacting with the teeth of the track, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

16. In a time recorder, a rotating time controlled element, a radially movable member carried by said element, a marker carried by said member, and means for moving the member radially at a predetermined period in the cycle of movement of'the time controlled element and for normally holding the marker from shifting movement, such means comprising a circular track having a smooth surface and gear teeth interrupting such surface at a predetermined point, a shaft journaled in an eccentric connected to said member, and a gear mounted on the shaft and having a smooth surfac for sliding along the smooth surface of the track, and gear teeth on opposite sides of the smooth surface for meshing with the gear teeth of the track, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

17. In a time recorder, a rotating time controlled element, a marker carried by said element and shiftable relatively to the axis said element and having thereof, and means for shifting the marker at a predetermined period in the cycle of movement of the time controlled element and for normally holding the marker from shifting movement, said means comprising a fixed circular track having a smooth surface and gear teeth interrupting such sur face at a predetermined point, an intermittently actuated gear carried by said element and connected to the marker and having smooth surfaces on diametrically opposite sides thereof for alternately engaging the smooth surface of the track, and gear teeth located between such surfaces and diametrically opposite each other for meshing with the teeth of the track, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

18. In a time recoroer, a rotating time controlled element formed with a hub and with a radial guide, a mem er slidable in the radial guide, a marker carried by said memher, and means for moving said member radially at a predetermined period in the cycle of movement of said clement, said means comprising a disk having a bearing for the hub, and an annular track having a smooth surface and gear teeth interrupting the smooth surface at a predetermined point, and a gear supported by said element and being connected to the radially movable member, the gear being provided with diametrically disposed smooth surfaces for engaging the track, and with diametrically opposite teeth between said surfaces for meshing with the teeth of the track, substantially as and for the purpose described.

19. In a time recorder, a rotating time controlled element, a shiftable marker carried by said element in a path concentric with the axis thereof, a platen with which the marker coacts, the marker and the platen having relative movement one toward and from the other, means for automatically shifting the marker out of said path at a predetermined period in the cycle of movement of the time controlled element, and manual means for elfecting the relative movement of the marker and the platen, substantially as and for the purpose speciec.

20. In a time recorder, a rotating time controlled element, a supporting member carried by said element and shiftable relatively to the axis thereof, a marker carried by the supporting member and movable therewith during its shifting movement, said marker having a movement relatively to the supporting member in a direction at an angle to that of the shifting movement of said member, means for automatically shifting the supporting member, and manual means for effecting the last-mentioned movement of the marker, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

Ina time recorder, a rotating time controlled element, a supporting member carried by said element and shiftable relatively to the axis thereof, a marker pivoted at one end to said member and carrying a type at its free end, means for automatically shifting the supporting member at a predetermined period in the cycle of move ment of the time controlled element, and manual means for moving the marker on its pivot, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In a time recorder, a rotating time controlled element, a marker supported b j said element, and means for operating the marker to effect the making of a record, said. means including partmovable with the time controlled element about the axis thereof, and movz ble relatively to said element in the operation of said means, substantially as and for the purpose described.

23. In a time recorder, a rotating time controlled element, a marker supported by said element at one side thereof and having a movement relatively thereto to make a record, and means for operating the marker, said means including a part movable with the time controlled element about the axis thereof and exposed at opposite sides of said element, the portion of said part exposed at one side of the time controlled element coacting with the marker, and a hammer coacting with the portion of said part exposed at the other side of said element, substantially as and for the purpose specilied.

In a time recorder, a rotating time controlled element, a marker supported by said element at one side thereof and having a movement relatively thereto to make a record, and means for operating the marker,

said means including a part extending lengthwise of the axis of the time controlled element and movable with said element about such axis, said part being movable endwise lengthwise of the axis and projecting beyond opposite sides of said element, the projecting portion of said part at one side of the time controlled element coacting with the marker, and a hammer coacting with the projecting portion of said part at the other side of the time controlled element, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

25. In a time recorder, a rotating time controlled element, marker carried by said element in a path concentric with the axis thereof, said marker being shiftable relatively to the time controlled element out of said path and being also movable relatively to said element to make a record, means for automatically shifting the marker at a predetermined period in the cycle of move ment of the time controlled element, and means for operating the marker, said means including a part movable with the time controlled element about the axis thereof and movable relatively to said element in the operation of said means, such part having a portion thereof slidably coacting with the marker, and ahammer for striking another portion of said part, substantially as and for the purpose described.

