US976882A - Type-writing machine. - Google Patents

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H. N. JSLEYN. TYPE WRITING MACHINE. APPLIUATION FILED 0011.28, 1907.

Patna Nov. 29, 1910.

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TYPE WRITING MAGHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 0OT.28, 1907. 976,882, Patented Nov. 29, 1910.

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HUBBARD N. JOSLRYN, OF SYRACULS, NEW YORK, l.ASSIGrTOIR T THE MONATE/CH TYPE- WRITER COMPNY, 0F SYRACUSELNEW YORK, A IRPPRATION OF NEW YORK..

TYPE-WRITING MACHIFN'E.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 29, 1910.

Application filed October 28, 1907. Serial N o. 399,436.

controlling the Vpaper or work sheets more .especially for use 1n condensed record work,

though said means are employed to control the paper in chine. Thev main object ofsaidinvention is to provide simple and etlicientmeans of the character specified which may be readily handled to effect the control of the Work .direction ofthe arrow at said line. is a plan View of the carriage 'and some of sheets for condensed record work.

'llothe above and other ends which'will hereinafter appear, my invention consists of the features of construction, arrangements of parts and coinbina'tionsof devices to be particularly Vpointed out in the appended claims.

Lhereinafter set forth and In the accompanying drawings wherein like reference characters .indicate corresponding parts in the various views, Figure 1 is a fragmentary front elevation of the paper carriage and platen of a Monarch machineequipped with devices of my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail trans? verse sectional View of the same taken on the line -fc of Fig. 1 and loolringlin the direction of the arrow Aat said line. Fig. 3 is a like View of the same taken on the line 3,'-7/ of Figui and looking in the direction of the arrow at saidline; the parts being shown in the released positions. F el. is a 'fragmentary detail view partly in section showing one of the adjustable supports of the parts carried thereby, parts being sectioned on the line e (Fig. 3) and looking inthe the parts carried thereby, the 'platen being omitted. Figz is a detail elevation of the center paper feed roller and its support.

I have shown the devices of my invention attached to thecarriage of a Monarch machine though it should be understood that the invention-may be`employed .in other styles of machines.

The platen, frame or carriage. comprises '7 secured thereto by set screws 9..

lproject'forwardly from the cross bar 1 andv the ordinary use 'of the' Inaa'rearcross bar 1 grooved on opposite sides thereof at 2 for cooperation with anti-friction balls or rollers bywhich thecarriageI is guided and supported in its movements from: side to side of the machine. End bars 3 and 4t project forwardlyfrom the cross bar 1 and have bearing openinofs therein for Athe reception o f a platen-shaft 5 which 4,supports a cylindrical Flatenf. The outer ends of the platen sha .have finger wheels Lugs 9 are apertured for the reception of feedroll hangers 10 pivoted in said lugs at 11 and eX- tending downwardly and forwardly therefrom and connected with a shaft 12 for main feed rollers 13, said feed 'rollers being maintained spaced apart on'the shaft 12 by spacing the sleeves 14. Extensions 15v project forwardly from the lugs 9 and are provided with bearing openings for the reception of a rock shaft 16 which is likewise 4received in bearing openings in the 'end plates 3 and 4 and extends beyond the end'plate 3 where. it is provided with a rigidly connected-arm 17 terminating in a finger piece 18. The rock shaft'is provided withv studs 19 for cooperation with the nfeed roll hangers 10. These studs are adapted to force theifeed roll hangers down from the position shown in Fig. 2 to that illustrated in Fig. 3 and the nger piece 18 receives a corresponding movement and the studs 19 are flattened on their ends so that the feed roll han erswill bear endwise against the studsan against the axis of the rock shaft when the parts are in the positions shown in Fig. 3 so -as to retain or lock the feed rollers in the dis engaged position where they are out of contact with the platen'. Each of the feed roll hangers 10 has a leaf spring 2O secured thereto screw 21, the free end of each leaffs'pring bearing against a pin .Q2/which extends from side to side of the aperture in the associated lug 9. A .paper apron 23 has bearing clips 24 secured thereto at the rear side of the paper apron and near the top edge thereof. These bearing clips'24: are bent to .surroi/ind the rock shaft 16 and to provide a pivotal connection between the paper apron/and said rock shaft by which the paper a-pron may move toward and ison to'Fi'gs. 2 and 3. The Apaper apron is -va-pertured to afford a passage of themain lio feed rollers 13 therethrough in order that they may contact with the platen as shown in Fig. 2

