US1969334A - Printing device for use in connection - Google Patents

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Aug. 7, 1934 G. TAuscHEK v 1,969,334

PRINTING DEVICE FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH TABULATING MACHINES, CALCULATING MACHINES, AND THE LIKE Filed July 25, 1928 INVENTU Py Yu/s C/ek @my i AZ/ Patented Aug. 7, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PRINTING DEVICE FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH TABULATIN G MACHINES, CALCU- LATIN G MACHINES,

AND THE LIKE poration of New York Application July 25, 1928, Serial No. 295,264 In Austria July 25, 1927 15 Claims.

, This invention relates to an attachment adapted to be used in connection with a tabulating machine, or the like, by which it is possible to simultaneously print a teXt, or the like, relating to the results obtained by interpreting perforated cards.

The practical value of this device Will best become evident if it is considered that previously, in most cases, With the item printing performed under control of perforations in the cards, there was also printed adjacent therewith codes, or special characters, as X, Z, t, which represented names, places, materials, and the like, the meaning of which had to be interpreted after the items of the card aie tabulated. So, for instance, when a list of wages is made up under control of perforated cards, in the prior manner, a special character, code or control number appears adjacent each printed amount, Which must be later interpreted to ascertain to whom the wages are to be paid.

The main object of the present invention is to provide an attachment for the tabulating machine by means of which there is automatically presented a printing slug for each printing operation of the tabulating machine to identify the items printed during the tabulating operation.

In the accompanying drawing:-

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of one embodiment of the invention shown applied to a tabulating machine. certain of the fundamentals of the latter being disclosed diagrammatically at the right.

Fig. 2 is a View in perspective disclosing selective clutch devices for selectively controlling the operation of the feeding and printing means of the attachment.

Fig. 3 is a perspective View of a modification of the type slug feeding mechanism.

To the side Wall l of the tabulating machine a type slug magazine 2 is xed in such a manner that the upper portion of the magazine is co-ordinated with the extended platen 3 of the tabulating machine.

Tabulating machines, as to their operation and functions, are generally Well known so that only a general description is given herein, and for more details of description reference may be had to patent to Lake 1,600,413 dated September 21, 1926 disclosing one type of tabulator or to Patent 1,617,088 dated February 8, 1927 disclosing another type. As stated in detail in the latter patent, the record or tabulating card 27 is provided with the usual perforations 28 which are arranged in columns to represent (Cl. lOl-58) numerical values. The perforation analyzing brushes 29 are carried by a bar 30 of insulating material. 'Ihe bar 30 is reciprocated, as fully explained in Patent 1,617,088, so that a brush 29 in one direction of its reciprocation engages `a metal supporting plate 31 through the related column of perforations, thereby extending the circuit from the positive line side to a related magnet 32, and then to the other or negative line side.

Successive electrical impulses are, therefore, directed to magnet 32 to successively adjust by pawl 33 a related printing bar 34. The adjustment of the printing bars, and printing from the type at the printing line by the usual hammers effects the representation of items, for eX- ample representing Wages.

An accumulator is provided to accumulate the sums represented but recourse to Patent 1,617,088 should be made for details of such mechanism, as Well as for other details of the tabulating machine.

The type slug magazine 2 preferably comprises two vertical compartments 4 and 5, the compartment 4 containing the series of type -slugs 17 from which theA prints are to be secured, While compartment 5 contains those received from compartment 4 from which prints have been derived.

TWo screw spindles 6 and 7 are provided one in each related compartment, 4 and 5, respectively, Which support their related stack of type slugs 17. A shaft 26 which is driven, carriesat one end a bevel gear 22 which meshes With a bevel gear 23 which has an integral Worm wheel 18a receiving screw spindle 7. At the other end of shaft 26 there is secured a'bevel gear 24 which meshes with a bevel gear 25 integral with the Worm Wheel 18h receiving screw spindle 6. Therefore, for a certain directional rotation of shaft 26 spindles 6 and 7 are turned oppositely.

The shaft 26 has secured thereto a gear 8 meshing at a certain time with a segment 10 fixed to a shaft 9 which is operatively connected to the driving shaft of the tabulating machine.

The shaft 9 carries a cylinder 11 which is provided with a cam groove, the latter receiving the lower end (Fig. 1) of a reciprocable lever 15, to Which is pivoted a slide 16 so that as the slide 16 moves in compartment 4 it moves the uppermost type slug 17 from which a printing has been effected from compartment 4 to compartment 5.

A pin 12a on a cam disk 12 secured to shaft 9 operates a lever 12b so that the cam in its rotation first retracts and then releases a hammer 13 which when released, is shifted quickly by a coil spring 13a to effect printing from the uppermost type slug in magazine 4.

