US329116A - yonley - Google Patents

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REGISTER FOR TYPE WRITERS.

Patented Oct. 27, 1885.

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REGISTER FOR TYPE WRITERS. No. 329,116. Patented Oct. 27, 1885.

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HARVEY W. YONLEY, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

REGISTER FOR TYPE-WRITERS.

- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 329,116, dated October 27, 1885.

Application filed May .23, 188;). Serial No. 166,519. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARVEY W. YoNLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Denver, in the county of- Arapahoe and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Register for Type- Writers, of which the following is a specification,-reference being-had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in a register by a system of levers and wheels.

The object of my invention is to provide a means by which the amount of typewriter work may be ascertained, thus obviating the necessity of counting it after the work is finished. This object I attain by means of the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a front view showing the dial and hand. Fig. 2 is a top view having the out side casing removed; Fig. 3, a front view of the two ratchet-wheels. Fig. 4 is a side view showing the position of the two ratchet-wheels in relation to each other.

The same letters refer to the same or similar parts throughout the several figures.

A is a dial,which is spaced off from 1 to 100, inclusive, to represent the number of words in a folio, and is attached to the frame by means of screws or other fastening. Through the dial A extends an axle, A, on which are secured the hand H, also wheels B and O, the said wheel B being provided with a hub, B, extending rearward and working against the inner face of the back Q. The wheel 0 is placed loosely on said axle A and in front of wheel B.

To keep the wheel 0 in place,I use a washer, T, which is placed between the wheels B and O. I also place a washer, it, between the dial A and said wheel 0, thus keeping the wheel 0 in its proper position.

A lever, D, is pivoted on a post, B. To the short end of the lever D is pivoteda pawl, E.

, To the long arm of said lever is attached an arm, 0, in the lower end of which is a hole, so that it may be connected with the spaceboard of the type-writer. The said lever D is returned to its position,after registering, by means of the spring K.

The dog F holds the wheel B in place, and counteracts the friction of the pawl E when it returns to position.

The dog G holds the wheel 0 in position, and is pivoted to the same arm with dog F, and is separated from said dog by a washer, T, the dog F being separated in like manner from the back Q by the washer S.

N is a rim which holds the glass plate 1? in place over the dial A.

The hole L in the face of dial A allows the numbers on the wheel 0 to be seen as they come opposite when the machine registers,

said wheel O having numbers on its front face for that purpose.

The key I, which passes through the hub B of wheel B and axle A, (by which means the said wheel B is coupled to the said axle,) forms aspring of its upper part, as shown in Fig. 1, by the dot-ted lines, or more fully in Fig. 4.

The said wheels B and O and post R are fastened to the back Q, said back being made of any suitable material.

The dog Ghas a countersink in its face, that the screw F, which fastens the dogs F and G to the back Q, will not come in contact with the dial A. i

The upper part of key I is bent so as to form an arm. This arm extends through the wheel B, but not normally far enough to strike the teeth of wheel 0.

To connect the wheel B with the wheel 0, move said wheel B around until the spring part of I strikes the cam M, which has an inclined face, and is secured to the back Q by means of the screw m. As the wheel B moves, the spring gradually ascends the incline until the arm part of I comes in contact with a tooth on the wheel 0, and the wheel 0 is then moved forward, thus bringing a new number opposite the hole L. WVhen the machinery reaches this point, the spring I is released from the cam M, and it springs back to its proper place, near the back Q, the wheel Obeing held in its position by the dog G until the spring I comes again in contact with the cam M. (See Fig. 4.)

The numbers on the wheel 0 are to indicate the number of folios that have been written, while those on the wheel B show simply the number of words over a folio.

In Fig. 4c the dotted lines show the spring I in position while not in contact with the face of the cam M and out of connection with the wheel 0, while the full lines show the said spring I riding on the face of said cam M, and thereby in connection with wheel 0.

The axle A extends through the dial A far enough to allow the hand H to be affixed. The said axle also extends rearward and protrudes through the back Q in a squared end, U, said axle being so arranged that the said hand H may be turned to the starting-point, without using the lever D, by means of a key or other suitable device.

In the hole 0, Fig. 1, is fastened a wire in such a manner as to connect with the spacingboard of the type-writer, so that every time the said spacing-board is struck (the typewriter may be provided with a separate key, to which the register may be attached) it pulls down the long end of the lever D, which pushes forward the pawl E, which raises the dog F, said dog F being provided on its lower face and near its loose end with an inclined face, f, running parallel with the corresponding face of the teeth I), thus allowing it to move easily along and drop ofi of the end of said teeth, when the wheel B is pushed around by the action of the pawl E. Said wheel B being coupled to the axle A, as is also the hand H, the movement of the wheel B by the pawl E causes the said hand to move around one space on the dial A. As soon as the spacing board or key is released, the spring K throws back the lever D, which draws back the pawl E to the next tooth on the wheel B.

The dog F is of sufficient weight to fall into one of the ratchets of wheel B and hold said wheel in this position until the lever D is again pulled down.

The stop J is so placed as to gage the lever D to move the pawl E but one space at a time, and also the hand H one point on the dial A, and so on until the wheel B, with its spring and arm I, reaches the highest point on the cam M. The spring I is pushed forward and the arm connected with the wheel 0. The wheels B and 0 move together until the spring reaches the end of said cam, thus carrying the said wheel 0 forward one tooth, when it is released, leaving the next number on the wheel 0 in exact position with the h'ole L in the face of dial A, the dog G holding said wheel'O in this position after it has been released from the arm of spring I.

Having thus fully described the construction and operation of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, in a device for registering folio-work on type-writers, of the frame consisting of the back Q, side and end pieces, N, holding in position a glass plate, P, and dial A, dial A being fastened to said frame, hand H, pivoted to axle A, said axle terminating in a squared end, U, ratchet-wheel B, pivoted to said axle A, ratchet-wheel O, loose on said axle A, washers t and T, separating said ratchet-wheels B and O and dial A, hub B, separating wheel B from back Q, lever D, pivoted on a post, R, and bearing on its long end the arm 0, pawl E, pivoted to said lever D, spring K, dogs F and G, pivoted on screw F, fastened to back Q, washers S and T, separating said dogs and back, spring-arm and key I, cam M, and post B, substantially as shown and described, and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination, substantially as herein- 4 before set forth, of the dial A, the hand H, the axle II, lever D, the post B, the spring K, the finger E, the ratchet-wheels B and O, the dogs F and G, the back Q, the spring-arm and key I, the rim N, the washers S and T, the cam M, and the stop J, securely attached to the back, as specified.

HARVEY WV. YONLEY. \Vitnesses:

Enw. A. GAME, FRANK G. MOARTHUR.

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