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July

6, 1954

2,682,993

UNITED STATES

PATENT

OFFICE

2,682,993

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MACHINE

DATA

INDICATOR

Angus

G.

Helgeson,

Birmingham,

Mich.,

assignor

to

The

National

Cash

Register

Company,

Day-

ton,

Ohio,

a

corporation

of

Maryland

Application

November

21, 1950,

Serial

No. 196,906

13

Claims.

WI.

235-23)

1 2

This

invention

relates

to

accounting

machines

and

similar

bUsiness

machines

and

is

directed

par-

ticularly

to

means

for speeding

up

the

recording

of payroll

data

and

the

consequent

printing

of

the

payroll checks,

and

to

control

various

mechanisms

5

in

the

machine

in

this

connection.

This

invention

is especially

adapted

to

be

used

in

machines

of

the

payroll type,

shown

and

de-

scribed

in

the

United

states

Patent

No.

2,467,704,

issued April 19, 1949,

to

Pascal

Spurlino,

Rudolph

10

J.

Moser, Alfred G. Kibler,

Marvin

D.

Frost,

and

Walter

J.

Kreider,

and

for

illustrative purposes is

embodied

in

a

machine

of

the

type

shown

in

said

patent.

This

invention

is also embodied

in

machines

of

15

the

general

type

shown

in

the

following

United

states

Letters

Patent

and

reference

may

be

had

to

them

and

to

the

above-mentioned

patent

·for a

complete showing

and

description of

standard

mechanism

not

fully disclosed

herein:

United

20

states

Patents

Nos. 1,619,796; 1,747,397; 1,761,542;

and

1,916,535, issued

March

1, 1927;

February

18,

1930;

June

3, 1930;

and

July

4, 1933, respectively,

to

Bernis

M.

Shipley; No. 2,175,346, issued

Octo-

ber

10, 1939,

to

Maximilian

M. Goldberg; No.

25

2,141,332, issued December 27, 1938,

to

Charles

H.

Arnold; No. 1,693,279, issued November 27, 1928,

to

Walter

J.

Kreider;

No. 2,305,000, issued

De-

cember 15, 1942, to Mayo

A.

Goodbar;

No. 2,361-

662, issued October

31,

1944, to

Pascal

Spurlino

30

and

Konrad

Rauch;

No.

2,345,839, issued April

4, 1944,

to

Pascal

Spurlino, Mayo

A.

Goodbar,

and

Marvin

D.

Frost;

and

No. 2,351,541, issued

June

13, 1944,

to

Everett

H. Placke.

The

specific

machine

shown

in

the

above-men-

35

tioned

Patent

No.

2,467,704, embodying

the

pres-

ent

invention,

and

as now constructed, is well

adapted

for

use by

any

organization

where a

large

number

of payroll checks

are

to

be issued

period-

ically

and

particularly

where

such

organizations

40

wish to keep

accurate

records of

totals

of

amounts

paid

to

their

employees, ·and also a

record

of

var-

ious deductions

which

nowadays

are

common

practice.

As

is well known,

such

deductions

in-

clude social security

payments,

group

insurance

45

payments,

income

tax

withholdings

and

union

dues,

:md

many

other

types

of

deductions,

which

various

organizations

permit

their

employes

to

make

against

gross

earnings

for

a definite period.

Accurate records of

each

of

the

various types

50

of individual deductions

are

accumulated

in

the

machine,

with

the

result

that

the

company

may

at

any

time

definitely

ascertain,

by

means

of

printed

records,

the

various

totals

of

such

.de-

Quctions,

and

also

the

totals

of

the

net

earnings

.55

of

the

employees,

the

gross

earnings

of

the

employees,

and

other

records

relative

to

the

em-

ployees.

Other

records,

such

as

the

total

number

of

reg-

ular

hours

worked

and

the

total

number

of over-

time

hours

worked,

are

also

accumulated

in

the

machine,

so

that

the

company

may

at

any

time

definitely

ascertain

by

means

of

printed

records

the

number

of

regular

hours

paid

for

and

also

the

number

of overtime

hours

paid

for.

The

machine

is also

adapted

to

print

a

pay-

roll check,

upon

the

main

portion

of

which

are

shown

the

consecutive

number,

thedate,and

the

net

amount

of

the

check

printed

in

two places;

and

on

the

stub

portion

of

the

check,

which

is

to

be

torn

oft'

and

retained

by

the

employee before

he

cashes

the

check,

are

shown

the

number

of

regular

hours

he

worked,

the

gross

earnings

for

those

regular

hours,

the

number

of overtime hours,

the

gross

earnings

for

the

overtime hours, a

total

of

the

gross regUlar-hour

and

overtime-hour

earn-

ings, a

list

of

all

deductions, showing

the

amount

of

each, a symbol

for

each

deduction,

and

the

net

pay.

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net

pay

printed

on

the

stub

portion

of

the

check is

identical

with

the

net

amount

which

is

printed

in

two places

on

the

main

portion

of

the

check.

The

machine

in

which

the

present

invention

is embodied is also

adapted

to

print

upon

the

payroll

summary

sheet,

which,

for

example,

may

be

used

for

the

departmental

summary

of

the

em-

ployees

in

anyone

or

more

departments.

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the

departments

'are too large,

the

payroll

summary

may

be

allotted

to

various

jobs

of

the

depart-

ments.

An individual employee's

earnings

record

card

may

also

be

printed

by

the

machine

in

which

this

present

invention

is embodied.

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this

earn-

ings

card,

which is divided

into

columns,

there

may

be

printed

the

number

of

regular

hours

the

employee works

and

the

number

of overtime

hours

he

works; also

the

gross

amount

of

earn-

ings for

regular

hours

and

the

gross

amount

of

earnings

for

overtime

hours

may

be

recorded.

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deductions

against

each

employee

are

also

printed

and

recorded

on

this

particular

earnings

card

record

for

the

individual employee.

In

the

last

column

on

the

card

there

is

a

space

for

a

balance

forward,

which

is picked

up

from

a

former

earnings

record,

set

up

on

the

keyboard,

and

printed

in

this

column,

when

a

new

card

is

begun

for

the

employee

when

his

old

card

is

filled.

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the

top

of

the

machine

there

is provided a

time

card

box,

which

carries

the

time

cards

for

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each

individual employee.

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these

time

cards

there

is various

data

relating

particularly

to

the

number

of

regular

hours

and

the

number

of

over-

time

hours

which

the

employee

has

worked.

On

this

card

there

are

also various types of deductions

which

have

been

previously

mentioned

and

which

are

recorded

thereon

by

the

clerk.

These

time

cards

are

adapted

to

be

ej ected

from

the

stack

upon

operation

of

the

Net

Pay

key.

Mounted

on

top

of

the

machine

and

alongside

the

time

card

box is also

what

will be

referred

to

hereinafter

as a

pattern

card

box.

This

pattern

card,

there

being one

for

each

individual

em-

ployee,

has

printed

on

it

certain

constant

figures

which

relate

to

the

printing

of

the

payroll check

for

this

particular

employee.

This

employee's

time

clock

card

and

his

pattern

card

are

side by

side, one

in

the

time

card

box

and

one

in

tIlel

pattern

card

box,

and

other

employees'

time

cards

and

pattern

cards

are

stacked

successivelY,

so

that,

each

time

a

time

clock

card

is ejected,

the

corresponding

pattern

card

for

the

same

employee will be ejected.

This

pattern

card

on

the

left

shows

the

number

of

hours

worked,

in

the

base

pay

for

that

number

of hours,

which

base

pay

has

been

figured according

to

the

rate

which

the

employee gets

per

hour.

Near

the

bottom

of

the

card

the

employee's

name

and

check

number

are

shown

and,

in

addition, his

hourly

rate,

which

in

the

example

and

illustration

given

herein

is

$1.29%

per

hour.

The

same

employee's

name

is

on

his

time

clock

card.

In

the

third

column

from

the

left

there

are

figures

which

show

the

overtime

pay.

The

shows

the

OAB

deductions

at

the

rate

of 1 %.

The

shows

the

withholding

tax

to

be

deducted.

4

of

the

differential

mechanism

of

the

hourly

banks, so

that,

through

the

combination

of

the

moving of

the

face

of

the

box

and

the

selection

of

the

propel' light,

anyone

of

the

four

lines of

5

::\,

group of

data

may

be selected

after

the

particu-

la,r group

has

been

selected by

the

depression of

the

hours

keys.

This

will all be described

in

detail

later

on

..

Generally,

the

movable

face

is

constructed

in

10

such

a

manner

that,

through

the

use of solenoids,

the

said

movable face

can

be lowered

four

addi-

tional

positions,

making

five

in

all, so

that,

through

a

combination

of

the

moving of

the

face

of

the

box

and

the

selection of

the

proper

light

15

to

be illuminated,

anyone

of

thirty

lines

can

be

selected

on

each

card.

Let

us

take

a speCific

example

and

describe

how

the

pre-calculated

net

pays

are

arrived

at.

The

first

Net

Pay

column is

the

pre-calculated

20

net

pay

that

would

be

paid

to

an

employee

if

he

had

no

other

deductions

than

OAB

tax

and

with-

holding

tax.

The

second Net

Pay

column

is

the

net

pay

that

would

be

paid

to

that

employee

if

union

dues of $1.50 were

deducted

from

his

pay

2"

that

week.

The

third

Net

Pay

column

is

the

amount

which

would be

paid

to

him

if

a

group

insurance

premium

of $2.10 were deducted

from

his

pay

that

week,

and

the

fourth

Net

Pay

col-

umn

is

the

amount

which

would be

paid

to

him

30

if

group hospitalization were

deducted

that

week,

amounting

to

$6.25.

Only one

of

these

columns

should

be clearly

visible

on

each

pay.

On

the

week

that

union

dues

are

being deducted,

the

Union

Dues

Net

Pay

35

column

should

be completely visible,

and,

on

the

week

that

insurance

is being deducted, t.he

Insurance

column

should

be completely visible.

On

the

week

that

there

are

no

fixed deductions,.

the

first

Net

Pay

column

should

be clearly visible,

The

net

pays

for

this

particular

individual, according

to

the

number

of

hours

he

has

worked

and

according

to

the

deductions whiCh

he

has

against

his

pay

for

that

week.

The

left-hand

Net

Pay

column shows

the

net

pay

with

no

other

deductions outside of

the

OAB

and

the

withholding

tax.

The

second

4';

Net

Pay

column shows

the

amount

of

net

pay

for

the

employee

when

union

dues

have

been

deducted

in

addition

to

the

income

tax

and

OAB.

The

third

Net

pay

column, which is

the

second

from

tl1e

right,

shows

the

net

pay

to

which

the

employee is

entitled

after

his

insurance

premium

has

been

taken

out, along

with

his

withholding

tax

and

OAB,

and

the

right-hand

Net

Pay

col-

umn

shows

what

his

net

pay

will be

when

his

hospitalization

is

taken

out

along

with

his

with-

holding

tax

and

OAB.

40

and,

on

the

week

that

group

hospitalization

is

being deducted

that

Net

Pay

colunm

should

be

clearly visible.

In

each

case,

the

other

thr~e

columns

should

be

and

are

at

least

partially

concealed.

However,

on

the

weeks

that

the

union

dues

or

insurance

are

being deducted,

perhaps

the

em-

ployee does

not

belong

to

the

union

or

does

not

participate

in

the

insurance,

and

in

these

cases

his

pattern

card

would

have

the

net

pay

calcu-

i);;

lations

in

either

one of

these

columns

marked

out. Therefore,

when

such

a

card

appears

in

the

pattern

box,

no

deduction

would be

made

for

union

dues

or

insurance,

and

it

is

then

possible

to record

the

$47.38

in

the

first column, even

G5

though

the

amount

is

partially

concealed.

In

order

to

make

this

partial

concealment, a

Plexiglas fiexible slide is

inserted

p,t

the

begin-

ning

of

the

particular

week, which Plexiglas

may

be a

red

translucent

slide. Also two opaque

As

above

mentioned,

this

pattern

card

is

ejected

upon

the

depression of

the

Net

Pay

key,

which

causes

the

employee's

net

pay

to

be

printed

on

the

check which

has

been

inserted

in

the

machine.

This

pattern

card

is divided

into

groups of

hours,

and

the

front

of

the

pattern

card

box is

so

arranged

that

only

the

proper

line

which

is

to

GO

slides to

the

right

should

be

used

when

no fixed

deductions

are

taken;

the

red

translucent

slide

would cover

the

union

dues column,

and

the

two

opaque

slides would cover

the

insurance

and

hospitalization

columns.

be used by

the

operator

in

computing

the

em-·

Oli

ployee's

pay

is to be read.

This

is

to

be

accom-

plished by

lighting

a lamp,

the

selection of which

When

union

dues

are

being deducted,

the

red

translucent

slide would cover

the

No

Deduction

column,

and

the

two opaque slides would covel'

the

Insurance

columns. Therefore, if

any

em-

ployee does

not

belong

to

the

union,

it

would

is controlled by

the

number

of

hours

the

em-

ployee

has

worked,

and

which

is

under

the

con-

trol

of

the

keys

on

the

machine

in

the

hourly

banks.

The

card

box is provided

with

a movable face,

which

has

windows, so

that

one line of

each

group

of lines is visible.

The

movable face is

adapted

to

be

shifted

downwardly

under

control

70

still be possible to read, as above mentioned,

the

$47.38

through

the

red

translucent

slide. How-

ever,

the

red

tmnslucent

slide would

prevent

the

operator

from

using

the

$47.38 by

accident

when

the

man

did belong to

the

union.

When

insur-

75

ance

is being deducted,

the

red

slide

should

cover

2,682,993

5

the

No

Deduction

column,

and

one

opaque

slide

should

be

moved over

to

cover

the

Union

Dues

column,

and

the

other

opaque

slide

to

cover

the

Hospitalization

column.

At

this

point

it

might

be well to describe briefly

the

sequence of a

normal

operation

of

the

machine.

First,

a

group

of clock

cards

for

a

particular

department

is

inserted

in

the

clock

card

box,

which

is located,

as

above

mentioned,

on

the

top

of

the

machine.

Then

a

corresponding

number

of

pattern

cards

for

these

same

employees is

inserted

in

the

pattern

card

box,

which

is nol'-

mally

located

on

top

of

the

machine,

just

to

the

left

of

the

clock

card

box.

This

pattern

card

box

is

provided

with

the

same

type

of feeler

mechanism

that

the

clock

card

box is provided

with,

which

will

assure

the

operator

that

a.

pat-

tern

card

goes

out

of

the

pattern

mud

box every

time

the

clock

card

mechanism

is operalLed

to

eject

a clock

card.

If

a

card

does

not

go dovm,

6

pattern

box.

Thus,

as

a

result

of

the

movement

of

the

light

switches,

under

control

of

the

hours

keys,

which

was

brought

about

by

the

setting.

of

the

proper

hours

on

those

hours

keys,

the

pat-

5

tern

box

mechanism

selects

and

illuminates

the

proper

line

on

the

face

of

the

card,

according

to

the

hours

recorded.

Reading

from

that

illuminated

line

on

the

pat-

tern

card,

the

operator

will

then

record

the

total

I

()

amount

of

the

base

pay

and

the

total

overtime

hours

and

earnings

(if

there

are

any),

the

total

amount

of

the

OAE

tax,

the

withholding

tax,

and

whatever

fixed

deduction

is

being

deducted

that

week, provided

this

employee

has

such

a

1

[j

deduction

to

be

made.

The

net

amount,

de-

pending

upon

the

fixed

deduction

applicable

to

this

employee,

appears

in

one

of

the

Net

Pay

columns

and

should

be visible

at

all

times.

The

operator

then

records

whichever

net

pay

is

20

visible,

either

the

one

for

the

fixed

deduction

factor

being

deducted

that

week

or

one

without

any

fixed deduction,

depending

on

whether

01'

not

that

type

of

deduction

is applicable to

that

a

light

is

lighted

on

the

face of

the

pattern

card

box,

and

the

current

from

the

machine

is

shut

ot!.

Thus,

when

the

current

is at!,

the

operator

can

tell

from

whichever

light

goes

on

as

to

which

25

box failed

to

eject

the

card.

Therefore,

by

prov-

ing,

through

the

light

system,

that

a

card

goes

down

in

each

box

each

operation,

it

insures

that

particular

employee whose check is being

written.

The

"K"

key,

which

is used

to

record

the

amount

of

the

net

pay

in

this

case, causes

such

amount

to

be

recorded

to

be

deducted

from

the

crossfooter

and

causes

that

amount

to

be

printed

on

the

main

portion

:3,nd

on

the

stub

of

the

a

proper

sequence of

cards

will be

maintained

between

the

two

stacks

of cards, so

that

the

clock

card

and

the

pattern

card

for

the

same

em-

ployee will always

be

the

front

card

in

each

of

their

respective boxes.

As

above

mentioned,

the

name

of

the

employee

and

his

clock

number

are

on

the

clock

card

and

are

visible

to

the

oper-

ator;

also

the

name

of

the

employee is

on

the

pattern

card,

and

also

the

rate

per

hour

shows

on

the

pattern

card.

Having

placed

the

two

sets

of

cards

in

the

two

boxes-that

is,

the

clock

card

box

and

the

pat-

tern

card

box-the

operator

first

will pick

up

30

check

as

"veIl

as

on

the

journal

sheet,

thus

com-

pleting

the

check

and

ejecting

the

same,

as

well

as

actuating

both

the

clock

card

box

and

the

pattern

card

box,

causing

the

clock

card

and

the

pattern

card

to

be

ejected, so

as

to

bring

to

view

35

the

clock

wrd

anel

the

pattern

card

for

the

to

be

written.

The

routine

of

the

sequence of

operations

on

the

payroll

machines

of

the

type

shown

in

the

above-mentioned

Patent

No. 2/Hl7,704 calls for

40

the

use of

the

withholding

tax

pickup key

fll"St

on

every check,

and

it,

therefore,

requires

the

operator

to

preBS

the

key

regardless

of

whether

or

not

there

is

any

withholding

tax

to

pick up.

This

withholding

tax

key

then

serves

the

purpose

all

of

the

old

balances

appearing

on

the

earnings

card

for

this particular

employee,

which

earn-

ings

card

is

taken

from

the

regular

payroll

file.

She

will

first

pick

up

the

balance

of

the

with-

holding

tax

and,

at

the

same

time

she

is

making

these

pickups, will

insert

the

check

into

the

checl{

chute,

ready

to

be

printed

on

at

the

propel' time.

The

last

pickup

should

be

the

earnings·-to-date

pickup,

and

at

this

time

she

should

record

the

total

hours

on

the

left

side of

the

keyboard.

