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UNITED STATES PATENT. O'FFiCii.

` HOWRD .n HODGBIOF NEW YORK. N. Y.. AND JOHN. G. Durs. or WATERBURY.

. CONNECTICUT,

l Appiicaiion fried Api-ii as,

Toul whom #mayconcern: H Y l Be it. known that'we, Howkiu) l). Honor: and JOHN G. DUFF, c i'tieiis of the l nited States," residing, respectively. at New-York' city. in the county ot' New York, State ot, Bew X ork, and Waterbury. in the county ot' New Haven. State of Connecticut,have invvented certain new and fuseful Improve# 'chines, and for similar purposes. There is a treat variation in machines -in connection with which it is desirable to employ counters, such variation existingl in speed. direction.

length, .frequency `and force Ot the movenientsofthe parts 'of vthe machines by which the counting device ni'ust'be Operated in order to make a proper register .ofproduction or completed operations. Moreover. thereis also aI great variation' in-size. forni'..location and necessary clearances in the machines and machine partsv on which it is desirable to use counters.

As a result of thesev various conditions the employment ot' counters in connection with machines heretofore has necessitated a great lvariety ot special applications and special Fittings in order toad'apt the counter to the respective machines, locations. etc. .ln fact. this variationin applications ot countershasrequired almost a. special forni of counter or special t'orm ot,intermediate operating con'- i'iectionforeaoh kind or part of a machine on which the-counterv is employed. This has 4resulted in the necessity for both lett hand and right hand counters. different counters for different directions or speeds of the. stroke ot' the operating mechanism. special modiiications for accommodating differences in the length ot the stroke ot the operating' part.y and numerous'.v other variations. s a result. in almost every case the installation of the cou-:iterA is a matter of special application. f

.it a purpose oil our invention to ohviate theservarious inadequacies and draw-backs` vby .the provision of a counter which is practiraily universal in application.

More speciicaily stated, it is a purpoe 'Of REGISTER.

i919. v4serial-N0. 29eme.

our invention to provide a counter which maybe operated without alteration or without specially fitted.'connections.- by rotarv movement. by revolvingy nuwenient. hv arctiate (')scillatory-iiioveincnt. by reciprocating movement. in tact by, any kind ot` iuovenie'nt in any direction.

it 'is also a purpose of our invention to provide -a counter which. without special application. may be operated lfy any speed of practical mechanical nioveinent. l

lt is a it'urther purpose ot vour invention to provide a counter which is operable onlyby operationotl the machine to which it is 'attached and which cannot he operated spuriously, to accomplish `registration beyond the actual operation ot' the machine,

,It is a tui-ther purpose of our invention to provide a countiiipr devicei'vhich requires absolutely no intermediary operating conN nection. but which is adapted Jfor direct connection with the part relied upon to fetfect the operation of the counter.-

It vis a further purpose ot' our invention to provide a counting: device which is operable to accomplish accumulation and regristration by movement in'eithen ot' opposite directions. and which cannot be operated by a reversal 'ot thev machine to :anse sub traction t'roni the amounts already accumu- 'latedV in the register.

t is a further object of'ouriiivention to provide a counter 4which niay be disabled when desired in order to permit themove-- ment ofthe operating machine for the purpose ot' setting. etc., without necessitating the ldisconnection ot' the countert'roni the machine in any manner.

A-'further object ot' our invention is to providea counter which requiresthe fewest and simplest parts. which is strong and diirable.wliich amply protected trom'in jury. and which is easily accessible for the purpose of settingT o rlresetting, yet may be sealed against unauthorized access,v and which is compact, sightly.` and easily read. Still `further objects ot' our invention will be obvious upon an understanding of the device as poiiited'out in the following de'- -scription and claims. reference being had to lthe accompanying drawings forming a part of this appiication, and in which Figure l represen-ts a frontview ofthe counter partly inl sec-tion; and with parts lngt-.the casing broken away.

