US3006537A - Tape punching apparatus for accounting machines and the like - Google Patents

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US3006537A
US3006537A US726547A US72654758A US3006537A US 3006537 A US3006537 A US 3006537A US 726547 A US726547 A US 726547A US 72654758 A US72654758 A US 72654758A US 3006537 A US3006537 A US 3006537A
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  • the present invention relates to accounting and calculating machines and data processing apparatus in general, having a set of actuators arranged in denominational orders and differentially movable to represent a multiorder amount, and concerns a tape punching apparatus for sequentially punching each denomination of said amount according to a predetermined multiun-it code.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide in connection with an accounting machine an improved punching apparatus capable to effect the perforation of a machine function code combination followed by a train of perforations corresponding to the digits of the amount operated by the accounting machine.
  • Still another object of the invention is to provide punch pins having an improved cutting surface capable to ensure the cut of the paper.
  • a punching apparatus comprising a code member associated with each one of the actuators of the accounting machine and movable therewith, said code member having code elements arranged according to said predetermined code and being adapted to translate the ditferential positions of the associated actuator into corresponding eifective code combinations of said elements, and a multiorder storing device settable by said elements according to said code combinations for storing the represented amount so translated.
  • each order of said storing device a plurality of settable interponents equal in number to the number of units of said code, said storing device being movable with respect to said code members when said actuators represent said amount to enable the code elements of each code member to set the interponents of the corresponding order according to said code combinations, whereby upon said movement said represented amount is translated and stored in said device.
  • FIG. 1 shows a left-hand longitudinal sectional view of the punching apparatus according to the invention embodied in a ten-key accounting machine of the type described in the U.S. Patent No. 2,849,179;
  • FIG. 2 is another longitudinal sectional view of the punching apparatus showing a punch pin
  • FIG. 3 shows schematically the four-unit code used by the punching apparatus according to the present embodiment
  • FIG. 4 shows a plan view of the punching apparatus
  • FIG. 5 shows a third longitudinal sectional view of the punching apparatus
  • FIG. 6 shows a view of the perforation stopping device
  • FIG. 7 shows a partial cross-sectional view taken on line VII-VII of FIG. 5;
  • FIG. 8 shows a partial cross-sectional view taken on line VIII-VIII of FIG. 4;
  • FIG. 9 shows a plan view of a detail of FIG. 4 according to a modified embodiment of the invention.
  • the numeral 10 indicates one of the conventional differential actuators of the accounting machine embodying the punching apparatus. These actuators are arranged in denominational orders and are normally locked at rest in their lowest position by a universal bar 11 secured to a bail 12.
  • the accounting machine also comprises a cyclically rotatable main operating shaft 13 adapted to oscillate the bail 12 first counterclockwise and then clockwise. During each cycle of the shaft 13 the bail 12 releases the actuators 10 which are thus differentially moved upwards by their individual springs until each one assumes a position representing the digit of the corresponding order of a multiorder amount set up in the pin carriage 14 or stored in the register 15.
  • a code member 16 Connected to each actuator 10 by being secured thereon is a code member 16 having four code elements or projections 17 arranged according to a predetermined code.
  • Located rearwards of the code members 16 (leftwards in FIGS. 1 and 4) is a multiorder storing device 18 mounted in a frame made of a pair of transverse plates 19 and 20 secured to a pair of longitudinal plates 21 and 22 (see also FIG. 4).
  • the storing device 18 comprises in each order a column of four settable interponents 23 juxtaposed to a corresponding code member 16.
  • the interponents 23 are horizontally slidable in the plates 19 and 20, and are, as will be described hereinafter, each one settable in the position shown with broken lines in FIGS.
  • each interponent 23 is normally located before a transverse plate 36.
  • the storing device 18 is mounted for longitudinal movement towards the code members 16 by means of a forked end 27 of the plate 21 which is slidable on a stationary stud 26.
  • Linked to a pin 29 secured to the plate 21 is an arm 28 of a lever 30 pivoted on a stationary shaft 31 and urged by a spring 32 to cooperate with a power means are cam 33 secured to the main shaft 13 whereby the storing device 18 is moved during each cycle to and fro with respect to the code members 16.
