Optical typewriter
OwnerLouis Van Den Esseninventor
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Abstract
A typewriter for writing with a light beam on a photo-sensitive paper includes a translatable typewriter carriage having a sight carried fixedly to a frame of the typewriter defining a region on which an indicia is being written. A light source is carried on a servo-driven trolley along an arcuate track having a center of curvature at the sight portion. A perforate letter template is located along a coaxial arc between the track and the carriage. In response to the depression of a key on a keyboard, for selecting a letter to be typed, the trolley is positioned along the track so that the light therefrom passes through a selected indicia on the template and then to the sight defined region of the paper.
Claims1
A writing machine comprising a translatable paper carriage for holding a light sensitive paper;
- a fixedly positioned sight alongside said carriage for defining a portion of said paper to be written on;
- an elongated track directed along a first arc swung about said sight;
- an elongated template lying along a second arc located between said sight and said track, said second arc also being swung about said sight;
- said template having a plurality of perforate indicia thereon;
- said indicia being spaced apart along the length of said template;
- a directional light source mounted for movement along said track;
- said light source being aimed toward said sight for directing light through a selected one of said indicia and onto said paper;
- there being a correspondence between the selected indicia and the position of said light source along said track;
- a keyboard for selecting which of said indicia is to be written on said paper;
- and motor means responsive to said keyboard for positioning said light source along said track.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.