US876409A - Combined type-writing and adding machine. - Google Patents

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No. 876,409. PATENTED JAN. 14, 19081 B. 0. STIGKNEY;

COMBINED TYPE WRITING AND ADDING MACHINE;

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APPLIUATION FILED APR. 13, 1903.

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BURNHAM O. STIOKNEY, OF ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO UNION TYPE-{WRITER COMPANY, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW

JERSEY, A CORPORATION OE NEW JERSEY.

GOMBINED TYPE-WRITING AND ADDING MACHINE.

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To all who'm'fit may concern:

Be 1t known that I, BURNHAM ,C. STICK- NEY, citizen of the United States, and residentof Elizabeth, in the county of Union and Stateof New Jersey,

and Adding Machine, of which the following is a specification. 1

This invention relates to the class ofcoIn-J bined writing and adding machines in which the keys which control the figure types are also used for controlling character types, and particularly to those in which a case-shift mechanism is provided for enabling either to avoid the possibility of operation of theadding mechanism when said keys arecausing the character types controlled thereby to print, while enabling said keys to operate the adding meclmnism at the time they are causing the figure types controlled thereby .to print.

One feature of my invention consists broadly in providing the case-shift mechanism (whether operated by a separate key or not) with means for controlling, the connecti on between the writing mechanism and the adding mechanism, so that when figures are being written the adding mechanism. may be connected to the keys, an d so that when characters are being written said adding mech anism is automatically disconnected from the keys or at least rendered inoperative thereby.

My invention. further consists in certain features of construction and combinations of devices, all as will be fully hereinafter set forth and particularly pointed out in the coneluding claims.

In the drawings forming part of this speci fication, Fi ure 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation ot a Remington N o. 2 typ'ewriting' machine combined with an adding machine and embodying one form of my invention.

tions from the carriage to thc adding-mechanism and to the keys, and also the connec- I tions from the latter to the adding mechanism. In this diagram the upper part shows i a fragmentary front elevation of the carriage,

board of the machine.

and the lower part shows a plan'of the key- S pecification ofLetters Patent. Application filed April 13. mos. Serial No. 152.428.

I have invented a oer: tam new and useful-Gombmed Type-VVriting Patented Jan. 14, 1908.

Throughout the drawings, like signs denotelike parts.

he ty ewriting mechanism in this instance inc udes a series of keys 20, carried upon the forward. ends of levers 21', which are connected by links 22 toa series oi typebars 23, seats to. cause the latter to strike upwardly against a platen 24 mounted upon a frame 25, wh-ichis fitted upon a carriage 26, the latter being supported in rear upon a rail 27,. and in front upon a roll 28. Each of the type-bars carries a iiguretype 29 -and a character type 30, said types being usuall T formed upon a single shank and carried upon a single bar. Usually the typo-bt1rs carrying the several figure types are hung side by side upon the top-plate or type-ring 31 of the machine, and each is connected by a link and lever to its key.

At Fig. 1 it will be noted that the forward or figure type 29 is indicated in dotted lines as delivering an impression upon theplaten, hen it is desired to operate the rear or character type 30; that is, to impress it upon the platen or the paper thereon, the platen is shifted rearwardly to theposition indicated by the dotted circle 24 the platen frame 25 being for this purpose'mounted upon the main carriage for a backward shifting movement, and provided. with a forwardly extending yoke 32, which engages a shifter bar 33. The latter is carried upon upstanding rockers 34, which are connected by a rock-shaft 3 5, suitably journ'aled upon the framing; gether forming a. shifting frame, which is operated by means ota rearwardly extending arm 36, a link 37 depending therefrom, and a lever 38 to which the lower end of said said her, rockers and shaft tolink is attached; said. lever being provided at its front end with a caseshift kcyi39;

The shifting mechanism is retained in; -nor mal position by aspring 40.

