US1663362A

US1663362A - Typewriting machine

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Publication number: US1663362A
Application number: US133228A
Authority: US
Inventors: Sigurd L Walsoe
Original assignee: Remington Typewriter Co
Current assignee: Remington Typewriter Co
Priority date: 1926-09-02
Filing date: 1926-09-02
Publication date: 1928-03-20
Anticipated expiration: 1945-03-20

Description

March 20, 1928.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OF F ICE SIGURD L. WALSOE, OF LYNDHURST, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO REMINGTON. TYPE- WRITER COMPANY, 0F ILION, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

TYPEWRITING MACHINE.

Application led September 2, 1926.

My invention relates to typewriting machines, and more particularly to billing mechanism therefor.

The present invention isin the nature of an improvement on the constructions disclosed in the following applications:

Frederick A. Hart, Serial No. 120,403, lfiled July 3, 1926, (now Patent 1,650,351,

dated Nov. 22, 1927).

1Walsoe and Hill, Serial No. 121,134, filed July 8, 1926,l (now Patent 1,650,673, dated Nov. 29, 1927).

Cloyd E. Burns, Serial No. 122,239, filed July 13, 1926,.(now Pat-ent 1,647,854, dated Nov. 1, 1927).

The main object of the present invention is to provide improved paper feed-roller controlling-means and improved connections therefrom for controlling-a shiftable paper deector, line indicator and ribbonl vibrator, and also for actuating said deflector, indicator and vibrator independently4 of said feed rollers.

To the above and other ends whichwill hereinafter appear my invention consists in the features of construction, arrangements of parts and combinations o f devices set forth in the following description and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference charactersv designate corresponding parts in the different views Fig. 1 is an enlarged, detail, fragmentary, side elevation, with parts broken away and in section, oi' a portion of one form of typewriting machine embodying my invention; the view showing the parts as they appear when4 the machine isin condition for Writmrr.

2Eig. 2 is a like view of the same showing the parts as they appear when the machine is conditioned to receive a work sheet introduced rearwardly and beneath the platen i'roni the front thereof.

Fig. 3 is a transverse, vertical, sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1 and looking in the direction of the arrows at said line.

`l"ig. 4 is a top plan view of the machine with parts broken away and omitted.

The general purpose of the machine in which the improvements of the present invention are embodied,` is much the same as in the machine disclosed in said previously led applications, Said improvements are ncction with which the machine Serial No. 133,228.

shown embodied in a Remington bookkeeping machine, Model #23, equipped with an automatic carriage return mechanism such as is shown in the patent to Frederick A. Hart #1,567,590, dated December 29, 1925, and also equipped with some or the devices of said lpreviously filed applications.` However, only so much of said machine, thus equipped, is disclosed in the accompanying drawings as is necessary to arrive at an understanding of my invention in its inclusion therein. It should be understood, however, that the present invention is not restricted to employment in the machines indicated above, but may be vused in other combinations, and from certain aspects of the invention some of its features are of general application, as will hereinafter more clearly appear.

The machine including the present invention is capable of a wide range of uses and may be employed in various kinds of socalled billing operations where a plurality of work sheets are to be correlated in the machine and printed at a single operation. However, I do not deem it necessary to describe specifically the many different forms of billing operations in which the machine may be used. It is suflicient for the purpose of the present invention to describe in general terms one mode of so-called billin T that may be successfully carried ont with the aid of said machine, and perhaps briefly refer. to some of the various other methods in conmay be employed.

One method of using the,machme which will be specifically referred to is its employment, for example, by a. public service coi'- poration such as, say, an electric or gas light company, :for simultaneously, or'at one writing, making out a bill and making corresponding entries on a record 'or register sheet which receives the entries written on allof lthe individual bill sheets. The record sheet and accompanying carbon sheet are first introduced into the machine. Means are provided for then quickly entering a bill, statement, or invoice sheet, into the machine in front of the platen, and accurately positioning it in proper correlation With'the previously introduced register sheet and the printing line. The ent-ries may then be made on the bill sheet and these will be transferred through the interposed carbon sheet to the register sheet, 'llhe bill sheet is then rapidly withdrawn troni the machine Without disturbing the register sheet, and another bill .sheet may then be (prickly introduced as before, andso on. Each linel spacing operation, ett'ccted by the return ot the'carriage alter writing' one bill, carries the register' sheet in position to receive a manifold copy ot the next bill.

l/ lith the 'loregoinn' gene'al explanation ot the operation, ll will'proceed to describe the invention as it is embodied, in thepresent instance, said hereinbefore mentioned Remington machine. rlhe trame ot the machine includes the usual top plate l supportingr lined guide rails 2. The carriage. or truclr comprises front and rear guide or crossv bars 3 united by end bars l and 5. 'llie guide rails 2 and cross bars 3 are oppositely grooved to receive crossed anti-friction rollers o by which the carriage is supported inthe usual manner to travel trom side to side oli the machine over the top plate l.

t cylindrical platen "l is mounted in the usualinanner in a.. platen trame comprising the rigidly connected

end plates

8 and 9; the platen 'trame being eo'nnectetl to the carriage by the usual shift links l0 and l1. ln the present instance, however, l contemplate Writing only -With upper case characters and the platen is, therefore, preferably held in the upper case position, this may be readily done by screwing up the loivermost case-shift limiting' screw-stops l2, thereby holding the platen shalt, or the butler springs i3 which surround it, against the upper-case limiting stops lt. This brings the printing line onthe platen to a, position where the uppermost types 15 on the usual type bars tti will register therewith.