Just

before

the

operation

of

the

machine,

she

will

insert

the

earnings

card

in

the

machine

on

the

printing

table,

and

therefore

the

total

hours

will be

printed

on

the

earnings

card

and

on

the

55

check

in

this

operation.·

45

of signalling

the

operator

as

to

whether

01'

not

the

previous check

written

VIe,s

wTitten correctly.

If

the

operator

is able

to

piCk

up

the

amount

of

the

withholding

tax

with

that

pickup

key,

then

she

knows

that

the

was completed

50

correctly.

If

the

withholding

tax

key is locked

on

this

operation,

that

means

that

there

was

still

some

amount

remaining

in

the

crossfooter,

thus

giving evidence of

the

fact

that

the

was

not

correctly

written.

Should

such

a

thing

occur,

the

operator

would

then

remove

the

last

check

from

the

check

com-

partment

underneath

the

machine,

place

it

in

the

check

chute

upside down,

and

hit

the

Net

Fay

key,

which

would

cause

the

machine

to

clear

the

At

the

same

time,

the

regular

differential

mechanism

in

the

machine

for

the

three

banks

of

hour

l~eys

will

control

three

wipe switches

and

move

them

into

pOSition,

which

will

set

up

the

right

type

of

an

electrical

circuit

to

cause

the

proper

line

to

be

selected

on

the

pattern

box,

moving

the

face

of

the

box

to

the

right

position,

and

illuminate

the

proper

light

in

order

that

the

correct

line is selected.

The

total

hours

are

ac-

cumulated

on

this

operation,

together

with

a

total

of

the

earnings-to-date,

in

their

respective

totalizers.

The

total

number

of

hours

accumulated

in

the

machine

for

e:3,ch

payroll

division is

later

checked

against

a

prelisted

accumulation

of

hours

from

the

clock

cards

in

order

to

prove

that

the

right

hour

keys were selected,

and,

therefore,

prov-

ing

that

the

correct

line

was

selected

on

the

60

amount

of

the

difference

out

of

the

crossfooter

and

print

that

amount,

which

is

the

net

amount

of

the

error,

on

the

back

of

the

check.

The

oper-

ator

would

then

lay

aside

this

check

for

correction

at

a

later

time,

and

the

machine,

together

with

65

the

crossfooter, would

be

automatically

adjusted

back

to

zero;

thus

the

withholding-

tax

key would

be

unlocked.

If

any

condition

should

leave

the

crossfooter

at

zero

and

locked up,

as

a

result

of

being

on

the

subtract

side, provision is

made

to

70

release

this

lock

on

the

operation

of

the

withholding

tax

key.

Thus

far

the

operation

has

been

described

in

connection

with

a

pattern

card,

which

has

27

patterns

of

hours,

providing

for

every

full

day

75

up

to

six

days

and

every

half

day

within

each

one of

those

six

days,

and

also providing

for

patterns

for

five of

the

days, showing

fractional

hours

by

quarters

in

order

to

take

care

of

time

lates

in

quarter

fractional

hours.

There

is also

shown

in

connection

with

this

application

a

pattern

card

which

provides five

fixed

patterns

for

39.9, 39.8, 39.7, 39.6,

and

39.5

hours.

This

chart

provides six

patterns

for every

even

hour

from

0

up

to

48

hours.

In

addition

to

that,

it

provides a special

pattern

chart

at

the

bottom,

showing

earnings

patterns

for

each

.1

hour

from

0

up

to

2

hours.

In

addition

to

providing

the

earnings

for

these

various

hours,

it

also provides a

chart

of

proof

factors

for

the

same

units

of

hours.

It

is

this

additional

section

of

the

pattern

card,

together

with

the

proper

set-up

on

the

machine,

which

makes

the

additional

spread

of

500

patterns

possible.

The

machine

is

constructed

to

provide

an

oper-

ating

key, speciallcey

No.1,

which

will

cause

any

amount

recorded

on

the

keyboard

to

accumulate

in

its

own

total,

and

which

non-prints

an

amounts

and

non

-spaces all of

the

records.

Another

speeial key,

named

special

key

No.2,

8

Therefore,

when

she

records

the

OAB

tax,

in-

stead

of

recording

44

cents,

she

will

record

45

cents,

and

the

withholding

tax,

instead

of

record-

ing

$2.80,

which

appears

on

the

line

for

the

34-

5

hour

premium,

she

will

record

$2.90,

which

is

the

$2.80

plus

the

extra

ten

cents.

The

operator

will

then

read

the

proper

net

pay

figure

appearing

on

the

pattern

card

for

34

hours.

In

this

case

it

would be $40.79.

She

will

record

that

amount

on

10

the

keyboard

and

press

the

speCial key

No.1,

which

will

accumulate

such

amount.

She

will

then

read

from

the

special

chart

at

the

bottom

ax

the

pattern

card

the

amount

of

the

balancing

factor

for

the

adjustment.

In

this

case

that

15

amount

is

67

cents.

Having

recorded

this

amount

also

through

the

speCial key

No.1,

she

will press

the

special key No;

2,

followed by

the

"K"

Net

Pay

key.

This

"K"

Net

Pay

key

functions

as

it

normally

20

does,

causing

the

amount

to

be

printed

on

the

check

for

the

total

amount

in

the

accumulator

of speCial key No. 1.

That

amount

will

be

trans-

felTed

into

the

totalizer

associated

with

the

"K"

key,

subtracted

from

the

crossfooter,

and

printed

23

on

all records,

and

the

amount

so

printed

will

be

$41.46. is a

non-operating

key, which,

when

depressed

together

with

any

operating

key

on

the

machine,

allows

that

operating

key

to

function,

as

it

nor-

mally

does,

but

also causes

the

amount

previously

accumulated

in

total

key No. 1

to

transfer

auto-

:::0

maticalJ.y

into

the

accumulator

controlled

by

the

operating

key

and

print

on

all

of

the

records

as

determined

by

the

operating

key.

This

again

causes

the

check

to

be

ejected

and

stacked,

and

the

operator

then

proceeds

to

the

During

the

writing

of

the

above check

for

34.6

hours, $44.03

and

78

cents

making

a

total

of $44.81

were

added

into

the

crossfooter.

The

OAB of

45

cents,

the

withholding

tax

of $2.90,

the

net

pay

of $40.79 for

34

hours

and

the

net

pay

of

67

cents

Such

mechanism

for

controlling

the

selection

and

operation

of

the

totals

and

the

transfer

of

totals

is fully

illustrated

and

described

in

the

above-mentioned

patents.

W~henever

an

operator

sets

up

the

hours

on

the

left

side of

the

keyboard

and

the

e:wnings

on

the

right

side of

the

keyboard,

and

no

line is selected

or

illuminated

on

the

pattern

box,

she

then

knows

that

she

does

not

have

that

pattern

as

an

active

pattern

on

the

card.

Now

let

us

assume, for example,

that

the

num-

ber

of

hours

recorded were 34.6 hours.

No

line

will

be

illuminated,

and

therefore

the

operator

will

press

a special key

No.3,

which

will

not

retain

but

will select

and

illuminate

the

line for

the

34-hour

pattern,

and

it

will also

illuminate

a

special

light

for

the

lower

chart.

Thus,

there

will be two

lights

i.lluminated

on

the

pattern

box

at

the

same

time,

the

lower

light

illuminating

the

speCial

chart

at

the

bottom,

and

the

upper

will

illuminate

the

line

for

the

34

hours

worked.

The

operator

then

will

set

up

$44.03

in

the

speci.al key

No.1,

which

amount

will

be

accumu-

lated

into

that

total.

She

will

then

read

from

her

special

chart

at

the

bottom

of

the

pattern

card,

which

amount

appeared

in

the

position

for

.0

hour,

which is

the

difference

between

34

hours

and

34.6

hours.

This

amount

is

78

cents,

which

she

will

record

on

the

keyboard,

then

she

will

press

the

speCial key No. 1.

The

operator

then

presses special key No. 2 fIrst,

and,

immediately

after,

she

will

press

the

proper

earnings

key,

which

in

this

case will be

the

key

marked

"Straight

Time."

That

would be

$44.81,~

which

is

the

amount

accumulated

in

the

special

total

No.

2

to

print

as

s,

regular

earnings

entry

on

all

records

and

accumulate

in

the

earnings

total

and

add

the

earnings

to

the

crossfooter.

The

operator

then

records

the

OAB

tax,

but

she

will see

from

the

po;:;ition of

the

78

cents

on

the

chart

that

she

is supposed

to

add. one

cent

to

the

OAB:

tax

and

ten

cents

to

the

withholding

tax.

:;.j

for.6

hour

making

a

total

of $44.81 were

all

sub-

tracted

from

the

gross

pay

of $44.81,

thus

leaving

the

crossfooter

at

zero

which

proves

that

all

com-

putations

have

been

made

correctly,

and

there-

fore,

the

operator

may

proceed

with

the

writing

40

of

the

If

an

error

had

been

made

during

the

printing

of

the

above

check

the

machine

would

have

been

locl~ed

by

mechanism,

well

known

in

the

art,

under

control

of

the

crossfooter

when

the

latter

't.)

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i~r~he

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J

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2,417,563.

The

machine

is also provided

with

an

electrical

contact

switch,

which

feels

the

pOSition

of

the

50

differential

mechanism

associated

with

the

thou-

sand-dollar

bank

of keys.

When

the

thousand-

dollar

banl~

is

in

the

zero pOSition,

or

in

the

No.

1

or

No. 2 position of

the

bank,

the

differential

will

cause

the

switch

to

remain

open,

thus

pre-

56

venting

any

contact

from

taking

place.

However,

when

the

differential

for

that

bank

is

in

the

pOSition

to

record

$3,000.00

or

more,

the

differential causes

the

switch

to

close,

thus

send-

ing

an

electrical

signal

to

a

red

lamp

located

60

on

the

top

of

the

machine,

and,

when

this

light

is

illuminated

on

the

clearing

of

the

earnings

to

date

total,

the

operator

of

the

machine

will know

that

the

particular

employee

has

just

completed

earnings

of

$3,.000.00

or

more.

Thus,

she

will

65

split

the

amount

of

the

OAB

tax

on

that

particu-

lar

check.

Vlhen

the

operator

comes

to

record

the

amount

of

the

split

OAB

tax

in

a case of

this

kind,

she

will look

at

the

dials

which

show

the

total

and

read

the

amount

in

excess of $3,000.00.

70

For

example,

let

us

say

that

we

are

writing

a

check,

in

which

the

earnings

of

the

employee for

this

particular

week were $100.00,

and

the

pre-

vious

earnings

to

date

picked

up

was $2,970.00.

Therefore,

when

the

new

balance

of

the

earnings

7(5

to

date

is

extended,

a

red

light

is

illuminated,

2,682,993

9

and

the

operator

will see

by

the

total

indicator

dials $3,070.00,

indicating

that

$70.00 of

the

earn-

ings were

not

taxable

for

OAB purposes.

The

operator,

therefore,

records

70

cents

in

special

key

No.1

totalizer,

which

will

non-print

5

all

of

the

records

and

accumulate

a

total

of

that

70

cents,

and

then

she

will

record

30

cents,

which

was

to

be collected

as

a

tax,

through

the

regular

OAB

tax

key,

in

this

particular

case key No. 22,

and

marked

"F."

She

will

then

continue

on

with

10

the

balance

of

her

checks.

Let

us

assume,

for

example,

that

there

is

no

withholding

tax

on

this

particular

check,

and

normally,

if

OAB

tax

were

to

be

deducted,

the

net

check,

as

indicated

by

the

pattern

card,

calls

for

$99.00

net

pay.

When

it

is

15

time

to

record

the

net

pay,

the

operator

will

record

the

$99.00,

in

this

case

not

through

the

"K"

key

but

through

the

special

key

No. 1.

She

will

then

press

the

special key

No.2,

followed

with

depression

of

the

UK"

key.

That

will

cause

the

20

accumulation

of special

key

No.' 1

to

be

printed

on

the

check

and

all

of

the

records

and

subtract

it

from

the

crossfooter,

and

complete

the

check

for

$99.70,

which

is

the

correct

amount

of

the

net

pay.

In

this

case

the

machine

has

again

proved

25

the

accuracy

of

the

computation.

Through

the

use

of

the

line

lock proof,

the

machine

here

proves

that

each

one

of

the

amounts

of

earnings,

de-

ductions, etc.,

was

correctly

entered,

and

also

proves

that

the

operator

made

the

correct

split

30

in

the

OAB

tax,

because

she

read

the

first

amount

from

the

total

reading

dial

in

the

machine

and

the

second

amount,

which

was

a

mental

calcula-

tion

of

the

difference,

must

be

correct

in

order

to

make

the

machine

balance.

Therefore,

the

35

machine

provides 100%

accuracy,

even

though

there

are

mental

calculations

involved

in

an

operation

of

this

type.

Whenever

the

red

signal

is lit,

warning

of a

spli:t OAB

tax

of

this

type,'

the

same

electrical

40

impulse is

used

to

actuate

a

type

wheel

in

the

journal

sheet

section

of

the

machine,

which

prints

a

clearly

visible symbol,

which

will

stand

out

so

that

it

can

be

seen

at

a glance.

The

purpose

of

this

symbol

is

to

assist

the

balancing

clerk

in

45

her

audit.

When

she

secures

the

journal

sheet

from

the

payroll of

the

machine

operator,

to-

gether

with

the

pattern

card

and

other

records,

she

will

glance

down .the

sheet,

providing

that

it·

is

the

right

time

of

year

to

expect

employees

to

50

go over

the

$3,000.00

earnings

point,

and

she

will

be

able

to

audit

the

sheet

quickly

in

order

to

de-

termine

if

any

special signals

appear

on

the

jour-

nal

sheet.

Whenever

she

finds

such

a special

printed

signal

55

appearing

on

the

journal

sheet,

she

will look

for,

the

pattern

card

for

that

particular

employee

and

see

to

it

that

said.

card

is

turned

around,

so

that

the

back

of

the

pattern

card

faces

the

front,

be-

cause

the

back

of

the

pattern

card

has

the

same

60

calculations

which

appear

on

the

front,

with

the

exclusion of

the

OAB

calculation.

The

electrical

hook-up

in

this particular

case

on

the

$3,000.00

mechanism

is

made

in

such

a

manner

that

it

takes

into

consideration

the

earn-

65

ings

to

date

pickup

key

on

the

machine

as

well

as

the

clearing

key

for

the

earnings

to

date.

In

other

words,

if

the

$3,000.00

in

the

machine

comes

about

as

a

result

of

adding

sufficient

earnings

to

the

earnings-to-date

pickup

to

make

$3,000.00,

70

then

a

light

is

illuminated

indicating

this

condi-

tion

to

the

operator.

However,

if

the

pickup

of

the

earnings

to

date

is $3,000.00

or

more,

then

this

mechanism

also causes

the

machine

to

lock

75

10

the

.cAB key, so

that

it

will

be

impossible

to

record

any

OAB

tax

on

such

check.

This

electrical

hookup

also

actuates

a

relay

when

the

$3,000.00

amount

is

secured

on

the

pick-

up

key,

and

no

red

light

will

be

lit

on

the

machine

in

such

a condition.

The

mechanism

of

the

pattern

card

box also

provides

for

holding

the

electrical selection,

which

was

made

on

the

pickup of

the

earnings-

to-date,

throughout

the

entire

writing

of

the

check,

eliminating

any

possibility of

interference

which

might

occur

from

any

source.

For

ex-

ample,

the

hours

keys will

be

used

again

on

the

recording

of

the

overtime

hours,

in

which

case a

movement

would

be

given

to

the

wipe switches,

setting

up

a new selection.

'However,

an

electrical

hookup

is provided

in

order

that

there

will

be

no

interference

with

the

previous selection

at

th;;

time

the

total

hours

are

recorded. A

relay

is used

in

the

circuit

to

diS-

connect

the

previously-selected

hookup

at

the

time

the

clocl~

card

boxes

are

actuated.

In

other

words,

when

either

one of

the

Net

Pay

keys is

used

and

the

electrical

impulse

is given

to

the

pattern

card

box

and

to

the

clock

card

box,

these

same

impulses

are

used

to

actuate

a

rela¥

which

cuts

off

all

the

power

which

was locking

the

elec-

trical

selection, so

that

the

line

selection will

be

completely wiped

out

on

the

net

pay

operation,

and

the

face

of

the

pattern

card

box is hooked

up

with

the

mechanism

which

pushes

the

pat-

tern

card

down, so

that,

when

the

pattern

card

box is

actuated,

the

mechanism

in

this

box

will

restore

the

face

of

the

pattern

card

box

to

its

home

position

from

whatever

position

it

has

been

previously selected.

In

connection

with

payroll

operations,

there

are

certain

conditions

where

unusual

deductions

or

earnings

adjustments

are

made,

for

which

there

has

been

no

set

up.

For

example,

many

employees

might

be

affected by

a

Community

Chest

deduction

on

a payroll,

which

would

make

it

impossible

to

complete

the

pat-

tern

and

use

anyone

of

the

net

pay

figures.

In

order

to

efficiently accomplish

this

type

of

set-

up, provision is

made

on

the

machine

tocoDstruct

one

of

the

totalizing

keys

in

the

total

row

to

func-

tion

as

an

indicating

balance

key.

In

other

words,

when

that

key

is pressed,

it

will

sub-

total

the

crossfooter

without

printing

on

any

of

the

records

or

spacing

any

of

the

records

and

only

indicating

the

amount

of

the

net

pay

in

the

visible

total

dials

in

the

front

of

the

machine.

Then,

the

operator

of

the

machine

completes

the

writing

of

the

check

from

the

pattern

c9,rd

up

to

the

point

of

inserting

the

amo:.1nt of

the

special

deduction

or

addition,

and,

just

prior

to

recording

that

amount

on

the

machine,

the

op-

erator

will press

the

indicating

balance

key

and

then

will

check

the

amount

which

appears

on

the

visible

total

dials

with

the

amount

of

the

cor-

rect

net

pay

visible

on

the

pattern

card.

Thus.

she

will prove visually

that

the

payroll

has

been.

written

correctly

up

to

that

point.

She

will

re-

cord

the

amount

of

the

special

deduction

adjust-

ment

in

one of

the

special

deduction

or

addition

. keys

on

the

machine

and

complete

the

check by

pressing

the

Net

Pay

l\:ey,

which

clears

the

cross-

footer

and

prints

the

amount

of

the

net

pay

on

all

of

the

records-namely,

the

check,

the

stub

of.

the

chec1"

and

the

cheCk

register-and

eject

and

stack

the

check

as

on

the

normal

payroll

ma-

chine

operation

of

the

type

of

machine

shown

2,682,003

11

and

described

in

j;he

above-mentioned

Patent

No.

2,467,704.

