US1698829A - Combined typewriting and card-perforating machine - Google Patents

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Jan. 15; 1929. 1,698,829

J. A. B. SMITH COMBINED TYPEWRITING AND CARD PERFORATING MACHINE Filed March 9, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INwIcE No DAY Mu Jan. 15, 1929. 1,698,829

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I TESSE A. B. SMITH, OF STAMFORD, CONNECTTCUT, .ASSIGNOR TO UNDERWOOD ELLIOTT 'FISHER COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N.

Y., A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

GOMBINED TYPEWRITING A ND CARD-PERFORATING MACHINE.

Application filed March'9, 1926. SeIiaI No. 93,389.

This invention relates to typewriting machines, and particularly to means whereby the task of the operator in writing from a copy and also in setting tabulating stops for different forms of such copy may be facilitated and made easier.

The invention is illustrated as applied to an Underwood typewriting machine coupled to a Powers key-punch, said key-punch being substantially of the type shown in the patent to J. Powers, No. 1,299,022, dated April 1, 1919, and hereinafter called a cardperforator. For coupling purposes the typewriter and card-perforator are necessarily so positioned relatively to each other that a direct view of the settable tabulating stops at the rear of the typewriter is obstructed by overlapping portions of" the typewriter and card-perforator. It is consequently diflicult for an operator to set these stops by means of the regular tabulating stop-setting scale provided for this purpose. The stops form part of the well-known Underwood column-tabu lating mechanism and are settable in a rockable frame at the rear of the typewriter and when not set are free to be moved longitudinally of said frame-on a rod. To set a stop it-is moved to the proper position and rotated about the rod so that formations upon the stop interlock with similar formations in the frame, and hold the stop longitudinally of the frame. The stops, when set, project from the frame,'and when the frame is rocked, by

means including the usual tabulating key, the projections lie in the path of a carriage stop that cooperates therewith in tabulating.

One object of this invention is to provide means whereby tabulating stops may be set without a direct view of said stops, and the usual adjacent setting scale, the use of said setting scale being dispensed with entirely. There areprovided a gaging arm swingably mounted upon the typewriter-carriage to be swung into and out of effective gagingposition, with a stopdevice limiting the swing of the arm to either position, and a spring to keep the arm normally clear of the tabulating stops on the carriage. The arm may be fastened to a rock-shaft, which extends toward and beyond one side of the typewriter-carriage, and may have a finger-piece operative to rotate the rock-shaft and swing the arm into effective gaging position. Suitable bearings for the shaft project from the under side of the rear paper-table of the typewriter=' carriage. The gaging arm is aligned to the carriage-stop so that a stop set thereagainst card is inserted in the typewriter for typing. I

these forgo-headings are substantially out of sight, beiiig hidden from view by the structure of the machine. A strip including said form-headings may be cut from one of the cards and used as a scale to indicate to the operator which item-column or letter-space 'thereof is at the printing point. Suitable frames or holders for the scale-strips are provided, and. the holders interchangeably mountable at the front of the typewriter-carriage.

Another, feature of this invention is the provision of means-to hold a pack of slips or copy-sheets and present the data thereon to the view of the operator. For this purpose there is provided a holder in which the slips are placed and from which they may be re moved one at a time This holder is mounted behind and. above the typewriter-carriage. so that the slips are in the readable range and line of vision of the operator and also readily accessible. Provision is made so that holder of different dimensions and capacities may be use Other features and advantages will here inafter appear.

Inthe accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective View, showing a rear portion of the Underwood typewriter and carriage, and the means for setting the ings of the card which may be included in a strip cut therefrom, said strip to be used as a scale.

Figure 4 is a planv ew of a combined typewriter and card-perforating machine, showing features of this invention.

Figure 5 is a perspective View of one end of the scale-holder, showing the abutment for supporting said end and the clamp-screw therefor. This View also shows means for holding a scale-strip in the scale-holder.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of' the other end of the scale-holder and theabutment therefor, and shows the means of attachment between said end and abutment.

