US2040500A - Operating means for counters - Google Patents

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May 12, 1936.

H. FSADGEBURY ET AL OPERATING MEANS FOR COUNTERS 2 Sheets-Sh'et 1 Filed April 14, 1952 INVENTORS Jffrman 9? Whig flurry BY 2076a; flZQVC'a 0 A TTORNE y May 12, 1936. H. F. SADGEBURY ET AL 2,040,500

OPERATING MEANS FOR COUNTERS Filed April 14, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 A TTORNE y Patented May 12, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT; OFFICE 2,640,500 v OPERATING MEANS FOR COUNTERS Herman F. Sadgebury and William M. Carroll,

Dayton, Ohio, assignors, by mesne assignments, to Central United National Bank, Cleveland,

Ohio, as trustee Application April 14, 1932, Serial No. 605,205 9 Claims. (Cl. 235-91) This application relates to an operating means for counters of the well-known Veeder type and,

can be applied to any machine in which there is an operating shaft thatis given one complete rotation for each operation of the machine, such that-operator operated the machine, his counter would register one and no other counter would be actuated. V

In the drawings: 0 Fig. 1 is a side elevational view partly in cross section of our invention; Fig. 2 is a front elevational view thereof with 29 certain parts broken away for the sake of clear-;'

ness;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the keys;

and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the lifting as bars. V

A shaft l is given one complete rotation each time the machine is operated by means of a gear 2, worm 3 and shaft 4. a disk 5 provided with an eccentric channel 6 so which receives a roller I mounted on a pin. carried by a'lever 9 mounted on a shaft Ill. The lever 8 is provided with an arm I l extending beyond the shaft II, which arm is provided with a. pin l2 which'engages shoulders I3 on the upper end of 35 the lifting bars I4, there being one such bar for each counter. The lifting bars l4 are provided' with guide slots l5 and I6 and with a key engaging arm l1- Rods l8 and I! extend through the slots I5 and I6 and springs extend from an 40 arm 21 of each of the lifting bars to abar 22 carried by the fixed frame 23. Each time the shaft I makes its revolution the right hand end of the lever 9, as viewed in Fig. 1, is lowered and is then raised'so that the pin I2 is first elevated and is 45 then depressed. As it is elevated, the springs 22 tend to elevate all of the lifting bars 14. Only one of these lifting bars, however, can be elevated for the operators key 24 is provided with a single slot 25 and lower surfaces 26 and 21. The machine 50 cannot be operated unless the key 24 has been inserted as is shown in the patent to A. 8, Wheel barser et al., 1,858,813, patented May 17, 1932. The various operators keys are identical except that the slots 25 are differently positioned. If, for

56 instance, there are six operators, there should be Mounted on the shaft I is scribed by way six counters, 29, 30, 3|, 32 and 33, each of which is provided with an operating arm 34 which carries a pin, 35 which is received within a bifurcated arm 36 of the respective lifting bars l4. These bifurcated arms 36 are differently wish 5 tioned on the different lifting bars, so that if there Y are, for instance, the six counters, one positioned above the other as shown in Fig. 1, these bifurcated arms would be one above the other and spaced 2. distance apart corresponding to the 10 spacing of the counters. It is to be understood that each ofthe pins-35 of the various arms 35 extend into one of these bifurcated arms and that there are as many lifting bars It as there are counters so that when the lifting bar It corl5 responding to counter 28 is raised, the counter 28 :;-will be actuated but none of the othercounters will be actuated. The clerk who is assigned counter 28 is given a key having a slot 25v therein which, when the key is inserted, will overlie go the key engaging arm I! of the lifting b'ar l4 corresponding to his counter so that when the pin I2 is raised the key engaging .arm M will be moved upwardly into the slot 25 so that the spring 20 connected to the lifting bar l4 correg5 sponding to his counter will be raised. The lower surfaces 26 and Hot his key prevent any other of the lifting bars from being raised and, therefore, his counter and no other will be operated.

