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US963213A
US963213A US30056806A US1906300568A US963213A US 963213 A US963213 A US 963213A US 30056806 A US30056806 A US 30056806A US 1906300568 A US1906300568 A US 1906300568A US 963213 A US963213 A US 963213A
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  • Fig.- 2 is a front elevationot same, partly in'section, the section .
  • Y y Figure. 1 represents; a. plan view'of the rebeingtaken on l ne II-II' of Fig. -1.
  • Fig. 3 represents; a. plan view'of the rebeingtaken on l ne II-II' of Fig. -1.
  • FIG. 7 is a cross-section taken on line VI'VI of Fig. ⁇ 7, showing a shifting-lever forming- 7 isa-side-elevation ⁇ ofsastylus and a circuit-breaker empart of the invention.
  • FIG. 13 elevation of-a contact device-and one of-the circuit-breakers employed on the transmitter.
  • Fig. 14 an enlarged broken inverted plan view-of the stylus;
  • tie-rods 4' (:Q1 1n eeting the upper portions of said side-plates.
  • i 5 designates a pair of brackets seeuredto the forward edges of said side-plates for the. reception of aghaft 6 carrying a roll of'pa perv T-upon which Specification of Letters Patent. 1
  • Roller 8 9, thence over a platen-10 and "between 'a feed-rollers :11 12
  • Roller 8 is'jour- 2 and its lower portion solution eon tainedin a receptacle'-13--so that whensaid portion'ofthe solution'upwardl'y and'sat u-rate the paper therewith.
  • Roller-"8 'is turned, in order tostart the paper bet'w n- 1 6 it and roller 9, by m an of a -WW? fixed to one end of the shaft carrying'gaid f roller8.
  • the solution is evenly distribiited throughout the paper,
  • roller 9 whieh bearing? 14- -pivotall'y secured to the side,- plates' 'y-screws'l15.
  • .16 designates Whiehrest ,upon'bearmgs 14 and are provided with notches l7 engaging studs 18 pro eating upwardly from the bearings. for the of retaining the ends of thesp'ring
  • The' tension of spring 16 is regu-' purpose thereon.
  • a thumb-screw 19 extending downw ardly through a threaded aperture in a rod 20 and bearing against thecentral portion of the spring, -By'adjusting said thumbserew upwardlyor downwardly it is obvious that the pressure of roller 9 upon. the paper may be regulated as desired.
  • Roller 11 is provided at its ends with'rve'rselydisposed ratchet-wheels 21. 22, the former of which is engaged by a pawl 23 pivotally secured to the lowe'narm 24 of an irregular shaped lever consisting of said fixed upon ar'oek-shaft- 27.
  • Arm 25 is pivota'lly secured to the iipper end of a "connecting-rod 28, )ivotally secured at: its lower end to the p unger 29 of asolenoid 30 so that when the latteris-energized-by electrical impulses, as hereinafter described, said plunger 'will be drawn downwardly,- and through the insti'nmentnlity of the irregulared lever and paw .23 tl'u'n'ralvliet vheel thus interinit tently feeding the" )aper as each line of the telegram is prin hereon.
  • roller 11 is 25 26-said lever being The free end.
  • Pin 35 projects" ortmg saadenlar on ⁇ : the lowereil -of atrip-lever '36 fixed ,aetuat'edand to'throw pin- -down- 22, pawl 23 and :detent 32 constitute feeding .mechanismyfor moving the paer forwardlyesctlmp by step eachtinie the so enoid 1s WhenTlthe solenoid is denergized its arts off the feeding echa'nisxn are restore to normal by means Qfja crank-arm 37, fixed to one end of shaft ilownward movement.
  • - designates a. stylus consisting of a 40 cross' -head- 41, a bracket 44 secured to said cross-head,- a pair of'typ'c-a'rms 45 46 iv- .oted to'said bracketfand pins 49 and springs for normallyressing the character-bearterminals 0 the type-arms toward the i 45 paper.
  • -Said'. arms are provided at the un- 5 5 5 l'lndcrsidespl aten 10. Arms 45 46.; which are dersideo'f their 'free terminals with characters 47 48 ,Pins 49 and springs 50 are arrangedin counterbores 51 in the cross-head, as shown in Fig.3.
  • Cross-head 41 consists so of nonconducting material;arra11ged to slideto and fro upon a pair-of guide-rods 4242, secured at t eir', ends toblocks of noncon'-' tducting material 43, fixed to the inner surf facelof thejzs'ideplates. and carrying attheir separated by insulating material a, are held ffrom"' lateral movement ,by guide-pins 52 depending from the underside of .the' crosshead and extending through openings 53in said arms. .
