US2811790A - Device for the visual representation of variable phenomena - Google Patents

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US2811790A
US2811790A US318565A US31856552A US2811790A US 2811790 A US2811790 A US 2811790A US 318565 A US318565 A US 318565A US 31856552 A US31856552 A US 31856552A US 2811790 A US2811790 A US 2811790A
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  • the invention relates to a device for the visual representation of variable phenomena.
  • variable phenomena for example about the flow of blanks, semi-manufactured and finished parts in an industrial undertaking, or about the varying extent to which a machine tool in a factory is used
  • the keeping up-to-date of such charts is tedious, involves a great deal of labour and generally presupposes specialised knowledge, and above all it is expensive because of the considerable expenditure of writing and/ or drawing material, and moreover it is unreliable.
  • variable phenomena could not be dealt with quickly and moreover no quick, clear general survey of the position of the variable phenomena at different times is obtained, especially if a large number of phenomena are being kept under observation and have to be recorded simultaneously.
  • the object of the invention is to overcome the drawbacks described in the methods of visual representation of variable phenomena hitherto known, and to produce a device by means of which individual phenomena can be graphically recorded in any number and in a simple way, and variations in them can be quickly, simply and easily indicated or recorded.
  • the device suggested for meeting these requirements is characterised according to the invention in that a supply container'and a receiver for a fluid medium are connected together by means of several passages which are separated from one another and are preferably upright, and which have transparent partitions, each individual passage being supplied with a control device at the top and bottom, by means of which pre-determined quantities of the fluid medium can be admitted into the individual passages and released from the passages into the receiver.
  • a further characteristic of the invention consists in the fact that a large number of equal-sized balls are used as the fluid medium.
  • the invention provides for a device which is characterised in that a panel, one surface of which has a large number of parallel grooves lying side by side is covered on the outside by a transparent plate, the grooves being connected to a transparent supply container and a transparent receiver, and each individual groove having a slide with a press-button as a control device for the admission and removal of the balls to and from the grooves, said slide being subject to spring pressure and allowing only one ball to pass in or out each time it is actuated.
  • Figure 1 shows a fragmentary section of the front view of such a device
  • Figure 2 is a section through the line II-II in Figure 1,
  • Figure 3 is a section through the line IIIIII on the right-hand top part of Figure 1,
  • Figure 4 is a diagrammatic drawing on a reduced scale of the entire device shown in fragmentary section in Figure l.
  • the chain line I shown in Figure 1 indicates the middle of the device, on either side of which a half, which is shown in fragmentary section, extends to left and right.
  • a rectangular panel 2 made of hard wood, a synthetic substance, metal or a similar material
  • thirty-one grooves 3 are cut to left and right of the centre line A shown in Figure 1.
  • the grooves lie parallel to one another and have the same cross section.
  • the grooves extend across the entire width of the panel to the left and right-hand edges of the panel (see Figures 1 and 4) with the exception of a centre strip indicated by B which is kept free for other purposes.
  • Each of the sixty-two grooves according to the example shown has an admission slide 5 and an outlet slide 6.
  • the admission slides 5 are plate slides which are mounted to slide in lateral guides at the upper edge of the panel 2, in the direction of the arrows C and D in Figure 2.
  • Each admission slide 5 has a perpendicular cylindrical bore '7, the diameter of which is somewhat greater than the cross section of the groove 3.
  • Each admission slide 5 carries an auxiliary slide 8, which is secured to the slide 5 by means of a pin 9.
  • the axuiliary slide 8 projects with its outer part into the groove 3 and shuts ofi" the groove.
  • the auxiliary slide 8 which is connected to it, moves as well, and thus opens the groove.
  • the auxiliary slide E5 is arranged at such a distance below the admission slide 5 that it only stores a single ball in the groove 3. This applies to each of the sixty-two slides 5.
  • the auxiliary slide 8 opens the groove concerned so that it can allow the ball which it is keeping in store to fall downwardly.
  • the halls stored in the bore 7 in the slide are taken with it and not until the slide 5 slides back in the direction of the arrow D is another ball stored in the groove space above the auxiliary slide 8.
  • the guides for the individual slides are covered at the top by an angle-bar 10 running across the whole width of the panel, so that the admission slides 5 are prevented from being deflected upwardly.
  • the angle-bar it is secured to the upper edge of the panel by means of screws which are not illustrated.
