US1812883A - Tabulating machine - Google Patents

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July 7, 1931. J. LAST TABULATING MACHINE Filed Dec. 14, 9 4 Sheets-Shee 1 J. LAST TABULATING MACHINE July 7, 1931.

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' J. LAST TABULATING MACHTNE Filed Dec. 14, 1925 48heets-Shee 4 314mm for James Zasz,

Patented July 1, 1931 UNITED STATES JAMES LAST, OF :IINGSTON, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO

PATENT OFFICE REMINGTON RAND INC., 0] NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE TABU'LATINQ g momma Application filed December 14, 1925, Serial No. 75,843, and in Great Britain December 17, 192,4.

The present invention relates to statistical, calculating and like machines which are operated by mechanical records such as perforatedcards, and relates more particularly to a machine of the adding-printing tabulator type operated by perforated i'ecord cards.

Machines of this character as heretofore constructed provide means for analyzing or sensing the perforated cards and simultaneously with such sensing operation transfer and set into operation mechanism for record-- ing the sensed data in the machine. Also insuch machines a designation means has been provided as a distinct and separate 1 entity from other parts or units of the machine whereby a change of designation fromv one group of cards. to another group results in the automatic stopping of the machine. Also in such machines it is necessary to provide supplemental cards, for effecting a clearing ofthe machine and for taking a total.

Some of the objects of the present inven; tion are to provide means to overcome the disadvantages of machines of the character mentioned; to provide an improved tabulating'machine wherein the speed of the machine is materially increased without introducing factors of error and uncertainty of action; to

provide a machine in which the designation control as a "separate unit is ellmmated and certain adjuncts of the machine" caused to have a'dual function; to provide means whereby a change of designation in a runof w I 'has a card feeding mechanism 1O, ({Fig. 2),

cards automatically causes the machine to take a total; to provide for flexibility in the use of the designation control whereby any column of a card can be employed for"'designation control, or a single column can be used for designation control from any selected field of the card or a part of such field; to provide means for automatically clearing the carry members of the machine prior to taking the total; to provide means for causing the sensing o ration and the operation of transferring t e data sensed to take lace successively; to provide a machine 0 the resent character in which the ordinary functions of the machine or some of them are continuous during the total taking; to provide means for taking a total at a higher speed than the speed of the machine while normally functioning for analyzing operation; to provide means for automatically clearing the machine after a total has been taken and prior to the transfer of items or data from the first sensed card of a group having a change of designation; to provide means for analyzing a card during one-half of the stroke of the analyzing unit and to'transfer the analyzed data on the other half-of such stroke; to provide a machine wherein a greater number of cards can be passed through the machine in a given time than has heretofore been possible in the same given time; and toprovide other improvements as will hereinafter appear.

" l-In the accompan ingdrawings Fig. 1 represents a detail in side elevation of the upper portion of an adding machine embodying one form of'the' present invention; Fig. 2 repre-.

sentis;.-the lower (portion of the same; Fig. 3 represents an en detail showing the cam con- :trol;"F -ig.. 1 represents a portionofthe restorm bar 'actuatin' means; Fig. 5 represents a detail similar to ig. l-but showing the sector and associated parts in designation position; Fig. 6 represnts adetail of a latch control; Fig. 7 represents an enlarged detail of the restoring bar and its adjuncts and-Fig. 8 represents a detail in rear elevation of the analyzing unit and its connected parts.

Referring to the drawings, a machine in which one form of the present "invent-i on is embodled is shown, and generally. considered an analyzing unit 11 and stop mechanism 12 (Fig. 1) controlled thereby," a type setting sector mechanism 13 including a designation control, a printing and recording mechanism 14,-and an operating and total taking'mechanism 15, (Flgi5).

s here shown the card feeding mechanism as analyzed, to a receiv ing magazine 24 or any other suitable receptacle for the purpose. The sets of feed rolls 18 and 23 are driven by any suitable mechanism, and the picker 17 is properly reciprocated by a rock arm 26 under the control of a spring pressed rod 27 carrying a roller 28 held in contact with the face of a cam 30 fixed to the main shaft 31.

For the purpose of reciprocating the pin box 32 so that the slidably mounted pins 22 are brought into sensing relation with respect to the card in the registration passage 20, the ends of the pin box 32 are attached respectively to two depending arms 33, (Figs. 2 and 3), each of which mounts a cam roller 34 to be held in contact with a cam face 35 of a cam groove 36 in a cam 37 fast to the shaft 31. Springs 38 stretched respectively between the arms 33 and fixed points ensure the rollers 34 following the contour of the cam face 35. The opposite face 40 of the cam groove 36 has a portion 41 concentric with the shaft 31 and opposite to the total portion 42 of the face 35 in order that the 5 pin box 32 may have a short rest period at the end of each stroke of the pin box as long as accumulation is taking place.

