US782605A - Totalizing mechanism. - Google Patents

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11 1; GOLD BERG. TOTALIZING MECHANISM. )APHRIOLTIOH nun AUG. 15,1904.

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hnovgn thatLflunia ELIGOLDBERG, a cit aen of ghe, Quitedfitates, residing at the city oflflhicago, in theeo lntyof (3001: and State of Illinois, have inventeda certain new and useful .Im r gement jn/iota1izing Mechanisms,

ebe ,1 waist sp im My inyention relates, to totalizing me'ch:

anisms, ,frequently called also registers and iv. e 'mec n ms y which i me thahpartofa calculating-machine by means.

hers Q t i ulztr ctm htain ed-inaddition totals and .difis rences- My, l;eseut totalizing; mechanism or, as it [willgbe herein'tei'med, totalizer. is applioabieto all},kinds -of ,-caiculatingmachiues and calculating attachments, to typc writers and inaywell. he suh titued for the principal parts --o f the receiwingagpechanism shown in my p or. rew ite-'5 N Inbrderto fact ta anuuderstandingofmy 710,772 and 741,961.

present totalize ag thought best to briefly describe .1116 theory,ofgtotalization, by which. is includedbqthgaddition and subtraction.-

An analysis sho sthat. it consists of two processe$,eto; yit: L

Process; l-affA.

s'i i i" v @Wmulation, Examples:

lttvyill,thus' heiseeu; that ih order to distinguishbetWerr-thetayo separate operations, which theoretically occur inaddition and subgiven figure-wheel; derives from the action of setting up,?"w h ic h. action originates outside and independentof the totalizer. Totalizing therefore includes bothcarrying and accumulating .Now suppose two numbers each composedof-more th an one figure are to be added I V 1' isriibrrc maximn p rt of lietters' Patent l ml'zsaieos, dated February 14, 1905.;

jaf pii cau 5 ,1 august 16. 1904. serial no} 220,958.

Put down5, onetocarry. 1+4+ 7 :12: i 4

l0+2,'-pu't down 2,- one tocarry; putd n This is the mental process which 1st people'employ-in adding. Here'the or der'is, first, accumulation of units;'secou d, carrying carrying into hundreds, 830. Hereall the accumulations and carryings are successive. A mechanism operating accordingto this method is found in'the GhineseAbachsQ Method II: p

Here the accumulation in allthe decimal places are simultaneous, andthe carrymgs occur subing in this mannepis found in my Patent No.

765,774, issued J-uly. 26, 1904.

Method. III:

467 1167 1247i +789 89 Q 9 Here the accumulations are successive, while the carryings are simultaneous with the ac- 'cumulations 'andalso simultaneous with each other. Mechanisms operating according to this method are found -in my Patents No.

710,772 and No.7 12,518 and others. I The following is a complete graphic representation of the method -according to which my present totalizer operates.

Method 1V:

4 IIere all the accumulations and all the carryinto-tens; third, accumulation of tens; fourth, I

sequently and serz'atim from units to tens, 7

tens to hundreds, cc. A mechanism operat- BEST AVAILABLE COP:

- ings occur at once, everything being. simul" taneous. My totalizer, which operatesin this last-mentioned manner, possesses a greatadvantage of speed, and the amginm'ent of. speed is one of the objects of my invention. Y

Another object of myirfi'ention is to pro-- duce a reversible totalizer which may operate for both addition and subtraction, and it may be interesting from a" theoretical standpoint to mention that m y presentmechanism may even be made-to add in some decimal places and simultaneously subtract in other decimal,

. places. .Th'us it may simultaneously add in the unitszmlllmmdbtract in the tens-column add in the hundreds and t ousands columns.- -&c.; although such use would probably have no commercial application. I Another of the objects of my invention is to make .the mechanism of the to'talizerselfcontained, so thatino'. auxiliary mechanism is" required to. reset its'parts to normal or.

nitial position after each accumulation or totalizatiop. In consequencea long column of many numbers, each number composed of many figures, may-be run into the 'totalizer without waiting for any pause or break be-' tween the various numbers, andit b'ecomes immaterial whether the accumulations take I place first in the units-place, then in the tense place, &c., or in the reverse order orall together or inany' other orden.-

I accomplish my object by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in

" taken on line?) 3, Fig. 1.

. are side views of component parts-of the mechanism. Fig.8 is a sectional view of the initermediate wheel-located farthest to the right. This wheel is non-rotatable and is shown to be pinned to the axle, whereas'the intermediate wheels to the left thereofare rotatable.

Similar reference characters denote similar parts" throughout the several views.

