Improvements in Workmen's Time Recorders
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Dec., 1898-Accepted, 22nd Apr.,
1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Workmen's Time Recorders,
I, WILLARD LE GRAND BUNDY, of Binghamton, in the County of Broome,
State of New York, United States of America, Manufacturer, 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 time recorders. It has for its object to produce a time
recorder for automatically recording the times of arrival and departure of
employees, simple and compact in construction, efficient in operation, adapted to
be easily manipulated, with improved impression mechanismi and paper-feeding
mechanism, and in its preferred form autographic in character, in which the
recording strip is normally concealed and is exposed only by the operation of
the recorder by an employee, during the early part of which operation the
correct time is printed upon a recording strip before the autograph of the employee
can be inscribed upon the strip. It consists of the devices herein shown and
described.
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Heretofore in autographic time recorders in which type upon time recording
wheels, representing the hours and minutes, are arranged to print the time upon
a recording strip opposite to the signatures of employees, it has been usual to
have an opening in the casing, through which the employee could write upon the
recording strip, and to then require of the employee some other act, such
as the turning of a crank, or the operation of some other suitable
device, for actuating the impression and feeding mechanisms to cause
the time to be printed upon the recording strip opposite the written name. In
such machines the opening is exposed and employees can write their names upon
the recording strip without turning a crank or other similar device and thus
either through forgetfulness or intention fail to record the time upon the paper
strip opposite to their names. In my improved device the opening is normally
covered or concealed before an employee can write his name upon the recording
strip he must remove the cover and in the act of so doing he puts into operation
impression mechanism which prints the correct time upon the recording strip as
the cover is being removed and before the employee has an opportunity to write
his name upon the strip. The correct time of arrival and departure of such
employee is thus always noted.
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In my improved device, in its preferred form, a movable carriage carries the
time recording wheels, recording strip, inking ribbon and connecting parts.
This carriage is moved by means operated by the employee or workman, preferably
by removing a cover, so as to bring in some part of the movement of the carriage,
preferably during the early part, the recording strip and time recording wheels
into contact to cause an impression of the time to be made upon the recording
strip. In some part of the movement of the carriage the recording strip and
inking ribbon are also fed forward so as to bring them into proper position for
the next operation of the machine. The carriage and the time recording wheels
and other connections constitute impression mechanism for causing the time to he
printed upon the recording strip.

page_text: In the drawings that form part of this specification, in which like reference
numerals designate like parts in the several figures, I have shown and will now
proceed to describe the preferred form of my improved device. Fig. 1 is a front
elevation of the casing of a recorder that embodies my invention. Fig. 2 is a
side elevation of the recording mechanism, the side of the casing being removed.
Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section of said mechanism, on lines 3--3 of Fig. 4.
viewed as shown by the arrow. Fig. 4 is a plan of the under side of said
mechanism. Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken at right angles to the section of
Fig. 3, the type wheels being omitted for the sake of clearness. Fig. 6 is a
sectional detail of the impression mechanism. Fig. 7 is a side elevation looking
in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 5, and Fig. 8 of the arm-stop 41 hereinafter
described. Figs. 9 and 10 are enlarged detail views of certain parts of the
device for locking the minute wheel.
The casing containing the mechanism is shown integral with a clock casing,
the clock face 1 appearing in the upper part of the casing. Below the clock face
a part, 2, of the casing slants outward, making a table that slopes upward from
front of the casing at an angle of about 30 degrees. Through an opening or
slot 3 in this table appears a portion of a recording strip 4, preferably of paper,
which at this point passes over a support 5. A cover ordinarily covers and
'conceals the slot, preventing the workman from writing his name upon the
recording strip until he first removes the cover.
and may be removed in any suitable manner.
This cover may be of any form
‘as a lid, 6, pivotally secured to the table, and it is removed from the opening by
In the drawings I have shown it
the workman raising it into the position shown in Fig. 1. In thus raising the
lid to expose the opening the workman first actuates impression mechanism which
causes the time to be printed upon the recording strip in a manner presently to
be described.
