US2587066A - Counting apparatus - Google Patents

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Feb. 26, 1952 G. L. ROY 2,587, 6-

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l0 la 26 i Georqe LRog NVENTOR BYQB QGM ATTO R N EY Patented Feb. 26, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,587,066 COUNTING APPARATUS George L. Roy, Battle Creek, Mich.

Application May 16, 1949, Serial No. 93,475

13 Claims. 1

This invention relates to counters and has special reference to counters for the game of cribbage. More particularly, the invention relates to cribbage counters wherein numbered dials are used to indicate the scoring during the playing of the game.

In the game of cribbage, it is well known that the game ordinarily is won by the party to the game first scoring one hundred and twenty-one points. The common apparatus for counting the points as made consists of an elongated base called a cribbage board and this base has along each of its sides two parallel rows of holes, thirty each in number. The counting is effected by inserting pegs in these holes by reason of which the counting is commonly known as pegging and accidental displacement or the use of a wrong peg in making a count is apt to cause confusion and lead to an argument between the players.

It is one important object of this invention to provide a novel dial actuating and dial registering device whereby counting in cribbage may be accurately performed without possibility of accidental loss of the counting elements or the use of a wrong counting element.

It will be seen from the description of the cribbage board above given that pegging up one of the two rows on a side of the board and down the other row on that side can only effect counting of sixty points. It is therefore necessary, in counting 120 points, to peg up and back twice and it sometimes happens that confusion occurs as to whether a player is pegging on the first or second of such trips or rounds.

Another important object of this invention is to provide a dial counter for the game of cribbage wherein counting can be registered point by point successively with the total at any time being shown on registering dials, it being noted that the 121st point completes the game registration and that continuing the dialing then turns up "00 and the counter is ready to register another game.

Dial registering devices are common in which ten registering numerals from 1 to 0 are displayed on each dial, and in order to count up to 120 three dials are thus required.

A further object of this invention is to provide a novel arrangement of registering dials in a device for this purpose wherein but two dials are used to effect registering of any number of points from one to 120.

In dial registers employing a plurality of dials, it is common to transfer rotary movement of one dial to the next, for instance the complete rotation of one indicating dial will cause the next dial to be rotated only one step or unit.

v Aiurther object of this invention is to provide a novel and extremely simple transfer mechanism for effecting transfer of movement from one dial to the next.

A further object is to provide a dual scoring apparatus assembled in a single housing assembly with the score indicating dials of the dual assembly being mounted for independent rotation on a common shaft.

Still further objects and advantages of the present invention will appear as the description proceeds.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing and related ends, the invention, then, consists of the means hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims, the annexed drawings and the following description setting forth in detail certain means for carrying out the invention, such disclosed means illustrating, however, but one of various ways in which the principle of the invention may be used.

In the annexed drawings:

Figure l is a perspective view showing the exterior of one form of the invention.

Figure 2- is a similar perspective view showing the interior of the invention with certain of the parts omitted and others in section to clearly show the construction.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary perspective View showing a portion of a registering disc and the part of the motion transfer mechanism carried thereby.

Figure 4 is a plan view of the lower part of the housing of this apparatus and the mechanism therein, some of the parts of the latter being shown in section and others omitted for clarity of illustration.

The invention as here shown is for use in counting either two handed or four handed cribbage games, each player in a two handed game having his own dial portion of the device and each pair of players in a four handed game using one of the two dial portions of the device with which the invention is provided. The two dialing portions of the device shown are identical and are symmetrically disposed at opposite ends of the unit apparatus for convenience of operative access by the players for scoring the various plays of a single game at a time. In the following description what is said about the scoring portion of the apparatus at One end applies equally to the scoring portion of the apparatus at the opposite end.

As here shown the apparatus is in the form of a rectangular casing having a lower housinf part IE and an upper housing part II. .t is to be understood that the housing may, however, be of any form found convenient, and may be as plain or as ornamental as desired. The housing assembly is preferably made in two parts for convenience of assembling the working parts of the invention. These two housing parts, when the invention is completely assembled, are held together by any well known fastening means such as screws 19 or the like. Each housing part is provided with a pair of sides I2 and a pair of ends I3. The lower part If! is provided with a base plate I4 and the upper part H is provided with a top I5 having a sight opening Iii adjacent each end, the purpose of which will be presently explained.

