US831425A - Calculating-machine. - Google Patents

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PATENTED SEPT. 18, 1906.

W. R. GAITHBR. CALCULATING MACHINE.

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PATENTED SEPT. 18, 1906.

W. R. GAITHER. Y CALCULATING MACHINE.

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PATENTED SEPT. 18, 1906.

W. R. GAITHER. CALCULATING MACHINE.

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CALCULATING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 18, 1906.

Application filed November 27,1905. Serial No. 289.234-

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM R. GAITHER. a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the dounty of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Calculating-Machines, of which the following is a s ecification.

My invention re ates to an improvement in the class of registering adding-machines in which figures are listed by printing in columns and added and the totals recorded on sheets of aper.

he general object of my invention is to adapt the carria es of such machines for time-keeping anrf pay-roll work, while as now constructed-they are only adapted to work on a sheet of paper of moderate length for listing checks and similar temporary work, which only goes through the machine once and is taken out; and to this end I provide means for carrying a roll of paper from which to tpay off as needed a suflicient length of we to accommodate as man entries as it is possible to require to be ma e lengthwise of the web and means for taking up the sheet as it is fed from the roll, thus enabling the pay-roll to remain in the machine from one pay-day to the other by ada ting it to be reeled back on the supply-r01 for each new or daily set of entries, for which the carriage is set, as usual, over one space to the left.

The more specific objects of my invention are to adapt such registering adding-machines to be used for posting daily hours, days, tonnage, mileage, or an basis that is used in the payment of emp oyees and for other purposes where daily cumulative totals are desired and to further and at the same time make use of the adding mechanism of the machine to carry forward the daily cumulative totals, and as the result of the attainment of. these two objects to avoid expensive and otherwise objectionable re uirements incidental to the usual metho of calculating wages due employees and which increase in proportion to the number of employees. In order to state clearly the requirements referred to, it .is necessary to give herein a short synopsis of the method in common use for handling the pay-roll, which my invention is designed to improve by substituting machine-work for much that has hitherto been required to be performed by the hand and brain. The time or other basis of payment is credited daily to each employee, and the pay-roll is closed usually once or twice each month. It then becomes necessary to ioot up the total time credited to each employee for the period covered to enable it to e multiplied b the rate of pay and extended into money. his adding isdone along a horizontal line of figures and is .a tedious o eration, especially where fractions occur. It is usually required to be done hurriedl and is gone over by two persons or sets ol persons and often rechecked a third time, and even then errors are made, which, however, may not be discovered for some time after the employee has been paid, thereby causing dissatisfaction in addition to the great amount of labor involved. Moreover, employees sometimes leave between pay-days, and when one so leaves his time must be figured u quickly and errors often occur in that way aiso. Ten days is the'more usual time allowed for closing large pay-rolls, and a considerable portion of this time is devoted to adding up and going over the hour or other basis of payment extensions.

By means of my improvement I adapt the adding mechanism of any registering-machine to add each days time to the accumulated total of the preceding days in the period'by the same operation which credits the time, so that at the end of the pay-roll period or at any time between pay-rel eriods the pay-roll will show the total ue each employee and leave nothing remaining to be done but the extension into money, which is usually done with the aid of '0. suitable wage-table.

Incidents of the accom lishment of my aforesaid objects are expe ition in enabling institutions employing labor to ascertain promptly the results of their operations for the previous month by l due to work on pay-r0 l-closmg, which must be performed before the accounts for the month can be closed, and rapidity of posting and. totalizing, with the advantage otproducing printed, and therefore easrly-legr le, figures instead of handwriting.

Having thus premised a general statement avoiding the delay of the nature and object of my invention, I v

to a well-known calculating-machine, represented in slightly-modified form as to the casing in side elevation, with the right-hand side presented to view and with a portion of 5 the casing broken awa to expose the printing deviceswithin. ig; 2 is a co'rresponding view of the left-hand side of the improved machine; Fig. 3, a view of the same in rear elevation, and Fig. 4 a plan view of a section to of a web of aper having its surface arranged to adapt it or use with my improvement'and illustrating the manner in which my improvement enables the machine to be operated.

