US2859850A - Business machine improvement - Google Patents

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US2859850A
US2859850A US585037A US58503756A US2859850A US 2859850 A US2859850 A US 2859850A US 585037 A US585037 A US 585037A US 58503756 A US58503756 A US 58503756A US 2859850 A US2859850 A US 2859850A
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    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
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  • the present invention relates to a new and improved business machine. More particularly, the .present invention relates to a new and improved arrangement for electrically operated business machines wherein apredetermined combination of printing members may be actuated a plurality of times.
  • the de sired information is automatically printed just before a new entry is to be made.
  • the tabulating key on the business machine determines the positions of the various columns in the bookkeeping ledger. Accordingly, with the present invention every time the tabulating key is depressed to move the carriage holding the bookkeeping ledger to the new column position, the required information, such as the date, is printed at the beginning of the column.
  • a second object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved electrically operated business machine wherein information which must be printed a plurality of times on the same paper in the business machine, is automatically printed thereon.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved method and apparatus used with electrically operated business machines wherein a predetermined desired combination is printed a plurality of times on difierent portions of the paper in the business machine, whenever desired.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved method and apparatus for use with electrically operated business machines wherein the date of a bookkeeping entry is automatically printed whenever desired, without manual operation of the printing members of the business machine.
  • Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved method and apparatus for use in electrically operated bookkeeping machines wherein a predetermined printed combination is automatically printed at the start of every new column in the bookkeeping ledger.
  • Still another object of the present invention' is to provide a new and improved method and apparatus for use in electrically operated bookkeeping machines wherein a first switching means connected in circuit between the energizing means and each of the actuating members, each of the first switching means being movable between a plurality of circuit-closing and circuit-opening positions, a plurality of second switching means connected in circuit between said first switching means and said energizing means, each of the second switching means being respectively movable between a circuit-closing position for each of the first switching means respectively and a circuitopening position therefor, operating means for sequentially moving the second switching means through each of its circuit-closing positions whereby when one of the first switching means and one of the second switching means are simultaneously in circuit-closing position, an energizing circuit for one of the actuating members is completed and the actuating member is energized and actuates at least one of the printing members of the business machine; and third switching means operated by the paper carriage to actuate the operating means.
  • the first switching means includes a plurality of slidably mounted members whereas in a second preferred embodiment the first switching means includes a plurality of rotatably mounted members.
  • each actuating member actuating a printing member
  • at least one of the actuating members actuates a spacing member so that no printing is entered on the paper in the business machine but rather a space is provided between two adjacent entries, whenever desired.
  • Fig. 1 is a side view of an electrically operated business machine in which the present invention may be incorporated;
  • Fig. 2 is an electrical schematic diagram of a first embodiment of the present invention
  • Fig. 2a is an electrical schematic diagram of a second embodiment of the present invention.
  • Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic view of a portion of the keyboard of the business machine, which portion includes the control members for the present invention
  • Fig. 4 is a table showing the possible arrangement of the printing members to provide the difierent desired combinations which are to be automatically and repeatedly printed in accordance with the present invention
  • Fig. 5 is a graph showing the variation of the different operating members of the present invention with respect to time
  • Fig. 6 is an electrical schematic diagram of still another embodiment of the present invention.
  • Fig. 7 is a view of a portion of the keyboard of the electrically operated business machine incorporating the principles of the present invention showing another embodiment of control members therefor;
  • Fig. 8 is an electrical schematic diagram of a further embodiment of the present invention.
  • Fig. 9 is a table showing the difierent printing combinations available with the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 8.
  • the electrically operated business machine includes a main housing 11 having a carriage 12 by means of which a paper is to be inserted in the business machine and on which paper the bookkeeping entries are to be made. Adjacent the paper carriage E2 is shown a printing lever 13 together with its electromagnetic actuating member G. That is, whenever an electromagnet G for a particular typing member 13 is energized, that typing member will be moved into contact with the paper on the paper carriage 12 so that whatever character is arranged on the particular actuated typing member will be imprinted on the paper in the bookkeeping machine.
