US1172485A - Adding-machine. - Google Patents

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- F. c. RmScnEL ADDING meme. APPLICAHON FILED MAR- 9. WM.

Patented Feb. 22, 1916.

- I SHEETS-SHEET I-' FLC. RINSGHE.

ADDING MACHIN E. APPLICATION FILED MAR- 9| 191 Patented Feb. 22,1916.

F. c. RINSCHE. AD D|NG MACHlNE. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 9. I914.

Patented Feb; 22,1916.

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Patented Feb22,1916.

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ADDING MACHINE. KPPLICATION man MAR. 9; 1914.

1,172,485, Patented Feb. 22,1916.

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ADDING MACHINE;

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 9, 1914.

1,172,485. Patented Feb. 22,1916.

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UNITED. srATEs FRANK o. RINscIIn, or nn'rnorr, MICHIGAN,,IASS1GNQR 'I'O "nunnouqn D N g MACHINE COMPANY, or DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CQRPQRA'IIQN ,0TEM1CHIGANI j nnnmwrmcnmn 'of'which the following is a speci cation. I

The present invention relates to tabulat ing equipments for adding machines and therefore has to do more especially with the--- recording function o'f'such machines which,

though commonly spoken of as adding machines, usually combine both adding -and printing functions. In late years there has been considerable development of suchmachines; along tabulating lines with the object of extending their use to tabulation upon a wide sheet of paper. W The general aim of my present invention 1 is to so equip the machine as to enable the; user to more conveniently and expeditiously vary the order of tabulation togsuit the par-v ticular work'in hand or .to suit'hisxparticu; lar manner of handling the work-,rarid at the same time'to provide anlequipmenta-adaptable to existing types of machines; in commercial use.- I L I have chosen to here disclose my invention in concrete form asapplied to the well known Burroughs" machine. I am' awarethat there batsmen numerous applications of tabulating equipments to this-'machine and that tabulating functions in connection with its use have been already developed to, a high degree. It may-be useful at this point to make specific reference to several prior patents which will serve to indicate the state of the art in this regard.- ,Patent No. 913,738 issued March 2,1909 upon the invention of Oscar C. Kreis, Patent No. 929,056 issued July 27, 1909, upon the invention of Jesse G. Vincent, 'Patent'No. 988,700

issued April '4, 1911,- 'uponthe joint inventibif of Harvey L. Fisher and Jesse G. Vincent,'and"'Patent No. 1 ,028,138 issued J une 4, 191 2, upo n the invention of'Heber C. Peters, all 'appertain to tabulating' arrangements applied, to the Burroughs machine and i'nvolve the useof a spring to impel the carriage from column to column under, control of stops, nottmamiallyfgoverned asby one or more tabulating keys, butautom'ati cally governed through connection I with th e prime mover of the machine proper, though Specification of Letters Patent. Pa,ten' ted Feb,--22, 1916 Application; filed March 1914. Seria1No. 823,399. r 1.

manipulation of a handlelor knob on the 1 paper carriagemay serve in these" priorco'nstructions for manually; setting the carriage in any desired columnar position. In all of said prior constructions return of the ca r co: the impelling spring, was effected by difbt a;

the user t0' 'some riage, or back shift against tlieftensioilof application of the'hand -off part of the paper carriage. l

Patent No. 924,118 i e-d m centa-nd Russell E- ijand'Patent No;

upon the joint invention of J'sse- GJVin 1,048,249 issued December 24 I912,';up0f1 the invention of Nelson White, afford examples of' tabulating equipments applied'to Bur--- reciprocation of theLpape r carriagebetween two columnar positions in success ve oper- I roughs-Inachines and involving automatic ations of the ma'chine,the' carriage being driven first. one way and then the other 4 through geared connection "with the'iprime mover of the machine proper;- Patent flit 977,582 issued December 6, 1910 uponi the invention of Edward R. Barrett, and Pat V ent No. 1,046,546 issued December 10,1912

