US1650351A - Typewriting machine - Google Patents

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Nov. 22, 1927.

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UNITED STATES PATENT orrica.

FREDERICK 'A. HART, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASBIGNOB 'I'O REMINGTON TYPEWRITER COMPANY, OF ILION, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

'rYrEwnrrmG MACHINE.

Application filed m a, 1926. Serial No. 0,403.

My invention relates to typewriting and like machines, and more art cularly to socalled billing mechanism or such machines.

The main objects ofmy invention, generally stated, are to provide comparativelysimple yet highly efficient mechanism of the characterspecified which .may be employed in various kinds of billing operations; by which various features or devices of the construction may be automatically 'controlled; inwhich a novel line indicatin device is automatically shifted into an out of position for use; in which,-in some instances, there may be an independent 'control of certain of said devices; in which various work sheets may be readily and rap idly introduced into the machine and adother previously introduced'sheets and by which various work sheets may readily ,be introduced rearwardly into the machine from in front of and beneath the platen.

To the above and other ends which will hereinafter appear, my invention consists in the features of construction, arrangements of parts and combinations of devices set forth in the following description and particularly pointed out in the accompanying claims.

. In the drawings which illustrate one form of mechanism embodying my'invention, and

in which various reference characters designate corresponding parts in the different views,

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary, vertical, fore and aft sectional view showing a suflicient number of parts of a typewrit-ing machine to illustrate my invention in its embodiment therein; thesection being taken on the line 11 of Fig. 2 and looking in the direction of the arrows at said-line, and illustrating the parts in normal position.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary top plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a view corresponding in part to Fig. 1 but showing the parts in abnormal position- Fig. 4 is an enlarged, detail, vertical,

transverse, sectional view of the front paperdeflector and the means for mounting the same; the section being taken on the line 44 of Fig. 2 and looking in the direction of the arrows at said line.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged, detail, fragmentary,

.side elevation of a part of the mechanism as seen from the left of the carriage and with the parts positioned to receive a work sheet I and carbon sheet L.

. Fig. 6 is an enlarged, detail, fragmentary sectional view of one of the feed roller carriers and the associated parts; the section being taken on theline 6-6 of Fig. 5 and .looking in the direction of the arrows at Fig. 9 is alike view of the same showing a different adjustmentof the feed rollers, and

connecting bars of different lengths coacting therewith to accord with the different adjustment of the rollers.

Fig. .10 is an enlarged, fragmentary, detail, top plan view, with parts in section, of thefeed rollers 87 and the means associated therewith for supporting and applying pressure to said feed rollers; the view 1n part corresponding to a section taken on the line 1010 of Fig. 1 and looking in the direction of the arrows at said line.

Fig. 11 is a fragmentary top plan View showing a modified form of a part of the construction.

Fig. 12 is a detail perspective view of the combined paper table and double deflector, shown'detached from the machine.

' Figs. 13 and 14 are fragmentary, dia

grammatic, front viewsof the line indicator,

showing in Fig. 13 how it indicates-the tops of the printed characters at the printing line without obscuring them, and showing in Fig. 14 how the bottoms of the previously printed characters may be made to register with the line indicator, when desired.

. Fig. 15 is a diagrammatic, fore and aft, vertical sectional view illustrating the parts as they appear after the sheets R, B have been introduced in place. 4

Fig. 16 is a like view showing the parts as they appear ready for adjusting the sheets R, R (if necessary) as well as other sheets,

with the aid of the line indicator.

Fig. 17 is a likeview showing the parts disposed as they appear after the sheet L has been introduced and adjusted in the machine.

Fig. 18 is a corresponding view showing the parts disposed as they appear after the sheets I and L have been introduced and properly adjusted in the machine and the operator is ready to proceed with the writmg. i

In the present instance I'have illustrated my invention embodied in a Remington bookkeeping machine, 'Model No. 23, in which the devices of the present invention may be readily incorporated without modifyin or materially modifying, other structura features of said machine as it now.exists. It should be understood, however, that the invention is not restricted to use in such machines but may be embodied in typewriting machines generally, wherever found available. T

The present invention may be used in various kinds of billing operations, where two. or more work sheets are to be correlated in the machine and printed at a single operation. However, I do not deem it necessary to describe specifically the many different forms of billing operations in which the ma chine may be used. It is suflicient for an understanding of the present invention to specifically describe'one mode of billin that "may be successfully carried out with the 1 entr aid of the present machine, and perhaps briefly refer to some of the various other methods in connection with which the ma chine may be employed.

One method of using the machine which will be specifically referred to is its employment, for example, by a public service corporation such as, say, an electric light, or gas company, for simultaneously, or at one writing, making out'a bill, making corresponding entries on the ledger sheet carrying the account, and on a record or register sheet. which receives the entrieswritten on all of the individual bill and ledger sheets. In the example referred to the register sheet and its accompanying carbon sheet remain in the machine. The ledger sheet, which usually requires but a single cross line entry at a tlme, sa for the month for which the is ma e may be in the nature of a blan with different vertically ruled columns to be filled in underappropriate printed headings; each cross line of the sheet beincgl ruled ofi horizontally and given over to a ifierent month, and the entire sheet covering a period of anywhere from, say, eighteen to thirty-six months. provided to enable each ledger sheet and its accompanying carbon sheet to be quickly 1ntroduced and properly positioned to receive therequisite entries in the line allotted for the month in question with )ut disturbin the previously introduced register sheet an Means are itscompanion carbon sheet. Means also are provided for then 1 quickly entering a bill sheet into the machine in front of the platen, and accurately positioning it in proper correlation with the previously introduced ledger sheet and the printing line. The entries may then be made on the bill sheet and these Will be transferred through inter-- posed. carbon sheets to the ledger and register sheets. If desired additional entries may be made on the ledger sheet which are not to appear on the bill or register sheet. The bill and ledger sheets are then rapidly withdrawn from the machine WltllOlIt disturbing the register sheet and its companion carbon sheet, and another'ledger sheet and a bill sheemna then be quickly introduced as before, and so on.

In some instances the Remington bookkeeping machine, 'Model #23, is equip ed with power driven carriage return mec anism such as is disclosed in my Patent No. 1,567,590 dated December 29, 1925.- I have shown my invention embodied in such a machine, but have shown only so much thereof as is neces.:ary to arrive at an understanding of the present invention in its embodiment therein.

The frame of the machine is of the usual construction and includes a top plate 1 carrying fixed guide rails 2, oppositely grooved to receive crossed anti-friction guide rollers 3. These rollers are also received in oppositely grooved carriage rails 4 at the front and rear of the carriage, said rails being connected with the end bars 5 and 6 of the carriage.

