US983190A - Indicating device. - Google Patents

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o. N. WISNER. IANDIGATING DEVICE. AYPPLIOATION FILED JAN, 31, 1910.

C. N. WISNER.

INDIGATING DEVICE.

APPLIGATION FILED 51111.31, 1910.

983, l 90, Patented .13.11.31, 1911.

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INDICATING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 31, 1910. Serial No. 541,109.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, CLARK N. lVisNnn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Memphis, in the county of Shelby and State of Tennessee, have made certain new and useful improvements in indicating Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for indicating stock quotations, and it consists in the combinations, constructions and arrangements herein described and claimed.

in object of my invention is to provide a device which may be manipulated by an operator at a central station so as to display visible signs for indicating values and locations, thereby dispensing with the necessity of the customary ticker now used in most brokers oflices.

A further object of my invention is to provide a simple form of apparatus for accoinplishing'tlie above named results.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming part of this application in which similar reference charac ters indicate like parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a side view of my indicating device, Fig. 2 is a section along the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, the indicating wheels being shown in full lines, Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view of the operating portion of the magnet, Fig. 4t is a view showing the driving mechanism, Fig. 5 is a View showing a modified form, and Fig. G is a reduced front view of the device. i

In carrying out my invention I provide a box or casing 1 which is divided by a partition 2 into two compartments, see Fig. 2. ln each of these compartments is pivotally mounted a wheel, such as that shown at 3 and 1- This wheel may be made of any suitable material but is preferably of light metal, such as sheet metal, as shown in the figure. On the periphery of each wheel is a series of numbers 5, ranging from Zero to nine. The construction of both wheels being the. same, a description of one will suflice. The wheel 3 as shown in Fig. 2 is mounted on a shaft 6 which is provided at its end with a pulley 7. The exterior portion of the wheel is provided with an outwardly projecting flange S.

On the exterior of the casing 1 is mounted a series of magnets 9, sce Fig. 1, there being ten of these magnets as shown in the figure. The magnets may be arranged in an involute curve as shown in Fig. 1, or they maybe arranged at equal distances from the shaft 6 as shown in Fig. 5. Each magnet is secured to the outer side of the casing adjacent an opening 10, and the core 11 of the magnet projects into the opening. Gn the inside of the casing adjacent the opening 10 is pivotally mounted an armature 12 having an inwardly turned end 13, normally held by the spring 1-1 away from the flange S on the wheel 3, but adapted to be brought into the path of the flange 8 when the opposite end of the armature is attracted toward the polcpiece 11. Each of these magnets is connected with its individual key K in the central station so that when the key is depressed the magnet will be energized, throwing the armature forward.

The wheel is turned by means of the power device shown in Fig. et. This consists of a casing 15 bearing a pulley 16 which is connected with the pulley 7 by means of a belt 17. The shaft 18 of the pulley 16 bears a gear 19 meshing with a larger gear 20. The shaft 21 of the latter bears a large pulley 22 upon which is wound the cord 23 of a weight 24. It will be seen that the train of gears thus arranged will cause the wheel 3 to revolve when it is left free to move and that a short movement of the weight will cause a number of revolutions of the wheel.

The face of the indicating device is similar to that shown in Fig. 6. There are two openings 25 and 2G for the figures on the number wheels. Above the openings 25 and 26 are the openings 27 and 28. The electric lamps 29 and 30 project into the openings and may be of a particular color such as red, while the lamps 31 and 32 projecting toward the lamps 29 and 30 respectively, may be of another color, such as blue. A similar pair of openings and are provided with the blue lamps 35 and 3G and the red lamps 37 and 3S.

From the foregoing description of" the various parts of the device, the operation thereof may be readily understood. The driving train is wound up and the wheels arc set going, the central operator noting the quotations, presses the but-tons or keys corresponding to these figures; thus in Fig. 6 the key 9 on one wheel andl on the other is depressed. The magnets corresponding with rammed aan. si, reir these keys are operated and when the flange -lS comes into contact with the ends of the armatures the wheel is stopped with t-he figures 9 and l in position, thereby indicating a value of 91. The different lights may be simultaneously operated so that, for inA stance, when 'the light 37 is lighted in connection with the gure 91 it indicates March cotton at the New Orleans market is 91. If the light 36 is flashed it indicates that hlay cotton at New Orleans is 91. It is obvious, that the other lights may be made to indicate quotations obtaining` at other ports, as for instance, N ew York or Liverpool or different months. I have designated the colors as red and blue or they may obviously be any color to indicate a desired market, month, etc. As soon as the magnet circuit is broken the wheels begin to revolve again and they will revolve until the armature of the opera-tor magnet strikes the stop flange. A plurality of these devices may be run from one key set made by connecting certain magnets having' similar positions with the same key thereby bringing the same indicating numeral before the opening when the key is depressed.

I am aware that other forms of the device based upon the same general idea might be made, but I consider as my own all such modifications as fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim:

l. An indicating device comprising a casing provided with an opening, indicating wheels therein provided with numbers on their peripheries, a series of magnets secured to the exterior' of said casing, individual armatures therefor, and a stop member carried by each wheel and adapted to be engaged by said armatures for stopping the wheel in a predetermined position.

2. An indicating device comprising a casing provided with an opening, indicating wheels therein provided with numbers on their peripheries, a series of magnets secured to the exterior of said casing, armatures ypivotally mounted on the interior of said casing, a flange carried by each of said wheels and adapted to be engaged by said armatures, power devices for rotating each ot' said wheels and an electric circuit connecting each magnet with an individual key for energizing the magnet to stop the wheel in a. predetermined position.

CLARK NOBLE VISNER.

lVitnesses JAKE LEVY, IV. H. TAYLOR.

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