Improvements in Type Casting and Finishing Machines.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Oct., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 29th Mar., 1893-Accepted, 29th Apr., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Type Casting and Finishing Machines.
I, ABRAHAM FELS, of Savoy House, Strand, in the County of Middlesex,
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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The invention has for its object improvements in the construction of type casting
and finishing machines whereby great facility is afforded of access to various parts
of the machine without necessitating the removal of screws or screw bolts, and
whereby the machine is readily placed in condition for use, whilst great simplicity,
solidity and facility of adjustment of parts are obtained.
The molten metal is delivered to the mould from a reservoir by means of a
nozzle and operating mechanism of any well known or suitable construction.
The mould consists, as heretofore, of upper and lower walls secured to the frame,
an intermediate sliding body piece and a vertical slide, which form the end walls of
the recess of the mould. The said intermediate body piece, when moved in one
direction, forms one wall of the said recess and, when moved in the other direction,
it removes the type from the mould. The intermediate sliding body piece is
moved to and fro by a lever operated by a cam, as is well understood, but, in order
that facility may be afforded for readily removing and replacing such intermediate
sliding body piece, I adopt the following arrangement of parts. The operating
lever passes up through a slot in the slide and it is formed in two parts, one of
which is provided with a pin and the other with a socket to receive such pin,
whilst a movable cross pin is used to connect and disconnect such parts. The end
stop for adjusting the position of the sliding body piece, when the latter is to form
a wall of the mould, consists of a screw threaded pin mounted, in line with the
sliding body piece, in a vertically sliding block mounted in guides and resting on a
spring, which latter raises the said block to its normal position with the stop in
line with the intermediate sliding body piece, but which stop block can be
depressed below the plane of the said sliding body piece when it is desired to
remove the latter from its guides. A binding screw or nut acts to lock the
adjusting screw in position.
A screw and lever nut act to fix the stop block in its raised position, whilst a
spring pin passing through the block guide enters a hole in the stop block when the
latter is depressed and holds it down until the said spring pin is released from the
block. Thus when it is desired to remove the sliding body piece, the upper part of
the operating lever, which passes through the slot in the slide, is removed, after
first removing the cross pin, and the vertically sliding stop block is depressed and
there held by the spring pin, after which the sliding body piece can be readily
removed end wise from its guides and freely passed over the top of the stop block.
The vertical slide forming the outer wall of the mould is mounted in guides and
is raised and lowered as required by the upper end of a rod whose lower end is
connected to a lever operated by a cam, as usual, but, in order to facilitate the
ready removal of the said slide from its guides and its ready insertion therein
without dismounting any of the operating parts, I connect the vertical slide with
its operating rod by an arm mounted on the operating rod, which arm is formed
with a slotted opening or fork at its outer end to fit a neck formed on the vertical
slide. The said arm, when in position to operate the vertical slide, is fixed to its
rod by a cross pin, which also securely locks the arm to the vertical slide, but when
it is desired to disconnect the vertical slide from its operating rod, the cross pin is
removed and the arm is partially rotated on its rod so as to free its forked end
from the vertical slide, when the latter is free to be removed from its guides.
The matrix is mounted in a carrier, which is formed with guide rods fitting holes.

page_text: formed in a lever frame, which is hinged at its lower and outer part to the machine
bed in a plane parallel with the face of the type mould, by which means the said
lever frame can be readily turned down on its hinges so as to expose the matrix
and enable it to be readily examined, cleaned, removed and replaced when desired.
The matrix is moved to and from the mould by means of a cross rod or bar
operated at one end by a lever operated by a cam, the said rod or bar being
formed with an inclined slot within which a pin from the matrix carrier works; a
spring keeps the slotted rod or bar up to its cam; thus the cam causes the matrix
carrier to be moved in one direction and the spring causes it to be moved in the
contrary direction. The inclined slotted bar or rod consists of two bars or rods,
the adjoining ends of which are formed with clutches which become automatically
connected or disconnected when the lever frame is moved on its hinges to place the
matrix in position for use or to remove it from such position. One part of said
cross rod or bar is mounted in fixed guides and the other part in guides formed in
the upper part of the lever frame. The lever frame is fixed firmly to the frame
by means of a suitable binding clamp.
The lever frame is also formed in two parts, the upper one of which is of inverted
trough shape fitting over the lower part, with spaces between the lower part and
the inner faces of the descending webs of the upper part, a screw fitted in the lower
part of the lever frame and provided with cross pins or a wheel to facilitate the
turning of the same, fits at its ends between the descending webs of the upper part,
and, by turning said screw in one or the other direction, the upper part of the
frame, and consequently the matrix, can be adjusted sideways as may be required.
