US2372887A - Record controlled tape perforator with manually controlled tape perforating operations - Google Patents

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US2372887A
US2372887A US533918A US53391844A US2372887A US 2372887 A US2372887 A US 2372887A US 533918 A US533918 A US 533918A US 53391844 A US53391844 A US 53391844A US 2372887 A US2372887 A US 2372887A
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  • the invention resides inthe Yimprovements in an appmatus .whereby information recorded on a statistical or tabulating card may be perforated on a tape suitable for controlling the operation of a tape controlled printing machine or transmitter.
  • Machines of this character have been devised as exemplified in the patent to c. R. Doty', No. 2,340,800, granted February 1, 1944, and the presentinvention is directed toimprovements whereby provision may be made for supplementally per. forating the tape with variable information at predetermined sections thereof under control of a manually operated keyboard. Hence, each perforated section of the tape corresponding to the. data derived under control of a tabulating or stacircuits.
  • tistical card may be perforated to receive variable infomation by the operation of a manually Voperated keyboard.
  • Another object of Ithe invention isfto eect the., suppression of the automatic tape perforating operations when predetermined positions of the record cards are reached and lto enable the posifor manuallycontrolling supplemental tape pertorating operation
  • a- Fig. 2 represents a fragmentary portion oi a statistical card shown perforated-to represent ⁇ the statistical code for letters and digits.
  • Fig. 3 represents a 'tape section showing the code designations of the code of the tape perforated by the tape perforating unit.
  • FigA represents a fragmentary portion of a tape perforated under control of the statistical card and also includes a supplemental section of the tape containing perforations which are made under control of the manually operated keyboard.
  • Fig. 5 is a timing diagram ofthe cam operated contacts utilized in connection with tne electrical
  • Fig. 6 is a, sectional view of a statistical card sensing' unit showing the principal instrumentaly ities utilized in connection with -tne present improvement.
  • Fig. 7 is a sectional view of the tape perforating Y unit of the type shown in Patent No. 2,340,800.
  • Another object of the, invention is to enable the restarting of the automatic card sensing and tape punching operations by an additional inanual operation -wh'en the manually controlled punching is completed.
  • Another feature of the invention is to devise electrical circuits whereby key operations initiate the cyclic operation of the tape perforator and select the tape punching control magnets according to the vtelegraphic code.
  • an electrical arrangement whereby repeat tape punching op- -erations cannot be inadvertently eiected whenever a key is held depressed beyond the normal .period within which it should be released.
  • Fig. 8 is a diagram of circuit connections of the electrical parts of the apparatus comprising the present improvement.
  • the present improvement is shown I'in connection Awith the form of record controlled tape perforating apparatus shown and described in full 'detail in the patent to C. R. Doty, No. 2,340,000, granted the reciprocable card carriage comprising the pusher I3 and guide kIl engages th card 'and advarices it column by column under' control oi the escapement vmechanism to be described latex-i'J
  • the sensing station includes a group of 'indie details of the sensing unit are disclosed in the patent to Doty, No. 2,340,800 as well as the function thereof which, in general, is to set up control relays and translating relays and the latter are selectively energized in accordance with the sensed data designations on the record card.
  • the aforementioned Doty patent discloses in complete detail the translating mechanism controlled by the translating relays which, through their associated contacts, are effective to translate designations sensed in the statistical code to the 5-unit telegraphic or Baudot code and accordingly control selectively the energization of the tape punch control magnets! (Fig. 7) -in .different code combinations, thereby causingr the code designation perforations representing the 'data sensed on the'record cards to be punched in the tape 200.
  • Incidental operations namely, card feeding and card ejecting operations of the record sensing unit, are substantially the same as that embodied in the machine well known as the International duplicating key punch" and Alphabetical verifier," such as is shown, for example, in Patent No. 1,772,186 t0 F. L. ⁇ Lee et al., U. S. Patent N0. 1,914,263, dated AJune 13, 1933, and U. S. Patent A No. 2,107,161, dated February 1, 1938'.