The carriage, which is power driven in the usual manner, isthus supported and mounted to travel from side to side of the machine over the top plate under control ofthe usual escapement mechanism (not shown), and in some instances under control of the usual tabulator mechanism. This latter mechanism is represented in part in Fig. 1 by the tabulator frame 7, the decimal stops 8 and column stops 9. Said column stopsare carried by a column stop bar 10, secured to brackets 11 which project rearwardly from and are fixed to the carriage. In the machine in which the present. invention is shown embodied, the carriage may be returned b a motor 12. as disclosed in said hereinbe ore mentioned patent.

In order to prevent work sheets in the machine from extending back from the carria e and fouling on the tabulator frame 7, an parts of the motor 12, etc, there is provided a sheet metal protecting shield or paper table 13, which is fixed to the carriage and extends" substantially throughout the width thereof." In the present instance this shield forms an integral part of a paper table 14 to be hereinafter fully described.

The platen 15 is carried. by the platen lll) frame in the usual manner, said platen frame comprising end plates 16 and 17 united by a cross bar 18. The platen frame is connected to the carriage or truck by links 19 and 19 in the usual manner, which links ordinarily guide the platen frame in that they will hold the bu ers 21 which.

surround the platen shaft a ainst the upper case shift stops 22. This ho ds the platen at all times in Its upper case position where itwill coact with the outermost types 23 oh the type bars 24. These type bars are mounted in a type bar segment 25 in the usual manner to swing'upwardly and rearwardly to printing position where they strike against the front face of the platen. Due to the fact that in the present machine there is no case shifting movement of the platen, the usual case shift keys and means controlled thereby up to the. cross bar 18 of the platen frame may be omitted, leaving room for other devices, as willpresently appear.

The usual ribbon vibrator mechanism is employed so as to interpose the ribbon in the path of the types 23 at each actuation of a type bar. Only the upper end portion of the ribbon vibrator 26 is shown, it being understood, however, that the vibrator is guided for up and down movement on the type guide 27 in the usual manner.-

Coming now to the means for controlling and guiding the work sheets, it will be observed in the first place that there are no' paper feed rollers employed beneath the platemsuch feed rollers as are employed being located above the printing line, leaving the space beneath the platen free for the use of other devices.

There are two curvedpaper deflectors 28 and29 employed beneath the platen, one arranged above the other and maintained spaced apart by intermediate spacing members or blocks 30 and 31 located near the ends thereof, as shown in detail in Fig. 12. Generally speaking these deflectorsbeneath the platen conform to the curvatureof the latter, or are substantially concentric therewith, and extend substantially throughoutthe length of the platen. As thus constructed there are two separate channels provided, one of which is the open channel 32 between the two deflectors, and which is bounded at its ends by the separating members 30 and 31, either or both of which-may constitute side edge guides or gages for cooperation with one or both side edges of a worksheet the upper deflector 28. It willbe seen. from an inspection of Figs. 1, 3 and 5 that the forward edge of the deflector 29 terminates in advance of the forward edge of the deflector 28. The deflector 28 is continued up at the rear to form the upwardly and rearwardly extending paper table 14, which terminates at considerable height above the platen. On the other hand, the deflector 28 terminates in the rear of the platen at a much lower point and below the top of the platen, where it is bent to form a loop, 34' that loosely surrounds a rod 35 fixedly connected at its ends to the end plates 16 and 17 of the platen frame. In this manner the rigidly united deflectors 28 and 29, together with the paper tables 13 and 14, are-mounted on the rod 35 and have a slight pivotal movement around said rod. The construction is such that the heavier parts connected to the paper deflectors in the rear of the pivot rod 35 cause the forward ed e portion of the deflector 28, normally, to In, lightly pressed. against the platen, or against the interpoi'ed sheets R, R. In thls manner the sheets R, R, are held snugly against the platen, and sheets I, L, L, intended to be introduced rea-rwardly into the channel 32, are prevented from entering the channel 33. By moving the upper end of the paper table forward, the'forward end portions of the deflectors may be moved downward a limited distance, thus carrying the forward contact edge of the deflector 28 away from the platen.

In order to facilitate the backward introduction of work sheets into the channel 32 from in front of the platen, I have provided a guide, shield, or paper deflector 36 that is movable on the carriage from a substantially horizontally disposed ineffective position in front of the platen as shown in Fig. 1, we downwardly and rearwardly inclined effective position, shown in Fi 3, and vice versa. In order to receive t ese movements the deflector 36 is" constpucted and mounted, in the present instance, as 7 follows: The sheet metal deflector 36 extends substantially throughout the length of the platen and is curved in cross section so as to present aconvex outer contact face.

instance, each end of the deflector 36 has a depending supporting arm or ear 37, indicated as formed integral therewith. The

lower end of 'each arm 37 has a laterally projecting bearing collar or hub 38 riveted thereto, as shown in Fig. 4. A shouldered, headed, pivot screw 39 extends through each hub 38 and is received at its threaded end in a tapped opening in the inner end of a supporting pin 40. One of the supporting pins is secured by suitable means to, and projects inwardly from, the end plate 16 of the platen frame, whereas, the other pin is secured to the end plate 17. In the present instance the outer threaded end-portion 41 of eachpin is screwed into a tapped opening in its associated plate 16 or 17 and is firmly held against movement therein by alock nut 42. In this manner the deflector is mounted on the platen frame for pivotal movement to and from eflt'ective position. The means by which such movements of the deflector 36 are effected will now be described.

