US917761A - Workman's time-recorder. - Google Patents

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C. T. HAWLEY. WORKMANS TIME RECORDER.

Paentea Apr. 13, 1909.

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APPLICATION FILED 00T. 25, 1905.

G. T. HAWLBY.

WORKMANS TIME RECORDER.

APPLIGATION FILED 00T. 25, 1905. 917,761. Patented Apr. 13, 1909.

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WORKMANS TIME RECORDER.

APPLIOATIUN FILED 00T.25,19o5.

917,761. Patented Apr.13, 1909.

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C. T. HAWLEY. WORKMNS TIME RECORDER.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.25,1905

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C. T. HAWLEY` WORKMANS TIME RECORDER.

APPLIOATION FILED 00T. z5, 1905.

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WORKMANS TIME RECORDER.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 25, 1905.

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C. T. HAWLEY.

WORKMANS TIME RECORDER.

APPLwATIoN FILED 00T. 25, 1905.

Patented Apr. 13, 1909.

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C. T. HAWLEY.

WORKMANS TIME RECORDER.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.25,1905.

917,761. Panama Apr. 13, 1909.

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WORKMANS TIME RECORDER.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 25, 1905.

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G. T. HAWLEY. WORKMANS TIME RECORDER.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 25, 1905. 9 1 7,76 1 Patented Apr. 13, 1909.

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CHARLES T. HAWLEY, or GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS,

ASSIGNOR TO SEMPLEX TIME RECORDER COMPANY, OF GARDNER, MASSACHUSETT'A CORPORATION OF MASSA- CHUSETTS.

Specification of Lettori ?atent.

WOBKHANB TIME-RECORDR.

mm1-d April 1a, moo.

anneau ined comm 2s, nos. v:man No. escaso.

To all whom it muy concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES T. HAWLEY, a *citizen of the United States, and resident of Gardner, count of Worcester, State of Massachusetts, ave invented an Improvement in Workmens Time Recorders, of which the following description, in connec- .tion with the accompanying drawing, is a specification, like characters on the drawings re resenting like parts.

his invention relates to apparatus lfor recording on alsuitable card ork'other check the time when a workman enters and leaves his place of employment, the record being thereafter utilized in making up' the compensation due the workman foi` `a given period, say one week. In using apparatus of this character each workman has his individual card, and when he enters the factory in the morning his time is recorded on his card, as well as that of his departure at noon, and thereturn and departure in the afternoon. 'Not only this, but should the .workman leave at any intervening time, for a longer or shorter period, the absences must be recorded in order that when the weekly or daily compensation is iigured up such absences may be properly deducted from his actual Working time. 'lhe use of such cards not only gives to the workman an accurate record of his time, but it greatly facilitates the computation of his wages.

My present invention has for one of its objects the production of a time recorder so constructed and arranged that a single operation thereof records the time whether the workman is entering or leaving the factory, thereby dispensing with any separate device to indicate the in7 or out record.

Another object of my invention `'is the production of novel mef'ans for accurately positioning the card in readiness for the record to be made thereon, such positioning being wholly automatic.

Another object of my invention is the production of novel printing or time stamping mechanism, whereby the superposing of one record over another is prevented.v

These and various other objects of my invention, and the several novel features thereof Will be fully described in the subjoinedspecification and particularly pointed out in t e following claims. lIn the present embodiment ofl my invention the time stamp, meaning thereby a rearranged in parallelism 1n thesequence the das of the week. The positioning of the card or the daily time record is effected in such that",the earliest record is madenearest the top oil-the proper column, and the time of subsequent columns on the card,

operations of the apparatus will be recorded at intervals farther own the column. The exact time of each operation of the apparatus is thus accurately glance 'at the. card sho whenever the workman entered or left t e factory, and the exact period or periods of time he was at work or away. A time movement or clock isp/utilized to operate the time recording mechanism, in a novel and efficient manner, the operation ofthe apparatus automatically locking the printing or stamping member-s of such mechanism at the instant the record .is made, to insure absolute accuracy thereof, the manually operated actuator forthe apparatus being automatically released from the working parts immediately after the record -is made, so that said parts return to normal position independently of any act of the workman. This will ap ear more clearly hereinafter in the detailed escription of the construction and operation ofthe a paratus..

Figure 1 is a front elevation, part y broken out, of a vworkmans time recorder embody- .ing one formmof my invention, inclosed in a suitable protective casing, the connect-ion between the time movement or clock Iand `the recording mechanism being partly .sh-own where the casing is broken out; Fig. 2 is a view of one of the individualcards or checks used in connection With my time recorder; Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the record l mechanismilgembodying myV invention, .an which is located in and concealed by the lower part -of the casing shown in 1; Fig. 4 is a left-hand side elevation of such mechanism, show' the various parts .in normal position, alrild'? the manually-o rated actuator Which is seen at the lett of t e Acasing in Fig. 1,; Fig. 5 is .a detail of the means Awhereby the actuator is released :automaticallg from the various parts of the recur and plainly recorded, a

anism ater the record has beenmade tion 4; Fig. 8 is a transverse section on the line 8--8, Fig. 3, showing in plan the actuating or motor means for vvoperating the cardpositioning mstrumentahty and a portion ofA the escapement or let-0H which controls or governs suchl means; Fig. 9 is a vertical sectakeii on the line 9-9, Fi 7, looking toward the right, to show in e evation the timeprinting or recording mechanism roper,'

and the traversin carriage on whic 'it is mounted, the car -receiver or guide being shown incentral vertical'section; 10 is a similar view, on the line 10-10, `ig., 7, lookin! toward theY left, showing the opposite si e of the time printing or recording mechanism and its carriage, and the platenactuating and alarm mechanisms, the bell of the latter being indicated by a dotted circle, the card-receiver being shown in elevation; Figs. 11, 12 and 13 are details of a portion of the time printing or recording mechanism, at the right of the line 11-11, Fig. 7, Fig. 11 showing the normal relation of the hour and minute printing or recording members; Fig.

