US899229A - Listing-machine. - Google Patents

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J. P. Mus. LISTING MUHINE.

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Specification ot-Letters I atent Patented Sept-22, 1908;

Application Med December 5, 1905'. Serial No'. 290.850.-

To all whom. it may concern.-

. Beit known that I, JAMES FRANcIs Mars, a citizen of the United States, residing at Birmingham, in thel county of Jefferson and.

State of Alabama, havel invented new and useful Improvements in Listing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention relates to improvements in calculating and machines.

The leading machines in the art to which my invention pertains are' operated by striking andvsetting the proper keys with the 3ngers after which a lever or crank is operated to register the nuinberson the item and total dials and to rintor listthe items. The operation of pulling or throwing the lever is not only fatiguingto the operator, but decreases very considerably the speed at which the machine can be manipulated. In other pending ap lications I have shown and claimed a calcu ating machine adapted to register The items by the direct action ofthekeys-and without the use of any lever or crank.

It is one obj ect of my resent invention to provide a machine Whic will set the type digits to rint each 'item of figures; carry the total an set the total type digitsto prin it; and return the keys' and other mechanism back to initial or zero posit-ion, all b r the mere pressure of the keys, and withoutt euse of levers or similar devices.

,It is a further object to provide such a machine with printing devices which are inde pendent of the operation of the calcula'ing machinery and may be'nsed at the option of the person manipulating the machine. Y The g advantages derived from such an arrangementare of importance, for I can rint items or only totals as may be desired t ereby iniprovin'g on those machines which have1 to print alistof items'in order to get totals on the proper dials. I provide means lto exliibit each it em registered for checking aga-.inst mistakes, whetherY the items be printed or not, or, if desired, these proof gures can be dispensed' Withby throwing the item dials outof operation while the machine registers the movements of the keys on the total dials, thereby lightening the Work and resistance of the operating keys. l -Itis a further 4object of my inventionto improve theprinting devices, adapting them to print the items or totals by a movement of rheppa-per carriage and without:- the use of a ribbon or shifting' of the registering dials. -T he printing is done at the top of the machine reducing thefor printing, the paper carriage is depressed,

by a stroke similar to that required to operate a key', and moves a small inking roll over the item type before bringing the aper into lcontact therewith. If a total is esired the paper carriage may be readily shifted over the total dials and then depressed to rint.

V'The left hand may be used to 'both sh' t and print and at. the same time these operations may becarriedon while the hand is used for 't and by a rapid, easv touch of theiingers,

operating keys as practically no more movement will be necessary than that required tol operate the spacer key on typewriters.

' When the listing or item dials are in use it becomes necessary to' provide meansgto return them to initial position after each item has been registered. This is done b a reset key which is struck after eachitem has been registered in the same manner as the spacer key on typewriters.

My invention further comprises the der tails of construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter more particularl described and which have been designed an assembled simplest and most economical manner possible.

The comparatively ness of manufacture,

in which they can be assembled, make my 'fevv parts, their cheap# and the ready ina-nner invention more serviceable and available than an now on the market.

eferring nowto the accompanying drawingswhich illustrate an embodiment of my present invention in a preferred formz-Figure 1, is a tup plan view of a listing machine I constructed in accordance with-my invention,

the printing attachments being removed to show the item and total dials in position for printing,- and the to broken away to show the arrangement of t e key shafts and counter shafts and their conr'iections. Fi 2, is a longitudinal vertical section throng :n-z, Fig. l. only one of the setsof arms and levers connecting the counter rock shafts to the key l operated shafts' and registering dials shown to avoid confusion.

Fig. 3, is a transverse horizontal section along the line' -1/.-Jy, Fig. 2, showing in plan the operating mechamsm for both-sets of registering dials. Fi

4, is a top plan view ofthe two sets of regis- 85 to produce the results above stated in theA l iii.

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tering dials with the top of the casing removed,v part of the item dials being broken away to illustjratein the plan thcresetting mechanism therefor. of the resetting mechanism for the item dial in side elevation looking tothe left. Fig.' 6, is a liront. elevation of the counter rock shafts, Fig. 7, is a-A Fig. '5, is a detail view and the bearing plates therefor. detail rear view of part of the transfer devices for the total dials. Fig. 8, is a detail sideA elevation of anoperating leverfor the l'total dial' resetting mechanism. Fig.. 9, illus-l trates the total dial 'resetting mechanism 1n longitudinal sideelevation; l:Fig 10, is a detail plan-l view of the printing attachments, the paper rolls being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 11, is a front view of Fig. 10, illustrating the mannerin which the printing carriage is mounted on the machine frame. Fig'.P 12, is a vertical section through the rinting attachment and a portion of' the dia s looking to the lef t, and showing the mechanism in the act of printing anitem. Fig. 13,'is a reverse side elevation of the rinting attachments looking to the right an( illustrated with a, printing carriage shown slightly lifted on its pivots from its slide supporting carriage." Fig. 14,

