US1171379A

US1171379A - Printing-telegraph receiver.

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Publication number: US1171379A
Application number: US85280714A
Authority: US
Inventors: John Edward Wright
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1914-07-24
Filing date: 1914-07-24
Publication date: 1916-02-08
Anticipated expiration: 1933-02-08

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I. E. WRIGHT.

PRINTING TELEGRAPH RECEIVER. APPLICATION` FILED IULY 2'4. i914.

1,171,379. Patented Feb.,8,1916.

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PRINTING TELEGRAPH RECEIVER. APPLICATION FILEu I uLv 24,1914.

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PRINTING TELEGRAPII RECEIVER. APPLICATION FlLED JULY 24, |914. 1,171,379, Patented Feb. 8,1916.

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PRINTING TELEGRARH REcEIvER.

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PRINTINGl TELEGRAPH RECEIVER.

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'1. E. WRIGHT.

PRINTING TELEGRAPH RECEIVER.

APPLICATION F!LED 1ULY24. 1914.

Patented Feb. 8,1916.

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KEY BOARD JOHN EDWARD-WRIGHT, OF PITTSBURGH, IEENITSYL'VAIIIA.4

PRINTING-TELEGRAPH RECEIVER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 8, i916.

Application filed July 24, 1914. Serial No. 852,807.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN E. WRIGHT, a

-citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburgh, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Printing-Telegraph Iieceivers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The subject of the invention which I am aboutto describe and -claim in this application, is a printing telegraph receiver, an instrument which, receiving over a telegraph line afgiven impulse or group of impulses, is adjusted or set thereby in a certain definite condition, and, bymeans of suitable power-driven mechanism is caused, by reason of such adjustment, to print a character corresponding to such group of impulses, or to feed the type wheel, or the paper or to perform any other given operation which the group of impulses received may determine. I have shown and described in prior patents and applications, devices of this character, which in general, are constructed and designed to operate in substantially this manner, but in the present instance, I have -not only introducedinto the machine improvements which make for its greater speed and eiiiciency, but I have also added certainfeatures which extend its -usefulness by giving it lcertain other and novel functions, and make it capable of performing operations which no other machine of the kind, so fa'ras I am aware, has ever been designed to effect.

In the class of machine to which that of the present application is most closely related, and which I have elsewhere described, I employ what I term a translator, which in general terms is a series of permutation bars or their equivalents and corre'- sponding electromagnets, which latter receiving current impulses in Varying order from a sun liower in the line or line-controlled local, operate, together with suitable actuating mechanism, to shift one or more or none of said bars, whereby certain corresponding levers, or their equivalents, are permitted to move into recesses formed by the alinement of notches in the bars, and to thereby determine .the extent to which` a 4typewheel is turned or lifted, or both, or

to effect any other operation of the machine which may correspond to the lever or levers which have thus moved from their normal position. y In my present machine I employ a device of this character, but I combine all of the shifting permutation bars and Inoving levers in a single device, and with such device I employ a power-driven shaft that operates by means of cams and ,othe r connections to shift 'the type wheel horizontally and vertically according to the particular levers that have been permitted to move, and to perform such other operations' .as the moving levers may determine. These as '.belongifngffto one of three classes, first ;v those that determine the amount of horizontal movement ofthe type Wheel ;v second, those that determine the extent of its vertical movement, and third; those which control other power-actuated devices for feeding the type wheel or the paper or performing any of the various other operations of which the device iscapable. Givenzthen, a certain number of permutation bars' and magnets, and in practice, I use six of each, it is manifest that I may use with them a large number of movable or controlling levers, each capable of effecting, when;4 perlevers, for this purpose, may be regarded.

