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pawl-carrying plate Q, which acts as a detent
to the carriage, I provide a small bell-crank
lever R, having one arm 9 engaged with the
pawl-carrying plate and its other arm con-
5 nected with one end of a slide-rod S, whose
other end is upturned and is provided with a
roller S', and is engaged by the lever P as
the latter is depressed in such manner as to
draw the slide-rod S laterally and release the
to pawl-carrying plate.
The operation will be readily understood
from the foregoing description. To simply
turn the platen at any time, it is only neces-
sary to depress the key-lever F. If it is de-
15 sired to return the carriage, whether the same
has been advanced to its full position or other-
wise, this may be accomplished by depress-
ing the key-lever P, which will return the
carriage by the mechanism before described,
20 and at the end of the return movement of
said carriage the bell-crank lever G and the
lever G' will operate to lift the bail-lever C
and so turn the platen to properly space the
lines, as desired.
25 Having thus described my invention,what
I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat-
ent, is-
1. In a type-writer the combination of the
platen, the bail-lever, the pawl operated by
30 said bail-lever and arranged to turn the
platen, a bell-crank lever pivoted between its
ends to the carriage and arranged at one end
to engage an abutment on the frame, a link
connected with the other arm of said bell-
35 crank lever and a connecting-lever pivoted
between its ends to the carriage connected at
one end with the link and arranged at its
other end to operate the bail-lever substan-
tially as described.
40 2. In a type-writer, the combination of the
platen, having the wheel, the pawl engaged
at one end with said pulley, the bail-lever hav-
ing a keeper in which the other end of said
pawl is loosely fitted and the key-lever for
45 operating the bail-lever, substantially as de-
scribed.
3. In a type-writer the combination of the
carriage, the shaft geared therewith and hav-
ing a pinion, a horizontally-operating lever
50 having a rack-segment meshing with said pin-
ion, a spring for actuating said lever in one
direction and a key-lever by which it is actu-ated in the opposite direction substantially
as described.
4. In a type-writer, the combination of the 55
carriage, and its rack, the shaft having a gear-
wheel meshed with the rack of said carriage
and provided with a pinion, the double-armed
lever pivoted at the juncture of its arms and
having one arm provided with a gear arranged 6o
to mesh with the pinion of the shaft, and the
key-lever connected with the other arm of
said double-armed lever, substantially as de-
scribed.
5. The improvement in type-writers herein 65
described consisting of the frame, the car-
riage,the platen,means for turning the platen,
a lever for operating said turning means, a
bell-crank lever supported on the carriage and
connected With aforesaid lever, an abutment 70
on the frame for engagement by said bell-
crank lever, a shaft journaled to the frame
and having a gear meshed with the rack of
the carriage a pinion clutched on said shaft,
a double-armed lever having one arm, pro- 75
vided with a gear-segmient meshing with the
pinion of the shaft, the key-lever connected
with the other arm of said double-armed le-
ver, the slidable pawl-carrying plate, a bell-
crank lever having one arm engaged with said 8o
pawl-carrying plate and a slide-rod connected
at one end with the other arm of said lever
and arranged at its other end for operation by
said key-lever substantially as described.
G. In a type-writer the combination of the 85
carriage, the shaft geared therewith and hav-
ing a pinion, the double-armed lever having
one arm provided with a gear-segment mesh-
ing with the pinion of the shaft, and the sepa-
rate key-lever connected with the other arm 90
of the double-armed lever substantially as
described
7. In a type-writer the combination of the
carriage, a key-lever, mechanism by which
said key-lever returns the carriage, a pawl- 95
carrying plate, a slide-rod arranged for op-
eration by the key-lever and a lever between
said slide-rod and the pawl-carrying plate
substantially as described.
FREDERICK S. W ENDELKEN.
Witnesses:
W. P. PETER,
J. II. SwoPE.
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Wendelken, Frederick S. Type-Writing Machine., patent, November 22, 1898; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth508692/m1/6/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.