US955789A - Recording mechanism. - Google Patents

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.v GEE. W. GARDNER. RECORDING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 27, 1908.

955,789, Patented Apr. 19, 1910.

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RECORDING MECHANISM. APPLICATION FILED JULY 27, 1908.

Patented Apr. 19,1915

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REGORDING MECHANISM.

YAPPLIGATIOB FILED JULY 27, 190B.

Patented Apr, 19, 1910 I a SKEETSSHEET a HHHHH \HHHHHIHD- wi/tmadw A riers support series of numbered type which trated them in the accompanyin drawing asrespeciallycbnstructed and a apt/ed for addin machines of the characten illustrated =J r;, No. 763,692.

' ried in one direction by springs s, and in the other direction by a cam V,'as in'the said following 'is a specification. I

r are brought into printin line b the proper adjustment of the cai'ri ers andythen'oper 7 cating-anyffdesired item, and' when desired to enable themechanism "to'be divided so as t print n independent"sections,"all as. set

forth hereinafterand asiillustrated in the Figure 1 i ustrates one :form in which'my nnproved recording mechanism may be made an the parts arran Fig. 3 isa m f thedetents looking in-theidirection of the arrow, 2 Fi -'le vers each r'vided withaseries of num-" that limit the movement of blades S, conthe carriers only after the keys are set, and

$TAT SP ENT-.oFn on onizin- E. w. O ANGE "NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNQR, ro- PIKE ADDING I macnngrn' comm; capitalism-NE a Rs z-fn CORPORATION or NEW-JERSEY.

Be it'known that I, m,- a" citizen of the United States,

vented; certain new and use Improve ments 1n Recording Mechanism, of which the My invention relates to recordingappa ratus, and more-especially. to that class of recording apparatus in'which series of carated bysuitable strikers orhammersto se-v cure the desirediimprint, and m invention consists in' certain featurescom ined with the carriers and hammers -ito'ins'ure. the" proper operations of the' hammers at the proper-time, the print" of"ci-' hers automatlcally at the right o thef fipgures indi accompanyl (drawing, in which:

showing the same arra'n ged in respect to the keys in an adding machine; Fig. 2 shows ed m-a different position; cation; and Fig.4 IS a view .5 a plan View of Fig. 4:; Fig. 6 is a deta'; perspective view of the parts shown in Figs. 4 and 5. 1

. While the parts of my apparatus may be constructed in difierent ways, I have illus-' tters Patent to W. Pike, The carriers A, as shown, are pivoted bered type which are'movably supported in the carriers, as.-in the Pike .addin machine, and the carriers may be set in iflerent positions by the adjustment of keys Q,

neeted with thecarriers andwhich-arecar- Pike machine, the springs s acting to shift v s ciflcat ion oflletters Iateiit. Patefitd r v n ncanonaiea ra s-1, 1908. Serial na masas;

.- above a platen X.

with eac Yofaspring u.'

after the'carrie'r has'been'moved to" to-bring the -pro er type to figure type I to' position wherebythe release of-the enga ing hook: of the 'detentand after such -=movement,- and' therefore when 'erating the retainer-consists of a roller K,

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a; type being brought into --printing"lin'e Coacting withea'chcarrier a hammer B, swinging upon ashaft 1, and 'coactitg carrier and hammer-is. a'detent the d'etent having a hook' a'da ted to engage ,60

a hook on the haminertolhold it .in its posi-' tiona-way-from ,the'ty e,ft0ward which-it maybethrown when re easedby the action. 7

The release of each effectedposition and, while the etents-may ,sw un g' shifted to effect this result from any mo.

part of the apparatus, I have shown-ea; 1

deteht as provided with'iailowerextended;

arm having ai'rollerG,'adapted to make con i I tact with a shoulder a, on the carrier, upon- I suflicient mov'ement .of the latter'lto carry, a

hammer is ehectedj Y Y i Inasmuch asit is not desirable hammers B should descend during the movements of the carriers, I provide an ad of a blade, carried byarms hung toa shaft d, which blade extends across all of the hammers and is only'shifted out of retaining position after all of the carriers have been set to printing osition, and whenthe retainer is then shi ted "such hammers as have been "released by the withdrawal of their detents will be'allowed to' descend and effect the desired imprint in connection with the type that are inv printing line, i v

While the detents Care swung at the time of the movement of the carriersto printin p'ositionythe retainer is not shifted nut 95. the detents" are operated'directly from the carriers the reta ner isfoperated froma working shaft P. One means of thus opbearing upon an 'arm- 15,- connected to the .shaft d,'-'said roller wcarried by an armfI-I,

pivoted to the side frame of the apparatus and connected by a link Ml to an arm R; on the shaft B, these parts being so: arranged and timed thatafter the carriersjhave been moved, to printing position,-theroller K will be brought against a swell or shoulder of, and will thereby move the arm E to rock rinting'- line:-

thatthe ditional detent or. retainer D, in the'shap'e the shaft 3 aiid carry the retaining blade away from the hammers.