To prevent the pin box 32 lowering into contact with the total portion 42 when the concentric portion 41 is reached, a latch 43 is provided and pivoted to a fixed part so that the action of a spring 44 normally holds it under a lug 45 fixed to one of the arms 33 or other convenient part. A latch disengaging arm 46 is pivoted to the latch pivot 47 and is arranged to engage a pin 48 on the latch 43 when rocked by a connecting link 50 during total taking. Under ordinary accumulation the latch 43 is automatically released by a cam 49.

The result of each sensing or analyzing operation is transferred to certain operating adjuncts of the machine and finally appears as a printed item on the record paper 51 which is automatically fed about a platen 52 arranged to receive the impact of the type 53 as each is brought to printing position and struck by a hammer 54. The paper feed and hammer mechanism are actuated in proper timed relation by any suitable mechanisms known in the art and as they form no part of the present invention no illustration is made thereof.

In order to set the type for printing purposes, a plurality of type sectors 55 is provided and corresponding in number to the number of columns of the schedule. Each sector 55 (Fig. 1), carries the desired number of type 53, which generally correspond in number to the number of data points or numbers in a record card column, and is controlled by its rack sector 56 which is connected thereto by a pin and slot connection 57. All the pairs of type sectors and rack sectors are pivoted upon a common rod 58 and are thrown to operati e position, when permitted, by sector actuating springs 60 respectively stretched between a fixed part and the several restoring pawls 61 which are respectively pivoted at 62 to extension arms 63 of the respective type sectors and as the actuating means therefor are similar the description will be confined for the sake of clearness to one unit and its associated par-ts.

As a means for restoring the sectors, a re storing bar 64 (Figs. 1, 4, 5 and 7) is provided extending transversely of the sectors and having its ends anchored in the restoring frame plates 65. This restoring frame is arranged to be rocked in proper timed relation by means of a cam plate 66 having its cam slot 67 receiving a roller 68 mounted on one end of the frame plates 65. Motion is transmitted to the plate 66 by means of a link 70 which receives its reciprocating motion from a crank arm 71 under the control of suitable operating mechanism well understood in this type of machine. Each restoring pawl 61 terminates in a hook 72 which normally engages over the restoring bar 64 so that on the forward or setting movement of the sector 56 the spring 60 will causethe hook 72 to follow the movement of there storing bar 64 until the sector is stopped in its difl'erential positions and hence upon the return or restoring stroke of the bar 64 it will engage'and carry the, hook 72 and its pawl back to the initial position.

In order to stop the rack-sector '56 in position locating the desired type of the type sector 55 in printing position, vertically movable stops 73 are arranged in a row beneath the rack sector 56 so that any one which is projected upwardly will be set in the path of movement of a stop lug 74 on the sector 56 and which is normally held by a zero stop 75 on the movable shutter 76. This shutter 76 is arran ed to be moved out of the path of the lug 4 by the upward movement of any of the stops 73. The stops 73 are mounted for sliding movement in a suitable cage 77 and are arranged to be respectively actuated by extension rods 7 8, (Fig. 2), the lower ends of which are guided through a plate 80 into relatively close'proximity to the pin box 32.

Movement is transmitted from the analyzing unit to the extension rods 78 on the nonanalyzing portion of the stroke of the pin box 32, and to accomplish this action each pin 22 has a detent 81 pivoted to it and constrained by a spring 82 to swing to a position below the extension rod 78 which its pin 22 is to control. In the up position of the pin box 32 the free ends of those detents 81 not set by an analyzing operation rest against the sides of the respective extension rods, but in the lower or analyzing position any pin 22 which has passed through a perforation in the card will bring its detent 81 out of en gagement with its extension rod 78, and

. pin box.

- to by a rock arm 8 1 connected by a link 85 to a pivoted lever 86 which is shifted in one direction by a spring 87 and inrthe other di rection by a roller 88 arranged to be enga d by a dwell 90, on the cam 37.

he foregoing construction provides a means whereby the analyzing of a card and the setting of the sector stop mechanism 12 takes place successively, insteadof simultaneously as in priormachines, and 'thereby,materially increases the speed of the machine because it is now possible to feed a second card into the mach'ne while the adding and print:

ing operations of the 'first'cardare taking.

place. I v i For the purpose of designation control thef present invention eompreheiids broadly-the r automatic takingof a total on a change: of designation without employing a separate or independent designation mechanism infiu enced by the change in thedesignationcoh um'nof the card. In the embodiment of'the invention here illustrated, by way of example, the rack sectors 56 themselves are utilized to sense a change in designation and cause the proper functioning of the total taking mechanism, and while in general several sectors act as designation control but one and its partswill be here described.

