Improvements in Time Checking and Recording Apparatus for Workmen and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd May, 1898-Accepted, 12th Nov.,
1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Time Checking and Recording Apparatus for
Workmen and the like.
:
I, JOHN W. DEÜBNER, Mechanic, of 8541, May Street, Chicago, Cook County,
Illinois, United States of America, 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 :-
This invention relates to improvements in time recorders for recording the time
of workmen, and analogous uses, and it is a principal object of the invention to
provide a machine of such construction that the portion of the recording strip upon
which the recorded time is printed, and adjacent to which the signature or other
identifying mark of the workman is affixed, shall be visible to the workman or readily
subject to his inspection at, or substantially at, the time of making his signature or
other identifying mark thereon, so that he may know to a certainty exactly what he
has or is about to verify, and, therefore, the exact amount of time he will be entitled
to receive credit for.
Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing the outward appearance of one embodiment
of the invention.
Figure 2 is a longitudinal, vertical, sectional view, taken through the casing and.
showing the principal part of the mechanism in side elevation, parts being broken
away to better expose the construction of parts behind, and the upper part of the
machine being broken off.
Figure 3 is a view on an enlarged scale, partly in front elevation and partly in
transverse vertical section, the operative mechanism being shown in front elevation,
and the upper part of the machine being omitted in this case also.
Figure 4 is a sectional view, taken on a line parallel with and immediately
beneath the inclined lid forming the writing table of the casing and looking downward,
the rear part of the machine being broken away.
Figure 5 is a detail of the train of gears of the clock mechanism.
Figure 6 is a fragmentary detail of the lower angular portion of one of the side
frames of the carriage upon which the spring acts.
Figure 7 is a perspective view of the working parts of the machine, with the casing
removed.
Referring to said drawings, A designates a casing enclosing the operative
mechanism of the machine, the lower part A¹ having an inclined top or lid portion A²
forming a writing table or arm rest. The clock mechanism is conveniently located
in the upper part A3 of the casing, which is provided in its front side with an
Access is afforded to the interior of the
opening through which is exposed a dial a.
casing through a suitable door formed, in this instance, of a part of the inclined
lid A2, which is divided, as at a¹, and the parti-cylindric portion A hinged, as at a²,
so that the cover may be lifted up.
The casing is provided with a slot or opening A5, preferably located in the inclined
table, of suitable length and width to permit a workman desiring to register to write
therethrough upon a recording sheet which is brought to position beneath said
slot, as hereinafter described, and one end of the slot is desirably covered with a

page_text: transparency so that the workman may see a portion of the recording sheet or strip
containing a time record which is not accessible to him.
Means for effecting the printing of a time record within the casing and bringing
the portion of the recording sheet opposite or adjacent to said time record into
position to be viewed by the workman, may be provided of any suitable construction,
but I have herein shown novel mechanism for accomplishing this end, contributing a
subordinate part of the invention.
B designates a flat, operating bar, which extends across the machine, and is pro-
vided at its lower margin at each end thereof with pivot trunnions b which engage
upstanding ears a upon the casing. The normal position of said bar is inclined
obliquely upward and forwardly, but it is capable of being depressed into or toward a
horizontal position, in order to actuate mechanism within the casing.
CC designate side frame members rigidly united and held in upright parallel
relation by means of a cross frame member C2 which is secured to the bottom of the
casing by means of screws c.
Between the side frames is pivotally hung a carriage frame D, provided. with.
trunnions which engage trunnion apertures in the side frame members C .C¹.
12 designates a transverse har mounted upon the carriage and provided with a flat
upper surface d² which forms a writing platen, and a second surface which forms
an impression surface. Said platen bar is of such width and so arranged that when
the front end of the carriage frame is lifted up into its upperinost position it will be
brought into register with the writing slot of the casing and will be raised there-
through flush with the upper surface of said writing table.
E designates a supply roll mounted on the carriage frame, and the trunnions e
of which engage trunnion recesses e¹ in the lower side bars of the frame; and E¹, a
receiving roll mounted parallel with the supply roll, the trunnions e² of this latter
roll being also arranged to engage bearing recesses e in the carriage frame. The
recording strip or sheet extends from the supply roll around the platen har and to
the receiving roll.
F designates an hour type-wheel, and F a minute type-wheel arranged side by
side upon a transverse shaft F2, which has bearing at its ends in the front upright
bars of the side frames C C¹; said type-wheels being so located with relation to the
path of movement of the platen bar that the recording strip passing around the same
will be brought into printing contact with the type-wheels.
The said type-wheels are each provided with a circumferential series of suitable
time indicating, printing characters.
Preferably the type characters upon the printing wheels will be made of rubber so
as to render more uniform the impression upon the recording sheet.