A binding clamp is used to fix said upper part of the frame in its adjusted
position.
The upper face or cover of the track along which the types move as they are
pushed out of the mould by the horizontally sliding body piece, is formed on an
arm or jaw which is hinged to the frame, so that the said cover can when desired
be removed in order to expose the type track for cleaning or otherwise and
replaced in normal position for work. The said arm or jaw fits against the vertical
face of the frame against which it is held by a turn button or lever on a rod or
axis provided with an operating lever, or by other readily operated binding clamp.
The said turn button or lever passes through a hole in the said arm or jaw and
bears against an incline or cam on such arm or jaw. The shape of the hole in the
arm or jaw is such that, when the turn button or lever is in a given position, it will
readily pass through such hole and permit of such arm or jaw being turned on its
hinges, but when turned into another position, it will securely lock the said arm or
jaw in position for use.
According to my invention I also provide the upper end of the rod for moving
the vertical slide with an adjustable or fixed arm, which is carried down into
position to break off the jets or breaks from the type as said rod is caused to
descend.
Dated this 18th dow of Ontahan 1000
By Harris & Mills,
A. FELS,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Type Casting and Finishing Machines.
I, ABRAHAM FELS, of Savoy House, Strand, in the County of Middlesex,
Merchant, 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 invention has for its object improvements in the construction of type casting
and finishing machines whereby great facility is afforded of access to various parts

page_text: of the machine without necessitating the removal of screws or screw bolts, and
whereby the machine is readily placed in condition for use, whilst great simplicity,
solidity and facility of adjustment of parts are obtained.
My invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, in which :-
Figure 1 is a front elevation, Figure 2 is a plan and Figure 3 is an end view of
so much of a type casting and finishing machine as will enable me to describe my
invention.
Figure 4 is a front elevation, Figure 5 is a plan and Figure 6 is an end view of
parts carrying and giving motion to the matrix.
Figure 7 is a front elevation and Figure 8 is a plan of parts detached for giving
motion to the matrix in one direction.
Figure 9 is a sectional elevation of the matrix and its holder and Figure 10 is a
vertical section drawn on the line 1. 1. of Figure 9.
Figure 11 is an elevation partly in section showing the parts forming the type
mould and parts connected therewith, as also the jet breaker, the cutters for trimming
the upper and lower front edges of the body of the type, and the type track and its
cover.
Figure 12 is a vertical section drawn on the line 2. 2. of Figure 11.
Figure 13 is a plan and Figure 14 is an end elevation of the table carrying the
slide operating the intermediate sliding body piece, with the upper and lower walls
of the mould removed therefrom.
Figures 15, 16 and 17 are respectively a plan, a side elevation and an end elevation
of part of the slide table, the upper and lower walls of the mould and the guides
for the vertical slide.
Figure 18 is a plan and Figure 19 is an edge view partly in section and
Figure 20 is a cross section of the intermediate sliding body piece and of its
operating slide.
In all the figures like parts are indicated by similar letters of reference.
The molten metal is delivered to the mould from a reservoir, part of which is
shown at A, which is mounted in guides and is provided with a nozzle A¹ and pump
and operating mechanism of any well known or suitable construction. As the
construction of the parts above referred to and the mode of giving motion to the
reservoir and pump are well known, I have thought it unnecessary to show in
the drawings any more than is necessary to indicate the position of the reservoir
and of its nozzle.
The mould consists, as heretofore, of upper wall b, and lower wall e secured to
the frame a, an intermediate sliding body piece d and a vertical slide e, which form
the longitudinal walls of the recess of the mould. The intermediate sliding body
piece d, when moved to the right to the position shown at Figure 11, forms one
wall of the mould recess, and, when moved to the left, it removes the cast type
from the mould.
This intermediate sliding body piece d is fixed to a slide ¹ mounted on a table d²
fixed to the framing a, and it works between guides d³ ³ fixed to such table d².
Such body piece d is moved to and fro by a lever d d operated in one direction by
a cam de fixed on the cam shaft a mounted in bearings a and in the other direction
by springs d as is well understood, but in order that facility may be afforded for
readily removing and replacing such intermediate body piece d, I adopt the following
arrangement of parts.