As bestshown in Figs. 1 and 4; a headed, shouldered, pivot. screw 43 is received at its threaded end in a tapped opening in the lefthand arm 37 to provide a pivotal connection between said arm and the rear end of an actuating link 44. As best seen in Fig. 3, the forward end of the link 44 is pivoted at 45 to the lower arm 46 of a lever-47, of the first order, pivoted to the carriage and having an upper arm 48. As shown in Fig. 6, the lever 47 has a hub 49 fixed thereto. This hub turns on a fixed pivot rod 50 sup ported at its ends in fixedbracket arms 51' and 52 secured to the carriage. The end'of the pivot rod 50, which is supported in the bracket arm 51, is slabbed-ofi at 53, where it is received in a. correspondingly shaped opening in said bracket arm to hold the rod against turning; a screw 54 holding the rod on the bracket arm. The upper arm 48 of the lever is pivoted at 55 to a rearwardly extending link 56, which in turn is pivoted at its rear end, at 57, to a curved lever or crank arm 58. The link 56 has an upwardly extending finger piece 59, by which the link 56 and the parts connected therewith may .be manually actuated. As best shown in Fig. 7, the lower end of the crank arm 58 is provided with a hub 60 fixedto the rock shaft 61 which extends across the carriage and is supported at its ends in bearings in the end plates 16 and 17. In the present instance each reduced end of the shaft is received in a bushing 62 provided with a hexa gonal head 63. As shown in dotted lines, Fig. 5. the right-hand end of the shaft 61 extends beyond its bearin and beyond the end plate 17, and is slab ed-oif at 64 for reception in a corresponding opening in a crank arm 65 having a laterally extending projection or lug 66. This arm is secured in place on the shaft 61 by a nut 67 threaded onto the right-hand free end thereof. The lug 66 is notched in its forward edge to receive the free end of a wire spring 68. This spring is coiled around a pin 69 and anchored at its opposite end on a screw 69, the pin 69 and screw 69 projecting outwardly from the end plate 17 of the platen frame. The force of the spring 68 is exerted to return the rock shaft 61 and the parts connected therewith to normal position, shown in I'lg. 1. The opposite end portion of the rock shaft 61 from that which carries the crank arm 65 is provided with a second crank arm 70 (Figs. 2 and 5) similar to the crank arm 65, except that there is no tram of actuating connections between the arm 70 and the deflector 36, such as exists between the arm 65 and said deflector.

Each of the crank arms 65 and 70 carrles a member or carrier 71 adjustably mounted thereon by any suitable means. As shown in Fig. 3. each member 71 consists of a plate slotted lengthwise, or up and down. at 72 to receive the stems of beaded screws 73 threaded into tapped openings in the associate arm 65 or 70. By loosening the screws 73, the plates 71 may be adjusted up or down, and a tightening of the screws w1ll cause the heads thereof to bind against and hold the plates in their adjusted POSIlZIOIIS. Each plate is apertured to receive the end of a relatively fine. wire. line-gage or indicator 74 therethrough; The wire is drawn taut 1 n a straight line between the plates 71 and 1s headed or bent at each end,-as indicated at 75 in Fig. '7, to prevent it from being drawn through the apertures inthe plates 71. As thus mounted the line-indicator may be adjusted up and down on the arms 65 and 70 to differentset positions in order that an accurate registration with the printing line may be effected when said arms hold the line indicator in the indicating position, shown in Fig. 1. The rear edges of these plates 71 contact with the face of the'platen to limit the return movement of the arms 65 and 70 and the parts connected'therewith, as shown in Fig. 1..

For reasons which will hereinafter more clearly appear, it is desirable at times to have the line indicator 74 register with top edges of previously written characters at the printing line, or to indicate where the top edges of the characters will appear on a sheet, as indicated in Fig. 13, as well as to register at other times with the bottom edges of the characters in the line next above the writing line, as indicated in Fig. 14. By maln'ng the diameter of the line-indicator materially less than the height of a character to .be written, or less than the space between the tops of the characters in one line and the bottoms of the characters in the next line above. as indicated in these figures. I am enabled to use the line-indicator in the manner described, it being understood that the indicator cannot obscure any of the written characters beneath or below it, thus radically distinguishing the line-indicator from those heretofore used.' This, therefore, is an important advantage aside from the fact that the indicator occupies but little space and can be effectively used in combination with the deflector 36 in front of the platen where the parts are closely related and there v is but little room in which to mount the parts and produce a shifting of the lineindicator out of eifective position when said deflector is shifted to effective position,.and vice versa, all as will hereinafter more clearly appear.

Briefly the operation of the parts thus far described is as follows:

A movement of the finger piece 59 from the Fig. l to the Fig. 5 positionresults in shifting the line-indicator 74 to ineffective or non-indicating position, and in shifting the front deflector 36 from the ino erative, or ineffective, Fig. 1, position, to t e eifective or operative positiomshownfin Fig. 5. It will be seen from a comparison of these figures that this shifting of the deflector 36 carries it from the Fig. 1 position, where it is out of the path of the types 23, 'to the Fig. 5 position, where it IS interposed in the patlr of said types and crosses the printing line. This shifting of the deflectorfifi changes its angular position, as well as effecting a bodily movement thereof fore and aft of the machine, so that when it reaches the Fig. 5 position it will overlie and extend in the rear of the front edge of the deflector 29 and be positioned where it will direct downwardly inserted work sheets into the channel 32. With the parts disposed in this position, a work sheet L may be readily introduced from the front of the platen and shifted rearwardly beneath the latter through the channel 32 without danger of the paper catching on the ribbon vibrator'26 or type guide 27. When the finger piece 59 is released by the operator the various arts referred to will be returned to normal ig. 1 position bv the spring 68, leaving the lineindicator 74 in position where it may coact with the sheet L to aid in properly positioning the latter to receive a line of imprints on the proper cross line thereof.

It ma here be pointed out that the movement 0 the deflector 36 and indicator 74 described above under control of the finger piece 59 is effected independently of an automatic shifting of said parts by a shifting operation of certain of the paper feed rol ers, as will presently ap ear.

I will now describe 1; e construction and arrangement of one form of paper feed roller mechanism embodying my invention, and the means whereby a shlftmg of oertaln of said feed rollers automatically brings about a shifting of the deflector 36and the indicator 74.

' each spring 81 to Referring more particularly to Figs. 1, 2

and 10, it will be seen that a cross bar or supported on the left-hand end portion of the rod 76 is an elongated hub or bearing sleeve 78 of a forwardly. extending supporting arm 79 which is fixed to the hub. A spacing washer 80 maintains the arm 79 separated from the end plate 16. A coiled spring 81 surrounds the hub 78 and rod 76 and is fixed at one end to a collar 82 on the rod 76, said collar being held in position on the rod by a set screw 83. The other end of said spring is connected to the supporting arm 79, so that the force'of the spring 1s exerted to move said arm downward around the pivot rod. An adjustment of the collar 82 to different set positions around the pivot rod 76 is effective to increase or decrease the force of the spring 81 on the arm 79, depending on the adjustment of the collar in one direction or the other around said rod, thereby giving an individual tension adjustment for said arm. The arm 79 extends forward over the platen and is provided with a bearing opening 84 that receives the reduced end 85 of the cross bar or spindle 86 on which aper feed rollers 87, preferably two in num er, are mounted to turn. A shouldered, headed screw 88 is threaded into a tapped opening in the left-hand end of the rod 86 to prevent a disconnection of the rod from its arm 79. It will be seen from one end of the roller supporting rod 86 etc.,'

is duplicatedatthe other end of said rod. Corresponding reference numerals will therefore be used to designate the *corresponding parts at the other end of the rod. The rather loose mounting of the roller bearing rod 86 in the bearings 84 enables said rod to change its angular relation to said arms so that. it may assume a position out of exact parallelism with the axis of the platen shaft. This construction-enables a ply its force individually to the associated end. of the roller carryin rod 86, and to the roller 87 nearest said en and effect an accurate feed of the wo rk sheet R and companion carbon sheet R under varying conditions of use, and cause by said rollers.

