A New Substitute for Printers' "Page Cord," or Apparatus for F Holding Together Letter Types.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 19th July, 1892-Accepted, 20th Aug., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New Substitute for Printers' "Page Cord," or Apparatus for
F
Holding Together Letter Types.
1. CARL JESINGHAUS, Proprietor of a Printing Establishment, of Schadow-
strasse 77, Düsseldorf, Germany, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be prepared, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
Hitherto it has been customary, to tie up each block or page of letter type with
a string, called "page cord," in order to keep them together in the desired position
after a page or block has been composed, and before the matter is locked up in a
chase by means of quoins.
This tying up
security.
of the types, however, occupies much time and offers little
The present invention has for its object, to provide a good substitute by means
of which the types can be held together with ease, rapidity and safety.
In the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is an elevation and Fig. 2 a plan of a device embodying my invention,
while
Figs. 3 to 5 represent the different parts in detail.
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The apparatus consists of four rails or bars s, s, which are provided
with nicks or teeth either on their entire length, or only at the ends. The
pitch of these teeth or recesses corresponds exactly to the depth of the standard
type, called "pica or cicero," and the rails are arranged in such a manner,
that when put together, they enclose a space the length and width of which is
always a multiple of the standard size (pica), because the different blocks of
type correspond in length and width always to a multiple of the said size.
As shown by Fig. 2, the four rails are so arranged around the block of type,
that the teeth interlock and that the different parts or lines of the block are
pressed together.
In the case of the bars and 3, the teeth are situated on one side of the bar,
that is, either at the top or at the bottom, but in the case of the rails and s² one
half of the teeth is directed upward and the other half downward. In applying
this frame, I first place the rails against one side of the block or set, and so, that
its teeth are directed upward. Subsequently, I place upon the rails those ends of
the rails & and s, which have their teeth directed downward, and in such a manner,
that their teeth interlock with those of the rail &. At the opposite ends of the
bars s' and the teeth are directed upward and ready to receive the fourth bar &
which is now applied with its teeth downward, so as to interlock with the teeth of
the bars s', s.
The teeth are inclined or wedge shaped, either symmetrically on both sides, as
shown by Figs. 3 and 4, or only on that side which is nearest to the block of type,
so that the bars, when they are being put together, move slightly towards the block
of type and clip or hold the same by wedge action.
Each rail end has several teeth, in order that it can be used for blocks or pages
which differ from each other by a few picas, but for greater variations, I use locking
bars or rails of different lengths.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
An appliance for holding together printers' type, after it has been arranged in
paces or blocks consisting of Ev

page_text: or only at their ends with teeth or inclined recesses, adapted to the size or depth
of the type employed, the whole being arranged and adapted to operate substantially
as described.
C. JESINGHAUS,
By Fairfax & Wetter,
433, Strand, London, Agents.