Improvements in Type Founding Machines
Year: 1888

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Type Founding Machines.
A communication from abroad by FRANCIS KEEHN, of Milwaukee, in the County of
Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, United States of America, Manufacturer.
1. WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON, F.C.S., M.L.M.E., of the Agency for Foreign
Patent Solicitors, 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, and 6, Bank Street, Manchester, both in
the County of Lancaster, and 323, High Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, Civil
Engineer, 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:-
The newly invented device, (the novel features of which are hereinafter specifically
claimed), embodies mechanism whereby type can be more readily and more perfectly
moulded and more completely finished than is known to have been done by any
machine heretofore, the parts of which mechanism are more advantageously located,
supported and held, are more readily adjustable, more easily and harmoniously
manipulated, and are less liable to displacement and to wear, than are corresponding
parts, or the parts intended for similar work in other machines.
In the drawings ;-
Figure 1 is a plan of the type founding machine.
Figure 2 is an end view of the machine as seen from the left on line X X of
Figure 1, a part being broken away to show an interior portion more fully.
Figure 3 is a vertical section and view on line Y Y of Figure 1.
Figure is a plan of the device for cutting off the sprue, and forcing the newly
formed type forward from the mould chamber and adjacent parts.
Figure 5 is a plan of the underside of the register of the mould.
Figure 6 is an elevation of the inner sides of the movable front plate of the mould
and of the other side of the front of the carriage.
Figure 7 is a botton or edge view of the movable plate shown in Figure 6.
Figure 8 is an elevation of that side of the machine at the top in Figure 1.

page_text: Figure 9 is an elevation, (a part in section and parts being broken away,) of the
inside of that side of the machine at the bottom in Figure 1.
Figure 10 is a horizontal central section of the bed or carriage upon which the
mould is supported.
Figure 11 is a detail in elevation of parts seen in, and existing in connection with,
parts shown centrally in Figure 2.
Figure 12 is a central longitudinal cross section of the condenser.
The same letters and Figures refer to like parts in all the views.
The solid frame consisting of the bed piece A and upwardly extending longitudinal
sides B & C, is rigid to or integral with the reservoir for holding the molten type
metal, and with which reservoir is the pump for forcing the molten metal into the
mould which reservoir and pump are not shown in the drawings, but are understood
to be located on that side of the machine broken away at D. A cross bar E is secured
to the frame, and the hollow nipple F is affixed thereto, through which nipple the fluid
metal is forced into the mould. A metal plate G known as the condenser is secured
movably to the bar E about and partly in front of the nipple F. There is an orifice
through the condenser & continuous with the orifice in the nipple, through which the
molten metal is forced into the mould. The orifice through this plate, is funnel shaped
outwardly, so that when the flow of metal "therethrough ceases and the metal sets,
there is a little knob of metal formed on the end of the sprue in this funnel shaped
part of the orifice. The bed 1, of the carriage rides upon the top of the sides B & C,
and is secured thereto and guided in its reciprocating movement forward and back by
the end pieces or guides 2, 2, secured thereto one at each side, which guides are pro-
vided with the inwardly projecting ribs or flanges 3, 3, which enter and move in the
horizontal grooves or channels 4, 4, in the outer surfaces of the sides B & C. At the
rear of the carriage are two cams 5, 5, rigid on a shaft 6, which shaft is supported in
bearings in the sides B & C of the frame, and is rotated by hand by means of the
crank 7 on shaft 6, or by means of power applied by a belt running on the band
wheel 8 rigid on shaft 6. The cams 5, 5, bear against the rear of the carriage, and
are adapted to force it forward. To overcome friction and facilitate the manipulation
of the carriage, two antifriction wheels 9, 9, are secured to the rear edge of the bed of
the carriage, against which wheels the cams 5, 5, bear and rotate. The antifriction
wheels 9, 9, have their journal bearings, in brackets 10, 10, adjustably secured to the
bed 1, by means of the set screws 11, 11, passing through slots 12, 12, in the bed
of the carriage, and turning into the brackets 10, 10, whereby a slight amount of
adjustment forward or backward is provided for, which may be required in case of
wear of the mechanism. The movement of the brackets 10, 10, nearer to or farther
from the bed of the carriage can be conveniently accomplished and regulated by means
of two set screws 13, 13, in each bracket, turning through ears thereof, against the
edge of the bed of the carriage. A coiled wire spring 14 is secured at its rear end to
the bed of the frame A, and at its front end is attached to the underside of the bed of
the carriage 1, and is adapted to draw and hold the carriage yieldingly to the rear.
