IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO THE SETTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF TYPE AND IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS TO BE USED THEREFOR AND IN CONNECTION THEREWITH
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Robert Lake, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake
& Co, Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London, for an Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO THE SETTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF
TYPE AND IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS TO BE USED THEREFOR AND IN
CONNECTION THEREWITH communicated to him from abroad by 'Pedro
Pereira y Albizu, of Madrid, Spain
">
:
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Robert Lake at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patonts on the 2nd August 1883.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake and Co, Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London, "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO THE
SETTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF TYPE AND IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS TO BE
USED THEREFOR AND IN CONNECTION THEREWITH." [a communication to him from
abroad by Pedro Pereira y Albizu, of Madrid, Spain]
This invention relates to the setting and distribution of type and to machinery
or apparatus to be used therefor and in connection therewith.
The said invention has for its object to provide a complete apparatus for rapid
typographical composition consisting essentially in the combination of devicos or
apparatus which possess the following advantages, that is to say; First. The
distribution of the typographical composition between several compositors working
simultaneously under the rapid dictation of a single person, each compositor only
hearing the portion of the dictation which he has to compose. Secondly. The
mechanical production of the composition of the various sentences heard.
Thirdly. The rapid collection of these sentences after they are composed in order
to be able to take a proof of the same if necessary and thus facilitate the correction
of the said sentences. Fourthly. The rapid breaking up of the composition and
the mechanical distribution of the types into their respective compartments in a
similar (but inverted) manner to that which served for the composition.
In carrying the said invention into practice I effect the main object of my
invention by providing apparatus comprising a speaking tube carrying a mouth
piece of conical shape; this tube is fitted into an aperture having the same diameter
as the said tube and being formed in a wheel which has upon its anterior face
concentric teeth which goar with a pinion arranged excentrically, this pinion being

page_text: acted upon by clock-work which is placed inside a box and arranged in such a
manner as to actuate a shaft, thereby compelling the said wheel to execute the
same movements at equal periods of time, every three seconds for instance,
in order to distribute to each compositor as hereinafter described his proportionato
part of work,
The said wheel is fitted into a circular disc connected with a motal frame of any
suitable shape; the said wheel rotates upon a central journal arranged at its rear
part and fittted for that purpose into a circular aperture formed in the centre of
the said disc which is provided with ten perforations communicating with ten
speaking tubes which are fixed to the said frame by means of metal lugs.
The said speaking tubes may be prolonged to any desired length in order to
reach the ear of a compositor, and when the distance between the compositor and
the person who dictates exceeds about fifteen metres, telephones are substituted
for the said speaking tubes and for the tube first above described.
The aforesaid pinion when rotating moves the first tube which is opposite one
of the said speaking tubes and which transmits the sound to the ear of one
compositor and carries it after a lapso of about three seconds opposite another
aperture and tube, the latter tube transmitting the continuation of the dictation to
another compositor, after which the first tube is again moved and brought opposite
another aperture and tube thus transmitting the sound to a third compositor;
these operations may be repeated as often as desired. According to this mode of
operating, each compositor will be able to compose the sentence which has been
transmitted to him by the tube used for the transmission of sounds to his ear.
The composing apparatus which I use to allow each compositor to effect the
composition rapidly, has a horizontal key-board composed for instance of sixty
eight keys, and which is preferably divided into four series of seventeen keys
each; upon each of these keys is indicated the letter or character to which the
said key corresponds, so that as soon as the compositor hears the voice of the
person who dictates, he depresses the requisite keys to compose the sentence which
he has just heard; each key when thus depressed, acts upon a wire which in its
turn moves a corresponding sliding rod. This sliding rod at a level with the
underside of the type compartments, has a triangular projection or bracket for
supporting the extremity of a kind of swinging trap hereinafter described. The
upper parts of the said sliding rods are acted upon by springs or elastic bands
attached to a fixed bar; the said rods are also capable of sliding freely in fixed
guides which perinit them to move vertically only. These rods, beneath the said
guides, have counter plates serving in the first place to limit the upward movement
of the same by means of springs, and secondly to cause the types selected by the
working of the keys to fall, the latter being, as will be readily understood, always
maintained in a raised position in consequence of the action of the said springs.
