A Printers' Galley.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Sept., 1892-Accepted, 19th Nov.. 1892
COMPLETE
SPECIFICATION.
A Printers' Galley.
I, NICHOLAS G. DUFFY, of No. 217 Meeting Street, Charleston South
Carolina, in the United States of America, Printer, 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 :—
This invention has relation to printers galleys and especially to galleys for book
and newspaper work in which the matter is set up in columns.
The galley embodying my invention is intended for the use of printers in
emptying matter on and off, locking up same, correcting on, proving, and for the
use of mail lists.
The object of my improvements is to provide a galley which may be readily and
conveniently adjusted to column matter, and the latter, speedily and securely locked,
without the necessity of using quoins or side sticks.
My invention has for its further object, the provision of a novel form of galley,
in which columns of varied lengths may be securely locked in position, without the
employment of the usual expedients, and which will permit of the matter in the
galley being corrected with ease and dispatch, and which will facilitate the speedy
emptying of matter in form, in making up.
My invention consists in the novel construction, combinations and arrangements
of parts hereinafter described.
In the accompanying drawing,
Figure 1, is a perspective view of a galley embodying my improvements.
Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the same.
Figure 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view on the line X.... X of
Figure 2.
The galley embodying my invention consists of, and comprises, the bed plate A,
the side ledge B, grooved on its upper surface as shown at b, and provided with
vertical holes c, e, arranged preferably a distance apart corresponding to the size of
a double pica em of the point system; the head ledge C, also grooved on its upper
surface as shown at c, and provided with a vertical hole d, situated at a distance
from the side ledge equal to the width of the columns of type that are to be set in
the galley; the removable side ledge D, having groove e, and vertical holes f,
corresponding to the vertical holes c, c, in the ledge B, and the adjustable foot
piece E.
The removable side ledge D, is provided with a projecting toe g, at its forward
end, which rests upon the head ledge C, and which carries a depending pin h,
which enters the hole d, in the head ledge, and secures the removable side ledge
thereto.
The foot piece E, consists of the flat bar E', having a toe i, at each end which
rests on the upper surface of the ledges B and D, and which carry pins k, k, to
enter the holes in the two ledges, and secure the bar E', in any position to which it
is adjusted, such adjustment being effected by lifting the bar, and moving it
forward or backwards, until the pins enter the proper holes. The bar E is
pierced horizontally for the reception of two pins m, m, projecting rearwardly from
a supplementary bar F, which is carried and supported by the bar E', and which
constitutes a part of the foot piece. A screw FI passes through a threaded hole
in the middle of the bar E', and at its forward end, impinges upon the rear face of
the supplementary bar F, which is adjusted or forced forwardly by turning the
screw.
The upper edges of the ledges B, C and D, are grooved as described, to facilitate
the entrance of the fastening pins to their respective holes.

page_text: In using this galley the column of matter is set on the bed plate, the movable
side ledge is then fixed in position, the pin on its forward end being inserted in the
hole in the stationary head ledge. The foot piece E, is then inserted between the
sides of the galley, and as close up to the foot of the column as convenience will
permit. The screw F¹, is then turned until the supplementary bar F, is brought
up tight against the foot of the column, and the column thus locked firmly in
position.
The side ledge D, being removable may be taken out at any time to allow of
the correction of matter that has to be over-run. By removing the side ledge D,
and the foot piece, the galley is opened, thus facilitating the speedy emptying of
matter in form, in making up.
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 :-
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First The improved galley consisting of the bed plate A, the stationary side
ledge B, having holes c, c, the stationary head ledge C, having the hole d, the
removable side ledge D, having vertical holes f, corresponding to the vertical
holes c, c, in the stationary ledge B, and the adjustable foot piece consisting of the
flat bar E, and the supplementary adjustable bar F; the side ledge D, being
provided with a pin h, to enter the hole d, and the plate E', being provided with
pins k, k, to enter the holes in the side ledges, substantially as described.
Secondly-A printers galley, having a stationary side ledge B, a stationary
head ledge C, a detachable side ledge D, and an adjustable foot ledge, said foot
ledge comprising the flat bar E', supplementary adjustable bar F, and adjusting
screw F, substantially as described.
Thirdly-The combination with the side ledges B and D, having vertical holes
for the reception of pins on a foot piece, of an adjustable foot piece, consisting of a
flat bar E, having toes i, i, and pins k, k, a supplementary bar F, and an adjusting
screw F¹, substantially as described.
Di. 06th lor of Santambo" 1800
NICHOLAS G. DUFFY,
By Henry Skerrett,
6, Livery Street, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.