to permit any one or more of such levers to v move, according to the special character of 4the series of impulses transmitted, to effect character will be described by reference to' the accompanying drawings. ,I have, however, introduced a device which I term a manual shift, which operates in conjunction with the other devices which perform the various necessary operations. For this purpose I select any one of a number of what have designated levers lof the third class which when allowed, by the adjustment of the permutation bars, moves into the path of the swinging lever that effects four lifts of the type wheel, a stop which prevents that lever from moving. This manual shift is controlled by .a special key in the keyboard of the transmitter, which when operated, effects the operation described, but none other and leaves the machine adjusted so .that when the group of impulses corresponding to the character for which the shift is needed is then sent, the mechanism which lifts the type wheel to next in the highest position not being arrested by its appropriate lever, as that has been blocked, keeps on another step and lifts the wheel to its nal or fifth position, from which it is returned to normal position after the selected character in the fifth row has been impressed, and the stop returned to normal. position by the operation of the printing mechanism. This manual shift, it will be observed, requires two groups of transmitted impulses for its full operation, but I use it only for the dollar mark, quotation marks and other unusual characters, so thatI it is seldom required, and in the end adds very greatly to the capabilities of the machine.

In the practical use of instruments of this kind, occasion frequently arises for sending a received despatch to a number of different local addresses. For example, this often happens in railroad work, or it may happen that an operator sending to one city, such as New York, from another such as lashington, desires the message to be transmitted to other cities beyond, such as Boston. To 'meet such a case l combine with the receiver a perforator, the punches of which are operated directly by the movable permutation bars, so that when operated it will produce a perforated tape which when run through an automatic transmitter will reproduce the same signals and message. This device is under the control of the sending operator and mayv be brought into or thrown out of operative engagement with the receiver at will by the transmission of certain definite series or groups of impulses. This also constitutes an important present invention.

The aboveand other improvements in the details of the instrument, are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a top plan view of the complete receiving' or printing mechanism with the upper portions removed. Fig. 2 is an end viewr ofthe apparatus showing the translator mechanism. Fig. 3 is a view of the opposite end of the instrument. Fig.' 4.- isa detailed illustra-tion of the means for reversing the feed movement of the type wheel. Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the instrument looking toward the left. Fig. 6 is n.

specific feature of my or any other suitable motor.

a front elevation of 'the instrument with portions of the same in section. Fig. 7 is a vertical transverse section of the device, omitting certain parts shown in Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a detail of the controlling mechanism. Figs. 9 and 10 are detailed views of portions of the stop devices for the feed mechanism, showing the construction of the same. Fig. 11 is a view partly in top plan and partly in horizpntal section of portions of the apparatus. Fig. 12 is a detail of the printing mechanism. Fig. 13 is a sectional detail of Fig. 11 looking toward the left. Fig. 14 is a diagram of segments. Fig. 15 is a detail of the mechanism for controlling the perforator. Fig. 16 is a horizontal sectional view of the perforator. Fig. 17 is a vertical sectional view of the same. Fig. 18 is a view of a piece of perforated tape. Fig. 19 is an enlarged detail view of the starting mechanism for the power shaft. Fig. 20 is a diagram of the keyboard of the transmitter. Fig. 21 is a schematic view of the type wheel, and Fig. Q2 is a diagrammatic illustration of the translator bars to illustrate their mode of operation.

In describing the several parts of the instrument by reference to these drawings, 1'

shall state, as far as may be necessary, their functions or mode of operation, so that the operation of the machine as a whole wili be understood without recourse to a general description of the same.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 6, which afford a good illustration of the general construction of the device, 1 is a base and 2, 2 two side plates on and between which the operative portions of the mechanism are mounted. 'Fliese latter consist, inthe main, of a paperholding and `feed shaft 3 adapted to carry a continuous sheet of paper; a type wheel 4 capable of both rotary and longitudinal motion, a type wheel carriage 5, on which the type wheel is mounted, and the shafts, gearing and other appliances for setting and feeding the typeY wheel, feeding the paper and performing other operations, which, so far as may be necessary for an understanding of the present invention will be hereinafter more fully described.

