US936849A - Printing-telegraph. - Google Patents

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J. G; BARCLAY.

PRINTING TELEGRAPH.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 3, 1907.

936,849, Patented Oct. 12,1909.

8 SHEETS-SHEET WITNESSES: INVENTOR ATTORNEY J. G. BARCLAY. PRINTING TELEGRAPH.

APPLIUATION FILED APR. 3, 1907.

Patented 0tt.12,1909.

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APPLICATION FILED APR. 3, 1907. 936,849. Patented Oct. 12, 1909.

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ATTORNEY J. G. BARCLAY. PRINTING TELEGRAPH.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 3, 1907.

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INVENTOR jwhd 15 BY ATTORNEY WITNESSES:

J. G. BARCLAY.

PRINTING TELEGRAPH.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 3, 1907.

Patented Oct. 12,1909.

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J. G. BARCLAY. PRINTING TELEGRAPH.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 3, 1907.

Patented Oct. 12, 1909.

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JOHN c. BARCLAY, 01' NEW Yonk, n. Y.

PmNTING-TELEGn-Aru Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 12, .1909.

Application filed April 3, 1907. Serial No. 366,119.

To all whom it may concern:

lie it known that 1, Jon C. BARCLAY, a citizen of the United States, residing in LTEW York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Printing-Telegraphs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to printing telegraphs and particularly to the printing receiving instruments of such telegraphs, and consists in the novel selecting mechanism for automaticall y selecting the character to be printed; in the novel means controlled by such selecting mechanism for effecting the printing; and in various other features hereina tter more particularly described, and pointed out in the claims.

The objects of my invention are to improve and simplify printing telegraph receivers, to make the samemore rapid in operation; to improve the selecting mechanism of such receivers, and reduce the time required for the operation of-such selecting mechanism each time a character is to be printed; to provide simpledirect-act ing mechanism controlled by such selecting mechanism for effecting the printing; and enerally to producea simple, compact, reiable and direct-acting telegraph rinter.

In various prior patents I have i lnstrated and described telegraph printers which are of the general nature of power-operated typewriters controlled by printing magnets corresponding to the different characters to be printed. and themselves controlled by electrical selecting mechanism. In the machine herein illustrated and described, much of the selecting mechanism is mechanical, its operation being effected by electro-ma nets eontrolled by a sunflower and relays, themselves controlled by current pulses in a line circuit. The mechanical selecting mechanism hasthe advantage ofbein'g very sim-' ple and lt'eadily understood, of-being readily" "corrected in case of possiblederangement, of hav'ing nocontactpointsrequiring cleaning and inspection at intervalsand. Which,'b 'v becoming. dirty may prevent the selection of the desired signal, and of requiring a very small time interval for its operation.

I will now proceed to describe my invention with reference to the accompanyln 0' drawings in which one form of telegraph printer embodying my said invention is illus' trated, and will then point out the novel features in claims.

I In the said drawings: Figure 1 shows a front elevation and partialsection of a telegraph print-er such as hereinbefore referred to, the same consisting of a typewriter controlled and arranged to be operated automatically by selecting mechanism as hereinafter described;v Fig. 2 shows a vertical sectionfrom front to rear of the said printer; Fig. 3 shows a top view of the mechanical portion of the selecting mechanism and the bars for operating the type bars of the typewriter, the main portion of the typewriter being omitted from the view. Fig. 4:.ShOWs a detail front elevation of the said mechanioal selecting mechanism. Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic view of this mechanical selecting mechanism, showing the notched selecting bars in side elevation but otherwise in normal relative position, with a single character bar indicated. Fig. 6 is an .electrical diagram, showing the electrical selecting mechanism by which these selectin bars are controlled and opera ted,'and showing also certain other parts of the apparatus. Fig. 7 shows a rear elevation of the machine, and illustrates particularly mechanism for returning the carriage. Figfi shows a vertical transverse section and Fig. 9 a longitudinal section through the spring carriage-retinal mechanism. Figs. 10, 11, 12 and 13 are detail views respectively of the principal portions of the paper feed mechanism, release mechanism -for the spring operated carriage-return mechanism, type-slnft mechanism, and spacing mechanism. Fig. 14 is a fragmentary diagram, showing the use, in the arrangement of circuits shown in Fig. 6, of polarized a rmat-ures and corresponding magnets for the detents.

