US2464148A - Payroll calculator - Google Patents

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March 8, 1949. ss 2,464,148

PAYROLL CALCULATOR Filed Jan. 16, 1945 INVENTOR XIM MM' dafi1fll r ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 8, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PAYROLL CALCULATOR Ernest G. Nasser, Pittsburgh, Pa. Application January 16, 1945, Serial No. 573,084

1 Claim.

provements in payroll calculators and it is among the objects thereof to provide a device which shall be adapted for rapid calculation of the time and pay of wage earners over a twenty-four hour period, including overtime, and for different Wage rates.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a payroll calculator in which, given the starting time and the finishing time, the elapsed time, the total pay and overtime premium hours or overtime are obtainable by simple adjustment of the tabulating charts and time scale.

These and other objects of the invention will become apparent from a consideration of the accompanyin drawing constituting a part hereof, in which like reference characters designate like parts, and in which Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a payroll calculator embodying the principles of this invention;

Fig. 2 a front elevational view thereof;

Fig. 3 a cross-sectionalview, partially in elevatlon, taken along the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 an end elevational view of an adjustable drum carrying pay indicia scales.

In the drawing the numeral I designates a housing of rectangular shape including a base 2 mounted on corners 3, side walls 4 and a top or cover member 5, the latter being inclined as shown in Fig. 2, to render the tabulating indicia readily visible to one sitting in front of the calculator. The cover member 5 is provided with slotted openings 6, 6a and I through which the outer surfaces of ribbons 8 and 9 are respectively visible, the ribbon 8 constituting an endless belt extending over pulleys l6 and H mounted on shafts l2 and l3, the shaft l2 being provided with a handwheel M, Fig. l, for turning the pulley In which causes the endless ribbon 8 to pass underneath the opening 6. Ribbon 8 extends the full length of slots 6 and 6a and is printed with indicia constituting the calculated pay and the basic pay-rate of a particular wage earner, the numeral 87 /2 being shown through the opening 6 in Fig. 1, meaning that the particular rate to be applied to the calculation of time is 87 per hour.

Instead of a ribbon or belt 8 the indicia of pay rates may be applied to slats 8a which are mounted on a drum 8b, Fig. 4. Each slat which extends the full length of the slots 8 and So has the wage earned in dollars and cents for a given rate which is visible through the opening 6a.

The ribbon 9 is mounted on a pair of pulleys I5 which are spaced longitudinally of the the cal- This invention relates to new and useful im- 2 culator l beneath the slot 1 to render the indicia of the band or tape of time in hours and minutes visible the full length of the slot '3. The pulley I5 is mounted on a shaft [5 journaled in bearings l7 and I8 to the top and side, respectively of the calculator housing. Shaft I6 is provided with a handwheel H! by which it is rotated, and a pawl and ratchet 20 and 2| are provided to yieldingly hold shaft l6 to its adjusted position.

The calculator is provided with fixed indicators in the form of arrows 22 at one end of the slot 1, and by rotating the wheel IS, the printed ribbon 9 is moved to bring the wage earners starting time in register with arrows 22, which, in the drawing, is eighteen minutes after ten.

Printed strips 23 and 24 are mounted in grooves of the cover member 5 and are fixed against movement. A slide 26, having its ends intersecting with parallel frames 27 and 28 is provided with windows 29 spaced transversely of the printed indicia columns, the slide 26 being movable the full length of the calculator.

As shown in Fig. 1, the slide windows are respectively marked Finishing time, Total pay, Elapsed time hrs, and Prem. hrs. 0. T., meaning overtime.

The operation of the above described payroll calculator is briefly as follows: The wage earners rate having been determined, it is exposed through the window 6 by rotating handwheel l4 to move the ribbon 8 on which the rates are printed. As shown in Fig. 1, the wage rate in question is 87 The handwheel H3 is revolved until ribbon 9 is brought to the position where the figures representing the starting time corresponding to the wage earners record are in alignment with the arrows 22 which, as shown in the drawing, is 10:18. Slide 26 is then moved to the position of the finishing time as shown by the time card, which, in Fig. 1, is 3:12, or twelve minutes after three. The elapsed time is then shown through the slide which is a total of 4.9 hours, and, at the rate of 8'7 /2 per hour, would indicate an earning of $4.29.

The overtime hours are indicated in a short column and are efiective after the elapsed or normal time of eight hours is reached by the slide 26. The overtime premium may then be calculated at the half or full rate, whichever the case may be.

From the foregoing description it will be evident that by moving the time table of column 1 through the handwheel l9 and the pay rate table by the handwheel Hi, all the adjustments for calculating the workers pay are made with the exception of movement of the slide 26. Thus by simply moving the slide 26, the finishing time figure, the total elapsed time and total pay is at once indicated, except the overtime pay.

Although one embodiment of the invention has been herein illustrated and described, it will be evident to those skilled in the art that various modifications may be made in the details of construction without departing from the principles herein set forth.

I claim:

In a payroll calculator, a housing having a set of parallel slots, a wage scale adjustable to render it visible through one of said slots, said scale being based upon a given wage rate indicated on said scale, a fixed time scale in parallel alignment with said wage scale, another time scale in parallel alignment with said wage and fixed time scales and being adjustable relative to a fixed indicator, and a slide having windows exposing the wages and time of said wage and time scales to indicate the dollars and cents wage due for a given time, said adjustable time scale being mounted to be selectively aligned with another of said slots in said housing, and being adjustable transversely to said wage scales to bring the starting time in register with the fixed indicator on said housing.

ERNEST G. NASSAR.

REFERENCES CITED lhe following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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