Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-12-31
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EH T. TYPE 5 SETHING M ACHINE,

From the Raleigh IN ca Sentinel, l4th,l b. \
THE TYPE SETTING M ACAINE.
mr.. Fosters Remarkable Invention
Described. ss
We have been furnished by the in-
ventor with the following detailed de-
scription of the new type setting ma
chine, by our ingenious country F.
G. Foster, Esq. for which he has re-
Gently obtained a patent :i.--s,zs
{ The machine is composed, essentially,
of a keyboard type-boxes, a series of
conductors or. conveyors, fingers, aud a
"stick. ;, 70 ssla. l's53o5 2si 5.5 9Hlete
The keyboard has much the appear
ance ofstwo piano ikey-boards, ranged
one above the other, but with this differ
enceatThe Keys are arranged in clusters
or groups, to facilitate, their working, by
assisting the eye i'm finding Immediate
ly any required letter, These groups
are again divided into colors,a for the
same purpose; SO. that by once glaneing
over the board and noticing the arrange
ment of the, groups, and. the relation
each letter bears, to. the, CLUSTERS or a
color, any character designated can
be instantly placed in the stick blythe
mere action of touching its corresponds
ing key. The first tier of keys being
that nearest the, operator, is marked
with the letters of the Roman lower
case'"'-this being the case most used in
all work; the next with the Roman
capitals the third with the "Italic
lower case" and the highest, or furthesl
from the operator, with the g Italic
caps,"' the case least used. Each of
these have their corresponding double
letters, marks of punctuation and other
characters generally usedin the compos-
ing room or found, in their respective
cases. These keys are attached, in the
simplest manner. to series of type
boxes.
The capacity of these type, boxes can
be altered to suit the convenience or
pleasure of the printer; their highest
convenient capacity being about two
.. cases., From. these boxes the types
are fed out by means of. fingers moving
tsilently on their respective axis. As a
key is touched on the keyboard, the
corresponding finger takes from the type
boxes the required character, and it i'm
mediately glides into the stick by means
of the conveyors or conductors. These
are stationary, and require no external
power to work them, They are arranged
in the peculiar manner you noticed in the
model exhibited to you some time since,
and with the fingers and type boxes, can
be slipped out in moment, and another
of different I" font" substituted when
desired. So that the expense OF
having a, machine to set any s...font" is
obviated by the simplest means-it being
only necessary, instead OF, the usual
cases found in the printing, office, -tc
have the corresponding :, adjustable
"plates," only one machine being re-
J quired by any ordinary printing Office
: f6r its different work. These boxes
conductors, ETC., are arranged on the
principle Of the mathematical proportion
2 Of the comparative velocities of, falling
] bodies. AS you saw in the, model ex
g hibited, no character can ontstrip another
Z ton its way to the stick, but each accom-
7IfpIishes the distance and is placed in thu
stick in the order in which their cores
pondfng keys are touched.
Y ~ The stick is Of a somewhat peculiar
arrangement 1t can be adjusted to any
sized column, from that of the ordinary
A newspaper to the widest book page; O
the type can be set in a continued line
/! In the frstrinstance, the compositor needs
no assistant, doing his own .justifying'
on the completion of each line,s which
when completed, is rapidly thrown bacl
and discharged into the galley" and
another line, is set. 10 s1ss sdt 40 l.i.1
4 In the second instance, second hanG
is required to cut off the line to its de
sired length and then to Justify" In
both instances space boxes,p holding
the different "spaces," are arranged il
as convenient manner as, now in ths
ordinary lease" except the .sthree en-
Space" which is used in dividing words
and which has its corresponding key or
the board, this being thought most de
sirable, as it, is used, probably, more
than any other box p" in the printers
case. Attached to the /" stick" is
'' composing rule which adjusts itself
automatically, to line previously ad
iusted in the "stiek.p There is also at
tached to the "stick' simple eontriv
ance by which any character can b.
: substituted for one placed in the line by
y mistake. For instance, in case an q ii
. set for 6, the operator can, by means o
this attachment, correct the mistak'
: without changing his seat to get to {
: " case 2 in different part of the room.
The type boxes are filled by little
boy or girl, thereby substituting for skill
ed labor that of any person who knows
his letters. .zis
II The full working machine is about 81
, inches wide by 40 deep, and 30 high
: and, by careful estimates already made
can be constructed at cost not exceed
e ing $780, 70 1a--
: I-would also say, that there is attached
\ to the machine when desired, perma
nent adjustable galley, which, with it
attachments, can be used by the oper
ator, without change of position. to strik,
) off any number of "proofs" required
thereby making it a most convenien
letter writer OF form-printer for any of
) fee. This additional arrangements viii
increase its cost.
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