The calculating machine shown in the 15. drawings and to which my improvement is applied for illustrating one connection in which it is adapted to be'us'ed forms the subject of letters Patent of the United States.

No. 595,864, dated December 21, 1897; but zg my improvement is susceptible of use with ":6; ual advantage onother constructions. of

ca culating-machines employing a reciprocable carnage for the paper and which is operative to print on the paper and add figures in columns andrecord the totals, so that it-is -not my intention to .be. understood as restricting' my improvement to any particular construction of such a calculating-machine. Ais the casing of the machine containing the operating mechanism, which it is unnece'ssary'toillustrate or describe in detail, since it is the same as that of the calculating-machine well known upon the market as the Burroughs registermg accountant, manufactured in accordance with Letters Patent granted to William S. Burroughs, the earliest of which are Nos. 388,116, 388,117, 388,118, ,and1388,1'19, datjed. August 21,- 1888, and later -ones',.pfwhich'are No. 420,618, dated February-"41,11 899; and Nos. 504,963 and ""-505,0 78, dated-September 12, 1893. Refere'ricemaybe had ,to, these patents for a detailed explanation pfithe operating mechan; ism'of the machine. j v 5" "B denotes the. nu belted keys of the ma- 1 chine arranged' iii=. aseifiesiofparallel rows in the top'of the casing,{there-be1ng nine keys in each row, as shown inili'rgslg'l-and 2. and there lbeingfusually nine] ws'cof the-keys The 5o keys'in'each row at bered,c'omsetutiyelg,-

from front to'rea-r th nine'idigitsan' the several rows 9 denominations, theupon. the-right representing units the next'to the left represent: g tens, and s'o on row,'in'which-' the ke srepres'ent millions.

" C is the) s: -.i k' & i. means of w 'ch a ter'thelprgp e represent the amount tube have been operated the addit on are-effected by pulling the its limit of stroke andthen e turn being .efi'ected bya suitable spring-in the machine.

ys repres'ent different to the or lefthan'djsmgit; topp. mit it to return to .noimal po'sitielr', such r'e-J' So much of the printing mechanism as is necessary to an understanding of myinvention is exposed to view by the broken-away portion ofthe casing in Fig. 1, where the series of type corresponding with the righthand row'of'keys is'shown. There are nine "of such rows of type arranged side by side and close together, one row corresponding to and'cooperating with each of the rows of keys B. The type in each row are arranged in five pairs, as shown, each pair being carried by an independent t e-bar'or plunger D, the five plungers in eac row being mounted upon and carried by a sector-plate E, which is hung at its extreme forward ,end upon a transverse rod (not shown) extending across the upper central part of the machine. Each plunger D is provided vwith two pins a b, the former of which is normally seated in a notch in the edge of the sector-plate E and the latter of which projects through a slot in said plate and serves to hold the plunger in position and guide it in its movement indeinking-ribbon G passes vertically between the roller and the type. v

The-foregoing explanation is sufiicient for a general understanding of the operation of the machine independently of my invention,

which operation is as follows: When any key B in a given row is depressed and the lever C then drawn forward to its limit of movement, the sector-plate E corresponding to such row of keys will be first swung upward until its type corresponding to the operated key is brought approximately to the printing-point in front of the center of the platen? roller, whereupon the plunger carrying such type is thrown rearward and presses the inking-ribbon G against the platen-roller F to print the number on such type upon paper interposed between the roller F and ribbon G, after which upon the release of the lever C the parts all return to normal position.

At H in Fig. 1 is represented a special key,

which is the repeating-key in the aforesaid machine, and at I in Fig. 2 is represented anap'ther special key, which is the totalizing-key ,of. the machine.

im rovement, which relates particularly to tli lating -machine of the character thus -.described, involves lengthening of the carria ee printing attachmenton a calcuwa'yand providing on the'laterally-shifta 1ev carriage to be, movable with it a feed-for the paper on--whichthe work of the machine is kperf orm'ed, consisting of'a lower roller carry- -ing ,,t'he supply of the 'pa rin a roll and-an ..upper roller upon wlnc to wind the web 5 'fromthe lower roll and from which to rewind the web on the lower roll as the action of the l l l had for a more detailed description, that hereinafter given being sufficient, however, to enable those skilled in the art to understand my im rovement. I

