IMPROVEMENTS IN TELL-TALE APPARATUS FOR RECORDING THE TIME AT WHICH PERSONS ENTER AND LEAVE A FACTORY." PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Maurice Levy, of Knighton, and Frederick Lowe, of
Aylestone Park, both in the county of Leicester, for an Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN TELL-TALE APPARATUS FOR RECORDING THE TIME AT
WHICH PERSONS ENTER AND LEAVE A FACTORY."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Maurice Levy and Frederick
Lowe at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 22nd February
1882.
MAURICE LEVY of Knighton and FREDERICK LOWE of Aylestone Park both in
the County of Leicester, "IMPROVEMENTS IN TELL-TALE APPARATUS FOR RECORDING
THE TIME AT WHICH PERSONS ENTER AND LEAVE A FACTORY BUILDING OR OTHER
PLACE.
"
This invention has for its object the improved arrangement and construction of
apparatus for recording the time at which each workman or other person enters
and leaves a factory building or other place in order to dispense with the services
of a time keeper.
For this purpose revolving gates are placed at the entrance to a factory building
or other place to which our improved tell-tale apparatus is to be applied the
apparatus only allowing one person to pass through such entrance and outlet
gates at a time.
Each person about to pass through the gates takes a disc or check of metal or
other suitable material having a number thereon and places it in a recess or aperture
upon a table the person then pushes forward a lever which moves the disc or
check directly over a receiving pin or file. Before the disc falls it acts upon
another lever which acts upon a series of levers to unlock the gate so that the
person can pass through the gate. Pins or projections upon a wheel at the foot of
the revolving gate act upon a disc having four pins or studs thereon which act to
allow the locking mechanism to lock the gate again.
The axis of the gate carries a ratchet wheel and pawl which only allows the
gate to move in one direction

page_text: When a person passes through the gate a cam wheel on the upper end of its
axis acts upon levers which give motion to a ratchet wheel or clutch on the axis of
the roller which takes up a sheet of paper or other suitable material upon which
the time is registered when a person passes the gate
Simultaneously with the movement of the time sheet a cam surface on the cam
wheel before mentioned acts upon a lever which causes the time sheet to be moved
forward and pressed against pointed hands or fingers which thus puncture or make
an impression upon the time sheet which is ruled with divisions which serve to
indicate the hours and minutes when punctured at which a person passes the gate.
The recording points or instruments are arranged in combination with clock
work mechanism the points being mounted upon horizontal bars one for the
minutes and one for the hours.
The point bars are mounted in bearings in a plate or support at the back of an
ordinary clock and the hour point bar receives motion and is moved forward at the
correct time rate by a cam upon the hour shaft of the clock and the minute point
bar is moved in a similar manner by the minute mechanism of the clock.
When the hour point bar has traversed a distance in front of the time sheet
representing 12 hours it returns instantaneously to its starting point the minute
point traverses a like distance in one hour and then returns instantaneously to its
starting point.
The hour point bar moves a distance one twelfth of its course every hour which
is equal to one space on the time sheet whilst the minute point bar travels one
twelfth of its course or a distance equal to one space on the time sheet in
5 minutes
For the exit a similar arrangement of apparatus is employed for recording the
exit of the persons from the place or building.
Facing the entrance the clock dial of the recording apparatus is exposed to view.
Printing apparatus may be substituted for the puncturing points if desired.
Before entering the turnstile it is necessary for the party who wishes to enter to
open a door hung on an upright spindle (which has a locking apparatus at the
lower end of it.) When the door is opened the aperture where the entering party
is to place his or her medal is then uncovered but the lever wherewith the medal
is pushed forward is locked until the door is closed as soon as the door is closed
(as it is by an ordinary spring) the lever which carries the medal is released by
means of springs as soon as the party moves the lever forward that allows a catch
to drop which locks the door at the back of the entering party which leaves no
alternative but to pass through the turnstile as the party is leaving the turnstile
the latter part of its action gives movement from the lower end of its axis by
means of a wheel with a number of studs attached to a bell crank movement
which causes the locking apparatus connected with the door to be released so that
a second party may enter.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Maurice Levy and Frederick Lowe in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 22nd August 1882.
MAURICE LEVY of Knighton and FREDERICK LOWE of Aylestone Park both in
the County of Leicester "IMPROVEMENTS IN TELL-TALE APPARATUS FOR RECORDING
THE TIME AT WHICH PERSONS ENTER AND LEAVE A FACTORY BUILDING OR OTHER
PLACE
"
This Invention has for its object the improved arrangement and construction of
apparatus for recording the time at which each workman or other person enters
and leaves a factory building or other place in order to dispense with the services
of a time keeper.
