US679766A - Workman's check-receiver. - Google Patents

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Patented Aug. 6, IBM.

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WORKMANS CHECK RECEIVER.

(Application filed Oct. 26, 1899.)

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No. 679,766. Patented Aug. 6, I90l. S. A. MARKER. WORKMANS CHEOK RECEIVER.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Orrrcn.

STEPHEN A. MARKER, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

WORKMANS CHECK-RECEIVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 679,766, dated August 6, 1901.

Application filed October 26, 1899. Serial No. 734,823. (No model.)

T0 to whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN A. MARKER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Time Check Receivers, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an automatic time-recorder for the purposes of recording or indicating the times of the arrival of workmen in factories and other places and which is as well adapted for a check on night watchmen; and the object is to make it so simple in construction that the workman in simply depositing a check with his number thereon will deposit the check (through the operation of the machine) into a time-receptacle or into a compartment of the recorder, which will indicate the time that it was deposited, thereby enabling the clerk to keep a positive record of the arrival of the workmen.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical central cross-section of the case and the receptacles therein for containing the checks. Fig. 2 is ahorizontal sectional view of the case, showing the arrangement of the mechanism and check-receptacles. Fig. 3 is a front view of a modified-form of case containing same character of mechanism as is illustrated in Fig. 1; Fig. 4, an enlarged side view of the check receiving and delivering chute; Fig. 5, a side view of the discharging end of the chute, showing the manner of operating the check-diverting mechanism; Fig. 6, a cross-section of the receiving end of the delivery-chute; Fig. 7, a top view, partly in section, of the lower end of the chute; Fig. 8, a top view of the receiving end of the chute.

In constructing my invention 1 provide a case 9, which may be square in plan view or hexagonal in shape, as shown in Fig. 3, the latter form being preferable. The front walls 10 of this case are secured permanently to the base l1,andthe upper end, preferably conical in shape, as shown at 12. I The rear walls 13 are removable and may be secured to the front walls by means of guideways 14: or hinged, as is most desirable. Centrally in the top of the case is a tube 15, closed at its upper end and provided at one side with a slotted aperture 16 and delivery-table 17, so that the workmen can readily deposit their checks on this table, and thus cause them to readily enter the slot 16. The front face or wall of the case has a clock 18, as shown, and within the case and suitably secured through the base are two guideways 19, so adapted that the check-receptacles may be placed thereon and held in position. This check-receptacle is composed of a cylindrical ring or shell 20, within which is placed a removable tray 21, and the shell 20 has its base adapted in any suitable manner to slide on the guideways 19, and when in position is centrally Within the case 9. Surrounding this central shell 20 is a series of compartments 22, there being in this instance twenty-four, all these compartments to represent twenty-four (24) divisions of time, and 'I prefer that'each division of time or each compartment shall represent a period of five minutes. Each compartment has a base 23, slightly inclined, and the front wall is composed of a door or gate hinged at its upper end, as shown at 24, and the lower end is provided with a spring-catch 25, so that it will normally be held in a closed position, thus enabling the clerk to open each compartment separately and permit him to remove the checks therefrom in orderthat he ma enter the numbers of the checks in his register. Each compartment has a mark on its door, which number indicates the time, andthese time indications are run regularly in order from five to one hundred and twenty minutes, thus requiring a period of two hours to make a complete cycle. Centrally within the case is a ring 26, held in position above the tray 21 by means of three arms 27, which are attached to the case. Beneath one of the arms 27 is a shaft 28, which connects with the hour-stem of the clock 18, and the inner end of this shaft has a small bevel-wheel 29. Engaging with this bevel-wheel 29 is a similar bevel-Wheel 30, secured to a vertical shaft 31, this shaft being secured in the housing 32 of a frame'33, which is attached to the ring 26, and the lower end of this shaft 31 rests on a cross-bar 34 below the ring 26. This shaft 31 is designed to carry a check-delivery chute 35. The upper end or mouth of this chute is shown in detail in Figs. 6 and 8. The rear wall 36 of this chute is A-shaped in horizontal section and tapers down to the neck or bend of the chute. The front wall of the chute is cut away, leaving a narrow inturned flange, as shown, so as to receive therein a swinging door 37, also A-shaped in horizontal section. This door is hinged at its upper end to the pintles 38 in the walls 39, forming the ends of the chute, so that thelower end of the door is capable of a slight swing ing motion between the flanges at the front of the chute and the rear wall. Near the upper end of the door 37 is a forwardly-projecting horizontal stem which carries a weight 40, the object of the weight being to normally keep the lower end of the door in contact with the rear wall of the chute. When, therefore, a check is deposited in the mouth of the chute, the weight of the check will be sufficient to swing forward or move outwardly the lower end of the door, and this swinging motion, in connection with the angled and inclined sides of the door and rear wall of the chute, causes the check to turn within the mouth, so that it is properly directed into the contracted portion of the chute, and thus cause it to move forward and down through the chute without any material diminution of speed and also prevents it from sticking in the mouth of the chute. The lower end of the chute has a broad base, and it will be observed by referring to Fig. 1 that it extends over the outer compartment 22 and also has a portion of the base extending over the inner tray 21. The object is to enable the dis charge end of this chute to deposit checksin either the inner tray 21 or the outer compartments 22, and for this purpose I secure a pin 40 through the front and rear wall of the lower end of the chute, and within the chute is placed a finger 41. The pin which projects through the front wall has thereon a triplepointed head 42,with a central A-shaped point 43, which projects upwardly, as shown. On the side of the discharge end of this chute is a horizontal lever 44, hinged at its outer end to an arm 45, secured to the chute, and a spring 46, secured to this hinged end, projects heneath the lower pointed end of the head, so as to hold pin 40 and the finger 41 in position after each action of the lever 44. The arm 45 has a circular bend 46 and centrally and upwardly projecting stem 47, to the upper end of which is secured a flat spring or lever 48, which projects downwardly and is designed to operate against the V-shaped portion of the head 42, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. A guard 49 holds this lever 44 into such a position that it operates vertically only. The inner end of the lever 44 has an antifriciion-roller 50, this roller being designed to operate against an inclined part-51, which is attached to and moves around upon the ring 26, said inclined piece being designed to be moved or set at any particular point around the ring 26.