On t e back of the casing A, near its base,

I is provided arigid bar J longer than the width of the casing and projecting to an e ual extent beyond each side. thereof. On t e ends of this bar, respectively, are the upwardlypgojecting and outwardly-curved brackets and K, which serve to support all the devices to be described and involving my improvement. J oumaled at its ends inbearings at the upper ends of the respective side frames K K is a shaft L, on which is a feed-roller M, shown to be dividedinto a plurality of sec.- tipns disposed at uniform intervals along the s a'ft. the shaft L has fast upon it a ratchet N, with which cooperates apawl 0, carried by an arm P, loosely hung at its forward end upon said shaft besidethe ratchet and having connected to its rear end the upper end of a link Q. A rock-shaft S is journaled in the side frame K. and has rigidly secured upon its extreme left-hand end a forwardly-extending arm R, to which is pivoted the'lower end of the link Q, the rock-shaft'being actuated by contact with it of a stud Y on a lever X, located withinthe machine. The arm R is provided with two holes a b ,-connected by a slot 0, and the lower end of the link Q carries a stud d, whichfits in and cooperates with the holes a b and may be shifted from one to the other. On the opposite end of the rock-shaft S is secured between its ends a forwardly-bent lever T. An arm T on the rock-shaft has its lower end connected by a coiledspring U with the side frame K, while its u per end extends into the path of the stud on the lever X, which is so connected with the main 0 eratingrlever C, by means unnecessary to illustrate or describe here that whenever the lever C is pulled forward to its limit of movement the upper end of the lever X will be thrown forward-and engage the stud Y with the lever T to press it slightly rearward and rock it against the stress of the spring U. When the link Q is engaged with the hole I) in the arm R, which hole is nearest the ful- V crum of the arm or lever, a less throw will be impartedto the link and the pawl-carrier P and pawl 0 than when the lower end of the At its right-hand end, Figs. 2 and 3,

link is swun forward and its stud engaged with the ho e a. The adjustment of the parts is such that when so engaged with the ole b the pawl 0 will slip backward over one tooth of theratchet N and advance the latter the space of one tooth at each operation of the lever C of the machine, while when the lower end of the link is swung forward with its stud engaged with the hole a the pawl will be given twice the extent of throw at eachoperation of the le\ er C and the feedroller and paper therefore advanced twice as far as under the first-mentionedadjustment. By this means the machine may be adjusted to print the items. close together in each column or farther apart, as may be desired.

Extending between the upper ends of the frame members K and K is the carriage-track A, provided with a longitudinal uide-rib f on its top, and a U-shaped bearingar A is rigidly fastened at its ends to said frame members below the track. A" is the carriage fit at which it runs on the bar A which thus supplements the carriage A in supporting the wei ht of the paper and rollers therefor carried by the bars it. On the lower ends of the bars h, which, together with the arms 9, form a supplemental frame, are provided bearings 01, in which is journaled a roller "L for the roll of paper (not shown) to be used with the Inachine and from which the'paper is fed, and similar bearings k are provided on the upper ends of the arms h for journaling in them an upper take-up roller k for the web of paper. The rollers 11 and k, which are thus journaled on a carrier rigidly connected with the carriage A to-move with it, carry pulleys p p, at which they are connected to cause turning of one to turn the other by an endless belt q.

The platen is shown in the form of a roller F, which is preferabl rubber-faced and bears upon the roller M when the parts are in operative position, as in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, and the web of aper is passed between them, so that when t e roller M is actuated at each operation of the machine, as described, the paper which pames, as indicated by the dotted line W, over the roller 1', over a suitable guideK supported on the carriage A, like that shown in. said Letters Patent No. 595,864, but wider, thence about the roller F to the roller 7:, upon which it is -wound, will be slightly adl, rising from the ends of the carriage, to enable the roller F. to be raised from contact with the feed-roller M when desired bya banting and seated on said track to be moved vanced to bring a fresh surface tothe printthe roller platen-roller when dle m on an arm 0, although there is no need for such raising of the pl aten-roller to permit inspection of the work, for the back of the casing A is formed on an incline, as representeda't V, lto permit the operator to view the printing on the paper at all times from his position of p crating the machine withoutraising the rol er F. 'At F is shown a pressure-roller bearing upon the upper side of the platen-roller for causing the paper to pass smoothl about the latter. The spindle of the roller .is mounted at its ends in the front ends of levers F, pivoted to the arms C and engaged at their rearvends pay springs n, which serve to press into contact with the roller F, The lever F at the left-hand, side of the ma-, chine is provided with threearms, the arm F of which forms a handle by which the roller F may be lifted out of contact with the desired. The carriag e'A is free to be slid longitudinally upon the bar A, and to relieve'the friction between theparts ball-bearings are interposed between them, asshown at e. -Thelateral movement of the carriage A for the printing of different columns is accomplished.