Specification of Letters Patent. p Pnl pnhid J IHN. 28 1921. I

Fig. 2 a section substantially on line 2 2 ofvFig. l1, 1 8 is a perspective illustration-olf the operating Weight or inertia element,

l .'tion on line 1- .45 of Fig. 2,

as the preferred form of the device, and it' is quite-obvious that the invention is susi of the reference numerals applied, it will be ceptible of a variety of embodiments ldifterparticulars vfrom the orm ing in various illustrated, p

Referring to the lllustrationslby means understood that the. numeral 1 vdesignates 'a frame-plate, circular in the form shown, but

. not necessarily of that contour, upon which is mounted an accumulator frame 2. At

' its outer-extremity the accumulator frame supports an endl frame 4 which, together.

with frame 1 `furnish bearings for register shaft-5, \vliich.i s. rotatable. Register shaft 5 .extends through the frame-plate 1 and- -has xedto' Aits end a ratchet-Wheel 6, the connection being such that the rotationv ot ratchet-Wheel '6 Will rotate shaft 5 Fixed for rotation-with shaft 5 by 'means of 'the vpin collar y7 is a'unitswcounting wheel 8 provided with indicating characters on its pe riphery, 'comprising the numerals 1 to 9 *inclusive and (l. Freely mounted on shaft 5 is a series of higher order lregister Wheels y9, similarly provided vv'ith indicating characters on their peripheries. The units wheel, and each of the higher order Wheels, carries aholding' disk 10 in which is provided a carrying'notchl, and each of the higher order wheels carries a conjoined actuating pinion 11.

-On a rod 14, supported int'rame-pl'ates 1 and t, are mounted a series of carrying pin' ions 15 of the wide and 'narrow tooth kind,

through the instrumentalit)v of ivhich 'carrying is accomplished from vvheels of loivcr orders to `Wheelsot next higherforders b v means of the. carryingnotches 12 and pinions 11.

It will be apparent that this'is' a Well knovvn type of eyclometer register of the kind disclosed inthe United States-Letters Patent No. 217,827 to 'Stalmanm and it is equally obvious that other types ot' counting and accumulating mechanisms may be emdicating the Count.,

ployed forthe -purpose of registering' and in-l Mounted on' the frame-plate 1I-in operative associationl with the ratchet-Wheel 6 'is' a vibrating orI 'oscillatory inertia element.' Awhich 1n the present embodnnentss 1u theform 'of a reciprocating weight 16. rlhis weight 1 6 is spaced'from the frame-plate 1 by? supports lI which slidably engage rth e frame-plate 1, and said weight is held in position by means of the -studscrews 18 seated in the frame plate 1 and having their heads disposed in counter-sunk portions 19 of the slots 20. This oscillatory inertia member is preferably made of 4material of such sort as to give itconsiderable weight, andto afford proper free Working bearing on the'plate 1. Carried by the inertiay inem'- ber is a pair of' pallets 21 properly spaced and arran'ged for cooperation -with -the 'ratcl1et-\vheel 46 after the'lmanner of escapement pa \vls so that, upon each complete vibration of the member 16. the ratchet-Wheel is rotated to a distance of one tooth.' and is retained by the pallets against overthrow or further, lrotation during lintermediate peinduced bythe movement of. the respective pallets toward the shaft 5 while in contact 'with the'involute or non-radial faces of the ratchet teeth. By such operation the wheel yis rotated part of'one units distance by one pallet uponr the movement of the inertia member in one direction. and the restof the distance bythe otherpal'lets coperation upon movement' of-the inertia member in the `reverse direction. Due tothe fact that one or the other of the pallets is ali'vays interposed between the teeth of the ratchet- Wheel, 'it is impossible for the ratchet-wheel to be rotated in the reverse direction.A The rotation of ratchet Wheel 6 and register shaft 5 and units register wheel 8 accomplished b v one complete vibration of the member 16` lis suflicient to advance the units Wheel the distance necessary to register and indi-cate one. unit'-additionally. In suchfashion com'- ple'tevibrations of the member 16 are registered', counted'by the units wheel. vand acciunulatcdv in the higlu order wheels through the instrumentality ofthe carrying means.