The adding mechanism is contained in a casing 41, and comprises a series of adding wheels 42, which are mounted and operated in the manner set'forth in the pending application of' Albert H. Ellis filed November 1,

1899, Serial No. 735,449. The fi ure keys 20,119 from 1 to Qlinclusive, eac operates a circuit-controller, consisting of contacts or contact plates 43 and 44. The plates 43 are electrically connected in series with one an= other in a circuit 45. The contact plates are the respective terminals of June wires numberedfrom 46 to 54 inclusive, and extending to the adding-wheel operating mechanism through a flexible cable or otherwise, for determining the extent of rotation of the number wheels.

Fixed to the paper-carriage 26 of the type writer are a block and a clamping plate 56, holding between them a series of metallic pins 57, which stand vertically and with their lower ends exposed and on a level. These pins are the terminals of a series of wires 58 to 64 inclusive, also extending to the adding wheel mechanism, for selecting the number wheel which is to be turned by the operated key. A guiding rail 65 is secured to the main typewriter frame, as by arms 66, secured by screws 67 to front corner-posts 68 of the framework of the typewriter, adjacent to a scale 69 mounted upon the framework, in front of which moves an index 70. Upon this rail 65 is a slide 71, provided with a set screw 72, by which its position on the rail may be fixed, and carrying a finger 7 3 adapted to make contact wi h the lower ends of the pins 57, when in the traverse of the paper-carriage they are carried over the finger. The slide also is provided with a short section of a scale 74, having the same divisions as the scale 69 and as many divisions as there are pins 57. The slide 71 may be set at any position in front of the machine, and its position will determine at what loca tion in the line of writing the circuits of the series 58 to 64 will be closed by the finger 73, which is the terminal of the circuit 45, the latter leading through a source of power 75 to the contact plates 43 beneath the keys.

As. usual, the carriage is provided with a letter-spacing rack 76, with which engage escapement dogs 77 and 78, carried upon a rocker 79 which is pivoted at 80 and has forwardly extending operating arms 81, from which is suspended by rods 82 a universal bar 83, arranged beneath: and transversely of the key-levers 21.

In the operation of the foregoing mechanism, as set forth in said application, the slide or column gage 7]. is adjusted along the rod 65 until the third division mark on its scale (counting from the left) is opposite the point on the machine scale where the decimal point separating the dollars and cents column occurs; after operating the letter keys to Write under side of a cross bar 86 of the framing. it will be seen that normally the contact is the first item on the page, the carriage is moved to the left by the operationof the usual release key or spacing key until the carriage index 70 points to that division on the gage scale 74 which corresponds to the posi tion. of the first figure of the amount to be written. By reason of this adjustment of the column gage, the "hundreds adding wheel (the fifth from the left at Fig. 2) is automatically coupled to all the figure keys at that point in the line of writing at which numerals in the hundreds column occur.

is the amount, the index 70 l 0 l U zuc will be stopped at the sixthdivision of the slide scale from the left, at which point the contact finger 73 will be against the fifth full hen key for the numeral 2 is depressed,

the lever 21 swings downwardly, and by means of the connecting rod 22- swings the type-bar 33 having the type 2 thereon up against the paper on the platen, so that the numeral 2 is imprinted uponthe paper. At the same time the universal bar 83 is car ried down by the'key-lever, and the initial movement of the spacing dogs is effected in a wellknown manner through the rods 82 and the rocker 79. l The key-lever also carries down the contact plate 43, so that it touches the contact late 44, whereby a circuit is closed from tli 75, finger 73, and wire 62 to the adding mechanism, and then back through wire 46 to key (I 2")! the keyboard and carriage. The closing of thedescribed circuit causes the adding mechanism to be actuated to add 2 upon the proper adding wheel. The moment the key is released, the key-lever, type-bar, universal ,bar and feeding do s, as well as the contact plate 43, resume their normal positions, and the carriage moves a letter space, so that the circuit traced above is broken at two places by the rising of the key and the feeding of the paper-carriage.

