US1394599A - Typewriting-machine - Google Patents

Description

0. WOODWARD.

TYPEWHITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 18, 1918- RENEWED APR. 28, 1921.

' 1,394,599,, Patented Oct. 25, 1921,

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TYPEWFHTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 18. 191B. RENEWED APR. 28, 1921.

1,39%,599 Patented Oct. 25, 1921.

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- INVENTUR 0M MwMMr-M HIS ATTORNEY 0. WOODWARD. TYPEWRITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 18. 1918- RENEWED APR. 28, 1921.

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OSCAR WOODWARD, OF BABYLON, YORK, ASSIGNOR T0 REMINGTON TYPE- WRI'IER COMPANY, OF ILION, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

r'rrnwnirme-mqnmn Specificationof Letters Patent. Patented @013. 25, 1921.

Application filed June 18, 1918, Serial No. 240,607. Renewed April 28, 1921. Serial No. 465,246.

To aZZ whom it mag concern: Be it known that I, -OsoAn WOODWABD, citizen of the United States, and resident of Babylon, in the county of Suffolk and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Typewriting- Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to typewriting and quickly set up or adjusted for the particu lar character of tabular work to be produced, and which affords a wide range and varied use of the tabulator mechanism.

To the above and other nds which will hereinafter appear, my invention consists in .like reference characters indicate showing a part of the tabulator mechanism.

Fig. 3 is an enlargeddetail fragmentary plan view, partly in section, the view showing some of the column stops and the cooperative keycontrolle'd stops, one of the latter being illustrated in its projected position and engaging a column stop.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail perspective view of one of the column stops and a part of the means by which it is mounted andadjusted.

- Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail fragmentary fore and aft vertical sectional view showing theselecting stops and one of the column stops with.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail fragmentary rear elevation with'parts broken away of leasable feed rack 11 is mounted on the carthe. stop bar and the stops mounted in place thereon. Y

together with parts associated there-- Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail sectional view taken transversely through a .stop bar of a modified form of stop bar and carrier. I I have shown my invention in the present instance embodied in a No. 10 Remington machine equipped with key controlled 001- umnselectmg'mechanism such, in all essential details, as is disclosed in the patent to George A. Seib, No. 1,132,286, dated March 16th, 1915. It should be understood, however, that the invention may be embodied in various styles of machines and that features of the construction devised by me may be employed in combination with various forms of tabulator mechanism.

- Heretofore it has been customary in constructions where the contacts on thecolumn stops are arranged in different paths, each for cooperation only with a given key controlled selecting stop or face, to detachably mount the column'stops on the stop bar for adjustment longitudinally thereof; the contact on each column stop always bearing the same relation to the bar, considered transversely thereof. Such v constructions resulted in considerable confusion and loss of time in setting up the column stops in accordance with the particular character of tabular work to be produced.

One of the objects of the present invention is to'overcome these difficulties, and to provide simple and eflicient means whereby the column stops may be quickly set up'to accord with the particular work to be produced without the necessity of detaching the I column stops, either for determining the columnar position of adjustment of said stops or for effecting a relative re-arrangement of the contact portions thereof, considered transversely of the stop bar. Other objects of the invention will appear from the following description.

As the construction is shown in the present instance the frame of the machine comprises a base 1, corner posts 2, and a top plate 3.

Key levers 4 are each connected through intermediate links 5 and 6 and a sub-lever 7, with the associated type bar 8. The type bars strike against the front face of the platen 9 carried by a power driven carriage 10 mounted for movement from side to side of the machine over the top plate. A reriage, and is pivoted thereto at 12, and normally engages a feed pinion 13 operatively connected with a suitable escapement wheel 14. Any desired feed dog mechanism may be carried by a dog rocker 15 to co-act with the escapement wheel. A link 16, crank arm 17, rock shaft 18, crank arm 19 and links 20 may be employed intermediate the dog rocker 15 and universal bar 21 to transmit movement from the key levers to the dog rocker and thus control a step-by-step movement of the carriage.

