An Improved Apparatus for Checking the Time Employees or other Persons Enter or Leave Factories or other Places.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Aug., 1887
Specification Accepted, 6th Dec., 1887
An Improved Apparatus for Checking the Time Employees or
other Persons Enter or Leave Factories or other Places.
I, LUKE EARNSHAW SCAFE of Albion Street, Leeds in the County of York, Leather
Factor, 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:
The object of my invention is to prevent tampering with time checks or other
tickets of employees or other persons after they have been deposited in a specially
constructed box or receiver, and also to separate such checks or tickets and shew
thereby the time at which such persons enter or leave factories or other places.
In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section, Fig. 2 a part
sectional plan and Fig. 3 a section through A. B. Fig. 1, shewing the general
arrangement of my apparatus. Figs. 4 and 5 are details of the same.
A is the box forming the exterior of my apparatus provided with a top B; in this.
top B are any required number of slots C. Below this top B and close to the under-
side thereof is fitted a sliding piece D, having slots E provided therein. By the
movement of the sliding piece D each of the slots C are in turn closed, but the sliding
piece D is so arranged with its slots E that all the slots C are closed after each check
or ticket taking as shewn at Fig. 5, also the slots E are so placed in the sliding
piece D that only one slot C comes opposite one slot E at one time as shewn at Di
Fig. 1.
The operation of closing the slots C by the sliding piece D is effected through the
medium of clockwork at G, such clockwork having in connection therewith a disc H.
This is made to revolve at the same speed as the ordinary small hand. On the
periphery or in any convenient position on the disc H are provided projecting pieces
or teeth I, the number of these depending upon the number of times the sliding
piece D is required to be moved, for the purpose of closing or opening the slots C.
Each tooth or projecting piece I on the disc H at the required time causes a bell
crank lever J to move through the medium of a vibrating arm K. The movement of

page_text: such bell crank lever J causes a sliding plate L with which it is engaged to rise, and
on the quick decent of such sliding plate L, caused by the spring L releases the
catch M, which is coupled to the sliding piece D allowing such sliding piece D to be
moved by a spring or weight N for the purpose of closing each passage or slot C, or
opening each passage or slot in its turn.
I provide a drawer O having compartments P therein corresponding with the
number of slots C. This drawer O is provided with a lid R having corresponding
slots S in positions exactly under the slots C, so that at which ever point the sliding
piece D admits of a clear passage through as shewn at D₁ the tickets or checks can
pass through the slots C. E and S into the compartment P.
After each ticket or check taking, the drawer O may be removed, and by returning
the same to its position in the box A the spring catch T swivelling on pin T¹ comes in
contact with the incline plate U attached to the underside of the sliding piece D, and
pushes such sliding pieco into the starting and closed position as shewn at Fig. 4, and
shortly after the disc H in revolving causes the necessary movement for actuating
the sliding piece to bring the first slot E under the first slot C in the top B ready for
the passage of tickets or checks. The catch T is provided with a spring T for
keeping it in the position shewn at Figure 1 and which also allows of the incline U
passing over catch T when drawer is pulled out.
The lid R of the drawer O, also the drawer O and compartment V containing the
clock and apparatus for moving the slide D are kept locked to prevent tampering
therewith.
Further in order to prevent tickets or checks being passed through the lid R of the
drawer after removal of such drawer from the box A, I provide another sliding
piece W fitted on the underside of the lid R of the drawer O.
This sliding piece W contains corresponding slots X to those in the lid, but in
order to close the slots S in the lid R as the drawer O is being pulled out I provide
an incline Y attached to the underside of the top B of the box A, and from the sliding
piece WI provide a projecting stud or pin Z. This passes along the left side of the
incline as the drawer is inserted and slightly moves the sliding piece W to the left,
but returns to the open slot position as shewn in drawing at Fig. 1 by the assistance
of the spiral spring 1 after passing the end of the incline, so that in pulling out the
drawer O, the stud Z comes in contact with the right hand side of the incline Y and
closes the sliding piece W over the slots S in the lid R and in so doing moves the
catch 2 forward over the end of lever 3 which locks the catch 2 so that the sliding
piece W cannot be removed from covering the slots S until the lid R of the drawer is
opened, when it can be readily released.
The front of the drawer O may be made wholly or partially of glass, so that the
interior of the drawer may be readily seen, and thus preventing checks or tickets being
placed therein prior to the time for taking checks or tickets.
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 :-
The general arrangement, construction and combination of the various parts forming
my improved apparatus for checking the time employees or other persons enter or
leave factories or other places, substantially as herein set forth.
J. W. HARDING,
Agent.