In the printing telegraph system in which this printer is particularly intended to be used andfor which the selecting mechanism is shown as adapted,- each character signal consists of a'fixed number of pulses, said pulses usually (and preferably) of alter nately opposite direction, the variations necessary to distinguish the signal of one character from the signal of each of the other characters, being obtained bymaking certain of the pulses longer than others.

hose pulses, in line circuit 1 (Fig. 6), ac-

- through corresponding magnets 15, 16, 17,

18, and 19 respectively, which I will term hereafter the selecting magnets. The sixth sunflower contact 20, controls a circuit 21 and relay 22, and, throu h said relay, an other circuit and certain o the magnets hereinafter mentioned. A single battery or source of electrical energy 23 supplies current to the five local circuits of the first five sunflower contact points 10-14 inclusive,

the battery lead 24 being controlled by a sluggish relay '25, termed the separator relay, itself controlled by the local circuits 3 and 4. This relay is so adjusted as to speed of operation, that if the line-pulse operating relay 2 be a short pulse, said separator relay 25 will not close the circuit of the battery 23, and hence the closing of the correspond ing sunflower contact will have no effect; but if, to the contrary, the line pulse operating'relay 2 be a long pulse, the separator relay will close such battery circuit, and hence the selecting magnet controlled by the particular sunflower contact completed at that instant will be energized.

The mechanical selecting mechanism comprises five selecting bars 26,27, 28, 29, and 30 respectively, each corresponding to and arranged to be operated through the agency of one of the five selecting magnets 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19, above mentioned. These selecting bars 2630 inclusive, are arranged transversely of the base of what is in substance an ordinary typewriter 31, beneath where the keyboard of such a typewriter is ordinarily located; such keyboard being omissible, and being in this case omitted. In Fig. 4 the mounting of one of these bars, 26, is shown, and as clearly appears in said figure, said bars are mounted to move laterally or transversely of the machine, being carried by the guide rollers 32, and provided with springs 33 tending to so move them; said bars being normally held against such movement by detents 34 controlled by the armaturcs 35 of the various selecting magnets 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19. When one of said magnets is energized it pulls down the corresponding detent 34, permitting the corresponding selecting bar to move to the right of Fig. 4. These selecting bars are toothed irregularly on their upper surfaces in such manner that particular combinations of teeth and intermediate notches can be put duced, by the lateral movement of one or more of said selecting bars, so as to permit the selecting and dropping down of any deversal bar 38 itself suspended by springs 39,

their weight being thereby taken off the lecting bars 26-30 inclusive. A drop magnet, 40, when attracted toward its magnet, moves down the universal bar 38 against the tension of said springs 39, thereby permitting character bars 36 to drop upon selecting bars 2630 inclusive; but all but one ofsaid character bars will be arrested by a tooth of one or more of the bars 2630. However, some one of the said bars 36, for each permutational adjustment of the Selecting bars These character bars 36 corrc- 26-30, will not be arrested by any tooth of any of said bars, but will be permitted to drop still farther, its hooked front end 41 in position to engage a transverse driver 42 mounted upon arms 43 and arranged to be moved forward by the armature 41 of the printing magnet 45 against the tension of a retractile spring 46.

The several character bars 36 are each connected to a corresponding type-bar action 47,.

so that each bar 36, when pulled forward by the driver 42, actuates its corresponding type bar action, causing the type bar to strike toward and against the typewriter platen 48. I do not limit myself to any particular type of type-bar action. That indicated in the drawings is the action of one well known typewriter. The type bar actions are, in fact, actuated by the bars 36 substantially the same as they would be actuated by the finger keys and key levers of the ordinary typewriter mechanism.

