US2059805A - Verifier - Google Patents

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R. E. PAGE Nov. 3, 1936;

VERIFIER Filed April 30, 1935 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 o-un-rnoh.

INVENTOR. 4 099% M ATTORNEY R. E. PAGE 2,059,805

VERIFIER 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY Nov. 3, 1936.

Filed April 30, 1935 Nov. 3, 1936. R 5, PAGE 2,059,805

VERIFIER Filed April 50, 1935 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 l Illlllllllllllllllll BY m/xw ATTORNEY.

Patented Nov. 3, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE VERIFIEE Application April 30, 1935, Serial No. 19,041

11 Claims.

10 this code, items to 9 are each represented by a single perforation in the corresponding index point position 0 to 9 of a card column.

The cards are perforated in a punching machine by the depression of keys which correspond 15 to the items read off by the operator from a printed sheet.

In order to verify the accuracy with which the card has been punched, a stack of punched cards is placed in a verifying machine, the operator of 20 which also reads the items preferably from the same record source, i.*e., the printed sheet and depresses the corresponding keys. If a card column is correctly punched, the next card column feeds to the verifying station; if incorrectly 25 punched, the card feed is interrupted and the operator must remove the card.

It is often necessary to verify only certain card columns at one particular time and other card columns at a subsequent time. The verifying ma- 0 chine can be arranged to skip the columns not to be verified. When the card is verified as to certa n columns, it is desirable to indicate first that the verifying operation has taken place and second which of the verified columns are cor- 35 rectly perforated.

The operator of the verifying machine is then given credit for verifying the card as to the desired columns. Upon a subsequent verifying operation of other-columns, it is also desired to 40 indicate the fact that the subsequent verifying operation has occurred and which of these verified columns are correct.

The object of the present invention is therefore, broadly, to mark each verified column which 4:, is correct with a distinguishing imprint. By so doing, the fact that a verifying operation has taken place is indicated along with an indication of the correctly punched columns and a corollary indication, by the absence of an imprint, of the 50 first of the incorrectly punched columns of the group of columns verified.

More specifically, the object is to provide the marking means in the form of a simple printing attachment which can be applied to an ex- 55 isting machine.

Further, the object is to provide such a print-- ing attachment with means for effecting an imprint under control of the card feeding means.

Still further, the object is to provide an inking ribbon within the printing attachment, which is advanced under control of the card feeding means.

Other objects will appear from the further parts of the specification and from the drawings.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front view of the machine.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the machine.

Fig. 3 is a section along line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view of the portion, of Fig. 1 showing the marking attachment.

Fig. 5 is a detail view in perspective of a portion of the marking attachment with the ribbon guide cover in retracted position.

Fig. 6 is a detail section along lines 6-6 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 'l is a detail section along lines 'I-'I of Fig. 2, and

Fig. 8 is a detail plan view of the lower portion of the marking attachment.

The verifyingmechanism is of the type disclosed in Patent No. 1,426,223 and comprises .a set of character keys ill, each connected to the rear end of one of the interposer bars II. The bars Ii are loosely fulcrumed at their forward ends on pins I! pressed downwardly by springs l3. Intermediate its ends, each bar il rests on top of one of the row of verifying pins i4 slidably guided at their lower ends by a frame I block I40. A column of card '1 is fed to verify ing position between block I40 .and a die block Ill having holes in line with pinsv II. If the column in verifying position is correctly punched, its perforation will be directly underneath the pin it associated with the key Iii corresponding to the correct item. Now depression of the selected key ill will depress its associated bar Ii to move its plunger M against resistance of spring l5 through the card perforation in line with the plunger and through the alined hole in die .block I. During this operation, the interposer bar Ii will fulcrum about its connection to the associated pin I2 and while de pressing the plunger i4 through the correct perforation will simultaneously rock a bail l6 rotatably carried by a shaft l7 counterclockwise (Fig. 3) against the action of a biasing spring (not shown).

