US3712444A - Arrangement of keys of keyboard, especially for typewriter - Google Patents

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US3712444A
US3712444A US00120239A US3712444DA US3712444A US 3712444 A US3712444 A US 3712444A US 00120239 A US00120239 A US 00120239A US 3712444D A US3712444D A US 3712444DA US 3712444 A US3712444 A US 3712444A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
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  • New arrangement of keyboard keys especially for typewriters has at least 46 keys furnishing at least 92 [30] Foreign Application Priority Data places for characters, signs etc. These keys are distributed over four rows, framed by the typewriter con- March 2, l970 France ..7007390 "0] ey a ge so h t a" of the keys together can I be placed in an essentially rectangular framework of [52] US. Cl "197/100 the keyboard deck the Space bar being provided in [51] Int. Cl.
  • the present invention relates to a new arrangement of the keys of a keyboard, especially for a typewriter; this keyboard can be of the so-called universal type and it is, of course, understood that it covers all typewriters using Roman characters.
  • this invention concerns a new arrangement of the letters, numbers, signs, accent marks, etc., on the keys of a typewriter keyboard, enabling the user of this typewriter to type tests in several languages, such as for example: In French, German, English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, etc., without having to change typewriters.
  • French keyboard known under the name of AZER- TY keyboard
  • Anglo- Saxon keyboard known under the name of QWER- TY keyboard
  • the latter has also be adopted in a certain number of Latin countries, such as for example, Spain and South American countries. It is known furthermore that none of the machines in use in each of these countries concerned makes it possible to completely type a language other than the language of the country of origin. This is a considerable obstacle for example for a typist using a French keyboard machine and having to type a test in Italian because it is very difficult for her and it causes a loss of time to put the acute or grave accents on the letters which do not have any in French. Furthermore, the loss of time is even greater when the typist has to change typewriters in order to find the keyboard corresponding to the language used, v
  • this invention is intended to furnish a new arrangement of the keys of a keyboard on which all of the Roman characters, symbols, letters, numbers, and accents will be distributed so as to make it possible, with the same typewriter, to type texts in different Ian'- guages using these characters.
  • such a typewriter keyboard is characterized by the fact that it involves at last 46 keys, making it possible to type at least 92 different characters in the case of the Romance languages, such as letters, symbols, accents, numbers, etc., these keys being distributed overfour rows and each corresponding to two different characters; the first row makes it possible to type in the normal" striking position the following numbers and signs:
  • this keyboard also has on a lateral side, rows of four keys corresponding, relatively, to tab clear, tab set, carriage return, upper case [shift], and on the opposite lateral side it has three keys corresponding, respectively, to back-space, upper-case [shift] lock, upper-case [capitals]; these seven keys being arranged and having a configuration so selected that they will, with the four rows, make up an essentially rectangular enclave of the keyboard deck, the space bar being situated under the lowest row of the four rows in the conventional manner, a wheel being provided laterally and in the proximity of the enclave to permit the regulation of the ribbon.
  • This keyboard according to the invention is furthermore characterized by the fact that it involves: (a) a detached diaeresis key, making it possible to type in German and to equip the as and us with a diaeresis, as well as all of the other lower-case letters; (b) keys with the Spanishspelling symbols-L, i a, g, as well as the letters N and n, although another key may already have the normal letters N and n; (c) a key 'with the accent marks and detached, making it possible to provide all of the lower-case letters with these accents and, in particular, as in Italian, the vowels o and u; (d) keys having all of the punctuation signs as well as all of the accents in contrast to the American keyboard which does not have any; keys with the g and the small tilde making it possible to type the particular signs most used in Portuguese typing.
  • the accessory signs that is to say signs other than the usual letters and numbers, can be changed in terms of their position so as to correspond either to a number or to another accessory sign.
  • the keyboard involved in this invention has at least 46 keys, each equipped with two characters, that is to say, giving 92 places.
  • 54 are occupied by the let ters of the alphabet (upper case and lower case), plus eight numbers giving 62 occupied places, the other 30 places being used, on the one hand, for the punctuation symbols and the accents, and, on the other hand, for accessory signs such as: k, &, etc.
  • this keyboard also, on a lateral side, has lined up four keys corresponding, respectively, to tab clear 12, tab set 13, carriage return 14, upper case 15, and on the opposite lateral side, three keys corresponding, respectively, to back space 16, upper case [shift] Lock 17, upper case [shift] 15', these seven keys being arranged and having a configuration selected in such a manner that they will, with the four rows, form an essentially rectangular enclave of the keyboard deck, the space bar 18 being situated under the lowest row of the four rows in the conventional manner, and a wheel 19 being provided laterally and in the proximity of the enclave to permit the adjustment of the ribbon.
  • the present keyboard difi'ers from keyboards presently known in the sense that it enables the user, with the same machine, to type texts in various languages using Roman characters, such as for example, in German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, without having to change typewriters.
  • the English keyboard is found, with the exception of the letters Y and Z which occupy other places than on said keyboard. Furthermore, this typewriter involves a supplementary a with a diaeresis attached and a supplementary u likewise with an attached diaeresis, representing a loss of space on the keyboard.
  • the diaeresis is detached and is placed on av separate Key 20 in the upper case position.
  • the Key 20 also has the position. It is thus possible to usethe diaeresis on any letter and, by virtue of this fact, the typewriter also makes it possible to type German perfectly in Roman characters.
  • the accents on the keyboard involved in this invention are detached and placed on a separate key 22 so as to permit the gaining of space, and on the other hand, to be able to use them on any letter.
  • the letters which have an accent must be typed with two strokes.
  • a typewriter capable of typing a number of different languages having a keyboard comprising at least 46 keys and capable of typing at least 92 different characters, the keys being distributed in four rows with each row corresponding to two different characters;

