Auxiliary device for typewriter right margin correction
OwnerNeal B. Winemaninventor
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Abstract
A mechanical device to be easily placed and removed over the margin rod of a key operated machine and having motion transfer levers which mechanically couple certain of its keys to other corresponding keys of the machine. The device is suitable for providing automatic carriage return after the space bar is activated within the margin zone, thus providing for improved alignment of the right margin, compression of the typed information, and increased typing speed.
Claims1
A typewriter having a right margin zone, a margin rod, a carriage, a space key, a space lever, and a margin lever extension connected to a return lever, in combination with a mechanical linkage for providing an automatic carriage return, said mechanical linkage comprising:
- a structural block having a space key engagement lever, a return engagement plate, and a retention slot within said structural block,
- said space key engagement lever engaging the space lever of the typewriter,
- said return engagement plate engaging the margin lever extension of the return lever,
- said retention slot engaging the margin rod of the typewriter to securely hold said structural block on the margin rod,
- wherein the carriage biases the margin rod when the carriage is within the right margin zone to align said return engagement plate with the margin lever extension of the return lever so that when the space key is activated, the space lever biases said space key engagement lever and thereby said return engagement plate to bias the margin lever extension of the return lever to activate an automatic carriage return.
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