.is adeta-il illustration of the pivot connection Acomprises a lurahty of keys arranged in any desired num er of rows of nine each extending from front to rear of the machine, The number of rows'of keys 1s ,determined by the capacitgF of the machine, that illustrated being provided with seven rows of numeral keys. The keys ofeach row' are provided with linger' pieces' 4, which are numbered consecutively vfrom 1 to 9. These keys have shanks 5 which project through suitable Y.openings inl the top and in a guide plate Y6 mounted on bars 7 and su ported near thev bottom of the casing on' ang e irons 8 secured 1 to front 1, and a transverse partition 9. Sup- Aortis 10 brace the bars 7 near their centers.

he key shanks are reduced near their inner ends leaving shoulders 11 between which and plate 6 are disposed coiled springs 12 surrounding the AShanks and acting againstthe shoulders to return the keys to initial position. Pins 13, carried bythe shanks, serve to stop the upwardmovement of the keys byY i enga-ging the top.- Each-key shank carries Aa pin orantifriction roller 14, adapted to engage an arm 15 on a rock shaft 16. Each row of keys hasny corresponding rock shaft provided with nine rocker arms 15, one for escasas each key, which are rigiilkyiconnected to' their respectiveshaftsand project therefrom each receives an"^annular rockin pressed. L 'lfhu's'the keys of v'a rowlnwill give tlieir'respective shaft nine annular'rocking'v latfdierent angles to'and'onjthe same side of a' longitudinal'vertical planeft'hrough each". 'shaft'. E a'cllof Vthesearms is ada engaged'and -rockeda determine f" :by-oneof thekeysrbeingso arranged that f 'i' ,Ino'v'ernent.'l determined .by the value 'of "t lekev gie-Q positions representing registering points inl its travel, each key increasin the movement imparted to the shaft in equa steps.` Allthe;

keys of a row have strokes of uniformA length but .the point in their downward. travel where they enga e and act on their rock shaft '16 varies. 'l is is an improvement over arf rangements which require the keys to be de-l pressed diti'erent distances,l as this materially ntlects speed of operation. To provide for are disposed alternately on opposite sides of the key shanks of successive rows, so that the 'arms 15 operated by the 6 or 7 ke 's are staggered. The shafts 16 are jo-urna ed at one end to the front 1 of the casing which carries coiled sprinv t 17 connected to the shafts and adapted to return them and their conn ected arts-to initial position after opera- [1011. sides of the casing, serve as intermediate bearing supports for the shafts. whose other ends 'are journaled in the partition 9, through which they project and are rigidly connected .to arms 19 which engage stops 20, also carried by the partition, which serve to limit their movement due to the action of s rings 17.

Through the agencies described), #Y 16 may be independently rocked intheir bearings a distance roportioned to the value of the keys whicih operate them, and returned by the coiled springs 17, this rocking motion being transmitted from the arms 19 to the registering mechanism by the'de-V vices which will now be described. A p'lurality of counter rock shafts 21, correspondransve'rse bars 18, connected to the the shafts the closer arrangement of parts, the rollers 14 ing 1n number with the rock shafts 16, are

journaled in bearing- plates 22 and 23 connected to the sides and bottom of the frame and braced together at their upper ends b a.-

cross plate. 24. The shafts 21 are pre erably of varying length, the shortest being uippermost, and are arranged so as to bring t e` right hand ends of the several shafts op posite theircorresponding rock shafts 16,

. while the left hand ends of these shafts termin'atemore closely toether for the p urpose hereinafter descri d. The bearing lates 22 and 23 may be formed of one ieee,

ut as shown they are separateY p ates,`

stepped or shouldered so as to separate their oppositely. disposed port-lons different distances corresponding with the lengths of the l shafts'21wh1chare journaled in apertured 130.

1 the shafts 21 on the outside of'the bearing 4lugs 25 turned at right angles to the` plates.

Each shaft 21 carries at its right hand end a crank arm 26 dis osed opposite'lts 'corresponding rock sha t 16, and adapted to be -moved thereby through anarm 27 'swivelly connected tothe arm 19 on said rock shaft.