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US3847263A (en) * 1973-03-06 1974-11-12 X Box English keyboard scheme
GB2366760A (en) * 2000-09-16 2002-03-20 Linda Margurita Burton Keyboard with keys arranged in alphabetic sequence
US20020051957A1 (en) * 2001-04-03 2002-05-02 Schwarzkopf Dawn Marie Teaching apparatus and method of enabling use of keyboard by young children
US20030227445A1 (en) * 2002-06-08 2003-12-11 Wang Xu Cong Easy keyboard (e-keyboard)
US10275042B2 (en) 2014-07-07 2019-04-30 Masashi Kubota Text input keyboard

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US964340A (en) * 1909-11-27 1910-07-12 Matias Trejos Type-writer keyboard.
US1184492A (en) * 1916-03-02 1916-05-23 Charles K Searle Keyboard for type-writing machines.
FR775334A (fr) * 1934-01-22 1934-12-26 Nederlanden Staat Clavier pour machines à écrire, machines à écrire à distance et machines analogues
CH241914A (de) * 1943-08-02 1946-04-15 Lundgren Erik Holger Adrian St Tastatur für schreibende Büromaschinen, Setzmaschinen, Fernschreiber und ähnliche Maschinen.

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US964340A (en) * 1909-11-27 1910-07-12 Matias Trejos Type-writer keyboard.
US1184492A (en) * 1916-03-02 1916-05-23 Charles K Searle Keyboard for type-writing machines.
FR775334A (fr) * 1934-01-22 1934-12-26 Nederlanden Staat Clavier pour machines à écrire, machines à écrire à distance et machines analogues
CH241914A (de) * 1943-08-02 1946-04-15 Lundgren Erik Holger Adrian St Tastatur für schreibende Büromaschinen, Setzmaschinen, Fernschreiber und ähnliche Maschinen.

Cited By (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3847263A (en) * 1973-03-06 1974-11-12 X Box English keyboard scheme
GB2366760A (en) * 2000-09-16 2002-03-20 Linda Margurita Burton Keyboard with keys arranged in alphabetic sequence
US20020051957A1 (en) * 2001-04-03 2002-05-02 Schwarzkopf Dawn Marie Teaching apparatus and method of enabling use of keyboard by young children
US6752631B2 (en) * 2001-04-03 2004-06-22 Dawn Marie Schwarzkopf Teaching apparatus and method of enabling use of keyboard by young children
US20030227445A1 (en) * 2002-06-08 2003-12-11 Wang Xu Cong Easy keyboard (e-keyboard)
US10275042B2 (en) 2014-07-07 2019-04-30 Masashi Kubota Text input keyboard

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