US1866997A - bryce - Google Patents

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July l2, 1932. Y J. w. BRYCE 1,866,997

PRINTING 'PAY ROLL CLOCK I Filed May 26, 1930 4 Sheets-Sheet l July/12, 1932. 1 W, BRYCE 1,866,997

PRINTING PAY ROLL CLOCK Filed May 26. 1930 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 n Z5 J1/wanted July 12, 1932.y

J. w. BRYcE PRINTING PAY ROLL CLOCK Filed May 2e, 195o 4 sheets-sheet 25 FIG. 5.

M I Stumm-6oz July 12,11932. J, W BRYCE 1,866,997

PRINTING PAY ROLL CLOCK Filed May 26, 1950 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Patented July 12, 1932 UNITED s-'r.4\.'1jr."sl PATENT OFFICE JAMES W. BRYCE, F BLOOMFIELD, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR T0 INTERNATIONAL ,TIME RECORDING COMPANY 0F NEWVYOKRK, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION' 0F NEW YORK PRINTING PAY non. CLOCK- lApplication ledlay 26,

The present inventionl relates to time recorders in general and, 1n particular tov that class of recorder in which each4 employee l0 a number identifying the employee` who daily iii) records his arrivalsy and departures on the card assigned to him. The time recorder is commonly constructed softhat the time is recorded in a distinctive color such as red during the regular hours of labor but in a less distinctive color such as blue atxafll other times so that the time recorded when an employee is tardy or leaves before the usual closing hourwill be distinctively displayed in a colorcontrasting to theother entries on the time card. Space is provided on the card soy that it'may be used to record the employees arrivals and departuresk for the full weekly or Iii-monthly payroll period, the cards Abeing collected at the end of each payroll period andv replaced with new ones.

lt is usually found necessary, in order to ensure the prompt making up of the payroll, to have a clerk make adaily inspection of all time cards in each department in. order to determine the ynames orv numbers of employees who are tardy, leave before the usual closing hour, or absent. It would be possible, of course, to wait until all of the time cards have been collected kbefore ascertaining this information but it considerably ydelaysV the making up of the payroll all "for the sake of a small number of late arrivals or irregulars.

It has been found' from experience that the number of irregular employees is from 2% to 4% of the total, therefore, it will be apparent that only a few' of the'time cards in each department will show an virregularity such as a late arrival,fnevertheless,`all of thecards must be scanned to determine the few irregulars. l

'In a large business organization` it re-y quires a considerable part of the time of one or more clerks to make thel daily inspection of time cards in all departments, particularly 19.3.0.. Serial No. 455,661.

in large factories which may be spread a 'large area of land. l n

It is the primary object of the present invention to eliminate the necessity for sucha daily inspection of time cards by providing each time recorder with additional recording means cooperating with and mechanically connected to the time recorder whereby all irregular arrivals or departures are caused over to be recorded upon a record strip simulff be pointed out further hereinafter in the following specification and claims and in the accompanying drawings, which, by way of illustration, show what at present is considered to be a preferred embodiment of the invention.

In the drawings: y

' Fig. lis a vertical sectional elevation showing a Vtime recorder embodying the present invent-ion', certain parts of the time recorder,

not essential to an understanding of the present invention, having been omitted.

Fig..2 is a vertical side elevation of the time recorder. f

Fig. 3 is a vertical side elevation of the operating handle of the time recorder and illustrates certain of the interlocking connections. i

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the key controlled interlocking mechanism and illus trates' the connections tothe printing hammer for printing on the record strip.

, Fig. 5 is a detail view of a key adapted for use with the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a. view of a fragment of the record strip.

Fig. 7 is a detail view ofthe mechanism for feeding the record strip after each printing operation.

