US854478A - Copy-holder attachment. - Google Patents

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' No. 854,478. PATBNTED MAY 21, 1907.

V T. E. FORD.

GOPY' HOLDER ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 5, 1907.

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WITNESSES 1 INVENTQH %%-,M" JzzZZza'aZ'ZErd A TTORME Y8 PATEN'TED MAY 21, 1907.

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T.-E.FORD, COPY HOLDER ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 5, 1907.

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- INVENTIOH fulfills L Z3212 WITNESSES A TTORNE VS and its contiguous arts this view is upon TULLIUS-EVERETT FORD, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. .COPY-HOLDEFi ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.v

Patented May 21,1907.

Application its January 5, 1907, Serial in; 850,878-

To'all whom/it may concern;

, Be it known that I,TULL1Us EVERETT FORD,- ajcitizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Frankford, Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphiaand State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Im roved Copy-Holder Attachment for Typeriters, of which the following ,is a full, clear, and ex--- .act description.

This invention relates to typewriters and concerns itself especially with a device adapted to hold copyand which is intended to. be

attached to the frame ,of typewriters of the form used especially for writin upon open books, or tabulating "sheets. hese typewriters -are 'known commercially as book 't 'ewriters-.' g v he object ofthe. invention is to reduce a device of this class-which isslmp e mrconstruction, which can'readily be attached in position, a'ndwhich operate to hold the,

' copy plainly in, view and .mark the point at scribed hereinafter which the copying has progressed.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts to be more fully deand particularly set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanytion," in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figur of the class-described, provided with my device; this view also shows va portion of the "table upon which the typewriter is support-.

ed; Fi .-2-i safront elevation showing a pet'- tion 0 one end of the typewriter together.

with-my attachment, a ort on' of the tablebeing'also represented;

3 is a vertical cross section taken .throu gli the copy roller an enlarged scale;

' Referring more particularly to the parts,

a 1 represents the top of the table upon which are provided 'apluralit'y' ofposts 2 which sup carriage-supports a typewriter case or'carnage 5, of a construction usually found in machines .of this general type. The horizontal frame ,3 is. provided at its-ends with 'more fully hereinafter.

e 1 is a side elevation of atypewriter' g. 4 is a detail showing the construction of a tension-adj ustin device by means of which the tension upon t I e copy :roller may beapplied or removed; andFi'g. 5 is an edge view of the parts shown in Fig. 4.

guide bar passes continuously through the case 5 and operates as an additiohal guide for the case in its-longitudinal feed movements.

'In applyin my invention-to a typewriter 0fthe genera construction shown, I provide a holder frame 8 which is formed of side plates 9, the form of which is very clearly shown :Fig. 1. The bodies of these side plates .are elongated and extend rearwardly in an inclined position as shown; on their; lower sides, downwardly projecting ears 10 are provided, which are oppositely disposed, and the purpose of these cars will be described The forward portions of the side plates 9 are formed into hooks 11 respectively, which are adapted to engage with the-guide bars 7 by an-upward movement, and the lower portion of the plates below these hooks are formed into By reason of this construction, it should be understood that the'holder frame 8 may be, ifeadily attached in 'position, as indicated in .i 1. v etween the 9, a'shaft 1-5 extends, a1id.this= shaft carries 85 upper ends of the side plates 4 r gidly a copy rdller 16., The shaft 15 is extended at o eend as indicated inFig. 2, and carries a thumb-head 17 whichfacilitates the (i'otation of the'roller by hand, when desire Nearthe periphery of the roller '16 the arms 20 of a presser-frame 19 are attached 'to the side-plates 9 by pivots 18. These arms are formed integral with a longitudi= nally disposed body or bar 21, which liesnear the upper and forward face of the roller, as indicated most clearly in Fig. 3. To the up er edge of this transverse bar 21=a1ong-itu 'nally disposed straight edge 22 is con-' nectedby hinge joints 23; P

To the arms 20 are attached leafsprin'gs' 24 whichpro'ject upwa1dly,.as shown,, and these springs are formed at their upperex- .tr'emities with cars 25, which projecttoward the roller 16. Between these ears there is supported a longitudinally extending shaft 26, and on shaft, disposed apart,

pressed toward the face of the-roller 16 by presser rollers 27 are held normally against which presents downwardly projecting arms this point the band passes downwardly and around a similar guide roller 39, attached in r 4 5 the ear opposite to the roller 38 as shown;

'I provide a plurality of presser rollers 27 which are preferably formed of rubber or .tached to the arms 20, and also to the side which the roller 16 maybe held in any posiattached to the upper face of the'tablelf'a s orwardly and is attached at it's forward spring the band is 'attached to a'1 1*"anchor 5 1 clearly shown in Fig. 4. This anchor plate is pivoted at 42 upon a base plate 43', which provided wit similar material. The presser frame is means of helical springs 28, which are atplates 9 at the points 29. In this way the the face of the copy roller. Beneath the copy roller and extending continuously from end to end thereof, I provide a curved shield or guard 30, the said guard being held in position by means of ears 31 which extend up- 4 wardly, as indicated in Fig.1, and are attached to the inner facesofl liflside late's 9. The longitudinal edges of this'shie d are shield lies near the lower faces of the presser roller 27 in the manner indicated in Fig. 3. I provide also a copy frame or yoke 32,