  • the character-bearing ends'of arms45 46 are raised from the paper after I eaclfliti'e has been printed, so that said paper n move forward the distance 0 am other line, bymezms'pf inclined arms 54.
  • Nut '56 is'providedat its endswith lugs 62 which are alternately ,80 'worms' by a shifting-lever 63, 'fuljc'rumedf upon screw'6l andpro'vided with eccentric- Y shoulders 64 that, alternately"engage-[two :pins 65 depending fromnut seand' thus shift the latter-so that-its lugs will alter nately engage theworms; as above-men ,tioned'. After .the nut; has been shifted into engagement withfone of.
  • bot the paperfeeding mechanism and the nut shiftmg mechanism are'siniultaneously o eratedby solenoid 30, rocker shaft 27-, an the" parts ,eonnected thereto, although the parts are so disposedwdrnis beforeengagingthe other the ends l v of their threads are alternatelyarrangedas shown'in Fi".
  • 82 designates a frame sen v fth si ep tesv 86, IQESignates a' feed-table secured. tothe -87 'l mjving transverse rdws of perf0ratioi1s H sti'idlsheet is drawn across,'tl1e sar ne by two,
  • head may eon- Reierring n0w to lithe transmitter shown consisting of side plates 83 83, a base 84 ,ers' 107T. normally held upon sheetSTby a ,tions 88am], contact wlthcomluetors 8990 as the. cross-head moves to and froover'said 'sheet 87.
  • roller 91 is'journaled in the side plates'antl rotated step by stepv-bymeansof over-sheet '37. After nut 56? reuehes/the end 'of one worm it is thrown into-en ⁇ rage ment i'vlth the oy'iposlugworm by shifting stuntially" so, "withithe corresponding parts ti'esrods uniting the upper portion 5; .lV'orrns-lfl 10521175 dt'it en by it motor,-.n0t
  • the perforiitions-ai'e of yarinhle' lengths and i those in one row arez ii-lternately arranged with reference to -the'perforations in the ad-- jitcent row so that-whencontact 106 is pass;
  • leVerGZ-l which is :ilternutelythrewn in op'- thence to gliide lmrl42and to said arm 4-67 head 41 w ll he so-timed that i iheet 87-will he" moved forwardly one step as the cross- The "current; then returnsto battery I 1'; through platonfltl, tyne-minim, :1 cireui-twire (l, guide-hair 42, a -eix 'euit-wire ll to ground, and thence through eireult-wn'es A J ing said type-arm 45 .to print a" character '1 raised above said sheet bya' pairiof inclined 2Q forwardly onestep in corde'r to-b'ring thetwo.
  • the current f then returns to battery Q through platen-10, type-arm.46,
  • circuitbreaker P The c osinglof circuit-breakers. I; and? and circuit-wire 1H to ground. Itwillthen returnto"-:battery G- -.thr ough circuit.
  • 5 yer may more ifor vard ,anotheigstep.
  • 'telegraplr apparatus a receiving and-recording instrument consistlng of space 4 ins; mechanism, suitztbly prepared paper adapted to be fed step-by step by said spacins: niechanisim-a stylus, means for transjmltting. electrical mpulses to said stylus, mechanlsm for propell ng-said stylus,'shifting mechanism carried by the, stylus for al- 8 carried? back and forth Y 5 l 6.
  • a receiving-i and recording instrument consisting of a stylus including one or more type-arms, resilient'means for forcing the type into contact with thejpaper to be printed upon, warms for propelling said stylus, shifting mechanism carried by the stylus for alter-' natel engaging the adjacent sides of said worm and means for actuating said shifting mechanism.
  • a receiving and recording instrument consisting of a stylus, worms for propelling said stylus, shifting mechanism carried by the stylus for alternately en aging the acent side of said worms, and el ectricalicy-controlled means for actuating said shifting mechanism.
  • a receiving and recording instrument consisting of a stylus including one or more type-arms, resilient means for forcing the type into contact with the paper to be )rinted upon, Worms for propelling said sty us, a shiftingnut carried by the stylus for alternately engaging the adjacent side of said worms, and means for actuating said shifting-nut.
  • a receiving and recording instrument consisting of a stylus, Worms for propelling said stylus, a
  • a stylus consisting of a cross-head slidably mounted,
  • a receiving and recording instrument consisting of mechanism for feeding paper step by step
  • I a stylus, type-arms forming part of said (ill stylus and adapted to rest upon the paper, propelling mechanism for carrying the stylus back and forth over the paper, and arms for raising the type-arms from the paper as the latter moves forwardly.