The bottom edge of a card 15 is inserted under the under-cut edge 16 of a card-holder 17 secured to and against a platen 18 of an Underwood typewriter by attachments at the ends of said platen. Said card-holder is shown in detail in the pending application of Joseph Lindburg, Serial No. 700,809, filed March 21, 1924 (now Patent No. 1,600,235, dated September 21, 1926). After a card is thus inserted, said card-holder with the platen is rotated counter-clockwise of Figure 2 and the card brought to the position shown in said figure. In this position the card is ready to be written upon below the upper edge thereof.

Keys 19, when depressed, cause levers, partly shown at 20, to.swing about a fulcrum 21, and operate bell-cranks, partly shown at 22, to swing type-bars 23 about a fulcrum 24 to print against said platen 18 at a common printing point behind .a type-guide 18", see Figure 4. The usual escapement-mechanism for letter-feeding includes a universal bar 25 actuable in the usual manner by a heel of any type-bar. A'rearward extension 26 of said universal bar engages a do -rocker 27 and causes said dog-rocker to vi rate upon each stroke of a t e-key. Said dog-rocker is pivoted at 28, and has thereon, besides a fixed lating mechanism for positioning said carriage .includes a tabulatin key 42 on a tabulating'key-leve'r 43 which 1s fulcrumed at 21.

- By means of a draw-link 44, operation of said tabulating key-lever rocks a frame 45 pivotally supported between the typewriter side .frames 46 by a pivot-screw 47 in each side frame. Said frame. 45 includes a cross-bar :18 having notches 49 formed on its lower edge. The. spacing of these notches is equal to a letter-feeding step, which, in the present formeof theinvention, is of an inch, which is the spaging between the vertical columns of hole-spaces of the card. The frame 45 also includes a circular; rod 50, u on which is mounted. oneor more tabulating stops 51.

Each stop has tenon formations 52 which,

when said stop is rotated toward the bar 48 and set therein, interlock with notches 49 and hold said stop longitudinally of said frame 45. The stops when not set are clear of the cross-bar 48 and free to be moved along the rod 50, and are thereby settable' along said rod and into any of said notches 49. Means according to which said stops may be set include 7 an arm 53 fastened to a rock-shaft 54, which is rotatably mounted in a bracket 55 having ears 56 and 57 with bearing holes therein for said rock-shaft. The rock-shaft is secured against lateral displacement by a collar 58 bearingagainst the ear 56, and by the arm 53 bearing against the bpposite ear 57. The rock-shaft 54 extends beyond the side of the typewriter-carriage, and has formed upon its outer end a crank-handle 59, by means of which it may be rotated. The bracket 55 is fastened to the under side of a paper-table 60 which is part of the carriage 35. The stops 51 when not set in the bar 48 project rearwardly and away from said bar, and, as already mentioned, are in this position movable along the rod 50. The rock-shaft 54 may be rotated until the lower part 53 of the arm 53 will lie in the path of said stops, as they are moved along the rod 50. When said lower part thus lies in said ath, the side of said lower part may be use as a gaging abutment against which a stop 51 may be set, as shown in Figure 1. The arm 53 is normally kept out of effective gaging position in order to clear the unset tabulating stops when the carriage moves. For this purpose a torsion spring 54 is provided. One end of this spring reacts against the bracket 55, and the other end presses the arm 53 against a pin 55 projecting'from the ear 57, said pin limiting the swing of the arm to its ineffective gaging position. The arm 53 has a spur 56 which, stoppingagainst the pin 55 when said arm is rotated to its gaging position, limits the swing of said arm to said gaging position. The arm- 53 is so positioned laterally that, when a stop is set against it, the tenon formations 52 on said stop will register with the notches 49. Furthermore, the position of said arm relative to a carriage-stop 61 is such that a stop, set according to the gaging face of said arm and into the notches 49 while the carriage is in any position, will be effective to stop the carriage in that position in tabulating.

A tabulating stop may be set for any predetermined position of the carriage by bringing the carriage to said position and then setting the stop according to the gaging abutment against the arm 53. To determine said position, there is provided a scale-device, which includes a scale-holder 62 mounted upon two brackets ,63- fastened to the front cross-bar 64 'of the typewriter-carriageframe. To secure said scale-holder upon said brackets, there is provided in the righthand bracketa stud 65 having ahead 65 tions 82.

