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'June 5, 1928.

J. W. BRYCE ET AL TIME RECORDER 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed July 28, 1923 n All 5' 05m June 5, 1928. 1,671,968

J. w. BRYCE ET AL TIME RECORDER Filed July 28, 1923 4 SheetsSheet 2 June 5, 1928.

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.UNITED STATES 1,671,968 PATENT OFFICE.

a'AMEs WJRRYCE, or RL'ooMEIE'Ln, AND A'nbR'E-WM. memo-N, or EAST ORANGE,

NEW JERSEY, nssIGNoRs To INTERNATIONAL r1MR REoo n'ING COMPANY or NEW YORK, or ENDICOTT, NEW' YORK, A ooRPoRAT-IoN on NEW YORK.

TIME RECORDER.

Application filed July as,

The present invention is; directed to the proi ision of an improvement in the so called dial type of time recorder to the general end that the machine may besimplified and bet ten-adapted to meet the demands of users who do not require the largejdial machmes now in general use. Dialmachines as heretofore constructed have utilized a drum upon which the record sheet is 'supporte d. The index or manual has been mounted to permit acomplete rotation thereof in order to rotate the drum and position the record to receive the time impression. Inthe present, invention the record sheet is supported upon a rock-ing sector. The -manual is adapted to rock this sector and is arranged so that the capacity of the machine is obtained by the movement of the manual over a sectors'cale instead of over a circular scale as heretofore. This construction permits .a much more compact and less expensive constructioi'r than heretofore attained. A

[Farther objects of the present invention reside inthe improvement in the means for actuating the printing couple to make time imprints. lVith dialmachines as heretofore used, the printing waseifected by depressing the manual and theopelfating Connections to the printing couple extended. through the manual shaft or adjacent thereto. ,In. the

. present embodiment the operating connections include an index element onnthe manual and a common bail within thecasing which is adapted to bestrujck by said element when the manual is depressed. I This arrangement of parts simplifies the con- ,StlliCljiOIl. 7

Further objects reside in the provision of improved and simplified means, for shifting the platen in one direction by the manual and in a different direction by a simple setting lever. i I

.A.further object of thepresent invention resides in the provision of supply rolls and a tear offlrnife device and a takeup roll on saidplaten andins'ertable means for operating the same whereby theindividual records may be.d rawn on and severed, or whereby the records may be wound up from time to time uponth'e take up roll by themanipiil'ation ofthe insertable means.

Other objects residein theprovision of certain improvements .in the details of construction which will be more. fully set forth i323. Seria 1 No. 654, 310.

in the appended specification and claims and shqwn in t he drawings which show a preferred embodiment of the invention.

a In the drawings:

Fig. l is a perspective view of the machine;

Fig. 2 shows a sample of the printed rec- 0rd sheet; i I

F 3 is a side elevation of the machine with anpr the casing removed to show the mechanism;

Fig. 4 is a'detail View taken on line 44 m 5 is an enlarged detail side view shewing the manual displaced to effect the printing operation; p

Fig. 6 is a detail view taken on line 6 6 ofFig'. 4:; a a L ,Fig. 7 is a detail top view of the parts which cooperate with the manual and with the printing coupleyand y y is a detail of the insertable key for advancing the record sheet on the sector. I -more .detail, the machine comprises a easing l0 witha suitably locked door 11 at one-side to give access to the record-sheet. Mounted within the casing is aclock movement of any approved type indicated at 12 3) and having hands and dial 13 visibleat the front of and without the casing. The clocks movement also is adapted to drivefa universally jointed time shaft 14 which,,in turn drives the time type wheels 15. This part of the mechanism which includes hour and minute wheels with intermediate driving connections is of convent onal type and requires no detailed description. .The typewheels and associated devices are carried by a frame 16 (Fig. a). A gross shaft 17 supports one end ofthe frame and'theother is resiliently supported by a spring l8j depen ding from shaft 19.

.The type are inked by an endless ink ribbon 20 and therelative movement of the printcouple is adapted to print upon the record .sneet by rocking the. frame about shaft it. Such lQCkIDgQIHOXQIDGIll also through link 21 draws up the spring retractedpawl .device22 so that subsequently the pawl may be advanced by its spring and through ratchet 22 advance the inking ribbon.

1 Shafts .17 and 19 arev supported by frame members 23 which also support a rock shaft '24. Slidably mounted on this rock shaft arespaced sector plates which support a printing platen 26 and record supply and take up rolls 2728.

In the ordinary use of the recorder,cthe take up roll is not utilized, but therecords are removed daily. Access to the end of the record strip is secured by opening the locked door 11. The custodian of the ma-. chine grasps and pulls out the end of the record strip until a fresh record is over the platen. A spring tensioned tear off knife 29 is provided which overlies the record strip and permits the end containing the printed record to be torn off. The finger portions 30 of the tear off knife apply tension to the strip and retain it in position upon the platen.

'The take .up roll is utilized when it is not desired to remove the records daily. .Under these conditions the end of the record strip is secured'to the take up roll. A suitable key 31 is provided which may be inserted through'an opening 32in the case of the machine, so as to engage the end of the take up roll shaft (see Fig. 8). By turning the key the completed record may be drawn off and wound up on the take up roll.

In order to rock the record sheet platen, I provide a manual 33 having a hub slotted to engage a pin upon the end of the rock shaft. If desired, the manual may be removed by removing a knurled knob 34.