A ribbon 'vibrator 'i7 is mounted to-slide up and dovvn in the usual manner on a type y 25 carried therebyto bear upward against the lower edge ot a bar 26. 'll`his bar is secured tothe carriage and extends substantially throughout the length thereof. ln thel usual Remington machines the purpose of this construction is to cause the ribbon vibrator to be shifted up anddovvn with the platen in the case shittinga movements of the latter. lln the present construction there is no such case shitting movements of the platen but the construction, nevertheless,

lends itself to the accomplishment ont another result which will hereinafter appear.

As in the construction disclosed in said Walsoe and lhlill previously led application Leonesa it is desirable when introducing a work sheet baclrvvardly into the machine to lower the ribbon vibrator troni its normal, Fig. l, position. 'llhis is in order to enable the front paper detlector to be more convenienti y moved to effective position, as shown in his.

l2. ln the present construction l have eniport 22 and carries an anti-'friction roller 28 at the upper-end thereot. A rock shaft 29 extends throughout the length of the carriage and is mounted at its ends in bearing openings in the end plates 8 and '9 oi the platen traine. rllhis rock shait 29 carries a plate 30 Which entends substantially throughout the length thereof and is bent down at its torward edge to torni a tlange 3l Which coacts With the anti-'lriction roller 28. dll/'hen the roch shalt 29, and the plate 30 carried thereby, are shifted by means to be hereinn utter described trom the Fig.. l to the llig. 2 position, the shiltable support 22 will be lowered against the 'power ot its spring 2led'ecting a corresponding lowering of the ribbon vibrator l?.

Coming` now to thev means tor controlling and guidingthe vvorlr sheets, it will be observed in the tirst place that there are no paper feed rollers employed beneath the platen, such rollers as are employed being located above the printing; line; leaving,1 the space beneath the platen :tree for the use olE other devices.

rthere are tvvo curved paper detlectors 32 and 33 employed beneath the platen, one arranged above the othery and maintained spaced apart by intermediate spacing members or blocks 3ft and 35 located near the ends thereof. Generally spealring, ythese dei'lectors conform to the curvature ot the platen or are substantially concentric therewith and extend 'substantially throughout the length ot the platen. As thus constructed there are two separate channels provided, one ot which is the open channel 36 between the two deflectors and Which is bounded at its ends by separating; members 3ft and 35, either or both of which may constitute side guides or gages tor cooperation with n Work sheet or 'sheets introduced into the channel 36. The other separated channel 3'? is provided between the under surface of the platen and the uppendetlector 32.. 'll`he forward edge ot the V'deilector' 33 terminates in advance ot the forward edge ot the detlector 32, and has a slight downward curve in cross section. 'llhe detlector 33 is continued up at the rear to form an upwardly and rearwardly extending paper table 38 which lllll are mounted on the rod 4() and have a slight pivotal movement thereon. A light wire spring 41 is connected by

screws

42 and 43 to a cross bar 44 of the platen frame, the

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spring being anchored at one end on the screw 42 and coiled around the stem of the screw 43. rlhe upper free end of the spring 41 is looped at 45 where it bears upward against the bottom of the deflector 33 and causes the forward edge portion of the deflector 32 normally to be lightly pressed against the platen or against the interposed work sheet. In this manner the sheets introduced from the rear of the platen through the channel 37 will be held snugly against' the platen and the sheets introduced into the channel 36 will be prevented from entering the channel 37. By moving the upper end of the paper table forward, the forward end portions of thel detlectors may be moved downward a limited distance, thus carrying the forward contact edge of the deiect-or 32 away from the platen, as provided for in the construction disclosed in the hereinbefore mentioned Hart application. In the present construction the downward pivotal movementof the united deflectors is limited by an upwardly projecting stop 46- on the cross bar 44 of the platen frame coactingv with a metal stop 47 carried by the delector 32 at the underside thereof.

In order to facilitate the backward introduction of the work sheets into the channel 36 from in front of the platen, there is provided a guide shield or paper deector 48 that is movable on the carriage from a substantially'horizontally disposed ineffective position, shown in full lines. in Fig. 1, to a downwardly and rearwardly, inclined, effective position, shown in Fig. 2, and vice versa, as disclosed in said previously tiled application.

The sheet metal detlector 48 which extends substantially throughout the length of the platen is bent under along one edge portion to form a looped or doubled portion 49 which extends throughout its length on the side thereof opposite its contact face forming an enclosed channel within the looped portion. In the open ends of the channel formed by the looped portion of the deiector are received oppositely directed ears or bent ends 50 which project inwardly from parallel sheet metal supporting arms 51 and 52 and are riveted to the deector 48, as in the construction disclosed in the lVValsoe and Hill application. These supporting arms 51 and 52 are pivotally mounted respectively on forwardly projectcured to the end plate 9 (seeFig. 3) and has a sliding, as well as a pivotal, movement on said pin. A coiled expansion spring 54 surrounds said pin and tends to force the arm 52 and the parts connected therewith to the left, for purposes which will presently appear. The arm 51 is supported on the shouldered bearing portion of a headed pivot screw 55, as shown in Fig. 3, for pivotal movement and also for axial movement along said pivot screw. The threaded end of this screw is received in a tapped opening in the end of a shouldered pin 56 secured to and projecting inwardly fromthe end plate 8 of the platen frame. Loosely supported on this same pin 56 intermediate a shoulder thereon and the end of the shouldered portion of the screw 65, is a hub 67 to which is riveted an actuating arm 58. The hub 57 and connected actuating arm 58 are therefore free to turn on the supporting pin 56 but are held against axial movement thereon. An inwardly projecting pin 59 is secured to the arm 58 and has a reduced por-v` tion 60 at the end thereof. This reduced end fits in an opening in the supporting arm 51 of the delector 48. This connection between the arms 51'and 58 causes them to turn together and is normally maintained by the force exerted by the spring 54. The construction is such, however, that the delector 48 may be shifted on its pivotal supports 53 and 55 against the force of. the spring 54. At this time the connection be.

