US1177909A - Tabulating mechanism for type-writers and computing-machines. - Google Patents

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'1. WALDHEIM. TABULATING MECHANISM FOR TYPE WRITERS AND COMPUHNG MACHINES.

APPLICATKON FILED FEB. I. 1912 1,177,909. Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

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WITNESSES: INVNTEIR= 3-115 ATTORNEY J. WALDHEIM.

TABULATING MECHANISM FOR TYPE WRITERQ AND COMPUTING MACHINES. APPLICATION FILED FEB. I, I912.

1,1 77.909. Patented Apri 4, 1916.

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INVENTEIRL f. v @YWM i/WM l-hs ATTORNEY J. WALDHEIM. TABULATING mscmmsm ron TYPE WRITING AND COMPUTING MACHINES- APPLICATION FILED FEB. l. l'slz. 1,177,909.

Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

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HIS ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATEI '1 OFFICE.

JOHN WALDHEIM. OF NEWARK. NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR. BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO REMINGTON TYPEWRITER COMPANY. OF ILION, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

TABULATING MECHANISM FOR TYPE-WRITERS AND COMPUTING-MACHINES.

Application filed February 1, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1. JOHN \Yxnnnnnr. a citizen of the linitcd States. and resident of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey. have invented. certain new and useful Improvements in Tl abulating Mechanism for 'lype-lVriter and Computing-Machines. of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to typewriting inachines and computing machines and it has for its principal object to provide improved tabulator mechanism for positioning a carriage.

I have provided tabulator mechanism for arresting the carriage of the t).'pewriter and of the computer in any desired denominational position in any one of a plurality of columns. One of the features of novelty of this tabulator mechanism resides in the fact that I provide both column keys and denominational keys and denominational stops,

and the construction is such that when anydenominational key is operated the carriage will be arrested in the corresponding denominational position by the first column stop to reach the operated denominational stop; but if one of said column keys be first operated and then a denominational key is operated. the operation of the column key renders the denominational stops incapable of arresting any other column stop than the one corresponding to the operated column key.

To the. above and other ends which will hereinafter appear, my invention consists in certain features of constructions, and combinations and arrangements of parts, all of whi h will be fully set forth herein and. particularly pointed out in the claims.

One embodiment of my invention is illustrated in 'he accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of so much of a combined typewriting and computing machine as is necessary to illustrate the embodiment of my invention therein. is a plan view of the forward part of said machine. Fig. 3 is a skeleton view similar Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 4. 1916.

Serial No. 674,718.

to a part of Fig. l but showing a denominatiOlini talmlator key operated without operating a. column key. Fig. 4 is a view similar to the upper part of Fig. but showing the positions of the parts when a column key is operated but no denominational key is cuuerated. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4 with the column key operated and with a denominational stop also operated. Fig. 6 is a side view of one of the adding heads and showing the latch 0r detent in released position. Fig. 7 is a left-hand side elevation of a tabulator stop device arranged to be mounted on the computer carriage but not associated with or constituting part of an adding head. Fig. 8 is a fragmentary rear elevation of the denominational stops and some of the associated parts.

All of tho figures of the drawing are on a reduced scale and in all. of them parts have been shown in section or broken away or omitted entirely as has been found convenient.

I have shown my invention applied to a \Vahl adding machine mounted as an attachment on a Remington No. 11 typewriter. It will, of course, be understood that the invention can be applied or adapted to other combined typewriting and computlng machines, and some of its features are applicable to other than combined machines.

The main frame of the Remington typewriter comprises a base 1, corner posts 2 and a top plate 3. Stationary rails 4 sup port, by means of roller bearings, a carriage truck 5 which has a shift frame 6 mounted therein by means of links 7 which allow said shift frame to be moved up and down to a limited extent for upper and lower case writing. A platen 8 has its axle 9 journaled in said shift frame. The means for 'hif'ing' this frame are not shown hert-ia.

