US581582A - Attachment foe type wkiting machines - Google Patents

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R. T. HAINES. AUTOMATIC COUNTING ATTACHMENT FOR TYPE WRITING MACHINES.

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Patented Apr. 27, 1897.

R. T. HAINES. AUTOMATIC COUNTING ATTACHMENT FOR TYPE WRITING MACHINES.

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AUTOMATIC COUNTING ATTACHMENT FOR TYPE WRITING MACHINES.

No. 581,582. Patented Apr. 27, 1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT Genres.

ROBERT T. HAINES, OF EAST PRAIIRAN, VICTORIA.

AUTOMATIC COUNTING ATTACHMENT FOR TYPE-WRITING MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 581,582, dated April 27', 1897.

Application filed December 28, 1895. Serial No. 573,671. (No model.) Patented in Victoria August 31, 1892, No. 9,917.

To aIZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT Tnonn HAINES, a British subject, residing at 26 Lorne Street, East Prahran, in the Colony of Victoria, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Automatic Counting Attachments for Type- WVriting Machines, (for which I have obtained a patent in Victoria, No. 9,917, bearing date August 31, 1892,) of which the following is a specification.

This invention consists of mechanism which may be attached to some convenient part of a type or other writing machine and which will automatically count and record the nu mber of words and other characters which are required to be counted as words, and also the number of folios typed or written by such machine, in such a manner that persons using such machines who are paid according to the number of words or folios typed or written, and others who may for any purpose require to estimate their work, will be saved the trouble of counting the words and computing them into folios after the work has been performed.

In order to count the number of words typed or written, I place in contact with some part of the writing-machine that is moved after each word typed or written, such as a part of the space-bar or something connected therewith, a lever which either directly or by a series of other levers and rods, when the machine is operated, actuates a pivoted bar carrying a pawl which engages with a toothed wheel in such manner that each time such bars or levers are depressed such wheel is caused to rotate through a space corresponding to the length of one tooth. In order to record the number of words so counted, I combine the aforesaid toothed wheel with one or more toothed wheels each carrying a suitable pointer which indicates and records upon suitably-arranged dials the number of words so counted.

It being a common practice of type-writers to count certain characters, such as numerals, each as a word, in order to do this I arrange that the aforesaid toothed wheels may also be operated as follows: I provide under or near the operating bars or levers of the machine a roclcshaft provided with a series of pro jecting arms, one of which corresponds to the operating bar or lover of each character that it is desired to countasaword in such a manner that when such operating bar or lever is depressed the corresponding projecting arm is moved so as to partly rotate the rock-shaft, which motion is communicated by one or more levers to the pivoted bar and pawl above described and so operates the toothed wheels above mentioned.

In some type-writing machines certain letters (such as l and o are also used as numerals, in which case they are counted each as a word, whereas when used as letters they are not so counted. In order that this may be done, I fit upon the rock-shaft a sleeve or alternatively a bar which carries projecting arms corresponding to the operating bars or levers of such letters, but normally held out of engagement therewith by a spring, which sleeve or bar may be made to move along the rock-shaft by pressing a knob which is connected by a rod to said sleeve or bar, so as to bring the aforesaid projecting arms in contact with the operating bars or levers of such letters whenever it is desired to count such letters as words.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure l is a general view of a type-writing machine, showing one of the ways in which my mechanism maybe attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken across the lower part of one form of type-writing machine, showing the levers of the keys and of the space-bar in section, the counting and recording contrivance being in elevation. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section thereof on line 2 2 in Fig. 2. Fig. 4: is afront elevation of the counting and recording contrivance with the front removed. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the first toothed wheel, showing the manner in which it is actuated. Fig. 6 is a vertical transverse section 011 line 5 5 in Figs. 2 and 3. Fig. 7 is a view of an alternative arrangement attached to the rock-shaft for counting certain characters as words when required.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.

A and A represent the sides of the framing of a Remington type-writer to which, for the sake of convenience, l have illustrated my invention as being fitted, B the side levers,

which are actuated by the spacing-bar, and G some of the various levers which are struck by the operator in order to print any required character. Below these levers is arranged a rock-shaft D, which maybe mounted in bearings in the framework of the type-writing m achine and which is provided with a numbe of projecting arms (I, there being one of these for each numeral or other character which is required to be counted as a word, and also one marked (2, corresponding to the space barlever. This rock-shaft D is also provided with a projecting arm or lever m, to the end of which is connected a rod 6, the other end of which is connected to one end of a lever E. This lever E is pivoted at its other end to some part of the counting and re cording contrivance and also carries a pawl P. The latter is so placed that it engages with the teeth of a toothed wheel or disk Q, which has a spindle p. l? is kept in its proper position by a spring S, which also acts to again raise the lever E after the same has been depressed. Upon p is secured a hand or pointer 17 in such a manner that when the wheel Q revolves 1) will indicate upon a dial t the number of times the wheel has been actuated, and hence the number of words (or characters required to be counted as words) which have been typed or written.

