US1053385A - Type-writing machine. - Google Patents

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JLHARRIst TUB WRITING MACHINE. MPmrmiioli HLEDJAN. 13, 1912; v

' Patented Feb. 18

2 SHEETS-'SHEET 2Q l-ISAT-TURNEYW lmy invention therein.

`nNrrEn ysau-liras PATENT oEEicE'.

JosErH HAR-Riser LONDON, ENGLANn, AssIGNoa, BY* ivrEsN-E.. AssmNMEN'rs, To UNioN 'rYrEwRITEE COMPANY, or JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, AjcoEroRaTIoN OF NEW JERSEY.

TYPE-WRITING MACHINE.

Specification 'of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 18,1913.

Application filed January 13,1912. Serial No. 671,092.

To all whom may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOSEPH HARRIS, British subject, and resident, of 37' Goldhawk road, Shepherds Bush, in the county ot ldiddlesex and city of London, England,`

'either of the abovev mentioned purposes,

certain readily shit'table devices being provided to convert the tabulator either into a denominational or into a vcolumn selecting tabulator. This is to be distinguished from those machines that have separate mechanisms t'or these two functions. I

To theabove and other ends, my invention consists in certain features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, all of which will be fully set forth herein and particularly pointed out in. the claims..v I

One embodiment of my invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which f I Figure 1 is a front to rear vertical section of as much. of a tyl'iewriting' machine asis necessary to illustrate the embodiment of Fig'. 2 is a top plan view of the tabulator stop devices. is a fragmentary `front viewof one end of the column stop bar andassociated parts. F ig'. -1 is a fragmentary side viei'vv of the column stop bar set tor-denominational work. Fig. 5 isa front view of the key mechanisi'n with parts inl section on the line wof Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a front view of the universal bar mechanism with the kevs and 'key stems removed or ,sectioned away. Fig. T is a top view in section on the line fyi-y of Fig. Fig. 8 is a tragmentary perspective view oi' part of the universal bar mechanism.v Fig. S) is a similar view ot the shitt'ablcnpart of said mechanism.

My invention is capable of considerable modification to adapt it to different ta-bu Fig. 3

lat-or' mechanisms, land in the drawings I have shown an application or adaptationof it to the Yost No. 15 typewriter. The form of the invention shown in the drawings may be' said to be'in the nature of a modification or adaptation of the tabula'tor shown in the patent to A. WV. Smith. No.'94l,836, dated November 8th, 1910. The Yost No;l 15 typewriter, `which is shown conventionally in the drawings, has a main trame comprising side plates 1 which are connected at the rear by a vertical back plate 2 and which support plates 3' which may be designated as top plates. The side plates 1 also support stationary grooved carriage rails -t which, through balls or rollers 5, support a carriage 6 in which 1s mounted aplaten 7; TheA carriage of the Yost machine is only conventionally shown in the drawings as said carriage includes a number of 'devices and features that are not necessary to an understanding of the present invention. The carriage 6 is fed across the machine by a cord '8 wound on a spring drum 9 which is supported by a cross bar 10 constituting part of the stationaryframe. Brackets 11 on the vunderside yoli the car.- riage, have pivoted theretoat '12, depending arms 13 which, at their lower ends, have rigidlyV -mounted thereon a feed rack 14, which feed rack is normally pressed by a spring or springs 15 into engagementwith a feed pinion 16 on the upper end of a vertical shaft 17 which, at its lower end, carries an escapemen't wheel formi-ng part of the escape'ment mechanism of the typewriter. Said escapement mechanism'and the printing mechanism and many other partsyof themachine are'omitted from the drawings, but all ot these parts are well known in the art.

The tabulator mechanism comprises a c oll umn stop bar which I have designated generally by the numeral 18, said Stop bar being supported by brackets 19 at the rear part of the carriage 6.

