US1640955A

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Publication number: US1640955A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1927-08-30
Anticipated expiration: 1944-08-30

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Aug. 30, 1927.

P. MANSEL MACHINE FOR RECORDING TIME Filed `july 5, 1924 6 Sheets-Sheet 1 II slm/17 P. MANSEL MACHINE Fon RECORDING TIME Aug. 30, 1927. 1,640,955

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P. MANSEL K MACHINE FOR RECORDING TIME Filed July 5. 1924 e sheets-sheet 4 aow/t, KJ# fr 1640.955 Aug 301927 P. MANsEL MACHINE FOR RECORDING; TIME A I Filed July 5. 1924 v e sheets-sheet 5 f l 719'. .9 Zig l0 s 'n' s Aug. so,v 1927.

1,640,955 P. MANsEL MACHINE FOR RECORDING TIME Filed July 5, 1924 6 Sheets-Shaet 6 L /Vsmael Patented Aug. 30, 192,7.

UNITED lSTATESl ra'rEN'rl OFFICE.

PAUL MANSEL, OF IBERLINCHARI4OTTENBURG5 GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO SIEMENS & HALSKE, AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, OF SIEMENSSTADT, NEAR BERLIN, GERMANY, A

CORPORATION 0F GERMANY.

vMACHINE. ron. RECORDING rma.

Application led July 5, 1924, Serial No. 724,477, and in Germeny Inn'e 29, 1928.

My invention relates to apparatus for checking time et' the type which record the time when the workman enters or leaves the works for each individual working day on special printed and cut out cards for eachindividual workman, said cards'being inserted into the apparatus or machine when the workman enters er leaves the works or actory.

In known apparatus of this type itis necessary to make a special adjustment in order that the record for an entry or exit time value may take place.- A mistake in this a'djustment renders the whole card useless. Furthermore, such apparatus consists of rather complicated mechanism to effect the necessary changes for a diiierent divisionlof the working times, pauses, and the like for the individual days ofthe Week.

My invention comprises a number of essential improvements in such apparatus or machines and above all eliminates the necessity to make in the card the otherwise customary symbolic perforations Jfor marking the time values. These perforations are according to my invention replaced by lprinted time value impressions trom which by the simple addition ofthe values corresponding with the time of entry and of leaving the total working time for the week is ascertained. A further object of the improved machine is to allow a quick adjustment of different working conditions, intervals Iand the like and also to take different working conditions on theindividua-l days of` the week into consideration. The improved apparatus is also adapted to properly record `the elapsed time where several overlapping working shifts occur and to impress the corresponding working time values without the necessity of making any changes in the appa; ratus.

In the drawings a'liixed to this specification and forming part thereof one embodiment of my invention is illustrated by Way of example. In them is:

Fig. 1, a front elevation,

Fig. 2, a rear elevation,

Fig. 3, a side elevation of the improved machine,

Fig. 4, a section along line I-I of Fig. 1,

Fig. 5, a time card with impressions of time values by waryl of example,

vshowing the parts in greater detai Fig. 6, a vertical section of the edge cuttin0' apparatus-for the card, 1g. 7 the printing and cutting device in plan and Fig. .8, a section -through the countin v mechanism along line IIF-II of Fig. 1. Fig. 9'is a partial frontview, 'showing the card adjusting and stam ing means,

Fig. 10 is a lateral section through Fig. 9. Fig. 11 is another partial front vlew, showing especially the devices for. varresting the so-called preparation wheels during the setting ofthe elapsed time 4reccrding wheels.

Fig. 12 is a. lateral section through Fig. 11.

Fig. 13 shows the shaft and the cams 'by means of which the preparation wheels for the different working shifts are cou 'led in.

Fig. 14 is an enlarged view of t e type wheels shown in'Fig. 1, with the gears associated therewith.

. Fig. 15 is a view similar tof Fig. 11, but

I and V Fig. 16 is a det-ail View of one ofthe preparat-ion. wheels, with its associated mechamsm.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is the fram of the machine upon thebracket 24 V01E which a clockwork 3 isattached which may be operated mechanically or electrically andl which also serves as the control clock. The clock is connected to the' timestamp'ing or printing mechanism 4in lsuch manner as to maintain the latter in a position to print the exacttime as indicatedon the dial of the clock. A handle 5 is mounted for limited swinging. movement between )sto 47 and is normally held against one of sai stops by a spring 17. After the work-card 8 is inserted into the funnel 7 by the workman he pullsv the handle 5 forward against the other stop. This movement is-transmitted by mechanism hereinafter described to a hammer head 6, Figs. 4 and 7, which causes the printing mechanism to print the date, hour and mmute on the face of the card. The drive ofv the time printing device is ei'ected in the -following manner: The clockwork 3 drives by means of a spindleAQand bevel wheels 11, Fig. 2, where y a spindle 12 and by means of

gear wheels

13, 14, 15 the shaft 16 for the day-time typewheels 4 are turned. One of the day-time typewheels is ear wheels 10- i and hour of the day and the working hours t'ypewheels print the workinghours elapsed since the beginning of the shift upon the.

card at the moment the handle 5 is pulled forward.