The said sliding rods are engaged between a series of parallel walls forming the
lateral partitions of the type compartments of which the said rods form the front
part. The said compartments, which have the shape of channels, contain on the
opposite side to the mechanism above described push-pieces which are constantly
pressed against the types contained in the said compartments by means of a
counterweight fixed to the extremity of a thread or cord which is attached to the
extremity of each push piece in such a manner that tho said push-pieces press
constantly upon the types which are placed against the sliding rods.
In the extremity of each of the channels is formed an aperture having the same
size as the types and closed by the small swinging trap resting by the side of its
free extremity upon the triangular projection or bracket above mentioned, in such
a manner that when one of the sliding rods descends in consequence of the action
of its corresponding key, the counter plate or butting piece which is connected
with the same, forces the type placed immediately below, to depress the swinging
trap and thus fall into one of the channels of an inclined directing table hereinafter
described, the triangular projections or brackets above mentionod serving as lateral
guides to the type at the moment of their fall.

page_text: It must be understood that this arrangement is reproduced for each of the
compartments carrying at their extremities a small swinging trap articulated by a
hinge and the extremity of which rests upon the projections or brackets above
mentioned. The directing table for the types is placed in front of the apparatus
above described and is composed of a series of metal channels combined in such a
manner that after the types have penetrated into either of the said channels they
are carried with precision to the main channel. This channel, which is situated at
the end of the lower part of the said table, is continued by another channel and
extends to a reservoir provided with an automatic piston or push-piece designed to
effect the egress of the types. This piston or push-piece is constantly moved
forward by means of springs and brought backward by the movement of the keys.
The upper part of each key is provided with a thread or cord attached thereto
which is passed over a pulley mounted upon a fixed shaft, and subsequently passed
through the key rod, and over a pulley guide from which it is carried to another
pulley where it is fixed to a single thread or cord attached to the rear part of the
said piston or push-piece.
It will be therefore easily understood that as long as the key remains either in its
normal position, or is being raised, the thread or cord which corresponds to the
said key yields and allows the butting piece to approach the types which are in
front of the same, but when the key is lowered the same carries away the thread
or cord with it, and the latter compels the said butting piece to withdraw from
the types thus leaving a free space in order to admit the following type which is
about to fall; lastly when the key is raised again, the butting piece is caused to
move forward in consequence of the expansion of the elastic bands which are placed
upon its sides, and pushes the whole row of types placed in front of the said
butting piece into the conducting reservoir. Any kind of metallic springs may bo
used instead of the said elastic bands.
As the types come out of the reservoir, they descend upon a tray belonging to
an apparatus which I call an "adjuster"; this apparatus is designed to regulate
the types and the lines of the composition and to effect, if necessary, the impression
of the first proofs. The operator who manages this part of the apparatus, revises
the composition, corrects the mistakes, and adds or removes any of the types. For
that purpose the compartments containing the necessary types are set in front of
the said operator and when the above operation is accomplished, the surface is
supplied with types put in proper order and separated into lines of any desirod
length by means of narrow strips of metal plates
When the composition is properly regulated the operator pushes the same under
a press which is provided with two superposed paper bands, one being blank and
the other impregnated on the side which is in contact with the first band by some
greasy ink; these bands are unwound from a roller and descend under a small
roller passing subsequently under the said press and below a second small roller
from which they are conducted to another large roller placed above the said press
and which is also capable of rotating. When the impression is effected the
operator pushes the composition which is thoroughly revised upon the tray from
which it is raised by any kind of elevator and taken to the workshop
Another apparatus which I call an "arranging device" is designed to break up
the composition after the printing is completed and to distribute into the type
compartiments the various types with which the said composition was formed.
The composition taken from the press is placed upon a tray where it is broken up,
line after line, by placing the successive lines in a channel, taking care to preserve
the order in which the said lines follow each other in the composition; the next
stage of this operation is to distribute the types with which the said lines are
formed into their respective compartments. The apparatus is composed for this
purpose of sixty eight tubes arranged in a circle around a vertical axis and
extending to channels also arranged in a circle. Furthermore sixty eight keys are
arranged at a suitable point and in such a manner as to actuate an equal number
of threads or cords which are placed in an upright position in the centre of the

page_text: apparatus where they are held by means of rings; from the upper ring the said
threads extend and are attached to the upper parts of the said tubes in such a
manner that when, in consequence of the action of the above mentioned keys one
of these threads or cords is pulled, the tube to which it is fixed is caused to bend
forward thus bringing its upper part into the centre of the apparatus.