A base block 15 is secured removably to the upper surface of the carriage by means
of the screws 19, 19, turning through it into the bed of the carriage. Two upright
blocks 17 and 18, having an adjustment strip 16 between them, are secured to the
base block 15, by means of screws turning through them, and through the adjustment
strip 16, into the base 15. The adjustment strip 16 is as thick as the width of the
type to be cast so that the upright blocks 17 and 18 are separated from each other as
far as the width of the body of the type to be cast, and these upright blocks form the
sides of the mould for the type, and the adjustment strip forms the bottom of the mould
for the bottoni end of the type. The blocks 17 and 18 extend upwardly above the
adjustment strip 16 a distance equal to the length of the body of the type to be cast,
thereby forming a groove or channel between them above the adjustment strip 16, in
which a sliding body 20, is fitted and adapted to reciprocate endwise. The sliding
body 20 is provided with a lug 21, which lug is adapted to impinge against the front
surface of the standard 22, which standard is affixed to the bed of the frame A,
whereby the movement rearwardly of the body 20, with reference to the frame A, is

page_text: limited and controlled and the movement and relation of the carriage to the body 20 is
such, that when the body 20 is held against further rearward movement by the
standard 22, the carriage is yet permitted to move rearward until when at the rearmost
extent of its travel, the front edge of the body 20 is in a plane with the front ends or
surface of the blocks 17 and 1S and of the base block 15. Another lug 23 on the
body 20 is adapted to impinge on its front surface against a movable stop 24, whereby
the forward movement of the hody 2 with the carriage, is arrested. The stop 24 is
secured and made adjustable on the standard 22 by means of a set screw 25 turning
through a slot in the stop 24 into the standard 22. "By this means the stop 24 can be
adjusted to control to its proper extent the movement of the body 20 rearwardly with
reference to the carriage. A stop 26 is secured to the adjustable plate of the register,
and is adapted to impinge against the rear side of the lug 21 and prohibit an excess of
rearward movement of the body 20. This stop 26 being secured to the adjustable
plate 49 of the register, is so located that by the adjustment of the plate for the
reception of the mairix (of any particular size) it is in the proper position to stop the
movement rearwardly of the body 20 at the correct place to secure the proper thickness
of the body of the type. A metal plate 27 constructed of hardened steel, and for
convenience of construction preferably made in two parts 27 and 274, is located and
adapted to reciprocate end wise in front of the base block 15, and partially in front of
the blocks 17 and 18, and the adjustment strips 16, and body 20. This metal plate 27
is reciprocated endwise laterally, as the carriage reciprocates forward and back, by
means of a lever 28 pivoted at its inner end on the bed of the carriage, which lever is
provided with a horizontally rotating antifriction wheel 29 travelling between and
bearing against diagonal ways 80, located on a post 31, projecting upward rigidly from
the frame A, the outer end of which lever rests in a recess 32 provided therefor in the
inner side of the plate 274. The plate 27 is provided with a recess or notch 33 which
is somewhat smaller at its inner end than at its outer end, the rear side of which recess
is bevelled downwardly. This recess is so located in the plate 27 that it comes exactly
in front of the aperture in the nipple F, at the moment when the molten metal
is to be discharged into the chamber of the mould, and the molten metal is discharged
through this recess into the mould. In the process of casting a type as soon as the
metal is discharged into the chamber of the mould through this recess 38, and
the chamber is completely filled with metal, the carriage is started rearwardly, and at the
same moment the plate 27 is forced laterally toward the side whereby the jet or sprue
of metal formed in the recess 83, is cut off clean from the side of the type, and is also
at the same moment broken away from the nipple F. The plate 27 is supported and
rides at its rear end on the bed of the carriage, and at its front end on a flange 38,
secured to or made integral with the bed of the carriage, and is held in place in front
of the base block 15, by a guard 39, secured to the front edge of the bed of the
carriage. The flange 38 extends at its inner end a little past the adjustment strip 16,
and when the recess 33 is in front of the body 20, this flange 38 forms the
bottom of the aperture N, of which the walls of the recess 33 are the sides,
There is an
through which the molten meial is forced into the mould.