The carriage is fed across the machine toward the left by a strap 10 running over a spring dri 1i and =;:onnectcd to said can 'iage. T i tee E of the carriage is controlled a; means wh ch include afeed rack 12 which 1s pivoted to the truck 5 at 13 and which engages a feed inion 14, the shaft of which is JOUIIlflled in a bracket 15 and at its rear end carries two escapement wheels 16. Said escapement wheels are controlled by a feed,

dog mounted on the upper end of an arm 17 of a dog rocker, which dog rocker is pivoted at 18 to a bracket of the main frame. Said dog rocker has another arm 19 which is connected by a link 20 with an arm 21 projecting toward the rear from a rock shaft 22 (Figs. 2 and 3). Said rock shaft is pivoted at 23 in the base 1 on pivot screws and it has at the ends thereof arms 24 projecting toward the rear and supporting, by means of depending links 25, the universal bar 26 of the typewriter. Said universal bar lies beneath the seriesof printing key levers 27 which at their forward ends bear keys 28. These keys are arranged in rows across the machine, the numeral keys being in the rear rpw. Each of the printing keys is connected by a link 29 with a sub-lever 30 which in turn is connected by a link 31 with a type bar 32 having types 33 on its free end. In the drawings I have shown only one of these type bars and its connections, as the construction of the machine is well known. All of said type bars are mounted in hangers which are secured to a stationary segment 34.

The lVahl adding attachment comprises a stationary frame including a frame plate 35 which is secured by means of brackets 36 to the top plate 3 of the typewriter. The plate or frame piece 35 supports the actuator 37 of the adding attachment, which actuator is of well-known construction and need not be particularly described herein. Saidactuator, however, comprises a series of key-operated levers 38 which, through certain mechanism including spirally arranged arms 39 mounted on a rock shaft "40, actuate the master Wheel 41, which master wheel is adapted to actuate the adding heads or registers. The levers 38 of the \Vahl machine, are operated by links 42 extending to those of the key levers 27 which carry the numeral keys 28 I of the typewriter.

The computing mechanism includes a carriage conslsting of a bar 43 which resembles,

in a general way, the carriage bar of the Wahl machine; but I have modified it somewhat as will presently appear. The bar 43 includes a track-way along its under side which is engaged by a roller 44, which roller supports the weight of the carriage at the middle. A second roller 45 engages the rear .surface of the carriage at the bottom thereof.

In the Wahl machine there is a third roller turning on a vertical pivot and running in a groove in the top of the carriage bar. I have modified this construction, making the groove 46 face downward instead of upward and the roller 47 engaging the flange 48, which flange is a depending instead of an upstanding flange. I also employ an ecprevent lifting of the bar 43, this uard being similar to the one used in the ahl machine. It will be under stood that the rollers 44, 45 and 47 and the guard 50 are all mounted on the frame piece centric guard 50 to '35 approximately in the fore and aft vertical plane through the master wheel. At its ends the carriage bar 43 is provided with.

arms 51 which are connected by pin and slot changed location of the roller 48. The computer also includes one or more adding heads 55 which are mounted on'the carriage bar 43 in the manner common in the Wahl machine, except as to the form and arrangement of the detent, which will be more particularly described hereinafter. These add: ing heads 55, asto their internal mechanism, may be substantially identical with those employed in the Wahl machine or as far as my invention is concerned, they may be of any suitable construction.

