US2798665A - Automatic totalizer selection in accordance - Google Patents

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R. J. MOSER ET AL 2,798,665 mu SELECTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RICAL ENTRIES 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 July 9, 1957 AUTOMATIC TO Filed D96. 23, 1953 ROSS 62 ANALYSIS NON-ADD GRAND P. U. BOND RETIRE. PICK UP P U COMBINED TAX PU EARN TO DATE EARNINGS 5000- EAR COMBINED TAX BALANCE EXTENSION ROW 4 67 ROW 3 6 ROW 2 DUES HUIANITY FUND TO DATE TO DATE TO DATE VENTORS J. MOSER 8 IN RUDOLPH ROGER S. HULL THEIR ATTORNEYS July 1957 R. J. MOSER ET AL 2,798,665

AUTOMATIC TOTALIZER SELECTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH NUMERICAL ENTRIES SSheets-Sheet 2 Filed Dec. 25, 1953 IFIG.4

INVENTORS RUDOLPH J. MOSER 8| ROGER S. HULL THEIR ATTORNEYS July 1957 R. J. MOSER ET AL 2,798,665

AUTOMATIC TOTALIZER SELECTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH NUMERICAL ENTRIES Filed Dec. 23. 1953 r 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 TNVENTORS RUDOLPH J. MOSER 8 THEIR ATTORNEYS United States Patent C) AUTOMATIC TOTALIZER SELECTION 1N AC- CORDANCE WITH NUMERICAL ENTRIES Rudolph J. Moser and Roger S. Hull, Dayton, Ohio, as-

signors to The National Cash Register Company, Day" ton, Ohio, a corporation of Maryland Application December 23, 1953, Serial No. 400,048

17 Claims. (Cl. 235-6) This invention relates to accounting machines and similar business machines, and is directed particularly to means for automatically causing the selection of totalizers for the express purpose of segregating certain gross yearly earnings to date of employees.

Briefly, the machine is arranged to have the operator use only one key to enter the various amounts of earnings to date, which are set up on the keyboard, and then the machine is provided with means for automatically selecting any one of three totalizers into which the earnings-to-date may be entered during this pick-up operation, depending upon the amount of said earnings-to-date.

In other words, the earnings-to-date, which are less than $3000.00 will go into one totalizer, the earnings-todate between $300.00 and $3600.00 will go into another totalizer, and earnings-to-date picked up, which are $3 600.00 and above will be automatically added into another totalizer.

Therefore, this invention is especially adapted to be used in machines of the payroll type, shown and described in the United States Patent No. 2,467,704, issued April 19, 1949, to Pascal Spurlino, Rudolph I. Moser, Alfred J. Kibler, Marvin D. Frost, and Walter J. Kreider, and for illustrative purposes is embodied in a machine of the type shown in said patent. The invention is also used in machines of the type which is shown in the United States application for Letters Patent, Serial No. 259,574, filed December 3, 1951, by Pascal Spurlino, Roger S. Hull and Marvin D. Frost.

This invention is also embodied in machines of the general type, shown in the following United States Letters Patents, and reference may be had to them and to the above-mentioned patent and application, for a complete showing and description of mechanism not fully illustrated herein: United States Patents Nos. 1,619,796; 1,747,397; 1,761,542 and 1,916,535, issued March 1, 1927; February 18, 1930; June 3, 1930; and July 4, 1933, respectively, to Bernis M. Shipley; No. 2,175,346, issued October 10, 1939, to Maximilian M. Goldberg; No. 2,141,332, issued December 27, 1938, to Charles H. Arnold; No. 1,693,279, issued November 27, 1928, to Walter J. Kreider; No. 2,305,000, issued December 15, 1942, to Mayo A. Goodbar; No. 2,361,662, issued October 31, 1944, to Pascal Spurlino and Konrad Ranch; No. 2,345,839, issued April 4, 1944, to Pascal Spurlino, Mayo A. Goodbar and Marvin D. Frost; No. 2,351,541, issued June 13, 1944, to Everett H. Placke, and No. 2,373,510, issued April 10, 1945, to Pascal Spurlino et al.

The specific mechanism shown in the above-mentioned Patent No. 2,467,704, embodying the present invention, and as now constructed, is well adapted for use in any organization where a large number of payroll checks are to be issued periodically, and particularly where such organizations wish to keep accurate records of totals of amounts paid to their employees, and also a record of the various deductions which nowadays are common practice.

2,798,665 Patented July 9, 1957 As is well known, such deductions include group insurance payments, union dues, hospitalization, and many other types of deductions, which various organizations permit their employees to make against gross earnings for a definite period.

In connection with the present invention the F. I. C. A. or, as it was formerly called, the F. O. A. B. or social security tax and the Federal income tax have been combined and are now entered in the machine through the selection of a totalizer which is designated as the combined tax totalizer. Retirement deductions and savings bond deductions may also be recorded in connection with the machine. Accurate records of each of the various types of individual deductions are accumulated in the machine, with the result that the company may, at any time, definitely ascertain, by means of printed records such as shown in the above-mentioned Patent No. 2,467,704, the various totals of such deductions and also the totals of the net earnings of the employees, the gross earnings of the employees, and other records relative to the employees.

In connection with the present invention, there is also a record made of the various pick-ups of earnings-todate, which fall in three categories, namely, those where the pick-up of the earnings-to-date is under $3000, the second group is where the pick-up of the earnings-todate is $3000 up to and including $3599.99, and the third category is where the pickup of the earnings-to-date is $3600 and above. The machine is provided with totalizers to segregate these various amounts, and such amounts are automatically put into the proper totalizers through an automatic mechanism in this machine, included in the present invention.

Such automatic mechanism, a part of which is electrical, will be hereinafter described in detail in connection with the various differential mechanisms and the totalizers which are controlled thereby.

The machine in connection with which the present invention is used is also adapted to print a payroll check, on the main portion of which are the consecutive number, the date and the amount of the check printed in two places, and on the stub portion of the check which is to be torn off and retained by the employee before he cashes the check, the gross earnings, a list of all deductions, showing the amount of each, a symbol for each deduction, and the net pay. The net pay is also printed on the stub portion of the check, and is identical with the net amount which is printed in two places on the main portion of the check.

On the top of the machine there may be provided a time card box which carries the time cards for each of the individual employees, and on these time cards there is various data relating particularly to the number of hours the man works, and his rate and various types of deductions which have been previously mentioned, and which are recorded thereon by the clerk. These cards are adapted to be ejected from the stack in the card box upon the operation of the net pay key, as as been illustrated and described in the above-mentioned Placke Patent No. 2,351,541.

The control of the ejection of the time clock cards when used in connection with payroll machines is also specifically illustrated and described in an application for Letters Patent of the United States, filed November 21, 1950, by Angus G. Helgeson, and bearing Serial No. 196,906, and which issued into United States Patent No. 2,682,993 on July 6, 1954.

On top of the machine and to the left of the time card box is an automatic tax indicator device. This tax indicator device includes a chart of constant figures, which chart is mounted on a rotatable drum, the drum being rotated under control of certain differential mechanisms ductiontotal as a basis.

which in turn are controlled by the totalizer wheels of the crossfooter when the Gross key in row 1 is depressed. The depression of this key causes a sub-total operation of the employees gross pay, which has been accumulated in this crossfooter, and during the operations 'of the entering of the regular gross pay.

Thistax machine is shown and described in the abovementioned Spurlino, Hull and Frost patent application,

Serial No. 259,574.

One of the most common requirements of all business today in connection with payroll work is the collection of taxes on current period earnings (weekly, bi-weekly, semimonthly, or monthly), and the remittance of employer and employee contributions to the various Government agencies involved each month. Specifically, in this instance, it is required that the current period earnings be broken down as follows: (1) Earnings to employees who have earned less than $3000 for the yearthis is taxable at 3%1 /2 from the employee and 1 /2 from the em- 'over $3600 for the year. This is nottaxable for either F. I. C. A. or unemployment insurance.

This breakdown of earnings provides accurate, actual figures for computing the remittance to the Government agencies at the end of the month, and also provides an accurate base for determining the employer liability.

'Most large companies today are not willing to estimate the liability at month-end because of the large number of people who exceed the $3000 and $3600 taxable limits.