Suitable means are shown to enable each feed roller 87 to be adjusted to different positions along the shaft or rod 86 to accord with the width of the work sheet R, and corres onding carbon sheet R, with which the fee rollers 143 coact, preferably at and near the margins thereof. Thus, as seen in Fig. 10,a small coiled spring 89 surrounds the spindle 86 and has a friction-tight binding action thereon, and is contained loosely within a chamber 89' in the bearing member 90 of the companion rubber covered feed rollers 87. The spring 89 retains the roller in the osition to which it is adjusted along the rod 86, while allowing the roller to turn freely.

By swinging the rod'86 and, arms 79 upward and rearward away f om the platen and around the pivot rod 76,.the leading edges of the sheets R and It may be readily introduced beneath the feed rollers 87. The operator then releases the parts and said feed rollers will press the shcetsR and R against the platen, to the exclusion of all other sheets introduced in the machine, as indicatedin Figs. 5 and 18.

In addition to the paper feed rollers 87 I employ, in accordance with the present invention, one or more sets of feed rollers deending on the use of the machine ,as a two-sheetbiller, or for more than two work sheets. The construction in the pres.

ent instance is shown and specifically .described mone example of its use as a so- "called three-sheet biller, and consequently I have illustrated two additionat sets of paper feed rollers 91 and 92. These rollers areshown arranged above the printing line and preferably are in the nature of two sets of margin feed rollers located in axial alignment forward of the feed rollers 87. The feed rollers 92 are more widely separated than the rollers 91 and are intended to co- 0 crate onl with the wider ledger sheet L in t e examp e shown, whereas the rollers 91 coast, in the example shown with the narrower bill or invoice sheet One or more sets of these rollers may be employed, dependin on the requirements, and from the broa er aspects of my invention, they may be mounted in any suitable manner to attain the ends in view. As shown in the present instance. these paper feed rollers are mounted for individual adjustment longitudinall of the platen; they are arranged so that the rollers of each set or pair may be shifted inunison intoand out of contact with the platen or the work sheet with which they coact; they are arranged so that the rollers of either set may be shifted in unison independently of the rollers of the other set, or the rollers of both sets may be shifted in unison at a single operation.

The construction also includes means whereby the deflec or-36 and line-indicator of which will hereinafter more clearly ap- I pear.

The specific means disclosed for mounting and connecting these feed rollers and automatically actuating the other parts mentioned to attain the ends specified are illustrative of but one form of construction embodying my invention, and I am aware that other means may be employed for this pur-- pose.

In the present instance each of the feed rollers 91 or 92 is pivotally supported in a yoke-like carrying member 93, 94, 95 or 96, pivotally mounted on the pivot rod 50, hereinhefore described, to swing thereon and thus carry the companion feed roller into and out of effective position. Suitable individual detent or holding mechanism is employed to hold each roller in either of such positions and cause the roller to bear, with a spring pressure, against the appropriate work sheet when the roller is in effective position.

The detent mechanism in question. is.- in each case similar to that disclosed on a large scale in Fig. 6, from whichit will be seen that a collar or sleeve 97 surrounds the pivot rod 50 intermediatethe arms of the yokelike carrier and is secured to the rod by a set screw 98. An adjustment of the collar 97 along the pivot rod with the yoke determines the, position of the companion feed roller longitudinally of the platen, and when the set screw 98 is tightened, axial movement of the collar and its companion yoke is prevented without interfering with the pivotal. movement of the yoke. A follower 99 is slotted at 100 on opposite sides thereof to receive the pivots 101 of a small metal detent roller 102. The pivots 101 slide as well as turn in bearing slots 103-in the arms of the associated yoke. A leaf spring 104 is attached intermediate its ends, at 105, to the follower 99, whereas the outer free ends of the spring bear against the end walls-of the bearing slots 103. 'From an inspection of Fig. 1,it will be understood that the lower rear side of each collar 97 is slabbed-ofi' at -.106 forming an inclined contact face with or groove 107 or'108 formed therein to re-' tain the'yoke in the definite predetermined position to wh ch it may be shifted and re- $151; the reaction of a certain returning spring as willpresently appear. It will be understood that the diameter of the collar 97 is much "greater than the pivot rod 50, so that the spring detent acts on the collar much more effectively than it would if it contacted directly with the -rod 50 of smaller diameter. The detent mechanism described above is; substantially the same for each of the feed rollers 91 and 92 except, as indicated above, thatin some instances, as for the left-hand yoke 93, retaining grooves 107 and 108 are provided in collar 97 for cooperation with the roller detent 102. Therefore, the same reference characters are employed to designate the different detent devices. The yoke of each feed roller 91 and 92 is much the same except for the yoke 96. This yoke for the right-hand roller 92 may have its side arms brought together and united at 109, as shown in Fig. 1. This is inorder to give greater visibility to the right-hand exposed margin of the work sheet L. If desired, the other yokes 93, 94 .and 95 may be constructedin a like manner.

From what has been said it will be understood that there is an individual spring pressure exerted on each of the feed rollers 91 and 92. In order that each companion pair of these feed rollers 91 and 92 may be shifted into and outof effective position in unison, and by a single operation, without, nevertheless, impairing the individual spring pressure of the feed rollers on the platen, I provide the following described means v Referring more specifically to Figs. 1, 8 and 9,'it will be seen that the cross bar of each yoke or feed roller carrier is provided with a forwardly projecting, headed, pin 110. A sheet metal, slightly flexible or resilient, connecting -bar 111 is bifurcated or slotted at its ends, as indicated at 112, to receive the stems of the pins 110 on the yokes of the companion pair of feed rollers 91 or 92. The end yokes 93 and 96 extend further.-

forward than the intermediate'ones, 94 and 95, so that one set of yokes, and the connecting bar 111 therefor, will not interfere with the pivotal movement of the yokes and bar of the other set. It will be understood that the bars 111 may be readily connected to or detached from their respective carriers or yokes, and that bars of different lengths may be employed, depending on the adjustment of the yokes along the pivot rod 50, or the distance that the rollers of each pair are to be maintained spaced apart .on the pivot rod. In Figs. 8 and '9 I have illustrated different relative adjustments of the feed rollers and yokes, the connecting bars 111 in Fig. 9 being shorter than the corresponding bars in Fig: 8. I,

