US1525039A - Typewbiting machine - Google Patents

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Feb. 1925- 1,525,039

- c. E. NORIN TYPEWRITING MACHINE Filed Nov. 4, 1922 Aim/way iatented 3', i925.

LEZEMQ PATENT OFFICE.

CARL E. NOR-IN, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW] JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO UNDERWOOD TYPE WRITER CQMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. L, A CORPORATION OF DELAW'ARE.

TYPEWB ITENG MACHINE.

Application filed November 4-, 1922.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL E. Noam, a citizen of the United States, residing in dersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Typewriting Machines, of which the following a specification.

This invention relates to a card or label holding attachment for typewriting machines, and more particularly to that class of holder which is of resilient sheet material conforming, when distended, to the curvature of the platen, but which, by reason of its resiliency, firmly clasps the platen when positioned thereon. In such devices, the holder may be of variable width, but for firm attachment to the platen is preferably of such width as to embrace more than half of the circumference of the latter, so as to securely grip the same. In operation the upper edge of the label is inserted under the holder and is so held to the platen by the spring pressure of the holder thereon that the label will move with the platen as the latter is rotated and has its line-feed movements. Holders of this character ordin arily permit of complete rotation of the platen, so that the label may be inserted under the edge of the holder and be carried rearwardly around the platen and up under the usual pressure rolls to printing position, the pressure rolls assisting in holding the label during the printing operation.

The principal feature of the present invention is the provision of a holder of the type referred to having a resilient finger projecting laterally from it to extend across the entire upper margin of a label and press it against the platen, thus effecting a secure and even grip 011 the card across its entire upper margin without afiecting the grip of the card-holder on the platen.

In a holder constructed according to the present invention, the body-portion of the holder may extend substantially more than half way around the platen to grip the same, and yet at the same time a major portion of the entire circumference of the platen is available for writing, so that the capacity of the device for use with labels of different lengths is much greater than the capacity of former label-holders of this general type, wherein the label is gripped at the lower edge of the holder in circumferential align- Serial No. 598,995.

ment therewith. This feature is of special advantage in connection with machines having platens of small diameter, such as portable machines, with which machines labelhOlders of this type are considerably used.

In the preferred embodiment of the invention hereinafter set forth, the holder is slotted at opposite sides of the resilient finger to permit fiexure of the finger throughout a. portion remote from the cardengaging portion thereof, and the finger is so formed in its normal unstressed condition that it will be tensioned by engagement with the platen when the holder is applied to the platen. The outer end of the finger is undercut to facilitate insertion of the label beneath it from the side.

Other features and advantages will hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a front elevation of the platen of a typewriter with the label-holder applied Ithereto, and a long label held in position Figure 2 is a. side elevation showing one of the types near the printing position, and showing a short label held by the labelholder.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the parts shown in Figures 1 and 2.

A label-holder 10 is shown as applied to a rotary platen 11, which may be the platen of any standard typewriting machine. The holder 10 is shown as a piece of resilient sheet-metal, which, when removed "from the platen, has a tendency to contract, but which, when distended by the platen, assumes the curvature of the platen and snugly embraces it. The liolders tendency to contract causes it to grip the platen in such manner as to be held thereto without slipping, and so that, without any extraneous holding means, it will stay wherever placed upon the platen and will rotate as a unit therewith. The extremities 12 and 13 of the holder 10 extend substantially more than half way around the circumference of the platen, and therefore require a greater distention of the holder in the operation of placing it on the platen than is required to hold it in place after its front and rear edges have crossed adiametrical line of the platen.

The holder tapers in width from its central body-portion toward its extremities 12 and 13 to increase its flexibility toward said slots. The outer extremity of this finger has a beveled lower surface 16 to facilitate the insertion of a label thereunder. The finger 15, being of thin resilient material, is fieai b le throughout its entire length to the point of its juncture with the body-portion at the bases of the slots 14-, and is or a normal shape such that it will be enabled to engage 'an inserted label 17 along substantially its entire upper margin and press it evenly against the platen.

The finger is also out substantial width and is therefore enabled to engage the label along a considerable portion of its length to assure efi'ective gripping thereof. If'a card o1" sufiicient thickness to 'IHOVQ the body-portion of the holder be inserted, the opposite extremities of the holder will yield equally causing the movement away from the platen to be in effect a bodily movement in the direction of a line passed through'the axis of the platen and through the finger. There is no tendency oi this finger to be rocked about an axis parallel to the axis of the platen, and hence no tendency for it to be tilted into a position such that it will engage the label merely along a line.

In using a typewriter equipped with this invention, the. operator will insert the upper margin of a label laterally beneath. the resili'ent finger 15, such insertion being facilitated by the beveled lower-surface 16 of the finger, and will position the label beneath the finger in the position shown. in several figures of the drawings. He will then turn the platen to bring the label to the line of writing, and the label will be typed in the usual way by types Variations may be resorted to within t scope of the invention, and portions of t improvements may be used without others.

Having thus described my invention. 1 claim:

1. A resilient 'label-hohler for a typewriting machine, comprising a single body-portion for gripping the platen, and a label gripping tongue projecting longitudinally of the platen-from said body-portion and having at its end a lip to guide beneath thetongue a label inserted longitudinally of the platen.

2. A label-holder in the form of a single body-portion gripping the platen by its own resiliency and conforming to the curvature thereof, and having a resilient labeldiolding finger projecting lengthwise of the platen from said body-portion to press a label against the platen.

3. In a typewriting machine, a platen, and a label-holder comprising a body-portion having tapering extremities tor embracing the platen and gripping the. same by their own resiliency, and a finger extending from the body-portion beyond a lateral edge thereof to engage a label along a substantial portion of its upper margin and fix its position with relation to the platen.

4. A label-holder for a typewriting machine, comprising a body-portion for securing the holder to the platen for rotation therewith, and a resilient tongue projecting lengthwise of the platen beyond a lateral edge of the body-portion to engage an inserted label and press it against the platen, said body-portion being slotted at opposite sides of the root of the tongue, said root eX- tending inwardly beyond the lateral edge of the body-portion, said tongue flexing relativel to the body-portion.

'7 u n u 5. A label-holder for a typewriting machine, comprising a single body-portion for gripping the platen by its own resiliency, and a label-gripping tongue projecting lengthwise ot the platenbeyond a lateral edge of the body-portion and substantially midway of said edge arranged to engage a considerable area of an inserted label regardless of the thickness of said-label, the free end of said tongue formed to facilitate the lateral insertion of a label therebeneath.

6. A label-holder for a type-writing machine, comprising a single body and a pair of resilient fingers gripping the platen, and alabel-engaging tongue projecting lengthwise oi the platen beyonda lateral edge of said body and forming its connection with the body at a point interior of the body from said lateral edge. I

7. A label-holder for a t-ypewriting niachine, comprising a single body-portion for gripping the platen, and a tongueconnected to the body-portion for holding a label i'or writing in a position laterally beyond the limits of said body-portion, the trecend of said tongue being arranged to guide be neat-h the tongue a label inserted longitudinally of the platen.

8. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a rotary platen, of label holder, comprising a body-portion arranged to embrace the platen and by its ownresiliency to grip the platen and-conform thereto, and a laterally-eatending resilient finger arranged to engage an inserted. label along substantially the entire-dipper margin thereof to hold it in place against the platen, the said finger having the outer extremity bf its lower face beveled to facilitate lateral insertion of the label beneath the finger.

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l Vitnesses p CATHERINE A. Nnwnmy, JENNIE P. THORNE.

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