US1274484A - Tabulating-machine and cards therefor. - Google Patents

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R. N. WILLIAMS.

TABULAHNG MACHINE AND CARDS THEREFOR.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 13. HHS.

Patented Aug. (5, 1918.

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neraaea Be it known ,that ll, -ROBERT NEIL WIlL- LIAMS, a "citizen of the United States of America,- residing-in London, England, have invented [certain new and (useful Improvements in TabulatingMachines and in-Gards Therefor, of which the following is a specifi- This invention relates to improvements in and relatingto tabulatingmachines of the type in which a cardis employed' having perforations representing various monetary or other values or quantities, and .whichperforations control counting and "printing mechanism whereby thesaid values or quantities are ascertained and, translated into printed figures. and impressed upon a paper or other sheet or band.

The present I invent on has for its object to provide 1nea1 1s wherebyrertain perfora- I tions in the cards which represent the letters I of the alphabet may be translated into any I desired group. of letters, thename of an individual for example, and translated into printed characters.

I vided a number of fields eachrepresenting signed to cooperate with said prising, for example, a name.-

the various data of. which" the particulars are to be .ascertained.- According to y the so as to provide for a number otletters com- In order that the invention Figure l'is a plan of acard'emliodyingthe present invention. a Fig. 21s'a sldeviewl-of mecha Fig; 3 is a" sectional view relation to the stop pins forlthe sectors. 1

" a standard size, and which card is divided into i the desired 'numberof lields 6 representing 7 variousdata of which particularsare to be,

Referring to the accompanying drawings; a represents the ordinary card which is of ascertained." .oindicatesa field-distinct from the fields already referred to,and inwhich a column of perforations may be formed, each In the cards commonly employed for the 'machines under consideration there are pro v may be the better understood drawings are appendediin 'rnnunnrmeurrncnrn'n'nnn nann s irnnnnron.

the alphabet. I prefer to employ what may be termed a standard column, in which there can be eleven perforations, the presence of a perforation in any one of nine positions representing one of three letters of the alphabet. The remaining perforations above referred to indicatevwhich particular letter of the three is'intended. As an illustration,

starting from the top of the column, perforations in the various positionsin the column represent successlvely the letters the last of the column being utilized to represent a blankor hyphen.

In the illustration for the sake of clearness the run number of perforations are j Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug, 6, 13.918. p Application filed November-13,1915. Serialhlo. erase.

shown, each being identified by the letters it, may represent. Supposing it is desired to produce the name of an individual, Smith v for example, then such perforations would be formed at points in each column as would represent theparticular letters S, M, I', ,1T, H,

for example a hole on the line AJ S plus a hole at 3 in the first column, ah'oleon the line DMV plus ahole at 2 in second column, a hole at IR, without any further per- By arranging the perforations in the manfner described it is possible to employ the ,standard' cards now in use upon machines p also of standard construction. cards in position in the mac rne fa rd tneir While the application of the invention is not limited to any particular type of ma chine, it may conveniently be applied to ma- "the paper :20 passes upon which the items are recorded. The drum 1 spring driven finone direction by means of a spiral spring .foration in 3rd column, and so on. This arrangement of letters is purely arbitrary and .any other arrangement may be adopted.

otsuch perforations representing a letterof disposed therein, and it is so mounted as 11 to be capable of a certain motion transversely of the line of its center of rotation. The periphery of the drum 1 is provided with type 4, a hammer 5 being provided which in striking the drum causes it to move forward and impress the paper an, The hammer may carry a pawl 7 which, engaging suitably shaped teeth 8 upon a ratchet wheel 9 upon the drum 1, will assist in positioning said drum should it have moved slightly beyond the desired limit. Coiled around a sheave 10 upon the type drumis a flexible body such for instance as a steel or other substantially inextensible wire 11, and which wire 11 at its opposite end is attached to a spring controlled swinging member 13 mounted and actuated in the same manner as the .tabulating actions of the aforesaid machine, and which member 13 has three projections 14, 15, 16, upon its periphery, 12 indicates a sector by means -of which, as will presently be explained,

additional-movement may be permitted to the swinging member 13. The sector 12 is provided with a single projection or stop 17 while the first, 18, may be operated alone,

the second, 19, cannot be operated without actuating the first. When the second lever 19 is actuated the movement of the member 13 is limited by the third stop 16 thereon which comes into contact with projection 20 on the face of the member 12.