aperture 40 downwardly through the bed of the carriage at a point above which
the recess 33 is located, when the plate 27 is back against the side of the carriage
through which aperture 40 the sprue is discharged. Opposite the front end of the
metal plate 27 is a reciprocating head piece 34, which is supported and reciprocates
forward and back, in ways in the end of the body of the file 35, the file being secured
rigidly in a vertical position, laterally on the carriage. This head piece 34 is held
yieldingly up to the end of the plate, by means of the coiled wire spring 36 inserted
around a stem on the head piece, between the front of the head piece and the end of
the file 35. The head piece 34 is provided with two guards 37, 37, the inner edges of
which are in the plane with the inner surface of the file 35. and are adapted to hold
the newly formed type in position after it is forced from the mould chamber, as
hereinafter described. At one end, at the side of the carriage, the base block 15 is
provided with flanges 41, 41, which project laterally beyond the sides of the base
block 15, and also project upwardly above the surface of the main body of the block 15,

page_text: as shown in Figures 1, 2, 4, and 8. To the front edge of one of these flanges 41, a
finger 42 is pivoted, the longer or inner end of which, is adapted to oscillate vertically
in front of the recess 33. The outer end of the finger 42 oscillates vertically in a
guide 43, secured to the outside of the flange 41. A guide plate 44 is pivoted at its
outer end to the cross bar E and extends inwardly through a slot in the guide 43, in
which it moves horizontally, as the carriage reciprocates forward and back. This
guide 44 is provided with a diagonal slot 45 in which the outer end of the finger
lever 42, is inserted and travels, and by which the lever is forced up and down as the
carriage reciprocates. This finger lever 42 is intended and adapted to strike the jet or
sprue and knock it out of the recess 33 if it should fail to fall therefrom by gravity,
and for this purpose its location and adjustment are such, that the inner end of the
finger comes down passing close in front of the recess 33 just after the sprue has been
cut from the type, by the rearward motion of the plate 27. The register of the mould
is hinged to the base block 15 by pins through the flanges 11 into the body 46 of the
register. The body of the register 46 is provided at its rear end with an upwardly
extending flange 47, and a bearing 48 rigidly secured to the top surface thereof near
one side, which bearing when the register is in position on the block 15, projects out
laterally over the plate 27 and forwardly in front of, but above, the upright blocks 17
and 18. An adjustable plate 49 forming a part of the register is secured movably
to the body 46 by means of the set screw 50 passing through a slot in the flange 47,
and turning into the plate 49, and the set screw 51 turning through a slot in the
plate 49 into the body of the register 46, whereby the plate 49 is adjustable towards
or from the bearing 48. The body 46 is adapted, when the register closes down upon
the block 1, to fall and fit just within the block 17, and bar or flange 52, secured
to the front end of the adjustable plate 49, is adapted to fall and fit over and just on
the outside of the block 18. The matrix 3, by which is meant the little bar in which
the mould of the face of the type is formed in intaglio, is intended and adapted to
rest at one end on the body of the register 46, and at the other end to rest on the
Hange 52, and to lie between the side of the projecting end of the bearing 48 and
the side of the adjustable plate 49, the location and arrangement of which parts
are clearly shown in Figure 5. A stool 54, secured to the outer corner of the
adjustable plate 49 and projecting in front of the end of the recess for the matrix,
prevents the matrix from moving endwise outwardly. A U-shaped spring 55 is
secured at one end, near the rear of the register, to the upper surface of the plate 49,
which spring at its front end is provided with a point adapted to enter an indenture
in the top of the matrix, and hold the matrix firmly in position downwardly, and up
to the stool. A small guard stop 56 is secured to the inner edge of the base block 15,
to guide and stay the register in position when closing and closed down, upon the
base block 15. For the purpose of raising the matrix off the newly formed type,
the register is swung upward slightly, and, as the matrix is located at a considerable
distance from the axis of the register, the motion raises the matrix nearly perpen-
dicularly off the face of the type, whereby by such nearly perpendicular movement,
the breaking or bending of hair lines in the face of the type is obviated, which injury
frequently occurs in other forms of machines, where the matrix is raised at a sudden
or sharp angle. To accomplish the raising of the matrix and register from the type,
and its subsequent lowering to position again, a rail or way 57 is provided secured to
the upper surface of the bed of the frame A, longitudinally, and terminating at its
front end in an abrupt incline 58. A wheel, supported and rotating in one end of
the swinging arm 60, the other end of which arm is pivoted to the underside of the
bed of the carriage, travels on this way and inclines 57 and 58 as the carriage
reciprocates forward and back. An adjustable post 61 turns by a screw thread into