The tabulator shown in the above nientioned patent to A. W. Smith, 'comprises key-operated stops 20 which consist of the upper ends of long bell-cranks 21, which bell-cranks are pivoted onl a rod 22 passing through a slotted bracket 23 "depending from a cross bar 24 in thejb'ase 'of-.the ma chine. Saidfrbell-'cranks L have horizontal arms which,f 'heir-orwardendsgfjare re- .ducedand nassathrough holes made in the stemse of tabulatqr keys 26, theifeenstrue tion beingsuch that said bellcranks at their.' forward ends are in eiect'pivot'efd-to said 'keyf'stems and 'such` thal'when any (if-.the

keys? 26' is depressed thehori/zontal arm of .the correspondin bell-'crank is -Ldepressed and the end 20 o said bell-'crank fis moved toward the `front of the machin'e". The stop portions 2 0' of these bell-cranks are situated a letter-space' distance apart andare guided 4in slots27 made in a 'guide-block 28 secured 'to, the to'pplate of the machine'. The key;

frame plate 30 and a lower transverse frame vplate. 31 -As best shown in"Fig. 5, each of said key stems has a 'screw32 threaded. into its lower end and having a washer 33 which stems 259 are guideduin an upper'transverse presses .against the 'undersideof the" plate 31 and limits the upward motion ofthe key.

The vkeys and key-operated stops. are re* -store'd to no'rinal position by springs 34 c'tinected to the'bell-cranks 21 .and toa station` vary partof the machine. A universal barA 3 5'(Fig. 8 lies beneath the' bell-cra vks21 saidy universal banconsists of -,the 'cross' bar(` v-O,y a. yoke "frame, -which 'yoke' fralne als'o` Ijust 'a littlesback of the key stems'2 .and

j comprises amis 36 which. are pivoted lon pins' 37 projecting from brackets 38'. ofthe cross'b'ar .24. l The tv'voarnisv 36 are connected `near the pivots 37 by a cross bar 40.

'One of said arms 36 has a rearwardly-drvr'ectedfarm 41 to which is pivoted the lowerf l "end cfa push bar or link 42, t-h'e upper end Vo f-'v'vhich is piv'oted to an arm 43 projecting;

froln'ahousing 44, which housing'is 'pivoted at tol a bracket 46 of 'the' cross bar 10."

" :The'ghousi'ng 44 'has 4a shaft journaledther-"e-A 'housing contains' means for' retarding the in,`which shaft.v at'its upper end carrie's 'a pinion 47 thatnorrnally stands in the osition 'shown-in Fig. 1, a little in front o the lfeed-rack 14;V and the lower part 48 YoIithat motionof thev carriage. The construction is such-thawhen any of the keys 26. is del* pressd,fthe universal. ba'r36 is depressed the .pinion47 intoengagement with the fee and -the. bar 42 is pushed upward, rocking @rack 14v andforcing. said feed rack to 'the xiaoA te 'the 'left until r'arrested-by the tabulator. fh'stops, the motion at this time being con# 5 5 'rear outzof. engagementv with the feed pinion' 1 6, '-thiis'4 releasing the carriage fnom its es- ;capement'smechanism and all'owing'it to'run troll'ed by the retarder 48.

`The universal bar e5 'of the A. w'. smith colum nder used in the Yost ',inachine,

has two pins 50 projecting' therefrom toward p the' frontfof` the machine'in position to be arrested bythe-'cross bar 31 when said\uni versajl bar is depressed andthus to limit'the downward motion of said universal bar and "of vthe tabulator keys; Said universal bar isforr'nedwith a series kof steps 51 of differentheights ,so thatA the I' diii'erentkeys' 4haveto'be pushed down-diieient distances l1n order' to cause 'the pins 50. to be'. arrested lby the `cross bar 31. The constructionis such that theuniversalbar 35 always-moves' lto the saine extent and said universal bar therefore always operates'the pivotedhousfv 1ng`44- to the same extent, but different xas to'arrest the graduated series of column` The-parts thus, far* described are, or may stops, in the manner set forth in the patent to A.- W.' Sx'nith above referred to.

be,- substantially identical with the parts shownin theA. W. Smith patent'reerred to. I haveto some extent 'modified ,the construction and'mounting of the column' stop bar 18, so as to enable'said' stop. b'ar to b 'e' turned Iabout lits longitudinal axis and toi' beset in either one of two positions by'such -a turning movement. 'I prefer to make the 'column stop 'bar of three sectionsof which n the .middle and principal section is here specically designated 'by' the numeral 18.

