US1153651A

US1153651A - Type-writing machine.

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Publication number: US1153651A
Application number: US52957309A
Authority: US
Inventors: George Voelker
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1909-11-23
Filing date: 1909-11-23
Publication date: 1915-09-14
Anticipated expiration: 1932-09-14

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G. VOELKER. TYPE wnnme MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 23. I909.

Patented Sept. 14, 191

2 SHEETSSHEET I G. VGELKER. ms wanme momma. APPLICK'ION FILED NOV- 23, 1909. 1,153,651. l PatentedSept. 1- 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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GEORGE VOELKER, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

TYPE-WRITING- MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 14, 1915.

Application filed November 23, 1909. Serial No. 529,573.

To 117i whom it may concern:

lie it knowirthat I, GEORGE VOELKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Paul, in the county 01 Ramsey and State of 5 Minnesota, have invented certain new and typewriting machines of the class known its front strike or 'writing in sight machines, wherein the type is arranged to strike the platen in front and in a plane vertical or vertically inclined, and wherein the ribbon is supported in a vibratory carrier; and further of the class wherein the carriage is releasable from its escapement or locking de'. vices through the actuation of a finger key at the key b ard; and still further of the class wherein the type carrying bars are pivotally hung in a vertical, or vertically inclined, plane and arranged concentric to the printing point.

Miy invention relates more particularly to means for actuating the printing instrumentalities independent of'the movement of On machines of the class above referred to, the writing of ,lines consisting of dots,

dashes, or other marks, becomes a tedious and tiresome task, consuming much time and energy. in that'it involves a continuous and successive depressing and releasing of a key or key lever by the operator of the machine.

This consumption of timevand energy, not

only works a hardship upon the operator of the typewriting machine but has effectually limited the usefulness of the typewriting machine, itself, in that it' has been found 40 profitable and safer. to do some classes of work with the pen on lined paper, in orderto avoid confusion and sometimes costly errors. that arise through the absence'of lines to guide the eye of the reader. For example in the billing of goods on writing machines of the class above referred to, where longcolumns of items and their prices are widely separated by blank spaces, the reader not infrequently resorts to the use of a straight 60 edge or ruler to guide the eye across the sheet. \Toconncct the columns thus sepa rated ith lines of dots or dashes on a typewriting machine in the ordinary Way would consu'm too much time. The usefulness of the present typewriting machine is still further restrained in that classes of work 1'e-.

quiring vertical lines (such as the insertion of special columns in billing) must be done by hand.

The object of my invention is particularly to provide improved means for writing lines consisting entirely or in part of periods, dashes or other marks in rapid succession without. the usual attendant tedious labor and expenditure of time.

A further object is to provide improved means for underscoring words, or groups of words, rapidly and accurately as by means of overlapping dashes.

A still further object is to provide improved means for writing dotted lines by supplying auxiliary marking mechanism without disturbing the regular printing instrumentalities, without. disturbing the usual typebars, but nevertheless striking the same ribbon in the same place that is struck by .the aforesaid instrumentalities.

A. still further and more specific object is to provide improved means for writing vertical lines of overlapping dashes or lines of dots on the paper carried by the platen.

To the above and other ends, the invention consists in the features of construction combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more particularly described and claimed.

My invention is shown as applied to the well known Remington front'strike type-' writing machine, but it is to be understood that sa d lnventlon may be embodied 1n other forms of wrltmg machlnes, including those of the flat and stationary platen type.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this'specificati'on, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention shown in solid lines, and attached to a typewriting machine;

-Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the air or gas cylinder. and its pipe connection with the engine, some of the parts being broken 5 away; Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the lower part of the air or gas cylinder one line central of the pipe connection; Fig. 4 is a sectional View on line wm of Fig. 3; Fig.5 is a plan View of the Valve disk; Figs.