For

the

purpose

of

illustrating

one

form

of

the

present

invention,

the

machine

shown

herein

is

constructed

to

perform

the

functions

ahove

5tE.t-

ed,

when

used

in

connection

with

a

machine

sim-

ilar

to

that

shown

in

the

above··mentioned

Spurlino

ct. al.

Patent

No. 2,467,704,

which

ma-

chine

is

constructed

primarily

for

the

purpose

of

payroll

worle

It

is,

therefore,

one

object

of

this

invention

to

provide

an

accounting

machine

for

distributing

items

into

a

plurality

of

classification

totals,

and

also

to

provide

the

necessary

crossfooters

or

adcl-

subtract

totalizers

for

obtaining

the

propel'

to-

tals

and

balances

of

the

various

necessary

items

in

order

to

produce

a

payroll

check

and

the

neces-

sary

records

in

connection

therewith.

Another

object

of

the

present

invention

is to

provide

pattern

cards

having

thereon

pre,·cal,·

culated

amounts

used

in

connection

with

the

production

of

payroll

checks,

which

pattern

cards

show

the

total

hours,

the

gross

pay,

vari.ous de-

ductions,

and

net

pay

amounts,

according

to

the

various

deductions

which

have

been

taken

from

the

gross

pay.

Another

object

of

the

present

invention

is

to

provide

a

pattern

card

box

for

holding

the

cards

:50

that

they

can

be

properly

read

by

the

operator

while

she

is

preparing

the

checl,

to

be

printed

by

the

machine.

A

still

further

object

of

the

present

invention

is

to

provide

a line·'selecting

mechanism,

so

that

the

propel'

line

of

the

pattern

card

may

be

select-

12

chine

of

the

type

illustrated

and

described

in

the

above-mentioned

Spurlino

et

al.

Patent

No.

2,467,704.

Fig.

2

shows

an

employee's

pattern

card

with

"

pre-calculated

amounts

of

net

pay

for

amounts

of

from

2

to

48

hours.

This

pattern

card

is

broken

down

into

tenths

of

hours

with

relation

to

the

39

hour

periods.

Fig. 3

shows

a

pattern

card

of

an

employee,

10

showing

pre-calculated

net

pays

associated

with

the

number

of

hours

worked,

and

illustrates,

in

five

instances,

%-hour

periods.

Fig. 4

is

a view

showing

the

switch

in

connec-

tion

with

the

differential

mecllanism

controlled

15

by

the

thousand-dollar

bank

to

cause

a

light

to

light

whenever

the

employee'S gross

pay

has

reached

$3,000.00

or

more.

Fig. 5

is

a

detail

sectional

view

through

one

of

the

hour

banks

of

the

machine,

showing

the

wipe

20

switches

in

connection

with

this

bank

for

se-

lecting

the

propel'

line

of

the

pattern

card,

ac-

cording

to

the

positioning

of

the

wipe

switch

under

control

of

the

hour

keys.

Fig. 6

is

a

front

elevation

of a

preferred

form

25

of

the

pattern

card

box.

Fig. 7 is a

left

side

elevation

of

the

same

box,

showing

the

magnets

for

causing

the

shifting

of

the

box

face

or

front

to

select

the

propel'

group

line

according

to

the

number

of

hours

key

de-

30 pressed.

Fig.

8

is

a

section

on

line

8-8

of

Fig.

7, look-

ing

in

the

direction

of

the

arrows,

and

shows

the

solenoid-operated

levers

for

tripping

the

pat-

tern

card

box

face

to

permit

line

selection.

ed

according

to

the

number

of

hours

which

the

35

employee

has

worked.

Fig.

9 is a

right

side

elevat.ion

of

this

same

pat-

tern

card

box,

showing

the

means

for

restoring

the

box

face

or

front

to

normal

position

at

the

end

of

the

writing

of

a

pay

check.

A still

further

object

of

the

present

invention

is

to

provide

mechanism

associated

with

the

banks

of

hour

keys

to

select

the

proper

line

on

the

pattern

card

according

to

the the

number

oK

hours

which

are

set

up

on

the

hour

keys.

A

further

object

of

the

present

invention

is

to

provide

means

in

the

machine

to

signal

the

op-

erator

when

the

employee's gross

pay

has

reached

the

amount

of

$3,000.00, so

that

no

further

OAB

tax

deductions

will

be

taken

from

hIs

pay

after

such

amount

has

been

reached.

A

still

further

object

of

the

invention

is

to

pro-

vide

an

electrical

device associr,ted

with

the

dif-

ferential

mechanism

of

the

hours

keys,

which

electrical

device

will

light

up

a

signal

light

for

the

operator

whenever

the

employee's gross

amount

h8,S

reached

$3,000.00 01' more.

A

further

object

of

the

present

invention

is

to

provide

the

pattern

card

box

with

a

shifting

mechanism

to

shift

to

the

proper

Hne

of

the

pat-

tern

card

and

light

up

that

line

so

that

it

may

be

easily

read

by

the

oP2rator,

the

Ug11t

detel'minin;s

the

line

which

has

been

selected

accord:lng

to

the

number

of

hours

which

have

been

set

up

on

the

keyboard.

A

further

object

of

the

present

invention

is

to

lock

the

machine

against

operation

of

the

OAB

key

whenever

the

employee's

gross

amount

has

reached

$3,000.00

or

exceeded

that

sum.

With

these

and

incidental

objects

in

view,

the

invention

includes

certain

novel

features

of

con-

struction

and

combinations,

a

preferred

form

or

embodiment

of

which

is

hereinafter

described

with

reference

to

the

drawings

which

accom-

pany

and

form

a

part

of

this

specification.

In

said

drawings:

Fig.

1 is a

diagrammatic

view

of

a

keyboard

of

the

machine

used

in

connection

with

the

pres-

ent

invention,

which

keyboard

is

to

control

a

ma-

Fig.

10

is

a

wiring

diagram

showing

the

COl1-

40 troIs

for

the

pattern

card

box

for

lighting

the

proper

light

of

a

certain

group

of

lines

and

shows

the

solenoids

or

electromagnets

for

selecti.ng

or

adjusting

the

pattern

card

box

face,

dependent

upon

the

group

of

keys

which

is

depressed

in

4.)

the

hour

banks.

Fig.

11

is

a

front

elevation

of

a modified

form

of

a

pattern

card

box,

showing

the

selection

of

the

lines

by

means

of

lifting

a

shutter.

Fig.

12

is

a

left

side

elevation

of

the

same,

show-

GO

ing

the

electromagnets

for

operating

the

shut-

ters

over

the

lines.

Fig.

13

is

a

right

side

elevation

of

the

means

for

restoring

the

shutters

to

their

normal

posi,·

tions.

35

Fig.

14 is a

front

elevation

of a st.ill

further

modified

form

of

a

pattern

card

box,

where

the

line

selection

is

made

by

raising

a

shutter

or

lid,

which

covers

the

lines,

there

being

a

shutter

for

each

of

the

lines.

60

In

connection

with

the

modified

form

shown

in

Figs. 10

to

12 inclusive,

the

front

or

face

of

this

pattern

card

box

does

not

shift,

there

being

only

16

lines

which

can

be

selected,

and,

there-

fore,

it

will

take

a

pattern

card

with

only

16

fjii lines.

With

regard

to

the

pattern

card

box

shown

in

Fig. 13,

the

face

or

front

of

this

box

shifts

in

the

same

manner

as

the

face

of

the

box

shown

in

Figs. 6

to

8

of

the

preferred

form,

to

select

the

70

various

groups

of

numbers

on

the

pattern

card.

GENERAL DESCRI.'PTION

Described

in

general

terms,

the

machine

em-

bodying

the

present

invention

is

of

the

genera'l

75

type

disclosed

in

the

above-mentioned

Shipley

2,682,993

13

and

Goldberg

patents,

and

particularly

the

pat-

ent

to

Spurlino

et

al., No. 2,467,704.

These

pat··

ents

all

disclose a

plurality

of

totalizers

into

which

.may

be

distributed

various

amounts,

according

to

the

business

system

for

which

the

machine

is 5

being built.

The

Spurlino

et

al.

patent

last

men-

tioned

is

used

particularly

for

payroll work,

and

the

totalizers

are

adapted

to

receive

the

many

and

various

items

constituting

individual

trans-

actions

that

are

handled

in

the

process of

mak-

10

ing

out

payroll checks.

The

above-mentioned

Shipley

and

Goldberg

patents

also disclose

what

are

known

in

the

art

as

add

and

subtract

totalizers

or

crossfootel's, by

which

name

they

have

come

to

be

known,

from

15

which

balances

may

be

printed

at

any

time.

To

control

the

printing'

of

the

various

printing

media,

the

machine

has

four

rows of

controllceys

and

fifteen

banks

of

amount

keys,

as

shown

dia-

grammatically

in

Fig. 1.

The

amount

keyboard

20

is

what

is

known

in

the

art

as

a

split

keyboard.

The

first

six

rows of

amount

keys

on

the

left

side

control

amounts

to

be

added

into

the

left-hand.

side of a

split

totalizer,

and

the

nine

banks

to

the

right

of

this

indicated

split

control

amounts

2G

to

be

added

into

the

right-hand

side

of

the

split

totalizer.

The

machine

as

shown

in

the

last-mentioned

Spurlino

et

al.

patent

is

adapted

to

print

on

an

earnings

record

card

to

the

right

of

the

machine

30

and

on

a

check

near

the

center

of

the

machine,

and

a

payroll

summary

is

adapted

to

be

fed

and

printed

upon

at

the

left

of

the

machine.

'The

four

rows

of

control

keys

at

the

right

side

of

the

keyboard

control

the

selection of

the

col-

.'.J

umns

and

the

selection

of

the

various line spaces

in

the

columns

to

receive

the

printed

data

ac-

cording

to

the

several

operations

of

the

machine

necessary

to

complete a

payroll

check

writing

and

issuing

transaction.

40

The

number

of

operations,

of course,

varies

with

the

number

of

types

of

earnings

to

be

credited

to

each

employee,

and

also

varies

with

the

number

of

deductions

chargeable

against

the

gross

earnings

of

each

employee.

As

has

been

<jj

previously

stated,

the

time

clocl~

card

box

and

the

pattern

card

clock

box

are

located

on

top

of

the

machine,

and

stacks

of

pattern

cards

and

stacks

of

time.

clock

cards

are

put

in

the

respec-

tive boxes

in

proper

sequence,

according

to

em-

,.oj

ployees.

In

other

words,

the

first c(l,rd

on

each

stack

will be for

the

same

employee,

the

second

card

for

the

and

so

on

through

the

stacl{,

and,

upon

the

depression of

the

Net

Pay

l{ey,

whIch is

the

final

operation

of

writing

an

employee's payroll check,

these

cards

are

vcl

simultaneously

ejected

from

their

respective boxes

to

present

to

view

the

second

card

in

each

box.

The

line

of

the

pattern

card

to

be

selected is

under

control

of

the

keys

headed

"Hours"

in

Fig.

(jJ

1,

the

keys depressed

in

the

hours

banl~

determin-

ing

which

of

the

lines

of

the

pattern

card

are

to

be

selected,

causing

a

shifting

of

the

front

or

face

of

the

pattern

card

box

to

select

the

proper

line

in

the

group

after

the

group

has

been

selected.

(;)

DETAILED

DESCRIPTION

Keyboard

14

ing

and

accumulating

capacity

of six

banks

to

the

left

of

the

split

and

nine

banks

to

the

right

of

the

split

for

the

totalizers

in

the

machine,

which

are

split

according

to

the

permanent

split

between

the

keys

60

and

61

in

a

manner

well

known

in

the

art.

To

the

right

of

the

amount

keys

!lI!

and

61

are

four

rows of

control

keys

designated

"Row

1,"

"Row

2,"

"Row

3,"

and

"Row

4." Keys

62

of row 1

are

operating

keys;

that

is,

they

release

the

ma-

chine

for

actuation

.when depressed. Key

63

is

a

non-operating

key

and

is used

in

conjunction

with

the

"X

Earnings-to-Date"

key of row

2.

The

top

three

keys

64

of row 1

are

non-operating

keys

and

are

used

to

select

the

totalizers

corre-

sponding

to

the

keys of rows

2,

3,

and

4,

during

clearing

operations.

The

keys of row 2

are

deSignated

65,

the

keys

of row 3

p.re

designated

G6,

and

the

keys of row

4:

are

designated

In.

The

"X,"

"Y,"

and

"ZH

keys

S~

of

ro\v 2

are

used

to

pick

up

the

totals

of

earnings

to

date,

bond

balance

to

date,

and

tax

to

date,

respectively,

prior

to

the

writing

of

an

individual

payroll check.

The

remaining

keys

in

this

bank

are

used

during

analysis

operations.

The

functions

of

the

three

bottom

keys of row 2

have

been

previously

men-

tioned

generally

and

will

be

more

fully given

later.

The

"K

Net

Pay"

key

65

of row 3 is

used

to

make

the

final

printing

of

the

net

pay

on

the

employee's

check.

The

remaining

keys, L

to

U,

in

thi.s row 3

are

used

to

set

up

the

various

deductions,

which

may

be

applicable

to

any

employee.

The

keys

31

of row

4,

marked

"A"

to

"J,"

are

used

in

connection

with

the

writing

of payroll,

according

to

the

design3.tion

on

the

keys

op-

posite

the

letters.

The

keys of rows

2,

3,

and

4 select

v[',riOHS

totalizers

in

the

machine

in

a

manner

whIch

has

be~m

fully

illustrated

and

explained

in

the

pre-

viously-mentioned

Spurlino

et

al.

Patent

No.

2,467,704.

Differential

mechanism

jor

hours

and

amount

banks

The

differential

mechanisms

for

each

of

the

key b::mks

60

and

each

of

the

key

banks

G I

are

identical,

and

in

Fig. 5

there

is

shown

a C1'OSS-

section of

the

machine

alongside one of

the

banks

of

keys !ill.

This

di.fferential mechp,nism,

as

above

mentioned,

being

identical

with

the

differ-

ential

mechanism

for

the·

amount

keys,

it

is

thought

that

a

description

of

this

differel"ltial

mechanism

will suffice for all

banks

of

amount

keys

and

hours

keys.

Moreover,

the

key

bank

fnunes

for

the

keys

!HI

and

61

are

identical,

as

is

the

zero

ston

mech-

anism

for

these

different

banks

of

keys,

and

therefore

the

description

of

the

banl{ of keys

Sf.),

and

its

supporting

framewori~,

shown

in

Fig. 5,

will suffice

for

all.

The

keys

60,

which

are

used

in

this

case

to

record

the

number

of

hours

worked, [',re

mounted

in

the

usual

key

frame

7!,

supported

by

rods

72

and

13,

which

in

turn

are

supported

hy mct-

chine

side

frames

7Ii

(only one of

which

is

shown).

The

keys

all

cooperate

with

a

detent

15

having

a

fiattened

16,

which

retains

the

key

in

its

depressed position,

as

fully

illustrated

and

de-

The

keyboard

of

the

machine

is

shown

in

di-

;Jgr;:tmmatic

form

in

Fig.

1.

There

are

six rows

or

banks

of

amount

keys

60,

to

the

left

of a

per-

manent

"split,"

indicated

by a

dotted

line,

and

to

the

right

of

this

split

there

are

nine

rows

or

banks

of

amount

keys

61.

This

give!)

a

register-

,0

scribed

in

the

above-mentIoned

Shipley

patents.

This

detent

Ifl

is pivoted

to

an

arm

n,

whic.h,

through

a

18,

an

arm

19,

and

a

shaft

1Hl,

rock'5

a zero

stop

pawl

III

for

this

particular

denomina-

tion

counterclockwise

out

of

the

path

of a

reset

7.5

spider

82,

free

on

a httb

of

an

amount

differential

2,682,993

15

actuator

83,

rotatably

supported

by

a

hub

84

extending

between

two

similar

amount

differ-

ential

support

plates

85

(only

one

shown)

in

turn

supported

by

rods

86,

extending

between

and

supported

by

the

machine

side

frames

14.

There

5

is a

pair

of

support

plates

85

for

each

amount

differential,

and

a

tie

rod

81

extends

through

the

holes

in

the

center

of

the

hubs

84,

to

secure

all

of

the

amount

differentials

in

a

compact

unit.

The

reset

spider

82

has

a

slot

in

its

forward

end,

10

which

engages a

stud

91

in

a bell

crank

92,

pivoted

on

an

extension

of

a

differential

actuator

83.

This

bell

crank

92

is

connected

by

a lin];:

93

to

8.

latch

arm

9",

which

is

pivoted

on

the

differential

ac-

tuator

83.

The

upper

end

of

the

arm

94

has

a

15

foot

95,

which

cooperates

with

a

shoulder

95

on

a

driver

97,

which

receives a

regular

excursion

clockwise

and

then

counterclockwise

to

its

nor-

mal

position

each

operation

of

the

machine.

A

spring

98

holds

the

foot

95

of

the

latch

arm

20

94

in

engagement

with

the

driver

91.

The

driver

91

is is

pivoted

on

the

hub

84

of

the

differential

actuator

33

and

is

connected

by

a

link

99

to

a

lever

lOll,

pivoted

on

a

stud

101

supported

by

the

plate

85.

The

lever

100

carries

rollers

102

and

25

103,

which

cooperate, respectively,

with

the

pe-

ripheries

of

companion

plate

cams

104

and

105,

secured

to

a

main

drive

shaft

106.

This

main

drive

shaft

!

06

receives

its

motion

by

the

usual

mechanism,

which

is fully

illustrated

and

de-

30

scribed

in

the

above-mentioned

Shipley

patents,

but

which

is

not

shown

herein.

Depression

of

anyone

of

the

keys

60

moves

its

lower

end

into

the

path

of

a

forward

extension

1"

of

the

bell cran!c

92,

and

operation

of

the

35

machine

causes

the

cams

104

and

105,

as

pre-

viously described,

to

make

one

complete

revolu-

tion

in

adding

and/or

subtracting

operations

to

rock

the

lever

IOil

and

the

drivel'

91

cloclewise,

whereupon

the

latch

foot

95

carries

the

c1iffer-

40

ential

actuator

!la

and

the

spider

82

clockv'lj.se

in

unison

therewith

until

the

extension

f

j!

of

the

bell

crank

92

engages

the

end

of

the

depressed

key

60.

When

this

occurs,

the

bell

crank

92

is

rocked

counter-clocJI:wise,

whereupon

the

link

93

rocks

the

latch

arm

(HI

counter-clockwise,

dis-

45

engages

the

foot

95

from

the

shoulder

96

of

the

driver

!H,

and

causes

a nose f

12

on

an

extension

of

the

linl~

03

to

engage

with

the

proper

one

of

a series

of

alining

notches

!!

3.

