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lNVENTOR {jo/i12 @.cyfo ajoz'n ATTORNEY MarchrlZ, 1940. J. E. HoPPlNG REGISTER Filed July 22, 1935 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 March 12, 1940- J. E. HOPPING REGISTER Filed July 22, 1935 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 Patented Mar. 12, 1940 .ITED 'STTES sans REGISTER John E. Hopping, Dayton, Ohio, assigner, lay mesne assignments, to Central National Bank of Cleveland, Cleveland, h10

This invention relates to registering mecha- Iii-sin and more particularly to means for recording the identity of the individual who operates the register. In various types of registers which print a record of each transaction there is included in the record a number identifying the operator who made the record. However, this usually requires that the operator shall insert in the register itself an identifying element or key 1'0 and is not applicable to a remote control register,

that is, an installation where the register controlling devices are located adjacent to the place where the transaction is effected and the register itself is located in an oilice at some distance from the controlling devices.

One object of the invention is to provide improved means for registering, or setting up on a printing counter, the identifying number of the operator.

Afurther object of the invention is to provide means whereby the insertion of an identifying element or key in the register controlling device will calme the identifying number of that element to be set up on a counter in a remotely located register.

Another object of the invention is to provide means to reset the said counter to 'zero when the key is removed.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the detailed specication which follows.

In the drawings:

i Fig. 1 is an end elevational view partly in cross section of an impulse transmitter;

Fig. 2 is a view of said transmitter taken at 3;, right angles to the view show n in Fig. 1; I

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

Fig. 4 is a side view of the lcounter operating mechanism;

,w Fig. 5 is an end elevational view taken from the left hand side of the mechanism shown in Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view of the transmitter taken centrally of Fig. 2 and partly broken away; Fig. 7 is a detail view of the one-way y clutch; and Fig. 8 is a circuit diagram.

In the drawings a key I is provided with a handle 2 which the operator may grasp. This key is bifurcated, forming prongs 3 and 4, each oi which are provided with teetht. The number of teeth on each prong may vary from zero to nine inclusive. Prong I might be considered as the unit's prong and the prong 4 might be considered as thi: tens prong, although there would be no objection to reversing this order. It '1s obvious that since we havetwo prongs with any number of teeth from zero to nine inclusive on. either or both of said prongs any combination of digits from one to ninety-nine inclusive might be set up, which in this case, of course, would require 5 ninety-nine separate keys. In other words. as many keys would be required as there are numerals which might be set up on the counters.

A guide 6 is provided for a key which may be inserted through an aperture I in the cover 8 of 10 the machine, which cover is mounted on a base 9. Each operator is provided with a key having a number of teeth corresponding to his identifying number and when he desires to operate the register he inserts his key in the machine, thus 15 causing the teeth of the key to engage and actuate a gear, or gears, I0 mounted on a shaft I3 withln'the machine. As shown in Fig. 2 there are two gears I0, one of which is engaged by the teeth on the prong 3 and the other'of which is 20v engaged by the teeth on the prong 4.l Inasmuch as the gears Ii! are identical and all oi.' the meehanism driven or controlled by the said gears is the same with certain minor exceptions which in nowise affect the functions thereof, a description 25 of one train will suffice. The differences mentioned above consist of such minor details as appear in Fig. 2, in which ilgure'it is shown' that the mechanism driven by the right hand gear III Y extends to the right of the gear I0 while the 30 mechanism driven by the left hand gear III extends to the left of the said gear.

'I'he gear I0 is rotated anti-clockwise as viewed in Fig. 1 the key I is being inserted. This ge'ar has secured thereto a disk Il which is provided with a single notch I2. Both the disk and the gear are loosely mountedon the shaft I3.