By means hereinafter described, printing magnet 45 is deenergized before or just as the selected type bar strikes the platen 48 or the typewriter ribbon and paper on the platen, so that the type bar returns instantly to its normal position, under the influence of gravity and of its return spring such as is customarily provided in such typewriter actions. The exact moment of denergization of magnet 45 is regulated so as to secure the desired strength of blow without intcr- 'fering with the rebounding return desirable in such actions. The several typebar actions 17, when so actuated, actuate a universal bar 19, connected to and arranged to actuate the usual feed-escapement mechanism (Figs. 2 and 7) of the machine. I do not illustrate these and like customary parts in detail, as the same are well known 1n many different forms and are in common use, and my invention is in no way confined to the use of any particular typewriter action, escapement mechanism, etc; but. any suitable typewriter action, escapement mechanism, etc., may be used. Magnet 10 is de'energize-d at about the same time as magnet 45, and the springs 39 then lift that bar 36 which engages notches of the selecting'bars 2630, and all the other actuating or character bars. clear of said selecting bars 26-30. A restoring magnet 51, then actuated, operates a restoring bar 52 adapted to engage a shoulder 53 on the lower edge of the selecting bar or bars of series 26-30 which were previously moved to the right, thereby moving such bars to the left, where they are heldby their detents 3+1, that magnet or magnets of series 20 which previously released such detents having already been deenergized. as hereinafter described.

Line spacing, shifting to upper case, and carriage return are all determined, in the ap 'iaratus shown, by operating proper ones of the selecting bars 26 30. For line spacing, one of the character bars 36 is provided with a rearward extension 54 (Fig. 2) provided with a pin 55 engaging an arm 56 of a bellcrank, the, other arm 57 of which is connected by a link 58 to one arm 59 of a bellcrank pivoted on a rod 60. the other arm (31 of said latter bell-crank being connected by a link 62 to a rod 63 mounted on arms 64- pivoted to the axis of the platen 48. the said link 62 having a loose bearing on the rod 63 so that the latter may slip readily therethroughas the carriage moves; while at the same time downward movement of link 56 is communi ated to said rod 63 and so to the arms'6l. One of these aims carries a pawl 65 engaging the usual line-spacing ratchet (36 (indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2) so that as the arms 64 are drawn backward the platen is rotated. This will occur, obviously, when that character bar 36 which is provided with the rearward extension 54 is selected through the operation of the proper ones of the selecting bars 264-30 and.

down into engager'nent with reciprocating bar 42 and is drawn forward by said bar, sector is raised to the upper case position. Once raised to such position it is held there by a spring-actuated catch 72. To release said trip, when desired to return to lower case, I provide a magnet. 73 of which the catch 72 forms an armature, said magnet being arranged to be energized as hereinafter described to release the catch and permit the sector 70 to drop tolower case position.

For returning the carriage I provide a returning spring 74 (Figs. 8 and 9) stronger than the spring of the customary carriagefeeding mechanism 75 (Fig. 7), but not normally in driving or winding connection with the carriage. I do not in the drawings show the details of the ordinary carriage feed mechanism 75, but merely show that part thereof, (the tension-adjusting ratchet) which is the onlypart of such mechanism customarily seen clearly from the rear of the machine; and from this it will be understood that such carriage-feeding mechanism is the ordinary spring feeding mechanism commonly used on typewriters. Carriage return spring 7 4 is anchored at its inner end, and is mounted about a shaft 7 6, upon which shaft is mounted loosely, a drum 77 carrying a flexible tape 78 connected to the carriage. As the carriage moves from right to left (as viewed from the front of the ma- I chine) during the normal printing of a line, this tape 78 will be gradually unrolled. A ratchet wheel 79, also mounted on this shaft 76, and to which the outer end of the spring is connected, is advanced step by step, each time the carriage moves a space from right to left (as viewed fromthe front of the ma- 'chine) by a pawl 80 operated by a magnet 81 energized each time a character is printed or the carriage is otherwise caused to advance a space, all as hereinafter described. This pawl 80 is normally held out of engagement with the ratchet. wheel 79 by a pin 82 engaging a cam portion 83 of the pawl; this being done for a reason hereafter explained. When magnet 81 is energized and caused to draw its pawl 80 forward said pawl is raised by its spring 85 into engagement with they ratchet Wheel 79, and then advances the ratchet wheel through the space of one tooth. A holding pawl 86 normally holds the ratchet wheel 7 9 against backward movement. When magnet 81 is denergized again pawl 80 is drawn back by retractile spring 87 and is moved out of engagement with the ratchet teeth by pin 82 engaging cam portion 83. A ratchet clutch 88 (Fig. 9) connects ratchet wheel 79 and drum 77, but the teeth of this ratchet clutch are so set that as the wheel 7 9 is rotated step by step in this manner to wind up spring 74, the members of the clutch 88 slip relatively,