The time recorder is supported upon a base 10 contained within a. casing 11 and is provided with an operating handle 12 adapted to be depressed to eect printing of the time upon the time card. The magnet 13 is arranged to receive regular electrical impulses from a master clock thereby advancing the hands of clock 14 and also minutes type wheel 15 in a well known manner. The type wheel 15, the hour type wheel 16, and the day type wheel 17 are adapted to print the time upon t-he time card in a well known manner. The minutes type wheel 15 is geared to drive a program wheel 18 which rotates once in twenty-four hours and is also geared to another minutes wheel 19 through suitable gearing connected with a vertical shaft 20. The minutes wheel 19 is carried upon a shaft 21 carried by the plates 22 supporting the record strip printing mechanism, and has associated therewith hour type wheel 23. The

' plates 22 are supported from the underside of base 10 by means of posts 24 and are spaced from each other by cross rods 25. A suitable casing 26, provided with a transparent window 27 for viewing the record strip 28, serves to enclose the entire mechanism comprising the record strip printer.

The mechanism for printing on the record strip 28 is a modication of the construction shown in the patent to Willard L. Bundy, No. 553,804, granted January 28, 1896, and includes a paper strip supply roll 29 contained in a casing 30, the record strip 28 passing from the roll 29 over lower cross rods 25, between the hammer 31 and the type wheels 19, 23, between feed rollers 32 and 33, and thence over a cross rod 34, from which the strip hangs just behind the window 27, through which the printing on the strip is clearly visible.

The hammer is pivoted at 35 to a member 36 which is fast to the cross shaft 37, journalled between the plates 22. An arm 38, fast to shaft 37, is connected by means of a link 39 to a member 40 fixed upon a shaft 41.

The member 40 has pivoted to its upper end a pawl 42 adapted to cooperate with one of the wards 43 of a key 44 which may be inserted in a key hole 45 in the casing 26. The key 44, in addition to the ward 43 has a ward 46' bearing type characters 47 and is substantially identical in construction to the key shown in the cited patent. The member 40, `its pawl 42, the hammer 31, and the connections therebetween are fully shown and described in the cited patent to which reference may be made for a more detailed description of the construction. It will be sufficient to rmention that the member 40 normally occupies the position shown in Fig. 1 and is rocked to the position shown in Fig. 4 whenever the key 44 is inserted in the keyhole 45 and turned 90. Turning of the key 44 in this manner rocks the hammer 31 into position to be latched by a plate 48 carried by arms 49 integral with said plate and journalled upon a shaft 50 supported by the plates 22.

A link 51, pivoted to one of the arms 49, is also pivoted to bail 52 having an upwardly extending arm 53 connected by means of a slotted link 54 to a member 55 secured to the shaft 56 to which is secured the main printing hammer 57 for printing upon the time card. The handle 12 is loosely pivoted upon the shaft 56 and is connected to the hammer 57 by means of a latch 58 adapted to release the hammer at or near the limit of the downward stroke of the handle.

1t will be clear, therefore, that a depression of the handle 12 will release the hammers 57 and 31 practically simultaneously owing to the taking up of the slack in the slotted link 54 and subsequent raising of the plate 48 to release the hammer 31, thereby effecting printing of the time upon both the time card and the record strip 28. Printing upon the record strip 28 can only be effected when a key has been inserted and turned 9()o as at other times the hammer 31 would not be latched preparatory to printing.

It is desirable that printing on the time card be prevented during the usual hours of labor unless a key 44 has been previously inserted in the keyhole 45 and turned so as to compel each late arriving or early departing employee to properly record his arrival or departure on the record strip. During normal working hours the handle 12 is locked against depression by means of a locking pawl 59 pivoted at its mid-point to the main frame of the time recorder. The pawl 59, Fig. 1, during workinghours, engages a shoulder 60 formed in the member 55 and prevents the handle l2 and shaft 56' from being rocked to effect recording of the time on the time card.