The above mentioned sixty eight threads or cords are joined together above the
said ring so as to form one single thread or cord which is attached to a sliding bar,
for causing the successive fall of the types belonging to the composition which has
been broken up, in the same manner and by the same means as above described
with reference to the composing apparatus; the said sliding bar is provided with
a projection which causes the types to descend successively by depressing a small
swinging plate or trap similar to the trap herein before described and resting upon
a triangular projection or bracket integral with the said sliding bar.
According to this arrangement, each time one of the keys of the key-board is
depressed, a type from the composition is caused to fall into its corresponding tube
which conducts the same into a collector with a push piece similar to that above.
described, that is to say, provided also with a push piece with a spring connected
to the keys of the key-board by means of threads or cords in order to cause a
progressive movement of the types in the collectors in the same manner as above
described.
The upper channel is, in the same manner as in the composing apparatus,
provided with a push-piece actuated by a thread or cord and counterweight and
which has for its object to constantly cause the types to move forward towards
the said sliding bar; this movement causing the successive descent of, the said
types The said distributing apparatus is as above stated similar as regards its
arrangement to the composing apparatus above described, except that it operates
in an inverted manner, that is to say, it distributes the types into the sixty eight
compartments, whereas in the former the types contained in the said compartments
wero utilized to form the composition. In order to allow the operative in charge
of the distributing apparatus, to act upon the keys of the key-board, it is sufficient
for the said operative to have before him the pages whereon the composition is
printed and which has to be distributed, the operative who has broken up the
composition having taken care as above stated to arrange the types in the upper
channel in exactly the same order as they were placed in the composition
All the compositors communicate directly by means of electric conductors with
the operative in charge of the correcting department and with the person who
dictates, which is an important point and a guarantee of the regular working of
the apparatus. For this purpose each operativo has at his disposal on the key-
board a knob which is in communication with the wires of the circuit.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said William Robert Lake in the Patent Office on the 2nd February
1884.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co, Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings London " IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO THE
"
SETTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF TYPE, AND IN MACHINERY.OR APPARATUS TO BE
USED THEREFOR AND IN CONNECTION THEREWITH a communication to me from
abroad by Pedro Pereira y Albizu, of Madrid, Spain.
This Invention relates to the setting and distribution of type, and to machinery
or apparatus to be used therefor, and in connection therewith.
The said invention has for its object to provide a complete apparatus for rapid
typographical composition, consisting essentially in the combination of devices and
nechanism which enables the following advantages, to be obtained that is to
say-First. The distribution of the typographical composition between several
compositors working simultaneously under the rapid dictation of a single person,
cach compositor hearing only that portion of the dictation which he has to
compose. Secondly. The mechanical production of the composition of the various
sentences heard. Thirdly. The rapid collection of those sentences after they aro
composed and the taking of a proof of the same if necessary in order to facilitato
the correction of the said sentences. Fourthly. The rapid breaking up of the
composition and the mechanical distribution of the types in their respective
compartments in a similar (but inverted) manner to that which served for the
composition.
I have illustrated in the accompanying drawings the means or apparatus which
I use in carrying the said invention into practice and a detailed description of
which is hereinafter given.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a specimen of the said apparatus which I use
to enable a single person to rapidly dictate the article which is to be composed, to
several compositors at a time
Figure 2 is a perspective view of the upper part of the apparatus serving for the
rapid composition
Figure 3 is a perspective view of the lower part of this apparatus
Figure 4 is a front elevation of the table serving to carry the types to the
collector
Figure 5 is a perspective view of the apparatus for collecting the various parts
which are composed and taking a proof of the same when required in order to
facilitate the correction thereof,
Figure 6 is a perspective view of the apparatus serving to break up the
composition after the same bas been made use of, and to arrange the types in the
compartments which are subsequently carried back again into the composing
apparatus.
I effect the main object of my invention, which is to enable a number of
compositors to work simultaneously under the dictation of a single person, in the
following manner, and I employ for this purpose the apparatus shewn, by way of
example, in Figure 1.