this being permitted by the clutch spring 89. To return the carriage, one of the bars 36 is provided with a lug 90 (Fig. 2) adapted, when pulled forward, to operate a bell-crank lever 91 connected by a link 92 to pawl 86. When that bar 36 which is provided with said lug 90 is selected by the operation of the appropriate selecting bars and is therefore drawn forward by bar 42, it causes withdrawal of pawl 86 and permits spring 74 to rotate the ratchet Wheel 79 backward and with it the drum 77, so drawing the carriage backward against the tension of its spring carriage-feed mechanism 75.

Referring now to the diagram, Fig. 6, the circuits by which the drop magnet, printing magnet, and restoring magnet are operated,

will now be explained. The circuits by which the five selecting magnets 15-19 inclusive are operated, have already-been described and need no further description.

The sixth sunflower contact 20 of the sunflower 7 controls a local circuit 21 passing through the magnet ofa relay 22. The armature of this relay has a spring contact tongue 95 and a hook 96 for drawing said tongueaway from the contact stop 97 when the armature is retracted. When contact spring 95 and contact tongue 97 are in contact, a circuit 98 is completed through the armature of said relay, spring 95, stop 97 and drop magnet to back contact stop 99 of a contact spring 100 mounted upon a T- headed arm 101 on the pivot axis 102 (Figs. 2 and of the armature 44 of printing magnet 45. Contact-is normally closed between contactstop 99 and contact spring 100 so that when circuit 98' is completed by re lay 22, as above described, said circuit passes through arm 101 and battery 103,.to ground at104. Drop magnet 40 being thus energized and caused to attract this armature, the lifting bar 38 is pulled down, allowing the character bars 36 to dro on to the selecting bars 26-30, and allowlng the selected one of said character bars to drop farther into engagement w1th reclprocating drlvlng bar 42 operated by the printing magnet 45. Upon the pivotal axis 105 (Figs. 2 and 3) of the armature of drop magnet 40, is mounted a contact arm 106 (Figs. 2 and 6) having a hook end and carrying a contact spring 107 adapted to make contact with a stop 108 (Figs. 2 and 6), when the armature of said drop magnet 40 is so attracted. This con-' tact thus closed completes a circuit from battery 109 through contact arm 106, spring 107, and stop 108 through conductor 110 and printing magnet to ground at 111, and thence back to battery. The printing magnet being thus energized pulls forward the reciprocating driving bar 42, thus actuating the selected'cha-racter bar 36. Contact arm 101 being thus moved, the circuit 98 is broken at the proper time, thus breaking the circuit of drop magnet 40, whereupon all of the character bars 36, including that selectcd bar which has just been operated by driver 42, are raised by bar 38 and its springs 39. Immediately thereafter another contact spring 112 on arm 101 closes circuit from battery 103 through contact stop 113 and a conductor 114 to restoring magnet 51 ,and thence to ground at 115, thereby restoring all of the selecting bars 26-30 which have been actuated to normal position. The various selecting magnets 1519, having already been de'e'nergized through the breaking of the corresponding sunflower contacts, the detents controlled by said magnets engage the corresponding selecting bars when so restored to normal position. Upon the beginning of the next character in the line circuit 1, and the consequent beginning of another cycle of operation of the sunflower, the sixth contact 20 is broken, thus denergizing relay 22. hen the drop magnet is deenergized by the breaking of circuit 98 at contact point 99, circuit 110 is broken at contact stop 108, thereby breaking the circuit of the printing magnet 45, whereupon driver 42 returns to its original position; and as this occurs the circuit of restoring magnet 51 is broken at contact stop 113. The parts are then back to their normal positions. Spring contacts are provided in relay 22 and on contact arms 106 and 101, so that there may be regulation of the time during which magnets remain energized, to permit rapid operation. For example, supposin that a second character succeeds the first c osely in circuit 1, so that. the sixth sunflower contact 20 is broken almost instantly after it is made, it is quite important that circuit 98 shall not be broken by relay 22 