US3887057A - Housing for electrically operated typewriters and similar machines - Google Patents

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US3887057A
US3887057A US390394A US39039473A US3887057A US 3887057 A US3887057 A US 3887057A US 390394 A US390394 A US 390394A US 39039473 A US39039473 A US 39039473A US 3887057 A US3887057 A US 3887057A
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Horst Stahl
Guenther Vorbach
Erich Brunnthaler
Wolfgang Hezel
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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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  • a housing for electrically operated typewriters and similar machines, such as Telex machines, is com- BO] Forelgn Apphcatmn Pnonty Data posed of a plurality of individual parts, i.e., front, Aug. 30, 1972 Germany 2242569 back, Side and top wall members assembled together and secured to a top frame which has a separable cou- 5 197/186 pling device by which the assembly is secured to a J pp ti g b h i g means f eiving and secur- [58] held of searchm" 197/186 186 B; 312/208 ing the coupling device and complete a cabinet for the 312/263 machine enclosed within the housing.
  • cabinet housings for machines of the character indicated consist basically of a one part housing shell which encloses the machine.
  • Such housing shell is secured to the base plate which supports the machine, such, for example, as by bolting or screwing the same in position to provide a stable assembly.
  • a one piece shell design of the housing is quite expensive, in particular because the forms and dies which are required for production are very complicated.
  • a housing in particular for electronic table calculators, might be constructed of cabinet components which are held to the base plate of the machine and constructed in such a way that the base plate has knock-out spindles by which the individually removable housing parts are joined together in a grouped relation around the base plate to complete the housing unit, the individual housing parts being attached in such a way that they can be dismantled.
  • a housing thus constructed does have advantages from a production standpoint, those advantages are adversely affected due to lack of stability of the housing and an impairment of the desired requirements for such a housing such as to enable servicing of the housed machine. If any of the individual components of the machine are to be checked or exchanged, it is required by the prior arrangement to disassemble the cabinet housing parts individually and then to replace the individual parts after completion of overhauling of the machine.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a new and improved housing for electrically operated typewriters and similar machines and which meets the problem of ready access to the enclosed machine and components thereof in a simple, easy and manner.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a new and improved housing of the character indicated in which individual elements of the housing are assembled with one another in a manner to facilitate handling as a unit for attachment to and removal from a machinesupporting base.
  • Still another object of the invention is to provide new and improved means for connecting the front, rear. and side walls of a separable housing with a base plate.
  • a further object of the invention is to'provide a new and improved means for improving the form-stability of a housing composed .of an assembly of multiple parts;
  • FIG. 1 depicts in a perspective view a housing embodying features of the invention, such as may, by way of example, be adapted to serve as a cabinet for enclosing a Telex machine.
  • FIG. 2 is a simplified exploded detail view of the housing showing most, but not all, of the components included in the completed cabinet.
  • FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional elevational detail view taken generally along the line III-III of FIG. I.
  • FIG. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary detail view taken substantially along the line IVIV of FIG. 3.
  • FIG. 5 is a fragmentary elevational view taken substantially in the plane of the line V- -V of FIG. 4.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 the form and construction of a cabinet or housing especially suitable for enclosing electrically operated typewriters and similar machines, such as Telex machines is shown, the specific configuration of the housing being particularly adapted for a Telex machine.
  • the housing comprises a base plate I on which the machine, not shown, is mounted.
  • the housing shell includes a front wall 2 provided especially for Telex machine purposes having a keyboard opening 3 at one side of which is a receptacle opening 4 for waste from the usual perforated tape used in such a machine while at the opposite side is a tape reading device enclosure 5.
  • Other openings are provided in the wall 2 as necessary for its specific adaptation to the enclosed machine.
  • the housing has two side wall parts 6, a back wall 7 and a top wall 8 in the form of a top access opening closure cover.
  • the cabinet may be provided with a hingedly mounted cover C for protectively closing the front of the housing in the keyboard area, that is to li across the front of the front wall 2 when the machine is not in use.
  • the cover C is shown only in FIG. 1 and is omitted from the remaining figures because it is not an essential element of the inventive features of the present application.
  • the base plat 1 may be formed as a lightweight metal casting or from a rigid high impact strength plastic material
  • the wall members 2, 6, 7 at least, and also the top wall closure 8 if desired may be made from an easily shaped relatively soft, but form sustaining plastic material having low resonance characteristics contributing to vibration and sound damping.
  • the front wall member, a side wall member 6, the rear wall member 7, and the top closure wall member 8 are all made as individual, separate components, but constructed and arranged so that they can be mounted in assembly with each other on a top frame comprising an angular generally ringshaped member 9.
  • connecting and reenforcing bars 10 are provided for stabilizing the connection of the side wall member 6 with the front wall member 2 and the rear wall member 7 along the lower portion of the housing shell assembly.
  • Pivotal attachment of the top wall cover member 8 enabling opening and closing thereof is effected by means of a pair of butt hinges 11 having one hinge plate secured to the rear portion of the cover 8 and the remaining plate secured as by means of screws lla to upper edge flange structure 7a of the back wall member 7 and which flange structure engages supportingly on the frame member 9 to which the flange structure is fixedly secured by means of the screws lla.
  • the cover 8 In its closed position, the cover 8 is held by spring latches 8a engaging with suitable keepers 8b (FIG. 3), from which the latches are adapted to be released by pressing them inwardly against spring bias.
  • the cover 8 in its raised, open position, the cover 8 is adapted to be held by means of a pair of depending curved brace bar members 12, one at each side, pivoted at upper ends to the rear portion of the cover member 8 and depending therefrom through respective slots 13 in the frame member 9.
