US1876183A - Typewriting machine - Google Patents

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Sept. 6, 1932.. H. H. VICKI-:Rs

TYPEWRITING MACHINE Filed Sept. l5, 1929 Patented sept. 6, 1932 HARRY H. magnus, or ALBA-11s, Yonx, Assienon To UNDEcawoon ELLIOTT risnnacomrziai, orynnw ,Yon-Igny., A .oonreaarrononfnmewmn Y Y handling d fimyrnwmrme .MACHINE y.,

originati Yappiie'cion med :tune 9, ia25,jse;ii1wo.a5,s5s, now rfen't'vivo. A1,743,1540, feited ,January i4, 1930. Divided; ari-,d this' appiiat'ionmedseptember ,13, 1.929.. seriai y110,392,295.

'This inventionVv relates. .to averle-sheet- 4devices :for vtypenriting "machines, and is erein lizllustrated las applied to an `Underwood combined typewriting and'coinpitting machine of the Underwood-Hanson type. n wir j l According. to f-this invention, 'the arnounts .Writtenon different varieties :of checks 4are accuinlulatedon diiei'ent registers oit lthe o o-1nputing mechanism, :each'kfnd check 'hav- .ingr'its 'associated register, the v:checks being selectively:positioned on the carriage, and the carriage being shifted to .ai corresponding position preparatory tto faec-umulating'the amount inthe oorifesponding register. In this 'way :checks upon diiiferlent banks maybe 'f yiped YeXpeditiousljy,` land oorrectf' .accounting -isinsured `for each bank or drawee.

In order .to expedite the Vpositiori-ing of the checks relatively Vto thejregiisters, there is providedran align-ing orv :col-liatfing V'pla-te jor table slidably mounted upon .a shait't ast to platen-traum 'the plate being provided withfmeclrianisni whereby it-inaybeaaccurately positioned .and lloelred'rn any oneof a 'pl-urality 4ofcoluinn positions, Aeacli vcoluinn posi-- tion corresponding With the position-'init vone of Vthe registers of the machine.

Y 'A :pack or assemblage of Work-sheets may Isei-intim .and a reeordsheet, the two sheets L, printing-point. Therecord-sheet is'tli-en led 4.0

:underl the side pressure-rolls at theftop of the platen and behindfthe Ico'l'latin-g plateytlrie checks "beingpositioned between upturned edges oit the plate, A line isthen typed upon the first or upper check, and iis vdupllif'cated upon the :record-sheet by means o'ftlie'oarbon. The platen is line-spaeed andthe carriage returned', preparatory V*to repositioning` the olieeks, to presenta fresh. cheekto the printing' line, thus keeping the typed data ent-hel record-sheet in aeondeiisedeorin.

' 'he teeth-rolls vare` released ,ft-0,` 'freeV the Checks, which are then pulledup'wardly for positioning the nentv Cheek, relatively to the 'printing line, r`said position lbeing gaged by the aid of thefWing-scales of the machine'. It `will be understood *that While the feedrolls Aare release'dtof raise the ebooks, :the record and the carbon sheets are held-upon PAjliENjl; f

the `platen, against accidental fdispl-acement.,r` ,Y

bymeans ofthe pressure-rolls which holdk the 'e'dges'ofthe Arecord and carbon sheets.

'Theffeed-rolls are :again restored, and Athe eorresponcli'i'ig"tabulatorkey is depressed to nii-'ove the carriage in"I registering position with the totalizer, whereupon a 'new line 'may be typed upon the second cl'ifeck, and the 4cycle of operations is repeated. i"

When it vis'desired to type another class of Cheeks, that "isV to say, Icheeks 'chargeable to A anotherA account, vthev alignin-g,'locat`ng Vor collating :pla-te is sliiffted to a 'column-,positionv corresponding tothe column-position of the register in which lit is .desired 'to-accumulate the amount. In order toshitttlie'latd however, i-t lifsflrst necessary -torelease a 'sitioning and V locliin-gflatch *prepa'rat'oryl to shifting 'the plate yfor another .column-position, in which position the pla-te is*autoinati" v cally looked, by means provi-ded-orf-thelateh. A y

