US605264A - Type writing machine - Google Patents

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GEORGE BFWVEBB, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE WYCKOFF,

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TYPE-WRITING MACHINE.

. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 605,264, dated June 7, 1898. Application filed September 14, 1895. Serial No. 562,488. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE B. WnB a citizen of the United States, anda resident of New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Typeriting Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention'is to provide type-writing machines with means 'for enabling the ready and accurate performance of What is known as column or tabular work; and to this end my invention consists in certain features of construction and combinations of devices, all as will be hereinafter more fully described,and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a central vertical section of a type-writing machine embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a partial top view of the spacing bar or key with the tabulatin g or column keyapplied thereto. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the machine. Fig. 4 is a partial plan view taken at the rear side of the machine. Fig. 5 is a rear detail view of a feed-rack, a series of adj ustable column-stops, and theirsupporting-rod. Fig. 6 is an enlarged partial plan of the column-stop rod shown at Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is an enlarged vertical section taken at the line 00 w of Fig. 5. Fig. 8 is a similar section, but with the column-stop turned upwardly, the view also illustrating the mode of adjustment. Fig. 9 is an elevation of the tabulating or column stop key. Fig. 10 is a plan View of the stop connected thereto, and Fig. 11 is a similar view of the hinge-plate to which the stop is attached.

In the several views the same parts will be found designated by the same numerals of reference.

In Figs. 1, 3, and 4: the column-stop mechanism or means for arresting the rapid movements of the carriage at varying points, in order to facilitate the formation of vertical rows of columns, is shown applied to a Itemington No. 2 machine, and in this application of my invention the stops are fast or unor travel of the carriage. For some purposes this application or arrangement of the column-stops is desirableas, for instance, in the printing of telegraph-messages,wherein the blanks are sometimes ruled to produce a given number of columns, generally five, and in each of which on a single horizontal line it is desired that only one word shall be written in order that the counting of the total number of Words in the message may be facilitated at the telegraph-oflice. For such uses, therefore, the column-stops need not be made adjustable, and hence may be all stamped from or formed upon a single plate or bar. For other purposes, as for general tabular or bill work, 850., it is necessary to employ adj ustable stops, and these I have shown in Figs. 5 to 8, inclusive.

Referring now more particularly to Figs. 1 to 4, I shall describe my improvements as carried out in a type-writing machine in which the column-stops are non-adjustable.

1 designates the framework of the typewriter, in which are mounted the ususal typebars, key-levers, and connecting-rods. (Not shown, however, for the sake of clearness.)

2 designates the paper-carriage as an entirety, which may be of the usual or any desired construction. .To said carriage is con.- nected a feed-rack 3, which may beattached directly to a hinged frame 4, in turn connected to the carriage. Adapted to cooperate with said feed-rack are two dogs 5 and 6, the former being pivoted at 7 to a rocker or holder 8, and the latter being firmly attached by a screw to an arm 9, rising from said rocker or holder, which is pivoted upon conicallypointed screws 10 on the framework. The

said dog holder or rocker 8 is provided with the usual returning-spring 11 and is formed with an inwardly-extending arm 12, to the free end of which is attached a transverse bar 13, upon whose outer ends are hooked the upper ends of connecting-rods l4=,whose lower ends screw into the universal bar 15, underlying the key-levers, and also the side levers 16 of the spacing bar or key 17. The levers verse spacer-bar 17, which preferably extends across and in front of the keyboard, as usual in the Remington machine. A spring 19 is employed to return each of said levers 16 and the universal bar to their normal positions after depression.

Attached to the back of the rack-bar or feedrack 3 by screws 20 and parallel therewith is a bar 21, having at its right-hand end (viewed from the rear) an inwardly-extending lug 22, through which passes a stem 23, threaded at its inner end at 24 and screwed into a threaded hole in the rack-bar or its frame. Within a housing 25 therein is arranged a spring 26, one end of which abuts against a shoulder at the base of said housing and the other end of which, projecting beyond said housing, bears against the inner side of the lug 22. The outer end of the stem 23 is also threaded to receive a nut 27, which bears upon the outer side of the lug and which may be supplemented with a lock-nut 28. This construction provides for relieving the mechanism of shocks and strains during the stoppages of the jumping movements of the carriage, as will hereinafter be more fully explained.

