Patent GB-190608470-A (GB)
Title: Type Setting and Distributing Machine
Inventor: MUELLER FRANZ JOSEF
Filed: 1906-04-09
Granted: 1907-04-09
Abstract: 8470. M³ller, F. J. April 9. Type, setting and distributing; type.-Relates to type setting and distributing machines such as that described in Specification No. 13,881, A.D. 1903, in which there is a keyboard pusher mechanism for ejecting the types from a vertical magazine, and a second keyboard mechanism for distributing the types from a line shuttle into the magazine.. (1) The keylevers of the setting-mechanism do not operate the pushers, but only serve to make connexion between the pushers and some source of power, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Each key-lever is provided with a spring-retained, pivoted, toothed segment 5 connected with the pusher 17, or with two segments 5, 6 if there are two rows of pushers 17, 18. When a -key - lever is depressed, the toothed segment is raised into engagement with a continuouslydriven toothed roller 3 or 4. In order to determine which segment 5, 6 shall be engaged, the teeth of the rollers 3, 4 alternate with gaps, as shown in Fig. 3, and a longitudinal pedal shift 15, 20 is provided. In order to ensure a full stroke of the pusher in case of premature release of the key, the segments 5, 6 are held in gear by the engagement of fixed pegs 9, 10 under elevations 7, 8 on the segments. (2) The galley mechanism is shown in Fig. 13. The galley falls laterally on inclined rails 58 to receive the successive types of a line, and longitudinally on inclined rails 61, 62 to receive the successive lines, and is returned laterally at the end of a line by pedal mechanism. The lateral feed is controlled by rows of teeth 67 on the galley and escapement pawls 63, 64 operated from an eccentric 65 connected with the setting-mechanism. The line feed is controlled by a peg 66 projecting into a zigzag path between the rows of teeth 67, and an automatic counterbalance consisting of a chain of line weights. (3) The distributing- mechanism is shown in Figs. 5. 5<a>, 6, and 7<a>. The keyboard sets slotted pushers 46 in a type-way 36, along which the type is dragged from the line shuttle 29 by hooks or pulleys 43 on an endless band 39 running over pulleys 37, 38. The line is advanced in the shuttle 29 by means of a head on a spring-actuated toothed rod 31. The shuttle is placed at the end of the type-way 36 between the two magazines 1, 2, and is moved towards the band 39, against the returning action of a spring 52, by connexions with a lever 45 extending across, and elevated by, all the key-levers of the keyboard. The shuttle is notched at 44 for the entrance of the pulleys 43, and has a yielding outlet end normally closing to the size of the thinnest type. Pegs 41 are provided on the band 39 outside the pulleys 43 and engage with toothed disks 40 on the pulley 37. The pushers 46 are provided with a slot 47 for lower-case type, a deepar slot 48 for upper-case type, and a movable piece f to compensate for the different depths of slot. Normally the slot 47 is operative. When a pedal shift is actuated, the slot 48 is brought into operative position. This shift comprises a recessed roller 30 limiting a heart-shaped projection 33 on the pusher connexion 55. The projection 33 is formed with alternative slots c, d receiving a roller on the key lever. The type before entering the way 36 is turned through a right - angle by means of a curved way 50. On the side wall of the way 36 are provided spring catches 53 for engagement in recesses 6 in the projected pushers. The engaged catch is released by the adjacent peg 41 after the pusher has received the type. The pulleys 43 have slight vertical play. Should a type too thin or too thick be placed in the pusher, the pulleys 43 either drop into the pusher or are stopped by the projecting type, so that the band 39 is arrested and an alarm is sounded. When a type misses the pusher, it is carried along and falls out at 56. (4) Elastic justifying-spaces are employed.