These

notches

113

correspond

to

the

differential

positions of

50

the

differential

actuator

83

and

are

cut

in

a

plate

114

supported

by

extensions

of

the

plate

85

and

the

rod

1l8.

This

positions

the

differential

actu-

ator

S3

according

to

the

value

of

the

depressed

key

60

without

interfering

with

the

oscillating

55

movement

of

the

driver

91

and

connected

parts.

After

the

ls,tch

arm

!l4

is disengaged

from

the

shoulder

95

of

the

driver

IH, I:m

arcuate

surface

I i 5

on

the

periphery

of

the

driver

97,

in

cooper-

ation

with

the

sole

of

the

foot

95,

locks

the

latch

60

in

the

corresponding

notch!

13

to

retain

the

dif-

ferential

mechanism

in

set

position.

When

the

lever

(lHI

reaches

or

nears

the

terminus

of

its

initial

movement

clockwise, a

roller

120,

carried

thereby,

engages

the

under

Go

surface

121

of

a

beam

122

pivotally

mounted

on

the

differential

actuator

33

and

forces

an

arcuate

upper

surface

of

the

beam

to

contact

with

an

undercut

portion

of

the

hub

a4

to

posi-

70

tion

said

beam

122

in

proportion

to

the

value

of

the

depressed

key

60.

The

rear

end

of

the

beam

122

embraces

a

stud

j

23

of

a linle j

24

pivotally

connected

at

its

upper

end

to

an

alining

segment

125

secured

to

one

of

the

nested

sleeves

126

75

16

mounted

on

a

shaft

121

supported

by

the

side

frames

14.

This

aliner

segment

125

has

alin-

ing

notches

128

to

cooperate

with

a

liner

129,

mounted

on

a

shaft

131l.

This

liner

alines

all

amount

differential

actuators

83.

At

its

lower

end,

the

link

124

is also pivotally

connected

to

a

printer

pOSitioning

segment

(not

shown

herein)

to

set

up

and

control

the

print-

ing

mechanism

to

print

amounts

according

to

the

keys depressed,

which

has

been

fully

illus-

trated

and

described

in

the

above-mentioned

Shipley

patents.

The

mechanism

described above

transmits

the

differential

positioning

of

the

beam

122

to

the

segments

125, so

that

at

each

operation

of

the

machine

the

segment

125

is

set

and

left

set

in

the

pOSition

according

to

the

key

60

which

has

been

depressed.

The

positioning

of

this

segment

125

controls

the

positioning

of

wipe switches,

which

will be

hereinafter

described

and

which

are

connected

to

the

hours

banks.

The

machine

is

provided

with

the

usual

cabinet

or

casing

135,

a

portion

of

which

is

shown

in

Figs. 5, 7,

9,

and

12.

This

casing

135

is

provided

with

the

usual

openings

closed by

hinged

covers

and

provided

with

locks

to

prevent

any

un-

authorized

persons

from

tampering

with

any

of

the

mechanisms.

Differentially

controlled

switches

for

line

selec-

tion

on

the

pattern

card

Associated

with

each

of

the

hours

banks

of

keys

60

is a dift'erentially

controlled

switching

mechanism

for

the

purpose

of

selecting

the

proper

line

of

the

pattern

card

under

the

con-

trol

of

the

number

of

hours

which

the

employee

has

worked.

Only

one

of

these

switching

mecha-

nisms

is

shown

in

mechanical

detail,

this

being

in

Fig.

5.

The

remaining

switches

are

shown

diagrammatically

on

the

wiring

diagram

in

Fig.

10.

The

one

in

Fig. 5 is

associated

with

the

units

hours

bank

and

will

now

be described.

Mounted

on

the

cabinet

135

above

the

units

hours

keys

60

is a

casing

140,

carrying

a

plate

141

of

insulating

material

upon

which

are

supported

pairs

of

electrical

terminals

1112

mounted

one

on

each

side

of

the

plate

14

L

These

pairs

of

elec-

trical

terminals

are

arranged

in

pOSitions

cor-

responding

to

the

0

to

9 pOSitions of

the

differ-

ential

mechanism.

The

terminals

141,

are

held

in

place

by a

pair

of

insulating

plates

143,

one

of

which

is

secured

on

each

side

of

the

nlate

141.

Cooperating

with

the

pairs

of

terminals

142

is

a

pair

of

wipers

144

(only

one

of

which

is

shown),

which

are

connected

together

and

carried

by

but

insulated

from

an

arm

145,

secured

to

the

differ-

entially

positionable

lining

segment

125

as-

sociated

with

this

units

of

hours

bank

of

keys 60.

It

will

be

recalled

that

this

alining

segment

125

is

differentially

positioned

by

the

heam

link

124

under

control

of

the

differential

mechanism,

which

in

turn

is

controlled

by

the

keys

60

in

this

particular

bank.

Consequently,

when

the

segment

125

is

dif-

ferentially

positioned,

the

arm

145

is

likewise

positioned

to

move

the

pair

of wiping

contacts

144

to

the

pOSition

corresponding

to

the

differ-

ential

setting

of

the

member

125

under

control

of

the

beam

link

124,

the

beam

122,

and

the

dif-

ferential

mechanism,

the

ultimate

position

of

which

is

determined

by

the

key

GO

which

has

been

depressed.

$3,000.00

switch

mechanism

As

has

been

previously

mentioned,

the

ma-

2,682,993

17

chine

is

provided

with

an

electrical

switch

which

feels

the

position

of

the

differential

mechanism

associated

with

the

$1,000.00

bank

of

keys 61, so

that,

when

the

differential

mechanism

for

this

$1,000.00

bank

of

keys is

in

a

position

to

record

5

$3,000.00

or

more,

the

differential

causes

the

electrical·

switch

to

close,

thus

sending

an

elec-

trical

signal

to

a

red

lamp

located

on

top

of

the

machine.

When

this

lamp

is

lighted

on

the

clearing

or

extension

of

the

Earnings

to

Date

10

total,

the

operator

of

the

machine

will

know

that

the

particular

employee

has

just

completed

earnings

of

$3,000.00

or

more.

In

this

case,

the

operator

will

split

the

amount

of

the

OAB

tax

on

that

particular

check

depending

upon

the

15

amount

of

the

man's

earnings,

whether

it

be

exactly

$3,000.00

or

above $3,000.00.

The

above

condition

arises

when,

for

example,

the

pickup

was $2,970.00

and

the

man

earned

for

that

particular

weell:

$100.00,

which

would

20

make

his

total.$3,070.00.

Then

the

amount

of

OAB

to

be

deducted

would be

split

according

to

18

banks

shown

in

row 1,

row

2,

row 3,

and

row 4 of

Fig. 1

are

not

shown

in

this

particular

applica-

tion,

but

the

differential

mechanisms

for

the

banks

of

control

keys

shown

and

described

in

the

above-mentioned

Spurlino

et

al.

Pr,tent

No.

2,467,704

are

the

same

tYpe

of

mechs.nism

which

can

be

used

in

connection

with

the

control

keys

in

the

present

application,

and

reference

may

be

had

to

this

patent

for

such

mechanisms

for

illus-

tration

and

description

thereof.

Totalize1"s

The

machine

shown

in

this

application

has

the

three

usual

lines

of

totalizers,

numbered

1,

2,

and

3

in

Fig.

5.

As

before

stated,

the

tdtalizers

on

each

of

these

lines

are

split

between

the

keys

S[J

and

Ii

I (Fig.

1);

that

is,

there

is

no

transfer

mechanism

between

the

totalizer

wheels

asso-

ciated

with

the

first

left-hand

bank

of

keys

61

and

the

first

right-hand

bank

of keys

60

in

con-

nection

with

their

respective

differential

mech-

anisms.

The

No.1

line

(Fig. 5)

has

on

the

right

hand

of

the

split, a

balance

totalizer

or

crossfooter

the

amount

which

was

necessary

to

reach

the

$3,000.00

mark;

or,

in

other

words,

the

OAB

would be

taken

on

the

amount

of

$30.00 only.

This

particular

switch

also

operates

on

the

pickup

of

the

earnings

to

date

whenever

the

amount

of

the

earnings

to

date

is $3,000.00

or

more.

In

such

a case,

the

OAB key

61

is

locked,

25

and

also

one

straight

adding

totalizer.

On

the

left

of

the

split,

the

totalizer

line

may

have

two

adding

totalizers

on

it,

such

as

that

described

in

the

above-mentioned

Spurlino

et

a1.

Patent

No.

so

that

it

is impossible

to

record

any

OAB

tax

30

in

connection

with

such

a check.

This

switch

mechanism

is

shown

in

Fig. 4

and

will now be described. Alongside

the

alining

seg-

ment

125

which

is

associated

with

the

$1,000.00

bank

of

keys 6(

is

a

permanently-moun.ted

35

bracket

151!.

Mounted

on

the

bracket

IS!!

by

means

of

a switCh

block

(51 is a

switch

152,

composed

of

blades

153

and

154.

The

blade

154

is

resting

on

an

insulating

block 155

carried

by

the

stationary

bracket

150.

Pivoted

to

the

sta-

40

tionary

bracket

at

156

is

an

arm

151

made

of

insulating

material,

which

arm

carries

an

in-

sulating

block

158

having

a

curved

bottom

sur-

face.

This

block (58 coopera,tes

with

a

stud

159

carried

by

the

alining

segment

125

of

this

,1;3

$1,000.00

amount

bank.

The

block 158. is

nor-

mally

held

in

contact

with

the

stud

159

by

a

spring

I

GO,

mounted

on

the

switch

block

151.

In

Fig.

4,

the

alining

segment

125

and

all

of

the

parts

are

shown

in

the

zero

position.

When

30

this

alining

segment

125 is

in

its

zero

position

or

has

been

set

to

its

1 position

or

the

2 position,

the

stud

159,

of

course, is

moved

downwardly,

and

the

spring

160 causes

the

block 158

to

follow

the

stud,

thus

rocking

the

arm

151 clock-

:j.)

wise a

corresponding

distance,

which,

however,

is

not

sufficient

to

cause

the

closing

of

the

notch

152.

However,

when

the

segment

125

reaches

the

3

position,

the

stud

159

then

permits

the

block

60

158,

under

the

infiuence

of

the

spring

160,

to

be

moved

farther

downwardly,

thus

rocking

the

arm

151 a

distance

sufficient

to

cause

it

to

bear

on

the

switch

blade

153

and

cause

this

blade

to

contact

the

blade

154,

and

thus

close

the

switch

fiG

152.

When

this

occurs, a

circuit

is

set

up,

which

will

be

described

later,

to

light

up,

as

previously

mentioned,

a

red

light

161,

shown

in

Fig.

5,

to

indicate

to

the

operator

of

the

machine

that

the

person

whose

payroll

check

is

being

written

has

70

in

his

Earnings-to-Date

for

the

year

reached

the

amount

of

$3,000.00

or

more.

Differential

mechanism

for

control

bank

The

differential

mechanisms

for

the

control

75

2,467,704.

The

No.3

or

front

totalizer

line,

which

is

con-

trolled

by

the

keys

66

of

row

3,

has

nine

totalizers

on

each

side

of

the

split,

one

for

each

of

the

l{eys

K

to

U,

and

one

in

the

zero position,

herein

called

the

"GT3"

totalizer.

The

rear

or

No.

·2

totalizer

has

nine

adding

totalizers

on

each

side

of

the

split,

one

for

each

of

the

keys A

to

J,

and

also

one

in

the

zero

po-

sition,

called

the

"GT4"

totalizer.

The

No. 1

or

upper

totalizer

line

has

cross-

footers

and

also

regular

adding

totalizers

there-

on,

as

above

mentioned.

Such

construction

is

illustrated

in

the

United

States

patent

issued

to

Pascal

Spurlino,

William

M. Carroll,

Arthur

R.

Colley,

and

Alfred G. Kibler, No. 2,375,594,

grant-

ed

on

May

8,

1945.

If

any

further

information

is

needed

or

desired

with

reference

to

such

totalizer

lines

having

crossfooters

and

straight

adding

totalizers

thereon,

reference

may

be

had

to

that

patent.

The

crossfooter

on

the

upper

or

No. 1

line

(Fig.

5),

which

is

the

crossfooter

at

the

right

of

the

split, is

indicated

by

the

reference

number

! 55.

The

totalizers

on

the

No. 2

or

back

line

are

numbered

166.

This

number

applies

to

the

totalizers

on

both

sides

of

the

split.

The

totaliz-

ers

on

.the

front

or

No.3

line

are

numbered

157,

and

this

number

likewise applies

to

the

totalizers

on

both

sides

of

the

split.

Totalizers

of

this

type

are

old

and

well

known

in

the

art,

are

known

"as

interspersed

totalizers,

and

are

fully

illustrated

and

described

in

the

previously-mentioned

Shipley

patent,

and,

there-

fore,

no

further

description

of

the

construction

of

these

totalizers

is

felt

necessary

herein.

As

usual

in

machines

of

this

type,

the

actuators

33

are

divided

into

three

tooth

sections, Nos. 168,

!

69,

and

11

o.

The

section

16

8

actuates

the

cross-

footer

and

also

the

regular

totalizers

on

the

No.1

or

upper

totalizer

line,

the

section

I Ii 9

actuates

the

totalizers

!

66

on

the

No.

·2

or

rear

line,

and

the

tooth

section

170

actuates

the

totalizers

'Ill

on

the

front

or

No.3

line.

In

adding

operations,

the

wheels

of

the

selected

totalizer

or

totalizers,

as

the

case

may

be,

are

engaged

with

their

respective

sets

of

actuating

2,682,993

19

tooth

sections 168, 159,

and

110

of

the

actuators

83,

after

the

actuators

have

completed

their

set-

ting

movements

in

a clockwise

direction

under

the

control

of

the

keys

60

and

6

l-

In

subtract

operations,

the

corresponding

sub-

tract

wheels of

the

cross footer

165

are

engaged

with

the

tooth

sections

168

of

the

actuator

83

exactly

the

same

as

in

adding

operations,

and

the

return

movement

of

the

actuator

reversely

rotates

the

adding

wheels

165

of

the

crossfooter

through

the

reverse gearing,

which

is well

known

in

the

art

and

shown

in

several of

the

above-

mentioned

Shipley

patents,

and

also

in

the

Spur-

lino, Carroll, Colley,

and

Kibler

Patent

No,

2,375,594.

Counter-clockwise

return

movement

of

the

actuators

83,

as

explained

above,

rotates

the

corresponding

wheels

of

the

selected

and

engs,ged

totalizer

or

totalizers

in

proportion

to

the

value

of

the

depressed keys

60

and

61,

to

enter

into

said

totalizers

the

amounts

corresponding

to

the

keys

which

have

been

depressed.

If

no

amount

key

6 I is depressed,

the

zero

stop

pawl

8 I

remains

in

the

path

of

the

spidel'

82

upon

the

initial

movement

of

the

actuator

&3

and

engages

said

spider

and

disengages

the

latch

95

from

the

driver

91

to

arrest

the

actuator

83

in

the

zero position.

After

the

actuator

83

is

positioned

at

zero,

the

roller

120

positions

the

beam

122,

the

link

124,

and

the

segments

125

in

proportion

thereto.

as

is well

known

in

the

art.

At

the

end

of every

type

of

operation,

the

actuator

83

is always

returned

to

home

position,

as

shown

in

Fig. 5. However,

the

links

124

and

the

printing

mechanisms

controlled

thereby,

and

also

the

segments

125,

remain

in

set

positions

at

the

end

of

machine

operations

and

are

moved

directly

from

these

positions

to

their

new posi-

tions

in

the

succeeding

operations

of

the

machine

through

the

beam

mechanism,

which

is old

and

well

known

in

the

art

and

is

often

referred

to

as

the

"minimum

movement

device."

The

usual

transfer

mechanism

is provided

for

entering

one

unit

ill

the

order

of

the

totalizers

when

the

lower

order

totalizer

wheel passes

through

zero

in

either

positive

or

negative

direc-

tion.

The

mechanism

for

engaging

the

totalizers

with

the

actuators

and

disengaging

them

from

the

actuators

during

adding,

subtracting,

reading,

to-

'talizing,

or

transfer

total

operations

is

not

shown

in

this

application,

but

for

a

description

of

such

mechanism

and

its

operation,

reference

may

be

made

to

the

above-mentioned

Spurlino

et

al.

Pat-

ent

No. 2,467,704,

in

which

said

mechanisms

are

illustrated

and

described, so

that

the

totalizers

in

the

present

application

are

adapted

to

perform

all

of

the

functions

necessary

with

the

accumu-

lating

and

recording

of

all

types

of additions,

subtractions,

reading,

totalizing,

and

transfer

total

operations

that

are

necessary

in

connection

with

the

production

of

a payroll

and

the

issuing

of employees'

payroll

checks,

and

the

keeping of

other

records

in

connection

with

this

type

of

work. Pattern caras

In

Fig. 2

there

is

illustrated

a facsimile of a

pattern

card

III

used

in

connection

with

the

pres-

ent

invention

and

having

thereon

columns of

pre-

calculated

figures showing

amounts

of

net

pays,

according

to

the

number

of

hours

which

the

em-

ployee worked.

On

each

card

there

will be

the

employee's

name,

his

clock

number,

and

the

rate

per

hour.

In

the

left-hand

column.

headed

"Hours,"

it

is

20

seen

that

the

hours

run

from

2

to

48,

and

below

this

there

is a

group

of

hours

listed

39.5, 39.6, 39.7,

39.8,

and

39.9,

which

represent

tenths

of

hours

from

.5

to

.9,

in

connection

with

the

39

hours

5

worl;;:ed.

The

second column,

headed

"Base

Pay,"

is

in

fact

the

gross

pay

earned

by

the

employee,

according

to

the

number

of

hours

worked.

The

third

column,

headed

"Overtime

Pay,"

shows

overtime

amounts

in

connection

with

the

42,

44,

10

46,

and

48

hours.

The

headed

"OAB," is

the

amount

which

the

operator

deducts,

depending

upon

the

number

of

hours

and

base pay.

The

headed

"Withholding

Tax,"

is

the

amount

of

in-

I,) come

tax

withheld

according

to

the

number

of

hours

worked.

The

columns,

under

the

main

heading

"Net

Pays,"

are

net

pays

when

cer-

tain

deductions

are

made.

The

first

column

un-

der

"Net

Pays"

and

headed

"1N0

Other

Deduc-

20

tions"

represents

the

net

pay

which

the

employee

will

get

when

there

are

no

other

deductions

out-

side

of

the

OAB

and

withholding

tax.

The

col-

umn

headed

"Union

Dues"

shows

the

net

pay

when

the

union

dues

are

withheld

in

addition

to

25

the

OAB

and

the

withholding

tax.

