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US2460378A
US2460378A US532525A US53252544A US2460378A US 2460378 A US2460378 A US 2460378A US 532525 A US532525 A US 532525A US 53252544 A US53252544 A US 53252544A US 2460378 A US2460378 A US 2460378A
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    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K19/00—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings
    • G06K19/06—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the kind of the digital marking, e.g. shape, nature, code
    • G06K19/063—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the kind of the digital marking, e.g. shape, nature, code the carrier being marginally punched or notched, e.g. having elongated slots
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    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K21/00—Information retrieval from punched cards designed for manual use or handling by machine; Apparatus for handling such cards, e.g. marking or correcting
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  • This invention relates to cards or other flat bodies of sheet materials adapted to be sorted or classified. More particularly the invention relates to perforated record cards, sheets or checks and the like which may be sorted, separated or classified for accounting and statistical purposes.
  • one type of marginally perforated card incorporates groups of perforations which can be notched out to an edge, individually or in combination, to identify certain numerical or alphabetical indicia.
  • Each of such groups of perforations may, for example, represent a numerical digit or field of a complete number.
  • such cards when properly notched may be sorted into a desired sequence by inserting a rod or needle through the perforations and lifting the stack of cards impaled thereon. Cards that are notched out to the edge from the perforations threaded on the rod will fall clear and the others will remain in place on the rod. Examples of cards of this general type are illustrated and described in the above patents and in United States Patent No. 2,213,607 issued to Donald A. Nevin, September 3, 1940.
  • notched in combinations to identify a field of ten classifications, to select or sort from a .stack of cards in one sorting those for a particular one of these the cards are sorted into sequence whereby all of them are rearranged from their original order into the desired order or sequence.
  • the cards are sorted selectively, that is only those cards of a particular or desired classification are wholly or partially removed from a stack of similar cards.
  • a selective sort maybe further described as one through which the cards of a particular classification may be sorted from a file of prearranged cards in one sorting operation and without disturbing the filed arrangement of the undesired cards.
  • the general practice followed in producing a card for selective sorting purposes is to provide six perforations to identify each field or digit.
  • a-0 perforations and one identified by a symbol as V or SF may be used.
  • V or SF perforation is notched only in combination where a classification or digit is identified by a single perforation.
  • An. example of a card of this general type is illustrated and described in United States Patent No. 2,198,127 issued to Albert A. Rembold, April 23, 1940.
  • a card such as shown in the patent just referred to has in common with other prior cards the disadvantage that it cannot be selectively sorted for any of the numerals zero to 9, inclusive, with a single sort, since more than one classification falls with a single sort.
  • Another object of this invention is to provide a card having perforations so arranged as tofacilimm the punching or notching by the operator. This is accomplished by providing a punching sequence in which, for example, the -.-12-4-- '7- classifications are always punched in the following description, the appended claim,
  • Fig. 1 is a plan view of a card illustrating the perforations arranged according to this invention and as applied to one edge only of a card;
  • Figs. 2 to 11, inclusive are fragmentary views of a card as illustrated in Fig. 1 showing sucfrom rows l6 and I1, which essentially ed fi five perforations from the upper or outer row and four from the lower or inner row, and which may be identified, for example, with the indicia -0-1-2-4-7, for each numerical digit or field.
  • This arrangement of perforations when notched, as hereafter described, adapts card ii for either sequence or selective sorting, classify ing .or separating in accordance with certain values associatedwith eachfield.
  • The. card illustrated in Fig. '1 carries printed indicia associated with each field showing values ranging from a 1 to 99,999. It should be noted in this connection cessive representation of such a card after it has been notched to indicate classifications from 0' to 9," only one group of perforations in each view being so shown; and
  • Fig. 12 is a perspective view of a series of cards embodying the present invention and having a card-sorting device in position for releasing or removing the second card in the series, as seen from the front, and which is identified by the number 13,978 as shown by the notches cut in the upper edge thereof.
  • a card 15, or other body of sheet material intended for sorting purposes, and hereafter in the specification and claim for the sake of brevity referred to as a card is provided with an upper or outer row of perforations generally indicated by numeral i6 and an inner or lower row of perforations generally indicated by the numeral I'Iv
  • I'Iv inner or lower row of perforations
  • the perforations as shown throughout the drawings are of similar size and shape it is to be understood that some variation in this respect may be allowed without departing from this invention.
  • the perforations ll of the inner row be placed directly in-vertical alignment, that is, in a direction perpendicular to the edge of the card with the perforations in the upper row.
  • Fig. 1 illustrates the perforations i6 and I1 as being separated into certain' groups or fields, which may be identified with the printed indicia units tens hundreds thousands ten thousands, etc., as shown, or by alphabetical or geographical symbols if desired.
  • the printed lines l8 extending from the top or outeredge of the card to a line l9 running parallel thereto, further segregation of the fields for the operators convenience may be obtained.
  • Other groups or arrangements of these perforations may be obtained by placing these printed lines at other positions on the card, it being understood that the positions of lines l8 are a matter of preference only. They may be placed as desired or entirely omitted without afiecting the invention since they are inserted merely as a matter of convenience and to facilitate the operators location of a desired field.
  • ] is provided onthe card to facilitate sorting the cards and arranging them with their corresponding faces and edges in the same direction. Corner sorting perforations 21, 28 and 29 are also provided for the same purpose. These features are well known in the art and for this reason will not be further described at this time.
  • rows of perforations l6 and I1 do not have to be confined to a single edge of the card, as here illustrated, but may be extended around the card along each edge if so desired thereby increasing the range of the various classifications, or permitting additions of other classifications or codes.