G designates a driven shaft mounted in the machine frame to extend transversely
and parallel with the axis of the type-wheels. Said shaft may be driven by means
of any suitable motor, that shown consisting of a gravity motor comprising a winding
drum G¹ upon the shaft G, and provided with a cable which extends thence over a
guide pulley g mounted at the rear of the casing, thence to the upper part of the
casing and over a similar guide pulley, and carries at its free end a weight G². One
end of the shaft G extends outwardly through the outer casing and is conformed to
receive a winding key whereby the weight may be wound up. Upon the shaft,
externally to the side frame member C¹, is rigidly mounted a ratchet wheel G³, and
adjacent to said ratchet wheel is loosely mounted a gear wheel G+ which carries a
pivoted pawl g¹ adapted to engage the ratchet wheel when the latter is acted upon
by the motor. The gear wheel G is arranged to intermesh with an idle gear G³
mounted upon a stub shaft g² which extends through the side frame member, and
said shaft is also provided adjacent to the gear G³ with a larger gear Go secured
rigidly thereon, and which, in turn, meshes with a pinion G7 rigidly mounted upon
shaft which carries the type-wheels. The minute type-wheel is mounted rigidly
upon the shaft F2, and an escapement mechanism is provided consisting of an
escapement wheel G8 which is secured rigidly upon the type-wheel shaft adjacent to
the gear-wheel G7 and is acted upon by an oscillatory pawl g12 pivoted adjacent to the

page_text: periphery of said escapement wheel upon the side of the frame member C¹. Said
awl is provided with an outstanding arin g³, with the end of which is connected a
od g, which extends to, and is connected with, the arm g³ of a bell crank lever G
uitably pivoted upon the frame. A rod g is connected with arm g7 of the bell crank
ever and extends thence to the clock mechanism. The escapement pawl is provided
with two acting ends which permit the escapement wheel to turn the distance of a
alf tooth for each movement of the pawl so that the escapement wheel will
ordinarily have thirty teeth, or one-half as many as there are minutes in an
hour.
The hour wheel is mounted loosely upon the shaft F2 and is moved forward a step
at the end of each hour. H designates a cam wheel mounted rigidly upon the stub
shaft g2 and provided with as many equally spaced, spirally arranged cam surfaces
and corresponding radially arranged drops has the type-wheel shaft turns for each
revolution of said shaft g², in the present instance three, so that each time the minute
wheel performs one complete revolution the cam wheel will be rotated from one cam
surface to the next. H designates a wiper mounted rigidly upon a rock-shaft H²
and arranged to act upon the can wheel. The rock-shaft is provided with a rigid
arm H³ carrying at its free end a pawl H+ which is adapted to act upon a ratchet
wheel H secured to the hour wheel and adapted to move the latter forward a step
The hour wheel is held in accurate printing
each time shaft H2 is oscillated.
register while the pawl is being gradually retracted by the wiper by a detent Ho
mounted upon the upper end of an arm C³ which projects from the bottom framé
upwardly adjacent to the pawl H. The pawl H is provided with a shoulder h²
adapted to engage a depending arın h³ of the detent in such manner as to force the
pawl into locked engagement with ratchet at the end of its forward step.
The pawl H is held in yielding engagement with the ratchet wheel by a
spring ht
Any suitable inking mechanism may be provided, a preferred construction being as
follows: I designates an arm connected rigidly with the operating bar B and arranged
to depend within the casing. J designates a transverse rod secured rigidly in ears c¹
formed on the side frame plates CC¹. Upon the rod is mounted an inking device
which consists of a wire loop J¹, the ends of which are formed into spring coils jj
which encircle the rod J and the extreme ends of which are inserted through apertures
in the rod. At a point upon the rod J in alignment with the depending arm I is
loosely mounted a tappet block J2 provided with an upstanding arm j¹ which is
adapted to be engaged by the depending arm I, and a second arm or projection j
which is connected with the loop J. The loop J¹ carries an inking pad J³,
and the arrangement is such that as the arm I is oscillated it will first depress
the spring loop so as to carry the inking pad into contact with the type-wheels and
thereafter pass by the end of the upstanding arm and perinit the inking pad to
spring back out of the way of the carriage which is descending. Upon the return
movement of the depending arm the lower end of the latter will slip over the end of
the arm into position to engage the same upon a subsequent movement.
Suitable connections for imparting movement to the carriage from the operating
bar are provided in this instance as follows:-1¹ designates a shift bar, one end of
which is pivotally connected with the depending arm I while the opposite end is
provided with a longitudinal slot i which engages and slides upon a stud mounted
upon the side frame. Upon the shift bar, toward the rear end thereof, is mounted
a stud 2 which is adapted to engage an oscillatory lever 12 pivotally mounted between
0 its ends upon the side frame so as to stand approximately in a vertical position.