  • latch contacts 35,V 36 Also included in the punching machine are the well known latch contacts 35,V 36, shown in Figs. Gland 8.
  • the purpose of such contacts and the manner in which they are 'transferred is fully explained in the Doty patent, No. 2,340,800 and for an understanding of the present invention it is only necessary to recognize that normally the contacts are closed.
  • The' tape perforating unit related latch arm 222 is rocked in a clockwise direction so that its latch fingers 224 engage and latch the free end of the related interposer 2I'I.
  • the said interposer is positioned by the eccentric about the pivotal connection formed by the latch arm and the latched end of the interposer to force the related punch plunger 2
  • control means for selectively positioning vthe latch arms 222 and thereby select the punch inthe punching operation are not described herein since full details of their construction and operation may be had by reference to' the aforementioned4 patent to Doty, No.
  • centrally located feed perforations 202 are formed as the tape is perforated.
  • the paper tape is drawn from a supply roll (not shown) to the punching station by a feed roller 240 secured to a drive shaft 24
  • Said feed roller ⁇ 240 is formed at its periphery with teeth 243 which' cooperate with the centrally located feed perforations of thetape 2li.
  • feeds the tape 200 so as to present successive coiumns of the blank portions of the unperfora tape 240 to the punch plungers 2 0.
  • each interposerJ is moved downwardly and upwardly by the sup- ⁇ porting eccentric about the pivotal connection formed by the endaof the interposers engaging ⁇ the recess 2
  • digit keys 40 Operable exteriorly of the keyboard K by the operator are digit keys 40, depressible to control punching operations to represent the digits 1-9 and on the tape 200. Additional keys are mounted on the keyboard to eil'ect supplementary punchings which are required in a control tape for proper interpretation by the tape controlled printing machine. Such keys are the space key It wmbe observedtnat the 1owest Contact blade of each of the keys. has a wire connection 52 to a conductor 53 so that when the lowest contact of each of the keys is closed a supplementary circuit will be closed through itsV lowermost contacts I8, the wire 52, the conductor I53, through the Y relay to line energizing the latter.
  • the Y relay will close its contactsv YI, closing a circuit from line 300, through WI contacts now closed, Lthe YI relay contacts now closed, through the tape clutch magnet 280, through cam contacts Y CI closed at the rest position of the punch, to the line 30
  • the WI contacts are controlled by the slow-to-operate W relay which is timed tc open the 'WI contacts only after,l the impulse is sent to tape clutch magnet 280.
  • the 1I, the iigures'shift key 42, the letters shift key 43., and keys 44, 45 and 46 for eecting punching A of certain coded designations on the tape which are utilized in the tape controlled printing machine for eiiecting certain functions therein to provide correct printing of the data.
  • the keyboard also includes a' key' l1 which is manually depressed to resume'automatic record sensing and concurrent tape perforating operations upon completion of manual punching operations for. the desired number of columns of the tape.
  • Each of the aforementioned keys 40 to is adapted4 to close related contacts 48 which are wired to digit wires 49 designated I, 2, 8, 4 and 5 inFig. 8 and which correspond to the number of units of the Baudot code.
  • the wires I9 are connected to respective relays Z which are energized upon the depression of the keys of the keyboard by a circuit which leads from the line "I through relay contacts'XI which are closedrwhen the manual punching operations are to be eiected.
  • tape clutch control magnet 280 is ener'gized whenever the keys lli-; of the keyboard are depressed to thereby eie'ct a cyclic operation of the tape punch and cause by the selected tape punch magnets 29B the desired tape perforation.
  • cam contacts C2 will close at substantially the .midportion of the cycle and a circuit'will be closed from line 300, through the C2 contacts, which correspond to the same designated contacts in the Doty patent, thence to the particular ZI relay ,contactswhich are closed, through thetape punch magnet 290 in circuit connection with the closed ZI contacts, to linell.
