US1388299A - Combined perforating and printing tabulator mechanism - Google Patents

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COMBINED PERFORATING AND PRINTING TABULATOB MECHANISM. APPLlCATlON FILED FEB. 17. 1917.

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JAMES rownns, or NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR T rows-as aocounrme Maui-111m COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,

A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

COMBINED PERFORATING AND PRINTING TABULA'I'OR MECHANISM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Au 23, 1921.

Application filed February 17,1917. Serial No. 149,203.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES Pownns, a citizen of the United States, residing in New .York, in the county of New York and State of New .York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Perforating and Printing Tabulator Mechanism,

, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in a combined perforating and printing tabulator mechanism, the principal element of which, consists in a unitary keyboard operator device, which will simultaneously operate both the perforating machine and the printing tabulator mechanism. I

Another object of thepresent improve ment is to devise a machine, which comprises as its constituting parts a perforating element, a tabulating and printing element and a keyboard arranged and constructed to operate with a single operation of each keyprovement,'is to devise a keyboard particularly constructed and arranged, whereby a single movement of one of the keys thereof, will operate a corresponding unit in a perforator and in a tabulating and printing mechanism. Other objects and advantages of the resent im rovement will be set forth in the ihllowing d which illustrate one embodiment of my invention, and in which,

Figure 1, is a front elevation, partly in section, of a combined perforating, tabulatingfand printin mechanism, showing the unitary keyboar applied thereto;

Fig. 2, is a side elevation,

takenon the 1ine2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3, is aside elevation, partly insection, of Fig. 1, showing the driving mechanism for the machine;

escription and in drawings partly in section,

F i 4, is a fragmentary side elevation of a kic ofi' device for stopping the machine, once every revolution, and showing its connect on with the said machine;

Fig. 5, is a vertical sectional view of the tabulator and printing element of the device, and taken on the line 55 of Fig. 1; Fig. 6, is a sectional 'view, taken on the line 66 of Fig. 5;

Fig. 7, is a fragmentary vertical sectional View of the punches of the perforator and the means for setting them up, and the means for controlling the sectors of the printing tabulator;

' Fig. 8, is a fragmentary side elevation of the controlling means or setter baskets of the sectors of the printing tabulator;

Fig. 9, is a horizontal sectional view, taken on the line 9-9 of Fig. 6;

Fig. 10, is a horizontal isectional view taken on the line 10-10 of Fig. 8;

takenon the line 11-11 of Fig. 8;.

Fig. 11, is a horizontal sectional View,

Fig. 12, is a top plan view of the impr ai unitary keyboard mechanism for operating path t e perforator and the printing tabua or;

Fig. 13, is a side elevation, partly in section, of the unitary keyboard mechanism shown in Fig. 12;

Fig. 14, is a fra mentary front elevation of the unitary key oard mechanism shown .in Fig. 12;

j Fig. 15, is a fra mentary rear elevation of the unitary ke fioard meohanism'shown in Figi'12;

v Fig. 16, is a top plan view of that part of the unitary keyboard mechanism whichopcrates the punch setters of the perforator';

Fig. 17, is a diagrammatic view of one of the main key bars, auxiliarv kev bars, punch setters, punch locks and erative positions to eachot Fig. 18, is a dia rammatic view, showing a punch setter an punch lock in the act of looking a punch;

punches in inoper;

- Figs. 19 and 20, are side elevations, artly I in section, of the spring operating dev1ce for moving the unitary keyboard framework or carriage *Fig. 21, is a side elevation, partly in" see.

' tion, of themain; key bars and their operaspectlve vlew of the levers for o eratin like reference numerals designate similar.

parts throughout the several. figures.