6 and 7 are plan views of the liner carrier and portions of the engine, Fig. 7 showing the liner on the printing point; Fig. 8 is an enlarged perspectiveview of the liner and liner carrier; Fig. 9 is a side elevation of the liner and a portion of the carrier; Fig. 10 is a perspective view of the carriage speed control showing a portion of the front bar of the carriage and of the main frame; Figs. 11 and 12 are enlarged longitudinal sectional views of the engine showing the piston in its two extreme positions; Fig. 13 is a s1de'elevation of the distributing valve; Fig. 1 1 is a sectional View on line y 1 of Fig. 11; Fig. 15 is a sectional view on line Z-Z of Fig. 11; Fig. 16 is a perspective view of the carriage speed control and the carriage release and ribbon carrier mechanism; Fig. 17 is a vertical sectional View of the upper portion of the auxiliary key; Fig. 18 is a perspectiveview of the engine bracket and the liner carrier support, showing a fragment of the engine; Fig. 19 is a plan view of the engine, screwed in position on the vmain frame, showing the ribbon carrier and printing point; Fi 20 is a perspective viewof a sheet of paper, showing the various kinds of work'executedwith the invention; Fig. 21 is a diagrammatic View of the usual type bar actuating mechanism.

Referring to Fig. 1 of the drawings A represents in a conventional manner the rectangularly shaped main frame of a Remington front strike typewriting machine. A the top Plate thereof, B the-platen on the carriage, and C the carriage. D represents the carriage release lever, E the ribbon carrier, F' the ribbon, G the spring drum, H the typebars radially hung and concentric to the printing point l7, I the carriage scale, J the column selector keys for operating the tabulator mechanism, K the type bar eys, L the rock'shaft, M the universal bar, and N the bar lifting crank ll l'lll.

Referring to Fig. 16 of the drawings Q represents the ribbon crank arm, P the rib hon lever link, and Q the ribbon lever. S

represents the selector rod connected with 'fulerum ed iever T, said lever carrying .-.at ils inner end a pinion U. V represents the c-scapcment shaft carryingmt its inner end a pinion 1V," which meshes With the rack X carried. by the carriage, the shaft V carrying at its outer'end escapement wheels Y-Y, id wheels being shown locked by the escapement dog Z;

a, (1. a a a a, a, a and a are journal hearings or pivots supported in the main frame A.

' .31 represents a pivotal bearing supported in the'side bars of the carriage.

.lleferringagz ain to Fig.1 of the drawings, the invention comprises an air compressor L and an air engine connected byv a pipe conductor 4%. For the purpose of co mpressing air and passing it through the conductor into the engine, the compressor 2 is provided. with the comparatively heavy cylindrical piston 5, said piston fitting snugly and slidably in the vertically arranged cylinder (3, said cylinder having an open top through which the piston may,

.pass and a closed bottom 7. Adjacentto the bottom, and piercing the side walls of the cylinder 6 are openings 8 and 9. The opening 8 is provided with a flap valve com The opening 9 leads into the cylindrical chamber 12, which is surrounded by a shell 13 and formed interiorly in that half of its length' farthest from the cylinder, with three longitudinalribs 14, said ribs forming abutmentsfor the valve disk 15, the interstices between said ribs serving as air passages when the valve abuts against the ends-of said ribs as shown in Fig. 3. At its outer end the chamber 12 leads into the pipe conductor 4. The/valve 1.5 is symmetrically notched as at '15 to form air passages. The piston diameter at its-top is reduced to form a central stem 16, which terminates in a forwardly projecting curved hook 17, said hook havmg'on its inner edge, intermediate of its length, a pointer 18. To receive the curved neck at 19 of the hook 17 when the piston is sunken in the cylinder the cylinder has in its upper edge a slot 20 The frame A is provided with a forwardly projecting finger ug A at the top of the post A. The cylinder as shown on the drawin 'sis integral with the corner post A of he frame A. Screw fastened on the front of said post, and extending downwardly and overlapping the. upper portionof the cylinder 6, and arranged to be conveniently seen by the operator of the keyboard, is a scale 21, the object of which will be hereinafter more particularly described. Near the top of the cylinder, and preferably integral therewith is a supporting arm 22, saidarm projecting in the direction of the carriage travel and parallel thereto. At its outer end said arm slidably supports a finger key 23 the square andal.

shank 24 of which fits'slid ably in the i nabuts a spring 29,. the oppositeend of whichengagcs the slidably mounted collar 30, which. surrounds looselytheth-readless por t'ion 31 of said shank. The collar 30 is pro- .videdwith an ear to which is attached one end of a chain 34, the tension rod 35 having connection with the other end thereof, and

passing through an opening 36 in the top of the plate of frame A, the rod terminates in a head 37, said head being slidably and rotatably loosely fitted around the friction rod 38, said friction rod resting on a pair of friction blocks 39 which are preferably integral with the top plate of frame A. The friction rod, 38 is provided with head 40 and a collar 11 at its inner end, the intervening portion of the rod between said head and collar being slidably fitted into the verti 'al slot 42 of a lug 43, said lug being preferably integral with the front bar 44: of

the carriage. The tension rod 35 has, intermediate of its length. turnbuckle connection 35" to admit of length variation.

