US1123337A - Adding and listing machine. - Google Patents

Description

F. P.- MAIN ADDING AND LISTING MAGHINL.

APPLICATION I'IL ED MAY 16, 1911.

Patented Jan. 5, 1915;,

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F. F. MAIN.

ADDING AND LISTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 16, 1911'.

Patented Jan. 5, 1915..

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P. F. MAIN. ADDING AND LISTING MACHINE. APPLIGATION FILED MAY 16, 1911.

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ADDING AND LISTING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED F. MAIN, a citi- Y zen of the United States, residing at Chithey are printed on the main sheet.

cago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adding and Listing Machines, of which the following is a specitication.

In the work for which such machines are intended and adapted itis sometimes convenient or desirable to form a list or record of'some of the items printed in the main or complete listand having some common characteristic. Thus, for example, where subtotals are printed from time to time in the main or complete list or lists, a. separate list of such sub-totals is useful in checking up work done on the machine. Or again, in statement work, commercial billing, and the like, it is usually desired to have a list or record of the totals of the separate bills or statements. Or, if the work in hand be posting accounts, the individual totals of the credits and debits may be needed for checking purposes and unless some special provision be made, it is necessary to review the entire work to secure these totals.

It is the object of my invention to provide an attachment for adding machines and the like whereby a record may be made of the items of a particular character, such as totalsor sub-totals, and the like on a separate strip of paper, printing them thereon by the same operations of the machine bywhich For this purpose I mount upon the adding machine a carriage which is adapted to be moved into position to present a strip of paper carried thereby to the type of the machine, Whenever it is desired to make a record thereon of any of the items being printed on the main 'sheet, said carriage or holder being shiftabl'e relatively to the main paper carriage of the machine between'printing and non-printing positions.v I further provide means'for line-spacing the strip whenever an item is to beprinted thereon but which is inoperative at all other times.

Ordinarily for statement work or for com- I mercial billing a' form of adding machine is employed in which a platen of suflicient length to receive the blanks or sheets of the bills is movable transversely of the printing mechailismtopringthe various items on the sheet in their proper respective columnar positions. Thus, for example, the totals of Patented Jan. 5, 1915. v

receive the items and sub-totals respectively.

The Burroughs Adding Machine Company manufactures ,a machine of this character, a form of which is substantially shown in Patent N 0. 913,738, granted to Kreis, March 2, 1909, and assigned to that company.

In the accom an in drawin s and s ecifications I have shown and described my invention in connection with a machine which is substantially of this form. It is to be understood, however, that my invention is limited neither to this particular type of machine nor to the specific mechanism dis--- closed, but is capable of use in connection with other types of machine and in'other forms, the specific disclosure herein being for the purpose of exemplification only.

In the claims following the specific description I have endeavored to define the scope of the invention as distinguished from the prior art so far as known to me, though it is to be understood that it is not my intention to relinquish or abandon any part or feature thereof.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 1s a perspective .view showing a form of the well known Burroughs adding and listing machine substantially like that of the Kreis patent, with my invention applied thereto and in operative position to rece ve an 1mpression on the tally roll, parts being broken away, as hereinafter explained, to more clearly reveal the mechanism; Fig. 2 is a ,shown as is necessary to an understanding of my invention.

In the several views each part is designated throughout by the same character of reference and where parts are shown whlch are also found in the machine shown in the Kreis patent referred to above, I have designated them by the same reference symbol.

Beiore proceeding to a detailed description of tl. machine it may be well to state the general construction. Upon an adding machine of the character above described provided with an elongated longitudinally shiftable platen carriage, a second carriage is movable independently of the first and carries rolls mounted above and below the platen for the feed of a record strip and ink ribbon between the printing 1nechan1sm of the adding machine and the platen, the ink ribbon being next the platen so that the sheet of paper upon the platen is printed thereby while the strip from the tally roll receives its impression from the regular ink ribbon of the adding machine. The strip and ribbon feed mechanism are normally out of position at one side of the printing opening of the adding machine, but when it is desired to print any item, such as subtotal .or the like on the strip, the tally roll carriage is shifted with the main or platen carrying carriage to a position in front of the printing mechanism. Linespacing mechanism for the strip feeding rolls is also mounted in the carriage and brought into engagement with the platen line-spacing mechanism when the tally strip is in printing position, to be operated thereby.

