US1973246A - Adding and sorting machine - Google Patents

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INVENTOR Bvff; ATTORN'M% ZW Patented Sept. 1l, 1934 p A UNITED STATES PATENT oFFlcE ADDING AND SORTING MACHINE James W. Bryce, Bloomleld, N. J., assignor, by mesne assignments, to International Business' Machines Corporation, New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application January 19, 1931, Serial No. 509,644

SCiaims. (01.235-58) In commercial transactions, for example in each voucher entered, perforates a card with banks, it is the present practice to add up various data giving the amount oi the voucher and advouchers such as checks and to also sort these ditional classifying data. The cards thus pervouchers into diierent classifications. For exforated by the perforating attachment are sorted 5 ample a number of checks come into a bank into compartments under the control of the 60 drawn on miscellaneous banks. These checks classication entries upon the cards and these are usually hand sorted to different individual compartments correspond to corresponding bank classifications and then the amounts of the voucher compartments. The machine is provided various vouchers are totaled up on adding mawith means to correlate the voucher sort with the chines. The present practice involves the hand card sort. After the vouchers'have been sorted 65 sorting of the vouchers and the subsequent addby the machine and the cards have been sorted ing up of the vouchers on adding machines. by the machine, the cards in any one card pocket Where sorting of the checks into classications will correspond in number and amount to the is first effected by hand the order of the checks vouchers in the corresponding voucher pocket.

is lost by the sorting operation and it is dicult It is then possible to remove the cards from any 70 to verify results should an error occur. In some card pocket or from a series of card pockets and cases to obviate such difiiculties resort has been pass these cards through a tabulatng machine y had to first tallying up and proving each deposit of well known construction, which tabulating mahy adding up the various voucher items on -an chine can run up a list of each of these groups adding machine and then preserving this total, of cards. This list will be a detailed list of the 75 afterwards the checks of one deposit are hand cards in a particular pocket and of all of the sorted into different bank classications and then vouchers in the corresponding voucher pocket another adding operation is made of each of the or compartment and the list of entries will be vouchers in each individual classication. in the order of receipt of the cards and vouchers f2.5 The above previous practice is both tedious in their respective pockets. Totals may also be 80 and time consuming and in banks in particular, obtained on the tabulating machine of the cards it is desirable that a distribution of the checks in each pocket and of the corresponding vouchers into sorted classifications, the proving up of the in the voucher pocket as well as a grand total and amounts oi the checks, and the proving up of this grand total can be used for cross-checking deposits be made as expeditiously as `possible. with the printed total shown by the adding ina- 85 The present invention has for its object the chine which made the initial entries. provision of a new machine which will materially It has been explained before that the adding expedite clearing of vouchers. In brief, the mamachine is provided in addition to the usual chine is intended to speed up the proving and number keys with classication keys. For consorting operations and provide a series of cross venience in subsequent accounting operations the to checks or proved results which will'enable errors adding machine may be provided with more to be rapidly located. To this general end a new than one set of these classiiication keys. In the plan of procedure is adopted. The machine' compresent embodiment two sets have been shown, prises an adding machine of conventional type but it will be understood that more than two can 40 adapted to list and total up items. Associated be provided. By providing additional sets of p5 with the adding machine are additional classiclassification keys more than one set of classincation keys. .As each voucher or check is enlcation pelfOlatOnS may `be Provided 011 the tered on the adding machine these classication cards. One set may Correspond t0 the Card bOXeS keys and the usual number keys, are depressed. and VOuCheI" DOCketS 01' "DOXSS and may represent The operation of these classifying keys, upon the banks, Clearing hOllSe members 01' the like- The 100 subsequent operation of the adding machine for other set may represent individual depositors entering an item is adapted to control the disaccounts or the like and do not control the sorting tribution of the vouchers into compartments of of the cards and of the Vouchers into the respecavoucher sorter. The vouchers are fed manually tive pockets. These additional or extra classione at a time into the machine as the operation cation perfOIatOIlS 0n the Cards permit Sub- 1'05 of listing progresses. The adding machine in sequent sorting operations to be eiectedsby the addition to printing and adding a list and tot'alusual card controlled sorting machinesl and after ing the amounts entered therein is adapted to such sorting operations on the cards are made control and bring into' operation a perforating it is possible to again run the cards through attachment and this perforating attachment, for tabulating machines and make up other accounts, 11o

lists or totals as desired according to this new classiiication. Such list or total could be for example a depositors statement giving debits or credits to an individual depositor. Further and other objects of the present in-I vention will be hereinafter set forth in the accompanying specification and claims and shown in the drawings, which by way of illustration show what I now consider to be preferred embodiments of my invention. j