A base 1, is provided constructed in any suitable manner and upon which is mounted a perforating mechanism 2, which is constructed in the manner substantially like, and illustrated in my copending application, Serial No. 71,819, filed Jan. 13, 1916, and needs no detailed description herein, other than reference particularly to the punch setting mechanism 3 thereof, a detailed deforating mechanism scri t1on of which will be hereinafter set fort Mounted above the punch setting mechanism 3, and supported upon the per- 2, is my improved unitary keyboard operator 4 which has elements arranged to operate the punch setting mechanism 3, and elements to operate a sector'bar operating mechanism 5, which sets thetype and calculator elements in a printingtabulator 6, which is mounted above the unitary keyboard 4, and supported thereon,

A detailed description of the unitary keyboard 4, will, be hereinafter set forth, but reference is made herein to my U. S. Patent No.- 1,236,481, issued August 14th, 1917, which gives a detailed description of the printing tabulator 6, of which no furtherexplanation will be given except in connection with the sector bar operating mechanism 5 thereof.

' The perforating mechanism.

This mechanism comprises a framework 7, which is mounted upon the base 1, and carries at one side a hopper 8 containing the cards to be perforated, which cards are fed, by means ofa'n intermittently movable bot-. tom. 9, between the die plate 10 and guide plate 11, respectively, where they are perforated by means of the punches 12, and discharged by means of the rolls 13 into a receiving ho per 14. A motor 15, through gears 16, 1 and 18, drives a shaft 19, upon which, are mounted cams 20 that provide means for lifting the. die plate 10 and guide plate 11 for perforating the cards passing between them. A cam 21 isalso mounted on the shaft 19, upon which runs a roller 22, carriedby one end o fa reciprocating rod 23, which is arranged to rock a lever 24 to which it is connected, and to this lever the reciprocatin bottom '9, of the hopper is also con- I necte whereby a movement of the rod 23 will reciprocate the hopper bottom for feeding a card.

A detailed description of the mechanism for setting up the punches of the perforating machine ma be had by referring to my copending app ication, Serial No. 71,819,

filed Jan. 13, 1916, but a eneral description of this mechanism will e given herein to show its cooperation with the other parts of 3 .the machine. This mechanism'comprises a pin box 24', which is mounted in suitable vertical guideways, and upon the upper end of which, the die plate 10 is secured. Above" this die plate 10, the guide plate 11' .is mounted, and these two plates have a plurality of perforations in alinement with each other. In the perforations of the guide plate 11, the lower ends of the punches 12 extend, which are normally suspended by their heads 25, which rest on the top of a perforated plate 26, carried by the framework of the perforating mechanism. Between the plates 10 and 11, as heretofore described, the card to be perforated is disposed, which is fed thereto by the movable hopper bottom 9.

Above the perforated plate 26, another perforated plate 27 is mounted, through which extend the lower ends of settable pins 28, whoseupper ends extend through still another perforated plate 29, which is also secured to the framework of the perforating mally maintained in their raised position so that their shoulders 30 are in engagement with the under side of the plate 29, by means mechanism. The settable pins 28 are norof springs 31, which are strained between the perforated plate 27 and shoulders 32, formed on the said settable pins. Means are provided for locking the settable pins 29, when they are pushed downward to the limit of their movement. These means comprise locking plates 33, (Fig. 7) which are slidably mounted in suitable guideways situated between the perforated plates 27 and 29.

For normally maintainingthe plates 33 in their left position, springs 34 are provided one of the ends of each of said springs being secured to one of the guideways 33' and the other end of each of said springs being secured to the left end of the plate 33. On one face of each of the said plates 33, a series of abutments 35 are provided, one for the settable pins 28, which abutments in the present instance are staggered to one another for convenience of arrangement, and which have an inclined cam face at its left end: to

cotiperate with the cam face 36 of a settable pin 28. The lower face of each of the said a-butmen'ts 35 is preferably perpendicular to the path of movement of the settable pins 28, and forms a stop toenter' the recess 37,

formed in the settable pins 28 and to cooperate with shoulders formed by the lower I sides of the recess 37, the said recess being abutment 35 is in alinement with the recess.