The

umn,

headed

"Insurance,"

shows

the

net

pay

when

the

insurance

is

deducted

from

the

employee's

net

pay

in

addition

to

the

OAB

and

the

withholding

tax,

and

the

last

or

right-hand

column,

headed

:)0

"Hospital,"

shows

the

employee's

net

pay

when

hospitalization

insurance

is

deducted

in

addi-

tion

to

the

OAB

and

the

withholding

tax.

Below

these

columns

of

figures

there

are

six

lines of figures.

The

first

line shows

earnings

3;3

based

on

fractional

hours

in

tenths,

the

shows

the

balance

factor

to

be

taken

into

con-

sideration

in

connection

with

those

fractional

earnings,

the

shows

earnings

for

one

full

hour

and

also

for

that

full

hour

plus

each

40

fractional

tenth

of

hour

from

1.1

to

1.9

inclusive,

the

or

last

line shows

the

bal-

ance

factor

for

the

earnings

from

1.0

to

1.9

hours

and

the

last

line

indicates

the

hours

and

fractions

applicable

to

each

row of figures.

From

the

above

chart

it

can

be

seen

that,

if

4;)

an

employee worked

34

hours,

this

line, by

means

to

be

hereinafter

described, will be selected, which

shows

that

the

man's

base

pay

is $44.03,

that

he

will

have

44

cents

deducted

for

OAB

and

$2.80

deducted

for

withholding

tax,

and

tha,t if

he

has

;)0

no

further

deductions his

net

pay

will be $40.79.

However,

should

the

man

belong

to

the

union

and

should

it

be

the

week

during

which

union

dues

are

being

deducted,

then

his

net

pay

would

be

$39.29.

If

on

another

week

insurance

is

de-

;)5

ducted,

the

man's

net

pay

will

be

$38.69,

and

finally

if

on

another

week

hospitalization

is de-

ducted,

then

his

net

pay

will

be

$34.54.

Should

an

employee work,

for

example,

34.6

60

hours,

the

operator

will

set

up

the

$44.03, which

amount

will

be

accumulated

in

the

total

in

con-

nection

with

that

key depressed,

which

will be

the

No.1

special key.

She

will

then

read

from

the

special

chart

at

the

bottom

of

the

pattern

66

~~~~,

w:~~~

a~o~~t

~&:r~~c~n

~~::e~~t~of

~~~~.~

and

34.6

hours.

This

amount,

it

will be noticed,

is

the

fractional

earning

and

shows

78

cents"

which

will

be

recorded

on

the

keyboard

and

added

to

the

$44.03

using

special key

#1.

This

makes

70

a

total

of $44.81

which

is

printed

by pressing

special key

#2

followed by

61

key B. Now,

in

deducting

the

OAB,

instead

of

deducting

44 cents,

she

will

deduct

45

cents,

and

the

withholding

tax,

75

instead

of

deducting

$2.80,

she

will

deduct

$2.90.

2,682,993

21

She

will

then

read

the

proper

net

pay

figure

ap-

pearing

on

the

pattern

card

for

34

hours,

which

is $40.79.

She

will

record

that

on

the

keyboard

and

operate

the

machine

with

special

key

#1

and

then

read

from

the

special

chart

at

the

bottom

of

the

pattetn

card

in

the

balancing

factor,

and

find

that

this

figure is

67

cents.

She

will

then

record

this

amount

through

the

special

No. 1

key.

She

will

then

press

the

special

No.2

key,

followed

by

the

depression

of

the

Net

Pay

key 66,

which

causes

the

amount

normally

to

be

printed

on

the

check,

for

the

total

amount.

of

the

accumu-

lator

associated

with

the

special

key No.

1.

That

amount

will be

transferred

into

the

totalizer

asso-

ciated

with

the

"K

Net

Pay"

key

6S

and

subtracted

from

the

crossfooter

and

printed

on

all

records,

and

the

amount

so

printed

will

be

$41.46,

which

is

the

total

of

$40.79 plus

the

balancing

factor

of

67

cents.

The

pattern

card

112

shown

in

Fig. 3 is

used

in

the

same

manner

as

the

pattern

card

shown

in

Fig.

2,

except

that

in

pattern

card

No.3

certain

groups

of

hours

are

broken

down

into

quarter-

hour

periods

for

which

the

operator

can

directly

read

the

base

pay

and

all

of

the

net

pays.

In

connection

with

this

chart,

there

is

no

need

for

the

six

lines

of

computing

figures

to

be used,

such

as

shown

in

the

pattern

card

in

Fig.

2,

and

therefore

none

are

shown

on

this

pattern

card

in

Fig.

3.

This

card

shows

that,

if

a

man,

for

ex-

ample,

worked

47

Y2

hours,

his

gross

pay

would be

$61.51,

his

overtime

pay

would

be

$4.86,

his

OAB

deduction

would

be

66

cents,

his

withholding

tax

would

be

$6.20,

and

his

net

pay-if

no

other

de-

ductions

are

made-would

be

$59.51.

If

it

was

the

week

that

union

dues were

deducted,

then

his

net

pay

would

be

$58.01;

if

it

was a week

when

in-

surance

was

deducted,

his

net

pay

would

be

$57.41;

and

if

it

was

the

week

when

hospitaliza··

tion

was

deducted,

his

net

pay

would

be

$53.26.

Thus,

it

can

be

clearly

seen

that,

by

the

use

of

either

one

of

these

two

pattern

cards

shown

in

Figs. 2

and

3,

all

the

operator

needs

to

do

is

22

the

clock

card

box

shown

in

the

patent

just

men-

tioned.

The

clock

card

box

shown

in

said

patent

has

a fixed

face

or

front

with

an

opening

through

which

the

clock

card

is visible,

whereas

in

the

5

pattern

card

box

the

front

or

face

of

the

box

is

adjustable

from

a

normal

position,

shown

in

Figs.

6,

7,

and

9,

to

anyone

of

four

other

positions

below

such

position. Moreover,

this

face

or

front

of

the

pattern

card

box

carries

lights

which

are

10

lighted

up

to

show

up

the

line

which

has

been

selected

for

the

operator

to

read

in

order

to

write

the

employee's

payroll

cheCk.

The

face

of

the

box is provided

with

slots, so

that

only

certain

lines

are

visible

at

a

time,

and

the

line

to

be

used

15

is

the

line

which

is

lighted

up

by

the

light

for

the

group

of

lines

of

which

the

selected

line

is one.

This

pattern

card

box will

now

be

described.

A

pattern

card

box

180

(Figs. 6, 7,

and

9)

is

mounted

on

aT-shaped

bar

j a

I,

secured

to

the

20

bacl(

of

a

machine

cabinet

135.

The

box

has

a

base

partition

1'112,

upon

which

the

pattern

cards

17

I

are

stacked

and

held

in

contact

with

one

an-

other

by

a

weighted

slide

1113.

The

base

182

slopes, so

that

the

natural

tendency

of

the

cards

25

when

pushed

by

the

weighted

slide 183 is

for

the

first

01'

front

card

to

engage

the

back

side

of

a

slide

1114

carrying

a

card

picker

or

card

ejector

I

Hi.

This

slide

184

lies

just

to

the

rear

of

an

ad-

justable

front

or

face

185

of

the

pattern

card

30

box.

As

the

cards

are

ejected

one

at

a

time

after

the

employee's

payroll

cheCk

has

been

written,

the

cards

engage

a slide

118,

so

that

they

win slide

downwardly

and

be

stacked,

in

proper

order,

in

the

bottom

of

the

pattern

card

box

180.

The

box

35

is

provided

with

an

opening

covered

by

a

cover

119,

so

that

the

cards

may

be

removed

from

the

pattern

card

box

I

1l0after

all

of

the

checks

of

the

particular

batch

of

cards

have

been

written.

As

shown

in

Fig.

6,

the

box

face

185

is

provided

40

with

five slots,

numbered

III'S,

187,

1'88,

189,

and

'SO,

and

a

larger

opening,

the

upper

edge

j 9 f

of

which

acts

as

a

line

guide. Above

each

of

the

slots

!

86

to

190

and

the

opening

19! is a

housing

!

92

to

know

the

number

of

hours

worked,

whereupon

the

direct

amount

of

gross pay,

overtime

pay,

all

4;:;

deductions,

and

four

different

net

pays

can

be

readily

read

from

these

cards

to

be

set

up

in

the

machine

without

the

operator's

having

to

figure

for

an

electric

lamp

193.

When

the

face

185

of

the

pattern

card

box

is

in

its

normal

pOSition,

as

shown

in

Figs. 6, 7,

and

9,

the

lines

of

figures

on

the

pattern

card

111

(Fig.

2)

corresponding

to

the

employee's

name,

which

is

ina

0

hour

position,

10

hours,

20

hours,

30

all

of

the

net

pays

or

without

some

other

group

of

persons

having

to

sit

down

and

calculate

these,

whether

it

be

done

by

constant

figures

on

charts

or

otherwise,

and

then

give

them

to

the

person

who

is

writing

the

payroll

checks.

In

this

man-

ner,

the

speeding

up

of

the

vvriting

of

payroll

checks-that

is,

by

the

use

of

these

pattern

cards-is

accomplished

without

a

lot

of

undue

work

ahead

of

time

by

other

departments.

Pattern

card

box

In

Figs. 6

to

9 inclusive is

illustrated

the

pre-

ferred

form

of

pattern

card

box,

which

is

used

in

connection

with

the

present

invention

to

house

stacks

of

employees'

pattern

cards

when

the

pay-

roll

for

those

employees is

being

written.

In

Fig. 9

are

shown

a few

of

the

pattern

cards

111

stacked

in

the

box.

These

cards

are,

upon

opera-

tion

of

the

Net

Pay

lcey

56,

adapted

to

be

ejected

one

at

a

time

from

the

box

as

the

employee's

pay-

roll

check

is completed.

The

ejection

of

the

card

is

accomplished

by

mechanism

which

is fully

il-

lustrated

and

described

in

the

above-mentioned

Spurlino

et

al.

Patent

No. 2,467,704,

which

mech-

anism

in

that

patent

ejects

the

time

clock

card

in

connection

with

that

particular

patent.

GU

hours,

and

40

hours,

are

visible

through

the

slots

186, ill1, 188,

Ill!!,

and

1911,

respectively,

and

the

line

corresponding

to

the

39.9

hours

is visible

just

beneath

the

edge I 9 I.

If

the

employee worked

40

hours,

then

the

lamp

c,:;

i

&3

in

the

housing

Hl2,

just

above

the

slot

UW,

will

be

lighted

so

that

the

operator

knows

that

tIllS is

the

line

to

,read

because

the

person

whose

check

is

being

written

worked

40

hours,

and

upon

depreSSion

of

the

40-hour

key

and

during

the

GO

operation

of

the

machine

conditions

were

set

up

to

be

hereinafter

described

to

complete

a circuit,

so

that

the

above-mentioned

lamp

in

the

hous-

ing

above

the

slot

190

will

be

lighted.

Secured

to

the

back

of

the

face

1115

near

its

G;';

top

are

two

brackets

195

and

196,

and

secured

to

the

back

of

the

face

185

near

its

bottom

are

two

brackets

i

91

and

193.

Each

of

the

brackets

I

!Hi

to

I

SIl

has

a

slot

HIS,

tl1rough

which

extends

a

stUd

200

carried

by

a

pattern

card

box 130.

These

70

brackets

I

Sii

to

I

SB

and

the

studs

200

serve

as

sliding guides

for

the

face

185

during

its

adJust-

ment

from

the

position

shown

in

Figs. 'I

and

[)

downwardly

into

any

of

its

other

four

adjusted

positions.

The

pattern

card

box

used

is

very

similar

to

75

When

the

face

185

is

adjusted

into

its

lower-

2,682,993

23

most

position,

the

tops

of

the

slots

199

strike

the

studs

200

and

act

as

stops

for

the

final

movement

downward.

Secured

to

each

side

of

the

pattern

card

box I

SO

are

upstanding

brackets

20

I

and

202,

which

support

a

shaft

203.

Secured

to

the

:3

shaft

203

is

an

arm

204

having

a

slot

205,

which

surrounds

a

rod

206

supported

by

the.

brackets

i9S

and

196.

Also

secured

to

the

shaft

203

(Fig. 7) is a

lever

207

having

a

slot

208,

which

surrounds

the

rod

10

206.

The

lever

201

carries

a

stud

209

(Fig.

9),

which

extends

through

a

slot

2

lOin

the

upper

end

of

the

link

211

to

connect

this

link

2 i I

with

the

rear

end

of

the

lever

201.

Secured

to

the

shaft

203

is

an

arm

212

having

1:3

a

213,

which

cooperates

with

four

hook

levers

214,

215, 216,

and

211,

all

of

which

s,re

pivoted

on

a

stud

218

mounted

in

a

plate

219

secured

to

the

side

of

the

pattern

card

box

180.

Referring

to

Figs. 7

and

8,

it

will be

seen

that

20

·the

hook

lever

214

has

a flange

220

with

a

bent-

up

ear

221,

to

which

is

pivoted

a

link

222,

which

24

However,

as

has

been

previously

pointed

out,

the

particular

line

which

is

to

be

read

is

illuminated

by

means

of

its

associated

lamp

193,

which

is

selected,

as

above

mentioned,

under

control

of

the

hours

keys.

The

means

for

restoring

the

pattern

card

box

face

f

85

upwardly

to

its

normal

position

will now

be

described.

Secured

to

a

shaft

25!

(Fig.

9),

carried

by

the

pattern

card

box

1110,

is a

plate

252.

This

shaft

251

and

plate

252

receive one

full

counter-clockwise

rotation,

by

means

which

is fully

illustrated

and

described

in

the

above-

mentioned

Spurlino

et

al.

Patent

No. 2,467,704,

whenever

the

Net

Pay

key

66

is

operated.

Pivoted

at

253

to

the

plate

252

is a

crank

254,

which

is

pivoted

at

255

to

the

previously-de-

scribed

link

211.

The

upper

end

of

this

crank

254

is

connected,

by

means

illustrated

and

de-

scribed

in

the

last-mentioned

Spurlino

et

al.

pat-

ent,

to

the

previously-mentioned

pattern

card

picker

115.

Upon

the

counter-clockwise

movement

of

the

plate

252,

the

crank

254

receives a

movement

downwardly

from

the

position

shown

in

Fig. 9

is

also

pivoted

to

a

core

223

of

a solenoid

224.

The

flange

220

normally

rests

against

a

stud

225,

carried

by

the

plate

2

19.

2:3

and

back

to

that

pOSition.

Upon

downward

movement

of

the

crank

254,

the

picker

115

ejects

the

front

pattern

card

11.1

of

the

stack

down-

wardly

sufficiently

to

cause

it

to

be

gripped

by

The

hook

lever

215

has

a

bent-over

flange

226,

which

lies

beneath

the

hook

lever

214.

This

flange

226

has

an

upturned

ear

221,

to

which

is

pivoted

a

link

228,

which

is also pivoted

to

a core

229

of

a solenoid 230.

This

flange

226

normally

30

rests

against

a

stud

231

carried

by

the

plate

219.

The

hook

lever

216

has

a

right-angled

fiange

232,

which

lies

beneath

both

of

the

levers

214

and

215.

This

flange

232

has

an

upturned

ear

233,

to

which

is

pivoted

a

link

234, also

pivoted

3:3

to

a core

235

of

a solenoid 236.

This

flange

232

normally

rests

against

a

stud

231,

carried

by

the

plate

219.

the

feed rolls

116,

whereupon

it

is

fed

down-

wardly

over

the

plate

118

and

into

the

bottom

portion

of

the

pattern

card

box

I

SO.

As

the

crank

254

is moved

downwardly,

it

draws

the

link

211

downwardly

until

the

top

edge of

the

slot

210

contacts

the

stud

209

in

the

lever

201,

whereupon

continued

downward

movement

of

the

crank

254

rocks

the

lever

201,

the

shaft

203,

and

the

arm

204

clockwise,

as

viewed

in

Fig. 9,

and

counter-clockwise

as

viewed

in

Fig.

7,

where-

upon

the

arm

204

and

the

lever

201,

due

to

the

fact

that

they

are

connected

to

the

brackets

195

and

196,

respectively,

of

the

face

185

of

the

pat-

tern

card

box,

raise

the

pattern

card

box face

185

upwardly

to

its

normal

pOSition.

This,

of

course, occurs

after

the

solenoid

224

has

been

The

hook

lever

211

has

a

right-angled

flange

238,

which

lies

just

beneath

all

three

of

the

levers

40

214, 215,

and

216.

This

flange

238

has

an

up-

turned

ear

239,

to

which

is

pivoted

a

link

240, also

pivoted

to

a core

241

of

a solenoid

2.42.

This

fiange

238

normally

rests

against

a

stud

243,

car-

ried

by

the

plate

219.

,hi

de-energized,

and

thus

the

stud

213

of

the

arm

2

12

will

be

moved,

from

its

position

in

engage-

ment

with

the

lever

215,

back

to

the

position

shown

in

Fig.

7,

into

engagement

with

the

hook

The

operation

of

the

above-described

mecha-

nism

is

as

follows:

Normally,

the

hook

levers

214, 215, 216,

and

217

are

in

the

positions

shown

in

Fig.

7,

where-

upon

the

arm

212,

the

shaft

203,

the

lever

207

60

and

the

arm

204

retain

the

pattern

card

box

face

i

65

in

the

position

shown, so

that

the

lines

on

the

pattern

card

111

OPPOSite

the

10,

20,

30,

and

lever

214,

thus

retaining

the

face

185

of

the

pat-

tern

card

box

in

its

upper

or

normal

position.

When

the

solenoid

230

is energized,

its

core

229

is

raised,

thus

rocking

the

hook

lever

2 I 5

counter-clockwise,

whereupon

its

flange

2213

also

rocks

the

lever

214

counter-clockwise,

and

the

10

hours

are

visible

through

the

slots

fOG

to

1911,

respectively,

in

the

face

185.

By

means

to

be

later

described

in

connection

\'lith

the

description

of

the

wiring

diagram,

the

solenoids 224, 230, 236,

and

242

are

adapted

to

be

energized

under

control

of

the

keys

in

the

hours

banks.

[i;i

face

185

slides

downwardly

and

rocks

the

arm

212

clockwise

until

the

stud

213

contacts

the

hook

lever

215,

whereupon

the

face

185

is

stopped

in

such

position.

In

this

position,

the

slots

186

to

190,

respectively, of Fig. 6

are

positioned

over

60

the

lines

on

the

pattern

card

171

corresponding

to

the

4,

14,

24,

34,

and

44

hour

designations

on

this

card,

so

that

the

operator

may

read

the

particular

one

of

these

lines

which

is

lighted

Upon

energization

of

the

solenoid 224,

its

core

223

is

moved

upwardly,

thus

rocking

the

hook

lever

214

counter-clockwise

and

releasing

the

stud

213

of

the

arm

212.

