US2099892A - Perforating apparatus - Google Patents
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- AThis invention relates to perforating apparatus, and more particularly to perforating apparatus for use in calculating machines for punching combinational hole representations of numbers in statistical cards.
- the invention contemplates the provision of means for reading information from a registering or accumulating device which registers the results of calculations as whole numbers, and a perforator controlled by such reading mechanism for perforating combinational hole representations of the numbers registered on theregister or accumulator.
- the perforating portion of the mechanism comprises a plurality of perforator selectors advanceable through varying distances. Each of the selectors may select for actuation one or more of a plurality of perforators associated therewith and upon actuation the perforators will punch in a card the numbers indicated on the register.
- Fig, 1' is a plan view of a perforating mechanism comprising one embodiment of the -invention
- Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken along the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 in the direction of the arrows and having also shown therein schematically the circuit which .controls the operation of the perforator;
- Fig. 3 isI a fragmentary horizontal sectional view taken on the line 3--3 of Fig. 2 in the direction of the arrows;
- l Figs. 4 and 5 are vertical sectional views taken on the lines 4-4 and 5-5, respectively, of Fig. 2 in the direction of the arrows;
- Fig. 6 is a schematic view showing the combinational hole system of recordingmumbers
- Fig. l is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 1-1'of Fig. 3 in the direction of the arrows
- y Fig. 8 is an enlarged fragmentary view of a row of perforators showing the construction vof the heads of the perforators.
- the numeral 5 designates a. base plate mounted on suitable standards (not shown) and supporting a register unit designated generally by the numeral 6 and a punch unit designated generally by the numeral 1.
- the register unit disclosed herein is an electromagnetically controlled register including a continually rotating shaft 8 driven by a motor 9.
- the shaft 8 supports a pluralityof accumulator units I0, each of which comprises a clutch member ⁇ II, keyed to and rotatable with the shaft 8 but slidable longitudinally thereof.
- Each clutch member II is normally urged to the left (Fig. 2) Aby a clutch lever I2 pivoted at I3 and urged about its pivot in an anti-clockwise direction by a contractile spring I4.
- The' upper end (Fig. 2) of the clutch lever I2 extends into a slot formed in the periphery of the clutch member I I and, upon energization of an electromagnet 20 which has for its armature the lower end of the lever I2, will be moved to the right to bring clutch member II into engagement with a clutch member 2I, which is fixed against movement axially of the shaft 8, but which is freely rotatable thereupon.
- a center stop not shown but of the usual type such as is shown in Figs. 4 and 5 of United StatesPatent 1,952,868, issued March 27, 1934, holds the clutch member 2I against -rotation except when it is engaged by the clutch member II.
- vI'heclutch member 2lA has secured thereto a sequence switch 22 and a number wheel 23.
- Each sequence switch 22 (Figs. 4 and 5) is insulated from the shaft 8 and comprises a pair of disks 24 and 25 of conducting material electrically interconnected by rivets 26 and mounted upon opposite sides of a disk 21 of insulating material.
- the brush 29 is always in contact with the disk 24 and is electrically connected with the disk 25 by means of the rivets 26. Brush 29 engages the disk 24 at all times except when the disk is in its normal or zero position, that is, when the number wheel 23 indicates zero. Ihe brush 30 engages the disk 25 only at the 9 position. 'I'he circuits controlled by the sequence switches 22 will be described more ⁇ in detail hereinafter in connection with the description of the operation of the device.
- the shaft 8 through gearing 40 drives a shaft 4I to which is fixed a clutch member 42 forming a part of a single revolution clutch indicated generally by thenumeral 43.
- the single revolution clutch 43 comprises in addition to the clutch member 42, a clutch member 44 slidably mounted on a shaft 45 but keyed to '/rotatewlth the shaft 45.
- the clutch member/ 44 is normally urged into engagement with the clutch member 42 by a spring 45 and is provided with a cam slot 41 into which extends a camming pin 48 mounted on the armature 49 of an electromagnet 50.
- Electromagnet 50 has one side of its winding connected to ground at 5
- sequence switches 90 and El Mounter upon the shaft 45 are a pair of sequence switches 90 and El. These switches 60 and 9
- the sequence switch 60 has associated therewith a brush 62 which engages a conducting portion of the sequence switch 60 in lall positions thereof except normal position.
- the brush 62 is connected to all of the brushes 28, and as soon as the shaft 45 is moved out of normal position the brush 52 will connect ground at 63 through a brush 54 always in contact with the conducting portion of the sequence switch 60 to the brushes 28 associated with the sequence switches 22.
- has three brushes 65, SB, and 61, associated therewith and serves to connect grounded battery at 98 through the brush 55 always in contact with a conducting portion of the sequence switch 6
- the brush 61 is connected to one side of the winding of each of the electromagnets 20 and the brush 66 is connected to the winding of each of a plurality of electromagnets 15.
- the electromagnets 15 control the operation of the punch unit 1 and have the other side of their windings connected severally te the brushes 30 associated with the sequence switches 22.
- the electromagnets 15 are mounted in an arcuate staggered relation in a housing 16, being supported directly upon a plurality of bars 11 extending longitudinally of the housing 16 and secured to the ends thereof.
- a plurality of rods 18 equal in number to the number of the bars 11 serve as fulcrums about which armatures 19 associated with the electromagnets 15 may be rocked upon energization of the electromagnets 15.
