Improvements in and connected with Curved Type, Blocks, and Plates.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Curved Type, Blocks, and Plates.
ROBERT JOSEPH DAY and ALFRED COLLINS, 29, Fann Street, E.C., Printing
Material Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Our invention relates to an improvement on that described in Foster's Speci-
fication No. 1726 A.D. 1885 in which the types or blocks are secured on the
cylinder by wedge shaped rules and it consists in making recesses in the sides
of the blocks or types to hold the rules so that the sides of the blocks or type can
be brought into contact in order to save space. In order to hold stereotype or
other similar printing plates, clips are provided having inclined surfaces so as to
securely wedge the said plates in position and the body parts of these clips are
fashioned like the rules.
Dated this 25th day of November 1808
ROBERT JOSEPH DAY,
ALFRED COLLINS.
Improvements in and connected with Curved Type, Blocks, and Plates.
We, ROBERT JOSEPH DAY and ALFRED COLLINS, of 29, Fann Street, Aldersgate,
E.C., Printing Material Manufacturers, 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:
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Our invention relates to an improvement on that described in Foster's Speci-
fication No. 1726 A.D. 1885 in which the types blocks and plates are secured on
the cylinder by wedge shaped rules and it consists in making recesses in the
sides of the blocks or types so that the sides of the blocks or types can be brought
into contact or much nearer together above the level of the tops of the rules than
was heretofore possible in order to reduce the spaces between the lines of type.
Fig. 1 on the accompanying drawing is a diagrammatic transverse section of
part of a forme cylinder with blocks and the like secured thereon.
As shewn on the drawing we construct the types or the like with recesses in
the sides into which the rules take so that while keeping the latter of the neces-
sary thickness the sides of the blocks or the like can be brought into contact or
closer together than hitherto. The types A A are recessed on each side so that
they overhang and as a thin rule B is between them they are in contact.
adjoining space rule B¹ being however somewhat thicker, the type blocks A and
A are correspondingly further apart.
The

page_text: In applying our invention to metal type, the latter are recessed in their sides
as shown for instance with reference to E E on the drawing and the rules are
made to correspond that is to say the rules B 16 are fashioned to fit a wooden
block on the one side and a metal type E on the other and the rule B5 is made
with two similar sides so as to render it suitable for going between the two
types E and E¹.
When plates such as stereotype or other printing plates are to be held, rules
are made with wedge shaped clips above as shewn for example with reference to
the letters 13 and B3 so as to hold the plate C and the latter is further supported
by a single bed or by beds or packing blocks D D and also held by a rule 17 if a
single bed sufficiently large to support the plate be not used. In any case the
rules B and B are preferably made so that the adjoining overhanging parts of
type or as shewn of blocks such as A¹ and A¹ can rest on the said rules.
By our invention the types or blocks are made to extend over part of each of
the adjoining rules whereby much more matter may be printed in the same space
than was possible hitherto.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
1. A curved type or block provided with recesses in its sides substantially
as set forth.
2. In combination with a curved stereotype plate or the like the use and em-
ployment of wedge shaped rules having clips thereon allowing of part of the
plate overhanging the said rules and of being held by said clips substantially
as described and shewn.
3. The constructions shewn on the drawing.