The operating lever d*d** passes up through a slot a' in the framing, through a
corresponding slot in the table d' and through a slot d' in the slide d', and it is
formed in two parts; the upper part d* thereof is provided with a pin d and the
lower part d with a socket to receive such pin do, whilst a movable cross pin do
fitting corresponding holes made in the parts is used to connect and disconnect
such parts. The upper part d* of such lever is provided with a roller du fitting
the hole in the slide di to form the bearing surface of said lever. The end stop
for adjusting the position of the sliding body piece d when the latter is to form a
wall of the mould, consists of a screw threaded pin f mounted, in line with the

page_text: sliding body piece d and slide d¹, in a vertically sliding block f' mounted in
guides a² formed in the framing a and resting on a spring f2 encircling a guide
rod f, which latter acts to raise the said block f¹ to its normal position with
the stop in line with the intermediate sliding body piece d. This stop block f
can however be depressed below the plane of the sliding body piece d and
slide d¹ when it is desired to remove the latter parts from their guides. Binding
screws f³ act to lock the adjusting screw fin position.
a
A screw f fixed in the block and moving up and down in the slot a³, and
lever nut mounted on said screw, act to fix the stop block fl in its raised or
working position, whilst a spring pin f passing through the guide of the block f¹
enters a hole in said block when the latter is depressed and thereby holds it
down until the said spring pin fe is released from the hole f7 in the block f¹.
Thus, when it is desired to remove the sliding body piece d and slide d', the
upper part d* of the operating lever, passing through the slot d' in the slide d' is
removed in the following manner.
The upper spring d and the cross pin do are removed, the lever nut f5 is
loosened and the vertically sliding stop block f¹ is depressed below the plane of
the slide d', where it is held by the spring pin f, after which the sliding body
piece d and slide d' can be readily removed end wise from their guides and freely
passed over the top of the stop block ƒ'.
The vertical slide forming the outer wall of the mould is mounted in
guides a a, and is raised, and lowered as required by the upper end of a
rod e', whose lower end is connected to a lever operated by a cam e³ as
usual, said lever e² being kept up to its came by a spring
But in order to facilitate the ready removal of the said slide e from its guides
on the rod e
and its ready insertion therein without dismounting any of the operating parts,
I connect the vertical slide e with its operating rod e¹ by an arm e mounted
on the operating rod e', which arm is formed with a slotted opening or fork e³
at its outer end to fit a neck e formed on the vertical slide e. The said arm e¹,
when in position to operate the vertical slide e, as shown in the drawings, is fixed
to its rod e by a cross pin e', which also securely locks the arm e to the
vertical slide e, but when it is desired to disconnect the vertical slide e from its
operating rod e', the cross pin e' is removed and the arm is partially rotated on
its rod el, as shown by dotted lines in Figure 2, so as to free its forked end e
from the vertical slide e when the latter is free to be removed from its guides a a³.
The guide a is rigid with the frame a, whilst the guide a³ is a spring guide. The
vertical slide e is kept up to the face of the blocks forming the upper and lower
walls bc of the mould by means of a roller es mounted at the end of a rod e' acted
upon by a spring elo to push it outwards, but which is pushed inward by the slide e
against an adjustable screw stop e¹.
4
The matrix
g is mounted in a holder g' fitted into a slot in the face of a
carrier 92, and it is adjusted and fixed in such holder g' by means of screws 93.
The matrix carrier g² is formed or fitted with guide rods g fitting holes formed
in a lever frame 96 96, which is hinged at its lower and outer part at g' to the
machine bed in a plane parallel with the face of the type mould, by which the said 4
lever frame g g can be readily turned down on its hinges g', as shown by dotted
lines in Figure 6, so as to expose the matrix g and enable it to be readily
examined, cleaned, removed and replaced when desired, and at the same time
giving a view of the mould. The matrix g is moved to and from the mould by
means of a cross rod or bar 98 99 actuated at one end by a lever g operated 5
by a cam g fixed on the cam shaft æ, the said rod or bar 98 99 being formed
with an inclined slot g¹ within which works a friction roller g3 which is mounted
on a screw pin fixed transversely in the guide rods g of the matrix carrier g²;
a spring g mounted on the part 98 of the slotted rod or bar 98 9³, acts to keep
the lever go up to its cam g; thus the cam g¹¹ causes the matrix carrier g² to 5
be moved away from the mould and the spring 914 causes it to be moved
towards the mould. The slotted bar or rod consists of two bars or rods g³ 9³,

page_text: the adjoining ends of which are formed with clutches 9" 910, which become
automatically connected or disconnected with each other when the lever frame g³ ge
is moved on its hinges g' to place the matrix in position for use or to remove it
from such position for inspection, etc.
The part 9 of such slotted cross bar or rod is mounted in fixed guides a aº,
and the part g is mounted in guides 9718 attached to the upper part 9 of the
lever frame 9º gº.
