Patent GB-662639-A (GB)
Title: Telegraph interconnection
IPC: H04M7/08
Filed: 1948-02-20
Abstract: 662,639. Telegraph exchange systems; typeprinting telegraphy. WESTERN ELECTRIC CO., Inc. Feb. 20, 1948 [Dec. 30, 1938], No. 5093/48. Class 40 (iii) Telegraph substations are connected to an exchange over separate transmitting and receiving channels, which may be separate oneway two-wire lines or may include a duplex line, and the connection of the substation transmitting and receiving apparatus to the respective channels is controlled by code signals sent from the exchange. The lines may be party lines in which case the code signals also control the connection of a selected party's apparatus to the appropriate channels. The code signals for starting transmission from a substation are sent by an exchange operator over the receiving channel and, if this is in use at the time, the existing transmission is temporarily interrupted and then resumed without mutilation. In the system shown in the layout diagram, Figs. 2, 3, four party lines 201 ... 204 each comprising separate one-way transmitting and receiving channels 205, 206, &c. are connected to the exchange, Fig. 3. Line 201 has four parties A ... D, each provided with a keyboard perforator 207 (which may also transmit directly), a tape transmitter 208, a receiving teleprinter 209 and switching apparatus 210. Line 202 has three similar parties H, I, J and two other parties E, F adjacent to one another and provided with common switching apparatus 212 at a separate point G. The parties K, L, M connected to line 203 and N, 0 connected to line 204 similarly have common switching apparatus which may be at separate points or at one of the stations (at K and 0 as shown). At the exchange, each line has a receiving reperforator 304, a tape transmitter 312 and a set of selecting relays 316 which respond to code signals to operate connecting relays 301 to effect the required connections. Lines 201, 202 have individual receiving teleprinters 302 for the reception of messages for the exchange, but a common teleprinter 308 selectively connectible with either line is provided for lines 203, 204. Calls originating at the exchange are established by keyboard perforators 320, 321 and transmitters 325, 326 also controlling the connecting relays 301. Keyboard 324 controls the transmission of the selecting codes for starting the various substation transmitters. Reverting calls from one substation to another on the same party-line may be established through the connecting relays 301 in the same way as for a call between two different lines. Figs. 5 ... 20 when arranged as shown in Fig. 4, show detailed circuits and apparatus for the system shown in Figs. 2, 3. Transmitting apparatus, Figs. 5, 6 (at substation A). The apparatus, in the lower, middle and upper positions respectively of 616 may either perforate a tape 501 and transmit under control of the perforations, transmit directly but also record on the tape, or transmit directly without recording on the tape. A character key 601 acts on pairs of bars 603, 604, causing T-levers 605 to move bars 606 to the left or right, movement to the left inserting an interponent 607 beneath a punch pin 608. With key 616 in its lower position, contacts 617 are opened and contacts 629, 632 closed. Also member 623 is depressed so that it does not act on lever 624 to release the direct-transmission cam-shaft 633. The punch magnet 611 is operated over contacts 629, 628, the latter being closed when any key is depressed. A counting magnet 660 is operated each time a key, other than a function key, is depressed, over contacts 630, 632, 629, 628, to indicate when a carriage return and line-feed signal should be sent for a page-printer. This latter signal closes contacts 631 to operate the release magnet 661 for the counter. With key 616 in its upper position, contacts 617 are closed and contacts 629, 632 open, the punch magnet is not operated and transmission takes place from contacts 627 controlled by cam-shaft 633. With key 616 in its middle position, transmission is similarly from contacts 627, contacts 617, 619 are closed and the latter completes a circuit for punch magnet 611 over contacts 620 closed once in each revolution of the cam-shaft. No transmission either direct or from the tape transmitter can take place until relay 710, Fig. 7, is operated by the exchange operator to remove a short-circuit from channel 205. A special key 615 controls the transmission of a blank signal and also perforates a hole in the sixth position on the tape. Each message recorder on the tape comprises the following components: two " letters " signals to condition the receiving reperforator (but one only between two messages), a blank signal, a line-selecting signal comprising a single mark on one of the tape positions 1-5, a " figures " signal, an " activating " code, a code signal for selecting the station on the selected line, a "letters " signal, the message text, and disconnect