lVith this general statement of the character of my improvement I will proceed to describe the same in detail. As heretofore stated. it is shown in connection with a Burroughs adding machine, which is provided on the back panel 1710 with a horizontal track 1765 composed of an upper and a lower rail secured together by suitable tie plates 8 and spaced from the machine by spacing blocks 9; but one of these blocks is shown but it will be understood that there is one at ea h end of the machine. The carriage 17 67 has upper and lower flanges embracing the track and slides horizontally upon the same, and comprises end plates 191.7 supporting theroller platen. 1798, which may be of well known or appnti edidvided with an ordinary form of line-spacing mechanism comprising an arm 1713 pivoted. concentrically with said platen, carrying'la pawl 1722 and connected at its outer end by a link 17:22 with an arm 1724 upon a shaft 1703 extending longitudinally of the carriage. Yljhe just mentioned parts are shown in Fig. 3 mainly'in dotted lines as they are actually present on that portion of the machine which is in front of the picture plane of said view. Shaft 1703 is journaled in said end plates on the carriage. an oscillated from a box cam 121 within the ant chine casing, which cam is mounted upon a shaft 100, common to machines of this type, and oscillates lever 1720 pivoted at 1753 within the machine casing and extending through an opening in the rear panel, be

.i sign. As shown in Fig. 3 the platen is proyond which it is slotted or notched to engage a pin 1759 upon a slide 1725 to be presently described, the inner end of the lever carrying a roller 1720 engaging the slot of the box cam referred to above. The slide 1723, as seen more particularly in Figs. 1 and 2, is formed at its lower end with a lug 1723 carrying the pin 1759 which engages the lever above described, and at its upper end is formed with a bifurcated lug 1723 which projects rearwardly and engages a horizontal red 1706 carried "by arms 1723 mounted upon the oscillating shaft 1703 heretofore described. The shaft 100 is oscillated with each printing action of the machine and through the arm 1720 gives a vertical. reciprocation to the slide 1723*, which in turn, through the connections just described, oscillates the shaft 1703 and through the medium of the pawl 1722 and a ratchet 1728 upon the end of the platen, rotates the latter the space of a line for each printing action. A. stop rod 1701 is journaledin the side plates 1917 and provided with stops 1792 which. engage the catch plate 1716 mounted on the rear panel of the machine, and a handle 15 by which the steps may be swung into and out of the notch of saidcatch plate. It will be under stood that there is one of these stops mounted upon the stop rod for every column of numbers the machine is designed to print upon a sheet of paper and whenever a stop is in the notch of the catch plate the platen carriage is in the corresponding columnar position. The construction thus far described is substantially old and disclosed in the Kreis patent referred to above, and is of course not claimed as of my invention, though it cooperates therewith in a manner to be presently described.

My tally rollmechanism comprises, as heretofore stated, a second horizontally shiftable frame which is movable with and independently of the platen carriage and, in the particular form disclosed, consists substantially of a heavy wire rod 16 doubled upon itself at the lower part of the machine and extending at one end upward and then horizo tal and doubled back upon itself as.

clearl shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Obviously the particular form of this frame is unessential as its function is to form a horizontally movable support for the parts to be presently described, The rod is guided for horizontal movement transversely of the machine in perforated guides 17 l??- attached at the bottom of the machine to opposite sides thereof and a somewhat similar guide 19. secured to one side of the ma chine near its top. Upon the wire rod are mounted the spools or rollers for receiving andfeeding a paper strip and an ink ribbon.

