US1743640A - Typewriting machine - Google Patents

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Jan. 14, 1930. H. H. vlcKERs TYPEWRITING MACHINE Filed June 9. 1925 Patented' Jan. 14, 1930 HARRY H. 'VICKERS, 0F CORONA, NEW Y FISHER COMPANY, oF. NEW Yomz,

OBK, ASSIGNOR TO UN'DEIBMOOL ELLIOTT N. Y.,'A' CORPORATION OFDELAWARE TYPEWRITING MACHINE Application led i' J une 9,

This invention relates to work-sheet-handling devices for typewriting machines, and is herein illustrated as applied to an Underwood combined typewriting and computing machine of the Underwood-Hanson type.

According to this invention, the amounts I written on different varieties of checks are accumulated on diii'erent registers of the com puting mechanism, each kind of cheek having its associated register, the checks being selectively positioned on the carriage, and the carriage being shifted to a corresponding position preparatory to accumulating the amount in the corresponding register. In this way checks upondifferent banks may be typed expeditiously, and correctaccormting is insured for each bank or drawee.

In order to expedite the positioning of the checks relatively to the registers, there is-provided an aligning or oollating plate or table slidably mounted upon a shaft fast to the platen-frame, the plate being provided with mechanism whereby it may be accurately positioned and locked in any of a plurality of positions, each corresponding with one of the registers of the machine.

A pack or assemblage of work-sheets may comprise a stringof checks joined seriatim and a record-sheet, the two sheets being interleaved by a carbon, and both the record and the carbon sheets being wider than the checks. This assemblage is inserted at the real' of the typewriting machine, leading edge first, over a rear paper-chute, passing under the platen, and with the aid of theV feed-rolls is fed around and up past the printing point. The record-sheet is then led under the side pres- A sure-rolls at the top of the platen and behind the collating plate, the checks being posi- -tioned between upturned edges of the plate.

A line is then typed upon the irst'or upper check, and is duplicated upon the recordsheet by means of the carbon. The platen is line-spaced andthe carriage returned, preparatoryto repositioning th'e checks, to present a fresh-check to the printingr line, thus keeping the typed data on the. record-sheet in a condensed form.

The feed-rolls` are released to free the checks,-which are then pulled upwardly for 1925. Serial No. 35,858.

positioning the next check relatively to the printing line, said position being gaged by the-aid of the wing-scales of the machine. It will be understood that while the feed-rolls are released to raise the checks, the record and the carbon 'sheets are held upon the platen, -against accidental displacement, by

means of the pressure-rolls which hld the edges of the record and carbon sheets. The feed-rolls are again restored, and the corresponding tabulator-key is depressed'to move the carriage in registering position `with the` be'typed totalizer, whereupon a new line ma upon the second check, and the cycly ations is repeated.

When it is desired to type another class of checks, that is to say, checks chargeable to another account, the aligning or collating plate is shifted to a position corres onding to the position of the register in which it is desired to accumulate the amount. In order to shift theplate, however, torelease a positioning and locking latch preparatory to shifting the plate to` another position, in which position the plate i's automatically locked, owing to resilient means provided in the latch.

In some classes of work a'record-sheet is used upon which numbers-corresponding to the numbers of the checks are printed thereon,` previous to their being inserted\in the machine. lIn order that the number on the record-sheet may be visible outside the mare of opergin of the check, the record-sheet is provided with an extra wide margin uponrwhich margin the and is used as a reference or check against the number on thel check. In other classes 'of work, however, the record-sheet is blank and the number is only printed on the check, the number being typed upon the record-sheet through' the carbon by typing it upon the in one of the sides, number is printed it is first necessary check. In order that the device may be used alternatively'for either class of work, there is provided mechanism whereby the pressurerolls may be adjusted to take either a wide or a narrow record-sheet. Y

Other features and advantages will hereinafter appear. i

In the 'accompanying drawings,

- the table-frame and the indexing mechanism y,ord-sheet.'

therefor. i

Figure 4 is a plan view of the table and the pressure-rolls adjusted for a Wide recordsheet.V

Figure 5 is a front view, in elevation, of the table showing the check and a wide rec- Figure 6 is a detail showing the table- ,locking mechanism in its operated position.