On the base plate 1 between the two sides of the instrument is mounted a main driving shaft 6 connected by means of a suitable clutch 14 with a gear wheel 7 that meshes with the worm pinion 8, Fig. 19, on a shaft 9 carrying a friction clutch 10 adapted to be continuously rotated by means of an electric The driving shaft is normally locked, but released by each turn of the sunflower and hence as each set or group ofl signal impulses is received, is permitted to make a single revolution. This is effected by a pivoted bell crank lever 11 which normally engages a tooth 12 secured to the shaft. By means of an electromagnet 13 the lever 11 is moved sufficiently to disengage the tooth, and as the shaft is connected with the gear 7 through a clutch v 14, the shaft 6 is permitted to make one revolution. A pivoted spring actuated lever 15 engages at the proper moment a tooth on the cam disk 16 to prevent back lash of the shaft 6.

Onthe outsideof one of the vside plates 2 of the instrumentare mounted parts of the mechanism which setthe type wheeel and feed the paper. On the outside of the other plate 2 is secured the translator, which latter device will Vbe understood by reference to Fig. 2. In this figure, 16 and 17 represent the permutation bars mounted to slide longitudinally in guide plates 18. Midway between these bars isa seventh bar 19', which has a bodily movement at right angles tothe plane of the paper and is operated by means of a connection 20, Figs. 1 and 7, with a rock shaft 21 operated against a spring 22 by a connecting rod 25 between an arm on the rock shaft and a pivoted lever 23 carrying a roller which bears on the periphery of a cam 24 on the shaft 6.

Upon the bar 19 bear various levers pivoted to the frame and impelled toward the said bar by spiral springs such as the spring 26 in Fig. 7. Of these levers the four marked 27 are those which control the lifting of the type wheel, while the others control the turning of the wheel and the other operations incident to the machine. It will be understood that all of the aforesaid levers normally 'rest upon the bar 19, but as this bar, by each revolution of the shaft 6 is retracted, all of the levers come or remain in contact with the bars 16 or 17 or fall into a row of alined notches therein.

trol the horizontal movement of the type wheel. The sixth lever marked 29 isthat which responds to the operation of the manual shift key. The seventh lever marked 30 in conjunction with either of two levers 31 responds to the combination lof impulses, which throw in or out of operation the perforator, and the eighth lever 32 responds in conjunction with any one of levers 33 to those combinations of impulses that correspond to other operations of the machine.

If a letter on the type wheel is to be printed which requires the wheel to be turned, say, one space, that combination of impulses is sent which by the adjustment of the permutation-bars permits the first lever in group marked 28 to swing forward into the path of the sliding rack bar 34, which is moved by a pinion 35 on a shaft' 36 l extending across the machine andl operating by the usual mechanism to rotate the type wheel when turned. On the other side of the machine this shaft 36 carries a pinion 37 which engages a segmental gear 38, which is caused to swing by a spring connection 39 with a lever 41 under the machine, and which is'a rocking arm on the shaft 42, which latter is arranged to be turned through a partial revolution by each revolution of the power shaft 6. The extent to which the segment 38 will be thus turned depends upon the space through which the rack bar is permitted to move, but if the first lever 28 has swung over into the path.

of the rock bar, it is manife'st .that this movement will be very short, in other-words,

will be only sufficient to rotate the shaft 36 through an arc that turns the type wheel one step. From this the operation vof the other turning levers will be understood. The type wheel is lifted by a similar device, that is to say, if the wheel is to be lifted the space of two rows. of characters, that combination of impulses is sent` that permits, by the adjustment of the permutation bars 16, the second lever 27, counting from the left, to swing forward into the path of the rack bar 43 shifted horizontally by the pinion 44. This pinion ispon atriangular .shaft 45 extending across the machine and connected by gearing with the type wheel so as to raise the latter when the shaft is rotated. At the opposite side of the machine is a pinion 46 on this shaft which gears with a toothed segment 47 connected by a spring arm 48 with the rocking arm 41. The extent to which th'etype wheel islifted therefore depends upon which one of the levers 27 swings into the path` lof and is encountered by the rack bar 43, and it will be observed .that since both

segments

38 and 47 Iare connected by springs, forming a yielding connection with the lever 41, that the type wheel may be both turned and raised or either turned or raised by each movement of the arm 41, that is, once for' each revolution 0f the shaft 6. A