Bythesf'z. means each rocking movement ofa shaft 16 serves rock a corresponding shaft I mount 'an' arm 28' lntermediate-its ends on the left hand end of each shaftf21. These arms are rigidly connected tot-he shafts and disposed adjacent to a bearing Alug 'of plate 22, on theinside. thereof, so that the rear ends of the arms will-project between the bearing plates. These arms are normally disposed at an incline, as seen in Fig. 2. Loosely iournaled on the same end of each of lugs 25, is an arm 29 (Fig. 3) -which projects vtowards the ifront of the machine ann has its end bentl to' the right and connected to a 'vertical arm 30, the lower-end of which4 is.

disposed above and adapted to. be l'engaged by. the lower front end of the adjacent 'arm 28 carried by the same shaft. By this means the arms 29 may be moved upwardly bythe direct action Aofxthe shafts 21 through the arms 28, but their return downward movement is `made independently of .the return movement of the latter arms. The pur ose of this is .to enable the item wheels 31, w ch pose the registering ials or wheels at the are operably connected to the arms 29 by arms 430, to be moved-from initial position by the direct action of the.- key operated mechanism, but to be independentfof such mechanism .in returning to initial position. j

The registering mechanism, as seen in Figs'. l and 4, is vassembled at the left side of the rear end of the casin and in order to dismost convenient po1nt to be operated by the mechanism described,v I arrange them above the set of arms 28'and 29 which, by the construction and arrangement of their respectivel shafts 21, are disposed in the sameplanes -with the registering dials which they operate. As the item and total dials are of 'considerable diameter, I prefer to dispose them in a registering compartment formed as a vertical extension of the casing. A front plate 32 connected'to the 'top 3,' extends upwardly in a `double curve ,to form the front V of the registering compartment. This'plate is connected on one side to a plate 33 su ported by ,the top 3 and constitutingt e rightside of the compartment whose other si es are formedby extending the adjacent side wall 34-and the rear wall 2 of the casingl 'upwardl toa level with plates 32 and- 33.

A top p ate 35 is connected to the walls of the compartment and overlaps the sides ,so that they project slightly above between washers 37 keyed in position thereon and are provided each with a spacing shoulder which engages the adjacentl dial. The shaft isV journaled in the plate .33. and wall 34. These dials are cut away across their lower portions and provided with pins Y or studs 38 to which their o erating arms 30 are pivotallv connected.- y thus reducing '.the thickness of the dials I provide for the free play of these arms between them.

4The item dials on their under sides are 'each provided with a set of nine teeth 39, one for each digit. A pawl 40, held b aspringAl against the dial teeth1 is pivota ly connected to each of the yvert-ical plates 42 mounted on a base 43, which is supported upon two bars 44 su' ported upon the partition 9 and connecteg at their rear ends to a secondl vertical partition'4f5 adjacent. tothe rear end of the casing.' The several spring pressed 40 engage the teeth on the item dial so as to prevent the return movement of the dials to their .initial position after being moved to indicate an item. The reset mechanism to the item dialswill be hereinafter described.

V0n its periphery opposite the teeth 39,.

each dial is provided with twofsets of di 'ts running from O to9. The lowerset of igits are printed, stamped or fixed upon the periphery of each dial in any desired manner Y and are dis osedso that they are visible through a g ass covered 'sight opening 46 in the front 32 of the registering compartment. -'Tl'1e upper. set of digits are to be used for printing items and vare therefore in the form of type, as best seen in Fig. 4, and securedrto the periphery of the dials in anv suitable manner.' They are so arranged relatively to the printing. devices hereafter described, that 'the type digits corres onding to the di ts visible. through the sig t opening 46 wil be disposed in a position to rint the item -seen through said opening. n m struction I show the item dia s 31 arranged the to 35 of the registering compartment throng an opening therein.

'In addition to the seven item dials 31, one

v of which is provided for each row of number.

keys, I provide a printing dial 47, having a flanged periphery of suiiicientv width toreceive the typefor printing a desired set of words. This dial 1s operated in the s`ame manner as the item dials by a row of printing sets of number keys, impart movement to the dial 47 setting 1t forward to nine registering positions, one corresponding with each key,

rom its initial position where it does not print. This wheel is thus ada ted t-o print nine words which may be'suc as are best present con-v i dials 31 are loosely mountedon a shaft 36 pawls 'suited to't'he character of work `which .the

thereof as seen in Fig. 11.- The several item l machine will be called upon to perform. As

