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J. R. PEIRCE.

RECORDING MECHANISM. APPLICATION FILED mk.24, 1920.

Reissued July 13, 1920. 14,915.

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. BYATTORNEYS J. R. PEiRCE. RECORDING MECHANISM.

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JOHN ROY DEN IPEIRGE, OF N'EW YORK, Y.

RECORDING MECHANISM,

' Specification of Reissued ietters Patent. .Reiss'ued July 13, '1920 Original no. 1,260,705, dated March 26, 1918, Seria1' no. 489,440, nle'an 'rii 12, 1909. Application for reissue filed march 24,1920 seriaino, 368,413.

To all whom it. may concern:

-Be it known that I, JOHN 'RoYDEN- Pnmon,-a citizen of the United States, residing a in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Recording Mechanism, of which the following is a specification.

Y j described a machine specially designed as a I tion, No.441,618 (Patent No. 1,110,643), I I, have described an apparatus for recording In a previous application, No. 427,859 (Patent No. 1,219,765), I have shown and workmans time recorder adapted to 'calculate and record wages as wellas time; and a card upon whichi'such wages and time were recorded in print and in perforations, and certain advantageous methods of performin such operations. In another applicathe movement of a meter orother devicef'of the sort.

The present invention provides a ma chine specially designed forcalculating and recording the time and cost of labor expended upon particular pieces of work, or

v the time and cost of use, ofparticular machines (such as telephone, for example), and

in general the time and cost or the time or cost expended in any operation which may be measured by clocks, meters, machinery registers, and in fact any machines whose progress" is tobe recorded. The machine of th sjinventlon is similar in various functions" and mechanisms to the machines illustrated intheapplications above referred to. It. is common in factories and work-shops to keep a time-book or similar record showing for an individual ob the amount of time spent by one or more workmen on such job, froma'vhichl the cost of labor on the-job is subsequently determined according to the wages of the workmen employed. It is common also in long-distance telephone oflices to use time-stamps for recording the time of beginning and ending'a message, or, in some cases-recording the elapsed time, and similar recording systemsare in use in various businesses. The particular machine hereinafter described is specifically designed for keeping a record of the costof labor or any other item which may be measured in units of time. Preferablya card is used-which is i put into the machine and subjected,to the operation of the latter at the beginning and again at theend of'a continuous interval of work upon the job du'i'ing a day. The first operation'on the card may record the time of beginning work. Preferably however it records the. money value of such time, either with or without the time in hours and minutes; the record being perforated to indicate the amount (of money ando'f time) according to a determinedsystem'of perforations,

- and being also typewritten or not on the card as desiredfi The second operation on the card makes a record of. the elapsed time either in money or in hours and minutes, and preferably in both. In'this second opera- .tion the machine is under control of the .clock indicating the time at whichthe sec ond operation s performed and ofthe perforations made .at the first operation;

and calculates and records the difler-, ence betweenthe two. In the second pm tionthere is preferably both a, printing and a punching ofthe record; the printing so that the amount may-be easilyread, and the punching so that the card maybe used to control the operation of a listing machine in which a number of similar cardsrelating to the same job cause the machine to make a list of all the items of cost of such aajob- .In-

this listing machine various'other cards, for

showing the cost. of material, the cost of freight, etc., perforated. according to asystemsimilar to that used in the machine'of -.this invention, would beused. in connection time from the cards; forming 'in'this way a very important machine in a shop using the time-recording machine'of this invention.

Various other advantages ofthe invention are referred to 'indetail hereinafter; and it will be understood that the improvements may be applied to variousaccounting or statistical machines other than that herein shown v I The accompanying drawings illustrate embodiments of the invention.

Figure 1v is a perspective of the'machine;

Figs. 2, 3 and 4 respectively are face views of a card before use, after the first operation, 3 and after the second operation respectively; i

' Figs. 5 and 6 are face views of modified styles of card which may be used;

F ig. 7 is a development of part of a punchfor a series ofnumerals from O to 9 with the iiig plate showing the system of perforations positions .of the punches superimposed to constitute a table illustrating the system; 7

:Fig. 8'is an approximately central trans-- verse section of a complete machine;

Fig.13 is a similar section showing'the connection of this mechanism with that of ig.1 1 is ahorizoiital view partly in section on the line 14 of Fig; 8;

Fig. l5'is a partial plan anda partial horizonta'l section just below .the top plate of the recording mechanism and approximately on plane;

the line 15 of Fig. 8; e

' Fig. 16 is 'a partial plan and a partial horizontal section showing one of the mechanisms for determining the first reading and subtracting it from the second, the plane of section being indicated approximately by the line 16 of Fig. 8;