The type wheel, by means of the above 4described mechanism is rotated 4in steps each equal to two letter' spaces. fore, to print any4 of .the intermediate characters. the transfer is adjusted sothat that lever is set which under normal conditions would permit the machine to expose and print the character immediatelv preceding, in the selected row, thejchararter desired. But in addition to the impulses sent 'to' effect this adjustment a shift impulse is sent which In order, there- 1 the type wheel bodily through one letter space is also operated. The mechanism for this purpose consists of a lever 84 fixed to a rock shaft 85 mounted under the machine and said lever lies directly beneath the end of lever .62, so that whenever the latter is operated to transmit movement to the type wheel, its depression operates the cross feed lever 84. Then the shaft 85 is rocked in this way, it swings an arm 86 that operates a rod 87 that shifts a pawl 88 which rises into engagement with a new tooth on a feed ratchet 89 and on its downward movement turns the samey through a space sufficient to advance the type wheel one letter space.

lith the exception of means for feeding the paper and spacing between words, which 'I have not as yet described, the above constitutes a completely organized printing telegraph receiver, capable of such operation as the ordinary requirements of practice demand, but I propose to effect certain other useful operations b'y different combinations of impulses, among which are the following: shifting the type wheel-to present the fifth row of characters to the printing position; feeding the paper line by line; transverse feeding for spacing without printing; returning the type Wheel to its original position from any point in the line';

feeding the type wheel bodily backwardI step by step for any desired distance; ringing a bell for conventional signaling purposes; bringing into operation a perforator, and throwing it out of operation. Other operations are possible but for purposes of this case they need not be gone'into in detail.

VThe operation of raising the type wheel to a fifth position, is effected by the operation of a` special key in the keyboard which sends a certain combination of impulses that adjusts the permutation bars to such position that the sixth lever 29 swings forward. This movement of the lever engages a bell crank lever 90 which causes a slide 91 to move a toe 92 into the path of the first :lever 27 on the left, which is that lever that permits the type wheel, under ordinary circumstances to be lifted to the fourth position. This operation cuts out the printing mechanism so that the instrument after the operation is completed is left with the stop 92 in line with the fourth lift lever 27. The next combination of signals sent may or may not be composed of impulses that turn the` type wheel, but in any event the fourth position lever alone of levers 27 is lactuated,but since it encounters the stop 92 the rack-bar 43 does not strike it but passes beyond it sufficiently to raise the type wheel to a position wherein it exposes the lowermost or fifth row of characters.

On the pinion 75 which always operates when the printing operation is effected, is a fixed arm or pin 93 which, on the move- ,bar 63.

ment of the pinion, encounters a pin 94 connected with the slide 91 and forces the latter back to its normal position of non-interference.

The operation of the lever 29 as above stated throws the printing mechanism out of action. The lower end of the lever when its other end swings into an alined series of notches in the permutation bars encounters a bar 95 carried by a pivoted bar 96 which latter is connected by a rod 97 with a plate 98 pivoted to the reciprocating When the arm is moved by the lever 29 the plate 98 is drawn backward out ofthe path of the rod 67, so that the latter descends with arm 66 without lowering the slide-bar 63 and without operating the printing or feedrmechanism. The operation of the manual shift key, therefore, puts the instrument into condition to print the characters inthe fifth row which may next be selected, and the printing of that character restores the parts to their normal condition. Another operation necessary is the feed of the paper line by line, and when this is done, the printing mechanism should not be operated. To effect this, I throw the lever 32 which also engages the pin 95 and therefore cuts out the printing mechanism, andvone ofthe levers 33. Each of the last named levers is connected by rods 99 with a block 100 secured to a vertical spring actuated plunger 101, which is capable of being drawn by the movement of the bars 99 under the bar 67, but which is normally out of the path of said bar. In the case assumed the plunger which lies over an arm 102 fixed to a rock shaft 103 under the instrument is selected and swung under thebar 67 and by 'the movement of the bar that particular plunger is depressed and the rock shaft 103 is turned. This shaft Vis connected by an arm 104 with the rod 105 that connects with any suitable line feed device 108, shown in F ig. 5. v