. 1204 keys at the left of the bank, which, b means of the transmission devices describe for the iintingdial, are respectively vv.f coinit, Int.v ytoYi `interest., Cash, Bah and substantially .horizontaliy, andlcarry. iozfor balanc-e "'tote'l, "Dtepf for deposit, spring pressed pawls 55 oppositely di-siosed #"Dft. for drafthand "Ck. for check. l to the pawls 53 and in engagement wit the *c of eight totaling dials 4S (one in excessof the saine diameter asV the item its, running troni() to 9 and arranged snct allv mounted on studs only for carrying over frointheseventh dial,

cular reduced bearing end which overlaps a illustrated have adapted this wheel to designate the charac-ter of the items l by printing t similar reduced hearing'end of an oppositely oppositethem abbreviations for the follow' disposed lever 52'. By thus reducing and i n y words, exchange, discount, interest, cash, 1 overlapping the adjacent ends of the air of Vbaa i`ic e, note, deposit, draft, and check, the l levers disposed between each pair ofp dials, finger pieces lof the keys, which o erste the i the dialsniay be arranged more closely tomar 'ed as fol` l gether. The levers 54, which are loosely ows," "'Exc.?.. for exchange, Dis.7 for disl journaled onthe shaft 49, project rearwardly lThe totaling mechanism comprises a set ratchet wheels 50. At. their outer ends these l transfer leversare" swivellv connected to item' dials 31), which are loosely journaledt arms 56 (as'seen more clearlv in Figs. 4 and upon a shaft 49 mounted in the said walls o t 7'), which in turn are swive v connected to theA registering 'coi'npaitment in the same t the outer end of levers 57 pivotall mounted manner as shaft 36 and on a horizontal plane on the rear face of the plate 45. gpririgs 58,' therewith. These dials are preferably of the l also carried by the plate 45, tend t0 draw the dials and have levers 5 7 and arms 56 downwardh1 against theirupper periphei'i'es projecting above the stop pins'59. A second arm 60 is connected top 35 of the registering casing through an ll to each lever 57 atapoint nearer its pivot. At o ening therein. These dials are each pro their upper ends these arms 60 are each vided with a plurality of setsof printing digswivelly connected to a trip lever 61., pivot- 62 connected to the back 2 of the casing.' At their free ends l thesetrp levers .are adapted to engage pins 63 projecting from the side periphery of the cessively around the whole periphery. Be- 'ing of the saine diameter as the itein dials, l arrange each set of digits so' that they are -l subtended by the saine arc as either set of total dials. There will be a pin 63 for each die'itsoii the item dials. s illustrated there set of digits on each dial, the pins being will he four sets of printing digits on each l laced so that as each digit 9 on a dial is total dial. A ratchet wheel 50, provided iirought into printing position, a pin will enwith a number oi teeth corresponding with gage the trip lever 61, disposed opposite to the digits on the total dials, is secured to one said dial, and, as the dial is moved forward side of 'each totaldial. 51, one of one registering pointto which is swivelly connected to the rear end 'of the succeeding set of digits into printing of each rocker arm 28, lead upwardly beposition, the travel of the dial will be imparttween the iteni and total dials and connect ed to the trip lever and acting.r through arm 'each to the outer end of a lever 5 2 loosely 60, lever 57, arin' journaled on shaft 49. There will be seven this movement. will be transmitted bythe of these arms 51', which will transmit motion l pawl 55 to the ratchet wheel 50 and will adroin the arms 28 to the first sevenv total vance the dial wheel of next higher degree dials, counting from the' right, 'bythe enone registering point. The trip levers are ga'genientl of spring pressed pawls 53 carried so disposed relatively to the pins that they by the levers 5l,with the teeth on the ratchet are released from the pins after the latter wheels 5t); rl`he eighth total dial being used have traveled one registering point. To conipensate any slight -lost niotionand to the bet.-

will not be independently` operated by the ter insure a positive `carrying action, the

keys. The movement ofthe rocker arms 28, arms 60 are connected to the levers 57 .nea rer which corresponds with the value of the key to the ivot oints of the latter than the arms which actuales them, will be thus transmit- 56. hese atter arms will therefore have a ted by the arms 51, levers 52, and pawls 53 to the corresponding total dials, each of which will be advanced a 'number of registering points corresponding with the digit value of the liey depressed in its correspond-l in rows of keys. As this movement will bring the successive sets of type digits in printing position, it is necessary to provide carrying mechanism to transfer from dial to dial as each new set'of digits is brought into use by the rotation of the' dials.