Figure 7 is a diagrammatic plan view of the machine, illustrating how the table can be used' tol position checks relative to the denominational selectors of the computing mechanism. e j

This invention is herein illustrated as applied to a combined typewriting and computing machine of the Underwood-Hanson type 1n which the computing mechanism is indicated` by the numeral 10. 'y

It is proposed to insert an assembled pack or work-sheet 11 at the rear of the machine, down a rear chute or table 12 under a platen 13, co-operatin with feed-rolls 14, and up in front of the p aten, past the printing point. The work-sheet comprises a string of checks or forms 15 joined end to end and a recordsheet 16, the two being interleaved by a sheet of carbon. The record-sheet and the carbon are wider than the forms at the sides thereof, the record and the carbon sheets'being led behind a front table or plate 17, and the borders thereof are held under pressure over the platen by means of pressure-rolls 18. The checks are ledover the front table and are positioned by squaring the sides thereof `against upturned edges 19 of the'table 17.

A line of ty'pin` is written upon the check by swinging typears 20 and then the worksheet is line-spaced by means of the linespacing mechanism 21, preparatory to repositioning the forms. The feed-rolls 14 are released in order to permit the moving of the forms upwardly so as to present a fresh form to the printing line. l

When it is desired to type another string of forms and to accumulate the amounts in a different register, the aligning plate is shifted to a position co-operating with the register-in which it is desired to compute the amount, and, for this purpose, the table is slidably mounted on a cross-rod 22I fast to the end plates 23l of the platen-frame by means of screws 24. rIhe rod is provided with a longitudinal groove 25 for receiving rollers 26 which are pressed against said rod byv 37a in theplate, the slots being countersunk to receive the heads of the screws so as to present a flat surface to the work-sheet.

In order to shift the aligning plate to a different position, a latch 38 is swung on a pivot-stud 39 against the tension of a spring 40 by depressing a finger-'piece 41, so as to swing the latch from a position shown in Figure 2 to that shown in Figure 6. The latch is provided with an open slot 42 at the end thereof, the slot controlling the swing of the latch, which engages in its normal position with indentations 43, cut in the crossrod 22, the spacing and position of the cuts corresponding to the positions of tabulating stops 44, which, in turn, correspond to the setting of the registers in the computing mechanism. In order to facilitate the sliding of the aligning plate on the rod 22, there is provided a finger-piece 45 which may form an integral ing arm 31.

In Figure 7 is illustrated the relative position of certain parts of the computing mechanism when the right-hand portion of a check that is disposed on the table 17 is brought to the printing point of the machme for having the numerical amount of the check typed and computed. It can be seen that when the latch 38 of the table 17 is set in the first notch 43, and the usual right-hand portion of the check is` brought to the printing point, a dog 10d' of the computing mechanism engages a member of the first group of denominational selectors '10, which group corresponds to and controls in the usual way the first one from the right of a plurality of computing registers 10K Thus the numerical part of the forwar'dly-extendamounts of the checks typed while the table 17 lstamped upon the check by means of a numhering'machine. .In some other classes of work, however, the record-sheet is stamped lector-jacks) is provided mechanism whereby the frame supporting the ali ing plate may be widened as shown in igure 5 to thus move the right-hand pressure roll outwardly to take a wider record-sheet upon which the numbers 46 of the checks are printed, the corresponding number on the checks being indicated by the numeral 47. In order to facilitate the positioning of the pressure-roll relatively to the aligning plate, the cross-bar 34 is provided with a slot 48 for receiving a threaded Enger-piece 49 which screws into a tapped hole in the bent portion 34 of the arm 31. The adjustment of the pressure-roll is limited by a pair ofcollars 50 settably mounted on a rod 51, the rod being controlled by a pair of collars 52 at the end thereof( l y It will be understod that the aligning table is mounted upon. a rod 22, which is substituted for the regular pressure-roll-shaft of the machine, and that due to the resilientnature of the rollers 26, which engage with the groove in the rod, the table may be swung rearwardly as shown in dot-and-dash lines in Figure 2, in case it is desired to use the machine for ordinary typewriting. It will also be understood that thealigning plate 1s controlled between the range ofthe registers by means of collars 53 settable upon the rod 22.

The operation of the improved machine, particularly that relating to the selective engagement of the dog 10d (Figure 7 w1th the groups of denomination-selectors, 1s as follows:

Assuming that there are, say, five groups of checks drawn on five different banks,

which checksare to be filled out on the typewriter and the amounts thereof are to be accumulated or totaled in the five separate registers, and assuming, for the sake of simplicity, that checks drawn on bank No. l are to be filled out first, the collating paper-table 17 is shifted until its latch engages the first notch from the left on the bar 22 (notch marked l in Figure 7). The check is then located on the platen and collating table (or it may previously have been located) and the carriage moved to the right, and the'dog is then set on the rear of the carriage in such a position that when the amount for which the check is drawn is typed in numbers inthe number space on the check (i. e., the space) the dog will engage the first group of denomination trains from the right (i. e.,.se

thereby actuating the computmg mechanism of the first register. When -ch'eck No. l inserted, the

the 'first check No. 1 is completed, it is withdrawn as described hereinbefore, another carriage moved to the right and the typing begun again and repeated until all the checks No. 1 have been typed and computed.