The paper st ip 20 is originally Wound upon. the supp cool 21 upon the upper ijieasav a most. leg or horizontal length of tlie wire rod 'an'd extends downwardly therefromibetweeen the rear panel of the adding-machine and the platen to the take-up mechanism mounted at the bottom of the carriage. eneath the spool 21 and uponfthe second longitudinal length22 of the wire rod is" mounted an ink ribbon supply reel orfspool 23 which is rotated by a belt 24 from the paper spool 21, the spools having the belt rollers 2526 at their adjacent ends for this pur pose. Strip take-up roll 27 is mounted upon the rod 16, as shown, and serves in conjunction With the pressureroll 28 to line-space the paper strip at eachoperation of the addng machine. For this purpose the roll 27 1s provided at one end with a ratchet 29 which is engaged by a pawl 30'carried by a lever 31 pivoted upon the. rod 16 at 32. The pawl is held into engagement with the ratchet by spring 33 and the outer end of the lever normally depressed by spring 34 connected at its opposite ends'to' a lug 34 secured to frame rod 16 and the lever respec- \Vhen the secondary carriage is moved to bring the paper strip opposite the printing opening in the adding machine the lever 31 is brought to a position with its end beneath the projecting end of the lever 1720 by which the slide 1723 is operated. Thus, when the lever 1720 is oscillated by the cam, it strikes pawl-carrying lever 31, on its downward stroke and gives a jog to the paper feed roll 27. Beneath the roll 27 and upon the lowermost length of the frames of the rod is journaled an ink ribbon spool 35 which is rotated from the feed roll 27 by,

means of a belt'36 and takes up the ink ribbon substantially as it is taken up in type- Writers and other machines of similar character. ,7

The secondary carriage is normally retained in the position shown in Fig. 2 by the spring 38 which is connected at one en' to the stationary bracket 17 and at the other, to the lug 3 1' projecting from the rod 16 as above described. The secondary carriage might of course be' moyed intofthe position in which the tally strip is'printed upon in any suitable manner, as by hand; but I prefer, where the nature of the work done admits it, to'move'the carriage into -position automatically from the movement of the 'plateii carriage, and a construction for this purpose, dependent uponjthe fact that the items to be recorded in the tally strip are I in a separate columnar position, from the other items, is disclosed-inthe drawings. Thus, upon the stop rod-170 1 which chi-mes the stops for insuring'the correct columnar positions for the platen carriage, I mount an additional stop-39, foxany colum'rn the items ofwhich it is desired to print iipon the recordor tally strip, .Ip;the present=instance I'have shown a single stop at this 's'crip'tion, but it [may be p and ordinarily, as u for example, where only totals or sub totals are toib'e prlnted, this will be suflicient, since such items are usually printed in a single columnar position. Upon the secondary carriage I.mount afinger 40 adjustable angularly with respect to the rod on which itis mounted byn'the' set-screw 41-1, which fingr'in .the

position shown is adapted, to be engaged by the stop..39 when the stop rod is in position 'inl the position shown in Figsl and 2 offthe drawing before the movement of platen carriage to the right, as viewed .in said'fig- 'u'rfes, "so thatfthe stop 79 is ready to slide hey upon and engage the notched plate'1716, 6

andthe .stop 39 engages the finger 4:0 and moves the. secondary vcarriage to the right with the platen carriage against'the tension of spring 38. I When the printing operation in the-columnar position corresponding to stop1729is'completed the stop rod 1704 is oscillated sufliciently to raise. the stop'1792 out' of the'notch and at the same'time cause the stop39 to clear the finger 40, whereupon thefreleased secondary carriage returnstto its 'jnorinal position under the tension. of spri 38. 4 When it is desired to move the seem fiery Carriage independently of Qthe platen carriage the finger 40 may be thrown out of alinement with the stop 39.. It will be understood that in adding machines of this characterthe regular ink ribbon 4 2 is' fed'betweeniftheplaten and the type carrying segments43'within the casing and when the recordstripga nd supplementary ink ribbon are fd'between the blank upon the platen and the printin mechanism in the position shown, the b ank upon the platen receives its impression from the supplementary ribbon,

whilethe record strip receives its. lmpres- The operatidn the has been delie that the items, though widely separated in the original main list, are closely spaced on the record strip.

I claim:

1. In a machine of the class described the combination with the printing mechanism and laterally shiftable paper carriage; of a paper holder relative to which said carriage normally shifts, and means for shifting said holder to printing position.

2. In a machine of the class described the combination with the printing mechanism and laterally shiftable paper carriage; of a paper holder relative to which said carriage normally shifts, and means for shifting said holder to printing position as an incident to columnar shift of the carriage.

