New or Improved Apparatus for Printing or Copying Music.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Jan., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 19th Sept., 1891-Accepted, 31st Oct., 1891
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A New or Improved Apparatus for Printing or Copying Music.
GEORGE ROYLE 31 Comeragh Road West Kensington W. London Gentleman.
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to enable composers and copyers of music to print
or copy expeditiously and easily.
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In carrying out this invention provide a bed plate of suitable size and shape,.
on the upper side of which are bearings for a travelling carriage, this travelling
carriage is moved along by means of a bar or rack attached to the bed plate and a
pinion working on the same, or this feed movement may be produced by a system
of levers or wedge movement. Working freely backwards and forwards in this
travelling carriage is a slide carrying perpendicular bars, at the bottom of which
are type of the various notes and marks required, and at the top of said bars are
keys marked with the notes &c. corresponding to the type below, these bars are.
kept in position by springs or other suitable appliances, and on being pressed down
print the desired note or mark, upon the travelling carriage are guides for securing
the printing of the notes &c. in their proper position, attached to the travelling
carriage, or on a separate carriage is a roller upon which the requisite music lines.
are cut or otherwise placed, this roller on being drawn across rules the necessary,
lines.
For carrying the paper I provide a slide which holds the paper firmly and works
in a slot in the bed plate, and which is held in position by a clip which catches in
perforations made at proper distances in the slide, or other suitable methods may be.
adopted for this purpose.
Inking the type and rollers may be performed either by roller, pad, or other
ordinary means.
A New or Improved Apparatus for Printing or Copying Music.
I GEORGE ROYLE of 109 late of 31 Comeragh Road West Kensington in the
County of Middlesex 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 following statement :-
The object of this invention is to enable composers and copiers of music to print
or copy expeditiously and easily.
In carrying out this invention I provide a bed plate of suitable size and shape on
the upper side of which are bearings for a travelling carriage. This carriage is
moved along by means of a bar or rack attached to the bed plate and a pinion
working in the same or this feed movement may be produced by a system of levers
or wedge movement.
Working freely backwards and forwards in this travelling carriage is a slide
carrying perpendicular bars at the bottom of which are types of the various notes
and marks required and at the top of said bars are keys marked with the notes or
marks corresponding to the type below; these bars are kept in position by springs

page_text: or other suitable appliances and on being pressed down print the desired note or
mark. Upon the travelling carriage are guides for securing the printing of the
notes or marks in their proper positions.
Attached to this travelling carriage or on a separate carriage is a roller upon
which the requisite music lines are cut or otherwise placed this roller on being
drawn across the paper rules the necessary lines.
For carrying the paper I provide a slide which holds the paper firmly and
works in a slot in the bed plate and which is held in position by a clip which
catches in perforations made at proper distances in the slide or other suitable
methods may be adopted for this purpose.
Inking the type may be performed either by roller pad or other ordinary
means.
And in order that my said invention may be the better understood 'I will proceed
to explain the same with reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings in
which
Fig. 1 represents plan of a type writer constructed according to this invention.
Fig. 2 elevation of same.
Figs. 3 and 4 are end elevations of same.
The same letters denote the same parts in all the figures.
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a is the bed plate parallel bearings or slides supported at the ends by
brackets de travelling carriage rack pinion ratchet wheel operated by
pawl actuated by rod is sliding portion of carriage carrying type bars 'm
n keys for depressing type bars; springs for raising type bars off the paper
Pisa separate carriage carrying the roller for ruling the music lines
inking roller for same 77' are feed rollers for moving the paper forward of
which the lower roller is rotated by the milled knob or handle s prevented
from turning too far by the ratchet wheel and pawl ; is a crank handle
attached to the sliding portion of the carriage e for moving the same backwards
and forwards across the lines to enable the various notes or marks to be printed
in their proper places. The crank handle when depressed engages with a pro-
jection on the lever which is pivoted to eat a and depresses the rod and
causes the carriage to move forward to make the spaces between the various
notes. On the top of the carriage e see Fig. 1 are marked the various lines and
spaces of the stave and opposite each. key is an index, by moving the sliding
portion of the carriage-till the index of any desired key corresponds to the required
line or space and depressing the key the note or mark corresponding to that key
will be printed in the space or on the line required. The carriage e is attached
to the guide and it only rests on the guide so as to allow of the said carriage
being turned up for.inking the ink rollers or to enable the operator to see what
has been printed.
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The types are inked by means of a roller or rollers under the carriage or by a
ribbon. The carriage p is also capable of being turned over out of the way as soon
as the stave has been ruled out and when the paper has been moved forward the
proper distance the carriage p is slid back to the left and a fresh stave ruled after
which it is turned back while the music is being printed.
y is a clip for holding the paper the requisite pressure being obtained by means
of the springs.
22.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:
I. In an apparatus for printing or copying music the type carriage capable
of movement along and across the music lines or stave substantially as described.
II. In an apparatus for printing or copying music the use of a roller or rollers
attached to the type carriage or to a separate carriage for ruling the stave
substantially as described.

page_text: III. The improved apparatus for printing or copying music substantially as
described and illustrated and operating in the manner herein stated.
Dated 19th September 1891.
ERNEST SALAMAN,
Agent for Applicant.