Fig. 16. is a detail of Fig. 16 on a lower F ig.'17 is an I the rate mechanisms;

Figs. 18 and 19 are horizontal sections of the same (on the line 1818) in alternate positions;

Fig. 20 is a horizontal section approximately on the plane indicated at 20 in Fig. 8, and showing one of the type carriers; the

. rate mechanisms being indicated in different partly planes of section for convenience;

Fig.21 is a section approximately on the plane indicated at 21 in Fig. 8, and showing the punch-operating plate which lies immediately below the type carrier of Fig. 20;

Fig. 121 is an enlargement of the parts shown in Fig. 21, showing them in several different positions;

Fig. 22 is partly a longitudinal section and an elevation showing the parts ,of Fig. 15 ;v

Fig. 23 is a rear elevation of the machine;

' Fig. 24 is a detail of a connection to the hand shaft; I Fig. 25 is an elevation of a special mechanism for controlling the recording of hours and minutes;

Fig. 26 is aperspective view ofa frame for carrying the punches;

Fig. 27 isa section of the same showing the mounting of a single punch;

Fig. 28 is a detail in plan of the hammercontrolling mechanism;

elevation of a unit of one of Fig. 29 is an enlarged detail of Fig. 20; Fig. 30. is a sectional view of the rate shaft and connected mechanism.

. Referring to the embodiment of the invention illustrated, the casing of the machine contains a front portion A carrying the card pocket B, and a rear portion C, carrying the clock and intermediate mechanism, the clock D being preferably mounted horizontally or approximately so on the top of the casing. The hand shaftE projects at the side of the machine and carries a handle F by which it 'is operated. .At the beginning of a job a card is introduced as far as it will go into the pocket B, and the handle F is pulled and allowed to return, and the card withdrawn. The same operation is repeated at the end of the job or of the days work on that job, using the same card as for the first operation.

Carda-Before use the card is as shown in Fig. 2, containing a number of controlling perforations, at the sides. After the first operation it is as shown in Fig. perforated according to the time and to the amount of money represented by such time at the particular rate selected, and containing also a perforationfor controlling its position at the next operation. After the second operation its appearance is as in Fig. 4, where it contains a second set of perforations, representing the elapsed time in hours and minutes and also in dollars and cents, and is printed to indicate the same items.

The card G contains originally various printed points of information and direction, as shown, and these may be of course varied according to the system used in the shop. The card maybe perforated to conveyvthis information to the listing machine in which it is subsequently to be used, or the information may be written on in pencil by the workman himself. The card is provided with a number of spaces H, numbered respectively 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, for determining the rate of charge per hour, any desired one of these spaces being punched so as to obtain for example the third rate. The card is also pro Vided in the beginning with pairs of setting holes J for determining .the accurate setting of the card in the pocket in proper position relatively to the ,punches and feeling pins hereinafter referred to. The cards are preferably supplied in different colors withf different rate holes already punched in them,

and the different grades of men could use differently colored cards; thus insuring in a simple way the charging of the cost at a correct rate. In cases where this is not possible it will generally be necessary for the fore-. man to give the workman the card perforated with the correct rate. Or the numbering of the cards may besuch as to indicate'which rate space is perforated. Thus cards nu-mbered between 1 and 100 might be used by four-dollar-a-day men; between 1000" and i 2000, five-dollar-a-day men, etc. In this case manipulate the mechanism so as to secllre any other than ,the desiredrate when this 'ar;

' a different and independent arrangement ofrangement ofirajte holes is used. As a precautionary measure in'an establishment havmg a numberof shops,'-each shop may have holes in its cards. hat is to Say, the position of the five dollar'holes in the cards of one shop may be different "from ,that the cards of another shop.

A s mple; provision 0b of a particular number. The cards after eing perforated the second time, or at the close of each day, are kept in boxes or drawers like those'iised in ordinary card catalogues; On one or .more edges of the card a series 'of holes K is provided, and the job numbers' which they represent are printed alongside of them. The foreman when he Wishes to identify a card with a certain job number, punches the intervening space between the hole representing the job and the edgeiof the card- (as for number 108 in the example shown.) When the cards are arranged on'edge in the-tray the running of a needle through the first hole and thelifting of such' needle will separate allthe cards exceptithose which have had the intervening space'between the edge of the cardand that particular hole removed. By repeating this through each set'of holes consecutivecards for each of the different jobs can be separated in a few moments. -To.make it practicable fonthe shop it will be necessary for the foreman to have a key card. -In thls way it would be unnecessary to print the job numbers on the separate cards. This methodof selecting the cards constitutes no part of the invention claimed herein, but is described to make clear theuses of the card,

. Fig. 5 shows another arrangement of items than that necessary for the perforations made by the machine. I g

The card of Fig. 6 differs' from-that of Fig. 4 only in suppressing the printed amount to be charged against-the job, so that it will be diificult for the workman or'any-other than the listing clerk to-knowthe amountof money which is charged for the work. The

time is shown in hours and minutes. so-that the workman. may be kept informed on this point. The amount is indicated only inper- 'atM ; rate mechanism into gear with'flthe recordforations so as toproperly control the listing used.