  • a receiving 21nd,,recording instrument consisting of a stylus including one or more type-arms, re-
  • a receiving and recording instrument consisting of mechanism for feeding paper step by step.
  • a receiving and recording instrument consisting of a stylus, means for propelling said stylus, shifting mechanism for reversing the movements of the stylus, means for actuating said shifting mechanism, circuit-breakers in circuit with said means and a puslrbar carried by the stylus for alternately closing said circuit-breakers.
  • a feeding mechanism for feeding paper step by step consisting of a pair of rollers forming part of said feeding mechanism, reversely-disposed ratchet-wheels fixed to one of said rollers, a pawl engaging one of said ratchetwheels, a lever carrying said pawl, a solen oid for actuating said lever, means for energizing said solenoid, and a detent forengaging the other ratchet-wheel.
  • a telegraph apparatus a transmitter consisting of mechanism for feeding a perforated sheet forwardly step by step, conductors over which said sheet is drawn, a cross-head, means for propelling said. cross-head, shifting mechanism for reversing the movements of said cross-head, and contact devices carried by the cross-head, adapted to pass through the perforations and alternately close a main circuit by contacting with said conductors, in'combination ,With chemically treated )aper, a stylus in circuit with the contact evices, means for propelling the stylus over said paper, shifting mechanism for reversing the movements of the stylus, solenoids for actuating the shifting mechanisms, local circuits in which said solenoids are arranged, relays for closing said local circuits, circuit-bi-mkers in cm'cuit with said relays, and push-bars car-1 ried by the cross-head and the stylus for alternately closing said clrcult-breahers.

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R. L. DEAN.
TELEGRAPH APPARATUS.
APPLICIATION FILED FEB. 12, 1906.
Patented July 5,1910.
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Patented July 5, 1910.
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DEAN.- TELEGRAPH APPARATUS.
.APPLIGATION FILED P131312, 1906.
Patented'July 5, 1910.
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R. L. DEAN.
TELEGRAPH APPARATUfi.
APPLIOATLON FILED FEB. 12, 1906.
Patented July 5, 1910.
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- TELEGRAPH APPARATUS.
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. e-L H citizeniofg the United States, residing at Kan- Bosnia-r jLJf EA'N,
To c o'mem: r
known that 1, ROBERT L. DEAN, :a
Qity,; i nthe oounty ot J aekson and State of l\li ssouri,,have invented-certain new and usefull-lmprovements .in Tel transmitted over .a single. line-wire 'aT dautorL.
ceivingand recording.: :'instrument i'forming part'fo'f,theflipparatus. Fig.- 2 is a front elevationot same, partly in'section, the section .My invention relates to improvements in appa raltns for transmitting, receivingand recording telegrams; and myobj'ect is to pro-1 videjgapparatusg-whereby qnessages may be niatieally;;-printed= inpage-form. Y y Figure. 1 represents; a. plan view'of the rebeingtaken on l ne II-II' of Fig. -1. Fig. 3
is a wertieal transverse section taken on line 'IIIQ-IH of Fig. 4 is a broken trans-- verse; s --.cti o11 taken on line IV-IV of'Fig.
1, .Fig, -5 isa broken side View of said rerecording instrument. Fig. 6
is a cross-section taken on line VI'VI of Fig. {7, showing a shifting-lever forming- 7 isa-side-elevation {ofsastylus and a circuit-breaker empart of the invention. Fi
ployedgin earrying out 'the invention. Fig.-
13 elevation of-a contact device-and one of-the circuit-breakers employed on the transmitter. Fig. 14: an enlarged broken inverted plan view-of the stylus;
- @Referring first to the receiving and record ing instrument which,.f0r convenience, I will to as the receiver, --1- desig-' nates" a frame consisting ofside-plates 2, a base 3 upon whiehsaid plates are mounted,
hereinafter refer and tie-rods 4' (:Q1 1n eeting the upper portions of said side-plates. I
i 5 designates a pair of brackets seeuredto the forward edges of said side-plates for the. reception of aghaft 6 carrying a roll of'pa perv T-upon which Specification of Letters Patent. 1
egraphs Appa .ratus,=of which the following is a specificaforwardly,*by'ibller"8 latter journaled ina pair of bell-crank lated by a vertical transverse arm 24' and farmsslurp 2land roller 11 step by step,
- of. pawl 23 the teethof ratchet-wheel 21 as it more the the telegrams are to printed. The free end of said paper 1s passed between a pair of distributing rollers a detent 32 which air of naled 1n side-plates 1s submerged in a; chemical roller'is rotated-by the paper it will carry a Patented J ly 5",1919. Application filed February '12, 1906. Seria1 No.300, 568.