33' which are pivoted'at34 to the side plates 9, and these arms 33 are connected-bya longitudinally disposed bar 35 which normally lies adjacent to the face of the roller 16, as

indicatedin Fig.3. I

I provide a tension device by means of tion in which it is placed; This device comprises a band or ribbon 36 which may be in duplicate, there being one provided at each end of the rollers At its rear end, the band 36 is attached to an anchornplate 37 which is indicated. From this point the band extends horizontally in a forward direction, and passes around a guide roller 38 attached to the lower portion of the ear 10. I From this "oint the band extends upwardly so as to form a loop passing around the upper face of the roller near one end thereof.'- Beyond passing from the roller 39.the band extends extremity to a spring 40. Beyond this ate "41, the construction of which is veryis attached tothe side .ofa ost 44 which projects downwardly from t e under side of the frame 3. The plate 41 is of substantially rectan ular form, as. shown, and is a knob 45 at one corner by means of which it may be operated. The pivot oint 42 is disposed at the corner of the triang e which lies adj aoent to the spring 40, and at the opposite corner the swivel plate 46 is pivotally attached on the-pin 47.- In this swivel plate 46 the end 48 of the band is attached in any-suitable manner, as shown.

on the line.

' An opening ame' having ho'o on the face of the plate 43 an outwardly projecting lug 49 is provided, and this is engaged by the rear edge of the anchor plate tion, it being understood that thislug operates as a stop to limit the rearward movement of the. anchor plate'in rotating about the pivot 42. When it is desired to throw when the tension band is in operative posithe tension band out of tension, the anchor. plate is rotated toward the right, as viewed in Fig. 1, so that it will be made to assume substantially the relativeiposition in which it is shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4. In this way the pivot pin'47 is moved. inwardly so that the length of the band-is shortened.

typewriter case, the roller will be constantly under the influence of the band.

On the up er side of the case I provide a ointer 50 which is formedwith a point 51 ying before the face of the copy roller. This fipointer'is attached to the case by a hin e connection 52, ,and is pressed downwardly toward the I spring 53 should be understood that this marker is in alinement with the point at whioh-the'type will strike, so that as the machine is fed across the page, the pointer advances with it and constantl indicates on theicopy the oint to-which t e reading has 1presser' plate 19 by a small leaf progressed. t should be understood that the straight edge 22 marks the line which is being copied, while the ointer indicates a point forwardly, the interior of the resser frame is exposed so as to facilitate the insertion of a s eet of copy. It should be understood that t 's sheet will pass downraround the lower face of the'roller between it and the shield, and the upper portion of'the sheet will lie upon the upper face of the roller under the copyfrarne 35.

' for. the insertion of the paper may be produced either by forcing the shaft 26 of the presser'roller backwardly after the same has been exposed by folding the straight edge 22 as described, or the copy may be ap' plied tothe face. of the roller after moving the entire pre'sser frame forwardly 111 such a as to extend the helical springs 28.

" f laving thus described my invention, I

claim asnew and desire to secure by Letters Patent:'. 1

'1. A typewriter having a transversely disosed bar, arms su porting saidbar, a copy 15s on aging said bar adjacent to said armsy an adapted to swing on said bar, projections onsaid armsengag- By fol ing the straight edge 22 IIO . ing' said frame and co-operatingiwith said posed par projecting beyond the case thereof, a frame below said case and havi up-.

'- wardly extending arms sup orting sai bar,

a ,copy frame having side vp ates with hooks engaging said bar, said arms having projections enga ing I said side plates-to -support said copy ame, saidcopy frame-having a swingingmovement on said bar limited by Said projections and means for holding'copy on saldcopy frame. 7 a a 3. In combination, a frame, a typewriter carriage movably supported thereupon, a

copy holder having a rollerfor holding the co y, and tension bands assing around said rol er and having the on s thereof normally fixedwith respect to said frame, j 4. In combination, a frame, a t ewriter carriage movably supported on sai ame, a

' copy holder having a roller for holding the copy,' tens1on bands having ends normally fixed with respect to said frame and passing around said roller; and anchor 51 ates to which vone end of said bands are attac ed and affording means for relieving the tension of said bands. v

5. In combination, a frame, a typewriter carriage movably supported thereupon, a copy holder having a roller for holding the 00 y, tension bands passing around said ro ler and having the ends thereof normally fixed with respect to'said frame, and means for releasing said tension bands when said t ewriter is shifted upon said frame.

11 testimony whereof I have signed my name. to this'specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

v TULLIUSEVERETT FORD. Witnesses:

E. DUDLEY, ALEX. CHRISTIAN.

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