12fthen relative'` position just previous to a change of the hour member; and Fig. 13 their relative position just after such change has been made; Fig. 14 is a detail of the operating connections between the actuator and the means for making the impression upon the card through the timeprintin or recordin mechanism, the detail being ta en substantially on the line v1li-lll, Fig. 7, looking toward the left; Fig. 15 is a view of a ortion of the connection shown in Fig. 14, but in a different position, assumed just about the instant the record is made; Fig. 16 is a view of the same parts, but after the record has beenmade and the means for making the samehavemeturned to normal position, the position of the 'parts correspending to that illustrated in ig. 5; Figs. 17 and 18 are details ofthe escapement or let-0H` device, to be hereinafter referred4 to; Fig. 19 is a right-hand side'elevation of the ribbon-feeding mechanism, thel main framework being omitted; Fig. 20 is a top plan view, enlarged, of the laten which coperates with the ltime printingA or recording mechanism in making the record on the card; Fi .f 21 is an end elevation of the platen; ig 22 is a horizontal sectional detail throug .p vthe card-receiver or guide and the axis of the stop-carrier, showing one of the series of stops in operative position with be ascribed; Fig. 24 is a view of t relation to the card receiver; Fig. 23 is a similar View but showing the to most stop and vthe mea'ns for controlling the position thereof, said stop being mounted' independentl of the series of stops, for a purpose to e time indicator which is movable Withthe stop-carrier, and which facilitates settingv thereof, the half-hour indications on the said indicator being almost entirely omitted in Fig. 3 to avoid confusion; Fi 25 is a partial front ielevation of a modifie( arrangement for. operatin the series of card stops, to be describe Fig. 26 is a transverse section on the line v26-26., Fig. 25, looking down, the series of sto s in the modification/being substantially Yli e the topmost stop shownA in Fig. 23, and being actuated in turn throughy a rotating member, as will appear hereinafter; Fig. 27 is an enlarged detail of the adjustable connection or coupling' between thel escapement let-0H for the motor mechanism and the time movement, ermitting the escapement to be set manueilly in accord with the time movement, the sectional portion of Fig. 27 being taken on the line 27-275 Fig. 28; Fig. 28 is a top plan view of thev said v couplin or connection; Fig. 29 is an enlarged etail in plan of a portion of the motor mechanism and the means whereby the dail shifting of the time stamp isv governed, suc, shifting eiiecting daily a change in the relal tive position of the time stamp and the card receiver, the controlling cam for said means being also shown; Fig. 30 is a detail on ythe line 30-30, Fig. 29, Ylooking toward the ri ht, to show more clearly some of the parts w ich arevhidden in Fig. 29; Fig. 31 is an enlarged detail, partly in side elevationl and partly in vertical section, of the means whereby the time stamp shifting mechanism is lrendered inoperative at the end of the week, to permit retraction of the time stamp to initial position; Fig. 32 is a development of the impressions made by a complete rotationl of the hour and minute marking wheels of the time stamp, laced side by side, and Fig. 33 shows in si e elevation the relation between the numbers on the hour and minute wheels, to more clearly illustrate the group arrangement of the minute indications or igures. Fig. 34 is a front elevation of the ink-ribbon carriage, to show detailsof construction not clear in other figures, and Fig. 35 is a rear elevation thereof, botlni views showing the carriage as detached from the parts of the main frame on which it is supported. The casing 1, Fig. 1, of suitable size and shape to contain the operativeparts of the apparatus, has in its upper portion a time movement or'clock with exposed dial and hands as usual in time recorders, the bottom of the casing receiving the mechanism to be described for stamping or recording the time upon a suitable card, an opening at 2 in the 130 mits a visual indicator to be4 seenl rom thev exterior, said indicator showing the day of the week.

yThe arbor `/of the minute hand 4 of the time movement has suitably geared to it,

' seedotted gears 5, 6, Fig.r1, a depending spin- 'dle 7 making two revolutions er hour ja'nd driving, by like gears 8, a secon spindle 9 at the same rate, said spindles being'connected by universal joints with extensions7x, 9", respectively. As will be explained the extension 7 X is connected'with and drives the minute-marking member or wheel of the time stamp, while the extension 9 controls a letoil and escapement for a motor mechanism, and by or through which the hour marking member or wheel of the time stamp is driven. The let-ofi` is of such construction that `the time movement in practice exerts but litt-le driving action thereon, so that said time -movement iscalled upon to drive or actuate only the minute marking member, lthereby put-ting but little additionalstrain upon the time movement.

Before describing the mechanism the record card, slip or check 10, Fig.- 2, will be referred to, the same being referably an elongated car'd of suitable stitlness, having at its u per end a heading for the name or number oi? the employee, and immediatelysbelow the abbreviations of the days of the week are' printed in a horizontal, line across the card, as at11, Fig. 2. A` cross line 12 is ruled on the card below Ithe day headings, and the card is divided by vertical or longitudinal rulings 13 into columns, each. corresponding to a day.. i Horizontal lines at 14 indicate the noon hours 'of the several days, and at the proper distance below them is another line 15, which may be the six oclock line, or any other hour for closing, leaving spaces below it in the several columns for overtime or night-work records. In using such cards on my present apparatus the time records of each employee for a given day are stamped or printed in the proper column for such day, the line 12 being a species of index line denoting the set time for, beginning the daysv work, and by suitable mechanism the relative posit-ion of the card and the time stamp is changed at predetermined intervals each day, and a daily change in such relative posit-ion is also provided for, aswill appearhereinafter. By referring to Fig. 2 it will be seen that the employee John Smith had his time for, beginning work recorded before seven oclock each da-y but Saturday, and then he was late, his time being taken at 7.10, aglance at the line 12 showing whether the employee was on time or late, according'to the record being above or below the line. A similar inspection of the lines 14indicates at once, without actual reading ofthe records,

whether the em loyee was on or behind time both when knoc ing ofi and returning t'ohis work, thus facilitating the work of the oilicial whose duty it is to make out from the cards the employees time and. the wa es due. Further` reference tothe card will e made hereinafter as may be necessai to properly explain my invention and t e operation thereof.