  • a contact C Arranged on the rear portion of the paper carriage 12 is a contact C which is adapted to make sliding contact with a second contact member C
  • the relative positions of the contact members C and C may be displaced in the manner of tabulator keys in an ordinary business and bookkeeping machine. Therefore, each time the paper carriage is shifted through a position wherein contacts C and C make contact with each other, a circuit is closed, which circuit corresponds to a particular tabular or column position on the paper in the paper carriage of the machine.
  • movable contacts A A A and A On the front portion of the machine are shown diagrammatically, movable contacts A A A and A The purpose of these contacts will be explained hereinbelow with reference to Figs. 2 and 3.
  • a movable member B is shown cooperating with a movable contact 31 connected to a relay winding 32.
  • the relay 32 includes a second, fixed, contact 33 which is adapted to cooperate with the contact 31.
  • the contacts 31 and 33 may be electrically connected to each other so that an energizing circuit for the relay 32 may be completed.
  • the member B may be a tabulating member, for example, for the business machine.
  • Figs. 2, 3 and 4 an embodiment of the present invention will be described which is particularly adaptable for the printing of the date of entry at the start of each new column of the paper in the paper carriage 12.
  • the four members A -A are slidably arranged on the keyboard of the bookkeeping machine.
  • the member A may be moved into any one of four positions identified as 0, 1, 2, and 3.
  • the member A may be moved to any one of ten positions identified with the numerals 0-9.
  • the member A may occupy any one of two posi tions identified as 0 and l, and the member A, may be moved into any one of ten different positions identified as 0-9.
  • This arrangement corresponds to a day and month arrangement for the date.
  • the member A corresponds to the first printing space and represents the tens space of the dayof the month.
  • the member A corresponds to the second printing space and identifies the unit space of the day of the month.
  • the member A identifies the tens space of the month and the member A, identifies the unit space of the month.
  • positions 0, l, 2 and 3 are sufiicient for the tens space for the day of the month and similarly, the positions 0 and 1 for the member A, are sutficient for the tens space for the month.
  • the members A A are represented as four slidably mounted members which may be moved as bridging contacts between normally open contacts in the apparatus.
  • Each of the pairs of normally open spaced contacts correspond respectively to a different actuating member for the printing levers 13.
  • ten actuating members G G G G G G G G G G and G are arranged in side by side relationship in Fig. 2.
  • One terminal of each of the actuating members Gg-Gg which may be electromagnetic relays, for example, are connected to a common conductor 15 which is in turn connected to the positive terminal of a source of direct current potential. This source is not illustrated in order to avoid unnecessarily complicating the drawing.
  • a fuse 16 is arranged in the conductor 15 to protect the unillustrated voltage source.
  • the other terminal of the actuating relay G is connected by a conductor 17 to the normally open contacts numbered I, II, III, and IV. That is the second terminal of the relay G is connected to four difierent fixed contacts, one for each of the members A -A Opposite the contact I is a second contact I which is connected by conductor 17' to a fixed contact I".
  • the fixed contact I" is one of a plurality of contacts I", II", III", and IV" which are arranged on a switch W2.
  • the switch W2 has a movable member 36 which is adapted to be moved sequentially into contact with each of the fixed contacts III IVII.
  • the second contact II is connected by conductor 37 to the second fixed contact II" of the switch w Simi larly, the third contact III is connected by conductor 38 to the third fixed contact III" of the switch W and the contact IV is connected by a conductor 39 to the fourth contact IV" of the switch w
  • each of the spaced contacts 1-1, to IV-IV are shown bridged by the members a a
  • each of the members a -a may be moved to bridge any one of the respective bridge contacts for the nine other actuating members G -G
  • the actuating member G is connected to four contacts I-IV.
  • the actuating members G and G are connected respectively to contacts marked I, II and IV.
  • the actuating members G -G are each respectively connected to two contacts marked II and IV.