In order to spacewithout printingthe llever 32 and that lever 33 which depresses the plunger over the arm 84 on rock shaft 85 are thrown. This operates the transverse feed but not the printing mechanism.v

To return the type wheel from any point in a line the printing device is thrown out by lever 32 and that lever 33 which de-y presses the plunger 101 which lies over an arm 106 on a rock shaft 107 that connects .by levers with a rod 109, whichwhen drawn 109 brings a stop 113 thereon under a spring catch 114, which holds the rod 109 down until the type Wheel has traversed its full homeward course. 0n the rod 87 of the spacing mechanism is a'stop 115 which lies under the tail of the catch 114, so that after the next character is printed and the rod 87 lifted to space, the catch 114 is released from the stop 113.

It may frequently be desirable to turn the type wheel backward step by step, to correct a wrongly printed character, to tabulate, or the like, and to do this the lever 32 and that lever 33 which depresses plunger 101 that lies over the arm 116 ixed to a rock shaft 117 connected by an arm 118 to a rod 119 which is pivoted to a swinging pawl 120 engaging, when in action with the ratchet wheel 89, are selected. The pawl 120 has a tail 121 which when the pawl is depressed by the rod 119 engages and shifts the stop 110, thereby disengaging the retaining pawl 122 and the operating pawl 88 of the ratchet. As the spring in the barrel 111 is under tension, the pawl 120 acts as an escapement and permits the ratchet to turn back by one tooth for each -movement of the pawl. By this means the type wheel carriage and type wheel may be sent back step by step to any desired position.

It is sometimes desirable that the sending operator may have some means of transmitting a conventional signal over the wire, as for example, ringing a bell on the yreceiving instrument. For this purpose a bell 154 is mounted under or at some convenient point on the receiver and provided with a hammer 155- which is operated by a lever 156. To ring the bell the lever 32 and that lever 33 which depresses a plunger 101 immediately over the lever 156 are selected and set in operation.

In ordinary practice it is customary to file away the messages or copies of the same and for this and other reasons it is desirable to haveI the blanks all of the same size. Sometimes a message covers only two or three lines, in which case a number of blank lines must be fed't'o bring the blank to the proper point to be torn off. The means for doing this are shown in Fig. 2 and in Fig. 14.` A spring actuated lever 123 is pivoted alongvside of the bars 16, 17 and by a certain adjustment of said bars is permitted to swing into an alined series of notches and engage a lever 124. The. movement of the latter forward, permits a bell crank lever 125, Fig. 14,

being stopped by theI catch, continues in revolution feeding the paper line by line.

0n the frame of the instrument is mounted a gear wheel 130, Fig. 5, which is in gear with a pinion on thepaper feed shaft, and which makes, say, one revolution for each two of the said shaft. On the shaft of the gear wheel 130 is a pin 131 which rotates with the wheel and at a given point this pin enga-ges the tail of the bell crank lever 125 and moves it. permitting the lever 124 to fall back and break the contacts 129. By this device the paper, by the actuation of the proper key of the transmitter will be fed line by line until the pin 131 has made a complete revolution, or until a blank of a given length is fed, and the machine will then be arrested.

The remaining operations provided for are the throwing into and out of operation of the perforator. This device is illustrated in Figs. 15 to 18. It consists of a box or casing 132 in which are arranged a main or feed punch 133 and six character punches 134, all spring seated. The feed punch 133 is operated by a pivoted lever 135 which lies in the path of a rod 136 connected with an arm 137 on the shaft 57 which latter is turned with every operation o-f the instrument. The lever 135 has a notch 138 which l whenythe perforator is in its inoperative position lies under the end of the rod 136, so that the feed punch is not moved by the movements of the shaft 57.V