Upon the type wheel shaft 16 is fixed a gear wheel 18 which consequently rotates together with it and in the example illustrated performs a completerevolution in V10 minutes. This wheel 18 meshes with a gear wheel 2() loose upon the intermediate spindle 19 with which wheel a spring casing 21 and a pinion 22 iscoupled. Th?J object of this mechanismv is to control the .adjustment of preparatory discs 27 in larger hour divisions in spite of the fact that the progress of the time stamping device 4 by the clockwork 3l ,takes place every minute, one of said discs being provided for each of the various working shifts. YVhen the wheel 18 is rotated the casin 21`containing a spring is also rotated an 4the spring which is fixed at one end to the casing and at the other end to the shaft 19 is set under tension. On the shaft 19 is fixed a whip or double pawl 23 and a pinion 24. Thefpawl' 23 abuts against the teeth of a star wheel 26 xed upon the spindle 25, which wheel has ten teeth in correspondence with the 115th hour division chosen in the example ofconsti'uction so that the pawl cannot rotate freely and the {bt-h hour indication can take place. Since iixe on the spindle 25" and this wheel performs a 'complete revolution inoiie hour the pointv of the pawl'23 in engagement with" the star-wheel 26 will recede every 6 minutes from the -star wheel and will rotate through ap angle of 180 under the action of the said spring 21 so that the other point of the whip or pawl 23 will abut against the next tooth ofthe/star wheel 26.- The spring is unwound in this operation by '1/2 lof a revolution and is again wound up by -this' amount prior to the next release.

With the pinion l24 meshes a gear wheel 29 which is loosely mounted upon the shaft 25. Attached to or integral withtliis wheel 29 is a linion 30 which meshes with a wheel 31 fixe upon a spindle 33 uponwhich ride i four preparatory wheels 27 or one for each working shift:v B the' release of the pawl 23 which takesv p ace every 6 minutes the 37 of a disc 38.

the (pinion 22 meshes with a gear wheel 28l hand the wheels 34v may continue to rotate even when the preparatory wheels 27 are held stationary as in this case the locking 'pawls 35 pass'over the teeth of the wheels 34.

Each preparation wheel 27 rotates once during each shift. The beginning and end of each shift is fixed by means of pins 37 on the disc 38, which release the

levers

36 and 131 at the beginning of the shift and at the end of any out7 time, such as for lunch. Atthe end of the shift, pins 37 stop the movement of the corresponding preparation wheel 27. The pins 37 are arranged in groups, each group serving to control one preparation wheel. In this way each preparation wheel is clock-driven, but rotates only during the actual working time of its shiftj The arrest of the wheels 27 takes place if a. pause as for the lunch hour occurs which should not be counted asA working time and in such a case locking levers 36 of which there are four are brought into engagement with the teeth of the Wheels 27 by the pins The said dise 38 is fixed upon the shaft 39 and is rotated by the pinion 40 upon the shaft 1 2, Figs. 2 and 4, performing a complete revolution during a shift of 12 hours. Upon it arevtixed the pins 37 by means of which the wheels 27 are held stationary for a shorter or longer period corresponding with the pause so that the pauses are automatically deducted fromv the time values. The pins 37 have dii'erent lengths and can on both sides` of the disc 38 be introduced in two series of holes in such a position and number as corresponds with the time and the length of the pauses. The pins are of different lengths so that each of them cooperates with one of .the levers 36 only. The spindle 39 of t'hedisc 38'is adapt-- ed to slide in its bearings 42 and can be adjustedkby a cam `wheel 44upon a spindle 43 againstthe side edge of which shaped as broken curve the front edge 46 of the shaft 39 abuts under the action of a spring 45. This axial adjustment of the spiiidle39 per- -mits a variation in the combination of pins 37 which control the levers 36 and therefore a control of the elapsed working time for each day of the week.

The cam-wheel 44 is rigidly secured to a 48 is advanced' by one tooth duriiig each complete revolution of the disc by a in 50 upona disc 49 keyed upon the spin le 39.

53 carries a roller 54,l said roller locking the driving vsta'rv'vheel 48 y d "also the cam wheel 44 secured thereto m position.

The pins 37oof-the dise 38 are provided-l with, parts 55,.,56 of ,different diameters The combination, of .pins isgso chosen that the, parts 56'v of larger diameters operatethe disc 38. Thezpositin-@of thefdisc 38 is, as

' explained above, determined by the cam 44.