At the centers of their contacting edges the end walls It are provided with complementary notches I'I forming a circular opening at each end of the housing. In the lower housing II) there is provided, at each end, a bearing member I8 aligned with the notch ll of said lower housing, and rising from the center of the base I4 is a center bearing I9. Mounted in the center bearing I9 is a shaft which extends in each direction from the bearing and is fixed therein by a screw 2!. At each end of the housing interior there is a dial 22 for registering units and this dial consists of a disc 23' having a peripheral flange 24 on which are displayed numerals from 0 to 9 arranged in evenly spaced anti-clockwise succession around the flange. Extending in both directions from the center of the disc 23 is a hub 25 which is freely journalled on the shaft 20. This hub is closed at the end adjacent the end wall I3 and extending from the closed end is a shaft 26 which is supported in the bearing I8 and extends out of the housing through the opening I! therein. For convenience in rotating shaft 26 by means of disc 40, the end of the shaft is preferably squared and a matching squared opening provided in disc Ml. The junction of the shaft 26 with. the hub 25 forms a shoulder which engages against the bearing I8 and limits movement of the dial 22 towards the housing end. One of the numerals is shown at 21 in Figure 1 where it is displayed through a sight opening I6.

Also at each end of the device there is provided a second dial 28 which, for convenience, will be termed the tens dial although, through its unique construction, it actually provides means in connection with the units dial 22 to count to the game point of 121. The tens dial 28 includes a disc 29 provided with a peripheral flange 30. A hub 3 I, Figure 2, projects from the center of the disc towards the bearing I9 and is journalled for free rotation on the shaft 20. A spring 32, Figure 4, is coiled around the shaft 20 and bears at one end against the bearing I9 and at its other end against the end of hub 3| to urge the dial 28 towards the dial 22. For the purpose of avoiding contact between the flange 24 and the dial 28, a spacer it, Figure 2, is mounted on shaft 20 so as to extend sumciently to engage th d of hub 25 and the face of disc 29 while leaving a slight space between the edge of flange 24 and the side of dial 228 as shOWn in Figures 2 and 4. Thls arrangement causes the spring 32 to hold the shoulder of the shaft 26 against the bearing i8. Numerals 33 on dial 28 extend from 0 to 12 and are spaced evenly around the flange in just below the stop 43.

4 anti-clockwise direction to show through the opening I6.

The transfer means here shown for rotating dial 2B, Figure 4, includes a pawl 52 i mounted on pivot 48 inset into grooves 5E1, Figure 3, at the opposite edges of opening 35 formed in the disc 23. The portion of the pawl carrying the hook end extends along the face of disc 23 adjacent the dial 28, while the portion of the pawl extend ing from the opposite side of the pivot forms the lever arm 36 which lies between the disc 23 and the adjacent housing end so that in each revolu tion of the dial 22 the arm 3% passes over the bearing I8. A tension spring 3i has one end en gaging the pawl 34 and its other end engaging the disc 23 in such manner that the free or hook end of the pawl is urged away from the disc 23. This disc 29 is provided with thirteen evenly spaced means of suitable form arranged concen tric to the axis of the disc, the means here shown comprise openings 38, although teeth could be used equally well, and it is intended that the showing be considered as illustrating in diagrammatic manner the various equivalent means usable for this purpose. Fixed to the bearing I8 is a lug 39 which lies in the path of the free end portion of the arm 35 so that with each revolution of the dial 712 the pawl 34 engages in an opening 38 and rotates the dial 28 until the arm 36 drops off the lug 39, the parts being so ar ranged that this occurs upon the dial 28 making one-thirteenth of a revolution, whereupon the spring 31 will disengage the pawl from the opening which it has engaged.

In order to operate the registering dials 22 and 28, the shaft 26 has an actuating or indexing diai 40 secured fixedly to its projecting extremity by means of a screw 4 I. The dial til is provided with ten evenly spaced finger holes 62, and on the end of the housing is fixed a stop member M to which the finger holes are successively moved Dis played on the end of the housing, Figure 1, is a circular series of numerals is reading in anticlockwise order from 0 to 9, the numeral 0 being The numerals M may be arranged to be visible through the holes 4}? or may be arranged around the dial on lines extending radially of the dial through the centers of the holes when the dial is at rest.

