Improvements in Apparatus for Justifying Lines of Type Composed with Compressible Spaces
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Feb., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 15th Nov., 1897-Accepted, 18th Dec., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
"Improvements in Apparatus for Justifying Lines of Type Composed
with Compressible Spaces."
I, FREDERICK WICKS, of Halfway Lodge, Esher, in the County of Surrey,
Newspaper Proprietor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to apparatus for justifying lines of type composed with
compressible spaces, the lines so composed being in the first instance somewhat longer
than the line of the forme and having to be compressed to the required length.
For this purpose, I arrange a sloping table between the duct by which lines of type
are delivered from a composing machine and a galley in which the justified lines are
to be placed to make up a forme. On this table I fit a bar which in one position
receives on its upper face a line of type pushed on to it from the duct, it is then slid
forwards so as to press the types against a stationary face. A presser is then caused
to beer against each end of the line of type and these pressers are moved towards
each other compressing the spaces in the line until they are stopped at such a
distance apart that the line of type between the pressers is of the exact length
required. The pressers are then withdrawn, the bar is moved back to its original
position bringing with it the justified line, which is then pushed into the galley over
a rule which is then withdrawn, and the forme in the galley is lowered by the width
of a line.
Succeeding lines are treated in a similar manner. The bar is moved by a cam
worked by one hand of the operator and the pressers are fixed, adjustably for different
lengths of line, on blocks which are moved by a cam or levers worked by the other
hand of the operator.
Dated th: 04th
1007
ABEL & IMRAY
Agents for the App licant.
"Improvements in Apparatus for Justifying Lines of Type Composed
with Compressible Spaces."
I, FREDERICK WICKS, of Halfway Lodge, Esher, in the County of Surrey, Newspaper
Proprietor, 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 :-
My invention relates to apparatus for justifying lines of type composed with com-

page_text: pressible spaces, the lines so composed being in the first instance somewhat longer
than the line of the forme and having to be compressed to the required length.
For this purpose, I employ apparatus shewn in the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 being a front view and Fig. 2 a side view. I arrange a table A between the
duct by which lines of type are delivered from a composing machine and a galley B
in which the justified lines are to be placed to make up a forme. I provide a
vertically sliding bar C which in one position as shewn in Fig. 1, in which it is held
by springs against stops, receives on its upper face a line of type D pushed on to it
from the table A. It is then moved upwards by a lever handle E so as to press the
types D against a stationary face F. A presser G is then caused to bear against
each end of the line of type D; these pressers being moved towards each other com-
pressing the spaces in the line until they are stopped at such a distance apart that
the line of type between the pressers is of the exact length required.
The pressers G are then withdrawn, the bar C is allowed to descend bringing with
it the justified line, which is then pushed into the galley B over a rule which is then
withdrawn, and the forme in the galley is lowered by the width of a line.
Succeeding lines are treated in a similar manner. The bar C is moved by the
lever E worked by one hand of the operator and the pressers G are fixed, adjustably
by screws M for different lengths of line, on blocks H which are moved by levers K
worked by cam slots in a segmental lever L worked by the other hand of the
operator.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
Apparatus for justifying lines of type composed with compressible spaces, substan-
tially as described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 15th day of Varambar 1907