One end of the bail I6 is operatively connected in the manner indicated in detail in aforesaid patent to an am We pivoted about shaft I! and to asecond member llb also iournaled on shaft 11. Arm l6a has a pin and slot connection with a pivoted escapement pawl 26 and the other arm l6b has a pin 2! loosely seated in a hole 22 in a second escapement pawl 22 which is freely and loosely mounted on shaft II. A spring 24 connected to pawl 22 tends 'toswing it clockwise (Fig. 3) to hold it engaged with a ratchet tooth 26 of escapement rack 26 which forms part of the card feeding carriage.

When bail I6 is depressed, it rocks members 160 and l6b counterclockwise (Fig. 3), causing member I6a to move pawl 26 into engagement with a tooth "-26 of bar 26, thereby holding the bar stationary, and causing member i6b-to release pawl 22 from the tooth 26 previously engaged by it.

When the pawl 22 is released, spring 24 moves it to the right, disposing its-nose end above the next tooth 25. Now when key i6 is released, bail l6 rises, member l8a rocks clockwise (Fig. 3) to release holding pawl 26 from rack 26 while member I61) and pawl 22 rock'downwa'rdly under influence of spring 24. Pawl 22 thereby engages the rack bar to arrest its movement after it has moved the distance of a tooth, to the left. At the end of this feed, the parts are again in the relative positions shown in Fig. 3.

The power for feeding bar 26 to the left is supplied by a drum spring motor 28 acting through a gear 26 meshed with the lower rack teeth 260i bar 26.

The single-step feed of bar 26, just described, is

sufficient .to advance the card carriage the width of a card column. The card carriage comprises, in addition to escapement bar 26, a rear abutment 22 and a front abutment 22 both carried by bar 26. I The card T resting on main frame 24 is held between these abutments 22 and 22 and between the side walls 26 and 26' of the frame (see Fig. 2). The card is thus accurately located and guided for feeding movement. When bar 26 advances one step, abutments 22 and 22 move along with the bar and feed the card the width of one column. In this manner,. the verifying of a correct hole in a card column causes the next card column to move to verifying station beneath pins I4.

Should a column be incorrectly perforated, then upon depression of the key l6 corresponding to the correct item, the associated verifying pin. I cannot move down because it is engaged with an uncut portion of the card .coiumn. The interposer bar -I I will thereupon pivot about the head of pin l4 and raise the pin l2 against the pressure of spring l2. As bar ll pivots about the pin l4, its depression is insuilicient to rock bail I6 to the extent necessary cause release of pawl 22 from teeth 26 of eset'ipement bar 26. Accordingly, the bar 26 will not advance and the card will remain stationary. The operator may then remove the card by hand or operate the usual release key to move the card to ejecting position.

While the cards T may be manually, individually, inserted in the card carriage to be'fed to the verifying station, it is preferred to use semiautomatic means of the type disclosed in Patent No. 1,772,186. r

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, the cards T are stacked in magazine 26 and fed one at a time from the bottom of the stack by a picker 21. This picker is connected by a bracket 26 to a rack bar 29 slidably guided for horizontal movement along the operators side of the machine.

Bracket 38 is provided with a handle or finger piece 46 which the operator uses to move the rack to the left (Figsf 1 and 2). when this happens, picker 21 engages the bottom card T of the stack in magazine 26 and feeds it out of the magazine to a position in front of abutment 22 and against abutment 22. Further, as the rack moves to the left, it turns a-spring motor 42 (Fig. 1) to energize it and also rotates a gear 42 (Figs.

1, 2, and 6) provided with a ratchet clutch member 44, both rotatably carried by a cross shaft 46. Opposite clutch member 44 is a companion clutch member 46 slidably keyed to shaft 46.

Referring to Figs. 2 and 6, clutch member 46 is normally held apart from clutch member 44 by a spring 41 connected to yoke 46 pivoted on pin 46. The upper end of yoke 48 is connected by pins 66 to clutch member 46. Also pivoted on pin 46 is a member 62 having ahandle 62 and connected by a spring 64 to yoke 48.

Spring 64 is stiffer than spring 41 so that the latternorinally moves yoke 46 and plate member 62 clockwise (Fig. 6) as a substantially rigid unit. When at its right hand limit (Figs. 1 and 2), rack 26 has a groove 66 (Fig. 1) formed in its lower edge and receiving plate member 62. Spring 41 is therefore effective initially to rock members 62 and 46 clockwise (Fig. 6) to uncouple clutch member 46 from clutch member 44.