The parts directly attached to the table 2 are as follows: A shaft 7 (see Fig. 5)
is journaled in lugs depending from the under side of the table. Upon it is
keyed gear wheel 8, which meshes with gear wheel 9, mounted on the
pivot which secures the cover to the table,
lid is moved. Thus when the lid is raised, through gear wheels
and moving when the
is rotated. Secured to shaft 7 are cams 10 and 11. Cam 11 is shaped as shown
and S, shaft 7
in full lines in Fig. 6, with two shoulders 11" and an intervening and depressed
portion between the two shoulders, and bears against roller 11" mounted on the
carriage, hereinafter described. As the lid 6 is raised and lowered, cam 11
oscillates forward and backward, so that roller 11" registers alternately with a
shoulder and the depression. When roller 11" registers with one or the other of
the shoulders, the cam acts as a stop to hold the carriage away from table 2 and
the printing position, but when roller 11" registers with the depression, the stop
is removed and the carriage is permitted to rise, forcing the time recording wheels
and recording strip into contact in the manner presently to be described.
I will now describe the carriage A and the time recording wheels that it
contains. One end of a carriage A, composed of side plates 12 and rods 12ª
connecting them, is pivoted at 13 to lugs secured to the table, and the other end
is pressed upward against the under side of the table by springs 14. A horizontal
shaft 15 is mounted centrally in the carriage, and carries the time recording
wheels which are composed of an hour and minute wheels 16 and 17. These
wheels which are mounted side by side, and move independently of each other,
carry on their peripheries type 18, representing respectively minutes and hours.
They are actuated by a clock movement in the following manner.
wheel 17 (Fig. 4) has on the same sleeve with it a gear wheel 19, meshing with
Minute
gear wheel 20 on shaft 21 mounted in the carriage. This shaft is rotated by
shaft 22, mounted in the carriage, through bevel gears 23. To shaft 23 is coupled
a flexible shaft 24 (Fig. 7), made preferably of steel wire in a spiral coil. This
shaft is not only flexible, but is torsionally elastic. It is led upward to the clock

page_text: movement and there coupled with one of the clock shafts, whose speed is such
that through gears 23, 20 and 19 minute wheel 17 is driven at the desired speed.
The type are spaced upon the periphery of the minute wheel in accordance with
its speed, so that a new type character comes uppermost preferably every two
minutes.
In order to hold the time wheels preferably still during the printing and to
bring the type of the minute wheel representing the proper minute exactly upon
the printing line, I provide a device for locking both time wheels and for
adjusting the minute wheel, constructed as follows:-On shaft 21 (Fig. 4) is a
locking disc 25, which, as shown in Fig. 10, has a row of tapering holes near its
circumference, the larger end of each hole cutting slightly into its neighbor on
either side, so as to leave a sharp ridge between each hole and the next one.
A pin 26, having a tapering point, is sleeved in the lower part of the carriage
(see Fig. 4). The disc and pin are arranged so that as the disc revolves the
larger ends of the holes in turn come opposite to the tapered end of the pin.
When the pin is moved towards the disc its point enters one of the holes, and so
locks the disc and the minute wheel. If the pin should advance at a moment
when no one of the holes is fairly presented, its point will enter the nearest hole,
and because of its tapering point will force itself into the hole, thereby rotating
the disc slightly in one direction or the other and thereby adjusting the minute
wheel so as to move the type nearest to the printing line so that it will be exactly
upon the printing line. The torsional flexibility of the shaft 24 is for the
purpose of permitting this slight rotation and also the momentary stoppage or
detention of the minute wheel during the printing operation, without interfering
with the action of the clock movement. There is one hole in the locking disc for
each type character on the minute wheel, and the holes are so arranged that when
the pin enters any hole, one of the type characters on the minute wheel is in
correct position for printing.
