The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-30
II WRITES IN BOOKS.
A NEW TYPEWRITER THAT PRINTS
WELL ON BOUND PAPER.
fbs Machine Is Called q Book Writer
H"~ it Is Adjusted TO Use ON Bound
Nolumes-Upper and Lower Case Lei
tiers Used a. VIII.


j. tiers Used "a VIII.
A machine for book writing has lust
been completed by Crawford Elliott and
7 w. p Hatch, inventors, of New York.
/ which embodies many unique features.
and a comparison of the new devica
with typewriters not adapted for book
wor-; is interesting.
In designing the book writer its max.
ers have, wherever possible. adhered 70
the principles of construction emploved
by n&AucctrroTs of other first class
typeWriltI, 'sarted for writing ON loose
pages. Tie Loard is small and com.
pact and Is LLawn as the universal. the
arrangement Of the letters being the
same as that on most standard TYNE.
writers There arc "A celluloid KEYS.
which together represent so characters
Inc type basket, in which the tvpe is
arranged III circular form, is beneath
the fingers OF the keys, and is in full
view OF the operator. When q kew is
depressed, the character attached TO II
/ Is forced downward on TO the naner and
Is brought back again by a steel spring
connected with the type bar The fin.
gers OF the keys which lead to the TYNE
bars are also steel. The book to be writ.
ten III Is opened and placed upon a table
underneath the machine, which is then
adjusted to the desired height. its posi-
ton depending entirely upon the books
thickness.
A part of the book writer which is
very conspicuous and which suggests its
special adaptabllity is long and broad
platen at the bottom, on which each
page Of the book rests while the ma.
cnlne is IN operation. The platen is
hinged at the back and is raised and
lowered TO accommodate a new mage
When leaf Is turned over ON 70 tbe
platen, metal frame, also hinged Mt
the back, is brought down upon the IA.
per and holds it securely in place. Then
the carriage is lowered and the oneratcr
proceeds the same as on any other TYNE
writer
hitherto inventors found difficulty in
obtaining both upper and lower case let
tiers ON book typewriter without bov.
ing double keyboard, which was oh
Iec'ionaDie' The idea of using special
Or shift key for that purpose. the same
Is is done on several ordinary typewrit- .
ers' seemed lmpracticable On the new
llachlhe' however, the change from
small to large letters, or vice versa. i =
'eadlIy accomplished, and shift kew is ,
ne medium employed. When that kew =
; struck, metal disk, situated in the =
op and center of the type basket. and
IDout an inch and half in diameter i,
depressed. With the disk in that ro. >
ltlon each type that is struck comes in =
ontact with it, and, without notice. =
Oly checklng the movement of the type O.
ar the lower case letter is Instantly +,
lsplaced and an upper case letter sub "
diluted. On releasing the keys the let o,
'rs resume their former places auto. o.
-
serious stumbling block in the way W
making practical book typewriter RI
as the superstition that while the writ ~
X is being done the machine itself i,
lould remain stationary as do other g.,
pewrlters, and the paper to be writ st.
n on should move And that method
is, to some extent, proved successful 40
applied to book typewriters, when N
lail and light books were inserted. IF
IL large sized books We're found 70 be OF,
cumbersome to move freely and bad 70,
DIX resulted. In the new typewriter
G order OF things is reversed. and. i'm. 10.
'ad OF the paper being moved to ac. on
the position of the machine CO,
Z hiachlne itself moves TO suit the no. op
Ion OF the paper. An operator. there. f,1I
e, while manipulating the KEYS. finds tb;
keyboard travelling constantly from loo
I 10 right and at the end of "a line he do
lws the whole mechanism hazel, IN ~,
beginning of the scale for another Wi
across the page. AS the writing ora
ltlhues the machine is likewise moved eli,
on the page until the bottom AaI
reached, when it is raised and thrown glo
* to admit another sheet. 70
spacing between lines is done in q hou
hher quite new to the average opeta.
AL the right hand side of the type
Ter are two metallic projections aud 9.
pressing these together with tbe 10
r,o,,od 81 oi.nsei one machine may Eng
red down the page as far as il is de. t,a,
q. 10 move the carriage from sidn 90
''Ni AOb NIlllllR lt Is necessary si1i
depress small lever at the upper ,yb;
1t hand edge of the type basket thai
IT that lever is a hard rubber knob thar
Oh may be grasped TO assist i'm draw. don,
the carriage back to the starting Snc,
IT, Spacing between words is don. finn
triklng SPACE bar directly III front 70 II
he keyboard. The types are linked two
ribbon, the working of which is tion.
similar to the ribbon movement Of flne,
-, IT." " " base,
=, ~ '. oo'i ohieiice Oh the operator that
to expedite the work of raising and
y books TO the proper plane after os
are placed under the machine lno,,
is contrivance at the rear which o,r,,
stened to the table and is operated 10
eans OF a thumbscrew When once for :,
-, eno pane regulator need not done
Isturbed for whole day or perhaps
elk, its readjustment being govern
the amount of writing done. "T