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taro rate of speed to conform with the time
and to indicate the correct time of the arrival
and departure of the employees.
By having the transfer-strip G it is impos-
5 sible to tamper with the time at which the
name was written.
It is understood that by the arrangement
described the clockwork mechanism directly
actuates the drawing-rollers E E' and the roll-
10 ers draw the paper along and over the table
D at a regular speed, so that the signature of
the employee is affixed to the paper at the
correct time without the use of additional
devices. By the employment of the transfer-
15 strip G a mark is obtained on the paper corre-
sponding to the exact time at which the mark
is made.
Having thus fully described my invention,
I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters
20 Patent-
A time-recorder, comprising a casing formed
with an opening and a slot, a fixed table ex-
tending under the said opening, a pair of
clock-actuated drawing-rollers journaled in
25 the casing for drawing a sheet of paper overthe said table at the casing-opening to per-
mit of writing in a longitudinal direction on
the sheet, the latter being provided with a lon-
gitudinally-extending graduation indicating
hours and subdivisions in minutes, and ar- 30
ranged to appear in the said slot, the said
drawing-rollers imparting motion to the sheet
in such a manner that the sheet passes a fixed
point a distance between two graduation-
marks during the interval of one minute, the 35
sheet being also provided with spaced lines
for receiving the signatures of the persons at
the time indicated by the graduation at the
said slot, the lines extending in the direction
of the movement of the sheet, and a transfer- 40
strip extending transversely over the sheet
at the said opening above the said table and
across the said lines, to admit of transferring
a mark onto the paper alongside of the cor-
responding signature, substantially as shown 45
and described.
FREDERICK W. COOK, Jr.
Witnesses:
Will. OCHSE,
ADOLPH DREISS.2
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Cook, Frederick W., Jr. Time-Recorder., patent, April 12, 1898; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512064/m1/3/: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.