Show INVENTION Of A BOY IT MAY REVOLUTIONIZE THE PRESENT TYPEWRITER Virginia Youth Has Accomplished That Wlch Has Puzzled Mechanical Mechan-ical Experts fur Many Years z Norfolk Va1ho problem of an automatic carriage for tho typewriter one over which experts have been laboring and experimenting for years without success has probably been solved by Robert Eugene Turner a Norfolk boy who Is yet to reach his majority That tho Invention It practicable Is destined to revolutionize revolution-ize tho modern typewriter is the opinion ot experts men who have studied tho problem for years Years ago It was recognized that the invention of an automatic carriage car-riage return for the typewriter would add from 25 to 30 per cent to tho speed of the operators an Item that tells In the business world Tho manufacturers of tho leading machines ma-chines put experts on the problem Xo stone was loft unturned to solvo tho pioblem of tho transference redirection re-direction and control ot power It Is said that ono company offered a handsome prize to the man In their employ who would discover tho principle prin-ciple to be worked out later Mr Turner who IB a member of the architectural firm ot Hebard Turner and who Is a lover of mathematical mathe-matical problems and technical questions ques-tions worthy of solution had his attention at-tention drawn to the matter At that time ho was In his teens Ho began to think out the problem convoying his Ideas to drawings For three years ho studied It at spare times day and night Tho young Inventor grasped tho difficulties I dif-ficulties clearly lie finally solved It that of regulatalng the power at all times controlling and reversing It at will Briefly stated the regulation regula-tion and control of the power Is by means of tho space bar It Is unop eratlve automatically until the carriage car-riage has gono a certain length but by means of a key It can be manipulated ma-nipulated at the will of thc operator opera-tor Like all valuable Inventions Its simplicity Is the thing that attracts attention It can bo added to machines ma-chines at a nominal cost It will not affect the durability of the machine will not add to the cost of repairs and Is not easy to get out of order Its speed Is sufficient for all practical purposes Tho following statement In reference refer-ence to the Invention was made by Mr Turner recently It Increases the mechanical control con-trol of tho carriage making It unnecessary un-necessary for the operator to remove his hands from tho keyboard during writing a feature especially valuable to touch operators Tho mechanism causes tho carriage car-riage to return to time Initial writing point automatically when the end of a written tin is roauhed and also to return automatically from any point in the line by pleasing a special key Means for cushioning the impact Im-pact of the carriage to prevent a destructive de-structive jar to the machine Is amply provided for as well as an Improvement Improve-ment In tho runways and rollers bearing bear-Ing tho carriage to reduce the fric tint to a minimum The momentum attained by the carriage In its return stroke is utilized util-ized to effect the lino spacing which can also be done from the keyboard An Ingenious but simple device is introduced so that the setting of either the automatic or manual line spacer will adjust the other to conform con-form In the uniform spacing of lines An Interesting feature In reference to tho invention Is tho youthfulness of the Inventor When tho application appli-cation for the patent was filed nearly two years ago or In February ol 1905 Mr Turner was only a little over 18 years ot age As ho began the study of the problem several years before this his youthfulness can be appreciated It was a more boy who had undertaken to solve a serious scientific mathematical problem prob-lem Robert Eugene Turner was born In 1 Norfolk November r1560 Ho Is the son of R E Turner general su pcrlntendent of the VirginianPilot After leaving the Norfolk high schobl he devoted his tlmo to the study oC mechlncal engineering and archltec tureMr Mr Turner was nearly two years In securing a patent on his invention Inven-tion but It was finally obtained through Walter B Burrow patent attorney at-torney at Norfolk Mr Turners friends aro confident that he has a small fortune to say the least In his patent I |