The bar 21 is provided with four teeth, projections, or stops 29, as seen at Fig. 3, which are made integral with the bar itself and depend therefrom. A tooth or dog upon the dog holder or rocker is provided to cooperate with said several teeth or stops 29. This tooth or dog 30 is preferably made integral with the plate out of which is formed the escapementdog 6, as shown more clearly at Fig. 1, and said tooth or dog 30 is arranged in rear of the escapement-dog 6 and projects slightly above the plane thereof, since the stops terminate above the plane of said dog 6 in order to avoid contact therewith at any time.

During the writing of words and the s pacing between words the dogs 5 and 6 cooperate with the feed-rack 3 in the usual mannerthatis to say, when the finger-key lever is depressed to make a type impression the dog 5 vibrates out of the rack and thedog 6 into the same, and when the finger-key is released the reverse of this operation takes place and the carriage feeds a letter-space distance. The same operation occurs when the spacebar is actuated for spacing between words.

In the forward vibration of the dog-holder to bring the dog 6 into engagement with the feed-rack when the space-bar is actuated to space between words the dog or abutment 30 is prevented from moving forward into the plane of the column-stops and cooperating therewith by means which will presently be described. In other words, during ordinary spacing the forward vibration of the feed or escapement dogs is so limited as that the dogs do not release the rack and that the columnstop devices do not come into action. This is accomplished by the following means:

In or on the spacing-bar is arranged a finger piece or key which consists of a head 31 and a shank 32, passing down through a hole in said bar, through a hole 33 in a hinge-plate 34, and through a slot 35 in a stop-plate 36, Figs. 9, 10, and 11. The lower end ofv the stem is reduced in diameter where it passes through said slot 35 and is formed [with a head 37 at its extremity to prevent any upward or detaching movement of the key. The reduced portion of the stem is passed into the slot 35 before the attachment of the parts, the rear end of the stop device 36 being cut away or bifurcated at 38 to permit of such connection of the stem. This portion of said device is also provided with eyes 39, which are adapted to 'aline with eyes 40 in the hinge-plate 34, the said sets of eyes when in position receiving a hinge-pin 41. The hinge-plate is attached by screws to the under side of the spacer-bar, the screw-holes being shown at 42 in Fig. 11. Surrounding the upper portion of the stem is a spiral spring 43, the lower end of which preferably rests in a depression in the upper side of the spacer-bar and the upper end of which bears on the under side of the head or button 31 of the key. The device 36 is so bent or shaped as to provide a depending flange or lip 44, which acts as a contact or stop in conjunction with a stop member or abutment 45, attached to the framework. The latter is preferably made in the form of an L-shaped bracket, having upon its horizontal portion a soft-rubber or other piece 46. This piece 46 underlies the lip, flange, or stop 44, and when the latter is in its normal position serves to limit the depression of the space-bar, and hence the extent of vibration of the dog-holder, and the parts are so arranged and proportioned as that the downward movement of the space-bar is arrested before the dog 30 moves forward into the plane of the column-stops. Thus in ordinary writing the dogs 5 and. 6 cooperate with the feed-rack. in the usual way and the columnstop dog 30 does not come into operation. When, however, the column-stop devices are to act, the key-head 31 is pressed down and the stop 44 is thereby swung about its pivot, as represented by the dotted lines at Fig. 1, so that it may escape the stop 45, (as the spacing-bar descends under the continued pressure,) and thus enable the space-bar to be depressed a greater distance than normally, and hence effect a longer vibration of the dogholder, a movement sufficient to swing both dogs 5 and 6 forward and entirelyout of and beyond the feed-rack and the dog 30 into the plane of the column-stops 29, the top plate being slotted or cut away at 46 to enable this extended movement. Of course as soon as the rack is freed from the dogs 5 and 6 the carriage is pulled along quickly by its driving-spring or enabled to jump or skip forward until the first or nearest column-stop strikes the dog 30, which movement of the carriage may be any desired number of letfer-spaces. After the stoppage of the carriage the space-key and the key head 31 are released and all of the parts return to their when the column-stop 29 strikes it violently,