  • Figs. 2 to 11, inclusive wherein the notchings as applied to one group of perforations are illustrated, indicate the manner in which the card is punched or notched to represent numerical indicia from 0 to 9.
  • the group of perforations for the digit or field repgesented is identified with the indicia 0-1- 4-7 for a numerical classification
  • the figures -l-2- 4'I-- are each identified with a single notch which always extends from the edge of the card into the lower row of perforations I'l while the figures -3--'5-6-89-- are each uniformly identified with two notches which only extend from the edge of the card into the upper row of perforations I6.
  • the single notching required for the zero is obtained by punching or grooving the perforation indicated by the 0. See Fig. 2.
  • To obtain the numeral 1 the perforation marked "1 in the lower row I! is notched out to the edge of the card. See Fig. 3.
  • If the numeral 2 is required the perforation marked "2 in the lower row is notched as in Fig. 4.
  • Fig. 5 the perforations in the upper row l5 marked 2 and "1 have been notched and thereby combine to obtain the numeral 3.
  • Numeral 4 is obtained by notching perforation 4 in the lower row as in Fig. 6.
  • the numeral 5 is obtained by notching perforations "4 and 1 while 6 is obtained by notching perforations 4 and 2 as shown in Figs.
  • the numeral '1 requires the perforation "7 to be notched in the lower row as shown in Fig. 9.
  • the numeral 8 the 7 and "1 perforations in the upper row are notched while the numeral 9 requires the 7 and "2 perforations in the upper row to be notched as shown in Figs. 10 and 11.
  • FIG. 12 A card sorting device similar to that shown in United States Patent No. 2,261,719 issued to Roger Connor and D. A. Nevin, November 14, 1941, is illustrated in Fig. 12. Construction and operation of this needle holder 21 is so similar to thatillustrated and described in the above patent that Thus in notching this card 7 it will not be necessary to generally describe it here. With the exception of needle support 22 having a double row of holes 23 and 24 bored therein to support needles 25, to correspond in number and register to perforations i6 and H in the cards, they are identical.
  • Fig. 12 illustrates how a selective sort is made to remove a card from a stack of cards all numerically identified.
  • the card to be removed in the illustration is the second card in the stack shown in Fig. 12 and generally identified in the drawing by the numeral 26.
  • card 26 it can be seen along the upper edge thereof that the '7 and 1 perforations in the units field have been notched out.
  • the 7" perforation in the tens field and the "7" and 2 perforations in the hundreds field have been notched while the 2 and 1. perforations have been notched in the thousands field and the 1 perforation only in the ten thousand field.
  • Card 26 has thus been notched for the numerical identification 13,978.
  • Modifications of the arrangement of printed indicia on the card may be made or various other symbols may be used as desired, such as letters, etc., to identify certain fields or groups of perforations along a card edge, the numerical system as shown and described herein being used only because it affords a quick and easy method of segregating.
  • this invention is equally applicable to any bodies of sheet material having various shapes, provided they are capable of being stacked to bring similarly, positioned rows of perforations in each in a position with the perforations of such rows in registration with each other.
  • each field of perforations comprising an outer row of five perforations arranged adjacent and parallel to the edge of the card and an inner row of four perforations arranged in parallelism to the outer row at a spaced distance inwardly thereof, the perforations of the inner row being aligned with the four perforations at the left hand end of the outer row in a direction perpendicular to the adjacent card edge, the
  • perforations of the rows being identified on the card by the numerals -0 1-2-4 and 7- commencing with the perforation at the right hand end of the outer row whereby the digits 0 1-24- and '7- will each identify a single classification by notching the perforation 0 to the card edge and by notching the perforations of both rows identified with each numeral --1-24- and -7" to the card edge, and the digits -356-8 and -9-- will each identify a single classification bynotchingtwoperforations of the outer row only whose combined numerical value equals that of the selected digit classification to the card edge whereby the cards when so notched may be selectively sorted for digits "0 to 9 inclusive with a single sort.
  • a stack of cards for classification purposes each having a first row of coded perforations closely adjacent one edge thereof and asecond row of similar perforations adjacent to and parallel with said first'row, said perforations in each card being disposed in groups of eight with four perforationsfrom each row in four pairs respectively in alignment in direction at right angles to said edge, card identifying means for sequence sorting comprising a pair of notches in said edge of certain of said cards terminating in a pair of openings in said first row only and in certain of said groups, identifying means for direct selection of cards from said stack comprising the aforesaid pairs of notches and a single notch in said edge to a single perforation in the second row of one only of certain others of said groups, any group of said perforations in any one card having one of said pairs of perforations notched out being different from any other group of said perforations in the same card having such single perforation slotted out, similar means identifying each of said four pairsof perforations but distinguishing each of said four pairs from each other,

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US2198127A (en) * 1938-03-30 1940-04-23 Albert A Rembold Direct segregation system
GB522386A (en) * 1937-12-11 1940-06-17 Ludwig Rolf Hess Improvements in selecting card indexes
US2213607A (en) * 1939-09-19 1940-09-03 Mcbee Co Card and the like for sequence sorting
US2261719A (en) * 1940-03-02 1941-11-04 Mcbee Co Device for sorting card records
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GB294724A (en) * 1927-05-14 1928-08-02 Alfred Perkins Improvements in cards and the like for classificatory systems
GB522386A (en) * 1937-12-11 1940-06-17 Ludwig Rolf Hess Improvements in selecting card indexes
US2198127A (en) * 1938-03-30 1940-04-23 Albert A Rembold Direct segregation system
US2289380A (en) * 1939-08-30 1942-07-14 Mcbee Co Card and the like for sequence sorting
US2213607A (en) * 1939-09-19 1940-09-03 Mcbee Co Card and the like for sequence sorting
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