Patent GB-190009345-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Distributing Type
Inventor: ROSINKIEWICZ CASIMIR
Filed: 1900-05-21
Granted: 1901-08-21
Abstract: 9345. Rosinkiewicz, C., and Ramult, L. May 21. Type, distributing.-Fig. 4 shows a number of the types which the machine is adapted to distribute, the distribution being effected by means of nicks cut in their sides. One line at a time is fed to the machine, and the distribution takes place by a series of operations which gradually break the type up into smaller and smaller classes, until the individual characters are finally separated. Thus, supposing two founts of type, each of 120 characters, are in use, the first step is to divide the one fount from the other. The 120 characters of each fount are then divided into two groups of 60, and each of those into two groups of 30. Each group of 30 characters is divided into two groups of 15, which are then divided successively into three groups of five characters. The five individual characters in each group are then separated successively, and the distribution is complete. One pair of nicks is concerned in the distribution at each stage, the type belonging to one class being formed with a nick on one side, aud the type belonging to the other class having a corresponding nick on the other. Fig. 5 illustrates the method of separation employed in the machine. The Figure shows a transverse section of a line of types T', resting on a horizontal plate E'. Of these types those belonging to one class, T', are formed with a nick g on the lower side, and the others, T<2>, with a corresponding nick g<1> on the upper side. The other nicks take no part in this particular separation, but are concerned with some previous or subsequent division into classes. A frame R<2> beneath the plate E' rises, and a blade m<2> enters the nicks g, the types belonging to the class T' being thus undisturbed, while the types T<2> are slightly lifted. A blade m<1> carried by the reciprocating frame R' enters the nicks g'. The frame R<1> now moves towards the right, and the types T<2> are carried with it, the types T' being detained by the blade m<2>. Before the types T<2> have escaped over the blade m<2>, so as to rest once more level on the plate E', a type-shifter k is caused to descend so as to engage the nick and carry the type onward during the complete righthand movement of the frame R<1>. The class T<@> thus separated is again subdivided on the plate E<1>, and the fragmentary line T<1> is pushed endwise on to another plate for further subdivision. Fig. 7 shows a line of types T at the point at which a class of 30 characters is to be divided into two classes of 15. The 15 types to be transferred to tne channel E<2> are provided with nicks to receive the detent k<2>. The others are transferred by the blade m<3> and type-shifter k<3> to the channel E'. The plate l<1> then turns about its pivot a', and the types are allowed to slide on to the plate l<2>. The plate l<2> assumes the horizontal position, and the types are transferred by the shifter k<5> to the channel E<2>. Fig. 9 is a diagram showing an alternative method nf breaking up a class of, say, 60 types into four groups of 15, a verticallyreciprocating frame H being used for the purpose. The line received by the plate g<1> is transferred as two classes to the fixed intermediate plates q<3>, q<3>, and each of these classes of 30 types is again subdivided and transferred in succession by the moving plates q<4>, q<5> to the channels E<1>, E', E<3>, E<4>. The movements of the detent frames, line-shifters, and the endwise-acting line-pushers are effected by means of suitable lovers and cams from the various shafts of the machine.