Referring to Figs. 3 and 4, 6to 8 the operating mechanism is carried by a skeleton frame comprising a bottom plate 16, topplate 17 sides 18, (the latter rigidly connected by a cross-girth 19 and each having a horizontal-facedjlug 20), posts 21 firmly securing the bottom and top`y plates, the latter being secured by extensions 22 tothe sides, 18. Heav tie- rods 23, 24 connect the sides, the rod 23 eing located back of and just below the girth 19 and forming a fixed track on which moves the carriage on which the time stamp is mounted, the rod 24 connecting the sides near their rear upper corners. A stop collar l25, Fig. 7, is adjustably secured on the rod 23 to limit movement of the carriage at the end of its advance, such effected step by step, daily. Y

e6 advance being The'card recelver or guide, in which the opening 2 of the casing, see Fig. 1, so that a card may be readily inserted in the receiver and withdrawn therefrom when the record is made. The front wall of the receiver has an elongated, longitudinal opening 29, Figs. 3, 9, 22 and 23, and its rear wall is transversely concaved at 30, opposite the opening, a series of stops 31 being brought one after another into operative position to project through the opening 29 and form a temporary'bottom for the receiver, inthe manner shown in Fig. 22. Thesestops are conveniently made as thin metal plates substantially triangular in shape, each being pivoted at v,32 upon an arm 33 secured by its hub 34 on a shaft or carrier 35, in front of and parallel to the receiver opening 29, the arms extending radially from the carrier in parallel horizontal planes, and being arranged in the form of a helix or spiral, see Fig. 3. A lug 36 on each stop enters a'slot 37 in its arm, to

vlimit movement of the stop, Fig. 22, and a 120 spring 38 tends to throw the stop outward as far as it can o. The hubs 34 serve to vertically space t e arms and the stops carried thereby, and the carrier 35 is so. located that as it revolves one stop after another will be brou ht into engagement with thefront wall of t 4e card receiver, and then swung on its sustaining arm into dotted line position, Fig. 22, stretching the spring. fr, At the next advance of the'carrier the stop snaps past the 130 edge of vlimitthe distance a card may be inserted in the receiver. As the stops vare in different horizontal planes, best shown in Fig. 3, it will be seen that the effective depth of the receiver depends upon which stop is in opera-,7. the higher the stop on the cari tive position, c rier the less the depth Aof the recelver, and conse uentlythe point at which a time record will be made 1n a day column on the card is governed b the stops. I have herein arranged the mec anism so that advance of the carrier is intermittingly eiected at halfhour intervals, the topmost stop of the series being in operative position from 7.30 to 8 .-f m., whi e the lowermost stop is moved into position at 7 a. 1 n and so remains until 7 .30, when the next lngher stop 1s positioned., As the` carrier is revolved the opposite edge of the opening 29 acts to push out the stop, turning lton lts pivot 32 out of the o ening, the spring 38 resuming control as t e stop clears the card receiver. Y

In'Fig. 4 l have shown only the lowermost arm and its. stop, to avoid confusion, the helical arrangement being indicated by the dotted line.

A cam-like arm 39, Fig. 23, is secured to the carrier above the top-most one of the arms 33 vto at times coperate with a pin 40 depending from a plate41 which with a stopl the apparatus transverse line 15.l If any from 8 p. m. till midnight, the time record late 42 is pivoted at 43 onthe top 17 of the iiame adjacent the upper end of the opening 29, a spring 44 normally holding the two plates in the position shown 1n FlgI 23 against a depending stop 45. A bow-spring 46 connected at its opposite ends to the two plates 41, 42, respectlvely, serves to normally cause them to move in unison, and when the cam -periphery of the arm 39 engages the pin 40,

said plates will be swung inward so that'the enlarged end of the plate 42 will enter the card receiver, and act as a stop, so long as the plate is held in such position. If a card should kbe accidentally left in the receiverat the time the cam arm 39 operates, the stopplate 42 would be held lby engagement with the card, but the plate 41 would be free to move, the spring 46 being ilexed to permit such movement, thereby preventing any breakage of these parts. This stop 42 is, in herein shown, moved into its operatlve position at 8 p. m., and so remains until at midnight the cam 39 releases 1t, and the spring 44 retracts it into inoperative position, such as shown in Fig. 23. Any records between' and 8 p. m. will be made in the portions of the day columns below the work is done will be made in one of the divisions 15X on .the card, see Fig. 2. From midnight to the time the lowest one of the series 'of stops 31 is poopening 29 and into the receiver,

I,and below the stop-carrying arms it is sitioned, viz., at 7 `a. rin-,there are no stops,

coperating with the card receiver as none are necessary during that period and any recordl made between midnight and 7 a. mi. ap-

pears in the single space above the line 12.