The tabulator mechanism as it is shown in the present instance comprises a series of five tabulator keys 22, each operatively connected to an angular lever 23 mounted on a pivot rod 24, the levers 23 being maintained spaced apart on the rod b-y spacing sleeves 25. Each lever 23 is connected to a rearwardly extending link 26, which in turn is connected at its rear end with a lever 27 fulcrumed; at 28 on a tabulator frame or housing 29. As best shown in Figs. 3 and 5 the upper forwardly extending end of each lever 27 is reduced to form an enga ing finger 30. These fingers are arrange at different heights or in different planes so that each co-acts onl with an associated key controlled operatlng tabulator stop 31 in the same horizontal plane as the finger,

it being understood that in the present instance there are five of these stops each controlled by a separate key 22. The stops 31 are carried by the tabulator frame or housing 29 and turned on a common Vertically disposed pivot rod 32 in different horizontal parallel planes to operative or projected positions, one of said stops being. shown in its projected position in Fig. 3. Each stop spring 34, each of which latter is connected at one end to a fixed guide plate 35 andat its opposite end to a lever 23.

The stops 31 are all formed alike, and the description of one applies to the others. Each stop 31 is preferably formed as shown with a notch or recess 36 in which a column stop may be received. One Wall of this recess forms a stop face 37 and the opposite wall of the recess forms ,a stop face 38-which does not project as far from the body of the stop as the face 37 Extending to the left from the wall 37 is an inclined face or cam 39 formed on the front edge of the stop. The front edge 40 of the stop, which extends to the right from the stop face 38, is presented at an inclination to the line of travel of the carriage, or a column stop carried thereby, when the stop 31 is projected to operative position as shown in Fig. 3, thereby forming in effect a cam face for theco-acting column stop, as will hereinafter appear.

The mechanism thus far described is, in all essential particulars, the same as that embodied in the No. 10 Remington machine, and as disclosed in the Seib patent hereinbefore referred to. The improved column, counter or arresting stop construction, which in the present instance is combined with this tabulator mechanism, comprises a stop rod, bar or support 41, suitably secured at its ends, as by screws 41 to arms 42 which project rearwardly from and. are fixed to the carriage. The stop bar is formed, on the rear side thereof, with interdental slots 43 at letter space intervals. The under side of the rod is formed with a longitudinally extending spline-groove 44' which extends I throughout, or substantially throughout, the length thereof. In Fig. 6 I have shown five column or counter stops mounted on this bar, one for each of the selecting or operating stops 31 employed, and which ordinarily may be sufficient. It should be understood, however, thatthe number of column stops may be varied at will.

The construction of all of the column stops, and the means for adjustably mounting them on the stop bar, are alike, and the description of one applies in a like manner to the others. The carrier, designated as a whole by the reference numeral 45, is in the nature of a casting formed with a bore 46 to receive the stop rod 41 and provide for a sliding adjustment of the carrier along the rod. The carrier has a pin-47 which enters the groove 44 in the rod, and acts as a spline to prevent the carrier from turning on the rod, but to afford an adjustment of the carrier along said rod. The carrier is also formed with a second bore 48 which extends longitudinally at right angles to the bore 46, one bore (46) extending longitudinally of the stop bar, and the other (48) extending transversely thereof. Extending laterally from the bore 48 on one side thereof is a spline-groove 49, a second spline-groove 50 being formed in the carrier on the opposite side of the bore 48. An adjustable member, which is shown in detail in Fig. 4, isdesignated as'a whole by the reference numeral 51, each member 51 comprising a cylindrical stem 52 which has a sliding fit in the bore 48. A flange 53 extends longitudinally of the stem throughout its length, and is provided with a rearwardly extending projection or contact portion 54 which constitutes the engaging portion or column stop proper and which co-acts with a stop 31. The flange 53 and projection 54 extend through the groove 49, forming in eifect a spline which. prevents the member 51 as a whole messes height where it is in the same plane as the.

