Recording mechanism

Claim 1

IN A RECORDING MECHANISM INCLUDING A SUPPORT CABINET STRUCTURE HAVING A DRAWER ASSEMBLY THEREIN, SAID DRAWER ASSEMBLY INCLUDING SPACED SIDE WALLS AND A RIGID FRONT PANEL INTERCONNECTING THE SAME, SAID FRONT PANEL HAVING AN OPENING THEREIN, A MOVABLE FRONT PANEL DISPOSED IN SAID OPENING AND PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ADJACENT ITS LOWER EDGE TO SAID RIGID FRONT PANEL, SAID MOVABLE PANEL HAVING ITS UPPER AND LOWER EDGES RESPECTIVELY SPACED FROM THE UPPER AND LOWER EDGES OF SAID OPENING TO PROVIDE SLOTS THEREAT, SAID RIGID PANEL HAVING A FURTHER OPENING THEREIN SUBSTANTIALLY COEXTENSIVE IN WIDTH WITH AND DISPOSED BELOW THE FIRST OPENING, A SECOND MOVABLE PANEL DISPOSED IMMEDIATELY BELOW SAID RIGID PANEL AND DEFINING A SLOT THEREWITH, SUPPLY ROLL MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID SIDE WALLS BEHIND SAID FIRST MOVABLE PANEL, DRIVE ROLL MEANS MOUNTED BETWEEN SAID SIDE WALLS BELOW SAID LOWER EDGE OF THE FIRST MOVABLE PANEL, AND TAKE-UP ROLL MEANS MOUNTED BETWEEN OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID CABINET STRUCTURE BEHIND SAID SECOND MOVABLE PANEL, COMMON DRIVE MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID DRIVE ROLL MEANS AND SAID TAKE-UP ROLL MEANS WHEREBY A SHEET OF RECORDING PAPER MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPLY ROLL MEANS MAY BE THREADED THROUGH THE UPPERMOST OF SAID SLOTS, DOWNWARDLY OVER THE FRONT FACE OF SAID FIRST MOVABLE PANEL, THENCE THROUGH THE SLOT AT THE LOWER EDGE OF SAID FIRST MOVABLE PANEL AND INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID DRIVE ROLL MEANS, THENCE OUTWARDLY THROUGH SAID SECOND OPENING AND DOWNWARDLY TO PASS THROUGH THE SLOT BETWEEN SAID RIGID PANEL AND SAID SECOND MOVABLE PANEL TO SAID TAKE-UP ROLL MEANS, MEANS FOR FEEDING A SHEET OF TRANSFER MATERIAL ACROSS THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID FIRST MOVABLE PANEL IN OVERLYING RELATION TO THE RECORDING SHEET, STYLUS MEANS MOUNTED BETWEEN SAID SIDE WALLS BEHIND SAID FIRST MOVABLE PANEL AND ADAPTED TO PRESS SAID TRANSFER SHEET AGAINST SAID RECORDING SHEET ALONG SAID UPPER EDGE OF THE FIRST MOVABLE PANEL, MEANS RELEASABLY LOCKING SAID FIRST MOVABLE PANEL AGAINST PIVOTAL MOVEMENT, AND INTERLOCK MEANS CONNECTING THE LAST MEANS AND SAID STYLUS MEANS TO MOVE THE LATTER OUT OF OPERATIVE POSITION WHEN SAID LAST MEANS IS RELEASED, SAID COMMON DRIVE MEANS BEING SELECTIVELY OPERABLE AT DIFFERENT DRIVE SPEEDS, SLACK TAKE-UP AND TENSIONING MEANS OPERABLE TO MAINTAIN A PREDETERMINED TENSION IN SAID RECORDING SHEET WHEN SAID DRIVE MEANS IS OPERATED TO ABRUPTLY DECREASE SPEED.