US1513214A - Combined computing and recokd tape - Google Patents

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Oct. 28. 1924. 1,513,214 D w. B. BETTs COMBINED COMPUTING AND RECORD TAPE Filed Aufl. 28 .I 1923 M! l ATTORNEY.

Patented Oct. 28, 1924.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM B. BETTS, OF JOHNSON'CITY, NEW YORK.

COMBINED COMPUTING AND RECORD TAPE.

Application filed August 28, 1923. Serial No. 659,785.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WTILLIAM B. Bn'r'rs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Johnson City, in the county of Broome and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Computing and Record Tape, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a combined computing and record tape for use in connection .with time clocks, and the invention has for its object to provide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, a tape for not only receiving a record of the time of entrance and leaving of an employee, but further for computing and indicating the aggregate number of hours the employee was on duty, as well as computing and indicating the aggregate amount of compensationdue the employee for the number of hours employed for a predetermined Wage amount per hour.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a combined computing and record tape, which is simple in its structural arrangement, thoroughly efficient in its use, accurate in its computation with respect to: computing the number of hours employed by one and the amount of compensation for such employment, and inexpensive to manufacture.

Vith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists of the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter more specifically described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein is shown an embodiment of the invention, but it is to be understood that changes, variations and modifications can be resorted to which come within the scope of the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawings wherein like reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout the several views zh Figure 1 is a plan view, broken away, of one form of a record tape, in accordance Y with this invention.

A Figure 2 is a like view of another form,

and

Figure 3 is a plan view of the form shown in Figure 1, unbroken.

A record tape in accordance with this invention, is formed of a body portion of any suitable flexible material, such as paper or fabric, or it may be set up of unusually thin metallic material, preferably the body portion of the tape is formed from a narrow strip of paper of the desired weight. In either form illustrated, the body portion of the tape is formed with two sets of indications to provide for the computation of the number of hours an employee is on duty. Each set of indications is formed of a series of hour spaces, each divided in fractional divisions of an hour. The fractional divisions are such as to indicate five, ten, fifteen or thirty minutes, by way of example, the fractional divisions are illustrated to indi-V cate quarters of the hour. The number of hour spaces of each series can be any suitable number, by way of example, one of the series consists of hour spaces from one to forty and the other from one to eight, but the number of hour spaces of either series can be of any suitable number desired. The hour spaces of one series extend in an opposite direction with respect to the hour spaces of the other series.

Referring to Figure 1 of the drawings, 1 denotes the body portion of the tape which is provided with two series of hour spaces and with one series extending in an opposite direction with respect to the other series. The hour spaces of one series are indicated at 2 and the hour spaces of the other series at 3. The number of hour spaces 2 are greater than the number of hour spaces 3. Each hour space 2, as well as each hour space 3, is divided into quarters, each quarter indicating fifteen minutes. The indications for dividing each hour space 2 into quarters of fifteen minutes are indicated at 4, 5, 6, and the indications for dividing each hour space 3 into quarters of fifteen minutes are indicated 7, 8 and 9, but they are oppositely disposed with respect to the indications 4, 5 and 6.

The spaces 2 are formed by transversely extending lines 10, and a transversely extending line 11. The spaces 3 are formed by transversely extending lines 12 and the transversely extending line 11. The indications 4, 5 and 6, of each of the spaces 2, consist of the transversely extending lines 13, 14 and 15 and with the line 13 leading to the number fifteen, the line 14 leading to the number thirty and the line 15 extended to the number forty-five.

The indications 7, 8 and 9 of the spaces 3, consist of the lines 16, 17 and 18 and with the line 16 leading to the number fifteen, the

Aat one end i's provided secutively from .body portion kand is provi ying, from one edge thereof.

face of the body portion 1, whereas' the transverse lines 13 to 18 extend partly across theV body portion 1 from one edge thereof. The transverse lines 14 and 17 are ot greater length than the transverse lines 13, 15, 16 and 18;

Each of the transverse lines 10 is provided at one end witha number, as indicated atV 19,'and the said numbers run Vconsecutively from one to forty. rllhe transverse line 11 witlr acipher or naught. Each of the transverse lines 12 has one end: provided with a number, as indi cated at 2O and the said numbers run conone to eight.

VReferring to- Figure 2 ot the drawings, the ot the tape is indicated at 21 ded with two series .of hour spaces and with the spaces of one series indicated at 22 and the Spaces of the other series at 23,. The spaces 22 are formed by t sversely extending lines 24 and a transversely extending line are; termedY by transversely extending lines 26 and-the transverse line 25. Each space 22 is provided with a series of divisions to constitute fractions of an hour and each Vdivision represents fifteen minutes,v and the means to vconstitute said fractional divisions each ot which line 30 lead- @ne of the transverse lines 30, has associated therewith theY number fifteen, ano-ther transverse line 30 hasassociated therewith the Vnumber thirty, and the other transverse line 30 has are indicated at 27, 23,. 29, Vand consists of a short transverse associated therewith the number' forty-live.V

Each ofthe spaces 23 isA divided into a series of divisions to constitute the traction of an hour, as shown fifteen minutes, and the means` to4 provide for such fractional divisions are indicated at 31,y which-include, transverse lines 34. One of the lines 34 has associated therewith the number iifteen, another of the lines 34 has associated therewith the number thirty, and the other of the lines 34 the number fortytive. The transverselines 34 are shown to extendV from one edge ot the body portion 21.