tween the arms 51 and 58 will be brokcnnnd the deflector 48 isfree to dropforward and downward until arrested by the top plate 1, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. The main purpose'of thus disconnecting the defiector 48 from its actuating arm 51 and the means by which the latter is controlled. and moving the delector to thedotted line Fig. 1

position. is to give access to the ribborrvibra-` tor 17 for threading the ribbon 17a* therethrough.

In accordance with my present invention novel means by which the actuating arm 58 is controlled is as follows:

The arm 58 constitutes one arm of a bell crank lever, the other arm of which is indicated by the reference numeral 61. The arm 61 carries an outwardly projected connectllO arrangement of the parts are such that a forward pivotal movement of the arm 64 from the lfig. l to the Fig. 2 position, causes a pivotal movement of the deflector 48 1n the opposite direction, or rearwardly fromits normally ineffective position. 'This lbrings the deflector 48 to the effective position, shown in Fig. 2, where it 'overlaps and virtually forms a continuation of the deflector 33. lin this movement of the deflector 48 it passes from a position Where it is out of the path of the type bars to a position where it is` in the path thereof, and crosses the printing line, and where it is effective in directing work sheets introduced rearwardly y'from in front of the platen downward into the open channel 36. From thence the sheets in question pass around andbeneath the platen to the rear thereof.

ln the present instance the actuating arm 64 is provided with a linger piece 66 at the upper end thereof, whereby saidf arm and the parts controlled thereby may be actuated at will. The arm 64 also stands in cooperative relationship with means for controlling the shifting movement of certain of the feed rollers, to be automatically controlled thereby as will hereinafter clearly appear.

In the present construction the actuating arm` 64 constitutes one of two supporting arms for a Wire line-indicator 67. Said indicator extends longitudinally throughout the length of the platen and is adjustably connected to the arm 64 by a slotted plate 68 held in place on the arm 64 by headedk binding screws 69, as disclosed in said Hart apphcat1on. A second supporting arm 70 -is secured to the rock shaft 29 near the opposite end thereof, said arm 70 being equipped with an adjustable plate corresponding to the plate 68 and to which the other end of the wireline-indicator is attached.- A coiled contractile spring 71 is connected at one end to the arm 64 and at its opposite end to a pin 72 that projects inwardly from the end plate 8 ofthe platen frame.

Inorder to limit a motion of the arm 64 and the parts controlled thereby in one direction, said arm is formed with an inwardly extending ear` or stop 73 which coaets with the surface of the platen near one end thereof and limits the rearward movement of the arm 64. The motion of the arm 64 in the opposite direction is limited by a stop projection 74 on said arm coact-ing with an inwardly projecting lug or stop 75 formed on a fixed supporting or guide arm 76, as shown in Fig. 2.

The paper feeding mechanism embodied in thg present construction includes a plurality of line paper feed rollers 77 arranged to coact with the top' of the platen' and with work sheets introduced from the rear of Lacasse the platen through the channel 37. Said feed rollers 77 coact with said sheets after the latter have passed above and beyond the printing line. The paper feed rollers 77, as shown in the present instance, are constructed and mounted in the same general manner as in said`hereinbefore mentioned Hart application. Thus, the feed rollers are mounted for longitudinal adjustment along a supporting rod, spindle or bail l7 8 support- ,ed at its ends by forwardly extending arms 79 that are pivoted on a supporting rod 80 secured at its ends to the platen frame. Springs 8l exert theirlforee 'against the arms 7 9 and thus cause the feed rollers 77 to bear against the platen or certain only of the work sheets thereon. By swinging the bail 78 upward and rearward the said feed rollers are released. I v

lin the present construction ll have provided a double side-edge paper-gage which is adjustable to different set positions along the bail or supporting rod 78. Thus a sleevey82 is mounted on said rod 78 and is tapped to receive a thumb screw 83 by which the sleeve may beheld in different positions to which it maybe adjusted along the rod. A sheetmetal member, comprising two parallel side edge

conl tact portions

84 and 85, united by an integral cross piece 86, is secured to the sleeve 82. Each

contact portion

84 and 85 is arranged in a plane that extends at right an- Iles to the axis of the platen. @ne Contact portion 84 extends rearward from the supporting rod 78 where it'may coact with the left-hand sideedges of work sheets introduced from the rear of the platen into the channel 37. On the other hand, the contact portion 85 extends forward from the rod 78 where it may coact with work sheets introduced from in front of thel platen through the channel 36, in the event that neither of the spacing members`34 and 35 is available for `use as' a side-edge gage. The space that separates the

Contact portions

84 and 85 determines the extent of overlapping relationship between the two sheetsor sets of sheets, whereas the adjustment of the double side edge gage along the rod 78 determines the positions of said sheets longitudinally of the platen. By mounting the double gage on the rod 78 as indicated, said gage does not interfere with the shifting of the rod and said rollers 7 7 towards' and away from the platen, but is nevertheless readily available for use with both rearwardly and forwardly introduced work sheets. Moreover, the adjustment of the gages along the rod 78 may be effected without destroying the relationshipbetween the two Contact faces 84 and 85. v

Aside from Vthe side edge paper gages described above it should be understood that suitable paperend stops, such, for example,

as certain of the end stops described in said hereinbefore mentioned Burns application, may be employed. However, since a specific description of such end stops is unnecessary to arrive at an understanding of the present invention, further detail reference thereto will be omitted.