The linger key 23 has a downwardly projecting forked extension 45. a fork 46 being adapted to straddle one. of the type bar keys,

the tines thereof being of sufficient length to maintain engagen'ient with the type bar key during its actuation. The finger key '23 is arranged to engage one of the column selectorkcys J in its downward movement. The rod 31 with spring .29 and rod 35 may be termed a spring-mounted device.

The conductor pipe 4 extends from the shell 13 iirthe outer head 13 of which it has air tight connection. to the left side of the machine. then extending upwardly within the front left hand corner post to the top of the machine, from which latter point it leads radially or diagonally in the direction of the printing point 47. having airtight connection with the-air engine 3.

The air engine 3" is so arranged that its longitudinal axis is approximately radial to the printing point. and at a suliicient angle in an approximately horizontal plane to the longitudinal axis l)? of the platen (the drawings showing it at about 45) to fairly clear thepath of the type on the type bar J* when it is actuated to swing its type end through an arc to the printing point. The engine is arranged approximately on a level with the longitudinal axis of the platen. The. airengine is provided with a fastening plate It which projects at an angle from its side and is prcfrraliily integral therewith,

and has a pair of slotted holes {19 to receive the screws 50, whereby the engine is rigidly fastened to the frame A. ()u the engine and 'l'irojecting rearwardly and toward the printing point 47 and terminating adjacent to the left arm E of the ribbon carrier, and in front of the ribbon, is the finger 51,0211- rying at its outer end the vertical stop pin 52. thus forming a support and guide for the liner carrier. It will be here noted that the ribbon carrier is not central with the print-' ing point, the arm E having been arranged farther to the left of said printing point, to

accommodate the liner holding mechanism which may be described as follows: The

piston rod 53 which is central'with the engine bore and alines therewith is formed at its outer end with a plate of slidable on finger 51 offset and having an offset slot 55 arranged parallel to said piston rod. said otlset being in the direction of the platen B, the slot being adapted to receive snugly the stop pin The plate 54 is comparatively long and narrow, the forward long edge thereof coinciding with the axis of the piston rod. The marking end of said plate, or the narrow edge nearest the platen. is formed pa 'allel to the longitudinal axis of the platen. The plate is well rounded at 5 5 to avoid cutting the ribbon during printing operation. Along said narrow edge and on the top of the plate 54, is a clamp lug 56 having a lever lug 57, pierced'freely by the screw 58, which latter has screw thread engagement in the plate 5+ thus forming a clamp to frictionally engage the bearing 5!). The lug 5G is bored to rotatably receive'the journal bearing portion 59 of the liner car rier'tit). The bearing portion carries at its outer end a liner 61, which may be turned from horizontal to vertical position by turning the bearing 59 in. the clamp lug 56 as by means of the carrier (30. It will be noted that the carrier is so bent that its longest portion will be parallel to'and just over the piston rod, when the liner (31 is in horizontal position as shown in Fig. 8. Theball (52 serves as a finger hold.

The engine 3 comprises the pressure case (i3, inclosing the distributing valye- 64 and striker. or piston 65 the lattercarrying the 100 piston rod 53. The case 63fissnpplied with constant working pressure from the cylinder 6 through the pipe 4. 1 p

The distributing valve (34 comprises a cylinder for the head (36 of the striker (35 to 105 operate in, and said valve (Set is reduced in diameter at ($7, the latter part performing which at the position shown in Fig. 11 admit air from the case (33 to the chamber 70 and an exhaust port or ports 71 which at the position shown in Fig. 12 exhaust air from the chamber 70 to atmosphere through open- 7 ing 72. The striker or piston 66 is of re- 11 duced diameter at 73, said reduced portion being slida-bly fitted in the fixed sleeve 74, the reduced portion forming a supplemental chamber 75, said chamber being constantly exposed to the Working pressure in the case 63 throughthe port 76. The pressure in the chamber 75 serves to return the striker, while the pressure on the shoulder 77 of the valve serves to return the latter, each moving toward the other when pressure is exhausted from the chamber 70 through the port 71, Fig. 12.