The device in the form here shown comprises the non-rotative shaft 1 and a plurality of sets or groups consisting of five principal partsnamely, the totalizing-wheels 2, the carrying-pinions 3, the accumulating-wheels 4, the epicyclic pinions 5, and the intermediate wheels 6. Wheels 2, 4, and 6 are all freely rotatable on shaft 1 independently thereof,

- with'the exception of wheel 6, located 'at the extreme right to correspondwith the unitscolumn. This wheel is rigidly fastened to said shaft by means of a pin 6", (shown in Fig. 8,) although any other means maylbe substituted for holding it rigid and non-rotatable.

The function of said wheel 6 is to form the r ,fixed basis of reference or foundation piece of the mechanism from which the rotatable parts move their definite amounts.

In each group of parts, 1 represents asupporting-piece, which in the present-instance iis disk-like in form and issecured to shaft 1 byineans 'of a spline 1",althou-ghsaid supporting piece may be held rigid upon the shaft by any other suitable means. Said supporti'ng-piece is provided at its left side with a hub 1, which is cylindrical and fo ms a bearing whereon theintermediate wheel 6 is'freely rotatable. The pin 1 extends to'wardthe left from said supporting-piece 1- and serves as. an axle whereon the carrying-pinion 3" is freely-rotatable. Said pinion has eight long and -short teeth alternatingwith'each other .for alternately being locked and rotatedby the totalizing-wheels 2 in'the manner hereinafter described.

The totalizing-wheels '2 carry oii their "cylindrical-peripheries two series of'figures for visibly indicating the numbers set up, as-usnal in mechanisms ofthis class. Each series of figures runs from 0 to 9, thus making twenty figures, which are consequently onetwentieth of a circumference .apart. Said wheels have formed upon their left portion an internal forty-toothed gear 2, as best shown in Figs. 2 and 4., and to the left of said gear portion 2 is an internal cylindrical surface 2 for locking the carrying-pinion 3, which conhas two slots or spaces 2 located diametrically opposite to each other, each slot having a projecting carrying-tooth 2* on each side thereof for engaging the teeth on said carry- 'whcel is an internal cylindrical surface or ring 2, which is of greater diameter than r'ing 2 and is cut in the wheel for the purpose of clearing the short teeth onsaid carryingpinion.

1 The construction is such that the carryingteeth 2 of the wheel 2 will engage the short teeth of pinion 3 and'rotate the same two steps. or tooth-spaces, after which the locking-ring 2 will enter between two adjacent long teeth on the pinion 3 and lock the same.

Dufing the rotation of the locking-pinion the space 2 wi l permit the rotation of the carstitutesa'locking-ring. Each totalizing-wheel rying-pinion by receiving one of the long teeth thereof. Thus when the totalizingwheel 2 is rotated it will twice during-each complete rotation impart a partial rotary movement toits carrying-pinion to carrythe tens. Although in the present construction the totalizing-wheel 2 carries at two points and h as two sets of figures, the fact that it is dou-' d that.

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rotatable independently of piece 1 and re- =,ma, 1. -.-at.them s.s ne ntt w ft- "fiaid slipri rt git 1 1101 n ce s i y a com:

1 are i to be rotated? diflerent amountsf tor accumulating.the digits. They 'iomparatively large central aperture,

be engaged 7 The totalizing :jtvhel 2 and 1' supporting- [piece 1"(sho1'wn atthd extreme'left of .Fig; 1)

[are Slightly 'niodified to illustrate the form W ich-these: p rts :wiii take to impart a workmanlike appearance to the highest or extreme left termination of the totalizer Extendipgtoward theleft from each total fl izing whe'el tare thepins '4 4, which constitute a'xlesfor bhe,'epicyclic pinion s 5 5 Said pinions are freely: rotatable upon said pins 4" "and 'ar'eepicyclic in the sense of being rotatable upon an axiswhich is itself movable a ut another center. They are designed to remainfatall times in mesh with both the in termediate wheel (Sand the. internal gear 2 for 'trans'mitting rotation from the former to {the-latter. .Theyare plain spur-pinions and K fin 'the present instance have eight teeth, which is the; proper-.number'to cooperate with the a forty-toothed internal gear 2') and the twentyfour toothed ihtermediate spur-wheel-fi. Although two'epicyelic pinions are hereshown,

' 'one is'theore'tieally sufficient for transmit tingmotion the carrying-wheels. Two pinions cau'se'it e.- mechanism to operate more smoothly;

Each intermediate-wheel 6 isa wide-faced 'ftwenty-fourftoothed spur-gear having a full complement 'of teeth and when in position on the.h.ub -1 on'the piece 1 remains permathat any rotation of. said pinion' will impart i otation'to said intermediate \ivheei. Said intermcdiate wheel'also remains-.permanently in mesh with the epicyclic pinio'ns 5-5 afores aid,'and the-relationship oi? the parts is such -that' 'the'pinion 5 engages the left portion of" vI .w'hee'l'fi, while the pinion 3 engages the right. portion thereofand the accumulating-wheels- 'A;occupyanintermediate position. The pur- [pofse of said intermediate wheels is to transmit rotation fromthe carrying-pinions 3 to I the 'ep icyclic 'pinions 5 and through said epieybne p'ihions to the totalizing-wheels 4:.

