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Elapsed event recorder

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1. An elapsed event recorder for counting a series of reoccurring events during random counting intervals and at the end of each counting interval stamping on a record card indicia representing the number of events occurring during the interval, said recorder having separating recording and driving units and comprising: a housing having a printout opening, a count accumulating register within said housing including a set of rotary marking wheels disposed side by side on a common axis, and means supporting said wheels in said housing for rotation on said axis, each wheel being rotatable through a number of successive counting positions and having marking elements spaced about its circumference in a manner such that the marking elements on the several wheels are aligned in rows parallel to said axis when said wheels occupy counting positions, input means drivably coupled to one end wheel of said wheel set for stepping said end wheel from one position to the next in reponse to occurrence of each event to be recorded, said input means comprising a rotary input member, means drivably connecting said input member and said end wheel for stepping the latter wheel through its positions in response to rotation of said input member, and a motor for driving said input member, driving means connecting the adjacent wheels in a manner such that each wheel other than said end wheel is stepped from one position to the next in response to each full revolution of the adjacent wheel in the direction of said end wheel, actuating means for effecting relative movement of said register away from said opening to a normal recording position in said housing and toward said opening to a marking position wherein a row of marking elements on said wheels are disposed within said opening for contact with a record card positioned opposite the opening, said elements being arranged to stamp on said record card indicia representing the current accumulated event count in response to movement of said register to marking position, said recording unit including said housing, register, input means, driving means, actuating means, and zero return means, said driving unit including a housing containing said motor, a rotary driving member driven by said motor, and means in said driving unit housing for receiving said recording unit in driving position wherein said input member engages and is driven by said driving member, and said recording unit being removed from said driving unit to stamp said record card.
2. A recorder according to claim 1 wherein: said housing comprises telescoping sections, spring means for yieldably urging said housing to its expanded configuration, and said actuating means comprise means operatively connected to said housing sections for moving said register to marking position upon contraction of said housing and returning said register to recording position upon expansion of said housing.
3. A recorder according to claim 1 wherein: said register undergoes translation between said recording and marking positions along a direction line normal to said common axis and the plane of said opening.
4. A recorder according to claim 1 wherein: said register undergoes rotation between said recording and marking positions about an axis parallel to and spaced laterally from said common axis.
5. A recorder according to claim 1 wherein: said recorder is an elapsed time recorder, and said input means comprises a rotary inPut member, means drivably connecting said input member and said end wheel for stepping the latter wheel through the positions in response to rotation of said inpput member, and a timing motor for driving said input member in rotation at a constant speed.
6. A recorder according to claim 1 wherein: said motor is mounted on said register for movement with said register between said recording and marking positions.
7. A recorder according to claim 6 wherein: said motor is an electrical motor, and said recorder includes an energizing circuit for energizing said motor from an external power source, and means for interrupting said energizing circuit in response to movement of said register from recording position to marking position.
8. A recorder according to claim 1 including: latch means for releasibly latching said recording unit in said driving unit.
9. A recorder according to claim 8 wherein: said latch means comprises a latch member engagable with said recording unit, and latch release means for releasibly holding said latch member in and releasing said latch member from latching engagement with said recording unit.