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The outer end of pin 26 is pivoted to one end of
the pivot passing through a slot, not shown, in the end of the pin,
a lever 27,
giving some play to the joint. A coiled spring encircling the pin
bears against lever 27 at one end and against a shoulder on the pin at the
other end, allowing play at the joint only when the resistance of the spring is
overcome. This arrangement makes the joint yielding, and avoids undue strain
upon the parts. The other end of lever 27 carries a pawl 27, (Fig. 7) pivoted at
its centre, shown in enlarged detail in Fig. 9, arranged to be engaged by toe 28
on cam 10. A pin 27° acts as a stop to the movement of the pawl in one direction
as shown in Fig. 9. When toe 28 passes in the direction of the arrow, the pawl
held by stop pin 27 rides up on toe 28, moving the end of lever 27 and forcing
pin 26 into a hole in the disc. When toe 28 passes the pawl in the return
motion, the pawl turns. back freely out of the way and allows it to pass without
moving lever 27. A small coiled spring 27 then returns the pawl to its proper
position.
I employ the following devices to operate hour wheel 16 (Fig. 3). On shaft 21
is a cam 29, and pivoted in the carriage is a reciprocating arm 30, pivoted at 30%,
having a pin 32 which the cam engages in order to reciprocate the arm. Armi 30
is spring pressed towards the right in Fig. 3, and carries at its lower extremity
a dog 33, having a shoulder 34. Hour wheel 16 has on its periphery preferably
two consecutive sets of type characters from 1 to -12 inclusive.
is a wheel 35 having a tooth for each type character. A locking arm 36, pivoted
Attached to it
at 36 in the carriage, is spring-pressed towards wheel 35, and carries a lug 37
adapted to enter the successive recesses between the teeth of that wheel, thereby
locking that wheel and the hour wheel 16.
wheel 35 is locked in its successive positions, the successive type characters on
The teeth are so arranged that when
hour wheel 16 are uppermost and in correct position for printing. Arm 36 is
extended towards dog 33, and carries at its extremity a pin 38. Arm 30 is
driven forward and back with each revolution of cam 29, and dog 33 moves with

page_text: it. As that dog advances, shoulder 34 passes over pin 38 and thereby depresses
arm 36, moving lug 37 out of the recess in wheel 35 and thereby unlocking that
wheel. Passing on, it engages a tooth of wheel 35, and, rotates the
wheel one tooth. Wheel 35 is prevented from rotating more than one tooth by
pin 31 entering one of its recesses. Returning, shoulder 34 rides below pin 38,
and so regains its position without again unlocking wheel 35. A spring 33
tends to hold against stop pin 39 on arm 30, the stop pin 39 holding dog 33 rigid
when riding over pin 38, the spring 33" permitting the dog to give as it rides
back under pin 38. Since it has two sets of type characters from 1 to 12, hour
wheel 16 need be rotated only one-twentyfourth of a revolution in order to pass
from one number to the next, instead of one-twelfth, as would be the case if only
one set were used. One of the advantages of using a twentyfour tooth wheel
is the use of A.M. and P.M.
The recording strip 4 preferably of paper, is wound upon a roll 4" on a shaft
mounted in a bracket depending from the carriage. The strip passes from the
roll to the left, Fig. 2, over a guard 45, thence over support 5, part of its upper
surface. being presented through slot 3 to the workman, when he raises, the lid.
Thence the strip passes to the right, over another guard, and down to the feed
mechanism now to be described. After passing the feed mechanism it falls into
the lower part of the casing.
The means for feeding forward the recording strip are connected to and
operated by the cover as it is being closed or replaced in its original position and
consists of the following mechanism. Referring now more particularly to Fig. 7,
for the paper-feeding mechanism, a bell-crank lever 46, 48 is pivoted in a lug
depending from table 2. One arm 46 of this lever is moved by a pin 47, projecting
from cam 10, against the pressure of a spring 48" attached to the other arm 48.
