US1063470A - Machine for type-writing musical signs and indications. - Google Patents

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A J., s. mmm. MAGHNE FOR TYPE WRTNG MUSCAL SIGNS AND NDIGATONS.

` APPLICATION FILED JNE12, 1912.

3 SHEETS-*SHEET l.

S. RVERA. ,MAUHINE FOR TYPE WRITING MUSICAL SIGNS AND INDCATIONS.

PPLIUATION FILED JUNE 12, 1912..

Lm, Y mem@ .me 3,3913.

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J. S. RVERA-J PPLGATION FILED JUNE 12, 1912.

Patented une 3, 1913.

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MACHINE FR TYPEWVRTING MUSICAX.'

Specification of llettes Feten-t.

To ZU whom it may 50i/warn Be it known that l, .iosii SANAHVJA RIVERA, a subject of tbe King of Spain, re siding at Mixc'ouc, Fede 'al ilisti'ict, 'lenicos have invented certain new und useful lmpiovements in Machines for 'lype-li-iting Musical Signs und lndicutions, of which the following is n specication.

My invention relates to -a type-Writing; machine for printing the musical 'stu und, also, music notes, rests und other signs.

lfitherto, the Writing und especially the rediiplicetion of musi, as oy pi'inting, have presented great, diiliculties. The notes in sheet, music'l'mve had to be reproduced by lithography, to secure the lfsesty effects, although printing by types is known. The present invention is of especial velue, in substituting. for i'l'ae laborious sioW ancluneven hand-Writing climuctlers, printed notes and signs accurately alined automatically; the noteso the suine value und pitch always being repncscntetl by symbols of exactly the same size, While the inscription con be made with rapidity :and o degree oi execution anti cleanliness Wholly out of thequestion with the inzinusoi-ipt process.

A particular uilvsmtuge incident to the present invention is that it enables stencils to lie prepared 'l'oi' lithographie reproduction of music. und also facilitates the pepm'ntion ofelectrotype pluies. so that refiimlican tion muy lie :it once msi-cle in :my Plesireil num'oei' o1" (topics Without resorting to the cumbersome :mil often .inaccurate epiocluc` tion by type set zitter the manner of 'those usecl'in ordinary printing'.

The apparatus consists essentially ot' n, fiume in which u carriage is slidubly mounted, said carriage containing the music kevboawl, consisting of all the notes und ordi# nary signs uscil in Writing music. li'l'enns are proiiiclcil i'oiaccurately determining the distance between successive. impressions. so :is to insure ilicplopei position of every note` reet :nul sign Wit-li reference to the lines of the stu The paper to be insci'ilocl is supinntml by u platen. While :i Writing lmiul or iililion iS sccui'ml over the papel'. tlie papel' uml ribbon boingn ti'uversililc. to prodelez'n'iioeil distance. A steil' ruling device is providcfi, which marks the stai? Wliere re` united :nui muy lne out out of operai-iis 'pcf sinon.

For Writingwol-is nml letters, the .usic key-board 'with 'i @porting curling@ is tile invention which will ne Set forth in tile following# description and puiticularlypoint ed out in the' appended claims, me illustrated in the accompanying Irun/ings, in which: i

Figui-e 1. is u perspective View oir tiie Writ-ing machine. Fig. 2. is pien o key board. Fig'. 8. is :i plan of 7o" index. Fig. is u etuil -view oi.' tl 'it-eye.

rietail View of elle spacci* mechanism. ,bien 6. is zz side elevation oithe guide carriage. v1in. "2'. is plan View of tine seme. 8.'is e. (lctziil View of the pape? ceri-ier. Fig. 9. shows the rollers for oninting the stem conneet-int;v strokes und theii inking ollcrs.

The machine comprises u t which two mils (2) foi the. pepe1- cuffie?? (3) :we mounted. und inouutetl tiei'isvereelf of these rails upon uioif'igli (4) is another mil truck (5l, toi'e the ieviioiifccl `i (6). This mil tiucl is Ciiiiiioeel tlie trible (l) so that the een i* may ige moi/eti below i?. kewliomtl e: .2 iiuge (6) compose@ of. cufsingf if i which 't'Tux lief/s i?) une arming: Si@ o verse To. uml longitiuiinal u vided into two lonfituiiinatsections. Euch longitudimfil rouv oi iieffa is totally mount efl upon u iongitufiiuul snuit tim, i@ "fixed :it enrls in the eno". inembes of ie cosine; (7). oud noch kei. Shown in, F 4. consists of n tle'piessiiili, 'iejloo miti u; type loer cotnn'isimir :i noir of Space@ mein; bers 'between which the key bonnasses und to which itis connected at. its iowet enti by n pivot-piu (l2) that joins the ungular oi forwardly olscli portions of `.suil members. The shafts (9) pass tliiouglfi the lower entis of euch Inoir oiltlicsc members. that, the Home me i'x'ee to rock tl'ieeou when the coti'csponiling key hues une (leinessefl. und the upper enfle thereof efe joined by pine (i5) J L sect able (l) upon YPE Lev