rIhe box 132 is pladed in guide ways 139 and is capable of a limited movement therein, the guide ways being permanently attached ,to the frame =of the machine. Normally, the box is withdrawn, from the operation of the punches by the action of a spring 140, To throw the perforator ipto action a combination of impulses is sent that permits the lever 30 and that one of levers 33 to swing forward which draws under the bar 67 the plunger 101 which is connectedwith a lever 141 operatingI a reciprocating rod 142. When the plunger in question is lowered, the rod 142 is raised and engages with a bell crank lever 143 which engages a pin on the box 132 and .forces the latter forward until it is caught by a spring latch' 144. This position is illustrated in Fig. 17. In this position the six character punches lie directly opposite the ends of the Six permutation bars 16 and 17, so that by each operation of the instrument the feed punch is operated to perforate a line of holes along the center of the paper, and such of the character punches as are impelled by the movement of the bars 16 and 17 are also operated to punch one or more holes in a transverse line. Each movement of the lever 135 is communicated to a pawl 145 that operates on a ratchet wheel 146 to turn the toothed feed Wheel 147, the pins or teeth of which engage with the central line of feed perforations. The sending operator may, therefore, at any time desired, throw into action the perforator which. as long as the above described conditions are maintained, continues in op.- eration and produces a perforated tape 148 which may be run through an automatic transmitter to repeat the message corresponding to its perforations.

When it is desired to throw the perforator. out of operation, a combination of signals V is sent that operates lever 30 and that one of levers 33 which depresses the plunger 101 that lies over a lever 149. This lever raises the end of a second lever 150 and thereby depresses against a spring 151 a rod 152. This draws down the latch 144 from engagement with the boX 132 and permits the latter to be withdrawn .from the influences of the punches by the action of spring 140.

Referring to Fig. 22. This illustrates the siX permutation bars, the blackened portions of which represent those notches in the bars which are operative when the bars are moved to secure theadjustment necessary to produce the character, applied to the draw-v ing. Of course, it will be'understood that all of the bars have many more notches than are shown in this figure. For example, to print the letter A, one of the bars that raises the type 'wheel two steps and anotherl bar which turns it one step must be shifted to bring their notches into alinement. This having been done there must be notches in all of the other barsWhiCh have not been moved, to permit the appropriate levers' to fall into their operative position. The black spaces, however, indicate the magnets 53 that must be' operated. and the bars that must be shifted to secure this result.

In Fig. 21 there is shown diagrammatically such a keyboard as would be used in transmitting over the line the signals for operating the receiver above described. It

will be understood'that the functions'of the several keys of this device are the same as that in'all cases of this kind, to operate or to control means for sending to line a combination or set of .timed impulses" corresponding to the special key depressed. The drawing, so far as the function of each key 153 is concerned, is self-explanatory, the character or name which each key bears indicatin sion. Those keys which contain two characters will transmit the lower character when depressed, but will not transmit the upper character until the shift key, as herer inbefore explained, has been operated.

Fig. 21 is a development of the type wheel described in connection with this device.

The position of any character thereon shows what will be effected by its depres-A with respect to its initial position, how many turns or lifts of the wheel are required tol of my device are regarded as included with:

in my invention.

What I claim is:` l

1. In a printing telegraph receiver, the combination with a translator, permutation plates or'bars therein and means for moving the same according to the impulse transmitted, stop devices cooperatively associated with the said plates and adapted to move into the paths through portions of said plates which their adjustment may afford, of a type-wheel capable vof rotary and of longitudinal movement, and means for adjusting the same to its different positions, the movements'of which are limited in extent by engagement with those stop devices which by their movement are interposed into the path of movement of said means.

2. In a printing telegraph receiver, the combination with a translator, permutation elements therein, means for moving the same according to the impulses transmitted, and stop devices which move according to thev adjustment of such elements, of a type wheel and rack bars shifted by the rotary and bythe longitudinal inovements of the same respectively, and limited in the eXtent of their movement by engagement with the stop devices which by their movement are interposed in their path.