Loosely mounted on the shaft I 3 is a gear I4 which is connected by means of a. sleeve I5 to a stop arm I8. The gear I4 carries a pin- I1 which o is the fulcrum for a pawl I8 provided with a single tooth I9 which is normally seated in the notch I2. As shown in Fig. 1, this pawl is provided with an ann 20 which carries a pin 2I which projects through an orice 22 in the gear. I4. Attached to this pin 2| is a spring. 2l which is connected to a pin 24 mounted on the gear I4. This spring urges the tooth I9 towards the disk II so that the said tooth would either ride on the periphery of the said disk or rest in the notch 50 therein. The pawl I l is also provided on that side of its axis opposite the tooth isl with an arcuate arm or ytail 2B, which extends aboutthe axis of the gear I4 near the periphery thereof and 'is S0 arranged that when in any posltionto which Il 34 remote from the pin'33 it may be moved by the rotation imparted to the gear I4 by the key I some part of the arm 25 will be inthe path of a pin 21 on the prong 3 of the key and will be engaged by that pin just before the key completes its inward movement, and the continued movement. of the key will` actuate the pawl to withdraw the nose I8 thereof from the notch in the disk II.

prong of the key is nine. The gear ratio between the gear I0v and the gear 39 is .such that the lobes of the four-lobed star wheel 44 will engage and actuate the spring contact 48 as many times as there are teeth on the prong of the key I so/y that if, for4 instance, there' are seven teeth on the prong of the key, the lobes on the star wheel l engage the spring contact 46 seven times so` As the key l is being/inserted Se that the teeth that the magnet 4s will be energized seven times.

thereon rotate the,... ear I0 anti-clockwise' k viewed in Fig. l the disk II rotates therewith.

I'I'he tooth I9 is resting in the notch I2 so that the pawl I8 is driven with the disk II. Since the pawl I8 is carried by the gear I4 which has attached thereto the arm I6 it is apparent that on the inward movement of the key the said gear, disk, pawl, and arm are rotatedanti-clockwise. Secured to the pin 24 carried by the gear I 4 is a spring 28 which as shown in Figs. l'and 2 is coiled about the sleeve I5 and has its' other end anchored on a pin 29 carried by the frame of the machine. When, therefore, the arm I6 is rotated anti-clockwise as above described it places the said spring 28 under tension.

The gear I4 meshes with and drives a pm1on 38 loosely mounted on a shaft 3|. Secured to the pinion 30 is a disk 32 which is provided with a. pin 33 on which is mounted a pawl 34 provided with a nose 35. Secured to the end of the pawl is a spring which urges the nose 35 inwardly against a disk 31 provided with four notches 38 spaced 90 degrees apart. Secured to the disk 31 is a worm gear 38 which meshes with `a worm on a shaft 4I mounted in bearings 42, which shaft 4I is'provided with a fly wheel governor 43. When the key is being inserted and the pinion 30 is driven clockwise as above described, the disk 32 also moves clockwise and the tooth 35 on the pawl 34 is cammed outof the notches 38 in the disk 31 so that no movement is transmitted to the gear 39 or the governor 43. Neither would any movement be imparted to the four-lobed star wheel 44 which is secured to the gear 39 by means of a sleeve 45.

After the last tooth'on the prongs has actuated the gears l0 and immediately prior to the limit of travel on the inward movement of the key I, the pin 21 engages arm 25 of the pawl I8,rotating the said pawl on its pivot pin I1 and moving the tooth I9 out of the notch I2, thereby releasing the gear i4 so that the yspring 28 rotates the gear I4 reversely to its first movement, that is, in a clockwise direction, unti1 the stop arm I6 engagesv the pin 28, thereby stoppingthel gear I4 in its zero position. As the gear i4 rotates clockwise as described immediately above no movement is imparted to the gear I0 but movement is imparted to the pinion 38 so that the pinion 30 and its disk 32 rotate anti-clockwise,- carrying the pawl. 34, which pawl engages the abrupt wall of one of the notches 3 8 rotating the disk 31 and one gear 33 in an anti-clockwise direction. The speed at which it is rotated is governed by the iiy wheel governor 43. As the gear 38 is rotated anti-clockwise the four-lobed star wheel 44 is likewise rotated anti-clockwise and as each of its four lobes engage a spring contact 4B it presses this spring contact into engagement with a stationary contact 41, thereby closing a circuit connected to a coil 48 (Fig. 4)