until after driver 42 has been moved to the full extent of its travel by magnet 45. The spring con- For simplicity I have shown the various detents of the selecting bars operated by electro-maguetic means corresponding to neutral relays. Inpractice, however, I prefer to operate said detents by electro-magnetic means corresponding to polar relays, and have illustrated this in Fig. 14. In thisfigure I have shown one selecting bar, 26, and one detent magnet therefor, 15, said magnet arranged with opposite poles on opposite sides of the detent armature, as is common in polar relays, said armature being polarized by a magnet 116. Relay 22 has, besides the contacts 118 and 117 an tacts 95 and 97' ofcircuit 98, a contact spring 117 normallyin contact with a stop'11-8', bat arranged to be separated therefrom= by an armature hook 119 when the armature is at tracted. Magnet 15 has coils in a locaicircuit controlled by sunflower contact 10,-as in Fig. (i, but has also opposing: restoring coils inacircuit 120- assmg through eon d through sixth-pulse sunflower cont-act 20; It will be seen that when the sixth-pulse contact 20 is first com pleted and relay 22 energized, circuit 120 is broken as circuit 98 is completedpand'thatwhen contact 20 is again-broken and relay 22 denergized, circuit 120is-closedascircuit 98 is broken atrelay- 22, said circuit 120 then acting to restore the armatures of magnet 15* and the other similar 'detent magnets to normal position. It will be understood that the arrangement shown in Fig. 141: contemplates the same numberofselecting bars and detent magnets as shown-in Fig. 6, circuit 120 passing in series through all 'ofthem and thence to ground. But for convenience have shown only one detent 'magnet in )ne of the character bars-'36, designated as 36 in Fig. 13, corresponds to the spacekey of an ordinary typewriter, and is not connected to any type-bar action 47, but instead operates a pivoted lever 47 adapted to engage the universal spacingbar 49 in the same manner that the corresponding parts of the type-bar actions enge and op-' crate saidspacing-bar 4.9 to operate the escapement mechanism. This samecharacter bar 36" is used to effect the return of the basket or bank of type-baractions from upper case position. To this end said bar 36, when drawn :torward, operates a contact device 121-122, thereby closing a circuit 123 in which the-release magnet 73 is included.

What I claim is 1. A printing tele raph comprising in combination a series 0% selector bars, selector magnets cont rolling the same, character bars controlled by said selector bars,- dro mechanism comprising a drop ma-gnet an means operated thereby controlling engagement of said character bars and selector: bars, aprinting magnet and means operated thereby for operating a selected character bar, and selecting means for said magnets comprising'a sunflower and a separator relay and'circu-its controlling said selector magnets, drop magnet and'print-ingmagnet, means causm the drop magnet to operate in advance 0% operation of the rmting magnet, and means controlled direct y by the sunflower causing the action oft-he dro magnet to be delayed;

2. A printing to egra h comprising in combination a series 0 'se ector bars, selector magnets controllingthe same, character bars controlled'by said selector barsfdropmechthe anismcomprising a drop magnet and-means itid drop magnet.

3. A printing tele raph comprising in combination -a,-serieso% selector bars, selector ma s controlling the same, character bars controlled by said selector bars, drop mechanism comprising adrop magnet and means operated thereby controlling engagementof said cliaracter bars and selector bars, a printingrma'gnet 'and mcansoperated thereby for operating aselected characterbar, and selooting Ineans'tor said selector magnets comprising a sunflower and a separator relay, and circuits: controlling said selector magnets,-drop magnet and printing magnet, a relay controlled by one of said sunflower circuits and controlling the circuit of the drop magnet, cont-act means operated by said drop magnet and controlling the circuit of the printing magnet, and contact means operatedby the printing magnet and controlling the cir'cuitwhiclrcontrols ,said drop ma et, a" restoring magnet and means operate thereby for restoring said selector bars, and a: circuit for said; restoring magnet. likewise controlled by the'contact' device operated by said printing magnet.