  • Another arm 34 of the lever 30 cooperates with a projection 35 of the transverse plate 36 which is vertically slidable on the plates 21 and 22 and normally urged upwards by a spring 37.
  • the actuators 10 Upon degrees of rotation of the main shaft 13, the actuators 10 reach the upper position representing a multiorder amount, while the code members 16 upon being moved with the actuators translate the differential positions of the latter into corresponding eflective code combinations of the code elements 17 in front of the storing device 18.
  • the cam 33 now rotates the lever 30 clockwise, whereby the arm 34 moves the plate 36 downwards and the arm 28 moves the storing device 18 towards the code members 16.
  • the interponents 23 abutting against the projections 17 are arrested, being thus moved rearwards with respect to the plates 19, 20 and 36, while the corresponding abutments 38 are located behind the plate 36.
  • a sensing mechanism 39 mounted in a carriage formed of a pair of transverse plates 40 and 41 secured to a pair of longitudinal plates 42 and 43 (see also FIG. 4).
  • the sensing mechanism 39 is transversely slidable on two stationary shafts 44 and 45 and is provided with four sensing elements 46 arranged in a single vertical column and individually slidable' in the plates 40 and 41.
  • Each sensing element 46 is provided with a pair of bent lugs 47 engaging the forward edge of a corresponding bail 48 and transversely slidable along said edge.
  • Each one of the four bails48 is carried by an arm 49 secured to a shaft 50; Also secured to each shaft 50' is another arm 51 (FIG 2- and 4) provided with a pin 52 cooperating with'a slot' 53 of a corresponding interposer formed of a horizontal slide 54.
  • the rear end of each slide 54 is connected with a lever 55 pivoted and a stationary shaft 56, while the forward end engages the upper forked end 57 of 'a punch 35 by a pair of complementary cams 66 and 67 (FIG. 2) 45 secured to a cyclically rotatable shaft 68 which represents the main operating shaft of the punching apparatus.
  • the bail 64 is thus positively oscillated first clockwise and then counterclock- 5 wise.
  • the shaft 68 is connected to a shaft 71 by means of two worm wheels 69 and 70 (FIG. 4) having a transmission ratio of 1:1.
  • a worm gear 72' engageable by a rack bar 73 which by means of two bent lugs 74 and 75 is slidably mounted on a shaft 7:6;
  • the bent lug 74 is engaged by the forked end 77 of a lever 78 pivoted on a vertical shaft 79 and pivoted with a. second forked end 80 engaging the lower end of the plate 42 of the sensing mechanism 39 (see also FIG. 1).
  • the sensing elements 46 are thus in position adapted to sense the interponents 23 of the unit order.
  • the shaft 71 may be coupled to a motor shaft 82 by means of a toothed clutch 83 comprising a driven element 84 slidably but not rotatably mounted on the shaft 71 and a driving element 85 secured to a continuously rotating shaft 82. Normally the driven element 84 is latched in a disengaged position from the driving element 85.
  • the main shaft 13 enables both 75 the rack bar 73 to engage the worm gear 72 and the driven element 84 to engage the driving element 85 of the clutch 83.
  • the shaft 7 1 is now rotated by the shaft 82 together with the main shaft '68 of the punching apparatus.
  • the worm gear 72 moves the rack bar 73- rearwards (le-ftwards in FIG. 4), whereby the lever 78 moves the sensing mechanism 39 towards the higher orders through the extent of one order during each cycle ofthe shaft 71.
  • the sensing elements 46 thus sequentially sense the columns of interponents 23 from the lower orders to the higher orders.
  • the sensing elements 46 Upon sensing a column of interponents 23 the sensing elements 46 will assume a configuration corresponding to the code combination to be punched. More specifically, the interponents 23 located in the position'shown with broken lines (FIGS. 1 and 4), upon the transverse movement of the sensing mechanism 39 will shift the corresponding sensing elements 46 rearwards. Each sensing element 46 so shifted, through the corresponding bail 48 and the arm 49, rocks the shaft 50- counterclockwise, whereby the arm 51 (FIG. 2) will move the slide 54 rearwards to engage the projection 62 with the cross bar 63.
