Patent GB-191407982-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Galley Mechanism for Type Composing Machines.
IPC: B41B7/04
Filed: 1914-03-30
Granted: 1915-03-25
Abstract: 7982. Lanston Monotype Corporation, [Lanston Monotype Machine Co.]. March 30, Galleys and galley mechanism for single type composing and casting machines of the kind described in Specifications 8633/99 and 8981/01 are adapted for right and left handed delivery for composing matter reading either from left to right as in English, or from right to left as in Semitic and like languages. For this purpose, the galley, galley blade, line-carrier, line-support, and linetransferrer are arranged to be reversible. Short and long line detectors are provided for both positions of the galley, and the actuating-mechanism for the linecarrier and line-support retractor is modified. Figs. 3 and 4 show the mechanism arranged for left-hand delivery, Fig. 6 for right-hand delivery. The line-transferrer 8 is formed in two parts, the section 8Î being attached to either end of the bodysection by means of an extension 27 which is bolted to a seat 26 on the body - section. The line-transferrer is operated in the reversed position from the usual compression coupling 21 by means of a lever 34 pivoted to the stem of the line -transferrer and held by the spring 31 with its arms in engagement with the compression coupling and an adjustable bearing 35 on the frame respectively. The galley-blade 7 is adjusted to either side of the line-channel by forming the socket member 36 in two adjustable parts clamped together by a screw 37. The inner end of the galley blade rides in a guide adjustably mounted on one of the sustaining-jaws. The sustaining - jaws 5 are separately adjustable and are constructed as described in Specification 26,718/11. To allow the line-carrier 4 to be reversed, the lateral extension 23, Fig. 4, of the line-channel floor plate 22 is made detachable and is supported by guides 40, Fig. 3, provided on opposite sides of the floor plate. The line-carrier actuating-head 41, Fig. 6, is reversible and is mounted on either of two bearings 46 formed on a bead 44 which is provided with two sets of stops 48 for limiting the oscillating motion of the line-carrier. The actuating-head 41 is provided with dowel pins engaging registering apertures in the line-carrier. A slide 49, provided with bearings 50, operates the actuating-bead 41. The motion of the head 44 is controlled by stops 51, 52, the latter being in line with an extension 52Î of the head. A second head 45 operates the line-support retractor 10 and is provided with two bearings 53 carrying connected beil-crank levers 54, 55, each provided with a bearing 56 for the line-support retractor. The actuating-devices for the line-carrier and line-support retractor consist of two levers 90, 91 engaging the slide 49 and an arm 94 of the bell-crank lever 54 respectively. An actuating-lever 95, pivoted upon the frame and operated from the cam-head, is connected to the lever 91 by a link 98. The lever 90 is coupled with the actuating-lever 95 through a double-acting compression device comprising a plate 99, which is provided with slots 100 riding over pins 101 fast to the lever 95, and is connected to an arm 104 of the lever 95 through a spring 105. Alternative forms of removable short and long line detectors are provided for right and left hand delivery. For righthand delivery, the trip-member 61 is mounted in guideways in a head 62, Figs. 20, 21, which is mounted in ways on a frame 63. The member 61 is provided with rack teeth engaging a gear segment 67 on a shaft 68 movable through a pinion 69 journaled in the frame 63 and engaging a gear sector 70 on a shaft 71 carrying a lever 72. The lever 72 is connected by a link 74 to a lever 75 provided with bearings for the pivot 76 of the retaining-latch, the withdrawal of which stops the machine. The latch 17 is provided with an adjusting-screw 77 bearing on the lever 75. For left-hand delivery, the tripping-member 61Î, Fig. 11, is mounted in guides in a head 82 carried by a guide 81. The head 82 contacts with an arm 83Î carried on a shaft 83 provided with a lever 84, which is connected to the retaining-latch 17 by links 86, 87. The galley is supported on cross-bars 107 on either side, the adjustable side bar 109 being provided with a tongue for engaging a seat in either of the heads 62,82. Specification 28,692/10 is referred to.