4:: A printing to eg-raph comprising in combination aseries of selector bars, means tending-.normallytomove same in one direction, detents normally-preventing such movement; magnets controlling said detents, restoring means' for said bars comprising a magnet and a reciprocating restormg membero rated thereby, charactermembers conti'oled' by said selector bars, printing meansoperated by said character members, selectin means for said detent magnets, and means" oroper-ating said restoring magnet.

5. A- printing: telegraph comprising in combination ar' series off-selector bars, means tending normally to movesame in one direction, detents 'normally'preventingsuch movement, magnets controlling sai detents, a magnet and means "operated thereby for restoring said selector bars, character members controlled by saidselector bars, printing means operated by said-character members, and selecting zmeansrfor said detent magnets, comprising: a sunflower having successively operated contacts for said detent magnets andmeans controlling said printing and restoring ma ets.

6. A printing telegraph comprising in combination a series of selector bars, means tending normally to move same in one direction, detents normally preventin such movement, magnets contro ling sai detents, a magnet and means operated thereby for restoring said selector bars, printing mechanism and means for operating same controlled by said selector bars and comprising a printing magnet, and selecting means for said detent magnets, comprising a sunflower having successively operated contacts for said detent magnets, means controlling said printing and restoring magnets, and'a separator relay. a

7. A printing telegraph comprising in combination a series of selector members, means comprising corresponding selector magnets for causing selected ones of said members to move to abnormal positions, character members controlled by said selector members, said selector members arranged by the movementof one or moreof them to an abnormal position to select any desired one of said character members for operation, means comprising a printing magnet for operatin the character member so selected, and contro means for said selector and printing magnets comprising a sunflower having successively operated contacts for said selector magnets, means preventing operation of the selector magnets by short line current pulses, and means for deferring operation of the printing magnet until after the selector member or members operated have completed the selection of a character member. 8. A printing telegraph comprising in .combination a series-of selector members,

means comprisin corresponding selector magnets for causing selected ones of said members to move to abnormal positions, character members controlled by said selector members, said selector members arranged by the movement of one or more of them to an abnormal position to select any desired one of said character members for operation,

means for operating the character member so selected, and control means for said selector magnets and character-member-operating-means comprising a sunflower having successively operated contacts for said selector magnets, means preventing operation of the selector magnets by short line current ulses, and means for prolonging the time or operation of the selected character member to embrace a portion of the time of operation of thesunflower during a subsequent selecting period.

9. printing telegraph comprisin "in combination a series of selector mem ers, means comprising corresponding selector magnets for causing selected ones of said members to move to abnormal positions, character members controlled by said selector members, said selector members arranged by the movement of one or more of them to an abnormal position to select any desired one of said character members for operation, means comprising a printing magnet for operating the character memberso selected, and control means for said selector and printing magnets comprising a sunflower having successively operated contacts for said selector magnets, a separator relay preventing operation of the selector magnets by short line current pulses, and means'for deferring operation 0 the printing magnet untilafter the selector member or members operated have completed the selection of a character member.

s 10. A printing telegraph comprisin in combination a series of selector mem ers, means comprising corresponding selector magnets for causing selected ones of said members to move to abnormal positions, character members controlled by said selector members, said selector members arranged by the movement of one or more of them to an abnormal position to select any desired one of said character members for operation, means for operating the character member. so selected, and control means for said selector magnets and character-memberoperating-means comprising a sunflower having successively operated contacts for said selector magnets, a separator relay preventing operation of the selector magnets by short llne current pulses, and means for prolon ing the time for operation of the selecte character member to embrace a portionof the time of operation of the sun flower during a subsequent selecting period.