  • the keyboard is rendered effectivefor tape punching operations only when relay contacts XI are closed, and closing of the latter is effected at predetermined positions of the carriage of the record sensing-unit by the selective arrangement now to be described.
  • the circuit forthe X relayr is from the line ⁇ 30D through normally closed contacts 54 which, however. are opened by the depression of the v Vboardv eiective for manual punching operations by closure of related xl contacts can be effected From Fig. 5 it win be noted that at the rest position of the tape punching machine, cam contacts -C1 are closed to 'enable the completionvof the de -V scribed circuit.
  • the card carriage of the record Sensing Yunit of the present apparatus has likewise a b ar 51 which is secured tothecardcarriage andhavingat column intcrvals openings 5I into which may be inserted the shank of a set screw 59 threaded in a block adjustable on barf51.
  • the block 6b may be adjusted and fixed on Ythe liarV 51 at any predetermined card column 'posiom For purposes.-
  • One of such circuits is the energizing circuit for the escape magnet 40 (Fig. 6).
  • This circuit with the exception of the X2 'contacts is the same as in the aforementioned Patent No. 2,340,800 and is from the line 300 through the X2 contacts, latch contacts 35, wire 303, through the Rla and R
  • the opening of the X2 relay contacts after the carriage of the record sensing unit has escaped from the last sensed position the impulse circuit for the escape magnet 40 will be ineilective and therefore the carriage of'the record sensing unit will remain at rest position until the completion of manually controlled punching operations.
  • the opening of the X2 relay contacts also opens the circuit connection which extends from the iioating cam contacts
  • This circuit is not compictely shown herein and reference may be had to the aforementioned patent.
  • the opening of the X2 relay contacts therefore renders the sensing mechanism of the record sensing unit inoperative.
  • the X2 relay contacts when open, open all of impulse circuits connected to line 302 which circuits are completely shown in the aforementioned patent.
  • the opening of the circuits connected to the line 302 will prevent improper energization of any of the relays to which impulses would be normally transmitted by the wire 302.
  • the X2 contacts when open 'render the operating devices of the record sensing unit completely inoperative and retain it inoperative until tne termination of manually controlled punching operations.
  • the record a supplemental number which is variable but may consist of any other data, depending upon the use to which the present improvement is made.
  • the operator lin the assumed example depresses the iigure shift key 42, resulting in a cyclic operation of the machine and the perforation of the tape to represent the code designation (see Fig. 4).
  • the digit keys are successively depressed to perforate the tape to represent the digits l, 9, 8, 7, 4, 3, and 2, forming part of the number of the assumed example.
  • the key '41 is depressed tacts now closed to line 30
  • each of the Z relays has a related Z2 holding contact.
  • the stick circuit for each Z relay is from the line 300, through the related Z2 stick contact, the associated Z relay coil,'cam contacts C1, W2 con- This stick circuit retains the relay contact Z
  • the Y relay coil is held energzed to close the -Y2 contacts and the W relay will be energized as long as the key is held depressed.
  • the W relay is of the slow-to-operate type but shortly after cam contacts C8 close the Wrelay opens the Wl contacts which are in the impulse circuit to the tape clutch magnet 280. If the key is still held depressed at 0, it is clear that the opening of the W2 contacts prevents the selective energization of the Z relays at 0 at which time cam contacts C1 are closed. If the key1 is still held depressed at the end of the cycle and sensing unit ⁇ and tape perforating unit operate having been observed by the operator of the key,.
  • the keys are successivelydepressed to interpolate the desired data.
  • the opening of the WI relay contacts prevents ⁇ the closing of the impulse circuit to the tape punch clutch magnet 280 when cam contacts CI close, noting that Y
  • said' keyboard being normally inoperable dur'ne the tape rperforating operation under control rf said record sensing? machine, means operable at a predetermined column position of said' record for renderingthe record spacing means inoperable and for preventing further Vcontrol of said record .sensing machineover: sad tape perforator and for rendering saidkeybqard elective as a control Y for manual selectionmr said punch selecting ele- V-keys a cyclic. operation of the tape perforator which includes atape perforatng operation and a coordinated tape feeding operation without a record spacing operation.
