US898916A - Type-writer backing-sheet. - Google Patents

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UNITED 'n i r i TYPE-WRITER V13acirrne-sanste. f

To all iliom it may concern:

Be it known that I, lli'nnsanuno Oiiasiii, a subject of the Mikado of Japan, residing at New York, in the county of New York .and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tvpe-lVritei Backi ing-Sheets, of which the following is a specilication.

In the operation of typewriting it frequently occurs that the waiting, through carelessness on the part of the operator or from other causes, progresses too near to the lower edge of the sheet, thus imparting to the finished work anunt-idy ap iearance, while at the saine time considerable trouble and annoyance is entailed in preserving the prolper margin at the bottom of the sheets ang in feeding the. paper backward for inaking corrections in instances where the writing has been carried too near to the lower edge of the page.

T his invention relates to typewriter backing sheets and has for its objects torovido a. simple article of t-his character whic may be inexpensively produced, one which in prac-- tice provides tor properly gaging and preserving the lower margin, thus to overcome the above noted objections, and one whereby the number of lines to be written befoie reaching the, bottom of the. page may be determined at a glance.

A further object of the invent-ion is to provide a, backing sheet which may be conveniently arranged for use, and one whereby the observance of especial care in arranging the backing relative to the sheet which receives the writing is rendered wholly unnecessary. A

With these and other objects in view the invention comprises the. novel features of construction and combination of parts more fully hereinafter'described.

ln the accompanying drawings: Figure l is a face view of a. backing sheet embodying tlle invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view,A showing the sheet folded over for exposing )ortions of both faces to view. Fig. 3 is a. iace view of the sheet showingr the same. folded longitudinally for exposing a portion of both faces. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing a modified lembodiment of the invent-ion.

Referring to.the drawings, 1 designates the backing sheet com osed of paper, linen or other. suitable pliab e. material and made `of suliicient thickness to forni a soft backing for the slieet toY bew written upon and o f ,a`-

width to project at one edge slightly beyond the right hand edge of the sheet whirl ceives the writing, presently appear.

The backing sheet 1, in accordance. with'- the invention, has printed or otherwise inscribed thereon and respectivelyv adjacent its side edges a pairofcoluinns or rows 2 of line-` indicating marks in the nature of numerals, the final numeralv of each row being spacedY from the adjacent end edges of the sheet, thus to provide on the latter end margins 3. corresponding in nidth to the minimum width of the margin to be made at the bottoni of the typewritten page. The rows of relatively reverse order, iermitting reversibility of the sheet, are eac i made up of munbers of progressively decreasing values from the top to the bottoni of the row.

As seen in Fi 2, the backing sheet 1 has the longitudina rows of line-indicating numerals inscribed on both of its faces, the rows of numerals on one face being identical in arrangement wit-h those on the other whereby either face. ot' the sheet may be brought into play and either end arranged uppermost, thus obviating the necessity for o )serving especial care in order to properly position the sheet for use.

In Fie'. 3 the, backing sheetis shown as fora purpose whichfwill-x6 Hrnrsauno, oniisni, or New Yoan, Y..

numerals which are arranged to be read in provided with two rows of numerals arranged respectively adjacent to and in line with the side edges of the sheet but separately on opposite faces of the latter and respectively at the right hand side of each face, of the sheet, while in Fig. 4 the sheet is provided in line with the ends of the rows of numerals with transversely extending slits or incisions 4 through either of which the. lower end of the paper to be written upon may be inserted, whereby that portion of the paper which is to forni the lower margin will be covered b v the end marginal portion 3 of the barking sheet, it being evident that under this arrangement the lower portion of the written page will be effectually shielded to preclude possibilitv of the writing being carelessly carried below the lowermost eharacter in the row of indicat- -infr numerals.

ln practice, and in arranging the backing sheet, which, as before stated, is of a width -somewhat greater than that of the sheet to i right'hand side of the 'face sheet and of course `with the numerals in the row to read fromv top tobottom in progressively decreasing order. The face and backing sheets having 5 been thus arranged and as the'writing progresses, the operator can determine at a glance, the extent of the unwritten portion of the sheet and the -umber of lines remainin to be written in order to` complete the fu page. For instance, should the numeral 5 stand opposite the line being written or just completed, the o erator willbe advised of the fact that four ines remain to be written .without encroaching upon the margin to be v left' at the bottom of the page. It 1s apparent that in the use of the backing sheet not only will crowding of the writing at thebottom of the page be obviated, but also-that lower end margins of a uniform width will be preserved on all of the written pages, thus to impart thereto a neat, attractive and uniform ap earance. y Furthermore, it will be observe that the rows of gage numerals are 'essentially terminated `at points spaced from the ends ofthe baekin sheets in order to insure preservation of the f proper margins on the written pages and-that the row of numerals which is brou ht `into action must necessarily read from ta topito the bottom of the page in decreasing numerical progression in order that the numeral standing opposite the last completed lineof writing may show the number of lines remaining\toi.be written. Having thus described my inthe ion, what l claim is: Qa 1. As a new article of manufacture, a typewriter gave comprising a uniformly ilexible backing heet having at its lower` end a transverse slitaifran'ged a sufficient distance from the adjacent edge thereof to form a 40 cover portion to overlie theend of a sheet of typewriter paper inserted in said slit, the side. margins of said backing sheet being provided with line-indications numbered in reverse or-. der, said indications extending in rows from 4;. a p oint immediately ad'acent the ends of said slit to a )oint iinmc iately adjacent-the other endof t 1e backing sheet.

2. As a new article Vof manufacture, a typewriter backin sheet having a row of nuv merals disposed a( jacent to and in line with g the right hand side ed'e of the sheet, said nuy merals rogressivel decreasing from the uper to e lower en( of the row and terminating at 'a oint spaced from the lower end edge 55 of ,the s reet, said sheet having a transverse slit extended throu hout substantially the entire width of the stlieet and in line with the lowermost numeral in the row. l

`3. A ty ev'vriter backing sheet adapted to 60 underlie tie impression receiving paper on a typewriter and comprising a sheet having a row of numerals arranged ad'acentto one of its side ed es, said numerals progressively decreasing om the upper numeral and being respectively spaced a distance equal to the line spacing feed of the typewriter laten, the lowermost numeral being spaced) fromA the lower edge of the sheet a distance in excess of that between the adjacent numerals.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses. i

l HYDESABURO OHASHI. Witnesses: v v

JOHN L. FLETCHER, F. S. ELMORE.

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