CHARACTER STORAGE ARRANGEMENT FOR A POWERED TYPEWRITER ACTION

A type action of a power driven single element typewriter is provided with a storage arrangement enabling type characters to be successively printed in response to the successive operation of corresponding type keys even though the type keys are operated prior to the completion of a previously initiated printing cycle. The orienting movement of the printing element is determined by pawls moved to an operating position by the operation of a type action for engagement with a moving member undergoing a predetermined stroke. The orienting pawls are operably engagable with the moving member only at the beginning of an orienting movement of the single print element, and orienting pawls which are moved to the operating position after the beginning of an orienting movement are resiliently maintained at the operating position for operable engagement with the moving member upon completion of the previous orienting movement.