Improvements in or connected with Type-writers.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 31st July, 1889
Complete Specification Left. 21st Aug., 1889-Accepted, 19th Apr., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Type-writers.
We, JAMES TURNER, of 26 St. Ann's Road, Stamford Hill, Middlesex, Engineer,
and SAMUEL JAMES SEWELL, of St. Paul's Buildings, Paternoster Row, London, E.C.,
Journalist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to certain detail construction or arrangement of parts of Type
Writer, whereby such an article is rendered more handy than usual, more compact
and less liable to derangement from ordinary causes.
For the purpose of our invention, we arrange on a base, a sliding plate, on which a
Type carrying disc can be adjusted for a down movement by a handle and an up or
reverse movement by springs after each impression.
The base has a slot in it for the endon travel of the appliance which carries the
paper, the motion being obtained by the depression of a lever by the disc, said lever
having a paul for giving motion to a pinion arranged under the base.
The Type is preferably affixed to a seginental plate attachable to the underside of
the disc for changes of "Fonts," (the Type, Numerals, Percentums, or other indications
being of hard metal and according to fancy) are in two lines, so that by a simple push
forward, or a pull backward of the disc the desired kind of Type can be put into
action.
The Type is inked by rollers fitted on the base, or to a plate thereon, so that as the
disc is moved from right to left, or in the required direction the inking is effected.
We form an incline on the base for a small lever to ride upon, so that at the com-
pletion of each line of writing, the paper is moved forward for line spacing.
The figured template or guide is affixable to the base, and the handle when brought
round to the desired letter enters a rack on being depressed.
The letters most in use are near the centre of the teinplate, the actual centre being
zero for letter spacing.
The lever for operating the paper carrier for the back stroke and the lever for letter
spacing have their ends close together and exposed from the edge of the base, so that
a simple pinch between the thumb and fore finger of the operator moves the paper
carrier and releases the spacing lever for the free motion of the pinion which for this
purpose the paul is moved out of gear.
Dated this 31st day of July 1889
H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London, Agent for the said James Turner.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Type-writers.
We, JAMES TURNER, of 26 St. Auns Road, Stamford Hill, Middlesex, Engineer,
and SAMUEL JAMES SEWELL, of St. Paul's Buildings, Paternoster Row, London, E.C.
Journalist, 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 relates to certain detail construction or arrangement of parts of Type
Writers whereby such an article is rendered more handy than usual, more compact,
and less liable to derangement from ordinary causes.
Our invention will be understood by the annexed drawings.
Figure 1 is a part sectional elevation.

page_text: Figure 4 a detached view of the paper carrier with appliances for line spacing, and
rack for letter spacing.
For the purpose of our invention, we arrange a sliding plate A in grooves, of a
base B, on which a Type carrying disc C can be adjusted for a down movement by a
handle D and an up or reverse movement by a spring E after each impression, said
spring encircling a pedestal forming part of the movable plate A. The base B has a
slot in it for the endon travel of the appliance which carries the paper, the motion
being obtained by the depression of a stud G and lever H by the disc C, said lever
having a paul I for giving motion to pinions J and the paper carrier with rack J¹
arranged under the base B.
The Type is affixed to a segmental plate K, attachable to the underside of the
dise C for changes of "Fonts," the Type, Numerals, per-centuins, or other indicators
being of hard metal and in two segmental lines, so that by a simple push forward, or
a pull backward of the disc by the handle D the desired kind of Typè can be put into
position.
The Type is inked by rollers fitted on the base B, or to a plate thereon, so that as
the disc C is moved round from right to left or in the required direction, the inking
is effected.
We fix an incline strip L on the base B for a small lever M to ride upon, sɔ that at
the completion of each line of writing the rollers N, N, are rotated to move the paper
forward for line spacing.
The figured template or guide P is affixable to the base B and a lug on the
handle D when brought round to the desired letter on the template and depressed,
enters a segmental rack R to temporarilly lock the handle D, the impression on the
paper being simultaneously effected.
The letters most in use are near the centre of the template, as indicated, the actual
centre of the template being zero for letter spacing.
The rack J¹ has a lever S loosely pinned to it, and when the line of writing is com-
pleted, the position of the paper carriers and rack J' is reversed by a pushing in of the
handie T, which action also causes the paul lever M to ride up the incline L, and the
rollers N to move the paper forward for the line spacing.
The paper to be printed is first passed under the plate U and curled into the hollow
as shown, its free end is then placed between the rollers N, N, and when the handle D
is depressed the disc C is forced down to put the particular Type of the plate K down
upon the paper, the paper being nipped between the Type and the post V to obtain
the impression. The handle D is fulcrumed from a branch of disc carrying pedestal,
and acts directly on the disc C.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
clain is:
1. The Type Writer exemplified by the annexed drawings.
2. The arrangements of the various appliances, which from an action on the
handle D, the printing Types are shifted, the paper moved for letter spacing, and the
printing effected thereby, as described.
3. The arrangement of appliances shown at Figure 4 for effecting line spacing in a
Type Writer, as described.
H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London, Agent for the said J. Turner and S. J. Sewell,