  • the brace bars 12 Adjacent their lower ends, the brace bars 12 have latching notches 320 which are engagable with the frame member 9 in the raised position of the cover.
  • the latch members 8a are actuated in opposition to their spring bias to operate respective trip rods 12b suitably coupled with the upper end portions of the brace members I2.
  • the frame member 9 is preferably constructed from suitable metal and may be produced by die casting. It is constructed and arranged to receive the upper end portions of the front wall member 2, the side wall members 6, and the rear wall member 7 in efficient assembly therewith. Suitable upper edge inturned flange portions on the front wall member 2 and the side wall member 6 engage upon respective front and side bar portions of the frame member 9, a depending attachment flange 90 along the front of the frame member being secured to the upper portion of the front wall member 2 as by means of screws to A (FIG. 3).
  • the frame member 9 is provided with depending flange portlon's 9b to which the upper portions of the side housing members 6 are secured as by means of screws 6a (FIG. 1).
  • means are provided such as vertically extending spaced parallel guide ways 14 on the lower end of the front plate and the lower end of the rear plate and which are receptive of rubber encased studs 15 carried by the front and rear marginal portions, respectively. of the base plate.
  • the side panel member 6 may also be provided with similar guide ways and the base plate 1 provided with studs therefore, the arrangement shown wherein the base plate has upwardly projecting stud means la and the lower edges of the panels 6 have corresponding guide recesses 6b receiving the studs la serves substantially the same purpose.
  • the entire housing shell can be handled as a unit and lifted into position onto the base plate 1 over the machine supported on the base plate, and the shell can be removed from the base plate when access to the apparatus within the housing is desired as for servicing.
  • means are provided for supporting the frame 9 on the base plate 1 and detachably securing it in place.
  • the supporting and attaching means comprise respective upstanding postlike attachment element 16 which are, as shown preferably of generally U-shape structure and anchored by means of screws 16a to the base plate 1 adjacent to each side so as to underlie the side bars of the frame member 9.
  • Means are provided for soundproofing the cabinet, in addition to soundproofing and vibration damping attained by reason of the relatively non-resonant character of the housing shell wall members and the rubber coupling devices which have been described.
  • various seams of joints between parts of the cabinet including the housing shell and the basd 1 are desirably lined with suitable strips 19 of damping material such as foam or sponge elastomer.
  • inner surfaces of the various wall panels are desirably covered with sound absorbing material such as sheets, mats or panels 20 of a preferably open cell foam elastomer or its equivalent.
  • Another feature contributing to form-stability in the housing shell comprises press fit joint connections between the front wall member 2 and the side wall members 6 as well as between the rear wall member 7 and the side wall members 6.
  • these wall members are made from suitable plastic material.
  • the side wall panels 6 are provided at each side edge with a vertically extending inwardly projecting narrow coupling flange 21 (FIGS. 2, 4 and 5) which is provided with an inwardly opening vertically extending coupling groove 210 within which is received a respective complementary vertically extending narrow coupling flange 22 projecting outwardly on the integral side panels of each of the front wall member 2 and side wall member 7.
  • frictional take up means are provided on the flanges 21 within the grooves 210, desirable in the form of shallow, narrow integral friction ribs 23 extending inwardly on thewall surfaces of the flange 21 within the groove 21a, in each instance. and with the ribs 23 alternating at substantially spaced intervals with one another on the respective opposite parallel surfaces within the groove 21a.
  • the planes along the crests of the friction ribs 23 are slightly closer to one another than the thickness of the flange 22 received within the groove socket 21a. As a result.
  • a housing for apparatus which may require servicing such as electrically operated typewriters and similar machines of which telex machines are an example:
  • a housing shell comprising upright wall members including a front wall member, a rear wall member, and two opposite side wall members;
  • coupling means carried by said frame member for engaging in separable supporting relation with said post means to permit lifting of the housing shell away from the base means to expose apparatus supported by the base means.
  • said coupling means including downwardly opening guide socket structures within which the post means are received by projecting upwardly into the socket structures.
  • a top closure cover member in a housing according to claim 1, a top closure cover member, and means hingedly securing the cover member to said frame ring.
  • tongue flanges being assembled in said grooves by transverse assembly of the tongues in the grooves to effect joint connections between the flanges, and means effecting frictional binding of the tongue flanges in the grooves.
  • said means for effecting frictional binding comprising friction ribs within said grooves extending in the direction of insertion of the tongue flanges into the grooves.
  • said frame member comprising a metal frame ring
  • said wall members comprising panels formed from relatively soft plastic material.
  • a housing shell open at its bottom and rising to atop at a substantial height above said base means
  • said housing shell comprising a front wall member, a
  • a mounting frame located adjacent to the top of the shell
  • all of said side wall members comprising relatively soft plastic panels, and stabilizing bars secured to and between said panels below said frame.
  • said upstanding supports comprising respective posts located at opposite sides of the base means adjacent to side wall members, said frame having downwardly opening sockets within which upper ends of the posts are engaged, and means releasably securing the upper ends of the posts in the sockets.
  • said base means comprising a plate member, stud means on edge portions of said base plate, and guide structure on the lower portions of said wall members cooperating with said stud means to stabilize connection of the wall members with the base plate.
  • said side wall members and said front and rear wall members having respective contiguous edges, said edges being interconnected by respective spring tongue and groove connections.

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US4502804A (en) * 1982-09-24 1985-03-05 Willcox Frederick P Paper feeding and guiding system
US4600249A (en) * 1984-10-23 1986-07-15 Omni Tech Corporation Computer security cabinet
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