US362596A - baekee - Google Patents

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Patented May l0, 1887.

A. E. BARKBR'.

WORD COUNTER EOE TYPE WRITERS.

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A. E. BARKER.

WORD GOUNTER FOR TYPE WRITERS Patented May 10, 1887.`

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEic-E.

ALLlSTON E. BARKER, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSlG-NOR TO JOHN S. TAYLOR AND LESTER T. BARKER, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

WORD-COUNTER FOR TYPE-WRITERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 362,595, dated May 10,1887.

Application filed September QB, 1886. Serial No. 2l4,719. (No model.)

-To all whom it may concern.: connected with each end of a bar, 5, that eX- '.Be it known that I, ALLTsToN E. BARKER, tends across the machine beneath all of the of Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and letter-key levers and both the spacing-levers. State of Minnesota, have. invented a new and The letter-keys are not shown, as their ar- 5 useful Improvement in Word-Counters for rangement is well understood by all persons 55 Type-Writers, of which the following isaspecithat are familiar with these machines. cation. The spacing-levers 7 are arranged at oppo- The object of this invention is to provide a site sides of the machine and extend over the word-counter that can be readily attached to space-bar 5. The spacing-levers are prefera Remington typewriter, to a caligraph, or ably connected by a bar, 1l, which forms the 6o other similar type-writing machine, and so space-key, this construction being used inthe combined with the spacing mechanism of the Remington machine. machine that such mechanism may be oper- To the frame of the machine I attach, by ated with or without operating the counting any suitable means, a registering mechanism,

mechanism, whereby the spaces ordinarily which may be of any suitable construction. 65 made between words may be'counted, while An operating-rod, 13, is provided, by which double spaces, or those made in the orderly this mechanism may be operated. This rod arrangement of words on the page, are not is connected with one of the spacing-levers, 7, counted. and preferably at a point between the key-bar To this end the invention consists, generally, ll and the spacing-bar 5. 7o ina type-writer having two spacinglevers, In the drawings Ihave shown the operatingby either of which the spacing mechanism can rod connected with the spacing -lever at a be operated, and a tallying mechanism conpoint just in front of the upright part of the nected with one of said levers, but not conframe. This I consider the preferable ar- 2 5 nected with the other. rangement, as the device is then in a position 75 The invention further consists in the conwhere it is out of the way and its dials are in struction and combination hereinafter deplain view ofthe operator. scribed, and pointed out in the claims. The spacing-levers when provided with a In the drawings forming part of' this specisingle space-key, as shown in the drawings,

iication, Figure l is a front sectional elevaare of a somewhat flexible material and oapa- 8o tion of a portion of a type-writer having my ble of twisting slightly. device applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a side ele- Vhen the space-key is struck ata point near vation of the same, the lower portion of the the center, or between the center and thelever type-writer frame being broken away to show with which the registering mechanism is con- 55 one of the spacing-levers. Fig. 3 is a front nected, the leverV to which this mechanism is 85 elevation of the registering mechanism with connected will be depressed, and said mecha the front plate and dial removed. Fig. 4 is a anism will be operated. When the space-key similar view with the parts in a different pois struck at a point near the other lever, this sition. Fig. 5 is a transverse vertical section lever above will be depressed,while the lever to 40 of the registering device. Fig. 6 is a front which the registering mechanism is connected 9o elevation showing the dials and pointers. Fig. will be slightly flexed without being materially 7 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 8 is a depressed, and the registering mechanism will detail section on line Y Y of Fig. 3, showing not be operated. the stops for the wheel 20. For ordinary writing the key-bar will be In the accompanying drawings, 2 represents struck after each word at a point near the cen- 9 5 a portion of the frame of a type-writer, which ter, or between the center and the lever to may be of the Remington type, or may be a which the registering mechanism is connected, caligraph or any similar machine. and thereby each word will be counted; but

3 represents the spacing mechanism, which when it is desired to make a space or spaces may be of any suitable construction, and is without counting them the space-key is struck Ioo at apoint near the other lever,wliieh operates the spacing mechanism without operating the counting mechanism.

The spacing-levers may be provided with independentspace-keys5 but in either case the registering mechanism is connected with one of the said levers only, so that when the spacing mechanism is operated by one lever the registering mechanism is operated, and when operated by the other lever it is not operated.

Any suitable registering device may be eni-l ployed. I prefer to use the mechanism illustrated in Figs. 3 to 7 of the drawings. In these figures,15 and 10 represent, respectively, the rear and front plates of the device.

