US916196A - Type-writer attachment. - Google Patents

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,J. H, RAND.

-TYJEE WRITER ATTACHMENT.. APPLIOATION FILED MAY 1e, 1906.

9 1 6, 1 96 Patented Mar. 23, 1909.

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30 yplie to a t 55 to be printed, the slot pefcrab JAMES H. RAND, OF WELLESLEY HILLS, MASSACHUSETTS.

TYPE-WRITER ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 23, 1909.

Application filed May 16, 1908. Serial No. 433,170.

. o Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Type-Writer Atf tachments, of which the followingT is a specification.

This invention relates to a holder or attachment adapted tobe applied to the platen of a typewriting machine for writing upon comparatively.V small i or narrow strips of paper, such as the name-slips of adjustable or changeable'indexes, telephone directories In'ordcr'to retain their form and withstand wear, such slips are usually cut from rather heavypaper stock, and owing to their stiffness and narrowncss it is impractieablc to properly hold them against the platen of a .typewriter by the customary'clasps or paper guldes. t

The object of my invention is the provision of a convenient and inexpensive attachment by which such a slip can be reliably held in osition onthe platen and turned therewith ike an ordinary sheet of paper for rolling it toward and from `the printing point.

In 4the' accompanying drawings: Figure 1- is a erspective view of the attachment apl ewriter platen. Fig. 2 is a sectional top an view of the platen and 'attachmen't, -t e plane ofthe sectional portion being in line 2 2,- Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is atransverse `section in line 3-3, Fig. 2.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding p'arts throughout the several vlews.y l

A indicates the customary laterally-adj A .justable guides or clasps which hold the pa- 40 per against the roll or platen B of the ty ewriting machine, and C the usual guide ro ls.

- The vimproved name-slip holder or attachment consists of a sheet D of'suitablc iieXible material, such as strong Manila paper, which is somewhat -wider than the length of the name vslip to be printed and of suliicient y jlgngth to be engaged by the guides A' andl guide rollers Cor equivalent holding devices on the carriage. The sheet is preferably I, long enoughto nearly encircle the platen, as

shown. At a suitab point between its uper and lower edges, the sheet contains a orizontal slot or aperture E adapted to receive a name-slip F or other obi'ect or surface y having central enlargements e, c1 in its upper and lower .of the slip.

edges to facilitate the insertion and removal Extending inwardly from the ends of this slot are short retaining stripsf,f preferably Celluloid or other transparent material under which the ends of the nameslip are engaged for confining the slip in the slot. The end portions of the latter are preferably just wide enough'to snugly receive the slip, as bestshown in ig. 1 thereby preventing displacement ofthe slip circumferentially of the platen. In the construction shown in the drawings, these retaining strips are glued between the main or face sheet C and a backing or lining sheet g which is glued to the rear sidey of the latter. This backing sheet may be coeXtensive with the main sheet, but preferably terminates short of the up er and lower ends thereof, as shown. The acking sheet has a slot coinciding with that of the main sheet, and in order to permit the insertion and removal of the name-slip without bendinfy or springing it,-one end of the slot in the badliing sheet extends beyond that of the main sheet, as shown at hin Fig. 2.

In using the attachment, it is'rolled around the platen in thesame manner as an ordinary sheet of'paper, and the platen is turned to bring the slot or aperture of the attachment in a convenient position for inserting the naine-slip. This is done b' inserting one end of .the slip under the ce luloidstrip f1 covering the extended end h of the a erture in the backing sheet, and then placing the slip against the platen and shifting it in the opposite direction to engage it under the other celluloid strip f In this osition, the name-slip is firmly and reliably iield in place against the platen, permitting the desired letters or figures to be neatly prlnted thereon.

stripsf, f1 enables the name-'slips to be ac curately centered in the apertureofthe'atit is not essential., as the retaining strips could obviously be made of paper or other. opaque material.

I claim as 1n invention:

1. A. typewriter attachment, consisting ii-4 i. 110

a flexible sheet adapted to be applied to a platen and provided with an a erture for receivmg a strip, said aperture aving oppos- 'ico -tachment. While this is a desirable feature, i

ing longitudinal edges adapted to hold the inserted Shri against displacement circumferentially the platen, substantially as 'set forth,

g, A typewriter attachment, consisting of ailexible 'Sheet adapted to be applied to a and provided with a slip -apertureV aving opposing longitudinal edges, and means at't taining a slip therein, substantially as set forth.

3. A typewriter attachment, consisting of d*a flexible sheet adapted to be applied to a platen -and providedwith sinapsi-tup@ for lieceiving a strip, the end portions of the aperture corresponding to t e width of the slip to be printed and its central ortion being of greater width than said en portions, substantially as set forth,`

4. A'typewr'iter attachment, consisting'of` a flexible sheet adapted to be vapplied to a platen and having an a erture for receiving a s li'p,l and transparent s 'p retainers covering theI ends of said aperture, substantially as set forth;

5. A typewriter attachment, comprising a -exible' main sheet adapted to be applied to a platen andvhaving a slipfreceiving aperture, .a backing sheet applied. to said main sheet, and retaining 'strlps'` interposed between said sheets andprojecting inwardly beyond the ends of said aperture, substantially as set forth.

1e 'ends of said aperture for e I fiexible main sheet adapted to be applied to 'a platen-and having a backingsheet,ffsaid sheets containing coinciding apertures 'for receiving a slip, and transparent retaining strips confined between said sheets and projecting inwardly beyond the ends of j said apertures, substantially as set forth.

' 8. A typewriter attachment, comprising a f flexible main sheet adapted to be applied to a platen and having a 'backing sheet, said sheets containing coincidingr apertures for receiving a slip, and 011e end of the aperture in the backing sheets extending 'outwardly beyond the 'corres ondi-ng end of theaperture in the'rnain-s ieet, and retaining strips confined between said sheets and extending inwardly beyond the ends of said apertures. substantially as Sei; forth.: Witness my hand this "13thdayof May,

JAMES H; RAND.

Witnesses:

JAMES H. RAND, Jr., GEORGE A.SWEE"rsER.

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