The object of the mechanism just described is for the purpose of giving an intermittent motion to the finger 41 within the chute. It will be observed in the position shown in Fig. 5 that the lower end of the spring 48 is above the A-shaped point 43, so that when the roller 50 has passed over the inclined piece 51 and the lever 44- again drops down to a horizontal position the end of the spring 48 will strike the V-shaped projection of the head 42 on the left side of the pin 40, thus causing the finger 41 to be thrown over to the position shown in Fig. 4, and thus the checks in the chute will be thrown into the outer compartments 22. When, however, the lever 44 is again raised to the position shown in Fig. 5, the A- shaped point 43 will then be on the left side of the lower end of the spring 48, and when the lever is again depressed to a horizontal position the finger 41 will be thrown up, so as to divert the checks into the tray 21. The object of this mechanism will be understood more clearly when it is stated that as there are twenty-four compartments, each representing five minutes of time, a period of two hours will elapse before the finger-lever 44 is set in operation.

We will suppose that it is desired to take the record of a workman arriving during the two first working hours of the day-they are, say, from seven to nine. In that case the inclined piece 51 is turned around to that compartment, or rather to the division-line between the compartment 120 and 5, and the finger 41 is thrown upwardly, or is at its highest point, as shown in Fig. 4, so that all checks deposited in the receiver will be thrown into the compartments 22. As this chute is connected through the medium of the shafts 28 and 31 with the hour-stem of the clock, it is obvious that the discharge end of the chute will travel over the successive compartments 22, which correspond to the five-minute intervals of the clock, and at the end of two hours there will be two complete cycles of the hourhand, and all checks deposited by the workmen will appear in their respective compartments 22, and thus indicate at what time within the limit of five minutes each check was deposited; but after two hours the finger 41 has been turned to the position shown in Fig. 5, so that thereafter for the next two hours all checks will be deposited in the inner tray, and then again thereafter for the next two hours on the outside, the.

It is obvious that instead of twenty-four compartments thirty-six may be employed for a three-hours period or twelve for a one-hour period; but I have shown herein the specific manner of depositing the checks for a certain period in the outer compartments and then have the subsequent checks that it is not desirable to take any note of deposited in the inner tray, and I do not confine myself, therefore, to any number of compartments nor to any specific period of time for each compartment.