-It would be possible to estimate quite aclurately the liability for F. I. C. A. by taking the F. I. C. A. tax de- This, of course, is only true when the combined tax plan is not used; the combined tax plan, of course, being, as mentioned above, the combined F. I. C. A. and Federal income tax withholding. It is diflicult, however, to estimate with accuracy the employer liability, based on $3000, since there is generally no employee contribution to use as a basis in certain States. The dollar value of the liability for State unemployment insurance is in many cases far greater than the employer contribution to F. I. C. A. Therefore, the combined tax plan (the F. I. C. A. and the Federal income tax taken as one deduction) is to be used as a part of this present system.

In machines now on the market, which are equipped with tax computer or tax indicator, and therefore, have certain electrical connections built into the control keyboard, and by changing and modifying these electrical mechanisms, it is possible for the machine to automatically read the amount of earnings-to-date pick up, through the operation of the pick-up earnings-to-date key on the keyboard, and then automatically control the addition of the gross earnings entered by depressing the top or Gross Earnings key in row 4 of the keyboard on the basis of the amount of the pick up.

If the pick up of earnings-to-date is less than $3000, the earnings figure entered through the Gross Earnings key in row 4 will add into the totalizer controlled by that particular key position.

If the pick-up of earnings-to-date is between $3000 and $3600, the earnings figure entered by the depression of the Gross Earnings key will automatically be controlled so that it will be added into a totalizer which is associated with the next to top key in row 4 designated Earnings $3000-$3600, and will not go into the totalizer controlled by the Gross Earnings key.

Likewise, if the pick up of the earnings-to-date is greater than $3600, the earnings figure, or in other words, the gross pay entered by depressing the Gross Earnings key,

v 4 that is, the top key in row 4, this amount will actually be entered into the totalizer controlled by the key Earnings Over $3600, and willnot go into the totalizer associated with the Gross Earnings key.

The three totals, above mentioned, that is, the totals associated with the three top keys in row 4, will provide the necessary breakdown of current earnings by the two taxable limits of $3000 and $3600 except for one pay period each year for those employees who exceed $3000 in one pay period for those who exceed $3600. This period for each limit will usually have to be split, since a part of the earnings will fall below $3000 and part be tween $3000 and $3600, or a part between $3000 and $3600, and part over $3600.

For that purpose, two so-called free keys or totals are provided. These are keys marked Split 30003600 and Split Over 3600 in row 3, each controlling a totalizer of its own but having no connection with the normal crossfooter in the machine. Figures entered by these keys will actually be the amount that was erroneously classified by the machine as earnings under $3000, and should have been split out as between $3000 and $3600 or as between $3000 and $3600, which should have been over $3600. In other words, the machine recognizes the whole amount of current period gross earnings, on the basis of the earnings-to-date pick up, and cannot take into consideration that part of the current earnings which exceed the control selected automatically by the pick-up operation.

Therefore, for the purpose of illustrating one form of the present invention, the machine shown herein is constructed to perform the functions above stated in connection with a machine similar to that shown in the above-mentioned Spurlino et a1. Patent No. 2,467,704, which machine is constructed primarily for payroll purpose work, and also when used in connection with a machine similar to that shown in the above-mentioned application of Spurlino, Hull and Frost, Serial No. 259,574, which is a machine also constructed primarily for the purpose of payroll work.

The present invention is, therefore, of great advantage to the employer because it enables him, through the means of the amounts in three totalizers associated with the three top keys of the transaction row 4 to tell how much money he has paid to employees in these grades; namely, those below $3000, those above $3000 and under $3600, and those $3600 and above.

Inother words, the employer knows that he must pay 3% on all monies which are entered into the totalizer associated with the Gross Earnings key, which is the top key in row 4, and in addition he must pay unemployment insurance on a percentage basis on the money which is in this totalizer associated with this top key and must pay also 3% on all earnings which have been accumulated in the totalizer associated with the Earnings $3000 to $3600 key. He also knows that on the monies in the totalizer associated with the third key from the top in row 4, namely, the Earnings Over $3600, there will be no tax of any kind except the Federal income tax in connection with this amount. In other words, he does not have to pay out of his own money, that is, the employers money, any tax on the money which is accumulated in the totalizer associated with the key third from the top in row 4.

It is, therefore, one object of this invention to provide an accounting machine for distributing totals of various classifications automatically, depending upon the amount of the employees earnings-to-date, which has previously been entered into the machine in an operation prior to the operation in which this same employees gross pay is entered.

It is another object of the present invention to automatically select a totalizer into which an employees gross pay is to be entered, which selection of the totalizer is dependent wholly upon the amount of money which was 5 previously picked up as this employees earnings-'to-date, which ocurred in a previous operation of the machine.

It is another object of the present invention to automatically select totalizers for the reception of amounts in operations subsequent to an operation in which a previous amount has been entered, and under control of that particular amount.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a machine with a manipulative member and a differentially operable means controlled by said member to select a totalizer to receive the entry of an amount set up on the manipulative devices and also to provide a means controlled by the amount diiferential mechanism of the machine during a preceding operation of the machine to automatically supersede the control of the prior totalizer selection.

A still further object of the present invention is to provide a machine with a plurality of totalizers and a plurality of manipulative devices to select those totalizers, and also to provide this machine with means to automatically supersede the control of the selection of the totalizers by the keys, depending upon the amount which is entered into the machine during the preceding operation of the machine.

With these and incidental objects in view, the invention includes certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, a preferred form or embodiment of which is hereinafter described with reference to the drawings which accompany and form a part of this specification.

In said drawings:

Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic view of the keyboard of the machine used in connection with the present invention, which keyboard is to control a machine of the type illustrated and described in the above-mentioned Spurlino et al. Patent No. 2,464,704, and also in a machine of the type illustrated and described in the above-mentioned Spurlino et al. application, Serial No. 259,574.

Fig. 2 constitutes a wiring diagram showing the control of the differential mechanism associated with the $1000 bank, the $100 bank, $10,000 bank, under control of the amounts which are added into the totalizer, especially from the $100 and $1000 banks of keys.

Fig. 3 is a view of the ditferential mechanism associated with the transaction row No. 4, and shows the electro-magnet or solenoid in connection with the amount of $3000, which controls the differential for this bank to stop in No. 8 position when the amount picked upas an employees prior earnings or earnings-to-date is equal to $3000 and above, and does not exceed $3600.

Fig. 4 is a view partly broken away, showing the electromagnet r solenoid which is rendered effective by the $1000 amount bank, when that amount bank, in c011- junction with the $100 bank reaches the amount of $3600 or more, to control the diiferential positioning of the differential mechanism of Fig. 3, so that it will stop in the 7 position to select the totalizer associated with the key which is headed Earnings Over $3600.

Fig. 5 is a detailed sectional view through one of the amount banks, and shows the differential mechanism operated under control of the keys in these banks to control the printing of the amounts and to control selector switches associated with certain differentials.

Fig. 6 is a detail of one of the selector switches which is used in connection with the amount differentials, the total control bank differential associated with row No. 2. The switches are also shown in diagrammatic form in the electrical wiring diagrams shown in Fig. 2.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION Described in general terms, the machine embodying the present invention is of the general type disclosed in the above-mentioned Shipley and Goldberg patents, and particularly the patent to Spurlino et al. No. 2,467,704. These patents all disclose a plurality of totalizers into which may be distributed various amounts, according to the business system for which the machine is being built. The Spurlino et a1. patent, last mentioned, is used particularly for payroll work, and the totalizers are adapted to receive the many and various items constituting individual transactions that are handled in the process of making out payroll checks.

The above-mentioned Shipley and Goldberg patents also disclose what are known in the art as add and subtract totalizers or crossfooters, by which name they have come to be known, and from which balances may be printed at any time.

To register a complete transaction involving the complete printing and recording of all the data with reference to an employees payroll check includes a number of operations or cycles of the machine consisting of singlecycle operations, and a final two-cycle operation, with one other two-cycle operation to read the gross pay.

The number of operations, of course, varies with the number of deductions chargeable against the gross earnings of each employee. As has been previously stated, the time clock card box is located on top of the machine near the right side of the automatic tax indicator, such as disclosed and described in the above-mentioned Spurlino et al. application, Serial No. 259,574, is located on top of the machine to the left.