However, when the operator actuates rack 26 to the left, groove 66 leaves member 62 and the lower edge of rack 26 depresses plate member 62 to rock the latter and yoke 46 counterclockwise (Fig, 6), thereby engaging clutch member 46 with clutch member 44. Thus as rack 26 makes its stroke to the left, which may be considered as its card feed stroke, clutch members 44 and 46 are engaged to cause rotation of shaft 46. When rack 26 completes its card feed stroke, the operator releases handle 46 and spring motor 42 automatically returns the rack to the right. The ratchet teeth of clutch members 44 and 46 are so shaped that they will grip only when rack 26 makes its stroke to the left and will slip when the rack makes its stroke to the right. Thus, shaft 46 is rotated only in one direction, clockwise, (as viewed in Figs. 1 and 3) upon reciprocation of rack 26.

Shaft 46 rigidly carries a gear 68 meshed with lower rack teeth 26 of theescapement bar 26; When picker 21 moves to the left to feed a card out of magazine 26, rack 26, by the means described above, causes rotation of shaft 46 in a clockwise direction (Fig. 3) 'to actuate escape ment bar 26 to the right. At the end of these opposite movements of picker 21 and rack bar card will lie beneath the column of the verifying pins l4,-

During rotation of shaft 46 clockwise '(Fig. 3) spring motor 26 is energized to furnish power for the column-by-column feed of the card to the left controlled bythe verifying operation.

As explained in the objects of the, invention, it is desired to mark each. verified column in a distinctive manner. For this purpose, the machine is provided' with an attachment including a frame block 66 secured by screws 6| to the machine frame 24. Block 66 carries two horizontally spaced apart ribbon spools 62 and 62. Between the spools, block 66 is recessed (Fig. 5) to receive a guide frame 64 which is rigidly fastened to the block 66 and flanged at the sides tends forwardly between die blocks 0 and IM to a position above the lower end of the card column which is at the verifying station, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 7. Thus, the ribbon strip at the forward end of guide 65 is above the lower end of said card column. A plunger 61 vertically slidably mounted in frame 60 projects at its upper end through alined holes in frame 64 and ribbon guide 65 (see Figs. 4 and 7) to normally maintain the latter element against slidable movement and in fixed relationship to' frame 60 and die blocks llll and Ml. Surrounding plunger 61 is a spring 68 for normally holding the plunger in raised position and in operative connection with ribbon guide 65. The forward end of guide 65 has a hole 10 in line with the verifying pins M and above the portion of ribbon R located over the lower end of the card column'in verifying position. Vertically above hole 10 is a type plunger H vertically slidably mounted in die block Ill]. The plunger H has a type lug at its-lower end for printing a distinctive mark, a V-shaped mark being shown as an illustration. Type plunger H is in columnar alinement with verifying pins I4 and at the left of the column of said pins (as viewed in Fig. 7), thus being in position to print on the card column in verifying position and on a part of said column below the 9" index point position. Type plunger 1| is normally held in upper position by a spring I2, with the top of the plunger engaged by one end of a lever 13. Lever I3 is pivotally carried by a bell crank lever 14 and connected by a spring 15 to the bell crank lever. Lever I4 is rotatably carried by the end of shaft l'I opposite the escapement end and is rigidly pinned to one side of bail IE to move rigidly with the bail.

As explained before, if a perforation in a card column is correct, then depression of the corresponding key sufficiently depresses interposer II to rock bail l6 counterclockwise (Figs. 3 and 4) for causing a feed of the card. At the same time, as bail l6 rocks counterclockwise, rigidly connected lever 14 acting through the lever 13 carried thereby depresses type pin ll, spring 12 being weaker than spring I5. The pressure of lever 13 on pin ll may be varied by adjustment of a screw 16 carried by lever M. When upon depression of type pin II, it meets the surface of die block "I, spring 15 yields and permits levers I3 and 14 to rock further while plunger ll remains stationary.