The lower end of said oscillatory lever acts upon a stud 3 upon the carriage
frame to depress the carriage as the shift bar is carried rearwardly.
forcing the carriage into contact with the type-wheels, the stud 12 passes by the
upper end of the oscillatory lever, and a further movement of the shift bar brings a
5 second stud it mounted thereon into engagement with the front side of the rear
upright bar of the carriage frame and lifts the carriage up into position to receive
After

page_text: the autograph. The carriage is returned and held in its intermediate position by
ineans of a spring D arranged to act upon a suitable angular portion thereof. The
shift bar and connected parts are returned to their normal positions by a spring 1³
connected to the frame C₁and said shift bar.
The means whereby the printed time record is exposed to the view of the work-
man immediately after it is made comprise, as in this instance, mechanism whereby
the paper is automatically drawn forward as the carriage is returned to the writing
position, so as to bring that part of the recording sheet transversely opposite the
record just made thereon by the type-wheels into register with the writing slot.
K is a ratchet wheel mounted upon the receiving roll, and K¹ a pawl pivotally
mounted upon the frame in position to engage said ratchet wheel and rotate the roll
one notch during that part of the movement of the carriage when it is being carried
backwardly from its normal position into the writing position. The ratchet wheel
is located out. of alignment with the main body of said pawl, and the latter is
provided with an in-standing acting end k so as to permit it to pass by the latter,
and in order to hold the said pawl in position while disengaged from the ratchet
wheel, a stud ¹ is provided upon the side frame. The receiving roll is held from
turning backwardly by a spring pressed detent K².
As an auxiliary mechanism, which may or may not be adopted, I have provided a
self-winding attachment constructed and arranged as follows: L designates a lever
pivoted between its ends upon a bracket C upon the side frame member C¹. The
upper end of this lever projects into the path of the shift bar and is oscillated
thereby. Upon the lower end of said lever is mounted a push pawl L which engages
the ratchet wheel G³ of the motor shaft; said pawl being guided by a stud / upon
the side frame member. A spring L2 holds the pawl normally retracted. The width
of the ratchet wheel G³ is sufficient to permit the pawl to act thereon without inter-
fering with the driving pawl g¹ of the gear G. The push pawl is automatically
thrown out of engagement with the ratchet wheel when the machine has been wound
to a desired limit by means of an arm connected with the pawl at a point between
its ends and arranged to extend horizontally inward and then downwardly in position
to be engaged by the part of the cable which extends from the drum to the lower
guide pulley when the cable is wound to the desired extent. The lateral movement
of the cable as it winds upon the drum causes it to engage the depending end of the
arm and thrust the push pawl out of alignment with the ratchet wheel. A flat
spring tends to hold the pawl in operative position.
The connection with the clock which operates the escapement may be of any
desired or preferred construction, a practical arrangement being that shown in detail
Figure 5, wherein m designates the minute hand shaft of an ordinary clock move-
ment, ma gear mounted rigidly thereon, m2 a pinion arranged to mesh with the
gear and connected with a second gear m³, which, in turn, meshes with a pinion or
pitman wheel m². The vertically extending connecting rod 96 hereinbefore mentioned
is connected at its upper end with the pitman wheel mt by means of a suitable wrist,
and the relative sizes of the several members of the train of gears thus described is
such that the pitman wheel will perform a half revolution each minute, and thus,
through the medium of the bell crank lever, operate the escapement properly.
The operation of the machine has been set forth in connection with the foregoing
description, and need not, therefore, be repeated.
While this embodiment of my invention is so constructed as to expose the printed
record upon the recording sheet during the time said sheet remains in position to
receive the signature thereon, and is deemed a preferred construction, yet it will be
obvious that an operative form of machine may be devised in which the principal
object of the invention, to-wit: the exposure for inspection of the portion of the
recording strip upon which the record is printed and to which the workman attaches
his identifying mark, may be accomplished differently. An example of such modifi-
cation is shown in Figures 8, et sequentes.
In the case of this latter modification each workman is provided with an individual
key bearing identifying characters, which keys are used to effect the printing of the

page_text: lividual time records of the several workmen and the
stead of by signature. Such a construction has the advantage that the operation
recording and bringing the printed record to view will be accomplished by simply
shing a key directly into the key-hole of the machine and instantly withdrawing it,
time being lost in signing or otherwise.
Referring to said drawings,
Figure 8 is a perspective view showing the outward appearance of the machine.
Figure 9 is a similar view, parts of the front of the casing being broken away to
ow the operative connections between the clock mechanism and recording
echanism.
Figure 10 is a front elevation of the recording mechanism with the front casing
emoved.
Figure 11 is a side elevation of the same with the side casing removed.
Figures 12 and 13 are transverse vertical, sectional views, taken on lines 5-5 and
-6, respectively, of Figure 10, and looking in the directions of the arrows.