10. An elapsed event recorder for counting a series of reoccuring events during random counting intervals and at the end of each counting interval stamping on a record card indicia representing the number of events occurring during the interval, comprising: a housing having a printout opening, a count accumulating register within said housing including a set of rotary marking wheels disposed side by side on a commmon axis, and means supporting said wheels in said housing for rotation on said axis, each wheel being rotatable through a number of successive counting positions and having marking elements spaced about its circumference in a manner such that the marking elements on the several wheels are aligned in rows parallel to said axis when said wheels occupy counting positions, input means drivably coupled to one end wheel of said wheel set for stepping said end wheel from one position to the next in response to occurrence of each event to be recorded, driving means connecting the adjacent wheels in a manner such that each wheel other than said end wheel is stepped from one position to the next in response to each full revolution of the adjacent wheel in the direction of said end wheel, actuating means for effecting relative movement of said register away from said opening to a normal recording position in said housing and toward said opening to a marking position wherein a row of marking elements on said wheels are disposed within said opening for contact with a record card positioned opposite the opening, said elements being arranged to stamp on said record card indicia representing the current accumulated event count in response to movement of said register to marking position, zero return means for returning said wheels to zero positions in response to return of said register from marking position to recording position, and said zero return means comprising means for disengaging said wheel driving means from said marking wheels to permit independent rotation of said wheels, means for rotating said shaft in a given direction through an angle sufficient to return all wheels to zero position, and means for arresting each wheel in zero position.
11. An elapsed event recorder for counting a series of reoccurring events during random counting intervals and at the end of each counting interval stamping on a record card indicia representing the number of events occurring during the interval, comprising: a housing having a printout opening, a count accumulating register within said housing including a set of rotary marking wheels disposed side by side on a common axis, and a rotary shaft rotatably supporting said wheels in said housing for rotation on said axis, means frictionally coupling each marking wheel to said shaft, each wheel being rotaTable through a number of successive counting positions and having marking elements spaced about its circumference in a manner such that the marking elements on the several wheels are aligned in rows parallel to said axis when said wheels occupy counting positions, input means drivably coupled to one end wheel of said wheel set for stepping said end wheel from one position to the next in response to occurrence of each event to be recorded, driving means connecting the adjacent wheels in a manner such that each wheel other than said end wheel is stepped from one position to the next in response to each full revolution of the adjacent wheel in the direction of said end wheel, actuating means for effecting relative translation of said register from a normal recording position in said housing to marking position wherein a row of marking elements on said wheels are disposed within said opening for contact with a record card positioned opposite the opening, all in a manner such that translational movement of register occurs along a direction line normal to said common axis and the plane of said printout opening, zero return means for returning said wheels to zero positions in response to return of said register from marking position to recording position, said zero return means comprising means for disengaging said wheel driving means from said marking wheels to permit independent rotation of said wheels, means for rotating said shaft in a given direction through an angle sufficient to return all wheels to zero position, and means for arresting each wheel in zero position, said marking elements being arranged to stamp on said record card indicia representing the current accumulated even count, and said shaft rotating means comprising a rack on said housing parallel to said direction line, a gear rotatable on said shaft and meshing with said rack, whereby said gear rolls in one direction along said rack and thereby rotates in one direction of said shaft during movement of said register from recording position to marking position, and said gear rolls in the opposite direction along said rack and thereby rotates in the opposite direction of said shaft during return movement of said register from marking position to recording position, and one way drive means connecting said shaft and gear, whereby said gear rotates in said one direction without turning said shaft and rotation of said gear in said opposite direction drives said shaft in said given direction to return said marking wheels to zero position.
12. A recorder according to claim 11, wherein: said housing has telescoping upper and lower sections and springs for urging said sections apart, said opening is in the bottom wall of said lower section, said rack is fixed to said lower section, said shaft is mounted on said upper section, and said register is moved from recording position to marking position by depressing said upper section and from marking position to recording position in response to spring return of said upper section when the latter is released.
13. A recorder according to claim 12 wherein: said input means comprises a rotary input member and means connecting said input member and said end wheel whereby rotation of said input member steps said end wheel through said counting position, and a driving unit for said recorder including a motor and means for releasably drivably coupling said input member to said motor.
14. A recorder according to claim 13, wherein: said wheel supporting means comprises a rotary shaft on which said marking wheels are rotatably mounted side by side and means supporting said shaft for lateral translation along a circular path about a pivot axis parallel to and spaced from said shaft, whereby said register is movable between said recording and marking positions by rotation about said pivot axis, means frictionally coupling each wheel to said shaft, and said zero return means comprises means for dIsengaging said wheel driving means from said marking wheels to permit independent rotation of said wheels, means for rotating said shaft in a given direction through an angle sufficient to return all wheels to zero position, and means for arresting each wheel in zero position.
