Improvements in or relating to Time-recorders.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Jan., 1898-Accepted, 23rd Apr.,
1898
Improvements in or relating to Time-recorders.
A communication from JACOB J. BUSENBENZ, of 240 to 246, W. Lake Street,
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
ALFRED JULIUS BOULT, of 111, Hatton Garden, in the County of Middlesex,
Chartered Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performned, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to an improvement in the class of device now in quite
common use in business-houses and factories for recording the time of the arrival,
departure, absence, and the like, of employees, for recording the time of receiving.
and finishing orders for work, and for various other purposes with relation to
which it is desirable to have a time-record. More particularly stated, this inven-.
tion relates to the class of autograph time-recorders, meaning the kind presenting
a space for signature by the person whose time is to be recorded, and who operates.
the device, after recording his signature, to cause it to print the time of signing.
by the action of suitable printing mechanism controlled by a clock-movement.
The more salient features of the improvement relate to the construction and
operation of the paper-carriage, to adapt it, by being raised and lowered through
the medium of the operating handle, to feed the record-paper, cause the latter'
to be imprinted with the time of recording the signature, and actuate the inking
apparatus; to the mechanism for locking and unlocking the carriage; to the.
printing mechanism; and to the setting mechanism for the printing wheels..
Referring to the accompanying drawings
Figure I is a perspective view of the time-recorder; Figure 2, a partly.
broken section taken at the line 2-2 on Figure 3; Figure 3, a view presenting
the mechanism of the device front elevation; Figure 4, a top-plan view of the.
concentric printing wheels, with a portion of their cover broken away to disclose
them; Figure 5, a bottom plan view of the same; Figure 6, a section taken at
the line 6 on Figure 4; Figure 7, a broken perspective view of the inking.
attachment; Figure 8, a similar view of the paper-feeding pawl; Figure 9, a
broken view in elevation partly sectional, of a friction detail; Figure 10, a view.
in front elevation of the operating handle and its lock; Figure 11, a view showing.
the same in side elevation; Figure 12, a broken view in front elevation, partly
sectional, of the hour-printing wheel in the act of being released, with the
mechanism for operating it under the control of a clock-movement; Figure 13, a
broken sectional view showing the hour-printing wheel, its actuating pawl and
detent, with the parts in the relative positions occupied by them after the wheel
has been turned; Figure 14, a view like that presented by Figure 12, but showing
in addition the minute printing-wheel and its actuating mechanism, the latter
being in front of the hour-printing wheel actuating, mechanism; "and Figure 15,
a broken view in side elevation, partly-sectional, of the mechanism illustrated
in Figure 14.
A is the case. shown as formed with the lower section A¹, wider from front to
back, and the upper correspondingly narrower section A, the offset between the
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page_text: two sections affording the table A³, provided in the upper left-hand corner with
an oblong slot r.
The lower section A' of the case is covered by a door A, which supports the
paper-carriage and the mechanism for actuating it. The paper-carriage B in-
volves a frame composed of the two parallel side-pieces 7 and p¹ and the face-
plate p³, at which the carriage is fastened upon the inner side of the door by
means of screws o passing through vertically elongated slots (not shown) one of
which is provided near each of the four corner-portions of the face-plate. In the
side p¹ (Fig. 2) of the carriage-frame is formed a vertically elongated slot n,
through which there projects laterally from the forward-end portion of a
bracket n¹ (Figure 8), rigidly fastened to the inner side of the door A', a stud n
surrounded by a sleeve n³ carrying at its inner end a pawl n provided with a
controlling spring n. The pawl n³ tends normally to engage a ratchet-wheel m
on the end of a shaft m¹ journaled in the opposite sides of the carriage-frame
and carrying a longitudinally slotted roll C for feeding the web of paper 01, 1
as hereinafter described, the roll being equipped with any suitable clamping device
(not shown) to engage the slot for fastening the lower-end portion of the web C¹
to the roll. Engaging with the ratchet-wheel m, is a spring-controlled detent m³.
provided with a handle m³, projecting outward through a slot m' in the side p² of
the carriage-frame.