In some classes of Work a rcord-sheet 'is used upon which numbers corresponding:

vto the numbers of the'ehecks arej` priii'tedy thereon, Vprevious lto their being inserted the machine. ln order that thenu-mberon vthe record-sheetmay be visible,oi-itside'thev inargn of' the -clieck, the ree'ord-fsheet'ishproyid-ed 'Wi'thf an eXtra Wide vin'aiifgin in 'one-of the sides, upon Which inaigin'the numberris prntedaridis used'as a reference orjfcheck l against the nur-riberon tlie"'check. .LI-n aother classes of work, however,l the'record-sheet isfblank" and the 'numbe-rs only 'printed on the c'heok., `the number being typed =i1pon`=the record-sheetv through the carbon @by typing itvupon the check.4v In order .that the' device may be used alternatively for either vclass o work,v ther-ei ris provided yn'iechlanisin whereby the pressure-rolls may be adjusted' 'to `take either awfifdeor a narrow records'heet'.

This is `adivision fof applic-ationSe--- rial No. 35,858, filed June 9,1925. (Now Patent No. 1,743,640, dated January 14, 1930.)

ther features and advantages will hereinafterl appear.

In the accompanying drawing,

Figure 1 is .a front View, in elevation, of the aligning table as applied to an Underwood combined typewriting and computing machine. i i f Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view, in elevation, through the line 2-2 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows, and

shows both the typewriting and the computing mechanism. e

Figure 3 is a plan view of a detail showing the table-frame and the indexing mechanism therefor. f

Figure 4 is a plan view of thetable and the pressure-rolls adjusted for a wide recordsheet. A y Figure 5 is a front View, in elevation, of the table showing the check and a wide rec ord-sheet.

u Figure 6 is a detail showing the tablelocking mechanism in its operated position. l Figurek 7 is a diagrammatic plan view-of the machine, illustrating howthe table can `be used to position checksrelative to the denominational selectors of the computing mechanism.

V This invention is herein illustrated as applied t0 a combined typewriting and computing machine of the Underwood-Hanson type in which the computing mechanism is indicated by the numeral 10.,V

It is proposed to insert an assembled pack or work-sheet 11 at vthe rear of the machine, down a. rear chute or table 12 under a platen 13, co-operating with feed-rolls 14, and up in front of the platen, past theprinting point. Thework-sheet comprises a string of duplicate checks or forms 15 oined together and a record-sheet 16, the two beingl interleaved by a sheet of carbon. The record-sheet and the carbon are wider than the check forms at the sides thereof, the record and the carbon sheets being led behind a front table, locator or plate 17, and the borders thereof are held under pressure over theplaten by means of .pressure-rolls 18. The checks are led over .the fronttable and are positioned by squaring the sides thereof against upturned edges 19 of the table 17. y.

A line of typing is written upon the check -by swinging type-bars 2O and then the w orksheet is line-spaced by means of the linespacing mechanism 21, preparatory to reposi tioning 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. i

vWhen it is desired to type another string of forms and to accumulate'the amounts in a different register or to manifold .the amounts 1n a different column on 4the recordsheet, the aligning plate is shifted to a position co-operating with the register or a record column in which it is desired to compute or type the amount, and, for this purpose, the table isslidably mounted on a cross-rod 22, fast tothe end plates 231of the platen-frame bymeans of screws 24. lThe rod is provided with a longitudinal groove for receiving rollers 26 whichare pressed against said rod by springs 27. Said rollers are mounted in slots 28 between the sides 29 of brackets 30, the brackets being provided with forwardly-extending arms 31 and 32, the ends thereof lbeing bent at 33 for receiving a crossbar 34 fast to the arm 32, by means of screws 35, which also serve as a means for supporting the guide-fingers 36 upon which the pressure-rolls are rotatably mounted. The aligning plate 17 is adjustably mounted upon the cross-bar 34 by means of screws 37 through slots 37a in the plate, 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 dierent position, a latch `38 is swung on a A pivot-stud 39 against the tension of a spring 40 by depressing a linger-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 cross-rod 22, the spacing and position of the cuts corresponding to the column-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 part of the forwardly-extending arm 31.

