A Job Galley for Printing Purposes.
Year: 1892

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Job Galley for Printing Purposes.
I, NICHOLAS G. DUFFY of No. 217 Meeting Street, Charleston, South
Carolina, in the United States of America, Printer do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention has relation to self-locking job galleys for the use of job printers,
and has for its object the provision of a galley of novel construction in which the
foot and side sticks are adjustable to measure distances, and which may be adjusted
and securely locked at any desired position.
My invention consists in the novel constructions, combinations, and arrangements
of parts hereinafter described.
In the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the self-locking job galley embodying my
improvements.
Figure 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken at the intersection of the
foot stick with the stationary side of the galley, and
Figure 3 is a detail section.
The galley may be made of any desired size, and consists of the base plate or
bed A, the stationary side and head ledges B and C, and the adjustable side and
foot ledges or sticks D and E.
The stationary side ledge B, and the stationary head ledge C, are pierced with
vertical holes b and c, respectively located at intervals corresponding to the
measurement of a double pica em. These holes are intended to receive pins d and e,
on the adjustable side and foot ledges or sticks D, and E, and to permit of said
adjustable sticks or ledges being adjusted to, and fixed at, any desired point corre-
sponding to the dimensions of the job which the galley is intended to receive. The
adjustable side stick D, consists of a flat bar of metal, having a longitudinal slot
or kerf extending from its rear end to near its forward end, and dividing the stick
into the upper and lower limbs e aud f, which are also pierced or perforated as
shown, to coincide with the piercings or perforations in the stationary side ledge B.
The foot stick E, consists of a flat bar of metal, tenoned on its upper and lower
sides, and formed with holes or piercings g, which coincide with the holes e, in the
stationary head ledge C. The tenoned portion of the foot stick E, when the parts
of the galley are fitted together, intersects the side stick D, and passes between
its limbs e, and f, in which position it is secured by the pin key h, inserted in the
corresponding holes in the two adjustable sticks. The adjustable sticks D and E
are formed each with a flat toe, which projects beyond the end of the stick, and
rests upon the upper edge of the stationary ledge, against which the end of the
adjustable stick abuts, and from this toe depends the pin d or e, which secures the
adjustable stick to the stationary ledge.
When the parts described are fitted together, they form a galley having two
adjustable and two stationary sides, and capable of having its interior dimensions
or capacity adjusted to any required dimensions corresponding to the adjusting
holes and pins. Each alternate hole in the marginal sticks or ledges will be
numbered to correspond to the measure desired, and the galleys will be made to all
sizes required in a printing office. The galley will closely embrace any job made
up in keeping with the double pica em measurement to which the adjusting holes
are bored. If any differences occur, they can be made up by filling in space with
slugs or leads.
The necessary adjustment of the size of the galley, required for different jobs is
effected by removing the pin-key at the intersection of the adjustable sticks, and

page_text: lifting the sticks from their seats, after which they are moved inward or outward
the required distance, and the securing or adjusting pins placed in new holes.
By the use of the galley above described, the annoyance of setting jobs with
curved or irregular lines in chase on stone is obviated. A job may be proved on
this galley without the delay or trouble of getting quoins or side sticks, or risking
the bad results of swelling or pressing sides out of proportion. In setting posters
or large jobs, with larger type than the stick will take, this galley will meet the
requirements of both stick and galley. Any measure smaller than the size of the
galley, may be made, and the type justified as in a stick. When ordinary straight
matter is used, if the compositor wishes it, the adjustable side and foot sticks, may
be laid aside until desired. The holes in the ledges and adjustable sticks are
arranged according to the "point system."
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is.-
First A self locking job galley, consisting of the base plate A, the stationary
side ledge B, the stationary head ledge C, the slotted adjustable side stick D, the
tenoned adjustable foot stick E, and means substantially as described for adjusting
and locking up the galley, as set forth.
Secondly-In a printers galley, the combination with the base plate A, and the
stationary ledges B and C, having the vertical holes b and c, arranged at intervals
corresponding to a standard measurement of type; of the adjustable sticks D,
and E, adapted to intersect each other, and provided with holes for the reception
of a pin key, and with toe pieces carrying pins adapted to enter the holes in the
stationary ledges, substantially as described.
Dated this 26th day of Sentember 1892
NICHOLAS G. DUFFY,
By Henry Skerrett,
6, Livery Street, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.