Improvements in Apparatus for Recording and Checking Workmen's Time and for other similar purposes.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in Apparatus for Recording and Checking Workmen's
Time and for other similar purposes.
I, WILLIAM WHITEHEAD, of 4, Corporation Street, Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster, Electrical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in that type of apparatus for recording
and checking workmen's time and for other similar purposes wherein the time the
workman enters or leaves is stamped or impressed upon a recording strip, the object
being to provide means whereby the number of the workman and the said time is
recorded on the said strip in one action and thus the use of the apparatus simplified
and expedited.
To this end I employ a type mechanism, preferably such as described in
Specifications of Letters Patents granted to me No. 21083, dated 3rd day of
December, 1891, and No. 8513, dated 30th day of April, 1894, the frame carrying
the type wheels and their locking device being stationary in this case.
In con-
nection with the periphery of the said type wheels I employ a lever or slide under
the influence of a spring and with a funnel shaped mouth adapted to receive a smal!
stamp with the workman's number upon it. This stamp is carried by the work-
man, inserted into the said mouth and thrust forward by him, which causes his
number to be printed on one part of the recording strip in the apparatus and at
the same time the aforesaid lever or slide to move so as to bring the other part of
the recording strip against the type wheels and thus print both number and time
in one line simultaneously. At the back of the said mouth, opposite to the type
wheels, is arranged on the said lever or slide a platen over which the recording
strip and across the latter the inking ribbon passes, the work-
man's number being pressed upon the inking ribbon and thus onto the
recording strip from the front, whilst the time is impressed by the type wheels upon
the front of the recording strip from the back. The stamp carried by the workman
is formed at each end with a projection which enter corresponding slots formed in
the said mouth piece and serve to guide the stamp and also to bear the thrust of
the stamp when inserted into the mouth. In connection with the upper end of the
aforesaid lever or slide, a lever having a loose end and under the influence of a
spring, is arranged. This lever carries a bell tongue adapted to strike a bell each
time the said lever or slide is depressed to the required extent by the stamp of the
workman.
The recording strip feeding and the inking ribbon mechanism are both actuated
by suitable connections from the said lever or slide, the recording strip being moved
so that its slack is taken up by the feed roller, but when the said lever or slide is
caused to receed by its spring, the paper is held tight by the feed roller and drawn
off the supply roll, which causes the number and time stamped onto the strip to
appear above the mouth of the lever or slide, in sight of the operator.
When working the stamping apparatus electrically I preferably employ a swing-

page_text: ing armature in connection with which I also employ a lever which locks the armature
down, whilst the stamp is in use, similar as described in the specifications of my
Patents herein before referred to.
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
Agents to Applicant.
Improvements in Apparatus for Recording and Checking Workmen's
Time and for other similar purposes.
I, WILLIAM WHITEHEAD, of 4, Corporation Street, Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster, Electrical Engineer, 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 improvements in that type of apparatus for recording
and checking workmen's time and for other similar purposes wherein the time the
workman enters or leaves the works is stamped or impressed upon a recording strip,
the object being to provide means whereby the number of the workman and the
said time is recorded on the said strip in one action and thus the use of the
apparatus simplified and expedited.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood I have caused
to be appended hereunto two sheets of drawings marked with letters of reference
indicating like parts in the various figures.
Figs. 1 & 2, Sheet I, are side views, Fig. 3 is a front view and Fig. 4 a vertical
section of my improved apparatus for recording and checking workmen's time and
for other similar purposes, shown removed from the casing which contains it and the
clock that actuates the stamp type wheels. Fig. 5 is a detached plan of Fig. 1,
Fig. 6 & 7 of Fig. 3, Fig. 7 a front view of Fig. 7, Fig. 8 shows a side, end
and edge view of the stamp carried by workmen and Fig. is a side view and plan
of a modification in the construction of the magnet and armature employed in my
improved recording and checking apparatus.
Figs. 10 & 11, Sheet II, are front views of the casing in which the recording and
checking apparatus and clock working the stamp type wheels are fixed, Fig. 10
showing the casing closed and Fig. 11 open.
Referring to Sheet I, a is the main frame of my improved recording and checking
apparatus, 6 the shelf upon which it is mounted, c are the stamp type wheels, dis
the inking ribbon, e the recording strip, f the stamp carried by the workman g is
the armature and its magnet, is the pawl and k the ratchet wheel by which the
stamp type wheels c are intermittently rotated, the pawl being attached to the
armature g and the ratchet wheel & secured upon the sleeve upon which the stamp
type wheels c revolve.
i
Referring the Sheet II, m is the casing with my improved recording and checking
apparatus n in position therein and o the clock from which the stamp type wheels c
are actuated and which in the present instance is worked electrically from the
battery in the casing m, all of which are shown diagrammatically.
In carrying out my invention and referring to the figures generally, I preferably
employ a time stamp type wheel mechanism, such as described in Specifications of
Letters Patent granted to me No. 21083, dated 3rd December, 1891, and No. 8513,
dated 30th April, 1894, the frame c¹ carrying the type wheels c and their locking
device being stationary in this case, i.e., secured to the sides of the main frame a.
In connection with the periphery of the stamp type wheels c, I employ a lever like