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is the upper roll for carrying the web C¹, which is adjusted in place by
leading it from the upper roll, about which it is wound, upward over guide-
rollers v and v¹ journaled in the upper portion of the carriage-frame respectively
near its rear and front, and thence down and into engagement with the feed-
roll C. The roll C is shown as comprising a shaft journaled at its opposite 2
ends in suitable bearings in the carriage-frame and provided with heads and
at its opposite ends between which the rolled web of paper is confined; and en-
gaging with the head through the side p¹ of the frame is a spring-controlled
friction-stud k to apply tension to the upper roll in paying off the web.
At the inner upper end of the carriage-frame there project inward from the 3
mides P and pl bearings s³, for a rollers, only one of which bearings is shown
in Figure 2. This rod or rolls extends from side to side of the frame. Between
the two rollers and is supported, between the sides of the carriage-frame, a
plate D, in position to be traversed by the horizontal section of the web C',
this plate being near the left-hand side of the top of the carriage B, to coincide 3
with the slot when the door A' is closed; and on a plane about, say, half an
inch backward or inward from the plate D, and near the right-hand side of the top
of the carriage B is supported an impression-pad D', which should yield or be of
yielding material.
F is a plate fastened upon the front or outer side of the door A' and having a
lower section F¹ hinged at its lower edge and provided on its opposite edge with
a tongue i extending into a corresponding recess in the lower edge of the plate F
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and carrying a stud ; and behind the section F is confined a spring tending
normally to push it outward. On the plate F, adjacent to the stud i¹, is supported
a spring-stud 2³.
Ġ is the operating handle, shown as a crank carried by a stem G¹ journaled in
the door A* through the plate F, and carrying at its inner end a crank G³, which
engages a cross-bar G³ from underneath, the cross-bar extending from side to side
of the carriage-frame.
H is a clock-movement. That selected for use with my improved device is an
ordinary eight-day movement. On the shaft h for the minute-hand is supported
a ratchet-wheel I having, by preference, thirty-two teeth; and the wheel I carries
a cam h¹ on its inner or rear side. K and K¹ are levers fulcrumed at x on a
common axis having its bearing in a bracket H¹ on the clock-frame. The lever K
is formed in two sections, the upper being. fulcrumed at a, at its lower end to
extend at the inner side of the front of the clock-frame, and the lower being.

page_text: fulcrumed at its upper end to extend upon the outer side of the front of the
clock-frame. The lever K' is formed in one continuous length. At their upper
ends the levers K and K¹ are provided, respectively, with the teeth t and, the
former extending into the path of the teeth of the ratchet-wheel I, and the latter
extending into the path of the cam h¹.
A.M.
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The table A³ is extended inward into the case A nearly to its back, leaving only
room enough for the action of the clock-pendulum L. A portion of the table is
raised in the form of a circle, as shown at w, to form a housing for the printing
wheels M and M¹. These are rotatably supported concentrically, the latter within
the former, on suitable bearings covered by the housing w. The wheel M has
cast upon its under side, type, arranged radially at twenty-four equal intervals,
denoting the hours of the day from 1 to 12 and from 1 to 12 with the "
sign: before each number of one set, and the "P.M." sign before each number of
the other set. On its upper side, the printing ring M carries radially, at equal
intervals apart, twenty-four ribs (Figure 4). The printing-wheel M' has cast
upon its under side, in radial arrangement, at equal intervals apart, numbers,
beginning with "00," and thence progressing by twos, thus 2, 4, 6, 8, and so forth,
up to 58, to designate two-minute intervals of time. On the upper side of the
inner printing-wheel are arranged, radially, at equal intervals apart, ribs u³,
thirty in number, to correspond with the numbers on the under side.
In the plate A³, in the section thereof which lies within the upper, narrower
portion of the case A, and respectively in alignment with the lower ends of the
levers K and K are elongated slots g and f respectively covered by the free ends
of flat springs y¹ and f¹. The spring g¹ carries on its upper side, at its free end,
a cam and on its under side, to the right of the cam, a detent 9³ extending
through the slot g into the path of the ribs u on the inner type-wheel. The
spring carries on its upper side, at its free end, a cam f and on its under side,
to the right of the cam, a detent f³ extending through the slot f into the path
of the ribs u on the outer type-wheel.
