US553804A - bundy - Google Patents

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W. L. B'UNDY.

WORKMANS TIMBREOORDER.

No; 553,804. Patented Jan. 28, 1896.

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\VILLARD L. BUNDY, OF BINGHAMTON, NE? YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE BUNDY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

WORKMANS TIME-RECORDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 553,804, dated January 28, 1896.

' Application fil d November 10, 1394. $erial No. 528,396. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VILLARD L. BUNDY, of"

Binghamton, in the county of Broome, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in VVorkmens Time Recorders, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to workmens timerecorders, and particularly to that class in which a numbered key is used to designate Several patents have heretofore been grant ed to me for machines of this classviz., No. 393,205,dated NovemberQO, 1888, No. 453,230,

dated June 2, 1891, and No. 452,894., dated May 26, 1891; and the object of this invention is to improve the construction of the machine, increase its utility and durability, and to provideit with additional safeguards, such as have been developed by the manufacture, sale, and use thereof; and to that end my in vention consists in the several novel features of construction and operation hereinafter described, and which are specifically set forth in the claims hereunto annexed. It is constructed as follows, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of the machine. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a side elevation thereof on a larger scale. Fig. 4: is a like view of the same 011 the opposite side. Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse section looking from the front.' Fig. 6 is a like View looking from the rear. Fig. 7 .is a detail in front elevation of the system of levers and rods actuated by the turning of a key, previously inserted, to throw the impressionplaten into printing position and to operate the paper-feed, the dotted lines indicating the movements of the several parts. Fig. 8 is a detail in front elevation of the key-locking pawl and its mounting. Fig. 9 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 10 is afront elevation of the same, showing a key locked. Fig. 11 is a like view showing the key fully turned, the dotted lines showing the position assumed by the pawl when the key is turned back from the position in full lines. Fig. 12 is a detail in front elevation of a mechanism for locking the key'when turned over to the position shown in Fig. 10, whereby it cannot be removed until after the impression of its numeral has been made. Fig. 13 is a rear elevation of the paperwind -up spool, its ratchet, and the pawl mechanism for rotating it, actuated by the turning of akey. Fig. 11 is a like view of the same, showingthe parts in their normal position. Fig. 15 is a sectional detail of the ratchet-and-pawl mechanism in the position shown in Fig. 12. Fig. 16 is a side elevation of the spool onto which the paper is wound. Fig. 17 is a transverse sectional elevation of the same. Fig. 18 is a top plan View of the spool-body moved from its holder. Fig. 10 is an end elevation of the same. Figs. 20 and 21 are details of the key used to designate a workman. Fig. 22 is a detail of the mechanism for actuating the hour-wheel, and also for simultaneously actuating the minute-wheel to shift it from 59 to 00 when the hour-wheel is moved to change the hour. Fig. 23 is a like view of the same parts, showing the shifting-cam rotated so as to drop the lever and also to be thereby thrown forward far enough so as to exert a force back through its actuating-gearing sufficient to rotate the minute-wheel one space, as from 59 to 00, as shown.

The machine contains a front plate, a, and a back plate, I), and c are corner-posts connecting them. A shaft 2 is connected to and rotated by a clock-movement, (not shown,) and 3 is a bracket'supporting and guiding it, and by the bevel-gears at 5 the spur-gear 6 and shaft 7, the spur-gear 8 and the minute'wheel 9, loose upon the arbor 10, are rotated so that this minute-wheel is synchronous with the minute-hand of the clock. The rotation of the shaft '7 rotates the cam 11., which engages with the stud 12 to lift the lever 13, which is provided with a counterbalance 14: and a spring-pawl 15, which normally engages with the ratchet-wheel 16, secured upon the hourwheel 17 and shifts said pawl once in each hour into engagement with the next tooth, and 18 is a stop-pawl to prevent the backward rotation of said hour-wheel, which is thus shifted once in each hour, all substantially as shown and described in an application filed by me December 9, 1.993, Serial No. 493,190, and wherein this mechanism is claimed.

A rock-shaft 21 is journaled in the front and back plates. 22 is a hel ve secured thereto. 23 is the platen or hammer secured upon said helve, and it is a spring connected to an arm 25 on said rock-shaft and operating it to hold said platen normally in substantially the position shown in Fig. A bar or sleeve 26, Fig. 12,is secured to the inner face of the front plate and concaved, as at 27, and cutaway on top, substantially as shown, said concavity beingin alignment with the keyhole 28, and 2!) is a tube fitting rotatably in said concavity, adapted to receive the stem of the key and slotted longitudinally to permit the bit or ward to enter, so that the turning of the key rotates said sleeve, and when turned onequarter of a circle the bit or ward will strike the face 331 of the bar it; and stop the key. Thekey is provided with a ward 132, having upon its outer end the numerals or characters used to designate a workman, and an arm 33 beveled orscarfedoft on its outer end, as shown in Fig. 10.