  • the actuating members A and A may be moved to bridge any one of the ten circuits for the ten actuating members G -G Similarly the actuating member A may be used for bridging the energizing circuit of energizing members Go-Gg and the member A may be used for bridging the energizing circuits for the actuating members G and G It can also be seen that the contacts which are spaced from the contacts of the actuating members G G are also connected to their respectively numbered contacts I"-IV" of the switch w Similarly the power supply conductor 15 is connected to one terminal of relays D, E and F.
  • the other terminal of the relay D may be connected to ground through two parallel circuits, one of which includes the n'ormally open switch C and the other of which includes the normally open switches d and W
  • the other terminal of the relay B may be connected to ground through the normally open switch d: and the normally closed switch f
  • the other terminal of the relay F may be connected to ground through the normally open switch e.
  • the stepping switch w: may be connected to ground through its movable member 36 and the normally open switch f
  • the day of the month indicators A and A are set to indicate the fifth day of the month. Therefore A remains at and A is moved to bridge the open contacts II and II of the actuating relay G This is shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 and in Fig. 3. Similarly since April is the fourth month, the member A remains in the zero position and the member A is moved to the fourth positicn wherein it bridges the contacts IV and IV in the energizing circuit of the actuating member G When the contacts C, C; are closed due to the position of the paper carriage 12 of the bookkeeping machine, the relay D is energized. In Fig.
  • the relay D is energized as soon as the contacts C and C are closed, the relay D is not actually actuated for a short time period indicated by the start of the heavy black horizontal line corresponding to D in Fig. 5.
  • the relay D When the relay D is actually actuated, its normally open contacts a and d are closed. It therefore can be seen that the relay E is energized through the closed contact d; and the normally closed contact h. After a short time interval corresponding to the thin line segment of Fig. 5 the relay E is actuated and closes its normally open contact 2. This energizes the relay F which becomes actuated after a short time interval. When the relay F is actuated it closes its normally open contact f and opens its normally closed contact f;.
  • the closing of the contact f energizes the stepping switch W and causes the movable contact 36 thereof to move into electrical contact with the first fixed contact I". Simultaneously, the switch W is closed to maintain the relay D in energized and actuated position regardless of the further operation of the contact C.
  • the first energizing circuit for the memher A is completed and the actuating member corresponding to the member A is energized and actuated.
  • the member A remained in the energizing circuit for the actuating member G and therefore this actuating member will be actuated and the numeral 0 imprinted in the first typewritten space at the start of the column.
  • the relay E when the normally closed contact f opens, the relay E becomes deen'ergized.
  • this relay is a time delay relay so that it does not open up for a period of time which is sufiicient to permit the actual imprinting of the first printed numeral corresponding to the position of the member A After this predetermined time delay, which actually can be very short, the relay E causes its normallyopen contact e to open, thereby d:-
  • the predetermined combination of printed members correspond to a date.
  • this combination can correspond to a particular customer wherein the entry in the bookkeeping ledger applies to the customer and identifiesthe customer.
  • the present invention need not be limited to a printing apparatus since any type of marking or other types of storing means may be actuated by the various actuating members Ci -G
  • Fig. 2a a slightly modified circuit is provided wherein the same predetermined combination of characters to be printed may be printed a plurality of times along the same horizontal line of the paper.
  • the predetermined characters may be printed at the start of each column entry in the bookkeeping ledger along a horizontal line on the bookkeeping ledger.
  • the switch C here indicated as C' is constructed as a double throw switch rather than as a single throw.
  • the member B corresponding to the tabulator key on a business machine
  • an energization circuit for the relay H is completed.
  • the relay H corresponds to the tabulator actuating relay so that the paper carriage is moved in the conventional manner for such machines into its next column position in accordance with the previously set aeeaeeo 7 tabulator members, usually located at the rear of the machine.
  • control members A' -A' are each arranged as rotatable switches rather than slidable switches as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. It can be seen in Fig. 7 that the rotatable switches A' -A' are respectively manually set by knurled rotatable members A" respectively.
  • the numerals 0, 5, 0, 4 have been positioned by the manually rotatable members A" respectively and these numbers are readily visible through transparent windows or other openings 18' in the housing of the machine.
