US3002684A - Indicator of telephonic fees - Google Patents

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US3002684A
US3002684A US672946A US67294657A US3002684A US 3002684 A US3002684 A US 3002684A US 672946 A US672946 A US 672946A US 67294657 A US67294657 A US 67294657A US 3002684 A US3002684 A US 3002684A
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Luscher Paul
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M15/00—Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP
    • H04M15/28—Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP with meter at substation or with calculation of charges at terminal

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  • I 2 (Cls 2) 1. ⁇ t e ⁇ present 'invenaen sameness is satisfyj ai'wish marinasg eerexpressed since a long time lay-many subscribers lontelephone systems, tha'tof being provided au instriimnt: 'inaiesinig the fees, which instrument shouldbe of a simple and cheap structure and is capae of eing asscciatcdwith. a; t phone tl them ent time, theisubscribers cannot asa matterof fact ascertain the fees to be paid for their calls nor can they check the invoices they receive from the telephone management at the end of each reckoning period.
  • the present application has for its object an instru-. ment indicating the fees to be paid and showing on the one hand the individual fees for each .call and on the other hand the total of such fees.
  • Its casing may be designed readily so as to form a support for the portable telephone set with which it is to be associated.
  • This indicator includes to'this end a partial totalizer equipped with a return to zero mechanism and a general totalizer and, according to the invention, the two totalizers are simultaneously actuated in parallel by a single control member which is advantageously constitutedby an electro-magnet, this actuation of the totalizers being provided selectively through two separate mechanisms.
  • FIG. 1 is an elevational view of said apparatus and of the telephone set for which it serves as a support.
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective diagrammatic view of the apparatus without its casing.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 illustrates the operation of the return to zero mechanism.
  • the indicator illustrated includes a horizontal electromagnet 10 the armature 11 of which pivots round a vertical spindle 12 against the action of a return spring 13.
  • the arm 7 15 is .fitted on the spindle 14 with an angular setting such that it stops together with the anchors 18 just before the armature 11 reaches its drawn in position, so that the vibrations to which the armature 11 may be subjected at this last moment cannot be transmitted to said spindle 14.
  • the digit-carrying drums of the two totalizers which revolve round the same geometrical axis 21 are driven in the conventional manner by transfer pinions 33 having the outline shown in FIG. 4.
  • the amounts given out by the drums appear as shown in FIG. 1 through two gates 22a and 22b formed in the front plate 23a of the casing 23 of the instrument.
  • the return to zero mechanism of the partial totalizer is controlled by a lever 24 pivoting round its axis 25.
  • the return to zero mechanism includes a spring 27 connecting the lever 24'with a toothed arcuate segment 28 fitted over a spindle .29 and cooperating with a similar toothed arcuate segmentv 30 keyed to the spindleSl. -To said spindle 31 are keyed the return to zero hammers 32' while the.
  • the pivotal movement of the segment 28 causes the rocker 34 to rock against the action of the spring 39 so as to release thus the pinions 33 while simultaneously the pivotal movement of the segment 30 urges the harnmers 32 against the heart-shaped cams and produce the return to zero of the totalizer.
  • a flat instrument adapted to carry a telephone set and to count the fee pulses and including a general totalizer and a partial totalizer arranged in coaxial relationship, the combination of an electromagnet including a winding fed with fee'pulses and the axis of which is parallel with the common axis of the totalizers, an armature controlled by the electromagnet and pivoting round and engaging the pivoting armature to be shifted angularly by the pivotal movement ofsaid armature, upon energization of the electromagnet, a spring urging said spindle into a position for which the roller engages the armature,
  • an electromagnet including a winding fed with fee pulses and the axis of which is parallel with the common axis of thetotalizers, an armature controlled bythe'electromagnet and pivoting round an axis substantially perpendicular to'the totalizer axis, a spindle extending in substantial parallelism with the totalr izerv axis, a short rod radiallyrigid with the spindle, a roller revolvably carried by the outer end ofsaid rod and engagingthepivotingiarmaturetobe shiftedangularly by the pivotal movement of said armature, upon ener gization of the electromagnet, a spring-urging said spindle into a position for which the roller engages the armature, two arms rigid with the spindle and extending substantially in a plane passing through the total

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US4041291A (en) * 1975-12-19 1977-08-09 Pavda Philip D Dollars and cents telephone metering computer
USD254141S (en) 1978-03-20 1980-02-05 Utility Verification Corp. Telephone call cost determining device
US6118860A (en) * 1997-09-12 2000-09-12 Nortel Networks Corporation Public communications services vending method and apparatus
US6212506B1 (en) * 1997-09-16 2001-04-03 Nortel Networks Corporation Per call real time billing display
US6324528B1 (en) 1997-09-12 2001-11-27 Nortel Networks Limited Method and apparatus for recording actual time used by a service which makes requests for data

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GB345702A (en) * 1930-01-08 1931-04-02 Siemens Brothers & Co Ltd Improvements in or relating to service meters for telephone systems
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GB491281A (en) * 1936-10-31 1938-08-30 Sodeco Compteurs De Geneve Improvements in telephone rate recorders
US2153215A (en) * 1936-09-26 1939-04-04 Ibm Percentage counter
US2469655A (en) * 1945-02-21 1949-05-10 Ibm Counter actuating and resetting mechanism
US2687088A (en) * 1948-08-30 1954-08-24 Durant Mfg Co Printing recording counter
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AT158244B (de) * 1936-10-31 1940-03-26 Sodeco Compteurs De Geneve Fernsprechgebührenzähler.
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US1084611A (en) * 1908-06-11 1914-01-20 William R Heath Accounting device.
US1135887A (en) * 1914-03-16 1915-04-13 Ernest Ferran Call-registering device for telephones.
GB345702A (en) * 1930-01-08 1931-04-02 Siemens Brothers & Co Ltd Improvements in or relating to service meters for telephone systems
US2097151A (en) * 1935-09-18 1937-10-26 Bell Telephone Labor Inc Register device
US2153215A (en) * 1936-09-26 1939-04-04 Ibm Percentage counter
GB491281A (en) * 1936-10-31 1938-08-30 Sodeco Compteurs De Geneve Improvements in telephone rate recorders
US2469655A (en) * 1945-02-21 1949-05-10 Ibm Counter actuating and resetting mechanism
US2687088A (en) * 1948-08-30 1954-08-24 Durant Mfg Co Printing recording counter
US2769596A (en) * 1954-12-30 1956-11-06 Sodeco Compteurs De Geneve Register resetting means

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4041291A (en) * 1975-12-19 1977-08-09 Pavda Philip D Dollars and cents telephone metering computer
USD254141S (en) 1978-03-20 1980-02-05 Utility Verification Corp. Telephone call cost determining device
US6118860A (en) * 1997-09-12 2000-09-12 Nortel Networks Corporation Public communications services vending method and apparatus
US6324528B1 (en) 1997-09-12 2001-11-27 Nortel Networks Limited Method and apparatus for recording actual time used by a service which makes requests for data
US6212506B1 (en) * 1997-09-16 2001-04-03 Nortel Networks Corporation Per call real time billing display

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