Generally an operation of the writing of a payroll check comprises the following operations: (1) The pick up of the employees earnings-to-date from a payroll summary, and set this amount on the amount keys, depressing the P. U. Earnings-to-date key in row 2. (2) Then pick up the amount of the Federal income tax combined with the amount of the F. I. C. A. or social security tax, which has been previously deducted. (3) Pick up the amount of retirement fund and (4) pick-up the amount of bond savings to date. This involves four operations of the machine, each of which is set into motion by the operation of various keys in row 2. Various deductions are taken, and the employees gross pay is entered in the machine.

The entry of this gross pay is always made by the operator depressing the Gross Earnings key, which is the top key in row 4, but the gross earnings may not go into the totalizer associated with this key, but may be entered, automatically, into the totalizer associated with the key in the eighth position of row 4, or it may be entered, automatically, into the totalizer associated with the key in the seventh position of row 4, depending wholly upon the amount of the employees earnings to date, which has been picked up and entered into the machine in the first operation in connection with this employee. In other words, as has been previously stated, if the amount of the employees earnings-to-date picked up is less than $3000, the gross pay will be entered into the totalizer associated with the key in position 9 of row 4.

If the pick up of the earnings-to-date amounts to $3000, and not over $3600, then the totalizer associated with the key in position 8 of row 4 is automatically selected, then the gross pay is entered into this totalizer, and likewise, as above mentioned, if the amount of the earnings-to-date picked up is $3600 or over, then the totalizer associated with the key in the seventh position is automatically selected even though the key in position 9 has been depressed, and this amount of pick up of $3600 or more is automatically entered into the totalizer associated with the key in position 7 of row 4.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Keyboard A portion of the keyboard of a machine of the type used to disclose the present invention is shown in diagrammatic form in Fig. 1.

At the left are shown seven banks of amount keys 61, which are used for the purpose of registering all of the amounts to be entered into the machine.

To the right of the amount keys 61 are four rows of control keys designated Row 1, Row 2, Row 3 and .Row 4. Keys 62, of row 1, are operating keys; that is,

they release the machine for actuation when depressed. The Gross key 62 causes a sub-total in the crossfooter to set up the employees gross pay in the amount clifier- .are designated 66 and the keys of row 4 are designated 67.

The keys X, Y, Z and W 65, of row 2, are used to pick up the earningsto-date, the combined tax, the retirement pick up, and the pick up of the amount of bonds, respectively, prior to the writing of an individual .payroll check. a

The K Net Pay key 66, of row 3, is used for printing special checks when there are to be no deductions, as in the case of a vacation pay check. The'remaining keys, L, M, N, P, R, S, T and U, in row 3, are used to set up the various items, according to the amounts on the keys. The L Split $30003600 key is used to operate the machine on a split earning to register the amount of money over the $3000, when that occurs once a year during a mans pay period.

The M Split over $3600 key is used to set up the amount over $3600, which occurs once a year in connection with an employees gross pay when he exceeds the $3600 earnings-to-date.

The keys 67 of row 4, marked A, B and C are used as follows: All gross pays are entered through the depression of the Gross Earnings key A, and the amount which is entered through that key may be accumulated into the totalizer associated with that key, or it may be accumulated into the totalizer associated with the B" earnings $3000 to $3600, or accumulated into the totalizer associated with the key C, earnings over $3600. depending upon the amount of the pick up of the earnings-to-date, as has been previously mentioned.

The keys B and C are never used to enter a gross pay but may be used to select their associated totalizers during total-taking or clearing operations.

The D combined tax key is used to enter this deduction, the E, G are used to enter deductions named on the keys, and H and the J key is used to enter any adjustment necessary in connection with the issuance of a payroll. The keys of rows 2, 3 and 4 select various totalizers in the machine in the manner which has been fully illustrated and explained in the previously mentioned Spuriino et al. Patent No. 2,467,704.

Operating mechanism Normally the machine is electrically operated by a conventional type of motor such as that disclosed in the 'Shipley patents, referred to hereinbefore, and in addition,

a hand crank (not shown) is provided for operating the machine manually whenever necessary. The well-known control rows of keys; that is, keys 62 of row 1, keys65 of row 2, keys 66 of row 3 and keys 67 of row 4, as shown in Fig. 1. The exception in connection with keys 67 is that all of the gross earnings are entered by the depression of the key A in this row, the keys B and .C not being used for the purpose of entering gross pay, but, as above pointed out, being used only for the ,purpose of clearing the totalizers associated with those keys in order for the employer to find out how much gross pay has been paidout in these two conditions; 5;

namely, earnings of $3000 to $3600 and earnings of over $3600.

Depression of any one of the operating keys releases a key lock shaft 69 (Fig. 5) to the action of a spring (not shown) which rocks said shaft a slight distance clockwise to operate the clutch mechanism which connects the driving motor to a main cam shaft 70, journaled in the machine side frames 74. The movement of this key lock shaft 69 simultaneously operates the switch mechanism, which closes the circuit to the motor, thus causing the motor to operate and drive the main drive shaft 70, as has been previously illustrated and described in the patents hereinbefore mentioned, and particularly the Spurlino et al. Patent No. 2,467,704.

The machine disclosed herein is adapted to make two types of operations, one of which is an adding operation, consisting of one cycle, and the other of which is a totaltaking operation, consisting of two cycles. In this application, one complete rotation of the main drive shaft is considered one cycle of operation.

As has been stated above, the machine is adapted to be used for making out a payroll, which involves the issuing of checks having printed thereon various data, such as the employees gross earnings, various deductions, and the net earnings, in addition to several other types of data which the machine is adapted to print.

The setting up and registering of the gross pay, deduction, etc. are one-cycle operations. The printing of the employees net pay is a two-cycle or total-taking operation wherein the net pay is printed as the balance remaining after the various deductions have been made from the employees gross pay.

As above stated, the employees gross pay is always entered into the machine by the depression of the A Gross Earnings key 67 is position 9 of row 4.

To issue a pay check for one employee it requires several operations of the one-cycle type and also operations of the total-taking and sub-total-taking type, which consist of two cycles.

Near the end of each single-cycle operation and near the end of the second cycle of a two-cycle operation, the key lock shaft 69 is returned counter-clockwise to disengage the clutch mechanism and simultaneously open the motor switch to the electric motor, thus causing the machine to stop when it reaches home position.

The tripping or release of the shaft 69 is one of the first things that happens during the operation, and this takes place before the cam shaft 70 operates. Near the end of the cycle period the shaft 69 is moved to its normal position.

When the machine is manually operated by the use of a hand crank, the operating keys are used for releasing the machine in exactly the same manner as when the machine is electrically operated.

All of this machine operating mechanism has been fully illustrated and described in the above-mentioned patents and application referred to, and for a complete description of these mechanisms, reference may be had to these patents and application, and particularly to the Spurlino et al. Patent No. 2,467,704 and the Spurlino et al. application, Serial No. 259,574.

Amount differential mechanism The differential mechanism for each of the banks of amount keys 61 is identical, and in Fig. 5, there is shown a cross section of the machine, alongside one of these banks of keys 61. Therefore, it is thought that a description of this one differential mechanism will suffice for all banks of amount keys.

Moreover the key bank frames for all banks of keys 61 are identical, as is the zero stop mechanism for all of these banks of keys, and, therefore, the description of the bank of keys 61, shown in Fig. 5, and its supporting framework will suflice for all.

The keys 61 which are used in this case, to record the amounts of money, are mounted in the usual key frame 71, supported by rods 72 and 73, which in turn are supported by machine side flames 74, only one of which is shown, and that being in Fig. 5. The keys 61 all cooperate with a detent 75 having flattened pins 76, one for each key 61, which retains the key in its depressed position as is fully illustrated and described in the abovementioned Shipley patents.