In the present machine I have embodied a novel construct-ion of paper feed roller control and lmeans by which the paper deector 48, line indicator 67 and ribbon vibrator 17 are automatically controlled thereby, which will-now be described.

A plurality of paper feed rollers 87, preferably two in number and lin the nature of margin feed rollers, are mounted for adjustment along a supporting rod, bar or spindle 88. Any suitable means may be employed to retain said rollers in their adjusted position along the spindle 88, such for example, as the means disclosed in the said previously filed application of Walsoe and Hill. The spindle 88 is reduced at its ends where it is provided with circumferential grooves 89 in each of which is received parallel guide members 89a of a supporting arm or guide member. One of the supporting arms is the guide arm 76 hereinbefore referred to, which at its front end -is secured by a screw 90 to the carriage. The rear end portion of said arm is rigidly connected by a screw 91 to the upper endof a link 92, the lower end of which is supported on the inwardly projecting pin 56 on the platen frame. From an inspection of Fig. 2 it will be seen that one side of this pin is cut away at 93 to provide a clearance for that part of the arm 64 in which the cam slot 63 is formed. The arm 76 is thus rigidly supported on the platen frame and carriage, and consititutes a support and guide for one end of the spindle 88. A second corresponding supporting and guide arm 94 is provided for the opposite end of the spindle 88. Said arm 94 is connected at its forward end by a screw 95 with the carriage and is suppcrted at the rear portion by a link 96 connected thereto by a screw 97. The lower end of this link is supported on the inwardly projecting pin 53, as shown in Fig. 3, and constitutes an abutment for the outer end of the spring 54 to bear against. The arm 91 supports and guidesthe spindle 88 in the same manner as the arm 76 for rectilinear bodily movement fore and aft of the machine above the printing line to move the feed rollers 87 in a like manner from the effective, Fig. 1, position to the ineffective, Fig. 2, position, and vice versa.

In order to control the above described movements of the feed rollers 87 I have provided a rock shaft 98 mounted at its ends in hearing openings in the

arms

76 and 94. Two parallel crank arms 99 and 100 have their hubs 101 and 102, respectively, secured to the rock 4shaft 98 to cause said arms to rock with the shaft from the Fig. 1 to the Fig. 2 position, and Vice versa. The arm 99 has an` upwardly extending projection 103 that terminates in a'fnger piece 1041- by which the rock shaft 98 and the parts connected therewith may be controlled. Each of the arms 99 and 100 is in the nature of a toggle arm or member, the arm 99 being pivoted at 105 to the forward end of its.

companion toggle lilik or member 106. The rear end of .the toggle link 106 is apertured to receive the spindle 88. A collar 107 is secured on said spindle at one side of the link 106, whereas the spindle carries a washer 108 on the opposite side of said link, interposed between the link and the arm 76. The other toggle arm 100 is connected in a like manner with a toggle link 109, which in turn is connected with the spindle 88 in the same manner as the link 106, and the same reference numerals are employed to designate the corresponding parts of such connections. Laterally projecting pins 110 and 111 are carried by the toggle members 100 and 109 respectively, and to these pins are connected the opposite ends of a contractile spring 112. The construction and arrange ment of the parts are such that when they are disposed as indicated in Fig. 1, the

spring 112 exerts substantially a dead-center pull against the substantially dead-centered toggle members and is ineffective to withdraw the paperfeed 'rollers 87 from contact with the platen or a work sheet thereon. Wvhen, however, a forward pressure is exerted by the operator on the finger piece 104 to break the toggle, said springy 112 exerts its force to complete the withdrawal of the feed rollers 87 to ineffectivev position, indicated in Fig. 2. On the other hand, when the operator moves the finger piece back from the Fig. 2 position, to the position indicated in Fig. 1, this results in straightening the toggles at both ends of the spindle 88 andv applying the feed rollers 87 with a positively exertedforce against the platen or a work sheet thereon. The toggle 99 and 106 is limited in this movement by the stop lug 7 5 which projects from the arm 76 into the path of the toggle arm 99. The toggle arm 100 also is limited in its movement by a. corresponding stop lug 113 projecting inward from the supporting arm 94, as shown in F ig. `4.