The transfer mechanism comprises a set of seven transfer levers 54, one ofwhich is dispped adjacent to each total diahexcept the t or uniss dial, and is provided with a cirtravel slight-ly longer than that of the arms 60. Since the iiiovemcntof the latter arins is derived from the dial from which the carrying is to be effected. it follows that.the movement of the carrying levers 54, for the dials of higher degree to which the carrying is to be eii'ected, will have .suiirient travel to insurf` the positive carryin.r o( one digit, The springs 5S actto maintain the' rms Sti and levers 54 and (il in initial position until their respective dials have reached tho registering point. As thcrc will he no lover 54 and pawl 55 to engage thc ratchet heel on the iirst or units total dial. l provide :i spring pressed pawl 64 mounted upon he plate 45 bring the zero digit 56, and transfer lever 54,-

vand adapted to enga seems e the ratchet wheel to the units dial and heid it against movement the valne of the keys depresse in any'Y but a -foryvarddi-rection:

The rocking movement imparted by" the keys to the shafts' 16 and 2 1 will` rock the arms 28'throug'h an are corres onding with The arms 28, through -the arms 30, .ift the item dials so that 'they exhibit` through the sight opening 46, digits correspondi'ng'wvith the numbers of the keys depressed, and also set similar-type digits in positionabove the top 35 toprint the item. A corres onding registering movement is imparte to the total dials through the arms 51lever's 52, pawls 53. andratchet wheels '0, so that these dials are advanced a requisite number of ste 's' to register the numbers of' .:heo erated eys;A The coiled springs 17, connecte to the shafts 16,' are sufficientlyy strong to insure the prompt' `return of these shafts and also'the shafts 2 to their initial position after they have been rocked by the depression of the kevs. -'This return movement vofthe rock shafts will be imparted to the arms 2'8, which will' move the 'levers 52' for the total dials back to'an initial position, these dials being held against reverse movement bv the action of the pawls and 64. It will be noted,

however, that since the arms 28 are not connected tothe operating devices 30 for the item. dials, these arms may swing downwardly Without eiiecting a return of the item dials to their initial or zero osition. .After an item has been registere thekeys and total dial arms 51 will be promptly returned to initial position, while the item dials will beheld, in registering position by the engagement. of the pawls 40 with their respective ratchet teeth 39. To release these item dials, I provide a special'reset mechanism comprising a key 65 connected to a lever 66 pivotally connected to the left side of the case near the sup ort for the pawls 40. At its'rear end the ever is-provided with an elongated slot67 which receives an end `of a swinging bar 68 pivotally connected'by links- 69 to a journal pin 70, mounted in the plates 42. The rear ends of the pawls 4() project over the bar 68 (Fig. 5) and are engaged and lifted thereby when the lever is depressed ins 71 carried by ear. This moves the several pawls, against the action of their springs, out of engagement with the. teeth, 39,v thus leaving-.the

item dials free to he returned to their initial position which isA eiiected by means of springs 72 supported by hooks 73 from the iront side of partition 45 and connected each to the rear end of a lever 74 fulcrumed be'- V tween -lugsor ears 75, preferably struck up from a bearing plate ,76 fastened to the bottom and side of the casing. These levers 74 pass through openings in this plate 76 and and 80.

' slot 83.

slides 91 connected at their also through (Figr'), the bearing plate 22 for't e rock shafts 21. At

elly connected byA links 78'to the arms 29h0- tween their pivot points and forward ends` their forward ends these levers 74 are-swiv- I where they are connected by the arms 30 with the tem dials. The springs 72 will therefore tend to `draw the Varms 30 downwardly and to return the item dials toinitial position, the movement of the dials being stopped whenfthey register zero, by the engagement of the arms 30 with the ends of the evers 28.

Y To effect. the return of the total dials to. their initial orv zero position, Iprovide the mechanism illustrated in Figs. 8 and 9, and which comprises two bracket. plates 79,A loosely journaled on the shaft 49 on each side of the total dials..- A similar plate 80 is loosely journaled on the end of the shaft, f