.machine inwhich the card i s"subsequentlyf L The design'of the cards and the arrangeferre d to and others. In the present ma-' chine I" prefer toarrange the perforations for. each numeral in a vertical line, using j I :various combinations of four perforations 's' made for facilitating the selection of all-cards relating toa- 7) or less as the minimum number five diflerent spaces for simplicity in the mechanism. The card is shown ruled in Fig. 4 for the purpose of explaining the 10'- .cations of the various parts,- but in use it will ordinarily not be ruled." The amount space is indicated at L and th'e'time space Commencing at the right-hand side of the card, the ,first, third, fifth and seventh columns represent the numerals 5, 1, 6 and 0 respectively, and these numerals are printed (withthe exception of the-zero at the left of the amount which is suppressed in the ordinary writing of numbers) on the line above the perforations and at points between thefirst and second columns, the third and fourth columns, etc. a The first operation on the card perforates the columns N to represent the time at which'the operation, is performed. ,The second operation perforates the columns 0 to represent the elapsed time 7 since the first operation, and prints the numbers corresponding to such elapsed time. The combinations of holes used to vexpress the different numbers will be understood from Fig. 7, which shows openings in the punch-operating plates which avoid the operation of certain punches when the plates are advanced, and which correspond therefore toflthe unperforated spaces on the card for the same number. .The'punching plates,

as indicated inplan at- P, Fig. 21, have an intermediate open portion, and have solid portions at the ends,.which include the two operative spaces-fat each'end of the five-' space combination.

may be calledthe, rate mechanisms. There are six such rates (corresponding to the hole spaces H on the :card) provided for inthe present machine,' one being a straightatime rate and the others bein money rates. Whena recordisto be ma e on a card'the .The. machinein general- A number of i gears "are continuously rotated from the clock atldifferent rates of speed,-and these pulling. .of thehand lever throws a selected .7

ing mechanism, and the recording mecha-' nism is given a movement limited by the rate mechanism-so as to bring the devices for recording the appropriate numbers in.

the pocket. A subsidiary punch, however,

makes a hole therein, which, upon the next insertion of the card, controls a spacing mechanism which limits the downward movement of the card in the pocket to such a point as to insure the locatingpf the second series of perforations between the lines of the first series. The spacing mechanism is described hereinafter under Cardcontrolat second operation. Q, (Fig. 4) is made at this second operation,

A second perforation which serves to indicate at a glance that the record has been completed (see hole 17,

in punching plate Fig. 22).

Clock-driven mechanism.The movement of the clock is transmitted to the rate mechanisms from a master wheel R (Figs. 8 and 14) which is operated only during earning time.' The master wheel is driven by a pi nion S on a shaft T, the latter being provided with a gear U (Fig. 10) having pointed teeth, and which is intermittently engaged with and disengaged'from an arm or ring V continuously rotated by the clock and having a tooth W which is brought into engagement with the gear U during earning time, and moved out of engagement therewith during the noon hour and atthe end of the day. The control of. this is explained more fully hereinafter under the title Earning-time mechanism.

' The motion of the master wheel is transmitted to the several rate mechanism by gearing which drives these rate mechanisms at different speeds. Each rate mechanism comprises a shaft X in fixed relation with the master wheel, and a movable shaft Y containing gears driven fromthe fixed shaft X and carrying gears which takethe motion of the fiXed-shaft X and impose it upon the recording mechanism at each operation of the machine, the shaft Y for this purpose being shifted from the engagement 0 its gears with those on the shaft X' to engagementof its gears withsectors of the recording mechanism, and being at the end of each operation of the machine returned to maintain engagement with the shaft X. The

. several shafts X are indicated individually as X, X X X, X and X, and the sev eral shafts Y are similarly distinguished as Y, Y etc;

Fig. 14 shows the several shafts'X driven I The motion of each shaft X is trans mitted to gears a, 6, etc., carried on sleeves on 'said'shaft, the unit gear a of each group being driven at the same rate, as-the shaft X, and each successive gear being given,