Each of the transverse lines 24 is provided with number as indicated at 35 and said numbers run consecutively from one to forty. rIhe transverse line 25, at one end, is provided withl acipher Vor naught 36. Each of the transverse lines 26 is provided at one endk with a number, as indicated at 37 and w, ith the said .numbers running consecutively 'from one to, eight. 1

Each of the hour spaces 22 is furthermore 25, and the spaces 23l 32 and 33 and provided with means opposing the traction- Y.

al hour indications 27, 23 and 29 to indicate the fractional portion of a predetermined Vthe seventy-tive cent indication opposes the threejquarters indication 29. y

Each or" the transverse lines 24, at its other end, is provided with an aggregate coni-V pensation indication andwhich is indicated at 41. The aggregate compensation indica-V tions increase with respect to each other, that is to say, 'or the tirst hour when the wage amount is one dollar, the indication 41 would be one dollar. dollars and for. the third hour three dollars and so on with respect to the number ot' hour spaces 22 so that it forty hour spaces are employed the last aggregate compensation amount would be forty dollars.

The other end ot the transverse line 25 is provided with a cipher or naught, as at 42, so as tc indicate no compensation for the employee. f v

Each ot' the spaces 23oppo'site the indications V31, 32 and 33, is provided with fractional compensation indications, as at 43, 44 and 45 for the same purpose as the fractional compensation indications 38, 39 and 40. Y

Each ci' the lines 26 has at the other endv ther-ect, an aggregate compensation amount indication, and which is designated 46, and are employcd'for theV same purpose as the aggregate compensation amount indications 41, as well as set up in a manner similar toy the indications 41. The indications 27, 23 and 29 are oppositely disposed with respect to the indications 31, 32 and 33. llhe'indications 33, 39 and 40 are opposite-ly disposedV with respect to the indications 43, 44 andV 45. r1`he indications 41 are oppositely disposed with' respect to the indicationsf46.

When using the form ot tape illustra-ted in Figure 1, the time ot entry oi the employee is stamped thereon, the tape beingl stampedV `in a like manner as referred to*` in connec- For the second hour, two' tion with the form Vshownin Figure 1, and

it will vnot only indicate the number of hours the employee was on duty, but willV also` compute the aggregate amo-unt lot compensation due the employee for a predetermined wage amount per hour.

The hour spaces 3 are provided for the purpose of controlling first ent-ry on duty, if entry be at seven a. m. the rst day, the forward shifting of the tape would be seven hour spaces, if the employee enters at six a. m. the forward shifting would be six hour spaces. The hour spaces 3 can be of a greater number than shown.

A tape, in accordance with this invention, is employed in connection with a time clock disclosed in my co-pending application, Serial Number 662,978, led September l5, 1923, and such time clock includes means for shifting the tape to provide a proper record thereon so as not only to compute the number of hours the employee was on duty, but also the aggregate amount of compensation due the employee for a predetermined wage amount per hour.

With respect to the aggregate compensation due the employee, if on leaving, the tape is stamped between the indications 29 and 40 in the space 22, between the numbers one and two, it would indicate that the employee wasV on duty one hour and forty-five minutes and that his compensation would be one dollar and seventy-live cents.

In connection with the employment of a record tape, in accordance with this invention, the tape is set at zero and if an employee enters on duty at eight oclock, the tape is shifted forwardly eight spaces and stamped by the time clock mechanism at the number eight of the space 3, and if the employee continues on duty until twelve oclock, the tape is shifted rearwardly twelve spaces so that it will be stamped at the number four to indicate that the employee was on duty four hours computing from zero. It will be assumed that the employee has a luncheon period consisting of one hour. On the return to duty the employee will mark in, but when marking in his time of entrance will be recorded at the number three on the tape, the latter being shifted forwardly one space for such purpose. Now it will be assumed that the employee quits at four oclock and on marking out, the tape will be shifted rearwardly four spaces so that the time recorded will appear at the number seven, under such conditions indicating that the employee has worked seven consecutive hours and further Vhour spaces of each series being indicating that the aggregate wage amount dicating the aggregate number of hours the..

employee was on duty, as well as computing and indicating the aggregate amount of compensation due the employee for the number of hours employed for a predetermined wage amount per hour. The record tape will indicate continuous service, and although the preferred embodiment of the record tape, in accordance with this invention, is as illustrated and described, yet it is to be understood that changes in the number of hour spaces of either series, as well as fractions of hours and compensation amounts can be had which will fall within the light of the invention as claimed.

What I claim is l. A record tape comprising a flexible body portion having conventional means to constitute two series of hour spaces, each provided with hourly fraction indications, the hour spaces of each series being consecutively numbered and with the numbers of one series oppositely disposed with respect to the numbers of the other series.

2. A record tape comprising a flexible body portion having conventional means to constitute two series of hour spaces, each provided with hourly fraction indications, the

consecutively numbered and with the numbers of one series oppositely disposed with respect to the nunr ers of the other series, and said body portion further provided with conventional means associated with each hour space to indicate the aggregate amount of compensatlon due for the number of hours employed at a predetermined wage amount per hour.

In testimony whereof, I aiiix my signature hereto.

WILLIAM B. BETTS.

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