The left hand oke 93 is provided with an upwardly exten ing arm 113 which terminates in a laterally projecting finger piece 114, as best shown in Figs. 2and 5. A cor-' responding arm 115 and finger piece 116 is fixed on the left hand yoke 9 1 of the other set. As. shown in Fig. 2, the arms 113 and 115 are secured on adJacent arms of the two left- hand yokes 93 and 94, and the two finger pieces 114 and 116 project outwardly away from each other. This permits, when desired, an adjustment of the two left yokes in close relationship. Such an adjustment is not always necessary or desired, and where the two left-hand rollers are to be maintained more widely separated, as shown in Fig. 11, the finger pieces may be extended towards each other, as indicated at 114 and 116 in Fig. 4. In either event, however, the

finger pieces are arranged in such close relationship, one to the other, that they may be simultaneously grasped by one hand of the operator, if desired. It is, therefore,

easy to turn both yokes to which the finger pieces are connected to an upright position,

(see Fig. 3) carrying the companion feed rollers to inell'ective position and transmitting motion through the connecting bars 111 to the other yokes, and thus effect a simultaneous shifting of all-four feed rollers 91 and 92 away from the platen. On the other hand, a shifting of .the finger piece 114 merely results in shiftin both feed rollers 92, and a shifting of the finger piece 116 results in a shifting of both feed rollers 91 independently of the feed rollers 92. The slight resiliency in each of the bars 111, while not interfering with the independent spring pressure applied to each of the feed rollers, 91, 92, by lts spring 104, nevertheless causes both feed rollers operatively connected by each bar 111 to be thrown ofl together, or substantially in unison.

' The locking groove 107 in which the associated detent roller 102 is seated, when the yoke 93 is in the thrown-off upright position, more effectively holds said yoke and the parts automatically controlled thereby, in their actuated positions and against the reaction of the returnin spring 68, as will presently appear. On t e other hand, the locking groove 108 and associated detent roller 102, hold the yoke 93 and the feed rollers 92 controlled thereby in the interme diate Fig. 16 position.

The control of the deflector 36 and the line indicator 74 is automatically effected by a shifting movement of certainof the above mentioned feed "ollers by the following means: Referring particularly to Figs. 1, 3 and 5, it will be seen that an inwardly extending pin 117 pro'ects from the lever arm 46. This pin extends in the ath of the left hand arm of the yoke 93 be ow the pivotal center on which the yoke turns, and as said "oke is moved from the normal, Fig. 1

position, to the Fig. 3 position to release the feed rollers There is. a, lost. motion of said yoke arm before the pin 117 is picked up thereby, for purposes which will presently appear. However, when the yoke arm in question reaches the pin the latter will continue its movement with the arm, shifting the lever 47 and the parts connected therewith from the Fig. 1, to the Fig. 3 position. The elfect of automatically actuating the lever 47 in this manner is the same as operating the finger piece 59 to the limit of its operating movement. This, as previously described, results in moving the line indicator 7 4 to nonindicating' position and in moving the deflector 36 to effective position, as shown in Fig. 3. The parts will be held in such positions under the action of ,the companion spring pressedroller detent 102 in the groove 107, and against the reaction of the spring 68, until the margin feed rollers 92 are again returned by hand to effective position. The deflector 36 and line indicator 74 will then be returned to their normal positions disclosed in Fig. 1 by the spring 68.

' While, as has reviously been pointed out, the machine of t e-present invention may be used diflerently under different conditions, I will continue the assumption of acondition of use hereinbefore pointed out, in which a record or register sheet R, a carbon sheet R therefor, a ledger sheet L, a carbon sheet-L therefor, and a bill sheet I, are employed to be simultaneously written on, with possible additions made directly in the right-hand margin of the sheet L only. In some instances a protecting sheet (not shown) is employed in front of the carbon sheet R, but this is not absolutely necessary and is ignored in the present instance. Assuming that the margin feed rollers 91 and 92 are in the upright ineffective position, the record sheet R and its carbon sheet R of the same size (placed with its transfer face next to the record .sheet) are first introduced to gether from the rear of the platen throu h the channel 33. These sheets are proper y.

positioned widthwisewith the aid of any suitable side edge gage, as 86, and their leadin ends are inserted beneath the feed rollers 87 which alone contact directly with the sheet R. The positions of the parts at this time are diagrammatically illustrated in Fig. 15. In thus introducing the sheetsR and R, they may be fed forward or back with the aid, of the platen 15 and feed rollers 87, and

if necessary properly adjusted with reference to the printing line. If deslred, the llne indicator 74 may be used in aiding in the adjustment of. these sheets, or any sheetswith whichthe/rollers 87 may be used to coact. In order that the line-indicator may be temporarily usedat this time, the finger piece 114 is employed to move the feed rollers 92 down to the position indicated in Fig. 16 where they are retained free from the platen by the associated detent 102 seating itself in the locking groove, 108, as indicated. By reason of the lost motion between the feed roller carrier or yoke 93 and the pin 117, this is the point where in the releasing motion of said carrier the pin '11? is picked up. It follows, therefore, that at this time, the line indicator 74 and the deflector 36', are in their normal positions, as shown in Fig. 16 with the line-indicator in position for use in front of the sheets R, R.

Next the ledger sheet L is introduced rearwardly through the channel 32, but before thisis done thefeed rollers 92 are returned to the Fig. 15 position, thereby automatically restoring the deflector 36 and the line-indicator 74. to the Fig. 15 position, Where said deflector will aid in directing the backwardly introduced ledger sheet into. the channel 32.. As the ledger sheet is then inserted backwardly it will be guided up in the rear of the platen between the deflectors 28 and 29, and with theleft-hand side edge of the sheet against the side wall 30 of the channel 32, the sheet will be accurately positioned widthwise with reference to the platen and the previously introduced register sheet R and its carbon sheet R. Then by moving the rollers 92 down to Fig. 16 position the line-indicator 74 is rendered effective to obtain the proper adjustment of the ledger sheet L in the line space direction.