A. reciprocating frame is formed of two side plates, 49 and 50, pivoted to the
carriage, and joined by a rod 49". Plate 49 is pivotally connected with arm 48
by a link 51, and so through pin.47, arms 46 and 48, and link 51 the paper
feeding frame is made to reciprocate with each forward and backward move-
ment of cam 10. A rock shaft 52 journaled between the plates 49 and 50 carries
three claws 53, placed about equal distances apart, and an arm.54 which by a
spring 54 is made to hold claws 53 yieldingly against a guard 55. The recording
strip 4 passes between the guard and the claws, so that when cam 10 moves
from the position shown in Fig. 7, as the workman raises the lid, spring 48"
draws arm 48 over, through link 51 raising the paper feeding frame, and claws 53
slide up the paper.
As cam 10 returns to its original position through the closing
of the lid, pin 47 strikes arm 46 and draws the paper feeding frame
downward, claws 5 biting into the paper and feeding it downward
over the guard 55. The feeding forward of the paper strip takes place as the lid
is closing, putting the recording strip in proper position for the next operation
of the machine.
An ink ribbon, 56 is arranged between the time recording wheels and the
recording, strip. The means for feeding it forward are as follows. Referring
particularly to Fig. 3, two spools 56b and 57b are journaled in the carriage, and
are. provided with gear wheels, 56 and 57. The ribbon is wound upon one spool,
passes up over a guide 56%, then over the face of the hour and minute wheels,
then down over another guide 57° to the other spool. The support 5 is not as
wide as the recording strip, so one edge of that strip overlies the ribbon and type,
as is plainly shown in Fig. 5. The under side of the table at this place serves
as a platen. A pawl arm 58, attached to and driven by the paper-feeding frame,
drives a ratchet wheel 59, upon a sleeve 59 on stud 59, gear 59° on this same
sleeve is geared to a gear wheel 60 and drives it. This wheel 60 is carried by a
lever 61 pivoted centrally with the ratchet wheel 59 upon stud 59b, and the lower
end of lever 61 carries a pin 62 adapted to be set in either of holes 63 in a bracket
attached to the carriage. When the pin is set in one of these holes, gear wheel 60
engages gear wheel 50, and winds the ink ribbon in one direction; when set in

page_text: the other hole, as shown in Fig. 2, gear wheel 60 engages gear wheel 57, and
winds the ink ribbon in the other direction.
My improved machine in its preferred form is so constructed that in its use
a workman will not only raise the lid to the perpendicular position shown in
Fig. 6 but in order to permit him to write through the opening upon the recording
strip will also pull it still further forward until it lies in the position shown in
Fig. 1. Through this operation cam 11, which while the lid is closed, is in the
position shown in full lines in Fig. 6 with the left shoulder 11 (as viewed
in Fig. 6) of the cam pressing upon roller 11" and acting as a stop to hold the
carriage normally away from the printing position, will be shifted so as to bring
the other shoulder 11b against roller 11, thus again acting as a stop to keep
the carriage away from the printing position. During this transition the stop
action of the cam is removed by roller 11ª entering the depression in the cam
between the two shoulders, thus releasing the carriage to effect the printing. A's
the lid closes the cam, of course, returns to its normal position, but as this would
permit the carriage to again rise through roller 11" again entering the depression
in the cam, thus repeating the printing of the time, I provide a second stop to
hold the carriage away from the printing position during the closing of the lid
and until the first stop cam 11 has again resumed its normal position and again
become an operative stop with its left shoulder 11' again pressing against roller 11".
This second stop is shown in the drawings as stop arm 41 and is arranged as
follows: A rock shaft 40 (Fig. 3), journaled in the lower extremity of the
carriage carries two arms, 41 and 42. Arm 41 extends upward from rock shaft'40
and is so arranged that as the right hand shoulder 11b of cam 11 presses roller 11*
and carriage A downward, a spring 41" presses stop arm 41 to the position marked a
in Fig. 8 under projection 43 on the under side of table 2, thereby holding, the
carriage down from the table away from the printing position against the pressure
of springs 14. Arm 42 is adapted to be engaged by a pin 44 on stop cam 11 as
it returns to its normal position, and when so engaged to rock shaft 40 against the
pressure of spring 41" (see Fig. 8), and so force stop arm 41 from under pro-
jection 43. This does not take place, however, until the left hand shoulder 11'
of cam 11 has again made contact with roller 11". In this way stop 41 prevents a
repetition of the printing of the time, as the lid is being closed.