an arm or abutment is arranged close to the right-hand side of the dog, viewed from the back of the machine. This arm or abutment is preferably attached to the top plate of the machine by the same screws 48 which secure the, guide or stop 49 for the hinged rack-bar frame. 1 The device for relieving the carriage from shocks and strains when arrested by the column-stop dog 30 have already been described, and their operation will be understood to be as follows: WVhen the column-stop 29 strikes the dog 30 forcibly, the column-stop bar 21 is arrested; but owing to the longitudinal slots 50 in said bar the carriage may move onward slightly against the resistance of the coiled spring 26, which acts as a cushion not only for the carriage, but for the bar 21, the bar rebounding slightly against the force of said spring, which operates almost immediately after the cushioning action to restore the said bar to its proper position relatively to the carriage or feed-rack. Thus the column-stop mechanism is at once strong, durable, and yielding or elastic and at the same time comparatively noiseless in operation. I shall now describe the construction involved in Figs. 5 to 8, inclusive, and in which provision is made for adjusting the column stops to arrest the carriage and determine the vertical rows or columns at various localities. In this construction the bar 21 is round and is supported at its ends in eyes or bearings 50, projecting rearwardly from the feed-rack. Each end of the bar is provided with a head 51, and between the righthand head and the right-hand eye or bearing is a coiled cushioningspring 26, having a function similar to that hereinbefore ,de

scribed. To prevent said bar from turning in its bearings, it may be made square or polygonal or be provided with wings at its ends, as indicated at 52. Between the ends of the bar there is provided aseries of transverse semicircular parallel ribs 53, forming between them a series of parallel grooves 54, the said grooves being preferably equal in number to the number of spaces on the feedrack. Running longitudinally of the bar on its under side and contiguous to the lower ends of the grooves 54 is a groove or depression 55, which is arranged at right angles to the grooves 54 and communicates with each and every one of them. Each column-stop 29 is provided with a sleeve 56, adapted to encompass said bar, and each said sleeve is provided on its inner side with a radial pin 57, adapted to enter any of the said grooves 54: and also to move along in the longitudinal groove 55.

At Fig. '7 the column-stop is shown in its normal and working position, while at Fig. 8 it is shown in its non-working position as well as in the position which it is caused to assume for the purpose of adjustment lengthwise on the supporting rod or bar 21.

WVhen in the normal position, it will be observed that the pin 57 occupies a groove 5e and that hence the column-stop is prevented from moving lengthwise of the rod 21? by reason of thecircumferentialribs 53 on each side of the pin 57. Consequently when the column-stop strikesthe dog 30 the carriage is arrested, as inthe case of the fixed col.umn-. stop.

If it should be desired to dispense with the use of any one of the adjustable columnstops, it is simply turned up to the inoperative or inactive position shown at Fig. 8, the direction of movement being indicated by the arrow at Fig. 7.

In order to adjust the column-stop from one arresting-point to another, or, in other words, from a position corresponding to onetooth of the feed-rack'to a position corresponding to another tooth of the said rack,the saidlcolumnstop is first swung up to the position'shown at Fig. 8 or turned until the pin travels around into register with the longitudinal groove or depression in the rod 21. Then the sleeve or eye carrying the column-stop is moved endwise until the pintraveling in the groove or depression 55 arrives at'the desired locality, whereupon the sleeve and stop are rotated in the reverse direction, or as indicated by the arrow at Fig. 7, and the pin is carried up into that circumferential groove 54 which may be opposite the stopping-point. To facilitate these adjustments, either the grooves 54: or the rack-bar may be numbered or graduated to correspond with the teeth of the feed-rack carried forward past the feed-rack and the vibratory column-dog 30 is brought into the plane of the column-stops and will arrest the first oncoming stop of the series of stops traveling with the carriage under the unrestrained action of the carriage-driving spring, whose drum or case is shown at 58, Fig. 3.

