US877608A - Type-writing machine. - Google Patents

Description

PATENTED JAN. 28, 1908.

H. HPSTEELEU TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION-FILED MAIL}. 1906.

QSHEETS-SHBET 1.

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WI -TNE ESEE H15 ATTORNEY INVENTDR:

PATENTED JAN. 28, 1908.

No. 877,608. v

H. H. STEELE.

TYRE WRITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.8.1906.--

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H15 TTEJFQNEY PATENTED JAN. 28, 1908.

v H. E. STEELE. TYPE-WRITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. B. 1906.-

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INVENTEIR:

H15 URNEY UNITED STATES PATENTv HERBERT H. STEELE, OF

COMPANY, OF SYRACUSE, NEW

TYPE-WRITING MACHINE.

SYRACUSE, NEW roa Specification of Letters Patent.

K, ASSIGNOR TO THE MONAROH TYPEWRITER YORK, Ax CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

Patented Jan. 28, 1908.

Application filed March 8. 1906. Serial No. 304.947.

sense as comprehending devices cooperative to arrest the travel ng element of a type' Writing machine whether such element be the printing element or the work holding element commonly called the platen.

One object of my invention, stated generally, is to provide automatically controlled means for arresting the traveling element or carriage at different points during its travel back and forth, so that at difierent points on the work sheet. Other objects will subsequently appear.

To the above ends the invention consists in the features of construction, combinations of devices and arrangements of hereinafter fully described and particu pointed out in the claims.

In its broader aspects my invention is adaptable to various styles of what is commonly called tabular work; that is, towork in which the lines of writing do not extend continuously from side to side ofthe work sheet so that'there are blank spaces in the arts e ly line, or in which successive llines do not begin mar m of they at the same distance from the work sheet. In the present appfication I have shown one for-moi said invention as embodied in an attachment which may be advantageously employed in directing envelo s, and also a second form adapted to be emp oyed in writing headings of letters or bills. In another. applicationffiled March 19th, 1906, Serial No. 306,862, I have shown another form of said invention iii combination with a tabulator, so called. Other ada tations will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art.

In actually reducing in r crete form 1 have applie it to the machine commercially known as the Monarch type-f writer and in the drawings I have illustrated a machine generally'resembling such type writer; but the nature of the invention is invention to con such that it may be adapted readily to other forms of writing machines.

-member which may her and carriage stop cooperate lines may be begun.

- are enlarged front e In carr ing out said invention I provide'a detacha be adjusted at various points on the usual toothed. stop bar of'the machine, said stop member comprising a reciprocatory spring-pressed sleeve provided with a plurality of contact surfaces stepped circumferentially and longitudinally of said sleeve, said sleeve being cooperative with fixed cams which are adapted to give itrotary motion when it is moved longitudinally by a co-acting carriage stop. The stop mom-- carriage on the return movement of the latter in the form illustrated, so that the stop member serves as a margin regulating device.

In the acpompanyin drawings, Figure 1 is a fragmentary front e ovation of the upper portion of a typewriting machine embodying le stop to arrest the my invention, parts of the machine not nec-' essary to a complete understanding of said invention being omitted. Fig. 2 is an enlar ed top plan'view of my novel stop device am a portion of the stop bar on which it is mounted. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken on a plane represented by the line 00-90 in Fig. 1 and looking in the direction. or the arrow in said figure. Fig. 4 is dinal sectional view of the stop device, taken on the plane represented by the line y in Fig. 3 and looking in the direction of the arrow in said figure. Fig. i is drawn to a scale so1newhat larger levations of the stop de vice showing the movable portion or siseve thereof in diiierent positions, the support for said stop device being omitted in said figures. Fig. 8 is an enlarged end View of the stop de vice and showing the sup-port thereof in sec tion. Fig. 9 is an enlarged top plan view of a modified construction of the stop device. Fig. 10 is an enlarged plan view of a modified construction of the movable portion or sle vs of. the stop device. I In the drawings chine is shown as comprising the main frame of the maa top plate 1 on which are fixed standards 2, said standards supporting fixed guide ways 3 which are socured in place by screws 4. Anti-friction balls 5 cooperate with the guide ways 3 and with oppositely grooved guide rails 6 which are connected by webs 7 said guide rails t and webs 7 constituting a slide bar. Side bars 8 projectforward a. longitu than is Fig. 3. Figs. 5, 6, and 7 horizontally from the are ends of the slide bar and compose with the tive by a suitable construction of line spacing mechanism. The right-hand side bar 8 is formed at its front with an upwardly projecting portion 11 terminating in a finger piece 12 which is convenient for returning the carriage across the top plate fromleft-to right. Side arms 13, p.voted to the carriage at 14, support a 'carr age feed rack 15 which normally meshes with a feed pinion 16, the latter beingoperatively connected with an escapement wheel "17. Feed dogs 18 are mounted at the top of the vertical y disposed arm 19 of a dog carrier or rocker 20 which is pivotally mounted onthe frame of the. machine and is provided with a restoring spring 21. The horizontally disposed arm 22 of the dog carrier'is connected by a link 23 with any suitable construction of universal bar niech.