For this purpose revolving gates are placed at the entrance to a factory building
or other place to which our improved tell-tale apparatus is to be applied the
apparatus only allowing one person to pass through such entrance and outlet gates
at a time.
Each person about to pass through the gates takes a disc or check of metal or
other suitable material having a number theroon and places it in a recess or
aperture upon a table the person then pushes forward a lever which moves the disc
or check directly over a receiving pin file or cylinder Before the disc falls it acts
upon another lever which acts upon a series of levers to unlock the gate so that
the person can pass through the gate. Pins or projections upon a wheel at the
foot of the revolving gate acts upon a disc having four pins or studs thereon which
act to allow the locking mechanism to lock the gate again.
The hand lever which carries the medal or domino forward is in connection with
a straight ratchet and pawl which prevents the lever returning when once pushed
forward until it has travelled the distance necessary for placing the medal or
domino on the pile or into the cylinder, when the lever is pushed forward as above
it is not released until the party entering has passed half way through the
turnstile.
The axis of the gate carries a ratchet wheel and pawl which only allows the
gate to move in one direction.
When a person passes through the gate a cam wheel on the upper end of its
axis acts upon levers which give motion to a ratchet wheel or clutch on the axis
of the roller which takes up a sheet of paper or other suitable material upon which
the time is registered when a person passes the gate.
Simultaneously with the movement of the time sheet a cam surface on the cam
wheel before mentioned acts upon a lever which causes the time sheet to bo
moved forward and pressed against pointed hands or fingers which thus puncture
or make an impression upon the time sheet which is ruled with divisions which
serve to indicate the hours and minutes when punctured at which a person passes
the gate.
The recording points or instruments are arranged in combination with clock
work mechanism the points being mounted upon horizontal bars one for the
minutes and one for the hours.
The point bars are mounted in bearings in a plate or support at the back of an
ordinary clock and the hour point bar receives motion and is moved forward at
the correct time rate by a cam upon the hour shaft of the clock and the minute
point bar is moved in a similar manner by the minute mechanism of the clock.
When the hour point bar has traversed a distance in front of the time sheet
representing 12 hours it returns instantaneously to its starting point the minuto.

page_text: point traverses a like distance in one hour and then returns instantaneously to its
starting point.
The hour point har moves a distance one twelfth of its course every hour which
is equal to one space on the time sheet whilst the minute point bar travels one
twelfth of its course or a distance equal to one space on the time sheet in
5 minutes.
For the exit a similar arrangement of apparatus is employed for recording the
exit of the persons from the factory place or building.
Facing the entrance the clock dial of the recording apparatus is exposed
to view.
Printing apparatus may be substituted for the puncturing points if desired.
Before entering the turnstile or revolving gate it is necessary for the party who
wishes to enter to open a door hung on an upright spindle (which has a locking
apparatus at the lower end of it). When the door is opened the aperture where
the entering party is to place his or her medal is then uncovered but the lever
wherewith the medal is pushed forward is locked until the door is closed as soon
as the door is closed (as it is by an ordinary spring) the lever which carries the
medal is released by means of springs as soon as the party moves the lever forward
that allows a catch to drop which locks the door at the back of the entering party
which leaves no alternative but to pass through the turnstile. As the party is
leaving the turnstile the latter part of its action gives movement from the lower
end of its axis by means of a wheel with a number of studs attached to a bell
crank movement which causes the locking apparatus connected with the door to
be released so that a second party may enter.
The hand lever which carries the medals or dominoes when pushed forward
acts upon a series of levers which lock the door behind the party entering thus
giving the party no alternative but to pass through the turnstile. When the
person passes through the turnstile the door is unlocked by the reverse action of
the levers.
And in order that our Invention may be clearly understood and readily carried
into practice we will proceed to describe the drawings hereto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
The drawings shew elevations and plans of our improved "Workman's Time
Recording" apparatus with details of the automatic tine registering apparatus,
and the following is a description and explanation of its working parts.
When the workman desires admission through the turnstile he places a check
or domino of metal or other suitable material with which he has been supplied, in
a recess on the domino table A and then moves the hand lever B forward. This
lever pushes the domino which acts, by means of suitable guides, upon the lever C
under the domino table and this lever in its turn moves the rod D, and also the
lever E.
The domino has in the meantime passed down a tube prepared for the purpose
to any convenient receptacle when, after the workmen have all passed through, the
dominoes can be removed by the person appointed for the purpose.
When the lever E, is set in notion, as described above, it acts upon the flat bar F,
and this bar releases the turnstile G by freeing the notches cast upon the circular
plate H, and in turn releases the catch J. The workman is then enabled to push
the turnstile one fourth round and passes through between the arms of the turn-
stile G. As soon as this is accomplished a spring acts upon the catch J and brings
it into a notch on the periphery of the circular plate Land so locks the turnstile
until the operation above described is repeated.