It will be further understood that in so far as the main features of my invention are concerned any form or construction of feeding or escapement mechanism "may be employed so long as one part is connected to the car-v riage and the other part to the framework and so long as the column-stop dog is attached to the latter part of the feed or escapement mechanism in such a manner as to move always with it during ordinary step-by-step carriage-feed movements and be carried into the plane of the'column-stops when the escapement mechanism is abnormally acted upon and the two parts or members comprising the same are separated to release the carriage for rapid movements and for action on the part of the column-stop mechanism.

Of course any number of column-stops desired maybe employed and numerous variations in details of construction and arrangement may be made without departing from the gist of my improvements, which will be found distinctly pointed out in the subjoined claims.

The supplemental key, attached to or car-' ried by the spacing bar or key and arranged to remove the stop to obtain a depression of the spacing-bar when the said supplemental key is pressed down upon without other manipulation of the parts, is a feature of my invention which may be used in many other relations than column stop mechanisms such, for instance, as carriageretracting mechanisms and mechanisms for automaticallyspacing between words during the writing of the last letter of a wordand hence I do not wish to be limited altogether as to this feature to its employment in connection with a column-stop mechanism. Further, the supplemental key may be attached to or carried by akey other than the spacing bar or key, and hence I desire to cover as broadly as possible the subcombination of two keys adapted to travel together and a stop mechanism controlled by one of the keys, which key, when pressed upon, is adapted to move the stop mechanism out of action and thereby enable a greater depression of the two keys than could otherwise be obtained by pressing upon that key which is not connected to the stop mechanism, but which normally islimited thereby.

Inasmuch as the peculiar construction of theadjustable stops and the stop-rod is new, I do not wish to be limited altogether to their employment in a column-stop mechanism, as they may beused for arresting the carriage travel at the end of a predetermined line of writing or for arresting the carriage on the return movement to regulate the left-hand margin of the sheet.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

1. In a type-writing machine, the combination of a power-driven carriage having a feedrack and also one or more column-stops, a feed-dog normally in engagement with said feed-rack to eifect step-by-step feeding movements to the carriage, and a column-stop dog directly attached to said feed-dog and moving always therewith and adapted to engage a column-stop when the said feed-dog is moved out of engagement with the feed-rack; substantially as described. v

2. In a type-writing machine, the combination of a power-driven paper-carriage having a feed-rack and also one or more column-stops, a vibratory feed-dog mounted in the framework and carrying a column-stop dog adapted to cooperate with the column stop or stops when the feed-dog is vibrated out of engagement with the feed-rack; substantially as described.

3. In a type-writing machine, the combination of a power-driven paper-carriage having a feed-rack and also one or more column-stops, a feed-dog holder or rocker pivotally mounted in theframework and carrying a feed-dog and also a column-stop dog adapted to act when the feeding devices are separated; substantially as described.

4. In a type-writing machine, the combination of a power-driven paper-carriage having a feed-rack and also one or more column-stops, the feed-dogs 5 and 6 and the column-stop dog 30 attached to the latter and adapted to act when the feeding devices are separated.

5. In a type-writing machine, the combination of apower-driven paper-carriage having a feed-rack and also one or more column-stops, the point or points of which are arranged above the plane of the points of the teeth of the feed-rack, a vibratory feed-dog and a col' umn-stop dog attached to the latter to move therewith and'projecting above or beyond the end of said feed-dog and adapted to act when the feeding devices are separated; substan 'tially as described.

6. In a type-writing machine, the combination of a power-driven paper-carriage having a feed-rack, a slidable column-stop bar provided with a plurality of column-stops, and having a lug, a stem attached to said feedrack or its support and passing through said lug parallel with said slidable column-stop bar, an intermediate spring, a feed-dog, and a column-stop dog; substantially as described.