3. In a machine of the class described, the combination with the printing mechanism and laterally shiftable paper carriage; of a laterally shiftable paper holder relative to which said carriage normally shifts, and means for shifting said holder to printing position.

4.. In a machine of the class described the combination with the printing mechanism and laterally shiftable. paper carriage, of a laterally shiftable paper holder relative to which said carriage normally shifts, and means for shifting said holder to printing osition as an incident to columnar shift of the carriage.

In a machine of the class described the combination with the printing mechanism and laterally shiftable paper carriage; of a paper holder relative to wh ch said carriage normally shifts, a spring restraining said holder, and means for shifting said holder to printing position in ,opposition to the spring.

6. In a machine of the class described the combination with the printing mechanism and laterally shiftable paper carriage; of a paper holder relative to which said carriage normally shifts, a spring restraining said holder, and means for shifting said holder to. printing position in opposition to the spring as an incident to columnar shift of the carriage.

7. In a machine of the class described the combination with the printing mechanism and laterally shiftable paper carriage; of a laterally shiftable paper holder relative to which said carriage normally shifts, a spring restraining said holder, and means for shifting said holder to printing position in opposition to the spring. f

8. Ina machine of the class described the combinationwith the printing mechanism and laterally shiftable paper carriage; of

a laterally shiftable paper holder relative to which said carriage normally shifts, a.

spring restraining'said holder and means for shifting said holder-to printing posiamass-r tion in opposition to the spring as an incident to columnar shift of the carriage.

9. In a machine of the class described the combination with the printing mechanism and laterally shiftable paper carriage; of a paper holder relative to which said carriage normally shifts, means for shifting said holder to printing position, and line spacing mechanism rendered operative by the shifting of the holder to printing posi- .tion.

means forline-spacing said platen, a carriage having means for supporting a record strip and carrying it into and out of printing position, line-spacing means for the record strip also mounted on the carriage and adapted to be brought into position to be engaged by the line spacing mechanism for the platen when the strip is in printing position and to'be thrown out of engagement therewith when the strip is in nonprinting position.

1.2. In a machine of the class described and in combination with the platen and printing mechanism thereof, said platen having line-spacing mechanism comprising a part movable in' a vertical plane, a horizontally movable carriage having means for supporting a record strip and adapted to bring said strip into and out of printing position, and line spacing means for the record strip including a part projecting into the path of the vertically movable part of the line spacing mechanism for the platen when the record strip is in printing position and out of the path of said part when the record strip is in non-printing position.

13. In a machine of the class described and in combination with the platen and printing mechanism thereof and platen line spacing means, a carriage shiftable with relation to saidprinting mechanism and said line-spacing means, a supply roll and a take-up roll on said carriage and situated respectively on opposite sides of the printingmechanism.and ada'pted when the carriage 1s 1n e pos1t1on to feed the strip 11 between said mechanism and the platen,

and means for operating the take-up'roll by the (platen line spacing means.

14.111 a machine of the class described V and in combination with the printing mechanism and the platen thereof and platen line spacing means, a carriage shiftable with relation to said printing mechanism and said line-spacing means and having supply and take-up rolls located respectively upon opposite sides of the printing mechanism and adapted to support a recand in combination with the printing mechanism and platen thereof, a horizontally shiftable carriage having record strip supply and take-up rolls located respectively above and below the printing mechanism,

means for operating the take-up roll for "line spacing the record strip mounted on said carriage, and platen operating means upon the machine with which said take-up means becomes engaged when the record is shifted horizontally to printing position.

16. In a machine of the class described, a printing mechanism, a rotary platen,

means comprising a vertically movable part forrotating said platen to line space paper carried thereby; in combination with a horizontally shiftable carriage having record strip supporting means thereon adapted to be moved into position to support the record strip between the platen and printing mechanism, a pawl and ratchet mechanism for feeding the record strip carrying means adapted to be engaged by the vertically moving part of the platen line spacing means when the record strip is in printing position and to be out of engagement therewith when the record strip is in non-printing position.