I .have referred to moving the toggle members to a substantially straight line position when applying the feed rollers 87. In practice I prefer when thus moving said feed rollers to arrest the toggle members after they have passed slightly over plie straight line or dead-centered position, so as to hold the feed rollers 87 applied and prevent the reaction of the parts from accidentally releasing said feed rollers. They lli lli

will thus be retained applied indenitely orl until such time as the operator manually effects a preliminary breaking of the toggle from the Fig. l position, and enables the spring 112 to become edectiveI to complete the movement of the feed rollers to the ineffective, Fig., 2, positionn rlhus far vl have described the means for moving the feed rollers into andout of contact with the platen-Without reference to the automatic control by such means of the lineindicator 67, the paper dedector i8 and the ribbon vibrator 17., The simple arrangement by which such automatic control is effected is to entend the actuating arm 6l into the path of the bodily movable spindle 88, rllhus, it Will be seen that said actuating arm extends up between the supporting .arm 'iti and the toggle link 106. As the parts move from the llig. l to the Fig. 2 position9 the Washer 168 on the left-hand end of the spindle 88 will coact (after a preliminary extent of lost motion) with the actuating arm 64. rlhis will result in automatically shifting the line indicator 67 to inedective position, in shifting the deflector 48 to effective position and in lowering the ribbonvibrator out of the path of the said dedector, all as represented in Fig. 2. Such movements of the parts in question Willhave been elfected by the time the stopprojection 74- reaches the stop 75, as shown in Fig. 2, and arrests furthermorement of the parts.

llt will be seen that While the parts referred-to above are automatically actuated during the Withdrawal of the feed rollers 87 from effective position, nevertheless by an actuation of the nger piece 68, the line indicator, dedector 48 and the ribbon'vibrator may be moved independently of the feed rollers 87 from the Fig. 1 to the Fig. 2 positions and vvnile the feed rollers remain applied to the platen.. y

The positive application of the feed rollers 87 in the lmanner described, as distinguished from the application of feed cumulation of the various bills to be Written, and a corresponding carbon Sheet (having its effective face next to the register sheetLare -first introduced together from the rear `of the platen through the channel 87, being positioned Widthvvise With the aid,

say, of the side edge gage 84. At this time neaaaee the parts may be disposed as indicated in Fig, 2. 'll`he leadingends of the register and its carbon sheet are then introduced beneath the paper feed rollers t7 and the sheets are adjusted in a line feed direction With the aid lof the line indicator 67. rllhis all of the Way to effective positionn After I initially positioning the register sheet in the manner indicated, no further attention may be paid to it in the successive introduction, Writing and Withdrawal of the different bills. rllhe register and associate carbon sheet having been initially positioned as indicated, a bill sheet on Which is to be filled out the amount for, say, electricity or' gas or both, consumed for a given month, is introduced from in front of the platen through the channel 36, the parts being first ositioned, as indicated'in lllig. 2, to facilitate the introduction of the billy sheet. 'llhe bill sheet thus introduced may be properly positioned AWidthvvise of the machine and the register sheet Withthe aid of the side edge gage 85. Usually when the bill sheetsare of uniform size, as supposed in the present instance, end stops such as are disclosed in the said Burns application are employed in the channell 36 to ycoact with the bottom end of each bill sheet to quickly and accurately position it to receive the lirst line of Writing thereon. The nger piece 10d is then shifted tol the rear, moving the parts controlled thereby from the Fig. 2 to the Fig. 1 position.y 'llhis results in moving the line indicator to indicating position,"in moving the deflector 48 out of the path of the type bars to ineffective position, in elevating the ribbon vibrator to normal position and in rmly clamping the bill sheet between the feed rollers 87 and the platen. l/lhen the bill is written `the linger piece 1041i is pulled forward, the bill sheet is 'Withdrawn and a new bill sheet introduced and positioned as before, and so on. lt will be understood that after Writing each bill the carriage is automatically returned and the platen automatically line spaced, thereby spacing the platen to bring the register sheet in proper position to receive a manifoldcopy ofthe next bill Written on the machine. y

ln substantially the same manner as that indicatedv above the machine may be' employed as a check-Writing machine, at` `which time the sheet described above as a register sheet would constitute a manifold record of the checks Writtenand may constitute a pay roll sheet.

Generally speaking,.fthe sheet' described above as a register sheet and which remains in the machine when the other sheets lare removed and new ones inserted, may constitute a register sheet, a proof sheet, a sales sheet, a distributing sheet, or a pay roll sheet, depending on the use of.

lthe platen into the channel 36 when it is not feasible, forv one reason or another, to employA end stops. In such an event the machine may be manipulated as hereinbefore described in' connection with adjusting the register sheet relatively to the printing line.

By the presenty invention I have provided av construction'which has proved rapid of operation, highly efficient and reliable in use, which is compact and comparatively simple in construction and can bev manufactured at comparatively small cost and be readily embodied in existing Remington machines without modifying, or materially modifying, the existing structural features of said machine.

Various changes may be made in the construction and certain parts thereof may be employed without others, without departing from my invention as it is delined in the accompanying claims.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: 1. In a typeivriting machine, the combination of a platen; paper feed rollers; a spin-v die on which said feed rollers are mounted; means for guiding said spindle to receive a shifting movement towards and'from the platen for shifting the feed rollers into and out of contact therewith; and manually controlled means for shifting said spindle, said manually controlled nieans comprisinod a toggie coacting with each end of the spindle, a linger piece, and connections therefrom 'for simultaneously straightening both toggles to apply the feed rollers.

2. In a typewri'ting machine, the combination of. a platen; paper feed rollers; a spindle on which said feed rollers are mounted; means for guiding said spindle to receive a shifting movement towards and from the platen for shifting the feed rollers into and out of Contact therewith; and manually controlled means for shifting said spindle, said manually controlled means comprising a toggle coacting with each end of the spindle, a finger piece, connections therefrom for simultaneously straightening both toggles to apply the feed rollers, and means for retaining said vtoggles substantially in' their straight line positions to hold the .feed rollers applied.

3. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a carriage, a platen carried thereby, paper feed rollers, a spindle on which said feed rollers are mounted, guides on said carriage by which said spindle ismountedl for bodily rectilinear movement towards and from the platen, a toggle at each end of said spindle controlling its' movement, a rock shaft on which one member of each toggle is fixed to control the action of the toggles and a linger piece for turning said rock shaft.

at. In a typewriting machine, the combination of acarria-ge, a platen carried thereby,

paper feed rollers, a spindle on which said feed rollers are mounted, guides on said carriage by which said spindle is mounted for bodily rectilinear movement towards and from the platen, a toggle at each end of said spindle controlling its movement, a rock shaft on which one member of each toggle is fixed to control the action of the toggles, a spring which tends to draw the companion arms of each toggle together, and a finger piece operatively connected to said toggles to straighten them against the force of said spring and apply the feed rollers to the-platen with a positive pressure when the toggles are straightened.

5. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a carriage, a'. platen carried thereby, means A:carried by the carriage and including a defiector that crosses the printing line for guiding work i sheets introduced from in front of the platen downwardly and rearwardly past the printing line and beneath and around the platen, paper feed rollers which coact with the platen above the printing line and are mounted `for rectilinear shifting movement fore and aft 'of the nia-i chine into and out of contact with the platen and when shifted to the thrown-off position away from the platen give access to said werk sheet guiding means to receive work sheets introduced rearwardly and downwardly from in front of the platen, and manually controlled means including a toggle for simultaneously shifting said feed rollers as stated and applying themv to the platenpby a straightening of said toggle.

6. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a carriage, a platen carried thereby, means carried by the carriage for guiding work sheets introduced from in front of the platen downwardly and rearwardly beneath and around the platen, said means includ inga paper deflector sliiftable from a nor- 'mally ineffective to an 'effective' position, vpaper feed rollers which coact with the platen above the printing liney and are mounted for rectilinear shifting movement fore,and aft of the machine into and out of contact with the platen or the paper thereon, means forshifti-ng said rollers as stated and when they are in effective position applying a positively exerted pressure against the platen, and vmeanscontrolled by v said feed-roller shifting-means for automatically controlling said paper defiector'. 7. In a typewriting.maehine,'the combination of a carriage, a platen carried thereby, means carried by the carriage for guid- .shifting-means and line indicator to control the latter by the shifting of the feed rollers.

8. ln a typewriting machine, the combination of -a carriage; a platen carried thereby; means carried by the carriage for guiding worlt sheets introduced from in front of the platen downwardly and rearwardly beneath and around the platen, said means including a normally ineffective paper der flector that is shiftable to effective position;

a ribbon vibrator; paper feed rollers which coact. with the platen above the printing line and are mountedv for rectilinear shifting movement fore and aft of the machine into and out of Contact with the platen and when shifted tothe thrown-off position away from the platen give access to said'work sheet guiding means; means for shifting said feed rollers as stated and for causing them to exert a posit-ively applied pressure against the platen; and operative connections ben tween said shifting means, ribbon .vibrator and paper deflector for moving the vibrator ,out of the path of the deflector and for moving the deflector to effective position when said feed rollers are moved away from the platen.

. 9. ln a typewriting machine, the combination of a carriage; a platen carried thereby; means carried by the carriage for guiding work sheets introduced from in front of the platen downwardly and rearwardly beneath and around the platen; said guiding means including a normally inetfective deflector shiftable across the printing line to effective position; feed rollers which coact with the platen above the printing line and are mounted for rectilinear shifting movement fore and aft of the machine into and out of contact with the platen; means for thus shifting said feed rollers including a toggle which when straightened causes the feed rollers to exert a. positively applied pressure against the platen; and operative connections between said feed-roller shifting- -means and said detlector to shift the latter to effective position whenthe feed rollers are shifted away from the platen.

l0a ln a typewriting machine, the combination of a platen; paper feed rollers; a

neeasea with, manually controlled positively acting means for shifting saidspindle andpositively forcing the feed rollers in contact with the platen, a normally ineffective paper deltlector shiftable to effective position where it` will aid in guiding worksheets introduced rearwardly from in front of the platen, and operative connections between said'manually controlled means and said deflector for controlling the shifting movement of the latter by the former. i

ll. ln aI typewi'iting machine, the co1nbination of a platen; paper feed rollers; a spindle on which. said feed rollers are mounted; means for guiding said spindle to receive a shifting movement towards and from the platen for shifting the feed rollers into and out of Contact therewith; manually controlled means for shifting said spindle, said manually controlled means comprising a toggle coacting with each end of the spindle, a `finger piece, connections therefrom for simultaneously straightening both toggles to apply the feed rollers; a normally ineifective paper deector shi'ftable to effective position where it will aid in guiding work sheets introduced rearwardly from in front of the platen; and operative -connections be# tween said manually controlled means and said dedeetor for controlling the shifting movement of the latter by the former.

12. ln a typewriting machine, the combination, a platen, paper feed rollers mounted to receive a rectilinear shifting movement towards and from the platen, means for thus shifting said feed rollers comprising a toggle which in substantially they straight line position forces said feed rollers against the platen, a line indicator shiftable to and from indicating position, and operative connections between said feed roller shifting means and said line indicator' whereby a shifting movement. of one will control the shifting movement of the other.

