Improvements in or Applicable to the "Hattersley" Type Composing and Distributing Machines, Part of which Improvements are Applicable for Composing by Hand.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Jan., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 12th Sept., 1889-Accepted, 26th Oct:,
1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or Applicable to the "Hattersley" Type Composing
and Distributing Machines, Part of which Improvements are
Applicable for Composing by Hand.
I, ROBERT HATTERSLEY, of Nos. 4 and 6 Sidney Street, in the City of Manchester,
in the County of Lancaster, Maker of The Hattersley "Type composing and
distributing Machines, do. hereby declare the nature of the said invention to be as
follows:-
Firstly, My improvements are made upon and are applicable to "The Hattersley"
type composing machine described in the specification of Letters Patent granted to
me Numbered 1794 A.D. 1857 and are also made upon and are applicable to the
improvements described in a specification of Letters Patent also granted to me
Numbered 1566 A.D. 1875 which was for improvements upon those described in the
first named specification.
The object of this part of my invention is to make "the Hattersley" composing
machine more lasting and capable of resisting wear and tear and to cause the types
to pass through the guides and channels of the machine more smoothly and with less
friction.
The plates in which the channels or guide ways are formed that conduct the types
which are discharged when the keys are depressed (hereinafter called the guide plate)
have been hitherto made all of copper, and I have preferred to form them by the
electro-typing process, and one part of my present improvements consists in forming
the guide plates as hitherto but with the "tips" or terminations of the ledges, between
which the channels are formed for guiding the type, made of hardened steel soldered
or otherwise secured in the copper guide plate, thus forming a compound guide plate
with the ledges forming the type channels partly of copper or equivalent metal and
partly of hardened steel.
I also form the channel or spout at the lower end of the guide plate into which all
the types enter to form the line of type to be composed, of hardened steel.
Another improvement in the guide plate, relates to what are termed the "grid
slots," which are slots passing through the guide plate and the ledges dividing the
type guiding channels. Hitherto thin plates of metal have been used on each side of
these slots to form one side of the type channels and these thin plates are liable to be
bent and damaged.
My improvement consist in bushing these slots by loops of metal one side of each
loop forming the side of one type channel, and the other side of the loop, one
side of the adjoining type channel the two sides of the loop being connected at each
end.
They are formed of any suitable metal but I prefer to make them of hardened steel
each secured in the slot in the guide plate by solder or other means.
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Secondy, My improvements relate to the type distributing mechanism described
in the said specification No. 1566 A.D. 1875, and refer to the "distributing stick
and paris operated against by it, certain parts of which are liable to wear, such as
the edge of the plate, in which the end of the lever in the distributing stick comes,
the end of the lever acting upon the said plate, the guiding end of the "distributing
stick," which enters the notches in the guiding edge, opposite the type channels in
the type receiving table, and the said notch guiding edge, and my improvements
consists in forming these parts of hardened steel arranged and secured when desired
so as to be readily removed and replaced.
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Thirdly. My invention relates to a composers "rule" particularly applicable for
use with the Hattersley" Type composing machine, or other composing machine,
but which may also be used with advantage in hand type composing.

page_text: My improved rule consists of two thin plates of metal arranged to slide in their
lengthway one upon the other with a sinall spring between them that acts to push and
hold the plates outwards against a stop in which extended position the two plates
forming the rule are equal to the length of the line or width of the column of type
being composed.
This adjustable and self extending rule is used when composing matter in which
the first type of a line is to commence with a letter of large type say double the
height of the type used in the composing machine and the rule is inserted to hold
the large type letter in position and to act as a smooth surface for the succeeding line
or lines of type, after composing which the improved rule is removed.
This rule is also applicable for composing tabular matter, and for varying lengths of
type lines.
Dated this Second dov of January 1889
PETER J. LIVSEY,
Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or Applicable to the "Hattersley" Type Composing
and Distributing Machines, Part of which Improvements are
Applicable for Composing by Hand.
