US2040588A - Apparatus for the registration of signals in automatic telephone installations - Google Patents

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US2040588A
US2040588A US1762A US176235A US2040588A US 2040588 A US2040588 A US 2040588A US 1762 A US1762 A US 1762A US 176235 A US176235 A US 176235A US 2040588 A US2040588 A US 2040588A
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  • This invention relates to an apparatus for the registration of signals in automatic telephone installations which signals are given by means of the number dial or similar signal transmitting apparatus, and which are to be registered at the calling subscribers station or at the exchange.
  • a further object of this invention is an advantageously constructed registering apparatus, viz. the device for setting and locking the type wheel, the types of which are to be printed on a writing strip, furthermore the arrangement of apparatus for the metering of the conversations which may be effected by the exchange at the calling subscribers station.
  • an impulse relay which preferably is bridged by a condenser and controls a slow release relay holding closed the feeding circuit of the registration apparatus as long as the receiver is taken off its hook and at least during the time in which impulses are given, which feeding circuit in its part is fed independent of the subscribers exchange circuit.
  • a preferred embodiment of my invention allows to discriminate between those impulses which are given by the impulse transmitting device when selecting a number, and those impulses which reach the lines from the exchange, for instance, in installations in which the connections are built 35 up by registers or senders With this building up of the connection by means of registers, after the receiver will have been taken off its hook and with the starting of the selector, a short disconnection of the lines will arise and another disconnection will arise again, as soon as the selector will have found a free register or sender.
  • the apparatus will not allow to arrange the registration device so as to exclude from registration these impulses or other interruptions which arrive from the exchange.
  • a relay controlling the setting of the registering device in dependence of the impulses is rendered dependent from a surveying relay which releases the setting magnet 50 on impulses issuing from the impulse transmitting device of the calling subsciibers, but locks the feed magnet on impulses issuing from the exchange and flowing over the lines.
  • a condenser which will be charged on impulses issuing from the impulse transmitting device and which then, by means of its charge, will feed the surveying relay.
  • a contact dependent from the impulse relay, alternatingly connects the condenser to the subscribers exchange circuit,-preferably over a choking coil for blocking the talking currents,and in its zero, or normal, or rest position, to the surveying relay.
  • this condenser may be made use of in one case to release the registration apparatus for the registering, and in the other case to block it.
  • the condenser will be controlled by a contact dependent from the impulse relay, and in such a manner, that in the working position of the contact, the condenser will lay in series to a choking coil across the subscribers line wires, in the rest position of the contact, however, on a surveying relay, to which relay then the condenser will give up its load which it had received from the impulses to be registered.
  • the invention will thus allow by connecting up a simple device and without any considerable adeptment of the installation, normally existing in automatic telephone plants, to register any call issuing from a subscriber, any communication established and to be counted, and even to register the metering in those cases in which, such as with trunk communications, the established communication and then the duration of the call, for instance every three minutes, are to be counted and registered.
  • the impulse relay I is bridged by the condenser C1 for giving free passage to the speech currents.
  • A'slow release or delay relay X is provided for cutting in the operation circuits of the registraagainst its stop M.
  • This relay X will be switched on, as soon as, on taking the receiver off its hook at the calling station, current flows over the lines and the impulse relay will be energized and will throw over its contact 2'1.
  • the relay X is constructed as a slow release relay, it will remain attracted, as long as the ear piece is taken off its hook, thus, during the period of impulse transmitting and registration, and thus, the contacts on and 922 will be held closed.
  • the registration apparatus as shown in Fig. 3 comprises a shaft l which may be rotated against the action of the spring 4.
  • the shaft also carries a type Wheel .2, a ratchet wheel 5 and a contact disc 3.
  • the type wheel is provided on its circumference with types 6, e. g. the numerals l to 9 and O and at 31 with a special sign for counting.
  • the normal or rest position of the shaft is determined by the initially pressed spring 4 and the contact or limit stop 3, which at the same time operates the secondary off normal contact w.
  • a setting magnet E is provided which, by means of its armature I and the'pawl 8, actuates the setting wheel 5 constructed as a'ratchet wheel.
  • a locking magnet S On the magnet E having been de-energized, the pawl 8 will be withdrawn from the ratchet wheel 5 by means of holding the type wheel in position as ever set by the setting magnet, a locking magnet S is provided.
  • the locking pawl i2 On its armature II the locking pawl i2 is rotatably mounted which, by means of the spring i3 is raised from the armature and held
  • the spring l5 draws the armature II, and by means of its stop 14, the pawl l2 out of its locking position.