u on the invention: of Russell'E. Be'nner,

s ow tabulating equipmentswhieh provide 1 for columnar shift of-the'acarriage (from; "right to left in an automatic manner akin to that characteristic; of thefirsumentionede roup of patents, and-also'show-Inachinesi85 or automatically returning the carriage I upon operation ofthe machine; to 1 record v with the carriage in the last ofits columnar 1 positions,-the carriage bein'g thereuponreturned to its firstcolumnar position. a The latter type of equipment is of course. a d* mirable for'expediting preordained tabla lation which-calls forrepeatedly,recording] I horizontalisefies 10f, items and solid Ver tical listing in column after column. I,

My presentinvention aims to take care of a somewhat different sort of tabulation and a greater variety of work and I find it ad vantageous, in furtherance of this object, .to' revert to a manual and somewhat less auto 'matielfcontrol of thejp'aper'carriage which will permit" theflus'er to vary theorderof tabulation at. will, as by either causing the carria-g'e to move to the left from one colum' nar lposition, pastic e or more intervening columnar positions, to, one farther over to theright, or returning or back-shifting the carriage from an intermediate columnar-epo- I application of the users hand to various parts of the paper carriage. My invention provides for greater convenience and increased dexterity of manipulation by providin a crank handle or hand lever at the left-hand side of the machine proper, havinga path of travel at right angles to that of the paper carriage (the same as does the familiar operating handle located at the right of the machine proper) which handle is within easy reach of the user when seated geared to the paper carriage and moves with it. and may serve merely as a convenient and effective means for back-shifting the carriage, or it may serve in conjunction with adjustable stops (ranging along the left side of the machine proper and thus readily accessible for purposes of adjustment) for tabulating purposes in place of stop fingers such as customarily carried upon a rock rod of the paper carriage and cooperating with a fixed stop at the back of the machine. I also provide a tabulating key whereby the carriage may be caused to move from a left-hand columnar position over to my present invention,

a right-hand columnar position passing by, without stopping at, one or more intermediate columnar positions.

In several of the prior art tabulating equipments of the above mentioned patents, p ....'sion is made for bringing into action the line spacing mechanism at some predetermined columnar position of the carriage (for example, in the structure of the Benner Patent No. ing mechanism is brought into action during operation of the machine with the carriage in the last or extreme right-hand columnar position). The line-spacing in question is a part of the operation'of the machine, and therefore is not available in connection with such shift of the paper carriage backward or forward as done through the use of the special equipment of since there is no accompanying operation of the machine proper, Hence I make special provision for line-spacing independently of an'yoperation of the machine proper. Thus I provide for line-spacing as a result of back shift of the carriage, and I also provide for line-spacing through use of the same key which serves for Wldfi tabulation agabove mentioned.

I am aware of thehighly developed state of the art as represented by Patent 'lflo. 1,063,181 issued June 3, 1913, upon the invention of John J. .Chapm, which showsa Such maappropriate key machine.

lating? equipment of is'deslgned for application to the standard Such handle is 1,046,546 the line-spam.

tabulating equipment providing for automatic shift of the carriage in either direction from any columnar position to any other as the result merely of depressing the of a series of tabulating keys arranged at the left-hand. side of the As contrasted with the tabulating equipment of this Chapi'n patent, the tabumy present invention Burroughs broad-frame paper carriage add-1 ing and listing machine, with the minimum of change 1n. the regular construction theremanufacturable character besides entailing no complication: with respect to, assemblage with the regular parts of the machine. Furthermore, it is of such a character as to permit of the customary automatic stepping of the carriage from successive operations of the machine if that mode of operationis desired, the tabulatin key in such case being simply left alone and the carriage crank handle or hand lever being employed merely as a means for throwing the carria e back .to the right, 2'. e. the special 'tabu ating stops not being. set in position to cotlperate with this crank handle or hand lever.

