Printing control means for accounting machines

Claim 1

IN A DEVICE OF THE CLASS DESCRIBED, HAVING AN ACCOUNTING MACHINE, A FEEDING DEVICE FOR FEEDING RECORD MEMBERS TO THE ACCOUNTING MACHINE, AND A DATA INPUT DEVICE FOR ENTERING INFORMATION INTO THE ACCOUNTING MACHINE, SAID ACCOUNTING MACHINE INCLUDING PRINTING MEANS, COMPUTATION MEANS, RECORD MEMBER RECEIVING AND POSITIONING MEANS, AND MEANS TO CAUSE A RECORD MEMBER TO BE POSITIONED FOR PRINTING ON ITS FIRST AVAILABLE LINE SPACE FOLLOWING A BALANCE OPERATION IN WHICH PRINTING HAS TAKEN PLACE IN THE LAST AVAILABLE LINE SPACE OF A RECORD MEMBER, SAID ACCOUNTING MACHINE BEING CAPABLE OF PERFORMING COMPUTATIONS AND RECORDING THE RESULTS AS ITEM AND BALANCE ENTRIES ON SUCCESSIVE LINE SPACES IN A FIRST COLUMN AND A SECOND COLUMN ON A RECORD MEMBER, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING LINE DETECTING MEANS FOR DETECTING THE EXHAUSTION OF AVAILABLE LINE SPACES IN EACH COLUMN OF THE RECORD MEMBER; COLUMN DETECTING MEANS CAPABLE OF ASSUMING EITHER ONE OF TWO CONDITIONS, DEPENDING UPON WHETHER RECORDING IS TAKING PLACE IN THE FIRST COLUMN OR THE SECOND COLUMN OF THE RECORD MEMBER; OPERATION CONTROL MEANS CONTROLLED BY THE LINE DETECTING MEANS AND BY THE CONDITION OF THE COLUMN DETECTING MEANS ACCORDING TO THE RECORD MEMBER LINE AND COLUMN BEING PRINTED UPON TO ENERGIZE WHEN THE LAST LINE SPACE IN THE FIRST COLUMN OF A RECORD MEMBER HAS BEEN EXHAUSTED; FIRST DISABLING MEANS CONTROLLED BY ENERGIZATION OF THE OPERATION CONTROL MEANS AND CAPABLE OF PREVENTING OPERATION OF THE FEEDING DEVICE WHEN THE LAST LINE SPACE IN THE FIRST COLUMN OF A RECORD MEMBER HAS BEEN EXHAUSTED; SECOND DISABLING MEANS CONTROLLED BY ENERGIZATION OF THE OPERATION CONTROL MEANS AND CAPABLE OF PREVENTING OPERATION OF THE DATA INPUT DEVICE WHEN THE LAST LINE SPACE IN THE FIRST COLUMN OF A RECORD MEMBER HAS BEEN EXHAUSTED; NEW BALANCE MEANS CONTROLLED BY ENERGIZATION OF THE OPERATION CONTROL MEANS, AND OPERABLE TO INITIATE AUTOMATICALLY A NEW BALANCE OPERATION OF THE ACCOUNTING MACHINE WHEN THE LAST LINE SPACE IN THE FIRST COLUMN OF A RECORD MEMBER HAS BEEN EXHAUSTED; BALANCE PICK-UP MEANS FOR AUTOMATICALLY INITIATING A BALANCE PICK-UP OPERATION IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING A NEW BALANCE OPERATION INITIATED BY THE NEW BALANCE MEANS; MEANS CONTROLLED BY INITIATION OF A BALANCE PICK-UP OPERATION TO CAUSE DEENERGIZATION OF THE OPERATION CONTROL MEANS, THUS RENDERING THE FIRST AND SECOND DISABLING MEANS INOPERABLE, AND PERMITTING FURTHER OPERATION OF THE FEEDING DEVICE AND THE DATA INPUT DEVICE; AND PRINT CONTROL MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE PRINTING MEANS OF THE DEVICE TO CAUSE PRINTING TO TAKE PLACE IN THE SECOND COLUMN OF THE RECORD MEMBER IN AN ITEM ENTRY OPERATION FOLLOWING THE NEW BALANCE OPERATION, WHEREBY RECORDING ON THE RECORD MEMBER DURING AN ITEM ENTRY OPERATION FOLLOWING SAID BALANCE PICK-UP OPERATION TAKES PLACE IN THE FIRST AVAILABLE LINE SPACE OF THE SECOND COLUMN OF THE RECORD MEMBER.