Paper-winding units
OwnerKeith James Shakespeareinventor
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Abstract
This invention relates to paper-winding units for use on teleprinters. Known teleprinter paper-winding units will not receive paper of varying widths, and it is an object of the invention to provide a unit which does not suffer from this disadvantage. This object is achieved by winding the paper on a driven shaft mounted in a bearing at one end only. More specifically, the invention comprises an electric motor fixed to a mounting plate and driving a shaft carrying a cardboard roll for the paper which passes over a fixed guide rod, and a control rod mounted on a spring-loaded lever. The lever controls a switch for the electric motor so that the motor is switched on and off automatically in accordance with the tension in the paper.
Claims6
A paper-winding unit in, or for use in connection with, a teleprinter, comprising
- a mounting plate;
- an electric motor fixed to said mounting plate;
- a shaft driven by said electric motor;
- paper-receiving means carried by said shaft and having an end adjacent said mounting plate and a free end;
- a paper guide rod fixed to said mounting plate and extending parallel to said shaft;
- switch means for controlling said motor;
- and
- a longitudinally extending operating member for controlling said switch means, said operating member having one end near said mounting plate and extending parallel to said guide rod;
- and wherein the ends of said shaft, said guide rod and said operating member remote from said mounting plate are not separately supported.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.