Of the drawings which accompany and form part of this specification, Figure .1 represents in left side elevation, a machine of the Burroughs type having applied thereto certain of the devices hereinafter specifically described which serve my invention; Fig, 2 shows the machine partly in top plan view and partly in horizontal' section; Fig.3 is a left side elevation on an enlarged scale of the carriage crank handle and associated parts together with a portion of the paper carriage in vertical section the handle being reversed in position,

tion with some parts broken away tobetterdisclose'others farther forward; Fig. 9 is 'a vertical section taken substantially .on the line 9+9 ofFig. 8; Fig. 10 is a fragmentary perspective view of special line-spacing devices; Fig; 1:11 is a right side elevationofthe machine with its casing partly ,broken away and sectionalized; --Fig. ,llfi 1s "a' detail perfor carrymgout of, my equipment being in the nature of a column to column in spective of a special piwl-carrying lever arid pawl; Fig-12 illustrates'a machine-1n left 1 side elevation with a modified. form of carriage crank handle and gear'connection; Fig. 13 is a fragmentary top plan view of the same.

No detailed description of the machine proper is necessary to a thorough understanding by any one skilled in this art of the adaptation of the present improvements to the Burroughs machine. The latter is wenknown through extensive commercial use and through disclosures of numerous 'prior patents. Furthermore, the paper car-- ryingiequipment at the rear is now so well known as to require but brief mention, the "same being of a character closely resembling those of the above mentioned prior patents,

- more especially the patents of Kreis, Vincent, Vincent and Benner, White, Barrett and Benner. This has reference to the mounting of the carriage for lateral shift across the back of the machine, the use of a f double spring drum 2 for propelling the carriage from right to left, and the employment of a rocking tabulator rod 3 having fingers e' adjustably secured thereon for determining columnar positions of the carriage-- through cotiperation with a fixed plate 6. The'normal line-spacing mechanism is also of similar character comprising plates 7 and a 8 with jaws 7 and8 embracing a bail cross operation of ,theniachine by a lever virod 9, the plate 7 being reciprocated in every 1- brated by" a cam 100 secured to the familiar customary to control, the dog as to lateraldisplacement so as to provide for connection :and disconnection of the plates 7 and 8 as rock shaft 100. A laterally displaceable springheld dog is pivoted upon the plate same being journaled at its lower end upon a frame stud 14 and carrying a gear segment 15'. The latter is in mesh with a similar segment 16 which is part of a lever 16 pivoted upon a frame stud 17 and formed at its upper end with an extended gear segment 16 This latter segment is 1n mesh with a spur gear 18 secured to.a' shortshaft 19 to which is also secured a bevel gear 20 meshing with a similar gear 21 fastened to the drum gear 12. Owing to the character of the lever 16 and segment 16, the latter is for tabulat-ing purposes as has already been pointed out, and further assumingemployment of the hand lever without specialtabulatingstops to be described later, it will be clear that the machine can be operated in I t the usual manner for .tabulating purposes with the automatic shift fro-m column to a column as'the dog 7 successively disengages 7 and formed to engage over a shoulder of the plate 8 for the purpose of drawingthe latter down with. theoplate 7.- The upper end ofthis dog is adapted to act upon the I fingers to disengage them from the stop plate 6. This Provides for columnar shift.

of the carriagein a familiar, manner and itis" line-spacing may. be desiredgor not in .the progress of the tabulated work.

..In the present instance" the" aforesaid double spring drum is geared to the car-- riage, the latter having secured along its vupper portion, on the side/toward the machine proper, a rack 11 and there being secured to the upper member 'of the drum a ear wheel 12 which meshes with said rack.

I imilangearing appears in the Barrett Pat- 55 to Fig. 5, it will be noted that the slips bear inscriptions appropriate to bank work. This ent lid-977,582 and its purpose is to provide for propelling the carriage in either direction I by the turning of the drum as contrasted with the familiar arrangement of a band or tape winding upon'the drum and attached to the carriage. In carrying out th'e..prese nt in vention said gearing is availed of in con nection with the crank handle or hand lever located at the left side of the machine.