15. A recorder according to claim 14, wherein: said wheel shaft rotating means comprises a gear on said housing about said pivot axis, a gear fixed on said wheel shaft, and means for effecting meshing engagement of said latter gears during rotation of said register from marking position to recording position.
16. A recorder according to claim 15 wherein: said means for effecting meshing engagement of said zero return gears comprises annular cam means on said housing about said pivot axis engaging said wheel shaft for moving said shaft radially toward and away from said pivot axis.
17. A recorder according to claim 14, wherein: said means for drivably coupling said marking wheels comprises said pinion gear mounted on said gear plates which plates have slots for permitting movement of said wheel shaft radially toward and away from said pivot axis to engage and disengage said internal gear of said marking wheel from said pinion gear.
18. A recorder according to claim 14, wherein: said rotation of said register is said unidirectional orbital motion provided by said reciprocating motion of said drive plates rigidly affixed to said upper housing.
19. A recorder according to claim 18, wherein: said means for rotating said register between said recording and marking positions comprises said drive plates with said camming surfaces acting upon said pin in said pivot shaft segment gear which is brought into drive plate camming contact by said segment gear rotatable on said support plate and contacted by said drive plate and said secondary segment gear rotatable on said support plate and contacted by said drive plate engages said pivot shaft segment gear to bring it into position for contact of said pivot shaft segment gear pin with said camming surface of said drive plate.
20. An elapsed event recorder for counting a series of reoccurring events during random counting intervals and at the end of each counting interval stamping on a record card indicia representing the number of events occurring during the interval, comprising: a housing having a printout opening, a count accumulating register within said housing including a set of rotary marking wheels disposed side by side on a common axis, and means supporting said wheels in said housing for rotation on said axis, each wheel being rotatable through a number of successive counting positions and having marking elements spaced about its circumference in a manner such that the marking elements on the several wheels are aligned in rows parallel to said axis when said wheels occupy counting positions, input means drivably coupled to one end wheel of said wheel set for stepping said end wheel from one position to the next in response to occurrence of each event to be recorded, driving means connecting the adjacent wheels in a manner such that each wheel other than said end wheel is stepped from one position to the next in response to each full revolution of the adjacent wheel in the direction of said end wheel, actuating means for effecting relative movement of said register away from said opening to a normal recording position in said housing and toward said opening to a marking position wherein a row of marking elements on said wheels are disposed within said opening for contact with a record card positioned opposite the opening, said elements being arranged to stamp on said record card indicia representing the current accumulated event count in response to movement of said register to marking position, coding means for producing a coded electrical signal representing said current accumulated event count comprising an input terminal for receiving an electrical input pulse, a nUmber of output terminals, wheel position coding electrical contact means for said wheels connected in electrical circuit with said terminals and arranged to open and close in a predetermined sequence as said wheels rotate to connect said input terminal to said output terminals in various combinations representing the positions of said wheels, and additional make and break contact means for each wheel which interrupt the electrical circuit between said input and output terminals through the coding contact means for the respective wheel as the latter rotates from one position to the next whereby in any given positions of said wheels an input pulse applied to said input terminal will appear at predetermined output terminals representing the wheel positions.
21. A recorder according to claim 20, wherein: said coding means include additional contact means in said housing and register, respectively, connected in circuit with said terminals, respectively, which close in said recording position of said register to condition said signal producing means for operation and open upon movement of said register to marking position to inactivate said signal producing means.