page_text: frame the upper
end of which is placed under the influence of a spring r
which has a tendency to retain the lever like frame in its outer position shown in
the drawing, one end of the said spring being attached to the main frame a, see
Fig. 2, and the other by a rod to the lever like frame g. The latter has its
fulcrum at g¹ on the main frame a and in front is formed with a funnel shaped
mouth adapted to receive the stamp f with the workman's number upon it. This
stamp is carried by the workman, is inserted into the said mouth and thrust
forward by him, together with the lever like frame g which action causes his
number to be printed upon the front of the recording strip e and at the same time
brings the back of the recording strip against the stamp type wheels c and thus
prints both number and time in one line simultaneously. At the back of the
mouth g² is fixed to the frame a a platen a¹ over which the recording strip e and
across the latter the inking ribbon d passes, the workman's stamp being pressed
thus the number thereon printed upon
upon the inking ribbon and
the front, whilst the time is impressed
the recording strip from
embossed
the type wheels upon the front
the recording
strip from the back, another platen being attached to the lever like
frame g at the side of the mouth 2. The workman's stamp f, Fig. 8, is formed at
each end with a projection f¹ which serves to guide the stamp and also to bear its
thrust when inserted into and pushed against the bottom of the mouth 2. In
connection with the upper end of the lever like frame y, a levers having a loose
ends and under the influence of a spring t is arranged. This lever carries a bell
tongue adapted to strike the bell each time the said frame is depressed or pushed
forward to the required extent by the workman's stamp and its upper end q*
brought into contact with the loose end s¹.
or
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The recording strip feeding and the inking ribbon mechanism are both actuated
by suitable connections from the lever like frame 7, the recording strip e being
moved so that its slack is taken up by the feed roller e¹, but when the said frame is
caused to recede by its spring r, the strip e is held tight by the feed rollers e¹, ea
and by the frame drawn off the supply roll e³, whereby the number and time
stamped on the strip e is caused to appear above the mouth 2 of the frame q in
front of an opening m¹ in the casing in sight of the workman, whilst the blank part
of the strip is brought opposite the stamp mouth another opening m³ being also
formed in the casing m for the stamp mouth 2 to project through.
The recording strip e runs from the supply roll e³ over two guide rollers 4 & 5
mounted in the lever like frame q. the roller eserving in the meantime to draw
the strip off the supply roll e³ as required on the return movement of the frame q.
In the present instance the pawl lever w which rotates the recording strip feed
roller e is actuated from the lever like frame 7 by means of the rod w¹ connected
thereto, see Fig. 1, and the ratchet wheel, see Figs. 2 & 3, by which the inking
ribbon spools are rotated, by means of the pawl pivoted to the lever like
frame q, see Fig. 2. The lever like frame g is furnished with a pulley, at each
side, over which the inking ribbon e runs to and from the spools d³.
.In lieu of mounting the frame on a fulcrum it may be adapted to slide to and
from the stamp type wheel as will be readily understood.
When working the stamping apparatus electrically, as in the present instance,
31, which by
I preferably employ a swinging armature in conjunction with a lever
suitable connections locks the same in position on the magnet whilst the stamp
is in use, similar as described in the specifications of my patents hereinbefore
referred to.
In the present instance the upper end of the armature is linked to an arm z
formed on a shaft z¹ one end of which projects through the frame a, see Fig. 1, and
has secured to it a small lever 22 which by means of a rod 23 is connected to the
lower end of a double armed lever the upper end of which is furnished with a
pin which engages behind the projection y¹ on the lever y when the armature is
attracted which lever is then locked in position whilst the stamp is in use, by the
upper end of the frame o̟ pressing upon the free end thereof.

page_text: Instead of inserting the workman's stamp f from the front into the mouth q², the
latter may be partially closed in front and its upper wall formed with an opening q',
see Figs. 7, 7, which will admit of inserting the stamp into the mouth q from
the top.
According to a modification in the construction of the swinging armature and
magnet & h, the pole ¹ of the magnet h may be longer than usual and the lower
end of the armature g recessed to partially encircle the pole whereby the said
magnet and armature are rendered more reliable.
In order to be able of readily removing the recording and checking apparatus
described from its casing m, the wires running from the battery to the stamp
magnet gare broken and their ends attached to brass blades 61, 62, see Figs. 1, 4 & 5,
fixed respectively to the shelf upon which the apparatus is mounted and to the
back of the casing m, which blades when the apparatus is slid into place come into
contact with each other and thus complete the wire circuit through the apparatus.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim, is:
1st. In apparatus for recording and checking workman's time and for other
similar purposes, in combination with time stamp type wheels actuated by a clock
and an intermittently moved recording strip, a frame g, having a stamp aperture q
and platen 3 at its side, the said frame being adapted to be moved inwards and to
return automatically and the said strip passing between the said platen and a fixed
platen a employed opposite the said aperture, all substantially as and for the
purpose set forth.
2nd. In combination with the frame g the stamp f formed with the number
of the workman and adapted to be pressed by him into the aperture 72 whereby
the said frame is moved against the strip e and the latter against the type wheels c
and the workman's number and time are recorded upon the strip e simultaneously
in one line, all substantially as set forth.
3rd. The frame 9 adapted to draw the recording stripe off the supply roller &³,
all substantially as set forth.
Dated this 24th day of December 1897
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
4, Corporation Street, Manchester, Agents to Applicant.