In order to avoid the possibility of o erating the adding mechanism when other 0 arac ters than figures are being written by means of the figure keys 20. I include in the circuit 45, which extends from the carriage to the keys, a controller adapted to be operated or controlled directly or indirectly by some por tion of the case-shift mechanism, preferably directly by the key-lever 38 thereof; said controller consisting of contact plates 84 and 85, the formerbeing fixed u on the upper edge of the key-lever, and the atter upon the closed, and that when the case shift mechanism is in normal position, the keys 0 erate the figure types 29, as indicated in rotted lines at Fig. 1. When, however, the shift e key' through wire 45, battery.

All of the other circuits are open at key-lever 38 is depressed, the contact be tween the plates 84 and 85 is broken, and hence the keys 20' may be freely operated to cause the character types to print, without liability of affecting the adding mechanism.

3 A switch 87 may be included in the circuit 45.

It will be understood that in the class of 30 mally in position to cause the figure types to print, the connection between the adding mechanism and the Writing mechamsm would be normally broken, but, would be made complete by the operation of thecaseshift mechanism for causing the figure types to become operative.

While 1 have shown my invention as carried. out in one type of electrical Writing and adding nnichines, it Will be understood that it may be applied to other types of electrical machines, as'well as to those in which the Writing and adding mechanisms are mechanically connected; and many changes in do tails of construction and operation may be made Within, the scope/cl my improvement.

llaving thus described my invention, what 1 claiin as new and desire to secure by letters Patent, is:

1. The combination of a writing mechanism, including a series of figure types and also including casc shifting means for rend'ering the figure types either operative or inoperative; an adding mechanism; and lectric circuits operatively connecting said Writing mcclmnism ,to said adding mechanism; said electric circuits being controlled by said ca: shifting means, so as to be rendered inoperative. when the ligure types are inoperative. v 2. The combination of a Writing mechanism, ,including aseries ol figure types, a series of character types, keys each connected to both a figure type and a character type, and a case.s,liilting mechanism [or enabling the keys to ell'ect impressions of either figure or character types; an adding mechanism: electric circuits operatively connecting said. writing mechanism to said add' ing mechanism; and means operatively connected to said case-shitting mechanism for controlling said circuits.

3. The combination ol a carriage; a series 0! figure types; a series of character types; a series oi keys each connected to means for o matin both a fi ure t )c and a character h D type; case-shitting means for enabling said keys. to operate either said figure types or said character types; an adding mechanismelectric connections from the adding mech anism to said carriage; electric connections from the adding mechanism to said keys; an electric connection from said carriage to said keys; and a controller in the last mentioned connection;

said controller including a member connected to said case-shifting means, so as to render the adding mechanism inel i'ective when said keys are operating saidv character types. i

4. The combination of a series of'keys;.

both figure types and. character types COD;

, troilable by said keys; a case-shifting mechoither said character types or said figure types an adding mechanism; electrical con; nections from the carriage to the adding mechanism; an electric connection from the carriage to the keys'and including the latter in series; electric connections from the keys to t he'addingmechanism; and a circuitcontroller having a part operativcly connected to said case-shifting mechanism and adapted to render the adding mechanism inoperative whenever the shifting mechanism said character types.

5. The combination of a carriage; a series of keys; both figure types and character shifting mechanism whereby said keys are enabledto cause either said figure typesor said character types to print; an adding mechanism; a series of electrical connections from the carriage to saidadding mechanism; a series of controllers having parts both operatively connected to said keys and also connected in. 'series with said carriage; an electrical connection from each of said key-operated controllers'to said adding mechanism; and a controller intervening between said carriage and said key-operated controllers; said intervening controller being connected to said case-shifting mechanism so as to complete the circuit when said case-shifting mechanism is adjusted for writing figures, and to break the circuit when the caseshii'ting mechanism is adjusted for Writing characters. i 6. The combination of a Writing mechanism, including a case-shift mechanism; and an adding mechansim connected to the Writing mechanism through said case-shift mech anism in such a manner that the latter may make. and break the connection. 7. The combination of a Writingmechanism, including a series of l=.eys and both figure types and character types controllable by said keys'and also inciuding a case-shifting mechanism for enabling said keys to operate either said figure ty. es or said char tions from the writing mechanism to the adding mechanism,said connections including a part controlled by the case-shift nicely anism for. hrowing the adding mechanism into operation when figures are printed and out of operation when characters are printed.