.26. In a time recorder, a rotating time controlled shaft, an element mounted onv and rotatable with the shaft, a marker supported by said element, and means for operating the marker to effect the making of a record, said means including a parteXtending transversely through said element and having a head at its outer end, and a hammer for striking the head, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

27. In a time recorder, a marker, means for eifecting the making of a record by the marker including a pivoted hammer, a part connected to the marker, said part being arranged to receive the blow of the hammer, a lever mounted concentric with the hammer and having an arm thereof arranged to actuate the hammer to strike the blow, a spring connected to the lever to actuate the lever and the hammer, and a spring interposed between the lever and the hammer whereby the lever and the hammer normally act as a unit, the spring permitting overthrow of the hammer, a handle for retracting the hammer and operating the lever to tension the first mentioned spring, and a shoul'der for engaging the lever and normally holding the hammer off the part it strikes, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

28. In a time recorder, a rotating time controlled shaft, an element formed with a hub mounted on and rotatable with the shaft, a marker supported by said element, and means for operating the marker to effect the making of a record including a part slidable endwisely through the hub and having a head at its outer end, and a hammer for striking the head, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

29. In a time recorder, a rotating time controlled shaft, an element mounted on and rotatable with the shaft, a marker supported by said element and having a movement relatively thereto to make a record, and means for operating the marker, said means including a part movable lengthwise of the shaft, and a bifurcated hammer movable astride the shaft and striking said part, substantially as and for the purpose described.

30. In a time recorder, a rotating time controlled shaft, an element formed with a hub mounted on and rotatable with the shaft, a marker supported by said element, and means for operating the marker to effect the making of a slidable endwisely through the hub and having a head at its outer end, and a bifurcated record including means hammer movable astride the shaft and striking said head, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

31. In a time recorder, a rotating time controlled shaft, an element mounted on and rotatable with the shaft, a marker supported by said element and having a movement relatively thereto to make a record, and means for operating the marker, said means including a sleeve movable endwise on the shaft, and a bifurcated hammer movable astride the shaft and striking said sleeve at'diametrically opposite points, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

32. In a time recorder, a rotating time controlled shaft, an element formed with a hub mounted on and rotatable with the shaft,a marker supported by-said element, and means for operating the marker to effect the making of a record including a part slidable endwisely through the hub and having a head at its outer end, and a bifurcated hammer for striking the head at diametrically opposite points, substantially as and for the purpose described.

38. In a time recorder, a rotating time controlled shaft, an element mounted on and rotatable with the shaft, a marker supported by said element and having a movement relatively thereto to make a record, and means for operating the marker, said means including a sliding part extending throughthe element substantially parallel to the shaft and having one end coacting with the marker,-a sleeve loosely mounted on the shaft and coacting with the other end of said part, and a hammer for coacting with the sleeve, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

34:. In a time recorder, a rotating time controlled shaft, an element formed with a hub mounted on and rotatable with the shaft, a marker carried by said element and movable relatively thereto for effecting the making of a record, and actuating means for the marker including a sliding rod extending through the hub eccentric to the central opening thereof and having a head at its outer end in the form of a sleeve loose on said shaft, and a hammer having a bifurcated head movable on opposite sides of the shaft for striking the sleeve, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