. be Shit otoutei eed of t? 1 mombet (S9) tti-elly ed-jeeent inziet of seid ere pix/emily connected 3y the (38 A eine? ests eee neonati.;

eleeatef position. bei" projecto eneeth e( at riekt-hond gioie of t" 'thin-ee Mece? lieve om?. containing @tm d (e b) (6). 7'

o'eosegengegeeod degree,

the efoeseid memo-et (65), :toeeby the, pivoted meer endsj(8) E botti meto 'here (56) and Wing the the tette? membe, Wuereupoii pinion 4iii be tut by petti (72) o disfe eorsfesponing petiooo spe-eer ey that was acte o The movement of pinten i) is treosmtte through Shaft (62) enti'pinion to the et 1 bei (602), thereby etectieg a E opoirtionete movementof oem-ie? (3), the 1i meters; when .key meters o ey miiimu release A; bei* ('73) o p'ovifietl, A monete@ in apetuied flugs The @fore "mentioned sin is eimiay in etiiled to the Hette? seid trible, "mi, when actuated, serves tomove the Gefrier dietetico equei tte space between the Mt long m oit n one d. ed o distance ot aeeofdmff to miilimet dept'es,

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ne tower registef Fig. 2) eomprises ooi mon and triowtoiits, writt vomiting' fooinxvortLco, e (io, of v, uit there .iS A. note, Tototiet, Ae notes of the (11e ii which in l fies eti wri" v (eee mitiwithi Leeefeeo Y stemmed notes ere required. This register I contains else she1'ps,-ats, pauses, matinale,

rests., @iet-s, numbers, reefise marks, and eepnrete stems and Crotchet bodies, The upper et high egistei' comprises ail the noteswritten above the etait to Wit; le, si, do, te., mi,

fa, sot, lo., tto? each of which there must be provided e Whole note, a half note and a Crotchet., every alternate heilige/ritten on a Reiger-line, White 'those between inee have thei position indicated by the corresponding Wambel' of edger lines placed beneath them. Y.

The typesof the notes of the tower' and upper .registers are grouped together from eeft to rigl'tt in the order in Which the notes occur in the diatonio scale, as shown in Fig. 2, the mic'tdle egistei coming into the position moet eeeessible to the operator; and the Writing commences at the upper right Comer of the 'p21-per confier.

The operation of the machine is as foi: lows: The peper carrier (3) is tiiet pulled out to its fuit extent, the lholcteits (54:) then raised, met the requisite number of sheets of peper, with intemiedete carbone, pacel upon the carrier. The middle pointer erm (ll/Z) attached 'to sprocket, (45) is then turned until alines with the central 'retiai ine marked. upon the seetox" ndex (551) and, also, with the fourteenth key,

t from the right, of the first longioent of the atoi'esed pointent erm Serving to rotate sprocket (37) through the agency ot' chain (4,6). Rotation of the. .tntter Sprocket causes rotation of pinion (36'), to Whieo it is Connected, and seid pinion, in

tow of keys on the keyboard, the-.100

tum engages the rack (-1.7) on the front efge of the keyboard carriage (G) and Shifts seid carriage to the required extent, the mozfenient. ot' the eereiage being thus effected :mtoiimtieeiiy consequent upon :md in eeeo'donce with. the rotojtion of'sproeket (45), as ivii be uneretoodfn order to Stai-t with the printing of the statte,- the set- Screw l(27) is loosened and the guide Cerriztge is puehed to the right along' the mils (23), togethey with the keyboard om liege (o), so that on pressing (town the key oe nused to stt'ike the peper Where the lWiiting; shmzd statt, e. the uppe" right- Vhen-"l corner of the pafoei). )When this :Ldjustmeot has been eompeted, the sci-ew (27) again tightened, and the peper carrier @netted inward, during which time the key *but (3S) keptpieeeed down so 'that the "Wiii thus m printed, extending from i' he peper to the other. Thereper om rief again 'pulled out,

e ,eide

I so that theprinted staff will be below the the deft or the.

striking point' of the frontset or section of keys. The clef key is then brought into line with the central radial line of tbesector index (5l) and is depressed to print the clef upon the stal, after which all of the notes, in proper succession, are printed' in the same manner, by first bringing the keys into alineu'ient and then moving the pointer arms (47) 1 the requisite number of graduations on the said sector index toward either right, according to Whether each Darticnlar note should be written in' the high, intermediate or low register.A

When one line has been completely Written,

the screw (2T) is again loosened, and thi-- guide and keyboard carriages are moved toward the left the distance required between the stalls which determinable from the scale bar (22).