Figure 14 is a perspective view of one of the keys.
Figure 15 is a perspective view of the sectional rock-bar.
A designates a suitable casing, generally similar to an ordinary clock case, the
ront upper portion thereof being made in the form of a door A¹ adapted to swing
pen, and the lower outwardly curved part A² of the said front being also made
emovable or to swing open, so that the casing is provided with doors, as A¹ A², to
afford access to the mechanism located therein.
A³ designates the clock movement arranged, as in the previously described machine,
in the upper part of the casing.
The recording mechanism proper is desirably mounted upon an independent
framework, designated as a whole by B, B¹, so that the whole may be removed from
the casing.
The framework of the recording mechanism proper consists of two side frame
plates C C arranged parallel with each other and rigidly secured to the cross frame
members b¹ 62, conveniently by means of screws, inserted through horizontal out-
turned feet c.
D designates the main shaft carrying the recording type-wheels E E¹, respectively.
The minute wheel E¹ is made rigid with the shaft D, and said shaft is driven in
this instance by a spring motor consisting of a motor shaft F having bearings in the
side frame plates, a spiral steel spring F1 mounted upon the outside of the frame
plate C¹ concentrically with the motor shaft F and arranged to act upon the latter,
and a train of gears communicating motion from the motor shaft to said main
shaft D. The outer end of the motor spring is secured to a suitable stud f mounted
upon the side frame plate. A guard bar f¹ provided with inturned ends f² is
mounted upon said side frame so as to overlie said spring, having inturned ends
which act to limit the expansion of the spring beyond a certain point. The opposite
end of the motor shaft is provided with a suitably squared shank adapted to be
engaged by a winding key. F2 designates a ratchet wheel rigidly secured upon the
motor shaft, and F3 a pawl mounted upon a gear wheel F in position to engage
the ratchet wheel. The gear wheel is mounted loosely upon the shaft, and is
arranged to intermesh with a pinion F5 mounted upon a stub shaft f³ upon the side
frame plate. F designates a second gear secured rigidly to the pinion F³ concen-
trically with the latter, which gear intermeshes with, and communicates motion to,
a second pinion F" mounted rigidly upon the main shaft D.
The escapement consists in this instance of a gear G secured rigidly to the main
shaft D and intermeshing with a pinion G¹ mounted upon a stub shaft g upon the
side frame plate. With this pinion G¹ is rigidly connected a larger gear G2, which,
in turn, meshes with a pinion gl mounted upon a short shaft g2 which extends
through the side frame plate and carries at its outer end a trip arm or detent G³
H designates an escapement bar, slotted at each end, as
5 made rigid with the shaft.
indicated at h h', and mounted upon fixed studs h² on the frame plate so as to reciprocate
adjacent to the trip arm; said escapement bar being arranged in the same plane

page_text: with the trip arm and being curved to avoid interference with the latter except as to
those parts or shoulders h³h, which form the stops of the escapement, and which
are alternately carried into the path of the trip arm as the escapement bar is
reciprocated. The intermediate gearing between the main shaft which carries the
minate wheel and the shaft upon which the trip arm is mounted is such that the
type-wheel will be carried forward one-thirtieth of a revolution for each half
revolution of the trip arın, or a distance corresponding to two minutes.
designate a pair of gears, the first member of which i intermeshes with a
gear mounted upon the minute shaft of the movement while the latter communicates
inotion to a bevel gear I mounted upon the upper end of a rod I¹ which extends
downwardly from the clock movement through a suitable bearing c¹ mounted upon
the side frame plate C and is provided with a crank portion 1%. With the crank 12
is connected a pitman 13, which is flexibly connected at its opposite end I* with the
rear end of the escapement bar.
The hour wheel E is mounted loosely upon the main shaft D, and is operated as
follows: J designates a rock-shaft mounted in suitable bearings and provided near
one end with a rigid arm or wiper J which projects upwardly adjacent to the
gear Fo in position to be acted upon and oscillated by a series of studs j mounted
upon said gear at equi-distant intervals apart, said series comprising in the present
instance three, the gear Fo being three times as large as the pinion F mounted
upon the main shaft, so that one stud will be carried past the end of the arm J¹
upon each revolution of the main shaft. J2 designates a second arm rigidly
connected with the rock-shaft J, arranged to project horizontally therefrom and
provided with an adjustable weight J3 which tends to hold the arm J¹ projected into
the path of the studs j and oscillates the rock-shaft suddenly a limited distance
each time one of the studs passes the end of the wiper arm, the extent of the
oscillation of the rock-shaft being determined by a stop Je hereinafter referred to.