On each of the adding heads 55 I mount a combined detent and column stop device which I have designated generally by the numeral 56. In the forni in which this 'device is shown in the present instance, it consists essentially of a piece of sheetmetal mounted on one face of the adding head by means of shouldered and headed screws 57 and 58. The screw 57 passes loosely through a horizontal slot 60 and the screw 58 passes through an L-shaped slot 61 in the device 56, said Lshaped slot having a horizontal branch and a vertical branch running down ward from the rear end of said horizontal branch. Said device 56 normally stands 1n pin 65 projecting from the device 56 also lies between the two branches of the spring 62 and the tension of said spring tends to maintain said pin 65 directly above'the pin 64, this being the middle position of the member 56. At its front end said member 56 has an upstanding arm from which a key 66 is bent off. Said device has a rearwardly extending arm 67 which, when the adding head is mounted on the carriage 43, lies in and projects through one of the series f slots 68 cutin the uppermost flange of said carriage and situated a. letter space distance apart slumn in Pig. 2. The construction is'such that when thc device stands in its normal middle positlon shown in Fig. 3, the arm UT projects a short distance back of the carriage bar 43; but the said device can be pushed back to a. rear position shown in Fig. l where the arm 67 projects a greater distance toward the rear from the bar By pulling forward on the key 66 the device 56 can be moved to the position shown in Fig. (3, that is to say, it can be pulled forward of its middle position and then. tilted up about the pin 57 as a center, the rear end of the member 56 being allowed to move upward by the vertical part of the angled slot 61.. When the device '56 is moved to this position the arm 67 thereof is entirely free of the slot ()8 in the bar 43 and the adding head is free to he slid along said bar and to be, if desired, entirely removed from the bar. When said adding head is adjusted along the bar to whatever position is desired, it is retained in that position by the device as moving down to theposition shown in Fig. 3 with the arm 67 in one of the Slots I utilize the arm 67 of the device 56 as a column stop to arrest the computer carriage and with it the typewriter carriage at any desired [msit'iou in the adding column. To

this end I have provided a series of denominational stops 70 for cooperation with these arms 67. Said denominational stops consist of angled lovers of the form shown in the drawings, said levers being pivoted on a rod 71 mounted in a frame 72, which frame at its upper part. has mounted therein a guide plate 73, said guide plate having slots situated a letter space distance apart for guiding the stops 70. For a purpose which will. presently appear, the frame 72 is pivoted on a horizontal pivot 74: to the frame plate which supports the actuator and carriage of the computer. Each of the stops 70 has a rearwardly directed arm 75 adapted to be pushed up by a push bar 76 in order to throw the upper end of the stop into the path of the column stop 67. There is a series of these push bars 76 suitably guided in slots in the frame piece 35 and secured in position by a guard plate 77. The stop 70 may be provided with any suitable restoring springs 78. Each of the push bars 76 is pivoted at its lower end at 79 to a horizontal lever arm 80 that is pivoted on a cross bar Si. as here shown. is

mounted in ,blihiwl 32 (Fig. I) mounted on the bas part l (he typewriter. Each oi the an .uccted by a diagonal imr 88 with another 84 (Figs. 1 and ii which is also pivotw an the rod 81. Each of said arms 84 ht] in the forward end thereof a cam slot into which a pin 86 projects from the side lever is pivoted on a cross bar 88 mountell in the base of the typewriter. The levers 87 arelevers of the first order and their de pending arms have pivoted thereto the rear ends of push bars 90 which at their forward ends are guided in. a frame 91 and carry denominational tabulator keys 92. The le vers 87 are also controlled by returning springs 93 eachfconnected at one end to one of said levers and at the other end to a frame plate 94 (Fig. 1). The cam slot 85 as shown consists of two dwells, one at each end of the slot and at different elevations, and said dwells connected by an inclined part, the construction being such that when the key is pushed toward the rear the arm 8% is forced upward, rocking the lever of a lever 87, which consisting of the parts 84, 83 and 80 upward and pushing upwardtherefore on the bar 76 and rocking the stop 70 into the path of the stops 67.

The bars 80, as shown in Fig. 2,3116

than a letter space distance, whereas the,

spacing of the tabulator keys The diagonal bars 83 are situated above the lever arms 84 and 80, as shown in Fig. 1, and they connect the two arms in such'a way that when one of them is rocked about the shaft 81 the other one is rocked also. As shown in Fig. 2 the outermost ones'of these bars 83 extend clear across two intermediate arms Si so that the arms 80are grouped close together in the middle of the machine and still are operatively connected with their respective arms 84.