When it is desired to type checks drawn on bank No. 2, the table is shifted until latch 38 engages the second notch or indentation 43 from the left. The dog, however, is not moved, but remains in its original position throughout all the operations on all the checks. Since the table has been shifted to the right on the carriage, and since the dog is fixed on the carriage, the dog has, relatively to the table, shifted to the left a distance equal to that between two notches or indentations 43, i. e., the distance between centers of adjacent groups of denomination trains 10s (Figure 7) (The tabulating stops 44, which are spaced apart the same distance as the notches 43, assist the operator in locating the point on thev check at which numerals should be begun to be typed, although where standard forms of checks are used, the\$ sign on the check may be a sufcient guide without the aid of the stop.) The dog will therefore engage the second group of denomination trains (selector-jacks) when the numerals on check No. 2 are typed. In the same way, the other corresponding groups of denomination trains or selectors will be engaged by the dog afterv the table has been shifted to cause the latch 38 to engage in any one of the notches. This collating table, with its shiftable frame, therefore, in addition to its function of positioning and supporting the checks, is also a means for selectively determining in which one of the pluralityof registers the amount typed upon any check, ordi upon any form, for that matter, shall be accumulated.

' While this invention has been described as used with4 checks of standard form, it is lapparent that it may be used with forms, provided only the forms are so positioned on the platen and table that their .effective printing line or numeral line or column comes into registry with the proper tabulating stop at the proper time. These tabulating stops may be dispensed with if care is taken, after the dog has once been set, always to locate the numeral line or column in exactly the same position on the table where irregular formsare used. It is clear that the tabulating stops may be used alone to so locate the dog that it will engage the desired train group at the proper time, although this method will require careful positioning of the work-sheet.

It will therefore be obvious that once' the n lthe dog, in theknowntype of machine, for

non-uniform every kind of check or form typed, to engage the appropriate group of denomination trains, .demands that the operator get up from his seat to obtain a good view of the rear part of the machine. Moreover, the setting of the dog requires great skill and care and considerable time. All these expenditures of time, skill and effort are avoided by the use of the present invention in which, after the dog has once been set, the operator can make all subsequent selections of the appropriate register by simply shifting the collating table, which requires no more eii'ort than line-spacing the platen. The mechanism for effecting such selection, it will be apparent, is within convenient reach of the operator.

Where the terni check is used in the claims, it will be understood to include not only standard forms of checks, but also nonuniform checks and other forms of all kinds Whereon iigures are to be typed.

By effective printing line is meant that portion of the printing li'ne upon which the numerals are located and this effective printing line Will vshift as the collating plate is shifted.

Variations may be resorted to Within the scope of the invention, an'd portions of the improvements may be used Without others.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In combination, a typewriting and computing mechanism, the typewriting mechanism having a platen, a carriage and typing elements, the computing mechanism having a series of registers controlledy by said typing elements, and groups of denominational selector elements, a single dog making said registers effective in certain positions of the carriage, and means borne by said carriage for locating a Work-slieet on the platen relatively to said selector groups, said means being laterally .shiftable relatively to said platen and lockable in registering positions, each position corresponding to one of said selector groups of the computing mechanism.`

2. In a typewriting and computing machine, the combination with a carriage, of a platen, a plurality of computing registers, a group of denominational selectors -for each register,

' a single dogon said carriage arranged tor making said groups of selectors effective seriatim, aninstrumentality on said carriage having a plurality of gaging marks spaced apart the same distance as said group of selectors, each of said-marks corresponding to a certain one of said selector groups, and an aligning being mounted for lateral movement along said platen, and said marks being arranged so that, when said plate is gaged by one of said marks and the right-hand end portion of the check supported y the plate is brought to the printing point of the machine, said dog is brought to a position for engaging the plate for a check-sheet, said plate Ving a series of registers controlled by said typing instrumentalities through groups of denomination trains only in certain computing zones of the carriage, said computing zones being controlled by the tabulating stops, of means for positioning a` work-sheet on the platen intermediate its ends in any of a plurality of predetermined positions, each position of the Work-sheet co-operating with a different register zone which is determined by one of said stops, and a single dog mounted on said carriage for selectively engaging any one of said denomination trains.