  • the armature II is constructed as a bell crank lever and controls by its limb 48 the contacts s1, s2.
  • the ink ribbon is' denoted by l8. In the example shown, it is constructed as an endless band and lies around the rollers I6, H. In order to put tension on the ink ribbon, the rollers IT is mounted on the rock lever I9 which is acted on by the tension spring 28. The writing strip is passed over the roller 18. .With advantage, the ink ribbon may be narrower than the strip of paper and is sunk or buried in the roller as shown in the drawing, so that except during the printing operation, the paper contact with the ink ribbon, but rotation of the roller 15, upon feeding forwards the paper strip,
  • is fed forwards by the feed wheel 26 which is provided with a ratchet wheel 25, and against which the strip 2
  • the ratchet wheel is advanced by the pawl 24 which, by means of the armature 22 and the spring 23is drawn into the teeth, while the feed magnet, by means of its armature and the stop 28 draws the pawl out of the teeth.
  • To the armature 23 of the feed magnet is associated the contact '0.
  • the printing magnetD presses by means of its armature 29, which is shaped like a hammer 30, the paper strip 2] against ink ribbon and type, so that the type set in position will be printed.
  • the contact d is associated to the armature 29 of the printing magnet.
  • the relay I On the receiver being taken 01f its hook at the subscribers station A, the relay I will respond and throws over its contact i1. This causes the circuit for the slow release relay X to close; (circuit: battery-positive, thrown over contact ii, relay X, battery-negative). The relay X closes its contact an and thus establishes the circuit for controlling the feeding magnet V; (circuit:"battery-positive, contact 1:1, normally closed contact s2 of the locking magnet S, magnet V, batterynegative). ing magnet S is provided with a working contact v of the feed magnet V, so that both magnets V and S which mutually have contact within their operation circuits control each other.
  • the energized magnet V will thus close its contact 1), so, that now the locking magnet is energized through the working contact 1; and the normally closed contact m of an intermediate relay R.
  • the locking magnet will draw its armature H so that the pawl l2 will engage the ratchet wheel 5 and prevent it from turning backwards.
  • contact 31 will be closed, contact s2 will be opened, so that the locking magnet S will remain energized by its closed working contact s1, while the circuit of the feed'magnet V will be opened.
  • the armature 22 of the feeding magnet falls off, the ratchet wheel advances one step.
  • the relay I' On a number being selected by means of the number dial, with eachinterruption of the subscribers loop, the relay I'will fall off and will throw over its contact 11 into the position shown The circuit for operating the lockin the drawing, at each opening period of the impulse contact of the subscribers dial and corresponding to the number of impulses.
  • the relay X will remain energized during the series of impulses and holds its contact m1 closed.
  • theimpulse lockingrelay II On the alternating play of the contact i1 during each series of impulses, theimpulse lockingrelay II will also be fed by impulses, and due to its construction as a slow release relay, it will remain energized during the transmission of an impulse series and holds contact hl closed and contact hz opened.
  • the stop 3 releases the secondary off normal contact to which then will be closed. This will prepare the operating circuit for the printing magnet D, but this circuit will remain open, .due to the open normally closed contact hz, until after the series of impulses is ended, the impulse looking relay will fall 01f and close its normally closed contact in; (circuit: battery-positive, contacts x1, w, hz, 1'1, printing magnet D, batterynegative).
  • the printing magnet attracts its armature 29, the hammer 30 achieves the printing operation.
  • contact 11 will be closed, the intermediate relay R in the operating circuit of which the contact d is provided, will be energized; (circuit: batterypositive, contacts an, w, hz, d, relay R, batterynegative).
  • the intermediate relay R operates its working contact 1'1 and is held in circuit together with this contact. At the same time by the switching over of contact T1 the printing magnet D becomes de-energized.
  • an alternating current relay Z is connected across the known per se for indicating the metering at the subscribers station from the exchange.
  • the alternating current relay Z is provided with two coils Z1 and Zn which are connected to each other and grounded at their connection point.
  • Condensers C2 and C3 are inserted between them and the talking lines a and b. As the two condensers C2 and C3 show the greatest inductive resistance against current flowing from line a to line b, or vice versa, talking currents are prevented from flowing across the relay Z. If however an alternating counting current impulse passes from the lines a and b and across the windings Z1 and Zn to earth, they will act one against the other. Due to the capacities of both condensers C2 and C3 which differ from each other, a phase shifting will be produced within both windings of the relay Z, so
  • an alternating current impulse say of the frequency of 50
  • This alternating ourrent impulse will flow across both condensers C2 and C3, both winding Z1 and Zn of the alternating current relay and will then flow to earth and back to the exchange.