In order to release the carriage when one of the tabulator keys 92 is operated, a universal bar 95 is provided, said universal bar lying behind the lower arms of the levers 87 and being supported by vertical arms 96 pivoted on the rod 88, the construction being such that when any of the keys 92 is operated the universal bar 95 is swung toward the rear of the machine. This uni versal bar and the levers 87. at least as far as the lower arms of said levers are concerned, are similar to the corresponding parts now employed in the lVahl-Remington machine, said universal bar having an arm 97 which is connected by a link 98 with an arm 100 rigidly mounted on and dependin from a transverse rock shaft 101 pivoted in the rear of the base of the type-- writer. Said rock shaft also has mounted thereon. another arm 10:? of the angled form shown in Fig 1, which arm .102 is connected by a pull link 103 with a lever 101' of the first order. which lever is pivoted at to a bracket 10G mounted on the top plate 3 of the machine. The forward end of the lever 104 is bent off to form a shoe that lies heneath the feed rack 12 of the typewriter carriage. The construction is such that whenever the universal bar 95 is moved toward the rear, the lever 104 is rocked and lifts the feed rack 12 out of engagement with the pinion 14 and thus releases the carriage from the controlof the escapement mechanism. WVhen the key 92 is released the parts just described are restored to normal position by means of a restoring spring 107 connected at one end to the arm 100 and at the other end to a frame plate 108.

The operation of the parts when the member 56 stands in its normal, middle position shown in Fig. 1, will be understood from the above description. When any of the tabulator keys 92 is v operated, the corresponding one of the denominational stops is moved ,forward as shown in Fig. 3 and the carriage is released and run down until it is arrested by one of the stops 67, encountering the projected stop 70. As all of said stops 67 project toward the rear to the same distance, the stop 70 will arrest the first stop 67 that reaches it. I have provided means for selecting among the columns, that is to say, I have provided means whereby a key 92 can be operated and the typewriter and computer carriages moved freely until the stop 67, of a selected one of the adding heads has reached the projected stop 70, other adding heads passing freely by said stop 70. It is for this reason that the member 56 is made movable toward the rear to the position shown in Fig. 4. It will be noted that the spring 62 tends to re- Store this member to its Fig. 3 position. I prefer to provide means for holding the member 56 in its Fig. 4 position temporarily. Said means consists of a spring plate or bar 110 riveted at 111 to the mem-- ber 56 and projecting toward the rear above and parallel to the arm 67. As shown in Fig. 2 the detent 110 is thicker at its rear end than it is throughout the remainder of its length. It is so constructed that when the member 56 is moved back to the rear position shown in Fig. 4 this plate 110 springs to the left, its thickened rear end hooking in behind a tooth of the bar 43. The construction is also such that when the carriage moves to the left until the projected stop 67 is arrested by the projected one of the stops 70, that said stop 70 unlatches the plate 110, thus leaving the mem ber 56 free to be moved toward the front of the machine to its normal position by the spring 62.

When the "stop 67 is pushed toward the rear as shown in Fig. 4. it moves toward the rear a long universal bar 112, which llIllversal bar has vertical arms 113 which are pivoted at 114 (Fig. 2) to the brackets 53 in such a way that the universal bar iscapable o mot'on in a front and back directlon. As