  • the sensing mechanism 39 upon sequentially sensing the orders of the storing device 18 is adapted to select corresponding combinations of the punch pins 58 in order to punch a code combination for each order of the amount stored in the storing device 18.
  • the punch pins 58 have a rectangular or substantially square section, thus punching substantially square holes into the tape, and the cutting surface 58 of each punch pin is formed of a pair of opposed inclined triangular planes having a common side coincident with one diagonal line of the square (see lower upward view of the punch pin 58 in FIG. 2). The cutting action will thus begin from two opposed corners of the square and will continue toward the two remaining corners making a sure cut of the paper.
  • the driven element 84 ofthe clutch 83' is secured to a hub 87 (FIG. 4) provided with a cam disk 88 (FIG. 8) cooperating with a bent lug 98 of a lever 91 pivoted on a stationary shaft 92 and urged by a spring 89.
  • the lug 99 comprises an inclined portion 93 (FIG. 4) and a frontal portion 94.
  • the inclined portion 93 normally latches the driven element 84 out of engagement with'the driving element 85, against the urge of a compression spring '86.
  • the frontal portion 94 normally latches the cam disk 88 (FIG. 8) thereby preventing the clockwise rotation of the shaft 71 and thus of the main shaft 68 of the punching apparatus.
  • the shaft 76 carrying the rack bar 73 is secured to a pair of levers 95 and 96 (FIGS. 6 and 7) pivoted on the stationary shaft 92.
  • a spring 97 urges the lever 96 counterclockwise to move the rack bar 73 towards the Worm gear 72.
  • the lever 96 is provided with an upper projection 98 contacting a bent lug 99 of a lever 100 pivoted on a stationary shaft 101 (FIG. 5).
  • the lever 100 is provided with another lug 102 contacting a step 184 of a star-ting means such as a slide by the urge of a spring 103.
  • the slide 105 is slidable on the shaft 191 and by the urge of a springlil contacts a stud 107 secured to a lever 108 pivoted on the shaft 56. Moreover, the slide 105 is guided by a slot provided in a bent lug 109 of a lever 110 pivoted on a stationary shaft 111. The lever 110 cooperates by the urge of a spring 112 with a cam 113 secured to the main shaft 13 of the accounting machine.
  • the lever 96 (FIG. 7) is provided with a forked end 114 engaging an arm 115 of a bail 116 (FIG. 6) pivoted on the shaft 111.
  • a second arm 117 of said bail normally contacts a shaft 118 secured to a lever 119 pivoted on the shaft 44 and urged counterclockwise by a spring 120.
  • the sensing mechanism 39 is provided with a sensing plate 121 (FIGS. 1 and 4) transversely slidable on the shaft 118 (FIGS. 4 and 6) in order to be movable with the sensing mechanism 39 and also longitudinal slidable in a slot of the plate 40 in order to be capable of sensing the storing device 18.
  • the plate 121 is formed with a vertical bent lug 122 located rearwards the three lower rows of intcrponents 23 of all the orders higher than the order actually sensed by the sensing elements 46 (FIG. 4).
  • An arm 123 of the lever 119 (FIG. 6) is adapted to cooperate with a lever 124 pivoted on a stationary shaft 125 and provided with a hooked arm 124 contacting a projection 127 of the lever 91 by the urge of a spring 126 (see also FIG. 8).
  • the rear end of the lever 108 (FIG. 5) is provided with a tapered edge 128 which by the urge of a spring 129 cooperates with a stud 130 secured to an arm 131 of a bail 132 pivoted on a stationary shaft 133.
  • Another arm 134 of the bail 132 (FIGS. 4 and 5) contacts the left-hand end of a horizontal lever 135 pivoted on a vertical shaft 136.
  • the other end of the lever 135 may cooperate with a projection 137 of a stop plate 138 carried by the conventional paper carriage for automatically controlling the functions of the accounting machine.