- the shaft 45 through gearing 84 drives a shaft which constitutes the main drive shaft for the punch unit and which is suitably journaled beneath the base plate 5.
- a pair of cams 86 each having cam grooves 81 and 88 therein, whereby the moving parts of the punch are actuated.
- a cam roller is positioned in the cam groove 88 and is mounted upon the end of a rack 89.
- the rack 89 meshes with and drives a gear 9
- the shaft 92 also has a gear segment 93 xed thereto which extends longitudinally of the housing 'I6 and is associated with a plurality of selector bars 94 which have teeth 95 thereon adapted to engage with the teeth of the gear segment 93.
- selector bars 94 there are a plurality of selector bars 94, one being provided for each column of cards to be perforated and having associated therewith an electromagnet 15 and cooperating equipment. rllhe right end of the selector bars 95 (Fig. 2) are supported upon a bar 96 extending longitudinally of the housing 16 and are so positioned as normally to be out of engagement with the teeth of the gear segment 99. Upon energization oi an electromagnet 15 its associated bar is lifted into engagement with the teeth of the gear segment 93 by one of a plurality of bell crank levers 91 which are normally urged to rotate about their pivot 98 by contractile springs 99 and which have an arm thereof positioned in the path of the armatures 19 of electromagnets 15.
- the underside of the selector bars 94 are cut out at
- each selector bar 94 will engage the inclined left hand surface (Fig. 2) of the bar 95 to cam the teeth 95 out of engagement with the teeth of the gear segments 93.
- each selector bar 94 has an enlarged portion
- 06 are mounted in 45 columns of 5 pins to a column and are adapted to perforate by combinational representations any one of the digits l to 9 in any column.
- 05 are mounted in apertures
- the die plate is provided with a plurality of apertures
- 4 is formed between the die plate and the guide box
- 06 are provided with heads 6, the left hand pin
- 26 has secured thereto a. bar
- Fig. 2 the bars
- 01 has its teeth
- 05 of the selector bar 94 will, when the vselector bar is moved either one or two places to the left, have a portion thereof in vertical alignment with the rst pin
- the bars are moved either five or six places to the left the portion
- Electromagnet 50 When it is desired to clear the register unit 6 and to punch, on a statistical card, combinational hole representations of the numbers registered in the register unit, this may be accomplished by depressing the key 52, thereby to close the circuit for operating electromagnet 50. Electromagnet 50, upon operating, will operate the single revolution clutch 43 thereby causing the shaftv 4
- the brush 62 will pick up the ground at 63 through sequence switch 60 to place ground on all of the brushes 28 and simultaneously therewith grounded battery at 68 will be connected through sequence switch 6
- sequence switches 22 at this time are all out of normal position and therefore each of their associated brushes 29 will be engaging the disks 24 and since ground is connected to the disks 24 through brush 28 and sequence switch 60, the electromagnets 20 will all be energized to move the clutch members into engagement with the clutch members 2
- the ground from sequence switch 60 through brushes 62 and 28 will be -connected left (Fig.
- segmental gear 93 is common to all of the selector bars 94 and the selector bars are moved into engagement with the segmental gear at intervals dependent upon the number registered on ⁇ the associated number representative of the digit 7, the 3rd and 5th pins from the right representative of the digit 6, and the lst and th pins from the right representative of the digit 2 in the columns associated with the respective number wheels.
- the operation of the selector bars for attaining this result has been set forth in connection with the detailed description thereof and need not be repeated here.
- a perforating apparatus a plurality oi punches arranged in columns of five to a column and designed to be operated to punch combinations of holes representative of the digits one to nine, and a selector associated with a column of punches movable to any one of nine positions and adapted to select a different punch in each of positions one, three, tive, seven and nine and to select one punch and one of the other four punches in the other four positions respectively.
- a perforating apparatus a plurality of punches arranged in columns of ve to a column and adapted to be operated to punch combinations of holes representative of the digits one to nine, a selector associated with a column of punches movable to any one of nine positions and adapted to select a diierent punch in each of positions one, three, ve, seven and nine and to select one punch and one of the other four punches in the other four positions respectively, and an electromagnet for controlling the position to which a selector is moved.
- a row of ilve punch pins an elongated selector device, means for moving said device to any one of nine positions over said row, means carried by said device for selecting and striking the same pin in alternate positions of said device, means carried by said device for selecting and striking one or another of said pins at every position of the device,
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Priority Applications (3)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| US1840A US2099892A (en) | 1935-01-15 | 1935-01-15 | Perforating apparatus |
| GB132/36A GB455331A (en) | 1935-01-15 | 1936-01-02 | Improvements in or relating to recording apparatus for calculating machines |
| FR810352D FR810352A (fr) | 1935-01-15 | 1936-01-15 | Appareil enregistreur pour machines à statistiques |
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| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| US1840A US2099892A (en) | 1935-01-15 | 1935-01-15 | Perforating apparatus |
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| US2099892A true US2099892A (en) | 1937-11-23 |
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| US1840A Expired - Lifetime US2099892A (en) | 1935-01-15 | 1935-01-15 | Perforating apparatus |
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| FR (1) | FR810352A (fr) |
| GB (1) | GB455331A (fr) |
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| GB455331A (en) | 1936-10-19 |
| FR810352A (fr) | 1937-03-20 |
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