show in Figs, 3 and 4, the universal bar 112 stands just in front of and in contact with the frame 72 in which the stops 70 are mounted. The construction is such that when the bar 112 is moved toward the rear as shown in Fig. 4:, it also swings the frame 72 toward the rear, thus moving the stops 70 to the rear of their normal position shown in Flg. 1. If now one of said stops 70 be operated, by operating the corresponding key 92, it will be projectedin front of its companions, and in position to engage the rearwardly moved one of the column stops 67 but not far enough to engage those column stops 67 that remain in the Fig. 3 position. The result of this operation will be that when the carriage is released it will move toward the left and any adding heads whose stops 67 have not been moved toward the rear will pass the projected stop 70 freely and said projected stop will arrest only the adding head whose stop 67 has been pushed to the rear as shown in Fig. 4. It will thus be seen that if no stop 67 is pushed to the rear and all of said stops are left in their normal, middle positions, then the tabulator operates like any ordinary denominational tabulator in this respect, that when one of the denominational stops is operated it will arrest the first column stop that reaches it; but if one of said colummstops has been moved to its rear position. then the project" ed denominational stop is rendered incapable of arresting any other column stop than the one that has been thus moved. W'hen said column stop is arrested the e11- gagement of the stop 70 with the latch 110 will release said stop and permit it to move back to its normal position. This motion, however. will not free it from the stop 70 because if it thus moves back to normal po sition while the two stops are in engagement, the universal bar 112 and the frame 7 2, and with them the denominational stop 70, will all move forward also, being impelled in this movement by a spring 115 best shown in Fig. 8, which spring is secured by a screw 116 to the stationary part of the framework and presses against the frame 72. pressing said frame toward the front of the machine.

As it may be desired to arrest the carriage sometimes in positions that do not correspond with adding columns, I have provided special column stops that are not mounted on adding heads but are mounted on the computer carriage preferably in the same general manner as the adding heads. Such a device is shown in Figs. 2 and 7 where the parts 56 and those associated therewith are substantially like the corre-" sponding parts mounted on the adding heads and are designated by the same reference numerals. A plate 117 is provided, said plate being shaped somewhat like one of the side plates of an adding he d; hat ls tf) say, it is provided with the s. 10 move-tail arrangement for securing it to the bar 43 and 1 it is also provided with the screws 57, 58 and 63 and pin 64. This plate is also formed the other at the lower edge thereof, said branches being bent ofi horizontally toward the right as shown in Fig. 2 and each of said branches having an arm 120 bent oii therefrom toward therear, these two arms 120 being dove-tailed on to the bar 43 so as to give the plate 117 a sufiiciently rigid mounting on said bar. The stop bar 67 projects through the slots 68 in the same manner as the corresponding parts mounted on the addinghead. It will, of course, be understood that the machine can be equipped entirely with these special column stops it desired without any adding heads at all. It will thus be seen that my improvements are applicable to typewriting machines in which there is no computer and also to com- 1 puting machines in which there is no typewriter.

When there are several adding heads and detached column stops in the machine it may some imes be desired to make a number of ehtriesm some one ortwo of the columns to the exclusion of the remaining columns,

hind the shoulder 125,

andvthis work can be done more conveniently if one or more of the column stops can be pushed in to its operated position and be held there so as not to be released by the denominational stop. This can be provided for in a variety of ways, but I prefer to mount adjacent to each of the column stops a hand operated detent that can be moved into engagement with the associated column stop ifdesired. In the present instance, I have'shown a latch 121 pivoted at 122 to the top of the adding head or to an ear 123 of the frame 117. The latch 121 has a nose 124 which is adapted to be moved in be- Fig. 3, of the part 56. The latch 121. may be provided with a finger piece 126 and a stop pin 127 may be so placed as to limit the motion of the latch toward the right.

It will be perceived that each of the stops 67 is adapted to be adjusted or shifted at will and independently of its support and of the other stops 67 so that it can occupy shifted position, and that the key-actuated cooperating stops can engage it in both of said positions; that said coiiperatlng stops are adapt-- ed to engage with all of said stops 67 when the latter are in like positions, but are adapted to engage only with the shifted stop when any one of said stops 67 IS in shifted position; that the engaging face of each of the column stops is adapted to travel in either of two parallel lines and the cooperating stop can engage said column stop whether its engaging face is traveling in oneor'the other of said lines;

that said cooperating stops are movable to terminate at either of two different positions to cooperate with a stop 67 traveling in either of two parallel lines; and that means are provided for 7 simultaneously shifting or adjusting said cooperating stops and a selected one of the stops 6'7.