anism, so that at each operation of'on of the printing key levers (not shown) the feed dogs 18 cooperate in a known manner with the es-' capement wheel 17 topermit the carriage to. be drawn a letter space distance leftward across the top plate under the influence of a' carriage spring drum (not'fshown). Alug 24 projects forwardly from the slide bar of the carriage and receives a headed screw 25 which serves-as a'pivot for an angular lever 26 having an upright arm 27 and a' horizontally disposed arm 28, said angular lever constitutin a carriage stop. A wire spring 29 is coile around the lug 24 and cooperates 'with'thecarriage stop, acting to maintain the vertical arm 27 in engagement with a 4.0 stoplug 30 fixed onthe slide bar. ,The horizontal arm 28 of the carriage stop haspivoted to it at 31a roller 32 which is adapted to cooperate with suitable bell alarm and linelocking mechanism .(not shown). The upper portion of the vertical arm 27 is cooperative with line and marginstops' suitably mounted on the frameworklof the machine. The margin'sto only is shown herein and is designated y the reference numeral 33. Sa1d margin stopis adjustable along a toothed stop bar. 34 which is horizontally disposed above the top guide way 3, extending lon i tudinally "of the-platen and bein pivotally mounted in lugs 35- integral with said top guide way 3. The right-hand bearing portion 36 of the stop bar 34 projects beyond the supporting lug 35, being provided with a knurled finger piece 37. A coiled restoring spring 38 surrounds the projecting end 36 of the stop bar. The parts above described re semble generally those found in the Monarch machine, and it is not thought necessary to describe them at any greater length.

deferring now 'to my novel stop device, I,

preferably provide a yoke-like bracket-or line spacing ratchet wheel 10 which is opera-.

operate with the teeth 34 of the toothed sup ort comprisinga body portion 39 exten inglongitudinally of the stop bar 34 and having at its ends forwardly extending ears or lugs 40.- Centrally of the body portion at its rear side is a lug 41 cut away as indicated at 42 (Figs. 3 and 8). Said lug is provided with a vertical erforation which receives a ivot pin 43 an( serves as a bearing therefor. ixed to and projecting horizontally from the lower end of the pivot pin. is a locking portion 44 and secured to t 10 upper end oi" said pivot pin isa finger .piece 45, the linger piece, locking portion and pivot pin comprising a rotary atch, The under side of the body portion 39 is cut away to fit over the stop bar 34.: l The lugs 40 extend down in front of the bar 34 and have rearward flanges 4O (Fig; 8) that extend back slightly beneath the teeth 34 of said bar'. The stop device is thus held securely in position by these flanges under the forward edge of the bar 34 and the locking piece 44 under the rear edge of said bar. The stop device is formed with one or more teeth 46 which 00- rack bar 34 to prevent the stop device from sliding along said bar. 'As shown in Fig. 2, the top of the body portion 39 is cut away as ind1cated at'47 (Fig. 2).to expose the usual indicating marks with'which the top of the stop bar 34 is provided, said marks constituting a scale which corresponds with the usual platen scale of the machine (not shown). The left end of the cut-away 47 is shaped to provide a pointer 48 which cooperates with the scale on the sto bar 34. Asshown in Figs. 4 and 8, the un er side oi the left-hand, ear 40 is cut away as indicated at 49 to permit of the free passage of the carriage-stop'arm 27. Said left-handear 40 is formed with an opening into which is driven a sleeve 50 provided with aflange 51 which abuts the outer face of the ear 40, said flange being formed with a cut-away 51 for the passageof the arm 27. T he'inner end of the sleeve 50 is formed with arteries of saw teeth 52, whichproject inwardly be end the inner face ofthe ear-.40 and are beve ed on one side only, six of such teeth being shown in the drawings. The right-hand ear 40 is formed with an o ening into which is driven a sleeve 53, said s e eve being provided with 'a fiange :54 whichabuts the outer face of the righthand ear. The inner end of the sleeve 53 is 1 formed with a seriesof teeth 55, fprojecting inwardly beyond the inner'face o the right hand ear 40 and each tooth beingibeveled on both sides, six of such teeth being shown in. the drawings. The inner face of the righthand ear 40 is counter b'ored as indicated at 56 (Fig. 4). The sleeves 50 and 53 are formed with openings which receive a bear ing or pivot rod 57, the ends'of said rod being threaded to receive binding nuts 58 which are screwed up tight to bind the flanges of 130 exposed correspond both in comprising sv'c eos Before the rod 57 is mounted in its sup-' ports it receives sstop member, which, as iere shown, is in the form of an elongated spool or sleeve 59, sand sleeve being movable both lor ltudinolly and 'rotetively upon the bearing ad 5?. Near its rightdisnd end the sleeve W is provided with an annular head or flange 69 end outside the flange the body of sold sleeve is formed with one or more beveled teeth 61 which are fltldpiK-Kl to cooperate with the teeth on the sleeve 53. midway of its length the sleeve 59 is pro vided with two oppositely disposed and out Wsrdly extending stops or ugs 62. lg t-hend feces 62% of these lugs are plain and serve as stopping or contact faces while the righhhsnd foces 64 are beveled. in end view esch lug 62 appears, as shown in Fig. 2., 5. part of s sector o f o. circle, the circumterence of which is equal to sod is concentric ith the outer circumference of the annular flange 60, the center of said circum'ferenc' being the axis of the pivot-rod 57 [is it the understood from a. considerm tion of S and the remainder of the tigur'es, from 1 to 7 inclusive, the stops 62 are hounded at their roots by the circumference of the cylindrical sleeve 59.