The device operates as fol1ows:-

The compartment 4 is first lled with type slugs placed in the same sequence or order as the perforated cards are presented to the analyzing mechanism so that each type slug identies the related items. During the rotation of shaft 9 printing is effected from the adjusted type bars 34 and also under control of disk v12 hammer 13 is operated to print from the uppermost type slug 17 in the compartment 4 by pressing the same against the usual inking ribbon (not shown) to effect a print on the record strip, to print a name for example adjacent the printed item.

Thereafter, the hammer 13 is restored to normal by spring 13a and by means of the cam groove in cylinder 11 slide 16 is shifted to the left to move the type slug 17 from which a printing has been effected to the compartment 5. After this operation segment 10 now engages gear 8 so that spindles 6 and 7 are rotated oppositely so thatspindle 6 brings the successive printing slug 17 incompartment 4 in correlation with the printing hammer 13, and spindle 7 lowers its stack so that a space is provided at the top of the compartment 5 to receive the next printing slug 17 from the compartment 4.

It is, at times, desirable not to change printing slugs in correspondence with the printing under control of each perforated card. To this end there is provided a coupling or clutch 20 (see Fig. 2) between shaft 9 and the disk 12 to therefore control selective printing. To effect this control, a magnet 20a. is energized to effect the clutch connection. The control may be such that printing from a slug is effected after a certain number of cards are analyzed, or if a special card occurs.

Also by providing a selective connection between shaft 9 and cylinder 11 which comprises a clutch 21 controlled by magnet 21a, the change of type slugs may be controlled so as to be performed after a certain number of prints corresponding to a like number of operations from tabulating cards, or after a special print, as a total, for example, derived by,tabulating machines in the usual manner. The shaft connection is such, of course, that spindles 6 and 7 are rotated only when clutch 21 is established.

The mechanism for feeding the type slugs from one compartment to the other may be modified as disclosed in Fig. 3. In this modification spindles 6 and 7 are omitted and two oppositely reciprocable slides 16 and 16a are provided. The upper one, 16 is reciprocated by lever 15 in the manner described. Lever 15 is pivoted at 15a to a fixed cross member or bar 15b. vAbove pivot 15a there is connected one end of a link 16c which has a pivotal connection 16d to a lever 16e which is pivoted at 16f to bar 15b. The lower end of lever 16e has a pin and slot connection to the lower slide 16a. Therefore, as slide 16 is shifted to the left, slide 16a is shifted to the right so as to interchange printing slugs. Hence, the number of slugs in each compartment remains constant and the slugs are always in the same order, so that groups of repetition printings in the same sequence can be secured.

By providing the unit shown in Fig. 3 as detachable, the conveying mechanism and slugs can be removed as a unit from the machine and stored, the slugs remaining in the same order.

What is claimed is as follows:-

1. In a tabulating machine, the combination of a magazine having two compartments arranged side by side for receiving type slugs in columnar relation, means for guiding a web of paper for receiving imprints thereon, a hammer arranged to engage one of the type slugs while in the compartment to cause the same to print on the web, means for transferring type slugs from the first compartment to the second and from the second to the first to correlate a new type slug with said hammer, and means for operating said hammer and said transferring means.

2. In a tabulating machine, the combination of a magazine having two compartments arranged side by side for receiving type slugs in columnar relation, means for guiding a web of paper for receiving imprints thereon, a hammer arranged to engage one of said type slugs while in the compartment to cause the same to print on the web, means for transferring type slugs from the top of the first compartment to the top of the second compartment, and from the bottom of the second to the bottom of the rst to correlate a new type slug with said hammer, and means for operating said hammer and said transferring means.

3. In a tabulating machine, the combination of a magazine having two compartments larranged side by side for receiving type slugs in columnar relation, means for vguiding a web of paper for receiving imprints thereon, a hammer arranged to engage one of said type slugs while in the compartment to cause the same to print on said web, a reciprocable slide arranged to transfer slugs from the top of the rst compartment to the top of the second, a second reciprocable slide arranged to transfer slugs from the bottom of the second compartment to the bottom of the first, both of said slides being operated to correlate a new type slug with said hammer, means for operating said hammer, and means for reciprocating said slides.

4. In a printing machine, a supply magazine carrying identifying printing strips, mechanism adapted to print from one of said strips while in the magazine, a storage magazine receiving the strips from which printings have been effected, and a pair of oppositely reciprocated means for transferring one of the strips from the upper part of the supply magazine to the upper part of the storage magazine simultaneously with the transfer of another strip from the lower part of the storage magazine to the 1 lower part of the supply magazine.

