US1916801A - Machine for sorting perforated cards - Google Patents

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US1916801A
US1916801A US408887A US40888729A US1916801A US 1916801 A US1916801 A US 1916801A US 408887 A US408887 A US 408887A US 40888729 A US40888729 A US 40888729A US 1916801 A US1916801 A US 1916801A
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  • This invention relates to amachine sorting perforated cards.
  • rihese cards are ordinarily perforated or otherwise marked to eli'e'ct a record, frequently of a numerical value.
  • each card may be considered as divided in columns, each column including a number of divisions or points with different numerical values. By punching through or otherwise marking the card at one oit these points, the column in question will be given a certain value.
  • the examination ofthe column may be ehected by passing the card across a feeler. if a point or figure in the column being eX- am ined has been punched through, the feeler will close an'electric circuit.
  • Such electric sorting machines are previously known.
  • rnother object is the provision of suitable devices to facilitate the operation and supervision of the machine by an attendant.
  • Fig. l 1 s a vertical section through the longitudinal axis of the machine, 2 a vertical cross-section on the line A-Y--A in Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a side view, F il; is a plan view of part ot the machine and Figs. 5 and G are details.
  • the card is caught by one ol the conveying beams 7, which are :fastened to an endless chain 8, and is conveyed, sliding on the slideway 9, past a series of flaps 10, which in opened position let the card tall down into ⁇ the receiving compartment or pocket 11 belonging to said flap.
  • the catches are movable and have two fixed positions, one Zero or initial position, as indicated by 36, and one working position' (Fig. 5).
  • the zero position is the normal position, to which the catch is always carried back automatically by each revolution of the beam.
  • the catch In working position, the catch will strike a certain one of the pivoted arms 13 and thus open a selected iiap.
  • catch No. 1 when in its working position will strike arm 13 belonging to flap No. 1
  • catch No. 2 will strike the arm belonging to flap No. 2 and so on.
  • the catches '12 When the catches '12 are in the reset or zero position, they will not strike any of the arms 13.
  • This arm in turn moves the double arm 16, against which the arm 17, xed to the flap,'rests.
  • a spring 1S opens the flap. The opening takes place when the leading edge of the advancing card is a short distance from the flap.
  • arm 13 is actuated by a catch on the second beam ahead of the beam that pushes the card.
  • the cam wheels 19 are arranged on a longitudinal shaft Jwhich makes .one rotation for every Ybeam :passing the flap.
  • the catch v12 is .brought into workingposition by the operat- .ing device 20.
  • This operating ⁇ device comfprises asupporting member2l to .which is at- ;tached anumber of'cams 22, one cam foreaoh movable flap. .In this case Athere-are eleven cams.
  • the distance .betweenadj acent cams inthe direction vperpenzdicular to the motion of the card is vexactly ⁇ the sameandequal tothe distance'between the catches 12alsomeasured perpendiculary to .the vdirection of motion of the card.
  • the -cams are mounted ron ⁇ a line, which :may be perpendicular to themoving direction/of the card, or as in this case on aline inclinedto ithisdirection, in such a manner., that thevdgis- .tancebetween each Vtwo adjacent cams,fmeas ured rin :the direction ofmotionl of the ⁇ card, .is thesamevand equal fto the distance which thefconveying Abeam travels while the card, being examined by the ffeeler, moves a distance equal to Athe distance between two yim- :mediatelysucoessive ⁇ points or figures in the -same vcolumn on the card.' The motionpf fthe conveying beam is vcontrolled in relation to the 'motion Vof the card when passing the eeler., ⁇ in such way that when a card :is in Aa certain Iposition relativeto the ffeeler acon veying beam
  • the ,operating Ldevice 2O is lplaced immeydiately above the railson -which the convey- :ing beams slide. 1n the Zero :or ⁇ reset lposi- ;tionvfthe -catches l2 will ,be carried between the cams 22 without touching ,the same. On
  • the operating device 20 is permanentlyreta-ined .in the horizontal plane by means of two springs 28, which press the operating .device against balls 29, rolling on 4the horizontal frame 30.
  • #the operating,r device .20 will yhave such position ⁇ Jthat the catches 12 on the conveying beams will not ,strike the cams 22, but will move between or alongside ofthe same.