Bracket arms 25 are secured by screws 26 `to lugs y27 which project forwardly from the ative with a yoke-like piece 30 aperture in its sides for coperation with a pivot 29 and havinga rearwardly extending arm 31 for purposes which will hereinafter more clearly appear. Each of these yoke-shape pieces 30 is secured in any suitable manner to a combined laten and carriage scale 32 which is prefera ly bent in cross section as shown in Figs. 2 and 3y throughout most of the length thereof, although 1t isflat at the end portions where connection is made with the yoke-shape pieces 30. From an inspection of Fig 5 1t: will be understood that the bracket arms 25 are arranged fore and aft of the machine and constitute fixed supports `on which the platen scale is pivoted at or near each endA thereof and near the ends of ythe platen.

' anti-friction rollers 35 carried by prolonged vextensions 36 of the feed roll hangers. The

forward end of each arm 33 has a spring finger 37 secured thereto by a screw 38. The spring fingers 37 support the paper apron near the forward portion thereof and in the normal positions of the parts holds it against the platen as shown in Fig. 2 with a light spring pressure. VA wire spring 39 is coiled about the pivot 34 of each` arm 33 and is extended forwardly and'downwardly at 40 and bears at-its forward end against an associate arm'33 or against a screw 41 carried thereby. Each screw 41 constitutes a means for connecting a wire link 42 to theassociate arm 33, the forwardhooked end 43 of each link engaging in an aperture .in an arm or finger 31. From an inspection Hf" Fi 5 it will be seen that the links 42 extend rearwardly and inwardly from the platen scale or arms 3l secured thereto, to the arms 33 with which they are connected.

From the foregoing description it Will be understood that when the parts are in the normal positions the springs 2O and 40 force the feed rollers, paper apron and platen scale .toward and into Contact with the platen as shown in Fig. 2. When, however, the finger piece 18 is moved to the position shown in Fig. 3 the feed roll hangers 10 will be moved downwardly and rearwardly, thus bringing the feed rollers out of contact wlth the platen. vThis same movement is operative to effect a downward movement of l,scale on its pivots 29 from the position shown in Fig. 2 to that illustrated in Fig. 3, thereby moving the platen scale `away from the platenso that at this' time an unobstructed opening or channel 44 is formed between the paper apron and the platen and theplaten scale is moved away fromthe face of the vplaten so as to provide an opening or space between it 'and the platen through which wo'rk sheets may if desired be introduced from the front ofthe platen with the bottom edges extending downwardly and rearwardly and movin backwardly around the platen while the p aten remains at rest, or sheets may be introduced from the rear of the platen in the ordinary manner and moved throughsaid space to proper position relatively to the platen as will hereinafter more clearly appear.

A supporting rod 45 extends from side to side of the platen frame or carriageand is detachably secured at its ends in the end plates 3 and 4. This cross bar 45 constitutes a rigid connection between the end plates and forms a supporting rod arranged above the printing line and platen and extending longitudinally thereof and parallel therewith. The position lof the supporting bar 45 is such that the work sheets as they leave the printing point are fed upwardly and rearwardly over the rod so that it does not extend in the path ofthe writing and obstruct the operators view thereof. This supporting rod is formed with a spline groove. 46

therein'for the reception of spring splines 47 each operatively connected with a sleeve 48 which surrounds the rod 45 and constitutes the hub for the so-called support 49. Each support-49 extends fore and aft of the machine'above the platen and has a paper finger 50 provided with ears 51 pivoted to the associated support at 52, an expansion spring 53 being interposed between the connecting piece of each finger 4and its support 49 in order to force the spring finger with a light pressure against the platen. A margin feed roll carrier 54 is pivoted at 54 to the associate support 49 and carries a margin feed roller 55 that is under the influence of a spring pressed plunger 56, as shown in Fig. 4 in order to maintain the associated margin feed roller either in the operative 'positionwhere it bears against the platen or 1n an inoperative posltlon Where 1t ls swung away from the-face of the platen around its pivot 54. The construction and arrange- -Qvejssa l ment thus far described of the paper fingers,

margin feed rollers and the supporting means therefor are essentially the same as those embodied in the Monarch 'machine and these parts are fully described and' claimed in the application of G. A. Seib, Serial No.