37 only will raise the 'levers 36 whilethe partsl of smaller diameters will move past the levers 36 and nottouch them.

Each preparatory wheel v27 isi'urnished with an abutment 57 with which a pin' 58^ of the Y`corresponding of four transporting wheels 59 is adapted to come in contact after it has been brought-within the reach ofthe v corresponding.'preparatory wheel 27 by a eouplin lever 60 controlled by'a spring 66. The adjusting wheels 59 mesh with a pinion 61 fixed upon the type wheel shaft 16 moved by the clockwork mechanism. Fixed up'on this shaft 16 are also the

unit wheels

62, 63

oftwo further type wheel sets, said unit wheels divided in ,15th hours being consequently provided with the numbers from 0 to 9. After a complete revolution ofthese unit wheels the hour wheels 64, 65, upon which the numbers 1 to 12 are inscribed in accordance with the assumed maximum working time of 12 hours within one day, are advanced byone division. The pair of

type wheels

63, 65 shown on the left-hand side of Fig. '1 is designed to print the in time and is so adjusted that it always will stamp a time lying 116 hour'ahead of the real time shown on the control clock 3. This' is done to ensure that the workman shall pass in through the gates before the work time commences and be at his station ready to vstart when the actual working hour strikes.

If' for example the work commenced at 7 a. m. and theworkman stamps his card at exactly 7 a. mi, hewill lose some minutes -on his record card. The type wheel pair 62,

- 64 for thev exit control are so adjusted'that they will stamp the true time.

*During the control marking, that is during the stamping of the .time which -has passed during the entry or the leaving of the workman since `the beginning 'of the come into: operation. The control of these 'stampings .is effected automatically by the .perforations 67, Fig.. 5, provided in the card shift under consideration only one stamp impression must be applied .to the card and only one of the two type wheel. sets must A bell-crank. lever 52 controlled 'by a springfrom the beginning. These perllorations are arranged on the eard inv two vertical rows, 'the holesin one rowV being disposed alter- .nately or staggered to those in the other row. -During l place on the left of the corresponding hole,

theentry, stamping takes during. the ,exitat' the right of the hole. The perforations are arranged staggered .so

Vthat the entry 'and exit values `are each arranged in a separate column. The workman is accordin to the arrangement of the apparatus and t e control card-obliged and even compelled tox stamp his .card every time he enters or leaves as irregularities 0r attempts to cheat will be indicated on his working card. l

To effect the stamping two plungersh69 rotatably disposed upon a shaft 68 a're provided in the apparatus,h`igs. 2, 4 and' 7. These plungers or stamps69 are preferably dlsposed in 'such an oblique position that the head 70 o f the hammer 71 does not touch them. v

After introduction of the control card 8 into the funne17 the handle 5 is-pulled, causythe pin 150 on the shaft 7 2 to turn the

sleeve

15,1, which is 'loosely arranged y.onthe shaft 72. The lower arm ofthe angularlever or bell crank 73, which is formed integrally with the sleeve 151 is drawn inward against' the action of the spring 79, and the up er arm of-the same lever releases a pin 74 whlch is located ona .leverv75 loosely mounted on the shaft 39. The lowerfpart of lever 75 will be drawn inwardby means of the spring 7 6 and the upper part of the 4sanne lever will be swung outward (rearward) and' thereby exert a pull' at the springs 77, whichare connected to the' lower ends of the levers 78, the upper ends of which, as before mentioned, are furnished with plunger's or heads 69. These heads are equipped with feelers 7 9 both of which lie in the same horizontal ,plane and at a horizontal distance 'fromeanch i'- other which *is the same 'as that between the two vertical vrows of perforations in the I card 8. Through fthe pull at the springs 77 the feelers 79 are moved towards'the card 8. As the perforations oft-lie entry and the exit rows are arranged instag'geredrelation"to each other on'ly one perforation will,

at any one time, be at the height of the eelers '79. lThe continued pull of the springs 77 will bring one of the feelers 79 (the entry :Eeeler or the exit feeler) into the perforation in position, whereu on, the leverl will bein position for receiving a blow from the corresponding head 7G of the hammer 7l. lVhen so positioned the pad 69 of the head 69 will press the inlting ribbon and the card 8 against the elapsed Vtime printer, so that the time of exit or of Ventrance is recorded on the card. The other feeler 7 9 will abut against the card and the lever 78 of the same will remain in an inclined position, so that its head 69 will not be operated by the appertaining hand 70 when the hammer 71 is released.