The turnstile is prevented from moving in a backward or contrary direction by
the pawl K, which works into a ratchet wheel under the bottom part L of the
turnstile. The pawl is kept to its work by the flat curved spring placed
against it.

page_text: While the domino is doing its part, the lever M, which is connected to the same
rod as the hand lever B, moves the sliding bar N and which is prevented from
returning by the pawl and toothed rack O. The bar N also acts by lateral pressure
against a fixed double lever P, and this double lever puts in motion the connecting
flat bar link Q and so moves the double lever R, which falls into a notch upon the
foot plate of the door S, and locks it behind each workman until he has passed
through the turnstile, when the whole of the motion hereinbefore described is
automatically reversed and the door is free and open to the next comer. The door
can however remain constantly open to admit a stream of men if desired.
When it is necessary for the gate or door S to be out of action a responsible
person has a key s¹ with a screwed barrel in its end which enters the back of the
spring catch t and draws it back out of the way of the lever arm or projection v
fixed on the axis of the door S so that the lever arm or projection v can pass to
the right hand side of the spring catch t which on removing the key 8' will keep
the entrance gate or door S open as long as required.
The catch is part of a strong spring fixed inside the frame work as shown.
A notch is cut out of the plate ¹ to receive the locking catch t which prevents
any one from tampering with it.
When the gate is in action it will go no farther back than in a line with the
key &' but when out of action as far back as the gate opens.
The lever R is also actuated by the flat bar T, which receives its motion from
cams cast upon the circular plate L. It is this motion derived from the movement
of the turnstile one quarter round which releases the door S and enables the
workman to pass through to place his domino upon the table A.
The apparatus also automatically records upon paper the correct time in hours
and minutes at which the workman passes the turnstile.
By means of cams cast on the top of the turnstile centre post and shown in
elevation marked No 1 and in plan marked No. 2, the levers U and V are
actuated.
The lever U is connected by a rod to a ratchet gear, which is attached to a
friction roller W and this roller winds the time paper from the drum x. The time
paper is ruled to represent the hours and minutes and is pressed against two points
or prickers Y, leaving a perforated hole or mark upon the paper. These prickers
are moved laterally by clock gear from the time clock Z.
The paper is pressed against the prickers Y by the levers V which as before
stated receive their motion from the cams upon the top of the centre post of the
turnstile.
Thus by this improved apparatus the Workman's Time Recorder" not only is
the workinan's domino safely deposited out of his reach, but at the same time the
turnstile is liberated and the door closed and locked behind him; and the exact
minute and hour recorded at which he passed through.
It will thus be easily seen that any collusion between the workman and the
timekeeper is prevented.
The working parts of the invention are covered by a floor plate and the domino
arrangement as well as the time indicator and recorder sheet can be boxed in and
kept under lock and key; thus preventing any but the authorized person from
having access to the same.
Having thus described the nature of our invention and the manner of performing
or carrying the same into practice we would remark that we do not limit ourselves
to the exact details herein before described so long as the novel features of our
invention are retained at the same time we do not claim any of the mechanical
parts separately which are well known and in common use.
But what we claim is :-
First, The improved arrangement of automatic tell tale apparatus for recording
the time at which persons enter and leave a factory building or other place in
which a check or domino is employed so as to act, automatically as a key in com-
bination with lever and other mechanism for unlocking and releasing a turn stile

page_text: or gate for a person to pass the apparatus acting substantially in the manner and
for the purpose herein before fully described and represented in the drawings
hereto annexed.
Second. We claim the improved arrangement and combination of levers and
mechanism for locking the turnstile and gate after a person has passed through
substantially in the manner herein before described and represented in the drawings
annexed.
Third. We claim the improved arrangement and combination of mechanism and
a apparatus for automatically recording upon paper or other suitable material the
correct time in hours and minutes at which a workman or other person passes the
turnstile the apparatus being arranged substantially in the manner and for
the purpose herein before described and represented in the drawings hereto
annexed.
We also claim the arrangement and combination of apparatus for carrying the
recording paper or material over the rollers W and X substantially as and for the
purpose hereinbefore described and represented in Figures No 1 and No 2, of the
drawings hereto annexed.
Fourth. We claim the improved general arrangement and combination of
mechanism and apparatus for automatically recording the time at which each
workman or other person enters and leaves a factory building or other place the
turnstile being liberated and the door closed and locked behind him and the exact
minute and hour recorded at which he passed through the whole apparatus being
arranged to act substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein before
described and represented in the drawings hereto annexed.
In witness whereof we the said Maurice Levy and Frederick Lowe have
hereunto set our hands and seals this fifteenth day of August in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty two.