When

this

occurs,

the

pattern

card

box

face

185

moves downwardly,

6G

thus,

through

the

arm

204

and

the

lever

201,

rocking

the

shaft

203

and

the

arm

212

clockwise

until

the

stud

213

contacts

the

hook

lever

215

and

is

stopped

by

such

lever.

Such

movement

of

the

pattern

card

box

face

185

positions

the

slots

70

'86

..

to

190,

respectively, opposite

the

lines

on

the

pattern

card

111,

which

correspond

to

the

2,

12, 22, 32,

and

42

hours,

respectively, so

that

the

figures

in

connection

with

these

numbers

of

hours

may

be

read

through

their

respective slots.

75

up

by

its

associated

lamp

1f)3.

After

this

selection

of

lines,

and

dming

the

last

of

the

machine

operations

necessary

to

the

issu-

ance

of

the

payroll

check,

which

last

operation,

as

above

mentioned,

is

initiated

by depression

of

the

Net

Pay

key 56,

the

pattern

card

is

ejected

by

the

picker

115,

and

the

face

of

the

box

185

is

restored

by

the

crank

254

(Fig.

9),

as

previously

described.

When

the

solenoid

236

is energized,

its

core

235

raises

.the

link

234

and

rocks

the

hook

lever

216

counter-clockwise,

and,

during

this

rocking,

2,682,993

25

the

flange

232

of

this

lever

also

rocks

the

levers

2

15

and

2

III

counter-clockwise;

whereupon

the

downward

movement

of

the

face

185

is

limited

when

the

stud

213

contacts

and

is

held

by

the

hook

level' 217.

In

this

position

of

the

face

185, 5

the

lines

opposite

the

hours

6,

16,

26,

36,

and

46

are

visible

through

the

slots 186

to

1M,

respec-

tively.

If

during

another

operation

of

the

machine

the

solenoid 242 is energized,

its

core

241

raises

10

the

link

24!]

.and rocks

the

hook

lever

217

counter-

clockwise.

At

this

time,

the

flange

2311

of

the

lever

2 n rocks

the

levers 214, 2

Hi,

and

2

Hi

coun-

ter-clockwise,

whereupon

the

face

! 85 is lowered

until

the

top

edges of

the

slots I

sa

contact

their

15

associated

studs

200,

and

at

the

same

time

the

stud

2

13

is moved

beyond

all

of

the

hook

levers

2

14

to

2

11

inclusive,

thus

positioning

the

slots

186

to

190, respectively, opposite

the

lines

on

the

pattern

card

111

corresponding

to

the

8,

18,

20

28, 38,

and

48

hours.

Now;

when

the

associated

light

I

S3

of

the

selected

line

group

is

lighted,

the

operator

knows

that that

is

the

line

which

she

is

to

use

because

of

the

particular

hour

keys

which

have

been

operated

to

select

that

particu-

25

lar

line.

Clock

careL

box

26

illustrated

diagrammatically

in

the

wiring

dia-

gram

in

Fig. 10.

In

connection

with

the

tens

hours

bank,

there

are

five

pairs

of

electrical

terniinals

2"11

in

the

0,

1, 2,

3,

and

4 positions.

The

right-hand

ones

of

these

pairs

of

terminals

211

are

connected

to

a

bar

212. Also,

in

connection

with

thi.s

bank

is

a

pair

of

contacts

213

in

the

3 position,

the

left-

hand

one

of

which

is

connected

to

a

bar

214.

Cooperating

with

these

pairs

of

terminals

211

and

2"13

is a

pair

of

wipers 215,

which

are

con-

nected

together

in

the

diagram

by

a

heavy

line

so

as

to

represent

the

fact

that

they

travel

in

unison.

Associated

with

the

units

hours

bank

are

ten

pairs

of

terminals

276

in

the

0

to

9 posi-

tions,

the

right~hand

terminal

of

each

pair

being

connected

electrically

to

a

bar

271. Also associ-

sted

with

this

units

of

hours

banl{

are

five

pairs

of

terminals

278

in

the

0,

2,

4,

6,

and

8 positions.

The

left-hand

ones

of

each

of

these

pairs

of

ter-

minals

218

are

connected

electrically

to

a

bar

219. Also

associated

with

this

units

of

hours

bank

is a

special

pair

of

terminals

280,

the

left

one

of

which

is

connected

to

a

bar

281. Associ-

ated

with

these

terminals

276, 218,

and

280 is a

pair

of

wipers

282,

which

are

non-electrically

connected

together,

as

represented

by

the

heavy

black

line, so

that

they

will move

in

unison.

ASSOCiated

with

the

tenths

of

hours

bank

are

As

pointed

out

in

the

early

part

of

this

specifi-

cation,

there

is

used

in

connection

"'lith

the

pat-

tern

card

box

181l

a clock

card

box,

in

which

are

stacked

employees' clock

cards

or

time

cards,

which

show

the

number

of

hours

the

employee

has

worked,

and

these

cards

are

stacked

in

con-

formity

With

the

stacks

of

pattern

cards

111;

that

is,

the

front

card

on

the

stack

of

clock

cards

and

the

front

card

on

the

stack

of

pattern

cards

relate

to

the

same

employee.

30

four

pairs

of

terminals

:i85,

the

left-hand

ones

of

which

are

connected

electrically

to

a

bar

266.

These

pa.irs

of

terminals

285

are

in

the

5,

6,

7,

and

8 positions. Also

associated

with

these

ter-

minals

is

a series

of

single

terminals

287,

con-

A clock

card

box

245

is

shown

diagrammati-

cally

in

the

wiring

diagram

of

Fig.

10

and

is like

the

one

illustrated

and

fully

described

in

the

above-mentioned

Spurlino

et

al.

Patent

No.

2,467,704,

which

patent

describes a

payroll

sys-

tem

and

the

production

of employees'

payroll

chec:jm.

Therefore,

if

any

reference

is

desired

in

connection

with

the

clock

card

box

245,

atten-

tion

is

directed

to

this

last-mentioned

Spurlino

et

al.

patent.

35

nected

to

a

bar

288.

These

terminals

281

are

in

the

5,

6, 7,

8,

and

9 positions.

In

the

0

position

directly

beneath

the

bar

2811

are

a

bar

290

and

a

terminal

2!l

L Associated

with

these

terminals

and

bars

in

the

tenths

of

hours

bank

is a

pair

40

of

wipers

292

electrically

connected

by

a

bar

293.

Assuming

now

that

an

employee's

time

clock

card

shows

that

he

worked

34

hours

and

that

the

sanie

employee's

pattern

card

171

is

on

the

front

of

the

stack

of

cards

in

the

pattern

card

Wiring

diagram

circuits

·1')

box

181l,

the

depression

of

the

"3"

key

61

in

the

tens

hours

bank

and

the

depression

of

the

"4"

key

Ii

I

in

the

units

hours

banl{

completes

circuits

as

follows,

to

select

the

34-hour

line

and

to

light

the

lamp

193

associated

with

the

group

of

lines

50

30

to

38

hours.

In

connection

with

this

elect.rical

circuit

dia-

BTam,

th3

source

of

power

for

several

of

the

cir-

cuits

is

indicated

by

a

battery

symbol,

which

bat-

tery

hn·s

one

side

grounded.

As

has

been

previously

stated,

the

selection

of-

55

the

line

to

be

used

on

the

employee's

pattern

card

11!

(Fig. 2) is

accomplished

by

the

solenoids

224, 230,

23(3,

and

238,

under

control

of

the

keys

ll!

in

the

units

of

hours

bank.

The

operation

of

the

above-mentioned

sole-

60

noids

has

been

previously described;

that

is,

it

has

been

previously

stated

how

the

energization

of

certain

ones

of

these

solenoids

controls

the

positioning

of

the

arm

212

(Pig. 7) so

as

to

de-

termine

the

positioning

of

the

face

185

of

the

65

pattern

card

box 180.

It

is

not

thought

necessary

to

describe

all

of

the

circuits

in

connection

with

the

selection of

these

solenoids,

and

energization

thereof

to

in

turn

control

the

selection

or

adjustment

of

the

70

contacts

in

the

electrical

differentials

associated

with

the

tens

hours,

the

units

hours,

and

the

tenths

hours

banks.

The

circuits

which

they

establish

during

their

differential

movements

under

the

control

of

the

keys

in

these

banks

are

75

When

the

units

differential

under

the

control

of

the

4-hour

key

travels

to

the

4 position, a

cir-

cuit

is

completed

from

the

battery

3DD

through

the

bar

:1

90

over

the

left-hand

wiper 292,

bar

29

I ,

and

line

30

j

to

the

bar

279,

then

through

the

right-hand

wiper

282

by

means

of

the

pair

of

contacts

218

to

line

302

around

to

bar

217

through

the

pair

of

contacts

216

in

the

4

position

by

means

of

the

left-hand

wiper 282,

and

then

through

line

303

to

the

solenoid

230

to

the

ground,

thus

energizing

this

solenoid.

The

energization

of

this

solenoid 230,

as

has

been

previously

de-

scribed,

rocks

levers

:2!

4

and

215

counter-clock-

wise,

thus

releasing

the

stud

213

and

the

arm

212,

whereupon

the

face

185

of

the

pattern

card

box

drops

down

two

steps,

so

that

the

slot

189

of

the

30-hour

group

is

positioned

opposite

the

34-hour

line

on

the

pattern

card

171.

At

the

same

time,

a

circuit

is

completed

from

the

line

302

over

lines

304

and

305

to

the

bar

212

and

then

through

the

terminals

271,

in

the

3 posi-

tion,

then

through

the

left-hand

wiper

275,

thus

over

line

306

to

a

relay

307

to

the

ground,

thus

energizing

this

relay

301,

which

pulls

up

its

armature

308

and

completes

the

circuit,

later

de-

2,682,993

27

scribed,

to

the

lamp

193 associated

with

the

30-

hour

group

of lines

on

the

pattern

card

11

L

Associated

with

and

adapted

to

be

controlled

by

an

ejected

clock

card

and

an

ejected

pattern

card,

respectively,

are

switches

31

j

and

312.

The

G

specific

control

of

these

switches will be

de-

scribed

later.

These

two switches

311

and

3 i 2

are

wired

in

parallel.

The

circuit

through

switch

311

is

from

a

battery

313,

through

the

switch

31

i,

line 314 10

to

point

315.

The

circuit

through

the

switch

312

is

from

a

battery

316,

switch

312,

and

line 311

28

roll check, causes,

as

has

been

previously de-

scribed,

the

employee's clock

card

and

pattern

card

to

be

ejected, so

that

the

cards

will be

at

the

front

of

the

respective stacks,

ready

for

the

operator

to

write

the

check

asso-

ciated

with

this

Upon

depression of

the

"Net

Pay"

key 66, a

circuit

is completed

to

cause

a clock

card

motor

341

to

operate

and

also a

pattern

card

motor

342

to

operate.

Depression of

the

"Net

Pay"

key 66 completes

the

following

circuit:

from

battery

343

through

switch

344

to

point

345, over line 346

to

a relay

347,

and

thence

to

the

ground.

This

causes

en-

to

point

315.

From

point

315, a

circlli"(;

is

estab-

lished

through

a

normally

closed

manually

oper-

able

switch

3 f 8

to

point

3 !

9.

When

the

relay

307 is energized

in

the

manner

above described

and

pulls

up

its

armature

308,

15

ergization

of

this

relay

341,

thus

operating

a

latch

348

to

release a lever 349,

whereupon

a

spring

350 moves

an

arm

351

to

the

left

and

closes a

switch

352,

thus

completing

the

circuit

a

circuit

is

then

completed

from

point

319 over

line 320,

line

321,

armature

308,

line

322,

to

the

lamp

193

to

ground.

This

particular

lamp

193 20

is

associated

with

the

30-hour

group of lines

on

the

pattern

card

171,

thus

lighting

up

the

selected

34-hour

line.

As

has

been

previously

pointed

out,

the

hours

are

set

up

on

the

keyboard

at

the

same

time

the

25

employee's

earnings

to

date

is

set

upon

the

key-

board.

If

the

employee's

earnings

to

date

when

it

is picked

up

is

not

$3,000.00

or

more,

the

op-

erator

proceeds

in

the

usual

manner,

as

has

been

30

previously described,

to

make

the

proper

deduc-

tions

for

OAB

and

the

rest

of

the

deductioml,

and

finally

sets

up

the

net

pay.

However,

should

the

employee's

earnings

to

date

arnount

to

$3,000.00

or

more,

then,

when

this

35

amount

is picked up,

the

$1,000.00 differential

will go

to

the

3 position

and

cause

the

previously··

described

switch

152

to

be closed.

When

the

earnings-to-date

is picked up,

the

"X

Earnings

to

Date"

key 65 is depressed,

and,

when

this

key 40

is depressed,

it

closes a

switch

330.

If

the

em-

ployee's

earnings

to

date

was $3,000.00

or

more,

a

circuit

is completed

from

battery

331

through

switch

152,

through

a

normally

closed

switch

332,

over line 333,

and

through

the

closed

switch

330 'Ii)

to

point

334. F'rom

this

point,

the

circuit

con-

tinu.es

on

and

energizes a

relay

335.

The

ener-

gization of

the

relay

335

attracts

two

armatures

335

and

331.

The

drawing

in

of

the

armature

331 completes

the

holding

circuit

for

the

relay

50

335,

which

is

as

follows:

from

point

334

through

armature

331, line 338,

to

point

31!l

in

the

power

line.

At

the

same

time, a

circuit

is completed

from

point

334 over line

339,

through

a solenoid 340

55

to

the

ground.

The

operation

of

this

solenoid

by

the

above

circuit

when

the

amount

of

the

earnings-to-date

is $3,000.00

or

more

on

the

pickup

operation

causes

the

"FOAB"

key

67

to

be locked, so

that

the

operator

cannot

deduct

60

any

OAB

from

the

gross

pay

which

is

to

be

recorded

for

this particular

employee because

of

the

fact

that

his

earnings

to

date

have

already

reached

$3,000.00.

When

the

armature

switch

33r6

is

pulled

UP

65

by

the

relay

335,

the

circuit

to

the

lamp

161

is

opened,

thus

preventing

this

lamp

from

being

lighted

at

any

time

during

any

subsequent

op-

erations

necessary

to

complete a

payroll

check.

The

operator

will

therefore

proceed

to

make

70

all

other

necessary

deductions

for

this

particu-

lar

employee

and

finally

set

up

the

net

pay

and

depress

the

Net

Pay

key 66.

Depression of

this

key 66,

which

is

the

final

operation

in

the

issuing of

an

employee's

pay-

75

from

the

line 346

through

the

switch

352

and

line

353

to

the

clock

card

motor

341,

as

fully

described

in

the

Spurlino

et

a1.

Patent

No.

2,467,704.

Simultaneously

with

the

completion

of

this

last-described

circuit, a

circuit

is completed from

point

345 over

line

355

to

a

relay

355

to

the

ground.

This

energizes

the

relay

356, whereupon

its

armature

releases a latCh 357

from

a lever

358,

whereupon

a

spring

359 causes

an

arm

360

to

close a

switch

361,

thus

completing a

circuit

from

the

line

355

through

the

switch

361,

and

a

line

362

to

the

pattern

card

motor

342.

Thus

both

motors

341

and

342

operate

to

drive

mechanism,

previously

mentioned,

to

eject

the

front

clock

card

and

the

front

pattern

card.

At

363 is

shown

the

usual

register

motor

hav-

ing

in

circuit

therewith

a

normally

open

switch

364,

which

is closed by depression of

anyone

of

the

operating

keys

on

the

machine,

fully illus-

trated

and

described

in

the

former

patents

men-

tioned,

particularly

the

Spurlino

et

sJ.

Patent

No.

2,487,704.

When

this

switCh 364 is closed,

the

register

circuit

is completed

from

a

battery

365

through

an

armature

switch

366,

line

361,

switch

364

to

the

register

motor

363

to

operate

the

ma-

chine.

When

the

Net

Pay

key 66 is depressed,

the

fol-

lowing

circuit

is also completed:

from

the

point

345

through

a

line

368

and

armature

switch

369

to

a

relay

310

and

thence

to

the

ground.

This

circuit

energizes

the

relay,

which

pulls

up

both

the

armature

switches

366

and

369,

thus

estab-

lishing

one

circuit

from

the

battery

365

through

the

armature

switch 366, line 371,

and

lamp

312

to

the

ground,

thus

lighting

this

lamp,

which

is

the

card

clearing

Signal lamp. A

holding

circuit

for

the

relay

310

is

created

from

the

power

point

319,

through

line

313

to

the

relay

310,

and

thence

to

the

ground.

As

has

been

previously

stated,

the

operation

of

the

Net

Pay

key

66 is

the

final

operation

of

the

machine

and

operates

the

motors

341

and

342 for

the

clock

card

and

the

pattern

card,

to

eject

these

cards

in

the

manner

illustrated

and

described

in

the

above-mentioned

Spurlino

el;

aI.

Patent

No.

2,467,704.

When

these

cards

are

ejected,they

break

the

circuits

by

causing

the

switches

311

and

312, respectively,

to

open,

thus

breaking

the

holding

circuit

through

line

313

to

the

relay

310,

whereupon

the

armature

switches 365

and

369

are

released,

thus

breaking

the

circuit

to

the

lamp

372

and

causing

the

lamp

to

go out,

and

at

the

same

time

reestablishing

the

cirCuit

from

battery

365,

switch

366,

and

line 361

to

the

motor

363, so

that,

upon

the

of

the

ma-

chine,

when

an

operating

key is depressed to

2,682,993

29

close

the

switch

3S~,

this

circuit

to

the

motor

363

may

be

completed.

At

the

same

time,

release

of

the

armature

switch

369

reestablishes

the

circuit

back

to

the

Net

Pay

key

66

when

this

key

is

de-

pressed.

From

the

above

description

it

can

be

5

seen

that

it

is

necessary

that

both

cards-that

is,

the

clock

card

and

the

pattern

card-be

ejected

simultaneously

in

order

to

reestablish

the

motor

circuit

and

the

Net

Pay

key

circuit

for

any

subsequent

operation.

Should

one

of

the

cards

10

fail

to

eject,

then

the

switch

3 I I,

if

it

is

the

clock

card,

or

the

switch

312,

if

it

is

the

pattern

card,

would

not

be opened;

consequently

the

holding

circuit

373

for

the

relay

310 would

not

be

broken,

and

the

light

372

would

remain

lighted,

thus

in-

15

dicating

to

the

operator

that

one

of

the

cards,

either

the

clock

card

or

the

pattern

card,

had

not

ejected

from

its

respective

box

at

the

end

of

the

operation

of

the

Net

Pay

key.

