US889605A - Type-writing machine. - Google Patents

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PATENTBD JUNE 2 4 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

A, W. HBWITT. I TYPE WRITING MAGHI-NE.

APPLIOATI-ON FILED 00T. 25, 1905.

- PATNTBDv JUNE 2, 1908.

w A. W. HBWITT.

TYPE-WRITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 25. 1906.

4 SHEETS-SHEET z' No; 889,605. l EATENTEE JUNE 2, 1908.

\ A. W. AHEWITT.

TYPE lWRITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 25.1905.

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TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

APPLIUATION FILED 00T. 25.1905.

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ALLIN w. nnwrrr,I or BOGOTA, NEW JERSEY, lssIGNoR To UNDERWOOD 'rYPEWRIrER oOMr'ANX, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION 0F NEW JERSEY.

res" ne f TYPn-Wnmine MACHINE.

AvNo. 889,6(95. Specification of Letters Patent; Patented June 2, 1508.`

Application led (otober 25, 1395. Serial No. 284,855.

Toall 'whom it may concern: improvements. Fig. 2 is en .end elevation, 55 Be it known that I, ALLIN W', HEWITT, e end Fig. 3 e. .rear eleve-tion. F1g..4'1s a. reel' citizen of the United' States, residin in B70- elevation partly in section of one ofthe strip gota, in the county of Bergen and' tate of feedin devises, and 5 is e side elevatlon Newv Jersey, have invented certain new end thereo I v i -useful Improvements in Type-Writing Me- Types strike upon the front side of e cy- .60 chines, of whioh the following is e specicelindricel pleten 2, revolulol mounted 1n a tion platen freine com rising en 3,4; (and @regir- This invention .rele/ees to typewriting meplete or peper she f 5; seidplsten hemgrevpgchinos employed for billing and analogous luhle forwardly lymeensofe line-spacing purposes, end erticulafly to those machines `mechanism ine-lu ing levery 6 and a. line 65 1n which it is esired to enter upon e single space Wheel 7, end elso bengrevoluble elther y paper ribbon or strip, the amounts of e sucforwardly Orheolwardly by bend WheelsS. cession of hills or thelile, which are written The platen frame is mounted 11 on e,oerriage 15 upon the typewriting machines. 9, wl'iioh is guided elong e re lm'onted strips, so that one strip een he employed for supplied 1n the form of e coil 'le eerried 50 Other objects end edventeges will herem- One of the" rinoipel. objects of the inven upon the framework 11 oiA .the machine'. 70 tion is to provi esinple, inexpensive, readily Said linespaeing mechanism serves kto feed attached and eesilgT operable ineens for line the usuel hills or mein sheets, which are held feeding 'e telly strip. y against the pieten by the usuelressuregrolls l2 0 Another object is to 'relieve the opere. 'zu of i2, the-letter being releeseble y the usuell the necessity of attendiner lo the line-fe ling level. i3. l

of the telly strip. e Around the laten, end referehly et the Another objeot is to nrwifle oon fenient extreme right and end t ereo'leerry a meansy for entering tellies upon dille-rent tally strip or peper rihbon,fwl1ieh maf) be y a one purpose, as in entering theernounts of ell core or shaft 15, mounted between a. pair of 80'v 1 b1lls Wlnch 'ere written 1n one dey, While erms i6, detechehly secured by screws 17,011 other strip can he -usee for another purpo 2 the rear side of seid plate 5. The strip exas for entering the total of sueeflsnm tends downwardly and forwerdly'fmm the' 3o days. In' oarryinir out niy inv ferred form, mount et onel y,

eoihns et 18, end r1s led around the under side of the 1)let-,en between the letter end 'the usual 85 snrved deiieotor 19, end is hencev carried lu Mound the front side of the platen and bee i over the saine, and between e pair of feeding i rolls 2Q, 2l, 'whereby the strip is drawn 11p-.