Near its left-hand end the sleeve .59 is pro vided w h two op ositely disposed stops or lugs es, seid stops eing similar in shape and o the stops 62 and having plain ct laces and beveled faces 67'. As from. an inspection lg. 13, 65 ore disposed at singles of to to Each ofthe'stops 62 and r cred endwise covers onesixth of c face of the Henge The shops of the e store s2 and 65 is such, end they are disposed circumferentiolly oz-i the sleeve 59 'tl when the stop member -lS viewed the left so in Fig. 3 theonly portions of the ioce of annular flange which are shape and di-' mensions to each the stops 62 end 65, end the exposed portions of sold flange 69 are oppositely disposed to each other. [it the left of the plain 'faces 86 of the stops 6'5 a. tooth 68 projects lengtl'iwise from the end of the sleeve 59, said tooth being; adapted to cooperate with the teeth 52 of the fixed sleeve 54).

A wire spring'lh) is coiled around the rod 5? between the flange Gil-and theright-hsml lug 40 the outer end of sold spring being removed in the counterhme 56 in said lug. The spring 69 serves normally to press the sleeve 59 longitudinally left-Ward along the rod 5?,so as to maintain the tooth nor- About The molly in engagement with the teeth 52 of the leit-hand fine sleeve 50.

Referring now to the operation of the parts above described and assuming that it is desired to address a. number of envelops, the first envelop is entered in the machine and led sround with the platen in the usual menner. The paper fingers at the front of the platen (not shown) are arranged to properly guide and control ssid envelop as it is fed upwardly through the mnchine and the point at which the first letter of the first line of the address is to be written is noted on the usual platen scele (not shown). The improved stopdevice is then adjusted on the sto bar 34%, the pointer 48 of said device lieing brought to the point of the scale on said stop herwhich corresponds with. the point selected on the plsten scale for. beginning the writing. ln adjusting the sto device, the teeth 46 ore first engaged with t e proper openings between the teeth 34: of the stop our and then the rear portion oi the body 39 of. the stop device ispressed down against the stop bar, the cut-sway 42 enabling this movement to he readily ell'ected. Thereafter the locking portion 441. of the latch or securing member is swung around under the stop bar 34 by means of the linger piece or handle 45. The parts are so proportioned that the coaction between the locking portion 44 and the under side of the rack bar 34 is suflicient to bindthe stop device tightly in place on ssid bzir, end movement of the. stop device longitudinally of the stop our under the shock of co-sction with-the csrrisge'sto her 2? is prevented by the cooperation oi the teeth 34: and 46. At the beginning of an operation the sleeve 59 should be in such a position that the stops 62 ahd 65 are out of the psth of the carriage stop arm 27.

The stop device being properly adjusterh let us ossurne that the various parts are in the relation shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, Withthe spring 69 pressing. the tooth 598 into engagement with two of the teeth 52 and with the carriage stop just engsging with the flange 69 of the sleeve 59. It will be noted from on inspection of Fig. 3 that up to this point the inovement of the carriage from an indefinite point at the left towards the right has been free end unobstructed, the upright stop arm having passed through the cutswsy 51 in the flange 51, through the cute away ll) in the leftband our 40 and through the space between the two adjacent stops 62 and 65. it now the rightward movement of the csrrisge be continued from the position illustrated in Fig. l, the stop arm 27 engaging the lhtnge 60 will overcome the force of the spring 69 and move the sleeve 59 from the position illustrated in the first four figures towards the right. .Two of the stages for beginning the first line of the a illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6, In Fig- 5 the sleeve is shown as being moved far enou h to theright to completely disengage t e tooth68 from the twocooperating teethi52.