35. In a time recorder, a rotating time controlled element, a supporting member carried by said element and shiftable relatively to the axis thereof, a marker carried by the supporting member and movable therewith during its shifting movement, said marker having a movement relatively to the supporting member in a direction at an angle to that of the shifting movement of said member, means for automatically shiftthe supporting member, and manual means for operatingthe marker, said means including a part movable with the time controlled element about the axis thereof and exposed at opposite sides of said element, the portion of said part exposed at one side of the time controlled element coacting with the marker, and a hammer coacting with the portion of said part exposed at the other side of said element, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In a time recorder, a rotating time controlled clement formed with a radial guide, a member slidable in the radial guide, a marker pivoted at one end to said member and carrying a type at its free end, means for automatically moving the marker radially at a predetermined period in the cycle of movement of said element, and means for moving the marker on its pivot including an endwisely movable rod extending through the time controlled element eccentric to the center thereof and having a head at its outer end, and a hammer for striking the head, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

37. In a time recorder, a platen, a marker opposed to the platen, a transfer or inking sheet in the form of a rotatable disk extending between the marker and the platen, and means for supporting and rotating the disk, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

38. In a recorder, a platen, a marker opposed to the platen, a transfer or inking sheet in the form of a disk movable about an axis, means for holding said sheet with a oortion at one side of its axis extending between the marker and the platen and arranged at an angle to the diametrically opposite portion thereof, and means for rotating the disk, substantially as and for the purpose described.

39. In a recorder, a platen, a rotating element, a marker carried by said element and opposed to the platen, a transfer or inking sheet in the form of a rotatable disk mounted eccentrically relatively to said element and extendin between the platen and the marker, and means for supporting and rotating the disk, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

so. In a recorder, a platen, a rotating element, a marker carried by said element and oppos d to the platen, a recording sheet in the form of a rotatable disk mounted eccentrically relatively to said element and extending between the platen and the marker, and means for supporting and rotating the disk, said means being arranged at one side of the rotating element with its axis at an angle to the axis of said element, substantiallv as and for the purpose specified.

In a time recorder, a frame formed a card slot, a platen, a marker opposed to the platen, the platen and marker having relative movement one toward and from the other, the card slot being alined with the space between the marker and the platen, a recording sheet in the form of a disk movable about an axis, means for holding the disk with a portion at one side of its axis lying close to the platen and arranged at an angle to the diametrically opposite portion of the disk, and means for rotating the disk, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

l2. In a recording machine, a frame, a platen supported by the frame, a marker opposed to the platen, the platen and the marker having relative movement one toward and from the other, a shield arranger at an angle to the platen and having one edge spaced apart from the plane of the platen, a rotatable support extending transversely of the shield, a recording sheet in the form of a disk mounted on the support and rotatable therewith, a portion of the disk being arranged contiguous to the shield, and another portion thereof extending across said edge of the shield and between the platen and the marker and being arranged at an angle to the first-mentioned portion, and means for rotatin the support for the disk, substantially as and for the purpose described.

l3. In a recording machine, a frame, a platen supported by the frame, a marker opposed to the platen, the platen and the marker having relative movement one toward and from the other, a shield arranged at an angle to the platen and having one edge spaced apart from the plane of the platen, a rotatable support extending transversely of the shield and havin a hub at the outer side of the shield, a recording sheet in the form of a disk having a hub mounted on the first-mentioned hub and rotatable therewith, a portion of the disk engaging the outer face of the shield and another portion thereof extending around said edge of the shield and between the platen and the marker, and being arranged at an angle to the first-mentioned portion, and means for rotating the support for the disk, substan tially as and for the purpose specified.

e l. In a recording machine, a frame, a platen supported by the frame, a marker opposed to the platen, the platen and the marker having relative movement one toward and from the other, a shield arranged at an angle to the platen and having one edge spaced apart from the plane of the plate a rotatable support extending transversely of the shield, a recording sheet in the form of a disk mounted on the support and rotatable therewith, portion of the disk being arranged contiguous to the shield and another portion thereof extending across said edge of the shield andbetween the platen and the marker and being arranged at an angle to the first-mentioned portion, means for rotating the support for the disk,

and spring pressed means for holding the disk upon the support, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In a recordingmachine, a frame, a platen supported by the frame, a marker opposed to the platen, a shield arranged at an angle to the platen and having one edge spaced apart from the plane of the platen, a rotatable support extending transversely of the shield and having a hub at the outer side of the shield, a recording sheet in the form of a disk having a hub mounted on the first-mentioned hub and rotatable therewith, a portion of the disk engaging the outer face of the shield and another portion thereof extending around said edge of the shield and between the platen and the marker, and being arranged at an angle to the first-mentioned'portion, means for rotating the support for the disk, and means for holding the disk on the hub comprising a spring pressed plate bearing on the outer face of the hub of the disk, substantially as and for the purpose described.