17. In a machine of the class described having a printing mechanism, a, platen, pawl and ratchet mechanism for rotating the platen and connections from a movable element of the machine to said pawl and ratchet mechanism comprising a vertically oscillating lever; of a horizontally sliding carriage, record supply and take-up rolls mounted upon said carriage and adapted to carry a record strip into and out of printing position, a ratclYt'Tlpon' the take-up roll, a

pawl lever for operating the ratchet adapted to be engaged by said vertically operat ing lever when the record strip is in print ing position and to be out of engagement therewith when the record strip is in nonprinting position.-

18. In a machine of the class described having a printing mechanism, a laterally shiftable platen and a carriage upon which the latter is mounted; of a second laterally second carriage in riage and out of registry therewith in an 7 other position of the carriage, and means upon the'platen'carriage for engaging said second carriage and moving thesame.

19. In a machine of the class described and in combination with the printing mechanism, laterally shiftable platen carriage and platen thereof, of a second laterally shiftable, carriage,record strip supporting means mounted thereon and adapted to support a strip in or out of registry with the printing mechanism according to the position of said second carriage, means normally retaining said second carriage in position with the record strip out of printing position and means upon the" platen carriage for engaging the second carriage to shift it into printing position for the record strip to be engaged by the printing mechanism.

20. In a machine of the class described comprising a printing mechanism, a laterally shiftable platen and platen carriage,

means for locating said platen carriage in a plurality of columnar positions, a second laterally movable carriage, record strip carrying means mounted thereon and adapted to support a record strip in or out of printing position according to the position of said carriage, and means on the platen carriage operated by said platen locating means for engaging said second carriage and moving it into position with the record strip in printing position.

21. In a machine of the class described comprising a printing mechanism and laterally shiftable platen and platen carriage, a stop rod having one or more tabulating stops thereon, a catch plate mounted upon a stationary part of the machine and with which said stop engages, a second carriage movable laterally of the machine, means for supporting a record strip mounted on said position to bring said strip into and out of stop on said stop rod and an abutment on the second carriage adapted to be engaged by said stop to move the second carriage into the ,position in which the record strip is-engaged by the printing mechanism.

22. In a machine of the class described and in combination with the. printing mechanismylaterally movable platen and platen carriage thereof, of a second carriage, having means thereon for supporting, a, record strip and adapted ,to carry said strip into and out of printing position, of a' stop on said platen carriage and an adjustable printing position, a

finger on the second carriage adapted tolbe' anism, laterally mo able platen and platen carriage thereof, of a second carriage having means for supporting record strip and adapted to move the same into and out of printing position, means for normally retaining the second carriage in position with the record strip at one side of the printing mechanism and means on the platen carriage for engaging the second carriage to move it into position with the record strip in printing position against the action of said retaining means.

24. In a machine of the class described and in combination with the printing mechanism, laterally movable platen and'platen carriage thereof, of a second carriage having means for supporting a record strip and adapted to move the same into and out of printing position, a spring for normally retaining the second carriagein positioii with the record strip at one side of the printing mechanism, and means on the platen carriage for engaging the second carriage to move it into position with the record strip in printing position againstthe action of said spring.

25. In a machine of the class described, the combination with the printing couple comprising type and impression means and with paper holding means, of an auxiliary paper holder and a manifolding medium with provisions for optionally interposing the same between the members of the printing couple, said holder being movable relatively to both mentioned paper holding means.

26. In a machine of the class described the combination with the printing mechanism and laterally shiftable paper carriage; of a paper holder relative to which said car- "riage normally shifts, and means for shifting said holder to printing position as an incident to columnar shift of the carriage; with provision for returning the holder to its normal position as an incident to release of the carriage from the columnar position attained through such shift.

27. In a machine of the class described the combination with the printing mechanism and laterally shiftablepaper carriage, of a laterally shiftable paper holder relative to which said carriage normally shifts,'and

means for shifting said holder to printingposition as an incident to columnar shift of the carriage; with provision for returning the holder to its normal position as an incident to release of the carriage from the columnar position attained through such shift.