Referring first to,Figs. 1 to 9, the hand 6. lever is designated by the numeral 13, the

the fingers 4; from the stop. plate 6. This would have the effect of swinging the hand lever 13 rearward step by step from the position shown in Fig. 1 to the position shown in Fig. 3. Then by pulling the handle forward the carriage Wouldobviously be driven back to the right; The, hand lever projects up past an index holder in theform of a curved plate 22 fastened to the casing of the machine and flanged to hold cards or slips 23; These may be inscribed according to the character ofwork and located inthe guideway at posit-ions corresponding with the columnar positions of the carriage asjdetermined by the stop fingers 4;. Referring enables the user to determine at a glance Where the carriage is located with respect to the tabulation. Obviouslythe handle can be employed at anytime to throw the carriage backto the' right, without its having necessarily shifted all the way over to the left, so that the user can employ anyflimite d number of columnar positions of'the car.-

riage This was of course-equally true of the former arrangement such as that shown in the Vincent Patent No; 929,056, leaving out of consideration-the special handle and connections for facilitating the operation. However,- the matter of line-spacing comes into consideration for, if under-the old arrangement the carriage i thrown back to the right before the limi left has been reached, thereis not the automatic coupling of the line-spacing devices; According-to the present invention instead of having the line-spacing depend upon the carriage arriving at the last of a series of columnar positions, I provide for line-spacing as a result of the return of the carriage to its firstcolumnar position, and

I make use of the rock rod 3 in this connec-' tioa. In order to effect line-spacing by said. rock rod it is moved in excess of the movement given to it for tabulating purposes. For this purpose there is fastened to said rod near its left-hand end a special returned. by its spring to the The shoulder 25 finger 24 (Fig. 10) formed with a. beveled head 24* toride over the bevel 25 of a blade 25 located adjacent the backplate of the machine. In restoring the carriage in opposition to its spring, it will be driven beyond the initial columnar position, so that the beveled head of said special finger-will ride completely over the bevel 25 of said blade and thus the rod 3 will be rocked in excess of the movement it has for tabulating purposes, which excess movement through connect-ions presently to be described, effects a single line-spacing. Then the carriage is initial .columnar position. In order to provide for displacement of the bladefto permit this proper repositioning of the carriage, said blade is given aright-angle'twist p'o thata vertical sides of block 27 fastened a pivot to the back plate of the machine. The blade .is pivoted in this block and a spring'28 inserted between it and the base portion of the latter, normally throws the upper part of the blade rearward as limited by abutv ment of a'forwardly projecting under portion 25. against the back plate of the machine, all as clearly shown inFig. 10. which terminates the bevel 25 is itself beveled so that the end of the f head 24 'will operate against it upon shift of the carriage to the left and thereby displace the blade so that the finger 24 may.

pass bythe same. An extended upper: edge of the blade at the base of the beveled shoulder 25 prevents the flnger'head 24 from oi the carriage rjide up on said stud *from dropping below the line of the beveled 'surface 25.

l the tabulating rod 3 dropping too far. Then the blade stands so close to one of the studs supporting the fixed stop plate 6 (Fig. 8) that overrunning would cause the head 24 to and thus be prevented The above described excessive rocking of does not effect linespacing through the connections previously described, which connections ordinarily serve for line-spacing, except that the same platen ratchet wheel 30 is operated upon.

:iof shifts to the I a yoke piece pivoted a pawl 35 (Fig. 11). rocking structure is pivoted upon an ex the rock rod 5 of the aforesaid middle portion may stand in between the I andconsequently Referring to Fig. 11 there is secured to the right-hand end of said rock rod an upstanding arm 31 having a stud occupying the bifurcation of an arm 32 of a rocking structure comprising in addition to said arm 33 and an arm34 to which is The said tension of bail having the'cross rod 8. Asp ring 36 connects the arm 32 with a stud 'on'the end of the'carriage and serves to normally retract the pawl 25 besides serving to mainstain the normal position of the tab ulator rock rod. Another spring 37 connects the pawl '35 with the yoke portion 33 ofv the rock ng structure so as to press thelpawl into engagement with the ratchet though normally this is'prevented by contact of the pawl with a collar on the shaft 40, the' latter being 'a' familiar element of thepaper car riageused for retracting the feed rollers when the paper is ably there is formed integral with saidpawl an overthrow-preventing tooth 35 which to be adjusted. Preferenters between teeth of the usual V-toothedl wheel 42 on the platen.