  • the angle bar 10 also serves as a support and fastener for a cylindrical container 11, made of transparent material such as glass, which holds a large number of steel balls 12 of equal size and of a similar type to those used in ball bearings.
  • This tubular supply container 11 extends over the whole Width of the panel 2 as shown in Figure 1, 13 is a long slot through which a rod can be inserted and moved back and forth in order to distribute the balls in the container 11 equally over the whole Width.
  • the lower part of the container 11 is provided with sixty-two outlets 14 for which there are corresponding bores 15 in the angle-bar 10.
  • the diameter of these two openings 14 and 15 is roughly three times the diameter of a ball 12 as shown in Figure 2.
  • a pin 16 which is mounted on every admission slide eccentric with the passage 7, and which, when the slide is actuated, moves the balls to prevent any jamming and facilitates the downward flow of the balls.
  • the pin 16 is referred to herein as the agitator.
  • a bolt 17 with a thread 18 is screwed into each admission slide 5 and passes through the depending side 19 of the angle-bar.
  • 20 is a leaf-spring which is secured by a rivet 21, and the upper part 22 of which engages in the slit in the head of the threaded bolt 17, thus at the same time preventing the bolt from being unscrewed.
  • Each admission slide 5 has such a pressure spring the purpose of which is to urge the admission slide 5 into the normal position shown in Figure 2.
  • the admission slides 5 each have a press-button 23 on the outside which has a part for labelling or numbering.
  • the outlet slides 6 belonging to each groove are similar in type to the admission slides 5 described above, and are likewise spring loaded.
  • the bottom of this receiver is inclined and has its lowest part in the middle where an outlet 26 for the balls is provided (see Figure l).
  • sixty-two outlets 27 are provided in the angle-bar 24.
  • the outlet slides 6 also have press-buttons 23 with a space for labelling or numbering.
  • the outlet slides are so dimensioned that only one ball at a time can be taken by the outlet 28 in the slide (see Figure 2).
  • the front surface of the panel 2 is covered by a transparent plate, for example of glass, which also covers the open section of the grooves 3.
  • Scales 30 are preferably fitted beside the individual grooves and in order to make it easier to read off, the background of the panel should be kept dark so that the shining silver balls show up in strong contrast.
  • the lower part of the glass plate should preferably be covered up as shown at 31 in Figure 2, so that only the balls above the press-button on the outlet slide 6 are visible to the eye and the balls behind the press-button are hidden.
  • each of the steel balls contained in the supply container 11 represents a unit which can be determined as required, for example, each ball may represent 1 ton.
  • sixty tons of item 1 in stock then sixty balls are admitted into the groove marked No. 1.
  • the same procedure is followed for each of the goods kept in stock.
  • a locking device is provided.
  • a pivotally mounted disc 33 is operated at the back of the panel 2.
  • Rods 34 are hinged eccentrically to the disc 33.
  • Profiled bars 35 and 36 extending across the whole width of the panel are secured to the top and bottom of the rods respectively. These bars have dogs which fit into corresponding recesses in the slides 5 and 6. By this means the operation of the slides 5 and 6 is prevented.
  • a device for the visual representation of variable data comprising, in combination, an upright plate having a front face formed with a plurality of upright parallel grooves; a transparent sheet attached to said front face of said upright plate and closing said grooves; a substantially horizontal elongated transparent supply container means for indicating balls fixedly secured to the upper edge of said upright plate and communicating with all said grooves for supplying balls to the same; inlet control slide means located at the upper end of each of said grooves and including a slide formed with a vertical bore, a stirring pin secured to said slide and projecting upwardly from the same so as to be adapted to project into balls supplied by said supply container means and supported on said slide, and a closure member located underneath and spaced from said slide and defining with the same a chamber for receiving a single ball, said inlet control slide means being movable between a closing position in which said closure member closes the associated groove and in which said vertical bore in said slide communicates with said supply container means for receiving a predetermined number of superimposed single balls in said bore and for permitting passing of

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US1160548A (en) * 1915-01-13 1915-11-16 Elliott M Story Coin-controlled vending-machine.
US1745286A (en) * 1927-06-21 1930-01-28 Henry W White Pencil-vending machine
CH260105A (fr) * 1946-01-25 1949-02-28 Lafoy Henri Victor Appareil permettant la lecture immédiate de toute situation comptable.
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