The lever K carries at its lower end, pivotally, a pawl e, which projects through
the slot g and is resiliently held in position to engage, at its forward end, with the
teeth or ribs u¹ on the inner type-wheel by a spring e'; and a similar spring e
is connected with the lever K, below its fulcrum, to tend to pull it in the
direction of engaging the pawl with the teeth, in opposition to the action of the
teeth of the ratchet-wheel I against the tooth at the upper end of the lever.
Near the lower end of the lever K is an outward projecting pin engaging the
upper side of the cam 9.
The lever K¹ carries at its lower end, pivotally, a pawl d, which projects
through the slot f and is resiliently held in position to engage, at its forward
end, with the teeth or ribs u on the outer type-wheel by a spring d; and a
similar spring is connected with the lever K¹, below its fulcrum, to tend to
pull it in the direction of engaging the pawl d with the teeth u, in opposition
to the action of the tooth h against the tooth at the upper end of the lever.
N is the inking attachment (Figure 7): On the lower end of a bracket c,
depending rigidly from an extension 9 of the circular section of the plate or
table As, is a rod c, extending transversely of the bracket and having fulcrumed
upon its end a bell-crank lever c³, the lower forward projecting arm of which is
slightly curved in a downward direction; and a spring on the rod engages
the bell-crank to tend to return it to its normal position when turned therefrom.
Adjacent to the bracket o, there depends from the plate-extension 9 a pin 4, having
rotatably confined upon it a sleeve 65 carrying a head and surrounded by &
spring tending to return the sleeve to its normal position when turned there-
from. The head of has hinged to it to yield, upward and downward, a bent
lever, carrying to rotate in suitable bearings near its outer end an inking-
roller, shown to be provided with a handle at one end to afford means for
placing it in position. The inking-roller should be of the variety which retains

page_text: the ink with which it is saturated and does not require frequent renewal. From
the hinged end of the lever there depends a bearing co for a set-screw ell
secured at its inner end, to a head on the lower end of the sleeve 5; and
between the head c¹³ and the bearing 10 there is confined about the set-screw a
spring tending to force the lever yieldingly upward.
The inking attachment is actuated by depressing the forward projecting arm
of the bell-crank, owing to the engagement of the other arm with the head co,
to turn the sleeve toward the left and thereby sweep the lever and the inking-
roller across the face of the wheels M and M' and thus across the face of the
type thereon in the path of the ink-roller; and, on releasing the hell-crank the
spring e returns the arm and with it the roller to their normal positions.
The operation is as follows:
To enable the door A* to be closed, the carriage B thereon must be in its lowest
position, to avoid obstruction against closing by a pendent hook b, near the
center of the front of the under side of the table A³. This position, however, it
does not occupy with the operating handle G in its normal perpendicular position,
shown in Figure 1, since then the crank is slightly below its highest position
of engagement with the cross-bar ³, whereby the carriage is accordingly raised,
and the upper edge of the plate p passes behind the hook b, which thus affords a
stop against opening the door while the carriage is raised. To enable the door to
be closed, the handle G must extend across the point marked a on Figure 1,
where the crank G is in its lowest position, shown in Figure 2, with its top on a
plane below that of the lower end of the hook b. With the door once closed
and locked through the key-hole a¹, it is not intended to be again opened,
except by the person or persons authorized to do so, to remove the record printed
on the web C and readjust or renew the web. After the closure, the handle G
is turned in the direction indicated by the arrow on the plate F, till it snaps over
the spring-stud against the stop, and is thus confined or locked between the
two. In turning the handle toward the last-named (its normal) position, it
correspondingly turns the crank to engage the cross-bar G3 and accordingly
raise the carriage till the handle reaches the position of crossing the point
marked at as on the plate F in Figure 1, from which point, in turning the handle
to its locked position, the crank Gʻ is turned slightly beyond its highest position
and allows the carriage to drop slightly by its own gravity. With the door A
closed and the operating handle locked, as shown in Figure 1, the device is in
readiness for use, as follows:
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The user first writes his name (with a pencil shown in Figure 1 to be con-
veniently suspended for the purpose) on the section of the web C¹ exposed
through the slot in the table. Thereupon, he presses the plate-section_FI
marked "Push on Figure 1, to release the handle G from the stop », when
the weight of the carriage B causes it to drop to its lowest position; and in so
dropping it turns the operating handle, (by bearing against the crank G³) till
the handle reaches the position of extending across the point a. Of course, how-
ever, the operator may, if he desires, both press the section F and manipulate
the handle with one hand to control this drop of the carriage. In the drop of the
carriage, a tooth of the ratchet-wheel m on the feed-roll C, engaged by the
pawl n, bears against the latter, and thereby turns the ratchet-wheel the extent
of one tooth and with it the roll C, say to the extent of about one-half an inch,
or the distance corresponding with the distance of the impression-pad D¹ in
advance of the plate D. This accordingly feeds the web C the same distance and
thus brings the recorded signature in alignment with the pad D. The operator
continues to turn the handle G toward the right, thereby raising the carriage and
bringing the impression-pad D¹ and interposed section of the web C¹ against the
radial line of type on the wheels M, M³, directly over it, whereby the time (hour
and minute of the day) at which the name was written is printed on the web
opposite the name. By continuing to turn the operating handle past the point a

page_text: to its locked position, and thereby raising the carriage, the working end of the
pawl n is in the path of the serrated periphery of the ratchet-wheel m whereby
when the latter, in rising, passes the pawl, a tooth of the wheel engages the
latter until it passes it, when the pawl springs into the notch below it ready
to engage it when the carriage is again lowered. This lowering takes place to a
very slight extent soon after the handle passes the point a till it reaches its
locked perpendicular position, since then the crank G has passed its highest
point in engagement with the cross-bar G³;. and in this slight dropping of the
carriage the roll is also slightly turned by engagement of the ratchet m with the
pawl n and feeds the web accordingly, though the only purpose of this very
slight drop of the carriage is to withdraw the web away from the face of the type
to avoid interference with the movement of the type-wheels.
In each drop of the carriage B with the movement of the operating handle from
its perpendicular locked position to that of crossing the point a, the rods, which
is permanently above the forward projecting arm of the bell-crank when the
door is closed, drops against that arm, thereby depressing it and swinging the
lever with the inking roller across the face of the type in the path of
the roller to ink the type. With the subsequent rise of the feed-roller carriage,
the bell-crank is released, thereby releasing the lever and permitting the spring
to return it to its normal position and carry with it the roller c.
The purpose of having the lever yieldingly supported, is to adapt it
to give to any unevennese in the type-surface on the wheels M and M².
The outer type-wheel M is caused to make one complete revolution in each
24 hours, and the inner wheel Mi is caused to make one complete revolution
every hour. This is produced by the action of the clock-movement on the ratchet-
wheel I carrying the cam 1. Thus the ratchet-wheel is turned the extent of
one of its thirty teeth every two minutes, and in turning, it forces the lever K,
at its tooth t backward on its fulcrum, until the ratchet-tooth passes the lever-
tooth, meantime forcing the lower end of the lever in the contrary direction to
withdraw the pawl e carried by it from engagement with a rib or tooth u¹ on the
upper side of the inner type-wheel and permit the spring g¹ to rise and lift
out of the path of the ribs the detent go. As soon as the ratchet-tooth passes.
the lever-tooth t, the lever is snapped back by the recoil of its spring to bring
its tooth into engagement with the next succeeding tooth of the ratchet-wheel I
and the consequent movement of the opposite end of the lever in the contrary
direction forces the pawle against the next succeeding ribu on the inner type-
wheel, thereby turning the latter the extent of one rib and also the extent of
the space between two numbers on its under side, while the pin e³, depresses the
cam g³ and with it the spring g' to extend the detent 93 through the slot g into
engagement with a rib u. In this manner, at the end of each two minutes of
time, type on the inner wheel M³ denoting the minute in the hour is brought
into alignment with the impression-pad D¹.