The present means whereby a sector 56 functions also as a dcsignationcontrol ineludes a stepped arcuate arm 91 connected at one end to the restoring pawl 61 and hav-- ing its teeth 92 arranged to be engaged by a selecting crankpawl 93, (Figs. 1 and 5), pivoted on a rod 94. \Vhen the sector 56 is not to be set for designation control, the

crank pawl 93 is held out of engagement with the arm 91 by means ofa pin 95 located in a slot. 96 of a selecting slide 97 which is normally held by a pivoted .lateh 98 against the tension of a spring 100. The latch 98 is pivoted about a rod 101 and when lifted releases the slide 97 to the action of the spring 100 so that the crank pawl 93 is free, unless otherwise restrained, to swing to engagement with the teeth 92 of the arm 91. Periodically, however, a holding bar 102 is interposed in the path of the free end of the crank pawl 93, and the latter is therefore released only at the proper time in the cycle of operations.

in order to retain the sector 56 in its designation control position, an inverted ratchet sector 103, common to all the sectors 56. is provided, and has its ends supported by arms,

similar to the. one 104 shown, which are mounted for rocking movement on the rod 58; This sector 103 is interposed between the hook arm of the restoring pawl 61 and the stepped arm 91, its position being such that it will be engaged by the hook nose 105 of the restoring pawl 61 corresponding to the sector selected for designation control. \Vhen so engaged by the nose 105 the sector 103 is arranged to be periodically locked during analvzin operations by means including an arm 106, *ig. 5, rigidly connected to one of the arms 104 and operatively connected by link 107 to a lever 108 whose free end lies in the path of a dwell 110 on a cam disc 111. When said dwell is in contact with the end of lever 108 the bar 103 is held against rocking toward the rear of the machine but is free to rock as far as this particular train of mechanism is concerned as soon as the dwell leaves the end of lever 108 which it does at about or just before the position of the parts shown in Fig. 5. As will hereinafter appear dwell 110 prevents rocking of the part 103 during that period of an ordinary analyzing cycle in which the stop pins 73 are depressed.

The holding bar 102 is in the nature of a bail bar supported by "arms 112, pivoted on shaft 94. One of these arms 112 has rigid j therewith an arm 113 to which is pivoted a link 114, the lower portionof which is guided in its lengthwise movement by a slot in said link engaging the fixed pivot 115 of a lever .116; This lever has aboncentric cain slot 117, into which projects a pin 118, fasten the link 114. The end of the slot has an inclined extension 119, such thatwhen the lever 116 is rocked, this incline, acting on the-pin 118', will exerta. thrust on link'll i anctswing bar 102 forward out of contact with the dogs or pawls 93. The lever 116 is swung, forthis purpose, by a' spring 120 stretched between said lever and the lowerend of link 114. At

the point in the operation illustratedin Fig.

,5 this lever 116v is locked in its inactive pos1- tion with the spring-120 stretched by means of a latch 122 pivoted to along link123,.said

-latch being controlledby a spring 124 connected thereto and to the link. The: link 123 has pin and slot connection with-an arm' 126 fast on the main operating rock shaft 300 of the head or upper part of the machine, this rock shaft being operated at suitable times by means includinga lever 127 fast on its end. As will hereinafter appear, when the arm 126 is swung toward the front of the machine the link 123 does not ordinarily follow it, and the pawl 122 has an inclined tail 125 adapted to be operated atsuch times by the arm 126 so as to release the pawl 122 when arm 126 swings forward with the'result that spring 120, acting on lever 116 and link 114, moves bar 102 to its inactive position.

As will hereinafter appear, in a total taking operation the link 123 does follow the arm 126 in the forward motion of the latter. hen this occurs the pawl 122 moves so far toward the front of the machine that it picks up the end of the lever 116 and on the return stroke of arm 126 and link 123, this pawl restores lever 116 and bar 102 to the position in which they are shown in Fig. 5, thus moving bar 102 to its rear position where itacts on pawls 93.

In order to clear the machine, by returning carried sectors to zero, a carry clear bar 130 is pivoted at 131 to a. fixed part and is connected to an operating arm 132 which is swung on its actuating stroke by a spring 133 and returned to inoperative position by the movement of the arm 126 in which position it is normally held by a pin 135 latched against a shoulder 136 formed on the carry clearing link 123. This link 123 is held in latching position by a pawl 137 arranged to drop behind a lug 138 on the link 123 and its disengagement from the pawl 137 is effected by the downward movement of a pin 140 on the link 107. As soon as the lug 138 is lowered below the pawl 137, the link 123 is free to move to the left, (as seen in Fig. 5) under the influence of a spring141 stretched between a pin 142 and the arm 126. The movement of the link 123 also frees the arm 132 so that it swings the carry clearing bar 130 into engagement with the rear of those sectors which are in carry position. The movement of the carry clearing bar 130 is here used to transmit motion by way of a crank 143 to the link which releases the pin box latches 43 (Fig. 2) in order that the pin box is free to be depressed by the springs 38 until its rollers 34 are in contact with the total taking portion 42 of the cam 37.