uppermost of. the key controlled operating stops 31, and iseffective to co-act only with that stop 31 when thus set. A second flange 55 extends from and longitudinally of the stem 52 on the side thereof opposite the flange 53. The flange 55 is received in the groove 50 in the carrier, providing a second .spline and groove connection between the stop and carrier. The forward edge of the flange 55 is formed with a series of recesses 56 to! receive the rounded end of a spring pressed plunger or detent 57. As shown in the present instance, this detent is of'cuplike formation, is cylindrical in cross-section and is received with a sliding fit in a bore 58 formed in the carrier, the axis of said bore being at right angles to the line of adjustment of the stop on the carrier. An expansion spring 59 is received in the detent, and bears at one end against the detent, and

at its opposite end' against the bottom wall of the bore 58, thus forcing the detent into engagement with the flange 55. A head, button or finger-piece 60 may be formed at the upper'end of the stem 52 to facilitate a vertical adjustment or setting of the stop '54 on its carrier. jSuitable means are provided for limiting the vertical adjustment of each member 51 andcthe stop 54. carried thereby, and for preventing an accidental detach- In the presaway a part of the stem 52, as indicated at 61, to form two shoulders or stops 62 and 63. A screw stop 64 is threaded into a tapped opening in the carrier 45, and ex-.

, tends at its inner end into the bore'48, and

into the space between the shoulders 62 and 63 on the stem 52. It will be understood that the screw stop 64, co-acting with the shoulder 63, limits the upward movement of the member 51 and prevents its accidental detachment from the carrier. The shoulder 62 may co-act with the screw stop 64 to limit-- be received in any registering slot 43 in the stop bar, and, by engaging the teeth 43*. on opposite sides of saidregistering slot, will lock the carrier against accidental displacement along the stop bar. .The parts are so stops 31and is thusmoved to an ineflective position where none of the stops 31 is capable of co-acting therewith. It will be understood froin an inspection of Fig. 5 that the flange55 on each member 51 remains in the registering slot 43 in the stop bar so long as'the stop 54 is retained in any one of the five efl'ective positions to Which it may be adjusted or set. When, however, the stop .stop: 54 thereon is elevated above all of the 54 is adjusted to the sixth, or uppermost ineifective position, the flange 55 is withdrawn from its registering slot 43 and the carrier is released from the stop bar and may receive a sliding adjustment with its member 51 along the stop bar to a new posi-' tion thereon. 7

Suitable indices, indicated at 65, may be provided on-the stop bar to aid in the adjustment of the column stops longitudinally of the bar, When the left-hand edge of a carrier is in register with one of said indices, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the stop will be properly positioned according to the designating index, for use at the corresponding columnar field.