As shown in Fig. 3 the card indicated by w is fed by rollers not shown, between perforated plates m m with which coact several series of pins such as those 21. The

lower ends of the pins 21 are provided with heads n supported in recesses 0 in the upper perforated plate m. Arranged beneath the lower perforated plate m is a pin box 0 vertically reciprocated by means of a roller and camasdescribed in the aforementioned British Patent. Thepin box 0 carries several series of pins such as 0 the said pins being urged upward by means of the springs 0 by which they are encircled, the upward movement of each of said pins 0 being limited by means of a collar p. The rise of' the pin box allows any pins 0 in register with holes in the card to raise the rcorresponding pin 21 which remains pro- 'or drums will receive a corresponding setting so that when the printing of the values represented by the perforations in the main field is effected there will simultaneously be printed the name of the individual concerned. The operation of the sector 12, swinging member 13, hammer 5, is effected in the same manner and by similar means to the corresponding members'of the main machine. A suitable ribbon to is provided for the type. Y

I claim:

1. In a machine for tabulating statistical and'other data, mechanism controlled by a perforated card whereby certain perfora tions in said card maybe indicated as letters of the alphabet, said mechanism comprising a type wheel having a complete alphabet thereon, a row of pins for controlling the type wheel, the pins being adapted to cooperate in combinations, and means for combination of the controlling pins.

2. In a machine for tabulatingstatisticaland other data, mechanism controlled by a perforated card whereby certain combinations of perforations in said card may be mdicated as a word, said mechanism comprising a type wheel having a complete alphabet thereon, a row of pins for controlling the type wheel, the number of controlling pins being less than the number of letters in the alphabet on. the type wheel, the pins being adapted to cooperate in combinations; and means for positioning said type wheel according to the combinations of controlling pins.

3. In a machine for tabulating statistical and other data, mechanism controlled by a perforated card whereby perforations arranged in a single column in said card may be indicatedas letters of the alphabet, the number of perforations in a row being less than the number of letters in the alphabet, the perforations forming-combinations with one another to indicate all of the letters of the alphabet. l

' 4. In a machine for tabulating statistical and other data, the combination of a character carrying part provided with a plurality of different characters; a group of controlpins adapted to control said part in combinations; and means for positioning said character carrying part according to the combination of the control pins.

5. In a machine for tabulating statistical and other data, the combination of a character carrying part provided with a plurality of dilferent characters; a group ofcontrol pins adapted to control said part in combinations, the number of pins in said group being less than the number of characters on said part; and means for positioning said character. carrying part according to the combination of the control pins.

6. In a machine for tabulating statistical and other data, the combination of a' group of pins adapted to be controlled by perforat'ed cards a pairlof relatively movable members both movable relative to said group of pins, certain of the pins being-adapted to stop one of the members; a type carrying part operatively connected to the other pin;

and means controlled by said pins for causing relative movement between .said members and other data, the combination ofia group of pins adapted to be controlled by perforated cards, a movable member and a nected to said niovablepart; and means controlled by certain of said pins to permit and prevent limited relative movement between said mov able part and'member, said 7 7 In a machine for tabulating statistical.

member being adapted to be controlled in its movement by other of the pins.

8. In a machine for'tabulating statistical may be positioned by means of perforations in the card.

9. In a machine for and other data in which a swinging sector .is employed controlled by pins the operation of which pins is in turn controlled by means of perforated cards, a spring controlled tabulating statistical drum, type upon said drum, a sheave upon the spindle of s'aid drum, a flexible body Wound upon said sheave and connected to the sector, a second sector, levers upon said sector, stops upon the first sectorengaging said levers, stops operated by pins which in i turnare operated by perforations in the card and whereby the position of the sector controlling the type drum is regulated.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of the two undersigned witnesses. v v

4 ROBERT NEIL WILLIAMS.

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JOHN H; JACK, GRACE PETERS.

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