28. In a machine of the class described the combination with the printing mechasaid members and to the first i uana position attained through the aforesaid shift. i

In a machineof the class described thelcombination with the printing. mech. nism-hand laterally shiftable paper carriage; of a laterally shiftable paper holder relative to which said carriage normally shifts, a spring restraining'said holder and means -'-for shifting said holder to printing position in opposition to thespring as an incident to columnar shift of the carriage; together with provisions for. releasing the holder for return thereof to normal position by its spring, as an incident to release of the carriage from the columnar position attained through the aforesaid shift.

30. In a machine of the class described. the combination with printing means, a laterally shiftable paper carriage, means for determining various columnar positions of said carriage comprising a rock-rod on tinlatter; of a laterally shiftable paper holder mounted independently of the aforesaid car riage, a spring normally withholding ll from juxtarelathm with the printing means. and an arm on the aforesaid rock-rod for impelling said holder into uXtarcl-ation with said printing means when the carriage shifts to a predetermined columnar position, said arm adapted to disengage from the holder when the rod is rocked to release the carriage from such position.

31. In a machine of the class described the combination with the printing mechanism and laterally shiftable paper carriage; of a paper holder relative to which said carriagc normally shifts, said holder being itself shiftable to printing position.

32. In a machine of the class described the combination with the printing mechanism and laterally shiftable paper carria ge; of a laterally shiftablc aper holder relative to which said carriage normally shifts.

33. In a machine of the class described,

the combination with the printing mechanism and laterally shifta-ble paper carriage; of a paper holder relative to which said carriage normally shifts, s id holder being itself shiftable to printing position, and

line-spacing mechanism for the paper of said holder rendered operative by the shifting of the holder to printing position. I

34. Ina machine of the class described the combination with the printing mechanism and laterally shiftable paper carriage;

I tQ-t'he'printing'mechanism;

lsiipplemental paper carriageShiftakglrrel'a: tive t0 the carriage":between, ;defii1ite posi- .31 pelling said. supplemer,Ital papei caggiage to of a aperfh'qldermounted independently bf s'ai v e arriage,.andfshiftable tQ. present its paperto tlie'fprintin'g mechanisnif. -f "35.111; 'm jhine {of thev lass; de cribed of said carri'age 'and'. shiftablgto present its spacing mechanismfer- ,the, paper." of; said l ho1der'= opetated bylthe first-mentioned*1ineland laterally-shiftable paper carriage' 'g'v of ..unit relatiife: to the main; (iarmag'e fietween definlte po'sltlon's and but o f.;jj nxtarelation as. In a'machinejoi thegr -eg ibtd the combiIiation'w-ith printin mechanism a laterally hift bl -Papen b ria'g';n "a

tions in and 7 out of j'lixta-relaition'ite the one .such position; 39; In

a machine 0 theco'mbin'abion' with the p rintingme cha nis'm and laterally shiftable paper carriage;

of a paper' holder mounted independently. I the-printii1g-mechanism.'." v -,-pa per t -the pruning mchanifemuand line' ['10 I U s the. nomb ination. with ,j-printing- {mechanism i i andilat'erally"shiftablepapenfcalfriagegnf a 1 snpplmentaipaper carriage s ri iftab1e J asia- 0615;: he; patent-I53 u Mayta uii si n-$5 tag-mien. '7 qqn ninner'at {mate'- unltary paper 7 supporting" structure extend 3" I. a 40. In a machmeof, the class described the combination.With printing mechanismand'a laterally ghiftable paper carriagehav" 1. .ing. a roller platen; of a supplemental paper 'cariiage "comprising fa" unitary supporting. structure extending onzboth' sides of the' roller platen and a supply r01 1 0I1' onesid'e' thereofianjd a take-up r011 'on'the 0ther,' said' a s upp l elnental-paper carriage comprising a in'gnnfboth-Sid's .O'f-the printing line and "shiftable-relative tofthe mainica'rriage with its paper interposed between the latte and supplemental paper 'qarriage shiftable rela-. I

'ijtive tqlthefl main :carnage with its paper ina.

- :'the kgombinatienx with printing. -.mechani sm 'apdfia" papen'holderg' of a supplex'n entel paper holder '-'shiftab1e r.e1a t i e to the main 1 fpaper fhelde between pm-defined positions" .42.: The eombiinat bn.w th tcarain 'mem I .main Work nolde'n v

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