In order to stamp after an entry an exit and after an exit an entry again, the card must at each stamping be cut out to a height corresponding to the vertical distance?A between two adjacent perforations in the entry and exit row. For this purpose the card is formed beforehand with a recess 83. When a new card for the first time is inserted into the funnel 7 by a workman enteringr the works the horizogital edge of the recess will abut against a'pin 141 on a cutting device 142 and the lowermost entry perforation will be in position for receiving one of the feelers 79. Simultaneously with the stamping the recess 83 will be lengthened upward in vertical direction by the cutting device 142 actuated by the head 113 of the hammer 71 punching out a piece of the card of a length corresponding to the vert-ical distance be-v tween th'e said lowermost entry perforation and the adjacent lowermost exit perforation. The clippings from the card drop down into 'a receptacle (not shown) on the base plate of the apparatus through a guide 7. When now the workman leaves the works and inserts his card 8 into the funnel 7 for stamping, the horizontal edge of the recess 83 wi'll again abut against the pin 141 and the lowermost exit perforation will now be in lposition for receiving the other feeler 79.

A correct position of the card during the stamping is further secured by means of the card guide 86 in which the 'punching device 142 is located and which is shiftably mounted on two guide rods 87. Two springs :88 tend to move the guide 86 to the right-hand side (Fig. 2) of the apparatus until the guide abuts against the vertical edge of the card recess. y

For time-checking machines, which are arranged for checking a plurality of overlapping working shifts, different recording cards are used for each shift. In these cards the width of the recess in the cards 8 in a horizontal direction is different for each shift as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 5. According as the recess in the card is more or less deep in horizontal direction the card guide will, when the handle 5 is pulled, be pressed more or less to the right-hand side of the apparatus (Fig. 2) by the springs 88 before coming into contact with the vertical edge Aof the card recess and in accordance herewith the proper one of the preparation wheels 27 for the shift in question will be coupled in by means which will be described below.

.72 is turned, a lever 89 on the latter will move outward (F ig'. 1) and thereby release a pin 90 on a toothed segment 91 (Fig. 1 and thereby release a pin 90 on a toothed segment 91 which is fixed on a shaft 92. On this shaft there is also fixed one of a p air of bevel gears 92, the other bevel gear being fixed on a vertical shaft 94, which by means of a link 95 is connected to the card guide 86. When the pin 90 is released the springs 88 will press the card guide 86 to the left (Fig. 1) and this movement is, through the link 95, t-he shaft 94, the bevel gears 92 and the toothed segment 91, transmitted to a shaft 97 by means of a pinion 96 thereon. This shaft 97 is equipped with cams 98, by means of which the preparation wheels 27 for each working shift are brought into action. There is one cam 98 for each preparation wheel 27 and its coact-ing coupling lever 60. The cams or fingers 98 a're all of the same length but point in different radial directions relative to the axis of the shaft 97 (see Fig. 4). It is assumed that a card belonging to the first working shift is inserted into the funnel 7, for example the card shown in Fig. 5 which has a shallow recess in horizontal direction. When the handle 5 is pulled and the pin 90 is released, the card guide 86 will only be moved over a very short .distance by the springs 88 until it is stopped by coming 'into contact with lthe vertical edge of the card recess. The angular movement thereby imparted to the pinion 96 over the toothed segment 91 is a correspondingly small :one 'and only the cam 98 the point of which is lying next up to its appertaining coupling lever (in this example the first cam counting from the right in Fig. 1) is brought into operative position opposite to its coupling lever 60. If the card which is put into thel funnel 7 belongs to another working shift and is c'ut out after the first dashed line to the right on Fig. l5 the card guide 86 will, when the handle 5 is pulled, be pushed over a'somewhat longerA distance than above mentioned by the springs 88 before the guide comes into contact with the recess.l Correspondingly the second cam 98 to the right on Fig.

1 will be swung in to operative position opposite to its coupling lever 60 and t-he first cam fto the 4right will be swung out of operative position relatively to its lever 60. In the same way the remaining twp cams 98 are set in response to the width of the cards prepared for these working shifts.

During the further movement of the handle 5 an inclined' face on a lever 99 on the shaft 72 is pressed against the end ofthe against the force of a spring 84. The camI 98 which at the moment is in operative position'will press against a projection 100 on the adjacent coupling lever 60 and carry the lower end of this to the le lt whereby the lever will swing about its ivot pin 101- against the force of the spring 66 and byv means of yits upper forked end 102 will push the sleeve 103 and the transporting wheel 59 fastened upon the same to the right, so that the pin 58 on the wheel 59' is brought into the reach of the pin 57 of theadjacent prep- `aration wheel 27 When the handle 5 is moved lstill further forwards a toothed segment? 104 loosely mounted on 'the shaft 72 and connected by parallel springs 105 with an arm-106 is also rotated in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 3.