'which projects beyond the side of the main 'casing and'carries a portion 81 of an operating handle disposed at its lower left hand end (Fig. 8). A rod 82 passes through 'an arcuate slot 83 in the side Wall ofthe casing and connects the lower front endsofthe plates 79 A frame 84 'has vlugs'85 journaled on rod 82 and so disv osed that the rear side of the frame iscapa le of sufficient vertical play to bring? the studs 86 carried thereby, into engagement with stops or 4ins 63 on the total dials. A ortion 87 of t e frame 'ects through t e' slot 83 and carries a alf andle 8810 positel but normally spaced therefrom t ev distance which portion 87 drops into a notch 89 in the loweredge of A coil spring 90, connected to shaft' 49 and' engaging plate 80, tends to swing the. reset mechanism to its initial position where 87v drops into notch 89 and holds the parts together. This not only frees the frame of the notch but also brings the stud 86 into position to engage the dial pins 63.as the. frame is 'swung' to the rear. The arcl of travel of the plate 84 corresponds with the arc subtended by a set of digits, and it' therefore follows that each stud 86 will pick up a total dial, regardless of its osition, and continue to advance it until t e pins 63 on the dials are brought into alinement and the dials set to a position Where they will each print zero. It will be noted that thelength of the studs 86 corresponds substantially.

until the handle parts 81 and 8 8 are drawn the registering compartment W ose top 35 overla s thesldes 'sufficiently to form ide's for as iding frame comprising]- two U-s aped ont ends by s.

bar 92., The under side of 'o ne of the slides is notched, as-seen in dotted lines Fig. 15,

` tend beyond the rear wall 94m? the-compartment, wherethey are each provided with a the barsQ of the paper'carriaffe, are pivot ally connected. vThis isl best illustrated in Fig. 13, where the paper carriageis swung upwardly on the pivotalv connection just described and lifted' abo-ve .the sliding frame. The paper carriage comprises the bars 9T, whichare connected at their front ends by a cross piece 9S adaptcdto rest upon the cross piece 92 of the slidin frame. 1Near their rear ends the bars are a so braced by a second bar 99. Beyond the pivot point'tbe bars 97, are bent and continue back to the frontof thema-chine as arms 100. Thus an integral spring frame, V-'sliapedin side elevation, is

' provided, the front ends of t-he spring arms l100 being connected by a finger piece 101. The printing roll 102 and the guide rolls 103, on each side thereof, are journaled in the arms 100. A frame 104, between which the arnis 100 are disposed, is mounted on the bars 97 and provided at its rear end with standards 105' Whichsupp'ort the paper roll 106. The spindle 107, onfwhich the printing roll is fastened, extends through slots 10S in the frame 104 and is rovided on both ends with finger wheels 109, y means of which the roll may be turned independently of its au-v tomatic feed `meclianism. 'A plate 110 is loosely journaled onthe s indie 1 07 at the left end of the printing ro and is provided with an arm 111, which is held 'bv aspiing 112 against a pin or stop 113 carried by the frame 104. A dog 114 is ivotally connected to the plate 110 and hed bra spring 115 in engagement with a ratc et wheel l1 16 rigidly connected to the printing roll. The

spring 1 12 is connected to the spring arm 100,

the operation being that as the spring arms are depressed to the posi-tion shown in Fig. 12, the sprin 112 will act to hold the arm 111 against t e pin 113 as Vthe plate-110 is drawn dowrn thereby causing the plate to rock on the spindle and move relatively to the ratchetwheellj 6 so as to bring the dog'114 in engagement with the'neirt ratchetlteeth to the right, Fig. 13. As the spring arms move upwardly. tlieplate will rock back on its axis and through 'the dog will advance the printing roll one step. Thus as the carriage is depressed for printing, the paper is automaticallyY .fed around the printing roll rol-l is opin'site either provided at each sidev in which ari-inking roll 121 is journaled. At

the center of its yrear portion this frame is connected tov the spring 122 which is also connected to the stationary bar 99. As the arms 100 arediepressed the spring draws the inking roll to the rear, causing it topassl over depending iiange 95 to which flanges 96 on the ex osed type digits of' either the item or total ials according to the 'position of the printing carrie e arid ink themsufiiciently to print whenv tthe printing roll strikes them.,

Since the normal position for thefcarriae will be that for printing theitems, I provi e the left handslid'e' 91 Wit-ha spring pressed catch 1 23 having an end 124 bent up at right angles and adapted to engage the frontend by'a pawl 12? pivot-cd vto one of the springl arms 100 provided with an antifriction ro 128, which is licld in engagement with the ratchet teeth by a springlZQ. pa er cutter disposed above the forward 'rol 103 and connected to the arms 100.