If a number of items in succession are to be written in some one column to the exclusion of other columns, or if for any other reason it is desired to dispense with the automatic release of an operated column stop the column stop can be pushed toward the rear and the latch just described canbe moved to the left to hold the column stop in its operated position until said latch is released by hand. When the latch '121 is in use the release of the detent 110 by the denominational stop does not permit the column stop to return to normal position. a

Various changes can be made without departing from my invention.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In tabulating mechanism, the combination with a traveling carriage, of one or more colunm stops each adjustable with relation to the travel of said carriage, means for operating said column stops to select columns, means for locking the operated column stop in operated position, and one or more key-operated cooperating stops acting when said stops arrest the carriage to release said locking means.

2. In tabulating mechanism, the combination of a series of column stops, a series of cooperating denominational stops, means for operating said denominational stops, said denominational stops when operated being adapted to engage any one of said column stops, means for moving any one of said column stops to an operated position, and means operated by said moving means for preventing cooperation between said denominational stops and the unoperated column stops] I 3. In tabulating mechanism, the combination of a series of column stops, a series of cooperating denominational .stops, means for operating said denominational stops,

stops, means for operating said stops 1n either of two positions of said support, a

' the combi-' series of column stops, means for operating ,said column stops, and means whereby an operation of a column stop moves said support, the construction being such that when said support is in one position and a denominational stop is operated, said denominational stop is adapted to cooperate with any of said column stops but when said support is in the other position the operated denominational stop is adapted to coact only with the operated column stop.

In tabulating mechanism, the combination of a series of independently operable denominational stops, a series of independently operable column stops for cooperation with said denominational stops, and means operated by an operation of one of said column stops for modifying the action of said denominational stops so that when the column stops are in normal position and a denominational stop is operated, said denominational stop is adapted to cooperate With any one of said column stops, whereas when one of said column stops is operated and a denominational stop is also operated, said denominational stop is adapted to coact only with the operated one of said column stops.

6. In tabulating mechanism, the combination of a traveling carriage, stops mounted on said carriage, relatively stationary 00- operating stops, means for moving the carriage stops toward said relatively stationary stops, and a universal bar mounted on the stationary framework and arranged to be operated by said carriage stops.

7. In tabulating mechanism, the combination of a traveling carriage, one or more column stops adjustable lengthwise of said carriage, means for operating any one of said column stops, one or more relatively stationary cooperating stops, and a universal bar mounted on the stationary framework of the machine and arranged to be operated by said column stop or stops.

8. In tabulating mechanism, the combination of a series of adjustable column stops, a series of denominational stops, means for moving any one of said column stops to an operative position, a universal bar arranged to be operated by any of said column stops, and means operated by said universal bar for shifting the whole series of denominarhmal stops.

9. In tabulating inevhauism, the combination of a tram-lint, Y 4c. one or more column stops mount: said carriage and adjustable lengthwise tlnreot'. means for nmving any one of column stops to operative position, a re aerating stop, a univcrsal bar operated by any of aid column sto means whereby said universal bar shift :id moperatingif stop, and means for operat ng "aid rocperazlng stop.

10. In iaz'mlaiingg mechanism, the comhi nation of a traveling carriage, one or more column stops mounted on said carriage and adjustable lengthwise thereof, a relatively stationary set of denominational stops, means for operating any of said column stops, a universal bar arranged to be operated by said column stops, means whereby said universal bar shifts said set of denominational stops, means for operating said denominational stops, and a carriage release device operated by an operation of one of said stops.

11. In tabulating mechanism, the combination of a traveling carriage, one or more column stops each adjustable with relation to the travel of said carriage, means foroperating said column stops to select columns, means for locking the operated column stop in operated position, and a cooperating stop acting when said stops arrest the carriage to release said locking means.

12. In tabulating mechanism, the combination of a series of column stops, each independently adjustable to different letter space positions, a cooperating stop, means for operating said cooperating stop, and means for setting said column stops individually in two positions in one of which said cooperating stop acts on all of said column stops alike and in the other of which said cotiperating stop acts on said column stops selectively.

