US3665492A - Registering means providing simultaneous storage and transfer of separate amounts - Google Patents

Abstract

A plurality of ordinally arranged registering wheels are rotatably supported on a grooved shaft and are each comprised of a pinion member and a cooperating ring member, the pinion member being rotatable in unison with the ring member to thereby store a first amount, and rotatable independently of the ring member to transfer a second amount as between extraneous amount releasing and receiving means. Means are provided both for selectively recalling the stored amount from the ring members, while still retaining such amount thereon, and for either clearing the stored amount or substituting a different amount therefor.

Description

[ 51 May 23, 1972 United States Patent Feldman s4] REGISTERING MEANS PROVIDING 2,833,272 3x32; gggllillnda........T...................

SIMULTANEOUS STORAGE AND at tela TRANSFER OF SEPARATE AMOUNTS 3,186,639 6/1965 [72] Inventor:

Osias Feldman, Paris! France Primary Examiner-Richard B. Wilkinson Assistant Examiner-Stanley A. Wal

[73] Assignee: Burroughs Corporation, Detroit, Mich.

[22] Filed: Sept. 24, 1970 Attorney-Kenneth L. Miller and Edwin W. Uren [57] ABSTRACT A plurality of ordinally arranged registering wheels are Appl. No.:

rotatably supported on a grooved shaft and are each com- [30] Fol-"3n Appljcatlon Pnonty D an prised of a pinion member and a cooperating ring member, the

Man 6, 1970 pinion member being rotatable in unison with the rin member to thereby store a first amount and rotatable inde- MT pendently of the ring member to transfer a second amount as 9/00 between extraneous amount releasing and receiving means.

[ Field of sum. 235/60 R 60 MT 60 B 61 PA Means are provided both for selectively recalling the stored amount from the ring members, while still retaining such amount thereon, and for either clearing the stored amount or substituting a different amount therefor.

235/61 PC, 7 R, 60.27, 601C, 133, 61 PB, 6

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18 Claims, 8 Drawing Figures UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,911,141 11/1959 Jackson et al...,.................235/6O MT FIGJ.

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PATENTEDMAY 2 3 I972 SHEET a 0F 4 REGISTERING MEANS PROVIDING SIMULTANEOUS STORAGE AND TRANSFER OF SEPARATE AMOUNTS BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The adaptation of mechanical and electromechanical calculators and business machines to the variable demands of present day business practices necessitates the employment of a number of separate sets of registering wheels or pinions, each set being generally designed to perform but a single function. Such functions include the well-known operations of amount entry, transfer, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, storage and printing. Those sets of wheels which are intended for transfer or computational purposes are generally lacking in the design capability that would render them effective also for storing amounts different from those being transferred or processed. For this reason conventional calculating and business machines are generally larger in size and more expensive to manufacture and maintain than would be the case where individual sets of pinions qualified to perform more than a single function.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is accordingly an object of the present invention to provide pinions or registering wheels that may be combined into a single set that is capable of simultaneously performing more than a single function, and more particularly, to provide a set of registering wheels that is capable of receiving and transferring one amount while retainably storing a different amount.

Another object of the invention is to provide a mechanical or electromechanical calculator or business machine that is capable of performing a maximum number of functions with a minimum number of parts, such machine being more economical to manufacture and to maintain.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a full function calculating or business machine that is relatively compact in size, and one that will occupy a minimum of space in a business office.

An important aspect of the invention is the development of a pinion or registering wheel that comprises a toothed member and a ring member, the ring member being differentially rotatable in unison with the toothed member to thereby enter an amount to be stored, and the toothed member being rotatable thereafter independently of the ring member to transfer or otherwise process a separate amount,

Another aspect of the invention is the use of cam activated control means for rotating a plurality of the ring members a predetermined additional distance from their differentially indexed positions into a storage position wherein the toothed members may be differentially rotated without interference therewith.

Still another aspect of the invention is the use of cam activated means for selectively recalling stored amounts from the ring members and for either clearing or retaining such amounts therein subsequent to such recall.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a single registeringwheel in association with the grooved sleeve, shaft, and integral comb, a ring member of the wheel being disposed in cooperating relationship with a toothed member and with a projection of the comb;

FIG. 3 is a view taken along the line 3-3 of FIG. 1 wherein a projection of the comb is shown in cooperating relationship with a lug formed on the ring member of a registering wheel;

FIG. 4 provides a front and side view of both the ring and toothed members of a registering wheel in their disassembled states;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the details of the grooved sleeve upon which the registering wheels are mounted, and showing also the details of the shaft and comb that are housed within the sleeve;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of a control mechanism that is effective for rotating the shaft and sleeve and for translating the shaft and comb within the sleeve;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing the contour of the various cams of the control mechanism; and

FIG. 8 is a diagramatic view of a calculating machine wherein the preferred embodiment of the invention is incorporated.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The preferred embodiment of the invention comprises a plurality of registering wheels or pinions 21 which are rotatably mounted on a grooved sleeve 23, as shown in FIG. I. This grooved sleeve would be rotatably supported by suitable frame members of a calculating or business machine such that the pinions 21 are disposed in cooperating relationship with a plurality of extraneous gear wheels as indicated at 25 in FIG. 8. Each pinion 21 is comprised of a toothed member 27 and a ring member 29, as best illustrated in FIG. 2. The inner diameter of each of the ring members 29 is comprised of an inner bore 31 and an adjacent outer bore 33, the latter bore being provided with a plurality of circumferentially 7 arranged notches 34 formed by a plurality of equally spaced pyramidal shaped lugs 35. The inner bore 31 of each ring member 29 is provided with a pair of oppositely disposed and inwardly directed projections 37 as shown in FIG. 4. Each ring member 29 is assembled on the sleeve 23 in such manner that its inner bore is rotatably supported by the sleeve and the projections 37 are guideably and retainably supported in a corresponding circular groove 39 formed therein.