The operation is as follows. The workman raises the lid, which is normally
held closed by spring 64, Fig. 7, acting through gear wheels 8 and 9. Through
said gear wheels shaft 7, and with it cams 10 and 11, are rotated in one direction
as the lid is raised. As cam 10 moves, pawl-arm 58 rotates ratchet wheel 59,
feeding forward the inking ribbon, and the paper-feeding frame rises, the claws 53
taking a new hold on the paper. Toe 28 of cam 10 also engages the pawl.on
lever 27, driving pin 26 into the nearest hole in disc 25 and so setting in correct
position for printing the nearest type character of the minute wheel and locking
that wheel during the printing. The raising of the lid also removes stop cam 11
from its operative position releasing the carriage to effect the printing. The cover
opens toward the workman, and accordingly in order to write his name upon that
portion of the paper strip appearing in the slot, he is obliged not only to raise the
lid to the perpendicular but also to pull it still further forward until substantially
in the position shown in Fig. 1. When the name is written, the lid is released and
is drawn back by spring 64. Cam 11 returns to its first position, but the carriage
does not come into contact with the table because stop arm 41 holds it down until
roller 11 bears again against cam 11, when pin 44 strikes aim 42, rocks shaft.40
and returns stop arm 41 to the position shown in full lines in Fig. 8, ready for
the next operation. As the lid is being replaced cam 10 returns to its original
position, toe 28 passing pawl 27 without moving lever 27. Also pin 47. striking
arm 46 draws down the paper-feeding frame, and claws 53 draw the paper strip
down over guard 55, presenting a fresh portion in the slot, for the next operation.
As the paper-feeding frame moves, pawl-arm 58 moves also and takes a fresh
hold on ratchet wheel 59.

page_text: The paper strip is thus normally concealed by the cover, and can be written
upon only after the cover has been raised and the printing of the time effected.
This is done during the early part of the operation, before the workman has had an
opportunity of writing his name. There is, accordingly, no possibility of error
or omission in the record.
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By varying the shape. or curvature of stop cam 11, the relative time of the
printing by the type of the time recording wheels, upon the recording strip, cau
be varied and more or less of a blow can be given in effecting this printing. The
shape of the stops can, of course, be widely varied without departing from my
invention, and many other changes in the form, construction and arrangement of
other parts of the devices shown in the drawings may similarly be made without
departing from the invention. Thus in place of springs 14 any other suitable
means can be employed for normally pressing the carriage upward toward the
printing position.
My improved time recorder is simple and compact in construction, efficient and
certain in operation, is easily operated, is so constructed, that a workman can not
write his name without also printing the correct time, and has improved impression
mechanism and paper feeding mechanism.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
:-
1. In a workmen's time recorder, the combination of a recording strip, inking
ribbon, time recording wheels, actuated by a clock movement, impression
mechanism for causing the time to be printed upon the recording strip, an opening
through which the workmen can write upon the recording strip, and a cover for
said opening adapted to be removed by the workman to expose the opening and
to feed the recording strip and inking ribbon and actuate the impression
mechanism.
2. In a workmen's time recorder, the combination of a recording strip, means
for feeding it forward, time recording wheels, actuated by a clock movement,
impression mechanism for causing the time to be recorded upon the recording
strip, an opening through which the workmen can write upon the recording strip,
and a cover for said opening adapted to be removed by the workman to actuate
the impression mechanism, thereby causing it to record the time upon the recording
strip, and to expose the opening.
3. In a workmen's time recorder, the combination of a recording strip, means
for feeding it forward, an inking ribbon and means for feeding it, time record-
ing wheels, actuated by a clock movement, impression mechanism for causing the
time to be printed upon the recording strip, an opening through which the work-
men can write upon the recording strip, and a cover for said opening adapted to
be removed by the workman to expose the opening, means, connected to and
operated by the cover as it is being removed, for actuating the impression
mechanism whereby the time will be printed upon the recording strip while the
cover is being removed, and means for returning the cover to its place.
