US1378612A - Copy-holder - Google Patents

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E. P'ROUTY.

COPY HOLDERJ APPUCATION Fl.LED FEB. I0, 1920.

1,378,6 1 2. Patented May 17, 1921.

UNITED STATES nnocn: PnoUTY, or ARCADIA, FLORIDA.

COPY-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 17, 1921.

Application filed February 10,. 1920. Serial'No. 35?,527.

T 0 all whomz't may concern:

Be it known that ENOOII Pnotrrr, a citizen oi the United States of America, residing at Arcadia, in the county of De Soto and State 01 Florida, has invented new and useful Improvements in Copy-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a copy iolder for typists whereby the note book or sheet may be readily applied and securely held in the proper position for the convenience of the operator and whereby the line indicator may be readily operated or may be iven the required step by step movement to successively indicate the lines of the copy with the minimum effort and loss of time to the typist and under such conditions as to insure accuracy, the elements of the apparatus being such as to provide for their production and assembling at a moderate cost; and with these objects in view the invention consists in a construc tion and combination of parts of which a preferred embodiment is shown in the no companying drawing, wherein:

Figure l is a perspective view of the copy I holder.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a detail view enlarged of the indicator clasp.

Fig. 4- is a similar view of the upper guide bracket.

Fig. 5 is a similar view of the lower guide bracket.

Fig. 6 is a similar view of the dog.

Fig. 7 is a similar view of the key.

Fig. 8 is a detail sectional view, of the lower end of the bore of the easel or rest to show the connection thereof to the base.

The apparatus consists essentially of an easel or rest 10 which may as illustrated be of sheet metal with a rearwardly turned edge or flange 11 and a base 12 consisting of a wire bent into proper form to produce a support and having upturned terminals 13 plunger rod and jaws and are provided with guide openings 18 and 19 for a plunger rod 20 titted at its lower end witha nut 21 of which the upper end is adapted to "form a stop for contact with the under surface at the l wer bracket to limit the upward movement of said plunger rod, and engaged with the plunger rod adjacent to a suitable collar 22 is a key 23 fuls crumed upon the lower bracket and adapted to be depressed forward end to cause an upward movement of the plunger rod for a purpose hereinafter explained. The key is provided with an elongated opening or slot to receive the plunger rod and a depending stud 25 engaged with a slot or seat 26 in the extremity of the bracket 17, said stun in relation to the slot 26 constituting the fulcrum of the key, and said stud being disens agable from the slot or seat 26 to permit or turning the key to a position parallel with the plate 10 and above the ledge 15 when not in use or as a means of economizing space when storing or shipping the holder.

The line indicator 2? consists oi an arm provided at its inner end with coiled eyes 28 and 29 constituting a spring clasp for frictional engagement with the plunger rod and adapted for sliding movement thereon. Said eyes are separated by a slot or notch 30 and are preferably arranged in axially offset or disalinedrelations as indicated in detail in Fig. 3, as a means of insuring the frictional engagement thereof with the rod so as to prevent accidental displacement while permitting movement thereof when SllbJQCU-ld to a moderate strain in the three.

tion oi the length of the plunger rod. Engaged with the plunger rod between the clasp eyes 28 and 29, or in the plane of the slot 30 is a dog 31 shown in detail in Fig. (3 and having a slot 82 for receiving the A 3st for engagement respectively with the. front surface of the plate 10 and the rear edge of the flange 11, so that said jaws serve to lock the dog against llpw'flld movement due to a strain applied to the "front end of the dog while permitting a downward sliding movement of the same. Thus when the key is operated to raise the plunger rod 20 the resistance ofiered by the jaws of the dog serves to hold the latter against upward movement so that the plunger rod will move upward through the opening or slot 32 in the dog and also through the clasp eyes 28 and 29, and when the key is released the downward movement of the plunger rod due to the action of the weight 21 will carry the indicator arm and also the dog downward therewith to a new point of engagement on the plunger rod or with relation to the plate forming the easel or rest. The weight 21 is adjustably mounted upon the plunger rod as by means of threads on the latter, and obviously by adjusting the weight to vary the interval between its upper or stop end and the under surface of the lower bracket 1?, the extent of upward throw oi the plunger rod may be regulated to suit the distance between the lines of the copy which is to be transcribed, so that it is only necessary for the typist at the end of each line to press the key and raise the plunger rod to the limit of its movement determined by the stop and then release the same in order to secure the downward feeding movement of the indicator arm to an extent sufiicient to expose or indicate the next line of copy.

The upper bracket 16 is provided with a securing plate 35 for arrangement in rear of the plate forming the easel or rest and a slot 36 for engagement with the flange 11 of said plate while the lower bracket 17 is provided with a similar securing plate 37 and a slot 38 for corresponding engagement with the easel at its lower end.

Also in order to secure a copy book or sheetof paper in proper position upon the easel or rest, there is a clamp consisting of a spring arm atO terminally secured to the easel on the back face thereof and projecting toward the top of the latter and normally in a diverging direction therefrom. The upper end of the spring arm is bent to pass slidably through an opening formed in the easel and terminates in an arched cross bar 41 which is disposed in front of the plane of the easel plate near the top of the latter and transversely thereo't. The cross bar is kept normally against the easel plate by the pressure offered by the spring arm, and movement of the latter toward the plate from the back separates the cross arm from the plate to permit the insertion between the two of the book or sheet to be mounted on the easel.

lVhat is claimed is:

1. A copy holder having an easel or rest, a plunger rod reciprocably mounted in a plane parallel with said easel or rest, an indicator arm having a sliding frictional engagement with said rod, a dog connected with the indicator arm and engaged with the easel or rest for resisting upward while permitting downward movement of said arm, and a key for imparting movement to said plunger rod.

2. A copy holder having an easel or rest, a reciprocable plunger rod, an indicator arm having yielding clasp eyes in engagement with said rod, a dog engaging the rod between said eyes and having engagement with the easel or rest to resist upward and permit downward feeding movement, and means for reciprocating the plunger rod.

3. A copy holder having an easel or rest, a plunger rod, an indicator arm provided with clasp eyes arranged in axially offset relation in engagement with said plunger.

rod, a dog engaging the plunger rod between said clasp eyes and provided with jaws for engaging the easel or rest to resist upward and permit downward iceding movement and means for operating said plunger rod.

l. A copy holder having an easel or rest, a plunger rod, an indicator arm slidingly mounted upon the plunger rod, a dog opera tively connected with said indicator arm and provided with jaws engaging the easel or rest for resisting up vard and permitting downward feeding movement thereof, an adjustable stop carried by the plunger rod to limit the upward movement thereof, and a key for actuating the plunger rod.

5. A copy holder having an easel or rest, upper and lower guide brackets, a plunger rod slidingly mounted in said brackets, a clamp for securing copy upon the easel or rest, an indicator arm slidingly mounted upon the plunger rod, means for resisting upward and permitting downward sliding movement of the indicator arm on the plunger rod, means for limiting the upward displacement of the plunger rod and for returning the same to its normal position, and a key engaged with the plunger rod and fulcrumed upon the lower bracket by means of a stud engaging a slot in the latter to permit of pivotal movement upon the plunger rod as a center.

6. A copy holder having an easel or rest embodying a sheet metal plate provided at its lower edge with an outwardly turned flange, and a base consisting of wire bent into arcuate shape and formed with upturned terminals. the extremities of which are split to receive the lower edge of the plate.

In testimony whereof he afiixes his signature.

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