An Improved Measuring Device for Use in eonnection with Typewriting Machines.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 20th May, 1899-Accepted, 1st July, 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Measuring Device for Use in eonnection with
Typewriting Machines.
I, VICTOR CUMBERSON, of 127, Schermerhorn Street, in the City of New York,
Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings and State of New York, United States of
America, Stenographer, 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 comprises a scale so divided and numbered as to be applicable
in connection with typewriting machines, and its object is to so gage or measure
typewritten work, particularly in connection with the copying of statements,
headings, and the like, as to enable the operator to locate the individual lines of
the typewritten matter at points equidistant from opposite sides of the page. Or,
in other words, to have the typewritten matter so written upon the page as to
appear in perfectly uniform relation.
This object is effected by applying a scale of the work to be copied, in such
manner that the number indicated on the scale will give a correct indication of
the point at which the pointer or indicator of the typewriting machine itself must
be located with relation to the scale carried by the carriage thereof.
My invention and its application or use will be fully understood by referring to
the accompanying drawing, in which:
Figure 1 illustrates the scale of an ordinary Remington typewriting machine
divided into sixty-six (66) spaces, the stationary pointer or indicator of the machine
being located beneath said scale; and,
Figure 2 is a side elevational view of a preferred form of my invention, as
applicable in connection with the aforesaid scale, and for the purpose hereinbefore
indicated.
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It is often necessary in the copying of typewritten matter, as for instance, in
the making up of bank statements, and in the copying of statements and headings
in general, to so locate the individual lines thereof as to give a perfectly uniform
effect to the entire page of typewritten matter, in which event the operator of a
typewriting machine necessarily finds it difficult to thus arrange the matter of the
individual lines, and my invention is designed to overcome this difficulty.
This is accomplished by devising a scale which bears a fixed relation to the scale
carried by the typewriter carriage, and by using this scale in such manner as to
give at once to the operator an indication of the point on the scale carried by the
typewriter carriage to which said carriage must be moved in order to start the
particular word or line to be copied and centralized.
Referring to the drawings in detail for a full and clear understanding of the
invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to use the same, and first
to Figure 1, S represents the scale carried by the carriage of an ordinary Remington
typewriting machine, divided as shown, into sixty-six (66) spaces. P represents
the stationary pointer or indicator located beneath said scale and over which the
The pre-
latter moves as the carriage is moved from left to right and vice versa.
ferred form of the invention is illustrated in Figure 2, wherein A and B represent
the legs of a pair of dividers pivotted at C in the usual manner by a pivot pin e.

page_text: 1) represents a curvilinear scale having one of its ends secured by a screw f
about the central or middle part of the leg B, the free end of said scale passing
through a combined guide-way and index g near the inner face of the leg A
and h is a pin secured in the other end of the scale for limiting the movements of
the individual legs A and B of the dividers.
This scale B is divided, as indicated, into thirty-three (33) equal divisions, or, in
other words, just one-half of the scale S, carried by the typewriter carriage. It
will be apparent, therefore, that the scale D and dividers A and B have a fixed
relation to the divisions upon the scale S; so that said dividers and scale I may
be used for the purpose of centralizing the subject matter to be copied.
In using the invention it is only necessary to measure with the dividers the
length of the word or line it is desired to copy and centralize and when this is done
the number immediately under the index g gives a correct indication of that
number on the scale S which must stand or be located directly over the stationary
pointer or indicator P before writing the word or line to be centralized. I
To give an illustration of the operation of the invention, suppose it is required to
centralize and typewrite the following matter upon a page:-
Statement: Earnings and Operating Expenses Great Northern and Western
Railroad Company for the Year Ending Dec. 30, 1898."
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The operator takes the dividers in either hand and brings the points thereof at
the end of the legs A and B to bear at the opposite ends of the word "Statement.'
In doing this the index g will appear directly over the number 29; the carriage
of the typewriting machine is then moved in such manner as to bring the
stationary pointer or indicator P below the number 29, as indicated by the dotted
line, Figure 1 and the operator proceeds with the writing of the word.
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The operator now applies the dividers in the same manner to the words
Earnings and Operating Expenses" and the index will appear directly over the
number 18; consequently, the typewriter carriage is moved until the pointer or
indicator P is located directly below the number 18, as indicated by the dotted
line in Figure 1 and the operator proceeds with the writing of these words.
The dividers are now applied in the same manner to the words " Great Northern
and Western Railroad Company" and the index g will appear directly over the
number 12; consequently, the typewriter carriage is moved until the pointer or
indicator P is located directly below the number 12, as indicated by the dotted
line in Figure 1, and the operator proceeds with the writing of these words.
The dividers are now applied to the words "for the" and the index
will
appear directly over the number 30 on the scale: consequently, the typewriter
carriage is moved until the pointer or indicator P is located directly below the
number 30, as indicated by the dotted line Figure 1, and the operator proceeds
with the writing of these words.
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The dividers are now applied to the words "Year ending Dec. 30, 1898" and
the index g will appear directly over the number 21; consequently, the typewriter
carriage is moved until the pointer or indicator P is located directly below the
number 21, as indicated by the dotted line 75 in Figure 1, and the operator proceeds
with the writing of these words.
The statement as thus centralized and typewritten will appear on the page in the
following manner
Howing manner-
STATEMENT
Earnings and Operating Expenses
GREAT NORTHERN AND WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY
for the

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1. As an article of manufacture an implement for use in connection with type-
writing machines, consisting of a pair of dividers having a curvilinear scale D
secured at one end to one leg of the dividers and passing through a guide-way.
in the other leg of said dividers, said scale being graduated to one half the number
of divisions on the scale of the typewriting machine with which it is to be used,
substantially as described.
2. As an article of manufacture an implement for use in connection with type-
writing machines, consisting of a pair of dividers having a curvilinear scale D
detachably secured to one leg of the dividers by a screw f, said scale being
graduated to one-half the number of divisions on the scale of the typewriting
machine with which it is to be used, substantially as described.
Dated this 20th day of May 1899.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.