This detent 75 is pivoted to an arm 77 which, through a pin 78 on an arm 79 and the shaft 80, rocks the zero stop pawl 81 for this particular denomination clockwise, out of the path of a reset spider 82, free on the hub of the amount differential actuator 83, rotatably sup ported by a hub 84 extending between two similar amount differential support plates 85 (only one of which is shown), in turn supported by rods 86, extending between and supported by the machine side frames '74-. There is a pair of support plates 85 for each amount differential, and a tie rod 87 extends through the holes in the centers of the hubs 84 to secure all of the differentials in a compact unit. The reset spider 82 has, in its forward end, a slot which engages a stud 91 in a bell crank 92 pivoted on an extension of a difierential actuator 83. This bell crank 92 is connected by a link 93 to a latch arm 94, which is also pivoted on the differential actuator 83. The upper end of the arm 94 has a foot 95, which cooperates with a shoulder 96 on a driver 97, which receives a regular excursion clockwise and then counterclockwise to its normal position each operation of the machine. A spring 98 holds the foot 95 of the latch arm 94 in engagement with the driver 97. This driver 97 is pivoted on the hub 84 of the differential actuator 33, and is connected by a link 99 to a lever 100, pivoted on a stud 101, supported by the plate 85. The lever 100 carries rollers 102 and 103, which cooperate, respectively, with the peripheries of companion plate cams 104 and 1115, secured to the main drive shaft 70. This main drive shaft 70 receives its motion by the usual mechanism, as abovementioned, which is fully illustrated and described in the previously-mentioned Shipley patents, but which is not shown herein.

Depression of any one of the keys 61 moves its lower end into the path of a forward extension 111 of the bell crank 92, and operation of the machine causes the cams 104 and 105, as previously described, to make one complete revolution in adding and/ or subtract operations to rock the lever 100 and the driver 97 clockwise, whereupon the latch foot 95 carries the differential actuator 83, and the spider 82 clockwise in unison therewith until the extension 111 of the bell crank 92 engages the end of the depressed key 61. When this occurs, the bell crank 92 is rocked counter-clockwise, whereupon the link 93 rocks the latch arm 94 counter-clockwise, disengages the foot 95 from the shoulder 96 of the driver 97, and causes a nose 112 on an extension of the link 93 to engage the proper one of a series of alining notches 113. These notches 113 correspond to the differential positions of the differential actuator 83 and are cut in a plate 114, supported by extensions of the plate 85 and the forward rod 86. This positions the actuator 83 according to the value of the key 61 which has been depressed, without interfering with the oscillating movement of the driver 97 and the connected parts. After the latch arm 94 is disengaged from the shoulder 96 of the driver 97, an arcuate surface 115 on the periphery of the driver 97, in cooperation with the sole of the foot 95, locks the bell crank 92 and consequently the latch, in the corresponding notch 113, to retain the differential mechanism in said position.

Whenever the lever 100 reaches or nears the terminus of its initial clockwise movement, a roller 120, carried thereby, engages the under surface .121 of a beam 122, pivotally mounted on the difierentia'l actuator, and forces an arcuate upper surface of the beam to contact an undercut portion of the hub 84 to position said beam 122 in proportion to the value of the key which has .been depressed. The rear end of the beam 122 embraces a stud 123 of a link 124, pivotally connected at its upper end to an alining segment 125, secured to one of the nested sleeves 126 mounted on a shaft 127 supported by the side frames 74. This liner has lining notches 128 to cooperate with an aliner 129 mounted on a shaft 130. This aliner 129 alines all amount differential actuators 83 in a manner described in the previously-mentioned Shipley Patent No. 1,619,796.

The lower end of the link 124 is pivotally connected to a segment 141, freely mounted on a rod 142 journaled in the side frames 74. The segment 141 carries a stud 143, which engages a cam slot in the zero elimination cam plate 144, pivotally mounted on a stud 145 in a segmental gear 146 free on a shaft 147 also journaled in the side frames '74. The teeth on the segment gear 146 mesh with the external teeth of an external-internal ring gear 148 the internal teeth of which mesh with a pinion 149 which drives a square shaft 150. This square shaft 150, in turn, drives similar pinions meshing with the internal teeth of gears similar to the gear 148, the external teeth of which gears are adapted to mesh with and drive corresponding denominational type wheels 151 in each row of the column printing mechanism, as is fully illustrated and described in the above-mentioned Spurlino et al. Patent No. 2,467,704.

The method of driving the type Wheels of the column printing accounting machine is also fully illustrated and described in the previously-mentioned Arnold Patent No. 2,141,332, and embodies an application of the well-known principle of driving mechanism disclosed in the abovementioned Kreider Patent No. 1,693,279.

The zero elimination above mentioned, which is for the purpose of controlling the printing of zeros, and which is controlled by the above-mentioned zero elimination cam plate 144 is not directly involved in the invention in the present application and therefore, no further reference to the zero elimination mechanism will be given herein. Such type of zero elimination mechanism is illustrated and described in the above-mentioned Arnold Patent No. 2,141,332.

The mechanism described above transmits the positioning of the beam 122 to the segments 125, so that at each operation of the machine, that is, at each cycle of the machine, which cycle consists of one complete rotation of the shaft 70, the segment 125 is set and left set in the position according to the key 61 which has been depressed. Therefore, due to the aliner 129, the differential mechanism and the link 124 are positively alined in the differential position into which they have been set under control of the depressed key 61.

The positioning of the beam 122, through the link 124, also controls the positioning of selector switches, which will be hereinafter described, and which are connected to certain of the amount banks as will be hereinafter set forth.

The machine is provided with the usual cabinet or casing 152, a portion of which is shown in Fig. 5. This casing is provided with the usual openings, closed by hinged covers, and provided with locks to prevent any unauthorized persons from tampering with any of the machine mechanisms.

Selector switches In connection with the present invention, there are several selector switches, one of which is shown in detail in Fig. 6, and all of which are shown diagrammatically in Fig. 2. These selector switches are substantially all alike with the possible exception of the constant contact, which is separated in the $100 bank switch and in the total row 1 switch, as shown in the wiring diagram in Fig. 2. Also the switch in connection with row 2, utilizes only the first to sixth positions, zero to five.

1 As shown in Fig. 2, there is one of the selector switches associated with the differential for the $10,000 bank of keys 161, one for the $1000 bank of keys, one for the $100 bank of keys, one for the row 2 differential, and one for the total row.

The selector switch will now be described in detail, with particular reference to Fig. 6. The switches are all mounted in front of the machine tie bar 153, which connects the machine side frames 74. This tie bar is shown in Figs. 5 and 6. Each selector switch includes a sta tionary segment 160, upon which are mounted ten individual contact or terminal members 161, which are numbered zero to nine. These members 161 are all electrically insulated from the segmental member 160. Also carried by the segmental member 160 is an arcuate contact member 162, which also is electrically insulated from the segmental member 160.

Contacting the zero terminal 161 and the arcuate contact plate 162 is a wipe switch 163 carried by and electrically insulated from a differentially adjustable arm 1 64, which is secured to an internal-external gear 165, the internal teeth of which drive pinion 166 on a square shaft 167. Also mounted on this shaft 167 is another pinion (not shown but which is identical with the pinion 166), which meshes with internal teeth on an internalexternal gear 168, which meshes with an internal-external gear 169. The internal teeth on the gear 169 mesh with a pinion 170 on the previously-described shaft 150, which it will be remembered is set differentially under the control of differential mechanism in Fig. 5, as determined by the key 61, which has been depressed; or, if no key has been depressed, it is determined by the zero stop 81.

From the above description it can be clearly seen that the differential movement imparted to the gear 169 by the differential mechanism, under control of the keys 61, will, through the gears 169, 168 and 165, the square shaft 167, and the pinions 166, be imparted to the wipe switch carrying arm 164.

Therefore, the wipe switch arm 164 will move the wipe switch 163 clockwise, so that the switch will contact one of the contact terminals 161 and the 'arcuate contact 162, depending upon the position of the differential mechanism, which at this time is under control of one of the depressed keys 61. However, no electrical circuits are completed at this time.

The making and completion of circuits through the switch 163 and the terminals 161, under control of the differentials, occur during an operation of the machine which is in reality the very first operation or cycle of the machine which is a part of the complete transaction which involves several cycles, and the final multiple cycle operation, to complete the writing and recording of an employees payroll check.

This first cycle or operation is, as has been previously mentioned, the pick up of the employees earnings to date. To perform this transaction the operator sets up the amount of the employees earnings-to-date, which he gets from the employees record card. This amount is set up on the keys 61, and then to release the machine the operator depresses the XPU Earn. to Date key, which is the key in the fifth position in row 2, as shown in Fig. l. The differential of this row 2 goes to the fifth position and, therefore, determines the position of the wipe switch 163, which is associated with this row 2 bank. The wipe switches 163 associated with the amount keys, of course, go to the positions which are set under control of the depressed amount key in each particular bank. The circuits controlled by these keys will be hereinafter described in detail. These electrical circuits, to

plication No. 259,574, which lamps are to be lighted in connection with the tax chart which, as has been'ment-ioned, is used in connection with the present invention. The difference, of course, in the tax chart in the '12 Spurlino et al. application and the one used in this present application is that there is a combined tax prefigured on the chart, which combined tax, as above mentioned, includes the F. I. C. A. and Federal income tax.