From an inspection of this figure it will be noted that the parts'are so proportioned and arranged that. the disengagement of theseteeth has taken lace just before the engagement of the teet 61 at the right of the s eeve withthe 006 era'ting fixed teeth 55. Furtherrightwar movement of the sleeve from,

cooperate with. said teeth 55 a slight forward turning orrotarymovement will be communicated to the sleeve, so that when the co-eperating teeth '55 and 61 are full-yenr gaged the sleeve-will have been turned suffi- .ciently, as illustrated in Fig. 6, to Lcarry the past the point of the tooth "68 forwardly point of the tooth 52 with the straight side of which it had previously -cooperated. When the teeth 55 and 6.1 are fully engaged, as shown in Fig. 6 the sleeve 59 will be arrested and the flange 60 will-become fixed for the time being; stopping further rightward movement of the carriage. The spring 69 serves to cushion the sleeve and'soften its impact with its'support. This stoppage of the carriagew ill occur at the proger point dress on the envelop. Suppose now that the first.

line of said. addressbe written in the usual manner. As the. letters are printed the car vriage will .bes fed ste by step from right. to

left, the arm 27 of ecarriagesto 'moving to the left as .the carriage moves. his pen mits the reci rocatory sleeve 59 to be moved longitudinall y leftward by the "compressed restoring spring 69. Duringf the, first twoor three letter sp ace movements of the carriage the flange 60 of said sleeve/will be-maintained frictionally engaged with the arm 27 1 under the influence of said restoring spring; As the sleeve moves leftward-from the'position indicated inflFig fi' the teeth 61 will sep- .arate from the teeth 55 and the toothfl68twallenter the'space between two of a the teeth '52 forward (or towards the front/ 0f the ma:

has completely engaged with the sides of the two teeth 52 with' which it now coeperates,

said sleeve will have heenturned. forwardly to-the, osition shown in'Fig. 7.. ltlwill be recalle that there are six teeth 52 so that: the turning movement communicated to the.

.d'ownwardly extending 'sto.

and separating the tooth 52 with which it'wa's enga ed. .The carriage sleeve when the tooth 68 disengagesirom one opening and passes to and engages with the next opening between said teeth 52 amounts to one-sixth of the circumference of the circle or 60. This. forward turning movement of the .sleevehas therefore been suflicient to rotate the stop shown as ex tending downwardly and forwardly in Fig.

3, from the position shown in said Fig. 3 to the position occupied in said figure by the lowermost exposed portion of the flange 60, that is to say; the stop 62 has been turned down into the path of the carriage stop arm 27 Theleitward longitudinal movement of the sleeve 59 and its simultaneous forward turning movement will be stopped when the tooth 68 .is'full'y engaged withv the teeth 52,

so that further letter space movements of the carriage will move the carriage stop arm 27 away from the flange 60. and cause it, aftersome five or six additional letter s ace movements, to enga c with the bevele face 64 of :thestop 62 WhlCh new projects downwardly The carriage-stop spring 29 will permit the stop arm 27 to swing rightwardly about its pivot 26, separating from the stop lug-30 and sliding over the beveled face '64 of the 00- operative stop 62. This movement of the carriage stop. causes the roller 32 thereon to swingdownward and to cooperate with the" bell alarmf mechanism so that when the carriage has been fed far enough leftward to permit the stop 27 to swing c ear of the stop 62, the carriage stop aud ts associate parts return to normal position and. the bell will berung 'mdicating that theflstops are new ositioned: to cooperate properly.

During; it ,e-lprintin of the rest of the first line of the a dress t stops 65',"through.thecut-away 49 in the lefthand ear-wand through .the cut-away 51 havin -beencompleted,' the platen: is. line right' tog begin e second line of writing.

As the carriage isnioved rightward the stop.

arm 27 will 'contaetwith the face 63 of the 62 so. thatas rightward movement of .sai carriage 180011- I [tinned the sleeve-59 will .be moved bodily chine) .of that space-with which said tooth rightward-again compressing" the splr ing 69 68 from t e teeth will be finally arrested w on the sleeve 59 has been moved sufficiently far to the ri ht flange 6.0;. Consequently the carriage will .61: on the sleeve and the.