11. A printing telegraph comprising in combination a series of selector members, means comprising corresponding selector magnets for causing selected ones of said members to move to abnormal positions, character members controlled by said selector members, said selector members arranged by the movement of one or more of them to an abnormal position to select any desired one of said character members for operation, means comprising a printing magnet for operating the character member so selected, and control means for said selector and printing magnets comprising a sunflower having successively operated contacts for 'sald selector ma nets, means preventing operation of the se ector magnets by short line circuit pulses, and a relay conmembers to move to abnormal positions, character members controlled by said selector members, said selector members arranged by the movement of one or more of them to an abnormal position to select any desired one of said character members for operation, meansfor operating the character member so selected, and control means for said selector magnets and character-memberoperating-means comprising a sunflower having successively operated contacts for said selector magnets, means preventing operation of the selector magnets by short line current pulses, and a relay controlled by I said sunflower and controlling the means for operating the selected character member, and arranged to delay operation of said character member.

13, A printing telegraph comprising in combination a series of selector members, means comprising corresponding selector magnets for causing selected ones of said members to move to abnormal positions, character members controlled by said selector members, said selector members arranged by the movement of one or more of them to abnormal positionto select any desired one of said character members for operation, means comprising a printing mag; net for operating the character member so selected, and control means for said selector and printing magnets comprising a sunflower having successively. operated contacts for said selector magnets, means preventing operation of the-selector magnets by short line current pulses, and a relay controlled by said sunflower and arranged to prolong the time for operation of the printing magnet.

14. A printing telegraph comprising in combination a series of selector members, means comprising corresponding selector magnets for causing selected ones of said members to move to abnormal positions, character members controlled by said selector members, said selector members arranged by the movement of one or more of them to an abnormal position to select any desired one of said character members for operation, means for operating the character members so selected, and control means for said selector magnets and character-member operating-means comprising a sunflower having successively operated contacts for said selector ma nets, means preventing operation of the selector magnets by short line current ulses, and a relay controlled. by said sun owerand arranged to prolong the time for operation of the selected character member.

15. A printing telegraph comprising in combination a series of selector members, means comprising corresponding selector magnets for causing selected ones of said members to move to abnormal positions, character members controlled by said selector members, said selector members arranged by the movement of one or more of them to abnormal position to select any desired one of said character members for operation, means comprising a printing magnet for operating the character member so selected, and control means for said selector and printing magnets comprising a sunflower having successively operated contacts for said selector magnets, a separator relay preventing operation of the selector magnets by short line current pulses,'and a relay controlled by said suntlower and arranged to prolong the time for operation of the printmg magnet.

16. A printing telegraph comprising in combination a series of selector members, means comprising corresponding selector magnets for causing selected ones of said members to move to abnormal positions, character members controlled by said selector members, said selector members arranged by the movement of one or more of them to an abnormal position to select any desired one of said character members for operation, means for operating the character member so selected, and control means for said selector magnets and charactenmember-operating-means comprising a sunflower having successively operated contacts for said selector magnets, a separator relay preventing operation of the selector magnets by short line current pulses, and a relay controlled by said sunflower and arranged to prolong the time for operation of the selected character member.

17. A printing telegraph comprising in combination a series of selector members, means comprising corresponding selector magnets for caus ng selected ones of said members to move to abnormal positions, character members controlled by said selector members, said selector members arranged by the movement of one or more of them to an abnormal position to select any desired one of said character members for operation, means for operating the character member so selected, and control means for said selector magnets and charactermember-operating-means comprising a sunflower having successively operated contacts for said selector magnets, means preventing operation of the selector ma nets b short line current pulses, means or pro onging the time for operation of the selected character member to embrace a portion of the time of operation of the sunflower during a subsequent selecting period, and restoring means for said selector members.

18. A printing telegraph comprising in combination a series of selector members, means comprising corresponding selector magnets for causing selected ones of said members to move to ahnorn'ial positions,

character members controlled by said selecllitl) m L {on successively operated contacts for said selector magnets, means preventing operation of the selector magnets by short line current I pulses. means for prolonging the time for operatum of the selected character member to emb "ace a portion of the time of operation of the sunflower during a subsequent selecting period, and restoring means for said selector members controlled by the sunflower.