From an inspection of Figs. l and 2 it willbe observed that the paper fingers 50 extend downwardly and overlap the platen. scale at the lower ends thereof and are coperavtive with said platen scale so that when the latter ismoved from the position shown in Fig. 2 to that illustrated in Fig. 3-the paper lingers will be moved away Vfrom the platen' -as shown in the last mentioned figure al though the margin feed rollers' 55, remain l against the platen. One of the supports. 49,

the left hand support in the present instance, is'provided with a bearing 57 for the reception of a second supporting rodv 58 and may be adjusted longitudinally in the bearing and held in its adjusted position by a thumb screw 59 received ina tapped opening in the support and engaging at; its inner end against the rod 58. The rod 58, generally speaking, extends longitudinally of 'and parallel with the platen but it has a bent portion 60 which provides an off-set portion- 6l receivediin an opening in an enlarged member 62 of the rod to which a section or supporting rod 63 is hinged' or pivoted at 64. The joint which unites the sections 62 and 63 is preferably in the form of-a knuckle jointthat affords a movement of the section 63 in the direction of a dotted line fw in Fig. 3. The free endof the member 63 carries a center paper feed roller 65 which is received on a shouldered headed screw 66 that engages in a tapped opening in the end of the member' 63. From an inspection of Fig. 6 it will be seen that a leaf spring 67 is secured at 68 to the member 62 and bears at its free end against either the toe 69 or the face 7 O, depending on the position of the member Thus, if the member 63 is in the operative position shown in full. lines in Fig. 6 where it bears against the platen :or

the paper thereon, it will be retained in thisy .position by the spring 67 bearing against the toe 69. If, on the other hand, itis lmoved to the inoperative'position shown inA dotted lines then the spring 67 will bear against the `face 70 on the member 63 and retain said member in the inoperative posi-v tion. V From the foregoing description it will be understood that the centerfeedroller 65 as well as the left-hand. maIaginl'eed roller and its associated paper finger 50,.'are'adjusted along the 'supporting rod 45 together with the left hand Vsupport 49, or the supporting rod 58, together with'the center feed, roller 65 may be adjusted on the support 4 9 independently of the associated margin feed roller and paper finger.

- In employing the devices of my invention for condensed regord billing work a condensed record sheet 7J is employed' and this sheet is wider than the invoice .or bill' sheet ya and is wider than' the interposed carbon sheet c, the latter lbei'ng slightly wider than the invoice sheet'I .According to one'method of operation the condensed record sheet is .considerably wider than the invoice and carbon sheets-in order thatv that portion b* of 'for special entries which may be-'written thereonbut which.v are vnot intended to be written on the invoice sheet. f

`In adjusting the devices .above described, a blankv record or loose sheet 'Z which is usually ruled to receive specific entries in certain columns thereon, is first inserted around the platen in the, usual manner, t-he sheet vbeing .centered on 'the platen and usually oocup ing substantially the entire length' thereofl `Where a tabulatoris employed in connectionwith the Work the column stops `are next` setin accordance with theruling. .on the record sheetv and the lefthand support 49 is adjusted to the right or left along the supporting rod 45 to a posi-l tion where the margin feed roller andvpa'per yfinger thereonwill coperate witlrthe record sheet. The right-hand carrier is adjusted in a like manner so that the paper finger 50 and margin feed roller fcoperate with the right-hand side of the record sheet as shown in Fig. 1.v The invoice sheets are usually of such a character that they bear a specific relation to the record sheet. Thus, for instance, Ait will be observed that the invoice No, Qur Order Na, Customers Order No. or Date, etc., appear on the condensed record sheet to the right of. 75

the'invoice sheet in Fig. 1 may be employed.

the invoice sheeta and it will be understood that the record sheet may be ruled to receive these entries in .theproper columns or spaces positioning of the invoice sheet with reference to the record sheet cannot bereadily effected as the carbon sheetcovers the face of the record sheet. When the invoicev sheet has been adjusted to the properl position with4 reference to the reco-rd sheet' and brought' around to the front of` the platen7 the thumb screw 59` is-loosened and the supporting ro'd 58 is adjusted longitudinally onits support 494 so'asto bring the center paper vfeed roller 65about centrally f'th width' of the virwo'ieefsheet and: thel screw 459is'thnenif13t tightened to hold the rod in its adjusted position on its carrier .49. lThe operator observes the'widthwise posit-ion of the invoice sheet with reference'to the platen scale or the inner edge ofthe left-hand paper .finger or some otherA suit-able portion of the machine and subsequently introduced invoice Sheets should have the same| widthwise relation.

