US1142800A - Type-writing machine. - Google Patents

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H. CRUTCHLEY.

TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE H. 1910.

Patented June 15, 1915.

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TYPE WRITING MACHINE. APPLICATIN FILED JUNE II, 1910.

Patented June 15, 1915.

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* TEn STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

HARRY CRUTCHLEY, OF JERSEY. CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR T0 UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITER. COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

TYPE-WRITING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent. P t nted June 15, 1915. I

Application filed June 11, 1910. Serial No. 566,282.

To all who-m it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY CRUToHLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing in Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Type- Writing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to tabulating mechanisms for typewriting and other machines.

I provide a compound rack or plate having several rows of perforations extending parallel with the direction of feed of the carriage; column stops being adjustably mounted thereon, with their lower ends projecting through the perforations to engage a key-controlled counter-stop. By providing several racks and a separate key-controlledstop for each rack, the column stops can be adj ustcd .1 or different columns. Certain of these column stops may also be arranged to permit decimal tabulating, said keys serving in this connection as decimal keys.

A further feature is the provision of an in'lproved column-skipping mechanism of simple and efficient design. Several stops are arranged in as many different racks, said stops extending in an-irregular diagonal line, across the series of racks and corresponding with the first printing points in the several columns. The series of key-op.- erated stops are used one for each rack, and each key cooperates only with the column stop in its associated rack, to enable the carriage to be skipped past one or more columns, depending upon the key depressed.

The invention provides simple and efi'ective means for enabling a typewriting machine to be used to attain any two or more of the foregoing objects, that is to say, the machine may be used either for ordinary column tabulating work, or for decimal I tabulating work, or for such work as requires the skipping or jumping of the carriage across one or more columns, or for any two or all of such purposes.

Other features and advantages will hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view, partly broken away, of the rack and key-controlled stops. Fig. 2 is a plan of the key' controlled stops and guide. casing. Fig. 3 is a detail of one of said key-controlled stops. Fig.4 is a part sectional end view showing the invention applied to an Underwood writing machine. 5 is a plan, showing the column stops on the compound rack, set to accord with the columnar arrangements of several different forms. Fig. 6 is a similar view, showing the column stops set for column-skipping. Fig. 7 is a similar view, showing the column stops arranged for both decimal tabulating and column selecting. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a column stop holder.

The carriage 1 of an Underwood writing machine is mounted on the front and rear rails 2 and 3 of a frame 4:, it being drawn in holder or casing 14 at the rear of the ma-.

chine, and provided with returning springs 13". Said levers are fulcrumed on a rod 12. Said rods 18 have shoulders 17, to lift a bar 18 fast 011 a shaft 19, to turn the latter and rock an armQO, that is connected'by a link 21 with one end of a releasing lever 22, pivoted at 23, whose opposite end disengages the rack 6 from the escapement pinion 7, to enable the'spring 5 to drive the carriage freely;

About simultaneously with the release of 90, the carriage 1, stop 2 10n the top of rod 13 is projected into the path of a column stop '25, depending from a table, plate or support 26, extending rearwardly from the carriage 1 over the key-controlled stops 24, to arrest the carriage. Said table is provided with several rows of seats or holes 27, each row constituting a rack extending lengthwise of the carriage, (numbered as shown in the right in Fig. 1). Said table may be regard we 4 generally ten, although in some cases fewer 1 05 grooves 28 in the casing 14. The several key-controlled 24 he may be used. The rods are guided one behind another in a row transverse to the direction of 'movement of the carriage, so that each key-controlled stop cotiperates only with those column stops (one or more), which are mounted in the particular rack beneath which it is located. The upper ends of the rods '13, (except the first, 24:),lt16, bent ordirected rearwardly as at 32, then laterally, as at 33, and then upwardly to form the stops (see Figs. 1, 2 and 3), the bent arms 32, oi the successive rods increasing in length, from left to right in the drawings, so that-the stops 24 may he beneath their respective racks 27'. The stop rods 13 and the operating keys 12 are arranged in rows extending in'the direction of the carriage travel. The stops 24 may be otherwise formed and mounted and connected to the keys.