he inward stroke of the valve 64 is lim-- ited by its abutment against a cushion 79,

and the retiring stroke of the striker (55 is plurality ofsuccessive forward and back-1 ward strokes, the marking end of the carrier striking the 11bl)0l1 and the paper covered der constant pressure, enters through the port (39 and acting on the enlarged surface area of the striker drives the same with force against the platen through the medium of the piston rod 53 as shown in Fig; 12. The pressure then acting on the valve (il reciprocatesit until the exhaust port 71 extends beyond the end of the bushing or valve seat 82 where the prevailing body of air is exhausted. The pressurein the chamber 75 acting on the shoulder 83 of the striker returns the same to its inner position as shown in Fig. 11. The air pressure then acting on the shoulder 7 7 of the valve moves the valve until the port 69 is again openrfor the induction of pressure and the same movements are repeated. A spring 84 is interposed between the head 63 and the striker 65. As shown in the drawings the air chamber 85 of the cylinder is sufliciently large, as compared with the air chambers and of the engine, to supply through the pipe conductor 4, and through the medium of the descending plunger or piston 5 a sufficient quantity of compressed air .to cause the striker 66, and therefore the piston rod and the liner or marker oarrier,-to make a platen with every forward stroke and printing an impression of the liner on said aper. It is intended that the cylinder cham er be of sufliciently ample proportions to furnish enough air for the writing of a full line 5644f marks across asheet of -paper.-----"" It. will be evident that the weighted piston 5' insures a uniform pressure in the chamber 85 during its "entire downward stroke, in that the weightis constant, thus impartingto the piston or striker, and therefore .to the liner 61 uniform consecutive vibrations, whichrin' turn insures equidistant and. regular impressions of the liner on the paper carried by the platen.

The operation of the invention is as follows: In normal position the piston 5 is sunken in the cylinder 6, the neck 19 of' the hook 17 resting on the bottom of the slot 20 in the cylinder wall. The liner (i1 is normally (when the invention is out of use) in a receded, or partially receded, position (Fig. 6 showing the liner. fully receded from the platen) its position depending upon the position of the-piston 65, which is free to stop at any point between the spring 84 and the cushion 80, asshown in Fig. 11, the spring 8i performingthe combined functions of a cushion and a means for preventing the liner 61 to stop at the printing point (Fig. 7) and thus block the path of usual typebars of the machine.

When the piston under pressure in its for ward stroke carries the liner against theplaten the impact compresses the spring 84, which, in turn, causes the p1ston to rebound,

carrying the liner with it, thus makin interference with the type bars impossib c,'as shown in Fig. 6 in which a type bar J is shown in dotted lines.

In order to. avoid the paths of the type on the type bars H, I arrange the engine 3 at an angle with the longitudinalaxis of the platen, as has been previously explained. Withthis arrangement of the engine 3 the piston and therefore the liner strike the platen at an angle, with a general tendency to glance off in a resultant direction after contact with the platen, In order to counteract the referred to tendency of the glancing off of the liner, I have located the engine to the left of the printing point, so that the direction of the piston rod 53 in its forward printing stroke will be opposed to the direction in.which the carriage is traveling durin printing operation. Thus the platen on t e moving carriage in opposing the direction of the striking piston tends to re the liner during the moment of impact an thus prevents slipping and dragglng, which would result in blurred impressions on the paper.-

To-further control the liner during con tactwith the platen, the finger 51 and its pin 52 are provided; the pin fitting snugly into the slot 55 of the plate 54, said plate,

working back and forth during printing operation. The pin 52 is so arranged on the finger 51 that the arrival of the pin at the end of the slot 55, and'the-arrival of the liner "G'II at the printing point 47, occurs simultaneously (Fig.7). Thus the direction of the fore in the'piston rod 53, through the medium of the pin 52, is diverted into a resultant direction nearer to right angles with the longitudinal axis of the platen. The engine bracket 48 is provided with slotted holes 49, by means of which the liner 61 may be adjusted to be brought nearer to, or farther from, the printing point. It will be evident that the rate of speed atwhich the carriage travels past the rapidly vibrating liner will determine the space which sepae rates the written dots or dashes on the paper. To use only the column selector keys for releasing the carriage without providing a brake retarding means for checking its speed would be impracticable, because the carriage would travel too fast. To control. the speed of the carriage I provide the friction rod or wire 38 which is attached to the carriage as byineans of lug 43. lVhcn the key 23 is depressed the chain 351 will be drawn taut,