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevational 'view of the adding machine end of the machine showing the perforating apparatus and a view of the sorter card pockets adjacent the adding machine;

Fig. 2 shows sectional views of the voucher and card sorting sections. The section at the right hand end showinga number of the card pockets or compartments and at the left are shown a number of voucher pockets or compartments which are in back of the card compartrig. 3 is a lsect-.1mm view taken substantially on line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the adding machine end of the machine and a top plan View of some of the card and voucher pockets;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view of the card pockets;

Fig. 6 is a detail cross-sectional viewtaken substantially on line 6 6 of Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 is a detail part sectional view of the endorsing section for endorsing-the vouchers as they are manually placed in the machine; and

Fig. 8 is a circuit diagram.

AIn more detail 1i) designates a conventional adding machine which may be of .any desired type. The machine herein illustrated is ythat shown in United States patent to Goss and Bryce. No. 1,190,752... In place of having a manually adding operating machine which is shown in the aforementioned /Goss and Bryce patent, a motor driven machin/@may be provided of customary and well known type. Such motor driven machine may have'a motor bar 11. 12 generally designates the motor housing which contains the customary one revolution clutch mechanism. i3 is a drive shaft extending from within the motor housing l2 for driving the card and voucher sorting sections of the machine. As shown in Fig. e, the .adding machine comprises the usual amount Akeys 15. classification keys 16 and an additional set of classification keys 17.

The adding machine has as is shown in the Goss and Bryce patent, a perforating section generally designated 13. lThis perforating section is controlled from the item keys 15 and the classification keys 16 and 17. The perforating attachment here shown is adapted to perforate so-called Hollerith type cards.

In the operation of the machine. amounts-are entered on the adding machine in the usual way and the proper andocorresponding classification keys are depressed. Taking a particular transaction for example, keys 16 can be depressed to represent a clearing house number and -keys 17 can be depressed to indicate an account number or the like. 20 conventionallyv designates a listingV and totaling attachment and this listing and totaling attachment has the usual paper roll on which is tallied up a list of amounts and a list of classification numbers as entered into the machine and a total of a given group of amounts. It will be understood that as the entry on each voucher is entered on the adding machine 10 a Gard is invasie withdrawn from a card magazine 21 and pasted into the perforating attachment 18 and there suitably perforated with perforations correspond-I ing to the amounts and classification and is there;- ater discharged into the chute generaliy designated 22 in Fig. l. Just before the operator depresses the motor bar 11, which is the last operation upon the adding machine, the operator of the adding machine manually presents the voucher or check to a chute 23, Fig. 7, which chute leads to an endorsing mechanism conventionally designated 24. Upon the operation of the machine the endorsing rolls rotate and endorse the check or voucher and deliver it downwardly upon a plate 25. At the end of the adding machine operation a voucher'or check will be resting upon tray 25 and a corresponding card will be perforated and disposed in chute 22. Upon the next operation" the voucher and corresponding card will loe carried along into the voucher sorting and card sorting section of the machine by means which will now be described.