  • said apparatus including a record 'sans ng machine for successivelysensing sai'drecord and means controlled thereby for successively controllingv punch selecting elements of a tape pertor which includes a tape perforating operation Aand a tape spacing operation. 40 the record. f 1
  • an independently operable record sensing machine including independently operable'record spacing means and means to automatically control said tape perforator-to space and punch a tape in a comblnational codegin succession/as successive f record columns are sensed, control means' oper; able ata predetermined position of said 'rendering the record sensing machine inoperable to thereby terminate successive tape perforating of th e manually controlled punching operations for rendering said record sensing machine again operable to resume automatic tape punching operations under control of the remaining columns of the 'sensed record.
  • a tape perforator 4 including tape spacing means
  • a record sensing machine including record spacing means and means to automatically control said tape perforator to punch a tape in a combinational code in succession as successive record columns are sensed, control means operable at a predeterl.
  • a manually operated keyboard including means to control and eect the cyclic operation of the tape perfof rator to space and punch the tape in said combinational code'corresponding to the digit keys depressed, means controlled by said control means operations under control of the'sensed record, Y and manual means operable upon termination tive for its function and concomitantly-rendering the record spacing means inoperable to thereby retain the record at rest to terminate successive tape perforating operations under control of the sensed record.
  • an apparatus for perforating record material under control of a master sheet said apparatus including a master 'sheet sensing means and a perforator for the record material, each having independently operated means for spacing the record material and said'master sheet, said master sheet sensing means having meansfor successively sensing said master sheet for controlling punch selecting elements ot said perforator, the combination of a keyboard including digit operating keys and means controlled thereby to select said punch selecting elements to supplementally perforate said record material, said keyboard to render said manually operated keyboard eifective for its function and concomitantly rendering' the record spacing means inoperable to retain the record at rest and thereby .terminate successive tape perforating operations under control of the sensed record, and means operable upon termination of the manually controlled punching operations for resuming automatic tape punching operations under control of the record sensing machine for remaining columns ofthe sensed record.
  • a tape perforator including tape spacing means, record sensing maf. chine including record spacing means and means to automatically control said tape perforator to punch a tape in a combinational code in succession as successive record columns are sensed,- control meansjoperable -at a predetermined column position oifjf'said record, a digit key keyboard including means to control and eifect the cyclic operation' of the tape perforator and the ta'peA spacing means thereof to space and punch the tape in said combinational code corresponding to vthe digit keys depressed, and means controlled by said control means to render said keyboard effecbeing normally inoperable during the perforating of the record material under control of said master sheet sensing means, means-operable at a predetermined column position oi said record material for renderingthe master sheet spacing means inoperable and for preventing further control of said master sheet sensing means over said perforator and for rendering said keyboard effective as a

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US2768691A (en) * 1952-05-23 1956-10-30 Cooper Reproducing punch
US2902092A (en) * 1955-12-29 1959-09-01 Underwood Corp Punch coding records from a typewriter keyboard
US3298603A (en) * 1964-04-07 1967-01-17 Moog Inc Apparatus for tape recording information
US3556396A (en) * 1968-06-12 1971-01-19 Burroughs Corp Record processing mechanism
US3833169A (en) * 1971-09-23 1974-09-03 A J M Res Corp High speed punch

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US2768691A (en) * 1952-05-23 1956-10-30 Cooper Reproducing punch
US2902092A (en) * 1955-12-29 1959-09-01 Underwood Corp Punch coding records from a typewriter keyboard
US3298603A (en) * 1964-04-07 1967-01-17 Moog Inc Apparatus for tape recording information
US3556396A (en) * 1968-06-12 1971-01-19 Burroughs Corp Record processing mechanism
US3833169A (en) * 1971-09-23 1974-09-03 A J M Res Corp High speed punch

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