4. In a workmen's time recorder, the combination of a recording strip, an inking
ribbon and means for feeding it, time recording wheels, actuated by a clock move-
ment, impression mechanism for causing the time to be printed upon the recording
strip, an opening through which the workmen can write upon the recording strip,
and a cover for said opening adapted to be removed by the workman to expose the
opening, means, connected to and operated by the cover as it is being removed, for
actuating the impression mechanism whereby the time will be printed upon
the recording strip while the cover is being removed, means for feeding forward the
recording strip connected to and operated by, the cover as it is being replaced, and
means for replacing the cover.
5. In a workmen's time recorder, the combination of a recording strip, an inking
ribbon, time recording wheels, actuated by a clock movement, impression

page_text: mechanism for causing the time to be printed upon the recording strip, an opening
through which the workmen can write upon the recording strip, a lid adapted to
be raised by the workman to expose the opening, means connected to and operated
by, the lid, as it is being raised, for actuating the impression mechanism whereby
the time will be printed upon the recording strip as the lid is being raised, means
automatically operated for closing the lid, and means connected to and operated
by the lid as it is being closed, for feeding forward the paper strip, whereby the
recording strip will be in position for the next operation.
6. In a workmen's time recorder, the combination of a recording strip, means
for feeding it forward, time recording wheels, actuated by a clock movement,
a carriage carrying the time recording wheels and means operated by the workman
to move the said carriage so as to bring the said wheels into contact with the
recording strip to cause an impression of the time to be made upon the strip,
and an opening through which the workman can write upon the recording strip.
7. In a workmen's time recorder, the combination of a recording strip, inking
ribbon, means for feeding the strip and ribbon forward, time recording wheels,
actuated by a clock movement, a carriage carrying the time recording wheels and
means operated by the workman to move the said carriage so as to bring the said
wheels into contact with the recording strip to cause an impression of the time
to be made upon the strip, and an opening through which the workman can write
upon the recording strip.
8. In a workmen's time recorder, the combination of a recording strip, means
for feeding it forward, time recording wheels, actuated by a clock movement,
a carriage adapted at part of its movement to bring the recording strip and time
recording wheels into contact to cause an impression of the time to be made upon
the strip, springs or equivalent devices connected with the carriage tending to
force the carriage into position to effect the printing, a stop for holding the
carriage normally away from the printing position, and means actuated by the
workman for removing the stop, whereby the carriage will be released to effect
the printing.
9. In a workmen's time recorder, the combination of a recording strip, means
for feeding it forward, time recording wheels, actuated by a clock movement,
a carriage adapted at part of its movement to bring the recording strip and time
recording wheels into contact to cause an impression of the time to be made upon
the strip, springs or equivalent devices connected with the carriage tending to
force the carriage into position to effect the printing, a stop for holding the
carriage normally away from the printing position, and means actuated by the
workman for removing the stop, whereby the carriage will be released to effect
the printing, and an opening through which the workman can write upon the
recording strip.
10. In a workmen's time recorder, the combination of a recording strip, inking
ribbon, time recording wheels actuated by a clock movement, impression mechanism
for causing the time to be printed upon the recording strip, a carriage carrying
the time recording wheels, an opening through which the workman can write
upon the recording strip, and a cover for said opening adapted to be removed by.
the workman to expose the opening, means, connected to and operated by the
cover as it is being removed, for moving the carriage and actuating the impression
mechanism whereby the time will be printed upon the recording strip while the
cover is being removed, and means for returning the cover to its place.
11: In a workmen's time recorder, the combination of a recording strip, inking
ribbon, time recording wheels actuated by a clock movement, impression
mechanism for causing the time to be printed upon the recording strip, a
carriage carrying the time recording wheels and also the recording strip and
inking ribbon, an opening through which the workman can write upon the
recording strip, and a cover for said opening adapted to be removed by the work-
man to expose the opening, means, connected to and operated by the cover as it
is being removed, for actuating the impression mechanism whereby the time will

page_text: be printed upon the recording strip while the cover is being removed, means for
feeding forward the recording strip connected to and operated by the cover as it
is being replaced, and means for replacing the cover.