As shown in FIG. 4, the outer diameter of each ring member 29 is comprised of a notched portion 41 and a shoulder portion 43, the notched portion in cooperation with a detent spring (not shown) tending to retain the ring member in a preset position, and the shoulder portion 43, in cooperation with an inner diameter 45 of the toothed member 27, serving as a mounting support for the toothed member. Each of the toothed members 27 is provided with approximately nineteen externally disposed teeth, and with a wide tooth 47 disposed in cooperating relationship with a single long tooth 49 on the periphery of its corresponding ring member 29, the arrangement being such that the clockwise rotation of a toothed member (as viewed in FIG. 2) will serve to rotate its corresponding ring member by means of the driving effect of the wide tooth 47 against the long tooth 49. In addition to the previously mentioned pyramidal lugs 35, a depending section or lug 51 is also provided in the outer bore 33 of each ring member 29, the purpose and function of the pyramidal lugs 35 and the lug 51 being described in greater detail in a subsequent paragraph.

Translatably disposed within the grooved sleeve 23, as best shown in FIG. 1, is a shaft 53 which extends outwardly from the right end of the sleeve, such extension being provided with a double collar 55 and an elongated gear 57 fixedly disposed in spaced-apart relationship proximate the outer extremity thereof. A comb 59 provided with a plurality of projections 61 and a terminal projection 63 is securely fitted in a slot 65 formed in the shaft 53, the terminal projection 63 being translatably positioned within an elongated slot 67 (FIG. 5) formed in the rightmost extremity of the sleeve. Each of the projections 61 is so formed as to beengageable with the individual notches 34 of its corresponding ring member 29, and con- .tactably engageable also with the lug 51 of its corresponding ring member. A longitudinal slot 69 (FIGS. 2 and 5) formed in the sleeve 23 serves to accommodate the previously mentioned translatory movement of the shaft 53 and the comb 59 in the sleeve, the projections 61 of the comb serving also to contact the walls of this longitudinal slot and to thereby drivingly rotate the sleeve 23 upon rotation of the shaft 53.

Hereinafter described means are provided for translating the shaft 53 and comb 59 a minimal axial distance within the sleeve 23, and for rotating the shaft, the comb and the sleeve a variable rotational distance. This minimal translation of the shaft and comb is effective to activate the projections 61 as between a first and a second position, such first position being defined by the engagement of each of the projections with one of the notches 34 formed in the outer bore 33 of its corresponding ring member 29, and such second position being defined by the radial alignment of each projection with the lug 51 of its corresponding ring member. counterclockwise rotation of the shaft 53 and comb 59 (as viewed in FIG. 2), with the projections of the comb located in their said second positions, is effective to clear a stored amount from the ring members 29, whereas rotation of said shaft and said comb, with the projections located in their said first positions, is effective to rotate the ring members 29 as between their differentially indexed positions and their amount storing positions.

To briefly explain the functional operation of the pinions 21 in the storage and transfer of separate amounts, an explanation is hereinafter made with reference to FIG. 2 and in terms of the translation and rotation of the shaft 53, a description of means for accomplishing such translation and rotation being set forth in a later section with reference to FIG. 6. Each ofthe toothed members 27 would be arranged in cooperating relationship with a corresponding actuating member such as the actuating gear 71 shown in FIG. 8. Assuming that the home position of each toothed member 27 and ring member 29 is as shown in FIG. 2, with the wide tooth 47 of the toothed member and the long tooth 49 of the ring member disposed in their upright positions, and assuming also that the shaft 53 and comb 59 have been translatably located such that each of the projections 61 is disposed in its said second position wherein it is disengaged from the notches 34 of its corresponding ring member 29, the following sequence of occurrences would apply in order to store an amount on said ring member:

1. The toothed member 27 would be rotated a differential distance in a clockwise direction according to the amount to be stored, such rotation serving also to rotate the ring member 29 a corresponding distance through the driving effect of the wide tooth 47 against the long tooth 49.

2. The shaft 53 and comb 59 would then be translated leftwardly such that the corresponding projection 61 of the comb is engaged with a notch 34 of the ring member 29.

3. The shaft 53 and comb 59 would then be rotated an approximate l80 distance in a clockwise direction to thereby advance the ring member an approximate I80 distance away from its differentially indexed position and into a storage position.

4. The toothed member 27 would then be returned from its differentially indexed position to its home position.

With the ring member retained in the storage position by the projection 61, and the long tooth 49 thereof positioned at least 180 removed from the wide tooth 47 of the toothed member, the latter member may thereafter be rotated differential distances sufficient to transfer separate amounts of a value ranging from I to 9 without obstructing interference from the long tooth 49 of the ring member.

Assuming that an amount has been stored in the ring member 29, the following sequence of occurrences would apply in order to recall or to read" the stored amount, the amount being returned to the storage position following such recall:

1. The shaft 53 and comb 59 would be rotated an approximate 180 distance in a counterclockwise direction, such rotation serving to rotate the ring member 29 an equivalent counterclockwise distance by means of the projection 61. The long tooth 49 of the ring member would accordingly be relocated a predetermined distance from the wide tooth 47 of the homepositioned toothed member, such predetermined distance representing the value of the stored amount.

2. The toothed member 27 would then be rotated clockwise by the actuating gear 71 until the wide tooth 47 contacts the long tooth 49 of the ring member, such limited rotation of the toothed member having the effect of "reading" the stored amount.

3. The shaft 53 and comb 59 would then be rotated an approximate 180 distance in a clockwise direction to thereby return the ring member to the storage position.

4. The toothed member 27 would then be rotated in a counterclockwise direction to its home position, such rotation serving to transfer the read" amount to one or more extraneous gear wheels (such gear wheels having been engaged with the toothed member subsequent to its rotation to the read" position).

The following sequence of occurrences would apply in order to clear the stored amount from the ring member 29, and to substitute a different amount therefor:

l. The shaft 53 and comb 59 would be translated a predetermined minimal rightward distance such that each projection 61 is disposed in its said second position wherein it is disengaged from the notches 34 of its corresponding ring member and radially aligned with the lug 51 formed in the outer bore thereof.