" i the pieten; the leading end of the strip' 90 ngi; rein the roer oi' seid feed rolls as at ...le lvof the coil is' pressedupeither forwardly or uckweidl fwithout er .verdly, et its ends bye pair of springs 23,.. turbing the strip carried thereon; end l whereby the coil is pressed egein'st `the feed provide Ineens whereby when theoerriegeis roll 2G, vso that the letter both drews the strip 95 moved into position for writing on ,the stri trein the olnten, end ceuses the strip to pey the-line-feeding ofthe strip is eeot" l, t" "rein t: eeoil, these lineer movements.o' by relieving the operator of the nee-ess the stri i being equel, as each depends uponI attention to the feeding of the strip. i prothe serine-e movement oi the single roll 20. 'f v vide also in some eases `for the )lacing el e The strip or rit-lion is snfieiently teut so thaftl Series of strips side by side znonn the pieten; ,it the l#latten tightly enou h' or eeoh to be line-fed only when in posi. i' wees, ut does not inter ere in fy be written upon. the rotetion of the laten, so that letter may be turned free y in eitherdi I after appear. on, while the strip remains stetionarygplo In the accompanying drawings, Ficfnre .f ln order to prevent leterel displacement of e plan of sn nderwood frontstrilte"writM strip along the pletenfl rovide e pair o f nieohine prot-'Medy with one form oi guide-swt, Wlnich exten upwardly carriage, ineens' for ing e telly around thepleten in p1 lon to' he Writ 35 on, the device being mounted preferably neone end of the ple-ten end the letter 'nein the usual unipertite type. l so oonisv machine that the gieten may he the sides of a thin plate 25, Whose upper end is formed into a claw 26 to catch detachably upon the usual rim 27, rolled upon the top of the plate 5.

One of the springs 23 fits in a groove 28, Fig. 4, formed 1n the axle 15, thereby yieldingly retaining the same, so that by pulling 4upon the projecting end 29 of said axle, the

latter may be withdrawn. The brackets 16 have vertical slots 30 to permit upward play of the axle 15, as the paper ays off from the coil. The roll 21 is roviderI with an axle 31, upon the end of wiich bear springs 32, to cause the required pressure between ' rolls 21 and 20.

A plate 33 extends down in rear of the feed roll 20 to deflect the strip downwardly, as it is fed out by the rolls.

Intermittent rotation of the roll 20 for the pu'rpose of advancing the strip line by line is effected by a pawl 34, engaging a ratchet wheel 35 secured to said roll, said pawl mounted upon a lever 36, and the latter pivoted at 37 upon one of the brackets 16. A returning sprin 38 for the pawl and lever holds the paw in enga ement with the ratchet wheel, and also ho ds a stop 39 upon the lever against the bracket arms 16. lThe preferred means for operating the lever comrises a fixed cam 40 placed in the ath of the ower end of the lever, s o that guring'the longitudinal or letter-feeding movement of the carriage, said lever. arm 41 engages the cam, and is thereby moved from the full line tothe dotted line position at Fig. 5, thereby actin through the pawl 34 to rotate the stripeeding ratchet-wheel 35. This movement takes place just before the strip reaches the rinting position, the cam being so related) to the point where the types 1 strike, at Fig. 1, that thestri is fed just before reaching the printing fie d. Hence whenever the carriage makes an excursion to and from the osition for Writing on said strip, the latter is ed in line space dlrection, although it is immaterial at what art of said excursion such feeding is done. t may be done upon the return stroke of the carriage. By this means the operator is relieved of all care as to the feeding of the strip, and needs only to write the entries thereon, the line-feeding bein cflcam whereveradjuste fected automatically for each entry, an no line feeding of the strip being effected during the insertion or writing of the bill, or at any time, except when an cntry is made upon the stri Trhe cam 40 is in the form of a plate adjustably secured by a collar 42, upon a fixed rod 43, whereby the cam may be adjusted in the direction of the travel of the carriage; a thumb screw 44 servin(r to hold the collar and The lever is held in the operative or dott-cd line position, at Fig. 5, by means of a straight edge or dwell portion/45; and upon the return of the carriage A45, and then down along the cam 40 to normal position. At the end of the straight edge 45 may-be formed a stop 46, which arrests the carriage, so that the lever may not ride off from the left hand end of the member 45. The rod 43 is mounted u on a pair of arms 47 detachably secured y screws 48 upon the framework. It will be seen that the strip feeding means may be detached from the machine, and the latter then be employed in the usual manner for writing upon wide paper along the entire length of the unipartite platen.

It will be seen that the stri feeding device is independent of the means or feedin bills or main sheets around the platen, the atter being operable independently of the strip feeding device; that the strip feeding device is operable to draw the strip around the platen while the latter is stationary; and that the two rolls 20 and 21 together with the core `15 hold the paper ribbon stationary.

In some instances, it is desired to make -a series of tallies of such a nature that` they must be made upon different strips, and in order to accomplish this result, I mount upon the carriage a second device for feeding the strip around the platen side by side with the strip which has been already described said device being substantially a duplicate of the one already explained, and designated generally as A, Figs. 1 and 3, the strip thereon being designated as B. Both of the line feeding levers may be opera-ted by the same cam 40, and ride along the same dwell member 45.

Between the strips u on the platen may run .that a provision of means for independently feeding a plurality of tally strips in combination with means for feeding a main sheet, is broadly' new, and it is not essential in all cases, that the precise means shown be employed for feeding the strips, nor that said plurality of strips be carried by a unipartite laten. The novel means for effecting the ine s acing, by movement of the carriage into t e field for w-riting the tally strip, may be employed in all "tally strip mechanisms.