` surrounding a soft iron magnet 48 so that each The key controlled gear I4 thus constitutes a controlling member for the magnet 49, which forms a part of the counter actuating means to.

be hereinafter described. g The mechanism shown in Figs. 4 and 5 may be located at a place adjacent to or remote from the mechanism shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, suitable lead wires connecting the contacts 48 and 41 to the corresponding coil 48, a separate coil being provided for each pair of contacts shown inFig. 2. Secured to the side walls 50 of the counting mechanism shown in Figs. 4 and 5 is a shaft 5I on which are mounted two arms 52. It should be remembered that there are two magnets 48, one of which is controlled by the teeth on the prong 3 and the other of which is controlled by the teeth on the prong 4, and the two.

magnets control separate counters having duplicate actuating mechanisms. Each arm 52 is provided with a pin 53 on which is mounted an operating pawl 54 which is urged against the ratchet wheel 6I of the corresponding counting wheel, the units counting Wheel 55 or the ten's counting wheel 56, by means of a spring 51. A

spring 58 is also connected to the pin 53 and to a pin 59 carried by the side wall 50, which latter spring urges the arm 52 in a. clockwise direction.

6I connected to its respective counting wheel.

Each time the magnet 48 is energized it attracts the arm 52, rotating it anti-clockwise so that the pawl 54 rides over one tooth of the' ratchet 8i into a position to engage the next tooth. When the magnet is de-energized the spring 58 rotates the arm 52 in an anti-clockwise direction land the pawl 54 rotates the ratchet 6I and its counting wheel one space corresponding to one unit, the extent of this movement being limited by the pin 68. By the above described means an amount is set up on the counting wheels 55 and 58 corresponding to the number of teeth on the inserted key.

Full, stroke mechanism Means are provided to prevent the operator partly inserting a key and then removing it. Secured to the innerl side of the arm 4 of the key i is a. full stroke ratchet 62. As the key is being inserted this ratchet engages an arm 63 of a three-armed member 64. Another arm 65 is connectedto a spring 55 secured to a fixed pin 61, the object of this construction being to tend to hold the three-armed member in the position shown in Fig. `1. However, as the key is being inserted the full stroke ratchet 62 will engage the arm 63 and rotate the said-member in an anticlockwise Adirection against the tension of a spring 66 and will depress the arm 68. If the operator, after partly inserting the key, attempts to withdraw the key the blunt end of the arm 63 will engage the teeth on the full stroke ratchet and prevent such movement. However, when the key has been fully inserted the full stroke ratchet 62 will have passed beyond the arm 63 and the spring 66 will return the three-armed member 84 to the position shown in Fig. 1.

When the key is withdrawn the teeth of the ratchet 82 will engage the end oi.' the arm 88 and move the arm in the direction of movement of the key, thereby permitting the teeth to ride over the end of the arm, but the spring 86 will hold the arm in engagement with the teeth and in a position to prevent the reinsertion of the key until the ratchet has been moved outwardly beyond the arm and the latter has been returned to its normalposition by the key. If. therefore, he commences the insertion of the key he must complete the insertion and ii' he starts to with draw the key he must completely withdraw it so as to free the iull stroke ratchet from the arm 83.

Printing mechanism The counting wheels 55 and 88 are type wheels and when the keyhas been inserted and the type wheels set to print the number of the key the record may be taken from the type wheels by any suitable mechanism, such for example as that fully shown and described in United States Patent No. 1,960,918, granted May 29, 1934 to OConnor. This printing mechanism forms no part of the present invention and is not shown or described except that there is shown in Fig. 4 a platen carrier which forms a part of the printing mechanism of the above mentioned patent. When the operator goes on duty he inserts his identification key in the apparatus thereby setting the type wheels to print his identification number. Usually the key remains in the apparatus until the operator goes of! duty, at/which time it is withdrawn and the type wheels reset to zero. Any operation of the register vduring the time that the key remains in the apparatus will result in a record being taken from the type wheels of the identification apparatus, the printing mechanism being operated upon each operation of the register. The manner of operating the register is immaterial but ordinarily it will be operated by the use of remote control operate ing mechanism of a well known character. If desired, means may be provided for preventing the operation of the register when no key is in the `identification apparatus but this is not essential because if the register is operated when no key is in the identification apparatus the record then printed will contain no identification number and this will immediately be apparent to an inspector.