2. The shaft 53 and comb 59 would then be rotated a predetermined distance less than 360 in a counterclockwise direction, to thereby return the ring member to its home position by means of the driving effect of the projection 61 against the surface ofthe lug 51.

3. The shaft 53 and comb 59 would then be rotated an approximate 180 distance in a clockwise direction, to thereby remove the projection 61 from a position of obstructing interference with the surface 73 of the lug 51.

4. The toothed member 27 would then be rotated a differential distance in a clockwise direction according to the value of the newly entered amount, such differential rotation serving to rotate the ring member an equivalent clockwise distance by means of the wide tooth 47 of the toothed member and the long tooth 49 of the ring member.

5. The shaft 53 and comb 59 would then be translated a minimal leftward distance to thereby re-engage the projection 61 with one of the notches 34 of the ring member.

6. The shaft 53 and comb 59 would then be rotated an addi' tional approximate l distance in a clockwise direction, to thereby rotate the ring member 29 an equivalent distance into the storage position.

7. The toothed member 27 would then be returned from its differentially indexed position to its home position, to thereby transfer the newly entered amount to one or more corresponding extraneous gear wheels (which would have been engaged with the toothed member subsequent to its differential clockwise rotation).

CONTROL MECHANISM Any suitable control means for translating and rotating the shaft 53 and comb 59 in the above-described manner may be employed, in conjunction with a calculating or business machine in which the invention is incorporated. One embodiment of such control means is illustrated in FIG. 6 wherein the rightmost portion of the shaft 53 is shown in relationship with shaft rotating means and shaft translating means, such means being cooperably associated with the keyboard of the machine through links 75 and 77, and associated also with the main drive shaft 79 of the machine through the earns 81, 83 and 85.

The control mechanism of FIG. 6 is comprised of a plurality of sectors, levers and bellcranks which are rotatably supported by a plurality of shafts disposed between the side frames of the machine in which the embodiment of the invention is incorporated. A shaft 87 provides rotational support for a cut-away gear 97, and for a toothed sector and its integral gear 95', internal teeth 98 of the sector 95 being cooperably engaged with the teeth of the elongated gear 57 of the shaft 53. The toothed sector 95 receives guidable support from a guide pin 96 disposed in an arcuate slot formed therein. A shaft 89 provides rotational support for a pair of sector arms 99 and 101, the external teeth of the sector arm 99 being cooperably engaged with the teeth of the integral gear 95 and the external teeth of the sector arm 101 being cooperably engaged with the teeth of the cut-away gear 97. A shaft 91 provides rotational support for three cam follower levers 103, 105, and 107, the lever 103 being associated with the cam 81 and with the sector arm 99, the lever 105 being associated with the cam 83 and with the sector arm 99, and the lever 107 being associated with the cam 85 and with the sector arm 101. A shaft 93 provides rotational support for three bellcranks 115, 117, and 119, each of such bellcranks having a stud 120 disposed on the side surface of an upright portion thereof.

The cam follower levers 103, 105 and 107 are each pro-- vided with a roller 121 disposed in cooperating relationship with a corresponding one of the cams 81, 83 and 85,-and each is provided also with a pivotally mounted idler arm that is associated with a predetermined one of the sector arms 99 and 101. Each of these idler arms, identified as 109, 111 and 113, is provided with a slot 123 formed in the rightmost extremity thereof, such slot being engageable by the stud 120 of its corresponding bellcrank 115, 117 or 119. The idler arm 109 is pivotally mounted on the cam follower lever 103, the slot 123 of said idler arm being engageable by the stud 120 of the bellcrank 115, and the leftmost extremity of said idler arm being rotatably coupled to the sector arm 99 by means of a stud and slot connection disposed on the right side surface thereof. The idler arm 11 1 is pivotally mounted on the cam follower lever 105, the slot 123 of said idler arm being engageable by the stud 120 of the bellcrank 117, and the leftmost extremity of said arm being rotatably coupled to the sector arm 99 by means of a stud and slot connection disposed on the left side surface thereof. Idler arm 113 is pivotally mounted on the cam follower lever 107, the slot 123 of said arm being engageable by the stud 120 of the bellcrank 119, and the leftmost extremity of said arm being rotatably coupled by means of a stud and slot connection to the sector arm 101.

Each of the cam follower levers 103, 105 and 107 is biased in a counterclockwise direction on the shaft 91 by means ofa suitably anchored spring 125, such bias serving to maintain its roller 121 in cooperating contact with its associated cam 81, 83 or 85. Each ofthe bellcranks 115, 117, and 119 is biased in a counterclockwise direction on the shaft 93 by means of a suitably anchored spring 127, such bias serving to urge the stud 120 thereof into engagement with the slot 123 of its cor responding idler arm 109,111or113.

A limit arm 129 and a limit bail 131 are rotatably mounted on a shaft (not shown) and are spring biased in a clockwise direction thereon to blockingly engage a stud 133 disposed on a lower horizontal arm of each of the bellcranks 115, 117 and 119, the limit arm 129 serving normally to retain the stud 120 of the bellcrank 115 in disengaged relationship with the slot 123 of the idler arm 109, and the limit bail 13] serving normally to retain the studs 120 of the bellcranks 117 and 119 in disengaged relationship with the slots 123 of the idler arms 1 11 and 113. The limit arm 129 is also pivotally coupled to the keyboard link 75 and the limit bail 131 is pivotally coupled to the keyboard link 77, the link 75 being connected to a keyboard Exit key and the link 77 being connected to a keyboard Entry" key.

In view of the above-mentioned counterclockwise bias of the cam follower levers 103, 105 and 107, clockwise rotation of the cams 81, 83 and 85, during an operating machine cycle of the main drive shaft 79, is effective to rotatably lower both the cam follower levers and the idler arms 109, 111 and 113 pivotally mounted thereon. The effect of such idler arm lowering will depend upon whether or not the studs 120 of the bellcranks 115, 117 and 119 are engaged with the slots 123 corresponding thereto, the sector arms 99 and/or 101 being rotated in a counterclockwise direction on the shaft 89 when the studs 120 are engaged with their corresponding slots, and the idler arms being rotated ineffectively in a clockwise direction on their respective cam follower levers without rotating the sector arms 99 and 101 when the studs 120 are disengaged from the slots 123. The latter idling rotation of the idler arms is ineffective to rotate the sector arms 99 and 101 on the shaft 89.