Referring to the matter of effecting the shift of the-carriage to the left otherwise than as an incident'to operation of'the mathe reference numeral 50 designates located at thefront of the keyboardv to the right, said key being link 51 (Fig. 11), andisuit chine, a key preferably oif coupled to a ably guided by engaging a bifurcated lower a frame stud 52 wardly extending arm. 53 ofallover pivoted at 54 to the right-hand frame piece of the machine and havinga rearwardly extending member of: the key stem. The link 51 is coupled to the forarm 55 which protrudes through a slot in the back plate of the machine and extends.

under an arm- 56 (Fig. 8) This arm extends transversely across a portion of. the back plate of the-machine and is rigidly connected with another arm 57, the two arms forming a lever pivoted at 58 to said back plate. of the tabulator rock rod 3 and has a rearwardly projecting roller stud 59 at its upper end overlying the cross bar 60 of a bail which rocks with said rod. This bar 60 is The arm57 extends up in rear:

secured to arms 61 fastened to saidrock rod.

of the latter'will obviously rock special indexing; of. the key because when it has been depressed far pression of the key 50 can be caused to effect line-spacing by the same degree ,of rocking of the rod 3 ,as that produced through the before 1 described co-action of the special finger 2 k and the bladei. No

I enough'to cause shift of the carriage some perceptible resistance will be felt through encounter of the pawl with theratchet 30 and unlessthe user desires to line-space he will not apply increased forceto the key when thi's resis'tance is. encountered. ..Obviously then this special key can be employed at will for the purpose-of causing the carriage to jump from one columnar position to another without stopping at intermediate positions otherwise determined by .one or more of the fingers. 4. Themtoo, if a line-space is de-' -sired at some other sition of thecairiage tha'n-it's initial position that can'be effected through full depression of the key with or 1 ajtfany .time by Then, as next to be described, special tabuwithout a columnarshift of the carriage, ac-

cording to whether the latter ispermitt'ed to move or'is restrained. It may be restrained holding"- the hand. lever.

. lating stops cooperate with said handle to 'permit limited 1mm I and the stops which may tabulating "purposes,

and a'screw-threaded shank 72*. The block prevent. movement the left sideof the machine casing, in additionte and associated with the index cards, a curved slotted plate 70. (Ashere shown the index holding plate is seoured'to this slottedplate.) A plain curved plate 71 is directly fastened to the casing f machine by arms 71 j curved plate70 is secured to spacing posts of the and the similarly 7]; carried by the plate 71 and receiving "'1 screws which serve to secure the index hold- 13 extends up between the plates 70 and 71a ing plate to the plate 70. The hand lever and they are spaced apart sufficiently. to;

plate- This .lateralflexing is for the purpose of engaging and disen I employed for v Each of these stops comprises a beveled block. 72 witha square hos??? toe'ngage the slot of the plate 70 "is on the inner side -of. said plate andthe a .and receives a nut side of the ate.

said [shank projec -.on the opposite side j 73. A washer 74 is preferably inter osed'-between.--the nut and the the nut wil clamp th'e bloc it will be. preventedfrom son of the enga ement of with the sides of he slot.

turning by reaits squareboss 50 is required of the carriage except when the handle is "sprung slightly in a lat- 1 eral direction.