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Once in each revolution of the wheel I, the cam A¹ encounters the tooth
the lever K¹, thereby, in the manner described of the action of the lever K,
withdrawing the pawl d on its lower end from engagement with a rib u on the
outer type-wheel M and permitting the spring f with its detent f³ to rise, till
the cam ¹ passes the lever-tooth, when the recoil of the lever-spring snaps
the pawl d against the next succeeding rib u to turn the wheel M the extent of
one space between adjacent type-lines thereon and force the spring fi down, by
engagement of the pin with the cam f, to bring the detent fs into the
path of the ribs u. In this manner the hour of the day, denoted by the type on
the under side of the outer wheel M is brought into vertical alignment with the
impression-pad and into longitudinal alignment with the minute of the day to
which the hour relates, so that in turning the operating handle G at any time,
after writing a name through the slot r, the time of the writing will be recorded
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page_text: It will be noticed that there are provided to project forward, or outward, from
the upper ends of the levers K and K', pins and , which extend through
.elongated openings and in the clock-dial. These pins afford handles by
means of which to conveniently work the levers by hand, each independently of
the other, for the purpose of turning the type-wheels to set them with relation to 5
the time indicated by the clock.
The somewhat complicated nature of the mechanism involved in my improved
time-recorder has necessitated the foregoing minute description of the details of
its construction to enable it and the operation to be comprehended by those
skilled in the art to which my improvement relates. I do not wish to be under-1
stood, however, as desiring to limit this invention to such details of construction,
but intend that the scope of the appended claims shall be in accordance with the
terms in which they are expressed with regard to the state of the prior art.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of this invention
as communicated to me by my foreign correspondent, & in what manner the same 1
is to be performed I declare that what I claim is:-
1-In a time-recorder, the combination with clock-movement-actuated printing
mechanism, of a vertically movable carriage carrying paper-feeding mechanism
and a support for the paper to be printed, and a rotatable handle provided with
a crank operatively connected with said carriage and adapted when actuated to 2
raise said support and to carry the support and paper against the type of the
said printing mechanism to impress the paper, substantially as described.
2 In a time-recorder, the combination with clock-movement-actuated printing
mechanism, of a vertically movable carriage carrying paper-feeding mechanism.
and a support for the paper to be printed, a handle connected with said carriage 2
and adapted when actuated to raise said support and the paper, and to carry the
support and paper against the type of the said printing mechanism to impress
the paper, and a stationary pawl engaging a ratchet on the paper-feed roll to
'move the paper as the carriage is lowered, substantially as described.
3 In a time-recorder, the combination of an inclosing oase, a clock-movement 3
in the upper part of said case, printing mechanism actuated by said clock-move-
ment, a table interposed between the upper and lower portions of the case and
having an opening, a carriage vertically movable in the lower portion of the case
and carrying paper-feeding mechanism and a support for the paper to be printed,..
and a rotatable handle provided with a crank operatively connected with said 3
carriage and adapted when actuated to raise said support to bring the paper to said
opening and to carry the support and paper against the type of the said printing
mechanism, substantially as described.
4 In a time-recorder, the combination of an inclosing case, a clock-movement
in the upper part of said case, printing mechanism actuated by said clock-move-
ment, a table interposed between the upper and lower portions of the case and
having an opening, a door covering the lower portion of the case, a carriage
vertically movable in supports on the inner side of the door and carrying paper-
feeding mechanism and a support for the paper to be printed, and a rotatable
handle provided with a crank operatively connected with said carriage and adapted 4
when actuated, to raise said support to bring the paper to said opening and to
carry the support and paper against the type of the said printing mechanism,
substantially as described.
5-In a time-recorder, the combination of an inclosing case, a clock-movement
in the upper part of said case, printing mechanism actuated by said clock-move- 5
ment, a table interposed between the upper and lower portions of the case and
having an opening for exposing the web to write thereon, a door covering the
lower portion of the case, a carriage comprising a frame supported on the inner
side of the door and movable up and down with relation to the type of said
printing mechanism and table, an upper roll and a lower roll on said frame and 5

page_text: movable therewith and carrying between them the web to be printed, a plate
supported near the top of the frame to register with said opening and an im-
pression-pad similarly supported in advance of said plate to register with the
printing mechanism, over which said plate and pad said web is drawn, feed-
mechanism for the web comprising a ratchet on one of said rolls and a pawl
engaged by the ratchet, and a handle connected with said frame to operate it,
substantially as described.