As type plunger 'II is depressed, it passes through hole I0 in ribbon guide and presses ribbon R against the card to print a V-shaped' mark at the bottom of the card column which is in verifying position.

When the key I0 is released,'interposer l I rises and bail l6 rocks clockwise, permitting spring 12 to raise type pin II. The next card column is then moved, by the means previously described, to verifying position. Should this card column be incorrectly perforated, then interposer II will not be sufliciently depressed and bail IE will not rock to the extent necessary to cause either a card feed or a printing operation by plunger 1|.

If a card column is not intended to'contain a perforation, the operator depresses a space key 1l0-S to rock bell crank 18 counterclockwise (Fig. 4) the bell cranklB through link 19 rocks lever I4 and therefore bail l6 counterclockwise to cause a verification printing and feeding .operation.

Escapement bar 26 also carries the usual skip bar 89 which in connection with associated skip mechanism causes the card columns not to be operated on to be fed past the verifying position.

By means of the skip mechanism, certain card columns may be selected for verifying operation and others omitted. For a full understanding of the skip mechanism, recourse may be had to aforementioned Patent No. 1,426,223.

When the verifying operations on a card '1' have been completed, the card is removed and the operator actuates handle 49 to move rack 39 to the left and cause the next card to be fed from magazine 36 to the card carriage, in the manner explained previously.

As rack 39 moves to the left, its left end engages a transverse lug 82 on the end of a finger 83 extending from a slide bar 84 and moves the slide bar to the left against resistance of a spring 85. Slide 84 has a pin and slot connection 86 to a lever 81 freely pivoted on the shaft of ribbon spool 63 and carrying pawl 88. This pawl is held by a spring 89 against ratchet teeth 99 of ratchet 9 disk 9| rigidly carried by the shaft of spool 63. When the slide 84 moves to the left, it-rocks le ver 81 clockwise (Fig. 4) and pawl 88 rides over a tooth of ratchet disk9l. As rack 39 returns to the right and releases slide 84, spring moves the slide to the right, rocking lever 81 counterclockwise causing pawl 88 to engage a ratchet tooth 90 to feed disk 9| and theribbon spool 63 counterclockwise. The ribbon R is thus fed a slight amount from ribbon spool 62 to ribbon spool 63, each time a new card is moved into the card carriage.

A retaining pawl 93 is held by a spring 9i against ratchet teeth 90 to prevent reverse movement of spool 63 whenpawl 99 moves clockwise.

When the ribbon is entirely unwound from spool '62 and completely wound on spool 63, the operator presses a button 95 of a rod 96 against resistance of a spring 91 and through engagement of surfaces 98 and 98a of the rod with the tails of pawls 88 and 93 releases the latter pawls from ratchet disk 9|. handle 99 on spool 62 to rewind the ribbon on the latter spool. When the ribbon is completely rewound, button 95 is released and pawls 88 and 93 return to engagement with ratchet teeth 99. A cover 100 for the ribbon guide 65 and it's carrier 64 is hinged to frame 60. To remove the ribbon guide 65, the cover is retracted to the position shown in Fig. 5 and the ribbon guide tilted and moved to the rear, camming the rounded head of plunger 61 downwardly to release the latter. Ribbon R may be threaded into guide 65 conveniently when the latter is removed in the manner explained. The ribbon guide may then be slid into its guide frame 64 and replaced in operative position with the top of plunger 61 projecting into the hole in the ribbon guide.

The operation of the machine is believed clear from the above explanation. It is to be understood that variations, modifications, and changes may be made within the field of .the present invention without departing from the principles thereof. I, therefore, wish tobe limited only by the scope of the following claims. 1

the es'capenient mechanism for causing the marking device to distinctively mark the verified card, said escapement mechanism including a bail reciprocated upon each verifying operation, and connections between the bail and marking device to cause reciprocation of the latter upon reciprocation of the ball, the marking. device upon its reciprocation distinctively marking the verified card.