,through the intermediation ofthe gears on the shaft Y, a step equal to one-tenthv of a rotation for each complete rotation of the gear of next lower decimal place. The

gears a, 6, etc., on the shaft X, are given an intermediate movement byquick steps, in- 1 stead of a slowcontinuous movement, so as to avoid any difiiculty'in the reygistering of the gears on the shaft -X' and with each other when they are brought together. The following description of the parts involved may be readily followed in Fig. 20 by observing that the various parts mounted. on

each shaft are detailed one by one on the other corresponding shafts inthe order X X X X. This intermediate movement is secured b an escapement on the bottom of the shaft& comprising (see Figs. 20 and 25) a star-wheel e on the shaft X, which swings an arm 02 on a'supplementary shaft 6 and thus oscillates an escapement anchor f on the same shaft which permits the stepby-step movement of an escapement wheel '9 which is loose on the shaft X and ispressed forward always by a spring driven by the shaft X; the escapement wheel 9 being connected with and driving the gear a on said shaft. The gear a on the shaft X drives a gear k (Figs. 8 and 17) on the lower end of a sleeve on the shaft Y, which sleeve 2' has. at its upper end a one-toothed gear or diskj which drives a ten-toothed gear'oi: disk is on the shaft X, the diskjc being connected with the gear 6 so as to drive the latter. The gear I) then drives the gear Z of .the second decimal place which is mounted on the shaft Y, andso the motion is transmitted to the end of the gearing.

,This is a common style of gearing'in adding machines and is illustrated more fully in the sectional view, Fig. 30.;

- Transmitting the motion of the rate diate gears m, n, etc., are designed to impose'upon the recording sectors movements 'the gear Z etc., These alternate or intermemg gears, as m, are

corresponding with the record made at the first. operation, and are moved only upon I the second operation. At the first operation on-any card the gears m, it etc., are held stationary. .F or each decimal place there is a pair of toothedsectors, a lower one, 0,

8 and 19) in the plane of the clockdriven gear, as h, and an upper sector 1? ig. 16) in the plane of the previous-read,- ing gear, such as m. Ateacli operationpf the machine the gears h and m are thrown into engagement with the sectors 0 and p Fig. '18 (by the stop pins .51 carried on links 52 connected to sectors p and stopped by plates 54, 16, which are initially locked as hereinafter described under Previ usreading mechanism). The previous-readprovided each with a stop (Figs..18 and 1 carried on a slide r whlch slides inward and outward on a hub a which is fixed on the previous-reading wheel m, and which therefore rotates with I said hub and wheel. Springs t are provided tending normally to ,throw the slide '1' to the operative position shown in Fig. 19 in which its stop 9 lies in the circular path of a zero stop a on the adjacent face of the.

1 the sleeve '0 on the'fixed shaft X prevent rotation of the gear 'm.

- slide 1' is preferably extended at its outer corresponding clock-driven gear It. The

end andnotched so as to normally engage and thus The amount registered by each of the it clock-driven wheels h is represented by the distance which its zero stop it has advanced (clockwise looking downward'on Fig. 18)

beyond the point at which it would come into contact with the stop you the slide aboveit if the'latter were moved to its inner operative position. Ordinarily, however, the parts .s'tandin the position of Fig. 18, an'd the; slide 1 'ismoved outward by reason of the engagement of its inner end against thesleeve ''v, and its stop g is beyond the circular pathof the zero stop a of the clock-driven Wheel; so that the latter rotates freely. When themovable shaft Y has been shlfted-to bring the gears k, etc., into engagement with, the. sectors 0, the latter are turned by springs (84:, 85 Fig. 20, v as hereinafter describedyand carry with them the gears h, etc, but of engagement with clock-driven gears a, etc., and rotating the .latter forward (through a distance whichtis necessarily the complement of the true clock reading) until iheir .zero stopsu strike the stops 9, the latterbeing then in the paths of the several zero stops a, ,The

- eral di upon the recording sectors -0 not only number of steps'which'is-the' complement of brings into recording position the number representing the, actual position of the clock. The number" represented by the sevgital sectorsois'the number recorded at the'first operation upon a card.