I' STATES 'oFFieE,
or KANsAsorrY, MISSOURI, assienon BY ivrssnnfassronmnn'rs,
8 9, thence over a platen-10 and "between 'a feed-rollers :11 12 Roller 8 is'jour- 2 and its lower portion solution eon tainedin a receptacle'-13--so that whensaid portion'ofthe solution'upwardl'y and'sat u-rate the paper therewith. Roller-"8 'is turned, in order tostart the paper bet'w n- 1 6 it and roller 9, by m an of a -WW? fixed to one end of the shaft carrying'gaid f roller8. The solution is evenly distribiited throughout the paper,
and roller 9,"whieh bearing? 14- -pivotall'y secured to the side,- plates' 'y-screws'l15.
.16 designates Whiehrest ,upon'bearmgs 14 and are provided with notches l7 engaging studs 18 pro eating upwardly from the bearings. for the of retaining the ends of thesp'ring The' tension of spring 16 is regu-' purpose thereon.
a thumb-screw 19 extending downw ardly through a threaded aperture in a rod 20 and bearing against thecentral portion of the spring, -By'adjusting said thumbserew upwardlyor downwardly it is obvious that the pressure of roller 9 upon. the paper may be regulated as desired.-
' Roller 11 is provided at its ends with'rve'rselydisposed ratchet-wheels 21. 22, the former of which is engaged by a pawl 23 pivotally secured to the lowe'narm 24 of an irregular shaped lever consisting of said fixed upon ar'oek-shaft- 27. Arm 25 is pivota'lly secured to the iipper end of a "connecting-rod 28, )ivotally secured at: its lower end to the p unger 29 of asolenoid 30 so that when the latteris-energized-by electrical impulses, as hereinafter described, said plunger 'will be drawn downwardly,- and through the insti'nmentnlity of the irregulared lever and paw .23 tl'u'n'ralvliet vheel thus interinit tently feeding the" )aper as each line of the telegram is prin hereon.
is prevented from d isenga gi 1 g latter by a segmental guide 31. Roller 11 is 25 26-said lever being The free end.
as the latter mo"es I ios prevented from moving more than-one step at a time by means of ratchet-\vheel 22 and latter is drawn downwardly lntoengagement with said ratchetahdcertain wheel, toyengage its following tootln by means of a" retractileispring 33. .Dete'nt 32 is normally held .outlot engagement with "ratchet-wheel 22' by -means 'of its enlarged -forward "end-34 and a'pin 35 normally supedi'end. Pin 35 projects" ortmg saadenlar on}: the lowereil -of atrip-lever '36 fixed ,aetuat'edand to'throw pin- -down- 22, pawl 23 and :detent 32 constitute feeding .mechanismyfor moving the paer forwardlyesctlmp by step eachtinie the so enoid 1s WhenTlthe solenoid is denergized its arts off the feeding echa'nisxn are restore to normal by means Qfja crank-arm 37, fixed to one end of shaft ilownward movement. of the unger." The top-pinsj13940 projecting fromjthe adjacent Ro iler l2 is journaled in-a pair of bell"- crank bearings-14 (pivoted to the side plates A likebearings 14, are pi'essed downwardly -to* hold-roller 12 in 5'0 frietionfllcon i e v by means 35 urating t of albow ring 16, the tension of which is ."regulated. y a thumb-screw 19 extending through'the threaded aperture of a rod 20 Havin'g lthus'describedthe means for sate paper andmechanism for feeding the same step by step, I will now proceed to describe the mechanism for printing gramslthereonlin page form;
- designates a. stylus consisting of a 40 cross' -head- 41, a bracket 44 secured to said cross-head,- a pair of'typ'c-a'rms 45 46 iv- .oted to'said bracketfand pins 49 and springs for normallyressing the character-bearterminals 0 the type-arms toward the i 45 paper. -Said'. arms are provided at the un- 5 5 l'lndcrsidespl aten 10. Arms 45 46.; which are dersideo'f their 'free terminals with characters 47 48 ,Pins 49 and springs 50 are arrangedin counterbores 51 in the cross-head, as shown in Fig.3. Cross-head 41 consists so of nonconducting material;arra11ged to slideto and fro upon a pair-of guide-rods 4242, secured at t eir', ends toblocks of noncon'-' tducting material 43, fixed to the inner surf facelof thejzs'ideplates. and carrying attheir separated by insulating material a, are held ffrom"' lateral movement ,by guide-pins 52 depending from the underside of .the' crosshead and extending through openings 53in said arms. .The character-bearing ends'of arms45 46 are raised from the paper after I eaclfliti'e has been printed, so that said paper n move forward the distance 0 am other line, bymezms'pf inclined arms 54.