This apparatus comprises a speaking tube a provided with a mouth pieces of
conical shape, this tube is fitted into an aperture of the same diameter as the said

page_text: tube formed in the wheel b which has upon its anterior face concentric teeth c³
which gear with the pinion k arranged excentrically, this pinion k is acted upon
by clockwork placed inside the box j and arranged in such a manner as to actuato
the shaft m thereby compelling the wheel b to execute the same movements at
equal periods of time, every three seconds for instance, in order to distribute to
each compositor, as hereinafter described, his proportionate part of work. I therefore
term this apparatus a "distributor ".
The wheel b is fitted into a disc d integral with the metal frame o¹ o' which may
be of any suitable shape; the wheel b is shewn in the drawings separated from
the disc in order to expose the interior mechanism. The wheel b rotates upon a
central journal c arranged at its rear part and fitted for that purpose into the
. circular aperature e formed in the centre of the disc d, which, as shewn in the
drawing, is provided with ten perforations g g¹ g¹¹ &c communicating with
ten speaking tubes i¹¹ &c which, as well as the disc d, are fixed to the
frame o¹ o¹ by means of metal lugs o.
The speaking tubes iii.&c may be extended to any desired distance in order
that each one may reach the ear of a compositor, and when the distance, between
this compositor and the person who dictates exceeds about fifteen metres, .
telephones are substituted for the said speaking tubes, and for the tube a.
The pinion k, when rotating, moves the tube a which is opposite the speaking
tube i which transmits the sound to the car of one compositor and carries it after a
lapse of about three seconds, opposite the aperture g¹, and the tube ; the latter
tube transmits for a period of three seconds the continuation of the dictation to
another compositor after which the tube a is again moved and brought opposite
another aperture g¹¹ and the tube i transmits the sound to a third compositor and
SO on. It will be readily seen that according to this mode of operation cach
compositor will be able to compose the sentence or part of a sentence which has
been transmitted to him whichever of the tubes i¹ &c is used for the
transmission of sounds to his ear.
с
Figures 2 and 3 represent the composing apparatus which I use to enable each
compositor to effect the composition rapidly; this apparatus has a horizontal
key-board composed, for example,. of sixty eight keys a and preferably divided
into four series of seventeen keys cach; upon each of these keys is indicated the
letter or character to which the said key corresponds; as soon as the compositor
hears the voice of the person who dictates, he depresses the requisite keys to
compose the sentence which he has just heard; each key, when depressed, acts
upon a wire b which in its turn moves a corresponding sliding rod c. This sliding
rod at, a level with the underside of the type compartments ii, has a triangular
projection or bracket y for supporting the extremity of a kind of swinging trap or
platen hereinafter described. The upper parts of the sliding rods c are acted upon
by springs or elastic bands e attached to a fixed bar f; the said rods c are also
capable of sliding freely in fixed guides g, g, g', g' which permit them to move in
a vertical direction only. These rods c, beneath the guides g have plates & serving
on the one hand to limit the upward movement of the same by means of the
springs e, and on the other hand to cause the types selected by the working of the
keys a to fall, the latter being, as will be readily understood, always maintained
in a raised position by the action of the springs c. As shown in the drawings the
rods c are engaged between a series of parallel walls h forming the lateral partitions
of the type-compartments ii of which the said rods form the front part. The
said compartments which have the shape of channels, contain on the opposite side
to the mechanism above described push picces jj each of which is constantly
pressed against the types contained in the said compartments by means of a
counter weight fixed to the extremity of thread or cord k which is attached to
the extremity of each push piece j; in this manner the said push pieces press
constantly upon the types which are placed against the sliding rods c
In the extremity of each of the channels ii is formed an aperture having the

page_text: same dimensions as a type and closed by the said swinging trap or plate n. resting
on the side of its free extremity upon the triangular projection or bracket y above
mentioned; in this manner, when one of the sliding rods o descends under the
action of its corresponding key a the counter plate or butting piece d which is
integral therewith, forces the type placed immediately below to depress the
swinging trap n and fall into one of the channels of an inclined directing table.
hereinaftor described, the triangular projections or brackets y above mentioned
serving as lateral guides for the type at the moment of their fall.
It must be understood that this arrangement is the same for each of the.
compartments i which carries at its extremity a small swinging trap or plate n
articulated by a hinge x and the extremity of which rests upon the projections or
brackets above mentioned. The directing table for the types shewn separately in
Figure 4, is placed in front of the apparatus above described and is composed of a
series of metal channels b' combined in such a manner that after the types have
entered either of the said channels they are forcibly and with precision carried to
the main channel c'. This channel which is situated at the end of the lower part
of the table Figure 4 is continued by the channel shown at c Figure 3 and
extends to a reservoir m provided with an automatic piston or push piece o
designed to effect the egress of the types. This piston or push piece o is constantly
moved forward by means of springs or elastic bands p and brought backward by
the movement of the koys a in the manner hereinafter described.