The locking pawl 59 has pivoted to its lower end a lever having arms 61 and 62, the arm 61 being connected by means of a. link 63 to a member 64 pivoted at 65 upon a plate 66. The member 64 is raised by means of the plate 66 once each time the printing handle 12 is depressed, the plate 66 being fast to a shaft 67 which is rocked counterclockwise,

Fig. 2, by means of an arm 68 fast to the shaft 67 and connected by a link to a similar arm journalled upon shaft 56 and moving in unison with the handle 12. When the member 64is in the position shown in Fig. 2, the handle 12 is locked against operation; when rocked to the right in that figure the pawl 59 is rocked counterclockwise out of the path of the shoulder 60. The arm 62 is held in a horizontal position under normal conditions by a. link 69 connected to a bail 70 lO and connected to mechanism to be de- Lsa ` serted and turned 90o clockwise tothe posiscribed. haary Se .that `when the linkes is shifted fromfleft to right, Fig. 2, by the rocking' ofl member V64 the pawl .59 will be rocked Fig. 2 and when in this position the operating handle 12 is ordinarily unlocked, lhowever, the ribbonr has beeniprinting blue and the member 64 has beenshifted to the left by means to bek described later herein to position the shoulder 72 under the pin 74.

Thenext time thefoperating handle 12 is depressed the member 64will be raised by the counterclockwise rockin of 'plate 66 thereby bringing the shoulder 2 into en agement with the pin74, rockingthe arm earing pins 74, 75 clockwise anddrawing the link 7 7'upwardl'y. The raising of link 77 rocks the `arms 78, 79 clockwiseand raises the ribbon spool shafts 81 to bring the red portion of the ribbon 82 into the printing line so that the time fwill berecordedin red on the time-card when thehammer 57 is released near the end of the downward stroke of ythe handle 12. v

Before the foregoing operation can take place the locking pawl 59v must beremoved from beneath the shoulder 60, this operation being accomplished in the following manner when ltheemployeesindividual key 44 is intion shown in Fig. 4. A link 83V connects one arm of the bail 70 with the end of a member 84 pivoted to one of the frames 22 at 85 and having a projection 86 cooperating with the ward 43 offkeyf44. When the key 44 is turned to bring the type 47 into alignment with the type characters on the printing wheels 19, 23 the ward x43 willk engage the projectionu86 and rock the member y84 clockwisea sufficient amountv to draw down the links 83, 69 therebyy depressing arm 62 of the lever 61, 62 which will rockclockwise kabout the pivot point of link 63 and arm 6l -as a center.` yThe tail of pawl 59 and the arm 61 of the lever 61,62, when in the .position shown in Figure 2, act like a straightened toggle joint connected between the left" end of the link 63 and the fixed pivotk of pawl 59. The member-64 is heldrigidly in 'one or the other of its shifted positions by the pin 110 in member109, which is operated bythe star wheel 111, so' that the pivotal connection between thelink 63 and member I64 remains fixed when the member 64 is in the position shown in Figure 2. It will be clear that depression ofarm 62 will rock Vthe lever 61, 62 ina clockwise direction to break the toggle joint, `rock link 63 slightly clockwise about its pivotal connection -to member 64, and

rock the pawl 59 counterclockwise until the upper end of said pawl clears the shoulder 60 as .shown in Fig. 3 thereby permitting a depressionof lever l2. As stated hereinbefore, depression of handle 12 effects printing upon both the time card and the record strip 28 sincethe turning'of key 44 in themanner described also cocks and latches the hammer 31 ready to be released near the end of the depression of handle 12. f

Pivoted to the member 84 is a link 87, connected by means of a pin and slot connection to an arm 88 secured to shaft 37. As the hammer 31 moves counterclockwise, Fig. 4, to strike the type at the printing line, the slack in link 87 will be taken up andprevent the member 36 from moving further clockwise just before the hammer strikes. The hammer 31, being pivoted at 35 and normally restrained by ya spring 89, will continue its motion owing to its momentum and strike the type percussively and eventually will be retracted slightly in a. well known manner by the spring 89. The hammer 31k is latched by the key 44 against the tension of a spring-90 interposed between the free ends of a pin carried by the shaft 37 and a pin fast on one yof the cross rods 25. The spring 90 also ensures that the member 84 will be restored to its normal position when the key 44 is removed, the slotted connection between link 87 and arm 88 being proportioned to cause the spring 90 to rock members 84 and 40 a slight amount counterclockwise when the key 44 is removed, Any desiredmechanism may be provid ed to prevent the key 44 from being withdrawn without printing and also to hold it steady when the hammer 31 strikes the type, such a ,mechanismV being shown in the patent cited herein.