  • the alternating current relay Z responds and closes its working contacts 21 and 22.
  • the printing magnet D When the working contact 21 is closed, the printing magnet D will be energized; (circuit: battery-positive, working contact r1, working contact 21, change-over contact 11, printing magnet D, battery-negative).
  • the printing magnet responds and prints by means of its hammer 30 the counting sign on the paper strip, and the paper strip will then advance one step, as soon as the feeding magnet V has been transitorily energized and then has been deenergized, as described above.
  • the apparatus When, as soon as the called subscriber takes his receiver off its hook or, as soon as the connection between two subscribers is cut, a counting is accomplished and is registered on the registering strip, the apparatus will work as described. If the connection between both subscribers is: a mains connection in groups, so that a repeated metering will take place, then, with each counting an alternating current impulse will be sent from the exchange to the subscribers station, the metering relay Z responds and by operating its working contact 21, in the manner described above, will mark the counting so that corresponding to the number of calls counted at the exchange, an equal number of counting signs will be printed on the paper strip.
  • a working contact 22 of the metering relay Z is provided in the circuit of the slow release relay X allotted to the impulse relay I.
  • a key T which is connected in series to the working contact s1 and together with this contact in parallel to the working contact 2) of the feeding magnet V.
  • the registering may be also connected to the exchange for automatically surveying a subscriber.
  • the metering relay will be connected to the counting wire.
  • a surveying device may be provided in plants in which besides those impulses which issue from the impulse transmitting device, disconnections of the lines arise which issue from the exchange 'and which, as described above, are due to the switching of lines from the starting circuit over to registers, senders, or the like.
  • Such a surveyingdevi ce as represented by Fig. 1, comprises a surveying relay Y from which a relay operating the setting of theregistering apparatus, preferably the impulse locking relay H is made dependent by inserting in its operating circuit a working contact y of the surveying relay Y in place of or besides contact are.
  • the condenser C4 is allotted to the surveying relay Y.
  • a change-over contact i2 of the impulse relay I will switch over the condenser C4 in series to the choking coil L and across the line wires a and b, so that the condenser may charge, and this, on impulses issuing from the impulse transmitting device, when, on interruption of the subscribers loop, the potential across the line wires is a'maximum.
  • the relay Y will release registering by means of its contact 1 If, however, the impulses had issued from starting senders, when the potential across the line wires is zero, the condenser will not charge, the surveying relay will remain de-energized, the contact 1 ⁇ opened and the registering apparatus blocked.
  • an automatic telephone installation having conductor lines, a calling station, exchange feeding circuit for interconnecting said calling station to the lines, a signal registering apparatus at the calling station, said registering apparatus comprising a supply circuit independent 7 from said exchange feeding circuit, an impulse relay interconnected to said lines, a slow release relay allotted to said impulse relay and for being controlled by it, said slow release relay being adapted to maintain said supply circuit closed as' long'as the receiver is taken off its hook, at least during the time in which impulses are trans mitted.
  • an automatic telephone installation having conductor lines, a calling station, 'an exchange feeding circuit for interconnecting said calling station to the lines, a signal registering apparatus at the calling station, said registering apparatus comprising registering means for reg istering impulses issuing from said callingstation, a supply circuit independent from said exchange feeding circuit, an impulse relay interconnected to said lines, a condenser bridging said impulse relay, a slow release relay allotted being controlled by it, said slow releaserelay being adapted to maintain said supply circuit closed as long as the receiver is taken off its hook, at least during the time in which impulses are transmitted.
  • an automatic telephone installation having an exchange, conductor lines, a calling station, an exchange feeding circuit for interconnecting said calling station to the lines, a signal registering apparatus at the calling station, said registering apparatus comprising a supply circuit independent from said exchange feeding circuit, a registering means for registering impulses issuing from the calling station, a surveying relay, a setting magnet for setting said registering means, switching means for controlling said registering means and dependent upon said surveying relay, said surveying relay being adapted to release said setting magnet on impulses issuing from the calling station, but to lock it on impulses issuing from said exchange.
  • a condenser allotted to said surveying relay said condenser adapted to charge on impulses issuing from the calling station, and switching means for feeding said surveying relay from said condenser on said impulses.
