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US3217856A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Paper feeding mechanisms for typewriters

Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1963-03-28
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Granted: 1965-11-16
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Expires: 1983-03-28
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 George T Miles

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-25 14:06
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41J; B41J11/00; B41J11/36; B41J11/38

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 214 words
A PAPER FEEDING MECHANISM FOR A TYPEWRITER COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: A PLATEN WHICH IS ROTATABLE FOR FEEDING A SHEET OF PAPER; CYCLICALLY OPERABLE MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID PLATEN SO AS TO ADVANCE SAID SHEET OF PAPER LINE BY LINE; MEANS INCLUDING A CLTCH WHICH IS ENGAGEABLE FOR ACTUATING SAID CYLICALLY OPERAABLE MEANS; A CONTROL MECHANISM FOR SAID CLUTCH, SAID CONTROL MECHANISM INCLUDING A PLATE MEMBER MOVABLE BODILY IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS FOR EITHER ENGAGING OR DISENGAGING SAID CLUTCH; MEANS YIELDABLY URGING SAID PLATE MEMBER IN A DIRECTION FOR ENGAGING SAID CLUTCH; A SUPPORT FOR GUIDING SAID PLATE MEMBER IN ITS BODILY MOVEMENT, SAID PLATE MEMBER BEING MOVABLE ANGULARLY RELATIVE TO SAID SUPPORT WHEN RETURNED TO ITS CLUTCH DISENGAGING POSITION FOR LATCHING IT IN SUCH POSITION AGAINST SAID SUPPORT; A CONTROL FINGER SUPPORT ON SAID PLATE MEMBER FOR LIMITED MOVEMENT RELATIVE THERETO; A DRUM OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID PATEN AND DRIVEN SIMULTANEOUSLY THEREWITH; PINS SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON SAID DRUM AND MOVABLE TO EXTENDED POSITIONS IN WHICH THEY ARE ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID CONTROL FINGER FOR FIRST MOVING THE LATTER RELATIVE TO SAID PLATE MEMBER AND THEN MOVING BOTH UNTIL SAID PLATE MEMBER IS RETURNED TO THE LATCH IN ITS CLUTCH DISENGAGING POSITION; AND MEANS CLUTCHING A KEYLEVER FOR LOCKING SAID PLATE MEMBER OUT OF ITS LATCHED POSITION.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 214 words
A PAPER FEEDING MECHANISM FOR A TYPEWRITER COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: A PLATEN WHICH IS ROTATABLE FOR FEEDING A SHEET OF PAPER; CYCLICALLY OPERABLE MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID PLATEN SO AS TO ADVANCE SAID SHEET OF PAPER LINE BY LINE; MEANS INCLUDING A CLTCH WHICH IS ENGAGEABLE FOR ACTUATING SAID CYLICALLY OPERAABLE MEANS; A CONTROL MECHANISM FOR SAID CLUTCH, SAID CONTROL MECHANISM INCLUDING A PLATE MEMBER MOVABLE BODILY IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS FOR EITHER ENGAGING OR DISENGAGING SAID CLUTCH; MEANS YIELDABLY URGING SAID PLATE MEMBER IN A DIRECTION FOR ENGAGING SAID CLUTCH; A SUPPORT FOR GUIDING SAID PLATE MEMBER IN ITS BODILY MOVEMENT, SAID PLATE MEMBER BEING MOVABLE ANGULARLY RELATIVE TO SAID SUPPORT WHEN RETURNED TO ITS CLUTCH DISENGAGING POSITION FOR LATCHING IT IN SUCH POSITION AGAINST SAID SUPPORT; A CONTROL FINGER SUPPORT ON SAID PLATE MEMBER FOR LIMITED MOVEMENT RELATIVE THERETO; A DRUM OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID PATEN AND DRIVEN SIMULTANEOUSLY THEREWITH; PINS SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON SAID DRUM AND MOVABLE TO EXTENDED POSITIONS IN WHICH THEY ARE ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID CONTROL FINGER FOR FIRST MOVING THE LATTER RELATIVE TO SAID PLATE MEMBER AND THEN MOVING BOTH UNTIL SAID PLATE MEMBER IS RETURNED TO THE LATCH IN ITS CLUTCH DISENGAGING POSITION; AND MEANS CLUTCHING A KEYLEVER FOR LOCKING SAID PLATE MEMBER OUT OF ITS LATCHED POSITION.

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