US3509982A - Automatic letter underscoring mechanism - Google Patents

Automatic letter underscoring mechanism Download PDF

Info

Publication number
US3509982A
US3509982A US705512A US3509982DA US3509982A US 3509982 A US3509982 A US 3509982A US 705512 A US705512 A US 705512A US 3509982D A US3509982D A US 3509982DA US 3509982 A US3509982 A US 3509982A
Authority
US
United States
Prior art keywords
character
cam
interposer
shaft
ratchet
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Lifetime
Application number
US705512A
Other languages
English (en)
Inventor
Leon E Palmer
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
International Business Machines Corp
Original Assignee
International Business Machines Corp
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by International Business Machines Corp filed Critical International Business Machines Corp
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of US3509982A publication Critical patent/US3509982A/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J29/00—Details of, or accessories for, typewriters or selective printing mechanisms not otherwise provided for
    • B41J29/26—Devices, non-fluid media or methods for cancelling, correcting errors, underscoring or ruling
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J25/00—Actions or mechanisms not otherwise provided for
    • B41J25/20—Auxiliary type mechanisms for printing distinguishing marks, e.g. for accenting, using dead or half-dead key arrangements, for printing marks in telegraph printers to indicate that machine is receiving

Definitions

  • the cycling of the filter shaft during the normal operation initiated by the pressing of a character button moves the ratchet driver which causes the ratchet wheel and cam to rotate an increment and place the cam followers on the high dwell such that the escapement mechanism is disconnected and the underline character selecting interposer is activated.
  • the second cycling of the filter shaft caused by the activation of the underline character selecting interposer results in another incremental movement of the ratchet wheel and cam, causing the cam followers to return to the low dwell. This reconnects the escapement mechanism, so that the typewriter escapes following the printing of the underline character, and releases the underline character selecting interposer to place the apparatus in condition to select and print the next character.
  • US. Pat. 1,818,078 and US. Pat. 2,093,581 each show apparatus for automatic underlining.
  • the character is printed first and the underline key is structured to strike back under the character after an escapement. This is accomplished by providing an underscoring typebar mounted on the typewriter adjacent the striking point of the regular typebars.
  • the underline is struck first and there is no escapement with the underline because it is structured so as to not operate the escapement mechanism. In both cases while the back-spacing operation is eliminated, the underline key must still be operated and the change in the structure and operation of the underline mechanism precludes its use in a normal manner.
  • an automatic character underscoring mechanism for a typewriter comprising a means for first simultaneously disconnecting the escapement mechanism and activating the underscore selecting interposer of the typewriter when any character selection button is activated and then reconnecting the escapement mechanism and returning the underscore selecting interposer to the start position automatically whereby the selected character is first printed without escapement, the underline character is then printed under the selected character, followed by escapement and return of the typewriter to a condition for the typing of the next character.
  • a control means is provided to place the automatic character underscoring mechanism in either an operative or an inoperative mode so that the underline can be used in a normal manner if it is so desired.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic representation of a typewriter in which the mechanism of the invention is incorporated.
  • FIGS. 2a, 2b, and 20 represent various conditions of selected portions of the typewriting apparatus of FIG. 1 during the automatic underscoring mode of operation.
  • FIG. 1 there is shown in diagrammatic form a single element typewriter such as that disclosed in Palmer U.S. flat. 2,919,002.
  • the typewriter has a single printing element 11 which has a plurality of characters embossed thereon and which is mounted on a rocker platform 13 that is pivotally mounted on a rocker shaft 15.
  • the printing element 11 is first selectively tilted and r0- tated in order to position a desired character for printing and is then actuated against paper 17 which is positioned around platen 19 when a key lever 21 is depressed to effect printing of the selected character.
  • a motor 23 continuously drives a shaft 25 by means of a pulley 27 and a belt 29.
  • the shaft 25 is selectively coupled to a cycle shaft 31 through a clutch mechanism 33, which is like that described in US. Pat. 2,919,002 and which includes a helical spring, not shown, which is normally retained in an unwound condition under the control of a clutch sleeve 35, and a clutch latch 37 which engages a step 39 on the sleeve 35.
  • keybutton 41 Associated with keylever 21 is a keybutton 41 and character selecting interposer 43. Depression of keybutton 41 causes keylever 21 to strike portion 42 of interposer 43, moving interposer 43 from its rest position. Movement of the interposer 43 results in a selective rotation and tilting of print element 11 as described in the aforementioned Palmer patent, through the medium of selector bails, not shown.
  • the interposer 43 has several lugs 43a and 43b extending downwardly therefrom. Certain of the lugs 43a control the head selection function. Another lug 43b operates against a cycle bail 45 to move it downwardly. The bail 45 through a link (not shown) causes a pivoting of latch 37 which releases the clutch sleeve 35. This results in actuation of clutch 33 and rotation of cycle shaft 31.
  • the cycle shaft 31 rotates during each print cycle, and through gears 47, 49 and 51 causes a 180 rotation of filter shaft 51.
  • the filter shaft 51 has a double bladed portion 53 which is positioned just below the ends of all of the interposers, such as end portion 430 of interposer 43.
  • the bladed portion 53 engages a step (not shown) on interposer 43 when interposer 43 is in a down condition and, during the rotation of filter shaft 51, forces interposer '43 to the left in FIG. 1 to operate the character selection mechanism.
  • the print element 11 is moved one space in the direction of printing in order that it be positioned opposite a new printing position on paper 17 by an escapement mechanism operating through linkage 55, lever 57 and torque bar 59.
  • Automatic underscore keybutton 65 has a bar portion 67 which is mounted through a slot 69 in frame71.
  • Bar portion 67 has a cut out portion 73 adapted to engage edge 75 of slot 69 such that keybutton 65 can be locked in the down position.