amount of pull in the rod 35, which is ac-- eomplished by shortening or lengthening the same as by means of the turnbuckle 35. The spring 29 affords a cushion as well as permitting the key '23 to be still further depressed for the purpose of actuating the keys K and J. The rod 35 should be so adjusted by the use of the turnbuckle 35, that pressure will be brought to bear on the rod 38 just after the carriage has been released by the depression of the key J. There is in all tabulat'orkeys a slight surplus of downward travel after its function of releasing the carriage has been performed. Thus the spring 1 9 may be still enough to exert sullicient pressure in a depression of but one-sixteenth of an inch. it is intended to have the head 37 still. hanging loosely until just after the carriage is released. (See Fig. 1). It will. be noted that the cup nut 26 also permits of adjustment to vary the amount of depression of the key J. The head 37 35) may be termed retarding devices. The spring 29 and the chain 3t render the connections between the carriage and the tabulator mechanism both elastic and .fieXible.

The dvg'n .ion of key K will depress the uni 'ersal bar M at M and thus actuate the ribbon ()ll'l'l jl' it through the medium of the lever (,1. rod 1, crank rm 0, rock shaft L, and crank arms and links N. The fork 46, however. is designed to depress the key lever K sufficient only to swing in an arc the type of its corresponding type bar H, said bar turningon its pivot a through the lever pivot o in the frame A (Fig. 21) through but a fraction of its stroke, thus preventing interference at the printing point with the liner (31, during printing operation but nevertheless raising the ribbon carrier from the dotted line 0 to the dotted line i, as shown in Fig. in, path of the liner 61. and over the printing point 17. The key J 1s the usual column selector key of the Remington machine, whereby the carriage is released and caused to travel to left through the medium of the spring drum G. Fig. 16 shows the general principle employed. the depression of the kev J actuates the fulcrumcd lever T as by means of rod S thus raising-the rack X about its pivots a. and disengaging the pinion lV. which latter is normally held locked as by means of wheels YY, and dog Z,

and the blocks thus b inging the ribbon into the said wheels and pinion being rigidly mounted on the shaft Thus it will be evident that the depression ofkey 23 results in the release of the carriage fromits locking devices, causing it to travel to the left through the medium of the spring drum G, the controlling of the speed of the carriage and the raising of the ribbon into the type path. If,

now, the operator places the thumb of the right hand on the finger lug A and with the forefinger catches the hook 17 from below, pulling it, with the piston 5 upward, the flap valve 10 will move inwardly through the medium of the atmospheric pressure outside the cylinder and the vacuum created in the chamber 85 by the rising piston. Air will rush into the cylinderthrough the opening 8, until the piston has reached its'extreme height (Fig. 1). During the pistons upward travel, the valve 15 will close the opening 9, due also to atmospheric pressure Without and the vacuum within the chamber 85, thus preventing the actuation of the'engine by the rushing in of air through the port 72, which would occur during the rise of the piston 5 if the opening 9 were left open.

If, now, the operator removes his hand and allows the piston to descend into the cylinder 6 by its own weight, the valve 15 will be forced against the ribs 14 in'the chamber 12 and the air will pass through the notches 15 in the valve 15 into the pipe 4: and into the engine 3, causing the piston 65 to reciprocate or vibrate rapidly and therefore also the liner, said linerstriking the ribbon and paper covered platen with every forward stroke. When the liner at the end of the piston rod 53 in its rapid movement forward collides with the moving platen, the two are instantly separated by the spring 84, the impact of the blow being suflicient to make imprints through several carbon sheets. If the impact is found too great and the platen becomes pitted, the engine may be adjusted by means of slotted holes 49.

r The reciprocating piston 65 of the engine may be stopped instantly by depressing the button 11 on the flap valve 10 which effects the rushing out of the air in the chamber a d the rapid descent of the compressor piston It will be evident, then, that in order to write full lines of dots, dashes, or other marks, across a sheet fro-m left to right, it is simply necessary to lift the compressor piston 5 to its upward limit, with the right hand, and with the left hand depress the key 23 to its downward limit. If, however, only short portions of dotted lines are required the piston b nnay be raised to any desired mark on tlie'scale' hook 17 i11cli.oatingtlie level of said piston. Thusthe pistoriai may be raised to write any desired length of line on the paper, thus obviatingthe necessity of using the button 11 ex pt on special occasions orin emergency,

21, the pointer 18 on the.

and of raising the piston to its full height except when necessary. The scale 21 is marked to correspond with the scale I. forexample, it is desired to write dotted lines from the point 50 on the carriage scale, it is only necessary to raise the piston 3 to the 50 mark on the scale 21, and allow the piston to descend.