. 5 suppo's'ethat some one intermediate wheel To illustrate the operation of the mechanp te ,Nos; 710,1722faind HIQQGLin-that hi'rty two-toothed' spur-'geais hav-f tney'ma .fit over and freely rota 1 tablen on the-"points of the teeth ,of the termediate wheels .6. By preference said ac humiliatingwheels arenarro'w, and their teethlprojeet pnd the circumference of'the totalizing-"wheels" 2, so that'they may nently ininesh with the carryingp nion 3, so

.6 is temporarily held fast and that-its, accumulating-wheel 4' is rotatethone step, which in'the present construction'is one fortiethof a circumference. By means of its "ep'icyclic pinion'5 it will move the totalizing vvheel at the-lefttwice as far orlone-twentieth ofacircumference or from one figure to anotherzon' the'botalizingq-wheel. If the accumulating- 'wheel 4 had been rotated several. steps, then the totalizing wh'eel 2 would have been ro- 'tated just as many figu're'distances. The fig-'- ures arethus accumulated uponthe totaliz' ing-wheel," fAgaimsuppose the accumulati'ng Wheel'4-to be temporarily held fast andthe 'totalizing wheel 2 at its right to be rotated; As long assome'part of the lockingring 2 on'said totalizing- \vheel is lying 'be-' tween two of the longer th of-the carry-' ing-pini'on 3 no rotation is imparted by said vt otalizing-w'heel to'said pi'mon;I-but as soon 'asth'e space or cut 2 and carrying-teeth'2 pass said pinion they rotate-it two ste'psor spaces and immediately lock it again. This terchanged at the reading-line. The carrying-pinions 3 rotate the-intermediate wheel 6 an equal amount, and wheel-6 rotatesthe epicyclic 'pin'ion 5, which rotates wheel 2next to the left an'equal amount in-thesame direction.

as wheel 2 to theright is rotated. Thus the tens are carried] It is' evident, 'therefore, that mechanism is able to carr g' the tens when an accu'mulating-wheel remaine motionless.

occurs when the figures 0 and 9 are in- 1t is true, therefore, that the numbers may beaccumulated on the totalizingwheels inde pendently of the carrying wheels and the tens maybe carried independently of the accumulatingwheels. Each action is independent of In other operation that the accumulating-wheels 4 ivill each have their proper influence upon the mechanism no matter whether they are r0- tated all' at -once or sin ly intheir proper- -digital order or in any ot er order.

' Although the carryingpinions have been described as eight-toothed pinion's, the number of teeth in the carrying-pinion is not essential; but eight teeth are preferable, for

the reason that this number. afiords. security in the locking action. With this construction .bnly four long teeth occur, and consequently.

there is a wide angle between their adjacent faces to wit, almost ninety degreesthereby affording a large space for the reception of the locking portion of the totalizing-wheel.

It willbe noted that the totalizingrwheels "perform three distinct functions: First, -,they

constitute figure-wheels; second, they act as carrying-wheels. for alternately rotating and act as totalizing-'wheels'that is, they. receive rotation both. from the accumulating-wheels locking the carrying-pinions, and,.third, they- "and the tens-carrying means, and they alge'-' an internally-toothed totalizing-wheel freely -braica'llycoinbi gortotalize the two effects;

but the reason said totalizing-wheels are madeperform three functions is notbecause it theoretically or practically necessary, but

only for the sake of simplicity and compact-' Having thus'described my invention, what I I claim as'n'ew, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is' i 1. In a totalizer, an accumulating-wheel, an

intermediate'wheel -rotatable about the same :ax-is'; an epicyclic spu r-p inion mounted on one of said wheels.- so as to be freely rotatable thereon at a point outside of the axisthereof;

'epi'cyclic-pinion being adapted to mesh continuously both withsaid intermediate wheel andthe internal gear of said totalizing-wheel.