In Figure 7 is illustrated the relative position of certain parts of the computing mechanism when the right-hand portionof a check that is disposed on the table 17 is brought to the printing point of the machine 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 Y of the computingl mechanism engages a member of the first group of denominational selectors 10s, which group corresponds to and controls in the usual way the irst one from the right of a plurality of computing registers 101. Thus the numerical amounts of the checks typed while `the table 17 is 'gaged by the iirst notch 43 (from the left) will be manifolded in the first column on the record-sheet and computed in the first register 1071 (from the right). In like manner, the checks typed while the table is gaged by the second notch will be vmanifoldedin the imanes secondi` column. "and computed the' second register,; and-so Von'. 1 Y 'Insomeclassesof work there-is'provided a plain 4record-sheet, as sho'Wn'in'- Figure 1,;.and the number 'ofthe check is copied upony the Ycheck andis ,transferredv upon-y .the frecord- ,sheetthrough the carbomthe number 'being stamped upon theicheck by meansV ofA a. num- `beringmachine. In some other classes of work,` however, they record-sheet is; stamped .with numbers: corresponding to the; Vnumbers' )on thechecks', and, in such cases', itis desirable thatthe number.` on the record-sheet be seen outside of the margin of the che.ek,.so as to facilitate. the' :aligning s ofithev checks;y with the corresponding numbersl one the record-sheet. 'orderfth'at the-'same device; may be used in connection With-*both classes of workgfthere is provided mechanism wherebyV theyframe supporting the f aligning 'plate maybe Wid. ened as shown in Figurev 5 to thus move the right-hand pressure-roll outwardly to take .fa Wider record-sheet uponwhichy the-numbers 46 of thechecks are4 printed, the correspond,n ing' number onthe checks being ind-icatedby the numeral 47., In order tol facilitatethe positioning of the pressure-roll relatively te the aligning, plate, `the cross-"bar 34 is pro- .vid'edf Withaslot 48 :for receiving; aythreaded finger-piece- #i9l which screws into far tapped hollelg'in, tlief bent portion 33 of the arm Y31. Y.The adjustment of the' pressureroll. is limited :by aj pair of coll-arsQ .settably mounted ona ,rod VV5l, the rod being controlled. by a p air of collars 52 at the end' thereon, Y Y

.Itlvvill'wbe understood that the "aligning tahle-ismounted upon a rod y22, which substitutedffor the regu-lar ressure-roll-slmft of the machine,xa-nd that uetothe resilient naturegof the #rollers 26, Whichengage with the groove in the rod, thetable may bes-Wnng rearwardly asrshown in dot-and-dash lines in Figure A2, incase itis desiredto use the machine for ordinary typeirvriting'.l .It will alsobe understood that thealigningplate-is ,controlled between Athe-range 'oftheregis ,ters by'means of collars' settable upon. the rod 221' y Y The vopera-tion of the improved maschine, particularly that relating to the ,selective en gagement Vofthedog 10d (Figure with. the groups fof denomination-selectors, isV as follows: p Assuming that thereareVsay, Vfive Vgroups vo checks dravvn. on. five .different banks, which .checks are tofberilled. out on thetype- `Writer Vand the amounts thereoifare to aecumulated ior totaled in the live separate. reg-` isters, andgassuming, for ythe sake et 'simplicity, that checks drawn on bank No.1 are to beilledon-t `first, the collating paper-talolel v117 is shifted until its latch engages-'the -irst notch from the left on the bar t22"`1:(notch marked vl `in Fig-ure 7 Thehcheelzis then located on the; platen and table` :the carriage moved to the-right,l and (the dog" is then ,set ona the rear of. the