22. An elapsed event recorder for counting a series of reoccurring events during random counting intervals, comprising: a housing, a count accumulating register within said housing including a set of rotary counting wheels disposed side by side on a common axis, and means supporting said wheels in said housing for rotation on said axis, each wheel being rotatable through a number of successive counting positions, input means drivably coupled to one end wheel of said wheel set for stepping said end wheel from one position to the next in response to occurrence of each event to be recorded, driving means connecting the adjacent wheels in a manner such that each wheel other than said end wheel is stepped from one position to the next in response to each full revolution of the adjacent wheel in the direction of said end wheel, and coding means for producing a coded electrical signal representing the accumulated count in said register, said coding means comprising an input terminal for receiving an electrical input pulse, a number of output terminals, wheel position coding electrical contact means for said wheels connected in electrical circuit with said terminals and arranged to open and close in a predetermined combination as said wheels rotate to connect said input terminal to said output terminals in various combinations representing said accumulated count, whereby in any given positions of said wheels an input pulse applied to said input terminal will appear at predetermined output terminals representing said accumulated count, and additional make and break contact means for each wheel which interrupt the electrical circuit between said input and output terminals through the coding contact means for the respective wheel as the latter rotates from one position to the next.
23. An elapsed event recorder for counting a series of reoccurring events during random counting intervals, comprising: a housing, a decimal count accumulating register within said housing including a set of rotary decimal counting wheels disposed side by side on a common axis, and means supporting said wheels in said housing for rotation on said axis, each wheel being rotatable through a number of successive counting positions, input means drivably coupled to one end wheel of said wheel set for stepping said end wheel from one position to the next in response to occurrence of each event to be recorded, driving means connecting the adjacent wheels in a manner such that each wheel other than said end wheel is stepped from one position to the next in response to each full revolution of the adjacent wheel in the direction of said end wheel, electrical decimal to binary code conversion means including said register wheels for converting the accumulated decimal count in said regisTer to a binary coded electrical output representing said decimal counts in binary code form, said code conversion means further including an input terminal for receiving an electrical input pulse, a number of output terminals, and contact means on said wheels connected in electrical circuit with said terminals and arranged to open and close in predetermined sequence as said wheels rotate to connect said input terminal to said output terminals in various combinations representing in binary code form the accumulated decimal count in said register, whereby an input pulse applied to said input terminal will appear at the output terminals in binary form representing the accumulated decimal count value contained within said register, and said code conversion means further including additional make and break contact means for each wheel which interrupt the electrical circuit between said input and output terminals through the coding contact means for the respective wheel as the latter rotates from one position to the next so as to prevent a falsely coded signal at said output terminals when the respective wheel is in some intermediate counting position.
24. A recorder according to claim 23, wherein: said housing has a printout opening, said recorder includes actuating means for effecting relative movement of said register away from said opening to a normal recording position in said housing and toward said housing to a marking position wherein a row of marking elements on said wheels are disposed within said opening for contact with a record card positioned opposite the opening, and said coding means include additional contact means in said housing and register, respectively, connected in circuit with said terminals, respectively, which close in said recording position of said register to condition said signal producing means for operation and open upon movement of said register to marking position to inactivate said signal producing means. 25. An elapsed event recorder for counting a series of reoccurring events during random counting intervals and at the end of each counting interval stamping on a record card indicia representing the number of events occurring during the interval, comprising: a housing having a printout opening, a count accumulating register within said housing including a set of rotary marking wheels disposed side by side on a common axis, and means supporting said wheels in said housing for rotation on said axis, said marking wheels having raised printing elements about their circumference, inking roller means for applying ink to said printing elements during recording rotation of said marking wheels, means for retracting said roller means clear of said marking wheels in response to movement of said register to marking position and returning said roller means against said marking wheels in response to return of said register to recording position, each wheel being rotatable through a number of successive counting positions and having marking elements spaced about its circumference in a manner such that the marking elements on the several wheels are aligned in rows parallel to said axis when said wheels occupy counting positions, input means drivably coupled to one end wheel of said wheel set for stepping said end wheel from one position to the next in response to occurrence of each event to be recorded, driving means connecting the adjacent wheels in a manner such that each wheel other than said end wheel is stepped from one position to the next in response to each full revolution of the adjacent wheel in the direction of said end wheel, and actuating means for effecting relative movement of said register away from said opening to a normal recording position in said housing and toward said opening to a marking position wherein a row of marking elements on said wheels are disposed within said opening for contact with a record card positioned opposite the opening, said eLements being arranged to stamp on said record card indicia representing the current accumulated event count in response to movement of said register to marking position.