  • Bar portion 67 has an aperture 77 adapted to receive the end 78 of spring 79.
  • End 80 of spring 79 is mounted on frame 71 such that spring 79 will return keylever 65 to its start position when out out portion 73 is unlatched from edge 75.
  • Pin 81 on bar portion 67 engages surface 83 of aperture 85 of ratchet driver 87 such that when keylever 65 is latched down, end 89 of ratchet driver 87 is moved down such that step 91 of ratchet driver 87 is in the path of bladed portion 53 of filter shaft 51.
  • End 93 of ratchet driver 87 is adapted to contact ratchet teeth 95 of ratchet wheel 97 which is mounted to rotate with shaft 99.
  • Ratchet wheel 97 is held in position against travel in a clockwise direction by wheel 101 of pawl 103 which is pivotally mounted by a pin 105 attached to the typewriter frame (not shown).
  • Wheel 101 is held in contact with ratchet wheel 97 by spring 107 mounted between pawl 103 and a portion of the typewriter frame (not shown).
  • cam 109 Mounted to rotate with ratchet wheel 97 and shaft 99 is cam 109 having lobes 111.
  • Ratchet wheel 97 has twice as many teeth 95 as cam 109 has lobes 111.
  • Ratchet wheel 97 has as many teeth 95 as cam 109 has lobes 111.
  • Cam follower 113 has a pin 115 adapted to ride on cam 109 and is mounted to permit lateral movement by means of a pin 117 fixed to the typewriter frame (not shown) passing through aperture 119 in cam follower 113.
  • Pin 115 is urged into contact with the surface of cam 109 by means of spring 121 connected to cam follower 113 at 123, the other end of spring 121 is connected to the typewriter frame (not shown). End 125 of cam follower 113 is adapted to contact a portion 127 of lever 57 which lever is disengageably connected to torque bar 59 through bifurcated portion 60.
  • Cam follower 129 has a pin 131 mounted at end 133 adapted to contact the surface of cam 109.
  • Cam follower 129 is mounted to the typewriter frame by a pin 135 passing through aperture 137 which is of sufficient height to permit the vertical movement of follower 129 caused by the riding ofpin 131 of the cam 109.
  • Cam follower 129 has a horizontal portion 141 adapted to contactthe top side 140 of underscore character selecting interposer 63.
  • Cam follower 129 has an aperture 143 adapted to receive shaft 99, the aperture 143 being of sufficient length to permit thefull vertical movement of cam follower 129 caused by the riding of pin 131 on cam 109.
  • FIGS. 2a, 2b, and 20 The operation of the mechanism is illustrated in FIGS. 2a, 2b, and 20.
  • keybutton 65 is shown in the latched-down position bringing step 91 of rachet driver 87 into the path of bladed portion 53 of filter shaft 51.
  • Depressing keybutton 41 is shown in FIG. 2b moves interposer 43 through means of portion 22 of keylever 21 into the path of bladed por- 4 tion 53 of filter shaft 51 and the several lugs 43a of interposer 43 cause the rotation and tilting of printing element 11 (FIG. 1) to select the correct character through the medium of selector bails (not shown).
  • Lug 43b actuates cycle bail 45 causing the clutch mechanism 33 (FIG. 1) to engage and rotate cycle shaft 31 (FIG.
  • cam follower 113 moves to the right as shown in FIG. 20, it contacts surface 127 of lever 57 causing bifurcated portion 60 of lever 57 to be disconnected from torque bar 59. Since the escapement occurs late in the letter cycle, i.e., not until after the printing operation, the escapement mechanism is disconnected from the torque bar such that no escapement occurs with the printing of the selected character. At'the same time that cam follower 113 has caused the escapement mechanism to be disconnected, the downward movement of cam follower 129 causes the horizontal portion 141 to pull down on the top 140 of underscore character selecting interposer 63 so that step 64 is in the path of filter shaft 51 and lug 63b contacts bail 45.
  • a second printing cycle is thus automatically initiated and a second rotation of the filter shaft occurs through the action of lugs 63a and 63b on cycle bail 45 and character selector bails (not shown).
  • the second rotation of the filter shaft 51 causes ratchet driver 87 to move to the left with a resulting incremental movement of ratchet wheel 97, shaft 99, and cam 109.
  • This returns the mechanism 113 and 129 to the condition shown in FIG. 2a, in that lever 57 is urged by the action of spring 145 to the left and reconnects escapement linkage to torque bar 59.
  • the underscore character printing cycle is initiated without escap m n after the printing of the first character in a manner such that the striking of any of the character selection keybuttons will result in the automatic underscoring of the selected character Without an additional operation on the part of the operator, so long as keybutton 65 is retained in the locked-down position.
  • Release of keybutton 65 causes spring 79 to move bar portion 67 upward.
  • Pin 81 on bar portion 67 also moves ratchet driver 87-upwardly to a position where step 91 will no longer be in the path of bladed portion 53 during the rotation of filter shaft 51.
  • the keyboard Will now operate in a normal manner.
  • the apparatus can be adapted to automatically print any selected character.
  • a single printing element typewriter having a plurality of character selection buttons, a plurality of character selecting interposers associated therewith, and means for activating said printing element to print a character when its associated button is pressed, said means including a filter shaft and an escapement mechanism; a mechanism for automatically printing an additional selected character comprising:
  • control adapted to be positioned so as to place said mechanism in either an operative or an inoperative mode
  • a rotatable shaft said shaft carrying a ratchet Wheel and a cam
  • a ratchet driver said driver having one end adapted to contact and rotate said ratchet wheel, and thereby said shaft and said cam incrementally when said driver is actuated, and having its other end adapted to be contacted by said filter shaft and actuated by the cycling of said filter shaft when said control is position to place said mechanism in an operative mode
  • cam follower associated with said cam, said cam follower being adapted to engage and actuate the character selecting interposer associated with said selected character on said alternate movements of said cam,
  • a single printing element typewriter having a plurality of character selection buttons, a plurality of character selecting interposers associated therewith, and means for activating said printing element to print a character when its associated button is pressed, said means including a filter shaft and an escapement mechanism; a mechanism for automatically printing an additional selected characted comprising:
  • control means adapted to be positioned so as to place said mechanism in either an operative or an inoperative mode
  • cam follower being adapted to engage and actuate the character selecting interposer associated with said additional selected character on said alternate movements of said cam means.