J* designates a pawl arm mounted rigidly upon the rock-shaft J, arranged to project
upwardly adjacent to a ratchet wheel E2 which is secured to the hour wheel E
concentrically with the latter, the upper end of the pawl arın being provided with
a pawl J5 pivoted thereto and arranged to engage said ratchet wheel and push it
forward a notch upon each oscillation of the rock-shaft J. Jo is a rigid projection
upon the upper end of the pawl arm adapted to engage with the teeth of the ratchet
wheel and arrest the latter as the pawl arm reaches the forward limit of its stroke.
J is a spring pressed pawl arranged to hold said ratchet wheel from backward
movement. In this instance the printing of the time record is effected by means of
a spring actuated printing hammer, which forces the recording sheet into contact
with the type-wheels, at the same time taking an impression upon the sheet from
characters upon the workman's individual key.
To next describe the paper carriage and the paper feeding and printing devices
whereby impressions are taken from the type-wheels upon a continuous ribbon of
paper, K designates as a whole a frame, desirably mounted movably to afford better
access for placing the recording sheet in position and consisting of side plates k k¹
connected by means of cross-bars K¹ K2 and a front plate K³. The frame K is
pivotally connected to the side plates C C¹ so as to swing between the latter, and is
held with its front part vertically above the axis of the type-wheels by means of
stop studs 13.
.
The cross-bar K¹ serves as a support for a spool or receiving roll L. L'
designates a supply roll mounted upon a spindle journaled in the side frame plates
adjacent to the rear upper angles of the latter; said spindle being conveniently made
removable from its bearings by forming the latter open at their rear sides, as
indicated at, and held therein by means of plate springs 12 bearing against the
trunnion portions of the spindle. From the supply roll the paper ribbon passes
between the upper peripheries of the recording wheels and the lower side of the
movable frame around the lower front angle of the latter and up over the front
plate K³ to the feed roll L, said front plate K³ being arranged to stand in a vertical

page_text: plane throughout its lower half so as to hold that part of the recording strip resting
thereon upright opposite a sight aperture 2 formed in the front wall of the casing.
M designates a guide bar rigidly secured to the side frame plate C¹ and arranged
to project horizontally across the machine and terminating at its free end adjacent
to the side face of the hour wheel, the upper edge of said guide bar being
approximately on a level with the upper periphery of said type-wheel. m designates
a key-way cut transversely in the guide bar adjacent to the hour wheel and in
alignment with a corresponding key-hole m'formed through the outer casing and adapted
to receive a key X, such, for instance, as that illustrated in Figure 14. Each
individual key is provided upon one side at a distance from its end with a series
of raised characters arranged transversely of the key and adapted, when the
key is inserted within the key-way to the full extent permitted by the shoulder a¹
at the inner end of its shank, to be brought into the same plane as, and in
transverse alignment with, the characters of the two type-wheels presented at the
printing point, which is in this instance located vertically above the axis of said
type-wheels. N is a lever pivoted between its ends, as at n, to the side frame
plate C, and having one end n¹ bent at right angles to the main portion thereof and
arranged to extend horizontally across the machine immediately in rear of the key-
way m in position to be engaged by the end of the key. N¹ designates a rock-bar
mounted so as to extend adjacent to the upper end of the lever N. Bar N¹ is
provided with a rigid arm n2 having at its outer end a wrist-pin n³ which engages an
elongated slot n formed in the upper end-of the oscillatory lever. The rock-bar
is normally held in position to hold the lower end of the oscillatory lever
forwardly by means of a coiled spring mounted upon said rock-shaft, having one
end connected with a fixed collar and the opposite end connected with a stud ne
upon the side frame plate k. N² designates a rigid arm upon the rock-shaft N¹
and projecting downwardly therefrom in position to engage the upstanding end of a
trip arm O mounted upon a rock-shaft 01 extending between the side frame plates of
the carriage parallel with the rock-shaft N¹ and below the latter. Shaft O¹ is of
tubular form consisting of three sections mounted upon a fixed rod o, one of said
sections o¹ carrying the trip arm O made rigid therewith, the next section. o²
(see detail Figure 15) carrying a printing haminer P, and the third section o³
carrying a bell hammer P1 (see Figure 13). The connections between the several
sections o¹ 02 03 are in the form of couplings which permit a certain amount of lost
motion between each of the connections but cause them to move positively together
when oscillated beyond a certain extent, as indicated clearly in detail Figure 15.
When the key is inserted and lever N oscillated, the arm N2 engages the upper
end of the trip arm 0, thus lifting the printing hammer positively until the
said arm N2 is carried entirely past and out of engagement with the trip arm,
whereupon the printing hammer will be thrown down forcibly by means of a plate
spring P² one end of which is secured to the cross-bar K² and the opposite end of
which bears upon the printing hammer at a point adjacent to its free end. When,
however, the swinging arm N2 returns it will engage and sweep past the trip arm 0
without oscillating the printing hammer in the opposite direction, this movement
being permitted by the lost motion in the coupling between said parts. 0 is a spring
mounted upon the side frame plate k¹ and arranged to hold the trip arm upright.