3. In a printing telegraph receiver, the combination of a type-wheel capable of rotary and longitudinal movement, and parts having a movement proportional thereto, of a translator, a single group of coperating iper-mutation plates or bars therein, means for movingsaid plates in response to the particular impulses transmitted, a part of said plates being adapted to control the rotation and another part the longitudinal movement of the type-wheel, stop devices engaging with and movable according to the adjustment of the permutation plates,into the path of the parts moving with the type-wheel, for determining the extent of the two movementsl imparted to the type-wheel, all of said stop devices being associatedA with and operated by the said single group of permutation plates.

4. In a printing telegraph receiver, the

.combination with a type-wheel capable of to particular impulses transmitted, a part of such elements beingl adapted to control the rotary and another part the longitudinal movement of the type wheel, and three classes of stop devices or levers movable according to the adjustment of the permutation elements, and all associated with and operated by a single group of the same, one class being adapted to determine the extent of rotary movement of the type-wheel, another class the longitudinal movement of the same, and the third class adapted to cause other operations of the instrument,

5.' In a printing telegraph receiver, the combination with a type-wheel capable of rotary and of longitudinal movement, of a translator, a series of notched permutation bars therein, means for moving said bars longitudinally according to the character A.of the impulses transmitted, a retaining. bar, levers normally resting upon the retaining bar and adapted when said bar is withdrawn to fall into such alined notches as the adjustment of the permutation bars may present, means for withdrawing the retaining bar when the permutation bars are adjusted,and means for turning or lifting the typewheel and for performing other opera-- tions in the machine according to that one of said levers which may be shifted.

6. In a printing telegraph receiver, the combination with a type-wheel having a plurality of rows of characters and capable of movement about its axis and of movement in line with its axis, of a translator, means comprised in or controlled thereby for turning and for lifting the said type-wheel to bring any one of several rows of characters into line with the printing position,`means Y for stopping the type-wheel when it has reached the next to the last or highest posi-y tion, means for operating the same, and means for preventing said operation whereby the lifting means may operate to shift the type-wheel to a point beyond said position.

7 In a printing telegraph receiver, the combination with a type-wheel having a plurality of rows of characters and capable of movement about i'ts axis and of movement in' line with its axis, of a translator, means comprised in or controlled thereby for turning and for shifting the said type-wheel, to bring any one of the several .rows of characters into line with the printing position,

means for stopping the type-wheel when it has reached the next to the last or limiting position, means for operating. the same, means adapted to be interposed in the path of said stopping means for Vchecking' or pre.- venting its operating and means for interposingsaid stopping means whereby when operated the shifting means may move the type-wheel along its axis to a point beyond such position.

8. In a printing ytelegraph receiver, the combination `with a type-wheel having a plurality of rows of characters and capable of movement about its axis and of movement in line with its axis, of a translator, means Aing means when said wheel has reached the next to its last or limiting position, a stop adapted to be interposed in the path of said lever and means for interposing said stop whereby when operated the said shifting means may 'move the type-wlieel along its shaft to a point beyond such position.

9. In a printing telegraph receiver, the combination with a type-Avheel having a plurality of rows of characters and capable of movement about its axis and of movement in line with its axis, of a translator, means comprised in or controlled thereby for turning and for'shifting the saidtypewheel to bring any one of several rows of characters into line with the printing position, means for stopping the type-wheel when it has reached the next to its last position, means for operating the same, means for locking or throwing the same out of operation, and special circuit connections and devices for operating the same whereby when prevented from acting the shifting means may move the type-wheel along its shaft to the last or final position.

10.*In a printing telegraph receiver, the combination with a type-wheel capable of movement about its axis and of movement in line with its axis, of a series of permutation bars, means for moving the same according to the character of the impulses transmitted, a series of stop levers adapted to move into alined notches in said bars, which the adjustment of the latter may pre- A sent, mechanism controlled thereby for lifting and turning the type-wheel toI its different positions, and means for throwing out of operation that lever which stops the typewheel in the next to its highest position, whereby the lifting mechanism will pass beyond said lever and raise the type wheel another step.

