Time recorder

• US 5,317,547 A
• Filed: 10/05/1992
• Issued: 05/31/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Seiko Precision Incorporated (Seiko Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Seikosha Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Oishi, Katsumi
• Primary Examiner(s): Miska, Vit W.
• Application Number:
  US07/956,528
• Time in Patent Office: 603 Days
• Field of Search: 368/9, 368/10, 368/21, 368/28, 368/107-113, 235/377, 346/82-86, 346/134
• US Class Current: 368/10
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 1/06 with apparatus adapted for use with individual cards

Abstract

When a time card is inserted in a time recorder, for daily flextime, and selection is made of a work starting time column using a printing column selection key, the current time is printed onto a specific location of the work starting time column of the card. The printer time may be a work starting time rounded off in any desired manner. The standard number of work hours is stored in a memory circuit and any break times are added to the standard number to obtain an anticipated work ending time. The anticipated work ending time is displayed on a display unit and/or printed on the card.

Claims

1. A time recorder comprising a time counter for counting current time, means for sensing a time card, a display means, and control means for controlling the display means to display a time, as a work ending time, corresponding to a rounded off time corresponding to a time sensing the time card plus a predetermined time period.

2. A time recorder comprising a time counter, means for initiating counting by said time counter, a display means and control means for controlling the display means to display a time corresponding to the time of initiation of said counting plus a predetermined time period:

said means for initiating counting by said counter comprising means for sensing a time card, and said means for controlling said display comprising a memory storing data corresponding to a predetermined time period and means for adding said predetermined time period from said memory to the time of initiation of counting by said counter for display on said display means.

3. In a work time recorder including means for sensing a time card having a plurality of printing columns, the time card having a first column for receiving a work starting time, and means for printing an output onto a specific column of the time card in response to insertion of said time card in said recorder, the improvement comprising:

time counting means;

a display for displaying time information;

selecting means for selecting a column of said time card;

means responsive to the time count of said counting means for controlling said printing means to print a work starting time corresponding to a current time on the column of said time card selected by said selector; and

means for controlling said display means to display a work ending time, said work ending time being the sum of said work starting time and a predetermined time period.

4. The work time recorder according to claim 3, wherein said means for controlling said printing means to print a work starting time comprises means for controlling said printing means to print a rounded off time corresponding to said current time.

5. The work time recorder according to claim 3, wherein said means for controlling comprises a memory storing a time corresponding to a number of working hours and a time corresponding to another time period, said predetermined time period being the sum of said number of working hours and said another time period.

6. In a work time recorder including means for sensing a time card having a plurality of printing columns, the time card having a first column for receiving a work starting time, and means for printing an output onto a specific column of the time card in response to insertion of said time card in said recorder, the improvement comprising:

time counting means;

selecting means for selecting a column of said time card;

means responsive to the time count of said counting means for controlling said printing means to print a work starting time corresponding to a current time on the column of said time card selected by said selector; and

means for controlling said printing means to print a work ending time on said card, said work ending time being the sum of said work starting time and a predetermined time period.

7. The work time recorder of claim 6, wherein said means for controlling said printing means to print a work starting time comprises means for controlling said printing means to print a rounded off time corresponding to said current time.

8. The work time recorder of claim 6, wherein said means for controlling comprises a memory storing a time corresponding to a number of working hours and a time corresponding to another time period, said predetermined time period being the sum of said number of working hours and said another time period.