'2. In a totalizer, an .aceumulating wheel, an intermediate spur toothed wheel rotatable about the same axis; an epicyclio spur-pinion mountedion'said accumulating-wheel so as to freely rotatable thereon at a point outside of the axis thereof; an internally-toothed totalizing-wheel freely rotatable about the axis of the aecun1ulating-\ vheel and means-for rotating said intermediate wheel to carry the tens t hereto from thedeeinially lower parts of the mechanism, said epicyclic pinion being adapted to meshcontinuously both with said intermediatewheel and the internal gear of said totalizing-wheel. p

3-. In atotalizer, an accumulating-wheel; an intermediate wheel; an'epicyelic pinion n1ounted upon one of said wheels soas to be freely rotatable thereon at a point outside of theaxis thereof; two totalizing-heels, one decimally next higher than the other, the lower-of said totalizijng-"wlrerls havingra looking-ring and carrying-teeth thereon; and a carrying-pinion operatedby the lockingring and carrying:

teeth ofsaid lower totalizing-wheel for carrying the tens, said intermediate wheel being operated by said carrying-pinion, and said epicyclic pinion being adapted to mesh continuously with both the said intermediate wheel and the higher-of said totalizing-u heels.

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ed upon one of said wheels so as to be freely rotatable thereon at a point outside of the axis.

thereof; two totalizing-wheels, one deimally next higher than the other, the lower of said totalizing-wheels having a locking-ring and next higher than the other, the lower of said totalizing-wheels having an internal lockingcarrying-teeth thereon; and a carrying-pinion v operated by the lockingrring and carryingteeth of said lower totalizing-wheel for carrying the tens, said intermediate-wheel being operated by said carrying-pinion, and said epicyclic pinion being adapted to mesh continuously with both the said intermediate wheel and the higher of said totalizing-wheels,

and said higher totalizing-wheel and said in-' termediat'e wheel being freely rotatable about a common axis, but said carrying-pinion being rotatable about a fixed axis non-coincident with the axis of rotation of'said higher 1 totalizing-wheel. r

6. In a totalizer, a totalizing-wheel having an internal gear, an intermediate spur-wheel and an annular accumulating-wheel, all of entially inclose said intermediate wheel; other parts having a lowe decimal-place value; and

means operated by the said dec'imally lower parts of the mechanism for carrying the tens therefrom to said intermediate wheel.

7. Ina totalizer, a non-rotatable shaft; a totalizing-wheel an accumulating-wheel; and an intermediate wheel, all of said wheels being freely rotatable about the center of said shaft as an axis; a'n epicyclie pinion mounted on one of said wheels so as to be freely rotatable thereon at a point outside of the axis thereof, and said epicyclic pinion being continuously in mesh with said intermediate wheel and the remaining one of said wheels not carrying said epicyclie pinion; a carrying-pinion for rotating said intermediate wheel to .carry the tens to the totalizing-wheel; 'a piece rigidly secured to said shaft for supporting said carryingpinion; and means operated by the decnnally lower parts of the mechanism for operating said carrying-pinionto thereby carry the tens.

8. In a totalizer,2'a totalizingwheel,- an intermediate wheel an'd'an accumulating-wheel all jfre'ely rotatable about thesame ax'is;';an

epicyclic pinion mounted on" the l'eft's'ide-of said accumulating-wheel SO-EStb'bG freely tatable thereon at'a point outside'oi the axis thereof, said epi'cyclic pinion beingadapted be continuously in mesh both with said total izing-wheel and intermediate wheel; a carrying-pinion at the'right of said accumulating wheel adapted tobe continuously in m'esh with said intermediate wheel; other totalizer parts having lower decimal-place value; and means operated by the decimally-lower parts of the rn'echanism. for operating said. carrying-pin- 9. Ina totalizer, a non-rotatable main shaft;

a, pair of totalizing-wheel's freely rotatable about said shaft,- eachvtotalizing-wheel having wheels; an intermediate wheel also freely rof carrying-teeth at the left portion and an. internal gear at the right portion; anlaccumulating wheel also freely rotatable about said shaft and interposedbetween said totalizingtatable about said shaft; an epicyclic pinion journaled upon-said accumulating-wheel and BEST AVAlLABLE COP:

adapted to mesh continuously with both said intermediate wheel and the interna'l gear of the totalizing-vvheel having the higher place value; carrying-pinions adapted to meshcontinuoustv with said' intermediate'wheel and be operated by'th carrying-teeth of the lower of said totalizing-wheels; anda piece rigidly fixed to said shaft for supporting said carrying-pinion; i ("10. 111 atotalizer, atotalizing-wheel having 'carrying-teeth,"a'carrying-pinion operated by said totalizingwheel," an.interinediate gear 7.

operated by Saidcarrying-pinionZan epicylic pinion'r'otated'about its center by said inter- -=,'inedi ate, wheel andcontinuously in meshwith said intermediate wheel; a'second and higher: valued totalizing-wheel operated by epicyclic pinion 'and alwa'ys in mesh therewith; and a niernber adapted to be rotated variousamounts about the axis of said higher totalizjing-wheel,- said last-mentioned member carrying saidepicyclicpinion eccentrically.

f In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses. .7

Y HYMAN'ELI GOLDBERG iVVitnesses:

JULIA M. BRISTOL,

HOWARD M.COX.

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