The timing and operation of the main opcrating arm 127 is such that whilst for addition and for listing of a group of items it runs at one speed but in the cycle in which a change is detected, a total printed, and the first item of a new group is added, itruns at twice its forme'r speed. That is to say normally it properly follows the analyzing cycle of the pin box but when a total taking operation is taking place the arm127 has two working strokes during one revolution of the main shaft 31. Thus the lower end of the operating arm 127 is connected to a crank disc 144 fast to a bevel gear 145 (Fig. 8), of an epicyclic gear unit, the said gear 145 and its crank disc 144 being loosely mounted on the shaft 146, but normally driven thereby through a pawl 147 engaging a lug 148 on the crank disc 144. Bevel pinions 149 are connected together and mounted to rotate with the shaft 146 and are also in mesh with a bevel gear or sun member 150 freely mounted'on the shaft 146. This sun member 150 is provided with a shoulder 151 (Fig. 5), arranged, under total taking conditions, to be engaged by a pivoted pawl 152 so that when such engagement takes place the sun member 150 will be held stationary and thereby cause the pinions 149 to drive the disc 144 two revolutions for each revolution of the shaft 146.

In order to throw the pawl 152 into the path of the shoulder 151 on the sun member 150, it is connected by a link 153 with the end of a lever 154 which is pivoted at 155 and connected at its opposite end to the link 50. This latter connection is by a pin 156 on the lever 154 and riding in a slot 157 of the link 50 whereby a clearance is provided to allow the lever 154 to be held in 1ts set position longer than the link 50 .is in its upper position. A spring 158 maintains a tenslon on the lever 154 so that the pawl 152 is thrown out of engagement with the sun member shoulder 151 at the proper time.

To retain the pawl 152 in engagement with the shoulder 151 through one revolution of the shaft 146 a ring segment 160 is arranged concentrically with the shaft 146 and projects from a face of a hub 161 on the shaft 146. The opening 162 in the ring 160 is arranged and timed so that it receives a pin 163 projecting laterall from the end of the lever 154, and hence while the pin 163 is riding on the inner face of the segment 160, the pawl 152 will be held in engagement with the shoulder 151 of the sun member 150. The shaft 146 receives its motion by means of a shaft 164 driven from the main shaft 31.

For the purpose of actuating the accumulator wheels 165 (which are carried by pivoted links 166) in timed relation with the rack sectors 56, a link 166 extends downward- 1y from the wheel frame and joins one arm 167 of a bell crank, the other-arm 168 of which carries a pin 170 which is arranged to be locked in disengaged position of the accumulator wheels 165 by a latch 171. Movement is transmitted to the arm 167 by two springs 172 and 173 acting oppositely thereon, the spring 172 being stretched between a pm 174 on the arm 167 and a pin 175 on one arm 176 of an engaging lever, the other arm 177 of which carries a roller 178. The spring 17 3 is stretched between the pin 174 and a pin 180 on a fixed part of the machine frame. The spring 172 is stronger than the spring 173 in order to swing the accumulator wheels 165 into mesh with the rack sector 56 when the latch 171 is displaced the arm 177 having been rocked upwardly by the travel of a cam dwell 181 under the roller 178. The parts are now held with the accumulator wheels 165 in engagement with the sectors 56 by a latch 182 hooking over a pin 183 on the arm 176. The latch 182 is pivoted to a fixed part and has a trip finger 184 located in the path of movement of the pin 142 on the clearing link 123 whereby the engaging lever 176 is released on the forward stroke of the link 123. This mode of disengagement functions only for total taking operations, and when the wheels 165 are controlled for accumulating, the latch 182 is released by. a slotted arm 185 having pin connection with a. second finger 186 of the release latch 182. p

In order to release the engagement timing latch '17 1 so that the controlling bell crank 168 is released so that the accumulator wheels 165 engage the gear sectors 56 at the completion of the outward stroke, a cam dwell 187 is formed 011 the cam 144 in offset relaspring 196 connected to a fixed pin 197.

The operation of the machine is as follows: As each sector56, has a separate selecting latch 98, any sector, or more than one if necessary, can be selected for designation control purposes. Furthermore, by the present anrangement, any column of the card may be taken for designation control purposes and thrown into anysector selected for such control.