In Fig. 1, the stop 24 cotiperating with the stops in rack N0. 5,'is shown projected into the path of the column stops 25 of said rack. Thus, the first key-controlled stop 24' may be struck by the column stops 25 seated in the rack No. 1 on the table-26, and so on. v

Each column stop is preferably in the form of a stud, (Fig. 1), one end 34-01 which is reduced to lit into the seats in the rack 27 and to depend below the. rack, to engage the key-controlled stops; and being shouldered, as at 35, to rest on the top of the rack. The column stops are interchangeably mounted in any of.the seats .ofthe racks. A scale 36 extending parallel with the racks 27, and corresponding to the usual letter-spacing scale on the front of the frame, enables the column steps 25 to be properly located.

In the usual tabulating work, the column stops 25 are seated along any one of the numbered racks or rows of seats, as that numbered 1 for instance, (Fig. 5), said stops being spaced at intervals equal to the die column to that in. the next column.

tance between the first printing point in one The carriage being at the first column, the depression of that key 12 which cooperates with the column stops in rack N0. 1, releases the carriage from its letter-feeding mechanism, and throws the key-controlled stop 24: into the path of the first of-the'series of column stops 25 to arrest the carriage at the -first rin'tin oint in the second column D v 7 and latter the entry has been made, the deprestion of the same key projects its stop 24Finto the 'paihuolthesecond column stop in the same raeh gi'i o ellect the ancestor the carriage at the first printing next column, and so on; a

in case several blanks or forms,

point in the having 7 different columnararrangements, are to be filled outfrom" time to time, the column stops 1n a second row, (as No. 2,- Fig. 5), maybe ad usted to: accord w ththe intervals between the columnsof the second printed blank, the stops in a third row/(No. 3, Fig.

5), being arranged withregard to the column arrangement of a third blank, and so on. When any of the dill'erent blanks is being written, that particular key-controlled stop 2%, which cotiperates with the rack bearing the series of column stops that is set for the particular blank, is operated to jump the carriage from column. to column. Thus loss of time incident to resetting the stops for each different blank or form is avoided. The machine is capable of properly spacing the entries in as many forms as there are racks, but while ten racks are indicated in Fig. 5, it will be seen that the number can. be reduced if desired. It will also be understood that the stops may be arranged on the several racks to accord with various columnar arrangements on different sections of the same thereby facilitating the, work of filling out said form or blank.

For decimal tabulating, the keys 12 are used as ordinary decimal'keys. The column stops 25 may bearranged in the seats in echelon across the compound rack 2-6 in one or more series (Fig. 7), each series corresponding with av separate column on the work sheet, each column stop in one series lyingone letter-space'in advance of or bebind the preceding. or succeeding stop. in the adjacent racks. in Fig. 7,'for example, the stops are arranged in series of tens extend ing from any one of the seats in r w No. 1 to row No. 10. The projection of the last key-controlled stop 2% into the path of the column stop 25 of the series of decimally printed form or blank,

rest the carriage at diiierent points between the decimal-and the seventh digit.

To facilitate the location and the insertion of the column stops in the racks 27 when it is desired to use the mechanism for decimal tabulating, a series of column stops 25 may be fixed in a holder 37 (Fig.8), the lower ends of the column stops projecting below the holder to pass through aseries'of seats extending obliquely across the comstops iae pound rack 26, to engage the key-controlled The sides of the holder lie about parallel with the series of stops 25 to economize space, so that as many such hold ers can be employed side left ll'l'Flg. 7.),as desired.