This completes thesetting of the parts anda further setting is. unnecessary unless the character Vof the-invoice sheet or the record sheet or both be changed.

After the parts are set in themanner described above and it is desired touse the machine for condensed 4record work, the condensed record sheet b and carbon vsheet c are .introduced intothe machine from the rear.

of the platen the ordinary manner with their leading' edgestogether and. with-thel I left-hand edge of theearbon sheet alining substantially with the left-hand edge of the record sheet, the record sheet being next to the platen. I refer to use a carbon-sheet of a width which will reach a proximately from the right-hand edge o the invoice sheet to the left-hand edge ofthe record sheet. and of a length .which corresponds substantially to the length of the long record sheet, las this enables the operator to allow the carbon sheet to remain inthe machine until a new record .'sheet is introduced, and

.repeated handling of the Icarbon sheet at theA -introduction and withdrawal of the various invoice eheets'is4 unnecessary. The leading edges of the record and carbon sheets are brought a short distance above the printing y line and in a position where'the record sheet l ing near thetop of .the sheet.

may receive acopy of the rst line of writ- The finger 'piece `18 is now moved from lthe position showi in Fig. 2 to that shown in Fig. V3, thereby moving the main paper feed roi-1ers, paper apron and platen s'cale away from the platen to provide a free and unobstructed passage around the platen, and the centerfeed roller 65 is-then turned /With'the member 63 on the pivot 64' to the inoperative position. lAt this time, however, the left-hand margin feed roller 55`remains in operative positionv pressing against the carbonV and the record sheets and the 'right -hand margin feed roller remains in contact with the righthand end of the record sheet so as Ato clamp said sheets in position while the invoice.

sheet is being introduced independently thereof. .A bill or invoice sheet. is then in with the paper finger 50 and the margin' rollers 55. The center paper feedroller 65 is then moved to operative'position-to clamp the invoice sheet in place and the fin er piece 18 is then moved back to the osition shown in Fig. 2, thereby restorin t e main l and to make the special entries on the record sheet at bX-to the right of the invoielfsheet.'v A copy of the matter written on the-bill will be reproduced through the interposed carbon in the appropriate spaces on the record sheet. After the bill is completed the operator may divide the copy of the bill on the record sheet from the one which is to follow,4 y drawing a stylus along the upper edge of the platen scale, thereby imprinting a dividing line of the record sheet through the carbon'or the oper'ator may give the platen a doubleline space movement after completing each bill to effect a suicient space between succeeding copies of bills on the record sheet. After the bill'is completedV the paper feed roller 65, Athe -main feed rollers, paper apron, etc., are moved to the inoperative positions in the manner hereinbefore explained and the completed invoice sheet is removed without disturbing the record and carbon sheets, they being held by the margin feed rollers. A new invoice sheet is inserted from the rear of the platen in the manner hereinbefore' explained and brought to proper position to receivetlie lirst line of writing; or, if desired, the invoice sheet may be introduced from the front of the platen, the bottom edge thereof being moved rearwardly around the platen. The feed rollers 65 and 13, ete., are again moved.4 to o erative position and thebill written as be ore. The operations described vmar continue indefinitely or` until the record sheet has been filled, l

when'a new record sheet may be inserted and the operation continued as before.

From the foregoing description it will be understood. that I have provided simple and eiicient -means for cont-rolling the sheets in the machine so that condensed record work may be quickly and etiiciently produced and that the devices employed in carrying out the condensed record work may constitute the ordinary equipment of the machine and' do not add to the equipment employed in ordinary writingf Various changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

Vhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a platen; a paper apron; a platen frame; bracket arms rigidly secured to said platen frame; a platen scale mounted indevpendentlv of said paperapron and pivoted to-said racket arms; and hand actuated means for turning said platen-. scale onlits pivots and for moving the paper apron away 'from the. platen.

2. In aftypewriting machine, the. combi .nation cfa platen; a platen frame; bracket arms rigidly secured to said platen frame; a platen scale pivoted to said bracketv arms; paper feed rollers; independent. connecting. devices between said pivoted platen scale and said feed rollers; and hand actuated means for moving said feed rollers away from the platen and, through said connections, for simultaneously turning said platen scale on its pivots away from the platen,

3. I n a front strike typewriting machine,

' the combination of a platen; a paper apron;

, a platenfraine; bracket arms-.extending forwardly beneath the platen and rigidly secured to said platen frame; a platen scale mounted independently of said paper apron and pivotd to said bracket arms; paper feed rollers; and hand-actuated means for simultaneously moving saidpaper apron, paper feed. rollers and paper scale away from the platen.

4. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a platen; a paper apron; a platen frame; bracket arms rigidly secured to said platen fra1ne;a platen scale niounted'in'dependently of said paper apron and pivoted to said bracket arms; paper fingers coperative with said platen scale; and hand actu.i ated means formoving said platen scale on its-pivots, thereby moving the paper fingers away froin the platen,

5. In a. typewriting machine, the combi-l nation of a .platen; a platen frame; bracket arms rigidly secured to said platen frame;

a platen scale pivoted to said bracket arms;

paper fingers coperative with said platen scale; a paper apron mounted independently of said platen scale; paper ,feed rollers; and hand actuated means for concurrently inovingsaid paper feed rollers, paper apron and .platen scale away from the platen.

G. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a platen; inain paper feed rollers;`

a movable platen scale; a paper apron paper lingers which are moved away from the platen by said 'paper scale; margin feed rollpressed paper apron; a center aper feed roller adjustable longitudinally o the platen and movable into and outrof cooperative relation therewith ndependentlyof thevinain paper lfeed rollers; and handactuated means for 1noving.said main: feed rollers, platen scale, paper aprony andpaper fingers away from the platen against vthe pressure. of their springs. I

8, In a typewritingA machine, the combination of a platen, a. two-part hinged rod which extendslongitudinally of 'the platen, and a center paper feed roller carried by the hinged-swinging. member of said rod.

9. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a platen, a two-part hinged rod which extends longitudinally of the platen and is adjustable in the direction of its length,vand a center paper feed roller carried by the hinged swinging member of said rod.

10. In a typewriting machine, the combi nation of a platen, a two-part hinged rod' which extends longitudinally of the platen,

said rod in eitherthe operative or inoperative position, and a center paperifeed roller carried by the hinged swinging' member of said rod. i

1l'. Ina typewriting machine, the combination of a platen, a two-part hinged rod which extends longitudinally of the platen `and is adjustable in the direction of its length, means for retaining the hinged section of said rod in either the operative or inoperative position, and a centerpaper feed ber of said rod; 3

12. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a platen, a supporting rod extending longitudinally ofthe platen, a su port rod extending longitudinally of the laten,

roller carried by said hinged rod.

13.In a typewriting machine, the combination of a platen, a supporting rod extending longitudinally of the platen, a support paper finger anda margin paper feed roller carried by said support, a two-part hinged rod which isalso carried by said support, and a paper feed roller carried by said hinged rod. 14. In a' typewriting machine, the combination of a platen; main paper feed rollers; a paper apron; a platen scale; a supporting rod extendinglongitudinally of the platen; supports adjustablealong said supporting rod; paper fingers and margin feed rollers carried Vby said supports, said paper lingers being coperative with the platen scale; a two-part hinged rod carried by one of said supports and extending longitudinally of the platen; a center paper feed roller carried by said hinged rod being carried' by said ad-w. justable support, and a center paper'feed ineans for retaining the hinged section of roller carried by the hinged swinging meinadjustable along said rod, a two-part hinged ,adjustable along said supporting rod, a

said hinged rod; and hand controlled means for movingsaid main paper feed rollers, paper' apron, vplaten scale and paper fingers away from the platen.

15,"In a ty `ewrting machine, the combi# nation of a aten2 a platen frame, bracket arms secure to said platen frame, a platen scale pivoted to the free ends of said bracket arms, a papera ron pivoted toppthecarriage frame,I springs or holding the paper apron against the-platen, .pivoted arms on which vsaid springs act, connectionsbetween said y pivote arms and said pivoted platen scale,

` pressure rollers, and means acting to throw paper apron isremoved, and through saidi off said pressure rollers,`the construction and arrangement being such that when the feed rollers are thrown off the pressure on the 'pivoted arms and connections the paper scale 1s turned on its'pivots away from the platen.

laten scale.

lnections between said pivoted arms and said pvoted Signe .at Syracuse in the county of Onol? daga, and. State of New York, this 24th day of October AnD. 1907.

-HUBBARD N. JOSLEYN.

Witnesses: r

JOHN H. DANIEL,

W. C. HAY.

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