13. lin a typewriting machine, the co1nbination of a platen; paper feed rollers mountlill) liti ed to receive a rectilinear shifting movement l towards and from the` Platen; means for thus shifting said feed rollers comprising a toggle which in substantially the straight lineposition forces said feed rollers against the platen; a line indicator shiftable to and from indicating position; a normally medectivc paper deflectorshiftable to effective position where it will aidin introducing work sheet rearwardly from in front ofy and beneath the platen; and operative connections between said feed roller shifting means, line indicator and aper detlector for controlling the shifting o the line indicator and deflecwhich when in the ell'ective position aids in .tor hy the shifting of said 4feed-roller shift-A nig-means;

14. ln a typewritin machine, 'the combifrom effective position and which when in the effective position aids 1n guldlng work sheetsintroduced rearwardly from in front` 'of the .platen downwardly and rearwardly beneath the same, a pin connected with said delector, and a separate manually controlled ectnatingarm having a cani slot therein in which said pin is received and works to con-- troi said delector.

ln a typewriting machine, the combination of a p aten a paper dedector shiftahle to and from edectivegposition and which 'when in the edective position aidsA in guiding work Sheets introduced rearwardly from in front or the platen downwardly and rearwardly heneat'h the same, a pin connected 'with said delector, a. separate manually controlled arm having a cam slot therein in which said pin is received-for controlling said deflector, and a line indicator shiftable to and from indicating `position and carried in part by said arm, Vwhereby a shifting of said arm controls a shifting movement of the line indicator as well as' the'deilector.

i6. Ina typewriting machine, the combination of a platen, a pivoted paper delector shiftable to and fromelective position and guiding work sheets introduced rearwardly from in front of the laten downwardly and I Vrearwardly beneath t e same, a pin connected with said deflector, and a manually con- I(rolled arm having a cam coacting with said pin to effect a pivotal movement of the deflector in a direction opposite to that given said arm, so that when said arm is moved away from the platen thedetlector will be moved towards the platen.

17. In a typewriting machine, the combi-4 nation of a. platen, a pivoted paper deiiector shitable to and from effect-ive position .and

` which when in the effective position aids in guiding work sheets introduced rearwardly from in front of-the platen downwardly and rearwardly beneath the same, a pin connected 'with the said dellector, a manually controlled arm having a cam coacting with said pin to effect a pivotal movement of the de which when in the elfectve position aids inguiding work sheets introduced rearwardly from in front of the laten downwardly and rearwardly beneath the same, a pin connected with 'said deflector, a manually controlled arm having a cam coacting with said pinto effect a pivotal movement of the deflector in a direction opposite to thatgven said arm, so that when said arm is moved away from the platen the deliector will be moved towards theplaten, paper feed rollers shiftable into and ont of Contact with the platen, and means controlled by the shifting movement of said eed rollers'ior actuating` said arm.

19. ln a t 1pewritmg machine,V the combination of a p aten, a pivoted paper deflector shifts-ble to and'from edective position and whichA when in the `effective position aids in guiding work sheets introduced rearwardly from in front or'v the platen downwardly and rearwardly beneath the same, a pin connected with said deflector, a manually controlled arm having a cam coacting with said pin to eliect a 'pivotal movement of the deiiector in a direction opposite to that given said arm, so that when said arm is moved away from the platen the deflector will be moved towards the platen, paper feed rollers shiftable into and out v'of contact with the platen, and means controlled by the shifting movement ofsaid feed rollers for actuating said arm, said arm, however, bein shiftable independ- ,ently of the shifting o the feed rollers to provide for an independent control of the deector..

20. in a typewriting machine, the combination of a platen, a pivoted paper deliector shiftable to and from e'ective position and which when in the elective position aids in yguiding worksheets introduced rear= wardly from in front of the platen downwardly and rearwardly beneath the same, a pin connected with said deector, a manuall controlled arm having a cam enacting wit Said pin to eli'ect a pivotal movement of the deliector in a direction opposite to that given said arm, so that when said arm is moved away from the platen the deflector will be moved towards the platen, a line indicator carried in part by said arm and shifted thereby away from indicating position when said dellector is shifted to' effective position, paper feed rollers shiftable into and out of contact with the platen, and means controlled by the 'shifting movement of said feed rollers for actuating said arm, said army; however, being shiftable independently of the shitting of 'the feed rollers to rovide for an lindependent control of the eflector and line indicator.

2l. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a platen, a pivoted paper defiector shiftable to and fromv effective position and which'when in the effective position aids in guiding work sheets introduced rearwardly from in :front of the platen downwardly t and rearwardly beneath the same, a pin connected with said dellector, a manually conpin to edect a pivotal movement ol the dedector in adirection opposite to that given said arm, so that when said arm is moved away lrom the platen the detlector will be moved toward the platen, a ribbon vibrator mounted lor shifting movement out ol the path ol said dedector, and means controlled by said arm lor thus shifting saidvibrator.

22. lln a typewriting machine, the combination ol a platen, a pivoted paper dedector shiltable to and lrom edective position and which when in the effective position aids in uiding work sheets introduced rearwardly lrom in lront ol the platen downwardly and rearwardly beneath the same, a pin connected with said dedector, a manually controlled arm having a cam coacting with said pin to edect apivotal movement ol the dellector in a direction opposite to that given said arm, so that when said arm is moved away lrom the platenthe deflector will be moved towards the platen, paper leed rollers, a spindle on which said leed rollers'are mounted, and guides by which said spindle is mounted lor bodily rectilinear movement towards and vlrom the platen, a movementol said spindie being edective ,to actuate said arm to automatically control the shilting ol said dedector. i i 23. lna typewriting machine, the combination ol a platen, a pivoted paper deflector shiltable to and from eflective position and which when in the effective position aids in guiding work sheets introduced rearwardly lr'om in lront el the laten downwardly and i rearwardly beneath t e same, a pin connected with said dedector, a manually controlled arm having a cam eoacting with said pin to ellect a pivotal movement ol the delector in a direction opposite to that given said arm, so that when said arm is moved away lrom the platen the deflectorwill be moved toward the platen, paper leed rollers, a spin.- dle on which said leed rollers are mounted, and guides by which said spindle is' mounted lor bodily ,rectilinear movement towards and from the platen, saidmanually controlled arm being in the path ol movement ol said spindle to automatically actuate the arm by the spindle without however interlering with the actuation of the arm independently ol the spindlen 24h lna typewriting machine, the combination ol a platen, paper leed rollers shiltable into and out ol contact with the platen, means lor thus shiltinr the leed rollers including a toggle which when straightened applies the leed rollers to the platen with a dit positive pressure, .and means lor arresting said toggle substantially in the dead centered or straight-line position to hold the leed'rollers against the platen,

