WORKSHOP DISPATCH SYSTEM

• US 3,571,949 A
• Filed: 06/17/1969
• Issued: 03/23/1971
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/1969
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: John C. Gormley
• Original Assignee: John C. Gormley
• Inventors: Gormley, John C.
• Application Number:
  US04/833,929
• Time in Patent Office: 644 Days
• US Class Current: 434/108
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/00 Maps; Plans; Charts; Diagrams, e.g. route diagram star maps G09B27/04; devices for holding or supporting maps A47B97/02; for computing purposes G06G1/14, G09B1/16; display boards G09F

Abstract

A work scheduling and job dispatch system for use in workshops such as auto repair shops including a first pegboard section for inventorying available man/time intervals per job specialty performed in the shop, a second pegboard section for inventorying received work to be performed in the shop, and a plurality of pegs each identifying an employee and a preselected time interval, adapted for transfer between the pegboard sections whereby available man/time intervals per job specialty are assigned to the available work.

Claims

1. A workshop job dispatch system comprising:

a first pegboard section for inventorying available man/time intervals per job specialty comprising a flat base having a grid of holes arranged in rows and columns, and at least one additional column for listing and identifying shop employees by job specialty, a row of holes corresponding to each employee, said columns of holes corresponding to preselected time intervals at a working period;

a second pegboard section for inventorying received work to be performed comprising a flat base having a grid of sections arranged in rows and columns at least one of said columns suitable for listing and identifying customer work, a row of grid sections corresponding to each said customer work and at least one of said rows adapted to identify job specialties performed at the shop, a column of the grid section corresponding to each said job specialty, each said grid section adapted to receive peg means; and

a plurality of peg means, each said peg means adapted to identify an employee and a preselected time interval of a working period, said peg means adapted for placement in and transfer between said first and second pegboard sections whereby available man/time intervals per job specialty and received work can be efficiently matched.

2. A job dispatch system as set forth in claim 1 wherein said second pegboard section comprises a flAt base having a grid of holes arranged in rows and columns and a sheet overlying said base.

3. A job shop dispatch system as set forth in claim 1 wherein each said peg means is formed with an elongated crown adapted for vertical or horizontal orientation in said first and second pegboard sections.

4. A job shop dispatch system as set forth in claim 3 wherein the upper surface of said elongate crown forms an obtuse angle with two sides sloping from an apex, one side adapted to receive indicia identifying an employee, the other side adapted to receive indicia identifying a preselected time interval.

5. A workshop job dispatch system comprising:

a first pegboard section for inventorying available man/time intervals per job specialty comprising a flat base having a grid of holes arranged in rows and columns, and at least one additional column for listing and identifying shop employees by job specialty, a row of holes corresponding to each employee, said columns of holes corresponding to preselected time intervals of a working period;

a second pegboard section for inventorying received work to be performed comprising a flat base having a grid of holes arranged in rows and columns and a flat sheet adapted for placement over the flat base, said sheet formed with a grid of sections arranged in rows and columns corresponding to and arranged for overlying the holes of said flat base at least one of said columns suitable for listing and identifying customer work, a row of grid sections corresponding to each said customer work, and at least one of said rows adapted to identify job specialties performed at the shop, a column of the grid sections corresponding to each said job specialty, each said grid section adapted to receive peg means for insertion in the corresponding hole; and

a plurality of peg means, each said peg means adapted to identify an employee and a preselected time interval of a working period, said peg means adapted for placement in and transfer between said first and second pegboard sections whereby available man/time intervals per job specialty and received work can be efficiently matched.

6. A job dispatch system as set forth in claim 5 wherein each said peg means is formed with an elongated crown adapted for vertical or horizontal orientation in said first and second pegboard sections.