of keys; both. figure types and character typescontrollable by said keys; a case-shifting mechanism for enabling said keys to operate either said figure types or said character ltyp'es; an a( ldingmechanism "connections from said carriage'te said adding mechanism; connections from said keys to said adding mechanism; andmea'ns for enabling is operated to enable said keys to operate anism for enabling said keys to operate types controllable by said keys; a casei 8. The combination of a carriage; a series 1 said case-shiiting mechanism to break the connection between said adding mechanism, said l-zeys and said carriage.

9. In a writing and adding deyice, the combination of a series of keys; figure types and character types controlled by said keys to print; a carriage; a caseshii't device, an adding mechanism; connections whereby said adding mechanism is controlled by said keys and said carriage; and means controlled by said case-shift device for making or breaking the connection between said car riage and said adding mechanism.

10. In a writing and adding device, the combination of a series-of keys; figure types and character types controllable by said keys; acarriage; a case-sh1ft device l'or en-.

abling said keys to operate either said figure types or. said character types; a series of adding wheels; dillerential mechanism for turning said adding wheels dilierent distances according to the numbers to be added; connections between said keys and carriage and said dii'lerential mechanism; and means controlled by said case-shift device for making or breaking said connections.

11. In a writing and adding device, the

combination of a series of keys; figure types and character types controllable by said keys; a carriage; a case-shift device for enabling said keys to operate either said figure types 'orsaid character types; a series of adding wheels difl'erenti al said adding wheels dill'erent distances according to the numbers to be added; connections between said keys and said dil'l'erential mechanism; and means controlled by said case-shift device or making or breaking said connections.

12. In a writingand adding device, the combination oi a seriesof keys; figure types and character types controllable by. said keys; a carriage; a case shiftdevice; an adding wheel; a member movable dii'lerent distances according to the nun'ibers to be added; com'iections between said keys and said member; and means controlled by said case-shift device for making said connections operative when numbers are printed and inoperative when characters are printed.

13. The combination with a double-case l l l l l l l mechanism for turning J adding mechanism;

typewriter having a series of figure keys and a case shift device, of a series of electricallyselected adding wheels, and a wheel-selecting electric circuit having therein a switch gov erned by said shift device.

14. The combination with a double-case key-operated mechanism having a case shift device, of an adding mechanism, and an electric circuit between said mechanisms and controlling the operation of one of said mechanisms and governed by said shift device.

15. The combination with a. typewriting machine having shifting mechainsm and an adding machine, of an electric circuit whereby an actuation of the typewriting machine may effect an operation of the adding machine, a circuit-controlling spring contact governed by the shifting mechanism to make and break the circuit. a l

16. The combination with a double-case typewriting mechanism having finger keys and a case-shift device, of a power-actuated adding mechanism controlled by said typewriting mechanism; and a connection be tween said typewriting mechanism and said adding mechanism controlled by said caseshift device.

17. The combination with a double-case typewriting mechanism having finger keys and a case-shift device, of an adding (mechanism controlled by said typewriting mechanism; a SUL11\,8 of power for actuating said and a connection betweensaid source oi power and saidadding mechanism controlled by said case-shift device.

18. The combination of typewriting mechanism including case shifting mechanism, with power driven adding mechanism controlled by the typewriting mechanism, and means controlled by the case shitting mechanism for rendering the adding mechanism operative or inoperative.

Signed at the borough of Vanhattan, city of New York, in the county of New York, and State of New York, this 10th day of April A. 1). 1.903.

BURNHAM C. STICKN EY.

itnesses:

K. V. Donovan, 11]. M. \VEnLs.

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