US1058547A - Paper-gage for type-writers. - Google Patents

Description

S. E. CAMPBELL.

PAPER GAGE E'OR TYPE WRITERS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.9, 1912.

1,058,547. Patented Apr. 8, i911 @M -5- Y.

SMITH rELDON CAMPBELL, OF GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASK.

PAPERGAGE FOR TYPE-WRITERS.

Specification of Letters Patent. i

Patented Apr. 8, 1913.

Application led August 9, 1912. Serial No. 714,205.

To c7] vif/wm 'it may concern.

Be it known that I, SMITH ELDoN CAMP- nim., a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Grand Island, in the county of Hall and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and Improved Paper-Gage for yType- VVritei-s, of which the following is a full. clear, and exact description.

This invention relates toA attachments for typewrit-ing machines and has particular reference to an attachment constituting indicating means whereby the operator may determine at a glance the position of the paper.

Among the objects of the invention is to produce an. attachment whereby the introduction of the paper into the machine in a straight condition is facilitated.

A further object is to construct a device so that as the papen is being written upon and the lower endof the-paper is being appreached, the width of the margin may be readily determine'fl i A still further v. t'oject of the invention is to enable the operator of the typewriting machine to replace a sheet of paper with i accuracy and facility after it has been removed from the. machine for correction 'or other purpose. A

The foregoing and other objects of the invention will hereinafter be more fully de' scribed and claimed and illustrated in the drawings accompanying this specificationA in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in which-- Figure 1 is a vertical transverse section,

' on the. line 11 of Fig. 2, of a diagrammatic representation of a typewriting ma` chine and my attachment applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a front elevation ofthe attachnient; Fig. 3 is a perspective View of a movable gage member; Fig.- 4 is a perspective View of the attachment showing its operative relation to the typewriter platen. 'Eig 5 is a rear elevation ofjthegage plate showing one 4form of means'for.',easilyfdetaching the upper or larger pg'rtion-'thereof'A Fig. 6 is a." sectionall detail on thejline-,G

Fig. 5: Fig. 7'is a view coi-.respondin Fig. 5 but of another modiicationf and" Fig. 8 is a sectional detail on the line of Fig. 7.

Referring paxiiei'larly tothe accompany-r- Lto Ivgive the proper margin thereto.

ing drawings I show at 10 ay fragment of a typewriting machine of any approved construction and having a platen 1l. I

The numeral 12 indicates a paper table of y any: conventional form made as a part of the typewriting machine which ordinarily guides the paper P to and around the platen.

Rigidly connected in vany approved manner tothe paper table is a plate 13 made of any suitable material and of a width preferably greater than that of the widest paper to be employed. As shown herein, said plate 13 is adapted to be secured to the paper table by screws 14 operating through holes 13. The plate 13 may be ot'any suitable form7 but is indicated as being constructed preferably of two parts 13a and 13b so arranged that the upper partI 13 may be removed fron'i the lower part or else hinged thereto .so as to swing downwardly for con venience in storing away the typewriting machine or 'lor the reception ot' acover. As shown in Figs. l, 5 and (3 the means for connecting the two parts consists of a. pair of socketl pieces 13a connected to the stationary section 13a and into the sockets of which are adapted to be projected the fingers of a pair of ngei pieces 13d secured in any suitable manner to the section 13". In this form oi the invention, when the typevritingV 4 -macliine is to be stored, the part 13b may be removed from the lower part 13a by simply drawing it up so that the fingers of the members i3"l sockets of the socket pieces 13, the movement being in vthe plane of the plate 13. In

will be Withdrawn from the' Figs.A 7 and S the two parts are shown penal manently hingedtogether byv hinges 13* andare adapted to be maintained in.,normal valineinent forl operation by .ineansof any platen. The guide lines 1'5 are intended `to indicate the Width of paper-,lot medium Width .and also are 'supposed to be so arranged with respect to thev` plate 13 as to indicatefthe proper .position of such paper when introducing it into the machine so as .'lhe lines lllikewise are intended to iiltlicate the position of Wider paper, and iie lines 17 that of paper narrower than that first de scribed.

The numeral 18 indicates a movable gege having projections 18L adapied to exend into any pair of slots 19 arranged in groups 20, 2l and ,22 on said plate 13. The also includes a stop 23 adapted io limit he extentl of movement of the projections 18 through the slots. The group of slots 20 are adapted to be employed in connection with the gage 18 when medium lengthpaper, such letter paper, is boing used` The group 2l will be used when operating; upon short length paper, and the group 22 when operating upon long or speciea'ion paper. The uppermost pair of slots 19 of each group will receive the gage when the narrowest margin is desired at. the bottoni of the sheet. lf a Wide margin is desired, the gage Will be set accordingly.

ln addition to the guide lines l5, 1G and 17 described above, and preferably coincidentI therewith, l provide sets of lateral slots 28v for the'aceoininodat-ion of additional gages 18 which as indicaied in vFigs. 2 and l may be employed to assist the op erator in placing the paper properly spaced from one side or the other, usually the leftiside, without depending upon the accuracy of his eye in gagging the edge of the paper by onev or the other of said lines. The slots' 23 are arranged preferably on both sides so that the operator may use those on eiiher side accordingto his personal convenience. By the use of the gages 1S the operator may place a sheet of paper into the machine repeatedly, and by simply dropping it in'o Contact withl the platen at he bottoni and the marginal gages, the paper will always assume the saine position in lthe machine with respect to the typewriten nml-ter.

ri`he several paris of this device may be made oi" any suitable n'ialerials, and the relai-ire proiliortions thereof may be varied, Witnout departing from ilie spirit of the invention hereinafter clain'zed. f

Haring lius described iny \in\feni,ion, what l elairn :is new and desire to secure by Let- `hers Patent i* l, in a device of the character set forth, the combinai'ion with a Lypewriting machine including a plulen and a paper table :rdimeent thereto, of :i info-part gage plaie, one pari of which adaped to be secured rigidly lo said paper table and the oilu-r pari, being` movable willi respect to the first. named paril sain plete being pro fided with a plurality of pairs of guide lines extending along bolli oi said paris adjacent the luiers edges thereof and atl-righi, angles to the of the p ien Afor the purpose of facilitating the posi'lioninv of the pape-r preparalory to Wriiing; 4rliei'eon.

2. ln a device of the eliaraeier sei. ferilli, l'lie combination with a lypou'riling ma\ chine, of n goffo, plaie iherefor comprising` 'biro seciions 1 ing in substantially the sinne plane and haring indicating); means extend ing across bolli ol. seid sections, and means delaehniily securing said seciions ioggether, 4said securing ineens comprising n pair of socket pieeesl secured to one section and a pair of Vinger pieces secured io the other section and adapted to project into the aforesaid socket pieces, subsismtiaflly as Sei; forth.

in testimony Wliereoii have signed my naine io ihis specification -in the presence' of lu'o snbscrilginfr witnesses.

S/MlTH ELDON CAMPBELL.

lViinesses:

A. L. Josemi, ll, (l. Knoonn.

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