4Said sto'p bar has-two end sections 52 which are .'co'nnected' to the middle section 18 `by means of a' long ton ue 53 of the section 52,

which tongueexten s intoa slot' 54 cut/'in from the end ofthe section 182V The tongue 5 3 is rectangular in cross section and one wall, o f 'the' slot 54 has alongitudin'al slot 55, Fig. 12," 'formed thereinand oneor more 'screws' 56 pass throughlthe slot 55 and are threaded into the' tongue53.' -This construction enables the middle-section tobe; sepasrated lentirely Ifrom either -of the end seca.;`

tions .for the purpose of assembling and dis# assembling theparts, and the construction also` prov'des for a longitiidnl adjustment of. thesecltion 18 in' order to'bring s'aid sectionf18into itsv proper-relation with the vteed-.devices of "the carriagef 1 Each of the sectionsl52-has a holebored in from the endvv fthereo, in lwhichhole is seated a compression spring 57 and' a, plunger 58, which plunger passes through Va round hole in the bracket 19 and-has a milled head 60 se-v zcure'd'to its outer end. The p1un'ger`58 has an enlargement 6l ofI rectangular crosslsection, 'which enlargement fit-s a'slot 62, Figs.

2 and 3, cutacrossthe end -of` the section 52; The enlargement 61,'` when in normal position, also fits intoa shallow slot 63 cut in the face ofthe bracket'l9. Theparts linormallystand as shown at Figs. 2l and 3 `where it will be seenthat the rectangular enlargement 61 is'.- seatedV both in 'the slots 62 and 63 sot-hat said enlargement acts as a sortof key between the column 'stop' bar and the bracket 19, preventing rotation of saidstop bai; and locking sadvbar 1n its'` set Louwes f, heads 60 .the :parts 61l are freed from thel slots 63 in the brackets 19, and the` s topb`a1 ',l`

can then be turned to any desired lextent by turning the milled heads 60. It will be. seen. that the constructionis such as to determine 4 two set ositions of. the columnl stop bar,

said stop. ar being movable from one of said ,l positions to theotheI-by turning -it through -In vmaking this adjustment the section 18 is-,first located with reference `to one of the f sec-tions 52 so as to-position said bar 18 cor- 'rectly,. andfthen the other section 52 is moved vlengthvvist-i into contact lwith the adj acent bracket 19 .and the screws, 56 are f tightened.`

The-section 18-of the column stop bar,'is

Y formed with the -usual .notchesi 64 for vthe positioning and securing of adjustable coll* `umn stops 65. These column stops ha'i` on one side thereof-blades 66 of graduatet lengths and on the other sid f the stop bar eachl of said column stops V1 ormed with l -a blade 67. lall of said blades67 being preferably of the same length. The column stops (i5-fare preferably provided with detents 68 for preventing accidental `displacement of said column stops on the bar 18. In the pres- V ent instance these detents consist of pieces of spring wire bent into such Aform as that one ,end of the wire springs over the bar, as

`When the column stop bar standsV shown.

inthe position shown in Fig. 2, with the blades 66 projecting toward the rear in p0- sition to coperate with the stops 20, the column stop bar is set for usein selecting columns in the manner set forth in the patcntto Smith above referred to. Then it is desired to use the' tabulator for denominational work this stop bar is turned over to bring theblades 6T to the rear. These blades are all of such length that any of the stops 20 will arrest anj7 of said blades so that said stops 2O are adapted to operate after the ordinary fashionof a denominational tabulator.

Then the tabulator is used for denominational work. it is desirable that the keys 26 and stops 20 all have the same extent of movement instead or dilferentextents, as is bar 35. Said plate is formed with elongated slots 71 which tit over the pins 50, said slots being of a suitable lengthto allow an ap- In the present adapta-i` :propriate `lungitudinal sliding mot-1onto the` bar 70. In vordery I to secure .said bar 7 0 in place itis formed with a third slot 72 throughwhichpasses ashouldered and Kheaded screw73 threaded finto the bar 35. I also preferably formears 74 on the .bar 70,l said ears being bent back and overlying the top vof the bar 35. The bar is formed iatI its upper edge with notches 75 4separated by abutments 76,I Fig. 9, which abutments all stand at one elevation. 'When the bar 70 is slid toward the left, as shown in Flgs. 5 and 7, the notches 7 5 come under the levers -21 so that saidbar v7() has no `effect on the operation ofthe keys, each of the notches 7 5. being 'of such depth as to allow the levers `to strike the steps of thebarB. If, however, the bar 7() be slid toward the right, as shown in Fig. 6, then the abutmentsl 76 come under the levers 21 and as these abutments are all at the same elevation the keys all act alike on the bar 70 and through it on the bar 35, with the resultthat all of the stops 20 have the same action.