This is attained with the aid of the lineindicator 74 by registering, say, the printed line dividing the first cross column from the printed headings with the line indicator, to write below said indicatorin the first or January cross column, as indicated in Fig. 7. The margin feed rollers 92 are turned down into eifective position to coact with the marginal portions of the sheet L, the parts at this time being disposed asindicated in Fig. 17. Any suitable adjustable end paper stops (not shown) may be provided to coact with the bottom edge of the ledger sheet. All succeeding ledger sheets L introduced into the machine durin 'say, the'same month, may then be quick and accurately positioned in a line feed direction with the aid of such end stops, and without using the line-indicator. A single adjustment of such end stops for the next month will suflice for all of the ledger sheet entries to be made in that month. The widthwise positioning of each ledger sheet on the carriage is accurately and quickly determined by positioning the left-hand edge of each ledger sheet against the left-hand channel 32 between the end walls 30 and 31,

then both of such walls will act as side ages. I g New in introducing a bill sheet I, which is usually of considerably less length than the record and ledger sheets, a carbon sheet L oi? the same length and width as the bill sheet may be introduced with the latter. That is true unless the bill sheet has a carbonized haclr, in which instance no carbon sheet L is required. 7

With the sheets R, R and L held in position by their respective feed rollers 87 and 92, as shown, in Fig. 5, the bill'sheet I and carbon sheet L. may be readily introduced downwardly and rearwardly from in front of the platen into'the channel 32. At this time the parts are in the position indicated in Fig. 5, being teporarily moved to and held in such position by actuating the finger piece 59 with one hand, while introducing the sheets I and L into the channel 32 with the other hand. From the position of the parts indicated'in this figure, it will be seen that the line indicator 74 has been moved out of theway to an inefiective position, and that the deflector 36 has been moved'to an eilective position where it will aid in effectively directing the lower ends of the sheets I and L into'the channel 32. After introducing the work sheets into the channel, as indicated in Fig. 5, and releasing the finger piece 59, the parts 36 and 74 will return to normal position, as shown in Fig. 18, when said sheets I and L may be adjusted for accurately determining the proper position of the sheets in the line feed direction with the aid of the line indicator 4. If desired suitable end stops (not shown) may be employed for positionin the sheet I and L after obtaining the initial positioning thereof with the aid shown in Fig. 18.

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of the line indicator. The feed rollers 91 are then moved down to effective position, clamping the sheets I and L to the platen, as

' The machine is now in condition to write the bill, and in doing this a manifold copy thereof will be written in its appropriate place on the ledger sheet through the interposed carbon sheet L. A manifold copy also will be made on the record sheet B through the interposed carbon sheet R. When the bill sheet is written, the feed rollers 91 and 92 are simultaneously swung upward to the upright inefi'ective osition b the finger ieces 114 and 116, see Fig. 3 thereby reeasing the sheets I, L' and L While the sheets R and R remain clamped in osition by their feed rollers 87. The act ofthrowing the feed rollers 91 and 92 to upright position not only frees the work sheets as described, but also results in moving the deflector 36 to the positions indicated in Fig. 3, thereby enabling the sheets, I, L' and L to be readily withdrawn, leaving the sheets R and R in the machine. The machine is conditioned to receive first a new ledger sheet L and then anew bill sheet I, with an accompanying carbon sheet L, in the manner hereinbefore indicated, and so on as successive bills are written.

It will be understood that by arranging the feed rollers 87 above -the platen and in the rear of the feed rollers 91 and 92 I am enabled to' locate said feed rollers 87 so that they will coact only with the sheets R and R and that said rollers 87, together with the forward edge ofthe deflector 28, firmly hold said sheets in position on'the platen while the other sheets I, L and L are being removed from the machine and other like sheets are being introduced into the machine in place thereof. y

- It will be understood that-in returning the carriage after the last line on a bill is Written, the platen will be automatically line spaced, which will feed the record sheet R and companion carbon sheet R forward one space ready to receive the manifold copy of the next bill entered on the record sheet.

-I have hereinbefore indicated that the present machine is capable of a very wide range of use, and may be employed with or without slight change in almost any character of billing or like work wherein two or .more sheets are employed, and where one or more work sheets are introduced into and removed from the machine, while another or other sheets are retained in the machine and a certain correlation is required between the sheet or sheets retained in the machine and those introduced therein from time to time.

For example, let it be supposed that the machine is to be used as a check-writing mschine, in which a copy is to be made of all checks as they are written. In this event the checks only would be rearwardly introduced into the channel 32. The record of the checks written would be manifolded through the carbon sheet R on the record sheet R,'both of which latter sheets are fed through 'the separate channel 33. In this event the-sheet R would constitute a :pay

roll or register sheet and there woul no necessity for the feed rollers 91, as the I feed rollers 92 would be properly adjusted and arranged to coact with the checks.

Generally speaking the sheet R, if used in book-keeping work with aledger sheet, may

constitute a so-called register or proof sheet. If used when copyin invoices it may constitute a sales sheet or a disit may constitute a payroll or re 'ster sheet. In each event, however, the 8 sets tributing sheet. If used in check-writing them as the case may be) are removed after each writing, and new sheets entered in place thereof.

One specific instance of the advantages of the use of the line indicator 74 to coact or register with the tops as well as the bottoms of the written characters is given below.

In the #23 Remington bookkeeping machine, in which the present invention is embodied, as hereinbefore indicated, the carriage is automatically returned at a predetermined point in its forward travel and the platen is automatically line spaced.

In using said machine in ordinary'commercial bookkeeping, where a bill sheet and companion ledger sheet are written at one operation, the automatic return of the carriage and line spacing operation are efiected at difierent predetermined points. In one case the return of the carriage is effected immediately after the-balance is written (see Fig. 14), and consequently the carriage 'is to the right, and the platen line-spaced when the next ledger sheet is introduced. In another'case the new ledger sheet may be introduced while the carriage is at the left and before it is automatically returned. The different cases mentioned above depend on whether the pick-up column is on the right-hand or the left-hand side of the ledger sheet, both forms being indicated in Figs. 13 and 14. It follows, therefore, that in some instances a bill sheet and corresponding ledger sheet will be inserted and ositioned with the aid of the line indicator 4, and the pick-u written when the carriage is near the le -hand end of its travel, whereas in other instances, these sheets will be inserted and positioned, and the pickup written, after the carriage has been returned to the right, andthe platen automatically line-spaced. For this reason a newly inserted ledger sheet in one instance will be brought with the upper ends of the characters in'the last previously written line on the sheet substantially in register with the line indicator, whereas in another instance the lower ends of said characters will be brought substantially in register with the indicator. This will be brought out even more specifically in the following concrete example illustrated in Figs. 13 and 14.