Landscapes

  • Common Mechanisms (AREA)
  • Impression-Transfer Materials And Handling Thereof (AREA)
  • Accessory Devices And Overall Control Thereof (AREA)
US705512A 1968-02-14 1968-02-14 Automatic letter underscoring mechanism Expired - Lifetime US3509982A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US70551268A 1968-02-14 1968-02-14

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
US3509982A true US3509982A (en) 1970-05-05

Family

ID=24833808

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US705512A Expired - Lifetime US3509982A (en) 1968-02-14 1968-02-14 Automatic letter underscoring mechanism

Country Status (10)

Country Link
US (1) US3509982A (ja)
JP (1) JPS4917208B1 (ja)
BE (1) BE725603A (ja)
CH (1) CH480182A (ja)
DE (1) DE1906830B2 (ja)
ES (1) ES363443A1 (ja)
FR (1) FR1600718A (ja)
GB (1) GB1216173A (ja)
NL (1) NL6901648A (ja)
SE (1) SE341595B (ja)

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3630336A (en) * 1970-04-15 1971-12-28 Ibm Proportional spacing printer incorporating word underscore control
US3844397A (en) * 1971-11-23 1974-10-29 Redactron Corp Automatic underlining in an automated typewriter system
US3894623A (en) * 1972-08-09 1975-07-15 Ricoh Kk Underline printing control system for use in a typewriter
US3945480A (en) * 1971-12-28 1976-03-23 Realty & Industrial Corporation Justifying, text writing reproducing machine
US3993179A (en) * 1971-12-28 1976-11-23 Realty & Industrial Corporation Justifying, text writing composing machine

Families Citing this family (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPS50112140U (ja) * 1974-01-19 1975-09-12
DE3827674A1 (de) * 1988-08-16 1990-02-22 Werkzeug Gmbh Spannvorrichtung mit einer festen und einer beweglichen spannbacke