. Theadj ustmentct the mechanism for col byside, (as the key-controlled stop 24, which lies in the were employed. The .carriage being in the first column, the operation of the first key-controlled stop 24 will release and then arrest the carriage at the first printing point in the second column. In case no further entry is to be made in that line until the fourth colhowever, the operation of the third path of the column stop 25 for the fourth column only, Will enable the carriage to skip from the first column to the printing point of the first character in said fourth column. In' Fig. 7, an arrangement of stops is shown illustrating one of the large number of purposes to which the invention can be adapted. The stops 25 for the first column are shown decimally arranged (at the extreme right of the drawing), and when printing in this column, the stops 24 are usedas decimal stops. Successive stops '25 are arranged diagonally across the compound rack to. enable the carriage to be skipped past one or more columns after the first column, the position of the carriage re garding the last. two columns being controlled by two series of decimally arranged stops on the compound rack. This device may also be used for column skipping, since the keys are associated respectively with the several stops on said bar 37, and hence by depressing any desired key the carriage may be positioned by a corresponding stop on said bar. The invention is not limited to the form of bar 37 shown, nor to the special arrangement of stops thereon. M Variations may 'bei'esorted to Within the scope of the-invention,"an'd portions of the improvements may be used Without others.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim:

1. In a typewriting machine having a power-driven carriage, a tabulating mechanism comprising means to release the carriage to enable the carriage to jump from column to column, and means to control the jump of the carriage whenso released, said controlling means comprising a compound rack attached to the carriage, and having a number of rows of seats arranged about parallelto the line of movement of the carriage,

column stops removably mounted in said seats according to the positions in the printmg line at which the carriage is to be arrested, and selective key-operated stops, one for each row on the rack to project into the path of the stops of its particular row to ar rest the rack and carriage; the key-operated stops having movement in a line substantially perpendicular to the raek and having offsets transverse to the rack and of different lengths so that each stop lies opposite its respective row.

2. In a typewriting machine having a power-drivencarriage, a tab ula'ting mecha- IllSIIl comprising meanstorelease the carcolumn to column, means to control the jump of the carriage when so released, said controlling means comprising a compound rack attached to the carriage, and having several rows of seats arranged allel to the line of movement of the car riage, column stops removably menntedin said seats, and selective key-operated rods, one for each of the ro vs o ni tlie compound rack, stops on the riods "to' project into the path of the coiu n'" stops of its particular roW to arrest th carriage; the stops having movement in ine substantially perpendic ular to the hitch and having ofi'sets transverse to the rack and of different lengths to bring each stop opposite its respective row,

and having other offsets of different lengthsrection of movement of the carriage, and a column stop holder in which are fixedly mounted several column stops in predetermined relation, said holder with its stops removably/mounted on the rack to, engage the key-controlled stops to arrest the carriage atan'y one of several printing iirasingle column.

4'. The combination with a carriage, of a tabulating mechanism comprising a set of keys and removable holders having stops, a set of counter-stops corresponding to said stops, whereby each stop can coiiperate only with its associated counter-stop, keys to operate said counter-stops, and carriage releasing mechanism operable by said keys.

5. The combinationjof a carriage, a tabulating mechanism comprising a rack, stops adjustable thereon, a set of keys, counterstops controlled by said keys; said rack having rows of seats for said stops, all of the seats in each row being at letter-space intervals, there being a key for each row and a suificient number of rows to permit said keys to be employed for either column-skipping or decimal tabulating, at will, and removable holders having stops to 'coiiperate with the respective counter-stops.

6. The combination of a carriage, a tabulating mechanism comprising a rack, stops adjustable thereon, a set of keys, and counter-stops controlled by said keys, said rack having rows of seats for said of the seats in each row being at letterspace intervals, there being at least one key for each row and a suflicient number of said rows and stops to permit said keys to be riage to enable themarriage to jump from about par he stop-engaging faces/intp aline pointsstops, all

employed for either column-skipping or decimal tabulating at will without varying the operated position of the stops.