13. In tabulating mechanism, the combination of a series of column stops, each independently adjustable to difi'erent letter space positions, a cooperating stop, means for operating said cooperating stop, means for setting said column stops in two positions in one of which said cooperating stop acts on all of said column stops alike and in the other of which said cooperating stop acts on said column stops selectively, and means for shifting said cooperating stop when one of said column stops is set to selective position.

14'. In tabulating mechanism, the combination of a set of .tabulator stops, a cooperative stop which, when operated, is capable of engaging any one of said tabulator stops, said tabulator stops being independently movable toward said coiiperativc stop, and means whereby such movement of a tabulator stop renders the cooperative stop cooperable only with the moved tabulator stop.

1.3. In tabulating mechanism. the combination of a set of tabulator stops, a set of cooperative stops each of which when operated is capable of engaging any one of said tabulator stops, said tabulator stops being independently movable toward said cm'iperative stops. and means whereby such movement of one of said tabulator stops l'cIltlvl'S said cooperative stops cooperable only with said moved tabulator stop.

1 operating stop,

16. In tabulating mechanism, the combination of a set of column stops, a set of cooperative denominational stops, said denominational stops, when operated, being capable of engaging any one of said column stops, means for shifting said column stops independently of each other toward said denominational stops, and means whereby the shifting of one of said column stops toward the denominational stops renders said denominational stops inoperative on all the column stops except .the on shifted. I

17. In tabulating mechanism the combination of a set of column stops each independently operable, a support for said stops, a cooperative stop, said cooperative stop being, when operated, normally capable of engaging any one of said column stops, a

separate key for each column stop for shift- I ing it on its support toward the cooperative stop, and means whereby such shifting of a column stop renders said cooperative stop incapable ofengaging the other column Stops.

18. In tabulating mechanism, the combination of a set of column stops, a setof cooperating denominational stops, said column stops normally having their contact faces in line and said denominational stops being normally capable, when operated, of engaging any of said column stops, means for shifting one of said column stops out of line, and means operated by said shifting means for rendering the denominational stops capable of contacting only with said shifted column stop.

19. In tabulating mechanism, the combination of a set of tabulator stops, a cooperative stop, said tabulator stops being movable into cooperation with said cooperative stop, means for locking any one of said tabulator stopsin. its operated position, means for automatically releasing said look by the contact of the stops, and means for preventing the release of the stop.

20. In tabulator mechanism, the combi nation of a series of operatable stops, a comeans for holding any one of the said operatable stops in its operated position, said 'means being automatically releasable by said cooperating stop, and hand operated means for holding said operatable stop in its operated position, the last recited means being incapable of release by saidcooperating stop.

"211111 tabulator mechanism, the combination ofa series of key operated stops, springs for'frestoring said stops to normal position, and a' hand operated detent for use when desired, to hold one of said stops in operated position. against the action of its restoring spring.

22. In tabulating mechanism, the combination of a carriage, a slotted bar parallel 'ated arms are spaced. r t,

with the line of travel of said carriage, a column stop adjustable along said bar and retained in adjusted position by the slots in said bar, a cobperating stop, means for moving said .column stop to an operated position, and a detent for holding said column stop in such position, said detent being releasable by said cooperating stop.

23. In tabulating mechanism, the combination of a series of denominational stops, a set of column stops normally in position to be engaged by any operated one of said denominational stops, means for moving one of said column. stops to a shifted position, means operated'by said shifting means for rendering said denominational stops incapable of contacting with any but the shifted stop, and a detent for said shifted stop arranged to be released by a denominational. stop.

nation of a series ofdenominational stops each having the form of an angled lever, a shiftable frame in which said denominational stops are mounted, denominational keys and connections to said stops, said connections including bars arranged to cooperate with one of the arms*of each of said stops ineither position. of said shiftedfl'ame, column stops, and colnmn selecting means including means forfshifting:v said frame.