A suitable inking ribbon 91vpasses between the type wheels 19, 23 and the paper strip 28 lneed notbe described in greater detail here- The paper strip 28 is advanced each time the member 40 is rocked by the turning of `key 44 to latch the hammer 31 through the medium of an arm 93 fast upon the shaft 41. A link 94 connects arm 93 with an arm 95 loosely mounted on the shaft 96 carrying paper feed roller 33. A ratchet wheel 97 fast to the feed rollshaft 96 cooperates with a pawl 98 carried by the arm 95. It will be` clearv that the arm will be drawn down by ifi the link 94 each time the shaft 37 is rocked to latch the hammer 31, thereby advancing the record strip 28 a sufficient distance. A suitable spring urged pawl 99 pivotedto the frame supporting the paper feeding mechanism serves to prevent retrograde movement or" the feed rollers. The construction just described is a well known form of paper feeding mechanism and has been mentioned solely for completeness in description.

The member 64 is controlled by means of the program wheel 18 to effect shifting of the ribbon at the desired times. Suitable tripping members 100 are adjustably arranged upon the wheel 18 to become etfective at predetermined times to lift an arm 101 connected by a link 102 with an arm 103, Fig. 2, pivoted at 104 to the machine frame. A spring pressed pawl 105 pivoted to the arm 103 cooperates with a toothed Wheel 106 'which is normally locked by a spring-urged member 107 pivoted at 108 to the machine frame. The wheel 106, when moved one tooth in a clockwisel direction, rocks an arm 109 to the left or to the right, depending upon the previous position of the arm 109, and through a pin 110 therein, projecting into a slot in the upper portion of member 64, similarly rocks the member 64 to the left or right so as to position one or the other of the shoulders 72, 73 beneath the corresponding pin 74 or 7'5.

The wheel 106 has fast thereto a star Wheel cooperating with pins 112 carried by arm 109 so that the arm will be oscillated from one side to the other each time the wheel 106 is turned one tooth clockwise.

The locking member 107 has a tooth 113 normally locking the wheel 106 and a pin 114 positioned above a bent over and inclined lug 115 formed in pawl 105. lVhen the arm 101 is gradually raised by one of the tripping members 100 the link 102 will be raised also, rocking the arm 103 counterclockwise, Fig. 2, and moving the pawl 105 a distance of one tooth with respect to Wheel 106. The lug 115 engages the pin 114 on the upward movement of the pawl 105 and cams the pawl to the left, eventually riding o3 the pin 114 to a position directly above the pin. The arm 101 is released after the program wheel 18 has been turned a sutlicient distance by the clock and the link 102 and arm 103 are thereafter permitted to drop owing to the combined action of a spring 116 and gravity, and, as a consequence, the lug 115 will strike pin 114, camming member 107 to the left, removing tooth 113 from beneath the teeth ci. wheel106 thereby unlocking the wheel, and at the same time the nose of the pawl 105 moves the wheel 106 one tooth further, pin 114 eventually dropping back into its former position above lug 115 to relock Wheel 106.