The above-described counterclockwise rotation of the sector arm 99 on the shaft 89, either by means of the rotational lowering of idler arm 109 or 111, serves to rotate the shaft 53 and comb 59 in a clockwise direction (as viewed in FIG. 6). through the clockwise rotation of the integral gear and the toothed sector 95. counterclockwise rotation of the sector arm 101, by means of the rotational lowering of idler arm 113, serves to translate the shaft 53 and the comb 59 in a rightward direction through the clockwise rotation of the cut-away gear 97 and a yoked pivot arm 135 an extension of which is interposed between the double collar 55 fixed to the shaft 53.

To briefly explain the mode of operation of the control mechanism of FIG. 6, to thereby produce the rotations and translations of the shaft 53 previously described with reference to FIG. 2, an Exit and Entry operation are hereinafter described, the former being effective to recall" a stored amount from the ring members 29 without clearing said amount, and the latter being effective to clear a stored amount from the ring members and to substitute a different amount therefor. Upon depression of the Exit key of the keyboard, in conjunction with an operation initiating key, the limit arm 129 is rotated in a counterclockwise direction on its pivot shaft by means of the link 75, to thereby release the stud 133 of the bellcrank 115. Bellcrank is accordingly rotated in a counterclockwise direction on the shaft 93 by its spring 127, the stud thereof thereby engaging the slot 123 of the idler arm 109. Upon rotation of the main drive shaft 79, and the cams 81, 83 and 85, the reduced radius of cam 81 serves to permit a partial lowering of the downwardly biased cam follower lever 103, such lowering being accompanied by a corresponding lowering of the leftmost extremity of the idler arm 109. Sector arm 99 is thereby rotated a corresponding counterclockwise distance on the shaft 89, and the toothed sector 95 is rotated a corresponding clockwise distance on the shaft 87, said latter rotation being effective to rotate the elongated gear 57 and the shaft 53 approximately in a clockwise direction (counterclockwise direction as viewed in FIG. 2). As a consequence of this l80 clockwise rotation of the shaft 53, the ring members 29 are rotated from their differential stored positions to their differential read positions, as previously described. When, during the machine cycle, the toothed members 27 have been rotated to read the stored amount, the cam follower lever 103 is rotated in a clockwise direction by means of the enlarged radius or dwell of the cam 81, to thereby return the ring members 29 to their differential stored positions.

Upon depression of the Entry key of the keyboard, in conjunction with an operation initiating key, the limit bail 131 is rotated in a counterclockwise direction on its pivot shaft by means of the link 77, to thereby release the studs 133 of the bellcranks 117 and 119. The studs 120 of these bellcranks are accordingly permitted to engage the slots 123 of the idler arms 1 11 and 113. Upon rotation of the main drive shaft 79, and the cams 81, 83 and 85, the reduced radius of the cam 85 is initially effective to permit the predetermined lowering of the downwardly biased cam follower lever 107, such lowering being accompanied by a corresponding lowering of the leftmost extremity of the idler arm 113. Sector arm 101 is thereby rotated a corresponding counterclockwise distance on the shaft 89, and the shaft 53 is translated a predetermined rightward distance by means of the cut-away gear 97 and the yoked pivot arm 135. This predetermined rightward translation of the shaft 53 is effective to disengage the projections 61 of the comb 59 from the notches 34 of the ring members 29, and to radially align said projections with the lugs 51 of the ring members. Upon continued rotation of the shaft 79, a

minimum radius portion of the cam 83 is effective to permit a maximum predetermined lowering of the downwardly biased cam follower lever 105, such lowering being accompanied by a corresponding lowering of the leftmost extremity of the idler arm 111. The sector arm 99 is thereby rotated a corresponding maximum distance on the shaft 89 and the toothed sector 95 and shaft 53 are rotated a corresponding maximum clockwise distance, such distance being less than 360, said maximum rotation serving to restore the ring members 29 to their home positions by means of the projections 61 and the lugs 51. Upon continued rotation of the cam 83, an intermediate radius portion thereof is effective to raise the cam follower lever 105 and the idler arm 111 an approximate onehalf return distance to thereby rotate the shaft 53 an approximate 180 counterclockwise return distance to remove the projections 61 of the comb 59 from an interfering position relative to the lugs 51 of the ring members. Later in the rotation of the main drive shaft 79, and after the toothed members 27 have been differentially indexed in accordance with the newly entered amount, a dwell position of the cam 85 is effective to raise the cam follower lever 107 and the idler arm 113 to their normal home positions, whereupon the shaft 53 and comb 59 are translated leftwardly such that the projections 61 are re-engaged with the notches 34 of the ring members. Still later in the rotation of the main drive shaft 79, a maximum radius or dwell portion of the cam 83 is effective to raise the cam follower lever 105 and the idler arm 111 the remaining return distance and to thereby rotate the shaft 53 an additional 180 counterclockwise return distance, the ring members 29 being accordingly advanced from their differentially indexed positions to their storage positions, in a manner previously described. It will be observed that the above-described operation of the control mechanism of FIG. 6 is dependent upon the respective contours of the cams 81, 83 and 85 which are fixed to the main drive shaft 79, the contours ofsuch cams being shown in greater detail in FIG. 7.

While the invention has been shown and described in considerable detail, it will be understood that many variations thereof may be had without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

What'is claimed is:

1. An amount storing device for use in a calculating or business machine wherein the stored amount may be read out and retained or canceled and replaced, said device comprising:

a. a plurality of storing ring members rotatably supported on a grooved sleeve,

b, means for differentially rotating said ring members in accordance with the value of an amount to be stored,

0. means for rotating said ring members to and from a predetermined distance beyond their said differentially rotated positions, said distance defining the storage position of said ring members, and

clv means for canceling said stored amount from said ring members.