7. In a type-writing machine and in a column-stop mechanism, the combination of the column-stop rod having the series of semi-- circular circumferential grooves and the longitudinal groove, and the sleeve or eye having an interior radially-arranged fixed pin, to engage said circumferential grooves, and said sleeve having also a column-stop; substantially as described.

8. In a type-writing machine, the combination of a column-stop rod having a series of circumferential grooves and a longitudinal groove, the column-stop having a sleeve and an interior fixed pin adapted to be locked or engaged at any of said circumferential grooves, a column-stop dog, and a separable carriageescapement mechanism; substantially as described.

p 9. In a type-writing machine, the combination of a power-driven paper-carriage having a feed-rack and a column-stop rod supported thereby and having the circumferen tial grooves and the longitudinal groove, the column stop or stops provided With a sleeve having an interior radial fixed pin and adapted to be locked or engaged at said circumferen tial grooves, the feed-dog, and the columnstop dog; both dogs being mounted to move together; substantially as described.

10. In a type-writing machine and in a column-stop mechanism, the combination with the column-stops and the column-stop dog normally out of line therewith, of a detached.

the column-stops and the column-stop dog,

of a fixedarm or abutment attached to the framework of the machine and arranged to lie close to the side of the, movable columnstop dog to support it WhGllSlil'IlOk by the column-stop on the forward jump of the carriage; substantially as described.

12. In a type-writing machine and in a column-stop mechanism actuated by the spacing-bar, the combination with said spacing bar, of means for limiting the depression of said spacing bar, during spacing between words, and a key or finger-piece mounted on said bar for moving said limiting means and enabling the spacing-bar to be depressed a greater distance, for the purpose of disengaging the escapement mechanism and throwing.

. into action the column-stop mechanism; substantially as described.

13. In a type-writing machine and in a column-stop mechanism actuated by a spacingbar, the combination of a stop or abutment on the framework, a hinged or independentlymovable stop or contact-piece on the spacing bar adapted normally to engage said stop or abutment on the framework and limit the de scent of the spacing-bar, so that ordinarily the carriage may feed step by step only, and a key or finger-pieceon said spacing-bar adapted to move said hinged or movable stop out of reach of the stop or abutment on the framework, and thereby permit a further depression of the spacing-bar, and the separa relatively-fixed stopor abutment, a movable stop or contact connected to the spacing-bar, and a key. or finger piece adapted when pressed upon to move the stop or contact and also by continued pressure to depress the spacing-bar; substantially as described.

16. In a type-writing machine, the combination of a power-driven paper-carriage having a feed-rack and one or more column-stops, a vibratory feed-dog, a vibratory column-stop dog connected thereto and to the dog rocker or holder, a universal bar, a spacing-key carrying a movable stop or contact, and a stop or abutment on the framework; substantially as described.

17. In a type-writing machine, the combination of apoweredriven paper-carriage having a column stop or stops, a separable escapement mechanism, a column-stop dog mounted on one part of the escapement mechanism, a spacing-key, and a means mounted on said spacing-keyfor limiting its depression for word-spacing and movable to permit of its further depression for the purpose of throwingthe column-stop mechanism into action; substantially as described.

18. In a type-writing machine, the combination of two keys connected or mounted to travel together, and a movable stop operating normally to limit the downward movement of said keys and being connectedto and con} trolled by one of said keys; substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

19. In a type-writing machine, the combination of a spacing-bar, a supplemental key carried thereby or attached thereto, and a stop connected to and controlled by said key; the arrangement being such that when the spacing-bar is pressed upon the stop acts to limit its depression, but when the supplemental key is pressed upon the stop is removed or thrown out of action and the spacing-bar is enabled to descend a greater distance; substantially as described.

20. In a type-writing machine, the combination of a stop-rod having a series of transverse grooves and a longitudinal groove or depression communicating therewith, and an adjustable stop provided with a sleeve and an interior radial fixed pin for holding it ator in engagement with any of said grooves; substantially as described.

Signed at New York city, in the county. of New York and State of New York, this 10th day of September, AD. "1895.

' GEORGE E. WEBB. Witnesses:

JAooB FELBEL, K. VjDonovAn.

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