, Any suitable means can be provided for shifting the bar 70. vAs here shown said bar is provided with a lug 77 having a notch in its yforward face, intowhich notch a pin 78 projects from a vertical rock Shaftk 80 which is journaled in the plates .3Q and 31 and which has upon its upper end a key 81. Up.

the pla te 31. As shown in Fig. 7, said cross piece has two arms which are adapted to contact with-two pins 84:v projecting `fromthe plate l31 to limit the turning motionlof the shaft 80. When the key 81 `is turnedto' the lposition shown inFig.y 7, the bar 70 is in its left-hand position in which. diiferent ,extents of motion are allowedto the diifer- 'ent keys; but by turning the key through'a f1-action of a turn. said bar can lbe slid tothe right to the position` shown. in Fig. 6. It

will be perceived that when the bar 70 is in its Fig. 6 position and the bar 18 is turned over so as to projectwthe bladesv 67 toward the rear, the machine is adapted to operate as/an ordinary denominational tabulator. j

It willof course beunderstood that any de,

sired number of keys 26 and stops 20 may be employed and it is not essential that all of said-keys and stops be arrangedfor use as column selectors. In the present instance, I

'have'shown four keys and stops and it.\vill be noted that the right-hand one of said keys is notfmoditied in its ,action eitherby the turning of the bar 18 or by the shifting of the bar 70. It will ofcourse be understood that any desired number `of additional keys 26 and stops 20 of the` `same sort .as this right-hand one, can be added in case it is de .sired to give'the denominational tabulator a greater capacity than shown in the drawings. It Will also be .understood that vari'- by Let-tersPatent, isz'- l. In a typewriting machine and in tabu" ous other changes can be made in the details of construction and arrangement, Without departmg from my invention.

lfVhat I claim as 'new yand desire to secure lating mechanism, the combination ofa eolumn stop bar, a series of column. stopsmounted on said bar and each having two blades projecting in dilderentedireetions, the

blades projecting ym` one .direction being graduated and theblades projecting in .the other direction being nniform, -means for turning said-stopbar lto bring either set of blades into. operative position, a Vseriesbf.

key-operated stops for cooperation With said column stops, and means forl imparting to the dilferentkey-operated stops different ex- Itents of motion. 2. 4In atyp'ewriting machine and in tabu- .lating mechanism', the combination of a eolnmn. stop bar,` a series yof. column stops mounted 'on' said` bar and each having two blades projecting in different directions, the blades of the several column 'stops that pro; ject in one direction being graduated -and the'blades thatproject in Athe other direction being uniform,*means for turning said'stop bar tobring either s'et ,of blades into operative position, a series/Of'keybperated' stops for eoperation .with said'eolumn stops, andl means for governingthe extents of motion' imparted to said key-operated stops,.said` governing 'means being shiftable to give to the several. key-operated-stops eitherA the same extent of motion'or dier'ent extents of motion.v v

3. In a typewriting 1machine. and in tabulating mechanism, the combination of aseries of key-operated stops, means for operat-4 ing said stops differentially, a series-Of.' column stops each' having two stop blades, land means shiftable to cause said column stops to present' to saidl key-operatedstops .either a unifrm series of stop blades or a'fgraduated series of vstop blades.

'4L In a-typewriting machine and in tabu-l lating mechanism, the combination of a series of t-abulator keys,- 'a' universal member arranged. to be operated by said keys, and means shiftable to causesaid keys to; operate said universal member uniformly in one position of said shi-ftable meansand differentially able means.

5. In atypewritingl machinev and in tabu- `latirig mechanism, th'ecombination vof Ia se'- ries-of-tiabulator keys, a universalmember arranged to be operated 'by said keys,- means shiftable to causesaid keysv to operate on s aid nuniversal member uniformly in' one po vsltion of' said shiftabl'e means and differentially in another position of said shiftable in another position of said shiftsy means, stops operated .by said keys, one stop for each key, cooperating stops, and ya car'- riage release' operated by said universal; member.

6. In a typewriting machine and in tab# lating mechanism, theeombinationof a series of tabulator keys, a universal bar. forl operat-ion by said keys, and means yshiftable to .present to said keys uniform abutments on said universal bar inl one position of said shiftable means and stepped'abutments on said universal bar in another position of said` shiftable means.