5. In a printing machine, a magazine carrying a series of printing strips, in stacked formation mechanism adapted to coact with one of the printing strips to shift the same while in the magazine to effect printing therefrom, and a transfer mechanism for feeding one of the strips to the magazine after a printing operation from another strip.

6. The combination of a record controlled tabulating machine, a driving mechanism therefor, a printing device including means for printing from printing members and means for conveying said printing members separately to printing position opposite a. sheet to be printed, means for operating the conveying means to present said printing members separately to the printing position during the operation of the tabulating machine, and a mechanism for connecting said operating means and the means for printing from said printing members with said driving mechanism.

7. The combination of a record controlled. tabulating machine, a driving mechanism therefor, a printing device including means for printing from printing members, a conveying means for said printing members adapted to shift a printing member from one chamber of a magazine after a printing operation from the printing member to the other chamber and separately to printing position opposite a sheet to be printed, means for operating the conveying means to present said printing members separately to the printing position during the operation of the tabulating machine and a mechanism for connecting said operating means and the means for printing from said printing members with said driving mechanism.

8. The combination with a record controlled tabulating machine, of a driving mechanism therefor, a printing device including means for printing from printing members, a conveying means for said printing members including a reciprocable slide adapted when operated to transfer a printing member from one chamber into another chamber of a magazine in which the printing members are arranged in super-` imposed relationship, one of said printing members being presented to a sheet to be printed, means for operating the conveying means to present individual printing members to the printing position during the operation of the tabulating machine and a mechanism for connecting said operating means and the printing means for said printing members with said driving mechanism.

9. The combination with a record controlled tabulating machine, of a driving mechanism therefor, a printing device including means for printing from printing members, a conveying means for said printing members comprising screws rotatable in the chambers of a magazine arranged to support said printing members in superimposed relationship, said screws being rotatable in opposite directions so that the printing members are raised in one chamber and lowered in another, means for operating the conveying means to present individual printing members to the printing position during the operation of the tabulating machine, and a mechanism for connecting said operating means and the printing means for said printing members with said driving mechanism.

10. The combination of a record controlled tabulating machine, a driving mechanism of the tabulating machine, a printing device including conveying means adapted to bring type members separately opposite the part of a sheet to be printed to identify item printing of the tabulating machine, means for printing from said type members, means for operating the conveying means during each operation of the tabulating machine, and means whereby the type member printing means and the conveying means are operated by the driving mechanismY of the tabulating machine.

11. The combination with a record controlled tabulating machine having driving mechanism therefor, of a printing device comprising conveying means adapted to bring printing members separately into printing position opposite a surface to be printed, means for operating the conveying means to present individual printing members to the printing position duringthe operation of the tabulating machine, and a mechanism adapted to connect said operating means with the driving mechanism of the tabulating machine, the last named mechanism comprising a clutch mechanism adapted to selectively cor.- nect the operating means with the driving mechanism of the tabulating machine.

12. The combination with a record controlled tabulating machine having driving mechanism therefor, of a printing device comprising coni veying means-adapted to bring printing members separately into printing position opposite a surface to be printed, means for operating the conveying means to present individual printing members to the printing position during the operation of the tabulating machine, a mechanism adapted to connect said operating means with the driving mechanism of the tabulating machine, a printing mechanism for said printing members, means for actuating said printing mechanism, and a clutch adapted to selectivelv connect the actuating means with the driving mechanism of the tabulating machine.

13. The combination with a record controlled tabulating machine having driving mechanism therefor, of a printing device comprising conveying means adapted to bring printing members separately into printing position opposite a surface to be printed, means for operating the conveying means to present individual printing 11 members to the printing position during the operation of the tabulating machine, said conveying means including a reciprocable slide which is operated to transfer a printing member from one chamber to another of a magazine, and 11 means for effecting a selective connection between said slide and the driving mechanism of the tabulating machine.

14. The combination with a tabulating machine, of a driving mechanism for said tabulating machine, a printing device comprising conveying means adapted to bring printing members separately opposite the part of a sheet to be printed to identify an item printed on said sheet by said tabulating machine, means for operating 12 said conveying means to present individual printing members to a sheet during the operation of the tabulating machine, means for connecting the driving mechanism of the tabulating machine with the operating means, means to take 13 an impression from the printing member, and a. clutch connection adapted to selectively connect the impression taking means with the driving mechanism of the tabulating machine.

15. In combination with a record controlled 13; tabulating machine having a driving means therefor, of a printing device comprising means for conveying printing members individually to a sheet, means for eifecting a printing operation from an individual printing member to 14( identify an item printed by said tabulating machine upcn said sheet, means to effect selectively a connection between the driving means of said tabulating machine and the conveying means, and means to effect selectively a connection be- 14.- tween the driving means of said tabulating. machine and said printing means.

- GUSTAV TAUSCHEK.

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