As mentioned before, moving the wheel 106 a distance of one tooth Will rock arm 109 to one or the other of its limiting positions thereby positioning the ribbon shifting member 64 to effect shifting of the ribbon so as to bring either the blue or the red portion of the ribbon to the printing line. v

, The tripping members 100 are positioned upon the program wheel 18 so as to become effective' at predetermined times to shift the ribbon in the manner just described. Thus, if the hours of labor are 8:00 a. m. to 12:00 n. and 1 s 00 p. m. to 5:00 p. m., the tripping members will be set to shift the ribbon 28 from blue to red at 8:00 a. m. and 1 :00 p. m. and from red to blue at 12:00 n. and 5:00 p. m. so that the time will be printed in red during the hours of labor. Any workman or employee arriving or leaving during these hours cannot operate the time recorder to print on his time record until he has inserted his individual key 44 and turned it 90 as described thereby unlocking the time recorder and permitting the usual operation. The handle 12 will be unlocked each time the ribbon is shifted from red to blue so that it will be unnecessary for the employee to insert his key, therefore the hammer 31 will not be latched and no printing will be effected on the record strip 28 during periods between the prescribed hours of labor. It will be seen from the foregoing that the ligures printed on the Arecord strip will represent all irregular arrivals or departures. Each day the de` partment clerk or foreman can remove the portion of the record strip 28, make a note thereon of any absentees, and then send the record strip to the payroll department. Fig. 6 shows as specimen ofthe record made upon therecord strip, the first column indicating the employees identification number and the second column the time of arrival or departure. l

The present invention, for convenience in description and to assist in an understanding of tl e principles involved, has been described as embodied ina time recorder of specic construction having a particular form of operating mechanism and ribbon shifting mechanism, however, it is not desired to limit the invention to the precise embodiment shown and described as various modifications and adaptations may be made,

all within the scope of the following claims.

I claim:

1. In a. time recorder, the combination of a main printing device, operating means therefor, time controlled means for locking said operating means during certain time intervals, an auxiliary printing device including retractible impression means, a latch releasable by the operating means and adapted to retain the impression means in retracted position, and a manually insertible device for retracting said impression means and releasing said looking means whereby to per- Q 2. In a'machine of the kclass described, timeA 'mit an operation ofthe'operating means to release said latch and operate ,bothy the'maini printing device kand the auxiliary printing device concurrently. f Y

, recording mechanism locked against operation during certain intervals o time, a supplemental 'time recording mechanismA arranged to print during the intervals when the first-named mechanism is locked, and a device insertible by the operator when the first named recording mechanismis locked against operation forreleasingthe latter for simultaneous-operationw'ith the supplemental recording mechanism. ,f f 'y i v 3. In combination, a'mainoperating member 'for effectingrecordin operations. time controlled meansk for loc ingsaid member during certainftime intervals, anormally ineffective printing device includingan impression member vadapted whenretractedy and released to effect a printing impression, means releasablev by the main .operating member for holding said impression member in retracted position, and manually insertible means operable to disable Lthe locking means and retract the yimpression member whereby to permit 'an operation of the main operating member to effect release of the impression member and thereby render the printing device effective to print. y

4. In a time recorder, a main printing device, means for preventing an operation of said device during certain time intervals a normally inefi'ectlve auxihary printing device including a retractibleimpression device,

means releasable by an operation of the main printing device for retaining the impression device in retracted position, and a manually insertible device for retracting the impression device and releasing the first named means whereby to permit an operation of the main printing devlce to release the retaining means and thereby effect a rinting operation by the auxiliary printing dbvice. i

5. yIn a workmans time recorder, an operating member for effecting recording operations upon an individual record card, means for preventing an operation of said memberk during certain intervals of time, normally ineffective mechanism adapted to be operated by the operating member to record upon a separate record medium the time of arrivals or departures of Workmen during the intervals of time when an operation of said member is prevented, and a device individual to each workman operable to disable the first ynamed means and render, said recording mechanism effective for erating member. f 6. In a time recorder, a printing device including a retractible impression device, means for holding said impression device in retracted position, and a manual member for releasing the holding means; mechanism for koperation by the oplocking the manual ymember against operation during certain intervals of time, and a deviceinsertible by the operator during such time intervals for retracting the impressionr device and disabling the locking mechanism whereby an operation of the manual member releases the impression member holdingV means to effect an imprint.