When

the

holding

circuit

373

for

the

relay

370

20

is

not

broken,

due

to

the

failure

of

either

card

to

eject,

the

circuit

to

the

motor

363

is

held

open,

thus

preventing

any

subsequent

operations

of

the

machine

until

the

operator

ma.nually opens

the

switch

313

momentarily,

which

will

release

the

25

holding

circuit

for

the

relay

310

and

all

other

re-

lays.

Also

when

both

switches

31

I

and

312

are

simUl-

taneously

opened,

the

holding

circuits

for

all

re-

lays

are

opened;

thus

all

of

said

relays

are

de-

30

energized.

If

during

an

operation

of

the

machine,

when

the

employee's gross

pay

is

added

into

the

ma-

chine,

which

gross

pay

added

to

the

earnings-to-

date

which

was

picked

up,

reaches

$3000

or

more,

35

upon

the

extension

of

the

balance

during

this

operation,

which

is

created

by

the

depression

of

the

"Balance

Extension"

key

63,

this

key

operates

the

switch

332

to

break

the

circuit

to

line 333

and

clC!2e

a

circuit

from

the

battery

33

I,

switch

152,

40

through

the

operr,ted

switch

332, line 375,

anna-

ture

switch

336,

line

315,

to

the

lamp

161

and

thence

to

the

ground,

thus

lighting

up

this

lamp

! 3! which,

as

previously described, is a

red

light,

which

indicates

to

the

operator.

that

during

the

4:;

opcl'ation

of

the

machine,

when

the

employee'S

groEs

pay

was

entered

and

added

to

the

balance

or

earnings-to-date

which

had

been

previously

picked

up, Ina,de $3000 .01'. more,

the

operator

viould

be

apprised

of

this

fact,

due

to

the

fact

50

that

the

red

light

j

61

had

been

lighted.

It

then

becomes

necessary

for

her

to

read

the

amount

from

the

total

indicating

wheels,

as

has

been

earlier

described, so

that

she

can

make

the

proper

cr,}cuJ.a;tions

to

deduct

a lesser

amount

of

55

01.13 th::m would be

required

from

the

employee's

full

pay

for

that

particular

week.

A

cireuit

which

is

completed

when

an

employee

worked,

for

example,

33

hours

instead

of

34

hours

will now be described.

During

this

operation,

the

60

,vipers

282

will move

to

the

3 position,

and

the

left-hand

wiper

will

contact

the

terminals

2iG

opposite

the

:3

position. However,

the

right-hand

wiper

232

will

not

contact

any

terminals

because

there

[Ire nanG

in

the

3 position.

Therefore,

dur-

G5

ing

this

operation

there

will

be

no

lamp

i

93

lighted,

and

the

operator

knows

that

she

will

have

to

depress

the

"Spec.

Key

NO.3"

in

order

to

get

the

proper

lamp

lighted

on

the

chart

for

this

pmpose.

This

lamp

will

not

light

because

there

70

will

be

no

circuit

completed

through

the

right-

hand

wiper

2S2

and

the

line

302,

and

therefore,

upon

depression

of

the

"Spec.

Key

NO.3"

65,

a

switch

Mil

is closed,

thus

completing

the

circuit

from

a

battery

38

I

through

the

closed

switch

380,

75

30

line

382,

through

a

relay

383,

and

thence

to

the

ground.

This

causes

energization

of

the

relay,

which

pulls

up

armature

switches

384

and

385,

thus

creating

a

circuit

from

a

point

386

on

the

power

line

338 over

line

381,

switch

385,

line

304

to

point

::l8S,

and

thence

over

line

302

to

the

bar

271,

through

the

terminals

216,

by

means

of

the

left-hand

wiper

282, over

line

31l9,

to

the

solenoid 224,

which

will

cause

the

face

185

of

the

pattern

card

box

to

drop

down

one

step

to

select

the

line

opposite

the

32-hour

figure.

A

circuit

is also

completed

from

the

power

line

point

385,

over

line

387,

switch

385,

and

line

305

to

the

bar

212

and

thence

over

the

left-hand

wiper

275

in

the

3 position,

over

line

306

to

ener-

gize

the

relay

301

to

complete

the

circuit

to

the

30-hour

group

lamp

193,

as

previously described,

to

light

up

the

selected

32-hour

line.

However,

since

it

is

33

hours

that

is

being

con-

sidered,

the

operator

does

not

read

the

32-hour

line,

because

the

extra

pay

for

the

one

hour

must

be

computed

from

the

chart

exposed below

the

edge

19

I

of

the

face

185.

Therefore,

the

lamp

193

for

this

chart

must

be

lighted.

The

energization

of

the

relay

383 also

created

the

following

circuit:

from

the

power

line

point

386

over

line

387,

armature

switch

384,

line

3911,

to

the

lamp

193

associated

with

the

special

group

of

computation

figures

on

the

pattern

card

below

the

39

and

tenths

hours

group

of

lines, so

that

the

operator

may

compute

the

amount

of

money

for

one

hour

from

this

group

of

figures

and

add

it

to

the

amount

which

is

shown

opposite

the

32-

hour

group,

and

at

the

same

time

she

may

com-

pute

also

all

of

the

deductions

and

.the

net

pays

from

this

special

group

of

figures.

A

holding

circuit

for

the

relay

383

is

created

from

the

power

point

386,

line

381,

armature

switch

384,

line

390, over

lines

39 I

and

382,

and

thence

back

through

the

relay

383

to

the

ground.

The

above

circuit

for

any

odd

number

of

hours

such

as

11, 13, 15,

17

or

21, 23, 33, 35,

or

37, etc.,

will be

completed

through

the

operation

of

the

"Spec.

Key

No.3"

to

establish

the

last-mentioned

circuit

through

the

relay

383,

in

order

to

light

the

proper

lamp

in

connection

with

the

pattern

card.

The

'circuits will now

be

described

where

an

employee

worl{S,

for

example,

39.9

hours.

When

this

occurs,

the

tens

hours

differential

will go

to

the

3 position,

and

consequently

the

right-hand

wiper

275

will

be

moved

to

the

3 position,

thus

creating

a

circuit

as

follows:

from

a

battery

400

through

the

contacts

213

by

means

of

the

right-

hand

wiper

215, over

bar

214,

line

401

to

the

right-hand

one

of

the

pail' of

contacts

280.

The

wipers

282

have

been

moved

to

the

9 position,

due

to

the

fact

that

the

9

units

of

hours

key was

de-

pressed.

The

circuit

is

continued

over

the

right-

hand

wiper

2B2

to

the

left-hand

terminal

280,

bar

281,

line

402,

bar

288.

Since

the

tenths

of

hours

was

.9,

the

wiper

292

has

moved

into

the

9 position,

and

the

circuit

is

therefore

continued

over

the

left-hand

wiper

292, over

the

bar

293

to

the

bar

286,

over

line

403

to

a

relay

404

and

thence

to

the

ground,

thus

causing

energization

of

this

relay,

which

pulls

up

its

armature

~05,

whereupon

a

circuit

is

completed

from

the

power

point

319,

line

320,

line

406,

armature

405,

and

line

401

to

the

lamp

I

!l3,

and

thence

to

the

ground,

thus

lighting

up

this

lamp,

which

is

as-

sociated

with

the

39.5

to

39.9

hours

lines

on

the

pattern

card.

I 1 I .

Since

the

39.9

position

is

comparable

to

the

10, 20, 30,

and

40-hour

positions

on

the

card,

the

2,682,993

31

line

opposite 39.9

hours

is

read

just

below

the

edge

191

of

the

pattern

card

face

135,

since

none

of

the

solenoids 224,

232,

236,

or

242

are

ener-

gized

during

this

operation,

as

there

is

no

con-

nection

to

any

of

them

from

the

.9

hour

posi- 5

tions,

as

shown

on

the

wiring

diagram.

32

cured

to

the

front

of

the

box 421.

One

end

of

each

of

the

rods

4211

is

formed

in

a loop 426.

The

top

rod

424

has

its loop

426

on

the

left

end,

as

viewed

in

Fig.

11.

The

second

rod

has

its

loop

426

on

the

right

end.

The

third,

fifth, seventh,

ninth,

eleventh,

thirteenth,

and

fifteenth

rods

have

their

loops

426

on

their

left

ends,

and

the

fourth,

sixth,

eighth,

tenth,

twelfth,

fourteenth,

and

sixteenth

rods

have

their

loops

on

the

right-

hand

ends,

as

clearly

shown

in

Fig.

11.

Around

each

rod

is a

torsion

spring

427,

tending

to

tum

the

rod

and

its

shutter

423,

which

is

secured

(,hereto, so

that

the

bottom

edge

of

the

shutter

will

be

turned

inwardly

a

distance

sufficient

to

ShoUld

the

number

of

hours

have

been,

for

example,

39.8,

then

a

circuit

would

have

been

completed

from

the

bar

288

over

the

wiper

292,

over

bar

293

through

the

contact

terminals

285

10

in

the

.8

position,

and

thence

over

line

408

to

the

solenoid 230,

thus

causing

the

pattern

card

face

185

to

drop

one

space

to

position

the

upper

part

of

the

opening

191

opposite

the

line

of

hours

deSignated

by

38.8.

In

case

the

operator

should

come

across

a

pattern

card

and

the

clock

card

of

some

em-

ployee

who

did

not

work

that

week,

then,

to

get

these

two

cards

out

of

their

respective boxes, all

that

the

operator

does is

to

press

a

skip

button

20

409,

which

moves a

switch

410

to

complete

a

cir-

cuit

as

follows:

from

the

battery

41

I

through

the

switch

410, a

line

412,

to

point

345,

and

from

here

through

the

line

346

to

energize

the

relay

347

and

cause

operation

of

the

clock

card

motor

2"

341,

as

previously described,

and

also

from

the

point

345

through

line

355

to

energize

the

relay

356

to

cause

operation

of

the

pattern

card

motor

342

in

the

manner

previously described.

Thus

both

the

clock

card

and

the

pattern

card

of

the

30

same

employee will be

ejected

from

their

respec-

tive

boxes

upon

the

depression

of

the

skip

button

409

when

such

employee

did

not

work

the

par-

ticular

week

for

which

the

operator

is

making

1;)

expose

the

line

of

printing

on

the

pattern

card

beneath

such

shutter.

up

the

payroll.

The

second,

fourth,

sixth,

eighth,

tenth,

twelfth,

fourteenth,

.and

sixteenth

rods

424

are

prevented

from

turning

counter-clockwise, as

viewed

in

Fig. 12, by

means

of

stop

levers

428,

pivoted

to

core

stems

429

of

solenoids 430.

In

l"ig.

13

are

shown

the

loops

426

on

the

third

and

fifth

rods

in

cooperation

with

their

associated

stop

levers 428,

which

prevent

said

rods

from

turning

clockwise,

as

viewed

in

Fig.

13.

These

stop

levers

428

are

each

pivoted

to

a core

stem

429

of

solenoids,

not

shown

but

identical

with

the

solenoids

430

that

are

associated

with

the

core

stems

429

shown

in

Fig.

12.

When,

for

example,

the

top

solenoid

430

(Fig.

12) is energized,

it

lifts

its

core

stem

429,

thus

l'ocking

the

stop

lever

428

counter-clockwise,

whereupon

it

is moved

from

engagement

with

the

loop

425

of

the

second

rod

424,

and

its

spring

424

~:5

rocks

said

rod

counter-clockwise

as

viewed

in

Fig. 12,

thus

permitting

inward

movement

of

its

attached

shutter

423

under

the

action

of

its

spring

427

to

expose

the

second

line

on

the

pat-

If

the

hours

are

34.1,

the

wipers

292

are

above

the

0

bars

290

and

291;

thus

the

lamp

193

will

not

light,

and

the

face

185

will

not

be positioned.

Therefore

the

operator

must

press

the

"Spec.

Key

NO.3"

to

complete

for

lamps

193

and

sole-

40

noids

230,

as

previously described.

In

other

words,

any

time

the

hours

worked

are

in

tenths,

except

39.5

to

39.9,

the

operator

must

operate

the

"Spec.

Key

No.3"

to

complete

the

proper

cir-

cuits

to

light

the

lamps

193

and

energize

the

de-

4,

sired

solenoid 224, 230, 236,

or

242.

tern

card

to

the

view of

the

operator.

These

solenoids,

there

being

sixteen

in

number,

one

for

each

of

the

shutters

423,

are

operated

Lmder

the

control

of

hours

keys

in

substantially

the

same

manner

as

has

been

described

in

con-

nection

with

the

preferred

form.

That

is

to

Gay,

circuits

are

completed

upon

the

depression

of

hour

keys

corresponding

to

the

sixteen

lines

Whenever

the

lamp

161

is

lighted,

indicating

that

the

earnings

to

date

reached

or

exceeded

$3,000.00

on

the

balance

extension, a solenoid

413

is

operated

over

circuit

line

376,

to

print

a

sym-

[i0

bol

on

the

journal

or

audit

sheet

to

apprise

the

auditor

of

such

fact.

which·

represent

sixteen

different

hours

so

as

to

energize

the

respective

or

associated

solenoid

430, so

that

the

particular

line

will

be

exposed

to

View,

corresponding

to

the

hours

key

which

i~

depressed.

Whenever

any

of

the

shutters

423

attached

to

the

second,

fow'th,·

sixth,

eighth,

etc., rods

424,

shown

in

Fig. 13,

are

moved clockwise

under

Modified

form

In

Figs. 11, 12,

and

13

are

shown

the

use

of

a

modified

form

of

a

pattern

card

box

and

the

means

for

selecting

the

lines

on

the

pattern

card.

This

pattern

card

box is

shown

for

the

selec-

tion

of

16

lines

wherein

each

line

is covered

by

8,

shutter,.

which

is

lifted

to

expose

the

line

to

be used by

the

operator

in

computing

the

em-

ployee's

net

pay.

This

box

is

designated

421

and

has

secured

thereto

a

channel

422

adapted

to

fit

over a

T-shaped

bar

on

the

back

of

the

cabinet

!

35.

This

bar

is

not

shown

in

connection

with

this

modified

form

but

is

identical

with

the

bar

! 81,

as

shown

in

Fig. 9

in

connection

with

the

preferred

form.

The

front

of

the

box

421

has

an

opening

422,

the

upper

part

of

which

is

not

covered

in

order

that

the

employee's

name,

check

number,

and

rate

may

be visible

through

this

part

of

the

opening. However, below

this

there

are

16

shut-

ters

423

secured

to

rods

424.

These

rods

424

are

all

pivotally

mounted

in

a

pair

of

bars

425

se-

fir,

the

control

of

their

associated

springs

424,

after

having

been

released

by

their

associated

sole-

noids

430,

the

loop

426

is moved

into

the

posi-

tion

shown

in

dotted

lines

in

Fig.

13,

wherein

said

loop

engages

the

upper

part

of a

notch

435

nO

in

a

restoring

bar

436.

There

is a

notch

435

associated

with

each

of

the

loops

426

which

ex-

tend

to

the

right,

as

viewed

in

Fig.

11.

Whenever

any

of

the

shutters

423

associated

with

the

rods

424,

which

have

their

loops

pro-

w;

jecting

on

the

left-hand

side of

the

box

421, as

shown

in

Figs.

11

and

12,

the

loop will

contact

the

under

side

of

a

notch

437

in

a

restoring

bar

438.

There

is a

notch

437

associated

with

each

of

the

loops

426

which

extend

out

to

the

left,

as

70

viewed

in

Fig. 11.

These

bars

436

and

437

are

slidably

mounted

by

means

of

studs

440,

which

project

through

slot

441

in

said

bars.

Only

one

of

said

slots

is

shown,

and

that

is

in

Fig.

12.

The

bars

436

and

75

438

are

normally

urged

upwardly

by

springs

·2,682,993

33

442,

one of

which

is

connected

to

each

of

the

bars.

The

bar

43B

has

a

notch

443,

into

which

projects

a

bar

444

pivoted

on

a

stud

445

carried

by

the

front

of

the

pattern

card

box

421.

Pivoted

on

a

stud

447 is a

bar

446,

which

projects

into

5

a

notch

448

in

the

bar

436.

These

two

bars

444

and

448

are

pivoted

together

by a

stud

4tiS.

Near

the

end

of

the

operation

of

the

machine,

wherein

the

Net

Pay

key

66

is depressed,

the

bars

436

and

438

move downwardly,

thus,

10

through

the

mrdium

of

their

notches

435

and

431,

restoring

to

normal

position

any

of

the

shutters

443

which

have

been

operated

during

the

oper-

ation

of

the

machine

for

writing

the

payroll

check

of

any

employee.

In

other

words,

the

15

notch

435

or

437,

as

the

case

may

be, by

its

en-

gagement

with

the

loop 426,

merely

rocks

the

rod

424

from

the

dotted

line position,

shown

in

Fig.

13,

back

to

the

normal

position.

The

means

for

moving

the

bars

436

and

438

20

downwardly

to

restore

any

operated

shutter

423

will

now

be

described.

34

used

in

connection

with

this

particular

pattern

card

box.

ASSOCiated

with

each

of

the

slots

468

and

normally

covering

the

same

is a

hinged

lid

410,

which

has

associated

therewith

a

torsion

spring

47 I,

normally

tending

to

raise

the

lid

to

uncover

its

associated

slot

468.

The

hinged

lid

470 is

normally

held

in

closed

position

against

the

influence

of

the

spring

411

by a flange 472

of

a lever

473

pivoted

on

a

stud

474

carried

by

the

face

461. A

spring

475

normally

holds

the

lever

413

in

the

position shown,

wherein

the

flange

is

against

the

bottom

edge

of

the

lid

410.

Associated

with

each

of

the

levers

413

is a

solenoid

476,

which

is

under

control

of

the

keys

in

the

tens

of

hours

banks

and

is

controlled

in

substantially

the

same

manner

as

are

the

sole-

noids

2211,

230, 236,

and

242,

described

in

connec-

tion

with

the

prefelTed form.

Whenever

one

of

the

solenoids

416

is energized,

it

attracts

the

left

end

of

the

lever

473;

that

is,

it

pulls

the

left

end

of

the

lever

upwardly,

as

viewed

in

Fig. 14,

rock-

ing

the

lever

473

clockwise

and

releasing

the

flange

472

from

the

bottom

of

the

hinged

lid

47£1,

whereupon

its

spring

471 rocks

said

lid

outwardly

Projecting

through

a

slot

455

in

the

front

of

the

pattern

card

box

421

is a

stud

1158

carried

by a

bar

451.

A

spring

458

normally

holds

the

456

in

the

top

of

the

slot

455.

