APPARATUS FOR REGISTERING THE TIME OF ATTENDANCE OF WORKMEN, WATCHMEN OR OTHER PERSONS ON DUTY
Year: 1885

page_text: I, THOMAS WILSON MORRIS of 87 Park Street Grosvenor Square in the County
of Middlesex Builder do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "APPARATUS
FOR REGISTERING THE TIME OF ATTENDANCE OF WORKMEN, WATCHMEN OR OTHER
PERSONS ON DUTY to be as follows:-
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My invention relates to apparatus for registering the times of attendance of
a workman, watchman or other person or persons whose duty it is to be in a
certain place at a certain time.
For this purpose I arrange in combination with clockwork mechanism firstly a
strip of paper or other suitable material which has to be moved past an opening in
a casing by the workman or other person in order to enable him to write his name
thereon, and secondly a disc, bar or plate, which is moved by the clockwork and
which carries pins punches or other marking devices indicating subdivisions of
time, which disc by suitable connecting mechanism is caused to record the time
of signature. There may be provided two such discs or time indicators, one for
shewing the time divisions of a day and the other moving at a slower speed for
indicating the days of the week.
In the arrangement of apparatus which I prefer employ in carrying out my said
invention, a strip of paper wound upon a roller is led past an opening in a casing
and between a pair of nipping rollers which are connected by a step by step
mechanism with a door covering the said opening, so that the workman in opening
the door in order to write his name upon the paper, causes the latter to travel a
certain distance past the opening. The casing contains a clockwork mechanism,
such as an ordinary drum clock, the mechanism of which is geared to a disc having
pins or other marking devices on its circumference corresponding to the divisions
of the clock, which divisions are caused to pass over or under the paper at the
place where the signature is written. This disc is also connected to the before
mentioned door in such a manner that when this is moved the disc is pressed
against the paper, marking it. There is also a stationary marking device which
is impressed simultaneously, indicating the fraction of an hour on the paper,

page_text: In place of employing a door as described for moving the paper and time
indicator, this may be effected by a slide at the side of the casing, moved by a
handle or button.
According to another modification, instead of causing the time indications to
be made upon the paper bearing the signatures, they may be marked upon a
separate strip or disc, the indication corresponding to a certain signature. being in
this case ascertained by the numerical order in which both are made.
In this arrangement there may be provided a slotted arm revolving over the
said paper disc having in its slot a pin or other marking device passing through a
stationary spiral groove, so that at each revolution of the arm, denoting a day, the
pin is made to travel inwards or outwards a certain distance whereby the successive
coils of the spiral are made to indicate successive days,

page_text: Watchmen, or other Persons on Duty.
I, THOMAS WILSON MORRIS of 87 Park Street Grosvenor Square in the County
of Middlesex Builder do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to apparatus for registering the times of attendance of a
workman, watchman or other person or persons whose duty it is to be in a certain
place at a certain time.
For this purpose I arrange in combination with clockwork mechanism firstly a
strip of paper or other suitable material which has to be moved past an opening in
a casing by a workman or other person in order to enable him to write his name,
mark or other entry, thereon, and secondly a disc, bar or plate which is moved by
the clockwork and which carries pins, punches or other marking devices indicating
subdivisions of time, which disc by suitable connecting mechanism is caused to
record the time of signature. There may be provided two such discs or time
indicators, one for showing the time divisions of a day and the other moving at a
slower speed for indicating the days of the week.
In the arrangement of apparatus which I prefer to employ in carrying out iny
said invention, a strip of paper wound upon a roller is led past an opening in a
casing and a pair of nipping rollers which are connected by a step by step
mechanism with a door covering the said opening, so that the workman in opening
the door in order to write his name upon the paper, causes the latter to travel a
certain distance past the opening. The casing contains a clockwork mechanism,
such as an ordinary drum clock, the mechanism of which is geared to a disc having
pins or other marking devices on its circumference corresponding to the divisions
of the clock, which divisions are caused to pass over or under the paper at the place
where the signature is written. This disc is also connected to the before mentioned
door in such a manner that when this is moved the disc is pressed against the
paper marking it. There is also a stationary marking device which is impressed
simultaneously, indicating the fraction of an hour on the paper.
In place of employing a door as described for moving the paper and time
indicator, this may be effected by a slide at the side of the casing, moved by a
handle or button.
According to another modification, instead of causing the time indications to be
made upon the paper bearing the signatures, they may be marked upon a separate
strip or disc, the indication corresponding to a certain signature being in this case
ascertained by the numerical order in which both are made.
In this arrangement there may be provided a slotted arm revolving over the
said paper disc having in its slot a pin or other marking device passing through a
stationary spiral groove, so that at each revolution of the arm, denoting a day, the
pin is made to travel inwards or outwards a certain distance, whereby the successive
coils of the spiral are inade to indicate successive days.