The first entry made in each instance is entered, usually on the margin of the ledger sheet,'and consists in writing the pick-up, or old balance. This is in order that the old balance may be introduced into the adding machine for addition therein to the amountoi the new entries to be made, and thereby correctl give the amount of the new balance w en such entries are comleted. Thereis a special column on the edger sheet for writing the amount of the pick-up, which column usually extends beyond a side edge of the bill, so that such pick-up? entries will appear on the led er sheet, but not on the bill sheet. In some in-- stances the pick-up column is at the righthand side of the ledger sheet, as shown in Fig. 13, and in other cases the pick-up column is at the left-hand side-edge of the ledger sheet, as shown in Fig. 14. In the example shown in Fig. 13, a newly introduced ledger sheet is inserted and adjusted to register the top edges of the numerals of the previous entry, 7.55; 36.30 etc. with the line indicator 74 while the carriage is to the left, where it remained after writing thepreviously withdrawn bill and ledger sheets. The carriage being positioned to write within the pick-Jpc Iumn the amount of the last balance 36.30, in the instance indicated, such amount will be written in said pick-up column beneath the line indicator 7 4 and in horizontal alignment with the entry to which it applies, as indicated in dotted lines. The carriage is then automatically returned and line-spaced, bringing the bill and ledger sheets in position to receive the next entry, with the amount of the last pickup set up in the appropriate register of the adding machine to be added to the amounts of the next entries to be made.

On the other hand, when the pick-up is to be made at the left-hand side of the sheet, as indicated in Fig. 14, the carriage was automatically returned and the platen line was written in the last column; the carriage being returned to a position where writing may be produced in the left-hand pick-up column. In introducing and adjusting a new ledger sheet at this time, the operator will bring the sheet into position where the bottom edges of the previously written entry 28.75; 5; 156; 7.55 etc., will substantially register with the line indicator 74, as shown. The operator then enters the amount of the pick-up, as indicated in dotted lines", which amount will be written below the line indicator 74 and in the same line where the other appropriate succeeding entries are to be made; the amount of the pick-up being added in the register as before. It will be seen, therefore, that the foregoing is one example where the line indicator is to be used at one time to register with the tops or upper ends of previously printed characters to attain the desired ends (as indicated in Fig. 13) and at another time 'with the bottoms or lower ends of the previously printed characters (as indicated in Fig. 14) to attain the desired ends; that in both instances the indicator 74 is equally eflicient, and in neither instance obscures the printed characters or interferes with. the operation of the type ars. It also will be understood that, in the example indicated above in connection with Figs. 13 and 14 the distance a sheet is fed spaced after the old balance, say 36.60,

up at each line spacing operation accords substantially with the height of the characters written on the machine. By this arrangement the upper ends of a line of previously written characters may be brought substantially into register with the indicator, and at this time additional characters may be written in the same line with their upper ends substantially in register with the indicator, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 13. Or, on the other hand, the sheet may be adjusted to substantially register the lower ends of the previously written characters of a line with the indicator, as shown in Fig. 14, and an entry added as shown in dotted lines in its proper place, in the next line below the indicator, and a line space distance below the last previously written line above.

In either instance indicated above the upper ends, say, of characters written in one line will, of course, appear substantially one line-space distance below the upper ends of the previously written characters in the next line above. 7

The means that enable the line indicator 74 to be adjusted on the arms 58 and 70 enable the indicator to be set, if desired, so that it will substantially register with the lower ends of characters as they are written on the machine, although I prefer to adjust the in dicator as shown, so that it will substantially register with the upper ends of the characters as they are written.

By reason of the construction and arrangement of the parts disclosed herein, it has been found in practice that a pack of disconnected work and carbon sheets may be effectively fed together with the aid of the feed rollers 91 and 92, or either set of such rollers, without bringing about a relative displacement between said sheets at the printing line. With the ordinary feed mechanism such a displacement is effected due to the bending of' the pack around the platen and the resultant fanning of the sheets of the pack. Where ruled cross lines are employed on the sheets, and the entries are to be made within given spaces between such lines or on the lines themselves, it becomes of the utmost importance to prevent any such relative displacement between the sheets of the pack at the printing line, since otherwise while an entry may be made in its proper place on one sheet of the pack, such entry may be manlfolded on incorrect lines on the remaining sheets.

This is a matter to be considered aside from the use of the device for billingpurposes, although it may enter into consideration in certain characters of billing operations. It has been found very difiicult. if not impossible, heretofore to obtain the above mentioned desired results where a considerable number of sheets are used in the pack.

The effective attainment of the results in the present construction is due to the fact that the pack may be introduced rearwardly and .downwardly, and guided around the platen from the front thereof while the lead ing edges of thesheets constituting the pack are firmly held together, in register, by the operator; the fanning which occurs in the sheets at this time being at the bottom edge portions thereof and remote from the printing line. The attainment of 7 the desired results in the present construction is due to the further fact that there are -no paper feed rollers which coact with the platen below the latter, or before the printing line is reached, the feed rollers coacting with the work sheets and platen only. at or near the printing line, or at a point beyond or above the printing line and at a distance not too remote therefrom. By this arrangement'the sheets are always held and 35 fed in proper register at the printing line, and the fanning of the sheets always occurs at the bottom edges of the sheets, and

at points thereof which have not yet reached the printing line. As the pack is fed forward the fanned lower edges of the sheets will straighten and properly register themselves, one with reference to another, before the printing line is reached. Therefore, there is no relative displacement of the sheets of the pack at the printing line, or at the point where each line is written and at the t'me of writing such line. In other words, the fanning of the pack of sheets which inevitably occurs when the pack is applied to the platen as described is gradually cor--. rected as the line-by-line feed of the pack takes place so that at the printing point the ruled lines of all the sheets come into register and hence the printing is done "in the same space or on the same line for each sheet of the pack. This is due to the fact that the pack has only one feeding mechanism or set of rollers at or near the printing line and there is nothing back of the same to prevent the fanned ends of the sheets from recovering the initial registered relationship which they had before placement on the platen.

Various changes may be made in the construction, and certain parts thereof may be employed without others, without departing frommy invention as it is defined in the accompanying claims. I am aware, moreover, that various features of my construction may be employed in combination with specifically different means from those disclosed herein for controlling the paper feed rollers; and that the means for automatically and independently controlling the line indicator and front deflector may be materially changed without departing from my invention as it is defined in the accompanying claims, and therefore, from certain aspects of my invention, do not 'limitmyself to the construction shown and described.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is 1. In a typewriting or like machine, a line gage so situated and sufficiently thin to fully expose below the gage printed'cliaracters at the printing line and the tops of which register with the gage.

