US669618A - Attachment for type-writing machines. - Google Patents

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m m n r a M d e t n e t a P ATTACHMENT FDR TYPE WRITING MACHINES.

(Application filed Oct. 81, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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FRANCES L. OALVEARD, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

ATTACHMENT FOR TYPE-WRITING MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 669,618, dated March 12, 1901:

Application filed October 31, 1900. Serial No. 36,069. (No model.)

To a whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCES L. CALVEARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Attachment for Type-Writing Machines; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in attachments facilitating the placing of new ribbons on type-writers, being designed simply and only for that purpose and fitted to the machine without the use of screws. Ordinarily the placing of new ribbons involves inconvenience and annoyance in that whether they are Wound on spools or otherwise they have to be held in position while being unwound and placed on the machine with a pencil or other improvised means. My invention provides'a rod to take the place of the said pencil or other improvised means. This rod, joined at right angles to a metal bar, is adjusted to the machine by means of a band of spring-steel, the same being connected with the aforesaid rod and bar by means of a small screw or rivet. The rod can then be moved backward or forward, as the necessities of space may require, and when not in use he simply moved back to its position in line with the frame of the machine. Thus it may be left permanently on the type-writer without in any way interfering with the working thereof,

with the placing of the cover when the machine is not in use, or changing materially the generally uniform appearance of the machine.

My attachment maybe used on either side of the machine and on any type-writer constructed substantially after the model of the Remington type-writer.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a frame of a Remington type-writer with my attachment secured thereto. Fig. 2 is a detail view.

Letter A is the rod, B the band of springsteel, and C the connecting-bar.

As will be noted, the new ribbon, whether it be on a spool or wound flat, is simply placed on the rod, the end of the new ribbon being fastened to the spool in the usual way. The winding of the new ribbon onto the spool is done by turning the crank already on the machine in the ordinary way.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a spring adjustable ribbon-holding attachment for typewriters, in combination, a band of spring-steel to hold the attachment adjustably in position on the frame of the type-writer, a metal bar having pivotal connection with said band and a rod connected to said metal bar.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANCES L. OALVEARD.

Witnesses:

TIMOTHY J. LEAHY, CHAS. SMITH.

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