The carrier 35 is mounted in bearings in the topand bottom plates of the main frame,

rovided with a time indicator, shown in Fig. 24, and consisting of va drum 47 on the periphery of which are half-hour indications, as for instance 6.30 to '7, 7 to 7.30, etc. a shield 48 secured to the frame having a slot through which one ofthe time indications can be seen, the indicator being so arranged that the half-hour period visible through the slot of the shield indicates which particular one of the stops is then in itsv operative position. 'I his time-indicator is used only when setting the a paratus, as ordinarilythe cas- Yin incloses t e indicator.V f

he pinion 49 and ear 50 are ixedly secured tothe carrier be ow the indicator, best shown in Fig. 29, and the gear 50 is provided on its up er side with a cam 51 presenting an irregu ar portion at 51 for a purpose to be n described, the under side of the gear 50 havingl attached toit a smaller gear 52 in mesh with the primary gear 53 of a motor mechanism operated by a coiled spring 54, the s ring being wound by means of a spindle 55 c earl shown in Fig. 3, the upper end of the spind e being so shaped that a winding key can be readily applied thereto when necessary. Through the gears 53 and 52 the carrier is rotated, and in order that the same may be operated intermittingly, I have provided an escapement for the motor mechanism, and a let-oil' for such escapement.

A pinion 56 on a horizontal shaft 57 suitably supported in bearings on the bottom plate of the frame meshes with the` gear 50, the shaft 57 having fast upon it a disk 58 provided with three pins 59, disposed as shown in Fig. 17, the pins, however, projecting beyond the opposite side of the disk from that vshown in said figure, and for a pur- 'movement The spring of the motor mechanism always tends to rotate the shaft57 and the escapement wheel 60, in the direction of the arrow Fig. 17 so that one of the points `of said wheel is maintained in engagement with the worm let-off 61`, until by rotation of the latter, that point is released, thereby permitting the escapement wheel, and consequently the motor mechanism, to operate until the next point of the escapement wheel clearly shown in Fig. 8, has an engages the let-off. As has been stated, the extension 9 makes one complete revolution every half-hour, and the steepness of pitch of the worm acts in practice to assist the time movement in rotating the let-off, so that any dra or strain on the time movement is entirey obviated. As the motor mechanism is permitted to advance, at half-hourly periods, it will be manifest that the carrier and the stops mounted thereon will be rotated at corresponding intervals, to therebyT change the effective depth of the card-receiver correspondingly.

'lhe pins 59 are arranged to coperate with a notched, six-faced escapement 63, separatel shown in Fig. 18, the faces 64 being beve ed to coperate with the face of the disk 58, and thereby lock the escapement 63 between movement-s, the pins 59 cooperating with the notches to rotate said escapement, but as there are only three pins the escapement 63 (and the shaft 65 on which it is mounted) will be rotated at half the speed of the shaft 57, and the parts controlled thereby. In .other words, while the stop-carrier is advanced by the motor mechanism at half-hourly intervalsLtheishaft 65 will be advanced at hourly intervals, and between the advances, it will be held from rotation by the locking co eration of the disk 58 and the faces 64 of t e escapement 68. rlhe shaft 65,

attached pinion 66, in mesh with a gear 67, on a vertical shaft 68, made in three parts as shown in Fig. 10, connected by universal joints, so as to, afford flexibility, the lower member being mounted in a fixed'bearing bracket 69, and the upper member 7() being mounted in bearings 71 on the time stamp carrier to be referred to, the shaft member 7G having an attached gear 72, which by meshing with a gear 73 ez''ects rotation of the hour-marking hour wheel is thus driven or actuated ste motor mechanism, while the minute marking member or wheel. is as will appear hereinafter driven by the time movement, and normally in unison with the minute hand thereof.

Referring to Figs. 14, 27 and 28, I have provided a coupling between the extension 9X and the let-off shaft or spindle 62, whereby the let-off can be set or adjusted with relation to the time movement in a convenient and accurate manner. A' disk 74 fiXedly secured to the spindle 62 is held against a similar disk 75 by means of a clamp-screw 7 6 which passes through a segmental slot 77 in the disk 75, and into the lower disk 74. The u per disk is provided` with a hub 78 radially notched at 79, and loosely receiving a short shaft 80 coupled at its upper end to the lower extremity of the extension 9X, and rotating in fixed bearings 81 on the frame, a sleeve 82 fast on the short shaft carrying a latch 83 supported to enter the notch 79, to lockthe shaft 80 with the disks. The peripheries of the latter are graduated, as shown in Fig. 27, so that a very accurate adjustment can be made. By retracting the latch 83, the let-off mechanism is entirely disconnected from the time movement, as'will be manifest, and if a rough setting is desired, the spindle 62 canbe turned one or more timesby hand to set the let-off, and then by releasing the clamping screw 76, the two disks can be adjusted with relation to each other, and by means of the graduations the let-off can be set with accuracy to accord with the time movement, after which the clamp screw is set u clamping the two disks together, and so ong as the latch is in place the time movement will be operatively connected with the let-off.

Referring to Figs. 6 and 7, a rod 84 is rigidly attached to arms 85 fulcrumed at 86 on adjustable blocks 87 screwed to the u per portions of the frame sides 18, fore and) aft adjustment of the blocks 87 being effected by loosening the set screws 88 and moving up or down a wedge 89, the latter working in a recessin its adjacent block, so -that the rod 84 can be adjusted in a fore and aft direction, to thereby regulate or adjust the position of the time stamp carriage, relatively to the card receiver when the carriage is moved to the printing point. The latter consists of two rigidly connected, substantially |"-shaped sides 90, each side having at its lower end a depending bracket 91, see Figs. 9 and 10, said brackets embracing the guide rod or track 23, hereinbefore referred to, and traveling thereon by means of sheaves or-rolls 92, the rear upper ends of the carriage sides having cam surfaces 93 to at times coperate with the swinging rod 84, rolls 95 mounted l on the carriage being adapted to travel on member or wheel of the time-stamp. The i said rod when the same is at rest. The said 3 rod 84 acts in the nature of a follower, coby-step at hourly intervals by or through t 1e 2 operating with the cams or cam surfaces 93. On one of the carriage sides, the bearing bracket 71 is mounted, said bracket supportling the upper portion 70 of the actuating shaft hereinbefore described, which drives the hour-marking wheel. .A rod 96 rigidly connects the upper ends of the carriage sides and on said rod is rotatably mounted the hub 97 of the hour-marking member or wheel H, see Fig. 7 ,the gear 73 being fast on the hub. The hour-wheel H is provided on its periphery with printing type, twentyfour numbers being equally disposed around the periphery and running from 1 to 12 inclusive for the a. 1n. hours and from 1 to 12 inclusive for the p. m. hours, the development of an impression of the com lete' periphery of the hour-marking whee being shown in Fig. 32, at HX. I have omitted in the other figures of the drawing the hour figures on the wheel H to avoid confusion.