11. In a printing telegraph receiver, the combination with a type-wheel capable of movement about its axis and of movement in line with its axis, of a series of permutation bars and means for moving the' same ac- .cording to the character of the impulse transmitted, a `seriesof stop levers adapted to move into alined notches in said bars, which their adjustment may present, means for effecting the rotary and longitudinal movement of the type-wheely and thereby bringing the same to its different positions,

a movable stop adapted to be brought into the path of the lever which stops the typewheel in the next to its highest position, and

means for shifting said stop whereby the lifting mechanism will pass beyond the said lever and raise the type-wheel another step.

12. ln a printing telegraph receiver, the

.wheel in the next to its last or highest position, means for throwing the same out of operation, whereby the lifting means may raise the said type-wheel beyond such position, printing mechanism and means connected with and operated by the same for restoring the said stopping means after a' character has been printed.

13. The combination with a printing telegraph receiver, and a translator for operat- I ing the same, permutation elements therein and means for moving the same according to the character of the signal transmitted, of a perforating device, movable into and out of operative relation with the receiver, punches therein in the path of the moving permutation elements, when the device is operatively connected with the receiver, and means under the control of the sending operator for shifting the perforator into or out'of operative relation with said receiver.

14. rl"he combination with a printing telegraph receiver, movable parts therein and means for moving said parts according to the impulses received, of a perforator movable bodily into and out of operative relation with the receiver, punches therein which, when the perforator isl operatively connected with the neceiver, are operated by said movable parts in the latter, and means under the control of the sending operator for moving said perforator into or out of operative relation with the receiver.

15. A printing telegraph receiver comprising in combination apower device shaft, a type-wheel capable of movement about and in line with its axis, yielding connections with the power shaft for turning and for lifting the type-wheel, a translator for adjusting the position of the type-wheel aci cording tothe character ofthe signal transmitted, and means for imparting to the power shaft a single revolution for each signal or combination of impulses received.

16. In a printing telegraph receiver, the combination with selecting, printing and feed mechanism for the paperv and for the type wheel, of a translator for controlling the operation of the same, a series of permutation bars therein, means for adjusting said bars according to the character of the signal transmitted and levers associated therewith that move according to the adjustment ofl the permutation bars to determine the particular operation of the instrument, one or more of said levers being adapted to throw the printing and the type-wheel feeding mechanisms out of operation whenever they are not required for the operation determined by the translator.

17. In a printing telegraph receiver, the

combination with the selecting, printing and feed mechanisms, of a type-wheel movable longitndinally with respect to the paper sheet, a spring wound by the forward movement of the type-wheel, two feed devices for moving the type-wheel in opposite directions, and a translator for operating either of said feed mechanisms according to the character of the impulses acting upon it, whereby the type-wheel may be advanced or returned step by step as desired.

18. In a printing telegraph receiver,I the combination with fthe selecting, printing and feed mechanisms, of a translator, permutation elements therein, and means for moving the same according to the character of the signal transmitted, levers adapted to.

move according to the adjustment of the permutationelements, a power shaft adapted to make one revolution for each signal received, means operated' thereby for feeding the paper, and performing other operations independently of the movement of the type-wheel, and plungers connected with certain of the translator levers and adapted by the movement of the latter to beshifted to complete the engagement of the power mechanism with the paper feed or other devices.

19. In -a printing telegraph receiver, the combination with type-wheel setting and printing mechanisms, of a translator for controlling the same, a group of permutation bars therein--for moving the same according to the character of the signals transmitted, levers adapted to move according4 to the adjustment of the said bars, one of the permutation bars having stops which when brought under the'said levers arrest them at an intermediate point-in their normal travel, and a rack-bar movable to an extent proportional to the arc through which the type-wheely is turned, said bar having an the printing mechanisml for unblocking said stop and restoring the parts to their normal position.

In testimony whereof affixl my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. 15

JOHN EDWARD WRIGHT.

Witnesses: I

THOMAS J. BYRNE, WILLIAM P. JOHNSON.