25. In tabulatingmec hanism, the combi nation of a series,ofdenominational stops, a series of bars for. operatingsaid steps, a series of levers for operating-said] bars, a

of said levers havingftwo arms 'one' 'conformer armsconnectedjyvifth the latter by cross overvbranellcs nli ereby lthe key operhetap he-' t e bar-operating anms,{ the key key operated arms. ,1 i

261 The. combination; of. a carriage, stop" bar, column stops saicl'"stop bar,

and a key carried by the arriage for"m' ov v s 0f sided-me S e nd v d y 01 stops one movab'ly mounted on each of said supports, each of saidstops acting as'a d'e tent to retain its saidsupport in adjusted position, relatively stationary cooperating 24:. In tabulating mechanlsm, the combi-;

traveling carr1age,a series of supports adp'lstable lengthw se of said carr age, a series of column' a .fisnnsst eluding pin an d cam slotconnections to ,Silltl series of keysifor-operatin-g sa dleycrs'each stops, means for moving any of said carriage stops toward said relatively stationary stops,

a universal bar arranged to be operated by said carriage stops, and means operated by said universal bar for changing the relation of said relatively stationary stops to said carriage stops.

29. The combination of a carriage comprlsing a part having a series of open ended slots therein; a support adjustable along said carriage; a combined detent and column stop mounted on said support and adapted to be moved into one of said slots to retain said support in adjusted position, said combined detent and stop being mounted on said support for a swinging motion to move it into and out of said slot and said stop being also provided with a key whereby it can be given a sliding motion from a normal position to an operated position; and a non-traveling cooperating stop.

30. In a tabulating mechanism, the combination of a series of column stops, a key controlled stop which in the normal positions of thep iadapted when actuated to epga eeach on "of the column stops, and

means :iidr sh iftiiig 'the'position of any sediie lumn stops, and for I u y, i 'rit ol l'ed stop when actu- U operation, to en- 'eterinined or selecttops v g mechanism, the combiiiijatio' of stop, adapted to occupy a norinal -shifted' positimrand a cooperatin'g e actuated stop "adapted to engage with a errtli' I y .N't Q L itn y [ctua ted stop a a? as r 29% ga e-pieranefsaia fii-st menaaaaaassmamas a airaaaike positipgs, and also adapted to 'e n age only with Wli' "maybe moved to the otlle positio vh" is" capable occupy at; 53. n'a tabulating mechanisrii', 'tlie combination of a series of stops .eaclr independen 'd iffereat posicomindeaseetlaad'u t bination of a series of column stops adjustable independently and at will relatively to each other and to their support so that their engaging faces may be made to travel in either of two parallel lines, and a cooperating stop adapted to engage said column stops whether their engaging faces be adjusted to travel in one of said lines or the other.

36. In a tabulating mechanism, the combination of a series of traveling column stops adjustable relatively to each other at right-angles to their path of travel so that the engaging face of each may be made to travel in either of two lines, and a series of cooperating denominational stops each adapted to cooperate with said column stops at one time in one of said lines and at another time in the other of said lines, according to adjustment.

37. In'a tabulating mechanism, the com bination of a traveling stop adjustable at right-angles to its path of travel so that its engaging face may be made to travel in either of two parallel lines, and a cooperatterminate at either of two different positions relative to said first mentioned stops.

39. In a tabulating mechanism, the combination of a column stop having two different working positions, a cooperating stop capable of engaging said column stop in both said positions, and meam for shifting or adjusting said column stop from one of said positions to the other and for simultaneously shifting said cooperating stop.

40. In a tabulating mechanism, the combination of a series of column stops, a 00- operating stop, and means for simultaneously shifting or adjusting said cooperating stop and a selected one of said column stops independently of the remaining column stops.

41. In a tabulating mechanism, the combination of a series of column stops, a cooperating series of denominational stops, and means for simultaneously shifting or adjusting said series of denominational stops and a selected one of said column stops independently of the remaining column stops.

42. In a tabulating bination of a see: operas n at 1;

of New York. in the county of New York, and State of New York, this 31st day of Jzw. A. D. 1912.

JOHN WALDHEIM. Witnesses:

CHARLES E. SMITH, E. M. VELLS.

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