the top of the arm 60 near its front end, and the upper end of this post 61 impinges
against an arm 62 secured rigidly to the front end of the plate 49. The location and
adjustment of these parts are such, that, at the instant the carriage staris rearwardly
from its extreme front position, the wheel 59 commences to travel up the incline 58,
thereby raising the register and its supported matrix. To force the register down
into its proper position when the carriage comes to the front again, should it fail to

page_text: properly fall by gravity, a bent lever arm 63 is provided pivoted rear its angle in the
top of a standard 64, which standard is supported on the bed of the carriage. The
lower rear end of this lover arm 63 is provided with a set screw 65, turning through
it towards the front, the front end of which set screw 65 is adapted to impinge against
a lug 66 rigid on the bed of the frame A, whereby the front or forward arm of the
lever 63 is thrown down upon a lug on the spring 55 forcing the register down
into position. The proper adjustment of the lever arm 63, with reference to the
register, can be secured by turning the set screw 65. On the other side of the
carriage from the base block 15, on the upper surface of the bed of the carriage,
alongside of the flange 38 and rigidly secured thereto or to the carriage or integral
therewith, is an upwardly, extending file 67, the front surface of which is in a plane
with the front surfaces of the base block 1.5 and of the blocks 17 and 18. In front of
this file 67, and of the flange 38, is located the file 35, which file 35 is supported in
position and made adjustable with reference to its distance from the file 67, by means of
two pins 68, 68, projecting rigidly inwardly from a guard 354 rigid to the body of
the file 35, through the flange 38 and file 67, and through brackets 69, 69, rigid on
the bed of the carriage. This file 35 is secured adjustably in its position by means
of the set screws 70, 70 turning through the brackets 69, 69 against the pins 68, 68.
The inner and opposing abrading surfaces, of the files 67 and 85 are intended for
taking the bur, or any little projections, from the sides of the type, as the type are
forced forward between them, after leaving the chamber of the mould. The channel
or groove P, between the file 67 and file 35, is just equal to the correct thickness of
the type being made. Along the side of the carriage near its edge and rigidly
affixed thereto, is an upwardly projecting file 71, which file is located alongside of,
and may be secured to, the flange 71, which flange is secured to, or is integral with,
the bed of the carriage, the top of which flange 714 is in a horizontal plane with the
top of the flange 38, whereby a level floor is formed, for the intersecting and continuous
channels P and R in which the type travels from the time of its leaving the mould
chamber until it is discharged from the machine. The flange 71 is a continuation at
right angles therewith of the flange 38, and is constructed similarly thereto. In front
of parallel with, and opposite to, the file 71, above the flange 71, is a movable
file 72, which is secured adjustably to the file 71 by means of the pins 73, 73,
projecting rigidly inwardly from the guard 72 rigid to the file 72, through the
Hange 71 and file 71, and through the brackets 74, 74, which brackets are secured
rigidly to the bed of the carriage. This file 72 is adjusted with reference to its
distance from the file 71 by means of the set screws 75, 75, turning through the
brackets 74, 74, against the pins 73, 73. This movable file 72 extends forward beyond
the front end of the file 71, to, and partly alongside of, the end of the movable
file 35, whereby a continuous channel is formed, from between the files 67 and 35
to end between the files 71 and 72. The inner abrading surfaces of the files 71
and 72 are also adapted for cutting off any bur, or little projections from the edges of
the type, as the types are forced forward between them. A plunger 76 is secured to
the front end of the file 72, which is adapted to move forward and back being
supported and guided by the guide bracket 77, secured rigidly to the file 72. This
plunger is forced outwardly as far as permitted by the guide bracket 77, by the coiled
spring 78, inserted around a pin, between an outer flange of the plunger 76 and the
end of the file 72. An arm 79 secured adjustably to the cross bar E, by means of a
set screw 80 turning through a slot in the arm into the cross bar E, is adapted to
impinge against the plunger 76, as the carriage comes forward toward the cross bar E,
and forces the plunger rearwardly; the face of which plunger comes in contact with
the type and forces it forward in the channel It between the files 71 and 72. A small,
flat spring 81, provided with a bevelled free end, and a catch 82, near its free end,
is secured in a recess therefor in the side of the file 71, and end of block 18, which
spring is so located and arranged as to permit the type to be forced past the bevelled
free end, and by its catch to hold the type from any backward movement.
machines for type founding are liable to become heated from the molten metal when
type is being cast, a series of passages or ducts 83, 83, is provided through the bed of
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the carriage so constructed that water may be introduced from one side and he
discharged from the other side in a continuous stream, whereby the machine will be
kept cool and may so be kept in constant use.