We, MARIA HATTERSLEY, of The Poplars, Irlam Road, Flixton, near Manchester,
ROBERT LUND HATTERSLEY, of Nos. 4 and 6 Sidney Street, Manchester aforesaid,
Machinist, and ADA MARY HATTERSLEY, of the Poplars aforesaid, respectively Widow,
Son and Daughter, and Executors of the late Robert Hattersley, at his decease
carrying on business at Nos. 4 and 6 Sidney Street, in the City of Manchester, in
the County of Lancaster, as maker of the Hattersley Type Composing and distributing
machines, 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 :-
Firstly. These improvements are made upon and are applicable to "The Hattersley"
type composing machine described in the specification of Letters Patent granted to
the late Robert Hattersley Numbered 1794 A.D. 1857 and are also made upon and
are applicable to the improvements described in a specification of Letters Patent
also granted to the late Robert Hattersley Numbered 1566 A.D. 1875 which was for
improvements upon those described in the first named specification.
The object of the first part of the invention is to make "The Hattersley" composing
machine more lasting and capable of resisting wear and tear and to cause the types
to pass through the guides and channels of the machine more smoothly and with less
friction and greater certainty.
The plates in which the channels or guide ways are formed, and that conduct the
types which are discharged when the keys are depressed (hereinafter called the guide
plate) have been hitherto made all of copper, by the electro-typing process by
preference, and one part of the present improvements consists in forming the guide
plates as hitherto, but with the "tips" or terminations of the ledges, or some of them,
between which the channels are formed for guiding the type, made of hardened steel,
soldered or otherwise secured in the copper guide plate, thus forming a compound
guide plate with the ledges forming two sides of the type channels partly of copper or
equivalent metal, and partly of hardened steel.
The channel or spout at the lower end of the guide plate into which all the types
enter to form the line of type to be composed is also formed of hardened steel and
the lid which forms the front side of the channels is also formed wholly or partly of
hardened steel.
Another improvement in the guide plate, relates to what are termed the " grid
.slots". which are slots passing through the guide plate and the ledges dividing the
type guiding channels. Hitherto thin plates of metal have been used on each side of

page_text: these slots to form one side of the type channels and these tuin plates are able to be
bent and damaged.
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The improvement consists in bushing these slots by hoops or loops of metal, one
side of each loop forming the side of one type channel, and the other side of the loop,
one side of the adjoining type channel, the two sides of the loop being connected at
each end.
They are formed of any suitable metal, but by preference are made of hardened
steel each secured in the slot in the guide plate by solder or other means.
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Secondly. The improvements relate to the type distributing mechanism described
in the said specification No. 1566 A.D. 1875 and refer to the "distributing. stick
and parts operated against, by it, certain parts of which are liable to wear, such as
the edge of the plate, in which the end of the lever in the distributing stick comes,
the end of the lever acting upon the said plate, the guiding end of the "distributing
stick" which enters the notches in the guiding edge, opposite the type channels in the
type receiving table, and the said notch guiding edge and the improvements consist
in forming these parts of hardened steel arranged and secured when desired so as to
be readily removed and replaced.
Thirdly. The invention relates to a compositors "rule" particularly applicable for
use with the "Hattersley" Type composing machine or other composing machine,
but which may also be used with advantage in hand type composing.
The improved rule consists of two thin plates of metal arranged to slide in their
lengthway, one upon the other, with a small spring between them that acts to push
and pull and hold the plates outwards against a stop, in which fully extended position
the two plates forming the rule are equal to more than the length of the line or width
of the column of type being composed.
This adjustable and self extending rule is used when composing matter in which the
first type of a line is. to commence with a letter of large type, say double the height
of the type.used in the composing machine and the rule is inserted to hold the large
type letter in position, and to act as a smooth surface for the succeeding line or lines
of type after composing which, the improved rule is removed.
This rule is also applicable for composing tabular matter and for varying lengths of
type lines.
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of part of the guide plate of an Hattersley Type
composing machine, which guide plate has a series of channels formed in it for the
types to pass down when discharged, by depressing the keys, by which figure the first part
of the invention will be illustrated.