In operation, if a count of less than 10 is to be recorded, a finger, or suitable implement such as a pencil, is inserted. into the hole 42 associated with the number of points to be counted and the dial 40 rotated clockwise until the finger engages the stop 43. If the number to be recorded lies in the range from 10 to 19, it is effected by plac ing ones finger in the opening associated with the numeral 9 and making a complete rotation to register 9 points, and then the remaining points are registered by rotating the dial as before for the balance of the points to be registered. If the count runs from 20 up, two complete revolutions of the dial from 9 are necessary to count the first 18 of the score, and then the remaining points over 18 are registered by rotating the dial as before for the balance to be registered.

Modifications of the device may be made, such for instance as the employment of lugs or teeth. for engagement by the pawl instead of the holes 38 as shown. Also a ratchet mechanism, such as' is common for returning the dial in telephones to original position, may be used in connection with the indexing dial 49. numbers than 13 may be used on a single dial, and if so, higher totals may be recorded when the:

Additionally, more transfer means is correspondingly changed to index a corresponding amount.

, In order to hold dial 28 from being accidentally rotated without operation of the indexing dial 4!), any convenient braking means may be employed. A very simple way of accomplishing this is to mount a brake piece 45, made from rubber or the like, on the inner edge of the housing I!) as shown in Figure 2, with the ends of this brake piece engaging the side edge of flange 30 of dial 28. To increase this engagement pressure, screws 41 may be tightened in conventional manner to expand brake piece 45 endwise.

Other modes of applying the principle of my invention may be employed instead of those explained, change being made as regards the mechanism herein disclosed, provided the means stated by any of the following claims or the equivalent of such stated means be employed.

I therefore particularly point out and distinctly claim as my invention:

1. In a game counter, housing having a plurality of sight openings, one of said openings being adjacent one end of the housing and the other opening being adjacent the other end of the housing, a plurality of separate registering de vices in said housing, each visible through one of said sight openings, each of said registering devices including a pair of rotatable dials coaxially aligned and having their peripheries exposed through the respective sight opening. one of said dials of each pair having ten equally spaced numerals displayed on its periphery running from 0 to 9, the other of said dials of each pair having thirteen equally spaced numerals displayed on its periphery running from O to 12, a single actuating dial for operating each pair of said numeral carrying dials, and a transfer mechanism including a normally disengaged member mounted on said first dial, said mechanism intermittently connecting said dials through said normally disengaged member and arranged to cause a complete revolution of the first dial to rotate the second dial from one numeral to the next successive numeral of that dial and one rev olution of the second dial to require thirteen revolutions of the first dial.

2. In a game counter, a housing having a plurality of sight openings, one of said openings being adjacent one end of the housing and the other opening being adjacent the other end of the housing, a plurality of separate registering devices in said housing, each visible through one of said sight openings, each of said registering devices including a pair of rotatable dials coaxially aligned and having their peripheries exposed through the respective sight opening, one of said dials of each pair having ten equally spaced numerals displayed on its periphery running from 0 to 9, the other of said dials of each pair having thirteen equally spaced numerals dis played on its periphery running from O to 12, a transfer mechanism including a normally disengaged member mounted on said first dial, said mechanism intermittently connecting said dials through said normally disengaged member and arranged to cause a complete revolution of the first dial to rotate the second dial from one numeral to the next successive numeral of that dial and one revolution of the second dial to require thirteen revolutions of the first dial, and independent actuating means exterior of the housing at each end thereof connected solely to said first dial of a respective registering device for rotating the said first dial of the latter in unison with said actuating means and through said 6: transfer mechanism thereby also operating said second dial.

3. In a game counter, a housing having a plurality of sight openings, one of said openings being adjacent one end of the housing and the other opening being adjacent the other end of the housing, a plurality of separate registering devices in said housing, each visible through one of said sight openings, each of said registering devices including a pair of rotatable dials coaxial- 1y aligned and having their peripheries exposed through the respective sight opening, one of said dials of each pair having ten equally spaced numerals displayed on its periphery running from O to 9, the other of said dials of each pair having thirteen equally spaced numerals displayed on its periphery running from 0 to 12, a transfer mechanism including a normally disengaged member mounted on said first dial, said mechanism intermittently connecting said dials through said normally disengaged member and arranged to cause a complete revolution of the first dial to rotate the second dial from one numeral to the next successive numeral of that dial and one revolution of the second dial to require thirteen revolutions of the first dial, a single actuating dial for each registering device with its pair of rotatable dials, said actuating dial having a fixed connection with said first dial to rotate the latter in unison with the actuating dial, said actuating dial consisting of a disc having ten equally spaced finger holes arranged on a circle adjacent its periphery, numerals running from 0 to 9 fixed- 1y displayed on the housing in association with said finger holes, and a stop member carried by said housing and located adjacent the actuating dial alongside the path of said finger holes.