$6. In a time recording machine, a frame, a platen supported by the frame, a marker opposed to the platen, the platen and the marker having relative movement one toward and from the other, a shield arranged at an angle to the platen and having one edge spaced apart from the plane of the platen, said frame being formed with a card slot alined with the space between the platen and said edge of the shield, a rotatable support extending transversely of the shield, a recording sheet in the form of a disk mounted on the support and rotatable therewith, a portion of the disk being arranged contiguous to the shield and ana other portion thereof extending across said edge of the shield and between the platen and the marker and being arranged at an angle to the first-mentioned portion, and means for rotating the support for the disk, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

l-T. In a recording machine, a frame, a platen supported by the frame, a marker opposed to the platen, the platen and the marker having relative movement one to ward and from the other, a rotatable support, a recording sheet in the form of a disk detachably mounted. on the support and rotatable therewith, means for effecting the relative movement of the platen and the marker, and power transmitting connections between said means and the support for the disk, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

48. In a recording machine, a frame, a platen supported by the frame, a marker opposed to the platen, the platen and the 'marker having relative movement one toward and from the other, a shield arranged at an angle to the platen and having one edge spaced apart from the plane of the platen, a rotatable support extending transversely through the shield, a recording sheet in the form of a disk mounted on one end of the support and rotatable therewith, a portion of the disk being arranged contiguous to the shield, and another portion thereof extending across said edge of the shield and between the platen and the marker and being arranged at an angle to the first-mentioned portion, means for effecting the relative movement of the platen and the marker, and power transmitting connections between said means and the other end of the support for the disk, substantially as and for the purpose described.

d9. In a recording machine, a frame, a platen supported opposed to the platen and movable toward and from the platen, a shield arranged at an angle to the platen and having one edge spaced apart from the plane of the platen, a hammer for actuating the marker toward the platen, a movable member for controlling the actuation of the hammer, a rotatable support extending transversely of the shield and having a ratchet wheel associated therewith, a recording sheet in the form of a disk mounted on th support and rotatable therewith, a portion of the disk extending between the marker and the platen, and a pawl connected to said member and coasting with the ratchet wheel to actuate the same during each actuation of the hammer, substantially as and for the purpose specified. 7 V

50. In a time recorder, a main frame comprising a base and a supplemental frame mounted on the base and including a bridge opposed to and spaced apart from the, base, time mechanism supported by the main frame, a platen provided on the base beneath the bridge, time controlled mechanism arranged under the bridge and over the platen, such mechanism including. a time controlled marker, the platen and the marker having relative movement one toward and from'the other, connections between the time mechanism and the marker, said connections being supported by the sup plemental frame, and manual means mounted on the supplemental frame for effecting the relative movement of the platen and the marker, substantially as and for the purpose set, forth.

51. In a time recorder, a main frame comprising a base, and a supplemental frame mounted on the base and including a bridge opposed to and spaced apart from the base, time controlled mechanism arranged under the bridge and over the platen, such mechanism including a time controlled marker movable toward and from the platen, connections between the time mechanism and the marker, said connections beingsupportby the frame, a marker ed by the supplemental frame, manual means mounted on the supplemental frame for actuating the marker toward the platen, a shield supported in vertical position by the bridge and having its lower edge spaced apart from the plane of the platen, a support journaled in the shield, a recording sheet in the form of a disk mounted on the support and rotatable therewith, a portion of the disk engaging the outer face of the shield and another portion thereof extending around the edge of the shield between the platen and the marker and being arranged at an angle to the first-mentioned L. M. DAVIS, S. DAVIS.

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