By reference to Fig. 32, it will be seen that the p. m. hours are distinguished by a short dash underneath each one, although -an suitable distinguishing mark may be use A ring-gear 98 and a centering ratchet 99, clearly shown in Fig. 10, are attached to the outer side of the hour wheel, and rotate therewith, the ring-gear meshing with the pinion 100 fast on a shaft 101 rotatabl mounted inthe carriage, and on'which sha t is secured a toothed stop-wheel or stop 102, clearly shown in Figs. 1.1 to 13.

A- rocklshaft 103 mounted in the upper end of the carriage hasy an attached ,arm 104 provided with a pawl v105 adapted to at times coperate with the ratchet 99, the spring 106,'see Fig. 10, actingon the downturned end 107 of said pawl-arm to normally i* maintain the pawl in its inoperative position,

Fig. 10 the rock-shaft having at its opposite end a ri idly connected arm 108, see Fig. 9, on whic is fulcrumed at 109 a second arm 110, provided with a pawl 111, a spring 112 normally acting to hold the lower end of the arm 110 against a stop 113. When the shaft 103 is rocked,.both pawls will be moved into operative osition, under normal conditions, but as wil be referred to hereinafter, should the awl 111 lodge on the top of one of the teet give, swin ing on its fulcrum 109. This gives a bac ward movement to the pawl 111 if its downward movement is checked by lodgingu on .the point of one of the ratchet T is draws the minute wheel M into co erative position with the hour wheel H whi e the pawl remains on the top of the tooth.- The ratchet 99 is so set with relation to the hour figures on the wheel H that whenever the pawl 105 is depressed to engage the ratchet one of the hour figures will e positively centered, and locked in position for printing, ,the locking taking place before the carriage is bodily swung forward to make the impression upon a card in the card-receiver.

The minute marking member or wheel M .is peripherally divided into sixty equal parts,

and t pe representing the numbers from 1 to 59 inclusive and zero, is arranged upon the periphery but in a eculiar manner, the figures being arrange in groups, and herein I have provided for four such grou s of fifteen numbers each. Referring to ig. 33, the radial lines m divide the peri hery of the wheel into s iXty equal arts, but the type numbers from 0 to 14 inc usive, and indicated at mX are arranged at one side of the lines m, while from 15 to 29 inclusive they `are on the opposite side, as indicated at m. From 30 t0 L14-inclusive the group of numbers is on the same side of the radial lines as the group m", and from 45 to 59 .inclusive such group corresponds to the arrangement o the group m. A ratchet 114 is rigidly attached of its ratchet, the arm 110 can thento the sides of the minute marking wheel M,- and with this ratchet the pawl 111 coperates tol center and lock the minute-'marking Wheel at the time of printing. The grouping of the numbers o the minute wheel prevents confusion or overstampino' on a card when the time record is taken, numbers on the hour-wheel are syinmetrica disposed with relation to the radial lines on the hour-Wheel, see Fig. 33, and when the two wheels are locked, a radial line on the minute Wheel will lie in the plane of one of the radial lines on the hour wheel. If the time'record is made in the first or the third quarter of an hour, in the present arrangement, the hour will be indicated on the card and the particular minute will be printed o posite theiupper half of said hour mark,

for the ty e w ereas if the minutes are in the second orfourth quarter of such hour, the minute record will be stamped on the card opposite the lower half of the figure.

Referring to Fig. 2, it will be' seen that the employee came to work five days of the week before 7 oclock, so that all of the records are above the line 12, and -as they were in the last quarter of the hour, the various minute records are opiosite the lower half of the hour -6. On aturday the employee was late, coming in at 7.10, and such hour is indicated below the line 12, and as the time was in the first quarter the minute record is rinted opposite the upper half of the hour 7.

t will be supposed that on one of the days, as for instance Tuesday, the employee left his .work at 9.12, his record being marked on the card, at the proper place, and returned at 9.25, inasmuch as he went out in the first quarter of the hour, the minute indication is recorded opposite the upper half of the hour figure, and as he returned in the second quarter the minute indication is marked opposite the lower half of the hour figure, showing at a glance that the employee was away from his work from 9.12 to 9.25. Should the employee leave and return 'within the. same uarter of the hour, it will be manifest that J(tlhe two minute indications will be superposed, but that is' unobjec'tionable, as it shows on its face his absence, and also that it was less than fifteen minutes,it being custom- 'ary in factories to dock for at least fifteen minutes if the employee is absent from his work a less time.- inasmuch as the hour wheel is advanced at the end of each hour,`

while the stops cooperate half hourly with the card receiver, it will be manifest that if a record is made in the first and second halves first`v quarter of the hour the 10' will be op posite the upper half of the upper figure 9. `41s the second record Was made in the third quarter of the hour the minutes ricard, viz:

35 will be op osite the upper half-o1" thel lower tigureQ. y the action of the series Vof, stops it will thus be seen that each hour space on the .card is really divided into first and second halves, and the further subdivision for the location of the minute record gives a clear andunmistakable reading of the record. In Fig. 2 I have Vshown on the Wednesday column an out record at 9.10 and an fin record at 9.35, to clearly illustrate the foregoing, showing that the employee was absent twenty-five minutes. The stop 42 which covoperates with the card-receiverfrom 8 p. m. to midnight prevents any registration or recording on the morning 'portion of the card, should a. record be made betweenthe hours named, all records after 8p. m. being located at the bottom of the card between the lines X, Fig. 2. It is necessary that this stop should remain operative until midnight, because at that time the shitting of the time stamp takes place to change its position with relation to the card-receiver, and'pass from one day oi the week to the next, a record in the wrong daily column en the card being thereby prevented.