5 Still referring tow the ihandle arrangement I. shown by Figs..1-',' 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7, there is. fastened to 85 the aforesaid'g'uide plate 22 for 'ing the work I at all,

osition of thecarriage is and canfcorrespondflexing of the lever whichis. made of comparatively thinsteel' can be accomplished at any time extent desired. The user is also enabled to .line-space at anytime he desires without necessarilydriving the carriage all the way aging. said lever' .Obviouslly in screwing up in position and against the stop Theleetop pieces can be adjusted and clamped in position anywhere along the slot, to suit the desired tabulation, and it will be noted that their sideration the beveled surface of the hand lever stop lug is forward and the beveled surfaces of the stop pieces or blocks 72 face rearward so that when the handle is pulled V forwardit may'readily pass by the stop p eces, the beveled surfaces camming past each other and the handle being flexed. It

,- will beobvious, however, that no such action occurs in connection with shiftof the carriage from' right to left (corresponding with rearward swinging of the handle) for the reason thatthe shoulder of the handle stop lug abuts against the squared front ,sides of the stop pieces. However, by' slight pressure applied" against the end of the handle ofsaid lever the latter can be disengaged from anystop piece and the carriage thus released and permitted. to move until the lever strikes the next stop piece.

' It will nowv be clear that the tabulation can be controlled entirely by the special handleverat the left of the machine. This has several advantages over control by the 'usualrock rodand stop fingers. With the index cards 23 located to .correspond with the particular setting of the stop pieces, the

user can'tell at a glance and without, examinjust'what the columnar ngly shift -'t from any column to another at will, distributing items as called for by the. work inhand without having to leave the sheet in the holder of the paper carriage at the back of the machine. The hand lever. is within easy reach so back home. Thus assuming that he desires to back-shift only one columnffrom the farthest column to the right when the ma: chine is set up for printing three or more columns, the hand lever" will simply be pulled farenough toshift the lca'rriage back to' this desired columnar positionand the carriage will beheld at that osition by con-'- tact of the shoulder of t handle lug piece. Assuming that the user. desired to then that back shifting and to any print againin P the.

'his seat in front of the machine to examine farthest column to the right, and so to line 7 space, all he needs to do is to fully depress the key 50. 'VVhile this rocks the tabulatlng bail on the carriage the latter will not shift.

because it is not being held by one of the fingers on the rod 3' but by one of the stop pieces 72." It will be understood'of course that when using these stop pieces for tabulating purposes, the fingers 4 will be out of use, either set off out of range of the 'car-. riage movement or removed altogether from the rod, though one or more of these stop fingers may be used at the same time as one or more of the stopflpieces 72, e. g), for columnar positions intermediate those deter. mined by the stops72.

Passing now to the modified construction I -.-of this handle. Two plain guide plates or bars- 91 and 92 are employed spaced apart only far enough to permit free swinging of the handle between them as guides. The in dex holding plate 22 is preferably used in this construction. for the purpose of cu abling the user to regulate back spacing of the carriage through operation of the hand le /per. In this modified construction the lever is reversed as compared with that shown in the preceding figures, in that its rearward throw retracts the carriage against the latters spring. Thus instead of'the arrangement of segmental gears shown in the preceding figures, there is a single segment 9-1 fastened to the boss of the hand lever 90 and this single segment meshes directly with the spur gear 18. Obviously in this modified construction the hand lever steps forward as the carriage shifts from right to left. When aseries of items has been printed along a horizontal line the user, seated in front of the machine, can conveniently return the carriage by throwing the hand lever rear.- ward, and as in the construction before described, line-spacing will occur as a result of the return of the carriage to its initialposition. However, the user may if hedesires drive the carriage only part way back and, with the cards 23 set to correspond. with the location of the stop fingers 4 on the tabulating rock rod 8. he can back shift the carriage very readily to any columnar position he desires.

I have here shown my invention appliedto a style of Burroughs machine using what is known as a split and normal platen, that is to say a platen comprising different sections each with its-own line-spacing devices.