:54 projecting from-blocks 43 and provided ape shaft 27.;through 'which said lever is 'wardlygiout bf engagement with the detent- Thus the feed-rollers 11 12, ratchet-wheels 56 "and a screw 61,1which'latter extends thrown in and out of engagement with the 7 and a retractile-spring 38 which latter is cgpauded tsee dotted.lines F i 5), at each movement, of crank-arm 37 ..1s' limited by;
" .movedacross the paper to printla line there-- telewith pointed ends 55 55" which engage .the
underside of pins w and raise the latter. with. the ar'ms,as:shown' in Fig. 7. 'Crosshead 41 is moved to and fro from oneiside' of the paper to theetherby means of a shiftin nut 56 and a-pair of worms 57 58. Nut 56 1s slidably arranged between'stops 59 projecting u'pwardl from a plate 60 {secured to the upper si eof thecross-head,-the'move-, ments ofsaidnut being limited by its slot downwardly into plate 60 and holds the nut in position thereon. 1 Nut '56 is'providedat its endswith lugs 62 which are alternately ,80 'worms' by a shifting-lever 63, 'fuljc'rumedf upon screw'6l andpro'vided with eccentric- Y shoulders 64 that, alternately"engage-[two :pins 65 depending fromnut seand' thus shift the latter-so that-its lugs will alter nately engage theworms; as above-men ,tioned'. After .the nut; has been shifted into engagement withfone of. .the worms it is re liably held in engagement therewith, until 'it reaches/the opposite-end ofwthe worm- .thread, by one of the shoulders 66 engag-ff ing one-ofthe pins 65 (see Fig. 6),. Shift-3f. ing-lever 63- is alternately actuated by arms 67 68 pivotally securedfto blocks 43. j Arm 67 is actuated by the irregular-shaped-lever through the instrumentality-of aieonnecting-z bar 69, and arm 68 is actuated by trip-lever f 36 through the instrumentality of econmeeting-bar 70... Afterthe "s'tylus has' been;-
. on the' nut will be .shiftedinto engagement 1 with the. opposite worm-thread preparatory to carrying the stylusbackafter sa d paper 1 I has been-moved forwardly one'stepfl i 9.
From the foregoin description itwill be- 5 understood that bot the paperfeeding mechanism and the nut shiftmg mechanism are'siniultaneously o eratedby solenoid 30, rocker shaft 27-, an the" parts ,eonnected thereto, although the parts are so disposedwdrnis beforeengagingthe other the ends l v of their threads are alternatelyarrangedas shown'in Fi". 1.- v :Theelectnqal im ul ses for energizing the solenoid are'tlmed y'c-ircuit-breakers V, P, cM, and'I, carried by both the receiver and the transmitter, and push-bars, hereinafter 130 that the'paper will-cometo rest beforethe-L which latter -project;,ittirn. blocks 43. Bell-1 frorn contact tel'lnir'ials 77 (-see' diagram" 7 its ends-Ito the cross-head an forwardly step by step.
nat ely closed by a push bar extending v through the. cross-head. to which itl is yieldtinuelto move toward the latter until'the nut reaches the end of the actuating worm,
in igs. 11 l2 and .13, 82 designates a frame sen v fth si ep tesv 86, IQESignates a' feed-table secured. tothe -87 'l mjving transverse rdws of perf0ratioi1s H sti'idlsheet is drawn across,'tl1e sar ne by two,
i the-underside ofbloeks 94 94'? consisting of I v 'f-none'ondueting material .fixed to the "side, paratusa- A designates a circuit-wire one T a ratchet-wheel and'a pawl 96. Rat het- *wheel 95' is fixedto therouer while pawl 96 i's'QpiV'otally'seeured'to the :arm 97 of ,an
.105 journaled in the side plates for the purpose of; moving the cross-head to and fro --p'esite direetions hv arms 6.7 (38pivoted to Jhleeks 94 94, respectively, Said arms are indirectly connected .to solenoid 102 s6 that the movement of teerl rollers Q1 92 and erossileseribed, Ci cuit-breakers v, P, are s2; cured tp-end' plates 2, end consis't ef-hellcranlelevers' 76 and' contaetl term nals 77 head momentarily pauses at the end of each worm'. e
cross-head; lThe free ends'of said contact.