37 of such settable pins 28, whereupon the tension of the s ring 34 would draw the plate 33 leftward to snap the abutment 35 into the recess 37, whereby the settable in 28 will be located in such depressed position until the plate 33 is actuated rightward to withdraw the abutment 35 from the recess 37, to permit the spring'31 to raise the said settable pin 28 to its normal upward position. Means is provided for actuating the plate 33 to release the pins 28 and this means consists of a bell crank lever 38 intermediately pivoted to a rod 42 carried by the frame work of the perforating machine, thelower end 40 of the said bell crank having a bar 40' in engagement with the end of each of the plates 33. A link 41 is fixed on the rod 42 and is pivoted at the point 43 to 'one end of a lever 44 which is pivotally connected to the arm 45 fixed on the rock shaft 45" carrying a lever 46 upon the lower end of which is secured a roller 47 which rolls over a cam 48, carried upon the shaft 19. After one card has been perforated it is desirable to raise all of the settable pins to their up: permost position and this is secured when the roller 47 rolls into the depression 49, of the cam 48, allowing the lever 44 to be pulled downward by means of aspring 49, thereby drawing the bar 40' carried by the'bell crank, into engagement with the ends of the plates 33,'and constraining them to move rightward against the action of the spring 34. The rightward movement of the plates 34, as heretofore described, will disengage the abutments 36 with the recesses 37 ,and permit the settable pins to be returned to When the settable pins 28 are ocked in their lowermost position, they are in engagement with or adjacent to the heads 25 of the punches 13 so that when the guide plate 11 and die plate 10 ascend with the card between them, all

of the punches will ride' up on the surface of the card, except those punches which are held down by means of the settable pins, Which are locked downagainst them, and these locked punches will perforate the cards. The means for pushing the settable pins down for locking them, comprises plungers 50, mounted in parallel guide plates 51 and 52, and these plungers are normally held in their uppermost position by means of vided with'members w ich are arrangedto the other elements of the complete mecha nism. The device consists of a framework 'trols the movement of the segment 59,- wh v is operatively connected with the type car-I controlling 1-5;. 11 0c] springs'53, which are strained between the p ates 51 and 52. The improved unitar keyboard 4, 18 proactuate these plungers 50, which setup a combination of unches for rforatlng the v card. The specific constructlon of the uniference will now be had to the sector tagekeyboa'rd will be hereafter described.

controlling tabulator 6. The sector controlling maham'sm of the f printing tabulator. 7 For a detailed description of this mecha nlsm, reference is made to my U. S. Patent mechanism 5 of the printing No. 1,236,481, issued August 14th, 1917, but

such parts thereof will be hereafter set-forth as are necessary to show its cofiperationwith;

54, which is secured to the top of the unitary keyboard mechanism 4, and to which is'se cured a housing 55, containing within itxa printing tabulator 6. This printing tabulator comprises a revolving tape 56, upon" which type-57 carried by sectors 58 are arranged to make impressions. The particular unit of type carried by the sectors 58 which is to strike the tape 56, is controlled by the! sector controlling mechanism 5, whichdjc rying segment 58. The sector mechanism 5 comprises, essentially, a casin 60 within which are mounted a plurality" vertical movable stop pins 61. when la y.

one of the pins is raised, by means heneinf-"l, after to be described, it will obstr'uotjthe I movement of one of the sectors 59, they said sectors having an abutment 62 thereon, which will strike any of the stop pins 6, which. is

in its raised position." Means, consisting of a grating 63, is operatively connected to ,thedriving mechanism of the complete machine, 1. and is designed to return all the stop pins 61 to their lowermost position whenever the machine has made one complete revolution. The means for pushing the stop pins 61 up- I wardly to obstruct the oscillation of the sec- 5 tors 59,- comprises a casing 64 within which a plurality of vertically movable plungers 65 are mounted, which plungers extend outside of the casing 64 at the top and bottom thereof, as is clear] illustrated in Fig. 7 of the drawings. The upper ends of the plungers 65 are arran ed to come in contact with the lower ends 0 the stop pins 61, and raise them as the plungers 65 are moved up-' wardly. The plungers 65 remain normally in their lowermost position, as is illustrated, and are held in said position by. gravity. One element of the unitary keyboard mechanism 4 is arranged to come in contact with v the lower ends of the plungers 65, andraise 130 pins 61, for controlling the sectors 59 of the printing tabulator 6.