4. In a game counter, a housing having a plurality of sight openings, one of said openings being adjacent one end of the housing and the other opening being adjacent the other end of the housing, a plurality of separate registering devices in said housing, each visible through one of said sight openings, each of said registering devices including a pair of rotatable dials coaxially aligned and having their peripheries exposed through the respective sight opening, one of said dials of each pair having ten equally spaced numerals displayed on its periphery running from 0 to 9, the other of said dials of each pair having thirteen equally spaced numerals displayed on its periphery running from 0 to 12, and a transfer mechanism intermittently connecting said dials and arranged to cause a complete revolution of the first dial to rotate the second dial from one numeral to the next successive numeral of that dial and one revolution of said second dial to require thirteen revolutions of said first dial, said transfer mechanism including pawl engaging means formed on the second dial at thirteen equally spaced intervals, a pawl pivotally mounted on and carried by said first dial, an actuating arm rigidly carried by said pawl, a lug mounted on said housing and fixed in the path of said arm and engageable thereby once during a complete revolution of said first dial to move said pawl into engagement with the respective pawl engaging means of said second dial and hold same in engagement while said first dial moves substantially one-tenth of a revolution, an actuating means exterior of said housing at each end thereof and connected respectively to said first dial of each pair for rotating same, and a spring urging said pawl out of said engagement,

5. In a game counter, a housing having a plurality of sight openings, one of said openings being adjacent one end of the housing and the other opening being adjacent the other end of the housing, a plurality of separate registering devices in said housing, each visible through one of said sight openings, each of said registering devices including a pair of rotatable dials coaxially aligned and having their peripheries exposed through the respective sight opening, one of said dials having ten equally spaced numerals displayed on its periphery running from to 9, the other of said dials having thirteen equally spaced numerals displayed on its periphery running from 0 to 12, a transfer mechanism intermittently connecting said dials and arranged to cause a complete revolution of the first dial to rotate the second dial from one numeral to the next successive numeral of that dial, said transfer mechanism including pawl. engaging means formed on the second dial at thirteen equally spaced intervals, a pawl pivotally mounted on the first dial, an actuating arm rigidly carried by said pawl, a lug fixed in the path of said arm and engageable thereby to move said pawl into engagement with the respective pawl engaging means, a spring urging said. pawl out of said engagement, and independent actuating means exterior of the housing at each end thereof connected to said first dial of a respective registering device for rotating the latter in unison with said actuating means,

6. In a game counter, a housing having a plurality of sight openings, one of said openings oeing adjacent one end of the housing and the other opening being adjacent the other end of the housing, a plurality of separate registering devices-in said housing, each visible through one of said sight openings, each of said registering devices including a pair of rotatable dials coaxially aligned and having their peripheries exposed through the respective sight opening, one of said dials having ten equally spaced numerals displayed on its periphery running from 0 to 9, the other of said. dials having thirteen equally spaced numerals displayed on its periphery running from 0 to 12, a transfer mechanism intermittently connecting said dials and arranged to cause a complete revolution of the first dial to rotate the second dial from one numeral to the next successive numeral of that dial, said transfer mechanism including pawl engaging means formed on the second dial at thirteen equally spaced intervals, a pawl pivotally mounted on and carried by said first dial, an actuating arm carried by said pawl, a lug mounted on said housing in the path of said arm as it is carried said dial, said lug being engageable by arm to move said pawl into engagement with the respective pawl engaging means and to hold same in engagement therewith until the rotation of said first dial rotates said second dial from one numeral to the next successive numeral on that dial, a spring urging said pawl out of said engagement, a single actuating dial outside of said housing and at each end of same, each of dials having a fixed connection with said first dial of a respective registering device to rotrite the latter in unison with the actuating dial, said actuating dial consisting of a disc having ten equally spaced actuating holes arranged on a circle adjacent its periphery, numerals running from 0 to 9 fixedly displayed in consecutive order on the housing in association with said actuating holes, and a stop member carried by said housing 8 and located adjacent the actuating dial alongside the path of said actuating holes.