The arrangement of the oscillatory inertia member 16 is such that it Will be vibrated ina. manner to actuatethe ratchet pinion 6 by any form of movement of frame-plate 1 which Will displace the centerof gravity of the inertia member from 'its point 0f. rest, which latter is established 'by suitable stops lsuch as contact oflone or the other ot' palletsf21. with the bottom of a. notch 4of ratchet wheel A6, or of one or the other, et screws 18 against the end Wall of its associated slot 20; or by any movement on the part of the lframeplate l which will overcome' the vinertia-of the member 16. Ate- 4 'cordingl v,' if frame-plate 1 is rotated. on a non-vertical axis, (Fig, 5) ,'the member16 willlbe given a complete vibration'upon each rotation, sliding first, in one-direction` then in the other, between .the limits imposed bly the stops as the force of gravityofercomes the friction when the member 16- accomplished when the frame-plateI vl' is 11elpasses its angle of rest. The same effect is When Vthe traine-plate.

volved in la*non-horizontal plane, (Fig. (i). 1 is given a reciproratingor arcuateoscillatory movement subtantialllv in line with the line -ot movement ot the inertia member 16. (Figs. i and S). saidv inertia member will be vibrated relative to the ratchet-Wheel 6, .due to its inertia. upon each complete oscillation or The saine ettect is accomplished when the Yframe-.platel reciprocation ot the traine-plate'.

1 is revolved in a horizontal plane. By virtue of the torni ot the ratchet-Wheel andthe arrangement ot the operating pallets, theA movement ot the ratchet-wheel and consequently ot' the register shaft. ivill alwaysl y be progressive in the direction to accomplish *placement ot the-point plate with a rectilinear movement.

accumulations vin the register Wheels. Ac-

cordingly. the register is operable byimo'vement iii-'either ot opposite directions to effect accunnilation. and it is impossible to subtract amounts from those 'accumulated in the' register b v reversing' the movement ot the device or the direction of movement` ot the operating machinepart:

In order to eii'ect counting and registra'n tion of the operations ot a moving machine part. therefore, it is necessary 'simply to give theframe-plate' 1, movement in accordance vvithI the movement ofl such operating' machine part. This maybe accomplished b v ,mmintiiig machine lpart by means ot the screiv indicated in Fig. '1. 'vvherein the movable machine part is designated bythe character M. Screw QQ is carried on'a drum 21,'

which is mounted on trame-plate 1 andv forms an inclosingr .case tor. the `operating elements mounted thereon.' ln order to derive the greatest responsiveness trom the oscillatory member 16 in rapid rotatingr andl revolving movementsg it is desirable that the ,attachment 2Q be disposed on the avisot `vibration o't the inertia member. .of connection 22 the device mav'bel readily mountedv on any By means moving part otl the machine lfrom which a proper count ot operations n'iaybederived.'irrespective of the form of movement ot such part. The'degrec or rapidity ot the movement is immaterial'so long as the torce is sufficient simply to .overcome the inertia. or accomplish disot rest. of the lmem- The construction, and mounting'- ot 16 in the manner dethe pendulunn cated by figure, v indicated in the dot and'dash lline, in Figi 12. o 25 is adapted to engage'` 'the locking: member the side of the member'vl, When the latter the device lupon 'the movingv linentvith the sliding plate 26.'-

has a translocatoryits responsiveness tol sivifnging connection, vvherein' the 'only etiiciently effective weight isl that at=the end ot the' material decreasing in effectiveness according as'itflies closer to the lpoint ot pivotal connection. v'Il heysliding' arrangement also permits.v the utilization ot a, maivimum amount of, metal 'in-"the inertia 'element torthe size-ot the device. Moreover, it -contributesto a vvery lcompact eonstructionand arrangement ot'par'ts5 as" it enables the asseinbiinfgof tlief iiiertiaelcu ment `over other operatingfportionseand requires a minimum. degreebt movement oin ,the inertia member. ,l l As afmeansfor disabling thecountingr" mechanism without requiring the' dctath-y 1 ment .ofthe device from the machine. ive