4. The combination with a typewriting and computing mechanism, the typewriting mechanism having a revoluble platen, a carriage, tabulating stops therefor and typing instrumentalities, the computing mechanism having a series of registers controlled by said typing instrumentalities through groups of denomination trains only in certain computing Zones 'of the carriage, said computing zones being controlled by the tabulating stops, of means for positioning a Work-sheet on the platen iii any of a plurality of predetermined positions, eacli position of the Worksheet co-operating with a different register zone which is determined by one of said stops, said means including a cross-rod borne by the carriage and fast thereto at the rear of the platen, said rod being provided with locating notches, each so located upon the rod as to position an aligning plate in co-operating position with one of said register zones, and a single dog Amounted Aon said carriage for selectively engaging any one of said denomination trains.

5. In a'type'ivritingf'and computing ma- `chine, in combination, a carriage, a platen, a

plurality of computing registers, a group of stationary denominational selectors for each register, and a single instrumentality on said carriage arranged for engaging said groups of selectors right to Vleft seriatim to make the selectors eiiective, a cross-rod fastened between the ends of said carriage and having adjacent its left end as many gaging marks as there are groups of said selectors, said marks being spaced apart the same distance as said groups, and each mark corresponding to a certain one of said groups, and an aligning plate for a check-sheet, said plate being mounted for lateral movement along said cross-rod, and said marks being arranged so that, when said aligning plate is gaged by is brought to the printing point of said machine for typing the numerical amount of 'saidfchecln said instrumentality is brought to a position for engaging the group of del v nominational selectors which corresponds to writing machine yhaving a carriage and fa. platen journaled therein, and a computing mechanism having a plurality of registers and their associated groups of denomination trains, the combination of asingle dog mounted upon the carriage and capable of engagin allof the groups of denomination trains, andv means for causing said dog to-.selectively en-- gage any one of said groups of denomination trains so that the number typed may be accumulated in any desired register.

7; In a mechanism for typing a plurality of checks drawn ony diierentbanks and computing the amounts drawn on the different banks in separate registers, including a typewriting machine having a carriage and a platen journaled therein, and a computing mechanism having a pluralityof registers `and their as- 36 sociated groups of denomination trains, the

combination of a single dog mounted upon the carriage and capable of engaging all of the groups of denomination trains, and means for causing said dog to selectively engage any one o f said groups of denomination trains so that the number typed may be accumulated in any vdesired register, said means being mounted upon the carriage of the typewriting machine Within easy reach vof the operator. Y

8. In a mechanism for typing a plurality of checks drawn on different banks and computing the amounts drawn on the different banks in separate registers, includinga type- Writing. machine having a carriage and a platen journaled therein, and a computing mechanism having a plurality of registers andtheir associated groups of denomination trains, the combination of a single dog mounted upon the carriageand capable of engaging all of the groups of denomination trains, and

t means for causing said dog to selectivelyen- 'gage any one of said groups of denomination trains so that the number typed may be -accumulated in any desiredregister, 'said means writing machine Within easy reach of the operator, and adjustable along a line parallel to the axis of the platen. 1

9. In a mechanism for typing a `plurality of checks drawn on different banks and computing the amounts drawn on the diiereiit anks in separate registers, includmg a typewriting machine having a carriage and a; platen 'ournal'ed therein, and a computing' mechanism -having a plurality of registers being mounted upon the carriage of the typeand their associated groups ofdenomination trains, the combination of a single dog mounted upon the carriage and capable of engaging all of the groups of denomination trains, and means for causing said dog to selectively engage any one of said groups ofi.

denomination trains so that the number typed may be accumulated in any desired register,

said dog being ixed relatively to said platen, and said means operating to shift the eiective printing line relatively to said dog.

10. vIn a mechanism for typing a plurality Vof checks drawn on dierent banks and computing the amounts drawn on the different banks in separate registers, including a type- Writing machine having a carriage and a platen journaled therein, and a computing mechanism having a plurality ofregisters and their associated groups of denomination trains, the combination of a single dog mountedl upon the carriage and capable of engagin all of the groups of denomination trains, an

means for causing said dog to selectivfely engage any one of said groups of denomination trainsso that the number typed may be accumulated-in any desired register, said means including a cross-rod fixed upon said carriage and having graduations thereon, said graduations corresponding in n number and reversely in position to the groups of denomination trains.

11. In a'mechanism for typing a plurality of checks drawn on different banks and computing the amounts drawn on the different anks in separate registers, including a type- Writing machine having a. carriage and a platen journaled therein, and a computing mechanism having a plurality of registers and their associated groups of denomination trains, the combination of a single dog mounted upon the carriage and capable of engaging all of the groups of denomination trains, means for causing said dog to selectively engage any one of said groups of denomination trains so that the number typed may be accumulated in any desired register, said means

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