7. In a game counter, a housing having a plurality of sight openings, one of said openings being adjacent one end of the housing and the other opening being adjacent the other end of the housing, a plurality of separate registering devices in said housing, each visible through one of said sight openings, each of said registering devices including a pair of rotatable dials coaxially aligned and having their peripheries exposed through the respective sight opening, one of said dials having ten equally spaced numerals displayed on its periphery running from O to 9, the other of said dials having thirteen equally spaced numerals displayed on its periphery running from 0 to 12, a common shaft on which both pairs of said dials are freely rotatable, a transfer mechanism including a pawl with actuating arm pivotally mounted on and extending through the first dial of each pair of said dials for intermittently connecting said dials and arranged to cause a complete revolution of the first dial to rotate the second dial from one numeral to the next successive numeral of that dial, means outside of said housing and fixedly joined to the first dial of each pair of said dials for actuating same, and brake means carried by said housing and engaging the peripheral portion of the second dial to prevent free rotation of same and overrunning of numerals thereon at the sight hole.

8. In a game counter, a housing having a plurality of sight openings, one of said openings being adjacent one end of the housing and the other opening being adjacent the other end of the housing, a plurality of separate registering devices in said housing, each registering device being visible through one of said sight openings, each of said registering devices including a pair of rotatable dials coaxially aligned and having their peripheries exposed through the respective sight opening, one of said dials having ten equal 1y spaced numerals displayed on its periphery running from 0 to 9, the other of said dials having thirteen equally spaced numerals displayed on its periphery running from 0 to 12, a common shaft on which both pairs of said dials are freely rotatable, spring means for urging each of said registering devices to its respective end oi said housing, a transfer mechanism intermittently connecting said dials and arranged to cause a complete revolution of the first dial to rotate the second dial from one numeral to the next successive numeral of that dial, an actuating means exterior of the housing fixedly connected to said first dial for rotating the latter in unison with said actuating means, and brake means carried by said housing and. engaging the peripheral portion of the second dial of both registering devices to prevent free rotation of same and overrunning of numerals thereon at the corresponding sight hole.

9. In a game counter, a housing having a plurality of sight openings, one of said openings being adjacent one end of the housing and the other opening being adjacent the other end of the housing, a plurality of separate registering devices in said housing, each registering device being visible through one of said sight openings, each of said registering devices including a pair of rotatable dials coaxially aligned and having their peripheries exposed through the respective sight openings, one of said dials having ten equally spacd numerals displayed on its periphery running from 0 to 9, the other of said dials hav- 'ing thirteen equally spaced numerals displayed on its periphery running from to 12, a common connecting said. dials and arranged to cause a complete revolution of the first dial to rotate the second dial from one numeral to the next successive numeral of that dial, said transfer mechanism including a pawl with actuating arm pivotally mounted on and extending through the first dial of each pair of said dials, an actuating dial having fixed connection with said first dial to rotate the latter in unison with the actuating dial,

said actuating dial consisting ofv a disc having ten equally spaced actuating holes arranged on a circle adjacent its periphery, numerals running from 0 to 9 fixedly displayed on the housing in association with said actuating holes, a stop member carried by said housing and located adjacent the actuating dial alongside the path of said actuating holes, and brake means carried by said housing and engaging the peripheral portion of the second dial of both registering devices to prevent free rotation of same and overrunning of numerals thereon at the corresponding sight hole,

10. In a game counter, a housing having a plurality of sight openings, one of said openings being adjacent one end of the housing and the other opening being adjacent the other end of the housing, a plurality of separate registering devices in said housing, each registering device being visible through one of said sight openings, each of said registering devices including a pair of rotatable dials coaxially aligned and having their peripheries exposed through the respective sight opening, one of said dials having ten equally spaced numerals displayed on its periphery running from 0 to 9, the other of said dials having thirteen equally spaced numerals displayed on its periphery running from 0 to 12, a transfer mechanism intermittently connecting said dials and arranged to cause a complete revolution of the first dial to rotate the second dial from one numeral to the next successive numeral of that dial, and brake means carried by said housing and engaging the peripheral portion of the second dial to prevent free rotation of same and overrunning of numerals thereon at the sight hole, said transfer mechanism including pawl engaging means formed on the second dial at thirteen equally spaced intervals, a pawl pivotally mounted on the first dial, an actuating arm rigidly carried by said pawl and extending from the opposite side of said dial from that facing said pawl engaging means on said second dial, a lug mounted on said housing and fixed in the path of said arm and engageable thereby once during a complete revolution of said first dial to move said pawl into engagement with the respective pawl engaging means, means outside of said housing and fixedly joined to the first dial of each pair of said dialsfor actuating same, and a spring urging said pawl out of said engagement.