  • the paper carriage is not shown in the drawings, it being described in the cited US. Patent No. 2,849,179, wherein a stop plate such as the stop plate 133 is adapted to be moved forwards through a first extent in order to arrest the carriage and through a second extent before the beginning of the machine cycle in order to automatically control the machine functions.
  • the projection 137 of the stop plate 138 may be of four different lengths, each one corresponding to a particular machine function. More specifically, beginning from the lower to the higher lengths, the four lengths correspond to total taking, adding, subtracting, and nonadding.
  • the projection 137 shown in FIG. 5 corresponds to non-adding.
  • the bail 132 is provided with a stepped member such as an arm 139 having four steps each one corresponding to one length of the projection 137.
  • Pivoted on the shaft 133 is also a lever 140 which is pin-and-slot connected to an arm 141 secured to a vertical shaft 142 carrying an arm 143 (see also FIG. 4) having two opposed tapered edges.
  • a projection 144 of the stop plate 138 reaches the arm 143 the stop plate 138 is moved forwards through the first extent and the paper carriage is arrested by the means described in the cited US. Patent No. 2,849,179.
  • the projection 144 may be arranged on the stop plate 138 in selected ones of four diiferent vertical positions corresponding to four different programs of accounting work.
  • the stop plate 138 carries two projections 144 arranged in the first and the fourth vertical position.
  • the shaft 142 is vertically movable to position the arm 143 in the horizontal plane of any position of the projections 144, in order to select the stop plate 138 relating to a predetermined program.
  • the lever 140 is provided with a stepped arm 145 similar to the arm 139, but arranged rearwards with respect to the latter.
  • the stepped arms 139 and 145 may be sensed by a common sensing element such as a bent lug 146 of a slide 147.
  • This slide is provided with a pin 148 6 adapted to cooperate with a lever 149 pivoted on a stationary shaft 150 and pin-and-slot connected to an arm 151 of the bail 12.
  • Another bent lug 152 of the slide 147 normally contacts a shoulder 154 of the lever 108 by the urge of a spring 153.
  • Each one of the plates 155 is provided with a shoulder 157 cooperating with a locking bail 159 pivoted on a stationary shaft 160 and urged clockwise by a spring 158.
  • Said locking bail is provided with an arm 161 cooperating With a cam 162 (FIG. 7) secured to the shaft 71 and is mso provided with a second arm 163 formed With a bent lug 164 cooperating with a hook 165 pivoted at 101.
  • Normally a bent lug 166 of the lever 100 locks the hook 165 out of engagement with the lug 164, against the urge of a spring 167.
  • a transverse plate 167' (FIGS. 5 and 8) vertically slidable in a slot of the sensing lug 146 and of a further bent lug 168 of the slide 147 and thus movable into variable vertical transverse planes together with said slide is adapted to engage the plates 155, but is normally held in its upper position by the urge of a spring 169.
  • a plate 170 (FIG. 4) of a bail 171 (FIG. 8) may cooperate with the upper end 167" (FIG. 8) of the plate 167.
  • the bail 171 is pivoted on a stationary shaft 172 and is provided with a projection 173 engaging a link 174 (FIG. 5) connected to an arm 175 of the lever 110.
  • the punching apparatus operates as follows:
  • the stop plate 138 When before the beginning of the machine cycle the stop plate 138 is moved forwards through its second extent, the projection 137 rocks the lever 135 clockwise (FIG. 4) through an angle corresponding to the length of the projection 137.
  • the lever 135 in turn rocks the bail 132 (FIG. 5) counterclockwise, placing a step of the stepped arm 139 into the path of the sensing element 146.
  • the stud 130 engages the tapered edge 128, rocking thus the lever 108 counterclockwise, whereby the shoulder 154 releases the lug 152 of the slide 147.
  • the lever 149 is rotated clockwise, enabling the slide 147 to be moved rearwards until the sensing element 146 contacts the stepped edge of the arm 139 previously placed in its path.
