US1617640A - Machine for computingr wages - Google Patents

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Feb. 15. 1927.

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Patente-d Feb. 15,1927.

" y En STATES Y. v.JOHN C. HRLEY, F NEWARK, 'NEW' JERSEY..

l jMIACIIINIEI FOB CO'MUTING'WAGES.

Application filed February i f Tliisinvention relatesitof an improved machine for computing lthe wages that are calculated from t-imes'otf arrival and departure :as stamped on a? workmans time card by the l'u'sualfform ottime clock.

It is iwell-known that in many places the .workmenleave and return sometimes many .from the normal worlring hours. and when such Lsubtraction .of time is 'accomplished the ytotalfpay lfor th'etime remaining7 that is, the timetor which wages :is to be paid is indii rcated-andqalso thevtotal amount ot 'pay due the workmen for such.y times of employment. "'llhe'machme .compri-Sesia amovable member on which'is arranged in the form of a Y fer-ences between j per hour.

table, the hours v-oif yemployment within reacomplementary numbers .indicating the dii- 7th'e'el'apsed `time and the ulltime,:a"l`so thetotal rate of pay tor said ac'tual'workingztime at @various rates ot pay The machine is preferably constructedl with an opening and conceals practica'ily Veverything except the information desired so that fthe amount ycan be quickly found.

" V,The machine is preferably constructed so lthat itzcan be rapidly manipulated Vwhen desireYtl-lsofthat one endvof the Imovable member 1isto5be displaced fto reveal matter at the ,otherl endythe fmembercan be rapidly moved Yandy at'fthezvsame time :it-"is mounted so that it 'can be jaccurately adiusted from an approximate' position. The ypreferred form .comprises .a strip or apro-nV secured .to two rollers that are "parallel so that when it is V-umundup on 4'one Yit is unwound from the other.

Theinvention is `illustrated in the accompanying Adrawings in which Figure 1. is a top. View of a machineembodying my iny'vention Figure 2 is a section Yon line 22 of iF-igu-rel. Figures and4 are top views of a partei' the .machine showing the readings when the apron isin various positions. 4l.igiirie"51is a ta-ce view of apart oi the apronorjstrip 10, 1926. Serial'No. 87,210.

In' theinachine as illustratedin theadrawings I show` a base 10 with a .casing 11 on it, theitop 12 of the casing being usual1yinclined for easy observation.. Vithin the casing are placed the movable member and means vtor manipulating it and l illustrate a strip or curtain 13 which is moved Vback and forth to place what is to be vdisclosed under the opening 14 in the top of the casing.

rEhe means illustrated comprises `a. roller" 15 and a roller 1G to which the strip 13 is secured and which is rolled up onone roller and unwound from the other according to the direction oi the rotation. The -roller 15 is equipped with a handle 17 for its vnormal movement but rapid movement can .be given by the gears 18 and 19, the-ilatter being the larger and having the .handle 2O .for its manipulation. For reverse movement the spring 20 yis utilized as it is secured to the rod 21 which also acts as a brace for the casing and is also secured to the pulley '22- which is connected by a cord ,3 with the shaft 211 of the roller 16. It will thus be seen that when thestrip is moved forward by the handle 17 -and roller 15 the spring is wound up and when the rotation is reversed vthe spring .facts yto move the roller 16 and this moves the-strip backward. The brake 25 has a handle 2G in a convenient position to `allow the strip to run rapidly back when a remote part of the strip is desired for observation.

The casing has aliixed thereto ascale 2'? graduated in time values which scale .is usually detachable and is changed `fto conform to the hours ot daily employment at the plant. In other .words it is sub-divided and indicates the duration ot the hours of employment per'day and the drawing -shows a scale .of hours from 7:30 a. m. to 4:30 p. in. with three-quarters ot an hour interval for lunch. This scale shows one-quarter hour as the minimum division and as-only quarter hours are reckoned the-scale of the afternoon begins at 1 on the scale as work starts at 12:45. (See a.)

The ymachine as `it is illustrated relates to calculating the time ttor workers paid 'from 71e to 80e, inclusive, per hour, and greater and less rates of pay can be arranged above and below the rates shown. It the machine is made twice as wide', a shorter strip 13 can be used because the figures ot the scale on the strip 13 can be carried over to the lett to 61e an hour or 51e an hour instead ot placing them in longitudinal extension on the strip. vThe columns on the strip 13 that are'neXt adjacent to the scale 27 are arranged to show in the column 28 sub-divisions ot time equal to the sub-divisions on the scale 27, in this case 15 minutes running from zero up and in the next column shown at 29 the remainderl ot the weekly hours of employment.