In other instances, portions of my improvements may be used without others, and many variations may be resorted -to vwithin the scrpe of my invention.

aving thus described my invention, I claim:

1'. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a platen, means for feeding paper line by line around the platen, and in( ependent intermittently operative means mounted and drawing the other end of a paper strip line by line around the platen while the latter V is stationary;` said platen being .revoluble while-the .paper strip remains stationary.

2. In a typewriting machine, the combina|- tion with arevoluble platen and 'means for feeding pa er line by line around the platen, of a revoluble device mounted away from the platen for drawing a strip of papel` around the platen, and away therefrom, and intermittently operative means for turning said strip-feeding device vstep byv step to effect 4line feedingof said stri while the'platen is stationary; the laten` eing revolu l'e indeendently of sai strip'and said strip feeding 3. In a typewritingmachine, the combina-- tion with arevoluble 'platen' and means for `feeding paper line by line around the platen,

of a device for su porting a roll of paper-rib bon, a revoluble evice for drawing said rib-l bon around saidplaten, and intermittently operative mechanism for operating said revof luble .device while the platenis stationary; said partsibeing so related-that theribbon may 'ass figon said supporting device around A.the p aten and back to said drawing device.-

f 4. In a typewriting' machine, the combination with a revoluble platen and means for feeding paper line by hne around the platen,

of a device for 'supporting a roll of narrowpaperribb'onna revoluble device for drawing said ribbon around saidplaten, and inter# mittentlyo erative mechanism for operating said revoluble device while the platen is sta tionary;

aperrionon may pass roml said supportin eviee around the laten, and back to said drawing device; an said platen beingrevolu drawing device.

5. In a typewriting machine, the combination with. a revolubleplaten and means for ble independently of said ribbon and.- said feedingpaperline bylinearound the laten,

\ revoluble indepen tion with a of a device for suv porting a roll o paper ribbon, and aoaw and ratchet mechanism for drawmg' saidribbonline by line around the' platen when the latter islstationary; said platen being reyoluble independently of said ribbon while .said pawl and ratchet mechanism remains stationary.

6. In a typewriting machinathe combina'- tion Witha platen and means cooperating therewith to feed shee'y e by line around the platen, of an ann-il l Levico. for feeding J i a paperribbon around t ie platen, and means betweenthc platen and said auxiliary device idr preventing lateral. displacementof the 'rbb said auxiliary-device. y l Y 7. In a typewriting machine, the combina- Vplaten and means vcooperating therewith to feed sheets line by line around the platen, 'of'auxiliary means for feeding a paper ribbonaroundnneend of saidplaten parts bein sorelated that the I on upon the platen; 'said platen being.

ently of said ribbon and of` shaft towards and `means for preventing lateral .displace-I 'i ment of the ribbon upon` the platen; the lat-A ter 4being revoluble forwardly and backwardly independently ofsaid ribbonl andoff said auxiliary feeding means.

8. In a typewriting machine, the combinae y tion with a platen and means coperatil'igl therewith to feed sheets line by line around the platen, of rolls mounted near one end of the platen for drawing a paper ribbon around the platen, while the latter is stationary` and a pawl and ratchet mechanism for operating said rolls independently of the platen said laten being revoluble both forwardl and backwardly. independently of'said rol s and ribbon.

9J In a typewriting machine, the combination with a platen and meansA coperatingtherewith to feed sheets line by line around f the platen, of rolls mounted near one end of the platen, a pawl and ratchet cooperating with saidrolls for drawing a paper ribbon coil -of the ri 'around the platen, means for supportinga y bon, and vmeans for preventing` L' l lateral displacement of the ribbon upon the platen; the latter being revoluble'independ ently of said rolls and ribbon.

10. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a platen, and a line spacing mechanism therefor, of means for supporting a coil "of paper ribbon, and intermittently operable means,

11. yIn a typewriting machine, the combiincluding a series of surface 'feeding rolls,for feeding said ribbon towards the platen and simultaneously drawing it from the platen at the same linear speed.`

nation :with a platen and a line 'Spacing p mechanism therefor, of a feed roll mounted near the platen and provided with apawl- A' and ratchet, a coperativefeed roll pressing-` against said roll, whereby'a ribbon of paper may be drawn around the platen`, fand meansfor pressing a,coil ofsaid ribbon against the; iirstgmentionedl feed roll,. so as to. cause .the

ribben to pay Oif from the coi 12. In a typewriting machine, the combi nation with -a platen and a line vspacing mechanismtherefor, of afeed roll mounted.

