Typewriter having means to store characters selected during carriage movements

Claim 1

A TYPEWRITER HAVING A KEYBOARD, A PLATEN, PRINTING MEANS COOPERABLE THEREWITH UNDER THE CONTROL OF SAID KEYBOARD, AND MEANS SUPPORTING SAID PLATEN AND SAID PRINTING MEANS FOR RELATIVE MOVEMENT ALONG A WRITING LINE, THE IMPROVED CONTROL MECHANISM COMPRISING: A TRANSFER LINK INDIVIDUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH EACH CHARACTER KEY OF SAID KEYBOARD, EACH OF SAID TRANSFER LINKS HAVING A NORMAL INACTIVE CONDITION, A STORED CONDITION, AND A CONTROL CONDITION, EACH OF SAID TRANSFER LINKS WHEN IN ITS CONTROL CONDITION BEING OPERATIVE TO EFFECT PRINTING OF AN ASSOCIATED CHARACTER; A CYCLICALLY OPERABLE PRINT POWER CONTROL DEVICE FOR EFFECTING PRINT OPERATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH SAID TRANSFER LINKS; MEANS NORMALLY OPERABLE UPON THE EXISTENCE OF ANY TRANSFER LINK BEING IN ITS STORED CONDITION FOR INITIATING A CYCLE OF OPERATION OF SAID PRINT POWER CONTROL DEVICE; MEANS OPERATED BY SAID PRINT POWER CONTROL DEVICE FOR PLACING STORED TRANSFER LINKS INTO THEIR CONTROL CONDITION; A LINE RETURN MECHANISM OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO ONE OF SAID PRINTING MEANS AND SAID PLATEN CAUSING RELATIVE MOVEMENT THEREOF FROM AN ADVANCED LINE POSITION TO A NEW LINE POSITION, SAID LINE RETURN MECHANISM COMPRISING A CONTROL MEMBER HAVING A NORMAL INACTIVE POSITION AND AN ACTIVE POSITION INDICATIVE OF LINE RETURN OPERATION; A LATCH OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID CONTROL MEMBER FOR RETAINING SAID CONTROL MEMBER IN ITS ACTIVE POSITION WHEN INDEPENDENTLY MOVED THERETO; MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE ATTAINMENT OF A NEW LINE POSITION BY SAID PRINTING MEANS AND SAID PLATEN FOR MOVING SAID LATCH TO UNLATCH SAID CONTROL MEMBER; AND ANCILLARY MEANS COOPERATIVE WITH SAID CYCLE INITIATING MEANS FOR PREVENTING CYCLE INITIATION THEREBY THAT ANY TIME SAID CARRIAGE RETURN CONTROL MEMBER IS IN ITS ACTIVE POSITION.