'cari'-iafge-y in such a; position that when Ythe amount'v for:V Vwhich the check is `*drawn jls typed in numbers in rtheynumber space on the checkv (i. e., the .$-V'` space), the Vdog pwil'l `engage the lfirstgroup of de- ,nomin'ation trainsfrom thegrighti (i. e., se-

lector-jacks),i thereby actuating the computfr ing mechanism of; theV first register. VWhen the first check No. l. iscompleted, itis Withdrawn; as,l described1 herei'nbefore,- another :check No; 1.:inserted,'the carriage movedto the rightcand the typing begun againa-nd .repeated untilyal-l-'the checks No. 1 have been typed and computed. Y l l VlWhenit isdesired to type checks drawn on bank No. 2the table is shifted until latch 88 engages: thevsecond notch or i-ndentation'fl from vthe left. The dog,r however, is not moved/but remains in its original position` throughout allvv thev operatifans.` on all the checks. Since the table has beenshifted to the right on the carriage, and since they dog .is fixedL on'vthe carri-age, the dog has, relativei ly to the table, shifted-*to the left Aa distance vequal `toa-that between twonotehes or inden Vtations 43 i., e., the .v dist-ance betweenfcenters of; adjacent *groupsy vof denomination trains 10s (Fighe-7).;l f f' Y f i( The; tabulating stops ,44, which arefspaced apart the 'same :distance as the notches 43, assist the operator- Yinlocating theqpoint on the-check .at which numeralsshould be begun to be typed, although Where standard forms ot checks-,raie used, the sign on the check may a suiicien-t Vguide Y Without V`the aid ofthe, vThe will therefore engage the4 lgronpg. of denomination trai-ns {selector-jacks); lWhen-thenumerals on cheek No; f2 are typed. IuK-,the same way, the other corresponding groups of denomination trains .orse-lectors will 'be1 engaged by the dog latch-38h) engage,inem-yl one ofthe notches. lhiscollati-ng; table, with its --shifftable frame, therefore, 4in addition to its function ofposi toning and-supporting the cheeks, is-,also ame-ans for seleetivelydetermining Which one of a record-sheet column or which one of'thevplurality foiVV negis-tersthe amount. typed upon any check, ,or ,uponA any form, forthat matter, sha1-1 be accumulated.

'While this invention has been described as e exactly the same position on the table where irregular forms are used. It is clear .that the tabulating stops may be used alone to so locate the dog that it will engageV the 4desired train group at the proper time, although this methodwill require careful positioning of the work-sheet. i l

It will `therefore be obvious that once the dog has been set, no further manipulation of the dog is necessary. In view `of the fact thatthe dog is located. on the 'rear ofthe carriage out of sight of the operator, the setting of the dog, in the .known type of machine, for every kindv of check` or form typ-ed, to engage the appropriate group of denomination trains, demands that theoperator get up from his seat to vobtain 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 Vof time, skill and effort are avoided by the use of the presentV invention in which, after the dog has once been set, the operator can make allA subsequent selections of the appropriate register and record-column by simply shifting thev collating table, which requires no more effort than line-spacing thel platen. The mechanism for effecting such column-selection upon the record-sheet, it will be apparent, is within 4convenient reach of the operator. Variations may be resorted to within th scope of the invention, and portions of the improvements may be used without others. Having thus described my invention, I claim: y

1. In a typewriting and computing machine, the combination with a carriage, a cross-rod fastened in the ends of said carriage, and a collating table mountedon said cross-rod for lateral adjustment with respect to said carriage, of means for readily latching saidtable in a plurality of positions on said rod, said means including a finger-piece pivoted above said cross-rod, and having a substantially fiat tab-portion extending forwardly from said cross-rod, and a vportion lhaving an open slot extending downwardly from the pivot to straddle said cross-rod, and a spring normally pressing said slotted portion against said cross-rod for engaging in notches cut in the back of' said cross-rod, the construction of said finger-piece and said spring being such that, when said table is moved from one notch along the rod, said slotted portion slides on the cross-rod and snaps into the next notch without attention from the operative. V v 2. In a device of the class described, the combination with a carriage, a platen, anda cross-rod fastened in the ends of said carriage behind said platen, of a frame including two forwardly-extending arms fastened tosaid rod to be moved laterally ltherealong, a bar rigidly fastenedto the forwardend ofthe i-gsvaies Vsecond rod disposed between said bar and said cross-rod. and having one end rigidly fastened to said left-hand arm and its other end arranged for extendmg'througha closely it- "ting hole-in the right-hand arm, and two collarson said second rod fastened so as to'limit the movement' of said right-hand arm with Arespect to said left-hand arm,.said last-named rod also servingv to helpbracesaid frame upon ymovement of the same. i