2. The amount storing device defined in claim 1 wherein each ofsaid storing ring members comprises:

a. an inner bore disposed in cooperating relationship with the outer surface of said grooved sleeve,

b. an outer bore disposed in cooperating relationship with said means for rotating said ring members to and from their said storage positions, and with said means for canceling said stored amount from said ring members,

c. a shoulder portion outwardly disposed of said inner bore,

and

d. a long tooth arranged on the outer periphery thereof.

3. The amount storing device defined in claim 2 wherein:

a. said inner bore of each of said storing ring members is provided with a pair of oppositely disposed and inwardly directed projections, said projections being guidably engaged with a corresponding one of a plurality of circumferential grooves formed in the outer surface of said grooved sleeve,

b. said outer bore of each of said storing ring members is connectably provided with a lug of predetermined length axially disposed of said inner bore and adjacently disposed of said long tooth on said outer periphery of said ring member, and

c. said outer and said inner bores are connected by a wall having a plurality of pyramidal-shaped recesses formed therein, said recesses representing equally spaced-apart notch-type extensions of said outer bore.

4, The amount storing device defined in claim 2 wherein said means for differentially rotating said ring members according to said value of said amount to be stored additionally comprises: a toothed member rotatably disposed on said shoulder portion of each of said storing ring members, said toothed member having a plurality of circumferentially arranged teeth and a single wide tooth disposed in cooperating relationship with said long tooth of a corresponding one of said ring members, said toothed members being advancably and returnably rotatable by the driving effect of extraneous actuating means, said advancable rotation thereof being effective to differentially rotate said ring members corresponding thereto according to said value of said amount to be stored, said differential rotation of said ring members resulting from the driving effect of said wide teeth of said toothed members against said long teeth of said ring members.

5. The amount storing device defined in claim 3 wherein said means for rotating said ring members to and from said storage positions, and said means for canceling said stored amount from said ring members, are additionally comprised of:

a. a shaft translatably disposed within said grooved sleeve,

b. a comb rigidly fixed to an axially arranged groove formed in said shaft, said comb having a plurality of outwardly directed projections that are translatable within a longitudinal slot formed in said grooved sleeve as said shaft is translated therewithin, each of said projections of said comb being engagable with any one of said plurality of notches formed in said outer bore of a corresponding one of said storing ring members when said shaft is translated to a first translated position, and being also disengagable from said notch and radially alignable with said lug formed in said outer bore when said shaft is translated to a second translated position,

c. means for translating said shaft and said comb as between said first and said second translated positions, and

d. means for rotating said shaft and said comb in a first and a second direction, said rotation in such first direction, with said shaft and said comb located in said first translated position, being effective to rotate said ring members from their said differentially rotated positions to their said storage positions, said rotation in said second direction, with said shaft and said comb located in said first translated position, being effective to rotate said ring members from their said storage positions to their said differentially rotated positions, and said rotation in said second direction, with said shaft and said comb located in said second translated position, being effective to cancel said stored amount from said ring members.

6. The amount storing device defined in claim 5 wherein said means for translating said shaft and said comb as between said first and said second translated positions comprises:

a. a first cam fixed to the drive shaft of said calculating or business machine,

b. a first cam follower lever and pivotally mounted idler arm associated with said first cam,

c. a first bellcrank associated with the keyboard of said calculating or business machine, and associated also with said first cam follower lever and pivotally mounted idler arm,

d. a first sector arm associated with said first pivotally mounted idler arm,

e. a rotatably mounted cut-away gear associated with said first sector arm, and

f. a yoked pivot arm straddlingly associated with said cutaway gear and coupled to said shaft translatably disposed within said grooved sleeve, said pivot arm being normally positioned by said cut-away gear, said first sector arm, and said first idler arm, such that said shaft and said comb are located in their said first translated positions, said pivot arm being pivotable by said cut-away gear and said first sector arm in response to the rotation of said first cam upon depression of a predetermined first key of said keyboard to thereby translate said shaft and said comb to their said second translated positions.

7. The amount storing device defined in claim 6 wherein said means for rotating said shaft and said comb in said first and said second directions comprises:

a. a second and a third cam fixed to said drive shaft,

b. a second and a third cam follower lever and a second and a third idler arm pivotally and respectively mounted thereon, said second and said third cam follower levers and idler arms being associated with said second and said third cams, respectively,

c. A second and a third bellcrank associated with said keyboard and with said second and said third cam follower levers and idler arms, respectively,

d. a second sector arm associated with said second and said third idler arms,

e. a toothed sector rotatably associated with said second sector arm, and

f. an elongated gear fixed to said shaft and associated with said toothed sector, said elongated gear being normally positioned by said toothed sector and said second and said third cams such that said shaft and said comb are fully rotated in said first direction, the rotation of said second cam upon depression of said predetermined first key of said keyboard being effective to rotate said shaft and said comb a predetermined maximum distance in said second direction, the rotation of said third cam upon depression of a predetermined second key of said keyboard being effective to rotate said shaft and said comb a predetermined minimum distance in said second direction, said predetermined maximum distance in said second direction serving to cancel the stored amount from said ring members and said predetermined minimum distance serving to return said ring members from their storage positions to their differentially rotated positions, said rotation of said third cam upon said depression of said predetermined second key of said keyboard being effective also to rotate said shaft and said comb a predetermined distance in said first direction, said first direction rotation effectively returning said ring members from their said differentially rotated positions to their said storage positions.

8. A dual purpose registering wheel for use in a calculating or business machine, said registering wheel being effective for receiving and storing an amount and for transferring separate amounts as between extraneous amount releasing and receiving means, said registering wheel comprising:

a. a ring member rotatably mounted on a grooved sleeve, said ring member being provided with an extended shoulder portion axially disposed of its inner diameter, and with a long tooth disposed on its outer periphery, and

b. a toothed member rotatably mounted on said shoulder portion of said ring member, said toothed member being provided with a plurality of teeth arranged on the outer periphery thereof and with a single wide tooth disposed in cooperating relationship with said long tooth of said ring member, said ring member being differentially rotatable by said toothed member in response to extraneous toothed member actuating means to thereby receive said amount to be stored, and being also rotatable independently of said toothed member by ring member rotating means to thereby advance or to recall said received amount to and from a storage position, said recall of said stored amount serving to return said amount from said storage position to a sensing position wherein said toothed member in response to said toothed member actuating means effectively reads said stored amount.