  • said registering apparatus further comprising a setting magnet for setting said registering means, a surveying relay, a condenser allotted to said surveying relay, a change-over contact dependent from said impulse relay, a choking coil for blocking talking currents from passage across said condenser, said change-over contact for alternatingly connecting said condenser over said choking coil across the lines for charging said condenser on impulses issuing from the calling station, and, on the impulse relay being de-energized, for connecting said condenser up to said surveying relay todischarge said condenser and to feed said surveying relay on said impulses, swtching means associated to said surveying
  • said pawl a writing strip, a feed magnet for advancing said writing strip, a printing magnet, operating circuits for operating said feed magnet and said locking magnet, switching contacts in said circuits for adapting said blocking magnet and said feeding magnet to operate each other mutually.
  • said switching contacts comprising a normally closed contact of the blocking magnet arranged in the operating circuit of the feed magnet and a working contact of the feed magnet arranged in the operating circuit of the blocking magnet.
  • said registering apparatus comprising a supply circuit independent from said exchange feeding circuit, a registering means for registering impulses issuing from the calling station, an impulse relay interconnected to said lines, a condenser bridging said impulse relay, a slow release relay allotted to said impulse relay and for being controlled by it, said slow release relay being adapted to maintain said supply circuit closed as long as the receiver is taken off its hook, at least during the time in which impulses are transmitted, said registering apparatus further comprising a shaft, a type wheel mounted on said shaft, a ratchet wheel on said shaft, a setting magnet for controlling said ratchet wheel and for setting said type wheel on impulses issuing from said calling station, a locking pawl for locking said ratchet Wheel, a locking magnet for operating said pawl, a writing strip, a feed magnet for advancing said writing
  • switching means adapted to cause one step of the feeding magnet on the beginning of the registering process, said normally closed contact of said intermediate relay being closed, said feed magnet for then cutting in said blocking magnet, which then will maintain itself in circuit by means of its closed working contact during the series of impulses is transmitted, but for cutting out the feed magnet and for advancing it one step on impulse giving and registering being terminated.
  • a key being provided in series to said working contact of said locking magnet and in parallel to said working contact of said feed magnet, said key being adapted, when opened, to effect a mutual operation of said locking magnet and of said feedmagnet during any time and thus to effect a stepping forth of the registering strip at ease.
  • said apparatus comprising a registering strip, a type'wheel shaft, a type wheel mounted on said type wheel shaft, printing means for printing said strip, a supply circuit independent from said exchange feeding circuit, an impulse relay interconnected to said lines, a slow release relay allotted to said impulse relay and'for being controlled by it, said slow release relay being adapted to maintain said supply circuit closed as long as the receiver is taken off its hook, at least during the time in which impulses are transmitted, said apparatus further comprising a printing magnet for operating said printing means, an operation circuit for said printing magnet, an alternating current relay adapted to be controlled by said alternating counting current means, a contactof said alternating current relay being provided in said printing magnet operation circuit, said alternating current relay adapted, on said counting means of said exchange responding to control said printing magnet and to register the accomplished counting on the registering strip.
  • said apparatus further comprising an intermediate relay for operating said printing magnet, an operating circuit of said intermediate relay, a contact of said metering relay provided in said intermediate relay operation circuit, a change-over contact of said intermediate relay, both said contacts for operating said printing magnet on said exchange metering responding.
  • said apparatus further comprising an intermediate relay for operating said printing magnet, an operating circuit of said intermediate relay, a contact of said metering relay provided in said intermediate relay operation circuit, a change-over contact of said intermediate relay, both said contacts for operating said printing magnet on said exchange metering responding, a slow release holding relay allotted to said impulse relay, a normally closed contact of said impulse holding relay, a type wheel contact, both said contacts being connected in series to each other and in parallel to said contact of said metering relay.
  • said apparatus further comprising an intermediate relay for operating said printing magnet, an operating circuit of said intermediate relay, a contact of said metering relay provided in saidintermediate relay operation printing magnet sponding', said metering relay comprising a workcircuit, a change-over contact of said'intermediate'relay, both said contacts for operating said on said exchange metering reing contact in the circuit of said slow release relay allotted to said impulse relay, said contact being adapted on the metering of the exchange responding and on talk being terminated, to cut in said impulse slow release relay which in its part maintains closed the registering apparatus supply circuit.
  • an impulse relay having a normally closed contact in the operation circuit of said printing said impulse relay contact adapted to block operation of said printing magnet during setting of said type wheel.
  • a calling station having conductor lines, a calling station, an exchange feeding circuit for interconnecting said calling station to said lines, a signal registering apparatus for registering the calls issuing from said calling station, said registering apparatus comprising a paper strip, an ink ribbon, a guide roller for said paper strip and said ink ribbon, driving means for said paper strip, said ink ribbon being in the form of an endless band, said driving means adapted to drive said endless ink ribbon band by means of said paper strip.

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