The lower end of the extension 7 X is connected by a combined sleeve and universal joint115 with a short shaft 116, see-Fig. 9, mounted in bearings in a bracket 117 on the adjacent side of the carriage, said shaft having at its lower end a beveled gear 118 meshing with another gear 119 on a driving member or sleeve 12() rotatable on the rod 96, and interposed between the adjacent side of the carriage and the minute wheel, said driving member having at its inner end aradial lug 121, clearly shown in I `i'gs.J 11 to 13, and two swinging abutments 122 fulcrumed on the minute wheel are normally held by a spring 123 in engagement with opposite sides of the lug,l so that under normal conditions the minute wheel will be rotated by and in unison with the driving member 120, the latter being actuated or driven by and in unison with the time movement, as will be manifest. A lost motion or yielding connection is thus provided betwen the time movement and the minute wheel, permitting a temporary stoppage of the latter with some lost motion, without interfering with the opera tion of the time movement. This lost motion connection is designed to prevent an employee from stopping the time movement if he should partially actuate the recorder and endeavor by nection referred to will permit a stoppage of ,the minute hand for several minutes Without aecting the time movement. Ii" the minute Wheel is held from rotation, the driving memholding on to the actuator to stop the time movement or clock, for the lost motion conber 120 will' continuato rotate, and the leading abutment 122 will be moved ahead bythe lug 12,1, butv as soon as the minute wheel is `hour cannot by any possibility indicate the new hourv andifty-nine minutes instead of the new hour'and no minutes, and I also prevent vthe possibility of the minute record at the end of the hour indicating the current hour and no minutes, instead'of the current hour and nity-nine minutes.`

It will be remembered that the Yhour Wheel H is advancedl at the end of each hour, to

bring the proper hour Iigure into position for recording, the toothed stop 102 being rotated step by stepwith the hour Wheel, and betweenthe changes of the lattera Atooth of said stop stands -in the osition shown in Fig. 11, iii-they th oft e outer end'ofa pawl 124 ivo'ta ly mounted on the minute wheel, an normally held by a spring` 125 against a stop 126 which rolects outwardly from the said minute w ee a second inwardly projecting stop 127 on the' ratchet limiting movement of the pawl against the spring. A gravity pawl 128 is pivotally mounted on the ratchet 114 near its circumference, and is free to lay between the stop .127 and a pin or prjoJection 129, shown in against the said pawl, so that the further advence ofthe minute wheel is prevented, such advance, of course, being due to the operation of the time movement. The stoppage and locking, as it were, of the minute wheel is effected at the ifty ninth minute of the hour, and at such time .the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 12, the hooked end of the gravity pawlv resting on the tooth of the stop-Wheel, but for the time being performing no function. The minute wheel is locked as described until the stop-wheel is advanced with the change of hour by the hour wheel, so that it is impossible to make a record of the hour and no minutes previous to thel change of hour, and the only record which can be made until such change will be the hour and'ifty-nine minutes. When the hour is changed the hour wheel advances one step, and the stop-wheel 102 advances in like manner, releasing both pawls. and bringing a fresh tooth into operative position, the

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p awl 124 being instantly swung out of the way by its spring 125, into normal position shown in Fig. 13, While the bent end 130 of the gravity pawl lies in the path of the stop tooth then coming into positlon and is forced onward thereby, carrying the minute Wheel M with it, this motion being assisted by the stress in the lost motion or self-setting connection between the time movement and the minute wheel, pawl 128 then resting against pin or lug 129. In this position of the parts,` 1t will be seen that the minute wheel-M is locked by coperation of the stop-wheel and gravity pawl from any retrograde movement, and at such time the zero on the minute Wheel is in position to make a record, if the time stamp is operated. 1f, therefore, a record is now made, the new hour and no minutes will be indicated, and by no possibility can a record be made at the beginning of the new hour indicating the new hour and fifty-nine minutes, instead of the proper mitted by record of the new hour and no mmutes. Should the minute wheel, be detained just previous to the hour change,-as is perthe lost-motion connection so that the gravity pawl 128 is not in position to be caught and forced onward by the new stop tooth on wheel' 102-said tooth maybe found positioned ahead of the pawl 128, the

pawl 124 having'been released and swung forward b its spring. Vhen the minute wheel is re eased, the lost-motion or self-setting connection between the time movement and the minute. Wheel automatically advane-es the latter carrying the gravity awl over the freshly positioned stop toot in Wheel 102--and dropping it in operative position to act behind said tooth and revent backward movement of minute whee The two locking operations described take place justprior to and just after every change of hour res ectively, so that at such times an absolutey accurate record is made, if the time stamp be operated.

For certain purposes for which time stamp wheels are used-the two swinging pawls 124 and 128 may be replaced by a single fixed stop pin in minute wheel M coperating with the stop-wheel, and 1 do not Wish to limit myself to the particular combination of pawls forming the stop or lock here shown. To effect such operation, the rod or cam follower 84 is swung upward, traveling over the cam surface 93 ofthe time stamp carriage, and swinging the latter forward on the supporting and guide rod 23, to force the hour and minute marking wheels against an inked ribbon, and to press the latter through an opening 30X in the back of the card receiver, a platen to be hereinafter described at such time being automatically moved forward so that the card is pressed toward the printing type and the'latter toward the card. The cooperation of the cam and follower holds the carriage stationary when the platen is 'moved into operative-position.'

