LABOR-SAVING MACHINES

Evening Star, Issue 11512, 1 April 1901, Page 4

LABOR-SAVING MACHINES

Messrr Austin W»lsh and Co., of Auckland, have had on exhibition at Messrs Crust and Crust's rooms two laborsaving machines, which shewed not oply much ingenuity but a simple effectiveness fiat was astonishing. One of the machines was the "Dev" time-register. This automatically registers the incoming and outgoing times of each employe. On a large circular strip of metal are numbered holes, one of which is allotted to each employe and on a dial are fixed pointers indicating the different parts of tie day; whilst, in addition, there is a clock. Workman No. 1 conies in, pulls a handle, and punches his number. A bell rings within, wheels. revolve, and the time of punching is recorded opposite the workman's number on a strip of paper inside. Workman Jfo. 2 and the rest repeat the operation in their own nunv hers. The same thing happens when the dinner hour comes round, and so on throughout the day. The second machine is an automatic cashier. It goes "one better" than the cash register, as it gives out the exact change required, be it sid or £2 19s Hid i and gives neither more nor less than the required amount. The operation is simple. The key or keys representing the change you want are pressed and from the exit slot comes the money. This latter machine materially lessens the work of the cashier. Both machines are products of American inventiveness.