2. In a machine ,dealing with record cards having columns of index point positions; the combination of av column of elements for operating on the card and corresponding to the index point positions of a card column, means for locating the card with a column thereof in confronting relation to the column of elements with the index -point positions opposite their respective corresponding, elements, instrumentalities for causing selective operation of the elements to selectively operate upon the confronting column of index point positions, card feeding means including a device reciprocated by operation of said instrumentalities to cause feeding of the card following an operation of said elements, a marking member 'in alinement with the column of elements, and

means operated by said device upon its reciprocation for reciprocating said member to distinctively mark the card as an incident to operation of the elements.

3. In a machine dealing with cards bearing columns of data designations; the combination of mechanism for operating on successive cards, a supply magazine for the cards, a picker for feeding the cards one byone out of the magazine and intocooperative relation to the operati'ngmechanism, a printing device for distinctively marking each card under control of said operating mechanism and including an inking ribbon, ribbonfeeding means, and connections between the card picker and the ribbon feeding means for causing operation of the ribbon feeding means as an incident to each card feed.

4. In a machine dealing with cards bearing data designations; the combination of means for opcrating on the cards one after another, a card supply magazine, a picker for feeding one card at a time out of the magazine and into cooperation with the operating means, a printing device controlled by said operating means to print on each card operated upon and including an inking ribbon, ribbon-feeding means, a reciprocatable member connected to the picker for operating the latter to feed the card, and means operated by the member upon its reciprocation for causing operation of the ribbon-feeding means.

5. In a machine dealing with record cards bearing columns of data designations; the combination of means for operating on the cards, a main frame carrying the operating means and including a generally horizontal surface for supporting a card in position to be operated'on by said means, a marking device for marking each card operated upon and including a type element located above said surface in position to print on the card, an auxiliary frame attached to one side of the main frame sdiacent said operating means, ink ribbon spools carried by the auxiliary frame, a ribbon shield carried by the auxiliary frame between the spools and arranged to bend the ribbon in the form of a loop and locate the forward, closed end of the loop above said horizontal surface, above a portion of the card lying on said surface, and beneath said type element, and means controlled by said operating means for causing the type elemeit to coact with said ribbon to print on the cal 6. In a machine dealing with record cards having columns of index point positions for bearing item designations; the combination of means for verifying the item designations and including a column of index point position sensing elements 'and keys for selectively cooperating with said elements toverify the designations, a card marking device, and means, mechanically, operatively, connected to and actuated by movement of a key to operate said device for marking the card as an incident to the verifying operation.

'7. In a machine dealing with record cards having columns of index point positions for bearing item designating perforations; the combination of means for verifying the item perforations and including a column of index point position verify ing pins, keys for causing selected pins to move through correct perforations, a marking device,

and means cooperating with the keys and pins and efiective when the selected pin moves through a perforation for operating the marking device to mark the card.

8. In a machine dealing with record cards having several distinct fields of data designations; the combination of means to separately verify the several fields for accuracy of designations, a card marking instmmentality arranged and construc,-' ted to individually mark each field, a device controlled by the verifying means for operation each time the verifying means finds an accurately designated field, and means rendered effective by said device, in accordance with the number of operations of said device significant of accurately designated fields, for operating the marking instrumentality the same number of times to individually mark each of the accurately designated fields.

9. In a machine dealing with record cards having severaldistinct fields of data designations; the combination of meanstoflseparately and successively verify the several fields for accuracy of designations, a card marking instrumentality arranged and constructed to individually mark each field, a device controlled by the verifying means for operation concomitantly with the verifying means finding a field to be correctly designated,

and means rendered effective bysuccessive ope ih" of successive determinations of accurately desig-' nated fields, and means controlled by Op ations of said device for successively operating the marking instrumentality to successively mark the accurately designated fields.

11. Inamachine dealing with m ing parallel columns of data designations; the combination of means to successively verify the columns for accuracy of designations, means to locate the columns successively, at a verifying station for verification by said verifying means, a marking instrumentality arrangedat the verifying station and constructed for individually marking the column located at said station, a device given a. certain operation by the verifying means upon the latter finding the column at the verifying station to be accurately designated, and means rendered effective by said device each time the latter is given said certain operation for operating the marking instrumentality to mark the accurately designated columns individually and suceessively located at the verifying station,

RALPH E. RAGE.

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