' board" operatin v 1, 2 and 3, the unita From the .description given, up to the present,it will be apparent that plan rs are arranged to operate .the unehes oft e perforating mechanism an that plungers'are arranged to operate the stop pins of the tabulator printing mechanism, and that both of these sets of plungers are arranged and adapted to be operated by the unitary keymechanism. As is clearly shown, in the rawings, especially in Figs. keyboard mechanism is arranged interme 1ate the plungers for 7 operating the tabulator printer and the plungers for operating the perforating mechamsm.

A description will now begiven of the unitary keyboard mechanism and its relative position and codperation with the plungers for operating the tabulator printer and with the plungers for operating the perforating mechanism.

The unitary keyboard opemtixag mechanism for, tabulator pri/nter. This mechaiiism comprises a framework 66 provided adjacent one end with 'a pair of upwardly extending ears 67 in the upper ends of which are mounted stub shafts 68 upon which are journaled grooved rollers 69. A pair of u wardly extending cars 70 are carried by t e framework within the upper ends of which stub shafts 71 are mounted, upon which rollers 72 are' journaleda The rollers 72, run on a track 73, and the rollers 69 on a track 74, the said tracks arranged parallel to each other and carried by a framework 75, which is arranged between the frameworks of the plungers for operating the perforating machine punches and the plungers for operating-the stop pins of-the tabulator printer. The end of the framework 66 is provided with horizontally bifurcated yokes 76, within which are journaled rollers 77 that are arranged to roll against an L-beam 78, arran in front of the framework 66, parallel with the tracks-7 3 and 74, and carried by the framework 75. A rack bar 79 is fastened to the L-beam 78 in mesh with which is a gear 80, rotatable upon a stub shaft 81, fixedly mounted in the framework 66 adjacent one cornerthereof. The shaft 81 is surrounded by a coil spring 82, having one end 83 connected to the said shaft, and its other end 84 connected to'a spring casing 85. The action ofthe spring 82 is freed and retarded by means of a ratchet 86, secured to the 'gear 80 and the spring casing, and a pair 0 capement pawls '87, held in normal relation by a spring 88 and are operated throu h their supporting shaft 89 and two pivota y connected leversv 89 and 90 (Fig. 23) by the action of the keys of the keyboard as will be hereinafter described.

Eleven key bars are mounted on the framework 66, and these bars will now be described in detail. A-key bar 91 carrying at its outer end a key 92, marked on its upplelr face 0, extends raarwardly, being to the right at the .point 93, and then i straightened at the point 94, to be bent again to the right at the point 95, and then again straightened and bent downwardly at the point 96. At the point 97', the said bar 91 is again bent to the right and at the point 98 bent upwardly to form an upwardly exkey bars 93', 94' and 95 carrying keys marked 1, 2 and ,3 respectively are shaped in a manner similar to the bar 91 except that the bends to the right are gradually lessened in each key in the order noted, and that the portions 99 thereof fall one behind the other, but the length of the said portions 99 of all the keys is the same. This arrangement of the keys is shown in Figs. 12, 21 and 22, and the levers 100 are marked similar to the keys carried on the ends of the key bars to which they are pivoted. Two key bars 105 and 106, car ing keys marked and 5 respectively ave no bends to the right except when they reach. the point 97 the key bar 105 is bent to the right, and

the key bar 106 is bent to the left to be in the strai ht line with the key bars heretofore describe These bars 105 and 106 however have the bend 98, portion 99 and are pivotally connected to levers 100 in a. manner similar to the other keys. .Four key bars 107, 108, 109 and 110, carrying keys marked 6, 7 8 and 9 respectivel are shaped in a manner identical w1th key ars 93, 94 and 95', except that all the bends therein instead of being to the right as in the case of the latter bars, are bent to the left so that all the" ortions 99 thereof fall in a strai ht line be ind the other key bars hereto ore described.

