Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Sept., 1896-Accepted, 28th Nov., 1896
after more fully set forth and subsequently claimed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is an under side plan view partly in section and with parts broken away
to better illustrate details of construction, of a case embodying my present
improvements. Figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of the same,
taken on the line 2-2 of the preceding figure.
Figures 3 and 4 are detail perspective views of portions of my improved case.
Referring to the drawings, A A represent the end pieces, and B C the upper
and lower side pieces, of the rectangular frame of the case, the lower side piece C
being provided with the usual upward-projecting rim or edge c to receive the
composing-stick. This lower side piece C, with its rim or edge c, is shown in
Fig. 2, (which is a view looking from the back of the case toward the compositor)
and in Fig. 1 no attempt is made to show the ordinary and well-known arrangement
of the type-boxes in the lower case, but only a few of said boxes are shown by
way of illustration.
Heretofore it has been customary, in the construction of cases, to rout out the
side and end pieces of the frame of the case from the bottom edges of said pieces
up to a line near the inner upper edges of the same, and after fitting together the
partition-strips a a a and b b b, which form the type-boxes, (by cutting the
strips bbb half-way down from their top edges and a a a half-way from their
bottom edges and joining them together transversely,) to slip the ends of said
partition-strips into the vertical grooves routed out in the said side and end pieces
of the frame of the case, from the under side thereof, and then to secure a solid
wood bottom to the case to keep the parts all together and prevent the type from
dropping out. There are several objections to these ordinary cases. In the first
place if a thin bottom is put on it reduces the proper height of the case and is
liable to swell or shrink away from the under side of the partition-strips, and, in
the second place, if of thick wood, it makes the case heavy and clumsy and
increases the cost of manufacturing. It is desirable that the cases should be of a
standard height, so as to enable them to be used in any printing-office, and to
accomplish this and obviate the hereinbefore named objections I have devised the
hereinafter described and iliustrated construction.
In my improved case I form a longitudinal groove D in the lower inner faces of
the end pieces A A and lower side piece C adjacent to and parallel with the bottom
faces thereof, but at such a distance therefrom as to leave a substantial portion
of the wood of said pieces beneath said groove. I then slip a proper routing tool
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page_text: within the groove D and rout out the vertical grooves d d d, as shown, said vertical
grooves extending upward to a line near the upper faces of the said pieces, as
heretofore. The upper side piece B is of less depth than the other pieces of the
frame of the case, and is simply routed out to form the vertical grooves d, extending
from the bottom of said side piece B upward in the old manner. The end and
side pieces A A B C may be provided with dowels E and mortises e therefor for
the ready joining together of these pieces, as shown, or they may be united in any
other suitable manner.
The partition-strips a a and b b, which form the type-boxes, are made and
joined together in the ordinary manner already described, and the ends of said
strips are slipped into the described vertical grooves d d'above the line of the
upper walls of the horizontal grooves D D, which latter are of about double the
depth of the vertical grooves d'd in the end pieces A A and lower side piece C.
The cases are preferably provided with one or more of the division-pieces F, tenoned
and mortised into or otherwise secured to the side pieces B C, as shown in Figure 1,
the under surface of each piece F coming flush with the upper wall of the said
groove D in the piece C and with the bottom of the piece B."
The bottom G of my improved case is formed of a series of layers of the wood,
there being preferably three such layers f g h, with the grain of the central
layer g running in a contrary direction to that of the other layers, and with a layer
of paper i upon the upper layer h of wood, and all four of these layers being
cemented and pressed together to form a composite veneer which will not shrink or
swell, and which, while being much thinner than the old-style solid piece of wood,
is stronger and not liable to crack, thereby obviating the existing danger of
loss of any of the type in the old-style case. This composite vencer bottom is
slipped to place within the grooves DDD and secured therein, as by tacks jj and
the case is complete.
Inasmuch as the bottom line of the vertical grooves d d, is flush with the upper
line of the longitudinal grooves D D, it will be seen that when the partition-
strips a abb have been slipped to place within the described upper grooves d d
they are securely locked therein by slipping the bottom piece G to place within
its grooves DD, and thus the lower edges of said partition-strips and the upper
surface of said bottom piece are permanently held in positive contact beyond any
possibility of accidental separation, which is not only a novel feature in type-
cases, but of the greatest practical advantage.
When my cases are placed upon their supporting racks or cabinets in use, they
will be of the standard height, and all wear and friction comes upon the bottom
portions of the frame of the cases and not upon the bottom of the type-holding
portion of the case, as heretofore.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of said inve 1-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1. In a printer's case, the combination of a frame formed of end pieces, and a
lower side piece of a uniform height, provided with longitudinal grooves on their
inner faces adjacent to, and parallel with, their under surfaces, and shallow vertical
grooves communicating with said longitudinal grooves, and an upper side piece of
a less depth, terminating at the base on a line flush with the upper wall of the said
longitudinal grooves in the other pieces and provided with corresponding vertical
grooves, transversely-crossed partition-strips whose ends are fitted within said
vertical grooves, and a bottom piece whose lower side, and end edges are slipped
and secured within the described longitudinal grooves in the lower side, and end
pieces, substantially as set forth.
2. In a printer's case, the combination of the lower side, and end, pieces of the
frame, having longitudinal grooves in the inner surfaces thereof, adjacent to and
parallel with the bottom surfaces of said pieces, and an upper side piece of less
depth than, but rising to the same height as, the other pieces of the frame, with a

page_text: thin bottom piece formed of composite layers of wood veneer, and an upper layer
of paper, all pressed and cemented together, slipped into and secured within said
longitudinal grooves, in the lower side, and end pieces of the frame, substantially
as set forth.
Dated this 29th day of September 1896.
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.