In the second operation of my card, the go sector 0 engages the vclock-driven gear h and turns it until its lug u strikes the corresponding lug g on. the slide 1' as in the first operation; and, the'sector .p having been released by the inward movement of one or more of the feeling pins 43, Fig. 16-, and being permitted a limited movement corresponding to the present reading, as hereinafter described, under Previous reading;

mechanism, the gears m and slides 1' are also released, and the sectors 0 which carry the type are further advanced to the full extent of the presentjreading. It is desired to subtract the previous reading from-the present reading of the clock driven gears, and this subtraction is very simply performed by allowing the spring to imprelss t e amount of movement represented by the original position of the clock-driven gears, but an additional movement in the same direction and equal to'the complement of the present clock reading. The reason for this rule is apparent upon considering the devices shown in Figs. 18 and 19 and the reverse arrangement of the types shown in Fig. 29. .These' types are carried only upon the lower sector 0 of each pair of sectors 0, p. The sector 0 engages the lower gear-h and the sector p engages the upper .gear m.. The type-carryin' sector 0 will advance (in the direction of t e arrow, Fig. 29), at each operation as far as the gear h with which it is engaged, will permit. Before a first operation on a card the gear is found with 1 15 its stop uadvanced to a certain position corresponding to the time indicated by the clock. The shaft. Y carrying the ear is thenshiftedtoward the sectors and t e gear h, in its time-indicating position, is brou ht into engagement with its sector 0. he movement of the shaft Y. toward the sector has released the slide 1" and allowed it to movement is limited by the stop wstriking' i 4 the stop g; Its actual movement is then a the actual time at which the gear h stood,

and by reason of the reversed'arrangem'ent of the types this complementary 'movement causes the printing of the correct number.

When the number has been printed the segment 0 is reset while still engaging the gear it, so that the gear is turned back to the position corresponding to the time, that is to say the position to which it had been set by the clock shaft before the recording 0 eration. If the clock had moved to the t ird hour then the stop u on the gear It would stand three steps ahead of the stop g. In thistposition of the gear 71,, the shaft Y carrying the same is shifted back to bringthe gears into engagement with those on the shaft X.

During the following intermission the gear h is further advanced by the clock, the

- gear m. being stationary. At the second operation on the card the gear It will be found further advanced than at the first operation. When the shaft Y is moved toward the sectorsfif the sector 10 remained locked and its 1 gear m stationary the plate and its stop g would be found in the same position as forthe-first operation so that the movement of the gear It would be merely the complement of the time at which it stands or the number 5 of steps which it has advanced from the zero position. But on this second operation the plate r'does not remain stationary. The sector p is unlocked and is allowed to move a distance e ual to the reading at thefirst operation. f the reading at the first operation was 3 the plater and stop g are allowed to move forward three steps as shown in Fig. 19. The movement of the gear vh, there-.

I fore, would be three steps, orthe amount of. 5 movenient represented by the position of the clock at the first operation, in addition to the regular movement of the gear h which is the complement of its present reading. By comparing these movements withthe num- 5 bers indicated in Figf'29 it will be seen that the total movement of the sector 0 will bringthat type into position which corresponds to the difierence between the two times.

Thus if the present reading of any clockdriven wheel is 9, and the previousreading made on the card at its first operation is 3,

the difference should be 6; and this'isobtained by adding 1 (the complement of the clock reading 9) to the previous reading, 3,

giving a total of four steps to the recording mechanism. The series of numbers is so arranged that these four steps carry the re-' cording mechanism to the number 6 of the first series. Only the 6 is recorded, the suc- 130 cessive decimalplaces' of themechanism being disconnected from each other so that there is no carrying ofthe additional 1 in the tens place to the next higher recording mechanism.

' as To subtract a larger from a smaller num- 4 'on the her, as a previousreading of 9 from a'pre's-.

ent reading of 3, the operation is-substan I tially the same; that is we add the complement of 3, that is, 7,-to the 9, and obtain 16; and moving the recordin teen steps causes the recor ing of the proper difference, 4 by reason'of the illustrated arrangement of the series of numbers/Here the recording mechanism passes .beyond the first set of digits from it to 0, and this. is

always true in subtracting a larger from a smaller number; while the reverse is always true in subtracting a smaller number fIOII1' a larger number. Where the subtrahend is larger than the minuend it is necessary to subtract 1 from the next higher declmal place, and this is effected by the circumstance. that the recording mechanism is shifted'beyond the first series of digits, as

hereinafter described in detail; Q5 Near the end of each operation before the.

sectors are disengaged from the gears, the sectorsare returned to their starting position, returning the clock-driven gears to their starting position and the previousreading gears and stops 9 to their zero position, and the shafts Y are then thrown outward again to bring theclock-driven gears into engagement with the gears a, 6 etc,

where they leave it off at the beginning of the operation.