; Thereafter the rock shaftwill be inaccessible since it is entirely within the housing. The sector plates 25 are free upon the rock shaft to permit the lateral displacement of-the platen along the shaft for making in and out records. In order to rock the sector plates and their platen upon the rocking of shaft, a hub 35 is fast to the shaft and provided with anarm 36 which extends into a notch 37 in one of the sector plates, thereby causing the sector plates and platento be rocked by adjusting the manual. Such rocking may be effected irrespective of the lateral dismove plates 40 and the platen structure 1 connected thereto.

The manual is adapted to sweep over an indicating scale 41. Adjacent the numbers of this scale are arcuately arranged holes 42 through which a pin 43 adjacent the index end of the manual is adapted to pass upon the pressing inwardly of the manual.

To obviate the provision of an extra pivot upon the manual and to permit the depression thereof, the manual is preferably formed of resilient material such as sheet metal.

The pin 43 when depressed through the holes in the casing strikes an arcuate shaped bail44 and rocks the latter about supportingshaft 45. To provide rigidity of support for the bail, four rock arms 46, 47, 48 and 49 (Fig. .7) are provided.- One of the arms'is extended i-earwardly at 50 and provided with a'shoulder extending over a set screw 51 and carried by the printing couple frame 16. The arm 47 is also provided with a bell striking mechanism 52. The inward displacement'of the, bail rocks the printing mechanism downwardly and prints the time upon the previously-selected portion of the record sheet.

lVhat we claim is:

1. In a time recorder including in combination with time type wheels; a shaft, a

rocking platen structure slidably supported upon said shaft, means for rocking said.

platen on said shaft, said means including a manual fixed to saidshaft, and a member fixed to said shaft and slidably engaging a part of said platen structure whereby rocking of the platen may be effected in any of the lateral positions of'the platen on said shaft. I

2. In a time recorder including time type wheels, a shaft, a rocking platen including a'pair of spaced supporting side plates slidably mounted upon said shaft, means for rocking. said platen about said shaft, said means including a pivotal manualupon said shaft andan arm connected to the manual a'nd'interengaging a notch in one of said side plates, said arm and notch permitting the lateral displacement ofthe platen on the shaft.

a 3. In a time recorder, in combination with a sector shaped rocking platen carrying record material, a supporting shaft therefor,

said platen being slidable laterally adjustable on said shaft, means for effecting said lateral adjustment, said means including a pair of spaced plates connected to said rocking platen, a bell crank and a lever and pin lot) carried thereby andengaged between said 7 plates. 7

4. A time recorder having a sector shaped platen, a sector shaped dial and a pivotally mounted manual adapted to sweep over the sector dial and selectively rock said platen,

an in and out setting lever having connections to laterally displace said platen, time type wheels adjacent said platen and means for forcing said wheels against record material carried onthe platen, said means comprising an actua-tingelement adapted to be struck by a part upon the index end of the manual upon the depression of such manual.

5. In a time recorder having time type wheels and a record carrying platen constituting a printing couple, a casing therefor, a pivotally mounted manual disposed with out said casing, connections including a supporting shaft for the manual for selectively shifting the platen with respect to the type wheels, and actuating connections operable through openings in said casing by and upon the depression of the pivotal manual, which said openings are disposed at a point remote from said shaft for effecting relative movements of the parts of the printing couple to thereby impress time records upon the record sheet.

6. In a time recorder having time type wheels and a record carrying platen constituting a printing couple, a casing therefor, a pivotally mounted manual, a shaft upon which said manual is carried, means for selectively rocking said platen by the rocking of the manual and shaft to position different portions of the record sheet under the time type wheels, a plurality of arcuately disposed holes in said casing, means carried by the manual and displaceable through said holes upon thedepression of the manual,

and means within the casing and coacting with the aforesaid means in all of the various pivotal positions of the manual for effecting a relative movement of the parts of the printing couple to make time imprints upon the record sheet.

7. In a time recorder having type wheels and a platen structure, a pivotally mounted manual with provisions for rocking the platen to various positions upon the pivotal positioning of said manual, a member carried by the manual at a position spaced from the pivotal axis of themanual and upon the index side thereof, a casing having arcuately disposed index holes through which said member is adapted to be projected upon the depression of the manual, a rock member disposed within said casing and engaged by said last mentioned member, and means operable by said rock member for pressing the type wheels into printing contact with the record upon the platen.

8. In a time recorder, in combination with a time printing wheel and a record car rying platen constituting a printing couple, a pivotally displaceable manual for rocking said platen, said manual being depressible to effect a relative movementof the parts of the printing couple for impressing time imprints upon the record sheet, and means for actuating said couple from the manual, said means including an arcuate bail adapted to be engaged by a member carried upon and adjacent the index end of the manual upon the depression thereof.

9. In a time recorder having time type wheels in combination with a record carrying sector shaped platen, a manual operatively connected to rock said platen upon the pivotal displacement thereof, a shift lever for laterally shifting said platen and operative connections between said shift lever and platen adapted to permit the rocking of said platen by said manual including a pair of spaced plates carried by the platen structure and a pin carried by the shift lever and engaging between said plates.

In testimony whereof we hereto affix our signatures.

JAMES IV. BRYCE. ANDREWV M. ROBINSON.

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