It will be evident from the foregoing that the liner (31 may be reciprocated without using the key 23 at all, or, in other words, the carriage may remain unmoved during the actuation of the engine 3.

7 Referring to Fig. 8 it will be noted that the liner 61 is not'mounted cent-gal on the portion 59 of the carrier, but thiit the end 61 to the left of the portion 59 is considerably longer than the portion to the right of the portion 59. Referring to Fig. 9 the carr er 60 is shown in upturned position, the liner 61 standing vertical, the carrier GO having been turned in the journal box 56 until the liner 61 abuts against the stop pin 56 (Fig. 8) which limits its movement. The long end 61 of the liner 61 is now turned downwardly and projects beyond the upper edge of the ribbon F when said ribbon is in its normal position as shown in Flg. 9. If, now, the liner 61 is reciprocatedit will print an impression on the paper "of that portion of itself which extends below the upper edge of the ribbon F, thus obviating the necessity of raising the ribbon carrier. It will be evident that if the operator turns the thumb wheel B with his left hand, at the same time holding the platen carriage stationary, and raises the piston 5 with his right and then allows it to descend and then turns the handle I) with his right which moves the ribbon from one spool to the other, the liner 61 will write vertical lines of dashes or solid lines,

according to the speed at which the thumb Wheel B is turned.

The ribbon mechanism actuated by the handle D is not shown, but it is to be understood that the invention is shown as applied to a Remingtonfront strike machine, which has a handle D on either side of the machine for transferring the ribbon from one spool to the other.

It is obvious that the-details of the device may be variously modified'wi'thout departing from the principles of the invention, the scope of Which is defined in the claims.

I claim as my invention: v

1. In, a typewriting machine, the combination with a platen and the main type- Writing instrumentalities, of a vibratory liner or marker cooperating therewith and a weight controlledactuating device for intermittently vibrating said liner or marker, said device being independent of said main typewriting instrumentalities.

2. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a platen, carriage, keys and key levers, of a liner or marker adapted to vibrate against said platen concurrently with air actuated actuating means for imparting,

by a single depression of said key, a succession of printing strokes to .said liner or marker concurrently with the rotation of said platen.

4. In a typewriting machine, the. combination of a paper carrying platen and air actuated marking or lining instrumentalities controlled by a slidable weight adapted to effect a plurality of imprints on the paper when said weight is slid in one directlon.

5, In a. typewriting machine, the combination with a platen and the main typewriting mechanism, of a marker or liner, and weight controlled means independent of said main writing mechanism for successively moving said type back and forth.

6. 111 a typewriting machine the combination with a platen, of a vibratory marker or liner carrier, and power driving means for automatically moving a plurality of times said vibratory marker or liner carrier, through its full stroke, uninterruptedly to said platen and then away from said platen.

7. In a typewriting machine, the combination with the frame, platen and pivoted type bars, of an auxiliary liner or marker carrier arranged to reciprocate in said frame, on a level approximately in line with the longitudinal axis of said platen and adapted to clear said type bars when they are caused to move about their pivots.

8: In a typewriting machine, in combina tion with main type bars and a movable platen, of a marking or lining device arranged to reciprocate ina flat'plane parallel to the longitudinal axis of said platen, so that, when said platen and said marking or lining device are moved they will approach each other at an angle of about l35-degrees.

9. In a typewriting machine the combination with a platen, a frame, type, and type bars pivotally mounted on said frame, of a liner or markercarrier arranged to vibrate above said type and type bars and inclined from the perpendicular with respect to the axis of said platen, and automatic actuating means to vibrate said liner or marker carrier.

10. In a typewriting machine the-.co'mbi nation with a frame, type bars pivotally hung therein and adapted to swing their type ends'through an are or path to the printing point, of an auxiliary vibratory liner or marker arranged above said type bars and adjacent to said are or path, and

power driven actuating means to effect the movement of said vibratory liner or marker into said are or path to the printing point.

11. In a typewriting machine the combination with a typewriter frame and main type bars in Ir frame adapted to swing their ends to the printing point, of a vibratory lining or marking device including a marker or liner arranged above said main typebars, and adjacent to the range of action of the ends thereof, and independent power actuated mechanism for said vibratory lining or marking device to project said marker or liner into and out of said range of action.