Diflerential mechanism for the control bank The differential mechanism for the control banks of rows 2 and 3 of Fig. l are not shown in this application, but they are substantially the same as those shown and described in the above-mentioned Spurlino et al. Patent No. 2,467,704, and reference may be had to that patent if necessary or desirable.

However, the differential mechanism associated with the keys of row 4 is shown in Fig. 3, along with the bank of keys which has been shown but briefly in this figure. The differential for this row of keys 67 is adapted to be controlled by the keys themselves under certain conditions, but during the writing of an employees payroll check, however, as has been previously mentioned, all of the gross earnings are entered into the machine through an operation of the Gross Earnings key 67 in the ninth position, and wherever this amount is to be entered, whether it be into the totalizer associated with the key in the 9 position, the 8 position, or the 7 position, is determined wholly by the amount of the pick up of the employees earnings-to-date,'which is, as has been above mentioned, the first operation in the writing of an employees payroll check. Therefore, since this differential shown in Fig. 3 is adapted to be controlled automatically, under control of the amount of money which is entered into the machine as the pick up of the earnings-to-date, the differential for this particular bank will be described.

The keys 67 of row 4 are mounted in the usual type of key frame 190, supported by the rods 72 and 73. Each key 67 has a stud or pin 191 adapted to cooperate with a release bar 192, which is pivoted on an arm 193, in turn pivoted on a stud 194 in the frame 190. This arm 193 cooperates with a pin 195 in the usual zero stop pawl 196 pivotedon a stud 197 carried by the frame 190. Depression of any of the keys 67 lowers the bar 192 and rocks the arm 193 clockwise, whereupon it, by its engagement with the pin 195, moves the zero stop pawl out of active position so that the end of the depressed key will control the positioning of the differential mechanism to be hereinafter described.

The depressed keys 67 are retained in their depressed position by the usual retaining detent 200 the noses of which cooperate with the flat rear side of the studs 191. The lower end of the detent is pivoted to a link 2111, which in turn is pivoted at the point 194. The upper mountings for the retaining detent 200 and the control bar 192 is not shown in this application.

Depression of any one of the transaction keys 67 projects its lower end into the path of movement of means associated with a differential latch 241, to disengage said latch in a position corresponding to the position of the key which has been depressed. This means, as well as the mechanism associated therewith, will now be described.

The drive shaft 70 carries a pair of cams 230 (Fig. 3) which coact with rollers 219 on a Y-shaped lever 231, pivoted on a stud 232, mounted in the left-hand one of a pair of plates 233 (only one of which is shown) supported by the rods 86. The lever 231 is connected by a link 234 to a driving segment 235, rotatably mounted in an old and well known manner to pivot around the The forward end of an arm 228 has a slot 236, through which projects a stud 237 in the forward extension of a bell crank 238, pivoted on a differentially adjustable arm 239, which is freely mounted on the rod 87. Pivotally mounted on the vertical arm of the bell crank 238 is an arm 240, which is also pivoted to the upper end of the latch 241, which in turn is pivoted on the differentially adjustable arm 239. The latch 241 has a foot 242 nor- 13 mally held .in contact with the periphery of the driving segment 235 just above a shoulder 243 thereon by means of a spring 244.

In adding operations, the main shaft 70 and the cams 230 make one clockwise rotation, causing the lever 231 to rock the driving segment 235 first clockwise and then counter-clockwise back to normal position. This clockwise movement of the segment 235 causes the shoulder 243 cooperating with the foot 242 of the latch 241, to carry the latter, together with the arms 239 and 228, clockwise in unison until a rounded surface 245 of the bell crank 238 strikes the lower end of the depressed transaction key. This rocks the bell crank 238 counterclockwise and through the arm 240 rocks the latch to disengage the foot 242 from the shoulder 243, to arrest the clockwise movement of the arms 228 and 239 in positions corresponding to the depressed transaction key.

Disengagement of the latch 241 moves an extension 246 of the arm 240 into the engagement with the corresponding one of a series of notches 247 in a plate 222, which is secured between the rod 86 and an upper extension of the plate 233. This maintains the differentially adjustable arm 239 in its adjusted position.

After the latch 241 is disengaged from the shoulder 243, an arcuate surface 248 on the segment 235 moves opposite the foot 242 to maintain the latch 241 in its set position by positively retaining the extension 246 of the arm in engagement with its associated notch 247.

When the lever 231 reaches the terminus of its clockwise movement, a roller 249 thereon coacts with an arcuate surface of the usual minimum movement beam 250, pivoted at one end to the differentially adjustable arm 239 and bifurcated at its other end to engage a stud 251 in a link 252 and forces said beam upwardly-to position the link 252 in proportion to the position of the transaction key depressed. The upper end of the link 252 is pivoted to a segment 253 secured to one of the sleeves 126 on the shaft 127, while the lower end of the link 252 is pivotally connected to a segment arm 254 freely mounted on the shaft 122. The arm 254 is connected by mechanism, not shown herein, but which is fully illustrated and described in the above-mentioned Spurlino et a1. Patent No. 2,467,704, to other segments and internal-external gearing which is used for the purpose of setting printing according to the differential positioning of the differentially set link 252. The arm 253 is provided with notches 260, with which cooperate the usual aliner 261.

From the above description it can be clearly seen that the arm 239 and the link 252 are set into various differential positions, according to the keys which have been depressed.

Automatic control for raw 4 transaction differential As has been previously stated, the amount of the employees gross pay is always entered into the machine by depression of the key 67 in the 9 position of row 4, but the amount of this gross pay does not always go into the totalizer associated with this key in the 9 position of row 4 because that all depends, as previously stated, upon the amount of the earnings-to-date of the employee whose check is being written. Therefore, it is necessary, as has been previously stated, to control the selection of the totalizers in the 7 and 8 positions, according to the keys 7 and 8 in row 4 automatically under control of the amount of money which is picked up, in the previous operation, as the employees earnings-to-date.

The mechanism for so controlling the differential mechanism in Fig. 3, under control of the pick up of the earnings-to-date, will now be described.

Associated with the differential mechanism in Fig. 3 are two solenoids 290 and 291 (Figs. 3 and 4). The solenoid 290 is the one to control the differential mechanism when the employees earnings-to-date is between $3000 and $3600, and it will control the differential 14 mechanism to stop in the 8 position, accordingto the position of the earnings $3000 to $3600 key in position 8 of row 4. The solenoid 291, shown .in Fig. 4, controls the differential mechanism of Fig. 3 to stop in the 7 position because this solenoid 291 will be actuated whenever the amount of the employees earnings-to-date picked up equals $3600 or more. These two solenoids 290 and 291 are shown diagrammatically in Fig. 2.

Integral with the previously described arm 228, which it will be recalled is connected to the bell crank 238 by means of the pin 237, is a disk 270 (Figs. 3 and 4). This disk 270 is provided with an aperture 271, having a shoulder 272 (Fig. 3), which is in position 8, which corresponds to the position differentially of the Earnings $3000 to $3600 key 67 in position 8 of row 4.

This disk 270 also has an aperture 273 provided with a shoulder 274, which is in the 7 position differentially, or in the position corresponding to the position of the Earnings Over $3600 key 67 in position 7 of row 4.

When the arm 228 is rocked clockwise in the manner previously described, the disk 270, of course, is rocked likewise, and if there is no obstruction placed in the path of the shoulders 272 or 274, the arm 228 and disk 270 will be positioned according to the key which is depressed.

Whenever the pick up of the employees earnings-todate is between $3000 and $3600, the solenoid 290 (Fig. 3) controls mechanism to be placed in the path of movement of the shoulder 272 to stop the differential arm 228 and disk 270 in position 8 when the gross pay is entered in a subsequent operation. This mechanism will now be described. Pivoted on a stud 275, carried by the hanger plate 233 is a lever 276, having a flange 277 adapted to be moved into the path of movement of the shoulder 272 of the disk 270. The lever 276 has a slot 278, which cooperates with a pin 279 on the hanger plate 233 to limit the movement of the lever 276. This lever 276 is connected by a link 280 to a bell crank 281 mounted on a shaft 282 carried by the machine side frames. This bell crank has connected to it a spring 283, which holds the lever 276 in a position so that the righthand side of the slot 278 is normally in contact with the stop pin 279, thus holding the flange 277 out of the path of movement of the shoulder 272. Connecting the bell crank 281 to the solenoid 290 is a link 284 in the form of a closely wound coil spring.