In order that the operator may be able to readilyefl'ect an accurate adjustment of each member 51 on its carrier, I prefer to employsuitable indicating means by which the height that the stops 54 are adjusted to may be readily determined. In the present' instance the indicating means in question comprise a series of numerical indices 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4, as indicated at 66. These indices are arranged in the order named, on one side of the flange 55and extend progressively upward thereon. Each index 66 is adapted to register with the upper edge 67 of the associated carrier 45, as shown in Fig. 5. If, for example, the member 51 is adjusted where the index numeral 1 registers with the upper edge of the carrier, then the associated stop 54 will be positioned in register with the uppermost operating stop 31, which is controlled by the left-hand tabulator key bearing the index numeral 1. In a like manner the settings of the member 51 to register with the index 2, 3 or 4 will bring the associated stop 54 into register with the stop 31 controlled by a tabulator key bearing a corre- 51 is moved to the lowermost position the associated stop 54 will register with the lowermost stop 31, controlled by the righthand tabulator key bearing the index -numeral 5. If a member 51 is adjusted to its greatest height where the 0 thereon is exposed to view, then the associated stop 54 will be elevated above all of the stops 31 and will be maintained in this ineffective position where none of the stops 31 can coact therewith. In- Fig. 6 I have shown each of the stops 54 adjusted to a different effective position and have shown the stops arranged progressively in the reverse of the order in which column stops are ordinarily employed. For example, as the stops are shown adjusted in Fig. 6, that at the left, which is the right-hand stop when the parts are viewed from the front of the machine, is at the highest elevation and will co-act with the uppermost stop 31 controlled by the 1 tabulator key 22. Therefore, an actuaton of this tabulator key, with the parts adjusted as shown, would not arrest the carriage in its movement from right to left when the first column stop, counting from left to right, reaches the projected stop 31 but would allow the carriage to move until the last stop 54 reaches the projected stop 31. An actuation of the 2 tabulator key would not result in bringing the second column stop into use but would effect an arrest of the carriage at the fourth columnar field. It will be understood,there.- fore, that under a setting of the stops 54 such as shown, the numerical indices on the tabulator keys do not designate the columnar positions of arrest but the order of tabulating operations. For example, let it be assumed that one stop 54 is adjusted to 60 according to the carriage scale, and that this represents the date line of a letter and the first position where the carriage is to be arrested. The member 51 of the stop 54 thus adjusted is then set on its carrier to register the index 1. The second point of arrest of the carriage may be assumed to be the beginnng of the name line beginning say, at 10 on the carriage scale. The left-hand stop 54v will be adjusted to 10 and set on the carrier to register the index numeral 2. And so on, the remaining stops 54 may be adjusted along the stop bar and set by the members 51 on their carriers, the setting being in the 1, 2, 3 order, according with the successive operations of the tabulator keys in the 1, 2, 3 order rather than according with the columnar positions of arrest of the carriage. Therefore, under such a setting up of the stops 54 the numerical indices on the tabulator keys do not designate the positions of the columns but the order of operating the keys. In accordance with such a setting of the stops 54 the tabulator key bearing the index 1 will always be operated first, the second key bearing the index 2 will always be operated next, and so on. In accordance with this arrangement the operator merely has to actuate the tabulator keys progressvely in the 1, 2, 3 order, thereby avoiding confusion and distraction ordinarily occasioned by the necessity of the operator remembering that in accordance with a given setting the fifth key, for example, must be operated first, the first key next, and then the second key, and so on. However, should the operator desire to have the index on each tabulator key indicate the position in the order of the columns instead of in the order of operating the tabulator keys, this may be readily accomplished by an appropriate setting of the stops 54. Thus if these stops be set up in an order the reverse of that shown in Fig. 6, then a depression of the 1 tabulator key would effect an arrest in the first column, or in the columncontrolled by a cotiperation of the left-hand column stop with the uppermost stop 31. An arrest for writing in the second columnar field will be effected by depressing the tabulator key bearing the index 2 and so on. Should'the character of the tabular work be such that the operator desires always to move from one column to the next, and to avoid any confusion or distraction which might result from the necessity of remembering in each instance what the number of the last column written in was, and therefore which of the keys 22 must next be operated, this may be easily and quickly accomplished. In such circumstances it would merely be necessary to set all of the stops 54 in alinement, to register the same index numeral, say, 1, and then operate only the corresponding tabulator key, which would be the 1 key in this instance. Then each time the 1 key is depressed the carriage will move only far enough to bring the next columnar field to the printing point,

In Fig 7 I have shown a modified form of stop bar and carrier which may be employed instead of the correspondin parts previously described. In this mo ified form of construction a stop bar 68, rectangular in cross section, is provided with teeth 69 on one side thereof and between which the flange 55 of the associated member 51 is adapted to engage as previously described. A carrier 70 is formed with a rectangular bore 71 which receives a stop bar, the carrier having a sliding fit on the bar but being held from turning thereon by reason of the rectangular formation of the bar. The car- .rier may be constructed otherwise in sub stantially the same manner as that previously described.

Any suitable means may be employed to automatically effect a release of the carriage when a tabulator key 22 is actuated,

said stops, an one of a large number of the means shown being those employed-in widely diversi ed settings, and that the conthe N0. 10 Remington machine and disclosed in the Seib patent hereinbefore referred to.