9. The registering wheel defined in claim 8 wherein said ring member is additionally rotatable independently of said toothed member to effectively cancel said stored amount from said ring member and from said dual purpose registering wheel.

10. The registering wheel defined in claim 8 wherein said ring member additionally comprises:

a. a plurality of notches disposed along the inner diameter thereof and axially displaced from said extended shoulder portion, and

b. a single lug axially displaced from said plurality of notches and oppositely disposed of said shoulder portion, said lug being adjacent said long tooth, said notches and said lug being cooperably associated with said ring member rotating means, each of said notches serving independently to couple said ring member with said ring member rotating means to thereby rotate said ring member to and from said storage position, and said cooperation of said lug with said ring member rotating means being effective to cancel said stored amount from said ring member.

11. The registering wheel defined in claim 10 wherein said ring member rotating means effective for advancing and recalling said stored amount to and from said storage position and for canceling said stored amount from said ring member, comprises:

a. a shaft translatably disposed within said grooved sleeve,

b. a comb rigidly fixed to an axially arranged groove formed in said shaft, said comb having at least one outwardly directed projection that is translatable within a longitudinal slot formed in said grooved sleeve as said shaft is translated therewithin, said projection being engagable with any one of said plurality of notches of said ring member when said shaft is translated to a first translated position, and being also disengagable from said notches and radially alignable with said single lug of said ring member when said shaft is translated to a second translated position, and

c. means for bi-directionally rotating said shaft and said comb.

12. The registering wheel defined in claim 11 wherein said translation of said shaft and said comb within said grooved sleeve, to effectively engage and disengage said projection of said comb with and from one of said notches of said ring member and to radially align and disalign said projection with said lug, is accomplished by shaft translating means, said latter means being effective to translate said shaft as between said first and said second translated positions, said rotation of said shaft by said shaft rotating means in a first direction being effective to advance said ring member and said stored amount to said storage position when said shaft is located in said first translated position, and said rotation of said shaft in said second direction being effective to return said ring member and said stored amount to said sensing position or to cancel said stored amount from said ring member.

13. In combination with a calculating or business machine, amount storing and transferring apparatus effective for recallably and readably storing a first amount and for independently transferring separate amounts as between extraneous amount releasing and receiving means, said apparatus comprising:

a. a plurality of two-part registering wheels rotatably mounted on a grooved sleeve,

b. first rotating means effective for differentially rotating said registering wheels according to the value of said first amount to be stored and for transferring said separate amounts as between said extraneous amount releasing and receiving means, and

. second rotating means efiective for advancing and recalling said first amount to and from a storage position and for clearing said stored amount from said registering wheels.

14. The apparatus defined in claim 13 wherein each of said plurality of two-part registering wheels comprises:

a. a ring member having an extended shoulder portion axially disposed of its inner diameter and a single long tooth disposed on its outer periphery, and

b. a toothed member rotatably mounted on said shoulder portion of said ring member, said toothed member having a plurality of teeth arranged on its outer periphery and a wide tooth disposed in cooperating relationship with said long tooth of said ring member.

15. The apparatus defined in claim 14 wherein each of said ring members additionally comprises:

a. a plurality of notches disposed along the inner diameter thereof and axially displaced from said extended shoulder portion, and

b. a single lug axially displaced from said plurality of I notches and oppositely disposed of said shoulder portion, said lug being adjacent said long tooth disposed on said outer periphery thereof.

16. The apparatus defined in claim 15 wherein said first rotating means is comprised of extraneous actuating means of said calculating or business machine, said means cooperating with said plurality of teeth of said plurality of toothed members to differentially enter said first amount to be stored in said ring members, through the cooperation of said wide teeth thereof with said single long teeth of said ring members, and to transfer said separate amounts as between said extraneous amount releasing and receiving means independently of said ring members and said first amount stored therein.

17. The apparatus defined in claim 16 wherein said second rotating means comprises:

a. a shaft translatably disposed within said grooved sleeve rotatably supporting said plurality of ring members and said registering wheels,

b. a comb fixed to an axially arranged groove formed in said shaft, said comb having a plurality of outwardly directed projections that are translatable within a longitudinal slot formed in said grooved sleeve as said shaft is translated therewithin, said plurality of projections including one for each of said plurality of ring members of said two-part registering wheels, each of said projections being engagable with and disengagable from any one of said plurality of notches of its corresponding ring member, and being also radially alignable and disalignable with and from said single lug thereof in response to the translation of said shaft within said grooved sleeve, and

c. means response to extraneous actuating means of said business machine to effectively translate said shaft as between a first and a second translated position within said grooved sleeve, said first translated position being characterized by the engagement of each of said projections of said comb with one of said plurality of notches of its corresponding ring member, and said second translated position being characterized by the disengagement of said projections from said notches and by the radial alignment of each of said projections with said single lug of its corresponding ring member.

18. The apparatus defined in claim 17 wherein said second rotating means additionally comprises: shaft rotating means responsive to said extraneous actuating means of said business machine, said shaft rotating means providing rotation of said shaft and said comb in a first and a second direction, said rotation in said first direction with said shaft located in its said first translated position being effective to advance said ring members and said differentially entered first amount into a storage position, said rotation in said second direction with said shaft so located in its first translated position being effective to return said ring members to their said differentially rotated positions wherein said first amount may be sensed or read, and said rotation of said shaft and said comb in said second direction, with said shaft located in its said second translated position being effective to clear said stored amount from said registering wheels through the cooperation of said projections of said comb with said single lugs of said ring members.