11. In a game counter, a housing having a plurality of sight openings, one of said openings being adjacent one end of the housing and the other opening being adjacent the other end of the housing, a plurality of separate registering devices in said housing, each registering device being visible through one of said sight openings, each of said registering devices including a pair of rotatable dials coaxially aligned and having their peripheries exposed through the respective sight opening, one of said dials having ten equalof said dials having thirteen equally spaced numerals displayed on its periphery running from 0 to 12, brake means carried by said housing and engaging the peripheral portion of the second dial of both registering devices to prevent free rotation of same and overruning of numerals thereon at the sight hole, a transfer mechanism intermittently connecting said dials and arranged to cause a complete revolution of the first dial to rotate the second dial from one numeral to the next successive numeral of that dial, said transfer mechanism including pawl engaging means formed on the second dial at thirteen equally spaced intervals, a pawl pivotally mounted on the first dial, an actuating arm extending from and rigidly carried by said pawl, said pawl and arm extending through said first dial, a lug mounted on said housing and fixed in the path of said arm and engageable thereby once during a complete revolution of said first dial to move said pawl into engagement with the respective pawl engaging means of said second dial, a spring urging said pawl out of said engagement, and independent actuating means exterior of the housing at each end thereof, said actuating means being fixedly connected to said elongated hub of said first dial of a respective registering device for rotating the latter in unison with said actuating means.

12. In a game counter, a housing having a plurality of sight openings, a plurality of separate registering devices in said housing, each visible through one of said sight openings, each of said registering devices including a pair of rotatable dials coaxially aligned and having their peripheries exposed through the respective sight opening, one of said dials having ten equally spaced numerals displayed on its periphery running from 0 to 9, the other of said dials having thirteen equally spaced numerals displayed on its periphery running from 0 to 12, brake means car ried by said housing and engaging the peripheral portion of the second dial to prevent free rotation of same and overrunning of numerals thereon at the sight hole, a transfer mechanism intermittently connecting said dials and arranged to cause a complete revolution of the first dial to rotate the second dial from one numeral to the next successive numeral of that dial, said transfer mechanism including pawl engaging means formed on the second dial at thirteen equally spaced intervals, a pawl pivotally mounted on the first dial, an actuating arm rigidly carried by said pawl, a lug fixed in the path of said arm and engageable thereby to move said pawl into engagement with the respective pawl engaging means, a spring urging said pawl out of said engagement, an actuating dial having a fixed connection with said first dial to rotate the latter in unison with the actuating dial, said actuating dial consisting of a disc having ten equally spaced finger holes arranged on a circle adjacent its periphery, numerals running from 0 to 9 fixedly displayed in consecutive order on the housing in association with said finger holes, and a stop member carried by said housing and located adjacent the actuating dial alongside the path of said finger holes.

13. A counting apparatus for use in scoring the game of cribbage, which consists of a housing 11 assembly divided substantially at its midpoint into upper and lower membefs, bearing r'iiembers at the ends and middle of said housing" assembly, a narrow flanged disc Within s'ieiid housing at each end thereof, saiid disc Having an extending shouldered hub fitting one of said end bearing members, an indexing dial fixedly mounted on the outer end of'said Iiiib',"said indexing dial having ten equally spaced openings in a; circle adjacent the periphery thereof, 9; stop means for each of said indexing diziIs, said narrow flanged disc having ten edfillly sbelced m'i'mbers on' the flange thereof, said number's rea ing from 0' to 9, a wide flanged disc adjacent said narrow flanged disc and carrying th'i'r'ten equally spaced numbers on said Wide flange, said numbei's reading from 0 to" 12, the hu'fi of men of said narrow flanged disc's being axially bored a' shoffi distame, a stub shaft fitting said bores end being supported on said center be ring" while carrying said wide flanged disc's" fr'lif mounted thereon adjacent said narrow flanged discs, said upper member. of said hoi'ising' Having apaif of sight openings with each of said openings being above the flanges of a paii of solid Wide and narrow discs, a compression s'iir'ing' on said shaft at each side of said center beafirig" 161 Holding said discs 12 in endwise projected position, a, pawl means pivotany mounted on eial'ch or said nas'fdw flanged discs and adapted to en'g'age suitable means on the adjacent Wide flange disc for rotating same one space for eec'h c'oifiplte rotation of said narrow. flanged disc", and brake means for said Wide flanged disc's. I I

GEORGE L. ROY;

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