  • the vertical transverse plate 167 is thus shifted rearwards from the position shown in FIG. 5 into a ver- '7 tical transverse plane corresponding to the individual step sensed by the sensing element 146 and thus to the function predetermined by the projection 137 of the stop plate 138 which is determined by the particular length of the projection 137.
  • the cam 113 of the main shaft 13 now enables the lever 110 to be returned to rest. Since the spring 112 is stronger than the spring 106, the lug 1G9 latching the shoulder 176 pulls the slide 165 forwards, whereby the shoulder 104 releases the lug 182 of the lever 100.
  • the spring 103 noW urges the lever 130 counterclockwise, enabling the hook 165 to contact the lug 164 and releasing the projection 98 of the lever 96 (FIG. 7) from the lug 99.
  • the spring 97 will thus rotate the lever 96 counterclockwise around the shaft 92, enabling the rack bar 73 to be engaged with the worm gear 72.
  • the interponents 23 of the storing device 18- are set according to the amount represented by the actuators 10.
  • the sensing mechanism 39 begins to be moved towards the higher orders whereby for each revolution of the shaft 71 the sensing elements 46 will sequentially sense'the various columns of interponents 23.
  • the punch pins 58 FIG.
  • the lever 96 (FIG. 7) has been rotated counterclockwise upon being released by the lever 100 in order to enable the rack bar 73 to mesh with the worm gear 72.
  • the forked end 114 of the lever 96 has rocked the bail 116- clockwise (FIG. 6), releasing the shaft 118 from the arm 117.
  • the spring 120 rocks the lever 119 counterclockwise and the sensing plate 121 is moved forwards.
  • the bent lug 122 simultaneously senses the three lower rows (FIG. 1) of all the interponents 23 of the orders higher than the order sensed by the sensing elements 46 (FIG. 4).
  • FIG. 3 shows thatthe code combinaiton representing the zero digit is formed of a single mark or hole located in the upper one of a number of possible positions which is equal to four according to the four-unit code. Therefore, if an actuator 10 remains in its lower or zero position, upon the forward movement of the storing device 18 the corresponding code member 16 will only set the interponent 23 of the highest row. On the contrary, if an actuator 10 assumes any other position, the code member 16 will set at least one interponent 23 of the three lower rows. Therefore, as long as at least one order higher than the order actually sensed by the sensing elements 46 (FIG. 4) prments a set interponent 23 in any one of the three lower rows, the bent lug 122 of the sensing plate 121 will be arrested thereby and the arm 123 of the lever 119 (FIG. 6) will not reach the lever 124.
  • the sensing plate 121 is thus adapted to cause the cycling mechanism of the punching apparatus to be stopped, whereby the punching apparatus is arrested without having punched the nonsignificant zeroes of the amount stored in the storing device 18.
  • the motor keys of the accounting machine should be locked during the perforation of the tape and should be released upon arresting the punching apparatus.
  • the lever 119 when rocking counterclockwise is adapted to disable a locking member 182 for said motor keys, such locking member being, for instance, of the type described in the U.S. Patent 2,644,637 as indicated by the numeral 329' in FIG. 16.
  • the rack bar 73 remains meshed with the worm gear 72, out of its rest position and displaced along the shaft 76, the bail 116 (FIG. 6) remains rocked clockwise contacting the lever 110 by means of a pin 179 secured to its arm 180, the lever 100 (FIG. remains rocked counterclockwise, and the locking bail 159 remains latched by the latch 165.
  • the sensing element 146 is again arrested either by the stepped arm 139 or by the stepped arm 145, whereby the plates 155 are selectively depressed by the transverse plate 167' as in the case described above.
  • the lug 99 of the lever 100 will now relatch the upper end 98 of the lever 96, whereby the rack bar 73 remains disengaged from the worm gear 72, whereas the plug 102 relatches the shoulder 104 of the slide 105.
  • the lug 166 of the lever 100 restores the latch 165, releasing the lug 164 of the bail 159, which will now lock the plates 155- in their new configuration.