signals. When no more messages are to be recorded, the subscriber perforates a blank signal, followed twice or more by letter K and the special blank signal with the No. 6 perforation. Starting transmitter at a substation. Normally relay 1926, Fig. 19, is operated over shaft contacts 1914. Operation of key 2001 by the exchange operator to start the transmitter at substation A energizes relays 1904, 2002 which lock in series with relay 1907 and extend the receiving channel 306 of line A to distributer 1910. Relay 1907 connects contacts 1914 to the upper winding of polarized relay 1917 which, after a short delay due to condenser 1918, changes over its contact to energize distributer start magnet 1930. The distributer arm 1927 makes one revolution during which an all-spacing or blank code is sent to line 201. In the selectors 716, &c. associated with the parties A ... D, comprising selector-mechanism similar to that of a teleprinter but selectively closing contacts instead of operating printing members, contacts 713, 913, &c. are closed by the blank code, operating relays 706, 906, &c. Contacts 715, 915 are closed for every code but for a shorter time and within the period of operation of the selectivelyclosed contacts. During the revolution of the distributer 1910, relays 1926, 1917 are released and, at the end of the revolution, relay 1928 operates. Relay 1917 re-operates to start a second revolution during which a code characteristic of substation A, determined by the operation of relay 1904, is sent out. At substation A, contacts 714 close in response to this code, operating relay 710 which removes a short-circuit from the transmitting channel and connects battery over lead 717 to start the tape transmitter of substation A, Fig. 5. At sub-stations B, C, D, contacts 914 &c. similar to contacts 714 are not closed by the A code and the closure of contacts 915 &c. operates relays 908 &c. to release relays 906 &c. and restore the selectors at these substations to normal. During the second revolution of distributer 1910, relays 1929, 1919 operate and, at the end of the revolution, relay 1908 operates causing the release of relays 1907, 1904, 2002 and the restoration of the operator's control equipment to normal. The starting of a transmitter at one of a number of substations with common switching apparatus, e.g. substation M, Fig. 13, takes place in a generally similar manner, the common apparatus having a plurality of contacts 1314, 1316, 1317 closed by the respective selecting codes and operating corresponding starting relays 1344, 1346, 1347. Transmission from any substation, e.g. substation M can be stopped by the operator depressing a corresponding stop key 2009, the blank code sent from the exchange causing the operation of relays 1339 ... 1341 and the succeeding code operating contacts 1315 which, with none of the contacts 1313, 1314, 1316, 1317 operated, energizes relay 1342 whereby the operated starting relay is released. If a receiving channels is busy when it is desired to start a transmitter on the same line, e.g. station D is receiving from station M via distributer 1501 when the operator presses key 2008 to start transmission from station D, operation of connecting relay 2002 opens the circuit of distributer magnet 1504 to hold up further transmission at the end of the revolution in progress. The blank signal operates relay 906 which releases switching relay 907 to prevent magnet 948 receiving the starting code which follows. (The blank code is received by magnet 948 but by its nature is ineffective.) The starting code operates relay 910 to remove the short-circuit from the transmitter at substation D and releases relay 906 to re-operate relay 907. Transmission to substation D is resumed when relay 2002 is released. Normal condition of exchange reperforator, apparatus; tape feed-out. When power is supplied to the system, relay 1021 in the exchange reperforator, Fig. 10, associated with line 201 is operated and, if there is insufficient tape 1001 to operate contacts 1102, relay 1003 operates energizing tap feed-out magnet 1008 and slow-to-operate relay 1007. Magnet 1008 operates as described in a later paragraph to cause the transmission of a series of all-marking codes. Relay 1005 operates over common contact 1019 and code contacts 1-4 operated as described in a later paragraph. When relay 1007 operates, after a period sufficient for the feeding out of adequate tape, lamps 1009 are lit and an attendant operates a key 1010 to energize relay 1004 which releases relay 1003. The closure of tape-controlled contacts 1102 operates relay 1103 which energizes magnet 1104 to start distributer 1112. Relay 1111 connects contacts 1 ... 5 to relays 11106 ... 1110 and any code causing more than one of relays 1106 ... 1109 or relay 1110 alone to operate causes also marginal relay 1113 to reverse its contacts energizing relay 1114 which opens the locking circuits of relays 1106 ... 1110. The distributer continues to operate until a code cau