Having chosen the desired sector 56, its latch 98 is lifted, (as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 5 to thereby release the selecting slide 97to t e action of the spring 100, and

the slide 97 thereupon brings the rear end of the'slot 96 against the pin 95 of the selectin crank 93. Now when the designating contro sector 56, that is the one related to crank 93, has reachedits outward position in the cycle, as determined by the sensing of the first card of a group, the upper member 126 of the operating arm 1 27 raises the tail 125 of the latch" 122 and thus releases the arm 121 of the cam crank 116. The spring 120 thereupon swings the cam crank 116 clockwise,as seen inFig. 5, to shift the link 114 so that the shaft 94 rocks in the direction to remove the rod 102 from the selecting crank 93 and the latter is then free to engage the adjacent tooth on the toothed arm 91. An

upward movement of the restoring pawl 61 has been caused by the over run of the re storing bar 64 along its under side, and hence the 'hooknose 105 is in engagement with the invertedcommon ratchet sector 103. -The position at which tooth 105 engages the common ratchet sector 103 has been determined by the stop 73 by which the'sector 56 has been positioned. The load which the spring 100 applies to the selecting crank 93 results 'ina movement about the pivot 62 of the restoring pawl 61 greater than that resulting from'the pull of the sector actuating spring 60, and consequently the hook 72 of that restoring pawl 61 will be held out of the path of the restoring bar 64 on its restoring movement. The common ratchet sector 103 is pivotally held at this time because it is coni nected to a link 107 and lever 108, which are held by the cam 110 against return movement at this particular time, which is when the stops 73 are down and going through a new sensing operation. It should here be noted that the common ratchet sector 103, if released from the cam 110, can move on its forward stroke through a small angle when the stop lug on the sector 56 whose restoring pawl is engaged with the COIIlll'lOIl ratchet sector 103 is not, retained by any stop such as when a designation stop which originally positioned the sector fails to be lifted following the sensing of a card exhibiting a change in designation.

[.In other words, if this sensing operation link 123 and thereby disengage t e shoulder 136 from the pin 135 and the lug 138 from the pawl 137. This releases the carry-clear bar 132 to the action of the spring 133, and it therefore immediately swings in the direction to return all rack sectors 56 in the carry position up to the zeroposition. The accumulator wlfeels 165 have by this time been disengaged from the rack sectors 56 by the mechanism described. The movement of the carry-clear bar 132 to the left, as seen in Fig. 5, is transmitted to the link 193, and raises the engagement timing pawl 171 so that the control crank 168 is released to the action of the spring 172, which thereupon swings the arm 167 and arm 166 in adirection to bring the accumulator WhBBlS'iIltO mesh with the rack sectors 56. This action is preceded by the engagement of the cam 181 with the control crank roller 178, so that the said crank 177 is brought into latching engagement with A the release timing latch 182 and thereby holds the accumulator wheels during the total taking forward stroke of the sectors.

to return the rack sectors 56 to zero is also employed to lift the link 50, rock the lever 154 counterclockwise against the tension of its spring 158, and thereby draw the pawl 152 into the notch 151 of the sun member of the epicyclic gearing. This causesthe disc crank drivingme'mber 144 to cause the operating arm 127 to make two revolutions during the ensuing revolution of the operating shaft, instead of one as is normally the case when the sun member 151 is not engaged and the disccrank 144 is driven directly from the shaft 146 b the pawl 147. The n )ward movement 0 the link 50 also causes t e pin box disengaging arm 46 to release the latch 43 from the pin box lug 45, so that the pin box falls to the position determined by the The movement of the carry-clear bar 130 v radius of the total portion 42 of the main cams 37. The card which has caused the foregoin sequence of operations due to its change 0 designation has been ejected immediately on the first up stroke of the pin box to withdraw the selector pins 22 from the card, but the radius of this total portion 42 of the main cams is such that the selector pin pawls 81, which were not employed to raise stops 73 after the sensing of the card just ejected, are not brought sufficiently low to swing under the lower ends ofthe push rods 78. At the same time, this depression of th pin box and its interconnected frame which carries the rod 78, is sufficient to allow the lifted stops 73 to clear the heels of the sectors, so that the latter are free to swing on the total taking stroke. These last functions are coincident in time with the engagement of the accumulator wheels 165, and are immediately followed by the forward swing of the sectors on the total taking stroke and the completion of this stroke is followed by the printing of the total and the disengagement of the accumulator wheels 165, because the pin 142 in the carry-clear bar link 123 engages the arm 184 and releases the latch 182 so that the spring 17 3 is now unopposed by the spring 172 and results in the withdrawal of the accumulator wheels. This free outward movement of the carry-clear bar link 123 allows the latch 122 to again engage with the arm 121 of the cam crank 116, while the cam 110 of the operating shaft 146 has restored the inverted common ratchet sector 103 to the position it occupied before its out ward change detecting swing, and it is there retained so that the sector engaged with it is in the correct position for printmg: The next forward swing of the operatin arm 127 causes the cam crank 116 to be roc edto its return position, and thereby swings the rod 102 to the position where it disengages the selecting crank 93 from the toothed arm 91, so that on the following portion of the forward swing, which is coincident w th the return swing of the restoring bar 64, the restoringpawl 61 is caused by the spring 60to shift the hook 72 into the path of the restoring bar 64, and thus, at the end of the stroke, the selected designation control sector is restored to zero along with the other sectors in the machine. While this'is taking place, the shoulder 136 of the carry-clear bar link 123 swings the carry-clear bar 132 away from the rack sectors, and the retaining pawl 137 is engaged behind the lu 138 to hold the parts in position. It shoul be noted that just prior to the commencement of the forward stroke of the operating arm 127 the opening 162 of the ring 160 is so rotated thatthe inner wall of the ring now retains the' in 163 so that the pawl 152 is held engage in the notch of the sun member of the epicyclic train, this being necessary dueto the fact that the link 50 has been returned to its down position through the return action of the carry-clear bar 132. The completion of the total portion of the cycle coincidesiwith the arrival at the pin box roller 3 1 of the second lifting portion 201 of the pin box cams, so that the pin box is now again raised and. those selector ins which passed through perforations in the card just ejected and whose pawls thereby became engaged with the under sides of the rods 78 now lift the related stops 73 and the second revolutionof the disc crank 144 now takes place. The.cam1 181 again swings the engaging lever 177 and tension the spring 172 before the commencement of the forward swing of the sectors and the cam 187 trips the latch 171 so as to allow the accumulator wheels to'be engaged before the commencement of the rearward swing of the sectors. The carry-clear bar link is now 'retained by the pawl 137 and the completion of the out stroke of the sectors and that of the upper end 126 of the operating arm is followed by the removal of the bar 102 from the selecting crank 93 due to the tripping of the latch 122.