  • the punching apparatus is thus in the same condition as in the case described above, whereby the lever 110 upon being restored enables the shaft 71 to be rotated for a new train of perforation cycles.
  • the accounting machine may be operated for a cycle controlled by either a motor key or a stop plate 138 having no projection 137.
  • the bail 132 (FIG. 5) does not rock the lever 108, consequently the slide 147 is not released by the shoulder 154, whereby the plates 155 are not selected by the slide 167' and the stud 107 does not enable the slide 105 to be latched by the lug 109.
  • the lever 100 when rocked clockwise by the pin 181 of the lever 110, is relatched by the shoulder 104 in its position of rest.
  • the lug 99 thus locks at rest the lever 96 carrying the rack bar 73, which is disengaged from the worm gear 72 by the lever 110 as well through the arm 115 of the bail 116.
  • the slide 105 is not moved forwards, the lever 96 is not released and the punching apparatus is not started for operation. Said apparatus has thus been restored in its position of rest.
  • the plate 121 comprises a stepped lug having two steps 122' and 122" differentially distanced from the interponents 23 of the storing device 18, the left step 122" being less distanced, the right step 122' being more distanced.
  • the step 122" thus reaches the interponents 23 storing the non-significant zeroes some perforating cycles before the last cycle, enabling the plate 121 to move forwards through a first extent until the step 122 is arrested by the set interponents 23.
  • the lever 119 FIG.
  • the time between the first and the second extents of movement of the plate 121 may be used to start the accounting machine for the next cycle and to effect the upward movement of the actuators 10, whereby the speed of operation will be increased.
  • the shaft 71 rotates faster than the main shaft 13, for example according to a ratio of 4:1.
  • the train of perforating cycles initiated during the cycle of the main shaft 13 may thus terminate in short time with respect to the time requested by said cycle.
  • a tape punching apparatus for sequentially punching a code combination for each digit of said amount according to a predetermined multiunit code, said apparatus comprising a coding device including a code member connected to each of said actuator, said code member being formed with code projections arranged according to said multiunit code to represent a different code combination in each of the positions of the actuator to which the code member is connected, a multiorder storing device including in each order a plurality of interponents equal in number to the number of units of said code and selectively settable by the projections of the code member of the same order according to the represented code combination, means for moving one of said devices toward the other device thereby causing the projections of each code member according to the represented code combination to set the interponents of the plurality of the same order, a sensing mechanism having a set of sensing elements equal
  • a tape punching apparatus for sequentially punching a code combination for each digit of said amount according to a predetermined multiunit code, said apparatus comprising a coding device including a code member connected to each of said actuators, said code member being for-med with code projections arranged according to said multiunit code to represent a dilferent code combination in each of the positions of the actuator to which the code member is connected, a multiorder storing device including in each order a plurality of interponents equal in number to the number of units of said code and selectively settable by the projections of the code member of the same order according to the represented code combination, means for moving one of said devices toward the other device thereby causing the projections of each code member according to the represented code combination to set the interponents of the plurality of 1.1 the same order, said projections setting said
  • a tape punching apparatus for sequentially punching a code combination for each digit of said amount according to a predetermined multiunit code, said apparatus comprising a coding device including a code member.