19. A printing telegraph comprising in combination a series of selector members, means comprising corresponding selector magnets for causmg selected ones of sand members to move to abnormal positions, character members controlled by said selector members, said selector members arranged by the movement of one or more of them to an abnormal position to select any desired one of said character members for operation, means for operating the character member so selected, and control means for said selector magnets and character-member-operating-means comprising a sunflower having successively operated contacts for said selector magnets. means preventing operation of the selector magnets by short line current pulses, means for prolonging the time for operation of the selected character member to embrace a portion of the time of operation of the sunflower during a subsequent selecting period, and restoring means for said selector members controlled by said means for operating the selected character member.

20. A printing telegraph comprising in combination a series of type bar actions comprising approximately upright operating levers, a series of character bars movable approximately horizontally and each connected to and arranged to operate the operating lever of one of said type bar actions, selecting means adapted to be operated automatically to select one of said character bars, and driving means arranged to engage and operate a selected character bar.

21. A printin'g telegraph comprising in combination a series of type bar actions comprising approximately upright operating levers, a series of character bars movable approximately horizontally and each connected to and arranged to operate the operating lever of one of said type bar actions, notched selector bars arranged beneath said character bars, means for adjusting the same selectively, a reciprocating driving member arranged to engage a selected character bar, and means for reciprocating said member.

22. A printing telegraph comprising in t -combination a series of longitudinally movable character bars, printing mechanism operated by certain of said bars, selecting means for selecting at will any one of said bars, a papel carrier, and paper feeding means therefor comprising a 'atchet, apawl therefor, an oscillatory pawl carrier, two bell cranks, a link connecting one such bell crank to the pawl carrier, the other bell crank connected'to one of said character bars, and a link connecting said bell cranks.

23. A printing telegraph comprising in con'ibination a series of longitudinally movable bars, pivoted type bars, a vertically movable support to which such type bars are pivoted, means connecting said character bars and said type bars, whereby longitudinal movement of a character bar operates the corresponding type bar, type shift means comprisin means operated by one of said character ars for raising the pivotal support of said type bars, a detent arranged to hold such pivotal support in such elevated position, and a magnet arranged to trip the detent.

24. A printing telegraph comprising in combination a carriage, means for feeding the same step by step comprising springactuated carriage-feed mechanism including an escapement, character members, selecting meansfor selecting at will any one of said members, power-storing carriage return means comprising ratchet mechanism and means operated concurrently with the feeding of said carriage to operate said ratchet mechanism, and a releasing device for said carriage return means controlled by said selecting means.

25. A printing telegraph comprising in combination a carriage, means for feeding the same step by step comprising sprin actuated carriage-feed mechanism inclu ing an escapement, character members, se-' lecting means for selecting at will any one of said members, power-storing carriage return means comprising a return spring, ratchet mechanism for winding the same, means including a ratchet clutch for communicating motlon from said spring to said carriage upon the release of the spring, and means operated concurrently with the feeding of the carriage to operate said ratchet mechanism, and a releasing device for said carriage return means controlled by said selecting means.

26. A printing telegraph comprisin in combination-a carriage, means for fee ing the same step by step comprising springactuated carriage-feed mechanism mclu mg an escapement, character members, selecting means for selecting at will any one of said members, power-storing carriage return means comprising a return spring, means including a ratchet clutch for communicating motion from said spring to said carriage upon the release of said spring, said ratchet clutch arranged to slip during winding of said spring, ratchet mechanism for winding said spring, and means operated.

concurrently with the feeding of the carria e for operating said ratchet mechanism,

spring-actuated carriage-feed mechanism ineluding an escapement, a series of character bars connected to and arranged to operate corresponding ones of said series of type bar actions, a spacing bar arranged to operate said carriage-feeding means, a driver for.

said character bars and spacing bar, and se- 20 lectin means controlling engagement of said 0 aracter bars and spacing bar by said driver. i

p In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN C. BARCLAY.

Witnesses B. STEIN, C. A, VAN 'BRUN'r.

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