Improvements in Printers' Galleys.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 27th June, 1896-Accepted, 8th Aug., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Printers' Galleys.
We, LOUIS FREDERICK LAING, Printer, of 25 Clarence Square, ROBERT
MACLAURIN GRAY, Banker, of 235 Queen Street, East, and PERRY ERNEST
DOOLITTLE, Medical Doctor, of 180 Sherbourne Street, all of the City of
Toronto, in the County of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, 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:
Our invention relates to improvements in printers' galleys and the object of the
invention is to simplify the construction of the mechanism by which the side stick
is laterally moved and it consists essentially of two pairs of obliquely slotted
plates, one pair being reversely slotted to the other and the outer plates of each
pair being securely held in the side bars of the galley above the plates secured in
the side stick and the plates being operatively connected together by pins, which
extend through the slots and have their heads underneath the plates attached to
the side stick, and their upper ends rivetted in the operating bar, which is provided
centrally with a moving pin, a further pin being provided extending upwardly
from the bottom plate of the galley, so as to abut preferably the outer ends of the
pair of plates near the closed end of the galley as hereinafter more particularly
explained.
Fig: 1. is a perspective view of a galley constructed in accordance with
our invention showing the side stick partially broken away to exhibit the
construction.
Fig. 2, is a cross section through the galley, slotted plates and connecting pin
and operating bar.
In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each
figure.
A A¹ are the side bars of the galley, A2 the closed end, B the bottom plate and
C the side stick. D are the upper plates of each pair of plates, which are provided
with oblique slots d. One edge of each plate D is secured in an elongated recess a
in the side bar A by the screw d', which extends through portions of the side bar A
and the plates D as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2..
E are the lower plates of each pair of plates, which are provided with oblique
slots e reversely cut to the slots d in the plates D. One edge of the plates E is
secured in the side stick C by screws c which extend through portion of the side
stick and the plate E as shown in dotted lines Fig. 2.
slot e.
F are pins which are provided with heads f, which abutt the edges of the lower
The upper ends of the pins F are rivetted in the operating bar G at each
end, so as to hold the plates and bar together and the side stick down upon the
bottom plate B of the galley.
9 is a pin, which extends through the operating bar and has the bottom end
resting on the bottom plate B of the galley. The lower extension of the pin g
serves to stiffen the bar G and thus prevent the ends of the bar from springing and
thus forcing or disconnecting the rivetted upper ends of the pins F from it. The
upper extension provides for the movement of the bar and consequently the
lateral movement of the plates E and side stick C to which they are attached.
It will be noticed that one end of the galley is entirely open. In order to hold
the side' stick from moving longitudinally I provide a pin H, which is secured in

page_text: the bottom plate B of the galley, and extends up, so as to abutt the plates D
and E near the closed end A2. The pin H is of course necessarily placed
against the ends of the plates D and E farthest away from the closed end A² as
shown.
It will be seen from the simple form of galley which I describe that the side
stick will be held down by the outer slotted plates being above the plates secured
in the side stick and will also be held rigidly by the pins F with the heads f
underneath the plate E. The upper ends of the pins F are rivetted as hereinbefore
described to the operating bar and consequently the plates and bar are held
securely together, and the side stick may, therefore, be moved laterally without any
fear of being thrown up or forced out of position at the top.
In my form of galley it will be seen that as the slotted plates are entirely above
the bottom plate of the galley and also as the end of the galley is open opposite
the space in which the plates are placed that any type which falls into this space
may be readily removed by simply tilting the galley and not as in former galleys
having to turn the galley up side down.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
1. In a galley the combination with the side bars, closed end and side stick, of
obliquely slotted pairs of plates, the upper one of each pair being secured in the
side bar and the under one secured in the side stick, the pins with heads at their
ends extending through the reversely formed slots in each pair of plates, the
operating bar extending over the upper plates and having rivetted in it the upper
euds of the connecting pins as and for the purpose specified.
2. In a galley the combination with the side bars, closed end and side stick, of
obliquely slotted pairs of plates, the upper one of each pair being secured in the
side bar and the under one secured in the side stick, the pins with heads at their
ends extending through the reversely formed slots in each pair of plates, the
operating bar extending over the upper plates and having rivetted in it the upper
ends of the connecting pins and the moving pin g extending upwardly from the
bar G and downwardly so as to rest on the bottom of the galley as and for the
purpose specified.
3. In a galley the combination with the side bars, closed end and side stick, of
obliquely slotted pairs of plates, the upper one of each pair being secured in the
side bar and the under one secured in the side stick, the pins with heads at their
ends extending through the reversely formed slots in each pair of plates, the
operating bar extending over the upper plates and having rivetted in it the upper
ends of the connecting pins and the piu H abutting the ends of the plates D and E
as and for the purpose specified.
Dated the 27th der of June 1806
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.