I e letter space-movements of l the; carriage are free and unobstructed, the stoparni3127passing leftward between the Lin theflange 5-1.;The first line of writing stops seven letter space distances apart, but

be in a position to begin the-second line some half dozen spaces, more or less, to the ri ht of the first one, the number of spaces etween the beginnings of the two lines depending on the longitudinal distance between the flange 60 and the stop 62. In the present instance I have preferred to make these two the number of spaces, of course, is 0 tional. Before the sleeve 59 has reached the imit of its rightward movement, it will have been turned slightly forward by the cooperation between its teeth 61 and the fixed 'teeth in a manner already explained. Consequently as the written and the carriage is moved step-by step to the left, the restoring spring 69 will a ain serve to move the sleeve 59 leftward a ong its supporting rod 57, and at the same time the tooth 68 which has been turned slightly forward will cooperate with the fixed opening between the teeth '52 forward of the ,last previous opening. The rotary movement thus communicated to the. sleeve will serve .to bring one of the stops 65 into the path of the stop arm 27 so that as the writing of the second line 18 continued the stop arm I 27 will slide down over the beveled fac"e 67 of the stop 65 and when released therefrom will cause the bell to be rung, thereby indicating that the stops are roperly ositioned for coaction for the thirr line. he second line having been completed the platen is again line spaced and the carriage is restored to the right. This time the stop arm 27 will cooperate with the downwardly projecting stop 65 to arrest the carriage in po.- sition to space distances to the right ofthe beginning 0 the second line. As the third line is written, a third rotary movement of the sleeve 59. is completed in the same manner as the two' preceding movements. Said sleeve will now have been turned in'all through 180. Consequently when the carriage 18 next restored to the right the-stop arm 27 will cooperate with the flan e 60 at the part 0(pposite to that with whic it first cooperate 60 1s Ordinarily the address on an'envelop Wlll consist of threelines, and I have designed the present attachment for an address of that character. The address on the first envelop being completed, said envelo may be removed from the machine, an a second one may be entered therein and addressed in the same manner as the first. The operation will be exactly the same, except that the sto s 62 and 65 thatbefore were inoperative wil be automaticallyfed to'o erative osition. When the second enve op has een addressed, the sleeve 59 wilthave made one com lete rotation, and will be ready for a thir envelop. It will be obviousthat'this second line of the address is begin the third line seven letter This opposite part of the flange that shown above the rod 57 in Fig.

o eration may be repeated indefinitely, thes eeve .59 turning always in the same direction and assuming a recurrent series of positions. If it is desired, however, to Write a fourth line on any envelop, as, for example, the county in which the addressee resides or the person in whose care the letter is to be delivered, this additional direction may be written in the lower left-hand corner by operating the margin release key which is not shown in the drawings, but which is of suit able construction and, as shown, may be connected with the stop bar 34 by alink pivoted at 71 to an arm 72 fixed to and projecting rearwardly from said stop bar near its right-hand end. The operation of the margin release key effects a tilting of the margin stop bar 34 on its piv'ots and swings my improved stop device upward out of the .path of the carriage stop arm 27, sothat the carriage may be moved rightward past the various stopping portions of the sleeve 59,

whereupon pressure is removed from the margin release key. The stop bar 34 will thereupon be restored to normal position by its sprlng 38 and the 'c.arriage-stop arm 27 will cooperatewithf'the margin stop 33 to arrest t e carriage. Said margin stop 33 should, of course, be adjusted to bring the additional or fourth line to the proper place at the lower left-hand corner of the envelop.

In writing the fourth line the stop arm 27 'will successively enga e and ride over the right-hand l'ug IO-and. flange 60, but will not affect the position of the sleeve 59, so that after the com letion of the fourth line a new envelop may lie entered and written just as thou h the last preceding envelop had had an a dress of three lines only In writing the address on the second envelop written, the stoparm 27 will cooperate to arrest the carriage successively with the flange 60, the second one of the air of stops 62 and with the second one of the pair of stops 65. Consequently the beginning of the first, second and third lines of the address will be spaced seven letterspaces apart as was the case with the first envelop. It will be understood that when the third envelo isentered and written the sto arm 27 Will. cooperate successively with t e flange 60, the same one of the pair of stops 62 with which it cooperated in the first instance and the same one of the pair of stops 65 with which it cooperated in the first instance. It will be seen, therefore, that I provide two stops automatically cooperating to arrest the carriage at a series of varying positions in its path of, travel, this series in the present instance corn rising three lines; and that furthermore t is series is-a recurrent one. While in the present instance I have shown said series as varying progressively, that is the second line beginnin a certain distance iron: the first line and t a third line begin ning an equal distance from the be the second line, still said series nee not vary progressively and I have shown and will presently describe one means torbrmging about such a result. It will further be note that I provide a stop having a plurality of contact or engaging surfaces arranged tocooperate with another stop to arrest the carriage at different points in its travel in such" a way that contact surfaces intermediate the cooperating stop and the particular contact surface with which it is to cooperate may beand that the construction, illustrated" and be arrange'd to cooperate with't 1e stop ion the carriage afterone or'more rotary move.