12. In a workmen's time recorder, the combination of a recording strip and
inking ribbon and means for feeding them forward, time recording wheels actuated
by a clock movement, impression mechanism for causing the time to be printed
upon the recording strip, a carriage carrying the time recording wheels adapted
at part of its movement to bring the recording strip and time recording wheels
into contact to cause an impression of the time to be made upon the strip, springs
or equivalent devices connected with the carriage tending to force the carriage
into position to effect the printing, a stop for holding the carriage normally away
from the printing position, an opening through which the workman can write upon
the recording strip, and a cover for said opening adapted to be removed by the
workman to expose the opening and remove the stop, whereby the carriage will
be released to effect the printing.
13. In a workmen's time recorder, the combination of a recording strip, inking
ribbon, time recording wheels, actuated by a clock movement, impression.
mechanism for causing the time to be printed upon the recording strip, a carriage
carrying the time recording wheels adapted at part of its movement to bring the
recording strip and time recording wheels into contact to cause an impression of
the time to be made upon the strip, springs or equivalent devices connected with
the carriage tending to force the carriage into position to effect the printing, a
stop for holding the carriage normally away from the printing position, an opening
through which the workman can write upon the recording strip, and a cover for
said opening adapted to be removed by the workman to expose the opening and
remove the stop, whereby the carriage will be released to effect the printing,
means automatically operated for closing the lid, and means connected to and
operated by the lid as it is being closed, for feeding forward the
paper strip, whereby the recording strip will be in position for the next operation.
14. In a workmen's time recorder, the combination of a recording strip, an
opening through which the workman can write upon the recording strip, a lid
adapted to be raised by the workman to expose the opening, time recording
wheels actuated by a clock movement, impression mechanism for causing the time
to be printed upon the recording strip, a carriage adapted at part of its move-
ment to bring the recording strip and time recording wheels into contact to
cause an impression of the time to be made upon the strip, springs or equivalent
devices connected with the carriage tending to force the carriage into position to
effect the printing, a stop for holding the carriage normally away from the printing
position, means connected to the stop and also connected to and operated by the
lid as it is being raised in order to effect the printing and for restoring the stop
to its operative position when the lid is fully raised, a second stop to hold the
carriage away from the printing position and adapted to be brought into operative
position by the lid before the first stop is removed from operative position on the
closing of the lid, means for removing the second stop from operative position
actuated by the lid near the end of its closing movement, and means for auto-
matically closing the lid.
15. In a workmen's time recorder, the combination of a recording strip. an
opening through which the workman can write upon the recording strip, a lid
adapted to be raised by the workman to expose the opening, time recording wheels
actuated by a clock movement, impression mechanism for causing the time to be
printed upon the recording strip, a carriage adapted at part..of its movement, to
bring the recording strip and time recording wheels into contact to cause an
impression of the time to be made upon the strip, springs or equivalent devices
connected with the strip, springs or equivalent devices connected with the carriage
tending to force the carriage into position to effect the printing, a cam stop
having two shoulders and an intermediate depression between the shoulders
adapted normally to have one shoulder press upon the carriage and hold it away

page_text: from the printing position, means connected to the stop and connected to and
operated by the lid as the lid is moved, whereby. upon the opening of the lid
the shoulder of the cam stop is first removed from operative position to permit
the carriage to effect the printing and the second shoulder is later brought into
operative position to force the carriage away from the printing position, and
upon the closing of the lid the second shoulder is removed from operative position
and the first shoulder is later brought into operative position, a second stop
to hold the carriage away from the printing position and adapted to be brought
into operative position by the lid before the second shoulder is removed from its
operative position on the return movement of the lid, whereby the carriage is
held away from the printing position by the second stop during the closing of
the lid, means for removing the second stop from operative position actuated by
the lid near the return of its closing movement, and means for automatically
closing the lid.