In a manner to be hereinafter described, under control of the selector mechanism which has been described and illustrated in Fig. 6, the solenoid 290 is energized whenever the amount of the employees earnings-to-date picked up equals $3000, and is not over $3600. Upon energization of the solenoid 290 the link 284 is moved downwardly and rocks the bell crank 281 clockwise against the tension of the spring 283, whereupon the link 280 rocks the lever 276 clockwise and positions the flange 277 in the path of movement of the shoulder 272 on the disk 270, and consequently, during this operation, upon movement of the differential mechanism in the manner previously described, the disk 270 and consequently the arm 228, will be stopped in position 8 by the shoulder 272 contacting the flange 277, whereupon the stopping of the arm 228 in the manner previously described, rocks the bell crank 238 counterclockwise and disengages the latch 240 from the driver 235 to thus position the link 252 and the lever 254 in position 8 and at the same time control the totalizer selecting mechanism in the manner illustrated and described in the Spurlino et al. patents and application previously mentioned; so that the totalizer corresponding to the key in position 8 of row 4 will be selected to receive the amount of the gross pay which is entered into the machine during an operation subsequent to the operation wherein the employees earnings-to-date was picked up When such earnings-to-date amounted to $3000 and not over $3599.99.

During this operation, that is, the entry of the gross pay, the left-hand side of the slot 278 contactsthe pin 279, thus limiting the clockwise movement of the lever 276.

Whenever the employees earnin-gs-to-date picked-up is $3600 or over, the amount of the gross pay, which is entered through the key in position 9 of row 4 is automatically entered into the totalizer associated with the earnings over $3600 key in position 7 of row 4. The mechanism for automatically controlling the differential mechanism so that it stops in the 7 position upon an operation subsequent to that during which the amount of the employees earnings-to-date equals $3600 or over, will now be described.

Mounted on a stud 292 (Fig. 4) carried by the hanger plate 233 is a lever 293, having a flange 294 adapted to be moved into the path of the shoulder 274 of the disk 270, which is integral with the differential arm 228. This lever 293 is bifurcated to engage a pin 295 on an arm 296 secured to a short shaft 297 supported by the hanger plates 233. Also secured to the shaft 297 is an arm 298 connected by a link 299 to a bell crank 300 pivoted on the shaft 282. A spring 301 connected to the bell crank, normally holds a stop arm 302, which is secured to the shaft 297 against the rod 86. A link 303, in the form of a closely-wound coil spring connects the bell crank 300 to the solenoid 291.

Upon energization of the solenoid 291 during an operation of the machine when the employees earnings-todate picked up equals $3600 or over, the solenoid 291 is energized and, therefore, moves the link 303 downwardly against the tension of the spring 201, rocking the bell crank 300 clockwise, which through the link 297 and arm 298 rocks the shaft 297 counter-clockwise, whereupon the arm 296 and stud 295 rock the lever 293 clockwise to position the flange 294 thereof, in the path of movement of the shoulder 274 of the disk 270. This movement of the lever 293 is limited by means of a stop finger 304 of the lever 293 coming in contact with the stop pin 305 carried by the hanger plate 233.

When the flange 294 has thus been moved into the path of the shoulder 274, the disk 270, and consequently, the arm 228, will be stopped in the 7 position, thus causing the latch 241 to be disengaged from the driver in the 7 position, which corresponds to the position of the key Earnings Over $3600 in row 4.

Therefore, the amount of the employees gross earnings, which has been set up on the keys 61 and entered into the machine by depression of the Gross Earnings key 67 in the 9 position of row 4, will be automatically entered into the totalizer associated with the Earnings Over $3600 key in the 7 position of row 4.

From the above description it will be clear that the differential mechanism associated with the keys of row 4 will be automatically stopped in the 7 or 8 position, depending upon whether or not the amount of the employees earnings-to-date, which is set into the machine during a prior operation, equaled $3000 to $3600, or above $3600. If that amount during the preceding operation equaled $3000 to $3600, then the differential mechanism of Fig. 3 is automatically stopped in position 8 to select the totalizer on the back line, which is in the 8 position, and if the amount of the pick up in the prior operation was $3600 or over, then the differential mechanism of Fig. 3 is stopped in position 7 in order to select the totalizer on the back line or No. 2 line, which is in position 7, which totalizer corresponds to the key 67 in 7 position of row 4.

Totalizers vidual totalizers for the pick-up of the earnings-to-date,

pick up of the combined tax, the retirement pick-up and the pick up of the bond individual totals, and in addition,

16 an add-subtract totalizer or crossfooter. These are, of course, associated with the keys in row 2. The front or No. 3 line contains individual totalizers for each of the keys 66-of row 3, and the back totalizer line No. 2 contains individual totalizers for each of the keys 67 of row 4.

The totalizers on the upper line are designated generally 310, those on the back line 311, and those on the front line 312. The totalizers of this type are old and well known in the art and are known as interspersed totalizers. They are fully illustrated and described in the previously-mentioned patent, and therefore, no further description of the construction of these totalizers is felt necessary herein. These totalizers are all actuated by the actuators 83, previously described, and which are illustrated in Fig. 5.

The mechanism for engaging the totalizers with the actuators and disengaging them from the actuators during adding, subtracting, reading, totalizing, or transfer total operations in this application, is substantially like that mechanism shown in the Spurlino et al. Patent No. 2,467,704, in that all of the totalizers in the present application are adapted to perform all of the functions necessary, with the accumulation and recording of all types of addition, subtraction, reading, totalizing and transfer totalizing operations that are necessary in connection with the production of a payroll and the issuing of the employees payroll checks, and the keeping of other-records in connection with this type of work.

Totalizer engaging and disengaging mechanism After the several totalizers on the various lines have been selected for operation by means under control of the keys in rows 2, 3 and 4, or under control of the automatic mechanism shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the totalizers are moved into engagement with and out of engagement from their actuators during adding time, during totaling time,.and during total transfer time, in the manner which has beenillustrated and described in the above-mentioned application, Serial No. 259,574, and also which has been illustrated and described in the above-mentioned Shipley patents and the Spurlino et al. Patent No. 2,467,704, and also the Spurlino et al. Patent No. 2,373,510.

In this last patent there is illustrated and described, the automatic mechanism whereby when a key in a certain row is depressed, a totalizer in one of the other rows is automatically selected. This mechanism is. old. and well known in the art, and it is, therefore, not felt necessary to go into any further description of the same herein.

machine upon the pick-up of the employees earningsto-a'ate As has been above-mentioned, the first operation which takes place when preparing the employees check is the pick-up of his earnings-to-date. This earnings-toedate is picked up from the employees record card and the amount is set up on the amount keys 61 after which the X Pick-Up Earnings-to-Date key 65 is depressed.

During this operation the following circuits are completed to control the selection of either the totalizer corresponding to the Gross Earnings key 67, the Earnings $3000$3600 key 67 in the 8 position of row 4, or the key, Earnings Over $3600, which is in 7 position.

As has been previously stated, the amount of the pick-up of the earnings-to-date controls the selection of the totalizer into which the amount of the employees gross pay, entered in a subsequent operation, is to be deposited automatically even though the amount is entered by the depression of the Gross Earnings key in position9 of vrow 4.

. The circuits completed upon the entry of various earnings-to-date pick-up amounts Will now be described. Assume that the amount is under $3000, that is, the v mount picked up, which has been set up on the amount keys 61. Upon the operationnofthe machine, a circuit is completed from point 349 on a transformer "350 source of' power over line 351 to switch352, which is closed-.at approximately 150 of time in the cycle, thenceover the contact plate 162 of the total row, or'row 1, through Wipe switch 163, which at this time connects the contact plate'162 with zero position terminal member 161 over line 353 to the contact plate162 of row 2, over th'ewipe. switch 163, which connects the contact-,plate'162 and'the'terminal 161' in theS' position, becauselthe'P. UIEarningsto-Date key is in thexfifth position, thence over line 354 to .point 355. From point '355the circuit continues over line 356 to closed contact 357, to one side 358 of .a relay 359, which is associated with the $3600 solenoid 29 1.