This release of the selecting crank 93 allows the load of the spring 100 to again be applied to the arm 91 to cause the hook 105 to engage and be held by common ratchet sector 103 in the position determined by the new designation of the following group of cards, and the function of change detecting is again prepared. The return stroke of the sectors 56 now begins and an accumulation is rolled in. On the completion of this stroke the slotted link 185 trips the release timing latch 182 to release the engaging lever 17 7 so that the spring 173 pulls down the arm 167 and disengages the accumulator wheels. By this time the normal operation of the card feed has introduced the second card of the new group under the analyzing pins 22 and the cam 49, by tripping the pin box latches 43, allows the lowering portion 200 of the pin box cams 37 to depress the pin box to such a depth that the pawls 81 on those analyzing pins 22 which pass through holes in the card will swing under their superposed rods 7 8 while those on pins 22 which are supported by'blank portions of the card will rest against the sides of the res ctive rods 78. The card is held momentarily in the registration passage by any well-known form of card stop mechanism. The pawl clearing rod 83 is caused'to function the engagement of the cam 90 with the ro ler 88 of the link 85, and this takes place substantially with the action of that portion of the lowering stroke which applies the analyzing pins 22, and thus removes those pawls 81, which hadlifted the rods 78 on the previous sensing operation, so that the retractor frame 202 coupled to the pin'box depresses all rods 7 8. The completion of the lowering of the pin box is accompanied by the release I ,raised by the engaged pawls 81, and coincidentally the lever 154 is released because its pin 163 comes opposite to the opening 162 of the ring 160. This release of the lever 154. lifts the pawl 152 out of engagement with the sun member shoulder 151 and restores the driven disc 144 to engagement with theshaft 146 through the pawl 147 and shoulder 148 and it so continues until a change of designa- 'tion causes the lever 154 to again throw the awl 152 into position to hold the sun memer 150. .4 While only a single form is shown in which this invention may beembodied, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to any specific construction, but might be applied to various forms without departing from the spirit ofthe invention or the scope, of the appendedclaims. I f

Having thus described my invention, I claim: I f

. 1. In a machine of the character stated, I the combination of. an accounting mechanism including a movable sector. set for card group designation control, a total taking mechanism, a. card controlled analyzing mechanism for controlling said accounting mechanism, and means operated by said sector in response to a change of group designation sensed bysaid analyzing mechanism for causing said total taking mechanism to function. 1 2. In a 'machine of the character stated, the combination of an accounting sector, a total mechanism, and means operated by the m'ovement of said sector caused by a change of card'group designation for operating said total mechanismi 3. In a machine of the character stated, the combination ofa plurality of accounting sectors, a total mechanism, and means operated by the movement of any of said sectors .selected for group designation control for causing said, total mechanism to operate upon a change of'designation.

' 4. Ina machine of the character stated, the combination of a plurality of accounting sectors, a total mechanism, means operated by the movement of any of said sectors selected for group designation control for causing said total mechanism to operate upon a change ofdesignation, and means to automatically .clear said sectors to zero position.