T i'me-reaordm-g me0ham'8m. For recording the time in hoursand minutes, a second group of recording devices and sectors is arranged above. those for recording the amount in dollars and cents. The upper set of four recording devices shown in Fig. 8-

is arranged for hours and minutes and the lower set for dollars'and cents. It is necessarytherefore to provide'a series of clockdriven wheels for the sectors ofthistimerecording mechanism, and such gears and the controlling mechanism-therefor are in 1 dicated in Figs. 15 and 25. The fixed clockdriven shaft X besides carrying wheels 0, 6 etc., for the lower amount-recording mechanism carries an upper set of clock-1 gears h, l' 115.

driven ars a, b actuatin earned on sleeves on a shaft normally in line with the shaft YKengaging the gears on f the lower part of .the'shaft X", but adapted to be shifted independently of'the shaft Y,

For this purpose the shaft Y is mounted. 129

in arms a onfa shaft 11 which passes freely through the sleeve Recording mech'qnismr-llach of the recording sectors O'fS of sufiicientlengthfito engage all the clockdriven gearspreviouslydescribed; and to move in engagement therewith through a distance corresponding to two complete series of digits The teethareformed onfaplate which isjcompletely circular, and as shown in Fig. 20carrie's on its 130 mechanism six- 70 xed shaft X, sothat they take up. 95 the movement of this shaft at the same point punching blocks or plates not print-until struck 15 In the horizontal plane P P carried on the under sideof each one 25 through one step,

30 inner wall 16 ;of the card-pocket and an 55 between print upon a card carried in the'pocket of the machine. On ,the-under side of the plate 7 0 (Figs. 8 and 21) are carried the series of 'P 'previousl described. The types 12 and blocksare turned together to .bringjthe proper type and block into register. The, blocks thereafter actuate the punches *by a forward movement of the plateo, but the types do the hammer 14.

ofthe plates or disks 0 is carried a series 'of punches 15 supported'in a plate 16 and bars and adapted to'be forced through 20 the paper in various combinations by the different blocks P; P according'to the various eombinations of sockets produced" by varying the positions of said blocks P P. as shown in Fig. 7 Each movement of a block lto that between centers of successive 1 punches, varies the combination of punches which shall be operated on the advance of.

theblock... The punches 15 pass through holes in the outer wall 17 is providedhaving. similar perforations for receiving the punches and the feeling pins hereinafter described. In

Fig. 22 the recording punch holes are shown at 17, the feeling-pin. holes 'at.17. and the hole for determiningthe position of the card .at a second operation at 17, a punch like 15 being in register with the hole 17 and being actuated at each'operation of the machine to-make the hole 9 or above referred to. The plate 17 is essentia toback the card at the points where it is being perforated. It is preferably made removable, however, by

having a base flange 18-which is screwed or similarly fastened to the base of the machine, and is preferably also stiffened by. side walls 19. Byremoving the backing plate 17 for the card, the ends of the to punches are made accessible for, sharpening I a or. the like. I

Preferably the punches 15 arecarried in a frame consisting of a number of cioss bars 20 (Figs. 8, 21, 26 and 27) extending unch-operating and in the planes of'thears 2Ofare; all

blocks P P. These cross:

. fastened together g'at one .end'by sleeves 2 1,

and are normally held linjplace by. a rod e0 22 at one end ,threaded through the sleeves 21., and a rodi23- at theotherflend passing through holes 'in the free endsj'of the crossbfirsbflo, th ods 22 a 5 i j-P S d' down-{through the 'topfiplate 'and ,'-screv ved'. 06 into the bottom 1')lat'e .-"x'lhisf construction;

' of disturbing the others or the several blocks a distance corresponding punches and there between the have the figure seven punched and,

.' rations will .p'= andmp of the block I according to the several arrangements shown in Fig. 7. As the plate advances we will come in turn to the horizontal planes of the disks 120 Fig. 21, where the numberno spaces willbe punched. I will bring theblook P in the first position has the advantage that by'first withdrawand 23 the .comb .or frame Y direction without interferin with-the other i s. 26 and 27.

parts of the mechanism. indicate the construction; carrying all the punches in exactlytheir desired positions and easily separable from the machine is of great advantage in permitting theready repair or replacement of one or more of the punches without danger of disturbingv the rest of the machine. I

The proper punch actuating block P or P' and type 12 having been brought to operucha frame ative position, the continued movement of the handle forces forward the frame carrying the shaft 24 upon which the various disks are mounted, and thus punches. the

desired combination of perforations in the card. Inthe position of Figs. 21 and 29 the blocks will advance without actuating any will be no type struck; so that tlfe record will be as shown'for they -figure 0 atthe' lower end of Fig. 7. At the nextforward step of .the plate the type. 9 will be broughtinto position and the block P will be swung to the point shown imthefirst position of- Fig. 21; so that when the frame isforced forward the-ty e 9 willbe printed and the record of perf drations will show the first space perforated as indicated for the figure nine in Fi 7.