The circuit alsocontinuesfrom point 355 over line 360 to closed switch 361, to point 362, on one side of a relay 363,"which is associated with. the $3000 solenoid 290.

Since the. amount picked up was'under$3000-andthere are no circuits completed to the contacts 0, l or 2 positions of the $1000 bank,.or' to any of theterminals161 in the 't0 positions of $100 bank, and therefore, the relays 359 and 363 are not operated when the amount of the employee pick up is under $3000.

The switch352 is closed at approximately 150 of time so as not to interfere'with or cause. any faulty control of the difierential movements of the selector-wipe switches.

Now assume that the pick up of the employeesearnings-to-date amounts to betweenC$3000 and $3,600, and

the machine is released by setting up this amount on the keys 61, and then depressing'thepick up ofi'the earnings-to-date key 65 in position '5 of row 2.

During this operationof the machine the circuit-is y'completed from thepoint 349.0f the transformer 350 over line 351 through closed switch 352, contact plate 1620f the total row wipe switch 163, terminal member 1610f this row over line'353 to :contact, plate 162' of row 2"over wipe switch'163 of row 2,1 to terminal 161 of this row, over line 354,'to point 355, then to closed switch 361 and thence to point 362.0n one side of the relay'363.

Now, since the $1000 differentialhas moved to the 3 position, the circuitis completed from the other side of therelay363 over line 370 topoint 371 and thence over line'372 to terminal 161 in the third position of the $1000 bank, thence over the wipe switch 163 now in 'thisposition, whichc'ompletes acircuit through the contact .plate 162 of the$l000 bank,.thence over linef373 topoint'3'74 on the return line 375 to point 348 of the transformer "350'. Simultaneously with this operation of the relay -*363',' the circuit is completedfrom point 362 over line *376 to the solenoid 290, causing an operation or this solenoid as the circuit is. completed over linel'377 back to point 348 of the transformer. 350.

The operation of the relay 363 also closes a switch 380, so that a'holding circuit for the relay'363 is completed from the point 362 over now closed switch'380,

line'381 over closed switch 382, and line'383 back to the line 351, which establishes the holding circuit back to the'point'349 of the transformer 350. This holding circuit: retains therelay 363 operated until. it is released by operation of the net'ikey 62 which, as above mentioned,

[is the last operation in connection with the writing of circuit is as followszFrom thepoint 362 to the opposite side of the relay 363 over line 370 to point 385 over now-closed switch 386 to 'point 387 in the return line "375 to'point 348, thus'maintaining the relay 363 in operated position until the hot key 62 is operated. When 'the Net key 62 is depressed in row 1, the dilferential "for that row then moves from thezerotothe 1 position, .75

"whereupon a: circuit is completed from point 349 of'trans- 'former 350 over line 351 to switch 352 over contact plate 162, through the Wipe switch 163 to contact the terminal 161 in the 1 position, thence over line 390' to the net pay relay 391, thus causing operation of relay 391 since the circuit is completed over line 392 to point 374 on the return line 375 to point 348 of the transformer 350. The

operation ofthe relay 391 opens the switch 382, thus releasing any and all relays which have been previously energized and so held by the closed switch 382.

the total row, over terminal 161 inzero position, to contact plate 162 of row 2, over wipe switch 163 of row 2, through contact 161 in the 5 position over line 354 to point 355, thence over line 3561-0 closed switch 357 and point 358 to one side of the relay 359.

Now since the selector for the $1000 bank has stopped in the 3 position and since the bank Wipe switch 163 has moved to the 6 position a circuit, later described, causes-relay 359 to operate. The above-mentioned circuit is from the other side of said relay 359 over line 401 to terminal 161 in the 6 position of the $100 bank, thence over the wipe switch 163 of this bank to the terminal contact plate 162 and back to point 371, and thenceover line 372 to the terminal 161 of the $1000 bank in the 3 position, and thence over the wipe switch 163'.of this bank to the contact plate 162 and thence to point 374 on return line 375 to the point 348 of the transformer 350.

"Simultaneously with this operation of the relay 359 the completes a circuit from the switch 400 to point 407, and

thence-to the normally closed holding switch382 of line 383 over line 351 to point 349 of the transformer350.

This is the same holding circuit as that. described. in connection with the relay 363.

The operation of the relay 359 also closes or completes another holding circuit to retain the relay.359 operated after any or all of the wipe switches 163 in the amount banks have passed off the terminal 161. This holding circuit is as follows: From the point 358 to the opposite side of the relay 359 over line 401 to point.402 over now closed switch 410 to point 411 in thereturn line 375, to point 348, thus maintaining the relay 359 in operated position until the Net key 62 is operated.

After this employees payroll check has been completed, the operator depresses the Net key 62 in the total row, and upon the operation of this key, the differential for this row goes to the 1 position, whereupon .the wipe switch'163 moves into contact with the terminal 161 in the 1 position, and thus completes a circuit to energize the relay 391 to release all relays and solenoids in the manner previously described.

'From the abovev description it can be clearly seen how the$3000 solenoid 290 and the $3600 solenoid 291 are actuated to control the selection of the totalizer associated with the Earnings $3000$3600 key 67 in position 7 of row 4, which is the totalizer associated with the earnings over $3600.

Should the pick up of an employees. earnings-to-date be $10,000 or more, the $3600 solenoid 291 must be operated and, therefore, all terminals 1 to 9 of the $10,000 bank are connected by a common line 415 which is connected to the line 401 at 416. The contact plate 162 for this $10,000 bank is connected by a line 417 to the point 418 in line 373 to point 374 in the return .line 375 to point 348. 3

Thus a circuit is completed from side 358 of relay 359 through the coil over line 401 to-point 416, line 415 terminal 16-1 of the $10,000 bank, wipe switch163, con- 19 tact plate 162 for this bank, line 417 to point 418, line 373 to point 374 on the return line 375 to point 348. Therefore, the $3600 solenoid 291 is'operated when the pick up of the earnings-to-date is $10,000 or more.

Resume Since all of the mechanisms of the various parts and sections of the machine have been fully illustrated and described with their various functions, it is not thought necessary to go into any further description or operation of those mechanisms at this time.

What is claimed is:

1. In a machine capable of single-cycle and multiplecycle operations involved in a complete transaction, the combination of a plurality of totalizers; amount difierential mechanism to add amounts in any selected totalizer; banks of amount keys to control the differential positioning of said mechanism; means to select one of said totalizers to enter therein by said amount differential mechanism, the pick up of an amount of money; means to select another totalizer to enter a different amount of money in a subsequent operation of the machine; means to cause the second-mentioned means to select a different totalizer to enter said different amount of money under control of said differential mechanism when the entry of 7 said first mentioned amount of money was within certain definite limits; and means to cause said second-mentioned means to select a still different totalizer to enter therein said different amount of money when the entry of said amount of money exceeded said certain definite limits.

2. In a machine capable of single-cycle and multiple- 7 cycle operations involved in a complete transaction, the combination of a plurality of totalizers; amount differential mechanism to add amounts in any selected totalizer;

banks of amount keys to control the differential position-i ing of said mechanism; means to select a totalizer to enter the amount of the pick up of the earnings-to-date; a manipulative device; differentially operable means associated with said manipulative device to select one of said totalizers to receive the entry of an amount upon operation of said manipulative device in a subsequent operation of the machine; and means controlled by said amount differential mechanism to control said differentially operable means to select a difierent totalizer to receive the entry of said amount during said subsequent operation of the machine.

3. In a machine capable of single-cycle and multiplecycle operations involved in a complete transaction, the combination of a plurality of totalizers; amount differential mechanism to add amounts in any selected totalizer; banks of amount keys to control the differential positioning of said mechanism; means to select a totalizer to enter the amount of the pick up of the earnings-to-date; a manipulative device; differentially operable means associated with said manipulative device to select one of said total-' izers to receive the entry of an amount upon operation of said manipulative device in a subsequent operation of the machine; means controlled by said amount differential mechanism to control said differentially operable means to selecta different totalizer to receive the entry of said amount during said subsequent operation of the machine; and means controlled by said amount differential mechanism to control said differentially operable means to select still another totalizer to receive the entry of said amount during said subsequent operation of the machine.