In order to record a number of words or folios greater than the total number which can be indicated upon the single dial one of the methods whiehI adopt is as follows: Upon the spindle p is secured a toothed pinion f, the motion of which is communicated by similar toothet gearing to the spindles of other pointers, each having a dial, the number of such dials depending upon the total number of folios which it may be desired to record at one time.

The gearing may be arranged so that the first wheel Q has a number of teeth (such as seventy-two) corresponding to the number of words in a folio, which number differs in various countries, and the remaining wheels may be arranged in ratios of ten revolutions to one, enabling tens, hundreds, and thousands of folios to be recorded. In order to throwP out of gear with Q whenever it is desired not to use the counting contrivance, I provide a lever I, so arranged that when one end of itis moved in the required direction its other end comes in contact with and disengages P from Q.

As it may be sometimes necessary to record words as having been written without actually operating the type-writing machine, I provide a lever G, pivoted at one end, having at its other end a key or knob g, and carrying a pawl P, engaging with the teeth of Q. and kept in its proper position by a spring S in such manner that when the key g is pressed Q is caused to rotate through a space corresponding to thelength of one tooth, and spring S acts to again raise G after it has been depressed.

In order to enable certain characters (such as l and o to be counted as wordsat the will of the operator, Iarrange upon D a sleeve ll, having projecting arms h 72, with which the levers operating these characters will engage when depressed, provided that said sleeve has been previously moved along said rock shaft so as to bring 72/ 7t under the levers which operate these characters. Such move ment may be effected by seeming ll to the end of a rod 71/, which passes longitudinally through I), (made hollow for this purpose,) and which carries at is other end a knob ll to be pressed by the finger of the operator. The spring K brings 7t 7t normally out of engagement with the letters to which they refer after the operator has ceased to press II. If preferred, however, to bring 7t 7t into contact with the levers of the letters 7 and o, I employ the arrangement shown in Fig. 7, which consists of a flat bar carryingprojecting arms a and provided with slots m, through which are passed set-screws to retain the bar N in position on I), while at the same time leaving it free to be moved endwise, so as to bring the arms a a into position beneath the levers of the characters required to be counted, together with a conveniently-arranged spring to keep such arms normally out of engage ment with these characters in a manner similar to the arrangement with the sleeve II above described, and illustrated in Fig.

The operation of my invention is as follows: \Vhenever the key or lover of the spacin g-bar is depressed, or whenever a character which is required to be counted as a word is struck by the operator, one or other of the projecting arms is depressed and causes D to partially rotate, and by means of the arm m and the rod c the lever E is drawn down, carrying with it the pawl P, which engages with Q and extends the spring S. When the pressure upon the spacing-bar or upon the keys ceases, the spring S raises the pawl P to its original position and causes the wheel Q to rotate one division or teeth, which is indicated by the pointer 12 upon the dial 6, and since the wheel Q is in gear with the remaining toothed wheels the number of revolutions of each wheel, and hence the total number of words and folios, is counted and recorded.

In the case of letters which are sometimes used as numerals (such as l and o) the operator must, while striking the keys on the levers or bars of such letters, also press the knob II so as to bring the arms 7t 7&- into engagement with the levers or bars of such letter or letters, thereby causing the mechanism to operate as before.

If preferred, all the arrangements above described can be reversed, the mechanism being operated by the upward instead of by the downward movement of the rod c.

Having now particularly described and ascertain ed the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is 1. In combination, in a registering device for type-writers, the registering mechanism, the rock-shaft with the key-levers connected thereto, said rock-shaft having arms to be operated by the space-key or frame and other arms to be operated by those characters which are to be counted as words, substantially as described.

2. In combination, the counting mechanism with its inclosing casing, the key-levers, the connections therefrom to the counting mechanism, and the means for operating the counter independently of the key-levers, said means comprising a lever projecting from the casing and having a key thereon and having also a pawl engaging the counting mechanism substantially as described.

In combination, the counting mechanism eom prising the ratchet and pawl, the keys, the connections between the same and the pawl, a second pawl 19 and the finger-lever G carrying the same to operate the counter independently of the type-writer, substantially as described.

4:. In combination, the key levers the counter, the mechanism for operating the same extendin g to the key-levers and the connections between certain of the key-levers and said mechanism arranged to be moved to and from operative position, whereby said keys maybe connected to the counter to count as words or be disconnected therefrom, substantially as described.

5. In combination, the counter, the key-levers, the rock-shaft having projecting arms and the shifting arms movable along the rockshaft to connect certain of the keys with and disconnect them from the counter, substantially as described.

In combination, the counter, thekey-levers, the rock-shaft having arms to be operated by the space-keys, the shifting arms, the sliding piece movable along the rock-shaft and the finger-piece for operating the slide, substantially as described.

ROBERT T. IIAINES.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN hIONASH, ARTHUR G. TnuMINs.

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