3. In a device of the class described, the combination with Va lplaten. and a1V platenframe, of a notched cross-rod 4.extending lengthwise of the platen and fastened in the ends of said platenframe, a laterally-movable workpiece-aligning plate mounted on said rod, and an instrumentality for latching said plate in a'plurality of positions along said rod, said vinstrumentality including `a spring-actuated` finger-piece pivoted above said cross-rod and having a depending piece disposed for engaging in the notches of .said rod. 1

4. In 'a device of the class described, the combination with a" platen anda platenframe, of a tie-rod extending parallel with the] platen and secured to the ends of the platen-frame, notchesl in said rod, each notch to indicate a column-Zone along the platen, -a carrierV slidably mounted upon'said rod, a sheet-aligning plate securedv to saidl carrier, a pair of paper-fingers .secured to saidcarrier, one paper-finger at each side ofthe aligning plate to bear upon the platen, and a latch pivotally mounted upon said carrier toengage said notches tolo'cate the carrier and paper-fingers along the platen, said Alatch formed with'a pair of extensions to straddle the rod and limit the 'swing `of the latch in two directions,`said latch also having a spring tensioned in a'notch-interlocking direction and released from a notch by a finger-pressure during the shifting ofthe aligning. plate along the rod.

5. Inv a` device of the class described, the combination with *a platen and a platenframe, of` a notched. cross-rod extending lengthwise ofthe platen/'in the rear of the same to be fastened in the` ends of said platenframe, a'laterally-movable frame mounted on said cross-rod and extending forwardly over saidA platen, a workpiece-aligning plate fast on said movable frame, a roll mounted on said movable frame ateach side of said aligning plate, and means for pressing said movable frame toward `the platen, whereby said rolls may securely hold on said platenr an underlying work-sheet that is wider than the worksheet disposed on said aligning plate, the right-hand one of said rolls being mounted on said` movable frame for lateral adjustment iao with respect to said aligning plate, whereby the width of said underlying work-sheet may be varied.

6. In a device of the class described, the combination with a platen, a platen-frame and a cross-rod extending lengthwise of the platen in the rear of the same, of a laterallymovable frame mounted on ,said cross-rod Vand including two end pieces which are fas tened to said cross-rod for adjustment laterally and extend forwardly therefrom and having their front endsbent inwardly at substantially right anales, a platen-engaging roll fastened on each o? said bent ends'for engag ing a work-sheet passing` under said movable frame, .said movable frame further including a bar extending between said ends and being rigidly fastened to the bent portion yof the left-hand end piece, said bar being provided with a slot at its right end, a thumb-screw passing through said slot and being threaded into the bent portion of the right-hand end piece, whereby thedistance between said rolls may be varied, and an aligning piece mounted on said cross-rod between .said rolls and upon which a second worksheet may be disposed.k

7. In a device of the class described, the combination with a .platen and a platenframe, of a tie-rod extending parallel with the platen and secured to the ends of the platen-frame, notches in said rod, each notch to indicate a column-zone along the platen, a carrier slidably mounted upon saidrod, a sheet-aligning plate .secured to said carrier, a pair of paper-ingers secured to said carrier,

- one paper-nger at each side of the aligning plate to bear upon the platen, and a latch pivotally mounted upon said carrier to engage said notches to locate the carrier and paper-fingers along the platen, said latch formed with a pair of extensions to straddle the rod and limit the swing of the latch in two directions.

f HARRY H. VICKERS.

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