Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Sept., 1886.
Complete Left, 14th Feb., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 15th Mar., 1887.
I EDWARD L. MEGILL of 60 Duane Street, in the City of New York, United States
of America, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to gauge pins which are to be secured in the platen paper of
job printing presses; and the objects of my improvements are, first, to provide an
adjustable gauge pin which can be cheaply made of sheet metal, and, second, to afford
means by which a sheet can be fed accurately and reliably to the sides of the gauge
and held down as to the front. I attain these objects by making the gauge to consist
of a prong which is to be inserted horizontally through the platen sheet as usual and a
gauge piece which is bent at about a right angle from said prong. The upright part
of the said gauge is wider than the prong, and is squared at the sides or edges, which
are lengthened at the bottom into supports which extend below the prong, and press
upon or into the platen paper. The upper part of the gauge is bent forward at about a
right angle to form a peak which shall project not only over the front but also over the
sides or edges of the said upright gauge. By this construction it will be seen that the
sheets can be fed to the sides or edges of the upright gauge, as well as to the flat surface,
and be retained under the peak, and that for odd jobs of irregular cut sheets flat
envelopes and the like they are as advantageous as for straight work.
CARPMAEL & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I, EDWARD L. MEGILL of 60 Duane Street in the City of New York, United States
of America Manufacturer 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:-
of
My Invention relates to gauge pins which are to be secured in the platen paper
job printing presses; and the objects of my improvements are, first, to provide an
adjustable gauge pin which can be cheaply made of sheet metal, and second, to afford
means by which a sheet can be fed accurately and reliably to the sides of the gauge
and held down as to the front. I attain these objects by making the gauge in the
form or forms shown in the accompanying drawings in which.-
Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved gauge pin, secured in the platen
paper, with a flat envelope (shown in part) fed to one of the sides or supports of the
gauge pin. Figures 2, 3, 4 and 5 represent blanks of the gauge pin. Figure 2 is a blank
of the form shown in Figure 1, and Figures 3, 4 and 5 of the same, excepting the upper
part or peak of the gauge which in these are differently formed or proportioned.
The gauge pin consists of the prong A which is to be inserted horizontally through
the platen sheet, as usual and the gauge B which is bent at about a right angle from
said prong. The upright part of the said gauge is wider than the prong and is squared
at the sides or edges which are lengthened at the bottom into supports D. D. which
extend below the angle of the said prong and press upon or into the platen paper. The
upper part of the gauge is bent forward at about a right angle to form the peak C,
which being flared outward at the sides projects not only over the front but also over
the sides or edges of the said upright gauge. By this construction it will be seen
that the sheets can be fed to the sides or edges of the upright gauge, as well as to the
flat surface, and be retained under the peak, and that for odd jobs of irregular cut
sheets, flat envelopes, and the like they are as advantageous as for straight work.
As illustrated by blanks in Figures 2, 3, 4 and 5, the said peak C may be variously
proportioned and be oval, square or tapered, in form and in some of the sizes a hole
may if desired be punched through the gauge B, as shewn in Figure 3.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
As an improved article of manufacture the herein described gauge pin made of a
single piece of sheet metal, and consisting of the prong A and gauge B, the latter having
its sides squared to the supports D. D. and its upper part or peak C flared out at the
sides substantially as herein described.
CARPMAEL & Co.