provide the locking member 25 carried b v the sliding-plate Q6 on l-the tace of trameplatexl. The plate :26 is'movable to tivo positions by manipulationot" the button 27. In one-position, as shovvnin full lines in Fig. Q- the locking member 25 -lies 'in line with one ot the slots 20. so that it does not" make contact :with the-inertia member`v 16' in the movement opt-the latter to the position vindithe heavy dot rand dashline in said In the other ot its vpositions.that

is in the Vposition indicated'l in the small'dot- 'and dashline in Fig. Q.' to retain it against vibration. As is shown yin Fig. 1. the but ton QTis connected with the slidingplate '26 by a connection 28 operating through a slot in the trame plate 1. As shown in FigQ. the ,locking memberQ'is retained selectively Vin'either of itsl tivo positions h v a detent spring- 29 arranged 'for trictional lengage-z A suitable casing in the form of a barrel lis arranged to inclose the register. Said casing is provided with a Windowv or sight opening' 31 through which may-be read the 'indicator figures on the indicating' liueot the register vh-eels. to fit' on a locatingl disk 32 which is carried on theV trameplate 1, and lug 31 is arranged for engagement in" a notch in the margin of the barrel to. insure proper location of the sight openings on the indicating: line. The barrel" 30 is held 4in position by means of a vnut 35 seated on the screvv 36 whichI is mounted on-the end plate 4. An unauthorized removal of the nut 35 may be prevented by a suitableseal, in the form of a Wire or other member passed thro'ugh'the aperture 37 in the: end of said screw.4

'It vwill be observed that this construction provides a'tparticularly compact and efficient device'. the Working' parts ot Whichare Completely protected Jfrom vaccidentall 'or intentional injury or disarrangement, and that the disposal of parts is such as to render This casingis arrangedl rocating. oscillatory the inspection and reading of the indicators when '1t' is 'supported on a -moving machine part. Because of this disposal, the indicators remain in the line of vlsion of the inspectoitor a longer perlodof time than if they faced in a direction transverse `of the' vdirection of movement. Hence the reading of the device Whilel it 'is 'having either recipor revolving movement 1s `greatly facilitated.

y Having thus described our invention, what -We claim is:

' 1.' A counting register comprising a frame .-member, an accumulator carried thereby and comprising co-axially disposed registering elements, an oscillatory actuating member carried by the frame member and movable relative thereto and having oscillatorymovenient transversely of the axis thereof for actuating the accumulator, and means for aiixing the frame member to a movable ma-y l I chine part for movement therewith.

2. In a registering counter, the combina.

tion' of a frame member, an accumulator, an oscillatory inertia `member carried bythe frame member and movable 1n opposite d1- rections thereon bygravity, means for actuatingy the accumulator tov register a, unit upon each complete'vibration-ot1 the oscillatory-member, and means for atiixingthe framemember to an operating machine part o' accomplish vibrationof the oscillatory y member.

3. In combination With a movable frame, -an inertia element carried thereby and mov-i able thereon by gravity, an accumulator, -op- 'i movementl of erable means whereby said accumulator is,

actuated to register a unit at each vibraltion of the inertia element, and operablel 'inertia-element inclosed thereinv and having movement relative thereto, an accumulator.,

means whereby said accumulator is actuated' "by movement of said inertia element relatlve to the casing, and means operableexteriorly of the casing' for inhibiting movement of the inertia element relative thereto.

5. Anoperation-- counter comprising a movable fram-e, a register mounted thereon, a Wheel effective to operate theregister additively', an inertia element mounted for reciprocatory movement on lthe frame across the Wheel, and means carried by the inertia element and' rendered effective upon the Wheel'by movement of said element in each dir'ection to accumulate a -unit inthe 'register upon each complete vibration of the inertia element; y

6. An operation ycounter comprising a movable (housing, an inertia element slidably mounted in the housing for movement on a diameter thereof, vsaid inertia element covering'substantially the entire area Within itslateral margins conforming' substantiall 'the lateral portions of the housing'to' per' mit their intimate juxtaposition, registering mechanism associated with the housing, and means 4for actuating said" mechanism 'by 'the inertia element in the HOWARD nvnonGE.; JOHN e. nuria housing.

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