Referring to Fig. 1, the shaft 13 through suitable gearing 26 is adapted to turn Geneva device 27. This Geneva device in turn drives sprocket shaft 28. 28 has mounted upon it a pair of sprocket wheels 29 (see Fig. 3), and another pair of sprockets 30. Sprockets 29 serve to drive a pair oi belts or chains 31l which have mounted at intervals thereon fingers or pusher arms 32. m5 These pusher arms 32 upon the intermittent advance of the chain pick up 'the card from thecard receptacle 22 (see Fig. l) and carry it along past sensing stations and sorting pockets or stations such as 39 into which sorting stations the card is delivered. At the opposite side of the lll@ machine there is provided the voucher transporting and sorting mechanism which is of identical construction, viz. there are chains 31o provided cooperating with the sprockets 30. These chains have similar fingers 32u associated therewith which push the voucher along e. track over the .voucher pockets 39o. No sensing stations are however, provided at this section of the machine because sensing is effected on the cardsand not ggg on the vouchers. It will be understood that there is one voucher compartment corresponding to and disposed directly behind each card pocket.

In order to support the belt or chain 21 the chain can be provided with guide pulleys 3d 125 mounted on cross shafts 35 and cooperating with supporting rails 35, (see Fig. 3). By the pushing action of the lingers 32, the cards are carried along a track 37 (Fig. 5) which track is provided with slots at intervals therealong to permit shut- 3g ters or deectors 38 to be lifted up above the plane of the card to divert it into a pocket 39. 'The vaucher section is providedwith a similar construction. Control of the action of the shutters 38 is eected in the following manner. Disposed 35 in the track are contact blocks 40. These are mounted in insulating material as shown. 1n Fig. E, 37 is the track and 37a comprises an insulated portion oi the track which receives the contact blocks d0. The card proper is shown at C.

a 1t will be understood that the track 3'? is slotted L@ longitudinally to permit the nngers 32 to entend down below the level of the card. The defiectors 33 and 38o are likewise notched to permit ers 32 and 32v to pass by. As the card is fed along, sensing brushes d1 traverse the card and cooperate with the classification perforations therein. For certain stations two sensing brushes are provided and for other stations one sensing brush is provided.

` voucher section of the machine (see Fig. 4).

the voucher section of the machine there is a Previously it has been explained that after an operation of the adding machine that a card is in the chute 22 ready to be intercepted by the fingers of the chain. On" the next operation of the adding machine this card is advanced to the first sensing station. The corresponding voucher is also advanced in the voucher sorter. The card then remains at this first sensing station. It will be assumed that the first card is resting at the first sensing station shown in Fig. 1 at 42. It will also be assumed that this first card is perforated to correspond with the brushes at the sensing station numbered 24. Upon the next operation of the adding machine an operating cycle ensues. Certain cam contacts 43 (see Fig. 8) close a circuit permitting current to flow through one contact block below the card and thence through one perforation of the card, through one brush,

thence through the other brush, back tothe contact block and down to a magnet 44. Energizetion of this magnet attracts its armature and rocks its deilector 38 to a position to intercept the card and divert it into the pocket corresponding to this particular classification. As the operating cycle ensues, the card is advanced and is deiiected and dropped into the appropriate pocket 39. The deector 38 is provided with a shaft 45 which shaft extends transversely across into the 1n corresponding deflector 38o secured to the shaft 45 and this deiiector 38o operates in an identically similar manner to divert the voucher into the corresponding voucher pocket 39o for example. At the 'end of each operating cycle the circuit through each sorting magnet 44 is broken and the deectors are returned to their normal position under spring action. The sorting machine is provided with the usual stick circuit relay points which are of conventional form and the circuit to these stick circuit relay points is interrupted at the proper time inthe circuit by cam contacts 46 (see 8). The circuit need not be further described since it issubstantially similar to that shown in Bryce Patent No. i,65l,180. It may be mentioned, however, that in the circuit diagram, Fig. 8, M is the driving motor, 47 is a motor switch, il represents 'the n motor bar of the' adding machine and 4B repre sents the magnet operating the one revolution clutch which is disposed within the housing 12. individual switches such as es are also provided for cutting out the magnet circuit for any desired pocket.

it is not believed that a detailed description is necessary oi the operation of sorting at single brush stations because here the circuit merely passes through one contact block through a single station where it does agree with the controlling perforations. When this occurs the card will be diverted into its corresponding card pocket and the corresponding voucher at the opposite side of the machine will be diverted into the corresponding and correlated voucher pocket.

