IMPROVEMENTS IN TIME CHECKING APPARATUS FOR WORKMEN AND OTHERS.
Year: 1881

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Maberly Llewellin at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 18th March 1881.
WILLIAM MABERLY LLEWELLIN, of the Firm of Llewellins & James, Engineers,
Bristol, in the County of Gloucester. "IMPROVEMENTS IN TIME CHECKING
APPARATUS FOR WORKMEN AND OTHERS.'
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This Invention has for its object the timing or checking of the periodical arrival
or departure of workmen or others whose duty it is to be at certain places, such as
workshops, at fixed times, and this object is effected by the use of improved
checking mechanism or apparatus of simple construction.
The improved mechanism or apparatus comprises a circular or other shaped box
or case which is made to move at certain times through a segment or are of a circle,
and this box is placed either in a vertical or horizontal or inclined plane. At
certain periods this box moves through an arc of a circle, movement being given
by means of a clock work attachment, which attachment is regulated by a time
piece or clock immediately connected with it, or by a current of electricity from a
distant clock.
The inside case is contained in an external case, in the top or sides of which is
an aperture or hopper into which is dropped by workmen or others at certain times
of the day circular pieces of metal or "checks," which can be made either of
different sizes or shapes or of different metals, or differently coloured metals, these
different checks corresponding to certain periods of time.
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The outside case or any part of it can also be made movable so as to revolve
round the inside case, so that the hopper or shoot for putting in the "checks"
would thus move and come over the separate divisions in the inside box at certain
fixed times.
The shoot which is attached to the underside of the hopper is hinged and may
be actuated by the clock work so as to have a pendulous or circular movement, so
that at certain times it can be made to deviate from its previous position and
discharge "checks" dropped in through the hopper into different boxes, which
boxes and the checks in the same shall represent the arrival or departure of certain
individuals at certain stated times.

page_text: This indicating shoot also has a lateral or circular or any other regular or
irregular movement given to it in a horizontal, vertical, or inclined plane. This
shoot can either be made of flexible material or of metal or wood.
The hopper or receptacle for placing the checks in has a slotted plate, through
which slots the checks are put by the workmen or others requiring to use this
machine. Underneath this fixed slotted plate is movable slotted plate actuated
by means of a clockwork attachment or by an electric current. The object of this
action is to enable the size of the slots to be varied at will, so that at certain times
only certain sized checks can be passed into the machine.
At the bottom of the hopper there is a plate which closes up the hopper during
such times as the inside box or outside case moves. This plate can either be
moved by means of the clock-work attachment or an electric current, or by an
attachment receiving its motion from these motors.