US1163906A - Attachment for type-writers. - Google Patents

Description

H. C. GODDARD.

ATTACHMENT .FOR TYPE WRITERS.

., APPLICATION TILED DEC. 16. 191A. 1,163,906. Patented De0.14,1910

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H. C. GODDARD.

ATTACHMENT FOR TYPE WRITERS.

APPLICATION FILED 0501s. 1914.

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HARRY C. GODDARD, 0F ROLFE, IOWA.

ATTACHMENT FOR TYPE-WRITERS.

Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Dec. ML, 1915.

Application filed December 16, 1914. Serial No. 877,571.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY C. GODDARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rolfe, in the county of Pocahontas, State of Iowa, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Attachments for TypelVriters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an attachment for typewriters and especially for an attachment to return the carriage to its starting position and at the same time rotate the roll so that a new line may be started.

An object of the invention is to provide a structure which will accomplish this result without necessitating the removal of the hands of the operator from the keyboard.

A further object of the invention is to so construct the device that it may be readily applied to the typewriters of the construction used at the present time without modifying the carriage control but will be attached to the operating handle of the said carriage control.

lVith these and other objects in view, such as will appear as the description progresses, my invention comprises the combination and arrangement of parts such as set.

forth in and falling within theseope of the appended claim.

Referring to the drawing: Figure -1 is an end elevation of a conventional representation of a typewriter showing-my attachment mounted thereon. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation' showing the shifting bar in the position it will occupy when the carriage begins its movement. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the combined pulley support and guide. Fig. 5 is a sectional view showing the manner of attaching the connecting link to the ordinary shifting handle. a 6 is a detail elevation of the key board operating lever which is located on the key board. Fig. 7 is an elevational view of the other guide for the shifting arm. Fig. 8'is a perspective view of thelever for actuating the flexible members which are attached to the shifting arm.

Referring'to the drawing by reference characters wherein like parts ,arelindicated by like characters throughout, the several.

v ews: The reference, aractei- 1 indicates the frame of a typewriter, 2 the paper roll and 3 the carriage on which the said roll is mounted.

The reference character 1 indicates the shifting handle for the carriage and roll,

and this handle is of the ordinary type wherein the carriage is shifted at the same time the roll is rotated a space. In order that this carriage may be shifted, and the roll turned without the operator lifting his hands from the keyboard, I have provided a lever 5 which is pivotally mounted on the side bar 6 of the keyboard of the machine. Secured to the lower end of this lever 5 is a link 7 which extends rcarwardly to the side of the frame of the machine, and is connected at its other end as at 8 to a second lever 9, the latter being pivoted between its end as at 10. To the lower end of this lever 9 is secured a flexible member 11 which passes over a small pulley 12 on the side of the frame 1. This flexible member is secured as at 13 to' the periphery of a disk 14, which disk is formed integral with a relatively larger disk 15, the said disk being rotatably mounted on a. projection 16 on a bracket 17, the latter having an inwardly extending arm 18 on the lower end thereof which is secured to the rear bar 19 of the frame 1. On a projection 20 of this bracket is rotatably mounted a pulley 21. A flexible member 22 is secured at 23 to-the periphery of the disk 15, and this flexiblemember passes over the pulley 21 andover an additional pulley 2a which is rotatably mounted on a projection 25 on the bracket 17. This flexible member'is then extended and I is secured to the end ofthe shifting arm 26,

as at 27. This shifting arm is angular in formation and extends completely across the back of the frame 1 then forwardly and parallel to the side of the said machine, and is guided by a- U-shaped member 27 .on the upper end of the bracket 17 and a guide member 28 which is secured to the side bar 29 of the frame 1. This guide 28 comprises an-upper member 30 which extendsthrough an opening 31 in the arm 26, and a lower member 32 which bears on the lower face of the said arm 26. Secured to the end of the forwardlyextending portion of themember 26, is a shifting link 33 which extends-trans versely across the machine and is secured at its other end to the carriage shifting lever 4 in a manner shown in Fig. 5 of the drawing. i

In operation when it is desirable to return the carriage to its initial position and to also rotate the roller 2 so that a new line may be started, the operator engages the handle on the upper end of the lever 5 and pushes the handle from him, and thus through the link 7 and the lever 9 pulls the flexible member 11 about the pulley 12 and consequently through the aforementioned mechanism draws the end of the arm 26 toward the,

keyboard.

From the foregoing description it will be readily appreciated that I have provided a device that may be secured to the operating handle of a carriage of the ordinary typewriter, and by means of which theearriage may be shifted to its position and at the same time the paper, carrying roller turned and I have so constructed the device that the operating lever therefor will be located adjacent the keyboard so that it will not necessitate the operator lifting his hands from the keyboard, and consequently the shifting of the carriage to its initial position may be very readily and quickly accomplished.

While I have illustrated and described a particular embodiment of my invention, I have merely done so for the sake of convenience, and I, do not wish to be limited to that particular embodiment, as it is obvious that numerous changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the spirit of the invention or exceeding the scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed is The combination with a typewriter having a carriage shifting and roll turning handle, of a link detachably connected thereto, a shifting arm connected to one end of the said link and extending backwardly and across the rear of the said typewriter, guides for said arm, a bracket secured to the lower rear bar of the said typewriter, a lever secured to the side of the said typewriter, a flexible member secured to the one end of the said shifting arm and having'connection to the said lever, a second lever operatively connected to the first mentioned lever and constructed and arranged to actuate the shifting arm, the said lever being located adjacent the keyboard of the typewriter, and resilient means for maintaining the said flexible means taut.

In testimony whereof, I afl'iX-my signa ture, in the presence of two witnesses.

HARRY C. GODDARD.

Witnesses:

Jos. MCEWEN, JAMES BRUCE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C.

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