Patent GB-191220434-A (GB)
Title: Type Setting and Distributing Machines.
Inventor: RANGER ARTHUR WILLARD
IPC: B41B3/00
Filed: 1912-09-07
Granted: 1913-12-08
Abstract: 20,434. Ranger, A. W. Sept. 7. [Cognate Applications, 23,661/12 and 5649/13.] Setting and distributing type; keyboards; galley mechanism.-Relates to machines in which the type is conveyed from or to the magazine by a moving selector or carrier. There may be a separate selector for each character but, preferably a single selector common to the whole keyboard is used. In the form shown in Fig. 3, which is designed for setting the type commonly used in duplicators, the selector itself forms a line - holder. The type are contained in vertical channels 29 arranged in an arc, and are assembled in a rotatable lineholder 25, which turns on a vertical shaft 13 and is arrested opposite to the desired channel by the depression of keys. The keys 4 act on bellcrank levers 6, which are connected by wires 9 to pivoted ejectors 39, one for each magazine channel. Beads on the wires engage and rock a pivoted frame 10 connected with a band passing round the shaft of the line-holder, which is thereby rotated until arrested by a stop 40 on the ejector which is projected into its path. In a modification, the keys depress to varying extents a pivoted plate which is connected to and rotates the line-holder. The keys are pivoted to levers which carry the stops for arresting the line-holder and also operate the ejectors. The selecting-mechanism may be carried at the top of the magazine, the type being fed upwards by a spring. The selector may be operated by a rack and pinion, or may have a linear instead of a rotary movement. A machine for setting and distributing founders' type comprises an horizontal magazine 88, Fig. 14, and a sliding selector-carriage 84, which by the action of keys conveys the type to or from a galley. The type are supported in the channels by followers 94, which are engaged by blocks 95 sliding on bars 96 and drawn forwards by cords and springs. A bar is provided for retracting the blocks 95 when the machine is used for distribution. The magazine is pivoted at one end so that it can be lowered to facilitate its removal. The selector-carriage 84 slides upon rods 85 and is drawn in one direction by a spring and in the other by a band 109 passing round a pulley 110, which is clutched to a rotating shaft 111 at each depression of a key. On the carriage is pivoted an arm 131 carrying two pairs of springs 135, which are adapted to receive a type ejected from the magazine and to convey it to the galley. The keys 83 rock levers 118 carrying stops 138, which are raised into the path of the carriage 84 to arrest it opposite to the proper channel. A projection 140 on each lever 118 raises one of a series of rods 147, which causes a spring-supported pusher 150 to raise the end type in the channel level with the top of a plate 148. The type is then ejected by the pressure of the follower into the springs 135, which are tilted forwards to receive it. The rear keys engage recesses 119 in the levers 118 so that all the keys may have the same extent of motion. The type is then conveyed to the galley 165 shown in plan in Fig. 24, where it is pushed out of the springs 135 by a block 136. A spring-pressed hammer 181 pushes the type past a spring stop 185 into contact with the assembled types which are supported by a follower 170. When the line is completed, a gate 168 is lifted, and the line is pushed into the galley by a bar 169 operated by a pedal. When the machine is used for distributing, a different galley - mechanism is used in which a line of type is raised by a pedaloperated shouldered plate into the path of a follower by which the line is pressed forwards against the ends of two rack-bars 215, Fig. 30. When the selector-carriage reaches the galley, the bars 215 are withdrawn so that the end of the line bears against a spring 225. A pusher 220 then pushes the end type of the line into the spring fingers of the selector-carriage. Provisional Specification 20,434/12 describes also an arrangement in which a separate type-carrier is provided for each magazine channel. The type-carriers are mounted on pivoted arms and convey the types to a line-holder from which they are afterwards transferred to a galley. The magazine channels may occupy a number of rows so as to form a square or rectangle, or a number of magazines may be arranged one above the other, any particular magazine being brought into use by raising or lowering it.