Improvements in or relating to Galleys for Type.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Oct., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Galleys for Type.
I, EDWARD GEORGE LEONARD, of 184, Fox Street, Pitsmoor, Sheffield, in the
County of York, Compositor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
My improvement in or relating to galleys for type printing machinery or
the like is to construct them so as to obtain a more even impression from the
type face by getting rid as far as possible of particles of metal dust or the like
from the type matter.
I construct a frame or galley with preferably a brass bottom and screw or
fasten thereto three sides of any suitable size preferably of wood or in one with
the bottom; this constitutes what is called the galley.
Within the said galley I place a strip of any suitable size or thickness prefer-
ably running its whole length, to act as a frame for the type when placed in
position, and so construct it that set-screws or any suitable arrangement, can
be adopted for the strip to enable it to be made adjustable for either releasing
or locking up the type.
This strip can also be hinged by any suitable method to the top side of the
galley so as to be lifted back over the frame when required.
The base being preferably of metal is perforated in any desired design and also
the near side of the frame where it comes in contact with the metal, so as to
allow any metal shavings, grit, dust, or the like to be washed out or cleared
away from the type through the perforations.
It will frequently be seen in newspaper and other printing that one part of a
paragraph is perfectly readable whilst another is scarcely discernible; the reason
for this being that the type does not bear evenly on the paper, owing to particles
of metal or dirt being underneath the type.
Again, on the near side of the galley I form, preferably its whole length, a
Tor any suitable groove so as to receive studs or blocks, with or without
numerals, on their tops for the assistance of compositors when setting up the
various copies for type, in place of what are known in the trade as flags ";
for instance if one compositor is setting up the type for copy say No. 17, he
places the type on the galley and the numbered block opposite thereto, whilst
the others doing other parts place their type in their respective positions on the
galley opposite the numeral according with the number of their copy thus
facilitating the work.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in or relating to Galleys for Type.
I, EDWARD GEORGE LEONARD, of 184, Fox Street, Pitsmoor, Sheffield, in the
County of York, Compositor, 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:
This invention relates to galleys for type printing machinery or the like and
consists in improvements in the construction of the galley itself and of the side
stick or fastening bar and quoins used therewith, the main object of the invention
being to obtain a more even impression from the type face by getting rid as far
as possible of particles of metal dust or the like.
A convenient form of galley constructed according to this invention is illus-
trated in the accompanying drawings, of which
Figure 1 is a side elevation,
Figure 2 a plan and
Figure 3 an end elevation of my improved galley, with side stick and quoins
in position: the galley being also shown with type in position in Figure 3.
Figure 4 is a cross section of the side stick on the line 4-4 of Figure 2, and
Figure 5 is an end elevation of a quoin.
Like letters indicate like parts throughout the drawings.
Preferably the frame of the galley is constructed of brass in the usual manner,
comprising a bottom A with a ledge on two sides A¹ A² and one end A³, the
other end A being open.
In the bottom A of the frame I form a number of perforations B, and in the
side ledges other perforations B', these latter being preferably placed so that the
bottom of each perforation is level with the upper surface of the bottom A.
Both sets of perforations may be of any desired shape, a suitable arrangement
only being shown in the figures by way of example, the object being to allow
any extraneous matter such as shavings, grit, dust or the like to be washed or
cleared away from the type.
In the top of the ledge on the right hand side of the galley, looking towards
the galley when standing at the open end, is formed a groove C, preferably of
T-shape to receive studs or blocks C, commonly known as flags. These flags
are capable of movement back and forth along the groove so as to indicate the
copy set by each individual compositor for the assistance of the compositors
when type are being set up from different copies. The flags may, if desired, be
marked with numerals or in other convenient manner. The type when placed
in the galley are held in position by the fastening bar or side-stick D, desirably
extending the whole length of the frame, and formed with the side D¹ opposite
to that which engages the type tapering preferably from the centre to each
end. This tapered side is provided with a longitudinal central tongue D³ pre-
ferably dove-tailed in cross section, as shown in Fig. 4, which engages in a
corresponding groove E' formed in one side of the quoins or locking pieces E,
this side being formed with a taper equal in obliquity to the taper of the side
stick D. The quoins E, engaged between the side ledge of the galley and the
tapered side of the stick D, act as wedges, locking or securely fastening the
type within the galley frame by pressing the straight edge D³ of the side stick
against the type when the quoins are driven towards the centre.
The quoins and side stick may be made of any suitable material and it is
evident that the construction herein described may be altered in many details
without departing from the spirit of the invention, for instance the arrangement

page_text: of tongue and groove on the side stick and quoin respectively may be transposed
and the cross section of these two members may be varied, or the side stick may
be tapered from the ends inwards to the centre instead of from the centre
outwards.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said in-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. A galley for type setting having perforations in its frame for the purpose
described.
2. The combination with a galley for type setting of "flags" such C¹ arranged
and operating substantially as and for the purpose described.
3. The combination with a galley for type setting having a groove such as C
in one side of its frame of "flags" such as C¹ substantially as and for the pur-
pose described.
4. In a galley for type setting a side stick and a quoin each having one side
tapered and a device such as a tongue and groove for interlocking the tapered
sides substantially as described.
5. In a galley for type setting the combination with a doubly-tapered side
stick such as D D of quoins such as E, and an interlocking device such as a
tongue and groove substantially as described.
6. The complete galley and fittings substantially as described or illustrated
in the accompanying drawings.