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1. An amount storing device for use in a calculating or business machine wherein the stored amount may be read out and retained or canceled and replaced, said device comprising: a. a plurality of storing ring members rotatably supported on a grooved sleeve, b. means for differentially rotating said ring members in accordance with the value of an amount to be stored, c. means for rotating said ring members to and from a predetermined distance beyond their said differentially rotated positions, said distance defining the storage position of said ring members, and d. means for canceling said stored amount from said ring members.

2. The amount storing device defined in claim 1 wherein each of said storing ring members comprises: a. an inner bore disposed in cooperating relationship with the outer surface of said grooved sleeve, b. an outer bore disposed in cooperating relationship with said means for rotating said ring members to and from their said storage positions, and with said means for canceling said stored amount from said ring members, c. a shoulder portion outwardly disposed of said inner bore, and d. a long tooth arranged on the outer periphery thereof.

3. The amount storing device defined in claim 2 wherein: a. said inner bore of each of said storing ring members is provided with a pair of oppositely disposed and inwardly directed projections, said projections being guidably engaged with a corresponding one of a plurality of circumferential grooves formed in the outer surface of said grooved sleeve, b. said outer bore of each of said storing ring members is connectably provided with a lug of predetermined length axially disposed of said inner bore and adjacently disposed of said long tooth on said outer periphery of said ring member, and c. said outer and said inner bores are connected by a wall having a plurality of pyramidal-shaped recesses formed therein, said recesses representing equally spaced-apart notch-type extensions of said outer bore.

4. The amount storing device defined in claim 2 wherein said means for differentially rotating said ring members according to said value of said amount to be stored additionally comprises: a toothed member rotatably disposed on said shoulder portion of each of said storing ring members, said toothed member having a plurality of circumferentially arranged teeth and a single wide tooth disposed in cooperating relationship with said long tooth of a corresponding one of said ring members, said toothed members being advancably and returnably rotatable by the driving effect of extraneous actuating means, said advancable rotation thereof being effective to differentially rotate said ring members corresponding thereto according to said value of said amount to be stored, said differential rotation of said ring members resulting from the driving effect of said wide teeth of said toothed members against said long teeth of said ring members.

5. The amount storing device defined in claim 3 wherein said means for rotating said ring members to and from said storage positions, and said means for canceling said stored amount from said ring members, are additionally comprised of: a. a shaft translatably disposed within said grooved sleeve, b. a comb rigidly fixed to an axially arranged groove formed in said shaft, said comb having a plurality of outwardly directed projections that are translatable within a lonGitudinal slot formed in said grooved sleeve as said shaft is translated therewithin, each of said projections of said comb being engagable with any one of said plurality of notches formed in said outer bore of a corresponding one of said storing ring members when said shaft is translated to a first translated position, and being also disengagable from said notch and radially alignable with said lug formed in said outer bore when said shaft is translated to a second translated position, c. means for translating said shaft and said comb as between said first and said second translated positions, and d. means for rotating said shaft and said comb in a first and a second direction, said rotation in such first direction, with said shaft and said comb located in said first translated position, being effective to rotate said ring members from their said differentially rotated positions to their said storage positions, said rotation in said second direction, with said shaft and said comb located in said first translated position, being effective to rotate said ring members from their said storage positions to their said differentially rotated positions, and said rotation in said second direction, with said shaft and said comb located in said second translated position, being effective to cancel said stored amount from said ring members.

6. The amount storing device defined in claim 5 wherein said means for translating said shaft and said comb as between said first and said second translated positions comprises: a. a first cam fixed to the drive shaft of said calculating or business machine, b. a first cam follower lever and pivotally mounted idler arm associated with said first cam, c. a first bellcrank associated with the keyboard of said calculating or business machine, and associated also with said first cam follower lever and pivotally mounted idler arm, d. a first sector arm associated with said first pivotally mounted idler arm, e. a rotatably mounted cut-away gear associated with said first sector arm, and f. a yoked pivot arm straddlingly associated with said cut-away gear and coupled to said shaft translatably disposed within said grooved sleeve, said pivot arm being normally positioned by said cut-away gear, said first sector arm, and said first idler arm, such that said shaft and said comb are located in their said first translated positions, said pivot arm being pivotable by said cut-away gear and said first sector arm in response to the rotation of said first cam upon depression of a predetermined first key of said keyboard to thereby translate said shaft and said comb to their said second translated positions.

7. The amount storing device defined in claim 6 wherein said means for rotating said shaft and said comb in said first and said second directions comprises: a. a second and a third cam fixed to said drive shaft, b. a second and a third cam follower lever and a second and a third idler arm pivotally and respectively mounted thereon, said second and said third cam follower levers and idler arms being associated with said second and said third cams, respectively, c. A second and a third bellcrank associated with said keyboard and with said second and said third cam follower levers and idler arms, respectively, d. a second sector arm associated with said second and said third idler arms, e. a toothed sector rotatably associated with said second sector arm, and f. an elongated gear fixed to said shaft and associated with said toothed sector, said elongated gear being normally positioned by said toothed sector and said second and said third cams such that said shaft and said comb are fully rotated in said first direction, the rotation of said second cam upon depression of said predetermined first key of said keyboard being effective to rotate said shaft and said comb a predetermined maximum distance in said second direction, the rotation of said third cam upon depression of a predetermined sEcond key of said keyboard being effective to rotate said shaft and said comb a predetermined minimum distance in said second direction, said predetermined maximum distance in said second direction serving to cancel the stored amount from said ring members and said predetermined minimum distance serving to return said ring members from their storage positions to their differentially rotated positions, said rotation of said third cam upon said depression of said predetermined second key of said keyboard being effective also to rotate said shaft and said comb a predetermined distance in said first direction, said first direction rotation effectively returning said ring members from their said differentially rotated positions to their said storage positions.