The 1egisteiiiig- whecls 19 and 20 are journaled in these plates, and their journals 21 and 22 project throught the lroiit plate, and have the pointers 23 and 24E secured to them and turning with the wheels. These pointers extend over the dials 25 and 26, which are marked on or secured to the plate 16. The wheel 19 is provided with a series of ratchetteeth, preferably forty in number, and with a springpawl, 27, for preventing back movement thereof. The wheel 20 is provided with a series ot' ratchet-teeth on its edge, preferably fifty in number. The plates of the wheels overlap each other, and the wheel 19 is provided with a lug or pin, 2S, that engages one of the teeth on the wheel 20 at each revolution of the wheel 19, and turns the wheel 20 a distance equal to the space covered by one of its teeth. At each revolution of the wheel 19 and its pointer 23 the wheel 20 and its pointer move one space. A block or space, 29, on the plato 15 has a similar way therein, in which moves a slide, 80, which is connected to the rod 13. To the othereiid of the slide a thin springplatei, is attached. The spring-plate and slide may be formed integrally, if' preferred. The springplate 3l has a slot, 32, 'formed therein, and through this slot a portion of the edge of the wheel 19 projects.

A coiled spring, 33, is attached to the upper end of the spring-plate 81 and to the plate 15. The wall of the upper end of the slot engages one of the teeth on the wheel 19, and as the rod 13 is depressed with the spacing-lever the wheel is turned for the space of one tooth. Vhen theleveris released,tlie spring 83 raises the spring-plate 3l and carries its slot over the next tooth ofthe wheel 19. The upper end of the spring 33 is preferably not directly over the slide 30, but a little nearer the center of the wheel 19, so that the springplate 31 is in clined slightly toward the wheel, which gives a better engagement with the teeth of the wheel. This arrangement is not essential.

A spring-pawl, 35, engages the wheel 20 and prevents back movement thereof. This pawl may engage the teeth on the edge of the wheel. I prefer, however, to provide the wheel with a set of finer teeth, with which the pawl engages, as there is thereby less liability of breaking the teeth or the pawl, and less chance for lost motion should the wheel not movethefnll length of one of the larger teeth. A coiled spring, 3G, surrounds the journal of thcwhecl 20, being secured at one end to the wheel or journal, and at the other end to a stationary part of the registering mechanism. As the registering mechanism is operated, the spring 86 is wound up, and when the wheel is released by disengaging its holding-pawl 35 the wheel and its pointer 2li are returned by this spring to their normal position, with the pointer opposite the zero-niark on the dial. j

The wheel 20 is preferably provided with a lug, 40, that encounters one side ol" a lng, 11, on the plate 15 when the pointer is at Zero,and encounters the other side of this lug when the pointer reaches the highest mark oii the scalein this instance 2,000. (See Fig. S.) The wheel 20 is preferably provided with one long tooth, 42, against which the pin on the wheel 19 strikes when the pointer 2-t has reached the highest mark on the scale. The pin cannot engage this tooth, and thus the wheel is iree to move back as soon as the pawl is released.

Two dials are p rovided,one for each pointer, one being preferably divided into `forty spaces and numbered from one to forty,(1 to 40,) and the other into titty spaces, with a lfraction over to allow for the space that the pointer 1s prevented from turning by the lug Ll1.

1 do not confine myself to any particular number of spaces for the dials or the teeth on' the wheels, nor to any particular number ot wheels. More than two wheels may bc used, and the device may be made to count more than two thousand whenever it is desirable.

The registering mechanism described is sinn ple, inexpensive, and efficient; but its coii struction may be varied without departing from my invention.

The connecting-rod 13 is preferably provided with an ad j ustingscrew, L19, by which the relative positions ofthe lever and connectingrod may be adjusted, and consequently the length of stroke of the spring 31. may be regulated. Other means maybe used l'or adjusting the rod 13.

The dials may, if preferred, be located one over the other, and the registering mechanism may be located at either side of the machine and connected with either ofthe spacing-levers.

I claim as my inventionm 1. The combination, in a typewritng inafchine, with the spacing mechanism, ot' two spacing-levers, by either of which said mech` anism may be operated,and a registering mechanism connected to one of said levers, whereby when the spacing mechanism is operated by one of said levers the registering mechanism is operated, and when operated by the other lcver the registering mechanism is .not operated, substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a typewriting macliine,with the spacing mechanism, ofthe two spacing-levers 7, connected with said mechan` ism, the space-key 117 secured to both of said IOO IIO

4. The combination, in a type-Writing ma' chine, with the spacing-levers 7, having the bar 11 secured to them, of the registering mechanism comprising the registering-wheels, the

dials, the pointers moving with said wheels, and the operating-rod13, connected with one of said bars 7, substantially as described.

5. The combination, with the type-writer having the spacing-levers 7 at opposite sides thereof, of the registering mechanism comprising the dials 25 and 26, the Wheels 19 and 20, the pointers 23 and 24, the spring-plate 31, engaging said wheel 19, the slide 30, andthe rod 13,'eonnected with .one of said levers 7, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 24th day of September, 1886.

ALLISTON E. BARKER.

In presence of R. H. SANFORD, A. M.Y GAsKnLL.

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