US1882863A - Of endicott - Google Patents

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Oct. 18, 1932. H. MUTSCHLER TIME RECORDER Filed June 13, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet l awuautoz @5134 Oct. 18,1932. H. MUTSCHLER TIME RECORDER Filed June 13, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 M Ilu mW I m.

// I/l I] I ll/I/j avwa wcoi Patented Oct. 18, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OF'FECFE HUGO MUTSOHLER, 0F LINDELFINGEN, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO INTERNATIONAL TIlvIE RECORDING COMPANY OF NEW YORK, OF ENDICOTR NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK I TIME RECORDER This invention relates to time recorders for printing a record of'the elapsed time be tween successive registrations ofan operator made at the beginning'and end of a job, and more particularly to such recorders as in addition indicate the time at which the registrations are made;

Known recorders of this type indicate the timeat the beginning and end of a job by printing a reproduction of a clock dial with radial indicators to point'to the time. The objection to these recorders-is that the time can be arrived at only approximately because interpolation is required.

The-object of this invention is the provision of means for overcoming the above Objection by printing in numerals at the-side of the elapsed time record, a record of the hour, minute, and fraction of a minute at which a registration is made.

' The object is further'to print the time at the beginning and the end of a j ob by means of asingle printing mechanism.

The object is still further to print the date alongside the time indications by means of said printing mechanism.

Another object is to provide a novel construction of the printing mechanisms for recording the elapsed time.

Still another object is to provide means for indicating the position of the record card with respect to the printing mechanisms.

Various other objects and advantages of my invention will be obvious from the following particular description of one form of mechanism embodying the invention or from an inspection of the accompanying drawings and the invention also constitutes certain new and novel features of construction and combination of parts hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a skeleton plan view of the machine.

Fig. 2 is a skeleton sectional view of the machine and Fig. 3 is an example of a record made by the machine. Referring to the drawings in detail, the printing mechanism for printing the time Application filed June is, 1928, serial No. 285,004, and in Germany November 25, 1927;

at the beginning and end of a job and the corresponding dates includes a type wheel 1 provided withnumbers 0 to 23 for printing the hours, a type wheel 2 provided with type indicating the minutes and fractions thereof, and type wheels 3 and 4 for printing the day and month respectively.- These wheels are rotated at the variousrequired rates in any convenient and well-known manner from a horizontal shaft 5 actuated by'clock mechanism 6 (shown diagrammaticallyin Fig. 1). The date wheels may be-manually set.

The printing mechanism for printing the elapsedtime is driven from shaft 5 through'a clutch connection 7, releasable by manipulation of a member 8. The clutch serves to actuate a shaft 9 which through gearing 1O drives the various wheels of the elapsed time printing mechanism. This mechanism comprises an outer annular die 12 having type on its upper face for printing hour circle 12a, the die being rotatably journaled on a vertical shaft 13 which rigidly carries an inner circular die 14, the upper face of which is on a level with the printing face of die 12 and is provided with a rib for printing arrow 14a. A second shaft 15 parallel to shaft 13 has rotatably journaled thereon an anular die 16 for printing arrow 16a and has rigidly fixed thereto an inner die 17 with printing face on a level with the printing face of die 16 and adapted to print the inner circle 17 a indicating tenths and twentieths of an hour.

Gearing 10 is designed to rotate dies 12 and 16 at the same rate with the arow on die 16 on a radius parallel to that bisecting the numeral O on die 12. Dies 14 and 17 are also rotated in synchronism with the arrow on die 14 pointing in the direction of a radial line drawn to numeral 0 on die 17.

A member 18 is provided to abut the edge of the card and selectively position it over the dies for printing the elapsed time. A lever 20 is pivoted at one end to member 18 and at its other end to a slide 21 movable on base 22. Slide 21 is formed with a pair of inclined oppositely facing cam edges 23 and 24 adapted to cooperate with the lower ends of shafts 13 and 15 to raise said shafts selective- Thus when the registration is made at the beginning of a ob, member 18 is moved to its extreme left hand position and causes the cam edge 23 to raise shaft 13 to its uppermost position Where the printing face of the dies thereon are on a level with the type in printing position on the wheels 1, 2, 3 'and 4 for printing the time and date at the begining and end of a job. The cam surface-24 at-the same time will have ;-permitted shaft 15 to drop to a lower position. I Hence upon actuation of the stamping block 25, the dies 12 and 14 will make an imprint on the record card of circles 12a and arrow 14a, respectively, and wheels 1', 2; 3 :and A will print *the time'and date on a line 26 alongside circuit 120.. At the end o-f'a 1' ob," member '18-' is shifted to the extreme right moving 'cam edges 23 and '24 to thefleft and causing shaft 13 to 'lower and shaft 15 to-move upward to a'level with print- 26 g Wilt/e15 2, 3 and 4: Upon actuation of stamp 25, the imprint will be made of .circle 17a and indicator 16atogether with the actual clock time 27 'at the end of the job. In order to definitely determine the position of member 18"for 'piinti ng at the beginning and end of a job, an indicator 28 is provided inone side of said member which for the beginning registration will point to a suitable indication such as the word beginning and for the ending-registration will point to an indication such" as the word ending;