- three of such sections drawing and numbered 80, 81 and 82, the ends-of the middle section being formed with.

-' explained may be readily adapted to diiien out forms of such tabular work. InFig. 9,

for example, I have illustrated a stop-sleeve or barrel 73 provided with a set'of six-stops or lugs 74, 75, 7c, 77,78 'and 79, said stops following one another in successive orderv both vrotatively and longitudinally of the sleeve"7 3 instead of being arranged in airs as was the case with the stops on the s eeve .59. It will, of course, be understoodthat the stops need not be arranged in this regular succession, but that they may be arranged in any manner suitable to the work to be done.

trated in Fig. 9 is similar in construction to the stop device illustrated in the preceding figlu-r'es and the operation :of it is similar T e stop device of. Fi 9, however, is adapted to cooperate with he stop arm 27 on the carriage to arrest the latter ina re current series of positions, said series in this instance com ris ng six lines.

In Fi 10 have illustrated astop-sleeve or barre comprising a lurality of sections, eing shown in the dovetail teeth 83 which are adapted tov oooperate withdovetail slots 84 in the adjacent ends of the end sections 80 and82.

:lhis constructionlprovides means for varying the relative positions of the sections ci'rcum'ierentially; so that the sto, s85 may ments have been communicated [to the sleeve by the 006 eration, of the teeth 61 and 68. with the Except for the change in arrange-:' ment of the stop lugs, the stop device illus.-'

ed teeth on the sleeve. support. By. employing the construction such construction, it will be understood that .the stops onthe sto sleeve'inay be arranged to cooperate with t 1e carriage stop to arrest the'latter at a recurrent series ol' positions,

which positions-are not progressive lon gitudinal of the platen.

Various other changes may be etl'ecte'd without departing from-the spirit and scope of m invention,

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

1. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a traveling carriage, a rotary platen thereon, changeable stop devices independent of the platen and cooperative to arrestsaid carriage, and means operating automatically to change said stop devices to cause thearrest of the carriage at different points in its travel. I

- 2. In a typewriting machine, the combination of atrave'ling carriage, a plurality of stop devices cooperative to arrest said carriage at a plurality of different positions, and

means operating automatically tothrow one of said stop devicesout of action and an: other'oneinto operative position sothat on a inning of illustrated'in 10, or the equivalent of sucoeeding movement of .the carriage the carriage will be arrested at a different point in its travel.

i 3. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a traveling carriage, a plurality of stops, and a cooperative stop, the plurality of stops being movable by the cooperative stop to different positions to arrest the car riage at different points indifferent lines of writing.

4. Ina typewriting machine, the combination of a rotary platen; a traveling carriage;

a stop thereon independent of the platen;-

and a stop on the frame of the machine having a plurality of engaging surfaces, one-of said stops being movable by the other. stop to differentpositions to cause said two stops to co-act directly to arrest the carriage at dlf ferent pointsin its travel.

5. In a typewriting machine, the combina: tion of a rotary platen; a traveling carriage; a stop thereon independent of the platen; and a stop on the frame of the machine, one of said stops being provided with a plurality of contacting surfaces and. means coopera tive with the other stop to position the first stop to bring different contacting surfaces to operative position. 6. In a typewritingmachirie,the combine; tion of a rotary platen; a traveling; carriage;

a stop thereon independent of the platen ='a cooperative stop on the frame of the machine one of said' stops having a plurality of engaging surfaces; and means co-ao't'ing with one ot'said stops to move it to difierent positions, said co-action being caused by the other stop.

7. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a traveling carriage, a group or col lection of stops, part thereof being on the frame of the machine and part on the carriage, one of said stops being movable in one direction by another moving stop of said group, and means co-actin with said movable stop to move it simu taneously in another direction. I

8. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a traveling carriage; a group of stops part on the carriage and part on the frame of the machine, one of said sto s being capable of rotary movement and a so of a movement of translation, another of said group of stops cooperating with the movable stop to give it one 'of said movements; and means co-acting with the movable stop to give it the other of said movements.

9. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a traveling carriage; a stop thereon; a stop on the frame of the machine, one of said stops being capable of rotary move: ment and also of a movement of translation, the other stop cooperating with the movable stop to give it one of said movements and means co-acting with the movable stop to give it the other of said movements, said movable stopbeing provided with a pluralityl of contacting surfaces, different ones of w ich are brought, by the double movement of said movable stop, to position to subsequently cooperate with the other stop to ar rest the carriage.

10. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a traveling carriage, a set of stops, a co" rative stop, and means brought into play y themovement of the carriage for causing a change in relation between the stops of the set and thefcooperative stop,

whereby the latter is caused to engage at different timeswith theseveral sto s of the set and thusarrest the carriage at ifi'erent positions in difierent linesof writing.