- through the medium of a handle A, rising from the carriage, and during such lateral movements the platen-roller F is adapted to be raised, as it mustbe, by the means rovided for the purpose according to. thea oresaid Patent No. 595,864, and these movements of the carriage for printingthe columns side by side on the web are step-by-step ters Patent.

The web W, Fig.4, to be used with my improvement is of materially greater width than that for which the machine of the aforesaid Patent No. 595,864 is adaptedand should be used'for being shown on the i tively from 1 to -6, inclusive, representin prepared, likethe section of the sheet-illustrated, with horizontal lines, each line being noting the time of a different employee. Each employee may be designated by a different number at the beginning of a horizontal line, these designating-numbers v web as running consecu- 1.' At the head end of the web are provi (led in series the numbers from the workin days of the week and space apart to ad apt each number to-head a OOlUJIlILOf fig-' ures, and beyond the series of day-designating numbers are provided, ing a different column, the consecutive words Rate, Amount, Deduction, and Amount. 7

' To ex lain the operation of the machine provide with my improvement, ex lanation of the notation for one employee wilFsufiice say of the em loyee designated1'. On the first day of t eweek the machine has been caused to mark his time as 12, meaning each for -head-.

hours. On the second day this number began the second column and under it was rinted 13, representing the ours worked the second day, which, added to the previous number, made the total of twenty-five hours, forward to head the-.column for the third day, on which twelve hours were credited" to the employee,making a total of thirty-seyen hours, and so on to the sixth day, showing the total number of hours credited to the respective employee to be seventy. With the rate per hour noted in the next succeeding columnlthe amount due the particular employee may by multiplying it by seventy be readily inserted into the next succeeding colmum, and any deduction noted by the machine in the deduction-column maybe as readily subtracted from the gross amount and the sum due the particular employee 'noted by suitably operating the machine 1n the final-amount column. Thus on any day the pay due, an employee may be readily and accurately ascertained by inspecting the sheet W, forming the pay-roll, and figuring out the final amount, and on pay-day the pay-roll 1s easily, quickly, and accurately gotten ready for paying off the hands.

As the web W is paid ofi from the roller '11 by the feeding action of the roller M. any slack in the web between the platen and the take-up roller 7c may be wound upon the lat- .ter by applying to its squared projecting end a suitab e crank-handle 0 and properly turning the take-up roller. When the first day s notation of the employees time has. been printed on the Web for the succeeding day,

number of and this total was carried the carriage is shifted to bring the next col-- p the machine, and the handle oisuapplied to the squared end ofthe roller 71 for turning the latter to rewind upon it the web preparatory to noting in the second column in succession the respective employees total time, including his time ofthe succeeding'day, his time for the second day and his totaltime on that day being obtalnedby pulling the lever C. Preparatory toveach rewinding of the web upon the roller 1}- the roller Fv should be raised out of contact with the roller M. The operation for each succeeding day is the same as that.

for thesecond.

- a When a pay-roll made u on theweb W,

itmay be severed from the atter and taken out of the machine, and the end of the web from which the pay-roll was thussevered may thenrbe adjusted in the machine and fastened to the 11 per roller is for a new ayroll. The web illustrated is adapted f r a weekly pay-roll; but it maybe wide enough and arranged for fifteen days or thirty-one a s.

g bviousl the manner in whichtime or other cumudative totals are'obtained may be straight days, the amount posted in money values instead of days or teen, or t irty-one days.

ours, or where employees are paid by mileage or tonnage or by the piece or on any other basis which requires registry to them of daily. cumulative credits for services performed my. improvement is adapted to be used. Moreover, it is adaptable for equally advantageous use for other purposes besides payment of labor where daily cumulative totals are desired, as in large business-houses, factories, railway-offices, &c., for daily sales, shipments, production, materials used, daily charges to accounts, and the like, the names or numbers of articles or accounts -orother items being used in that case instead of the names of or numbers denoting employees.