6-In a time-recorder, the combination of an inclosing case, a clock-movement
in the upper part of said case, printing mechanism actuated by said clock-move-
ment, a table interposed between the upper and lower portions of the case and
having an opening for exposing the web to write thereon, a door covering the
lower portion of the case, a carriage comprising a paper-carrying frame supported
on the inner side of the door and movable up and down with relation to said
printing mechanism, an upper roll and a lower roll on said frame carrying between
them the web to be printed, a plate supported near the top of the frame to register
with said opening and an impression-pad similarly supported in advance of said
plate to register with the printing mechanism, over which said plate and pad said
web is drawn, feed-mechanism for the web comprising a ratchet on one of
said rolls and a pawl engaged by the ratchet, a crank journaled in the door to
engage said frame and raise and lower it by turning the crank, and an operating
handle connected with the orank, substantially as described.
7-In a time-recorder, the combination of an inclosing case, a clock-movement
in the upper part of said case, printing mechanism actuated by said clock-move-
ment, a table interposed between the upper and lower portions of the case and
having an opening, a door covering the lower portion of the case, a carriage
vertically movable in supports on the inner side of the door and carrying paper-
feeding mechanism and a support for the paper to be printed, a crank engaging
the paper-feeding mechanism, a handle connected with said crank and adapted
when actuated to raise said paper-feeding mechanism and the support to bring
the paper to said opening and to carry the support and paper against the type
of the said printing mechanism, and a spring-lock for said handle, substantially
as described.
8-In a time-recorder, the combination of an inclosing case, a clock-movement
in the upper part of said case, printing mechanism actuated by said clock-move-
ment, a table interposed between the upper and lower portions of the case and
having an opening for exposing the web to write thereon, a door covering the
lower portion of the case, paper-feeding mechanism supported on the inner side
of the door and movable up and down with relation to said printing mechanism,
a crank engaging and actuating the paper-feeling mechanism, an operating
handle connected with said crank, and a lock for the handle comprising a spring-
plate carrying a stop for one side of the handle, and a spring-stud for the opposite
side thereof, substantially as described.
9 In a time-recorder, the combination with clock-movement-actuated printing
mechanism, of a vertically movable carriage carrying paper-feeding mechanism
and a support for the paper to be printed, a rotatable handle provided with a crank
operatively connected with said carriage and adapted when actuated to raise said
support and to carry the support and paper against the type of the said printing
mechanism, and an inking attachment for the printing-mechanism supported in
the path of the carriage to be actuated thereby, substantially as described.
10 In a time-recorder, the combination with clock-movement-actuated printing
mechanism, of a carriage carrying paper-feeding mechanism, movable up and
down with relation to said printing mechanism, a handle connected with the
carriage to operate it, and an inking-attachment supported adjacent to said print-
ing mechanism and comprising a lever pivotally supported to sweep across the face
of the printing-mechanism and carrying an inking-roller and a bell-crank lever
for actuating said lever and having one arm extended into the path of movement
pf said carriage, substantially as described.

page_text: 11 In a time-recorder, the combination with clock-movement-actuated hori-
zontally disposed concentric printing-rings, of a carriage carrying paper-feeding
mechanism, movable up and down with relation to said rings, a handle connected
with the carriage to operate it, and an inking attachment comprising a bracket
depending adjacent to said rings, a spring-controlled head supported on said
bracket to swing in a horizontal pláne, a spring-controlled lever hinged to said head
to swing with it and carrying an inking-roller, and a bell-crank lever engaging
said head and having one arm extended into the path of movement of said carriage,
substantially as described.
12 In a time-recorder, the combination with an inclosing case, of a vertically-
movable carriage carrying paper-feeding mechanism and a support for the paper
to be printed, a clock-movement, horizontally-disposed concentric printing-rings,
rotatably supported between said carriage and clock-movement, and lever-
mechanism engaging said rings and having an actuating-connection with said clock-
movement to turn said rings at predetermined intervals, and a rotatable handle
provided with a crank operatively connected with said carriage and adapted when
actuated to raise said support and to carry the support and paper against said
printing-rings, substantially as described.