  • the desired numerals to be illustrated are engraved on rotatable wheels 22 attached respectively to the manually rotatable knurled members A" A"
  • the control circuit of Fig. 6 provides ten actuating electromagnetic relays Go-Gg, respectively.
  • One terminal of each of the actuating relays or members Gr-Gg is connected to the energization source conductor 15 through the switch 16 and the other terminal of each actuating member is connected to a conductor 17.
  • Each of the contacts of the rotatable switches A' A' is connected respectively to the other terminals of the actuating members Go-Gg- Therefore, when the switches A' -A' are moved to the chosen characters so that the predetermined combination of characters is provided, the circuit is ready for operation.
  • the relay D is energized.
  • the relay D then acts to close its normally opened contacts d, and d with the same cyclical results explained with respect to Fig. 2.
  • the switch w can be either mechanically or electromagnetically actuated. That is, when the contact 1; is moved into circuit closing position it can be mechanically conf 'of characters.
  • the switch W3 which may be a cam-operated switch, for example, so that the switch w, is automatically moved into its next sequential position.
  • Figs. 8 and 9 a circuit similar to Fig. 6 is shown having an additional feature.
  • This additional feature is provided by the additional electromagnetic relay GL.
  • the relay GL is operated to provide a space between the character corresponding to the day and the character corresponding to the month.
  • the table of Fig. 9 shows that in the first two printing or typing spaces any numerals from 0-39 may be entered for the day of the month. Similarly the fourth and fifth typing spaces may provide any combination of numerals between 0-19 for the month of the year. This is in agreement with the table shown in Fig. 4. However in Fig. 9,
  • the third typing or printing space is shown to be blank.
  • the switch w is provided with five fixed contacts instead of the four fixed contacts.
  • the center or third fixed contact is connected on a conductor 24 to a conductor L to one side of an actuating member or relay GL.
  • the other terminal of the relay GL is connected to the power supply conductor 15 in the same manner as the other relays G G
  • this relay moves its normally open contacts d and d into circuit-closing position. This energizes the relay E and upon actuation thereof the relay F is energized due to the circuit-closed position of the switch e.
  • the energized and actuated relay F attracts its normally open contact f to move the switch W2 into its first sequential position to complete the energization circuit for the actuating member controlled by the member A
  • the relay GL is actuated so that the carriage of the bookkeeping machine is stepped one typewriting space without any character being-imprinted on the paper. This provides the desired spacing position. It is clear that this spaced position can be arranged so as to occur in between any of the desired characters merely by properly connecting the switch W2.
  • the switch w is moved into its next sequential position to complete the energization circuit for the actuating member set up by the member A'
  • the relay D becomes deenergized, as before, and the circuit becomes deactuated.
  • the typing or printing keys of the business or bookkeeping machine are sequentially operated to print a desired combination
  • the desired combination may be predetermined by the setting of the control members A A
  • the number of control members that may be used and that any type of entries can be automatically made whether it includes numbers or letters or the like.
  • These predetermined numbers or letters are manually set up by the operator on the machine before the typing or printing operation begins. Then as the entries are made in the bookkeeping machine, in the usual fashion, the desired combination of characters is automatically imprinted on the paper before the transaction is ended in the proper column.
  • a movable carriage member mounted on the business machine and adapted to have a paper mounted therein for printing purposes; a plurality of electrically energizable actuating members for respectively actuating the printing members upon energization thereof; energizing means connected in circuit with each of said actuating members for energizing the same whenever an energizing circuit therefor is completed; a plurality of first switching means connected in circuit between said energizing means and each of said actuating members, each of said first switching means being respectively movable between a plurality of circuit-closing and circuit-opening positions; a plurality of second switching means connected in circuit between said energizing means and said plurality of first switching means, each of said second switching means being respectively movable between a circuit-closing position for each of said first switching means, respectively, and a circuit-opening position therefor; operating means for sequentially moving said second switching means through each of said circuit
  • an electrically operated business machine havl ing printing members, in combination, a movable paper carriage; a plurality of electrically energizable actuating members for respectively actuating the printing members upon energization thereof to print on paper mounted on said paper carriage; energizing means connected in circuit with each of said actuating members for actuating the.