The upper part of each key is provided with a thread or cord q attached thereto,
which thread or cord, after passing over a pulley mounted upon a fixed shaft
descends and passes through the key rod, and over a guide-pulley a whence it is
carried to another pulley where it is fixed to a thread or cord u attached to the
rear of the said piston or push pieco o.
9
It will therefore be easily understood that as long as the key remains either in
its normal position or is being raised the thread or cord g, which corresponds to
the said key yields and allows the push piece o to approach the types which are
in front of the same; but when the key is depressed it carries the thread or cord
with it and the latter compels the said push picce to withdraw from the types
thus leaving a free space to receive the succeeding type which is about to fall;
when the key is raised again the push-piece is caused to move forward by the
elastic bands p upon its sides, and pushes the whole row of types placed in front
of it into the conducting reservoir m.
Any kind of metallic springs may be used instead of the said elastic bands.
As the types come out of the reservoir m they descend upon a tray belonging to
the apparatus shewn in Figure 5, which I term an "adjuster" this apparatus is
designed to adjust the types and the lines of the composition and to effect if desired
the impression of the first proofs. The operator charged with the manipulation of
this part of the apparatus, revises the composition, corrects the mistakes, and adds
or removes types as may be required. For this purpose the compartments A
containing the necessary types are in front of the said operator and when the
above operation is accomplished, the surface B is supplied with types put in
regular order and separated into lines of any desired length by means of narrow
strips of metal.
When the composition is properly regulated the operator pushes the same under
the press I which is provided with two superposed paper bands C one being
blank, and the other covered on the side which is in contact with the first band, by
some greasy ink; these bands are unwound from the roller D, and descend under
a small roller E, passing subsequently under the press I and below a second small
roller F from which they are conducted to another large roller G placed above the
said press and capable of rotation. When the impression is effected the operator
pushes the composition, thoroughly revised, upon the tray H from which it is
raised by any kind of elevator and taken to the printing shop
Figure 6 shews. the apparatus which I call an "arranging device" and which is

page_text: designed to break up the composition after the printing is completed and to arrange
in the type-compartments, the various types with which the said composition has
been formed. The composition taken from the printing press is placed upon the
tray J where it is broken up, line after line, by placing the successive lines in the
channel K, taking care to preserve the order in which the said lines followed ench
other in the composition; the next stage of this operation is to distribute the
types with which the said lines are formed and arrange them in their respective
compartments. The apparatus is composed for this purpose of sixty eight tubes S
arranged in a circle around a vertical axis and extending to the channels T
arranged radially in a circle. Furthermore sixty eight keys are arranged at a
suitable point in such a manner as to actuate an equal number of threads or
cords M which are placed in an upright position in the centre of the apparatus,
where they are held by means of rings N, O; from the upper ring N the said
threads extend to the upper parts of the tubes S in such a manner that, when
(under the action of the above mentioned keys) one of these threads or cords is
pulled, the tube to which it is fixed is caused to bend so as to bring its upper part
to the centre of the apparatus.
The above mentioned sixty eight threads or cords are joined together above the
ring N so as to form a single thread or cord which is attached to a sliding bar or
rod P for causing the successive fall of the types belonging to the composition
which has been broken up, in the same manner and by the same means as above
described with reference to the composing apparatus, that is to say, the sliding
bar P is provided with a projection which causes the types to descend
Buccessively by depressing a small swinging plate or trap R similar to the trap or
plate n herein before described, and resting upon a triangular projection or bracket
integral with the rod P.
It will be seen that, by these means each time one of the keys of the key-board
is depressed a type from the composition is caused to fall into its corresponding
tube S which conducts the same into a collector T with a push-piece similar to
that above described, that is to say, provided with a spring push piece connected
to the keys of the keyboard by means of threads or cords U so as to cause a
progressive movement of the types in the collectors T in the manner above
described.
As shewn in the drawings the upper channel K is, as in the composing
apparatus, provided with a push-piece V actuated by a thread or cord and
counterweight and which has for its object to constantly cause the types to move
forward towards the sliding rod P, this movement causing the successive descent
of the said types.