12. In a front strike typewriting machine the combination .with a typewriter frame, main key actuated typewriting instrumentalities and a carriage, of an auxiliary vibratory marking or lining mechanism between said carriage and said frame and independent air driven actuating mechanism for said auxiliary marking or lining mechanism.

13. In a typewriting machine the combination with a carriage, main type bars, and

a platen, of a slidable'auxiliary liner 0rmarker carrier, actuating means therefor, said parts being so constructed and arranged that the printing point on the platen and the liner or marker carrier approach each other when actuated at an angle of about 135 degrees.

14. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a frame, a platen carriage and key actuated type bars, of independent marking or lining instrumentalities on said frame arranged opposite and in front of said platen between the carriage and said frame and a power conductor connecting said instrumentalities with a source of power.

15. In a typewriting machine the combination with a platen and a ribbon carrier, saidvcarrier including apair of arms, of a vibratory liner or marker arranged tostrike the printing point on said platen at an obtuse angle and between the arms of said ribbon carrier, and a support for said vibratory liner or marker adjacent to said rib-- bon carrier.

16. In a typewriting machine, the combination with main typebars, a platen and a ribbon carrier, of an auxiliary liner 0r marker carrier adapted to slide to the print ing point and a support therefor adjacent to said ribbon carrier, said support including a means for diverting the direction of travel of said liner'or marker carrier so that its marking end will strike the platen in a direction at right angles to its surface.

17. In a typewriting machine in combination with main type barsand a revoluble platen, an auxiliary liner or marker carrier slidably supported adjacent to the printing point and having its longitudinal axis arranged at an acute angle with the longitudinal axis of said platen and a power bon carrier, an auxiliary vibratory lineLQrW marker carrier slidahly supported at the top of said frame and adjacent to said ribbon carrier and arranged to vibrate in adiagonal direction with respect to said frame toward the said ribbon carrier and a conductor connecting said auxiliary type with a source of power.

20. In a typewriting machine the combination with the rectangular top of a typewriter frame and the regular typewriting instrumentalities, of an auxiliary n'iarking or lining mechanism arrangeddiagonally on said top of said frame and above and out of the way of said regular typewriting instrun'ientalities and directed toward the printing point, and a power feeding tube connected with that end of said auxiliary .marking or lining mechanism which is farthest from the printing point.

21. In a typewriting machine, in combination with main type writing instrumentalities, auxiliary marking or lining mechanism, power supplying mechanism therefor and indicating means for apportioning the supply of power.

21-111 a typewriting machine, in combination with main type writing instrumentalities, auxiliary marking or lining mechanism, power supplying means for said mechanism and indicating means for prelimi--.

narily determining the amount of power to be supplied to execute a predetermined amount of writing.

23. In a t "pewriting machine the:eonabination with tabulator mechanism, main printing instrumentalities and a carriage, of auxiliary, air-actuated marking or lining mechanism, a power supplying tube connected therewith and a key at the'key board to cooperate with said tabulator mechanism for the purpose of releasing the carriage.

24, In atypewriting machine, the combination of'a vibratory mechanism, actuating mechanism therefor and a visible scale whereby said actuating mechanism may be preliminarily set to actuate said vibratory niechaiiisin for a predetermined length of time.

In a typcwriting machine the combination with the main printing instrumentalities and the main frame, of auxiliary air-driven marking or lining mechanism and a; power supplying device for said auxiliary mechanism adjacent to the keyboard and atmeans therefor and a key for releasing the:

carriage from its escapement devices.

27. In a typeu-writing machine the combination with a platen carriage and its escapement devices, of a key, a vibratory marker or liner, and a weight controlled means for successively vibrating said marker or liner during the travel of said carriage in the directions of its feed by a single depression of said key.

28. In a typewriting machine the combination of marking or lining mechanism, a power supplying apparatus therefor, including an air cl1a1nber,'and a hand-operable valve for exhausting the air from said chamber at the will of the operator. '29. In a typewriting machine the combination of mechanically vibrated marking v or lining devices, and a power supplying apparatus therefor, said apparatus including a weight and a finger hook on said weight for raising the same. I

30. In a typewriting machine the combination with the main typewriting instrumentalities, of auxiliary, automatically-operated marking or lining means and a power supplying apparatus for said means, said apparatus including a piston and cylinder.