their'lower ends have eountei'weights 79 for {devices flare provided awith zintifrietion -rollnormally holding their upper-terminfils away;
F ig.' 11 (lireuit hneakerslv, P areialteringly seeured by a eoil-spring'Bl secured at circuit-breekers 1 the cross: head may eon- Reierring n0w to lithe transmitter shown consisting of side plates 83 83, a base 84 ,ers' 107T. normally held upon sheetSTby a ,tions 88am], contact wlthcomluetors 8990 as the. cross-head moves to and froover'said 'sheet 87.
side plates by screws 109. The free ends of thepu'shtbar. r "Roller;92 is-mounted inla pait of-belh" .lhus. \'\fl 1en suid pi'ish-hareloses oneof the, :erank bearings 10j8 pivotally securedto the bearings 10 8- fare-pressed downwardly, in. order to hold roller QQ'firmlyin contact with sheeflSZ-by' rneans 'of a bow-spring the I tension of which is. 1 eg1ilated:l')y athumbscrew. 111. extending hronghthe-threaded upon which said side plates are mounted, apertureof ti rodl'lg side; plates for V supporting-1i sheet of paper'f 88 arranged in pairs,- e;i ch pair' heing spaeed' to register witl1 two conduetors 89 90 as feed'rollers" 91 92 Conductors 89:' .'9 O a ie se a'iated throughouttheir length by a strip 0 noneonducting material 93.:md secured to.
plates. Roller 91 is'journaled in the side plates'antl rotated step by stepv-bymeansof over-sheet '37. After nut 56? reuehes/the end 'of one worm it is thrown into-en{rage ment i'vlth the oy'iposlugworm by shifting stuntially" so, "withithe corresponding parts ti'esrods uniting the upper portion 5; .lV'orrns-lfl 10521175 dt'it en by it motor,-.n0t
' sl1own, so that they, together, with crosshead41i will inoveiin synchronism, or sub-w ry.
.of thereceiverygmdyas' the-construction and opei tttion' of the triilisinitteris ,substantially v I the same usuthaft'of the receiver further de-t i tailedfl descriptign;thereof .isdeem'ed unnec- I essa'ry v W R fei ring now to the .TdiagramxFi'g. 11,
which shows twoi fstations, one containing the; transmittenftlie otherthere'eeiving a'p end of which-is grounded while the other l'eadsto ir- 'brench-wi re Ahcon'nected at its terminals to the-positive pole of a .hatter'y' C and the negetivepole of a battery C, B
de'signate'sa; circuit-wire leading from the positive" pole of battery G to conductor 90 over WhlChtllQ perforated sheet87 passes.
The perforiitions-ai'e of yarinhle' lengths and i those in one row arez ii-lternately arranged with reference to -the'perforations in the ad-- jitcent row so that-whencontact 106 is pass;
rows eontitct 107, jwillenter one of the per-' forations in the :tdja'e'ent row just as eon-v (not 190 isfleaving. its respectlve perforation, and vice, Yerjsa. "WheneonttmtlOG isq 11 -5 in contact witheonduetorDO, .as shown, an impulse corresponding in duration to the" I ,length of the perforation through ,whie'h said terminal is passing'will'be transmitted -from battery 0 to type-arm 46 through. wire B, conductor 9( ),'eonta ct 106, av circuitw ir'eDe h"contactstermih'zi]-I) Carried by 'crosshead 41 guide-bar 103, :i line-wire E,-
leVerGZ-l" which is :ilternutelythrewn in op'- thence to gliide lmrl42and to said arm 4-67 head 41 w ll he so-timed that i iheet 87-will he" moved forwardly one step as the cross- The "current; then returnsto battery I 1'; through platonfltl, tyne-minim, :1 cireui-twire (l, guide-hair 42, a -eix 'euit-wire ll to ground, and thence through eireult-wn'es A J ing said type-arm 45 .to print a" character '1 raised above said sheet bya' pairiof inclined 2Q forwardly onestep in corde'r to-b'ring thetwo. succeeding jrow's' of perforations-in coinci sheet 87 push-bar 180 'willcontact with" and close circuit breaker" I ,-.consisting of shell- -50 curs crashed-41 will remainstationaryif i draw their jarmatures.jiaudm'against 0on thus close 'twolocal circuits- Bands. j The 45Iclosing ofi'said-circuits-will energize solen throughthelinstrumentality ofamns 67 67 movement. As contacts 106v 107 and typei raisedout of co'iitact therewith by inclined ands is contact 106 passes out of p per oration and contact -1 07-. enters one, the -di- .rection of the current will be reversed "and:
a ,an impulse corresponding in duration to the lengthof; the perforation last ereferr'ed to will be transmitted :to arm 45 "from battery:-
C oVercircuit-wires Aland A to ground, a