The arm 106 isicoupled withthe spindle 72 by a pin 107 and a recess 108 so that it can be turned in' relationto the spindle 72 .by a certain angle( The toothed segment A104 meshes with a pinion 109, Fig. 3, which is rigidly attached to or integral with a toothed wheell110. .This wheel 'meshes with a pinion 1'11 -upon the ,shaft 16, lFig. 1 The wheels 59 are now by the motion of the handle 5 with the interposed springs v,105 turned so far till the previously coupled wheel 59 abuts with its'pin 58 against the pin 57 of the correspondingwheel 27. The toothed seg-A ment 104 isthen arrested and the springs 105 allow the further `motion of the handle.

By the motion of the toothed segment 104 v-andthat of thepinions 61, fixed upon the shaft 16 the adjustment of the type Wheels" 62, 64 and 63, 65 is effected for a working shift vcorresponding with the predetermined wheel 59 and corresponding with the time value which has passed since the beginning of the shift u lto .the entrance and exit from the works. l f

The prepa ation wheels must of course be held in `a fixed position during the stamping process. For this purpose a shaft 134 `is mounted inthe frame and carries the *brackets146 and stopping pawls 138. There is one stopping pawl for each preparation wheel 2.7' and each'pawl is under the influence 'of a, spring 136, which isheld in tension .by a rod 137, rwhich rod is 'passed through the apertures in the pawls and through the lever 139, and is supported by the brackets 146. The lever 139 is likewise connectedto the shaft 134'. IVVhen they handle 5 -i's pulled a pin 144 on the lever 99 (which also effects lthe lateral displacement of vthe shaft 97 )'ismoved away from the lever 139,wliich now is drawn inward by the spring 145 and turns the shaft 134, so that the pawls 138 are brought into engagement with the teeth of .the'wheel 27. The springs 136,. .provi `ie' ,a more'or lessresilient connection between the pawls 138 and the wheel v27.

vided upon it.

revolution. Said Qwheels are each provided 4with a stop 130, Figs. 4 and 16, which in the zero positionabuts against one ofthe four locking levers 131, each of which has a recess 131 and is connected with one of 75 the ieeking levers ae. Beth the levers rs1 and 36 are actuated by special pins 37 on the disc38 which correspond with the zero positions of the various preparation wheels 27. Each of pins 37 releases its correspond-l so ing locking lever 131 at the beginning of the shift by moving the

levers

36 and 131 to the left and bringing the recess 131' in the path v of the stop 130 rotating with the preparation wheel 27, allowing the wheel 27 to I'o- S5 tate.. Since the simultaneously thrown in locking lever 36 would, however, act retarding a. recess 1.32. is provided at the place in the teeth ofLthe preparatory discs 27 which corresponds with the zero position.

The hammer 71 is disposed upon a shaft 112, Fig. 2. Itcarries upon its upper end four hammer heads, Fig. 7, of which the first, 6, sets the time stamping mechanism 4 `(Fig. 14), in operation, the second and third 95

thetime value stamps

62,64 and 63, (in the middle of the card) and the fourth, 113, the cutter 82 (recess 83 of the card). The hammer 71 is controlled by springs 114 which tend to lpull it into the -working-position. A lever 115, Fig. 3, is connected with the frame e hammer and cooperates with an abutment 0r stop 117 fu-lcrumed upon an arm 116 of the shaft 72 of the handle and controlled by a spring 118. l/Vhen the handle 5 is moved lo: 'it sets the hammer under tension and just `before it reaches its end position the stop 117 releases the lever of the hammerso thatthe hammer 71 vexecutes the blow on the ,e stamps by the action of the springs 114.l In llu order that the hammer 71 should not abut against the printing stamps 69 in its withdrawn position and prevent their adjustmentit is not moved directly but by means of an interposed piece 119 and abutments 120 pros .15

Springs 121, Figs.v 2' and 4, which are only subjected to a preliminary tension during the blowbring the hammer 71 slightly beyond the reach of the stamp. Ther-motion of the interposeds iece 119,is limitedon a lever 122 by a stationary abut meut 123, Fig, 2. Aj

In order to fix the type wheelsv62, 64, and 63, 5 accurately in the printing :position forV t e time value` stamping astar' wheel 125 S124, \Fig. 3, is secured upon their spindle 16.

The teeth of. said star wheel are engaged Yby a locking pawland shortly before the blow of the hammer takes place, a pin 127 provided up'on the lever 106 comes up against a double lever 128 controlled by a spring 129. The said lever then releases the stop pawl 125 so that it is free tol engage the star wheel 124 and thus to position the shaft 16 of the type wheels correctly.

In apparatus for registering a plurality of overlapping shifts it is advisable to employ a motor drive instead of the hand lever' 5, the workman then starting'the motor by operating a switch lever when entering or leaving the factory or works, whereupon the motor switches itself automatically ofil after it has operated the hammer.