(see Figure 6) spaced from the surface upon which said holder abuts by the thickness of said holder. A notch 66 in the end of said holder embraces this stud and underlies its head. The other end of the'scale-holder has a notch 67, which embraces a screw 68 underlying a shoulder 69 thereof. Said screw is threaded into the surface of the other bracket upon which said other end of the scale-holder abuts, and, when tightened, clamps and secures said holder. The opposite longitudinal edges of said holder are curled or otherwise grooved to form channels 70, in which a scale strip 71 may be inserted. A resilient clip 72 pressing upon the face of said holder serves to hold said scale-strip -71 when an end thereof is inserted under said clip. In the illustrated form of the invention, said clip is formed separately from said holder and includes a body-portion 73, which fits the channels in which it is inserted and suitably fastened. Said body portion conforms to the notch 67. A shoulder Tet, formed by the edge of the channel 70, may serve to retain said holder by bearing against surface 75 of the screw 68 when said screw is tightened. \Yhere the holder'is made of sheetmetal, the clip may be integral with the holder by being included in the blank from which the holder is formed. It will be noted that the position of the scale-strip T1 is adjustable to a limited extent by sliding said scale longitudinally in the holder -while pressed upon by said clip. An index pointer 76 is provided and is readable upon any scale-strip inserted in saidlholder. Said pointer is stationary relatively to the movement of the carriage and is fastened to the cap-rail '77 of the typewriter.

By making said scale-strip removable, different forms and kinds of scales for different purposes may be interchanged. With the illustrated form of this invention, for example, a scale may be a heading strip cut from a card, as shown in Figure 3, along lines 7 8 spaced to make a strip wide enough to fit betw en the channels 70. It will be understood that the item-columns or parts thereof on the card, as they pass the printing point, must be in accord with the columns or parts thereof indicated on the scale-strip. For this reason it is necessary that the cards be placed around the platen in a position that is laterally uniform with respect. to said platen. The card holder 17 has accordingly a stop ping edge 17 against which the end of the card is set.

There is provided a copy-sheet-holder 7 9 mounted between thdcard-perforator and typewriter, and consists essentially of a back portion 80, a bottom portion '81 and side por- A ledge 83,.or similar projection, is formed on the bottom portion 81 substantially forward of the back portion 80. This ledge projecting upwardly braces the lower part of a pack of copy-slips 84 and prevents said lower part from slipping forward and allowing the pack to settle out of normal position. It will be seen that the copy-holder with its pack of slips is within the readable range of an operator of the machine, and is also easily accessible to said operator, so that the slips therein may be removed one by one. The copy-holder is mounted on a platform formed by a cover 85 over the racks 86 and 87 and the pinion 88. Said cover is fastened to a cross-bar 89, surmounting said pinion, by means of screws 90, and said screws may be used to attach both the copy-holder and the cover to said cross-bar. The cover is spaced from the cross-bar by spacers 91. The copy-holder is in this manner elevated above a platform 92 of the perforator and supported by the column 93 raised from said platform and upon which the pinion 88 rotates.

The typewriter is used jointly with a cardperforator for producing record-cards having holes punched therein, said holes being.

representative of certain data which is also written below the upper edge of the card, as already mentioned. After the data has been written, the platen 18 with the card is rotated counter-clockwise of Figure 2, to bring the edge 16 of the card-holder 17 substan tially in line with the upper surface of a table 97 forming part of the typewriter-carriage, and the card, free of said platen, may be slid rearwardly over said table and a rearwardlyprojectingsurface 98 on the paper-table 60 onto the platform 92, along which it may be slid into rollers 99. Said rollers, upon depression of a'perforating cycle-starting key, carry the card under punches 100, certain ones of which are effective to punch holes therein during said cycle. The punches underlie a bank of setting pins 101. Vherever a hole is to be punched, one or two of these pins may be depressed and set by the operation of the typewriter-keys. Setting of these pins by operation of the typewriter-keys is accomplished by said keys operating plungers 102, and causing contacts within a case 103 to close. When said contacts are thus closed, electromagnetic solenoids, notshown, within a case 104 on the perforator are energized.