7; In a time recorder the combination of a.l main recording mechanism, manual means 'for operating said main recording mechanism, an auxiliary recording mechanism adapted to be connected to the manual means for operation by the latter, means for rendering the manual means ineffective during certain time intervals, and a device operable by:

the operator to disable the vpreventing means and operatively connect the auXiliaryrecord-sv ing mechanism to the manual means for op.- eration vby the latter concurrently with an operation of the main recording mechanism.

8. In combination, printing mechanism operable to record the time of a workman upon ank individual record card, timecontrolled mechanism-for locking the first named printing mechanism against operationduring certain time intervals, a second printing mechanism adapted to record irregular arri-k vals or departures of workmen during-the intervals when the first named printing mechanism is locked against operation and. adapted to be operativelyconnected to the first named printing mechanism for simultaneous operationwith thelatter, anda device insertible by a workman arriving or leaving during the aforesaidtime, intervals for ldisabling the locking mechanism and operatively connecting the second printing mechanism 'to the first named printing mechanismfor insertible by a workman arriving or leaving during the aforesaid time intervals for disabling the locking mechanism and operatively connecting the second printing mechanism to the first named printing mechanism for concurrent operation with the latter, said in# sertible device beingV provided with means for recording adjacent the time of an irregular arrival or departure printed by thesecond printing device an identifying character rep` resenting the Workman inserting the insertible devlc'e,

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'10. In combination, time recording mechanism operable to print both regular and irregular registrations, an auxiliary time recording mechanism arranged to record only irregular registrations and adapted to be operatively connected to the iirst-named recording mechanism when the latter is operated to print an irregular registration, and a manually operable device for insertion by the operator during the times when the iirst-named recording mechanism is printing irregular registrations for establishing an operative connection between both recording mechanisms whereby an operation of the lirstnamed mechanism also effects a registration by theauxiliary time recording mechanism.

11. In combination, time recording mechanism operable to print both regular and irregular registrations, an auxiliary time recording mechanism arranged to record only irregular registrations and adapted to be opera-tively connected to the iirst-named recording mechanism when the latter is operated to print an irregular registration, and a manually operable device tor insertion by the operator during the times when the first-named recording mechanism is printing irregular registrations for establishing an operative connection between both recording mechanisms whereby an operation of the firstnamed mechanism also eiiects a registration by the auxiliary time recording mechanism, said manually operable device having a part co-operating with the auxiliary recording mechanism to record a Workmans identifying character adjacent the time registered by the auxiliary recording mechanism.

12. In combination, a main recorder, an auxiliary recorder, time controlled means for locking'the main recorder against operation during certain periods and'means controlled by a part ot the auxiliary recorder for disabling the locking means rendering the main recorder operative during said periods.

13. In a workmans time recorder, a main recording device for recording both regular and irregular arrivals or departures of Workmen, an auxiliary recording device adapted to be operatively connected to the main recording device for operation by the latter and arranged to record only irregular arrivals or departures of said Workmen, and a device insertible by a Workman and individual to the latter for operatively connecting the auxiliary recording device to the main recording device for operation by the latter.

14. In a Workmans time recording device, a main recorder, a normally ineffective auxiliary recorder associated with the main recorder and adapted to be operated by the latter,time controlled means for preventing operation of the main recorder during predetermined periods, and a device for disabling the preventing means and rendering the auxiliary recorder eiective for operation by the main recorder. V

15. A Workmans time recorder comprising mechanism for making both regular and irregular registrations on a single record medium, auxiliary mechanism for making only irregular registrations on a separate recordV medium, said auxiliary mechanism being adapted to be operatively connected to the first named recording mechanism for conjoint operation by the latter, and a device insertible by an individual Workman for operativel connecting the auxiliary mechanism to the rstnamed mechanism for operation by the latter, said device having a part cooperating Withthe auxiliary recording mechanism to register adjacent the irregular time registration of said Workman a character identifying the workman with the irregular time registered by the auxiliary mechanism.

In testimony'whereof I hereto affix my signature..

yJAlWES W. BRYCE.

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