A main or operative shaft 131 is mounted I to rock in suitable bearings in the framesides 18, said shaft having fast upon it'an arm 132, see Fig. 6, connected by a link 133 with one of the rocking arms 86 to which the rod 84 is attached, so that when the shaft 131 is turned in the direction of the arrow 134, Fig. 6, the rod 84 will be raised and will move the time stamp forward to make a record.

` l A yoke 135 is loosely mounted on the main shaft 131, and is positioned by collars 136, 137, a spring 138 having one end attached to the collar 136, the other end of the spring be-` ing attached at 139, Fig. 6 to the yoke, the latter having an elongated cross-bar 140.

A link 141 is hooked at its lower end at 142,/

see Fig. 9, around the cross-bar 140, the upper end of the link beingy pivotally connected at 143 with one of the arms, as 108 fast on the rock-shaft 103, so that when the main shaft is operatively turned the movement of the yoke will act to pull down the link, and

thereby bring both of the pawls 105 and 111 into coperation with the ratchets attached suitable guide 144, on the time stamp carriage, cooperates with the link 141. to guide it in its movement and also to vcause it to move back and forth laterally with the carriage, as the latter is shifted from day to day. The cross bar 14() of the yoke is of sufficient length to vpermit the shifting movement of the carriage and the link 141. s

A short depending arm 145 secured to theA main operating shaft receives loosely the rear end of a rod 146, the front end of which is pivoted to a crank armv 147 on an upright shaft 148 supported in suitable bearings, and havin attached radial fingers l149, three of such' ngers being shown in Fig. 4, the free ends of the fingers being adapted to move into and out of notches 26 in the adjacent side wall of the card-receiver. A spring 150, see Fig. 10, is coiled around the rod 146, and attached thereto at one end, and at its other end to the arm 145. When the main shaft is turned to operate the apparatus, the rod 146 is drawn backward, thereby turning the shaft 148 and swinging the fingers 149 inward and against the adjacent upright edge of a card, if the latterhas been placed in the receiver, the spring 150 then expanding as the operative movement of the main shaft is completed. The object of these fingers is to aline the card in the receiver in proper position relative to the impression point of the time stamp or recorder, the fingers pushing the card laterally against the opposite side wall of the receiver and acting to grip or hold the card tifhtly in such alincd position, so,

that when the record isy made, it will be in its proper day column upon the card.

A strong s ring 151, see Figs. 6 and 19 is attached to t e bottom plate 16 of the frame, and .to an arm 152 fast on the main shaft, to return the latter to normal position after the recorder has been operated, and to prevent shock upon such return, I have shown in Figs. 6 and 8 a damping or cushioning device comprising an air cylinder 153 in which o crates a suitable iston, the rod 154 thereo1 being controlled y a link 155 fulcrumed at its u per endon the cross-rod 24, and operated lb connection 156, 157, the bell-crank being rocked by means of a link 158 eccentrically connected with the main shaft. Any other suitable damping or cushionin device, however, may be employed, the atter of itself being of well known construction and forming no part per se of my present invention.

. The main operating shaft 131 is rocked by means of a handle 159; shown in Fig. 1 at the left of the casing, and I have provided a peculiar and self or automatically releasing cou ling between the handle and the shaft, so t at when the handle has been moved forward far enough to effect the pro er operationu of the mechanism, it will be isconnected or uncoupled from the shaft, the latter immediately returning to normal osition, so that if the handle should be held 'orward, no stoppage or derangement of any of the parts ofthe mechanism could result. The end of the shaft projects a considerable distance beyond one of the frame-sides 18, as shown in Fig. 6, and on this projecting end is loosely mounted the long hub 160 of the actuating handle, said hub adjacent the frame having an enlargement 161 which is overlapped by a retaining ear 162 screwed onto the frame-side and/ reventing endwise withdrawal of the hand e from the shaft. A stop-lug 163 on the enlargement limits the rearward movement of the handle, and a toe 164 co erates with the retaining lugto limit forwar movenient. I

A toggle-actuator is carried by the handle, and as herein shown comprises a short shaft 165 mounted in the hub enlargement 161 with a toe 166 fast on the outer end of the shaft and a wiper 167 fast on its'inner end, see Figs. 15 and 16, the toe being normally held against the notched base of a detent 168, as shown in Fig. 4, said detent having a depending extension 169 for a purpose to be described. A spring 170 acts to hold the toe l in the position shown in Fiv. 4, and as the detent is pivotally mounted at 171 .on the hub enlargement 161, it will be manifest that when thethandle 159 is pulled forward or to the right, viewing Fig. 4, the toggle actuator y means of a bell-crank and link will inove therewith bodily, and the wiper 1 67 will bemoved from the position shown in Fig. 14 to that shown inFig. 15, moving at suchftiine as if it were ri id with the handle. A toggle comprisin lin s 172, 173, is interposed lictween the ase plate 16 of the frame land an arm 174 fasten and *extended rearwardly from the operating shaft 131, the

straighten it, and thereby the shaft 131 is turned in the roperdirection, indicated by the arrow in i 15, 'and it will continue to turn until the ditent extension 169 strikes a trip-pin 175 adjustably secured to the side frame. The continued movement of the handle to the full end of its stroke causes the toe 166 of the toggle actuator to be withdrawn from the detent, and immediately the spring 151 returns the main shaft and all of its connected parts to normalposition. The release of the toe permits theitoggle to resume its normal position, as shown in Fig. 16, the wiper riding up on the toggle link 173, and then as a spring 176 operates to return the handle to normal position, the wiper slides forward and drops into the position shown in Fig. 14,- thereby lpermitting the spring 170 to automatically cause rengagement between the to'e of the actuator and the detent. The trip 175 is so set that release bf the main shaft from the actuating handle will not take place until such shaft has had its full movement im arted thereto. The position of the parts slibwn in Fig. 5, viewed from the exterior corresponds to the position of suc-h parts shown in Fig. 16, viewed Afrom the interior. ff