' platen; a stop 11. In a typewriting machine, the combination of. a rotary platen; a traveling carriage; a stop thereon independent of the on the frame of the machine; and automatic means fol-causing a change of relationship between said stops to cause the arrest of the carriage, at different points in its travel.

'12. In atypewriting machine, the combination of arotary platen; a carriage; a stop thereon independent of the platen; a stop on the frame of the machine; and means automatically operating to cause a change in relationship of said stops to cause the arrest of the carriage at a recurrent series of varying positions.

' matically operating to cause a change in re lationship of said stops to arrest the carriage at a recurrent series of progressively varying points in its travel.

14. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a carriage; a stop thereon; a stop on the frame of the machine, one of said stops being provided with aplurality of contact surfaces; and means automatically operating .to cause the contact surfaces of the last mentioned stop to come into and go out of operative position and to cooperate in recurrent order with the other stop.

15. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a traveling carriage; a stop thereon; a stop on the frame of the machine having a plurality of stop faces; and automatic means for causin said stop faces to change relatively to t 0 stop on the carriage to arrest the carriage at progressively varying points in its travel.

16. In a typewriting machine, the combi nation of a traveling carriage; a stop thereon; a stop on the frame of the machine, one of said stops bein provided with a plurality of contacting sur aces and being rotatable to bring different ones of said contacting surfaces. into operative position and being also capable of a movement of translation, said movement of translation being caused by co-action with the other stop; and automatic means for causing said rotary movement of said rotary stop.

bination of a traveling carriage; a stop thereon; a stop on the frame of the machine, one of said stops being provided with a plurality of contacting surfaces and being rotatable to bring different ones of said contactin surfaces into operative position and being also capable of a movement of translation, said movement of translation being caused by 00 action with the other stop; and means for causing saidrotary movement of said movable stop, play automatically during the translatory movement of said stop. 018. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a traveling carriage; a stop thereon; a stop on the frame of the machine, one of said stops being reciprocatory and provided with a plurality of contacting surfaces; and means for automatically rotating said reciprocatory stop as it is reciprocated in order to bring the contacting "surfaces to operative position in turn.

19. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a traveling. carriage; a stop thereon having a plurality of contact surfaces; a stop on the frame of the machine, one of said stops being movable bodily in one direction by the other stop: means for 'noving said stop bodily in the'opposite direction; and means for causing a rotary movement of said movable said means being brought into stop as it is reciprocated and thereby bring ing different contact-surfaces of said stop into position to co-operate with the other stop. 20. In a typewriting machine, the combixnation of a carriage, a set of stops, a cooperative stop, the set of stops being arranged to arrest the carriage at different predetermined points in lines of travel, and means for changing the stops Comprised in said setrelatively to the cooperative stop, the said set ofstops being constructed and arranged to enable the "cooperative stop to skip or pass the intermediate stop or stops of the said set on the return movement of the carriage.

21. Ina typewriting machine, the combination of a carriage; a stop member thereon; a stop member on the frame of the machine, one of said stopmembers comprising a plurality of contact surfaces arranged at difierent points longitudinally ofrthe carriage; and means acting automatically to change the relationship of said stop members to cause the cooperation of a predetermined contact surface on one stop member with the other stop member, intermediate contact surfaces being skipped or'passed.

22. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a traveling carriage; a stop thereon;

a stop on the frame of the machine, one of said stops comprising a rotary and reciprocatoryr sleeve provided with a plurality of con- 1 tact surfaces arranged at different points longitudinally and circumferentially of said sleeve, the other stop being brought into cooperation with said sleeve to move it in one direction during the movement of the carriage; a spring constantly tending to move said sleeve in the opposite'direction; and

1 cams cooperating with said. sleeve to give it rotary 'movement; during its reciproc'atory moveme'nt. I

23. In a typewriting-machine, thecombi nation of a traveling carriage; a stop thereon;

a sleeve mounted on the frame of the ma:

chine; a spring pressing it in one direction, said sleeve. being provided with aplurality of contact surfaces, said carriage stop coop. crating with said'sleeve to move it against the force exerted by said spring; a cam coacting with said sleeve to give it rotary movementas it is moved by said carriage stop;

and a second ,cam cooperative with said on said carriage a reciprocatory sleeve movable fr'om normal position by said stop as said carriage is returned in the opposite direction; a spring adapted to restore said sleeve to normal position, said sleeve being provided with a pluralityef contact surfaces circumferentially and longitudinally arranged; and cams, cooperating withsaid sleeve as it is reciprocated to give it progressive rotary movements.

25. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a carriage; means for feeding said carriage step-by-step in one direction; a stop on said carriage; a stop bar on the frame of the machine; a stop member ad ustable on said stop bar, 'said stop member comprising a reciprocatory sleeve provided with a plurality of contact surfaces arranged circumferentially and longitudinally of said sleeve; a spring constantly tending to press said sleeve in the direction of the step-by-step movement of the carriage, said carriage stop being cooperative with said sleeve to move it inthe opposite direction; a cam on said stop member cooperative with said sleeve to give it rotary movement as it is moved by said carriage stop; and a second cam cooperative with said sleeve to give it rotary movement as it is restored to normal position by said spring.

26. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a carriage; means for feeding said carriage step-by--step in one direction; a stop on saidcarriage; a stop bar on the frameof the machine; and a margin stopattachment adjustable on said bar and cooperative with said carriage'stop, said attachment comprising a yoke or'bracket, a pivot rod secured in said bracket, circularly arranged sets of teeth fixed at opposite ends of said rod, a sleeve rotatable on said rod, said sleeve being provided with radially disposed contact lugs arran edprogressively circumferentia'lly of. said 5 eeve and said sleeve being further rovided at its ends with teeth adapts to cooperate with the teeth fixed on the bracket, and a spring coiled on said rod and o crating to press said sleeve constantly in tie direction of the stepbystep feeding movement of said carriage. c

27. In a typewriting machine, the combi-- nation with a to-and-fro moving carriage and a rotary platen thereon, of stop devices independent of thefplaten for arresting said carriage in different positions in different lines,

and means controlled by said carriage and 'operating' automatically for changing said stop devices so as to variably arrest the carriage for different lines.

.28. Ina typewriting machine, the combination with a to-and-fro moving carriage and a rotaryplaten thereon, of stop devices independent of theplaten for arresting said carriage; and means operative upon each to-and-fro excursion of said carriage for automatically setting said'stop devices to arrest said carriage at a series otdilferent automatically recurring points. i

29. In a t pewriting machine, the combination wit a carriage, of a plurality of margin stops automatically changeable to automatica ly arrest the carriage at. different places in different lines.

30. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a carriage, of a plurality of margin stops, and means operating automatically during the travel of the carriage to change the relationship of said stops so as to provide {for arresting the carriage on its return movement at different places. in different lines.

. 31. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a carriage, a plurality of margin stops connected together, a cooperative stop, and means for bringing the margin stops one at a time into working relationship with the cooperative stop.

32. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a carriage, a plurality of margin stops, means for cooperating therewith to arrest the carriage at different marginal oints, and means operating automatically or changing the relationship between said margin stops and their, cooperative means whereby the margin stops are brought into operative position one after another.

In a typewriting machine, the combination of a carriage, cooperative mar in stop devices, and means for automatica ly changing the relationship of said devices to arrest the carriage at different points in dif-.

ferent lines.

34. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a carriage, cooperative margin stop devices, and automatically operating means for changing the arresting position of one of said cooperative margin stop devices to arrest the carriage at different points in different lines, said automatic means being controlled wholly by the movements of .the carriage.

35. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a carriage, a set of margin sto devices placed to arrest the carriage at di ferent lmear msitions, cooperative means therefor, and means operating automatically to bring said margin stop devices one at a time into cooperation with said cooperative means.

36. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a traveling carriage, a plurality of stops, a cooperative stop, the plurality of stops stop to'diflercnt positions to arrest the car riage at different points in different lines of writing, and means for adjusting said plurality of stops in the direction of the travel of the carriage, to vary the oi'nts in the line of writing at which they w1ll co-act with said cooperative stop.

m 37. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a traveling carriage, a stop thereon, and a stop on the frame of the machine having a plurality of engaging surfaces, one of said stops being movable by the other stop to different positions to cause said two ,sto s to co-act to arrest the carriage at di erent points in its travel, and the stop on the frame being adjustable in the direction of the travel of the carriage to vary thepoints at which said engaging surfaces will co-act with the stop on the carriage.

38. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a traveling carriage, a stop bar, a device comprising a plurality of stops which device is adjustably mounted upon said stop bar, and a stop cooperative with said plurality of stops, the plurality of stops being movable by the cooperative stop to different positions to arrest the carriage at different points in different lines of writing.

39. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a traveling carriage, a stop bar, an attachment adjustable on said stop bar and comprising a rotary member provided with a plurality of contact surfaces, stop cooperative with said plurality of contact surfaces to move them to different positions to arrest the-carriage at difierent points.

Signed at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, and State of New York, this 6th day of March A. D. 1906.

HERBERT H. STEELE.

Witnesses: w

JOHN S. MITQHELL, W. J. LOGAN.

and a,

being movable by the cooperative

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