Improvements in or connected with Typewriters.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 18th June, 1898
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Typewriters.
We, HAROLD CHARLES SCROGGS, of Vancouver, St. Albans, in the County of
Herts, Gentleman, FRANCIS REGINALD DANCE SCROGUS, of 4, Wetherby Mansions,
Earl's Court, in the County of London, Gentleman, and CHARLES FLETCHER ARGYLL
SAXBY, of 26, Margaretta Terrace, Chelsea, in the County of London, Gentleman,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows;-
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The object of this invention is to provide type writers with means whereby
the number of words, separate signs, or the like, can be counted and their total
number recorded.
According to this invention the spacing bar or some part of the machine which
moves when spacing is effected is caused to act upon a counting device so as to
record the number of spaces made and consequently the number of separate words,
signs or the like which have been written in any document. The connection by
which the movement of the spring bar or equivalent part of the machine
veyed to the counting device may be pneumatic, mechanical or electrical as may
be most convenient.
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There may be provided a means whereby the operative connection between the
spacing bar or equivalent part of the machine and the counting device can be
thrown out of action when extra spacing is being done, that is lengths of spacing
without words signs or the like between.
Dated this 18th day of June 1898.
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.
Improvements in or connected with Typewriters.
We, HAROLD CHARLES SCROGGS, of Vancouver, St. Albans, in the County of
Herts, Gentleman, FRANCIS REGINALD DANCE SCROGGS, of 4, Wetherby Mansions,
Earl's Court, in the County of London, Gentleman, and CHARLES FLETCHER ARGYLL
SAXBY, of 26, Margaretta Terrace, Chelsea, in the County of London, Gentleman,
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 follow-
ing statement:-
The object of this invention is to provide type-writers with means whereby
the number of words, separate signs, or the like, can be counted and their total
number recorded the mechanism according to this invention being simple in
construction, efficient in action, and not liable to readily get out of order.

page_text: According to this invention the spacing bar, or some part of the machine which
moves when spacing is effected, is caused to act, as hereinafter described, upon
a counting device so as to record the number of spaces made and, consequently,
the number of separate words, signs, or the like, which have been written in any
document. The movement of the spacing bar, or equivalent part of the machine,
is conveyed to the counting device by pneumatic means, and there may be pro-
vided means whereby the counting device is not acted upon when extra spacing
is being done; that is, lengths of spacing without words, signs, or the like,
between.
The accompanying drawing represents an apparatus constructed in accordance
with our invention, Figure 1 being an elevation with parts in section and Figures 2
and 3 elevations as seen from opposite sides. Figure 4 is a separate view of the
pawl arrangement which drives the shaft of the counter and Figure 5 is a plan
of the device by which the actuation of the counter is obtained. On a suitable
base A is the counting device B, the actuating shaft b of which carries a pro-
jection 62 with which engages a spring pawl 65 on a disc b mounted loosely on
the shaft b, and carrying a pinion 63 with which engages a rack c on a bar C
moving in guides c² and connected to the rod of a piston in a cylinder D. The
space in this cylinder at the rear of the piston d is in communication by a flexible
or other tube e with another cylinder E which is placed beneath the spacing
bar or equivalent part of the machine the said cylinder having in it a piston f
which projects, or a rod or projection from which projects into the path of the
said spacing bar, or equivalent part of the machine so that, when the said bar
or equivalent is operated, the said piston f is moved inwards and air is forced from
the cylinder E along the tube c and into the cylinder D) and the piston d is moved
outwards and the rack c operates the pinion at each stroke to cause the spring
pawl to act on the projection 62 on the shaft 6 sufficiently to move the counting
device to the extent of one unit. The piston f is moved outwards by a spring fa
and the piston d is moved inwards by a spring . The return movement does not
actuate the shaft b as the spring pawl does not then act on the projection 62. On
the shaft is a ratchet wheel g with the teeth of which engages a pawl g² to
prevent any possibility of back movement of the counting device. When it is
desired to space without counting, the valve h can be opened by depressing the
finger piece connected therewith to allow the air to escape by the passage 3
without actuating the piston d.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
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1. For use with a type-writer the combination with a counting device of means
for actuating it and an air forcing device with a tube or passage connecting the
said actuating means with the said air forcing device substantially as and for the
purpose herein before described.
2. For use with a type-writer for counting the words, signs, or the like
written thereby, a device constructed substantially as herein before described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 18th day of April 1899.
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.