'l Resetting mechanism Vis a separate coil and magnet for each counting wheel but' both coils are connected in the same circuit,4 which is controlled by the contacts 'III and 1I. an arm 14 mounted on the'shaft V15 which also serves as a supporting shaft for the counting wheels. Each counting wheel is held normally against reverse movement` by a holding pawl 18 which is provided with a pin 11 which extends beneath the corresponding arm 14. The arm 14 Each magnet when energized attracts' and the pawl 16 are connected .by means of a spring 18. The holding pawl 16 normally prevents the ratchet BI from rotating clockwise, it being urged to thus rotate by means of the coil spring 19. The arm 'I4 is also provided with apin 88 which extends beneath the operating pawl t and is also provided with an over-turned ange 8i which lies beneath the lower sloping edge of the arm 52. When the key is being withdrawn so that the arm 68 moves the spring contact it into engagement with the contact 1I closing a circuit and energizing the coil 12, thereby energizing the magnet 13, the arm 1t is moved downwardly or in an anti-clockwise direction, thereby moving the pawl 1t in an anti-clockwise directo stop the wheels in their zero position on being reset.

When the operator goes on duty, or when he desires to eiect a` registration, he inserts his key I in the housing 8 of the apparatus and leaves it there until he goes oil? duty or for some reason leaves the apparatus. Upon the insertion of the key the teeth on the two prongs thereof engage the respective gears I0 which are connected with the respective controlling gears I4 by the pawls I8, and thereby rotate the two controlling gears in a reverse direction against the action of the springs 28 distances determined by the number of teeth on the respective prongs of the key. As

fthe key approaches the inner limit of its movement the pins 21 thereon engage the shoulders 2B on the pawls I8 and actuate the pawls to disengage the controlling gears I4 from the gears III and thereby permit the controlling gears to, be moved in operative direction and returned to their initial positions, by the springs 28. When either prong of the key carries a small number of teeth these teeth are preferably arranged at the outer end of the prong so that they will remain in engagement with the gear I8 and hold that gear and the controlling gear against movement by the spring 28' until the pawl has been actuated. Each controlling gear I4, acting scribed, rotates the actuating member a distance corresponding to the operative movement of the controlling gear, thereby closing the contacts 48 and 41 a number of times determined by the number of teeth. on the corresponding prong of the key. ' I'he contacts 48 and 41 are connected in the operating circuit and, as shown in Fig. 8, this circuit comprises a main current supply line consisting of conductors 88 and 84 which may be connected with any suitable source of current supply. 'I'he conductor 83 is connected with one contact'of each pair of contacts and, in the present instance, is connected by conductors with the movable contacts 48. When either movable contact is moved into engagement with the corresponding iixed contact 41 the circuit is closed through a conductor 88, the corresponding solenoid 48 and a conductor 81 connected with the other line conductor 84, thereby intermittently energizing the solenoid and causing the corresponding counter to be advanced to orset in a position to indicate the l through the one way clutch as hereinbefore de- Y with the other side 84 of the supply line.

number of teeth on thekey, in the manner heretofore described. When the operator goes oi duty, or leaves the apparatus, he withdraws his key, thereby causing thearm 68 of the full stroke mechanism to close the contacts 'Ill and 1|.' As shown the contact l0 is connected by a. conductor Il with the line conductor 83 and the contact .1l is connected by a conductor 89 with the two resetting solenoids 12 and said solenoids are connected by a conductor 90 and the conductor 81 Thus when the key is withdrawn these resetting solenoids are energized to initiate the resetting operatioi hereinbefore described and the counters are returned to their initial or zero positions.