  • said code member being formed with code projections arranged according to said multiunit code to represent a different code combination in each of the positions of the actuator to Which the code member is connected, a multiorder storing device including in each order a plurality of interponents equal in number to the number of units of said code and selectively settable by the projections of the code member of the same order according to the represented code combination, means for moving one of said devices toward the other device thereby causing the projections of each code member according to the represented codecombination to set the interponents of the plurality of the same order, a sensing mechanism having a set of sensing elements equal in number to the number of units of said code and each one engageable by a predetermined one of the set interponents of each plurality, a carriage for mounting said sensing mechanism, a cycling mechanism, a member rotating in synchronism with said cycling mechanism for moving said carriage order by order at substantially uniform speed in a transverse path With respect to said storing device for causing the set interponents of said
  • a tape punching apparatus for sequentially punching a code combination for each digit of said amount according to a predetermined multiunit code, said apparatus comprising a coding device including a codemember connected to each of said actuators,'said code member being formed with code projections arranged according to'said multiunit code to represent'a different code combination in each ofthe positions of the actuator to which the code member is connected, a multiorder storingdevice including in each order a' plurality of interponents equal in number to the number of units of said code and selectively settable by the projections of the code member of the same order according to the represented code combination, means for moving one of said devices toward the other device thereby causing the projections of each code member according to the represented code combination to set the interponents of the plurality of the 1 2 sameorder, a sens
  • a tape punching apparatus for sequentially punching a code combination for each digit of said amount according to a predetermined multiunit code, said apparatus comprising a coding device including a code member connected to each of said actuators, said code member being formed with code projections arranged according to said multiunit code to represent a different code combination in each of the positions of the actuator to which the code member is connected, a multiorder storing device including in each order a plurality of interponents equal in number to the number of units of said code and selectively settable by the projections of the code member of the same order.
  • a sensing mechanism having a set of sensing elements equal in number to the number of units of said code and each one engageable by a predetermined one of the set interponents of each plurality, a cycling mechanism, means operable for stopping said cycling mechanism, means controlled by said cycling mechanism for moving said sensing mechanism order by order in a transverse path with respect to said storing device for causing the set interponents of said pluralities to sequentially engage said sensing elements, an interposer connected to each sensing element and shiftable thereby upon engagement of said' sensing element by one of said interponents, a punch pin connected to each interposer, means actuated by said cycling mechanism to engage each shifted interposer in timed relationship with the movement of said sensing mechanism to operate the connected punchpin, a sensing plate movably mounted on said sensing mechanism for simultaneously sensing the
  • a tape punching apparatus for sequentially punching a code combination for each digit of said amount according to a predetermined multiunit code, said apparatus comprising a coding device including a code member connected to each of said actuators, said code member being formed with code projections arranged according to said multiunit code to represent a different code combination in each of the positions of the actuator to which the code member is connected, a multiorder storing device including in each order a plurality of interponents equal in number to the number of units of said code and selectively settable by the projections of the code member of the same order according to the represented code combination, means for moving one of said devices toward the other device thereby causing the projections of each code member according to the represented code combination to set the interponents of the plurality of the same order, a sensing mechanism having a set of sensing elements
  • each of said actuators being movable from a normal position to a position representing a significant digit to represent a multidigit amount
  • means for predetermining a program of machine functions traveling means for selecting a machine function of a predetermined program
  • a tape punching apparatus for sequentially punching a code combination for each digit of said amount according to a predetermined multiunit code
  • said apparatus comprising a coding device including a code member connected to each of said actuators, said code member being formed with code projections arranged according to said multiunit code to represent a different code combination in each of the positions of the actuator to which the code member is connected, a multiorder storing device including in each order a plurality of interponents equal in number to the number of units of said code and selectively settable by the projections of the code member of the same order according to the represented code combination, means for moving one of said devices toward the other device thereby causing the projections of each code member according to the represented code combination to set
  • a tape punching apparatus for sequentially punching a code combination for each digit of said amount according to a predetermined multiunit code, said apparatus comprising a coding device including a code member connected to each of said actuators, said code member being formed with code projections arranged according to said multiunit code to represent a different code combination in each of the positions of the actuator to which the code member is connected, a multiorder storing device including in each order a plurality of interponents equal in number to the number of units of said code and selectively settable by the projections of the code member of the same order according to the represented code combination, means for moving one of said devices toward the other device thereby causing the projections of each code member according to the represented code combination to set the interponents of the plurality of the same order, a sensing mechanism having a set of sensing
  • said punch pins being conditionable to punch the code combination of said function, a sensing means adapted to sense said stepped member, a plurality of code shaped members each one connected with one of said interposers, said code shaped members being selectable by said sensing means according to the position of said stepped member for shifting the connected interposers to condition said punch pins to punch the code combination of said function, starting means conditionable to start said cycling mechanism, and an element on said stepped member adapted to condition said starting means when the stepped member is moved out of its home position.

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