16. In a workmen's time recorder, the combination of a recording strip; claws
for feeding the strip forward, a rock shaft to which the claws are secured, and
means for rocking the rock shaft as the time recorder is operated, whereby the
recording strip will be fed forward at each operation of the machine.
17. In a workmen's time recorder, the combination of a recording strip, a
reciprocating paper feeding frame, a rock shaft journaled therein, claws for
feeding the recording strip forward secured to the rock shaft, and means for recipro-
cating the paper feeding frame as the time recorder is operated, whereby the
recording strip will be fed forward at each operation of the machine.
lid
18. In a workmen's time recorder, the combination of a recording strip, time
recording wheels, actuated by a clock movement, impression mechanism for
causing the time to be printed upon the recording strip, an opening
through which the workman can write upon the recording strip, a
adapted to be raised by the workman to expose the opening and to actuate the
impression mechanism, a reciprocating paper feeding frame, a rock shaft
journaled therein, claws for feeding the recording strip forward secured to the rock
shaft, and means connected to the paper feeding frame and connected to and
operated by the lid as it is moved whereby the recording strip will be fed forward
at each operation of the machine.
19. In a workmen's time recorder, the combination of an hour wheel, a spring-
pressed locking arm adapted normally to lock the hour wheel and prevent its
rotation, an oscillating arm driven by clock movement and adapted to oscillate
forward and backward each hour, a dog mounted thereon adapted when the
oscillating arm moves in one direction to rigidly engage the locking
arm to unlock it and to engage the hour wheel to move it one
tooth, a spring to permit the dog to yield on its return movement so as not to
interfere with the action of the locking arm in locking the hour wheel.
.
20. In a workmen's time recorder, the combination of an hour wheel, a spring
pressed locking arm adapted normally to lock the hour wheel, an oscillating arm
driven by clock movement and adapted to oscillate backward and forward" each
hour, a dog mounted thereon, a shoulder upon said dog, a stop upon the oscillating
arm, whereby, when the oscillating arm moves in one direction, the shoulder will
unyieldingly engage the locking arm to unlock the hour wheel and will engage
a tooth of the hour wheel to rotate the latter one tooth, a spring secured to
the dog to permit it to yield on the return of the oscillating arm so as not to
interfere with the locking action of the locking arm, whereby the hour wheel will
be fed forward one tooth each hour.
21. In a workmen's time recorder, the combination of an hour wheel, a spring
pressed locking arm adapted normally to lock the hour wheel, an oscillating arm
driven by clock movement and adapted to oscillate forward and backward each
hour, a dog mounted thereon, a shoulder upon said dog, a stop upon the oscillating
arm, whereby, when the oscillating arm moves in one direction, the shoulder will
unyieldingly engage the locking arm to unlock the hour wheel and will engage

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the dog to permit it to yield on the return of the oscillating arm so as not to
interfere with the locking action of the locking arm, a pin upon the oscillating
arm adapted to engage a tooth on the hour wheel immediately after the shoulder
on the dog has fed forward the hour wheel one tooth, whereby the hour wheel
will be fed forward one tooth only each hour.
22. In a workmen's time recorder, the combination of an hour wheel, a spring
pressed locking arm, a lug upon said arm adapted normally to lock the hour
wheel, a spring pressed oscillating arm, a cam driven by clockwork and adapted
to engage with and to oscillate the oscillating arm forward and backward once an
hour, a dog mounted thereon, a shoulder upon said dog, a stop upon the oscillating
arm whereby when the oscillating arm moves in one direction the shoulder will|
unyieldingly engage a pin upon the locking arm to unlock the hour wheel and
will engage a tooth of the hour wheel to rotate the latter one tooth, a spring
secured to the dog to permit it to yield on the return of the oscillating arm so as
not to interfere with the locking action of the locking arm, a pin upon the
oscillating arm adapted to engage a tooth on the hour wheel immediately after
the shoulder on the dog has fed forward the hour wheel one tooth, whereby the
hour wheel will be fed forward one tooth only each hour.
Data 1 0+1 der of December 1808
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.