Fig. 2. is a plan view, fig. 3 a front elevation and fig. 4 an end elevation illustrating
the improvements in the Hattersley distributing mechanism described under the
second part of the invention.
these
Fig. 5 is a front elevation and fig. 6 a side view of the expanding and contracting
compositors "rule" the edge view of which is shown as when in use by fig. 5,
figures illustrating the third part of the invention.
a,
is a part of the Hattersley Type composing guide plate which has projecting ribs a¹,
and
on its surface, between which the channels a², for types are formed, the plate a,
sides of each two adjoining ribs a¹, form three sides of each channel for the types,
the fourth side being formed by the lid or cover b, which is partly shown and hinged
or jointed on each side of the guide plate u, one hinge b', on one side being shown in fig. 1.
This hinged lid or cover b, extends from side to side of the guide plate a, and is of
the same form, and when shut down upon the guide plate a, it is secured by a hand
lever b, turning upon the joint or fulcrum 63.
The ribs a¹, or tips of the ribs upon the guide plate shown in black and marked a³,
are subject to much wear and tear, and when worn, the type do not fall and slide down
the channels for them with the desired smoothness and certainty.
Those parts of the ribs of the guide plate shown in black and marked a³, are formed
according to this invention of hardened steel and they are inserted in a mould when
the guide plate a, is formed by electro deposition so that the steel and copper parts of
the guide plate are thus combined and held together.

page_text: The guide plate a, and its spout mouth piece at, may be formed in any other
manner and the hardened steel parts may be soldered or otherwise secured
thereto.
The cover plate b, or the lower part of it, is also formed of hardened steel to better
resist the wear of the passing type.
In the upper part of fig. I is shown, what are termed the "grid slots" c¹, which
slots pass through the grid plate c. These grid slots are each bushed with a metal
bush c², formed by preference of hardened steel, and when forced into the slot are
secured by solder or otherwise. The edges of each bush c², stand out from the face
of the plate c, and the long sides of each two adjoining bushes c², form a channel for
the type between them.
The second part of the invention is illustrated by figs. 2, 3 and 4.
In the original invention described in the specification of Letters Patent granted to
the late Robert Hattersley Numbered 1566-1875, the "comb" for guiding the
point of the distributing stick was formed in one piece, and the points of the teeth
of the guiding comb varied in length so as to push back a slide in the distributing
"stick
more or less to give the proper space required for that particular type or
space to be discharged from the "stick" into the receiving channel for that particular
type or space.
These points of the comb become worn rapidly and bad to be frequently renewed,
and as some types are more frequently used than others those parts of the comb
representing the types frequently used would soon become worn, while other parts
of the comb were quite perfect, necessitating an entire new comb for a few worn
parts of the comb.
According to the present invention the comb is made in sections and of hardened
steel, so that parts liable to wear can be renewed and replaced without having to
renew the unworn parts of the comb, and by making the comb as by the present
invention, double, that is, by forming it of two combs one secured over the other
they are more cheaply constructed, the lower part of the comb has teeth of uniform
guage and length, the upper part of the comb is formed exactly the same in the first
instance and has then its teeth shortened, some having to be longer than others
according to the thickness of the type or space to be distributed into the channel
opposite that particular part of the comb and the end of the upper teeth being cut
shorter they present a larger wearing surface and thus last longer.
The guiding "point on the distributing stick which is indicated at 4, in dotted
line on fig. 4, passes between the teeth of the double comb g, and g¹, and this brings
and holds the end of the stick opposite the type channel i, in the type receiving table
into which the particular type or space is to be discharged.
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The projection ³, fig. 4 from the slide in the distributing stick outlined by dotted
line in fig. 4 marked h, which gives the proper space for the type which is to be
discharged from the " stick comes just above and clear of the points of the lower
part of the comb g, and against the blunt end of that tooth of the upper comb g
on one side of the "stick" so that when the guiding point, upon the stick is
pushed home to the bottom of the space between the teeth the blunt end of the tooth
of the upper comb g', pushes the slide back to the required extent.
The blunt end of that tooth of the comb g', which operates upon the slide is that
on the right of the guiding point, but this will depend upon the construction and
arrangement of the distributing "stick,”, that is, whether it be that tooth on the right
or left of the guiding point .