The stroke keys, 76), (see Fi are diierent from the other they do not carry pr." t contrary, small rolb (i4) ridges (78). Inlrin rollers (79), one the common section of said stroke keys, are attac-lied to the bot tom of the casing (7). The fixed ribbons (80) are stretched from. one spool to the other, and are provided with en opening vwhere the stroke lreys would otherwise strike, Ithis being necessarf for 'the reason that the paper carrier is moved in the same manner for print-ing. the strokes as for ruling the staffs.

When one note has been printed, the paper carrier is moved forward by depressing the proper spaced key (a), (652) er (65), which advances the pinions (63) and (61) and shifts the said carrier hereinabove described.l The shifting bar (74) is .pulled out when it is desired to bring the paper carrier beloyvv the leys ott-.he mordent section, with a resultant movement of said carrier, as has also been described.-

Nliat I claim is:

l. In a machine for typewriting musical notes and symbols, the combination, With a table; of a keyboard carriage and e; guide carriage mounted for movement upon said table in parallel relation to eeen other; gearing connecting said carrisges or.mo'ving the keyboard carriage from the guide oar'- rifage.; a` paper carrier mounted upon said .table beneath. and transversely of seid carriages; and spacer mechanism for shifting said: paper carrier.

i 2. In a machine for typewriting musical notes and symbols, the combination, with a table of a keyboard carriage and e guidecarriagc mounted upon said table for movement parallel with eoch other; gearing connecting said keyboard marriage and said guide carriage for moving the formergfrom Wlbh. for

y vided with a plurality of pointer arms n iov- .not i and one for mordente the latter; and an indi ating mechanism for controlling the operation of said gearing embodyn a. stationary indeijelarried byI said gui e carr1age, a moya le element mounted .upon said guide carnage and proable across' said index, and means'con ing said element .with one element of sdid gearing for operating the latter from the former.

t. In machine for typewriting musical. and symbols, the combination, with a of i keyboard. carriage and a guide unted upon said table for movement par del with. each other; al longitudinal rack coni .tori to the front edge of the keyboard carriage; pinion carried by the guide carriage in mesh with. said rack; and means for rotating; said.. pinion to move said keyboard carriage.

To machine for typewriting musical notes ma :s l'inbolsmmbe combination, with a table; of ,a vkeyboard carriage and a. guide carriage mounted upon. said table for movement parallel. with each other; a longitudinal rack connected to the front edge of the keyboard carriage; a pinion carried by the guide carriage in mesh with said rack; a. stationary index and a` rotatable element d by said guide carriage, seid element bami; ity of pointers' movable over said index; and. e. connection, between said element and said pii'iion for rotating the letter from and in unison 'with `the former.

6. A machine for typewriting musical notes and, symbols having a keyboard carriage in which the type keys for the oommon and mordent notes and signs are disposed in groups of four arranged transversely of tbe carriage, Vthe groups of notes Abeing arranged in the order in which the notes occur in the diatonio scale and each group representing the same Whole, half and fourth note with and. Without stems, the

table for movetypes of each group having a common strik- 'front ends; a staff-ruling roller and an inking roiler in Contact with the same carried by said arms at their rear ends; means connected with said arms for normally holding ers in elevated posten; a c1-0ss-pn c0`nneet- 'mg sind arms mtermedlate them ends; and

pin for owerng said arms und Sad rollers.

the Segond-named ends thereof lam-d 1'011- e depressbe element connected yto Said cross.-

8; Vlila machine for type-Writing muse'al metes and symbols7 the cembnatwn, W staeung man and note-pfinting keys; of a sepame se' ofkeys for printing the sbs -conneezng st10kes,each Cf said stroke- 'l i 'i l l. I

printing keys including a roller provided with circumferential ridges for ruling said Strokes; and an inkng roller associated with eachY first-named roller.

lrn testimony whereo' have afxed my 15 sgnaure in pgesence of two Witnesses.

` JOSE SANAHUJA RIVERA.,- tnessesr KQ GRANDJEN, W. ARCOS.

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