The key bars 91, 93', 91', 95', 105, 106, 107, 108, 109 and 110 are ivotally connected to the framework 66 at t 'e points 111, 112, 113, 114, 115,- 116, 117, 118, 119, 120'- respectivel marked point 122, then straightened at the point 123 and pivoted to the framework 66 at the A ke bar 121 carrying a key space l s bent to the right at the oint 124. Beneath all the key bars is a 1 of the framework 66 and connected at their tudinally point 128, their other endsv nected at 129 to the lever 90 lower ends to levers 127 extending longiof the framework, said levers 127 being pivoted to the said framework at the the medium of the lever 89 and rod 89 op 7 ate the pawls 87 It is to be understood that all the levers 100 are arranged beneath the proper push rods 65 for operating the.

proper stop pins 61, so that a movement of a key on the keyboard will depress a key of the levers 100 intoen- 7 push rod 65, lifting said push rod and setting the corresponding stop mounted a bar, lifting one gagement with a pin 61, which will cause the sectors 58 through the medium of the sectors 59 to mark on the ribbon 56 the same number. struck by the key and at the same time operi atin the proper digit in the calculating mec anism of the tabulator 6. The operation of one of bar 125 (Fig. 23) which'through the medium of the levers 127 and 129releases the pawls one notch and allows the coil spring to rotate the gear 80 thereby moving the entire keyboard and its framework one predetermined space to the right. The spring is rewound upon the return of the framework which is accomplished manually by means of a finger rest 130' carried by the framework 66. An index 66 is provided on the framework 66 to indicate the position of the keyboard and in what column the num-' bers are set up on the perforator and the" printing tabulator.

Unitary hey board, operating mechanism frir perforating machine.

This part of the keyboard which is arrange to operate the perforating machine comprises a plurality of auxiliary key bars mounted beneath the key bars of the key- "board heretofore described and which bars are adapted to operate the plungers which set up the punches of the perforating machine. A plurality of these keg bars numbered 130 to 138 inclusive on ig. 16, of the drawing, have one end pivotally mounted upon a common pivot bar 139. These bars are shaped in a manner similar to the main key bars, that is, some being shaped to the right and left so that their outer ends are arranged in a straight line one behind the other. The auxiliary key bar 130 is atranged directly beneath the main key bar 93', the auxiliary key bar 131 beneath the main key bar 94' and etc., this arran ement continuing with all the key bars. ertical abutments 140 are made integral with, each auxiliary key bar and carry rests 141 on their upper ends in contact with the lower side of the main key bar above it.

At the point 142the auxiliary key bars are bent downwardly and their outer ends provided with a short downwardly extending pivotally conwhich through the keys also depresses the keep the rests 141 in engagement with the main key bars, the upward movement of the said auxiliary and main key bars being regulated by a horizontal abutment 144 carried by the frame work 66 which arrests -the upward movement of the auxiliary key bars. A lever 144 is, pivoted at 145 to the lever 143 and is provided on its other-end with a longitudinal slot 146 within which is pin 147 carried between parallel guide plates 148 carried by the framework n 66 and extending longitudinally of the auxiliary keybars. The outer ends of the levers 144 are arranged to contact with the upper ends of the plungers 50 for depressing them and setting mechanism as has been heretofore describe Whenever one of the main key bars of the key board is depressed, as for instance, they key bar 93', the auxiliary key bar 130 directly beneath it will be depressed through the medium of the abutment 14'0 being in contact with the main key bar,transmits the downward movement of the'main key bar 93 to the auxiliary key bar 130. x

A drive shaft 149 having a bevel gear 150 on one end in mesh with a bevel gear 151 on the shaft 19 transmits the motion of the said shafts to the drive shaft 152 of the printing tabulator through the medium of meshing bevel gears 153 and 154. v rangement, the printing tabulator 6 and the perforating machine 2 operate in unison. An automatic stop switch 155 which is described in detail .in my Patent No. 1,177,651, dated April 4, 1916, provides means for stopping the machine after'every revolution at which time one card has been perforated by the perforating machine and one set of figures set up on the tabulator 6 and printed thereby on the tape 56.