7. In a typen-'riting machine and in tabu# latin-g mechanism, the combination of a se-v ries of tabulator keys, a universal bar for operationby said keys, means shiftable to present to saidv keys uniform abutmentson said'unia'ersal bar in one position of said shiftable means, and stepped abutments on said universalbar in another position of said shiftable means, stdps operated by said keys, one stop for each key, coperating stops, and

a carriage release'operated bly said universal .of key-operated stops, one fo'reaeh key, and iva switch whereby said keys and keyJoperated stops can be changed from column seleeting keys and stops to denominational4` keys and sto and 'vice versa.

10. In a tvpen'riting machine and in tabulating mechanism, the combination of a se.

ries of` column stops, a .series of keys, and

key-operated stops, carriage release mecha.- nism operated by said keys, and lneans settable to cause said keysto impart different extents of movement to the different keyoperated stops for column selecting or uniformextents of motion for denominational tabul-ating.

1 1. In a type'u'riting machine and in tabulating mechanism, the combination of tabulator keys, a universal bar operated bysaid keys, a slide mounted on said universal bar and having abutments thereon at different heights, and means for shifting said slide to `different positions, in oneof which one set of vabutments are presented for eopveration. y

with said keys and in another of which another set of abutments are presented for cooperation with said keys-` 12. In a typewriting machine and in tabuigovssase ,'liilting .InecliunismJ: the vconbinff'i'tion of. tabu'- ,l 4,lator-*Jlz'eys', a' untlveisgl bar ,operated 'by 'said keys;- ,el slide .niounted on smid universelv bei fnd having 'abutments ,thei'teQn different 5' 'lieigl @means foi" shit'tingsuill'.sli'deto' dii-l ei'en't. 'positions'ii1-dne df lWhit lilone set of iinothei siet ef .algiutments ae )resented f .11 1 .i eli 2 "shid sections l.one .with relation vte -another. a

llengthi'vis'f the Abei. '141.v In 4' tg'fpeivriting machine rsind intabulating mechanisnn'the combination of a coluinngst'op bar made-'win three sect-ions con:y

25' sisting o 't'l a. middl secti n'ndepted to, have column Ystops y adj stablyv mountedtheijeon,

'and Iof two Iend sectionsfl'suppots fory said end sections, andI means vfor securing' said y sectionsl rigidly together, .slaidm'ea-ns being 3,0'ti1a'ngevd 'togallow' ot adjustment lengthwise 'otfthefbart between the-middle section and each 'of the en'd` sections.

' .-15. Ina, typewrit I datingmeehpnism t e combination of' a c0lumn. .chmhmvmade in three sections consist.-

iig machine and in tabu-i,

ing of middleJ 'section adapted 'to hamje tolumn 's'tops .'acljustably' .mountedV theieon :md of two' end .sec-tions, supports for sai-d v end sections, means for -seei'iingsaid sections rigidly together, ysaid ,m'eans being aranged betiiieenjthe middle section and each' of the "1nit5said har-to be turned, and means-'for locking seid bnr in; either of u plut-,ality of thepositions tovuzhich it can beturned.

l '16, -InaI typewriting nilachine `and in tabula'ting mechanism, the combint'loii of a col- ',u'mn stop bar made inv three sections 'conand (if-tivo end sect-ions, supports for-.said "eiid sectlo'ns, means forsecurin'gsmd sections tween the middle section andl each of, the'. end lsections, and tin endwis'e movable plunger connecting one of said end sect-ions with it's .support v saidlp'lungery hm'ing 'zi' partthat--ac'ts `locked by' said keys y Signed at Antwerp' in'the Povinceof day of December A.. D. 1911'.v

' JOSEPH HARRIS.-

l Witnesses:

G.. DE LERG,

F. Ape'Ms.

to allow 'et' adjustmenty lengthwise of the btu' sist'in-g of a middle section dapted to' have 'co'lumn' stops adjustably mounted thereom.

toget-l'ei,said means beinglarianged to' nl; 'low o adjustment lengthwise of the barbe! Antwerpv and Kingdom of Belgium this 30th -en'd 'sebtions, pivotal' connections"'between e said end. sections' and 'said supports to pelieo asa key so that the bar can loe-turned and

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