4. In a machine capable of single-cycle and multiplecycle operations involved in a complete transaction; a

plurality of totalizers; amount differential mechanism to enter amounts in any selected totalizer; manipulative devices to control the differential positioning of said mechanism; means to select one of said totalizers to receive an amount set up upon said manipulative devices; a manipulative member; differentially-operable means controlled by said member to select another one of said plurality of l totalizers to receive the entry of an amount set up upon said manipulative devices during a subsequent operation of the machine; a pulrality of levers adjacent to and associated with said difierentially-operable meansto control the movement thereof to select either otthe remaining totalizers during said subsequent machine operation; and means controlled by the amount differential mechanism during a preceding operation of the machine to actuate either of the levers.

5. In a machine capable of single-cycle and multiplecycle operations involved in a complete transaction, the combination of a plurality of totalizers, amount difierential mechanism to enter amounts in any selected totalizer; manipulative devices to control the difierential positioning of said mechanism; means to select one of said totalizers to receive an amotmt set up upon said manipulative devices; a manipulative member; differentially operable means controlled by said member to select another one of said plurality of totalizers to receive the entry of an amount set up upon said manipulative devices during a subsequent operation of the machine; and a plurality of levers to control the difierentially-operable means to select any of the remaining totalizers during the subsequent machine operation, under control of the positioning of amount differential mechanism which occurred during a preceding operation of the machine.

6. In a machine capable of single-cycle and multiplecycle operations involved in a complete transaction, the combination of a plurality of totalizers; amount differential mechanism to enter amounts in any selected totalizer; manipulative devices to control the differential positioning of said mechanism; means to select one of said totalizers to receive an amount set up upon said manipulative devices; a manipulative member; dilferentially-operable means controlled by said member to select another one of said plurality of totalizers to receive the entry of an amount set up upon said manipulative devices during a subsequent operation of the machine; a plurality of levers to control the differentially operable means to select any of the remaining totalizers during the subsequent machine operation; and electrically-operated means controlled by the amount differential mechanism during a preceding op eration of the machine, to selectively actuate said levers.

7. In a machine capable of single-cycle and multiplecycle operations involved in a complete transaction, the combination of a plurality of totalizers; amount difierential "mechanism to enter amounts in any selected totalizer;

manipulative devices to control the differential positioning of said mechanism; means to select one of said totalizers to receive an amount set up upon said manipulative devices; a manipulative member; difierentially operable ,means controlled by said member to select another one control of the positioning of said amount difierential during a preceding operation to supersede the control of said manipulative member during said subsequent machine operation to select any of the remaining totalizers.

8. In a machine capable of single-cycle and multiplecy-cle operations involved in a complete transaction, the combination of a plurality of totalizers; amount differential mechanism to enter amounts into any selected totalizer; manipulative devices to control the differential positioning of said mechanism; means to select one of said totalizers to receive an amount set up upon said manipulative devices; a manipulative member; a differentially operable means controlled by said member to select another one of'said plurality of totalizers to receive the entry of an amount set up upon said manipulative devices during a subsequent operation of the machine; a plurality of levers to control the ditferentially-operable means to select any one of the remaining totalizers during a subsequent operation; electrically-operated means controlled by a certain denominational order of the amount differential mechanism during a preceding operation of the machine to actuate one of said levers; and electricallyoperated means controlled by said certain denominational order of the amount differential mechanism in conjunction with another denominational order of said differential mechanism during a preceding operation of the machine to actuate another one of said levers.

9. In a machine capable of single-cycle and multiplecycle operations involved in a complete transaction, the combination of a plurality of totalizers; amount differential mechanism to enter amounts in any selected totalizer; manipulative devices to control the differential positioning of said mechanism; means to select one of said totalizers to receive an amount set up upon said manipulative devices; a manipulative member; differentially operable means controlled by said member to select another one of said plurality of totalizers to receive the entry of an amount set up upon said manipulative devices during a subsequent operation of the machine; means controlled by a certain denominational order of said amount differential mechanism during a preceding machine operation to control said differentially operable means to select one of the remaining totalizers during said subsequent machine operation; and means controlled by said certain denominational order of said amount differential in conjunction With another denominational order of said amount differential mechanism during a preceding operation of the machine to select another of the remaining totalizers during said subsequent machine operation.

10. In a machine capable of single-cycle and multiplecycle operations involved in a complete transaction, the combination of a plurality of totalizers; amount differential mechanism to enter amounts into any selected totalizer; manipulative devices to control the differential positioning of said mechanism; means to select one of said totalizers to receive an amount set up upon said manipulative devices; a manipulative member; differentially adjustable means controlled by said manipulative member to select another one of said plurality of totalizers to receive the entry of an amount set up upon said manipulative devices during a subsequent machine operation; and means rendered effective by said amount differential mechanism during a preceding operation of the machine to supersede the control of said manipulative member during said subsequent machine operation to select any of the remaining totalizers.

11. In a machine capable of single-cycle and multiplecycle operations involved in a complete transaction, the combination of a plurality of totalizers; amount diiferential mechanism to enter amounts into any selected totalizer; manipulative devices to control the differential positioning of said mechanism; means to select one of said totalizers to receive an amount set up upon said manipulative devices; a manipulative member; differen tially operable means controlled by said member to select another one of said plurality of totalizers to receive the entry of an amount set up upon said manipulative devices during a subsequent operation of the machine; a plurality of levers to control the differentially operable means to select any one of the remaining totalizers during the subsequent machine operation; a plurality of electromagnetic means to selectively actuate said levers; and electrical circuits controlled by said amount ditferential mechanism to energize the electro-magnetic means during a preceding machine operation.

12. In a machine capable of single-cycle and multiplecycle operations involved in a complete transaction, the combination of a plurality of totalizers; amount differential mechanism to enter amounts in any selected totalizer;

manipulative devices to control the differential positioning of said mechanism; means to select one of said totalizers to receive an amount set up upon said manipulative devices; a manipulative member; differentially operable means controlled by said member to select another one of said plurality of totalizers to receive the entry of an amount set up upon said manipulative devices during a subsequent operation of the machine; a plurality of levers to control the diiferentially operable means to select any of the remaining totalizers during the subsequent machine operation; a plurality of electro-magnetic means to selectively actuate said levers; electrical circuits controlled by said amount diiferential mechanism to energize the electro-magnetic means during a preceding machine operation; and electrical means to open said circuits to release said electro-magnetic means.

13. In a machine of the class described, according to claim 5, wherein the ditferentially operable means includes a member having positioning control surfaces therein and wherein said plurality of levers are adapted to cooperate with said surfaces to control the totalizer selection.

14. In a machine capable of single-cycle and multiplecycle operations, involved in a complete transaction, according to claim 6, wherein the differentially operable means includes a member having openings with control shoulders therein, and wherein said plurality of levers are selectively moved into cooperative relationship with said shoulders by said electrically-operated means to control the selection of totalizers during said subsequent operation of the machine.

15. In a machine capable of single-cycle and multiplecycle operations involved in a complete transaction, and according to claim 7, wherein said superseding means includes a member connected to said dilferentially operable means and also includes a plurality of devices to cooperate With said member to control the differential positioning thereof to thus control said diiferentiallyoperable means to select any of the remaining totalizers.

16. In a machine, according to claim 10, wherein the last-mentioned means of claim 10 includes a plurality of pivoted stop levers adapted to be moved by electricallycontrolled means into cooperative relationship with said differentially operable means to supersede the control of said manipulative member.

17. In a machine according to claim 12, wherein the electrical means which opens said circuits is controlled by another manipulative member.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,226,960 Anderson Dec. 31, 1940 2,258,697 Breitling Oct. 14, 1941 2,386,364 Spurlino et al. Oct. 9, 1945 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Patent No. 2,798,665 July 9, 1957 Rudolph J Moser et 511..

It is hereby certified that error appears .in the printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction and that the said Letters Patent should read as corrected below.

Column 1, line 29, for "$3OCLO0" read $3000.00; column 2, line 58, for "as", second occurrence, read --has--; column 3, line 36, for "aclurately" read --sccurately--; column '7, line 49, strike out and "H"' and insert the same after '"G'" in line 48, same column.

Signed and sealed this 24th day of September 1957.,

( L) Attest:

ROBERT c. WATSON Attest'lng offlcer 'mmissioner of Patents

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