While I have shown and described" and pointed out the fundamental novel features of the invention asapplied to a single modification it will be understood that various omissions and substitutions and changes in the form and details of the device illustrated and in its operation may be made by those skilled in theart without departing from the spirit of the invention. I intend to be limited therefore only as indicated by the scope of the following claims.

1. A device for recording elapsed time between successive registrations, comprising adie for making an imprint upon the first registering operation, a die for making an imprint upon the second registering operation, record card positioning means and means controlled by the latter for selecting one of the dies for operation.

2. A device for recording elapsed time between successive registrations, comprising a die for making an imprint upon the first registering operation, a die for making 'an imprint upon the second registering operation, card positioning means, and means actuated by the latter for selectively raising one of the dies into printing position.

'3. A device for recording elapsed time between successive registrations, comprising a die for making an imprint upon the first registration, a die for printing upon the second'registration, shafts carrying said dies, card positioning means, and means operated by the latter for selectively raising said shafts to place said dies in printing position.

4. A device for recording elapsed time between successive registrations comprising a die for making an imprint upon the first registration, a second die for making an imdie for printing upon the first registration,

a die for printing uponthesecond registration, a card positioning means and-cam'means operated by the latter for selectively locating said dies in printing position.

6. A device for recording elapsedtime tween successive registrations, icomprising .a die for printing upon the first-registration, a. die for printing upon the second registration, a .card positioning means, and a slide actuated by the latter; upon positioninga card .for selectively locating the dies in printing position. v I

7. A device for recording elapsed time between successive registrations, comprising a die for making an imprint upon the first registering operation, a die for making an imprint upon the second registering operation, record card positioning means, means for selecting one of the dies for operation,

and a connecting'member between both of said means to connect them for coordinated operation.

8. A device for recording on a card the elapsed time between successive registrations, comprising a. die forrecording upon the first registration, a die for recording upon the second registration, and a single member operable to select either one of said dies for recording operation.

9. A device such as described in claim 8, said member being difierentially movable in accordance with which die is to to be selected for printing operation.

10. A device such as described in claim 8, said member simultaneously moving both said dies, one into printing position and the other out of printing position.

11. A device for recording on a card the elapsed time between successive registrations, comprising a pair of spaced shafts, a set of inner and outer dies carried by each shaft and fixed against axial movement thereon, and commonly operated means for alternately axially moving said shafts to alternately position the complete set of dies on each shaft for a single printing operation, both said sets of dies cooperating to record elapsed time.

12. A device for recording elapsed time between successive registrations, comprising a die for making an imprint upon the first registration, a die rotating in synchronism with the first-named die for making an imprint upon the second registration to indicate the elapsed time between registrations, a pair of spaced shafts for carrying said dies, a member for selectively positioning a card into the same location relative to each shaft to receive an impression from the die carried by each shaft, and means for alternately actuating said dies to position them for printing on the card.

13. A recording device comprising a timeoperated die for making an impression on a card upon one registering operation, a second time-operated die for making a correlated impression on the card upon a succeeding registering operation, and a member operable to selectively position a card into operative location with respect to either of said dies.

1 In a device for making an elapsed time record on a sheet by means of rotary timecontrolled dies upon successive selective operation of the dies; means for making a record along parallel straight lines of the actual time at which each elapsed time operation occurs, said means comprising a rotary printing die with its axis disposed at right angles to the axes of the elapsed time dies, the effective printing surfaces of all of the dies being in the same plane, and a single member for effecting simultaneous printing operations by the actual time die and one elapsed time die upon the first registration and by the actual time die and the other elapsed time die upon the second registration.

15. A device for recording elapsed time between successive registrations, comprising a die for making a record upon the first registration, a die for making a related record upon the second registration, means for se lecting either one of said dies at a time and a single operating device for causing operation of said means to select the dies one at a time.

In testimony whereof I hereto affix my slgnature.

HUGO MUTSCHLER.

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