Improvements in Stands for Typewriters.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Sept., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 5th June, 1893—Accepted, 8th July, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stands for Typewriters.
A communication from FREDERICK VETTER, River Street, Rochester, N.Y.,
U.S.A., Cabinet Manufacturer.
I, FREDERICK WILLIAM SCHAFER of 15 and 16 Ropemaker Street, in the
County of Middlesex, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention which relates to stands for typewriters consists of a case which
may conveniently be one of the pedestals of a pedestal desk, and in which a frame
is adapted to slide from back to front, being supported for this purpose within the
case on suitable rollers.
The frame carries a shaft, on the front end of which is secured a catch arm and
on which is also secured a weight for counterbalancing the weight of the type-
writer. The base-board of the typewriter is mounted on a spindle supported in the
sliding frame so that it can be turned on the spindle as an axis, the spindle
projecting out from the front of the sliding frame to preferably the front edge of
the base-board. At the back edge of the base-board or that nearest the sliding
frame is provided a stud which engages with the slot of the beforementioned
catch arm.
The typewriter may be rigidly secured to the base-board or fitted to it by means
of a turn-table so that it may be adjusted for operating from any required position.
A suitable spring is employed against which the weight abuts when the type-
writer approaches its lowest position so as to prevent shocks, a suitable stop being
provided for limiting the movement of the typewriter when being placed in its
inoperative position.
The front of the case is provided with a suitable door which closes the case
when the typewriter is contained in it.
Supposing that the typewriter is enclosed in the case and that it is necessary to
bring it into a position for operating, all that is necessary is to open the door, pull
forward the typewriter and sliding frame (a suitable handle being provided for this
purpose) until the frame abuts against a stop which limits its forward movement.
The platform is then turned about its axis, the counterweight, assisting, by its
descent, in this operation, until the base-board is in its horizontal position, at which
time the projection sliding in the slot of the catch arm will have reached the end
of the slot at which part there is provided a notch, the counterweight raising the
arm so that this notch engages with the base-board projection, or stud.
To place the typewriter in its inoperative position and enclose it within the case,
all that is necessary is to slightly depress the catch arm so that its notch is
disengaged from the projection of the base-board, then turn the typewriter on the
horizontal spindle which pivots it to the sliding frame, until it reaches its lowermost
position; after which the typewriter and the frame may be pushed backwards into
the case and the door closed in front of them.
The before described apparatus may be modified without departing from the
spirit of the invention.
Dated this 19th day of September 1892
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Stands for Typewriters.
A communication from FREDERICK VETTER, of River Street, Rochester, New
York, United States of America, Cabinet Manufacturer.
I, FREDERICK WILLIAM SCHAFER of 15 and 16 Ropemaker Street, in the
County of Middlesex, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention, which relates to stands for typewriters, consists of a case which
may conveniently be one of the pedestals of a pedestal desk and in which a frame,
on which the typewriter is supported, is adapted to slide from back to front, or
vice verra, being mounted for this purpose within the case on suitable rollers.
The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings,
in which
Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portion of the stand in its inoperative position,
that is to say, when in the position which it occupies at the time that the type-
writer is out of use, this figure like the others representing the stand as forming
part of a pedestal desk.
Figure 2 is a front elevation of the upper portion of the apparatus shown in
Figure 1, but with the stand in its operative position, a portion of the typewriter
frame being in this figure shown in dotted lines.
Figure 3 is a sectional elevation taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.
Like letters indicate like parts throughout the drawings.
A are the vertical walls of the case. A' are the horizontal walls. These walls
as shown in the accompanying drawings may constitute a portion of a pedestal desk,
or they may be distinct from any such desk and constitute a stand solely for the
purpose of supporting and enclosing a typewriter.
B is a carriage mounted on say four rollers B' at the bottom and provided with
two rollers B2 at the top to prevent the carriage from tilting within the case or
chamber A A'. The carriage B is capable of being moved from back to front or
vice versa of the case A A', which may be of such depth as will conveniently admit
of the case, together with the typewriter, being received therein, as hereafter
described. The carriage B carries a rod C, at the front or outer end of which is
preferably provided a head C¹. This rod C may be rigidly secured to the
carriage B in any convenient manner so that it will neither rotate_nor move
longitudinally therein. D is a table mounted upon the rod C by clips D', so that
it may freely rotate upon the rod C as a pivot. The table D is provided with a
handle D to enable it and the carriage and typewriter to be moved backwards and
forwards within the case A. On the upper surface of the table D is pivotted by a
bolt or equivalent E', a turn-table E, the position of which may be adjusted to suit
the side of the table D, from which the operator desires to work the typewriter.
D³ is a stop secured in the table D and against which abuts the turn-table E when
it has arrived at its proper position for enabling it to be received in the case A A
F is a shaft suitably supported in the carriage B so that it may rotate therein
and in which it is prevented from moving longitudinally by the arms of the
weight G as hereafter described. On the front end of the shaft F, which end
projects beyond the front of the carriage B is rigidly secured a slotted arm or
cam H, the slot H1 H2 of which is adapted to operate in conjunction with a pin or
anti-friction roller I mounted on the back edge of the table D. The portion H
of cam-slot HH2, is practically at right angles to the portion H' so that when
the table is in its raised position, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the part H2 engages
with the pin or roller I and prevents the table D from being lowered.