31. In a typewriting machine the combination of lining or marking instrumentalities operatively connected with an air receptacle, means for compressing the air in said receptaclt ancl a hand operable outlet valve for the purpose of reducing the pressure in said receptacle at the will of the operator.

In a typewriting machine the combination with 'the main printing instrumentalities, said instrumentalities including a vibratory ribbon carrier, of auxiliary mark-.

ing or lining means, actuating means for said printing means, and auxiliary, key-actuated means for moving and holding the ribbon carrier in cooperative relation with said printing means.

Ina typewriting machine, in combination with key-actuated main typebars and main ribbon vibrating mechanism cooperatively connected with. said main typebars, of auxiliary marking or lining and ribbon vibrating' 'means, and a key 23 for the purpose of moving the main type bars and main ribbon vibrating mechanism a predetermined amount so that the main typebars will not interfere with said auxiliary marking or lining means during operation.

In a typewriting machine the combination with printing keys, a carriage and key-actuated printing instrumentalities, of a vibratory marker or liner and actuating means independent of said carriage and said key actuated printing instrunwntalities to cause said vibratory marker or lincr to print a number of'times in succession in a line from left to right.

35. In a typewriting machine the combination with a carriage and the marking'or lining means, actuating devices connected therewith, and adjustable means for controlling the speed of the carriage.

, 36. In a typewriting machine the combination of a reciprocatory marker or liner, and actuating means for said marker or liner, said means including an indicator whereby the length of the period of actuation may be measured. v

37. In a typewriting machine the combination with a platen, a carriage, and escapement devices therefor, of a vibratoryiiner or marker, actuating means to vibrate said liner or marker against the platen and speed controlling means for said carriage.

main typewriting instrumentalities, of auxiliary- 38. In a typewriting machine the combicarriage to effect variable spacing between the imprints on the paper.

40. In a typewriting machine the combination with a carriage, escapement devices and releasing means for the carriage, of a vibratory marker or liner, actuating means therefor, and means for releasing the carriage and for controlling the speedthereof.

41. In a typewriting machine the combination with a carriage and releasing means for said carriage, of lining or marking instrumentalities, automatic actuating means therefor, and means for simultaneously releasing the carriage and controlling the speed thereof.

42 In a typewriting machine the combination with a carriage, escapementdevices and releasing means for said carriage, of

automatic marking or lining mechanism, actuating ineans therefor, and a key to control the speed ofthe carriage when said carriage is released from its escapement device 43. In a typewriting machine, the 01 nation with a platen, a carriage, dig ing means-for said carriage, a vibratory marker or liner and power driven actuating means .n bl- 125 therefor, said actuating means being mounted and inclined with respect to the axis of the platen so that said marker or liner strikes the platen to make an imprint on the paper in a when the carriage is traveling to the left.

44. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a group of main type bars and a platen, of a vibratory liner carrier mounted above and independently of said group of type bars, and in a manner with respect to the axis of said platen, so that said type carrier will travel to the platen to efl'ect an imprint on the paper, from a point to the leftof a median fore and aft line of the machine.

45. In a typewriting machine the combination with a rotary platen, a marker or liner device, a depressed key, actuating means to effect a succession of printing strokes to said marking or lining device'by a single depression of said key, and means for positioning said marking or lining device to effect the marking or lining of vertical lines on the paper when the platen is rotated.

' 46. In a typewriting machine the combination with a ribbon and its actuating means of automatically operated marking or lining,

means and independent ribbon raising .means to bring the ribbon into printing relation with said marking or lining means.

47. In a typewriting machine, in combination with a platen, of a liner or marker carrier adapte to travel to the printing point, said carrier having a slot parallel direction inclined to the right with but oflset from its line of travel, and

-a perpendicular pressure of the type against the platen.

4'8. In a typewriting machine, in combination with a platen, of a pin mounted on the frame of the machine, a vibratory marker or hner' carrier controlled in its travel to the platen by said pin, adjusting means for changing the position of said pin and said marker or liner carrier relative to the platen, and means for vibrating the marker or liner carrier.

49. In a typewriting machine, in combination with'the frame and main type bars adapted to swing their type-ends through an are or path to the printing point, of auxiliary marking or lining'mechanism including a marker or liner and mounted adjacent to said are or path, power driven actuating means for projecting said marker or liner into said are or path and automatic means for Withdrawing said marker or liner from said are or path.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in. presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE VOELKER;

Witnesses:

ARTHUR P. LoTHRoP, H. SMITH.