Havingthus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to prot-ect by Let a set of independent key operated rock shafts i u i I t i l 'ters'Patent, isz-- y 1. ln ainachine of the character described,

a casing a lui'ality o f independent key operated mem ers, registering devices, and operating ineans for said devices comprising a plurality of Arock shafts of different lengths A finger plate 12.5 is connected to' I provide a.

which are operably connected to said key operated members, said. rock shafts being disposed in different vertical i lanes with their corresponding ends Steppe as and Afor the purposes' described. A

2. In a machine of the character described,

disposed longitudinally o the machine, registering devices,- aj set of roel; shafts for operating said devices 4which are disposed trans` versely of the machine, and means to connect each of said transverse rock shafts withV a' [corres ending key. operated rock shaft f 3. 1i a niachine'of the character described, a plurality of independent key operated members disposed longitudinally of the inachine, a plurality of rock shafts of diterent lengths, each of which is connected to one of said longitudinal 'members and operated thereby, registering devices disposed at one side of the machine, and means to operate sai-d devices from said rock shafts in the man- With lugs or ears 17, in which are journal-ed ner described.

f1. In a machine ofthe character described, 1

pulleys 11S. Two tiexible cords or chains a plurality of key operated rock shafts disposed longitudinally of the machine, spring -nie-ansi to return said shafts to initial posi-l In amachine of the character described,

' a-plurality of4 registering devices, a pluralit of actuating members havingtheir ends a( jacent to said devices stepped, means for operating' said devices connected to the stepped ends -of said actuating members, and key operated means to move said actuating members, substantiall Y as described.

6. In a machine of t e character described, a plurality of transversely disposed rocking increasing re ativ'ely in length -fr om the top downward, means to su port said memberssothat their correspon ,ing ends terminate' closely together'and in alinenient with regis,

A tering devices', means actuated by said ends said registering devices, means -to catch and retan said devices inthe position to which A y 1' they have `been moved vbysaid key'o rated of the members Afor o erating' registerin devices, and key operate members connecte to saidl transverseY rocking members, substantially as described'.

7. In a machine of the character described, acasing inclosing key. operated means-for actuating a registering mechanism,l in combination with a compartment for said regis# tering mechanism supported by said casiii and posed above it, a set of item dials an a'set of total' dials-therein operabl connected to the actuating meansdisposed low them in said casin and openings in said compact.v

ment throug iw'hichsaid item dials are visible fromA the front and both sets ofdials are exposed from above,as and for the purposes described. j.

8'. In alistiri'gY machine, the combination with item indicatin devices and total indieating devices, of ev operated members, each of which is operably connected by arms' with an 'item and a total registerin7 device, spring means to return said key operated members to initial position, and independent means to return said item devices.

A9. In ainachine ofthe character described, a plurality of item indicating devices, independent key operated members -for actuating said devices, means to A return said actuating means to initial position independently of means, and means to tri said catces and Arelease vsaid devices by t e depression of a key lever.-V 10; In a machine of the character described, registering means comprising-item ,I ffand total indica-tingV devicesf operating 'by said levers and said lever total dials mechaiusm for said devices comprising ke i members as they return to zero'position, andv independent. means to control' thc release and return' of the item devices..

1 1. ln u machine of the character described, Item and total registering devices,

key actuated members for operating said devices, means to connect said members and item devices which are moved in one direction by said members but'are -free to return independently of said members to initial position, and means to operate said total devices which move with said members in both directions but are etici-,tive to movesaid total devices during tlNll travel in butV one direction. members disposed one above the other and 1 2. Iii uv machine of the character described, a plurality of item and total dials, arms positively connected to the item dials,

arms carrying pawls which en age teeth movable with the total dials, an key operated rockiiw members said arms su )stantially as and in the manner described'.

13. In a machine of the character described, sets of item and total dials, ratchet dials, a pawl carrying arm.'

shafts,'and levels connected to said shafts and to th(` total dial operating arms, said opferatiiig arms-for the item dials being engaged moved thereby, substantially as described.

r 1 4. In a machine of the 'character described, itein and total-dials, rock shafts disposed below said dials and key operated" adapted to operate. Y.

carrying loverarms, devices, connected t i' arms and adapted to move said in one direction, devicesfor moving the item dials in both directions which are moved by said vlevers in one direction, and spring means to reiurn said latter de- 1vices to initial position independently of said eVI`S posed by auid top openings, a second set of `indicating digits on the item dials, printing. means mounted on said casing and coperating with Said type digits, and a sight opening the front of said casing indicating digits on the item-dial are visible. 1 6. In a machine of the character described, itcni and total indicating devices 8.1'- ranged adjacent to each other near the top of through which saidy .the machine and provided with type (ligi'ts, 130

11s. 15. In a machine of the character de' means disposed above said devices and 'operable independently of the key ,actuated means, said prin-ting means being adjustable so as to print'from said item or total indicat ing devices;

17. In a machine of the character dei scribed, item indicating'devices, total indi eating devices, key means for controlling the operation of-said devices, and printing means adjustable so as to cooperate-with either ofsaid indicating devices torecord items or totals andcomprising a spring frame carrying a printing roll, means to feed' paper around said roll, and aiinger bar to vdepress said roll into engagement with said .indicating de'- vices, substantially as described.