page_text: As shown most clearly in Fig. 3 the weight G is connected to the shaft F by its
two arms G in each of which is provided a set screw G2; or the weight G may
be secured to the shaft F in any other convenient manner. As shown in the
drawings, the weight G consists of a hollow box, to the interior of which access
may be had by removing the screw or equivalent plug or stopper G³, so that said
weight is rendered adjustable, this adjustment being effected by more or less filling
the space within the weight G with sand, shot or other material. Instead however
of using a weight such as that last described there may be provided one or more
arms rigidly secured on the shaft F and on which a solid weight may be adjusted
nearer to or farther from said shaft.
JJ is a spring preferably coiled around the shaft F, and the ends J¹ of which
rest upon a cross bar B3 of the frame B, the other part J being in such a position
that when the weight G is raised for the lowering of the table and type-writer,
said weight will abut against the spring J, so that the weight G and spring J J
will act. conjointly in arresting the downward motion of the typewriter which in
Figures 2 and 3 is indicated in dotted lines and marked K.
B is a stop projecting from the front of the carriage B for preventing the
tables D and E moving past their vertical position when lowered ready to be
placed within the case A A'.
When it is desired to bring the typewriter to its operative position (the type-
writer being rigidly secured to the turntable E in any convenient manner) and
assuming that the carriage B and tables D and E occupy the positions shown in
Figure 1, the operator by grasping the handle D2 and pulling it towards him draws
the carriage B tables D and E, and typewriter K towards him until the whole
apparatus has reached its foremost position beyond which it is prevented from
moving by means of stops A³ secured in the bottom A' of case A A', or by other
suitable means. The operator then gently raises the tables D and E in the direction
indicated by the arrow Z in Figure 1, the spring J J at the commencement of
such movement assisting in the operation. After the weight G has passed its
vertical position it will exert its influence in the direction necessary to the raising
of the typewriter, which, as soon as the tables D and E are in their horizontal
position, as shown in Figures 2 and 3, will then be in the position shown in dotted
lines in these figures and may be operated from say the right-hand side of the
tables D and E, as illustrated in Figure 2. As soon as the tables D and E reach
their horizontal position, the weight G exerting its influence on the arm H causes
it to move so as to engage the roller I with the part H2 of cam slot H'H' in the
manner shown in Figures 2 and 3. While the arm J and table D retain the
relative positions in which they are shown in full lines in Figures 2 and 3 the table D
cannot be lowered, but when it is desired to lower the table the slotted arm H
must first be pressed down into the position in which it is shown in dot-and-dash
lines in Figure 2, so as to bring the straight part H₁ of slot H' H³ opposite the
roller I after which the table D and arm H may together be swung down on their
respective pivots C F.
Should it be found more convenient for the operator to work the typewriter K
from some other position than that indicated in the drawings it may be turned as
required upon the pin El.
When it is desired to replace the machine K within the case A A¹ the arm H
will first be pressed down as before described so as to bring the straight part H' of
slot H H opposite the anti-friction roller I and then the said typewriter may
readily be lowered into its inoperative position, the tables D and E then occupying
the position shown in Figure 1, after which the whole apparatus may be pushed
back within the case A A¹ and enclosed therein by means of a door A³ or other
equivalent means.
Instead of securing the typewriter to the table D through the turn-table E it
may be secured directly thereto, though the former method is preferred because of
the adjustment thus obtainable.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion as communicated to me by my foreign correspondent, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is ;-
1. The combination with the case or chamber of a typewriter support such as B
mounted to slide therein and movable on a horizontal axis substantially as described
and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
2. The combination with the chamber of a sliding carriage such as B therein
and platform or table such as D E adapted to receive the typewriter and sustained
by said carriage on a horizontal axis substantially as described and illustrated in
the accompanying drawings.
3. The combination with the chamber of a sliding carriage such as B therein
and a downwardly swinging platform such as D sustained by the carriage substan-
tially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
4. The combination with the chamber of a sliding carriage such as B therein
platform such as D sustained by the carriage on a horizontal axis such as C parallel
to the direction of movement of the same counterbalance weight also sustained by
the carriage on a horizontal axis and suitable connections between the counter-
balance weight and the platform substantially as described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
5. The combination with the chamber provided with guides of a carriage such
as B movable backwards and forwards therein a downwardly-swinging platform
such as D sustained by said carriage counter-balance weight sustained by the
carriage on a horizontal axis a slotted arm such as H H H carried by the
counter-balance weight and a pin such as I attached to the platform and engaging
the slot in the arm substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
6. The combination with a desk having a transverse chamber such as A A¹ of a
sliding carriage movable backwards and forwards therein and a platform sustained
by said carriage on a horizontal axis extending in the direction of the movement
of the carriage substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
7. The combination with the chamber of a sliding carriage such as B therein
a horizontal shaft such as C mounted near one edge of the carriage and extended
beyond the same a platform sustained on the projecting end of shaft C a rocking
shaft such as F mounted in the carriage a counter-balance weight thereon a slotted
arm such as H carried by the shaft F a pin such as I on the platform engaging in
the slot in the arm and a retarding device adapted to retard the movement of
the platform substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
8. The combination with the chamber of a sliding carriage B therein a
downwardly-swinging platform D sustained by the carriage a pin I projecting
from its back edge a counter-balance weight such as G mounted in the carriage on
a horizontal axis and the longitudinally and transversely slotted arm H H¹ H'
carried by the counter-balance weight and adapted to receive the pin I on the
platform substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated thin 5th dow of Tunn 1002
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.