US2514531A - Sequence and selective sortable marginal cards - Google Patents

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US2514531A
US2514531A US774144A US77414447A US2514531A US 2514531 A US2514531 A US 2514531A US 774144 A US774144 A US 774144A US 77414447 A US77414447 A US 77414447A US 2514531 A US2514531 A US 2514531A
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    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR 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; CALCULATING OR 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
    • G06K21/04—Information retrieval from punched cards designed for manual use or handling by machine; Apparatus for handling such cards, e.g. marking or correcting in which coincidence of markings is sensed optically, e.g. peek-a-boo system
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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  • Thvpresenh invention upertains twperforated recordfcarda checksasheetsyandzthe-like, (herein-vafier; for: conveniencep referredflto asflcardsii), andvmbre particularly;toziperfonatedzcardsewhich candierused in both-sequence sortingandeseleea tive so'rtingJv ASLiSTWBIII'kHOWI-IlilI-T theqart, marginally punched cards a-re sorted :in twoadifierentaways; eitheraby sequence-.fsortingmr selectiveasortings Sequence sortingzinvolvesathe rearrangement got: all cards lntoesanyr predetermined Fora-desired?
  • sorting tin cludes: the remova1 from a a fileeori stack; of cards-of;lonly -thosetcardsarelatin toaagvspeeificwlassification,ion group;
  • the difierences imthe two'cardvsorting procedures haveerequired ⁇ ; differing numbers and.
  • any number is either notched, or, in the event the digit in the field is to be designated as a 0, such field is slotted between the 0 and 1 numbers.
  • the sorting rods or needles would be placed throughthe first and third fields, as before, and a' sorting rod would also be placed through the .10 perforation in the center field of the stack of cards. Accordingly, uponelevation of the card 'stack all cards which have been both notched and slotted in accordance with the 309 designation would drop down from the remaining cards a distance equal to the distance between the 0 and 1 perforations. The remaining cards :w ould stay in their elevated positions on the needles. Since the distance between the outer and inner rows of perforations ll, Ila is greater 'than the distance of the outer row of perforations I H from the card edge I2,the cards that have been selected, which, in the example shown in Fig.
  • FIG. 4 Another example of a selected classification is given in Fig. 4, in which the'number 30 'is notched or punched in a four digit field. If only the tens field were notched to indicate the number 30, selective sorting would be extremely difficult, since any other grouping of digits in the four fields that included the notching to the number 2 and number 1 perforations in the tens field 'would'respond'to the sort.
  • Keypunch machines employed in 'connection with cards embodying the present invention are equipped to punch the 0 slot H in alldigit fields, unless a' key designating another figure depressed.
  • a' key designating another figure depressed For example, in the fo'ur digit fields illustrated in Fig. l, in which the number 30 is to be designated, if the card'is placed in the machine and operated without depress mg any keys whatever, the card field would be slotted in the '0 position in each of the four digit fields. If, however, the keys are first depressed" to designate the number 3 in the tens field, upo'n'operation, the machine will notch the card for the number 3 inthe tens field, thereby cancelling the 0 slot in that field, and slot all other digit fields for 0, as illustrated in Fig. 4'.
  • Fig. 5 illustrates a modified form of the invention, in which a more compact arrangement ofeperfo'rations or holes in each digit field is provided.
  • the outer row I lb of ,perforations in eachfield is indicative of thenhmbusflf" "2 and 4, whee the inner row ofgperforations in each'fieldinclude's aperforation I la forithe number? ,'ifi. alignment" with 'the n'umber: '1.perforati'on on a line perpendicular-to the eardedge I2, and a second perforation i la indicative of the number 7 on a line perpendicular to the card edge [2 and running through the center of the number 4 perforation.
  • the numbers 7, 8 and “9 are obtained by a deep notch running from the card edge 12 to the number "7 perforation, the numbers 8 and 9 also being indicated by a shallow notch running from the card edge to the number 1 or number 2 perforations, as the case may be.
  • the numbers 1 to 9, inclusive are designated in each field by a shallow or a deep notch or notches I8 running from the card edge [2 to the particular perforation, or combination of perforations, while the number 0 is indicated by a slot I! extending between the 0 and number perforations, which slot does not extend to the edges l2 of the card.
  • a stack of cards having the perforation pattern indicated in Fig. are sorted in the same general fashion as was described in connection with the other cards shown in the drawings, the number 0 not being ignored, but being designated in the fields where the digit is 0 by the slot I'l.
  • a card having formed therein similar fields of perforations relative to one edge of the card, each field of perforations comprising an outer row of four perforations arranged adjacent and parallel to the edge of the card and an inner perforation in alignment with one Of said outer perforations in a direction perpendicular to said edge, the perforations of said outer row being identified on the card by the numerals 1, 2, 4, and 7, commencing with the perforation at the right hand end of each field and the inner perforation being identified on the card by the numeral 0 whereby the digits 1, 2, 4, and 7 of any field may each be indicated by notching the card edge to the perforation of the outer row of that field so identified and the digits 3, 5, 6, 8 and 9" may be indicated by notching the card edge to any two perforations of the outer row of that field whose combined numerical value equals that of the selected digit and whereby the digit 0 may be identified by an internal slot extending between the perforation in the inner row and a perforation
  • a card having formed therein similar fields of perforations relative to one edge of the card, each field of perforations comprising an outer row of four perforations arranged adjacent and parallel to the edge of the card and being identified on the card by the numerals 1, 2, 4, and 7, commencing with the perforation at the right hand end of the field, and an inner perforation in each field designated by the numeral 0 disposed in alignment with the perforation identified by the numeral 1 in a direction perpendicular to the card edge whereby the digits 1, 2, 4, and 7 of any field may each be indicated by notching the card edge to the perforation of the outer row of that field so identified and the digits 3, 5, 6, 8 and 9 may be indicated by notching the card edge to any two perforations of the outer row Of that field whose combined numerical value equals that of the selected digit and whereby the digit 0 may be identified by an internal slot extending between the perforation in the inner row and a perforation in the outer row in alignment therewith.
  • a method of notching and slotting a marginally perforated card for subsequent sorting said card having formed therein similar fields of perforations along one edge of the card, each field of perforations comprising an outer row of perforations arranged adjacent and parallel to said edge of the card and an inner perforation arranged in alignment with one of the outer perforations in a direction perpendicular to the adjacent card edge, said inner perforation in each field being identified on the card by the numeral 0, and the other perforations in each field being identified on the card by the numerals 2,

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US2062155A (en) * 1935-10-02 1936-11-24 Mcbee Co Double row key punch
US2198127A (en) * 1938-03-30 1940-04-23 Albert A Rembold Direct segregation system
US2213607A (en) * 1939-09-19 1940-09-03 Mcbee Co Card and the like for sequence sorting
US2289380A (en) * 1939-08-30 1942-07-14 Mcbee Co Card and the like for sequence sorting
US2338133A (en) * 1940-06-19 1944-01-04 Maynard L Sandell Sorting apparatus
US2460378A (en) * 1944-04-24 1949-02-01 Mcbee Co Record card

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2062155A (en) * 1935-10-02 1936-11-24 Mcbee Co Double row key punch
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
US2338133A (en) * 1940-06-19 1944-01-04 Maynard L Sandell Sorting apparatus
US2460378A (en) * 1944-04-24 1949-02-01 Mcbee Co Record card

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