step, as shown in i'g. 21, will bring the he next forward member p of .the'bloc'k. P in register with the first two punches type 8 into position; so that the record will be shown as forleight in Fig. 7. The next advance as shown in Fig. 21 will bring the part 7 9 of the block Pinto register wit the .second punch 15 and with the space between the second and third punch, and the s ace parts p" and. p? 'will register with the first punch 15;, so-that onlythe second punch .will be operated and we'shall rated as shown by the table, Fig. 7. n the successive steps other combinations of perfobe effected by means of the parts the part 050f the block P, clearing the last ofthe pins and the part p of-the block P? of the pins 15;

clearing by one step the first 15' and will bring the own in Fig.

so that the number 0 will be printed and The next step perforations. .tersof the types is equal to the successive adshown for the block P-Fig. 21 and the previous sequence will be repeated.

Thus, although the length of the space occupied by theperforations or by the holespaces on the card, is greater than the length of the steps through which the sector turns,

yet each advance of the sector brings the pair of blocks P, P, to a position in line with and overlappin its previous position and produces a- '(li erent combination of The space between the cenvancing steps'of the sector, but is only a fraction of the length of the perforated record made. By this arrangement we secure the making of perforated records, each of which is ofconsiderable length, by fractional advances of the punch operating member relative to the punches and thus by ments'are. illustrated in my patents a comparatively short movement of the parts. This fractional advance, therefore, makes for a simplecompact arrangement of the type and for a comparatively short .movement between the punches and their Various other arrangeabove cited and in other patents of mine for securing this relative movement between the punches and their operating means through a distance which is only a fraction-of the length of the space occupied by the perfooperating' member.

' rations.

. but the pinion S by above the plate 25, so that the The forward -movement of the frame is effected as follows: The shafts X and Y andv the shaft 24 are all carried between an uppero plate 25' and alower plate 26. f The master wheel R which drives the several shaftssX is mounted on the upper plate 25, which the master wheel is driven is -mounted in a separate frame may be carried forwardwith the plate 25 upon which it is mounted and with the several mechanisms inclosed between the plates 25 and 26 (these plates being firmly connected to each other by the shaft described master wheel and by additional tie-rods or bolts at various points). See Figs. 8, 14 and 20. At the rear the plates continued rotation of the hand-shaft E are engaged by pins 28 pro'eoting laterally from arms carried on said shaft so as to press .said uprights and the entire frame forward against the resistance of the strong springs 29 connected to uprights 30 at the rear and holding the frame carrying the recording mecl'lanism normally 1nits retracted po-- sition against said uprights.

The hammers for actuating the type oper- 25 and 26 are connected to. each other by stiff uprights 27 whlch 1n the ate on a principle familiar in :adding ma chines, of the Burroughs type for example. The hammer 14, Figs. 20 and 21 1S normally retracted by'a spring 31, being pivoted at 32 and being actuated with a sudden movement by a flange 33 overhanging the forward arm of the hammer, and which is The resetting rod 35 which serves for all y the hammers is connected by suitable arms to the shaft 32 by which it is actuated. This shaft runs through the top plate 25, and at its upper end hasan arm 32 which connects with a link 32 the opposite end of which passes around an eccentric 32 on the shaft 24 of the several sectors, and this eccentric.

is turned in the forward movement of the plate and shifts in a direction to release the several hammers, and in the'rearward movement in a direction to reset the hammers.

A stop 37 is provided for preventing the I operation of the hammers when the card is put in the machine the first time. The stop 37 is pivotally mounted on a shaft 38, and

has an'arm 39 connected to a spring 40 by means of which the stop 37 is held as far forward as possible. The shaft 38 is fixed; that is to say, does not partake of the forward movement of thedisks in the making of a record. The shaft 32 which carries the hammers and followers 34, however, does partake of such forward movement. Such movement, however, is not suflicient normally to carry the end of the arm 34 beyond the stop 37 so as to permit the operation of the hammers.

On the second operation for the same card the stop 37 is turned inward slightly so that when the hammers and followers are brought forward the follower 34 will'carry its forward end 0163f of the stop 37 and will be free .to actuate its. hammer. The movementofxthe stop 37 is effected-by means ofan arm 41 carried on the lower end pf the shaft 38 and projecting toward the center of the machine. This arm is shown in secand is in-the path of a striker 42 (by the action of the card on a link 118 carrying tion in the bottom of the machine in Fig. 8,

said striker 42, as hereinafter described under Card control at second operation) which moves to'the rear when a card is introduced into the machine which has been previously operated on. throws the inner end of the arm 41 inward and turns the shaft 38 and stop 37 to carry the latter to a point Where it no longer locks the follower of the hammer.