The manner of operation of the arrangement is the following:

The clock-work 3 continuously drives the time type wheel 4, the wheels 34 and the disc 38. The preparatory wheel 27 which corresponds with the next shift is secured in its initial position by means of the nose 131 engaging the abutment 130. As the shift starts a pin 37 raises the nose 131 and the preparatory wheel 27 is carried around by the pawl 35 in the direction of the arrow (Fig. 4) rotating synchronously with the clock. As soon as a pause is made in the work another pin 37 raises the pawl 36.' The pawl engages the teeth of the preparatory wheel 27 and arrests it for the duration of the pause, this being accomplished by a plurality of pins arranged one behind vanother or a. corresponding iap on the disc 38. 'After the pause has come to an end the preparatory wheel 27 is released and is again carried around by the pawl 35. The pawl 35 is pressed by a spring 35', which is so strong that the wheel 27 is taken along with the wheel 34 by the frictional engagement bey tween the contact face of the pawl 35 and the tooth face of the wheel 34 only. The pawl 35 engages the wheel 34 in a direction opposite to that of a normal pawl. This arrangement is made because it is necessary thatxthe'wheel 34 continue at its rotation in the same direction also during the periods at which the wheel 27 is arrested, Like the pauses the allowances forthe entering of the workman are adjusted on the disc 38. The angular movement of the wheel 27 therefore corresponds with the time which has passed since the shifts commencement less the duration of the pauses.

As soon as the workman enters the factory he inserts his card 8 into the funnel 7, whereby the recess in the card will come to rest against the pin 141 of the punching device 82. The workmanvnow pulls the lever 5, the shaft 72 is turned, and the, lever 89 is moved outward (Fig. 1), so that the pin 90 on the toothed segment 91 is released. The springs 88 of the punching device 86 will now come into action and push the said punching devthe vertical side 0f the card recess 83.

vice towards the card 8 until it abuts against This movement of the punching device will actuate the lever 95, the shaft 94 and the bevel gears 93 and swing the toothed segment 91 (Fig. 4). This segment turns the shaft 97 by means of the pinion 96, so that the cam 98 for the working shift in question (responsive to the horizontal width of the card recess 83) is swung up into operative position adjacent one of the levers 60. Simultaneously the lever 99 is swung outward (Fig. 1), and as soon as it comes mto engagement with the end of the shaft 97 it will press the same to the leftr (Fig. 1) against the force of the spring 84, whereby the lever 98, which for the moment is in operative position, by means of the

coupling

102, 103, will swing the corresponding wheel 59 to the right, so that its nose 58 is brought into the path of the nose 57 on the preparation wheel 27 belonging to the same set. The pin 144 on the lever 99 will, during the movement of the latter, release the lever 138, while the locking levers 36 are brought into engagement with the wheels 27, which thereby are fixedly held in their position during the stamping.

On the shaft 72 also the two-armed lever 116 is fixed (see Fig. 3), to the upper end of which one end of the spring 17 is fastened, the other end of which is fastened to a bracket in the apparatus. When the handle 5 is pulled, the spring 17 is stretched. The pin 107 on the lever 116 rests loosely in the recess 108 in the lever 106 and will carry this into the same direction as the handle 5 as soon as it (the pin) abuts against the side of the recess. The lever 106 is, like the toothed segment 104, loosely mounted on the shaft 72. As the lever 106 and the toothed segment- 104 are interconnected by means of the springs 105, the segment 104, will partake in the movement of the lever 106 and, by means of the

gearings

109, 110, 111 and 61, will,rotate the shaft 16 and thereby the wheel 59 until the projection 58 of the wheel 59 in operation will abut against the projection 57 on the corresponding preparation wheel 27. The elapsed time type wheels 62--65 thus are set for stamping. As the preparation wheel 27 already at the beginning of the stroke was arrested by the pawl 138 the shaft 16, the toothed segment 104, and the gear train connecting these parts cannot move any further, but the lever 106 continues its movement, thereby' further tensioning the springs 105. Anexact adjustment of the type wheels 62-65 take' place at the end of the stroke when the pin 127 on the lever 106 comes into engagement with the lever 128 and thereby brings the lever into engagement with the star wheel 124, which is fastened on the shaft 16. During the stroke of the lever 5 the pin 150 on the shaft 72 which is. playing in a slot .n 59 *moved out ofcontact with the'plungers by in the sleeve "151`will abut against aside @face of the slot. The sleeve and the bell and the upper part'of the same lever will swing outward and` stretch the springs 77, lwhereby the. feelers 79 are-moved towards thel card. As at thefmoment of .the first entry witha new card only v.the lowermost perforation of thefminus row is in operative position the feeler 7 9 belonging to the minus rowwill pass into the said perforation and the head 65 will be in position for receiving a blow from the hammer head 70. At the end of the stroke the spring-actuated stop 117 on the lever 116 will abut against the lever 115, which is rigidly connected to the