u thence to circuit-wire ,H, guide-bar. 42, and. to type-arm 45' through circuit- Wire-G cause a upon? the paper; The current f then returns to battery Q through platen-10, type-arm.46,
"circuithire. F, guide-bar 425+ line-wire E,
guide-bar: 1'03, contact terminal-D, circuit- 15 -"Wire D',"contact l07,conduc torj 89, and cir-z cuit wireBfi' ;When contacts'106107 reach .the right-hand side of sheet'87 .they will be arms: 113 sot-hat; said heet mayi'be moved" crank leverf76fand a contact -te1 'minalf7 7.-- The crosskhead, however,ilwill continue'to' move to the right untiljnut56 'passes outof engagement w th ,worm 10.4. When tliiS:0c-'
, it'has traveled: more 'rap'iidly-- than crosshe'ad 41, until ush'-bar-,43 closes.circuitbreaker P. The c osinglof circuit-breakers. I; and? and circuit-wire 1H to ground. Itwillthen returnto"-:battery G- -.thr ough circuit. wires l 40,A A.- By establishing'the-circuit just-fie scribed relays "J "and N "-'wil l befenergized and tact tenninalsj Tgand ;iL-fr spectively,- and .OidS 3O 102-and=causefthemto operate simu1 taneously, through-the instrumentality of .the intervening--.parts','-; thei -feed rolIers of the transmitterand'the receiver, and also actuate levers 63 63 andpause-the'mto throw shifting nuts 56,156! into "engagement with worms-58 105,, respectively,*which will' return them-and their crossheads'to' the-.left- ;hand sideof paper-7am] sheet '87." ,As the parts return tofl-said left-hand" sideth'oP- erationof pninting uponpapjer' 7 will pro- -ceed in themanner above described, ,c'onse-. quently no time will'be lostby said return bar's-45 46 app' iach-the left side of sheet 87. and paper .7, respectively, they-fwill. be
arms 113" and 54 so that saidsheet and pa-.
e i e the styluswill isms for actuatingthesame.
5 yer may more ifor vard ,anotheigstep. The
will also-close circuit b reakers M and V and thus clos'e'the .local circuits so that-p th solenoids: will be energized and shifting mechanism carrled by ..the stylus for alternately engaging'the' adjacent sides fof' the propelling mechanism sogIthatthe.) I
stylus will be carried back and forth upon fthe paper,Ia'nd neans common to t-he vfeedmg and"shifting. nechamsn s for' actuating j-lna telegraph apparatus, a receiving and recording: nstrument- 'consistuig of mechanism for feeding paper stepbystep, 5 a .stylus, mechanism .for prope ling said stylus,,.. shifting inechanisni carriedby the stylus for alternately engaging the adjacent. sides .of the pro )elling inechanism so that upon the paper, means joruaising'the stylus from the paper as it: approaches the end of feeding and shifting mechanisms, v v 3. In .a telegr'a h apparatus, a receiving- 10 and recording in'st'rumentconsisting. of mechanism for feeding paper step by step, a stylus, mechanism for propelling said stylus, shifting mechanism carried by: the stylus 'each'movement andmeans for actuating the v 3 of the pro ellin-g mec ianis'm so that the for alternately ngagi'nig the adjacent sides 105 styluswilh e. carriedbackandforth-upon.t-
the paper, and'electricallyecontrolled means. a common to the feeding and shifting median-- 4. In a telegraph apparatus,'-a receiving and" recording nstrument consisting of" mechanism for feeding paper step step I a platen arranged beneathsaid paper, a; stylus, mechanism for propelling said stylus, 1' 5 shifting mechanism carried byv the stylus for alternately 'engaging'the adjacent sides of the'propelling mechanism so" thatthe g1 stylus willbc carried back and-forth upontlie ,p: 1p er,and means 'for simultaneously 20 "actuatlng the feeding and shifting mechan-,-
isms. t
5,111. 'telegraplr apparatus, a receiving and-recording instrument consistlng of space 4 ins; mechanism, suitztbly prepared paper adapted to be fed step-by step by said spacins: niechanisim-a stylus, means for transjmltting. electrical mpulses to said stylus, mechanlsm for propell ng-said stylus,'shifting mechanism carried by the, stylus for al- 8 carried? back and forth Y 5 l 6. In a telegraph apparatus, a receiving-i and recording instrument consisting of a stylus including one or more type-arms, resilient'means for forcing the type into contact with thejpaper to be printed upon, warms for propelling said stylus, shifting mechanism carried by the stylus for alter-' natel engaging the adjacent sides of said worm and means for actuating said shifting mechanism.