Said solenoids when energized attract plung- 'card-perforator are shown in the pending application of Alfred G lf. Kurowski, Serial No. 48,723, filed August 7, I925.

Variations may be resorted to within the scope of the invention, and portions of the imIpIrOVements may be used without others.

aving thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In a typewriting machine having a movable carriage, the combination of a scaleholding member, said member being elongate and having turned longitudinal edges where; in the longitudinal edges of a scale may be inserted and the scale thereby retained, a resilient clip embodied in one end of said member and exerting pressure thereon, so that one end of the scale may be inserted under said clip and the scale substantially held by said pressure against longitudinal displacement, brackets fixed upon said carriage, each bracket presenting a surface upon which one end of said member may abut, a screw havinga clamping shoulder and threaded into one of said surfaces, a stud in the other of said surfaces, said stud having a shoulder spaced from said surface to clear the thickness of said member, said member having a notch in one end thereof embracing said stud and underlying its shoulder, and also having a transverse notch substantially near the other end but in the longitudinal edge of'said member, said transverse notch embracing said screw and underlying the shoulder thereof which clamps said member when said screw is tightened, and an index-pointer readable upon the scale inserted in said member, said pointer being fixed and stationary relatively to the movement of said carriage.

,2; In a typewriting machine, having a traveling carriage, a platen and "a paper-table to direct a work-sheet to the rear of the platen, the combination of'tabulating mechanism including a series of settable stops swingable to intercept and arrest said carriage in tabulating, and means for individually setting said stops relatively to the carriage travel, said means including a present- ,able side-gaging and stop-positioning arm against which a stop may be manually adjusted to predetermine acolumn-stop setting,

, said arm being supported by a shaft secured to the paper-table and formed with a handle for rocking said arm into a stop-setting position. i

3. In a typewriting machine having a.

iELVCllllg carriage, a platen and a paper-table to direct a work-sheet tothe rear of the platen, the combination of tabulating mechanism including a series of settable stops swingable to intercept and arrest saidqcarriage in tabulating, and means for ndividually setting. said stops relatively to the carv ulatin riage travel, said means including a 'present- I able side-gaging and stop-positioning arm against which a stop may be manually adjusted to predetermine a column-stop setting, said arm having a rock-shaft and an operating crank wholly supported by the papert-able to overhang the tabulating stops and be rocked by the crank into a stop-setting position. i

4. In a typewriting machine having a traveling carriage, a platen and a paper-table todii'ect a work-sheetto the rear of the platen, the combination of tabulating mechanismincluding a series of settable stops swingable to intercept and arrest said carriage in tabulating, and means for individually setting said stops relatively to the carriage travel, said means including a presentable side-gaging and stop-positioning arm against which a stop may be manually adjusted to predetermine a column-stop setting, said arm having a shaft mounted in a bracket secured to the paper-table and formed with a crank operative to rock the shaft and swing the arm between stop-positions on the bracket to arrest the swing of said arm at a stop-setting position.

5. In a typewriting machine having a travcling carriage, a platen and a paper-table to direct a work-sheet to the rear of the platen, the combination of tabulating mechanism including a series of settable stops swingable to intercept and arrest said carriage in tab-' or and means for individually setting said sthps relatively to the carriage travel,

said means including a presentable side-gaging and stop positioning arm wholly supported by the paper-table to overhang the stops and against which a stop may be manually adjusted to predetermine a column-stop setting.

6. In a typewriting machine having a traveling carriage, a platen and a paper-table case-shiftable in typing upper or lower case characters, the combination of tabulating mechanism mounted upon the'frame of the machine under-the paper-table and including a series of settable stops swingable to intercept and arrest said carriage in tabulating, and means'for individually setting said stops relatively to the carriage travel, saidmeans including a presentable side-gaging and'stoppositioning arm against which a stop may be manually adjusted at any case-shift position. of the carriage to predetermine a column-stop setting, said arm being carried by a rock-shaft supported by the paper-table and formed with a crank to rock the shaft JESSE A, B. SMITH.

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