Patent GB-190004734-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Type Setting Machines.
Inventor: BROOKES ALFRED GEORGE
Filed: 1900-03-13
Granted: 1901-02-09
Abstract: 4734. Brookes, A. G., [McGrath, P. H.]. March 13. Type, setting.-The types, as they are assembled, have spacers, consisting of pairs of wedges, placed transversely of the types in each space between words, and, when each line is filled, the wedges are pushed in to justify the line and the spacers are cut off, nicked, and turned into line with the types, the justified lines being placed successively into a galley. Fig. 1 shows a sectional elevation of a machine embodying the invention, and Fig. 14 a perspective view of the stick or line holder with a line of types and spacing-wedges placed transversely therein. The stick is formed of the fixed parts 15, 16 and a sliding part 17 by which the justified line is moved to the apparatus for cutting-off and aligning the wedges. The spacers each consist of a pair of wedges 25, 26, which are placed in the line as it is assembled, and they pass through the space P between the fixed parts 15, 16 of the stick. The movable part 17 of the stick slides on a guide-bar 92 forming part of the framing, and is held in the position shown in Fig. 1 for the assemblage and justification of the type by means of a latch 80 pivoted to the part 17 and engaging a fixed piece 81. The types and spacers are fed into the stick as they are assembled, by means of a reciprocating plate B, moved to the left by a spring 55 and to the right by a crank-pin on the upper end of a shaft 56. The upper wedges 25 of the spacers are contained in an upper channel A, and the lower wedges 76 in a lower, and similar, channel A<1>. The wedges are fed forward in the channels A, A<1> by followers operated by weights and cords 40, 41, and the front pair of wedges is placed in the line of types by a pair of levers 45, 46, the former of which has a finger-piece 47 for operating it. The levers 45, 46 are connected together, so as to act in unison, by a rod 46<11>. When the levers 45, 46 are operated, their ends engage the wedges, pushing the lower one up and the upper one down into the line, whence they are fed along with the types into the stick. The inward movement of the slide B is prevented when the lever 46, 47 is depressed, by a finger 66 coming into engagement with the spring 55. The lower wedges, when in the line, are supported by the lower justifying-bar 70, and the upper ones by a rod 77 on which their projections 76 engage. The rod 77 is carried by arms 78 on the upper justifying- bar 70. A curved extension 46* on the lever 46 keeps back the advancing wedges, and prevents the head 76 of the following one engaging over the lever 46. On the left-hand end of the part 17 of the stick is a stop or line marker L sliding in lugs 93 and pulled into operative position by a spring 94. A similar stop L<1> at the right-hand end of the part 17 is inserted by the operator when the line is full. The movement of the slide B is stopped when the line is full by a hand-operated pawl 83. The wedges are then pushed in to justify the line against the stops L, L<1> by the bars 70, which are provided with rack bars 71, 72, having pinions 73 engaging between them so that the two bars 70 are moved in unison. The rack bars 71 of the upper member 70 are attached to a cylindrical weight 95, which, when released, operates the members 70. This weight 95 is normally held up by an arm 96, on a shaft 97, pulled upwardly by a spring 99. The shaft 97 has a hand-lever 98<1> which is pressed down by the operator to release the weight 95 and effect the justifying operation. An arm 100 on the shaft 97 moves a rod 101, the upper pivoted end 102 of which lifts the latch 80 when the lever 98<1> is released, thereby releasing the stick 17 and permitting it to move to the left with the justified line. The ends of the spacing-wedges are cut off by rotating cutters K K<1> on a vertical shaft 60, and the nicks are cut by cutters on the same shaft. When the part 17 comes to rest against the wall 109 of the galley G, the types are turned into vertical position into line with the spacers, and the stops L, L<1> are withdrawn so that the line of types &c. may be transferred to the galley. The stops L, L' are withdrawn by a pivoted cam plate 117 operated by a transverse sliding bar 120. The bar 120 also operates, at the same time, a pivoted tipping-device N, the nose of which engages the feet of the types and presses them down, rotating the types into line with the spacers. The face of the piece N comes up against the side of the line at the end of the movement, forming a channel, with fixed parts of the framing, in which the line is sustained. The line is then advanced to the mouth of the galley. The bar 120, is operated by a spring when released from a latch 128. The latch is operated by a trip on the part 17, and the bar 120 is returned after each operation into engagement with the latch 128 by a cam on a shaft driven through one revolution at each movement of the part 17. This shaft drives, through a ratchet gear, a shaft 172 having a wheel 171 engaging a rack on the part 17, to return this part to normal position to the right for a fresh line. As the part 17 moves to the left, the shaft 172 is rotated by the rack, and a wheel 173 moves a rack 174 connected to a link 175 which operates a lever 176. The lever 176 is connected by a spring rod 179<1> to a line transferer R, which is formed of a body portion 150 and two legs 152 which engage the line of types between them. The transferrer R has rollers 162 engaging grooves in a plate 16, and as it moves to the right the rollers are guided by pivoted switches 167 up the inclined grooves 163, 164, whence they pass down the vertical grooves 165, 166. In its movement to the left, with the line, the rollers 162 of the transferrer R pass along the horizontal groove 161. The line is pushed into the galley by a pivoted pusher operated by a cam on the shaft which operates to return the bar 120 and the part 17. This shaft is driven through one revolution from a constantlyrotating pulley 112 by a clutch device, one engaging pin of which is carried by an arm pivoted to a disc fixed on the shaft. This arm has a hook normally engaged, to hold the pin out of operation and stop the shaft, by a hook pivoted on the framing. The latter hook is rocked to start the shaft by the operation of a pin on the bar 120. The shafts 60 and 56 are driven continuously by bands 110 and 58 and pulleys from the pulley 112.