The device, as shown, is very simple in con st-ruction, is operated automatically by the movement of the checkwork and parts actuated thereby, and requires no manipulation except the initial one of locating the angled piece 51 to represent some determinate starting-point for the delivery of the checks. As shown, I employ a counterweight 52 for the purpose of balancing the chute on the shaft 31, so as to cause as little friction as possible to the moving parts.

What I claim as new is 1. A time-check receiver, composed of a case having therein a series of compartments surrounding a separately-removable receiving-check tray, the compartments and tray being on a horizontal plane and resting on the base of said case, and adapted to be horizontally removed from the case at one side, and a check-delivery mechanism operated by a clock, which delivers checks in the concentrically-arranged compartments during certain predetermined periods, and during the intervening periods in the central check-tray, and automatically resets itself at the end of each period, substantially as shown.

2. A time-check receiver, having Within the case centrally a separately-removable tray or receptacle for checks, and surrounding said tray on the same horizontal plane, a series of check-receiving compartments, in combination with a check-delivery chute above said tray and compartments, adapted to automatically deliver checks in either the outer compartments or the inner tray during certain predetermined periods, substantially as set forth.

3. In a time-check receiver, a case having centrally within the same a horizontally-removable check-receptacle, and surrounding said receptacle and on the same horizontal plane, a series of compartments, in combination with a check-delivery chute above said compartments and tray adapted to be set so as to automatically deposit checks in either the central check-tray or in the compartments surrounding the central tray at certain predetermined periods, substantially as set forth.

4. A time-check receiver, composed of a case having a clock on one side thereof, eX- teriorly, and a check-delivery chute within the case mounted on a shaft and geared to operate with the clock, said chute having an enlarged mouth beneath the top wall of the case, the rear wall of which is A-shaped in horizontal section, and provided with a similarly-formed A-shaped door for the front wall of said chute, the door being hinged at its upper end to the chute, and means for normally holding the lower end of the door against the rear wall of the chute for the purpose of di ver-ting the checks into an inclined channel in the chute, substantially as shown.

5. A time-check receiver, composed of a case with a clock therein and a check-recording chute mounted on a vertical shaft geared with said clock, the discharge end of said chute being enlarged so that the opening thereof projects over both the inner tray and the outer compartments beneath, and having within said discharge end a finger to divert the checks to the inner tray or to the outer compartments, said finger being operated by a lever hinged to the chute, provided at its inner end with a roller-bearing, in combination with an inclined adjustable piece on a central ring below said roller-bearing and an A-shaped swinging door on the upper end of the delivery-chute for diverting the checks into the body of the chute, substantially as shown.

6. In a time-check receiver, the combination, with a clock, its mechanism, and a central arbor operated thereby, of a series of check-receiving compartments concentrically disposed around a removable central checktray, said compartments and tray being on the same horizontal plane, a check-delivery chute on said arbor rotatively arranged above said compartments, and mechanism in the discharge end of said chute arranged to antomatically adjust the tripping device for the delivery of a deposited check into the concentrically-disposed compartments or into the central tray at certain predetermined periods, as set forth.

7. In a time-check receiver, the combination with a clock, its mechanism, and a central arbor operated thereby, of a series of check-receiving compartments concentrically disposed around an inner check-tray, and on the same horizontal plane, a check-delivery chute on the same arbor, rotatively arranged above said compartments and tray, meansin the discharge-opening of said chute whereby said discharge-opening can be diverted to the central tray or to the outer compartments, and means connected with said operating mechanism for automatically actuating and setting said mechanism in the delivery-chute to open its discharge for the delivery of a deposited check into one of said compartments or into the inner tray at certain predetermined periods, substantially as shown.

8. In a time check receiver, a series of check-receiving compartments concentrically disposed around an inner removable checktray, both being horizontally removable from the containing-case, in combination with a clock, its mechanism, and a central arbor operated thereby, a check-delivery chute on said arbor rotatively arranged above said compartments, and mechanism in the discharge-opening of said chute whereby said discharge-opening can be automatically diverted and reset for the delivery of a deposited check into one of the aforesaid outer compartments or to the central tray, said mechanism consisting essentially of a hinged lever and an inclined piece secured adjustably to a ring above the central tray, substantially as set forth.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 23d day of Witnesses:

A. J. ZERBE, O. F. DELANY.

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