"near the platen and'provided with an inter` Vnation with a platen and a line spacing mechanism therefor, of a feed roll mounted near' the platen and provided with an intermittent turning mechanism, a cooperative feed roll pressing against said a ribbon of paper may be platen, a'detachable shaft for carrying a coil of the ribbon,

and means for pressing said the first mentioned feed roll, a

roll, whereby drawn around the carriage whereon said platen is mounted, and a bracket mounted upon one end of said carriage and carrying said feed rolls.

14. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a carriage and a platenmounted thereon, of means for feeding sheets around the platen, an auxiliary device near one end of the platen for feeding a paper ribbon, and means for enabling sai l auxiliary device to be operated independently of the platen by a movement of said carriage.

15. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a carriage and a platen mounted thereon, of means for feeding sheets around the platen, a device near one end of the platen for carrying a ribbon of paper in position to be Written upon by the types, and a line feeding mechansim for said rlbbon, operable independently of the platen by a longitudinalmovement of said carriage.

16. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a carriage and a platen mounted thereon, of means for feeding sheets around the platen, a device for carrying a sheet of paper in position to be written upon by the types, a line feeding device for sai strip, and means called into action only by reason of an excursion of said carriage to and from position for writing upon the said strip, for line-feeding the strip independently of the platen. j

17. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a carriage and a platen mounted thereon, ,of means for feeding sheets around the platen, a device for carrying a strip of paper in position to be written upon by the types, and a line feeding dev-ice for said strip, operable independently of the platen and only by the movement of said carriageinto ositlon for Writing upon sald strip.

1S. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a carriage and a platen mounted thereon, of means for feeding sheets around the platen, a device for carrying a strip of paper in position to be written upon by the types, and a strip feeding device mcluding a cam mounted for cooperation with said carriage during an excursion of the latter to and from position for writing upon said strip said strip-feeding device being operable independently of the platen.

19. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a carriage and a platen mounted thereon, of means for feeding sheets around theI platen, a device for carrying a sheet of paper in position to be written u on by the types, a linc feeding device for sai( strip, and

means called into actio'n only by reason of an excursion of said carriage to and from position for writing upon the saidstrip;` said strip feeding device including a part adjustable longitudinally of the carriage, for timing the action of the strip feeding device.

20. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a carriage, a platen, line spacing means for said platen, and means independent of said line spacing means and o erable by a movement of said carria e, for rawing a strip of paper around said laten; the latter being revoluble independently of said strip drawing means.

21. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a carriage, of a platen, and line spacing means therefor mounted upon said carriage, a device also mounted upon said carriage, for feeding a strip of paper around said platen independently of said line s acing means, and means for enabling sai strip feedin device to be operated by the excursion o said carriage to and from position for writing upon said strip.

22. In a typewriting machine, the com bination with a platen and line feeding means cooperating therewith, of means independent of said line feeding means, for carrying a plurality of paper strips `side by side in position for Writing thereon, and means for feeding said strips line by line independently of each other and of the first-mentioned line feeding means.

23. In a typewriting machine, the combination with means for supporting side by side both a main sheet and a series of paper strips all in position to be written upon, of means for eHecting line spacing of either said main sheet or either of said strips, at will.

24. In a typewriting machine, the combination with means for supporting side by side both a main sheet and a series of paper strips all in position to be written u on, of manually operable means for line fee ng the main sheet, and means'called into action by the movement of either of said'strips into position to be Written upon, for line spacing such strip.

25. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a carriage, of means supporting side by side both a main sheet and a series of paper strips all inposition to be Written upon, manually operable means for line feeding the main sheet, and means called into action'by the movement of said carriage, for line feeding the strips.

26. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a carriage, of means mounted thereon for 'su porting side by side both a main sheet an a series of paper strips all in position to be written upon, means for line feeding the main sheet, means called intoI action in consequence of the movement of said carriage into position for writing upon the first strip, for line feeding said strip, and y means called into action in consequence of the movement of said carriage into positioneither of a series of paper strips carried side by side upon the platen.

28. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a carriage, of a platen, and means .for feeding line by line either of a series of strips carried side by side upon said platen, said feeding means including a part Called into use by the movement ofthe carriage into position for writing upon one of said strips, and also including a part called into use by the movement of the carriage into position for writing upon another of said. strips.

29. In a typewriting machine, the eombination with a carriage, of a platen, means for feeding main sheets of paper line by line around the platen, and a series of devices for drawing around the platen inde endently of each other stilipsv of paper carrie side by side upon the platen.

30. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a carriage, of a' platen, means for feeding main sheets of paper line by -line around the platen, and a series of devices for drawing around the platen independently of each other'strips of pa er carried side by side upon the platen, the atter being revoluble independently of said strips and said strip feeding devices.

ALLN W. HEWITT, Witnesses:

B. C. S'NCKNEY, Ki'r'inc FRANKFQRT.-

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