At the extreme right hand end of the machine (see Fig. 2), reject boxes are provided, one for the cards marked 50, the other for the vouchers which is of identical construction and directly behind box 50. Box 50 is provided with a fixed defiector 51 and the voucher reject box has a similar xed deector. These reject boxes are adapted to respectively receive any cards which have not been diverted into previous boxes or any vouchers which have not been diverted into previous voucher compartments and also will receive any cards which lack perforations and the vouchers corresponding thereto or any cards which have been passed because of the opening of switches 49 and the vouchers which correspond to such cards.

It will be understood that in the operation of the machine there is a coordinated action .of the 'voucher sorting machine, the adding machine and the card sorting section of the machine. The operation of the motor bar of adding machine brings into action the voucher delivering mech anism and the cardI delivery and transporting mechanism. Each card will be sensed and delivered into its appropriate sorting pocket. As each card is delivered into its appropriate pocket the voucher which corresponds to the card will 'oe delivered into the corresponding correlated voucher pocket or compartment.

What I claim is:

1. In an accounting apparatus, manually controlled entry means setting up sorting classica tions for controlling the sorting of two distinct sets of'records into separate but correlated groups, and a dual sorting means cooperating with the manually controlled means for effecting a. correlated but separate sorting of both records.

2. In an adding machine, means for making classification entries, .a dual sorting apparatus with provisions for making a correlated sorting oi two distinct sets of records, and meansior ccntrolling the sorting eiected by said apparatus in accordance with the classiiication of the entries which are made.

3. in an accounting machine, a record per- 'i which are produced by the perforating means, A ,f

and the other sorting being controlled oy the rst mentioned sorting.

An apparatus of the class described compri@1 ing means for making a printed record of a oi items and the classication of the items rei corded, means edective during the maier" ci the printed record for making a series of se; rete inu dvidual records provided with classification en tries, means'for sorting the aforesaid separate records into groups as determined by the cia-sein"- cation entries thereon, and addiionai sorting means cooperating with and controlled by the aforesaid sorting means for providing e correlated sort of a separate and distinct set of records.

5. An apparatus of the class described com= prising, a recording machine with item entryv keys and classiiication keys, a listing mechanism for listing in a sequential manner voucher data en tered into the recording machine under control of the aforesaid keys, a perforating apparatus also controlled by the recording machine for making individual perforated records of voucher data pertaining to each voucher, a sorting machine receiving the perforated records from the .perforating apparatus and also having provision for receiving the original voucher records, and means for sorting the perforated records into classifications corresponding to the classifying data on such records, and means for sorting the vouchers in accordance with the same data.

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6. .an erecting and voucher distributing ap= paratns comprising, a recording machine. a card perrorating means or the recording machine, a card sorting device receiving cards from the card performing means and. having sorting compartments, a voucher sorting apparatus having compartments, and means for correlating the sorting oi *contenere in the voucher sorter so that the touchera in each voucher sorter compartment will command `with the cards in each card sorter cninnnrnnent.

if'. accounting apparatus with a recording lor listing data from vouchers in sequentiai order, a voucher sorting apparatus cooperatively acting with the operation of the recording machine and adapted to receive and transport vouchers after datathererom is entered in the recording machine, a perorating apparatus contrailed iov the recording machine for making on a card a record, corresponding to a related voucher, and a card sorting apparatus receiving cards 'from Lafarge the perforating apparatus and cooperatively acting with the action of the recording machine, and means for correlating the sorting of the cards into groups corresponding 'with the sorting. of the vouchers into groups.

3. Anaccounting machine comprising, a record ing machine provided with a perforating attachment ior making individual perforated card reoords corresponding .to vouchers whose data is printed by the recording machine, a card sorting machine receiving cards from the periorating aia-1 tachrnent of the recording machine and acting cooperatively witii the action ai trie recording nia1 chine for sorting the cards into groups, a voucher sorting device for sorting the vouchers whose data is entered into the recording machine also into groups, and means for correlating the voucher sort with the card sort so that the vouchers in each voucher group will correspond with the cards in each card group.

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