The lever ², see fig. 4 in the distributing stick strikes once for each letter or space
distributed against the edge of the table plate d, which becomes worn after a time
and the present invention 'also consists in making the edge of the table with a piece d¹,
of hardened steel, as shown in figs. 2 and 4 which piece d', is undercut to fit a bevel
on the plate d. The pieces d¹, are or may be made in sections and secured to the table
plate d; by screws d.
In figs. 2, 3 and 4, d, is the table plate upon which the distributing stick is rested
when in use, g, the lower and g¹, the upper part of the double comb, i, are the vertical

page_text: type channels leading to the type frame; e, is the rail having letters upon its upper face
which correspond to the channel below it, this rail e, being called the index rail, and
there is a pointerf, upon the distributing "stick" which when it comes opposite the
letter on the index rail, it will then be over the corresponding vertical type channels (i)
below it.
The application of the compositors "rule" forming the third part of the invention
is illustrated by fig. 5 in which an edge view of it is shown and a detached side view
of it is shown by fig. 6.
This "rule" though useful in the Hattersley type composing machine is also useful
for hand composing.
It is formed by two thin flat plates of the form shown best in fig. 6.
One plate, has two slots made in it for two-ledges or ribs k³, formed upon the
other plate k¹.
The outer faces of these ledges 2, are flush with the outside surface of the plate k,
and the ledges thus form a supporting surface for the type to rest upon in the same
plane as the outer surface of the plate k.
There is a space left between the two plates k, and k¹, between the two ledges k³,
in which there is a zig-zag steel spring ³, one end of which is hooked upon or attached
to one plate k, at 1 and the other end is attached to the other plate k¹, at 2, thus
drawing or forcing each plate outwards and endwards one plate sliding upon the
other.
The spring ³, is elongated when the plates are pushed inwards and contracts when
the plates are pushed outwards.
The edge of one plate ¹, is bevelled to enter a dovetail formed near the edges of
the other plate k.
There is a stop or stops to limit the distance to which the plates k, and k¹, can be
pushed outwards.
When the plates are fully extended they are equal to a little more than the length
of the line of type or width of column being composed.
This adjustable and self extending rule is used when composing matter in which
the first type of a line is to commence with a large letter say double the height of
the type used in the composing machine and the rule is inserted as shown in
fig. 5 to hold the large type letter in position and to act as a smooth surface
for the succeeding lines of type after composing which the improved rule is
removed.
The rule is applicable for composing tabular matter and for varying lengths of type
lines.
The parts shown in fig. 5 except the improved rule are the well known parts of
the Hattersley type composing machine, namely, that mechanism which receives the
type from the spout of the type guide plate a, and by which the types are ranged in
line and justified and brought into column.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that
what we claim as the invention of the late Robert Hattersley is.
1. The construction of the guide plates (a) and the spout of the guide plates of
the Hattersley type composing machines, of combined hardened steel and copper or
other suitable metal and also the cover plate or the lower end of the cover plate of
hardened steel substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described and illustrated
by the drawings.
2. The bushing of the grid slots of the Hattersley composing machine with a hoop
formed bush of hardened steel or other suitable metal substantially as and for the
purpose herein before described and illustrated by the drawings.
3. The construction of the comb plate of the Hattersley distributing machine in
sections so that the parts most liable to wear can be readily renewed without
having to renew the other parts of the comb, substantially as hereinbefore
described.

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4. The construction of the comb of the Hattersley distributing machine by combining
two combs together the lower part of the teeth of the comb having a uniform length
of teeth, and the upper part of the comb with the required varying length of
tooth, and arranging the projection from the slide in the distributing "stick
pass over and clear of the lower part of the comb and to come against and be acted
upon only by the teeth of the upper part of the comb, substantially as and for the
purpose hereinbefore described and illustrated by the drawings.
5. The combination of a renewable edge a¹, of hardened steel by preference with
the table plate d, substantially as and for the purpose described and illustrated by figs. 2
and 3 of the drawings.
6. The combination of two sliding plates and a spring to form a compositors
expanding and contracting." rule" substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore
described and illustrated by figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings.
Doind this Elavanth day of Santamber 1889
PETER J. LIVSEY,
Agent.