tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post5365209011382589238..comments2024-03-25T15:02:25.695+11:00Comments on oz.Typewriter: When I'm 64: Still Feeding on Typewriter PatentsRobert Messengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04366507489948676594noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-41095868146543075932012-04-11T19:04:12.940+10:002012-04-11T19:04:12.940+10:00You had a birthday while I was off-grid for a few ...You had a birthday while I was off-grid for a few days. Belated best wishes!Rob Bowkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065940710708289511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-64878873182428365232012-04-09T15:24:02.485+10:002012-04-09T15:24:02.485+10:00Happy Belated Birthday Rob!Happy Belated Birthday Rob!Blossom inchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01194058396230964683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-2734450494481997882012-04-07T02:01:22.835+10:002012-04-07T02:01:22.835+10:00I don't understand any of those patents except...I don't understand any of those patents except the platen release. I'm pretty bad at interpreting technical drawings, I have to say.<br /><br />To Scott: the faceted platen was necessary because they hadn't yet figured out how to put slight curves into the types in order to fit a cylindrical platen. For the same reason, the Sholes & Glidden has small types and a very big cylinder.<br /><br />Happy belated birthday, friend!Richard Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16232053429935587826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-88534288308614829902012-04-07T01:33:25.961+10:002012-04-07T01:33:25.961+10:00I'm a bit late, but HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
The dat...I'm a bit late, but HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!<br />The date is now forever engrained in my memory banks for 2013.<br />I hope you had a wonderful time.<br /><br />Thank you for another one of your very detailed posts. You do a fine job on them all and I really enjoy reading them. I refer back to many of them frequently.Bill Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14649212489891769390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-53238394985319983212012-04-07T01:24:04.087+10:002012-04-07T01:24:04.087+10:00Happy birthday Robert!!! Ad multos!!!Happy birthday Robert!!! Ad multos!!!shordzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04824301365798484902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-20518788662946985462012-04-06T20:05:49.227+10:002012-04-06T20:05:49.227+10:00Firstly - and most importantly, happy birthday, my...Firstly - and most importantly, happy birthday, my fellow Australian. <br /><br />Secondly, excellent research there! <br /><br />That platen on the Caligraph; that seems quite unusual in it's flat-faced construction. Is this original? I just can't say I've seen a construction like that before. Have you, or anyone else? <br /><br />Took me a few minutes to figure out the action on the upstroke patent, but it seems hugely inefficient, and I suspect there's another patent that relates to the orientation of the type slug on the plateau. <br /><br />But with those long lengths of thin steel, (I think we're seeing it from the widest view) it would have buckled over time.Scott Knoreply@blogger.com