shaft

1,12 and slide along the curved face of the same, whereby the lever 115 is pressed backward. 'Through this movement the interposed piece 119 and the hammer frame 71 on the shaft 121 are spanned dagainst the force of theA springs 114. As soon as the stop 117 slides out of engagement with the lever 115 the interposed part 119 and the frame 71 are released, and the upper part of the frame 71 with the

heads

6, 79 and 113 are forced inward at a very great speed throu h the action of the springs 114 so that't e heads will strike the plungers which are lying in their paths (Fig. 7). At this point the heads 113 operate the card cuttingl device, the head 6 operates the printin def" vice-'for printing the day and time, 'an the left head 70 (the lower' head 70 on Fig. 7) operates the cushion 69 belonging to the feeler 79 which is projectin through the the card, and thus the time is printed on the card and the stamping procedure is completed. yIt will .'be understood that at the. next stamping .'operation kthe lowermost exit perforation 4 V.

will bein positionor being engaged by the "other feeler, by means of which the exit values'of time are stampedon the card. As soon as the stroke of the hammer heads has taken place the frame 71 is automatically lever 99;-Wi11 then slide away from its contactmeans of the springs 121, in which position tige frameabuts against the seats 120.

.When the workman now releases his hold the',handle 5 is drawn back `into its original 555- position byA 4. 2

e spring 17 'causingpthe shaft to vreturn to its origmal position.- The with the end of the shaft-97, so that the latter bythe spring` 84 is pushed into its normal position. The cam 98, operative at the present stampingA operation, is then swungout 'of engagement with its 'appertaining coupling lever 60 and the corresponding wheel 59 is broughtback'into inoperative ocent preparation wheel 27. The lever 106 i is brought back into initial position by the pin 107 on the lever 116, which pin, as before mentioned, rests loosely in a slot 108 'in the lever 106. The pin 1.27 on the lever 106 now passes out of engagement with the lever 128, which is retracted by'its spring 129 and swings the lever 125 out of engagement with the star wheel 124, so that this wheel and consequently the shaft 16 are released. On its Wayback the pin 127 will engage the toothed segment 104 and bring this into its initial position, whereupon the shaft 16 and the wheels 59 are simultaneously returned to their previous position through actuation of the

gear train

104, 109, 110, 9111. rlhe lever 115- returns toits original position together with the hammer device since it is rigidly connected to the shaft 112.

l As the shaft 72 is moved kback during the return movement of the handle 5 the pin 150 is moved out of engagement with the wall o i' the slot in the sleeve 151, whereupon the lower arm of the bell crank 73 is drawn outwardly by the spring 79 and the pin 74 is pressed downward by the other 'arm ot' the )ell crank 73 whereby the lower-part of the lever is swung outward (to the right in Fig. 4) and the upper part of the same is swunvinward, so that the spring 77 is release and the plunger 69 drops down into 'an inclined position thereby extracting the feeler 79 from the perforation in the card Sil 8. Almost atthe end of the return movement According to the example shown in Fig..

5 the workman entered 4the factory at 10 :'20 a. in.' andleft at 12 p. m. As the working time commenced at 6:00 a. m. and the time is divided into 6 minute-periods the workman starts with a value of 4.4 hours stamped'on the left side of the perforations 67. When leaving, a value of 6.7 hours will b e stamped on the right side of the perforatlons, so'that the wages will have to be settled on the basis of an .actual working time of 6.7 Aminus 4.3 equals 2.3 hours.

Asv all the described movements take place almost simultaneously the whole stamping procedure. from the insertion to the removal of the card, .maybe accomplished very quickly by the workman.

V1t will be readily understood that-II do not limitmyself tothe exact details of construe` tion 'of the, improved working time recordlll.)

ing apparatus and that these may be moditied in many wa s within the scope of my clain'iswithout departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

IV hat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. The combination in an apparatus for checking time by marking cards, of a` card adapted to be introduced into the said apparatus, two parallel rows otperforations arranged in staggered relation in the said card, means for stampin values on lthe said-J card, guiding elements connected to the said stamping means and adapted to cooperatewith the said rows of perforations by .alternatingly rendering one ot' the said stamping devices operative, and

actuating elements for operating said stamp-- ing devices.