Citations (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1233741A (en) * 1917-03-08 1917-07-17 Fred Aiton Underscoring attachment for type-writers.
US1349107A (en) * 1918-12-12 1920-08-10 Ester M Sealy Underscorer for typewriters
US1480613A (en) * 1920-02-27 1924-01-15 Underwood Typewriter Co Typewriting machine
US1818078A (en) * 1929-11-09 1931-08-11 Roy H Manly Underscoring apparatus for typewriters
US2093581A (en) * 1935-02-09 1937-09-21 Ibm Typewriting machine
US2800213A (en) * 1955-01-06 1957-07-23 Ibm Automatic underscoring mechanism
US2919002A (en) * 1957-04-19 1959-12-29 Ibm Selection mechanism for a single printing element typewriter
US3289804A (en) * 1963-06-14 1966-12-06 Ibm Automatic sequence typing mechanism for printing words upon depression of a single key

Patent Citations (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1233741A (en) * 1917-03-08 1917-07-17 Fred Aiton Underscoring attachment for type-writers.
US1349107A (en) * 1918-12-12 1920-08-10 Ester M Sealy Underscorer for typewriters
US1480613A (en) * 1920-02-27 1924-01-15 Underwood Typewriter Co Typewriting machine
US1818078A (en) * 1929-11-09 1931-08-11 Roy H Manly Underscoring apparatus for typewriters
US2093581A (en) * 1935-02-09 1937-09-21 Ibm Typewriting machine
US2800213A (en) * 1955-01-06 1957-07-23 Ibm Automatic underscoring mechanism
US2919002A (en) * 1957-04-19 1959-12-29 Ibm Selection mechanism for a single printing element typewriter
US3289804A (en) * 1963-06-14 1966-12-06 Ibm Automatic sequence typing mechanism for printing words upon depression of a single key

Cited By (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3630336A (en) * 1970-04-15 1971-12-28 Ibm Proportional spacing printer incorporating word underscore control
US3844397A (en) * 1971-11-23 1974-10-29 Redactron Corp Automatic underlining in an automated typewriter system
US3945480A (en) * 1971-12-28 1976-03-23 Realty & Industrial Corporation Justifying, text writing reproducing machine
US3993179A (en) * 1971-12-28 1976-11-23 Realty & Industrial Corporation Justifying, text writing composing machine
US4081070A (en) * 1971-12-28 1978-03-28 Realty & Industrial Corporation Underlining device for justifying text writing reproducing machine
US3894623A (en) * 1972-08-09 1975-07-15 Ricoh Kk Underline printing control system for use in a typewriter

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
NL6901648A (ja) 1969-08-18
JPS4917208B1 (ja) 1974-04-27
SE341595B (ja) 1972-01-10
GB1216173A (en) 1970-12-16
CH480182A (de) 1969-10-31
FR1600718A (ja) 1970-07-27
DE1906830A1 (de) 1970-04-30
DE1906830B2 (de) 1972-03-02
ES363443A1 (es) 1970-12-16
BE725603A (ja) 1969-05-29

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US3239049A (en) Impression control mechanism automatically selecting one of a plurality of cams
US3799316A (en) Automatic erase mechanism
US3353646A (en) Typewriter having means to store characters selected during carriage movements
GB750454A (en) Improvements in or relating to tape controlled typewriter
ES344148A1 (es) Un aparato de imprimir.
US3509982A (en) Automatic letter underscoring mechanism
US3289804A (en) Automatic sequence typing mechanism for printing words upon depression of a single key
US3534846A (en) Typewriter for braille dots
US2093581A (en) Typewriting machine
US4108557A (en) Error correcting typewriter
US3592309A (en) Cyclically operable typewriter
US2954861A (en) Proportional spacing typewriter
US3311211A (en) Keyboard sequence discriminator with different codes for upper and lower case
US3706366A (en) Repeat typing mechanism for power operated typewriters
US3581860A (en) Method and apparatus for shifting a typing element
US3026984A (en) Syllabic typewriting machine
US2387078A (en) Typewriting machine
EP0021099B1 (en) Multiple pitch escapement and backspace mechanism for a moving paper carriage typewriter
US3578131A (en) Typewriter with extended writing line
US4492485A (en) Error correcting typewriter for simplified word obliteration
US3524527A (en) Alternate character selection mechanism for typewriters
US1194587A (en) Type-writing machine
US2216627A (en) Combined typewriting and computing
US3612239A (en) Typewriter with ancillary function control
US4277192A (en) End of line locking mechanism for power operated typewriter