nenas a 25. ln a'typewriting machine, the combispindle, a side edge'paper gage projecting lrom said carrier lorward ol said spindle,

and a second side edge paper gage projecting lrom said carrier rearward ol said spindle.

26. ln a typewriting machine, the combination ol a platen, a set ol paper leed roll- "ers shiltable into and outol Contact with the platen, ,and means lor thus shifting said leed rollers comprising a toggle, the mem- 'bers ol which, are vsubstantially in the straight-line dedd center position when the leed rollers press 'against the platen, and a contractile spring connected at its ends to the-members ol said toggleA and exerting substantially a dead center pull thereon when the members ol the toggle are in the straight line position.,

l 27.. e combination ola leed roller; means lor gui ing said leed roller lor shilting movement towards and lrom the platen into and out ol contact therewith; and manually controlled means lor shifting said leed roller comprising two pairs ol toggle members, a linger piece, and connections therelrom lor simultaneously straightening both pairs ol toggle members to apply the leed roller.

28. The combination ol a platen; apaper leed roller; a spindle on which said leedy ,a spindle on which said feed roller is mounted, guiding means on tli"e carriage by which said spindle is mounted lor bodily recti-` linear movement towards and from the platen, a toggle lor each end ol the spindle lor controlling its movement, a rock shalt with which one member ol each toggle is connected to turn, and a hnger piece lor turning said roclr shaft.

30. The combination oll a carriage; a platen carried thereby; means carried by the carriage lor guiding work sheets introduced lrom in lront ol the platen downwardly and rearwardly beneath and around the platen, said guiding means including a normally ineffective dedector shiltable across the printlaten; a paper d dll llO

ing line to eEective position; feed rollers which coact with the platen above the printing line and are mounted for rectilinear shifting movement fore and aft of the machine into and out of contact with the platen; means for thus shifting said feed rollers including a toggle which when straightened causes the feed rollers to exert a pressure against the platen; and operative connections between said feed-roller shifting.- means and said deflector to 'shift the latter to effective position `when the feed rollers are shifted away from the platen.

31. The combination of a platenga paper feed roller; a s indle on which said eed roller is mounte means for guidingsaid spindle 'to receive a shifting movement towards and from the platen; manually conltrolled means for shifting said spindle com.- prising a toggle controlling each end of the spindle, a iinger piece, connections there- `from .tor simultaneously straightening both ltoggles to apply the feed roller; a normally ineifective paper deleetor shiitable to elfective position where it will aid in guiding a work sheet introduced rearwardly from in -ront of the platen; and operative eonnections between said manually eontrolled means and said deflector for controlling the shifting movement of the latter by the former.

32. The combination of a platen, a paper feed roller mounted for sliding movement into and out of contact with the platen, means for thus Yshifting said feed 1'roller including a pair of toggles which when straightened applies the fee-d roller to the platen, and means for arresting said toggles substantially in the dead centered or straight-line position to hold the iieed roller against the platen.

33. The combination of a platen, a pivoted paper dellector shiftablc to and 'from e'ective position and which when in the eective position aids in guiding work sheets introduced rearwardly from in front of the platen downwardly and rearwardly beneath the same, a pin connected with said deflectol-, a manually controlled arm having a cam coacting with said pin to etl'ect a pivotal movement of the delector in a direction opposite to that given'said arm so that when said arm is moved away from the laten the deiiector will be moved towards tie platen,

a spindle on which one or more paper feed rollers are mounted, guides by which said spindle is mounted for bodily rectilinear movement towards and from the platen, and manually controlledineans for thus shifting the spindle and by the same` movement actuating said arm to automatically control the shifting ofsaid. dellector.

' 34. The combination of a platen, a paper feed roller coacting with the platen above the printing line and mounted to receive a bodily sliding movement fore and aft of the machine out or' and into Contact with the platen, and manually controlled means for thus moving the feed roller comprising a pair of parallel toggles anda finger piece or simultaneously straightening both of said toggles to thereby apply the feed roller when said toggles reach a substantially straight line position.

35. The combination of a blaten, a set of paper feed rollers coacting therewith above the printing line, and manually controlled means for moving said feed rollers in unison against the platen or away therefrom, said -means comprising af plurality of toggles, a

rock shaft with which one member of each toggle is fixed to rock, and a finger piece for rocking said shaft to simultaneously straighten all of said toggles and thereby apply the feed rollers to the platen when the toggles reach a substantially straightline position.

Signed at the borough of Manhattan, city of ,New York, in the county of New York, and State of New York, this lst day of September, A. l). 1926.

SIGURD L. WALSOE.