This

bar

457

is

connected

to

a

crank

459,

which

is

similar

25

so

as

to

expose

the

slot

4GB

beneath

the

same

and

the

line

of

figures

which

has

been

selected

by

the

movement

of

the

face 467,

as

has

been

earlier

described

in

connection

with

the

preferred

form.

to

the

crank

254

(Fig. 9)

and

is caused

to

move

downwardly

and

then

back

to

its

normal

posi-

tion,

shown

in

Fig.

12,

near

the

end

of

the

oper-

30

ation

wherein

the

Net

Check

or

Net

Pay

key

66

has

been

depressed.

During

the

downward

movement

of

the

crank

459,

the

465

is moved

downwardly

and

engages a

slot

liB!!

in

the

bar

446,

thus

rocking

this

bar

counter-clockwise

35

about

its

pivot

stud

441

and,

through

the

stud

449,

rocking

the

bar

444

about

its

pivot

stud

4115

in

a clockwise direction.

The

counter-clockwise

movement

of

the

bar

446

and

the

clockwise

movement

of

the

bar

445,

through

their

engage-

40

ment

with

the

notches

443

and

448

of

the

bars

43B

and

435,

respectively, move

said

bars

down-

wardly

to

cause

their

notches

43"1

and

435,

re-

spectively,

to

rock

back

to

normal

position

any

of

the

shutters

423

which

have

been

operated

.

.15

As

the

crank

459

is moved

upwardly

to

its

normal

position,

the

springs

442,

which

had

been

put

under

tension

by

the

downward

movement

of

the

bars

436

and

438,

restore

said

bars

upwardly

to

their

normal

positions,

thus

rocking

the

bars

Uti

,,0

and

446

back

to

their

normal

positions,

as

shown

in

Fig.

11.

While

there.

are

only

sixteen

shutters

shown

in

Fig. 11,

it

is

to

be

understood

that

any

number

of

shutters

may

be used,

depending

upon

the

~)

number

of lines

in

the

particular

type

of

pattern

card

which

is used

in

connection

with

this

pat-

tern

card

box.

Second

modified

form

Near

the

end

of

the

Net

Pay

operation-that

is,

the

operation

which

is

initiated

by

depression

of

the

Net

Pay

key-the

operated

lid

471

is

restored

to

its

normal

pOSition by

the

following

means:

Slidably

mounted

on

the

face

467

is a

restoring

bar

477.

This

bar

has

slots

418

cooperating

with

studs

419

secured

to

the

face

467

and

upon

which

said

bar

477

slides.

This

bar

477

is

provided

with

a series

of

bent-over

flanges

480,

there

being

one

associated

with

each

of

the

lids

470.

Normally

the

bar

lin

is

in

the

position

shown,

wherein

the

flanges

480

are

above

the

hinges

of

the

lids 470,

so

that

the

lids

470

may

rock

to

a

substantial

horizontal

position

under

the

influence

of

their

springs

411

when

they

are

selected

by

their

as-

sociated

solenoids

U6.

Near

the

end

of

the

operation,

the

restoring

bar

411

is moved downwardly,

and

in

such

down-

ward

movement

the

flanges

480

engage

their

as-

sociated

operated

lids

470

and

restore

them

to

their

normal

positions.

The

bar

477

is

then

moved

upwardly

to

the

position

shown

in

Fig. 14.

The

means

for moving

this

bar

417

downward-

ly

to

restore

the

lids 410,

and

then

back

up

to

its

normal

pOSition, is

substantially

the

same

as

that

shown

in

connection

with

the

preferred

form,

The

second

modified

form

is

shown

in

Fig.

14

only

and

consists

Of

a

pattern

card

box

having

a

channel

bar

466

secured

thereto

which

is

to

slide over a T

bar

similar

to

the

T

bar

181,

which

moves

the

face

185

to

its

normal

position.

In

other

words, a

crank

similar

to

the

crank

254

of Pig. 9 is

used

to

pull

down

the

bar

477

as

said

crank

is moved downwardly,

and

when

the

crank

is moved

upwardly

it

is used

to

restor

the

bar

411

to

its

upper

position

and

at

the

same

time

GO

restore

the

face

467

from

any

of

the

downward

positions

of

adjustment

into

which

it

has

been

moved.

While

the

form

of

mechanism

herein

shown

and

described is

admirably

adapted

to

fulfill

the

05

objects

primarily

stated,

it

is

to

be

understood

that

it

is

not

intended

to

confine

the

invention

to

the

particular

forms

or

embodiments

herein

disclosed, for

it

is susceptible of

embodiment

in

is

shown

in

Fig. 9

and

which

is

secured

to

the

cabinet

of

the

machine.

This

pattern

card

box

465

is

provided

with

an

adjustable

or

movable

face

467,

which

is

operated

and

controlled

in

substantially

the

same

manner

as

the

face

185

(Fig.

6)

of

the

pattern

card

box 180, previously

70

described

as

the

preferred

form.

This

face

461

is provided

with

six

slots

or

openings

468,

only

one

of

which

is shown,

and

a

larger

opening

469,

so

that

the

various

lines

on

a

pattern

card

similar

to

the

pattern

card

171,

shown

in

Fig.

2,

may

be

other

forms.

What

is

claimed

is:

1.

In

a

machine

of

the

class described,

the

combination

of

a

plurality

of

manipulative

de-

vices; a

card

having

thereon

columns

of

figures

representing

numbers

of

hours,

gross

pay,

fixed

75

deductions,

and

columns of

net

pays,

according

2,682,993

35

to

the

fixed

deductions

and

special deductions,

the

gross

pays

and

the

net

pays

being

arranged

in

lines

according

to

the

numbers

of

hours

worked; a

card

holder

to

hold

a

plurality

of

such

cards;

a movable

face

lor

said

holder,

said

face 5

comprising

a single

member

having

a

plurality

of

parallel

horizontal

openings

normally

expos-

ing

a

certain

complete

horizontal

line

of

groups

of

lines

of

figures

on

said

card;

means

controlled

by

said

manipulative

devices

for

selecting

other

10

groups

of lines·

for

exposure

through

said

open-

ings;

a

plurality

of

normally

ineffective

illumi-

nating

means,

one

mounted

on

the

movable

face

adjacent

each

of

said

openings;

and

means

under

control

of

said

devices

for

rendering

effective

the

15

illuminating

means

associated

with

one

of

the

groups

of

lines

to

illuminate

the

selected

line

of

said

one

group

to

render

said

line

clearly

read-

able

through

the

opening

associated

with

said

group

of

lines.

20

2.

In

8,

machine

of

the

class described,

the

com-

bination

of

a

plurality

of

manipulative

devices;

a

card

having

thereon

columns

of

figures

repre-

senting

numbers

of

hours,

gross pay, fixed

de-

ductions,

and

columns

of

net

pays

according

to

25

the

fixed

deductions

and

special

deductions,

the

gross

pays

and

net

pays

being

arranged

in

lines

according

to

the

number

of

hours

worked;

a

card

holder

to

hold

a

plurality

of

such

cards;

a

mov-

able

face

for

said

holder,

said

face

having

a

30

plUrality of openings

normally

exposing a

certain

line

of

groups

of

lines

·of figures

on

said

card;

means

controlled

by.said

manipulative

devices

for

selecting

other

groups

of

lines

for

exposure

through

said

openings;

a

plurality

01'

normally

33

ineffective

illuminating

means

carried

by

said

movable

face;

and

means

under

control

of

said

devices

to

cause

illumination

of

one

of

said

illuminating

meanS,depending

upon

which

of

said

devices

are

operated

to

control

the

selection

40

.of

said

other

groups

of

lines.

3

..

In

a

machine

of

the

class described,

the

combination

of

a

plurality

of

manipulative

de-

vices; a

card

having

thereon

columns

of

figures

representing

numbers

of

hours,

gross pay, fixed "."J

deductions,

gnd

columns

of

net

pays

according

to

the

fixed

deductions

and

speCial deductions,

the

gross

pays

and

net

pays

being

arranged

in

lines

according

to

the

number

of

hours

worked;

a

card

holder

to

hold

g

plurality

of

such

C8,r0.S;

ij;)

a movable

face

for

sgid

holder,

said

face

con-

sisting

of

a

single

member

h<wing a

plurality

of

horizontal

openings

normally

exposing a

certain

line

of

groups

of

lines

of

figures

on

said

card;

electric

means

under

control

of

said

manipulative

u,)

devices

to

cause

adjustment

of

SElJd

face

to

select

various

lines

on

said

card

for

exposure

through

said

openings;

a

plurality

of

electric

lamps;

a

plurality

of

housings

for

said

lamps

carried

by

said

movable

face;

and

electric

means

contl'olled

G:J

by

said

devices

to

cause

one

of

said

lamps

to

be

lighted,

depending

on

the

line

selected

for

ex-

posure.

4.

In

a

machine

of

the

class described,

the

combination

of

a

plurality

of

manipulatj.ve

de-

G6

vices

representing

the

numbers

of

hours;

a

plu-

rality

of

manipulative

devices

representing

amounts;

a

card

having

thereon

a

column

of

figures

representing

hours,

a,nd a

group

of

pI'e-

calculated

figures

arranged

in

lines

opposite

s8,id

70

hours

figures

and

representing

gross pay,

deduc-

tions,

and

various

net

pay

amounts,

based

on

the

number

of

hours

associated

therewith;

a

card

holder

to

hold

a

plurality

of

such

cards;

an

adjustable

face

on

said

card

holder.

said

face

con-

75

36

sisting

of

a

single

slidable

member

having

a

plu-

rality

of

horizontal

openings

normally

exposing

a

certain

group

of

lines

of

figures;

and

means

including

differentially

adjustable

mechanism

un-

der

control

of

the

devices,

representing

num-

bers

of

hours,

for

causing

adjustment

of

said

card

holder

face

to

select

other

groups

of

lines

for

exposure

of

the

entire

lines

through

said

horizontal

openings.

5.

In

a

machine

of

the

class described,

the

combination

of

a

plurality

of

manipulative

de-

vices

representing

numbers

of

hours;

a

plurality

of

manipulative

devices

representing

amounts;

a

card

having

thereon

a

column

of

figures

repre-

senting

hours,

and

a

group

of

precalculated

figures

arranged

in

lines

opposite

said

hours

fig-

ures

and

representing

gross pay, deductions,

and

various

net

pay

amounts

based

on

the

deduc-

tions

and

the

number

of

hours

associated

there-

with;

a

card

holder

to

hold

a

plurality

of

such

cards;

an

adjustable

face

on

said

card

holder,

said

face

being

a

single

member

having

a

plu-

rality

of

horizontal

openings

normally

exposing

the

entire

lines

a

certain

group

of

lines

of

fig-

ures;

means

under

control

of

the

devices

repre-

senting

the

number

of

hours,

for

causing

adjust-

ment

of

said

card

holder

single

face

member

to

select

other

groups

of lines

for

exposure

of

the

entire

lines

through

said

openings;

and

means

for

lighting

up

one

line

of

each

selected

group

of

lines

under

control

of·

the

operated

de-

vices

representing

numbers

of

hours.

6.

In

a

machine

of

the

class described,

the

combination

of

a

plurality

of

manipulative

de-

vices

representing

numbers

of

hours;

a

plurality

of

manipulative

devices

representing

amounts;

a

card

having

thereon

a

column

of

figures

repre-

senting

hours,

and

a

group

of

precalculated

fig-

ures

arranged

in

lines opposite

said

hours

fig-

ures

and

representing

gross pay, deductions,

and

various

net

pay

amounts

based

on

the

deductions

and

the

number

of

hours

associated

therewith;

a

card

holder

to

hold

a

plurality

of

such

cards;

an

adjustable

face

on

said

card

holder,

said

face

having

a

plurality

of

openings

normally

expos-

ing

a

certain

group

of

lines

of

figures;

electro-

magnetic

means

carried

by

said

card

holder

and

controlled

by

the

hours

devices

for

causing

ad-

justment

of

the

card

holder

face

to

select

other

groups

of

lines;

and

electrical

means

under

con-

trol

of

the

operated

devices

to

light

up

a

certain

one

of

the

lines

of

a selected

group

of

lines.

7.

In

a

machine

of

the

class described,

the

COffi-

binationof

a

plurality

of

manipulative

devices

representing

units

of

hours;

a

plurality

of

manip-

ulative

devices

representing

tens

of

hours;

a

card

having

thereon

a

column

of

figures

representing

numbers

of

hours

and

other

precalculated

data

representing

gross

and

net

pays

arranged

in

Hnes

opposite

their

associated

hours;

a

card

holder

to

hold

a

plurality

of

such

cards;

an

adjustable

face

on

said

card

holder,

said

face

having. a

plu-

rality

of

openings

normally

exposing a

certain

line

of

groups

of

lines

on

said

card;

electromag-

netic

means

controlled

by

the

units

of

hours

de-

vices

for

causing

adjustment

of

said

face

to

select

other

groups

of

lines

of

figures

for

exposure

through

said

openings;

and

electrical

circuits

controlled

by

the

tens

of

hours

devices

for

selec-

tively

illuminating

one

line

of

the

selected

group

of

lines.

8.

In

a

machine

of

the

class described,

the

combination

of

a

card

holder;

an

adju.stable

face

for

said

card

holder;

means

to

Blidably

support

said

t'ace; a pail'

of

arms

connected

to

said

face;

2,682,993

37

a

member

connected

to

said

arms;

a

plurality

of

latches

cooperating

with

said

member,

one

of

said

latches

normally

engaging

said

member

to

retain

the

face

in

normal

position;

and

a

plu-

rality

of

electromagnetic

means

to

control

said

latches

to

release

said

one

latch

from

said

mem-

ber

to

cause

it

to

engage

another

latch

to' cause

adjustment

of

said·

face

to

another

position.

9.

In

a

machine

of

the

class described,

the

combination

of

a

card

holder;

an

adjustable

face

for

said

holder;

means

to

slidably

support

said

face; a

pair

of

arms

connected

to

said

face; a

member

connected

to

said

arms;

a

plurality

of

latches

cooperating

with

said

member,

one

of

said

latches

normally

engaging

said

member

to

retain

the

face

in

normal

position; a

plurality

of

electromagnetic

means

to

control

said

latches

to

release

said

one

latch

from

said

member

and

to

cause

it

to

engage

another

latch

to cause

ad-

justment

of

said

face

to

another

position;

and

a

plurality

of

manipulative

devices

to

determine

which

of

said

electromagnetic

means

is to effect

said

control

of

the

latches.

10.

In

a

machine

of

the

class described,

the

combination

of a

card

holder;

an

adjusts,bIe face

for

said

holder; a

pair

of

arms

connected

to

said

face; a

member

connected

to

said

arms;

a

plu-

rality

of

latches

cooperating

with

said

member,

one of

said

latches

normally

engaging

said

mem-

ber

to

retain

the

face

in

normal

position; a

plurality

of electromagnetic

means

to

control

said

latches

to

release

said

one

latch

from

said

member

and

cause

it

to

engage

another

latch

to

cause

adjustment

of

said

face

to

another

posi-

tion;

and

means

connected

to

said

arms

to

re-

store

said

face

to

normal

position.

38

mechanism

for

one

of

the

amount

banks

of

keys; a

spring-pressed

member

adapted

to close

said

switch

to

cause

said

lamp

to

be

lighted

when

said

last-mentioned

differential

mecha-

5

nism

reaches

a

certain

position

in

its

movement;

and

means

actuat.ed by

said

last-mentioned

dif-

ferential

mechanism

to

prevent

the

spring-

pressed

member

from

closing

said

switch

until

said

certain

position is

attained

by saId differ-

10

ential

mechanism.

13.

In

a

machine

capable of single

and

multiple

cycle

operations

involved

in

a complete

trans-

action

and

adapted

for

payroll

recording

in

con-

nection

with

an

employee's

earnings

to

date,

15

gross pay, OAB,

and

other

deductions

and

net

pays, a

plurality

of

control

keys,

certain

of

which

control

the

machine

to

make

one-cycle

opera-

tions

and

certain

others

control

the

machine

to

make

multiple-cycle

operations;

a

plurality

of

20

banks

of

amount

keys

adapted

to

control

the

entry

of

earnings

to

date

amounts,

gross

pay

amounts,

OAB,

and

other

deductions,

and

also

net

pay

amounts

in

the

different one-cycle

operations;

totalizers

to

record

such

amounts

entered;

a dif-

25

ferential

means

controlled by

each

bank

of

amount

keys

in

one-cycle operations,

and

by

said

totalizers

in

multiple-cycle

operations;

and

elec-

trical

means

including a

normally

open

switch,

a

member

to

close

the

switch, a

to

control

the

30

member,

said

being operable,

under

control

of

certain

differential

means

and

its

associated

totalizer

wheel

during

a multiple-cycle

opera-

tion

in

which

the

total

of

an

employee's

earnings

to

date

plus

his

gross

pay

exceeds a

certain

35

amount,

to

cause

said

member

to

close

said

switch

to

signal

the

operator

that

said

certain

amount

has

been

exceeded. 11.

In

a

machine

of

the

class described,

the

combination

of

a

card

holder;

an

adjustable

face

for

said

card

holder;

means

to

slidably

support

said

face; a

pair

of

arms

connected

to

said

face;

40

a

member

connected

to

said

arms;

a

plurality

of

latches

cooperating

with

said

member;

and

a

plu-

rality

of selectively operable electromagnetic

means

connected

to

said

latches

to

selectively

op-

erate

the

latches

to

cause

selective

adjustment

45

of

said

face.

References

Cited

in

the

file

of

t.his pat.ent

UNITED STATES PATENTS

Number

987,186

1,004,8,81

1,163,748

1,672,533

1,911,863

2,137,845

2,288,520

2,362,709

2,416,598

2,467,704

Name

Date

Stilwell ____________

Mar.

21,

1911

Kettering

____________ Oct. 3,

1911

Fuller

______________ Dec.

14,

1915

Jurs

________________

June

5,

1928

Webner

____________

May

30,

1933

12.

In

a

machine

capable

of

single

and

multiple

operations

involved

in

a complete

transaction,

a

plurality

of

banks

of

amount

keys; a differ-

ential

mechanism

controlled

by

each

bank

of

50

keys; a

plurality

of

banks

of

control

keys;

cer-

tain

of

which

control

the

machine

to

make

one-

cycle

operations'

and

certain

others

control

the

machine

to

make

multiple-cycle

operations;

a

normally

ineffective electric

lamp;

a

normally

open

switch

associated

with

the

differential

55

Nuniber

270,044

Klaar

______________ Nov. 22, 1938

Geller

et

al. ________

June

30, 1942

Mehan

_____________ Nov.

14,

1944

Spurlino

et

al. _______ Feb.

25,

1947

Spurlino

et

al. _______ Apr.

19,

1949

FOREIGN

PATENTS

Country

Date

Great

Brit.ain ________

May

6,

1927

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