  • a movable paper carriage a plurality of first electrically energizable actuating members for respectively actuating the printing members upon energization thereof to print on paper mounted on said paper carriage; at least a second electrically energizable actuating member for moving said paper carriage upon energization thereof; energizing means connected in circuit with each of said actuating members for actuating the same whenever an energizing circuit therefor is completed; a plurality of manually operable first switching means connected in circuit between said energizing means and each of said actuating members, each of said first switching means being respectively movable between a plurality of circuit-closing and circuit-opening positions; a stepping switch connected in circuit between said energizing means and said plurality of first switching means, said stepping switch being sequentially movable through a plurality of respectively difierent circuit-closing positions, in each of-which said stepping
  • an arrangement for automatically printing a predetermined combination of characters a plurality of times comprising, in combination, a movable paper carriage; a plurality of electrically energizable actuating members for respectively actuating the printing members of the predetermined combination upon energization thereof to print on paper mounted on said paper carriage; energizing means connected in circuit with each of said actuating members for actuating the same whenever an energizing circuit therefor is completed; a plurality of manually operable first switching means connected in circuit between said energizing means and each of said actuating members, each of said first switching means being respectively movable between a plurality of circuit-closing and circuit-opening positions to establish the predetermined combination of characters; a stepping switch connected in circuit between said energizing means and said plurality of first switching means, said stepping switch being sequentially movable through a plurality of respectively different circuit-closing positions, in each of which said stepping switch
  • an arrangement for automatically printing a predetermined combination of characters a plurality of times comprising, in combination, a movable paper carriage, a plurality of electrically energizable actuating members for respectively actuating the printing members of the predetermined combination upon energization thereof to print on paper mounted on said paper carriage; energizing means connected in circuit with each of said actuating members for actuating the same whenever an energizing circuit therefor is completed; a plurality of manually operable first switching means connected in circuit between said energizing means and each of said actuating members, each of said first switching means being respectively movable between a plurality of circuit-closing and circuit-opening positions to establish the predetermined combination of characters; a plurality of indicating means connected to said manually operable switching means for indicating the combination of characters determined by the positions of said first switching means; a stepping switch connected in circuit between said energizing means and said plurality of first switching means,
  • a movable carriage member mounted on the business machine and adapted to have a paper mounted therein for printing purposes; a plurality of electrically energizable actuating members for respectively actuating the printing members upon energization thereof; energizing means connected in circuit with each of said actuating members for energizing the same whenever an energizing circuit therefor is completed; a plurality of first switching means connected in circuit between said energizing means and each of said actuating members, each of said first switching means being respectively movable between a plurality of circuitclosing and circuit-opening positions; a plurality of second switching means connected in circuit between said ener-- gizing means and said plurality of first switching means, each of said second switching means being respectively movable between a circuit-closing position for each of said first switching means, respectively, and a circuit-opening position therefor; electromagnetic operating means having a plurality of normally opened and normally
  • an electrically operated business machine having printing members, in combination, a movable paper carriage, a plurality of electromagnetic actuating members for respectively actuating the printing members upon energization thereof to print on paper mounted on said paper carriage; energizing means connected in circuit with each of said actuating members for actuating the same whenever an energizing circuit therefor is completed; a plurality of manually operable first switching means connected in circuit between said energizing means and each of said electromagnetic actuating members, each of said first switching means being respectively movable between a.plurality of circuit-closing and circuit-opening positions; a cam-operated stepping switch connected in circuit between said energizing means andsaid plurality of first switching means, said stepping switch being sequentially movable through a plurality of respectively diflerent circuit-closing positions, in each of which said stepping switch cooperates with a respectively different one of said first switching means to energize at least one of said actuating members; electromagnetic operating means for moving
  • said first switching means include a manually operated slide contact.

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