7. In a telegraph apparatus, a receiving and recording instrument consisting of a stylus, worms for propelling said stylus, shifting mechanism carried by the stylus for alternately en aging the acent side of said worms, and el ectricalicy-controlled means for actuating said shifting mechanism.
8. In a telegraph apparatus, a receiving and recording instrument consisting of a stylus including one or more type-arms, resilient means for forcing the type into contact with the paper to be )rinted upon, Worms for propelling said sty us, a shiftingnut carried by the stylus for alternately engaging the adjacent side of said worms, and means for actuating said shifting-nut.
'9. In a telegraph apparatus, a receiving and recording instrument consisting of a stylus, Worms for propelling said stylus, a
- shoul e rs'66 shiftin device carried by the stylus for al.- ternate y engaging the adjacent sides of said W0rms, a shlfting lever, eccentric shoulders thereon for operating the shifting device, so on the shifting lever for holdii the shifting device from accidental movement, and means for actuating said shifting lever.
, 10. In a telegraph apparatus, a stylus consisting of a cross-head slidably mounted,
type-arms pivoted to said cross-head, and
shifting mechanism carried by the crosshead, in combination with pro elling mechanism adapted to be engaged y said shifting mechanism. V
115 In a telegraph apparatus, a receiving and recording instrument consisting of mechanism for feeding paper step by step,
I a stylus, type-arms forming part of said (ill stylus and adapted to rest upon the paper, propelling mechanism for carrying the stylus back and forth over the paper, and arms for raising the type-arms from the paper as the latter moves forwardly.
'12. In a telegraph apparatus, a receiving 21nd,,recording instrument. consisting of a stylus including one or more type-arms, re-
silient means forforcing the type into contact with the pa er to jbe printed u on, means for propel ing said stylus, shifting mechanism carried by the stylus for reversing the movements thereof, means for actuating said shifting mechanism, and a relay controlling said actuating means.
13. In a telegraph apparatus, a receiving and recording instrument consisting of mechanism for feeding paper step by step. a stylus, type-arms forming part of saic stylus, adapted to rest upon the paper, pro- .pelling mechanism for carrying the stylus back and forth over the paper, in combination with a relay in circuit with the paper feeding mechanism, circuit-breakers in circuit with said relay, and means carried by the stylus for alternately closing said circuit-breakers.
14:. In a telegraph apparatus, a receiving and recording instrument consisting of a stylus, means for propelling said stylus, shifting mechanism for reversing the movements of the stylus, means for actuating said shifting mechanism, circuit-breakers in circuit with said means and a puslrbar carried by the stylus for alternately closing said circuit-breakers.
15. In a telegraph apparatus, a feeding mechanism for feeding paper step by step consisting of a pair of rollers forming part of said feeding mechanism, reversely-disposed ratchet-wheels fixed to one of said rollers, a pawl engaging one of said ratchetwheels, a lever carrying said pawl, a solen oid for actuating said lever, means for energizing said solenoid, and a detent forengaging the other ratchet-wheel.
16. {n a telegraph apparatus, a transmitter consisting of mechanism for feeding a perforated sheet forwardly step by step, conductors over which said sheet is drawn, a cross-head, means for propelling said. cross-head, shifting mechanism for reversing the movements of said cross-head, and contact devices carried by the cross-head, adapted to pass through the perforations and alternately close a main circuit by contacting with said conductors, in'combination ,With chemically treated )aper, a stylus in circuit with the contact evices, means for propelling the stylus over said paper, shifting mechanism for reversing the movements of the stylus, solenoids for actuating the shifting mechanisms, local circuits in which said solenoids are arranged, relays for closing said local circuits, circuit-bi-mkers in cm'cuit with said relays, and push-bars car-1 ried by the cross-head and the stylus for alternately closing said clrcult-breahers.
In testimony whereof aflix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.
ROBERT L. DEAN,
Witnesses:
G. E. GLEASON, LESLIE E. BAIRD.
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