The lever frame is fixed firmly to the frame bed when required by means
of a lever binding clamp g pivotted to such bed and acting upon the foot 719*
of the said lever frame.
The said lever frame is also formed in two parts 96 g, the upper part 9 of
which is of inverted trough shape at its lower part, fitting over the lower part
of the lever frame with spaces between said lower part and the inner faces
of the descending webs of the upper part 96; a screw 920 fitted transversely of
the lower parts and provided with cross pins g2 to facilitate the turning of the
same, fits at its ends between the descending webs of the upper part 96, and by
turning said screw 20 in one or the other direction the upper part 9 of the lever
frame, and consequently the matrix g, can be adjusted sideways as may be
required. A spring y acts on a cross bar g connecting the ends of the guide
rods to assist in pressing the matrix against the face of the mould.
A binding clamp screw 4 passing through a slot in the upper part of of the
lever frame, used to fix said upper part to the lower part g in its adjusted
position.
The upper face or cover of the track h, along which the types move as they
are pushed out of the mould by the horizontal sliding body picce d, is formed or
fixed on an arm or jaw h² which is hinged at h³ to the frame a, so that the said
cover can, when desired, be removed in order to expose the type track h for
cleaning or other purposes and replaced in its normal position for work by turning
the arm or jaw 2 on its hinges h³. The said arm or jaw 2 fits against the vertical
face of the frame a against which it is held by a turn button or lever on a rod or
axis provided with an operating lever h, or by other readily binding clamp.
The said turn button or lever h passes through a hole h in the arm or jaw h² and
bears against an incline or cam on such arm or jaw. The shape of the hole h7,
as shown in the drawings, is such that when the turn button or lever h* is in a
horizontal position, it will readily pass through such hole and permit of the arm or
jaw h² being turned on its hinges ³, but when turned into the vertical position it
will securely lock the said arm or jaw in position for use.
The arm or jaw his provided with an arm h, which, by its lower end coming
against a part of the frame a, acts as a stop to limit the backward motion of said
arm or jaw .
According to my invention I also provide the arm e at the upper end of the
rod e' for moving the vertical slide e with an adjustable or fixed arm i, which as it-
descends with the rod e', breaks off the jets or "breaks" from the type.
jj are two cutters formed of discs from which sections have been cut out; these
cutters are arranged, the one on the upper side h', the other on the lower side /
of the type track, to trim the top and bottom edges of the body of the front end of
the type. These cutters are readily sharpened when required by simply grinding
the sides of the spaces therein, and they are readily adjusted by turning them on
their axial fixing screws j', a pin being fixed in the side of each cutter j to
facilitate adjustment of the same by a tap on one side or the other of said pin.
k is a cutter which is adjustably mounted on the track h and used for cutting the
groove in the back or bottom end of the type. is a rib on the track which by
its front end forms the groove in the under side of the type as it issues from the
mould and, by its substance entering such groove, correctly holds and guides the
type as they are being acted upon by the cutters jj and k and as they pass along
the track to the type guide m, from which latter the type are removed from time
to time as required.
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page_text: The machine is provided with ways for cold air and water to prevent the mould
and other parts from becoming too hot, as is well understood. I would have it
understood that I do not claim the parts k l m as forming part of my present
invention, and I would here remark that the dimensions and forms of the various
parts employed in carrying my invention into effect may be considerably modified
without departing from the peculiar character of my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1. The various improvements in type casting and finishing machines, substantially
as herein shown and described and for the purpose stated.
2. The combination and arrangement of parts for adjusting and operating the
intermediate sliding body piece of the mould and for facilitating its removal from
and re-adjustment in its guides, substantially as herein shown and described.
3. The combination and arrangement of parts for carrying, adjusting and
operating the matrix and for facilitating its removal from the end of the mould for
inspection, renewal or otherwise, and its re-arrangement in position for use, substan-
tially as herein shown and described.
4. The combination and arrangement of parts for giving the matrix a short
motion to and from the type mould and for automatically connecting and discon-
necting the operating rod when turning the matrix and its carrier on its axis
of motion, substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose
stated.
5. The combination and arrangement of parts for operating the vertical slide
forming the outer wall of the mould and for facilitating its connection and discon-
nection with its operating rod, substantially as herein shown and described and for
the purpose stated.
6. The combination and arrangement of parts for carrying and fixing the upper
face or cover of the type track and for facilitating its removal from and its
replacement in position for use, substantially as herein shown and described.
7. The combination with the vertical slide forming the outer wall of the mould
or with parts operating the same, of an arm to break off the jets or breaks from
the type, substantially as herein shown and described.
Dated this 29th day of March 1902.
By Harris & Mills,
A. FELS,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.