Improvements in and relating to Linotype Machines, more particularly in connection with the Production of Half or other Measures of Type Bars.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in and relating to Linotype Machines, more
particularly in connection with the Production of Half or
other Measures of Type Bars.
We, WILLIE JACKSON THORNELOE, of 198, Entwisle Road, Printing Manager, and
THOMAS JOHN HARDY, of 137, Tweedale Street, Newspaper Proprietor, both in
Rochdale, in the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
or
Our invention relates to machines known as "The Linotype Machine"
apparatus for the manufacture of metal type bars which machines are well known
and in general use.
The object of our invention is to provide a means for use in connection with such
machines for the purpose of expeditiously producing type bars of half or any other
desired measure which bars are as is well known of frequent use in the production
of double or multi-column work in the printing offices of newspapers.
Now it is known that in order to produce at present bars of half measure that
certain adjustments of the machine are inevitably necessary, which operation often
becomes a difficult and tedious process involving loss of time and liability of injury
to the matrices, also often requiring the attendance of a skilled mechanician.
We employ a simple means for forming or constructing a half measure of type.
bar which may be easily and readily manipulated by any operator not being a skilled
mechanician, thus obviating loss of time now consequent upon the alterations of the
machine when required to produce such type bars.
"
According to our arrangement we employ in the part of the machine known as
the "assembly box" a block or piece of metal of suitable shape which we term a
dummy block" being of a length corresponding or equal to the length of the
diminution of the whole line of type, that is, for example suppose it is desired to
reduce the line of type to one third or to one half-i.e., "half-measure"-its original
length, the dummy block will then be of such a length corresponding in the former
case to rd of the length of the line, in the latter case will correspond to If the
length of such line, thus the said block allows only of a certain number of matrices
to fill the vacant space in the "assembly box" corresponding to the lengths of the
lines of type desired to be formed on the bar. The said dummey block is placed in
the box at the end nearest to the mould wheel, i.e., furthest from the end at which
the matrices enter and which block is so formed as to be free to fall at the proper
period from the matrix carrying bar into a receptacle near the hand of the operator
and to separate from the matrices in the act of being carried or removed to the
magazine in the manner now well known.

page_text: In connection with the mould of the machine we employ a filling-in piece the
office of which is to control the length of the bar upon which the type is to be cast,
that is, according to our invention the filling-in piece is also of a length correspond-
ing to the desired diminution of the bar as in the case of the block with regard to
the type, when we diminish the line of type we correspondingly diminish the length
of the bar consequently the lengths of the filling-in piece and the block are equal in
order to conjointly aid in the production of a type bar of half or any other desired
length or measure. The operation of our invention is as follows.
When the vacant space in the "assembly box" is filled with its complement of
matrices the matrices together with the block are passed on to the mould wheel in
the ordinary manner. After the line is cast the matrices and the block are then
carried to the second elevator from whence the matrices are taken away for distri-
bution to the magazine by the matrix carrying bar in the ordinary manner; the
dummey block due to its form is not engaged by the matrix carrying bar but is free
to and does fall in a receptacle ready for use or insertion in the "assembly box
by the operator.
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Thus the form and dimensions of the block and the filling-in piece firstly admit
only of the insertion within the box of type or matrices more or less and secondly
the casting of bars of certain predetermined sizes longer or shorter as the case may
be so that by the employment of our simple contrivance the dummy biock and the
filling-in piece we are enabled to cast with exactness half measure type bars which
are indispensible in the formation of or for the purposes of double column letter
press printing.
Dated this 7th day of July 1897.
Improvements in and relating to Linotype Machines, more
particularly in connection with the Production of Half or
other Measures of Type Bars.
We, WILLIE JACKSON THORNELOE, of 198, Entwisle Road, Printing Manager,
and THOMAS JOHN HARDY, of 137, Tweedale Street, Newspaper Proprietor,
both in Rochdale and County of Lancaster, 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 :-
Our invention relates to such machines known as The Linotype Machine or
apparatus for the manufacture of metal type bars which machines are well known
and in general use.
The object of our invention is to provide a means for use in connection with
such machines for the purpose of expeditiously producing type bars of half or any
other desired measure of type bars which bars are well known and of frequent use
in the production of double or multi column work in the printing offices of
newspapers.
Now it is well known that in order to produce at present bars of half measures
that certain adjustments of the machine are inevitably necessary which operation
often becomes a difficult and tedious process involving loss of time and liability

page_text: of injury to the machine matrices also often requiring the attendance of a skilled
mechanician. We employ a simple means for forming or constructing a half or
other measure of type bar which may be easily and readily manipulated by any
operator not being a skilled mechanician this obviating loss of time now consequent
upon the alterations of the machine when required to produce such type bars.
In order that our invention may be clearly understood we have reference to the
accompanying sheet of drawings in which like letters of reference indicate liko
parts throughout the figures therein shewn.
Fig. 1 is a figure shewing the parts of a linotype machine in elevation sufficiently
for the purposes of explaining our invention.
Fig. 2 represents the vice jaws with the application of part of our invention
thereto.
Fig. 3 is an elevation of Figure 2.
According to our arrangement we employ in the part of the machine known as
the assembly box a block or piece of metal of suitable shape which we term a
dummey block being of a length corresponding or equal to the length of the
dimminution desired of the whole line of type that is, for example, suppose it is
desired to reduce the line of type to rd or to lf measure of its original length the
dummy block will then be of such a length corresponding in the former case
to 3rd of the length of the line in the latter case will correspond to lf the length
of such line thus the said block allows only of a certain number of matrices to fill
the compartment in the box corresponding to the length of the line of type
desired to be formed.
But we preferably employ the means shewn and illustrated in Fig. 1 of the
drawings herein, viz.: We place the dummy block, a in the sliding bar b of the
assembly box, which allows the sliding bar to move only the required distance
equal to the length of line of type bar required. The said dummy block is placed
in the slot b' at the end farthest away from the star wheel c.
In connection with the mould dof the machine we employ a filling piece e, the
office of which is to control or regulate the length of the bar upon which the type
is to be cast or type bar that is, according to our invention the filling in piece is
also of a length corresponding to the desired dimminution of the length of the
bar as in the case of the block a with regard to the type when we diminish the
line of type we correspondingly diminish the length of the bar consequently
the lengths of the filling in piece and the block are equal in order to conjointly
aid in the production of a type bar of half or any other desired length or
measure.
We also employ the usual form of block or piece placed in the fixed vice jaw 9,
and the sliding jaw g' in the usual manner and as shewn in Figs. 2 and 3, which
block also corresponds in length with the blocks hereinbefore mentioned and
which allows the length of line of type to drop between the jaws g g¹ in the usual
and well known manner.
When the whole of the blocks viz.: a, e, and f, are placed in position the
object of our invention may be accomplished obviously easily and without taking
parts of the machine from together.
We would have it distinctly understood that we do not claim any invention for
any of the individual or combined parts of the linotype machine but what we do
consider useful and novel is the application of the blocks or pieces at the parts of
the machine before named, which in combination for the purposes herein named
we claim to be our invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is:-
1. In combination the blocks or pieces a, e and f, with the parts of the
machine herein before indicated as and for the purposes herein fully set forth and

page_text: 2. The block or piece e, as and for the purposes herein fully set forth and
described.
3. The block or piece a, as and for the purposes herein fully set forth and
described.
Dated this 8th day of April 1898.
J. H. BUTTERWORTH & Co.,
Rochdale, Agents for the Applicants.