. 154. In ,a machine of the character described, registering devices carrying type digits, and a printing means, cooperating therewith, which is'slidabl'imounted on top of the machine and ad apte to be operated by hand, by the depression of a spring member spring means to' move said printing means into position above one. set of dials and 'a catch to hold said printing'ineans in position above the other set of dials when moved there, substantially as described.

19. In a machine of. the character described, a printing mechanism comprising a deprcssible member carrying a printing roll, ineansto automatically-feed paper around said roll as it is depressed, a `registering` mechanism provided with type digits, incansto cause an impression ofsaid type digits to be taken on tlie'paper around said roll when the latter is pressed against the registering devices, said printing mechanism being disposed at or near the top of the machine and adapted to be operated by hand independently of. the registering mechanism- 20. In. a machine of the character de scribed, independent sets of item and total registering devices disposed in'a separate compartment, a printing meclianism coperating therewith and comprising a carriage mounted on said compartment so as to Y slide thereon, stops to bring said carriage to rest opposite said item or total devices, a spring member movable with said carriage and carrying a rcv'oluble printing roll and a finger bar, and means to print items or totals on a strip of paper by adjusting said carriage and de ressiiig said spring member.

21. n a machine of i the character de-v scribed.. acasing. registeringA devices therein provided with type digits. a hinged frame slidably mounted above said devices and car\ ryjng a printing mechanism which is adapted to cooperate with diterent sets of said type.

digits, said mechanism comprising a paper i and a printing roll, and means to automatically feed said paper as the device is operated for printing for the purposes described.

scribed, printing devices comprising a hinged mountedv on sai-d hinged frame and carrying .j a printing roll, registeringV devices provide with type digits; means .-t-o print from said 'ro l, substantially as described.

2.3. in a machine of the character de; scribed, a` registering 'compartment` having item and total type dials` disposedV therein and projecting above said compartment, printing devices slidingly mounted'on said compartment and comprising an inking roll, a paper roll, a printing rol1,'nieans to automatically feed the paper around said latter roll, and a finger bar for operating the printing devices by hand.

24. In a vmachine of the character described, printing devices coperati with type bearing registering devices an com- )rising a spring pressed member adapted to e operated by hand, a printing roll carried by said member, means to pass the paper around said roll, and automat-ic feed devices for said roll comprising a member pivoted at one end adjacent to said roll and movable therewith, a stationar stop, spring means to force tlie free end o said member against said stop throughout its movements, a toothed element fixed 'to said roll, and a pawl carried by said member and engaging said element, for the urposes described.

2 5. In a machine of the character described, a plurality of key actuated rock shafts, item dials, arms connected to said dials, springs acting on levers connected tol said arms and tending to move the dials to their initial position, and members fixed to said rockshafts which move said arms against said spring means by engaging said arms or parts 'movable therewith without being ositively connected thereto.

26. n a machine of the character described, a plurality of total dials, a toothed element movable with said dials, a pair of oppositely disposed pawl bearing levers arranged between ad'acent dials, said pawls acting to move said toothed element in the same direction, key actuated members for l operating one of said arms, and means acted upon by the dials to move. the other pawl bearing levers which cooperate with the dials of relatively higher order. i

27. In a machine of the character de scribed, a compartment containing sets of item and total dials, a top'for said compartment through which said dials slightl project and which overlapsthe sides of sai conipartment, frame mounted on said compartmentand having sides which overlap the sides of said compartment top, spring means t. e digits by the depression",of said printingA 22. In" a 4machine o the character dc I frame supporting. a paper roll, a spring frame A to hold said slide in one position, aAV-sha )ed spring frame hinged atits apex to said slide,

'. .aprin'ting roll journaled' in the uplper'arni of the 'spring frame, 'a finger bar carried b said '-armwand means to (pass paper aroun printing 1011, as an scribed.

advanced, leaving said key controlled means 28. In a machine of the characterl described, item and total indicating devices, keycontrolled means adapted to simultaneously advance both item and total devices, means to catch and hold said item devices in the position to which theyv have been thus l said. for the purposes de` messes.

. JAMES FRANCIS MAYS. Witnesses:

Trios. J. WINGFIELD, Noma WELSH.

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