8. A dual purpose registering wheel for use in a calculating or business machine, said registering wheel being effective for receiving and storing an amount and for transferring separate amounts as between extraneous amount releasing and receiving means, said registering wheel comprising: a. a ring member rotatably mounted on a grooved sleeve, said ring member being provided with an extended shoulder portion axially disposed of its inner diameter, and with a long tooth disposed on its outer periphery, and b. a toothed member rotatably mounted on said shoulder portion of said ring member, said toothed member being provided with a plurality of teeth arranged on the outer periphery thereof and with a single wide tooth disposed in cooperating relationship with said long tooth of said ring member, said ring member being differentially rotatable by said toothed member in response to extraneous toothed member actuating means to thereby receive said amount to be stored, and being also rotatable independently of said toothed member by ring member rotating means to thereby advance or to recall said received amount to and from a storage position, said recall of said stored amount serving to return said amount from said storage position to a sensing position wherein said toothed member in response to said toothed member actuating means effectively reads said stored amount.

9. The registering wheel defined in claim 8 wherein said ring member is additionally rotatable independently of said toothed member to effectively cancel said stored amount from said ring member and from said dual purpose registering wheel.

10. The registering wheel defined in claim 8 wherein said ring member additionally comprises: a. a plurality of notches disposed along the inner diameter thereof and axially displaced from said extended shoulder portion, and b. a single lug axially displaced from said plurality of notches and oppositely disposed of said shoulder portion, said lug being adjacent said long tooth, said notches and said lug being cooperably associated with said ring member rotating means, each of said notches serving independently to couple said ring member with said ring member rotating means to thereby rotate said ring member to and from said storage position, and said cooperation of said lug with said ring member rotating means being effective to cancel said stored amount from said ring member.

11. The registering wheel defined in claim 10 wherein said ring member rotating means effective for advancing and recalling said stored amount to and from said storage position and for canceling said stored amount from said ring member, comprises: a. a shaft translatably disposed within said grooved sleeve, b. a comb rigidly fixed to an axially arranged groove formed in said shaft, said comb having at least one outwardly directed projection that is translatable within a longitudinal slot formed in said grooved sleeve as said shaft is translated therewithin, said projection being engagable with any one of said plurality of notches of said ring member when said shaft is translated to a first translated position, and being also disengagable from said notches and radially alignable with said single lug of said ring membeR when said shaft is translated to a second translated position, and c. means for bi-directionally rotating said shaft and said comb.

12. The registering wheel defined in claim 11 wherein said translation of said shaft and said comb within said grooved sleeve, to effectively engage and disengage said projection of said comb with and from one of said notches of said ring member and to radially align and disalign said projection with said lug, is accomplished by shaft translating means, said latter means being effective to translate said shaft as between said first and said second translated positions, said rotation of said shaft by said shaft rotating means in a first direction being effective to advance said ring member and said stored amount to said storage position when said shaft is located in said first translated position, and said rotation of said shaft in said second direction being effective to return said ring member and said stored amount to said sensing position or to cancel said stored amount from said ring member.

13. In combination with a calculating or business machine, amount storing and transferring apparatus effective for recallably and readably storing a first amount and for independently transferring separate amounts as between extraneous amount releasing and receiving means, said apparatus comprising: a. a plurality of two-part registering wheels rotatably mounted on a grooved sleeve, b. first rotating means effective for differentially rotating said registering wheels according to the value of said first amount to be stored and for transferring said separate amounts as between said extraneous amount releasing and receiving means, and c. second rotating means effective for advancing and recalling said first amount to and from a storage position and for clearing said stored amount from said registering wheels.

14. The apparatus defined in claim 13 wherein each of said plurality of two-part registering wheels comprises: a. a ring member having an extended shoulder portion axially disposed of its inner diameter and a single long tooth disposed on its outer periphery, and b. a toothed member rotatably mounted on said shoulder portion of said ring member, said toothed member having a plurality of teeth arranged on its outer periphery and a wide tooth disposed in cooperating relationship with said long tooth of said ring member.

15. The apparatus defined in claim 14 wherein each of said ring members additionally comprises: a. a plurality of notches disposed along the inner diameter thereof and axially displaced from said extended shoulder portion, and b. a single lug axially displaced from said plurality of notches and oppositely disposed of said shoulder portion, said lug being adjacent said long tooth disposed on said outer periphery thereof.

16. The apparatus defined in claim 15 wherein said first rotating means is comprised of extraneous actuating means of said calculating or business machine, said means cooperating with said plurality of teeth of said plurality of toothed members to differentially enter said first amount to be stored in said ring members, through the cooperation of said wide teeth thereof with said single long teeth of said ring members, and to transfer said separate amounts as between said extraneous amount releasing and receiving means independently of said ring members and said first amount stored therein.

17. The apparatus defined in claim 16 wherein said second rotating means comprises: a. a shaft translatably disposed within said grooved sleeve rotatably supporting said plurality of ring members and said registering wheels, b. a comb fixed to an axially arranged groove formed in said shaft, said comb having a plurality of outwardly directed projections that are translatable within a longitudinal slot formed in said grooved sleeve as said shaft is translated therewithin, said plurality of projections including one for each of said plurality of ring members of Said two-part registering wheels, each of said projections being engagable with and disengagable from any one of said plurality of notches of its corresponding ring member, and being also radially alignable and disalignable with and from said single lug thereof in response to the translation of said shaft within said grooved sleeve, and c. means response to extraneous actuating means of said business machine to effectively translate said shaft as between a first and a second translated position within said grooved sleeve, said first translated position being characterized by the engagement of each of said projections of said comb with one of said plurality of notches of its corresponding ring member, and said second translated position being characterized by the disengagement of said projections from said notches and by the radial alignment of each of said projections with said single lug of its corresponding ring member.

18. The apparatus defined in claim 17 wherein said second rotating means additionally comprises: shaft rotating means responsive to said extraneous actuating means of said business machine, said shaft rotating means providing rotation of said shaft and said comb in a first and a second direction, said rotation in said first direction with said shaft located in its said first translated position being effective to advance said ring members and said differentially entered first amount into a storage position, said rotation in said second direction with said shaft so located in its first translated position being effective to return said ring members to their said differentially rotated positions wherein said first amount may be sensed or read, and said rotation of said shaft and said comb in said second direction, with said shaft located in its said second translated position being effective to clear said stored amount from said registering wheels through the cooperation of said projections of said comb with said single lugs of said ring members.

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