While the printing hammer is being lifted by the swinging arm the bell hammer pl
will be swung downwardly, and upon the release of the trip hammer will be thrown
upwardly, its momentum carrying it beyond its normal position and causing it to
strike and ring the bell P2, which latter is mounted upon an extension of the guard
bar f¹.
Q designates a pawl pivotally attached to the swinging arm N2 at one end and held
in yielding engagement with a ratchet wheel Q₁ upon the receiving roll L by means
of a spring q. As the swinging arm is oscillated rearwardly by the insertion of a key
the pawl will be carried back and engage a notch of the ratchet wheel, and upon the
return movement of the arm the roll will be rotated one step, thereby carrying the
impression which has just been made during the insertion of the key up upon

page_text: the front face of the plate or apron K³ into position to be viewed through the sight
aperture of the outer casing. The receiving roll is held from backward movement by
a gravity detent Q2 upon the side frame plate k¹.
R designates an inking ribbon arranged to extend between the upper peripheries
of the type-wheels and the recording sheet, immediately beneath the printing
hammer, a supply spool R¹ being mounted in brackets r upon the outside of the
frame plate C¹ and a similar receiving roll R2 similarly mounted upon the frame
plate Cat the opposite side in position to permit the inking ribbon to pass readily over
guide shoulders 71 72 formed on the said frame plates C¹ C, respectively. The ribbon
is automatically fed forward a step each time an impression is taken by a pawl
carrying arm $ attached to one of the brackets of the receiving roll Rand
provided with a gravity pawl S¹ arranged to act upon a ratchet wheel R³ mounted
upon the end of the said spool R². The free end of the pawl carrying arm S extends
obliquely upward toward the frame plate C and is acted upon by the lower
end of a plunger rod S2, which is, in turn, acted upon by an arm S³ mounted upon
the outer end of the rock-bar N¹. A coiled spring s serves to return the pawl
arm and plunger S2 to their normal position when permitted by the return of
the arm S³.
The operation of the machine is substantially like that of the form first
described, except that each workman affixes his identifying mark by means of his
individual key.
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
1. The improvement, in time recorders of that class wherein a time record is
printed upon a record sheet and identified by the placing thereon of the individual's
mark, which cousists in providing ineans whereby the said time record
is immediately exposed to view, so that the individual may verify the record he
identifies.
2. An improved time recorder, having a casing, a time record printing
mechanism, a recording sheet within the casing upon which a time
record is printed, means enabling an individual to attach his identifying mark to
the time record, and means whereby said record is immediately exposed to view,
substantially as described.
3. An improved time recorder, having a casing, a clock controlled, time record
printing mechanism, a recording sheet within the casing upon which a
time record is printed, means enabling an individual to attach his identifying mark
to the time record, and means whereby said record is immediately exposed to view,
substantially as described.
4. In a time recorder, the combination with the casing and the clock controlled
printing mechanism and recording sheet therein, of means operable from without
the casing for taking an impression from the printing mechanism, means enabling
the individual effecting the impression to attach his identification mark thereto,
and a sight opening through which the said impression may be viewed, whereby the
individual is enabled to inspect for identification the record to which he attaches his
identification mark.
5. In a time recorder, the eombination of a casing, a clock controlled printing
mechanism, a normally stationary recording sheet or strip therein, and means for
feeding the sheet step by step, means operable from without the casing for effecting
the printing of a time record, means enabling the individual making the time record
to mark the same for identification, and a sight opening through which the time
record may be viewed, whereby the individual is enabled to inspect for identification
the record to which he attaches his identification mark.
6. In an autograph time recorder, the combination of a casing, clock controlled
time printing mechanism, and a recording sheet within the casing, means operable
from without the casing for effecting the printing of a record on the recording sheet;

page_text: slot in the casing through which the sheet is exposed for signature, and a sight
aperture through which the record may be viewed, whereby the individual, is
enabled to inspect for verification the record to which he attaches his identification
mark.
7. In an autograph time recorder, the combination with a casing and a time
recording mechanism and recording sheet therein, of a slot in the casing through
which the recording sheet is exposed for signature, and a transparency adjacent to
said slot through which the printed record to which the signature is affixed may be
viewed when affixing the signature thereto.
8. In an autograph time recorder, the combination with a casing provided
with a slot, and clock controlled printing mechanism embracing printing forms
arranged within the casing, of a carriage pivotally mounted within the casing, a
platen upon said carriage, a recording sheet carried by the carriage and arranged to
pass over the platen thereof, and means for swinging the carriage about its pivotal
support, said printing forms being arranged directly in the path of the platen so that
the latter is brought into printing contact with said forms by the swinging of the
carriage.