5. In a machine of'the character stated the combination of a pluraliiy of accounting sectors, a total mechanism, driving means for said sectors andsaid total mechanism, means operated by the movement of any of said sectors selected'for group designation control for causing said total to operate upon a change of designation, and means for increasing the speed of said driving means duringsaid total taking cycle. I 4

6. In a, machine of the character stated,

the combination of a plurality of accounting sectors, a total mechanism, driving means for said'sectors and said total mechanism, means operated by the movement of any of said sectors selected for group designation control for causing said total to operate upon a change of designation, and means controlled by a designation control sector for increasing the speed of said driving means during said'total taking cycle. I

7. In a machine of the character stated, the combination of a plurality-of accounting sectors, a total mechanism, driving means for said sectors and said total mechanism, means operated by the movement ofv any of said 'sectors selected for group designation control for causing said total to operate upon a change of designation, means for increasing the speed of said'driving means during said total taking cycle, and means for restoring said driving means to its accounting operat-' ing speed after said total taking cycle.

8. In a machine of the character stated, the combination of an accounting mechanism including a movable sector set for card group designation control, a total. taking mechanism, a card controlled reciprocable analyzing mechanism for controlling said accounting mechanism, means operated by said sector in response to a change of group designation sensed bysaid analyzingmechanism for causing said total taking mechanism to operate, and means for varying the stroke of said'analyzing mechanismduring said total taking cycle. I

9. In a machine of the character stated, the combination of an accounting mochanism including a movable sector set for card group designation control, a total taking nism, a card controlled reciprocableanalyzing mechanism for controlling said accounting mechanism, means operated by said sector in response to a change of group designation sensed by said analyzing mechanism for causing said total taking mechanism to operate, and means for rendering said analyzing mechdesignatlon control, a total taking mecha- I lyize set-up ofsaid pin box.

anism ineffective during said totaltaking cycle.

11. In a machine of the character stated,

the combination of an accounting mechanism counting mechanism, means operated by said sector in response to a change of group designation sensed by said analyzing mechanism for causing said total. taking mechanism to operate, and means controlled by said designation control sector for rendering said analyzing mechanism ineffective during said total taking cycle. v r

12. In a machine of the character stated, the combination of an accounting mechanism including a plurality of sectors, stop devices for controllin said sectors, 'a c'aid controlled analyzing mec anism for settingsaid stop devices, a total taking mechanism, and means controlled by the movement of a sector selected for designation control for rendering said analyzing mechanism ineffective to set said stop devices during the operation of said total taking mechanism.

13. In a machine of the character stated, the combination of an accounting mechanism including a plurality of sectors, stop devices for controlling said sectors, a card controlled analyzing mechanism for setting said stop devices, a total taking mechanism, and means controlled by the movement of a sector selected for designation control'to limit the travel of said analyzing mechanism during a total taking cycle whereb said analyzing mechanism is rendered ine ective to set said stop devices.

14. In a machine of the character stated, the combination of'an accounting mechanism including a plurality of sectors, stop devices for controlling said sectors, a card controlled analyzing mechanism, means to move said analyzing mechanism to perform an analyzing operation upon a perforated card, and means operable on the non-analyzing movement of said analyzing mechanism to set said stop devices in accordance with the preceding analyzing operation.

15. In a machine of the character stated, a set-upmechanism, areciprocable pin box, a device for holding perforated record cards in. the path of movement of said pin box, means to move said pin box into operative relation with said device to analyze a card, and means operated \on the non-analyzing movement of said pin box for actuating said set-u mechanism in accordance with the ana- 16. In a machine of the character stated, the combination of' a set-up mechanism including a lurality of stop setting bars, a pin box inclu ing a plurality of analyzing ins corresponding in number to said setting ars but respectively disconnected therefrom, a device for holding perforated record cards in the path of movement of said pin box, means to move said pin box into operative relation with said device to analyze a card on one stroke and away from operative relation on a non-analyzing stroke, and means operable on said non-analyzing stroke for transmitting motion from the pin box pins selected on the l:nalyzing stroke to their respective setting ars.

17. In a machine of the character stated,

the combination of a'set-up mechanism including a lurality of stop setting bars, a pin box including a plurality of analyzing ins correspondin in number to said setting bars but respective y disconnected therefrom, a device forholding perforated record cards in the path of movement of said pin box, means to movesaid pin box into operative relation with said device to analyze a card on one stroke and away from operative relation on a nonanalyzing stroke, and means including pivoted pawls operable on said non-analyzing stroke for transmittin motion from the pin box pins selected on the analyzing stroke to their respective setting bars.

18. In a machine of the'character stated, the combinationof an accounting sector, a total control mechanism, and means operated by said sector for operating said total control 7 mechanism.

19. In a machine of the character stated, the combination of an accounting sector, a reciprocable pin box, and means controlled by said sector for controlling the action of said pin box.

20. In a machine of the character stated, the combination of an accounting sector, a reciprocable pin box, and means controlled by said sector for varying the stroke of said pin box.

21. In a machine of the character stated, the combination of an accounting sector, a total mechanism, operating means for said total mechanism, and means controlled by said sector for increasing the operating speed of said operating means.