Such a construction has been made the subject of my application No. 714:,822, filed August 13, 1 912, and it may be very advantageously employed in conjunction w1th;the

character of tabulating means which is the subject'of my present application. For-an earlier type of sectional laten construction reference may be 'had to atent No. 968,005

issued. August 23,1910, on the invention of Jesse G. Vincent. This, hoWever,'- does not disclose coupling and uncoupling means for the platen sections as does my said application No. 714:,822,which feature may beiadvantageously employed in the machine. of the present application.-

I claim: Y

1. In a machine of the class described, the

combination of recording mechanism; a laterally shiftahle paper carriage; aspring for shifting it one way; a handle reciprocating at right angles to said carriage and geared thereto for returning, it; and tabulating stops for the carriage cobperating directly with .said handle, the latter being flexible for lateral displacement to disengage it from:

the stops.

2. In a machine of the class described, the

combination of recording mechanism; a-lat erallyshiftable paper carria e; a. spring for shifting it one way; a hand e reciprocating.

at right angles to said carriage; a slotted bar along which said handle moves; and ad- .justable stops fitted toisaid bar, the handle being flexible for lateraldisplacement todisengage it from the stops. f y

3. In a machine of the class described, the

combination of recording mechanism; a late.

erally shiftable paper carriage; a spring for shifting it one way; a reciprocating handleconnected to said carriage for returning. it and which moves backwardly and forwardly along one side of the machine; and an inlaterally shiftable paper carriage; a spring for shifting it one Way a reciprocating handle geared thereto for returning it; tabulat ing stops for the carriage cooperating with said handle; a second series of tabulating stops; and means for releasing the carriage from said last-mentioned stops.

5. In a machine of the character described, the combination of recording mechanism; a laterally shiftable paper carriage a spring for'shifting it one way; a r eciprocating handle geared thereto for returning it; tabulating stops for the carriage .coiiperating" with said handle; other tabula'ting; stops carried by the carriage; anda keyand connections for releasing the carriage from said lastmentioned stops.

5. In a machine of the character described. the combination of recording mk hanism; a

dexing guide adjacent the path of said hanlaterally shiftable paper carriage; a spring for shifting it one Way; a reciprocating handle geared thereto for returning it; tabulating stops for the carriage cooperating with the combination of recording mechanism; a

laterally shiftable paper carriage; a spring for shifting it one Way; a reciprocating handle geared thereto for returning it; tabulating stops'for the carriage cooperating with said handle: a rock-shaft upon said carriage; a series of tabulating stops carried by said rock-shaft and arranged to release the carriage when the shaft is given a limited rocking movement; line spacing mechanism upon the carriage arranged to be operate by an excessive movement of the rock-shaft;

and means for oscillating said shaft. v

S. In a machine of the character described,

the combination of recording mechanism; a laterally shiftable paper carriage; a spring for shifting it one Way a reciprocating handle geared thereto for returning it; tabulating stops for the carriage cooperating with ,said handle; a rock shaft upon said carriage;

a series of tabulatin'g stops carried by said rock-shaft and arranged to release the carriage when the shaft is given a limited rocking movement; a platen upon the carriage; line-spacing mechanism intermediate said rock-shaft and platen arranged to turn the latter when the shaft is given excessive movement; and a key and connections for rocking said shaft. a

9. In a machine of the character described, the combination of recording mechanism; .a laterally shiftable paper carriage; a spring for shifting it one way; a reciprocating handle geared thereto for returning it; tabulating stops for the carriage cooperating with said handle; a rock shaft upon said carriage a series of tabulating stops carriedby said rock-shaft and arranged to release the carriage when the shaft is given a limited rocking movement; a platen upon the carriage; line-spacing mechanism intermediate said rock-shaft and platen arranged to turn the latter When the shaft is given excessive movement; manually-operated means for oscillating said shaft; and means operated by the carriage in its return movement for giving said rock-shaft excessive movement.

FRANK C. RINSCHE.

\Vitnesses:

R. S. MIELERT, R. W. FAIRCHILD.

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