.~ For stopping carriage in tabular position (e.g., column-set positions) {10}
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.~.~ Forward or reverse tabulation
DEFINITION
Classification: 400/290
Forward or reverse tabulation:
(under subclass 284) Subject matter wherein the carriage* is caused to be moved and is caused to be stopped in a position corresponding to a print-point* for the start of a column of character* symbols, the movement occurring in a character-space* direction, or the carriage is caused to be moved in a direction opposite to the character-space direction and caused to be stopped in a position corresponding to a print-point for the end of a column of character symbols.
(1) Note. The typewriter of this subclass is sometimes also provided with a carriage-shuttling mechanism, which enables the carriage to travel in a forward or a reverse direction directly between tabular positions without having to first return to home position following a tabulating movement.