  • the cams 22 are .each pivotally mounted on a ,pivot 47 on the Operatingfdevgice 2O and are ,held in position .by 1a spring ,48, in such manner that the cam ii accidentally :struck-on its front-by a catch l2 may give way and let the catch pass.
  • the conveying -beams .tra-.vel on the slide ei-1 which Ireeps 4the beams in .their correct position.
  • the -beams have on their lower end a projecting vedge 42, which edge supports the card when the beam'pushes thecard ⁇ :forward on the card guide.
  • the cards are held in horizontal posi tion by means of two horizontal rails 35 and two stretched strings 44.
  • the columns of the card usually contain the nim'ibers from 9 to 0. ⁇ We punch through for instance the number 9 in a certain column, adjust the 'feel/er to examine this column and put the card into the magazine. Then the machine moves, the card is carried underneath the feeler. At the moment when the number 9 on the card is just underneath the feeler, a conveying beam is just underneath the operating device 20, in such manner that catch No. l on the beam is just on the side of the 'lirst cam. ldlhen the perforated portion of the card passes the tecler, a circuit will be closed, the armature of the magnet attracted, the spring 3S moves the operating device 20 sideways and catch No. l is brought into working position.
  • rihe frame of the machine consists of a stationary lower part l0 and a pivoted part 39.
  • rlhe pivoted part which consists ot two long and tors beams 32, held in fixed relation to each other by the transverse pieces 33, is mounted on the sha-tt or axle 34.
  • On the pivoted part are arranged all slides and guide rails for the conveying beams.
  • double endless chain runs over two pairs of chain wheels one pair ot which rotates on the same shaft on which the pivoted part of the trame may be mounted.
  • the second pair of chain w ieels mounted resiliently in the other end ol the pivoted frameu Shaft llland arm 13 are also mounted on the pivot-- ed trame, as well as the 'two guide rails 35.
  • a machine for sorting perforated cards of the type described which comprises in combination, a series of compartments, a slideway above said compartments, conveying means for moving the cards along said slideway, a plurality of tlaps, one for each compartment, in said slideway for causingthe cards to tall into the compartments to which they are intended, pivoted arms for operating said tia-ps, a plurality of series of pivoted catches carried by said conveying means, and disposed at right angles to the direction of travel of the conveying means, each catch of a series being adapted to be swung into an operative position for actuating one et said pivoted arms, a single series ci' cams disposed along a line forming an acute angle with the direction ot' travel of the conveying means, a common supporting member ier all said cams adapted to slide in a direction at right angles to the direction of travel of the conveying means
  • a machine for sorting perforated cards of the type described comprising in combination, a series ot compartments, a slideway above said compartments, conveying means for moving the cards along said slideway, a plurality ot iiaps, one foreach compartment, in said slideway tor causing the cards to fall into the compartment for which they are intended, pivoted arms for opera-ting said flaps, a plurality of series of movable catches carried by said conveying means, each catch o t a series being adapted to be brought into an operative position for actuating one of said pivoted arms, a single series ot cams tor bringing only one catch ot a series at a time into said operative position, an electromagnet for operating said series of cams, a eeler adapted to close the circuit of said electromagnet according to the position ot the hole provided in each card, and a frame adapted to support said conveying means, said trame being pivotally mounted on the machine.
  • a machine for sorting perforated cards ofthe type described comprising in combination, a series of compartments, a slideway along said compartments, conveying means for moving the cards along said slideway, two axes for supporting said means, a plurality of flaps, one for each compartment, in said slideway Jfor causing the cards to fall into the compartments for which vthey are intended, pivoted arms for operating said flaps, a plurality of series of movable catches carried by said conveying means, each catch of a series being adapted to be brought into an operative position for operating one of said pivoted arms, a single series of cams for bringing only one catch of a series at a time into said operative position, an electromagnet tor operating said series of cams, a teeler adapted to close the circuit of said electromagnet according to the position of the hole provided in each card, and a frame adapted to support said conveying means, pivotally mounted about one of the axes of said conveying means.