9. In an autograph time recorder, the combination of a casing provided with
a slot, and clock controlled printing mechanism arranged within the casing, a
movable platen carrying carriage, mounted within the casing, a recording sheet
arranged to pass over the platen and adapted to be brought into position to receive
a signature thereon through the slot, and a sight opening through which
the printed record upon the recording sheet may be inspected at the time of affixing
the signature thereto.
10. In an autograph time recorder, the combination of a casing, clock controlled
printing mechanism and an oscillatory platen carriage within the casing, a recording
sheet carried by said carriage, a slot within the casing through which the recording
sheet may be exposed for signature, and means for oscillating the carriage to carry
the recording sheet into printing contact with the printing devices and to thereafter
carry it into position to expose the recording sheet through the slot.
11. In an autograph time recorder, the combination of a casing, clock controlled
printing mechanism and an oscillatory platen carriage within the casing, a recording
sheet carried by said carriage, a slot in the casing through which the recording
sheet may be exposed, and means for oscillating the carriage to first carry the
recording sheet into printing contact with the printing devices and to thereafter
return it to and beyond its normal position into position to expose the recording sheet
for signature through the slot.
12. In an autograph time recorder, the combination of a casing, clock controlled
printing mechanism and an oscillatory platen carriage within the casing, a recording
sheet carried by said carriage, a slot in the casing through which the sheet may be
exposed, and means for oscillating the carriage to first carry the recording sheet into
printing contact with the printing devices and to thereafter return it to and beyond
its normal position into position to expose the recording sheet for signature to the
slot, said movement being effected by means of an oscillatory operating bar arranged
outside of the casing and suitable operative connections whereby both the forward and
return movements of the carriage are caused by a single movement in one direction
of said operating bar.
13. In an autograph time recorder, the combination of a casing, clock controlled
printing mechanism and an oscillatory platen, carriage within the casing, a recording
sheet carried by said carriage, a slot in the casing through which the sheet may be
exposed, means for oscillating the carriage to first carry the recording sheet into
printing contact with the printing devices and to thereafter return it to and beyond
its normal position into position to expose the recording sheet for signature through
the slot, said movement being effected by means of an oscillatory operating bar
arranged outside of the casing and suitable operative connections whereby both the
forward and return movements of the carriage are caused by a single movement in
one direction of said operating bar, and means operating to automatically return
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page_text: the carriage to a position rendering the recording sheet inaccessible through the
slot.
14. The combination, in a time recorder having a casing provided with a slot
through which the recording sheet is adapted to be exposed, and a printing mechanism
and recording sheet within the casing, of means for effecting the printing of a time
record and for bringing the sheet into position to receive a signature, consisting of
an operating bar located outside the casing adjacent to the slot and arranged to
normally stand in an upwardly projecting position, said operating bar being adapted
to accomplish the printing of a time record upon the recording sheet and the bringing
of the latter into position to receive a signature, with the time record exposed to
view, when depressed into or toward a horizontal position by resting the hand thereon
when in writing position.
15. In an autograph time recorder, the combination of a casing provided in its
upper side with a slot, an oscillatory carriage mounted within the casing adjacent to
said slot provided with a platen bar and an impressing bar and carrying receiving
and supply rolls, a recording sheet upon said rolls arranged to pass over the impressing
bar and platen in its passage from the supply to the receiving roll, minute and hour
type-wheels rotatably mounted in the path of the impressing bar, mechanism for
rotating said type-wheels to cause them to present printing characters representing
the time of day at the printing point, an inking device adapted to co-operate with
the type-wheels, and means operable from without the casing for oscillating the
carriage to cause an impression upon the recording sheet and to bring the
latter into position to receive a signature with the time record exposed to
view.
16. In an autograph time recorder, the combination of a casing provided in its
upper side with a slot, an oscillatory carriage mounted within the casing adjacent to
said slot and consisting of two parallel triangular shaped side or end frames rigidly
secured together and pivotally mounted upon an axis extending longitudinally of the
carriage adjacent to one of the outer angles of the same, a combined impressing bar
and platen extending between said side frames at one of the other angles of the
carriage having its impressing surface arranged in a plane substantially radial to the
pivotal axis of the carriage, receiving and supply rolls upon the carriage, a recording
sheet mounted upon said roll arranged to pass over the impressing and platen bar in
its passage from the supply to the receiving roll, minute and hour type-wheels
rotatably mounted in the path of the impressing bar, mechanism for actuating said
type-wheels, an inking device adapted to co-operate with the type-wheels, and an
operating bar arranged outside the casing and provided with operative connections
for oscillating the carriage to cause an impresion upon the recording sheet and
to bring the platen into position to receive a signature upon the recording
sheet.