The lub. 27 to which. the card-receiver is attached slidably support a horizontally movable platen, shown on an enlarged scale in Figs. 20 and 21, and comprising a preferably metallic body 177, a yielding face 178 of rubber or othersuitable material, attached to a flexible backing 179 which may be conveniently a strip of elastic metal, the backing in turn being fixedly connected with a series of rocking supports 180, two of the supports, as shown in Fi 20, having attached pins or studs 181 w ich loosely enter sockets in the body and are retained in place by springs 182 fastened at one. end to the body, and at the free ends to the studs. The supports 180 permit the different portions of the yielding face 178 to adapt themselves to the type, it bein remembered that the timestamp is shifte transversely with relation to the card-receiver, so that. the marking wheels will cooperate with different/,portions top-plate 17 o `131 comp of .thefplaten' face from da to day. Links Y183 pivotally connected wit the platen body are jointed at their outer ends to connected rocking earsl 1 4, fulcrumed at 185 on the the frame, an elon ated arm extended rearwardly rom and connecte with the rocking ears and provided with a stud 187, see Fi 10, which enters the bifurca-ted end of a mk 188, the llower end f the latter being pivotally connected with a bell-crank 189. Aspring 190 186 bein is attached at one end to the link, and at the'- other end to the stud, 187 so that there is a yielding connectionbetween the .said two parts. A second link 191 connects the bellcrank with an arm 192 fast on the main shaft, so that when the latterlis turned, it acts through the link 191 and theI bell-crank to ull down the link 188, and through the rocliing e/ars 184 and the short links 183, the laten is moved rearward toward the marking wheels, the face of the platen passing through a slot 28. in the front wall of the card receiver. The platen face bears against the back ofthe car and when the limit of movementl of the platen has been reached, the sprin 190 then ields as the main shaft etes its fu movement, the spring allowing -for variations in the thickness of the cards, and also for a difference in the timing, so thatthe platen may vbe,'-brought up to printing position before the full shaft-Inovement is effected. A

A spring-controlled catch 193 on the arm 192 is adapted to engage with the hammer dog 194, and to lift and release the bell hammer 195 'as themain shaft/ is turned/ so that the bell or gong1196 will be struck to indicate the fact t at the apparatus has been operated. A-carriage shitin sheave 197 is iixedly secured to an uprig t spindle 198 having bearings in the base-plate 16 and on the crossgirt 19 respectively, thereon/a gear 199, see Fig. 4, in mesh with. a inioi 200, fast on a shaft 201 mounted on the liase plate and having fast upon it a pinslightly conical in ion 202 in turn meshing with another pinion 203 on aniupright shaft 204, extended at its upper end through the top-plate 17, and having attached to 1t a rotatable, visual day in. dicator 205. Said day indicator is shown shape, and having u on its periphery the days of the week, see Fig. 7, whic one opposite an opening in a shield 206 on the toplate, theshield opening coming opposite t e aperture 3, -as ishown in Fig.. 1.

he spindle 198 is rotated/intermittin 1y by means to be described, to cause the s eave 197 to wind upon it a chain or other iiexible connection'207, which at its o posite ends is attached to the sheave and the timestamp carriage respectively, the sheave shifting the carriage from right to left, viewing Fig.' 1,

said -shaft having fast day indications 'are brought one by.

from da to day. A retracting sheave 208 is iiexib y connected at '209 with Ythe caran upright shaft bearings, one end of a retracting spring 211 being secured to the retracting sheave and attached at its lower end to an adjusting rotatable on the shaft and heldin lace detent 213. By moving theratc et wheel in one direction or the other, the tension of e necessary to secure the roper retractive action upon the carriage. t will be understood'that as theconnection 207 is'wound onto the shifting sheave 197,

creased, as may and stop the carriage when retracted as deof a time recorder runs continuously I have provided for seven successive daily shifts of the carriage, thus including Sundays, the retraction to initial position being effected at midnight Sunday.

loosely mounted on the shifting spindle 198, said disk having in the present lnstance fourteen circularly arranged and equi-distant holes 216, Fig. 8, any one of which is adapted leaf-spring 218 fast on a plate 219 resting on the top of the disk and-.through which the spindle 198 loosely passes. This plate has at its o posite'ends'it'wo upturned and diametrica y opposite sto s 220 equi-distant from the center and a jacent .the toothed deing engaged by the downturned end of a i Og on a radial arm 222 having lts hub. Plnned to .the shiftingspindle 198 at 223, Fig. 31. A

operative position, a slot and pin connection 225, 226, ig. 8, limiting' the igvotal movement of the d'og on its arm. lgylocking the stop-plate- 219 to the disk 215 thedog acts to couple the disk and shifting spindle 198 lt/ogether, thestress of the retracting s ring 211 keeping the dog in engagement wit one of the stops 220, the movement of the disk to shift the time stam cated by arrow 227,'IP`g. 8. Said disk 215 meshes with a smaller gear 228 f'loosely mounted on yan uprightfost 229 fixed-'inthe .base-plate 16, 'said gaat' aving'secured to it a let-off' wheel which coperates a detent 231, formingv one lriage, as by a cham, said sheave being fast lon,

210, supported in suitable device shown as a ratchet wheelv 212, 8,

of the Week. vA buffer 214, Fig. 7, se-` cured to the frame side, is arranged to engage n scribed. As the time movement or clockl A large disk gear 215 has itslong hubI periphery of the disk, one stop'vrat a time. 221, Figs. 8 and' 31,piv\otallymounted spring 224 normally maintains the dogg-in carriage being indi- 230, Figs. 8-and 29, withl the retracting s ring,is increased or dethe connection 209 will be unwound from to receive a short pin 217 depending from a

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