I realize that many changes may be made 1 n my invention without departing from the spirit thereof and I, therefore, desire to claim the same -during the operative movement only of said controlling member, means including a key for moving said controlling member in a reverse direction a distancedetermined by the characteristics oi said key, means controlled by said key for releasing said controlling member for operative movement with relation to said key, and means to return said released controlling member to its initial position and thereby operate said actuating device in accordance with the reverse movement imparted to said controlling member by.-

said key.

2. In an apparatus including an operable member, an actuating device having means to impart to said operable member a number of movements determined by the extent of the movement of said actuating device, a controlling member, means for operatively connecting said controlling member with said actuating device during the operative movement only of said controlling member, a key controlled device to impart reverse movement to said controlling mem- 'ber, releasable means for connecting said key controlled device with said controlling member, a key having means for moving said key controlled device and said controlling member a distance determined by' the characteristics of said key and to actuate said releasable means to disconnect saidv controlling member from said key controlled device at the end of the movement of the latter by said key, and means for moving the disconnected controlling member to its initial `position and thereby operating said actuating device in accordance with the reverse movement imparted to said controlling member. y

3. In an apparatus comprising a circuit Abreaker and closer, a movable member to impart d successive operative movements to said circuit breaker and closer in accordance with the amount of movement imparted to said member, a second member to control the movement of the ilrst mentioned member, a key adapted to be inserted in said apparatus 'and having one or,

more teeth, means controlled by the insertion o! said key to move said second member in one direction with relation to said first mentioned member a distance determined by the number of teeth on said key and -to-release the same for I movement in the other direction, means for moving said second member in said other direction, and meanscontrolled by the movement of said second member in said other direction to impart to the first mentioned member a movement vdetermined by the number of teeth on said key. 4. In an apparatus including an operable member, a rotatable device to impart successive movements to said operable member in accordance with the'movement of said rotatable device, a controlling member rotatable in one direction with relation to said rotatable device, means for connecting said rotatable device with said controlling member for rotation thereby when the latter is rotated in the other direction, a key having one ormore teeth, means actuated by said key for. rotating said controlling member in f the first mentioned direction a distance deter mined by the number of teeth on said key, and means controlled by said key for rotating said controlling member to the limit of its movement in the last mentioned direction after its movement by said key has been completed.

5. In an apparatus comprising a circuit breaker and closer, a movable member to impart successive operative movements to said circuit breaker and closer in' accordance with the amount of movement imparted to said member, a second member to control the movement of the rst mentioned member, a key adapted to be inserted in said apparatus and having one or more teeth, means controlled by the insertion of said key to m'ove said second member in one direction with relation to said first mentioned member a distance determined by the number of teeth on said key and to release the same for movement in the other direction, means for moving said second member in said other direction, means to prevent the retraction of said key'prior to the release of said second member, and means controlled by the movement of said second member in said other direction to impart to the first mentioned member a movement determined by the number of teeth on said key. v r

6. In an apparatus of thecharacter described,

a device to be operated, an operable member,

' means controlled by said operable member 4to impart movement to said device upon each operation of said operable member, an actuating device to impart to said operable member a number of operations determined by the extent of movement of said actuating device, a controlling member having movement in two directions, a key adapted to be inserted in-said apparatus, means actuated by the insertion of said key to move said controlling member in one direction with relation to said actuating device a distance determined by the characteristics of said key, means for moving said controlling member in the other direction to its initial position, means for operatively connecting said controlling member with said actuating device during thelast men-,

Abreaker and closer in accordance with the member in said other direction to impart to the rst mentioned member a movement determined by the number of teeth on said key, a device to be operated, means controlled by said circuit breaker and closer to operate said device, a second circuit breaker and closer, means controlledv by said second circuit breaker and,A closer to return said device to be operated to its initial position, and means controlled by the withdrawal of said key to actuate said second circuit breaker 10 and closer.

JOHN E. HOPPING.

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