US1834076A - Telegraph instrument - Google Patents

Telegraph instrument Download PDF

Info

Publication number
US1834076A
US1834076A US428875A US42887530A US1834076A US 1834076 A US1834076 A US 1834076A US 428875 A US428875 A US 428875A US 42887530 A US42887530 A US 42887530A US 1834076 A US1834076 A US 1834076A
Authority
US
United States
Prior art keywords
drawer
tape
slip
telegraph
roll
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Lifetime
Application number
US428875A
Other languages
English (en)
Inventor
Smale John Arthur
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
RCA Corp
Original Assignee
RCA Corp
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by RCA Corp filed Critical RCA Corp
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of US1834076A publication Critical patent/US1834076A/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L13/00—Details of the apparatus or circuits covered by groups H04L15/00 or H04L17/00
    • H04L13/02—Details not particular to receiver or transmitter
    • H04L13/06—Tape or page guiding or feeding devices

Definitions

  • This invention relates to telegraph instruments, and more particularlyto telegraph instruments suchas undulators in which signals are inscribed upon'a tape or slip.
  • Such 5! tape or slip is generally in the form of rolls.
  • it is necessary to stop the instrumerit when one roll has beenused, in order to. insert a new rollJ'The-preseiit invention has for its principal Object to obviate this disadvantage and to provide a telegraph instrument capable of operating continuously.
  • an undulator iwhich, as regards its general arrangement, may be of any known kind, is prov ded 1n 1ts base with two similar drawers,leach adapted to retain a roll of paper tape. These drawers are arranged one abovethe other, in such manner that when the lower drawer is pulled out, i. e. removed, the upper x falls into the lower position- .Means are provided for preventing the drawer.
  • the writing platform i. e. the part at which signal inscription occurs, is constituted by a roller, a flat platform or iguideextending from said roller (the writing roller, as it is commonly termed) to the pulling roller, i. e.
  • the roller which frictionally engages the strip or tape and pulls itthrough the machine.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic elevation and Figure 2 aplan Oftthlgll speed undulator embodying the invention;
  • Figure- 3 is a plan, Figure 4 aside elevation, and
  • Figure 5 is a section of one of the drawers in-' corporated inthe undulator, while Figure 6 showsin greater detail the guillotine mechanism contained in each of the drawers
  • the undulator is provided with two cast metal drawers '1, mounted one above the other in the cast metal base 2 of the undulator and-each carrying a 00 previously occupied by the'top ers, over the guide roller and then past the parts 11, 12, 13 and 14 in succession.
  • the roll of tape in the drawer shown in the upper position acts as a replacement for that in the lower position when said lower roll is nearing exhaustion.
  • A-spring catch 15 co-operating with a notch 16in the -drawer serves to prevent the accidental withdrawal of a drawer when in the upper position.
  • the .guillotines may be provided with inclined knives so as to cut the tape at an angle and if desired also the said gnillotines may be arranged to be operated automatically when'the drawers are withdrawn, i. e., the actionof pulling out the lower drawer may operate the guillotine therein.
  • the remainder of the apparatus shown in the drawings is known per se and forms no part of the present invention.
  • telegraphic means aplurality of magazines for retaining re- "cording material arranged one above the other, recording devices, means for feeding-J10 recording material from the lowermost one of said magazines past said recording devices, means when said lowermost magazine is removed .ior lowering each oneof the other magazines to the position formerly occupied by the magazine directly below it and means in each of said magazines for cutting off the recording material being fed therefrom.
  • a telegraph instrument comprising two drawerlike magazines each adapted to contain a roll of paper or the like, guide rolls or the like, forguiding said paper from said magazines "and a guillotine for cutting said paper, said magazines being arranged one above the other, the arrangement being such that when the lower magazine from which paper or the like is normally fe d is removed the upper falls into the place previously occupied by the lower, substantially as described. 1 130 6.
  • An instrument as claimed in claim 5 and in which the guillotines are arranged to be operated automatically by withdrawing the appropriate drawer, substantially as described.

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Replacement Of Web Rolls (AREA)
US428875A 1929-02-25 1930-02-17 Telegraph instrument Expired - Lifetime US1834076A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB1834076X 1929-02-25

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
US1834076A true US1834076A (en) 1931-12-01

Family

ID=10891619

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US428875A Expired - Lifetime US1834076A (en) 1929-02-25 1930-02-17 Telegraph instrument

Country Status (2)

Country Link
US (1) US1834076A (fr)
FR (1) FR690418A (fr)

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2504759A (en) * 1944-04-04 1950-04-18 Creed & Co Ltd Removable tape roll holder for printing machines

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2504759A (en) * 1944-04-04 1950-04-18 Creed & Co Ltd Removable tape roll holder for printing machines

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
FR690418A (fr) 1930-09-19

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US1964597A (en) Cigarette dispensing device
DE1966086B2 (de) Aufnahme- und wiedergabegeraet fuer ein magnetisches kassetten-aufnahmemedium
US1834076A (en) Telegraph instrument
US2117375A (en) Unit dispensing device
US2834557A (en) Roll paper dispenser
US2102431A (en) Copy holder for stenotype strips
US2198580A (en) Manifolding machine
US1977000A (en) Card cutting apparatus
US2727655A (en) Device for dispensing single sheets of paper and the like
US2166131A (en) Memo stand
GB329701A (en) Improvements in or relating to telegraph instruments
DE664242C (de) Aufwickelvorrichtung fuer feuchte und trockene Papier- und Zellstoffbahnen
US1964677A (en) Autographic register
US1386709A (en) Assig-itob to ttstited atjtggsaphic
US2686670A (en) Feeding means foe ticket issuing
US2155762A (en) Device for issuing tickets, cards, and the like
US1252385A (en) Autographic register.
US1868367A (en) Autographic register
US2299289A (en) Printing press gauge pin
US1025719A (en) Machine for piling textile fabrics.
US2666544A (en) Tape dispenser
US2444641A (en) Adjustable paper stop for business machines
DE1046359B (de) Blatteinschubeinrichtung fuer Magnettonblattgeraete
US2818468A (en) Means to facilitate the handling of telegraph storage tape
US1907993A (en) Billing machine form aligner