.~ For locking key in actuated position (e.g., to remove type-face from ink pad)
DEFINITION
Classification: 400/678
For locking key in actuated position (e.g., to remove type-face from ink pad):
(under subclass 663) Subject matter wherein significance is attributed to means for preventing return movement of a particular key* element after that key has been pressed by a typist.
(1) Note. In some typewriters of this subclass the typewriter is provided with a type-member*-inking block that the type-member contacts while in a rest position, and said preventing means locks a key element while the type-member is out of contact with its inking block.