Each detent C is connected with a. spring k,'which tends to carry the hoqk'of the detent into engagement with that of the hammer; and it will be evident that where the detents are operated from the carriers A,

- "the-hooks or the detents would'again, be brought mto engagement' with those of the 10 hammers after the carriers moved away from the rollers G, unless the tails ofthe carriers beyond the shoulders a were unduly rolonged. To avoid the necessity of thus engthenm these tails I provide means whereby a er the detent'sare swung away from the'ha'mmers they cannot, return until the-printing operation is affected and the partsrestoredto position. For this purpose.

provide each hammer with two bearings or shoulders 'w, g ,'the retaining blade being normally upon the shoulder y, but being the-roller G, so that'thehammer is per- .mittedto swing to a limited extent, but;

- sufiicientto-car its hook to such a height I thatthe hook o the detent C cannot again flengagethe-s'amea when the carrier passesof the retainer from: the shoulder w,- releasfrom theroller G, the subsequent movement ing the hammer. After the printing operafftion is efi'ec ted the hammers must be raised 'toa'ino'rmal f position,- which is efi'ected by. means Ora. frame F 'ngupon a. cross-T- v. 'Ibar' f and carrying a jro er' 'o'atthe lower -end on which'bearsan-arm-L of the shaft P,

v and 7 a" -cross-bar 'N4 at the upper ,end which extends beneaththe hammers and 3; A U tendsfto hold the -ai'I n- E against the roller K, and-a spring 6 swingsthe frame Fto maintain its roller 0 in .con-

In order -to record automatically ciphers tact with'the arm L.

} at the right of the'figureswhichare printed in an item (the-term figure as herein emplo'yednotincluding the"cipher) I make," use of overlappin tails 2, uponthe de- :tents C, so that -w en the detent is swung insuch case being norma to release its associated hammer the tail of the. said-detent willact upon the next detent at the-right, and this upon the next, and so on, to move all of. the detents at the ri ht of the one first adjusted to release of the hammers at the rilgh't, the carriers y set to bring the, cipher type in position-to print, or, as

- eration of the machine.

in the Pike machine, bein moved'one step from normal position to ring the cipher type into printing position on the first op- Whatever maybe the arrangement in this respect, I provide means whereby the transfer. of movement :contact with an automatically .from'one detent. to the other may be .prevented at any'desired point. To.

this end the overlapping tails z 0 not extend from one retainer to thevother, but simply extend far enough to make contact with an adjustable bearing J frictionally secured upon the next detent, said bearin bei'ng'shown in the form of a lever pivote to the detent in such position that it may be swungiout of position andwhen so'swun will afl'ordno contact point for the tail 0 the adjacent detent an no movement will therefore be imparted from one to the other.

It will be evident that an equivalent-for the shoulders 'v, w on the hammers would be shoulders on the retainer to allow a preliminary short-:movement of the hammers before releasing them. see Fig. 3. "Without limiting-myself to the construction and arrangement shown, I claim:

1. The combination in a recording mechanism of a series of movable type carriers,

a hammer to' each carrier,*a getent to each hammer and carrier, and 'mea s -for shitt'tng the detention the movement of its associa carrier, a retainer ior all the hammers, and

'meansifor shifting. it from retaining position after thecarriers are in printing os1-. tion, and adjustable bearings s'upporte 'on the detents between the same for the purpose setforth. 2. The combinatio'n'in a recording mechanism of a series of hammers, a detent for f each hammer, a' SellESOftYPB carriers each provided with a (proj ection arran ed to make retainer for the hammers, and means or e e shifting-it out of retaining position after serves to' elevate them; when theframe F 1s swung'in the, direction of its arrow, Fig.

the carriers arein printing position.-

e carriers, series of hammers and series 0 etents for said hammers, of means for shifting the detents out of. detaining position on the movement of eachcarrier, a retainer, and two separated bearlngs therefor 'oneach hammer, vmeans for shifting the retainer from onebearing'to the other to permit a shift the 858001313041 detent on the movement of the carrier, and a sin le' 10: 3; The combination in a recording mechanism and-with series of movable t for shifting' the retainer away from the, a

second bearing after the-carriers arein printing position.

4.'In a" recording mechanism, the combination of a series of movable ty e carriers, series of hammersand-series of etents, and

' a retainer for all of the hammers, and opcrating means, with bearings for theretainerarranged to permit the hammers to be carried to a position to obstruct the renga enient of the detents and hammers after t e carriers have passed away from the detents.

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series of hammers serie of detents, and mers without'releasing the smn before the 2;. retalner for all oflthe hammers, and. 0pmovements of the earners are completd. 1.0

rating means and'flifierent bearings upon In testimony whereof I affix my signature the hammers all-narl anged to permit a limitin presence of two Witnesses.

ed InOvmentofth hammers rpreventing r- CLYDE E. GARDNER engagement of the detents. therewith after ,Witnesses:

the carriers have'passe'd from the detents i J HN- T. LANGIidRNE,

I to permit a limited moveime nf of'the .haln- Q EDMUND-G. LANG-HORNE.

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