This apparatus (Figure 6) is, as above stated, similar in arrangement and action
to the composing apparatus above described, except that it operates in an inverse
manner, that is to say it distributes the types into the sixty eight compart-
ments T whereas in the former the types contained in these compartments were
utilized to form the composition.
In order to permit the operative in charge of this apparatus, figure 6, to act
upon the keys of the key-board, it is sufficient for the said operative to have before
him the pages whereon the composition is printed, the operative who has broken
up the composition having taken care as above stated to arrange the types in the
upper channel k in exactly the same order as they were placed in the composition.
All the compositors communicate directly by means of electric conductors with
the operative in charge of the correcting department and with the person who
dictates; this is an important point which ensures the regular working of the
apparatus. For this purpose each operative has at his disposal on the key-board a
knob which is in communication with the wires of the circuit.
The form and arrangement of the above described apparatus, the combination of
which permits the typographical composition to be effected with rapidity, may

page_text: be somewhat varied, if desired without departing from the nature of the said
invention.
Having thus fully described the said invention as communicated to me by my
foreign Correspondent, and the manner of performing the same, I wish it understood
that I claim the complete apparatus for rapid typographical composition above
described and shewn in the accompanying drawings, the said apparatus being
based upon the combination of various special arrangements of devices and
mechanism in order to attain the desired object that is to say, the rapid
performance of the work, and bearing essentially upon the following point, viz:—
First. The apparatus which I term a "distributor" enabling the composition
dictated by a single person to be divided between a number of compositors
working simultaneously and based upon the employment of a speaking tube or a
telephone, receiving by means of clock-work a series of movements at equal
intervals in front of a number of speaking tubes or telephonic wires extending
to a similar number of operatives, each of whom composes the successive sentences
or parts of a sentence which he hears.
Second. The composing apparatus in which the types, located in parallel
channels, and pushed continually by means of push-pieces having counter weights
or springs, are compelled to descend, one by one, under the action of the keys, into
the channels of the distributing table, the said keys causing the successive egress
of the types which have descended from the said distributing table.
Third. The arrangement of sixty eight parallel channels containing the types
and provided with push-pieces having counter-weights and springs for causing tho
automatic carrying of the types to the rods which cause their fall.
Fourth. The sliding rods having the springs and projecting picces actuated by
the keys, and causing the fall of the types contained in the parallel channels
provided with push-pieces.
Fifth. The collector for receiving the types from the inclined distributing table,
provided with a spring push-piece actuated by threads or cords connected to the
keys in order to ensure the automatic egress of the types which descend upon the
said collector.
Sixth. The correcting apparatus carrying receiving trays for the types and
enabling the lines of the composition to be put together, the necessary corrections
to be effected, and a first proof to be taken by means of a press acting upon an
endless paper band covered by another band covered with greasy ink and under
which the completed composition is placed.
Seventh. The distributing and arranging apparatus for enabling the rapid
breaking up of the composition to be effected as well as the distribution of its
types and their arrangement in the compartments having the shape of narrow
channels, the said apparatus being operated by means of keys in the same manner
as the composing apparatus above described but in an inverse manner.
Eighth. The arrangement upon the upper part of the composing apparatus, of a
trough or channel for receiving the types in the same order as that which they
occupied in the composition, and provided with a push piece having a spring or &
counter-weight.
Ninth. The arrangement, below the said trough or channel provided with the
push piece, of the oscillating vertical tubes, the lower parts of which abut upon n
corresponding number of compartments or horizontal channels each provided with
a spring push-piece operating in the same manner as that of the collector of the
composing apparatus above described, these spring push-pieces being moved by
threads or cords extending to the keys of the apparatus.
Tenth. The arrangement for the attachment of the threads or cords of the keys
of the apparatus to the upper extremities of the vertical tubes above described, in
such a manner as to successively bring the tops of these tubes precisely below the
point where the types fall, this fall being caused by sliding rod provided with a
spring and projecting piece arranged, as in the composing apparatus, at the

page_text: extremity of the trough provided with the push pieco and situated at the top of
the apparatus, the to and fro movement of this rod being caused by a single
thread or cord to which the threads or cords of the keys are connected.
In witness whereof I the said William Robert Lake have hereunto set my
hand and seal this Second day of February in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty four.

page_text: No text detected.