A frame 54: consisting of twoparallel bars united by a rod 35 is secured to a rock-shaft I36, and 137 is the key-lock gravity-pawl pivoted upon an arbor S8 in said frame and provided with teeth on its face with which the key-arm engages when the key is turned, and thereby the key cannot be turned back and removed until it has fully passed said teeth, and then said arm will engage with the back thereof and tilt it, substantially as shown in Fig. 11, when the key can be withdrawn, and the pawl will drop back into its normal posi tion, as shown in Fig. 8. As shown in this figure and also in 10 and 11, said pawl is provided with a lug Ef), which will engage with the rod 35 when it is tilted and which thus regulates and limits the degree of said tilting and prevents its being thrown over back out of the path of the key-arm, which, if it occurred, would disable the machine. As this pawl normally lies against the rod 35, the turning of the key swings said frame 3i, rocks the shaft 36, swings the lever t0, and through the connecting-rod ll and crank-arm i2, secured to the rock-shaft 21, rocks said shaft to throw the platen into the position shown in Fig. 7 by the dotted lines, ready to strike an impression-blow, producing a tersion upon the spring it, so that when said key-arm reaches the limit of its movement the numerals upon the key are upon the printing-line, and said frame is released, so

that said spring impels the piston to strike an. impression-blow and print the key-numeral. and the hour and minute numerals of the timewheels, which are then upon the printing-line, upon a paper strip on by the aid of an ink-ribbon 4: 3.

In the key-tube a notch -i-iis out, Fig. 12, and when the key is turned said tube is retated, and when the key is stopped the point *5 of the pawl 46 drops into this notch, aided by the spring 47, and this looks the key-bushing 20 and not only prevents it from being turned back, although it has passed the lockpawl 37, but also holds it in that one position until the i111PlGSS'lOil-PltttCil strikes its blow, and when this occurs the stud 48 on the platen strikes the beveled end it) of this pawl ill and raising it out of said notch releases the key to be removed.

The paper strip is conducted from a suit" able reel (not shown) through a guide 50, Fig. 5, thence upward in front of the platen and through a guide 51, which is adjustable by means of the slot and screw 52, and thence extends upward to the wind-up spool '71.

An arm 54 is secured to the shaft 36. A red 55 is loosely pivoted in or upon said arm by a pivot-pin 57 through ahead 56 uponsaid rod, said rod being connected to the pawlholder 58, Figs. 13, 1t and 15, which comprises an arm 5!) pivoted upon the spool-shalt (30, a flange 61 having a slotway (52 through which a screw 03 fits loosely coi'inecting it to the rod 55. A spring (34: is conneetedto said rod and to the paper-guide 51., and exerts its tensionv to yieldingly hold the linger G5 on said rod in contact with the paper upon the spool 71 and to hold the lower end of said rod (or its head) to a bearing upon the pivot 57 and thereby adjust the relations of the pawl mechanism, rod and its finger to the arm 5.i-.

The rocking oi the shaft 36 vert :all y oscillates the arm 55, and as the feed of the paper strip should be such as to evenly space the records made thereon, and inasmuch as such spacing would naturally be varied proportimr ally to the increase of the amount of paper wound upon the spool, if the spool was uniformly rotated the same distance each time the shaft was rocked, this mechanism is devised so that said spring permiis variation of the position of the screw (53 in the slot 112 in the arm 50 according to the amount oi paper upon the spool when the arm is in its normal position. Then when said arm is depressed the rotation of the spool is varied relatively to the position of said screw (3 in said slot, the iinger U5 regulating such position by its bearing upon the paper, and thus auto matically regulates the rotation of said spool and the spacing of the records thereon. The spool is rotated by means of a spring pushpawl (30 on the holder 58 engaging with a ratchet 07 secured to a sleeve upon. the spool.- shaft, and 69 is one of the spool-heads also secured to said sleeve, said spool-shaft being carried by a bracket 7 O erected upon a corner post.

The drum of the spool is tubular, and 72 is the outer head thereon, said drum being provided with a longitudinal slot 7 3 and a head 7 4 within said drum, notched, as at 75, coincident with said slot, and 76 are teeth upon the edge of said slot which engage with the paper to hold its end upon the spool.

In the spool-head 69 a stem 77 is secured and adapted to pass through a slot 7 8 in said drumhead 74 and connects said spool-drum to the inner head 69, so that all rotate together, said stem being provided with a springcatch 79, which detachably holds said drum in position, so that at any time the drum can be readily pulled off from said shaft for the inspection or removal of the printed paper strip wound thereon. A check-pawl 80 engages with said ratchet to prevent any backward rotation of the spool. The ribbon 43 is connected to the spools 81 and 82 and is wound from one onto the other by the following mechanism, shown and described in my application aforesaid, and which comprises a rod 83 connected to the arm 54 and carrying a pawl 84 in engagement with a ratchet 85, and this rotates the gear 86, which is journaled upon an arbor 87 secured to a swinging bar 88 pivoted at 89, so that by shifting said bar said gear is shifted out of its engagement with one pinion 90 or 91 into engagement with the other, said pinions engaging with gears 92 upon the shafts of the respective ribbonspools, whereby a step-by-step rotation is imparted to one spool to wind the ribbon from the other each time a key is inserted and turned to vibrate the impression-platen.

