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US3340985A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Solenoid-operated typewriter automatic drive and mounting therefor

Assignee: NUCLEAR DATA Inc
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Filing: 1966-02-02
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Granted: 1967-09-12
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Expires: 1986-02-02
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Sinila Alexander

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-25 13:43
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41J; B41J7/00; B41J7/02

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 193 words
IN A DEVICE HAVING AT LEAST ONE SOLENOID POSITIONED TO REMOTELY ACTUATE AT LEAST ONE KEY ON A TYPEWRITER KEYBOARD, IMPROVED MEANS FOR ATTACHING SAID DEVICE TO A TYPEWRITER HOUSING COMPRISING: AN ELONGATED BEAM HAVING A U-SHAPED BRACKET AND AN L-SHAPED BRACKET ADJACENT EACH END OF SAID BEAM, SAID L-SHAPED BRACKETS HAVING A FIRST VERTICALLY EXTENDING LEG AND A SECOND LEG EXTENDING GENERALLY HORIZONTALLY IN A DIRECTION TOWARDS SAID KEYBOARD, SAID U-SHAPED BRACKETS EXTENDING GENERALLY HORIZONTALLY IN A DIRECTION OPPOSED TO SAID SECOND LEGS AND ADAPTED TO HOOK ONTO SAID TYPEWRITER HOUSING SO THAT MOVEMENT OF SAID BEAM IS RESTRICTED VERTICALLY AND HORIZONTALLY IN A DIRECTION TOWARDS SAID KEYBOARD, AN ADJUSTABLE THREADED MEMBER EXTENDING FROM SAID LEG OF SAID L-SHAPED BRACKETS AND ADAPTED TO ENGAGE SAID TYPEWRITER HOUSING AND URGE SAID SUPPORT BEAM AND U-SHAPED HOOKS GENERALLY UPWARDLY AND HORIZONTALLY TOWARDS SAID KEYBOARD, THEREBY RIGIDLY MOUNTING SAID BEAM TO SAID TYPEWRITER HOUSING, A HOUSING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AND SUPPORT EACH SAID SOLENOID, AND MEANS FORMED IN SAID BEAM AND SAID SOLENOID HOUSING TO REMOVABLY SUPPORT SAID SOLENOID HOUSING ON SAID BEAM IN A POSITION CANTILEVERED FROM SAID BEAM AND EXTENDING OVER SAID KEYBOARD.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 193 words
IN A DEVICE HAVING AT LEAST ONE SOLENOID POSITIONED TO REMOTELY ACTUATE AT LEAST ONE KEY ON A TYPEWRITER KEYBOARD, IMPROVED MEANS FOR ATTACHING SAID DEVICE TO A TYPEWRITER HOUSING COMPRISING: AN ELONGATED BEAM HAVING A U-SHAPED BRACKET AND AN L-SHAPED BRACKET ADJACENT EACH END OF SAID BEAM, SAID L-SHAPED BRACKETS HAVING A FIRST VERTICALLY EXTENDING LEG AND A SECOND LEG EXTENDING GENERALLY HORIZONTALLY IN A DIRECTION TOWARDS SAID KEYBOARD, SAID U-SHAPED BRACKETS EXTENDING GENERALLY HORIZONTALLY IN A DIRECTION OPPOSED TO SAID SECOND LEGS AND ADAPTED TO HOOK ONTO SAID TYPEWRITER HOUSING SO THAT MOVEMENT OF SAID BEAM IS RESTRICTED VERTICALLY AND HORIZONTALLY IN A DIRECTION TOWARDS SAID KEYBOARD, AN ADJUSTABLE THREADED MEMBER EXTENDING FROM SAID LEG OF SAID L-SHAPED BRACKETS AND ADAPTED TO ENGAGE SAID TYPEWRITER HOUSING AND URGE SAID SUPPORT BEAM AND U-SHAPED HOOKS GENERALLY UPWARDLY AND HORIZONTALLY TOWARDS SAID KEYBOARD, THEREBY RIGIDLY MOUNTING SAID BEAM TO SAID TYPEWRITER HOUSING, A HOUSING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AND SUPPORT EACH SAID SOLENOID, AND MEANS FORMED IN SAID BEAM AND SAID SOLENOID HOUSING TO REMOVABLY SUPPORT SAID SOLENOID HOUSING ON SAID BEAM IN A POSITION CANTILEVERED FROM SAID BEAM AND EXTENDING OVER SAID KEYBOARD.

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1970-09-11 1971-03-13 1971-09-12 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
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