US858655A - Type-writing machine. - Google Patents

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0, A.JOBRI SSBN.. TYPE WRITING MACHINE. APPLIOATIONPILED'MAY 25. 1907- UNITED STATE S PATENT OFFICE. CARL A. JOERISSEN, OF WASHINGTOHSTRICT osooLil-MBIA, ASSIGNOR TO UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITER COMPANY, OF'NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

TYPE-WRITING MACHINE.

Patented July 2,1907. Application area May 26,1907. seriaimtsvasn.

To all whom it may concern: I 1 l I When it is desired to detach the card-holder, s I Beit known that I, CannAfllosit ss'nn, a citizen of slight pressure inwardly and toward theplaten is at the United States, residing, in the city of Washington, plied bylthe fingers tofthehooked portions13. The re- District oi-' Go1 1 1mbia,'-have inve'ntedcertain-'new and-l leasingarms 9 being c'onstnicted ofrigid metal, while useful Improvements Type-Writing Machines, of "the forked arms of the card-holder, are constructed of which the 'foll owingfisa specification. 3 j H flexible metal, such pressure exerted on the arms 9 will 6t) This inventiontrelates tocard-h'olders adapted to beflex'the-"forked ends 2 and above the point of attachattached to the cylindrical platens of typewriting me n15, of the arms 9, and the' 'claws Grate thereby disen chines, and particularly to 'Ineans'whereby to facilitate "gag'ed from the head Qf'the platen, as shown in Fig. 3;

.10 the detachment of the card-holders.lj Dtevices of-this fand then by a slight upward pull upon the hooks 13,

' bestride thehub of the'platenfsuch rlied arins being piovidedwith claws to catch oft/e .elevation of a typewriteii-platenwith my; improved de class usually comprise" a-strip of spring-y metal extend;

ing along the'platem andprovided'with suitable card 7 in 4; H p A t holding means,gsuch tas a'series'oi tongues to catch over I InFig. 6. is shown a modification of the outwardly the leading'edgeof the card; and Fat its endssaid'strip, hooked fingerpiece 13,"for lifting the card-holder from is'usually bent down to form arms, which are forked to' the platen; f j i i A 1 Having thus describ'ed my'invention, I claim: 7 0

I 1'. A card-holder comprising a card-holding strip to lie walongx'the platen of a typewriting machine and having I h object rzszszsszsarrwisz as: its? arts :2:

ty' enns y t f p i c n platen-heads, one of said ends having a releasing device in leasing the claws andmanipulatifig thecai'd holder, the form "of a forked arm attached at its lower extremity a 4 I f tothe'forkedj portions of said end and extending outi In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 18 when; wwardly andtupwardly from its point of attachment; and

atitsupper 'end bent'in wardly partly around the corner, formed at-the junction of said stripand said end, and .80 then hookedoutwardly toform-a finger-piece fol-lifting;

the card-holder iseasily lifted from theplaten, as shown 65 platen and secure the card-holder theretol vicelapplied theifeto'." -Fig.-2 is an end view oi the same. .Fig. 3 i'sa viewpf the left-hand -portion of a l t hd i h f l a in t h d i mi ..the card-holder fromflthe I platen said arm being sum.

the head oitheplaten. Fig.- 4 is aview similar to Fig. 3, but, showing the device'about to be lifted frorn the 4 platen, I Fig; '5 is a perspectiveview of the impioved card holder. Fig. 6 is'a-viewof the left hand portion cien-tly rigid not to bend when pressed toward the platen for releasing. theolaws. I Y

1 2. A card-holder comprising a card-holding strip -to lie along-the.- platen of a typewrit'ing machine and, having flexible depending ends which are forked to bestridetlie 'of the improvedcard-holder showing amodification pmtemhhbs and which have claws to catch over I ez'rtending the length of theplatenand provided witha 3.5 r, of a card. Ateach end the metal strip 1 is bent down .sumcien'fly rigid not arm extends outwardly as at.10,- and then upwardly,

, platen-heads, releasing devices in the form of forkedaims,

thereof 1 7 one of said devices being attached at its lower extremity 9O I The card-holder comprises a strip 1 0f Spfingy metal to the forked portions of each of said ends, and extending outwardly andupwardly from said point of attackment, and at its upper end hooked to form'a finger-piece jor lifting the card-holder from the platen; said arms beto bend when pressed. toward v I each other *to release the claws. i p I 3. A card-holder comprising a card-holding strip to lie along the platen of a typewriting machine, 'having flexible depending ends which have claws to catch over the platen heads, an arm attached to each'otsuch flexible ends at its lower extremity, and each arm ,exteiidings outwardlyt and upwardly from its point of attachment and at its upseries of tongues 2 for'firndy holding theleading edge to form arms 3, which are forked,'as at 4,, to best ride the hub 5 of the platen A of a typewritingmachine. The forks have at their free ends claws 6 to catch over the heads 7 of the platen.

I previde at ea:h end-of the card-holder a releasingdevice the form of a rigid forked arm 9 of sheet metal, I and i t-oicorrespqndsubsvtantiauy with i forked I peiegd c i i ii hi l: 1ei' ziinip gi sg zid-holding strip. to lie end p secured at Its T9 W to sa'ld forked along the platen of a tvpewriting machine, having flexible .105 end in any convenient manner, as by soldering or rivdepending ends which are forked to hesti'ide the uianeting'. From its point of attachment said releasing I hubs and which have claws to catch over the platen-. heads, rigid sheet-metal arms one of which is secured to each forked end and termed to correspond substantially with such forked end, each arm being oflfset near the point of attachment and extending upwardly, and at the j upper and free end bent inwardly toward said strip, and hooked to dorm a finger-piece.

as at 11. At its upper or free end 12, said releasing arm isbent inwardly toward the card-holding strip;and in the present instance is shown as bent partlyai'oiind the corner-formed at the ju nction of said strip and its forked end. -Said end 12 is also hooked outwardly to form a finger-piece 13. for .iiiting the card -holder from the gluten. a I

CARL AwJOERISSENf Witnesses: I I 1 'S. A. TERRY, r

J. A. O'Hnss.

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