The best general explanation I can give of v the new use to which my improvement adapts the calculator to be put is to take the last in a pay eriod, which is usually seven, fi

When commencing to post the last days time before closing the pay-roll, I begin with em loyee No. 1 in the vertical column of that ay. Either by glancing at the previous days total for that employee, where it is in sight on the machine, or else by raising the carriage slightly to bring the work into view I ascertain 1118 total preceding time or wages due in the om his time-card or other'report I print under that total the time or money due for the last day and then take the total for the two items on the machine. By following this procedure throughout the eriodI have his total hours or other basis 0 payment, or if it is o'ssible to post each'days. wages in period and print that in the column. Then money is total wages due correctly footed when the last day is credited to him.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

1. In a calculating-machine of the character described employing a rinting attach-1 ment containingalaterally-s iftable carria e, and a platen and paper-feeding means, t ie combination with a carriage of a web-guide thereon, a roller-carrier rigidly connected with said carriage to move with it, and lower and upper web-carrying rollers journaled on said carrier and adapted for winding and unwindin a web extending from one to the other 0 said rollers between said platen and feeding means, for 'the purpose set forth.

2. In a calculating-machine of the chara-t ter described employing a printing attachment containing a laterally-shiftable carriage and a platen and paper-feeding means, a frame if r said carriage extendin across the back O tl1& machine-casing an projecting beyond the sides thereof, a track extending between the ends of-said frame and on which the carriage is movably supported, a web guide secured on the carriage to move with it, a roller-carrier rigidly connected with said carriage to move with it, and lower and upper web-carr ing rollers journaled on said carrier and BA apted for winding and unwinding a web extending from one to the other of said rollers between said platen and feeding means, for the purpose set forth.

3. In a calculating-machine of the character described employi a rinting attachment containing a lateriiily-sl iftable carriage, and a platen and paper-feeding means, a frame for said carriage extendi across the .back of the machine-casing an projecting beyond the sides thereof, a track extending between the ends of said frame and on which the carriage is movably supported, a webguide secured on the carria e to move wit-hit, a supplemental frame rigid iy connected with said carriage to move with 1t, and lower and. upper web-carrying rollers journaled on said supplemental frame and ada ted for winding and unwinding a web exten ing from one to the other of said rollers between said platen 4. In a calcul'ating-maclnne of the character described employin a rinting attachment containing a lateraiIly-shiftable carriage and a platen and paper-feeding means, a frame for saidcarriage extendin across the back of the machine-casing an projecting beyond the sides thereof, a track extending between the ends of said frame and on which the carriage is movably supported, a webuide secured on the carriage to move with with said carriage to move with it, a bearing on said casing on which the supplemental frame travels, and lower and u per web-carrying rollers journaled on sai supplemental frame and adapted for winding andunwindin a web extending from one to the other of means, for the urpose set forth.

5. In a calcu ating-machine of the character described, employin a printingrattachment containing a-laterafiy-shiftable carriage and a platen and paper-feeding means, a frame for said carriage consisting of a bar ex' tendin across the back of the machine-casing an projecting beyond the ends thereof, and brac ets projecting upward from the ends of said bar, a track sup orte'l at its ends on said bracket and on w 'ch the carriage is movably supported, a bearing-bar connect- 1t, a supplemental frame'rlgidly connected and feeding means, for the purpose set forth.

said rollers between said platenand feeding ing said brackets below the track, arms exunwinding a web extending from one to the tending rearward from the carriage and earother of said rollers between said platen and rying vertical bars provided at their lower feeding means, for the purpose set forth.

ends with rollers riding on said bearing-bar l 5 and-having lower and upper r0ller-bearings,

and web-carrying rollers 'ournaled in said roller-bearings and adapted WILLIAM R. GAITHER. In presence of L. IIEISLAR, J. H. LANDES. 1

for winding and

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