2. The combination in an apparatus for checking time by marking cards, of a card adapted to be introduced into the said apparatus, two parallel rows of pcrforations arrangedin staggered relation in the said card, two sets of printing wheels for stamping the f entry time values and the exit time values, a

pair of stamping devices each of them co-ordinated to one of said sets of printing wheels,

a feeler connected to each of the said stamp'-,

ing devices, each feeler being coordinated to one of the said two rows of perforations in the said card, means for alternately bringing one of the said feelers into engagement with f" a perforation in the ap ertaining row of perforations and means or pressing the said stamping devices against the card and the printing Wheels. f l j 3. A machine for recording the entry and exit time of aplurality of'shifts, comprismg a card having a recess at its edge, the depth of which corresponds to the shift to be recorded, a clockwork, a set of type wheels driven by said clockwork, a plurality of preparation wheels adjusted by said clockwork, the number of preparation Wheels vcorresponding to the number of shifts, a

plurality ot' driving devices or adjusting the type Wheels in Iaccordance with the position of one ot said preparation wheels, and

`means controlled by the depth of the recess in the card for rendering one .of said preparation wheels and one of said driving devices operative.

4. A machine for recording the entry ande exit time of a plurality of shifts, comprising a card having a recess at its edge, the depth of which corresponds with the shift to be recorded, a clockwork, a set of wheels drivenby said clockwork, a plurality'of preparation 'wheels adjusted by said clockwork, the number of said wheels corresponding with the number of shifts, aplurality of driving devices for adjusting said type rwheels in ac- 0f' the entry and exit time cordance withthe position of one of said preparation wheels, an adjustable abutment engaging said recess lin said card, a shaft coupled with said abutment, cams upon said shaft, and adjusting devices on the driving devices for the type wheels controlled by said cams in such a manner that according to the adjustment of the abutment in the recess of the card one of the cams renders operative one of said preparation wheels and one of said driving devices.

5. In a machine for recording working time, the combination of type wheels, a preparation wheel, a device for adjusting said type wheels inaccordance with the position of aid preparation wheel, and means for conrolling said type wheels and said adjusting device, said means -including a card having va recess at its edge and having two rows of perforations, said rows indicating the entry and exit'values respectively.

6. In a machine for recording working time, the combination of type wheels, a preparation wheel, a driving gear for said type wheels, a device for adjusting said typewheels in 'accordaneerwithjthe position of said preparation wheel comprising a continuously rotating member arr-an ed to be intermittently coupled with sai preparation wheel, a gearing,a lever, springs connecting the lever with said gearing, a member connecting the preparation wheel with said driving gear, means for controlling said connecting member comprising a card having indicia arranged to indicate respectively the entry and exit values o fthe recorded working hours.

7. In a machine for recording working time, the combination of type wheels, a preparation wheel, a device for adjusting said type wheels in accordance with the position of said preparation wheel comprising a shaft, a continuously 'clock driven disc:4 secured to said shaft, said preparation wheel time, the combination of type wheels, a preparation wheel, means for adjusting said type wheels in accordance with the position of said preparation wheel, an auxiliary device for stopping the preparation wheel during non-working intervals, comprising a continuously clock-driven disc, projections thereupon, and. levers for stopping the prepv aration Wheel, and means for connecting'said preparationwheel with the type wheels comrising a card having indicia arranged to lndieate the ent and exit values ofthe recorded working ours.

9. In a machine for recording ,working time, the combination of ty e wheels, a preparation wheel, means for adjusting'said type wheels in accordance with the position Vof said preparation wheel, an auxiliary control device' for stopping the preparation wheel during non-wor ing intervals comprising a continuously clock-driven disc, projections thereupon, another disc for intermittently moving the preparation wheel, locking levers o erated by said projections on the clock-driven discs, gearing upon the preparation wheel cooperating with the locking lever, means for connecting said preparation wheel with the type wheels comprising a card having indica arranged to determine the entry and exit values of the recorded working hours.

10. In a machine for recording thev working time of a plurality of shifts, the combination of type wheels, a preparation wheel, a device for adjusting said type wheels in .accordance with the sition 'of i said preparation wheel, an auxiliary device anda ratchet cooperating to control said first mentioned device, sai auxiliary device comprising a stop upon the preparation wheel and a lever for stopping the preparation wheel during the time between the end of one shift and the beginning of the next shift in the position correspon ing with the zero position of the type wheels, means for connecting said preparation wheel with the card, a preparation w eel, a hammer vmovable toward said card, means for adjusting said type wheels in accordance with the position of said preparation wheel, and means for controlling said type wheels and their adjusting means comprising levers, feelers upon the levers for selectively bringing one of the levers into operative'position between the hammer and the card opposite one of the type wheels by cooperating with corre'- spondingperforations in the card.

12. In a machine for recording working time of a plurality of shifts, the combination of type wheels, a plurality of prepara-- tion wheels, one for each of the several shifts, means for adjusting said type wheels in accordance with the position of said preparation wheels comprising a plurality 'of clock-drivenr gear wheels and driving wheels for the typewheels, means for connecting said driving wheels with the corresponding preparation wheels com rising a card having perforations arrange to indicate the entry and exit values of the recorded working hours and the shift in which the hours were worked.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature. f

PAUL MANSEL.