17. In an autograph time recorder, the combination with a casing provided with a
slot, through which the recording sheet is adapted to be exposed, an oscillatory
carriage provided with a platen and carrying supply and receiving rolls, a recording
sheet arranged to pass over said platen in its passage from the supply to the receiving
rolls, mechanism for printing a time record upon the sheet, and automatic paper
feeding devices adapted to feed the paper into position upon the platen to receive a
signature thereon opposite the time record as the platen is brought into register with
the slot.
18. The combination, in a time recorder provided with printing forms, of an inking
device comprising an oscillatory arm carrying at its free end an inking pad, a spring
tending to hold said arm normally free from the type, a tappet block mounted
adjacent to the oscillatory arın and adapted to act upon the latter to depress the
inking pad into contact with the type, and a radial arm upon the tappet block
arranged to project into the path of a reciprocatory part of the recorder mechanism,
said reciprocatory part being adapted to oscillate the inking device into contact with
the types and to thereafter permit it to spring back to its normal position.

page_text: 19. In a time recorder, the combination with a casing provided with a slot and an
scillatory platen carriage adapted to bring the recording sheet into position to expose
t through the slot, of means for actuating said carriage, comprising an oscillatory bar
rranged outside the casing and provided with a rigid arm extending within the
casing, a shift bar pivotally connected with the arm at one end and having sliding
support upon the machine frame at its other end, a stud upon the shift bar, an
oscillatory lever pivoted between its ends upon the machine frame and adapted to he
engaged by the stud of the shift bar, oscillated a limited distance thereby and released
in the further movement of the bar, a stud upon the carriage frame located in position
to be engaged by the opposite end of the oscillatory lever to oscillate the carriage in
one direction, and a second stud upon the shift bar adapted to directly engage the
carriage frame to oscillate it in an opposite direction, whereby the impressing
movement and the returning of the platen carriage into position to receive a signature
upon the recording sheet are effected by the movement in a single direction of the
operating bar.
20. In a time recorder, the combination with the recording mechanism, a motor
for actuating the printing forms, and an operating device arranged outside the casing
for effecting the printing operation, of an automatic winding device, consisting of a
ratchet wheel arranged to act upon the winding shaft of the motor, and a pawl
arranged to act upon the ratchet wheel and operatively connected with the printing
mechanism whereby the ratchet wheel will be operated each time an impression is
taken from the printing forms.
21. In a time recorder, the combination with the recording mechanism, a motor for
actuating the printing forms, and an operating device arranged outside the casing for
effecting the printing operation, of an automatic winding device, consisting of a
ratchet wheel arranged to act upon the winding shaft of the motor, and a pawl
arranged to act upon the ratchet wheel and operatively connected with the printing
mechanism whereby the ratchet wheel will be operated each time an impression is
taken from the printing forms, and means operating to automatically throw the self
winding mechanism out of operation when the motor has been wound up to a
pre-determined limit.
22. In a time recorder, the combination with the casing, and the clock controlled
printing mechanism and recording sheet therein, of a key adapted to operate said
printing mechanism to take an impression therefrom upon the recording sheet, and a
5 sight opening through which the said impression may be viewed, whereby the
individual is enabled to inspect for verification the record which he has effected
through the medium of the key.
23. In a time recorder, the combination with the casing, and the clock controlled
printing mechanism and recording sheet therein, of a plurality of keys provided with
0 individual identification characters and each adapted to operate the printing
mechanism to take an impression therefrom and from the characters of the key upon
the recording sheet, and a sight opening in the casing through which the said
impression may be viewed, whereby the individual is enabled to inspect for verification
the record which he has effected through the medium of the key.
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24. In a time recorder, the combination with the casing, and the clock controlled
printing mechanism and recording sheet therein, of a key adapted to operate said
printing mechanism to take an impression therefrom and from the characters of the
key upon the recording sheet, means operating automatically upon the withdrawal of
the key to feed the recording sheet forward a step, and a sight opening opposite
50 which the said impression is exposed to view after the recording sheet has been thus
fed forward.
25. In a time recorder, the combination with the casing, and the clock controlled
printing mechanism and recording sheet therein, of a spring pressed printing hammer,
a sheet-feeding mechanism, a push-key and operative connections whereby the
55 printing hammer will be operated upon the insertion of the key and the sheet feeding
mechanism operated upon its withdrawal.

page_text: 26. In a time recorder, the combination with the casing, and the clock controlled
printing mechanism and recording sheet therein, of a spring pressed printing hammer
and a spring actuated sheet-feeding mechanism, a push-key, and operative connections
whereby both the spring of the printing hammer and of the sheet-feeding mechanism
are charged and the hammer operated by the insertion of the key and the sheet-feeding
mechanism permitted to act upon its withdrawal.
Dated this 3rd day of May 1898
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.