Technical World Magazine

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Thk First Ci.othks Whinger.
Frnm M niiiclil in tin- patent office.
(liflcrcnt from any lyi)c\vritcr ; in fact
any standard tyi)e\vriter can be used
in connection with the device, with
the addition of a few parts and some
shght changes in the mechanism. The
or(linary typewriter is placed over a box
or on a stand that in every way looks
like the most common style of typewriter
table. Above the writing machine is
a "feed board" upon which the paper
is placed on which the letters are to be
written. Leading from this is an inclined
plane. Compressed air sci:)arates
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by the firt- departnunt of London. Knyland.
the i n (1 i v i dual
sheets of paper,
and a pair of
hngers raise a single
sheet at a
time, force it forward
to the edge
of the ])lane. Here
it is seized by a
air
]
of conveyors
that carry it to the
back of the t}i)ewriter
])laten in
exactly the same
manner in which a
girl would do it.
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Just before it strikes the platen the fingers
move up and down, forcing the letterhead
into a perfectly straight position.
As soon as it strikes the platen, a whirr
and buzz is heard. The sheet is carried
quickly down, around the platen, the
head coming up in front, exactly as if
a girl were doing the operating. Wdien
the proi:)er point is reached where the
writing is to begin, the buzz and whirr
ceases and. f(uicker than thought, the
actual working of the machine begins.
The keys travel over the paper so fast
that it sounds like the clicking of a telegraph
instrument that had gone wild.
The sound is the same as any txjKnvriter
would make, but
the frequency of
strokes is so much
greater and more
even that it resembles
a dozen
t\pewriters a 1 1
\v o r king t(^]~)
s])ee(l at the same
time. The work
is |)erfect in every
])articular. T h e
machine s p a c e s
accurately and
shifts from right
to left or left' to
right as re(|uired.
With this machine
])erfected, there
will be little left
for
human hands
to ]:) e r f o r in
so far as work
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