All of the lifting bars are identical except that 30 the bifurcated arms are differently positioned and the lifting bar connected to the highest, counter 23 is provided'with an upper extension 21. Ohviously this extension is provided because the other lifting bars do not extend that high. 5

We realize that many changes may be made in the specific form of this invention shown and deof illustration in this application and we, therefore, reserve the right to make such changes in the specific form of the inven- 40 tion as shown herein as we may find to be desirable. We, therefore, claim 0 the invention broadly except as we may limit ourselves by the appended claims.

Having now described our inventiomwe claim:

1. In a counting mechanism, a plurality of counters, a plurality of keys differing the one from the other and corresponding in number tothe number of counters, a plurality of slides,-there being one slide for each counter, means connecting each slide to its corresponding counter, and means carried by said keys to prevent the actuation of all ofsaid slides except the slide corremonding to the key inserted.

2. In a counting mechanism, a plurality of slide for each counter, means having different counters, a plurality of slides, there being one operatively connecting each slide to its counter, a projection carried by each slide, keys having flat surfaces adapted to overlie and lock against operation all of said projections except the one corresponding to the key inserted, an operating mechanism, and

means controlled by the, mechanism to operate only the slide and counter corresponding to the key inserted.

3. In a counting mechanism, a plurality of counters, a plurality of slides, there being one slide ior each counter, means operatively connecting each slide to its counter, a projection carried by each slide, keys having flat surfaces adapted to overlie and lock against operation all 01' said projections except the one corresponding to the key inserted, an operating mechanism, means controlled by the mechanism to operate only the slide and counter corresponding to the key inserted, and to restore the operated slide to its normal position after its counter is operated.

4. In a counting mechanism, a plurality of counters, a plurality of slides operatively connected to said counters, there being one slide for each counter, an operating mechanism, means tending to operate all of said slides and counters when'the operating mechanism is actuated, keys having diilerent contours and corresponding in number to the number of slides'and counters, and means carried by each key to lock against operation all of said slides except the one corresponding to the key inserted.

5. In a counting mechanism, a plurality of counters, a plurality of slides operatively connected to said counters, there being one slide for each counter, an operating mechanism, springs tending'to operate all of said slides and counters when the operating mechanism is actuated, keys contours and corresponding in number to the number of slides and counters, and means carried by each key to lock against operation all oi! said slides except the one corresponding to the key inserted.

6.'In a counting mechanism, a plurality of counters, a plm'ality of slides operatively connected to said counters, there being one slide for each counter, an operating mechanism, means tending to operate all of said slides and counters when the operating mechanism is actuated, keys having diirerent contoursand corresponding in number to the number of slides and counters, means carried by each key to lock against operation all of said slides except the one corresponding to the key inserted, and means forming a part of the operating mechanism to restore the selected slide to its normal position after its counter has been actuated. 7. In a counting mechanism, a plurality of counters, a plurality oi slides operatively connected to said counters, there being one slide for each counter, an operating mechanism, means tending to operate all of said slides and counters when the operating mechanism is actuated, 2. lug carried by each slide, keys, each 01 which is provided with a surface adapted to engage and lock against operation all of said slides except the one corresponding to the key inserted, each oi said keys being provided with a notch into which the lu oi the slide corresponding to the key inserted will pass when the slide is operated.

8. In a counting mechanism, a plurality of counters, a plurality of slides operatively connected to said counters, there being one slide for each counter, an operating mechanism, means 2 tending to operate all of said slides and counters when the operating mechanism is actuated, a lug carried by each slide, keys, each oi which is provided with a surface adapted to engage and lock against operation all one corresponding to the key inserted, each of said keys being provided with a notch into which the lug oi the slide corresponding to the key inserted will pass when the slide is operated, and means forming a part 9. In a counting mechanism, a plurality of counters and corresponding operating means, means connecting each counter to its'operating means, insertable keys, there being one key for each counter and operating means, a driving mechanism, means'controlled mechanism tendin to operate all of the operating means for the counters each time the driving mechanism is operated, and means carried by the key inserted to prevent the actuation of all of said counters except the counter corresponding to the inserted key. v

HERMAN F. SADGEBUTRY. WILLIAM M. CARROLL.

of said slides except the 3 oi the operating mechanism to 3, restore the selected slide to its normal position after its counter has been actuated.

by the operating

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