26. An elapsed event recorder for counting a series of reoccurring events during random counting intervals and at the end of each countint interval stamping on a record card indicia representing the number of events occurring during the interval, comprising: a housing having a printout opening, a count accumulating register within said housing including a set of rotary marking wheels disposed side by side on a common axis, and means supporting said wheels in said housing for rotation on said axis, said register undergoing rotation between said recording and marking positions about an axis parallel to and spaced laterally from said common axis, each wheel being rotatably through a number of successive counting positions and having marking elements spaced about its circumference in a manner such that the marking elements on the several wheels are aligned in rows parallel to said axis when wheels occupy counting positions, input means drivably coupled to one end wheel of said wheel set for stepping said end wheel from one position to the next in response to occurrence of each event to be recorded, driving means connecting the adjacent wheels in a manner such that each wheel other than said end wheel is stepped from one position to the next in response to each full revolution of the adjacent wheel in the direction of said end wheel, and actuating means for effecting relative movement of said register away from said opening to a normal recording position in said housing and toward said opening to a marking position wherein a row of marking elements on said wheels are disposed within said opening for contact with a record card positioned opposite the opening, said actuating means comprising top and bottom telescoping sections of said housing which are adapted to be telescoped to contracted positions to move said register from recording position to marking position and to be extended to move said register from marking position to recording position, a segment gear fixed to said register, and spring biased segment gear means on one of said housing sections for meshing with said register gear to rotate said register in one direction from recording position to marking position in response to contraction of said housing sections and in the same direction from said marking position to said recording position in response to extension of said housing sections, said elements being arranged to stamp on said record card indicia representing the current accumulated event count in response to movement of said register to marking position.
27. An elapsed event recorder for counting a series of reoccurring events during random counting intervals and at the end of each counting interval stamping on a record card indicia representing the number of events occurring during the interval, comprising: a housing having a printout opening, a count accumulating register within said housing including a set of rotary marking wheels disposed side by side on a common axis, and means supporting said wheels in said housing for rotation on said axis, said register undergoing rotation between said recording and marking positions about an axis parallel to and spaced laterally from said common axis, each wheel being rotatable through a number of successive counting positions and having marking elements spaced about its circumference in a manner such that the marking elements on the several wheels are aligned in rows parallel to said axis when said wheels occupy counting positions, input means drivably coupled to one end wheel of said wheel set for stepping said end wheel from one position to the next in response to occurrence of each event to be recorded, driving means connecting the adjacent wheels in a manner such that each wheel other than said end wheel is Stepped from one position to the next in response to each full revolution of the adjacent wheel in the direction of said end wheel, and actuating means for effecting relative movement of said register away from said opening to a normal recording position in said housing and toward said opening to a marking position wherein a row of marking elements on said wheels are disposed within said opening for contact with a record card positioned opposite the opening, said actuating means comprising top and bottom telescoping sections of said housing which are adapted to be telescoped to contracted positions to move said register from recording position to marking position and to be extended to move said register from marking position to recording position, a segment gear fixed to said register, and cam actuated segment gear means on one of said housing sections for meshing with said register gear to rotate said register in one direction from recording position to marking position in response to contraction of said housing sections and in the same direction from said marking position to said recording position in response to extension of said housing sections, said elements being arranged to stamp on said record card indicia representing the current accumulated event count in response to movement of said register to marking position.
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