In operating this machine by rotating the shaft 6, the cams, 5, hearing against
the carriage, force it forward until its front surface (the plate 27) comes in contact
with the condenser G on and about the nipple F, forming tight joints between them
and establishing a continuous passage from the nipple through the condenser and
through the aperture N into the mould chamber 0, and at the moment of contact of
the plate 27 with the condenser G, the molten fluid is injected from the reservoir into
the mould chamber. Immediately thereupon, by the further rotation of the cams 5,5;
their support against the carriage being withdrawn, the carriage is moved rearwardly
again by the action of the spring 14. When the carriage is forced forward as just
described, the plate 27 is forced forward end wise in front of the mould chamber O
by the action of the lever 28, and as the carriage is withdrawn rearwardly by the
spring 14, the lever 28 forces the plate 27 backward, whereby the sprue is cut from
the type, and the recess 33 in plate 27 is brought to the rear of the end of the flange 38,
and over the aperture 40 in the bed of the carriage, (as shown in Figure 11) whereby
the sprue is free to fall by gravity out of the machine, it having been broken away
from the nipple at the moment the carriage commenced to move rearwardly. And
as the carriage moves rearwardly the lever finger 42 is thrown down in front of the
recess 33, and strikes the projecting end of the sprue (if the sprue has not already
fallen away by gravity) knocking it out of the recess 33. Also as the carriage moves
forward, as before described, the rear end of the arm 63 strikes the lug 66, throwing
the forward end of the lever down on the lug 55 and forcing the register and matrix
down firmly in position on the mould, and as the carriage starts rearwardly again,
the wheel 59 travels up the incline 5S raising the register and matrix (the pressure
downwardly of the lever 63 being simultaneously released) from the mould, and just
above the face of the newly formed type. The incline 58 is quite abrupt, so that
the matrix is raised quickly, on very slight movement of the carriage rearwardly.
Also as the carriage is forced forward, the sliding body 20 is caught by the adjustable
stop 24 and held until, as the carriage moves forward away from it, the lug 21 is
brought back against the stop 26 forming the mould chamber O at its end, the width
of which mould chamber is always of a proper width for forming the body of the
intended type, as the sliding body 20 is caught and held by the stop 26 which is
always in the proper relative position, being secured to the adjustable plate 49 of the
register, which is necessarily adjusted to the matrix being used. As the carriage
moves rearwardly, the lug 21, impinges against the front of the standard 22 forcing
the sliding body 20 forward (as the carriage moves rearwardly) through the mould
chamber O. pushing the newly formed type therefrom against the guards 37, 37, of
ths head piece 34, and thereafter as the carriage moves forward again, the plate 27 is
thrown forward against the type and carries it along in the channel P away from in
front of the chamber O. It will be understood, that as new type are formed and
pushed into the channel P. each succeeding type is thereafter intermittingly pushed
forward by the plate 27, forcing its predecessor forward through the channel into the
channel R. wherein the type are also forced forward intermittingly, at each recipro-
cation of the carriage by the plunger 76, and that, by the passage of the type through
the two channels P and R the walls of which are roughened-like files, the bur and
any other roughnesses are removed from the body of the type. A matrix 53 is, of
course, required for each particular letter, and the body of this matrix is made of the
proper width laterally to adapt it to the desired thickness of the body of the type to be
cast, and such matrix is secured and held in the register between the bearing 48 and the
plate 49, the plate 49 being always adjusted against and with reference to the matrix
being used. Type of different sizes as Pica and Brevier, can be founded in this
machine by the use of a proper mould therefor, it being only necessary to remove
the block 15 and the parts attached thereto from the carriage, by means of the
screws 19, 19, and substituting therefor another block containing a mould chamber of
the proper size.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to
me by my foreign corrrespondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. In a type founding machine having a mould chamber, two stationary blocks (17
&18) forming two sides of the chamber, a stationary strip (16) forming the bottom
of the mould chamber, a sliding block (20) serving alternately as a side of the
mould chamber and as a plunger to force the type from the mould, and a reciprocating
plate (27) provided with a jet-receiving recess, (33) such plate serving alternately as
one side of the mould chamber and as a plunger to force the type away fro: before
the mould chamber, substantially as described.
2. In a type founding machine a sliding body (20) fitted and adapted to reciprocate
endwise between two blocks (17 & 18) forming sides of the mould chamber, and two
lugs (21 & 23) on said body, all located and supported on a movable carriage, in
combination with a standard (22) affixed to the carriage-supporting frame, and an
adjustable stop (24) on the standard (22) against which standard and stop, said lugs
are adapted to impinge, all substantially as described.