  • a machine tor sorting perforated cards ot which comprises in combination, a series ot' compartments, a slideway above said compartments, conveying means for moving the cards along said slidef way, a plurality of flaps, each corresponding to a compartment, in said slideway for causing cards to fall into the compartments to which they are intended, a plurality of pivoted arms for operating said flaps, a plurality of series of movable catches carried by said conveying means, each catch of a series being adapted to be brought into an operative position for actuating one of said arms, sliding means, adapted to move transversely ot said conveying means, for bringing only one catch ot a series at a time into said operative position, electric means for directly operating said sliding means, and a .teeler for controlling said electric means in accordance with the position of the hole punched in each card.
  • a machine :tor sorting perforated cards of the type described which comprises in combination, a series of compartments, a slideway above said compartments, conveying means for moving the cards along said slideway, a plurality ot' flaps, each corresponding to a compartment, in said slideway tor causing cards to tall into the compartments to which they are intended, a plurality ot pivoted arms for operating said tlaps, a plurality ot series of movable catches carried by said conveying means, each catch of a series being adapted to be brought into an operative position for operating one of said arms, sliding means, adapted to move transversely of said conveying means, 'for bringing only one catch of a series at a time into said operative position, an electro-magnet for directly controlling the displacement oi said sliding means, and a teeler adapted to close the circuit of said electro-magnet according to the position of the hole provided in each card.
  • a machine for sorting perforated cards of the type described which comprises in combination, a series of compartments, a slideway above said compartments, conveying means for moving the cards along said slideway, a plurality of flaps, one for each compartment, in said slideway for causing the cards to fall into the compartments to which they aie intended, pivoted arms for operating said flaps, a plurality of series of pivoted catches carried by said conveying means, and disposed along a line which intersects the direction of travel of the conveying means, each catch of a series being adapted to be swung into an operative position lor actuating one of said pivoted arms, a single series of cams disposed along a line which intersects the direction of travel ot said conveying means, a common supporting member for all of said cams adapted to slide transversely of said conveying means, an electro-magnet for directly controlling the displacement ot said cam supporting member, and a feeler adapted to close the circuit of said electromagnet according to the position of the
  • A'machine tor sorting perforated cards of the type described which comprises in combination, a series oi compartments, a slideway above said compartments, an endless chain conveyor for moving the cards along said slideway, a plurality of pivoted flaps, one foreach compartment, in said slideway for causing the cards to tall into the compartments for which they are intended, a plurality of pivoted arms tor operating said iiaps, a plurality of series of pivoted catches carried by said conveyor and disposed along a line which intersects the direction of travel of said conveyor, each catch of a series being adapted to be swung into an operative position for actuating one of said pivoted arms, a single series of cams disposed along a.
  • a common vsupporting member for all of said cams adapted to slide in a direction at right angles to the direction of travel of said conveyor, an electro-magnet, a pivoted armature for said electro-magnet, a spring for urging said supporting member against said armature when the latter is in its: position of rest, whereby said supporting member is displaced by said spring when said armature is attracted by said electro-magnet, and ay teeler adapted to close the circuit ot said electro-magnet accordingto the position of the hole provided in each card, whereby one oi the cams is caused to swing one of the catches of one series into its operative position.
  • a machine for sortingv perforated cards of the type described the combination with a conveyor for the cards, of a series of card receiving stations disposed at intervals along the path of movement of the conveyor, of means for effecting discharge oi cards carried by the conveyor at stations selected in accordance with the arrangement of the perforations on the cards, said means including a plurality of rows of catches extending transversely of the conveyor and carried thereby, each catch in each row being allo.
  • a plurality of catch engaging members arranged transversely of the conveyor and shiftable laterally thereof as a unit, said catch engaging members being positioned intermediate the individual paths of movement of said catches and being arranged in a row extending at an angle to the rows of catches, and means for shiftingsaid catch engaging mem ⁇ bers laterally, whereby the relative position7 lengthwise of the conveyor, of the catch engaging members and the catches at a given instant determines the particular catch engaged by the associated member, and means for rendering operative a catch so engaged.

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US2937739A (en) * 1954-05-27 1960-05-24 Levy Maurice Moise Conveyor system
US2961093A (en) * 1953-03-06 1960-11-22 Rabinow Jacob Conveyor-belt sorters

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US2961093A (en) * 1953-03-06 1960-11-22 Rabinow Jacob Conveyor-belt sorters
US2937739A (en) * 1954-05-27 1960-05-24 Levy Maurice Moise Conveyor system

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