The same stop 37 is used to prevent the striking of zero for the highest decimal The striker 42 places; that is to say, to suppress the zeros Previous reading mechdm'sm.j F or. im-- 3 pressing upon the previous-reading sectors p a movement corresponding "to the previous reading: as perforated in the card,fmechanism may be employed similar to those de-- scribed-in my application No."427',859 above referred to, or in my application No.

479,183. The mechanism is simplified however by ,the use of the preferred system herein described in which four holes are punched in five Spaces on the card. The middle space is not used. Consequently the feelers 43 (Figl l'6) are arranged /groups of four occupying the first .two and last two of five horizontal spaces. These feelers are premed forwardby springs when the'card is insert: ed, and one or more ofthe feelers enters and passes through .the card in accordance with the combination of holes which the-group of feelers meets. The combination of feelers which moves through the card deter mines or' limits the movement which the sector p receives under the influence of the spring which tends to turn it. The several feeling pins 43 of each group are connected to slides 44 which are bent to pass around the central shaft 24 and which are connected at their rear ends to the rear ends of springs 45, the forward endsof Said springs 'being connected. to an upwardly projecting flange 46 on a frame 47 of which there is one supported above each" of the:iprevious-reading sectors and fixed relatively thereto. In making a record the frame 47 'moves forward and conveys the necessary yielding forward 'pressure to the individual slides 44. The

backward movement of the slides is effected by means of anarm' 48 lying in .thesame several previous-readin ,mechani'smsbeing '49 which runsdownward through the plate 25 and is connected just below that plate to an arm 28, -1 5, which'swings forward whenever a card is properly p1a'ced :.in the machine, as hereinafter described in detail,

and thus releases the slides which carry the feeling pins. A compound control is called for in order to secure the desired movements of the sector p from the four slides 44. The

slides 44' are "normally stopped by means of a pin 51 carriedn'n an arm 52 which is pivoted to the sector pjfthe'pin 51 being caught and held'by. a*shoulder on a main controlling arm 53. The controlling arm 53 is r0- vided with a stop-arm 54'which is provlded with a series of stops adapted Oneafter anthe "sto -arm 53 which limits t 0tllB1' to engage the first supplementary "stop-arm 55 as the latter is arm 57 which is pivoted on the shaft 24 and whose movement carries with it the first supplementary arm 55 as well as the main stop-arm 53. The arm 55 is held inward upon the arm 57 by a spring 58.

The movement of the first supplementary stop-arm 55 about its .pivot is effected by means of pins 58 projecting upward from the slides 44 and engaging the inner edge of the arm 55. The ,moveinent of the second supplementary stop-'arin 57 is determined by stops 59 projecting downward from the slides 44 and adapted when sufficiently advanced outwardly to lie in thepath of one of the shoulders 60, 61, 61 on the arm 57, so as to limit the amount of forward movement of said arm. The several 43 move forward through the. card to di erent distances, and the slides 44 with them. slide moves forward always until a stopffil' on the under side of its rear end the outer edge of the fixed frame 47. v See" 8. It is the p ii i '1 1 The stop-arm 57 is held-inns normal position by a light spring62 fastened the frame 47, an is stopped by astop-pin 63. Thesector p issupported from a central hub Qbymeans of arms 64 andg65, the latter being plane with the frame47; the arms 48 for the provided with an 'upwardflange 66 lying in the-plane.of the. main arm 53. When 7 a subtracting operation 0 a larger from a smaller number. is effected and it is necessary to reduce, the number in the next higher decimal place by 1, this'is eifected by increasing by one step the forward movement of the decimal plac he space between the flange Y previous-reading sector p of the next higher 1 I 6.6 on the arm whichcarries thehsector p and' r of sai sector is normally one unit. When such 'a carrying operation as has just been referred to, is .to be performed, the arm 52 is pulled outward by means of'an arm .67 on in a slot a shaft '68. andhaving a roller lyi in said arm52. This withdraws t e. pin 51 from engagement with thearm 53 and allows no the sectorp .to move forward onev more step thanwould normally be the case, sna unm.

thaflange 66str'ikes the stop-arm 53 and prevents further movement of the sector. The

several sectors are preferably guided in their horizontal planesby spacersio'r guides 69 held e movement I

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