That is, in the machine as illustrated, the time scale 27 shows sub-divided duration ot the daily hours of employment, the column 29 on the scale or strip 13 shows the weekly hours of employment, each succeedingI number being reduced by 15 minutes and the complementary number or the time taken out is opposite thereto in the scale 28. in the scale 30 is shown the cents per hour, the weekly wage of which is shown opposite the sub-division of hours in the scale 31, all these providing a convenient wage scale opposite the time scale on the movable meinber. In order to provide for a more convenient operation ot the machine I arrange a pointer or an indicator 32 which has a handle 33, the indicator being usually in the form ot a fork so as to bracket the parts ot` the scale over which it is placed, although a single thin underlining pointer can be used. In operating the machine, the person computing the wages ot the men in the plant has the cards that have been stamped by the time clock and as it is now done much'arithmetio must be done, particularly when the scale of wages covers a wide field and where many employees leave the plant for short or long intervals.

With this present machine the stack ot cards is arranged in handy position and, for example, we will assume that a card is that of a workman making 80e an hour and working normally 48 hours a week. il? his card shows no time out, he, ot course, has worked 48 hours and a glance at the slot in Figure 1 will show in column 29, 48 hours, in column 28, no time out and in column 31, $38.40 which is coming to him for his weeks work. We will assume, however, that the card shows thathc came to work at 7 :30 a. in.; that he went out at 9:15a. m., that is. sometime between 9z0() and 9:15; eturned at 1:45 p. m. and worked for the remainder of: the day. In this case, the operator would move the pointer 32 down to 9:15, when the workman went out.' Then, by means of the handle 17, the strip could be moved so that the scale on the strip 13 would proceed forward until the number opposite 1 :45 when he returns is moved up to a position in alignnient with the indicator 32.

T his operation is shown in Figures 3 and 4, .in Figure 3 the pointer being moved down to 9 i on the scale 2T. This is when the workman went out. lt will be noted by the operator then that 1 45 is aligned with 5 30 ou the scale 28. Then 5:30 is moved up to the pointer 32and at in Figure it we see at a glance at scale 28 that the workman has lost hours. Scale 29 shows that he has,

therefore, worked 44% hours and at 80g/z an l hour t'or this time his weeks wage is $35.40. The rest ot the scale shown at 32 comprises columns down to 71e per hour so that this workman` it his rate ot pay is 79g@ an hour, would have wages ot $34.92 due him, as shown at c, or it' he was making 71e an hour he would have due him $31.42 as shown at (l.

lts another example suppose a worlnnau went to work at 7:30 and he lett at 9:15 and didnt return that day. The fork can be moved down as shown in Figure 3 to 9:15 and thcn'the number opposite the cloring hour 4:30 which is 8:15 as shown at e in Figure 1 is then moved up to the pointer 32 and it' this were done there would be noted at the top the visible part of the scale on the strip 13 6 :30 as the hours lost 41 :30 as the hours employed and $33.04 would appear at the head of column 31 as the weeks wage due to him.

Only a fragment of the strip 13 is shown in Figure 5, the strip usually being printed to show rates ot pay from 1 to $1 or more an hour by the columns being raised, in series of tens. This arranging of the figures abreast does not cause the use of a strip or apron ot undue length.

In using the machine it is usually set for cards ot a certain rate and if it were used, say, in a plant employing most of its hands at a rate of from 71e to 80 an hour, it would be seen from Figure 4 that the. rate of pay for a 'ull week is seen through the slit in the cover of the casing, and when ydeductions are made on a card as described above, the machine is returned to the position shown in Figure 1 and readings made across on the strip until another card appears on which deduction must be made.

It the next batch ot cards is for apprentices or the like making, say, 25 an hour, he brake 25 is released and the spring 2O carries the strip rapidly back, the brake 25 is then applied when the approximate figures have been arrived at and then, by the handles 17 or 2O the headings of the desired columns are brought under the slit in the cover, the apron being held up close .to the top, so as to be easily read, by the idle roller 33.

I claim:

1. In a calculating device, a frame with an opening` therein, a movable member in the los v frame, a scale graduated in time values on the' frame, a pointer on their-ame adapted L for movement over said scale, a time scale on the movable vmember adapted to position a time graduation at the pointer adjacent a time vgraduation on the tiret scale, a wage `scale" on the movable member adjacent the j tlme scale thereon, means to shift the movable member, whereby upon adjustment of a time graduation on the movable member to atimev graduation on the lirst scale, at

the' pointer and a. further adjustment oit l:the movable member to align a time graduation thereon` which is adjacent the time graduation on the lirst scale equal to the time 'graduation on j the movable member initially set to the pointer, the elapsed time between the time graduations ou the lirst scale and movable member and a correspond ingwage value, or a wage value equal to a standard Wage less the elapsed time Wage value are presented at the opening in the frame r 2. In a .calculating'devica a frame with an opening therein. a movable member in the form of a strip mounted on rollers Within the frame so as to have its parts successively presented to view in the opening, a scale graduated in time values on the frame, a pointer on the frame adapted. for movement over said-scale, a time scale on the movable member adapted to position a time graduation at the pointer adjacent a time graduation on the first scale, a wage scale on the movable member adjacent the time scale thereon,

means to shift the movable member, whereby upon adjustment oi a time graduation on the movable member to a time graduation on ther value are presented at the opening in the` frame. o

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.-

JOHN C. HURLEY.`

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