In Figs. 22 and 23 the cam 11 is shown as provided with a slitin its straight face, whereby a tongue 106 is created, said tongue being adjustable as to its projection beyond the direct line of its face. From this it results that as said cam is driven by the same train of gearing and connection to the clockworks so when the cam passes the stud 12 and the lever falls to shift the hour-wheel at the same time it strikes the tongue and forces the cam to rotate forward far enough to cause the train of gearing to be rotated so as to rotate the minute-wheel one space simultaneously with the movement of the hour-wheel. This is essential where the minute-wheel has normally only a regular forward movement, whereby when, for instance, the two wheels indicate 6:59 the rotation of the cam causes the hour-wheel to shift while the minutewheel is still at 59, so that the time on the paper strip indicates 7 :50, whereas it should show 7 :00, which fault is wholly remedied by the above device.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. In a workmans time-recorder, the combination with a rotatable sleeve receiving the workmans key when insert-ed and provided with a notch, a pawl adapted to engage with said notch and lock the key when the sleeve is rotated by its turning, of a swinging pawl with which the key engages as it is being turned forward and adapted to be tilted by the key when it is turned back for removal.

2. I11 a workmans time-recorder, the combination with a rotatable sleeve receiving the workmans designating-key when inserted, and provided with a notch, a pawl adapted to engage with said notch and lock the key when the sleeve is rotated by its turning, of a swinging pawl, an oscillatory frame in which it is mounted actuated by the engagement of the key as it is being turned forward with said pawl, and an impression-platen actuated by the oscillation of said frame, and engaging with said sleeve-locking pawl to release it when it strikes an impressioirmaking blow.

In a workmans time-recorder a spool comprising a body provided with a head and slotted longitudinally and toothed as shown, a separate head upon a sleeve, a catch en gaging with said body and means to rotate said spool, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. In a workmans time-recorder, a rotatable spool and ratchet thereon, in combination with a pivoted pawl-holder a pawl thereon engaging with said ratchet, a slot in said holder, an operating rod connected to said slot, a spring engaging with said rod, and means to reciprocate said rod vertically, sub stantially as described.

5. In a workmans time-recorder, a rotatable spool and a ratchet thereon, in combination with a pivoted pawl-holder, a pawl thereon engaging with said ratchet, a slot in said holder, a rod connected to said slot, a spring engaging with said rod, a finger upon said rod engaging with said spool and means to reciprocate said rod vertically, as and for the purposes set forth.

6. In 'a workmans time-recorder, a rotatable spool consisting of sections detachably connected together, and a ratchet on one section, in combination with a pivoted pawlholder, a pawl thereon engaging with said ratchet, a slot in said holder, a rod connected to said slot, a spring engaging with said rod, a finger upon said rod engaging with said spool and means to reciprocate said rod vertically, as and for the purposes set forth.

'7. In a 'workmans timerecorder, a paper strip and a spool therefor,in combination with a driving pawl and ratchet, a pivoted pawlholder slotted longitudinally, an actuatingrod having its bearing in said slot and means to shift said bearing therein according to the amount of paper wound onto the spool, substantially as shown and described.

8. In a workmans time-recorder, an oscillatory frame, a shaft rocked thereby, an arm upon said shaft, a rod connected thereto, a pivoted pawl-holder slotted longitudinally and in which said rod has a bearing, in combination with a paper strip, a spool therefor and means to shift the bearing of said rod in said slot according to the amount of paper upon the spool, substantially as shown and described.

0. In a workmans time-recorder, a rotatable sleeve adapted to receive a key, and a notch upon said sleeve, in combination with a pawl adapted to engage with said notch when said sleeve is rotated by the turning of said key, as and for the purposes set forth.

10. In a workmans time-recorder, a rotatable sleeve adapted to receive a key and a notch upon said sleeve, in combination with a pawl adapted to engage with said notch to lock said key when it is turned, and a vibratory impression-platen actuated by the turning of said key, and adapted to engage with said pawl to release said key, sul'istantially as shown and described.

11. The combination with the time-wheels and a lever for shifting the hour-wheel, of a shifting-cam engaging with said lever and a projection upon the straight face of said cam with which said lever engages when it drops, and whereby said cam is given a forward impulse to rotate the minute-wheel one space simultaneously with the shifting of the hourwheel.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand on this 25th day of October, 189-1.

\VILLARD L. BUNDY.

In presence of IIARLOW E. BUNDY, CHARLES N. Bmoos.

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