2. In a typewriting or like machine, a thin wire line gage that will not cover characters printed on the machine and ma be used to register the tops of printed c aracters' at the printing line as well asthe bottoms of printed characters in the next line above the printing line.

3. In a typewriting or like machine, a line gage sufiiciently thin to wholly expose below the gage printed characters the tops of which register with the gage, and automatically operating means for shifting said gage out of effective position and away from the platen so as to enable a work" sheet to be introduced between said gage and the platen.

4. In a typewriting or like machine, a line gage of less crosswise dimensions than the height of printed characters written on the machine, whereby said gage may register .the tops of characters written at the printing line as well as the bottoms thereof and whol ly expose below the gage printed characters when registering the top of the printing line, and automatically operating means for shifting said gage into and out of effective position.

5. In a typewriting or like machine, 'the combination of a line gage above the writing the line sufficiently thin to wholly expose below the gage printed characters the tops of which register with the gage, said gage being shiftable into and out of effective position, a paper deflector, means for shifting said paper deflector into and out of effective position, and means controlled by the said shifting movements of said deflector for controlling the shifting movements of said line gage into and out of effective position.

6. In a typewriting or like machine, the combination of a thin wire line gage that will not cover characters printed on the machine and may be used to register the tops of characters at the printing line as well as bottoms of printed characters in the next line above, said gage being shiftable into and out of'eflective position, a paper deflector shiftable into and out of effective position, and automatically operating means for shifting said line gage into effective position when the deflector is shifted out of effective posit-ion and for shifting the gage out of effectiveposition when the deflector is shifted into effective position.

ing said deflector to effective position when said feed-rollers are moved away from the platen.

8. In a typewritingor like machine, the combination of a platen, feed rollers cooperative therewith above the printing line and movable towards and from the platen, a paper deflector arranged in front of the platen and shiftable from an effective position in the path of the types where said deflector is effective to guide a work sheet introducedrearwardly past the printing line, automatically operating means'for shifting said deflector to effective position when said feed rollers are moved away from the platen, and means which enable said deflector to be shifted at will into and out of effective position independently ofthe movement of said feed rollers towards and away from the platen.

9. In a typewriting or like machine, the combination of a platen, two sets of feed rollers disposed atjdiflerent points along the platen, the feed rollers of each set being shiftable towards and away from the platen independently of the feed rollers of the other set, a paper deflector carried by the carriage in front of the platen to, aid in introducing work sheets from the front of the platen rearwardly around and beneath the platen, said deflector being shiftable from an ineffective to an effective position in which it is in the path of the types, and automatically operating means for shifting said deflector to effective position when one set of said feed rollers is moved away from the platen. v

10. In a typewriting or like machine, the combination of a platen, two sets of feed rollers disposed at different points along the platen, the feed rollers of each set being shiftable towards and away from the platen independently of the feed rollers of the other set, a paper deflector carried by the carriage in front of the platen to aid in introducing work sheets from the front of the platen rearwardly around and beneath the platen, said deflector being shiftable from an ineffective to an effective position in which it is in the path of the types, automatically operating means for shifting said deflector to effective position when one set of said feed rollers s moved away from the platen, and

means which enable said deflector to be shifted at will into eflective position independently of the operation of said automatically operating means.

, operating means controlled by a movement of said feed rollers away from the platen for shifting said line gage away from eflective position and for shifting said deflector to effective position.

12. In a typewriting or like machine, the combination of a platen, paper feed rollers shiftable away from the platen, a paper deflector shiftable from an ineffective to an effective position where it will aid in introducing a work sheet rearwardly around and beneath the laten, means by which such movements 0 said feed rollers and deflector may be simultaneously effected, and means that enable said deflector to be shifted at will to effective position independently ofthe shifting of said feed rollers.

13. In a typewriting or like machine, the combination of a platen, paper feed rollers shiftable away from the platen, a line indicator shiftable away from indicating position, a paper deflector shiftable from an ineflective to an effective position whereit will aid in introducting a work sheet rearwardly around and beneath the platen, means by which such movements of said feed rollers and deflector may be -simultane-. ously eflected, and means that enable such movements of the deflector and line indicator to be effected at will independently of the shifting of said feed rollers.

14. In a typewriting or like machine, the combination of-a carriage, a platen carried thereby, two curved paper deflectors arranged one above the other and extending beneath the platen and with the latter forming two separated channels through which work sheets may pass, and a third deflector carried by the carriage in front of the platen and shiftable from an ineffective position out of the paths of the types to an effective position in the paths thereof where it will coact with one of said first mentioned curved deflectors and direct a work sheet introduced rearwardly past the printing line to one said coacting curved deflector.

15. In a typewriting or like machine, the combination of a carriage, a platen carried thereby, two curved pa er deflectors arranged one above the otlier and extending beneath the platen, means for maintaining said deflectors spaced apart so that they with thereby, two curved paper deii the platen will form two separated channels through which work sheets may pass, one

of said channels being between the platen and the upper deflector, the other channel being between the two deflectors, and a third paper deflector carried. by the carriage in front of the platen and shiftable from an ineffective position. out of the path of the types to an effectz position thereof and where it will direct a work sheet introduced rearwardly past the printing line to the channel between said curved deflectors.

16. In a typewriting or like no chine, the combination of a carriage, a p carried ors ar standing ranged one above the other and e beneath the to a greater of the platen, means deflectors spaced apart so that they with the platen will form two separated channels through which work sheets may pass, one of said channels being between the platen and the upper deflector, the other channel being between the two deflectors, a third paper deflector carried by the carriage in front of the platen and shiftabie from an ineffective position out of the path of the types to an effective position in the paths thereof and where it will direct a work sheet introduced rearwardly past the printing line to the channel between said curved deflectors, and feed rollers which coact with said platen above the printing line.

17. .In a typewriting or like machine, the combination of a. carnage, a platencarried thereb two curved pa er deflectors arrange one above theother and extending beneath the platen, means for maintaining said deflectors spaced apart so that they with the platen will form two separated eight than the other in the rear for maintaining said in the paths platen and one of which extends channels throu h which work sheets may pass, one of sai channels being between the platen and the upper deflector, the other channelbeing'between the two deflectors, said curved deflectors bein pivotally supported on the carria e so t at the forward edge of the upper de ector may bear lightly against the p aten, and a third paperdeflector carried by the carriage in rout of the platen and shiftable from an ineffective position out of the path of the types to an

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