3. In a type founding machine a movable plate (27) located and supported and
adapted to reciprocate in front of the blocks (17 & 18) forming sides of the mould
chamber, and a lever (28) pivoted on the bed of the carriage, which lever centrally
is guided by, and travels between diagonal ways, said lever being adapted to recipro-
cate the slide, (27) all supported on the travelling carriage, in combination with a
post (31) rigid on the carriage-supporting frame, and diagonal ways (30) on said post,
substantially as described.
4. In a type founding machine a movable slide (27) supported and caused to
reciprocate in front of, and against, the blocks (17 & 18) forming the sides of the
mould chamber, and in said slide a recess (33) having a downwardly bevelled rear
side and a front cutting edge, substantially as described.
5. In a type founding machine a lever finger (42) pivoted on a block affixed to
the carriage, one end of which lever finger oscillates in front of, and near to, the
recess, (33) in the plate, (27) through which the molten metal is injected into the
mould chamber, in combination with a guide plate (44) secured to a cross bar of
the frame of the machine, said guide plate being provided with a diagonal slot (45)
in which the outer end of the lever finger (42) is received-and guided, substantially as
described.
6. In a type founding machine a matrix-holding register hinged to a permanent
part of the carriage and comprising a body part, (46) a thereto affixed bearing (48)
a movable plate (19) adjustably secured to the body part, (46), and a therein formed
recess for the reception of the matrix (53) substantially as described.
7. In a type founding machine, the combination of a therein pivoted register
body, (46) a thereto affixed bearing, (48) an adjustable plate, (49), a thereto attached
spring, (55), and a therein held matrix, (53), substantially as described.
8. In a type founding machine, a register body, (46), a thereto adjustably secured
plate, (49), and a stop (26), affixed to, the outer corner of the plate, (49), in
combination with a sliding body (20) and a lug (21) thereon, substantially as
described.
9. In a type founding machine, a standard, (22) affixed to the frame, (A), and an
adjustable stop (24) thereon, in combination with a sliding body (20) supported on
the carriage and provided with lugs, (21 & 23), substantially as described.
10. In a type founding machine, a swinging register, carrying the matrix of the
mould, supported on a reciprocating carriage, in combination with a lever (63)
pivoted on the carriage, and a lug (66) on the frame against which one arm of the
lever impinges, forcing down the matrix, substantially as described.
11. In a type founding machine, a bar (57) fixed to the upper surface of the frame
and provided with an abruptly inclined front end, (58), and a thereon travelling
wheel (59) supported and rotating in an arm (60) pivoted to the mould-supporting
carriage, in combination with a post (61) in the arm (60) and a swinging register,

page_text: provided with an arm (62) adapted to impinge against the post (61), substantially as
described.
12. In a type founding machine, a travelling carriage and a thereto pivoted
swinging lever, (42), in combination with an arm (44) pivoted to the frame
and extending through and travelling in a slotted guide on the carriage, which
arm (44) is provided with a diagonal slot in which one arm of the lever (42) is
received and travels, substantially as described.
13: In a type founding machine, two upright blocks, (17 & 18) a sliding body (20)
and a movable plate, (27), forming the sides of the mould chamber, in combination
with two files (67 & 35) at a distance apart, the file (35) including as a part thereof
the reciprocating head piece (34) and its guards (37), (37), which files, so located
and constructed, with the end of block (18) form a continuous groove from the mould
chamber, intermittingly open by the withdrawal rearwardly of plate (27), for the
automatic travel of the type, substantially as described.
14. The blocks, (17 & 18), sliding body (20) and reciprocating plate, (27), forming
the side of a mould chamber, and the opposing files (35 & 67) and (71 & 72), all
located and supported on the reciprocating bed (1) of a type founding machine, in
combination with means for actuating plate (27) operated by the reciprocating bed,
and with plunger (76) whereby the type are forced out of the mould and througli
the groove between the files, substantially as described.
15. In a type founding machine, a movable carriage having two files (71 & 72) and
flange (71) in combination with a plunger (76) supported by guide bracket (77)
secured to file (72) and actuated by spring (78) and the arm (79) secured to the frame
of the machine, substantially as described.
16. The combination of the block, (18) the file (67) and flange (38) with the
file (3) secured at a distance from and opposite to the file (67), the thereto attached
reciprocating head piece (34) provided with guards (37, 37) and the reciprocating
plate (27), substantially as described.
Dated this 8th day of October 1988