This construction comprises a bail or universal release bar 72, provided at its ends with upturned arms 73 pivoted on the fulcrum rod 24. This release bar extends across the machine in the rear of they depending arms of the tabulator levers 23, and is adapted to be actuated by any of said levers. Each of the arms 73 is connected to one end of a link 74, which in turn is connected at its rear end to a crank arm 75. These arms 75 extend from a rock shaft 76 mounted in suitable bearings in the base 1 of the machine. An add1tional crank arm 77 extends from this shaft and isconnected to one end of a contractile spring 78, the opposite end of the spring being anchored on afixed pin 79. A. fourth crank arm 80 extends downwardly from the shaft 76 and is connected to a link 81 which in turn is pivoted at its upper end, as at 82, to a carriage releasing device 83. This device is fulcrumed at 84 85 co-acts wit on a bracket 85 secured to' the top plate of the machine. The forward end of the releasing device extends beneath the feed rack and lifts it when a tabulator key is actuated and the releasing device is rocked, thereby unt l the part 54 enters the notch 36 (as shown in Fig. 3) and is arrested by the stop face 37. In backward tabulating the carria-ge will be arrested at the-same point by the cooperation of the same stops, the only difference being that in one case the carriage is moved by the power of its spring, whereas in the other case, or backward tabulating, the hand of the operator is employed to .push the carriage back against the power of the carriage spring whilethe operator with the other hand maintains the tabulator key depressed. .In backward tabulating the active stop 54 first co-acts with the inclined face 39 on the projected stop 31 and 55 deflects said stop rearwardly until the notch 36 therein is reached, when the stop 31 will spring forward, engaging the part 54 (as shown in Fig. 3), arresting the carriage by the cooperation of the column stop with the stop face 38 of the projected stop 31.

It will be understood from the foregoing description that I- have 'lprovided simple and efficient means by whichvI can quickly attain, with the aid of but few column stops,

and without confusion, or detachment of struction is such as to afford an expeditious and wide range of use of the tabulator.-

While I have described in detail one form of construction embodying my invention it should be "understood that various changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope thereof, and that from certain aspectsof the invention, the tabulating mechanism which co-acts with the sto s 54 may be of any suitable character.

to the use of the term stops the following distinctions are to be noted.

:Generally in typewriter tabulating mechanlsm the operator can move a stop by means of a key orfinger piece during the tabulat-- ing work, to bring the carriage to the desired stopping position for the work to be typed. For convenience and clearness' of understanding this particular stop may be termed the operating stop. There is a second stop with which the operating stop engages to bring the carriage to rest at the desired point. For convenience and clearness of understanding this second stop may be termed the arresting stop.

In other words, generally in'tabulating mechanism there is an operating stop controlled by the operator, and an arresting stop with which it cooperates. In some cases the operating stop is supported on the main frame of the typewriter and the arresting stop by the carriage. In other cases the operating. stop is supported by the carriage and the arresting stop is supported on the main frame of the machine. The invention herein disclosed is applicable to either of these arrangements but relates particularly to such. an arresting stop when provided with or combined with means for enabling it to be shifted on its support into two or more paths, in any one of which paths it will be engaged by an operating sto which is one, as before stated,- contro led by the operator. each column stop 54 shown by me constitutes an arresting stop whereas each column selecting stop 31 constitutes an operating stop.

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

1. In a typewriting or like machine, the combination of a carriage; and tabulator mechanism for arresting the carriage, said mechanism comprising a plurality of key controlled operating Stops, an arresting stop, and means for mounting said arrest. ing stop so that it may be adjusted on and independently of its support to different set positions while the arresting stop is maintamed on said support and so that the arresting stop may be set forco-action with any of the others.

As thus defined 2. In a typewriting or like machine, the combination of a carriage; and column selecting mechanism comprising key controlled column selecting stops the effective faces of which are cut by different parallel planes that extend transversely of the machine, each plane cutting but one of said faces, a co-acting column stop, and means for mounting said column stop so that it may be adjusted on its support transversely of and to any of said planes and thus set the column stop without dismounting it in position where it is effective for co-operation with any one of said column selecting stops.

3.. In a typewriting or like machine, the combination of a carriage; and tabulating mechanism comprising a stop bar, a carrier mounted for sliding adjustment along said bar, a tabulator stop mounted on said carrier for movement to different effective positions and also to an ineffective position, and means under control of the tabulator stop for locking the carrier in its adjusted position on the bar irrespective of the different effective positions the tabulator stop may assume and for releasing the carrier for adjustment when said stop is moved to the ineffective position.