22. In a machine of the character stated, the combination of a plurality of accountin sectors, a device for clearing said sectors, and means actuated by a selecter sector for causing said device to operate.

23. In a machine of the character stated, the combination of a card controlled analyzing mechanism, an accounting mechanism and a total taking mechanism, an 0 rating shaft for said accountin and tota takin mechanisms, a main shat for driving said operating shaft and operating said analyzing mechanism, means for driving said operating shaft at the same speed as said main shaft while cards of the same group designation are analyzed to cause said accounting mechanism to function, and means operated automatically by :a change of group designation of said-cards for causing said operating shaft 'to make two revolutions while "the combination of a card analyzing mecha- -10 nism, an accounting mechanism and a total mechanism, means operated by said analyzing mechanism when analyzing cards of like group-designation for causing said account- 'ing mechanism to function in a given period of time, and means operated by said analyzmg mechanism when analyzing a card of different groupfiesignation for causing said accounting mechanism and said total mechanism to both function in the same period of mechanism to operate at one speed for accounting operations, and card controlled means for causing said mechanism to operate,

" at a higher speed for total taking operations.

26. In a machine of the character stated, the combination of a variable speed mechanism, an accountingmechanism including a plurality of sectors, means for causing said speed mechanism to operate at one speed for accounting operations, and means controlled by one of said sectors forcausing saidlspeed mechanism to operate at a higher speed for total taking operations; i

27. In a machine of the character stated, the combination of a variable, speed mechanism, means for causing said mechanism to operate at one speed'for accounting operations on perforated cards having the same a group designation, and means automatically operated by a change of group designation for causing said speed mechanism to operate at a higher speed for total taking operations.

28. ha machine of the character stated, the combination of avariable speed mechanism, anaccounting mechanism including a plurality of sectors, means for causing said mechanismfto operate at one speed for accounting operations on perforated cards having the same group designation, and means controlled bya sector responsive to a change of group designation for causing said speed mechanism to operate at a higher speed upon a change of designation for total taking purposes. V

29. In a machine of the character stated, a main driving shaft, an operating shaft, means for transmitting motion directly from said driving shaft to said operating shaft, means for transmitting motion at a higher speed from said driving shaft to said operating shaft, an accounting mechanism including a sector, and means controlled by said sector for automatically selecting said motion transmitting means.

30. In a machine of the character stated, the combination of an accounting member, a total mechanism, and means operated by the movement of said member caused by a change of card group designation for operating said total mechanism.

- 31. In a machine of the character stated, the combination of a plurality of accounting members, a total mechanism, and means operated by the movement of any of said members selected for group designation control for causing said total mechanism to operate upon a change of designation.

32. A card controlled machine comprising accounting and total operating mechanisms, an analyzing unit, means for effecting a control by a change in designation, and a printing mechanism, said machine being arranged to operate in a succession of card controlled cycles, each cycle including an operation of said analyzing unit, an operation of said accountin mechanism, and an operation of said printing mechanism, and means controlled by said control effecting means for 7 operating said total mechanismv and said printing mechanism in the same cycle with said analyzing, accounting and printing mechanisms, whereby printing of an accounting operation and a total taking printing operapion take place successively in the same c c e.

33. A card controlled machine comprising an accounting mechanism and a printing mechanism, ;means for operating said machine in a series of successive card controlled cycles, aach c ole including an accounting operation an a printing operation, and means actuated by acard of a different designation from-that of the immediately preceding card for causing a second printing operation in the same cycle with the aforesaid accounting and printing operations.

34. A card controlled machine comprising a accounting mechanism and a printing mechanism, means for operating said machine in a series of successive card controlled cycles, each cycle comprising an accounting operation initiated by a card, and means actuated by a card of a different designation from that of the immediately preceding card for causing a printing operation in the same cycle with the aforesaid accounting operation.

35; A card controlled machine comprising mechanism to operate twice in the same said card cycle.

36. A card controlled machine com rising in combination an accounting mechamsm including a total taking mechanism, a main shaft, means controlled by a card bearing a predetermined record for causing a predetermined operative relation between said main shaft and said accounting mechanism, and means controlled by a card bearing a different record for causm a difierent operative relation between sai said accounting mechanism to operate said mechanism at a higher rate of speed.

37. A card controlled machine comprising accounting and total operating mechanisms, an analyzing unit, means for effecting a control by a change in designation, anda printing mechanism, said machine being arranged to operate in a succession of card controlled cycles, each cycle including an operation of saidanalyzing unit and an operation of said accounting mechanism, and means controlled by said control effecting means for operatin said total mechanism in the same cycle wi said analyzing and accounting mechanism, whereby an accounting operation and a total taking printing operation take place suc-.

cessively m the same cycle.

Signed at New York, county of New York,

State of New York, this 7th day of December, 1925.

JAMES LAST.

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