The operation of the complete mach/inc.

of the perforating machine are set up and also the type controlling means of the rintin tabulator. I f0 lowing manner: The different keys of the keyboard are pressed by the operator which through the medium of the levers 99 carried by the main key bars, and the levers 144 carrled by the auxiliary key bars, simultaneously operate the corresponding stop bars of t e printing tabulator and the lock bars for the corresponding punches of the perforating machine. "In operating the keys,'the keyboard is that different numbers may be placed in different columns, both on the cards and on the punches of the perforatin propelledfrom left to right so Due to this ar- This is accomplished 1n the i the tape 56. After all of the desired data for one card has been transmitted through the keyboard to the printing-tabulator and erforating machine, the startin switch 155 IS pushed by the operator whic starts the motor 15, which, through the gearing heretofore described simultaneously operates the printing tabulator of the perforating ma-- chine. This operation of the machine prints data set up b the keyboard on the tape 56,

sets the calcu ator elements of the tabulator the'motor and stops the machine at the same time returning the stop bars 61 of the printing tabulator by means of the automatic action of the shaft 157 and the bar 159. At the same time, the lock pins 28 of the perforating machines are returned by means of the arm 44 controlling the lates 33 to their normal neutral position. T of the printing tabulator may also be set back manually by means of a shaft 157 operated by the push button 160 and bar 159. A detailed description of the set back mechanisms 15 7 and 158 is given in my U. S. Patent No. 1,236,481, issued August 14th, 1917. The frame work 66 of the keyboard is returned to the extreme limit of its leftward movement by means of the handle 130' carried by the said frame work.

It often happens that it is desired to restore manually both the stop bars 61 and lock pins 28 at the same time. This is done by pressing the knob 156 (Fig. 3) thereby rotating the vertical shaft 39 and swinging the lower cam 164 (Figs. 7 and 10) and the uppvefi cam 165.

en thus swung the lower cam 164 engages the arm 166 of the bell-crank lever 38 and presses the bar 41 against the plates 33 'thus moving the plates rightward and releasing the pins 28. At the same time, the u per cam 165 engages the levers 158 slides t e slide plate 168 and releasesthe stop pins as described in my said Patent No. 1,236,481.

The main vertical shaft 39 is provided for endmost tabulating unit. For each additional unit there is provided a special shaft 39 connected to the shaft 39 by means of the link bar 169 and levers 170.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the inventlon herein, resides primarily in a unitary keyboard mechanism which is designed and arranged to simultaneously set up a desired combination of punches of a perforating machine and a desired combination of t peand calculator units of a printing tabu ator mechanism.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

he stop bars 61 1. In an apparatus of the character scribed, the combination of an accounting machine comprising settable stops; a perfoerative relation with certain of said stops and settable members to operative relation with others thereof.

2. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination of an accounting machine comprising a plurality of groups of movable stops arranged one behind the other and held against horizontal movement and adapted to be raised to stopping position; a perforating machine comprising a plurality of groups of settable members; a carriage; main key members on said carriage; auxiliary key members on said carriage and operated by said main members; devices on the main members adapted to register with the stops of one ofsaid grou devices on said auxiliary members and a apted to regter with the settable members of one of said groups; and means actuating by the actuation ofthe main key members for moving said carriage horizontally for moving said devices from registration with one of said groups to another'group.

' 3. In an apparatus of the character de-.

scribed, the combination of an accounting .machine comprising groups of movable stops arranged one behind the other; a perforat-.

ing machine comprising a plurality of groups of settable members; a carriage; key members on said carriage and adapted to operate said stops and members of certain of said groups; and means actuating by the actuation ofthe key members for moving said carriage for moving said key members from operative relation with certain of said groups to other groups thereof.

4. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination of an accounting machine comprising a number of series of movable stops; :1 perforating machine comrising a number of series ofsettable memers; a carriage; main key-bars on said carriage; auxiliary key-bars on said carriage and operated by said main bars; devices on the main levers and adapted to register with the stops of any one of said series; devices settable members adapted to be lowered to set position; a keyboard carriage; main keybars on said carriage and having their rear ends arranged in series one behind the other; auxiliary key-bars on said carriage and operated by said main bars and having their free ends arranged one behind the other;

. devices secured to said rear ends of the main key-bars and adapted to register with the stops of any one of said series of stops; devices secured to said free ends of the auxiliary key-bars and registering with the settable members respectively of any one of said series of settable members; and means controlled by the main key-bars for'moving rising a plurality of series of settable mem-' ers in alinement with said stops respectively. and ada ted to be lowered to set position; a key oard carriage horizontally movable transversely to said series; main key-bars fulcrumed on said carriage and having their rear .endsupturned and arranged in series one behind the other; aux

iliary key-bars fulcrumed on said carriage and operated by said main bars and having downturned rear ends arranged one behind the other; upwardly pointing short levers pivoted to the upturned ends of the main evers and adapted to register with the stops of an one of said series; downwardly pointing short levers pivoted to the downturned I ends of said auxiliary levers and registering withthe settable members respectively of one of said series; and means controlled by the main key-bars for moving said carriage horizontally for moving said short levers from registration with one of said series to the adjacent series.

In an apparatus of the character described, the combination of an accounting machine comprising settable sto s; a perforating machine comprising setta 1e members and manipulating means for simultaneously causing the release of the stops and settable members.

- 8. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination, of an accounting machine com rising settable stops; a perforating mac ine comprising settable members and unitary means for causing the release of the stops and settable members.

' 9. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination of an accounting machine comprising settable stops; means for holding the stops in set position; a per forating machine comprising settable members; means for locking themembers inset position; means arranged to set said stops and members; means for automatically operating said holding means for releasing the stops; means for automatically operating said locking means for releasing the settable members; and a manually operated means for operating the locking means and the holdin means.

10. scribed, the combination of an accounting machine comprising settable stops; means for holding the stops in set position; a perforating machine comprising settable memn an apparatus of the character de-.

bers; means for locking the-members in set position; a carriage; key members on said carria e andarranged to set said stops and settab e'members; means for operating said machines; means for automatically operat-' ing said holding means for releasing said. stops; means for automatically operating said locking means for releasing the settable members; additional means for releasing said holding means; a-\'shaft; upper and lower devices thereon for operating said additional means and the releasing means; andmeans for actuating said shaft. 1 1. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination of an accounting machine comprising settable stops; means.

for holding the stops in set position;-.a perforatin machine comprising settable memit bers a apted to be moved to set position means for locking the members in set-position; a carriage; main key members on said carriage and arranged to set said stops; auxlliary key-members on sald carriage and operated by said main members andarranged tooperate said settable members;

.means for operating said machines in unison; means for automatically operating said holding means for releasing the stops; means comprising a bell crank for automatically operating'said locking means for releasing the settable members; manually operated means for operating the holding means; ad- I ditional means for operatingsaid holding means and comprising a slide plate; an op-f erating leverfor operating the slide plate;

a vertical shaft; upper and lower cams there-' on for operating said operating. lever and bell crank lever respectively; and means for rotating said shaft.-

12. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination of an accounting machine com rising vertically movable settable stops a apted to be raised to stopping 7 position; means for holding the stops in raised position; a perforating machine com'-,

prising settable members ada ted to be'lowered to set position; means or locking the. 1

members in set position ;;a carriage movable transversely to .said series; ma n key-bars fulcrumed on said carriage and arran ed to raise said stops; auxiliary key-bars ulcrumed on said carriage operated by. said main bars and arranged to operate said settable members; means for operating said machines in unison; means for automatically 0 crating-said holding means for releasing t e stops; means comprising a bell crank for automatically operating said locking means for releasing the settable members;'manually operated means for operating the holding means Without operating said locking means; additional means for operating said holding means and comprising a slidable plate; an operating lever for operating the slide-plate; a vertical shaft; upper and lower cams thereon for operating said operating lever and bell crank lever respectively; and manipulating means for rotating said shaft.

13. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination of an accounting machine comprising settable stops; a perforating machine comprising settable members: means for automatically releasing the settable members and manually operated means for releasing the stops.

14. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination of an accounting machine comprising settable stops; a perforating machine, comprising settable members; means for automatically releasing the stops; and means for automatically releasing the settable members; and manually operated means for releasing both stops and settable members."

15. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination of an accounting machine comprising settable stops; a perforating machine comprising settable members; means for operating said machines in unison; means for automatically releasing the stops; and manually operated means for releasing both the stops and the settable members.

16. The combination with a perforating machine and a printing tabulator, of a key board device arranged to operate ,both of said mechanisms, said key board device comprising a framework, a plurality of main key bars mounted therein, a plurality of I auxiliary key barsarranged adjacent to the main key bars, abutments carried by the auxiliary key bars, resilient means arranged to keep the abutments of the auxiliary key bars in contact with the'main key bar whereby a movement of the main key bars will operate the auxiliary key bars.'

'17. The combination with a perforating machine andia printing tabulator of a key board device arranged to operate both of said mechanisms, said device comprising a framework, a plurality of main key bars mounted in said framework, a plurality of auxiliarygkey bars arranged adjacent to the main'key bars, means for normally holding the auxiliary key bars in operative connection with the main key bars whereby a movement .of the main key j'bars will operate the auxiliary key bars.

18. The combination wlth a perforating machine and a printing tabulator,b a key board device arranged to operate 0th of said mechanisms, said device comprising a movable framework, resilient means carried by theframework for moving it, a plurality of key bars carried by the said framework, said key bars arranged to control the'resilient moving means for the framework.

19. The combination with a perforating -machine and a printing tabulator, of a key work, a plurality of key bars mounted within the framework and arranged to control said moving means.

21. The combination with a perforating mechanismand a, printing mechanism, of a key board device arranged to operate both of said mechanisms, a track mounted between the said mechanisms, said key board device comprising a framework movably mounted on said track, means for moving the said framework, and a plurality of key bars mounted insaid framework and arranged to control said moving means.

22. The combination with a perforating machine and a printing tabulator, said mechanisms arranged one abovethe other, of a guideway mounted between the said mechanisms, a key board device comprising a framework movably mounted in said guideways, means for moving the said framework, a plurality of key bars mounted in said framework and arranged'to control said moving means.

23. In a mechanism of the class described, a perforating mechanism having a plurality of punches, means for locking said punches in operative position, means for operating said lockin means, a printing tabulator arranged a ove the perforating machine, means for setting said mechanism, and means for operating said setting means, and a key board mechanism arranged between the operating means for the locking mechanism of the perforating machine and the of the printingtabulator, said key board device having members arranged to operate both of said operating means.

24. In a mechanism of the class described a perforating machine having a plurality 0t punches,'means for setting said punches, a printing tabulator arranged above the percrating machine, means for setting said printing tabulator and a key board mechanism arranged between the perforating machine and the printing tabulator and having elements arranged to operate the setting means of both of the said mechanisms.

25. In a mechanism of the class described,

a perforating machine having a plurality of punches, means for setting said punches, a printing t'abulator arranged above the perforating machine, means for setting the said printing tabulator, a key board device comprising a. framework having a plurality of main key bars arranged to o erate the setting means of the printing tabulator, a phi.-

rality of auxiliary key bars arranged to op-.

erate the setting means of the perforating machine, the auxiliary key bars operated by the movement of the main ke bars.

JAME POWERS.

Witnesses: a

H, A. PATTERSON, H. D. PENNEY.

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