Cycle increment duration measuring and display unit
US4256953A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 31, 1978 |
| Grant date | Mar 17, 1981 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 31, 1998 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07C1/04
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus for motivating an operator's performance by measuring the durations in a plural step repeating work cycle of a machine of at least a step whose duration is mostly controlled by an operator and displaying for the operator's observation the duration of the immediately prior step, the average duration of said operator's steps from the beginning of a work period, the average of all operator's steps, a standard predetermined duration of the step and the maximum duration of the step that is added to the average together with displaying at least some of the same durations for at least one or more other steps performed during the cycle and/or of the complete cycle together with the number of down or non-operating occurrences and the elapsed time thereof.
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