7. The combination of a carriage, a tabulating mechanism comprisinga rack fast on the carriage, stops adjustable thereon, a set of keys, counter-stops controlled by said keys, said rack having rows of seats for said stops, all of the seats in each row being at letter-space intervals, there being one key for each row and a suliicient number of said rows and stops to permit said keys to be ei'nployed for either column-skipping or decimal tabulating at will without providing more thanone stop position for each stop and counter-stop,'and carriage-releasing mechanism; operable by the'stop-setting strokes of said keys.

8. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a frame and a' power-driven carriage, of a tabulating mechanism comprising a series of key-controlled stops on the frame, a rack having rows ofseats-extending substantially parallel with thedircction of movement of the carriage, and a column stop holder having a plurality of column stops, said holder being adjustable to different columnar positions on the rack for c'o-action with the key-controlled stops, to arrest the carriage at-any one of several printing points in the column for which said holder is set.

9. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a carriage, and means by which only co'lumnarselection can be efiiected at one part of the carriage travel, and by which only denominational selection can be effected at another part of the carriage travel, and by which the position of the carriage in its travel fromone side of the machine to the other determines automatically which kind of selection can be effected, said -means comprising columnar devices, de-

nominationa'l devices, and. arresting means cotiperative therewith.

10. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a carriage; and tabulating mechanism including means by which a columnar selection only, can beefiected at one part of the travelcoftheucarriage and a dencmin'a tional selectiononly canbe eii'ected at another partof the travel'of. the carriage, and means for afl'ording an adjustment of parts of the mechanism for varying the point in includ the travel ofthecarriage Where the mecha r I I nism becomes mo era-tive for columnar selection and operat ve for denominational selection.

11. a typewriting machine, the combination of a carriage; and denominational andcolnmn selecting mechanism 'ngmeans b wl l l .tabulating 33% as a 3 on the position of the carriage in its line of travel.

12/111. a typewriting machine, the combination of a carriage; and denomi' stional and column selecting mechanism inc riding means by which said t-ahulating mechanism depending is necessarily operative at one time as a dev vice versa. I

13. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a carriage, a series of column stops, a stepped stop, means to engage both said column stops and said stepped stop, and keys operatively' connected to said engaging means. i

. 14. In a typewriting machine and tabulating mechanism, the combination of tabulator keys, and means whereby said keys are automatically rendered operative or effective at one time as column selecting keys and at another time as denomination selecting keys, said means comprising a carriage, a

series of column stops, a stepped. stop, and arresting means controlled by said-keys and cooperative with said column stops and said stepped stop.

15. in a typewriting machine and tabulat- 1 ing mechanism, the combination of tabulator keys, and means whereby sald keys are automatically rendered operative or effective at one time as column selecting keys;

and at another time as denomination select ing keys, the position of the carriage in its line of travel determining whether the keys are operative for denominational selection ing a carriage, a series of column stops movorfor column selection, said means comprisable with the carriage, asteppedstop moved by the, carriage, and'arresting means controlled by said keys and coiiperative with said column stops and with said stepped stop, the construction, and arrangement of the parts being such that said arresting means may he brought into cooperative relation with one of said column stops but not with said stepped stop during one portion of the travel of the carriageand may be brought into cotiperative relation with said stepped stop but not with said column'stops at another portion of the travel sit the carriage.

' it. in typewriting machine, the ccnibh nation ct acarriage; and tabulator mechanism comprising traveling steps of two ditferent characters, and key controlled means cooperative with traveling stops oi one clean aster one portion only tit-the travel of the carri column seiection and cooperative with traveling stops of a difierent character at another portion only of the travel of the carriage ion-denominationalselection, 17. In a typewriting' machine, the combiof a1 carpiege; and tabulating mecha- I'usniincludingifiedns by which said mechanism isoperative successively a, predetermined nnmber of times during the writing is thereafter operative during the Writing of the same line as a denominational seleotor only', the change of conditions taking place automatically.

. HARRY ORUTOHLEY.

Witnesses:

K. FRANKFORT, .C. Rummy.

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