4. In a typewriting or like machine, the combination of a carriage; and tabulator mechanism comprising a column stop bar, a carrier adjustable to different positions longitudinally of said stop bar, a column stop mounted on said carrier for adjustment thereon transversely of the stop bar to different efiective positions, and stop means cooperative with said column stop.

5. In a typewriting or like machine, the combination of a carriage; and tabulator mechanism comprising a stop bar, a carrier mounted for a sliding adjustment along said stop bar, a tabulator stop mounted for sliding adjustment on said carrier and transversely of said bar to any one of a plurality of effective positions, means for retaining said carrier against accidental displacement from the position to which it may be set or adjusted on said bar, means for retaining said tabulator stop against accidental displacement from the position to which it may be set or adjusted on said carrier, and tabulator. stop means which cooperate with said tabulator stop.

6. The combination of a stop bar provided with interdental slots at letter space intervals, a carrier mounted for adjustment along said bar, a stop carried by said carrier and mounted for adjustment thereon transversely of said bar to any one of a plurality of effective positions and to an ineffective position, and an engaging device connected with said stop and which remains in one of said slots in the various effective positions to which said stop may be adjusted on its carrier but which is withdrawn from the slot when the stop is adjusted to an ineffective position.

7. The combination of a carriage, a series of key controlled stops movable in parallel planes, and a stop mounted for adjustment on and without detachment from its support in two directions at right angles to each other, the adjustment in one direction be: ing in the general direction of the travel of the carriage, and the adjustment in the other direction being to any one of a plurality of effective positions and to any one of the planes of movement of said key controlled stops.

8. In a typewriting machine and tabulating mechanism, the combination of a" support, a column stop carrier mounted thereon for adjustment lengthwise of the support, and a column stop mounted in said carrier and adjustable transversely of said support.

9. In a typewriting machine and tabulating mechanism, the combination of a support, a column stop carrier mounted thereon for adjustment lengthwise of the support, a column stop mounted in said carrier and adjustable transversely of said support, means for visually indicating the extent of said transverse adjustment, and detent meanse for maintaining the same.

10. In a typewriting machine and tabulating mechanism, the combination of a support transversely grooved at letter-space distances apart and also grooved longitudinally, a longitudinally adjustable column stop carrier mounted on said support and provided with a device adapted to traverse said longitudinal groove, a column stop device mounted in said carrier and adjustable transversely of said support, said column stop device having a flange adapted to work through any one of said transverse grooves in the support according to the longitudinal adjustment or placement of said carrier on said support.

11. In a typewriting machine andtabulating mechanism. the combination of a support, a longitudinally adjustable column stop carrier mounted thereon said carrier having a bore arranged transversely of said support and having also two opposite slots or grooves, and a column stop device arranged to slide in said boreand having opposite flanges which enter said slots or grooves in said carrier.

12. In a typewriting machine and tabulating mechanism, the combination of a toothed supporting rod having a longitudinal groove, a longitudinally adjustable column stop carrier having a device adapted to slide in said groove and having two bores at right angles to each other, one bore to receive said rod, and a column stop device adapted to slide in the other of said bores.

13. In a typewriting machine and tabulating mechanism, the combination of a support, a column stop carrier mounted for longitudinal adjustment thereon and provided with a tubular extension, and a column stop 5 device arranged to slide up and down in said tubular extension and transversely of said support.

14. In a typewriting machine and tabulating mechanism, the combination of a sup- 10 port, a column stop carrier adjustable lengthwise thereof and provided with a tubular extension, a column stop mounted to slide up and down in said tubular extension and provided with a lug which protrudes through a slot in said tubular exten- 15 sion, and a pile of horizontally movable counter stops opposite any one of which said lug may be adjusted.

Signed at the borough of Manhattan, city of New York, in the county of New York 20 and State of New\ York, this 12th day of June, A. D. 1918. a

- OSCAR WOODWARD.

Witnesses:

CHARLES E. SMITH, E; M. WELLS.

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