13 In a time-recorder, the combination with an inclosing case, of a vertically-
movable carriage carrying paper-feeding mechanism and the paper to be printed,
a plate and an impression-pad over which the paper is stretched, a table A³ having a
slot to register with said plate and slots g and f, a clock-movement, horizontally
disposed concentric printing-rings M and M' rotatably supported below said
slots g, f, lever-mechanisin engaging said rings and having an actuating connection
with said clock-movement to turn said rings at predetermined intervals and a
handle connected with said carriage and adapted when actuated to raise it to bring
the paper
to said slot rand to carry the plate, pad and paper against the rings M, M³,
substantially as described.
14 In a time-recorder, the combination with an enclosing case of a carriage
movable up and down on its support and carrying paper-feeding mechanism, a
plate and an impression pad over which the web of paper is stretched, a table A³
having a slot r to register with said plate and slots g and f, a hande connected
with said carriage to operate it, a clock-movement carrying a ratchet-wheel I
provided with a cam h¹, horizontally disposed concentric printing-rings M and M¹
rotatably supported below said slots q, f, and levers K and K fulcrumed to engage
at the upper side of their fulcrum respectively with said ratchet-wheel and tooth
and engaging at their lower ends through said slots 9 and f with said printing-
wheels, substantially as described.
15 In a time-recorder, the combination with an inclosing case of a carriage
movable up and down on its support and carrying paper-feeding mechanism, a
plate and an impression-pad over which the web of paper is stretched, a table A³
having a slot r to register with said plate and slots g and f, a handle connected with
said carriage to operate it, a clock-movement carrying a ratchet-wheel I provided
with a cam h¹, horizontally disposed concentric printing-rings M and M' rotatably
supported below said slots 9, f, and provided about their upper sides with radially
arranged ribs at equal intervals apart, spring-controlled levers K and K¹ provided at
their upper ends with teeth t, respectively engaging the teeth of said ratchet-
wheel and said cam h¹, and carrying at their lower ends pawls to engage said ribs
and springs gl and extending over said slots g and f and carrying cams 9³ and f
engaged by studs on said levers and the detents 9 and extending through said
slots into engagement with said ribs, the whole being constructed and arranged to
operate substantially as described.
16 In a time-recorder, the combination with the inclosing case of a carriage
movable up and down on its support and carrying paper-feeding mechanism, a plate
and an impression-pad over which the web of paper is stretched, a table A³ having
a slot r to register with said plate, a handle connected with said carriage to operate
it, a clock-movement carrying a ratchet-wheel I. provided with a cam h³,

page_text: horizontally disposed rotatable concentric printing-rings M and M', levers K and K¹
fulcrumed to engage at the upper side of their fulcrum respectively, with said
ratchet-wheel and cam and engaging at their. lower ends with said printing-
wheels, and handles on the levers accessible for manipulation by hand to actuate
each independently of the other for setting the printing-wheels, substantially as
described.
17-In & time-recorder, the combination with the inclosing case,
of a clock-movement in the upper part of the case, printing:
mechanism below and operatively connected with the clock-movement
to be actuated thereby at predetermined intervals of time, a vertically
movable carriage carrying paper-feeding mechanism and a support for the paper
to be printed, a support for said carriage, and a rotatable handle provided with a
crank operatively connected with said carriage and adapted when actuated to raise
the paper support and to carry it and the paper against said printing mechanism,
the support for said carriage being removable to separate the carriage and the
parts carried thereby at will entirely from the printing-mechanism and clock-
movement of the apparatus, substantially as described.
18-In a tame-recorder, the combination with the inclosing case of a door A³, a
carriage supported on said door, carrying paper-feeding mechanism and movable
up and down on its support, and means for locking the carriage to the case and
thereby locking the door against being opened while the carriage is in its normal
position, substantially, as described.
19 In a time-recorder, the combination of the inclosing case having the table A³
provided with the slot r, clock-movement-actuated printing mechanism, a paper-
carriage provided with a roll O³ and a roll C carrying the ratchet m and movable
up and down with relation to the printing mechanism, a table D and an impression-
pad D³, one in advance of the other at the top of the carriage and over which the
web O is stretched, a pawl n in position to be engaged by said ratchet, and means
for raising and lowering the carriage, said carriage in dropping feeding the portion
of the web exposed at the slot into alignment with said impression-pad,
substantially as described.
Dated thin 4th Joy of Tonn 1808