page_text: The accompanying drawing shews the construction of apparatus which I employ
by preference in carrying out my above described invention. Fig. 1 shews a plan
of the casing without the mechanism, Fig. 2 shews a plan of the mechanism removed
from the casing; Fig. 3 shews the side view of the mechanism at X Fig. 2, together
with a section of the casing, and Fig. 4 shews the side view at Y Fig. 2 of the
mechanism without the casing.
The framing A of the mechanism carries a box B in which is placed a reel of
paper C, shewn in dotted lines in Fig. 3, the paper of which is led over a flat
surface D on the framing and between a pair of nipping rollers E E¹ to which
rotary motion is imparted as will be presently described, so as to move the paper
over the surface D. The casing F in which the mechanism is enclosed has an
opening G through which the paper C appears, and this opening is closed by a
flap H, hinged to. the casing F, so that it has to be raised into the position shewn
in Figs. 1 and 3 when it is desired to mark the paper strip. The flap H is con-
nected by an arm I, link J and two ended lever K to a catch L, that can gear with
pins on a disc M carried by the spindle of the nipping roller E, so that every time
the flap is raised to uncover the opening G, it causes the catch L to turn the
roller E through a certain distance, and thus to draw the paper strip C a corre-
sponding distance past the opening G. The disc M gears with teeth on its
periphery with a toothed wheel N on a slotted spindle O, through the slot of which
the end of the paper strip is passed, so that as the paper is fed forward by the
rollers E E¹ the spindle O, in rotating, coils up the paper loosely round it, as
indicated at Fig. 3.
At the other end of the framing is fixed an ordinary clock a, which imparts
motion by a spindle 6 and bevil gear c to a spindle d which in its turn imparts
motion by bevil gear e to a spindle f carrying a pinion g and a toothed wheel h
that imparts motion to the time recording mechanism shewn more clearly in the
enlarged detail at Fig. 5.
A spindle i, capable of sliding longitudinally to a certain extent, carries on its
front end a disc having a point l on its face, while at a certain distance behind a
toothed wheel is fixed on the spindle that gears with the pinion g; between the
disc and wheel a tubular spindle m is mounted loose on i, having a disc n close
behind the disc j, and a point o that projects to the same distance as the point /;
at its rear end m has a pinion p gearing with the toothed wheel h. The spindle m
can revolve in the square boss q¹ of a disc q, having twelve points r projecting
from the periphery of its face, which points also project to the same distance as k
and o.
The square boss q² can slide up and down to a certain extent in a square hole in
the framing A, which thus supports all the parts above described, while the rear
end of the spindle i is carried by a bracket S.
Against the end of the spindle i bears the end of a levert pivotted to the
framing A and having on its other end an inclined pallet t¹. The spindle P
carrying the before described rocking lever K has fixed on its opposite end an
arm Q, having on its end a pin Q1 which, as the arm is moved to the left hand
(Fig. 4) when the flap H is being closed down again after being raised, comes in
contact with the inclined pallet t¹ and in thus depressing that end of the lever t,
raises the other end thereof and thus causes the lever to push upward the spindle i,
together with all the before mentioned parts carried thereby. The surface D over
which the paper strip C passes, has an opening as shewn at Fig. 2, through which
the discs jn and q can consequently project up when the spindle i is raised as
described, and thus it will be seen that as the flap H is closed, the points ko and r,
will be impressed upon the part of the paper strip situated at the time over them.
Now the twelve points r correspond to the 12 hours of the clock face, and the
point o represents the minute hand, its spindle being geared with the clockwork so
as to revolve at the same speed as the minute arbor, while the point / represents
the hour hand, its spindle being geared to revolve at the same speed as the hour
arbor.

page_text: Thus when a certain signature, mark, or other entry has to be made on the paper
strip, at a given time, the operator first raises the lid H in order to obtain access
to the paper through the opening G, the paper being moved to the required extent
by the catch L in the act of raising the lid; he then signs or otherwise marks the
paper strip on the part appearing through the opening G, after which he closes the
lid again, thereby causing the points ko and r to be imprinted on the paper strip,
opposite his signature or other entry, and thus recording the time at which such
entry was made.
It will be evident that my above described invention may be employed with
advantage in all cases where it is desired that a certain record shall be made in
writing or other marking at a certain time.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1. The use for registering the time at which a certain signature, mark or other
record is made, of apparatus consisting of a clockwork mechanism actuating a time
marking device that is also actuated by mechanism serving to move a recording
medium such as a band of paper or other material past an opening, so that when
or after the paper strip is moved in order to enable an entry to be made thereon,
the marking device indicating the time at which the entry was made is also
impressed upon the same or a separate recording medium, substantially as herein
described.
2. In apparatus for registering the time at which a certain signature, mark, or
other record is made, the combination of a clockwork mechanism actuating a time
marking device, a band of paper or other material upon which the signature or
other entry is made and which is also marked by the time marking device, and a
flap, slide or equivalent means that requires to be actuated before the signature or
entry can be made, and which also effects the moving of the band of paper and the
marking thereof by the time marking device, substantially as herein described.
3. The combination of the casing F having an opening G through which a
paper band C appears and which is covered by a hinged flap H, the nipping
rollers E E by means of which the paper band is fed forward and which are
actuated by the movement of the flap H, the time recording mechanism j, k, n, o, q, "
actuated by clockwork and pressed against the paper by a levert on closing down
the flap H, all arranged and operating substantially as and for the purposes herein
described,