Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-08-29
LABOR PRESS MSTALLS
LATEST MODEL LINOTYPE
Continued from Page one)

A8..IIHI.La
the necessary matrices and space.
bands to fill the line have been as
sembled, the operator raises the as
sembler by pressing the lever on the
side Of the keyboard. When the as
sembler reaches its highest point il
automatically starts the machine and
the matrices are transferred to the
casting position.
The casting mechanism consists Of
the melting pot, mold disk, mold,
ejector and trimming knives. When
the line OF matrices leaves the as
sembler, they pass to q position in
front Of the mold disk. The disk
makes one-quarter turn to the left,
which brings the mold from the
ejecting position, where It stands
while the machine is at rest, to the
casting position. Il then advances un-
til the face of the mold comes in con-
tact with the matrices. The metal
pot advances until the pot mouth
piece comes in contact with the back
OF the mold; at this point the pump
lplunger descends, and forces the
metal into the mold and against the
matrices. The pot then recedes, the
mold disk withdraws from the mat
rices and makes three-fourths of q
revolution to the left, stopping at the
ejecting position, from which it start
ed. The slug is elected and assembled
in the galley.
During the last revolution of the
disk the bottom Of the slug is trim
med off, and in the process of ejec-
ton the sides of the slug are trim
med, so that when it drops into the
galley the slug is a perfect line of
type, ready for the form. After the
slug has been cast, the matrices are
carried up to the second position,
where they are pushed to the right,
and the teeth in the v at the top of
the matrices engage the grooves in
the distributor bar of the second ele-
vator, which descends from the dis
tributor box at the same time that
the matrices rise to the second trans
fer position. The second elevator
then rises toward the distributor box,
taking the matrices with it, but leav-
ing the spacebands; these are then
pushed to the right and slide into the
spaceband box, to be used again.
AS the second elevator rises toward
the distributor box with its load of
matrices, the distributor shifter lever
moves to the left until the elevator
head has reached its place by the
distributor box. It then moves back
to the right and pushes the matrices
off the second elevator distributor bar
into the distributor box, where they
meet the "matrix lift" and are lifted,
one at a time, to the distributor
screw and distributor proper. The
teeth in the matrix and the grooves
in the bar are so arranged that when
a matrix arrives at a point directly
over the channel in which it belongs,
it "lets go" and drops into its chan
mel.
If, however, there is a matrix in
the line which was not designed to
drop into one of the channels oper-
ated from the keyboard, it will be
carried clear across the distributor
bar and dropped into the last channel,
and from there it will find its way to
the sorts box.
The distribution of the matrices is
the most wonderful part of the Limo
type. The distributor will handle the
matrices day after day and week after
week, taking the lines as they come,
separating the matrices and dripping
each one into its proper channel
without an error. 1t does its work
automatically and requires very little
attention.
The manipulation of the Linotype
keyboard differs from the operation
of a typewriter in that it requires
practically no physical exertion. On
the typewriter the operator strikes
the keys with considerable force,
while on the Linotype the slightest
touch on the keybuttons is sufficient
to release the matrices from the mag
azine. One quick touch on q key
will bring down a matrix; if the key
is held down the matrices will con-
tinue to drop until the channel is
empty.
When the Linotype was first de-
signed it was thought that, at best,
it would be used only for newspaper
composition, and perhaps, no larger
face than point would be used. But
such has been the excellence Of the
machine and it's product that it has
taken possession of every branch Of
composition for the printing trade.
Dictionaries, encyclopedias, cata-
logues, editions de luxe, books, maya
zines, newspapers, newspaper adver-
tisements, tabular work and COM
mercial job work are now set on the
Linotype. The range in size and face
is from, 5 point to AZ point.
The Linotype is sometimes called
typesetting machine, but this is not
correct; it does not set type. II is
different departure from the old
typesetting methods. II might be
considered a substitute for type set
ting. Il Is, strictly speaking, COM
posing machine, AS it does compost
ton, but its product is not set type,
| but solid sluQs In the form Of lines